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Private Capital Markets

Portcast is a logistics technology company that offers services for tracking containers and enhancing customer communication.

<ul><li>Singapore-based Portcast, a provider of real-time transportation visibility and predictive analytics, has secured US$6.5 million in Series A funding.</li><li>The round was led by Susquehanna Asia VC, with participation from new investors Hearst Ventures and Signal Ventures, alongside existing investors Wavemaker Partners, TMV, and Innoport.</li><li>The new funding will be strategically allocated to accelerate product innovation, particularly leveraging generative AI to enhance risk management, transport planning, and invoice auditing capabilities.</li></ul>

Singapore-based Portcast, a provider of real-time transportation visibility and predictive analytics, has secured US$6.5 million in Series A funding.The round was led by Susquehanna Asia VC, with participation from new investors Hearst Ventures and Signal Ventures, alongside existing investors Wavemaker Partners, TMV, and Innoport.The new funding will be strategically allocated to accelerate product innovation, particularly leveraging generative AI to enhance risk management, transport planning, and invoice auditing capabilities.

Portcast secures US$6.5M in Series A to enhance AI-powered supply chain visibility | e27

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

Japfa Ltd. operates in the agricultural industry. The Company breeds and processes chicken, pork and beef. Japfa also operates dairy farms.

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Civmec Ltd. is an integrated multi-disciplinary construction and heavy engineering services provider to the oil and gas, mining and other industries, such as the infrastructure, utilities, chemical and power industries. The Company provides heavy engineering and other services including fabrication, site civil works, pre-cast concrete and maintenance services.

<ul><li>We initiate on Civmec with a BUY call and a $1.55 valuation. Civmec has grown to become a large business with key strategic assets anchoring growth.</li><li>These also support the bolder ambition to be a key player in the growing shipbuilding industry on the west coast.</li><li>Civmec is a multidisciplinary construction and engineering services provider to the Energy, Resources, Infrastructure, Marine and Defence sectors</li></ul>Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.

We initiate on Civmec with a BUY call and a $1.55 valuation. Civmec has grown to become a large business with key strategic assets anchoring growth.These also support the bolder ambition to be a key player in the growing shipbuilding industry on the west coast.Civmec is a multidisciplinary construction and engineering services provider to the Energy, Resources, Infrastructure, Marine and Defence sectorsContent is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.

Civmec (CVL) - Key Strategic Locations – Initiation

<ul><li>Delays in awards this half are expected to impact activity levels in 2H25 and we have pulled back our FY25 EBITDA forecast by 4% as a result.</li><li>As an offset, the contract award of a $90-100M shiploader as an OEM demonstrates one of a range of opportunities for longer-term growth.</li><li>We maintain a BUY call on a revised valuation of $1.52 (prior $1.55).</li></ul>Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.

Delays in awards this half are expected to impact activity levels in 2H25 and we have pulled back our FY25 EBITDA forecast by 4% as a result.As an offset, the contract award of a $90-100M shiploader as an OEM demonstrates one of a range of opportunities for longer-term growth.We maintain a BUY call on a revised valuation of $1.52 (prior $1.55).Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.

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BRI Danareksa Research

As a one-stop financial solution with the vision to be the most valuable securities house, BRI Danareksa Sekuritas (BRIDS) has maintained an excellent track record and extensive experience in the capital market as an underwriter, broker, and financial advisor for individual, institutional, foreign and domestic, private and government clients. Established in 1992, PT Danareksa Sekuritas is a securities company that performs activities as a securities broker, underwriter, or arranger and financial advisor.

Macroeconomics

<ul><li>As domestically focused sectors underperformed, we cut our FY24/25 EPS growth est. to 2.4%/9.3% and JCI FY24-end target to 7,448.</li><li>Despite still muted growth indicators, we expect seasonal tailwinds to benefit certain sectors (e.g., Retail, Consumer) in 4Q24. </li><li>At a forward P/E of 11.9x, JCI valuation is attractive (160bps spread vs. 10-yr yield); amid macro risks, we favor quality stocks and USD hedge.</li></ul>Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.

As domestically focused sectors underperformed, we cut our FY24/25 EPS growth est. to 2.4%/9.3% and JCI FY24-end target to 7,448.Despite still muted growth indicators, we expect seasonal tailwinds to benefit certain sectors (e.g., Retail, Consumer) in 4Q24. At a forward P/E of 11.9x, JCI valuation is attractive (160bps spread vs. 10-yr yield); amid macro risks, we favor quality stocks and USD hedge.Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.

Equity Strategy: Attractive Valuation Emerging, Prefer Quality Stocks and USD Hedge...