Climate-driven downgrade risks rise: Fitch

Share of companies facing transition risks increasing. As climate-related risks rise, the share of companies that are at risk of a credit rating downgrade due to elevated climate transition effects is on the rise too, Fitch Ratings reports. In a report...

CIBC reports $1.8B Q3 profit

Divide emerges as big banks cope with strained consumers. Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce reported its third-quarter profit rose compared with a year ago as it set aside less money for bad loans, bucking a trend seen this quarter among...

Top banks’ market cap up 5.4% in Q2

China’s big four banks saw growth although NIMs fell. The market capitalization of the top 25 banks worldwide rose 5.4% quarter-on-quarter (QoQ) to $4.11t on the back of rising stock prices and a resilient US economy, reports GlobalData. Bullish investor sentiment...

Maybank profit up 9% to US$ 1.16 b in H1

This is thanks to its non-interest income growing 28.4%. Maybank saw its profit after tax and minority interest (PATAMI) rise 9% year-on-year (YoY) to US$ 1.16 b in the first six months of 2024. Southeast Asia’s fourth largest bank by assets...