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

Listed on the SGX Mainboard since December 1995, Thakral Corporation Ltd has two divisions – Lifestyle Division and Investment Division.

The Group’s Investment Division invests directly or with co-investors in real estate and other investment opportunities including property-backed financial instruments. The Group also earns income from the services rendered from originating, packaging and managing the projects. The Investment Division, through a joint venture, has expanded its businesses into development and management of retirement living resorts in Australia under the GemLife brand. Taking advantage of the upward trend in the Japanese property sector and the country’s low interest rate, the Group has also expanded its investment footprint to Japan. With the completion of the acquisition of The Riverwalk office property, the Group has extended its property investments to Singapore. 

The Group’s Lifestyle Division is focused on marketing and distributing brands in the beauty, wellness and lifestyle categories, working with leading e-commerce platforms as well as traditional retailers. The brands distributed by the Lifestyle Division include at-home beauty and wellness device brands MTG Refa, ikoo, Panasonic, PMD, DermaWand, Philips, TriPollar, T3, MTG SIXPAD, Style Seat and Slendertone, skin and hair care brands John Masters Organics, Codage and Institut Karite Paris as well as lifestyle brands such as DJI. The Lifestyle Division is also creating an e-commerce retail platform for at-home beauty devices in China, in a joint venture with UK-based CurrentBody.com Limited, a leader in this space. 

Greater China including Hong Kong, Southeast Asia and India are key markets for the Lifestyle Division and Australia, Japan and Singapore for the Investment Division.

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<li>kopi-C with Thakral’s CEO: "We’ve re-invented ourselves from VCRs to Drones" With the faster pace of development in sectors nowadays, adaptability and willingness to learn from others are crucial in business, says Thakral’s CEO Inderbethal Singh Thakral Building on the momentum, Thakral has invested in Skylark Drones, a start-up specialising in integrating drones in workflows in different industries.</li>
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kopi-C with Thakral’s CEO: "We’ve re-invented ourselves from VCRs to Drones" With the faster pace of development in sectors nowadays, adaptability and willingness to learn from others are crucial in business, says Thakral’s CEO Inderbethal Singh Thakral Building on the momentum, Thakral has invested in Skylark Drones, a start-up specialising in integrating drones in workflows in different industries.


kopi-C with Thakral’s CEO: "We’ve re-invented ourselves from VCRs to Drones"

Marco Polo Marine Limited is an integrated shipping company. The Company provides services that include ship chartering, ship building and repair, and brokering services.

<ul><li>What you need to know about the SG market #whatstrending feat. #whatstrending is a new series addressing some of the most trending questions/topics on the markets for investors.</li><li>Global oil demand growth expected to exceed supply growth in 2023 What are companies that have benefitted from higher oil prices?.</li></ul>

What you need to know about the SG market #whatstrending feat. #whatstrending is a new series addressing some of the most trending questions/topics on the markets for investors.Global oil demand growth expected to exceed supply growth in 2023 What are companies that have benefitted from higher oil prices?.

What's Trending: Oil plays in spotlight as crude prices rise

TSH Resources Berhad operates in the cultivation, processing and refining of oil palm.

<ul><li>TSH Resources - one of Malaysia’s leading plantation groups – made its debut on SGX through a secondary listing.</li><li>Through its secondary listing, TSH is aiming to strengthen its presence in Singapore and garner interest from investors and traders worldwide with higher visibility.</li><li>TSH Resources is a producer of Crude Palm Oil and Palm Kernel, with its oil palm plantations located in Malaysia and Indonesia.</li></ul>

TSH Resources - one of Malaysia’s leading plantation groups – made its debut on SGX through a secondary listing.Through its secondary listing, TSH is aiming to strengthen its presence in Singapore and garner interest from investors and traders worldwide with higher visibility.TSH Resources is a producer of Crude Palm Oil and Palm Kernel, with its oil palm plantations located in Malaysia and Indonesia.

TSH Resources - Malaysia’s Leading Palm Oil Producer - Debuts on SGX

StarHub Ltd. is a fully-integrated info-communication company offering a full range of information, communications, and entertainment services for both consumer and corporate markets in Singapore. The Company provides mobile network and multi-channel cable TV services, including high definition and on-demand services, as well as high-speed residential broadband services.

<ul><li>Energy stocks have led the global stock market over the past three weeks, while Telecommunication stocks have led the APAC region.</li><li>In Singapore, the trio of most traded energy stocks Rex Int, Geo Energy Resources and RH Petrogas have generated median gains of 8.2%, with a skew to their average gain given Rex International’s 357% gain from 31 Aug through to 22 Sep.</li><li>These two Sectors have recently been in play, with the past three weeks have seeing energy stocks lead the global stock market, while telecommunication stocks have led the region.</li></ul>

Energy stocks have led the global stock market over the past three weeks, while Telecommunication stocks have led the APAC region.In Singapore, the trio of most traded energy stocks Rex Int, Geo Energy Resources and RH Petrogas have generated median gains of 8.2%, with a skew to their average gain given Rex International’s 357% gain from 31 Aug through to 22 Sep.These two Sectors have recently been in play, with the past three weeks have seeing energy stocks lead the global stock market, while telecommunication stocks have led the region.

Global Energy Stocks on the Move in Sep, while Telcos Lead Region

SIA Engineering Co Ltd provides airframe and component overhaul services, line maintenance and technical ground handling services. The Company also manufactures aircraft cabin equipment, refurbishes aircraft galleys, repairs and overhauls hydromechanical aircraft equipment.

<ul><li>Singapore received over 9 million tourist arrivals from the start of 2023 to end August, a 204.5% year-on-year increase.</li><li>The 10 most actively traded stocks in the tourism and hospitality sectors have booked net institutional inflows of S$2 million, and returned an average 2.3% total returns in the year-to-date ending 21 Sep.</li><li>International visitor arrivals to Singapore in August dipped slightly to 31 million in August, due to seasonality and after school holidays.</li></ul>

Singapore received over 9 million tourist arrivals from the start of 2023 to end August, a 204.5% year-on-year increase.The 10 most actively traded stocks in the tourism and hospitality sectors have booked net institutional inflows of S$2 million, and returned an average 2.3% total returns in the year-to-date ending 21 Sep.International visitor arrivals to Singapore in August dipped slightly to 31 million in August, due to seasonality and after school holidays.

Tourism & Hospitality stocks poised to benefit from F1 and large scale events in coming months

Mr. Howie is the Singapore Exchange’s Market Strategist, responsible for communicating developments in Singapore’s stock market. He is the author of the SGX My Gateway Report, which has been educating investors since 2012. The report now has one of the largest subscriber bases in the Singapore market.


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

kopi-C with Thakral’s CEO: "We’ve re-invented ourselves from VCRs to Drones"

kopi-C with Thakral’s CEO: "We’ve re-invented ourselves from VCRs to Drones" With the faster pace of development in sectors nowadays, adaptability...

Singapore Exchange Ltd (SGX)

TSH Resources - Malaysia’s Leading Palm Oil Producer - Debuts on SGX

TSH Resources - one of Malaysia’s leading plantation groups – made its debut on SGX through a secondary listing. Through its secondary listing,...

Singapore Exchange Ltd (SGX)

Global Energy Stocks on the Move in Sep, while Telcos Lead Region

Energy stocks have led the global stock market over the past three weeks, while Telecommunication stocks have led the APAC region. In Singapore,...

Singapore Exchange Ltd (SGX)

Tourism & Hospitality stocks poised to benefit from F1 and large scale events in coming months

Singapore received over 9 million tourist arrivals from the start of 2023 to end August, a 204.5% year-on-year increase. The 10 most actively...

Singapore Exchange Ltd (SGX)

kopi-C with Thakral’s CEO: "We’ve re-invented ourselves from VCRs to Drones"

kopi-C with Thakral’s CEO: "We’ve re-invented ourselves from VCRs to Drones" With the faster pace of development in sectors nowadays, adaptability...

Singapore Exchange Ltd (SGX)

What's Trending: Oil plays in spotlight as crude prices rise

What you need to know about the SG market #whatstrending feat. #whatstrending is a new series addressing some of the most trending...

Singapore Exchange Ltd (SGX)

TSH Resources - Malaysia’s Leading Palm Oil Producer - Debuts on SGX

TSH Resources - one of Malaysia’s leading plantation groups – made its debut on SGX through a secondary listing. Through its secondary listing,...

Singapore Exchange Ltd (SGX)

Global Energy Stocks on the Move in Sep, while Telcos Lead Region

Energy stocks have led the global stock market over the past three weeks, while Telecommunication stocks have led the APAC region. In Singapore,...

Singapore Exchange Ltd (SGX)

Tourism & Hospitality stocks poised to benefit from F1 and large scale events in coming months

Singapore received over 9 million tourist arrivals from the start of 2023 to end August, a 204.5% year-on-year increase. The 10 most actively...

Singapore Exchange Ltd (SGX)