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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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(SINGAPORE) Things are looking pretty solid in equities. Stock markets have posted a V-shape rebound, and some research houses even expect indices to hit fresh highs in the year ahead.
But analysts also see some major headwinds next year that could derail any recovery in stock markets.
In a report, David Rosenberg, chief market strategist at investment firm Gluskin Sheff, points out that although … more

Raj Rajaratnam, the founder of the Galleon Group, said his hedge fund had based its investments on research and not, as the authorities claim, on inside information.

58% of respondents expect to spend more on research and development in next 12 months
MOST business leaders in the Asia-Pacific believe it will take two to three years for the global economy to recover fully.
In the meantime, many are gearing up for future growth and plan to spend more on research and development in the next 12 months.
These findings come from a survey conducted jointly by Pricewa… more

ST Engineering
Nov 5 close: S$2.97
DBS GROUP RESEARCH, Nov 4

THIRD quarter 2009 revenue of S$1.35 billion (down 2 per cent year-on-year, 4 per cent quarter-on-quarter) and net profit of S$120 million (down 7 per cent y-o-y, up 11 per cent q-o-q) were in line, and nine-months 2009 net profit of S$314 million equates to 74 per cent of our full year projections.
Q3 2009 pre-tax profit of S$149 … more

FOREIGN buyers are streaming back into the private homes market in growing numbers, especially those from China.

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FOREIGN BUYERS ON THE RISE

New research from property consultancy Savills Singapore shows foreigners accounted for 22.7 per cent of private home sales … more

PROPERTY developers here appear set to sell at least as many new homes this year as in the record year of 2007.
But the total value of these new private homes is on track to be only about half of that two years ago, underlining how different the two property booms have been.
This shift is partly thanks to a dramatic rise in sales of smaller, mass market units, says a new analysis by CBRE Research…. more

New research suggests some older workers who lose their jobs in this recession may have little choice but to be pushed out of the work force earlier than they would like.

Reuters – Several U.S. companies have awarded stock options to top executives while engaged in merger negotiations, the Wall Street Journal said, citing an academic research paper and its own review of company filings.

(SINGAPORE) Hedge funds’ assets increased by US$21 billion in August, rising for a fourth straight month, according to Eurekahedge Pte.
Net inflows into the industry totalled US$12.6 billion, while gains through performance were US$8.8 billion, bringing total assets under management to US$1.38 trillion, the Singapore-based research firm said in a report.
The Eurekahedge Hedge Fund Index, trackin… more