Net fund based income and higher NOII helped lift up profits. Maybank has announced a net profit of over $1.89b (MYR7.84b) for the nine months that ended on 30 September 2025, up 3.7% from a year earlier. Steady net-fund based income...
Looser regulation for US banks is expected to unlock some US$2.6 trillion in lending capacity for large financial institutions, according to Jefferies analysts, cementing the richer valuation of American lenders over rivals in Europe. Deregulation can “drive a material uplift...
Global group sees risk landscape evolve, new vulnerabilities emerge. The Financial Stability Board (FSB) is flagging risks posed by the fast-growing private credit markets as an emerging threat to the global financial system. Following two days of meetings in Riyadh, Saudi...
This is a reversal from the loss recorded in the same period in FY2024. Norinchukin Bank is back in the black with a profit attributable to owners of the parent of about $539.99m (JPY84.6b) in the first half period of...
Flat global GDP growth underpins sovereign outlook, but risks abound. With a tepid outlook for the world economy in 2026, the outlook for global sovereigns is neutral too, says Fitch Ratings. In a new report, the rating agency said it expects...
Singapore's economy grew 4.2 per cent in the third quarter, higher than the 2.9 per cent advance estimate. Singapore on Friday (Nov 21) upgraded its economic growth forecast for 2025 to around 4 per cent after a better-than-expected performance in...
Atome has secured up to $200m in debt financing from the Inter-American Development Bank Group’s private sector arm, IDB Invest, for its planned 145MW green hydrogen-based fertiliser plant in Paraguay. The IDB Invest package comprises senior debt, blended finance, and...
South Korean engineering and construction company GS E&C has invested $15m in ammonia power generation firm Amogy. The two companies are already collaborating on a commercial pilot in Pohang, South Korea, where they plan to install a hydrogen-based ammonia distributed...
October economic data, including a contraction in exports and a further slowdown in retail sales, point to a tougher fourth quarter, analysts say. China left benchmark lending rates unchanged on Thursday (Nov 20) for the sixth consecutive month in November,...
Japan’s economy contracted an annualised 1.8 per cent in the July-September quarter, the first fall in six quarters, due to a hit to exports from US tariffs, government data showed on Nov 17. While that could complicate any central bank...
