China Aviation Oil Corp Ltd (G92.SI) is China’s sole importer of jet fuel, today the world’s second largest aviation market, and Asia’s biggest jet fuel buyer. China Aviation Oil (CAO) which was involved once in one of Singapore’s biggest derivatives trading scandal shows today an exemplary corporate governance and has been for the fifth consecutive year runner-up in SIAS Most Transparent Company Awards. Continue reading “China Aviation Oil – A Monopolist Worth a Trip”
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Alibaba – Open Sesam!
Alibaba Group Holding Limited (BABA) will be part of the MSCI emerging market index from Dec 1. The world’s biggest e-commerce company is listed since September 2014 at the NYSE. An IPO pricing of 25bn USD made the company the largest IPO in history. With a first day closing price at 93.89 USD, Alibaba has reached a market value of 231bn USD. Since then, the stock has traded down to 57.39 USD end of September 2015, a market cap of only 145bn USD. Continue reading “Alibaba – Open Sesam!”
Raffles Medical Group – Branded Quality
Raffles Medical Group (R01.SI) is Singapore’s largest private healthcare provider. Founded 1976, the Group operates hospitals, clinics, specialist centers in Singapore, Hong Kong, Shanghai and Osaka as well as representative offices in other neighboring countries. Due to the high standards of services and the strong branding Raffles Medical Group (RMG) is also benefiting from increased health tourism to Singapore. Continue reading “Raffles Medical Group – Branded Quality”
Tencent – Ahead of the O2O Game
Tencent Holding Limited (700.HK) is China’s largest internet company with a portfolio including some of China’s most successful internet services such as instant-messaging services QQ and WeChat, each with more than 600m active users. Tencent is on its way to close a deal to invest 1bn USD in the Meituan-Dianping, a joint venture backed from two startups in the area of group-buying services (similar to Groupon) and restaurant-review (similar to Yelp). Continue reading “Tencent – Ahead of the O2O Game”