How Buffett Values Banks

11 Apr 2013 - The Motley Fool Singapore
The Straits Times Index (SGX: ^STI) is a widely followed stock market index in Singapore and many investors use it as a proxy for the local stock market. But with banks dominating the index with a 28% weightage, it is worth taking a closer look at what determines market value for a bank. For that, we ...
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Three Ways To Be A Better Investor

21 Mar 2013 - The Motley Fool Singapore
It’s not easy being a perfect investor. That’s unless your first name happens to be Warren and your surname, which begins with the letter “B”, rhymes with the name of the little girl who sat on a tuffet. Although Buffett is about as close to the perfect investor as we will ever find even he has been ...
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Does MAS Do a Good Job in Regulating Singapore's Banking Sector?

15 Mar 2013 - The Motley Fool Singapore
Hank Greenberg, the former CEO of American insurance giant, AIG gave an interview with the Motley Fool in the US where he praised Singapore’s financial industry regulators as ‘terrific’ and ‘intelligent’. Greenberg criticised American regulators like the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for allowing ...
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Let's Take a Look at What Great Investors Do

7 Mar 2013 - The Motley Fool Singapore
Here at the Motley Fool Singapore, we’ve been touting that looking at what great investors are doing is akin to a top scoring classmate sharing with you his or her study tips. Warren Buffett’s right-hand man and business partner Charlie Munger also offers similar advice for successful investing: “Carefully ...
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A Look at United Overseas Bank’s 2012 Results

28 Feb 2013 - The Motley Fool Singapore
2012 is looking to be a good year for local banks as United Overseas Bank (SGX: U11) posted a 20.5% increase in net profit from S$2.32b to S$2.80b. Other local banks like Overseas-Chinese Banking Corporation (SGX: O39) and DBS Group Holdings (SGX: D05) had also seen jumps in net profit of 73% and 11% ...
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A Quick Look At Overseas-Chinese Banking Corporation’s Results

15 Feb 2013 - The Motley Fool Singapore
Overseas-Chinese Banking Corporation (SGX: O39) posted a 73% jump in full-year profits to S$3.99b. Singapore’s second-largest bank said core net profit, which excludes gains from the divestment of non-core assets, grew 24%. But the shares lost 0.4% to S$9.99. Shares in Singapore’s two other quoted banks ...
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OCBC Bank unveils 100% refundable mortgage insurance plan

3 Dec 2012 - Singapore Business Review
This is the first in Singapore. According to a release, OCBC Bank has launched Singapore’s first mortgage insurance plan – Mortgage Protector Advantage (MPA) – that allows the customer to pay annual premiums, then refunds all the premiums to the customer at the end of the policy term if no claim is made. ...
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Someone wants to buy OCBC Bank and GEH's shares in F&N and APB

17 Jul 2012 - Singapore Business Review
There is an offer to purchase, but shareholders are advised there is no certainty that any transaction will be entered into. Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation Limited and Great Eastern Holdings Limited announced that they have been approached with an offer to purchase, among others, their combined ...
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