If u prefer NOMINEE accounts.. best u go for STANDARD CHARTERED Singapore. the brokerage are very very cheap.
Even handling charges.

I go for direct ac, as i costed in ESTATE PLANNING. In case die.. its easier to pass my shares to my beneficiaries.
Not sure how it works if NOMINEE ac for Estate Planning. Coz rightfully, the shares are owned by the BROKERAGE FIRMS and not yrself.

RIGHTS ISSUE... unless u hv an Singapore Address, then u can apply.

If not, they will AUTO SELL yr rights and will bank in the money to your account.
(I opted for this option. count left right is almost the same...)and furthermore.. no need paperwork.

yes DBS VICKERS should hv NOMINEE AC. Its in their website. but I did not hv information on this.

why AUD no good? Tot AUD will be going up this year?

aud has been falling, as fast as the rm!

commodity prices low, aus is commodity based economy.

rate cuts/qe expected very soon:
http://www.cnbc.com/id/102386098

yes, i notice the fall.. tot can start collecting...

Might just open a normal direct account with DBS. The AUTO SELL feature seems to be able to solve the headache of exercising. A little bit concern about the price at which they sell. Prefer DBS Vickers over Standard Chartered nominee as I think it is more involved in securities business than SCB. About DBS nominees, I think those nominees are for their foreign shares account. All foreign shares accounts are traded under nominees account. If you are worried about estate planning, maybe you should avoid the foreign shares at the moment but having said that, i think eventhough legally the shares are under nominees, it should not b a major problem to get it passed to your beneficiaries in case of death. There are so many big shareholdings under nominees account and I think they would have looked into that but I am not 100% sure on that. Yet to find out.

not over yet... not until commodity prices improve/rebound/stabilize.
that will depend on health of china factories as they are the ones importing from aus.
china factories not looking that good at this time.

High interest rates do not necessarily affect all REITs. Some REITs have settled their financing until 2016/2017.

here u go:




possible msia will do same next bnm meeting!

sgd to fall to 5 yr low at 1.39/usd.

sgx equities may be retreating becos of this as foreign funds generally do not like a weakening currency:

http://www.theedgemarkets.com/my/article/s...ng-survey-shows


still, sgd1=rm2.65/2.64 today...

Ascendas Hospitality Trust (A-HTRUST) has recorded a 19.3% fall in distribution per stapled security (DPS) for the 3Q ended Dec to 1.30 cents from 1.61 cents a year ago due to forex losses.

Gross revenue rose 5.2% to $59.6 million from a year ago mainly due to the contribution from Osaka Namba Washington Hotel Plaza as well as the continuing improvement in the performance of the Australia portfolio.

http://www.theedgemarkets.com/sg/article/a...ls-193-13-cents

there r 2 ascendas... which is confusing.

and i had trouble finding the ticker... ascht or ahtrust or asht or ashp or q1p or...?

can't even get the ticker right... no wonder the reit goes down!

anyway, ascendas reit is fine, doing good.

ascendas htrust is not doing well - must be the australian hotels. aud is gong lower n lower n lower...

firstreit (fret) 1.36. trying to get to all time high of 1.40?!

yield now <6%...

This post has been edited by AVFAN: Feb 9 2015, 11:09 AM

I sure hope it's playing catch up to parkway...

today REITS all red colour. shopping time...

more to come i believed

really? but why...?



actually, i find it hard to buy or sell anything currently - too much uncertainty about oil price, int rates/monetary easing, exchange rates - they go up and down quite quickly and quite dramatically!

by doing nothing, i seem to have hedged ok with rm-sgd-usd. this one up, that one down; next day this one down, that one up... trade off nicely... a bit boring!

This post has been edited by AVFAN: Feb 10 2015, 04:15 PM

just got news to opt to reinvest dividend for firstreit.

price now 1.350, reinvest at 1.2689.

looks good. moreover, now can trade in lots of 100.

so, yes, i go for it.

i felt the market going to ding dong ding dong..... actually i wait them to drop more so i can buy more

unless want keep for long long term, will still end up with some odd lots below 100 units?