Over the years, Singapore has grown into a haven place for many Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs). REIT as an attractive asset class is fast becoming one of the most sought-after assets by investors due to the steady stream of income distributions they payout. As a result of the favorable tax regime and rising pent-up demand from hungry yield investors, SGX has attracted many REITs to list in the Singapore market.

CSOP iEdge S-REIT Leaders Index ETF (Background)

The CSOP iEdge S-REIT Leaders Index ETF is a Sub-Fund of the CSOP SG ETF Series I Unit Trust. The Sub-Fund is a passively managed index-tracking ETF with an investment objective of replicating closely the performance of the iEdge S-REIT Leaders Index (the “Index”). There is currently a total of over 40 REITs in Singapore and suffice to say that for someone who wants to get a diversified portfolio of REITs this would be a challenging task to buy most of them as...