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>City Developments recorded S$237M net institutional buying, while Advanced Holdings led by percentage with S$6.6M, 54% of market cap.</li><li>LHT Holdings saw S$9.5M net institutional buying, 19% of market cap, with DH Cornerstone Fund acquiring 18.45% interest.</li><li>Institutions net sold S$0.74 billion in 2H25, excluding STI Banks, net buying was S$0.18 billion.</li></ul>

City Developments recorded S$237M net institutional buying, while Advanced Holdings led by percentage with S$6.6M, 54% of market cap.LHT Holdings saw S$9.5M net institutional buying, 19% of market cap, with DH Cornerstone Fund acquiring 18.45% interest.Institutions net sold S$0.74 billion in 2H25, excluding STI Banks, net buying was S$0.18 billion.

Stocks with Largest Institutional Net Buys as % of Market Cap in 2H25

<ul><li>The FTSE ST Mid & Small Cap Index generated a 9% total return in 3Q25 to Aug 12, led by PropNex with a 52% gain.</li><li>The Index saw S$382 million in net institutional inflow, with Technology sector constituents accounting for S$180 million.</li><li>iFAST Corporation reported a 34.7% increase in 1HFY25 net profit, driven by growth in Hong Kong ePension business.</li></ul>

The FTSE ST Mid & Small Cap Index generated a 9% total return in 3Q25 to Aug 12, led by PropNex with a 52% gain.The Index saw S$382 million in net institutional inflow, with Technology sector constituents accounting for S$180 million.iFAST Corporation reported a 34.7% increase in 1HFY25 net profit, driven by growth in Hong Kong ePension business.

Recent Highlights of the FTSE ST Mid & Small Cap Index

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>Yangzijiang Maritime Development closed Nov 21 at S$0.67, up 12% from its S$0.60 offer price.</li><li>CSE Global led 2H25 net institutional inflows with S$47.5 million, achieving a 70% total return.</li><li>Addvalue Technologies recorded a 207% price gain in 2H25, with S$5.2 million net institutional inflow.</li></ul>

Yangzijiang Maritime Development closed Nov 21 at S$0.67, up 12% from its S$0.60 offer price.CSE Global led 2H25 net institutional inflows with S$47.5 million, achieving a 70% total return.Addvalue Technologies recorded a 207% price gain in 2H25, with S$5.2 million net institutional inflow.

New FTSE ST All-Share Index Inclusion and Recent Institutional Inflow Highlights 

<ul><li>Institutions net bought S$481.3 million in Singapore stocks, with Marco Polo Marine and Frencken Group leading in net buying.</li><li>Marco Polo Marine secured S$100 million in ship chartering contracts and expanded its fleet with new vessels.</li><li>Frencken Group focuses on sustainable expansion with new manufacturing facilities and aims to boost semiconductor competitiveness by 2027.</li></ul>

Institutions net bought S$481.3 million in Singapore stocks, with Marco Polo Marine and Frencken Group leading in net buying.Marco Polo Marine secured S$100 million in ship chartering contracts and expanded its fleet with new vessels.Frencken Group focuses on sustainable expansion with new manufacturing facilities and aims to boost semiconductor competitiveness by 2027.

Institutions Chalk Up S$480M in Net Buying in Early October

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.

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Stocks with Largest Institutional Net Buys as % of Market Cap in 2H25

City Developments recorded S$237M net institutional buying, while Advanced Holdings led by percentage with S$6.6M, 54% of market cap. LHT Holdings...

Singapore Exchange Ltd (SGX)

Recent Highlights of the FTSE ST Mid & Small Cap Index

The FTSE ST Mid & Small Cap Index generated a 9% total return in 3Q25 to Aug 12, led by PropNex with a 52% gain. The Index saw S$382 million...

Singapore Exchange Ltd (SGX)

Singapore Equity Strategy: November 2025

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...

Wealth Management Alliance

Institutions Chalk Up S$480M in Net Buying in Early October

Institutions net bought S$481.3 million in Singapore stocks, with Marco Polo Marine and Frencken Group leading in net buying. Marco Polo Marine...

Singapore Exchange Ltd (SGX)

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Stocks with Largest Institutional Net Buys as % of Market Cap in 2H25

City Developments recorded S$237M net institutional buying, while Advanced Holdings led by percentage with S$6.6M, 54% of market cap. LHT Holdings...

Singapore Exchange Ltd (SGX)

Recent Highlights of the FTSE ST Mid & Small Cap Index

The FTSE ST Mid & Small Cap Index generated a 9% total return in 3Q25 to Aug 12, led by PropNex with a 52% gain. The Index saw S$382 million...

Singapore Exchange Ltd (SGX)

Singapore Equity Strategy: November 2025

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...

Wealth Management Alliance

New FTSE ST All-Share Index Inclusion and Recent Institutional Inflow Highlights

Yangzijiang Maritime Development closed Nov 21 at S$0.67, up 12% from its S$0.60 offer price. CSE Global led 2H25 net institutional inflows with...

Singapore Exchange Ltd (SGX)

Institutions Chalk Up S$480M in Net Buying in Early October

Institutions net bought S$481.3 million in Singapore stocks, with Marco Polo Marine and Frencken Group leading in net buying. Marco Polo Marine...

Singapore Exchange Ltd (SGX)