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Michael Wu
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A Few Items Under the Hood, but Hang Seng Bank Posts Solid First-Half Result

While the sustainability of the net interest margin increase in the second half is uncertain and a boost in mark-to-market gains underpinned higher trading income, it is hard to deny that Hang Seng Bank posted a solid first-half result. First-half net profit was strong at HKD 9.8 billion, compared with HKD 8 billion in the year-ago period and HKD 8.2 million in second-half 2016. The above expectation result sees our 2017 earnings forecast lifted 6% as we increase our loan growth and net fee inco...
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Hang Seng Bank Limited

Hang Seng Bank and its subsidiaries are engaged in the provision of banking and related financial services. Hong Kong and other businesses segment include: Retail Banking and Wealth Management; Commercial Banking activities; Global Banking and Markets; and Other. Co.'s Mainland China business segment comprised of the business of Hang Seng Bank (China) Limited and Co.'s share of profits from mainland associates. As of Dec 31 2014, Co. had total assets of HK$1,263,990,000,000.

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Michael Wu

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