The Business Times, 18 February 2016

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    22 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES S$1.00 A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION www.businesstimes.com.sg @BusinessTimes CO REGN NO *****2868E MCI (P) 039/08/2015 Thursday, February 18, 2016
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    27 1 Wednesday Change STI 2,613.79 -30.79 KL COMP 1,664.32 -0.67 NIKKEI 225 15,836.36 -218.07 HANG SENG 18,924.57 -197.51 SHENZHEN B 1,151.97 +8.52 DOW (10.45 EST) 16,408.68 +212.27
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    Lock icon DAILY DIGEST
    243 1 Although businesses in Singapore were a bit more optimistic about their prospects in Q4 2015, observers say their upbeat mood is unlikely to survive the deluge of bad news since the beginning of 2016. TOP STORIES 2 Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong remains hopeful that President Barack Obama
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    Lock icon Singapore exports to China drop 25%; services growth may not hold up
    728 1  -  NODX shrinks worse-than-expected 9.9 per cent in January; knock-on effect seen impacting GDP further By Chuang Peck Ming peckming@sph.com.sg @PeckmingBT Singapore SINGAPORE’S exports to China dived a worrying 25.2 per cent in January its worst performance in seven
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    Lock icon Oil is OCBC’s chief stress; CEO warns of deepening issues
    782 1  -  By Jamie Lee leejamie@sph.com.sg @JamieLeeBT Singapore OFFERING the second prognosis on the state of Singapore banks’ exposure to the oil-and-gas (O&G) sector, OCBC chief Samuel Tsien on Wednesday warned of “deepening issues” for the sector, and outlined the bank’s early
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      23 1 HOCK LOCK SIEW Trouble brewing for banks beyond just oil COMPANIES MARKETS 6 CAPITALAND Q4 profit down 40%, impairments announced COMPANIES MARKETS 7
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      14 1 FINANCIAL SECTOR TRIPARTITE COMMITTEE New body to help workforce stay relevant TOP STORIES 2
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      25 1 OCBC posts 21% rise in Q4 gain; sees weak loan growth ahead, Page 6 Trouble brewing for banks in spots beyond just oil, Page 6
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    Lock icon Efforts intensify to help finance professionals adapt and upgrade
    1031 2  -  A new committee will look into beefing up their professional capabilities and develop their careers By Lee U-Wen leeuwen@sph.com.sg @LeeUwenBT Singapore THESE are tough and uncertain times for Singapore’s financial sector, which has been spooked by how global banks like Credit
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  • TOP STORIES
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      Lock icon Firms’ sentiment up in Q415, but is expected to slide back down
      741 2  -  Economists say market sentiment has deteriorated since survey By Soon Weilun soonwl@sph.com.sg @SoonWeilunBT Singapore BUSINESSES held their chin up a bit higher in the last quarter of 2015, according to the quarterly Business Times-UniSIM Business Climate survey. Although
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      Lock icon PM Lee: Time running out for TPP to be ratified
      872 3  -  He hopes Obama can push pact through, but is concerned with anti-trade rhetoric in US presidential campaign By Lee U-Wen leeuwen@sph.com.sg @LeeUwenBT PRIME Minister Lee Hsien Loong remains hopeful that US President Barack Obama can push through the Trans-Pacific Partnership
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      Lock icon Firms seek more help on innovation: KPMG poll
      528 3  -  By Kelly Tay kellytay@sph.com.sg @KellyTayBT Singapore ALTHOUGH Singapore firms are recognising the pressing need to innovate, they want more help from the government to become future-ready, said a KPMG Singapore report on Wednesday. According to the audit firm’s pre-Budget 2016 poll, 87
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      Lock icon Axiata revenue hits almost RM20b on forex gains, affiliate contributions
      437 3  -  By Pauline Ng btworld@sph.com.sg Kuala Lumpur FOREIGN exchange translation gains and robust contributions from its operating companies have spurred Malaysia’s Axiata Group to register a revenue high of nearly RM20 billion (S$6.7 billion) for the fiscal year ended Dec 31,
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      Lock icon Temasek, EDBI invest US$50m in life sciences fund
      349 3  -  By Claire Huang huangjy@sph.com.sg @ClaireHuangBT Singapore AS part of efforts to strengthen Singapore’s position as the biomedical sciences hub in Asia, the corporate investment arm of the Singapore Economic Development Board (EDB), EDBI, and Singapore investment firm, Temasek, have invested US$50 million
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      Lock icon China promises economic stability as G-20 meet looms
      568 3 REUTERS Beijing CHINESE policymakers emerged from the Chinese New Year hiatus with one collective message for nervous investors at home and abroad: Beijing will put a floor under the slowing economy, keep its currency steady, and ensure employment remains stable even as
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      Lock icon Big car COE premium jumps 22% after surprise fall last round
      461 3  -  By Samuel Ee samuelee@sph.com.sg Singapore AS EXPECTED, the premium for a big car certificate of entitlement (COE) shot back up on Wednesday, the second bidding exercise in February, after its surprise fall two weeks ago. Category B for cars
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      Lock icon Gapura signs multi-million-dollar leasing deal
      504 4  -  It will use Thomson Robbins’ ground support equipment to help alleviate congestion in Indonesia’s airports SINGAPORE AIRSHOW 2016 By Soon Weilun soonwl@sph.com.sg @SoonWeilunBT Singapore INDONESIAN airport services provider Gapura has entered into a mul-ti-million-dollar agreement to lease close to 300 pieces of ground support equipment
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      Lock icon Airbus CEO upbeat about future orders for A380 jets
      632 4  -  By Soon Weilun soonwl@sph.com.sg @SoonWeilunBT Singapore PLANE-MAKER Airbus anticipates more demand for its A380 jets and is beefing up the maintenance and training services to better serve its customers in the region, said president and chief executive officer of Airbus Fabrice
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      Lock icon First delivery of The Seastar slated for 2018
      330 4  -  By Nisha Ramchandani nishar@sph.com.sg @Nisha_BT Singapore PRODUCTION has started on Dornier Seawings’ amphibious aircraft, The Seastar, which will reach its first customer in 2018. There are currently 11 firm commitments from four customers in the US, Nigeria, Greece and Indonesia. The first
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      Lock icon Boeing sells 12 B737s to China’s Okay Airways
      316 4  -  By Nisha Ramchandani nishar@sph.com.sg @Nisha_BT Singapore BOEING and Beijing-based Okay Airways has announced a deal for 12 nar-row-body Boeing 737s valued at a list price of US$1.3 billion. The deal consists of eight 737 MAX 8s, three 737 MAX 9s and one
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      Lock icon SAESL expands MRO facility for Rolls-Royce Trent engines
      340 4  -  By Grace So graceso@sph.com.sg Singapore SINGAPORE Aero Engine Services Pte Ltd (SAESL) officially opened its US$150 million expansion and engine test facility at Calshot Road on Wednesday. The joint venture between SIA Engineering, Rolls-Royce and Hong Kong Aero Engine Services is the
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    • SHORT HOPS
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        Lock icon SIAEC in joint venture with Moog to provide services
        69 4 MAIN BOARD-LISTED SIA Engineering Company (SIAEC) has formed a joint venture (JV) with aircraft parts supplier Moog to provide maintenance, repair and overhaul services for Moog’s products on Boeing 787, Airbus A350 and other new-generation aircraft. Under the memorandum of understanding
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        Lock icon Airbus Helicopters, CAAS to trial delivery by drones
        117 4 AIRBUS Helicopters and the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) will explore the possibility of using unmanned aircraft to deliver business parcels in a large urban environment in Singapore. A memorandum of understanding has been signed for the trial dubbed the Skyways
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        Lock icon Joint laboratory for air traffic management set up
        74 4 THE Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) and the Institute for Infocomm Research have agreed to establish a joint laboratory to advance research in air traffic management. The laboratory will study how automatic speech recognition technology and data analytics can be used
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        Lock icon Zetta Jet exercises options for two Global 6000 aircraft
        75 4 BOMBARDIER Business Aircraft announced that Singapore-based private jet operator Zetta Jet has exercised options for two Global 6000 ultra-long range business aircraft. These two options were part of an announcement for one firm order plus four options announced in December. In
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        Lock icon Vietjet inks US$60m services deal with SR Technics
        29 4 VIETJET signed a US$60 million agreement for component and maintenance services with Switzerland-based SR Technics for Vietjet’s A320 and A321 fleet.
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      208 2 n J a Tax \r Friday, 26 February 2016 Singapore Marriott Tang Plaza Hotel 2015 has been a landmark year in China taxation.The rapid pace of change, particularly with the impact of the G20/ OECD Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (BEPS) project on international tax and transfer pricing (TP), has
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  • COMPANIES & MARKETS
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      Lock icon Goldman enters S’pore retail fund market
      289 5  -  By Genevieve Cua gen@sph.com.sg @GenCuaBT Singapore GOLDMAN Sachs Asset Management is making its first foray into Singapore’s competitive retail fund market with the launch of 13 unit trusts. Until now the firm’s clientele here has been in the institutional and private bank space. Jessica
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      Lock icon GLP, Canada Pension Plan in JV to develop Japan projects
      319 5  -  By Kenneth Lim kenlim@sph.com.sg @KennethLimBT Singapore GLOBAL Logistic Properties (GLP) and Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) have set up an equally held joint venture to develop logistics facilities in Japan. GLP, a developer of cutting-edge warehouses, said on Wednesday
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      Lock icon ST Aerospace dismisses claim for losses
      370 5  -  ST Engineering’s unit among defendants named in a writ by a number of passenger families for losses relating to AirAsia 2014 flight crash By Claire Huang huangjy@sph.com.sg @ClaireHuangBT Singapore MAINBOARD-listed Singapore Technologies Engineering said its aerospace subsidiary has dismissed as having no merit a
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      Lock icon OCBC posts 21% rise in Q4 gain; sees weak loan growth ahead
      745 6  -  OCBC becomes most well-capitalised bank in Singapore, ends 2015 with core equity tier-1 at 11.8% By Jamie Lee leejamie@sph.com.sg @JamieLeeBT Singapore OCBC expects weak loan growth, and a small lift in lending margins for 2016 amid the challenging
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      Lock icon Singapore banks can fend off challenges to asset quality, says S&P
      567 6  -  By Lynette Khoo lynkhoo@sph.com.sg @LynetteKhooBT Singapore THE financial strength of Singapore banks will be tested this year as asset quality deteriorates and non-perform-ing loans (NPLs) edge up, Standard Poor’s (S&P) said in a report released on Wednesday. But the
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      Lock icon Trouble brewing for banks in spots beyond just oil
      714 6  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW BY SIOW LI SEN lisen@sph.com.sg @SiowLiSenBT IT’S looking like a case of bleak and bleaker as the fourth-quar-ter 2015 earnings presentations of the three local banks get underway. On Tuesday, the only light moment at the media briefing
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      Lock icon DBS maintains overweight call on gold, but Goldman advises shorting the metal
      500 6 BLOOMBERG Singapore GOLD is set to benefit from sinking expectations for higher US interest rates and the potential for further market turmoil, according to DBS Group Holdings Ltd, which turned overweight on bullion last year before the metal
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      Lock icon Marine loss drags down Sembcorp Industries’ Q4 profit
      626 6  -  By Tan Hwee Hwee hweeta n@sph. com .sg @HweetanBT Singapore SEMBCORP Industries’ fourth-quarter net profit plunged 74.7 per cent to S$60.78 million, from S$240.62 million for the year-ago quarter, as its marine business slid into the red, marring the strong performance of
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      Lock icon SGX queries SembMarine as stock extends rally
      245 6 Singapore SINGAPORE Exchange (SGX) queried Sembcorp Marine (SembMarine) on its “unusual” trading activity on Wednesday. In a response to an SGX query, SembMarine said that “save for the market speculation on the privatisation of the company, the company is not aware of any
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      Lock icon CapitaLand Q4 profit down 40%, impairments announced
      922 7  -  Earnings slide mostly due to lower fair value gains and boost in previous profit from disposal of Westgate Tower By Lee Meixian leemx@sph.com.sg @LeeMeixianBT Singapore CAPITALAND’S fourth-quarter net profitfell 39.5 percenttoS$247.7 million, mainly due to lower fair value gains from the revaluation of
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      Lock icon CapitaLand explains why it exited Asia Square negotiations
      233 7  -  By Lee Meixian leemx@sph.com.sg @LeeMeixianBT Singapore CAPITALAND on Wednesday implied that it had earlier bowed out of negotiations to buy the Asia Square Tower 1 office building because the property did not fit with its group strategy, and its yields did not
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      Lock icon Koh Brothers’ earnings up 22% in Q4
      467 7  -  By Kalpana Rashiwala kalpana@sph.com.sg @KalpanaBT Singapore KOH Brothers Group has posted a 22 per cent increase in net profit for the fourth quarter ended Dec 31, 2015 to S$7.57 million. Sales rose 10 per cent to S$112.28 million. The sales improvement was mainly
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      63 8 STI Catalist Straits Times Index Feb 17,2016 2,613.79 -30.79 (-1.16%) Current streak 1 day Day high 2,654.91 Day low 2,607.15 52-week high 3,539.95 (Apr 15, 2015) 52-week low 2,532.70 (Jan 21, 2016) FTSE ST Catalist index Feb 17,2016 427.19 -2.24 (-0.52%) Current streak 1 day Day high 430.59 Day low
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      Lock icon GAINERS
      74 8 BY CENTS CLOSE UP 52w high/low SPDR S&P500 US$ ***** 576.4 2.2 *****/***** Isetan 370 50.0 15.6 480/320 CIMBASEAN40 S$D 1124 39.0 3.6 1440/991 Great Eastern 1998 32.0 1.6 2530/1870 DBXT E50 US$ 4128 16.9 0.3 5300/3968 BY PERCENTAGE CLOSE UP 52w high/low Dapai Intl 1.4 55.6 0.5 3.7/0.4
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      Lock icon LOSERS
      72 8 BY CENTS CLOSE DOWN 52w high/low Jardine C&C 3915 -117.0 -2.9 4258/2636 UOB 1720 -61.0 -3.4 2505/1701 DBXT MSJAP US$ 4308 -36.6 -0.6 5277/4031 DBXT China50 US$ 2490 -28.1 -0.8 4258/2355 StarHub 356 -24.0 -6.3 446/324 BY PERCENTAGE CLOSE DOWN 52w high/low Alpha Energy 4.1 -36.9 -2.4 30/4.1 Asia
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      Lock icon UNUSUAL ACTIVITY
      84 8 VOL CLOSE($) CHANGE Dapai Intl 25,326.5 0.014 +0.005 +55.56 Metech Intl 17,270.3 0.003 +0.001 +50.00 Isetan 6.2 3.700 +0.500 +15.63 WE 100,300.0 0.005 +0.001 +25.00 Plato Capital 5.0 0.103 +0.019 +22.62 Amplefield Ltd 1,150.1 0.040 +0.007 +21.21 Hu An Cable 23,241.8 0.003 -0.001 -25.00 Maxi-Cash Fin 266.8 0.120
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      Lock icon STI falls 30.8 pts after 100-pt gain in 2 days
      615 8  -  This follows weakness in oil price, Dow futures and Hang Seng Index; turnover still high at S$1.3 billion STOCKS By R Sivanithy sivan@sph.com.sg @RSivanithyBT A SLIP in the price of oil, softness in the Dow futures and a one per
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      Lock icon STI STOCKS
      307 8 Stock name Close Change Day high/low 52w high 52w low PE Div yield Mcap Ascendas Reit 234 -4 239/233 271 209 6.2 6146.6 CapitaLand 286 -4 292/285 379 267 11.4 3.1 *****.3 CapitaMall Trust 209 -1 211/209 228 184.5 5.4 7264.9 CityDev 691 -2 699/687 1095 661 8.3
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      Lock icon MOST ACTIVE
      34 8 VOLUME WE 100,300,000 Noble 71,070,100 Genting Sing 65,277,700 Singtel 33,487,900 Ezra 25,392,100 Market volume 1,157,489,000 VALUE UOB 164,809,990 Singtel 124,028,543 DBS Grp 89,980,133 OCBC Bank 89,474,374 JMH USD 77,767,509 Market value 1,309,345,000
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      77 8 Feb 17 VALUE CLOSE BT OB/OS -211.00 -46.00 BT CADI -*****.00 -87.00 BT 10-day MA -*****.00 -21.00 FTSE ST Mid Cap 640.61 -2.22 FTSE ST Small Cap 372.34 -1.57 FTSE ST All Share 647.04 -5.52 FTSE ST China Top 149.20 -1.07 FTSE ST China 179.01 -1.20 FTSE
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      Lock icon SGX ETFs
      110 8 Most Active Fund Last sale +/-(‘000) Day high/low 52w high/low Buy/Sell Mcap STI ETF 262 -4 487 267/262 355/254 262/264 IS MS INDIA US$ US592 164 595/581 838/577 592/595 74 DBXT MSRussia US$ US154 -3 120 154/154 235/129 154/155 DBXT MSCHINA US$ US1050 -4 92 1066/1050 1750/995 1046/1050
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      Lock icon STI / FTSE ST All-Share
      35 8 STI FTSE ST All-Share ftse ST All-Share index Feb 17,2016 647.04 -5.52 (-0.85%) Current streak 1 day Day high 653.98 Day low 645.50 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 8 STI MSCI EAFE MSCI EAFE Index Feb 16,2016 1,539.74 +0.77 (+0.05%) Current streak 2 days Day high 1,553.35 Day low 1,534.11 52-week high 1,949.49 (May 15, 2015) 52-week low 1,492.43 (Feb 12, 2016)
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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 8 4 3 0 1 0 8 5 3 Manufacturing 25 53 24 3 7 13 28 60 37 Commerce 10 15 16 3 6 3 13 21 19 Tpt/Stor/Comms 8 16 10
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      Lock icon SECURITIES TRADING TURNOVER
      123 8 VOLUME (‘000) VALUE (‘000) MAIN CATL TOTAL MAIN CATL TOTAL Multi Ind 25,878 2,012 27,890 97,628 395 98,024 Manufacturing 124,380 44,483 168,863 86,180 1,096 87,275 Commerce 85,290 118,436 203,726 142,687 1,107 143,794 Tpt/Stor/Comms 123,449 583 124,032 244,105 49 244,155 Finance 30,945 368 31,313 357,128 45 357,172 Construction
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    • BROKERS’ TAKE
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        Lock icon United Overseas Bank | Hold
        144 8 United Overseas Bank Hold Target price: S$16.00 Feb 17 close: S$17.20 Jefferies Equity Research, Feb 17 Though full year results were ahead of our estimates, concerns persist around asset quality, cost run rates and impact on capital ratios from higher risk weightings. Stressed exposure is in O&G about 20 per
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        Lock icon StarHub | Fully Valued
        120 8 StarHub Fully Valued Target price: S$3.30 Feb 17 close: S$3.56 DBS Group Research, Feb 17 Net profit of S$80.8 million was 5 per cent below our expectations due to lower mobile revenue and higher cost of services Guiding for slightly lower Ebitda margins in FY2016 due to drop in adoption
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        Lock icon Cordlife Group | Hold
        188 8  - Cordlife Group Hold Compiled by Jamie Lee Target price: S$1.59 Feb 17 close: S$1.495 Maybank-Kim Eng Research, Feb 16 Q2 FY 2016 earnings missed due to high marketing and admin costs, as Cordlife undertakes several corporate exercises and expanded in the Philippines and Indonesia. H1 2016 earnings per share made
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      Lock icon CALENDAR
      24 8 DATA I Feb 18 US Initial Jobless Claims I Feb 18 US Federal Open Market Committee Meeting Minutes I Feb 18 China CPI
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      Lock icon Yen gives up gains as oil prices, Europe markets rise
      439 9 CURRENCIES REUTERS London THE yen gave up gains on Wednesday as oil prices and stock markets in Europe ticked higher, removing some of the appeal of the safe-haven Japanese currency. Earlier, the yen had strengthened as Asian stock markets fell
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    • FOREX RATES
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        Lock icon INTERBANK CROSS RATES
        471 9 Feb 17 A$ C$ Rmb Euro HK$ Ind Rs Rupiah Yen Won RM NZ$ Pak Rs Peso S$ Rand Sfr NT$ Baht Pound US$ Australia 0.985 4.635 0.636 5.532 48.716 95.851 0.806 8.719 2.991 1.079 74.351 33.860 0.999 11.234 0.701 23.646 25.294 0.497 0.710 Canada 1.015 4.705
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        Lock icon INTERBANK CURRENCY RATES Feb 17
        155 9 Against S$ Against US$ Currencies Bid Offer Bid Offer S$/US$ to one unit of foreign currency: Australian dollar 0.9985 0.9992 0.7102 0.7104 Canadian dollar 1.0136 1.0144 0.7212 0.7209 Euro 1.5701 1.5712 1.1168 1.1171 NZ dollar 0.9254 0.9263 0.6582 0.6586 Sterling pound 2.0071 2.0086 1.4276 1.4281
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        Lock icon US$/S$ FORWARD RATES
        22 9 Feb 17 S$ Bid Offer 1-month 1.4064 1.4073 2-months 1.4072 1.4082 3-months 1.4084 1.4095 6-months 1.4112 1.4128 Source: OCBC
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    • EQUITY BONDS WARRANTS FUTURES
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        Lock icon SGX DERIVATIVES TRADING
        392 9 Feb 17 OPEN HIGH LOW SETT VOL OP/INT FTSE CHINA A50 INDEX FUTURES Feb16 8930.00 9035.00 8852.50 8917.50 *****5 *****6 Mar16 8857.50 8942.50 8765.00 8825.00 ***** ***** NIKKEI 225 INDEX FUTURES Mar16 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 *****4 *****8 Jun16 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 950 9853 MSCI TAIWAN
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        Lock icon BONDS, WARRANTS, PREFERENCE SHARES
        209 9 Most active Feb 17 Prem Expiry Vol Conv Exer Disc Gear-Mths Company Last Sale +or-('000) Ratio Price ing Left UOB MB eCW*****5 7.3 -2.3 ***** 0.1 1890 5 KepCorp MB eCW*****2 8.7 unch ***** 0.2 680 10 DBS MB eCW*****4 14.6 -0.7 9639 0.1 1360 8
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        Lock icon MORGAN STANLEY CAPITAL INTERNATIONAL INDICES
        377 9 In local curr In S$ In US$ dy yr dy yr dy yr Feb 16 Index Change Change Change Change Change Change World Preliminary 1156.2 0.7 -9.5 0.9 -9.9 0.6 -9.0 EAFE Preliminary 895.8 0.2 -11.6 0.4 -11.1 0.0 -10.3 Europe Preliminary 1264.9 -0.1 -10.5
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    • BANK RATES
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        Lock icon INTERBANK RATES
        154 9 Feb 17 $S Offer Bid 0vernight 0.15 0.10 1-month 1.125 1.000 2-months 1.1875 1.0625 3-months 1.2500 1.1250 Overnight mode: 0.10 US$ 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
        67 9 Feb 17 GOVERNMENT BONDS Period Issue Coupon Maturity Close Day's code rate Bid High Low 2-Year N*****0F 1.375 01-Oct-17 100.5 100.54 100.52 5-Year NX*****X 2.250 01-Jun-21 101.97 102.00 101.91 10-Year NX*****Z 2.375 01-Jun-25 101.23 101.20 101.05 15-Year NZ*****F 2.875 01-Sep-30 103.42 20-Year NZ*****V 3.375 01-Sep-33 110.15 110.10 110.05
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    • AGRI METALS ENERGY
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        Lock icon COMMODITY FUTURES
        250 9 Feb-16 Price Net change change Last Trade Agricultural Feb-16 CBOT Soybeans (US cents/bu) 879.75 7.00 0.80% 14/03/2016 CBOT Soybean Oil (US cents/lb) 31.61 -0.19 -0.60% 14/03/2016 CBOT Wheat (US cents/bu) 464.25 6.75 1.48% 14/03/2016 Feb-16 LIFFE Cocoa (£/tonne) 2052.00 15.00 0.74% 14/03/2016 LIFFE Coffee (US$/tonne) 1419.00 9.00 0.64%
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      Lock icon SGX MAINBOARD
      1729 10 52-Wk Last Vol Day Div GrYld Net MCap High Low Company Sale +/-(’000) High Low C’vr P/Ep $mil Last vol Day Div GrYld 153 127 AIMSAMP Cap Reit 131 unch 331 132 129 1 8.5 832.3 MCap 175.5 101 ARA Asset Mgmt 103.5cd -1 337 105.5 103.5 1.7
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      Lock icon SGX CATALIST
      327 10 52-Wk Last Vol Day Div GrYld Net MCap High Low Company Sale +/-(’000) High Low C’vr P/E Company Last Sale Vol (’000) 1 0.3 t Advanced Systems 0.3 unch 988 0.3 0.3 7.9 Day Low Div C'vr GrYld Net P/E MCap 35 10 t 3Cnergy 10.1 29.5 16.7
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      Lock icon SGX ETF
      85 10 52-Wk Last Vol Day Div GrYld Net MCap High Low Counter Sale +/-(’000) High Low C’vr P/E Counter Last Sale 1440 991 CIMBASEAN40 S$D 1124 +39 0 1124 1124 vol 4258 2355 DBXT China50 US$ US2490 -20 5 2526 2490 6.8 High Day 1750 995 DBXT MSCHINA US$
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  • REAL ESTATE
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      350 11  -  The new platform by OrangeTee will feature these reviews from Feb 26 By Lynette Khoo lynkhoo@sph.com.sg @LynetteKhooBT Singapore BANKING on the power of customer reviews to prod property agents to deliver better service, a new search engine by OrangeTee will, from
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      1101 11 BLOOMBERG New York WHAT do Israeli investors know about retirement homes in Indiana state in the US? Enough to lend them 265 million shekels (S$95 million). Strawberry Fields, a real estate investment trust (Reit) whose facilities cater to Alzheimer’s sufferers
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      626 11 BLOOMBERG London ROLL your dice. Pass “Go”. Collect US$200. Buy a railway station. In reality, investing in commercial real estate has never been as simple as Monopoly makes it seem. Individuals generally can’t buy directly into commercial property development deals at
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      250 11 BLOOMBERG Dubai ALDAR Properties PJSC, Abu Dhabi’s largest developer and the builder of a Ferrari theme park, is considering extending maturities on parts of its 6 billion dirhams (S$2.3 billion) of debt. The debt, which fell from 9.1 billion dirhams a year
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      725 12 Banks are using trusts to lend and recording them as funds to be received BLOOMBERG Hong Kong CHINESE lenders are reacting to a regulatory crackdown on shadow financing by increasing activity in their more opaque receivables accounts, a practice Commerzbank AG estimates
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      589 12 Including “special-mention” loans, the industry’s total troubled advances swelled to 4.2t yuan last December BLOOMBERG Singapore SORRY, Kyle Bass, you’re a bit late to the game. The debt problem in China has already reached the proportions of the US subprime mortgage debacle.
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      593 12 BLOOMBERG Hong Kong PRICES may be plunging but there are some who reckon real estate in Hong Kong is still a buy. Chinese developers, for instance. On a pure macroeconomic level, it doesn’t make a lot of sense, especially since the forecast in
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      690 13 High property prices making it difficult for young Australians to own homes BLOOMBERG Canberra AUSTRALIAN investors enjoy some of the most generous tax concessions in the world when they buy real estate. That could be about to change. The opposition
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  • BANKING & FINANCE
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  • ENERGY & COMMODITIES
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      Lock icon Raw material prices recover tentatively as firms cut capex
      921 15  -  Share prices of Shell, Rio Tinto, Anglo American surge despite very poor results By Neil Behrmann btworld@sph.com.sg London SHARP cutbacks in mining and energy corporate capital expenditure and lower supplies have brought about a tentative recovery in raw material prices. Indeed,
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      414 15 REUTERS New York WARREN Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc on Tuesday disclosed a new investment in pipeline operator Kinder Morgan Inc, boosting its bet on the oil industry even as crude prices hover near 12-year lows. Berkshire owned about 26.53 million Kinder Morgan
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  • TECHNOLOGY
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      513 16 Four other corporations also issue high-grade bonds: IBM, Comcast, Bank of New York Mellon and Toyota IFR New York APPLE led five borrowers back into the high-grade bond market on Tuesday, selling its first green bond as part of a US$12 billion debt
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      1089 16 NYT New York TECH companies have spent years developing better, cheaper devices to immerse people in digital worlds. Yet they are still figuring out how to make virtual reality the kind of technology that people cannot live without. So for inspiration, they
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  • CONSUMER
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      774 17 New mix-and-match menus with local produce part of attempt to win back dwindling market share AFP Tokyo CUSTOMERS such as Shigeaki Yamaguchi may be the last hope for McDonald’s Japan as it battles slumping sales in the wake of an
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      493 17 BLOOMBERG Chicago RESTAURANT Brands International Inc, the owner of Burger King and Tim Hortons, reported fourth-quarter profit that topped analysts’ projections after new menu items helped sales at the burger chain. Profit was 35 US cents a share, excluding some items, the Oakville,
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      720 17 addvalue driving connectivity ADDVALUE TECHNOLOGIES LTD (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) (Company Registration Number: *****3037H) NOTICE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an Extraordinary General Meeting (the “EGM”) of the shareholders of Addvalue Technologies Ltd (the “Company") will be held at 8 Tai Seng Link, Level
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      796 18 Producer prices also up as margins for wholesale machinery, equipment increase; housing starts down LATEST US DATA REUTERS Washington US manufacturing output rose in January by the most since July 2015, a sign the industry was starting to stabilise at
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      646 18  -  By Anthony Rowley btworld@sph.com.sg Tokyo TOKYO financial markets have regained some semblance of stability this week, but recovery appears fragile, and Japan will be looking to next week’s meeting of G20 finance ministers and central bank governors in Shanghai for assurances
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      Lock icon WHO launches US$56m Zika response plan
      257 18 AFP Geneva THE World Health Organization on Wednesday released its initial response plan to the Zika virus outbreak, launching a funding appeal for the US$56 million operation. The unprecedented outbreak of the virus, first discovered in Uganda in 1947, has become a global concern,
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      Lock icon Bank funding for bad loans expected to worsen India deficit
      335 18 REUTERS Mumbai INDIA is preparing to pump in a high-er-than-anticipated capital sum into poorly performing state banks, government sources said, a move that could see New Delhi infuse as much as US$34 billion additionally and make it harder to hit
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  • TRANSPORT
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      337 19  -  The aid, costing S$14m a year, includes extension of landing-fee rebate and other incentives By Nisha Ramchandani nishar@sph.com.sg @Nisha_BT Singapore GIVEN the headwinds in the global airfreight industry, airport operator Changi Airport Group (CAG) is introducing a package of support measures which will include
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      708 19 Hub manufactures massive engines propelling Airbus’s A380, Boeing’s Dreamliner BLOOMBERG Singapore ASIA’S ascent towards the top of the world’s aerospace market is being powered by a former colonial airbase in northern Singapore. Once known for making mosquito coils and hair wigs,
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      664 19 REUTERS London EUROPE’S postal companies, already under pressure from Amazon, could soon face a challenge from Uber, which is moving into deliveries, and other startups. UberRUSH run by Uber but connecting you to a courier rather than a taxi and new entrants such
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      364 19 Singapore MAINBOARD listed SIA Engineering Company Limited (SIAEC) announced plans to ink a joint venture deal with European planemaker Airbus SAS (Airbus) based in Singapore, which will provide airframe maintenance, cabin upgrade and modification services for Airbus A380, A350 and A330 aircraft to airlines
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      408 19 REUTERS Brussels BETTER driving, improved roads and measures such as more rational loading of freight can lower the environmental impact of trucks, European industry leaders said on Tuesday, as they pushed back against EU regulation to curb emissions. Erik Jonnaert,
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      Lock icon Few grounds for US Federal Reserve to further raise interest rates
      558 20 EDITORIAL MOST investors and analysts were not surprised when the US Federal Reserve Open Market Committee (FOMC) raised interest rates for the first time since 2006 during its meeting in December 2015. But then many of these same Fed
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      761 20  -  THE BOTTOM LINE By Robert J Samuelson THE WASHINGTON POST WRITERS GROUP Washington IT’S economists versus the stock market. Economists generally don’t forecast a recession anytime soon. The stock market does or at least that’s one plausible interpretation of its recent roller-coaster behaviour. Who’s right?
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      Lock icon Companies should plumb retired leaders’ experience
      1209 20  -  They can do this by creating pathways within their organisation that enables their ageing leaders to share their experience with the next echelon of leaders. BY JAMES LIM BY JAMES LIM T The writer is a senior lecturer in Strategy, Management and Organisation at
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      991 21  -  COMMENTARY By Sattar Bawany TThe writer is the chief executive and C-Suite Master Executive Coach of the Centre for Executive Education (CEE Global) THE announcement last year that General Electric had joined a list of high-pro-file companies which are getting rid of annual
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      769 21  -  COMMENTARY By Kemal Dervis, Karim Foda T Kemal Dervis, former Minister of Economic Affairs of Turkey and former Administrator for the United Nations Development Programme, is a vice-president of the Brookings Institution. Karim Foda is a research analyst at
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      1034 21  -  As the Chinese economy weakens, the US was supposed to be the engine of global growth. But some economists say economic indices in fact point to another US slowdown. BY SHAHID JAVED BURKI slowdown.BY SHAHID JAVED BURKI T The writer is former vice-president
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  • LIFE & CULTURE
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      306 23 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD Across 7 Master criminal amusing friend endlessly, in the morning back inside (2,6) 9 Boast about a century in Polish city (6) 10 When one chooses a woven cloth (2,4) 11 Put one in mind of watch left Eisenhower (4,4) 12 Expecting interfering parents and their children to
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