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Goldman called by Malaysia regulators to defend role in 1MDB deals
SINGAPORE (Mar 15): Goldman Sachs Group was called on by Malaysia’s market regulator to defend its role in transactions involving troubled state fund 1MDB at the risk of administrative sanctions.
March 15, 2019
1MDB Watch
Singapore said to expand 1MDB criminal probe to include Goldman
(Dec 21): Singapore has expanded a criminal probe into fund flows linked to scandal-plagued 1MDB to include Goldman Sachs Group, which helped raise money for the entity, people with knowledge of the matter said.
December 21, 2018
Malaysia
Once among Asia's highlights, Malaysian stocks now set for two-year low
SINGAPORE (Dec 18): Just months ago, Malaysian stocks were among Asia’s highlights. Now they’re heading for some of the biggest monthly losses in the region.
December 18, 2018
1MDB Watch
Ex-Goldman banker fights US extradition over 1MDB
SINGAPORE/KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 8): A former Goldman Sachs Group Inc banker is fighting extradition to the US, where he would face charges of money laundering and bribery related to scandal-plagued Malaysian state investment company 1MDB, according to people
November 08, 2018
1MDB Watch
1MDB lawyer who worked with Goldman a target in Swiss probe
(July 31): A former top executive with the Malaysian investment fund 1MDB and a senior lawyer at the fund who worked with Goldman Sachs Group are among six people targeted in a Swiss criminal probe into the multibillion-dollar scandal, according to people
July 31, 2018
1MDB Watch
Former Goldman banker in 1MDB plea talks with US
(July 10): A former Goldman Sachs Group banker is in talks with US prosecutors to potentially plead guilty to criminal charges stemming from an alleged scheme to steal billions of dollars from a Malaysian state investment fund, the Wall Street Journal rep
July 10, 2018
1MDB Watch
Ex Malaysian PM Najib arrested in 1MDB probe
(July 3): Former Malaysian leader Najib Razak was arrested in connection with an investigation into scandal-hit state fund 1MDB and was expected to be charged on Wednesday in Kuala Lumpur, according to the task force investigating the case.
July 03, 2018
Update
Sea selling shares at US$15 each in NYSE IPO
(Oct 20): Singapore’s Sea plans has priced its initial public offering of nearly 59 million American depositary shares at US$15 each to raise US$884 million ($1.2 billion), according to a press statement by the company on Friday evening.
October 23, 2017
In print this week
How SunMoon intends to further grow its fruits of labour
SINGAPORE (Aug 25): Gary Loh, executive chairman of SunMoon Food Co, has spent the better part of the last decade restructuring what started as an apple-growing company. He sold off assets, cut down debt and cleaned up the balance sheet so that the compan
August 25, 2017
GIC-backed games startup aims for Vietnam's first IPO abroad
(May 30): Communist-led Vietnam may soon have its first technology company go public in the US.
May 30, 2017