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Panellists from NTU’s Nanyang Business School:

Dr Hwang Chuan Yang, Professor of Finance & Director of Research and PhD Programme
Dr Zhang Huai, Associate Professor of Accounting
Dr Luo Jiang, Associate Professor of Banking and Finance
Dr Xin Chang, Simba, Assistant Professor of Banking and Finance

Moderator and writer: Narendra Aggarwal, Director, Public Affairs, NBS
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Instead they appointed Temasek unit ST Asset Management – a move backed by the independent directors – in a bid to revive the company’s flagging fortunes.

The move had been opposed by the previous manager, a unit of collapsed Australian investment bank Babcock & Brown, which fell victim to the financial crisis.

Babcock, the firm’s No. 1 shareholder with a 13.8 per cent stake, is in liquidat… more

Tiffany & Co. says its third-quarter profit dipped partly on weaker domestic sales as shoppers continued to curb their discretionary spending.

Tiffany & Co – Sports – Quarter Horse – Equestrian – Breeds

Key Points

A range bound stock market has left some investors on the sidelines waiting for the next rally
We conducted a study of historical returns for the S&P 500 between 1928 and 2009 to test the benefits and detriments of timing the market
Avoiding the ten worst months resulted in an annualised 8.3% return, versus the annualised 5.1% return for remaining invested from 1928 t… more

By Jonathan Kwok & Fiona Chan

BAD FOR: COMPANIES THAT DEAL IN US DOLLARS
Companies like Armstrong Industrial, which receives a third of its payments in US dol… more

A MOTOR insurer has been ordered to pay $10,000 in legal costs after it took a ‘customer’ to court over a $5,000 dispute and lost.
This is because Kenso Leasing, which India International Insurance (III) sued, proved it was not aware that an insurance policy for a truck was taken out under its name.
The Nissan Cabstar was among 60 vehicles acquired by used car dealer and rental company Auto & … more

Singapore expected to benefit from its direct domestic plays, says AMPCI
GLOBAL equities are at the early stage of a three-to-five-year bull market, said Kerry Series, head of Asia Pacific Equities at AMP Capital Investors (AMPCI).
Mr Series, who spoke to BT in Singapore yesterday, noted that Asian stocks could outperform on the back of stronger earnings growth and investor demand.
Despite the m… more

Organiser ShareInvestor says a team of market watchers will give their take on the economy and the stock market at a forum moderated by BT associate editor Vikram Khanna.
The team includes Andrew Robinson of Saxo Capital Markets, David Cohen from Action Economics, and Gabriel Yap of DMG & Partners.

On the forum topic, Linda Lee, sales & marketing director of ShareInvestor, says: ‘A commo… more

WHILE the global economic environment has begun to stabilise, there are three potential threats that could slow down or derail the recovery, warned Standard & Poor’s Asia-Pacific chief economist Subir Gokarn yesterday.
Dr Gokarn cited inflation, high interest rates and subdued overseas demand as the key risks to Asia’s export-dependent nations trading their way back to growth.

He told the cr… more

(SINGAPORE) Mid-market merger and acquisition (M&A) activity should pick up in the second half of this year and next year, according to Deloitte & Touche.
Peter Baldock, the company’s global chief operating officer, corporate finance advisory, believes the acquisition cycle has bottomed.
‘We see an uptick in the second half going into 2010,’ he told BT.
The difference between past cycl… more