The Business Times, 18 October 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) 052/08/2016 Tuesday, October 18, 2016
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    Lock icon DAILY DIGEST
    241 1 Singapore is looking at the possibility of setting a gold benchmark price for the Asian time zone as it continues its bid to become the regional bullion hub. TOP STORIES/ 2 Perpetual (Asia), a trustee of Keppel DC Reit, has entered into a conditional share purchase agreement with
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    Lock icon NODX back in the red in September after a flat August
    670 1  -  However, 4.8 per cent year-on-year fall better than market’s expectation of a 5.8 per cent drop By Chuang Peck Ming peckming@sph.com.sg @PeckmingBT Singapore NON-OIL domestic exports (NODX) slipped back into negative territory in September, posting a year-on-year 4.8 per
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    Lock icon Developers’ private home sales set to jump in October
    1072 1  -  By Kalpana Rashiwala kalpana@sph.com.sg @KalpanaBT Singapore AFTER a relatively quiet August and September amid an absence of fresh project launches, developers’ private home sales are expected to soar this month, possibly to the highest monthly level this year, on the back
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    28 1 Monday Change STI 2,817.07 +1.83 KL COMP 1,653.71 -5.26 NIKKEI 225 16,900.12 +43.75 HANG SENG 23,037.54 -195.77 SHENZHEN B 1,156.54 -28.80 DOW (11.30 am EDT) 18,112.63 -25.75
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      10 1 SOUND BUY Singapore startup Razer acquires THX TOP STORIES 4
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      26 1 HOCK LOCK SIEW The case for investing in an S-Reit ETF COMPANIES MARKETS 6 WHERE THE HEART IS Orange Valley Nursing Home’s winning focus sme 30
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  • TOP STORIES
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      Lock icon S’pore aims to set Asia gold benchmark price
      610 2  -  Such a move for Asia time zone would help traders cut exposure to intraday price swings, overnight forex risks By Siow Li Sen lisen@sph.com.sg @SiowLiSenBT Singapore SINGAPORE is looking at the possibility of setting a gold benchmark price for the Asian time
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      Lock icon SPH to trim staff by up to 10% over two years
      617 2  -  New Paper and My Paper to be merged into a free daily tabloid from December By Kenneth Lim kenlim@sph.com.sg @KennethLimBT Singapore SINGAPORE Press Holdings (SPH) will reduce up to 10 per cent of its workforce over the next two
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      Lock icon SIN GE equips students with the edge they need to succeed
      917 2  -  7 Enabling the STEWARDS OF THE FUTURE A SPECIAL ADVERTORIAL FEATURE written by Sheryl Khor Getting an education is just one of the early but important steps towards success and achievement. At SIM Global Education (SIM GE), students can
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      Lock icon S’pore gaming startup Razer buys George Lucas-founded THX
      695 4  -  THX chief executive says the company can push into new territory with Razer START UPS By Jacquelyn Cheok jaccheok@sph.com.sg @JacCheokBT Singapore SINGAPOREAN-FOUNDED gaming hardware startup Razer has acquired THX, the 33-year-old theatre sound company born out of the Star Wars legacy and
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      Lock icon Macau casino staff flee China after VIP marketers detained
      619 4 CHIPS DOWN BLOOMBERG Hong Kong CASINO shares fell as Macau operators pulled staff from China after the country detained employees of Australia’s Crown Resorts, the latest sign of the government’s clampdown on foreign companies trying to woo its citizens to gamble
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      Lock icon Region’s casinos cannot ignore Chinese punters – but it’s a risky bet
      354 4  - Region’s casinos cannot ignore Chinese punters but it’s a risky bet COMMENTARY By Rachel Morarjee REUTERS Beijing CASINOS across the Asia-Pacific are partly a bet on China: This was the message from Crown Resorts, Australia’s biggest gambling company, whose shares crashed on Monday after the hinese authorities detained some employees.
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      Lock icon Beware white elephants in infrastructure push: Tharman
      726 5  -  He suggests public-private partnerships will help ensure profitable returns while prioritising the needs of countries By Lee Meixian leemx@sph.com.sg @LeeMeixianBT Singapore PLENTY has been said about insufficient investment in infrastructure in Asia, but Deputy Prime Minister (DPM) Tharman Shanmugaratnam changed tack on Monday,
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      Lock icon Companies urged to move from adding value to creating value
      514 5  -  By Vivien Shiao vshiao@sph.com.sg @VivienShiaoBT Singapore THE need for companies to move from adding value to creating value in order to survive was a key message that emerged from a seminar organised by the Singapore Business Federation (SBF) and PwC
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      145 3 THERE IS ALWAYS ROOM AT THE TOP Reaching for the top is part of the culture at Asia Square.Singapore’s best office address has been recognised by some of the world’s leading industry bodies whohave given over 25 awards for design, construction quality, sustainability and energy management.This is just one of
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      95 5 Ship faster with the arrival of a new express hub at Changi Airport. Changi Airport congratulates DHL Express on the opening of the new DHL Express South Asia Hub. With processing speeds that are six times faster and the ability to handle three times more cargo than before, this 24-hour
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  • COMPANIES & MARKETS
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      Lock icon The case for investing in an S-Reit ETF
      913 6  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW BY LEE MEIXIAN leemx@sph.com.sg @LeeMeixianBT INVESTING in an exchangetraded fund (ETF) for Singapore real estate investment trusts (S-Reits) is a good idea. It is a one-stop shop for Reit investors who do not want to stock pick, and it
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      Lock icon Ascott wins 3 new Middle East serviced residence deals
      336 6  -  By Jacquelyn Cheok jaccheok@sph.com.sg @JacCheokBT Singapore ASCOTT, CapitaLand's wholly owned serviced residence business unit, is banking on religious tourism and the Middle East to drive its next wave of growth. On Monday, Ascott announced that it has clinched contracts to manage
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      Lock icon DBS raises stake in banks’ cashback war
      355 6  -  By Jamie Lee leejamie@sph.com.sg @JamieLeeBT Singapore DBS Bank wants to wrest deposits from competitors with a new programme that attaches cashback to the base value of the transactions, rather than the savings account. Through POSB, DBS on Monday said DBS and POSB customers
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      Lock icon Swee Hong’s price jump prompts SGX query
      234 6  -  HOT STOCK By Jacquelyn Cheok jaccheok@sph.com.sg @JacCheokBT Singapore SHARES of mainboard-listed, lossmaking civil engineering contracting firm Swee Hong rose by as much as 57 per cent to S$0.022 on Monday, placing it among the day’s most actively traded stocks and prompting a query
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      Lock icon Sing Holdings acquires hotel in Melbourne
      443 7  -  Property development group paying A$107m for Travelodge Docklands By Kelly Tay kellytay@sph.com.sg @KellyTayBT Singapore PROPERTY development group Sing Holdings is acquiring its first hospitality asset Travelodge Docklands, a hotel in Melbourne, Australia for A$107 million (S$113.2 million). This also marks its first foray into
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      Lock icon PAG Asia Capital to invest undisclosed amount in Paradise Group
      412 7  -  By Nisha Ramchandani nishar@sph.com.sg @Nisha_BT Singapore HONG KONG-based PAG Asia Capital will invest in Paradise Group Holdings for an undisclosed amount in a move which is expected to bolster the restaurant operator’s expansion efforts across Asia. Paradise’s founder Eldwin Chua
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      Lock icon High Court approves Temasek’s scheme to buy out SMRT
      319 7  -  By Soon Weilun soonwl@sph.com.sg @SoonWeilunBT Singapore SINGAPORE’S High Court has approved state investor Temasek Holdings’ scheme to buy out transport operator SMRT Corporation, bringing the delisting of a 16-year old float one step closer to reality. The last day of trading
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    • CORPORATE DIGEST
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        101 7 QIAN Hu Corporation’s third quarter net profit plummeted 94.6 per cent to S$5,000 from the previous year, as its fish and accessories business segments contributed far less to earnings. Qian Hu said operating profitability of the ornamental fish segment fell because of a different sales mix in fish
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        59 7 ST ELECTRONICS, the electronics arm of Singapore Technologies (ST) Engineering, won S$480 million worth of contracts in the third quarter of 2016. About S$84 million worth of these contracts were in the rail electronics intelligent transportation sector; others were in satellite broadband communications, and advanced electronics ICT solutions.
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        64 7 SABANA Shari’ah Compliant Industrial Real Estate Investment Trust (Sabana Reit) posted a 32.2 per cent dip in distribution per unit (DPU) to 1.2 Singapore cents for the third quarter ended Sept 30, 2016, from 1.77 Singapore cents a year ago. Net property income came in 24 per cent
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      Lock icon Keppel DC Reit adds data centre to portfolio
      646 8  -  Q3 DPU of 1.9 Singapore cents is 13.8% higher than forecast; distributable income 13.7% better than projected By Amit Roy Choudhury amit@sph.com.sg @AmitRoyCBT Singapore PERPETUAL (Asia), as trustee of Keppel DC Reit, has entered into a conditional share purchase agreement with Keppel
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      Lock icon Keppel trust’s DPU unchanged for Q3
      382 8  -  By Jamie Lee leejamie@sph.com.sg @JamieLeeBT Singapore KEPPEL Infrastructure Trust (KIT), which runs Singapore’s town gas and natural gas utilities provider, on Monday posted a distribution per unit (DPU) of 0.93 Singapore cent for the third quarter ended Sept 30, 2016, unchanged from a year
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      Lock icon Singtel’s offering turns local dwellings into smart homes
      437 8  -  By Sherwin Loh sherwinl@sph.com.sg @SherwinLohBT Singapore STARTING from S$25 a month, Singtel will turn local homes into a smart one, to allow homeowners to remotely control lights and appliances, create rules to automate tasks, and receive instant notifications whenever there is activity
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      Lock icon STI / Catalist
      64 10 STI Catalist Straits Times Index Oct 17, 2016 2,817.07 +1.83 (+0.07%) Current streak 2 days Day high 2,817.07 Day low 2,793.55 52-week high 3,083.07 (Oct 26, 2015) 52-week low 2,532.70 (Jan 21, 2016) FTSE ST Catalist Index Oct 17,2016 459.64 -1.92 (-0.42%) Current streak 1 day Day high 464.83 Day
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      Lock icon Broad market weakens despite STI bounce
      639 10  -  SGX queries LionGold over high volume, and Swee Hong and Hu An Cable for jump in share prices STOCKS By R Sivanithy sivan@sph.com.sg @RSivanithyBT THE Straits Times Index (STI) on Monday probably enjoyed a late bout of shortcovering that lifted it from a double-digit
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      303 10 Stock name Close Change Day high/low 52w high 52w low PE Div yield Mcap Ascendas Reit 242 unch 243/240 257 209 6.3 6725.7 CapitaCom Trust 155.5 -1.5 155.5/153 164 127 5.5 4606.8 CapitaLand 312 +2 313/308 340 280 12.5 2.9 *****.7 CapitaMall Trust 211 unch 211/206 225 185
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      Lock icon MOST ACTIVE
      36 10 VOLUME LionGold 299,841,300 Cedar Strategic 219,150,200 Swee Hong 210,358,200 Noble 184,056,400 SunMoon Food 113,542,300 Market volume 2,953,081,000 VALUE Singtel 99,221,042 OCBC Bank 63,348,753 DBS Grp 56,765,397 UOB 53,528,455 JSH USD 52,897,284 Market value 1,023,041,000
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      Lock icon SGX ETFS
      110 10 Most Active Fund Last sale +/-(‘000) Day high/low 52w high/low Buy/Sell Mcap STI ETF 286 -1 805 287/284 314/254 286/287 IS MS INDIA US$ US716 -9 75 723/716 772/575 716/718 89.5 DBXT MS SING US$ US110.7 -3.8 70 110.7/110.7 116.2/97.5 110.6/111.1 5.5 DBXT Vietnam US$ US2393 -47 42
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      77 10 Oct 17 VALUE CLOSE BT OB/OS -103.00 -104.00 BT CADI -*****.00 -79.00 BT 10-day MA -*****.00 -11.00 FTSE ST Mid Cap 690.55 -2.14 FTSE ST Small Cap 385.20 -1.45 FTSE ST All Share 696.17 -0.03 FTSE ST China Top 157.11 -0.62 FTSE ST China 193.10 -0.52 FTSE
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      Lock icon STI / FTSE ST All-Share
      36 10 STI FTSE ST All-Share FTSE ST All-Share index Oct 17, 2016 696.17 -0.03 (0.00%) Current streak 2 days Day high 696.17 Day low 691.34 52-week high 743.17 (Oct 26, 2015) 52-week low 625.37 (Jan 21, 2016)
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      Lock icon STI / MSCI EAFE
      34 10 STI MSCI EAFE MSCI EAFE index Oct 14, 2016 1,664.72 +10.35 (+0.63%) Current streak 1 day Day high 1,671.33 Day low 1,653.28 52-week high 1,779.25 (Oct 26, 2015) 52-week low 1,492.43 (Feb 12, 2016)
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      Lock icon SECURITIES TRADING SCOREBOARD
      186 10 MAIN CATL TOTAL Up Down Unch Up Down Unch Up Down Unch Multi Ind 3 8 4 0 0 0 3 8 4 Manufacturing 27 40 25 4 8 15 31 48 40 Commerce 14 25 13 4 3 5 18 28 18 Tpt/Stor/Comms 10 14 6
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      Lock icon SECURITIES TRADING TURNOVER
      123 10 VOLUME (‘000) VALUE (‘000) MAIN CATL TOTAL MAIN CATL TOTAL Multi Ind 13,361 13,361 48,365 48,365 Manufacturing 174,573 644,773 819,346 94,321 3,865 98,186 Commerce 326,469 61,986 388,455 140,769 755 141,524 Tpt/Stor/Comms 93,820 395 94,215 148,277 34 148,311 Finance 33,982 17 33,999 198,102 2 198,104 Construction 385,476 23,615
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      Lock icon GAINERS
      72 10 BY CENTS CLOSE UP 52w high/low Jardine C&C 4175 58.0 1.4 4520/3082 Lyxor ChinaH US$ 1365 20.9 1.1 1530/999 Venture Corp 953 17.0 1.8 954/765 DBXT S&PShort US$ 1984 9.7 0.4 2362/1930 NutryFarm 39.5 7.0 21.5 47.5/15.6 BY PERCENTAGE CLOSE UP 52w high/low LifeBrandz 0.2 100.0 0.1 0.7/0.1 SinoCloud
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      75 10 BY CENTS CLOSE DOWN 52w high/low DBXT Nifty US$ ***** -100.1 -0.5 *****/***** DBXT S&P500 US$ 3692 -83.4 -1.6 3790/3126 Prudential USD 1710 -69.5 -2.8 2500/1680 DBXT MSAsExJp US$ 3499 -66.8 -1.4 3633/2772 DBXT Vietnam US$ 2393 -65.4 -1.9 2533/2017 BY PERCENTAGE CLOSE DOWN 52w high/low Amplefield Ltd 1
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      Lock icon UNUSUAL ACTIVITY
      81 10 VOL CLOSE($) CHANGE Hu An Cable 69,548.1 0.006 +0.002 +50.00 Yongmao 1,550.0 0.250 -0.050 -16.67 Joyas Intl 23,818.0 0.005 +0.001 +25.00 Eucon 13,507.6 0.045 +0.008 +21.62 Blumont 29,847.2 0.002 -0.001 -33.33 Swee Hong 210,358.2 0.016 +0.002 +14.29 Polaris 24,511.5 0.006 -0.001 -14.29 SinoCloud 610.0 0.002 +0.001 +100.00 SBI
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    • BROKERS’ TAKE
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        Lock icon Cityneon Holdings | Buy
        88 10 Cityneon Holdings Buy Target price: S$1.15 Oct 17 close: S$0.95 UOB Kay Hian Research, Oct 14 CITYNEON acquired Victory Hill Exhibitions (VHE), an exhibition production and distribution company, and propelled itself to the forefront of immersive attractions. As Cityneon is poised to ride the wave of the Avengers and Transformers
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        Lock icon China Aviation Oil Singapore | Buy
        78 10 China Aviation Oil Singapore Buy Target price: S$1.90 Oct 17 close: S$1.34 UOB Kay Hian Research, Oct 13 ONCE again, readings from China’s Golden Week holidays show that international travel and traffic at Shanghai Pudong airport remained robust. Management also shared the same optimism, indicating a bullish H2 2016 outlook.
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        Lock icon Singapore Exchange| Reduce
        233 10  -  Compiled by Cai Haoxiang Target price: s$7.24 Oct 17 close: S$7.21 CIMB Research, Oct 12 SINGAPORE Exchange (SGX) will be reporting its Q1 FY2017 earnings after markets close on Oct 19. We expect its net profit to come in at S$81.3 million (-2 per cent quarter on
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      Lock icon Euro steadies ahead of ECB meeting
      411 11 CURRENCIES REUTERS London THE euro steadied on Monday ahead of a meeting of the European Central Bank (ECB) on expectations that officials are beginning to consider reining in the volume of extra emergency aid they give to the euro zone economy next year. The
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    • FOREX RATES
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        471 11 Oct 17 A$ C$ Rmb Euro HK$ Ind Rs Rupiah Yen Won RM NZ$ Pak Rs Peso S$ Rand Sfr NT$ Baht Pound US$ Australia 1.000 5.115 0.692 5.889 50.694 99.119 0.791 8.661 3.202 1.067 79.481 36.838 1.055 10.876 0.752 24.143 26.810 0.624 0.759 Canada 1.000 5.113
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        Lock icon INTERBANK CURRENCY RATES
        155 11 Oct 17 Against S$ Against US$ Currencies Bid Offer Bid Offer S$/US$ to one unit of foreign currency: Australian dollar 1.0550 1.0559 0.7587 0.7592 Canadian dollar 1.0548 1.0553 0.7588 0.7585 Euro 1.5260 1.5264 1.0974 1.0975 NZ dollar 0.9884 0.9891 0.7108 0.7112 Sterling pound 1.6904 1.6915 1.2156 1.2162
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        22 11 Oct 17 S$ Bid Offer 1-month 1.3902 1.3906 2-months 1.3900 1.3905 3-months 1.3898 1.3903 6-months 1.3893 1.3901 Source: OCBC
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    • EQUITY BONDS WARRANTS FUTURES
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        Lock icon BONDS, WARRANTS, PREFERENCE SHARES
        209 11 Most active Oct 17 Prem Expiry Vol Conv Exer Disc Gear-Mths Company Last Sale +or-('000) Ratio Price ing Left Equation Summit LimitedW*****2 0.1 unch 5160 1 1 83 6.00 10 Asia-Pacific Strategic W*****9 0.2 unch 4500 1 1 100 3.00 49 Charisma EnergyServicesW*****3 0.2 unch 4124
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        Lock icon MORGAN STANLEY CAPITAL INTERNATIONAL INDICES
        377 11 In local curr In S$ In US$ dy yr dy yr dy yr Oct 14 Index Change Change Change Change Change Change World Preliminary 1298.4 0.4 1.6 0.6 -0.1 0.4 2.0 EAFE Preliminary 978.5 0.8 -3.4 0.8 -5.0 0.6 -3.0 Europe Preliminary 1405.4 1.2 -0.5
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        Lock icon SGX DERIVATIVES TRADING
        387 11 Oct 17 OPEN HIGH LOW SETT VOL OP/INT FTSE CHINA A50 INDEX FUTURES Oct16 9742.50 9757.50 9602.50 9615.00 *****1 *****7 Nov16 9755.00 9765.00 9622.50 9622.50 ***** 7410 NIKKEI 225 INDEX FUTURES Dec16 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 ***** *****9 Mar17 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 107 2639 MSCI TAIWAN
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    • BANK RATES
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        154 11 Oct 17 $S Offer Bid 0vernight 0.03 0.02 1-month 0.625 0.375 2-months 0.8125 0.6875 3-months 0.875 0.75 Overnight mode: 0.02 US$ 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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        Lock icon GOVERNMENT SECURITIES
        69 11 Oct 17 GOVERNMENT BONDS Period Issue Coupon Maturity Close Day's code rate Bid High Low 2-Year NY*****A 4.000 01-Sep-18 105.74 105.78 105.77 5-Year N*****0Z 1.250 01-Oct-21 99.26 99.40 99.33 10-Year NX*****F 2.125 01-Jun-26 101.61 101.95 101.70 15-Year NZ*****F 2.875 01-Sep-30 107.52 107.70 107.35 20-Year NZ*****X 2.250 01-Aug-36 98.73
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    • AGRI METALS ENERGY
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        250 11 Oct-14 Price Net change change Last Trade Agricultural Oct-14 CBOT Soybeans (US cents/bu) 962.50 6.25 0.65% 14/11/2016 CBOT Soybean Oil (US cents/lb) 34.15 0.99 2.99% 14/10/2016 CBOT Wheat (US cents/bu) 421.00 5.00 1.20% 14/12/2016 Oct-14 LIFFE Cocoa (£/tonne) 2268.00 17.00 0.76% 13/12/2016 LIFFE Coffee (US$/tonne) 2044.00 7.00 0.34%
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      Lock icon SGX MAINBOARD
      1751 12 52-Wk Last Vol Day Div GrYld Net MCap High Low Company Sale +/-(’000) High Low C’vr P/Ep $mil Last Vol Day Div GrYld Net 149 127 AIMSAMP Cap Reit 136.5 -3.5 637 141.5 135 0.9 8.3 869.9 High 144 101 ARA Asset Mgmt 131.5 unch 458 132 130.5
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      Lock icon SGX CATALIST
      317 12 52-Wk Last Vol Day Div GrYld Net MCap High Low Company Sale +/-(’000) High Low C’vr P/E Last vol Day Div 5 1.7 t Acesian Partners 2.7 unch 0 2.7 2.7 3.7 10.1 Net 0.6 0.1 t Advanced Systems 0.3 unch 249 0.4 0.3 7.9 46.5 29.5 t
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      Lock icon SGX ETF
      131 12 ON THIS OPPORTUNITY 52-Wk Last Vol Day Div GrYld Net MCap High Low Counter Sale +/-(’000) High Low C’vr P/E Counter Last Sale vol 3268 2355 DBXT China50 US$ US3100 -35 6 3128 3098 8.5 116.2 97.5 DBXT MS SING US$ US110.7 -3.8 70 110.7 110.7 5.5 397
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      774 14  -  S$3.2b ‘urban regeneration’ project combines office towers, residential blocks and retail space on a 3.9ha site By Claire Huang huangjy@sph.com.sg @ClaireHuangBT Singapore AUSTRALIA-LISTED property developer Lendlease is optimistic about appetite for its S$3.2 billion Paya Lebar Quarter urban regeneration mixed-use development, even
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      353 14 BLOOMBERG London NORTH American banks cut their share of UK commercial property lending by half, ahead of the referendum on European Union membership as uncertainty about the vote and a cooling market damped demand for real estate. US banks
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      882 14 The pound’s slump is also attracting more opportunistic overseas buyers from China and S Africa REUTERS London COMMERCIAL property auctions are proving an unlikely bright spot in Britain’s real estate market where a steep drop in sterling has attracted overseas buyers and local investors
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      344 15  -  The property investment group is keen on 49% stake in Yangon mixed-use Golden City development By Kelly Tay kellytay@sph.com.sg @KellyTayBT Singapore PROPERTY investment group Cedar Strategic Holdings (CSH) is hoping to capture a 49 per cent effective stake in a mixed-use luxury development
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      278 15  -  By Anita Gabriel anitag@sph.com.sg @AnitaGabrielBT Singapore KEPPEL Land’s two associated companies and their joint venture partner are selling their stakes in Chengdu Century Development Co (CCDC) to Sichuan Zhong Tie Wen Rui Property Co for 342.08 million yuan (S$69.81 million). Keppel Land has
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      1247 15 NYTIMES Shanghai ZHENG Ruizhen counted herself among the last holdouts on Lufeng Road. Even as high-rises sprang up in recent years to surround her dilapidated home, Ms Zheng, a 50-year-old schoolteacher, and her husband, Sun Guojian, held firm. He grew
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      1266 16 The acrimonious 21/2-year wrangle between the Wall Street icon and Libya’s sovereign wealth fund ends in London’s High Court in a seven-week trial struggle REUTERS London THE outcome of a 21/2-year legal battle between Goldman Sachs and Libya’s US$67 billion sovereign fund
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      613 16 BLOOMBERG New York Bank of America Corp, the second-biggest US lender by assets, said third-quarter profit rose 7.3 per cent, beating analysts’ estimates, as revenue from fixed-income trading was better than predicted and expenses fell. Net income climbed to US$4.96 billion, or 41 cents
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      523 16 banks.REUTERS New York WELLS Fargo Co’s decision not to introduce new names onto its board or into the ranks of its senior management in the wake of a sales scandal has raised questions about whether it can truly fix
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  • ENERGY & COMMODITIES
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      591 17  -  Adviser Mercury Securities cites overly steep discounts of 60-70 per cent to the companies’ RNAVs By Pauline Ng btworld@sph.com.sg Kuala Lumpur MINORITY shareholders of two listed companies have been urged to turn down general offers because of overly steep discounts of 60-70
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      473 17 BLOOMBERG Singapore WE’VE not seen the last of the rally in gold, according to Toronto-Dominion Bank. Prices are likely to go as high as US$1,350 an ounce some time next year, after dipping below US$ 1,200 as the Federal Reserve
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      265 17 BLOOMBERG Tokyo TESLA Motors Inc unveiled plans to collaborate with Panasonic Corp to make solar-energy components for SolarCity Corp, bolstering Elon Musk’s final push to merge the carmaker and solar company. Production of photovoltaic (PV) cells and modules for solar
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      904 17 BLOOMBERG London LAST month’s decision of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec) to reverse its policy of unfettered production and cut oil output to boost prices may be at odds with the industry’s most important long-term trend: Demand for
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  • TECHNOLOGY
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      868 18 Suppliers need to build up OLED production capabilities as smartphone industry shifts away from LCDs BLOOMBERG Tokyo PICK up a high-end smartphone these days and chances are it will have a crisp, energy-sipping organic lightemitting diode (OLED) display unless it is an
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      1057 18 NYTIMES New York WATSON, can you grow into a multi-billion-dollar business and become the engine of IBM’s resurgence? IBM is betting its future that the answer is yes. Its campaign to commercialise Watson, the company’s version of
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      876 18 BLOOMBERG New York AT first blush, Twitter Inc and Weibo Corp have a lot in common. The micro-blogging social networks earn most of their revenue from advertising, have added flexibility around their 140-character limits and have been the subject of intense takeover
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  • CONSUMER
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      953 20 Analysts observe as many as 5 or 6 major banks going all out to “kill one another” over credit card freebies REUTERS New York MORRIE Low, a 27-year-old Seattle cocktail server, has found an unlikely new source of pleasure: credit card
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      602 20 REUTERS London TESCO appeared to emerge victorious from a pricing row with Unilever on Friday, with its shares rising 5 per cent and analysts saying Britain’s biggest retailer had scored a public relations coup by casting itself as the
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      Lock icon Swiss firm to move with the times with microwave fondue
      525 20 BLOOMBERG Zurich SWITZERLAND’S biggest dairy company is trying to counter stagnating sales in its home market by getting the Swiss to eat microwaveable fondue, prompting cheese purists to cry sacrilege. Emmi AG plans to introduce its All-in-One Fondü kit in
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      Lock icon British consumers most upbeat in 5 years in September: survey
      372 20 REUTERS London BRITISH consumers were their most confident in five years in September, a survey showed on Monday, but the upbeat mood was not shared in London where most voters opposed leaving the European Union (EU) in June’s Brexit referendum.
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      Lock icon Duterte shifts foreign policy focus to China with 4-day visit
      679 21 He heads to Beijing on Tuesday with hundreds of businessmen and is expected to announce billion-dollar deals AFP Manila PHILIPPINE President Rodrigo Duterte is willing to hold military exercises with China but not long-time ally the United States, Chinese media
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      505 21 LATEST US DATA REUTERS Washington US industrial production barely rose in September as a rebound in manufacturing output was offset by a decline in utilities production, suggesting a moderate acceleration in economic growth in the third quarter. The Federal Reserve said on Monday
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      Lock icon Stronger rupiah allows for more reserves: Bank Indonesia
      485 21 BLOOMBERG Jakarta SOUTHEAST ASIA’S best-performing currency is giving Indonesia’s central bank the opportunity to continue increasing foreign reserves from a four-year high, a senior official said. “If we see the chance to build our reserves, then surely we will take advantage of
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      430 21 BLOOMBERG New York THE world’s biggest central banks are bulking up their balance sheets this year at the fastest pace since 2011’s European debt crisis to boost lacklustre economic recoveries with asset purchases that are supporting stock and bond
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      996 21 AFP Beijing EVEN as US presidential candidate Donald Trump aggressively condemned Beijing, his hotel firm pursued a lucrative business deal with a giant state-owned Chinese firm headed by a top Communist official, sources say. Mr Trump has long declared
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  • TRANSPORT
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      1012 22 But it hasn’t said as much about this as Ford, after its rival takes the blows from Donald Trump for moving jobs to the country BLOOMBERG Mexico City AFTER more than a year of watching Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump bash Ford Motor
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      Lock icon Efforts to lift sunken Sewol ferry could drag on into 2017: South Korean govt
      400 22 AFP Seoul SOUTH Korea says efforts to lift the Sewol ferry that sank more than two years ago may drag on into next year, with salvage operations hampered by poor visibility and the sheer scale of
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      370 22 AFP Yangon RESCUERS have discovered 14 bodies and expect to find scores more after a ferry packed with teachers, students and workers capsized in central Myanmar, local authorities said Monday. A total of 154 people have been rescued since the
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      254 22 REUTERS Frankfurt GERMAN Transport Minister Alexander Dobrindt has asked Tesla to stop advertising its electric vehicles as having an Autopilot function as this might suggest that drivers’ attention is not needed, his ministry said on Sunday. A spokeswoman for
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      556 22 AFP Tokyo JAPAN and Australian carriers have barred all Samsung Galaxy Note 7 smartphones from airplanes, mirroring moves by US regulators and a string of carriers that banned the recalled devices over fire risk concerns. The weekend announcement from Japan’s transport
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  • OPINION
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      593 26 EDITORIAL IT is good that the US and Russia together with Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Iran have begun talks towards a truce in Syria. After the meeting on Saturday, Russia revealed that “certain ideas” were discussed and more meetings will be held
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      796 26  -  THE BOTTOM LINE By Robert J Samuelson THE WASHINGTON POST WRIERS GROUP Washington WHILE everyone fixates on the US election, developments in the world economy threaten to create problems for the next US president and, possibly, trigger a major financial crisis. A
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      1546 26  -  Abandoned by key GOP politicians, the Republican presidential nominee is experiencing a slow, painful death By Leon Hadar Washington IT may be too early to write the political obituary of Donald Trump. As the cliche of the 2016 presidential race suggests, anything can
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      929 27  -  COMMENTARY By Andrew Hammond T The writer is an associate at the Centre for international Affairs, Diplomacy and Strategy at the London School of Economics London THE heads of government for the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) met
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      714 27  -  By Lionel Lim T The writer is vice-president and managing director, Asia Pacific and Japan, at Pivotal, Inc IT seems like only yesterday words such as innovation, agility, creativity and disruption were associated with Fortune 500 companies. Today, younger, more
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      1179 27  -  New exportable services provide greater flexibility and scope in diplomacy By Woo Jun Jie T The writer is an assistant professor in the School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, and Rajawali fellow at the John F Kennedy School of Government,
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  • LIFE & CULTURE
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      552 29  -  Keys and Cibulkova seal their spots in Singapore; Kerber will end season as World No. 1 player By Lee U-Wen leeuwen@sph.com.sg @LeeUwenBT Singapore FOR the second year in a row, Serena Williams won’t be coming to Singapore for the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA)
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      717 29 AFP Tel Aviv ISRAELI designer Kobi Levi’s psychedelic shoes resemble everything from banana skins to sex acts, flamingos and stretching cats and they are all the rage among well-heeled stars like Lady Gaga. “My world is that of everyday glamour, the glamour that
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      631 29 AFP Montreal JUSTIN Trudeau hasn’t been alone as his star rises in the political world whether visiting China’s Great Wall, dining at the White House or marching in Toronto’s gay pride parade, he’s often joined by his family who have helped cement his reputation as
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      332 29 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD Across 1 Tune librarian composed that’s played at the Proms (4,9) 9 Criminal’s touching screenplay one’s impressed (9) 10 Rogue that’s shunned in football club (5) 11 What may be dummy run, not hard to go round (5) 12 State linking Indiana with Vermont (4) 13 President, Democrat,
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      1428 30  -  Orange Valley’s winning focus on its residents, environment and employees has helped make it one of the top local nursing homes By Chuah Yih Hui, Tan Suet Yi, Tan Zhe Ren, Tay Yi Qing T The writers are students from NUS Business School. FORMER
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      781 30  -  By Nop Srinara T The writer is sales director Asia, Datto Inc ANGLER, Cryptolocker and Locky no, you’ll not find them in Pokemon Go, but you may find them on your computer one day. They’re types of ransomware which is emerging as
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      63 30 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. Orange Valley Nursing Homes 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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