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Here are the five worst-performing REITs of 2014
Here are the five worst-performing REITs of 2014
Hospitality and industrial trusts dominate the list.
Local firms unlikely to invest in R&D on back of bleak business outlook
Mergers and acquisitions are also off the list.
SREITs trail behind regional peers in terms of price performance in 2014
Can they catch up this year?
Local firms downbeat about profitability prospects in 2015
The main challenge is higher business costs.
Keppel REIT clinches full occupancy for nine out of 11 office towers
Media and telco tenants grab the spotlight.
Profit contractions crush hopes for transport sector in 1Q15
Water and air subsectors perform dismally.
COSCO issues profit warning, scraps loss-making Octobuoy project
It will be charged $90m for the discontinued unit.
When worse comes to worst: M1 and Starhub to suffer the most as interest rates normalise
And the trend of yield compression reverses.
Olam discards all shares in Australian wool business
It has sold all its interests to Quality Wool.
Chart of the Day: Business optimism tumbles to a one-year low in 1Q15
Amid fears of intensifying global headwinds and weaker regional demand.
Daily Briefing: MND upgrades nine private estates; Another Pinnacle@Duxton unit sold for $918,000
And pun-ny play on Singapore MRT station names becomes viral.
Daily Markets Briefing: STI down 0.2%
Expect another decline today.
Hail to the victor: DBS the runaway winner as interest rates rise
Thanks to its strong deposit franchise.
Risks intensify for debt-ridden Ezra on back of unabated oil price bloodbath
It has $645m worth of debt due this year.
Saved by penny stocks: Catalist listings boost extremely sluggish IPO market
Total IPO offer size was halved in 2014.
Why you should bet on dirt-cheap Singaporean small-caps
They have the lowest valuations across the ASEAN.
Highly-leveraged offshore players struggle as credit risks intensify
These firms need to service $2.7b worth of debt.
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