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News Releases 2001

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December

• DBS Bank Synthetically Securitizes SGD 2.8 Billion Of Corporate Loans (21 December)
  
  
• New Look POSB Branch Unveiled (6 December)
  
  
• DBS And MasterCard Unveil Singapore's First World Cup Card Featuring Soccer Legend Pelé (4 December)
  
  

November

• DBS CashLine Garners 40,000 Applications Within Six weeks Of Launch (27 November)
  
  
• DBS Bank, Together With Standard Chartered, Launches SMRT's Inaugral Singapore Dollar Bond (16 November)
  
  
• DBS Staff Taking To The Streets For Island-Wide Fund-Raising Drive This Sunday (15 November)
  
  
• DBS Offers Innovative Solutions In Challenging Investment Environment (8 November)
  
  
• DBS Group Holdings Successfully Completes SGD 2.2 Billion Equity Placement (6 November)
  
  
• DBS Launches S$2.1 Billion Capital Raising Initiative (5 November)
  
  
• DBS50 Index To Be Discontinued (1 November)
  
  

October

• DBS First To Launch Micro-Loan Scheme (31 October)
  
  
• DBS Launches New Comprehensive Financing Package 'IMPRESS' To Help SMEs (23 October)
  
  
• DBS Thai Danu Bank Announces Bt 41 Million Net Profit For 3Q01
  (19 October)
  
  
• Singapore Banks Become New Shareholders Of The CLS Group Singapore Dollar Extends Currencies For CLS Settlement
  (18 October)
  
  
• CashLine: DBS' Exciting New Personal Credit Facility (16 October)
  
  
• DBS Bank Supports Government's Move To Help SMEs (12 October)
  
  
• Changes In Interest Rates (10 October)
  
  

September

• Changes In Interest Rates (26 September)
  
  
• DBS Bank Names Head Of Regional HR And Head Of Regional Communications (21 September)
  
  
• POSB MasterCard Receives 30,000 Applications Within Five Weeks Of Launch (18 September)
  
  
• DBS Win 'Best Singapore Dollar Bond House' And 'Best Local Equity House' Awards (5 September)
  
  

August

• DBS To Complete Acquisition Of 60% Of Vickers Ballas on September 12, 2001 (27 August)
  
  
• DBS Sells Philippine Subsidiary To Bank Of The Philippine Islands (15 August)
  
  
• DBS Asset Management Launches New Capital-Protected Fund For Muslim Community (15 August)
  
  
• DBS Launches POSB Credit And Debit Mastercards (7 August)
  
  

July

• DBS Will Not Revise Offer For OUB (30 July)
  
  
• DBS Opens Singapore's First Two Supermarket POSB Centres(26 July)
  
  
• DBS Operating Revenues Grow 2.7% Despite Weak Economic Conditions (23 July)
  
  
• DBS Enhances Wealth Management Suite with Bancassurance Partnership (23 July)
  
  
• DBS is "Best Bank in Singapore" in Euromoney's Awards for Excellence 2001 (22 July)
  
  
• Advisory (19 July)
  
  
• DBS Thai Danu Announces Second Consecutive Quarter Net Profit (19 July)
  
  

June

• DBS Completes Acquisition of Majority of Dao Heng Bank (29 June)
  
  
• DBS Responds to UOB Bid For OUB (29 June)
  
  
• DBS Welcomes Further Banking Liberalisation (29 June)
  
  
• DBS on Investor Roadshow (28 June)
  
  
• HKMA Approves DBS' Purchase of Dao Heng Bank (28 June)
  
  
• Standard & Poor's Reaffirms DBS' Ratings, Removes DBS From Negative Watch (24 June)
  
  
• DBS Offers To Buy OUB (22 June)
  
  
• DBS And TD Waterhouse Agree To Form A Regional Online Financial Services Powerhouse (20 June)
  
  
• DBS Volunteers Involve Corporate Customer In Community Work (15 June)
  
  
• AP Oil International Limited (6 June)
  
  
• DBS50 Index: Changes To Component Stocks (5 June)
  
  
• DBS Bank Announces The Launch Of The Largest Single Commercial Property Asset Securitisation In Singapore
  (4 June)

May

• DBS Group Holdings Makes Arrangements To Promote Trading Liquidity Of The Preference Shares (30 May)
  
  
• DBS Preferred Investment Issue Fully Subscribed At S$1.1 Billion(21 May)
  
  
• DBS Further Increases Preferred Investment Issue Offering to S$1.1 Billion (17 May)
  
  
• Following Is A Statement From DBS Chairman S. Dhanabalan On The Matter Of The Company's Director And Executive Director Compensation (17 May)
  
  
• DBS Preferred Investment Issue Offering Increases to S$900 Million(16 May)
  
  
• DBS50 Index: Changes To Component Stocks (15 May)
  
  
• DBS Follows US$850 Million Offering of Subordinated Notes to International Markets With Singapore Dollar Market Financing(12 May)
  
  
• DBS Bank successfully prices $US850 million offering of subordinated notes (10 May)
  
  

April

• DBS And NTUC Fairprice First To Bring SuperMarket Banking To Singapore (25 April)
  
  
• DBS Up Second Tranche Attracts $180 Million In Sales (24 April)
  
  
• DBS Thai Danu Announces First Net Profit Since 1998 (18 April)
  
  
• DBS Group In Deal To Acquire Dao Heng Bank (11 April)
  
  

March

• Research Shows 'Knowledge About Internet Banking' Key Driver To People Banking On-Line (23 March)
  
  
• DBS Bank Successfully Completes Offering Of US$785 Million Equivalent In Hybrid Tier 1 Securities (15 March)
  
  
• Frontline Technologies Corporation Ltd (15 March)
  
  
• DBS Raises More Than $70,000 For Charity Through Internet Banking Promotion (13 March)
  
  
• DBS Up Is Back! (13 March)
  
  
• DBS Bank To Issue US$500 Million And S$100 Million In Tier 1 Capital Securities (7 March)
  
  
• DBS Net Profit Jumps 30% On Slightly Lower Revenues (5 March)
  
  
• Innovalues Precision Limited (1 March)
  
  

February

• DBS50 Index: Changes To Component Stocks (22 February)
  
  
• DBS EIGHT Achieves $608 Million In Sales (20 February)
  
  
• DBS Bank Launches Singapore Telecommunications Limited Inaugural Singapore Dollar Bond (19 February)
  
  
• DBS Welcomes Latest MAS Initiatives To Strengthen S$ Bond Market(15 February)
  
  
• DBS to Acquire Majority Stake in Vickers Ballas (13 February)
  
  
• DBS Bank Hosts First-Ever Singapore Dollar Bond Conference(12 February)
  
  
• DBS Bank Appoints New Head of Central Treasury (7 February)
  
  
• DBS Singapore Hong Bao Benefits Two Associations (5 February)
  
  

January

• Paillart, Tai To Lead DBS Group  (21 January)
  
  
• DBS Thai Danu Bank Reports Full Year Operating Profit  (18 January)
  
  
• Hyflux Ltd  (16 January)