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 Pan Asia Commercial Trust / Equity Bottom-Up

<ul><li>S-REITs have benefited from stable operating performance, lower borrowing costs, and supportive interest rate cuts in 2025.</li><li>Analysts report improved S-REITs performance due to falling interest rates, enhancing distributable income and capital market conditions.</li><li>Fitch Ratings expects S-REITs to increase capex by 20-25% in 2025, focusing on asset quality improvements.</li></ul>

S-REITs have benefited from stable operating performance, lower borrowing costs, and supportive interest rate cuts in 2025.Analysts report improved S-REITs performance due to falling interest rates, enhancing distributable income and capital market conditions.Fitch Ratings expects S-REITs to increase capex by 20-25% in 2025, focusing on asset quality improvements.

REIT Watch - S-REITs set for best year since 2019 with 14.7% total returns in 2025 YTD

<ul><li>Institutions were net sellers of Singapore stocks from August 8 to 14, with a net outflow of S$465 million.</li><li>Suntec REIT saw S$8.5 million net inflow, increasing its 2025 cumulative net inflows to S$53.7 million.</li><li>Keppel led share buybacks, purchasing 2.99 million shares at S$8.41 each, totaling S$55.8 million in consideration.</li></ul>

Institutions were net sellers of Singapore stocks from August 8 to 14, with a net outflow of S$465 million.Suntec REIT saw S$8.5 million net inflow, increasing its 2025 cumulative net inflows to S$53.7 million.Keppel led share buybacks, purchasing 2.99 million shares at S$8.41 each, totaling S$55.8 million in consideration.

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events, Quiddity Advisors

David Blennerhassett

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events

Quiddity Advisors

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<li>For the better part of two decades, Singaporean real estate investment trusts (REITs) have provided an efficient and popular exposure to quality large-scale commercial properties. </li>
<li>Yet as global central banks hike interest rates to address inflationary pressures, can REITs retain their attractiveness?</li>
<li>SREITs have corrected as Singaporean interest rates have increased. The question is whether higher interest rates are baked in, and which SREITs will hold up; and which ones will not?</li>
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For the better part of two decades, Singaporean real estate investment trusts (REITs) have provided an efficient and popular exposure to quality large-scale commercial properties. 
Yet as global central banks hike interest rates to address inflationary pressures, can REITs retain their attractiveness?
SREITs have corrected as Singaporean interest rates have increased. The question is whether higher interest rates are baked in, and which SREITs will hold up; and which ones will not?


S-REITs: Investing In An Inflationary Environment

<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

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) plans to raise around US$600m in its Singapore listing.</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 in our previous note. In this note, we talk about valuations.</li>
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Centurion Accomodation REIT (CAREIT SP) (CAREIT) plans to raise around US$600m in its Singapore listing.
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 in our previous note. In this note, we talk about valuations.


Centurion Accomodation REIT IPO - Thoughts on Valuation

Singapore

Mapletree Pan Asia Commercial Trust is a Singapore-focused real estate investment trust. The Trust invests on a long-term basis, directly or indirectly, in a diversified portfolio of income-producing real estate used primarily for office and/or retail purposes, whether wholly or partially, as well as real estate-related assets.

Mapletree Pan Asia Commercial Trust (MCT SP)

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Mapletree Pan Asia Commercial Trust (MCT SP)

REIT Watch - S-REITs set for best year since 2019 with 14.7% total returns in 2025 YTD

S-REITs have benefited from stable operating performance, lower borrowing costs, and supportive interest rate cuts in 2025. Analysts report...

Singapore Exchange Ltd (SGX)

IFS Capital Chairman and CEO Up Stakes

Institutions were net sellers of Singapore stocks from August 8 to 14, with a net outflow of S$465 million. Suntec REIT saw S$8.5 million net...

Singapore Exchange Ltd (SGX)

S-REITs: Investing In An Inflationary Environment

Suntec, with one of the highest gearings in the office subsector, may need to go to the market cap in hand. That or divest some assets - in what is...

David Blennerhassett

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)

Centurion Accomodation REIT IPO - Thoughts on Valuation

Centurion Accomodation REIT (CAREIT SP) (CAREIT) plans to raise around US$600m in its Singapore listing. In this note, we talk about valuations.

Sumeet Singh

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