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Chinese M&As hit US$93.1 billion
Chinese M&As hit US$93.1 billion
Cash-rich Chinese banks and firms are splurging on mergers and acquisitions abroad.
Bad loans threaten China’s recovery
A tsunami of bad loans could sink many Chinese banks.
ICBC's NIM flat at 2.7% as time deposits grew significantly in 3Q12
Time deposit grew 11.8%.
This is how badly affected DBS is after China's interest rate cuts
DBS' loan-deposit spread declined -4bp.
CCB to internationalize the RMB
China Construction Bank Corporation will sell US$400 million.
Big Four have a bad year
The Big Four could see profitability plunge to 5%.
Big 4 Chinese banks keep strong balance sheets: S&P
Organic growth rather than acquisitions.
China's Industrial Bank enjoys 40.92% profit increase in Q3
Sustained profit growth.
Are Chinese banks ill-equipped to acquire and run Euro banks?
The best that predatory Chinese banks could do is take over a struggling European bank and leave the management in place.
See how China's corporate deposit growth will deteriorate in 10 years
It is expected to decline to a negative growth in 2021.
China Merchants Bank's NPLs up 10.2% for the successive third quarter
And total deposits fell by 1.8%.
China CITIC Bank's net profit down 27% to CNY 7.9b in 3Q12
But underlying trends remain good.
China Construction Bank's sluggish net fee income fell by 2% in 3Q12
But CCB's net profit increased 12% to RMB51.9bn.
Minsheng Bank's MSE loan growth rebounds by RMB29.9bn
The momentum is expected to continue into 4Q12.
China's depressing corporate deposits growth to eventually close to zero
From 18% in 2002 to 9% in Sep 2012 to -1% in 2021.
Agricultural Bank of China ups net profit by 19.2%
A net profit of US$19.06 billion.
Ping An, Huaxia banks see profits slow in Q3
It still increased.
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