This started off with a simple question in my head. For a high quality office real estate investment trust (REIT), that grew from less than $1 billion to $7 billion, its return for the shareholders must be great. Shareholders should be happy to see their asset ownership grow like this.
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So I decide to use some of my past resources to tally the dividends paid out and rights issue taken back from shareholders.
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So Keppel REIT was provided to Keppel Land shareholders and listed in April 2006, this gives it about 9 years of operating history.
The original investment was $1410 based on a share price of $1.41.
So how did the total cost end up to $9889?
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