Top Stories Strategy | Monthly Market Radar Singapore equities fell 2.2% in March to 4,885.45 amid escalating Middle East tensions and rising oil prices. Volatility increased as retail investors stayed active, favouring industrial and tech stocks. Corporate catalysts included Oiltek’s major contract win, CLAR’s capital raising and UI Boustead REIT’s SGX debut. Markets remained cautious, with heightened geopolitical risks amplifying concerns over supply disruptions and oil-price pressures. Marke...
Top Stories Malaysia Gems Corporate Highlights | Duopharma Biotech (DBB MK/BUY/RM1.32/Target: RM1.62) Duopharma has limited exposure to Middle East export markets, with overall export growth expected to be driven by the Philippines and Singapore. Its supply chain remains resilient despite geopolitical uncertainties; cost pressures are confined to paracetamol API, which are mitigated by healthy inventory buffers. Maintain BUY and target price of RM1.62. Duopharma offers highly visible defensive e...
Greater China Sector Update | Automobile In 4Q25, the upstream segments (battery and battery materials) outperformed the mid-stream (auto parts) and downstream (auto OEMs) segments. China’s auto sector profits should have bottomed in 1Q26 and will likely recover along with PV sales from 2Q26 as: a) the front-loading effect is fading, b) local subsidies are coming through; c) OEMs are launching new techs; and d) overseas sales remain buoyant. Maintain MARKET WEIGHT. Top BUYs: CATL, Geely, Min...
Singapore equities fell 2.2% in March to 4,885.45 amid escalating Middle East tensions and rising oil prices. Volatility increased as retail investors stayed active, favouring industrial and tech stocks. Corporate catalysts included Oiltek’s major contract win, CLAR’s capital raising and UI Boustead REIT’s SGX debut. Markets remained cautious, with heightened geopolitical risks amplifying concerns over supply disruptions and oil-price pressures.
Greater China Strategy | Alpha Picks: April Conviction Calls Chinese equities consolidated further in March amid outbreak of hostilities in the Middle East, with the HSI and MSCI China Index declining 6.9% mom and 7.5% mom respectively. We expect markets to stay volatile in April, though oversold rebounds are possible. We continue to focus on names with stronger fundamentals and remain buyers of tech names, adding Li Ning and Zijin Mining to our BUY list while taking profits on Ganfeng Lithium a...
China banks generally delivered resilient revenue and earnings growth in 4Q25, supported by stabilising NII and accelerated fee income growth. SOE banks outperformed JSBs, driven by stronger other non-NII growth from profit-taking on AC and FVOCI bonds. Asset quality indicators were broadly stable, although retail asset quality risks remain elevated. Given the improving top-line growth and solid dividend yields, we upgrade the sector to OVERWEIGHT as a defensive play amid heightened geopolitical...
Top Stories Company Update | PPB Group (PEP MK/BUY/RM12.20/Target: RM14.10) Core businesses are expected to sustain their positive momentum, after charting a strong performance in 2025, particularly for its agribusiness and film operations. Agribusiness’ profitability is expected to remain supported by a relatively stable cost base, whereas PPB’s film segment would leverage on another solid line-up of movie releases for 2026. As for Wilmar, management expects no further impairment charges after ...
Top Stories Sector Update | Banking China banks generally delivered resilient revenue and earnings growth in 4Q25, supported by stabilising NII and accelerated fee income growth. SOE banks outperformed JSBs, driven by stronger other non-NII growth from profit-taking on AC and FVOCI bonds. Asset quality indicators were broadly stable, although retail asset quality risks remain elevated. Given the improving top-line growth and solid dividend yields, we upgrade the sector to OVERWEIGHT as a defens...
Greater China Sector Update | Banking China banks generally delivered resilient revenue and earnings growth in 4Q25, supported by stabilising NII and accelerated fee income growth. SOE banks outperformed JSBs, driven by stronger other non-NII growth from profit-taking on AC and FVOCI bonds. Asset quality indicators were broadly stable, although retail asset quality risks remain elevated. Given the improving topline growth and solid dividend yields, we upgrade the sector to OVERWEIGHT as a de...
Top Stories Sector Update | Utilities As Malaysia strives to achieve its Net Zero target by 2050, EC and PETRA continue to navigate the energy trilemma of ensuring energy security, affordability and sustainability. Nuclear energy stands out as a credible alternative, underpinned by its stable baseload generation capability, in alignment with Malaysia’s planned phase-out of coal-fired power plants by 2044. Nuclear energy adoption has been formally embedded within the 13MP, with an affirmative pol...
Top Stories Sector Update | Property & Construction Sunway’s VTO bid for IJM has closed with Sunway securing a 33.4% acceptance rate. Given Sunway failed to hit the 50%+1 share threshold, the offer has lapsed and all IJM shares transacted are to be returned to the original owners. From IJM’s perspective, while there could be substantial value locked in its assets, we trim our target price to RM2.60 to reflect short-to-medium-term headwinds. Meanwhile, we upgrade Sunway to BUY on recent share pri...
Top Stories Sector Update | Telecommunications China Mobile, through CMLINK, has made its official debut in the Malaysian telco market as an MVNO. It leverages on Maxis’ nationwide 4G and 5G networks to deliver voice and data services to its subscribers. The proliferation of more MVNOs in the market suggests intensifying prepaid competition and we expect incumbents CelcomDigi and Maxis to pull away by focusing on pre-to-postpaid conversion to defend market share. Maintain MARKET WEIGHT. Top pick...
Strategy | Alpha Picks: Maintaining Commodity Exposure Amid Volatility March saw a massive net foreign outflow (Rp23.3t), weighed down by a combination of MSCI overhang, domestic fiscal concerns, and panic selling amid the US-Iran conflict. Although global volatility persists with Brent crude stabilising at US$95-105/bbl, Indonesia’s position as a net exporter of coal and CPO suggests a long-term benefit, though it is subject to a transmission lag. We maintain our tactical rotation into commodit...
Strategy | Alpha Picks: Maintaining Commodity Exposure Amid Volatility March saw a massive net foreign outflow (Rp23.3t), weighed down by a combination of MSCI overhang, domestic fiscal concerns, and panic selling amid the US-Iran conflict. Although global volatility persists with Brent crude stabilising at US$95-105/bbl, Indonesia’s position as a net exporter of coal and CPO suggests a long-term benefit, though it is subject to a transmission lag. We maintain our tactical rotation into commodit...
Top Stories Company Update | Yangzijiang Shipbuilding (YZJSGD SP/BUY/S$3.83/Target: S$4.75) YZJ has started off 2026 with a strong order momentum, garnering US$0.98b in new orders. With its US$23b orderbook, the company has earnings visibility through 2029. The recent acquisition of a stake in Seaspan enhances visibility, integration and stability despite a premium valuation, backed by resilient container shipping demand. Maintain BUY with higher PE-based target price of S$4.75 (previously S...
Indonesia Strategy | Alpha Picks: Maintaining Commodity Exposure Amid Volatility March saw massive net foreign outflow (Rp23.3t), weighed down by a combination of MSCI overhang, domestic fiscal concerns, and panic selling amid the US-Iran conflict. Although global volatility persists with Brent crude stabilising at US$95-105/bbl, Indonesia’s position as a net exporter of coal and CPO suggests a long-term benefit, though it is subject to a transmission lag. We maintain our tactical rotation i...
Alpha Picks: Staying Selectively Defensive As Volatility Intensifies Highlights Our Mar 26 Alpha Picks marginally underperformed the FBMKLCI (-2.2% vs FBMKLCI: -1.5%). Bermaz Auto (+4.1%) and MISC (+4.6%) were the leaders but Gamuda was the main drag (-11.0%) followed by Yinson (-4.3%). On a quarterly basis, 1Q26 Alpha Picks’ returns outperformed on both priceand market cap-weighted bases, both outperforming by 2ppt each vs the FBMKLCI. For Apr 26, we adopt a barbell strategy – balancing r...
Top Stories Strategy | Alpha Picks: Staying Selectively Defensive As Volatility Intensifies Mar 26 Alpha Picks slightly underperformed the FBMKLCI, but 1Q26 performance outpaced by 2ppt on both price- and market cap-weighted bases. For Apr 26, we adopt a barbell approach – anchoring on domestically driven earnings for stability while selectively accumulating beaten-down stocks with catalyst-driven rebound potential. We also position in Brent oil beneficiaries and sector leaders with supportive t...
Longyuan reported 2025 earnings of Rmb4,638m (-27.3% yoy), below expectations, due to lower realised power tariffs amid ongoing electricity market reforms and reduced utilisation hours from higher curtailment, despite a 1.2% yoy growth in total power generation to 76,469GWh. Management plans to add 4.5GW of new capacity in 2026. However, power tariffs are likely to trend lower as renewable generation increasingly participates in market-based electricity trading, although accelerated subsidy reco...
Chinese equities consolidated further in March amid outbreak of hostilities in the Middle East, with the HSI and MSCI China Index declining 6.9% mom and 7.5% mom respectively. We expect markets to stay volatile in April, though oversold rebounds are possible. We continue to focus on names with stronger fundamentals and remain buyers of tech names, adding Li Ning and Zijin Mining to our BUY list while taking profits on Ganfeng Lithium and cutting losses on LINK REIT.
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