ABN AMRO

Asean is the fifth-largest economy in the world, with a combined GDP of around US$3.7 trillion ($4.97 trillion).

Reports indicate that commodity trading houses are getting margin calls. Their banks are European with a few exceptions

The participating banks include ABN AMRO, ANZ, CIMB, Deutsche Bank, Lloyds, Maybank, OCBC and UOB.

The distressed Singapore oil trader has admitted to US$800 mil of undisclosed losses. Is its collapse a sign of deeper problems within the industry facing falling demand and cheap supply?

SINGAPORE (Dec 6): ABN AMRO has reached an agreement to sell its private banking operations in Asia and Middle East to LGT, an international private banking and asset management group, for an undisclosed sum.

SINGAPORE (Nov 30): The worst is yet to come. At least that’s the opinion of the top two gold forecasters who say bullion will suffer further losses in 2017 as interest rates climb and the dollar strengthens.

SINGAPORE (Oct 25): Julius Baer Group, DBS Group Holdings and LGT Bank are considering bids for ABN AMRO Group NV’s private-banking business in Asia, people with knowledge of the matter said. The banks have expressed interest in the ABN AMRO unit and

SINGAPORE (Aug 23): The annual Jackson Hole Economic Policy Symposium hosted by the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City will be held from Aug 25 to Aug 27. The theme for this year is “Designing Resilient Monetary Policy Frameworks for the Future”.

SINGAPORE (June 1): Cash, equities and commodities. That’s what ABN AMRO is advocating clients go after in its investment outlook for the remaining half of the year.

SINGAPORE (May 30): According to a Friday report released by ABN AMRO, calm has returned to emerging markets since mid-February this year, with the rise of commodity prices and recovery of stock markets and exchange rates of many emerging markets.