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The Lion City expects its economy to probably expand at a slower pace in the next few years, according to a Bloomberg report.

The Basel group plans to put uniform implementation of the Basel III reforms at the top of its agenda, according to a Reuters report.

The bank will report a gain on the sale of treasury-related investments of approximately CHF 0.7 billion in Wealth Management & Swiss Bank.

The banks were somewhat reliant on strong loan growth but though loans for domestic use have grown, almost 25% of the total loan book is now for use outside of Hong Kong.

Total assets also increased by 19.9% to a whopping RMB 95.3 trillion as of end-2010.

The cheapest Chinese bank stocks may plunge further as the credit boom is showing signs of turning into a bust.

Sources suspected that a large chunk of the $65.75bn deposits have flowed to the high-yielding private lending markets.

Oswald Greubel may be forced to shrink the investment bank after the $2.3b loss from fraudulent trading last week, according to Bloomberg’s report.

DBS expects RBI to raise policy rates to 8.5% by December 2011.

This means that a slowdown and liquidity squeeze there could impact the banks’ asset quality in China.

But banks in the top 100 brands have lost $25.9b from their total brand value since January 2011.

The RBI will likely pause after a final 25bp hike in policy rates on September 16 and cut 75bp from April onward.

But DBS expects the BOK to raise the repo rate by 25bps in 4Q before taking it to 4% in 1H12.

The Big Four’s new yuan loans in August is significantly lower than July's $77.07bn.

Banking analysts are expecting a slower second half for Malysian banks based on the souring global economic outlook and the banking data released in July.

Chinese firms are turning to Hong Kong’s banks for loans as the central government tries to bring the inflation rate down from a three-year high by reducing access to credit.