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2017 December Quarter STI Earnings Schedule

24 January 2018

The 30 constituents of the benchmark Straits Times Index (STI) are expected to report their latest quarter or financial year results in the next 2 months. CapitaLand Mall Trust, Keppel Corp, CapitaLand Commercial Trust and Ascendas REIT are expected to release their results this week. The STI has generated a year-to-date total return of 4.89%. The 30 STI constituents averaged Price-to-Earnings (P/E) and Price-to-Book (P/B) ratios of 16x and 2.7x respectively.

Singapore Listed Healthcare Providers Expanding Across Asia

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17 January 2018

Singapore’s largest capitalised stocks of the Healthcare Providers and Services Industry have announced and affirmed several expansion plans in 2017. The majority of these stocks are expanding services in Greater China, South East Asia or at home in Singapore. IHH Healthcare Bhd, Raffles Medical, Health Management Intl, TalkMed and Q&M Dental are the five largest capitalised companies of the Healthcare Providers & Services Industry, and are pursuing regional expansion plans.

STI Dollar Cost Averaging over Past Five Years Delivered 7% p.a.

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10 January 2018

RSS Plans provide a means for investors to build gradual STI exposure. Such a monthly plan on an STI ETF from January 2013 to December 2017 would have generated an indicative return rate of 7.1% p.a., excluding transaction fees, as of the 9 January 2018 close. There are currently more than 50,000 active RSS Plans in Singapore. Providers of RSS Plans on the STI ETF and a selection of stocks include Phillip Capital, OCBC Bank, POSB and Maybank Kim Eng.

Health Care Sector Momentum Carried into First Week of January

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09 January 2018

Singapore’s 10 largest capitalised Health Care stocks have averaged 3.3% price gains for the first five sessions of 2018, following on from average 13.2% gains in 2017. On a market-capitalisation weighted basis, Health Care was the strongest of the Sectors in the last month of 2017. Amongst these 10 stocks, Top Glove Corp Bhd, Q&M Dental Group Singapore and Tianjin Zhong Xin Pharmaceutical have performed the strongest over the past five sessions, averaging 8.3% gains. Clearbridge Health which focuses on precision medicine in Asia, in addition to providing laboratory and Health Care services, listed on 18 December.

Venture Corporation Scheduled to Join STI on 5 January

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03 January 2018

Venture Corporation is expected to join the STI effective Friday 5 Jan, with the last trading day of existing STI constituent, Global Logistic Properties, expected to be 4 Jan. Venture was selected as it maintained the highest market capitalisation of the STI Reserve on the 2 Jan close. Venture is expected to make up between 1.5% and 2.0% weightage in the STI, based on public free-float information and STI weights as of 29 Sep 2017. The IT Sector will then be represented within the STI and the Real Estate Sector is expected to reduce its weightage in the STI by 3.0% to 15.6%.

Singapore’s STI On Track For Highest Annual Price Gain Since 2012

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18 December 2017

10 January 2018 will mark 10 years since SPH, SGX and FTSE Group revamped the STI as well as the other 18 new indices of the FTSE ST Index Series. This follows 2017 being the 50 year anniversary for the STI and the 15 year anniversary of the listing of the first STI ETF. This year’s STI price performance has been stronger than the long term average annualised gain, which dating back to the end of 1985 is 6.2% p.a. This does not include the STI dividend yield which has averaged 3.5% since 1999.

SGX Biggest Hospitality Stocks Average 20% YTD Gains

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14 December 2017

Singapore’s 20 largest Hotel, Restaurant and Leisure stocks have averaged 20% total returns in the 2017 YTD, with 17 gainers and three decliners. The three largest stocks of the 20 were also the group’s YTD best performers – Genting SP, Shangri-La Asia and Mandarin Oriental. No Signboard and Kimly have joined the 20 largest Hotel, Restaurant and Leisure Industry after listing this year. RE&S Holdings is currently the 22nd largest capitalised stock of the Industry. The debutant trio have averaged 15% total returns.

Longer Term Drivers of SGX Agricultural Plays

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06 December 2017

SGX lists eight Agricultural Products stocks with a combined market capitalisation of S$29 billion. In the 2017 YTD, these stocks averaged a -13.7% price change, compared to +16.7% in 2016. Global Palm Resources Holdings, which registered a price change of +15.4% in the YTD, was the best-performing stock in the sector. Palm oil prices for the rest of 2017 are projected to remain firm, given the seasonally strong fourth quarter, according to Bloomberg Intelligence. A further boost could come from weaker-than-expected output, as well as an anticipated cut in Europe's import tariffs for Indonesia's biodiesel.

SGX 2017’s IPO Fund Raisings Have Doubled 2016 Levels

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01 December 2017

Over the first 11 months of 2017, there have been 23 new listings on SGX, including 19 IPOs, three RTOs and one GDR. Funds raised by the 19 IPOs totalled S$4.6 billion – double the S$2.3 billion in fund raisings in 2016. The 19 IPOs consisted of seven Mainboard listings and 12 Catalist listings. The seven Mainboard offerings have averaged a 6% price gain from initial offer prices, whilst the 12 Catalist stocks averaged a 68% gain from initial offer prices. The average return of the 12 Catalist stocks includes outlier performances of Samurai 2K Aerosol and UnUsUaL. The median gain of the 12 stocks was 7%. The most recent addition to the Catalist Board, was No Signboard Holdings which closed 4% above its offer price.

Highlights of Gold Opportunities on SGX

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23 November 2017

SGX offers investors opportunities to participate in the gold sector through three mining stocks – Wilton Resources, CNMC Goldmine and Anchor Resources – and one Exchange Traded Fund, the SPDR Gold Shares ETF. Spot gold has fallen over 4% since hitting a one-year high of US$1,349.22 on 7 September 2017, which reduces its YTD gain to 12%. Bullion's performance has been impacted by flagging investor interest after the recent surge in US equity markets, the focus on cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin, and as central banks began paring their stimulus policies.

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