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)

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Equity Bottom-Up

Capitaland Integrated Commercial Trust / Equity Bottom-Up

<ul><li>S-REITs recorded net institutional inflows of S$42 million, reversing nearly seven weeks of net outflows.</li><li>CapitaLand Integrated Commercial Trust's FY24 AUM grew 6%, with NPI up 3.4% and rental reversion increases.</li><li>The US Federal Reserve maintained interest rates at 4.25-4.5%, lowered 2025 growth forecast, and raised inflation projection.</li></ul>

S-REITs recorded net institutional inflows of S$42 million, reversing nearly seven weeks of net outflows.CapitaLand Integrated Commercial Trust's FY24 AUM grew 6%, with NPI up 3.4% and rental reversion increases.The US Federal Reserve maintained interest rates at 4.25-4.5%, lowered 2025 growth forecast, and raised inflation projection.

REIT Watch - S-REITs surge as banks decline; see beginnings of a rebound

<ul><li>S-REITs rebounded 5.2% with S$50 million net institutional inflow, led by CapitaLand Integrated Commercial Trust and Frasers Centrepoint Trust.</li><li>US Fed Fund Rates outlook turned dovish, with expectations of 75bps cuts by 2026 due to weak consumer gauges.</li><li>Larger-cap S-REITs averaged 4.8% returns, outperforming smaller-cap counterparts, supported by institutional inflows and index weightings.</li></ul>

S-REITs rebounded 5.2% with S$50 million net institutional inflow, led by CapitaLand Integrated Commercial Trust and Frasers Centrepoint Trust.US Fed Fund Rates outlook turned dovish, with expectations of 75bps cuts by 2026 due to weak consumer gauges.Larger-cap S-REITs averaged 4.8% returns, outperforming smaller-cap counterparts, supported by institutional inflows and index weightings.

S-REITs That Bucked Recent Market Downturn

<ul><li>CapitaLand Integrated Commercial Trust's net property income grew by 3.4% to S$1.2 billion in FY24, with DPU increasing 1.2%.</li><li>Mapletree Pan Asia Commercial Trust's Q3 FY25 revenue was S$223.7 million, down 7.4% year-on-year due to overseas headwinds.</li><li>OUE REIT's FY24 revenue rose 3.7% to S$295.5 million, with a 10.7% positive rental reversion for office assets.</li></ul>

CapitaLand Integrated Commercial Trust's net property income grew by 3.4% to S$1.2 billion in FY24, with DPU increasing 1.2%.Mapletree Pan Asia Commercial Trust's Q3 FY25 revenue was S$223.7 million, down 7.4% year-on-year due to overseas headwinds.OUE REIT's FY24 revenue rose 3.7% to S$295.5 million, with a 10.7% positive rental reversion for office assets.

REIT Watch - Diversified S-Reits offer portfolio resilience with stable 2024 operating performance

Asia Real Estate News Tracker, Asia Real Estate Tracker

Asia Real Estate Tracker

Asia Real Estate News Tracker

Tracking developments across Asia's regional real estate markets

<ul><li>Henderson sells Kowloon project to Miramar Hotel for $400M in a strategic move to shift focus and secure a profitable deal.</li><li>CapitaLand shifts Tan to commercial REIT and hires Yong to lead Malaysia Trust, showing active leadership changes within the company.</li><li>CapitaLand India Trust initiates $54M Hyderabad IT Park revamp, signaling a significant investment in the Indian real estate market.</li></ul>

Henderson sells Kowloon project to Miramar Hotel for $400M in a strategic move to shift focus and secure a profitable deal.CapitaLand shifts Tan to commercial REIT and hires Yong to lead Malaysia Trust, showing active leadership changes within the company.CapitaLand India Trust initiates $54M Hyderabad IT Park revamp, signaling a significant investment in the Indian real estate market.

Asia Real Estate Tracker (21-Jan-2025): Henderson sells Kowloon project to Miramar for $400M.

APAC IPOs & Placements, Aequitas Research

Clarence Chu

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

Capitaland Integrated Commercial Trust / Equity Capital Markets

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/capitaland-integrated-commercial-trust" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:105:1" rel="noopener">Capitaland Integrated Commercial Trust (CICT SP)</a> is looking to raise around S$350m (US$267m) in its primary placement. Included in the issuance is a preferential offering to raise an additional S$757m.</li>
<li>The proceeds will be geared towards acquiring a 50% interest in the ION Orchard mall from its Sponsor.</li>
<li>In this note, we run the deal through our ECM framework and comment on deal dynamics.</li>
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Capitaland Integrated Commercial Trust (CICT SP) is looking to raise around S$350m (US$267m) in its primary placement. Included in the issuance is a preferential offering to raise an additional S$757m.
The proceeds will be geared towards acquiring a 50% interest in the ION Orchard mall from its Sponsor.
In this note, we run the deal through our ECM framework and comment on deal dynamics.


CICT Placement - Accretive Acquisition, Should Be Favored by Existing Unitholders

Singapore

Capitaland Integrated Commercial Trust operates as a retail estate investment trust. The Compnay invests in retail and office properties and integrated developments. Capitaland Integrated Commercial Trust serves clients in Asia Pacific.

Capitaland Integrated Commercial Trust (CICT SP)

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Capitaland Integrated Commercial Trust (CICT SP)

REIT Watch - S-REITs surge as banks decline; see beginnings of a rebound

S-REITs recorded net institutional inflows of S$42 million, reversing nearly seven weeks of net outflows. CapitaLand Integrated Commercial Trust's...

Singapore Exchange Ltd (SGX)

S-REITs That Bucked Recent Market Downturn

S-REITs rebounded 5.2% with S$50 million net institutional inflow, led by CapitaLand Integrated Commercial Trust and Frasers Centrepoint Trust. US...

Singapore Exchange Ltd (SGX)

REIT Watch - Diversified S-Reits offer portfolio resilience with stable 2024 operating performance

CapitaLand Integrated Commercial Trust's net property income grew by 3.4% to S$1.2 billion in FY24, with DPU increasing 1.2%. Mapletree Pan Asia...

Singapore Exchange Ltd (SGX)

Asia Real Estate Tracker (21-Jan-2025): Henderson sells Kowloon project to Miramar for $400M.

CapitaLand makes strategic moves in Asia real estate market, including sale of Kowloon project, leadership changes, and investment in Hyderabad IT...

Asia Real Estate Tracker

CICT Placement - Accretive Acquisition, Should Be Favored by Existing Unitholders

Capitaland Integrated Commercial Trust (CICT SP) is looking to raise around S$350m in its primary placement. In this note, we run the deal through...

Clarence Chu

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