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A tale of two cities: emergence of offshore Rmb products
Bernard Lee, research fellow of the International Trading Institute at Singapore Management University, feels that Singapore can play a crucial role in the development of China’s financial markets.
Balanced approach in using sovereign bonds as risk management tool crucial for Asian Banks
Michael Zerbs, president and COO, Algorithmics, feels that regulations favouring holding sovereign bonds perpetuate concentration risk, especially for Asian banks that lack access to deep markets.
Asia must prepare for sharp pullback in liquidity and credit
Wee Ee Cheong, CEO of Singapore’s UOB, feels that growth beyond 2011 will be moderated and margins will come under sharp pressure.
Interview transcript: José María Roldán, director general, banking regulation, Banco de España, Spain, April 8th 2011.
José María Roldán, member of the Basel Committee for Banking Supervision, discusses the evolution from Basel II to Basel III, the learning process, and influence of the G20.
Making the off-shore renminbi work for your institution
Date: Jun 21, 2011
Author: Timothy Shim
Categories: China, Payments, Rmb, Transaction Banking
Keywords: BofA, trade settlement
Teleconsultation session on cross-border settlement in renminbi shows benefits of the transactions and also reveal issues which have to be resolved before other off-shore centres can be established.
Emerging market bank assets will overtake those of the G7 by 2036
Date: Jun 13, 2011
Author: Nadir Ahmad
Categories: Emerging Markets, Industry Outlook
Keywords: E7, G7, bank assets
Growth in China will be led by the biggest state-owned banks, while India and Indonesia will see more broad-based bank growth.
Foreign Banks face an uphill battle in China
Date: May 31, 2011
Author: Research
Categories: China, Industry Outlook
Keywords: Top 10 Foreign Banks, Domestic banks, Assets, Profit, NPL, ROA
Although foreign banks in China grew moderately in 2010, fierce competition from large domestic banks and stifling regulations prevent them from reaching their full potential.
Public Bank streamlines its loan origination process, outperforms regional peers
Date: Mar 17, 2011
Author: Research
Categories: Auto-financing, Malaysia, Retail Banking
Keywords: Public Bank, asset quality
A case-study on the winner of the Best Automobile Lending Award at The Asian Banker Excellence in Retail Financial Services Awards 2011.
Nikko Asset Management gets a life of its own with DBS AM purchase
The new assets management partner of Singapore’s DBS has finished being bounced around and is building an Asia franchise of its own.




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