U.S. Fed More Dovish on Future Rate Hike; Prefer HSBC, OCBC, and BOCHK in Our Asia Bank Coverage
With the U.S. Federal Open Market Committee unanimously voting to maintain its target rate range at 2.25%-2.5% in its first official meeting of 2019, our U.S. team has assumed no interest rate hikes in 2019 and a single rate hike in mid-2020. The more dovish tone adopted by the Fed will see a slower increase in net interest margin for Hong Kong- and Singapore-based banks under our coverage. We continue to expect net interest margin to increase in 2019, albeit at a more tepid pace as loans are pr...BOC Hong Kong is an investment holding company, engaged in the provision of banking and related financial services in Hong Kong. Co.'s segments include: Personal Banking, Corporate Banking, Treasury, and Insurance. Both the Personal Banking and Corporate Banking segments provide general banking services. The Treasury segment manages funding and liquidity, and the interest rate and foreign exchange positions of Co. in addition to proprietary trades. The Insurance segment represents business mainly relating to life insurance products, including individual life insurance and group life insurance products. As of Dec 31 2014, Co. had total assets of HK$2,189,367,000,000.
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