OREANDA-NEWS. There are a total of 28 Real Estate Investment Trust (REITs) and six stapled trusts listed on the Singapore Exchange (SGX). A number of these trusts invest in property assets not just in Singapore, but also in Japan, Mainland China, Indonesia, Malaysia, Australia and Europe. 

REITs with Mainland China Exposure

Mainland China is one of the countries that the highest number of Singapore REITs operate in. Of the 34 trusts, nine have exposure to Mainland China. These REITs come from a range of GICS-categorised sectors – three are from Industrial REITs, two from Retail REITs, one from Diversified REITs, one from Hotel & Resort REITs, another from Residential REITs and the final from Office REITs.

Together, these nine REITs have a total market capitalisation of S\$19.2 billion. They generated an average 2015 year-to-date total return of 6.2%, bringing their six-month and one-year total returns to 6.7% and 12.5% respectively.

In terms of the total return in the year thus far, the five best performers were Mapletree Greater China Commercial Trust (+11.4%), Starhill Global REIT(+10.8%), CapitaLand Retail China Trust (+9.6%), OUE Commercial Real Estate Investment Trust (+5.5%), and Ascendas Real Estate Investment Trust (+4.6%).

The table below details the nine REITs sorted by market capitalisation.

Company Name SGX Code Mkt. Capt S\$M % Price Change YTD % Change – Div. Adj. YTD % Change – Div. Adj.[6 Months] % Change – Div. Adj. [1 Year] % of Revenue [China] Primary Industry
Ascendas Real Estate Investment Trust A17U 5,823 1.7 4.6 9.2 8.5 3.5 Industrial REITs
Mapletree Logistics Trust M44U 2,932 0.0 3.0 3.4 10.0 6.3 Industrial REITs
Mapletree Greater China Commercial Trust RW0U 2,789 7.9 11.4 12.0 27.2 26.6 Diversified REITs
Ascott Residence Trust A68U 1,956 0.0 3.3 5.4 12.9 15.6 Residential REITs
Starhill Global REIT P40U 1,852 7.5 10.8 9.4 12.1 5.2 Retail REITs
CapitaLand Retail China Trust AU8U 1,444 6.5 9.6 11.3 24.6 100.0 Retail REITs
Cache Logistics Trust K2LU 908 0.0 3.7 2.8 5.2 - Industrial REITs
Ascendas Hospitality Trust Q1P 786 3.7 3.7 1.4 1.4 9.4 Hotel and Resort REITs
OUE Commercial Real Estate Investment Trust TS0U 717 1.9 5.5 5.5 10.7 32.1 Office REITs
      3.2 6.2 6.7 12.5