26/07/2020
First REIT in the Philippines is now on IPO. Grab this opportunity.
The Philippines' first REIT, Ayala Land REIT (AREIT), will be listed through an Initial Public Offering (IPO) with an offer period starting next week, from July 27 up to July 31, 2020.
With this, we'd like to share with you some materials and information on REITs, to help you understand this new investment product.
What are REITs?
REIT stands for Real Estate Investment Trust. A REIT is a company that owns and operates income-generating properties like condos, offices, hospitals, hotels, and warehouses.
How do you earn from them?
When you buy REIT shares, you earn from them in two ways:
Through regular cash dividends, since 90% of the REIT's earnings are required to be given to their investors or shareholders
Through price appreciation, since the price of the REIT shares can also go up as the REIT company grows
To read our full REIT guide,
download our ebook here
Why should I consider buying REIT shares?
You should consider investing in REITs if you want an investment product that has regular dividends and with share price upside. (Share price upside or price appreciation means that the price of the shares you buy can increase over time as the REIT company earns and grows.)
Basically, you get the benefits of being a property owner with regular rental income, all without having to pay a large amount of money to purchase property and without having to operate and maintain the property.
How do I invest in a REIT?
There are two ways to buy REIT shares:
1) You can first invest in a REIT by subscribing to its Initial Public Offering (IPO).
You can subscribe to an IPO either through COL or through PSE EASy, the online IPO subscription platform of the Philippine Stock Exchange.
2) After the IPO, the REIT shares become listed and available on the Philippine Stock Exchange, which means you can now buy and sell them using your COL account.
What you can do next
To help you decide whether or not you should invest in the Ayala Land REIT (AREIT), we will be publishing our report on AREIT on July 27 (Monday), which you can then access by logging in to your COL account and going to the Research tab
If you want to subscribe to the AREIT IPO next week, you can do this either through your COL account or by creating a PSE EASY account
You can also watch our short videos on REITs to better understand their risks and benefits and how REITs can fit into your portfolio.
If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to reach us by email at [email protected], or through private message or chat at facebook.
Thank you!
Cornelil A. Estillore
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