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SINGAPORE (Nov 17): Prosecution on Thursday morning put forward more evidence in court that ex-BSI wealth planner Yeo Jiawei was close to 1MDB mastermind Low Taek Jho.

SINGAPORE (Nov 11): Ex-BSI banker Yeo Jiawei on Friday refuted claims that he worked for 1MDB mastermind Low Taek Jho, calling it a “misunderstanding” and “assumption” on the part of Kevin Swampillai, his former boss at BSI.

SINGAPORE (Nov 2): Former BSI wealth planner Yeo Jiawei was paid some $500,000 a year by Low Taek Jho, the Malaysian financier who is accused of siphoning billions from Malaysia's state fund 1MDB, Yeo’s former boss Kevin Swampillai told the court on

SINGAPORE (Nov 1): Yeo Jiawei, the former BSI wealth planner charged in relation to the 1MDB affair, left the Swiss private bank to work for the bank’s client Low Taek Jho, according to Yeo’s former boss at BSI, Kevin Swampillai, in his testimony in c

SINGAPORE (Oct 31): The closely-watched trial of Yeo Jiawei, the first person slapped with criminal charges related to the 1 Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) affair, kicked off on Monday afternoon.

SINGAPORE (Oct 10): Two other former BSI bankers have been charged for their alleged involvement handling accounts belonging to Low Taek Jho, widely described as a key figure in the on-going 1MDB probe.

SINGAPORE (Aug 24): Even as the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) tries to grow the emerging fintech sector, it is recognising that regulators such as themselves can pick up a new skill or two in keeping pace with changes within the financial industry

SINGAPORE (June 10): Even in Asia’s cutthroat world of wealth management, the news of a mass defection at RBS Coutts, venerable bankers to the British royals, came as a shock.

SINGAPORE (May 25): Now that Singapore has made BSI Bank the second financial institution to get kicked out of the city in 32 years, New Delhi has a window to plug a money-laundering loophole in its tax agreement with the island nation.

SINGAPORE (May 24): BSI Bank’s Switzerland-based parent company BSI SA has announced in a press release on Tuesday that its group CEO Stefano Coduri has tendered his resignation with immediate effect.