Jardine Strategic Holdings Limited (SGX: J37) is one of the 30 companies that’s part of Singapore’s Straits Times Index. Right now, let’s explore the important things we should know about the conglomerate in a mere 60 seconds! What’s Jardine Strategic’s Business About?  Jardine Strategic is a holding company with interests in the following entities (percentage in bracket denotes Jardine Strategic’s ownership in the entity):

• Jardine Matheson Holdings Limited (SGX: J36) (58%),
• Hongkong Land Holdings Limited (SGX: H78) (50%),
• Dairy Farm International Holdings Ltd (SGX: D01) (78%),
• Mandarin Oriental International Limited (SGX: M04) (78%),
• Jardine Cycle & Carriage Ltd (SGX: C07) (75%), and
• Indonesia-listed Astra.

The following shows how much those businesses contributed to Jardine Strategic’s underlying net profit in 2019: Source: Jardine Strategic 2019 annual report (Note: Underlying net profit excludes items such as fair value gains or losses on the revaluation of investment properties, and gains or losses arising from the sale of businesses, investments and properties.)...