Financial Services
Commercial insurance rates seen to surge
Rate increases of over 30% are being experienced in disaster-hit regions across Asia.
Loan growth to slow significantly to a mere 8% in 2012
This is a depressing figure compared to 2011’s 30.3% growth.
Finance professionals bearish on job bonuses
53% of respondents expect smaller or no extra compensation for their work in 2011.
SGX begins offering virtual environments to listed companies
New corporate service offered through new partnership with InterCall Asia Pacific.
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Indian banks burdened with bad loans?
Share of loans restructered could ballon to 8% in the coming year, warns Fitch.
MAS implements new CRA regulatory framework
Existing Credit Rating Agencies will be given a transition period of 6 months to apply for the required licence.
OCBC appoints Samuel Nag Tsien as Chief Executive Officer
Mr Tsien is an internal candidate having the right skills, qualifications and experience, to assume the post.
OCBC appoints Ching Wei Hong as Chief Operating Officer
Mr Ching is expected to further boost the organization’s operations and business capabilities.
SGX retreats while China Sky lawyer seeks further instructions
Whatever happened during the closed hearing on 16 January 2012 must have worked.
Behind closed doors: Closed hearing set as SGX sues Chinese firm
The company was described as “so defiant” and “testing the will and limits” of the bourse.
DBS Bank’s 4Q11 profit seen to slip due to lower investment income
An analyst pencils in close to S$3b profit for the bank due to weaker net income on financial investments.
Don’t celebrate just yet as challenges remain in banking
Cumulative loan growth for the three banks is expected to decelerate to 10% from 27% in 2011.
Holy cow: Narrow money growth of 1.9% yoy in Nov lower than even during the depth of the Lehman crisis
Consumption spending in India has now slowed to a trickle.
Monetary easing in China starting to work: HSBC
Money supply growth is on the rebound and further easing measures are still in the pipeline.
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