SCB Trades Size for Relevance
The Laggard. Although we have not lost a dime investing in SCB thus far, it is fair to say that the stock has underperformed most of the large Thai...
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SCB Mounts a White Knight Rescue for Pace
After telling PACE not to sell Dean & Deluca to CENTEL, SCB mounts a surprisingly bold rescue mission for PACE. Initially, they will buy some...
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Hong Kong Banks – Interest Rate Shock
Banks in Hong Kong have some of the lowest levels of loan loss reserves (LLR) compared with loans and also their loan loss provision (LLP) expenses...
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The Week that Was in ASEAN@Smartkarma - Thailand, Tourism, and Competitiveness
I include below a brief summary of this week's eclectic mix of equity bottom up and top down and thematic insights across ASEAN@Smartkarma. For a...
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HDFC Bank - Risk Uncovered
Without repeating the implications of IFRS 9, which we highlight in two recent notes, save to say that banks with low allowance for loan losses...
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