September 24, 2009
Looks like the buy and hold strategy worked out for Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund, after it notched a $1.6 billion profit on a partial sale of its Citigroup Inc. (NYSE:C) stake. The Government of Singapore Investment Corp., or GIC reduced its holding of Citi to 5% from 9%, exchanging its $6.88 billion of convertible preferred [...]
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September 2, 2009
HONG KONG — Marco Wong lost his job with Citigroup in Singapore in mid-January. During all the turmoil that engulfed the financial world last year, the cutbacks at the U.S. banking giant were neither unique nor surprising.
Still, Mr. Wong says, Citigroup’s decision not to renew his contract shortly before it was due to end [...]
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June 15, 2009
Asian hedge funds are attracting growing interest from investors as managers focusing on the region outperform global peers.
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