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Broker's Calls
3 non-office REITs to tide investors through an uncertain 2019: OCBC
SINGAPORE (Mar 12): OCBC Investment Research is maintaining “neutral” on the Singapore REIT (S-REIT) sector with a preference for retail and hospitality REITs over their office counterparts for their comparatively conservative asset valuations.
March 12, 2019
Investing strategies
Singapore stocks with high yield, low expectations are what Credit Suisse prefers for the year
SINGAPORE (Jan 8): Credit Suisse is recommending Singapore investors stick with a portfolio of quality, high-yield stocks and stocks with low embedded expectations to ride out any volatility in 2019 while positioning for a market recovery.
January 08, 2019
Sector Focus
This is the year for office REITs to shine: OCBC
SINGAPORE (Jan 8): OCBC Bank is expecting Singapore office REITs to strengthen further in the near-term this year – and possibly, in the process, demand higher rents to bring about positive rental reversion.
January 08, 2019
Broker's Calls
Starhill Global REIT an attractive proxy to tourist arrivals amid retail headwinds: DBS
SINGAPORE (Dec 11): DBS Group Research is maintaining its “buy” on Starhill Global REIT (SG REIT) with an unchanged target price of 75 cents, which reflects more conservative discount rate assumptions due to a less-optimistic outlook of the trust’s
December 11, 2018
M&A
CapitaLand invests $27 mil in co-working operator for new 'office of the future' strategy
SINGAPORE (Oct 2): CapitaLand has, through its subsidiary CL Kingdom Investment (CKI), subscribed for a 50% stake in The Work Project Kingdom (TWPK) for $13.5 million, with the intention of extending shareholder loans through CKI to TWPK.
October 02, 2018
Broker's Calls
How bullish will analysts go on Suntec REIT?
SINGAPORE (July 26): CGS-CIMB Research and DBS Vickers Securities are maintaining their “add” and “buy” calls with the respective price targets of $2.08 and $2.30, after the REIT manager on Wednesday posted a 2Q DPU of 2.47 cents which came in lin
July 26, 2018
Property
Roxy-Pacific to sell Sydney CBD office building for $153.4 mil
SINGAPORE (May 4): Roxy-Pacific Holdings says its 50%-owned subsidiary, Feature-Roxy, has entered into a non-binding agreement sell its freehold property at 117 Clarence Street, Sydney, Australia, for A$153 million ($153.4 million).
May 04, 2018
Broker's Calls
Why RHB is nothing but positive on Manulife US REIT's latest acquisitions
SINGAPORE (Apr 16): RHB is maintaining its “buy” on Manulife US REIT but raising its target to US$1 from 98 US cents to factor in 1-2% higher FY18-20 DPU forecasts on contributions from its latest acquisitions.
April 16, 2018
Property
Manulife US REIT acquires two properties from sponsor for US$387 mil
SINGAPORE (Apr 13): Manulife US REIT is acquiring two office properties – namely 1750 Pennsylvania Avenue (Penn) in Washington DC and Phipps Tower (Phipps) in Buckhead, Atlanta – from its sponsor’s indirectly wholly-owned subsidiary, John Hancock L
April 13, 2018
Broker's Calls
Frasers Commercial upgraded to 'buy' on attractive valuations, Grade B recovery prospects
SINGAPORE (Apr 5): OCBC Investment Research is upgrading Frasers Commercial Trust (FCOT) to “buy” from “hold” with an unchanged fair value of $1.51 on expectations of an impending recovery of Grade B CBD Core office rental rates.
April 05, 2018