Daily Briefing: Three industrial REITs investors should consider; M1's opportunities in the enterprise space

And here's how much the National Day Parade cost taxpayers.

From Shares Investment via Yahoo!: DBS Research analysts expect the Business Parks to be the only subsector in industrial REITs to perform fairly well. Given the limited opportunities available in Singapore, industrial REITs are following the strategies adopted by fellow SREITs in other sectors by expanding overseas. Australia is a popular destination for industrial REITs given their longer weighted average lease expiry (WALE). Here are three REITs DBS Research highlighted in their report that retail investors could consider. Read more here.

From the Motley Fool Singapore: M1 CFO Lee Kok Chew also spoke about opportunities in the enterprise space: “We are moving up the value chain with integrated solutions to better serve the corporate segment. This will include managed infrastructure services, cyber security, applications and business solutions as well as analytics. We have been piloting new digital solutions in readiness for smart nation initiatives. Our interactive info-display solution include panels that analyze detailed consumer profiles and demographics to profile customer life information. Read more here.

From DollarsAndSense.sg via Yahoo!: The annual National Day Parade (NDP) is the biggest event in Singapore’s calendar. Encompassing more than just a half-day event on August 9, the NDP experience for Singaporeans spans multiple weekends, with preview and National Education shows commencing as early as a month before August. On average, some 10,000 personnel from the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) and Home Team are involved in each NDP, with thousands more volunteers from the private sector, schools and other organisations. Together with the hundreds of thousands of spectators attending all of the NDP show sessions and watching on TV (and more recently, online), the NDP is truly a unique, shared Singaporean experience. Read more here.