At this writing, Yam is widely criticized in Hong Kong for failing to protect small investors against the dishonest sales tactics of a number of banks in their selling of toxic Lehman Brothers derivatives disguised as bonds. He denies any responsibility, even though the HKMA oversees all financial institutions.
写这篇文章时，任因为未能保护小投资者免受若干银行以债券为伪装销售雷曼兄弟有毒衍生品的欺诈销售策略的蒙蔽而广受批评。他不承认自己有任何责任，尽管金管局负责监管所有的金融机构。