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7 key things you need to know about CBRC's new guideline on LGFV loans

7 key things you need to know about CBRC's new guideline on LGFV loans

It not only reiterates the total exposure control on LGFV loans.

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StanChart expects doubled profit for wholesale banking division

Targets US$10 billion in profits over the next four years.

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Chinese bank lending hits US$99.6 billion in February

Total lending for the month stood at US$172 billion.

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Chinese banks taking on intolerable risks

Financial reforms needed to reduce excessive risks concentrated in banking sector.

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Hang Seng Bank, DBS to be hit the hardest by a floor on mortgage risk weighting

Check out why they are in more danger than their peers.

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China to continue currency and banking reforms

Might also relax tight capital controls this year.

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Philippine banks to sustain credit growth of 10-12% in 2013

The system’s ratio of credit to GDP is low at about 30%.

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Hang Seng Bank's ROE to fall to 14% for 2013

It's down from 22.6% for 2012.

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Chinese banks’ bad loans jumped by 39%

Stood at US$69 billion in 2012.

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Japan asks India to relax tough banking rules

Formal Japanese request asks greater financial inclusion for Japanese banks.

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China gets tougher on shadow banking

New rules intend to slow explosive growth of the gray market.

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Mizuho hunts for assets in the USA

Japan's second-largest bank intends to acquire a US commercial bank in the next three years,

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RBS to fire employees at Indian unit

Layoffs part of the bank’s plan to wind down its retail and commercial operations in India.

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Bank lending to local government financing vehicles curbed

China urges local governments to abide by the rules to avert more bad loans.

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BDO and BPI to be hit the hardest by policy reform in reserves on trust

Foregone trust income could range from a low of PHP20m to as high as PHP440m.

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Nomura predicts slower profit growth for Philippine banks

Investors are urged to cut their holdings in Philippine banks.

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India hopes for a stronger banking sector

China’s big banks benefit from the smallness of Indian banks.

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