The Straits Times, 17 May 2019 (2025)

528 2019-05-17 C1 Lester Wong- YouTrip sets sights on regional expansion amid higher investor interest in fintech here Lester Wong lesterw@sph.com.sg Singapore-based payment services company YouTrip has raised US$25.5 million (S$34.9 million), becoming the latest financial technology (fintech) start-up here to benefit from heightened investor interest in recent

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513 2019-05-17 C2 Local bank loan growth to be sluggish amid re-escalation of Sino-US trade tensions: Fitch Fitch Solutions Macro Research said this will be a challenging year for the banking sector, given that global outlook risks may spill over to the small and open economy of

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266 2019-05-17 C2 BLOOMBERG KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia’s economic growth slowed in the first quarter, dragged down by weaker trade and investment in the exportreliant nation. Gross domestic product expanded 4.5 per cent from a year ago, down from 4.7 per cent in the fourth quarter, the

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453 2019-05-17 C4 Karamjit Kaur- Record revenues and passenger loads fail to lift yearly earnings, as spending rises by 7% Karamjit Kaur Senior Aviation Correspondent karam@sph.com.sg Record revenues and passenger loads the average number of seats filled per aircraft failed to lift profits at Singapore

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236 2019-05-17 C4 Sakae Holdings reported a $6.1 million loss for its third quarter from a $306,000 profit for the year-ago period, after recognising a $3.2 million goodwill impairment charge for its majority stake in a Chilean seafood trader. It is the second consecutive quar- ter that

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328 2019-05-17 C4 Citi is aiming for its new digital consumer payment business to go live in 20 markets across all regions by the first quarter of next year, a senior executive at the United States financial services giant said yesterday. Eventually,

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536 2019-05-17 C6 Navin Sregantan- Local shares defy general pessimistic mood but most tech counters end lower BullsAndBears Navin Sregantan navinsre@sph.com.sg Local shares managed to defy the general mood of pessimism yesterday to creep upwards after opening lower following Washington’s move to ban US companies from using foreign

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207 2019-05-17 C6 E-commerce company Lazada Group and beauty product firm Amorepacific have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to strengthen their partnership and enhance their brand outreach in South-east Asia. Amorepacific wants to invigorate its online business in Southeast Asia, a key global

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184 2019-05-17 C6 52-WEEK CURRENCY LAST ’VOL GROSS HIGH LOW COMPANY TRADED SALE +OR-’000 YIELD P/BV 306 245 GROSS 201 161 HIGH 372 298 CapitaLand AscendasReit -1 6571 3.6 0.7 247 200 161 1211 780 CityDev 6684 863 +9 1363 2.3 0.8 273 207 ComfortDelGro 3.6 +2 8447 4.1

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349 2019-05-17 C6 FTSE ST Large Mid-Cap Index stocks 52-WEEK CURRENCY LAST ’VOL GROSS HIGH LOW COMPANY TRADED SALE +OR-’000 YIELD P/BV 306 245 YIELD 121 105 LOW 171 143 CDL HTrust 293 201 161 5.5 372 298 CapitaLand AscottReit 333 -1 6571 3.6 0.7 247 200 CDL HTrust 161 133 254 1211

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260 2019-05-17 C6 52-WEEK LAST ’VOL GROSS HIGH LOW COMPANY SALE +OR’000 YIELD P/BV 144 129 129 63.5 48 -1 94.5 74 Ascendas-hTrust 63.5 134 100 Ascendas-iTrust +1 47.5 12.2 0.7 333 115 Ascendas-hTrust 126 79.5 BreadTalk +1 45 1.8 3.1 73.5 59 2476 81 65.5 47.5 48

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59 2019-05-17 C6 VOL CLOSE($) CHANGE IEV IEV 4,852.9 0.016 +0.004 +33.33 Boa rd room +14.29 0.880 +0.110 +14.29 IPSoftcom 520 Raffles Infrastructure 14.1 0.435 +0.020 +4.82 -0 001 Nordic Jasper Inv 273.50.290+0.030+11.54 303.8 0.880 +0.110 Far East Shows the stocks with the highest combination of price change and

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95 2019-05-17 C6 52-Week Vol Last Quote High Low Counter Last Sale +/-(’000) Buy Sell 116.9 110 High Low Buy Sell 116.9 *****20 IS MS INDIA US$ 113.9 108.794.4 716 113.8 *****.8 NikkoAM SGD IGBond ETF 101.3 22 101.2 101.3 90.576.3 NikkoAM-STC A_REIT US$ US89.2 89.9 90.2 124.4104.7 NikkoAM-STC Asia REIT 123

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75 2019-05-17 C6 CLOSE UP UP DairyFarm USD 768 24.6 2.4 Haw Par Corp 1450 24.0 1.7 Boardroom 1.1 8811.014.3 Delong 24.6 *****.01.9 China Yuanbang 39.5 10.5 36.2 ST Engineering 400 10.0 2.6 24.0 CityDev Boardroom 8639.0 1.1 143 BYCENTS BY PERCENTAGE CLOSE CLOSE UP Polaris 0.1 China Yuanbang 39.5 36.2 10.5

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73 2019-05-17 C6 CLOSE DOWN DOWN JMHUSD SEVAK -89 0 315-18.0-5.4 Venture Corp 1576 -14.0 -0.9 Willas-Array -56.1 53-7.0-11.7 Bonvests 315 123-6.0-4.7 Boustead Proj 98 -5.0 -4.9 Creative 1576 374-5.0-1.3 Silkroad Nickel 30 -5.0 -14.3 Willas-Array BY CENTS BY PERCENTAGE CLOSE DOWN Vashion Vashion 0.1 -66.7 -0.2 Blumont 02 0.2 -33.3 -0.1

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52 2019-05-17 C6 VOLUME YZJ Shipbldg SGD 39,185,100 Rex Inti *****300 Chasen Glnvacom 21,772,700 ThaiBev Chasen 20,602,100 Alliance Mineral 21,772,700 20,602,100 Singtel GentingSing 16,161,000 Market volume 965,719,000 VALUE DBS Grp YZJ Shipbldg SGD UOB 58,289,046 51,380,203 Singtel OCBC Bank 50,536,266 50,536,266 *****497 ST Engineering CapitaLand Ascendas Reit 21,894,543 ComfortDelGro ComfortDelGro 21,166,564

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15 2019-05-17 C6 Vol Company Last Sale +or-(‘000) CapMallTrb3.08%***** 101.3 (■000) CapMallTrb3.O8%21O22 FPTrea 3.65%n*****2 CityDevNCCPS UE Pref

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638 2019-05-17 C7 Grace Leong- UAE firm wants to meet Hyflux’s retail perp, preference shareholders in bid for ‘resolution’ Grace Leong Business Correspondent gleong@sph.com.sg National water agency PUB has shot down a last-minute request by potential Hyflux white knight Utico to delay its takeover of the Tuaspring

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306 2019-05-17 C7 BLOOMBERG Vertex Venture Holdings raised US$230 million (S$315 million) in the first close of its fourth Southeast Asian fund to back technology start-ups across the region and India. The Singapore-based venture capital (VC) arm of Temasek plans to finalise the funding in the next

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55 2019-05-17 C7 Against S$ Against US$ Currencies Bid Offer Bid Offer S$/US$ to one unit of foreign currency: S$/US$tooneunitofforeigncurrency: Euro 1.1210 Australiandollar 0.9469 S$/US$ to 100 units of foreign currency: 0.6917 ***** Canadian dollar ***** 1.0197 0.7448 0.7445 Euro ***** 1.5349 1.1209 1.1210 NZdollar ***** 0.8990 1.5345 1.5349 1.1209

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74 2019-05-17 C7 Period Issue Coupon Maturity Close Day’s code rate Bid High Low 2-Year NY*****N Low 3.250% 01-Sep-20 101.67 101.68 101.68 5-Year N*****0A 5-Year 2.000% 01-Feb-24 100.21 100.28 100.23 10-Year NX*****A NX*****A 2.625% 01-May-28 103.96 104.08 103.90 15-Year NZ*****V 3.375% 3.375% 01-Sep-33 111.69 111.90 111.68 20-Year NZ*****X 2.250% 01-Aug-36 96.88

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145 2019-05-17 C7 In local curr dy yr May 15 Index Change Change World Preliminary 1619.1 0.6 12.3 EAFE Preliminary 1101.1 0.6 9.2 Europe Preliminary 1561.5 0.6 11.2 Australia 1256.8 0.7 10.1 Austria Preliminary 544.6 -0.5 9.3 Belgium Preliminary 1046.8 0.3 14.4 Canada Preliminary 2086.4 0.3 14.0 Denmark Preliminary 8135.2 -0.5

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  Frasers Centrepoint Trust

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  144 2019-05-17 C7 Frasers Centrepoint Trust (FCT) is looking to acquire a one-third interest in Waterway Point a large suburban mall located in Punggol from its sponsor, Frasers Property, in a $440.6 million deal, it announced yesterday. FCT is also launching an equity fund-raising exercise, with $245.3 million of total

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  Midas Holdings

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  103 2019-05-17 C7 Midas Holdings’ court hearing date for a winding-up application has been scheduled for May 24. It does not intend to contest the move. The troubled aluminium train components supplier said on April 26 that executive director Xu Wei Dong had filed an application to wind up the firm

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  Wing Tai Holdings

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  121 2019-05-17 C7 Mainboard-listed property and retail player Wing Tai Holdings will be issuing $150 million NC5 4.48 per cent perpetual securities. NC5, or non-core 5, refers to securities not redeemed or called before year five. The securities are expected to be issued on or around May 24, subject to

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