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Fast facts about REIT

A Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) is a corporation that: • is listed on a public stock exchange with at least 33 percent of its outstanding shares owned by the investing public; • must invest 75 percent of its total assets in income-generating real property; • must distribute 90 percent of its unretained earnings to its shareholders; and • must have a minimum pa...

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PSE: Property firms eager to list REITs

A NUMBER of listed property companies were very enthusiastic with the landmark signing of the Regulations that form part of the framework of the Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) Act of 2009. The Implementing Rules and Regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the Revenue Regulation of the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) and Listing Rules of the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE...

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