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5 Property Acquisitions Expected to Boost S-REIT Yields

23 May 2019

In the month of May, 5 REITs have either announced or completed property acquisitions for their portfolios & include Frasers Centrepoint Trust, AIMS APAC REIT, Sasseur REIT, Manulife US REIT and EC World REIT. In all 5 acquisitions, Managers have highlighted that the acquisitions would be yield accretive, i.e. boost the overall distribution yield of their respective portfolios. Currently the 34 REITs and six stapled trusts average a 6.5% distribution yield.

Highlights of Singapore Home-Grown Family Empires Listed on SGX

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09 May 2019

SGX lists at least 24 companies and 2 trusts associated with 7 business empires run by some of Singapore’s richest families, and they have a combined market capitalisation of more than S$110 billion. These home-grown companies and/or conglomerates on SGX belong to the Wee, Kwek, Ng, Kuok, Koh, Goi and Chua families, with many of the patriarchs being ranked among the city-state’s richest people.

Highlights of Foreign Family Empires Listed on SGX

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09 May 2019

SGX lists 16 companies and 8 trusts associated with 5 foreign family empires – 3 Indonesian, 1 Thai, and 1 British – which have a combined market capitalisation of more than S$220 billion. The Indonesian business empires are associated with the Widjaja, Riady and Salim families, while Thai corporate ownership is represented by the Sirivadhanabhakdis, and the Jardine Group of companies is owned by the Scottish/British Keswick family

SGX 5 Best-Performing Healthcare Services Stocks Return 15% in 2019 YTD

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07 May 2019

Over the last 10 years, the market cap of Singapore’s healthcare sector – comprising primary and secondary listings – has expanded nearly 13-fold. In the 2019 YTD, the 5 best-performing healthcare services providers on SGX were: ISEC Healthcare (+26.5%), Cordlife Group (+15.6%), Singapore Medical Group (+12.5%), Singapore O&G (+11.4%), and Medinex Ltd (+7.4%).

April 2019 SGX Share Buyback Consideration Led by OCBC, Keppel REIT & Hong Fok

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03 May 2019

In April 2019, 19 primary-listed stocks on SGX repurchased close to 30 million shares with a total consideration of S$36 million. 6 stocks commenced new buyback mandates in the month of April 2019: Keppel REIT, Global Investments, Tuan Sing Holdings, Ecowise Holdings, Kim Heng Offshore & Marine Holdings and Axcelasia Inc.

FTSE ST Small Cap Index’s 5 Best-Yielding Stocks Average 7.4% Yield

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02 May 2019

The 51-member FTSE ST Small Cap Index tracks the performance of small-cap companies that pass size, free float and liquidity screens and trade on SGX Mainboard. As the Index has a significant Real Estate weighting – with 19 REIT constituents – it maintains a relatively high average dividend indicated yield of about 4.5%, above the STI’s 3.9% yield.

5 SGX International S-REITs Returned 24% in 2019 YTD

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30 April 2019

Of the 42 SGX listed trusts, 19 – with a combined market cap of over S$30 billion – own more than half their assets in markets outside Singapore. Single-market REITs include Fortune REIT, Lippo Malls Indonesia Retail Trust, and Ascendas India Trust. Pure China plays are CapitaLand Retail China Trust, Sasseur REIT, EC World REIT, Dasin Retail Trust and BHG Retail Trust. Manulife US REIT and Keppel KBS US REIT are US-based trusts, while IREIT Global and Cromwell European REIT are focused on Europe.

10 Biggest Singapore Stocks Paying Quarterly Dividends

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29 April 2019

Singapore’s 10 largest capitalised stocks that are distributing dividends on a quarterly basis now have a combined market capitalisation of S$118 billion and span the Financial and Real Estate Sectors with average indicative dividend yields of 5%. These 10 stocks, now distributing dividends every quarter, have beat the local benchmark every year since 2015.

5 REITs in The STI Reserve List Averaged 13% Total Return in YTD

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25 April 2019

The STI Reserve List is wholly comprised of 5 REITs: Mapletree Commercial Trust, Suntec REIT, Mapletree Logistics Trust, Keppel REIT, and Mapletree North Asia Commercial Trust. In the 2019 YTD, these 5 trusts have averaged a total return of 12.5%, bringing their 1Y and 3Y total returns to 15.0% and 48.7% respectively.

Singapore’s Largest Consumer Staples Stocks Returned 34% in YTD

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24 April 2019

In 1Q2019, Consumer Staples was the second-best performing sector with +13.9% total return, reversing the -2.9% total return in calendar year 2018. It was also amongst the top net buy sectors for the quarter, garnering total institutional inflows of S$61.5 million. The 5 best performers in the YTD were: Indofood Agri Resources (+46.6%), QAF Ltd (+44.4%), Thai Beverage PCL (+38.0%), Golden Agri-Resources (+20.4%), and First Resources (+19.5%).

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