September 23, 2008

High Notes : MAS Must Act!!!

Lucky Tan said:

More UPDATES : $110M of High Notes 5 was sold. If the average amount invested is $50k-$80K, more than a thousand people are affected. Someone is trying to organise a meeting... UPDATE 20 Sept 2008 : Tan Kin Lian has urged MAS to hold financial institutions responsible for "mis-selling" activities for such products.

Recommended by Anonymous Coward: "After the crumble of Lehman Brothers, some customers holding to DBS High Notes 5 were shocked to find out that their investment may be wiped out, to the context of "completely".

Some people perhaps may rally the support of other investors in the same portfolio to organise a meeting to settle the issue.

And he also quoted from Tan Kin Lian that MAS should step in to investigate about the matter."

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Submitted by Anonymous Coward on September 21//11:29am and published by jseng, Mr Miyagi :: add new comment | 1505 reads | trackback
Comments 1

Is it really a case of "mis-selling"? Would anyone selling the notes at that time have thought Lehman Brothers will file for bankruptacy?

Throughout the years, those with the high notes have probably enjoyed a higher "interest" rate than if they had kept their money in the bank or in t-bonds. This is the "risk" that they bear for the higher rate of return, the unlikely event that one of the reference entities will default.

Having said that, I think it it is ethically wrong someone to advise another person to put all their savings into one particular asset/product.

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