Director and Founding Member, Corporate Monitor Limited

Tan Yee Peng

Director and Founding Member

Strengthening Corporate Performance

Corporate Monitor Limited

Corporate Monitor was established to encourage better performance of companies, particularly companies listed on the SGX, and hold their management and boards to account, for the benefit of their shareholders and stakeholders.

<ul><li>The performance fee is an incentive for managers to grow the income and distributions of REITs, but half of the 41 REIT managers charge performance fees that are paid even if there is a decline in distributable income and/or distributions.</li><li>This is because the performance fee is pegged to a percentage of the REIT’s net property income (definition varies) and is paid whether this income, or a similar metric, increased or decreased.</li><li>The 5 business trusts (BTs), on the other hand, have performance fees that are pegged to an increase in distribution per unit (DPU), or beating certain DPU benchmarks. </li></ul>

The performance fee is an incentive for managers to grow the income and distributions of REITs, but half of the 41 REIT managers charge performance fees that are paid even if there is a decline in distributable income and/or distributions.This is because the performance fee is pegged to a percentage of the REIT’s net property income (definition varies) and is paid whether this income, or a similar metric, increased or decreased.The 5 business trusts (BTs), on the other hand, have performance fees that are pegged to an increase in distribution per unit (DPU), or beating certain DPU benchmarks. 

Singapore Reits & Business Trust Sector: Pseudo-Performance and Other Fees

Pan-Asia Index Rebalances/ Events/ Delta One, Periscope Analytics

Brian Freitas

Pan-Asia Index Rebalances/ Events/ Delta One

Periscope Analytics

Periscope Analytics focuses on event-driven trades across Asia Pacific and provides comprehensive, timely and systematic coverage of index changes to major Asia Pacific indices in a structured manner.

The analysis includes forecasted inclusions and exclusions to all major Asian indices that have significant amount of tracking assets, including estimates of passive buy/sell flow on the stocks. The service also provides commentary and impact of market consultations, ground rule changes, and other events (IPOs, spin-offs, M&A) that could lead to index changes and passive flow.

Periscope Analytics works with multi-strategy hedge funds, proprietary trading firms, stat arb trading groups and long-only investors that invest and trade in the Asia Pacific region with the data being used to trade index rebalances, avoid pre-positioning and passive flow, and to time entry into and exit from stocks.

Event-Driven Trades Across Asia Pacific

Event-Driven

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/ui-boustead-reit" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:47562:1" rel="noopener">UI Boustead REIT (UIBREIT SP)</a> could raise up to US$803m in its IPO if the overallotment option is exercised and the stock is expected to start trading on 12 March.</li>
<li>Cornerstone investors will own 31.4% of shares out following the IPO but there is no lock-up on these shares. The sponsor will own 19%/15% depending on whether overallotment is exercised.</li>
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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/ui-boustead-reit" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:47562:1" rel="noopener">UI Boustead REIT (UIBREIT SP)</a> should be added to the smallcap segment of global indices in August and September while inclusion in local indices will take a lot longer.</li>
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UI Boustead REIT (UIBREIT SP) could raise up to US$803m in its IPO if the overallotment option is exercised and the stock is expected to start trading on 12 March.
Cornerstone investors will own 31.4% of shares out following the IPO but there is no lock-up on these shares. The sponsor will own 19%/15% depending on whether overallotment is exercised.

UI Boustead REIT (UIBREIT SP) should be added to the smallcap segment of global indices in August and September while inclusion in local indices will take a lot longer.


UI Boustead REIT IPO: Global Index Inclusions Later This Year; Kicker Needs Audited Results

Head of Research, IPOs & Placements, Aequitas Research

Sumeet Singh

Head of Research, IPOs & Placements

IPOs and Placements coverage across Asia Pacific

Aequitas Research

We cover all listing across the Asia Pacific along with follow-up placements. As of Dec 2020, our team had covered 539 IPOs with a hit rate of 73.5% and 685 placements with a hit rate of 66.8%.

We combine fundamental bottom-up views with our proprietary quantitative framework to provide a holistic coverage across new listings and placements. Our coverage includes pre-IPO notes before the deal is launched, follow-up analysis once the deal is live and post-listing trading analysis as well.

Equity Capital Markets

Centurion Accommodation / Equity Capital Markets

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/centurion-accomodation-reit" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:45779:1" rel="noopener">Centurion Accomodation REIT (CAREIT SP)</a> (CAREIT) raised around US$600m in its Singapore IPO.</li>
<li>CAREIT plans to invest directly or indirectly, in a portfolio of purpose-built worker accommodation (PBWA), purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) or other accommodation, located globally (excluding Malaysia).</li>
<li>We have looked at the company’s past performance and valuations in our previous note. In this note, we will talk about the trading dynamics.</li>
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Centurion Accomodation REIT (CAREIT SP) (CAREIT) raised around US$600m in its Singapore IPO.
CAREIT plans to invest directly or indirectly, in a portfolio of purpose-built worker accommodation (PBWA), purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) or other accommodation, located globally (excluding Malaysia).
We have looked at the company’s past performance and valuations in our previous note. In this note, we will talk about the trading dynamics.


Centurion Accomodation REIT IPO Trading - Strong Institutional and Retail Demand

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<li>Aequitas Research's weekly update on the IPOs, placements, lockup expiry and other ECM linked events that were covered by the team over the past week.</li>
<li>On the IPO front, filings and listings have cooled off going into the general summer lull.</li>
<li>On the placements front, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/state-bank-of-india" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:160:1" rel="noopener">State Bank Of India (SBIN IN)</a> pulled the trigger on its long touted QIP.</li>
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Aequitas Research's weekly update on the IPOs, placements, lockup expiry and other ECM linked events that were covered by the team over the past week.
On the IPO front, filings and listings have cooled off going into the general summer lull.
On the placements front, State Bank Of India (SBIN IN) pulled the trigger on its long touted QIP.


ECM Weekly (21 July 2025) - Muyuan, Unisplendour, NTT, Kasumigaseki, Anthem, Leads, SBI, Ascentage

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/ntt-dc-reit" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:45414:1" rel="noopener">NTT DC REIT (NTTDCR SP)</a>, a data center REIT, raised around US$772m in its Singapore IPO.</li>
<li>The IPO portfolio comprises six mainly freehold data centres in the U.S., Austria and Singapore with an aggregate appraised valuation of US$1.6bn</li>
<li>We have looked at the past performance in our earlier notes. In this note, we will talk about the trading dynamics.</li>
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NTT DC REIT (NTTDCR SP), a data center REIT, raised around US$772m in its Singapore IPO.
The IPO portfolio comprises six mainly freehold data centres in the U.S., Austria and Singapore with an aggregate appraised valuation of US$1.6bn
We have looked at the past performance in our earlier notes. In this note, we will talk about the trading dynamics.


NTT DC REIT IPO Trading - Decent Demand, High Yield and Discount Should Help

Singapore

NTT DC REIT is a Singapore real estate investment trust that invests in a diversified portfolio of stabilized income-producing real estate assets globally, primarily used for data center purposes. Its portfolio includes six carrier-neutral, Tier III-equivalent data centers across the United States, Austria, and Singapore. The company was constituted on March 28, 2025, and is headquartered in Singapore.

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Singapore Reits & Business Trust Sector: Pseudo-Performance and Other Fees

The performance fee is an incentive for managers to grow the income and distributions of REITs, but half of the 41 REIT managers charge...

Corporate Monitor Limited

UI Boustead REIT IPO: Global Index Inclusions Later This Year; Kicker Needs Audited Results

UI Boustead REIT could raise up to US$803m in its IPO if the greenshoe is exercised, valuing the REIT at US$944m. Global index inclusions will come...

Brian Freitas

Centurion Accomodation REIT IPO Trading - Strong Institutional and Retail Demand

Centurion Accomodation REIT (CAREIT SP) (CAREIT) raised around US$600m in its Singapore IPO. In this note, we talk about the trading updates.

Sumeet Singh

ECM Weekly (21 July 2025) - Muyuan, Unisplendour, NTT, Kasumigaseki, Anthem, Leads, SBI, Ascentage

Aequitas Research's weekly update on the IPOs, placements, lockup expiry and other ECM linked events that were covered by the team over the past week.

Sumeet Singh

NTT DC REIT IPO Trading - Decent Demand, High Yield and Discount Should Help

NTT DC REIT (NTTDCR SP), a data center REIT, raised around US$772m in its Singapore IPO. In this note, we talk about the trading dynamics.

Sumeet Singh

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