Episode 8: Who is going to protect me?
Catch it on Tuesday, 21 October at 8:30 pm on Channel NewsAsia

September 14 - Lehman Brothers collapses

September 17 - The US Federal Reserve loans $85 billion to AIG to avoid bankruptcy

October 8 - Central banks in USA, England, China, Canada, Sweden and Switzerland cut rates in a coordinated effort to aid world economy

October 11 – Angry investors turn up at The Speaker’s Corner to seek redress

Almost overnight, unfamiliar terms like Lehman Minibonds, DBS High Notes 5 and Morgan Stanley Pinnacle Notes became the focus of coffeeshop talk. In Singapore, more than 9,700 people had bought Lehman-linked structured notes worth over S$500 million. Many were retires who had invested their life-savings. In possibly the biggest turn-out ever at The Speaker's Corner, 1,000 irate Singaporeans gathered to hear what advice former NTUC Income chief, Tan Kin Lian had to give.

The questions came fast and furious:

What can be done to help the investors who have burnt their hands?

Who is responsible for the mess so far? And most importantly

Who is going to protect me?

Blogtv answers these questions live here on Tuesday, 21 October at 8:30pm.

You can also catch a repeat of the programme at these following times:
21 October, 11.30pm
22 October, 1.30pm
23 October, 5.30pm

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