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A tale of two cities: emergence of offshore Rmb products
Date: Aug 22, 2011Bernard 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.
Author: Bernard Lee
Categories: China, Exchanges, Hong Kong, Markets & Exchanges, Rmb, Singapore, Capital Markets, Performance Measurement
Keywords: Dim Sum Bonds, Conversion, Deposits, Hong Kong Monetary Authority, Trade Settlement, CNY, CNH, HedgeSPA, People's Bank of China
Balanced approach in using sovereign bonds as risk management tool crucial for Asian Banks
Date: Aug 16, 2011Michael 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.
Author: Michael Zerbs
Categories: Basel III, Capital & Strategic Issues, Government Finance, Risk and Regulation, Risk Management, Capital Markets
Keywords: Sovereign Bonds, Liquid Assets, Derivatives, Central Clearing, Euro Crisis, US Credit Downgrade, S&P, Market Risk, Diversification, Algorithmics
Asia must prepare for sharp pullback in liquidity and credit
Date: Aug 15, 2011Wee Ee Cheong, CEO of Singapore’s UOB, feels that growth beyond 2011 will be moderated and margins will come under sharp pressure.
Author: Wee Ee Cheong
Categories: Government Finance, Risk and Regulation, Singapore, Capital Markets
Keywords: UOB, Wee Ee Cheong, Assets, Liabilities, US Credit Downgrade, Deposits, Liquidity Risk
Interview transcript: José María Roldán, director general, banking regulation, Banco de España, Spain, April 8th 2011.
Date: Aug 02, 2011José 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.
Categories: Basel III, Regulation, Risk and Regulation
Keywords: José María Roldán, Banco de España, G20, BCBS, BIS, Capital Requirements, Risk Weighted Assets, Hybrid Capita
Making the off-shore renminbi work for your institution
Date: Jun 21, 2011Teleconsultation 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.
Author: Timothy Shim
Categories: China, Payments, Rmb, Transaction Banking
Keywords: BofA, trade settlement
Emerging market bank assets will overtake those of the G7 by 2036
Date: Jun 13, 2011Growth in China will be led by the biggest state-owned banks, while India and Indonesia will see more broad-based bank growth.
Author: Nadir Ahmad
Categories: Emerging Markets, Industry Outlook
Keywords: E7, G7, bank assets
Foreign Banks face an uphill battle in China
Date: May 31, 2011Although foreign banks in China grew moderately in 2010, fierce competition from large domestic banks and stifling regulations prevent them from reaching their full potential.
Categories: China, Industry Outlook
Keywords: Top 10 Foreign Banks, Domestic banks, Assets, Profit, NPL, ROA
Public Bank streamlines its loan origination process, outperforms regional peers
Date: Mar 17, 2011A case-study on the winner of the Best Automobile Lending Award at The Asian Banker Excellence in Retail Financial Services Awards 2011.
Categories: Auto-financing, Malaysia, Retail Banking
Keywords: Public Bank, asset quality
Nikko Asset Management gets a life of its own with DBS AM purchase
Date: Dec 07, 2010The new assets management partner of Singapore’s DBS has finished being bounced around and is building an Asia franchise of its own.
Author: Peter Hoflich
Categories: Capital & Strategic Issues, Industry Developments, Risk and Regulation
Keywords: DBS AM, Nikko Asset Management