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>5 S-Reits among top 10 institutional net buy stocks for the week Five Singapore Reits took up spots among the 10 stocks which recorded the largest institutional net inflows for most of last week.</li><li>The five S-Reits were CapitaLand Ascendas Reit, Keppel DC Reit, Mapletree Logistics Trust, Mapletree Industrial Trust, and Keppel Reit.</li></ul>

5 S-Reits among top 10 institutional net buy stocks for the week Five Singapore Reits took up spots among the 10 stocks which recorded the largest institutional net inflows for most of last week.The five S-Reits were CapitaLand Ascendas Reit, Keppel DC Reit, Mapletree Logistics Trust, Mapletree Industrial Trust, and Keppel Reit.

REIT Watch - 5 S-Reits among top 10 institutional net buy stocks for the week

IPOs and Catalysts/Events, Global Equity Research Ltd

Arun George

IPOs and Catalysts/Events

Uncompromised, Independent, Conflict-Free Research

Global Equity Research Ltd

Global Equity Research was started in 2017 by a group of experienced research professionals. It was founded on a passionate belief in the importance and the need for uncompromised, independent, conflict-free research. We aim to provide differentiated and actionable primary and bottom up fundamental research.

Event-Driven

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/sembcorp-marine-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:11:1" rel="noopener">Sembcorp Marine (SMM SP)</a> shareholders voted overwhelmingly for the merger between Keppel O&amp;M and Sembcorp Marine. The transaction is expected to close by 28 February.  </li>
<li>The divestment of Keppel O&amp;M will further move <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/keppel-corp-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:12:1" rel="noopener">Keppel Corp (KEP SP)</a> towards a more asset-light and recurring earnings model, providing a helpful tailwind to hit its 15% ROE target.</li>
<li>Pre-Dividend in specie distribution, our Keppel SoTP valuation based on Sembcorp Marine’s reference issue price (S$0.122) and last close (S$0.136) is S$8.49 and S$8.72 per share, respectively. </li>
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Sembcorp Marine (SMM SP) shareholders voted overwhelmingly for the merger between Keppel O&amp;M and Sembcorp Marine. The transaction is expected to close by 28 February.  
The divestment of Keppel O&amp;M will further move Keppel Corp (KEP SP) towards a more asset-light and recurring earnings model, providing a helpful tailwind to hit its 15% ROE target.
Pre-Dividend in specie distribution, our Keppel SoTP valuation based on Sembcorp Marine’s reference issue price (S$0.122) and last close (S$0.136) is S$8.49 and S$8.72 per share, respectively. 


Keppel (KEP SP): Keppel O&M/Sembcorp Marine Transaction Moves Towards Completion

APAC IPOs & Placements, Aequitas Research

Ethan Aw

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

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/esr-reit" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:10934:1" rel="noopener">ESR-LOGOS REIT (EREIT SP)</a> is looking to raise US$114m (S$150m) in a private placement. The proceeds will be used to fund potential acquisitions and finance the redevelopment of its properties. </li>
<li>Post offering, there will also be a US$114m (S$150m) non-renounceable preferential offering, which will bring the total gross proceeds of the equity fund raising to US$228m (S$300m).</li>
<li>The deal is a relatively large one to digest at 46 days of ADV and 6.4% of current mcap. We'll talk about the deal dynamics.</li>
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ESR-LOGOS REIT (EREIT SP) is looking to raise US$114m (S$150m) in a private placement. The proceeds will be used to fund potential acquisitions and finance the redevelopment of its properties. 
Post offering, there will also be a US$114m (S$150m) non-renounceable preferential offering, which will bring the total gross proceeds of the equity fund raising to US$228m (S$300m).
The deal is a relatively large one to digest at 46 days of ADV and 6.4% of current mcap. We'll talk about the deal dynamics.


ESR-Logos REIT Placement - Implied Yield Attractive Enough to Take the Deal

Head of Research, IPOs & Placements, Aequitas Research

Sumeet Singh

Head of Research, IPOs & Placements

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/link-reit" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:872:1" rel="noopener">Link REIT (823 HK)</a> (LREIT) aims to undertake a 1 for 5 rights issue at a subscription price of HK$44.20/unit, to raise around US$2.4bn.</li>
<li>After announcing a S$2.2bn acquisition in late Dec 2022, the company explicitly mentioned that it didn’t need to raise any new capital. Thus, the rights issue marks an abrupt turnaround.</li>
<li>In this note, we talk about the right issue, its previous acquisition and the overall implications.</li>
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Link REIT (823 HK) (LREIT) aims to undertake a 1 for 5 rights issue at a subscription price of HK$44.20/unit, to raise around US$2.4bn.
After announcing a S$2.2bn acquisition in late Dec 2022, the company explicitly mentioned that it didn’t need to raise any new capital. Thus, the rights issue marks an abrupt turnaround.
In this note, we talk about the right issue, its previous acquisition and the overall implications.


Link REIT US$2.4bn Rights Issue - Mistimed but Yield at the Rights Price Might Be the Saving Grace

Clarence Chu

Nexus Select Trust / Equity Capital Markets

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/nexus-select-trust" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:36566:1" rel="noopener">Nexus Select Trust (NST IN)</a> is looking to raise up to US$500m in its upcoming India IPO. </li>
<li>The bookrunners on the deal are Axis, BofA, Citi, HSBC, IIFL, JM Fin, JPM, Kotak, MS and SBI Cap.</li>
<li>Nexus Select Trust (NST) is a REIT with a portfolio of 17 Grade A urban consumption centers.</li>
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Nexus Select Trust (NST IN) is looking to raise up to US$500m in its upcoming India IPO. 
The bookrunners on the deal are Axis, BofA, Citi, HSBC, IIFL, JM Fin, JPM, Kotak, MS and SBI Cap.
Nexus Select Trust (NST) is a REIT with a portfolio of 17 Grade A urban consumption centers.


Singapore

Keppel REIT operates as a commercial real estate investment trust. The Trust owns and invests in a portfolio of income-producing office buildings and related real estate assets. Keppel REIT offers its services in Asia and Australia.

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Keppel REIT (KREIT SP)

REIT Watch - 5 S-Reits among top 10 institutional net buy stocks for the week

5 S-Reits among top 10 institutional net buy stocks for the week Five Singapore Reits took up spots among the 10 stocks which recorded the largest...

Singapore Exchange Ltd (SGX)

Keppel (KEP SP): Keppel O&M/Sembcorp Marine Transaction Moves Towards Completion

The divestment of Keppel O&M will further move Keppel towards a more asset-light and recurring earnings model, providing a helpful tailwind to hit...

Arun George

ESR-Logos REIT Placement - Implied Yield Attractive Enough to Take the Deal

ESR-LOGOS REIT (EREIT SP) is looking to raise US$114m (S$150m) in a private placement. The proceeds will be used to fund potential acquisitions and...

Ethan Aw

Link REIT US$2.4bn Rights Issue - Mistimed but Yield at the Rights Price Might Be the Saving Grace

Link REIT (823 HK) (LREIT) aims to undertake a 1 for 5 rights issue at a subscription price of HK$44.20/unit, to raise around US$2.4bn. In this...

Sumeet Singh

Nexus Select Trust Pre-IPO Tearsheet

Nexus Select Trust (NST IN) is looking to raise up to US$500m in its upcoming India IPO. The bookrunners on the deal are Axis, BofA, Citi, HSBC,...

Clarence Chu

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