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Saturday, May 07, 2011

MALAYSIA - Labuan IBFC banking posts record pre-tax

KUALA LUMPUR: The Labuan International Business and Financial Centre's (Labuan IBFC) banking sector posted a record pre-tax profit for the financial year ended December 31 2010, it was disclosed yesterday.

The Labuan banking industry recorded its best ever performance in terms of pre-tax profits, which increased by 114.8 per cent to US$536.4 million (RM1.6 billion), compared with US$249.7 million (RM749 million) in 2009, said Bank Negara governor and Labuan Financial Services Authority (Labuan FSA) chairman Tan Sri Dr Zeti Akhtar Aziz. (full story)