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 generated a 2.4% total return over the first 15 weeks of 2023, with 20 gainers, one stock unchanged and nine decliners.</li><li>The five strongest performers of the STI in the YTD included Sembcorp Ind, Keppel Corp, Genting Sing, Keppel DC REIT and Mapletree Log Tr, with the five stocks averaging 22% total returns, while the decliners were led by CityDev, YZJ Shipbldg, ThaiBev, Singtel and HongkongLand, which averaged a 6% decline in total returns.</li><li>Following a 73% total return on S$220 million of net institutional inflow in 2022, Sembcorp Industries has generated a 27% total return on S$90 million of net institutional inflow.</li></ul>

The STI generated a 2.4% total return over the first 15 weeks of 2023, with 20 gainers, one stock unchanged and nine decliners.The five strongest performers of the STI in the YTD included Sembcorp Ind, Keppel Corp, Genting Sing, Keppel DC REIT and Mapletree Log Tr, with the five stocks averaging 22% total returns, while the decliners were led by CityDev, YZJ Shipbldg, ThaiBev, Singtel and HongkongLand, which averaged a 6% decline in total returns.Following a 73% total return on S$220 million of net institutional inflow in 2022, Sembcorp Industries has generated a 27% total return on S$90 million of net institutional inflow.

STI Maintains 2.4% YTD Total Return as GDP Growth Slows 

<ul><li>Primary listed stocks that filed highest buyback considerations Q1 2023 The two stocks that filed the highest buyback consideration in Q1 2023 were OCBC and Sembcorp Industries.</li><li>The buyback considerations of these five companies made up just over three-fifths of the S$126 million in combined consideration for Q1 2023.</li></ul>

Primary listed stocks that filed highest buyback considerations Q1 2023 The two stocks that filed the highest buyback consideration in Q1 2023 were OCBC and Sembcorp Industries.The buyback considerations of these five companies made up just over three-fifths of the S$126 million in combined consideration for Q1 2023.

OCBC and Sembcorp Industries lead Q1 buyback considerations

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<ul><li>Sembcorp leads buyback tally for second consecutive week Meanwhile, UOB, Genting Singapore, Golden Agri-Resources Wilmar International and Sembcorp Industries led the net institutional inflow for the five sessions.</li><li>Executive director and chief operating officer Ng Mun Fey also acquired one million shares in a married deal on Mar 22, increasing his deemed interest in the Catalist listed stock from 7.12 per cent to 7.32 per cent.</li></ul>

Sembcorp leads buyback tally for second consecutive week Meanwhile, UOB, Genting Singapore, Golden Agri-Resources Wilmar International and Sembcorp Industries led the net institutional inflow for the five sessions.Executive director and chief operating officer Ng Mun Fey also acquired one million shares in a married deal on Mar 22, increasing his deemed interest in the Catalist listed stock from 7.12 per cent to 7.32 per cent.

Sembcorp leads buyback tally for second consecutive week

<ul><li>Inside Insights - Share buybacks by primary-listed companies OCBC, Singapore Technologies Engineering, Venture Corporation, City Developments and Sembcorp Industries led the net institutional inflow for the five sessions.</li><li>SIA Engineering Company bought back 148,100 shares at an average price of S$2.50 per share while Valuetronics Holdings bought back 320,000 shares at an average price of S$0.54 per share.</li></ul>

Inside Insights - Share buybacks by primary-listed companies OCBC, Singapore Technologies Engineering, Venture Corporation, City Developments and Sembcorp Industries led the net institutional inflow for the five sessions.SIA Engineering Company bought back 148,100 shares at an average price of S$2.50 per share while Valuetronics Holdings bought back 320,000 shares at an average price of S$0.54 per share.

OCBC leads net fund inflows; JB Foods’ Goh Lee Beng increases stake

<ul><li>The STI gained 5.4% over the past fortnight, recovering half of the declines posted between 13 Sep and 21 Oct.</li><li>This has brought the STI’s 2022-to-date total return to 4%, which compares to an 18% decline for the FTSE Developed Index and 21% decline for the FTSE Asia Pacific Index.</li><li>UOB was among the most defensive STI stocks between 13 Sep and 21 Oct, in addition to YZJ Shipbuilding, Genting SG, DBS, Emperador.</li></ul>

The STI gained 5.4% over the past fortnight, recovering half of the declines posted between 13 Sep and 21 Oct.This has brought the STI’s 2022-to-date total return to 4%, which compares to an 18% decline for the FTSE Developed Index and 21% decline for the FTSE Asia Pacific Index.UOB was among the most defensive STI stocks between 13 Sep and 21 Oct, in addition to YZJ Shipbuilding, Genting SG, DBS, Emperador.

Wilmar, Sembcorp Ind & Keppel DC REIT Led STI’s 2-Week 5% Partial Rebound 

Singapore

Keppel Corporation Limited's core businesses are offshore and marine, infrastructure, property investment and development, telecommunications and transportation, energy, and engineering.

Jardine Matheson Holdings Limited is a multinational enterprise with a portfolio of businesses focused on the Asia-Pacific region. The Group's activities include financial services, supermarkets, consumer marketing, engineering and construction, automobile trading, insurance broking, property investment, and hotels.

Gallant Venture Ltd is an investment holding company. The Company owns and operates industrial parks, supplies telecommunications services, electricity and water and wastewater management services, operates resorts and hotels, and develops real estate.

Bonvests Holdings Limited is an investment holding company whose subsidiaries develop real estate and operate waste collection and disposal, and contract cleaning.  The Company also develops and operates hotels locally and overseas, as well as operates food and beverage restaurants.  Bonvests Holdings trades securities and rents properties.

Seatrium Ltd offers engineering solutions for the offshore, marine, and energy industries. The Company provides rigs and floaters, repairs and upgrades, offshore platforms, and specialized shipbuilding. Seatrium serves customers worldwide.

Yangzijiang Shipbuilding (Holdings) Limited builds a wide range of ships. The Company produces a wide range of commercial vessels, mini bulk carriers, multi-purpose cargo vessels, containerships, chemical tankers, offshore supply vessels, rescue and salvage vessels, and lifting vessels.

ST Engineering is a global technology, defence and engineering group with offices across Asia, Europe, the Middle East and the U.S., serving customers in more than 100 countries. The Group uses technology and innovation to solve real-world problems and improve lives through its diverse portfolio of businesses across the aerospace, smart city, defence and public security segments. Headquartered in Singapore, ST Engineering reported revenue of $7.9b in FY2019 and it ranks among the largest companies listed on the Singapore Exchange. It is a component stock of the FTSE Straits Times Index, MSCI Singapore, iEdge SG ESG Transparency Index and iEdge SG ESG Leaders Index.

BRC Asia Limited designs, manufactures, and markets steel mesh under the BRC brand name.  The Company's products include non-standard and customized mesh, a wide range of prefabricated products including beam and column cages, complete prefabricated beam and column reinforcement, staggered mesh, twin wire mesh, and pile cap cages.

Frencken Group Limited designs, develops, and produces complex and advanced modules and systems, based on precision mechanics, hardware and software.

Chip Eng Seng Corporation Limited specializes in building construction activities in the private and public sector.  The Company also owns, develops, and invests in properties.

Seibu Holdings Inc. offers diversified operation. The Company through its subsidiary companies operates transportation, construction, hotel, leisure facilities, and real estate business. Seibu Holdings provides group enterprises strategy planning, operation management, asset management and supply, and business promotions.

Far Eastern New Century Corporation manufactures, processes and markets textile products.  The Company's products include polyester materials, natural and synthetic yarns,fabrics, towels, bed sheets, and woven and knitted garments. Throughits subsidiary companies, Far Eastern sells cellular phones and accessories.

DCC PLC is a sales, marketing, distribution and business support services Group. The Group operates in the following sectors; energy, IT & entertainment products, healthcare, environmental services and food & beverage. DCC's strategy is to grow a sustainable, diversified business.

Smiths Group plc is a global technology company.  The company delivers products and services for the threat & contraband detection, medical devices, energy and communications market worldwide.

The Bidvest Group Limited is the holding company for a group of companies operating in a range of sectors. Subsidiaries manufacture and distribute food and allied products to the catering industry, as well as packaging, stapling, fastening and adhesive tapes, office products, cosmetics, toiletries and skin care products. Bidvest also provides laundering services.

Turkiye Sise ve Cam Fabrikalari AS (Sisecam)  manufactures glass.  The Company produces flat glass, bottles, household glassware, glass wire, chromium chemicals, glass fibre, and glass reinforced plastics.  Sisecam also offers packaging materials and machinery, composites and marketing, chemicals, trade, insurance and brokerage services.

Mytilineos Holdings S.A. is an industrial group and an independent energy producer. The Company's activities include aluminum and base metals production, energy and infrastructure projects construction, production of thermal power and supply and trade of natural gas.

Enka Insaat ve Sanayi AS provides construction and construction related services worldwide. The Company builds infrastructure, commercial projects and factories. The manufacturing subsidiaries produce construction materials, steel pipes, windows and hand tools. The Group also imports and distributes industrial machinery in Turkey.

Icahn Enterprises L.P., a master limited partnership, is a diversified holding company engaged in nine primary business segments: Automotive, Investment, Energy, Gaming, Railcar, Food Packaging, Metals, Real Estate and Home Fashion.

Beijing Enterprises Holdings Ltd. is a diversified company.  The Company brews beer; distributes natural gas through pipelines; invests in, designs, constructs and operates water supply and wastewater treatment plants; operates toll roads; disposes of hazardous waste; and offers electronic payment systems.

Sembcorp Industries Ltd provides utilities and integrated services for industrial sites such as power, gas, steam, water, wastewater treatment and other on-site services. The Company's businesses also include marine & offshore engineering and urban development comprising industrial parks and business, commercial and residential spaces.

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STI Maintains 2.4% YTD Total Return as GDP Growth Slows

The STI generated a 2.4% total return over the first 15 weeks of 2023, with 20 gainers, one stock unchanged and nine decliners. The five strongest...

Singapore Exchange Ltd (SGX)

OCBC and Sembcorp Industries lead Q1 buyback considerations

Primary listed stocks that filed highest buyback considerations Q1 2023 The two stocks that filed the highest buyback consideration in Q1 2023...

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Sembcorp leads buyback tally for second consecutive week

Sembcorp leads buyback tally for second consecutive week Meanwhile, UOB, Genting Singapore, Golden Agri-Resources Wilmar International and...

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OCBC leads net fund inflows; JB Foods’ Goh Lee Beng increases stake

Inside Insights - Share buybacks by primary-listed companies OCBC, Singapore Technologies Engineering, Venture Corporation, City Developments and...

Singapore Exchange Ltd (SGX)

Wilmar, Sembcorp Ind & Keppel DC REIT Led STI’s 2-Week 5% Partial Rebound

The STI gained 5.4% over the past fortnight, recovering half of the declines posted between 13 Sep and 21 Oct. This has brought the STI’s...

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