Credit Suisse Chief Executive Officer Tidjane Thiam said on Tuesday the Swiss bank has been “underweight” in China and would look to build its wealth management capabilities in the world’s second-biggest economy, despite slowing growth, Reuters reported. Thiam told a media briefing on the sidelines of the annual Credit Suisse Asian Investment Conference in Hong […]
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As China’s economy slows and defaults rise, bad loan managers are quietly buying toxic debt so it does not poison the broader financial system, the Financial Times reports. Yet questions remain about whether these bad banks are savvy investors in distressed assets or conduits for a backdoor bailout of state banks. Investors widely suspect that […]
According to South China Morning Post, Bank of China’s 2015 pretax profit rose 0.04 per cent to RMB 231.5 bn. The figure fell short of average analysts’ expectation of RMB 234.9 bn. BOC was dragged down by bad debt-related losses which leapt 22.5% to RMB 59bn. The bank’s overall non-performing loan ratio increased by 25 […]
wealth trap
China’s Big Four state-run banks this week are set to report annual earnings growth that likely flat-lined after around a decade of terrific profitability, as a surge in soured loans continued unabated while economic expansion weakened, reported Reuters. Profit growth has slowed while the sector tackles its greatest challenge since the global financial crisis, with […]