Lion Global Investors and Phillip Capital are due to launch the Lion-Phillip S-REIT ETF on the SGX on 30 October 2017. (The Initial Offer Period is open now until 17 Oct for investors who are interested in subscribing early.) The ETF is the very first exchange-traded fund in the world that invests purely in Singapore REITs. S-REITs have been (and still are) a popular investment vehicle for investors seeking relatively high and stable dividend yield. The expected yield for S-REITs in 2017 is around 6%, and that’s just for dividends alone; the average year-to-date price performance for S-REITs is 14%. There are currently 38 REITs in Singapore and, suffice to say, it’s easy to see why they are so well-liked by investors. Someone who doesn’t like to bother with stock picking can simply invest in a basket of all 38 S-REITs and be sitting on a total return of ......