BoE: FPC Hikes to Normal Well Ahead of MPC
All banks passed the BoE’s annual stress tests for the first time. No new capital is required, but some capital will become incorporated into...
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Standard Chartered (Hong Kong) – A Messy Flagship
* Fundamentals at Standard Chartered Bank (Hong Kong) [SCBHK] have improved over the past several years. However, SCBHK has aggressively pulled on...
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Group Lease - Lessons from Icharus
* Problems at Group Lease (GL.TB) became more apparent with Ernst & Young’s scathing 2016 audit report which questioned the integrity of...
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TMB Bank - Going Nowhere…Fast
* TMB Bank’s (TMB.TB) run of improving fundamentals have come to an end; * The core niche SME loan segment hasn’t grown for several quarters, and...
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Breaking the Bank: Time to End the IPO Rort
Since Smartkarma’s founding, our contributors have provided independent and unconflicted opinion on upcoming IPOs. We have worked hard to build the...
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