Sizing up SC’s proposed changes to REIT rules

REAL estate investment trusts (REITs), as prospective property buyers, not only provide a new source of deals but is also an avenue for banks to cut property-related lending exposure as developers raise cash from property disposals to relieve their stretched balance sheets.

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Ekovest to keep EkoCheras Mall for planned REIT, says chairman

KUALA LUMPUR (July 19): Ekovest Bhd does not intend to sell its EkoCheras Mall as it plans to keep it for recurring income and to group it with other properties that provide recurring income, like the group’s RM4 billion River of Life project, to form a real estate investment trust (REIT), said its executive chairman Tan Sri Lim Kang Hoo (pictured).

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