Next Week’s News Today – Bricks And Mortar

18 Apr 2015 - The Motley Fool Singapore
The Singapore earnings season carries on apace with a bevy of property companies stepping into the spotlight. These include CapitaMall Trust (SGX: C38U) and Ascendas REIT (SGX: A17U) from the top flight. Ascott Residence Trust (SGX: A68U), CapitaCommercial Trust (SGX: C61U) and Mapletree Industrial Trust ...
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Discover the best-performing STI stocks in the first quarter

8 Apr 2015 - Singapore Business Review
They averaged an 11% price gain. Singtel was the best-performing Straits Times Index (STI) constituent stock in the first quarter, data from the SGX revealed today. Singtel gained 12.3% year-to-date in Q1, markedly higher than the 0.7% price gain registered by the index as a whole. The next best-performing ...
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Ascendas REIT acquires the Kendall for $112m

31 Mar 2015 - Singapore Business Review
The properties NPI yield is 6.8%. Ascendas REIT has acquired the Kendall in Singapore Science Park for $112m. The property was purchased from its sponsor Ascendas Group. The Kendall is a 6-storey multi-tenanted building located within the Singapore Science Park II, and can be easily accessed via Pasir ...
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Will Ascendas Real Estate Investment Trust Pass the 3 Questions Warren Buffett Would Ask Of An Investment?

31 Mar 2015 - The Motley Fool Singapore
Yesterday, I had taken a look at three important questions that billionaire investor Warren Buffett would ask when he’s looking at a business. These questions are found in Robert G. Hagstrom’s book on Buffett, “The Warren Buffett Way,” and they are as follows: Let’s take a look at Ascendas Real Estate ...
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Ascendas REIT's lucrative business parks under threat from acute space oversupply

30 Mar 2015 - Singapore Business Review
The market will add 1.7m of space in two years. Ascendas REIT's profit-making business parks are at risk from an intensifying industrial space glut. According to Maybank Kim Eng, the market will add 1.7m of space in the next two years, which far exceeds the average annual demand of 0.7m square feet. ...
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Don’t Put Your Money at Risk Due to This 1 Factor

25 Mar 2015 - The Motley Fool Singapore
When it comes to understanding the competitive strengths and weaknesses of a company or an industry, Porter’s Five Forces, a framework developed by Harvard Business School professor Michael Porter, could be useful. I had previously shared four of the Five Forces: the threat of new competitors; the bargaining ...
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The four most active REITs are Singapore-focused, have high yields: SGX

18 Mar 2015 - Singapore Business Review
They have an average dividend yield of 5.3%. The four most active REITs on the Mainboard have Singapore-focused portfolios, data from the SGX revealed. These REITs--Suntec REIT, Ascendas REIT, CapitaCommercial Trust and CapitaMall Trust--have an average turnover velocity of 70%. This is above the average ...
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The Competitive Strengths and Weaknesses of Ascendas Real Estate Investment Trust That Investors Should Know

17 Mar 2015 - The Motley Fool Singapore
A good understanding of a company’s competitive strengths and weaknesses is important for an investor to grasp, keeping in mind that a business that has lots of strengths may just turn out to be a good investing opportunity. To assess a company’s competitive strengths and weaknesses, we can turn to Porter’s ...
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Three Things To Like About Ascendas Real Estate Trust

4 Feb 2015 - The Motley Fool Singapore
What is there not to like about Ascendas Real Estate Investment Trust (SGX: A17U)? It is one of Singapore’s largest business space and industrial Real Estate Investment Trust. It has a portfolio of around 103 properties that includes factories, science parks and distribution centres. It even has a couple ...
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Why You Shouldn’t Invest in REITs

30 Jan 2015 - The Motley Fool Singapore
I had earlier written an article about why you should invest in REITs. In this article, let’s go to the flipside of REITs and talk about the disadvantages of investing in REITs. As a brief recap: there are 26 REIT listings on the SGX, in addition to six other stapled securities (a stapled security typically ...
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