Here's an update.
This week on Wednesday the kind folks of Maybank Kim Eng bought me and two other finance bloggers to lunch to apologise for the margin call made on my account.
( As I was the only guy who got margin called, I accused the other bloggers of getting a free meal out of my misery ! )
The lunch was somewhat hipsterish - we ate octopus at this place called Venue by Sebastian. The highlight of the session if not so much the free food but just how surprisingly insightful the folks of Maybank are.
I always thought that most of the finance folks you meet in the industry are the run of the mill guys who can spout finance after passing a few CMFAS exams. It takes personal effort to read finance literature and even very "smart" guys who claim to be in the know will just ......