Chart of the Week

Singapore banks' problem loans ratio to increase to 1.8% by end-2017
26 Jul 16
Expect weaker quality loans in Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia and China.
These graphs show the worst may finally be over for Singapore banks
16 Mar 16
Profits are on an uptrend.
Most Philippine banks well-positioned to comply with new liquidity requirements: Moody's
8 Mar 16
Philippine banks are 85% deposit-funded on average, and rely little on wholesale funds.
Thai banks' gross NPL down 6.2% to THB335b at the end of 4Q15
17 Feb 16
NPL ratio of every bank fell from 3Q15, except for KBANK and TMB.
Chinese banks' NPL figures 'highly understated'
10 Feb 16
NPL ratios could jump to as much as 6%.
3 graphs that show the alarming deterioration of Malaysian banks' profitability
8 Dec 15
Decreasing RoA, rising NPLs, and pressured NIMs haunt banks.
Debt threat: Top 4 Thai banks' 3Q15 combined net income slumps 25% due to bad debts
10 Nov 15
Krung Thai Bank and Siam Commercial Bank were the biggest losers.
These charts show how profits of the 4 largest Indonesian banks plummeted in the second quarter
13 Oct 15
Combined profit fell 14.62% to 14.685 trillion rupiah.
Chart of the Week: Singapore banks to suffer from weak market-related income in 4Q14
10 Feb 15
Also, trade loans could fall faster than expected.
Check out how property-centric Hong Kong's banking system is
30 Oct 13
Half of all loans are linked to property.
Here is the flip side to Hong Kong's impressive loan growth
21 Oct 13
Total system LDR jumped 60bp.
An earnings downgrade cycle begins for CIMB and Maybank
9 Oct 13
But Public Bank's outlook remains intact.
This graph isn't enough proof that Singapore banks did well in August
2 Oct 13
Numbers are high, but MAS is still worried.
Why the NIM stabilisation in 2Q13 was an important inflection point for Singapore banks
25 Sep 13
It foreshadows steady structural recovery.
This graph shows possible 2014 loan growth scenarios for Singapore banks
18 Sep 13
Overseas markets are key drivers of slow growth.
Why excessive un-hedged borrowings won't be a concern for Indonesian banks
10 Sep 13
They've kept their loan-deposit ratios low.
Why you must not be fooled by Chinese banks' good 1H13 profit results
4 Sep 13
The sharp overdue loans increase suggest weak underlying trends.
This graph shows the total reserve to total loans ratio of Asian banks
28 Aug 13
Taiwanese banks' level is low compared to peers.
See how Singapore banks have expanded regionally as at 2Q13
21 Aug 13
UOB is the only Singapore bank with Thai operations.
This graph shows a comparison of 3-month Mainland repo rate, Shibor, and HK interbank rate
13 Aug 13
See how they affect each other.
This is why the currency's decline is credit positive for Australian banks
6 Aug 13
It reduces the banks' offshore funding task.
Here's how Singapore banks will be affected by a 50bp increase in 3-year bond maturites
30 Jul 13
Guess which bank will benefit the most?
Only a small portion of China banks' new loans priced below PBOC's benchmark rates
23 Jul 13
Most banks expected to retain their pricing power.
This graph shows Singapore banks' assets by geography
16 Jul 13
Assets outside Singapore grew at a 15% CAGR.
Why the worst may be over for China's credit crunch
10 Jul 13
Current growth rate is quite close to the floor.
See what led Hong Kong banks' stable system loan growth at 1.7%
3 Jul 13
Cheaper borrowing costs are a boon.
Here's why wealth management will be Singapore banks' cash cow in 2013
25 Jun 13
DBS and UOB posted record-high Fees and Commission.
Why headline TSF is 'of little meaning' to calculate China's credit growth
19 Jun 13
It's a 'second derivative' of credit.
Check out how rising interest rates will affect Hong Kong banks' profits
11 Jun 13
Hang Seng and HSBC will benefit the most.
More countries use RMB for more than 10% of their payments with China and Hong Kong
3 Jun 13
There are now 47 countries worldwide.
Here's how China banks fared in 1Q13
21 May 13
Gap between big banks and JSBs narrowed.
Fearless forecast: China banks' net profits and growth rates till 2015
15 May 13
A single-digit growth looms for 2015.
Beware of these typical irregular trading activities of Class C accounts
8 May 13
Regulatory tightening was already imposed in China.
See what drives the growth of CNH deposits in Hong Kong
23 Apr 13
RMB deposits in HK have grown tenfold.
Look at the mortgage NPL trends at DBS, OCBC, and UOB
3 Apr 13
Do the cooling measures translate to burgeoning NPLs?
Taiwan now the world's fourth largest RMB offshore centre, beating US and Australia
26 Mar 13
RMB payments surged 120% over the last six months.
Credit growth outpaced GDP growth in these Asia Pacific economies
20 Mar 13
Credit to the nonfinancial corporate sectors increased sharply since 2005.
These graphs show the mortgage market share of banks in Hong Kong and Singapore
13 Mar 13
Find out which banks are more exposed to the impact of the property cooling measures.
China banks' 2012 profit growth down to 19% from a record 39% in the previous year
5 Mar 13
But results are still impressive, thanks to better NPLs.
Loan penetration extremely low in ASEAN
19 Feb 13
Guess which country has the lowest loan penetration at 30% of GDP?

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