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>Institutions were net sellers of Singapore stocks, resulting in a net outflow of S$221 million from March 7-13.</li><li>Franklin Resources acquired 969,800 units of Digital Core REIT, increasing its deemed interest to 5.06% on March 6.</li><li>Nam Cheong reported FY net profit of RM790.1 million, with revenue rising 45.1% to RM689.4 million in FY24.</li></ul>

Institutions were net sellers of Singapore stocks, resulting in a net outflow of S$221 million from March 7-13.Franklin Resources acquired 969,800 units of Digital Core REIT, increasing its deemed interest to 5.06% on March 6.Nam Cheong reported FY net profit of RM790.1 million, with revenue rising 45.1% to RM689.4 million in FY24.

Digital Core REIT Gains New Substantial Shareholder

<ul><li>Ever wondered what is currently driving the local and regional markets? Pranay Yadav is a Senior Research Analyst at Mint Finance, a Singapore based research and consulting firm offering nuanced and deep insights on global macro and its impact on Singapore stocks, REITs, and ETFs.</li><li>From Pranay Yadav, Senior Research Analyst, Mint Finance: Among Singapore REITs with exposure to data centre properties, only Digital Core REIT (DCRU) and Keppel DC REIT (AJBU) have models focused entirely on data centres.</li></ul>

Ever wondered what is currently driving the local and regional markets? Pranay Yadav is a Senior Research Analyst at Mint Finance, a Singapore based research and consulting firm offering nuanced and deep insights on global macro and its impact on Singapore stocks, REITs, and ETFs.From Pranay Yadav, Senior Research Analyst, Mint Finance: Among Singapore REITs with exposure to data centre properties, only Digital Core REIT (DCRU) and Keppel DC REIT (AJBU) have models focused entirely on data centres.

What's Trending: GenAI unleashes hyper demand for Data Centres

<ul><li>Institutions were net sellers of Singapore stocks over the four trading sessions spanning August 2 through to August 7, with S$586 million of net institutional outflow.</li><li>The four sessions also saw 12 primary-listed companies conduct buybacks with a total consideration of S$20.4 million.</li><li>Digital Core REIT Management also acquired units of Digital Core REIT over each of the four sessions.</li></ul>

Institutions were net sellers of Singapore stocks over the four trading sessions spanning August 2 through to August 7, with S$586 million of net institutional outflow.The four sessions also saw 12 primary-listed companies conduct buybacks with a total consideration of S$20.4 million.Digital Core REIT Management also acquired units of Digital Core REIT over each of the four sessions.

Cohen & Steers Ups Digital Core REIT Interest, Beng Kuang Marine CEO also adds to Interest

Research from Water Tower Research, Water Tower Research

Water Tower Research

Research from Water Tower Research

Water Tower Research is a leading equity research firm that provides research on micro, small and mid cap companies.

Water Tower Research was founded by Wall Street veterans after witnessing a fundamental shift in the investment research industry with the result being a declining knowledge base among investors, a lack of awareness and a shrinking pool of fundamental research being conducted on companies across the small-cap and micro-cap spectrum. The same issues are now increasingly occurring in the mid-cap space. This sea change within the investment community is impacting not only the companies themselves but also current shareholders and potential investors. With significantly less active sell-side sponsorship by Wall Street, a substantial information gap has developed between companies and various constituents in the financial community. The net result is fewer channels for insight and information to flow between companies and investors.

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<ul><li>Setting up to be a crucial quarter for the major cloud infrastructure providers and broader tech as investors focus on the cost/benefits of AI.</li><li>Over the last decade, AMZN, MSFT, and GOOGL have garnered outsized investor attention, in part due to their size, but equally due to each of their rapidly growing tech infrastructure businesses (AWS, Azure, and GCP, respectively).</li><li>Based on the capex commentary from all three exiting the December quarter, investors are hoping for early signs of business AI traction, but also bracing for greater clarity around the costs.</li></ul>

Setting up to be a crucial quarter for the major cloud infrastructure providers and broader tech as investors focus on the cost/benefits of AI.Over the last decade, AMZN, MSFT, and GOOGL have garnered outsized investor attention, in part due to their size, but equally due to each of their rapidly growing tech infrastructure businesses (AWS, Azure, and GCP, respectively).Based on the capex commentary from all three exiting the December quarter, investors are hoping for early signs of business AI traction, but also bracing for greater clarity around the costs.

Cloud Infrastructure Monitor - Upcoming Earnings Season Marks a Crucial Point for Sector and AI

Alpha-Centric ESG Research

Kyle Rudden

<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

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Digital Realty Trust, Inc. owns, acquires, repositions, and manages technology-related real estate.  The Company's properties contain applications and operations critical to the day-to-day operations of technology industry tenants and corporate enterprise data center tenants.  Digital's property portfolio is located throughout the United States and in England.

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Digital Core REIT Gains New Substantial Shareholder

Institutions were net sellers of Singapore stocks, resulting in a net outflow of S$221 million from March 7-13. Franklin Resources acquired...

Singapore Exchange Ltd (SGX)

Cohen & Steers Ups Digital Core REIT Interest, Beng Kuang Marine CEO also adds to Interest

Institutions were net sellers of Singapore stocks over the four trading sessions spanning August 2 through to August 7, with S$586 million of net...

Singapore Exchange Ltd (SGX)

Cloud Infrastructure Monitor - Upcoming Earnings Season Marks a Crucial Point for Sector and AI

Setting up to be a crucial quarter for the major cloud infrastructure providers and broader tech as investors focus on the cost/benefits of AI.

Water Tower Research

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Digital Core REIT Gains New Substantial Shareholder

Institutions were net sellers of Singapore stocks, resulting in a net outflow of S$221 million from March 7-13. Franklin Resources acquired...

Singapore Exchange Ltd (SGX)

What's Trending: GenAI unleashes hyper demand for Data Centres

Ever wondered what is currently driving the local and regional markets? Pranay Yadav is a Senior Research Analyst at Mint Finance, a Singapore...

Singapore Exchange Ltd (SGX)

Cohen & Steers Ups Digital Core REIT Interest, Beng Kuang Marine CEO also adds to Interest

Institutions were net sellers of Singapore stocks over the four trading sessions spanning August 2 through to August 7, with S$586 million of net...

Singapore Exchange Ltd (SGX)

Cloud Infrastructure Monitor - Upcoming Earnings Season Marks a Crucial Point for Sector and AI

Setting up to be a crucial quarter for the major cloud infrastructure providers and broader tech as investors focus on the cost/benefits of AI.

Water Tower Research

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

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