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Asian Property Report: Singapore, Thailand, Myanmar

Myanmar Real Estate Outlook ASEAN — the regional group to which Myanmar belongs — wants to be supportive and so does Singapore. This goes beyond the politics of having Myanmar assume the group’s chairmanship in 2014. ASEAN’s plan for a more integrated economic community in 2015 can also gain. Around 70% of Singaporean companies invested [...]

ASEAN Markets Preview, Singapore, Indonesia, Thailand, Philippines, Malaysia

ASEAN Markets will open lower today after falls on Wall St overnight. Again Europe is the problem Following on from the disastrous Greece Default, the ECB, IMF and World Bank are ready for the Sequel, Spain. As the IMF demands Austerity, growth in Europe is scarce, budget cuts have already put Europe in a recession [...]

ASEAN Market Preview, Singapore, Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines

ASEAN Stocks will post big gains at open but the best buys are Palm Oil Stocks. Overnight in the USA U.S. stocks scored their best gains in a month on Tuesday after Coca-Cola led another round of strong earnings and bond yields fell in Spain, easing some concerns about Europe’s debt crisis. Dow Jones 13,115.54 [...]

Palm Oil Stocks to Rally, Bumitama, Wilmar, Sime Darby

Demand for edible oils has been resilient to a slowdown in the global economy, history shows. Consumption of the nine biggest oils gained 3.8 percent in the 2008-09 marketing year as economies grappled with the worst global recession since World War II, USDA data show. Demand for edible oils is climbing to a record as [...]

ASEAN Market Preview, Singapore, Thailand, Jakarta, Kuala Lumpur, Manila

ASEAN is looking to lead world markets today as the overnight trading session in the USA was fairly mixed. Thailand will reopen after a long holiday and will most certainly open lower as may markets in Jakarta, Singapore, Kuala Lumpur and Manila. There is some chance of a rally in the afternoon session but with [...]

ASEAN + 3 Equity Preview, Singapore, China, Japan, Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia, Philippines

ASEAN + 3 Equity Preview, Singapore, China, Japan, Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia, Philippines Wall St fell sharply Friday and that will be felt early in the week in the ASEAN +3 Markets, Earnings will be the key factor for the week. Wall St This week is one of the busiest weeks of the quarterly earnings reporting [...]

Bumitama Agri IPO Shines Light on Singapore

Bumitama Agri IPO followed the path predicted by Economist Shayne Heffernan of HCM today. Bumitama shares traded as high as S$1.02, about 37 percent higher than its IPO price of S$0.745, on volume of more than 195 million shares. It was the top traded stock by value and the second highest by volume in the [...]

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Horse Racing Malaysia: The Selangor Turf Club Goes International

The Selangor Turf Club traces its humble beginning in 1800s to the efforts of a group of amateur racing enthusiasts with the founding of the Selangor Gymkhana Club. In 1896 under the patronage of British Resident Sir Frank Swettenham, the Selangor Turf Club was founded as a result of the re-organisation of the Selangor Gymkhana [...]

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Malaysia Export Boom

Malaysia records 14.5% growth in February’s exports Malaysia’s exports in February grew 14.5% Y-Y to 56.9-B Ringgit ( US$18.5-B) driven by higher shipments of electrical and electronics products, crude petroleum, liquefied natural gas (LNG) and timber products. The International Trade ministry said in a statement Tuesday that higher exports in February was contributed by demand [...]

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Asia Currency Outlook Peso, Baht, RMB, Rupiah, Yen, Singapore Dollar, Ringgit, Kyat, Won

The pressure is mounting on Japan to add stimulus and China is dealing with its slowing expansion. Indonesia is expected to keep Key interest rates unchanged for a 2nd month Tuesday, and South Korea follows. Indonesia’s central bank kept its benchmark rate unchanged at 5.75% last month after cutting borrowing costs in February, as a [...]

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Private Equity Takes a Hit in Q1 2012

Most private-equity and hedge funds typically take 20 percent of investment gains as carried interest, on top of 2 percent of assets as a management fee to …