Viva Industrial Trust

SINGAPORE (Jan 18): The manager of ESR-REIT posted a 4Q18 distribution per unit (DPU) of 1.005 cents, 8.2% higher than the 0.929 cents declared from a year ago.

SINGAPORE (June 4): CIMB is maintaining its “add” call on ESR-REIT (EREIT) with a higher target price of 62 cents.

SINGAPORE (May 24): OCBC Investment Research is maintaining its “neutral” call on Singapore industrial REITs with the recommendation to switch holdings to Viva Industrial Trust (VIT) from Cache Logistics Trust (CLT).

SINGAPORE (May 18): ESR-REIT will buy rival Viva Industrial Trust in a proposed deal valued at $936.7 million, marking the first consolidation among Singapore's crowded mid-cap real estate investment trusts.

SINGAPORE (Apr 24): CIMB is reiterating its “add” call on ESR-REIT while lowering its target price on the trust to 60 cents from 64 cents previously after cutting FY18F-20F DPU estimates by 8-9.7%.

SINGAPORE (Jan 26): ESR-REIT, which is backed by Warburg Pincus's Asian logistics venture, is in talks to merge with Viva Industrial Trust to expand its portfolio of Singapore warehouses and business parks, people with knowledge of the matter said. 

SINGAPORE (Nov 21): Viva Industrial Trust (VIT) is due to be included in the MSCI Singapore Small Cap Index as of the close of Nov 30.

SINGAPORE (Oct 10): RHB is maintaining its “buy” call on Viva Industrial Trust with a target price of 97 cents following the trust’s decision to decline an offer to acquire a property from Ho Lee Group (HLG).

SINGAPORE (Sept 20): Singapore’s 31 real estate investment trusts (REITs) and six stapled trusts have averaged a total return of 18.6% in the year to date, according to Singapore Exchange (SGX).

SINGAPORE (Aug 21): Viva Industrial Trust has been one of the top outperformers in the S-REIT universe, gaining about 22% year to date.