retail

Broker's Calls

Sasseur REIT's strong earnings momentum to continue into FY19: Maybank

SINGAPORE (Feb 20): Maybank Kim Eng is maintaining its “buy” call on Sasseur REIT while leaving its forecasts and target price of 90 cents unchanged.

Results

BreadTalk's FY18 earnings fall 29.9% to $15.2 mil in absence of TripleOne Somerset divestment gain

SINGAPORE (Feb 19): BreadTalk Group delivered earnings of $15.2 million for FY18, declining 29.9% from its earnings of $21.7 million for FY17 despite booking revenue growth for the year.

M&A

Natural Cool makes foray into F&B industry with million-dollar acquisition

SINGAPORE (Feb 19): Natural Cool Holdings, the air-conditioning and switchgear specialist, is venturing into the food and beverage (F&B) industry by acquiring the business and assets of Yummy YM and SFB Global for $0.98 million.

Results

Challenger announces 22% higher FY18 earnings of $19.5 mil; proposes 2-cent final dividend

SINGAPORE (Feb 15): Challenger Technologies has concluded FY18 with $19.5 million in earnings, up 22% from $16 million in FY17 due to higher gross profit and lower operating expenses.

China Focus

Holiday shopping spree to show what’s really up with China’s economy

HONG KONG (Feb 4): China’s consumers have cut back on purchases of everything from Apple Inc.’s iPhones to Swiss watches as the trade war with the US hits the economy.

Results

Fortune REIT's FY18 DPU up 1% to 51.28 HK cents on positive rental reversions & car park income growth

SINGAPORE (Jan 28): The manager of Fortune REIT has declared a distribution per unit of 51.28 HK cents (8.8 cents) for FY18, up 1% from 50.78 HK cents in FY17 due to revenue growth and lower expenses.

Fintech

Western Union launches co-located money transfer services at Singapore worker dormitories

SINGAPORE (Jan 17): Western Union has partnered Travelex, an independent foreign exchange (forex) and remittance business, to co-locate its money transfer services within five worker dormitories at Simpang, Mandai, Choa Chu Kang, Penjuru and Jalan Papan.

M&A

Temasek said to explore options for stake in A.S. Watson

HONG KONG (Jan 8): Singapore state investment firm Temasek Holdings is exploring options for its stake in global retailer A.S. Watson Group, including a partial sale, people with knowledge of the matter said.

The Hot 100 list for 2018

SINGAPORE (Dec 31): Every year, we carefully curate the most sought-after items on the market. Audrey Simon, Michelle Zhu, Benjamin Cher, Sunita Sue Leng and Justin Harper highlight 2018’s favourites.

Broker's Calls

Further acquisition deals, Paragon to serve as key re-rating catalysts for SPH REIT

SINGAPORE (Jan 7): OCBC Investment Research and Maybank Kim Eng are maintaining their “hold” calls on SPH REIT with an unchanged fair value estimate and price target of 99 cents and $1.02, respectively.
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