Managing Director, Golden Section Capital

Garreth Elston

Managing Director

Golden Section Equity Research

Golden Section Capital

Golden Section Capital is a private international investment, specialist independent equity research, and corporate finance consulting services provider focussing on real estate and infrastructure. 

Paid for corporate research on Real Estate and Infrastructure companies. Plus independent pieces on various real estate companies and themes.

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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

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>Median P/B increased from 0.55x to 2.25x across ROE quartiles, with a Spearman rank correlation of 0.62.  </li><li>Non-REIT SMIDs with ROEs above 10% showed a median ROE of 29.8% and median P/B of 2.9x.  </li><li>S-REITs had lower ROEs, with Alpha Integrated REIT at 13.2%, influenced by distribution yields and asset quality.</li></ul>

Median P/B increased from 0.55x to 2.25x across ROE quartiles, with a Spearman rank correlation of 0.62.  Non-REIT SMIDs with ROEs above 10% showed a median ROE of 29.8% and median P/B of 2.9x.  S-REITs had lower ROEs, with Alpha Integrated REIT at 13.2%, influenced by distribution yields and asset quality.

Capital Efficiency Continued to Support SGX SMID Valuations 

<ul><li>Yangzijiang Maritime, CAREIT, and Golden Agri-Res will join the iEdge Singapore Next 50 Index on Dec 22.  </li><li>Samudera Shipping Line, Nanofilm Tech, and Aztech Global will move to the Next 50 Index Reserve list.  </li><li>PropNex, China Sunsine Chemical, Banyan Tree, China Aviation Oil, and CSE Global averaged 59% total returns in 2H25.</li></ul>

Yangzijiang Maritime, CAREIT, and Golden Agri-Res will join the iEdge Singapore Next 50 Index on Dec 22.  Samudera Shipping Line, Nanofilm Tech, and Aztech Global will move to the Next 50 Index Reserve list.  PropNex, China Sunsine Chemical, Banyan Tree, China Aviation Oil, and CSE Global averaged 59% total returns in 2H25.

YZJ Maritime, CAREIT & GAR to Join iEdge Singapore Next 50 Index On Dec 22 

<ul><li>Success More Group sold 42 million China Sunsine shares for S$27.7 million, reducing its stake to 57.2%.</li><li>The iEdge Next 50 Index's technology stocks recorded S$179 million net institutional inflow in 2H25, led by iFAST.</li><li>China Sunsine's ADT increased to S$606k in 2025, with a 10.4% ROE and 7.6x P/E ratio.</li></ul>

Success More Group sold 42 million China Sunsine shares for S$27.7 million, reducing its stake to 57.2%.The iEdge Next 50 Index's technology stocks recorded S$179 million net institutional inflow in 2H25, led by iFAST.China Sunsine's ADT increased to S$606k in 2025, with a 10.4% ROE and 7.6x P/E ratio.

Growth in Motion: China Sunsine Married Deal & Next 50 Momentum

<ul><li>Food Empire Holdings raised S$42.8 million through a treasury share placement, increasing its issued share capital to 546.8 million shares.</li><li>Nine in 10 constituents of the iEdge Singapore Next 50 Index saw higher average daily trading turnover in 3Q25.</li><li>The iEdge Singapore Next 50 Index constituents recorded a net institutional inflow of S$45 million in 3Q25.</li></ul>

Food Empire Holdings raised S$42.8 million through a treasury share placement, increasing its issued share capital to 546.8 million shares.Nine in 10 constituents of the iEdge Singapore Next 50 Index saw higher average daily trading turnover in 3Q25.The iEdge Singapore Next 50 Index constituents recorded a net institutional inflow of S$45 million in 3Q25.

New Index Stocks Leading Value and Liquidity Expansion in 3Q25

Singapore

PropNex Limited is an integrated real estate services group that provides real estate brokerage services for the sale and lease of residential, commercial, and industrial properties. It also offers project marketing services for new private residential developments, as well as training and administrative support services. The company was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Singapore.

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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

Capital Efficiency Continued to Support SGX SMID Valuations

Median P/B increased from 0.55x to 2.25x across ROE quartiles, with a Spearman rank correlation of 0.62. Non-REIT SMIDs with ROEs above 10%...

Singapore Exchange Ltd (SGX)

YZJ Maritime, CAREIT & GAR to Join iEdge Singapore Next 50 Index On Dec 22

Yangzijiang Maritime, CAREIT, and Golden Agri-Res will join the iEdge Singapore Next 50 Index on Dec 22. Samudera Shipping Line, Nanofilm Tech,...

Singapore Exchange Ltd (SGX)

Growth in Motion: China Sunsine Married Deal & Next 50 Momentum

Success More Group sold 42 million China Sunsine shares for S$27.7 million, reducing its stake to 57.2%. The iEdge Next 50 Index's technology...

Singapore Exchange Ltd (SGX)

New Index Stocks Leading Value and Liquidity Expansion in 3Q25

Food Empire Holdings raised S$42.8 million through a treasury share placement, increasing its issued share capital to 546.8 million shares. Nine...

Singapore Exchange Ltd (SGX)

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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

Capital Efficiency Continued to Support SGX SMID Valuations

Median P/B increased from 0.55x to 2.25x across ROE quartiles, with a Spearman rank correlation of 0.62. Non-REIT SMIDs with ROEs above 10%...

Singapore Exchange Ltd (SGX)

YZJ Maritime, CAREIT & GAR to Join iEdge Singapore Next 50 Index On Dec 22

Yangzijiang Maritime, CAREIT, and Golden Agri-Res will join the iEdge Singapore Next 50 Index on Dec 22. Samudera Shipping Line, Nanofilm Tech,...

Singapore Exchange Ltd (SGX)

Growth in Motion: China Sunsine Married Deal & Next 50 Momentum

Success More Group sold 42 million China Sunsine shares for S$27.7 million, reducing its stake to 57.2%. The iEdge Next 50 Index's technology...

Singapore Exchange Ltd (SGX)

New Index Stocks Leading Value and Liquidity Expansion in 3Q25

Food Empire Holdings raised S$42.8 million through a treasury share placement, increasing its issued share capital to 546.8 million shares. Nine...

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...