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Morningstar, Inc.

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Morningstar provides data on more than 500,000 investment offerings, including stocks, mutual funds, and similar vehicles, along with real-time global market data on more than 16 million equities, indexes, futures, options, commodities, and precious metals, in addition to foreign exchange and Treasury markets. Morningstar also offers investment management services through its investment advisory subsidiaries, with more than $180 billion in assets under advisement or management as of June 30, 2015. We have operations in 27 countries.

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Thematic (Sector/Industry)

Singapore Real estate management and development / Thematic (Sector/Industry)

<p>With residential property prices in Singapore appreciating strongly over the past year, the government has acted decisively in lifting the additional buyer's stamp duty, or ABSD, rates and loan/value, or LTV, limits on residential property. Shares in the real estate sector reacted sharply lower to the unexpected announcement and we believe the market is over-reacting. While the cooling measures will dent short-term sentiment, resulting in a lower level of residential property transactions and…</p>

With residential property prices in Singapore appreciating strongly over the past year, the government has acted decisively in lifting the additional buyer's stamp duty, or ABSD, rates and loan/value, or LTV, limits on residential property. Shares in the real estate sector reacted sharply lower to the unexpected announcement and we believe the market is over-reacting. While the cooling measures will dent short-term sentiment, resulting in a lower level of residential property transactions and…

Government Acts Decisively on Tightening Measures; Value Emerges in Singapore Real Estate Developers