Reit mergers bring scale and headaches to Singapore

Real estate investment trusts are the mainstay of Singapore listings, a rare example of liquidity and foreign interest in an otherwise dull local bourse. Two contrasting mergers tell intriguing stories about where the Reit market goes from here.

Two real estate investment trust (Reit) mergers tell quite contrasting stories in a vitally important sector for Singapore.

One is a combination of two leading trusts in the CapitaLand stable: CapitaLand Mall Trust (CMT) and CapitaLand Commercial Trust (CCT), which began trading in its new merged form on the Singapore Exchange on November 3.

This amalgamation is an advancement of a long-standing trend: Reits coming together to gain scale, attract institutional investment in liquidity, lower their cost of funds and get bigger.

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