Managing Director, Golden Section Capital

Garreth Elston

Managing Director

Golden Section Equity Research

Golden Section Capital

Golden Section Capital is a private international investment, specialist independent equity research, and corporate finance consulting services provider focussing on real estate and infrastructure. 

Paid for corporate research on Real Estate and Infrastructure companies. Plus independent pieces on various real estate companies and themes.

Thematic (Sector/Industry)

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<li>Data centres trade as real estate but do not behave like it: value is set by secured, energised power, execution capability and regulation, not by location or floor space.</li>
<li>Valuation requires triangulation across various methodologies. The metrics that matter are contracted versus energised MW, WALE by contract type, PUE trajectory and ESG compliance against regulatory thresholds.</li>
<li>Six SGX-listed vehicles offer differentiated exposure: three pure-plays (Keppel DC REIT, Digital Core REIT, NTT DC REIT) and three diversified names (CapitaLand Ascendas REIT, Mapletree Industrial Trust, CapitaLand India Trust).</li>
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Data centres trade as real estate but do not behave like it: value is set by secured, energised power, execution capability and regulation, not by location or floor space.
Valuation requires triangulation across various methodologies. The metrics that matter are contracted versus energised MW, WALE by contract type, PUE trajectory and ESG compliance against regulatory thresholds.
Six SGX-listed vehicles offer differentiated exposure: three pure-plays (Keppel DC REIT, Digital Core REIT, NTT DC REIT) and three diversified names (CapitaLand Ascendas REIT, Mapletree Industrial Trust, CapitaLand India Trust).


Invest for a Sustainable Future, Impact Capital Asset Management

ICAM

Invest for a Sustainable Future

Impact Capital Asset Management

Established in August 2020, Impact Capital Asset Management Pte. Ltd. (ICAM) was conceived by seasoned professionals Deepak Mawandia and Atul Tetambe. Both have accumulated a wealth of knowledge and experience from their extensive tenures in the financial sector. In 2019, ICAM secured its RFMC license and subsequently introduced a technology-centric venture fund. By 2021, with the acquisition of its CMS license, ICAM witnessed steady growth in its assets under management. Presently, ICAM manages a portfolio exceeding USD 1 billion, diversified across various countries. Central to ICAM’s foundation is a commitment to offering a platform singularly dedicated to the best interests of its investor clients. The combined expertise of Deepak and Atul firmly establishes ICAM as a notable entity in the wealth management field.

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<li>Singapore data centers should be understood as constrained infrastructure rather than as a broad technology theme.</li>
<li>The sector sells reliable digital capacity built on power, cooling, connectivity, and resilience, so the economics are driven less by digital demand in the abstract and more by access to scarce physical inputs, execution quality, and operating discipline.</li>
<li>Singapore remains the region’s premium node even as expansion becomes harder.</li>
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Singapore data centers should be understood as constrained infrastructure rather than as a broad technology theme.
The sector sells reliable digital capacity built on power, cooling, connectivity, and resilience, so the economics are driven less by digital demand in the abstract and more by access to scarce physical inputs, execution quality, and operating discipline.
Singapore remains the region’s premium node even as expansion becomes harder.


Singapore Data Center Primer: Premium Node in a Constrained Market

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

CapitaLand India Trust / Equity Bottom-Up

<ul><li>S-REITs have seen S$925 million in net retail buying in 2026, double the pace of 2025.  </li><li>UI Boustead REIT increased occupancy to 92.2% and co-invested in Japan's UIB Konan Phase 3 logistics.  </li><li>CapitaLand India Trust and CapitaLand Ascendas REIT drive income through leasing momentum and diversified industrial portfolios.</li></ul>

S-REITs have seen S$925 million in net retail buying in 2026, double the pace of 2025.  UI Boustead REIT increased occupancy to 92.2% and co-invested in Japan's UIB Konan Phase 3 logistics.  CapitaLand India Trust and CapitaLand Ascendas REIT drive income through leasing momentum and diversified industrial portfolios.

<ul><li>CapitaLand India Trust, listed on SGX since 2007, has a portfolio valued at S$3.7 billion as of June 2025.  </li><li>For FY 2024, net property income rose 14% to S$205.6 million, with distributions to unitholders increasing 7% to S$101.5 million.  </li><li>The trust offers stable income distributions and growth by managing properties, developing land, and acquiring new assets.</li></ul>

CapitaLand India Trust, listed on SGX since 2007, has a portfolio valued at S$3.7 billion as of June 2025.  For FY 2024, net property income rose 14% to S$205.6 million, with distributions to unitholders increasing 7% to S$101.5 million.  The trust offers stable income distributions and growth by managing properties, developing land, and acquiring new assets.

kopi-C with CapitaLand India Trust - Singapore’s Gateway To Investing in India

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<li>The iEdge Singapore Next 50 is effectively a global growth proxy, with ~51% of revenues generated offshore, sharply reducing reliance on Singapore’s domestic and banking cycles.</li>
<li>Its mid-cap, real-asset and industrial skew creates structurally different earnings drivers from the STI, tied to trade flows, infrastructure, healthcare, and technology capex rather than credit growth.</li>
<li>The index offers diversification without governance compromise, using Singapore’s regulatory framework as a platform to access faster-growing ASEAN, Indian, and global markets.</li>
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The iEdge Singapore Next 50 is effectively a global growth proxy, with ~51% of revenues generated offshore, sharply reducing reliance on Singapore’s domestic and banking cycles.
Its mid-cap, real-asset and industrial skew creates structurally different earnings drivers from the STI, tied to trade flows, infrastructure, healthcare, and technology capex rather than credit growth.
The index offers diversification without governance compromise, using Singapore’s regulatory framework as a platform to access faster-growing ASEAN, Indian, and global markets.


The Global Footprint of the iEdge Singapore Next 50

Singapore

CapitaLand India Trust is a Singapore-listed property trust that invests in and develops income-producing real estate, primarily business spaces in India. Its portfolio includes IT business parks, industrial facilities, logistics parks, and data centers across major Indian cities. The trust was listed in August 2007 and is headquartered in Singapore.

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CapitaLand India Trust (CLINT SP)

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Singapore Data Center Primer: Premium Node in a Constrained Market

Singapore data centers should be understood as constrained infrastructure rather than as a broad technology theme. The sector sells reliable...

ICAM

REIT Watch - S REIT Retail Flows in 2026

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Singapore Exchange Ltd (SGX)

kopi-C with CapitaLand India Trust - Singapore’s Gateway To Investing in India

CapitaLand India Trust, listed on SGX since 2007, has a portfolio valued at S$3.7 billion as of June 2025. For FY 2024, net property income rose...

Singapore Exchange Ltd (SGX)

The Global Footprint of the iEdge Singapore Next 50

The iEdge Singapore Next 50 index delivers global growth, diversified earnings, and lower STI correlation, using Singapore governance to invest in...

Golden Section Capital

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Investing in Data Centres

​Data centres are valued based on secured power, execution capability, and regulation, not location or floor space. Six SGX-listed vehicles offer...

Golden Section Capital

Singapore Data Center Primer: Premium Node in a Constrained Market

Singapore data centers should be understood as constrained infrastructure rather than as a broad technology theme. The sector sells reliable...

ICAM

REIT Watch - S REIT Retail Flows in 2026

S-REITs have seen S$925 million in net retail buying in 2026, double the pace of 2025. UI Boustead REIT increased occupancy to 92.2% and...

Singapore Exchange Ltd (SGX)

kopi-C with CapitaLand India Trust - Singapore’s Gateway To Investing in India

CapitaLand India Trust, listed on SGX since 2007, has a portfolio valued at S$3.7 billion as of June 2025. For FY 2024, net property income rose...

Singapore Exchange Ltd (SGX)

The Global Footprint of the iEdge Singapore Next 50

​The iEdge Singapore Next 50 index delivers global growth, diversified earnings, and lower STI correlation, using Singapore governance to invest in...

Golden Section Capital

Data centres are valued based on secured power, execution capability, and regulation, not location or floor space. Six SGX-listed vehicles offer...

The iEdge Singapore Next 50 index delivers global growth, diversified earnings, and lower STI correlation, using Singapore governance to invest in...