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>What you need to know about the SG market #whatstrending feat. #whatstrending is a new series addressing some of the most trending questions/topics on the markets for investors.</li><li>AOT airports handled a total number of 46.69 million passengers in FY2022, comprising 13.90 million international passengers and 32.79 million domestic passengers.</li></ul>

What you need to know about the SG market #whatstrending feat. #whatstrending is a new series addressing some of the most trending questions/topics on the markets for investors.AOT airports handled a total number of 46.69 million passengers in FY2022, comprising 13.90 million international passengers and 32.79 million domestic passengers.

What's Trending: Airports of Thailand (AOT) - Beneficiary of Thailand's tourism recovery

<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

<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

Head of Research, Krungthai XSpring

Waraporn Wiboonkanarak

Head of Research

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Krungthai XSpring

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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.

Thematic (Sector/Industry)

<ul><li>Global fund managers still suggest increasing holdings of safe-haven assets, such as cash, or investing in sectors with recurring income, notably utilities and health care stocks, while they are bearish on risk assets and global growth in the next 12 months.</li><li>Investors also repriced their expectations regarding the terminal fed funds rate in 1Q23 by 50 bps higher.</li><li>However, we expect the Thai market to see a limited impact from the bearishness thanks to the good earnings recovery momentum, in contrast to global economies, as well as the boost from the huge growth in the number of tourist arrivals from 400k in 2021 to an expected 21mn in 2023E.</li></ul>

Global fund managers still suggest increasing holdings of safe-haven assets, such as cash, or investing in sectors with recurring income, notably utilities and health care stocks, while they are bearish on risk assets and global growth in the next 12 months.Investors also repriced their expectations regarding the terminal fed funds rate in 1Q23 by 50 bps higher.However, we expect the Thai market to see a limited impact from the bearishness thanks to the good earnings recovery momentum, in contrast to global economies, as well as the boost from the huge growth in the number of tourist arrivals from 400k in 2021 to an expected 21mn in 2023E.

<ul><li>We suggest selling JMART after we recommended buying it yesterday because the stock has fallen out of our top rankings (with the return at +0.51%).</li><li>However, long-term investors may continue holding it, with the loss-stopping point at Bt48.00.</li><li>We add KKP to the portfolio, as the stock is likely to offer a YoY increase in the dividend payment for its1H22performance, which will be made in September, after it reported 1H22 earnings of Bt4,089mn, +45.1% YoY.</li></ul>

We suggest selling JMART after we recommended buying it yesterday because the stock has fallen out of our top rankings (with the return at +0.51%).However, long-term investors may continue holding it, with the loss-stopping point at Bt48.00.We add KKP to the portfolio, as the stock is likely to offer a YoY increase in the dividend payment for its1H22performance, which will be made in September, after it reported 1H22 earnings of Bt4,089mn, +45.1% YoY.

Thailand

Airports of Thailand Public Company Ltd. operates the Bangkok International Airport (Don Muang) and the New Bangkok International Airport (Suvarnabhumi).. The Company also operates provincial airports in Chiang Mai, Chiang Rai, Hat Yai, and Phuket.

Airports of Thailand (AOT TB)

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)

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)

Fund Manager Survey - No Cuts, No Glory

Global fund managers still suggest increasing holdings of safe-haven assets, such as cash, or investing in sectors with recurring income, notably...

Krungthai XSpring

Big Cap Tactical Picks - August 9, 2022

We suggest selling JMART after we recommended buying it yesterday because the stock has fallen out of our top rankings (with the return at +0.51%).

Krungthai XSpring

What's Trending: Airports of Thailand (AOT) - Beneficiary of Thailand's tourism recovery

What you need to know about the SG market #whatstrending feat. #whatstrending is a new series addressing some of the most trending...

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)

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)

Fund Manager Survey - No Cuts, No Glory

Global fund managers still suggest increasing holdings of safe-haven assets, such as cash, or investing in sectors with recurring income, notably...

Krungthai XSpring

Big Cap Tactical Picks - August 9, 2022

We suggest selling JMART after we recommended buying it yesterday because the stock has fallen out of our top rankings (with the return at +0.51%).

Krungthai XSpring