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>SINGAPORE-LISTED real estate investment trusts (S-Reits) continue to hold up despite decelerating global growth, with the iEdge S-Reit Index generating 2.1 per cent in total returns in the first half of 2023, outperforming the Straits Times Index’s 1.2 per cent and the FTSE EPRA Nareit Asia ex Japan Index’s -1.7 per cent.</li><li>The 10 S-Reits were Keppel DC Reit, Cromwell European Reit (Cromwell E-Reit), Frasers Logistics & Commercial Trust, Frasers Hospitality Trust, Paragon Reit, Frasers Centrepoint Trust, Aims Apac Reit, ParkwayLife Reit, CapitaLand India Trust, and CapitaLand Ascott Trust.</li><li>Outperformance was driven across specialised, healthcare and hospitality sub-sectors at 7.5 per cent, 5.2 per cent, and 4.1 per cent total returns respectively.</li></ul>

SINGAPORE-LISTED real estate investment trusts (S-Reits) continue to hold up despite decelerating global growth, with the iEdge S-Reit Index generating 2.1 per cent in total returns in the first half of 2023, outperforming the Straits Times Index’s 1.2 per cent and the FTSE EPRA Nareit Asia ex Japan Index’s -1.7 per cent.The 10 S-Reits were Keppel DC Reit, Cromwell European Reit (Cromwell E-Reit), Frasers Logistics & Commercial Trust, Frasers Hospitality Trust, Paragon Reit, Frasers Centrepoint Trust, Aims Apac Reit, ParkwayLife Reit, CapitaLand India Trust, and CapitaLand Ascott Trust.Outperformance was driven across specialised, healthcare and hospitality sub-sectors at 7.5 per cent, 5.2 per cent, and 4.1 per cent total returns respectively.

REIT Watch - 10 S-Reits which outperformed in H1

<ul><li>Retail investors continued to be a key driver in S-REITs fund flow activities in H1 2023, accumulating net retail inflows of S$389 million, while institutional investors saw net outflows of S$485 million.</li><li>A similar trend was seen a year ago during H1 2022 when the sector booked S$443 million of net retail inflows and S$360 million net institutional outflows.</li><li>By sub-segments, data centre S-REITs received the most institutional net inflows and retail net outflows in H1 2023, at S$26 million and S$43 million respectively.</li></ul>

Retail investors continued to be a key driver in S-REITs fund flow activities in H1 2023, accumulating net retail inflows of S$389 million, while institutional investors saw net outflows of S$485 million.A similar trend was seen a year ago during H1 2022 when the sector booked S$443 million of net retail inflows and S$360 million net institutional outflows.By sub-segments, data centre S-REITs received the most institutional net inflows and retail net outflows in H1 2023, at S$26 million and S$43 million respectively.

REIT Watch - Retail investors net bought S$390m of S-REITs in 1H2023

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

Mapletree Industrial Trust / Equity Capital Markets

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/mapletree-industrial-trust" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:40:1" rel="noopener">Mapletree Industrial Trust (MINT SP)</a> is looking to raise at least S$202m (US$150m) in its primary placement.</li>
<li>The proceeds will be used to partially fund its acquisition of a data centre asset in downtown Osaka, Japan, while the remainder will be funded by debt.</li>
<li>In this note, we'll run the deal through our ECM framework and comment on deal dynamics.</li>
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Mapletree Industrial Trust (MINT SP) is looking to raise at least S$202m (US$150m) in its primary placement.
The proceeds will be used to partially fund its acquisition of a data centre asset in downtown Osaka, Japan, while the remainder will be funded by debt.
In this note, we'll run the deal through our ECM framework and comment on deal dynamics.


Mapletree Industrial Trust Placement - Data Centre Exposure Still on the Rise

Nippon Prologis Reit / Equity Capital Markets

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/nippon-prologis-reit-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:15683:1" rel="noopener">Nippon Prologis Reit (3283 JP)</a> is looking to raise US$184m in its primary follow-on offering to acquire one property, namely Prologis Park Soka. </li>
<li>The deal is a somewhat large one to digest, at 14 days of three month ADV but only 3% dilution. </li>
<li>In this note, we will talk about the deal dynamics and run the deal through our ECM framework.</li>
</ul>



Nippon Prologis Reit (3283 JP) is looking to raise US$184m in its primary follow-on offering to acquire one property, namely Prologis Park Soka. 
The deal is a somewhat large one to digest, at 14 days of three month ADV but only 3% dilution. 
In this note, we will talk about the deal dynamics and run the deal through our ECM framework.


Nippon Prologis REIT Placement - Well-Flagged and past Deals Have Performed Decently

Pavilion Real Estate Investment Trust / Equity Capital Markets

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/pavilion-real-estate-investment-trust" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:17395:1" rel="noopener">Pavilion Real Estate Investment Trust (PREIT MK)</a> is looking to raise up to MYR$517m (US$115m) in its primary placement. </li>
<li>The proceeds will be used to partially finance its acquisition of Pavilion Bukit Jalil (PBJ) mall.</li>
<li>In this note, we'll run the deal through our ECM framework and comment on deal dynamics.</li>
</ul>



Pavilion Real Estate Investment Trust (PREIT MK) is looking to raise up to MYR$517m (US$115m) in its primary placement. 
The proceeds will be used to partially finance its acquisition of Pavilion Bukit Jalil (PBJ) mall.
In this note, we'll run the deal through our ECM framework and comment on deal dynamics.


Pavilion REIT Placement - Very Well Flagged, Has Been Expected for Some Time

Singapore

SPH REIT is a Singapore-based REIT established principally to invest, directly or indirectly, in a portfolio of income-producing real estate which is used primarily for retail purposes in Asia-Pacific, as well as real estate-related assets.

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REIT Watch - 10 S-Reits which outperformed in H1

SINGAPORE-LISTED real estate investment trusts (S-Reits) continue to hold up despite decelerating global growth, with the iEdge S-Reit Index...

Singapore Exchange Ltd (SGX)

REIT Watch - Retail investors net bought S$390m of S-REITs in 1H2023

Retail investors continued to be a key driver in S-REITs fund flow activities in H1 2023, accumulating net retail inflows of S$389 million, while...

Singapore Exchange Ltd (SGX)

Mapletree Industrial Trust Placement - Data Centre Exposure Still on the Rise

Mapletree Industrial Trust (MINT SP) is looking to raise at least S$202m (US$150m) in its primary placement. In this note, we'll run the deal...

Ethan Aw

Nippon Prologis REIT Placement - Well-Flagged and past Deals Have Performed Decently

Nippon Prologis Reit (3283 JP) is looking to raise US$184m in its primary follow-on offering to acquire one property, namely Prologis Park Soka.

Ethan Aw

Pavilion REIT Placement - Very Well Flagged, Has Been Expected for Some Time

Pavilion Real Estate Investment Trust (PREIT MK) is looking to raise up to MYR$517m (US$115m) in its primary placement. The proceeds will be used...

Ethan Aw

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