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C-SAM poised to enrich the development and implementation services for financial institutions and mobile operators to create enormous value for consumers and merchants in Asia

Edgar Perez's The Speed Traders: An Insider's Look at the New High-Frequency Phenomenon Transforming Investing, Presenting The Speed Traders Workshop 2011, "The Present and Future of High-Frequency Trading", in Singapore, Hong Kong and Sao Paulo

Evaluating a CRM solution? Build it -- the agile way! Yes, build, not buy!! As why buy a CRM package, when you will have to customize to fit your needs anyway?

MISNet announces its partnership with OutSystems -- a software company which championed an innovative approach for delivering custom web and mobile applications through its flagship product The Agile Platform.

MISNet Demonstrates WhereScape 3D, an innovative and agile data warehouse planning tool on 22 Sept, 11-12noon

Bounce back and capitalize on hidden post recession opportunities with innovative, solid and proved Financial Branding Strategies

In May this year, Deutsche Bank Chief Executive Josef Ackermann appeared in a Munich court to testify in a lawsuit against the bank by fallen German media mogul Leo Kirch.

Bitcoins have been described as “the digital currency of the future” – a new global phenomenon that threatens to challenge all preconceived notions of currency and currency exchange.

what’s the difference between a personal loan, a cash loan and a plain ‘ole credit card (apart from the fact that you don’t want a cash advance at 18 percent compounding interest on your Visa thank-you-very-much).

TBTF banks not only create & sell investment products, but also bet on - & often against - those products, putting banks’ interests at odds w their clients.

Still Looking for that Special Gift this Holiday Season? Golden Networking’s DVD Video Packages, focused on China, High-Frequency Trading, Derivatives, and Much More, Make the Perfect Gift and are Available at GoldenNetworking.net and Amazon.com

The Robert Walters Asia Job Index tracks advertisement volumes for professional positions across the leading job boards and national newspapers in Hong Kong, Singapore, China and Japan. This report shows the key job advertising trends for Q32010.

Data Security Systems Solutions (DS3) joins Council to help shape the information governance framework that will equip enterprises to lead in the future.

A recent report by Merrill Lynch shows the number of Australian high net worth individuals (HNWI) has soared by thirty four percent since last year.

Sovereign debt crisis global, far from over Black Sept 2008 permanent shock to tax revenues, transfer liabilities & risk from private to public sector w/out = transfer of resources Deepened conflict btwn bond & other stakeholders 4 finite resources

TPG, Blackstone & Carlyle succeed raising huge funds denominated in yuan Part of China plan to build financial services industry & turn Beijing, Shanghai, Chongqing into world financial cenetrs able 2 compete w New York London Tokyo HK etc

Investors in the U.K. are being advised to consider investing more money in overseas real estate.

Govt suspects banks evading rules to rein in rampant lending & excess credit driving rising property prices & inflation If banks & trusts secretly repackage old loans & moving them off balance sheets, regulators worried China could end up like West

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Wall St planning 2 influence regulators & invent products that bend new regulations 2 their advantage: checking / derivatives / proprietary trading / whatever Banking chiefs concede they intend to pass most costs associated w bill to customers Enjoy

There’s room for growth in Korea’s hedge fund market. At the recent 4th annual Hedge Fund Japan congress, organized by IQPC, fund managers interviewed by Finance IQ were nothing but positive on Korea’s potential as a Hedge Fund market.

We have consistently argued political leadership of US & EU have been following Japan down path of deflation & Lost Decade/S Now James Bullard, president of Fed Reserve Bank St. Louis: US risks becoming “enmeshed in a Japanese-style deflation" soon

Ex Fed Chair Paul Volcker: Perfect example of how keeping quiet when you know something's wrong leads to disaster for your country & deep well of inner regret But now he’s finally willing to admit publicly he consistently made huge policy mistakes

With Build America Bonds, federal govt pays 35% of interest costs, huge potential saving for states, municipalities, counties etc But Wall Street banks charge larger commissions than for normal municipal bonds & badmouth them in own research reports!

Lending thru off-balance-sheet channels fueled by privately owned trust companies that partner w banks & engage in complex deals repackaging loans into "investment" — informal securitization: deals essentially disguised as loans, like GS & Greece

In next two years, "leaders" / bankers / regulators etc will try to deal with a tsunami of short-term banking obligations about to come crashing down over everyone’s heads between now and 2012, as govts & banks fight to "impress" bond markets

Mr. Tu Minh Thien, Director of Investment and Trade Promotion Centre (ITPC) Ho Chi Minh City will be addressing investment opportunities and other key information on investments in Vietnam

The rapid growth of the Indonesian economy has created opportunities for foreign investment, recorded at Rp35.4 trillion or US$3.8 billion across 424 projects, according to BKPM, the government’s investment agency.

This reform bill actually creates more opportunity for banks and their lobbyists.

Should people be able to bet on your death? How about your financial failure? In the United States Senate, Wall Street won one when the Senate voted down a proposal to bar the so-called naked Credit Default Swaps.

It's far too early to say anything definitive, of course, but we couldn't help but be struck by how quickly major structural components of our analysis of the Goldman / SEC fraud case have already been confirmed by unfolding events in Washington.

The entire regulatory apparatus allegedly keeping an eye on banks / hedge funds / large corporations et al were actively complicit in allowing them to get away with, literally, murder, at least in the financial economic realm.

Greenspan claims no one saw the crash coming - but that is simply not true. Fund Manager who saw it and protected his clients asks why.

Monetary Authority of Singapore to host the The Inaugural Asia Summit of the World Islamic Banking Conference

BCM Institute Malaysia launches its 2nd series of Meet-The-Experts Seminar on Business Impact Analysis. This seminar will provide the participants with a real-live case study and a detailed overview of the key components of a typical BIA exercise.

The trick that Lehman used to hide mounting debts and book them as revenue, called Repo 105, is EXACTLY the same as the gambit that Goldman used to help Greece fiddle its national books. Wall St is out of control.

50% more companies hiring for January this year compared to 2009

Jorge Nascimento Rodrigues is the Executive Editor of the Portuguese and Brazilian Management Review. Here he interviews Dr Caploe on China, the US, the Volcker Plan and why David moved to Singapore

Retail Banking APAC 2010 will be the key forum for members of retail banks and other financial services institutions in the Asian financial market.

The boom and bust cylce is a financiers best friend. During the good times, there are plenty of loans to make with great rates of interest. And in the bust years, bankers can gain assets when debtors default on interest payments.

Just Mortgage, a boutique Singapore mortgage advisory firm intends to change the way homeowners look for residential mortgages by launching a revoluntionary online mortgage comparison platform.

Speakers from 50 international firms will debate opportunities in telecoms and finance in Singapore on November 5-6, including executives from IDA, Starhub subsidiary Nuclues Connect, Etisalat, Bharti, ZTE, DBS, Citi and HSBC www.tmtfinance.com/asia.

Lloyds TSB, one of the world’s largest banks has tied-up with PropertyGuru, Singapore’s leading property site, to launch a new campaign aimed at promoting its international and domestic mortgage services.

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Malaysia’s Celcom joins the network of operators enabling InterAcct’s international prepaid airtime send solution.

Singapore is one of the best connected countries in the world, with all the sea, air and telecommunications links needed for setting up and running a business. For example, high speed broadband network reaches 99 per cent of the population

This guide aims to shed light on some of the basic information on registering charities in Singapore.

Opening of Singapore Corporate Bank Accounts for Local & Offshore Companies To save you time and to allow you to focus on more important aspects of your Company set-up, Rikvin can help set up your new Corporate Bank Account for your Singapore setup

Oil hovers below $58 in Asia as optimism for US rebound wanes amid weak retail sales, housing.

Asian markets tumble as worries about US consumers halt rally.