Will the Lion roar this year?

Investors generally look to the Singapore market for dividend-yield plays and REIT offerings. - AFP

STOCKS listed in Singapore have long been among the most accessible to Malaysian investors. And yet for the longest time, they have only been attracting conservative investors looking for the twin effects of hedging their ringgit and earning a decent dividend yield.

That is probably why when it comes to Singapore stocks, it is their high dividend-yielding REITs which appear to be most compelling. In fact, the Singapore stock market is widely known to be a REIT market, being the largest one in the Asia-Pacific region, ex-Japan.