The Business Times, 16 November 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 GWednesday, November 16, 2016
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    26 1 Tuesday Change STI 2,797.55 +10.28 KL Comp 1,630.56 +13.92 Nikkei 225 17,668.15 -4.47 Hang Seng 22,323.91 -101.69 Shenzhen B 1,170.63 -1.14 Dow(10.47am EST) 18,835.17 -33.52
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    Lock icon Perk-up in developers’ private-home sales likely to continue in November
    1038 1  -  But analysts say that most of the sales have been of smaller units bought for investment By Kalpana Rashiwala kalpana@sph.com.sg @KalpanaBT Singapore THE revival in developers’ private homes sales last month sparked by new launches Forest Woods and The Alps
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    Lock icon Celebrating fleet-footed E50 winners
    48 1 THE 50 local businesses that made it to the Enterprise 50 (E50) Awards list this year were on Tuesday honoured for staying ahead of the curve. The top three are BLPL Singapore Pte Ltd, Garena Online Pte Ltd and uems. PHOTO: YEN MENG JIIN
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    Lock icon Swissco reels from joint venture losses, heavy impairments
    474 1  -  By Kenneth Lim kenlim@sph.com.sg @KennethLimBT Singapore SWISSCO Holdings dived into a net loss of US$296 million for the third quarter under the weight of massive impairment charges and losses from its associates and joint ventures. The debt-stricken oilfield-vessel operator, which is headed
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    Lock icon DAILY DIGEST
    131 1 Domestic interest rates shoot up finally and are back to July levels as funding tightens amid a weak Singapore dollar. TOP STORIES 2 European financial centres make competing pitches, at a conference, for financial jobs that flow out of London in the aftermath of Brexit. BANKING FINANCE 14
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      12 1 SHORT-TERM GYRATIONS Trump’s win: no need to panic yet EXECUTIVE MONEY 26
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  • TOP STORIES
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      Lock icon Sibor, SOR rise sharply with tighter rules
      497 2  -  Three-month Sibor rises to 0.91% and SOR is up at 0.89% as domestic funding tightens amid a weak Singdollar By Siow Li Sen lisen@sph.com.sg @SiowLiSenBT Singapore DOMESTIC interest rates have shot up finally and are back to July levels as domestic funding tightens
      Source: Bloomberg  -  497 words
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      Lock icon Funding eludes the ‘middle-kid’ fintechs
      601 2  -  But corporate and private-equity investors have stepped up, providing 45% of VC investments in Asia in Q3: KPMG SINGAPORE FINTECHS By Jamie Lee leejamie@sph.com.sg @JamieLeeBT Singapore CALL it the middle-kid syndrome. Financial technology companies (fintechs) that are gaining significant heft, but are still not mature,
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      Lock icon Big Brother of big data among hackcelerator winners
      600 2  -  By Jamie Lee leejamie@sph.com.sg @JamieLeeBT Singapore THREE fintechs (financial technology firms) looking at various problems posed by the financial industry have won S$50,000 each from a global fintech hackcelerator as part of the Singapore FinTech Festival. One of them is Singapore-based Aida
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      Lock icon E50 Awards fete the nimblest in business
      721 3  -  The 22nd edition of these awards honour businesses which have adapted to changing market conditions, including digital disruptions By Vivien Shiao vshiao@sph.com.sg @VivienShiaoBT Singapore THE 50 local businesses that made it to the Enterprise 50 (E50) Awards list this year were on Tuesday
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      Lock icon PM Lee to attend Apec Summit in Peru
      530 4  -  He will also have talks with US President Barack Obama and other leaders on the fate of the TPP free-trade pact By Lee U-Wen leeuwen@sph.com.sg @LeeUwenBT Singapore PRIME Minister Lee Hsien Loong will be in Peru this week for the annual Asia-Pacific
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      Lock icon Going regional the way forward for businesses
      726 4  -  OUTLOOK 2017 By Claire Huang huangjy@sph.com.sg @ClaireHuangBT Singapore THE outlook for 2017 might be downcast but it is not all doom and gloom business leaders have pointed out that in adversity lies opportunity and Singapore companies, particularly small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), should
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      Lock icon September retail sales up slightly from August
      127 4  -  After a moribund August, retail sales in September generally made slight improvements. Total retail sales fell by a narrower 0.7% from August, but were 2% higher than in September 2015. Excluding vehicle sales, the index saw a 0.7% increase from August, but still
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      Lock icon Temasek Holdings says it remains ‘significantly invested’ in Alibaba
      401 4 BLOOMBERG Singapore TEMASEK Holdings Pte, which pared its stake in Alibaba Group Holding Ltd in the third quarter as the stock rallied, said that China’s biggest online retailer remains an essential part of its portfolio. The Singapore investment company sold 14.5
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  • COMPANIES & MARKETS
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      Lock icon Known unknowns and Asia’s decoupling from Wall Street
      636 6  -  Region’s markets are reacting rationally to the new normal that unpredictable Donald Trump brings to the table HOCK LOCK SIEW BY R SIVANITHY sivan@sph.com.sg @RSivanithyBT FOR decades, it has been a market truism that when Wall Street sneezes, the rest of the
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      Lock icon Rickmers seeks trading suspension on going-concern risk
      312 6  -  By Andrea Soh sandrea@sph.com.sg @AndreaSohBT Singapore THE trustee-manager of Rickmers Maritime said on Tuesday that it is unable to pay a S$4.26 million bond interest due on Nov 15. And if it fails to do so within five business days from Tuesday, this
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      Lock icon Point72 plans to hire more staff in Singapore
      386 6 BLOOMBERG Hong Kong STEVEN A Cohen’s Point72 Asset Management plans further hires in Singapore after recruiting nine people in the republic this year, as it expands in a region where rivals have pulled back. This year’s additions helped boost Point72’s Singapore employees
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      Lock icon Swissco contagion in O&M sector contained for now
      868 8  -  But analysts warn of more casualties if balance sheets and business fundamentals are not restructured in time NEWS ANALYSIS By Tan Hwee Hwee hweetan@sph.com.sg @HweetanBT Singapore THE beleaguered offshore and marine (O&M) sector has claimed another casualty, with Swissco Holdings set to
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      Lock icon UOB Kay Hian’s Q3 profit hurt by low trading volumes
      408 8  -  By Michelle Quah michquah@sph.com.sg @MichelleQuahBT Singapore BROKERAGE UOB Kay Hian’s thirdquarter net profit attributable to shareholders fell 26 per cent to S$14.7 million from S$19.8 million a year earlier. It said this was because trading volumes remained low in the
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      Lock icon SPH launches new Personalised Print product
      319 8 Singapore SINGAPORE Press Holdings has launched a new product allowing readers to publish personalised messages on the front page of of its major newspapers as a way of marking special occasions. Called Personalised Print, readers can publish personally curated message on the front page
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      Lock icon Fund managers face shrinking fees as ETFs spur price war
      925 8 BLOOMBERG London A DECADE ago, running an emerging market fund meant travelling to faraway lands, taking big risks on high-yielding assets and being rewarded with some of the highest fees in the industry. These days the risks, and rewards, have
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      Lock icon Japfa expansion plans back on track after a year of headwinds
      1112 9  -  Agri-food group aims to have equal profit contributions from four segments By Andrea Soh sandrea@sph.com.sg @AndreaSohBT Myanmar HAVING been derailed by a year when it faced fierce headwinds, Japfa is now back on track in its expansion plans and
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      Lock icon STI / Catalist
      63 10 STI Catalist Straits Times index NOV 15,2016 2,797.55 +10.28 (+0.37%) Current streak 1 day Day high 2,808.21 Day low 2,778.07 52-week high 2,960.78 (Apr 21, 2016) 52-week low 2,532.70 (Jan 21, 2016) FTSE ST Catalist index NOV 15,2016 455.63 +1.69 (+0.37%) Current streak 1 day Day high 455.63 Day low
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      Lock icon STI stabilises after two-day selloff
      576 10  -  While caution may be justified after Trump’s election, Asia’s near-term fundamentals haven’t changed meaningfully: Credit Suisse STOCKS By R Sivanithy sivan@sph.com.sg @RSivanithyBT AFTER dropping 47 points on Friday and Monday as the Wall Street-inspired postDonald Trump rally quickly lost momentum, the Straits Times Index (STI)
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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 220 -1 224/220 257 209 7 6167.1 CapitaCom Trust 147 -1.5 148.5/145 164 127 5.9 4356.3 CapitaLand 300 unch 303/298 340 280 12 3 *****.7 CapitaMall Trust 190 unch 193/189 225 185
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      Lock icon STI / FTSE ST All-Share
      36 10 STI FTSE ST All-Share FTSE ST All-Share index NOV 15, 2016 688.43 +1.07 (+0.16%) Current streak 1 day Day high 690.85 Day low 685.19 52-week high 722.88 (Apr 21, 2016) 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 NOV 14,2016 1,627.39 -12.66 (-0.77%) Current streak 2 days Day high 1,645.76 Day low 1,626.74 52-week high 1,757.35 (NOV 19, 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 8 3 2 0 1 0 8 4 2 Manufacturing 45 29 20 10 6 11 55 35 31 Commerce 16 18 10 4 4 3 20 22 13 Tpt/Stor/Comms 9 12 5
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      74 10 BY CENTS CLOSE UP 52w high/low SPDR DJIA US$ ***** 1192.5 4.7 *****/***** Lyxor USDJIA US$ 1920 73.4 2.8 1920/1573 DBXT STGLDv US$ 3009 46.6 1.1 3608/2731 Jardine C&C 3922 36.0 0.9 4520/3160 JSH USD 3315 25.4 0.5 3605/2524 BY PERCENTAGE CLOSE UP 52w high/low CMC Infocomm 16 146.2
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      79 10 BY CENTS CLOSE DOWN 52w high/low DBXT MSAsExJp US$ 3309 -259.7 -5.3 3633/2772 DBXT Nifty US$ ***** -213.1 -1.2 *****/***** DBXT MSTHAI US$ 1866 -45.2 -1.7 2107/1419 Lyxor EM Mkt US$ 911 -45.2 -3.4 975/755 DBXT E50 US$ 4390 -42.3 -0.7 4807/3918 BY PERCENTAGE CLOSE DOWN 52w high/low AP
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      Lock icon UNUSUAL ACTIVITY
      81 10 VOL CLOSE($) CHANGE Elektromotive 243,823.4 0.003 -0.001 -25.00 Anchun Intl 40.0 0.445 -0.055 -11.00 FJ Benjamin 3,138.3 0.061 +0.019 +45.24 Hoe Leong 550.1 0.015 -0.011 -42.31 InnoTek 2,217.6 0.220 +0.039 +21.55 KOP 1,682.8 0.103 +0.019 +22.62 Nico Steel 7,775.0 0.044 +0.015 +51.72 Amplefield Ltd 574.9 0.033 -0.006 -15.39
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    • BROKERS’ TAKE
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        Lock icon Singapore Reits | Overweight
        201 10 Singapore Reits Overweight OCBC Investment Research, Nov 15 THE Singapore Reits (S-Reits) under our coverage have concluded their results reporting for Q3 of calendar year 2016. Out of the 24 S-Reits we cover, 21 met our expectations, two fell short and only one exceeded. Overall DPU (distribution per unit) growth
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        Lock icon KSH Holdings | Buy
        81 10 KSH Holdings Buy Nov 15 close: S$0.55 Target price: S$0.69 UOB Kay Hian, Nov 15 MAINTAIN “buy” and price-to-book-based target price of S$0.69. We maintain our view that the stock should trade close to its three-year historical average price-to-book ratio of 0.93 times due to: a) a brighter outlook with
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        Lock icon Cosco Corporation | Hold
        58 10 Cosco Corporation Hold Nov 15 close: S$0.255 Target price: S$0.27 DBS Group Research, Nov 15 WIDENED losses. Q3 2016 hit by huge provision for bad debt. Expect larger net losses about S$200 million this year. Alarmingly high net gearing; will parent company come to the rescue via capital injection or
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        Lock icon Q&M Dental Group | Hold
        186 10  - Q&M Dental Group Hold Compiled by Claire Huang Nov 15 close: S$0.715 Target price: S$0.77 CIMB Research, Nov 14 THE Q3 2016 net profit (S$2.8 million, +3 per cent year on year) disappointed and made up only 18 per cent of ours and consensus’ full-year forecasts. Nine-month net profit below
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      Lock icon MOST ACTIVE
      35 10 VOLUME Elektromotive 243,823,400 Noble 236,665,300 IPCO Intl 71,741,200 Swee Hong 53,005,400 Forise Intl 50,101,000 Market volume 2,063,001,000 VALUE DBS Grp 137,300,428 Singtel 98,089,331 OCBC Bank 74,740,423 UOB 67,043,066 SATS 57,318,676 Market value 1,225,089,000
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      Lock icon SGX ETFS
      108 10 Most Active Fund Last sale +/-(‘000) Day high/low 52w high/low Buy/Sell Mcap STI ETF 285 +1 276 286/283 300/254 284/285 DBXT MSPHILS US$ US179.8 -0.2 269 181/179 222.5/158.5 180.2/180.9 14.4 DBXT MSRussia US$ US210 120 210/208 223/129 -/211 ABF SG Bond ETF 115.7 -0.2 99 115.9/115.5 120.1/112.1 115.5/115.7
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      Lock icon OTHER SINGAPORE INDICES
      77 10 Nov 15 VALUE CLOSE BT OB/OS -323.00 +12.00 BT CADI -*****.00 -12.00 BT 10-day MA -*****.00 -32.00 FTSE ST Mid Cap 672.03 -1.80 FTSE ST Small Cap 378.75 -3.03 FTSE ST All Share 688.43 +1.07 FTSE ST China Top 155.19 -0.68 FTSE ST China 193.59 -0.95 FTSE
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      Lock icon SECURITIES TRADING TURNOVER
      125 10 VOLUME (‘000) VALUE (‘000) MAIN CATL TOTAL MAIN CATL TOTAL Multi Ind 15,145 24 15,169 42,767 4 42,771 Manufacturing 192,832 337,155 529,987 118,459 3,107 121,566 Commerce 322,638 24,892 347,530 114,434 545 114,979 Tpt/Stor/Comms 109,841 69 109,910 172,651 6 172,657 Finance 41,368 814 42,182 318,191 119 318,311 Construction
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      Lock icon US dollar dips after soaring to 11-month high
      438 11 CURRENCIES REUTERS London THE US dollar slipped from an 11-month high against a basket of major currencies on Tuesday, pausing for breath after rallying almost 3 per cent since Donald Trump won the US presidential election. Mr Trump’s shock victory has fuelled
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    • FOREX RATES
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        471 11 Nov 15 A$ C$ Rmb Euro HK$ Ind Rs Rupiah Yen Won RM NZ$ Pak Rs Peso S$ Rand Sfr NT$ Baht Pound US$ Australia 1.021 5.178 0.701 5.859 51.190 100.927 0.816 8.825 3.275 1.061 79.061 37.142 1.066 10.735 0.752 24.042 26.723 0.605 0.755 Canada 0.980 5.074
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        Lock icon INTERBANK CURRENCY RATES
        155 11 NOV 15 Against S$ Against US$ Currencies Bid Offer Bid Offer S$/US$ to one unit of foreign currency: Australian dollar 1.0652 1.0667 0.7548 0.7558 Canadian dollar 1.0444 1.0446 0.7401 0.7401 Euro 1.5207 1.5210 1.0776 1.0777 NZ dollar 1.0042 1.0044 0.7116 0.7117 Sterling pound 1.7609 1.7616 1.2478 1.2482
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        22 11 NOV 15 S$ Bid Offer 1-month 1.4110 1.4113 2-months 1.4110 1.4113 3-months 1.4107 1.4114 6-months 1.4108 1.4114 Source: OCBC
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    • EQUITY BONDS WARRANTS FUTURES
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        Lock icon BONDS, WARRANTS, PREFERENCE SHARES
        210 11 Most active Nov 15 Prem Expiry Vol Conv Exer Disc Gear-Mths Company Last Sale +or-('000) Ratio Price ing Left Equation Summit LimitedW*****2 0.4 unch 7543 1 1 40 2.50 9 DBS MB eCW*****1 15.9 2.1 5576 0.1 1550 3 Ntegrator Intl Ltd W*****3 0.4 unch 3950
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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 Nov 14 Index Change Change Change Change Change Change World Preliminary 1304.4 0.1 2.1 0.0 1.6 -0.3 1.7 EAFE Preliminary 973.3 0.4 -4.0 -0.4 -5.3 -0.8 -5.2 Europe Preliminary 1377.6 0.1 -2.5
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        380 11 Nov 15 OPEN HIGH LOW SETT VOL OP/INT contract FTSE CHINA A50 INDEX FUTURES 16-Nov *****.5 ***** ***** *****.5 *****5 *****6 16-Dec ***** ***** *****.5 *****.5 ***** ***** NIKKEI 225 INDEX FUTURES 16-Dec ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** *****8 17-Mar ***** ***** ***** ***** 157 5591 MSCI
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    • BANK RATES
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        161 11 Nov 15 $S Offer Bid 0vernight 0.02 Par 1-month 0.75 0.625 2-months 0.875 0.75 3-months 1.0 0.875 Overnight mode: 0.12 US$ Offer Bid 7 days 0.55 0.45 1 month 0.65 0.55 2 months 0.85 0.65 3 months 1.00 0.80 6 months 1.30 1.10 9 months 1.50 1.30 12
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        Lock icon GOVERNMENT SECURITIES
        69 11 Nov 15 GOVERNMENT BONDS Period Issue Coupon Maturity Close Day's code rate Bid High Low 2-Year NY*****A 4.000 01-Sep-18 105.16 105.20 105.09 5-Year N*****0Z 1.250 01-Oct-21 98.09 98.15 97.75 10-Year NX*****F 2.125 01-Jun-26 98.54 98.80 97.90 15-Year NZ*****F 2.875 01-Sep-30 102.53 102.50 101.85 20-Year NZ*****X 2.250 01-Aug-36 92.42
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    • AGRI METALS ENERGY
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        Lock icon COMMODITY FUTURES
        246 11 Nov-14 Price Net change change Last Trade Agricultural Nov-14 CBOT Soybeans (US cents/bu) 971.00 -7.50 -0.77% 14/11/2016 CBOT Soybean Oil (US cents/lb) 33.95 -0.49 -1.42% 14/12/2016 CBOT Wheat (US cents/bu) 394.00 -9.00 -2.23% 14/12/2016 Nov-14 LIFFE Cocoa (£/tonne) 2034.00 -34.00 -1.64% 13/12/2016 LIFFE Coffee (US$/tonne) 2138.00 55.00 2.64%
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      Lock icon SGX MAINBOARD
      1742 12 52-Wk Last Vol Day Div GrYld Net MCap High Low Company Sale +/-(’000) High Low C’vr P/Ep $mil Last Vol Day Div GrYld Net MCap 149 127 AIMSAMP Cap Reit 131 -2 862 133 130.5 0.9 8.7 834.8 LOW 172.5 101 ARA Asset Mgmt 170.5 -0.5 ***** 171
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      Lock icon SGX CATALIST
      358 12 52-Wk Last Vol Day Div GrYld Net MCap High Low Company Sale +/-(’000) High Low C’vr P/E Last vol Day Div GrYld Net 0.5 0.1 t Advanced Systems 0.4 +0.1 0 0.4 0.2 10.5 46.5 29.5 t Advancer Global 36.5 +0.5 200 38 35.5 14.5 63.2 Low :ompany
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      Lock icon SGX ETF
      122 12 52-Wk Last Vol Day Div GrYld Net MCap High Low Counter Sale +/-(’000) High Low C’vr P/E Counter Last Sale vol 3268 2355 DBXT China50 US$ US3010 +14 13 3020 2999 8.3 422 190 DBXT MSBrazil US$ US360 +6 58 360 355 1388 995 DBXT MSCHINA US$ US1258
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      Lock icon Chinese snapping up overseas properties
      1087 13 Driven by a weakening yuan and surging housing costs at home, they are venturing beyond the usual popular cities to lower-priced ones BLOOMBERG Beijing IF they were anywhere else in Beijing, the five young women in cowboy hats and matching red, white, and blue costumes
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      724 13 New York A FEDERAL programme meant to encourage investment in the United States from wealthy foreigners is increasingly supporting large luxury real estate projects, not the development in the rural and downtrodden districts that some say were the original targets of the
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      437 15 BLOOMBERG London HEDGE funds have finally lost their appetite for cocoa. As traders from Cargill Inc to Olam International Ltd forecast good crops this season, funds turned bearish for the first time in more than four years, according
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      724 15 BLOOMBERG Melbourne GOLD’S dwindling pipeline of new mines is poised to usher in a decadelong output slump, spurring prices and delivering a new impetus for dealmaking and industry consolidation, according to Goldcorp Inc, the third-largest gold producer. Mine supply may
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      419 15 BLOOMBERG Beijing CHINA’S crude output slipped further to the lowest in more than seven years as oil’s sustained slump discouraged the restart of old wells in the world’s largest energy consumer. Processing by the nation’s refiners hit a record. Oil production
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      906 16 They will bar such websites after criticism that their content may have swayed the US election result NYTIMES New York OVER the past week, two of the world’s biggest Internet companies have faced mounting criticism over how fake news on their sites
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      600 16 AFP Washington GOVERNMENTS around the world have stepped up efforts to block or censor social media and messaging applications, in a new blow to Internet freedom, a watchdog group said on Monday. The Freedom on the Net report by the activist
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      734 16 BLOOMBERG San Francisco APPLE Inc is weighing an expansion into digital glasses, a risky but potentially lucrative area of wearable computing, according to people familiar with the matter. While still in an exploration phase, the device would connect
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      503 17 Biggest acquisition in its history will help it to expand in e-commerce and speciality stores BLOOMBERG New York ESTEE LAUDER Cos, making the biggest acquisition in its history, has agreed to buy cosmetics company Too Faced for about US$1.45 billion,
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      367 17 NYTIMES New York UNCHANGED for decades, China’s music scene has been literally rocked in recent years by the Internet. Virtually overnight, the newly connected Chinese were exposed to thousands of bands from dozens of countries. But while Western listeners have a choice of music sites,
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      707 17 BLOOMBERG London HUDDLED inside Target Corp’s headquarters in downtown Minneapolis, a team of investigators spent the summer trying to answer what should have been a simple question: What were hundreds of thousands of the retailer’s sheets actually made of? What they discovered has
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      620 18 Figures point to sustained economic strength that could allow the Fed to raise rates in December LATEST US DATA REUTERS Washington US retail sales rose more than expected in October as households bought motor vehicles and a range of other goods, pointing to
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      1011 18 Besides trade worries, other ambitions like capital account opening and yuan internationalisation in doubt BLOOMBERG Beijing AS if defusing the world’s biggest debt bomb while keeping economic growth humming wasn’t tough enough, Donald Trump’s shock election victory has just made
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      553 18 AFP MOSCOW RUSSIA charged Economy Minister Alexei Ulyukayev on Tuesday over suspicions that he pocketed a US$2 million pay-off during a deal involving state-controlled oil giant Rosneft. Ulyukayev was the highest ranking official to be detained over suspected corruption since President Vladimir Putin
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      491 18 BLOOMBERG Dubai SAUDI Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund is considering selling stakes in local companies to raise funds for international expansion, according to five people with knowledge of the matter. The Public Investment Fund (PIF) with about US$100 billion worth
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      983 19 Consultant’s document claims civil servants struggling to cope with over 500 Brexit-related projects, 30,000 extra staff may be needed AFP REUTERS BLOOMBERG London THE British government has no overarching plan for “Brexit” and may take another six months to agree
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      274 19 REUTERS Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIA said on Tuesday it would focus efforts on wrapping up a multi-nation trade pact led by China, as the South-east Asian country braces for the possible collapse of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), spearheaded by the United States.
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  • TRANSPORT
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      365 20  -  Private flight school in Seletar offers aspiring pilots flight simulator to train in flying planes such as Cessna 172-S, Piper Seminole By Nisha Ramchandani nishar@sph.com.sg @Nisha_BT Singapore A PRIVATE flight school that opened at Seletar Aerospace Park aims to make it
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      999 20  -  If not, don’t go for cheap armed guards to protect ships against piracy; they too can be very risky STRAIT TALK BY DAVID HUGHES LAST week, I shot several pirates with an M4 carbine. Oh alright, no I didn’t. What I actually did was fire a dummy
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      489 20 BLOOMBERG Karachi SHIPPING companies are threatening to scrap their Pakistan services after the South Asian country increased tariffs at its largest port in a blow to an industry that is already grappling with global overcapacity and low freight rates. Hyundai
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      580 20 Korea firm says deal will give it significant presence in global market for online-connected car parts AFP Seoul SAMSUNG Electronics said on Monday it would buy US car parts maker Harman International Industries for US$8 billion in a bid to enter
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  • OPINION
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      571 22 EDITORIAL STOCKS may attract attention due to their inherent volatility, but the bond market holds more significance. The sharp rise in government bond yields in the wake of Donald Trump’s victory in the US presidential election is welcome, for it can
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      787 22  -  THE BOTTOM LINE By Robert Samuelson THE WASHINGTON POST WRITERS GROUP DONALD Trump, it seems, embraces the old dictum: “Make no small plans”. Already, he has published an agenda for his first 100 days in office, recalling Franklin Roosevelt’s launching of the
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      1246 22  -  Opec is likely to agree to production curbs and prices are expected to rise a bit; demand will rebound somewhat, which will help absorb a good part of output. BY DWI SOETJIPTO BY DWI SOETJIPTO T The writer is president director and CEO of
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      Lock icon Slicing up the American electoral pie
      1136 23  -  The stunning outcome of the US election boils down to a lesson in Political Science 101 how social cleavages determine nation building which in the case of the 2016 contest was decided largely by the rural-urban divide. COMMENTARY By AJ Leow T The writer
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      995 23  -  By Yogi Aggarwal THE Indian government’s move to demonetise the rupee by immediately withdrawing all 500 rupee and 1,000 rupee notes from circulation was widely touted as a way to control the spread of “black” or tax-evaded money in the
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      1071 23  -  Its alternative vision of FTAAP and RCEP will be key economic and geopolitical undercurrents of the session, especially with TPP’s presumed demise. BY ANDREW HAMMOND BY ANDREW HAMMOND T The writer is an associate at LSE IDEAS (the Centre for International Affairs, Diplomacy
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      Lock icon Learning to perform with talented peers
      728 24  -  More than just a stage for their talents, ChildAid is a platform where children learn to grow up a little more By Cheah Ui-Hoon uihoon@sph.com.sg Singapore THERE is more to ChildAid than meets the eye. On the outset, it is a platform that allows
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      456 24 AFP Geneva RUSSIAN diamonds that reputedly helped broker peace between warring empires three centuries ago will go to the highest bidder at the Geneva jewel auctions this week. The Swiss city’s twice-annual sales of rare jewels are often dominated by stones the
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      Lock icon Sotheby’s impressionist auction sees ‘thinner’ sales
      838 24 NYTIMES New York ONE could not help but feel that Helena Newman, the Sotheby’s auctioneer on Monday night, was almost begging for a bid of more than US$50 million for Edvard Munch’s 1902 painting Girls on the Bridge. Still, the room was quiet. Despite
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      Lock icon Analysing stocks with an ESG lens
      906 25  -  Sustainable investing has grown significantly over the past decade. BY SEAN GARDINER AND JESSICA ALSFORD T The writers are respectively Asean equity strategist at Morgan Stanley and head of Morgan Stanley’s sustainable and responsible investment research team in Europe HOW can we transition quickly
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      Lock icon The next generation of hedge fund stars: data-crunching computers
      1051 25  -  By Alexandra Stevenson NYTIMES EVERY five minutes a satellite captures images of China’s biggest cities from space. Thousands of miles away in California, a computer looks at the shadows of the buildings in the images and draws a conclusion: China’s real
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      310 24 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD Across 8 Plain glass in American wagon (7,8) 9 For every forward, time must run out (3) 10 I am no tall fizzy party drink (11) 11 Compass showing north in storm (5) 12 Like small talk, perhaps? Phoney does, truly (9) 15 Wise crossing America in a
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      665 26  -  Investors should take a long view and not be swayed by the short-term volatility that is likely to continue to roil emerging markets. BY MARK MOBIUS T The writer is executive chairman of Templeton Emerging Markets Group. THE US presidential election resulting in
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      463 26  -  By Genevieve Cua gen@sph.com.sg @GenCuaBT Singapore FINANCIAL technology and social trading firm Ayondo expects Asia to account for 50 per cent of its revenues by 2019, compared to a “very small” share of revenues today. Robert Lempka, Ayondo founder
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      102 27 THE BUSINESS TIMES *****1 *****1 SS1.20 sj£l A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION www.businesstimes.com.sg G 09 @BusinessTimes CO REGN NO *****2868E I MCI (P) 052/08/2016 Wednesday, November 16, 2016 What makes DBS the World's Best Digital Bank? It starts with reimagining banking. From Singapore's favourite mobile wallet, to India's first paperless,
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      285 28 Making Banking Joyful. We continue to live and breathe innovation, as it pervades every part of the bank. From our people and processes, to the products and services we create for the individuals, businesses and communities we serve. And to drive innovation forward, we are proud to present the new
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      Lock icon Are you ready for the future?
      710 1  -  By Vivien Shiao vshiao@sph.com.sg @vivienShiaoBT I T’S been a tough year for the economy in general, and local enterprises across the board have felt the effects of slowing growth and new disruptive technologies. But while some throw their hands up in despair, those that
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      Lock icon BLPL finds a thriving route in shipping’s treacherous waters
      1365 2  -  Chairman and MD Mahesh Sivaswamy explains how the container liner services firm, the top-ranked winner of the E50 Awards, has managed to do so well. BY KENNETH LIM BY KENNETH LIM kenlim@sph.com.sg @KennethLimBT THE eight-years-and-count-ing wake of the container shipping industry’s
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      Lock icon Garena’s secret sauce: its people
      1309 4  -  The Internet and mobile platform company is always on the lookout for new and innovative ways to manage its employees, says its founder. BY JACQUELYN CHEOK BY JACQUELYN CHEOK jaccheok@sph.com.sg @JacCheokBT GARENA the Singa-pore-based Internet and mobile platform company said to be valued at some
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      Lock icon Serving hospitals with innovation
      1243 6  -  UEMS Singapore, which supports many healthcare facilities here, has started to invest in data analytics and IoT technology to stay competitive. BY MELISSA BY MELISSA TAN melissat@sph.com.sg @MelissaTanBT MOST people in the local corporate scene will be familiar with United Engineers, a homegrown engineering group that
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      Lock icon Bringing the virtual into reality
      1137 8  -  A commitment to forward-looking innovation has helped CAD-IT Consultants become a five-time winner of the E50 Awards since 2012. BY WONG KAI YI kaiyiw@sph.com.sg @WongKaiYiBT WHEN you’re shopping for furniture from a certain famous flat-pack retailer, you know exactly what you’re in for. Hours of
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      Lock icon Building quality facades on time
      1111 10  -  Seiko Architectural Wall Systems’ strategy in recent years has been to concentrate its resources and take on fewer jobs. BY RACHEL MUI BY RACHEL MUI rachmui@sph.com.sg @RachelMuiBT MAKE no mistake, Seiko Architectural Wall Systems is not affiliated to the popular Japanese watch brand we’ve come
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      Lock icon Creating value in a digitised economy
      902 14  -  A look at some of the measures that can help firms stay ahead of the curve even as new technology offers novel solutions to age-old problems. BY CHIU WU HONG problems.BY CHIU WU HONG T The writer is head of enterprise at KPMG in
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      2939 16 We ask our first-time winners: ‘What does your company hope to achieve in the coming year after winning the E50 Award?’ Below are their responses Framework Building Products Pte Ltd Chew Chong King, Managing Director IT’S nice to win the E50 Award coincidentally on our
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      Lock icon Starting small and then scaling up
      1328 19  -  Despite challenges, many SMEs like the ones featured here have gone on to become key players in their industries. BY ANNIE KOH AND ESTHER KONG BY ANNIE KOH, ESTHER KONG T Annie Koh is the vice president for Business Development and a professor of
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      Lock icon Expand Construction still sees home-ground potential
      1113 20  -  Founder Von Lee says the company adopts an “aircraft carrier” approach when venturing into new markets to minimise risks. BY LEE MEIXIAN BY LEE MEIXIAN leemx@sph.com.sg @LeeMeixianBT THE founder and managing director of Expand Construction likes to use an interesting analogy when he discusses
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      Lock icon Embracing new technologies to reshape lives of foreign workers
      1062 20  -  By Vivien Shiao vshiao@sph.com.sg @VivienShiaoBT THINK about foreign worker dormitories, and depressing scenarios of cramped, dirty spaces probably come to mind. But local accommodations solutions provider S11 Capital Investments seeks to turn this around, taking a holistic approach in designing solutions
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      1396 21  -  Recent moves have signalled Jakarta’s seriousness in pursuing reforms to offer an appealing environment for investors. BY WELLIAN WIRANTO BY WELLIAN WIRANTO T The writer is an economist with OCBC Bank EVER since he came to power in October 2014, President Joko
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