Farewell Croesus Retail Trust

Farewell Croesus Retail Trust

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Yet another of my stock bites the dust. Fourth delisting! Not so long after internalization of the manager, someone decides to buy over the whole thing. It was around 20% premium to NAV, which I thought to be quite reasonable, so I sold it immediately at offer price. I'm fine with forfeiting the dividends as time is money. I'm left with a grand total of 1 share from DRP. Don't worry guys, I'll vote no to help with the headcount condition (lol)



I actually wanted to put the proceeds into Dasin Retail Trust, another business trust holding retail assets. With the latest acquisition of Shiqi Metro Mall at a huge discount to market value, the pro-forma NAV blows up to around $1.48, giving us a PB ratio of about 0.54! Even without the income support, the yield might be worth it. Then I thought, the shares were too illiquid and I don't really know how Zhongshan will develop... I still don't understand why the sponsor sold the property at such a big discount? I'll bank on my domestic bias and buy Capitaland Mall Trust instead. I have been wanting to buy it for a while but it was always too pricey. Seldom buy REITs at price above book but I really like their properties...
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  1. redponza27 July 2017 at 10:06

    Hi, you said that "with the latest acquisition of Shiqi Metro Mall at a huge discount to market value, the NAV blows up to around $1.48".

    On the company's website, I only found the NAV to be $1.06?
    So how do you come to the figure of $1.48?
    Thanks.

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    1. owq11 August 2017 at 11:04

      Hi Redponza,

      That is the current NAV. The $1.48 figure is from the pro-forma NAV in one of their announcements related to the sales and purchase agreement of that mall: http://dasintrust.listedcompany.com/newsroom/20170616_231116_CEDU_QMWLH6UX983QQARH.1.pdf

      I'll amend the post to make it clearer.

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