New Zealand Professional Investment Services Firm, Forsyth Barr

Forsyth Barr

New Zealand Professional Investment Services Firm

We are proud to be a New Zealand owned firm, with 21 offices throughout the country and over 300 employees. We assist personal, institutional and corporate clients providing a full range of investment services.

Forsyth Barr is a foundation New Zealand Exchange firm (NZX) and accredited market participant. We have been confirmed by the Financial Markets Authority as a Qualifying Financial Entity (QFE).

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Goodman Property Trust / Equity Bottom-Up

<ul><li>Goodman (GMT) reported a tidy 1H24 result with cash earnings +7% on the prior period and slightly ahead of our expectations.</li><li>FY24 guidance was unchanged which suggests a flat 2H24, likely reflecting rental growth is currently being offset by higher interest costs.</li><li>We forecast these themes will continue into FY25 as hedging rolls off, but with the added headwind of higher tax payable as depreciation deductions are removed. </li></ul>

Goodman (GMT) reported a tidy 1H24 result with cash earnings +7% on the prior period and slightly ahead of our expectations.FY24 guidance was unchanged which suggests a flat 2H24, likely reflecting rental growth is currently being offset by higher interest costs.We forecast these themes will continue into FY25 as hedging rolls off, but with the added headwind of higher tax payable as depreciation deductions are removed. 

Goodman Property Trust - Tidy 1H24 Result but Valuation Still Full

Thematic (Sector/Industry)

<ul><li>It has been a bleak couple of months for the listed property sector.</li><li>The one-two punch of the proposed tax changes and higher for longer interest rates has seen the sector sell off -14% over the last three months.</li><li>This was the fourth largest three month correction since 1996, behind only the Asian debt crisis, the rapid rate hiking cycle in June last year, and the start of the COVID pandemic. </li></ul>

It has been a bleak couple of months for the listed property sector.The one-two punch of the proposed tax changes and higher for longer interest rates has seen the sector sell off -14% over the last three months.This was the fourth largest three month correction since 1996, behind only the Asian debt crisis, the rapid rate hiking cycle in June last year, and the start of the COVID pandemic. 

Real Estate Reflections - The Storm Before the Storm

<ul><li>It hasn't been a great couple of months for the property sector. After being hit with political promises of higher taxes in August, rising interest rates saw the sector sell off in September.</li><li>With the NZ 10 year Government bond yield now c.5.5%, sector valuation metrics, which already looked full versus history, have come sharply back into focus.</li><li>Persistently high interest rates remain a headwind for the sector, particularly given higher taxes and interest costs are likely to see dividends cut (we forecast -3% on average by FY26). </li></ul>

It hasn't been a great couple of months for the property sector. After being hit with political promises of higher taxes in August, rising interest rates saw the sector sell off in September.With the NZ 10 year Government bond yield now c.5.5%, sector valuation metrics, which already looked full versus history, have come sharply back into focus.Persistently high interest rates remain a headwind for the sector, particularly given higher taxes and interest costs are likely to see dividends cut (we forecast -3% on average by FY26). 

Real Estate Reflections - Here We Go Again?

<ul><li>After seven months of outperforming the broader NZ market, the listed property sector experienced a sharp correction in August.</li><li>This was driven by both National and Labour proposing to remove structure depreciation for commercial landlords to part fund their respective election promises.</li><li>Given the depreciations changes are proposed by both major political parties, we have lowered our forecasts to reflect the high likelihood that the sector will be paying more tax from 1 April 2024. </li></ul>

After seven months of outperforming the broader NZ market, the listed property sector experienced a sharp correction in August.This was driven by both National and Labour proposing to remove structure depreciation for commercial landlords to part fund their respective election promises.Given the depreciations changes are proposed by both major political parties, we have lowered our forecasts to reflect the high likelihood that the sector will be paying more tax from 1 April 2024. 

Real Estate Reflections - Tax Man Coming for Commercial

<ul><li>Strong month for the property sector: The NZ LPV sector had a strong June, rising +3.7% and outperforming the NZX 50 which was up +0.8%. </li><li>A flurry of annual shareholder meetings: There were a number of annual shareholder meetings in June where FY24 distribution guidance was reiterated.</li><li>Mixed valuation signals: The property sector continues to look attractive relative to other yield stocks but fully priced vs. bond yields.</li></ul>

Strong month for the property sector: The NZ LPV sector had a strong June, rising +3.7% and outperforming the NZX 50 which was up +0.8%. A flurry of annual shareholder meetings: There were a number of annual shareholder meetings in June where FY24 distribution guidance was reiterated.Mixed valuation signals: The property sector continues to look attractive relative to other yield stocks but fully priced vs. bond yields.

Real Estate Reflections: Property Jumps Ahead of the Pack

New Zealand

Precinct Properties New Zealand Ltd. invests in manages and leases commercial office properties. The Company invests in properties in Auckland and Wellington.

Vital Healthcare Property Trust is a property trust that invests in and manages healthcare facilities in New Zealand and Australia.

Kiwi Property Group Ltd is a property trust that invests in, manages and develops a portfolio of diversified properties throughout New Zealand. The Trust's properties include office, retail and industrial properties.

Property for Industry Limited is a property company that invests in New Zealand industrial properties. The Company's property portfolio includes sites in Auckland, Hamilton, Tauranga, Wellington and Christchurch.

Argosy Property Limited invests in and manages retail, commercial and industrial properties in New Zealand.

Stride Stapled Group operates as a real estate investment company. The Company invests in a portfolio of places with enduring demand, as well as acquires retail properties. Stride Stapled conducts business in New Zealand.

Investore Property Limited operates as a real estate investment company. The Company invests in retail property assets. Investore Property also provides leasing services. Investore Property serves clients in New Zealand.

Asset Plus Limited carries on the business of a property company that invests in and manages commercial, industrial and retail properties. The Company's investment property portfolio consists of retail, commercial, and industrial properties located in New Zealand.

CDL Investments New Zealand Limited operates as a property investment and development company.  The Company, through its subsidiaries, provide land-based investment and development, management and the provision of property services. CDL Investments New Zealand serves clients in New Zealand.

Japan Prime Realty Investment Corporation is a real estate investment trust (REIT) which mainly invests in office buildings and commercial-use facilities nationwide.

Retail Opportunity Investments Corp. is a fully integrated and self-managed real estate investment trust ("REIT").  The Company specializes in the acquisition, ownership and management of necessity-based community, and neighborhood shopping centers in the western and eastern regions of the United States anchored by national and regional supermarkets and drugstores.

Retail Opportunity Investments Corp. (ROIC US)

Industrial & Infrastructure Fund Investment Corporation is a a real estate investment trust (REIT). The Company invests in real estate properties such as facilities for industry and infrastructure institution.

Industrial & Infrastructure Fund Investment (3249 JP)

Industrial & Infrastructure Fund Investment

Nippon Accommodations Fund Inc. is a real estate investment trust (REIT), which invests in income producing properties.  The Company invests in residential buildings.

SPH REIT is a Singapore-based REIT established principally to invest, directly or indirectly, in a portfolio of income-producing real estate which is used primarily for retail purposes in Asia-Pacific, as well as real estate-related assets.

Equity Commonwealth is a real estate investment trust, or REIT. The Company primarily owns office buildings located in Central Business District and suburban areas of major metropolitan markets in the United States, and has a large concentration of properties leased to the U.S. Government and medical related tenants. Equity CommonWealth also owns industrial lands in Hawaii.

Activia Properties, Inc. is a real estate investment trust (J-REIT). The company mainly invests in commercial and office buildings in the Tokyo metropolitan area.

DiamondRock Hospitality Company is a self-advised real estate investment trust. The Company owns, acquires, and invests in upper scale and upscale hotel properties located in North America.  DiamondRock also invests in premium limited-service and extended-stay hotel properties in urban locations.

Sunstone Hotel Investors, Inc. is a hospitality and lodging real estate investment trust that owns primarily upper scale and upscale hotels in the United States. The Company's hotels are operated under various branded names.

Empire State Realty Trust Inc. is a real estate investment trust. The trust owns, manages, operates, acquires and repositions office and retail properties in Manhattan and the greater New York metropolitan area.

Goodman Property Trust is a property trust that invests in, manages and develope portfolio of diversified property assets in Auckland. The Trust's portfolio comprises of office, industrial and retail properties.

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Goodman Property Trust (GMT NZ)

Goodman Property Trust - Tidy 1H24 Result but Valuation Still Full

Goodman (GMT) reported a tidy 1H24 result with cash earnings +7% on the prior period and slightly ahead of our expectations.

Forsyth Barr

Real Estate Reflections - The Storm Before the Storm

The one-two punch of the proposed tax changes and higher for longer interest rates has seen the sector sell off -14% over the last three months.

Forsyth Barr

Real Estate Reflections - Here We Go Again?

It hasn't been a great couple of months for the property sector. After being hit with political promises of higher taxes in August, rising interest...

Forsyth Barr

Real Estate Reflections - Tax Man Coming for Commercial

After seven months of outperforming the broader NZ market, the listed property sector experienced a sharp correction in August.

Forsyth Barr

Real Estate Reflections: Property Jumps Ahead of the Pack

June was a strong month for the property sector despite a slight lift in long bond yields - NZ-listed property vehicles (LPVs) have now...

Forsyth Barr

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