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Chief economist update: COVID-19 cycle

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 17 AUG 2020
... 17. COVID-19 is also having a second bite in Asian countries. It's doing the rounds (again) of Japan, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Vietnam and South Korea after restrictions were eased. They've all reimposed restrictions in one form or another. Recent ...

Franklin Templeton announces revised APAC team

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUL 2020
... Yong-bae Jeon will continue in his role as president. Avinash Satwalekar will take on an expanded role as country head of Malaysia. Dora Seow will take on an expanded role as country head of Singapore and the broader South East Asia region (ex-Malaysia ...

Goldman chief faces backlash over DJ set

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUL 2020
The chief executive of Goldman Sachs has copped criticism after he performed a DJ set to a crowd of over 2000 people in the Hamptons, as cases of COVID-19 in the US near 4.3 million. David Solomon, or DJ D-Sol, opened for electronic duo The Chainsmokers ...

Raiz cuts costs, super increases

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 28 APR 2020
... forward to the formal launch planned for May 2020." The platform will still pursue growth opportunities in Indonesia and Malaysia, he said, despite the challenges and risks that lay ahead. "I believe Raiz's financial and operating risk management ...

COVID-19 to lead to deglobalisation: Amundi

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 21 APR 2020
... effects on the economic outlooks for EM, mostly leading to recessions." Countries like South Africa, Colombia, Hungary or Malaysia are more exposed to economic vulnerability, Amundi said. With the pandemic impacting oil demand, oil producers and exporting ...

Citi to expand local securities team

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 16 MAR 2020
Global financial services giant Citi Group is planning to boost the presence of its Sydney-based securities services team, as it onboards a suite of new custody clients. Citi is expecting to build out its Sydney footprint after it finalised a client ...

Aussie at center of international scheme

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAR 2020
... investigation came to head last month when, under the terms of a final order, founder McPhee - an Australian citizen living in Malaysia - was ordered to surrender over $24.5 million (US$16 million) from his personal and company accounts with MOBE agreeing ...

Perpetual appoints APAC lead

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 3 FEB 2020
... 40 sales and client management professionals across 10 countries, including Singapore, Hong Kong, China, India, Japan, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand and Australia. He also covered sales responsibilities for the Korean, Taiwan, Vietnam and Philippines ...

Goldman Sachs $1b corruption bill

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 16 JAN 2020
Goldman Sachs has taken a fresh US$1 billion blow to its quarterly profit, as the bank foots the litigation bill for its involvement in the ongoing 1MDB corruption scandal. The US-based bank posted quarterly revenue of US$9.96 billion, beating expectations ...

Former Goldman Sachs exec charged over $62m bribery

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 17 DEC 2019
... barred from the securities industry. According to the SEC, in 2012 Leissner started bribing high ranking officials in Malaysia and Abu Dhabi, using a third party intermediary to do so. One of the sovereign wealth funds Leissner did business with was ...