The Business Times, 30 July 2015

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  • TOP STORIES
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      Lock icon India a safe haven in emerging-market storm, says IIF
      618 2  -  Fund managers raise their allocations to India equities, even as emerging markets, excluding China, are having net outflows By Anthony Rowley btworld@sph.com.sg Tokyo FUND flows from advanced to emerging markets suffered severe turbulence in July, including heavy net outflows, although India
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      Lock icon Umno rift seen widening despite Muhyiddin sending mixed signals
      695 2  -  Ex-Malaysian DPM not like Dr M, who demands Najib step down for failing to provide 1MDB answers By Pauline Ng btworld@sph.com.sg Kuala Lumpur IF Malaysia’s Prime Minister Najib Razak had little to say to his former No 2 when he sacked
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      Lock icon Faulty third-rail insulator major factor in July 7 train breakdown
      524 2  -  Leaks in tunnel also contributed to power trips, say LTA and SMRT By Samuel Ee samuelee@sph.com.sg Singapore THE weak electrical resistance of the third-rail insulator has been identified as the root cause of the massive train breakdown on July 7.
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      Lock icon GIC stepping up investments in real estate
      582 4  -  The asset class offers diversification and helps with inflation hedging GIC REPORT By Siow Li Sen lisen@sph.com.sg @SiowLiSenBT Singapore GIC, one of the largest real estate investors globally, is stepping up its activity in the asset class as it offers diversification and inflation
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      Lock icon GIC posts 4.9% return for past 20 years, but expects harder times ahead
      606 4 T Continued from Page 1 China’s market reforms will not be derailed by the current bout of measures introduced by the government to prop up the stockmarket, he said. “We would like to see more investments in
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      Lock icon Pacific trade talks formally start; too early to predict an agreement
      763 4 Negotiation could collapse over issues from drug patents to dairy exports BLOOMBERG Lahaina, Hawaii TOP officials from 12 Asia-Pacific nations formally kicked off a four-day bid to hammer out a massive but so far elusive free-trade agreement that has
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      Lock icon S’pore-EU FTA ratification can catalyse Asean-EU pact: PM Lee
      758 5  -  It would diversify Europe’s engagement with Asia beyond the major economies of China, India SINGAPORE-UKTIES By Jamie Lee leejamie@sph.com.sg @JamieLeeBT Singapore THE ratification of the free trade agreement (FTA) between Singapore and the European Union (EU) would signal that EU is
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      Lock icon Singapore set to blaze digital innovation trail for insurance in Asia
      571 5  -  It signs pact with the UK, Aviva to develop new business models, products By Claire Huang huangjy@sph.com.sg @ClaireHuangBT Singapore SINGAPORE is primed to lead the way in the insurance industry’s digital revolution in Asia with the help of British
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  • COMPANIES & MARKETS
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      Lock icon SGX profit jumps 24% in Q4 on robust derivatives showing
      643 6  -  Exchange’s securities market transformation making progress, says bourse president By Anita Gabriel anitag@sph.com.sg @AnitaGabrielBT Singapore THE Singapore Exchange’s (SGX) move to woo retail investors by cutting board-lot sizes from 1,000 shares to 100 shares appears to be paying off, albeit
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      Lock icon SingPost Q1 profit up 15.8% at S$46.6m
      419 6  -  By Mindy Tan tanmindy@sph.com.sg @MindyTanBT Singapore SINGAPORE Post posted a 15.8 per cent rise in net profit to S$46.6 million for the first quarter ended June 30, from S$40.2 million a year ago. Revenue grew 20.7 per cent, from S$210.9 million to S$254.6
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      Lock icon CDLHT eyes Australia Japan and NZ for more acquisitions
      932 6  -  By Kalpana Rashiwala kalpana@sph.com.sg @KalpanaBT Singapore CDL Hospitality Trusts (CDLHT), which posted a 10 per cent drop in second-quarter distribution per stapled security, said it remains well poised for acquisitions. “The markets we continue to like include Japan; within Australia, we
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      Lock icon SIA’s Q1 earnings soar to S$91.2m on lower fuel costs
      621 6  -  By Nisha Ramchandani nishar@sph.com.sg @Nisha_BT Singapore BOOSTED by lower fuel costs, Singapore Airlines (SIA) registered a net profit of S$91.2 million for the first quarter ended June 30 (Q1 FY2016), soaring from S$34.8 million for the corresponding quarter last year.
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      Lock icon Sing Investments & Finance posts marginal dip in Q2 profit
      323 6  - Sing Investments Finance posts marginal dip in Q2 profit By Nisha Ramchandani nishar@sph.com.sg @Nisha_BT Singapore SING Investments Finance turned in a net profit of S$2.66 million for the second quarter ended June 30, 2015, down marginally from S$2.7 million in the corresponding quarter the year prior. Thanks to an expanded
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      Lock icon Sembmarine Q2 profit dives 17%, interim dividend cut
      490 6  -  By Melissa Tan melissat@sph.com.sg @MelissaTanBT Singapore RIGBUILDER Sembcorp Marine has slashed its interim dividend payouts for the first time in seven years, in a bid to conserve cash after a continued slump in oil prices led to major project deferments and hammered
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      Lock icon CRCT’s Q2 DPU rises 5.4%
      680 8  -  Gross revenue in Sing dollar terms grows 6.4% and net property income rises 5.3%, on the back of a strong renminbi against S$ By Lynette Khoo lynkhoo@sph.com.sg @LynetteKhooBT Singapore CAPITALAND Retail China Trust (CRCT) posted a 5.4 per cent rise in distribution per unit (DPU)
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      Lock icon AA Reit’s turnaround after 5 years
      722 8  -  By Lee Meixian leemx@sph.com.sg @LeeMeixianBT Singapore OVER five years after AIMS AMP Capital Industrial Reit (AA Reit, and formerly known as MacarthurCook Industrial Reit or MI Reit) changed managers, it has also switched its investment strategy and capital management practices. In an interview with
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    • CORPORATE DIGEST
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        Lock icon Frasers Hospitality Trust
        123 8 FRASERS Hospitality Trust reported a distribution per unit (DPU) of 1.56 Singapore cents for its third quarter ended June 30, 2015. This was 0.65 per cent higher than its forecast. Compared to its forecast, gross revenue was 3 per cent lower at S$23.72 million, while net property
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        Lock icon Blumont
        64 8 BLUMONT Group has warned that the group is expected to report net losses for Q2 2015 and the half-year ended June 30, 2015, due largely to the fair value readjustments of the group’s investments in transferable securities (financial assets), given the recent volatility in the financial markets and global
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        Lock icon Windsor Holdings
        99 8 MAINBOARD-listed Singapore Windsor Holdings announced that its shareholders have approved the change of its corporate name to Singapore Myanmar Investco during an extraordinary general meeting held on Wednesday. During the EGM, shareholders also approved the sale of the group’s wholly owned subsidiaries, Windsor Holding Investments and Windsor Metal
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        Lock icon China Minzhong Food Corp
        56 8 CHINA Minzhong Food Corp reported a 34 per cent slide year-on-year in net profit to 83.02 million yuan (S$18.28 million) for the fourth quarter ended June 30, 2015. Revenue fell around 30 per cent to 463.82 million yuan. Earnings per share came to 0.13 yuan, down
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        Lock icon China Everbright Water
        59 8 ENVIRONMENTAL protection company China Everbright water has entered into a loan agreement with International Finance Corporation (IFC) to secure a long-term loan of US$140 million. The loan will largely be used as capital expenditure working capital of the company to finance the development and expansion of its
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        Lock icon TEE International
        91 8 TEE International swung into the black with a net profit of S$8.21 million for the fourth quarter ended May 31, 2015, versus a net loss of S$16.36 million a year ago. Revenue surged around 92 per cent to S$89.45 million due mainly to higher revenue recognised for on-going
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      Lock icon GLP to acquire US$4.55 billion US logistics portfolio
      364 8  -  By Caithlin Ng caithng@sph.com.sg Singapore GLOBAL provider of modern logistics facilities GLP announced on Wednesday that it is acquiring a US$4.55 billion logistics portfolio in the United States, which will propel the company to become the second largest logistics property player there
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      Lock icon New Adelaide mall boosts Starhill’s quarterly results
      874 9  -  DPU growth has been propelled by improving mall quality and tenant mix, says CEO By Lee Meixian leemx@sph.com.sg @LeeMeixianBT Singapore STARHILL Global Reit’s most recent acquisition in Adelaide has lent its quarterly performance a boost. On Wednesday, it reported a 3.2 per cent
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      Lock icon Raffles Medical Group first in Asia to join Mayo Clinic Care Network
      574 9  -  By Elizabeth Mak eamak@sph.com.sg Singapore INTEGRATED private healthcare provider Raffles Medical Group (RMG) will join the United States-based Mayo Clinic Care Network, the group announced on Wednesday. RMG will be the first in Asia to join the network,
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      Lock icon STI / Catalist
      63 10 STI Catalist Straits Times Index July 29,2015 3,284.00 +2.91 (+0.09%) Current streak 1 day Day high 3,299.96 Day low 3,275.32 52-week high 3,539.95 (Apr 15, 2015) 52-week low 3,154.21 (Oct 16, 2014) FTSE ST Catalist Index July 29,2015 638.22 -3.55 (-0.55%) Current streak 6 days Day high 643.91 Day low
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      Lock icon Penny activity, Jardine block deal dominate
      689 10  -  STI up just 2.91 points as markets await hints from Fed meeting about rate hike in September STOCKS By Cai Haoxiang haoxiang@sph.com.sg @HaoxiangCaiBT PENNY-STOCK activity in Singapore was still higher than usual on Wednesday, with anecdotal evidence of Chinese money playing up small-cap stocks.
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      Lock icon STI STOCKS
      312 10 Stock name Close Change Day high/low 52w high 52w low PE Div yield Mcap Ascendas Reit 243 +1 244/242 271 219 6 6148.8 CapitaLand 332 unch 337/331 379 293 12.2 2.7 *****.2 CapitaMall Trust 209 xd unch 209/205 228 188.5 5.2 7251.7 CityDev 953 +9 956/948 1095 915
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      Lock icon MOST ACTIVE
      39 10 VOLUME Great Group R 111,533,300 StratechGroup 109,247,400 ChinaSports 88,436,800 China Essence 78,356,100 Hu An Cable 70,462,800 Market volume 2,136,525,000 VALUE JMH USD 190,537,393 Singtel 91,568,128 DBS Grp 60,233,898 Keppel Corp 48,618,238 OCBC Bank 44,398,720 Market value 1,165,349,000
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      Lock icon SGX ETFs
      109 10 Most Active Fund Last sale +/-(‘000) Day high/low 52w high/low Buy/Sell Mcap STI ETF 334 cd -1 458 335/334 355/319 334/335 IS MS INDIA US$ US749 +10 204 749/740 1000/696 745/749 93.6 UETF SSE50China 254 +2 121 255/250 340/150 254/255 79.4 IS ASIA HYG US$ US1062 -17 105
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      Lock icon OTHER SINGAPORE INDICES
      77 10 Jul 29 VALUE CLOSE BT OB/OS -374.00 -50.00 BT CADI -*****.00 -51.00 BT 10-day MA -*****.00 -37.00 FTSE ST Mid Cap 738.27 -0.94 FTSE ST Small Cap 458.76 -1.64 FTSE ST All Share 784.84 +0.23 FTSE ST China Top 188.05 -0.07 FTSE ST China 228.70 -0.23 FTSE
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      Lock icon STI / FTSE ST All-Share
      35 10 STI FTSE ST All-Share ftse ST All-Share index July 29,2015 784.84 +0.23 (+0.03%) Current streak 1 day Day high 788.07 Day low 783.28 52-week high 847.98 (Apr 15, 2015) 52-week low 762.71 (Oct 16, 2014)
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      Lock icon STI / MSCI EAFE
      33 10 STI MSCI EAFE MSCI EAFE Index July 28,2015 1,848.58 +1.73 (+0.09%) Current streak 1 day Day high 1,853.35 Day low 1,836.14 52-week high 1,960.95 (July 29, 2014) 52-week low 1,697.01 (Jan 7, 2015)
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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 5 0 0 0 8 3 5 Manufacturing 38 52 29 9 11 16 47 63 45 Commerce 17 17 19 3 7 3 20 24 22 Tpt/Stor/Comms 9 17 13
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      Lock icon SECURITIES TRADING TURNOVER
      121 10 VOLUME (‘000) VALUE (‘000) MAIN CATL TOTAL MAIN CATL TOTAL Multi Ind 13,024 13,024 68,146 68,146 Manufacturing 645,197 173,621 818,818 95,715 8,227 103,942 Commerce 132,096 97,328 229,424 247,200 5,049 252,250 Tpt/Stor/Comms 156,158 2,440 158,598 183,948 232 184,180 Finance 16,223 50 16,273 170,814 9 170,822 Construction 59,006 4,072
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      Lock icon GAINERS
      74 10 BY CENTS CLOSE UP 52w high/low DBXT E50 US$ 5112 83.3 1.2 5355/4562 DBXT MSKorea US$ 5213 68.3 1.0 6735/5125 GLD US$ ***** 64.2 0.4 *****/***** DBXT CSI300 US$ 1078 31.4 2.2 1471/679 DBXT MSAsExJp US$ 3448 27.3 0.6 4064/3261 BY PERCENTAGE CLOSE UP 52w high/low New Silkroutes 0.2
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      Lock icon LOSERS
      79 10 BY CENTS CLOSE DOWN 52w high/low IS S&P500 US$ ***** -195.3 -0.7 *****/***** DBXT MSTHAI US$ 1839 -151.6 -5.7 2300/1839 DBXT MSTaiwa US$ 2069 -133.8 -4.5 2392/2060 DBXT Vietnam US$ 2725 -83.3 -2.2 3100/2250 DBXT MSMSIA US$ 1202 -43.7 -2.6 1593/1202 BY PERCENTAGE CLOSE DOWN 52w high/low China Intl
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      Lock icon UNUSUAL ACTIVITY
      82 10 VOL CLOSE($) CHANGE Europtronic 28,547.4 0.016 +0.006 +60.00 Hu An Cable 70,462.8 0.038 +0.006 +18.75 China Essence 78,356.1 0.027 +0.006 +28.57 Hengyang Petro 90.0 0.180 -0.015 -7.69 Koda 83.8 0.119 +0.036 +43.37 Great Group 2,399.1 0.009 -0.001 -10.00 InnoTek 5,618.4 0.305 +0.030 +10.91 JEP 10,828.0 0.041 +0.004 +10.81
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    • BROKERS’ TAKE
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        Lock icon Q&M Dental Group
        143 10 Buy July 29 close: S$0.855 Target price: S$1.05 Maybank Kim Eng Research, July 28 We visited Q&M’s operations in Liaoning Province, including Aoxin’s three hospitals, the Liaoning Medical University (LMU) Stomatology Hospital No 2 and Aidite’s manufacturing facilities. We were impressed with their scale and standards of
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        Lock icon k1 Ventures
        107 10 Buy July 29 close: S$0.205 Target price: S$0.23 RHB Research institute Singapore, July 29 Knowledge Universe (KUH), the education-linked investment of k1 Ventures, has divested its early childhood education in the US to Swissbased investment firm Partners Group at a reported enterprise value of US$1.5 billion. KUH is
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        Lock icon Parkway Life Reit
        156 10  -  Compiled by Cai Haoxiang Add July 29 close: s$2.39 Target price: S$2.56 CIMB Research, July 28 PREIT’s Q2 and H1 2015 distributions per unit were in line with expectations at 25 per cent and 49 per cent of our full-year forecast, respectively. Maintain “add” as its 2015
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      Lock icon CALENDAR
      28 10 DATA I 10.30 am (July 30) Singapore Employment Situation Report I 9.30pm (July 30) US Initial Jobless Claims I 9.30pm (July 30) US Personal Income and Outlays
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      Lock icon A$, C$ inch lower ahead of Fed statement
      449 11 CURRENCIES REUTERS London MAJOR currencies that are closely linked to commodities prices were back on the defensive on Wednesday as oil prices fell again and traders awaited the outcome later in the day of a US Federal Reserve meeting. The New Zealand
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    • FOREX RATES
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        Lock icon INTERBANK CROSS RATES
        471 11 Jul 29 A$ C$ Rmb Euro HK$ Ind Rs Rupiah Yen Won RM NZ$ Pak Rs Peso S$ Rand Sfr NT$ Baht Pound US$ Australia 0.948 4.540 0.662 5.667 46.731 98.401 0.904 8.484 2.789 1.093 74.440 33.288 0.999 9.197 0.705 23.005 25.548 0.469 0.731 Canada 1.055 4.791
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        Lock icon HANG SENG
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        Lock icon INTERBANK CURRENCY RATES
        155 11 Jul 29 Against S$ Against US$ Currencies Bid Offer Bid Offer S$/US$ to one unit of foreign currency: Australian dollar 0.9983 0.9989 0.7310 0.7314 Canadian dollar 1.0535 1.0541 0.7718 0.7714 Euro 1.5080 1.5085 1.1043 1.1045 NZ dollar 0.9128 0.9137 0.6684 0.6690 Sterling pound 2.1301 2.1305 1.5598 1.5599
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        Lock icon US$/S$ FORWARD RATES
        22 11 Jul 29 S$ Bid Offer 1-month 1.3663 1.3668 2-months 1.3669 1.3677 3-months 1.3676 1.3683 6-months 1.3700 1.3709 Source: OCBC
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    • EQUITY BONDS WARRANTS FUTURES
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        Lock icon BONDS, WARRANTS, PREFERENCE SHARES
        207 11 Most active Jul 29 Prem Expiry Vol Conv Exer Disc Gear-Mths Company Last Sale +or-('000) Ratio Price ing Left FTSEChinaA50 ***** MBeCW*****9 10.8 1.2 8100 0.0 --2 FTSEChinaA50 ***** MBeCW*****9 6.5 0.6 7796 0.0 2 WE Holdings Ltd W*****5 0.1 unch 7531 1 0 1 OCBC
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        Lock icon MORGAN STANLEY CAPITAL INTERNATIONAL INDICES
        373 11 In local curr In S$ In US$ dy yr dy yr dy yr Jul 28 Index Change Change Change Change Change Change World Preliminary 1328.3 0.6 4.1 0.3 5.0 0.5 1.9 EAFE Preliminary 1076.0 0.5 9.0 0.0 7.4 0.1 4.2 Europe Preliminary 1494.5 0.9 8.2
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        Lock icon SGX DERIVATIVES TRADING
        404 11 Jul 29 OPEN HIGH LOW SETT VOL OP/INT FTSE CHINA A50 INDEX FUTURES SPOT *****.86 *****.83 *****.28 Jul15 *****.50 *****.50 *****.50 *****.00 *****2 *****4 Aug15 *****.00 *****.00 *****.50 *****.00 *****5 *****0 NIKKEI 225 INDEX FUTURES SPOT *****.69 *****.69 *****.21 Sep15 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 *****3 *****8 Dec15
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    • BANK RATES
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        Lock icon INTERBANK RATES
        154 11 Jul 29 $S Offer Bid 0vernight 0.03 0.01 1-month 0.75 0.625 2-months 0.8125 0.6875 3-months 0.875 0.75 Overnight mode: 0.25 US$ Offer Bid 7 days 0.22 0.12 1 month 0.23 0.13 2 months 0.28 0.18 3 months 0.40 0.20 6 months 0.60 0.40 9 months 0.80 0.60 12
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        Lock icon SIBOR
        36 11 Jul 29 1 mth 1 mth 0.***** 2 mths 3 mths 0.***** 6 mths 0.***** 9 mths 12 mths 1.***** SWAP Offer rates 1 mth 0.***** 3 mths 0.***** 6 mths 1.***** Source: Thomson Reuters
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        Lock icon GOVERNMENT SECURITIES
        59 11 Jul 29 GOVERNMENT BONDS Period Issue Coupon Maturity Close Day's code rate Bid High Low 2-Year N*****0Z 2.375 01-Apr-17 102.33 5-Year N*****0S 2.000 01-Jul-20 99.91 99.98 99.98 10-Year NX*****Z 2.375 01-Jun-25 97.86 15-Year NY*****E 2.875 01-Jul-29 99.77 20-Year NZ*****V 3.375 01-Sep-33 105.68 30-Year NA*****N 2.750 01-Apr-42 95.84 Note:
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    • AGRI METALS ENERGY
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        Lock icon COMMODITY FUTURES
        250 11 Jul-28 Price Net change change Last Trade Agricultural Jul-28 CBOT Soybeans (US cents/bu) 974.75 13.50 1.40% 14/08/2015 CBOT Soybean Oil (US cents/lb) 30.66 0.55 1.83% 14/08/2015 CBOT Wheat (US cents/bu) 510.75 8.25 1.64% 14/09/2015 Jul-28 LIFFE Cocoa (£/tonne) 2134.00 3.00 0.14% 15/09/2015 LIFFE Coffee (US$/tonne) 1761.00 -1.00 -0.06%
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  • REAL ESTATE
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      Lock icon JLL confirms en bloc sale of Thong Sia to Sin Capital
      495 12  -  S$380 million deal the first collective sale this year and the largest ever mixed use collective sale in Singapore By Lee Meixian leemx@sph.com.sg @LeeMeixianBT Singapore BROKER JLL on Wednesday confirmed that a member of Sin Capital Group, a private
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      Lock icon Lone Star to buy UK property firm Quintain
      298 12 REUTERS London US private equity firm Lone Star has agreed to buy British property firm Quintain Estates and Development for £700 million (S$1.5 billion) to gain one of London’s few remaining large-scale development opportunities. The cash bid of 131 pence a share
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      Lock icon Emaar IPO flop dashes Egypt’s hopes of property market turnaround
      643 12 BLOOMBERG Cairo THE Emaar Properties banners adorning the facade of the Cairo Stock Exchange radiated confidence as shares started trading in Egypt’s biggest initial public offering since the 2011 Arab Spring. Three weeks and a 7.4 per cent decline later,
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      Lock icon UK mortgage approvals rise amid housing revival
      420 13 Business lending declines the most on record in June; cheap borrowing costs stoke demand for homes BLOOMBERG London UK mortgage approvals rose more than economists’ forecast in June in a sign of continued momentum in the housing market. Lending to businesses fell the
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      Lock icon Financial SMEs helping to boost Manhattan’s office leasing market
      895 13 BLOOMBERG New York NEW YORK’S financial industry has returned to lead the city’s office leasing, after years of being hobbled by the credit crisis. This time, it’s not the biggest banks that are driving the market. Private equity and advisory firms
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      Lock icon Denmark takes steps to avoid property market overheating
      638 14 Financial regulator investigating whether banks are lending borrowers more than they can afford to repay BLOOMBERG Copenhagen DENMARK’S financial regulator is policing banks more closely to ensure lax credit standards aren’t fuelling an overheated property market. The Danish Financial Supervisory Authority (FSA)
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      Lock icon Househunt
      1524 14 Property transactions for districts 1 to 21 with contract dates between June 17 and June 23,2015 PROJECT NAME/ STREET NAME PROP TYPE CONTRACT DATE TENURE BUILT-IN/LAND AREA*(SQ FT) PRICE (S$’000) PSF (S$) District 1 NON-LANDED Marina Bay Suites Apt 22/06/2015 99 2691 7700 2861 Marina Bay Suites Apt 23/06/2015
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      25 12 Lifestyle An independent voice BTLifestyle offers a candid view of the food, arts, travel, design and entertainment scene in Singapore and beyond. businesstimes.com.sg/lifestyle btlifestyle thebusinesstimes
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  • ENERGY & COMMODITIES
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      766 16 Gold is out of fashion like flared trousers: no one wants it, says one analyst BLOOMBERG London THE problem for gold isn’t just that prices are dropping. For many, the metal also has lost its charisma. Sentiment means a lot in the
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      925 16 REUTERS London GOLDMAN Sachs has inflamed further an already heated argument between analysts over the outlook for the copper market. The Wall Street heavyweight has positioned itself as a super bear, slashing its short, medium and long-term forecasts by as much as
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  • TECHNOLOGY
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      767 17 Jack Dorsey redeems himself in his first earnings call, following an unenthusiastic CNBC appearance in June BLOOMBERG San Francisco IN his first earnings call with investors as head of a public company, Jack Dorsey decided to go for candid. With
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      988 17  -  By Hayley Tsukayama WP San Francisco MICROSOFT’S Windows 10 operating system should start hitting US computers on Wednesday, marking one of the biggest launches in the company’s history. A few years after what could charitably be called a disastrous launch for Windows 8,
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      1122 17 NOTICES OTTO MARINE LIMITED (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) (Company Registration No.: *****2647M) NOTICE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an Extraordinary General Meeting (“EGM”) of Otto Marine Limited (the “Company”) will be held at Room 301-302 Suntec Singapore 6=>3)>7!=> U TR#!A!7!=> 6)>7;)G 0C’H)9 8=5V)3C;+G /5>7)-6!7PG
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      806 18 A deeply ingrained mistrust of credit has long kept cash king in Germany, where the average citizen carries 103 euros in their pocket AFP Berlin TOURISTS and business travellers visiting Germany are often surprised when they reach to pay for their
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      438 18 REUTERS Paris LVMH’s fashion and leather division, its biggest in terms of profit and sales, beat forecasts on Tuesday with a 10 per cent rise in second-quarter sales driven by strong trading in Europe, Japan and the United States. The performance, outpacing
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      462 18 AFP Paris BRITISH singer Jane Birkin has asked luxury manufacturer Hermes to remove her name from its crocodileskin handbag after learning of the “cruel” methods used to make the iconic accessory. Costing tens of thousands of euros, the
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      838 18 BLOOMBERG New York PROCTER Gamble Co, pushing ahead with a widely expected succession plan, will elevate David Taylor to the chief executive officer job on Nov 1, with current CEO AG Lafley staying on as executive chairman. Mr Taylor
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      739 19 investors everywhere have been coddled by policymakers in recent years, making it hard for officials to cut stimulus BLOOMBERG Beijing EXIT strategies used to be the preoccupation of Pentagon planners. Nowadays, they are more a province for central bank watchers,
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      Lock icon China stock rout may delay govt’s push for ‘bond connect’ scheme
      651 19 REUTERS Hong Kong THE Chinese stock-market slump may delay how quickly regulators can push ahead with the launch of a programme to connect the mainland’s US$5 trillion bond market with overseas investors, three sources briefed on the matter told
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      Lock icon Hounded by left, Tsipras vows ‘thus far, no further’
      633 19 REUTERS Athens GREEK Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, struggling to contain a revolt in his left-wing Syriza party, said on Wednesday that his government would not implement reform measures beyond those agreed with lenders at a eurozone summit this month. Mr Tsipras
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      Lock icon Brazil investment grade rating is at risk, warns S&P
      526 19 REUTERS Sao Paulo STANDARD Poor’s on Tuesday said Brazil could lose its coveted invest-ment-grade rating in the coming year if fallout from a number of corruption investigations further stymies economic growth and implementation of austerity measures. The warning is a setback
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      Lock icon ‘Halo effect’ dims as Indonesia consumer confidence slides: survey
      615 20 Outlook for economy, stock market worsens as slow pace of change after Jokowi’s election win curbs expectations BLOOMBERG Singapore INDONESIA’S consumer confidence faced an “extreme deterioration” in the first half, falling the most in Asia as the outlook for the economy
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      Lock icon Some Japan farmers see trade pact jolt as only way to survival
      753 20 REUTERS Tsuruoka, Japan FAR from dreading the prospect of a Pacific trade deal that would open up Japanese markets to higher grain and meat imports, rice and pig farmer Kazushi Saito embraces it. The 58-year-old, whose lush paddy
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      Lock icon Indonesia regulator open to higher foreign stakes in banks
      482 20 BLOOMBERG Singapore INDONESIA’S financial regulator is open to allowing a higher percentage of foreign ownership in local banks as the country wants to tap international funds for trade and project finance. The South-east Asian nation usually limits foreign purchases of domestic
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      Lock icon Ageing population, insurance seen raising US health spending
      319 20 BLOOMBERG New York SPENDING on healthcare will take up an increasing proportion of the US economy over the next decade as the population ages and more people gain insurance coverage under Obamacare, a government report said. Payments for hospitals, doctors, drugs and
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      Lock icon BOE chief begins countdown to central bank’s data overload
      801 21 All-in-one-go format to comprise policy decision, minutes of meeting, officials’ votes and new economic forecasts BLOOMBERG London BRACE yourself. Mark Carney is about to unleash a flood of data in one fell swoop in what will be an unprecedented move for
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      Lock icon Economist Sachs calls for pro-environment, equitable growth
      655 21  -  He endorses the use of alternative energy sources and decries those who deny the threat of climate change By Anthony Rowley btworld@sph.com.sg Tokyo ON yet another (almost) unbearably hot and humid day in Tokyo on Wednesday, world-renowned economist and development specialist Jeffrey Sachs
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      Lock icon Bank of England may toughen stress tests as economy picks up
      570 21 BLOOMBERG London THE Bank of England may consider using stress tests of differing severity to assess the resilience of the financial system as economic booms turn to busts, said Deputy Governor Jon Cunliffe. A harsher scenario would be used
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      271 19 IN THE MATTER OF SANSIN INVESTMENT PTE LTD Company Registration No. *****1210N (In Members’ Voluntary Liquidation) At the Extraordinary General Meeting of the Company held at 541-0043, 4-5-13 Koraibashi, Chuo-ku, Osaka City, 602 Yodayabashi, Sateraito Building, Japan on 27 July 2015, the following special resolutions were passed:IT WAS RESOLVED 1.
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  • TRANSPORT
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      Lock icon Spain’s Talgo hopes to bag high-speed train deals in India
      410 22 BLOOMBERG New Delhi SPANISH train-maker Talgo SA sees an opportunity in India’s tense relationship with China. Companies such as Talgo, Germany’s Siemens and France’s Alstom face stiff competition for global train deals from Chinese state-run giant CRRC Corp. Their chances
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      808 22 Strong sales of sport utility vehicles and trucks helped lift earnings even as sales of F-150 pickup took a hit NYT Dearborn, Michigan REVERSING a period of lacklustre earnings, Ford Motor Co on Tuesday reported robust profits, surging 44 per cent in the
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      Lock icon India’s SpiceJet in talks with Boeing, Airbus to buy 100 jets
      461 22 The budget carrier’s shares soar after it posts second straight quarterly profit BLOOMBERG New Delhi SPICEJET Ltd is in talks with Boeing Co and Airbus Group to buy more than 100 single-aisle jets worth about US$11 billion at list
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      Lock icon Desperate migrants try to cross Channel to Britain from Calais
      768 22 NYT Paris UNDER cover of darkness, group after group of migrants made their way to the Eurotunnel compound in Calais, France, overnight on Monday, climbing over fences and other barriers in a desperate bid to board freight trains bound for
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      Lock icon Penalty on Fiat Chrysler makes merger search tougher
      325 22 BLOOMBERG Munich FIAT Chrysler Automobiles’ search for a merger partner suffered a setback after the Italian-American carmaker was reprimanded with a record US$105 million penalty for its delayed handling of safety defects in the US. On top of tarnishing the image of
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  • OPINION
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      Lock icon Govt-to-govt cooperation now crucial in fighting cyber threats
      549 24 EDITORIAL AT a major security conference in Singapore last week, Amit Yoran, president of network security provider RSA, said that cyber security was no longer a technology problem but rather a mindset problem. The cyber security landscape has changed and business and
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      Lock icon Why economists have trouble explaining bubbles
      926 24  -  THE BOTTOM LINE By Noah Smith TThis column does not necessarily reflect the opinion of Bloomberg LP and its owners BLOOMBERG ONE of the strongest orthodoxies in modern economics is being challenged, and there could be big implications for the state of the profession.
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      Lock icon China: Searching for a new equilibrium
      1268 24  -  China will stay on course and notch a moderated 6 per cent GDP growth as its economy evolves. But it will need to manage risks and overcome policy challenges. BY MICHAEL HASENSTAB BY MICHAEL HASENSTAB TThe writer is chief investment officer of Templeton Global
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      Lock icon Newspapers, cultural symbols shouldn’t be traded like assets
      885 25  -  COMMENTARY By Anthony Rowley Tokyo NATIONAL culture is being treated as a tradeable commodity with the sale of Britain’s Financial Times newspaper to Japan’s Nikkei group and, while cross-border sales of media groups are by no means unprecedented, the implications of this
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      787 25  -  COMMENTARY By John Nelson TThe writer is chairman of Lloyd’s of London. He has just been appointed to the UK Prime Minister’s Business Advisory Group, and is also a member of the Monetary Authority of Singapore international Advisory Panel. ASEAN,
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      1093 25  -  With key conditions apparently in place for sustainable recovery in Greece, the Tsipras government should have little problem supporting its debt burden. BY ANATOLE KALETSKY burden.BY ANATOLE KALETSKY T The writer is chairman of the Institute for New Economic Thinking and the author of
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  • LIFE & CULTURE
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      Lock icon Asia apps combine technology and tradition in dating game
      828 26 Apps like Peekawoo, Grouvly and Paktor make it easier for singletons to meet strangers safely AFP Hong Kong MOVE over, Tinder a crop of dating apps in smartphone-addicted Asia is offering to recruit friends for group dates or send along a
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      Lock icon StanChart warms its durian-loving clients’ hearts
      277 26  -  By Arthur Lee arthurl@sph.com.sg Singapore CUSTOMER loyalty and appreciation form a strong pillar of any company’s long-term success. What better way then to boost it than by inviting clients to come together for a treat and to enjoy the all-time favourite local fruit, durian?
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      Lock icon Smooth piste for Beijing’s 2022 Winter Games bid
      862 26 Beijing CHINA came of age as an Olympic power when it hosted the spectacular Beijing 2008, a display of the unlimited resources and political will some say are essential to its bid for the 2022 Winter Games. The capital emerged as the
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      Lock icon Luxury hotels offering signature spirits as a unique experience
      357 26 NYT New York LUXURY hotels are getting into spirits, offering private label blends guests can sample at the bar or take home as a memory in a bottle. In honour of its 130th anniversary this year, the Hamilton Princess and Beach
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      335 26 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD Across 1 where to begin trainspotting, free (8,5) 10 Tie up an unusually attractive plant (7) 11 Free delivery (7) 12 Women prepared to follow orders (4) 13 The first to introduce the golden handshake? (5) 14 Right time of life for passion (4) 17 Fashionable church feature
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