Swedish banking group Swedbank reported better-than-expected first-quarter net profit on Tuesday, driven by lower loan losses, but said that trade conflicts had dampened economic recovery in the bank's markets. The Nordic country's biggest mortgage lender said net profit fell to...
Double digit loan growth and net interest margin expansion helped push profits up. Bank Central Asia (BCA) reported a net profit that is 9.8% year-on-year (YoY) higher for Q1. Net profit is $839.97m (IDR14.1t for the first three months of 2025....
For 2025, the banks are expected to report lower NIMs and a 1% loan contraction. Banks in Thailand reported a combined net profit rise of 5% year-on-year (YoY) and 12% quarter-on-quarter (QoQ) for the first quarter of 2025, according to...
Arab Bank Group has reported solid results for the first quarter of 2025, with 7 % increase in net income after tax reaching $ 271 million, compared to $252.8 million for the same period last year. The group maintained its...
It captured 5% of the global investment banking wallet share in Q1. Citi’s Corporate and Investment Banking logged an 84% increase in mergers & acquisitions (M&A) fees in the first quarter of 2025. For the first time in four years, Citi...
Volumes at Europe's largest port show impact of regional trade uncertainty even before Trump tariffs were announced. Cargo volumes handled at the Port of Rotterdam fell by nearly 6% in the first quarter of 2025, even before shipping is hit...
Potential downgrades from investment grade outnumber upgrade prospects. The number of global corporate issuers on the verge of being downgraded to “junk” bond status is almost double the number on the cusp of an upgrade from junk to investment grade,...
Nomura has agreed to acquire three companies from Macquarie in a 100% stock purchase transaction. Tokyo-based investment bank Nomura is to buy the U.S. and European public asset management businesses of the Australian asset manager Macquarie Group. Nomura will acquire 100%...
Corporate loans grew by 4.7% during the quarter although SME and retail loans contracted. Bank of Ayudhya or Krungsri saw its net profit rise 20% quarter-on-quarter (QoQ) to THB7.53b (US$226.95m) in Q1 2025. Corporate loans rose 4.7%, whilst the small and...
Total loans and deposits logged single digit increases during the quarter. Bangkok Bank reported a net profit of THB12.62b (US$380.29m) for Q1 2025, 19.9% year-on-year (YoY) higher from the same quarter in 2024, according to a press release on its...
