Over the five sessions, over 100 director interests and substantial shareholdings were filed for more than 40 primary-listed stocks. Directors or CEOs reported 12 acquisitions and two disposals, while substantial shareholders recorded two acquisitions and 17 disposals. This included CEO or director acquisitions filed for ABR Holdings, Lincotrade & Associates Holdings, Nera Telecommunications, Sasseur REIT, Soup Holdings, The Assembly Place Holdings, Uni‑Asia Group and XMH Holdings. 1. $Uni-Asia Grp(CHJ.SI)$ Between April 14 and 15, Uni-Asia Group executive director and CEO Masahiro Iwabuchi acquired 40,000 shares at an average price of S$0.925 per share. This increased Mr Iwabuchi’s direct interest in the company from 1.40% to 1.4
S-REITs commence Q1 reporting season with a positive start
THE reporting season for Singapore real estate investment trusts (S-REITs) has kicked off, with $Alpha Integrated REIT(M1GU.SI)$ and $Keppel DC Reit(AJBU.SI)$ releasing their 1Q26 business updates on April 16. This was followed by $KOREReitUSD(CMOU.SI)$ ’s business update on April 17, with all three S-REITs highlighting improvements in operating or financial metrics. A further 25 S-REITs have also confirmed that they will report their financial results or business updates between April 21 and May 13. Among them, four will report full-year financial results, two will report first-half financial results, and another 19 will provide quarterly business updat
YZJ Maritime & Telechoice: 2 SGX Stocks Institutions Are Buying
While US markets extended gains on potential Iran talks, smart money in Singapore rotated aggressively last week.Net institutional inflows hit S$33 million (vs. -S$121 million the prior week), according to SGX data.Where did they go?Not the usual REITs. Industrials saw the biggest net buys (+S$49.8m), followed by Energy (+S$3.3m), while Technology was dumped (-S$27.9m).Two names stand out — one a shipping asset owner with a 20% cost advantage, the other a telco/ICT turnaround tripling its dividend.Let's decode.1. YZJ Maritime (BS6 SG): The "Asset Play" No One Is Talking About 🚢Institutional angle: Yangzijiang Maritime is often seen as a builder. But their maritime leasing arm (YZJ Maritime) just quietly secured US$89.8m in vessel leases — 12 tankers + 1 AHTS vessel, tenure 1–8 years.Why in
Singapore: Macro Resilience in a Higher Risk Global Environment The advance 1Q26 GDP report indicates that Singapore’s economy has remained resilient on a YoY basis, while overall sequential momentum has softened amid rising imported cost pressures. March PMI data pointed to businesses placing greater emphasis on margin protection, inventory management, and supply resilience, as input and output prices continue to rise and stockbuilding accelerates. Taken together, these developments are consistent with an operating environment increasingly shaped by external cost and geopolitical risks rather than a sharp deterioration in domestic demand. The MAS MPS on April 14 also made a slight increase in the rate of appreciation of the S$NEER policy band. This allows the Singapore dollar to appreciat