Frasers Logistics and Industrial Trust announced their 1QFY19 financial results on 24th January 2019. The manager has declared a Distribution Per Unit (“DPU”) of 1.78 cents. This was a 1.1% decline as compared to 1.80 cents in 1QFY18. If we looked at the Distribution Per Unit (“DPU”) in Australian cents, the Distribution Per Unit (“DPU”) was 1.81 cents as compared to 1.70 cents in 1QFY18.
The reason for lower Distribution Per Unit (“DPU”) in Singapore cents was because of a lower average hedged rate for 1QFY2019 at A$1.00 :S$0.9820. Foreign exchange risk is one key risk when investing in Frasers Logistics and Industrial Trust and I am fully aware of this risk prior to investing.
Two leases in Victoria, Australia were renewed during the quarter. The two leases will have annual fixed rental increases of 3.0% and 3.5% respectively which benefit Frasers Logistics and Industrial Trust in the long run....