Investment Banking

ABC Leads 1-Billion-Yuan Bond Underwriting for CITIC Pacific

Agricultural Bank of China Limited successfully led the 1-billion-yuan RMB bond underwriting for CITIC Pacific Limited's 5-year maturity with a...

ABC Leads 1-Billion-Yuan Bond Underwriting for CITIC Pacific

Agricultural Bank of China Limited successfully led the 1-billion-yuan RMB bond underwriting for CITIC Pacific Limited's 5-year maturity with a...

DBS appoints Tam Thye Hung as Head of Global Transaction Services in Idonesia

Tam was previously the Senior Vice President of DBS’ GTS Regional Cash Sales team.

HSBC’s pre-tax profits amount to a whopping US$6.8b in Asia

Hong Kong delivered the highest profit of US$3.1b.

Asian banks ‘breeze through’ Basel III implementation

Global regulators have proposed new liquidity and capital rules, known as Basel III, with the goal of reducing the likelihood of another financial...

Enhancing fund governance for sustainable growth

While the fund industry witnessed a sharp fall following the financial tsunami in 2008, the impact of the global financial crisis (GFC) seems to have...

Singapore banks’ loan growth jumped 20% in 5 months

Kim Eng says DBS may profit the most with $719m in 2Q11.

Standard Chartered appoints Darcy Lai as Regional Head

Darcy will head Origination and Client Coverage and was most recently with Barclays Capital as Head of Investment Banking and Debt Capital Markets in...

Banks banned from investing in ‘kimchi’ bonds from July 25

The direct impact of the new rules is on the KRW cross currency basis.

Temasek still keen on China despite $3.6bn shares sale

China accounts for 20% of the Singapore state investor’s portfolio despite sale of shares in two Chinese banks.

HSBC Global Asset Management names Bill Maldonado as Asia-Pacific CIO

The lender banks on Maldonado to lead the lender’s investment team in Asia, which aim to capture the growing wealth in the region.

Philippine banks to remain stable on improving domestic economy

The core Tier 1 capital adequacy ratio rose to an average 12% at end-2010, while the average loans/deposits ratio was stable at about 60%.

Westpac opens its 2nd branch in China

The new branch in the World Finance Centre in Beijing’s Central Business District is Westpac’s sixth office in the region.

Why are transfer pricing tensions increasing in Asia?

The economic landscape is not looking very promising and transfer pricing audits are escalating in both intensity and frequency. Developed nations...

HSBC appoints Michael Paulus as Asia Pacific head of public sector

He will be reporting locally to Andrew Zeissink, Head of Financial Institutions Group for Asia Pacific.

Maybank Singapore launches the first Syariah-compliant savings account

This account caters to the local population of around 450,000 Muslims.

Singapore Banks may have to make less risky loans to meet new capital requirements

But analysts breathe a sigh of relief that new capital levels not too tight.

Singapore Banks may have to make less risky loans to meet new capital requirements

But analysts breathe a sigh of relief that new capital levels not too tight.