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>Singapore's trade is influenced by policy-driven flows and sector-specific demand, with electronics leading on AI demand.</li><li>Frencken Group's FY26 guidance shows improved visibility with a potential 2H26 recovery, impacting analyst recommendations.</li><li>ST Engineering, Yangzijiang Shipbuilding, and ISDN report strong orderbooks, revenue growth, and strategic shifts towards higher value offerings.</li></ul>

Singapore's trade is influenced by policy-driven flows and sector-specific demand, with electronics leading on AI demand.Frencken Group's FY26 guidance shows improved visibility with a potential 2H26 recovery, impacting analyst recommendations.ST Engineering, Yangzijiang Shipbuilding, and ISDN report strong orderbooks, revenue growth, and strategic shifts towards higher value offerings.

Engineering, Orderbooks and Guidance Under Trade Shifts

Head of Research, IPOs & Placements, Aequitas Research

Sumeet Singh

Head of Research, IPOs & Placements

IPOs and Placements coverage across Asia Pacific

Aequitas Research

We cover all listing across the Asia Pacific along with follow-up placements. As of Dec 2020, our team had covered 539 IPOs with a hit rate of 73.5% and 685 placements with a hit rate of 66.8%.

We combine fundamental bottom-up views with our proprietary quantitative framework to provide a holistic coverage across new listings and placements. Our coverage includes pre-IPO notes before the deal is launched, follow-up analysis once the deal is live and post-listing trading analysis as well.

Equity Capital Markets

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/avepoint-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:37131:1" rel="noopener">AvePoint (AVPT US)</a> , a global provider of data security, governance, and resilience, aims to raise around US$300m in its Singapore secondary listing.</li>
<li>As of FY24, AP had over 25,000 customers who rely on its Confidence Platform to prepare, secure, and optimize their critical data across environments.</li>
<li>In this note, we look at its past performance and other deal dynamics that might impact the listing.</li>
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AvePoint (AVPT US) , a global provider of data security, governance, and resilience, aims to raise around US$300m in its Singapore secondary listing.
As of FY24, AP had over 25,000 customers who rely on its Confidence Platform to prepare, secure, and optimize their critical data across environments.
In this note, we look at its past performance and other deal dynamics that might impact the listing.


AvePoint SGX Secondary Listing - Strong Growth and Large Client Base but Unclear Metrics

Smartkarma's AI Co-Pilot, Smartkarma

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Smartkarma's AI Co-Pilot

Smartkarma

Smartkarma unites the fragmented investment industry, connecting institutional investors, independent research providers, and corporates within a single network.

Research Reinvented

<ul>
 <li>Keppel is undergoing a significant transformation under its 'Vision 2030' strategy, pivoting from a diversified conglomerate to an integrated global asset manager and operator focused on sustainable urbanization, with key segments in Infrastructure, Real Estate, and Connectivity.</li>
 <li>Financial performance shows a strategic shift towards an asset-light model, aiming to boost recurring income. While recent net income has declined from a 2023 high, and cash flow has been inconsistent, the company is focused on growing its funds under management (FUM) to S$200 billion by 2030.</li>
 <li>The company faces execution risks related to its ambitious transformation, high leverage, and concerns over the sustainability of its dividend payments, as highlighted by negative free cash flow in recent years. The competitive landscape is intense across all operating segments.</li>
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  Keppel is undergoing a significant transformation under its 'Vision 2030' strategy, pivoting from a diversified conglomerate to an integrated global asset manager and operator focused on sustainable urbanization, with key segments in Infrastructure, Real Estate, and Connectivity.
  Financial performance shows a strategic shift towards an asset-light model, aiming to boost recurring income. While recent net income has declined from a 2023 high, and cash flow has been inconsistent, the company is focused on growing its funds under management (FUM) to S$200 billion by 2030.
  The company faces execution risks related to its ambitious transformation, high leverage, and concerns over the sustainability of its dividend payments, as highlighted by negative free cash flow in recent years. The competitive landscape is intense across all operating segments.
This content is AI-generated and displayed for general informational purposes only. Please verify independently before use.

Director and Founding Member, Corporate Monitor Limited

Tan Yee Peng

Director and Founding Member

Strengthening Corporate Performance

Corporate Monitor Limited

Corporate Monitor was established to encourage better performance of companies, particularly companies listed on the SGX, and hold their management and boards to account, for the benefit of their shareholders and stakeholders.

<ul><li>Higher dividends are usually taken as a signal that the company is doing well, but Keppel should be treated as an exception.</li><li>Shareholders should question whether Keppel really has the cash to pay for the ordinary and special dividends, announced together with its 2025 results.</li><li>Keppel reported a 16% lower net profit in 2025 compared to 2024, yet it celebrated the achievement of “New Keppel”, whose profit increased by 39% year on year, return on equity (ROE) was 18.7%, and net debt to EBITDA was only 2x.</li></ul>

Higher dividends are usually taken as a signal that the company is doing well, but Keppel should be treated as an exception.Shareholders should question whether Keppel really has the cash to pay for the ordinary and special dividends, announced together with its 2025 results.Keppel reported a 16% lower net profit in 2025 compared to 2024, yet it celebrated the achievement of “New Keppel”, whose profit increased by 39% year on year, return on equity (ROE) was 18.7%, and net debt to EBITDA was only 2x.

Keppel Ltd - "Blurry" Vision 2030: Dividends Are Just Illusory

Equity Analyst - Asia Consumer Sector, Investory

Devi Subhakesan

Equity Analyst - Asia Consumer Sector

ASIA CONSUMER: INSIGHTS AND INVESTMENT IDEAS

Investory

Investory is a Singapore-based boutique independent equity research firm founded in January 2017 with a primary focus on consumption themes across Asia-Pacific.

We aim to generate investible ideas based on consumption trends and outlook. We screen our ideas on several parameters - product potential, long-term growth and management commitment being the most critical.  We follow a fundamental analysis approach in our stock selection process and are not restricted by market cap.

We aspire to grow into a leading source of unbiased research, free of conflict of interest, for investors yearning for independent and disciplined analysis. 

We also undertake bespoke research mandates to support our Institutional clients’ investment needs.

Our team comprises of professionals with extensive experience in the Asian equity markets, in areas ranging from research, servicing institutional clients and investment management.

Event-Driven

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<li>A wave of corporate actions by SGX-listed companies has unlocked substantial shareholder value and re-rated select stocks in recent months. In this note, we spotlight five standout cases.</li>
<li>Our top picks with the strongest catalysts for further upside after delivering significant shareholder returns over the past year are - <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/keppel-corp-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:12:1" rel="noopener">Keppel Corp (KEP SP)</a> and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/yangzijiang-financial-holding-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:35926:1" rel="noopener">Yangzijiang Financial (YZJFH SP)</a>. </li>
<li>The outsized value creation delivered by these companies should serve as a wake-up call for other managements to follow suit and initiate actions to boost returns and unlock shareholder value.</li>
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A wave of corporate actions by SGX-listed companies has unlocked substantial shareholder value and re-rated select stocks in recent months. In this note, we spotlight five standout cases.
Our top picks with the strongest catalysts for further upside after delivering significant shareholder returns over the past year are - Keppel Corp (KEP SP) and Yangzijiang Financial (YZJFH SP). 
The outsized value creation delivered by these companies should serve as a wake-up call for other managements to follow suit and initiate actions to boost returns and unlock shareholder value.


Value Unlock SG: Value Creation Via Corporate Action. May the Wind Carry Many More Sails

Singapore

Keppel Ltd. is a Singaporean global asset manager and operator, providing critical infrastructure and services for renewables, clean energy, decarbonization, sustainable urban renewal, and digital connectivity. The company operates across Infrastructure, Real Estate, Connectivity, and Fund Management & Investment platforms. Keppel is headquartered in Singapore and was founded in 1968.

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Keppel (KEP SP)

Engineering, Orderbooks and Guidance Under Trade Shifts

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Singapore Exchange Ltd (SGX)

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Sumeet Singh

Primer: Keppel Corp (KEP SP) - Apr 2026

Keppel is undergoing a significant transformation under its 'Vision 2030' strategy, pivoting from a diversified conglomerate to an integrated...

αSK

Keppel Ltd - "Blurry" Vision 2030: Dividends Are Just Illusory

Higher dividends are usually taken as a signal that the company is doing well, but Keppel should be treated as an exception. Shareholders...

Corporate Monitor Limited

Value Unlock SG: Value Creation Via Corporate Action. May the Wind Carry Many More Sails

Spin Offs and Non-Core Asset divestments have delivered outsized returns for shareholders of several SGX listed stocks over the past year - here...

Devi Subhakesan

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