SINGAPORE BLUE CHIPS, THE: THE REWARDS & RISKS OF INVESTING IN SINGAPORE'S LARGEST CORPORATES - Hardcover

Nandini Vijayaraghavan; Umesh Desai

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 9814759732 ISBN 13: 9789814759731

Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Co, 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.

Readership: First time and professional investors, students of business studies, general public.

About this title

About the Author

Nandini Vijayaraghavan is a corporate finance professional 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 Co
• Publication date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9814759732
• ISBN 13: 9789814759731
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 352