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Analysts positive on S-Reits in 2025 after a roller-coaster year

Singapore-listed real estate investment trusts seen to do better with interest rates likely to fall

Navene Elangovan
Published Wed, Jan 1, 2025 · 05:00 AM
    • With S-Reits delivering yields of around 6%, they are a “compelling” investment choice in a lower-interest-rate environment, says Ritesh Ganeriwal of wealth management platform Syfe.
    • With S-Reits delivering yields of around 6%, they are a “compelling” investment choice in a lower-interest-rate environment, says Ritesh Ganeriwal of wealth management platform Syfe. PHOTO: BT FILE

    SINGAPORE-LISTED real estate investment trusts (S-Reits) endured quite a roller-coaster year in 2024.

    What began as an optimistic year for the Reit sector, fuelled by hopes of interest rate cuts, shifted to one of uncertainty, due to concerns about a potential slowdown in rate cuts under the incoming Donald Trump administration in the US.

    The sector, represented by the iEdge S-Reit Index, is down 11.3 per cent. Even with distributions reinvested, it generated a total return of -5.6 per cent.

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