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And The Curtains Fall…For Now

In: THE SINGAPORE BLUE CHIPS The Rewards & Risks of Investing in Singapore’s Largest Corporates

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  • Nandini Vijayaraghavan
  • Umesh Desai

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A review of the twenty companies covered in this book highlights the diversity of their businesses, the differentiated strategies they have adopted to build their market position and how these home grown companies have spread their wings to prosper in the most opportune markets globally. Singapore’s business friendly policies, effective rule of law, robust intellectual property regime and low-corruption environment have combined to create a culture of corporate excellence and discipline. The city-state’s policies have enhanced economic freedom transforming its workforce into one of the most skilled globally, and helped boost prosperity across the corporate landscape.

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  • Nandini Vijayaraghavan & Umesh Desai, 2017. "And The Curtains Fall…For Now," World Scientific Book Chapters, in: THE SINGAPORE BLUE CHIPS The Rewards & Risks of Investing in Singapore’s Largest Corporates, chapter 26, pages 255-264, World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd..
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    Keywords

    Singapore; Blue Chips; Large Caps; Straits Times Index; STI; Temasek; Stock Performance; Stock Investment; Stock Return; Singapore Banks; DBS; UOB; OCBC; Singapore Real Estate; CapitaLand; SingTel;
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    JEL classification:

    • G30 - Financial Economics - - Corporate Finance and Governance - - - General
    • G20 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services - - - General
    • G11 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - Portfolio Choice; Investment Decisions

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