Just want to share my personal experience here with the job seekers who are keen to know more about Capital Dynamics since I have not seen any new feedback on the company.

I got to know Capital Dynamics through a senior who has been working for Capital Dynamics for more than 10 years. She joined as a fresh grad. Over the years, she has been given a lot of career opportunities and exposures, which is the part that really excites me!

I went for an interview recently. Was actually surprised that they called me for interview very fast, like within a day or two after I applied, I expected it to be like at least few weeks, like the other companies. In fact, Capital Dynamics is one of the very few companies in the financial industry that is still hiring.

To my greater surprise, Mr Tan Teng Boo actually joined the interview session and he was really friendly and approachable. He shared some insightful advice on the career prospect with company and the training opportunities that the company is willing give to those who are committed about achieving a success, including a fresh grad, like me!

Well, he was upfront about a few unique policies that the company has. Since I saw a lot of discussions above on the policies, I shall share them here with everyone:

1) no personal mobile phone policy, which to me it makes sense given the nature of the business which is highly regulated, they need to ensure no leakage of sensitive information which may lead to serious impact like licence revocation, monetary penalty by the regulator, jail term etc. As long as they still allow employees to use company phone to communicate with family and friends at any time, that is fine for me;

2) Asian name policy, which is thought provoking, I realised that I am actually still mentally colonised by the Westerners, I gave an English name to myself to make it convenient for my non-Asian friends to remember and pronounce, I never thought of insisting to teach them how to pronounce my Asian name properly. I do agree with the CEO that we have to respect ourselves, our root before others would do the same to us;

3) nap policy, this is interesting, you can actually take naps in the office any time during the office hour;

4) casual dress code, to my very surprise, for a financial company to have such dress code (I see some of the employees wearing jeans, slippers, shorts when I was there for interview, I thought they have a special function!).

The only thing that made me a bit hesitant is that they do work on Saturdays (half day). The CEO shared their vision of becoming a great global company and their ambition to be a voice of Asia. I do understand that this industry is highly competitive and I have heard a lot from my seniors and friends who work in the industry about the common long hours and extra effort in order to stay competitive. I guess as a fresh grad, what I need most at this stage is a good training ground so I can catapult in my career. So I will give it a try! Wish me luck

Rip, kena conned

GOOD LUCK ... you gonna need more than that.

If insist on Asian name, then do you mind ask why is company called Capital Dynamics ah? - "Capital Dynamics" are 2 actual Ang moh words
Why not Asian name like Hong Leong, Genting, Tenaga, Hartalega, Bursa, Shangri-la etc

Please please keep us updated on this. I’m sure all of us would like to know if TTB has cleaned up his act or not.

Judging from the many reviews all over glassdoor, JobStreet and here, he really is a piece of work.

His fb posts are often come across as hate propaganda with lots of blame but very little solutions. This is surely not how a fund manager should act.

I hope you learn how to choose the positives and ignore the negatives while you’re at your new role.

Hi, you worked in Capital Dynamics before ? Why do you say that i kena conned ?

Hi LeonL, i think the important message for the Asian name policy is to respect who we are, to understand ourselves, before we seek respect and understanding from others, especially people from different ethnic groups. I believe this works for non-Asians as well. Ultimately, the objective is to create a more harmonious world, where everyone respects and understands each other better, thus reduces unnecessary conflicts and war. I do appreciate this policy.

This has nothing to do with the name of the company, you should not mix up the 2. If that is your argument, we should not use English at all!

Hi p0intblanc, i did read the reviews on glassdoor, jobstreet before i went for the interview with Capital Dynamics. I think those reviews may not be entirely reflecting the true condition of the company. At least I sought clarifications from the company during the interviews on the reviews. and now that i have heard from both sides, I can judge better. I think one can only judge when you have the full facts, rather than just listening to one-side story, do you agree?

I can't comment much on TTB's fb posts now, I dont think I am experienced enough to do so. But as a professional fund manager, i believe he has his reasons of making those comments. Based on my observation (since i get to interact with him now), he is someone that reads widely and speaks with facts. He like to inspire and share his thoughts, very far-sighted and philosophical. I read his articles (you can also read them if you subscribe to i Capital) and I see that the company and TTB have proposed some suggestions and solutions for the structural problems we face in the country since many years ago. Maybe you want to read them up ?

Oh young and naive soul. You are really a noob or you may be ttb in disguise... sorry when there’s smoke there’s fire.

Ok, so whats wrong with capital dynamics exactly? This TTB guy runs it like a chinaman company or what?

No 1 is already unacceptable. What great insights / confidential document does TTB think his company has?

Even in places like goldman sachs, JP Morgan etc where the investment bankers / investment managers / traders have much more confidential information / data and are true global market movers, these companies did not ban personal mobile phones from their premises. Capital Dynamic's reason for this sounds like a load of bull shit to get the staff to work without any regards to outside world during working hours.

It has everything to do with the name of the company, since this is about about names, and company policy regarding names.
If there is anything i would link this policy to, it would be the name of the company ...

I noticed one funny trend here - anyone who is on the side of ttb or Capital Dynamics will be deemed as tb in disguise or noob. Seems like there is a syndicate here. Hmm.. Maybe this is the wrong forum to find out or share about Capital Dynamics, but more of a group of naysayers? Sour grapes? Losers?

Hi, Capital Dynamics is too small to compare with those big banks that you mentioned la. Capital Dynamics is too small to be backed by the government so it has to be self-sustainable, be extra prudent in its management. Capital Dynamics does not have billions to pay for fines in case of any fraud like the big banks.

Also, we have access to Internet la. We can communicate with anyone at anytime via office phone also. We are not living under a tempurung or in a cage.

In case you are not aware, there are companies who also practice the same policy in Malaysia.

just gv urself a try thr for one month la.. u will be able to know the answer

btw, i nvr heard of any company dont allow u to hv ur own private phone.. mind to share me the info on tis?
In case you are not aware, there are companies who also practice the same policy in Malaysia. >> for example?

Eh name me one company... especially among the financial institutions since you're talking about the confidential financial data lol

When one person say ttb or cd no good - that person could be wrong.
When two person say ttb or cd no good - two person could be wrong.
When three person say ttb or cd no good - three person could be wrong.
4 person
5 person
When a lot of peeps say ttb or cb no good, only you say it's good ... u must be right. The rest is sour grape and loser ... wuakakakakakaka

Sekolah tinggi tinggi masih bodo rupanya.

he still fresh grad mah.... gv chance la
given that now it is very tough to find job, tis could be the best job offer for him for now. let him try first lor

Freshie I un, we are once a freshie too.

But calling others that is not in line from his perspective sour grape and loser ?

Thats the right attitude, keep it up.

if he dont wan to listen, just let him learn it the hard way


(To my greater surprise, Mr Tan Teng Boo actually joined the interview session and he was really friendly and approachable. He shared some insightful advice on the career prospect with company and the training opportunities that the company is willing give to those who are committed about achieving a success, including a fresh grad, like me! )

sometimes, the interviewer confirm act very nice to lure you to join his company one la. after joining, thn u will know their true color.. if upfront the interviewer show u some bossy attitude, u still dare to join?