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110 years prison for ex-SIB chief

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUN 2012
... scheme in which he misappropriated $7 billion. Evidence showed that Allan Stanford, who owned Stanford International bank (SIB), which was based in Antigua and Barbuda, sold certificates of deposit (CDs) to depositors that paid a premium over interest ...

Shopping till unemployment drops

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 DEC 2010
If there is one proof that no one can fight against nature, it is the Americans and shopping. Yes Virginia, they continue to shop in stores and and even online! And they're not only window-shopping... they are actually exchanging money for goods and ...

Winter wonderland

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 6 DEC 2010
"Sleigh bells ring, are you listening, In the lane, snow is glistening A beautiful sight, We're happy tonight. Walking in a winter wonderland.... Later on, we'll conspire, As we dream by the fire To face unafraid, The plans that we've made, Walking ...

When everything went wrong

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 NOV 2010
Pick your poison. There's a "Murphy's Law" event for every bear to choose from to shatter all hopes, prayers and wishes. Thanksgiving? No, thanks! As Mr. Murphy famously said, "If something can go wrong, it will!" It sure the heck did over the past ...

QE2 overstays welcome

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 NOV 2010
Damned if they didn't, damned now that they did! Wall Street is behaving just like any four-year old these days. A four-year old who gets a present, he eagerly opens it, eyes beam, plays with it for about... maybe a week, then discards and wants something ...

Unlisted property continue to pose liquidity headaches

JOHN KAVANAGH  |  FRIDAY, 22 JAN 2010
Changes to the liquidity of unlisted property securities has become a big portfolio construction issue for fund trustees, financial planners and investors. The move late in 2008 by a number of unlisted property fund managers to freeze redemptions has ...

OneVue buys 50pc of WealthCraft

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 17 SEP 2009
Homegrown tech firm OneVue casts its net overseas after wrapping up a deal to buy 50 per cent of Hong Kong-based wealth management platform provider, WealthCraft. The two organisations worked together to launch WealthCraft Pension Administration Service ...

Lack of automation hikes costs

A study conducted through a digital voting system (digivote) at this year's annual SIBOS conference, the biggest global event in IT banking and finance, has found that 40 per cent of survey respondents named operational efficiency and cost reduction ...

China growth an uneven story: Keating

Former Prime Minister Paul Keating told SIBOS attendees yesterday that China is a "very mixed place in terms of prosperity and opportunity" and dispelled some easy truths about doing business in a region going through an unprecedented growth spurt. ...

More growth through structured products and MAs

Structured products and managed or wrap accounts are the next cornerstones of the global investment funds sector, according to an on-the-spot poll of fund managers and other industry participants at the SIBOS conference held this week. The majority ...