SGX Market Strategist, Equity & Fixed Income, Singapore Exchange Ltd (SGX)

Geoff Howie

SGX Market Strategist, Equity & Fixed Income

Asia’s leading multi-asset exchange

Singapore Exchange Ltd (SGX)

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Equity Bottom-Up

ARA US Hospitality Trust / Equity Bottom-Up

<ul><li>10 Top performing S-REITs and Trusts for Mar 18-22 MANULIFE US REAL ESTATE INV  The top five gainers among S-REITs and property trusts in the week ahead of the Friday afternoon session were: Manulife US REIT, Keppel Pacific Oak US REIT, ARA US Hospitality Trust, First REIT, and Far East Hospitality Trust.</li></ul>

10 Top performing S-REITs and Trusts for Mar 18-22 MANULIFE US REAL ESTATE INV  The top five gainers among S-REITs and property trusts in the week ahead of the Friday afternoon session were: Manulife US REIT, Keppel Pacific Oak US REIT, ARA US Hospitality Trust, First REIT, and Far East Hospitality Trust.

REIT Watch - S-REITs gain on Fed chair Powell reaffirming three rate cuts to come this year

CDL Hospitality Trusts / Equity Bottom-Up

<ul><li>REIT Watch - Hospitality S-Reits record 21% DPU growth in FY2023 The five hospitality trusts recorded, on average, 21 per cent yoy growth in FY2023 DPU.</li><li>Four of the trusts – ARA US Hospitality Trust (ARA H-Trust), CapitaLand Ascott Trust (Clas), CDL Hospitality Trusts (CDLHT) and Far East Hospitality Trust (FEHT) – reported full-year FY2023 earnings ending Dec 31, 2023.</li></ul>

REIT Watch - Hospitality S-Reits record 21% DPU growth in FY2023 The five hospitality trusts recorded, on average, 21 per cent yoy growth in FY2023 DPU.Four of the trusts – ARA US Hospitality Trust (ARA H-Trust), CapitaLand Ascott Trust (Clas), CDL Hospitality Trusts (CDLHT) and Far East Hospitality Trust (FEHT) – reported full-year FY2023 earnings ending Dec 31, 2023.

REIT Watch - Hospitality S-Reits record 21% DPU growth in FY2023

<ul><li>Share buybacks by primary listed companies 12 - 18 May 2023 DBS, Genting Singapore, UOB, CapitaLand Investment and Thai Beverage led the net institutional outflow for the five sessions.</li><li>At S$0.044 per share, the acquisition took Lee’s total interest in Marco Polo Marine from 4.56 per cent to 4.57 per cent.</li><li>His preceding acquisition was back on Jan 12, with 5 million shares acquired at S$0.04 per share.</li></ul>

Share buybacks by primary listed companies 12 - 18 May 2023 DBS, Genting Singapore, UOB, CapitaLand Investment and Thai Beverage led the net institutional outflow for the five sessions.At S$0.044 per share, the acquisition took Lee’s total interest in Marco Polo Marine from 4.56 per cent to 4.57 per cent.His preceding acquisition was back on Jan 12, with 5 million shares acquired at S$0.04 per share.

Aztech Global executive chair adds to stake

10 in 10 with ARA US Hospitality Trust - Recovery On Track

<ul><li>Of the 30 S-REITs which have declared full year 2022 distributions, median change in distribution per unit (DPU) increased marginally by 0.2 per cent year-on-year (y-o-y).</li><li>The five trusts with the highest y-o-y DPU increments for FY22 are: ARA US Hospitality Trust (760 per cent), Paragon REIT (34 per cent), CDL Hospitality Trusts (32 per cent), CapitaLand Ascott Trust (31 per cent) and Far East Hospitality Trust (24 per cent).</li><li>CDL Hospitality Trusts (CDLHT) declared a DPS of 5.63 Singapore cents for FY22, up 31.9 per cent y-o-y.</li></ul>

Of the 30 S-REITs which have declared full year 2022 distributions, median change in distribution per unit (DPU) increased marginally by 0.2 per cent year-on-year (y-o-y).The five trusts with the highest y-o-y DPU increments for FY22 are: ARA US Hospitality Trust (760 per cent), Paragon REIT (34 per cent), CDL Hospitality Trusts (32 per cent), CapitaLand Ascott Trust (31 per cent) and Far East Hospitality Trust (24 per cent).CDL Hospitality Trusts (CDLHT) declared a DPS of 5.63 Singapore cents for FY22, up 31.9 per cent y-o-y.

REIT Watch – Hospitality S-REITs’ DPU rebound 32% in 2022

Singapore

ARA US Hospitality Trust is a Singapore-listed stapled trust. It owns upscale select-service hotels in the US.

ARA US Hospitality Trust (ARAUS SP)

REIT Watch - S-REITs gain on Fed chair Powell reaffirming three rate cuts to come this year

10 Top performing S-REITs and Trusts for Mar 18-22 MANULIFE US REAL ESTATE INV The top five gainers among S-REITs and property trusts in the week...

Singapore Exchange Ltd (SGX)

REIT Watch - Hospitality S-Reits record 21% DPU growth in FY2023

REIT Watch - Hospitality S-Reits record 21% DPU growth in FY2023 The five hospitality trusts recorded, on average, 21 per cent yoy growth in...

Singapore Exchange Ltd (SGX)

Aztech Global executive chair adds to stake

Share buybacks by primary listed companies 12 - 18 May 2023 DBS, Genting Singapore, UOB, CapitaLand Investment and Thai Beverage led the net...

Singapore Exchange Ltd (SGX)

10 in 10 with ARA US Hospitality Trust - Recovery On Track

10 in 10 with ARA US Hospitality Trust - Recovery On Track

Singapore Exchange Ltd (SGX)

REIT Watch – Hospitality S-REITs’ DPU rebound 32% in 2022

Of the 30 S-REITs which have declared full year 2022 distributions, median change in distribution per unit (DPU) increased marginally by 0.2 per...

Singapore Exchange Ltd (SGX)