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Chart of the Week: Malaysian banks to benefit from lower funding costs
Thanks to the system's CASA ratio rising to a multi-year high of 27.1% in February.
Smaller banks in China post weaker capital and liquidity positions
This is due to their faster asset growth rate.Moody's Investors Service says that the 2016 results of the 11 listed Chinese banks rated by Moody's...
Thai banks strong enough to weather consumer lending slowdown: analyst
Thanks to the banks' strong capital positions.
Kasikornbank's NPL up 1bps to 3.84% in Q1
Managament said NPL has already peaked this cycle late last year.
YES Bank's 4Q16 profit after tax up 30% to US$141m
Thanks to fee income's 72% growth.
Singapore's big 3 banks to post lacklustre earnings for 1Q17
Net profit of two banks will decline, whilst that of one bank will remain flat.
Philippine banks to see positive growth over the medium term
Thanks to strong economic growth in the country.
Bank Central Asia's 1Q17 net profit up 10.7% to US$368m
But growth was achieved at the expense of declining NPL coverage.
Bangkok Bank's NPL ratio hits 4.04% in 1Q17
Gross NPLs rose 13% to US$258m.
Taiwanese banks' profitability to recover modestly in 2017
Loan demand will also pick up to mid-single-digit growth.
Indonesian banks to finally see a slowing pace of NPL growth
Credit uptake will likely increase in the coming quarters.
HDFC Bank posts the highest operating profit in three years
It grew 27% in 4QFY17.
Chinese banks to remain under pressure even after growing their profits in 2016
Net interest margins will continue to narrow and asset impairments will increase.
Singapore banks' ROEs to stay depressed at 8-9%
NIMs are expected to remain muted with only a 1-2bp pickup.
Bank Rakyat Indonesia's net profit inches up 6% to US$495m in 1Q17
NIM was flat YTD at 8.1%.
Siam Commercial Bank's gross NPLs up 3.6% in Q1
NPL ratio now stands at 3.06%.