Mapletree Greater China Commercial Trust (MGCCT) a Singapore based REIT announced its latest quarter results on 27th October 2016. The REIT invests in a Shopping Centre in Hong Kong Kowloon area, a commercial business property at the heart of Beijing business district and commercial buildings in Shanghai, where the tech scene is vibrant. There are 2 objectives that I hope to achieve with today’s article:

1. Many have asked me how they should decipher the financial results for some of these companies they are interested in. I will try my best here, to take you through how I would look at the quarterly results of a real estate investment trust, and one that do not show much big meaningful changes. This will be the first part
2. There have been a fall in distributive income for the quarter and I will elaborate on why this happen, particularly dealing with the ...

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