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>DBS, OCBC and UOB comprise more than 45% of the STI weightage and have averaged 37% total return since the end of 2019, outpacing the STI’s 15% total return over the period.</li><li>For their FY22 (ended 31 Dec), the trio all reported record net profit, with respective FY22 ROEs at 15.0% for DBS, for OCBC and 11.9% for UOB.</li><li>Total FY22 dividend payouts amount to S$2.00 per share (includes special dividend of S$0.50 per share) for DBS, S$0.68 per share for OCBC and S 35 per share for UOB.</li></ul>

DBS, OCBC and UOB comprise more than 45% of the STI weightage and have averaged 37% total return since the end of 2019, outpacing the STI’s 15% total return over the period.For their FY22 (ended 31 Dec), the trio all reported record net profit, with respective FY22 ROEs at 15.0% for DBS, for OCBC and 11.9% for UOB.Total FY22 dividend payouts amount to S$2.00 per share (includes special dividend of S$0.50 per share) for DBS, S$0.68 per share for OCBC and S 35 per share for UOB.

DBS, OCBC & UOB Report Record FY22 Net Profits

Head of Research, IPOs & Placements, Aequitas Research

Sumeet Singh

Head of Research, 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

Pertamina Geothermal Energy PT / Equity Capital Markets

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<li>Pertamina Geothermal Energy (PGE) raised around US$600m in its Indonesia IPO. PGE is an Indonesian state owned power producer which utilizes geothermal energy to produce electricity.</li>
<li>PGE currently manages 13 Geothermal Working Areas with a total capacity of 1,877 MW, of which 672 MW is owned by it, while 1,205 MW is via joint operations.</li>
<li>In our previous notes, we looked at the company’s past performance and valuations. In this note, we talk about the deal dynamics ahead of its listing.</li>
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Pertamina Geothermal Energy (PGE) raised around US$600m in its Indonesia IPO. PGE is an Indonesian state owned power producer which utilizes geothermal energy to produce electricity.
PGE currently manages 13 Geothermal Working Areas with a total capacity of 1,877 MW, of which 672 MW is owned by it, while 1,205 MW is via joint operations.
In our previous notes, we looked at the company’s past performance and valuations. In this note, we talk about the deal dynamics ahead of its listing.


Pertamina Geothermal Energy IPO Trading - Should Be a Steady Listing

<ul>
<li>Aequitas Research puts out a weekly update on the deals that were covered by the team recently along with updates for upcoming IPOs.</li>
<li>On the IPO front, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/pertamina-geothermal-energy-pt" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:36725:1" rel="noopener">Pertamina Geothermal</a> <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/pt-pertamina-persero" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:35862:1" rel="noopener"></a>is set to make its debut in the coming week.</li>
<li>Placements picked up pace this week, with multiple deals across geographies.</li>
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Aequitas Research puts out a weekly update on the deals that were covered by the team recently along with updates for upcoming IPOs.
On the IPO front, Pertamina Geothermal is set to make its debut in the coming week.
Placements picked up pace this week, with multiple deals across geographies.


ECM Weekly (19th Feb 2023) - Rakuten Bank, ZJLD, REPT, Link REIT, SoCar, Ryman, Indigo, ESR, Oasis

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<li>
<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/rakuten-bank-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:35638:1" rel="noopener">Rakuten Bank</a>, the online banking arm of <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/rakuten-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:31:1" rel="noopener">Rakuten Inc (4755 JP)</a>, aims to raise around US$500m (estimated) in its Japan listing in April 2023. </li>
<li>RB is the largest internet bank in Japan, by number of accounts. As of Mar 2023, it had 13.39m deposit accounts with a total deposit base of JPY8.6tn. </li>
<li>In this note we take an early look at the IPO and talk about the not-so-positive aspects of its past performance.</li>
</ul>



Rakuten Bank, the online banking arm of Rakuten Inc (4755 JP), aims to raise around US$500m (estimated) in its Japan listing in April 2023. 
RB is the largest internet bank in Japan, by number of accounts. As of Mar 2023, it had 13.39m deposit accounts with a total deposit base of JPY8.6tn. 
In this note we take an early look at the IPO and talk about the not-so-positive aspects of its past performance.


Rakuten Bank IPO Early Look - The Negatives - Is Already Slowing Down

InterGlobe Aviation Ltd / Equity Capital Markets

<ul>
<li>Indigo’s co-founder Rakesh Gangwal aims to raise around US$375m via selling around 4.0% of the company.</li>
<li>He had earlier stated his intention to pare down his stake after a long drawn, and very public battle, with the other co-founder. He last sold in Sep 2022.</li>
<li>In this note, we will talk about the placement and run the deal through our ECM framework.</li>
</ul>


Indigo’s co-founder Rakesh Gangwal aims to raise around US$375m via selling around 4.0% of the company.
He had earlier stated his intention to pare down his stake after a long drawn, and very public battle, with the other co-founder. He last sold in Sep 2022.
In this note, we will talk about the placement and run the deal through our ECM framework.


Interglobe Aviation (Indigo) Placement - Has Sold Before, Will Sell Again

Singapore

United Overseas Bank Limited provides a wide range of financial services including personal financial services, wealth management, private banking, commercial and corporate banking, transaction banking, investment banking, corporate finance, capital market activities, treasury services, futures broking, asset management, venture capital management and insurance.

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UOB (UOB SP)

DBS, OCBC & UOB Report Record FY22 Net Profits

DBS, OCBC and UOB comprise more than 45% of the STI weightage and have averaged 37% total return since the end of 2019, outpacing the STI’s 15%...

Singapore Exchange Ltd (SGX)

Pertamina Geothermal Energy IPO Trading - Should Be a Steady Listing

Pertamina Geothermal Energy (PGE) raised around US$600m in its Indonesia IPO. In this note we talk about the trading dynamics.

Sumeet Singh

ECM Weekly (19th Feb 2023) - Rakuten Bank, ZJLD, REPT, Link REIT, SoCar, Ryman, Indigo, ESR, Oasis

Aequitas Research puts out a weekly update on the deals that were covered by the team recently along with updates for upcoming IPOs.

Sumeet Singh

Rakuten Bank IPO Early Look - The Negatives - Is Already Slowing Down

Rakuten Bank, the online banking arm of Rakuten Inc (4755 JP), aims to raise around US$500m in its Japan listing in April 2023. In this note, we...

Sumeet Singh

Interglobe Aviation (Indigo) Placement - Has Sold Before, Will Sell Again

Indigo’s co-founder Rakesh Gangwal aims to raise around US$375m via selling around 4.0% of the company. In this note, we talk about the deal...

Sumeet Singh

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