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Iris Tan
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4Q: Industrywide Bad-Debt Ratio Fell, While We Believe Credit Cycle Has Yet to Peak

China’s banking regulator, CBRC, released 2016 operating data for commercial banks, with net profit up 3.5% from 2015. Fourth-quarter earnings remained tough as preprovision operating profit growth fell to zero from the year-ago period. Slowing growth was attributable to asset yield compression and lower fee income growth in the quarter, while lower credit costs versus the year-ago period partially offset the negatives. We expect zero or negative net profit growth for large Chinese banks and low...
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Agricultural Bank of China Limited Class A

AGRICULTURAL BANK OF CHINA LIMITED is a China-based commercial bank. The Bank mainly operates through four business segments. The Corporate Finance segment is engaged in the deposit and loan business, small and micro business finance, settlement and cash management, trade financing and investment banking, among others. The Personal Finance segment is engaged in personal deposit and loan, credit card business and private banking business. The Treasury segment is engaged in money market business and investment portfolio management. The Asset Management segment is engaged in the provision of financial services, asset custody business, pension business and precious metal business.

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Iris Tan

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