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>In 2025, 78 primary-listed Singapore companies repurchased S$1.91 billion in shares, a 90% increase from 2024.</li><li>17Live Group repurchased S$6.2 million shares, 3.4% of its market capitalisation, reflecting disciplined capital deployment.</li><li>Jason Marine Group's first buyback since 2015 followed a 40% revenue increase and strong project deliveries.</li></ul>

In 2025, 78 primary-listed Singapore companies repurchased S$1.91 billion in shares, a 90% increase from 2024.17Live Group repurchased S$6.2 million shares, 3.4% of its market capitalisation, reflecting disciplined capital deployment.Jason Marine Group's first buyback since 2015 followed a 40% revenue increase and strong project deliveries.

2025 Buyback Consideration Surpasses 10-year High

The New Standard in Wealth Management, Wealth Management Alliance

Wealth Management Alliance

The New Standard in Wealth Management

WMA is a Singapore-based multi-family office with a Capital Markets Services license and provide fund management and investment advisory services to a small number of global UHNW clients. We also act as incubator for single-family offices, allowing them to plug into our broader ecosystem and infrastructure, and tap on our investment professionals for advice. WMA is designed around providing truly bespoke advice to each client, rather than taking a one-size-fits-all approach that may not fit each client's investment objectives and risk tolerances. On top of that, we are designed so that we avoid any semblance of conflicts of interests by being compensated only by the client (which may include profit sharing), as opposed to the model that many of our peers adopt, which include compensation from a variety of third parties such as funds managers, distributors or banks. That, to us, is the easiest way to be firmly on the side of the client in every decision we make.

Thematic (Sector/Industry)

<ul><li>Given recent investor wariness over a global AI bubble, we think it is instructive to look at how exposed the Singapore stock market is to the Artificial Intelligence (AI) sector, both directly and indirectly.</li><li>On direct exposure, we identify companies listed on the SGX – mainly in the upstream (including data centres) and midstream segments - which are, to a large or some extent, involved in AI. Downstream AI companies are predominately end-users and applications.</li><li>As a rough guide, the market capitalization of these companies totals around SGD21.3bn, accounting for a relatively small share of about 2.7% of the aggregated capitalization of SGD773bn of the FTSE Straits Times All Share Index (which comprises the top 98% of companies in the SGX Mainboard universe).</li></ul>

Given recent investor wariness over a global AI bubble, we think it is instructive to look at how exposed the Singapore stock market is to the Artificial Intelligence (AI) sector, both directly and indirectly.On direct exposure, we identify companies listed on the SGX – mainly in the upstream (including data centres) and midstream segments - which are, to a large or some extent, involved in AI. Downstream AI companies are predominately end-users and applications.As a rough guide, the market capitalization of these companies totals around SGD21.3bn, accounting for a relatively small share of about 2.7% of the aggregated capitalization of SGD773bn of the FTSE Straits Times All Share Index (which comprises the top 98% of companies in the SGX Mainboard universe).

<ul><li>Singapore's Mid-to-Small Cap group averaged S$40 million daily trading turnover, with Technology stocks contributing 35% over 8 weeks.</li><li>UMS, CSE Global, and Valuetronics ranked among the top 10 Mid-to-Small Cap stocks with highest net institutional inflow.</li><li>PC Partner Group anticipates FY24 net profit of at least HK$250 million, up from HK$60 million in FY23.</li></ul>

Singapore's Mid-to-Small Cap group averaged S$40 million daily trading turnover, with Technology stocks contributing 35% over 8 weeks.UMS, CSE Global, and Valuetronics ranked among the top 10 Mid-to-Small Cap stocks with highest net institutional inflow.PC Partner Group anticipates FY24 net profit of at least HK$250 million, up from HK$60 million in FY23.

Tech Sector's Recent Influence on Singapore's Mid-to-Small Cap Stocks

IPOs and Catalysts/Events, Global Equity Research Ltd

Arun George

IPOs and Catalysts/Events

Uncompromised, Independent, Conflict-Free Research

Global Equity Research Ltd

Global Equity Research was started in 2017 by a group of experienced research professionals. It was founded on a passionate belief in the importance and the need for uncompromised, independent, conflict-free research. We aim to provide differentiated and actionable primary and bottom up fundamental research.

Event-Driven

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/spindex-industries-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:17868:1" rel="noopener">Spindex Industries (SPE SP)</a> disclosed a privatisation through a scheme of arrangement from the Chairman and PrimeMovers Equity at S$1.43 per share. Including the FY2025 dividend, the total offer is S$1.45.</li>
<li>While the offer is attractive compared to historical trading ranges, it is light in comparison to peer and precedent transaction multiples. It is also below book value. </li>
<li>The offer has not been declared final. However, the lack of a disinterested shareholder holding a blocking stake and moderate retail ownership lowers the vote risk.  </li>
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Spindex Industries (SPE SP) disclosed a privatisation through a scheme of arrangement from the Chairman and PrimeMovers Equity at S$1.43 per share. Including the FY2025 dividend, the total offer is S$1.45.
While the offer is attractive compared to historical trading ranges, it is light in comparison to peer and precedent transaction multiples. It is also below book value. 
The offer has not been declared final. However, the lack of a disinterested shareholder holding a blocking stake and moderate retail ownership lowers the vote risk.  


Spindex Industries (SPE SP): PrimeMovers Equity-Sponsored MBO at S$1.43

Singapore

Valuetronics Holdings Ltd. offers original equipment manufacturing and original design manufacturing services.  The Company serves customers in the telecommunications, industrial, commercial electronic products, and consumer electronic products industries.

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Valuetronics Holdings (VALUE SP)

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Singapore Exchange Ltd (SGX)

Singapore Equity Strategy: November 2025

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Wealth Management Alliance

Tech Sector's Recent Influence on Singapore's Mid-to-Small Cap Stocks

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Singapore Exchange Ltd (SGX)

Company Spotlight: Valuetronics

Company Spotlight: Valuetronics

Singapore Exchange Ltd (SGX)

Spindex Industries (SPE SP): PrimeMovers Equity-Sponsored MBO at S$1.43

While the offer is attractive compared to historical trading ranges, it is light in comparison to peer and precedent transaction multiples....

Arun George

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