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>Since the launch of Thai Singapore Depository Receipts in May, the three inaugural Thai SDRs – Airports of Thailand (AOT) , CP All and PTT Exploration & Production (PTTEP) – collectively traded over S$11 million on the Singapore Exchange.</li><li>The top traded SDR was PTTEP on the back of volatility in oil prices with max and daily trading ranges of (20 ticks) and 1% (7 ticks), respectively.</li><li>Airports of Thailand PLC is the largest publicly traded company in Thailand and the world’s largest airport operator by market capitalization.</li></ul>

Since the launch of Thai Singapore Depository Receipts in May, the three inaugural Thai SDRs – Airports of Thailand (AOT) , CP All and PTT Exploration & Production (PTTEP) – collectively traded over S$11 million on the Singapore Exchange.The top traded SDR was PTTEP on the back of volatility in oil prices with max and daily trading ranges of (20 ticks) and 1% (7 ticks), respectively.Airports of Thailand PLC is the largest publicly traded company in Thailand and the world’s largest airport operator by market capitalization.

SDR Earnings Snapshot: PTTEP beats estimates, correlation to oil price draws investors' interest

<ul><li>The first batch of 3 Singapore Depository Receipts (SDRs) represent the beneficial ownership interest in the underlying securities of Airports of Thailand (AOT), CP All (CPALL) and PTT Exploration & Production (PTTEP), which are constituents of the benchmark SET50 Index.</li><li>Through the SDRs, investors are now able to gain access to an underlying security which is currently listed on an overseas exchange.</li><li>SDRs are instruments each representing beneficial interest in an underlying security listed on an overseas exchange.</li></ul>

The first batch of 3 Singapore Depository Receipts (SDRs) represent the beneficial ownership interest in the underlying securities of Airports of Thailand (AOT), CP All (CPALL) and PTT Exploration & Production (PTTEP), which are constituents of the benchmark SET50 Index.Through the SDRs, investors are now able to gain access to an underlying security which is currently listed on an overseas exchange.SDRs are instruments each representing beneficial interest in an underlying security listed on an overseas exchange.

Singapore Depository Receipts provide investors access to some of Thailand’s largest companies

Head of Research, Krungthai XSpring

Waraporn Wiboonkanarak

Head of Research

A full service Thai brokerage

Krungthai XSpring

Krungthai XSpring is a full service broker. The company provides a wide range of investment services such as Securities Brokerage, Derivative Agent Business, Securities Borrowing and Lending, Securities Trading, Underwriting, Financial Advisory, Wealth Advisory, Private Fund Management and International Markets Securities Trading. 

In terms of credibility, Fitch Ratings has assigned Krunghtai XSpring a long-term rating of AA- and a national short-term rating of F1+ with stable outlook.

<p>The company’s 1H21 earnings remained solid, and we moderately raise its earnings forecasts in 2021-23E. Given its well-diversified business, solid financial stance and sustainable growth as the long-term target, we maintain a Buy rating on PTT (2021E TP raised slightly to Bt52).</p>

The company’s 1H21 earnings remained solid, and we moderately raise its earnings forecasts in 2021-23E. Given its well-diversified business, solid financial stance and sustainable growth as the long-term target, we maintain a Buy rating on PTT (2021E TP raised slightly to Bt52).

Thailand

PTT Public Company Limited operates as an oil and gas company. The Company produces, transports, and sells natural gas, crude oil, lubricants, aviation and marine, and petrochemical products. PTT offers fleet cards, storage, electronic bill presentment, and other related services. PTT serves customers in Thailand.

PTT PCL (PTT TB)

SDR Earnings Snapshot: PTTEP beats estimates, correlation to oil price draws investors' interest

Since the launch of Thai Singapore Depository Receipts in May, the three inaugural Thai SDRs – Airports of Thailand (AOT) , CP All and PTT...

Singapore Exchange Ltd (SGX)

Singapore Depository Receipts provide investors access to some of Thailand’s largest companies

The first batch of 3 Singapore Depository Receipts (SDRs) represent the beneficial ownership interest in the underlying securities of Airports of...

Singapore Exchange Ltd (SGX)

Company Update: PTT Plc. (PTT)

Resilient earnings, the company’s 1H21 earnings remained solid, and we moderately raise its earnings forecasts in 2021-23E.

Krungthai XSpring