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>S-Reits see resilience in diversification As Singapore Reits and property trusts continue to diversify in terms of asset mix, diversified S-Reits now make up the largest sub-segment of the sector.</li><li>Today, there are nine diversified S-Reits, making up almost a quarter of the total number of S-Reits.</li></ul>

S-Reits see resilience in diversification As Singapore Reits and property trusts continue to diversify in terms of asset mix, diversified S-Reits now make up the largest sub-segment of the sector.Today, there are nine diversified S-Reits, making up almost a quarter of the total number of S-Reits.

REIT Watch - S-Reits see resilience in diversification

Capitaland Integrated Commercial Trust / Equity Bottom-Up

<ul><li>Within the S-REIT Sector, the hospitality segment booked the highest net fund inflows and highest average total returns over the past 13 sessions, followed by the two pure-play data centre REITs.</li><li>This follows the stapled hospitality trusts averaging flat total returns in 2022, while also drawing net fund inflows.</li><li>The first 13 sessions of 2023 saw the same 15 trusts average 2.2% gains while booking S$10 million of net fund inflows.</li></ul>

Within the S-REIT Sector, the hospitality segment booked the highest net fund inflows and highest average total returns over the past 13 sessions, followed by the two pure-play data centre REITs.This follows the stapled hospitality trusts averaging flat total returns in 2022, while also drawing net fund inflows.The first 13 sessions of 2023 saw the same 15 trusts average 2.2% gains while booking S$10 million of net fund inflows.

S-REITs In Focus as Earnings Season Begins

<ul><li>In 2022, the STI generated a 4.1% price gain, with dividend distributions boosting the total return to 8.4%.</li><li>This was the strongest stock benchmark performance for the year across the Asia Pacific and Developed Indices, with the FTSE Asia Pacific Index and FTSE Developed Indices respectively declining 16.7% and 18.3% in total return.</li><li>N/A *does not include net institutional flow for MNACT; **price and total return from 14 July 2022; ***2021 total return from 20 September 2021; Source: SGX, Refinitiv, Bloomberg.</li></ul>

In 2022, the STI generated a 4.1% price gain, with dividend distributions boosting the total return to 8.4%.This was the strongest stock benchmark performance for the year across the Asia Pacific and Developed Indices, with the FTSE Asia Pacific Index and FTSE Developed Indices respectively declining 16.7% and 18.3% in total return.N/A *does not include net institutional flow for MNACT; **price and total return from 14 July 2022; ***2021 total return from 20 September 2021; Source: SGX, Refinitiv, Bloomberg.

STI Led Asia Pacific & Developed Stock Benchmarks in 2022

<ul><li>Digilife Tech, Forise & APTT directors acquire more shares DBS, OCBC, CapitaLand Investment, Jardine Matheson Holdings and Genting Singapore led the net institutional inflow for the four sessions.</li><li>On Dec 30, Forise International executive director Dennis Wan Jinn Woei acquired 1,409,200 shares at S$0.17 cents per share.</li></ul>

Digilife Tech, Forise & APTT directors acquire more shares DBS, OCBC, CapitaLand Investment, Jardine Matheson Holdings and Genting Singapore led the net institutional inflow for the four sessions.On Dec 30, Forise International executive director Dennis Wan Jinn Woei acquired 1,409,200 shares at S$0.17 cents per share.

Digilife Tech, Forise & APTT directors acquire more shares

Lendlease Global Commercial REIT / Equity Bottom-Up

<ul><li>October’s retail sales increased 10.4 per cent year on year (yoy), extending September’s 11.3 per cent growth and marking its seventh consecutive month of double-digit yoy growth.</li><li>The estimated total retail sales value in October was S$4.0 billion, of which online retail sales made up an estimated 13.0 per cent, compared to the 13.9 per cent recorded in September.</li><li>CapitaLand Integrated Commercial Trust reported 21.3 per cent y-o-y growth in tenant sales and 21.9 per cent y-o-y growth in shopper traffic for 9M 2022.</li></ul>

October’s retail sales increased 10.4 per cent year on year (yoy), extending September’s 11.3 per cent growth and marking its seventh consecutive month of double-digit yoy growth.The estimated total retail sales value in October was S$4.0 billion, of which online retail sales made up an estimated 13.0 per cent, compared to the 13.9 per cent recorded in September.CapitaLand Integrated Commercial Trust reported 21.3 per cent y-o-y growth in tenant sales and 21.9 per cent y-o-y growth in shopper traffic for 9M 2022.

REIT Watch - Recovery continues for S-Reits with Singapore retail assets

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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.

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REIT Watch - S-Reits see resilience in diversification

S-Reits see resilience in diversification As Singapore Reits and property trusts continue to diversify in terms of asset mix, diversified S-Reits...

Singapore Exchange Ltd (SGX)

S-REITs In Focus as Earnings Season Begins

Within the S-REIT Sector, the hospitality segment booked the highest net fund inflows and highest average total returns over the past 13 sessions,...

Singapore Exchange Ltd (SGX)

STI Led Asia Pacific & Developed Stock Benchmarks in 2022

In 2022, the STI generated a 4.1% price gain, with dividend distributions boosting the total return to 8.4%. This was the strongest stock...

Singapore Exchange Ltd (SGX)

Digilife Tech, Forise & APTT directors acquire more shares

Digilife Tech, Forise & APTT directors acquire more shares DBS, OCBC, CapitaLand Investment, Jardine Matheson Holdings and Genting Singapore...

Singapore Exchange Ltd (SGX)

REIT Watch - Recovery continues for S-Reits with Singapore retail assets

October’s retail sales increased 10.4 per cent year on year (yoy), extending September’s 11.3 per cent growth and marking its seventh consecutive...

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