Chart of the Day: Buybacks skyrocketed 81.67% to $108.8m in November

DBS topped the buyback spree as its transaction hit $51.99m.

This chart from the Singapore Exchange (SGX) shows that total share buybacks in November climbed 81.67% MoM to $108.8m from $60m in October.

Singapore’s big three banks led the buyback spree, accounting for four-fifths or $88m of total buybacks for the month. DBS led the three with buybacks hitting $51.99m, followed by UOB ($22.40m), and OCBC ($13.31m).

Also read: Singapore's big banks are on a buying spree

Meanwhile, SATS and Keppel REIT also rounded up the top five biggest buybacks with transactions that totalled $5.59m and $4.67m, respectively.

On a YTD basis, total buyback consideration reached $1.45b which is more than three times the total buyback amount for 2017 that hit $426m.

The people you want to reach are already in this room.

Every quarter, SBR lands on the desks of the founders, CFOs, and directors running Asia's most consequential companies. Every day, they open our newsletter and read our website. It's a room that took twenty years to build — and it's the one most of our partners are trying to get into.

The good news is that the door is open. We work with companies on thought leadership articles, sponsored content, industry summits across Southeast Asia, regional awards programmes, podcasts, and media placements in print and digital. The shape of the right partnership depends on what you're trying to do, which is why we'd rather start with a conversation than send a rate card.

If you have something this room should know about, tell us. We'll tell you honestly whether we can help, and how.

No rate cards until we understand the brief. It's a better use of everyone's time.

Book a meeting

| Or download the media kit (PDF)

240,000 senior readers quarterly in print Top 1,700 Singapore companies reached

7 markets across Southeast Asia