The Pound Sterling fell to more comfortable levels in Asia and for once London did not have to go against the grain of the trade in the pre US open markets, as the Euro wound down from an uncomfortable 1.24…
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US Morning Report: The Pound winds down, Stanchart pays with $15B in Market Cap and Facebook gets ready for extreme supply
Tagged with: Facebook, Hongkong, HSBC, Iran, LeBron James, London, New York, Standard Chartered
Posted in Amitonomics, Banking, European Sovereign Debt crisis, Financial Markets, US
Posted in Amitonomics, Banking, European Sovereign Debt crisis, Financial Markets, US
Bank Results Season: You won’t catch them speaking Emerging Markets again! (StanChart H1 2012)
HSBC’s fastest groing markets mandate and StanChart’s Emerging Markets prince characterisation remains but even for Stanchart, growing markets have changed since they pressed forward in 2009 thinking of their home advantage to push thru. India in particula and marketso utside…
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Tagged with: Africa, Balance sheet, Bank, china, Emerging Markets, Hongkong, HSBC, India
Posted in Amitonomics, Banking, China, Financial Markets, Financial Services, Global, India
Posted in Amitonomics, Banking, China, Financial Markets, Financial Services, Global, India
Gap recovers, Esprit spirals towards Sale | Deal Insight – The Retail Lifestyle also rans
Of course, in keeping with the series’ semantics and character, because both GAP and Esprit have been out of Retail Lifestyle Winner shortlists for a long time and may remain so, but luxury retail has already tried with private…
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Tagged with: Asia, Canada, Esprit, Esprit Holdings, GAP, Hongkong, Macy, New York City, Old Navy, United States
Posted in Amitonomics, China, Emerging Markets, India Infrastructure, Retail Lifestyle, US
Posted in Amitonomics, China, Emerging Markets, India Infrastructure, Retail Lifestyle, US
Bank Results Season: Taking a look at trading rebound vs commercial banking growth (HSBC Q1 2012)
HSBC’s Net Operating income was up to $18.8 bln before DVA from $17.6 bln last year before DVA spreads squeezed topline. Meanwhile run off portfolo efficiencies in North America down to 3.4% on Cards and 7.1% on non revolving credit…
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Tagged with: Bank, Business, china, Earnings before interest and taxes, Financial Services, Hongkong, HSBC, Stuart Gulliver
Posted in Banking, Emerging Markets, Global
Posted in Banking, Emerging Markets, Global
Bank Results Season: Standard Chartered effectively neutralised in Asia? (Q1 2012)
The Temasek controversy apart ( Aside: This is not much of a controversy really, The investor wanted to hold $10 bln worth of Stan C shares and we assume and hope that Stan C will find ADIA or other bidders…
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Tagged with: Asia, china, Hongkong, India, Middle East, Singapore, Standard Chartered, Temasek
Posted in Amitonomics, Banking, Europe, Global, India Infrastructure
Posted in Amitonomics, Banking, Europe, Global, India Infrastructure
China’s Banks pull in claws!: Could #5 BoCOM beat #4 Bank of China (2011 results reports)
Despite a almost 30% improvement, Bank of China is stilll the worst of the big Four banks in NPLs with 1.8% as its ratio of NPLs five times that of BOCOM and almost 70% higher than AgBank which is #2…
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Tagged with: Bank of China, Bank of Communications, china, China Bank, China Citic, China Citic Bank, China Merchants Bank, Hongkong, HSBC, Private bank, Renminbi
Posted in Banking, China, Financial Markets, Global
Posted in Banking, China, Financial Markets, Global
BofA, Citi await Deal Thursday | Banking Insight
Even as Goldman Sachs reported its first loss in Asia in 2011, losing $103 mln in the continent across China, India, Hongkong and many of its favorite emergent markets including Korea, Thailand, Vietnam and Mongolia down form a $2 bln…
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Tagged with: Asia, Bank of America, Citigroup, Goldman Sachs, Hongkong, Mongolia, Thailand, Vietnam
Posted in Financial Markets
Posted in Financial Markets
Asia Impact: China lowers GDP target, AIA sale second time lucky for AIG
StanChart compared well with other ASia Giant HSBC but HSBC has outgrown it in Hongkong and Mainland China just by virtue of having been their longer, even with including an almost $3 bln contribution from its business in Bank of…
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Tagged with: American International Group, Asia, Bank of Communications, china, Credit card, Hongkong, HSBC, India, Wen Jiabao
Posted in Financial Markets
Posted in Financial Markets
US Economy (The Week Ahead): Expectant on Jobs & Credit Data
China PMI data early in the night leads up to a beautiful March recovery as March madness starts off this week with Jobs Data continuing to add 200,000 in Jobs by the ADP report (Private Payrolls) before Friday’s Employment situation…
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Tagged with: china, Credit history, Hongkong, India, J P Morgan, Korea, Markit Group, report, Revolving credit
Posted in Financial Markets
Posted in Financial Markets
China’s Banks 2012 lending targets | China Review & Insight
When early last month, China banks reported a 25% Y/Y slowdown to CnY 750 bln or $125 bln it was now so slow if including the Year of the Dragon celebrations and the shortage of Capital at the big banks…
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