Frasers Logistics and Industrial Trust

Another REIT is going IPO, this times, it's an Australian pure-play REIT with logistics and industrial properties, Frasers Logistics and Industrial Trust. With the Australian dollar at a fairly favourable exchange rate to the Sing dollar now, or at least compared to the past, it might be a good chance to invest in Australian assets.

REITs

I realised that I hardly touch on REITs in my blog posts, so thought I should share some quick thoughts on them as well as acting as an update on an earlier post that I did on REITs. I still don't think that REITs make good investments at their current prices, but I may reconsider this in the near future as market conditions changes.

Thoughts on Investing in REITs

Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) seem popular among investors as they generally have high dividend yields and sell at a discount to the book value. They also pay out quarterly dividends, which is especially good for dividend investors who can quickly reinvest the dividends and compound their returns at a more frequent rate. I have not really covered REITs in my blog post so to start I'll just post some of my thoughts on investing REITs, then (maybe) I'll cover some of the REITs, but I've personally not invested in them before.

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