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 Integrated Commercial Trust / Equity Bottom-Up

CapitaLand Integrated Commercial Trust (CICT SP)

<ul><li>Six S-REITs with Singapore office exposure reported positive rental reversions, with Keppel REIT achieving 10.6% growth.</li><li>Occupancy rates remained high, with Suntec REIT at 98.7% and LREIT's Jem office fully occupied.</li><li>Limited new office supply in Singapore's CBD from 2025-2027 is expected to support rental stability.</li></ul>

Six S-REITs with Singapore office exposure reported positive rental reversions, with Keppel REIT achieving 10.6% growth.Occupancy rates remained high, with Suntec REIT at 98.7% and LREIT's Jem office fully occupied.Limited new office supply in Singapore's CBD from 2025-2027 is expected to support rental stability.

REIT Watch - S-REITs with Singapore office assets post resilient 1Q 2025 amid positive rent reversions and high occupancy

Mapletree Industrial Trust / Equity Bottom-Up

<ul><li>Retail investors net bought S$92.5 million in S-REITs from April 7 to 10, indicating yield hunting behavior.</li><li>Institutional investors recorded net outflows of S$42.7 million in S-REITs, with MLT and CICT experiencing significant outflows.</li><li>NikkoAM-StraitsTrading Asia ex Japan REIT ETF and Lion-Phillip S-REIT ETF saw S$25 million combined net inflows.</li></ul>

Retail investors net bought S$92.5 million in S-REITs from April 7 to 10, indicating yield hunting behavior.Institutional investors recorded net outflows of S$42.7 million in S-REITs, with MLT and CICT experiencing significant outflows.NikkoAM-StraitsTrading Asia ex Japan REIT ETF and Lion-Phillip S-REIT ETF saw S$25 million combined net inflows.

REIT Watch - S-REITs’ yields remain compelling for defensive investors amid market volatility

Mapletree Pan Asia Commercial Trust / Equity Bottom-Up

Mapletree Pan Asia Commercial Trust (MPACT SP)

<ul><li>Institutional investors rotated into S-REITs with S$26 million net inflows on April 3 amid market volatility.</li><li>S-REITs ended Q1 2025 with 2.8% total returns, driven by a 5.0% price gain in March.</li><li>Franklin Resources acquired 5.06% interest in Digital Core REIT, buying 969,800 units at US$0.577 each.</li></ul>

Institutional investors rotated into S-REITs with S$26 million net inflows on April 3 amid market volatility.S-REITs ended Q1 2025 with 2.8% total returns, driven by a 5.0% price gain in March.Franklin Resources acquired 5.06% interest in Digital Core REIT, buying 969,800 units at US$0.577 each.

REIT Watch - S-REITs record net institutional inflows in March as sector snaps 5-month losing streak

<ul><li>CapitaLand Integrated Commercial Trust's net property income grew by 3.4% to S$1.2 billion in FY24, with DPU increasing 1.2%.</li><li>Mapletree Pan Asia Commercial Trust's Q3 FY25 revenue was S$223.7 million, down 7.4% year-on-year due to overseas headwinds.</li><li>OUE REIT's FY24 revenue rose 3.7% to S$295.5 million, with a 10.7% positive rental reversion for office assets.</li></ul>

CapitaLand Integrated Commercial Trust's net property income grew by 3.4% to S$1.2 billion in FY24, with DPU increasing 1.2%.Mapletree Pan Asia Commercial Trust's Q3 FY25 revenue was S$223.7 million, down 7.4% year-on-year due to overseas headwinds.OUE REIT's FY24 revenue rose 3.7% to S$295.5 million, with a 10.7% positive rental reversion for office assets.

REIT Watch - Diversified S-Reits offer portfolio resilience with stable 2024 operating performance

IPOs and Catalysts/Events, Global Equity Research Ltd

Arun George

IPOs and Catalysts/Events

Uncompromised, Independent, Conflict-Free Research

Global Equity Research Ltd

Global Equity Research was started in 2017 by a group of experienced research professionals. It was founded on a passionate belief in the importance and the need for uncompromised, independent, conflict-free research. We aim to provide differentiated and actionable primary and bottom up fundamental research.

Event-Driven

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/paragon-reit" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:5994:1" rel="noopener">Paragon REIT (PGNREIT SP)</a> announced a privatisation proposal from Cuscaden Peak at S$1.0033 per unit (S$0.98 cash per unit and the 2H FY2024 distribution of S$0.0233 per unit).  </li>
<li>The offer price is attractive compared to historical trading ranges, peer multiples and precedent privatisations.  It represents an all-time high. </li>
<li>No disinterested shareholder holds a blocking stake. At the current price and for an end-of-May payment, the gross/annualised spread was 1.3%/4.6%. </li>
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Paragon REIT (PGNREIT SP) announced a privatisation proposal from Cuscaden Peak at S$1.0033 per unit (S$0.98 cash per unit and the 2H FY2024 distribution of S$0.0233 per unit).  
The offer price is attractive compared to historical trading ranges, peer multiples and precedent privatisations.  It represents an all-time high. 
No disinterested shareholder holds a blocking stake. At the current price and for an end-of-May payment, the gross/annualised spread was 1.3%/4.6%. 


Paragon REIT (PGNREIT SP): Cuscaden Peak’s Attractive Privatisation Offer

Singapore

Lendlease Global Commercial REIT is a Singapore real estate investment trust that invests in a diversified portfolio of stabilized income-producing real estate assets globally, primarily for retail and/or office purposes. Its portfolio includes retail properties in Singapore and Grade A commercial buildings in Milan, Italy. The company was incorporated in Singapore in 2019.

Lendlease Global Commercial REIT (LREIT SP)

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Lendlease Global Commercial REIT (LREIT SP)

REIT Watch - S-REITs with Singapore office assets post resilient 1Q 2025 amid positive rent reversions and high occupancy

Six S-REITs with Singapore office exposure reported positive rental reversions, with Keppel REIT achieving 10.6% growth. Occupancy rates remained...

Singapore Exchange Ltd (SGX)

REIT Watch - S-REITs’ yields remain compelling for defensive investors amid market volatility

Retail investors net bought S$92.5 million in S-REITs from April 7 to 10, indicating yield hunting behavior. Institutional investors recorded net...

Singapore Exchange Ltd (SGX)

REIT Watch - S-REITs record net institutional inflows in March as sector snaps 5-month losing streak

Institutional investors rotated into S-REITs with S$26 million net inflows on April 3 amid market volatility. S-REITs ended Q1 2025 with 2.8%...

Singapore Exchange Ltd (SGX)

REIT Watch - Diversified S-Reits offer portfolio resilience with stable 2024 operating performance

CapitaLand Integrated Commercial Trust's net property income grew by 3.4% to S$1.2 billion in FY24, with DPU increasing 1.2%. Mapletree Pan Asia...

Singapore Exchange Ltd (SGX)

Paragon REIT (PGNREIT SP): Cuscaden Peak’s Attractive Privatisation Offer

This is a done deal. No disinterested shareholder holds a blocking stake. At the current price and for an end-of-May payment, the gross/annualised...

Arun George

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