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Mitsubishi UFJ raises full-year profit target by 50%

The Japanese bank's gain from conversion of shares in Morgan Stanley drove the profit target increase.

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Japanese banks to buy assets in the euro zone

With more than $6 billion in spare cash, why not?

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ANZ targets ‘pretty aggressive’ growth in China: Chairman

Encouraged by a revenue jump of 80 percent in its last fiscal year, ANZ is targeting “pretty aggressive” growth in China.

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You won’t believe how depressing employment in Asian banks can get

It's pretty grim for bank employees looking for a job.

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What you need to know about loans in Singapore banks

UOB remains an analyst’s best pick being the least aggressive lender over the past 36 months.

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Korea Exchange Bank’s profit suffer from pending buyout

The Bank posted a significant 63% drop in its 3Q11 profit after Lone Star Funds announced it would sell its stake to Hana Financial Group.

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Asian banks hit by another round of massive job cuts

Credit Suisse and Nomura Holdings recently announced cost cutting, all the more proving Asia’s falling job market.

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Japanese banks shift money into US to escape Euro crisis

The sovereign debt crisis in the Euro zone sure got Japanese banks worried.

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Nomura Holdings to cut jobs in Japan

Nomura has plans to triple cost cuts to $1.2 billion after incurring its first quarterly loss.

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Brisk loan growths in Singapore to ease in 2012 on fears of global uncertainties

Systemic loans in September surged 3.1% - guess which sector pulled the loans up?

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China’s big banks to report record profits as bad-debt ratios shrank

Industrial & Commercial Bank of China’s net income surged 28% to 54.4 billion yuan.

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Busted! Goldman Sachs ex-director Gupta screwed for fraud

And it’s not one, not two, but five counts of securities fraud plus one count of conspiracy - now isn’t that something?

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Chinese banks may be stuck with record low valuations

Shares of China’s biggest banks fell an average 23% this year.

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Regulatory requirement makes foreign banks in China race for cash

The Chinese Banking Regulatory Commission’s 75% loan-to-deposit ratio requirement is giving banks a tough time.

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Mainland exposure to rise to 35% of Hong Kong banks by 2012

Concerns of rising exposure are indeed valid as HK banking assets' exposure was only 24% at end-June 2011 and 10% at end-2008.

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Bad mortgages reach a whopping $69b since 2007

Blame it on JP Morgan’s recent disclosure of its $1.3b new expenses related to faulty mortgages and foreclosures.

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Chinese government vigilant for ‘shadow bankers’

More than 80 businessmen mysteriously disappeared or committed suicide to avoid repaying debts to informal lenders.

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