acquisitions

(Aug 2): Investors in Singapore’s much-loved real estate investment trusts (REITS) may soon have another reason to cheer, as the central bank considers looser debt rules that could spur more acquisitions by property managers.

SINGAPORE (May 31): HC Surgical Specialists, the Catalist-listed medical services provider, is acquiring a 25% stake in Medistar Services for $480,000 from three general practitioners (GPs), namely: Tan Hooi Wa, Roger Pang Heng Mun and Wong Yik Mun.

SINGAPORE (April 29): Manulife US REIT has agreed to acquire a freehold 11-storey Class ‘A’ office asset at the Washington Metropolitan area in Fairfax, Virginia, for a consideration of US$122 million ($166.1 million) from Carr Properties.

SINGAPORE (April 29): Keppel Capital Holdings, the asset management arm of Keppel Corporation Limited, says its Alpha Asia Macro Trends Fund III (AAMTF III) is acquiring 100% stakes in three Grade ‘A’ freehold commercial buildings in Seoul, Korea, for

SINGAPORE (April 22): Global Invacom, has cancelled its proposed US$200 million ($280 million) acquisition of Tactilis due to “difficulties in fulfilling all of the conditions precedent” in the sale purchase agreement (SPA) it signed with the vendor l

SINGAPORE (April 13): United Industrial Corporation (UIC), a subsidiary of UOL Group, is acquiring a further 24.27% stake in its 53.07%-owned indirect subsidiary Marina Centre Private Holdings (MCH) for $485.3 million to be paid in cash.

SINGAPORE (April 8): Singapore Myanmar Invesco’s (SMI) intended sale of its telecommunication infrastructure subsidiary, TPR Myanmar, to Tiger Infrastructure for US$10.8 million ($14.4 million) has fallen through after the latter failed to fulfil terms

SINGAPORE (April 8): Grab Holdings is expecting to rake in further US$2 billion ($2.71 billion) in funding to bring its total capital raised this year to US$6.5 billion, following its Series H round which saw SoftBank and other key strategic investors inv

SINGAPORE (Apr 8): MindChamps Preschool Limited is acquiring eight more early learning centres in Sydney, Australia, for a total of A$40.84 million ($39.3 million) from Malek Family Pte Ltd and Malek Group Investments Pty Ltd.

SINGAPORE (Mar 22): MindChamps PreSchool’s Singapore subsidiary is fully acquiring MindChamps PreSchool @ Punggol Northshore from the centre’s owner, known as Chen Han, for a total consideration of $3.79 million.