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Executive Summary

• Platform Scale and the Shift to Omnichannel Commerce: The Parentinc, the parent company of TheAsianParent, operates a Southeast Asian digital parenting platform reaching 35.0m monthly active users, currently executing a structural transition from an asset-light digital media publisher into an integrated omnichannel commerce operator via D2C brands and physical retail acquisitions that now include China.
• Audience-Led Monetisation Backed by Strategic Capital: The core investment case rests on the platform’s ability to leverage its established community network to drive efficient top-of-funnel customer acquisition, monetising this audience through digital advertising and e-commerce integrations backed by nearly US$50m (estimated) in total funding (debt and equity) from strategic investors including Vertex Ventures and JD.com.
• Margin Compression and Working Capital Risk from Physical Expansion: The principal risk involves the potential for consolidated EBIT margin compression and increased working capital requirements as the company absorbs the physical supply chain and inventory overheads associated with its D2C expansion, compounded by the necessity to navigate fragmented data privacy regulations across its operational footprint.

• MoneyMax (MM) announced a strong set of 1H26 results, with revenue growing by 34.1% yoy to $326mil (accounting for 44.7% FY26F1) while its net profit was $52.5mil (+77.3% yoy) accounted for 53% of FY26F estimates.

• Robust margin performance across all segments, which translated into improved net margin of 17% (1H26) vs our forecasts of 15.7% for FY26F.

• We are positively surprised by MM’s network expansion, having opened 26 stores YTD with another 10 in the pipeline by year end, implying branch expansion of nearly 1/3.

• BDx Data Centres is strategically positioned to capitalize on the booming data center demand in the Asia-Pacific region, driven by the rapid adoption of AI and cloud computing.
• The company’s key competitive advantage lies in its significant secured power capacity in power-constrained markets like Indonesia, enabling it to cater to the high-density requirements of hyperscalers and AI workloads.
• While aggressively expanding its portfolio with a focus on AI-ready infrastructure, BDx faces challenges related to profitability, high financial leverage, and the complexities of operating in diverse and emerging Asian markets.

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• theAsianparent is transitioning from a content-led community to an omnichannel commerce platform, capitalizing on its extensive user base of over 35 million monthly users in Southeast Asia.
• The company is backed by prominent investors, including JD.com and Vertex Ventures, and is expanding its private label offerings and physical retail presence through strategic acquisitions.
• Key challenges include managing the complexities of an omnichannel business model, potential margin compression from retail expansion, and navigating the competitive and evolving regulatory landscape of the Southeast Asian e-commerce market.

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• Net income before tax and before any change in the value of the properties reached S$56.5m in the six months to 30 June 2026 against a Prospectus forecast of S$53.1m, 6.3% above it.
• Finance costs ran 18.8% below their own forecast, and that saving is 83.2% of the whole beat. Profit ran the other way, at S$35.0m against a forecast of S$51.2m, 31.6% below, on a S$19.1m writedown of the properties that the forecast set at zero.
• A lower interest bill rather than fuller buildings produced this result, and the one cost the manager sets for itself overran its own forecast by 31.5%.

• Underlying NPAT +21% YoY (+27% cc); OpCo EBIT +10%, tracking ahead of FY27 guidance; associates PAT S$543M beat despite S$46M SGD headwind.
• Buyback 41% deployed with ~1.1% EPS accretion locked in; asset recycling 75% complete; Nxera on track to double EBITDA by FY28; all capital targets on schedule.
• Maintain BULLISH, TP S$4.91 (SOTP, 10% holdco discount); estimates unchanged; 90% of SOTP compounding.

• We think UI Boustead REIT offers an attractive entry point to SGX-listed industrial and logistics REITs.
• It pairs a young, ~98%-occupied S$1.9bn Singapore-and-Japan portfolio with strong net property income margins and a forward distribution yield of ~8.1%/8.5% (FY26(E)/FY27(E)) on the current S$0.80 price, backed by a visible Sponsor pipeline and highly specialised, high tech industrial clients.
• With the units trading modestly below pro forma NAV (S$0.85) and below the S$0.88 IPO price, the key detractions are the REIT’s short trading history, heavy reliance on a Sponsor only pipeline, and whether the present high occupancy can translate into distributions that would meet the IPO expectations.

• Investment Holding Company with Diversified Food Interests: Khong Guan is an investment holding company with a primary focus on the trading and distribution of wheat flour, biscuits, and other FMCG products, mainly in Singapore and Malaysia. It operates through subsidiaries and associates, including a significant distribution network in East Malaysia.
• Challenging Financial Performance Despite Stable Revenue: The company has demonstrated stable, albeit slow-growing, revenue. However, profitability has been a significant concern, with negative net income and declining margins over the past three years. A recent rebound in operating and free cash flow offers a potential sign of operational improvements.
• Deep Value Proposition with Significant Risks: The stock trades at a very low price-to-book ratio, suggesting a potential value opportunity. This is balanced by considerable risks, including a long-term decline in market capitalization, sustained losses, high competitive intensity in the FMCG sector, and volatility in commodity input costs.

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• Hai Leck faces a challenging operating environment characterized by a significant and persistent decline in revenue and net income over the past several years. The company’s growth track record shows negative compound annual growth rates across key metrics like revenue, net income, and dividends over 3, 5, and 7-year periods.
• The company operates in the highly cyclical and competitive Engineering, Procurement, and Construction (EPC) sector, primarily serving the oil & gas and petrochemical industries. Its performance is heavily tied to the capital expenditure cycles of these industries, which are influenced by volatile global energy prices and demand.
• Despite poor growth, the company exhibits some financial resilience, reflected in a high Smartkarma Resilience score. However, a significant corporate action is underway, with the founder and controlling shareholder proposing to privatize and delist the company, which will fundamentally change the investment thesis for public institutional investors.

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• From Enterprise Colocation to Regional AI Infrastructure: BDx Data Centers is transitioning from a traditional enterprise colocation provider into a hyperscale, AI-ready digital infrastructure platform across the Asia-Pacific region, anchored by the largest secured power commitment held by any operator in Indonesia and by joint ventures with domestic telecommunications partners. The power position matters because grid access, rather than capital or land, has become the binding constraint on development in the market, while the local partnerships provide anchor tenancy and eligibility for regulated workloads closed to operators without a domestic presence.
• Structural Demand Growth Matched by Funded Development Capacity: The core case rests on the company’s ability to capture regional cloud and generative AI adoption at a point when demand is expanding faster than available capacity across South East Asia. Institutional sponsorship provides governance discipline and access to capital, while a recent syndicated facility led by domestic Indonesian banks funds the development pipeline and refinances existing borrowings on improved terms, indicating that lenders with the closest visibility on local risk have repriced it downward.
• Earnings Compression and Rising Leverage Pending Lease-Up: The dominant underwriting risk is the gap between capital deployed and revenue recognised, with pre-tax earnings contracting sharply in the most recent financial year while total liabilities more than doubled. This pattern is characteristic of a platform carrying the depreciation, financing and operating costs of an expanding asset base well before that capacity is commissioned, contracted and billing, and it is compounded by disclosure that measures secured power and design potential rather than let and revenue-generating load. The investment therefore turns on disciplined execution, converting committed investment into sustainable operating leverage.

• Acquisitions Scale Up Market Capability: The S$46 million acquisition of Guthrie Engineering in July 2025 transformed Ever Glory from a niche player into a Tier-1 M&E contractor, expanding its order book to over S$1.0 billion as of July 2026 and granting access to major public works (such as the Alexandra Integrated Hospital redevelopment).
• Working Capital Squeeze Threatens Cash Flow: Although 1HFY2026 revenue surged 200.1% to S$103.2 million and net profit rose 177.5% to S$12.7 million, the rapid backlog execution places substantial strain on the balance sheet due to milestone billings, progress claims, and 5% to 10% retention sums locked up in a high-interest-rate environment.
• Hong Kong Dual Listing as a Vital Capital Lifeline: The proposed dual primary listing on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (SEHK), initiated in July 2026, is not merely an investor relations move. It is a strategic necessity to secure non-debt funding to absorb the working capital demands of their S$1.0 billion backlog and alleviate high gearing on their S$25.1 million acquisition loan.

Executive Summary

• Accelerating TAM Expansion and Revenue Scale: The firm’s TAM and revenue scale growth trajectories are accelerating, validated by the March 2026 consolidation of its Chinese regulatory framework and the April 2026 strategic enterprise designation in Hong Kong. While the company continues to execute its geographic rollout without requiring dilutive external capital, it must sustain its targeted 15% to 20% EBITDA margins amidst intense sector competition.
• AI-Native Product Rollouts and Travel Sector Deepening: Product innovation advanced materially with the June 2026 launch of the Sunrate.AI infrastructure and deepened integrations with travel platforms Sabre and Repayd. Although these developments and a July 2026 global rebrand position the firm to capture enterprise workflow automation, the company faces the ongoing operational burden of competing against heavily funded regional rivals.
• pvtIQ SmartScore© and pvtIQ Alt-Data Score© Progression: The prior initiation report established baseline composite scores for both the pvtIQ SmartScore© and pvtIQ Alt-Data SmartScore©, reflecting strong fundamental health balanced against moderate digital brand authority. Between March and August 2026, the SmartScore© advanced on broader-based gains while the Alt-Data SmartScore© held steady, reinforcing the company’s fundamental strength even as digital brand visibility remains an area for improvement.

• Parkway Life REIT undertook asset enhancement initiatives for Osaka properties, focusing on rejuvenation, refurbishment, and lease restructuring for future income growth.
• The REIT’s strategic market entry involves analyzing macro stability, funding structures, and demographics, leading to investments in Japan and France.
• Parkway Life REIT’s distribution per unit has grown annually since 2007, reflecting sustainable income and growth opportunities.

• Over five sessions, directors reported six acquisitions, substantial shareholders recorded six acquisitions and four disposals, with seven companies conducting buybacks totaling S$26.2 million.
• Singtel repurchased 195.3 million shares for S$893.0 million under its S$2 billion buyback program, increasing EPS by approximately 3%.
• Amova Asset Management increased its stake in Frencken Group to 7.19% and UI Boustead REIT to 7.02%, supporting growth initiatives.

• The sharp reduction in market cap over the last few months could lead to Sembcorp Industries (SCI SP)‘s deletion from a global index in August. 
• Passive trackers are estimated to sell 55.4m shares (US$243m; 6.2x ADV) at the close of trading on 31 August.
• Positioning indicates shorts in the stock and there could be short covering following the announcement of the index deletion followed by more covering as passives sell.

• Delfi Limited is a Singapore-listed, family-controlled chocolate confectionery manufacturer and consumer-goods distributor whose roots in Indonesia date to ~1950.
• It manufactures proprietary brands at its centralised Bandung hub and distributes them, alongside a third-party Agency Brands portfolio (established 1987), across Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines and Singapore.
• Delfi has held >30% market share of the Indonesia chocolate-confectionery market for over a decade. 

• Regulatory Scale Penalty: The Regulated Asset Base (RAB) framework acts as a double-edged sword; while it guarantees a stable 7.0% WACC, volume successes in residential and Non-Building Address Point (NBAP) connections trigger tariff reductions (e.g., residential falling to S$13.50 and NBAP to S$70.50), effectively capping revenue growth and penalizing scale efficiency.
• Structural Margin Erosion: Operating margins are facing severe structural pressure. The most recent Q1 FY2027 results reveal a 22.4% y-o-y decline in profit after tax to S$18.1 million, driven by rising fixed costs, a higher asset base (including the S$110 million Seletar Central Office), and lower labor cost capitalization.
• The Yield Illusion: While the 5.4% to 5.5% distribution yield remains attractive to yield-focused investors, paying out over 200% of accounting profits (due to high non-cash depreciation) leaves NetLink with limited operational flexibility, forcing a heavy reliance on debt refinancing (S$991 million gross debt) to sustain the distribution.

•  Pan-Asian Platform Targeting 3.0 GW by 2030: Bridge Data Centres operates as a pan-Asian hyperscale digital infrastructure platform, managing operational and development-stage campuses across Malaysia, India, Thailand, and Singapore. Backed by Bain Capital, the company is executing a capacity expansion targeting 3.0 GW globally by 2030, supported by a US$2.8b debt financing facility secured in March 2025 to fund AI-ready facilities.
• Contracted Demand and a Defined ExitPathway: The core investment case is anchored by structural demand for high-density computing capacity across the Asia-Pacific region, which underpins long-term lease agreements with global cloud service providers. This revenue visibility, combined with the sponsor’s current market testing of an over US$4.0b valuation for a potential 50% stake sale, establishes a defined liquidity pathway and demonstrates institutional appetite for regional infrastructure assets.
• Capital Intensity, Execution, and RegulatoryExposure:  The principal risk involves the capital-intensive nature of the business model and the execution vulnerabilities associated with aggressive, multi-jurisdictional construction pipelines. The company faces potential margin compression from advanced cooling technology costs, alongside stringent regulatory exposure, including Singapore’s proposed Digital Infrastructure Bill that mandates strict sustainability standards and imposes non-compliance fines of up to S$1.0m or 10.0% of annual turnover.

• Wealth management fee growth (surging 42% to S$919 million in Q2 2026) is successfully offsetting Net Interest Margin (NIM) compression, which fell 18 basis points year-on-year to 1.87% as SORA benchmark rates ease.
• While non-performing loans (NPLs) remain stable at 1.0%, the SME portfolio faces structural headwinds from higher-for-longer domestic borrowing costs, though the portfolio is mostly secured and backed by a S$3.81 billion general provision buffer.
• DBS’s 39% cost-to-income ratio is resilient due to aggressive automation and early-stage generative AI deployment, but this efficiency historically came at the expense of technology resilience, requiring a massive re-investment in core banking architecture following the regulatory fallout.

• Corporate Monitor Limited (“CML”) is initiating research on Jumbo Group (“Jumbo” or “the Company”).

• Jumbo is Singapore’s well-known chilli crab specialist, and it has been bringing Singaporean cuisine to other countries.

• Since its listing in November 2015, the Group has steadily grown its revenue, but net profit has been volatile.

• The recent record-breaking earnings growth of ValueMax is heavily reliant on a structural gold price tailwind rather than pure operational efficiency. While management has improved back-end systems, approximately 50% to 60% of the recent margin expansion and loan-book growth was driven directly by the rally in spot gold, which peaked at $5,501.70 in January 2026 before consolidating to the current $4,350 to $4,380 range.
• ValueMax maintains a highly conservative, non-speculative hedging strategy, relying primarily on rapid inventory turnover (target of 3 to 4 months) and the natural cushion of its 70% to 80% loan-to-value (LTV) pawn underwriting buffer. They selectively use forward contracts for their gold trading business but do not apply formal hedge accounting, leaving their retail inventory exposed to sharp, short-term gold corrections.
• Regulatory and operational scaling in Malaysia via their associate, Well Chip Group, faces significantly higher hurdles than in Singapore. Under Malaysia’s KPKT regulations, every individual pawnshop requires a separate license and a steep minimum paid-up capital of RM4.0 million, alongside high security set-up costs of approximately RM1.0 million per outlet, which explains why Well Chip is pursuing a dilutive 1-for-5 rights issue to raise up to RM120.0 million in 4Q2026.

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• BW LPG is the world’s leading owner and operator of Very Large Gas Carriers (VLGCs), providing it with significant scale advantages in a cyclical and competitive market.
• The company is a technological frontrunner through its substantial investment in dual-fuel LPG propulsion, which offers a competitive edge by reducing emissions and fuel costs, positioning it favorably for stricter environmental regulations.
• Financial performance is inherently tied to volatile freight rates, but the company has demonstrated strong returns and a commitment to high dividend payouts, supported by a solid balance sheet and a strategic fleet renewal program.

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• Concord New Energy is strategically expanding its renewable energy portfolio with a focus on wind and solar power, complemented by a growing presence in energy storage solutions. The company is actively pursuing global expansion, particularly in North America and Europe, to capitalize on the increasing demand for clean energy.
• The company has a strong commitment to sustainable practices and corporate governance, which is reflected in its high ESG ratings. This focus on sustainability is integral to its long-term value creation strategy and helps in attracting investment and building trust with stakeholders.
• Despite a challenging market environment that has impacted recent financial performance, Concord New Energy is focused on long-term growth through technological advancement, green power trading, and sustainable financing. The company’s integrated business model, which includes design, construction, and operation of power plants, provides a competitive advantage.

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• Global Investments presents a compelling case for income-oriented investors due to its high dividend yield and recent strong profitability growth. However, this is contrasted by a history of long-term revenue and cash flow declines.
• The company’s stock appears potentially undervalued, trading at a price-to-book ratio of 0.8x. This could represent an attractive entry point, though the inherent volatility of its business model warrants caution.
• Lacking a durable competitive moat, the company’s success is highly dependent on the skill of its investment team and prevailing financial market conditions, leading to a high uncertainty rating and a neutral overall outlook.

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• Strategic pivot towards a construction-led model following the acquisition of Chip Eng Seng Construction, significantly altering the company’s operational focus and growth trajectory. The company was renamed GRC Limited in May 2025 to reflect this new identity.
• Turnaround to profitability in FY2023 after a significant loss in FY2022, demonstrating improved operational resiliency and balance sheet strength. However, revenue has declined, and historical financial performance has been volatile, contingent on the timing of property development projects.
• Strengthened focus on recurring income from its property investment portfolio of industrial and logistics assets in Singapore, though this segment has recently faced headwinds from lower occupancy and the end of a major lease.

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• Seagate is a primary beneficiary of the explosive growth in data generation, driven by cloud computing and artificial intelligence, which is fueling structural demand for its mass-capacity hard disk drives (HDDs).
• The company has established a significant technological lead with its Heat-Assisted Magnetic Recording (HAMR) technology, enabling higher storage densities and providing a competitive advantage, particularly in the high-margin data center and hyperscaler markets.
• While the financial performance has shown a strong cyclical recovery with impressive margin expansion and cash flow generation, the stock’s valuation appears elevated, and the business remains exposed to risks including industry cyclicality, competition from solid-state drives (SSDs), and high customer concentration.

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• Dominant Regional MRO Provider: SIA Engineering Company (SIAEC) is a premier Maintenance, Repair, and Overhaul (MRO) provider in the Asia-Pacific region, benefiting from its strategic base at Singapore’s Changi Airport and its strong lineage as a subsidiary of the Singapore Airlines (SIA) Group.
• Favorable Industry Tailwinds: The company is well-positioned to capitalize on the robust recovery in global air travel and persistent new aircraft delivery delays, which forces airlines to extend the life of existing fleets, thereby increasing MRO demand.
• Strong Financials & Shareholder Returns: SIAEC exhibits a solid financial position with a strong net cash balance, supporting strategic investments and consistent dividend payouts. The company’s dividend yield and recent growth in payouts are attractive for income-focused investors.

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• Leading Integrated Environmental Player: SIIC Environment is a top-tier, integrated environmental protection company in China with a significant portfolio of over 250 projects across 20 provinces, specializing in wastewater treatment, water supply, and waste-to-energy.
• Favorable Industry Tailwinds: The company is poised to benefit from China’s stringent environmental policies, including the 14th Five-Year Plan, which targets increased sewage treatment rates and recycled water usage, driving significant government and private investment into the sector.
• Attractive Valuation and Yield: The company trades at a significant discount to peers on key metrics like P/E and P/B ratios, coupled with a high dividend yield, presenting a compelling value proposition for investors.

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• Singapore Airlines (SIA) stands as a premier global airline, capitalizing on its strong brand reputation for service excellence and the strategic location of its Singapore Changi Airport hub.
• The company is well-positioned to benefit from the continued recovery in international air travel, particularly in the Asia-Pacific region, through its dual-brand strategy encompassing the full-service Singapore Airlines and the low-cost carrier Scoot.
• However, SIA faces significant headwinds from intense competition from both full-service and budget carriers, high operating costs, and pronounced sensitivity to volatile fuel prices and global economic conditions.

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• Singtel is undergoing a strategic transformation from a traditional telecommunications provider to a technology company, focusing on 5G, enterprise digital services (NCS), and digital infrastructure (Nxera) as key growth engines.
• The company maintains a strong market position in its core markets of Singapore and Australia (via Optus) and benefits from a diversified portfolio of regional associates, which are significant contributors to earnings.
• Future growth is contingent on successfully monetizing 5G investments, expanding its high-margin enterprise and data center businesses, and navigating intense competition and regulatory pressures in its mature consumer markets.

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• Venture Corporation is a leading global provider of technology services, products, and solutions, with a strong focus on high-mix, high-value, and complex manufacturing. The company has a diversified business across various technology domains, including life sciences, medical technology, smart industrial, and next-generation communications, serving over 100 global brands, including many Fortune 500 corporations.
• The company’s integrated capabilities, from research and development (R&D) and product industrialization to advanced manufacturing and supply chain management, provide a significant competitive advantage. This allows Venture to act as a strategic partner to its clients, deeply embedded in their value chains, which supports long-term relationships and recurring revenue streams.
• Financially, Venture has demonstrated resilience, maintaining robust net profit margins and a strong balance sheet with a significant net cash position. The company has a track record of consistent dividend payments, reflecting a commitment to shareholder returns.

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Executive Summary

• Thesis update: Core growth and network moats accelerating. The company is executing on its structural profitability and network expansion theses, deploying its US$153.1m Series D capital to operationalise a New York City hub and expanding its global network reach to 12.0 billion endpoints across over 140 countries. While the integration of stablecoin payouts via Swift for 11,500 financial institutions accelerates its digital asset strategy, monetising these new corridors against entrenched legacy competitors remains a critical execution requirement.
• Corporate and industry developments: US expansion and Swift stablecoin integration drive B2B market capture. Against a backdrop of tightening global regulatory frameworks, Thunes advanced its capture of the US$47.8t business-to-business payments market by launching real-time inbound United States payment capabilities and integrating stablecoin routing for Swift-connected banks. These infrastructural milestones directly expand the addressable market, though they concurrently expose the firm to heightened compliance costs and intense competition from domestic payment orchestrators.
• pvtIQ SmartScore© update:The pvtIQ SmartScore© held steady, as an isolated gain in Growth, following the New York expansion and Top FinTech recognition. It was offset within a broader base of unchanged fundamentals across all other sub-components; the pvtIQ Alt-Data Score© softened, weighed down by declines in Customer Sentiment and Human Capital that outpaced a modest gain in Authority, pointing to growing strain between external visibility and internal/customer-facing performance.

• Strategic pivot to the high-growth offshore wind sector is set to be a primary long-term value driver, capitalizing on a structural shift towards renewable energy in Asia.
• The proposed spin-off of its shipyard business via a reverse takeover is a key catalyst, intended to unlock value, improve earnings visibility, and provide the unit with independent capital-raising capabilities for accelerated growth.
• Strong insider confidence, demonstrated by share acquisitions from key management and industry veterans, coupled with significant institutional placements, signals strong conviction in the company’s growth trajectory and strategic direction.

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• Privatized and Integrated: Keppel Telecommunications & Transportation (Keppel T&T) was privatized by its parent, Keppel Corporation, in a deal completed in May 2019, and is now a wholly-owned subsidiary. Consequently, its shares are no longer publicly traded on the SGX-ST. The move was part of Keppel Corporation’s strategy to simplify its corporate structure and better align Keppel T&T’s interests with the broader group.
• Dual-Focus on Digital and Physical Infrastructure: The company operates through two primary segments: Data Centres and Logistics. The Data Centre division is positioned to capitalize on the high-growth digital economy, driven by AI, cloud adoption, and digitalization. The Logistics division provides traditional integrated supply chain solutions, though this unit was largely acquired by GEODIS in 2022.
• Pre-Privatization Financial Pressures: Financial data from the three years leading up to its delisting (2016-2018) shows a trend of declining revenue, contracting margins, and falling net income. This performance likely contributed to the decision by Keppel Corporation to privatize the entity to facilitate a strategic overhaul away from public market scrutiny.

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• A pending privatization offer from Executive Chairman Tong Kooi Ong’s entity, TKO Pte. Ltd., at S$2.70 per share is the primary catalyst for the stock. The offer provides a clear exit opportunity for shareholders of the highly illiquid stock.
• Avarga‘s core value is derived from its 74.2% stake in Taiga Building Products, a leading distributor of building materials in North America. The underlying value of this stake is estimated to be above the current offer price.
• The company’s financial performance has been weak, with declining revenue and net income over the past three years, reflecting challenging conditions in its paper manufacturing and building materials segments.

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• BH Global is navigating a challenging period marked by declining revenue and net income, reflecting competitive pressures and cyclicality in its core marine and offshore markets.
• The company is strategically pivoting towards higher-growth areas, including Green LED Lighting, Cybersecurity, and Integrated Engineering, with a focus on sustainability and digitalization to diversify its revenue base.
• Despite poor growth metrics, the company maintains a strong dividend yield, supported by positive operating cash flows, which may appeal to income-focused investors.

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• China Yuchai is experiencing a period of significant growth, driven by strong demand in China’s commercial vehicle market and successful expansion into new high-margin segments like high-horsepower engines for data centers.
• The company exhibits strong financial health, evidenced by accelerating revenue and net income growth, margin expansion, and a recently increased dividend, signaling management’s confidence in future cash flow generation.
• Significant corporate governance concerns, including investigations into former and current high-ranking officers, present a material risk and contribute to market skepticism, despite the company’s robust operational performance and attractive valuation multiples.

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• Beverly JCG Ltd. is undergoing a significant business transformation, pivoting from a legacy steel trading business to focus primarily on the aesthetic medical and healthcare sector through its Beverly Wilshire brand in Malaysia.
• The company has recently achieved a major milestone by turning its first quarterly profit in Q1 2025 after 12 years, driven by strong revenue growth in its core aesthetic medical segment.
• Despite the positive turnaround, the company faces significant financial risks, including a history of high leverage, negative working capital, and a reliance on shareholder funding to sustain operations and fund expansion.

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• Dasin Retail Trust is in a state of severe financial distress, with its units suspended from trading on the Singapore Exchange since July 2025 due to defaults on loan facilities and a failure to produce timely financial statements.
• Significant corporate governance failures are at the core of the crisis; the Singapore-based trustee-manager has lost effective control over its China-based subsidiaries, which have ceased providing essential financial information since the third quarter of 2023, leading to allegations of suspicious fund transfers and diverted rental income.
• The Trust is currently undergoing a complex cross-border debt restructuring process, which includes attempts to sell its portfolio of seven retail malls in China’s Greater Bay Area, but the outcome remains highly uncertain and poses a significant risk of impairment to the assets.

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• Digilife Technologies has undertaken a significant strategic pivot, divesting its legacy telecommunications and ICT businesses to focus exclusively on the high-growth prefabricated construction materials sector in India.
• The company is now centered on the manufacturing and supply of Autoclaved Aerated Concrete (AAC) blocks and panels, aligning with sustainable construction trends and government initiatives in India.
• While the pivot presents a substantial long-term opportunity in a burgeoning market, the company faces considerable execution risks, a challenging financial history, and intense competition, making it a high-risk, high-reward turnaround story.

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• Global Leader in IP-Based Immersive Experiences: Cityneon, rebranded as NEON, is a global leader in creating and operating large-scale, immersive exhibitions based on blockbuster intellectual properties from partners like Disney, Marvel, Universal, and Warner Bros., capitalizing on the growing ‘experience economy’.
• Strategic Privatization and Aggressive Growth: Following its delisting from the SGX in February 2019 to gain management flexibility, the company has successfully raised significant private capital from prominent investors, fueling aggressive global expansion, the acquisition of new IPs, and the development of in-house creative and technological capabilities.
• Diversified and Expanding IP Portfolio: While initially focused on Hollywood franchises, NEON has diversified its portfolio to include historical and cultural artifact exhibitions, such as ‘Ramses the Great and the Gold of the Pharaohs’, and is actively developing new experiences, demonstrating a robust and scalable growth strategy.

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• AJJ Medtech is in a strategic transition, shifting from platform development to commercialization, focusing on an integrated medtech model that combines a core distribution business with high-growth ventures in AI and humanoid robotics for eldercare.
• Despite strong multi-year revenue growth, the company remains deeply unprofitable with significant net losses and negative operating cash flow, highlighting substantial execution risk and the need for disciplined cost management.
• The company is strategically targeting long-term, recurring revenue streams by securing multi-year supply contracts with government and institutional healthcare providers in the high-growth Southeast Asian medtech market.

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• The iShares Asia High Yield Bond Index ETF (AHYG SP) offers investors diversified exposure to the Asian high-yield bond market, providing a significant income stream as evidenced by its 7.01% dividend yield.
• The market outlook is cautious, balancing resilient Asian credit fundamentals against significant macroeconomic headwinds, including potential US interest rate hikes and geopolitical tensions impacting oil prices.
• The Asian high-yield market is undergoing a structural shift, becoming more concentrated and shrinking in size, which increases the importance of issuer selection and elevates risk.

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• Best World International is a direct selling company specializing in premium skincare and wellness products, with a significant presence in Asia, particularly China. Its business model relies on a large network of independent distributors.
• The company has faced significant challenges, including regulatory scrutiny of its business model in China, which led to a trading suspension and its eventual decision to delist from the Singapore Exchange (SGX) in 2024 to gain strategic flexibility away from public market pressures.
• Financially, the company exhibits high gross and net margins, characteristic of the direct selling industry. However, recent performance shows a decline in revenue and net income over the past three years, coupled with a cessation of dividend payments since 2019, raising concerns among shareholders.

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• BCI presents a compelling deep-value investment case, trading at a significant 76% discount to its Net Asset Value (NAV), underpinned by a portfolio of prime real estate assets in Shanghai and Ningbo.
• The company maintains a robust balance sheet with a strong cash position, representing over half of its market capitalization, which provides significant operational flexibility and downside protection.
• A potential privatization by the controlling Widjaja family serves as a primary catalyst for share price appreciation, alongside a high dividend yield, though the company faces headwinds from recent declines in revenue and profitability amid economic uncertainty in China.

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• Strategic Focus on High-Growth Indian Market: CapitaLand India Trust (CLINT) is uniquely positioned as a Singapore-listed trust with a pure-play focus on India’s rapidly expanding commercial real estate market, offering investors direct exposure to the country’s strong economic and digital growth.
• Diversification into New Economy Assets: The trust is actively diversifying its portfolio beyond traditional IT parks into high-demand ‘new economy’ assets such as logistics parks and data centres, capitalizing on structural tailwinds like e-commerce penetration and data localization.
• Elevated Leverage Amidst Expansion: While pursuing an aggressive growth and development strategy, CLINT faces the risk of elevated leverage. Successful execution of its development pipeline and potential divestments will be critical to managing its balance sheet and sustaining unitholder returns.

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• Carro is a leading online used car marketplace in Southeast Asia, rapidly expanding its footprint and diversifying its revenue streams beyond vehicle sales into higher-margin financing, insurance, and after-sales services.
• The company has demonstrated a strong growth trajectory, achieving record revenues and positive EBITDA in recent fiscal years, indicating a scalable and profitable business model.
• With a focus on technology, including AI-driven vehicle inspections and pricing algorithms, Carro is well-positioned to capture a significant share of the growing and increasingly digitalized used car market in the region.

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• Privatized and Poised for Domestic Focus: Following its delisting from the Singapore Exchange in January 2020, Citic Envirotech (CEL) is now a wholly-owned subsidiary of CITIC Environment Investment Group. This transition allows for greater operational flexibility and a strategic realignment to capitalize on China’s domestic environmental protection mandates, free from the costs and disclosures of a public listing.
• Technology-Driven Business Model: CEL’s core competitive advantage lies in its proprietary membrane technology, particularly its Membrane Bioreactor (MBR) systems. This technology is crucial for treating high-difficulty industrial and municipal wastewater to high standards, positioning the company to benefit from China’s increasingly stringent environmental regulations.
• Challenging Financial Profile Pre-Delisting: The last three years of public data (2017-2019) show a concerning trend of declining net income and significantly negative operating and free cash flows. The privatization was deemed ‘fair and reasonable’ by an independent financial adviser, partly due to this significant decline in earnings. The backing of the state-owned parent, CITIC Group, is now critical for funding its capital-intensive projects.

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• Clearbridge Health is in a precarious financial position, characterized by persistent and widening net losses, negative operating cash flow, and a deteriorating revenue base. The company’s share price, last traded at a nominal value, reflects significant investor concern about its viability.
• The company is attempting a strategic realignment by divesting non-core, loss-making assets, such as its dental clinic business in May 2026, to streamline operations and focus on its core laboratory testing and medical clinic segments. This move aims to improve cost efficiencies and stabilize its financial health, though the immediate impact includes a significant loss on disposal.
• While operating in the high-growth precision medicine sector in Southeast Asia, Clearbridge faces intense competition and significant operational headwinds. Its ability to capture market share and achieve profitability remains highly uncertain, contingent on a successful turnaround of its core businesses and prudent capital management.

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• Continuum Green Energy is a leading India-focused renewable energy independent power producer (IPP) with a significant portfolio of wind and wind-solar hybrid projects. The company has a strong focus on the Commercial & Industrial (C&I) customer segment, which offers higher tariffs and better payment track records compared to state-owned distribution companies.
• The company is in a high-growth phase, with a substantial pipeline of under-construction and in-development projects expected to significantly increase its operational capacity. This growth is supported by a demonstrated ability to raise capital from a diverse group of domestic and international investors, including recent equity infusions and green bond issuances.
• Key challenges for the company include execution risks associated with its large project pipeline, such as commissioning delays, and exposure to interest rate and foreign currency fluctuations on its debt. The financial performance has been impacted by these delays and lower-than-expected plant load factors, leading to high leverage.

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• AIMS APAC REIT (AAREIT) demonstrates resilient performance, with strong revenue and net property income growth driven by proactive asset enhancement initiatives (AEIs) and positive rental reversions.
• A key near-term headwind is the temporary decline in portfolio occupancy following the handover of a property by a major tenant, Optus, in Australia. Management’s ability to backfill this space is a critical focus.
• Future growth is underpinned by a clear strategy of selective, yield-accretive acquisitions, such as the recent Hazelmere property in Australia, and long-term value creation through potential redevelopment projects, including a data centre.

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• Cambodia’s NR production increases by 90% MoM to 11,200 tons in April

• NR exports rise 106.49% MoM to 15,900 metric tonnes in April

• Prime Minister lays emphasis on contract farming to boost rubber sector

• ESR-REIT offers structural arbitrage, absorbing a massive pipeline of AI infrastructure and hyperscale data centers from its newly privatized sponsor without greenfield execution risk.
• The 510 MW Racks Central campus positions ESR-REIT to perfectly capitalize on the Johor-Singapore Special Economic Zone decentralization megatrend, driving unprecedented regional growth.
• We think ESR REIT offers upside potential with a compelling 8.2% yield, leveraging robust debt headroom to capture the New Economy pivot through stabilized, high-yielding specialized logistics hubs.

• Samudera Shipping Line operates as a resilient, regionally-focused shipping operator, primarily in the intra-Asia market, with a business model built on navigating the industry’s inherent cyclicality through financial discipline rather than a wide competitive moat.
• The company is currently trading at what appears to be an attractive valuation relative to its peers, though its financial performance has moderated from the cyclical peak seen in 2023, with recent 3-year growth metrics showing a downturn.
• Future growth is tied to the expansion of intra-Asia trade and the company’s strategic initiatives to grow its logistics segment and selectively acquire vessels, balanced against the significant industry-wide risks of freight rate volatility and potential overcapacity.

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• Deleveraging-Led Earnings Inflection: ASL Marine is in a significant turnaround phase, marked by a successful deleveraging strategy that has substantially reduced debt and finance costs. This financial strengthening is translating directly to a sharp improvement in net profit, with the company on a trajectory to potentially become net cash by FY28-30.
• Resilient Ship Repair Segment: The company’s ship repair and conversion business serves as a stable, high-margin revenue source. This segment benefits from non-discretionary, recurring demand driven by aging global fleets and mandatory dry-docking regulations, providing a buffer against the cyclicality of the shipbuilding industry.
• Favorable Market Dynamics and Growth Catalysts: ASL is well-positioned to capitalize on increased infrastructure activities and a strong ship repair market. Key catalysts for value realization include the successful execution of its fleet disposal program to accelerate debt reduction and the planned expansion of shipyard capacity to meet growing demand.

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• BHCC is a Singapore-based contractor poised to benefit from a robust domestic construction outlook, driven by significant public sector infrastructure and housing projects.
• The company has demonstrated a strong earnings recovery, with impressive three-year compound annual growth in net income and operating cash flow, though revenue has been volatile.
• Valuation appears reasonable compared to peers, but the company’s investment appeal is tempered by its lack of dividends, high competitive intensity in the sector, and the cyclical nature of the construction industry.

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• BHG Retail REIT is a pure-play China retail REIT with a portfolio of six community-focused malls geographically diversified across Tier 1, Tier 2, and other cities with significant economic potential.
• The REIT is currently navigating a challenging macroeconomic environment in China, characterized by a slowdown in the property market and evolving consumer behavior, which has impacted financial performance, leading to declining revenue and distributions.
• Management is focused on maintaining portfolio stability through proactive asset management, tenant mix optimization to cater to emerging consumer trends, and prudent capital management, while also exploring potential yield-accretive acquisitions.

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• Beng Soon Machinery is a dominant player in the Singaporean demolition market, reportedly holding the largest market share in 2018. The company stands to benefit from Singapore’s continuous urban renewal and infrastructure development.
• The company has demonstrated strong revenue growth in recent years, driven by a robust pipeline of public and private sector projects. However, net income has been more volatile, indicating potential margin pressures or fluctuations in project profitability.
• Forward-looking, the company’s growth is intrinsically linked to the health of Singapore’s construction industry. Key drivers will include major infrastructure projects and the ongoing redevelopment of older buildings, while risks include regulatory changes, project delays, and competitive pressures.

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• Dominant Market Leader Set to Capitalize on Construction Upcycle: BRC Asia holds a commanding 55-60% market share in Singapore’s reinforcing steel market, positioning it as a primary beneficiary of the robust construction pipeline. A record order book of S$2.2 billion, significantly boosted by major projects like Changi Airport Terminal 5, provides strong earnings visibility for the next several years.
• Strategic Regional Expansion and Vertical Integration: The recent acquisition of a 55% stake in Malaysia’s Southern Steel Mesh (SSM) marks a significant step in BRC’s regional diversification strategy, reducing its reliance on the Singaporean market and offering new avenues for growth. This move, coupled with the earlier acquisition of Lee Metal, enhances economies of scale, improves procurement power, and provides a more comprehensive product offering.
• Attractive Shareholder Returns and Solid Financial Performance: The company has demonstrated a strong track record of profitability and cash flow generation, supporting a consistent and attractive dividend policy. With a projected dividend yield of around 5.3% for FY26, BRC Asia presents a compelling case for income-focused investors, backed by a healthy construction demand outlook.

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• CDL Hospitality Trusts (CDLHT) presents a mixed operational picture, with a robust and recovering Singapore portfolio counterbalanced by significant geopolitical headwinds in overseas markets, particularly the Maldives.
• The Trust is trading at a significant discount to its net asset value, with a price-to-book ratio of 0.5, suggesting a potential valuation opportunity if operational challenges can be overcome.
• Future growth is largely dependent on the successful completion and ramp-up of its forward acquisition, the Moxy Singapore Clarke Quay, and a recovery in international travel demand across its geographically diverse portfolio.

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• Bonvests Holdings is a diversified conglomerate with core operations in property, hospitality, and environmental services, providing a balanced portfolio across different economic cycles.
• The company is demonstrating a strong financial recovery, with a significant increase in net income for the fiscal year 2025, driven by improved performance in its hotel division and stable returns from its rental and industrial segments.
• Trading at a significant discount to its book value (P/B of 0.5) suggests a potentially attractive valuation, although this is contrasted by higher P/E and EV/EBITDA multiples compared to some industry peers.

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Executive Summary

• Thesis update: Geographic scaling accelerates while financial viability tracks to 2027 breakeven. The company’s geographic and transaction scaling theses are advancing rapidly, evidenced by a 46% YoY global growth rate and an official United States market entry in April 2026. However, the financial viability thesis has been recalibrated, with management confirming that operations have remained at breakeven since the 2023 Series C and targeting sustained profitability by mid-2027 as the firm absorbs international expansion costs.
• Corporate and industry developments: US market entry and AI-incentivised startup programmes drive global transition. Aspire executed a major geographical expansion by launching its financial operating system in the United States, supported by strategic hires and infrastructure partnerships with Stripe, Deel, and Plaid. Concurrently, the firm deepened its core Asian market penetration through a strategic partnership with Antler and a revamped US$500k founder benefits programme, though it continues to face intense competition from entrenched global incumbents across these new corridors.
• SmartScoring© update: Scores strengthen across fundamental and alt-data pillars. Both the pvtIQ SmartScore© and pvtIQ Alt-Data Score© gained momentum, driven by global licensing expansion, narrowing operating losses, and a recovery in human capital sentiment following organisational stabilisation. While high digital trust ratings and strong top-line growth supported score gains, competitive pressure in Western corridors and new asset-backed debt encumbrances continue to exert minor headwinds.

• DBS posted a record S$3.08bn 2Q26 net profit, +9% YoY, beating consensus by ~7% as wealth fees, treasury sales and trading offset an 18bp NIM decline.
• Management raised FY26 guidance on every income line and crossed S$500bn wealth AUM, but CET1 slipped 30bp QoQ as capital return outpaced retained capital generation.
• We believe DBS is already near fair value of S$75.00 (3.0x BVPS) — GGM fair value of ~S$53 confirms the stock is priced for flawless execution, not further re-rating.

• It has been almost a year since my last writeup of a Singaporean stock, as market reforms have resulted in positive revaluations across the exchange reducing the opportunity set.
• On the bright side, a very interesting new company took the opportunity to IPO on the SGX in December last year which I believe is underappreciated in its business quality and prospects.
• Ultragreen.AI ($ULG.si) is weirdly not an AI company, instead it is the world’s largest producer of Indocyanine Green (ICG), the fluorescent dye injected during surgery to illuminate blood flow, perfusion and tissue margins. 

• APAC Realty stands as a key player in the Singapore real estate brokerage market, second only to PropNex, with a significant market share and a strong brand presence through ERA.
• The company’s financial performance is intrinsically linked to the cyclical nature of the Singapore property market, with recent results showing sensitivity to transaction volumes, particularly in the higher-margin new home sales segment.
• With a strong brand, an expanding regional franchise network, and a commitment to shareholder returns through a consistent dividend policy, APAC Realty is navigating a competitive and dynamic market environment.

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• Chocolate Finance is a Singapore-based digital wealth manager poised for significant regional expansion, backed by a recent US$15.0m Series A+ funding round led by Nikko Asset Management.
• The company faces intense competition from digital banks and other wealth platforms, which creates structural pressure on its ability to offer attractive, sustainable yields to customers.
• Key challenges to long-term profitability include navigating persistent regulatory scrutiny in its domestic market and improving its unit economics, which are currently strained by customer yield subsidies.

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• AutoWealth is strategically positioned to capture a significant share of the Singaporean retirement market through its recent entry into the CPF Investment Scheme (CPFIS), a key growth catalyst.
• The company’s primary challenges are achieving profitability amidst ‘persistent net losses’ and navigating an intensely competitive robo-advisory landscape with pressure on fees.
• Success hinges on management’s ability to scale its AUM, particularly within the CPFIS, while effectively managing cash burn to create a sustainable business model.

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• Diversified Entertainment Model Mitigates Risk and Captures Broader Audience: Goodwill Entertainment has evolved from a traditional karaoke operator into a multi-concept entertainment provider. Its portfolio now includes family-friendly karaoke venues (“HaveFun Family Karaoke”), a dance club (“FATEbyhavefun”), and a live performance hall (“HaveFun Live Show”). This diversification allows the company to cater to a wider range of consumer preferences and reduces its reliance on a single entertainment format.
• Strategic Vertical Integration and Expansion: The company is pursuing vertical integration through initiatives like its central kitchen (“Cookease Pte. Ltd.”) and the acquisition of karaoke supplier Funtech Solutions. These moves are aimed at improving operational efficiency and controlling the supply chain. Furthermore, Goodwill is expanding its geographical footprint with a recent entry into the Malaysian market, signaling its ambition to become a regional player.
• Solid Financial Performance and Shareholder Returns: Goodwill has demonstrated strong top-line growth, with revenue increasing significantly in recent years, driven by new business segments. The company has maintained healthy operating cash flows and has a stated intention of distributing up to 30% of its net profit after tax as dividends for FY24 and FY25, indicating a commitment to shareholder returns.

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• Strategic Focus on Singapore with High Barriers to Entry: Far East Hospitality Trust (FEHT) is a key proxy for the Singapore hospitality sector, with the majority of its S$2.5 billion portfolio located in the city-state, a market characterized by high barriers to entry. This concentration provides stability but also exposes the Trust to country-specific risks.
• Stable Financials Supported by Strong Sponsor: The Trust benefits from a healthy balance sheet with gearing at a modest 32.8% and stable debt costs. Its relationship with its sponsor, Far East Organization, provides a pipeline of assets and master lease agreements that ensure a degree of income stability.
• Headwinds from Rising Interest Rates and Operational Pressures: While the tourism recovery provides a positive backdrop, FEHT faces challenges from rising financing costs as its interest rate swaps expire. Additionally, operational pressures, evidenced by a recent dip in Singapore hotel Revenue per Available Room (RevPAR), could impact near-term growth.

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• Hiap Hoe is a diversified real estate group with a resilient business model, balancing property development with a growing portfolio of recurring income assets in hospitality, retail, and commercial sectors across Singapore, Australia, and the UK.
• The company has demonstrated a strong financial turnaround, with significant growth in net income and operating cash flow over the past three years, driven by improved margins and strategic acquisitions.
• Despite robust earnings growth, the company’s shares trade at a significant discount to book value compared to peers, suggesting a potential valuation gap that the market has yet to recognize.

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• Amperesand is a private, venture-backed company at the forefront of developing critical power infrastructure solutions, specifically targeting the rapidly expanding AI data center market.
• The company’s core innovation is its Solid-State Transformer (SST) technology, which promises significantly faster deployment times, a smaller physical footprint, and higher efficiency compared to traditional power transformers.
• With substantial Series A funding co-led by prominent investors and a strong management team with experience from major technology and industrial firms, Amperesand is positioning itself to address the significant energy bottlenecks created by global electrification and the artificial intelligence boom.

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• Take-rate compression is structural, not cyclical: Extransfer’s take rate declined from 0.47% in 2023 to 0.34% in 2025. While top-line Total Payment Volume (TPV) surged to $60.52 billion at an 80.2% CAGR, monetization is under pressure due to zero-fee pay-in client acquisition and intense pricing competition in high-growth, low-margin emerging market corridors.
• IFRS paper losses mask high operational profitability: The reported FY25 net loss of $483.5 million is entirely an accounting anomaly caused by a $524.0 million non-cash valuation loss on convertible preferred shares as the company’s valuation surged to $3.02 billion. Operationally, Extransfer is a highly profitable, cash-generative business with a 92.0% gross margin and an adjusted net profit of $47.7 million in FY25.
• Moat reliance on proprietary compliance rather than payment rails: Rather than building an entirely independent network, Extransfer’s hybrid “X-Net” architecture relies on Tier-1 banks (JPMorgan Chase, Deutsche Bank, BBVA). Its true competitive edge is the “TradePilot” AI compliance engine, which automates 98.5% of transactions and keeps fraud rates at a record-low 0.003%, resolving the compliance bottleneck that traditional banks face when serving high-risk SMEs.

• All-Link Air & Sea Limited raised S$20.1 million from its IPO, with a market capitalisation of S$80.1 million.
• Revenue increased from US$4.8 million in FY2023 to US$74.1 million in FY2025, driven by TikTok contracts.
• The Group declared US$8.0 million in dividends in 2026, with a post-dividend cash balance of US$15.6 million.

• EC World REIT is in a precarious financial position, characterized by severe revenue decline, significant net losses, and a critically high leverage ratio of 95.1% as of FY2025.
• The REIT’s units have been suspended from trading on the Singapore Exchange since August 2023 due to its inability to meet debt obligations, with distributions to unitholders halted.
• Significant corporate governance and operational risks have emerged, including large outstanding rent receivables from its sponsor, Forchn Holdings, and unauthorized mortgages placed on the REIT’s properties by the sponsor.

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• Excelpoint Technology is a key B2B distributor of electronic components in the high-growth Asia Pacific region, differentiating itself through value-added engineering design and supply chain management services.
• The company is strategically positioned to capitalize on long-term secular growth trends, including the expansion of Artificial Intelligence (AI), Internet of Things (IoT), 5G connectivity, and electric vehicles.
• Financial performance has been robust, with significant revenue and net income growth in recent years, although the business is subject to the inherent cyclicality of the semiconductor industry and potential margin pressures from a changing product mix.

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• Extransfer is a high-growth, B2B-focused financial technology company providing cross-border payment solutions for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs), primarily those engaged in international trade.
• The company’s key competitive advantage lies in its proprietary global settlement network (X-Net) and AI-driven risk management system (TradePilot), which reduce transaction costs, increase speed, and enable it to service a client segment that traditional banks often find challenging to underwrite.
• While demonstrating impressive top-line growth and strong underlying profitability, the company faces significant risks from intense industry competition, which is compressing monetization rates, and the complexities of navigating diverse geopolitical and regulatory landscapes as it expands globally.

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• Foundation Healthcare Holdings (FHH) is Singapore’s largest private multi-specialty healthcare platform, demonstrating rapid revenue growth driven by an aggressive acquisition strategy and strong underlying market demand.
• The company’s business model focuses on consolidating specialist clinics onto a single, technology-enabled platform (AVA) to achieve economies of scale, enhance operational efficiency, and improve care coordination.
• Key investment considerations include a high valuation (P/E of 70.3x), significant integration risks associated with its M&A-led growth, and constrained financial flexibility due to debt used to finance acquisitions.

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• Jadestone Energy is at a pivotal juncture, with the recently operational Akatara gas project in Indonesia expected to significantly boost production and cash flow, marking a strategic shift towards a more balanced and gas-weighted portfolio.
• The company’s core strategy focuses on acquiring and enhancing mature, non-core assets from larger operators in the Asia-Pacific region, leveraging its operational expertise to extend field life and maximize value, though this model carries inherent operational risks.
• Despite a history of net losses and negative free cash flow, the company is targeting a return to profitability, supported by new production streams, a disciplined capital expenditure program, and a strengthened balance sheet following a recent debt refinancing.

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• MYP Ltd. is a Singapore-focused real estate investment company that has demonstrated a significant financial turnaround, shifting from a net loss of S$8.6 million in FY2024 to a profit of S$4.29 million in FY2026, driven by higher revenue and fair value gains on its properties.
• The company’s portfolio is heavily concentrated on a single principal asset, the MYP Centre, a 999-year leasehold premium office tower in Singapore’s CBD, which accounts for approximately 98.3% of the portfolio’s value.
• Management’s strategy prioritizes financial prudence, focusing on preserving liquidity and strengthening the balance sheet over aggressive expansion. The company has not paid a dividend and has indicated it will not do so in the near term to support long-term growth.

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• Nera Telecommunications is undergoing a strategic pivot towards higher-growth areas like AIoT and cybersecurity, though this transition is marked by financial volatility, including recent revenue declines and net losses.
• The company’s stock has shown strong momentum, supported by a return to positive EBITDA in FY2025 and significant contract wins, indicating potential for a turnaround.
• Despite a long operating history, Nera faces significant headwinds from intense competition, margin pressure, and a high degree of uncertainty, making successful execution of its growth strategy critical for long-term value creation.

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• Penguin International is a niche leader in the design, construction, and operation of high-speed aluminium vessels, with a strong brand reputation in its proprietary ‘Flex’ series of crewboats and security vessels.
• The company demonstrates a robust growth trajectory, evidenced by impressive multi-year revenue and net income CAGRs, supported by demand from the offshore energy (both oil & gas and wind) and maritime security sectors.
• With an integrated ‘designer-builder-owner-operator’ business model, Penguin maintains a competitive edge through a continuous operational feedback loop for vessel design and a flexible build-to-stock strategy that allows it to respond quickly to market demand.

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