The Business Times, 6 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 Thursday, October 6, 2016
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    Lock icon DAILY DIGEST
    147 1 Short-term risks to global financial stability have abated in recent months, but medium-term risks are building, the International Monetary Fund warns. TOP STORIES 2 The COE premium for small cars rises, surprising some car dealers who had expected premiums in general to stabilise amid a slowing economy, which
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    Lock icon Govt backs push for diversity disclosure
    1008 1  -  Diversity panel chief says Singapore’s reputation and edge could be hurt by its falling behind peers By Kenneth Lim kenlim@sph.com.sg @KennethLimBT Singapore THE government is supporting the Diversity Action Committee’s (DAC) call for Singapore-listed companies to report on diversity policies and targets, or provide
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    Lock icon Local assets under management rise 9% to S$2.6 trillion in 2015
    707 1  -  MAS report shows continued growth for fund managers amid lacklustre public market returns By Cai Haoxiang haoxiang@sph.com.sg @HaoxiangCaiBT Singapore A NEWLY-RELEASED Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) report showed that despite turbulent markets, Singapore’s asset management industry enjoyed a reasonably
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    25 1 Wednesday Change STI 2,881.79 -2.85 KL COMP 1,662.92 +1.67 NIKKEI 225 16,819.24 +83.59 HANG SENG 23,788.31 +98.87 SHENZHEN B CLOSED Dow(11.45am EDT) 18,286.69 +118.24
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      11 1 CLOUDY FORECAST Property agencies, agents exit tough market REAL ESTATE 14
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      31 1 PULLING NO PUNCHES Google challenges Apple, Samsung with its Pixel technology /19 1MDB DEBACLE 1MDB funds siphoned off under ‘Ponzi’ scheme TOP STORIES 5 BTGraphics: No skirting around diversity, Page 4
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  • TOP STORIES
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      Lock icon Medium-term risks ‘could hurt global financial stability’
      660 2  -  IMF cautions that the world could slide into economic and financial stagnation IMF STABILITY REPORT By Anthony Rowley btworld@sph.com.sg Washington SHORT-term risks to global financial stability have abated in recent months, but medium-term risks are building, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) warned on
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      Lock icon Further global debt crisis could be building, IMF warns
      561 2  -  By Anthony Rowley btworld@sph.com.sg Washington GLOBAL debt is now at an all-time high and could “thwart the fragile global economic recovery”, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) warned on Wednesday. It said in the latest issue of its Fiscal Monitor report that
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      Lock icon MPA awards three firms S$8m in funds to defray costs of building LNG-powered vessels
      917 2  -  in addition to this, it unveils other incentives aimed at propelling the Port of Singapore into the age of LNG bunkering FUELLING SHIPPING By Tan Hwee Hwee hweetan@sph.com.sg @HweetanBT Singapore THE Maritime and Port Authority of
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      Lock icon MOH puts up fee schedules of private sector surgeons
      223 2 THE STRAITS TIMES Singapore PATIENTS will now have an idea of how much private-sector surgeons charge for their services. The Ministry of Health (MOH), which started publishing total operation fees in public hospitals in 2014, has expanded the list to include
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      Lock icon No skirting around diversity
      389 4  -  The Diversity Action Committee is urging stronger requirements for companies to measure and disclose diversity policies as it believes that Singapore is falling behind in the race to reverse women’s persistent under-representation in corporate boards. By KENNETH LIM BT Explains By KENNETH LIM Mr Bocker said
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      Lock icon Small car COE premium rises
      441 4  -  By Samuel Ee samuelee@sph THE certificate of entitlement (COE) premium for small cars rose in October’s first round of bidding, surprising some car dealers who had expected premiums in general to stabilise amid a slowing economy, which continues to tighten its grip on vehicle purchases.
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      Lock icon Criminals ‘favour easy channels’ to launder money
      598 4  -  By Pauline Ng btworld@sph.com.sg Kuala Lumpur CRIMINAL organisations when conducting cross-border transactions look at basic systems including money services businesses (MSBs) that are less stringent about “know your customer (KYC)” requirements, financial-crime specialists said, noting that some of these outfits are set up
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      Lock icon 1MDB funds siphoned off under ‘Ponzi’ scheme
      557 5  -  Swiss regulator gives update on its ongoing probe into Malaysia-govt-owned strategic investment company By Anita Gabriel anitag@sph.com.sg @AnitaGabrielBT Singapore MORE than a year and a half ago Malaysian opposition lawmaker Tony Pua described Malaysia’s troubled 1 Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) as a “Ponzi”
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      Lock icon Philippines to be second to China in growth in 2016: World Bank
      642 5  -  By Anthony Rowley btworld@sph.com.sg Washington THIS year, the Philippines will emerge alongside China among the developing East Asian economies in pole position in terms of growth. They will be followed by Vietnam and Indonesia, the World Bank has
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  • COMPANIES & MARKETS
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      Lock icon Heeton divests iLiv@Grange en-bloc
      1017 6 Deal values asset at S$95m; S’porean buyer group includes Straits Trading’s Chew Gek Khim, KSH’s Choo Chee Onn Singapore HEETON Holdings has finally sold its entire interest in the completed iLiv@Grange project. This was through a sale of shares in a wholly-owned subsidiary of Heeton which
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      Lock icon United Engineers, OUE in play on stake talk
      281 6  -  HOT STOCKS By Cai Haoxiang haoxiang@sph.com.sg @HaoxiangCaiBT Singapore DEVELOPER OUE said on Wednesday that it is not involved in any ongoing discussions to buy a stake in United Engineers (UE), but shares in both companies remained in play nevertheless. On Wednesday morning,
      Source: Bloomberg  -  281 words
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      Lock icon SGX helping to boost small-cap firms’ outreach to investors
      465 7  -  Official says some small-caps have performed well; a couple of tech listings can be expected around year-end By Melissa Tan melissat@sph.com.sg @MelissaTanBT Singapore A TOP official at the Singapore Exchange (SGX) defended the local bourse’s track record on small-cap companies on
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      Lock icon KepLand divests Myanmar hotel for US$41m
      410 7  -  By Nisha Ramchandani nishar@sph.com.sg @Nisha_BT Singapore DEVELOPER Keppel Land (KepLand) is divesting its full stake in Wiseland Investment (Myanmar) to Myanmarbased hospitality group Eden Hotels and Resort Co for US$41 million. Wiseland Investment owns and operates the 250-room Sedona Hotel Mandalay. Situated in the
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      Lock icon UPP to buy 58.34% stake in Canadian wood firm Taiga
      326 8  -  By Jamie Lee leejamie@sph.com.sg @JamieLeeBT Singapore UPP Holdings plans to buy a 5 8.34 per cent stake in Taiga Building Products Canada’s largest wholesale distributor of building materials for C$18.9 million (S$ 19.7 million). Of the 58.34 per cent, 19.25
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      Lock icon Keppel Singmarine bags deals for two LNG-fuelled tugs
      983 8  -  Construction of harbour tugs, part of Singapore’s LNG bunkering pilot programme, due for completion in 2018 By Tan Hwee Hwee hweetan@sph.com.sg @HweetanBT Singapore KEPPEL Offshore Marine’s subsidiary Keppel Singmarine is set to construct its first pair of dual-fuel diesel liquefied natural gas
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      Lock icon FWD Singapore shows the way forward for insurers
      686 8  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW BY CLAIRE HUANG huangjy@sph.com.sg @ClaireHuangBT ONLINE shopping is an integral part of everyday life these days, with many individuals buying basic and luxury goods via Internet sites. Even in the financial sphere, online activity is rising investors can easily
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      Lock icon Trikomsel bondholders to get shares in exchange for defaulted notes
      221 8  -  B y Jamie Lee leejamie@sph.com.sg @JamieLeeBT Singapore INDONESIA’S mobile phone operator Trikomsel on Wednesday said bondholders owning a total of S$215 million worth of its Sing dollar-denomin-ated defaulted bonds due 2016 and 2017 will have notes exchanged for shares in
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      Lock icon Chi-X Japan poised to launch dark pool
      368 8 REUTERS Hong Kong CHI-X Japan, the Tokyo-based share trading platform owned by Chi-X Asia Pacific, is set to launch an anonymous off-exchange market known as a “dark pool”, to grab more business from the Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE). The launch, scheduled for Oct
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      Lock icon Sime Darby’s RM2.36b share placement oversubscribed
      190 8 REUTERS Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIAN palm oil firm Sime Darby Bhd said on Wednesday its share placement to raise RM2.36 billion (S$780 million) was oversubscribed due to strong demand from institutional investors. The sale is the second largest equity markets deal in South-east Asia this
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      Lock icon Evergrande may well hold the key to China’s IPO back door
      330 8  -  COMMENTARY By Christopher Langner BLOOMBERG ASIAN investors often say that Evergrande is too big to fail. The real estate group may be putting that notion to the test, and in the process could unleash a flood of deals back
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      Lock icon STI / Catalist
      63 10 STI Catalist Straits Times Index Oct 5,2016 2,881.79 -2.85 (-0.10%) Current streak 1 day Day high 2,891.24 Day low 2,870.45 52-week high 3,083.07 (Oct 26, 2015) 52-week low 2,532.70 (Jan 21, 2016) FTSE ST Catalist Index Oct 5,2016 451.38 -1.50 (-0.33%) Current streak 1 day Day high 453.63 Day low
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      Lock icon STI dips amid monetary tightening fears
      645 10  -  The index’s 0.1% decline contrasts with the broad market, where gainers outnumber losers 236 to 169 STOCKS By Melissa Tan melissat@sph.com.sg @MelissaTanBT WEDNESDAY is named after a pagan god who supposedly plucked out one eye and dropped it into a well in exchange for
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      Lock icon STI STOCKS
      302 10 Stock name Close Change Day high/low 52w high 52w low PE Div yield Mcap Ascendas Reit 248 -1 250/247 257 209 6.2 6892.5 CapitaCom Trust 162.5 +0.5 163.5/161 164 127 5.3 4814.1 CapitaLand 317 -2 321/316 340 280 12.7 2.8 *****.4 CapitaMall Trust 213 -4 216/212 225 185
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      Lock icon MOST ACTIVE
      35 10 VOLUME Noble 316,346,000 Ezra 157,781,100 Addvalue Tech 139,982,900 HLH Grp 113,804,600 Alliance Mineral 94,137,000 Market volume 2,435,906,000 VALUE Noble 55,983,291 Singtel 55,953,200 DBS Grp 51,667,848 OCBC Bank 29,444,689 SingPost 29,252,221 Market value 935,370,000
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      Lock icon SGX ETFS
      104 10 Most Active Fund Last sale +/-(‘000) Day high/low 52w high/low Buy/Sell Mcap STI ETF 293 190 294/292 314/254 292/293 IS MS INDIA US$ US741 -1 89 744/739 772/575 741/744 92.6 DBXT MSTaiwan US$ US2312 +2 70 2313/2302 2331/1667 2305/2311 13.1 GLD US$ US***** -342 70 *****/***** *****/***** *****/*****
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      77 10 Oct 5 VALUE CLOSE BT OB/OS 214.00 +5.00 BT CADI -*****.00 +64.00 BT 10-day MA -*****.00 +21.00 FTSE ST Mid Cap 702.27 +2.76 FTSE ST Small Cap 387.56 +2.91 FTSE ST All Share 709.18 +0.05 FTSE ST China Top 159.80 -0.71 FTSE ST China 195.08 -2.55 FTSE
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      Lock icon STI / FTSE ST All-Share
      36 10 STI FTSE ST All-Share FTSE ST All-Share index Oct 5, 2016 709.18 +0.05 (+0.01%) Current streak 3 days Day high 710.93 Day low 706.61 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 4,2016 1,704.84 +1.83 (+0.11%) Current streak 2 days Day high 1,712.62 Day low 1,698.11 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 8 6 2 0 1 0 8 7 2 Manufacturing 40 24 30 12 6 10 52 30 40 Commerce 23 13 12 3 8 2 26 21 14 Tpt/Stor/Comms 20 6 8
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      Lock icon SECURITIES TRADING TURNOVER
      121 10 VOLUME (‘000) VALUE (‘000) MAIN CATL TOTAL MAIN CATL TOTAL Multi Ind 21,317 183 21,500 59,588 30 59,618 Manufacturing 134,370 32,641 167,011 93,765 1,443 95,208 Commerce 381,913 111,109 493,022 102,870 1,629 104,499 Tpt/Stor/Comms 245,971 890 246,861 145,940 90 146,030 Finance 16,213 1,468 17,681 128,256 158 128,414 Construction
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      Lock icon GAINERS
      77 10 BY CENTS CLOSE UP 52w high/low Lyxor Nasdaq US$ 1923 45.2 1.7 1925/1557 DBXT MSAsExJp US$ 3577 38.4 0.8 3633/2772 DBXT Nifty US$ ***** 27.4 0.1 *****/***** IS ASIA HYG S$D 1499 27.0 1.8 1507/1407 DBXT S&PShort US$ 1958 26.0 1.0 2362/1930 BY PERCENTAGE CLOSE UP 52w high/low LionGold
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      75 10 BY CENTS CLOSE DOWN 52w high/low GLD US$ ***** -468.4 -2.7 *****/***** DBXT iBoxxSing SG$ ***** -80.0 -0.6 *****/***** DBXT MSKorea US$ 5861 -65.8 -0.8 6041/4629 Longcheer 53 -63.5 -54.5 123/42 DBXT E50 US$ 4512 -31.5 -0.5 5000/3918 BY PERCENTAGE CLOSE DOWN 52w high/low KepCorp MBeCW16 0.3 -88.9 -2.4
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      Lock icon UNUSUAL ACTIVITY
      79 10 VOL CLOSE($) CHANGE HLH 113,804.6 0.010 +0.002 +25.00 China Intl 21.4 0.200 +0.070 +53.85 NutryFarm 75.3 0.400 +0.110 +37.93 Eucon 531.3 0.019 +0.004 +26.67 WE 51,621.0 0.004 -0.001 -20.00 Atlantic Nav 15.0 0.225 +0.055 +32.35 Nam Cheong 40,983.0 0.066 +0.009 +15.79 MDR 18,073.9 0.004 +0.001 +33.33 Longcheer 34.7
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    • BROKERS’ TAKE
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        Lock icon Pan-United Corp Overweight
        252 10 Target price: S$0.70 Oct 5 close: S$0.61 NRA Capital, Oct 5 PAN-UNITED announced on Oct 4 the divestment of its 100 per cent owned tug and barge business to its controlling shareholders for S$29.92 million in cash. The two sale companies incurred net losses of S$4.1 million
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        Lock icon Singapore real estate investment trusts | Overweight
        67 10 Singapore real estate investment trusts Overweight UOB Kay Hian Research, Oct 5 amid the global hubbub surrounding the commencement of China’s National Day Golden Week, Singapore hoteliers may have less to cheer for. The average length of stay for Chinese visitors has deteriorated rapidly since 2014. We prefer geographically diversified
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        Lock icon Dutech Holdings | Add
        134 10  - Dutech Holdings Add Compiled by Kenneth Lim Target price: S$0.61 Oct 5 close: S$0.485 CIMB Research, Oct 4 WE visited Dutech’s two production plants in Nantong, China and came back with a positive view. We note two positive developments that are likely ongoing. We understand that Dutech is in negotiations
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      9 10 DATA I Oct 6 US initial jobless claims
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      Lock icon Rising eurozone bond yields bolster euro
      400 11 CURRENCIES REUTERS London THE euro soared to a five-year peak against the struggling pound on Wednesday and scaled a three-week high against the yen, bolstered by rising eurozone government bond yields. Most eurozone bond yields rose to two-week highs in European trade, a day
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    • FOREX RATES
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        471 11 Oct 5 A$ C$ Rmb Euro HK$ Ind Rs Rupiah Yen Won RM NZ$ Pak Rs Peso S$ Rand Sfr NT$ Baht Pound US$ Australia 1.004 5.082 0.679 5.909 50.701 99.040 0.783 8.474 3.151 1.060 79.586 36.771 1.044 10.439 0.744 23.921 26.484 0.599 0.762 Canada 0.996 5.060
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        Lock icon US$/S$ FORWARD RATES
        22 11 Oct 5 S$ Bid Offer 1-month 1.3692 1.3703 2-months 1.3692 1.3701 3-months 1.3691 1.3701 6-months 1.3689 1.3702 Source: OCBC
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        Lock icon INTERBANK CURRENCY RATES
        155 11 Oct 5 Against S$ Against US$ Currencies Bid Offer Bid Offer S$/US$ to one unit of foreign currency: Australian dollar 1.0432 1.0440 0.7616 0.7618 Canadian dollar 1.0388 1.0397 0.7586 0.7584 Euro 1.5365 1.5376 1.1218 1.1219 NZ dollar 0.9836 0.9848 0.7181 0.7186 Sterling pound 1.7416 1.7434 1.2715 1.2721
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    • EQUITY BONDS WARRANTS FUTURES
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        Lock icon BONDS, WARRANTS, PREFERENCE SHARES
        205 11 Most active Oct 5 Prem Expiry Vol Conv Exer Disc Gear-Mths Company Last Sale +or-('000) Ratio Price ing Left Charisma EnergyServicesW*****3 0.1 unch ***** 1 3 1 Ezion Holdings W*****4 6.8 0.9 2747 1 45 67 4.56 42 OCBC Bk MB eCW*****8 3.2 0.1 2456 0.1
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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 4 Index Change Change Change Change Change Change World Preliminary 1310.0 0.3 2.5 0.3 0.0 0.0 3.6 EAFE Preliminary 984.0 0.8 -2.9 0.4 -4.1 0.1 -0.7 Europe Preliminary 1417.0 1.0 0.3
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        Lock icon SGX DERIVATIVES TRADING
        384 11 Oct 5 OPEN HIGH LOW SETT VOL OP/INT FTSE CHINA A50 INDEX FUTURES Oct16 9617.50 9640.00 9597.50 9617.50 ***** *****7 Nov16 9627.50 9650.00 9627.50 9640.00 121 503 NIKKEI 225 INDEX FUTURES Dec16 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 ***** *****5 Mar17 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 802 1915 MSCI TAIWAN
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    • BANK RATES
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        154 11 Oct 5 $S Offer Bid 0vernight 0.05 0.02 1-month 0.625 0.375 2-months 0.8125 0.6875 3-months 0.875 0.75 Overnight mode: 0.05 US$ 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 1.30 1.10 9 months 1.50 1.30 12
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        Lock icon GOVERNMENT SECURITIES
        69 11 Oct 5 GOVERNMENT BONDS Period Issue Coupon Maturity Close Day's code rate Bid High Low 2-Year NY*****A 4.000 01-Sep-18 105.79 105.80 105.74 5-Year N*****0Z 1.250 01-Oct-21 99.35 99.40 99.31 10-Year NX*****F 2.125 01-Jun-26 102.15 102.28 102.15 15-Year NZ*****F 2.875 01-Sep-30 108.63 108.45 108.40 20-Year NZ*****X 2.250 01-Aug-36 99.92
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    • AGRI METALS ENERGY
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        Lock icon COMMODITY FUTURES
        250 11 Oct-4 Price Net change change Last Trade Agricultural Oct-4 CBOT Soybeans (US cents/bu) 963.50 -9.50 -0.98% 14/11/2016 CBOT Soybean Oil (US cents/lb) 32.89 -0.16 -0.48% 14/10/2016 CBOT Wheat (US cents/bu) 395.50 0.00 0.00% 14/12/2016 Oct-4 LIFFE Cocoa (£/tonne) 2295.00 28.00 1.24% 13/12/2016 LIFFE Coffee (US$/tonne) 1958.00 -19.00 -0.96%
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      Lock icon SGX MAINBOARD
      1901 12 52-Wk Last Vol Day Div GrYld Net MCap High Low Company Sale +/-(’000) High Low C’vr P/Ep $mil Company Last Sale Vol ('000) High Day 149 127 AIMSAMP Cap Reit 142 unch 238 142 141 0.9 8 905 Div 144 101 ARA Asset Mgmt 135 -0.5 1255 136
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      Lock icon SGX CATALIST
      328 12 52-Wk Last Vol Day Div GrYld Net MCap High Low Company Sale +/-(’000) High Low C’vr P/E Last vol Day Div GrYld Net 0.6 0.1 t Advanced Systems 0.2 unch 0 0.4 0.2 5.3 46.5 29.5 t Advancer Global 40.5 -0.5 751 42 40.5 16.1 70.1 LOW 16.2
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      Lock icon SGX ETF
      135 12 52-Wk Last Vol Day Div GrYld Net MCap High Low Counter Sale +/-(’000) High Low C’vr P/E Counter Last Sale 1210 1061 CIMBASEAN40 S$D 1202 +10 0 1202 1202 vol 3268 2355 DBXT China50 US$ US3184 +10 6 3184 3166 8.8 116.2 97.5 DBXT MS SING US$ US114.5
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      959 14  -  Number of licensed property agencies slips 3.5% and of registered property agents falls 4.9% at end-March 2016 By Lee Meixian leemx@sph.com.sg @LeeMeixianBT Singapore IN a “survival of the fittest” situation in the challenging domestic property market, property agencies and agents are
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      769 17 New York-based bank is threatening to break HSBC’s 9-year streak as the region’s biggest deal maker BLOOMBERG Dubai IN the hottest battleground for emer-ging-market bond deals, JPMorgan Chase Co is outflanking HSBC Holdings plc for the first time in a
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      542 19 REUTERS Seoul SCARRED by the global recall of its flagship smartphone, Samsung Electronics Co is set to report on Friday it still expects a small rise in third-quarter profit, analysts say, with healthy sales of memory chips and displays easing
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      405 20 BLOOMBERG London HITACHI LTD is considering a sale of its controlling stake in Hitachi Kokusai Electric Inc that could ultimately lead to a takeover of the entire unit, people familiar with the matter said. Hitachi Kokusai, which produces equipment for
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      383 20 NYTIMES London LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton, the largest luxury conglomerate in the world, said on Tuesday that it had agreed to buy a controlling stake in the German luggage brand Rimowa for 640 million euros (S$984 million). The French company,
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      472 22 BLOOMBERG New York THE proposed United Nations accord to limit pollution from international flights could cost airlines billions. For passengers, the price may be less than an in-flight glass of pinot noir. Airlines estimate the measure being
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      371 22 Sources say some of these firms include TPG and BlackRock Inc REUTERS Colombo PRIVATE equity firm TPG and fund company BlackRock Inc are among half a dozen firms which have shown preliminary interest in a 49 per cent stake in loss-making SriLankan Airlines Ltd,
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      378 22 BLOOMBERG Tokyo AS troubled airbag maker Takata Corp courts buyers to resolve the car industry’s biggest recall ever, top customer and shareholder Honda Motor Co is dragging its feet on decisions that are crucial to a deal, people with knowledge of the
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      955 25  -  COMMENTARY By Guy Harvey-Samuel T The writer is group general manager and CEO, HSBC Singapore TRADE is the fundamental building block of the global economy as we know it: connecting countries, allowing economies to grow and underpinning international diplomacy. Its importance remains undiminished
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      659 25  -  By John Nugée T The writer is a director of the Official Monetary and Financial Institutions Forum and a former chief manager of reserves at the Bank of England OMFIF WHEN commercial banks get into trouble, their last resort when all
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      1511 25  -  It’s so deep that it overwhelms all the bad stuff from the Republican candidate and so strong that it may carry him to the White House in November By Leon Hadar Washington I KNOW, I know. I’ve been repeating myself
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      480 26  -  Czech star Pliskova will make her debut at US$7 million event that starts on Oct 23 By Lee U-Wen leeuwen@sph.com.sg @LeeUwenBT Singapore THE line-up of players who will be jetting to Singapore to compete at this month’s Women’s Tennis Association (WTA)
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      762 26  -  By Cheah Ui-Hoon uihoon@sph.com.sg Singapore WHAT would an Asian institution do if it wants to put up a show that is drawn from the art works created during the time when Britain was an empire that spanned India, other Asian countries
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      376 26 AFP New York THE Rolling Stones on Tuesday hinted that they are about to release their first album in more than a decade apparently a collection of covers of Chicago blues classics. The English mega-rockers took to Twitter to tease the line “Coming October 6”
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      320 26 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD Across 7 Serving US soldier in one’s pub is sensible (7) 9 Shake unruly child in the course of struggle (7) 10 Alarm losing time causes miscalculation (5) 11 Firm: it’s averse to change (9) 12 Kind of household to arrange tea for men in play (3-6,6) 13
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      515 1  -  LEE MEIXIAN T HERE is talk aplenty of doom and gloom in Singapore’s real estate sector, but in the past few months, certain sub-sectors have begun to show signs of stabilising, and even green shoots of recovery. No doubt the government has been hard-nosed in
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      1308 2  -  Realistic prices lead to healthy take-up in the new sales CCR market; foreigners continue to be drawn to S’pore. S’pore.BY ALICE TAN, DEBBIE LAM, DEREK LOR T The writers are, respectively, director and head; manager; and senior analyst, consultancy research, at Knight Frank Singapore. BEING
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      Lock icon Price rebound for landed homes may exceed other residential types
      1199 4  -  Landed property prices tend to react more sharply to market-changing forces. BY ALAN CHEONG T The writer is Savills Singapore research head. LIKE their non-landed counterparts, since the third quarter of 2013, or the immediate term after the implementation of
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      1032 6  -  There is no reason for buyers to be alarmed as there are very few units with the unique qualities that can carry such price tags. BY ISMAIL GAFOOR T The writer is PropNex Realty CEO. FROM the onset, public housing policy has
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      784 8 / 9 Projects currently on the market Possible major launches within 6 months Source: URA, developers DISTRICT PROJECT TENURE LOCATION DEVELOPER TOTAL A 1 Marina One Residences (Tower 21) 99 Marina Way M+S Pte Ltd 521 B 2 Skysuites@Anson 99 Enggor St Allgreen Properties Ltd 360 C 3 Principal
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      1616 12  -  With more lines ready, the premium of being near a station may be affected by the number of stops and transfers to the CBD. BY LEE NAIJIA T The writer is director, head (S-EA) research at Edmund Tie Company. AN old adage in real
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      1034 12  -  Designing the future workplace involves looking beyond a functional office, to also creating a civic central for talent to flourish. BY RICHARD PAINE BY RICHARD PAINE T The writer is managing director, Paya Lebar Quarter by Lendlease. THE concept of the
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      1119 14  -  Private developers can team up with end-users to propose innovative industrial space solutions and to seek lease flexibility options for government-owned leases. BY TAN BOON LEONG AND ALICE TAN BY TAN BOON LEONG, ALICE TAN T The writers are, respectively, executive
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      1305 14  -  Rebranding and repositioning are necessary to win over local shoppers again and experiential retail may just be one way to achieve this. BY SHAFIQ ZULAZMI AND HO PUI SHAN BY SHAFIQ ZULAZMI, HO PUI SHAN T The writers are, respectively, senior manager,
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      1390 16  -  While the short-term outlook is weak, growth may return beyond end 2017 once the supply wave passes and if economic prospects are positive. BY DESMOND SIM BY DESMOND SIM T The writer is head, CBRE Research, Singapore and South-east Asia. According
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      1888 16  -  They have to innovate and up their game to survive in a crowded and increasingly difficult environment. environment.BY DONALD HAN T The writer is managing director of Chestertons Singapore. NOT too long ago, the idea of hosting our first Asia-Pacific regional conference
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