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Hong Kong banks' mortgages to remain benign: Fitch
Hong Kong banks' mortgages to remain benign: Fitch
Risk factors include stretched affordability and high LTV mortgages.
Should China brace for a banking crisis in 2016?
There will be heightened volatility, but a crisis is unlikely.
Thai banks' 2016 NPL outlook "may not be as bad as the market fears": Maybank Kim Eng
Gross NPL was THB335b at the end of 4Q15.
Singapore banks stuck in a ditch as oil sorrows mount
They will soon be bombarded with rising defaults.
Indonesian banks to maintain a countercyclical buffer on top of Basel III capital requirements
New year, new regulation.
Singapore's overall loan growth dragged by 2.3% drop in business loans
System loan growth came in at 1.4% in November 2015.
Not so fast: Asset quality and profitability qualms darken 2016 outlook for Asia-Pac banks
Different year, same economic woes for banks.
Singapore banks' aggregate operating income to slow to 5% in 2016
But core net profit can grow 7%.
All eyes on credit quality as Indonesia’s banks bank on surging economy for growth
Banks are expected to grow an anemic 13%.
Japanese mega banks' earnings dampened by regional exposure
Profit dropped in the past months.
Asset quality in Indonesia and Malaysia most likely to deteriorate
But other ASEAN banks are in a better position.
Are Singapore banks breaking free from decaying asset quality soon?
Banks showed resilience in the face of volatility.
Singapore's system loans slip 0.8% in September as DBU and ACU disappoint
Overall corporate loans declined 1.1%.
Deposit cap removal a bellwether for full interest-rate liberalisation in China
Chinese banks will remain highly influenced by policy directives.
Are Singapore banks doomed for another full-blown crisis soon?
Don’t count on a results rebound.
Debt threat: Indonesian banks' profits pressured by rising bad debts and slowing economy
Bank Negara Indonesia's gross NPL ratio rose to 2.8% for the first nine months of 2015.
Banks lose out in cybersecurity
The rising sophistication of digital attacks means that banks must employ new measures.
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