Analysis: Lessons from a Singapore oil tycoon in the time of coronavirus
By 
Martin Woods2020-04-23T14:58:00
When the tide of coronavirus went out on the oil industry, it revealed a mountain of hidden debt for OK Lim’s oil trading company, which reminds financial crime expert Martin Woods of an old saying from Warren Buffet.
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