Research

Our Securities Partners have a network of analysts covering the Singapore, Malaysia, Hong Kong, China, Japan, Thailand, Korea, Australia, United Kingdom and United States stock markets

Our research team produces a comprehensive range of research publications including:

Regional Morning Pack (a compilation of original investment ideas and analysis of news and events affecting stocks in the region)

Economics

Quarterly Regional Economics, Markets and Strategy

Markets & Strategy

Regional Industry Focus

Company & Industry Focus

Traders Spectrum (a compilation of key themes/stock ideas, highlights/comments on news, technical commentary, and stock picks)

High Conviction Picks & Earnings Guide

Dividend Yield Screener

Our research is distributed via third-party channels such as Thomson Reuters, Bloomberg and Capital IQ.

One distinctive feature of Partners’ Research is our unrivalled access to a broad range of companies around the region. In Asia, they employ in excess of 60 analysts covering more than 600 stocks. Combining active bottom-up research with sectoral and macro/thematic analysis (in conjunction with their Economics and Markets Research), the team has been able to consistently identify moneymaking investment and trading ideas that outperform the rest.

A coherent investment philosophy, defining an asset manager’s approach to generating portfolio returns, is a necessary element of investment success. Such philosophical principles are normally grounded in the assumptions about market and investors’ behaviour

Our belief in active management is based on our views that:

     • markets are not always efficient; and

     • investors do not always act in a rational manner.

With active management, we believe we can add value by our decisions on tactical asset allocation as well as those on security selections. We make these decisions based on an integration of fundamental (f), valuation (v) and technical (t) analyses. The fvt approach allows us to evaluate information on asset price determination from different perspectives, enhancing our search for investment opportunities and returns.

We adhere to risk management, focusing on the use of cash* as a tactical asset class in unfavourable market conditions. Diversification and loss control measures form the other key risk management tools. Through disciplined risk management, we balance the risk/return potential of our portfolios.

Trade shares on the Singapore Exchange and gain access to other regional markets such as US (NASDAQ, AMEX, NYSE), UK, Germany, France, Japan, Korea, Australia, Hong Kong, Taiwan, China, Thailand and Malaysia. Your account will be maintained and serviced by a broker and our advisors who will provide you with the market insights and in-depth research to assist you in your trading decisions.

Let this be your last stop in search of your investment solutions. With our wide range of quality and innovative financial products and services, we offer you a full range of options in investment, savings, protection, financial education and home financing.

Choose what you feel is best for you. Or, talk to us and we will help you achieve your financial objectives.

INVESTMENT

Just so the rainy days won't slow you down.

We believe that good investment planning starts with choices. You could invest in multiple Stocks & Shares through us, and other investment options like Unit Trust, Contracts for Difference (CFD) and Exchange Traded Funds (ETF).

We provide you with a smart method to potentially grow your money with our Fixed Income and Regular Savings Plan (RSP) through our Cash Management Account (CMA).

Sophisticated investors can also opt for Futures, Forex and Commodities trading.

Our fund managers could also help you oversee your portfolio with a range of Managed Account services to meet your investment needs and objectives, taking into account your risk profile and time horizon.

PROTECTION

Because the future is uncertain

Financial protection against unforeseen circumstances, such as accidents, death, disability or illnesses plays a vital role in your insurance planning to help ensure that they do not undermine your financial security. Our associations with some of the best life and general insurance companies provide you with a wide range of options to suit your insurance needs and objectives.

Stocks & Shares

We provide you with different account types to suit your needs better.

Cash Management Account

Investment Margin Account

Share Financing Account

Share Builders Plan

Shares Borrowing and Lending

The following table will give you a snapshot view of what services each account type offers. For an in-depth understanding of the following accounts, either call our customer service desk or email us.

Regional Markets

We not only let you invest in the Singapore market, we are also a leading Asian equities specialist providing top quality investment advice to regional investors. Staffed by highly experienced professionals, our regional equities sales network covers Singapore, Hong Kong, Korea, Japan, Taiwan, China,  Malaysia, Thailand, Australia, United Kingdom, Germany, France and United States. We provide a high tech, high touch service relationship with our clients through our trading partners, our direct electronic trading platform across the various markets of Asia.

Our dedicated team of regional market dealers assist in the advisory and execution of trade orders. We also provide you other services like Securities Borrowing and Lending, Margin Trading and Custodian Services. By having access to the different markets’ stocks, we offer our clients opportunities to more diversification and investment opportunities.

Equip yourself with the knowledge and tools to invest in the regional markets by joining our  investment platform which provide market insights, outlook and trading ideas for you.

You can contact your Trading Representative for further details about trading the regional markets.

FINANCIAL

Discount Certificates              

Discount Certificates are listed products that allow investors to earn a fixed yield on the cash investment in return for taking on a certain level of equity risk based on the future direction of the underlying equity/shares. Buyers of DCs may receive the underlying shares at a lower price compared with the market price of the shares (upon maturity) when the DCs are launched.

Structured Warrants

A structured warrant is issued by a third party financial institution, on the shares of an unrelated company, a basket of companies' shares or an index. You can buy the share you want at a fraction of its cost by purchasing a warrant. Like shares, warrants are listed on the exchange. However, their price movement is linked to movements in the price of the underlying share and may reflect magnified gains or losses.

Feature & Benefits

Gearing   

Structured warrants are usually priced at a fraction of share price. This allows you to trade more warrants than the underlying share for the same investment outlay. Trading warrants therefore, offers benefits of gearing. For instance, a small percentage gain in the underlying share price may lead to a larger percentage gain in the value of the call warrants. Conversely, a fall in the price of the underlying share may lead to a larger percentage loss in the value of the warrants.

Unlimited upside but limited downside       

The maximum potential loss to you is the entire warrant price, which is usually a fraction of the share price. The potential gain of a warrant may be unlimited as it depends on the movement of the underlying share.

Protects the value      A put warrant allows you to hedge against a fall in the price of a stock in your portfolio. You are therefore, assured of a minimum value equivalent to the exercise price for the stock in your portfolio.

Market Exposure    

Index and basket structured warrants with values linked to the performance of a benchmark index and pre-defined basket of shares respectively, will allow you to gain exposure to a sector or market. This eliminates the need of trading in a market portfolio of individual stocks.

Cash Extraction      

By selling existing shares and buying a corresponding number of warrants for a fraction of the share price, you are in fact releasing capital from holding shares and still maintain the same exposure.

IPO Private Placement

Through our Securities' partners involvement in their syndication of IPOs, our securities’ partner has been reserving and allocating IPO private placement shares for our institutional and preferred clients. Now, we bring you the same privileges exclusively available to our valued customers.

Funds & Others

Exchange Traded Funds

ETFs are open-ended investment funds that are designed to track specific indices of fixed baskets of stocks - domestic and international, broad market and sectoral - and to provide access to a wide range of asset classes, markets and sectors. Like unit trusts, ETFs invest in a portfolio of stocks. However, they are bought and sold on an exchange instead of being transacted through a fund manager and its selected distributors. This allows you as an investor, to buy and sell ETFs at known prices throughout the trading day. Where investors pay front-end and/or back-end charges for unit trusts, brokerage commissions are applicable for the trading of ETFs, as is the case for shares.

Fixed Income Investments

Diversification

Investors should ideally hold a diversified investment portfolio, consisting of fixed income securities, stocks and cash. The proportion of each investment product in a portfolio will vary, depending on individual circumstances and objectives. Diversification may enable you to increase your portfolio return and decrease investment risk at the same time.

Earn potentially higher return than fixed deposits

Instead of being restricted to putting your money in short-term fixed deposits, you can invest in longer-term bonds with different maturities of up to 10 years or even longer. Usually in the positive yield curve environment, the longer you "lend" your money to any issuer, the higher the interest rate you can expect to receive.

Regular interest income

Invest in fixed income instruments and receive more regular interest income.

Potential capital changes

Your investment in bonds may have capital gain. If interest rate drops after your investment, the bond price will increase. The reverse is true if interest rate rises.

So, whether you are building up a nest egg for your retirement or saving up for your child's education, or for a big-ticket purchase, maintaining a diversified investment portfolio comprising cash, stocks and fixed income securities will allow you to achieve more stable rates of return on your portfolio from year to year.

Speak to your broker or call us today

Bonds

Whether you are looking for Singapore Government Bonds, statutory bonds or corporate bonds, allow our team of highly competent brokers to assist you in finding the right investment.