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Here's how the suggested 50% dividend cut will impact banks' capital generation

Find out how it could lift Tier 1 capital generation to current forecast levels.

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Here's how the suggested 50% dividend cut will impact banks' capital generation

Find out how it could lift Tier 1 capital generation to current forecast levels.

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DBS not giving up on acquiring Danamon

Singapore’s biggest bank by assets will push through with its planned US$7.3 billion acquisition of PT Bank Danamon Indonesia.

In Focus

UOB posts solid second quarter results

United Overseas Bank Ltd reported a 12.1% increase in second quarter net profit to US$574 million.

News

Private sector credit in APAC to reach 148% of GDP by end-2012

The rapidly rising leverage will constrain the banks' upward rating momentum, says Fitch.

News

Asian banks urged to cut dividends by 50%: Barclays

Dividend cuts will be needed to fund regualtory capital increases.

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OCBC faces squeeze from contracting interest margins

Strong loan growth helps boost the profit of the world’s strongest bank by 12% in the second quarter but its net interest margins continue to shrink.

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Trade products’ capital weighting hit by Basel III regulations

Some guidelines now apply a 100% weighting of trade products which previously had only a 20% weighting.

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Singapore's system loans inched up 1% in June

But Barclays reveals that system deposits were largely flat in June.

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What you need to know about Vietnam's bank restructuring

This article illustrates key drivers behind restructuring of banks in Vietnam and highlights the key priorities in the restructuring journey.

Commentary

Risk management in Islamic banking

Banking in Asia has grown by leaps and bounds in terms of size, profitability, sophistication and maturity in the dozen years so far of the 21st century. One of the standouts in this growth has been Islamic banking. Although Islamic banking has a long and illustrious history dating back to the advent of Islam some 1500 years ago, in its current incarnation it is less than 50 years old. And, as happens in a relatively young industry, there are several debates about its form and substance. One of these relates to risk management in Islamic banking.

Commentary

Asia hit by shortage of credit and risk professionals

Despite current global economic conditions, demand is still evident across Asia’s banking and finance sector for particular skills. Here Christine Wright, Operations Director for Hays in Asia, discusses trends and current opportunities across the region from the latest Hays Quarterly Report.

Commentary

Preparing for M&A success in an uncertain environment

With a decline of 16% in deal volumes and 29% in deal values in Q1 2012 over last year, Asia has not been immune to the global reduction in M&A activity over the last few quarters. However, there were still more than 2,700 transactions and $117 billion of total disclosed deal value involving Asian targets or acquirors in Q1 and Asia remains a certain destination for companies looking to gain exposure to fast-growing consumer markets or to assets in strategically important or demographically attractive industries such as energy and healthcare.

Commentary

Retail banks brace for new wave of technology adoption

Global Banks have a grueling task of repositioning their business portfolio in view of financial upheavals in the wake of European crisis and American journey, to achieve financial freedom. In parallel to this unstable scene, revenue models in retail banking are radically changing, as traditional revenue sources of transaction-driven volumes are drying up and are being replaced with new wave of portfolio-driven revenue propositions, where customers are increasingly expecting banks to guide their financial destiny.

Commentary

Barclays: Valuation by analysis

We proposed that Barclays should be split into two separate banks - one focused on retail banking and the other on investment banking - in our 5 July Commentary. That presumed, of course, that the investment bank would be viable and able to fund itself on a stand-alone basis in today's challenging markets.

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