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MANILA/SINGAPORE/KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 20): Manila’s Metro Pacific Investments Corp., Indonesia’s PT Krakatau Steel and Airports of Thailand Pcl are among the top investor picks as Southeast Asian governments embark on programs to boost roads, rail, ports

SINGAPORE (Jan 18): OCBC Investment Research is keeping its “neutral” rating on Singapore’s hospitality sector on expectations of a challenging 2017, but highlighting opportunities for dollar-cost averaging in 2018.

SINGAPORE (Dec 22): Keppel Land has acquired a 50% stake in PT Metropolitan Land’s (Metland) subsidiary for IDR 250 billion ($26.9 million), to jointly develop 450 landed homes on a 12ha site in a satellite city known as Tangerang, located next to West

SINGAPORE (Dec 20): DBS Vickers Securities has upgraded its view on the plantation sector to “neutral” on improving fundamentals, as well as expectations of yield recovery and steady prices to boost the earnings of plantation companies in FY17F.

SINGAPORE (Dec 20): Singapore has deported the majority of the 70-odd foreigners it has investigated for suspected radicalism in the past two years, although none planned to carry out attacks in the city-state, the ministry of home affairs said on Monday.

SINGAPORE (Dec 16): After being suspended for 18 months, shares of Golden Energy and Resources (GEAR) are currently trading at a bargain compared with those of other Indonesia-based coal miners.

SINGAPORE (Dec 14): Recent moves by China, Malaysia and Indonesia to stem capital outflows from each of their respective country is a timely reminder that the free flow of capital across borders should not be taken for granted, says UOB Kay Hian.

(Dec 11): China is embracing Southeast Asia with a renewed trade and investment push, a trend that’s set to accelerate as the region grapples with the prospect of a more protectionist US under Donald Trump.

SINGAPORE (Dec 7): 2017 could finally be a better year for commodities as higher fresh fruit bunches output and crude palm oil prices fuel improved earnings for upstream palm oil companies.

SINGAPORE (Nov 16): Now that Donald Trump is the US President Elect, market watchers expect the ratification of the Trans-Pacific Partnership to lapse, dashing the hopes of external markets that rely on US demand.