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>REIT Watch - Data centre S-Reits positive about riding AI wave The exponential progress of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning is expected to create unprecedented demand for global data centres, noted JLL in its Data Centres 2024 Global Outlook.</li><li>MIT’s portfolio occupancy for its data centre segment is at 91.0 per cent (as at Dec 31, 2023), 2.4 percentage points lower quarter on quarter.</li></ul>

REIT Watch - Data centre S-Reits positive about riding AI wave The exponential progress of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning is expected to create unprecedented demand for global data centres, noted JLL in its Data Centres 2024 Global Outlook.MIT’s portfolio occupancy for its data centre segment is at 91.0 per cent (as at Dec 31, 2023), 2.4 percentage points lower quarter on quarter.

REIT Watch - Data centre S-Reits positive about riding AI wave

Mapletree Pan Asia Commercial Trust / Equity Bottom-Up

<ul><li>Softer US inflation data that came out the past week fuelled expectations of rate cuts once more.</li><li>The US consumer price index increased 0.3 per cent from March to April but was lower than what markets were expecting.</li><li>The iEdge S-Reit Index also rallied on Thursday, gaining 2 per cent.</li></ul>

Softer US inflation data that came out the past week fuelled expectations of rate cuts once more.The US consumer price index increased 0.3 per cent from March to April but was lower than what markets were expecting.The iEdge S-Reit Index also rallied on Thursday, gaining 2 per cent.

REIT Watch - Retail flows remain cautiously optimistic for S-Reits

Alpha-Centric ESG Research

Kyle Rudden

Thematic (Sector/Industry)

<ul><li>New SGX climate-related disclosure requirements based on ISSB's standards are more stringent than current requirements, most notably regarding <em>mandatory</em> Scope 3 emissions reporting.</li><li>The implications for S-REITs are significant. Real Estate is one of the most emissions-intensive sectors, and Scope 3 emissions comprise 85-95% of total emissions for real estate companies.</li><li>Motivated by a strong "business case" for best-in-class climate performance and transparency, many S-REITs are ahead of the curve, evidenced by prominence in climate-related indexes.</li></ul>

New SGX climate-related disclosure requirements based on ISSB's standards are more stringent than current requirements, most notably regarding mandatory Scope 3 emissions reporting.The implications for S-REITs are significant. Real Estate is one of the most emissions-intensive sectors, and Scope 3 emissions comprise 85-95% of total emissions for real estate companies.Motivated by a strong "business case" for best-in-class climate performance and transparency, many S-REITs are ahead of the curve, evidenced by prominence in climate-related indexes.

S-REITs: Climate Disclosures and Inclusion in ESG-Related Equity Indexes

Frasers Logistics & Commercial Trust / Equity Bottom-Up

<ul><li>REIT Watch - S-Reits continue to expand through DPU-accretive acquisitions Nevertheless, S-Reits are still expanding their portfolios as we see Reit managers announce proposed acquisitions and developments in the year thus far.</li><li>MLT announced the proposed acquisitions of three logistics properties – one in Malaysia and two in Vietnam – for a total acquisition cost of about S$234 million.</li></ul>

REIT Watch - S-Reits continue to expand through DPU-accretive acquisitions Nevertheless, S-Reits are still expanding their portfolios as we see Reit managers announce proposed acquisitions and developments in the year thus far.MLT announced the proposed acquisitions of three logistics properties – one in Malaysia and two in Vietnam – for a total acquisition cost of about S$234 million.

REIT Watch - S-Reits continue to expand through DPU-accretive acquisitions

APAC IPOs & Placements, Aequitas Research

Ethan Aw

APAC 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

Embassy Office Parks REIT / Equity Capital Markets

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/blackstone-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:27166:1" rel="noopener">Blackstone (BX US)</a> is looking to raise around US$834m through a secondary block deal. This will be a clean-up as Blackstone fully exits from <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/embassy-office-parks-reit" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:27925:1" rel="noopener">Embassy Office Parks REIT (EMBASSY IN)</a>.  </li>
<li>The deal is a large one to digest, at approximately 397.2 days of three month ADV and 20.7% of current mcap.  </li>
<li>In this note, we will talk about the selldown and run the deal through our ECM framework.</li>
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Blackstone (BX US) is looking to raise around US$834m through a secondary block deal. This will be a clean-up as Blackstone fully exits from Embassy Office Parks REIT (EMBASSY IN).  
The deal is a large one to digest, at approximately 397.2 days of three month ADV and 20.7% of current mcap.  
In this note, we will talk about the selldown and run the deal through our ECM framework.


Embassy Office Parks REIT Block - Likely Well Flagged and Overhang Will Be Removed

Singapore

Ascendas India Trust is a business trust that invests in real estate. The trust acquires, owns, and develops land for business use.

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Ascendas India Trust (AIT SP)

REIT Watch - Data centre S-Reits positive about riding AI wave

REIT Watch - Data centre S-Reits positive about riding AI wave The exponential progress of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning is...

Singapore Exchange Ltd (SGX)

REIT Watch - Retail flows remain cautiously optimistic for S-Reits

Softer US inflation data that came out the past week fuelled expectations of rate cuts once more. The US consumer price index increased 0.3 per...

Singapore Exchange Ltd (SGX)

REIT Watch - S-Reits continue to expand through DPU-accretive acquisitions

REIT Watch - S-Reits continue to expand through DPU-accretive acquisitions Nevertheless, S-Reits are still expanding their portfolios as we see...

Singapore Exchange Ltd (SGX)

Embassy Office Parks REIT Block - Likely Well Flagged and Overhang Will Be Removed

Blackstone (BX US) is looking to raise around US$834m through a secondary block deal. This will be a clean-up as Blackstone fully exits from...

Ethan Aw

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REIT Watch - Data centre S-Reits positive about riding AI wave

REIT Watch - Data centre S-Reits positive about riding AI wave The exponential progress of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning is...

Singapore Exchange Ltd (SGX)

REIT Watch - Retail flows remain cautiously optimistic for S-Reits

Softer US inflation data that came out the past week fuelled expectations of rate cuts once more. The US consumer price index increased 0.3 per...

Singapore Exchange Ltd (SGX)

S-REITs: Climate Disclosures and Inclusion in ESG-Related Equity Indexes

​New SGX climate-related disclosure requirements based on ISSB's standards are more stringent than current requirements, most notably regarding...

Kyle Rudden

REIT Watch - S-Reits continue to expand through DPU-accretive acquisitions

REIT Watch - S-Reits continue to expand through DPU-accretive acquisitions Nevertheless, S-Reits are still expanding their portfolios as we see...

Singapore Exchange Ltd (SGX)

Embassy Office Parks REIT Block - Likely Well Flagged and Overhang Will Be Removed

Blackstone (BX US) is looking to raise around US$834m through a secondary block deal. This will be a clean-up as Blackstone fully exits from...

Ethan Aw

New SGX climate-related disclosure requirements based on ISSB's standards are more stringent than current requirements, most notably regarding...