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Business Times
4 hours ago
- Business
- Business Times
Aberdeen extends Clint deemed interest to 6%
OVER the five trading sessions from Jul 11 to 17, institutions were net buyers of Singapore stocks, with net institutional inflow of S$113 million adding to the S$94 million net inflow for the preceding five sessions. This further reduces the net institutional outflow for the 2025 year through to Jul 17 to S$1.65 billion. Institutional flows Over the five trading sessions through to Jul 17, the stocks that saw the highest net institutional inflow included Singtel , Keppel , City Developments Ltd , Singapore Airlines , Seatrium , Sembcorp Industries , OCBC , Frasers Hospitality Trust , CapitaLand Ascendas Reit , and Singapore Exchange . Meanwhile, DBS , UOB , NTT DC Reit, PSC Corporation , CapitaLand Integrated Commercial Trust , Mapletree Industrial Trust , Yangzijiang Shipbuilding , ComfortDelGro , CapitaLand Investment , and Mapletree Logistics Trust led the net institutional outflow over the five sessions. From a sector perspective, industrials and telecommunications booked the highest net institutional inflow, while financial services and materials & resources saw the most net institutional outflow for the five sessions. Industrials and telecommunications have also led the net institutional inflow for the year to Jul 17, while financial services has led the net outflow. CapitaLand India Trust On Jul 15, an acquisition of just over 2.5 million units of CapitaLand India Trust (Clint) at S$1.126 apiece increased the deemed interest of Aberdeen Group from 5.96 per cent to 6.15 per cent. This followed the group emerging as a substantial unitholder of Clint with its deemed interest crossing above the 5 per cent threshold on Jun 30. Clint is a Singapore-listed business trust that owns and manages income-generating real estate in India, including IT parks, industrial facilities, and logistics assets. Its portfolio spans major Indian cities such as Bangalore, Hyderabad, Chennai, Pune, and Mumbai, with a strong focus on technology and software development sectors. The properties serve a wide range of tenants, including global and Indian companies such as Tata Consultancy Services, Infosys, Amazon, and Applied Materials. BT in your inbox Start and end each day with the latest news stories and analyses delivered straight to your inbox. Sign Up Sign Up The trust grows its portfolio through acquisitions, forward purchases, and developments, including IT parks and data centres. The manager of Clint also maintains a disciplined capital management strategy, with a significant portion of its debt on fixed rates. It distributes most of its income available for distribution and repatriates income regularly from India to Singapore. Clint's development pipeline includes future projects in Bangalore and Hyderabad. The trust benefits from India's resilient economy and rising demand for commercial real estate, especially in tech-driven sectors. For its FY2024 (ended Dec 31), Clint reported improved performance, with higher distributions and stronger income. The increase was driven by contributions from newly acquired properties, higher rental income from existing assets, and positive rent reversions. Clint is scheduled to report its H1 FY2025 results after the Jul 30 close. Share buybacks The five sessions through to Jul 17 saw eight primary-listed companies make buybacks with a total consideration of S$53.5 million. UOB led the consideration tally, buying back one million of its shares at an average price of S$36.80. On its current buyback mandate, UOB has bought back 0.6 per cent of its outstanding shares as at Jul 17. DBS also bought back 350,000 shares at an average price of S$46.18 per share. Secondary-listed Hongkong Land Holdings also continued to conduct share repurchases, buying back 950,000 shares at an average price of US$6.27. Since Apr 24, the company has bought back US$121 million of its shares. Director transactions Over the five trading sessions leading up to Jul 17, a total of 55 director interests and substantial shareholdings were filed. Across more than 25 primary-listed stocks, directors or CEOs reported five acquisitions and no disposals, while substantial shareholders recorded eight acquisitions and six disposals. This included director or CEO acquisitions in Asian Pay Television Trust (APTT), Stamford Land Corporation , Aims Apac Reit and Singapore Shipping Corporation . Both share buybacks and director filings were fewer than the usual quota, as the local market nears a busy few weeks of financial reporting. Singapore Shipping Corporation On Jul 9, Singapore Shipping executive chairman Ow Chio Kiat acquired 2.5 million shares at an average price of S$0.275 apiece. This increased his total interest from 43.77 per cent to 44.39 per cent. The married deal was a significant step-up in pace compared to the 161,100 shares at the same price between Jul 3 and Jul 8. Ow has been gradually increasing the interest from 42.97 per cent in May 2024. For its FY2025 (ended Mar 31), Singapore Shipping achieved a net profit of US$11.4 million, which grew 24.6 per cent from FY2024. The group also maintains a net cash position of US$56.1 million and maintains that it ensures cash flow resilience with fixed-rate borrowings below prevailing deposit rates, insulating from rising interest rate risks. On the current industry outlook, Ow says that the global trade environment is becoming increasingly fragmented and uncertain due to rising tariffs, shifting geopolitical alliances, and new policy threats, such as potential US punitive fees on Chinese-built ships, which risk deeper economic dislocation. Despite these challenges, he notes that Singapore Shipping has remained steady, with its ship-owning segment delivering resilient earnings through long-term charters and the renewal of a five-year time charter for the mv Boheme with a blue-chip partner. Ow also adds that Singapore Shipping's agency and logistics business has swiftly adapted to the changing trade landscape, helping clients realign their supply chains and respond to new trading routes with greater confidence. Asian Pay Television Trust Between Jul 14 and 15, Lu Fang-Ming, non-executive director and vice-chair of the trustee-manager of APTT, acquired 417,100 units of the business trust for a consideration of S$38,230 at an average price of S$0.092 per unit. This increased his total interest from 1.25 per cent to 1.28 per cent. This followed his purchases of 400,000 units in June, 263,600 units in May and 319,400 units in April. APTT is Asia's first listed business trust focused on pay-TV and broadband. It invests in mature, cash-generative businesses in Taiwan, Hong Kong, Japan, and Singapore, aiming for operational ownership and control. Food Empire Holdings On Jul 15, independent director Adrian Chan exercised 105,000 share options at S$0.802 apiece. He is also head of corporate at the law firm, Lee & Lee, and has been in legal practice for over three decades. He was first appointed to the board of Food Empire Holdings in January 2022. This took his direct interest in the multinational food and beverage manufacturing and distribution group to 0.02 per cent. Food Empire owns proprietary brands such as MacCoffee, CafePHO, and Kracks, with MacCoffee leading in core markets through localised, innovative brand-building. In its Q1 FY2025 (ended Mar 31) business update, the group reported a 16.3 per cent increase in topline revenue from Q1 FY2024 to US$136.6 million. Food Empire has long identified Asia as a key growth region, with South-east Asia – led by Vietnam – now its largest revenue contributor, and recent investments including a coffee-mix facility in Kazakhstan set to complete by end-2025. On Jul 9, Food Empire announced that it will invest US$37 million to expand its coffee facility in India, boosting capacity by 60 per cent. The project, part of its vertical integration strategy, begins in Q4 2025 and completes by end-2027. The group remain cautiously optimistic about sustaining strong top-line growth, backed by brand building and market leadership. Its Asia-focused strategy and robust expansion pipeline positions it well for emerging market demand. At the same time, it maintains it continues to monitor macro risks – such as climate-driven coffee price volatility and trade tensions – and will adjust strategies to mitigate potential impacts. The group also remains confident that its strong brand equity will provide resilience against the direct impact of tariffs in the geographical segments where it operates. With a return on equity of 17.8 per cent, the stock's P/E ratio has increased from 7x to 17x this year, while average daily trading turnover at S$1.21 million in the 2025 year to Jul 17 has almost doubled the S$670,000 in 2024. The writer is the market strategist at Singapore Exchange (SGX). To read SGX's market research reports, visit
Yahoo
12-07-2025
- Climate
- Yahoo
‘Lost everything': ‘Bomb cyclone' no fizzer
Last week's weather system has come and gone, and although many along Australia's east coast copped more their fair share of the wild conditions, many more in Sydney were left wondering if a day of mild rain and strong wind really lived up to the hype of a 'bomb cyclone'. In a reminder that just because a weather system doesn't affect you doesn't mean it hasn't had devastating effects, Mani Kennedy from Long Jetty on the NSW Central Coast says her family has 'lost everything' due to the storm. 'At around 4ish (on Tuesday, July 1) I heard this big noise, we were all inside, me, my husband and my 10-year-old daughter,' Ms Kennedy said. 'The roof peeled off like a banana. The police were driving past just by chance. They came straight away and told us we had to leave because parts of the roof were flying everywhere. 'We pretty much left straight away, we didn't have a chance to gather anything.' Mani and husband Clint are now faced with finding a place to live while trying to care for their young daughter Jazmin, who they say has been thoroughly shaken up by the event. 'She's pretty traumatised. She cries every day. Now it's school holidays, it's become even harder. Her teacher told us in the first couple of days she was back that she was crying to everyone,' Ms Kennedy said. 'It's not easy. She lost everything. She had her own drawings, her artwork she had put up on the wall. She had her toys, everything. 'Afterwards we took her back there because we don't have anywhere to drop her off. Anywhere we go, she goes with us. The rain coming through had destroyed everything. She cries a lot.' Ms Kennedy said just because some areas weren't as badly hit as others didn't mean the system should be dismissed outright. 'I think that's the most extreme situation we've been in. I can't speak for others' experiences, but we lost everything, literally everything,' she said. 'My husband had his work tools there, they were destroyed as well. To us, it was as big as it could be.' The Kennedys have been temporarily housed by the Department of Community Justice but say in the absence of having extended family to turn to urgently need help covering costs as the recovery process begins. 'There's no stability. It feels the same as being homeless, even though we have emergency accommodation,' Ms Kennedy said. 'We don't know for how long we can stay here, and the rent anywhere else we can't afford. I don't know where we stand once this emergency accommodation finishes. 'My husband has been living there for 20 years and I've been there for the last 14 years. 'There's nothing we can recover. We never planned on leaving that place. We lived there for that long and now we have nowhere to go. 'I was about to study for a teacher's degree. I can no longer do that.' The family has started a GoFundMe page to help with caring for their daughter, daily necessities, and essential appliances.
News.com.au
12-07-2025
- Climate
- News.com.au
‘Roof peeled off like a banana': Think ‘bomb cyclone' was a fizzer? Think again
Last week's weather system has come and gone, and although many along Australia's east coast copped more their fair share of the wild conditions, many more in Sydney were left wondering if a day of mild rain and strong wind really lived up to the hype of a 'bomb cyclone'. In a reminder that just because a weather system doesn't affect you doesn't mean it hasn't had devastating effects, Mani Kennedy from Long Jetty on the NSW Central Coast says her family has 'lost everything' due to the storm. 'At around 4ish (on Tuesday, July 1) I heard this big noise, we were all inside, me, my husband and my 10-year-old daughter,' Ms Kennedy said. 'The roof peeled off like a banana. The police were driving past just by chance. They came straight away and told us we had to leave because parts of the roof were flying everywhere. 'We pretty much left straight away, we didn't have a chance to gather anything.' Mani and husband Clint are now faced with finding a place to live while trying to care for their young daughter Jazmin, who they say has been thoroughly shaken up by the event. 'She's pretty traumatised. She cries every day. Now it's school holidays, it's become even harder. Her teacher told us in the first couple of days she was back that she was crying to everyone,' Ms Kennedy said. 'It's not easy. She lost everything. She had her own drawings, her artwork she had put up on the wall. She had her toys, everything. 'Afterwards we took her back there because we don't have anywhere to drop her off. Anywhere we go, she goes with us. The rain coming through had destroyed everything. She cries a lot.' Ms Kennedy said just because some areas weren't as badly hit as others didn't mean the system should be dismissed outright. 'I think that's the most extreme situation we've been in. I can't speak for others' experiences, but we lost everything, literally everything,' she said. 'My husband had his work tools there, they were destroyed as well. To us, it was as big as it could be.' The Kennedys have been temporarily housed by the Department of Community Justice but say in the absence of having extended family to turn to urgently need help covering costs as the recovery process begins. 'There's no stability. It feels the same as being homeless, even though we have emergency accommodation,' Ms Kennedy said. 'We don't know for how long we can stay here, and the rent anywhere else we can't afford. I don't know where we stand once this emergency accommodation finishes. 'My husband has been living there for 20 years and I've been there for the last 14 years. 'There's nothing we can recover. We never planned on leaving that place. We lived there for that long and now we have nowhere to go. 'I was about to study for a teacher's degree. I can no longer do that.' The family has started a GoFundMe page to help with caring for their daughter, daily necessities, and essential appliances.
Scottish Sun
08-07-2025
- Health
- Scottish Sun
My man was 44 & healthy but collapsed & died – I was pregnant with our 6th baby & am begging strangers for help
Plus, how the couple spent their final hours together POIGNANT PLEA My man was 44 & healthy but collapsed & died – I was pregnant with our 6th baby & am begging strangers for help A SINGLE mum of six fears losing her home after her 'healthy' partner died suddenly from a stroke while gardening. Amanda Conlon, 40, is hoping to raise £200,000 to pay off her mortgage after her partner Clint Robinson, 44, died from a stroke in July 2024. Advertisement 9 Amanda Conlon was left heartbroken after partner Clint Robinson died from a stroke in July 2024 Credit: SWNS 9 Amanda is now a single mum of six and fears losing her home Credit: SWNS 9 Clint died suddenly from a stroke while gardening Credit: SWNS Clint was out tending to his vegetable patch on a sunny Thursday morning when he came stumbling inside asking his pregnant partner for help. Amanda said: "While I rang 999 he was still able to talk a little bit - they were asking what happened and he said he'd got a headache and went dizzy. "He went to call our two year old, and he said her name wouldn't come out of his mouth." Clint was rushed by ambulance to Scunthorpe General Hospital's stroke unit where he complained that he was unable to feel the left side of his body. Advertisement Amanda, who rushed to the hospital in pursuit of her partner, says a nurse told her she should return home to allow Clint to rest, and had assured her he'd be back to normal by the following day. When she tried to return to the hospital at 8pm, however, she was told she wasn't allowed to visit her partner of 24 years - but she was assured he was fine. The following morning, however, her worst nightmares came true - doctors said Clint was only responding to touch and that a bleed on his brain had continued overnight. He was taken to intensive care, but Amanda had to make the difficult decision to turn off his life support after 10 days when she was told there was 'no activity' in his brain. Advertisement Amanda feels like her last hours with her partner, whom she was planning to marry next year, were taken away from her due to the hospital's decision to bar her from visiting. She said: "I called at midnight and they said 'he's fine, he's been asking for you quite a lot but he's gone to sleep now', I said 'please can I come and sit with him then'. How to check your pulse, for risk of stroke "I just feel like they took that away from me - any time I could have had left with him, they took it away because they told me he was going to be fine." MORTGAGE WORRIES To make matters worse, the mortgage on the couple's home was entirely in Clint's name, and the qualified joiner was without life insurance after cancelling it over financial difficulties during the Covid pandemic. Advertisement The distraught mum was told her home could face repossession if she is unable to remortgage or pay the home off in full. 9 Clint with one of his daughters Credit: SWNS 9 Clint was taken to intensive care, but Amanda had to make the difficult decision to turn off his life support after 10 days when she was told there was 'no activity' in his brain Credit: SWNS 9 Amanda has little help raising her kids Credit: SWNS Advertisement Orphaned at nine years old, Amanda, who works as a teacher trainer, doesn't have any parents she can rely on for financial help. Now, the single mum, whose children are aged 20, 15, eight, three, one, and five months, has set up an online fundraiser to pay off Clint's mortgage and ensure her children have somewhere to live - something she knows is a tall order. Writing on the GoFundMe page, she said: "I still can't find the words for what it felt like to stand there holding my children while telling them their daddy was never coming home. I still hear their cries at night. I still can't believe this is real life. 9 The distraught mum was told her home could face repossession if she is unable to remortgage or pay the home off in full Credit: SWNS Advertisement 9 Amanda has been left to raise their six kids alone Credit: SWNS "Now I'm here, I've given birth to our youngest daughter without him by my side. A single mum with six children — three of them under the age of 3. "I have a newborn baby in my arms, and I'm trying to hold everyone together with no partner, no parents, no grandparents for my children. "I can't work right now — I'm home with three babies under three, doing every feed, every bath, every sleepless night alone. And at the same time, I'm trying to grieve a man I can't even begin to live without." Advertisement MONEY PLEA 9 Amanda has launched a GoFundMe page to help with her mortgage Credit: SWNS Amanda has currently raised over £15,000 - a large sum, but under 10 per cent of the target. She said: "The amount I'm trying to raise is a substantial amount - I don't want anyone to think 'oh, wouldn't we all like our mortgage to be paid'. "The reason why I've done it is because I think if I died tomorrow then my children have got a home - it would be my oldest daughter who would need to look after them. Advertisement "If anything were to happen to me, they would have that security. I can't work right now — I'm home with three babies under three, doing every feed, every bath, every sleepless night alone. And at the same time, I'm trying to grieve a man I can't even begin to live without Amanda Conlon "If everybody just put in £1, if 200,000 people put in £1 that would make all the difference. "I'm not asking anybody for a large amount, I don't even like asking anybody for anything, but I've always helped people and Clint has always helped people. He always told the children that if anybody needs help, it's really important to help." Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust has been contacted for comment. Advertisement
The Irish Sun
08-07-2025
- Health
- The Irish Sun
My man was 44 & healthy but collapsed & died – I was pregnant with our 6th baby & am begging strangers for help
A SINGLE mum of six fears losing her home after her 'healthy' partner died suddenly from a stroke while gardening. Amanda Conlon, 40, is hoping to raise £200,000 to pay off her mortgage after her partner Clint Robinson, 44, died from a 9 Amanda Conlon was left heartbroken after partner Clint Robinson died from a stroke in July 2024 Credit: SWNS 9 Amanda is now a single mum of six and fears losing her home Credit: SWNS 9 Clint died suddenly from a stroke while gardening Credit: SWNS Clint was out tending to his vegetable patch on a sunny Thursday morning when he came stumbling inside asking his pregnant partner for help. Amanda said: "While I rang 999 he was still able to talk a little bit - they were asking what happened and he said he'd got a headache and went dizzy. "He went to call our two year old, and he said her name wouldn't come out of his mouth." Clint was rushed by ambulance to Scunthorpe General Hospital 's stroke unit where he complained that he was unable to feel the left side of his body. More on families Amanda, who rushed to the hospital in pursuit of her partner, says a nurse told her she should return home to allow Clint to rest, and had assured her he'd be back to normal by the following day. When she tried to return to the hospital at 8pm, however, she was told she wasn't allowed to visit her partner of 24 years - but she was assured he was fine. The following morning, however, her worst nightmares came true - doctors said Clint was only responding to touch and that a bleed on his brain had continued overnight. He was taken to intensive care, but Amanda had to make the difficult decision to turn off his life support after 10 days when she was told there was 'no activity' in his brain. Most read in Fabulous Amanda feels like her last hours with her partner, whom she was planning to marry next year, were taken away from her due to the hospital's decision to bar her from visiting. She said: "I called at midnight and they said 'he's fine, he's been asking for you quite a lot but he's gone to sleep now', I said 'please can I come and sit with him then'. How to check your pulse, for risk of stroke "I just feel like they took that away from me - any time I could have had left with him, they took it away because they told me he was going to be fine." MORTGAGE WORRIES To make matters worse, the mortgage on the couple's home was entirely in Clint's name, and the qualified joiner was without life insurance after cancelling it over financial difficulties during the Covid pandemic . The distraught mum was told her home could face repossession if she is unable to remortgage or pay the home off in full. 9 Clint with one of his daughters Credit: SWNS 9 Clint was taken to intensive care, but Amanda had to make the difficult decision to turn off his life support after 10 days when she was told there was 'no activity' in his brain Credit: SWNS 9 Amanda has little help raising her kids Credit: SWNS Orphaned at nine years old, Amanda, who works as a teacher trainer, doesn't have any parents she can rely on for financial help. Now, the single mum, whose children are aged 20, 15, eight, three, one, and five months, has set up an Writing on the GoFundMe page, she said: "I still can't find the words for what it felt like to stand there holding my children while telling them their daddy was never coming home. I still hear their cries at night. I still can't believe this is real life. 9 The distraught mum was told her home could face repossession if she is unable to remortgage or pay the home off in full Credit: SWNS 9 Amanda has been left to raise their six kids alone Credit: SWNS "Now I'm here, I've given birth to our youngest daughter without him by my side. A single mum with six children — three of them under the age of 3. "I have a newborn baby in my arms, and I'm trying to hold everyone together with no partner, no parents, no grandparents for my children. "I can't work right now — I'm home with three babies under three, doing every feed, every bath, every sleepless night alone. And at the same time, I'm trying to grieve a man I can't even begin to live without." MONEY PLEA 9 Amanda has launched a GoFundMe page to help with her mortgage Credit: SWNS Amanda has currently raised over £15,000 - a large sum, but under 10 per cent of the target . She said: "The amount I'm trying to raise is a substantial amount - I don't want anyone to think 'oh, wouldn't we all like our mortgage to be paid'. "The reason why I've done it is because I think if I died tomorrow then my children have got a home - it would be my oldest daughter who would need to look after them. "If anything were to happen to me, they would have that security. I can't work right now — I'm home with three babies under three, doing every feed, every bath, every sleepless night alone. And at the same time, I'm trying to grieve a man I can't even begin to live without Amanda Conlon "If everybody just put in £1, if 200,000 people put in £1 that would make all the difference. "I'm not asking anybody for a large amount, I don't even like asking anybody for anything, but I've always helped people and Clint has always helped people. He always told the children that if anybody needs help, it's really important to help." Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust has been contacted for comment. What are the symptoms of stroke? The FAST method – which stands for Face, Arms, Speech, Time – is the easiest way to remember the most common symptoms of stroke: F = Face drooping - if one side of a person's face is dropped or numb then ask them to smile, if it's uneven then you should seek help. A = Arm weakness - if one arm is weak or numb then you should ask the person to raise both arms. If one arm drifts downwards then you might need to get help S = Speech difficulty - if a person's speech is slurred then this could be a sign of a stroke T = Time to call 999 - if a person has the signs above then you need to call 999 in the UK or 911 in the US for emergency care. Other symptoms include: sudden weakness or numbness on one side of the body difficulty finding words sudden blurred vision or loss of sight sudden confusion, dizziness or unsteadiness a sudden and severe headache difficulty understanding what others are saying difficulty swallowing
