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S-REITs - The allure of S-REITs

kiasutrader
Publish date: Mon, 10 Sep 2012, 09:18 AM
We pointed out that S-REITs has one of the highest yield spreads globally in our previous report. We think the Asian REITs outperformed the non-Asian REITs in terms of yield spreads partly due to higher borrowing costs in the West (consequence of US/European deleveraging) and Australia. S-REITs further edged out other Asian REITs because of its relatively higher capitalization rates. This enables S-REITs to offer DPU yields of ~6% without trading at discount to book .On the other hand, in order to offer DPU yields of ~5%, HK-REITs and J-REITs have to trade at ~0.8x PBR. Our top BUYS remain with the more defensible industrial and retail REITs with total returns of 10%-19%. We think their risk-reward proposition still appear favorable to yield-driven investors. Maintain OVERWEIGHT on the overall S-REITs sector.

Source: Maybank Kim Eng
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