The Business Times, 22 January 2016

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    22 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES S$1.00 A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION www.businesstimes.com.sg @BTBreakingnews CO REGN NO *****2868E MCI (P) 039/08/2015 GFriday, January 22, 2016
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  • Article
    Lock icon DAILY DIGEST
    147 1 Barclays shuts its Asia cash-equity business, shedding more than 200 jobs in the region. TOP STORIES 2 Succession planning and professionalising the business are the key concerns of business families here. TOP STORIES 6 Keppel Corporation’s Q4 net profit falls 44.2 per cent to S$404.78 million. COMPANIES MARKETS
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    Lock icon Calmer voices emerge amid market carnage
    800 1  -  Observers say continued selldown an issue of confidence rather than sign of coming recession or financial crisis By Cai Haoxiang haoxiang@sph.com.sg @HaoxiangCaiBT Singapore ASIAN stocks took another beating on Thursday after US stocks fell on Wednesday night. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Index fell below
    Source: Bloomberg  -  800 words
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    Lock icon Margin calls on S’pore shares worsening, but little systemic risk seen
    776 1  -  By Kenneth Lim kenlim@sph.com.sg @KennethLimBT Singapore MARGIN calls are surging as the stock market stumbles, but industry insiders see little systemic risk because investors and broking houses were already battening down the hatches before the latest pullback. The Singapore
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    Lock icon MARKETS
    27 1 Thursday Change STI 2,532.70 -27.07 KL COMP 1,600.92 -17.91 NIKKEI 225 16,017.26 -398.93 HANG SENG 18,542.15 -344.15 SHENZHEN B 1,148.64 -26.25 DOW (10.45 EST) 15,918.54 +151.80
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      24 1 RAIL RELIABILITY Push for 85% of commuters to rely mainly on public transport TOP STORIES 6 ART STAGE EXPANDS ITS SIGHTS BT LIFESTYLE 27
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      22 1 HOCK LOCK SIEW Conserve cash, don’t buy back shares COMPANIES MARKETS 8 SINGAPORE GROWTH STORY Driving force of entrepreneurs GOVERNMENT ECONOMY 23
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  • TOP STORIES
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      Lock icon Barclays latest to shut its Asian equities unit built from acquisitions
      552 2  -  More than 200 jobs have been shed in Asia, including some in Singapore; UK bank treads path taken by BNP, CIMB and Stanchart By Jamie Lee leejamie@sph.com.sg @JamieLeeBT Singapore BARCLAYS’ decision to shut its Asia cash-equity business and shed
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      Lock icon IMF to select new MD in the midst of turmoil
      719 2  -  By Anthony Rowley btworld@sph.com.sg Tokyo THE International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Thursday signalled it has begun selecting its next managing director. While the odds appear high that Christine Lagarde will win a second five-year term, some believe rival candidates could
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      Lock icon Short sellers come out on top in 2015; 2016 could offer even bigger kills
      678 2 VOLATILE MARKETS Madrid LAST year was the most profitable ever for short sellers, by one measure. And 2016 is starting off even better for bears. It’s no secret that betting on declines is proving profitable in
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      Lock icon US stocks set for a comeback, or another blow?
      567 2 REUTERS New York THE deep selling that has been synonymous with Wall Street in the New Year became bad enough on Wednesday to start drawing in buyers, but it is still too soon to tell whether they will look brilliant or
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      Lock icon Business law institute launched to facilitate Asia integration
      620 4  -  By Claire Huang huangjy@sph.com.sg @ClaireHuangBT Singapore WATERSHED developments including the formation of the Asean Economic Community, China’s launch of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank and the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal, all point towards the integration of Asian markets, which will happen on
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      Lock icon Singapore gunning to be LNG pricing hub
      1407 4  -  SGX sees challenging task ahead as it launches contracts for futures, swaps on Jan 25, vying with Tokyo, Shanghai SINGAPORE’S FUTURE ECONOMY By Andrea Soh sandrea@sph.com.sg @AndreaSohBT Singapore ALREADY considered one of the most important trading hubs for liquefied natural gas (LNG) in
      Sources: Wood Mackenzie; US Energy Information Administration  -  1,407 words
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      Lock icon Singapore LNG sector reaches milestone with more importers
      633 4  -  By Andrea Soh sandrea@sph.com.sg @AndreaSohBT Singapore BESIDES the launch of liquefied natural gas (LNG) futures, Singapore will this year see another milestone in having up to two more LNG importers appointed. And if local firms Pavilion Energy and Sembcorp Industries in the
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      Lock icon Push for 85% of commuters to rely mainly on public transport
      747 6  -  Khaw: Govt aims to get there by 2050s; focus is to raise rail reliability By Lee U-Wen leeuwen@sph.com.sg @LeeUwenBT Singapore A TRANSPORT system that primarily relies on cars is not sustainable in land-scarce Singapore, Transport Minister Khaw Boon Wan
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      Lock icon Succession, talent attraction keep family businesses up at night
      845 6  -  By Mindy Tan tanmindy@sph.com.sg @MindyTanBT Singapore SUCCESSION planning and professionalising the business are the key concerns of business families in Singapore, going by responses to PwC and the Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry’s (SCCCI) report, and questions posed to
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      Lock icon Firms eye returning overseas S’poreans
      406 6  -  By Grace So graceso@sph.com.sg Singapore HIRING managers in Singapore are looking towards returning overseas Singaporeans to ease the talent crunch, according to recruitment consultancy Robert Walters. Since the introduction of the Ministry of Manpower’s Fair Consideration Framework in 2014, which imposed local employment quotas, demand
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      Lock icon Real Madrid is the world’s richest football club
      650 6  -  By Lee U-Wen leeuwen@sph.com.sg @LeeUwenBT Singapore REAL Madrid may have ended last season without a trophy to their name but they are well and truly the undisputed kings of world football when it comes to raking in the cash. The ten-time European
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      75 4 DIANA KRALL •frer w&r/d foup Winner of nine gold, three platinum and seven multi-platinum albums 16 17 Feb 2016 Tue Wed 8.30pm Esplanade Concert Hall Selling Fast! 'Intimately affecting and nostalgic pop-jazz" The Guardian '[Diana Krall] and her five-piece backing band showcased serious musical proficiency and flashes of quiet eccentricity."
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  • COMPANIES & MARKETS
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      Lock icon FCT manages higher Q1 DPU on lower property expenses
      737 8  -  By Kalpana Rashiwala kalpana@sph.com.sg @KalpanaBT Singapore FRASERS Centrepoint Trust (FCT), which owns a string of suburban retail malls in Singapore, has posted distribution per unit (DPU) of 2.87 Singapore cents for the first quarter ended Dec 31, 2015, up 4.4 per
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      Lock icon Soilbuild Reit expects stable FY2016 as it raises Q4 DPU
      365 8  -  By Jamie Lee leejamie@sph.com.sg @JamieLeeBT Singapore DESPITE manufacturing slowdown putting pressure on the industrial property segment in 2015, Soilbuild Business Space Reit managed to secure renewals and new leases for the bulk of leases due for expiry that year. This
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      Lock icon Conserve cash, don’t buy back shares
      874 8  -  As stocks plummet, corporates should not make big buybacks to defend their share price HOCK LOCK SIEW BY CAI HAOXIANG haoxiang@sph.com.sg @HaoxiangCaiBT A SIMPLISTIC distinction often made between Western and traditional Chinese medicine is that the former uses scientifically proven methods to treat disease
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      Lock icon Outbound investments to drive SEA M&As in 2016
      638 8  -  By Claire Huang huangjy@sph.com.sg @ClaireHuangBT Singapore SOUTH-EAST Asia merger and acquisition (M&A) activity this year will continue to be driven by outbound investment, given that the limited domestic opportunities will push countries to look outside of the region. Singapore will lead this
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      Lock icon StarHub, CDL among top 10 most sustainable corporations globally
      619 8  -  By Lee Meixian leemx@sph.com.sg @LeeMeixianBT Singapore TWO homegrown companies StarHub and City Developments have made it to the list of top 10 most sustainable corporations in the world, making Singapore the only Asian city to have representation in the top ranks
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      Lock icon STI / Catalist
      63 10 STI Catalist Straits Times Index Jan 21,2016 2,532.70 -27.07 (-1.06%) Current streak 2 days Day high 2,601.56 Day low 2,529.01 52-week high 3,539.95 (Apr 15, 2015) 52-week low 2,532.70 (Jan 21, 2016) FTSE ST Catalist index Jan 21,2016 446.29 unch (0.00%) Current streak 1 day Day high 449.19 Day low
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      Lock icon Early bounce gives way to selling pressure
      637 10  -  Brokers say volatility spike, unpredictability of China market make it impossible to say when the selling may end STOCKS By R Sivanithy sivan@sph.com.sg @RSivanithyBT AFTER a short-covering bounce on Thursday morning that gave a mistaken semblance of stability because it added 30 points
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      Lock icon STI STOCKS
      304 10 Stock name Close Change Day high/low 52w high 52w low PE Div yield Mcap Ascendas Reit 213 -3 218/211 271 209 6.9 5594.9 CapitaLand 295 -2 304/293 379 267 10.8 3.1 ***** CapitaMall Trust 196 +1 197/194 228 184.5 5.5 6811.5 CityDev 674 -19 703/665 1095 665 8.1
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      33 10 VOLUME Ezra 59,087,100 MMP Resources 57,523,000 Noble 50,891,200 Annica 40,411,100 ChinaSports 36,020,300 Market volume 1,321,055,000 VALUE DBS Grp 227,088,503 Singtel 84,492,711 UOB 80,823,762 OCBC Bank 79,985,236 CapitaLand 71,794,789 Market value 1,378,302,000
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      77 10 Jan 21 VALUE CLOSE BT OB/OS -1007.00 +160.00 BT CADI -*****.00 -135.00 BT 10-day MA -*****.00 -101.00 FTSE ST Mid Cap 617.54 -6.67 FTSE ST Small Cap 371.63 -3.36 FTSE ST All Share 625.37 -7.07 FTSE ST China Top 148.85 -2.69 FTSE ST China 178.67 -5.30 FTSE
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      Lock icon STI / FTSE ST All-Share
      35 10 STI FTSE ST All-Share FTSE ST All-Share index Jan 21,2016 625.37 -7.07 (-1.12%) Current streak 2 days Day high 639.48 Day low 625.37 52-week high 847.98 (Apr 15, 2015) 52-week low 625.37 (Jan 21, 2016)
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      Lock icon STI / MSCI EAFE
      33 10 STI MSCI EAFE MSCI EAFE Index Jan 20,2016 1,517.92 -47.29 (-3.02%) Current streak 1 day Day high 1,567.52 Day low 1,512.38 52-week high 1,949.49 (May 15, 2015) 52-week low 1,517.92 (Jan 20, 2016)
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      Lock icon SECURITIES TRADING SCOREBOARD
      186 10 MAIN CATL TOTAL Up Down Unch Up Down Unch Up Down Unch Multi Ind 1 12 3 0 1 0 1 13 3 Manufacturing 32 42 31 2 11 10 34 53 41 Commerce 13 25 14 4 4 4 17 29 18 Tpt/Stor/Comms 4 26 4
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      Lock icon SECURITIES TRADING TURNOVER
      121 10 VOLUME (‘000) VALUE (‘000) MAIN CATL TOTAL MAIN CATL TOTAL Multi Ind 39,561 2,159 41,720 116,771 372 117,143 Manufacturing 185,967 94,704 280,671 93,718 2,241 95,959 Commerce 77,991 17,733 95,724 107,710 473 108,183 Tpt/Stor/Comms 164,306 645 164,951 186,145 49 186,193 Finance 40,598 43 40,641 420,385 5 420,390 Construction
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      Lock icon GAINERS
      69 10 BY CENTS CLOSE UP 52w high/low SPDR S&P500 US$ ***** 244.6 0.9 *****/***** Jardine C&C 3398 63.0 1.9 4258/2636 GLD US$ ***** 50.4 0.3 *****/***** IHH Healthcare 210 10.0 5.0 225/176 SGX 673 8.0 1.2 880/661 BY PERCENTAGE CLOSE UP 52w high/low Infinio 0.2 100.0 0.1 0.7/0.1 Next-Gen Sat
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      75 10 BY CENTS CLOSE DOWN 52w high/low IS S&P500 US$ ***** -640.3 -2.4 *****/***** Lyxor Indonesia US$ 6795 -535.2 -5.2 9182/6250 DBXT MSAsExJp US$ 2772 -208.6 -5.0 4064/2772 DBXT MSKorea US$ 4629 -208.6 -3.0 6246/4478 DBXT China50 US$ 2409 -174.1 -4.8 4258/2407 BY PERCENTAGE CLOSE DOWN 52w high/low Elektromotw*****5 0.1
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      Lock icon UNUSUAL ACTIVITY
      81 10 VOL CLOSE($) CHANGE Infinio 1,000.1 0.002 +0.001 +100.00 China Auto Elec 6,869.0 0.080 +0.009 +12.68 Equation 15,362.5 0.003 -0.001 -25.00 Lorenzo Intl 902.9 0.020 -0.007 -25.93 Techcomp 8.0 0.235 -0.035 -12.96 MMP Resources 57,523.0 0.006 -0.002 -25.00 Next-Gen Sat 4,001.9 0.004 +0.002 +100.00 LifeBrandz 5,100.1 0.004 +0.001 +33.33
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    • BROKERS’ TAKE
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        Lock icon Singapore Exchange BUY
        249 10 Jan 21 close: S$6.73 Target price: S$7.80 DBS Group Research, Jan 21 OUTLOOK for the securities and derivatives markets remains challenging. Volatility in the Chinese market, fear of a global recession, slumping oil prices and currency wars continue to weigh on sentiment. Singapore Exchange (SGX) successfully launched
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        Lock icon First Real Estate Investment Trust BUY
        203 10  -  Compiled by Kenneth Lim Jan 21 close: S$1.17 Target price: S$1.25 KG I Fraser Research, Jan 21 WE are likely to see zero rental reversions in 2016 on the back of weak Singapore CPI (consumer price index) growth. Acquisition of Kupang property is still
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      Lock icon SGX ETFS
      107 10 Most Active Fund Last sale +/-(‘000) Day high/low 52w high/low Buy/Sell Mcap STI ETF 260 -2 1624 267/260 355/260 259/260 IS MS INDIA US$ US608 +3 495 619/607 1000/605 608/610 76 DBXT MSRussia US$ US133 -5 198 137/133 235/129 130/131 Nikko AM STI ETF 259 -3 100 265/259
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      Lock icon Market tone still shaky after stocks sell-off
      418 11 CURRENCIES REUTERS London EXPECTATIONS of a steady-as-she-goes message from the European Central Bank in the face of financial market turbulence kept the euro strong against the dollar before the bank’s post-statement news conference on Thursday. With European stock markets recovering and oil prices
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    • FOREX RATES
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        Lock icon INTERBANK CROSS RATES
        471 11 Jan 21 A$ C$ Rmb Euro HK$ Ind Rs Rupiah Yen Won RM NZ$ Pak Rs Peso S$ Rand Sfr NT$ Baht Pound US$ Australia 1.000 4.532 0.632 5.385 46.880 95.888 0.804 8.359 3.018 1.072 72.257 33.022 0.991 11.599 0.691 23.272 24.971 0.486 0.689 Canada 1.000 4.534
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        Lock icon INTERBANK CURRENCY RATES
        155 11 Jan 21 Against S$ Against US$ Currencies Bid Offer Bid Offer S$/US$ to one unit of foreign currency: Australian dollar 0.9909 0.9919 0.6887 0.6890 Canadian dollar 0.9914 0.9922 0.6892 0.6890 Euro 1.5692 1.5705 1.0906 1.0909 NZ dollar 0.9244 0.9257 0.6425 0.6430 Sterling pound 2.0385 2.0403 1.4168 1.4173
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        Lock icon US$/S$ FORWARD RATES
        22 11 Jan 21 S$ Bid Offer 1-month 1.4398 1.4408 2-months 1.4411 1.4422 3-months 1.4424 1.4434 6-months 1.4454 1.4465 Source: OCBC
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    • EQUITY BONDS WARRANTS FUTURES
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        Lock icon SGX DERIVATIVES TRADING
        389 11 Jan 21 OPEN HIGH LOW SETT VOL OP/INT FTSE CHINA A50 INDEX FUTURES Jan16 9157.50 9405.00 8995.00 9030.00 *****8 *****1 Feb16 9030.00 9270.00 8860.00 8887.50 ***** ***** NIKKEI 225 INDEX FUTURES Mar16 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 *****7 *****0 Jun16 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 1547 3621 MSCI TAIWAN
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        Lock icon BONDS, WARRANTS, PREFERENCE SHARES
        202 11 Most active Jan 21 Prem Expiry Vol Conv Exer Disc Gear-Mths Company Last Sale +or-('000) Ratio Price ing Left CSC Holdings W*****9 0.5 unch ***** 1 1 15 2.60 59 KepCorp MB eCW*****1 7.8 -0.3 ***** 0.2 600 10 UOB MB eCW*****5 7.5 0.2 9114 0.1
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        Lock icon MORGAN STANLEY CAPITAL INTERNATIONAL INDICES
        377 11 In local curr In S$ In US$ dy yr dy yr dy yr Jan 20 Index Change Change Change Change Change Change World Preliminary 1138.4 -2.9 -10.9 -2.6 -9.8 -2.9 -11.2 EAFE Preliminary 899.9 -3.3 -11.2 -2.7 -10.2 -3.0 -11.6 Europe Preliminary 1262.9 -3.3 -10.6
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    • BANK RATES
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        154 11 Jan 21 $S Offer Bid 0vernight 0.05 0.02 1-month 1.125 1.000 2-months 1.1875 1.0625 3-months 1.2500 1.1250 Overnight mode: 0.05 US$ Offer Bid 7 days 0.45 0.35 1 month 0.48 0.38 2 months 0.65 0.45 3 months 0.75 0.55 6 months 1.00 0.80 9 months 1.20 1.00 12
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        Lock icon GOVERNMENT SECURITIES
        69 11 Jan 21 GOVERNMENT BONDS Period Issue Coupon Maturity Close Day's code rate Bid High Low 2-Year N*****0F 1.375 01-Oct-17 100.43 100.46 100.45 5-Year N*****0S 2.000 01-Jul-20 100.75 101.10 100.60 10-Year NX*****Z 2.375 01-Jun-25 100.28 100.60 99.95 15-Year NZ*****F 2.875 01-Sep-30 102.23 102.40 102.40 20-Year NZ*****V 3.375 01-Sep-33 109.22
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    • AGRI METALS ENERGY
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        Lock icon COMMODITY FUTURES
        250 11 Jan-20 Price Net change change Last Trade Agricultural Jan-20 CBOT Soybeans (US cents/bu) 874.00 -9.50 -1.08% 14/03/2016 CBOT Soybean Oil (US cents/lb) 29.81 -0.22 -0.73% 14/03/2016 CBOT Wheat (US cents/bu) 471.50 -3.00 -0.63% 14/03/2016 Jan-20 LIFFE Cocoa (£/tonne) 2054.00 -90.00 -4.20% 14/03/2016 LIFFE Coffee (US$/tonne) 1318.00 -46.00 -3.37%
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      Lock icon Allianz avoiding emerging markets despite attractive valuations
      915 12  -  By Cai Haoxiang haoxiang@sph.com.sg @HaoxiangCaiBT Hong Kong DESPITE attractive valuations in emerging markets, Allianz Global Investors is still staying away, due to currency uncertainty and a lack of liquidity, said its global strategist Neil Dwane. Mr Dwane was speaking after the asset manager’s
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      Lock icon Keppel Q4 profit tumbles; group makes S$230m Sete Brasil provision
      649 12  -  Profit attributable to shareholders drops 44.2% to S$404.78m while revenue falls 36.8% By Tan Hwee Hwee hweetan@sph.com.sg @HweetanBT Singapore KEPPEL Corporation posted a 44.2 per cent fourth-quarter decline to S$404.78 million in profit attributable to shareholders, mainly driven down by
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      Lock icon Fortune Reit posts 13% jump in FY2015 DPU
      455 12  -  By Lee Meixian leemx@sph.com.sg @LeeMeixianBT Singapore FORTUNE Real Estate Investment Trust (Fortune Reit) on Thursday reported a distribution per unit (DPU) of 46.88 Hong Kong cents (8.62 Singapore cents) for its fiscal year ended Dec 31, 2015. This was 12.5 per cent
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      Lock icon Outgoing CFO of CDL joins Raffles Medical
      294 12  -  By Lynette Khoo lynkhoo@sph.com.sg @LynetteKhooBT Singapore THE outgoing chief financial officer (CFO) of City Developments Limited (CDL), Goh Ann Nee, has been appointed the new CFO of Raffles Medical Group. In a regulatory filing on Thursday, the healthcare group said the appointment will
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      Lock icon SGX MAINBOARD
      1666 13 52-Wk Last Vol Day Div GrYld Net MCap High Low Company Sale +/-(’000) High Low C’vr P/Ep $mil Last Vol Day Div GrYld 153 127 AIMSAMP Cap Reit 127 -2.5 211 129.5 127 1 8.7 806 MCap 175.5 104 ARA Asset Mgmt 105 -1 540 107 104 2.1
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      Lock icon SGX CATALIST
      300 13 52-Wk Last Vol Day Div GrYld Net MCap High Low Company Sale +/-(’000) High Low C’vr P/E Company Last Sale Vol C000) High Day Low Div C’vr GrYld Net P/E MCap 35 10 t 3Cnergy 10.1 29.5 16.7 t CNMC Goldmine 18 -0.4 120 18.9 17.8 5.9 2.9
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      Lock icon SGX ETF
      144 13 52-Wk Last Vol Day Div GrYld Net MCap High Low Counter Sale +/-(’000) High Low C’vr P/E Counter Last Sale vol 4258 2407 DBXT China50 US$ US2409 -121 15 2486 2407 6.6 409 192 DBXT MSBrazil US$ US193 30 193 192 1750 1027 DBXT MSCHINA US$ US1027 -17
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      2667 9 Keppel Corporation Limited Co Reg No: *****0351N (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) FULL YEAR 2015 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS DIVIDEND ANNOUNCEMENT 1. UNAUDITED RESULTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2015 The Directors of Keppel Corporation Limited advise the following unaudited results of the Group for the fourth quarter and the
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  • BANKING & FINANCE
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      Lock icon M’sian bank turns wary about giving loans to O&G employees
      493 14  -  Leaked BSN internal memo orders stricter vetting of creditworthiness of applicants from beleaguered sector By Pauline Ng btworld@sph.com.sg Kuala Lumpur SPARE a thought for oil-and-gas (O&G) employees in these tumultuous times facing: minimal bonuses (if any); job cuts; and, now,
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      Lock icon US banks look to beat 2015 earnings record
      744 14 To achieve that goal, they will have to cut costs even deeper than last year, when they also shed 20,000 jobs BLOOMBERG New York WALL Street banks just eked out their most profitable year since before the financial crisis by slashing budgets.
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      Lock icon Bank of China must increase money-laundering controls in US
      619 14 BLOOMBERG Washington BANK of China Ltd must boost its money-laundering protections in the US in response to a regulator’s enforcement action that cited deficiencies involving one of the world’s biggest lenders. The yet-to-be-disclosed case was brought by the US Office of
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      Lock icon Strengthening of euro, yen could be irksome for ECB and BOJ
      745 14 BLOOMBERG London THE global financial turmoil has seen developing nations coping with weaker foreign exchange rates. This year’s best-performing currencies may prove equally irksome for those central bankers. The euro and yen are beating all their major counterparts because
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      Lock icon HK bourse seeks to expand China ties in 3-year plan
      428 14 BLOOMBERG Hong Kong HONG Kong Exchanges Clearing Ltd (HKEx) plans to expand links with China over the next three years, including starting a system for mainland investors to take part in the city’s initial public offerings. “Our vision is focused
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  • ENERGY & COMMODITIES
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      531 15 THE COMPANIES ACT (CHAPTER 50) THE COMPANIES REGULATIONS SECTION 227K/REGULATION 40(1) NOTICE OF JUDICIAL MANAGEMENT ORDER FOR PUBLICATION IN THE HIGH COURT OF THE REPUBLIC OF SINGAPORE Name of Company MERCATOR LINES (SINGAPORE) LIMITED (UNDER JUDICIAL MANAGEMENT) Company No *****7205N Notice is hereby given that on 18 th day of
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  • TECHNOLOGY
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      1117 16 They can go much deeper than Google or Facebook in their data-gathering prowess WP Washington MOST of us know, at least in the abstract, that Google and Facebook are tracking our every move online. Even Netflix collects detailed information
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      624 16 BLOOMBERG New York WANT to watch Cats in HD on YouTube, with no buffering or disruption, free, while walking the streets of New York? If you’re strolling a four-block sliver of Manhattan’s Third Avenue, you can, thanks to CityBridge, a consortium
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      575 16 BLOOMBERG New York IBM fell to the lowest price in more than five years on Wednesday after its 2016 profit forecast fell short, underscoring the company’s struggle to offset a persistent decline in its traditional hardware, software and technology services
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      447 16 NYT Silicon Valley THE unicorn wars are coming, as the downturn in the market will force these one-time high-fliers to seek money at valuations below their earlier billion-dollar-plus levels, known as “down rounds”. The biggest battle in the down rounds will be between the
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  • REAL ESTATE
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      Lock icon More than 100 property agencies exit industry
      974 19  -  Meanwhile, 3,573 real estate agents quit in the past year amid falling transactions and rising compliance costs By Lynette Khoo lynkhoo@sph.com.sg @LynetteKhooBT Singapore AS A sign of the current market conditions, a total of 104 property agencies and 3,573 real estate agents left
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      648 19 BLOOMBERG Singapore SINGAPORE’S office landlords are among the world’s most luckless right now, and they have builders to blame. The market already has an empty feel to it, and as developers add more space in a slowing economy, property owners’ misery could keep
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      Lock icon S’pore property: foreign buying hits a low as Chinese sales plunge
      308 19 REUTERS Singapore FOREIGNERS including the Chinese have cut their purchases of Singapore private homes to the lowest since the global financial crisis, leaving the market to depend on local buyers at a time when domestic interest rates are on
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      Lock icon UK Dec house prices steady as buyers try to beat tax hike
      307 19 BLOOMBERG London UK house-price growth maintained momentum in December as a shortage of properties for sale provided support and buyers tried to beat a planned tax increase later this year. The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors said on
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      Lock icon Bondholder debt recast plan not viable, says Kaisa
      207 19 REUTERS Hong Kong CHINESE property developer Kaisa Group said on Thursday a debt restructuring plan proposed last week by bondholders including Farallon Capital and BFAM Partners was “not commercially viable in the current environment”. The heavily indebted Shen-zhen-based company said in a
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  • VEHICLES & LIFESTYLE
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      571 21 Study shows big differences in how people respond to same food AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE MIAMI A healthy food for one person may lead another to gain weight, according to a new study that suggests a one-size-fits-all approach to dieting is fundamentally wrong. For instance, one woman in
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  • GOVERNMENT & ECONOMY
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      Lock icon S’pore needs more entrepreneurs to stay competitive in next 50 yrs
      626 23  -  B y Jacquelyn Cheok jaccheok@sph.com.sg @JacCheokBT Singapore TO stay competitive in the next 50 years, Singapore will need more entrepreneurs, even if a staggering 95 per cent of them will fail, said former NUS (National University of Singapore) president
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      777 23 It holds interest rates steady amid market volatility but economists expect action in March REUTERS Frankfurt THE European Central Bank held interest rates at record lows on Thursday, but the market crash, tumbling bank stocks and ebbing inflation may set the stage for
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      Lock icon Malaysia cuts banks’ statutory reserve requirement ratio
      448 23  -  By Pauline Ng btworld@sph.com.sg Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIA’S central bank has cut the statutory reserve requirement (SRR) ratio of banks to 3.5 per cent from 4 per cent with effect from Feb 1 to address a liquidity crunch in the financial system following capital
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      682 23 REUTERS London A RISE in the number of banks giving up primary dealer roles in European government bond markets threatens to further reduce liquidity and eventually make it more expensive for some countries to borrow money. Increased regulation and lower margins have
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  • OPINION
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      Lock icon It’s time economists focused on the social gradient
      764 24  -  THE BOTTOM LINE By Neil Behrmann London IT is depressing that almost all economists ignore health and well-being when they analyse economies. Instead of just growth, inflation, and monetary and fiscal policy, they should monitor the social gradient. This is basically the
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      561 24 EDITORIAL US President Barack Obama is into the final leg of his eight-year term, and the leader of the world’s largest economy intends to do what many of his recent predecessors did in their remaining months at the helm get on his
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      Lock icon There’s no pleasing some people
      1365 24  -  Obama’s nuanced diplomatic message is not winning the hearts and minds of Americans By Leon Hadar ON the eve of the Republican presidential debate in Charleston, South Carolina, on Jan 13, the video images of 10 US sailors seized by Iran were broadcast for the
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      Lock icon Cheap and sweet energy solution lies beyond crude
      1049 25  -  COMMENTARY By G Panicker T The writer is a former BT journalist with a particular focus on energy and climate-change issues BARRING occasional expressions of hope, there is agreement that oil prices are racing to the bottom. You may pick a number
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      Lock icon India’s great digital wave offers opportunities and raises some questions
      801 25  -  By Bala Shankar T The writer is a Singapore-based consultant WHAT does a combination of a massive under-30 population and a surge in connectivity lead to? An unimaginable explosion of digital opportunities. India is in the midst of the beginning
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      Lock icon Harnessing the fourth Industrial Revolution
      1075 25  -  Optimising digital skills and technologies could generate US$2t of additional global economic output by 2020. BY ALISON KENNEDY 2020.BY ALISON KENNEDY T The writer is managing director, Asean, at Accenture Strategy THE digital economy is bigger than you think. Much bigger. Some call it the
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      374 26 C a i l a n E n n o r e J e d d a h B r i s b a n e Shanghai Chittagong Ho Chi Minh H o J e b e l A i n g NYK RORO (ASIA) PTE. LTD. K o n
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  • BT Lifestyle
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      Lock icon ART STAGE EXPANDS ITS SIGHTS
      1451 27  -  The anchor event of Singapore Art Week returns with an extended focus on South-east Asian art even as a new rival fair joins the fray. BT Lifestyle looks at the art fight in this two-page coverage. By Cheah Ui-Hoon uihoon@sph.com.sg IT MAY have been all
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  • COVER STORY
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      Lock icon New art fair makes a grab for mid-priced market
      916 28  -  Despite being snubbed by the Singapore Art Week guidebook, the Singapore Contemporary Art Show looks promising. BY HELMI YUSOF promising.BY HELMI YUSOF helmi@sph.com.sg @HelmiBT IF you don’t have a competitor in life, then everything is just too easy, says Douwe Cramer,
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      Lock icon Five head-turners at Art Week
      98 28 Gu Wenda’s stunning installation of stones with Chinese characters carved into them, next to Asian Civilisations Museum one of several outdoor artworks on display for Singapore Art Week. PHOTO: HELMI YUSOF PHOTO: HELMI YUSOF (Clockwise from top left) M Fadhlil Abdi’s hyper-realistic painting of Lee
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      Lock icon Uncovering Earth Work and other lost art
      682 28  -  By Helmi Yusof helmi@sph.com.sg @HelmiBT IF some museums have an uncanny ability to induce a simultaneous melancholy for and joyful discovery of the past, then perhaps no section in the new National Gallery Singapore does this better than its Concourse Galleries that were
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  • CINEMA
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      Lock icon Making a complex subject entertaining
      663 29  -  The Big Short depicts the events that led to the moment in 2008 when the US sub-prime mortgage market’s collapse triggered a crisis. BY GEOFFREY EU BY GEOFFREY EU THE Big Short takes a seriously complex real-world subject and turns it into an Economics 101
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      601 29  -  By Geoffrey Eu TWO bounty hunters take refuge in a remote cabin in Wyoming, where assorted gunslingers and ornery outlaws are also holed up. Deep conversation breaks out. Welcome to The Hateful Eight, Quentin Tarantino’s shag-gy-dog tale set in the Old West,
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      Lock icon A gripping tale until the very end
      568 29  -  By Geoffrey Eu SOMETHING is rotten in the archdiocese of Boston, but uncovering a dirty truth involving the Roman Catholic Church an institution that embodies the religious beliefs of the local population while also playing an integral part in their daily lives is
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  • WINE/ARTS
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      Lock icon Pleasure from inexpensive wines
      1158 30  -  Examples of such wines abound and they are just as enjoyable as the more expensive ones. BY NK YONG ones.BY NK YONG IN light of the sombre economic situation, it seems timely to take a good look at the world of inexpensive and good wines available
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      Lock icon Threads that bind
      950 30  -  He has gone from couture to forming intricate compositions of art. But the use of fabric is the common thread throughout the oeuvre of Benny Ong. BY MAY YIP BY MAY YIP BEST known for dressing royalty specifically the late Princess Diana Singaporean artist-designer Benny Ong has,
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      343 30 winesCRYPTIC CROSSWORD Across 1 Delivery man who may darken your doorway tonight (5-6) 9 World-weariness that is holding a French knight back (5) 10 In our time, military is deployed after one’s left naval department (9) 11 Quiet resort hit by rumour of zoo animal from China (4-3) 12 15
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  • CITY LIFE
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      Lock icon Dining in the park
      846 31  -  The Night Safari’s newly launched An Evening in the Wild offers guests a lavish experience in a rustic environment. BY AVANTI NIM environment.BY AVANTI NIM avantin@sph.com.sg THE Night Safari is putting a whole new spin to the term “creature comforts”. People looking to satisfy their quest
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        274 31  -  TWICE THE PASSIONE DINING By Tay Suan Chiang CHEFS Marco Guccio of Zafferano and Theo Penati from the one Miche-lin-stared Pierino Penati Restaurant in Vigano, Italy, couldn’t be more similar. Both chefs fell in love with the kitchen from an early age, through the influence of family members. Chef
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        135 31  -  THEATRE By Helmi Yusof AUSTRALIAN-BORN, Singapore-based writer-di-rector-actress Edith Podesta (right) examines one of the most complex words in the English language “*****”. It is often used in a derogatory, violent and/or sexual way, but it carries a wealth of other
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        131 31  -  EXHIBITION By and disaster. Tay Suan Chiang RIZIBË is a self-taught artist based in Singapore whose visual storytelling blurs the lines between memory and fiction. Enthralled by South-east Asia’s mystique, his work riffs on eastern philosophy and conjures up a world where comedy meets tragedy, tak- tragedy,
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        230 31  -  CINEMA By Dylan Tan SHAW opened its ninth cinema this week at Waterway Point in Punggol. With 11 screens including a digital Imax theatre it’s the local exhibitor’s biggest in a suburban location and its fourth in six years in the heartlands after
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        158 31  -  SHORT FILMS By Rachel Loi SKIP that Oscar-nominated movie screening this weekend, and make an alternative movie date under the stars at Lasalle College of the Arts instead, with Spirits of cinema a curated screening of eight short films by Singapore
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