UBS adopts new exec pay model, axes 2008 bonuses
By jogohsw
Posted in Singapore News | on 17 November 2008
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ZURICH – Swiss bank UBS AG, under pressure at home to give up on hefty bonus schemes in the face of its poor performance, said on Monday it will introduce a more transparent pay system for top executives. The bank, which is struggling in the sub-prime crisis and whose shares slumped to a new all-time [...]

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Malaysia central bank sees no recession, currency to rise
By jogohsw
Posted in Singapore News | on 15 November 2008
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KUALA LUMPUR – Malaysia’s economy is not expected to fall into recession and its currency could gradually firm over the medium term, the central bank chief was quoted on Saturday as saying. Economic growth next year would hit the 3.5 per cent official target, with policies in place to contain the fallout from the global [...]

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Top central bankers say ready for more action
By jogohsw
Posted in Singapore News | on 15 November 2008
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FRANKFURT – Global central banks are ready to take further steps to ease market tensions and bolster faltering economic growth, top policymakers said on Friday, as world leaders gathered for talks on the economic crisis. Speaking at a conference in Frankfurt, US Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke and European Central Bank President Jean-Claude Trichet said [...]

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