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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...
Underlying
United Overseas Bank Ltd. (Singapore)

United Overseas Bank is bank in Asia with a network of offices in 19 countries and territories in Asia Pacific, Western Europe and North America. Co. provides a range of financial services including personal financial services, private banking, business banking, commercial and corporate banking, transaction banking, investment banking, corporate finance, capital market activities, treasury services, brokerage and clearing services, asset management, venture capital management and insurance. Co. operates within three main operating segments: Group Retail, Group Wholesale, and Global Markets and Investment Management. As of Dec 31 2014, Co. had total assets of S$306.74 billion.

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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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