Malaysia

CIMB focuses on equities for growth

This is part of its plan to become a leading pan-Asian investment bank.

CIMB begins investment banking in India

CIMB now in all major APAC markets except Taiwan.

OCBC Al-Amin reaching out through Xpres branches

Islamic Banking is gaining popularity among not only Muslims but non-Muslims as well in Asia. On its part, OCBC Bank sees this as an opportunity to offer an even broader array of competitive and innovative financial products and services to consumers and businesses. And it recently started doing so through the Xpres branches of its Islamic banking subsidiary, marking a milestone in the four-year journey of OCBC Al-Amin Bank Berhad.

The impact of currency appreciation on trade performance in Asia

For a long period of time, Yuan’s exchange rate has been on the agenda in the large trade deficit regions, such as the U.S.A. and Europe (see Table 1). The U.S.A. has been arguing for long time that China has kept currency valuations at artificially low levels, favoring Chinese manufacturing exports harming this way the manufacturing industry in the U.S.A.

SWIFT opens new corporate services centre in Malaysia

The centre currently employs around 40 staff.

Malaysian banks 'comfortably meeting' the set minimums for Basel III

The level of countercyclical buffer required will be the next closely watched milestone.

A fearless forecast on Maybank's net profit for FY12F-14F

Find out why Nomura raised its profit forecasts by 7-8%.

Hong Leong Bank's core equity Tier-1 ratio to increase to 9.7% by FY15

Enough to meet any countercyclical buffers imposed by Bank Negara.

Hong Leong Bank's net profit up 25% to ~USD317m in 1HFY13

It's 52% of the Street’s full-year estimate.

Malaysia to reform Islamic banking industry

Goal is to double Islamic banking’s market share to 40%.

Maybank ups Q4 profit by 16% on higher loans, fee income

Maybank reported a 16 percent rise in quarterly profit, bolstered by higher net loans, advances and fee income.