Investment Management, 8VantEdge

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<li>Defence and security spending has shifted from a cyclical budget item towards a multi-year commitment, while the scope of funded activities has expanded beyond traditional military platforms.</li>
<li>Four structural forces support this transition: (1) multi-year commitments across NATO and the European Union that raise the spending floor; (2) a broader definition of security that includes cybersecurity and critical infrastructure protection; (3) supply-chain resilience that makes supplier location an increasingly important qualification criterion; and (4) rising electronics and software content across modern platforms.</li>
<li>Together, these trends extend the opportunity beyond defence primes to the technology and industrial suppliers represented in Singapore’s listed market.</li>
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Defence and security spending has shifted from a cyclical budget item towards a multi-year commitment, while the scope of funded activities has expanded beyond traditional military platforms.
Four structural forces support this transition: (1) multi-year commitments across NATO and the European Union that raise the spending floor; (2) a broader definition of security that includes cybersecurity and critical infrastructure protection; (3) supply-chain resilience that makes supplier location an increasingly important qualification criterion; and (4) rising electronics and software content across modern platforms.
Together, these trends extend the opportunity beyond defence primes to the technology and industrial suppliers represented in Singapore’s listed market.


The Defence and Security Spend Supercycle

SGX Market Strategist, Equity & Fixed Income, Singapore Exchange Ltd (SGX)

Geoff Howie

SGX Market Strategist, Equity & Fixed Income

Asia’s leading multi-asset exchange

Singapore Exchange Ltd (SGX)

Singapore Exchange is Asia’s leading and trusted market infrastructure, facilitating the exchange of capital and ideas to create value for people, businesses and economies. As a multi-asset exchange operating equity, fixed income and derivatives markets to the highest regulatory standards, SGX is a vertically integrated business that provides listing, trading, clearing, settlement, depository and data services.

With about 40% of listed companies and over 80% of listed bonds originating outside of Singapore as well as established linkages across the region and in Europe, SGX is Asia’s most international and connected exchange. Offering a full suite of derivatives products across Asian equity indices, commodities and currencies, SGX is the world’s most liquid international market for the benchmark equity indices of China, India, Japan and ASEAN.

As Asia’s pioneering central counterparty, SGX is globally recognised for its risk management and clearing capabilities, and was one of the first globally to adopt the Principles for Financial Market Infrastructure.

Headquartered in AAA-rated Singapore, SGX has over 800 employees including offices in Beijing, Chicago, Hong Kong, London, New York, Mumbai, San Francisco, Shanghai and Tokyo.

Equity Bottom-Up

<ul><li>Seatrium's net order book reached S$16.6 billion by September 2025, with additional S$3 billion in new orders.</li><li>Seatrium distributed a dividend of 1.5 cents per share in FY2024, post-merger profitability return.</li><li>Seatrium targets a 40% reduction in Scope 1 and 2 emissions by 2030, aiming for net-zero by 2050.</li></ul>

Seatrium's net order book reached S$16.6 billion by September 2025, with additional S$3 billion in new orders.Seatrium distributed a dividend of 1.5 cents per share in FY2024, post-merger profitability return.Seatrium targets a 40% reduction in Scope 1 and 2 emissions by 2030, aiming for net-zero by 2050.

10 in 10 with Seatrium - Engineering the Future of Global Energy

<ul><li>The FTSE ST Industrials Index recorded S$265 million in net institutional inflows and S$193 million ADT last year.</li><li>Marco Polo Marine and Hong Leong Asia ranked among top 10 stocks for 2025 returns and institutional inflows.</li><li>Sanli Environmental's 2H25 ADT surged nearly 75 times, while Soilbuild Construction Group saw a 26-fold increase.</li></ul>

The FTSE ST Industrials Index recorded S$265 million in net institutional inflows and S$193 million ADT last year.Marco Polo Marine and Hong Leong Asia ranked among top 10 stocks for 2025 returns and institutional inflows.Sanli Environmental's 2H25 ADT surged nearly 75 times, while Soilbuild Construction Group saw a 26-fold increase.

FTSE ST Industrials Index Powered Ahead with 44% Total Return in 2025

The New Standard in Wealth Management, Wealth Management Alliance

Wealth Management Alliance

The New Standard in Wealth Management

WMA is a Singapore-based multi-family office with a Capital Markets Services license and provide fund management and investment advisory services to a small number of global UHNW clients. We also act as incubator for single-family offices, allowing them to plug into our broader ecosystem and infrastructure, and tap on our investment professionals for advice. WMA is designed around providing truly bespoke advice to each client, rather than taking a one-size-fits-all approach that may not fit each client's investment objectives and risk tolerances. On top of that, we are designed so that we avoid any semblance of conflicts of interests by being compensated only by the client (which may include profit sharing), as opposed to the model that many of our peers adopt, which include compensation from a variety of third parties such as funds managers, distributors or banks. That, to us, is the easiest way to be firmly on the side of the client in every decision we make.

<ul><li>From USD1.2 trillion in 2025, the International Energy Agency (IEA) expects the global clean energy technology market to reach almost USD3 trillion by 2035, assuming policies already announced are implemented.</li><li>Unlike other new-economy tech industries (e.g. FinTech, MedTech), the Asia-Pacific region has the largest estimated market share of 45-50% of the global CleanTech market, thanks to the region’s dominance in electric vehicles (EVs), energy storage, solar and wind energy.</li><li>Singapore’s CleanTech industry is highly vibrant, with an estimated 250- 400 companies active in the ecosystem. The industry’s economic contribution is modest, making up an estimated 2-4% of the country’s GDP. Policy initiatives under the Singapore Green Plan 2030 will promote continued growth of the industry.</li></ul>

From USD1.2 trillion in 2025, the International Energy Agency (IEA) expects the global clean energy technology market to reach almost USD3 trillion by 2035, assuming policies already announced are implemented.Unlike other new-economy tech industries (e.g. FinTech, MedTech), the Asia-Pacific region has the largest estimated market share of 45-50% of the global CleanTech market, thanks to the region’s dominance in electric vehicles (EVs), energy storage, solar and wind energy.Singapore’s CleanTech industry is highly vibrant, with an estimated 250- 400 companies active in the ecosystem. The industry’s economic contribution is modest, making up an estimated 2-4% of the country’s GDP. Policy initiatives under the Singapore Green Plan 2030 will promote continued growth of the industry.

<ul><li>As the market welcomes prospects of a US-Iran peace deal and possibly a reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, global stocks extend their strong rally. In tandem, Singapore stocks have surpassed their last highs seen before the start of the war.</li><li>We caution that oil prices will likely remain elevated for some time even if Hormuz is reopened.</li><li>In our view, Singapore’s energy security, lower stock volatility and relatively high dividends will continue to attract diversification flows from global investors.</li></ul>

As the market welcomes prospects of a US-Iran peace deal and possibly a reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, global stocks extend their strong rally. In tandem, Singapore stocks have surpassed their last highs seen before the start of the war.We caution that oil prices will likely remain elevated for some time even if Hormuz is reopened.In our view, Singapore’s energy security, lower stock volatility and relatively high dividends will continue to attract diversification flows from global investors.

Singapore

Seatrium is a Singapore-headquartered engineering firm providing innovative solutions to the global offshore, marine, and energy industries. It specializes in oil & gas newbuilds and conversions, offshore renewables, specialized shipbuilding, and repairs & upgrades. The company was formed in 2023 through the merger of Sembcorp Marine and Keppel Offshore & Marine.

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Wealth Management Alliance

Singapore Equity Strategy: May 2026

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