05/04/2015
Australia's Westpac H1 earnings disappoint
Westpac Banking Group, Australia's No. 2 lender by market value, missed first-half profit forecasts and announced its smallest dividend rise in 6-1/2 years
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05/04/2015
Listed banks in China see profit growth fall flat
Sixteen listed banks in China turned in lackluster reports for their performance in the first quarter, with nine of them scoring single-digit growth for their net profits and 13 having profit growth lower than the the same period last year, according to B
04/30/2015
Agricultural Bank of China profit up 1.5 percent
Agricultural Bank of China Ltd., one of the country's four major state-owned commercial lenders, says its quarterly profit edged up just 1.5 percent as the country's economic growth slowed
04/30/2015
New Credit Suisse chief John Knox upbeat despite profit plunge
Incoming Credit Suisse Australia chief John Knox has expressed confidence in returning one of its main reporting entities to growth after suffering a 60 per cent dive in annual profit.
04/30/2015
OCBC Profit Beats Estimates as Hong Kong Unit Bolsters Loans
Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp., Southeast Asia’s second-largest bank, posted a higher-than-estimated 11 percent gain in first-quarter profit
04/30/2015
Nomura net profit rises 17%
The latest quarterly results show some recovery in fixed income trading after calm credit markets weighed on investors' trading activities.
04/29/2015
HDFC’s Q4 profit up 8%
On a consolidated basis, net profit increased 10% to Rs2,646 crore, from Rs2,415 crore in the corresponding period last year
04/28/2015
Standard Chartered profits fall 22pc as Sands heads for exit
Asia-focused bank facing questions over UK domicile as HSBC considers moving headquarters
04/27/2015
DBS’s Best Quarterly Net Beats Estimates on Interest Income
Rising domestic interest rates, which climbed to a six-year high in the first quarter, give Singaporean banks scope to impose greater charges on borrowers.
04/27/2015
ICICI Bank Q4 net rises 10%
ICICI Bank matched street expectations on Monday with the profit rising 10.2 percent year-on-year to Rs 2,922 crore in the quarter ended March 2015
04/23/2015
HDFC Bank Q4 nos bang in line with expectations: Experts
HDFC Bank has posted robust set of numbers in Q4 with a 20.6 percent rise in net profit and an improvement in asset quality
04/22/2015
YES Bank Q4 profit seen up 28%
Commenting on the results and financial performance, Rana Kapoor, Managing Director & CEO, YES BANK said, “YES Bank has delivered another satisfactory Quarter, and overall Financial Year across all key parameters of growth, profitability and as
04/21/2015
Korea’s NPS posts 5.25% return for 2014
South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS), the world’s fourth largest pension fund, secured a return of 5.25% for 2014, with AUM rising to around 470 trillion won (US$432.4 billion) as of December 31
04/21/2015
Affin braces for challenging conditions
Affin Holdings Bhd, which operates Affin Bank, expects a slower loan growth of 8% for 2015 and foresees a five to 10 basis points (bps) compression in net interest margin (NIM) ranging between 2.4% and 2.45%
04/20/2015
India's HDFC is a 20pc-a-year growth machine
World's priciest bank set to see further gains as global investors remain bullish on limited shares
04/20/2015
Citi’s 1Q Asia Pacific Net Profit Rises 19%
As Citigroup’s Asia head Stephen Bird leaves for a global role, he’s leaving behind a region that remains the Wall Street bank’s top contributor to earnings outside North America.
04/16/2015
IndusInd Bank's net profit soars by 27%
It also witnessed a 25.1% net profit growth in the Jan to March quarter
04/14/2015
Itochu seen logging record profit in fiscal 2015
Trading house Itochu is expected to generate a record net profit of 330 billion yen ($2.72 billion) in the current fiscal year ending March 2016, with two major investments providing boosts.
04/10/2015
Polar Capital's AUM dips on Japan outflows
Polar Capital has seen a drop in assets under management following significant outflows from its range of Japan funds.
04/09/2015
Bank Nifty bounces back even as Q4 results look weak
The Bank Nifty has bounced back 460 points intraday after three day of declines and looks set for some more upside in coming sessions. According to technical analysts, the charts of banks look good on immediate and short term charts.