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>The STI’s 2.4% total return in 3Q22 was mainly driven by the trio of DBS, OCBC and UOB, which averaged a 7.3% total return over the quarter.</li><li>During the quarter, the trio saw S$969 million of combined net fund inflows with the net fund inflows to DBS and OCBC more than offsetting the net fund outflows booked by UOB.</li><li>Focusing on Singapore’s 200 most traded stocks for the first nine months of 2022, that are currently listed for trading, the Sectors that saw the next highest net fund inflows in 3Q22 were Telecommunications and Consumer Cyclicals.</li></ul>

The STI’s 2.4% total return in 3Q22 was mainly driven by the trio of DBS, OCBC and UOB, which averaged a 7.3% total return over the quarter.During the quarter, the trio saw S$969 million of combined net fund inflows with the net fund inflows to DBS and OCBC more than offsetting the net fund outflows booked by UOB.Focusing on Singapore’s 200 most traded stocks for the first nine months of 2022, that are currently listed for trading, the Sectors that saw the next highest net fund inflows in 3Q22 were Telecommunications and Consumer Cyclicals.

Singapore Net Fund Inflows in 3Q22 Led by Banks

<ul><li>With one week remaining for 3Q22, the STI has booked a 5.5% total return for the quarter, outpacing the FTSE Developed Index’s 1.3% decline.</li><li>The STI’s five largest weights – DBS, OCBC, UOB, Singtel and Jardine Matheson make up 56% of the STI weights, and have averaged 9% QTD total returns, bringing their average YTD total return to 10%.</li><li>In Singapore, the STI has generated a 7% total return in the 2022 YTD, with the five biggest weights of the Index averaging 10% total returns.</li></ul>

With one week remaining for 3Q22, the STI has booked a 5.5% total return for the quarter, outpacing the FTSE Developed Index’s 1.3% decline.The STI’s five largest weights – DBS, OCBC, UOB, Singtel and Jardine Matheson make up 56% of the STI weights, and have averaged 9% QTD total returns, bringing their average YTD total return to 10%.In Singapore, the STI has generated a 7% total return in the 2022 YTD, with the five biggest weights of the Index averaging 10% total returns.

Five STI Heavyweights Book 9% QTD Total Return

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.

Event-Driven

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<li>PropertyGuru (PG) tried to raise around US$300m when it undertook a merger with Bridgetown 2 SPAC in Mar 2022.</li>
<li>The transaction valued PropertyGuru at an EV of US$1.35bn and equity value of US$1.78bn. It is now trading at less than half that valuation and with very limited liquidity.</li>
<li>In this note, we will talk about the lock-up dynamics and updates since our last note.</li>
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PropertyGuru (PG) tried to raise around US$300m when it undertook a merger with Bridgetown 2 SPAC in Mar 2022.
The transaction valued PropertyGuru at an EV of US$1.35bn and equity value of US$1.78bn. It is now trading at less than half that valuation and with very limited liquidity.
In this note, we will talk about the lock-up dynamics and updates since our last note.


PropertyGuru SPAC Lock-Up - Two PE’s with a US$450m Stake Are Stuck with a Liquidity Conundrum

<ul><li>Effective the 19 Sep market open, Emperador will join the STI with an indicative weight of 0.4%, taking the number of stocks representing the Consumer Non-cyclical Sector to four, with a combined indicative Sector weightage of 6%, based on Index weights as of 30 June.</li><li>The five stocks of the STI reserve list will comprise Olam Group, Suntec REIT, Keppel REIT, Frasers Centrepoint Trust, and Ascott Residence Trust.</li><li>Following the recent semi-annual rebalance https://research.ftserussell.com/Analytics/FactSheets/Home/DownloadSingleIssue?openfile=open&issueName=STIRCO&isManual=True, Emperador Inc. will join the STI effective the Monday 19 Sep, replacing ComfortDelGro Corporation.</li></ul>

Effective the 19 Sep market open, Emperador will join the STI with an indicative weight of 0.4%, taking the number of stocks representing the Consumer Non-cyclical Sector to four, with a combined indicative Sector weightage of 6%, based on Index weights as of 30 June.The five stocks of the STI reserve list will comprise Olam Group, Suntec REIT, Keppel REIT, Frasers Centrepoint Trust, and Ascott Residence Trust.Following the recent semi-annual rebalance https://research.ftserussell.com/Analytics/FactSheets/Home/DownloadSingleIssue?openfile=open&issueName=STIRCO&isManual=True, Emperador Inc. will join the STI effective the Monday 19 Sep, replacing ComfortDelGro Corporation.

Alpha-Centric ESG Research

Kyle Rudden

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<li>Singapore recently announced the pricing of its inaugural sovereign green bond issue marking Singapore's momentous entrée into the growing global sovereign green bond market.</li>
<li>Big deal, and big <em>impact</em>. Singapore's S$2.4 billion 50-year green bond ranks among the largest inaugural sovereign issuances and the proceeds are funding impactful "green projects."</li>
<li>Proceeds will fund two Clean Transportation projects (electric rail mass transit) and contribute to an 80% reduction in land transportation-related greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.</li>
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Singapore recently announced the pricing of its inaugural sovereign green bond issue marking Singapore's momentous entrée into the growing global sovereign green bond market.
Big deal, and big impact. Singapore's S$2.4 billion 50-year green bond ranks among the largest inaugural sovereign issuances and the proceeds are funding impactful "green projects."
Proceeds will fund two Clean Transportation projects (electric rail mass transit) and contribute to an 80% reduction in land transportation-related greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.


Singapore's Inaugural Green Bond: Big Deal, Big Impact

Singapore

DBS Group Holdings Limited and its subsidiaries provide a variety of financial services.  The Company offers services including mortgage financing, lease and hire purchase financing, nominee and trustee, funds management, corporate advisory and brokerage .  DBS Group also acts as the primary dealer in Singapore government securities.

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DBS (DBS SP)

Singapore Net Fund Inflows in 3Q22 Led by Banks

The STI’s 2.4% total return in 3Q22 was mainly driven by the trio of DBS, OCBC and UOB, which averaged a 7.3% total return over the...

Singapore Exchange Ltd (SGX)

Five STI Heavyweights Book 9% QTD Total Return

With one week remaining for 3Q22, the STI has booked a 5.5% total return for the quarter, outpacing the FTSE Developed Index’s 1.3% decline. The...

Singapore Exchange Ltd (SGX)

PropertyGuru SPAC Lock-Up - Two PE’s with a US$450m Stake Are Stuck with a Liquidity Conundrum

PropertyGuru mergered with Bridgetown 2 SPAC in Mar 2022. Its 180-days lockup will end soon freeing its two large PE shareholders.

Sumeet Singh

Emperador to Join STI on 19 Sep

Effective the 19 Sep market open, Emperador will join the STI with an indicative weight of 0.4%, taking the number of stocks representing the...

Singapore Exchange Ltd (SGX)

Singapore's Inaugural Green Bond: Big Deal, Big Impact

Singapore’s inaugural green bond is a big deal, in size and impact. It is one of the world’s largest debut issues and funds Clean Transportation...

Kyle Rudden

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