[SINGAPORE] DBS Group Research hiked iFast’s target price to S$10.88 from S$10.23, while reiterating its “buy” call, on Asia’s rising wealth as well as the company’s expanding wealth management platform and product suite.

The company’s ePension division – described as its key growth driver for 2025 and 2026 – was progressing well, said the research house in a report on Monday (Mar 10).

IFast’s core wealth management platform was also steadily advancing with record-high assets under administration (AUA) of S$25 billion, up 26.2 per cent year on year (yoy) as at end-2024, while net margin continued to improve, said analyst Ling Lee Keng.

She noted that iFast set a “high” AUA target of S$100 billion by 2028 to 2030, and DBS has assumed conservative long-term growth of 20 per cent.

But, achieving the goal will likely require inorganic growth drivers such as mergers and acquisitions, said the analyst.

Ling added that iFast Global Bank’s potential for value creation was “significant”.

Describing it as a valuation catalyst, the analyst said: “A fully integrated ecosystem combining iFast and the digital bank offers considerable synergistic benefits, promising faster growth, reduced costs, streamlined operations, expanded reach and enhanced profitability.”

Moreover, the company’s dominant market share in Singapore of around 60 per cent – up from 50 per cent several years ago – highlights significant barriers to entry, especially when the past decade saw only three competitors, noted the report.