Ratings agency Moody's on Thursday said Singapore real estate investment trusts (S-REITs) could suffer from the supply of new commercial properties and modest economic growth. In its latest report, Moody's said that despite the resilience of most S-REITs in the last six months, it expects the fundamental prospects for the sector to remain challenging in the next 12 months. This is because of the...
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Most of the funds to be used for asset enhancement and debt refinancing CAPITACOMMERCIAL Trust (CCT) is planning to raise at least $225 million and up to $250 million through a five-year convertible bond issue to be placed with institutional and accredited investors. The office Reit, which is partly owned by CapitaLand, plans to use most of the funds (75-90 per cent) for 'asset enhancement and...
CapitaCommercial Trust is proposing to issue at least S$225 million in convertible bonds due in 2015. The bonds are being offered to institutional investors and accredited investors. CCT said the size of the issue may be increased by up to S$25 million within the next 30 days, thereby raising total proceeds of up to S$250 million. Pricing is expected later, after a book-building exercise. CCT said the...
INDUSTRIAL landlord Ascendas Real Estate Investment Trust (A-Reit) has enhanced its capital structure through a series of capital management initiatives. As a result, the trust has effectively extended its weighted average debt maturity to 4.5 years - from 2.4 years - and secured funds for acquisitions, it said yesterday. The trust has extended a $300 million loan that was due this month by seven years...
Mainboard-listed Ascendas Real Estate Investment Trust (A-REIT) said it has enhanced its capital structure through a series of capital management initiatives. It said it has conducted a successful offering of S$300 million of exchangeable collaterised securities (ECS) due in 2017 with a put option in 2015. The ECS was priced at a coupon and yield to maturity of 1.6 per cent with an initial exchange price...
CapitaMalls Asia has replaced Cosco Corp as a constituent stock of the STI. The change comes after the latest half-yearly review of the index. Meanwhile, the STI reserve list of the five highest ranking non-constituents of the index by market capitalisation are now, Keppel Land, Yangzijiang Shipbuilding, Ascendas Real Estate Investment Trust, Yanlord Land, and Parkway Holdings. These firms will be...
They posted returns of 85.6%; Asian Reits performed well as a region: study REAL estate investment trusts (Reits) in Singapore have outperformed their counterparts in other major markets in terms of total returns in 2009, according to a report released yesterday. Ernst & Young's study showed that Reits Singapore and Hong Kong posted returns of 85.6 per cent and 64.5 per cent respectively in...
Mainboard-listed Ascendas Real Estate Investment Trust or A-Reit said it will buy three new properties totalling S$228.5 million. It has signed two sale and purchase agreements as well as a memorandum of understanding for the purchase of a property under development. Under one sale and purchase agreement, A-Reit will acquire DBS Asia Hub located at Changi Business Park Crescent for S$116 million. This...
Mainboard-listed Saizen REIT on Thursday said it has proposed not to declare any distribution for its second quarter after reporting a loss. Net loss for the three months ended in December was 94.3 million yen or about S$1.48 million. That was in sharp contrast to a 214.6 million yen profit made over the same period a year ago. Saizen REIT said it saw a loss in the divestment of its properties, leading...
CapitaMall Trust (CMT) has acquired riverfront development Clarke Quay from sister company CapitaMalls Asia for S$268 million. CMT said it has sufficient financial flexibility and capacity to fund the transaction, which is targeted for completion by July 2010. Assuming the transaction is fully funded by debt, CMT's gearing would be 33.1 per cent - still within its target range of 30 to 35 per cent. CMT...