UOB Kay Hian

BROKERS’ TAKE

UOBKH rates top pick DBS a ‘buy’ on 5.6% yield

It also upgrades the overall banking sector to ‘overweight’ and keeps its ‘buy’ call for OCBC

The STI hit an all-time high on Tuesday, positioning it for a ninth straight month of gains.
BROKERS’ TAKE

Revitalised IPO market, policy tailwinds could drive STI past 5,000 by end-2026: analysts

Regional stocks also up, with Japan’s Nikkei index closing at all-time high of 52,518.08 points

The overall positive S-Reit performance comes on the back of safe haven liquidity which continues to flow to Singapore.
BROKERS’ TAKE

UOBKH says buy these 5 blue-chip Reits, predicts S-Reits poised for upturn

Brokerage also favours Lendlease, CLAR and CLAS, citing safe haven liquidity inflow into Singapore, lower cost of debt

Launched in September, the iEdge Singapore Next 50 Index tracks the 50 largest listcos after those in the Straits Times Index.

Newly launched iEdge Singapore Next 50 Index posts 18% return in H2 to date

Average daily turnover for these stocks hits S$165 million in the year to Nov 4

The October strategy anticipates rotations into non-technology stocks, potentially catalysed by proposals for China’s 15th five-year plan due later this month.
BROKERS’ TAKE

UOBKH’s conviction calls eye rotation to non-tech in China, bets on laggards in Malaysia

The brokerage advises investors to bank profits on Chinese tech giants and pivot to undervalued plays as markets consolidate

Commission and trading income increased by 24.5 per cent from S$166 million to S$206.7 million for UOB-Kay Hian, mainly due to higher market volumes across regional and the United States markets.

UOB-Kay Hian posts 12.9% lower net profit for H1

Earnings per share for the half-year fell to S$0.106, from S$0.1264 in the year-ago period

CSE Global is one of the three additions to UOB Kay Hian's portfolio of alpha picks from Singapore.
BROKERS’ TAKE

UOBKH portfolio of alpha picks beats STI in July; new top choices for Singapore, Malaysia named

Performance last month is driven by jumps in iFast, Frencken Group and China Sunsine Chemical; no underperformers

From left: Professor Jun Yang. dean of Nanyang Business School at NTU; Professor Ang Wee Han. associate provost of multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary masters’ programmes at NUS; Dean Tong, head of group human resources at UOB; Minister of State for Trade and Industry Alvin Tan; Carolyn Neo, CEO of IBF; and Associate Professor Allan Chia, deputy provost at SUSS.

Financial sector taps polytechnic talent with new pathways, 300 roles in pipeline

The schemes give employers longer runways to identify potential hires, and reflect growing interest in moving beyond graduate-only hiring models in the sector

The green loan was jointly provided by UOB, Bank of China’s Singapore branch and OCBC under GuocoLand’s green finance framework.

GuocoLand secures S$619.3 million green loan for River Valley Green development

This project adds to the company’s expanding pipeline of green-certified developments