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.

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Mapletree Pan Asia Commercial Trust / Equity Bottom-Up

<ul><li>REIT Watch - S-Reit sector’s PB ratio is at almost 20% discount to its longer-term average Despite this, the S-REIT sector is now trading at a discount of close to 20 per cent compared to its longer-term average in terms of price-to-book ratio.</li><li>This is indicated by the iEdge S-REIT Index currently trading at a price-to-book (PB) ratio of 0.87 times, against the index’s five-year average PB ratio of 1.04 times – which showed a discount of 16 per cent.</li></ul>

REIT Watch - S-Reit sector’s PB ratio is at almost 20% discount to its longer-term average Despite this, the S-REIT sector is now trading at a discount of close to 20 per cent compared to its longer-term average in terms of price-to-book ratio.This is indicated by the iEdge S-REIT Index currently trading at a price-to-book (PB) ratio of 0.87 times, against the index’s five-year average PB ratio of 1.04 times – which showed a discount of 16 per cent.

REIT Watch - S-REIT sector’s PB ratio is at almost 20% discount to its longer-term average

<ul><li>Singapore-based office S-Reits resilient despite concerns sparked by WeWork However, Singapore-listed real estate investment trusts (S-Reits) are showing signs of resiliency in their office portfolios.</li><li>Suntec Reit’s Singapore office portfolio recorded year-on-year growth in both gross revenue and net property income for H1 FY2023 by 8.1 per cent and 1.1 per cent respectively, citing higher occupancy and rent at its Suntec City Office and One Raffles Quay.</li></ul>

Singapore-based office S-Reits resilient despite concerns sparked by WeWork However, Singapore-listed real estate investment trusts (S-Reits) are showing signs of resiliency in their office portfolios.Suntec Reit’s Singapore office portfolio recorded year-on-year growth in both gross revenue and net property income for H1 FY2023 by 8.1 per cent and 1.1 per cent respectively, citing higher occupancy and rent at its Suntec City Office and One Raffles Quay.

REIT Watch - Singapore-based office S-Reits resilient despite concerns sparked by WeWork

<ul><li>Institutions were net buyers of Singapore stocks over the four trading sessions through to May 2, with S$12.9 million of net institutional inflow, as 17 primary-listed companies conducted buybacks with a total consideration of S$28.4 million.</li><li>Leading the net institutional inflow over the four sessions were DBS, UOB, Seatrium, City Developments, UOL Group, iFast Corporation, Singapore Tech Engineering, Singapore Exchange, Cortina Holdings, CapitaLand Integrated Commercial Trust and Hongkong Land Holdings.</li><li>For the month of April, Singapore stocks booked S$225 million of net institutional inflow, following S$1.15 billion of net institutional outflow in Q1.</li></ul>

Institutions were net buyers of Singapore stocks over the four trading sessions through to May 2, with S$12.9 million of net institutional inflow, as 17 primary-listed companies conducted buybacks with a total consideration of S$28.4 million.Leading the net institutional inflow over the four sessions were DBS, UOB, Seatrium, City Developments, UOL Group, iFast Corporation, Singapore Tech Engineering, Singapore Exchange, Cortina Holdings, CapitaLand Integrated Commercial Trust and Hongkong Land Holdings.For the month of April, Singapore stocks booked S$225 million of net institutional inflow, following S$1.15 billion of net institutional outflow in Q1.

Mapletree Logistics Trust / Equity Bottom-Up

<ul><li>LHT, Bumitama and JB Foods directors add to stakes City Developments again led the buyback consideration tally for the week, acquiring 2,439,900 shares at an average of S$5.93 per share.</li><li>Between Apr 19 and 23, LHT Holdings managing director Yap Mui Kee acquired 138,000 shares at an average price of S$1.186 per share.</li></ul>

LHT, Bumitama and JB Foods directors add to stakes City Developments again led the buyback consideration tally for the week, acquiring 2,439,900 shares at an average of S$5.93 per share.Between Apr 19 and 23, LHT Holdings managing director Yap Mui Kee acquired 138,000 shares at an average price of S$1.186 per share.

LHT, Bumitama and JB Foods directors add to stakes

<ul><li>Huationg Global CEO increases interest to 7.75% Olam Group bought back a total of three million shares at S$1.13 apiece over the four sessions.</li><li>Ng also maintained a 68.7 per cent deemed interest in Huationg Global by virtue of his 25 per cent shareholding interest in Dandelion Capital, which is the immediate and ultimate holding company of Huationg.</li></ul>

Huationg Global CEO increases interest to 7.75% Olam Group bought back a total of three million shares at S$1.13 apiece over the four sessions.Ng also maintained a 68.7 per cent deemed interest in Huationg Global by virtue of his 25 per cent shareholding interest in Dandelion Capital, which is the immediate and ultimate holding company of Huationg.

Huationg Global CEO increases interest to 7.75%

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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.

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REIT Watch - S-REIT sector’s PB ratio is at almost 20% discount to its longer-term average

REIT Watch - S-Reit sector’s PB ratio is at almost 20% discount to its longer-term average Despite this, the S-REIT sector is now trading at a...

Singapore Exchange Ltd (SGX)

REIT Watch - Singapore-based office S-Reits resilient despite concerns sparked by WeWork

Singapore-based office S-Reits resilient despite concerns sparked by WeWork However, Singapore-listed real estate investment trusts (S-Reits) are...

Singapore Exchange Ltd (SGX)

Seatrium initiates buyback programme

Institutions were net buyers of Singapore stocks over the four trading sessions through to May 2, with S$12.9 million of net institutional inflow,...

Singapore Exchange Ltd (SGX)

LHT, Bumitama and JB Foods directors add to stakes

LHT, Bumitama and JB Foods directors add to stakes City Developments again led the buyback consideration tally for the week, acquiring 2,439,900...

Singapore Exchange Ltd (SGX)

Huationg Global CEO increases interest to 7.75%

Huationg Global CEO increases interest to 7.75% Olam Group bought back a total of three million shares at S$1.13 apiece over the four sessions. Ng...

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