The SC in its revised REITS guidelines which came into effect yesterday, has just announce some of the following measures to enhance the attractiveness of Bursa Malaysia as a destination for REIT listings and promote a vibrant and competitive REIT industry domestically and regionally:

REIT would now be able to acquire property under construction or uncompleted […]

Singapore-based CapitaLand Ltd has submitted its application to list its RM2bil real estate investment trust (REIT) on Bursa Malaysia. It’s chief investment officer Kee Teck Koon only expects to obtain the approval by the fourth quarter of this year. Assets to be injected into the trust will include Gurney Plaza in Penang, Mines Shopping Fair […]

There have been much talks amongst Malaysian real estate investment trust (REIT) players pertaining to the possible relaxation by the Malaysian Government on REIT’s rules so as to boost the industry’s profile among foreign investors and accelerate its growth.
They viewed that the relaxation of certain REIT’s rules are crucial to the development of the Malaysian […]

UOA Asset Management Sdn Bhd, the manager of UOA Real Estate Investment Trust (UOA REIT), has received an offer from UOA Holdings Sdn Bhd for the sale of freehold land with a five-storey building with two mezzanine floors and three basement parking levels which is located along Jalan Pantai Jaya in front of Menara TM […]

Atrium REIT:-
Recently, Atrium REIT (real estate investment trusts) though among the smallest in terms of market capitalisation (RM130mil), has in the past several months been enjoying quite a bit of the limelight.
Comments from AmResearch:-

Atrium yield is comparable with the larger REITs and probably by virtue of its size and focus, it is probably also more […]

AmanahRaya real estate investment trust (AR-REIT) has become Malaysia’s second largest REIT after Starhill REIT in terms of asset size at about RM649mil, following the injection of five new properties.[ Starhill REIT has over Rm1bil of asset size in Malaysia.]According to the manager of AR-REIT, AmanahRaya-JMF Asset Management Sdn Bhd (AJMF) managing director Datuk Mohamed […]

Aseambankers Malaysia Bhd announced that:-

Axis REIT Managers Bhd’s proposed acquisition of a five-storey building for RM37mil will boost its asset size to RM618mil, bringing it closer to its target size of RM800mil by year’s end, This proposed buy represents its 16th property which is an office and factory in Petaling Jaya, from Wah Seong Industrial […]