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.

Asia’s leading multi-asset exchange

SGX Market Strategist, Equity & Fixed Income, Singapore Exchange Ltd (SGX)

Geoff Howie

SGX Market Strategist, Equity & Fixed Income

Equity Bottom-Up

Mapletree Logistics Trust / Equity Bottom-Up

<ul><li>Hospitality S-Reits among April’s top performers, averaging 6% gains However, by sub-segments within the index, hospitality S-Reits were the best performing segment with average total returns of 6.1 per cent followed by data centre S-Reits at 1.7 per cent.</li><li>The top five performing trusts and their respective total returns were: CapitaLand Ascott Trust (8.5 per cent), Frasers Hospitality Trust (6.7 per cent), Mapletree Logistics Trust (5.6 per cent), Far East Hospitality Trust (5.1 per cent) and CDL Hospitality Trusts (4.2 per cent).</li></ul>

Hospitality S-Reits among April’s top performers, averaging 6% gains However, by sub-segments within the index, hospitality S-Reits were the best performing segment with average total returns of 6.1 per cent followed by data centre S-Reits at 1.7 per cent.The top five performing trusts and their respective total returns were: CapitaLand Ascott Trust (8.5 per cent), Frasers Hospitality Trust (6.7 per cent), Mapletree Logistics Trust (5.6 per cent), Far East Hospitality Trust (5.1 per cent) and CDL Hospitality Trusts (4.2 per cent).

REIT Watch - Hospitality S-Reits among April’s top performers, averaging 6% gains