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

<ul><li>Singapore Grade A office rent and core CBD Occupancy According to CBRE Research’s latest Singapore Occupier Sentiment Survey, office utilisation in Asia-Pacific outpaced that in Europe and the US.</li><li>Similarly, MPACT saw positive rental reversions in its latest Q2FY23 update, with Mapletree Business Centre at 7.1 per cent and the rest of Singapore office properties and business parks at 8.9 per cent.</li><li>Looking ahead, MPACT expects rents for business parks to remain flat or stable with minimal growth in 2023 despite the expected rise in vacancy, as new and good-quality business parks will command higher rental rates.</li></ul>

Singapore Grade A office rent and core CBD Occupancy According to CBRE Research’s latest Singapore Occupier Sentiment Survey, office utilisation in Asia-Pacific outpaced that in Europe and the US.Similarly, MPACT saw positive rental reversions in its latest Q2FY23 update, with Mapletree Business Centre at 7.1 per cent and the rest of Singapore office properties and business parks at 8.9 per cent.Looking ahead, MPACT expects rents for business parks to remain flat or stable with minimal growth in 2023 despite the expected rise in vacancy, as new and good-quality business parks will command higher rental rates.

REIT Watch - Positive rent reversions recorded across Singapore office market

<ul><li>kopi-C with OUE C-REIT’s CEO: “Diversity is our strength” OUE Commercial REIT’s CEO Han Khim Siew believes that team diversity is essential to delivering on the REIT’s targets.</li><li>OUE C-REIT invests in income-producing real estate used primarily for commercial purposes (including real estate used primarily for office and/or retail purposes) in financial and business hubs, and/or hospitality and/or hospitality-related purposes, as well as real estate-related assets.</li></ul>

kopi-C with OUE C-REIT’s CEO: “Diversity is our strength” OUE Commercial REIT’s CEO Han Khim Siew believes that team diversity is essential to delivering on the REIT’s targets.OUE C-REIT invests in income-producing real estate used primarily for commercial purposes (including real estate used primarily for office and/or retail purposes) in financial and business hubs, and/or hospitality and/or hospitality-related purposes, as well as real estate-related assets.

kopi-C with OUE Commercial REIT’s CEO: “Diversity is our strength”

kopi-C with OUE C-REIT’s CEO: “Diversity is our strength”

Mapletree Pan Asia Commercial Trust / Equity Bottom-Up

<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>For the first 12 weeks of 2023 the iEdge S-REIT Index generated a 3% total return, with the FTSE EPRA/NAREIT Global REITs Index declining 4%.</li><li>Within the S-REIT Sector, Industrial S-REITs averaged the highest median total returns over the past 12 weeks at 4%, while Office REITs booked the highest median decline in total return at -8%.</li><li>The 27 trusts of the Sector that booked net institutional outflow over the past 12 weeks represent 52% of the combined S-REIT Sector market value.</li></ul>

For the first 12 weeks of 2023 the iEdge S-REIT Index generated a 3% total return, with the FTSE EPRA/NAREIT Global REITs Index declining 4%.Within the S-REIT Sector, Industrial S-REITs averaged the highest median total returns over the past 12 weeks at 4%, while Office REITs booked the highest median decline in total return at -8%.The 27 trusts of the Sector that booked net institutional outflow over the past 12 weeks represent 52% of the combined S-REIT Sector market value.

Singapore

OUE Commercial Real Estate Investment Trust (“OUE C-REIT”) is one of the largest diversified Singapore REITs (“S-REITs”) with total assets of S$6.0 billion as at 31 December 2022. With seven properties across the commercial and hospitality segments in Singapore and Shanghai, the property portfolio comprises more than 2.1 million square feet of prime office and retail space, and 1,643 upper upscale hotel rooms.

OUE C-REIT invests in income-producing real estate used primarily for commercial purposes (including real estate used primarily for office and/or retail purposes) in financial and business hubs, hospitality and/or hospitality-related purposes, as well as real estate-related assets.

OUE Commercial REIT (OUECT SP)

REIT Watch - Positive rent reversions recorded across Singapore office market

Singapore Grade A office rent and core CBD Occupancy According to CBRE Research’s latest Singapore Occupier Sentiment Survey, office utilisation...

Singapore Exchange Ltd (SGX)

kopi-C with OUE Commercial REIT’s CEO: “Diversity is our strength”

kopi-C with OUE C-REIT’s CEO: “Diversity is our strength” OUE Commercial REIT’s CEO Han Khim Siew believes that team diversity is essential to...

Singapore Exchange Ltd (SGX)

kopi-C with OUE C-REIT’s CEO: “Diversity is our strength”

kopi-C with OUE C-REIT’s CEO: “Diversity is our strength” OUE Commercial REIT’s CEO Han Khim Siew believes that team diversity is essential to...

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)

S-REIT Flows and Performances in 1Q23

For the first 12 weeks of 2023 the iEdge S-REIT Index generated a 3% total return, with the FTSE EPRA/NAREIT Global REITs Index declining...

Singapore Exchange Ltd (SGX)