Macquarie MEAG Prime REIT (MMP REIT) has reported a full-year net income of S$76.8 million, boosted by a jump in its fourth-quarter earnings. The trust, which owns Ngee Ann City and Wisma Atria, said this is due to higher rentals, new leases and revenue from its acquisitions in Japan and China. Following the strong results, MMP REIT plans to distribute 6.19 cents per unit to its unit holders. The revamp of...
Singapore REITS
Mainboard-listed Ascott Residence Trust has posted better-than-expected full year earnings with distributable income for 2007 came in at S$45.1 million, an 83 per cent jump year-on-year and 12 per cent higher than its own forecast. Key drivers for Ascott Residence Trust's good results were its strong overall operating performance and the acquisition of properties in Ho Chi Minh City, Manila, Melbourne and...
Mapletree Logistics Trust has booked a 78% increase in distributable income for the year ended in December. Dictributable income came in at S$71.8 millions, beating its own forecast. Mapletree said distribution per unit for the whole year amounted to 6.57 cents, up 30% on year. Mapletree's portfolio is branching out to 75 properties across five countries. - CNA /ls Source : Channel NewsAsia - 23 Jan...
CapitaMall Trust Management Ltd will pay S$62.3 million in distributable income, for the October-to-December period, or 2.34 Singapore cents per unit. This compares with the distributable income of S$52.3 million it paid a year ago. CapitaMall, which is 27-percent owned by Southeast Asia's largest developer CapitaLand, said its fourth-quarter distribution was 30 percent higher than forecast due to...
One of the biggest initial public offerings (IPO) this year made a disappointing debut yesterday – a casualty of the uncertainties afflicting financial markets. Despite a generally upbeat stock market, Parkway Life Real Estate Investment Trust (Reit) opened trading in the afternoon session at $1.27, a cent below the offer price of $1.28, and steadily fell before ending at $1.19 a unit. Ms Daphne Roth,...
Like most other property-related counters, Singapore-listed real estate investment trusts or REITs have been sold down in recent weeks amid the market volatility. As one analyst puts it, the last time he looked, the buildings were still standing, the offices still occupied and owners still collecting rents in a robust economic environment. But it appears that investors are not seeing REITS in the same...