The Business Times, 17 June 2016

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    22 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES S$1.20 A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION www.businesstimes.com.sg @BusinessTimes CO REGN NO *****2868E MCI (P) 039/08/2015 Friday, June 17, 2016
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    Lock icon DAILY DIGEST
    229 1 Sentiment among SMEs has ticked up for the first time in seven quarters despite global economic pressures, going by the latest SBF-dp SME index. TOP STORIES 2 Singapore will commit to a landmark piece of international tax reform to weed out tax avoidance by global corporations. TOP STORIES
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    26 1 Thursday Change STI 2,751.56 -22.69 KL COMP 1,614.90 -13.06 NIKKEI 225 15,434.14 -485.44 HANG SENG 20,038.42 -429.10 SHENZHEN B 1,069.93 -7.08 DOW(11.45AM EDT) 17,564.70 -75.47
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    Lock icon SingPost board gets Singtel stamp through slew of policy changes
    1019 1  -  The postal group gets a new code of conduct and ethics for its directors, caps directors’ tenure at nine years and tweaks structure of its committees By Melissa Tan melissat@sph.com.sg @MelissaTanBT Singapore IT has been just over a month since
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    Lock icon SIA breaks United’s short-lived grip with relaunch of direct flights to US from October
    925 1  -  By Nisha Ramchandani nishar@sph.com.sg @Nisha_BT Singapore SINGAPORE Airlines (SIA) will restart non-stop flights to the US earlier than expected when it launches direct services to San Francisco from October using the A350-900, which will see it
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      27 1 HOCK LOCK SIEW Genting Singapore’s J factor lost in a glum narrative companies markets 8 IPO Singapore possible listing venue for Kazakhstan’s Air Astana TOP STORIES 4
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      26 1 FESTIVAL FRENZY The phenomenon and the savvy entrepreneurs who have jumped on the bandwagon BT LIFESTYLE 28 Choose the right accountant for the job OPINION 22
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  • TOP STORIES
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      Lock icon SME sentiment inches up from all-time low
      447 2  -  But DP Info says SMEs still face global economic headwinds in the form of Brexit and possible Fed rate hikes By Vivien Shiao vshiao@sph.com.sg @VivienShiaoBT Singapore DESPITE global economic pressures, sentiment among local small and me-dium-sized enterprises (SMEs) has ticked up for the
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      Lock icon Fed lowers borrowing-cost trajectory despite projections
      861 2 Revisions hurt investors’ faith in the central bank’s ability to communicate the path of rates BLOOMBERG New York IT’S the Fed that cried wolf. After US central bank officials including chair Janet Yellen signalled for weeks that they expected to raise interest rates in
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      Lock icon Housing, medical care costs seen supporting underlying inflation
      600 2 LATEST US DATA REUTERS Washington US consumer prices moderated in May, but sustained increases in housing and healthcare costs kept underlying inflation supported, which could allow the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates this year. While another report on Thursday showed an
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      Lock icon Singapore commits to landmark global reform aimed at MNC tax avoidance
      841 3  -  OECD-led BEPS initiative designed to deter large entities from artificially shifting profits to low-tax jurisdictions By Jamie Lee leejamie@sph.com.sg @JamieLeeBT Singapore SINGAPORE will commit to a landmark piece of international tax reform to weed out tax avoidance by global
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      Lock icon Anti-money laundering compliance costs Asia banks US$1.5b a year: report
      567 3  -  Survey respondents expect cost to rise amid rising scrutiny of financial institutions and transactions By Jamie Lee leejamie@sph.com.sg @JamieLeeBT Singapore SOME US$1.5 billion per year has been spent in Asia for anti-money laundering (AML) compliance at banks, a recent study
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      Lock icon Singapore and Australia boost fintech ties
      500 4  -  They ink deal to help fintechs from their respective countries to scale each other’s markets B y Jacquelyn Cheok jaccheok@sph.com.sg @JacCheokBT Singapore FINTECH (or financial technology) continues to win favour among governments worldwide, with Singapore and Australia becoming the latest countries to pledge to
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      Lock icon Bank of Japan holds steady amid market turbulence
      725 4  -  By Anthony Rowley btworld@sph.com.sg Tokyo AMID renewed waves of financial market turbulence cause by the imminence of Britain’s Brexit vote, and uncertainty over the future course of US interest rates, the Bank of Japan (BOJ) opted for stability on Thursday when its
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      Lock icon Singapore among 3 possible venues for secondary listing of Kazakhstan’s Air Astana
      843 4  -  But current economic conditions denting Republic’s attractiveness, says its chief By Soon Weilun soonwl@sph.com.sg @SoonWeilunBT Almaty, Kazakhstan SINGAPORE is one of only three markets that Central Asia’s most profitable carrier is looking at for an eventual public listing
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      Lock icon Time for King Zlatan to rise to the occasion
      689 4  -  EURO 2016: COMMENTARY By Lee U-Wen leeuwen@sph.com.sg @LeeUwenBT ZLATAN Ibrahimovic, the lanky striker from Sweden, was asked at a press conference last weekend if, at the age of 34, he could finally stamp his mark on a major international football tournament.
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      90 2 I.C Jt tK 'M oo Mi Expressing Emotions Nanyang Ink Works by Nai Swee Leng Vr Guest of Honour: Mr LOW Sze Wee, Director (Curatorial Collections) National Gallery, Singapore Opening Date: Saturday 11 June 2016, 3pm venue ION Art Gallery, Level 4 ION Orchard Exhibition Period: 12 19 June 2016
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  • COMPANIES & MARKETS
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      Lock icon POSH set to bag second contract from Shell LNG project
      390 6  -  It is ahead of its rival Prosafe for the contract to support the setup of this project off Australia By Tan Hwee Hwee hweetan@sph.com.sg @HweetanBT Singapore PACC Offshore Services Holdings (POSH), a listed offshore-and-marine group partly owned by Malaysian tycoon
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      Lock icon UOL completes second purchase of London property
      427 6  -  Group hedged against currency fluctuation as property borrowing is in sterling, says spokesman By Mindy Tan tanmindy@sph.com.sg @MindyTanBT Singapore PROPERTY developer UOL Group has completed its purchase of 110 High Holborn in London, just days ahead of a referendum on June 2 3
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      Lock icon SPDR Gold ETF rides on Fed decision, Brexit anxiety
      436 6  -  By Aqil Luqman Nurhakim nluqman@sph.com.sg Singapore THE SPDR Gold Shares ETF traded on the Singapore Exchange (SGX) got a boost on Thursday as gold prices rallied following the decision by the US Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) to keep interest rates
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      Lock icon Noble shares fall after rating cut
      208 6 Singapore NOBLE Group shares fell as much as 4 per cent on Thursday after Standard Poor’s cut the Singapore-based commodity trader’s credit rating deeper into junk territory, to B+ from BB-, and assigned a negative outlook. The shares fell to as low as S$0.22,
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      Lock icon Genting Singapore’s ‘J’ factor lost in a glum narrative
      789 8  -  The casino firm’s unlucky streak could last a few more quarters before Jeju turns the table in its favour HOCK LOCK SIEW BY ANITA GABRIEL anitag@sph.com.sg @AnitaGabrielBT THE woeful narrative on casino giant Genting Singapore, the operator of Resorts World Sentosa,
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      Lock icon More time needed for verdict on China’s trading halt pledge
      439 8 BLOOMBERG Shanghai INVESTORS need more time to assess China’s pledge to stamp out arbitrary stock trading halts, MSCI Inc says. China Vanke Co is shaping up as a test case. Vanke, whose mainland-listed shares have been suspended since Dec 18
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    • CORPORATE DIGEST
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        Lock icon Global Logistic Properties
        98 8 GLOBAL Logistic Properties (GLP) has further syndicated its stake in a portfolio of industrial assets in the United States. Its indirect wholly owned subsidiary New western Holdings had on Wednesday entered into agreements with a new co-investor, under which GLP will further syndicate an interest of about
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        99 8 CATALIST-LISTED oil and gas engineering firm NauticAWT has proposed to place out 15 million new shares at S$0.174 each to raise S$2.6 million. The shares will be issued to Harps Holdings, a private investment company with marine interests focused on the African market. NauticAWT’s total shares in issue will
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        Lock icon Starland Holdings
        85 8 STARLAND Holdings, a Catalist-listed property developer, said Singapore Exchange has given it an extension till June 23, 2017, to meet a free-float requirement. Starland is undergoing a potential reverse takeover by trading platform firm Ayondo. Starland’s free float had fallen below 10 per cent after an offer by
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      Lock icon Singapore proving to be a key growth market: Jupiter
      606 9  -  UK-listed fund house says Republic is a very important hub in wealth management and private banking By Cai Haoxiang haoxiang@sph.com.sg @HaoxiangCaiBT Singapore AS Singapore grows in importance as a wealth management hub, it is attracting more fund houses looking to expand
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      Lock icon Midea makes offer to raise stake in German robot maker Kuka
      622 9 BLOOMBERG Frankfurt MIDEA Group Co, China’s biggest appliance manufacturer, began a tender offer to raise its stake in Kuka AG that values the industrial robot maker at 4.6 billion euros (S$6.9 billion) and has provoked calls from within the
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      Lock icon STI / Catalist
      63 10 STI Catalist Straits Times Index June 16,2016 2,751.56 -22.69 (-0.82%) Current streak 1 day Day high 2,770.99 Day low 2,744.31 52-week high 3,373.48 (July 20, 2015) 52-week low 2,532.70 (Jan 21, 2016) FTSE ST Catalist index June 16,2016 438.51 -0.77 (-0.18%) Current streak 1 day Day high 440.63 Day low
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      Lock icon Shares fall as Brexit darkens horizon
      670 10  -  All but 8 of the 30 STI component stocks in the red; decline led by the 3 local banks, Singtel and Keppel Corp STOCKS By Melissa Tan melissat@sph.com.sg @MelissaTanBT IT used to be that the sun never set on the British empire. These days,
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      305 10 Stock name Close Change Day high/low 52w high 52w low PE Div yield Mcap Ascendas Reit 230 unch 232/228 253 209 6.7 6061.2 CapitaCom Trust 139 +0.5 140.5/138.5 157.5 122.5 6.2 4109.3 CapitaLand 296 -3 301/296 358 267 11.8 3 *****.8 CapitaMall Trust 202 unch 204/202 224 184.5
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      Lock icon MOST ACTIVE
      36 10 VOLUME Ezra 65,625,900 Golden Agri-Res 43,852,500 Addvalue Tech 37,723,500 SinoCloud 37,001,800 Anchor Resources 31,319,200 Market volume 1,237,035,000 VALUE DBS Grp 121,598,013 Singtel 92,833,064 OCBC Bank 50,020,586 UOB 42,770,865 JMH USD 30,809,177 Market value 977,724,000
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      Lock icon SGX ETFs Most Active
      112 10 Fund Last sale +/-(‘000) Day high/low 52w high/low Buy/Sell Mcap STI ETF 279 -3 707 281/279 343/254 279/280 DBXT MS SING US$ US110.4 -0.1 300 110.7/110.4 129.8/97.5 110.1/110.5 5.5 IS MS INDIA US$ US674 -5 87 695/673 780/575 674/677 84.3 GLD US$ US***** +239 54 *****/*****
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      77 10 Jun 16 VALUE CLOSE BT OB/OS -316.00 -157.00 BT CADI -*****.00 -134.00 BT 10-day MA -*****.00 -32.00 FTSE ST Mid Cap 661.64 -5.69 FTSE ST Small Cap 386.18 -4.69 FTSE ST All Share 673.12 -4.83 FTSE ST China Top 157.09 -2.27 FTSE ST China 185.38 -2.06 FTSE
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      Lock icon STI / FTSE ST All-Share
      34 10 STI FTSE ST All-Share ftse ST All-Share index June 16,2016 673.12 -4.83 (-0.71%) Current streak 1 day Day high 677.12 Day low 672.32 52-week high 806.37 (July 20,2015) 52-week low 625.37 (Jan 21, 2016)
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      Lock icon STI / MSCI EAFE
      32 10 STI MSCI EAFE MSCI EAFE index June 15,2016 1,589.69 +13.47 (+0.85%) Current streak 1 day Day high 1,595.35 Day low 1,572.54 52-week high 1,922.70 (June 22,2015) 52-week low 1,492.43 (Feb 12, 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 4 10 3 0 1 0 4 11 3 Manufacturing 31 47 25 5 10 16 36 57 41 Commerce 11 27 10 6 8 2 17 35 12 Tpt/Stor/Comms 4 18 8
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      Lock icon SECURITIES TRADING TURNOVER
      121 10 VOLUME (‘000) VALUE (‘000) MAIN CATL TOTAL MAIN CATL TOTAL Multi Ind 20,536 41 20,577 60,081 7 60,089 Manufacturing 79,917 32,310 112,227 83,844 915 84,759 Commerce 49,481 46,364 95,845 82,019 1,088 83,107 Tpt/Stor/Comms 155,325 300 155,625 188,883 26 188,908 Finance 27,379 15 27,394 226,897 2 226,899 Construction
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      Lock icon UNUSUAL ACTIVITY
      79 10 VOL CLOSE($) CHANGE Enviro-Hub 350.2 0.065 +0.029 +80.56 TA 106.5 0.245 -0.040 -14.04 WE 12,970.0 0.005 +0.001 +25.00 Shinvest 10.0 0.800 +0.100 +14.29 Jasper Inv 3,570.4 0.007 +0.001 +16.67 GSS Energy 699.0 0.060 -0.012 -16.67 Lion Asiapac 68.0 0.270 -0.020 -6.90 Cacola 770.0 0.008 +0.003 +60.00 Santak 47.0
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      Lock icon GAINERS
      73 10 BY CENTS CLOSE UP 52w high/low GLD US$ ***** 322.8 2.0 *****/***** JMH USD 5500 51.3 0.7 6103/4500 JSH USD 2901 48.6 1.3 3300/2524 DBXT Vietnam US$ 2397 31.1 1.0 2786/2017 DBS Bk 4.7% NCPS ***** 20.0 0.2 *****/***** BY PERCENTAGE CLOSE UP 52w high/low Enviro-Hub 6.5 80.6 2.9
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      73 10 BY CENTS CLOSE DOWN 52w high/low SPDR DJIA US$ ***** -318.7 -1.3 *****/***** SPDR S&P500 US$ ***** -175.6 -0.6 *****/***** DBXT STGLDv US$ 2896 -95.9 -2.4 3124/2731 Jardine C&C 3244 -87.0 -2.6 4520/2636 DBXT China50 US$ 2680 -75.6 -2.0 3942/2355 BY PERCENTAGE CLOSE DOWN 52w high/low Yongnam R1 0.1
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    • BROKERS’ TAKE
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        Lock icon Thai Beverage | Hold
        111 10 Thai Beverage Hold June 16 close: S$0.92 Target price: S$0.89 OCBC Investment Research, June 16 Post Q1 2016 results, Thai Beverage’s (Thai Bev) share price has done well thus far. Looking ahead, we believe that Beer will drive growth in the coming years while the Spirits segment would see a
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        Lock icon Property developers | Overweight
        116 10 Property developers Overweight CIMB Research, June 15 The near term build-up in unsold inventory facing Qualifying Certificate and Additional Buyers Stamp Duty penalties by developers are likely to intensify in 2017. Hence, we think selected projects may see a heavier drag on selling prices as developers start to clear inventory.
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        Lock icon Singapore Airlines | Hold
        82 10 Singapore Airlines Hold June 16 close: S$10.50 Target price: S$11.60 UOB Kay Hian Research, June 16 SIA’s passenger loads fell 0.9 percentage points in May on the back of a decline in traffic. The bright spot is the strong traffic growth of subsidiaries Scoot and SilkAir. Meanwhile, the removal of
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        Lock icon Sinwa Limited | Not rated
        179 10  - Sinwa Limited Not rated Compiled by Cai Haoxiang June 16 close: S$0.255 UOB Kay Hian Research, June 16 Sinwa is trading at nine times 2015 earnings. It is one of the leading marine, offshore supply and logistics players servicing the marine and offshore industry. It has a diversified customer base
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      9 10 DATA I June 17 Singapore Non-oil Domestic Exports
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      Lock icon Yen soars after BOJ refrains from further easing
      460 11 CURRENCIES REUTERS London THE yen surged by more than 2 per cent against the US dollar on Thursday to hit a 22-month high, after the Bank of Japan held off from expanding its monetary stimulus programme and the US Federal Reserve struck
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    • FOREX RATES
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        Lock icon INTERBANK CROSS RATES
        471 11 Jun 16 A$ C$ Rmb Euro HK$ Ind Rs Rupiah Yen Won RM NZ$ Pak Rs Peso S$ Rand Sfr NT$ Baht Pound US$ Australia 0.954 4.842 0.653 5.707 49.461 98.183 0.764 8.632 3.011 1.045 76.939 34.147 0.993 11.285 0.707 23.784 25.903 0.520 0.735 Canada 1.048 5.074
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        Lock icon INTERBANK CURRENCY RATES
        155 11 Jun 16 Against S$ Against US$ Currencies Bid Offer Bid Offer S$/US$ to one unit of foreign currency: Australian dollar 0.9929 0.9941 0.7352 0.7357 Canadian dollar 1.0404 1.0415 0.7708 0.7704 Euro 1.5217 1.5228 1.1268 1.1270 NZ dollar 0.9502 0.9512 0.7036 0.7040 Sterling pound 1.9084 1.9099 1.4131 1.4135
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        Lock icon US$/S$ FORWARD RATES
        22 11 Jun 16 S$ Bid Offer 1-month 1.3507 1.3516 2-months 1.3512 1.3522 3-months 1.3517 1.3527 6-months 1.3534 1.3545 Source: OCBC
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    • EQUITY BONDS WARRANTS FUTURES
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        Lock icon BONDS, WARRANTS, PREFERENCE SHARES Most active
        204 11 Jun 16 Prem Expiry Vol Conv Exer Disc Gear-Mths Company Last Sale +or-('000) Ratio Price ing Left DBS MB eCW*****1 9.3 -0.7 5825 0.1 1620 4 STI 2800 MB ePW*****1 8.3 0.2 5380 0.0 2 UOB MB eCW*****1 8.6 -0.8 4314 0.1 1850 4
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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 Jun 15 Index Change Change Change Change Change Change World Preliminary 1236.7 0.3 -3.2 0.3 -6.0 0.4 -1.5 EAFE Preliminary 902.6 0.6 -10.9 0.8 -11.6 0.9 -7.4 Europe Preliminary 1278.3 0.9 -9.5
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        Lock icon SGX DERIVATIVES TRADING
        387 11 Jun 16 OPEN HIGH LOW SETT VOL OP/INT FTSE CHINA A50 INDEX FUTURES Jun16 9155.00 9177.50 9100.00 9155.00 *****8 *****9 Jul16 9017.50 9040.00 8970.00 9017.50 2511 7316 NIKKEI 225 INDEX FUTURES Sep16 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 *****7 *****8 Dec16 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 249 3964 MSCI TAIWAN
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    • BANK RATES
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        154 11 Jun 16 $S Offer Bid 0vernight 0.05 0.03 1-month 0.7500 0.6250 2-months 0.9375 0.8125 3-months 1.0000 0.8750 Overnight mode: 0.10 US$ Offer Bid 7 days 0.50 0.40 1 month 0.50 0.40 2 months 0.65 0.45 3 months 0.80 0.60 6 months 1.10 0.90 9 months 1.30 1.10 12
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        Lock icon GOVERNMENT SECURITIES
        67 11 Jun 16 GOVERNMENT BONDS Period Issue Coupon Maturity Close Day's code rate Bid High Low 2-Year N*****0T 0.500 01-Apr-18 99.19 99.20 99.20 5-Year NX*****X 2.250 01-Jun-21 103.64 103.80 103.60 10-Year NX*****F 2.125 01-Jun-26 101.19 101.50 101.10 15-Year NZ*****F 2.875 01-Sep-30 107.15 107.25 107.20 20-Year NZ*****V 3.375 01-Sep-33 114.29
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    • AGRI METALS ENERGY
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        Lock icon COMMODITY FUTURES
        250 11 Jun-15 Price Net change change Last Trade Agricultural Jun-15 CBOT Soybeans (US cents/bu) 1156.00 -13.50 -1.15% 14/07/2016 CBOT Soybean Oil (US cents/lb) 31.96 -0.56 -1.72% 14/07/2016 CBOT Wheat (US cents/bu) 477.50 -7.50 -1.55% 14/07/2016 Jun-15 LIFFE Cocoa (£/tonne) 2325.00 17.00 0.74% 14/07/2016 LIFFE Coffee (US$/tonne) 1611.00 -7.00 -0.43%
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      Lock icon SGX MAINBOARD
      1715 12 52-Wk Last Vol Day Div GrYld Net MCap High Low Company Sale +/-(’000) High Low C’vr P/Ep $mil Company Last Sale Vol ('000) High Day 151.5 127 AIMSAMP Cap Reit 137 -0.5 77 138 137 0.9 8.3 871.9 Div 170.7 101 ARA Asset Mgmt 139.5 -0.5 527 140.5
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      Lock icon SGX CATALIST
      340 12 52-Wk Last Vol Day Div GrYld Net MCap High Low Company Sale +/-(’000) High Low C’vr P/E Last vol Day Div GrYld 0.9 0.2 t Advanced Systems 0.2 unch 1 0.2 0.2 5.3 MCap High LOW 19.9 8.3 t Anchor Resources 11.8 +1.3 ***** 12.1 10.7 33 Sale
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      Lock icon SGX ETF
      150 12 52-Wk Last Vol Day Div GrYld Net MCap High Low Counter Sale +/-(’000) High Low C’vr P/E Counter Last Sale 1293 991 CIMBASEAN40 S$D 1106 -42 0 1106 1106 957 700 CIMBASEAN40 US$ US812 -8 0 812 812 127.4 3942 2355 DBXT China50 US$ US2680 -56 11 2735
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      653 14 BLOOMBERG Singapore AFTER relishing a cocktail of cheap crude mixed with profits from fuel sales, Asia’s oil processors are facing their reckoning over a lack of restraint. Profits from turning crude into fuel in Asia since the beginning of April have averaged almost a
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      763 14 By end-2017, Opec must pump almost 1m bpd above May’s production level to keep the market in equilibrium BLOOMBERG London THE world’s most prominent oil forecaster, the International Energy Agency (IEA), anticipates near-equilibrium between supply and demand in global crude markets
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      910 14 BLOOMBERG London THE latest mechanism designed to support solar power is proving wildly successful in squeezing down the cost of energy. It’s also threatening to destabilise the renewable-energy industry. From India to Mexico and the United Arab Emirates, authorities are moving away
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      Lock icon Amazon cutting shipping fees for small, flat items
      590 15 Move is in response to competition from marketplaces that help Chinese merchants ship directly to US shoppers Seattle AMAZON.COM Inc is slashing fees it charges merchants to sell USB cables, smartphone screen protectors and other small, flat items that can fit in
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      278 15 BLOOMBERG Seoul SAMSUNG Electronics Co will acquire Joyent Inc to expand in cloud computing as the world’s largest smartphone maker looks beyond hardware for revenue growth. The deal will help Samsung build its cloud infrastructure, the Galaxy maker said
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      601 15 AFP Washington AS more gruesome crimes and attacks show up on live online video, social media platforms are facing new challenges on preventing the spread of gruesome and horrific content. The challenge was underscored in Monday’s deadly attack on a policeman and
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  • REAL ESTATE
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      Lock icon Room prices in Rio rocket as landlords dig for Olympic gold
      408 16 REUTERS Rio de Janeiro WITH hotels mostly booked, landlords are charging a pretty penny for tourists still seeking accommodation in Rio de Janeiro for the Olympics in August asking as much as US$2,305 per night for a three-bedroom apartment
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      1002 16  -  Hotelier helms parent of company behind small luxury hotel of 35 rooms By Cheah Ui-Hoon uihoon@sph.com.sg Penang MALAYSIA will see its eighth Small Luxury Hotels of the World (SLH) property open next month, this time in Penang. It’s a first
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      316 16 BLOOMBERG Hong Kong SUN Hung Kai Properties Ltd, Hong Kong’s largest developer by market value, is offering mortgages worth as much as 120 per cent of a home’s value at one of its projects as sales have slumped in the city.
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      496 17  -  It drops 4 spots from a year ago as occupancy costs slide by 13.8% to US$94.47 psf per annum; Hong Kong retakes No 1 spot, pipping London’s West End By Renald Yeo yrenald@sph.com.sg Singapore AMID strong and stable demand for
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  • CONSUMER
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      983 18 When the global giant opens its first store next year in Milan, it will be challenged by smaller local chains BLOOMBERG Milan ITALY, home of the world’s most sophisticated espresso drinkers, will get its first taste of Starbucks coffee shops next year. They
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      494 18 BLOOMBERG New York VISA Inc appealed to the public as it responds to Wal-Mart Stores Inc’s decision to stop accepting the network’s cards in Canada, accusing the retailer of “unfairly dragging” millions of shoppers into private negotiations over card fees. Walmart’s
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  • GOVERNMENT & ECONOMY
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      927 19 They say that they’re ready to stabilise their currencies using liquidity facilities left over from the crisis era WP Washington GLOBAL central banks on Thursday sounded the alarm over the risks posed by a British departure from the European Union, as polls continued to
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      913 19 BLOOMBERG Beijing SAUDI Arabia’s Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman is making his solo Washington debut this week, pitching an economic plan to investors and trying to counter negative views among US lawmakers that his country isn’t stopping terrorist financing. Just don’t
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      417 19 Central bank likely bracing itself for any fallout from an increase in risk aversion BLOOMBERG Jakarta INDONESIA’S central bank cut its benchmark interest rate for the fourth time this year, indicating its willingness to support economic growth in the
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  • TRANSPORT
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      Lock icon VW’s Europe market share at 5-year low after scandal
      565 20 BLOOMBERG Paris VOLKSWAGEN AG’s European market share contracted by the most since December last month as the lingering effects of its emissions-cheating scandal prevented the German carmaker from taking advantage of improving sentiment among car buyers. Five-month sales by the Volkswagen
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      Lock icon India eases rules to lift world’s fastest-growing airline market
      691 20 Move benefits SIA, AirAsia and has the potential to attract new investments from Middle Eastern carriers BLOOMBERG New Delhi IT’S the news foreign carriers had been waiting to hear for years. After more than a decade of deliberations, India finally unveiled
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      653 20 WP Washington BOEING could hardly step into a more sensitive, touchy deal than the imminent agreement to sell about 100 passenger jets to the Islamic Republic of Iran. With the sale, Boeing faces unique political risks in the US with potential
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      Lock icon Ola founder in battle against Uber for domination of Indian streets
      1359 20 BLOOMBERG Bengaluru BHAVISH Aggarwal, co-founder of the ride-hailing service Ola, is in a pitched battle with Uber Technologies Inc for domination of India’s streets. But late last year, the streets of Chennai disappeared as monsoon rains flooded miles of
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  • OPINION
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      Lock icon China’s markets need lighter-touch regulation to be included in MSCI
      576 22 EDITORIAL CHINA suffered a setback earlier this week when the MSCI decided to delay yet again the inclusion of its domestic A-share market into the key Emerging Markets Index. In the run-up to the announcement, analysts had been broadly optimistic,
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      787 22  -  THE BOTTOM LINE By Anthony Rowley Tokyo DREAM or nightmare, Brexit clearly could happen, and it is to be hoped that Prime Minister David Cameron’s government is spending as much time thinking about bold alternatives to Britain’s membership of the European Union
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      1420 22  -  The key factor for a company is to identify an accounting firm, regardless of size, with the capabilities to deliver high-quality service. BY TITUS KUAN AND SHARON TAN CHIU PING BY TITUS KUAN, SHARON TAN CHIU PING T Titus Kuan is director of
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      855 23  -  COMMENTARY By Rajen Manicka, Meiert Grootes T Dr Manicka is chairman and CEO of Australia Securities Exchange-listed Holista Colltech; Mr Grootes is CEO of Switzerland-based Veripan AG. AMID rising concerns that dietary habits are leading to a global pandemic of obesity, the debate
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      766 23  -  COMMENTARY By Elizabeth Hernandez T The writer is head of Asia-Pacific Policy at Facebook. As more of the world connects to the Internet, data is helping us make more informed decisions and solve big societal problems. Here
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      1062 23  -  People are the key foundation of any business. Here are some strategies to attract the kind of people you want. BY GERY MESSER want.BY GERY MESSER T The writer is managing director for the Asia-Pacific at CenturyLink. Without
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  • CITY LIFE
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      Lock icon Cutting the cost of world-class cuisine
      961 24  -  At the Epicurean Market, organised by Marina Bay Sands, visitors can indulge their taste buds at affordable prices. BY AVANTI NIM avantin@sph.com.sg WHILE most people tend to get excited at the prospect of eating at a restaurant opened by a celebrity chef, the excitement
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        230 24  -  By Tay Suan Chiang DINING Ehime Food Sake Fair YOU may be familiar with produce from the Kanto and Kansai regions or from Hokkaido, but what about food from Ehime prefecture? Located in the northwestern part of Shikoku, Ehime is the top citrus or mikan producer in
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        246 24  -  MUSIC By Dylan Tan FRESH from Gentle Bones' sold-out headlining shows last weekend, two more local singer-songwriters will be staging their own big scale concerts this Friday. Tay Kewei celebrates the seventh anniversary of her musical journey with her show “Chi” which phonetically sounds like the number 7
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        178 24  -  WRITING By Helmi Yusof AWARD-WINNING playwright Huzir Sulaiman (Atomic Jaya, The Weight of Silk on Skin) is responsible for nurturing many talented young playwrights such as Faith Ng (Normal) and Joel Tan (Cafe). He also adapted Tan Twan Eng’s Man Booker Prize shortlisted novel The Garden
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        166 24  -  FESTIVAL By Helmi Yusof NEXT week marks the opening of The O.P.E.N. (Open Participate Engage Negotiate), a pre-festival of ideas that’s a precursor to the main event in August, the Singapore International Festival of Arts. For a single ticket priced at S$45 from Sistic, you get access to
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        186 24  -  DINING By Rachel Loi TAKE your belly on a trip to Latin America, at the upcoming Six Hands Dinner at the Argentinian restaurant boCHINche next weekend. For one night, the restaurant's chef patron Diego Jacquet will be cooking alongside Peruvian chef Daniel Chavez of OLA Cocina Del
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  • MUSIC
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      684 25  -  The jazz-pop singer-songwriter swears by the healing powers of music therapy after it helped her pull through a horrible accident. BY DYLAN TAN BY DYLAN TAN IF music is a drug, Melody Gardot will happily say she's addicted to it. The Grammy-nominated jazz-crossover singer-songwrit-er was
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      622 25  -  By Dylan Tan dylantan@sph.com.sg @DylanTanSYBT THE Temper Trap may be a man down after its long-time lead guitarist Lorenzo Sillitto left the indie outfit but that has also brought its remaining members closer. The title of their new album, Thick As Thieves, is
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      Lock icon All set for their biggest show ever
      619 25  -  By Sue-Ann Tan suetan@sph.com.sg LAST year, music quartet The Sam Willows marked a milestone in their four-year musical journey when they finally recorded and released their full-length debut Take Heart. This is on top of performing all over the world and opening for
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      321 25 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD Across 1 Tripe, fish and chips, finally beer (10) 6 How one might cook for brood? (4) 10 Answer supplied to previous Italian course (5) 11 Cold interior renovated as standard (9) 12 Window when set in mortar (8) 13 Skilful student having been accepted for pottery (5)
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  • ARTS
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      Lock icon Using art to evoke emotions
      694 26  -  What were the criteria used to select the 15 works from UOB Bank s collection of over 2,300 for its Sensibility in Art exhibition? BY CHEAH UI-HOON COLOUR, symbols, and shapes these are some of the elements that artists use to elicit an emotional response
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      539 26  -  By Helmi Yusof helmi@sph.com.sg @HelmiBT THE Twenty-Something Theatre Festival is one of the best new theatre events to emerge this year. The brainchild of actress-producer Tan Kheng Hua, it provides a platform for playwrights and directors aged 20 to 29 to bring their stories
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      Lock icon Ghost Writer leaves a lovely but empty feel
      394 26  -  By Helmi Yusof helmi@sph.com.sg @HelmiBT IN the great and drastically underrated film Wonder Boys (2000), directed by Curtis Hanson, a young student (Katie Holmes) reads the overlong novel of her English professor (Michael Douglas) and cannot hide her disappointment. She tells him:
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  • ARTS/CINEMA
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      Lock icon Using words as energy devoid of meaning
      797 27  -  Four artists are featured in an exhibition derived from calligraphy not in what the letters connote, but in how their shapes and forms inspire art. BY CHEAH UI-HOON BY CHEAH UI-HOON WORDS come into play at this exhibition, Autographic Matters, which features the
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      519 27  -  By Geoffrey Eu DWAYNE Johnson has come a long way since his days as professional wrestler The Rock, but he still spends months at a time in the gym and boasts more muscle definition in his little finger than most of us have on our
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      557 27  -  By Geoffrey Eu NOW You See Me 2, a caper flick that traces the showy exploits of a band of elite magicians with impossible tricks up their sleeves and sleight-of-hand skills that even David Copperfield might envy, is not what it makes itself out to be.
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      Lock icon FESTIVAL FRENZY
      1876 28  -  Singaporeans’ love for festivals has led to a surge in the number of mass events themed around everything from music to coffee. BT Lifestyle examines the festival phenomenon and the savvy entrepreneurs who have jumped on the bandwagon. BY AVANTI NIM bandwagon.BY AVANTI NIM avantin@sph.com.sg TO the outsider,
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