Astrea V Debrief: Do I regret buying these bonds?

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For those who missed it, the balloting results for Astrea V were out on Wednesday, and the bonds started trading on the SGX on...

Astrea V Balloting and Allocation Results

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So the Astrea V balloting results are out and they're pretty interesting. This is Astrea V: The Issuer received nearly S$820 million in valid applications as...

Review of Astrea V 3.85% Class A-1 Secured Bonds: Worse than Astrea IV?

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Update: Balloting Results are out! Check out the post here for the full results. I loved Astrea IV. I loved it so much that when...

Are Singapore REITs Overvalued right now?

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So remember how I wrote an article last week saying that Singapore REITs are pretty overvalued right now? Well, since then, REITs have absolutely...

Eagle Hospitality Trust: Balloting Results and IPO Price Drop – What went wrong?

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Okay, so I was planning to write another article today. Then I heard about the absolute disaster that was Eagle Hospitality Trust’s IPO, and...

Launch of Astrea V Secured Fixed Rate Bonds

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Update (11 June 2019): The preliminary pricing for Astrea V is out. At 3.85%, it's lower than last year's 4.35%, which I suppose is...

Eagle Hospitality Trust Review: Better than ARA US Hospitality Trust?

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To be honest, I actually wasn’t planning to do a review on Eagle Hospitality Trust. But then I realised it was a long weekend,...

ARA US Hospitality Trust Review: Why I’m skipping this REIT

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It’s been a while since we had a SGX mainboard IPO, so boy, does it feel good to go through the ARA US...

Hyflux – Temasek, Parliament, and Retail Investors

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I’ve been following the Hyflux saga on and off since my original article a while back, but this last weekend, things really started exploding...

SIA Retail Bonds Balloting Results – And some quick thoughts

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For those who missed it, the balloting results for the SIA 3.03% 5 year retail bonds are out. As expected, the offering was upsized from...

SIA 5 year 3.03% Retail Bonds – The best thing since sliced bread?

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I’m sure most of you guys have heard of the Singapore Airlines (SIA) Retail Bonds by now. It’s a 5 year bond yielding 3.03%...

Hyflux’s new restructuring deal: Should investors accept it?

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I’ve been following the recent Hyflux saga with much interest. The fall from grace of one of Singapore’s homegrown companies, and the entire restructuring...

Hyflux: What went wrong and what can investors do?

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Unless you’ve been living under a rock the past few months, you’ve probably heard about the Hyflux saga. With stories about how retirees placed...

Time to sell Mapletree Commercial Trust and all your REITs after the recent runup?

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Okay, clickbaity title aside, this was a real problem that I encountered in January 2019. One of the main trends I highlighted in the...

Keppel KBS US REIT: Why I loaded up on this 10.1% yielding REIT

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In the spirit of full disclosure, please note that I hold an existing stake in Keppel KBS US REIT. As background, when the unit...