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DBS/POSB out to con Uncles and Aunties again with their Structured Deposit

masgnoeL

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Last week, I was walking pass a POSB branch and was given the following brochure by one of its staff. I took one look at it and shake my head. Oh no, not again. After the Minibond debacle not so many months ago, these greedy bastards are up to no good again.

Take one hard look at the fine print. This is POSB's SingGrowth Invest plan. And they still got the cheek to use the misleading word "DEPOSIT".

This isn't a deposit. It is an equity investment but without the normal transparency. It is so untransparent, only the ignorant will be hooked. Besides, it is so easy to mis-sell such a product.

MAS should wake up its lazy attitude and ban such activities from our financial institutions. Is MAS going to say that "Buyers Beware" and then leave the public to clean up its own mess. A mess that should not have been allowed by MAS in the first place. Does MAS ever learn?
 

masgnoeL

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http://www.dbs.com.sg/posb/investments/singgrowth/Pages/default.aspx

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masgnoeL

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http://www.dbs.com.sg/posb/investments/singgrowth/Pages/default.aspx

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POSB Invest SingGrowth Account is a 5-year SGD equity-linked structured deposit.

<TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR><TD class=pageFooter style="PADDING-RIGHT: 7px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 7px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" vAlign=top><SUP>1</SUP></TD><TD class=pageFooter style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 7px; PADDING-TOP: 0px">The 4 Singapore blue chip companies are Singapore Telecommunications Limited, United Overseas Bank Limited, Singapore Press Holdings Limited and SembCorp Industries Limited.</TD></TR><TR><TD class=pageFooter style="PADDING-RIGHT: 7px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 7px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" vAlign=top><SUP>2</SUP></TD><TD class=pageFooter style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 7px; PADDING-TOP: 0px">If a Specified Redemption Event does not occur, the Customer will receive 5 annual Fixed Payouts amounting to a total return rate of 7.70% over approximately 5 years. The Bank will pay the relevant Fixed Payout Amount to the Customer on each Payout Date.</TD></TR><TR><TD class=pageFooter style="PADDING-RIGHT: 7px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 7px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" vAlign=top><SUP>3</SUP></TD><TD class=pageFooter style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 7px; PADDING-TOP: 0px">If a Specified Redemption Event occurs (from year 2 onwards), the Customer will receive a Bonus Payout Amount in addition to the Fixed Payout Amount and Principal Amount on the Specified Redemption Date. Only one Bonus Payout will be made on the Specified Redemption Date. However, no Bonus Payout will be made if a Specified Redemption Event does not occur. Apart from the payments specified earlier, no further payments will be made after the Specified Redemption Date.</TD></TR><TR><TD class=pageFooter style="PADDING-RIGHT: 7px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 7px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" vAlign=top><SUP>4</SUP></TD><TD class=pageFooter style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 7px; PADDING-TOP: 0px">The customer will receive the full principal at maturity or upon Specified Redemption Event, unless in the worst case scenario, where the Bank defaults, the Customer will receive zero interest payments and lose his original investment amount. Any early withdrawal by the Customer may result in the Customer receiving substantially less than the principal amount invested.</TD></TR><TR><TD class=pageFooter style="PADDING-RIGHT: 7px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 7px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" vAlign=top><SUP>5</SUP></TD><TD class=pageFooter style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px">Specified Redemption Event will occur when the Return of each Share in the Underlying Basket is at or above 15% in respect of a Fixing Date. The earliest date on which the Specified Redemption Event may occur is on the first Fixing Date (08 August 2011).</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
Disclaimers:
The information provided herein is strictly for information and general circulation purposes only, and does not have regard to the specific investment objectives, financial situation and the particular needs of any specific person. Investors should seek advice from a financial adviser taking into account their specific investment objectives, market events, financial situation and particular needs and, where applicable, the risk factors contained in the termsheet and product summary before making any investment decision. Investors should read the termsheet and product summary relating to the investment product, available at POSB and DBS branches before making a commitment to purchase the investment product. Any opinion contained herein is subject to change without notice and is not to be relied on by the reader as professional advice. DBS Bank does not assume or undertake any duty to advise any person and accepts no liability whatsoever for any direct, indirect or consequential loss arising from any use or reliance of this document or anything contained in it.

Note: Structured deposits are excluded from insurance coverage under the Singapore Deposit Insurance Act (Chapter 77A) and the guarantee by the Singapore Government, and carry risks not normally associated with ordinary bank deposits. You should therefore not treat the product as a substitute for ordinary savings or fixed deposits.
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</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>POSB Biz. Reg. No. 52880148A June 09
POSB Biz. Reg. No. 52880148A June 09
POSB Biz. Reg. No. 52880148A June 09
POSB Biz. Reg. No. 52880148A June 09


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<TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=3 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR><TD class=normalText vAlign=top align=left colSpan=2>Introducing POSB Invest SingGrowth Account:</TD></TR><TR><TD class=normalText vAlign=top align=left width=10>•</TD><TD class=normalText vAlign=top align=left>A simple way to grow your money steadily from as little as S$5,000</TD></TR><TR><TD class=normalText vAlign=top align=left>•</TD><TD class=normalText vAlign=top align=left>Yearly Fixed Payouts<SUP>2</SUP></TD></TR><TR><TD class=normalText vAlign=top align=left>•</TD><TD class=normalText vAlign=top align=left>Up to 2% potential Bonus Payout<SUP>3</SUP></TD></TR><TR><TD class=normalText vAlign=top align=left>•</TD><TD class=normalText vAlign=top align=left>Return of full principal<SUP>4</SUP> at maturity or earlier, upon Specified Redemption Event<SUP>5</SUP></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
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Watchman

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With this interest this low.

I rather take all my money out and make them beg for bailouts.
 

shelltox

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they take your money to invest in local blue chips aka singtel, sph, dbs, uob, etc. they get to enjoy capital appreciations and bonus, and the depositers get peanuts'
 

cooleo

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READ THE FINE PRINT HOR!

Note: Structured deposits are excluded from insurance coverage under the Singapore Deposit Insurance Act (Chapter 77A) and the guarantee by the Singapore Government, and carry risks not normally associated with ordinary bank deposits. You should therefore not treat the product as a substitute for ordinary savings or fixed deposits.
 

annexa

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MAS should do something to educate the public about this fine print before shit hits the roof again.
 

bhoven

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DBS/POSB is shameless...the expected dividend yield of the underlying equities as of today are as follows:

SPH - 5.213%
UOB - 4.111%
SCI - 3.726%
Singtel - 3.932%

True current dividend yields may not be sustainable but there is capital gain which is not passed on to the investor. DBS/POSB are again taking candy from their trusting custies! SIAS and CASE should take them to task!
 

masgnoeL

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I just checked the POSB website, which is part of DBS.
www.posb.com.sg
http://www.dbs.com/posb/Pages/default.aspx

It still has the SingGrowth Invest Structured Deposit product sold on the site.

Hasn't MAS banned DBS from marketing Structured Deposit already?

Is DBS disobeying MAS?

What is MAS doing? What is happening? Is MAS sleeping? For contravening a ban, how much should DBS be fined this time?

Makapa should send this info to STOMP and copy to MAS.
 

Dragon8899

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My sentiments exactly.

Is MAS pretending not to know or is POSB not covered under the DBS ban?
This looks like an offence, even though it is on the website and PSOB can say it sack its webmaster recently and not in time to update the website.

What a joke! Or is MAS and DBS together in this? Banning everyone else and then allowing POSB to sell?
 
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