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COVID-19 impacts are being felt across the REIT space. However, sectors will be impacted differently by both COVID-19 itself and the behaviors and measures that will be taken to address the outbreak. While at the time of this writing, REITs are likely oversold, pricing in the REIT market is diverging between property types, which could point to the future direction of private market values.
Download the Report Read MoreThe Ministry of Finance (MOF), the Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore (IRAS), and the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) today announced new measures to provide real estate investment trusts listed on the Singapore Exchange (S-REITs) with greater flexibility to manage their cash flows and raise funds amid a challenging operating environment due to COVID-19. These comprise an extension of the deadline for distribution of taxable income by MOF and IRAS, as well as a raising of the leverage limit and deferment of new regulatory requirements by MAS.
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Download the Report Read MoreThe impact of the pandemic has been pervasive with economic dislocations now reverberating across the world, hitting consumption, tourism, and supply chains. Financial market volatility has also increased with equity prices dragged lower through 2020. While REITs have not been spared in the current selloff, the recent price drops have upped the distribution yields of the region’s REITs, which rose to 4.4% in February, from 4.0% in January, according to the GPR/APREA Composite REIT Index. Yields for Singapore REITs rose 0.3 percentage points to 5.3% in the same period.
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SEBI rolled out REIT Regulations in September 2014 (“REIT Regulations”). Of the Grade A office space stock of over 500 msf in India, as per JLL Research, 294 mn sq. ft. of office space stock would be eligible for REIT in India. This would translate to potential investment of USD 35 bn.
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