The Business Times, 8 March 2016

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    22 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES S$1.20 A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION www.businesstimes.com.sg @BusinessTimes CO REGN NO *****2868E MCI (P) 039/08/2015 Tuesday, March 8, 2016
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    Lock icon DAILY DIGEST
    212 1 Financial markets expect the European Central Bank to widen negative interest rates by at least 0.1 of a percentage point more from the current -0.3 per cent. TOP STORIES 2 Liquidation of Dolphin Geophysical Pte Ltd commences and preliminary signs are that the proceeds may fall far short
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    Lock icon OSIM founder Ron Sim makes offer to take firm private
    1118 1  -  S$1.32-a-share bid for remaining 30.75% stake values lifestyle products group at S$978.9 million By Cai Haoxiang haoxiang@sph.com.sg @HaoxiangCaiBT Singapore AS OSIM International’s share price plunged over the past year, privatisation looked more and more attractive to founder and chief executive
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    Lock icon SMEs ‘at an inflexion point’
    1102 1  -  ASME chief flags the struggles of SMEs, which are mostly in traditional trades and may go out of business amid push to transform the economy By Mindy Tan tanmindy@sph.com.sg @MindyTanBT Singapore THE president of the Association of Small and Medium Enterprises (ASME) has warned that
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    27 1 Monday Change STI 2,823.51 -13.49 KL COMP 1,697.93 +5.44 NIKKEI 225 16,911.32 -103.46 HANG SENG 20,159.72 -16.98 SHENZHEN B 1,122.61 +4.83 Dow (10.45 EST) 17,022.93 +16.16
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      60 1 *****1 *****1 SINGAPORE ECONOMY How S’pore has grown from a policy perspective OPINION 21 y > 1 h a *3 A «Details make perfection, and perfection is not a detail Leonardo da Vinci B V LG A R I ROMA OCTO r rr C' AW OAK BVI i ssu «Details
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      25 1 SINGAPORE BUDGET 2016 Keeping powder dry for off-budget measures TOP STORIES 4 SEEKING GROWTH Malaysia-based Axcelasia moving fast into other Asean countries companies markets 6
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      26 1 Commentary: For Ron Sim, a listing has lost its draw, Page 5 Hock Lock Siew: Where’s the follow-up to SGX queries on trading activity? Page 5
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  • TOP STORIES
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      Lock icon Draghi needs to perform juggling act in face of economic uncertainty
      833 2  -  The ECB chief is expected to widen negative rates, but negative rates have dented bank profitability and may dampen stockmarket sentiment and business confidence By Neil Behrmann btworld@sph.com.sg London THE markets expect the European Central Bank (ECB) to widen
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      Lock icon uBuyout
      151 2 BT Infographics WHAT IT SELLS OSIM operates in 23 countries around the world. Flagship OSIM outlets, accounting for about 60% of revenue, sell massage chairs at the S$2,500 (uDiva Classic), S$5,000 (uMagic), and S$8,000 (uInfinity Luxe) price points, as well as smaller handheld massagers. GNC/RichLife outlets sell nutritional supplements
      Compiled by Cai Haoxiang from Bloomberg, news reports, financial statements BT Graphics: Ludwig Ilio  -  151 words
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      Lock icon Dolphin Geophysical liquidation begins
      626 3  -  Appointment of liquidators for Singapore unit comes over two months after Norway parent filed for bankruptcy By Tan Hwee Hwee hweetan@sph.com.sg @HweetanBT Singapore The liquidation of Singapore-based Dolphin Geophysical Pte Ltd has commenced and the preliminary signs are the proceeds may fall far short of the
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      Lock icon Keeping the powder dry for off-budget measures
      701 4  -  Past actions show government would introduce one-off package if economy is clearly headed for contraction SINGAPORE BUDGET 2016 By Kenneth Lim kenlim@sph.com.sg @KennethLimBT Singapore FOR all the attention that the coming Budget statement is getting, it is the off-budget measure that sometimes carries
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      Lock icon Budgeting on a rainy day
      465 4  -  The expected economic slowdown will probably hit revenues for the 2016 Singapore Budget. But increased contributions from invested reserves and the possibility of off-budget measures will give the Singapore government room to manoeuvre if a recession occurs. By KENNETH LIM BT Infographics By KENNETH LIM
      DATA: 2015 Budget statement, Denartment of Statistics, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Trade and Industry; BT Graphics:Ludwig Tho  -  465 words
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      Lock icon Convention to tackle how local businesses can keep their edge
      368 4  -  By Mindy Tan tanmindy@sph.com.sg @MindyTanBT Singapore Singapore SINGAPORE may have leapt from Third World to First in a single generation, but businesses now face a more complex, uncertain landscape. How can they restructure and respond? How does Singapore’s near and
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      Lock icon 1985: Stock exchange standstill and recession
      328 4  -  Singapore stocks face one of their toughest years with the Pan-El crisis, negative growth and a turbulent take-off for SIA. BY VIVIEN SHIAO years BY VIVIEN SHIAO he collapse of Pan-Elec-tric Industries is arguably one of the most important events in the history of
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      149 2 12 -15 April 2016 Tuesday Friday Singapore Expo ASIA’S LEADING AND MOST COMPREHENSIVE INTERNATIONAL FOOD AND HOSPITALITY TRADE SHOW IS HERE! tamirna Find us: Food&HotelAsia 97,OOOsqm of exhibition space 3,000 exhibitors from 70 countries/regions 60 international group pavilions New group pavilions from Algeria, Czech Republic, France, Hungary, Korea, Morocco, Poland
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      17 2 Choose from Prime Stock Call 1800 289 8822 or e-mail notices@sph.com.sg to place your Tenders Auctions Notices
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      65 3 PRESIDENT'S AWARD FOR THE ENVIRONMENT Nominate exceptional individuals educational institutions and organisations that have made an impact towards a sustainable Singapore. Nominations close on 4 April 2016 For more information log on to: www.mewr.gov.sg/presidentsaward The President's Award for the Environment (PAE) is the highest environmental accolade that recognises outstanding contributions
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      28 4 Blow your own trumpet Buy new musical instruments or put up your old ones for sale in CLASS 72 To advertise, call the Print Classified Hotline: 1800-289 9988
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      50 4 The Business Times has been there to report and analyse the most significant news since 1976. Every week, this feature will showcase excerpts from the biggest stories for each year that the paper has been in operation. The full text of all the stories can be found online at bt.sg/bt_40
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  • COMPANIES & MARKETS
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      Lock icon For Ron Sim, a listing has lost its draw
      886 5  -  There’s the sense that he is chafing at the increasing burden of being a listed entity PRIVATISING OSIM COMMENTARY By Wong Wei Kong weikong@sph.com.sg @WongWeiKongBT RON Sim, a vocal critic of some of the Singapore Exchange’s rules and practices, will finally
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      Lock icon Where’s the follow-up to SGX queries on price swings?
      699 5  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW BY R SIVANITHY sivan@sph.com.sg @RSivanithyBT THE sudden rise in the share price of healthy-lifestyle firm OSIM International in the days before it announced a privatisation offer illustrates one of the most troubling governance lapses in the local stock
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      Lock icon Malaysia-based Axcelasia moving fast into other Asean countries
      691 6  -  Strategic alliances or mergers acquisitions not ruled out as business consultancy firm seeks fast growth By Anita Gabriel anitag@sph.com.sg @AnitaGabrielBT Singapore THERE may be very little that’s not dull about a company that offers tax advisory, consultancy and business support such as
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      Lock icon OUE H-Trust plans S$238m rights issue to buy hotel extension
      562 6  -  By Nisha Ramchandani nishar@sph.com.sg @Nisha_BT Singapore OUE Hospitality Trust (OUE H-Trust) is carrying out an underwritten rights issue to raise S$238.6 million in gross proceeds to fund the purchase of the Crowne Plaza Changi Airport hotel extension. OUE H-Trust is
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      Lock icon TTJ’s Q2 earnings up, helped by higher revenue and margin
      395 6  -  By Nisha Ramchandani nishar@sph.com.sg @Nisha_BT Singapore BOOSTED by higher revenue, better margin and a fall in other losses, structural steel specialist TTJ Holdings reported a 40 per cent year-on-year increase in second-quarter net profit to S$5.41 million. The quarter ended
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      Lock icon Courts Asia to issue S$75 million in fixed rate notes
      293 6  -  By Nisha Ramchandani nishar@sph.com.sg @Nisha_BT Singapore MAINBOARD-LISTED retailer Courts Asia will issue S$75 million of notes, upsized from an initial target size of S$50 million, at a fixed rate of 5.75 per cent per year. Payable semi-annually and in arrear,
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      Lock icon S’pore women hobbled by lack of confidence in investing: BlackRock
      418 7  -  Asset manager’s survey finds they invest less than men, and when they do invest, they do so conservatively By Grace So graceso@sph.com.sg Singapore TODAY’S women can be as financially savvy as men, but Singapore women still lack confidence in their
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      Lock icon SPH, StarHub to collaborate on content, data analytics, advertising
      489 7  -  By Jacquelyn Cheok jaccheok@sph.com.sg @JacCheokBT Singapore MEDIA and telecommunications titans SPH (Singapore Press Holdings) and StarHub have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to collaborate and innovate in areas of content creation, data analytics, marketing and advertising sales. The partnership will
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      Lock icon ICC Academy to host 4th annual supply chain financing summit
      311 7  -  By R Sivanithy sivan@sph.com.sg @RSivanithyBT THE International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) Academy will celebrate its first year of operation by hosting the 4th annual supply chain financing (SCF) summit on March 9-10. To be held at Maxwell Chambers in Maxwell
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      63 8 STI Catalist Straits Times Index March 7,2016 2,823.51 -13.49 (-0.48%) Current streak 1 day Day high 2,850.52 Day low 2,809.72 52-week high 3,539.95 (Apr 15, 2015) 52-week low 2,532.70 (Jan 21, 2016) FTSE ST Catalist index March 7,2016 473.21 +11.86 (+2.57%) Current streak 7 days Day high 473.79 Day low
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      78 8 BY CENTS CLOSE UP 52w high/low DBXT Nifty50 ETF10 ***** 290.1 1.9 *****/***** Lyxor Indonesia US$ 8154 222.4 2.0 9094/6250 Lyxor LATAM US$ 433 128.5 27.4 577/340 Lyxor US DJIA US$ 1710 60.8 2.6 1859/1573 DBXT MSJAP US$ 4651 48.4 0.8 5277/4031 BY PERCENTAGE CLOSE UP 52w high/low TechOil&Gas
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      74 8 BY CENTS CLOSE DOWN 52w high/low JMH USD 5440 -288.8 -3.7 6598/4500 JSH USD 2912 -125.7 -3.0 3578/2524 Jardine C&C 3877 -78.0 -2.0 4258/2636 GLD US$ ***** -34.5 -0.2 *****/***** DBS Bk 4.7% NCPS ***** -20.0 -0.2 *****/***** BY PERCENTAGE CLOSE DOWN 52w high/low NobleGrpMBeCW*****1 0.4 -55.6 -0.5 6.1/0.4
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      Lock icon UNUSUAL ACTIVITY
      78 8 VOL CLOSE($) CHANGE Soon Lian 0.100 M Development 718.0 0.004 +0.001 +33.33 Serrano 80.4 0.049 +0.006 +13.95 Chinese Global 6,236.0 0.025 -0.001 -3.85 Europtronic 2,600.3 0.005 +0.001 +25.00 Lion Asiapac 0.290 Charisma Energy 71,743.7 0.015 +0.001 +7.14 Magnus Energy 4,777.2 0.004 +0.001 +33.33 Tech Oil & Gas 46,520.7
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      Lock icon After 6 successive rises, STI falls on 7th try
      630 8  -  13-point drop comes after cumulative gains of 234 points; many offshore marine stocks see big percentage hikes in high volume STOCKS By R Sivanithy sivan@sph.com.sg @RSivanithyBT THE Straits Times Index (STI), after having risen over six consecutive days during which it
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      313 8 Stock name Close Change Day high/low 52w high 52w low PE Div yield Mcap Ascendas Reit 239 -5 243/238 271 209 6.1 6277.9 CapitaLand 313 -4 318/311 379 267 12.5 2.9 *****.4 CapitaMall Trust 213 -4 217/212 228 184.5 5.3 7404 CityDev 770 cd +10 774/762 1095 661
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      Lock icon STI/FTSE ST All-share
      36 8 ST I/ FTSE ST All-share ftse ST All-Share index March 7,2016 689.57 -4.33 (-0.62%) Current streak 1 day Day high 695.90 Day low 688.02 52-week high 847.98 (Apr 15, 2015) 52-week low 625.37 (Jan 21, 2016)
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      Lock icon STI / MSCI EAFE
      33 8 STI MSCI EAFE MSCI EAFE Index March 4,2016 1,628.83 +17.13 (+1.06%) Current streak 7 days Day high 1,630.83 Day low 1,610.76 52-week high 1,949.49 (May 15, 2015) 52-week low 1,492.43 (Feb 12, 2016)
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      Lock icon MOST ACTIVE
      35 8 VOLUME Ezra 332,089,900 Noble 212,658,000 Vallianz 115,951,000 Rex Intl 113,587,100 Loyz Energy 105,801,600 Market volume 2,973,561,000 VALUE DBS Grp 136,923,344 Noble 94,189,942 Singtel 76,985,610 OCBC Bank 72,136,626 Keppel Corp 70,010,107 Market value 1,547,607,000
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      Lock icon SGX ETFs
      105 8 Most Active Fund Last sale +/-(‘000) Day high/low 52w high/low Buy/Sell Mcap STI ETF 283 -1 508 286/281 355/254 283/284 IS MS INDIA US$ US641 +6 92 645/641 827/575 639/644 80.1 Lyxor Taiwan US104.1 +4.3 84 104.6/104.1 128.5/90 -/-24.8 DBXT MSBrazil US$ US271 +12 68 273/271 399/190 270/271
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      77 8 Mar 7 VALUE CLOSE BT OB/OS 482.00 -7.00 BT CADI -*****.00 +87.00 BT 10-day MA -*****.00 +48.00 FTSE ST Mid Cap 679.36 +0.48 FTSE ST Small Cap 398.07 +3.11 FTSE ST All Share 689.57 -4.33 FTSE ST China Top 162.04 +0.55 FTSE ST China 192.28 -0.32 FTSE
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      Lock icon SECURITIES TRADING SCOREBOARD
      186 8 MAIN CATL TOTAL Up Down Unch Up Down Unch Up Down Unch Multi Ind 9 4 1 1 0 0 10 4 1 Manufacturing 48 38 22 13 5 11 61 43 33 Commerce 26 12 13 7 1 5 33 13 18 Tpt/Stor/Comms 15 17 4
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      Lock icon SECURITIES TRADING TURNOVER
      119 8 VOLUME (‘000) VALUE (‘000) MAIN CATL TOTAL MAIN CATL TOTAL Multi Ind 34,486 952 35,438 119,102 210 119,312 Manufacturing 383,177 71,580 454,757 176,885 2,589 179,474 Commerce 251,396 249,502 500,898 214,369 12,098 226,466 Tpt/Stor/Comms 522,680 765 523,445 243,577 63 243,639 Finance 84,172 84,172 283,476 283,476 Construction 25,088 71,798
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    • BROKERS’ TAKE
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        Lock icon Frasers Centrepoint Trust | Buy
        169 8 Frasers Centrepoint Trust Buy Target price: S$2.11 March 7 close: S$1.93 DBS Group Research, March 7 WE remain excited about the planned asset enhancement initiative (AEI) and integration of the Northpoint asset with the extension wing currently built by the sponsor. With an enlarged footprint, we see Northpoint as a
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        Lock icon Hongkong Land | Sell
        139 8 Hongkong Land Sell Target price: US$4.86 March 7 close: US$6.00 Deutsche Bank Research, March 7 WHILE the performance of the Hong Kong Grade-A office market has been resilient so far against falling prices/rents in retail/residential, we expect the office market to soften alongside a weakening economy and an upcoming supply
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        Lock icon Hotel Properties | Buy
        162 8  - Hotel Properties Buy Compiled by Kenneth Lim Target price: S$4.83 March 3 close: S$3.55 OCBC Investment Research, March 7 WHILE management expects the group’s hospitality results to remain fairly resilient given the strong branding and geographical diversification of their hotel portfolio, they anticipate challenging conditions ahead given stiff competition, uncertainties
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      Lock icon Easing expectations send euro lower
      393 9 CURRENCIES REUTERS London THE euro fell by around half a per cent at the start of the run-in to a European Central Bank meeting on Thursday widely expected to ease monetary policy further to help shore up still shaky eurozone growth. The ECB is expected
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    • FOREX RATES
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        Lock icon INTERBANK CROSS RATES
        471 9 Mar 7 A$ C$ Rmb Euro HK$ Ind Rs Rupiah Yen Won RM NZ$ Pak Rs Peso S$ Rand Sfr NT$ Baht Pound US$ Australia 0.989 4.827 0.675 5.755 49.707 96.848 0.842 8.915 3.033 1.095 77.593 34.761 1.024 11.380 0.738 24.264 26.252 0.522 0.741 Canada 1.011 4.882
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        Lock icon INTERBANK CURRENCY RATES
        155 9 Mar 7 Against S$ Against US$ Currencies Bid Offer Bid Offer S$/US$ to one unit of foreign currency: Australian dollar 1.0235 1.0238 0.7408 0.7409 Canadian dollar 1.0352 1.0355 0.7494 0.7493 Euro 1.5159 1.5162 1.0972 1.0973 NZ dollar 0.9349 0.9352 0.6767 0.6768 Sterling pound 1.9588 1.9597 1.4178 1.4182
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        Lock icon US$/S$ FORWARD RATES
        22 9 Mar 7 S$ Bid Offer 1-month 1.3822 1.3827 2-months 1.3829 1.3836 3-months 1.3839 1.3848 6-months 1.3867 1.3874 Source: OCBC
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    • EQUITY BONDS WARRANTS FUTURES
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        Lock icon SGX DERIVATIVES TRADING
        395 9 Mar 7 OPEN HIGH LOW SETT VOL OP/INT FTSE CHINA A50 INDEX FUTURES Mar16 9370.00 9520.00 9275.00 9330.00 *****0 *****9 Apr16 9270.00 9422.50 9195.00 9260.00 2411 2721 NIKKEI 225 INDEX FUTURES Mar16 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 *****7 *****1 Jun16 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 ***** ***** MSCI TAIWAN
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        Lock icon BONDS, WARRANTS, PREFERENCE SHARES
        214 9 Most active Mar 7 Prem Expiry Vol Conv Exer Disc Gear-Mths Company Last Sale +or-('000) Ratio Price ing Left Asia-Pacific Strategic W*****9 0.2 0.1 ***** 1 1 100 3.00 56 Rowsley Ltd W*****3 1.5 0.2 ***** 1 18 7 DBS MB eCW*****1 14.1 0.5 7075 0.1
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        Lock icon MORGAN STANLEY CAPITAL INTERNATIONAL INDICES
        377 9 In local curr In S$ In US$ dy yr dy yr dy yr Mar 4 Index Change Change Change Change Change Change World Preliminary 1228.8 0.5 -3.8 -0.3 -6.2 0.7 -3.2 EAFE Preliminary 949.8 0.7 -6.3 0.1 -8.0 1.1 -5.1 Europe Preliminary 1344.1 0.9 -4.9
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    • BANK RATES
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        154 9 Mar 7 $S Offer Bid 0vernight 0.10 0.03 1-month 1.125 1.000 2-months 1.1875 1.0625 3-months 1.2500 1.1250 Overnight mode: 0.1875 US$ Offer Bid 7 days 0.45 0.35 1 month 0.48 0.38 2 months 0.65 0.45 3 months 0.75 0.55 6 months 1.00 0.80 9 months 1.20 1.00 12
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        Lock icon GOVERNMENT SECURITIES
        67 9 Mar 7 GOVERNMENT BONDS Period Issue Coupon Maturity Close Day's code rate Bid High Low 2-Year N*****0F 1.375 01-Oct-17 100.56 5-Year NX*****X 2.250 01-Jun-21 102.35 102.45 102.40 10-Year NX*****Z 2.375 01-Jun-25 101.87 101.99 101.90 15-Year NZ*****F 2.875 01-Sep-30 103.81 104.05 103.55 20-Year NZ*****V 3.375 01-Sep-33 110.35 110.40 110.20
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    • AGRI METALS ENERGY
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        Lock icon COMMODITY FUTURES
        250 9 Mar-4 Price Net change change Last Trade Agricultural Mar-4 CBOT Soybeans (US cents/bu) 870.50 14.25 1.66% 14/03/2016 CBOT Soybean Oil (US cents/lb) 30.73 0.32 1.05% 14/03/2016 CBOT Wheat (US cents/bu) 454.75 1.50 0.33% 14/03/2016 Mar-4 LIFFE Cocoa (£/tonne) 2216.00 31.00 1.42% 14/03/2016 LIFFE Coffee (US$/tonne) 1363.00 -3.00 -0.22%
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      Lock icon SGX MAINBOARD
      1784 10 Transaction date: Mar 7 52-Wk Last Vol Day Div GrYld Net MCap High Low Company Sale +/-(’000) High Low C’vr P/Ep $mil Last Vol Day Div GrYld 153 127 AIMSAMP Cap Reit 134.5 -2 520 137 134.5 1 8.2 854.6 MCap 175.5 101 ARA Asset Mgmt 115cd unch
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      Lock icon SGX CATALIST
      316 10 52-Wk Last Vol Day Div GrYld Net MCap High Low Company Sale +/-(’000) High Low C’vr P/E Company Last Sale vol ('000) 1 0.3 t Advanced Systems 0.3 unch 166 0.3 0.3 7.9 Day Low 17.6 4.5 t Alliance Mineral 10.5 +1.2 ***** 10.7 9.3 41.4 C'vr GrYld
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      Lock icon SGX ETF
      97 10 52-Wk Last Vol Day Div GrYld Net MCap High Low Counter Sale +/-(’000) High Low C’vr P/E Counter Last Sale 1039 700 CIMBASEAN40 US$ US847 +5 5 847 847 132.8 4258 2355 DBXT China50 US$ US2687 +15 6 2710 2685 7.4 399 190 DBXT MSBrazil US$ US271 +12
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  • REAL ESTATE
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      Lock icon China set to crack down on loans for home downpayments
      618 11 Regulators concerned about rising risks in loan markets, rapidly rising home prices Beijing CHINESE regulators plan to impose new rules to end the practice of homebuyers taking out loans to cover downpayments, as they step up scrutiny of financing risk
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      Lock icon Ascott secures 50-unit serviced residence at one-north
      337 11  -  By Tan Hwee Hwee hweetan@sph.com.sg @HweetanBT Singapore CAPITALAND’S serviced residence business unit, The Ascott, has snagged a lease award from JTC Corporation for a prime property in Singapore’s one-north business park. Ascott’s newly added property is a 50-unit serviced residence in the business
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      Lock icon HK home sales tumble 70% as slowdown intensifies
      366 11 BLOOMBERG Hong Kong HONG KONG residential home sales plunged 70 per cent in February from a year earlier to a 2 5-year low, as falling prices and economic uncertainty deterred buyers. Last month, 1,807 homes were sold in Hong Kong, compared with
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      Lock icon Mitsubishi Estate to build 50b yen ‘Marunouchi’ of Myanmar
      502 12 Japanese real estate giant will export its development system of office buildings, apartments and hotels to Yangon to address chronic shortage WP Tokyo MAJOR real estate firm Mitsubishi Estate Co is planning to start a roughly 50 billion yen (about S$600
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      Lock icon Canada revs up hunt for foreign flows into housing market
      912 12 BLOOMBERG Toronto CANADA’S housing agency, looking for new methods to track foreign ownership in the country’s soaring real estate markets, may tap money laundering police and classify international university students as foreign buyers, according to internal documents. Canada Mortgage Housing
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      Lock icon Yangon faces growing pains in real estate
      503 12 BANGKOK POST Bangkok MYANMAR has experienced dramatic changes economically and politically over the past few years. As foreign investors rush to set up shop in the newly opened market, office space in the country’s commercial capital is among the most expensive in the
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      957 12 BLOOMBERG New York THROUGHOUT his US presidential campaign, Donald Trump has attacked China and warned about the dangers of deficient immigrant screening. “They’ve taken our jobs, they’ve taken our money, they’ve taken everything,” he said of China in
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  • BANKING & FINANCE
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      Lock icon UK bankers jostle to be junior as tough rules kick in
      885 13 Senior Managers Regime replaces a system that UK lawmakers criticised for giving illusory control over individuals with little prospect of enforcement action REUTERS London NEW rules to hold bosses responsible for wrongdoing at British banks is deterring some bankers
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      Lock icon Bank charges for corp deposits expected to grow Asia money market
      652 13 IFR Hong Kong A GROWING reluctance among banks to hold large corporate deposits is adding to calls for the development of a commercial paper market in Asia. Banks are in discussions with corporate clients about charging for demand deposits
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      Lock icon Wells Fargo on the hunt for a rainmaker
      446 13 REUTERS New York WELLS Fargo Co, in a bid to boost its dealmaking franchise, is hunting for a new head of mergers and acquisitions, according to people familiar with the matter. The bank’s existing head of mergers, John Laughlin, has moved to
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  • ENERGY & COMMODITIES
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  • TECHNOLOGY
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      1186 15 The hunt in America for scarce talent that can build and run the massive data centres behind cloud computing is pitting three generations of companies against one another NYT San Francisco AMAZON Web Services (AWS), a globespanning cloud computing network that is part of
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      609 15 FULL-DAY WORKSHOPS THE MODERN WORKPLACE: ARE YOU EQUIPPED FOR IT? Who should attend: Directors, Business Owners, Supervisors, Professionals, Managers, Executives, and Leaders who wish to grow further in their roles. VISUAL STORYTELLING We live in an age of information abundance and attention scarcity where audiences have lesser time to take
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  • CONSUMER
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      Lock icon Marketers take second look at over-50 consumers
      994 16 Marketing specialists say US companies recognised the economic value of baby boomers but were hesitant to shift marketing budgets away from the 83 million millennials NYT New York BRENT Bouchez opened Agency Five0 six years ago in New York as an advertising firm
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      Lock icon China’s taste for craft beer draws even small-scale brewers from abroad
      734 16 Trend may also help global brewing giants unlock frothier profits REUTERS Shanghai SMALL-SCALE brewers from Brooklyn to Beijing are tapping growing demand from cosmopolitan Chinese consumers for high-end beers, a trend which could also help global brewing giants finally
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      Lock icon British retailers invite rival brands to fill their empty spaces
      733 16 REUTERS London AS online deliveries surge and shop sales fall, Britain’s retailers are looking to refit their once-bustling superstores with new attractions such as rivals’ fashion brands to fill empty spaces and keep shoppers coming through the door. In a
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  • TRANSPORT
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      Lock icon MH370 kin file suit against MAS in Beijing two years on
      806 17 Their lawyer says many are conflicted about doing this, for they believe the victims are alive, held in an unknown place AFP Beijing RELATIVES of a dozen Chinese passengers aboard missing flight MH370 began filing suits against Malaysia Airlines
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      Lock icon Mahindra re-thinking Ssangyong plan, wants to make cars in China
      934 17 Conglomerate’s US plans are now somewhat on the back burner, adds exec REUTERS New Delhi INDIAN conglomerate Mahindra Mahindra is re-thinking the strategy for its loss-making Korean automaker Ssangyong Motor Co, tapping the brakes on its planned push into the
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      Lock icon Daewoo Shipbuilding has record loss as oil slump leads to delays
      541 17 BLOOMBERG Singapore DAEWOO Shipbuilding Marine Engineering Co, the world’s second-big-gest shipbuilder, posted a record loss last year as it wrote down more charges from offshore projects under construction. The net loss including minority interests totalled 5.13 trillion won (S$5.8
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      Lock icon United’s Munoz returns as CEO five months after heart attack
      384 17 BLOOMBERG Atlanta UNITED Continental Holdings Inc chief executive officer Oscar Munoz, who underwent a heart transplant after falling ill five months ago, will return to full-time duty next week. Mr Munoz, 57, had been participating in all major corporate decisions
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  • GOVERNMENT & ECONOMY
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      726 18  -  Kuroda also seen adopting a more relaxed attitude towards achieving the central bank’s 2% inflation target By Anthony Rowley btworld@sph.com.sg Tokyo BANK of Japan governor Haruhiko Kuroda appeared to suggest in a speech on Monday that the central bank will
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      941 18 REUTERS Berlin NERVOUSNESS among buyers of German goods around the world often over problems that have yet to materialise is forcing some of the nation’s small-and-mid-sized manufacturers to postpone investments, and threatening to stunt economic growth. These largely family-owned companies of
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      719 18 BLOOMBERG London MARK Carney’s scope to sidestep “Brexit” is dwindling. With a referendum on Britain’s European Union membership looming, the Bank of England governor has spent months trying to skirt the high-ly-charged debate. An appearance before lawmakers this week may throw him right in,
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      689 18 WP Washington THE Obama administration is in a mad rush to draft regulations before the clock runs out and an obscure law makes it easier for foes in Congress to repeal rules they don’t like. The to-do list
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      Lock icon BIS gives alternative view on China’s outflows
      567 19 It says capital outflows likely driven more by local firms paying down US dollar-denominated debt than investors ditching assets BLOOMBERG London PERSISTENT capital outflows from China since mid-2014 were probably driven more by local companies paying down their dollar-denominated debt in anticipation of
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      Lock icon Former US first lady Nancy Reagan dies at 94
      830 19 AFP Los Angeles NANCY Reagan, devoted wife and trusted confidante to late US president Ronald Reagan who became the most ardent guardian of his legacy, died on Sunday, aged 94. The former first lady, who suffered heart failure at her home
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      Lock icon Ageing, indebted Japan debates right to ‘die with dignity’
      817 19 REUTERS Tokyo RETIRED Japanese airline employee Tarou Tanzawa said that he hadn’t thought much about his own death until his 84-year-old mother was diagnosed with malignant lymphoma and decided against costly and invasive life-prolonging treatment. He watched his mother die peacefully
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      Lock icon Battle between rival heads of Libya’s US$67b fund reaches UK court
      361 19 REUTERS London A LONG-RUNNING dispute over the leadership of Libya’s US$67 billion sovereign wealth fund reached London’s High Court on Monday, potentially paving the way for litigation against two global investment banks to move forward. The Libyan Investment Authority
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  • OPINION
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      Lock icon Peace process in strife-torn Syria must be given a chance
      592 20 EDITORIAL AGAINST all odds, a fragile ceasefire seems to have taken hold in strife-torn Syria. Given that an estimated 250,000 people have been killed in the past five years of fighting and at least 4.5 million have fled abroad as
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      1152 20  -  According to Unicef, the more women are empowered in economic activities, the more families will spend on children’s nutrition, health and education.BY CLAIR DEEVY AND ELAINE KIM education.BY CLAIR DEEVY, ELAINE KIM T The writers are respectively Facebook head of economic growth initiatives APAC and
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      783 20  -  THE BOTTOM LINE By Robert J Samuelson THE WASHINGTON POST WRITERS GROUP Washington BY 1915, the United States was the world’s richest nation and yet, most Americans were dirt poor by today’s standards. Adjusted for inflation, men’s average wages were
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      1277 21  -  COMMENTARY By Leon Hadar Washington IN the aftermath of their super victories in the Super Tuesday primaries and a few others thereafter, a general presidential election matchup in November between the two winners, Democrat Hillary Clinton and Republican Donald Trump, seems to be very likely,
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      1699 21  - How S’pore has grown from a policy perspective Essays by economists show how policies have worked (or not) in the last 50 years as Singapore and the world outside changed.BY changed.BY LINDA YC LIM T The writer is guest editor of “A Fifty-Year Retrospective on the Singapore Economy” published in
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  • LIFE & CULTURE
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      568 23 AFP Hong Kong AS the film and music industries grapple with the fallout from the race rows that dogged the Oscars and the Brit Awards, English author Bali Rai warns publishing too has a serious diversity issue. The award-winning writer, who has Indian heritage
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      1239 23 Two major self-financed UK lenders are offering non-recourse loans secured by art NYT London ART and money have long been closely linked, but in the 21st century, it seems, the two have become synonymous. One way to extract the latter from the former is
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      1161 23 WP Washington THEY’RE one of the biggest boy bands in the world. Their concerts make One Direction’s look poorly attended. Compared with their fans, Beliebers seem halfhearted. They’re Big Bang, and you’ve probably never heard of them. For a decade, these
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      307 23 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD Across 4 Some bits of cricket, fiery, went too far (8) 8 Wish for river to engulf schoolmaster (6) 9 Person managing test no longer an underground worker (8) 10 A liberal college head entertains jolly local dignitary (8) 11 One’s checked sailor’s effect of sun (6) 12
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  • SME
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      Lock icon Singapore’s self-made ‘Crystal King’
      1289 24  -  With no qualifications and very limited English, David Chan built a business beacon. BY GRACE SO beacon.BY GRACE SO graceso@sph.com.sg SINGAPORE’S homegrown “Crystal King” David Chan received numerous warnings from friends and family when he started Garden Home Gifts and Souvenirs in 2006. After all, this
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      Lock icon Why SMEs need data protection
      828 24  -  COMMENTARY By Charmian Aw The writer is a director at Drew Napier llc THE Personal Data Protection Act (PDPA) came into full force two years ago, and yet many small and medium enterprise (SME) owners lack full understanding of how the PDPA applies to them
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