The Business Times, 8 October 2015

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    34 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES 2015 SOCIETY OF NEWS DESIGN EXCELLENCE AWARD■BEST IN OVERALL REDESIGN■ S$1.00 q:h A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION wvvw.businesstimes.com.sg [1 D @BTBreakingnews CO REGN NO ’l*****868E MCI (P) 039/08/2015 Thursday, October 8,2015
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  • Article, Illustration
    Lock icon DAILY DIGEST
    217 1 Singapore and Malaysia launch a request for information exercise to gather the industry’s views on how to structure the Kuala Lumpur-Singapore High-Speed Rail project commercially. TOP STORIES 2 Retail Reits will probably perform best in the upcoming third-quarter results, amid an environment of slowing topline growth across the
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    Lock icon Corporate Singapore ups the ante in fight against haze
    984 1  -  Firms to sign pledge for green procurement; FairPrice yanks certain products off shelves By Nisha Ramchandani nishar@sph.com.sg @Nisha_BT Singapore THE corporate community in Singapore is stepping up efforts in the fight against the haze, with firms committing to sustainability by adopting
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    Lock icon Developers’ calls to extend project deadline meet with a “no”
    1188 1  -  MOF does not see need to relax 5-year deadline for developers to complete and sell off a project By Kalpana Rashiwala kalpana@sph.com.sg @KalpanaBT Singapore THE government has rebuffed calls by some developers to extend the five-year deadline for them to
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    28 1 MARKETS Wednesday Change STI 2,961.81 +64.40 KL COMP 1,689.25 +26.74 NIKKEI 225 18,322.98 +136.88 HANG SENG 22,515.76 +684.14 SHENZHEN B Closed Closed DOW (11:45am EDT) 16,786.55 (-3.64)
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  • TOP STORIES
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      Lock icon Request for Info launched for KL-S’pore High-Speed Rail project
      445 2  -  Industry’s views being sought on how the project can be structured commercially By Samuel Ee samuelee@sph.com.sg Singapore SINGAPORE and Malaysia on Wednesday launched a Request for Information (RFI) exercise to gather the industry’s views on how to structure the Kuala Lumpur-Singapore
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      Lock icon COE premiums flat as buyers go into wait-and-see mode
      445 2  -  Cat A inches up S$602 to S$56,001 while Cat B slides S$1,811 to S$58,190 By Samuel Ee samuelee@sph.com.sg Singapore CERTIFICATE of Entitlement (COE) premiums were largely flat in the first bidding exercise for October, with the so-called “big car” category slipping
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      Lock icon HK, S’pore closing gap in int’l arbitration: study
      506 2  -  By Claire Huang huangjy@sph.com.sg @ClaireHuangBT Singapore LONDON and Paris may still be the preferred venues for international arbitration, but Hong Kong and Singapore are closing the gap, a study found. Conducted by Queen Mary University of London (QMUL) and global law firm
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      Lock icon MOH gives timeline of Hepatitis C outbreak report
      358 2  -  By Jamie Lee leejamie@sph.com.sg @JamieLeeBT Singapore THE Ministry of Health (MOH) on Wednesday said it was not made aware of the Hepatitis C cluster outbreak at the Singapore General Hospital (SGH) earlier as most acute infections of viral Hepatitis C are silent.
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      Lock icon Risk of global slowdown flagged at Lima meetings
      560 3  -  New IMF and IIF reports released also warn of threat to the stability of global financial markets By Anthony Rowley btworld@sph.com.sg Lima, Peru EMERGING market growth continues to slow and there is a risk that contagion could spread to advanced economies, slowing
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      Lock icon Local industrial property firm opens first data centre
      472 3  -  Kingsland sees data centres as its new growth area to generate 50% of revenue By Soon Weilun soonwl@sph.com.sg @SoonWeilunBT Singapore A HOMEGROWN industrial property developer is investing more than S$ 100 million into its new data centre venture, with the hope that
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      Lock icon Scent maker Givaudan invests S$100m in S’pore
      752 4  -  Swiss fragrance and flavour group opens production hub and its first perfumery school outside France Reports by Andrea Soh sandrea@sph.com.sg @AndreaSohBT Singapore FRAGRANCE and flavour company Givaudan on Wednesday opened a production hub and its second global perfumery school in Singapore representing its
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      Lock icon Givaudan Perfumery School here is first outside Paris
      495 4 THE Givaudan Perfumery School in Singapore its first outside of France is part of efforts in the city-state to develop deep skill-sets in many areas and to create alternative pathways to success. Said Beh Swan Gin, chairman of the Economic Development Board
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      Lock icon Big palm oil firms’ pledge to preserve forests vexes Indonesian government
      1303 4 REUTERS Jakarta THE Indonesian government is asking major palm oil companies to roll back the historic “no deforestation” pledges they made at last year’s United Nations climate change summit, officials and company sources say. Major palm oil companies were
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      Lock icon Survey finds more ICT professionals willing to stay put in industry
      570 4  -  Students are now keener on ICT, so it’s good news for a sector with a shortage of professionals: observers By Amit Roy Choudhury amit@sph.com.sg @AmitRoyCBT Singapore MORE infocomm technology (ICT) professionals are looking to stay on in the industry,
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  • COMPANIES & MARKETS
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      Lock icon Swiber banks on shallow water prospects to maintain momentum
      989 5  -  Besides top revenue contributors Latin America and South Asia, the firm is also eyeing the African basins By Tan Hwee Hwee hweetan@sph.com.sg @HweetanBT Singapore SWIBER Holdings is cautiously optimistic that new order momentum can be maintained due to sustained field development
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      Lock icon OCBC’s cash deposit machines to take all SGD denominations
      161 5 Singapore OCBC Bank said on Wednesday that it expects to save S$6 million over five years from an upgrade in its cash deposit machines. The machines will now accept the full range of Singapore dollar denominations: S$2, S$5, S$10, S$50, S$100
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      Lock icon UOB sees record jump in cash management business
      625 5  -  By Jamie Lee leejamie@sph.com.sg @JamieLeeBT Singapore UOB has quietly gained pace in the cash management business, with a record 42 per cent jump in revenue for the first half of this year from a year ago. The broad-based growth comes amid billions
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      Lock icon Ezra disclosures baffle more than enlighten
      849 6  -  Just how does the so-called “forward agreement” between DNB and Frontica gel with a “right to purchase”? HOCK LOCK SIEW BY MELISSA TAN melissat@sph.com.sg @MelissaTanBT AT first blush, the mystery of who sold a 7.04 per cent stake in offshore and marine group Ezra
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      Lock icon AirAsia shares fly on buyout rumour
      419 6  -  HOT STOCK By Anita Gabriel anitag@sph.com.sg @AnitaGabrielBT Singapore IF Tony Fernandes, co-founder of Asia’s top budget carrier AirAsia, had his way, he would have pulled off a buyout of his flagship firm listed on the Malaysian stock exchange six years ago. For one, taking
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    • CORPORATE DIGEST
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        Lock icon Swissco Holdings
        62 6 SWISSCO Holdings on Wednesday said its group chief operating officer, Mark Gibson, has left due to personal reasons, just six months after being appointed to the position. He had resigned on Sept 18, a regulatory filing showed. Mr Gibson was appointed to the position on March 1. He
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        58 6 REAL estate developer Oxley Holdings on Wednesday clarified that the reported acquisitions in International Healthway Corp (IHC) by its chief executive Ching Chiat Kwong and deputy CEO Low See Ching are “personal and independent investment decisions”. It added that the purchases do not have “any connection or impact
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        Lock icon CDL Hospitality Trusts
        49 6 CDL Hospitality Trusts on Wednesday said it has officially opened Claymore Connect formerly known as Orchard Hotel Shopping Arcade following a renovation exercise, which started in December 2013. The mall’s net lettable area has been increased by about 10,000 sq ft to about 54,000 sq ft.
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        50 6 ramba Energy on Wednesday said Verona Capital has filed an appeal of the decision issued by the Singapore High Court on Sept 7. In the judgment, the court had dismissed Verona’s claim and allowed Ramba Energy West Jambi’s (REWJ) counterclaim. REWJ is a wholly owned subsidiary of Ramba.
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      Lock icon Online store HipVan bags S$4.7m in funding, plans ‘the next Ikea’
      430 6  -  By Jacquelyn Cheok jaccheok@sph.com.sg @JacCheokBT Singapore HIPVAN, an online store for designer furniture and home decor inspiration, has snagged S$4.7 million in Series A funding to build the “next Ikea” online, and further develop its private label products from
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      Lock icon Retail most resilient among Reits in Q3: DBS
      584 7  -  Overall, slowing growth will mean lower DPUs in coming years By Lee Meixian leemx@sph.com.sg @LeeMeixianBT Singapore RETAIL real estate investment trusts (Reits) will probably perform best in the upcoming third-quarter results, amid an environment of slowing topline growth across the sub-sectors. DBS
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      Lock icon PEC warns of loss on Jurong Aromatics’ debt woes
      197 7  -  By Jamie Lee leejamie@sph.com.sg @JamieLeeBT Singapore PEC Ltd on Wednesday said about S$19 million due from its client Jurong Aromatics Corporation (JAC), which has been put into receivership, remains outstanding. Correspondingly, the specialist engineering group said that it may report a
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      Lock icon Weak data continues to drive stocks up
      703 8  -  ST Index rises another 2.2%, after Wall Street’s rebound in response to last Friday’s disappointing US jobs report STOCKS By R Sivanithy sivan@sph.com.sg @RSivanithyBT ONCE again, it appears that “bad economic news is good for stocks”. Wall Street has rebounded strongly since the
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      Lock icon STI STOCKS
      303 8 Stock name Close Change Day high/low 52w high 52w low PE Div yield Mcap Ascendas Reit 238 -2 239/236 271 213 6.1 6022.4 CapitaLand 303 +8 305/292 379 267 11.1 3 *****.7 CapitaMall Trust 197 +1 197.5/195 228 184.5 5.5 6836.7 CityDev 812 +12 814/791 1095 759 9.8
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      Lock icon MOST ACTIVE
      34 8 VOLUME Ezra 134,965,500 IHC 129,139,800 Noble 110,250,900 Vallianz 82,980,900 Rex Intl 58,670,200 Market volume 2,145,551,000 VALUE DBS Grp 147,916,397 Singtel 143,998,534 OCBC Bank 124,919,822 Keppel Corp 107,115,610 UOB 100,330,708 Market value 1,589,724,000
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      Lock icon SGX ETFs
      110 8 Most Active Fund Last sale +/-(‘000) Day high/low 52w high/low Buy/Sell Mcap STI ETF 300 +7 754 300/293 355/280 300/301 IS MS INDIA US$ US717 +7 508 718/711 1000/648 713/717 89.6 DBXT MSRussia US$ US183 +7 70 183/181 245/140 184/185 DBXT MSBrazil US$ US261 +10 20 261/261 505/226
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      77 8 Oct 7 VALUE CLOSE BT OB/OS 228.00 +242.00 BT CADI -*****.00 +226.00 BT 10-day MA -*****.00 +23.00 FTSE ST Mid Cap 686.75 +8.26 FTSE ST Small Cap 418.33 +8.51 FTSE ST All Share 715.75 +14.54 FTSE ST China Top 177.02 +3.71 FTSE ST China 216.24 +4.21 FTSE
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      Lock icon STI / FTSE ST All-Share
      35 8 STI FTSE ST All-Share ftse ST All-Share index Oct 7,2015 715.75 +14.54 (+2.07%) Current streak 3 days Day high 717.02 Day low 698.64 52-week high 847.98 (Apr 15, 2015) 52-week low 676.13 (Sept 29, 2015)
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      Lock icon STI / MSCI EAFE
      33 8 STI MSCI EAFE MSCI EAFE index Oct 6,2015 1,719.73 +17.59 (+1.03%) Current streak 5 days Day high 1,722.35 Day low 1,699.88 52-week high 1,949.49 (May 15, 2015) 52-week low 1,609.50 (Sept 29, 2015)
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      Lock icon SECURITIES TRADING SCOREBOARD
      186 8 MAIN CATL TOTAL Up Down Unch Up Down Unch Up Down Unch Multi Ind 8 3 1 0 0 0 8 3 1 Manufacturing 58 18 33 16 6 6 74 24 39 Commerce 28 8 19 10 1 4 38 9 23 Tpt/Stor/Comms 27 6 3
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      Lock icon SECURITIES TRADING TURNOVER
      123 8 VOLUME (‘000) VALUE (‘000) MAIN CATL TOTAL MAIN CATL TOTAL Multi Ind 37,744 37,744 149,325 149,325 Manufacturing 209,200 87,520 296,720 139,971 4,585 144,556 Commerce 134,448 156,109 290,557 87,717 6,244 93,961 Tpt/Stor/Comms 284,059 1,693 285,752 278,323 133 278,456 Finance 36,927 61 36,988 405,185 10 405,194 Construction 25,484 48,539
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      Lock icon GAINERS
      78 8 BY CENTS CLOSE UP 52w high/low Lyxor Indonesia US$ 6889 620.9 6.8 9182/6250 DBXT Nifty US$ ***** 339.5 1.9 *****/***** Lyxor ChinaH US$ 1550 305.5 16.2 2055/1250 JMH USD 5085 205.1 2.9 6788/4502 GLD US$ ***** 155.6 1.0 *****/***** BY PERCENTAGE CLOSE UP 52w high/low Jacks Intl 80 90.5
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      77 8 BY CENTS CLOSE DOWN 52w high/low DBXT S&PShort US$ 2224 -19.8 -0.6 2497/2104 STI 3200MBePW15 10.2 -8.0 -44.0 18.2/4.4 CIMBASEAN40 US$ 790 -7.1 -0.6 1069/700 SIA 1064 -6.0 -0.6 1291/957 UOB MB ePW*****1 13.7 -6.0 -30.5 19.7/13.7 BY PERCENTAGE CLOSE DOWN 52w high/low UOB MB eCW*****4 0.6 -45.5 -0.5
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      Lock icon UNUSUAL ACTIVITY
      85 8 VOL CLOSE($) CHANGE Jacks Intl 196.3 0.800 +0.380 +90.48 Lorenzo Intl 90.8 0.044 -0.018 -29.03 Interra Resource 1,332.7 0.094 +0.015 +18.99 China Dairy 116.3 0.115 +0.020 +21.05 Meghmani SDS 119.0 0.225 +0.045 +25.00 G Invacom 7,255.1 0.186 +0.035 +23.18 Loyz Energy 23,402.5 0.040 +0.010 +33.33 Wilton Resources 60.0
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      Lock icon BROKERS’ TAKE
      439 8  -  Compiled by Cai Haoxiang Singapore Reits DBS Group Research, Oct 7 The weakness in jobs data from the US prompted DBS economists to revise our forecast for the Fed to postpone their rate lift-off to Q1 2016 from December 2015 and subsequent hikes to be more modest (two
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      8 8 DATA I 9.30pm US initial jobless claims
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      Lock icon Yen gains with no hint of more easing; yuan up on reserves
      453 9 CURRENCIES REUTERS BLOOMBERG London THE yen rose on Wednesday after the Bank of Japan left monetary policy unchanged and governor Haruhiko Kuroda struck an optimistic note about the economy despite recent weakness. The yen had been pressured earlier
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    • FOREX RATES
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        471 9 Oct 7 A$ C$ Rmb Euro HK$ Ind Rs Rupiah Yen Won RM NZ$ Pak Rs Peso S$ Rand Sfr NT$ Baht Pound US$ Australia 0.937 4.582 0.642 5.587 46.898 99.196 0.865 8.330 3.013 1.089 75.309 33.259 1.020 9.700 0.698 23.332 25.888 0.472 0.721 Canada 1.067 4.889
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        Lock icon INTERBANK CURRENCY RATES
        155 9 OCt 7 Against S$ Against US$ Currencies Bid Offer Bid Offer S$/US$ to one unit of foreign currency: Australian dollar 1.0194 1.0201 0.7207 0.7211 Canadian dollar 1.0876 1.0882 0.7693 0.7689 Euro 1.5889 1.5893 1.1234 1.1235 NZ dollar 0.9359 0.9369 0.6617 0.6623 Sterling pound 2.1609 2.1618 1.5278 1.5282
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        Lock icon US$/S$ FORWARD RATES
        22 9 Oct 7 S$ Bid Offer 1-month 1.4155 1.4160 2-months 1.4169 1.4174 3-months 1.4180 1.4185 6-months 1.4209 1.4215 Source: OCBC
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    • EQUITY BONDS WARRANTS FUTURES
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        Lock icon SGX DERIVATIVES TRADING
        378 9 Oct 7 OPEN HIGH LOW SETT VOL OP/INT FTSE CHINA A50 INDEX FUTURES Oct15 0 *****1 Nov15 0 239 NIKKEI 225 INDEX FUTURES Dec15 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 *****9 *****8 Mar16 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 16 656 MSCI TAIWAN INDEX FUTURES Oct15 310.40 314.30 309.70 314.10 *****
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        Lock icon BONDS, WARRANTS, PREFERENCE SHARES
        205 9 Most active Oct 7 Prem Expiry Vol Conv Exer Disc Gear-Mths Company Last Sale +or-('000) Ratio Price ing Left OCBC Bk MB eCW*****1 17 2.5 8988 0.2 900 3 KepCorp MB eCW*****1 9.9 2.2 8408 0.2 780 4 KepCorp MB eCW*****2 18.3 2.4 8084 0.2 700
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        Lock icon MORGAN STANLEY CAPITAL INTERNATIONAL INDICES
        373 9 In local curr In S$ In US$ dy yr dy yr dy yr Oct 6 Index Change Change Change Change Change Change World Preliminary 1246.9 -0.1 -2.3 0.1 2.9 0.1 -4.2 EAFE Preliminary 994.3 0.7 0.8 1.1 4.1 1.0 -3.1 Europe Preliminary 1399.7 0.7 1.3
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    • BANK RATES
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        154 9 Oct 7 $S Offer Bid 0vernight 0.10 0.05 1-month 1.0 0.875 2-months 1.0625 0.9375 3-months 1.125 1.0 Overnight mode: 0.125 US$ 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 GOVERNMENT SECURITIES
        69 9 Oct 7 GOVERNMENT BONDS Period Issue Coupon Maturity Close Day's code rate Bid High Low 2-Year N*****0F 1.375 01-Oct-17 100.38 100.48 100.40 5-Year N*****0S 2.000 01-Jul-20 100.63 101.00 100.88 10-Year NX*****Z 2.375 01-Jun-25 98.94 100.15 99.15 15-Year NZ*****F 2.875 01-Sep-30 100.68 102.12 101.10 20-Year NZ*****V 3.375 01-Sep-33 107.88
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    • AGRI METALS ENERGY
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        Lock icon COMMODITY FUTURES
        193 9 Oct-6 Price Net change change Last Trade Agricultural Oct-6 CBOT Soybeans (US cents/bu) 888.00 3.75 0.42% 13/11/2015 CBOT Soybean Oil (US cents/lb) 28.51 0.03 0.11% 14/10/2015 CBOT Wheat (US cents/bu) 526.25 10.75 2.09% 14/12/2015 Oct-6 LIFFE Cocoa (£/tonne) 2120.00 -6.00 -0.28% 14/12/2015 LIFFE Coffee (US$/tonne) 1600.00 -9.00 -0.56%
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        Lock icon PALM OIL
        57 9 Oct 7 KLCE Palm Futures (RM/MT) Delivery Opening Sett Av Vol Open Month Range Price Price High Low Done Position Oct 15 2257.0 2271.0 2280.0 2251.0 63 1917 Nov 15 2336.0 2285.0 2339.0 2274.0 3047 ***** Dec 15 2380.0 2319.0 2380.0 2309.0 ***** ***** Jan 16 2414.0 2350.0
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      Lock icon SGX MAINBOARD
      1976 10 Transaction date: Oct 7 52-Wk Last Vol Day Div GrYld Net MCap High Low Company Sale +/-(’000) High Low C’vr P/Ep $mil 82 42 8Telecom vol Day Div GrYld Net MCap 153 131.5 AIMSAMP Cap Reit 136.5 +2 968 137 134.5 1 8.1 866.3 LOW 183 129.5 ARA
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      Lock icon SGX CATALIST
      374 10 52-Wk Last Vol Day Div GrYld Net MCap High Low Company Sale +/-(’000) High Low C’vr P/E Company Last Sale 13.5 3.9 t Abundance Intl ('000) High Day Low Div C'vr GrYld Net P/E MCap 35 10 t SCnergy 10 4.5 1.1 t Charisma Energy 1.4 +0.2 *****
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      Lock icon SGX ETF
      123 10 52-Wk Last Vol Day Div GrYld Net MCap High Low Counter Sale +/-(’000) High Low C’vr P/E Counter Last Sale 1069 700 CIMBASEAN40 US$ US790 -5 0 790 790 123.9 4258 2750 DBXT China50 US$ US3090 +59 0 3090 3090 8.5 High 505 226 DBXT MSBrazil US$ US261
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  • SINGAPORE ACCOUNTANCY CONVENTION
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      Lock icon Gearing up for the digital era
      1117 11  -  New technologies are giving accountants an opportunity to add greater value to the organisations they serve. BY FRANCIS KAN A S technology becomes increasingly woven into the fabric of accountancy over the next decade, the profession will need to harness tools such as cloud
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      Lock icon Benefits of data analytics in audit
      249 11 ACCORDING to Lee Sze Yeng, head of quality at KPMG in Singapore, enhancing audit quality continues to be paramount. “Through data and analytics (D&A), we are not only enhancing quality, but are unlocking the value of audit for our clients, going beyond compliance and
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  • REAL ESTATE
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      Lock icon TPG raises over US$2b for its first multi-investor property fund
      344 12 The pool of capital pledges slightly exceeds its target at a time of volatility in financial markets BLOOMBERG Seattle TPG Capital finished gathering more than US$2 billion of capital pledges for its first multi-investor real estate fund, slightly exceeding its
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      Lock icon IVG said to tap banks to sell its property business
      214 12 BLOOMBERG Berlin IVG Immobilien AG, the German property company that was taken over by creditors including Cerberus Capital Management LP in 2014, is preparing to exit its main business of owning and managing offices, according to two people with knowledge
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      Lock icon Britain’s financial watchdog starts home loans competition review
      592 12 REUTERS London BRITAIN’S financial watchdog said on Wednesday that it has begun a review of the £1.3 trillion (S$2.8 trillion) mortgage market to see if there are areas where competition may not be working well or could be improved. The regulator’s action
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      Lock icon Marriott to triple Brazil hotels on hopes that recession would be brief
      364 12 REUTERS Sao Paulo US hotel chain Marriott International Inc plans to almost triple the number of its hotels in Brazil, in a bet that the nation’s worst recession in a quartercentury will be short-lived. The company will spend
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      Lock icon CDL’s Kwek Leng Joo wins President’s Award for the Environment
      529 13  -  Other winners are Garden City Fund’s Kirtida Mekani, East View Primary School, and wafer fab company Systems on Silicon Manufacturing Company By Lynette Khoo lynkhoo@sph.com.sg @LynetteKhooBT Singapore CITY Developments Ltd (CDL) deputy chairman Kwek Leng Joo is among four winners
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      Lock icon Iran’s biggest mall taking shape in Isfahan
      187 13 BLOOMBERG Kuwait IRAN is in the midst of a shopping mall boom. Several malls, some of them catering only for luxury brands, have opened in the capital, Teheran, in the past few years. Several more are under construction, with the biggest concentration being
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      522 14  -  The plot, owned by mattress retailer The Mattress Centre, is about 7,600 sq ft By Lee Meixian leemx@sph.com.sg @LeeMeixianBT Singapore A THREE-STOREY standalone freehold building at 8 Jalan Ismail, currently known as The Mattress Centre, has been put up for sale via
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      539 14 BLOOMBERG Toronto US commercial real estate investors are looking inland. The Dallas-Fort Worth area of Texas, prized for its diverse job market and success in luring companies that are relocating, ranked as the top area for commercial property investment in a
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      357 12 FOR SALE |savills SINGLE STOREY JTC STANDARD FACTORY FIFTH LOKYANG ROAD Land Area: 44,702 sq ft Floor Area: 24,673 sq ft Tenure: 60 years wef 16/8/1973 FOURTH LOKYANG ROAD Land Area: 44,702 sq ft Floor Area: 27,674 sq ft Tenure: 60 years wef 1/8/1973 Plots are sold separately or combined
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      658 16 Tokyo is counting on trust in one of Japan’s best-known, most stable companies to propel offerings to success REUTERS Tokyo STATE-OWNED Japan Post on Wednesday set indicative price ranges for a trio of initial public offerings in what it hopes
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      323 16 REUTERS Kuala Lumpur BANK deposits in Malaysia are growing at their slowest pace in more than a decade as retail funds flee to high-er-yielding avenues, weakening banks’ buffers against any unforeseen funding needs at a time when the economy is losing steam. Total
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      559 16 BLOOMBERG Washington THE top Democrat on the US Senate Banking Committee is conducting a wide-ranging inquiry into Wall Street’s compliance with government enforcement settlements, following complaints that banks keep getting in trouble after being punished by regulators. Ohio Senator Sherrod
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      532 16 BLOOMBERG Tokyo LOMBARD Odier, Geneva’s oldest private bank, plans to expand its private banking business in Japan, adding about 10 wealth management employees in a bid to double its client base and assets over the next two years. The bank, which
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      569 18 BLOOMBERG Santiago WEEKS after billionaire investor Carl Icahn disclosed a stake in FreeportMcMoRan Inc, the mining and energy company abruptly revamped its board and said it was considering spinning off its oil and natural gas business. The move is the
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      463 19 AFP New York US tech giants are turning to the news in their competition for mobile users, developing new, faster ways to deliver content, but the benefits for struggling media outlets remain unclear. Mobile “drives so much traffic” because many people
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      534 20 AFP Seoul SOUTH Korea’s Samsung Electronics flagged a nearly 80 per cent jump in quarterly profit on Wednesday, as sales of chips and displays offset stiff competition in smartphones from Apple and cheaper Chinese rivals. The stellar earnings forecast sent shares soaring 8.7
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      423 20 BLOOMBERG Zurich NESPRESSO, the world’s biggest sin-gle-serve coffee brand, will start selling capsules containing coffee from South Sudan in an effort to help rebuild an industry that nearly disappeared during decades of civil war. The Nestle SA unit will invest about 2.5
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      Lock icon SABMiller snubs AB InBev’s third offer, says £68b proposal still too low
      508 20 BLOOMBERG London SABMiller Plc has rejected AnheuserBusch InBev NV’s £68 billion (S$ 146.7 billion) takeover proposal as too low, putting it in conflict with its biggest shareholder, Altria Group Inc, which urged the brewer to support the overture.
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      261 20 BLOOMBERG Hong Kong TWO Chinese startups separately backed by Alibaba Group Holding Ltd and Tencent Holdings Ltd have agreed to a merger that will create a US$15 billion provider of local services like restaurant reviews and movie bookings, people with
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      707 21  -  Meanwhile, brokers Sanford Bernstein warns that UK and other European banks have sizeable exposure to Glencore and other commodity traders By Neil Behrmann btworld@sph.com.sg London STANDARD Poor’s has downgraded the debt of numerous US, European and emerging market energy companies while brokers Sanford Bernstein
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      Lock icon Battered Indonesian rupiah, Malaysia ringgit stage strong rally
      662 21 REU TERS Singapore ASIA’S worst performing currencies, the Indonesian rupiah and Malaysian ringgit, rallied strongly to multi-week highs on Wednesday, helped by the previous day’s intervention by Indonesian authorities, robust Malaysian data and a heavy liquidation of positions. By the close of
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      571 21 REUTERS Manchester, England PRIME Minister David Cameron said on Wednesday that he would fight hard in his talks to change Britain’s relationship with the European Union, calling the 28-member bloc “too big, too bossy and too interfering”. In a
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      981 22 This is despite growing pressure on policymakers amid sluggish growth, stagnant prices AFP BLOOMBERG Tokyo THE Bank of Japan held its fire on Wednesday on expanding its already huge stimulus programme, despite mounting pressure on policymakers from sluggish growth and stagnant prices. The
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      1033 22 BLOOMBERG Washington JANET Yellen is pursuing a monetary policy with echoes from an era of bell-bottom jeans and New York Knicks’ basketball championships. And that’s got some economists worried. In an unorthodox move, the Fed chair has signalled her intention to
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      Lock icon German Aug industry output unexpectedly falls as China weakens
      532 22 BLOOMBERG REUTERS Zurich GERMAN industrial production unexpectedly declined in August, signalling that Europe’s largest economy is feeling the effects of weaker emerging market demand. Output, adjusted for seasonal swings and inflation, fell 1.2 per cent in August after a revised increase
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      355 22 BLOOMBERG Frankfurt EUROPE’S stability is proving to be the root of its economic weakness, economists said at a conference in London. The region’s ageing population, while providing a bulwark against dramatic upheaval, is struggling to adapt to a changing world, panelists
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      519 23 A report this week shows services growing at the weakest pace in more than two years BLOOMBERG London THE UK economy is losing its fizz and it might be a while before it gets going enough to spark inflation. Bank of England Governor
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  • TRANSPORT
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      400 24 BLOOMBERG Montreal BOMBARDIER Inc, burning cash while developing the struggling CSeries jetliner, held talks on a potential business collaboration with Airbus Group SE before the two planemakers abandoned the effort. “Such discussions are no longer being pursued,” Airbus said on Tuesday. Bombardier
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      655 24 Its feats include entering public expressways, switching lanes and steering to off ramp BLOOMBERG Tokyo TOUCH a button on the steering wheel and put your hands up this Toyota will take it from here. That’s the gist of the experience Toyota Motor
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      597 24 BLOOMBERG Washington THE US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is proposing the largest fine to date against a drone operator as the agency cracks down on the booming use of unmanned aircraft in congested skies over populated areas. The agency
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      845 24 Investors keen to buy into America’s busiest airport, and city’s bad credit rating likely to give yield premium BLOOMBERG Chicago EVEN as Chicago confronts a fiscal crisis, investors are looking beyond its turbulent finances with anticipation toward the city’s biggest bond
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      794 26  -  THE BOTTOM LINE By Frank Ching Frank.ching@gmail.com Twitter: @FrankChing1 IMMEDIATELY after his state visit to the US, China’s leader Xi Jinping headed for New York, as did his host, Barack Obama. Both men, and other world leaders, were in the city
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      1419 26  -  Leading US presidential candidates from both parties expected to oppose the pact By Leon Hadar THE way the sportscaster usually cautions when it looks like your favourite team is winning (3-2), is: “It ain’t over till the fat lady sings”, but then, you
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      717 27  -  COMMENTARY By Jon Allaway T The writer is senior managing director, Asean financial services, at Accenture NO matter what the actual question shareholders are asking banks these days, the crux of what they are invariably getting at is simple. How do you
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      2242 27  -  Energy industry is vital to Russia’s survival and Putin’s gameplan in the Mideast involves multiple strategies to protect it. BY DALAN MCENDREE BY DALAN MCENDREE RUSSIANPresidentVladimir Putin’s recent moves in the Middle East to shore up Bashar al-Assad’s regime in Syria through deployment
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      326 27  -  LETTER TO THE EDITOR Ho Swee Huat Singapore I REFER to the report “Ser Luck: Govt to look into foreign worker levy” (BT, Oct 6). Apart from the financial burden imposed by foreign worker levies on businesses, it is imperative that the government consider the
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      1108 28 Richard Dawkins’ sequel to his memoir presents a public life more than a private one NYT New York IN Richard Dawkins’ first memoir, An Appetite for Wonder (2013), he described losing his virginity, at the somewhat advanced age of 22, to a cellist in
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      252 28 BLOOMBERG San Francisco THE former chief executive officer of the beleaguered social network Twitter has a new job that some might view as a promotion a contributor to the writers’ room on HBO’s hit show, Silicon Valley. Dick Costolo, a one-time stand-up comedian, says he’s spending
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      750 28 WP Paris DESIGN houses have been full of angst, despair and braggadocio this season about its relationship with social media. To cave in to the bacchanal of flamboyance or to remain mies-en-scene free and pure? What to do? It’s a
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      297 28 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD Across 5 Onset of hail pergola may provide shelter (7) 7 Wheel may show this as rake scoops in grand? (5) 9 Forcefully strike brick structure at work (6) 10 Novel off pile I arranged (4,2,2) 11 Youngster could get rise in benefit? Just the opposite (10) 13
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