We are almost half way into the end of the first half of the year so I think it’s good that we do another round of review on the latest S-Reits universe update. For those who are interested in the last quarterly update, you can view them here where the theme was on gearing and sensitivity risk of increase borrowing costs on their respective profile. Performance YTD  Let’s first start with how Reits have performed in 2016 Year to date:

• Please note that this is only based on capital gain, excluding dividends.
• Gone are the days where we see double digit abnormally high returns like what we’ve seen in 2013. Still, if you pick the right Reits to invest in, investors can still achieve double digit returns if we include dividends in.
• The top 3 best performing Reits currently goes to Keppel Reit, Mapletree Commercial Reit (MCT) and Fraser Centerpoint ...

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