Director, Head of Research, Smartkarma

Pranav Rao

Director, Head of Research

Smartkarma

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

Research Reinvented

Event-Driven

Singtel (Singapore Telecommunications) / Event-Driven

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<li>Welcome to Curator’s Cut, a fortnightly roundup of standout themes from the 1,200+ Insights published over the past two weeks on Smartkarma</li>
<li>In this cut, we review value-unlocking moves by Singapore-listed companies, take stock of India’s jewellery retail market, and track how Taiwan’s largest ETF drives flows for its adds and deletes</li>
<li>Want to dig deeper? Comment or message with the themes you’d like to see highlighted next</li>
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Welcome to Curator’s Cut, a fortnightly roundup of standout themes from the 1,200+ Insights published over the past two weeks on Smartkarma
In this cut, we review value-unlocking moves by Singapore-listed companies, take stock of India’s jewellery retail market, and track how Taiwan’s largest ETF drives flows for its adds and deletes
Want to dig deeper? Comment or message with the themes you’d like to see highlighted next


Curator's Cut: Singapore Unlocks Value, India’s Jewellery Caution & Taiwan's Top ETF's Rebalance

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/ntt-dc-reit" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:45414:1" rel="noopener">Ntt Dc Reit (NTTDCR SP)</a> (NDC), a data center REIT, aims to raise up to US$810m in its Singapore IPO.</li>
<li>The IPO portfolio comprises six mainly freehold data centres in the U.S., Austria and Singapore with an aggregate appraised valuation of US$1.6bn.</li>
<li>In this note, we look at the company's portfolio and its performance.</li>
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Ntt Dc Reit (NTTDCR SP) (NDC), a data center REIT, aims to raise up to US$810m in its Singapore IPO.
The IPO portfolio comprises six mainly freehold data centres in the U.S., Austria and Singapore with an aggregate appraised valuation of US$1.6bn.
In this note, we look at the company's portfolio and its performance.


NTT DC REIT IPO - Decent Yield, Strong Local Backing, a Few Issues

Alpha-Centric ESG Research

Kyle Rudden

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<li>The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) recently launched a public consultation regarding a Code of Conduct for ESG ratings providers and ESG data product providers in Singapore.</li>
<li>It is the right approach for Singapore – a <em>voluntary</em> best-practices framework furthering one of the world's most credible "green" economies, not a regulatory force-fix of something broken.</li>
<li>No surprise ratings methodology changes. No <em>en masse</em> upgrades/downgrades. No acute shocks to the system. Just slow and steady progress for ESG investing and finance in Singapore.</li>
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The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) recently launched a public consultation regarding a Code of Conduct for ESG ratings providers and ESG data product providers in Singapore.
It is the right approach for Singapore – a voluntary best-practices framework furthering one of the world's most credible "green" economies, not a regulatory force-fix of something broken.
No surprise ratings methodology changes. No en masse upgrades/downgrades. No acute shocks to the system. Just slow and steady progress for ESG investing and finance in Singapore.


Singapore Code of Conduct for ESG Ratings Is Less Risk and More Reward

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

Singtel (Singapore Telecommunications) / Equity Bottom-Up

<ul><li>STI ETFs saw a 36% year-on-year AUM increase to S$3.38 billion, with S$349 million net inflows year-to-date.</li><li>STI banks' combined Non-Interest Income exceeded S$5 billion in 3Q25, with DBS, OCBC, and UOB comprising 50.4% of the Index.</li><li>ST Engineering led STI constituents with an 85% total return and a 74% target price upgrade in 2025.</li></ul>

STI ETFs saw a 36% year-on-year AUM increase to S$3.38 billion, with S$349 million net inflows year-to-date.STI banks' combined Non-Interest Income exceeded S$5 billion in 3Q25, with DBS, OCBC, and UOB comprising 50.4% of the Index.ST Engineering led STI constituents with an 85% total return and a 74% target price upgrade in 2025.

Singapore Market Roundup, Singapore Market Roundup

Singapore Market Roundup

Thematic (Sector/Industry)

<ul><li>RHB raises STI year-end target to 4,690 and highlights top sector picks.</li><li>Analysts are optimistic about CICT, stating it's 'revving on all engines.'</li><li>UOB Kay Hian's Loh sets Centurion Accommodation REIT's target price at $1.23.</li></ul>

RHB raises STI year-end target to 4,690 and highlights top sector picks.Analysts are optimistic about CICT, stating it's 'revving on all engines.'UOB Kay Hian's Loh sets Centurion Accommodation REIT's target price at $1.23.

Singapore Market Roundup (30-Oct-2025): RHB raises STI target to 4,690, names top sector picks.

Singapore

Keppel Corporation Limited's core businesses are offshore and marine, infrastructure, property investment and development, telecommunications and transportation, energy, and engineering.

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Keppel Corp (KEP SP)

Curator's Cut: Singapore Unlocks Value, India’s Jewellery Caution & Taiwan's Top ETF's Rebalance

We review how value is being unlocked in Singapore, why Indian jewellery retail merits due diligence, and Taiwan's largest ETF's impact on flows

Pranav Rao

NTT DC REIT IPO - Decent Yield, Strong Local Backing, a Few Issues

Ntt Dc Reit (NTTDCR SP) (NDC), a data center REIT, aims to raise up to US$810m in its Singapore IPO. In this note, we look at its portfolio and...

Sumeet Singh

Singapore Code of Conduct for ESG Ratings Is Less Risk and More Reward

Singapore's Code of Conduct for ESG ratings is more light-handed than other regulation-based approaches, but therein lies the "less risk and more...

Kyle Rudden

STI Makes New High at 4,575.91

STI ETFs saw a 36% year-on-year AUM increase to S$3.38 billion, with S$349 million net inflows year-to-date. STI banks' combined Non-Interest...

Singapore Exchange Ltd (SGX)

Singapore Market Roundup (30-Oct-2025): RHB raises STI target to 4,690, names top sector picks.

RHB raises STI year-end target to 4,690, favors CICT, while UOB Kay Hian sets Centurion Accommodation REIT's target price at $1.23.

Singapore Market Roundup

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