OREANDA-NEWS. Today, the listing of The Trendlines Group represented the 100th new listing on Catalist since the board was launched in November 2007.   Catalist caters to the needs of fast-growing enterprises. The quotation, trading and settlement of a stock listed on Catalist is identical to that of a stock listed on the Mainboard. There are no quantitative entry criteria required by the Singapore Exchange (SGX), and companies seeking a primary listing on Catalist must be brought to list by approved Sponsors via an Initial Public Offering (IPO).

Catalist is an Established Platform for International and Singapore Companies to Tap on Growth Capital

Catalist is home to many household names that are part of the Singapore growth story, such as Jumbo’s listing  on Catalist on 9 November 2015. The Catalist listing allowed these companies to tap on the capital markets and raised their profile to fuel further growth, and also allow our investors to partake in their growth story.

In addition, SGX continues to support Singapore SMEs. In June 2015, SGX announced a collaboration with SPRING Singapore to help Singapore SMEs enhance their financial management capabilities for sustainable business growth. Singapore SMEs that are interested to upgrade their capabilities in any of the five financial management areas are encouraged to tap SPRING’s Capability Development Grant (CDG) to cover up to 70% of qualifying project costs. The five areas are:

i.              Corporate Structures

ii.             Financial Reporting Framework

iii.            Risk Management Framework

iv.           Corporate Governance and Internal Control Framework

v.            Investor Relations

Further on this collaboration can be found at http://www.sgx.com/capabilitydevelopmentgrant

On supporting international companies, in terms of total primary and secondary funds raised on Catalist in the 2015 year to date, international companies have raised more than 50% of funds on Catalist. Catalist is an international platform of choice as it has also attracted several international names, e.g. Rex International (Sweden), iX Biopharma (Australia), Xyec (Japan), Spackman Entertainment (Korea), Astaka (Malaysia), Trendlines (first Israeli company listed on Catalist), with varying business models, providing investors opportunities to invest in diverse sectors.

Catalist Companies are Receiving More Attention from Notable Institutional Investors

Recently, a number of these Catalist companies have attracted notable institutional investors at their IPO – some include Accion Capital Management, Affin Hwang Asset Management Berhad, Asdew Acquisitions, Credence, Eastspring Investments, Fidelity, Havenport Asset Management, JP Morgan Asset Management, Lion Global Investors, Luminor Capital, Nikko Asset Management and Temasek Holdings.

Larger companies are raising More Funds on Catalist today

In terms of median IPO or Reverse Takeover (RTO) market capitalisation, the size has grown more than three times since 2008 – from S$49 million in 2008 to S$160 million in 2015. In terms of median IPO/RTO funds raised on Catalist, it has also grown by more than three times – from S$7 million in 2008 to S$25 million in 2015.  For instance, The Trendlines Group raised S$25 million, which at an offer price of S$0.33 a share brought the total market capitalisation, on IPO, to S$168 million. The stock debuted on Catalist at S$0.34 which subsequently brought the market capitalisation of the stock up 3.0% to S$173 million.

This week has seen one IPO and one RTO debut on Catalist, with another IPO scheduled for tomorrow. These three companies are Astaka Holdings (23 Nov), Trendlines Group (26 Nov) and Axcelasia Inc (27 Nov). Including Axcelasia Inc’s scheduled listing, the total funds raised from new listings on Catalist in the year to date is S$320 million, following on from the total IPO/RTO funds raised on Catalist S$345 million in 2014.

This week’s IPOs & RTO

The Trendlines Group is focused on developing technology-based companies in the medical and agricultural fields with a view toward a successful exit in the marketplace, which may include sales such as merger and acquisition transactions, listing on public stock exchanges and other dispositions of its holdings. It creates and develops companies in accordance with its mission to improve the human condition. To this end, the Group discovers, invests in, incubates and provides services to life sciences companies in the fields of medical and agricultural technologies. As at the Latest Practicable Date, all of its portfolio companies are based in Israel.

The listing of Astaka Padu follows the acquisition of Astaka Padu by E2-Capital Holdings Limited. Following the acquisition, E2-Capital Holdings changed its name to Astaka Holdings. As part of the exercise, a placement was made by the company raising about S$58 million. Astaka Padu now maintains a market capitalisation near S$440 million. Astaka Holdings Limited is a Malaysia-based property developer that focuses on high-end projects in Iskandar Malaysia. The Group is currently developing 1 Bukit Senyum in two phases –  (i) freehold service apartment towers which are envisaged to be one of the tallest buildings and landmarks in the Iskandar region; and (ii) a freehold integrated development project comprising a retail mall, a five-star hotel, convention centre, office space, service apartments and commercial suites.

Axcelasia Inc is an Integrated professional services firm providing tax advisory, business consultancy, enterprise management system (EMS) application and business support services to government linked entities, private and public listed companies and multinational corporations, mainly in Malaysia.

100 New Listings on Catalist

The 100 stocks which have listed on Catalist are detailed in the table below. Please note there are total of 170 stocks now listed on Catalist. The full list of 170 companies will be tabled in a subsequent Market Update in December.

To access the profile of each stock, please click on the stock name to see the full profile page in SGX StockFacts.