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Rally in Singapore healthcare stocks may not be over

SINGAPORE (May 22): Healthcare stocks in Singapore have rewarded investors with an average 50% gain in the past year, a rally that may continue as companies acquire local clinics to expand in the region’s medical-care market.

Results

Cordlife sees 3Q losses narrow 80.4% to $0.4 mil

SINGAPORE (May 12): Cordlife Holdings says 3Q17 losses narrowed to $0.4 million from $2 million a year ago.

Broker's Calls

Budding property & healthcare potential to boost this stock's prospects in the region

SINGAPORE (May 9): DBS Vickers Securities is maintaining its “buy” rating on Perennial Real Estate holdings with a target price of $1.05, following its strong 1Q17 set of results boosted by gains from its partial divestment of TripleOne Somerset in Ja

Global Economy

House passes Obamacare repeal in razor-thin GOP victory

WASHINGTON (May 5): House Republicans mustered just enough votes to pass their health-care bill Thursday, salvaging what at times appeared to be a doomed mission to repeal and partially replace Obamacare under intense pressure from President Donald Trump
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M&A

SPH acquires nursing home operator Orange Valley for $164 mil

SINGAPORE (April 25): Singapore Press Holdings (SPH) today announced its acquisition of Orange Valley Healthcare (OV), the operator of nursing homes and ancillary services, for about $164 million from private equity firm KV Asia Capital.

Broker's Calls

Can Raffles Medical Group count on its China expansion for an earnings boost?

SINGAPORE (April 25): RHB and Maybank Kim Eng Research have lowered their price targets on Raffles Medical Group (RMG) to $1.49 from $1.72, and to $1.67 from $1.70 respectively after the group posted a marginal 1.7% decline in 1Q17 revenue yesterday on so

Investing strategies

Prioritise quality over yield when looking at dividends, says Bank of Singapore

SINGAPORE (April 17): As global markets enter into a consolidation phase, Bank of Singapore (BoS) is advising investors to brace themselves for higher volatility by seeking shelter in “dividend growers” – quality companies with strong balance sheets

IPO

Asia-Pacific continues to dominate the global IPO scene in 1Q17

SINGAPORE (April 6): The Asia-Pacific region continued to dominate global initial public offering (IPO) activity in 1Q17 to account for 70% of the global number of IPOs and 48% by global proceeds.

Update

Raffles Medical Group acquires land to develop hospital in Chongqing

SINGAPORE (April 3): Raffles Medical Group (RMG) has acquired a 28,000 sq m plot of land in the New North District of the Liangjiang New Area in Chongqing, China, on which it intends to develop a 700-bed international tertiary general hospital.
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