The Business Times, 4 July 2013

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  • 25 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES S$1.00 online at http://www.businesstimes.com.sg SfCl A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION CO R GN NO *****2868E MICA (P) 074/08/2012 Thursday, July 4, 2013
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  • 772 1  -  It will allow retail customers to buy and sell bullion online By ANDREA SOH [SINGAPORE] Riding on the rush for physical gold in Singapore, an online trading platform for physical bullion investors has been launched here. In what it says is a first
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  • MARKETS DIGEST
    • 65 1 HST INDEX 3,129.49 (-43.83) HST INDEX FUTURES 3,124.00 (-43.00) HSIMSCI 350.76 (-5.58) HSIMSCI FUTURES 349.00 (-5.60) US$ S$ US$ (S$ per US$) 1.274 (US$/S$ per 1.516 1.932 EURO (US$/S$/€ 1.293 1.647 Foreign currency per US$ S$ YEN 100.10 78.60 RM 3.190 2.504 HK$ 7.754 6.087 BAHT 31.09 24.40 RUPIAH
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    • 48 1 Wednesday Change KL COMP 1,769.21 -2.68 NIKKEI 225 14,055.56 -43.18 HANG SENG 20,147.31 -511.34 SET INDEX 1,443.57 -20.41 JAKARTA COMP 4,577.15 -151.55 MANILA COMP 6,480.12 +31.94 SEOUL COMP 1,824.66 -30.36 SHENZHEN B 764.55 -7.99 MUMBAI IND 19,177.76 -286.06 12noon EDT Change DOW 15,007.96 +75.55 NASDAQ 3,449.09 +15.69
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    • 20 1 SINGAPORE 5.38 MALAYSIA 6.55 TAIWAN 5.00 JAPAN 13.303 TAIWAN 5.036 JAPAN 1.475 SWITZERLAND 9.33 INDIA 0.50 Source: Bloomberg
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  • 694 1  -  Bond yields soar and rattle markets while weak Greece comes back into frame BY London NEIL BEHRMANN in London A PORTUGUESE economic and political crisis jolted sanguine eurozone leaders and aggravated a global market slide precipitated by worries about China, emerging markets and the
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    • 140 1 SGX June trading activity suggests slowdown in momentum PAGE 5 MANUFACTURING S’pore PMI hits two-year high in June PAGE 2 A NEW GLOBAL VISION Singapore accountants up their game page 1 7 OPINION Reducing inequalities in healthcare PAGE 18 REAL ASSETS OUTLOOK What’s ahead amid potential shifts in monetary policy
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    • 126 3 www.vw. com. sg OFTEN COPIED, NEVER EQUALLED. A I NOB c 6/ t 1 New Golf GTI. Launch event at MacPherson Showroom this weekend. Newton never formulated a law for fun. He did however formulate laws for acceleration (the GTI goes from 0-100 km/h in just 6.5 seconds by the
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    • 40 4 d GO (t /a (ions .97/*v S'X cc//c/i cty Fausto Valle (EMBASSY OF THE REPUBLIC OF ECUADOR) on his appointment as Ambassador of Ecuador to Singapore on 27th June 2013 From: JURONG Consultants Pte Ltd A member of JURONG International
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  • COMPANY NEWS
    • 476 5  -  But activity robust compared with year-ago numbers By KENNETH LIM SINGAPORE Exchange (SGX) trading activity remained robust compared to the year-ago doldrums, but June numbers suggest a recent slowdown in momentum. Total traded securities volume in June was 48 billion shares, up 84 per
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    • 289 5  -  By ANDREA SOH TRADING company Intraco Limited’s mandatory conditional cash offer for its listed associated company Dynamic Colours has lapsed, as it did not have enough acceptances to make its offer unconditional. The cash offer of 18.5 cents per share for Dynamic
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    • 549 5  -  By MICHELLE QUAH BELEAGUERED KXD Digital Entertainment has succeeded in buying itself some extra time for its attempts to get a new lease on life. The company announced yesterday that the Singapore Exchange (SGX) has granted its request for an
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    • 301 5  -  By CARINE LEE MIDAS Holdings has secured a 44.3 million yuan (S$9.08 million) metro contract through its subsidiary, Jilin Midas Aluminium Industries Co Ltd. The Singapore-listed firm said yesterday that the contract was awarded by CNR Changchun Railway Vehicles Co Ltd for
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    • 435 7  -  Eutelsat, Inmarsat, SES still in the running; Carlyle, KKR out, says Bloomberg By JOYCE HOOI THE Optus Satellite sale train valued at about A$2 billion (S$2.3 billion) continues to chug along, with bidding moving to the second round and two private
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    • 431 7  -  Placement of 20.4m new shares at $0.25 apiece By LIVIA YAP PS Group Holdings Ltd, a supplier of fasteners, yesterday launched its initial public offering (IPO) with a placement of 20.4 million new shares at $0.25 each for its proposed listing on the
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    • 226 7  -  By KENNETH LIM UNITED Overseas Bank (UOB) and OSK Group have agreed to go their separate ways in Malaysia following RHB Group’s acquisition of OSK’s investment banking arm, the Singapore bank announced yesterday. The split will affect ownership of three fund management joint
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    • 300 7  -  By LYNN KAN KEPPEL Fels, Keppel Corporation’s rig-building yard, has secured an order for a KFELS B Class jack-up rig valued at US$210 million from PV Drilling Overseas (PVDO), an entity majority-owned by PetroVietnam Drilling Well Services Corporation. The high-specification rig is
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    • 174 7  -  By MINDY TAN HAFARY Holdings has incorporated a special purpose vehicle, World Furnishing Hub Pte Ltd (WFHPL), to acquire a property at Sungei Kadut. Hafary Holding’s wholly owned subsidiary Hafary Pte Ltd will have a 40 per cent stake in WFHPL, while Low See
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    • 324 7  -  By LEE U-WEN THE Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has taken action against a man for using securities trading accounts maintained by various people with several brokerages to conduct trades in a company’s shares for his own benefit. The man, named by
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    • 301 7  -  By TEO SI JIA PARKWAY Life Reit (PLife Reit), a healthcare real estate investment trust, is building up its Japanese portfolio with the purchase of yet another two nursing homes for $23.1 million. Colliers International had valued the properties Palmary Inn
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    • 294 7  -  By KELLY TAY SINGAPORE investors are holding too much cash as much as 35 months of their personal income, in part because they are worried about making the wrong investment decision. This is according to the latest Manulife Investor Sentiment Index in Asia,
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    • 1021 8 CIMB Research sees a fairly decent set of numbers in Temasek annual review today Bloomberg TEMASEK Holdings Pte’s assets probably jumped to a record as the Singapore investment company benefited from a rebound in global stocks. The company, which will release
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    • 230 8  -  By NISHA RAMCHANDANI ST AEROSPACE has inked a long-term agreement with UTC Aerospace Systems to provide maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) services for the nacelle systems of the RollsRoyce Trent 1000 and General Electric GEnx engines used in Boeing’s Dreamliner. The nacelle
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    • 852 5 Advertising Feature Tuas: the epicentre of industrial growth Westcom Tuas Checkpoint Country Club ‘1 I ngfcnirtna a mm ft. Joo Koon /GuI Circle /J «*yu MM I /J Keppel Shipyard Manufacturing/ A (u/c) 81 ..r I Kimberly-Clark Bn •i BM m J >. J j Tuas has transformed into a
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  • SINGAPORE MARKETS
    • 613 6  -  ST Index dives 1.4 per cent, in line with HK rout and weak opening in Europe STOCKS R SIVANITHY Senior Correspondent THE Straits Times Index (STI) yesterday plunged 43.83 points or 1.4 per cent to 3,129.49 in tandem with a 2.5 per cent collapse
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    • 71 6 Jul 3 VALUE CLOSE BT OB/OS -591.00-302.00 BT CADI -*****.00-206.00 BT 10-day MA -*****.00 -60.00 FTSE ST Mid Cap 746.63 -8.36 FTSE ST Small Cap 563.01 -5.61 FTSE ST All Share 768.13 -10.18 FTSE ST China Top 194.76 -1.92 FTSE ST China 227.22 -1.01 FTSE ST Catalist
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    • 56 6 VOLUME SingHaiyi 258,489,000 Mirach Energy 193,715,000 MDR 160,697,000 New Wave 70,580,000 NexGenSCom 51,656,000 Innopac 49,489,000 Asiamedic 37,306,000 CNA 34,646,000 Noble Grp 32,204,000 WE Hldgs 31,392,000 VALUE($) SingTel 81,293,370 Mirach Energy 54,578,830 DBS Grp 52,043,090 OCBC Bk 51,238,260 GLP 50,306,912 UOB 49,667,690 CapitaLand 41,185,550 Keppel Corp 36,419,910 Noble
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    • 186 6 MAIN CATL TOTAL Up Down Unch Up Down Unch Up Down Unch Multi Ind 0 11 1 0 0 0 0 11 1 Manufacturing 28 63 31 5 11 3 33 74 34 Commerce 10 32 12 1 7 3 11 39 15 Tpt/Stor/Comms 6 21 9
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    • BROKERS’ TAKE
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        403 6 July 3 close: $4.01 DMG Partners Research, July 2 WE initiate coverage on ST Engineering (STE) with a “buy” rating. Based on our discounted cashflow (DCF) model and assuming a terminal growth rate of 1.5 per cent and weighted average cost of capital of 8.4 per cent, we
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      • 450 6  -  Compiled by ANDREA SOH July 3 close: $1.50 CIMB Research, July 2 WE resume coverage on Parkson Retail Asia (PRA) with an “outperform” call. Our $1.88 target price is based on 22 times CY2014 PE (versus 20 times previously), which is on a par with the average
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    • 123 6 TURNOVER (‘000) VALUE (‘000) MAIN CATL TOTAL MAIN CATL TOTAL Multi Ind 15,837 15,837 58,876 58,876 Manufacturing 197,527 39,377 236,904 108,957 3,585 112,542 Commerce 176,713 44,185 220,898 92,821 4,223 97,045 Tpt/Stor/Comms 110,785 24,460 135,245 175,979 9,430 185,409 Finance 65,572 35 65,607 171,188 16 171,203 Construction 63,320 42,704
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    • 115 6 Stock name Close Change CapMallsAsia 1.830 CapitaLand 3.050 -0.040 CapitaMall 1.955 -0.045 CityDev 10.520 -0.300 ComfortDelGro 1.820 -0.030 DBS Grp 15.510 -0.190 GLP 2.750 -0.130 Genting SP 1.350 -0.030 Golden Agri 0.560 -0.005 HK Land 6.880 -0.020 HPH Trust US$ 0.735 -0.005 JMH 60.000 -1.010 JSH
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    • 480 6 CURRENCIES Reuters [SINGAPORE] The South Korean won suffered its worst day in almost two weeks yesterday, leading the slide in emerging Asian currencies as more investors priced-in expectations of strong US jobs data and the Federal Reserve tapering off its quantitative easing.
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    • 120 6 BY CENTS CLOSE UP Hyflux 6% CPS 10 ***** 149.0 1.4 DBXT MSEurope 10US$ 4858 67.5 1.1 DBXT S&P500 10US$ 2636 56.0 1.7 SPDRS S&P 500 10US$ ***** 53.5 0.3 DBXT S&P Short 10US$ 3052 42.0 1.1 IS ASIA HYG100US$ 1064 19.1 1.4 IS ASIA HYG100S$D 1338 18.0 1.4
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    • 125 6 BY CENTS CLOSE DOWN GLD 10US$ ***** -197.4 -1.3 JMH 6000 -128.6 -1.7 Jardine C&C 4101 -106.0 -2.5 DBXT MSINDO 10us$ 1487 -85.3 -4.3 CIMBAsean40 100US$ 1073 -52.2 -3.7 Lyxor China H 10US$ 1200 -50.9 -3.2 DBXT MSAsExJp 10US$ 3044 -42.0 -1.1 DBXT MSTHAI 10US$ 2048 -35.7 -1.3 CityDev
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  • SINGAPORE NEWS
    • 572 9  -  Philippine fast-food giant hopes to open second store in S’pore ‘very soon’ By ANNABETH LEOW FILIPINO fast-food group Jollibee may have 780 outlets in the Philippines and another 92 in eight other countries. However, in terms of revenues, its topperforming branch is also
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    • 480 9  -  By FELDA CHAY IF it has been your childhood dream to dance at a ball in the arms of your prince or princess, mark July 14 down in your diary. That’s the date for The Dream Ball, a charity fund-raiser at Resorts World
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    • 423 9  -  By NG ZHUO YANG THE National University of Singapore (NUS) is launching a joint Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree programme in biomedical science with The Hebrew University of Jerusalem (HUJ) starting next month. A collaboration between NUS’ Yong Loo
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    • 351 9  -  Some hiring interim staff, others raising budgets: survey By LIVIA YAP BANKS and financial institutions are struggling to keep up with the constant flow of new regulations, says specialised recruitment firm Robert Half. According to the Robert Half Financial Services Global Report, out of
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  • MALAYSIA
    • 323 10 WB chief economist says target for transformation is possible [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia is well-positioned to transform itself into a high-income country by 2020, going by the country’s economic performance thus far, said the World Bank chief economist Kaushik Basu. “Malaysia’s target to
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    • 532 10  -  By S JAYASANKARAN in Kuala Lumpur ASIA’S largest budget carrier, AirAsia, hopes to launch its operations in India through the low-cost carrier AirAsia India by October. Details of this joint venture with Indian stakeholders were being worked out in a meeting among AirAsia’s
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    • 384 10 [PETALING JAYA] Speculation over the removal of the Developer Interest-Bear-ing Scheme (DIBS) could accelerate property transactions in the near-term, temporarily driving the demand for mortgage loans. “People may be quick to take advantage while the scheme is still in force
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    • 828 10 WATS NOTICES Toll free 1800-289-8822 Email notices@sph.com.sg www.cats.com.sg notices —4“/ BOUSTEAD SINGAPORE LIMITED (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) L (Company Registration Number: *****1036K) NOTICE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an Extraordinary General Meeting of the members of Boustead Singapore Limited (the ''Company”) will be held
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    • 469 10 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP. 50 AND IN THE MATTER OF SUPERPORT PTE. LTD. (IN MEMBERS’ VOLUNTARY LIQUIDATION) CO. REG. NO. *****1665K NOTICE OF RESOLUTIONS At an Extraordinary General Meeting of the Company held at 78 Shenton Way #33-00 Singapore *****0 on the 28th day of June
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  • GREATER CHINA
    • 584 12 Overall structure is much more robust than thought, says Harvest Global CIO Reuters [HONG KONG] China’s financial system is more “robust” than widely thought and the recent cash crunch does not signal any systemic risk, according to a senior investment executive of one
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    • 429 12 Bloomberg [SHANGHAI] Shenzhen O-film Tech Co chairman Cai Rongjun has become a billionaire after stock in the Chinese touchscreen glass-panel maker soared more than 170 per cent this year on higher demand for tablet computers. Mr Cai, 41, has a net worth
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    • 345 12 Bloomberg [SHANGHAI] Chinese Premier Li Keqiang said that the conditions for the world’s second-biggest economy to achieve its growth targets are in place, China Central Television reported on Tuesday. The conditions exist for China to realise its economic targets for this
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    • 1956 12 WATS NOTICES Toll free 1800-289-8822 Email notices@sph,com.sg www.cats.com.sg/notices TRAVELITE HOLDINGS LTD. (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) (Company Registration Number: *****1089K) NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual General Meeting of TRAVELITE HOLDINGS LTD. (the “Company”) will be held at 205A Kallang Bahru Singapore *****2
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  • INDIA
    • 360 13 New business trickles in at the weakest pace in nearly two years Reuters [BANGALORE] Indian services firms lost momentum in June as new business trickled in at the slowest pace in nearly two years, dashing hopes of a sustained pick-up in economic growth,
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    • 554 13 Bloomberg [MUMBAI] Honda Motor Co may have cracked the formula for success in India: a diesel-powered compact sedan. The Amaze, introduced in April, fuelled the Japanese automaker’s sales to a record the following month and propelled Honda to the third spot
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    • 453 13 US$50b pledge key in push for India to approve flight deal AFP [NEW DELHI] Abu Dhabi has promised to invest US$50 billion in India’s cash-hungry infrastructure at a time when growth in Asia’s third-largest economy has sharply slowed, a newspaper reported yesterday. The
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  • ECONOMY WATCH
    • 315 14 Reuters [SYDNEY] The cooling of Australia’s long-run mining investment boom will pose a significant challenge, but the central bank stands ready to help support an economy shifting to a new source of growth, the head of the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA)
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    • 856 14 Test of 90 US cents seems inevitable, leading to talk of how low it could go Reuters [SYDNEY] All the stars seem to be aligned for a further decline in the Australian dollar, though there is also reason to think it
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    • 773 14 NYT [NEW YORK] The US Social Security Administration says that the immigration bill passed by the Senate would help its coffers, adding US$276 billion in revenue during the next 10 years while costing only US$33 billion. But 10 years is a short time when
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    • 1813 14 WATS NOTICES Toll free 1800-289-8822 Email notices@sph.com.sg www.cats.com.sg/notices LOTTVISION LIMITED (Incorporated in Bermuda) NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the 2013 Annual General Meeting of LOTTVISION LIMITED (the “Company”) will be held at Capital Tower, FTSE Room Level 9, 168 Robinson Road, Singapore *****2 on 29
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  • WORLD
    • 651 15  -  But LDP leader says party won’t become arrogant once it controls both houses By ANTHONY ROWLEY in Tokyo PRIME Minister Shinzo Abe vowed yesterday to bring “political stability” to the country by securing a decisive victory in the July 21 upper house
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    • 564 15 Bloomberg [SAN FRANCISCO] Wells Fargo Co and HSBC Holdings plc are among four banks that told US regulators they could seek to sell units and place others into bankruptcy in the event of a crisis. Royal Bank of Scotland Group
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    • 438 15 Bonus cap at annual salary will damage industry, say critics Bloomberg [BRUSSELS] The European Parliament narrowly rejected proposals to ban fund managers from receiving bonuses amounting to more than their annual salary amid warnings that the plan could backfire by harming pensions
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    • 628 16 Military chiefs say they’re willing to shed blood against ‘terrorists and fools’ Re uters [CAIRO] Egypt’s military chiefs, vowing to restore order in a country racked by protests over President Mohamed Mursi’s Islamist policies, issued a call to battle in a statement headlined
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    • 576 16 But EU says alleged US spying won’t affect negotiations AP [PARIS] The French government said yesterday that it wants the start of major trade negotiations between the United States and the European Union suspended for two weeks amid anger over alleged US eavesdropping
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    • 479 16 LATEST US DATA Reuters AP [WASHINGTON] The US trade deficit widened sharply in May, as stronger US demand pulled in more imports from China and the rest of the world and sluggish growth abroad pushed exports lower, a US government reported showed
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    • 557 16 Reu ters [ATHENS] Greece cannot meet targets on reforming its public sector but expects to reach agreement with its foreign lenders on all other issues by Monday’s Eurogroup meeting, finance ministry officials said yesterday. Greece’s EU and IMF lenders, unhappy with the
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    • 365 16 Reuters [SAN FRANCISCO] Institutional investors are tripping over themselves to buy so-called peer-to-peer loans offered by a new breed of Internet lending companies, a development that could transform the nascent sector into significant player in the credit markets. P2P lending, as it is
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    • 157 16 IN THE HIGH COURT OF THE REPUBLIC OF SINGAPORE CWU No. 79 of 2013 In the Matter of The Companies Act (Cap. 50) And In the Matter of TITAN OCEAN PTE LTD (Singapore UEN No. *****6035Z) Between DONGJIN MARINE SERVICE CO., LTD (Korea, South Registration No. **********) …Plaintiff And TITAN
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  • A NEW GLOBAL VISION
    • 1016 17  -  Singapore’s accountants are upping their game as they seek to become leaders in the global profession. KAN KWOK LEONG reports KAN KWOK LEONG TO achieve its goal of becoming a global accountancy hub, the profession in Singapore must expand its talent pool to tackle the challenges
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    • 140 17 THE Committee to Develop the Accountancy Sector (CDAS) was formed by the Ministry of Finance in December 2008 to undertake a holistic review of the accountancy sector and profession here, with the aim of positioning Singapore as a leading international centre for accountancy services and professionals by
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    • 97 17 THE Singapore Qualification Programme (QP) administered by ISCA is designed to be the educational pathway of choice for professional accountants. The programme, which opened yesterday, leads to the Chartered Accountant of Singapore (CA Singapore) designation and is in line with similar programmes elsewhere,
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    • 225 17 THE Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Singapore (ICPAS) has rebranded itself with a new name and visual identity to reflect its new global vision, strategic role and its appointment as an entity to confer the new Chartered Accountant of Singapore (CA Singapore)
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  • EDITORIAL & OPINION
    • 506 18 EDITORIAL BEIJING has made a significant and constructive gesture in agreeing to talks on a binding Code of Conduct to manage conflicting territorial claims in the South China Sea. According to the joint statement after the AseanChina Foreign Ministers’ Meeting held
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    • 830 18  -  THE BOTTOM LINE ANTHONY ROWLEY Tokyo Correspondent CURRENCY exchange rates should be “market-deter-mined”, right? Right, except when those very governments preaching this dubious doctrine determine otherwise. And lately we have witnessed some blatant examples of governments determining exchange rates while markets look on
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    • 936 18  -  More and better-targeted redistributive policies crucial to improving health among the poor By JOHAN P MACKENBACH The writer is professor of Public Health and chair of the Department of Public Health at Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam and a member of the Royal Netherlands Academy
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    • 1255 19  -  The Tea-Party contingency among GOP lawmakers in House may spell trouble for Obama’s trade liberalisation agenda LEON HADAR Washington Correspondent UNLIKE former US president Bill Clinton and other leading members of the centrist wing of the Democratic Party, Barack Obama has never been regarded
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    • 778 19  -  By AMIT GUPTA The writer is chief executive for South-east Asia, HSBC Private Bank THE early adopters for China’s newly internationalised currency have mostly been corporates attracted by the business advantages, but offshore personal investors are also beginning to warm to renminbi’s growing attractions.
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  • AVIATION/SHIPPING
    • 463 20  -  Growing demand for connectivity to emerging markets is primary driver: Iata By NISHA RAMCHANDANI DESPITE the ongoing challenges facing the global economy, demand for air travel continues to grow robustly, underpinned by emerging markets. According to the International Air Transport Association (Iata),
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    • 839 20 Reuters [SINGAPORE] US private equity and investment funds are betting Asia’s shipping industry, hit by a restructuring wave that has already swept Europe and the United States, is the best spot to ride a recovery from the industry’s worst downturn in three
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    • 230 20 SGX '000 Jul 3 S$ +/-Vol CH Offshore '000 Chuan Hup Hldg 0.25 unch 67 S$ CWT Ltd Vol First Ship Lea unch unch 0 Freight Links Grand Banks unch unch 0 Jaya Hold Ltd 0.56 -0.02 21 K1Ventures 67 Keppel Corp 10.36 -0.09 3524 Mercator Lines unch
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    • 319 20  -  By NISHA RAMCHANDANI WHO says a Tiger can’t change its stripes? Singapore budget carrier Tiger Airways has overhauled its branding, starting with a new logo and a new name Tigerair. Also, the budget airline will be introducing mobile and Web check-in, while
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    • 262 20 Reuters [HONG KONG] China’s largest shipping group, China Ocean Shipping (Group) Co (Cosco Group) has replaced its chairman in what appears to be a bid to boost profitability amid a downturn in the global shipping industry. Cosco Group, parent of the world’s
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    • 2980 22 Transaction date: Jul 3 52-wks Last Vol Day Last Quote Div Gr Yld Net M Cap High Low Company Sale +/-(‘000) High Low Buyer Seller C’vr P/E $mil Company 8.8 3 A-Sonic --AAT Vol Day Last Quote ('000) High Low Buyer Seller Div Gr Yld 10.4 7 AEM
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    • 245 23 52-Wk Last Vol Day Last Quote Div GrYld Net MCap High Low Company Sale +/-(’000) High Low Buyer Seller C’vr P/E $mil Low 52 31 Genting HK US$ US44.5 -1 4046 45.5 44 44 44.5 2930.1 Last 260 191 TanChongInt HK218 228 240 4.3 3.2 7.3 4390.3 DISCLAIMER: All
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    • 646 24 Jul 3 OPEN HIGH LOW SETT VOL OP/INT NIKKEI 225 INDEX FUTURES SPOT *****.99 *****.77 *****.08 Sep13 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 *****8 *****2 Dec13 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 1206 ***** MSCI TAIWAN INDEX FUTURES SPOT 285.44 285.49 281.68 Jul13 281.90 282.80 277.80 278.60 ***** *****7 Aug13 279.50
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    • 373 24 In local curr In S$ In US$ dy yr dy yr dy yr Jul 2 Index Change Change Change Change Change Change World Preliminary 1047.2 0.5 11.6 0.8 12.6 0.4 8.3 EAFE Preliminary 855.3 0.5 10.4 0.6 7.6 0.2 3.4 Europe Preliminary 1201.0 -0.3 4.7
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    • 476 24 Jul 3 A$ C$ Rmb Euro HK$ Ind Rs Rupiah Yen Won RM NZ$ Pak Rs Peso S$ Rand Sfr NT$ Baht Pound US$ Australia 0.957 5.560 0.701 7.030 54.730 90.126 0.908 10.378 2.892 1.173 90.548 39.414 1.155 9.145 0.862 27.255 28.185 0.598 0.907 Canada 1.045 5.810
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    • 61 24 Jul 3 (US$) (S$) 1 mth 0.***** 0.***** 2 mths 0.***** 0.***** 3 mths 0.***** 0.***** 6 mths 0.***** 0.***** 9 mths 0.***** 0.***** 12 mths 0.***** 0.***** SWAP Offer rates (S$) 0.***** 3 mths 0.***** 6 mths 0.***** 9 mths 0.***** 12 mths SWAP Mid rates (S$) (S$)
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    • 140 24 Jul 3 GOLD(US$/oz) Jul 02 Jul 03 Hong Kong 1276.20 1259.00 Jul 01 Jul 02 London 1246.46 1248.89 1247.23 1249.95 Source: Thomson Reuters CAST BAR Jul 03 (S$) Selling Buying Kilobar ***** ***** PAMP GOLD BARS (S$) Selling Buying 1gm 115 51 5gm 326 255 10gm 583 510
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    • 92 24 Jul 3 TREASURY BILLS Period Issue Maturity Yesterday's Day's code Bid High Low 3-Month BQ*****W 19-Sep-13 0.26 6-Month BS*****X 27-Dec-13 0.29 1-Year BY*****H 02-May-14 0.28 GOVERNMENT BONDS Period Issue Coupon Maturity Close Day's code rate Bid High Low 2-Year N*****0S 0.25 01-Feb-15 100.08 100.14 100.14 5-Year N*****0T 0.5
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    • 55 24 Jul 3 KLCE PALM FUTURES (RM/MT) Delivery Opening Sett Av Vol Open Month Range Price Price High Low Done Position Jul 13 2359.0 707 Aug 13 2355.0 2368.0 2373.0 2346.0 3590 ***** Sep 13 2346.0 2365.0 2372.0 2342.0 ***** ***** Oct 13 2337.0 2358.0 2365.0 2333.0 5702 *****
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    • 155 24 Jul 3 Against S$ Against US$ Currencies Bid Offer Bid Offer S$/US$ to one unit of foreign currency: Australian dollar 1.1543 1.1557 0.9065 0.9069 Canadian dollar 1.2062 1.2075 0.9476 0.9472 Euro 1.6461 1.6477 1.2927 1.2930 NZ dollar 0.9837 0.9850 0.7725 0.7730 Sterling pound 1.9306 1.9326 1.5161 1.5166
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    • 112 24 Jul 2 SOYBEANS (5,000 bu min; US cents/60 lb bushels) Close Previous High/Low Jul 13 1573.00 1570.50 1584.75 1565.00 Aug 13 1433.50 1436.25 1445.00 1430.25 Sep 13 1293.75 1296.25 1305.25 1290.00 Nov 13 1242.50 1243.25 1252.50 1235.00 SOYBEAN OIL (60,000 lbs; US cent/lb) Close Previous High/Low Jul 13
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    • 95 24 Jul 2 COCOA (£/tonne) Close Prev High Low Jul 13 1451 1432 1453 1425 Sep 13 1474 1452 1475 1446 Dec 13 1483 1463 1485 1457 Mar 14 1481 1462 1483 1455 COFFEE(US$/tonne) Close Prev High Low Jul 13 1805 1755 1805 1764 Sep 13 1824 1785 1826 1792
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    • 970 24 BONDS, WARRANTS EXTENDED SETTLEMENT Prem Expiry Vol Conv Exer Disc Gear-Mths Company Last Sale +or-('000) Ratio Price ing Left Asia-Pacific Strategic W*****6 0.4 1 146 815 40.00 10 Conv Albedo Limited W*****9 0.8 unch 1000 Exer Price Asiatravel.com HoldingsW*****7 0.2 1 25 12 Asiatravel.com HoldingsW*****5 0.5 1 27 36 Best
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    • 70 24 CRUDE OIL PRODUCTS Jul 02 CRUDE (FOB origin) US$/barrel Close Change Brent blend (1-Mth F) 103.73 0.59 WTI (Near Mth) 99.52 1.62 Dubai (1-Mth F) 99.29 0.11 Tapis blend 108.10 0.55 Minas 103.65 0.55 PRODUCT US$/barrel (FOB S'pore) Close Change Naphtha 94.06 1.78 Jet Kerosene 116.02 0.16 US$/barrel OpecOil Basket
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    • 22 24 Jul 3 S$ Bid Offer 1-month 1.2733 1.2743 2-months 1.2733 1.2744 3-months 1.2733 1.2745 6-months 1.2733 1.2746 Source: OCBC
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    • 65 24 Jul-02 Aluminium, 99.7% purity(US$/tonne) Close Previous Cash 1789.50 1784.00 3 months 1832.50 1827.50 Copper, Grade A(US$/tonne) Cash 6918.00 6980.50 3 months 6910.00 6979.00 Lead(US$/tonne) Cash 2069.25 2077.25 3 months 2078.50 2087.50 Nickel (US$/tonne) Cash *****.00 *****.50 3 months *****.00 *****.00 Tin (US$/tonne) Cash *****.00 *****.00 3 months *****.00
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    • 121 24 As at 9am Jul 03 Singapore dollars to one unit of foreign currency: Currencies Sell Buy Aust dollar 1.188 1.132 Can dollar 1.227 1.180 Euro 1.686 1.606 Sterling pound 1.960 1.885 NZ dollar 1.008 0.970 US dollar 1.296 1.235 Local dollars to 100 units of foreign
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    • 159 24 Jul 3 Jul 3 $S Offer Bid 0vernight 0.03 0.01 1-month 3/8 1/4 2-months 3/8 1/4 3-months 3/8 1/4 Overnight mode: 0.08 US$ Offer Bid 7 days 0.22 0.12 1 month 0.28 0.18 2 months 0.40 0.20 3 months 0.45 0.25 6 months 0.55 0.35 9 months 0.70
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  • PROPERTY
    • 1068 25 Deposit-rich banks fixing rates at or below taxpayerbacked loans Bloomb erg [NEW YORK] Americans are finding it pays to go big when borrowing to buy a home. Wells Fargo Co and JPMorgan Chase Co lead banks that are offering jumbo mortgages, those too
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    • 281 25 Bloomberg [LONDON] UK banks have boosted mortgage availability and lowered borrowing costs in the second quarter and signalled they may increase the supply of riskier loans, according to the Bank of England (BOE). An index of home loan availability rose to 17.4
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    • 814 25 PROPERTY TRANSACTIONS FOR DISTRICTS 1 TO 28 WITH CONTRACT DATES BETWEEN JUNE 5 AND JUNE 11, 2013 PROJECT NAME/ STREET NAME PROP TYPE CONTRACT DATE TENURE BUILTTN/LAND AREA'(SQ FT) PRICE (SS'OOO) P5F (SS) District 1 NON-LANDED Marina Bay Residences Apt 05/06/2013 99 2379 9040 3800 District 3 NON-LANDED Echelon
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    • 1222 26 Speculators buy up homes for as little as US$500 and often abandon them and not pay local taxes Reuters [DETROIT] The solid red brick house on a block of similar homes in Northwest Detroit sounds like a steal at US$3,728. But in many
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    • 1295 28 Mori Tower owner to buy back and retire 110b yen of preferred shares, refinance 70b yen of the paper Bloomberg [TOKYO] Mori Building, whose Roppongi Hills complex this year lured Google to take office space once occupied by Lehman Brothers, is cutting costs
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    • 295 29  -  By MINDY TAN SIM Lian Group has launched KL Trillion, a luxury serviced residence, in the heart of Malaysia’s capital city, as part of its diversification drive. Its subsidiary, Perumahan SLG Central Sdn Bhd, will launch 184 units, out of the 368 units available.
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    • 211 29 Reu ters [SEOUL] South Korea’s central bank believes the downward trend in housing prices is nearing its end, although it expects any rebound afterwards to be modest, minutes from its June 13 policy meeting showed on Tuesday. An unspecified department of the Bank
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    • 463 29 Central bank says risk of asset price bubbles forming in market is low now Reuters [MANILA] The Philippine central bank sees no need to adopt new rules on real estate lending in spite of strong demand as the risk of asset bubbles
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    • 26 1 Wealth real assets: what’s ahead This edition looks at the outlook for real assets amid a potential shift in monetary policy and interest rates July 2013
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  • Wealth
    • Article, Illustration
      335 4 10 In for a reality check The Singapore stock market seems to have run ahead of its fundamentals, possibly reflecting the safe-haven qualities of the country and its currency 12 Sweet deal in bonds With valuations in high yield and emerging market bonds at unprecedented levels, Asian investors should
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    • 676 8  -  By Genevieve Cua UST when risk appetite appeared to have recovered somewhat, a fresh bout of jitters has hit markets as of press time in mid-June, sparked by concern that the Federal Reserve may begin to taper off its pace of bond buying sooner rather than later. To
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    • MACRO OUTLOOK
      • 926 10  -  THE SINGAPORE STOCK MARKET SEEMS TO HAVE RUN AHEAD OF ITS FUNDAMENTALS, POSSIBLY REFLECTING THE SAFE-HAVEN QUALITIES OF THE COUNTRY AND ITS CURRENCY By Kelvin Tay Kelvin Tay is Regional CIO Southern Asia, UBS Wealth Management HE recent sharp fall in precious metal and commodity
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    • FIXED INCOME
      • 975 12  -  WITH VALUATIONS IN HIGH YIELD AND EMERGING MARKET BONDS AT UNPRECEDENTED LEVELS, ASIAN INVESTORS SHOULD PAYCLOSE ATTENTION TO THE UNDERLYING FORCES DRIVING THESE MARKETS By MIKE RIDDELL, JAMES TOMLINS Mike Riddell and James Tomlins are Fixed Income Fund Managers at M&G Investments N a world of
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    • ASSET ALLOCATION
      • 1456 14  -  A DIVERSIFIED PORTFOLIO HELD OVER A MEANINGFULLY LONG PERIOD OF TIME WILL REAP REWARDS AT A RELATIVELY LOW RISK LEVEL By WILSON AW Wilson Aw (CFA) is Head of UOB Private Banking N an environment of prolonged low interest rates and high inflation, coupled with
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    • ROUNDTABLE
      • 2915 18 OUR PANEL SOUNDS OFF ON THE MARKET OUTLOOK IN THE NEAR FUTURE AND GIVES ITS TAKE ON GETTING THE MOST OUT OF THE CURRENT ENVIRONMENT NOW that the US economy appears to be on the mend, investors are fretting over when the stimulus measures will
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      • 248 21 Genevieve Cua, BT Wealth Editor poses questions to four wealth experts for their views on the nearterm market outlook. Lim Say Boon is Chief Investment Officer for DBS Private Banking. He has held senior positions in banking andfinanceand the financial media. chief Prior to joining DBS,
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    • JAPAN OUTLOOK
      • 1101 22  -  UNDER THE ABE ADMINISTRATION,THE GOVERNMENT BELIEVES THAT DEFEATING DEFLATION REQUIRES POLICIES WHICH TAKE RADICAL ACTION FROM OUTSIDE THE USUAL MARKET MECHANISMS By TAKASHI MARUYAMA Takashi Maruyama is Head of Equity Fund Management Department and Head of Alternative Investment Fund Management Department, Nikko AM S INCE the
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    • US EQUITIES
      • 1154 24  -  IN AMERICA’S RECOVERY STORY, INVESTORS CAN PLAY IT TO THEIR ADVANTAGE BY PICKING OUT COMPANIES THAT ARE LEADERS OR EMERGING LEADERS IN THEIR INDUSTRIES By GRANT BOWERS Grant Bowers is Portfolio Manager, US Opportunities Fund, Franklin Templeton Investments N recent years US companies have done an
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      • 1207 26  -  SINCE THE LEADERSHIP CHANGE LAST NOVEMBER,THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT HAS BEEN PREPARING FOR STRUCTURAL REFORMS IN SEVERAL KEY AREAS By BENJAMIN YEO Benjamin Yeo is Chief Investment Officer, Asia Middle-East, Barclays HY have Chinese equities grossly underperformed developed stock markets (Europe and the US) so far this year despite
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    • CURRENCIES
      • 1108 28  -  LISTEN CAREFULLY AND CLOSELY TO WHAT THEY HAVE TO SAY ABOUT THEIR CURRENCIES By HENG KOON HOW Heng Koon How is Senior FX Strategist, Private Banking and Wealth Management, Credit Suisse HE FX market has seen some volatile moves lately. The moves may seem contradictory
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    • REITS
      • 1431 30  -  LOWINTEREST RATES AND COMPELLING DEMAND/SUPPLY FUNDAMENTALS HAVE CREATED A FAVOURABLE ENVIRONMENT FOR REITS TO GROW By TIM GIBSON Tim Gibson is Fund Manager of the Henderson Horizon Asia Pacific Property Equities Fund R EAL Estate Investment Trusts (Reits) have long played an important role in
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    • COMMODITIES
      • 958 32  -  A LOOK AT WHERE COMMODITIES ARE IN THE CYCLE AND WHAT LIES AHEAD By MARK KEENAN Mark Keenan is Director, Commodity Research Strategy, Societe Generale Corporate Investment Banking C ONDITIONS are finally coming into place for a sustainable US economic recovery. This will provide some support for procyclical
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      • 1030 33  -  THE COMMODITY WILL CONTINUE TO SERVE AS AN IMPORTANT DIVERSIFICATION TOOLTO HEDGE AGAINST MACRO RISKS By CHRISTIAN NOLTING Christian Nolting is Regional Head of Portfolio Management Chief Strategist, Asia Pacific, Deutsche Asset Wealth Management G OLD has seen a significant spike in investor interest over recent
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    • US REAL ESTATE
      • 1297 34  -  NEW YORK, SAN FRANCISCO AND CHICAGO STANDOUT FROM THE CROWD FOR THEIR STRONG INVESTMENT POTENTIAL By ALEXIS WU, SCOTT HAGERMAN Alexis Wu is Senior Analyst, IP Global Scott Hagerman is Investment Manager, IP Global A FTER years in the doldrums, all the signs are
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    • REGIONAL REAL ESTATE
      • 1625 36  -  ITS CAPITAL VALUES ARE NEARING KUALA LUMPUR LEVELS, BUT THE RENTAL MARKET IS STILL MOSTLY UNTESTED By NABEEL HUSSAIN Nabeel Hussain is Associate Director, Research and Consultancy, CBRE Malaysia SKANDAR is the large region just north of Singapore and it includes the whole of Johor Bahru
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    • ALTERNATIVE ASSETS
      • 926 38  -  NOWADAYS CLASSIC CARS, CHINESE ARTEFACTS AND FINE WINE, AMONG OTHERS, CAN BE PART OF AN INVESTOR’S PORTFOLIO By MOHAMMAD KAMAL SYED Mohammad Kamal Syed is Head of Strategic Solutions, Coutts NVESTORS are putting passion into their portfolios; the days when investments were made up of just cash,
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