S-REITs Held Gains, Issued $940 million in New Units in October 2019
In October, 5 REITs issued S$940 million in new units pursuant to secondary fund raising activities. This followed placements by Mapletree Commercial Trust and Keppel Pacific Oak US REIT and rights issue offerings by Keppel DC REIT, Manulife US REIT & ESR-REIT. The 5 REITs that maintained the most increases in their relative trading turnover and generated positive total returns in October were Manulife US REIT, Mapletree Commercial REIT, Ascott Residence Trust, Mapletree Industrial Trust and IREIT Global.