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Brisk loan growths in Singapore to ease in 2012 on fears of global uncertainties

Systemic loans in September surged 3.1% - guess which sector pulled the loans up?

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Brisk loan growths in Singapore to ease in 2012 on fears of global uncertainties

Systemic loans in September surged 3.1% - guess which sector pulled the loans up?

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China’s big banks to report record profits as bad-debt ratios shrank

Industrial & Commercial Bank of China’s net income surged 28% to 54.4 billion yuan.

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Busted! Goldman Sachs ex-director Gupta screwed for fraud

And it’s not one, not two, but five counts of securities fraud plus one count of conspiracy - now isn’t that something?

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Chinese banks may be stuck with record low valuations

Shares of China’s biggest banks fell an average 23% this year.

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Regulatory requirement makes foreign banks in China race for cash

The Chinese Banking Regulatory Commission’s 75% loan-to-deposit ratio requirement is giving banks a tough time.

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Mainland exposure to rise to 35% of Hong Kong banks by 2012

Concerns of rising exposure are indeed valid as HK banking assets' exposure was only 24% at end-June 2011 and 10% at end-2008.

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Bad mortgages reach a whopping $69b since 2007

Blame it on JP Morgan’s recent disclosure of its $1.3b new expenses related to faulty mortgages and foreclosures.

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Chinese government vigilant for ‘shadow bankers’

More than 80 businessmen mysteriously disappeared or committed suicide to avoid repaying debts to informal lenders.

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Philippine banks to put PEACe bond tax in escrow

Eight local lenders asked the court to stop the government from imposing a 20% tax on interest income from Php35b worth of bonds.

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Underdog no more: Goldman Sachs beats other firms as top Japanese M&A adviser

After being only number 7 last year, Goldman Sachs now has the top spot as it was hired for $54.1b worth of acquisitions this year.

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Singapore central bank to continue 'judicious management' of its currency

The Lion City expects its economy to probably expand at a slower pace in the next few years, according to a Bloomberg report.

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Global regulators to force banks to increase liquid assets

The Basel group plans to put uniform implementation of the Basel III reforms at the top of its agenda, according to a Reuters report.

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UBS expects positive net profit in Q3 2011 despite unauthorized trading fiasco in September

The bank will report a gain on the sale of treasury-related investments of approximately CHF 0.7 billion in Wealth Management & Swiss Bank.

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Hong Kong banks suffer from liquidity and credit quality risks

The banks were somewhat reliant on strong loan growth but though loans for domestic use have grown, almost 25% of the total loan book is now for use outside of Hong Kong.

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Chinese banks' profits surged 34.5% to RMB 899.09b in 2010

Total assets also increased by 19.9% to a whopping RMB 95.3 trillion as of end-2010.

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Chinese banks ditched by wary investors at signs of credit bust

The cheapest Chinese bank stocks may plunge further as the credit boom is showing signs of turning into a bust.

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China's Big Four see huge outflows

Sources suspected that a large chunk of the $65.75bn deposits have flowed to the high-yielding private lending markets.

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