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<li>Private education is evolving from a school-age service into a broader lifelong learning economy spanning early childhood, formal education and career-long reskilling.</li>
<li>Four structural forces underpin this shift: (1) rising household spending power supporting private education demand; (2) shorter skills cycles creating recurring reskilling needs; (3) employer funding broadening the market for workforce training; and (4) digital delivery expanding access while lowering the cost of learning.</li>
<li>These drivers are extending education demand across different stages of life and beyond the traditional classroom.</li>
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Private education is evolving from a school-age service into a broader lifelong learning economy spanning early childhood, formal education and career-long reskilling.
Four structural forces underpin this shift: (1) rising household spending power supporting private education demand; (2) shorter skills cycles creating recurring reskilling needs; (3) employer funding broadening the market for workforce training; and (4) digital delivery expanding access while lowering the cost of learning.
These drivers are extending education demand across different stages of life and beyond the traditional classroom.


Lifelong Learning Economy: Structural Demand, Selective Winners

Singapore Market Roundup, Singapore Market Roundup

Singapore Market Roundup

<ul><li>Lim and Tan Securities raises Beng Kuang Marine's target to 69 cents.</li><li>DBS, RHB cautious on StarHub after weak 1Q earnings amid price competition.</li><li>RHB maintains ‘neutral’ stance on MUST after 1QFY2026 results.</li></ul>

Lim and Tan Securities raises Beng Kuang Marine's target to 69 cents.DBS, RHB cautious on StarHub after weak 1Q earnings amid price competition.RHB maintains ‘neutral’ stance on MUST after 1QFY2026 results.

Singapore Market Roundup (08-May-2026): Lim and Tan raises Beng Kuang Marine's target to 69¢.

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Research from SooChow CSSD Capital Markets (Asia)

<h2>Singapore</h2><h3><a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/aims-amp-capital-industrial" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:933" rel="noopener">AIMS APAC REIT (AAREIT SP)</a> issues S$250m 5.375% perpetual securities</h3><p>AAREIT has priced the S$250m perpetual securities at 5.375%. The Series 003 Perpetual Securities will be issued under the S$750m Multicurrency Debt Issuance programme, expected to be issued on 1Sep21. The net proceeds will be used for the general corporate purposes, finance general working capital, capital expenditure and investments and the partial or full refinancing of existing borrowings. AAREIT has an existing S$125m 5.65% perpetual securities issued in Aug20, bringing its total perps exposure to S$375m (a look-through debt+perps/asset to ~46%).</p><h3>Residential property volume, prices could continue rising for the rest of 2021</h3><p>Residential property demand and prices are expected to tick higher. OrangeTee noted that demand for public and private properties has been rising and listings for both new launches and resale flats are being snapped up on the same day. Buyers are more willing to spend on bigger but older flats due to work-from-home requirements. According to OrangeTee, more than 14,000 resale HDB flats changed hands in 1H21. Prices increased 6% over that period and are just 2% below the peak in 2Q13. Total HDB resales could hit 27,000-29,000 units this year (vs. 24,748 units in 2020 and 23,714 in 2019), while prices of resale flats may rise by 9-11% for the whole of 2021. Meanwhile, a total of 8,449 private homes, including new launches and resale units, were sold in 2Q21, up 4.3% QoQ. Overall home prices may rise by 6-9% this year, possibly driven by resale volumes.</p>

SingaporeAIMS APAC REIT (AAREIT SP) issues S$250m 5.375% perpetual securitiesAAREIT has priced the S$250m perpetual securities at 5.375%. The Series 003 Perpetual Securities will be issued under the S$750m Multicurrency Debt Issuance programme, expected to be issued on 1Sep21. The net proceeds will be used for the general corporate purposes, finance general working capital, capital expenditure and investments and the partial or full refinancing of existing borrowings. AAREIT has an existing S$125m 5.65% perpetual securities issued in Aug20, bringing its total perps exposure to S$375m (a look-through debt+perps/asset to ~46%).Residential property volume, prices could continue rising for the rest of 2021Residential property demand and prices are expected to tick higher. OrangeTee noted that demand for public and private properties has been rising and listings for both new launches and resale flats are being snapped up on the same day. Buyers are more willing to spend on bigger but older flats due to work-from-home requirements. According to OrangeTee, more than 14,000 resale HDB flats changed hands in 1H21. Prices increased 6% over that period and are just 2% below the peak in 2Q13. Total HDB resales could hit 27,000-29,000 units this year (vs. 24,748 units in 2020 and 23,714 in 2019), while prices of resale flats may rise by 9-11% for the whole of 2021. Meanwhile, a total of 8,449 private homes, including new launches and resale units, were sold in 2Q21, up 4.3% QoQ. Overall home prices may rise by 6-9% this year, possibly driven by resale volumes.

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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<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

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Raffles Education is a premier education group offering a full spectrum of academic and vocational programs, including undergraduate and postgraduate courses in design, business, and hospitality management. The group operates a network of educational institutions and also leases education facilities to other institutions. Headquartered in Singapore, the company was founded in 1990.

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