The Business Times, 28 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 28,2015
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    Lock icon DAILY DIGEST
    180 1 Singapore’s new industrial structure will be shaped by technology and innovation-intensive activities, the central bank says, stressing the crucial role of intellectual capital in the next phase of development. TOP STORIES 2 Clean technology holds great potential for Singapore because of demand in the region, says Minister for
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    Lock icon Central bank sees no grounds to weaken the Singdollar
    582 1  -  MAS says that calls to ease the Singdollar more aggressively are “clearly unwarranted” By Kelly Tay kellytay@sph.com.sg @KellyTayBT Singapore A WEAKENING Singapore dollar is not on the policy agenda, the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) signalled on Tuesday. In its twice-yearly
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    Lock icon Keppel O&M, SembMarine set to make LNG shipbuilding foray
    1220 1  -  BY Tan Hwee Hwee hweetan@sph.comsg @HWeetanBT Singapore KEPPEL Offshore Marine and Sembcorp Marine are eyeing shipbuilding orders from an expected uptick in small-scale liquefied natural gas activity. LNG shipbuilding is now within reach of Singapore yards due to demand for smaller
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    Lock icon MARKETS
    28 1 MARKETS Tuesday Change STI 3,052.53 -30.54 KL COMP 1,696.95 -9.84 NIKKEI 225 18,777.04 -170.08 HANG SENG 23,142.73 +26.48 SHENZHEN B 1,161.90 -5.16 DOW (11.45am EDT) 17,610.46 -12.59
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      30 1 THE GOOD LIFE Things get cheaper for high net worth individuals EXECUTIVE MONEY 30 SIGNIFICANT DEALS SGX drops private notifications COMPANIES MARKETS 6 Reports on MAS macroeconomic review, Page 2
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  • TOP STORIES
    • MAS MACROECONOMIC REVIEW
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        Lock icon S’pore to upgrade to new production frontier
        468 2  -  It will be a knowledge-based economy powered by technology- and innovation-intensive activities, says MAS By Kelly Tay kellytay@sph.com.sg @KellyTayBT Singapore SINGAPORE’S new industrial structure will be shaped by technology- and in-novation-intensive activities, the central bank said on Tuesday, as it stressed the crucial
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        Lock icon MAS sees modest pass-through of rising costs to inflation
        684 2  -  By Soon Weilun soonwl@sph.com.sg @SoonWeilunBT Singapore ALTHOUGH domestic cost pressures, including higher wages, are expected to increase business expenses, Singapore’s central bank predicts that consumers will not bear the brunt of rising costs. But as the dampening effects from domestic budgetary
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        Lock icon MAS: Housing sector has no strong link to jobs and business cycles
        334 2  -  By Soon Weilun soonwl@sph.com.sg @SoonWeilunBT Singapore THERE is no strong correlation between how the housing market performs in Singapore and business cycles in the country. In addition, the housing market’s impact on the domestic labour market is also
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      Lock icon World Bank to create its first infrastructure hub in Singapore
      637 2  -  By Lynette Khoo lynkhoo@sph.com.sg @LynetteKhooBT Singapore THE World Bank Group is expanding its Singapore office to create its first Infrastructure and Urban Development Hub. The expanded hub operation will provide services at the global level, employing more than 200 people
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      Lock icon Govt agencies must collaborate to achieve best policies: Tharman
      640 3  -  Policies must cut across disciplines and agencies to help S’pore through changes unfolding globally and at home By Jamie Lee leejamie@sph.com.sg @JamieLeeBT Singapore GOVERNMENT agencies must collaborate with one another as they navigate through hardening social class distinctions and the health-care
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      Lock icon A caring NTUC seeks fairness and better careers for workers
      587 3  -  By Chuang Peck Ming peckming@sph.com.sg @PeckmingBT Singapore THE labour movement is shifting its focus in the next four years to show greater care for workers, get their bosses to be fair to them, and grow their careers. National Trades Union
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    • SINGAPORE ENERGY WEEK
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        Lock icon Iswaran flags potential for S’pore cleantech sector
        978 4  -  Regional demand will rise for cleantech, financing models and business structures that S’pore can develop, he says By Andrea Soh sandrea@sph.com.sg @AndreaSohBT Singapore WHILE not as large as electronics or petrochemicals today, clean technology (cleantech) holds great potential for Singapore because of the
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        Lock icon Pavilion Energy to place trades using Singapore LNG index
        1132 4  -  By Andrea Soh sandrea@sph.com.sg @AndreaSohBT Singapore TEMASEK-BACKED Pavilion Energy is throwing its considerable heft behind a newly formed Singapore price index for liquefied natural gas (LNG), potentially accelerating the speed of change in a sector that is already expected to evolve
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      Lock icon Republicans, White House reach deal on debt extension to 2017
      906 4 BLOOMBERG Washington PRESIDENT Barack Obama and top lawmakers from both parties reached a tentative budget agreement that would avert a US debt default and lower chances of a government shutdown, lessening years of political friction over fiscal policy in Washington.
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      Lock icon Primus, Jereh partner to market systems for gas to liquid projects
      244 4  -  By Tan Hwee Hwee hweetan@sph.com.sg @HweetanBT Singapore PRIMUS Energy and Jereh have unveiled a partnership to market systems for gas to liquid (GTL) projects. The pair will jointly market and deploy systems using Primus’ proprietary STG+ process technology to
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  • COMPANIES & MARKETS
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      Lock icon SGX drops private notification plan for significant deals
      624 6  -  But privy lists that companies need to maintain widened to include all material transactions By Melissa Tan melissat@sph.com.sg @MelissaTanBT Singapore LISTED firms and their controlling shareholders will no longer need to privately tell the Singapore Exchange (SGX) about a significant transaction before
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      Lock icon SMRT’s Q2 profit rises 1.9% to S$25.74m
      476 6  -  By Nisha Ramchandani nishar@sph.com.sg @Nisha_BT Singapore SMRT Corp reported a 1.9 per cent year-on-year increase in net profit to S$25.74 million for the second quarter ended Sept 30, 2015, as the bottom line was bolstered partly by higher share of profits from associates
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      Lock icon Adelaide, S’pore malls boost Starhill’s Q1
      399 6  -  By Lee Meixian leemx@sph.com.sg @LeeMeixianBT Singapore A FULL-quarter contribution from the recently-bought Myer Centre Adelaide and the stellar performance of its Singapore malls helped boost Starhill Global Reit’s fiscal first-quar-ter financial results. On Tuesday, it reported a 3.1 per cent increase in distribution per
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      Lock icon OSIM Q3 earnings dive 62%
      611 7  -  Factors include the haze, ringgit weakness and soft consumer sentiment in key markets By Cai Haoxiang haoxiang@sph.com.sg @HaoxiangCaiBT Singapore LIFESTYLE products group OSIM International on Tuesday reported its worst set of results since the second quarter of 2009, battered by currency turmoil in Malaysia and
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      Lock icon Grand Banks in the black with Q1 profit of S$1.22m
      403 7  -  By Nisha Ramchandani nishar@sph.com.sg @Nisha_BT Singapore FOLLOWING restructuring efforts, Grand Banks Yachts swung into the black with a net profit of S$1.22 million for the first quarter ended Sept 30, compared to a net loss of S$1.27 million a year
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      Lock icon Viva Q3 income up but DPS dips on bigger unit base
      582 7  -  By Lynette Khoo lynkhoo@sph.com.sg @LynetteKhooBT Singapore VIVA Industrial Trust (VIT) achieved a 15.1 per cent year-on-year rise to S$ 11.6 million in third-quarter distributable income as net property income climbed 29.6 per cent to S$ 12.5 million. The growth
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      Lock icon MGCCT’s Q2 DPU up 13% despite weak HK retail market
      477 8  -  Contribution from Sandhill Plaza, rental increase at Festival Walk and Gateway Plaza boost Reit’s performance By Lee Meixian leemx@sph.com.sg @LeeMeixianBT Singapore CONTRIBUTION from newly bought Sandhill Plaza and rent increases at its two other commercial properties, Festival Walk and Gateway
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      Lock icon Global bourses going all out to attract big-name foreign IPOs
      872 8 BLOOM BERG New York THESE days, it’s not enough to be the symbol of American capitalism. The New York Stock Exchange is going global and in a big way. In a trend that has swept stock markets around the world,
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      263 8 Pictet-Absl Rtn Fxd Inc-HP EUR 22/10/2015 EUR 102,67 Pictet-Absl Rtn Glo Div-P EUR 22/10/2015 EUR 117,79 Pictet-Asian Equities Ex Japan-P USD 23/10/2015 USD 188,77 Pictet-Asian Local Currency Debt-P USD 23/10/2015 USD 143,80 Pictet-Biotech-P USD 22/10/2015 USD 693,02 Pictet-Clean Energy-P USD 22/10/2015 USD 76,10 Pictet-Digital Communication-P USD 22/10/2015 USD 225,92
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    • CORPORATE DIGEST
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        Lock icon Lion Asiapac
        141 8 BOOSTED by an income tax credit, Lion Asiapac turned in a profit of S$1.08 million for the quarter ended Sept 30, up from S$204,000 in the corresponding quarter a year ago. This was despite a 46 per cent slide in revenue to S$4.09 million as tepid market demand
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        102 8 TEE land announced that its associate, Chewathai, has entered into a sale and purchase agreement with vendors Siriwan Phanichewa and Siriluk Phanichewa to acquire the freehold interest in a plot of land spanning about 6,544 sq metres in Bangkok for some 316.3 million baht (S$12.4 million). The plan
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      Lock icon Dow futures weakness drags STI down
      717 10  -  Addvalue Tech actively traded for second day; business school don says FOMC hawks will prevail, rates to rise 3.5-4% TTSTOCKS By R Sivanithy sivan@sph.com.sg @RSivanithyBT WEAKNESS in the Dow futures on Tuesday outweighed slight gains in Hong Kong and China, bringing pressure to bear
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      307 10 Stock name Close Change Day high/low 52w high 52w low PE Div yield Mcap Ascendas Reit 251 cd +5 252/246 271 213 5.8 6351.4 CapitaLand 318 +1 320/315 379 267 11.6 2.8 *****.9 CapitaMall Trust 205 cd -2 208/205 228 184.5 5.3 7114.3 CityDev 829 -11 842/827 1095
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      Lock icon MOST ACTIVE
      36 10 VOLUME Noble 71,354,000 Addvalue Tech 64,286,200 Ezra 56,810,800 Jiutian Chemical 52,886,200 Golden Agri-Res 36,478,300 Market volume 1,462,655,000 VALUE DBS Grp 79,354,238 Singtel 72,198,968 OCBC Bank 48,682,204 UOB 44,334,617 JMH USD 44,136,176 Market value 961,735,000
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      Lock icon SGX ETFs Most Active
      108 10 Fund Last sale +/-(‘000) Day high/low 52w high/low Buy/Sell Mcap STI ETF 308 -5 172 313/308 355/280 308/309 Lyxor HSI US$ US287 -5 70 287/287 361/256 282/290 25 IS ASIA HYG US$ US1080 +24 69 1080/1061 1130/1007 981/1072 DBXT MSINDO us$ US1199 -1 42 1199/1184 1492/911
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      77 10 Oct 27 VALUE CLOSE BT OB/OS 324.00 +16.00 BT CADI -*****.00 -144.00 BT 10-day MA -*****.00 +33.00 FTSE ST Mid Cap 713.13 -5.22 FTSE ST Small Cap 429.51 -3.46 FTSE ST All Share 736.92 -6.25 FTSE ST China Top 183.05 -1.64 FTSE ST China 225.38 -1.99 FTSE
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      Lock icon STI / FTSE ST All-Share
      35 10 STI FTSE ST All-Share ftse ST All-Share index Oct 27,2015 736.92 -6.25 (-0.84%) Current streak 1 day Day high 742.73 Day low 736.49 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 10 STI MSCI EAFE MSCI EAFE index Oct 26,2015 1,779.25 +1.88 (+0.11%) Current streak 4 days Day high 1,784.93 Day low 1,774.84 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 10 MAIN CATL TOTAL Up Down Unch Up Down Unch Up Down Unch Multi Ind 1 9 4 0 0 0 1 9 4 Manufacturing 22 52 32 7 20 7 29 72 39 Commerce 15 18 21 2 12 2 17 30 23 Tpt/Stor/Comms 4 21 9
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      Lock icon SECURITIES TRADING TURNOVER
      123 10 VOLUME (‘000) VALUE (‘000) MAIN CATL TOTAL MAIN CATL TOTAL Multi Ind 14,686 14,686 46,115 46,115 Manufacturing 203,176 86,096 289,272 102,803 4,474 107,277 Commerce 100,042 102,988 203,030 107,021 4,669 111,690 Tpt/Stor/Comms 153,419 1,588 155,007 158,482 142 158,624 Finance 25,212 95 25,307 197,426 13 197,439 Construction 22,871 8,466
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      Lock icon GAINERS
      76 10 BY CENTS CLOSE UP 52w high/low SPDR S&P500 US$ ***** 515.0 1.8 *****/***** DBXT MSKorea US$ 5436 66.8 0.9 6246/4478 JSH USD 3010 55.7 1.3 3703/2611 IS ASIA HYG US$ 1080 33.4 2.3 1130/1007 Jardine C&C 3329 24.0 0.7 4269.7/2636 BY PERCENTAGE CLOSE UP 52w high/low ChinaSing Inv 2.1
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      76 10 BY CENTS CLOSE DOWN 52w high/low DBXT Nifty US$ ***** -128.1 -0.7 *****/***** JMH USD 5354 -64.0 -0.9 6788/4502 Lyxor ChinaH US$ 1490 -55.7 -2.6 2055/1250 DBXT MSTHAI US$ 1762 -39.0 -1.6 2300/1646 Great Eastern 2119 -32.0 -1.5 2600/1870 BY PERCENTAGE CLOSE DOWN 52w high/low Yongmao 9.1 -39.3 -5.9
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      Lock icon UNUSUAL ACTIVITY
      84 10 VOL CLOSE($) CHANGE GDS Global 61.6 0.350 -0.060 -14.63 Addvalue Tech 64,286.2 0.068 -0.005 -6.85 Lasseters Intl 101.0 0.052 -0.008 -13.33 EMAS Offshore 4,978.6 0.245 -0.040 -14.04 ChinaSing Inv 4.1 0.021 +0.011 +110.00 China Taisan 20.0 0.160 +0.031 +24.03 Atlantic Nav 76.1 0.380 +0.010 +2.70 Jiutian Chemical 52,886.2
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      Lock icon BROKERS’ TAKE
      465 10  -  Compiled by Claire Huang Ezra Holdings Trading buy Oct 27 close: S$0.124 Target price: S$0.33 RHB Research Institute Singapore, Oct 27 AT its results briefing, Ezra’s management surprised us by highlighting its target to return to paying dividends. Maintain “trading buy”, with a sum of parts-based S$0.33 target
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      10 10 DATA I 8pm (Oct 28) US MBA Mortgage Applications
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      Lock icon Yen rises in Asia ahead of BOJ meeting
      407 11 CURRENCIES AFP Tokyo THE yen rose in Asia on Tuesday ahead of a closely watched Bank of Japan (BOJ) policy meeting this week while traders bet the US Federal Reserve will delay an interest rate hike until early next year. With the
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    • FOREX RATES
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        471 11 Oct 27 A$ C$ Rmb Euro HK$ Ind Rs Rupiah Yen Won RM NZ$ Pak Rs Peso S$ Rand Sfr NT$ Baht Pound US$ Australia 0.955 4.604 0.656 5.616 47.069 98.845 0.873 8.205 3.093 1.070 75.713 33.858 1.009 9.913 0.712 23.582 25.720 0.472 0.725 Canada 1.047 4.820
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        Lock icon INTERBANK CURRENCY RATES
        155 11 Oct 27 Against S$ Against US$ Currencies Bid Offer Bid Offer S$/US$ to one unit of foreign currency: Australian dollar 1.0084 1.0099 0.7244 0.7250 Canadian dollar 1.0561 1.0570 0.7588 0.7587 Euro 1.5386 1.5401 1.1053 1.1056 NZ dollar 0.9428 0.9442 0.6773 0.6778 Sterling pound 2.1364 2.1387 1.5348 1.5353
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        Lock icon US$/S$ FORWARD RATES
        22 11 Oct 27 S$ Bid Offer 1-month 1.3932 1.3945 2-months 1.3945 1.3958 3-months 1.3959 1.3971 6-months 1.3989 1.4005 Source: OCBC
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    • EQUITY BONDS WARRANTS FUTURES
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        Lock icon BONDS, WARRANTS, PREFERENCE SHARES
        206 11 Most active Oct 27 Prem Expiry Vol Conv Exer Disc Gear-Mths Company Last Sale +or-('000) Ratio Price ing Left OCBC Bk MB eCW*****6 11.5 -1.5 ***** 0.2 995 6 Rowsley Ltd W*****3 3.3 -0.2 9125 1 18 12 DBS MB eCW*****1 11.8 -1.4 8027 0.1 1860
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        Lock icon MORGAN STANLEY CAPITAL INTERNATIONAL INDICES
        373 11 In local curr In S$ In US$ dy yr dy yr dy yr Oct 26 Index Change Change Change Change Change Change World Preliminary 1301.9 0.0 2.0 -0.3 4.8 0.0 -0.2 EAFE Preliminary 1035.4 0.0 4.9 -0.2 5.3 0.1 0.2 Europe Preliminary 1447.6 -0.3 4.8
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        Lock icon SGX DERIVATIVES TRADING
        386 11 Oct 27 OPEN HIGH LOW SETT VOL OP/INT FTSE CHINA A50 INDEX FUTURES Oct15 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 *****.50 *****6 *****3 Nov15 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 *****9 *****3 NIKKEI 225 INDEX FUTURES Dec15 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 ***** *****6 Mar16 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 48 1423 MSCI TAIWAN
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    • BANK RATES
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        154 11 Oct 27 $S Offer Bid 0vernight 0.20 0.10 1-month 0.9375 0.8125 2-months 1.0 0.875 3-months 1.0625 0.9375 Overnight mode: 0.20 US$ 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
        59 11 Oct 27 GOVERNMENT BONDS Period Issue Coupon Maturity Close Day's code rate Bid High Low 2-Year N*****0F 1.375 01-Oct-17 100.5 5-Year N*****0S 2.000 01-Jul-20 101 10-Year NX*****Z 2.375 01-Jun-25 99.94 100.05 100.05 15-Year NZ*****F 2.875 01-Sep-30 102.75 20-Year NZ*****V 3.375 01-Sep-33 110.08 30-Year NA*****N 2.750 01-Apr-42 100.87 Note:
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    • AGRI METALS ENERGY
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        Lock icon COMMODITY FUTURES
        193 11 Oct-26 Price Net change change Last Trade Agricultural Oct-26 CBOT Soybeans (US cents/bu) 885.00 -10.50 -1.17% 13/11/2015 CBOT Soybean Oil (US cents/lb) 27.78 -0.79 -2.77% 14/12/2015 CBOT Wheat (US cents/bu) 509.00 18.50 3.77% 14/12/2015 Oct-26 LIFFE Cocoa (£/tonne) 2175.00 28.00 1.30% 14/12/2015 LIFFE Coffee (US$/tonne) 1524.00 -3.00 -0.20%
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        Lock icon PALM OIL
        57 11 OCt 27 KLCE Palm Futures (RM/MT) Delivery Opening Sett Av Vol Open Month Range Price Price High Low Done Position Nov 15 2199.0 2243.0 2247.0 2195.0 362 3943 Dec 15 2228.0 2281.0 2289.0 2222.0 3789 ***** Jan 16 2261.0 2322.0 2331.0 2260.0 ***** ***** Feb 16 2295.0 2356.0
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      Lock icon SGX MAINBOARD
      1805 12 Transaction date: Oct 27 52-Wk Last Vol Day Div GrYld Net MCap High Low Company Sale +/-(’000) High Low C’vr P/Ep $mil 82 42 8Telecom Last Sale AAT Vol ('000) High Day LOW Div 153 131.5 AIMSAMP Cap Reit 141 +1 145 141.5 140 1 7.9 894.8 GrYld
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      382 12 52-Wk Last Vol Day Div GrYld Net MCap High Low Company Sale +/-(’000) High Low C’vr P/E Company Last Sale Vol 1 0.3 t Advanced Systems 0.5 unch 300 0.5 0.5 13.2 High Day Low Div C'vr GrYld Net P/E MCap 35 50 32 t Atlantic Nav t
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      Lock icon SGX ETF
      96 12 52-Wk Last Vol Day Div GrYld Net MCap High Low Counter Sale +/-(’000) High Low C’vr P/E Counter Last Sale 1069 700 CIMBASEAN40 US$ US841 -2 7 844 839 131.9 ('000) 135.3 106.2 DBXT MS SING US$ US115.1 +8.9 5 115.1 115.1 5.8 Day Low 6246 4478 DBXT
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  • REAL ESTATE
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      Lock icon CapitaLand to build its 6th condo in Ho Chi Minh
      644 14  -  It is also marketing residential units of two Vietnamese projects here for the first time following Vietnam’s lifting of foreigner ownership curbs By Lynette Khoo lynkhoo@sph.com.sg @LynetteKhooBT Singapore CAPITALAND Vietnam has entered into a joint venture with Saigon Commercial Tourism
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      670 14 ARCHITECTURE WP Tokyo THE National Museum of Western Art in Tokyo’s Ueno Park, which local authorities and residents seek to have registered as a world cultural heritage site, has recently closed the exhibition rooms in its main building for renovations. Unesco’s World Heritage Committee plans to
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      117 14 REUTERS Hong Kong PING An Insurance (Group) Company of China, the country’s second largest insurer, has formed a US$600 million fund to invest in US real estate together with Blumberg Investment Partners. The portfolio consists of logistics assets across the United States, the
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      217 14 REUTERS Hong Kong CHINA Vanke Co Ltd said on Tuesday its third-quarter net profit jumped 21.8 per cent as sales picked up, bolstered by government policies to rev up the key housing sector. China’s largest residential developer by sales
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      280 14 IFR New York BLACKSTONE Group hopes to secure at least US$2 billion in first mortgage debt from Freddie Mac or Fannie Mae to help finance its purchase of an iconic Manhattan apartment complex, a source told IFR. Blackstone and Canada’s Ivanhoe Cambridge have already
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      1113 15 Supporters of the ballot measure, which seeks to restrict rentals to 75 days, say hotel uses of San Francisco apartments remove affordable housing from the market BLOOMBERG San Francisco AIRBNB Inc is pouring millions into defeating a ballot measure that would curb
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      865 16 Overseas companies may have to partner with local ones, say sources; such a move may breach 2012 WTO ruling REUTERS Beijing CHINA is considering imposing tough new conditions on overseas bank card providers such as Visa Inc and MasterCard Inc, in
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      346 16 REUTERS Sydney ANZ Banking Group will on Thursday, post its slowest annual earnings growth since the global financial crisis underscoring the challenges that Australia’s major banks face from tighter capital rules even as another year of record profits beckons. Lending growth
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      633 16 BLOOMBERG Hong Kong JPMORGAN Chase Co, the largest US bank, is seeking branch licences in India to bolster its wholesale banking operations in the country. The bank is in talks with the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) over permits for centres
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      589 16 REUTERS Las Vegas JPMorgan Chase Co said on Monday that it will soon launch its own competitor to Apple Pay that will allow consumers to pay retailers using their smartphones in stores, and it has already won the endorsement
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      823 18 More than 750 applicants have signed up to provide electricity and compete with 10 regional monopolies BLOOMBERG Tokyo SPEND a few minutes to fill in a sin-gle-page form from a government website. Mail it in. That’s all you need to register as
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      561 18 REUTERS London BP announced on Tuesday a third round of spending cuts and more asset sales in the coming years to tackle an extended period of low oil prices after third-quarter profits slumped. The British oil and gas company has already sold
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      369 18 BLOOMBERG London AT a time when the metals industry is reeling from a rout in prices, Boliden AB, a Swedish copper and zinc miner, is rewarding investors thanks to its smelters. The stock has rallied 32 per cent this year and is
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      566 18 BLOOMBERG Houston DURING the worst of the winter of 2013-2014, the mid-Atlantic saw widespread power plant outages, Texas was forced to import electricity from Mexico, one generator fired up units closed for years and Southern California ran short of natural
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  • TECHNOLOGY
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      Lock icon Zuckerberg’s speech hints at China hopes
      765 19 Facebook’s CEO is full of compliments on China’s history and idioms of traditional Chinese wisdom NYT Beijing MARK Zuckerberg knows how to court Chinese users: In a speech during the weekend at Tsinghua University in Beijing, he filled his remarks with compliments on the
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      Lock icon Come back and build tech giants, French firms tell overseas citizens
      608 19 BLOOMBERG Paris YOUR country needs you. That’s what France Inc is saying to the nation’s engineers and math whizzes who over the years have taken their talents to Silicon Valley and elsewhere. Startups from ride-sharing service Blablacar to online
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  • CONSUMER
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      Lock icon HomeAway buys remaining stake in Singapore startup Travelmob
      538 20  -  Another local startup, Start Now, says it has been acquired by Goodtizens Technologies for S$530,000 By Jacquelyn Cheok jaccheok@sph.com.sg @JacCheokBT Singapore NASDAQ-LISTED HomeAway, a US$2.9 billion American vacation rental company, has fully taken over Singapore startup Travelmob. The Austin, Texas-based firm had
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      Lock icon Tyson share price tumbles after JPMorgan rating cut, WHO cancer judgement
      633 20 BLOOMBERG AFP Chicago TYSON Foods Inc, the largest US meat producer, dropped the most in more than two months after JPMorgan Chase Co downgraded its rating on the stock and the World Health Organization (WHO) said eating processed meat
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      Lock icon Valeant to examine ties with speciality pharmacy
      741 20 It discloses it had acquired an option to buy Philidor, which dispenses some of its dermatology drugs NYT New York EMBATTLED Valeant Pharmaceuticals International said on Monday that its accounting related to its relationship with a speciality pharmacy was legal and appropriate, but
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      Lock icon China online travel firm Ctrip in tie-up with rival Qunar
      370 20 REUTERS Beijing CHINESE online travel company Ctrip.com International Ltd on Monday announced a tie-up with rival Qunar Cayman Islands Ltd and its backer Baidu Inc through a share swap, to tap the rising number of Chinese travellers heading overseas. The
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      Lock icon Walmart joins Amazon, Google in race for delivery-by-drone
      530 20 BLOOMBERG Washington WALMART Stores Inc, the world’s largest retailer, wants to test drones for delivering products, entering a race with online competitors Amazon.com Inc and Alphabet Inc’s Google. Walmart on Monday asked the US Federal Aviation Administration for a waiver to test
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  • TRANSPORT
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      Lock icon Been hacked? It’s your fault!
      821 21  -  A company whose computers are hacked by criminals is likely to itself be the subject of intense criticism, for letting itself be hacked STRAIT TALK BY DAVID HUGHES LAST week the major UK-headquar-tered communications company Talk Talk was hit by hackers who may have stolen
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      Lock icon New Airbus-SIA training centre set to open in Q1 2016
      627 21  -  By Claire Huang huangjy@sph.com.sg @ClaireHuangBT Singapore THE new Airbus Asia Training Centre (AATC) in Singapore is on target for completion in the first three months of 2016, now that the main building structures are up and finishing touches are being
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      Lock icon Even before diesel scandal bites, VW loses its sales crown
      735 21 NYT Frankfurt VOLKSWAGEN’S reign as the world’s biggest carmaker has been short-lived, and the company in the throes of an emissions-cheating scandal is bringing in a new head of corporate strategy. Toyota published figures on Monday that showed it sold
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      Lock icon Uber of trucks gets funding from A-list investors
      444 21 BLOOMBERG Seattle TRUCKING isn’t the first thing that comes to mind when considering industries ripe for disruption. Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, Salesforce.com’s Marc Benioff and eBay founder Pierre Omidyar might disagree. They, along with other investors, are backing Convoy, a Seattlebased startup
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      Lock icon Airlines stepping up efforts to tackle cyber security risks
      473 21 REUTERS Dublin THE aviation industry is stepping up efforts to enlist coordinated international support in the battle against the threats posed to airlines and passengers by hackers and those seeking to exploit IT systems. The security of commercial airlines and whether
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      Lock icon M’sia e-recruitment down for sixth straight month
      606 22  -  Sept decline underscores uncertainties in job market amid a softening economy, slowing consumer demand By Pauline Ng btworld@sph.com.sg Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIA’S online recruitment activity continued to decline in September, falling by a fourth from a year ago with none of the nine sectors
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      657 22 LATEST US DATA WP BLOOMBERG Washington THE Conference Board’s index of consumer confidence decreased to 97.6 in October from a revised 102.6 a month earlier, the New York-based private research group said on Tuesday. The median forecast of 72 economists in a
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      570 22 REUTERS London BRITAIN’S economic recovery slowed more than expected in the three months to September after a slump in construction, raising the prospect that more than two years of relatively rapid economic growth is coming to an end. The economy grew
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      Lock icon Growth of loans to eurozone private sector starts to slow
      473 22 Disappointing data puts pressure on ECB to further boost lacklustre recovery AFP Frankfurt DISAPPOINTING eurozone credit growth data will put more pressure on the European Central Bank (ECB) to take additional action to boost the euro area’s lacklustre recovery, analysts
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      774 23 While bulls say valuations still have room to rise, others believe investors are already overweight BLOOMBERG Shanghai MARK Mobius is convinced that China’s push into technology, consumer and service industries will produce a more sustainable expansion in the world’s
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      Lock icon China industry core earnings fall in Sept; Q3 unemployment stable
      390 23 Core business revenues at industrial firms decline 0.5%, National Bureau of Statistics data show REUTERS Beijing PROFITS earned by Chinese industrial companies fell 0.1 per cent in September from a year earlier, data from the statistics bureau showed on Tuesday,
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      Lock icon Indonesia considers declaring national emergency over forest fires
      380 23 REUTERS Jakarta INDONESIA is considering declaring a national emergency over fires that have been smouldering across the archipelago for weeks, sending haze drifting across much of South-east Asia, the vice president said on Tuesday. The government would intensify efforts to contain the
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  • OPINION
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      Lock icon Infrastructure financing has challenges, and opportunities
      512 24 EDITORIAL THE World Bank-Singapore Infrastructure Finance Summit held here last week highlighted many of the challenges facing the region in financing infrastructural development, without which sustained growth would be impossible. The needs are huge and glaring: Country after country in Asia needs more roads,
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      814 24  -  THE BOTTOM LINE By Frank Ching T The writer is a Hong Kong-based journalist and commentator. Follow him on Twitter: @FrankChing1 IT must have been a bitter-sweet moment for Xi Jinping, the head of the world’s biggest Communist Party, to be riding
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      Lock icon What can Singapore do about the haze?
      1320 24  -  Not much, in terms of tackling the root problem of the burning. But in the meantime, behaviours can be changed to adapt to the unhealthy air. BY EUSTON QUAH AND TAN TSIAT SIONG BY EUSTON QUAH, TAN TSIAT SIONG T Professor Euston Quah
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      1027 25  - Kyoto II is it a done deal? COMMENTARY By Frank-Jürgen Richter T The writer is founder and chairman of Horasis, a global visions community THIS is a somewhat flippant headline as a new climate deal is a serious matter. It is being pursued by the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on
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      859 25  -  REUTERS BREAKINGVIEWS By Hugo Dixon THE main takeaway from Mark Carney’s recent speech on Britain’s European Union membership is that it is good for economic dynamism but creates challenges for financial stability. The Bank of England governor’s first point is right; his second point
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      1158 25  -  With a host of Republican candidates in the fray, the contest could benefit Democrats and potentially be a tipping point in a very tight general election. BY ANDREW HAMMOND BY ANDREW HAMMOND T The writer is an associate at LSE IDEAS
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  • LIFE & CULTURE
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      Lock icon Sharapova trounces Halep as semis beckon
      646 27  -  The Russian puts on a five-star performance to beat the WTA Finals top seed in straight sets By Lee U-Wen leeuwen@sph.com.sg @LeeUwenBT Singapore MARIA Sharapova is back with a vengeance. Desperate to end her injury-rav-aged season on a high, the blonde Russian craved a
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      476 27 NYT New York THREE diseases, leading killers of Americans, often involve long periods of decline before death. Two of them heart disease and cancer usually require expensive drugs, surgeries and hospitalisations. The third, dementia, has no effective treatments to slow its course. So when a
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      616 27 REUTERS Costa Careyes, Mexico MEXICO may have dodged a bullet from the fury of Hurricane Patricia, but jet setters such as Bill Gates, Gwyneth Paltrow and Cindy Crawford will have to find a new playground for now after the storm ravaged some of the
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      Lock icon A smashing good time
      194 27  -  By Lee U-Wen leeuwen@sph.com.sg @LeeUwenBT OCBC clients Peter Koh (left) and Martin Lechner (right) were among six lucky tennis fans who had the chance to spar with four-time Grand Slam champion Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario at the Singapore Sports Hub on Monday. The Spanish champ, now 43, retired
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      Lock icon ‘One wife, many husbands’ solution to correct China’s gender imbalance
      356 27 NYT Beijing ONE wife, many husbands. That’s the solution to China’s huge surplus of single men, says Xie Zuoshi, an economics professor at the Zhejing University of Finance and Economics, whose recent proposal to allow polyandry has gone viral. Legalising
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      320 27 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD Across 1 Taking money out for retirement (10) 6 Join me as ordered (4) 10 Had an inclination and worked in the garden (5) 11 Willie Winkie’s running gear (9) 12 Co-operate in production of drama and dance (4,4) 13 Wide awake for a siren call (5) 15
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      Lock icon The good life gets cheaper for HNWIs
      794 30  -  Julius Baer maintains that Asia remains “the best bet on economic growth and wealth creation in the years ahead”.BY ahead”.BY GENEVIEVE CUA gen@sph.com.sg @GenCuaBT WELL-HEELED consumers who wish to buy wine and Dior bags in Asia may well rejoice that these items posted
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      411 30 BLOOMBERG Singapore PACIFIC Investment Management Co (Pimco) said investors in Asia are more concerned about the returns on their investments than the prospect of higher interest rates in the United States as global growth slows, according to its annual
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      1160 28 Latest interest-rate liberalisation step confuses analysts BLOOMBERG CHINA’S monetary policy just got even harder to follow. For years, the nation’s central bank had set commercial banks’ deposit rates, along with a floor for lending rates creating a subsidised system that channelled
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      Lock icon Funds still net sellers of Singapore stocks
      482 28 ON THE RADAR GLOBAL mutual funds continued to sell more Singapore stocks than they bought in the three months to Oct 21. Based on transactions in the top five stocks, net sells came to S$1.44 billion compared to net buys of S$569.1 million.
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      326 28 BLOOMBERG New York OUT of more than 500 exchange-trad-ed funds launched in the past three years, the one that has taken in the most cash charges an annual fee of 0.94 per cent. Wait, what? That’s not a typo.
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      22 30 CONFOUNDING CHANGES Even harder to gauge China’s monetary policy now /28 ON THE RADAR Funds still net sellers of Singapore stocks 28
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