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

Mapletree Industrial Trust / Equity Bottom-Up

<ul><li>Keppel DC REIT's DPU rose 11.3% in 1H26, driven by positive rental reversions and higher effective interests in assets.</li><li>Digital Core REIT maintained stable DPU despite lower net property income, with 97.3% occupancy and 25% rental reversions.</li><li>NTT DC REIT's occupancy increased to 95.9%, exceeding IPO projections with 10.6% higher distributable income and 31.0% leverage.</li></ul>

Keppel DC REIT's DPU rose 11.3% in 1H26, driven by positive rental reversions and higher effective interests in assets.Digital Core REIT maintained stable DPU despite lower net property income, with 97.3% occupancy and 25% rental reversions.NTT DC REIT's occupancy increased to 95.9%, exceeding IPO projections with 10.6% higher distributable income and 31.0% leverage.

REIT Watch - Data Centre S-REITs Power Ahead on AI and Cloud Growth

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

Research from SooChow CSSD Capital Markets (Asia), SCCM Asia Research

SCCM Asia Research

Research from SooChow CSSD Capital Markets (Asia)

Headquartered in Singapore, SooChow CSSD Capital Markets (Asia) is an investment bank focusing on emerging growth companies across Asia, providing a full suite of investment banking services, including corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions advisory, equity capital markets, institutional equities sales and trading and equities research.

SooChow CSSD Capital Markets (Asia)

Thematic (Sector/Industry)

<ul><li><a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/aims-amp-capital-industrial" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:933" rel="noopener">AIMS APAC REIT (AAREIT SP)</a> 1Q23 DPU +1.3% YoY; Robust occupancies and rental reversion continue to drive organic growth</li><li><a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/mapletree-industrial-trust" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:40" rel="noopener">Mapletree Industrial Trust (MINT SP)</a> 1Q23 DPU +4.2% YoY; Flat quarterly performance despite occupancies trending up</li><li><a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/keppel-dc-reit" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:85" rel="noopener">Keppel DC REIT (KDCREIT SP)</a> 2Q22 DPU +4.8% YoY; Robust occupancy, trading attractively at 5.3% FY23E yield</li></ul>

AIMS APAC REIT (AAREIT SP) 1Q23 DPU +1.3% YoY; Robust occupancies and rental reversion continue to drive organic growthMapletree Industrial Trust (MINT SP) 1Q23 DPU +4.2% YoY; Flat quarterly performance despite occupancies trending upKeppel DC REIT (KDCREIT SP) 2Q22 DPU +4.8% YoY; Robust occupancy, trading attractively at 5.3% FY23E yield

ASEAN Builder's Scoop (26Jul22) - AAREIT Robust Operating Metrics

<ul><li><a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/keppel-dc-reit" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:85" rel="noopener">Keppel DC REIT (KDCREIT SP)</a> acquires 2 data centers in China; DPU accretive by +2.7%</li><li><a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/oxley-holdings-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:1097" rel="noopener">Oxley Holdings (OHL SP)</a> to divest Vietnamese assets for ~S$84m</li><li>Chuan Park gets S$860m offer, below S$938m en bloc reserve price; Enbloc market heating up</li></ul>

Keppel DC REIT (KDCREIT SP) acquires 2 data centers in China; DPU accretive by +2.7%Oxley Holdings (OHL SP) to divest Vietnamese assets for ~S$84mChuan Park gets S$860m offer, below S$938m en bloc reserve price; Enbloc market heating up

ASEAN Builder's Scoop (21Jun22) - KDCREIT Acquires 2 China DC, +2.7% DPU Accretive

<ul><li><a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/keppel-dc-reit" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:85" rel="noopener">Keppel DC REIT (KDCREIT SP)</a> 1Q22 DPU +0.2% YoY; Occupancy reaching record high of 98.7% but growth stalls</li><li><a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/mapletree-north-asia-commercial-trust" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:5127" rel="noopener">Mapletree North Asia Commercial Trust (MAGIC SP)</a> 2H22 DPU +2.8% YoY; Reversions improving but in-place restrictions cap upside again in FW  </li><li><a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/keppel-pacific-oak-us-reit" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:25988" rel="noopener">Keppel Pacific Oak US REIT (KORE SP)</a> 1Q22 Business Updates – Declining reversions with steady occupancy</li></ul>

Keppel DC REIT (KDCREIT SP) 1Q22 DPU +0.2% YoY; Occupancy reaching record high of 98.7% but growth stallsMapletree North Asia Commercial Trust (MAGIC SP) 2H22 DPU +2.8% YoY; Reversions improving but in-place restrictions cap upside again in FW  Keppel Pacific Oak US REIT (KORE SP) 1Q22 Business Updates – Declining reversions with steady occupancy

ASEAN Builder's Scoop (20Apr22) - KDCREIT Growth Stalls Despite High Occ

Singapore

Keppel DC REIT is Asia's first pure-play data centre real estate investment trust, investing in a diversified portfolio of income-producing real estate assets used primarily for data centre purposes and assets supporting the digital economy. Its properties are leased as colocation, fully fitted, and shell and core data centers across Asia and Europe. Headquartered in Singapore, the company was founded in 2014.

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Keppel DC (KDCREIT SP)

REIT Watch - Data Centre S-REITs Power Ahead on AI and Cloud Growth

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Singapore Exchange Ltd (SGX)

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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

ASEAN Builder's Scoop (26Jul22) - AAREIT Robust Operating Metrics

MINT flat quarterly performance; KDCREIT trades attractively at 5.3% yield; CLCT expects retail recovery in 2H22; OUECT massive hotel turnaround;...

SCCM Asia Research

ASEAN Builder's Scoop (21Jun22) - KDCREIT Acquires 2 China DC, +2.7% DPU Accretive

OHL divests VN assets; Enbloc market heating up; RLC shifts to clean power by 2035; Phils BSP 25bps rate hike most likely

SCCM Asia Research

ASEAN Builder's Scoop (20Apr22) - KDCREIT Growth Stalls Despite High Occ

MAGIC challenges remain at FW; KORE declining reversions; Perfect Ten condo cuts prices; IMF sees Phils growing faster in 2022

SCCM Asia Research

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