Taiwan
Taiwanese banks' profitability to fall in 2016 despite strong performance last year
Taiwanese banks' profitability to fall in 2016 despite strong performance last year
Blame the decline in policy interest rates and a likely increase in credit costs.
Rising risk: Taiwanese banks' asset quality to be hit by China slowdown
Banks' asset quality is most susceptible to sharp housing price correction.
Depreciating Chinese yuan takes its toll on Taiwanese banks
But the associated financial impact is containable.
Taiwan banks' offshore exposure to account for 24% of system assets by end-2017
The China slowdown remains the key risk for the sector.
Taiwan aims for bigger pie from Asian e-commerce boom
Here’s a wrap up of what we learned from Taiwan’s first eCommerce Expo Asia.
Taiwanese banks to ramp up overseas expansion as regulation eases
Overseas investment limits were eased early this year from 40% of paid-in capital to 40% of net worth.
Risks rise as Taiwanese banks continue expanding Asia offshore presence
Especially if risks are not adequately mitigated.
Can Taiwan bank mergers change the market landscape?
Efforts have been made to promote consolidation.
Taiwan's banking sector at risk from cooling housing market
Mortgage growth has been lukewarm since 2008.
Taiwanese banks' offshore exposures predicted to grow over medium term
Will it be risky for the banks?
Fitch revises StanChart Taiwan's outlook to negative to align with parent group
Because of the subsidiary's China strategy role.
Larger Taiwan banks expected recipients of projected margin uplift
Partly because of their mainland China exposure.
Taiwanese banks' profitability predicted to surge over the medium term
Thanks partly to macroeconomic environment improvement.
Growth of Formosa bond market seen to help Taiwan banking system
From asset-liability mismatch in Renminbi.
Taiwan lags US as as an offshore RMB clearing centre
US' RMB payments spiked 327%.
Taiwan's RMB deposits growth ballooned to CNY 233b in May
But it's the slowest rate compared to April.
Why Taiwan banks are amongst Asia's least profitable
Tighter margins loom in the horizon.