For those who seek to benefit from the consumption shift while preferring to err on the side of caution, real estate investment trusts (Reits), or more specifically retail Reits, certainly qualify as potential considerations under such uncertain times. These Reits, besides dishing out decent dividend payouts, offer exposure to a…
Hu An Cable Holdings Ltd (“Hu An”) is one of the top ten integrated cable and wire manufacturers[1] in China. Based on the accumulated results from 2Q2010 – 1Q2011, Hu An’s is ranked top four by revenue among seven listed firms in China. In addition, according to my personal compilation…
Nam Cheong’s business venture into the shipbuilding industry began in 1968 with the building of fishing boats in Sarawak, Malaysia. A shift in vision in the mid-eighties transformed the business into the building of offshore support vessels (OSVs). To date, it has garnered more than 20 years of experience in…
From transportation to power generation, fuel is a necessity. Given the appealing nature of this primary source of energy, the demand for oil, though very sensitive to the state of the global economy, is one that few others can rival. Stepping into the shoes of the world’s top oil guzzler,…
U.K.’s health chain operator Fitness First has postponed its anticipated US$500 million initial public offering in Singapore, making it the latest company to fall victim to the current volatile market conditions, people familiar with the situation said. The company had planned its Singapore listing during the fourth quarter of this…
Double-dip recession, the big “R” was the talk these days. Renewed concerns over the ongoing European debt crisis and the possible recession in the US have led to the plummet of global stock markets recently. With little spared in this global panicky sell-off, Singapore Exchange Limited (SGX) dived almost 10%,…
Late last year around December, China Animal[1] (“CAL”) has been quite a “hot” stock where daily volume surged more than 10m shares for 12 out of the 23 trading sessions in December. Its share price also hit a record intraday high of $0.425 since its reverse take over of Colorland…
In a recent report by Jones Lang LaSalle, the Asian warehousing markets continued to be buoyed by robust economic growth and regional trade flows. Generally, rents grew steadily in 2Q11 with demand for logistics and warehousing space in mainland China remaining healthy. Global Logistic Properties (GLP), a major player in…
The rush to defensive stocks amid volatility is alluring. Notably, the spotlight has been stolen by the listing of defensive-play hot stock, Sheng Siong amid a bearish market outlook. The share astonishingly jumped 69.7% to an intraday high of $0.56 on 31 August from an initial public offer price of…
Quality proactive asset management and unwavering long term commitment in China are two distinguishing traits that define Treasury China Trust (TCT). At the helm stands Richard David, Chief Executive Officer of TCT, who has a clear direction to uphold the company’s success in engaging the flourishing commercial landscape in China.…
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