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...Oversea-Chinese Banking is engaged in the in the business of banking, life assurance, general insurance, asset management, investment holding and stockbroking. Co.'s segments include: Global Consumer Financial Services, which provides deposit products, consumer loans, credit cards and wealth management products; Global Corporate Banking, which provides long-term loans, short-term credit, deposit accounts and fee-based services such as cash management and custodian services; Global Treasury, which is engaged in foreign exchange activities, money market operations, fixed income, as well as structured treasury products; and Insurance, which provides both life and general insurance products.
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