The Business Times, 20 September 2016

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  • 22 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION www.businesstimes.com.sg @BusinessTimes MCI (P) 052/08/2016 S$1.20 CO REGN NO *****2868E Tuesday, September 20, 2016
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    251 1 Australia’s stock exchange suspends trading for the rest of the day after earlier saying that the problem that caused a 90-minute delay to Monday’s open had been resolved. TOP STORIES 2 Logistics provider UPS will open an on-demand 3D printing factory in Singapore by the end of this
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  • 1233 1  -  But some players still hold faith in accelerators in their current form STARTUPS By Jacquelyn Cheok jaccheok@sph.com.sg @JacCheokBT Singapore THE startup ecosystem is at a tipping point, one where accelerators are starting to disrupt themselves. Accelerators an ecosystem stalwart that has helped many startups disrupt
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  • 750 1  -  Surbana Jurong chairman Liew Mun Leong says TPP, One-Belt-One-Road initiative can reignite global growth INFRASTRUCTURE GROWTH By Lee Meixian leemx@sph.com.sg @LeeMeixianBT Singapore AMID slowing global growth, mounting political uncertainty and divergent monetary policies, trade pacts that promote infrastructure development are a “silver lining”,
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  • 26 1 Monday Change STI 2,852.14 +24.69 KL Comp 1,651.71 -1.28 Nikkei 225 16,519.29 +114.28 Hang Seng 23,550.45 +214.86 Shenzhen B 1,184.23 +6.96 Dow(11.45am EDT) 18,229.74 +105.94
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    • 15 1 OFFICE DEAL CLSA Capital Partners doing due diligence on 77 Robinson Rd REAL ESTATE 15
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    • 25 1 LATEST BUZZWORD Dealing with disruption STRATEGY SPOTLIGHT 13 HOCK LOCK SIEW Is HK a threat to Singapore’s lead in Asia FX trading? COMPANIES MARKETS 8
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    • 23 1 Singapore SMEs slow to adopt business model innovation to gain edge, Page 2 Creativity around infra financing not yet exhausted: AIIB, Page 4
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  • TOP STORIES
    • 867 2 Disruption comes at sensitive time with policy meetings scheduled at BOJ and US Fed this week BLOOMBERG Sydney AUSTRALIA’S stock exchange suspended trading for the rest of the day after earlier saying that the problem which caused a 90-minute delay to Monday’s open
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    • 679 2  -  Tech pundits say early adopters of BMI can identify profitable niches within existing businesses By Jacquelyn Cheok jaccheok@sph.com.sg @JacCheokBT Singapore LOCAL firms have been slow to adopt business model innovation (BMI), a critical tool during a time of rapid
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    • 291 2 Singapore GP’s deal to host night race due to expire after next year’s event THE STRAITS TIMES Singapore WITH Singapore Grand Prix’s deal to host Formula One races due to expire after next year’s night race, Minister
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    • 732 4  -  It says the technology will change how manufacturing firms here operate, especially at the prototyping stage By Vivien Shiao vshiao@sph.com.sg @VivienShiaoBT Singapore LOGISTICS provider UPS said on Monday that it will be opening an on-demand 3D printing factory in Singapore by the
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    • 751 4  -  By Lee Meixian leemx@sph.com.sg @LeeMeixianBT Singapore WHY isn’t more private capital going into infrastructure projects? One reason is because governments are choosing to fund the most bankable projects themselves, leaving riskier, less palatable projects to private investors, Pang Yee Ean, director-gen-eral (investments)
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    • 775 6 Bank for International Settlements points to its credit to GDP gap hitting a record high of 30.1% in Q1 AFP REUTERS Beijing CHINA’s banking sector could be facing an imminent debt crisis, a global central bank watchdog has warned, fuelling fresh fears about
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    • 584 6 WP REUTERS New York AN Afghanistan-born American sought in connection with a bombing that wounded more than two dozen people in New York City and who could be linked to other bombs found in New York and New Jersey was
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    • 161 4 The Business Times Showtime Productions present a night of jazz in collaboration with Esplanade Theatres on the Bay Jazzy Business September 30, 2016 Friday, 8pm Esplanade Concert Hall Celebrates BT’s 40th birthday and Cultural Medallion recipient Jeremy Monteiro’s 40th year in showbiz with a programme that includes Grammy-winning jazz guitarist
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  • COMPANIES & MARKETS
    • 565 7  -  M&A slow patch more pronounced on quarterly basis, falling 26.7% to US$12b in Q3 from a year ago By Anita Gabriel anitag@sph.com.sg @AnitaGabrielBT Singapore BIG ticket deals such as the US$3.8 billion BOC Aviation spinoff and the US$2.5 billion sale
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    • 444 7  -  By Nisha Ramchandani nishar@sph.com.sg @Nisha_BT Singapore WHILE profitability for the VIP gaming business outside Macau is outperforming Asia’s answer to Las Vegas, Morgan Stanley analysts aren’t bullish on Genting Singapore. This is against the backdrop of a challenging environment for the global VIP segment,
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    • CORPORATE DIGEST
      • 68 7 SPECIALIST ground engineering firm Ryobi Kiso Holdings said it has secured additional contracts worth S$78.8 million, bringing the value of total contracts secured since Jan 1 to S$168.8 million. Some of the contracts awarded for foundation and geoservices work include the Deepwater Ocean Basin at Prince Georges Park
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      • 94 7 IHH Healthcare Berhad on Monday said that its subsidiary Parkway Pantai Limited (PPL) has accepted a banking facility worth S$1.8 billion. IHH said that PPL had on Sept 15 signed a facility agreement for a committed unsecured multi-currency five-year revolving credit facility granted by mandated lead arrangers comprising
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      • 79 7 WONG Pak Him, an independent director of Cedar Strategic Holdings, has been redesignated an executive director of the Catalist-listed property development firm. He now holds 13.03 per cent of ordinary voting shares in Cedar, up from 4.34 per cent before the latest rights issue. Mr Wong has
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      • 47 7 WONG Mei Lian has resigned as chief financial officer of Mapletree Logistics Trust (MLT) Management. She will be relinquishing her role on Nov 12 to pursue other interests. MLT Management said that it has found a suitable replacement and will make a further announcement.
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    • 856 8  -  Tech continuing to gain prominence in global economy, fund’s portfolio manager tells BT By Cai Haoxiang haoxiang@sph.com.sg @HaoxiangCaiBT Singapore TECHNOLOGY stocks are still cheap relative to past numbers, said Richard Clode, a portfolio manager with Henderson Global Investors, one of the largest technology
      Source: Bernstein as at Aug 1,2016. MSCI All-Country World Technology Sector price-to-forward earnings relative to MSCI All-Country World Index; Source: Bernstein as at June 30,2016  -  856 words
    • 441 8  -  By Soon Weilun soonwl@sph.com.sg @SoonWeilunBT Singapore A SUBSIDIARY of mainboard-listed Chinese property developer Chiwayland International has acquired a 73,351 square metre parcel of land in Wuxi, near Shanghai, the group said on Monday. No price was announced. The
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    • 1221 8  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW BY SIOW LI SEN lisen@sph.com.sg @SiowLiSenBT SINGAPORE remains the world’s third largest foreign exchange (FX) centre and Asia’s biggest, accordingto the 2016 Triennial Central Bank Survey by the Bank for International Settlement. This is no mean
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    • 655 8 BLOOMBERG London NOBLE Group Ltd is still seeking a strategic investor as the founder and chairman of the embattled Asian commodities trader says it will take as many as two years for a return
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    • 608 9  -  Below 15% of debts due for refinancing in next 12 months By Lynette Khoo lynkhoo@sph.com.sg @LynetteKhooBT Singapore REFINANCING risk among Asia-Pacific Reits is manageable over the next 12-18 months as less than 15 per cent of their debts on average are due for refinancing
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    • 271 9  -  By Jacquelyn Cheok jaccheok@sph.com.sg @JacCheokBT Singapore MAINBOARD-listed real estate company Thakral Corporation said on Monday that GTH Resorts a joint venture between TCAP Partners (a subsidiary of Thakral) and PVAP Pty Ltd (a subsidiary of Living Gems Lifestyle Resorts) has bought its first
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    • 330 9 BLOOMBERG Hong Kong THE appetite of China’s wealthy to diversify from a weakening yuan is helping European finance companies boost capital to prepare for the next financial crisis. But global fund managers are urging caution. Since Aug 1, seven
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      63 10 STI Catalist Straits Times Index Sept 19,2016 2,852.14 +24.69 (+0.87%) Current streak 2 days Day high 2,852.14 Day low 2,824.88 52-week high 3,083.07 (Oct 26, 2015) 52-week low 2,532.70 (Jan 21, 2016) FTSE ST Catalist index Sept 19,2016 436.07 +6.75 (+1.57%) Current streak 1 day Day high 436.50 Day low
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    • 653 10  -  Penny stocks in play led by ISR Capital, while ST Index drifts before late afternoon surge STOCKS By R Sivanithy sivan@sph.com.sg @RSivanithyBT THE Straits Times Index on Monday drifted within a narrow band before a late afternoon push took it up 24.69 points to 2,852.14,
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    • 302 10 Stock name Close Change Day high/low 52w high 52w low PE Div yield Mcap Ascendas Reit 241 +2 242/238 257 209 6.4 6697.9 CapitaCom Trust 157.5 -0.5 158.5/156.5 164 127 5.5 4666 CapitaLand 315 +3 315/309 340 267 12.6 2.9 *****.9 CapitaMall Trust 211 +3 211/207 225 185
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    • 35 10 VOLUME Noble 188,215,000 Annica 135,747,600 LionGold 89,318,200 ISR Capital 88,768,800 Addvalue Tech 87,187,000 Market volume 1,904,209,000 VALUE Singtel 66,556,014 DBS Grp 47,485,747 UOB 46,830,344 JMH USD 36,915,644 OCBC Bank 34,661,628 Market value 778,064,000
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    • 108 10 Most Active Fund Last sale +/-(‘000) Day high/low 52w high/low Buy/Sell Mcap STI ETF 289 764 289/287 314/254 289/290 IS MS INDIA US$ US734 +2 146 735/731 772/575 733/737 91.8 DBXT MSPHILS US$ US203.2 -2.5 80 203.2/202.7 222.5/158.5 203.6/204.4 16.3 DBXT MSBrazil US$ US364 +3 43 364/360 391/190
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    • 77 10 Sep 19 VALUE CLOSE BT OB/OS 82.00 +102.00 BT CADI -*****.00 +60.00 BT 10-day MA -*****.00 +8.00 FTSE ST Mid Cap 683.68 +1.44 FTSE ST Small Cap 380.68 +0.07 FTSE ST All Share 700.11 +4.79 FTSE ST China Top 159.65 +1.18 FTSE ST China 195.31 +3.25 FTSE
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    • 36 10 STI FTSE ST All-Share FTSE ST All-Share index Sept 19, 2016 700.11 +4.79 (+0.69%) Current streak 2 days Day high 700.11 Day low 694.89 52-week high 743.17 (Oct 26, 2015) 52-week low 625.37 (Jan 21, 2016)
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    • 33 10 STI MSCI EAFE MSCI EAFE Index Sept 16,2016 1,664.77 -11.40 (-0.68%) Current streak 1 day Day high 1,683.37 Day low 1,661.03 52-week high 1,779.25 (Oct 26, 2015) 52-week low 1,492.43 (Feb 12, 2016)
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    • 186 10 MAIN CATL TOTAL Up Down Unch Up Down Unch Up Down Unch Multi Ind 6 5 3 0 0 1 6 5 4 Manufacturing 33 26 30 11 6 14 44 32 44 Commerce 17 15 12 3 4 6 20 19 18 Tpt/Stor/Comms 13 12 6
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    • 122 10 VOLUME (‘000) VALUE (‘000) MAIN CATL TOTAL MAIN CATL TOTAL Multi Ind 10,541 254 10,795 26,348 41 26,389 Manufacturing 89,896 287,242 377,138 83,043 1,914 84,958 Commerce 232,200 25,468 257,668 90,096 479 90,575 Tpt/Stor/Comms 147,764 1,186 148,950 126,183 116 126,299 Finance 102,017 812 102,829 162,587 102 162,689 Construction
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    • 71 10 BY CENTS CLOSE UP 52w high/low JMH USD 6090 103.7 1.3 6371/4500 DBXT Vietnam US$ 2435 101.0 3.1 2533/2017 DBXT MSAsExJp US$ 3544 87.3 1.8 3633/2772 DBXT MSKorea US$ 5737 70.9 0.9 6041/4629 Jardine C&C 4202 62.0 1.5 4520/2636 BY PERCENTAGE CLOSE UP 52w high/low LifeBrandz 0.3 200.0 0.2
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    • 76 10 BY CENTS CLOSE DOWN 52w high/low DBXT MSJAP US$ 4895 -118.7 -1.7 5021/4031 Great Easten 2060 -20.0 -1.0 2332/1940 IS Asia BND US 1090 -12.3 -0.8 1126/1010 XMH 33 -8.5 -20.5 62.4/33 Haw Par Corp 902 -8.0 -0.9 946/720 BY PERCENTAGE CLOSE DOWN 52w high/low Serrano 0.9 -57.1 -1.2
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    • 81 10 VOL CLOSE($) CHANGE Attilan 62,890.6 0.010 +0.004 +66.67 China Intl 86.0 0.112 +0.019 +20.43 Ziwo 307.5 0.018 +0.009 +100.00 ISR Capital 88,768.8 0.260 +0.108 +71.05 LionGold 89,318.2 0.002 +0.001 +100.00 Intraco 55.3 0.350 +0.110 +45.83 China Mining 255.9 0.620 +0.120 +24.00 NutryFarm 58.6 0.290 +0.050 +20.83 Addvalue Tech
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    • BROKERS’ TAKE
      • 120 10 Tat Hong Holdings Hold Sept 19 close: S$0.485 Target price: S$0.49 OCBC Investment Research, Sept 19 BACK in March 2016, Tat Hong Holdings had announced the company was approached with regard to a potential transaction which may or may not lead to an acquisition of the company’s issued share capital.
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      • 81 10 United Overseas Bank Hold Sept 19 close: S$18.81 Target price: S$18.34 Maybank Kim Eng Research, Sept 19 WE attended UOB Engage 2016 where it showcased its digital banking capabilities and various initiatives it intends to roll out. We saw UOB’s digitalisation efforts to differentiate itself through its ability to roll
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      • 220 10  - Courts Asia Add Compiled by Jamie Lee Sept 19 close: S$0.415 Target price: S$0.53 CIMB Research, Sept 18 THE forgotten child has not been rewarded. We view Courts as a turnaround story, with earnings growth driven by better margin management and cost reduction. Upside could also come from a more
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    • 6 10 DATA/EVENT I US FOMC Meeting
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    • 476 11 CURRENCIES REUTERS London THE dollar fell from a two-week high on Monday, with a stronger oil price the chief theme in a market battening down the hatches ahead of central bank policy meetings in Japan and the United States. Commodity-linked currencies including the
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    • FOREX RATES
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      • 471 11 Sep 19 A$ C$ Rmb Euro HK$ Ind Rs Rupiah Yen Won RM NZ$ Pak Rs Peso S$ Rand Sfr NT$ Baht Pound US$ Australia 0.992 5.026 0.675 5.847 50.438 99.185 0.769 8.441 3.120 1.032 78.808 36.047 1.028 10.645 0.739 23.667 26.274 0.577 0.754 Canada 1.008 5.067
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      • 155 11 Sep 19 Against S$ Against US$ Currencies Bid Offer Bid Offer S$/US$ to one unit of foreign currency: Australian dollar 1.0279 1.0290 0.7535 0.7537 Canadian dollar 1.0364 1.0375 0.7599 0.7597 Euro 1.5218 1.5234 1.1155 1.1159 NZ dollar 0.9961 0.9974 0.7302 0.7306 Sterling pound 1.7815 1.7835 1.3059 1.3064
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      • 22 11 Sep 19 S$ Bid Offer 1-month 1.3641 1.3654 2-months 1.3640 1.3654 3-months 1.3642 1.3654 6-months 1.3638 1.3654 Source: OCBC
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    • EQUITY BONDS WARRANTS FUTURES
      • 378 11 Sep 19 OPEN HIGH LOW SETT VOL OP/INT FTSE CHINA A50 INDEX FUTURES Sep16 9567.50 9662.50 9567.50 9655.00 *****2 *****2 Oct16 9587.50 9675.00 9582.50 9662.50 ***** ***** NIKKEI 225 INDEX FUTURES Dec16 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 ***** *****8 Mar17 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 17 844 MSCI TAIWAN
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      • 205 11 Most active Sep 19 Prem Expiry Vol Conv Exer Disc Gear-Mths Company Last Sale +or-('000) Ratio Price ing Left OCBC Bk MB eCW*****8 3.3 -0.2 6829 0.1 915 4 DBS MB eCW*****1 11 0.4 3410 0.1 1550 5 UOB MB eCW*****1 10.5 -0.6 1821 0.1 1880
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      • 377 11 In local curr In S$ In US$ dy yr dy yr dy yr Sep 16 Index Change Change Change Change Change Change World Preliminary 1287.2 -0.4 0.7 -0.3 -1.7 -0.5 2.0 EAFE Preliminary 956.5 -0.2 -5.6 -0.4 -6.5 -0.7 -3.0 Europe Preliminary 1369.8 -0.7 -3.0
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    • BANK RATES
      • 154 11 Sep 19 $S Offer Bid 0vernight 0.04 0.01 1-month 0.625 0.375 2-months 0.8125 0.6875 3-months 0.875 0.75 Overnight mode: 0.03 US$ Offer Bid 7 days 0.55 0.45 1 month 0.63 0.53 2 months 0.80 0.60 3 months 1.00 0.80 6 months 1.30 1.10 9 months 1.50 1.30 12
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      • 63 11 Sep 19 GOVERNMENT BONDS Period Issue Coupon Maturity Close Day's code rate Bid High Low 2-Year NY*****A 4.000 01-Sep-18 106.08 5-Year NX*****X 2.250 01-Jun-21 104.19 104.30 104.26 10-Year NX*****F 2.125 01-Jun-26 102.25 102.40 102.32 15-Year NZ*****F 2.875 01-Sep-30 108.39 108.65 108.65 20-Year NZ*****X 2.250 01-Aug-36 100.01 30-Year NA*****H
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    • AGRI METALS ENERGY
      • 250 11 Sep-16 Price Net change change Last Trade Agricultural Sep-16 CBOT Soybeans (US cents/bu) 966.00 15.50 1.63% 14/11/2016 CBOT Soybean Oil (US cents/lb) 31.98 -0.06 -0.19% 14/10/2016 CBOT Wheat (US cents/bu) 403.25 3.75 0.94% 14/12/2016 Sep-16 LIFFE Cocoa (£/tonne) 2246.00 -4.00 -0.18% 13/12/2016 LIFFE Coffee (US$/tonne) 1923.00 -4.00 -0.21%
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    • 1741 12 52-Wk Last Vol Day Div GrYld Net MCap High Low Company Sale +/-(’000) High Low C’vr P/Ep $mil Company Last Sale Vol ('000) High Day 149 127 AIMSAMP Cap Reit 142 +0.5 62 142 141 0.9 8 905 Div 144 101 ARA Asset Mgmt 135.5 +0.5 244 137
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    • 366 12 52-Wk Last Vol Day Div GrYld Net MCap High Low Company Sale +/-(’000) High Low C’vr P/E Last vol Day Div 5 1.7 t Acesian Partners 3 unch 59 3 3 4.1 11.2 Net 0.6 0.1 t Advanced Systems 0.3 unch 0 0.3 0.2 7.9 46.5 29.5 t
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    • 115 12 52-Wk Last Vol Day Div GrYld Net MCap High Low Counter Sale +/-(’000) High Low C’vr P/E Counter Last Sale vol 3240 2355 DBXT China50 US$ US3175 +6 2 3175 3175 8.7 391 190 DBXT MSBrazil US$ US364 +3 43 364 360 Low 6041 4629 DBXT MSKorea US$
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  • STRATEGY SPOTLIGHT
    • 1334 13  -  While fending off more innovative competition, established businesses are also seeking advantages from disruptive technologies. BY FRANCIS KAN Disruption is the latest buzzword in the business world, as innovative startups re-write the rules of the game across the commercial landscape. The most high-profile cases have been Uber
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  • REAL ESTATE
    • 827 14  -  Two of Wartsila’s properties at Pandan Crescent and Benoi Crescent will be sold on sale-and-leaseback basis By Lynette Khoo lynkhoo@sph.com.sg @LynetteKhooBT Singapore AS part of its global exercise to go as-set-light, Wartsila Singapore the Singapore unit of Finland-listed marine and
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    • 774 14  -  Seller OCBC has just put up another four Amoy Street shophouses on the market By Kalpana Rashiwala kalpana@sph.com.sg @KalpanaBT Singapore OCBC seems to be on a roll selling conservation shophouse properties of late. It recently sold a pair of
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    • 653 15  -  Its pricing is believed to be slightly above S$1,800 psf on NLA, or over S$530 million By Kalpana Rashiwala kalpana@sph.com.sg @KalpanaBT Singapore CLSA Capital Partners is said to have been selected to do exclusive due diligence for the
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    • 360 15 REUTERS Sydney AUSTRALIA has forced the sale of 16 properties bought without government permission by foreigners, Treasurer Scott Morrison said on Monday, after ramping up enforcement of overseas investment rules that have until recently been rarely applied. Foreign ownership of land has become
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  • BANKING & FINANCE
    • 1316 16 Private funds seek record US$32b as buyout firms, Reits and hedge funds expand lending BLOOMBERG New York HEIGHTENED scrutiny of US commercial real estate lending is paving the way for lightly regulated investors to gain a bigger toehold in lucrative deals.
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  • FOCUS: CYBER SECURITY
    • 3022 19 Securing online data vital to cloud computing Smart Nation effort A coherent cyber-security policy to protect information residing online is vital for Singapore, say experts Roundtable panellists: IThio Tse Gan, Cyber Security Leader, Deloitte South-east Asia; IViktor Pozgay, Chief Information Security Officer, Avaloq Sourcing Asia Pacific (Singapore) Pte Ltd; ILionel
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  • CONSUMER
    • 1042 21  -  The biggest challenge for these legacy brands is to stay relevant in a beer universe that thrives on hype By Fritz Hahn WP Washington BEER drinkers are fickle. Put us in a bar in front of dozens of taps
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    • 366 21 BLOOMBERG Shanghai NANJING dressmaker V-Grass Fashion Co has an audacious plan to become the Valentino of the Chinese fashion world, and buying a South Korean fast-fashion brand with more than six times as many stores in China is part of its
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  • TRANSPORT
    • 622 22  -  But both traditional carmakers and Internet companies face high financing costs, legislation that has yet to be defined and technical issues By Virginie Mangin btworld@sph.com.sg Beijing MORE than 10 Chinese companies are hoping to launch autonomous cars within the next five years. But analysts
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    • 562 22 REUTERS BLOOMBERG Sydney CHINESE and Australian sovereign wealth funds, along with other investors, on Monday said they will take Australia’s busiest port private for a higher-than-expected A$9.7 billion (S$9.98 billion), a sign that tough equity markets are fuelling appetite for infrastructure. The group of
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    • 449 22 BLOOMBERG Seoul HANJIN Shipping Co, the South Korean container line that sought bankruptcy protection last month, received a court advisory to return all chartered vessels to cut costs while the company is in the midst of reducing its fleet. Giving
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    • 315 22 BLOOMBERG London ROLLS-Royce Holdings Plc is eliminating more than 200 positions from its management team as chief executive officer Warren East extends a widereaching restructuring of the embattled engine-maker. The additional cuts will bring the total trimming of management positions under Mr
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  • GOVERNMENT & ECONOMY
    • 686 23  -  Leaked document says the UK can be fined if it negotiates official trade deals with non-EU nations By Neil Behrmann btworld@sph.com.sg London ILLUSTRATING the UK’s difficulties prior to leaving the European Union (EU), a leaked document contends that the
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    • 724 23 REUTERS Hong Kong VIETNAM has invited about half a dozen foreign investment banks to advise it on selling its stake in dairy company Vinamilk, sources said, in one of the strongest signs yet of the government getting serious about offloading its most lucrative
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    • 467 23 REUTERS Brussels EUROPEAN Union (EU) antitrust regulators opened a probe on Monday into tax deals granted by Luxembourg to French power utility Engie, stepping up the EU’s campaign against tax avoidance by multinationals. The European Commission said that it had concerns the
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    • 461 23 REUTERS Jakarta INDONESIA plans to pursue Alphabet Inc’s Google for five years of back taxes, and the search giant could face a bill of more than US$400 million for 2015 alone if it is found to have avoided payments, a
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    • 378 23 AFP Frankfurt THE European Central Bank (ECB) must not allow low interest rates and monetary stimulus to last indefinitely, the head of Germany’s Bundesbank (central bank) said on Monday. “Under no circumstances can interest rates remain so low for longer
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    • 13 23 Life begins after coffee Grab a copy at all good bookstores and www.stpressbooks.com.sg
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  • OPINION
    • 591 24 EDITORIAL Australia’s record of an unbroken 100 quarters of economic growth is certainly reason for cheer. The economy grew 3.3 per cent over the last financial year ended June 30. The last recession ended in June 1991 when the jobless
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    • 819 24  -  THE BOTTOM LINE By Robert Samuelson THE WASHINGTON POST WRITERS GROUP Washington THE betting is that the US Federal Reserve won’t raise interest rates at this week’s meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee, its key policymaking body. There are already complaints that the
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    • 1385 24  -  An economist offers a path forward for liberals to respond to rising right-wing anger and populism. BY PRANAB BARDHAN BY PRANAB BARDHAN T The writer is an economist and professor at the University of California, Berkeley. His most recent books are Globalization, Democracy and
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    • 961 25  -  COMMENTARY By Sunny Verghese T The writer is co-founder and CEO of Olam International, a leading agri-business operating across the value chain in 70 countries, supplying 46 commodities to over 16,200 customers worldwide THE global agri-sector is vital to the world economy.
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    • 712 25  -  By Marcello Minenna T The writer is a PhD lecturer at the London Graduate School of Mathematical Finance OMFIF Rome THE euro area banking system remains under pressure, despite the reassuring results of the latest stress tests on European banks.
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    • 1150 25  -  Immediate action will help cement its hard-won place as South-east Asia’s business and investment hub and as a truly global city. BY DIAAN-YI LIN BY DIAAN-YI LIN T The writer is a senior partner with McKinsey and managing partner of the Singapore office
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  • LIFE & CULTURE
    • 873 27 It wins 12 Emmys this season 9 in technical categories and 3 top prizes giving it a total record haul of 38 over the years AFP Los Angeles FANTASY epic Game of Thrones made television history at the 68th Emmy Awards on Sunday, becoming
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    • 773 27 REUTERS oshawa, Ontario IN Oshawa, winning a spot on the line at General Motors isn’t the singular prize it used to be. As GM Oshawa workers fight for the plant’s survival and face what could be the first
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  • Page 27 Miscellaneous
    • 312 27 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD Across 1 Followers of star, K Hepburn’s partner they’re trying people (10) 6 Dashed odds on journalist (4) 9 Dreadful alternative to a musical (10) 10 Black bird in wood (4) 12 Rudest officer commanding ruler, a brainy type (12) 15 James goes after port and Spanish wines
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  • SME
    • 1310 28  -  With the help of predictive business intelligence (BI) tools, family-run clothing supplier Tantex is ready for the future. BY WONG KAI YI BY WONG KAI YI kaiyiw@sph.com.sg @WongKaiYiBT THE conference room of clothing supplier Tantex is tucked away inside Fortune Centre and in it, all sorts
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    • 927 28  -  By Fong Xin Hui, Li Zifeng, Tan Hong Dan Claudia, Thirutanigaasalam Naidu T The writers are students of NUS Business School. Singapore IT IS no secret that owning a car in Singapore is expensive, but there is at the same time the convenience and
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    • 63 28 Celebrating Singapore´s Enterprising Spirit 2016 This series is part of the Enterprise 50 Educational Project between the E50 partners and the NUS Business School. Popular Rent a Car was among the winners in 2015. The annual E50 ranking is co-organised by The Business Times and KPMG, sponsored by OCBC Bank,
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