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)

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Equity Bottom-Up

<ul><li>Institutions were net buyers of Singapore stocks with S$275 million inflow, led by DBS Group and CapitaLand Integrated Commercial Trust.</li><li>Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation led share buybacks with 1.25 million shares; Hongkong Land increased buyback mandate to US$193 million.</li><li>Wilmar International's chairman increased his stake to 14.39%; Centurion Corporation expanded Malaysian portfolio by 25% with Harum Megah acquisition.</li></ul>

Institutions were net buyers of Singapore stocks with S$275 million inflow, led by DBS Group and CapitaLand Integrated Commercial Trust.Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation led share buybacks with 1.25 million shares; Hongkong Land increased buyback mandate to US$193 million.Wilmar International's chairman increased his stake to 14.39%; Centurion Corporation expanded Malaysian portfolio by 25% with Harum Megah acquisition.

Wilmar Chair & Centurion Joint Chair Han Seng Juan Up Stakes 

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events, Quiddity Advisors

David Blennerhassett

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events

Quiddity Advisors

Event-Driven

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<li>
<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/wilmar-international-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:172:1" rel="noopener">Wilmar International (WIL SP)</a> is coming up "cheap" to 90%-held <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/yihai-kerry-arawana-holdings-c" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:33230:1" rel="noopener">Yihai Kerry Arawana Holdings C (300999 CH)</a>; yet implied stub numbers suggests otherwise. </li>
<li>Preceding my comments on Wilmar are the current setup/unwind tables for Asia-Pacific Holdcos.</li>
<li>These relationships trade with a minimum liquidity of US$1mn, and a % market capitalisation &gt;20%.</li>
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Wilmar International (WIL SP) is coming up "cheap" to 90%-held Yihai Kerry Arawana Holdings C (300999 CH); yet implied stub numbers suggests otherwise. 
Preceding my comments on Wilmar are the current setup/unwind tables for Asia-Pacific Holdcos.
These relationships trade with a minimum liquidity of US$1mn, and a % market capitalisation &gt;20%.


StubWorld: Wilmar Trading "Cheap" To YKA. Understandably.

<ul><li>Institutions were net sellers of Singapore stocks with a S$445 million outflow, totaling S$1.99 billion in 2025.</li><li>32 companies conducted share buybacks worth S$205 million, led by DBS Group Holdings with 3 million shares.</li><li>Directors and substantial shareholders filed 28 acquisitions and one disposal, with significant transactions in Wilmar International and Frencken Group.</li></ul>

Institutions were net sellers of Singapore stocks with a S$445 million outflow, totaling S$1.99 billion in 2025.32 companies conducted share buybacks worth S$205 million, led by DBS Group Holdings with 3 million shares.Directors and substantial shareholders filed 28 acquisitions and one disposal, with significant transactions in Wilmar International and Frencken Group.

Surge in Director Acquisitions and Share Buybacks

<ul><li>Singapore stocks recorded S$39 million in net institutional inflows, marking the first net buying since January's last week.</li><li>Industrials and Consumer Non-Cyclicals sectors reversed previous net outflows with significant inflows, led by ST Engineering and Wilmar International.</li><li>ISDN Holdings' share price rose 12.9% after reporting a 72% increase in FY24 attributable net profit.</li></ul>

Singapore stocks recorded S$39 million in net institutional inflows, marking the first net buying since January's last week.Industrials and Consumer Non-Cyclicals sectors reversed previous net outflows with significant inflows, led by ST Engineering and Wilmar International.ISDN Holdings' share price rose 12.9% after reporting a 72% increase in FY24 attributable net profit.

Institutional Investors Book Highest Net Weekly Inflows Since December

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 voluntary 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 en masse 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

Singapore

Wilmar International Ltd. is an agribusiness company. The Company is involved in oil palm cultivation, edible oils refining, oilseeds crushing, consumer pack edible oils processing and merchandising, specialty fats, oleochemicals and biodiesel manufacturing, and grains processing and merchandising. Wilmar also manufactures and distributes fertilizers and owns a fleet of vessels.

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Wilmar International (WIL SP)

Wilmar Chair & Centurion Joint Chair Han Seng Juan Up Stakes

Institutions were net buyers of Singapore stocks with S$275 million inflow, led by DBS Group and CapitaLand Integrated Commercial...

Singapore Exchange Ltd (SGX)

StubWorld: Wilmar Trading "Cheap" To YKA. Understandably.

Wilmar is coming up "cheap" to YKA, yet the implied stub numbers suggests otherwise. I'd be reluctant to long Wilmar, short YKA right here. I would...

David Blennerhassett

Institutional Investors Book Highest Net Weekly Inflows Since December

Singapore stocks recorded S$39 million in net institutional inflows, marking the first net buying since January's last week. Industrials and...

Singapore Exchange Ltd (SGX)

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

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Wilmar Chair & Centurion Joint Chair Han Seng Juan Up Stakes

Institutions were net buyers of Singapore stocks with S$275 million inflow, led by DBS Group and CapitaLand Integrated Commercial...

Singapore Exchange Ltd (SGX)

StubWorld: Wilmar Trading "Cheap" To YKA. Understandably.

Wilmar is coming up "cheap" to YKA, yet the implied stub numbers suggests otherwise. I'd be reluctant to long Wilmar, short YKA right here. I would...

David Blennerhassett

Surge in Director Acquisitions and Share Buybacks

Institutions were net sellers of Singapore stocks with a S$445 million outflow, totaling S$1.99 billion in 2025. 32 companies conducted share...

Singapore Exchange Ltd (SGX)

Institutional Investors Book Highest Net Weekly Inflows Since December

Singapore stocks recorded S$39 million in net institutional inflows, marking the first net buying since January's last week. Industrials and...

Singapore Exchange Ltd (SGX)

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