BDO Unibank – Is A Capital Raise Next?
*Provision Cover Being Shored Up: On May 31, 2020, BDO Unibank (BDO.PM) [BDO] announced a PHP 20 bn special loan loss provision in anticipation of...
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Bank M&A in Asia – a Decade in Review
Several countries are pushing for more M&A in Asian banking as a way to ameliorate risks (India) or to possibly compete more regionally...
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Asian Bank HY Credit Weekly: Pockets of Opportunity
Roses are red, liquidity rings true. Although we agree with Guggenheim Partners chief investment officer Scott Minerd’s perspective that “yields...
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Asian Bank HY Credit Weekly: Coronavirus Offsets Positive Issuance News in Asian Credit Spreads
Spread tightening at the beginning of the week caught market concerns regarding the coronavirus outbreak. Profit taking before the Lunar New Year...
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The Week That Was in ASEAN@Smartkarma - Thai Strategy, Astra, Telkom, and Central Retail IPO
This past week's offering of Insights across ASEAN@Smartkarma is filled with another eclectic mix of differentiated, substantive and actionable...
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