PUTRAJAYA: Former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak will call ex-Goldman Sachs banker Roger Ng as a key defence witness in his ongoing 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) trial, his lead counsel Tan Sri Muhammad Shafee Abdullah confirmed. Shafee also said Najib’s legal team had initially faced difficulties tracking down Ng, revealing that there was uncertainty over...
BlackRock has added four more Wall Street firms as authorized participants (APs) for its spot Bitcoin ETF. With this addition, the asset manager’s Bitcoin-based fund now boasts a total of nine APs. BlackRock’s Bitcoin ETF updates BlackRock, touted as the world’s largest asset manager, now counts Citi, Citadel, Goldman Sachs, and UBS among its APs for its spot...
SINGAPORE: The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has issued a lifetime prohibition order (PO) against Ng Chong Hwa, also known as Roger Ng, a former managing director of Goldman Sachs (Singapore) Pte. In a statement on Tuesday (Sept 5), MAS said the PO was issued following Ng's conviction in the United States for conspiracy to launder...
