Wednesday, 28 June 2023

Family Portfolio Management Update-27 June 2023

I am currently also handling investments for my wifey and will be documenting this on my blog for ease of personal reference for this portfolio and also for general sharing purpose. 

Current passive income generated is around +S$20K per annum from this portfolio (please also refer to my other Investment Portfolios under management which is projected to yield +S$52K per annum)

1.Endowus Income Portfolio (Distribution yield projected: 5.5% to 6.5%)
My other half is finally more comfortable with the Endowus Income Portfolio seeing that the underlying funds do indeed pay out a monthly distribution (except for one which is on a quarterly basis). Took me additional efforts to explain that total return must include the interest/dividend cash distribution on top of residual fund value. Hence her short investment stint here is actually still net profitable as she was initially upset that the Endowus Income Portfolio value was a negative.

From the last update on 28 April 2023, additional funds of S$50K were injected (hence increase from S$12K to S$62K). 

2. Endowus Secured Cash and Endowus Enhanced Cash
The Endowus Cash Smart solution offers higher yields from net 3.7% to 4.9% relative to the low rates from saving accounts. But beware that these funds are NOT Capital Guaranteed albeit having a low risk profile. Have allocated around S$11k here as it is liquid and is not locked in like endowment insurance policy or fixed deposits. 

For those interested, please read more here.

Parting Thoughts
Going forward, will be using more of Endowus as my other half seems to prefer the broad base diversification of stocks and bonds being invested here. Personally, I think that the overall annual management fees charges of 1%-1.8% payable to the underlying Fund Managers and also Endowus is still too high for me relative to personal investment on stock exchanges. 

Monday, 26 June 2023

Endowus Cash Smart- Higher Yields From Net 3.7% to 4.9% Relative To Saving Accounts But Beware That Not Capital Guaranteed.

I was surprised to see that an investor had complained of losing money in the Endowus Cash Smart money funds- you can read more of it here. The unfortunate investor/author commented that: "My Cash Smart Ultra returns are currently down -2.4% on a time-weighted basis, after being invested for 1.5 years (and likely already collecting 3-4% in coupon interests). Not a big issue, considering how weak the equity market performed back in 2022, but this is a product meant to be 'safe'." Personally, I find it strange that some folks think that the Cash Smart portfolios are linked to equity market and also "Capital Guaranteed" in nature. 

1. Endowus Cash Smart Funds has nothing to do with "weak equity market"
First and foremost, cash smart has nothing to do with the equity market. It is a fixed income instrument that invests in fixed deposits, T-Bills, or other short term duration high quality bonds-there is nothing equity in nature with regard to fixed income instrument. In addition, fixed income instrument is not without its risk such as credit default risk or market interest risk that affects its fair market valuation.

2. Nowhere did Endowus put down any reference to being "Capital Guaranteed". 
Not sure what gives some investors the illusion that the Cash Smart funds are "capital guaranteed". It is clearly stated that there are risk associated in investing in the funds. Also, the author of the aforesaid article had invested in the highest risk "Ultra" return portfolio for this product. 

The Ultra portfolio is actually more suspectible to market interest rate as it has a longer term duration fixed income instrument relative to the the "Secured" and "Enhanced" Cash Smart portfolios. If the purpose is to keep excess funds liquid and available for immediate use, one should either place extra funds into Cash Smart Secured portfolio or at most the Cash Smart Enhanced portfolio. The "Ultra" portfolio is just too volatile based on the historical maximum loss of up to -5.07% at one particular point in the past as it involves longer term fixed income instruments.

(Note: Those interested can read more here with regard to the underlying funds making up the 3 different Cash Smart portfolios. Also theoretically speaking, even the most risky Ultra portfolio should be profitable if you hold it long enough unless the fund managers sold most of their bonds at a huge realised loss instead of waiting till maturity).

Parting thoughts
I actually do not like the Endowus Cash Smart portfolios or using Endowus to purchase funds. Neverthless, Robo-advisors such as Endowus does fulfill a very important role of allowing wide diversification of one's investment at a cheaper rate than the traditional trusts products sold by banks. In future posting, I will probably delve into the pros and cons I found in using Endowus relative to direct investing in the stock markets. 

Saturday, 24 June 2023

Stock Markets Down Again Due To Hawkish Stance of US Federal Reserve Chair- But What Does One Expect?

The US and Singapore Stock Exchanges went down again after Jerome Powell asserted that the rate hikes are not over yet. Powell said “inflation pressures continue to run high, and the process of getting inflation back down to 2% has a long way to go.” What else can Powell say in the circumstances as it is? If Powell were to state that rate hikes are over and markets get too excited, then inflation may spin out of control again. The only way out is to maintain the hawkish tone to keep everyone from partying. 

Global Uncertainty From Russian-Ukraine War.
The Russian Ukraine war took an interesting turn with a dramatic plot twist of a rebellion by Putin's closest ally- the Wagner millitant group. Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin claimed his forces were in control of military sites in Rostov that were used for staging Russian war efforts in Ukraine. Rostov also houses the command centre for the Russian joint group of forces in Ukraine as a whole and is therefore a critical logistical hub for the Russian army.

If Ukraine continued to counter attack and win more grounds by taking advantage of the current mutiny, there is always a probability that Putin may denotate a small nuclear device in order to cling to power. Putin cannot afford to lose the war- his political survival depends on it albeit the various miscalculation and screw ups made by him. Do not think that a mini scale nuclear attack is not possible- the mad man has blown up Ukrainian dam that unleashed great sufferings already.

Food price may also spiral out of control if Putin stop the Black Sea Grain Initiative even if there is no nuclear fiasco. 

Invest at Your Own Risk
I am glad that prices of stocks and REITs have come down again which allows one to continue to accumulate good blue chip stocks and REITs at a cheaper valuation despite various macro-economic threats such as inflation and war. Invest at your own risk.....who dares win!

Thursday, 22 June 2023

United Hampshire US REIT Disastrous Market Price Performance.

United Hampshire US REIT (“UHREIT”) past 3 years market price performance has been nothing short of a major disaster in the making. Its current market price of US$0.440 per unit as at 22 June 2023 represents a more than <-45%> price collapse from its IPO price of US$0.80 per unit during March 2020. Existing investors (like myself) who opt for the scrip dividends during the most recent 2022 half year distribution exercise at US$0.485 per unit have made a regretfully wrong decision on hindsight then and should just have bought from the open market in view of the ever worsening unit pricing. Based on StockCafe, UHREIT projected distribution yield is at an insanely high 13.3%

1. UHREIT Different From Other US REITs
While all US REITS listed on SGX seems to be doing badly in terms of market pricing performance, UHREIT is unique in that it is neither (i) facing secular demand headwinds like the US commercial office REITs with high vacancy rate due to "work from home" culture nor (ii) having exposure to major tenant default akin to US DigiCore REIT. While soaring financing cost due to the current elevated interest rate environment does weight on its financial performance, its unit price have been severely punished by the market albeit resilient operational performance for the past few quarters.

2.  Recent Major News On UHREIT
(a) There is no major bad news on UHREIT except for the recent news on 19 June 2023 that the manager of UHREIT had disposed of 405,200 units at US$0.43 per unit. On 8 June 2023, the REIT manager had also similarly disposed of 500,000 units at US$0.43 per unit to raise cash for its daily working capital needs as it had received its manager's base fee of 1.89million units at an issuance price of US$0.463 per unit. The sales no doubt may have lead to some downward pressure on recent UHREIT market pricing.

(b) The only possible "bad news" is that there is a change in its CEO, Mr Robert Schmitt (who is stepping down due to health reasons) and the CFO, Mr Gerard Yuen has taken over as the CEO effective from 1 May 2023. In terms of commercial knowledge of the US grocery anchored retail space and the relationship with its key business partner, the Hampshire group, there maybe some inadequacy. Saying that, Hampshire group is significantly vested in UHREIT and I believe that they will still be rendering their utmost support to the new CEO. 

(c) On the contrary, there is major good news from UHREIT released on 12 May 2023 that its Q1 2023 Gross Revenue and Net Property Income has increased +11.8% and +13.5% year on year respectively. Its committed tenant occupancy also remained high at 97%. I do not expect any major upset for Q2 2023 and as a matter of fact, I am actually expecting another strong finish for upcoming 2nd Quarter and the maintenance of the distribution to unit-holders for its performance for 1st half of 2023.

3. Revival in UHREIT Market Pricing Soon?
This is my own personal perception: If one looked back at the past few years, there seems to be a period of heighten interest and increase in trading volume in UHREIT whenever we are near the half yearly distribution payout period. There will most likely be a slight surge in its traded prices which maybe already happening. The poignant aspect is that this period of rising price is only short-lived and very soon, UHREIT price performance will slide into the doldrums again. The long term trend for UHREIT unfortunately has been a relentless downward spiral thus far and this is certainly not just the effect of an elevated interest rate environment. No one knows how long this trend will persist or whether it is a permanent expected premium demanded by the market. 

Parting Thoughts
Personally, as a dividend oriented investor, I would love to put in more funds into UHREIT as its result have been surprisingly resilient and consistent over the past few quarters. It also has a long WALE of 7.4 years and no major refinancing  exercise until November 2026. Nevertheless, UHREIT is already making up 10% of my overall investments in my combined portfolios and no one ever knows what "funny things" might go wrong. 

Folks, do share your thoughts on UHREIT and whether you held a contrarian more pessimistic view and will be paring down your stakes due to its "perpetual" underperformance in market pricing.

Wednesday, 21 June 2023

Give up on DBS DigiPortfolio- Lack of Transparency and Long Lead Time For Processing Transactions.

After 6 months of trying out the "Income" Portfolio of DBS digiPortfolio, I decided to give up on further investment into it and has also made a decision to close down my investment account with DBS Robo Adviser. I just do not like many aspects of their portfolio investment product and find an utter lack of transparency and also poor user intuitiveness in usage.      

1. Lack of Transparency and Poor User friendliness.
There is a serious lack of published materials with regard to how much expenses are incurred at the fund level albeit disclosure of DBS annual management fee. The DBS annual management fee is separate from the fund management fee charged by the underlying funds.

It is extremely tough trying to find any information on the actual funds that DBS invested into. 

In addition, DBS website has been silent on the trailer fees rebate by the underlying unit trusts for their digiPortfolio. Hence I have to presume that it does not give any rebate of trailer fees to investors unlike Endowus and Syfe.

The App itself also has certain period where one cannot withdraw funds. Not sure whether this function only works on web browser on laptop/PC. Saying that, recently, when I click that button on the mobile app, it finally allows for withdrawal. However, it has been one week and I have not seen a single cent being returned to my bank account after choosing to withdraw all my investments in it. Personally, I am very disappointed with  the  poorly developed user interface for DBS digiPortfolio as well as a lack of indication of the lead time for processing requests.

2. High Annual Management Fees Relative to Endowus and Syfe.

0.75% Management Fees- higher than Endowus and Syfe

The annual management fees by DBS alone is 0.75% per annum. This is relative higher than the 0.60% and 0.65% of Endowus and Syfe respectively. Also, as aforesaid mentioned, there does not seemed to be any underlying funds cash rebate of trailer fees as well as inadequate disclosure of the fund level management fees. 

3. Income Portfolio for DBS digiPortfolio Only Offer a Low Distribution Yield of 4% Per Annum. 
The other very sad aspect of DBS digiPortfolio is that it seeks regular quarterly payouts of a miserable 4% p.a. from investments to retail investors. This is a far cry from Endowus and Syfe which offers a wide variety of income pay out products that offers higher yield (5% to 6.5%) as well as monthly cash distribution.
Endowus Has 3 Different Income Portfolios Relative To Only 1 for DBS digiPortfolio. 

Parting thoughts
My personal experience with the DBS digiPortfolio platform has been extremely disappointing. I have decided to withdraw all my cash previously invested into DBS digiPortfolio and concentrate my cash resources into the Endowus investment platform.

AIMS APAC REIT Preferential Offerings Ending 22 June 2023 (Thursday 5.30pm).

Pursuant to my last posting on the rights issue of AIMS APAC REIT ("AIMS"), I noted that the most recent pricing as at 21 June 2023 is S$1.210 per unit. This is +1.8% higher than the rights issuance price of S$1.189 per unit. Hence I have subscribed to all my entitlement as well as for excess rights issuance. I am prepared to inject up to S$5,000 into AIMS for their asset enhancement drive with a mid-long term view on the potential incremental return.
Retail investors who are interested in the rights issue but currently waiting for the open market unit price to drop below S$1.189 per unit will need to make a call soon on whether to carry on sitting by the side or to subscribe for their rights offer before 22 June 2023 (5.30pm or 9.30pm if using Electronic Applications through ATM).

Saturday, 10 June 2023

DigiCore REIT Share Price Surprisingly Sharp Rebound After Announcement of Major Tenant Bankruptcy.

Haiya…..why so many people bashing DigiCore REIT (“DCREIT”) on blogosphere for this week? The news on Cyxtera (2nd largest tenant making up 22.4% of DCREIT’s gross revenue) filing for bankruptcy protection on 5th June 2023 lead to many folks demonising it. But in a surprising twist, DCREIT (its price dropped to an all time low of US$0.37 per unit at one point in time after the announcment) rebounded sharply to USS$0.48 per unit as at 9th June 2023, which is an amazing +29% increase in just 3 days. 

1. Latest information release by DCREIT management better than expected
Apparently, the bad news of a total loss of 22.4% of gross rental income had already been fully priced in. The better than expected updates actually lead to huge rally in price of DCREIT by 29%. 

(i) Management has clarified that US$200Mil of “debtor in possession” financing has been obtained by Cyxtera which intends to fulfill all its financial obligation to its vendors. Debtor in possession refers to a special loan that is unique to companies undergoing chapter 11 in the US which is used to keep the company in operations during the re-organisation.

(ii) In addition, if Cyxtera really end up being liquidated, given Digital Realty's operating expertise as the largest global provider of data center, colocation and interconnection solutions, the Manager is well-positioned to step into agreements with the existing end-user colocation customers currently relying upon these facilities to support their digital infrastructure requirements, if Cyxtera were to reject any of its lease agreements with Digital Core REIT. 

(iii) Market conditions are tight in terms of supply of data centres in the properties that were leased to Cyxtera- vacancy rates in the low- to mid-single-digits for these areas.

2. Strange myth/thoughts by some bloggers that anybody can just build a data centre and lease it out hence there is no special "moat"
I find it weird that some folks are thinking that retail malls or Grade A office are better properties than data centres which are just "building with electrical and cooling systems". We need to understand that not everyone can build data centre technically.

Also, data centres form the foundation of our new age economies of digitalised and networked world. The exponential growth of data-driven technologies-such as cloud computing, Artificial Intelligence (AI), and the Internet of Things (IoT) – has led to huge demand for data centres to store, process, and manage this information. In Singapore, many proponents of data centres ("DC") lament at our local government restriction that has not been fully lifted for building more DCs to take advantage of Singapore location which is free from natural disaster and political stability.

In addition, once you have tenants in, they will most likely be in for a very long duration. It is not easy feat to just move all equipment to other data centres once the lease expires. Lots of planning and efforts need to be made by the tenant's IT team to prevent disruption to their services to their own clientele. 

Saying that, investing and holding Data Centre REITs are not risk free investment akin to holding government fixed income as the usual tenant default risk due to financial duress are all present as evident in the Cyxtera bankruptcy case that surfaced. One needs to be wary of the quality of assets and tenant being crafted out into a Data Centre REIT at IPO- this is the 2nd tenant default after IPO for DCREIT. 

Parting thoughts
It is quite funny that even Mapletree Industrial Trust (another REIT with data centres) got bashed by folks on top of DCREIT as it also counts Cyxtera as its tenant (albeit lesser concentration of only 3%). Anyway, I am happy to see the price of DCREIT rallying to US$0.48 per unit which means that I am sitting on on some paper profits for my recent purchases earlier this year in March and April. 

Monday, 5 June 2023

Personal Updates: Health Crisis and Medical Emergency.

I must say that age seems to be catching up with me. Over the past few months, I have been battling with 2 health scares. Personally, I think that the state of our Singapore public health care system is worrisome with insufficient medical resources. Let me share my recent experiences due to my recent health crisis:

1. Severe diarrhoea that persist for half a year.
(i) This is something that is abnormal and at one point, I thought that I have colon cancer. Went to visit the private General Practitioner near my home but was told by the doctor to watch my diet, take medication for a week and rest. 

(ii) After seeing that there is no improvement, I made a call to the polyclinic for an urgent appointment to see the doctor. Reason being that I was told my relatives that referral by polyclinic to specialist is the only way to get government medical subsidy for costly medical tests and treatment in event that it turned out to be dread disease. The polyclinic doctor does not think there is anything serious but wrote a referral for urgent colonoscopy to be done at public hospital.

(iii) Despite “urgent” referral, my appointment for further examination only took place 6 months later. 3months wait for an appointment to see the government specialist at hospital and another 3 months wait to get a slot for colonoscopy. I tried to ask for earlier appointment in view of severe diarrhoea that persist after medication but was told that there are no available slots. 

(iv) After finally doing the scope 6 months later and doing a biopsy on some polyps, doctors did not detect any serious abnormality. I was just wondering had it really been serious, I may have already died waiting for 6 months just to do a scope. Our public healthcare is quite scary. The next time I think I better opt for private specialist route and just have to bite the bullet to pay astronomical medical fees. 

(v) The doctors were unable to treat my conditions with the medication other than telling me to watch my diet and also to take probiotics. In the end, I recovered fully taking Traditional Chinese Medicine based health supplements with ginger and red date as main ingredients and cost only S$35 which is a tiny fraction of the medical cost incurred to date to seek medical treatment. 
This is the cheap TCM supplment that saved me from non-stop diarrhoea and colon issues-a simple formula of Red Date, Perilla, Licorice Root, Ginger, Alfalfa Powder, Papaya  

2. Upper and lower respiratory tract infection and asthma
This happened 2 months back. My kids brought back flu virus from school and spread to me. While they recovered fast, I got very sick with lots of wheezing. 

(i) Went to see my usual General Practitioner for 4 times in 2 weeks but to no avail. The GP doctor also refused to prescribe me stronger anti-biotics when I told her that the previous ones given has no effect. The GP doctor insisted that I have no infection as I do not have fever and it was just my asthma acting up.

(ii) I used to visit a respiratory specialist at Orchard Road area whenever the General Practitioner is unable to resolve my respiratory illness but to my horror, the expert doctor whom I consulted (whenever I am at my wit’s end), had passed away due to old age- he was 80 years old plus.  

(iii) Left with limited choice, I went to Mount Elizabeth Hospital for urgent treatment since the junior doctor at neighbourhood clinic had no idea what to do and I feel like my lungs are drowning. I was fortunate to have found a good respiratory specialist there. The specialist said that he suspected  that I have pneumonia after listening with his stethoscope and immediately sent me for X-ray (the amazing thing about private healthcare is that taking the X-Ray and waiting for results took less than 30 mins). 

(iv) Turns out that I was having a nasty bout of bronchitis and the specialist immediately prescribed me the right kind of antibiotics to resolve the infection as well as a new type of inhaler for the asthma. Interestingly, one does not need to be displaying symptoms of fever if you have serious chest infection. Had I continued to visit the GP clinic near my home for treatment or wait for further referral to public healthcare specialist, I would probably have ended up being hospitalized or even dead due to their incompetence. 

(v) However, I must say that private healthcare is damn expensive. Every follow up visit for treatment is around S$500 every 1-2 months.

While viral infection does not need anti-biotics, it can lead to subsequent bacteria infection- this seems to confuse some inexperienced doctors at neighborhood clinics who adamantly refuse to prescribe anti-biotics and just treat a patient for only asthma

Parting thoughts:
(a) I see that recently, there are some discussions on lowering one’s monthly expenses for attaining early financial independence. My thoughts are that it is not exactly that easy given that as one advanced in age, many chronic illness or dread disease will follow. This needs to be taken into consideration in one’s financial planning and early retirement plan when it comes to decision making time on resigning from one’s job (before the official retirement age) and to draw down on one’s passive income or capital built up. 

(b) For Hospitalization and Surgical medical insurance plan (H&S), one shall keep the private hospital option open instead of just opting for the cheaper public and restructured hospital option. As aforesaid mentioned, for public healthcare, you will be made to wait in a long waiting queue relative to getting consultation and treatment at private healthcare. One may seriously end up dead while waiting for medical consultation or essential test in public healthcare. 

(c) Do also note that not every medical consultation/treatments are covered under H&S plans. For example, all costly consultations prior to being officially warded will not be covered if it turns out that no hospitalization is required. 

(d) Insurers previously also disallowed medical diagnostic scope test claims until the Singapore Medical Association (SMA) wrote in on public forum in September 2020 to put pressure on the insurance companies. Even all cancer treatment that used to be available has now been controlled. The point that I am trying to drive across here is that having a H&S plan does not mean one is covered in all medical treatment procedures. So, one needs to prepare certain level of financial protection or buffer before choosing FIRE. 

Anyway, not sure whether it is just me only on my rather pessimistic views above on public healthcare as well as being too conservative on the required medical expenses for financial planning, do share your own experiences thus far. :)

Friday, 2 June 2023

SGX Listed Fu Yu Corporation No Longer A Cash Cow- 3 Things To Be Wary.

Recently, I had a review of some of my existing holdings in my portfolios and I was disappointed that Fu Yu Corporation ("Fu Yu") share price performance has been slipping. Its unit price has dipped from its S$0.210 average to S$0.178 per share. The worst aspect is that its key manufacturing performance, post the buy-out of the old management team, seems to be sliding from bad to worst. Management has also slashed the usual dividends payout in May'23 relative to prior years. I have already commenced cutting down the majority of my stakes in Fu Yu Corp (87% reduction) after taking a deep dive into its latest 2023 Q1 operation updates as well as its most recent full year financial statements and will only keep a tiny stake of 20,000 units (approximately S$3,580 @S$0.178 per share as at 1 June 2023). There are 3 points that is currently giving me a jittery vibe with regard to the current Fu Yu Management team albeit the common understanding that the global economic situation has slowed down drastically and affecting their business.

1. Fu Yu previous CFO Ms Hee Siew Fong (aged 51 years old) has resigned in Q4 2022
This event has always been lingering on my mind with regard to Fu Yu. Ms Hee was only 51 years old which is still a relatively young age for a CFO to want to leave. She has been with Fu Yu Corp and the previous management for 7 years. Within a short span of the new management taking over, Ms Hee has resigned. It was announced on 7th October 2022 that the Company and Ms. Hee have "agreed to part ways mutually" by a settlement agreement.

Personally, I think that the enigmatic resignation may have been a clash in terms of vision or direction such as future business strategic growth differences. It may also have to do with clash in financial resource allocation. Also, I have seen in some cases the resignation of key accounting and finance personnel (except for genuine old age retirement) does not bode well for an organization.

2. The new supply chain management service segment by the new Management sucks big team with very tiny net profit margin percentage- as good as not doing.
Initially, I thought that Fu Yu has got a new growth engine with this supply chain management services segment introduced by the new management team. For FY2022, this business contributed a staggering S$100Mil in terms of revenue to Fu Yu but only contributed a tiny net profit of S$1.9Mil which is a mere 1.9% net profit margin.

I have no idea how this business works and also the risks associated. Initially, I thought that this is like a back to back consolidation of trade in physical commodities with minimal risk but I was totally wrong. For Q1 2023, this new business turned into a net loss of <S$2.4M> on revenue of S$9.7Mil. 

I think that it is a waste of management time to be devoting resources & efforts to this business and that the management team should just sell it off and focus on its core manufacturing business and transformation map 2.0. The risk and reward ratio does not align or make sense to me personally especially in view of the Q1 2023 business updates.
(Note: Also, from the AGM queries, apparently, I am not the only shareholder expressing concern about this "new supply chain management" business).

3. Close to 50% cut in dividends as well as changing to a cheaper auditor Baker Tilly relative to KPMG LLP
The May 2023 dividend payout has been cut drastically by the management. This seems to imply that either the Company is losing sales of existing customer fast or that its cost control is inadequate to address further potential decline in its business. 

I also do not like the part that Fu Yu made a cryptic statement that its "board and audit committee believe that it is timely to change auditor (KPMG LLP) for the forthcoming financial year ending 31 Dec 2023 considering that it is an opportune time to benchmark the audit fees and realise cost efficiencies".  To put it bluntly, Fu Yu is desperate enough to do cost cutting by doing away with the Big 4 audit firm and instead uses a small mid-size audit firm (Baker Tilly). I would not be too worried if they had instead change to any of the other three Big 4 audit firms (it is the hard truth that the best talent in public accounting are in the Big 4 audit firms) but by such a move, this seems to be insinuating that Fu Yu management are troubled by their firm's future business performance.   

Parting thoughts
While I was initially excited at the venture into precision medical devices manufacturing as well as the unleashing of the upcoming newly built SMART factory in Singapore, my optimism for Fu Yu under its new management has eroded. I sensed that something is not going well with the current business as well as its future outlook with the above events occurring hence I am selling off most of my stakes in Fu Yu Corp and re-investing the proceeds into a SGX listed blue chip company that is similarly undergoing a business transformation that I have more conviction under a proven management team.