The Business Times, 26 July 2016

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  • 22 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES S$1.20 A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION www.businesstimes.com.sg @BusinessTimes CO REGN NO *****2868E MCI (P) 039/08/2015 Tuesday, July 26, 2016
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    223 1 SINGAPORE’S economic growth remains sluggish following the Brexit vote and persistent weak US investments, and the gains from financial and other modern services are expected to ease this year, says the Monetary Authority of Singapore on Monday. TOP STORIES 2 PROPERTY cooling measures will remain, the Monetary Authority
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  • 26 1 Monday Change STI 2,929.85 -15.50 KL Comp 1,668.26 +10.84 Nikkei 225 16,620.29 -6.96 Hang Seng 21,993.44 +29.17 Shenzhen B 1,143.49 -1.29 Dow(11.45am EDT) 18,464.77 -106.08
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  • 957 1  -  MAS points to dent in reputation as some banks fail to meet anti-money laundering standards By Jamie Lee leejamie@sph.com.sg @JamieLeeBT Singapore THE “no-nonsense” regulator that is the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has pledged more intrusive supervision and tougher action against
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  • 625 1  -  By Jacquelyn Cheok jaccheok@sph.com.sg @JacCheokBT Singapore HOMEGROWN startups are making a name for themselves. On Monday, crowdfunding platform Crowdo reported that it has received the coveted full licence to conduct securities crowdfunding here, while tech media platform e27 announced that it has raised S$3
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  • TOP STORIES
    • 773 2  -  Healthcare, education, public infrastructure construction to fare better this year: MAS MAS ANNUAL REVIEW By Jamie Lee leejamie@sph.com.sg @JamieLeeBT Singapore SINGAPORE’S economic growth remains sluggish following the Brexit vote and persistent weak US investments, and the gains from financial and other
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    • 451 2  -  By Jamie Lee leejamie@sph.com.sg @JamieLeeBT Singapore THE property cooling measures will remain, the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) said on Monday, noting risks of a renewed surge in property prices in this lower-for-longer-rates environment that keeps investors on the hunt for yield.
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    • 645 2  -  COMMENTARY By Andy Mukherjee BLOOMBERG Singapore DECIDING where to conduct a banking transaction is no different from selecting a boarding school for an unruly child. Singapore has long been seen as a solid choice. It didn’t smother innovation by throwing a thick
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    • 640 2  -  By Soon Weilun soonwl@sph.com.sg @SoonWeilunBT Singapore ECONOMISTS see Singapore’s central bank maintaining its monetary policy come October after the release of June’s inflation data. But confidence from the data was also accompanied by nagging concerns, as they
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    • 831 4  -  They’re kept guessing whether BOJ will launch QQE; fiscal stimulus is expected By Anthony Rowley btworld@sph.com.sg Tokyo THE policy board of the Bank of Japan (BOJ) is due to meet this week amid expectations that it will unveil fresh monetary-easing
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    • 768 4 REUTERS NYT New York VERIZON Communications Inc said on Monday that it will buy Yahoo Inc’s core Internet properties for US$4.83 billion in cash to expand its digital advertising and media business, ending a lengthy sale process for the fading Web pioneer.
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    • 552 4 BLOOMBERG Tokyo NINTENDO CO shares plunged by the most since 1990 after the company said late last Friday that the financial impact from the worldwide hit Pokemon Go will be limited. The stock sank 18 per cent to 23,220 yen
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    • 739 4  -  COMMENTARY By Anita Gabriel anitag@sph.com.sg @AnitaGabrielBT Singapore THE tight circle of support around Malaysia’s Prime Minister Najib Razak shows no signs of cracking and it may be business as usual in the scandal-rocked country, but the US
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    • 589 6  -  To be completed by end-2018, expanded plant will further firm’s capabilities in making adhesive and bonding products By Choo Yun Ting yuntingc@sph.com.sg Singapore HIGH value-added manufacturing will continue to be a beacon of Singapore’s economy, as global science company 3M announced
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    • 385 6  -  By Nisha Ramchandani nishar@sph.com.sg @Nisha_BT Singapore HDT Singapore Taxi will roll out a fleet of 100 fully-electric taxis in Singapore as part of an e-taxi trial by Q1 of 2017, with the first of the vehicles to hit the road
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    • 559 6  -  By huangjy@sph.com.sg Claire Huang huangjy@sph.com.sg @ClaireHuangBT Singapore UNITED KINGDOM-BASED composite insurer Aviva Singapore has launched a wholly owned financial advisory (FA) firm that offers multiple products from different insurers, adding pressure on competitors to do likewise. Aviva Financial Advisers as the new FA firm
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  • COMPANIES & MARKETS
    • 480 7  -  It does not prescribe provisioning but through its questions, banks know they need to be conservative B y Jamie Lee leejamie@sph.com.sg @JamieLeeBT Singapore AGAINST the backdrop of volatile oil prices and banks’ exposure to oil-re-lated companies, the Monetary Authority of Singapore
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    • 1021 7  -  Despite signs of the market bottoming out, any policy easing now could send wrong signal that all is well HOCK LOCK SIEW BY LYNETTE KHOO lynkhoo@sph.com.sg @LynetteKhooBT WITH the latest residential data showing signs of a bottoming out in prices in the
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    • 646 8  -  Earnings rise 4.5% to S$16.67m; revenue up 19.8% at S$118.95m By Claire Huang huangjy@sph.com.sg @ClaireHuangBT Singapore HIGHER revenue from all divisions helped lift mainboard-listed Raffles Medical Group’s (RMG) second quarter net profit, which was up 4.5 per cent year on
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    • 345 8  -  HOT STOCK By Tan Hwee Hwee hweetan@sph.com.sg @HweetanBT Singapore SHARES of Spackman Entertainment Group surged in morning trading on Monday following a stock exchange filing before trading hours on Alibaba Pictures Group’s purchase of distribution rights to an upcoming film produced by a Spackman
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    • 516 8  -  By Angela Tan angelat@sph.com.sg Singapore AN APPEAL court in the US has reversed a district court ruling for Singa-pore-listed QT Vascular to pay more than US$20 million in damages to rival AngioScore Inc. The protracted patent infringement battle tracing back to 2012
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    • CORPORATE DIGEST
      • 91 8 keppel Corp said on Sunday it refutes the allegations by zwi Skornicki in his July 21 testimony in connection with the ongoing Lava Jato, or Operation Car Cash, investigations regarding the company’s involvement in the illegal payments made by Mr Skornicki. Keppel reiterates its zero-tolerance stance against any
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      • 72 8 OTTO Marine said before trading started on Monday that its Batam-based shipyard subsidiary, PT Batamec, had commenced proceedings in the High Court of Singapore against and caused the arrest of the vessel Ratina Blessing. The vessel is registered under RS Marine Investments Pte Ltd, a company owned by
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      • 62 8 SINGTEL’S Optus Business announced before trading started on Monday a new three-year ICT (information communication technology) services agreement with QBE Australia. The ICT agreement will see Optus deliver voice, mobile and data network services for QBE Australia. The new contract supports voice and data services connecting more than 4,000
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      • 138 8 Technics Oil Gas SINGAPORE’S High Court has appointed two judicial managers to be in charge of Technics Oil Gas and its subsidiary, Technics Offshore Engineering. Tam Chee Chong and Andrew Grimmett of Messrs Deloitte Touche LLP said in a filing to the Singapore Exchange on Monday that the group has
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    • 428 9  -  Total return attributable to unitholders down 57.9%; net property income up 5.7% By Kenneth Lim kenlim@sph.com.sg @KennethLimBT Singapore MAPLETREE Logistics Trust’s (MLT) first-quarter total return attributable to unitholders dropped 57.9 per cent to S$21.5 million in its fiscal first quarter on a
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    • 237 9  -  By Claire Huang huangjy@sph.com.sg @ClaireHuangBT Singapore JOYAS International Holdings has extended the period for acceptances of its rights issue by one day. This follows an error in the stock code which led to unsuccessful electronic applications via ATMs by entitled shareholders. The
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    • 287 9  -  By Andrea Soh sandrea@sph.com.sg @AndreaSohBT Singapore THE stop-work order on CNMC Goldmine’s Sokor project has been lifted on Monday. Announcing this in an exchange filing on Monday afternoon, the firm said that it has restarted its operations at the mine. The temporary stop-work order,
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      63 10 STI Catalist Straits Times Index July 25,2016 2,929.85 -15.50 (-0.53%) Current streak 1 day Day high 2,955.96 Day low 2,929.85 52-week high 3,313.42 (July 27, 2015) 52-week low 2,532.70 (Jan 21, 2016) FTSE ST Catalist index July 25,2016 450.78 -0.81 (-0.18%) Current streak 1 day Day high 454.79 Day low
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    • 592 10  -  Local banks lead decline with stocks weighed down by two major central bank meetings coming up STOCKS By Melissa Tan melissat@sph.com.sg @MelissaTanBT RAINY days and Mondays already don’t do much to lift spirits. And this week, with two major central bank meetings
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    • 309 10 Stock name Close Change Day high/low 52w high 52w low PE Div yield Mcap Ascendas Reit 247 -6 253/245 254 209 6.2 6514.2 CapitaCom Trust 152 cd -2 155/151.5 158.5 122.5 5.7 4493.6 CapitaLand 318 +5 320/313 341 267 12.7 2.8 *****.1 CapitaMall Trust 215 cd -5 221/213
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    • 33 10 VOLUME Annica 51,000,000 QT Vascular 49,255,300 Spackman 46,923,500 Ezra 42,019,300 Ezion 31,277,800 Market volume 1,356,176,000 VALUE Singtel 82,622,853 CapitaLand 62,618,183 DBS Grp 57,590,469 UOB 51,313,138 OCBC Bank 44,334,383 Market value 982,034,000
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    • 109 10 Fund Last sale +/-(‘000) Day high/low 52w high/low Buy/Sell Mcap STI ETF 298 +1 348 300/297 341/254 297/298 IS MS INDIA US$ US721 +2 86 722/717 780/575 721/723 90.1 Nikko AM STI ETF 300 +1 45 301/300 341/259 299/300 7.2 Lyxor Japan US$ US121 -1 43
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    • 77 10 Jul 25 VALUE CLOSE BT OB/OS -13.00 -122.00 BT CADI -*****.00 -71.00 BT 10-day MA -*****.00 -1.00 FTSE ST Mid Cap 684.04 -1.34 FTSE ST Small Cap 389.90 -2.39 FTSE ST All Share 711.08 -2.82 FTSE ST China Top 162.80 +0.01 FTSE ST China 194.33 +0.52 FTSE
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    • 35 10 STI FTSE ST All-Share ftse ST All-Share index July 25,2016 711.08 -2.82 (-0.40%) Current streak 1 day Day high 716.22 Day low 711.08 52-week high 791.90 (July 27, 2015) 52-week low 625.37 (Jan 21, 2016)
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    • 33 10 STI MSCI EAFE MSCI EAFE index July 22,2016 1,650.20 -6.94 (-0.42%) Current streak 1 day Day high 1,659.56 Day low 1,648.67 52-week high 1,883.89 (Aug 10, 2015) 52-week low 1,492.43 (Feb 12, 2016)
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    • 186 10 MAIN CATL TOTAL Up Down Unch Up Down Unch Up Down Unch Multi Ind 4 7 6 0 0 1 4 7 7 Manufacturing 32 40 31 6 8 12 38 48 43 Commerce 23 21 9 2 2 8 25 23 17 Tpt/Stor/Comms 9 16 4
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    • 123 10 VOLUME (‘000) VALUE (‘000) MAIN CATL TOTAL MAIN CATL TOTAL Multi Ind 15,339 429 15,768 42,836 79 42,915 Manufacturing 78,865 132,354 211,219 98,122 5,890 104,013 Commerce 56,740 13,996 70,736 43,655 187 43,842 Tpt/Stor/Comms 138,602 11,319 149,921 198,511 1,215 199,726 Finance 27,159 201 27,360 164,149 31 164,180 Construction
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    • 77 10 BY CENTS CLOSE UP 52w high/low DBXT ASX200 US$ 3508 117.1 2.5 3559/2900 SPDR S&P500 US$ ***** 113.0 0.4 *****/***** JMH USD 5789 47.6 0.6 6103/4500 DBXT S&P500 US$ 3761 40.8 0.8 3761/3126 DBXT MSEurope US$ 5313 39.5 0.5 6005/4770 BY PERCENTAGE CLOSE UP 52w high/low Hai Leck W*****5
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    • 70 10 BY CENTS CLOSE DOWN 52w high/low GLD US$ ***** -125.2 -0.7 *****/***** Jardine C&C 3669 -39.0 -1.1 4520/2636 Great Eastern 2131 -34.0 -1.6 2409/1870 UOB 1884 -21.0 -1.1 2339/1680 Lyxor CRBNonEny US$ 202 -17.7 -6.0 215/184 BY PERCENTAGE CLOSE DOWN 52w high/low Infinio 0.1 -66.7 -0.2 0.7/0.1 Metech Intl
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    • 78 10 VOL CLOSE($) CHANGE New Wave 4,620.0 0.009 +0.002 +28.57 Cortina 3.0 0.760 -0.045 -5.59 Oceanus 2,641.0 0.005 +0.002 +66.67 Fabchem China 2.4 0.250 +0.090 +56.25 Plato Capital 40.0 0.090 +0.008 +9.76 HLH 23,855.0 0.007 +0.001 +16.67 ISOTeam 5,544.1 0.380 +0.020 +5.56 Swiber 2,511.0 0.118 -0.013 -9.92 LifeBrandz 7,547.0
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    • BROKERS’ TAKE
      • 130 10 Singapore Post Hold Target price: S$1.64 July 25 close: S$1.48 UOB Kay Hian, July 25 We believe Singapore Post could see a potential kitchen-sinking exercise in FY2017 as earnings will likely be reined in by integration headwinds and goodwill provisions from leadership changes. Nevertheless, we continue to view positively SingPost’s
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      • 123 10 CapitaLand Mall Trust Hold Target price: S$2.23 July 25 close: S$2.15 DBS Group Research, July 25 CapitaLand Mall Trust (CMT) share price has done well in recent times, benefiting from increased flows from yield hungry investors. Given the near term price run, we prefer to be buyers on dips. We
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      • 200 10  -  Compiled by Melissa Tan Target price: S$1.45 July 25 close: S$1.345 OCBC Investment Research, July 25 One major development during the quarter was Microsoft’s decision to extend its current lease at Alexandra Technopark (ATP) for another five years. The original lease, expiring in FY2017, has now
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    • 17 10 DATA I July 26 S’pore Industrial Production Index US FOMC Meeting US S&P/CaseShiller Home Price Index
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    • 446 11 CURRENCIES REUTERS London THE US dollar held within sight of recent highs against the euro and yen on Monday ahead of meetings of US Federal Reserve and the Bank of Japan (BOJ) that investors on balance expect to be positive for the greenback. Alone
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    • FOREX RATES
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      • 471 11 Jul 25 A$ C$ Rmb Euro HK$ Ind Rs Rupiah Yen Won RM NZ$ Pak Rs Peso S$ Rand Sfr NT$ Baht Pound US$ Australia 0.985 4.997 0.682 5.803 50.364 98.300 0.795 8.514 3.053 1.071 78.423 35.304 1.019 10.716 0.739 24.060 26.236 0.570 0.748 Canada 1.016 5.075
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      • 155 11 Jul 25 Against S$ Against US$ Currencies Bid Offer Bid Offer S$/US$ to one unit of foreign currency: Australian dollar 1.0181 1.0190 0.7480 0.7482 Canadian dollar 1.0340 1.0350 0.7599 0.7596 Euro 1.4926 1.4938 1.0966 1.0968 NZ dollar 0.9507 0.9519 0.6985 0.6989 Sterling pound 1.7871 1.7890 1.3130 1.3135
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      • 22 11 Jul 25 S$ Bid Offer 1-month 1.3614 1.3625 2-months 1.3617 1.3629 3-months 1.3621 1.3631 6-months 1.3628 1.3642 Source: OCBC
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    • EQUITY BONDS WARRANTS FUTURES
      • 211 11 Jul 25 Prem Expiry Vol Conv Exer Disc Gear-Mths Company Last Sale +or-('000) Ratio Price ing Left DBS MB eCW*****1 9.5 unch 5295 0.1 1620 3 Rowsley Ltd W*****3 0.2 unch 4468 1 18 3 UOB MB eCW*****0 6.3 -0.5 2865 0.1 2000 4
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      • 377 11 In local curr In S$ In US$ dy yr dy yr dy yr Jul 22 Index Change Change Change Change Change Change World Preliminary 1301.0 0.1 1.8 0.0 -1.9 -0.1 2.5 EAFE Preliminary 963.4 -0.1 -4.9 -0.3 -8.0 -0.4 -3.9 Europe Preliminary 1375.6 0.2 -2.6
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      • 387 11 Jul 25 OPEN HIGH LOW SETT VOL OP/INT FTSE CHINA A50 INDEX FUTURES Jul16 9445.00 9490.00 9425.00 9460.00 *****7 *****1 Aug16 9437.50 9490.00 9425.00 9460.00 *****8 *****2 NIKKEI 225 INDEX FUTURES Sep16 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 ***** *****1 Dec16 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 10 6017 MSCI TAIWAN
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    • BANK RATES
      • 154 11 Jul 25 $S Offer Bid 0vernight 0.35 0.25 1-month 0.625 0.50 2-months 0.8125 0.6875 3-months 0.875 0.75 Overnight mode: 0.60 US$ Offer Bid 7 days 0.52 0.42 1 month 0.55 0.45 2 months 0.70 0.50 3 months 0.80 0.60 6 months 1.10 0.90 9 months 1.30 1.10 12
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      • 67 11 Jul 25 GOVERNMENT BONDS Period Issue Coupon Maturity Close Day's code rate Bid High Low 2-Year N*****0T 0.500 01-Apr-18 99.21 99.24 99.21 5-Year NX*****X 2.250 01-Jun-21 103.98 104.15 104.01 10-Year NX*****F 2.125 01-Jun-26 103.05 103.35 103.15 15-Year NZ*****F 2.875 01-Sep-30 109.20 109.48 109.23 20-Year NZ*****V 3.375 01-Sep-33 116.26
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    • AGRI METALS ENERGY
      • 250 11 Jul-22 Price Net change change Last Trade Agricultural Jul-22 CBOT Soybeans (US cents/bu) 1006.50 -26.00 -2.52% 12/8/2016 CBOT Soybean Oil (US cents/lb) 30.21 -0.85 -2.74% 12/8/2016 CBOT Wheat (US cents/bu) 425.25 7.50 1.80% 14/09/2016 Jul-22 LIFFE Cocoa (£/tonne) 2384.00 22.00 0.93% 15/09/2016 LIFFE Coffee (US$/tonne) 1780.00 -30.00 -1.66%
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    • 1778 12 52-Wk Last Vol Day Div GrYld Net MCap High Low Company Sale +/-(’000) High Low C’vr P/Ep $mil Company Last Sale Vol ('000) High 150.5 127 AIMSAMP Cap Reit 146.5 +0.5 736 147 145 0.9 7.7 932.4 LOW Div 167.4 101 ARA Asset Mgmt 132.5 +0.5 243 134
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    • 335 12 52-Wk Last Vol Day Div GrYld Net MCap High Low Company Sale +/-(’000) High Low C’vr P/E Company Last Sale vol (’000) High Day 44.5 29.5 t Advancer Global 33.5 -1 1197 34.5 32.5 13.3 58 Div 16.2 4.5 t Alliance Mineral 9.8 unch ***** 10.4 9.6 47.1
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    • 136 12 52-Wk Last Vol Day Div GrYld Net MCap High Low Counter Sale +/-(’000) High Low C’vr P/E Counter Last Sale 1284 991 CIMBASEAN40 S$D 1195 +3 0 1210 1195 vol 3383 2355 DBXT China50 US$ US2977 +1 9 2979 2951 8.2 361 190 DBXT MSBrazil US$ US361 +2
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  • SINGAPORE ACCOUNTANCY CONVENTION
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    • 260 13 THE Institute of Singapore Chartered Accountants (ISCA) plays a key role in promoting effective financial reporting in the accountancy profession. It collaborates with key stakeholders on various initiatives to enhance the quality of financial reporting. This year, the body is working with the
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  • REAL ESTATE
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    • 196 14 B2 WAREHOUSE FACTORY FOR SALE -T B2 Warehouse along Sungei Kadut A purpose-built single storey detached factory warehouse Land: Approx. 104,965 sq ft Gross Floor Area: Approx. 68,849 sq ft Land Tenure: JTC leasehold balance approx. 6 years B2 Factory along Sungei Kadut A purpose-built single storey factory with a
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  • BANKING & FINANCE
    • 679 16  -  Stock exchange operator sees a reversal of foreign funds this quarter after a strong inflow in the preceding quarter By Pauline Ng btworld@sph.com.sg Kuala Lumpur BURSA Malaysia Bhd turned in a flat performance for the second quarter to end June, its profit
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    • 533 16 BLOOMBERG Frankfurt DEUTSCHE Bank AG’s John Cryan will try to convince investors this week that his efforts to turn around Europe’s biggest securities firm will succeed. It is a narrative that is becoming harder to sell. The quarterly update on
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    • 294 16 BLOOMBERG Shanghai AGRICULTURAL Bank of China Ltd is planning China’s largest sale so far under a trial programme for lenders to offload bad loans by packaging them as asset-backed securities. The lender plans to sell securities backed by 10.7 billion yuan
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    • 417 16 BLOOMBERG Seoul SOUTH Korean investors beset by Asia’s third-lowest benchmark yields are embracing peer-to-peer (P2P) loans that offer average rates of about 9 per cent and not a lot of information about where the money winds up. The nascent online P2P
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    • 346 16 UNITED OVERSEAS BANK LIMITED Company Registration No. *****0026Z (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) LOST SHARE CERTIFICATES Notice is hereby given that the following share certificates have been reported lost, destroyed or mislaid:Name Certificate No. No. of Shares Lim Chin *****40-8 139 -do- *****41-4 9 Notice is also hereby given
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    • 362 16 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP 50 AND IN THE MATTER OF NADEM LANDS PTE LTD (IN MEMBERS’ VOLUNTARY LIQUIDATION) (Co Reg No *****0227M) The following resolutions were unanimously resolved at the Extraordinary General Meeting of the above company on 18 July 2016. Special Resolutions 1. That the
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  • ENERGY & COMMODITIES
    • 806 17 Hedge funds bet on the metal as China’s copper imports hit all-time high in first half BLOOMBERG New York EVEN with the recent turmoil, the global economy is looking pretty resilient at least that’s what metals investors are signalling. Over the course of about
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    • 349 17 BLOOMBERG London THE UK should review its decision to ban onshore wind subsidies, a move that could cost Scotland as much as £3 billion (S$5.4 billion) and torpedo its clean energy targets, lawmakers said. The Scottish government’s views were
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    • 400 17 BLOOMBERG New Delhi MYTRAH Energy Ltd is weighing whether to become India’s first company to list an infrastructure investment trust, or InvIT, to help the wind farm developer tap rising demand for green power. Mytrah, traded on London’s Alternative Investment Market, may seek as
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  • TECHNOLOGY
    • 894 18 It is likely to rely on faster networks, lower prices and lots of artificial intelligence in what will be an uphill climb NYT New York WHEN it comes to cloud computing, Google is in a very unfamiliar position: seriously behind.
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    • 637 18 REUTERS Chicago A COMPUTERISED brain training programme cut the risk of dementia among healthy people by 48 per cent, US researchers said on Sunday in reporting an analysis of the results of a 10-year study. The preliminary findings, presented at
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    • 593 18  -  By Anna Wexler NYT New York THIS month, in the journal Annals of Neurology, four neuroscientists published an open letter to practitioners of do-it-yourself (DIY) brain stimulation. These are people who stimulate their own brains with low levels of electricity, largely
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    • 461 18 NYT New York MANY new technologies are born with a bang: Virtual reality headsets! Renewable rockets! And old ones often die with a whimper. So it is for the videocassette recorder, or VCR. The last-known company still manufacturing the technology, the Funai Corp
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    • 712 19 Sponsored content itself has also shifted as audiences migrate towards social platforms NYT New York FOR some publishers unsettled by a fast-changing online advertising business, sponsored content has provided much-needed relief. In recent years, publications large and small have invested in teams
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    • 385 19 REUTERS BLOOMBERG Sydney WOOLWORTHS Ltd, Australia’s top grocer, on Monday said it will book costs of up to A$1 billion (S$1 billion), close stores, axe 500 jobs and consider selling online retailer Ezibuy in a restructuring aimed at regaining its
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    • 560 20 Turnbull says it’s “a matter for the Malaysian investigators” and everyone wants to find the aircraft AFP Sydney AUSTRALIA on Monday brushed off a reported FBI probe into the pilot of missing Flight MH370, saying it was a matter
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    • 453 20 AFP Beijing CHINA has completed production of the world’s largest amphibious aircraft, state media has said, the latest effort in the country’s programme to wean itself off dependence on foreign aviation firms. The state-owned Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC) unveiled the first of
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    • 597 20 Some 2.5t rupees of debt is required in 5 years through 2020 for upgrade: minister BLOOMBERG New Delhi INDIAN Railways plans to rack up debt to help fund an unprecedented modernisation plan. Some 2.5 trillion rupees (S$ 50 billion) of
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    • 323 20 REUTERS New Delhi GENERAL Motors (GM) is re-evaluat-ing its planned US$1 billion investment in India and has put on hold moves to bring a new car platform to India as it re-assesses its strategy in the country, according to company officials. The rethink
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    • 697 21 Statement says Asean is “seriously concerned” by “land reclamations and escalation of activities” and calls for “self-restraint” in the strategic waterway AFP Vientiane SOUTH-EAST Asian nations on Monday ducked direct criticism of Beijing over its claims to the South China Sea, in
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    • 564 21 REUTERS Manila PHILIPPINE President Rodrigo Duterte vowed big reforms to tackle chronic economic flaws on Monday and defended his pursuit of a deadly an-ti-narcotics war, saying drugs were drowning his country and human rights were no excuse to shield criminals. Just a month
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    • 918 21 BLOOMBERG Washington DEMOCRATS flooding into Philadelphia this week for their 2016 convention will be ratifying a series of leftward policy shifts adopted by presumptive nominee Hillary Clinton amid prodding from democratic-so-cialist Senator Bernie Sanders, making them a more progressive party than
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    • 775 21 Undeclared US$200b has been squirrelled away in Singapore, sources say REUTERS Singapore SINGAPORE’S wealth management industry is likely to suffer a bad dent as rich Indonesians move some money back home to take advantage of a tax amnesty, but the exodus of
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  • OPINION
    • 552 22 EDITORIAL THIS month marks the 25th anniversary of India’s pro-market economic reforms, which were launched in July 1991. Looking back, it is remarkable how far the Indian economy has come since then. And even if the journey has,
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    • 737 22  - Paradise lost and found? THE BOTTOM LINE By Robert Samuelson THE WASHINGTON POST WRITERS GROUP IT’S the revolution of rising expectations again. Watching Donald Trump last week, I thought of Alexis de Tocqueville, the French political philosopher whose Democracy in America, published in the 1830s, remains the most insightful study
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    • 1182 22  -  Singapore eyes becoming an international hub for debt restructuring. The global economy is making the ride bumpy, but new frontiers are waiting to be conquered. BY INDRANEE RAJAH conquered.BY INDRANEE RAJAH T The writer is Senior Minister of State, Ministry of Law
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    • 1028 23  -  COMMENTARY By Andrew Hammond T The writer is an associate at LSE IDEAS (the Centre for international Affairs, Diplomacy and Strategy) at the London School of Economics THIS week’s Democratic convention, which follows Hillary Clinton’s selection of Virginia Senator Tim
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    • 734 23  -  By John Redwood T John Redwood is MP for Wokingham, chairman of the Conservative Economic Affairs Committee and a former Secretary of State for Wales. OMFIF EUROPEAN Union leaders are urging British Prime Minister Theresa May to speed up the UK’s plans for exit. I
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    • 1382 23  -  Trump blasts wealthy donors and powerful lobbyists who have been guiding the Republican Party and challenges the party’s foreign and trade policy orthodoxies By Leon Hadar NOTWITHSTANDING the outcome of the 2016 US presidential election, one thing is clear: Donald
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  • LIFE & CULTURE
    • 914 25 Donors are only interested in financing their own institutions so traditional museums have to be even more aggressive to win their dollars NYT New York THE recent announcement of a wrenching round of layoffs at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New
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    • 435 25 NYT Devanampattinam, India THE transformation of transgender women into goddesses for an annual Hindu festival takes place in an atmosphere of reverent, sombre concentration. Laugh lines vanish, replaced by an impassive mask. As they prepared to perform in the Mayana Kollai festival in
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    • 901 25 NYT New York THE New Museum’s summer show The Keeper explores the complex relationships we have with the things we collect. Why do we amass certain objects? How do these collections affect us and those around us? When does a pleasant hobby cross the line
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    • 989 26  -  Lian Beng has conscientiously sought to expand its core construction business to related sectors, to help soften the blow of weaker demand. BY MINDY TAN demand.BY MINDY TAN tanmindy@sph.com.sg @MindyTanBT A THOROUGH study of Lian Beng Group’s complicated group structure is required if you want
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    • 1316 26  -  By Anthony Chien Yuen Hong, Chester Yeo Jing Wei, Isaac Cheong zikang, Gerald Ong Zheng Ze T The writers are students of NUS Business School OFTEN cited as one of the must-go places for locals and tourists alike for its chilli crab,
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    • 61 26 Celebrating Singapore´s Enterprising Spirit 2016 This series is part of the Enterprise 50 Educational Project between the E50 partners and the NUS Business School. Jumbo Group was among the winners in 2015. The annual E50 ranking is co-organised by The Business Times and KPMG, sponsored by OCBC Bank, and supported
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