IPOs continue to capture the readers' interest but what other investment articles also made it to the top five most-read investment posts this year?

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Invest in real estate for high returns!

A reader, Gary, asked me for my opinion about something he saw in Bukit Merah Central. "... Saw a roadshow in Bukit Merah Central which displayed "24% per annum"! Company is Islandia and I'm not so sure if really can get 24% per annum! Sounds like scam but the strange thing is that there are people manning the booths!" So, with some help from my friends, Victor Chng and Matthew Seah, I … [Read more...]

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IREIT Global – IPO Review

Markets seem to be bullish as there are more IPOs coming in the 2nd half of the year than the first. Today, we look at the latest REIT IPO  - IREIT GLOBAL. To give a little bit of some of the macro background on this IPO in case you have not read the prospectus. They are the first SGX listed office REIT with an investment mandate solely focused on Europe, with an initial 4 properties located … [Read more...]

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OUE Commercial REIT IPO Prospectus

INTRODUCTION TO OUE Commercial REIT OUE C-REIT is a Singapore real estate investment trust (“REIT”) established with the principal investment strategy of investing, directly or indirectly, in a portfolio of income-producing real estate used primarily for commercial purposes (including real estate used primarily for office and/or retail purposes) in financial and business hubs within and outside … [Read more...]

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DBS 4.7% preference shares redemption

I was alerted this morning by a notice from DBS to redeem the 4.7% preference shares. It's here. My first thoughts are that I haven't even got the interest yet from the preference shares and now they are redeeming it?! Upon closer examination, I realised that they are redeeming back another preference shares, one with the same coupon interest of 4.7% but not listed in mainboard SGX. This one … [Read more...]

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Frasers Hospitality Trust IPO

Frasers Hospitality Trust IPO will have 182.1 million stapled securities issued at $0.88 per share to public; this translates into a dividends yield of 7 % per annum. There will be a further 232.9 million stapled securities issued to cornerstone investors. The market capitalization will be around $1.04 billion and the IPO will commence trading on SGX next month. Let us understand more about … [Read more...]