The Singapore Blue Chips: The Rewards & Risks of Investing in Singapore's Largest Corporates - Softcover

VIJAYARAGHAVAN, NANDINI; DESAI, UMESH

Softcover

ISBN 10: 981475921X ISBN 13: 9789814759212

Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company, 2017

Synopsis

A pioneering and comprehensive work, The Singapore Blue Chips puts the spotlight on 22 of Singapore's largest corporates. This is the first book that provides a quick snapshot of Singapore's large cap (large market capitalisation) corporates as investment propositions, and is a timely tribute to the nation's 50 years of independence and development.

Written for finance professionals and students as well as readers with a general interest in business, investing and finance, each chapter of this book is dedicated to one company and delves into its attractiveness as an investment proposition, the associated investments risk and the company's prospects as of end-2016.

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Review

This was an information packed book where even relative experts will glean new information and the more casual reader will find it a great reference. Despite rising to such prominence, there remains strikingly little information on corporate Singapore, an omission that Vijayaraghavan and Desai have stepped in to correct by writing a piece that is sure to be a reference for years to come. --Associate Professor Christopher Balding, HSBC Business School, Peking University

The 22 companies featured in this informative and insightful book are some of those that stand out in the Singapore corporate scene. They are relatively large, established businesses with experienced management and strong track records of growth and profitability. Their profiles and success stories, taken together, form a formidable tome for anyone with interest in the Singapore business scene. This is a book for businessmen as well as investors: big and small; casual and professional. I hope you would enjoy and gain from it. --Mano Sabnani, CEO, Rafflesia Holdings Pte Ltd, Singapore

Well done on a well-constructed book and you have clearly put a lot of effort into this project. Overall I believe that this is a well-crafted and thoughtful addition to the guides available to investing in Asia, and Singapore in particular. There is sufficient detail and insight to engage with an audience that includes both professional and personal investors. It also provides a credible history of the companies profiled and places these in an overall context of Singapore's remarkable economic development. I particularly appreciate the breadth of the companies included and the grouping of these companies according to industrial sector. At the same time, you have highlighted the differences within sector so that investors can understand the idiosyncratic aspects of each opportunity. Rather than gloss over the challenges that many of these companies face, you have highlighted the current difficulties resulting from cyclicality and global factors. You also identify limitations due to local factors. This adds to the credibility of the review and presents a platform of opinion that will serve investors well in the future. --Mark Konyn, Group Chief Investment Officer, AIA Group

About the Author

Nandini Vijayaraghavan is a corporate finance profession with extensive experience in researching Asia Pacific corporates. Nandini's twin interests are promoting financial literacy and translating Tamil works of literature into English. The Singapore Blue Chips is her maiden initiative in promoting investor awareness.

Nandini's first publication is an English translation of Kalki R Krishnamurthy's Tamil classic, Sivakamiyin Sabadham (Sivakami's Oath). This is a four-volume novel, the book and Kindle versions of which are available on Amazon and Flipkart.

She holds postgraduate degrees in Economics and Finance from Tufts University and London Business School respectively and is a CFA charter holder.

Umesh Desai writes on companies and economies in Asia Pacific, providing a debt perspective for clients of Thomson Reuters. His coverage has extended from power to property and on subjects ranging from primary markets to bankruptcies. He has also been a speaker at various public forums across the region, talking to financial market professionals at events in Hong Kong, Singapore, Tokyo, Beijing, and Kuala Lumpur.

He has been with the company for 16 years, prior to which he was a credit analyst with ICRA, which has Moody's as its largest shareholder. A chartered accountant by training, Umesh started his career as an equity research analyst.

Edition details

• Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company
• Publication date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 981475921X
• ISBN 13: 9789814759212
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 352