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

Singapore Market Roundup, Singapore Market Roundup

Singapore Market Roundup

Thematic (Sector/Industry)

<ul><li>Maybank sets Marco Polo Marine's TP at 11 cents, expects strong future growth.</li><li>RHB raises Marco Polo Marine's target price to 10 cents due to growth from new assets.</li><li>Hold Genting Singapore as renovations pave the way for recovery.</li></ul>

Maybank sets Marco Polo Marine's TP at 11 cents, expects strong future growth.RHB raises Marco Polo Marine's target price to 10 cents due to growth from new assets.Hold Genting Singapore as renovations pave the way for recovery.

Singapore Market Roundup (24-Oct-2025): Maybank sets Marco Polo Marine TP at 11 cents, sees

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

Centurion Accommodation REIT / Equity Capital Markets

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/centurion-accomodation-reit" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:45779:1" rel="noopener">Centurion Accomodation REIT (CAREIT SP)</a> (CAREIT) raised around US$600m in its Singapore IPO.</li>
<li>CAREIT plans to invest directly or indirectly, in a portfolio of purpose-built worker accommodation (PBWA), purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) or other accommodation, located globally (excluding Malaysia).</li>
<li>We have looked at the company’s past performance and valuations in our previous note. In this note, we will talk about the trading dynamics.</li>
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Centurion Accomodation REIT (CAREIT SP) (CAREIT) raised around US$600m in its Singapore IPO.
CAREIT plans to invest directly or indirectly, in a portfolio of purpose-built worker accommodation (PBWA), purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) or other accommodation, located globally (excluding Malaysia).
We have looked at the company’s past performance and valuations in our previous note. In this note, we will talk about the trading dynamics.


Centurion Accomodation REIT IPO Trading - Strong Institutional and Retail Demand

<ul><li>RHB's Yeo lifts Venture Corp target price to $15 after lower Malaysia tariffs.</li><li>UOBKH remains ‘overweight’ on S-REITs, favoring CLAR, CLAS, and LREIT as top picks.</li><li>OCBC's Lim starts coverage of Hong Leong Asia with 'buy' and $3.40 target.</li></ul>

RHB's Yeo lifts Venture Corp target price to $15 after lower Malaysia tariffs.UOBKH remains ‘overweight’ on S-REITs, favoring CLAR, CLAS, and LREIT as top picks.OCBC's Lim starts coverage of Hong Leong Asia with 'buy' and $3.40 target.

Singapore Market Roundup (26-Aug-2025): RHB's Yeo raises Venture Corp target price to $15.

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 Ascendas REIT / Equity Bottom-Up

<ul><li>NTT DC REIT's IPO, scheduled for July 14, has a market capitalisation of US$1.03 billion, featuring six data centres.</li><li>NTT DC REIT projects a 7.5% annualised distribution yield for 9M FY26, surpassing other Data Centre S-REITs.</li><li>KDC's AUM is S$4.9 billion, with 24 data centres; Digital Core REIT manages US$1.7 billion in assets.</li></ul>

NTT DC REIT's IPO, scheduled for July 14, has a market capitalisation of US$1.03 billion, featuring six data centres.NTT DC REIT projects a 7.5% annualised distribution yield for 9M FY26, surpassing other Data Centre S-REITs.KDC's AUM is S$4.9 billion, with 24 data centres; Digital Core REIT manages US$1.7 billion in assets.

REIT Watch - NTT DC REIT IPO on July 14 broadens AI-related opportunities on SGX

Singapore

Keppel DC REIT is Asia's first pure-play data centre REIT listed on the Singapore Exchange. Keppel DC REIT's investment strategy is to principally invest, directly or indirectly, in a diversified portfolio of income-producing real estate assets which are used primarily for data centre purposes, as well as real estate related assets.

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Keppel DC REIT (KDCREIT SP)

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

Singapore Market Roundup (24-Oct-2025): Maybank sets Marco Polo Marine TP at 11 cents, sees

Maybank sets Marco Polo Marine's target price at 11 cents, while RHB raises it to 10 cents. Hold Genting Singapore as renovations support recovery.

Singapore Market Roundup

Centurion Accomodation REIT IPO Trading - Strong Institutional and Retail Demand

Centurion Accomodation REIT (CAREIT SP) (CAREIT) raised around US$600m in its Singapore IPO. In this note, we talk about the trading updates.

Sumeet Singh

Singapore Market Roundup (26-Aug-2025): RHB's Yeo raises Venture Corp target price to $15.

RHB's Yeo raises Venture Corp target to $15; UOBKH favors CLAR, CLAS, and LREIT in S-REITs. OCBC's Lim initiates coverage of Hong Leong Asia with a...

Singapore Market Roundup

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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

Singapore Market Roundup (24-Oct-2025): Maybank sets Marco Polo Marine TP at 11 cents, sees

Maybank sets Marco Polo Marine's target price at 11 cents, while RHB raises it to 10 cents. Hold Genting Singapore as renovations support recovery.

Singapore Market Roundup

Centurion Accomodation REIT IPO Trading - Strong Institutional and Retail Demand

Centurion Accomodation REIT (CAREIT SP) (CAREIT) raised around US$600m in its Singapore IPO. In this note, we talk about the trading updates.

Sumeet Singh

Singapore Market Roundup (26-Aug-2025): RHB's Yeo raises Venture Corp target price to $15.

RHB's Yeo raises Venture Corp target to $15; UOBKH favors CLAR, CLAS, and LREIT in S-REITs. OCBC's Lim initiates coverage of Hong Leong Asia with a...

Singapore Market Roundup

REIT Watch - NTT DC REIT IPO on July 14 broadens AI-related opportunities on SGX

NTT DC REIT's IPO, scheduled for July 14, has a market capitalisation of US$1.03 billion, featuring six data centres. NTT DC REIT projects a 7.5%...

Singapore Exchange Ltd (SGX)