The Business Times, 22 October 2016

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1 36 The Business Times
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      57 1 Weekend S$1.20 I N ES S T I M ES N OT TO B E S O LD S E PA R AT E LY FR O M T H E B U S Our obsession with all things Nippon October 22–23 2016 The I N T E RV I
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      22 3 TAKASHIMAYA SHOPPING CENTRE 6836 7588 RINGS IN DIAMONDS, WHITE GOLD AND YELLOW GOLD COCO CRUSH CHANEL.COM BT *****511-1 22OCT2016.indd 1 17/10/2016 15:12
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  • Weekend
    • Weekend Buzz
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        Lock icon Psychedelia
        87 4 “Trippy” doesn’t even begin to describe the manic mash-up of icons and images in Mojoko’s street art. The Iran-born, Hong Kong-bred, Singaporebased artist packs his canvases with just about everything from Hawaiian hula girls to Spongebob Squarepants to Sentosa Express light rail trains. The dizzying, pyschedelic riots of colours
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        67 4 l–r:FLAGSHIPThe bar gets a new look and is now Home of the Old Fashioned. T.6750 4461. SI CHUAN DUO HUA RESTAURANT Prized Japanese delicacy fugu gets reinvented in Sichuan and Cantonese dishes, like deep fried balls with passionfruit sauce. T.6535 6006. boCHINche Chef patron Diego Jacquet is one
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        Lock icon The Big Swim
        94 4 Watching manta rays gliding through the water in an aquarium is so last year. At Anatara Kihavah Maldives Villa, guests get up-close-and-personal with manta rays at the world’s largest natural manta feeding destination, during their annual migration across the Indian Ocean. There can be more than 100
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        Lock icon my favourite album
        39 4 RAMONES BY RAMONES (1976) “Recorded 40 years ago and it’s still the best punk rock album ever. Pity all the members are now dead so we’ll never hear anything from them again.” Rick ‘Ramone’ Ang, entrepreneur
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    • Weekend Buys
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        118 6 “My favourite bag of the season is this Tod’s bag. It’s a versatile piece that melds functionality with femininity and it amps up my look with its vintage-chic allure.” DR KAREN SOH Medical Director of Prive Clinic “The velvet trouser is the perfect alternative to the evening dress.” Spokesman
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    • Founder of Supermama
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        Lock icon Edwin Low
        982 9  -  The ROLEX INTERVIEW by TAY SUAN CHIANG EDWIN Low doesn’t care if you don’t know his name. Just remember Supermama, the name of his store which he named for the high-achieving mother of his two children, Mei Ling. And his Singapore Icons plates his signature line of Japanese-made,
        YANG KEVIN PHOTOGRAPHY FOO. CHRIS DIRECTION ART  -  982 words
    • Weekend Style
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        Lock icon Hello Japan こ んた ぢ ぱ
        116 10 Hello Japan こんたぢ A hint of red, the wrap of an obi belt. It doesn’t take much to say (konnichiwa). Left: Gucci embellished cardigan. Coach leather backpack. Issey Miyake pants. Loewe leather slides. Obi belts stylist’s own. Right: Louis Vuitton wool scarf and leather ring. Hairpin stylist’s
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    • Weekend Feature
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        Lock icon Our Japanese Obsession
        368 14  -  Jaime Ee examines the Singaporean fascination with Japan, which continues to grow at Shinkansen speed. Jaime Ee “HELLO. My name is Torrance. I am a Nipponholic. It’s not a real word. Just that ‘Japanophile’ doesn’t begin to describe my addiction to this curious, fascinating country of rotating
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        Lock icon Everyone has a personal story to tell about Japan’s hold on them.
        1784 16 latest numbers say that Singapore had 1,105 Japanese restaurants in June 2015. The naked eye says the number has exploded since then. Everyone has a personal story to tell about Japan’s hold on them. Apart from Mr Goh,
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    • Weekend Food
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        Lock icon Marble Universe
        918 19  -  Tay Suan Chiang unravels the secrets of wagyu, the superhero of beef. Tay Suan Chiang OMI, Kobe and Matsusaka. Three magic words guaranteed to brighten the day of a beef connoisseur, especially if followed by a slab of the above, sizzling on a hot plate. In the ever-expanding
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    • Weekend Holiday
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        Lock icon Memory Lanes
        577 20  -  Go on a walking tour of Tokyo for a glimpse into the city’s past, advises Jaime Ee. Jaime Ee SO you think you know Tokyo because you’ve mastered the route on the JR Yamanote line and have the ability to navigate Shinjuku like an Akita on the trail
        PHOTOS WALKJAPAN, CLANHOUSE, JAIME EE. SKETCHES STUART AYRE  -  577 words
    • Weekend Nostalgia
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        Lock icon Princess Diaries
        168 22 Feb 1970 A time when ramen shops did not exist here, and Japan was seen as some quaint private kingdom whose people liked wearing socks with their slippers. So imagine the stir created by the then Crown Prince Akihito and Crown Princess Michiko, who dropped in on Singapore
        BY AVANTI NIM. IMAGE YUSOF ISHAK COLLECTION, COURTESY OF NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF SINGAPORE  -  168 words
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      175 7 •ijf- f /■> > ■i' i Follo SF s fci 1 ir t ■4 >\ OS i iS. f m y-A 'i Me Japan this winter! V w-- 'HO* i. > Jt 'v fW- AlL: Jl i r < V m S' <v v; T A «aJI A ii W'
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      49 9 t ROLEX THE DAY-DATE 40 The international symbol of performance and success, reinterpreted with a modernised design and a new-generation mechanical movement. It doesn’t just tell time. It tells history. J <28 <5 OYSTER PERPETUAL DAY-DATE 40 THE ROLEX CENTRE. ORCHARD ROAD SINGAPORE. TEL: 6830 5100 FAX: 6235 0183
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      26 24 THE ART OF WATCHMAKING TO BREAK THE RULES, YOU MUST FIRST MASTER THEM. AUDEMARSPIGUET.COM EXHIBITION OCT. 29TH// NOV. 13TH YUZ MUSEUM SHANGHAI *****_1610_SHANGHAI_EXPO_2016_BUSINESS_TIMES_WEEKEND_MAG_278x336_ENG.indd 1 17/10/2016 17:01
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  • Title Section
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    23 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES WEEKEND www.businesstimes.com.sg~ ~@BusinessTimes A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION CO REGN NO *****2868E MCI (P) 066/08/2016 S$1.20 OCTOB R 22-23, 2016
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      202 1 THE RAFFLES CONVERSATION RICHARD LESSER, CEO, THE BOSTON CONSULTING GROUP 14-15 CUBICLE FILES Look before you leap abroad 34 OFFBEAT The secret life of BT folk 35 THE MILLENNIAL NEXT DOOR PHOTOS: YEN MENG JIIN PHOTO ILLUSTRATION: SIMON ANG What are they buying, what are they after? BT tracks a
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  • PERSPECTIVE
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      Lock icon The laboured market
      695 2  -  INSIDE VIEW by Kenneth Lim 1What do you think was the most significant event this week? I am going to cheat a little and submit two stories for consideration. The first is media and property group Singapore Press Holdings (SPH) announcing on Monday that it will trim
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      Lock icon THE WEEK IN REVIEW
      194 2 Singapore’s non-oil domestic exports (NODX) slipped back into negative territory in September, trade figures from International Enterprise Singapore showed. September’s NODX posted a year-on-year 4.8 per cent decline, after flat growth in August. Mon, Oct 17 Developers sold 509 private homes, excluding executive condominium units, in
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      Lock icon THE WEEK AHEAD
      62 2 The Monetary Authority of Singapore’s semiannual macroeconomic review Tues, Oct 25 Preliminary estimates for the Singapore labour market in Q3 2016 Thurs, Oct 27 OCBC Bank and Sembcorp Industries Q3 2016 results Thurs, Oct 27 Q3 2016 real estate statistics for private residential, retail and office property
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      304 3 “I love it that Tiong Bahru is so near the city. My customers never have to go out of their way... some of them even pop by during their lunch break.” Elyn Wong of Stolen WHERE HOME IS JUST MINUTES AWAY FROM ORCHARD ROAD AND THE CBD Tiong Bahru Insider
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  • UPFRONT
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      Lock icon Workers, companies must adapt and transform to stay relevant: Swee Say
      631 4  -  Those retrenched should stay positive; tripartite partners stand ready to help them find new jobs SINGAPORE JOBS by Lee U-Wen leeuwen@sph.com.sg @LeeUwenBT Singapore AMID reports of several companies laying off workers in large numbers of late, Manpower Minister Lim
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    • Article
      Lock icon Tripartite partners push for jobs in thriving ICT sector
      550 4  -  by Lee U-Wen leeuwen@sph.com.sg @LeeUwenBT Singapore A NEW tripartite effort was rolled out on Friday to provide better and more coordinated career support for workers in Singapore’s infocomm technology (ICT) sector. There are two main initiatives, both driven by the sector’s
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      Lock icon Lots of goodies, but commitment to fiscal consolidation remains
      893 5  -  Analysts and Moody’s express doubt that Malaysia’s Budget 2017 will help the country towards a balanced budget by 2020 KL BUDGET By Pauline Ng btworld@sph.com.sg Kuala Lumpur DESPITE insisting that Budget 2017 was not designed with snap elections in mind, Malaysia’s
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      Lock icon High networths join CDL’s Nouvel 18 PPS deal
      1285 6  -  They include OSIM’s Ron Sim, Straits Trading’s Chew Gek Khim, Fragrance’s Koh Wee Meng and developer Satinder Garcha By Kalpana Rashiwala kalpana@sph.com.sg @KalpanaBT Singapore OSIM founder Ron Sim, The Straits Trading Company chairman Chew Gek Khim, Fragrance Group boss Koh Wee Meng,
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    • Article
      Lock icon New measures to boost S’pore’s private education standards
      650 7  -  At least S$100,000 in paid-up capital a must; other changes made to protect students’ interests, improve academic outcomes by Lee U-Wen leeuwen@sph.com.sg @LeeUwenBT Singapore PRIVATE schools in Singapore will have to abide by a new set of regulations, including one that requires
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      Lock icon World Bank revises upwards energy-price forecasts for 2017
      497 8  -  It expects crude oil to reach US$55 a barrel by next year, in line with analysts’ projections by Anthony Rowley btworld@sph.com.sg Tokyo THE World Bank has raised its 2017 forecast of the price of a barrel of crude oil to US$55 a
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      Lock icon PM Lee pays respects to late Thai King at Bangkok’s Grand Palace
      209 8  -  Lee U-Wen PRIME Minister Lee Hsien Loong visited the Grand Palace in Bangkok on Friday morning to pay his respects to the late Thai King Bhumibol Adulyadej, the monarch who died last week at the age of 88.
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    • Article
      Lock icon Asahi Glass opens regional innovation centre in S’pore
      343 9  -  It’ll strengthen Republic’s position as leader in smart cities, infrastructure and green buildings for tropical region: EDB by Andrea Soh sandrea@sph.com.sg @AndreaSohBT Singapore JAPANESE glass manufacturer Asahi Glass Co (AGC) on Thursday opened an innovation centre in Singapore to develop new solutions
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    • Article
      Lock icon Global iron ore pricing: Singapore has more clout than China
      470 9 BLOOMBERG Singapore IN the US$7 billion-a-day global iron ore futures market, size doesn’t matter when it comes to clout. Contracts in Singapore have greater pricing power than those traded in China even though the volumes in the city-state are more
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      Lock icon KPMG marks changes at helm
      58 9 KPMG in Singapore marks a leadership change for its 75th anniversary: Ong Pang Thye (right) was named the firm’s new managing partner this month, taking over from Tham Sai Choy (left), now chairman of KPMG’s Asia-Pacific region; flying in especially for the occasion is KPMG
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      Lock icon Amsterdam’s US$10,000-a-night hotel anchors hip new district
      1435 10 A’dam Tower, a 1970s-era office building is transform into a 24/7 entertainment destination of music, dance, and dining BLOOMBERG IT’S home to Amsterdam’s most expensive hotel room at US$10,000/night, an exclusive members-only club and a revolving restaurant that serves up 120 euros (S$182)
      BLOOMBERG; PHOTO: BLOOMBERG  -  1,435 words
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      238 7 THE BUSINESS TIMES JB nilltMMNSTIVlI.S Everyone deserves a great Weekend In celebration of The Business Times' 40th Anniversary, readers can enjoy discounts on Grab rides and dining deals at selected exquisite restaurants this October! LA BRASSERIE y Grab $5 ofl your GrabTaxi ride Enjoy 35% off a-la-carte food items this
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      159 9 NOTICES Thousand Oaks Capital Ltd. Company No. *****39 (In Voluntary Liquidation) NOTICE is hereby given pursuant to Section 204 (1)(b) of the BVI Business Companies Act, 2004 that Thousand Oaks Capital Ltd. is in voluntary liquidation. The voluntary liquidation commenced on 10th October, 2016 and RAFAEL E. ALAIN M. of
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      241 9 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT (CAP. 50) AND IN THE MATTER OF CAPSTONE TURBINE SINGAPORE PTE. LTD. (IN MEMBER’S VOLUNTARY LIQUIDATION) (Company Registration No. *****7486Z) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that it was resolved at an Extraordinary General Meeting of member of the abovenamed company held on 17 October
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  • BRUNCH
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      Lock icon MILLENNIALS.
      2454 11  -  The word sticks in the craw. We are constantly told how glib, torpid, and entitled they are. In youth speak, they are the worst. But a casual experiment here at The Business Times (BT) has shown them to be less uniform than thought. Their spending habits, in particular, turned
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  • THE RAFFLES CONVERSATION
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      Lock icon PATHFINDER
      2366 14 / 15  -  IT'S fairly remarkable, if not quite unheard of these days a firm that has notched up double-digit growth for five decades in a row, which also happens to be almost all of its existence. Indeed, Rich Lesser, president and CEO of said firm, the Boston Consulting Group, describes it
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  • INVESTING & WEALTH
    • COMPANIES
      • Article, Illustration
        Lock icon FCT eyes retail malls held by third parties
        777 16  -  The retail landlord posts a 1.5% dip in Q4 DPU, but a record high full-year DPU by Lynette Khoo lynkhoo@sph.com.sg @LynetteKhooBT Singapore FRASERS Centrepoint Trust (FCT) is eyeing retail malls held by third parties even as it waits for some assets held
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      • Article
        Lock icon Triyards Q4 net profit down 73% to US$2.2m
        383 16  -  By Jacquelyn Cheok jaccheok@sph.com.sg @JacCheokBT Singapore TRIYARDS Holdings on Friday reported a 73 per cent fall in net profit to US$2.23 million for the three months ended Aug 31 (Q4 FY2016), due to lower gross profit margins resulting from a different mix
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        Lock icon CMT’s Q3 DPU drops, asset management fees rise
        555 17  -  Raffles City Singapore mall’s main entrance and interior will be renovated for about S$54 million by Melissa Tan melissat@sph.com.sg @MelissaTanBT Singapore RETAIL landlord CapitaLand Mall Trust (CMT) will be renovating the main entrance and interior of the Raffles City Singapore mall for
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      • Article
        Lock icon Futuristic CEO David Low named EY Entrepreneur of the Year
        416 17  -  by Vivien Shiao vshiao@sph.com.sg @VivienShiaoBT Singapore FUTURISTIC Store Fixtures chairman and CEO David Low Chor Hoon has been named the overall EY Entrepreneur of the Year 2016 Singapore. Mr Low who also scooped up the Entrepreneur of the Year award
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        Lock icon Viva’s Q3 DPS rises despite larger unit base
        696 18  -  Higher distribution stems mainly from 3 acquisitions completed in the past year by Lee Meixian leemx@sph.com @LeeMeixianBT Singapore VIVA Industrial Trust (VIT) has reported a 9.9 per cent increase in distribution per stapled security (DPS) to 1.81 Singapore cents for its third
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        Lock icon QAF rises in active trade
        244 18  -  HOT STOCK by Angela Tan angelat@sph.com.sg Singapore QAF Ltd known for its Gardenia brand of bread rose more than one per cent on Friday in active trade, leading the top 20 stocks in value traded on the Singapore Exchange. The typically lightly traded stock saw
        Source: Bloomberg  -  244 words
      • CORPORATE DIGEST
        • Article
          Lock icon Straits Trading
          37 18 PROPERTY firm Straits Trading Company will sell an office building in Australia for about A$161.5 million (S$171.8 million). The building at 114 William Street in Melbourne will be sold to AFIAA Australia 4 Pty Ltd.
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        • Article
          Lock icon China Medical
          111 18 CATALIST-LISTED China Medical (International) Group (CMIG) has agreed to buy a majority stake in The Sloane Clinic, an aesthetic and plastic surgery chain in Singapore and Malaysia, for S$9.5 million. CMIG will acquire 51 per cent of the issued capital of medical services companies Eastlife and Maxglobe, which
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        • Article
          Lock icon Sembcorp Marine
          44 18 SEMBCORP Marine Offshore Platforms a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sembmarine will be acquiring the remaining 30 per cent equity stake in Sembmarine North Sea (SNS) for £137,500 (S$234,065), from existing minority shareholders. This will be fully paid for in cash by internal funds.
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      • Article
        Lock icon Cache Logistics Trust’s Q3 DPU down 13.7% to 1.85 cents
        377 19  -  Dent in payout due to the absence of capital proceeds which were distributed in Q3 FY15 by Kelly Tay kellytay@sph.com.sg @KellyTayBT Singapore CACHE Logistics Trust's third quarter distribution per unit (DPU) shrank to 1.847 Singapore cents from 2.14 Singapore cents
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        Lock icon Investors hunting for value in Malaysian stocks
        1088 19 BLOOMBERG Kuala Lumpur WITH Malaysian stocks on the brink of their longest stretch of annual losses ever, one money manager is buying amid bets valuations and signs of shifting overseas sentiment, will spur a rebound. Gan Eng Peng of Affin Hwang Asset Management
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      • Article
        Lock icon Friday’s loss limits ST Index’s gain for week to 0.6%
        557 20  -  STOCKS by R Sivanithy BY most accounts, US Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton won this week’s third and final debate with her Republican candidate Donald Trump, which should have sparked some sort of rally in stocks because Mrs Clinton offers
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      • BROKERS' TAKE
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          Lock icon Keppel Corporation > Hold
          138 20 Keppel Corporation > Hold DBS Group Research, Oct 21 Target price: S$5.25 Oct 21 close: S$5.31 WE believe Opec’s recent change in production stance could accelerate oil rebalancing and drive a recovery in rig market which remains a key re-rating catalyst. Property has taken over from offshore and marine (O&M)
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          Lock icon Ascendas Reit > Hold
          80 20 Ascendas Reit > Hold CIMB Research, Oct 21 Target price: S$2.47 Oct 21 close: S$2.40 WE think that overhang from the Exchangeable Collateralised Securities (ECS) could cap share price performance in the near-term. To date, S$183.25 million of ECS has been exchanged to 90.6 million new units. With ECS in
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          Lock icon Cogent Holdings > Buy
          176 20  - Cogent Holdings > Buy Compiled by Cai Haoxiang Phillip Securities Research, Oct 21 Target price: S$1.11 Oct 21 close: S$0.765 WE do not view the general manager’s departure as having any material adverse impact to the group’s ongoing business. We again highlight that Phase One and Phase Two combined of
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      • Article
        Lock icon BT SHARE INFORMATION SERVICE
        791 20 Substantial shareholder/director transactions For week beginning Oct 17 Substantial Buy No of Price ———SHAREHOLDING Trans Shareholder/ Sell Shares Per Before After Stock Date Director Conv '000 Shr ('000) ('000) Aztech Grp 19-Oct-16 Mun Hong Yew *Buy 100 0.42 2189 4.51 2289 4.71 Jasper Invests 19-Oct-16 Polaris
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      Lock icon ASSET MANAGEMENT LEANING MORE TO ESG
      1119 21  -  Companies with the worst environmental, social and governance practices get excluded from portfolios. BY GENEVIEVE CUA BY GENEVIEVE CUA gen@sph.com.sg @GenCuaBT INVESTING along ESG (environmental, social and governance) principles particularly in relation to climate change issues is fast becoming mainstream, thanks to the efforts
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      Lock icon Hedge funds hurt as investors withdraw US$28b in 3 months
      889 22 So far this year, more than US$50 billion has flowed out of hedge funds much of that from the industry’s biggest and best-known NYTIMES IT has been a bruising year for hedge funds. Big bets have been disastrous, investors have
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    • Article, Illustration
      Lock icon Maintaining an investment portfolio
      844 23  -  The process ranges from needs analysis to regular funds rebalancing. By Oh Chun Wei ~The writer is director and independent financial advisory representative at Avallis Financial, which aims to educate and empower clients to achieve their financial goals Risk IVAN is a 35-year-old marketing executive. He
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    • Indices
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      Lock icon Commodities
      26 24 NAME PRICE/UNIT 3-MONTH% Gold US$1,264.28/oz -4.2 Silver US$17.479/OZ -10.0 Copper US$4,652/MT -6.3 Soybeans US$975.5/bu -3.3 Palm Oil MYR2,699/MT 14.0 Coffee US$155.25/lb 3.6 Sugar US$22.58/lb 14.0
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    • Currencies
      • Article
        Lock icon Asian currency vs USD
        95 24 CURRENCY PRICE 5-DAY 5-DAY 1-MONTH 1-MONTH YEAR-TO-DATE Singapore dollar 1.3933 -0.40 -2.37 1.42 China RMB 6.7622 -0.54 -1.33 -4.06 Offshore RMB 6.7717 -0.57 -1.31 -2.98 Indian rupee 66.8810 -0.22 0.20 -1.08 Indonesian rupiah 13,064 -0.10 0.44 6.02 Japanese yen 103.81 0.50 -2.27 15.96 Korean won 1,137
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        Lock icon Singapore dollar per USD
        12 24 Compiled from Bloomberg at 5.30pm on October 21
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    • STI
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        Lock icon Straits Times Index component stocks
        396 25 NAME PRICE WEEKLY PRICE CHANGE PRICE LOW HIGH YTD TOTAL RETURNS P/E P/B DIVIDEND 12-MONTH YIELD MARKET CAP ($M) 52 WEEK PRICE RANGE Golden Agri-Resources Ltd 0.37 0.315 0.435 10.2 55.3 0.89 1.4 4,711.9 United Overseas Bank Ltd 18.82 16.81 20.42 -0.3 9.7 1.04 3.7
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    • Reits and rates
    • REAL ESTATE
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        Lock icon Upbeat about Vietnam’s residential property market
        1485 26  -  The premium apartment price of US$2,180 per square metre is still 24% below the 2007 peak. by Regina Lim ~The writer is national director, advisory research at JLL Singapore. Footnote: According to the world Bank, urban households in Vietnam have a median monthly income
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        Lock icon China property curbs start to bite as prices ease in some cities
        620 27 New-home prices in Beijing fell 3.7% in the first weeks of October from September BLOOMBERG Shanghai CHINA’S overheated property market is showing tentative signs of cooling, with home prices in some of the hottest cities falling this month
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      • Article
        Lock icon HK’s home-loan war poised to heat up
        350 27 BLOOMBERG Hong Kong THE price war in Hong Kong’s home-loan market is poised to heat up, according to the city’s top mortgage lender. Even if the US Federal Reserve raises borrowing costs in December, the excess funds in Hong Kong’s financial system will
        BLOOMBERG  -  350 words
      • Article
        Lock icon Househunt
        1638 28 Property transactions for selected districts with contract dates between Oct 6 and Oct 11, 2016 PROJECT NAME/ PROP CONTRACT TENURE BUILT-IN TRANSACTED PSF TOX* RENTAL STREET NAME TYPE DATE /LAND PRICE (S$) YIELD** AREA (S$,000) (SQF) District 13 SENNETT RESIDENCE Condo 08/10/2016 99 1,076 1,597 1,484 -1.40 2.74 THE
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