The Business Times, 18 December 2015

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    36 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 U D @BTBreakingnews CO REGN NO ’l*****868E MCI (P) 039/08/2015 Friday. December 18. 2015
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    Lock icon DAILY DIGEST
    232 1 The key three-month Sibor or Singapore interbank offered rate barely moves, rising a tiny 0.001 point to 1.***** per cent from Wednesday, following the overnight rate hike in the US. TOP STORIES 2 Global initial public offerings raise 25 per cent less money in 2015 with the Asia-Pacific
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    Lock icon Anticipated US rate hike spurs markets and bad debt fears
    1276 1  -  investors fret about rates going up faster than expected, but optimists say Fed will eye global conditions By Cai Haoxiang haoxiang@sph.com.sg @HaoxiangCaiBT Singapore ASIAN markets rallied on Thursday after the US Federal Reserve made a historic and widely anticipated move
    Source: Bloomberg  -  1,276 words
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    Lock icon MARKETS
    28 1 MARKETS Thursday Change STI 2,861.18 +20.26 KL COMP 1,656.52 +22.39 NIKKEI 225 19,353.56 +303.65 HANG SENG 21,872.06 +170.85 SHENZHEN B 1,302.50 +13.60 DOW (9.30am EST) 17,777.75 +28.66
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    Lock icon Singapore NODX disappoints again with 3.3% slide
    640 1  -  By Chuang Peck Ming peckming@sph.com.sg @PeckmingBT Singapore THERE were clearly still no sign that Singapore’s exports have turned the corner as its key non-oil domestic shipments in November slipped 3.3 per cent year on year. According to private-sector economists, non-oil domestic exports (NODX)
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  • TOP STORIES
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      Lock icon Markets celebrate the end of uncertainty
      930 2  -  The rally is in some ways a vindication of the Fed’s policy manoeuvres since the financial crisis FED HIKE By Rob Curran btworld@sph.com.sg IF THE outbreak of World War II traditionally closes the chapter on the Great Depression in economic history books, the Federal
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      Lock icon 3-month Sibor barely moves after Fed hike but situation won’t last
      676 2  -  By Siow Li Sen lisen@sph.com.sg @SiowLiSenBT Singapore THE key three-month Sibor or Singapore interbank offered rate barely moved on Thursday, rising a tiny 0.001 percentage point to 1.***** per cent from Wednesday’s 1.***** per cent, following the overnight rate
      Source: Bloomberg  -  676 words
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      155 2  -  And so it begins. As was widely expected, the US Federal Reserve hiked rates on Wednesday for the first time in nine years, marking an end to nearly a decade of quantitative easing. The Business Times looks at some effects of rising interest rates. BY MELISSA TAN BT Explains
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      Lock icon Data will determine future course, say analysts
      685 3 The US Federal Reserve’s first interest rate hike in almost a decade on Wednesday was widely anticipated. Here are some of the market reactions to the move, which raised the range of its benchmark interest rate by a quarter of a point to
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      Lock icon H1 2016 GLS seen as balancing act by govt to calibrate supply
      1298 4  -  District 9 residential site stands out on Confirmed List while EC site surprises consultants By Lynette Khoo lynkhoo@sph.com.sg @LynetteKhooBT Singapore THE government is making sure it doesn’t worsen an oversupply situation in the residential and commercial property sectors,
      Source: MND BT Graphics; Source: URA, OrangeTee Research  -  1,298 words
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      Lock icon Malaysia to review Budget 2016 as oil prices head further south
      587 4  -  By Pauline Ng btworld@sph.com.sg Kuala Lumpur AS global oil prices continued to slip to the US$37 a barrel mark, Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Wahid Omar indicated on Thursday a review of Malaysia’s Budget 2016 was inevitable given
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      Lock icon Singapore comes in 4th globally in enabling youth economic progress
      552 4  -  By Vivien Shiao vshiao@sph.com.sg @VivienShiaoBT Singapore SINGAPORE is fourth in the world when it comes to enabling youth economic progress, according to an Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) report commissioned by Citi Foundation. Coming behind Toronto, New York and Chicago, Singapore
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  • COMPANIES & MARKETS
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      Lock icon Value of global IPO deals shrinks 25%, but Asia keeps growing: EY
      577 5  -  The Asia-Pac region accounted for 46% of all IPO proceeds raised in 2015; US proceeds fell 65% to US$33.3b By Kenneth Lim kenlim@sph.com.sg @KennethLimBT Singapore GLOBAL initial public offerings raised 25 per cent less money in 2015 with
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      Lock icon SIA to add frequency to Asia, Europe in 2016
      330 5  -  By Nisha Ramchandani nishar@sph.com.sg @Nisha_BT Singapore SINGAPORE Airlines (SIA) will add capacity to cities such as Bangkok, Colombo and Milan next year to cater to travel demand. The airline said in a release on Thursday that it will mount a sixth
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    • CORPORATE DIGEST
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        Lock icon IPC Corp
        74 5 IPC Corp plans to pay out S$1.60 per share as part of a capital reduction exercise after the company completed the 14.9 billion yen (S$172.2 million) sale of seven hotels in Japan. The hotels’ sale was completed on Thursday, said IPC, a property investment and development company. Net
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        Lock icon Ezra Holdings
        69 5 EZRA Holdings has agreed to buy subsidiary Emas Offshore’s entire 12.13 per cent stake in Malaysia-listed Perisai Petroleum Teknologi for US$56 million, a 500 per cent premium to the shares’ market value, Emas announced late on Wednesday. Emas said its stake in Perisai is worth US$11 million based
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        Lock icon Trendlines Group
        157 5 TRENDLINES’ medical incubator subsidiary has taken substantial but minority stakes in two early-stage medical companies and received an eight-year extension from the Israeli government for its incubator franchise. Trendlines Medical Misgav took a 48.8 per cent stake in Tandem Technologies, a business aimed at improving the process of
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        Lock icon Singapore Myanmar Investco
        52 5 MAINBOARD-LISTED Singapore Myanmar Investco (SMI), a diversified business group focused on Myanmar, has entered into an equally held joint venture with Tokyo-listed logistics services company, Senko Co. Together, they will set up and run a Singapore company, SMI-Senko Logistics Pte Ltd, to provide logistics and warehousing services
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        Lock icon Frasers Centrepoint
        67 5 FRASERS Centrepoint Ltd (FCL) on Thursday said shareholders of Thailand-listed Golden Land Property Development approved the group’s proposed 4.97 billion baht (S$195 million) investment in Golden Land at an extraordinary general meeting. The shareholders also granted a whitewash approval to waive FCL from having to make a mandatory
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        Lock icon Triyards Holdings
        49 5 TRIYARDS on Thursday announced contracts worth US$45.5 million. One of them involves building a scientific research vessel for Taiwan Ocean Research Institute, National Applied Research Laboratories, a Taiwan government agency. The other orders include two 26-metre wind farm crew transfer vessels and a 36-metre high-speed passenger ferry.
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      Lock icon STI up on ‘relief rally’ after Fed move
      679 6  -  One economist says markets are underestimating the potential for a sequence of rate hikes over the next couple of years STOCKS By R Sivanithy sivan@sph.com.sg @RSivanithyBT THE US Federal Reserve did what was expected of it when it raised its short-term interest
      Source: Bloomberg  -  679 words
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      Lock icon STI STOCKS
      305 6 Stock name Close Change Day high/low 52w high 52w low PE Div yield Mcap Ascendas Reit 225 xd unch 226/222 271 213 6.5 5701.6 CapitaLand 326 +2 330/321 379 267 11.9 2.8 *****.8 CapitaMall Trust 193 +1.5 193/190 228 184.5 5.6 6707.3 CityDev 754 -14 771/752 1095 695
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      Lock icon MOST ACTIVE
      35 6 VOLUME Addvalue Tech 43,593,300 Golden Agri-Res 35,089,200 Singtel 33,768,700 Noble 24,950,600 MMP Resources 21,049,000 Market volume 1,118,470,000 VALUE Singtel 128,063,429 DBS Grp 84,531,356 UOB 59,684,799 CapitaLand 56,017,859 OCBC Bank 45,945,533 Market value 1,065,303,000
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      Lock icon SGX ETFS
      111 6 Most Active Fund Last sale +/-(‘000) Day high/low 52w high/low Buy/Sell Mcap STI ETF 292 +2 440 293/290 355/280 292/293 DBXT MSBrazil US$ US243 240 243/239 409/226 243/244 DBXT MSCHINA US$ US1246 +9 65 1247/1236 1750/1151 1245/1250 IS MS INDIA US$ US666 +11 54 666/651 1000/639 666/669 83.3
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      77 6 Dec 17 VALUE CLOSE BT OB/OS -566.00 +67.00 BT CADI -*****.00 +41.00 BT 10-day MA -*****.00 -57.00 FTSE ST Mid Cap 663.03 +2.92 FTSE ST Small Cap 397.52 +2.39 FTSE ST All Share 687.48 +3.86 FTSE ST China Top 167.69 +0.50 FTSE ST China 205.04 +1.50 FTSE
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      Lock icon STI / FTSE ST All-Share
      35 6 STI FTSE ST All-Share ftse ST All-Share index Dec 17,2015 687.48 +3.86 (+0.56%) Current streak 2 days Day high 688.81 Day low 682.20 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 6 STI MSCI EAFE MSCI EAFE index Dec 16,2015 1,693.54 +19.19 (+1.15%) Current streak 2 days Day high 1,701.99 Day low 1,675.62 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 6 MAIN CATL TOTAL Up Down Unch Up Down Unch Up Down Unch Multi Ind 10 1 3 1 0 0 11 1 3 Manufacturing 47 30 24 7 7 12 54 37 36 Commerce 15 15 15 6 3 5 21 18 20 Tpt/Stor/Comms 21 6 10
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      Lock icon SECURITIES TRADING TURNOVER
      124 6 VOLUME (‘000) VALUE (‘000) MAIN CATL TOTAL MAIN CATL TOTAL Multi Ind 19,411 3,978 23,389 63,334 1,279 64,613 Manufacturing 121,235 33,287 154,522 109,767 3,853 113,619 Commerce 60,478 29,457 89,935 80,221 1,238 81,459 Tpt/Stor/Comms 113,397 99 113,496 229,295 8 229,303 Finance 29,026 4 29,030 206,061 206,062 Construction 26,043
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      Lock icon GAINERS
      80 6 BY CENTS CLOSE UP 52w high/low SPDR S&P500 US$ ***** 588.0 2.1 *****/***** DBXT STGLDv US$ 2912 94.7 2.4 3302/2776 DBXT MSINDO us$ 1138 53.7 3.5 1492/911 IS MS INDIA S$D 942 39.0 4.3 1116/903 DBXT Vietnam US$ 2235 38.2 1.2 2786/2139 BY PERCENTAGE CLOSE UP 52w high/low Elektromotive
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      73 6 BY CENTS CLOSE DOWN 52w high/low JMH USD 4603 -120.1 -1.8 6788/4500 DBXT S&PShort US$ 2107 -69.3 -2.3 2393/2086 Lyxor AsiaRE US$ 850 -59.4 -4.7 1114/787 Jardine C&C 3450 -30.0 -0.9 4258/2636 China Flexpack 36 -14.0 -28.0 420/36 BY PERCENTAGE CLOSE DOWN 52w high/low ChasenHldg W*****0 0.1 -80.0 -0.4
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      Lock icon UNUSUAL ACTIVITY
      83 6 VOL CLOSE($) CHANGE China Flexpack 7.0 0.360 -0.140 -28.00 USP Group 8,781.8 0.060 +0.010 +20.00 PNE Micron 7,230.0 0.030 -0.007 -18.92 Samko Timber 14,160.0 0.109 -0.009 -7.63 Fuji Offset 18.6 0.250 -0.050 -16.67 SingaporeKitchen 1.9 0.123 +0.020 +19.42 Singapore-eDev 701.0 0.042 +0.007 +20.00 Enviro-Hub 6,220.5 0.075 -0.010 -11.77
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      Lock icon BROKERS’ TAKE
      513 6  -  Compiled by Melissa Tan Singapore Exchange|Buy Dec 17 close: S$7.67 Target price: S$8.13 RHB Research, Dec 16 WE noticed a month-on-month recovery in derivatives average daily contracts for November 2015; the derivatives revenue share is a significant 41 per cent. The recent average daily value for securities is
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      Lock icon US$ hits two-week high after Fed hikes rate
      451 7 CURRENCIES REUTERS London THE US dollar hit a two-week high against a basket of major rivals on Thursday after the US Federal Reserve raised interest rates for the first time in almost a decade and signalled four more hikes are to come
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    • FOREX RATES
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        471 7 Dec 17 A$ C$ Rmb Euro HK$ Ind Rs Rupiah Yen Won RM NZ$ Pak Rs Peso S$ Rand Sfr NT$ Baht Pound US$ Australia 0.993 4.661 0.662 5.573 47.921 100.937 0.880 8.475 3.112 1.068 75.338 34.065 1.017 10.787 0.716 23.595 25.929 0.481 0.719 Canada 1.007 4.695
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        Lock icon US$/S$ FORWARD RATES
        22 7 Dec 17 S$ Bid Offer 1-month 1.4148 1.4159 2-months 1.4162 1.4175 3-months 1.4174 1.4191 6-months 1.4193 1.4213 Source: OCBC
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        Lock icon INTERBANK CURRENCY RATES
        155 7 Dec 17 Against S$ Against US$ Currencies Bid Offer Bid Offer S$/US$ to one unit of foreign currency: Australian dollar 1.0160 1.0173 0.7188 0.7193 Canadian dollar 1.0235 1.0247 0.7245 0.7242 Euro 1.5341 1.5355 1.0854 1.0857 NZ dollar 0.9514 0.9524 0.6731 0.6734 Sterling pound 2.1111 2.1132 1.4936 1.4942
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    • EQUITY BONDS WARRANTS FUTURES
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        Lock icon BONDS, WARRANTS, PREFERENCE SHARES
        207 7 Most active Dec 17 Prem Expiry Vol Conv Exer Disc Gear-Mths Company Last Sale +or-('000) Ratio Price ing Left Ntegrator Intl Ltd W*****3 0.3 unch ***** 1 1 4.33 35 STI 3100 MB eCW*****9 2.5 0.2 8965 0.0 2 Rowsley Ltd W*****3 3.1 0.1 7124 1
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        Lock icon MORGAN STANLEY CAPITAL INTERNATIONAL INDICES
        365 7 In local curr In S$ In US$ dy yr dy yr dy yr Dec 16 Index Change Change Change Change Change Change World Preliminary 1270.5 0.6 -0.4 0.6 3.0 0.5 -3.2 EAFE Preliminary 996.6 1.1 1.0 1.2 1.4 1.1 -4.6 Europe Preliminary 1386.9 0.4 0.4
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        Lock icon SGX DERIVATIVES TRADING
        398 7 Dec 17 OPEN HIGH LOW SETT VOL OP/INT FTSE CHINA A50 INDEX FUTURES Dec15 *****.00 *****.50 *****.50 *****.50 *****6 *****2 Jan16 *****.00 *****.00 *****.50 *****.50 ***** ***** NIKKEI 225 INDEX FUTURES Mar16 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 ***** *****8 Jun16 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 337 273 MSCI TAIWAN
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    • BANK RATES
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        154 7 Dec 17 $S Offer Bid 0vernight 0.10 Par 1-month 1.0 0.875 2-months 1.125 1.0 3-months 1.1875 1.0625 Overnight mode: N.A. US$ Offer Bid 7 days 0.40 0.30 1 month 0.40 0.30 2 months 0.50 0.30 3 months 0.60 0.40 6 months 0.85 0.65 9 months 1.05 0.85 12
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        Lock icon GOVERNMENT SECURITIES
        67 7 Dec 17 GOVERNMENT BONDS Period Issue Coupon Maturity Close Day's code rate Bid High Low 2-Year N*****0F 1.375 01-Oct-17 100.65 100.74 100.66 5-Year N*****0S 2.000 01-Jul-20 100.66 10-Year NX*****Z 2.375 01-Jun-25 98.97 99.05 98.30 15-Year NZ*****F 2.875 01-Sep-30 101.07 101.17 100.85 20-Year NZ*****V 3.375 01-Sep-33 107.61 107.35 106.50
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    • AGRI METALS ENERGY
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        Lock icon COMMODITY FUTURES
        193 7 Dec-16 Price Net change change Last Trade Agricultural Dec-16 CBOT Soybeans (US cents/bu) 862.50 -4.75 -0.55% 14/01/2016 CBOT Soybean Oil (US cents/lb) 30.37 -0.33 -1.07% 14/01/2016 CBOT Wheat (US cents/bu) 483.50 -10.75 -2.18% 14/03/2016 Dec-16 LIFFE Cocoa (£/tonne) 2262.00 -24.00 -1.05% 14/03/2016 LIFFE Coffee (US$/tonne) 1486.00 6.00 0.41%
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        Lock icon PALM OIL
        57 7 Dec 17 KLCE Palm Futures (RM/MT) Delivery Opening Sett Av Vol Open Month Range Price Price High Low Done Position Jan 16 2194.0 2224.0 2216.0 2190.0 203 8772 Feb 16 2310.0 2325.0 2328.0 2295.0 6169 ***** Mar 16 2390.0 2403.0 2405.0 2369.0 ***** ***** Apr 16 2432.0 2447.0
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      Lock icon Container shipping: another major M&A wave unlikely for now
      855 8  -  NEW ANALYSIS By Tan Hwee Hwee hweetan@sph.com.sg @HweetanBT MUCH has been said of how the fragmented container shipping industry would crave for further consolidation following news on two major mergers and acquisitions in the sector, but the signs are there that
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      Lock icon M&C in tie-up to reopen Broadway theatre
      389 8  -  By Kalpana Rashiwala kalpana@sph.com.sg @KalpanaBT Singapore CITY Developments’ London-listed hotel unit Millennium Copthorne Hotels (M&C) has teamed up with Ambassador Theatre Group (ATG) to reopen the old Hudson Theatre in New York for Broadway productions under the terms of a lease agreement. Located
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      Lock icon Fosun chief’s disappearance stokes fear among China’s CEOs
      749 8 AFP Shanghai THE disappearance of Fosun chief Guo Guangchang, dubbed China’s Warren Buffett, has stoked fear among captains of industry who thought good behaviour and loyalty could protect them from Beijing’s ever-expanding anti-graft campaign. Mr Guo, the billionaire chairman of Fosun International
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      Lock icon DBS Vickers named top local broker again in Asiamoney poll
      394 8  -  By R Sivanithy sivan@sph.com.sg @RSivanithyBT Singapore DBS Vickers (DBSV) has been named top local broker for the 11th consecutive year in Asiamoney’s annual brokerage poll, with Maybank Kim Eng occupying the runner-up spot and RHB-OSK coming in third. “We are
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      Lock icon Invesco, UBS Asset shun Asia sovereign bonds
      578 8 BLOOMBERG Taipei INVESCO Ltd and UBS Asset Management aren’t adding to their holdings of Asian local-currency sovereign bonds for the time being as they see yields in most markets rising in tandem with US Treasuries. Five-year US yields climbed to a six-month high
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      Lock icon SGX MAINBOARD
      1766 9 Transaction date: Dec 17 52-Wk Last Vol Day Div GrYld Net MCap High Low Company Sale +/-(’000) High Low C’vr P/Ep $mil Last Vol Day Div GrYld Net 153 131.5 AIMSAMP Cap Reit 135 +0.5 204 136.5 135 1 8.2 856.8 High 175.5 109 ARA Asset Mgmt 114.5
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      Lock icon SGX CATALIST
      363 9 52-Wk Last Vol Day Div GrYld Net MCap High Low Company Sale +/-(’000) High Low C’vr P/E Company Last Sale +7vol ('000) High 3.6 1.1 t Adventus Low Div 25 4.5 t Alliance Mineral 14 -0.7 ***** 14.9 13.9 55.2 GrYld 10.1 4.3 t Artivision Tech P/E 15.5
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      Lock icon SGX ETF
      119 9 52-Wk Last Vol Day Div GrYld Net MCap High Low Counter Sale +/-(’000) High Low C’vr P/E Counter Last sale vol 4258 2750 DBXT China50 US$ US2947 +25 12 2947 2918 8.1 High 409 226 DBXT MSBrazil US$ US243 240 243 239 1750 1151 DBXT MSCHINA US$ US1246
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  • BANKING & FINANCE
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      Lock icon China’s move to US-style IPO registration a boon for local brokers
      605 10 It will boost revenues at local banks, brokers and lure more companies to the stock market, say analysts REUTERS Hong Kong CHINA’S landmark decision this month to implement a US-style registration system for stock listings will boost revenues at
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      Lock icon Risks to US banks rising from loose lending standards
      420 10 REUTERS Washington THE risks to US banks associated with loose underwriting standards are increasing, the federal Office of the Comptroller of the Currency said in a report released on Wednesday, as the Federal Reserve raised interest rates for the first time
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      Lock icon Sweden bank payout growth expected to stall
      400 10 BLOOMBERG Copenhagen SOME of Sweden’s biggest banks have set themselves a target of returning about three quarters of their profits to shareholders. But new rules on how to calculate capital burdens, as well as weak earnings, mean they now probably won’t be able
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      Lock icon E-trading site BATS makes second IPO attempt
      497 10 NYT New York BATS Global Markets is making a second attempt at a public stock offering three years after a technology problem forced it to stay private. Since then, BATS has faced new competitive threats and increasing regulatory scrutiny of the role of
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  • ENERGY & COMMODITIES
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      Lock icon Mass layoffs in China’s coal country threaten unrest
      1142 11 Beijing faces test of whether it can head off labour discontent in a slowing economy NYT Hegang, china IN the dank shower room where the miners soak, the coal dust from their bodies staining the water chocolate, a lone worker sat smoking
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      Lock icon Shale drillers are now free to export US oil into global glut
      733 11 BLOOMBERG Chicago US SHALE drillers will soon be able to sell their oil all over the world. Too bad no one needs it right now. A congressional deal to lift the 1970s-era prohibition on shipping crude overseas has
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      Lock icon Goldman Sachs lowers iron ore outlook
      239 11 BLOOMBERG Singapore GOLDMAN Sachs Group Inc took the axe to its iron ore forecasts, predicting that the price will remain under US$40 a tonne for the next three years as China’s slowdown forces the global industry into a long period of hibernation. Iron ore
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  • TECHNOLOGY
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      Lock icon Facebook partners Uber to enhance Messenger
      983 12 Move emulates rival Asian messaging apps that can be used to hail a car, shop for games, buy virtual stickers NYT New York FOR years, Asia’s technology giants have been one step ahead of Western companies in how they treat messaging apps. Instead of
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      Lock icon Oracle’s cloud services inch up but total revenue falls 6.3% in Q2
      682 12 BLOOMBERG San Francisco ORACLE Corp’s push into the cloud is making progress, but investors will need to be patient before there’s a return to revenue growth. While the cloud-based business posted a sales increase of 26 per cent,
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      Lock icon Khloe Kardashian’s Odom leads Google’s top searches in 2015
      643 12 NYT New York GOOGLE released the top search terms of the year on Wednesday, accompanied by a video stitched together from inspiring clips: France’s response to the Paris attacks, refugees navigating their way to safe haven and an adult lion bathing
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  • TRANSPORT
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      914 14 EU probes misuse of low-interest loans; development bank suspends funds for factory NYT Frankfurt VOLKSWAGEN’S legal and financial problems deepened on Wednesday, as the European Union’s anti-fraud office said that it had opened an investigation into whether the carmaker had misused hundreds of millions of
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      210 14 BLOOMBERG Singapore A VESSEL carrying 560 tonnes of bunker fuel sank after a collision with a chemical tanker in the Singapore Strait late on Wednesday, the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) said. Shipping traffic in the waterway remains undisrupted and there
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      379 14 REUTERS Luxembourg AIR France-KLM and 10 other airlines have won a challenge against almost 800 million euros (S$ 1.2 billion) in fines for fixing air freight charges after Europe’s second highest court said that it had found contradictions in the EU
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      2150 19 MONTREAL 10 120 29/7 30/7 4/8 MONTREAL 10 120 29/7 30/7 4/8 EASTERN CAR LINER, LTD SPECIALIZE IN RORO HEAVY LIFT INTRA-ASIA SERVICE VOY Ramp(KT) Lifting(KT) SIN PG PKL KUC JKT SUR BRIGHT STATE 118 40 122 24/12 25/12 29/12 EMERALD CORAL 095 60 27/12 29/12 2/1 4/1
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      231 14 Topics Speakers Date: Saturday Sunday 23 24 January 2016 Day 1 Saturday, 23 Jan 2016 Global Residential Property Market Outlook 2016 Nicholas Holt Asia Pacific Head of Research, Knight Frank Asia Pacific The next stage for Iskandar Malaysia and Malacca looking into the future Ishmael Ho CEO, Ho Chin Soon
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  • REAL ESTATE
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      Lock icon Developer eyes Guinness slot for Forest City
      988 15  -  Country Garden says it’ll do everything possible to ensure zero impact to surrounding areas during reclamation By Lynette Khoo lynkhoo@sph.com.sg @LynetteKhooBT Singapore AS far as Chinese developer Country Garden is concerned, no effort is spared to turn Forest City, a mega project in
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      636 16  -  Jongro Place, a 14-storey Grade A office building in CBD, was recently acquired by the new fund for S$289.6m By Kalpana Rashiwala kalpana@sph.com.sg @KalpanaBT Singapore ASCENDAS’ fully owned subsidiary Ascendas Asset Management Co Ltd has launched its fifth office
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      487 16 REUTERS BLOOMBERG Washington SOME casino and hotel companies including Caesars Entertainment and Hilton Worldwide Holdings are expected to get a reprieve from a proposal to curb real estate investment trusts, or Reits. An earlier version of the US$650 billion
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  • OPINION
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      566 20 EDITORIAL NOW that an unprecedented era of near-zero interest rates has come to an end, as the Federal Reserve raised rates for the first time in nine years, Asian investors will grapple with pointed questions about their fixed income portfolios in
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      751 20  -  THE BOTTOM LINE By Noah Smith WELL, the Federal Reserve has finally gone and done it. It raised shortterm rates by 25 basis points, and Fed officials predicted four more similar hikes next year. That will bring rates to a range of 1.25 per cent to
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      Lock icon Lost decades of Japan all due to labour rigidity
      1486 20  -  While lifetime employment made the nation an economic powerhouse, it also prevented companies from getting rid of any excesses built up during a bubble. BY LEE BOON KENG bubble.BY LEE BOON KENG T The writer is associate professor of banking finance,
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      Lock icon Why we need two Europes
      820 21  -  COMMENTARY By Antonio Armellini TThe writer was Italian Ambassador to India from 2004-08. A member of the Official Monetary and Financial institutions Forum (OMFIF) advisory board, he is also a member of the international institute for Strategic Studies and istituto Affari internazionali Rome DAVID Cameron’s
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      797 21  -  COMMENTARY By Anthony Rowley Tokyo WITH so much happening on the geo-strategic front in East Asia of late, the issue of North Korea has slipped below many people’s attention horizon and that, in turn, means that economic changes in the
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      1145 21  -  The fight against climate change exemplifies the role that greater interconnectivity of people and markets can play in fostering a more prosperous and secure world economy. BY ALAN BOLLARD economy.BY ALAN BOLLARD T The writer is executive director of the Apec Secretariat based in Singapore
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      316 23 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD Across 1 Discharge exploding so deep (6) 4 Grand Canyon, American, split by Colorado’s right bank (8) 9 That man is after the old lady’s pounds (6) 10 Perchance story will include old relative (8) 12 European capital housing churchman’s backed eternally (8) 13 Issued digital record, keeping
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      Lock icon BRISBANE,CITY OF ART
      1445 26  -  The once drab rivertown has re-imagined itself with art and design, now hailed as Australia’s “hippest city”. BY HELMI YUSOF BY HELMI YUSOF THE underpass of a railway line in South Brisbane is now home to an “outdoor art gallery”. Nine massive murals over 7m-tall cover its
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      Lock icon Edgy works of the 8th APT show
      276 26 Indian artist Asim waqif ONE of the most ambitious works at APT 8 is this massive wood installation (above) by Indian artist Asim Waqif that reaches up to the third floor of the museum. The artist typically creates large-scale installations out of detritus
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        924 22  -  GetDoc is a new app that facilitates instant bookings with a doctor of your choice. BY AVANTI NIM BY AVANTI NIM ONE of life’s most painful experiences is being put on hold. It’s even worse when the person you’re trying to talk to is the receptionist at
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          Lock icon CELEBRATING THE MING DYNASTY
          305 22  -  By Tay Suan Chiang EXHIBITION Remembering Ming: The Old is New Again CHINESE history buffs will get a kick out of Remembering Ming: The Old is New Again, a three-day exhibition featuring tea, handcrafted ceramics, Han ethnic clothing and incense. It is curated by Kenny Leong,
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          Lock icon Frankly, It’s Christmas: A Jazzy Christmas by Jeremy Monteiro and Friends
          252 22  -  CONCERT By Dylan Tan JEREMY Monteiro returns to the Esplanade Concert Hall for the 11th edition of his annual A Jazzy Christmas show. This year’s has been christened Frankly, It’s Christmas and it’s a star-studded one as usual with
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          177 22  -  CHRISTMAS tp://uob.com.sg/xmas.By Cheah Ui-Hoon UOB has collaborated with Chi-nese-American designer Vivienne Tam to design an exclusive Singa-pore-only limited-edition tote bag for UOB cardmembers.The designer’s first-ever collaboration with a Singapore company commemorates the nation's 50th jubilee year and features cut-outs inspired by the lotus
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          246 22  -  DINING By Tay Suan Chiang WITH Christmas just a week away, and you’re still scrambling for ideas on what to feed guests, it is still not too late to order a turkey and the works. Hotel Jen Tanglin Singapore offers turkey for takeaway but it is not the
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          141 22  -  CLASSICAL By By Helmi Yusof MORE than 20 years ago, Singapore’s premier classical act T’ang Quartet (right) made its debut at the Victoria Concert Hall with the Singapore Symphony Orchestra (SSO). Now the boys Ng Yu-Ying (1st violin), Ang Chek Meng (2nd violin), Lionel Tan (viola)
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        1307 23  -  Dom Perignon leads the charge with Montrachet and Domaine wines as well as Rieslings in hot pursuit. BY NK YONG WINE BY NK YONG IT’S a week before Christmas, so the question is: What do we drink at Christmas dinner? Depends to some
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        565 23  -  By Dylan Tan dylantan@sph.com.sg @DylanTanSYBT JJ Abrams will take cinemagoers on an in-ter-galactic trip this week when the new Star Wars film opens; likewise music lovers can expect to be whisked around the world in the comfort of their seats at The Philharmonic Winds Goes
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    • ARTS
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        Lock icon Positively engaging art of negatives
        826 24  -  Indonesian-born artist Boedi Widjaja cleverly bridges the past and the present through the use of old photography techniques.BY CHEAH UI-HOON SINGAPORE ART WEEK techniques.BY CHEAH UI-HOON Looking at history through the lens of a camera takes on new meaning in the hands of Indone-sian-born artist
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        Lock icon Out of this world
        560 24  -  By Cheah Ui-Hoon uihoon@sph.com.sg ASTEROIDS and missing planets. Young artist Melissa Tan's works might seem to shoot for the stars at first, being so conceptually located in space science, but her execution of it is surprisingly down-to-earth, with her use of basic materials. “I like geography
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        Lock icon Gallery shows at S’pore Art Week
        637 24 From Koyasan to Borobudur Jan 16-Feb 28,2016 A TWO-MAN exhibition by Indonesian artist Nasirun and Japanese artist Tanada Koji, From Koyasan to Borobudur is a dialogue between the two artists about their profound spiritual experiences. The idea of this exhibition began with Nasirun’s visit
        PHOTOS: MIZUMA GALLERY, YAVUZ GALLERY  -  637 words
    • CINEMA/MUSIC
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        760 25  -  JJ Abrams’ reboot of the storied franchise Star Wars signals a welcome return to form.BY form.BY GEOFFREY EU THERE is a signature moment early on in Star Wars: The Force Awakens when after he is reunited with his rustbucket of a spaceship the
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        Lock icon Captain America behind the lens
        530 25  -  By Dylan Tan dylantan@sph.com.sg @DylanTanSYBT TIRED of being told what to do, Hollywood actors must constantly dream of the day they get to call the shots as directors. A few have done well for themselves: Clint Eastwood (Million Dollar Baby, 2004), Robert Redford (Ordinary People,
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        Lock icon Delivering a Dolly good time – again
        561 25  - Delivering a Dolly good time again MUSIC By Dylan Tan dylantan@sph.com.sg @DylanTanSYBT CHRISTMAS usually isn’t much fun: the last-minute shopping, the crowd crush at the mall, the Secret Santa gift you received that looks like it has been suspiciously recycled by somebody who knew better than to be caught in
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