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Chart of the Week: Malaysian banks to benefit from lower funding costs

Thanks to the system's CASA ratio rising to a multi-year high of 27.1% in February.

Smaller banks in China post weaker capital and liquidity positions

This is due to their faster asset growth rate.Moody's Investors Service says that the 2016 results of the 11 listed Chinese banks rated by Moody's continued to testify to profitability pressures from China's slowing economic growth, despite the absence of any significant deterioration in reported asset performance.

Banks withdraw from $1.7t worth of Chinese investments

As banks pull out, Chinese bonds and equities retreat, says Bloomberg.

Philippine banks to see positive growth over the medium term

Thanks to strong economic growth in the country.

Taiwanese banks' profitability to recover modestly in 2017

Loan demand will also pick up to mid-single-digit growth.

Indonesian banks to finally see a slowing pace of NPL growth

Credit uptake will likely increase in the coming quarters.

Chinese banks to remain under pressure even after growing their profits in 2016

Net interest margins will continue to narrow and asset impairments will increase.

Singapore banks' ROEs to stay depressed at 8-9%

NIMs are expected to remain muted with only a 1-2bp pickup.

Indian banks urged to raise provisions as bad loans mount

Lenders are asked to make provisions at rates higher than the regulatory minimum.

China's off-balance sheet lending surged $109b in March

Bloomberg says China’s shadow banking is back in full swing.