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

Keppel Infrastructure Trust / Equity Bottom-Up

<ul><li>Keppel Infrastructure Trust (KIT) shifted from stable, bond-like assets to an active management model for growth potential.  </li><li>KIT's portfolio includes essential infrastructure assets, providing resilience and steady distributions through economic cycles.  </li><li>KIT achieved total returns of approximately 13% in the first half of 2026, demonstrating value creation across market cycles.</li></ul>

Keppel Infrastructure Trust (KIT) shifted from stable, bond-like assets to an active management model for growth potential.  KIT's portfolio includes essential infrastructure assets, providing resilience and steady distributions through economic cycles.  KIT achieved total returns of approximately 13% in the first half of 2026, demonstrating value creation across market cycles.

kopi-C with CEO of Keppel Infrastructure Trust: Turning essential infrastructure into growth

Managing Director, Golden Section Capital

Garreth Elston

Managing Director

Golden Section Equity Research

Golden Section Capital

Golden Section Capital is a private international investment, specialist independent equity research, and corporate finance consulting services provider focussing on real estate and infrastructure. 

Paid for corporate research on Real Estate and Infrastructure companies. Plus independent pieces on various real estate companies and themes.

Thematic (Sector/Industry)

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<li>The iEdge Singapore Next 50 is effectively a global growth proxy, with ~51% of revenues generated offshore, sharply reducing reliance on Singapore’s domestic and banking cycles.</li>
<li>Its mid-cap, real-asset and industrial skew creates structurally different earnings drivers from the STI, tied to trade flows, infrastructure, healthcare, and technology capex rather than credit growth.</li>
<li>The index offers diversification without governance compromise, using Singapore’s regulatory framework as a platform to access faster-growing ASEAN, Indian, and global markets.</li>
</ul>


The iEdge Singapore Next 50 is effectively a global growth proxy, with ~51% of revenues generated offshore, sharply reducing reliance on Singapore’s domestic and banking cycles.
Its mid-cap, real-asset and industrial skew creates structurally different earnings drivers from the STI, tied to trade flows, infrastructure, healthcare, and technology capex rather than credit growth.
The index offers diversification without governance compromise, using Singapore’s regulatory framework as a platform to access faster-growing ASEAN, Indian, and global markets.


The Global Footprint of the iEdge Singapore Next 50

Invest for a Sustainable Future, Impact Capital Asset Management

ICAM

Invest for a Sustainable Future

Impact Capital Asset Management

Established in August 2020, Impact Capital Asset Management Pte. Ltd. (ICAM) was conceived by seasoned professionals Deepak Mawandia and Atul Tetambe. Both have accumulated a wealth of knowledge and experience from their extensive tenures in the financial sector. In 2019, ICAM secured its RFMC license and subsequently introduced a technology-centric venture fund. By 2021, with the acquisition of its CMS license, ICAM witnessed steady growth in its assets under management. Presently, ICAM manages a portfolio exceeding USD 1 billion, diversified across various countries. Central to ICAM’s foundation is a commitment to offering a platform singularly dedicated to the best interests of its investor clients. The combined expertise of Deepak and Atul firmly establishes ICAM as a notable entity in the wealth management field.

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<li>Singapore recycled only ~5% of its plastic waste in 2023, about 48k tonnes out of ~918k tonnes generated (NEA 2024). </li>
<li>Most plastics are incinerated or exported because virgin resin remains cheaper than recycled material and contamination rates are high. </li>
<li>The sector’s economics are supported by regulation, not market forces. </li>
</ul>


Singapore recycled only ~5% of its plastic waste in 2023, about 48k tonnes out of ~918k tonnes generated (NEA 2024). 
Most plastics are incinerated or exported because virgin resin remains cheaper than recycled material and contamination rates are high. 
The sector’s economics are supported by regulation, not market forces. 


Offering Senior Secured Loans, Kilde

Kilde

Offering Senior Secured Loans

Kilde connects family offices, funds, and accredited investors to investment-ready private credit deals in developed and emerging markets. We offer senior secured loans from last-mile lending companies with strong capitalization, a healthy balance sheet, and a capable management team.

<ul>
<li>Singapore’s investment trust market extends beyond traditional REITs, with key trusts in this report offering exposure to shipping, broadband TV, logistics, infrastructure, and hospitality sectors.</li>
<li>Infrastructure and broadband TV trusts can have less correlation to market cycles, offering potential portfolio diversification for income-focused investors.</li>
<li>The selected trusts offer differentiated return streams, each influenced by unique sector fundamentals—providing investors with diversified access to global consumption, infrastructure, trade, and travel themes.</li>
</ul>


Singapore’s investment trust market extends beyond traditional REITs, with key trusts in this report offering exposure to shipping, broadband TV, logistics, infrastructure, and hospitality sectors.
Infrastructure and broadband TV trusts can have less correlation to market cycles, offering potential portfolio diversification for income-focused investors.
The selected trusts offer differentiated return streams, each influenced by unique sector fundamentals—providing investors with diversified access to global consumption, infrastructure, trade, and travel themes.


Singapore Alternative Trusts: Diverse Income, Global Exposure

<ul><li>American Century Investment increased its stake in Rex International to over 5% through the AVDV ETF, holding 5.3% of Rex's shares.</li><li>The AVDV ETF targets small-cap stocks in non-US developed markets, focusing on low valuations and strong profitability.</li><li>In 2025, 22 of 30 SGX-listed stocks in the AVDV ETF saw increased average daily turnover compared to 2024.</li></ul>

American Century Investment increased its stake in Rex International to over 5% through the AVDV ETF, holding 5.3% of Rex's shares.The AVDV ETF targets small-cap stocks in non-US developed markets, focusing on low valuations and strong profitability.In 2025, 22 of 30 SGX-listed stocks in the AVDV ETF saw increased average daily turnover compared to 2024.

30 Singapore Stocks Through the Lens of a US Small Cap Value ETF 

Singapore

Keppel Infrastructure Trust is an infrastructure business trust that invests in strategic infrastructure assets across Energy Transition, Environmental Services, Distribution & Storage, and Digital Infrastructure. It provides essential products and services to a diverse customer base. Headquartered in Singapore, the trust traces its origins to 2007.

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Keppel Infrastructure Trust (KIT SP)

kopi-C with CEO of Keppel Infrastructure Trust: Turning essential infrastructure into growth

Keppel Infrastructure Trust (KIT) shifted from stable, bond-like assets to an active management model for growth potential. KIT's portfolio...

Singapore Exchange Ltd (SGX)

The Global Footprint of the iEdge Singapore Next 50

The iEdge Singapore Next 50 index delivers global growth, diversified earnings, and lower STI correlation, using Singapore governance to invest in...

Golden Section Capital

Plastic Recycling in Singapore

Singapore recycled only ~5% of its plastic waste in 2023, about 48k tonnes out of ~918k tonnes generated (NEA 2024). Most plastics are...

ICAM

Singapore Alternative Trusts: Diverse Income, Global Exposure

Singapore’s investment trust market extends beyond traditional REITs, with key trusts in this report offering exposure to shipping, broadband TV,...

Kilde

30 Singapore Stocks Through the Lens of a US Small Cap Value ETF

American Century Investment increased its stake in Rex International to over 5% through the AVDV ETF, holding 5.3% of Rex's shares. The AVDV ETF...

Singapore Exchange Ltd (SGX)

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kopi-C with CEO of Keppel Infrastructure Trust: Turning essential infrastructure into growth

Keppel Infrastructure Trust (KIT) shifted from stable, bond-like assets to an active management model for growth potential. KIT's portfolio...

Singapore Exchange Ltd (SGX)

The Global Footprint of the iEdge Singapore Next 50

​The iEdge Singapore Next 50 index delivers global growth, diversified earnings, and lower STI correlation, using Singapore governance to invest in...

Golden Section Capital

Plastic Recycling in Singapore

Singapore recycled only ~5% of its plastic waste in 2023, about 48k tonnes out of ~918k tonnes generated (NEA 2024). Most plastics are...

ICAM

Singapore Alternative Trusts: Diverse Income, Global Exposure

Singapore’s investment trust market extends beyond traditional REITs, with key trusts in this report offering exposure to shipping, broadband TV,...

Kilde

30 Singapore Stocks Through the Lens of a US Small Cap Value ETF

American Century Investment increased its stake in Rex International to over 5% through the AVDV ETF, holding 5.3% of Rex's shares. The AVDV ETF...

Singapore Exchange Ltd (SGX)

The iEdge Singapore Next 50 index delivers global growth, diversified earnings, and lower STI correlation, using Singapore governance to invest in...