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Boustead & Co is an asset management and corporate finance company created by Edward Boustead in 1828 that still exists today. ==History== In 1828, Edward Boustead arrived in Singapore on board the British ship ''Hindustan''.〔British Association of Malaysia, British Association of Malaysia and Singapore (1956). "Malaysia". pp. 38.〕 In the same year, he established a trading company, Boustead & Co.〔Chew, Melanie (2008). ''Boustead 1828'', pp. 6 – 7. ISBN 978-981-08-0810-5〕 Boustead & Co specialised in import and export, offering goods such as banca tin, spices, saps, rattan, medicinal herbs, silk and tea widely available in South East Asia in exchange for Western products like cloth, oil and machinery. Boustead & Co commissioned Irish civil architect, George Drumgoole Coleman to design the company's headquarters alongside the Singapore River. The warehouse was known as "the house of seven and twenty pillars", located around the corner from High Street.〔Constance Mary Turnbull (1995). ''Dateline Singapore: 150 Years of The Straits Times''. pp 6.〕 In 1834, Boustead & Co partnered with German-born merchant, Gustav Christian Schwabe in the Singapore company. Schwabe and his cousin established Sykes Schwabe & Co in Liverpool. The Liverpool partner would export products like textiles, biscuits, brandies and steel to the East, while the Singapore partner would trade with Eastern produce such as coffee and spices. The freedom of port made Singapore an ideal market for trading among imported manufacturers.〔Charles Burton Buckley (1902). ''An Anecdotal History of Old Times in Singapore''. pp 208.〕 Import of Western commodities such as textiles and machinery had to be balanced with exports of Eastern produce such as copra, coconut, pepper and tapioca. Boustead & Co had a "Balance of Trade", where demand for goods from the East had to be balanced with demand for goods from the West. Singapore merchant, Tan Kim Seng, was a middleman in Boustead's trading activities.〔Maclean Roderick. "A Pattern of Change – The Singapore International Chamber of Commerce from 1837". ''The Chamber and its Founding Fathers'', pp. 17 – 27.〕 He was also a good friend of Boustead. Tan amassed small shipments of produce from local traders for Boustead, who would then ship the produce to the West. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Boustead & Co」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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