The Business Times, 18 March 2016

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    22 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION www.businesstimes.com.sg @BusinessTimes S$1.20 CO REGN NO *****2868E MCI (P) 039/08/2015 Friday, March 18, 2016
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  • Article, Illustration
    Lock icon DAILY DIGEST
    256 1 SME sentiment has dipped to neutral after six straight years of optimism amid economic headwinds.TOP STORIES 2 The IMF is launching a major debate on the future of the international monetary system in an attempt to stave off possible future crises. TOP STORIES 2 Swiber Holdings has emerged
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    Lock icon MARKETS
    27 1 Thursday Change STI 2,880.17 +35.96 KL COMP 1,703.19 +9.76 NIKKEI 225 16,936.38 -38.07 HANG SENG 20,503.81 +246.11 SHENZHEN B 1,104.04 +12.99 DOW (11.45 EDT) 17,407.19 +81.43
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    Lock icon Markets rewind after Fed rate hold
    1051 1  -  US$ slides to eight-month low against S$, equities surge as risk appetite returns, but bullish mood could fizzle out in S’pore as soon as early April By Melissa Tan melissat@sph.com.sg @MelissaTanBT Singapore IN one stroke or lack thereof the United States Federal Reserve turned
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  • Article
    Lock icon 10 financial advisory firms fined S$1m by competition body
    664 1  -  They are found to have forced competitor iFAST to withdraw a 50% commission rebate offer in 2013 By Chuang Peck Ming peckming@sph.com.sg @PeckmingBT Singapore IN a first-of-its-kind case for the local financial services industry, 10 financial advisory firms have been slapped
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      10 1 JAPAN FESTIVAL Art of the rising sun BT LIFESTYLE 36
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      27 1 SINGAPORE ECONOMY Non-oil domestic exports up 2.1% in February TOP STORIES 3 SINGAPORE BUDGET 2016 Reprieve for property developers unlikely TOP STORIES 4 LUXE TRAVEL PAGES 19-23
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  • TOP STORIES
    • Article
      Lock icon SME sentiment at neutral after 6 years of optimism
      476 2  -  index compiled by Singapore Business Federation and DP Information shows dips across business sectors as well By Mindy Tan tanmindy@sph.com.sg @MindyTanBT Singapore AMID economic headwinds, sentiment among small and medi-um-sized enterprises (SMEs) has dipped to neutral after six straight years of
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      Lock icon Shell casings from LKY state funeral on public display
      499 2  -  By Renald Yeo yrenald@sph.com.sg Singapore THE shell casings saved from the 21 -gun salute fired during the state funeral procession for the late Lee Kuan Yew have been presented to organisers of the funeral and institutions closely associated with him, the
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      Lock icon IMF launches debate on future of international monetary system
      491 2  -  By Anthony Rowley btworld@sph.com.sg Tokyo THE International Monetary Fund (IMF) announced on Thursday that it is launching a major debate on the future of the international monetary system in an attempt to stave off possible future crises and in an effort
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      Lock icon Feb non-oil domestic exports up 2.1% but ‘it’s purely arithmetic’
      581 3  -  Rise attributed to low-base effect; shipments to developed markets up, but Asian markets still weak By Chuang Peck Ming peckming@sph.com.sg @PeckmingBT Singapore NON-OIL domestic exports (NODX) surprised on the upside with a 2.1 per cent rise in February from a
      Source: IE Singapore  -  581 words
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      Lock icon Motor insurers’ 2015 profit eroded by competition
      467 3  -  By Samuel Ee samuelee@sph.com.sg Singapore KEEN competition has been good news for vehicle owners when it comes to motor insurance premiums but not so for the industry as a whole. The average motor premium dipped 2.9 per cent to S$ 1,192 in 2015,
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      Lock icon Nine nominated for NMP appointment, including four returnees
      268 3  -  By Andrea Soh sandrea@sph.com.sg @AndreaSohBT Singapore NINE individuals have been nominated by the Special Select Committee for appointment as Nominated Members of Parliament (NMPs), including four who also served in the previous term. They are: Azmoon Bin Ahmad, Chia Yong Yong, Thomas
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      Lock icon Reprieve for property developers unlikely
      1119 4  -  Redas seeks policy review to ensure property market slowdown doesn’t spill over into broader economy, but MAS and economists see no severe impact SINGAPORE BUDGET 2016 By Lee Meixian leemx@sph.com.sg @LeeMeixianBT Singapore IT seems unlikely that the government will offer property developers any reprieve in
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      Lock icon Can property drag down the economy?
      84 4  -  The Real Estate Developers’ Association of Singapore has repeatedly called for a review of cooling measures, warning that a continued property market slowdown may lead to volatility and instability in Singapore‘s broader economy. The Business Times looks at the possible ways that a sector
      Source: Singapore Department of Statistics, Council for Estate Agencies, Monetary Authority of Singapore, Ministry of Manpower, Ministry of Trade and Industry  -  84 words
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      Lock icon Pass the parcel
      425 4  -  Bank IPOs expose dark arts of Chinese finance By Peter Thal Larsen Hong Kong HONG KONG’s stock market is shining a new light on the dark arts of Chinese finance. The country’s mid-sized lenders have become skilled at repackaging loans to look like lower-risk investments. Two impending
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  • COMPANIES & MARKETS
    • Article
      Lock icon Swiber front-runner for India turnkey job
      512 5  -  Company said to have submitted lowest joint bid of US$218m for ONGC contract, beating runner-up by just US$2m By Tan Hwee Hwee hweetan@sph .com .sg @HweetanBT Singapore SINGAPORE-LISTED Swiber Holdings has emerged as the front-runner for a contract with India's state-owned Oil Natural Gas
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      Lock icon Trendlines Group still a ‘buy’: DBS research
      325 5  -  By Jacquelyn Cheok jaccheok@sph.com.sg @JacCheokBT Singapore DBS Group Research has maintained its buy rating on The Trendlines Group, despite the Catalist-listed medical (medtech) and agricultural tech (agtech) incubator losing the bid to renew its agtech incubator licence. It is “not a material loss”,
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      Lock icon Temasek unit names head for new role
      111 5 BLOOMBERG Singapore FULLERTON Fund Management Co, owned by Singapore investment company Temasek Holdings, has hired Pranay Gupta as head of multi-asset strategies, a new role that it has created as it seeks to offer more investment offerings combining different asset classes. “As investors
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      Lock icon O&M sector: is the worst over?
      1160 6  -  Fundamentals remain challenging with supply-demand imbalances expected to persist especially in 2 sub-sectors HOCK LOCK SIEW BY TAN HWEE HWEE hweetan@sph.com.sg @HweetanBT THE recent gains in oil prices from the rock-bottom US$20s in February have led to advances in offshore and marine (O&M) stocks
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      Lock icon S&P lowers rating for Country Garden, is wary about Forest City project
      721 6  -  Worsening margins and leverage have lowered firm’s rating from BB+ to BB By Pauline Ng btworld@sph.com.sg Kuala Lumpur STANDARD Poor’s Rating Services has downgraded the long-term corporate credit rating of China property developer Country Garden Holdings Co Ltd
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      Lock icon Low oil prices, but Hibiscus Petroleum buys up oil fields
      610 6  -  By Tan Hwee Hwee hweetan@sph.com.sg @HweetanBT Singapore KUALA Lumpur-listed Hibiscus Petroleum, undaunted by low oil prices, has completed the acquisition of its first oil-and-gas fields in the UK North Sea. Malaysia’s first listed oil-and-gas independent has also set targets for
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      Lock icon China Merchants Group joins race to buy Baltic Exchange: sources
      659 6 REUTERS London STATE-RUN conglomerate China Merchants Group has made an informal bid to buy London’s Baltic Exchange, becoming the latest contender for the business that has been the hub of the global shipping market for centuries, two sources told Reuters.
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      Lock icon Credit Suisse gets trading boost from digital platform
      325 6  -  By Jamie Lee leejamie@sph.com.sg @JamieLeeBT Singapore CREDIT Suisse on Thursday said it has seen the overall value of trades doubling on its digital platform in the past few months, with strong trading activity in the US market, as more clients adopt its
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      Lock icon Ascendas, Lum Chang join peers in issuing bonds
      498 7  -  Construction player Lum Chang issues three-year bond at 5.5% per annum to raise some S$50m; Ascendas prices its 10-year bond at 3.5% per annum to raise S$75m By Jamie Lee leejamie@sph.com.sg @JamieLeeBT Singapore AS THE Federal Reserve holds off raising interest rates,
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      Lock icon UOBAM secures SITE licence in Taiwan
      262 7  -  By Grace So graceso@sph.com.sg Singapore UOB Asset Management (Taiwan) has been awarded a Securities Investment Trust Enterprise (SITE) licence, the first fully foreign-owned fund management company to have obtained such a licence in Taiwan since 2001. The licence, which was awarded by the Financial
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    • CORPORATE DIGEST
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        Lock icon Midas
        43 7 A SUBSIDIARY of Midas Holdings has clinched contracts worth 247.7 million yuan (S$51.8 million) to supply train car components to CRRC Changchun Railway Vehicles this year. They are expected to contribute positively to the firm’s financial performance for the current financial year.
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        Lock icon Citic Envirotech
        40 7 CITIC Envirotech has won two waste water treatment projects in China involving a total investment of 147 million yuan. These projects will be funded by proceeds from its US$175 million senior perpetual securities issued in November last year.
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        Lock icon GLP
        30 7 GLOBAL Logistic Properties (GLP) has signed a new 161,000-square-foot (15,000-square-metre) lease with Akachan House, a leading e-commerce retailer for baby products in Japan, at GLP Narita in Greater Tokyo.
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      Lock icon STI / Catalist
      63 8 STI Catalist Straits Times Index March 17,2016 2,880.17 +35.96 (+1.26%) Current streak 2 days Day high 2,884.40 Day low 2,865.81 52-week high 3,539.95 (Apr 15, 2015) 52-week low 2,532.70 (Jan 21, 2016) FTSE ST Catalist Index March 17,2016 470.20 +7.61 (+1.65%) Current streak 2 days Day high 470.20 Day low
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      Lock icon Once again, bad news is good for stocks
      630 8  -  Markets appear to be happier with a weak economic outlook since this means more stimulus from central banks STOCKS By R Sivanithy sivan@sph.com.sg @RSivanithyBT THE “bad news is good for stocks” mode of investing made its unsurprising return on Thursday as the
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      Lock icon STI STOCKS
      313 8 Stock name Close Change Day high/low 52w high 52w low PE Div yield Mcap Ascendas Reit 242 unch 244/242 271 209 6 6356.7 CapitaLand 319 +5 320/317 379 267 12.8 2.8 *****.9 CapitaMall Trust 213 +3 216/212 228 184.5 5.3 7404 CityDev 767 cd +9 781/761 1095 661
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      Lock icon MOST ACTIVE
      34 8 VOLUME Ezra 153,075,900 Spackman 146,961,500 Annica 68,800,000 Noble 53,165,100 ISR Capital 52,840,300 Market volume 1,743,181,000 VALUE DBS Grp 110,659,893 Singtel 97,587,881 OCBC Bank 79,229,793 UOB 61,227,057 Keppel Corp 57,318,334 Market value 1,195,531,000
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      Lock icon OTHER SINGAPORE INDICES
      77 8 Mar 17 VALUE CLOSE BT OB/OS 253.00 +39.00 BT CADI -*****.00 +120.00 BT 10-day MA -*****.00 +25.00 FTSE ST Mid Cap 689.01 +4.99 FTSE ST Small Cap 403.26 +2.53 FTSE ST All Share 699.95 +6.71 FTSE ST China Top 165.56 +1.38 FTSE ST China 195.66 +1.92 FTSE
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      Lock icon STI / FTSE ST All-Share
      35 8 STI FTSE ST All-Share FTSE ST All-Share index March 17,2016 699.95 +6.71 (+0.97%) Current streak 2 days Day high 701.05 Day low 697.82 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 Mar 16,2016 1,628.64 -9.29 (-0.57%) Current streak 2 days Day high 1,649.77 Day low 1,622.40 52-week high 1,949.49 (May 15, 2015) 52-week low 1,492.43 (Feb 12, 2016)
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      Lock icon SECURITIES TRADING SCOREBOARD
      186 8 MAIN CATL TOTAL Up Down Unch Up Down Unch Up Down Unch Multi Ind 8 2 3 1 0 0 9 2 3 Manufacturing 56 25 28 10 5 15 66 30 43 Commerce 23 18 14 5 5 4 28 23 18 Tpt/Stor/Comms 15 11 9
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      Lock icon SECURITIES TRADING TURNOVER
      121 8 VOLUME (‘000) VALUE (‘000) MAIN CATL TOTAL MAIN CATL TOTAL Multi Ind 27,222 1,964 29,186 103,408 381 103,789 Manufacturing 113,896 143,109 257,005 111,169 4,822 115,992 Commerce 79,696 60,629 140,325 84,802 2,408 87,210 Tpt/Stor/Comms 259,340 630 259,970 237,905 53 237,957 Finance 97,673 97,673 268,563 268,563 Construction 65,850 7,328
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      Lock icon UNUSUAL ACTIVITY
      82 8 VOL CLOSE($) CHANGE ISR Capital 52,840.3 0.006 +0.002 +50.00 Darco Water Tech 52.7 0.300 +0.080 +36.36 SUTL Enterprise 86.4 0.400 -0.030 -6.98 Medtecs Intl 13,190.3 0.057 +0.005 +9.62 AliPictures HKD 12.0 1.200 -0.100 -7.69 IHC 19,390.2 0.084 +0.025 +42.37 Otto Marine 771.7 0.245 +0.040 +19.51 CDW 1,305.3 0.165
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      Lock icon LOSERS
      79 8 BY CENTS CLOSE DOWN 52w high/low JSH USD 2868 -29.9 -0.8 3578/2524 DBXT S&PShort US$ 2128 -24.5 -0.8 2393/2086 IS ASIA HYG S$D 1415 -20.0 -1.4 1499/1411 IS ASIA BND S$D 1438 -12.0 -0.8 1483/1398 DBS Bk 4.7% NCPS ***** -10.0 -0.1 *****/***** BY PERCENTAGE CLOSE DOWN 52w high/low
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      Lock icon GAINERS
      74 8 BY CENTS CLOSE UP 52w high/low GLD US$ ***** 461.1 2.9 *****/***** Lyxor Indonesia US$ 8325 329.2 3.0 9094/6250 DBXT Nifty US$ ***** 318.3 2.1 *****/***** SPDR DJIA US$ ***** 280.2 1.2 *****/***** Hyflux 6% CPS ***** 200.0 1.9 *****/***** BY PERCENTAGE CLOSE UP 52w high/low CompactMetal W*****0 0.5
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      Lock icon SGX ETFs Most Active
      108 8 Fund Last sale +/-(‘000) Day high/low 52w high/low Buy/Sell Mcap DBXT MS SING US$ US98.1 500 -/-135.3/97.5 113.6/114.1 4.9 STI ETF 288 +3 318 289/287 355/254 288/289 IS MS INDIA US$ US644 +9 296 649/644 827/575 644/649 80.5 DBXT MSBrazil US$ US276 +14 270 276/266 399/190
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    • BROKERS’ TAKE
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        Lock icon Singapore Reits Overweight
        138 8 RHB Research, Mar 16 We upgrade the S-Reits sector to “Overweight” from “Underweight” as we see value emerging. We think that this sector is extremely attractive, as it has the widest yield spreads among its peers. We like the retail subsector for its unbeatable resilience and expect
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        Lock icon Trendlines | Buy
        138 8 Trendlines Buy Mar 17 close: S$0.194 Target price: S$0.28 DBS Group Research, Mar 17 Trendlines’ bid to renew its agricultural technology (agtech) incubator license in Israel has been denied. The group hopes to bundle agtech investments with its medical tech (medtech) licence. Even in the worst case scenario of being
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        Lock icon Singapore Land Transport | Neutral
        202 8  - Singapore Land Transport Neutral Compiled by Andrea Soh OCBC Research LTA announced recently that its third annual Taxi Customer Satisfaction Survey (TCSS) found 97.3 per cent of respondents were satisfied with taxi services in 2015, a decline of 0.8 percentage point from 98.1 per cent in 2014. Ease of taxi
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      Lock icon Dollar weakens further after Fed’s retreat
      410 9 CURRENCIES REUTERS New York THE dollar tumbled against major currencies on Thursday, falling around 1 per cent against the euro, yen and Swiss franc, as markets sold off in reaction to Wednesday’s dovish statement from the Federal Reserve. The dollar was notably volatile against
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    • FOREX RATES
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        Lock icon US$/S$ FORWARD RATES
        22 9 Mar 17 S$ Bid Offer 1-month 1.3607 1.3610 2-months 1.3612 1.3617 3-months 1.3617 1.3624 6-months 1.3639 1.3646 Source: OCBC
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        Lock icon INTERBANK CURRENCY RATES
        155 9 Mar 17 Against S$ Against US$ Currencies Bid Offer Bid Offer S$/US$ to one unit of foreign currency: Australian dollar 1.0387 1.0396 0.7636 0.7641 Canadian dollar 1.0440 1.0444 0.7677 0.7675 Euro 1.5324 1.5331 1.1265 1.1269 NZ dollar 0.9269 0.9276 0.6814 0.6818 Sterling pound 1.9406 1.9417 1.4266 1.4272
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        Lock icon INTERBANK CROSS RATES
        471 9 Mar 17 A$ C$ Rmb Euro HK$ Ind Rs Rupiah Yen Won RM NZ$ Pak Rs Peso S$ Rand Sfr NT$ Baht Pound US$ Australia 0.995 4.958 0.678 5.926 50.955 100.045 0.852 8.938 3.119 1.121 79.941 35.420 1.039 11.981 0.745 24.882 26.586 0.535 0.764 Canada 1.005 4.982
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    • EQUITY BONDS WARRANTS FUTURES
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        Lock icon SGX DERIVATIVES TRADING
        389 9 Mar 17 OPEN HIGH LOW SETT VOL OP/INT FTSE CHINA A50 INDEX FUTURES Mar16 9390.00 9560.00 9352.50 9490.00 *****9 *****8 Apr16 9297.50 9482.50 9265.00 9407.50 ***** ***** NIKKEI 225 INDEX FUTURES Jun16 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 *****7 *****2 Sep16 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 171 532 MSCI TAIWAN
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        Lock icon BONDS, WARRANTS, PREFERENCE SHARES Most active
        214 9 Mar 17 Prem Expiry Vol Conv Exer Disc Gear-Mths Company Last Sale +or-('000) Ratio Price ing Left Ntegrator Intl Ltd W*****3 0.4 -0.1 8140 1 1 3.50 32 CSC Holdings W*****9 1.2 0.2 7895 1 1 10 1.67 57 KepCorp MB eCW*****2 13.2 0.6
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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 16 Index Change Change Change Change Change Change World Preliminary 1234.3 0.0 -3.4 0.0 -5.2 -0.1 -2.7 EAFE Preliminary 948.2 -0.1 -6.4 -0.4 -7.5 -0.5 -5.1 Europe Preliminary 1346.6 0.1 -4.7
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    • BANK RATES
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        Lock icon INTERBANK RATES
        154 9 Mar 17 $S Offer Bid 0vernight 0.08 0.03 1-month 1.125 1.000 2-months 1.1875 1.0625 3-months 1.2500 1.1250 Overnight mode: 0.20 US$ 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
        69 9 Mar 17 GOVERNMENT BONDS Period Issue Coupon Maturity Close Day's code rate Bid High Low 2-Year N*****0F 1.375 01-Oct-17 100.69 100.77 100.71 5-Year NX*****X 2.250 01-Jun-21 102.75 102.80 102.38 10-Year NX*****Z 2.375 01-Jun-25 102.85 102.70 102.10 15-Year NZ*****F 2.875 01-Sep-30 105.56 105.70 104.70 20-Year NZ*****V 3.375 01-Sep-33 111.76
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    • AGRI METALS ENERGY
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        Lock icon COMMODITY FUTURES
        250 9 Mar-16 Price Net change change Last Trade Agricultural Mar-16 CBOT Soybeans (US cents/bu) 894.50 2.50 0.28% 13/05/2016 CBOT Soybean Oil (US cents/lb) 32.69 0.20 0.62% 13/05/2016 CBOT Wheat (US cents/bu) 470.75 -6.50 -1.36% 13/05/2016 Mar-16 LIFFE Cocoa (£/tonne) 2261.00 3.00 0.13% 13/05/2016 LIFFE Coffee (US$/tonne) 1395.00 3.00 0.22%
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      Lock icon SGX MAINBOARD
      2004 10 52-Wk Last Vol Day Div GrYld Net MCap High Low Company Sale +/-(’000) High Low C’vr P/Ep $mil Company Last Sale Vol ('000) High 153 127 AIMSAMP Cap Reit 133.5 -0.5 228 134 133 1 8.3 848.2 LOW 175.5 101 ARA Asset Mgmt 118cd -1 896 120 118
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      Lock icon SGX CATALIST
      278 10 52-Wk Last Vol Day Div GrYld Net MCap High Low Company Sale +/-(’000) High Low C’vr P/E Company Last Sale vol ('000) 1 0.2 t Advanced Systems 0.3 unch 1100 0.3 0.3 7.9 Day Low Div C'vr GrYld Net P/E MCap 35 8.8 t 3Cnergy 8.8 29.5 16.7
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      Lock icon SGX ETF
      125 10 52-Wk Last Vol Day Div GrYld Net MCap High Low Counter Sale +/-(’000) High Low C’vr P/E Counter Last Sale vol 4258 2355 DBXT China50 US$ US2735 +29 0 2750 2735 7.5 399 190 DBXT MSBrazil US$ US276 +14 270 276 266 1750 995 DBXT MSCHINA US$ US1147
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  • BANKING & FINANCE
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      Lock icon Brazen heist of over US$80m puts focus on the Philippines
      1258 12 Stolen from Bangladesh’s account at New York Fed, money disappears after transfer to murky Manila banking system NYT Manila IT is a financial whodunit for the digital era: more than US$80 million of Bangladesh’s money vanished last month after it
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      Lock icon US bank stocks hit by Fed’s dovishness
      631 12 Their 6.7% fall this year is preventing S&P 500 from erasing year-to-date decline BLOOMBERG New York BEFORE this year, bank stocks were the second biggest driver of the rally that added US$ 14 trillion to American share prices since 2009. They are rapidly
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      Lock icon Shareholders urged to break up JPMorgan, Citigroup
      304 12 NYT New York AN advocate for stricter Wall Street regulations is asking shareholders of JPMorgan Chase and Citigroup to vote to consider breaking up the banks. The proposal, by Bartlett Naylor, the financial policy advocate at the activist organisation Public Citizen, is expected
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  • ENERGY & COMMODITIES
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      Lock icon Oil companies cutting dividends to preserve cash
      814 13 Shareholders estimated to lose more than US$7.4b in income this year; quarterly payments unlikely to be restored any time soon even if energy prices rebound BLOOMBERG New York BLUDGEONED by falling energy prices, at least a dozen oil and natural gas companies have
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      784 13 BLOOMBERG New York WELCOME to the twilight of American coal. Peabody Energy Corp, the nation’s biggest miner, is on the verge of bankruptcy, crippled by US$6.3 billion in debt. The company’s announcement on Wednesday that it may file sent a decisive signal
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  • CONSUMER
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      Lock icon Raft of divestments signals failure within Japan electronics sector
      644 16  -  Firms such as Sharp and Toshiba never ventured to get cross-pollination from global expertise By Anthony Rowley btworld@sph.com.sg Tokyo HOT on the heels of a bid by Taiwan’s Hon Hai company to acquire Japanese electronic goods manufacturer Sharp Corporation, another famous
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      641 16 BLOOMBERG London COMPANIES that profit from Britain’s sweet tooth plunged as the UK unveiled a sugar tax, a surprise move that adds another burden to food and beverage companies grappling with marketing restrictions and a shift towards healthier
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  • GOVERNMENT & ECONOMY
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      997 17 Ex Finance Ministry official Sakakibara sees more stimulus including further cuts to minus 0.1% deposit rate BLOOMBERG Tokyo WHEN the yen started 2016 as the developed world’s best performer, most analysts were taken by surprise. They had been forecasting
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      380 17 REUTERS Tokyo JAPAN’S exports fell for the fifth month in a row in February, and although shipments to China picked up worries remain that fragile overseas demand could tip the world’s third-largest economy into its fourth recession in five years. Exports fell 4
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      Lock icon Indonesia cuts rates for 3rd straight month to boost growth
      579 17 BLOOMBERG Jakarta INDONESIA’S central bank cut its main interest rate for the third straight month, taking advantage of a benign inflation outlook and a strengthening currency to deliver a monetary boost to the economy. Governor Agus Martowardojo and his board
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      371 17 AFP London THE prospect of Donald Trump winning the US presidency represents a global threat on a par with jihadist militancy destabilising the world economy, according to British research group EIU. In the latest version of its Global Risk assessment, the Economist
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      1313 18 Much of big business is making the case for staying in the bloc with a third of UK’s biggest firms backing Cameron REUTERS Preston, England ARGUMENTS on the merits of the European Union and whether workers should gamble with their jobs by
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      5 17 Buying Opportunities Property Outlook 2016
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      609 18 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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  • LUXE TRAVEL
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      Lock icon Off the beaten track in Namibia
      849 19  -  Self-driving offers a compelling alternative to air transfers for travellers seeking the real Africa.BY Africa.BY LOW KA WEI MORE Singaporeans than ever are travelling to Africa for holiday. Luxury vacation specialist Quotient Travel Planner's managing director Javiny Lim, for instance, says her company now
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      Lock icon Drinking it all in
      1050 20  -  With excellent wineries, Chef's Hat restaurants and lush natural beauty, the Mornington Peninsula in Australia has long been one of Melbourne's best-kept secrets. BY KAREN TEE BY KAREN TEE NOT many vacation mornings start with an idyllic horseback ride through some of Australia's most picturesque vineyards
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      Lock icon ‘Cape of Renewed Hope’
      1164 22  -  Chic and sophisticated Cape Town is an often overlooked tourist destination by travellers from this region, but with its beautiful beaches, iconic Table Mountain range, charming hospitality and thriving dining scene, this probably won't be the case for long. BY KAREN TEE IT is one of
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      314 23 APAN iixy in Kyushu siiSS ••••is WM WP «fl* ?i!iil ilm L. n"Ffi cat?* >■ l 'x'Sfe I l?3* V i s")l» %r r ebl. Jn M’mnuvwniM,. 4 f; fcfc 11 If there is one luxury train ride that you must experience in your lifetime, then it must be the
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  • TRANSPORT
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      Lock icon Changi named best airport for 4th straight year
      366 24  -  Facilities such as lounges, cinemas, swimming pool, rest areas clinch award for best leisure amenities B y Nisha Ramchandani nishar@sph.com.sg @Nisha_BT Singapore CHANGI Airport has been voted the World’s Best Airport by air travellers for the fourth year in a row and
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      Lock icon Fastjet chief’s exit shows Africa is left behind by aviation boom
      895 24 BLOOMBERG London WHEN a Fastjet plc plane flew from Tanzanian business hub Dar es Salaam to Mwanza on Lake Victoria in Nov 29, 2012, chief executive officer Ed Winter lauded the service as heralding the start of low-cost travel
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  • REAL ESTATE
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      30 25 m a* .1ANHE ZAOBAO H Astory about a box that holds big dreams for a little country Now available in Chinese Now on sale at all major bookstores and www.stpressbooks.com.sg
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      17 25 y www.omy.sg j i I r c 0 S■v 3 i 1 M i SCAN&READ more blogs.omy.sg
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      316 26 D10 APARTMENT FOR SALE ROBIN RESIDENCES Ready for Occupation soon! F’hold, Mins walk to Stevens MRT. Excellent layout. 1Km to SCGS, ACS. Studio-5 rm $1.024m up! View actual showsuite unit (appt). CBRE Ritzy Fang 9068 8118 D10 APARTMENT FOR SALE Dennis Tan 9669 4282 WING ON LIFE GARDEN Freehold. 3305
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  • VEHICLE & LIFESTYLE
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      Lock icon E-mail: The weapon wielded by the passive-aggressive colleague
      860 27  -  By Lucy Kellaway THE FINANCIAL TIMES When Mr Ray Tomlinson, the man credited with the invention of e-mail, died 10 days ago, all sorts of people saw it as an excuse to complain about how his creation has messed up our office
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  • OPINION
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      Lock icon Even less reason for Fed rate hikes now and in the foreseeable future
      604 28 EDITORIAL WHEN the US Federal Reserve raised its Fed Funds rate by 25 basis points last December, the expectations were four further rate hikes over the course of 2016. After the meeting of the Federal Open Market
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      Lock icon UK must make clear it will remain a reliable partner
      656 28  -  THE BOTTOM LINE By Ben Shenglin T The writer is professor of banking finance, dean of Academy of Internet Finance, Zhejiang University, and executive director, international Monetary institute, Renmin University of China, in Beijing. BRITAIN has done a wonderful job
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      Lock icon Disrupting even the world of academics
      1073 28  -  It is only a matter of time before algorithms start to augment a professor’s research, taking it into realms previously unimaginable in academia. BY CHRIS HOWELLS academia.BY CHRIS HOWELLS T The writer is managing editor of INSEAD Knowledge, the management portal of insead ACADEMICS
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      Lock icon Singapore banks must go bionic or be left behind
      861 29  -  COMMENTARY By Loh Hean Ho, Ernest Saudjana T The writers are partners and managing directors at Boston Consulting Group TODAY in Singapore, there are strong indications that people are ready for digital banks. Despite a population of only 5.5 million, Singapore
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      Lock icon Key central banks’ rate game a danger to everyone else
      873 29  -  COMMENTARY By Anthony Rowley CENTRAL bankers have been having such fun playing games of ZIRP (zero interest rate policy) and NIRP (negative interest rate policy) in which there appear to be no rules other than to outsmart the opponent that
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      Lock icon Trump’s foreign policy critics have it right
      1071 29  -  His inconsistent positions pose immense economic dangers at home and abroad. abroad.BY HARISH MEHTA T The writer is a historian who has taught at Canadian universities. This article is part of a series on US foreign relations. THE rising chorus of criticism of
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  • CITY LIFE
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      Lock icon TOY STORY
      981 32  -  Ann Goh’s love of playthings grows into a booming Simply Toys business with three outlets in major malls. BY AVANTI NIM BY AVANTI NIM avantin@sph.com.sg TO a collector, toys are more than just playthings. Some local collectors have been adding to their private collection for decades resulting in
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    • CITY BUZZ BT writers' picks of what to see, do or talk about
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        Lock icon Ophelia
        137 32  -  THEATRE By Helmi Yusof OPHELIA will always be remembered as Shakespeare’s tragic young character who goes mad and accidentally drowns in a brook after Hamlet spurns her. Now experimental theatre director Natalie Hennedige, one of the most exciting practitioners in Singapore, has turned her attention to the heroine to
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        Lock icon STELLAR PAIRING OF CHEFS
        267 32  -  By Tay Suan Chiang DINING Four Hands Dinner with Hideaki Sato AWARD-WINNING restaurant Bacchanalia will be hosting a four-hands dinner, this time with Hideaki Sato, the chef patron of Michelin-starred Hong Kong restaurant, Ta Vie. Chef Sato will be cooking alongside Bacchanalia’s head chef Ivan Brehm.
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        197 32  -  RECREATION By Cheah Ui-Hoon FITNESS enthusiasts can look forward to free workout sessions every Tuesday from 6.30pm-7.30pm and 7.30pm-8.30pm at Clifford Square, Fullerton Bay. The sessions are brought to the public by US sportswear label Under Armour in partnership with wellness collective Urban
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        Lock icon Sayang singapura by Lee Xin Li
        182 32  -  EXHIBITION By Tay Suan Chiang ILLUSTRATOR Lee Xin Li has made a name for himself with his digital paintings of Singapore in his signature nostalgic style. Lee’s inspiration arises from his memories of growing up in Singapore coupled with his overseas travel experiences, which
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        145 32  -  CONCERT By Dylan Tan SINGER-SONGWRITER Druv Kent pays it forward this weekend by letting the winners of his Battle of the Bands competition open his gig this Saturday. The Sin g a pore-based ex-banker released his debut album About Time last year and his ra-dio-friendly brand of
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  • WINE/MUSIC
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      Lock icon Savouring the beauty of Syrah
      1043 33  -  Too caught up with the quest for the Holy Grail in Burgundy, I have overlooked rare gems such as Syrah Leone and Montecarrubo.BY NK YONG WINE gems Montecarrubo.BY NK YONG ENGLAND’S much revered wine writer Harry Waugh once said: “You must taste every wine, you
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      Lock icon New album by indie band burns with rage
      729 33  -  MUSIC By Dylan Tan dylantan@sph.com.sg @DylanTanSYBT WHEN the haze last year lingered longer than usual, the choking heat among other things fired up The Observatory to react to it. The results can be heard in the local indie band’s latest work August
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  • Page 33 Miscellaneous
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      333 33 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD Across 1 Argue about details of parish list to be circulated (5,5) 6 Nibbled, accepting a lure (4) 9 Lack of sense in position that’s open (7) 10 Plan to reduce lighting around site of Taj Mahal (7) 12 Aunt Sally’s cattle with a sense of humour (8,5)
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  • ARTS
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      Lock icon Art Stage forays into Indonesian market
      786 34  -  Singapore’s flagship art fair expands southwards to tap the region’s biggest, most lucrative art scene. BY HELMI YUSOF BY HELMI YUSOF helmi@sph.com.sg @HelmiBT IT’S official: Art Stage Singapore announced on Thursday in Jakarta that it is expanding Singapore’s premier art fair into Indonesia. From
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      Lock icon Tay Bak Chiang debuts at Art Basel HK
      543 34  -  By Helmi Yusof helmi@sph.com.sg @HelmiBT ART BASEL Hong Kong (ABHK), which opens its doors next week, will see the Hong Kong debut of Tay Bak Chiang and his trademark paintings of rocks and boulders. Tay, whose luminous canvas- es often appear to
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      Lock icon Art-felt tribute to Lee Kuan Yew
      1125 34  -  The first death anniversary of Singapore’s first prime minister has again sparked the imaginations of artists and one group of walking guides. BY CHEAH UI-HOON BY CHEAH UI-HOON uihoon@sph.com.sg WITH the first anniversary of Lee Kuan Yew’s coming up on March 23, a couple
      PHOTOS: TENG JEE HUM, SHARLENE LEONG, TRIBE  -  1,125 words
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  • CINEMA
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