Daily BriefsSingapore

Daily Brief Singapore: Great Eastern Holdings, Frasers Centrepoint Trust, Capitaland India Trust and more

In today’s briefing:

  • This Needs To Be Sorted: Great Eastern (GE SP)’s Protracted Suspension
  • Frasers Centrepoint Trust Placement: Not a Whole Lot of DPU Accretion
  • 10 in 10 with CapitaLand India Trust – Capitalising India’s Tech Growth


This Needs To Be Sorted: Great Eastern (GE SP)’s Protracted Suspension

By David Blennerhassett

  • Back on the 10th May 2024, OCBC (OCBC SP) launched a voluntary unconditional general Offer for the 11.56% in life/non-life insurer Great Eastern Holdings (GE SP) not held.
  • The Offer closed on the 12th July with OCBC holding 93.62%. Shares were subsequently.  suspended. And have been suspended ever since. Compulsory acquisition was not afforded. 
  • The SGX has thrice granted OCBC an extension of time to restore the float.  UK-based activist Palliser is agitating for better terms. Time for a bump.

Frasers Centrepoint Trust Placement: Not a Whole Lot of DPU Accretion

By Nicholas Tan

  • Frasers Centrepoint Trust (FCT SP)  aims to raise around US$153m in order to partly fund its full acquisition of Northpoint City South Wing.
  • This will complement the company’s operations of the Northpoint City North Wing and consolidate the entire Northpoint City under its ownership.
  • In this note, we comment on the deal dynamics and run the deal through our ECM framework.

10 in 10 with CapitaLand India Trust – Capitalising India’s Tech Growth

By Geoff Howie

  • CLINT anticipates revenue growth in FY2025 from MTB 6 at ITPB and a data centre in Navi Mumbai.
  • CLINT’s portfolio occupancy reached 95% in December 2024, driven by asset enhancements and effective leasing activities.
  • CLINT achieved a 14% year-on-year growth in NPI for FY 2024 and a 7.2% distribution yield.

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