Managing Director, Golden Section Capital

Garreth Elston

Managing Director

Golden Section Equity Research

Golden Section Capital

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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>
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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

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<ul><li>Food consumption in Singapore remains broadly non-cyclical, anchored by steady household demand across income segments. This defensive earnings base is now complemented by structural growth drivers.</li><li>Policy support remains central to the sector’s evolution. Initiatives such as the Singapore Food Story 2, the Green Plan 2030, and AgriFood Cluster Transformation Fund are fostering investment in local production, food innovation, and ESG adoption.</li><li>Singapore’s F&amp;B brands are leveraging their reputation for quality, safety, and design-led branding to penetrate fast-growing ASEAN markets.</li></ul>

Food consumption in Singapore remains broadly non-cyclical, anchored by steady household demand across income segments. This defensive earnings base is now complemented by structural growth drivers.Policy support remains central to the sector’s evolution. Initiatives such as the Singapore Food Story 2, the Green Plan 2030, and AgriFood Cluster Transformation Fund are fostering investment in local production, food innovation, and ESG adoption.Singapore’s F&amp;B brands are leveraging their reputation for quality, safety, and design-led branding to penetrate fast-growing ASEAN markets.

Beyond the Plate: Food & Beverage Sector in Singapore

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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

<ul><li>Singapore's top 10 non-cyclical consumer stocks averaged a 26.7% YTD return, driven by firm CPO prices and retail demand.</li><li>First Resources and Bumitama Agri led performance, with YTD returns of 116.7% and 59.5%, supported by biodiesel mandates.</li><li>Wilmar International reported a 12.8% increase in pre-tax profit for 1H2026, with S$276.7 million net institutional inflows.</li></ul>

Singapore's top 10 non-cyclical consumer stocks averaged a 26.7% YTD return, driven by firm CPO prices and retail demand.First Resources and Bumitama Agri led performance, with YTD returns of 116.7% and 59.5%, supported by biodiesel mandates.Wilmar International reported a 12.8% increase in pre-tax profit for 1H2026, with S$276.7 million net institutional inflows.

Sector Sweep - Defensive Consumer Stocks Deliver Robust Performance Amid Strong  Institutional Inflows 

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<ul><li>In 2025, 76 primary-listed companies in Singapore executed share buybacks totaling S$1.65 billion, an 80% increase from 2024.</li><li>UOB, DBS, and OCBC led buybacks with a combined S$1.28 billion, driven by capital management initiatives and dividends.</li><li>Secondary-listed Hongkong Land repurchased US$176 million shares, while City Developments completed an off-market buyback of preference shares.</li></ul>

In 2025, 76 primary-listed companies in Singapore executed share buybacks totaling S$1.65 billion, an 80% increase from 2024.UOB, DBS, and OCBC led buybacks with a combined S$1.28 billion, driven by capital management initiatives and dividends.Secondary-listed Hongkong Land repurchased US$176 million shares, while City Developments completed an off-market buyback of preference shares.

Buyback Consideration Surges 80% in 2025 to S$1.65B

<ul><li>The STI generated a 6.5% total return for 2025 to June 6, with an annualised return of 8.5%.</li><li>SIA Engineering and Singapore Land Group achieved highest gains among non-STI stocks with market capitalisation above S$3 billion.</li><li>Sheng Siong Group reported a 15% total return for 2025 to June 6, with increased revenue and net profit.</li></ul>

The STI generated a 6.5% total return for 2025 to June 6, with an annualised return of 8.5%.SIA Engineering and Singapore Land Group achieved highest gains among non-STI stocks with market capitalisation above S$3 billion.Sheng Siong Group reported a 15% total return for 2025 to June 6, with increased revenue and net profit.

The Broader Beat: Market Movers Beyond the Benchmark

Singapore

Olam Group Limited is a global food and agri-business that sources, processes, packages, and merchandises agricultural products. It offers a wide range of food ingredients, feed, and fiber, including cocoa, coffee, nuts, spices, grains, and edible oils, as well as packaged foods. The company was founded in 1989 and is headquartered in Singapore.

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Singapore's top 10 non-cyclical consumer stocks averaged a 26.7% YTD return, driven by firm CPO prices and retail demand. First Resources and...

Singapore Exchange Ltd (SGX)

Buyback Consideration Surges 80% in 2025 to S$1.65B

In 2025, 76 primary-listed companies in Singapore executed share buybacks totaling S$1.65 billion, an 80% increase from 2024. UOB, DBS, and OCBC...

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The Broader Beat: Market Movers Beyond the Benchmark

The STI generated a 6.5% total return for 2025 to June 6, with an annualised return of 8.5%. SIA Engineering and Singapore Land Group achieved...

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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

Beyond the Plate: Food & Beverage Sector in Singapore

With rising ESG standards and innovation-driven competitiveness, Singapore’s F&B sector stands out as a resilient and underappreciated growth story...

GROW with Singlife

Sector Sweep - Defensive Consumer Stocks Deliver Robust Performance Amid Strong Institutional Inflows

Singapore's top 10 non-cyclical consumer stocks averaged a 26.7% YTD return, driven by firm CPO prices and retail demand. First Resources and...

Singapore Exchange Ltd (SGX)

Buyback Consideration Surges 80% in 2025 to S$1.65B

In 2025, 76 primary-listed companies in Singapore executed share buybacks totaling S$1.65 billion, an 80% increase from 2024. UOB, DBS, and OCBC...

Singapore Exchange Ltd (SGX)

The Broader Beat: Market Movers Beyond the Benchmark

The STI generated a 6.5% total return for 2025 to June 6, with an annualised return of 8.5%. SIA Engineering and Singapore Land Group achieved...

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...