We have updated the profile of 3i Group , Warburg Pincus, and China Investment Corporation.
June 09, 2010
Almost all major regional banks saw a drop in profit in their retail banking business in 2009
June 09, 2010
Vietnam, Indonesia, and Pakistan are far under-branched among Asian markets
June 06, 2010
Bank Ranking: Selected banks in Thailand, India and Philippines become attractive as they enjoyed good momentum, reasonable valuation and strong growth.
March 15, 2010
Bank ranking: Asia’s best-performing banks have beaten their domestic markets by 18.7% over the past five years and rewarded their shareholders handsomely.
March 12, 2010
Bank IR teams challenged by changing investor priorities
Political developments and risk management capabilities growing in importance for bank investors.
February 04, 2010The search for liquidity focuses on disposing of illiquid assets
As the hunt for liquidity continues, Lucian Wu of Paul Capital is expecting more banks to look at disposing illiquid private equity holdings
January 12, 2010Southeast Asia’s two biggest economies on investor’s radar
Investors T.Rowe Price and Lion Global are optimistic about FIs in Indonesia and Thailand
November 19, 2009BOC’s Investor Relations Rethink
Bank of China (BOC), continues to boast the most robust international profile of any mainland financial institution
November 13, 2009Shedding light on OCBC’s ING Asia private banking deal
Beating strong competitors like HSBC and DBS with its winning bid
November 03, 2009Investors put executives and boards under the spotlight
Credit culture and management skills growing in importance as investment companies size up Asia’s banks
October 08, 2009Banks to Tap Debt Market Despite Market Concerns
Debt is being seen as a strong alternative to equities as confidence and liquidity pick up
August 14, 2009Investors’ expectations shift
Banks sitting on piles of expensive capital have some explaining to do as investors start looking for a better understanding of their strategic directions.
August 11, 2009Aberdeen still wary about Chinese banks
When considering investments in Asian banks, investors cite asset quality and regulators’ integrity as major concerns
August 10, 2009Capital-raising to focus on supporting growth
Opportunities seem to abound for under-leveraged Asian banks.
August 09, 2009Taiwanese banks’ regional prospects
Chinatrust is looking to build up a regional infrastructure, partly because it has reached the limit of growth in its home market.
August 05, 2009Peter ANZ (finally) takes a big step into Asia
ANZ is paying bottom dollar for RBS’ business in six countries. Now the hard work begins.
July 15, 2009Shin-Shinsei, Japan’s newest new bank
Shinsei Bank and Aozora Bank’s merger will give the new bank scale, but also a stronger government presence through its new CEO.
July 08, 2009VaR: Should we abandon it?
The following article is contributed by Yu Zhu, professor of finance, China Europe International Business School and former director, modeling and analytics group, Merrill Lynch
June 24, 2009The high cost of confidence
Maping out how confidence leads to overconfidence leads to tragedy will help us to understand the state of mind of our failed leaders.