Our portfolio and strategic investments cover global capital markets, and we invest in business and industries where our management knowledge and competencies can enhance creation of capital value in line with Guoco’s vision to achieve superior long-term sustainable returns for shareholders. We have built our Principal Investment into a core business with a team of well-trained and experienced investment professionals covering equity and direct investments as well as treasury operations. Ongoing resources are allocated to enhance our investment infrastructure. This includes synergistic analytical tools, risk management system, as well as management information system to facilitate the growth of our Principal Investment activities. The Board Investment Committee was mandated by the Board to guide the overall process governing the Group's core investment and treasury operations. The Board Investment Committee is chaired by Mr Quek Leng Chan, Executive Chairman of the Group, and comprises the Group's most senior executives with broad financial, investment, risk management and operating experience. Two working committees namely, Group Investment Managers ("GIM") and Group Treasury Managers ("GTM") were formed to assist the Board Investment Committee. GIM is responsible for managing the Group's equity portfolio and focuses on global perspective, country and portfolio review and asset allocation. GTM focuses on global economic conditions, forex and interest rate trends, strategic trading ideas, major financial exposures of the Group and hedging proposals to manage the Group's liquid assets. Treasury and investment management teams have been organized regionally to harness the group resources under three investment offices, namely Hong Kong, Singapore and Malaysia to enable us to select and validate appropriate investments that meet the Group's target valuation benchmarks and whose potential satisfies its demanding investment criteria. Treasury also actively manages the currency overlays of our equity investments. FX forward contracts as well as currency borrowings are used to hedge the currency exposures of the various equity portfolios. Also, appropriate financial instruments are utilized to manage its interest rate and foreign currency exposures including standard interest rate and currency swaps. Back to Top