SINGAPORE NEWS HIGHLIGHTS

• UOB bankers trained to provide alternative financing; OurCrowd has MAS license
• DBS Bank’s services becoming just a chat away
• Weak export data weighs down local bourse
• Temasek sells telco shares to Singtel for SGD2.47b M1 invests in mobile point-of-sale solution
• M1 launches Singapore's first commercial disruption-free high-speed Internet network

INDONESIA NEWS HIGHLIGHTS

• Indonesia’s Central Bank Keeps Benchmark Repo Rate Unchanged
• Economy in brief: Bank Indonesia joins fight against drugs
• Luhut keeps eye on Masela block, Freeport
• Indosat Ooredoo to raise USD273.7m via bond issue to refinance debt, pay down spectrum fees
• Freeport Gets Five-Month Permit to Export Indonesian Concentrate

THAILAND NEWS HIGHLIGHTS

• 2016 Toyota Sienta: Thai prices and specs
• Toyota upbeat on MPV sales prospects
• Thai central bank concerned about global risks to growth
• Mutual funds bullish on stock market
• Singtel to buy stake in Thailand's Intouch, boost holding in India's Bharti Telecom
• Singtel to buy Temasek stakes in InTouch, Bharti Telecom for SGD2.47b

Source: Kenanga Research - 22 Aug 2016