Mr. Tan,
I came across this article and I think it will be helpful. I hope that this will convince MAS to do something to help the affected retail investor.
http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/081008/bank_of_america_settlement.html?.v=11
Bank of America Corp. has agreed to buy back up to $4.7 billion in auction-rate securities to settle charges it misled thousands of customers about the risky investments, federal and state regulators said Wednesday.
bankers and RMs are as guilty as a puppy sitting next to a pile of poo
ReplyDeletecontinue to act like untouchable high society snobs will just get more ppl pissed off...
Not just bank of america. All US banks are ordered to buy back auction rate securities, which were sold as a cash equivalent, but turns out to be a very risky product. For proof, just Google "auction rate securities".
ReplyDeleteOur MAS is just a pussy cat, compared with US banking authorities. Sad.
If MAS doesn't do like what others did, they must have their reasons. SM Goh and Tharman already mentioned indirectly part of the reason. You folks figure out the rest. Just learn to take good care of ourselves and life will be quite OK here and I think many do. That's where their 66% mandate came from.
ReplyDeleteI don't think banks in US are forced. They must have gone through court case and lost so banks ordered to buy back these securities.
ReplyDeleteSo if not proven banks misled investors, why would banks here be buying these securities?
Yes, MAS please do your job. If you don't know how, then learn from the US, HK and Taiwan authorities what they are doing to help the affected get back their money.
ReplyDeleteMr. Tan,
ReplyDeleteApart from those structure products that already collapsed, I believe there are many other such products that are doing very poorly, with very low reside value now.
Perhaps, we should also get this group to come forward and act together because they could be the next victims!