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.

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Equity Bottom-Up

Far East Hospitality Trust / Equity Bottom-Up

<ul><li>10 S-Reits buck the trend despite Reits lagging in June The month of June (till Jun 28, 2023) saw the iEdge S-Reit index record flattish performance at 0.3 per cent total returns for the month, improving from the 3.0 per cent declines in May.</li><li>The 10 best performing S-Reits for the month of June (till Jun 28, 2023) averaged over 7 per cent in total returns.</li></ul>

10 S-Reits buck the trend despite Reits lagging in June The month of June (till Jun 28, 2023) saw the iEdge S-Reit index record flattish performance at 0.3 per cent total returns for the month, improving from the 3.0 per cent declines in May.The 10 best performing S-Reits for the month of June (till Jun 28, 2023) averaged over 7 per cent in total returns.

REIT Watch - 10 S-REITs buck the trend despite REITs lagging in June

<ul><li>Singapore received over 9 million tourist arrivals from the start of 2023 to end August, a 204.5% year-on-year increase.</li><li>The 10 most actively traded stocks in the tourism and hospitality sectors have booked net institutional inflows of S$2 million, and returned an average 2.3% total returns in the year-to-date ending 21 Sep.</li><li>International visitor arrivals to Singapore in August dipped slightly to 31 million in August, due to seasonality and after school holidays.</li></ul>

Singapore received over 9 million tourist arrivals from the start of 2023 to end August, a 204.5% year-on-year increase.The 10 most actively traded stocks in the tourism and hospitality sectors have booked net institutional inflows of S$2 million, and returned an average 2.3% total returns in the year-to-date ending 21 Sep.International visitor arrivals to Singapore in August dipped slightly to 31 million in August, due to seasonality and after school holidays.

Tourism & Hospitality stocks poised to benefit from F1 and large scale events in coming months

<ul><li>In terms of net fund flows over the month, retail investors net bought S$8.2 million of S-Reits while institutional investors net sold S$86.4 million in the sector.</li><li>However, there were 10 S-Reits and property trusts which recorded net institutional inflows in the month of July.</li><li>They were Keppel DC Reit, CapitaLand Integrated Commercial Trust (CICT), CapitaLand India Trust (Clint), ESR-Logos Reit, Far East Hospitality Trust, Digital Core Reit, Paragon Reit, Sasseur Reit, First Reit, and BHG Retail Reit.</li></ul>

In terms of net fund flows over the month, retail investors net bought S$8.2 million of S-Reits while institutional investors net sold S$86.4 million in the sector.However, there were 10 S-Reits and property trusts which recorded net institutional inflows in the month of July.They were Keppel DC Reit, CapitaLand Integrated Commercial Trust (CICT), CapitaLand India Trust (Clint), ESR-Logos Reit, Far East Hospitality Trust, Digital Core Reit, Paragon Reit, Sasseur Reit, First Reit, and BHG Retail Reit.

REIT Watch - Institutional investors net buyers of these 10 S-Reits in July

<ul><li>5 S-Reits with year-on-year improvements in H1 2023 DPU Among them, 10 S-Reits reported higher year-on-year (yoy) net property income (NPI) for the half-year period ended Jun 30, 2023.</li><li>CDL Hospitality Trusts’ H1 2023 NPI increased by 23.3 per cent yoy, largely attributed to Singapore, Japan, Australia, Europe and UK markets.</li></ul>

5 S-Reits with year-on-year improvements in H1 2023 DPU Among them, 10 S-Reits reported higher year-on-year (yoy) net property income (NPI) for the half-year period ended Jun 30, 2023.CDL Hospitality Trusts’ H1 2023 NPI increased by 23.3 per cent yoy, largely attributed to Singapore, Japan, Australia, Europe and UK markets.

REIT Watch - Hospitality trusts report higher DPU for H1 2023

Frasers Logistics & Commercial Trust / Equity Bottom-Up

<ul><li>S-REITs actively manage impact of rising rates; average ICR at 4.3 times Higher interest rates have typically been associated with higher borrowing costs and therefore lower distributions available for unitholders.</li><li>To hedge the impact of rising rates, S-REITs have been actively managing interest rate exposures.</li></ul>

S-REITs actively manage impact of rising rates; average ICR at 4.3 times Higher interest rates have typically been associated with higher borrowing costs and therefore lower distributions available for unitholders.To hedge the impact of rising rates, S-REITs have been actively managing interest rate exposures.

REIT Watch - S-REITs actively manage impact of rising rates; average ICR at 4.3 times

Singapore

Far East Hospitality Trust is a hospitality stapled group comprising Far East H-REIT and Far East H-BT. Far East H-REIT is a Singapore-based real estate investment trust, which invests in hospitality assets and Far East H-BT, a Singapore-based business trust which will be dormant as of the Listing Date.

Far East Hospitality Trust (FEHT SP)

REIT Watch - 10 S-REITs buck the trend despite REITs lagging in June

10 S-Reits buck the trend despite Reits lagging in June The month of June (till Jun 28, 2023) saw the iEdge S-Reit index record flattish...

Singapore Exchange Ltd (SGX)

Tourism & Hospitality stocks poised to benefit from F1 and large scale events in coming months

Singapore received over 9 million tourist arrivals from the start of 2023 to end August, a 204.5% year-on-year increase. The 10 most actively...

Singapore Exchange Ltd (SGX)

REIT Watch - Institutional investors net buyers of these 10 S-Reits in July

In terms of net fund flows over the month, retail investors net bought S$8.2 million of S-Reits while institutional investors net sold S$86.4...

Singapore Exchange Ltd (SGX)

REIT Watch - Hospitality trusts report higher DPU for H1 2023

5 S-Reits with year-on-year improvements in H1 2023 DPU Among them, 10 S-Reits reported higher year-on-year (yoy) net property income (NPI) for...

Singapore Exchange Ltd (SGX)

REIT Watch - S-REITs actively manage impact of rising rates; average ICR at 4.3 times

S-REITs actively manage impact of rising rates; average ICR at 4.3 times Higher interest rates have typically been associated with higher...

Singapore Exchange Ltd (SGX)