The Business Times, 9 June 2015

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    31 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES 2015 SOCIETY OF NEWS DESIGN EXCELLENCE AWARD■BEST IN OVERALL REDESIGN■ S$1.00 A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION www.businesstimes.com.sg @BTBreakingnews CO REGN NO *****2868E MCI (P) 051/08/2014 Tuesday, June 9,2015
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  • DAILY DIGEST
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      Lock icon The outlook for jobs
      24 1 in the next three months appears sunnier in other parts of the Asia-Pacific region, than in Singapore. TOP STORIES 2
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      Lock icon China’s trade
      22 1 continued to slide in May, with exports dipping 2.8 per cent, and imports falling 17.6 per cent. TOP STORIES 3
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      Lock icon Sovereign wealth funds
      29 1 are now in a stronger position to manage funding concerns linked to falling oil prices than they were before the 2008 global crisis. TOP STORIES 4
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    • Article
      Lock icon China Life Insurance
      24 1 has established its first office in Singapore its first venture outside of the mainland, Hong Kong and Macau. COMPANIES MARKETS 5
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    • Article
      Lock icon Nathaniel Rothschild
      22 1 will abandon his troubled investment in Indonesia’s coal industry, agreeing to sell his Asia Resource Minerals stake. COMPANIES MARKETS 6
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      Lock icon England is set to
      21 1 announce a regulatory shift away from stabilising bank balance sheets to making people accountable. BANKING FINANCE 12
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      Lock icon Amazon.com is
      30 1 in a race against Google to store data on human DNA, seeking market share in a business that may be worth US$1 billion a year by 2018. TECHNOLOGY/14
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      Lock icon The man who helped
      21 1 spark the recall of Maggi noodles says Indian authorities lack the resources for widespread inspections. CONSUMER 15
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      Lock icon Airbus group
      23 1 is set to face a fresh challenge in reviving sales of its A380 jet as used aircraft hit the market.TRANSPORT 16
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      Lock icon G-7 leaders
      18 1 have pledged to speed up work on a transatlantic trade and investment partnership deal. GOVT ECONOMY/17
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      Lock icon Japan’s Q1 GDP
      12 1 expanded much more vigorously than previously indicated. GOVT& ECONOMY/18
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  • Article
    Lock icon MARKETS
    27 1 Monday Change STI 3,320.33 -13.34 KL COMP 1,739.45 -5.88 NIKKEI 22 20,457.19 -3.71 HANG SENG 27,316.28 +56.12 SHENZHEN B 1,558.55 -44.57 DOW (11:45am EDT) 17,814.99 -34.47
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    Lock icon SGX names veteran banker Loh Boon Chye as its new CEO
    806 1  -  The former Bank of America Merrill Lynch head of global markets in the Asia-Pacific takes over on July 14 By Kenneth Lim kenlim@sph.com.sg @KennethLimBT T With additional reporting by Melissa Tan Melissa Tan Singapore THE Singapore Exchange (SGX) has
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    Lock icon Ringgit hits 9-year low
    650 1  -  By Pauline Ng btworld@sph.com.sg Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIANS, in despair, have a new name for their currency the shringgit. Already one of the worst performers in the past year, the currency touched a nine-year low of 3.767 to the US dollar on Monday, after the US posted
    Source: Bloomberg  -  650 words
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      87 1 8 "*****1 *****4 SHARP FALL S$ falls against greenback on strong US jobs data COMPANIES MARKETS 7 COMMENTARY Corrupt or not, Russia and Qatar should remain World Cup hosts TOP STORIES 4 BLACKROCK Asia Square Tower 1 put up for sale REAL ESTATE 10 COMPLETE SOLUTION Startup veriTAG keeping tabs
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  • TOP STORIES
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      Lock icon Jobs outlook better elsewhere in region than S’pore
      836 2  -  Employers still jumpy about where the economy is going in coming months; net employment outlook is 13 per cent By Chuang Peck Ming peckming@sph.com.sg @PeckmingBT Singapore THE outlook for jobs in the next three months appears sunnier in other parts of the
      Source: Manpower Group  -  836 words
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      Lock icon China trade continues sliding; surplus soars in May
      567 3  -  Severe drop in imports indicates that domestic demand has yet to pick up, despite recent stimulus measures By Virginie Mangin btworld@sph.com.sg Beijing CHINA’s trade continued to slide in May, putting more pressure on Beijing to further ease policies. Exports dipped 2.8 per
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      Lock icon Financial market risks rising, spreading, says IMF deputy MD
      487 3  -  By Anthony Rowley btworld@sph.com.sg Tokyo THE deputy managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has warned of the growing risks of severe financial market disruption and of a “disorderly rebalancing” of investment portfolios as monetary policy normalises in the US
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      Lock icon SWFs now better placed to manage oil-related funding concerns: report
      433 4  -  Invesco study says this is because of greater recognition of liquidity objectives and better governance By Kelly Tay kellytay@sph.com.sg @KellyTayBT Singapore SOVEREIGN wealth funds are now in a stronger position to manage funding concerns linked to falling oil prices than
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      Lock icon South Korea govt ready to counter economic impact of Mers
      467 4 REUTERS Seoul THE South Korean government on Monday said it is ready to take swift measures to counter the negative effects on its economy from an outbreak of a deadly respiratory disease, suggesting that worried policymakers may soon deliver monetary
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    • Article
      Lock icon Russia, Qatar could lose right to host World Cup ‘if bribery found’
      846 4 AFP Geneva RUSSIA and Qatar could lose the right to host the 2018 and 2022 World Cups if evidence is found of corruption in the bidding process, a Fifa official was quoted as saying on Sunday. The comments
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      Lock icon Corrupt or not, Russia and Qatar should remain World Cup hosts
      717 4  -  COMMENTARY By Lee U-Wen leeuwen@sph.com.sg @LeeUwenBT Singapore IF Russia and Qatar weren’t feeling the jitters before, they surely will be now. The hosts of the Fifa World Cup in 2018 and 2022 respectively are facing the nightmare prospect of
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  • COMPANIES & MARKETS
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      Lock icon China Life Insurance opens first Singapore branch
      563 5  -  The branch, named China Life Insurance Singapore, will provide health insurance and renminbi wealth management, among other services By Elizabeth Mak eamak@sph.com.sg Singapore CHINA’S largest life insurance provider China Life Insurance set up its first Singapore office on Monday its first venture outside
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      Lock icon Spackman diversifies into variety show production
      313 5  -  By Kelly Tay kellytay@sph.com.sg @KellyTayBT Singapore CATALIST-LISTED Spackman Entertainment Group now has an effective interest of 44.45 per cent in Delmedia a Korean variety show production company after its associated company, Spackman Media Group (SMG), acquired a majority stake in Delmedia for US$1.48 million.
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    • CORPORATE DIGEST
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        Lock icon Koyo International
        69 5 KOYO International’s wholly owned subsidiary, Koyo Engineering (SE Asia), has been awarded two contracts worth about S$17.3 million bringing Koyo’s gross order book to date to S$41 million. The contracts are for the proposed additions and alterations to mechanical, electrical, and plumbing services at the Ngee Ann Polytechnic
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        Lock icon TTJ Holdings
        37 5 TTJ Holdings reported a 74 per cent slump in net profit for the third quarter ended April 30 to S$1.6 million, dragged by lower sales and margins. Revenue fell 56 per cent to S$14.8 million.
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        111 5 3CNERGY Ltd said it has entered into a supplemental deed with with Patrick Liew and his wife Lim Sook Lin for the conditional sale and purchase agreement inked in May, under which the duo agreed to acquire HSR International Realtors from 3Cnergy for a nominal S$1. Mr Liew and
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      Lock icon Darkest before the dawn
      703 6  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW BY CAI HAOXIANG haoxiang@sph.com.sg @HaoxiangCaiBT IN the six years since the global financial crisis, the Singapore market has taken on some characteristics of the typical Singaporean: not too excitable, mostly honest, gets the job done. Yet after the penny stock crash of October
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      Lock icon Nathaniel Rothschild sells Asia Resource Minerals stake
      502 6 Financier has secured an improved offer from Asian group Coal Energy Ventures REUTERS London FINANCIER Nathaniel Rothschild will abandon his troubled investment in Indonesia’s coal industry, he said on Monday, agreeing to sell his stake in Asia Resource Minerals (Arms) after securing an
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      Lock icon S$ falls against greenback on strong US jobs data
      517 7  -  Sharp SGD fall against US$ also comes as Malaysian ringgit suffers slides against the US and Singapore currencies By Siow Li Sen lisen@sph.com.sg @SiowLiSenBT Singapore THE Singapore dollar (SGD) fell a sharp one per cent on Monday against the greenback following
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      Lock icon Sinarmas Land takes stake in Chinese Reit
      385 7  -  By Lynette Khoo lynkhoo@sph.com.sg @LynetteKhooBT Singapore PROPERTY developer Sinarmas Land (SML) has entered into a heads of agreement with KaiLong Holdings Ltd (KLR) to take up a strategic stake in what could be the first Chinese Reit to be listed on the Singapore
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    • Article
      Lock icon Nightmare not over for HTC: analyst
      276 7 BLOOMBERG Taipei THE top ranked analyst covering HTC Corp is predicting the company’s “nightmare” is poised to get even worse after the smartphone maker slashed its sales forecast, triggering the stock’s biggest drop in three years. Sinopac Financial Holdings Co analyst Calvin Huang in
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      Lock icon External woes continue to weigh on STI
      651 8  -  Index falls 13.34 points to 3,320.33 in a soft Monday session that saw not much action in blue chips or penny stocks STOCKS By R Sivanithy sivan@sph.com.sg @RSivanithyBT A SOFT session that ended with the Straits Times Index (STI) 13.34 points weaker at
      Source: Bloomberg  -  651 words
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      Lock icon STI STOCKS
      307 8 Stock name Close Change Day high/low 52w high 52w low PE Div yield Mcap Ascendas Reit 240 -7 247/239 271 219 6.1 6069.1 CapitaLand 337 -4 340/336 379 293 12.3 2.7 *****.8 CapitaMall Trust 213 +1 214/210 228 188.5 5.1 7390.5 CityDev 990 +13 997/979 1095 915 11.9
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      Lock icon MOST ACTIVE
      34 8 VOLUME Debao Property 108,601,400 Elektromotive 89,038,200 WE 58,758,300 Digiland Intl 53,612,100 Oceanus 52,449,200 Market volume 1,606,394,000 VALUE Singtel 77,603,612 UOB 62,169,874 CityDev 52,061,884 DBS Grp 50,283,882 OCBC Bank 50,219,632 Market value 1,024,621,000
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      Lock icon SGX ETFs
      110 8 Most Active Fund Last sale +/-(‘000) Day high/low 52w high/low Buy/Sell Mcap IS MS INDIA US$ US712 -12 433 724/709 1000/696 713/716 89 UETF SSE50China 338 +20 348 340/323 340/140 325/339 105.6 STI ETF 337 -1 265 339/336 355/319 336/337 DBXT CSI300 US$ US1466 +36 59 1466/1427 1466/626
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      Lock icon OTHER SINGAPORE INDICES
      77 8 Jun 8 VALUE CLOSE BT OB/OS -905.00 -206.00 BT CADI -*****.00 -135.00 BT 10-day MA -*****.00 -90.00 FTSE ST Mid Cap 768.65 -4.31 FTSE ST Small Cap 483.99 -3.51 FTSE ST All Share 799.23 -3.57 FTSE ST China Top 209.39 -0.89 FTSE ST China 249.67 +0.13 FTSE
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      Lock icon STI / FTSE ST All-Share
      36 8 STI FTSE ST All-Share ftse ST All-Share index June 8, 2015 799.23 -3.57 (-0.44%) Current streak 3 days Day high 802.47 Day low 799.23 52-week high 847.98 (Apr 15, 2015) 52-week low 762.71 (Oct 16, 2014)
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      Lock icon STI / MSCI EAFE
      33 8 STI MSCI EAFE MSCI EAFE index June 5,2015 1,865.80 -37.77 (-1.98%) Current streak 2 days Day high 1,899.14 Day low 1,860.08 52-week high 1,995.49 (July 3, 2014) 52-week low 1,697.01 (Jan 7, 2015)
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      Lock icon SECURITIES TRADING SCOREBOARD
      186 8 MAIN CATL TOTAL Up Down Unch Up Down Unch Up Down Unch Multi Ind 4 9 1 0 0 0 4 9 1 Manufacturing 34 54 39 8 11 9 42 65 48 Commerce 13 25 19 4 6 3 17 31 22 Tpt/Stor/Comms 9 21 8
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      Lock icon SECURITIES TRADING TURNOVER
      123 8 VOLUME (‘000) VALUE (‘000) MAIN CATL TOTAL MAIN CATL TOTAL Multi Ind 14,979 14,979 54,678 54,678 Manufacturing 144,266 146,270 290,536 83,058 4,433 87,490 Commerce 208,874 110,489 319,363 51,995 1,577 53,572 Tpt/Stor/Comms 105,889 1,382 107,271 177,141 97 177,238 Finance 20,467 3 20,470 203,331 1 203,332 Construction 23,664 11,516
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      Lock icon STI / Catalist
      63 8 STI Catalist Straits Times index June 8,2015 3,320.33 -13.34 (-0.40%) Current streak 3 days Day high 3,333.99 Day low 3,318.28 52-week high 3,539.95 (Apr 15, 2015) 52-week low 3,154.21 (Oct 16, 2014) ftse ST Catalist index June 8,2015 684.81 -4.30 (-0.62%) Current streak 3 days Day high 689.78 Day low
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      Lock icon GAINERS
      75 8 BY CENTS CLOSE UP 52w high/low DBXT Vietnam US$ 2451 80.2 2.5 3100/2250 DBXT CSI300 US$ 1466 49.0 2.5 1466/626 Lyxor ChinaH US$ 1934 43.5 1.7 2055/1280 DBXT China50 US$ 3986 42.2 0.8 4258/2800 UETF SSE50China 338 20.0 6.3 340/140 BY PERCENTAGE CLOSE UP 52w high/low Joyas W*****5 0.7
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      Lock icon LOSERS
      74 8 BY CENTS CLOSE DOWN 52w high/low DBXT ASX200 US$ 3589 -228.4 -4.5 4403/3530 DBXT E50 US$ 5032 -195.8 -2.8 5630/4562 SPDR S&P500 US$ ***** -136.0 -0.5 *****/***** DBXT MSKorea US$ 5564 -116.9 -1.5 6735/5484 DBXT MSJAP US$ 5103 -112.9 -1.6 5277/4291 BY PERCENTAGE CLOSE DOWN 52w high/low Innopac W*****0
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    • BROKERS’ TAKE
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        Lock icon Ezra Holdings
        176 8 Trading Buy S$0.285 June 8 close: S$0.285 Target price: S$0.34 RHB, June 8 THE size of the rights issue was the main negative surprise, but we think the market has priced in more dilution than a realistic case. We note a hefty margin of safety now exists for
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        Lock icon Lippo Malls Indonesia Retail Trust
        138 8 Hold June 8 close: S$0.365 Target price: S$0.35 OCBC Investment Research, June 8 DESPITE some uncertainties over Indonesia’s economic outlook, the retail sales momentum remained solid, increasing 23.6 per cent year-on-year in April, after growth of 10.9 per cent to 19.3 per cent in January
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        Lock icon City Developments (CDL)
        192 8  -  Compiled by Melissa Tan Buy June 8 close: S$9.90 Fairvalue: S$11.54 DBS Group Research, June 8 SHARES of CDL fell 4.1 per cent last Friday on news that it will be removed from the FTSE EPRA NAREIT Global Real Estate Index Series. The change will be effective
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      Lock icon CALENDAR
      6 8 DATA I 9.30am China’s CPI
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      Lock icon US$ retreats after near 13-year high against yen
      439 9 CURRENCIES REUTERS London THE dollar fell from near 13-year highs against the yen on Monday on a media report that the US authorities were uncomfortable with their strong currency, prompting some traders to trim favourable bets on the greenback. US President Barack
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    • FOREX RATES
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        Lock icon INTERBANK CROSS RATES
        471 9 Jun 8 A$ C$ Rmb Euro HK$ Ind Rs Rupiah Yen Won RM NZ$ Pak Rs Peso S$ Rand Sfr NT$ Baht Pound US$ Australia 0.950 4.738 0.684 5.919 48.951 102.094 0.957 8.577 2.876 1.081 77.787 34.386 1.039 9.581 0.716 23.750 25.823 0.500 0.764 Canada 1.053 4.987
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        Lock icon INTERBANK CURRENCY RATES
        155 9 Jun 8 Against S$ Against US$ Currencies Bid Offer Bid Offer S$/US$ to one unit of foreign currency: Australian dollar 1.0379 1.0392 0.7633 0.7638 Canadian dollar 1.0926 1.0938 0.8039 0.8035 Euro 1.5176 1.5187 1.1161 1.1162 NZ dollar 0.9601 0.9611 0.7061 0.7064 Sterling pound 2.0760 2.0779 1.5268 1.5272
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        Lock icon US$/S$ FORWARD RATES
        21 9 Jun8 S$ Bid Offer 1-month 1.3605 1.3617 2-months 1.3615 1.3627 3-months 1.3616 1.3627 6-months 1.3646 1.3661 Source: OCBC
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    • EQUITY BONDS WARRANTS FUTURES
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        Lock icon SGX DERIVATIVES TRADING
        398 9 Jun 8 OPEN HIGH LOW SETT VOL OP/INT FTSE CHINA A50 INDEX FUTURES SPOT *****.81 *****.55 *****.70 Jun15 *****.00 *****.50 *****.00 *****.50 *****0 *****8 Jul15 *****.00 *****.50 *****.50 *****.00 ***** ***** NIKKEI 225 INDEX FUTURES SPOT *****.85 *****.94 *****.06 Jun15 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 ***** *****6 Sep15
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        Lock icon BONDS, WARRANTS, PREFERENCE SHARES
        201 9 Jun 8 Most active Prem Expiry Vol Conv Exer Disc Gear-Mths Company Last Sale +or-('000) Ratio Price ing Left WE Holdings Ltd W*****5 0.2 unch 9955 1 0 2 FTSEChinaA50 ***** MBePW*****9 13 -4.1 6360 0.0 --3 UOB MB ECW*****1 10.8 -0.3 6333 0.1 2395 4
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        Lock icon MORGAN STANLEY CAPITAL INTERNATIONAL INDICES
        373 9 In local curr In S$ In US$ dy yr dy yr dy yr Jun 5 Index Change Change Change Change Change Change World Preliminary 1341.4 -0.4 5.1 -0.1 5.5 -0.8 3.0 EAFE Preliminary 1086.7 -0.9 10.1 -1.2 7.7 -2.0 5.1 Europe Preliminary 1501.9 -1.1 8.7
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    • BANK RATES
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        Lock icon INTERBANK RATES
        154 9 Jun 8 $S Offer Bid 0vernight 0.05 Par 1-month 0.6875 0.5625 2-months 0.75 0.625 3-months 0.8125 0.6875 Overnight mode: 0.10 US$ Offer Bid 7 days 0.18 0.08 1 month 0.23 0.13 2 months 0.28 0.18 3 months 0.40 0.20 6 months 0.60 0.40 9 months 0.75 0.55 12
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        Lock icon SIBOR
        36 9 Jun 8 1 mth 1 mth 0.***** 2 mths 3 mths 0.***** 6 mths 0.***** 9 mths 12 mths 1.***** SWAP Offer rates 1 mth 0.***** 3 mths 0.***** 6 mths 1.***** Source: Thomson Reuters
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        Lock icon GOVERNMENT SECURITIES
        69 9 Jun 8 Jun 8 GOVERNMENT BONDS Period Issue Coupon Maturity Close Day's code rate Bid High Low 2-Year N*****0Z 2.375 01-Apr-17 102.23 102.28 102.28 5-Year N*****0H 1.625 01-Oct-19 98.64 10-Year NX*****Z 2.375 01-Jun-25 96.74 96.98 96.65 15-Year NY*****E 2.875 01-Jul-29 99 99.00 99.00 20-Year NZ*****V 3.375 01-Sep-33 104.15
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    • AGRI METALS ENERGY
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        Lock icon COMMODITY FUTURES
        246 9 Jun-5 Price Net change change Last Trade Agricultural Jun-5 CBOT Soybeans (US cents/bu) 937.75 -8.75 -0.92% 14/07/2015 CBOT Soybean Oil (US cents/lb) 34.78 0.25 0.72% 14/07/2015 CBOT Wheat (US cents/bu) 517.00 -6.75 -1.29% 14/07/2014 Jun-5 LIFFE Cocoa (£/tonne) 2112.00 10.00 0.48% 16/07/2015 LIFFE Coffee (US$/tonne) 1728.00 -8.00 -0.46%
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  • REAL ESTATE
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      Lock icon BlackRock puts Asia Square’s Tower 1 up for sale
      602 10  -  Price tag said to be S$4b; group could be open to selling its space in Tower 2 which may be worth S$2.5b By Kalpana Rashiwala kalpana@sph.com.sg @KalpanaBT Singapore ASSET management giant BlackRock has put up Asia Square Tower 1 for sale.
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      Lock icon Dalian Wanda to launch crowdfunding for malls
      307 10 REUTERS Hong Kong DALIAN Wanda Group, China’s largest commercial property developer, said it plans to raise funds from investors online this week to help finance its new shopping malls, the latest developer tapping an emerging trend amid a sluggish property market. Wanda, in
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      Lock icon Guangzhou eases home downpayment rules
      259 10 REUTERS Hong Kong CHINA’S southern city of Guangzhou on Sunday relaxed downpayment requirements for first and second homebuyers, the first local housing market stimulus rolled out by a top-tier city. The third-largest city in terms of gross domestic product in China lowered the downpayment ratio
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      Lock icon Blackstone targets Brazil buys as property values tumble
      1081 11 Group bargain-hunts along with Brookfield Asset Management and JPMorgan Chase and is opening a Sao Paulo office BLOOMBERG Sao Paulo AFTER tripling its money on big US real estate bets, Blackstone Group LP is taking on Brazil. The Visconde de Inhauma Corporate,
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      Lock icon Hilton planning host of corporate manoeuvres
      789 11 WP McLean, Virginia LESS than two years after going public, McLean, Virginia-based Hilton Worldwide Holdings is preparing for its next corporate act. The giant hotelier is considering a number of business initiatives, including paying a modest dividend to shareholders, repurchasing its stock, and spinning
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  • BANKING & FINANCE
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      Lock icon New UK code will hold bankers to account for misconduct
      876 12 Osborne, Carney set to unveil details of Fair and Effective Markets Review on Wednesday BLOOMBERG London MARK Carney and George Osborne are making it personal. Seven years after the UK bailed out some of its biggest lenders, the Bank of
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      Lock icon Shares of Deutsche Bank jump on management purge
      495 12 REUTERS Frankfurt THE appointment of John Cryan as chief executive of Deutsche Bank sent shares in Germany’s largest lender up 8 per cent on Monday as investors judged the Briton a more credible contender than his two ousted predecessors to revive the
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      271 12 Investors have to equip themselves with the knowledge on stocks investment before they start off their investment journey. Most importantly, having the right investing mindset is essential for every successful investor. Investing without the complete knowledge will result in unprofitable investments thus financial losses. Show Me the Money writes about
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      274 12 and Interest rates rises have historically caused volatility in capital, investment and asset markets. How will equities, bonds, commodities and currencies react to this upcoming interest rate rise? Will HK H shares and China A shares continue to soar? How will higher interest rates affect the AH premium equilibrium? byGabriel
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      16 12 EDITOR'S CHOICE We bring you three top stories in full at businesstimes.com.sg every day thebusinesstimes btbreakingnews
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      824 13 Uncertainties that could cause price swings include the US oil industry; the return of Iran to oil markets; demand in China; and the return of political oil risk premium REUTERS Vienna TO hear Opec ministers in Vienna last week, one would think
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      3022 13 The Business Times Ik 1 Toll free 1800-289-8822 I I Email notices@sph.com.sg V j B j il www.sphclass.com.sg/notices SUNSET VINE ASIA (PTE.) LIMITED Registration No. *****5700C (Incorporated In Singapore) NOTICE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an Extraordinary General Meeting (“EGM”) of Sunset Vine Asia (Pte.) Limited
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      828 14 REUTERS New York AMAZON.COM Inc is in a race against Google Inc to store data on human DNA, seeking both bragging rights in helping scientists make new medical discoveries and market share in a business that may be worth US$ 1
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      683 14 Bolt Threads targets market for high-performance apparel such as sports shirts and bras WP San Francisco FIVE years ago, the graduate students behind a secretive startup called Bolt Threads set out to replicate the unique chemical properties of spider silk, an almost magically flexible
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      46 14 THEHER WORLD GOLF CHALLENGE IS HERE AGAIN! Venue: Sentosa Golf Club (Tanjong Course) Date: July 3, 2015 (Friday) Time: 11am to 9:30pm Format of play: Double Peoria System (Stableford) Registration fee: $289 (includes lunch and dinner) THE MAD HATTEREDITION SIGN UP NOW at http://campaign. herworldplus.com/ herworldgolf2015.
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      733 15 Government authorities seen lacking the resources for widespread inspections BLOOMBERG New Delhi THE man who helped spark one of India’s largest food recalls prompting Nestle SA’s top executive to rush to New Delhi last week says government authorities lack the
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      1680 15 Frasers Hospitality Asset Management Pte. Ltd. (as manager of Frasers Hospitality Real Estate Investment Trust) Frasers Hospitality Trust Management Pte. Ltd. (as trustee-manager of Frasers Hospitality Business Trust) NOTICE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING DBS Bank Ltd. is the Sole Global Coordinator and Issue Manager for the initial public offer of
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      585 16 BLOOMBERG Beijing CHINA is forging the country’s answer to General Electric (GE), combining two state-owned railroad equipment makers to create the world’s sec-ond-largest industrial company. And the giant isn’t planning to stay at home. The merger of CSR Corp and
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      665 16 Accidents show technology is sound but interplay on the road is a problem BLOOMBERG Berlin AS companies such as Google Inc, Mercedes-Benz and Volvo Cars race to develop vehicles that are smart enough to drive themselves, even the most sophisticated
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      333 17 Early settlement comes as the company seeks to wind down its operations BLOOMBERG Kuala Lumpur 1 MALAYSIA Development Bhd, the debt-ridden state investment company, has said that it repaid a US$975 million syndicated loan led by Deutsche Bank. The repayment is part
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      651 17 AFP Istanbul TURKISH investors on Monday took fright at a new period of political uncertainty after legislative elections, with shares tumbling over six per cent and the lira hitting a new record low against the dollar. Turkey’s central bank acted swiftly to give
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      438 17 REUTERS AFP Athens GREECE is willing to compromise to reach a deal with its EU-IMF creditors that is acceptable to both sides and is ready to negotiate until the end of June to achieve this, the government said on Monday. The comments struck
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      734 17 important that Obama receives fast track authority from US Congress to conclude talks fast: Merkel REUTERS BLOOMBERG Kruen, Germany LEADERS of the Group of Seven (G-7) major industrialised democracies pledged on Monday to speed up work on a transatlantic
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      700 18  -  Some analysts see signs of economic revival but others point to rising import costs, low domestic consumption By Anthony Rowley btworld@sph.com.sg Tokyo JAPAN’S gross domestic product (GDP) expanded much more vigorously than previously indicated during the first quarter of this year,
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      570 18 REUTERS BLOOMBERG Amsterdam THE Dutch central bank revised up its economic growth forecasts for the coming years, saying in an outlook published on Monday that output would recover to pre-crisis levels in real terms by the end of this
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      883 19 investors downplay rate rise chances even as potential for losses for bond holders is greater than at any time BLOOMBERG New York IF the Federal Reserve is really so intent on raising interest rates this year, why is Wall
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      1182 19 REUTERS New York IT has become a recurrent moment in Hillary Clinton’s speeches as she campaigns for the presidency: softening her voice to a hush, she says she wants to end the “quiet epidemic” of Americans dying from overdoses of painkillers
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      226 19 REUTERS Berlin GERMAN exports and industrial output both rose more sharply than expected in April, getting the country off to a strong start to the second quarter. Seasonally adjusted exports jumped by 1.9 per cent on the month, data from the Federal Statistics
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      1684 17 The Business Times NOTICES Toll free 1800-289-8822 Email notices@sph.com.sg www.sphclass.com.sg/notices IN THE HIGH COURT OF THE REPUBLIC OF SINGAPORE Companies Winding Up No. 117 of 2013 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT (CAP. 50) AND IN THE MATTER OF KIMVI (PRIVATE) LIMITED (IN LIQUIDATION) (REG. NO. *****0664W) NOTICE OF
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      494 18 Keep Calm And Take Charge, Shun Failure, Network Effectively! Who should attend: Managers, Directors, Business Owners, Sales and Service Executives. FULL-DAY WORKSHOPS Positive Thinking: Bouncing Back From Failure Taking Initiative And Making Things Happen At The Workplace Taking initiative means handling duties and responsibilities without waiting to receive instructions from
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      1072 19 The admission and listing of Frasers Centrepoint Limited on Singapore Exchange Securities Trading Limited (the “SGX-ST”) was sponsored by DBS Bank Ltd. as the Sole Issue Manager. DBS Bank Ltd., United Overseas Bank Limited and Morgan Stanley Asia (Singapore) Pte. were the Joint Financial Advisers for the listing of Frasers
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      566 20 EDITORIAL THE South China Sea imbroglio seems to be settling into a long game of attrition. That display of political theatre when a US spy plane with reporters on board flew directly over Fiery Cross Reef in the Spratly Islands
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      793 20  - Plight of the NEETs a global phenomenon By the OECD’s estimates, roughly half of the NEETs aren’t even looking for work. That is a sombre warning sign of political and personal fatalism. THE BOTTOM LINE By Robert Samuelson THE WASHINGTON POST WRITERS GROUP Washington AMONG the economic and social trends
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      951 21  - QE currency market intervention by another name Central banks in the G-7 or G-20 would consult each other and coordinate their monetary policies. But international cooperation lags well behind when domestic politics dictate monetary actions, as they usually do. COMMENTARY By Anthony Rowley By Anthony Rowley Tokyo THE term “beggar
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      620 21  -  LETTER TO THE EDITOR Mano Sabnani T The writer is a former BT Editor CHEMICAL Industries (Far East) is one of the “lost” stocks on the Singapore Exchange (SGX) mainboard. It has a reasonably good core business in industrial chemicals
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      917 21  -  Greater focus is needed on managerial quality, behavioural issues, and competition in domestic sectors. BY FRASER THOMPSON COMMENTARY sectors.BY FRASER THOMPSON T The writer is a Singapore-based director of AlphaBeta, an economic strategy firm focused on South-east Asia Singapore AS Nobel laureate Paul
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      328 23 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD Across 1 An officer gets this percentage (10) 6 A direction to lower a boat (4) 10 Disciplinary panel assembled (5) 11 I’m in a state it’s excitement (9) 12 Capital place to resettle when idle (3,5) 13 I’m a long time making a picture (5) 15 Uniformly
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    1135 24  -  Companies need to get on the innovation bandwagon to harness digital technology, which is creating disruptions globally COMMENTARY By Upasna Kakroo The writer is the co-founder of content marketing and branding startup, Brandanew. Her previous experiences include Rocket Internet, McKinsey Co. and she’s been a
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      1093 26  -  Singapore cloud-tagging startup veriTAG takes an innovative approach to how information is relayed in the food trade and in asset management By Prisca Ang prisang@sph.com.sg SCAN, view, repeat tech-savvy consumers and enterprises are no strangers to the Quick Response (QR) code, which plays host to
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      985 24  -  COMMENTARY By Manfred Kets De Vries The writer is clinical professor of Leadership Development Organisational Change at insead and The Raoul de Vitry d'Avaucourt chaired professor of leadership development, emeritus. This article first appeared on INSEAD Knowledge WHETHER it’s kissing frogs, slaying dragons or battling
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      16 26 INNOVATION Striving for Digital Organisation 4.0 24 NO CHILD’S PLAY Leadership lessons from fairy tales 24
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