REIT Yields

CapitMalls Asia is offering $200 million worth of bonds comprising one and three year notes to retail investors.  The yield for the one year bond is 1% pa and for the three year bond is 2.15% pa.  This is better than what you can get from fixed deposits.     If you have a bigger risk appetite, you can consider buying the REITS instead.  The yields from Singapore are generally higher than 4% based on the price as at Jan 6 2011.

Counter	Price as at Jan 6	Current Yield (%)	Forecast Yield (%)
AIMPS AMP Capital Industrial REIT	0.225	9.6	9.24
Ascendas REIT	2.17	6.36	6.54
Ascendas India Trust	0.925	7.24	8
Ascott Residence Trust	1.26	5.83	6.14
Cache Logistics Trust	0.965	7.88	8.88
Cambridge Industrial Trust	0.545	8.99	8.99
CapitaCommercial Trust	1.53	5.03	4.84
CapitaMall Trust	1.98	4.9	5.2
CapitaRetail China Trust	1.25	6.6	6.8
CDL Hospitality Trusts	2.07	4.88	5.27
First REIT	0.74	10.38	NA
Frasers Centerpoint Trust	1.53	5.36	5.69
Frasers Commercial Trust	0.17	6.47	6.47
Fortune REIT (HK $)	3.96	6.09	6.62
India Bulls Property Investment Trust	0.27	8.52	8.52
K-REIT Asia	1.44	4.51	5.35
Lippo-Mapletree Indonesia Retail Trust	0.57	8.25	8.6
Mapletree Industrial Trust	1.07	6.36	7.38
Mapletree Logistics Trust	0.955	6.7	6.7
Parkway Life REIT	1.74	5	5.46
Sabana REIT	0.98	8.81	8.85
Saizen REIT	0.16	1.63	NA
Starhill Global REIT	0.61	6.23	6.56
Suntec REIT	1.43	6.85	6.22

(Extracted from TheEdgeSingapore January 10 2011)

Experts are generally bullish on REITS that invest in commercial properties, industrial properties and those that are focused in the hospitality sector.  So if your fixed deposit is maturing, you have more choices now to earn a higher return.