Asia Pacific REITs Rise 6.3% In A Turnaround Rally
The Industrial and Healthcare sectors posted the strongest recovery during the month
By Jeroen Vreeker, Managing Director at Global Property Research
August 3, 2022 -Asia Pacific REITs rebounded in July 2022 (6.3%) following steep losses in the last three months – April (-4.8%), May (-1.6%) and June (-8.0%).
The best performing countries – as represented in the GPR/APREA Composite REIT Index – were Australia (12.6%), Japan (4.8%) and Singapore (3.6%); both China (-2.9%) and Thailand (-5.7%) lost. There was outperformance for the GPR/APREA Composite REIT Index versus regional equities that only managed to take back 1.8% of lost territory in July 2022.
The table below shows the total return performances realized in the previous month for the various currencies available for the GPR/APREA Composite REIT Index.
EUR | JPY | LOC | USD | |
GPR/APREA Composite REIT Index | 9.0% | 4.5% | 5.1% | 6.3% |
Looking at sector performances, the recovery was most pronounced in Industrial (8.5%) and Healthcare (7.3%). The hotel sector, meanwhile, posted the softest recovery during the period:
DIV | HCR | HOT | IND | OFF | OTH | RES | RET | |
GPR/APREA Composite REIT Index | 5.3% | 7.3% | 2.0% | 8.5% | 4.2% | n/a | 6.2% | 5.9% |
The best-performing REITs were HealthCo Healthcare and Wellness REIT (AUS: 22.0%), Newmark Property REIT (AUS; 20.3%), Ingenia Communities Group (AUS; 15.4%), Goodman Group (AUS; 14.9%) and National Storage REIT (AUS; 14.4%).
The worst performances came from Hui Xian REIT (CHN; -19.6%), Australian Unity Office Fund (AUS; -15.4%), IMPACT Growth REIT (THA; -10.4%), ESR Kendall Square REIT (KOR; -7.5%), and LOTTE REIT (KOR; -7.4%).