Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs)

Sasseur REIT (SGX:CRPU) – What You Need to Know before You Invest

For those of you who would like to tap onto the growth of the Chinese consumer market, Sasseur REIT, listed on the SGX, is one you can consider. In this post, I will be sharing with you everything you need to know about the REIT – including retail malls under its portfolio, historical financial performance, debt and occupancy profile, catalysts and threats to its growth, distribution payouts, and also whether or not at its current unit price, is the REIT considered cheap or expensive…

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Key Summary from Suntec REIT’s 11th AGM Held on 16 June 2020

Suntec REIT conducted its 11th AGM online this morning (16 June 2020) and as a unitholder, I attended the meeting to learn about the latest developments from the management. For the benefit of those who did not attend the AGM, here’s a key summary of the meeting which I’ve compiled…

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Mapletree North Asia Commercial Trust: Should You Receive Your Distributions in Cash or in New Units of the REIT?

Mapletree North Asia Commercial Trust have made available the option for their unitholders to receive their distributions declared in the fourth quarter of FY2020 in cash, in new units of the REIT, or a mixture of both. In this post, I will be sharing with you how you, as a unitholder, can calculate the amount of new units you can receive if you opt for this option, along with the pros and cons of receiving your distributions in a form of new units to the REIT, so as to help you make a better decision…

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Mapletree North Asia Commercial Trust’s Q4 and FY2019/20 Results – A Summary, and My Thoughts

Mapletree North Asia Commercial Trust, whose portfolio consists of properties located in Hong Kong, China, and Japan, had released its fourth quarter and full-year results for FY2019/20 ended 31 March 2020 last Wednesday (29 April.) As a unitholder of the REIT, I have studied its latest results in detail to learn about the latest in terms of its financial performance, debt and portfolio occupancy profile, along with its outlook ahead. You’ll find all of them in this post, along with my thoughts as a unitholder on its latest results…

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A Look at CapitaLand Mall Trust’s Q1 FY2020 Results (and My Thoughts)

Retail REIT CapitaLand Mall Trust, which is also a component in Singapore’s benchmark Straits Times Index, released its latest Q1 FY2020 results last Thursday (30 April) after trading hours. In this post, you will find the most important aspects of the REIT’s latest results, a quick summary of the highlights by the REIT’s CEO, along with my personal thoughts to share…

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Ascendas REIT’s Update for Q1 FY2020: Key Highlights and My Thoughts

As Ascendas REIT have switched to half-yearly reporting, it reported just the major key updates for the first quarter of financial year 2020 ended 31 March 2020 yesterday (28 Apr) after trading hours. I have went through the update and in this post, you’ll find key highlights from it, along with my thoughts to share…

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What I Learned from EC World REIT’s 2019 Annual Report

Specialised and e-commerce logistics REIT, EC World REIT, released its annual report for the financial year 2019 ended 31 December 2019 on 15 April 2020. As a unitholder of the REIT, I have gone through the entire report to learn about the latest updates from the REIT’s management, and in this post, you will find a summary of the report (which I have done for the benefit of unitholders who may not have time to go through the entire report…)

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Key Highlights (along with My Comments) on Frasers Centrepoint Trust’s Q2 FY2019/20 Results

Retail REIT Frasers Centrepoint Trust released its latest set of results for the second quarter of FY2019/20 ended 31 March this morning (23 April) before trading hours. I have gone through and summarised key pointers to take note of about the REIT’s latest set of financial results, portfolio occupancy and debt profile, distribution payouts, press release in this post. You’ll also find my thoughts about the REIT’s latest set of results within…

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