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.

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Frasers Logistics & Commercial Trust / Equity Bottom-Up

<ul><li>S-REITs actively manage impact of rising rates; average ICR at 4.3 times Higher interest rates have typically been associated with higher borrowing costs and therefore lower distributions available for unitholders.</li><li>To hedge the impact of rising rates, S-REITs have been actively managing interest rate exposures.</li></ul>

S-REITs actively manage impact of rising rates; average ICR at 4.3 times Higher interest rates have typically been associated with higher borrowing costs and therefore lower distributions available for unitholders.To hedge the impact of rising rates, S-REITs have been actively managing interest rate exposures.

REIT Watch - S-REITs actively manage impact of rising rates; average ICR at 4.3 times

External broker reports(aggregated public sources), RHB Invest

RHB Invest

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<ul><li>We like IREIT Global (SGX:UD1U)’s proposed acquisition of French out-of-town retail parks due to their defensive nature, tenant quality and income stability.</li><li>The move also helps to diversify its geographical spread and asset class mix, while mitigating tenant concentration risks – which it is now facing.</li><li>IREIT Global has proposed the acquisition of B&amp;M, a French retail portfolio comprising 17 fully occupied single-tenant sites with a GLA of 61,756sqm (larger land area: 252k sqm), which accounts for 15% of B&amp;M stores in France.</li></ul><p><em>Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.</em></p>

We like IREIT Global (SGX:UD1U)’s proposed acquisition of French out-of-town retail parks due to their defensive nature, tenant quality and income stability.The move also helps to diversify its geographical spread and asset class mix, while mitigating tenant concentration risks – which it is now facing.IREIT Global has proposed the acquisition of B&amp;M, a French retail portfolio comprising 17 fully occupied single-tenant sites with a GLA of 61,756sqm (larger land area: 252k sqm), which accounts for 15% of B&amp;M stores in France.Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.

<ul><li>10 S-Reits with lowest gearing ratios A key metric for Reits is the gearing ratio, also known as aggregated leverage, which is a metric closely monitored by investors and often used to access a Reit’s financial leverage.</li><li>As of end-February this year, the 40 actively traded S-Reits and Property Trusts had an average gearing ratio of 37.7 per cent, below the regulatory limit of 50 per cent if the minimum interest coverage ratio (ICR) is at least 2.5 times, imposed by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS).</li></ul>

10 S-Reits with lowest gearing ratios A key metric for Reits is the gearing ratio, also known as aggregated leverage, which is a metric closely monitored by investors and often used to access a Reit’s financial leverage.As of end-February this year, the 40 actively traded S-Reits and Property Trusts had an average gearing ratio of 37.7 per cent, below the regulatory limit of 50 per cent if the minimum interest coverage ratio (ICR) is at least 2.5 times, imposed by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS).

REIT Watch – 10 S-REITs with lowest gearing ratios average 32% gearing

Research from SooChow CSSD Capital Markets (Asia), SCCM Asia Research

SCCM Asia Research

Research from SooChow CSSD Capital Markets (Asia)

Headquartered in Singapore, SooChow CSSD Capital Markets (Asia) is an investment bank focusing on emerging growth companies across Asia, providing a full suite of investment banking services, including corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions advisory, equity capital markets, institutional equities sales and trading and equities research.

SooChow CSSD Capital Markets (Asia)

Thematic (Sector/Industry)

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/cromwell-european-real-estate" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:25889" rel="noopener">Cromwell European REIT (CERT SP)</a> divests an office asset in Finland and acquires a UK logistics asset</li>
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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/ec-world-reit" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:22842" rel="noopener">EC World Reit (ECWREIT SP)</a> successfully extended maturity of onshore and offshore facilities; CEO bought more units</li>
<li>302 units of Ho Bee-IOI project Cape Royale at Sentosa Cove sold 50% on launch day at S$2,103psf ASP</li>
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Cromwell European REIT (CERT SP) divests an office asset in Finland and acquires a UK logistics asset

EC World Reit (ECWREIT SP) successfully extended maturity of onshore and offshore facilities; CEO bought more units
302 units of Ho Bee-IOI project Cape Royale at Sentosa Cove sold 50% on launch day at S$2,103psf ASP


ASEAN Builder's Scoop (7Jul22) - CERT Divests Finland Office, Buys UK Logistics

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/capitaland-investment-ltd-si" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:33774" rel="noopener">CapitaLand Investment (CLI SP)</a> establishes its first onshore RMB fund in China</li>
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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/ireit-global" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:10596" rel="noopener">IREIT Global (IREIT SP)</a> secured 12-year major new lease at Sant Cugat Green</li>
<li>Tender for High Point enbloc sale to close on 28Jul22 as interest from developers picked up</li>
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CapitaLand Investment (CLI SP) establishes its first onshore RMB fund in China

IREIT Global (IREIT SP) secured 12-year major new lease at Sant Cugat Green
Tender for High Point enbloc sale to close on 28Jul22 as interest from developers picked up


ASEAN Builder's Scoop (22Jun22) - CLI Establishes First Onshore RMB Fund

Singapore

IREIT Global is the first Singapore-listed real estate investment trust with the investment strategy of principally investing, directly or indirectly, in a portfolio of income-producing real estate in Europe which is used primarily for office, retail and industrial (including logistics) purposes, as well as real estate-related assets.

IREIT Global’s current portfolio comprises 5 freehold office properties in Germany, 5 freehold office properties in Spain and 27 freehold retail properties in France, with a total lettable area of approximately 384,000 sqm and a portfolio valuation of approximately €974.9 million.

IREIT Global is managed by IREIT Global Group Pte. Ltd., which is jointly owned by Tikehau Capital and City Developments Limited ("CDL"). Tikehau Capital is a global alternative asset management group listed in France, while CDL is a leading global real estate company listed in Singapore.

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IREIT Global (IREIT SP)

REIT Watch - S-REITs actively manage impact of rising rates; average ICR at 4.3 times

S-REITs actively manage impact of rising rates; average ICR at 4.3 times Higher interest rates have typically been associated with higher...

Singapore Exchange Ltd (SGX)

IREIT Global - Going Out-Of-Town Retail

We like IREIT Global (SGX:UD1U)’s proposed acquisition of French out-of-town retail parks due to their defensive nature, tenant quality and income...

RHB Invest

REIT Watch – 10 S-REITs with lowest gearing ratios average 32% gearing

10 S-Reits with lowest gearing ratios A key metric for Reits is the gearing ratio, also known as aggregated leverage, which is a metric closely...

Singapore Exchange Ltd (SGX)

ASEAN Builder's Scoop (7Jul22) - CERT Divests Finland Office, Buys UK Logistics

ECWREIT CEO bought more units; Cape Royale at Sentosa sold 50% on launch day; People's Park Centre enbloc for S$1.8bn; IREIT CFO steps down

SCCM Asia Research

ASEAN Builder's Scoop (22Jun22) - CLI Establishes First Onshore RMB Fund

IREIT secures new 12yr lease in Spain; High Point enbloc closing on 28Jul; Phils banks' RE exposure rises; CLI debuts on bond market; TTJ invests...

SCCM Asia Research

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