Development Bank of Singapore (DBS) chairman Koh Boon Hwee (L) and his chief financial officer Chng Sok Hui (R) listen to a question during a press conference in Singapore on November 6, 2009. Southeast Asia's biggest bank DBS Group said its net profit climbed 49 percent in the third quarter from the previous year as interest and fee income rose and allowances tumbled. Getty Images logo Getty Images 3 weeks ago

Development Bank of Singapore (DBS) chairman Koh Boon Hwee (L) and his chief financial officer Chng Sok Hui (R) listen to a question during a press conference in Singapore on November 6, 2009. Southeast Asia's biggest bank DBS Group said its net profit climbed 49 percent in the third quarter from the previous year as interest and fee income rose and allowances tumbled.

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  1. Development Bank of Singapore (DBS) chief financial officer, Chng Sok Hui reads out their net profit for the third quarter of 2009 during a press conference in Singapore on November 6, 2009. Southeast Asia's biggest bank DBS Group said its net profit climbed 49 percent in the third quarter from the previous year as interest and fee income rose and allowances tumbled.
  2. Development Bank of Singapore (DBS) chairman Koh Boon Hwee speaks during a press conference in Singapore on November 6, 2009. Southeast Asia's biggest bank DBS Group said its net profit climbed 49 percent in the third quarter from the previous year as interest and fee income rose and allowances tumbled.
  3. Development Bank of Singapore (DBS) chairman Koh Boon Hwee (L) and his chief financial officer Chng Sok Hui (R) listen to a question during a press conference in Singapore on November 6, 2009. Southeast Asia's biggest bank DBS Group said its net profit climbed 49 percent in the third quarter from the previous year as interest and fee income rose and allowances tumbled.
  4. Development Bank of Singapore (DBS) chairman Koh Boon Hwee smiles during a press conference in Singapore on November 6, 2009. Southeast Asia's biggest bank DBS Group said its net profit climbed 49 percent in the third quarter from the previous year as interest and fee income rose and allowances tumbled.
  5. Employees walk past a DBS Bank logo in the lobby of the bank's headquarters in Singapore September 1, 2009. DBS Group, Southeast Asia's biggest bank, confirmed on Tuesday it has appointed Piyush Gupta, 49, as its new chief executive, nearly five months after its previous CEO died of cancer.
  6. Piyush Gupta, Citigroup's Chief Executive Officer for South East Asia and Pacific speaks during an interview with Reuters in Singapore in this March 13, 2009 file photo. DBS Group, Southeast Asia's biggest bank, confirmed on September 1, 2009, it has appointed Piyush Gupta, 49, as its new chief executive, nearly five months after its previous CEO died of cancer.

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