SGX Market Strategist, Equity & Fixed Income, Singapore Exchange Ltd (SGX)

Geoff Howie

SGX Market Strategist, Equity & Fixed Income

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Equity Bottom-Up

<ul><li>Union Steel co-founder Ang Yew Chye ups stake Digital Core Reit Management also continued to buy back units of Digital Core Reit over three of the four sessions.</li><li>Between Mar 25 and 26, Union Steel Holdings executive director Ang Yew Chye bought 930,000 shares at S$0.47 per share.</li></ul>

Union Steel co-founder Ang Yew Chye ups stake Digital Core Reit Management also continued to buy back units of Digital Core Reit over three of the four sessions.Between Mar 25 and 26, Union Steel Holdings executive director Ang Yew Chye bought 930,000 shares at S$0.47 per share.

Union Steel co-founder Ang Yew Chye ups stake

Equity Long-Short Analyst

Pyari Menon

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<li>After a gap of over fifteen years from formal coverage of <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/venture-corp-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:9251:1" rel="noopener">Venture Corp (VMS SP)</a>, I took a look again this week, not much seems to have changed.</li>
<li>Venture Corp's management hankering for "charm" in its contracts, with respect to NOT just return on investment but also return on effort will be the primary risk for growth</li>
<li>Excellent anchor customers have boosted margins. The tech slowdown might entice larger EMS to be more aggressive and chase these businesses placing margins at risk.</li>
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After a gap of over fifteen years from formal coverage of Venture Corp (VMS SP), I took a look again this week, not much seems to have changed.
Venture Corp's management hankering for "charm" in its contracts, with respect to NOT just return on investment but also return on effort will be the primary risk for growth
Excellent anchor customers have boosted margins. The tech slowdown might entice larger EMS to be more aggressive and chase these businesses placing margins at risk.


Venture Corporation - A Dialogue from the Past Might Give Some Insight on the Future

Alpha-Centric ESG Research

Kyle Rudden

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<li>The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) recently launched a public consultation regarding a Code of Conduct for ESG ratings providers and ESG data product providers in Singapore.</li>
<li>It is the right approach for Singapore – a <em>voluntary</em> best-practices framework furthering one of the world's most credible "green" economies, not a regulatory force-fix of something broken.</li>
<li>No surprise ratings methodology changes. No <em>en masse</em> upgrades/downgrades. No acute shocks to the system. Just slow and steady progress for ESG investing and finance in Singapore.</li>
</ul>


The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) recently launched a public consultation regarding a Code of Conduct for ESG ratings providers and ESG data product providers in Singapore.
It is the right approach for Singapore – a voluntary best-practices framework furthering one of the world's most credible "green" economies, not a regulatory force-fix of something broken.
No surprise ratings methodology changes. No en masse upgrades/downgrades. No acute shocks to the system. Just slow and steady progress for ESG investing and finance in Singapore.


Singapore Code of Conduct for ESG Ratings Is Less Risk and More Reward

<ul><li>Sam Goi continues to boost his stakes in PSC and GSH INSTITUTIONS were net sellers of Singapore stocks over the four trading sessions from Apr 5 to 11, with S$44 million of net institutional outflow, as 21 primary-listed companies conducted buybacks with a total consideration of S$25 million.</li><li>He acquired 144,700 shares of the company at S$0.352 per share, taking his total interest from 30.74 per cent to 30.77 per cent.</li><li>Goi also bought more shares of GSH Corporation, where he also serves as executive chairman.</li></ul>

Sam Goi continues to boost his stakes in PSC and GSH INSTITUTIONS were net sellers of Singapore stocks over the four trading sessions from Apr 5 to 11, with S$44 million of net institutional outflow, as 21 primary-listed companies conducted buybacks with a total consideration of S$25 million.He acquired 144,700 shares of the company at S$0.352 per share, taking his total interest from 30.74 per cent to 30.77 per cent.Goi also bought more shares of GSH Corporation, where he also serves as executive chairman.

Sam Goi continues to boost his stakes in PSC and GSH

<ul><li>Director filings and buyback momentum return Singapore Technologies Engineering (ST Engg) led the buyback consideration tally, repurchasing 500,000 shares at an average price of S$3.97 each on Feb 29.</li><li>On Feb 26, LHT Holdings managing director Yap Mui Kee acquired 61,000 shares at an average price of S$1.05 per share.</li></ul>

Director filings and buyback momentum return Singapore Technologies Engineering (ST Engg) led the buyback consideration tally, repurchasing 500,000 shares at an average price of S$3.97 each on Feb 29.On Feb 26, LHT Holdings managing director Yap Mui Kee acquired 61,000 shares at an average price of S$1.05 per share.

Director filings and buyback momentum return

Singapore

Venture Corporation Limited provides contract manufacturing services to electronics companies worldwide.  The Company also provides manufacturing, design, engineering, customization, and logistic services.  Venture Corporation trades and manufactures electronics and computer-related products, develops and markets color imaging products for label printing.

Venture Corp (VMS SP)

Union Steel co-founder Ang Yew Chye ups stake

Union Steel co-founder Ang Yew Chye ups stake Digital Core Reit Management also continued to buy back units of Digital Core Reit over three of the...

Singapore Exchange Ltd (SGX)

Venture Corporation - A Dialogue from the Past Might Give Some Insight on the Future

Taking a look after fifteen years - excellent anchor customers have boosted margins, but too much focus on margins has been counterproductive in...

Pyari Menon

Singapore Code of Conduct for ESG Ratings Is Less Risk and More Reward

Singapore's Code of Conduct for ESG ratings is more light-handed than other regulation-based approaches, but therein lies the "less risk and more...

Kyle Rudden

Sam Goi continues to boost his stakes in PSC and GSH

Sam Goi continues to boost his stakes in PSC and GSH INSTITUTIONS were net sellers of Singapore stocks over the four trading sessions from Apr 5...

Singapore Exchange Ltd (SGX)

Director filings and buyback momentum return

Director filings and buyback momentum return Singapore Technologies Engineering (ST Engg) led the buyback consideration tally, repurchasing...

Singapore Exchange Ltd (SGX)