CLI’s listed funds are an integral part of CLI’s business model. They are CapitaLand Integrated Commercial Trust (CICT), CapitaLand Ascendas REIT (CLAR), CapitaLand Ascott Trust (CLAS), CapitaLand China Trust (CLCT), CapitaLand India Trust (CLINT) and CapitaLand Malaysia Trust (CLMT). These listed funds also showed a steady increase of 10% y-o-y in recurring REIT/asset management fees and property management fees.
As a real estate investment manager (REIM), CapitaLand Investment (CLI) derives its earnings from fee income-related business — also known as fee-related earnings (FRE) — and its rents and sales from its real estate investment business (REIB).
The fee income is mainly from its listed REITs, private funds and lodging management (LM) fees. The REIB comprises mainly CLI’s properties and the stakes in its REITs it holds on its balance sheet, including $10 billion of assets that the company had at the time of its listing in 2021 when CapitaLand split its business into development and real estate management.
