The recent continuous drop of the Katrina Group from its high since its listing a year ago has alerted me so I went to do a bit of due diligence looking for potential entry opportunity. The volume for this company is usually low, so it was difficult for me to load up a sizeable position…
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Guest Post by CK – Insight Into The Real Estate Industry
I have the privilege of recently exchanging views with CK, who is currently a financial controller at a real estate company. He has relevant real estate experience gained from his previous background as a senior manager at one of the big 4 accounting firm which I’m sure we can learn something from. I’m not going…
Recent Action – CDL Hospitality Trust
This is a continued trilogy event for CDL Hospitality Trust which I have previously wrote here and here. Today, I managed to divest the majority of my mother share for 50,000 shares at $1.62 in the open market. This is after the shares have went ex-rights on Monday, so I am pretty surprised at their strong performance in…
Investor Exchange 2017 – Your Firepower Guide To Investing
BIGScribe will be hosting their biggest event this year by partnering up with 7 well known and proven capable speakers at the Investors Exchange 2017. This event will be huge because it is a big crowd and there are various topics which will be covered by each individual, so it isn’t like we are only…
The Delusional Positioning of A Bubble Forming
A bubble formation is technically speaking a concept in the market where more and more people are entering and participating in a phenomenon that gets bigger. It started all the way from the first few batches that enter into the phenomenon and made extraordinary gains from sitting in a pot of gold, then made into…
Netlink NBN Trust IPO – The Fibre of Smart Nation
Singtel has filed a preliminary prospectus to list one of its associates, Netlink NBN Trust to list on the Singapore Exchange. They were given a deadline by the IMDA to spin off their infrastructure division but still held 24.99% unitholding of the Trust after the offering. There is a book-building process which will determine the…
My Drawdown Decumulation Plan in Early Retirement
We’ve been talking a lot in our community on the accumulation phase throughout our working life, either by choosing the right investment product or getting the right insurance protection but there is hardly a discussion on the decumulation phase. The two are linked because our life is finite in nature, thus there is a need…
How To Play The CDL Hospitality Trust (CDLHT) Rights Issuance
After my post yesterday on CDLHT issuance of the rights and acquisitions, this post is about the few choices you can do to play around exercising the rights or if you dont intend to. My last participation was for sabana reits which happens not too long ago. In that event, I managed to buy the…
CDLHT Announces Acquisitions (Pullman Hotel Germany) & Launch of Renouncable Rights Issue
CDL Hospitality Trusts is currently my top position in the portfolio so I am inclined to write about the news they have announced today. The Trust announces two big news – the first being the acquisition of the Pullman Hotel in Germany, which amounted to about S$160m and will be fully funded by debt facility….
The Different Structure & Dividend Distribution Type From Reits
I received one or two queries on this recently so I thought it’s good to make this as sticky post for future reference. Real Estate Investment Trust (Reits) is not technically structured as a pure company that owns businesses or assets. They are being structured as an investment holding entity which requires a Trust Deed…