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

Wee Hur Holdings Ltd provides building construction services and acts as the management or main contractor in construction projects for both private and public sectors. The Company's clients from the private sector include property owners and developers, and those from the public sector comprise government bodies and statutory boards.

<ul><li>In Oct, the STI generated a 0.7% decline in total return, with the FTSE ASEAN All-Share Index declining in total return and FTSE Asia Pacific Index declining 8%.</li><li>The trio of STI Banks averaged a 0.7% total return while the iEdge SG Adv Manufacturing Index declined 7% and the iEdge S-REIT Index declined 5.4%.</li><li>As detailed in the table above, among the 20 stocks that booked the highest net institutional inflow in Oct, Hongkong Land, Singapore Post, Wee Hur Holdings, DFI Retail Group Holdings and SATS generated the strongest total returns on the month, averaging 15.4% total returns.</li></ul>

In Oct, the STI generated a 0.7% decline in total return, with the FTSE ASEAN All-Share Index declining in total return and FTSE Asia Pacific Index declining 8%.The trio of STI Banks averaged a 0.7% total return while the iEdge SG Adv Manufacturing Index declined 7% and the iEdge S-REIT Index declined 5.4%.As detailed in the table above, among the 20 stocks that booked the highest net institutional inflow in Oct, Hongkong Land, Singapore Post, Wee Hur Holdings, DFI Retail Group Holdings and SATS generated the strongest total returns on the month, averaging 15.4% total returns.

HKL, SingPost & Wee Hur Led Net Institutional Inflow & Gainers in October

External broker reports(aggregated public sources), Axis Direct

Axis Direct

External broker reports(aggregated public sources)

Axis Direct is the flagship brand under Axis Securities Limited, a subsidiary of Axis Bank in India. 

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Thematic (Sector/Industry)

<ul><li>The Axis Top Picks Basket delivered a return of 11.6% in the last six months against the 7.5% returns posted by Nifty 50 over the same period.</li><li>Amidst a highly volatile month of Oct’24 that witnessed notably mixed performance across sectors, market caps, and style indices, the Axis Top Picks basket declined by 4.4% in Oct’24 (Till 1st Nov’24 closing) but managed to beat the market performance as the benchmark Nifty 50 declined by 5.8% over the same period.</li><li>It gives us immense joy to share that our Top Picks Basket has delivered an impressive return of 329% since its inception (May’20), which stands well above the 162% return delivered by the NIFTY 50 index over the same period. </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.

The Axis Top Picks Basket delivered a return of 11.6% in the last six months against the 7.5% returns posted by Nifty 50 over the same period.Amidst a highly volatile month of Oct’24 that witnessed notably mixed performance across sectors, market caps, and style indices, the Axis Top Picks basket declined by 4.4% in Oct’24 (Till 1st Nov’24 closing) but managed to beat the market performance as the benchmark Nifty 50 declined by 5.8% over the same period.It gives us immense joy to share that our Top Picks Basket has delivered an impressive return of 329% since its inception (May’20), which stands well above the 162% return delivered by the NIFTY 50 index over the same period. 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.

Axis Top Picks for the Month of November 2024

External broker reports(aggregated public sources), CMB International

CMB International

Incorporated in Hong Kong, supported by the mainland and targeting in global market, CMB International Capital Corporation Limited (“CMBI”) is an integrated financial institution providing comprehensive and professional services. As a wholly-owned subsidiary of China Merchants Bank ("CMB"), by leveraging on the Group’s synergy and coordination in domestic and overseas markets, as well as CMB’s strong resources and outstanding social reputation, CMBI and its subsidiaries have been actively implementing diversified business strategies and set up an overall layout of main business segments including Corporate Finance, Asset Management, Wealth Management, Global Markets and Structured Finance, etc. Adhering to the philosophy of “being clients oriented and increasing our own values by the way of creating value for clients”, CMBI endeavors to provide quality and integrated financial services to institutional, corporate and individual customers both domestic and overseas including Hong Kong IPO sponsorship and underwriting, share placement and rights issue for listed companies, financial advisors, bonds issuance services, asset management, direct investment, wealth management, equity sales and trading, etc.

Coinbase Global, Inc. provides financial solutions. The Company offers platform to buy and sell cryptocurrencies. Coinbase Global serves clients worldwide.

<ul><li>Coinbase is a leading provider of end-to-end financial infrastructure and technology for the crypto economy, with average monthly transacting users of 7mn in 2023.</li><li>As of 30 Sep 2024, the company operated business in over 100 countries, with total safeguarded asset of US$273bn and 3Q24 quarterly trading volume of US$185bn.</li><li>Coinbase, currently as the first and only listed crypto exchange, has a high level of compliance and emphasizes asset security. </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.

Coinbase is a leading provider of end-to-end financial infrastructure and technology for the crypto economy, with average monthly transacting users of 7mn in 2023.As of 30 Sep 2024, the company operated business in over 100 countries, with total safeguarded asset of US$273bn and 3Q24 quarterly trading volume of US$185bn.Coinbase, currently as the first and only listed crypto exchange, has a high level of compliance and emphasizes asset security. 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.

Coinbase (COIN US) - Leading Financial Infrastructure for the Crypto Economy; Initiate at BUY

IPOs and Catalysts/Events, Global Equity Research Ltd

Arun George

IPOs and Catalysts/Events

Uncompromised, Independent, Conflict-Free Research

Global Equity Research Ltd

Global Equity Research was started in 2017 by a group of experienced research professionals. It was founded on a passionate belief in the importance and the need for uncompromised, independent, conflict-free research. We aim to provide differentiated and actionable primary and bottom up fundamental research.

Event-Driven

Haitong Securities Co Ltd (H) / Event-Driven

Haitong Securities Co., Ltd. is a securities firm which acts as a broker, dealer for securities. The Company also provides investment advisory, placing and underwriting, nominee and custodian services.

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<li>The gross spreads of large HK merger arb situations have increased since 18 October. The widening spread is due to the unfortunate fallout from the China TCM deal break. </li>
<li>We assess the widening spreads of HK's merger arb situations on several factors. Deal risk of the HK merger arb situations is evaluated by allocating 15 points across each factor.</li>
<li>In descending order, the companies with the lowest deal risk are <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/haitong-securities-co-ltd-h" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Haitong Securities Co Ltd (H) (6837 HK)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/cpmc-holdings-ltd" target="_blank" rel="noopener">CPMC Holdings (906 HK)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/greatview-aseptic-packaging" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Greatview Aseptic Packaging (468 HK)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/shanghai-henlius-biotech-inc" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Shanghai Henlius Biotech (2696 HK)</a>, and Canvest.</li>
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The gross spreads of large HK merger arb situations have increased since 18 October. The widening spread is due to the unfortunate fallout from the China TCM deal break. 
We assess the widening spreads of HK's merger arb situations on several factors. Deal risk of the HK merger arb situations is evaluated by allocating 15 points across each factor.
In descending order, the companies with the lowest deal risk are Haitong Securities Co Ltd (H) (6837 HK), CPMC Holdings (906 HK), Greatview Aseptic Packaging (468 HK), Shanghai Henlius Biotech (2696 HK), and Canvest.


HK Merger Arb: Evaluating the Post China TCM Widening Spreads

Senior Cryptocurrency Analyst, Steno Research

Mads Eberhardt

Senior Cryptocurrency Analyst

Macro and Geopolitical Research House

Steno Research

Steno Research is a new macro and geopolitical research house. We are based out of Copenhagen, Denmark, but have an international team and a strong network of sources and partners around the world. The team is lead by Andreas Steno, previous global head of strategy at Nordea Bank, and Mikkel Rosenvold, former chief consultant in the Danish Ministry of Finance.

Crypto

Virtual currencies are decentralized, math-based digital assets in which transactions can be performed cryptographically without the need for a central issuing authority. The first specification and proof of concept of Bitcoin, the first widely used virtual currency, was published in 2009 based on a paper published pseudonymously by Satoshi Nakamoto.

<ul><li>Join our new Telegram Community Crypto Chat through this form! Starting Monday, we will be adding clients to this exclusive space, which will serve as a natural extension of our crypto research.</li><li>In this chat, we will regularly share compelling charts and insights, and you will have the chance to connect with fellow subscribers and ask us questions directly.</li><li>We are now halfway to reaching the milestone of 100 editions of Crypto Moves.</li></ul>

Join our new Telegram Community Crypto Chat through this form! Starting Monday, we will be adding clients to this exclusive space, which will serve as a natural extension of our crypto research.In this chat, we will regularly share compelling charts and insights, and you will have the chance to connect with fellow subscribers and ask us questions directly.We are now halfway to reaching the milestone of 100 editions of Crypto Moves.

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Singapore Exchange Ltd (SGX)

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