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Commerzbank sells wealth management arm

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 16 OCT 2009
... strategy now focusing on selected locations. The transaction is subject to approval by the anti-trust and supervisory authorities and is expected to close in the first quarter of 2010.

Carpe Diem

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 15 OCT 2009
... to the exit. The operative word here is 'slowly.' After the economic and financial systems near death experience, authorities would not want to hastily take off the systems' life support. "Carpe Diem."

Doom dollar

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 13 OCT 2009
... was a major international creditor. Now it's one of the largest debtor - if not the largest. The problem is that US authorities are in a pickle given its weak economy. Self-preservation dictates tolerance of a weak currency and low interest rates to ...

FBI hunts down bank fraudsters

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 9 OCT 2009
... appear to be official correspondence from banks or credit card vendors. In the latest coup for the FBI and Egyptian authorities, 53 defendants were named in the federal indictment and 47 suspects were identified by Egyptian authorities. American suspects ...

Yin to market yang

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 SEP 2009
Chinese authorities don't just speak another language, the way they regulate their stockmarket contradicts the Western dogma too, and that's a good thing for long-term Asian equities investors. Michael Power, investment strategist at fund manager Investec ...

Playing chicken with tyres

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 SEP 2009
... shores? There is a risk that this 'beggar thy neighbour' policy could escalate and threaten the fledgling recovery. US authorities are also allowing the US dollar to depreciate and the Chinese yuan is undervalued - both protect their domestic economies ...

G-20 reasons to be hopeful

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 SEP 2009
... motivations. Yet, there are reasons to be hopeful. Unlike the policy responses of the "Great Depression" vintage, authorities are this time, not in a hurry to remove stimulus measures until the global economy is growing on its own volition. The G-20 ...

Treading on treacherous territory

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 1 SEP 2009
... off their noses and look ahead, a rosier future is ahead. The global economy continues to heal and move forward. And authorities - fiscal and monetary - will be there to ensure that it does. In the end, this September will be like all other Septembers ...

BNY Mellon to buy Insight

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2009
... management. Its clients include some of the UK's largest pension schemes, corporates, insurance companies and local authorities, along with a growing number of non-UK clients, among others. Insight Investment's assets under management, net of identified ...

State Super members hungry for advice

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 AUG 2009
... Scheme were satisfied with the fund's services, followed by the Police Superannuation Scheme (91 per cent) and State Authorities Superannuation Scheme (90 per cent). State Super is a pooled fund that covers the investment assets of the State Authorities ...