The recent Donald Trump madness has caused many SREITs to decline sharply again with US Treasury rates spiking due to lack of market confidence and demand. Equities such as REITs are thus also adversely impacted. For Lendlease Global REIT (“LREIT”), based on the last half year distribution of $0.018 per unit, this will mean an annualized distribution of $0.036 per unit. Since last market traded price is $0.475 per unit as at 23 May 2025, this translates to a high distribution yield of 7.6%

While LREIT is not affiliated with Temasek Holdings such as REITs from the Mapletree and Capitaland stable, it is nevertheless still an attractive retail REIT for further diversification. Its heartland retail mall of JEM and long tenancy of office block in JEM to the Ministry of National Development added further resiliency to its rental income base. I will scoop up more of LREIT if