S&P Global Ratings
S&P Global Ratings is an American credit rating agency. It is considered the largest of the Big Three credit-rating agencies, which also include Moody's Investors Service and Fitch Ratings. It publishes financial research and analysis on stocks, bonds, and commodities.
Manappuram Finance reputation at risk amidst invention
The Indian NBFC may be facing money laundering investigations.
Manappuram Finance reputation at risk amidst invention
The Indian NBFC may be facing money laundering investigations.
Australian banks’ cyber risk growing: S&P
Regional lenders are most vulnerable, especially to a data breach.
Southeast Asia’s $290b Islamic bank market poised for growth: S&P
In Malaysia, Islamic banks may account as much as 45% of the commercial loan book.
Indonesia’s big four banks’ asset qualities remain under pressure in 2022
The banks’ credit costs are sighted to remain elevated.
APAC banks on track for LIBOR phase-out: S&P
Singapore banks are leading the way in adopting alternative reference rates.
Commercial banks to take intermediary roles when CBDCs roll out: S&P
Central banks will prioritise financial stability in this undertaking.
Negative gov't intervention fuels rise of Malaysian banks’ systematic risks
Officials’ moratorium programs are hurting lenders’ profitability.
Relaxed regulation heightens Thailand banks’ systematic risks: S&P
NPL ratio is expected to rise to its highest since the 2009 financial crisis.
Expect failures amongst Hong Kong’s virtual-only banks: S&P
Digital lenders are currently at a loss-making and some may fold over the next few years.
More mergers of small Australian banks imminent: analysts
Two mergers were announced in August alone, and as regulatory costs remain high, more might seek to consolidate.
Improved outlooks on the horizon for Chinese finance companies
Policies to slow debt growth and control property prices appear to be working, abating economic risks.
Singapore banks push ahead to post-pandemic era
Significant loan book exposure in China is helping them recover faster than their regional peers.
India’s banking system privatization plagued with capital, regulatory woes
They need to pump money into lenders before selling them if they want to make them more attractive to potential buyers, reports S&P.
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