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Looming resignation of PM Kan stirs anxiety over Japanese banks
This, as 10 largest regional banks and banking groups report a decline in both credit costs and interest paid on deposits, says Fitch.
Looming resignation of PM Kan stirs anxiety over Japanese banks
This, as 10 largest regional banks and banking groups report a decline in both credit costs and interest paid on deposits, says Fitch.
China’s interbank repo rate surges to 8%
The Royal Bank of Scotland says this resulted from the recent 50 point hike in the central bank’s reserve requirement ratio.
Is China in the midst of a banking crisis?
Royal Bank of Scotland says the 24% rise in aggregate loan to GDP ratio followed by years of de-leveraging could lead to a banking crisis.
Japanese banks profits to remain flat through 2012
But Japanese banks should have little problem getting their tier 1 capital up to 7% through profits, says Fitch.
Korean banks to stay strong amidst rising debt
Fitch says non-bank financial institutions will likely be more affected by it.
China’s loan growth drops to 30-month low of 17%
25 more rate hikes are expected in the coming months.
Temasek CEO Ho Ching may resign in August
Analysts see no disruption in the company’s operations, knowing that it had always executed smooth transition of its leaders.
Bank of Korea raises rates to 3.25%
Governor Kim warns of another rate hike in the third quarter.
China’s banking regulator throws small business a lifeline
New rules lowering reserve ratio for loans to SME’s designed to get credit flowing back to the country’s suffering small businesses
Maybank market share to double if RHB merger goes ahead
With the Malaysian government being the biggest shareholder in both banks, this one should be a no brainer.
Korean banking system to remain stable for the next 18 months
This is due to lower impairment expenses, stable net interest margins, and sluggish loan growth that will support higher earnings, says Moody’s.
UOB’s Indonesia business growing strongly
UOBI aims to achieve a pre-tax profit of 30% by 2015.
Maybank and CIMB in talks to buy RHB Capital
Reuters reports Malaysia's top two banks, Maybank and CIMB Group, are beginning rival talks to buy RHB Capital, which could lead to creating...
Mega banned: Indonesia’s Mega Bank banned from opening new branches
Mega has weak internal control, and Bank Indonesia isn’t happy about it.
Chinese banks threatened by new capital rules
The China Banking Regulatory Commission's new 4% leverage ratio requirement means more pressure to maintain a solid capital base.
Investment operations get back to the gym
A new wave of fitness training for investment operations is getting underway. Straight Through Processing (STP) systems achieved a certain level of...
Moody's assigns an Aa1 rating to UOB's senior unsecured notes
The ratings agency retained the stable outlook for the notes to be issued through UOB's SGD5 billion Euro Medium Term Note (EMTN) program.
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