Posts by Kim Browne
Asset manager IPCG accuses Deutsche Bank of breaching agreement, files lawsuit
[SINGAPORE] Asset manager Invest Partners Capital Group (IPCG) is suing Deutsche Bank for allegedly breaching a contractual agreement governing their external asset management arrangement, according to court documents filed with the High Court last Friday (Jul 11) and seen by The Business Times. The bank allegedly offered better pricing and terms directly to IPCG’s former…
Read MoreAberdeen extends its deemed interest in CapitaLand India Trust to 6%
OVER the five trading sessions from Jul 11 to 17, institutions were net buyers of Singapore stocks, with net institutional inflow of S$113 million adding to the S$94 million net inflow for the preceding five sessions. This further reduces the net institutional outflow for the 2025 year through to Jul 17 to S$1.65 billion. Institutional…
Read MoreThird-Party Validation: The Secret Weapon for Business Growth
Success in business isn’t just about what you know—it’s about who knows you. I discovered this firsthand during the early days of Hawke Media when a simple Forbes article became the catalyst that transformed my company’s trajectory.When you’re starting out, potential clients have no reason to trust you. You’re unproven, unknown, and competing against established…
Read MoreThe Epstein Files Are Going to Haunt Trump’s Presidency
The truth was somewhat less salacious. Trump was openly encouraging Putin to help his campaign because he wanted his help—and because he thought Clinton was already “cheating” in numerous other ways. He also respected Putin as a strongman and had long railed against alliance systems like NATO—meaning that the Russian dictator had ample reason to…
Read MoreTrump signs stablecoin law as crypto industry aims for mainstream adoption
[WASHINGTON] US President Donald Trump on Friday signed a law to create a regulatory regime for dollar-pegged cryptocurrencies known as stablecoins, a milestone that could pave the way for the digital assets to become an everyday way to make payments and move money. The bill, dubbed the GENIUS Act, passed in the House of Representatives…
Read MoreG20 finance chiefs back central bank independence in first communique since October
[DURBAN, South Africa] Finance chiefs from the Group of 20 countries stressed the importance of central bank independence while pledging to boost cooperation in a communique they issued on Friday after a two-day meeting in South Africa. In their first communique since last October, a month before US President Donald Trump’s election victory paved the…
Read MoreTrump Sues WSJ as He Continues to Crash Out Over Epstein Story
Donald Trump just made good on his threat to sue The Wall Street Journal for reporting on his lewd birthday note to alleged sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein. The president filed a lawsuit in Miami court Friday against Dow Jones, News Corp, Rupert Murdoch, and two Wall Street Journal reporters, according to Reuters. The two journalists…
Read MoreTrump Team Sabotaged Fed Renovation as Trump Started War With Powell
President Trump’s followers offered a measly defense against The Wall Street Journal’s exposé of the president’s close relationship with defamed pedophile Jeffrey Epstein. The Journal reported that Trump wrote a 50th birthday letter to Epstein in which he used the word “enigma.” “Enigmas never age, have you noticed that?” Trump wrote. The MAGA base is…
Read MorePete Hegseth Announces Dangerous Expansion of ICE’s Powers
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is now allowing ICE to use U.S. military bases to detain undocumented immigrants as part of Donald Trump’s sweeping deportation efforts. In a brief letter signed Tuesday, Hegseth approved Camp Atterbury in Indiana and Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst in New Jersey “for temporary use by the Department of Homeland Security to house…
Read MoreFBI Told to Flag Mentions of Trump in Epstein Files, Dem Senator Says
The Wall Street Journal on Thursday evening reported that President Trump sent a 50th birthday letter to infamous predator Jeffrey Epstein in 2003, containing a signed sketch of a naked woman and the ominous caption, “Happy Birthday — and may every day be another wonderful secret.” Trump denied that the letter was actually him, on…
Read MoreKristi Noem Says Texas Flood Response Is Model for Future Disasters
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem says that Americans should expect future natural disasters to be handled similarly to the recent deadly flooding in Texas—and no, she wasn’t being ironic. During a press conference in Nashville, Tennessee, Thursday, Noem was in denial about just how badly she’d managed the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s response to flooding…
Read MoreBrutal Poll Reveals Just How Much Elon Musk’s Power Has Collapsed
The Trump administration is doing damage control on the visible signs of aging in the president, as seen in his swollen legs and a mysterious bruise on his hand. On Thursday, White House press secretary Karoline Levitt revealed that the president had emergency heart tests to figure out what was going on and was found…
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