Underwriting fees of Singapore IPOs. by Le, Thi Thuy., Wong, Oi Meng., Tin, Pay Sun.

“…This report seeks to provide the readers with an overview of the underwriting fees charged by the underwriters for placement shares in the Singapore Initial Public Offerings (IPOs) market.…”
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Impact of information technology on underwriting of direct insurers in Singapore. by Chua, Kar Chin., Khor, Siew Khim., Lim, Ai Min.

“…This project identifies the impact of IT on underwriting of General Insurer in Singapore in terms of the job scope of underwriter, efficiency, effectivenes, behaviour and level of security risk. …”
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A study of the marine cargo underwriting and claims in Singapore by Chai, Richard, Chan, Siew Hwee, Lim, Geok Keow

“…We will examine the underwriting practices adopted by the local marine cargo underwriters. …”
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A study of the marine cargo underwriting and claims in Singapore by Chai, Richard

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IPO underpricing and the endogenous effect of underwriters' fees and reputation. by Sim, Zhen Nian., Tan, Gabriel Guan Hua.

“…This study seeks to examine the inter-correlated relationship between underwriters’ reputation, risk characteristics of issuers, underpricing and the amount of underwriting fees charged. …”
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An examination of the effects of underwriter reputation and experience on IPO success by Kwan, Michelle, Pan, Jinyu, Low, Luolin

“…An examination of underwriter's reputation and experience and how they affect IPO success in terms of launches, withdrawals and postponements.…”
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Pricing of underwriting services in the Singapore initial public offering market. by Chan, Ying Ying., Heng, Jia Mei., Tan, Seow Min.

“…The factors foremost in detemining the cost of underwriting initial public offerings (IPOs) in Singapore are investigated.…”
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A study on smoking habit and life offices' underwriting practices by Goh, Li Fern, Neo, Cin Yen, Ng, Boon Eng

“…This report discusses the harmful effects of smoking and how life offices underwrite smokers. It was said that the difference in mortality between smokers and non-smokers appears wider than that assumed by life offices in setting premiums and yet, there has been little, if any, movement by companies to increase the differentials in their premiums [AL,1994]. …”
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Role of underwriters and auditors in earnings forecast accuracy of Singapore IPO prospectus. by Chan, Chuei Mei., Chan, Sabrina Pooi Ee., Wong, Daphne Wai Sze.

“…This paper aims to examine the roles of underwriters and auditors as monitoring devices in IPO. …”
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A study on marine cargo exposure due to natural hazards by Saw, Hue Theng.

“…This paper aims to understand and explain the following strange phenomenon that exists in the marine cargo insurance industry today: Marine cargo insurers are not adopting the usage of catastrophe modeling in their underwriting process, despite the substantial risks that natural catastrophes can pose to the sustainability of their insurance portfolio.This paper will then discuss the benefits of the implementation of catastrophe modeling into the risk assessment stage of underwriting. …”
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Venturing into the Vietnam insurance market. by Chua, Siow Ling., Goh, Sing Wah., Tan, Wei Lan.

“…The peculiarities inherent in the risks found in Vietnam render difficulties in underwriting policies and hence the foreign insurers must adjust their underwriting criteria accordingly to cater to the unique nature of each risk. …”
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Insurance of construction risks in Singapore. by Chew Szee Lynn, Lim Ping Ping, Neo Hwee Yin

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Catastrophe insurance by Ang, Tin Tin, Teh, Joyce Meng Hwee, Yeo, Evelyn Andrewina Wan Gek

“…It gives an insight in to five particular aspects of catastrophe, namely, the catastrophe risk management, reinsurance, underwriting procedures and factors, claims process, structure of a catastrophe insurance programme and future of catastrophe insurance. …”
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The workmen's compensation portfolio, what is wrong with it? by Lui, Su Kian, Tang, Nam Hee, Mohd Iskandar Bin Mohd Salleh

“…The historical background of the business and its legislative framework are discussed. The underwriting and claims procedures, and the rating system are considered. …”
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Structured products - the risks involved and do people understand them? by Foo, Nyuk Siong., Chan, Shu Ting., Luo, Jiewei.

“…In the pursuit of higher profits beyond what could be earned from underwriting conventional bonds, investment bankers created collateralized debt obligations (CDOs), which are derivatives built out of commercial debt and loans. …”
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The ageing population : it's impact on medical insurance industry in Singapore by Lee, Guat Yong, Tay, Katy Wei Ling, Tan, Beng Lei

“…Finally, recommendations for future products will be made, taking into consideration the design and pricing of the product, the underwriting, marketing, administration and claims administration aspects.…”
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Fire and consequential loss of commercial property in Singapore by Sho, Choon Kim, Soo, Chee Kong, Tan, Peck Hoon

“…Fire insurance is a major class of business and every general insurer underwrites this business in his portfolio. The purpose of the study is to analyze the trend and profitability of the fire portfolio and the effectiveness of Rate Freeze Agreement (RFA). …”
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An empirical research on the Initial Public Offer Market in Singapore by Toh, Chee Kiong, Chan, Christopher, Pang, Hock Leong

“…The focus of this research is to determine whether profitable investments can be made by subscribing the IPOS underwritten by a particular underwriter group. Two categories of underwriters have been singled out, mainly DBS Bank and Non-DBS institutions.…”
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Empirical study on the underpricing phenomenon of initial public offerings in Singapore & its association with earnings forecast error & CPF contribution rates. by Chan, Kai Sen., Lim, Hsiang Loong., Ng, Ziling.

“…This study examined the empirical evidence of IPO underpricing in Singapore and its relationship with prestigious underwriter, high quality auditors, owner retentionratio, market sentiment, types of market, combination ofprestigious underwriter and high quality auditors, and Year 1999; and the variables, Year 2000 and 2001.…”
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Earnings management, initial public offerings and corporate governance - evidence from Singapore. by Koh, Mingfeng., Tan, Raymond Wee Hian., Yaw, Lee Yan.

“…Besides that, results from the second part of our study indicate that there are no significant differences in the accruals behaviour between IPO firms with at least one-third independent directors on board against those that are not ; IPO firms listed in SESDAQ versus Mainboard; IPO firms having big 5 auditors versus non big 5 auditors ; and IPO firms having prestigious underwriters versus non-prestigious underwriters . One implication from our results could be that the above devices such as high quality auditors and prestigious underwriters do not really matter in restricting the level of managed earnings in Singapore.…”
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