After introducing readers to Jardine Matheson (JARLF; JMHLY) in a previous article today I would like to present a company that has historically been a rival of the former: Swire Pacific Ltd. (SWRAF;SWRAY;SWRBY;SWRBF). This company too operates in various businesses in the form of wholly owned subsidiaries, joint ventures and significant ownership interests in listed companies. Another similarity between the groups is that Swire Pacific is as well-controlled by the descendants of its founder to thievery day.
However, Swire Pacific is less diversified. The