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>Share buybacks by primary listed companies 11 - 17 Aug 2023 Institutions were net buyers of Singapore stocks over the five trading sessions through to Aug 17, with S$256 million of net institutional inflow, while 21 primary-listed companies conducting buybacks with a total consideration of S$36 million.</li><li>On Aug 15, QAF joint group managing director and executive director Lin Kejian acquired 450,000 shares at an average price of S$0.79 per share.</li></ul>

Share buybacks by primary listed companies 11 - 17 Aug 2023 Institutions were net buyers of Singapore stocks over the five trading sessions through to Aug 17, with S$256 million of net institutional inflow, while 21 primary-listed companies conducting buybacks with a total consideration of S$36 million.On Aug 15, QAF joint group managing director and executive director Lin Kejian acquired 450,000 shares at an average price of S$0.79 per share.

Wilmar’s Kuok Khoon Hong acquires 9 million shares

<ul><li>Wing Tai chairman Cheng Wai Keung continues building deemed interest Heavy lifting specialist Sin Heng Heavy Machinery also bought back 648,200 shares at an average price of S$0.49 per share.</li><li>Wing Tai Holdings chairman and managing director Cheng Wai Keung continued to build his deemed interest in the company, through his spouse Helen Chow acquiring shares.</li></ul>

Wing Tai chairman Cheng Wai Keung continues building deemed interest Heavy lifting specialist Sin Heng Heavy Machinery also bought back 648,200 shares at an average price of S$0.49 per share.Wing Tai Holdings chairman and managing director Cheng Wai Keung continued to build his deemed interest in the company, through his spouse Helen Chow acquiring shares.

Wing Tai Chair Cheng Wai Keung Continues Building Deemed Interest

<ul><li>Banks lead Q3 2023 net institutional inflow INSTITUTIONS were again net buyers of Singapore stocks over the five trading sessions through to Oct 5, with S$100 million of net institutional inflow, and 24 primary-listed companies conducting buybacks with a total consideration of S$38.5 million.</li><li>ComfortDelGro saw S$71 million of net institutional fund inflow in Q3 2023, after booking S$44 million of net institutional fund outflow in H1 2023.</li></ul>

Banks lead Q3 2023 net institutional inflow INSTITUTIONS were again net buyers of Singapore stocks over the five trading sessions through to Oct 5, with S$100 million of net institutional inflow, and 24 primary-listed companies conducting buybacks with a total consideration of S$38.5 million.ComfortDelGro saw S$71 million of net institutional fund inflow in Q3 2023, after booking S$44 million of net institutional fund outflow in H1 2023.

Banks lead Q3 2023 net institutional inflow

<ul><li>Share buybacks by primary listed companies 25 - 31 Aug 2023 UOB again led the share buyback consideration tally, buying back 360,000 shares at an average price of S$28.41 per share, followed by Olam Group which bought back 3.25 million shares at an average price of S$1.25 per share.</li><li>Between Aug 28 and 31, SunMoon Food Company non-independent and non-executive director Song XiaoJun acquired 2,055,500 shares at an average price of S$0.02 per share.</li></ul>

Share buybacks by primary listed companies 25 - 31 Aug 2023 UOB again led the share buyback consideration tally, buying back 360,000 shares at an average price of S$28.41 per share, followed by Olam Group which bought back 3.25 million shares at an average price of S$1.25 per share.Between Aug 28 and 31, SunMoon Food Company non-independent and non-executive director Song XiaoJun acquired 2,055,500 shares at an average price of S$0.02 per share.

Directors of agri-food and F&B companies raise their stakes

<ul><li>Share buybacks by primary listed companies 18 - 24 Aug 2023 UOB led the share buyback consideration tally, buying back 360,000 shares at an average price of S$27.93 per share, followed by Sembcorp Industries which bought back 1,095,000 shares at an average price of S$5.35 per share.</li><li>Between Aug 17 and Aug 23, QAF joint group managing director and executive director Lin Kejian acquired 1,586,000 shares at an average price of S$0.80 per share.</li></ul>

Share buybacks by primary listed companies 18 - 24 Aug 2023 UOB led the share buyback consideration tally, buying back 360,000 shares at an average price of S$27.93 per share, followed by Sembcorp Industries which bought back 1,095,000 shares at an average price of S$5.35 per share.Between Aug 17 and Aug 23, QAF joint group managing director and executive director Lin Kejian acquired 1,586,000 shares at an average price of S$0.80 per share.

QAF, JEP and Sinostar PEC directors acquire more stocks over the week

Singapore

QAF Limited manufactures and distributes bread, bakery, and confectionery products.  The Company also operates supermarkets and cold storage warehousing. QAF trades and distributes food, beverages, food related ingredients and commodities.  QAF produces, processes, and markets pork and feed mill production.

QAF Ltd (QAF SP)

Wilmar’s Kuok Khoon Hong acquires 9 million shares

Share buybacks by primary listed companies 11 - 17 Aug 2023 Institutions were net buyers of Singapore stocks over the five trading sessions...

Singapore Exchange Ltd (SGX)

Wing Tai Chair Cheng Wai Keung Continues Building Deemed Interest

Wing Tai chairman Cheng Wai Keung continues building deemed interest Heavy lifting specialist Sin Heng Heavy Machinery also bought back 648,200...

Singapore Exchange Ltd (SGX)

Banks lead Q3 2023 net institutional inflow

Banks lead Q3 2023 net institutional inflow INSTITUTIONS were again net buyers of Singapore stocks over the five trading sessions through to Oct...

Singapore Exchange Ltd (SGX)

Directors of agri-food and F&B companies raise their stakes

Share buybacks by primary listed companies 25 - 31 Aug 2023 UOB again led the share buyback consideration tally, buying back 360,000 shares at an...

Singapore Exchange Ltd (SGX)

QAF, JEP and Sinostar PEC directors acquire more stocks over the week

Share buybacks by primary listed companies 18 - 24 Aug 2023 UOB led the share buyback consideration tally, buying back 360,000 shares at an...

Singapore Exchange Ltd (SGX)