Asset Allocation & Fund Positioning, Copley Fund Research

Steven Holden

Asset Allocation & Fund Positioning

Copley Fund Research

Copley Fund Research provide research and data on asset allocation among Global and Emerging Market equity funds.  The analysis details absolute and relative positioning across countries, sectors and industries together with highly granular data on single stock and single fund allocations.  The data is updated monthly with time series going back to January 2011.

Global Research - Analysis of 165 prominent Global equity funds, combined AUM $335bn
GEM Research - Analysis of 127 prominent global EM equity funds, combined AUM $250bn

Asset Allocation - Global and GEM Equity

Cross Asset Strategy

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<li>Allocations in Singapore Financials continue their turnaround. From a low of 0.67% in early 2021, average weights have soared to 1.81%, closing in on the highs of 2%+ in 2018</li>
<li>Clear active rotation, with the percentage of managers exposed to the sector increasing from 45.2% in 2021 to 63.4% today.</li>
<li>Strong ownership growth seen in DBS and UOB, with +10.75% and +6.45% of managers opening positions over the last 6-months.  SGX also saw ownership rise.</li>
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Allocations in Singapore Financials continue their turnaround. From a low of 0.67% in early 2021, average weights have soared to 1.81%, closing in on the highs of 2%+ in 2018
Clear active rotation, with the percentage of managers exposed to the sector increasing from 45.2% in 2021 to 63.4% today.
Strong ownership growth seen in DBS and UOB, with +10.75% and +6.45% of managers opening positions over the last 6-months.  SGX also saw ownership rise.


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

<ul><li>Following the broad downtrend that gripped global stocks in 1H22, most benchmarks have posted partial recoveries over the first seven weeks of 2H22.</li><li>However, the uneven global growth outlook has seen China stocks (as gauged by the FTSE China A50 Index) further decline by 10%, following the 6% decline in 1H22.</li><li>Growth, inflation, and the inflationary impact on growth has carried an uneven impact on global economic sectors and by extension sectors and industries in 1H22.</li></ul>

Following the broad downtrend that gripped global stocks in 1H22, most benchmarks have posted partial recoveries over the first seven weeks of 2H22.However, the uneven global growth outlook has seen China stocks (as gauged by the FTSE China A50 Index) further decline by 10%, following the 6% decline in 1H22.Growth, inflation, and the inflationary impact on growth has carried an uneven impact on global economic sectors and by extension sectors and industries in 1H22.

Recent Stockmarket Moves and Challenges Ahead

Head of Research, IPOs & Placements, Aequitas Research

Sumeet Singh

Head of Research, IPOs & Placements

IPOs and Placements coverage across Asia Pacific

Aequitas Research

We cover all listing across the Asia Pacific along with follow-up placements. As of Dec 2020, our team had covered 539 IPOs with a hit rate of 73.5% and 685 placements with a hit rate of 66.8%.

We combine fundamental bottom-up views with our proprietary quantitative framework to provide a holistic coverage across new listings and placements. Our coverage includes pre-IPO notes before the deal is launched, follow-up analysis once the deal is live and post-listing trading analysis as well.

Equity Capital Markets

Australia & New Zealand Bankin / Equity Capital Markets

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<li>ANZ announced a US$2.4bn (A$3.5bn) raising via a renounceable entitlement offer to part fund the purchase of Suncorp Bank in Jul 2022.</li>
<li>The institutional part of the entitlement offer saw a strong take up and the retail take up was within our expectations as well.</li>
<li>In this note, we will talk about the retail shortfall bookbuild and other updates since our last note.</li>
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ANZ announced a US$2.4bn (A$3.5bn) raising via a renounceable entitlement offer to part fund the purchase of Suncorp Bank in Jul 2022.
The institutional part of the entitlement offer saw a strong take up and the retail take up was within our expectations as well.
In this note, we will talk about the retail shortfall bookbuild and other updates since our last note.


ANZ Renounceable Entitlement Offer - Retail Shortfall Size Within Expectations at A$688m (US$475m)

Event-Driven

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<li>Judo Capital raised about US$483m by selling a mix of primary and secondary shares in Nov 21. Its IPO linked lockup is set to expire later this month.</li>
<li>Judo Capital (JC) focuses on lending to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Australia. It also offers a range of personal term deposit products to consumers.</li>
<li>In this note, we will talk about the lock-up dynamics and updates since our last note.</li>
</ul>


Judo Capital raised about US$483m by selling a mix of primary and secondary shares in Nov 21. Its IPO linked lockup is set to expire later this month.
Judo Capital (JC) focuses on lending to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Australia. It also offers a range of personal term deposit products to consumers.
In this note, we will talk about the lock-up dynamics and updates since our last note.


Judo Capital IPO Lock-Up - Gearing up for a A$650m Lock-Up Release

<ul><li>What you need to know about the SG market last week #whatstrending feat. #whatstrending is a new series addressing some of the most trending questions/topics on the markets for investors.</li><li>Singapore banks benefited from rising interest rates and reported an increase in net interest margin (NIM) and higher profits in 2Q22.</li></ul>

What you need to know about the SG market last week #whatstrending feat. #whatstrending is a new series addressing some of the most trending questions/topics on the markets for investors.Singapore banks benefited from rising interest rates and reported an increase in net interest margin (NIM) and higher profits in 2Q22.

What's Trending - SG Banks & Notable earnings

Singapore

United Overseas Bank Limited provides a wide range of financial services including personal financial services, wealth management, private banking, commercial and corporate banking, transaction banking, investment banking, corporate finance, capital market activities, treasury services, futures broking, asset management, venture capital management and insurance.

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UOB (UOB SP)

Singapore Financials: Surging Higher

Asia Ex-Japan funds ramp up Singapore Financial allocations . A key beneficiary in this year’s sector rotations, new positions have been added...

Steven Holden

Recent Stockmarket Moves and Challenges Ahead

Following the broad downtrend that gripped global stocks in 1H22, most benchmarks have posted partial recoveries over the first seven weeks of...

Singapore Exchange Ltd (SGX)

ANZ Renounceable Entitlement Offer - Retail Shortfall Size Within Expectations at A$688m (US$475m)

ANZ announced a US$2.4bn (A$3.5bn) raising via a renounceable entitlement offer to part fund the purchase of Suncorp Bank in Jul 2022. In this note...

Sumeet Singh

Judo Capital IPO Lock-Up - Gearing up for a A$650m Lock-Up Release

Judo Capital raised about US$483m by selling a mix of primary and secondary shares in Nov 21. Its IPO linked lockup is set to expire later this month.

Sumeet Singh

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Singapore Financials: Surging Higher

Asia Ex-Japan funds ramp up Singapore Financial allocations . A key beneficiary in this year’s sector rotations, new positions have been added...

Steven Holden

Recent Stockmarket Moves and Challenges Ahead

Following the broad downtrend that gripped global stocks in 1H22, most benchmarks have posted partial recoveries over the first seven weeks of...

Singapore Exchange Ltd (SGX)

ANZ Renounceable Entitlement Offer - Retail Shortfall Size Within Expectations at A$688m (US$475m)

ANZ announced a US$2.4bn (A$3.5bn) raising via a renounceable entitlement offer to part fund the purchase of Suncorp Bank in Jul 2022. In this note...

Sumeet Singh

Judo Capital IPO Lock-Up - Gearing up for a A$650m Lock-Up Release

Judo Capital raised about US$483m by selling a mix of primary and secondary shares in Nov 21. Its IPO linked lockup is set to expire later this month.

Sumeet Singh

What's Trending - SG Banks & Notable earnings

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

Singapore Exchange Ltd (SGX)