The new real estate investment trusts in Malaysia : lessons from listed property trusts

Institutional investors hold significant equity levels in overseas Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) and evidence reveals that their active participation brings tremendous benefits to the REIT markets. In Malaysia however, the level of institutional investment have historically been rather poor...

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Main Authors: Lee, Yim Mei Janice, Mohd. Ali, Hishamuddin, Lee, Chyi Lin
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author Lee, Yim Mei Janice
Mohd. Ali, Hishamuddin
Lee, Chyi Lin
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Mohd. Ali, Hishamuddin
Lee, Chyi Lin
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description Institutional investors hold significant equity levels in overseas Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) and evidence reveals that their active participation brings tremendous benefits to the REIT markets. In Malaysia however, the level of institutional investment have historically been rather poor since the establishment of the first Listed Property Trust (LPTs) in 1989. Nowadays, interests in REITs are renewed in Malaysia due to encouraging government incentives and the revised regulations in Securities Commission Guidelines 2005. Axis REIT is listed and a number of REITs are planned for listing by corporations with large property portfolios in the near future. As the investment market welcomes exciting new opportunities, it is timely to consider the needs of institutional investors in Malaysia on the new REITs. This paper examines the reasons of lukewarm response from institutional investors in LPTs and their desirable investment conditions for participating in the new REITs. Finally, the intended actions from corporations planning to list REITs are obtained in response to the institutional investors’ needs. The findings from the paper depicts that the thin trading volume of LPTs, small market size of LPT market and slow capital appreciation are the main reasons deterring institutional involvement in LPTs market.
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spelling my.utm.eprints-11662017-08-30T04:29:29Z http://eprints.utm.my/1166/ The new real estate investment trusts in Malaysia : lessons from listed property trusts Lee, Yim Mei Janice Mohd. Ali, Hishamuddin Lee, Chyi Lin H Social Sciences (General) Institutional investors hold significant equity levels in overseas Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) and evidence reveals that their active participation brings tremendous benefits to the REIT markets. In Malaysia however, the level of institutional investment have historically been rather poor since the establishment of the first Listed Property Trust (LPTs) in 1989. Nowadays, interests in REITs are renewed in Malaysia due to encouraging government incentives and the revised regulations in Securities Commission Guidelines 2005. Axis REIT is listed and a number of REITs are planned for listing by corporations with large property portfolios in the near future. As the investment market welcomes exciting new opportunities, it is timely to consider the needs of institutional investors in Malaysia on the new REITs. This paper examines the reasons of lukewarm response from institutional investors in LPTs and their desirable investment conditions for participating in the new REITs. Finally, the intended actions from corporations planning to list REITs are obtained in response to the institutional investors’ needs. The findings from the paper depicts that the thin trading volume of LPTs, small market size of LPT market and slow capital appreciation are the main reasons deterring institutional involvement in LPTs market. 2005 Conference or Workshop Item NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.utm.my/1166/1/Janice.pdf Lee, Yim Mei Janice and Mohd. Ali, Hishamuddin and Lee, Chyi Lin (2005) The new real estate investment trusts in Malaysia : lessons from listed property trusts. In: First Real Estate Educators and Researchers Malaysia (REER) Seminar, 27-28 September 2005 , UTM City Campus, Kuala Lumpur . (Unpublished)
spellingShingle H Social Sciences (General)
Lee, Yim Mei Janice
Mohd. Ali, Hishamuddin
Lee, Chyi Lin
The new real estate investment trusts in Malaysia : lessons from listed property trusts
title The new real estate investment trusts in Malaysia : lessons from listed property trusts
title_full The new real estate investment trusts in Malaysia : lessons from listed property trusts
title_fullStr The new real estate investment trusts in Malaysia : lessons from listed property trusts
title_full_unstemmed The new real estate investment trusts in Malaysia : lessons from listed property trusts
title_short The new real estate investment trusts in Malaysia : lessons from listed property trusts
title_sort new real estate investment trusts in malaysia : lessons from listed property trusts
topic H Social Sciences (General)
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