In Focus

Temasek and Khazanah hire banks for S$5b property development loans

Eight lenders will contribute to the five-year bullet facility, according to Bloomberg.

Temasek may buy BofA's shares in China Construction Bank Corp

But Temasek’s spokesperson neither confirms nor denies the ‘market speculation'.

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.

Japanese banks to buy assets in the euro zone

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

Japanese banks shift money into US to escape Euro crisis

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

Nomura Holdings to cut jobs in Japan

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

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?

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.

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?

Chinese banks may be stuck with record low valuations

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

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.