Singapore REITs

One Raffles Place attracting interest from IOI, CLI, tycoons: sources

The development is just one of numerous commercial real estate assets in a market seeing a renewed buzz

Russell Ng, CEO of Aims Apac Reit's manager, says that even after "another year of steady growth" in FY2026, the Reit is "making a deliberate pivot towards data centres".
TOPLINE

Aims Apac Reit eyes data centre growth as it expands beyond industrial assets

Government endorsement for two Sydney sites gives the manager the option to develop them into data centre assets

Among the STI components that will trade ex-dividend this week are DBS and Frasers Logistics & Commercial Trust.
MARK TO MARKET

Power of payouts: A big chunk of the STI has just gone ex-dividend. What’s next?

The big question is whether the core businesses of the STI’s constituents can support its next leg up as the impact of major capital return initiatives wanes

CICT's S$3.9 billion Paragon deal is one of the largest S-Reit acquisitions in recent years.
REIT WATCH

S-Reit acquisitions pick up with improved financing

[SINGAPORE] Acquisition activity among Singapore Reits (S-Reits) has picked up this year, signalling a measured return to growth as financing conditions stabilise.

The most striking aspect of the Paragon deal is that the manager of CICT seems less fazed by the ageing property’s need for an asset enhancement initiative than Cuscaden Peak.
HOCK LOCK SIEW

Paragon deal: Why investors should get ready for more Reit mergers and take-private offers

In a less-conducive operating backdrop, smaller Reits may be weeded out, as larger ones play the role of consolidators

What can MAS and SGX do to keep home-grown tech-oriented companies in the local market?

Can SGX draw both Reits and tech stocks?

Two corporate transactions have been quietly telling a bigger story about Singapore’s market this week. One involves a landmark S$3.9 billion deal that puts one of Orchard Road’s most recognisable ass...

With interest rates possibly being elevated due to higher energy prices driving rising inflation, improving Suntec Reit’s unit price might be challenging.
HOCK LOCK SIEW

Will Hongkong Land seek to control the manager of Suntec Reit or the trust’s most prized properties?

Investing in a Reit where another group is the sponsor may be hardly optimal for the property giant

Adding Paragon to its portfolio while exiting Asia Square Tower 2 enhances CICT’s yield and growth trajectory, thereby strengthening its investment case.
THE LEVEL GROUND

Paragon’s value lies in the opportunity for CICT to transform an ageing gem

The trust has the means and expertise to add value to the trophy Orchard Road asset

HSBC Institutional Trust Services said in a bourse filing that it considers a resolution to be tabled at AI-Reit’s annual general meeting on Apr 21 to be “invalid and incapable of binding the trustee to act in accordance with its terms”.

AI-Reit trustee disputes resolution to access records related to internalisation

If passed, the trustee will consider all available options, including applying to the Singapore Court for directions