OUTLOOK 2024

BT Mark to Market: Winning with Reits in 2024 (Ep 39)

    • What would adjusting to the 'new normal' of higher interest rates and slower growth look like for Singapore Reits?
    • What would adjusting to the 'new normal' of higher interest rates and slower growth look like for Singapore Reits? PHOTO: ADOBE STOCK
    Published Mon, Jan 8, 2024 · 05:00 AM

    How can Singapore’s Reits and property trusts adjust to the “new normal” of higher interest rates and slower growth? Especially since the outlook for economic growth - after all the monetary policy tightening that took place over the last two years - is rather uncertain. Ben Paul has some suggestions. 

    Synopsis: Listen to senior correspondent Ben Paul’s analysis and insight on market trends and corporate issues in Singapore in this podcast series based on his weekly column in The Business Times.

    Highlights of the podcast:

    02:28 Reits seeing a reversal of fortunes

    04:40 Slower growth, higher interest rates

    07:57 Pressure on real estate valuations

    12:50 Time to cut debt, reposition portfolios

    Written and hosted by: Ben Paul (benpaul@sph.com.sg)

    Edited by: Howie Lim & Claressa Monteiro

    Produced by: Ben Paul & Howie Lim

    Engineered by: Joann Chai Pei Chieh

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