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Michael Wu
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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...
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DBS Group Holdings Ltd

DBS Group Holdings is an investment holding, treasury and funding vehicle for itself and its subsidiaries. Co.'s main subsidiary is DBS Bank Ltd, which is engaged in a range of commercial banking and financial services, principally in Asia. Co.'s various business segments are: Consumer Banking/ Wealth Management, which provides individual customers with a range of banking and related financial services; Institutional Banking, which provides financial services and products to institutional clients; as well as Treasury, which provides treasury services to corporations, institutional and private investors, financial institutions and other market participants.

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Morningstar
Morningstar

Morningstar, Inc. is a leading provider of independent investment research in North America, Europe, Australia, and Asia. The company offer an extensive line of products and services for individual investors, financial advisors, asset managers, and retirement plan providers and sponsors.

Morningstar provides data on approximately 530,000 investment offerings, including stocks, mutual funds, and similar vehicles, along with real-time global market data on more than 18 million equities, indexes, futures, options, commodities, and precious metals, in addition to foreign exchange and Treasury markets. Morningstar also offers investment management services through its investment advisory subsidiaries and had approximately $185 billion in assets under advisement and management as of June 30, 2016.

We have operations in 27 countries.

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Michael Wu

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