The Business Times, 15 October 2016

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1 36 The Business Times
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      65 1 Weekend Singaporeans Abroad October 15–16 2016 S$1.20 I N ES S T I M ES N OT TO B E S O LD S E PA R AT E LY FR O M T H E London-based art collector Jason Lee offers a peek into the expat lifestyle B U
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  • Weekend
    • Weekend Buzz
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        90 4 The Godfather of Britpop Morrissey returns to play Singapore after his 2012 sell-out gig. As The Smiths’ iconic but controversial frontman, he was a seminal figure in indie music in the 80s, launching a successful solo career after the band broke up in 1987. A prolific singer-songwriter, the
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        58 4  -  BY COMPILED DYLAN TAN, RACHEL LOI l–r:CUREChef-owner Andrew Walsh launches new lunch sets priced from $38. T.6221 2189. COO BISTRO Go ‘glocal’ with dishes like prawn noodles made with fettuccine and chilli sauce. T.6221 7060. LOOF Local chef Bjorn Shen adds ‘dude-Sin’ food like a B.C.M. (bak chor
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        Lock icon Gone Native
        76 4 Autumn is the best season for produce and it’s no different in Taiwan, where the best ingredients are given the Michelin treatment in Shoun Ryugin sister restaurant of chef Seiji Yamamoto’s three-starred RyuGin in Tokyo and two-starred Tenku RyuGin in Hong Kong. Chef Ryohei Hieda turns native ingredients
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        52 4 AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON (1981) “John Landis’ classic has a great mix of horror, humour and special effects that were way ahead of its time. You don’t get that sort of groundbreaking cinema these days.” Anthony Chiam, co-founder of film collective SCUM (Society for Cult and
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        107 6  -  BY MAY YIP “The trend of gourmand scents began with Angel, almost 25 years ago. My wish is that gourmand perfumes stay elegant, creative and not too cloying.” PIERRE AULAS Olfactory Artistic Director Of Mugler “I tend to gravitate towards up-and-coming Asian brands for unique pieces.” CHARLENE CHUA Senior
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        982 9  -  by GEOFFREY EU WHETHER at home or in the workplace, family matters to Angelene Chan. She grew up in 1970s Johor Baru, surrounded by dozens of extended-family members who all lived within a stone’s throw of each other in houses built around a landmark church. Now, as CEO
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        66 10 / 11 From Vuitton to Burberry, these are the hardest working carryalls in town. For cool girls and boys. From L to R, top row: Saint Laurent, Mulberry, Louis Vuitton, BOSS. Bottom row: Burberry, Tod’s, Celine. From L to R, top row: Loewe, Tod’s, Longchamp, Louis Vuitton, Braun Buffel. Bottom
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        Lock icon A Life Abroad
        2711 14 Is it all champagne and roses for Singaporeans based overseas? Daven Wu gets the lowdown on the expat high life. NIKHEEL ADVANI Hotelier Caribbean Islands No one could ever accuse Nikheel Advani of sitting still and gathering moss. In just two weeks, he has crossed the globe
        PHOTOGRAPHY ELLEN & JASON BY AL OVERDRIVE. NIKHEEL, COURTESY. PETER BY ZHANG SHU MIN  -  2,711 words
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        1025 19  -  Ever wonder what savvy foodies pack home from their trips? Tay Suan Chiang and Avanti Nim sniff out the gourmet goodies. Tay Suan Chiang, Avanti Nim THERE are two kinds of rabid foodsouvenir shoppers in Singapore: those who raid Haneda’s duty-free shops for strawberry cheesecake Kit Kat and
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    • Weekend Design
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        551 20 Cutting-edge looks once defined her, but today, ex-model Ethel Fong finds comfort in history and culture, as Tay Suan Chiang discovers. ETHEL Fong’s eye for beauty goes way beyond the designer fashion she paraded on the catwalk in the 1980s. Since the former Singaporean top model got married
        PHOTOGRAPHY RT+Q ARCHITECTS & YEN MENG JIIN  -  551 words
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      165 22 Apr 1956 Before NTUC Fairprice and ‘Bring Your Own Shopping Bag’ days, women went to wet markets with a basket. Not markets neatly organised into meat, fruit, vegetable and sundry sections, mind you they were just common grounds where anyone could come and set up shop, licence be
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      260 23 THE BUSINESS TIMES A MATTER OF TASTE PRESENT The latin stars wine dinner Friday, October 21, 2016 7:00PM 10:30PM Alma by Juan Amador Goodwood Park Hotel The Business Times turned 40 on October 1, 2016. To celebrate this special anniversary, BT and Robert Parker Wine Advocate are pleased to present
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    20 1 WEEKEND www.businesstimes.com.sg~ ~@BusinessTimes A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION CO REGN NO *****2868E MCI (P) 066/08/2016 S$1.20 OCTOB R 15-16, 2016
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      106 1 THE RAFFLES CONVERSATION WILFRED WONG, PRESIDENT, SANDS CHINA 14-15 CUBICLE FILES Mental health first, work second 34 OFFBEAT When prawns get naked 35 THEY SAY IT’S WONDERFUL UP THERE IN THE FRONT OF THE PLANE... NOW, THERE’S A CLASS ACT AIRLINES GO ALL OUT FOR THE AFFLUENT PASSENGER DOLLAR BRUNCH
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  • PERSPECTIVE
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      Lock icon Thailand’s plunge into darkness
      881 2  -  INSIDE VIEW by Vikram Khanna 1What do you think was the most remarkable thing that happened this week? Spoilt for choice here there’s a long list of remarkables to choose from: One: the continuing fallout from the leaked tape about US presidential contender Donald Trump bragging
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      Lock icon THE WEEK IN REVIEW
      189 2 Manpower Minister Lim Swee Say said the government will revamp the jobs bank, which was set up to give fair consideration to local candidates, into a portal that will offer more functions and facilitate career planning. Mon, Oct 10 The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) shut
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      Lock icon THE WEEK AHEAD
      66 2 Data on Singapore’s external trade in September Mon, Oct 17 M1’s Q3 2016 results Tues, Oct 18 Singapore Exchange's Q1 FY2017 results Wed, Oct 19 Third and final US presidential debate between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump Wed, Oct 19 Monetary policy decision by the governing council
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  • UPFRONT
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      Lock icon Dispiriting Q3 stupefies market, underscores need for reforms
      827 3  -  MAS leaves monetary policy untouched, keeping to neutral S$ policy band by Kelly Tay By Kelly Tay kellytay@sph.com.sg @KellyTayBT Singapore JUST how critical the Committee on the Future Economy (CFE) is was underscored on Friday, after official data showed that Singapore’s GDP
      Source: MTI  -  827 words
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      Lock icon Twin engines of growth sputter in Q3 with sequential declines
      555 4  -  Economists warn of tougher times ahead, especially in services sector By Kelly Tay kellytay@sph.com.sg @KellyTayBT Singapore SINGAPORE’S twin engines of growth the services and manufacturing sectors floundered spectacularly in the third quarter of 2016, leaving the market aghast and prompting
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      Lock icon Economists see MAS preference for near-term easing
      1098 5  -  Central bank keeps status quo for now, but they say S$NEER’s trading in upper level of current band may affect growth, inflation By Soon Weilun soonwl@sph.com.sg @SoonWeilunBT Singapore SINGAPORE’S central bank left its monetary policy stance untouched on Friday, but is already hoping
      Source: MAS  -  1,098 words
    • Article
      Lock icon Shoppers spending more, pushing Sept retail sales growth to three-month high
      425 6 LATEST US DATA BLOOMBERG Washington RETAIL sales climbed in September by the most in three months, showing American shoppers began to spend freely again after shying away from merchants earlier in the quarter. The 0.6 per cent advance followed
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    • Article
      Lock icon Weak sentiment persists, but SMEs still expecting to keep headcount: SCCCI report
      570 6  -  85.4% in survey expect to add staff or remain the same in 2016, up from 83.7% last year by Vivien Shiao vshiao@sph.com.sg @VivienShiaoBT Singapore BUSINESS sentiment among small and me-dium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Singapore remains weak, as they
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      Lock icon S'pore retail sales down in August
      317 6  -  by Melissa Tan melissat@sph.com.sg @MelissaTanBT Singapore IN YET another sign of economic gloom in Singapore, local retail sales for the month of August tumbled from the previous year with declines in every segment except motor vehicles, figures out Friday from the Department of Statistics
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    • Article
      Lock icon Goodwood Park’s holding company offers to buy over minorities at a premium to group’s revalued NAV
      668 7  -  Hotel Holdings offers S$43 per share for the shares it doesn’t own to consolidate its diverse shareholdings by Lee Meixian leemx@sph.com.sg @LeeMeixianBT Singapore “HOUSEKEEPING” of a different kind is underway at the owner of
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      Lock icon Asian infrastructure bill continues to grow, says ADB president
      1011 8  -  Asia will now need more than US$8t in the decade to 2020 By Anthony Rowley btworld@sph.com.sg Tokyo BACK in 2009, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) suggested in a report that Asia would need to spend US$8 trillion on infrastructure in the
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      Lock icon China’s prices at factory gates rise for first time in 4½years
      396 9  -  Rise in producer prices led by rise in commodity prices by Virginie Mangin btwo rld@sph.com.sg Beijing INFLATION in China picked up last month with prices at factory gates (also called the producers’ price index or PPI) rising for the
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      Lock icon Mazda picks Singapore firm as its Indonesia importer
      512 10  -  Japanese carmaker impressed by what Eurokars boss has done in Singapore, wants him to replicate success there By Samuel Ee By samuelee@sph.com.sg Singapore A SINGAPORE car distributor is making waves beyond the Republic. In a prestigious move for the Eurokars Group, it
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      Lock icon Japanese brands surge on private-hire demand
      551 10  -  By Samuel Ee samuelee@sph.com.sg Singapore WHAT a difference three months make. In the course of a quarter, Honda, Mazda and Mitsubishi have raced up the sales charts on strong private-hire demand, amid a 68 per cent jump in total car registrations in the first
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      17 3 Discover Greener Pastures Call 1800 289 8822 or e-mail notices@sph.com.sg to place your Change of Address Notices
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      300 7 THE BUSINESS TIMES a m g m nii:«aNB»T»iBj| Everyone deserves a great Weekend In celebration of The Business Times' 40th Anniversary, readers can enjoy discounts on Grab rides and dining deals at selected exquisite restaurants this October! Grab $5 ofl your GrabTaxi ride this week! Promo code: BZTOKJ Enjoy a
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      161 8 NOTICES IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP. 50 and IN THE MATTER OF KBK AGENCIES PTE. LTD. Company Regn No *****3728M (In Voluntary Liquidation) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Creditors of the abovenamed Company, which is being wound up voluntarily, are required on or before 15TH NOVEMBER
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      334 9 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP. 50 AND IN THE MATTER OF YUKON MARINE PTE LTD (In Members’ Voluntary Liquidation) Company Registration No. *****1847W At an Extraordinary General Meeting of the Company duly convened and held at No. 1 Kim Seng Promenade #06-02 Great World City Singapore *****4
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      342 9 Tel 6289-8822 I Email notices@sph.com.sg I www.sphclass.com.sg IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP. 50 AND IN THE MATTER OF SEASPEC MARINE SERVICES PTE LTD (In Members’ Voluntary Liquidation) Company Registration No. *****5035R At an Extraordinary General Meeting of the Company duly convened and held at No. 1 Kim
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      331 9 NOTICES IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP. 50 AND IN THE MATTER OF LABROY BULK CARRIERS PTE LTD (In Members’ Voluntary Liquidation) Company Registration No. *****6071E At an Extraordinary General Meeting of the Company duly convened and held at No. 1 Kim Seng Promenade #06-02 Great World City
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      332 9 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP. 50 AND IN THE MATTER OF HYLYNX PTE. LTD. (In Members’ Voluntary Liquidation) Company Registration No. *****3585D At an Extraordinary General Meeting of the Company duly convened and held at No. 1 Kim Seng Promenade #06-02 Great World City Singapore *****4 on
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      333 9 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP. 50 AND IN THE MATTER OF DINAR VENTURE PTE LTD (In Members’ Voluntary Liquidation) Company Registration No. *****3009N At an Extraordinary General Meeting of the Company duly convened and held at No. 1 Kim Seng Promenade #06-02 Great World City Singapore *****4
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      333 9 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP. 50 AND IN THE MATTER OF CROWN SHIPPING PTE. LTD. (In Members' Voluntary Liquidation) Company Registration No. *****3274D At an Extraordinary General Meeting of the Company duly convened and held at No. 1 Kim Seng Promenade #06-02 Great World City Singapore *****4
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  • BRUNCH
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      Lock icon CLASS WARS
      2064 11  -  FRETTE BED LINEN? CHECK. FLAT BEDS? BUT OF COURSE. A THREE-ROOM SUITE? RIGHT THIS WAY. AIRLINES ARE MAKING PREMIUM CLASS EVEN MORE OPULENT IN A BID FOR THE AFFLUENT PASSENGER DOLLAR. BY NISHA RAMCHANDANI nishar@sph.com.sg @Nisha_BT SIABusinessClassseat,launched2013 IF layovers and boarding gates are a state of purgatory for
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  • THE RAFFLES CONVERSATION
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      Lock icon GAME CHANGER
      1900 14 / 15  -  WILFRED WONG, PRESIDENT OF SANDS CHINA, IS A MAN WITH A PLAN. BY LEE U-WEN leeuwen@sph.com.sg @LeeUwenBT The seconds are ticking down, and the crowd is growing, both in size and in restlessness. It’s a humid Tuesday evening in Macau, and they’re all waiting for the clock to
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  • COMPANIES
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      Lock icon SPH’s FY16 net profit down 17.5% to S$265.3m
      683 16  -  On reports of lay-offs, merger of tabloids, CEO says some of group’s plans awaiting approval by Kenneth Lim kenlim@sph.com.sg @KennethLimBT Singapore SINGAPORE Press Holdings’ (SPH) net profit for fiscal 2016 fell 17.5 per cent to S$265.3 million as revenue from its core
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    • Article
      Lock icon Need good questions for AGMs? SIAS has you covered
      510 16  -  By Kenneth Lim kenlim@sph.com.sg @KennethLimBT Singapore SHAREHOLDERS heading into the upcoming rotation of annual general meetings can turn to the Securities Investors Association (Singapore) for ideas on what questions to ask. The advocacy group for retail shareholders, also known as SIAS,
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      Lock icon SIA to take delivery of 18 Airbus planes in the next year and a half
      749 17  -  Fuel-efficient A350 will allow carrier to add capacity to long-haul network by Nisha Ramchandani nishar@sph.com.sg @Nisha_BT Toulouse, France SINGAPORE Airlines (SIA), which received its sixth A3 50-900 on Friday, is due to collect another 18
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    • Article
      Lock icon 2 local banks among Marco Polo noteholders giving the nod for revamp
      692 17  -  By Tan Hwee Hwee hweetan@sph.com.sg @HweetanBT Singapore TWO local banks are among the noteholders that support the restructuring of Marco Polo Marine’s S$50 million medium term notes (MTN) that are maturing this month. Marco Polo chief executive Sean
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      Lock icon Thai stocks, baht jump on optimism over royal transition
      726 18 SET up 4.6%, baht rises 0.9%; volatility expected BLOOMBERG Kuala Lumpur THAI stocks jumped the most since 2013 and the baht strengthened on prospects for a smooth transition following the death of King Bhumibol Adulyadej, the world’s longest reigning monarch. The
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      Lock icon Julius Baer sells second Singdollar perpetual bond
      503 18  -  by Siow Li Sen lisen@sph.com.sg @SiowLiSenBT Singapore JULIUS Baer Group on Thursday sold S$325 million 5.75 per cent perpetual Additional Tier 1 (AT1) bonds to cash-rich investors looking to redeploy their funds. These were the second Singdollar AT1 perpetuals sold by the Swiss
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      Lock icon Pacific Andes flags Singapore debt restructuring hurdle
      1075 19 Fish distributor’s decision to seek US bankruptcy protection highlights “limitations” of existing laws here, say consultants BLOOMBERG Hong Kong THE decision by a fish distributor listed in Singapore to abandon local court proceedings and seek US bankruptcy protection shows the hurdles the city
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      Lock icon Korean fever fires up Spackman stock
      489 19  -  HOT STOCK by Anita Gabriel anitag@sph.com.sg @AnitaGabrielBT Singapore HALLYU fever (Korean wave) hit the local bourse on Friday as investing fans of South Korean film producer Spackman Entertainment Group rallied behind the stock, flicking it higher by 17 per cent or 2.1 Singapore cents
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    • Article
      Lock icon Pennies in play as STI drops 2.1% this week
      524 20  -  STOCKS by R Sivanithy THE local stock market has always been driven more by external rather than internal factors and this week was no different. US earnings concerns played a part in the weakness that saw the Straits Times Index (STI)
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    • BROKERS’ TAKE
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        Lock icon Singapore Reits > Equal weight
        87 20 Singapore Reits > Equal weight Phillip Securities Research, Oct 14 US and Singapore Reits outperformed their respective benchmark indices in the last rate-hike cycle. Hong Kong and US Reits have outperformed from post-global financial crisis in 2010 until the present. Despite the lower gross forward dividend yields for US and
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        Lock icon Singapore hospitality > Neutral
        115 20 Singapore hospitality > Neutral OCBC Investment Research, Oct 14 MEDIA reports and statistics seem to point to a continued deterioration of corporate demand. For serviced residences, we look at reported headquarter relocations and layoffs that could have or could still affect expat-housing demand. For hotels, we note that the number
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        Lock icon ST Engineering > Add
        176 20  - ST Engineering > Add Compiled by Cai Haoxiang CIMB Research, Oct 13 Target price: S$3.60 Oct 14 close: S$3.18 WE hosted an NDR (non-deal roadshow) for ST Engineering (STE) in the United States and Toronto. No major change in strategy by the new CEO but we believe resumption of growth
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      Lock icon BT SHARE INFORMATION SERVICE
      797 20 Substantial shareholder/director transactions For week beginning Oct 10 Substantial Buy No of Price ———SHAREHOLDING Trans Shareholder/ Sell Shares Per Before After Stock Date Director Conv '000 Shr ('000) ('000) New Silkroutes Grp 11-Oct-16 Goodwood Associates Sell 203 0.90 ***** 11.59 ***** 11.43 Noble Grp 11-Oct-16 Franklin
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  • INVESTING & WEALTH
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      Lock icon TRUST IN WEALTH MANAGERS UP AMONG ASIA-PAC WEALTHY
      1234 21  -  But HNWIs in the region still prefer parking more wealth in physical cash or retail bank accounts. BY GENEVIEVE CUA BY GENEVIEVE CUA gen@sph.com.sg @GenCuaBT TRUST in wealth managers among the region’s wealthy has trended up significantly this year, but this has
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      Lock icon Market-timing can work, but it mucks things up
      944 22  -  The greater the potential reward from picking market shifts, the greater the risk. By Noah Smith by Noah Smith BLOOMBERG IAM writing this a little bit late maybe seven years too late. It was after the financial crisis that “tactical asset allocation”
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    • Article
      Lock icon A portfolio for longer-term investors
      1384 23  -  It aims for capital appreciation by investing in fixed income and equities. by Ho Song Hui ~The writer is the assistant director of the Research and Content team at Fundsupermart.com (fsm). FSM is the Business-to-Consumer (B2C) division of iFAST Financial Pte Ltd, the Singapore subsidiary
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    • Indices
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      Lock icon Commodities
      27 24 NAME PRICE/UNIT 3-MONTH% Gold US$1, 256.15/OZ -5.5 Silver US$17.526/oz -13.1 Copper US$4,712/MT -4.6 Soybeans US$956.3/bu -13.5 Palm Oil MYR2,667/MT 18.9 Coffee US$154.45/lb -0.4 Sugar US$23.04/lb 14.7
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    • Currencies
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        94 24 CURRENCY CURRENCY PRICE 5-DAY 1-MONTH 1-MONTH YEAR-TO-DATE Singapore dollar 1.3879 -0.94 -1.62 1.82 China RMB 6.7247 -0.45 -0.77 -3.53 Offshore RMB 6.7332 -0.36 -0.85 -2.42 Indian rupee 66.7450 -0.03 0.20 -0.88 Indonesian rupiah 13,039 -0.43 1.33 6.22 Japanese yen 104.25 -0.54 -1.49 15.47 Korean won 1,131.88
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        12 24 Compiled from Bloomberg at 5.30pm on October 14
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    • STI
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        Lock icon Straits Times index component stocks
        396 25 NAME PRICE WEEKLY PRICE CHANGE PRICE LOW HIGH YTD TOTAL RETURNS P/E P/B DIVIDEND 12-MONTH YIELD MARKET CAP ($M) 52 WEEK PRICE RANGE Wilmar International Ltd 3.22 2.64 3.71 12.2 23.4 1.04 2.5 20,336.8 StarHub Ltd 3.43 3.29 3.96 -3.3 14.7 26.73 5.8 5,933.2 Golden
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    • Reits and rates
    • REAL ESTATE
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        Lock icon Two ultra high net worth investors buy more property in S’pore
        657 26  -  Jewellery business boss buys Nassim Park Residences penthouse and Spanish tycoon continues buying spree for shophouses by Kalpana Rashiwala kalpana@sph.com.sg @KalpanaBT Singapore TWO ultra high net worth foreign property investors in Singapore are expanding their presence here. In the
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      • Article
        Lock icon Blackstone, GIC said to be shortlisted for DLF’s assets in India
        403 26 BLOOMBERG Singapore BLACKSTONE Group LP and Singapore sovereign fund GIC Pte have been shortlisted to purchase a 40 per cent stake in the rental property arm of DLF Ltd, India’s largest listed developer, people with knowledge of the matter
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        Lock icon HK property prices more affordable compared with some China cities: BAML
        517 27 Interest from mainland buyers, amid a surge in home prices in many cities there, may support territory’s property market, analysts add BLOOMBERG Hong Kong CHINESE buyers are stepping up home purchases in Hong Kong, where prices are becoming “relatively
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        Lock icon Shanghai banks told to limit loans to property developers
        253 27 REUTERS Shanghai BANKS in China’s financial hub Shanghai have been asked by the authorities to limit loans to property developers for land purchases and to scrutinise would-be borrowers suspected of trying to access mortgages by getting divorced, the Shanghai Daily reported
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      • Article
        Lock icon Househunt
        1471 28 Property transactions for selected districts with contract dates between Sept 29 and Oct 4, 2016 PROJECT NAME/ PROP CONTRACT TENURE BUILT-IN TRANSACTED PSF TOX* RENTAL STREET NAME TYPE DATE /LAND PRICE (S$) YIELD** AREA (S$,000) (SQF) District 1 THE CLIFT Apt 29/09/2016 99 527 1,110 2,105 3.74 3.84 District
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        Lock icon Top median rentals of projects by district in last 3 months
        323 29 PROJECT NAME/ PROPERTY LOWEST MEDIAN HIGHEST NO. OF STREET NAME TYPE PRICE (S$) PRICE (S$) PRICE (S$) TRANSACTIONS District 1 The Sail Marina Bay Apartment 3,000 4,250 6,800 26 Robinson Suites Apartment 2,900 3,200 4,000 15 District 2 Altez
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        Lock icon Top 10 condo searches
        94 29 RANKING NAME TOTAL SEARCHES IN PAST MEDIAN PRICE PSF TWO WEEKS (S$) 1 REFLECTIONS AT KEPPEL BAY 829 1,593 2 D'LEEDON 781 1,501 3 SUITES TOPAZ 566 971 4 MARINA BAY RESIDENCES 434 1,985 5 IVORY HEIGHTS 425 750 6 THE SAIL MARINA BAY 186 1,789
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  • THE BROAD VIEW
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      863 30  -  Amid negative reports on the economic, property and job fronts, there are bright spots too for Singapore SATURDAY SOAPBOX by Wong Wei Kong “THINGS look really bad huh,” someone said the other day. It’s easy to nod in agreement. The bad news won’t
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      552 32  -  Australia’s Curtis Luck overcomes a seven shot deficit in AAC in South Korea to clinch the top spot. By Justine Moss by Justine Moss IT was definitely not luck but rather all class when Australia’s Curtis Luck won the Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship (AAC) in South Korea last
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      444 32  -  by Justine Moss Seven years after Singapore last hosted the Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship (AAC), the 2018 edition will take place at Sentosa Golf Club (SGC), whose Serapong course was ranked 58th in the Golf Digest ranking of the World’s
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  • LIFE & CULTURE
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      299 35 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD Across 4 Domestic lifting? (8) 8 Foreign dish in US city after spring’s back (6) 9 Scary weapon encapsulated in a way of speaking almost (8) 10 Eleven divided by one makes two! (4,4) 11 Obvious protection for an inventive type (6) 12 Legitimate object of ridicule in
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