Research and consultancy, Tabbush Report

Daniel Tabbush

Research and consultancy

Tabbush Report

We provide research and consultancy on Asian banks. Our focus is on what we call “Asian bank research, without the noise.” We are interested in the most critical swing-factors for banks, the NPL and credit cycle, and where we believe there is a gap between perception and reality. We often focus on the less studied components of bank financial statements.  Our research is highly thematic, sometimes examining unlisted banks and companies as a window on mainstream banks. 

Being independent allows us to look at smaller banks, often overlooked by others. Analysis of BIS bank guidelines in the context of Asia, is also a focal point, while we also analyze global banks operating in the region. We use what we believe is the most comprehensive, reliable financials database, SNL Financial. S&P Capital IQ augments our database, with corporate data and CEIC, with economics. 

Asian bank research, without the noise.

Thematic (Sector/Industry)

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<li>New data for US PMI shows a continued weak economy, which is not positive for bank lending prospects or for loan pricing. It is also not positive for credit metrics. </li>
<li>New weekly data for large US banks show risk aversion remains, with rising cash, but also dismal growth in loans at only 0.5% YoY in the most recent week. </li>
<li>Large time deposits continue to rise substantially at +110% YoY in most recent week, with cash rising too - the outlook for core net interest income is worsening.</li>
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New data for US PMI shows a continued weak economy, which is not positive for bank lending prospects or for loan pricing. It is also not positive for credit metrics. 
New weekly data for large US banks show risk aversion remains, with rising cash, but also dismal growth in loans at only 0.5% YoY in the most recent week. 
Large time deposits continue to rise substantially at +110% YoY in most recent week, with cash rising too - the outlook for core net interest income is worsening.


US Banks - Weekly Balance Sheets Show Risk Aversion Remains, New PMI Data Continues to Be Weak

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<ul><li>When bank bond issuers face ESG risks such as climate change, this should be translated in the market through significant pick-up on longer maturities</li><li>Based on that, we use the ValueCo ESG opinions to assess where banks stand with regards to such risks</li><li>Our analysis indeed reveals a relation between such opinions and the steepness in the curve, but that relationship is more clear when we purely focus on the environmental part of such opinion.</li></ul><p><em>Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.</em></p>

When bank bond issuers face ESG risks such as climate change, this should be translated in the market through significant pick-up on longer maturitiesBased on that, we use the ValueCo ESG opinions to assess where banks stand with regards to such risksOur analysis indeed reveals a relation between such opinions and the steepness in the curve, but that relationship is more clear when we purely focus on the environmental part of such opinion.Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.

ESG Opinions Are Affecting the Shape of Bank Spread Curves

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<li>There was one week of data where large US banks showed -0.1% YoY growth in commercial and industrial (C&amp;I) but the most recent week is -1.0% so more solidly negative.</li>
<li>Cash balances continue to show YoY growth at double digit, now at 18.4% suggesting limited demand, and still banks having risk-aversion.</li>
<li>Jumbo time deposit growth remains extraordinary at 118% YoY in most recent week, and this money is more expensive than other time deposits.</li>
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There was one week of data where large US banks showed -0.1% YoY growth in commercial and industrial (C&amp;I) but the most recent week is -1.0% so more solidly negative.
Cash balances continue to show YoY growth at double digit, now at 18.4% suggesting limited demand, and still banks having risk-aversion.
Jumbo time deposit growth remains extraordinary at 118% YoY in most recent week, and this money is more expensive than other time deposits.


US Banks - Weekly Balance Sheets, Negative C&I Growth, Nearly First Time This Year, Other Negatives

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<li>New weekly balance sheets for US large banks shows C&amp;I loan growth turning negative. De-risking continues with cash balances up 15.1% YoY, the fourth week of double digit growth. </li>
<li>Total loan growth is nearly negative with the most recent week's release showing further slowing to 1.11% YoY in week to18 October. </li>
<li>With all of this, US large banks are accelerating their more expensive jumbo time deposits, with growth now at 115% YoY and adding USD26bn in the week. </li>
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New weekly balance sheets for US large banks shows C&amp;I loan growth turning negative. De-risking continues with cash balances up 15.1% YoY, the fourth week of double digit growth. 
Total loan growth is nearly negative with the most recent week's release showing further slowing to 1.11% YoY in week to18 October. 
With all of this, US large banks are accelerating their more expensive jumbo time deposits, with growth now at 115% YoY and adding USD26bn in the week. 


US Banks - New Weekly Balance Sheets: C&I Loan Growth Turns Negative | Cash +15% | All Loans +1%

Equity Bottom-Up

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<li>The MAS is not at all happy with the frequent digital banking services outages at <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/dbs-group-holdings-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:22:1" rel="noopener">DBS (DBS SP)</a>. There will be fines and higher required capital.  </li>
<li>The outlook for the home market lending is already poor, with negative loan growth in recent months. Probes of money laundering will likely make lending even more sparse.</li>
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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/united-overseas-bank-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:113:1" rel="noopener">UOB (UOB SP)</a> , <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/standard-chartered-plc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:193:1" rel="noopener">Standard Chartered (STAN LN)</a> , <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/hsbc-holdings-plc-a723bd63-0890-486f-aaa0-3bb9ad2b95ce" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:21976:1" rel="noopener">HSBC Holdings (HSBA LN)</a> results are all illustrative of risks facing <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/dbs-group-holdings-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:22:1" rel="noopener">DBS (DBS SP)</a> before results come out, especially credit costs.</li>
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The MAS is not at all happy with the frequent digital banking services outages at DBS (DBS SP). There will be fines and higher required capital.  
The outlook for the home market lending is already poor, with negative loan growth in recent months. Probes of money laundering will likely make lending even more sparse.

UOB (UOB SP) , Standard Chartered (STAN LN) , HSBC Holdings (HSBA LN) results are all illustrative of risks facing DBS (DBS SP) before results come out, especially credit costs.


DBS - Fines, Negative Loan Growth, Greater China CRE Risks, UOB & STAN & HSBC Illustrative

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US Banks - Weekly Balance Sheets Show Risk Aversion Remains, New PMI Data Continues to Be Weak

New high frequency data on US large banks show weekly loan growth remains weak, large time deposit growth is high, and cash is rising. New PMI data...

Daniel Tabbush

ESG Opinions Are Affecting the Shape of Bank Spread Curves

When bank bond issuers face ESG risks such as climate change, this should be translated in the market through significant pick-up on longer...

ABN AMRO

US Banks - Weekly Balance Sheets, Negative C&I Growth, Nearly First Time This Year, Other Negatives

US large banks show -1.0% YoY growth in C&I loans in the most recent weekly release. Cash balances are still rising a lot as are jumbo time...

Daniel Tabbush

US Banks - New Weekly Balance Sheets: C&I Loan Growth Turns Negative | Cash +15% | All Loans +1%

New weekly balance sheet data gives near real-time view. C&I loans just turned negative. Cash is growing fast, total loans nearly negative. Large...

Daniel Tabbush

DBS - Fines, Negative Loan Growth, Greater China CRE Risks, UOB & STAN & HSBC Illustrative

DBS faces fines and higher capital requirements, due to digital banking services outages. This is new. It comes at time where domestic loan growth...

Daniel Tabbush

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