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Mr Kong added that the company plans to channel proceeds from the IPO into expanding\u00a0<\/span>across its existing markets.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cWe are focusing on Japan as our core market, because \u2026 we are very lowly penetrated in Japan. There’s a lot of growth potential in Japan,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p>\n Mr Pol de Win, SGX Group\u2019s head of global sales and origination, said the exchange is seeing growing diversity among companies seeking listings.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cWe’re looking to get more higher growth companies onto our platform,\u201d he pointed out.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cIf we see some of the deals that came through in the recent six to nine months, we also see that diversity is building up with\u00a0AvePoint, Info-Tech, UltraGreen.ai, MetaOptics, a number of higher growth companies in the new economy space.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n SGX is on track to execute 27 listings across the board, said Mr de Win<\/span>, adding that it would be disappointing if the exchange does not surpass that figure by a significant margin in the coming year.<\/span><\/p>\n While the REIT sector remains important, newer sectors are beginning to emerge, he said.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cWithin sectors that are more familiar to us already historically in the REIT space, we’ve seen very sizeable deals happen. I think that will continue, but also there we see changes towards a new economy with digital infrastructure assets, such as data centre providers coming through.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n