Daily Brief Singapore: SGX Rubber Future TSR20, Keppel REIT and more

In today’s briefing:

Experts Offer Insights As Vietnam Joins PEFC For EUDR Rubber
REIT Watch – Larger S-Reits rank among those with highest net retail inflows in 2024

Experts Offer Insights As Vietnam Joins PEFC For EUDR Rubber

Highlights · VFCS/PEFC certification covers 123,927 ha of rubber plantations · PEFC EUDR Due Diligence System shows the way for Vietnam · Experts point to offer of premium as new opportunity In its efforts to align with the European Union Deforestation Regulation (EUDR), Vietnam has made significant strides through the Vietnam Forest Certification System (VFCS) and its partnership with the Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification (PEFC).
Giving Vietnam Forest Certification Office’s (VFCO’s) insights on navigating EUDR, Dr. Nguyen Hoang Tiep, Deputy Director, VFCO, said at the Vietnam Rubber Dinner 2024 Seminar held at White Palace Convention Centre in Ho Chi Minh City on December 12 that the VFCO-PEFC efforts aim to ensure sustainable forestry practices and facilitate compliance with stringent international requirements for deforestation-free commodities.
Vietnam became the 50th member of the PEFC in 2019, marking an important step in integrating international standards into its forestry sector.

Retail investors have been net buyers of real estate investment trust (S-REITs) in 2024 amid volatile performance for the sector during the year.
These investors net bought some S$1.6 billion across the sector in 2024, bringing their total net inflows into S-REITs over the past five years to over S$6 billion.
Across the broader Singapore market, the REIT sector was also the sector with the highest net retail inflows in 2024, followed by Real Estate (excluding REITs), which saw around S$400 million in net inflows.

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