Ascendas India Trust expects 'adverse impact' on business with India's extended lockdown

  • 📰 BusinessTimes
  • ⏱ Reading Time:
  • 48 sec. here
  • 2 min. at publisher
  • 📊 Quality Score:
  • News: 22%
  • Publisher: 51%

Singapore Headlines News

Singapore Latest News,Singapore Headlines

THE trustee manager of Ascendas India Trust (a-iTrust) announced on Monday that it expects “adverse impact” on its business, with the extension of India's lockdown till May 3. The country started its lockdown on March 25; it was to have ended on April 14. Read more at The Business Times.

THE trustee manager of Ascendas India Trust announced on Monday that it expects “adverse impact” on its business, with the extension of India's lockdown till May 3. The country started its lockdown on March 25; it was to have ended on April 14.

There is insufficient information available at this juncture to allow for the assessment and disclosure of the financial impact of Covid19 with certainty, said the trustee manager. “The weak economic conditions brought about by Covid-19 could reduce demand for office space, resulting in lower occupancies, softening of rents and potentially higher bad-debt provisions,” it said in a statement. “A drop in interest income from forward purchases may be possible.”

The impact on its retail tenants at Park Square Mall in Bangalore will be high due to the closure of the mall since March 14, said the trustee manager. Retail comprised 1.4 per cent of net property income in FY2019. With India’s country-wide lockdown, all a-iTrust’s staff and tenants are working from home except for those performing operation-critical roles. Its parks remain open for essential services to support a few tenants’ critical IT and ITES operations.

Source: News Formal (newsformal.com)

 

Thank you for your comment. Your comment will be published after being reviewed.
Please try again later.
We have summarized this news so that you can read it quickly. If you are interested in the news, you can read the full text here. Read more:

 /  🏆 15. in SG

Singapore Latest News, Singapore Headlines

Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.

Exclusive: India plans to fast track Chinese investments after policy change - sourcesNEW DELHI: India plans to fast track the review of some investment proposals from neigbouring countries such as China following concerns new ...
Source: ChannelNewsAsia - 🏆 6. / 66 Read more »

India plans to fast track Chinese investments after policy change: SourcesNEW DELHI (REUTERS) - India plans to fast track the review of some investment proposals from neighbouring countries such as China following concerns that new screening rules could hit plans of companies and investors, three sources told Reuters on Saturday (April 25).. Read more at straitstimes.com. Awesome 👏
Source: The Straits Times - 🏆 8. / 63 Read more »

India plans to fast track Chinese investments after policy change: SourcesIndia plans to fast track the review of some investment proposals from neighbouring countries such as China following concerns new screening rules ... ?
Source: ChannelNewsAsia - 🏆 6. / 66 Read more »

India and Pakistan ease coronavirus restrictions for some small businessesIndia allowed shops in residential areas to reopen from Saturday, more than a month after the country went into lockdown to curb the spread of the ...
Source: ChannelNewsAsia - 🏆 6. / 66 Read more »

Coronavirus: Hong Kong plans ‘phased approach’ in flying thousands of residents back from India, PakistanThe Hong Kong government has said it plans to fly home thousands of residents stranded in India and Pakistan by the Covid-19 crisis in the coming weeks, as it was also revealed it had received 6,100 requests for assistance in 73 countries and regions, the vast majority of which are from the two South
Source: YahooSG - 🏆 3. / 71 Read more »

Coronavirus: India's Muslims turn to prayer and online celebrations to mark Ramadan under lockdownNEW DELHI - Ms Saba Altaf Shaikh usually prepares for Ramadan by planning special meals for her husband and two children.. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Source: The Straits Times - 🏆 8. / 63 Read more »