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Weekly Global News Wrap Up: Aussie banks' lender returns on a downtrend; Regulator puts heat on Morgan Stanley for unethical sales practice
Weekly Global News Wrap Up: Aussie banks' lender returns on a downtrend; Regulator puts heat on Morgan Stanley for unethical sales practice
And the Deutsche Bank rout could already be affecting other European banks.
AsiaPac banks to bear the brunt of IFRS 9 implementation pressures
It could raise earnings volatility.
Bank lending in Singapore inches up 1.1% to $604b in August
It expanded at the same pace it did in July.
Indian banks' asset metrics to remain weak in the next 12-18 months
It will reflect the system's credit binge in 2009-12.
Consumer loans "still too small" to boost Indonesian banks' loan growth
Working capital loans still dominate.
Weekly Global News Wrap Up: No bailout for Deutsche Bank in sight; Wells Fargo probes sales practices
And a survey says Shanghai could be the next major financial hub.
Are the proposed tax reforms a boon or a bane for Philippine banks?
Taxes on interest income could be reduced to 10%.
Chart of the Week: These are the two culprits behind Thai banks' slow loan growth
It fell to as low as 3% recently.
Goldman Sachs to axe 90 investment bankers in Asia
Around 200 bankers will be left in the region.
Weekly Global News Wrap Up: JPMorgan to nab a stake in InvestCloud; China’s shadow banking could lose $375b
And Deutsche Bank to convert billions worth of corporate loans into marketable securities.
Taiwanese banks mired in difficult operating environment as cross-Strait ties remain challenging
The cancelled deal between CTBC Financial Holdings and China CITIC Bank speaks volumes.
No immediate NPL recovery for Indonesian banks in 2017: analyst
NPL forecast for 2017 is 3%.
Chart of the Week: Weak capital levels of India's state-owned banks a key credit constraint
Moody's suggests slowing loan growth to single digits to bridge the capital shortfall.
Weekly Global News Wrap Up: ABN Amro chief to step down in 2017; US banks step away from auto lending
And HSBC expects more banks to work with fintechs.
Is a cascade of defaults on the horizon for Singapore banks?
Cross-transaction among O&G firms are making traders jittery.
Malaysian banks' gross loan growth slows to 5.8% end-Jun 2016
But domestic loan growth was stable at 5.6%.
Chart of the Week: These 3 Chinese banks' shadow loan books exceed their official ones
Asset quality is feared to deteriorate further.
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