CapitaLand Integrated Commercial Trust (SGX:C38U), or CICT for short, a blue-chip retail and office REIT with properties in Singapore, Germany, and Australia, held its AGM (for the financial year ended 31 December 2022), as well as its EGM (to seek unitholders’ approval for the REIT’s proposed entry into the ‘New Singapore Property Management Agreement’) yesterday afternoon (19 April 2023.) I’ve attended both meetings virtually, and for the benefit of those who weren’t able to attend, you’ll find summaries of presentation for both meetings by the REIT’s CEO, Mr Tony Tan, responses to questions raised by meeting attendees in-person, as well as results to the resolutions put to vote during the meetings…
What You Need to Know about Keppel DC REIT’s Q1 FY2023 Business Update
Keppel DC REIT (SGX:AJBU) is Asia’s first pure-play data centre REIT, with its portfolio comprising 23 data centres located in 9 different countries (Australia, China, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Malaysia, Singapore, the Netherlands, as well as in the United Kingdom.) After market hours this evening (18 April 2023), the REIT has made available its business update for the first quarter of the financial year 2023 ended 31 March 2023. In this post, you’ll find my review of some of its key financial figures, along with its portfolio occupancy, and debt profile…
9 US-Listed Companies with Uninterrupted 5-Year Dividend Growth
One of the things retail investors look out for when they shortlist for companies to invest, apart from potential capital appreciation opportunities, is dividend payout – where many prefer to invest in those that pays out an increasing dividend, as well as one that pays out a dividend on a quarterly basis (myself included.) In this post, you’ll find 9 US-listed companies that have not only reported a stable financial performances over the last 5 years, but have also consistently grown its dividend payouts every single year (in the same time period…)
4 Non-REIT Singapore-Listed Companies that Pays out Quarterly Dividends
REITs are not the only ones that pays out dividends once every 3 months – there are some non-REIT companies that pays out a dividend in such a time frequency too. In this post, you’ll find 4 of such companies (3 of them are constituents in Singapore’s benchmark Straits Times Index), along with a brief introduction about its business operations, as well as its financial performances and dividend payouts over the last 5 years…
Key Takeaways from CapitaLand Ascendas REIT’s FY2022 Annual Report
Singapore’s first and largest business space REIT in CapitaLand Ascendas REIT (SGX:A17U), or CLAR for short, has released its latest annual report for the financial year ended 31 December 2022 (i.e. FY2022) early this morning (06 April 2023.) For the benefit of those who weren’t able to attend the meeting, in this post, you’ll find some of the key takeaways from the report to take note of, along with details about its upcoming AGM…
7 Singapore-Listed REITs with a Diversified Portfolio
Some retail investors prefer to invest in REITs whose portfolio comprises of properties of a particular property type (such as those invested solely in retail, or data centre properties), while some prefer to invest in REITs that invest in a mix of property type. My post today focuses on latter, where you’ll learn about 7 Singapore-REITs with a diversified portfolio – particularly, the property types each REIT invests in, along with looking at its occupancy profile…
My Summary of DBS Group Holdings Limited’s AGM for FY2022
Last Friday (31 March 2023), DBS Group Holdings Limited (SGX:D05) held its AGM for the financial year ended 31 December 2022m, which I’ve attended as a shareholder. For the benefit of those who did not attend the meeting, in this post, you can find my summary about last Wednesday’s (29 March 2023) disruption to its digital banking services, CEO’s presentation (on 2022 financial performance, 2023 outlook, DBS’ transformation, and its sustainability agenda), responses to questions raised by fellow AGM attendees, as well as results of the 12 resolutions put to vote during the meeting…
A Summary of OCBC’s Annual Report for FY2022
Singapore’s longest established bank in Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation Limited (SGX:O39), or OCBC for short, with 420 branches and representative offices in 19 countries and regions, have made available its annual report following the conclusion of the financial year on 31 December 2022 early this morning (31 December 2023.) For the benefit of of those who do not have the time to go through it, you can find my summary in this post, along with details about its coming AGM…
Hong Leong Finance’s Annual Report 2022 – My Summary
With a network of 28 branches scattered across the whole of Singapore, Hong Leong Finance (SGX:S41) is the largest finance company in Singapore. This morning (30 March 2023), it has published its latest annual report for the financial year ended 31 December 2022. In this post, you’ll read about a summary of the finance company’s annual report (which I have compiled for the benefit of those who do not have the time to go through it), along with details of its upcoming 63rd annual general meeting…
Ready to REITire Series Video #5 – Navigating through Changing Trends
2 things have changed since the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic – people are now used to, and want to continue to ‘work from home’ instead of working in the offices, along with buying whatever they need online – that said, how will these changing trends affect the office and retail properties respectively? In the final part of this ‘Ready to REITire’ video series, filmed together with the team at The Joyful Investors, you can find out our views on this…
