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

Geoff Howie

SGX Market Strategist, Equity & Fixed Income

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Equity Bottom-Up

<ul><li>SINGAPORE-LISTED real estate investment trusts (S-Reits) continue to hold up despite decelerating global growth, with the iEdge S-Reit Index generating 2.1 per cent in total returns in the first half of 2023, outperforming the Straits Times Index’s 1.2 per cent and the FTSE EPRA Nareit Asia ex Japan Index’s -1.7 per cent.</li><li>The 10 S-Reits were Keppel DC Reit, Cromwell European Reit (Cromwell E-Reit), Frasers Logistics & Commercial Trust, Frasers Hospitality Trust, Paragon Reit, Frasers Centrepoint Trust, Aims Apac Reit, ParkwayLife Reit, CapitaLand India Trust, and CapitaLand Ascott Trust.</li><li>Outperformance was driven across specialised, healthcare and hospitality sub-sectors at 7.5 per cent, 5.2 per cent, and 4.1 per cent total returns respectively.</li></ul>

SINGAPORE-LISTED real estate investment trusts (S-Reits) continue to hold up despite decelerating global growth, with the iEdge S-Reit Index generating 2.1 per cent in total returns in the first half of 2023, outperforming the Straits Times Index’s 1.2 per cent and the FTSE EPRA Nareit Asia ex Japan Index’s -1.7 per cent.The 10 S-Reits were Keppel DC Reit, Cromwell European Reit (Cromwell E-Reit), Frasers Logistics & Commercial Trust, Frasers Hospitality Trust, Paragon Reit, Frasers Centrepoint Trust, Aims Apac Reit, ParkwayLife Reit, CapitaLand India Trust, and CapitaLand Ascott Trust.Outperformance was driven across specialised, healthcare and hospitality sub-sectors at 7.5 per cent, 5.2 per cent, and 4.1 per cent total returns respectively.

REIT Watch - 10 S-Reits which outperformed in H1

<ul><li>Kopi-C with AIMS APAC REIT’s CEO: ‘Property is a people business’ Russell Ng, CEO of AIMS APAC REIT, believes that to build a strong foundation for growth, the quality of its portfolio and active stakeholder engagement goes hand in hand.</li><li>That is the ethos adopted by AIMS APAC REIT (AA REIT) CEO Russell Ng, who has been steadily building on its real estate business, laying it out stone by stone, asset by asset.</li></ul>

Kopi-C with AIMS APAC REIT’s CEO: ‘Property is a people business’ Russell Ng, CEO of AIMS APAC REIT, believes that to build a strong foundation for growth, the quality of its portfolio and active stakeholder engagement goes hand in hand.That is the ethos adopted by AIMS APAC REIT (AA REIT) CEO Russell Ng, who has been steadily building on its real estate business, laying it out stone by stone, asset by asset.

Kopi-C with AIMS APAC REIT’s CEO: ‘Property is a people business’

<ul><li>The month of May saw the iEdge S-Reit Index decline 3.0 per cent in total return on the back of persistent inflation and growing expectations of a June rate hike, reversing its 0.6 per cent gains in April.</li><li>By sub-segments, retail S-Reits, which averaged total returns of 0.9 per cent in May, is the only S-Reits sub-segment which averaged positive total returns.</li><li>On the other hand, office S-Reits underperformed for the month, averaging 9.9 per cent declines in total returns.</li></ul>

The month of May saw the iEdge S-Reit Index decline 3.0 per cent in total return on the back of persistent inflation and growing expectations of a June rate hike, reversing its 0.6 per cent gains in April.By sub-segments, retail S-Reits, which averaged total returns of 0.9 per cent in May, is the only S-Reits sub-segment which averaged positive total returns.On the other hand, office S-Reits underperformed for the month, averaging 9.9 per cent declines in total returns.

REIT Watch – Retail S-REITs among top performers in May

<ul><li>REIT Watch – Industrial S-Reits record positive rental reversions Mapletree Logistics Trust (MLT), Aims Apac Reit (AAReit) and Mapletree Industrial Trust (MIT) received the most institutional net inflows this year-to-date totalling S$12 million, while ESR-Logos Reit (E-Log), MIT and Sabana Industrial Reit received the most net retail inflows totalling S$22 million.</li><li>Sabana Industrial Reit, the only industrial S-Reit with all of its assets in Singapore, saw FY22 gross revenue rise by 15.9 per cent yoy, while NPI rose 2.6 per cent yoy.</li></ul>

REIT Watch – Industrial S-Reits record positive rental reversions Mapletree Logistics Trust (MLT), Aims Apac Reit (AAReit) and Mapletree Industrial Trust (MIT) received the most institutional net inflows this year-to-date totalling S$12 million, while ESR-Logos Reit (E-Log), MIT and Sabana Industrial Reit received the most net retail inflows totalling S$22 million.Sabana Industrial Reit, the only industrial S-Reit with all of its assets in Singapore, saw FY22 gross revenue rise by 15.9 per cent yoy, while NPI rose 2.6 per cent yoy.

REIT Watch – Industrial S-Reits record positive rental reversions

<ul><li>The FTSE ST Small Cap Index currently consists of more than 50 stocks, with the majority of the constituents maintaining a market cap of between S$2 billion and S$200 million.</li><li>The FTSE ST Small Cap Index constituents have seen close to S$50 million in aggregate net fund outflow in the 2023 YTD.</li><li>FTSE ST Small Cap Index - Constituents that booked highest Net Fund Inflow in 2023 YTD.</li></ul>

The FTSE ST Small Cap Index currently consists of more than 50 stocks, with the majority of the constituents maintaining a market cap of between S$2 billion and S$200 million.The FTSE ST Small Cap Index constituents have seen close to S$50 million in aggregate net fund outflow in the 2023 YTD.FTSE ST Small Cap Index - Constituents that booked highest Net Fund Inflow in 2023 YTD.

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AIMS APAC REIT is a real estate investment trust. The Trust's principal investment objective is owning and investing in a diversified portfolio of income-producing industrial real estate assets throughout Asia Pacific, including warehousing and logistics, manufacturing, business parks and hi-tech spaces.

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REIT Watch - 10 S-Reits which outperformed in H1

SINGAPORE-LISTED real estate investment trusts (S-Reits) continue to hold up despite decelerating global growth, with the iEdge S-Reit Index...

Singapore Exchange Ltd (SGX)

Kopi-C with AIMS APAC REIT’s CEO: ‘Property is a people business’

Kopi-C with AIMS APAC REIT’s CEO: ‘Property is a people business’ Russell Ng, CEO of AIMS APAC REIT, believes that to build a strong foundation...

Singapore Exchange Ltd (SGX)

REIT Watch – Retail S-REITs among top performers in May

The month of May saw the iEdge S-Reit Index decline 3.0 per cent in total return on the back of persistent inflation and growing expectations of a...

Singapore Exchange Ltd (SGX)

REIT Watch – Industrial S-Reits record positive rental reversions

REIT Watch – Industrial S-Reits record positive rental reversions Mapletree Logistics Trust (MLT), Aims Apac Reit (AAReit) and Mapletree...

Singapore Exchange Ltd (SGX)

Samudera, AIMS APAC & CAO Led YTD Small Cap Index Fund Inflow

The FTSE ST Small Cap Index currently consists of more than 50 stocks, with the majority of the constituents maintaining a market cap of between...

Singapore Exchange Ltd (SGX)

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