Singapore REITs - DBS Research 2023-01-17: Time To Increase Exposure

• Cooling inflation data adds impetus to a possible tone down in FED hikes and a pause by 1Q23.
• Historical data indicates that S-REITs turn strong outperformers during FED pauses.
• China re-opening fuels positive sentiment; improving outlook on the back of thawing supply chain disruptions.
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Pays to be early

• After hitting a peak in Oct’22, the general interest rates environment in Singapore has taken a breather. The Singapore 10-year government bond yield as of writing stands at 2.8%, close to ~60 basis points off the peak seen in Oct 2022 on the back of cooling inflation outlook and a more modest economic backdrop. Shorter term interest rates (SORA) have declined by a similar level although remaining at slightly elevated levels at ~3.2%.
• The S-REIT index performance has also seen relative strength as of late, with the index up ~0.42% over a month or ~0.46% since the start of 2023. Overall, we are encouraged that news flow has played out according to our expectations, with the news and optimism of China’s re-opening coming-in fast, boosting market optimism that supply chain constrains will ease and the pent-up demand from Chinese consumers for travel and consumption will be a boost for selected industries.

Inflation print continues to soften; implies that a FED pause is upon us.

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• As such, with the FED approaching the end of the current rate hike cycle, we believe that headwinds that have weigh the S-REIT prices down in 2022 will slowly dissipate and turn into tailwinds.

Sector should recapture outperformance once FED stops hiking.

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Derek TAN DBS Group Research | Rachel TAN DBS Research | Dale LAI DBS Research | https://www.dbs.com/insightsdirect/ 2023-01-17 SGinvestors.io

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