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Ascott Residence Trust - Much-anticipated acquisitions

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Publish date: Fri, 03 May 2013, 10:49 AM
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Hot on the heels of its private placement in Feb, ART's S$287m buying spree in China and Japan was not a surprise, with the amount also within our previous assumption of S$300m. With its gearing at 49%, the acquisitions should enhance its FY12 pro forma DPU by 3%.

We tweak our DPUs and DDM-based target price (discount rate: 7.8%) after raising our FY13 acquisition assumption to S$380m on a better acquisition outlook, but lower NPI yields for acquisitions to 5.8% from 6.5%. Maintain Neutral. Accretive acquisitions could act as catalysts.
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