Thursday, 17 July 2008
Finance Minister Audley Shaw is maintaining that the problems facing unregulated investment schemes will not be affect the sector, despite growing fears of a possible fallout.
He was responding to concern raised in some quarters that the difficulties being encountered by OLINT Limited could have repercussions for the financial sector and the wider economy.
With more than US$600 million reportedly being managed by OLINT, some financial observers are predicting that the crisis facing the scheme will have far reaching implications.
However, Mr. Shaw insisted that the financial sector remains intact.
"The banking and financial system in the country are fully intact and there's no negative impact on that system by the misfortune of these schemes," he said.
Reacting to reports of OLINT clients being jittery Mr. Shaw said financial regulators did all they could to alert the public to the dangers of investing in these schemes.
Finance Minister Audley Shaw is maintaining that the problems facing unregulated investment schemes will not be affect the sector, despite growing fears of a possible fallout.
He was responding to concern raised in some quarters that the difficulties being encountered by OLINT Limited could have repercussions for the financial sector and the wider economy.
With more than US$600 million reportedly being managed by OLINT, some financial observers are predicting that the crisis facing the scheme will have far reaching implications.
However, Mr. Shaw insisted that the financial sector remains intact.
"The banking and financial system in the country are fully intact and there's no negative impact on that system by the misfortune of these schemes," he said.
Reacting to reports of OLINT clients being jittery Mr. Shaw said financial regulators did all they could to alert the public to the dangers of investing in these schemes.
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