Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events, Quiddity Advisors

Travis Lundy

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events

Quiddity Advisors

Event-Driven

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/nippon-building-fund-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:1900:1" rel="noopener">Nippon Building Fund (8951 JP)</a> announced a smallish primary offering to assist in funding a portion of its Asset Replacement Campaign involving sales and purchases and an uplift in DPU.</li>
<li>That is an occasion to look at how much of float is held by passive trackers. </li>
<li>A test was done on the top 10 J-REITs on a holder-by-holder basis to see what one could expect at a minimum. The result may surprise some.</li>
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Nippon Building Fund (8951 JP) announced a smallish primary offering to assist in funding a portion of its Asset Replacement Campaign involving sales and purchases and an uplift in DPU.
That is an occasion to look at how much of float is held by passive trackers. 
A test was done on the top 10 J-REITs on a holder-by-holder basis to see what one could expect at a minimum. The result may surprise some.


Nippon Building Fund (8951) - Calculating Passive Tracking of J-REITs and Index Events Around Offers

Equity Analyst, Event-driven, Quiddity Advisors

Janaghan Jeyakumar, CFA

Equity Analyst, Event-driven

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<li>Yesterday after the close, Japan's largest logistics REIT <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/nippon-prologis-reit-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:15683:1" rel="noopener">Nippon Prologis Reit (3283 JP)</a><strong>("NPR")</strong> announced a US$270mn follow-on equity offering to fund their recent acquisition of three logistics facilities.</li>
<li>The primary offer quantity will be 84,290 units out of which 48,890 units and 35,400 units are expected to be allocated for domestic and international investors, respectively. </li>
<li>Below, we take a look at the attractiveness of NPR's latest offering with greater emphasis on the potential for strong post-offering secondary market performance.</li>
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Yesterday after the close, Japan's largest logistics REIT Nippon Prologis Reit (3283 JP)("NPR") announced a US$270mn follow-on equity offering to fund their recent acquisition of three logistics facilities.
The primary offer quantity will be 84,290 units out of which 48,890 units and 35,400 units are expected to be allocated for domestic and international investors, respectively. 
Below, we take a look at the attractiveness of NPR's latest offering with greater emphasis on the potential for strong post-offering secondary market performance.


Nippon Prologis REIT (3283 JP): Offering Could Trigger Outperformance Vs Peers

Equity Capital Markets

<p>Last Friday after market-close, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/glp-j-reit" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:11009:1" rel="noopener">GLP J-REIT (3281 JP)</a> (<strong>"GLP"</strong>) launched a follow-on equity offering (<a href="https://ssl4.eir-parts.net/doc/3281/tdnet/1993205/00.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">J-only</a>) to fund part of their recent property acquisition. </p><p>The primary offer quantity is 142,513 units. Out of this, 83,831 units are expected to be allocated for domestic investors and 58,682 units are expected to be allocated for foreign investors. There is also an over-allotment quantity of 4,192 units. The total size of the offering could be approximately ¥26bn (~US$235mn). </p><div><p>The Offer Price will be determined between 30th June and 5th July 2021 (typically it has been the first day of this window for most JREIT offerings) and the day following the offer price determination day ("Pricing Date") will be the Application Date. </p></div><div><p><em>More below the fold.</em></p></div>

Last Friday after market-close, GLP J-REIT (3281 JP) ("GLP") launched a follow-on equity offering (J-only) to fund part of their recent property acquisition. The primary offer quantity is 142,513 units. Out of this, 83,831 units are expected to be allocated for domestic investors and 58,682 units are expected to be allocated for foreign investors. There is also an over-allotment quantity of 4,192 units. The total size of the offering could be approximately ¥26bn (~US$235mn). The Offer Price will be determined between 30th June and 5th July 2021 (typically it has been the first day of this window for most JREIT offerings) and the day following the offer price determination day ("Pricing Date") will be the Application Date. More below the fold.

JREIT Offering: GLP J-REIT (3281 JP) - Take It Vs TSEREIT Index

Alpha-Centric ESG Research

Kyle Rudden

<p>Announcements keep on coming from <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/singapore-exchange-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:1047:1" rel="noopener">Singapore Exchange (SGX SP)</a> and its SGX FIRST sustainable investing platform. Weeks after launching Climate Impact X – SGX's carbon exchange joint venture with DBS, Standard Chartered, and Temasek – the exchange announced (on 14 June) the launch of the <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/sgx-nikkei-esg-reit-index-futures" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:33480:1" rel="noopener">SGX Nikkei ESG-REIT Index Futures (JRTA INDEX)</a> contract.</p><p>For SGX, the launch further solidifies its position as Asia's leading financial exchange for all things sustainable investing and finance (and of course, REITs). For investors, the ESG-REIT Index futures contract expands the menu of products for REIT-related ESG investing. That is far more significant than it sounds; Real Estate is a sleeping ESG giant of sorts, and investment products are lacking.</p><p>Therein lies the second of two goals for this Insight. The first is, rather obviously, to delve into the SGX Nikkei ESG-REIT product – the underlying index and futures contract. The second is to take it as an opportunity to broach an important, but often underrated, topic – the relationships between ESG and the Real Estate sector, including REITs. Much of it positive, or at least potentially so.</p><p>Think about it. One billion buildings in the world already, and expected to double by 2060.</p>

Announcements keep on coming from Singapore Exchange (SGX SP) and its SGX FIRST sustainable investing platform. Weeks after launching Climate Impact X – SGX's carbon exchange joint venture with DBS, Standard Chartered, and Temasek – the exchange announced (on 14 June) the launch of the SGX Nikkei ESG-REIT Index Futures (JRTA INDEX) contract.For SGX, the launch further solidifies its position as Asia's leading financial exchange for all things sustainable investing and finance (and of course, REITs). For investors, the ESG-REIT Index futures contract expands the menu of products for REIT-related ESG investing. That is far more significant than it sounds; Real Estate is a sleeping ESG giant of sorts, and investment products are lacking.Therein lies the second of two goals for this Insight. The first is, rather obviously, to delve into the SGX Nikkei ESG-REIT product – the underlying index and futures contract. The second is to take it as an opportunity to broach an important, but often underrated, topic – the relationships between ESG and the Real Estate sector, including REITs. Much of it positive, or at least potentially so.Think about it. One billion buildings in the world already, and expected to double by 2060.

SGX Nikkei ESG-REIT Index Futures Launch Is an Ideal Backdrop for an Important Topic: ESG and REITs

Lasalle Logiport REIT / Equity Capital Markets

<p>After market-close on 14th April, Logistics J-REIT <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/lasalle-logiport-reit" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:22658:1" rel="noopener">Lasalle Logiport REIT (3466 JP)</a> launched a <a href="http://lasalle-logiport.com/file/en-news-44b0c5bed854001d0e4980a029de993341612e77.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">follow-on equity offering</a> to fund part of their recent property acquisition. </p><p>The primary offer quantity is 140,000 units out of which 73,850 units are expected to be allocated to the domestic market and 66,150 units are expected to be allocated to foreign buyers. There is also an over-allotment quantity of 7,000 units. The total size of this offering could be around ¥25bn (~US$230mn). </p><div><p>The Offer Price will be determined between 21st April and 26th April (typically it has been the first day of this window for most JREIT offerings) and the day following the offer price determination day (pricing date) will be the application date. </p></div><div><p><em>More below the fold.</em></p></div>

After market-close on 14th April, Logistics J-REIT Lasalle Logiport REIT (3466 JP) launched a follow-on equity offering to fund part of their recent property acquisition. The primary offer quantity is 140,000 units out of which 73,850 units are expected to be allocated to the domestic market and 66,150 units are expected to be allocated to foreign buyers. There is also an over-allotment quantity of 7,000 units. The total size of this offering could be around ¥25bn (~US$230mn). The Offer Price will be determined between 21st April and 26th April (typically it has been the first day of this window for most JREIT offerings) and the day following the offer price determination day (pricing date) will be the application date. More below the fold.

JREIT Offering: Lasalle Logiport REIT (3466 JP) - Take It (Vs Comps)

Japan

Mitsui Fudosan Logistics Park Inc. is a real estate investment trust (REIT) that invests in real estate and securitized real estate products. The Company primarily invests in logistics facilities.

Mitsui Fudosan Logistics Park Inc (3471 JP)

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Mitsui Fudosan Logistics Park Inc (3471 JP)

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Lasalle Logiport REIT trades slightly cheap to its large logistics peers and isn't issuing after a big run like last August. Take the deal.

Janaghan Jeyakumar, CFA

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