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'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 

<ul><li>Singapore's economy grew 4.6% YoY in 1Q26, with businesses focusing on margin protection and inventory management amid rising costs.</li><li>April net institutional inflows favored Industrials, Technology, and Utilities, with notable inflows into semiconductor manufacturing and testing sectors.</li><li>Sembcorp Industries led April inflows, with significant energy platform capacity; Oiltek saw record share price gains and improved liquidity.</li></ul>

Singapore's economy grew 4.6% YoY in 1Q26, with businesses focusing on margin protection and inventory management amid rising costs.April net institutional inflows favored Industrials, Technology, and Utilities, with notable inflows into semiconductor manufacturing and testing sectors.Sembcorp Industries led April inflows, with significant energy platform capacity; Oiltek saw record share price gains and improved liquidity.

Singapore Growth Conditions and Recent Institutional Positioning

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.

Thematic (Sector/Industry)

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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

<ul><li>Institutional investors recorded a net outflow of S$336 million across Singapore-listed stocks from 31 August to 25 September.</li><li>Yangzijiang Shipbuilding saw the largest reversal with S$73.78 million net buying from 14–25 September after prior net selling.</li><li>UI Boustead REIT and CapitaLand Ascott Trust reversed outflows with recent net buying of S$17.23 million and S$6.70 million, respectively.</li></ul>

Institutional investors recorded a net outflow of S$336 million across Singapore-listed stocks from 31 August to 25 September.Yangzijiang Shipbuilding saw the largest reversal with S$73.78 million net buying from 14–25 September after prior net selling.UI Boustead REIT and CapitaLand Ascott Trust reversed outflows with recent net buying of S$17.23 million and S$6.70 million, respectively.

Net Institutional Inflow Reversals into Late September

<ul><li>SIA Engineering, UOL, Sheng Siong, Raffles Medical, and DFI Retail Group led FTSE ST Mid Cap Index in 1H25.  </li><li>Sheng Siong maintains the highest ROE at 26.7% among FTSE ST Mid Cap Index constituents as of June 25, 2025.  </li><li>ParkwayLife REIT achieved a 10.5% total return in 2025, driven by new acquisitions and step-up leases.</li></ul>

SIA Engineering, UOL, Sheng Siong, Raffles Medical, and DFI Retail Group led FTSE ST Mid Cap Index in 1H25.  Sheng Siong maintains the highest ROE at 26.7% among FTSE ST Mid Cap Index constituents as of June 25, 2025.  ParkwayLife REIT achieved a 10.5% total return in 2025, driven by new acquisitions and step-up leases.

Five Stocks that Led the FTSE ST Mid Cap Index in 1H25

Singapore

Sheng Siong Group Ltd. operates a chain of supermarket retail stores, offering a wide assortment of live, fresh, and chilled produce, pantry staples, packaged foods, and household merchandise. The company also engages in general trading, wholesale import and export, and operates an online grocery platform. Sheng Siong was founded in 1985 and is headquartered in Singapore.

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Sheng Siong (SSG SP)

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)

Singapore Growth Conditions and Recent Institutional Positioning

Singapore's economy grew 4.6% YoY in 1Q26, with businesses focusing on margin protection and inventory management amid rising costs. April net...

Singapore Exchange Ltd (SGX)

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

Net Institutional Inflow Reversals into Late September

Institutional investors recorded a net outflow of S$336 million across Singapore-listed stocks from 31 August to 25 September. Yangzijiang...

Singapore Exchange Ltd (SGX)

Five Stocks that Led the FTSE ST Mid Cap Index in 1H25

SIA Engineering, UOL, Sheng Siong, Raffles Medical, and DFI Retail Group led FTSE ST Mid Cap Index in 1H25. Sheng Siong maintains the highest...

Singapore Exchange Ltd (SGX)

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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)

Singapore Growth Conditions and Recent Institutional Positioning

Singapore's economy grew 4.6% YoY in 1Q26, with businesses focusing on margin protection and inventory management amid rising costs. April net...

Singapore Exchange Ltd (SGX)

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

Net Institutional Inflow Reversals into Late September

Institutional investors recorded a net outflow of S$336 million across Singapore-listed stocks from 31 August to 25 September. Yangzijiang...

Singapore Exchange Ltd (SGX)

Five Stocks that Led the FTSE ST Mid Cap Index in 1H25

SIA Engineering, UOL, Sheng Siong, Raffles Medical, and DFI Retail Group led FTSE ST Mid Cap Index in 1H25. Sheng Siong maintains the highest...

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...