Frasers Centrepoint Trust’s Q1 FY2022/23 Business Update

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Frasers Centrepoint Trust (SGX:J69U) is a pure-play Singapore REIT, where its portfolio comprises 9 retail malls (all located in heartland locations across the country), along with an office property.
Following the conclusion of REIT’s annual general meeting (AGM) last Tuesday (17 January) for the financial year ended 30 September 2022 (i.e. FY2021/22), it have made available its business update for the first quarter of the financial year 2022/23 ended 31 December 2022 shortly after market hours this evening (26 January 2023.)
As the REIT have switched to half-yearly reporting of its financial statements, for the current quarter under review, it only made available its portfolio occupancy and debt profile – both of which I will be looking at in this post, along with my thoughts.
Let’s begin:
Portfolio Occupancy Profile (Q4 FY2021/22 vs. Q1 FY2022/23)
When it comes to reviewing a REIT’s portfolio occupancy, I always review the statistics reported for the quarter under review against that reported in the previous quarter 3 months ago.
Hence, in this section, you’ll find my review of Frasers Centrepoint Trust’s portfolio occupancy profile for Q1 FY2022/23 ended 31 December 2022, compared against the previous quarter ended 30 September 2022 (i.e. Q4 FY2021/22) to find out if it has continued to remain strong:
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