The Business Times, 21 October 2015

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  • 33 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 [3 D@BTBreakingnews CO REGN NO ’l*****868E MCI (P) 039/08/2015 Wednesday, October 21,2015
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    329 1 New-home construction in the US climbed in September, a sign residential real estate will bolster the world’s largest economy.TOP STORIES 2 Analysts say the divergence of opinion between the Malaysian central bank and the attorney general’s chambers on the 1MDB issue is doing little for investor confidence.TOP STORIES
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  • 29 1 MARKETS Tuesday Change STI 3,019.03 -5.47 KL COMP 1,705.03 -13.17 NIKKEI 225 18,207.15 +75.92 HANG SENG 22,989.22 -86.39 SHENZHEN B 1,159.30 +6.70 DOW (11:45 am EDT) 17,232.51 +1.97
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  • 696 1  -  They include detailing non-commercial risks, developing benchmarks, data, analyses of performance and risks, and infrastructure debt asset class By Lee Meixian leemx@sph.com.sg @LeeMeixianBT Singapore SINGAPORE’S Deputy Prime Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam on Tuesday launched three initiatives to make infrastructure investment a more
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  • 654 1  -  By Anthony Rowley btworld@sph.com.sg Tokyo PRICES of all main commodities are expected to continue their five year-long slide throughout this year, and make only a “modest recovery” next year, the World Bank said on Tuesday, in a report offering
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  • TOP STORIES
    • 647 2  -  Mismatches include those between capital and project; debt tenures By Lee Meixian leemx@sph.com.sg @LeeMeixianBT Singapore AS with anything that is on the cusp of growth, the possibilities abound but problems surely exist. So it is on the infrastructure financing scene. Panellists at
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    • 591 2 LATEST US DATA BLOOMBERG Washington NEW-HOME construction in the US climbed in September, a sign residential real estate will bolster the world’s largest economy. Housing starts rose 6.5 per cent to a 1.21 million annualised rate, more than forecast and the second-highest
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    • 912 4  -  Analysts see investors losing confidence in country’s due process By Pauline Ng btworld@sph.com.sg Kuala Lumpur HAS the outlook for Malaysia’s financial system become “cloudy with a diminishing chance of clarity”? Analysts say the divergence of opinion between the central bank and attorney-general’s chambers
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      287 4  -  BT Infographics BY KELLY TAY A whopping 106,783 fires have been detected in Indonesia so far in 2015 and experts think things could deteriorate further. But just how bad is the situation, relative to the past and in comparison to other countries’ emissions? The Business Times peers through
      Source: Global Fire Emissions Database, World Resource Institute BTGraphics  -  287 words
    • 536 6  -  Church founder Kong Hee and his five deputies will know their fate on Wednesday By Claire Huang huangjy@sph.com.sg @ClaireHuangBT Singapore THE six leaders of City Harvest Church are scheduled to find out on Wednesday if they can heave a sigh of
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    • 838 6  -  They also meet key clients. Bank says it is ‘dialling up’ its presence in the British capital By Siow Li Sen lisen@sph.com.sg @SiowLiSenBT Singapore DBS GROUP’S tradition of an “off-site” annual board meeting took its nine-di-rectors and 20-strong management committee
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    • 270 6  -  By Soon Weilun soonwl@sph.com.sg @SoonWeilunBT Singapore APPLICATIONS for SkillsFuture Study Awards officially open on Tuesday, and more than 500 awards will be made available to help applicants deepen their specialist skills. Each award is worth S$5,000 and can be used to
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    • 458 6  -  By Samuel Ee samuelee@sph.com.sg Singapore PARALLEL imports (Pis) are exploding back on the scene as the certificate of entitlement (COE) quota expands and replacement buyers seek out less expensive models. A total of 5,036 parallel imports were registered from January to September 2015,
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    • 637 6  -  By Amit Roy Choudhury amit@sph.com.sg @AmitRoyCBT Singapore LINKEDIN and National Trades Union Congress (NTUC) have come together to host a series of mentorship sessions called Meet LinkedIn Power Profiles. These closed-door sessions designed for 10
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  • COMPANIES & MARKETS
    • 642 7  -  Size of IPO in HK will be up to 40% of enlarged share capital; funds for buying new aircraft, general corporate purposes By Melissa Tan melissat@sph.com.sg @MelissaTanBT Singapore THE proposed float of the Bank of China’s Singapore-based aircraft leasing unit could fetch
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    • 397 7  -  By Jamie Lee leejamie@sph.com.sg @JamieLeeBT Singapore BANK of China (BOC) on Tuesday launched its RMB (renminbi) Bond Trading Index a move that comes on the back of the gradual internationalisation of China’s capital markets and its currency. The index will allow overseas investors to
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    • 389 7  -  By Jamie Lee leejamie@sph.com.sg @JamieLeeBT Singapore EXCHANGE traded fund businesses expect to grow by nearly 18 per cent per year for the next three to five years, a global survey of the ETF industry by EY shows. This is expected as they continue to
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    • 604 8  -  Thanks to vessel transaction, Q4 earnings jump to US$36.3m despite revenue fall By Tan Hwee Hwee hweetan@sph.com.sg @HweetanBT Singapore DESPITE lower revenue and a gross loss, EMAS Offshore Ltd emerged from a volatile fiscal fourth quarter with a more than doubling in net profit
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    • 236 8  -  By Anita Gabriel anitag@sph.com.sg @AnitaGabrielBT Singapore MAPLETREE Industrial Trust (MIT) posted a 7.3 per cent increase in distribution per unit to 2.79 Singapore cents in the second quarter ended September from 2.60 Singapore cents a year ago. Gross revenue rose 6.2
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    • 694 8  -  By Lynette Khoo lynkhoo@sph.com.sg @LynetteKhooBT Singapore CNQC (South Pacific), mainly known for its development and construction businesses in Singapore, has undergone a backdoor listing on the Hong Kong mainboard through a reverse takeover (RTO). The RTO deal involved Hong Kong-listed building contractor CNQC International (formerly
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    • 391 8 ShareInvestor A SUBSIDIARY OF sfh GKE on track to strengthen earnings base with strategic investments taking shape GKE Corporation Limited (“GKE”), a leading integrated logistics solutions provider continues to grow prudently in the warehousing and logistics value chain space in Singapore, while streamlining and improving operational efficiencies.
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    • 559 8  -  By Amit Roy Choudhury amit@sph.com.sg @AmitRoyCBT Singapore DATA centre and logistics provider Keppel Telecommunications Transportation (Keppel T&T) on Tuesday reported a 17.1 per cent drop in third-quarter net profit to S$ 15.31 million, from S$ 18.47 million one year ago. Revenue for
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    • 433 9  -  Marine and engineering firm’s full-year profit rises 2% to US$27.15m as Q4 earnings climb 59% By Tan Hwee Hwee hweetan@sph.com.sg @HweetanBT Singapore OFFSHORE marine and engineering player Triyards Holdings posted a steady full-year net profit of US$27.15 million, backed by a constant order intake for
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    • 238 9  -  By Melissa Tan melissat@sph.com.sg @MelissaTanBT Singapore COMMODITIES trader Noble Group has clinched what it called a “significant number of slots” for mid-term delivery of liquefied natural gas (LNG) cargoes to Egypt’s second floating LNG import terminal, it said on
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    • CORPORATE DIGEST
      • 18 9 BOUSTEAD Projects, a real estate solutions provider, has clinched two contracts worth S$59 million in Singapore.
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      • 30 9 COSCO Corp’s shipyard division has won contracts worth US$150 million to build an oil tanker for an Asian company and two cargo transfer vessels for a European firm.
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      • 50 9 UNITED Overseas Bank (UOB) Hong Kong has moved to bigger premises which has increased its total area by 70 per cent to accommodate its expanding wholesale banking business. The biggest office is at Garden Road, which accounts for more than 60 per cent of the total area.
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      • 29 9 CITIC Envirotech has secured a 400 million yuan (S$88 million) engineering, procurement, construction (EPC) contract to construct a wastewater treatment plant in Tianshui City, Gansu Province, China.
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      • 36 9 SUNMOON Food Company said it has reached full and final settlement to pay nTan Corporate Advisory a sum of S$2.1 million plus 7 per cent GST in instalments in relation to a suit.
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    • 713 10  -  Turnover remains a tepid 2.5b units worth S$935 million as traders await next week’s FOMC meeting STOCKS By R Sivanithy sivan@sph.com.sg @RSivanithyBT PENNY stocks dominated a broadly mixed session on Tuesday which ended with the Straits Times Index down 5.47 points at 3,019.03,
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    • 313 10 For full listings of SGX prices, go to http://btd.sg/BTmkts Stock name Close Change Day high/low 52w high 52w low PE Div yield Mcap Ascendas Reit 240 -3 245/240 271 213 6.1 6073.1 CapitaLand 305 -7 312/303 379 267 11.2 3 *****.2 CapitaMall Trust 204 unch 207/204 228 184.5
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    • 37 10 VOLUME Loyz Energy 188,193,700 Debao Property 129,631,900 China Env 109,686,900 MMP Resources 104,683,700 QT Vascular 91,169,000 Market volume 2,612,266,000 VALUE Wilmar Intl 73,222,447 Singtel 58,312,767 DBS Grp 58,094,789 CapitaLand 48,035,541 Noble 45,246,913 Market value 935,077,000
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    • 108 10 Most Active Fund Last sale +/-(‘000) Day high/low 52w high/low Buy/Sell Mcap STI ETF 307 121 307/305 355/280 306/307 DBXT MSKorea US$ US5411 -10 48 5411/5411 6246/4478 5402/5416 7.8 UETF SSE50China 230 -1 48 230/226 340/151 226/231 71.9 DBXT MSINDO us$ US1162 20 1169/1161 1492/911 1162/1166 IS ASIA
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    • 77 10 Oct 20 VALUE CLOSE BT OB/OS 584.00 -105.00 BT CADI -*****.00 +8.00 BT 10-day MA -*****.00 +59.00 FTSE ST Mid Cap 700.46 -0.40 FTSE ST Small Cap 428.06 +0.18 FTSE ST All Share 728.65 -1.07 FTSE ST China Top 180.76 +2.15 FTSE ST China 222.57 +2.67 FTSE
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    • 35 10 STI FTSE ST All-Share ftse ST All-Share index Oct 20,2015 728.65 -1.07 (-0.15%) Current streak 2 days Day high 731.08 Day low 727.73 52-week high 847.98 (Apr 15, 2015) 52-week low 676.13 (Sept 29, 2015)
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    • 33 10 STI MSCI EAFE MSCI EAFE Index Oct 19,2015 1,754.61 -8.57 (-0.49%) Current streak 1 day Day high 1,765.20 Day low 1,753.49 52-week high 1,949.49 (May 15, 2015) 52-week low 1,609.50 (Sept 29, 2015)
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    • 186 10 MAIN CATL TOTAL Up Down Unch Up Down Unch Up Down Unch Multi Ind 4 6 5 0 0 0 4 6 5 Manufacturing 48 40 31 13 8 7 61 48 38 Commerce 23 17 13 8 7 2 31 24 15 Tpt/Stor/Comms 14 11 12
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    • 121 10 VOLUME (‘000) VALUE (‘000) MAIN CATL TOTAL MAIN CATL TOTAL Multi Ind 22,988 22,988 68,665 68,665 Manufacturing 342,374 240,015 582,389 143,351 22,136 165,487 Commerce 148,875 313,911 462,786 69,222 22,012 91,234 Tpt/Stor/Comms 156,160 1,851 158,011 135,507 161 135,669 Finance 40,449 395 40,844 135,140 55 135,195 Construction 129,348 57,854
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    • 74 10 BY CENTS CLOSE UP 52w high/low SPDR DJIA US$ ***** 1248.8 5.5 *****/***** B&M Trustees 630 110.0 21.2 630/320 SPDR S&P500 US$ ***** 86.0 0.3 *****/***** DBXT DBCDJUBS US$ 1992 50.0 1.8 2662/1932 Wilmar Intl 317 26.0 8.9 342/246 BY PERCENTAGE CLOSE UP 52w high/low New Silkroutes 0.2 100.0
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    • 74 10 BY CENTS CLOSE DOWN 52w high/low Lyxor Idonesia US$ 7322 -101.3 -1.0 9182/6250 JMH USD 5300 -59.7 -0.8 6788/4502 DBXT Vietnam US$ 2427 -31.9 -0.9 2963/2139 Lyxor Mal US$ 741 -25.0 -2.4 1041/654 Hyflux 6% CPS ***** -20.0 -0.2 *****/***** BY PERCENTAGE CLOSE DOWN 52w high/low Charisma W*****3 0.2
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    • 80 10 VOL CLOSE($) CHANGE Loyz Energy 188,193.7 0.091 +0.016 +21.33 China Env 109,686.9 0.107 +0.017 +18.89 SunVic Chemical 5,670.0 0.290 +0.050 +20.83 SinoCloud 27,549.5 0.003 +0.001 +50.00 Ley Choon 700.6 0.039 +0.004 +11.43 InnoPac 26,508.5 0.006 +0.001 +20.00 Debao Property 129,631.9 0.054 +0.010 +22.73 CosmoSteel 2,784.2 0.150 +0.023 +18.11
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    • 472 10  -  Compiled by Claire Huang M1 Buy Oct 20 close: S$2.92 Target price: S$3.26 UOB Kay Hian, Oct 20 M1’s Q3 2015 results were in line with expectations. There was modest growth in postpaid mobile coupled with continued strong growth in fibre broadband. The stock has suffered a steep
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    • 18 10 DATA I Oct 21, 4pm Singapore COE Bidding Results I Oct 21, 8pm US MBA Morgage Applications
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    • 454 11 CURRENCIES REUTERS London THE euro rose 0.5 per cent against the US dollar on Tuesday, helped by solid data and a change in the mood music from European Central Bank policymakers before Thursday’s meeting, beating back market bets on further monetary easing. Quarterly
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    • FOREX RATES
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      • 471 11 Oct 20 A$ C$ Rmb Euro HK$ Ind Rs Rupiah Yen Won RM NZ$ Pak Rs Peso S$ Rand Sfr NT$ Baht Pound US$ Australia 0.948 4.631 0.643 5.651 47.307 99.426 0.873 8.232 3.096 1.067 76.125 33.695 1.012 9.655 0.695 23.590 25.799 0.471 0.729 Canada 1.055 4.886
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      • 155 11 Oct 20 Against S$ Against US$ Currencies Bid Offer Bid Offer S$/US$ to one unit of foreign currency: Australian dollar 1.0116 1.0126 0.7290 0.7294 Canadian dollar 1.0673 1.0683 0.7695 0.7692 Euro 1.5746 1.5756 1.1348 1.1350 NZ dollar 0.9480 0.9493 0.6832 0.6838 Sterling pound 2.1480 2.1498 1.5480 1.5486
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      • 22 11 Oct 20 S$ Bid Offer 1-month 1.3885 1.3892 2-months 1.3895 1.3903 3-months 1.3903 1.3913 6-months 1.3932 1.3943 Source: OCBC
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    • EQUITY BONDS WARRANTS FUTURES
      • 203 11 Most active Oct 20 Prem Expiry Vol Conv Exer Disc Gear-Mths Company Last Sale +or-('000) Ratio Price ing Left DBS MB eCW*****1 12.8 -1 5613 0.1 1860 4 FTSEChinaA50 9500 MBePW*****7 10.4 -0.8 4781 0.0 --1 Rowsley Ltd W*****3 2.8 -0.1 4770 1 18 12 KepCorp
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      • 373 11 In local curr In S$ In US$ dy yr dy yr dy yr Oct 19 Index Change Change Change Change Change Change World Preliminary 1273.6 -0.1 -0.2 0.1 2.8 -0.2 -1.7 EAFE Preliminary 1005.7 -0.2 1.9 -0.2 3.4 -0.5 -1.1 Europe Preliminary 1409.5 0.0 2.0
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      • 389 11 Oct 20 OPEN HIGH LOW SETT VOL OP/INT FTSE CHINA A50 INDEX FUTURES Oct15 *****.50 *****.50 9972.50 *****.00 *****4 *****0 Nov15 *****.00 *****.00 9922.50 *****.50 ***** ***** NIKKEI 225 INDEX FUTURES Dec15 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 ***** *****5 Mar16 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 7 732 MSCI TAIWAN
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    • BANK RATES
      • 154 11 Oct 20 $S Offer Bid 0vernight 0.05 0.03 1-month 0.875 0.750 2-months 0.9375 0.8125 3-months 1.00 0.875 Overnight mode: 0.18 US$ 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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      • 61 11 Oct 20 GOVERNMENT BONDS Period Issue Coupon Maturity Close Day's code rate Bid High Low 2-Year N*****0F 1.375 01-Oct-17 100.53 5-Year N*****0S 2.000 01-Jul-20 101.05 10-Year NX*****Z 2.375 01-Jun-25 99.75 99.90 99.85 15-Year NZ*****F 2.875 01-Sep-30 102.25 102.50 102.50 20-Year NZ*****V 3.375 01-Sep-33 109.45 30-Year NA*****N 2.750 01-Apr-42
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    • AGRI METALS ENERGY
      • 193 11 Oct-19 Price Net change change Last Trade Agricultural Oct-19 CBOT Soybeans (US cents/bu) 891.00 -7.25 -0.81% 13/11/2015 CBOT Soybean Oil (US cents/lb) 28.14 -0.46 -1.61% 14/12/2015 CBOT Wheat (US cents/bu) 485.75 -6.50 -1.32% 14/12/2015 Oct-19 LIFFE Cocoa (£/tonne) 2155.00 38.00 1.79% 14/12/2015 LIFFE Coffee (US$/tonne) 1582.00 -31.00 -1.92%
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      • 57 11 Oct 20 KLCE Palm Futures (RM/MT) Delivery Opening Sett Av Vol Open Month Range Price Price High Low Done Position Nov 15 2217.0 2262.0 2265.0 2217.0 355 6557 Dec 15 2238.0 2284.0 2285.0 2234.0 7827 ***** Jan 16 2270.0 2319.0 2320.0 2268.0 ***** ***** Feb 16 2300.0 2351.0
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    • 1991 12 Transaction date: Oct 20 52-Wk Last Vol Day Div GrYld Net MCap High Low Company Sale +/-(’000) High Low C’vr P/Ep $mil 82 42 8Telecom Last Sale vol ('000) High Day Low 153 131.5 AIMSAMP Cap Reit 139 +0.5 45 139 138.5 1 8 882.2 34 18.6 AP
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    • 394 12 52-Wk Last Vol Day Div GrYld Net MCap High Low Company Sale +/-(’000) High Low C’vr P/E Company Last Sale vol ('000) High Day Low Div C'vr GrYld Net P/E MCap 35 50 32 t Atlantic Nav t 3Cnergy 45 5 t BlackGoldNatural 29.5 18 t CNMC Goldmine.............................21
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    • 122 12 52-Wk Last Vol Day Div GrYld Net MCap High Low Counter Sale +/-(’000) High Low C’vr P/E Counter Last Sale 1440 991 CIMBASEAN40 S$D 1175 0 1175 1175 vol 4258 2750 DBXT China50 US$ US3184 -3 1 3184 3175 8.8 High 472 226 DBXT MSBrazil US$ US256 256
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  • REAL ESTATE
    • 879 14 Private equity firm, working with Canadian investor ivanhoe Cambridge Inc, will pay about US$5.3b for the 32 hectare enclave BLOOMBERG New York BLACKSTONE Group LP reached an agreement to buy New York’s Stuyvesant Town-Peter Cooper Village, a deal that would put Manhattan’s biggest apartment
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    • 534 14 Tycoon is turning housing projects across country into self-contained communities BLOOMBERG Manila PHILIPPINE billionaire Manuel Villar, who made a fortune building affordable homes, is considering merging his residential and shopping mall units as he turns housing projects across the country into
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    • 238 14 REUTERS New York LARGE purchases of farmland can at times be cloaked in secrecy, but a new online database is aiming to shed light on such deals globally by publishing contracts between governments and investors, according to its organisers. OpenLandContracts.org, based at Columbia University
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    • 358 14 BLOOMBERG Sydney SYDNEY’S surging housing market may be cooling with the proportion of home auctions that successfully found a buyer last week falling to the lowest level in 10 months. Sydney’s auction clearance rate, a gauge of housing demand in Australia’s largest
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    • 167 14 Supermarket Space within Shopping Malls For Sale By Expressions of Interest City Gate key junction of Beach Road Kensington Square fronting Upper Paya Lebar Road Anchor tenant space on level 2 with direct link to Nicoll Highway MRT 30-storey mixed development with 131 residential and 188 retail units Prominent wide
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  • BANKING & FINANCE
    • 812 15 Lenders are struggling to adapt to rising capital requirements, record-low interest rates BLOOMBERG Frankfurt EUROPE’S last global banks are caving in to pressure from regulators and preparing to tell investors just how much their aspirations will shrink. “The European banks
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    • 238 15 REUTERS Sydney AUSTRALIA on Tuesday accepted most key recommendations of a gov-ernment-backed inquiry which called for more competition and stronger capital reserves for the country’s four major banks as well as reforming the US$1.2 trillion superannuation system. The review, chaired by former
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    • 492 15 REUTERS New York MORGAN Stanley’s multiyear effort to build up its wealth management arm’s lending business began to pay off on Monday as the unit emerged as one of the few bright spots in the bank’s generally bleak quarterly earnings. The New York-based bank said
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    • 372 15  -  REUTERS BREAKINGVIEWS By Antony Currie REUTERS New York MORGAN Stanley’s latest quarterly earnings cast doubt on chief executive James Gorman’s low-risk strategy. The bank earned US$740 million in the three months to September, after stripping out accounting gains on its own liabilities.
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    • 516 15 BLOOMBERG Shanghai THE People’s Bank of China is helping cement London’s dominance of yuan trading in Europe by conducting its first ever overseas debt sale in the city, a move timed to coincide with a state visit by President
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  • ENERGY & COMMODITIES
    • 741 16 Producers such as Total, Shell and BP are getting “buy” ratings as they cut spending, reduce output to ride out the downturn BLOOMBERG London ENERGY companies are finally starting to come back into favour. After enduring the longest oil-price collapse in more than
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    • 431 16 Govt is pushing mills to export more sugar and clear cane arrears to farmers REUTERS Mumbai INDIAN mills have contracted exports of almost 100,000 tonnes of home-grown white sugar, but will likely struggle to meet an ambitious government target,
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    • 233 16 REUTERS Vienna NEW liquidity rules for banks in the European Union could raise costs for those trading gold by up to 300 per cent, forcing them to withdraw from the market, the head of the London Bullion Association (LBMA) said.
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  • TECHNOLOGY
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  • CONSUMER
    • 420 18 NYT New York AT first glance, Miguel Díez Ferreira would seem to make an ideal customer for Netflix. Mr Díez Ferreira, 44, got hooked on House of Cards, the popular political drama starring Kevin Spacey, while living in Miami and San Francisco. After
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    • 410 18  -  The Singapore company, which launched in HK recently, plans to use the funds for further Asia expansion By Jacquelyn Cheok jaccheok@sph.com.sg @JacCheokBT Singapore HONESTBEE, a homegrown on-de-mand grocery delivery startup, has bagged US$ 15 million in Series A funding led by Silicon Valley-based
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    • 535 18 BLOOMBERG Zurich A BIGGER threat than smartwatches is no watches at all, according to Omega president Stephen Urquhart. The maker of luxury watches some tied to the James Bond movie franchise that sell on average for more than US$6,000 is trying to
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  • TRANSPORT
    • 718 20  -  Total number of new passenger cars on S’pore roads in first nine months nearly double that from a year ago By Samuel Ee samuelee@sph.com.sg Singapore THANKS to the expanding supply of COEs, the total number of new passenger cars on the
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    • 683 20 BLOOMBERG Bangkok BANGKOK Mass Transit System Pcl, the operator of the Thai capital’s elevated railway network, has opened bidding to buy as many as 43 trains valued at 10 billion baht (S$392 million) for its current route
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    • 679 20 BLOOMBERG Frankfurt FACED with billions of euros in costs for its emissions cheating scandal, Volkswagen AG (VW) may have to consider an overhaul of a 12-brand empire built in the last two decades that makes everything from cheap cars to motorbikes
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    • 452 21 Appointment comes four days after CEO Oscar Munoz suffers heart attack REUTERS Seattle UNITED Continental Holdings Inc on Monday said it appointed an interim leader four days after chief executive officer Oscar Munoz suffered a heart attack, raising uncertainty about whether its
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    • 953 21  -  Its senior official Johan Roos says the body is working with EU officials to come to ‘realistic solutions’ to controlling emissions STRAIT TALK By DAVID HUGHES THESE days, it is vital to be represented in the corridors of power, nationally, regionally
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    • 647 21 REUTERS Washington US regulators said on Monday that they could expand their investigation into Takata Corp air bag inflators beyond 11 carmakers, as questions arose about whether vehicle design played a role in the devices posing a deadly risk to the public. National
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  • OPINION
    • 523 22 EDITORIAL THERE are just a little over ten weeks to go before Asean, or the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, reaches a historical milestone on Dec 31. That is the day when the Asean Economic Community (AEC) is officially inaugurated,
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    • 840 22  -  THE BOTTOM LINE By Frank Ching T The writer is a Hong Kong-based journalist and commentator. Follow him on Twitter: @FrankChing1 THE Kuomintang (KMT), Taiwan’s ruling party, fearful of a disastrous outcome at presidential and legislative elections in January, finally took
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    • 1563 22  -  She extended an invitation to the waves of displaced peoples into her country, but her people are asking if there is a line in the sand, and support for her is slipping. BY MICHAEL STÜRMER BY MICHAEL STÜRMER T The writer is chief correspondent
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    • 975 23  -  COMMENTARY By Kemal Dervis T The writer, former minister of economic affairs of Turkey and former administrator for the united Nations Development Programme, is a vice-president of the Brookings institution PROJECT SYNDICATE Washington, DC AT the recent annual meetings of the World Bank and the
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    • 786 23  -  By David Marsh T The writer is managing director of the Official Monetary and Financial institutions Forum DAVID Cameron, the UK prime minister, who hosts Chinese President Xi Jinping in Britain this week, has become the Cinderella of Beijing’s up-and-down relationships with the
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    • 303 23  -  LETTER TO THE EDITOR Tan Lye Huat Chartered director fellow (FIoD) I REFER to the commentary “Enforcing the comply or explain requirement” by Professor Mak Yuen Teen (BT, Oct 20) and, as much as I had been greatly disappointed with the lack of clarity
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    • 1336 23  -  She may have to transform herself once again after the Democratic primaries into a centrist politician to win over the general electorate. BY LEON HADAR BY LEON HADAR IT is close to being official in the aftermath of the first Democratic presidential
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  • LIFE & CULTURE
    • 509 25  -  Only five of the eight berths have been confirmed; the draw ceremony, open to the public, takes place this Friday By Lee U-Wen leeuwen@sph.com.sg @LeeUwenBT Singapore THERE are just four days to go until the first match of the BNP Paribas Women’s Tennis Association
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    • 605 25 AFP Zurich FIFA’s executive committee were gathering on Tuesday as acting president Issa Hayatou attempts to steer football’s embattled governing body through the latest storm of scandals to blight their Zurich headquarters. The extraordinary meeting was announced on Oct 9 after Fifa’s ethics
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  • Page 25 Miscellaneous
    • 310 25 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD Across 1 Sit and canoodle, forming bond together (11) 9 Such trees are barely recognisable in winter (9) 10 Indeed, all the odd bits will be perfect (5) 11 High-spirited child? (6) 12 A fashion editor’s heavenly body (8) 13 Deposit covers new bid that’s reserved (4,2) 15
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    • 952 26 Restricted access to corporate financial information can hinder trading, analysts note BLOOMBERG London INVESTORS are campaigning for private companies to make their financial information more available in a push for greater transparency in Europe’s growing high-yield bond market. The Association for Financial Markets
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    • 467 26 ON THE RADAR GLOBAL mutual funds continued to sell more Singapore stocks than they bought in the three months to Oct 14. Based on transactions on the top five stocks, net sells came to S$ 1.01 billion compared to net buys
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    • 885 26 Stonecastle CDO is backed by subordinated debt from small community banks BLOOMBERG New York JOSHUA Siegel is bringing back one of the most toxic financial vehicles ever devised and arguing that this time, it is going to be different. His StoneCastle Financial
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    • 1227 27  -  While there are reasons to expect less bang for each QE buck than in previous episodes, the returns should still be positive MONEY MATTERS By Joachim Fels T The writer is managing director and global economic adviser, Pimco THE existence of a global money glut
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