@izamryan mentions in the Twitter stream- @ummiabdullah Woot!! Precious hubby.. Congrats @izamryan!! 29 July, 2010
- @snrpablo my darling husband @izamryan made birthday dinner @ home & for dessert - bananas topped with cream & maple syrup =) 29 July, 2010
- RT: @izamryan Men&women think difly at times, but the biggest diff is this: men forget, but never forgive. Women forgive, but never forget. 29 July, 2010
- @izamryan - men get and forget, women give and forgive lol!! 29 July, 2010
- @izamryan @ummiabdullah hahaha im thinking im gonna just pass on the goats, weeds and bottoms if its all the same 26 July, 2010
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Category Archives: Business
Investment strategies – buying into US high yields but hedging against USD depreciation
AllianzGI US High yield SGD hedged fund has an interesting strategy for investors who want to go long in US junk bonds but short the USD. Continue reading
Financial planning, the TAP 2009 dividend and the BIBD Al-Kauthar fund series #brunei
This week one of our LegCo members suggested that the Government should introduce authorised investment schemes for the public. BIBD also ran a roadshow to give investors a sneak peek of their BIBD Al-Kauthar Fund Series. With the backdrop of a 0% TAP dividend for FY2009, this blog post shares some of the latest developments in personal financial planning. Continue reading
Panel Discussion: India #Brunei ICT Scope and Potential for Collaboration
Earlier this week I was invited by the High Commission of India, Brunei Darussalam to be a member of a small 7-man panel to talk about the collaboration between India and Brunei. These are the slides and my presentation material from Friday the 28th January 2010. Continue reading
CIMB is hiring for 3 positions in #brunei. CIMB is ranked #4 in M&A League table.
CIMB Group is hiring for: Senior Manager, Executive and Assistant Executives in Brunei. Highly ranked in the league tables and for their HR excellence. Continue reading
Google’s Nexus One smartphone – not your ordinary innovation
Why Google’s Nexus One isn’t all just about technological innovation, it’s also about business model innovation. Changing the rules of the game this way has great potential for future returns. Continue reading
TBTF – Bear Sterns collapse and Syariah compliance
A blog post about “Too Big To Fail”, the collapse of Bear Sterns and how short selling is mostly prohibited under Syariah financial rules. Continue reading
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Tagged CIBFM, Financial Scandals, Islamic Business, Risk Management, Stock Markets, Too Big To Fail
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IFRS for SMEs – What does the future hold for Brunei?
2 weeks ago at the sidelines of the AFA16 conference, Izam Said asked me for my thoughts on International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) adoption in Brunei. Over the last two weeks I’ve had more thoughts on IFRS and some thoughts … Continue reading
Guest Post on re:The Auditors
Francine McKenna and I correspond over Twitter on various topics covering Corporate Governance and the “Expectations Gap” between auditors and the stakeholders they serve. She has more than twenty years of experience in the consulting and professional services environment including tenures … Continue reading
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Tagged AFA, Auditors, BICPA, Brunei, Corporate Governance, Financial Scandals
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Financial scandals – Have auditors succumbed to greed?
This week, we hosted the 16th ASEAN Federation of Accountants confernce here in Brunei and I was very pleased when I received an invitation from BICPA and the organising committee to present a paper on the above topic. I’ve uploaded … Continue reading
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Tagged AFA, Auditors, BICPA, Brunei, Corporate Governance, Financial Scandals
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Overbudget & overdue – TAIB Airport Mall
In the ongoing series of blog posts about TAIB … … well, I’ll just link this article on Brunei.fm and you can check it out yourself.
