0.12% is already low. If you use cash account linked with CDP (direct account), usual cost is 0.25% or min SGD25  .
Most prefunded account (nominee account) charge you 0.18% or SGD18.

You can't escape brokerage charge. If you want to escape brokerage charge, only US, HK, EU, UK brokerage (for their exchange) got no charge. Not all give you free. Only some in that country (if you know where to look).

Here's some of the full list
http://fifthperson.com/how-to-open-a-broke...t-in-singapore/

Note: DBS Vickers prefunded is direct account which cost 0.18% or min SGD18 (now with promo it's 0.12% or min SGD10-SGD5 (SGD5 rebate)). When you sell, it's 0.25% or min SGD25

None of them let you open online except FSM. But some let you apply via post. If you apply via post, all documents need to be verified with commissioner of oath (for direct account)

Of course you can't compare with with Malaysia, US brokerage (RM8, USD4.95) charges.- don't look at the currency. Look at the number.

how the trade rebate work..?

u purchase yr US shares via Maybank Ke?
how they charge for dividend receive?

Wow, bro Gark,... MKE will take away a certain percentage of our dvd received ?

Private placement means doing rights but not for people like you and me. People like Hansel can subscribe.

It means we get diluted

Preferential offering is like bond but you got no voting rights. In caae MLT go bust, they will get the money back first then only us. Like the DBS 4.7 shares. You buy that, DBS will pay you fix 4.7% but you cannot vote.

Really ah? Thanks for the info.
So if I my stocks are with CDP, how to subscribe? 
If with Maybank KE, can ask leslie to do for us?

its at discounted rate wor... then sure need subscribe right?

Damn la  Semua pun mesti ada SG address   How to cater for international investors like that? 

If you have started investing in KDC REIT since its IPO in abt a year-plus ago, you will remember that Dublin One started in the same way,... then subsequently, tenants dropped out with some reasons,... and this forced the mgmt to upgrade the power system in the building in order to be able to attract future tenants.

Hence,... there is a risk that Dublin Two could have hidden exposures like this,... I suspect tenants in North Ireland are more fussy abt the infrastructure,.. signed leases can always be broken if some terms are not met with,... more so in a colocation environment,...

Yeah,... I had this thinking too earlier,... I spoke abt this,... but,.. well,... I don't have too much of a choice anymore since I still wanted to invest,..  Looked thru lots of counters,... after considering all the risks vs rewards,...

I jumped back into Keppel DC REIT,... yeah,... there are weak points abt this REIT,.... but I don't have better choices out there after weighing so many factors.

Otherwise, I will have to :-

1) depend on new listings which are hopefully better,... say,.. like the coming CEREIT this Thursday and the coming KBS Realty / Keppel Capital JV, which I am still doing now,...

2) depend on possible improvements in fundamentals in current counters in the SGX,....

With recent dovish stand of Fed, I do not think reit price will go down very much.

Either close one eye, buy at elevated level  , or park somewhere else like bond fund as Ramjade said.

We may need to wait much longer and need more patient for bargain.

Depends la what kind of bond fund. If you choose a good bond fund, they basically just shug it off like nothing or it don't even drop. If bond on it's own then different story.

United SGD Class A bond fund are one of the most stable bond fund but return also little   (2-3%p.a). I know some SG bloggers use this as parking place.

True. That's why I decided not to go for High yield/junl bonds funds. Higher yield, higher risk. The purpose of bond fund in my opinion is to
1) stabilize portfolio as it won't swing too much
2) wait it out until opportunities arise (parking place)

Malaysian FD 3% vs SG bond funds giving 3% is very different you know 

Don't use FD as parking spot. Use amanah saham as parking spot. Can withdraw anytime and return min 6% (provided you buy on/before the 1st of every month) and hold until the next 1st. That's the best I can find for Malaysia.

For SG, no choice, need to pick bond funds  Unless you got lubang   

Anyway OT

Lippo is also above 8% yield...

but u say to monitor exchange rate closely for these 2...

You are very well-informed, bro,... 

I did see the above clip by HLB earlier,... BUT when I dug everywhere in the net, I couldn't find that OCBC report that claimed there are income support sources stopping by this year-end,... when I asked in one of the SG forums, some forummers recommended not to listen too much to rumours,....

Hmm,.... is there really such a report published by OCBC ? Or perhaps, something else is happening,..

The new management has taken the effort to clarify that market rents are significantly below the expiring rents for these anchor tenant leases, and we have adjusted our rental reversion assumptions accordingly. We now assume a -25% rental reversion rate for 10% of LMIRT’s leases by NLA, which are due to expire at the end of this year.

After the adjustments above, our DPU estimate for FY17 drops stays at 3.4 S cents, while that for FY18 dips from 3.4 S cents to 3.1 S cents.

Why not go for IPOs ? There are CEREIT and that JV betw KBS Realty and Keppel Capital coming up.

And take advantage of the Rights Issue exercise now with Mapletree Logistics Trust ?

The above still have openings,...

Right,... What opinions of the asset base of MLT ?

Tq,...

I suspect yr pullback from this REIT is because of the yield,... not really because of it having too many props,...First REIT has many props too,.. appreciated yr wise inputs, bro,.....

Wanted to add this too,... I was flipping over to my pricing pg and suddenly thought abt this : if we leave our money lying ard or earning peanuts, it's like leaving a commercial unit empty because we are just trying to squeeze out the best rental rates from a wishful tenant in future. For me,... I'd rather drop my rental a bit and rent it out,...

Long WALE may not be safe too,... if a tenant won't pay,... it goes into problems too,... pity Soilbuild REIT,... 1st, got it from that O&C company,... now,.. getting it from NK Ingredients,...