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Since the global financial crisis, yields have plummeted across the developed world due to quantitative easing policies adopted by global central banks. Singapore REITs offer an attractive opportunity in terms of providing exposure to a developed market asset class with a high dividend yield. REITs, as an asset class, also differs markedly from other common equities as they have lower volatility and better Sharpe ratio, resulting in additional diversification benefits.

The iEdge S-REIT 20 Index aims to measure the performance of the 20 largest and most tradable Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) listed in Singapore. The Index has a basket size of 20 stocks and is free float market capitalization weighted with a 10% stock cap on each individual index constituent.

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Technology adoption does not follow a linear curve. We are at an early stage of the curve in terms of wider adoption of Internet and Digital technologies with the industries like Artificial Intelligence, Internet of Things, Autonomous Vehicles and Financial Technologies, have just started to disrupt the traditional markets. Technology companies are also reasonably valued (trading at 1.06 P/E Ratio vs 2.1x during 2000) with a very strong balance sheet (24% of assets are in Cash and Cash Equivalents).

The iEdge-Factset Global Internet Index aims to track the performance of developed market securities in the internet technologies segments. The Index has a basket size of 30 stocks and is free float market capitalization weighted with a 10% stock cap on each individual index constituent.

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In January 2004, the UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan wrote to CEOs of financial institutions to take part in the initiative to integrate ESG investing into global capital markets.

Since then, ESG has become the fastest-growing smart beta strategy showing a significant growth in AUM.

The iEdge SG ESG Leaders index aims to track the performance of SGX stocks that meet minimum Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) criteria by Sustainalytics* and are considered best-in-class from a Sustainability perspective

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