South Korea's Lotte Shopping Co Ltd is looking to raise $800 million to $1 billion by listing a real estate investment trust (REIT) in Singapore as early as this year, IFR, a Thomson Reuters publication reported.

DBS, Goldman Sachs, Nomura and Standard Chartered have been hired to manage the IPO. The initial portfolio is likely to consist solely of Korean properties, but Singapore is viewed as a more liquid REIT market than Seoul. The portfolio and currency are yet to be decided, IFR reported.

This will be the first Korean REIT listing on the Singapore bourse.

Lotte Shopping could not be reached for immediate comment by Reuters.

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