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China Focus
Cracks are showing in China’s shadow banking industry
SHANGHAI (Jan 24): Strains are spreading in China’s US$15 trillion ($19.8 trillion) shadow banking industry as investors pull back from the debt-like savings products that helped drive leverage to dangerous levels.
January 24, 2018
Broker's Calls
OUE Hospitality Trust's valuations still unattractive despite lower cost of debt: OCBC
SINGAPORE (Jan 5): OCBC Investment Research is maintaining its “hold” call on OUE Hospitality Trust on valuation grounds with a higher fair value estimate of 83 cents from 82 cents previously.
January 05, 2018
Broker's Calls
OUE Hospitality Trust's early refinancing to result in higher DPU, says RHB
SINGAPORE (Jan 3): RHB is maintaining its “buy” call on OUE Hospitality Trust (OUE HT), while raising its target price on the REIT to 91 cents from 88 cents previously to factor in a cost of equity (COE) of -7.2% and 2% terminal growth for FY18F and F
January 03, 2018
Global Economy
Vietnam’s surprise rate cut may spur growth amid credit worries
HANOI (July 10): Vietnam’s surprise lowering of interest rates for the first time in three years may help to support economic growth, but raises credit risks in a nation still grappling with a hangover of bad debt.
July 10, 2017
Global Markets
Risky and complex US loan wagers are red hot in low-yield Asia
NEW YORK (May 19): Asia’s yield-hungry investors have a lot riding on the financial engineers of Wall Street.
May 19, 2017
Nam Cheong announces over $300 mil in liabilities; mulls restructuring
SINGAPORE (April 24): Nam Cheong, the OSV builder has revealed the extent of “various obligations” owed to financial lenders and trade creditors that have fallen due, and that it expects to fall due.
April 24, 2017
Singtel signs $4.1 bil worth of credit agreements in Singapore & Australia
SINGAPORE (April 21): Singtel Group says its subsidiaries have entered into agreements for total credit facilities of approximately $4.1 billion in Singapore and Australia, for general corporate purposes and refinancing of existing facilities.
April 21, 2017
Singapore bank shareholders, brace for more pain: Bloomberg Gadfly
SINGAPORE (Feb 16): Singapore banks' problem with oil and gas services firms has just stepped up a notch.
February 16, 2017
DBS looks into 2017
Kiss goodbye to high REIT yields
SINGAPORE (Dec 20): DBS Group Research has an “underweight” rating on the Singapore REIT sector as it anticipates four interest rate hikes by the US Federal Reserve in 2017 alone.
December 20, 2016
Broker's Calls
Banks key to survival of O&G companies
SINGAPORE (Aug 25): OCBC Investment Research analyst Low Pei Han says banks that are currently financing the O&G companies will play a key role in ensuring their survivability.
August 25, 2016