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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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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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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.

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Michael Wu

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