The Business Times, 25 October 2016

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    22 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION www.businesstimes.com.sg @BusinessTimes MCI (P) 052/08/2016 S$1.20 CO REGN NO *****2868E Tuesday, October 25, 2016
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    Lock icon DAILY DIGEST
    224 1 Pavilion Energy and Shell are appointed to supply Singapore with the next tranche of liquefied natural gas needed by power plants and industries here. TOP STORIES 2 Construction firms and small and mid-cap stocks come into focus as perceived beneficiaries of Malaysia’s Budget 2017. TOP STORIES 4 Swissco
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    Lock icon Singapore paves way for evolution of electricity industry
    972 1  -  Down the road, consumers will manage their own demand for power more actively, and solar power and batteries will be integrated with the grid By Andrea Soh sandrea@sph.com.sg @AndreaSohBT Singapore SINGAPORE is laying the foundation for a vastly different power sector one
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    Lock icon Insurance agents warned against taking medical referral fee
    635 1  -  By Claire Huang huangjy@sph.com.sg @ClaireHuangBT Singapore THE practice of insurance agents getting a fee for referring patients to either doctors or medical concierges has triggered a warning from the Life Insurance Association Singapore (LIA Singapore). Industry sources told The Business Times that
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    Lock icon Young S’poreans must work at building future together: PM
    611 1  -  SINGAPORE’S FUTURE ECONOMY By Chuang Peck Ming peckming@sph.com.sg @PeckmingBT Singapore GREATER economic uncertainty may be on the horizon, but young Singaporeans today are better equipped and in a better position to build a better tomorrow, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said
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    Lock icon MARKETS
    27 1 Monday Change STI 2,856.68 +25.62 KL COMP 1,677.76 +7.78 NIKKEI 225 17,234.42 +49.83 HANG SENG 23,604.08 +229.68 SHENZHEN B 1,180.23 +14.57 DOW (11:45 EDT) 18,241.07 +95.36
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  • TOP STORIES
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      Lock icon Temasek’s Pavilion Energy, Shell bag LNG supply deals
      798 2  -  Singapore gas consumers will benefit from new and improved terms offered, says MTI’s Iswaran By Andrea Soh sandrea@sph.com.sg @AndreaSohBT Singapore PAVILION Energy and Shell have been appointed to supply Singapore with the next tranche of liquefied natural gas (LNG) needed by power
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      Lock icon NUS, Singtel launch S$43 million cybersecurity lab
      496 2  -  Research to focus on 4 areas, including predictive security analytics and systems based on quantum technology By Jacquelyn Cheok jaccheok@sph.com.sg @JacCheokBT Singapore CYBERSECURITY is having its moment in Singapore. On Monday, Deputy Prime Minister Teo Chee Hean launched the NUS-Singtel Cyber Security Lab,
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      Lock icon Construction, small and mid-cap stocks expected to benefit
      601 4  -  But market trading generally unaffected by unveiling of Budget 2017 KL BUDGET By Pauline Ng btworld@sph.com.sg Kuala Lumpur CONSTRUCTION companies and a number of small and mid-cap stocks came under focus in the market on Monday, with both segments perceived by investors
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      Lock icon A great way to fly direct to San Francisco
      390 4 Singapore Singapore Airlines (SIA) launched its direct flights to San Francisco on Sunday, marking the return of its non-stop flights to the United States. The inaugural flight SQ32 departed from Changi Airport at 9.25am on Sunday and arrived at San Francisco
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      Lock icon Changi passenger volume in first 9 months up 6.2%
      287 4  -  By Nisha Ramchandani nishar@sph.com.sg @Nisha_BT @Nisha_BT Singapore CHANGI Airport handled 43.5 million passengers in the first nine months of this year, representing a growth of 6.2 per cent over the same period in 2015. Aircraft take-offs and landings were also higher,
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      Lock icon Creeping higher
      222 4  -  Singapore’s headline inflation rate stayed in negative territory for the 23rd straight month in September coming in exactly in line with expectations for a -0.2% year-on-year reading. This was a slightly smaller decline than August’s -0.3%, and was largely due to a more modest fall in private transport
      Source: Department of Statistics; Source: MA, MTI estimates  -  222 words
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      Lock icon BOJ admits its policies have put pressure on banks
      712 4  -  By Anthony Rowley btworld@sph.com.sg Tokyo THE Bank of Japan (BOJ) has acknowledged that its aggressive monetary easing tactics have eaten away the lending margins of banks and could send them into a lending scramble aimed at making up for declining income.
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      Lock icon Investors get short end of the stick with long-term US debt
      1284 5 A crowded trade in longer maturities is causing more downside and very little upside for bond prices BLOOMBERG New York THE hottest craze in fixed income is at risk of overheating. A headlong rush into higher-yielding, long-term bonds in
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  • COMPANIES & MARKETS
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      Lock icon Singapore’s O&M crisis separates the men from the boys
      662 6  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW BY ANITA GABRIEL anitag@sph.com.sg @AnitaGabrielBT AS cheap oil whacks the cash flow of Singapore’s offshore and marine firms and cripple their ability to pay debt, two hallmarks speed and deliberateness are separating the men from the boys as
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      Lock icon Swissco seeks revamp leeway from note and other stakeholders
      885 6  -  By Tan Hwee Hwee hweetan@sph.com.sg @HweetanBT Singapore SWISSCO Holdings’ assets need to be marked to market if it hopes to pull through the prolonged crisis facing the offshore and marine sector, says its chairman Lim How Teck. And this calls for
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      Lock icon HPH Trust’s Q3 profit falls 18.2%
      501 8  -  It cites weaker intra-Asia trade, Brexit and shipping industry’s structural changes as contributory factors By Melissa Tan melissat@sph.com.sg @MelissaTanBT Singapore WEAKER intra-Asia trade, dampened consumer sentiment from Brexit and structural changes in the shipping industry eroded third-quarter earnings at Hutchison Port Holdings Trust (HPH
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      Lock icon Equation Summit surges 43% on news of investors
      346 8  -  HOT STOCK By Lynette Khoo lynkhoo@sph.com.sg @LynetteKhooBT Singapore SHARES of Equation Summit surged 43 per cent on Monday on news of four new investors, including a fund management firm and a veteran Chinese businessman, entering the fray through private placement. This was
      Source: Bloomberg  -  346 words
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      Lock icon Overcoming challenges: Building a strong and sustainable fintech sector
      796 8  -  S’pore is in a good position to learn from experience and embrace change FINTECH CONSIDERED By Nick Caldwell T The writer is the managing director of CapBridge, an online platform that enables growth companies to raise capital from a global pool
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      Lock icon MLT maintains Q2 DPU; flags tough leasing environment
      497 8  -  By Cai Haoxiang haoxiang@sph.com.sg @HaoxiangCaiBT Singapore MAPLETREE Logistics Trust (MLT) has highlighted a challenging leasing outlook for several of its single-tenanted industrial properties, even as it maintained its distribution per unit (DPU) at 1.86 Singapore cents for its fiscal second quarter ended
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      Lock icon Investment managers bullish on India, say fund exodus likely to be temporary
      673 8 BLOOMBERG Mumbai THE Indian rupee’s longest losing streak since May masks growing confidence among global investors in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s management of the world’s fastest growing major economy. A combination of high yields, improving public finances and
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    • CORPORATE DIGEST
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        Lock icon Vibrant Group
        55 8 A JOINT venture of logistics solutions provider Vibrant Group’s subsidiary has acquired a mixed-use parcel of land with a 70-year lease in eastern China for 225 million yuan (S$46.2 million). The 30,249 square-metre plot is a mixed residential and commercial development site in the city of Jiangyin in
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        60 8 INVESTMENT holding company GK Goh Holdings said subsidiary Canistel Pte Ltd has won a tender for a land parcel at Venus Drive near Upper Thomson Road. The company bid S$24.3 million. It plans to develop a nursing home on the land “with a differentiated product that widens the
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        Lock icon Starhill Global Reit
        86 8 STARHILL Global real estate investment trust (Reit) said its Reit manager has made some changes to its board with effect from Nov 1. Keith Tay Ah Kee, 72, has resigned as lead independent nonexecutive director and chairman of the audit committee, following his reaching the nine-year mark
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        66 8 PROPERTY group GL Limited, the former GuocoLeisure, said net profit for its first quarter ended Sept 30 was US$11 million, down 65 per cent from US$31.4 million a year ago. Revenue was down 15 per cent to US$97.8 million from US$115.1 million a year ago. Lower revenue was
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        Lock icon Guoco Land Limited
        57 8 property developer GuocoLand Limited reported net profit of S$25.6 million for its first quarter ended Sept 30, down 95 per cent from S$516.5 million a year ago when it registered “other income” of S$561.3 million stemming from the disposal of subsidiaries relating to a project. Revenue was
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      Lock icon Yoma spins off its Myanmar tourism businesses in RTO
      571 9  -  Catalist-listed SHC Capital Asia will have dedicated management team and will invest further in Myanmar By Lynette Khoo lynkhoo@sph.com.sg @LynetteKhooBT Singapore YOMA Strategic Holdings is spinning off its tourism-related business as part of a reverse takeover of Catal-ist-listed SHC Capital Asia.
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      Lock icon RMG’s Q3 earnings ride on higher patient load
      417 9  -  By huangjy@sph.com.sg Claire Huang huangjy@sph.com.sg @ClaireHuangBT Singapore HIGHER patient load from an expanding clinic network has helped lift Raffles Medical Group’s third quarter ended Sept 30, 2016 net profit by four per cent to S$16.2 million, from S$ 15.6 million a year
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      Lock icon 1 in 9 has no access to clean water
      681 9  -  This is the first of a three-part series on the impact of water shortages around the world WATER IS LUXURY By David Fogarty Assistant Foreign Editor The Straits Times Singapore EVERY year during the wet season, millions of Cambodians are surrounded
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      Lock icon South-east Asia M&A deals set for first increase since 2013
      541 9  -  By Kenneth Lim kenlim@sph.com.sg @KennethLimBT Singapore MERGER and acquisition (M&A) activity in South-east Asia is on track to post its first increase since 2013 as an uptick in intraregional deals offset a slowdown in transactions with out-of-region entities, according to
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      Lock icon Protecting earth’s precious resource
      286 9  -  By David Fogarty SCARCE Only 2.5 per cent of the water on earth is fresh. And of that, just 1 per cent is easily accessible, with much of the rest trapped in ice caps and glaciers. That means only 0.007 per cent of the planet’s water
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      Lock icon STI / Catalist
      32 10 STI Catalist Straits Times index Oct 24,2016 2,856.68 +25.62 (+0.90%) Current streak 1 day Day high 2,857.26 Day low 2,834.07 52-week high 3,083.07 (Oct 26, 2015) 52-week low 2,532.70 (Jan 21, 2016)
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      Lock icon STI ekes out gains on sluggish trading
      644 10  -  Traders will be closely watching the local corporate earnings season this week STOCKS By Anita Gabriel anitag@sph.com.sg @AnitaGabrielBT THE local stock market eked out gains on listless trading on Monday alongside other key Asian bourses following last Friday’s flat showing at Wall Street.
      Source: Bloomberg  -  644 words
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      Lock icon STI STOCKS
      306 10 Stock name Close Change Day high/low 52w high 52w low PE Div yield Mcap Ascendas Reit 244 cd +4 244/241 257 209 6.3 6795.8 CapitaCom Trust 161 +1.5 161/159 164 127 5.4 4769.7 CapitaLand 317 +5 318/313 340 280 12.7 2.8 *****.4 CapitaMall Trust 215 cd +4 215/212
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      Lock icon MOST ACTIVE
      37 10 VOLUME Equation W*****2 479,432,300 LionGold 121,907,500 Equation 104,372,500 Jasper Inv 70,643,400 China Med Intl 66,046,000 Market volume 2,581,760,000 VALUE Singtel 56,305,688 UOB 45,767,600 DBS Grp 42,878,431 OCBC Bank 39,684,055 Wilmar Intl 27,243,595 Market value 822,783,000
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      Lock icon SGX ETFs
      110 10 Most Active Fund Last sale +/-(‘000) Day high/low 52w high/low Buy/Sell Mcap IS MS INDIA US$ US733 -1 484 735/732 772/575 733/735 91.6 Nikko AM STI ETF 295 +2 481 296/295 320/259 296/297 7.1 STI ETF 290 +2 130 290/288 314/254 290/291 DBXT MSRussia US$ US214 41 214/213
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      Lock icon OTHER SINGAPORE INDICES
      77 10 Oct 24 VALUE CLOSE BT OB/OS -316.00 +44.00 BT CADI -*****.00 +61.00 BT 10-day MA -*****.00 -31.00 FTSE ST Mid Cap 695.60 +2.27 FTSE ST Small Cap 388.46 +1.58 FTSE ST All Share 704.78 +5.45 FTSE ST China Top 160.14 +1.51 FTSE ST China 197.88 +2.16 FTSE
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      Lock icon STI / FTSE ST All-Share
      35 10 STI FTSE ST All-Share FTSE ST All-Share index Oct 24,2016 704.78 +5.45 (+0.78%) Current streak 1 day Day high 704.78 Day low 700.12 52-week high 743.17 (Oct 26, 2015) 52-week low 625.37 (Jan 21, 2016)
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      Lock icon STI / MSCI EAFE
      33 10 STI MSCI EAFE MSCI EAFE index Oct 21,2016 1,672.45 -7.38 (-0.44%) Current streak 2 days Day high 1,680.43 Day low 1,670.60 52-week high 1,779.25 (Oct 26, 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 5 5 5 1 0 0 6 5 5 Manufacturing 33 38 28 11 6 11 44 44 39 Commerce 19 16 13 6 2 5 25 18 18 Tpt/Stor/Comms 13 9 6
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      Lock icon SECURITIES TRADING TURNOVER
      123 10 VOLUME (‘000) VALUE (‘000) MAIN CATL TOTAL MAIN CATL TOTAL Multi Ind 11,691 280 11,971 39,409 49 39,458 Manufacturing 110,426 374,700 485,126 100,297 8,026 108,323 Commerce 120,783 103,743 224,526 70,254 1,275 71,529 Tpt/Stor/Comms 67,394 430 67,824 122,377 39 122,416 Finance 34,865 3,138 38,003 156,146 455 156,601 Construction
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      Lock icon GAINERS
      103 10 BY CENTS CLOSE UP 52w high/low DBXT MSKorea US$ 5800 102.9 1.3 6041/4629 DBXT AUDBonds AU$ ***** 100.9 0.4 *****/***** B&M Trustees 350 90.0 34.6 620/260 JMH USD 6100 69.6 0.8 6371/4500 JSH USD 3408 69.6 1.5 3425/2524 BY PERCENTAGE CLOSE UP 52w high/low Equation W*****2 0.2 100.0 0.1
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      Lock icon LOSERS
      79 10 BY CENTS CLOSE DOWN 52w high/low Hyflux 6% CPS 9320 -50.0 -0.5 *****/9200 Full Apex 20 -40.0 -66.7 88/10 DBXT S&P Short US$ 1959 -22.3 -0.8 2362/1930 DBXT Nifty50 ETF10 ***** -19.5 -0.1 *****/***** DBXT Vietnam US$ 2426 -11.1 -0.3 2533/2017 BY PERCENTAGE CLOSE DOWN 52w high/low Full Apex
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      Lock icon UNUSUAL ACTIVITY
      82 10 VOL CLOSE($) CHANGE Full Apex 9.0 0.200 -0.400 -66.67 B&M Trustees 1.4 3.500 +0.900 +34.62 SHC Capital Asia 3,134.5 0.150 +0.034 +29.31 Equation 104,372.5 0.010 +0.003 +42.86 Progen 12.0 0.100 +0.032 +47.06 Sysma 20,124.8 0.101 +0.024 +31.17 Miyoshi 1,479.9 0.037 +0.011 +42.31 Asia Fashion 60.0 0.080 -0.010 -11.11
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    • BROKERS’ TAKE
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        Lock icon Cache Logistics Trust | Hold
        159 10 Cache Logistics Trust Hold (downgrade) Target price: S$0.85 Oct 24 close: S$0.865 OCBC Research, Oct 24 Cache Logistics Trust (CACHE) reported its 3Q16 results which fell short of our expectations. Gross revenue rose 21.2 per cent y-o-y to S$28.0 million, but DPU slipped 13.7 per cent 1.847 Singapore cents. Even
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        Lock icon Keppel Corporation | Hold
        156 10 Keppel Corporation Hold Target price: S$5.25 Oct 24 close: S$5.38 DBS Group Research, Oct 20 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 O&M as Keppel’s largest earnings
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        Lock icon CapitaLand Mall Trust | Hold
        181 10  - CapitaLand Mall Trust Hold Compiled by Andrea Soh Target price: s$2.20 Oct 24 close: S$2.15 CIMB Research, Oct 21 3Q/9MFY16 DPU of 2.78/8.25 S cents within expectations, making up 25/75 per cent of our FY16F forecast. Operations-wise, CT’s shopper traffic rose 2.9 per cent y-o-y in 9M16 while tenant sales
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      Lock icon Dollar at nine-month high on bets for Fed hike, Clinton victory
      445 11 CURRENCIES REUTERS London THE dollar hit a nine-month high against a basket of currencies on Monday, buoyed by expectations that the Federal Reserve will raise US interest rates this year and that Donald Trump will not become the US
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    • FOREX RATES
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        Lock icon HANG SENG
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        Lock icon INTERBANK CROSS RATES
        471 11 Oct 24 A$ C$ Rmb Euro HK$ Ind Rs Rupiah Yen Won RM NZ$ Pak Rs Peso S$ Rand Sfr NT$ Baht Pound US$ Australia 1.018 5.170 0.702 5.924 51.015 99.402 0.794 8.637 3.187 1.065 80.030 36.805 1.063 10.590 0.759 24.174 26.731 0.624 0.764 Canada 0.982 5.078
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        Lock icon INTERBANK CURRENCY RATES
        155 11 Oct 24 Against S$ Against US$ Currencies Bid Offer Bid Offer S$/US$ to one unit of foreign currency: Australian dollar 1.0623 1.0628 0.7637 0.7638 Canadian dollar 1.0433 1.0440 0.7503 0.7500 Euro 1.5141 1.5148 1.0885 1.0886 NZ dollar 0.9975 0.9985 0.7171 0.7176 Sterling pound 1.7030 1.7040 1.2243 1.2246
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        Lock icon US$/S$ FORWARD RATES
        22 11 Oct 24 S$ Bid Offer 1-month 1.3906 1.3914 2-months 1.3904 1.3911 3-months 1.3903 1.3910 6-months 1.3895 1.3904 Source: OCBC
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    • EQUITY BONDS WARRANTS FUTURES
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        Lock icon SGX DERIVATIVES TRADING
        390 11 Oct 24 OPEN HIGH LOW SETT VOL OP/INT FTSE CHINA A50 INDEX FUTURES Oct16 9822.50 *****.50 9807.50 *****.00 *****6 *****3 Nov16 9845.00 *****.50 9835.00 *****.00 *****2 ***** NIKKEI 225 INDEX FUTURES Dec16 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 ***** *****0 Mar17 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 322 4210 MSCI TAIWAN
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        Lock icon BONDS, WARRANTS, PREFERENCE SHARES
        203 11 Most active Oct 24 Prem Expiry Vol Conv Exer Disc Gear-Mths Company Last Sale +or-('000) Ratio Price ing Left Equation Summit LimitedW*****2 0.2 0.1 *****2 1 1 20 5.00 10 OCBC BK MB ECW*****6 6.1 0.8 4159 0.1 900 5 FTSEChinaA50 9500 MBePW*****9 9.4 -1.8 3293
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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 Oct 21 Index Change Change Change Change Change Change World Preliminary 1303.7 -0.1 2.0 -0.1 0.5 -0.3 2.2 EAFE Preliminary 987.0 -0.2 -2.6 -0.2 -4.2 -0.4 -2.6 Europe Preliminary 1417.6 -0.1 0.3
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    • BANK RATES
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        154 11 Rates quoted by Icap (S) Pte Ltd Oct 24 $S Offer Bid 0vernight 0.03 0.01 1-month 0.625 0.375 2-months 0.8125 0.6875 3-months 0.875 0.75 Overnight mode: 0.18 US$ Offer Bid 7 days 0.55 0.45 1 month 0.63 0.53 2 months 0.80 0.60 3 months 1.00 0.80 6 months
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        Lock icon GOVERNMENT SECURITIES
        69 11 Oct 24 GOVERNMENT BONDS Period Issue Coupon Maturity Close Day's code rate Bid High Low 2-Year NY*****A 4.000 01-Sep-18 105.72 105.75 105.74 5-Year N*****0Z 1.250 01-Oct-21 99.66 99.67 99.55 10-Year NX*****F 2.125 01-Jun-26 102.62 102.85 102.60 15-Year NZ*****F 2.875 01-Sep-30 108.76 108.99 108.70 20-Year NZ*****X 2.250 01-Aug-36 99.86
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    • AGRI METALS ENERGY
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        Lock icon COMMODITY FUTURES
        250 11 Oct-21 Price Net change change Last Trade Agricultural Oct-21 CBOT Soybeans (US cents/bu) 983.00 7.50 0.77% 14/11/2016 CBOT Soybean Oil (US cents/lb) 35.12 0.07 0.20% 14/12/2016 CBOT Wheat (US cents/bu) 414.50 -2.50 -0.60% 14/12/2016 Oct-21 LIFFE Cocoa (£/tonne) 2235.00 -2.00 -0.09% 13/12/2016 LIFFE Coffee (US$/tonne) 2128.00 33.00 1.58%
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      Lock icon SGX MAINBOARD
      1658 12 52-Wk Last Vol Day Div GrYld Net MCap High Low Company Sale +/-(’000) High Low C’vr P/Ep $mil Last Vol Day Div GrYld Net MCap 149 127 AIMSAMP Cap Reit 137.5 -0.5 590 139 137 0.9 8.3 876.3 LOW 144 101 ARA Asset Mgmt 134.5 +0.5 258 134.5
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      Lock icon SGX CATALIST
      290 12 52-Wk Last Vol Day Div GrYld Net MCap High Low Company Sale +/-(’000) High Low C’vr P/E Last vol Day Div GrYld Net MCap 46.5 29.5 t Advancer Global 37.5 +0.5 104 38 37 14.9 64.9 LOW 16.2 4.5 t Alliance Mineral 12.3 +0.5 ***** 12.4 11.9 59.1
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      Lock icon SGX ETF
      167 12 52-Wk Last Vol Day Div GrYld Net MCap High Low Counter Sale +/-(’000) High Low C’vr P/E Counter Last Sale 1211 1061 CIMBASEAN40 S$D 1204 +39 0 1211 1204 vol 3268 2355 DBXT China50 US$ US3196 +40 9 3196 3142 8.8 116.2 97.5 DBXT MS SING US$ US112.1
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  • REAL ESTATE
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      Lock icon Investors snap up offices in key Europe cities ahead of Brexit
      755 13 They’re also going for plots with building potential as about 70,000 jobs could leave the UK finance industry BLOOMBERG London A PROPERTY company managed by Schroders Plc is bidding for an office building in Frankfurt, anticipating the banking fallout
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      747 14  -  Oversupply and soft demand put pressure on office sector, while retail landlords see slower leasing and more shorter-tenure leases By Lee Meixian leemx@sph.com.sg @LeeMeixianBT Singapore OVERALL office rentals across Singapore continued to slide under the pressure of oversupply and lacklustre
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      266 14 BLOOMBERG Sydney AUSTRALIAN states need to remove or simplify residential land planning regulations that have made homes “increasingly unaffordable” in the nation’s biggest cities, Treasurer Scott Morrison said. Insufficient land releases and complex development regulations must be addressed, Mr Morrison said in the text
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      266 14 REUTERS Tokyo The Bank of Japan said on Monday it is closely monitoring bank lending to the real estate sector to guard against excessive credit that could lead to overheating and pose risks to financial stability. The BOJ does not currently see signs
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      865 15 Banks argue that rule to set aside US$6 of capital for every US$100 of assets on their books unnecessarily burdens short-term financing REUTERS Washington JUST as memories of the financial crisis are fading and tough new banking regulations are beginning to bite, some current
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      382 15 REUTERS Sydney THE first cross-border transaction between banks using multiple blockchain applications has taken place, Commonwealth Bank of Australia and Wells Fargo Co said on Monday, resulting in a shipment of cotton to China from the US. Australian cotton trader Brighann
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      566 15 REUTERS London BRITAIN’S major banks are set to report stronger-than-expected results this week, confounding expectations that political and economic upheaval caused by the vote to quit the European Union (EU) would immediately squeeze profits. Since the vote in June, shares in Royal Bank
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      344 15 REUTERS Beijing CHINA’S banking regulator plans to allow local governments to set up more asset management companies (AMCs) as part of a broader effort to manage corporate debt and reduce the growing volume of troubled bank loans that pose a risk
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      568 15 NOTICES Tel 6289-8822 I Email notices@sph.com.sg I www.sphclass.com.sg THE BVI BUSINESS COMPANIES ACT, 2004 Olympia Union Inc. Company No. *****35 (the “Company”) a BVI Business Company NOTICE OF LIQUIDATOR’S APPOINTMENT NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to section 204 (1) (b) of the BVl Business Companies Act, 2004 that Tan Ley
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      844 16 It says it should be exempted from cutting production, making it harder for the group to reach an output deal to stabilise oil markets BLOOMBERG Dubai OPEC’S (Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries) secondlargest producer threw an obstacle in the group’s path towards a
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      650 16 BLOOMBERG Cairo LAILA El-Sayed spent her afternoon searching grocery stores in Cairo’s bustling Dokki district on the banks of the Nile River for one thing: sugar. She managed to find two bags in a state-owned shop for 10 Egyptian pounds (S$1.57) per
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      321 16 REUTERS Shanghai CHINESE coking coal and coke futures extended gains on Monday after capacity cuts in the country hit production, with a severe supply shortage expected to continue in the coming months. As part of its supply-side reform, China has
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      281 17 BLOOMBERG Seoul A SOUTH Korean investment advisory firm is recommending that shareholders of Samsung Electronics Co vote against the nomination of vicechairman Jay Y Lee to the company’s board of directors, in what may be the first opposition to the heir-appar-ent’s ascension.
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      Lock icon Jack Ma urges China to use online data to fight crime
      313 17 BLOOMBERG Beijing CHINESE billionaire Jack Ma has proposed that the country’s top security bureau use big data to prevent crime, endorsing the country’s nascent effort to build unparalleled online surveillance of its billion-plus people. China’s data capabilities are virtually
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      402 17 Galaxy Note 7 customers who trade in their recalled device for Galaxy S7 phone can trade up for Galaxy S8 or next year’s Note 8 smartphone REUTERS Seoul SAMSUNG Electronics is offering an upgrade programme option to Galaxy Note 7 customers in South
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      298 17 2017: NewLeaders ASIA NewChallenges For November 29, 2016 8am to 2pm The Ritz-Carlton, Grand Ballroom The new year will see a new president in the White House and the emergence of China’s next generation of top-tier leaders. The Straits Times Global Outlook Forum examines how the leadership transitions will shape
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      293 18 REUTERS Amsterdam DUTCH healthcare technology and services company Philips reported a 47 per cent jump in third-quarter earnings as sales and margins rose, but narrowly missed analysts’ estimates. Chief executive Frans van Houten said that the company expected further earnings improvements in the
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      1143 18 Philip Morris is rushing in its search for the magic bullet: cigarette substitutes that will sell but won’t kill BLOOMBERG New York YOU want a trip to Philip Morris International to feel like a visit to Marlboro Country. But the
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      106 19 TENDER NOTICE Land Bank of Taiwan, Singapore Branch Land Bank of Taiwan, Singapore Branch invites tenders from Certified Companies for Corporate tax compliance work for the YA2017 and YA2018. Eligibility: Tenderers must be qualified by Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority Singapore (ACRA). Collection of Tender Specification: Tender Specifications are obtainable
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      478 20 BLOOMBERG Helsinki THE Nordic region’s only euro member is still struggling with austerity. After being stripped of its top AAA credit grade at all three major ratings companies, the government is asking Finns to tighten their belts to keep up
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      765 20 French-speaking Walloon region holds out, saying that the main problems are with the EU authorities REUTERS BLOOMBERG Brussels THE European Union’s hopes of signing a landmark free trade deal with Canada this week appeared to evaporate on Monday as the Belgian federal government
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      613 20 AFP Mumbai INDIA’S Tata Sons dumped Cyrus Mistry as its chairman in a surprise announcement Monday, almost four years after his appointment as the first chief of the conglomerate from outside the Tata family. The decision comes as the steel arm of
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      Lock icon Jakarta must signal tax amnesty won’t recur: OECD
      268 20 BLOOMBERG Mumbai INDONESIA’S government must make it clear to errant taxpayers that an amnesty programme, which has revealed almost US$300 billion in undeclared assets, is the last chance to fix their affairs before full penalties are applied, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation
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      309 21 REUTERS London BARRIERS to cooperation between different countries’ financial regulators remain high, despite the shared nature of risks from rapid lending growth, Bank of England (BOE) deputy governor Minouche Shafik said on Monday. Ms Shafik, who is responsible for financial markets
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      434 21 REUTERS London BUSINESS activity in the eurozone has expanded at the fastest rate this year in October, even as firms raise prices at the sharpest rate in more than five years, a survey showed on Monday. The upturn in both activity and
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      345 21 REUTERS Seoul SOUTH Korean President Park Geun-hye on Monday proposed amending the Constitution to allow presidents to serve multiple terms or to establish a parliamentary system, saying the single-term presidency has served its purpose after nearly 30 years. The presidency was limited to a
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      445 21 But shipment export volumes up 4.7 per cent in the year to September, the fastest gain in nearly two years REUTERS Tokyo JAPAN’S exports fell for a 12th straight month in September from a year earlier, official data showed, as the
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  • OPINION
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      Lock icon The modern GOP is Mr Trump’s party, even without him
      858 22  -  THE BOTTOM LINE By Paul Krugman NYTIMES THE presidential campaign is entering its final weeks, and unless the polls are completely off, Donald Trump has very little chance of winning only 7 per cent, according to the Times’ Upshot model.
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      Lock icon Concerted efforts needed to keep IP plans sustainable
      576 22 EDITORIAL THE Health Ministry has always wanted to avoid a “buffet” syndrome when it comes to private health insurance under the Integrated Shield (IP) scheme. A buffet syndrome is one where policyholders over-consume health services, leading to outsized claims and insurance plans
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      Lock icon Philippine president playing with fire
      1406 22  -  Duterte’s belligerence towards the US alters strategic environment, but China may not budge on South China Sea. BY MURRAY HIEBERT BY MURRAY HIEBERT T The writer is senior fellow and deputy director of the Sumitro Chair for Southeast Asian studies at the Center for strategic
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      Lock icon Opec thinking of self-preservation, not market expansion
      1069 23  -  COMMENTARY By G Panicker T The writer is a former BT journalist with a particular focus on energy and climate-change issues OPEC’s recent agreement to curb its runaway oil production is a capitulation to new energy and environmental realities. The group has lifted
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      Lock icon Markets tend to misread populism’s sway
      628 23  -  By Paul Donovan T The writer is global chief economist at UBS Wealth Management AT three in the morning, the day after the United Kingdom referendum on EU membership, I was on the UBS trading floor (where else would an economist be at three
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      1190 23  -  Keeping up to speed on automation, the new Gig Economy as well as new technologies and organisational models will be the way forward. BY DIAAN-YI LIN BY DIAAN-YI LIN T The writer is a senior partner at McKinsey Company and
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  • LIFE & CULTURE
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      Lock icon Anheuser-Busch acquires DIY brewing company
      573 25 BLOOMBERG New York FOR the world’s biggest brewer, no beer is too small. Anheuser-Busch InBev, fighting defection from its blockbuster brands to craft beers, has turned to kitchen and closet brews, buying one of the continent’s largest suppliers for do-it-yourself beer-makers, Northern Brewer, for an
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      586 25  -  Eighth-ranked Russian, who only arrived in Singapore on Sunday, prevails in three thrilling sets at Indoor Stadium By Lee U-Wen leeuwen@sph.com.sg @LeeUwenBT Singapore IT didn’t take too long for the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) Finals to witness its first upset. On the second
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      734 25 AFP Tokyo THE Marc Jacobs of Japan, singing cats and models cloaked into armour: J-pop and science fiction transformed Tokyo Fashion Week spring/summer 2017 into a style fest unlike any other. In a world where fashion mines entertainment like never before, Japan’s established
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      324 25 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD Across 1 One noted for stubborn tenacity making target with almighty backing (7) 5 Granted time for deliberation (7) 9 Frolicking inside college in outskirts of Swindon? Best say nothing (7,2,6) 10 Coats designed for an opera (5) 11 Of high quality, prize trophy goes west (3-6) 12
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      Lock icon Forging new frontiers
      1255 26  -  Management Development Institute of Singapore scales new heights with its ‘edupreneurial’ stance in private education. BY LEONG YEE HUI, LINDA, MI MUQING AND VANIA STEPHANIE BY LEONG YÈ HUI, LINDA, MI MUQING, VANIA STEPHANIE T The writers are students from NUS Business School AS more private education
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      1003 26  -  By Yaj Malik T The writer is the EVP and managing director of Sage Asia. TODAY, we are increasingly dependent on a new generation of entrepreneurs to drive innovation and growth. I am referring to the millennial entrepreneurs. Globally, millennial entrepreneurs are starting more
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      60 26 Celebrating Singapore´s Enterprising Spirit 2016 This series is part of the Enterprise 50 Educational Project between the E50 partners and the NUS Business School. MDIS was among the winners in 2015. The annual E50 ranking is co-organised by The Business Times and KPMG, sponsored by OCBC Bank, and supported by
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