Today, Sg Reits .. most MERAH.... Shopping time.

yep, preapring some small bullets, looking to add to starhill and cdl.



possible many people now no time for markets, busy becoming zombies with worldcup... like me.

Any good Sg Reit counter to recommend?

I can tell u what I have, then u hv to decide yrself.

1. AIM SAMP
2. CDL
3. suntec
4. starhill
5. Mapletree Ind Reit
6. lippomall
7. Soilbuild

i will only add capitamalltrust n capitacom trust for consideration.

Normally you look at the dividend yield and then NTA and also their gearing %.
Lastly look at their dividend history, business nature and who is their biggest investor/sponsor (eg. Tamasek, etc).

http://reitdata.com/

The Singapore reits have gone up quite a bit from their lows. But the exchange rate now favours ringgit more.

2 more new reit coming up in singapore
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-06-19/g...gapore-ipo.html
1.Frasers Hospitality Trust which is said to offer 7% yield.IPO pricing should start at 88 cents
2.a Germany office based REIT

Is it OK to use local firms like CIMB or Hlebroking to buy Sg REITs through their foreign share buying portal or better to open a separate stock and banking account in Singapore? The latter is of course more work.

IMHO - if you're doing buy & zzz to collect DY, not rabid trading, it's worthwhile to use local firms.

However if you're doing rabid trading OR yr holdings generate very low dividends, then worthwhile to go SG open one.
Reason:
Trading - commission charges are lower
Small holdings generating small dividends - local charges some fees to process dividends (even re-invested via DRIPS). Thus, that "fee" make make a big % of the dividend received or reinvested.

Just an opinion based on reasons above yar - not the only reality.

Do you guys re-invest the dividend? May I know is there any way to opt for re-invest for the dividend?

i use cimb. been fine, happy with it. good thing is it is easier this way for bonus or rights issues - less hassle, not costly.i usually don't as this entails odd lots issue.
div reinvestment is only psossible for some cases if offered, not always.
anyway, u can always get the sgd and buy in open market when u want.

whatcha buying lately? Next round div gonna be declared soon...

funds immobilized in bursa like bplant...

last div round, all was used to buy cdltrust.

next round div, will buy cdltrust again or soilbuildbiz.

i sangkut ICON & BPLANT...
but my SPORE ac got some funds, tot wanna utilize before the next div announcement, which will be sometime this month.

anyone know if a fee is charged by standard chartered when we receive dividend(since the account is a nominee account).

No fee is charge. Full dividend is deposit into your account.

ok thanks

despite int'l reports not so optimistic about sgreits esp industrial, most have crept up again. 0.5, 1 cent every few days.

aimsampi, cdl, first, starhill all doing good.

only soilbuildbiz not moving.

likely strong div announcements coming very soon!

and rm weakening now after bnm rate hike official.

did up top up anything recently? Mine most not done, coz like u say, keep on going up...

not much except cdl.
waiting for div announcements to decide.
still keen to get more soilbuildbiz if yield stays at 7.5%.
already got out of bousteadplant, with a one-lunch profit.

better price keep going up with earnings and div incr as well.
rather than price going down and div gets less!