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☆ Is artificial intelligence deflationary? DBS Group's chief economist weighs in
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-23 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailIs artificial intelligence deflationary? DBS Group's chief economist weighs inTaimur Baig from DBS Group on how the development of artificial intelligence would impact productivity growth, labor market and how policymakers should measures inflation.

Organizations: DBS Group's, DBS Group Locations: Taimur Baig

☆ CNBC Daily Open: Tech layoffs continue to hit
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-07 | by ( Sumathi Bala | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

This report is from today's CNBC Daily Open, our international markets newsletter. CNBC Daily Open brings investors up to speed on everything they need to know, no matter where they are. Stocks mostly upAsia markets largely rose on Wednesday tracking Wall Street's advance as investors digested corporate earnings. Like gold, silver prices tend to have an inverse relationship with interest rates. With expectations that the Federal Reserve could start cutting rates this year, silver may get a boost.

Persons: Dow, Arthur Laffer, Laffer, Bob Iger, Jason Hsu, Hsu Organizations: CNBC, DBS Group, Nasdaq, Federal Reserve, ESPN, Fox, Warner Bros, Disney, Rayliant Global Advisors Locations: Asia, Asia's, Hong Kong

☆ DBS slashes CEO's variable pay by 30% after multiple digital disruptions
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-07 | by ( Shreyashi Sanyal | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

DBS Group Holdings suffered an outage in its digital services on March 29, 2023. SINGAPORE — DBS Group reported record earnings for the full year in 2023, but cut the variable compensation for its senior management to "hold them accountable" for a number of digital disruptions that year. For the full year, net profit jumped 26% to a record SG$10.3 billion compared to SG$8.19 billion in 2022. Data from LSEG showed analysts expected a net profit of SG$2.37 billion in that quarter. In March 2023, DBS' digital services were disrupted for about 10 hours, and during that time, users were not able to access online banking services or make trades via its brokerage.

Persons: Piyush Gupta Organizations: DBS Group Holdings, SINGAPORE — DBS, LSEG, DBS, Monetary Authority of Locations: SINGAPORE, Asia's, Singapore, Monetary Authority of Singapore

☆ DBS Group CEO explains its raised stake in Shenzhen bank and why it's 'constructive' on China
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-07 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailDBS Group CEO explains its raised stake in Shenzhen bank and why it's 'constructive' on ChinaPiyush Gupta, DBS Group CEO, says: "We're betting on the long-term possibilities around China, not the short term."

Persons: China Piyush Gupta Organizations: DBS, DBS Group Locations: Shenzhen, China

DBS, which is also Southeast Asia's largest lender, has already forecast a record full-year profit for the current year. "Net profit (for 2024) to be maintained around record 2023 level," CEO Piyush Gupta said in results presentation materials. The bank's July-September net profit rose to S$2.63 billion ($1.94 billion) from S$2.24 billion a year earlier as total income grew to a record on higher interest margins and fee income. Besides higher global interest rates, Singapore banks have benefitted from strong inflows of wealth drawn in by the city-state's political stability. Smaller peer United Overseas Bank (UOBH.SI) reported in end-October a weaker-than-expected 1% drop in third-quarter net profit.

Persons: Ann Wang, Piyush Gupta, Gupta, Yantoultra Ngui, Josie Kao Organizations: DBS, REUTERS, Bank, Q3 SINGAPORE, LSEG, United Overseas Bank, Chinese Banking Corp, Thomson Locations: Taipei, Taiwan, Singapore

☆ Singapore's largest bank DBS beats forecast, quarterly profit jumps 17%
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-06 | by ( Shreyashi Sanyal | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

The Singapore bank also declared a dividend of 48 Singapore cents for each ordinary share for the third quarter. It was higher that analysts' estimates compiled by LSEG, which predicted a quarterly profit estimate of SG$2.5 billion for the July to September quarter. During the quarter, net profit rose to 2.63 billion Singaporean dollars ($1.94 billion) compared to SG$2.24 billion a year ago. Southeast Asia's largest lender DBS Group reported a 17% jump in third-quarter profit on Monday, benefiting from a high-interest rate environment. Smaller rival United Overseas Bank posted a 1% drop in third-quarter net profit in October, missing analysts' expectations.

Persons: Piyush Gupta, Gupta Organizations: LSEG, DBS Group, DBS, United Overseas Bank, Chinese Banking Corporation Locations: Singapore

☆ Piyush Gupta: Asia’s most disrupted digital banker
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-02 | by ( Anshuman Daga | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

Piyush Gupta, CEO of DBS Group (DBSM.SI) is often lauded as Asia’s top financier and has been tipped as a candidate to lead global rivals. Yet following repeated serious failures in its digital banking services, the Monetary Authority of Singapore has banned DBS from non-essential activities including M&A. It puts dividends at risk and will attract the eye of watchdogs overseas where the lender is busy expanding. On the back of record profits, Gupta earned $11.4 million last year, making him one of Asia’s highest remunerated bank CEOs. MAS will retain a multiplier of 1.8 times to DBS’ risk weighted assets for operational risk, an increase from a multiplier of 1.5 times MAS applied in February 2022.

Persons: Piyush Gupta, Ping, aren’t, OCBC’s, Peter Seah, Gupta, Breakingviews, he’s, Una Galani, Thomas Shum Organizations: Reuters, DBS Group, HK, HSBC, Monetary Authority of, DBS, MAS, Lakshmi, Bank, Monetary Authority of Singapore, Thomson Locations: SINGAPORE, Monetary Authority of Singapore, India, Taiwan, Singapore

SINGAPORE, Sept 14 (Reuters) - DBS Group (DBSM.SI) Chief Executive Piyush Gupta said current widespread pessimism about China's economy was not "overdone" but he was upbeat about India, where the bank plans to triple its business in the next five years. "There's some real headwinds in China in the short-term", he told a Reuters Newsmaker event in Singapore, noting the crisis in its debt-ridden property sector. DBS, Southeast Asia's largest bank by assets, aims to triple its business in India in the next five years, Gupta also said. The bank has been in India for nearly 30 years and operates about 530 branches in 19 Indian states, according to its website. Singapore has seen strong inflows from wealthy customers amid global uncertainty, including U.S.-China geopolitical tensions, due to the city-state's status as a financial safe-haven.

Persons: Piyush Gupta, Gupta, Yantoultra Ngui, Fanny Potkin, Scott Murdoch, Edwina Gibbs Organizations: DBS, Reuters, Shenzhen Rural Commercial Bank, UBS Group's, Credit Suisse, Thomson Locations: SINGAPORE, India, China, Singapore, Shenzhen, Asia's, Asia, East, U.S

☆ US bank Citi completes sale of Taiwan consumer unit to Singapore's DBS
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-14 | by ( Selena Li | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

[1/2] The Citigroup Inc (Citi) logo is seen at the SIBOS banking and financial conference in Toronto, Ontario, Canada October 19, 2017. REUTERS/Chris Helgren/File PhotoHONG KONG, Aug 14 (Reuters) - U.S. bank Citigroup (C.N) has completed the sale and migration of its Taiwan consumer businesses to Singapore's DBS Group (DBSM.SI), it said on Monday. The now transferred retail business includes retail banking, credit card, mortgage and unsecured lending businesses, as well as the transfer of close to 3,000 employees. The lender plans to complete the sale of the ninth consumer unit in Indonesia later this year. Citi, in a major strategy shift, has said it plans to exit consumer banking across 14 markets globally.

Persons: Chris Helgren, HONG KONG, Selena Li, Tom Hogue Organizations: Citigroup Inc, Citi, REUTERS, Citigroup, Singapore's DBS, Thomson Locations: Toronto , Ontario, Canada, HONG, Taiwan, Australia, Bahrain, India, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia

The quarterly results from OCBC, also Southeast Asia's second largest lender by assets, rounded up a strong earnings season by Singapore banks as DBS Group (DBSM.SI) and United Overseas Bank (UOBH.SI) also delivered double-digit profit growth. Besides higher interest rates, Singapore lenders have also benefited from strong inflows from wealthy customers amid global uncertainty, including U.S.-China geopolitical tensions, because of the city-state's status as a financial safe-haven. Higher interest rates and slower economic growth could raise asset-quality risks for businesses and individual customers, he said, adding weak loan demand could negatively impact net interest income growth momentum once margin expansion peaks. OCBC said April-June net profit climbed to S$1.71 billion ($1.28 billion) from S$1.28 billion a year earlier mainly driven by better income growth and partly offset by higher allowances for non-impaired assets. The figure compared with a mean estimate of a S$1.76 billion profit from four analysts polled by Refinitiv.

Persons: ROE, Thilan Wickramasinghe, OCBC, NIM, Yantoultra Ngui, Tom Hogue, Shri Navaratnam, Jamie Freed Organizations: Chinese Banking Corp, DBS, United Overseas Bank, Maybank Securities, Refinitiv, Thomson Locations: Singapore, SINGAPORE, Asia's, U.S, China, Malaysia

☆ Singapore bank OCBC second-quarter earnings rise; sees rate cuts from 2024
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-04 | by ( Yantoultra Ngui | Thomson Reuters | Yantoultra Ngui Is A Southeast Asia Deals Correspondent With Reuters In Singapore | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

The quarterly results from OCBC, also Southeast Asia's second largest lender by assets, rounded up a strong earnings season by Singapore banks as DBS Group (DBSM.SI) and United Overseas Bank (UOBH.SI) also delivered double-digit profit growth. Besides higher interest rates, Singapore lenders have also benefited from strong inflows from wealthy customers amid global uncertainty, including U.S.-China geopolitical tensions, because of the city-state's status as a financial safe-haven. The figure compared with a mean estimate of a S$1.76 billion profit from four analysts polled by Refinitiv. The bank projected its full-year net interest margin, a key profitability gauge, to be above 2.2%, return on equity in the range of 14% and low-to-mid single-digit loan growth. ($1 = 1.3410 Singapore dollars)Reporting by Yantoultra Ngui; Editing by Tom Hogue, Shri Navaratnam and Jamie FreedOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: ROE, Helen Wong, Thilan Wickramasinghe, OCBC, Wong, Yantoultra Ngui, Tom Hogue, Shri Navaratnam, Jamie Freed Organizations: Chinese Banking Corp, DBS, United Overseas Bank, Maybank Securities, Refinitiv, Thomson Locations: Singapore, SINGAPORE, Asia's, U.S, China, Malaysia

A logo of DBS is pictured outside an office in Singapore January 5, 2016. DBS, which is also Southeast Asia's largest lender by assets, said April-June net profit hit a quarterly record high S$2.69 billion ($2.69 billion) compared to S$1.82 billion a year earlier. DBS' NIM, a key profitability gauge, rose for sixth consecutive quarter to 2.16% during the quarter from 1.58% a year earlier. Return on equity hit new quarterly high of 19.2%, up from 13.4% the same quarter a year ago. ($1 = 1.3411 Singapore dollars)Reporting by Yantoultra Ngui; Editing by Muralikumar Anantharaman and Stephen CoatesOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Edgar Su, NIM, Piyush Gupta, Gupta, Yantoultra Ngui, Muralikumar Anantharaman, Stephen Coates Organizations: DBS, REUTERS, Refinitiv, Thomson Locations: Singapore, SINGAPORE, Hong Kong

☆ There's a 'very strong' case for the U.S. Fed to hold the nominal rate, says DBS economist
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-26 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailThere's a 'very strong' case for the U.S. Fed to hold the nominal rate, says DBS economistTaimur Baig, chief economist and managing director at DBS Group Research, says when disinflation happens, "real rates will keep going up even if the Fed holds the nominal interest rate."

Persons: Taimur Baig, disinflation Organizations: U.S, Fed, DBS Group Research

SINGAPORE, July 11 (Reuters) - Singapore investment firm Temasek Holdings (TEM.UL) on Tuesday posted a 5.2% drop in its net portfolio value to S$382 billion ($284.65 billion) in the financial year that ended in March. The drop in net portfolio value is its first since the 2019 financial year and came amid intensified global market volatility. Over the last decade, Temasek has grown its net portfolio value by 77.7% to S$382 billion from S$215 billion in 2013. Its portfolio value hit a record high of S$403 billion in the year ending in March 2022. Most of China's tech companies share prices have rallied since Friday on the hope that strict regulations that have stymied growth for more than two years would ease.

Persons: Chin Yee, Temasek, Rohit Sipahimalani, it's, Yantoultra Ngui, Xinghui, Robert Birsel Organizations: Temasek Holdings, Ant Group, Temasek, DBS, China Construction Bank, PSA International, Mapletree Investments, Ant, People's Bank of, Thomson Locations: SINGAPORE, Singapore, China, Asia, Temasek, People's Bank of China

☆ Rupee likely higher on dollar decline post Powell's testimony
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-22 | by ( Nimesh Vora | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

MUMBAI, June 22 (Reuters) - The Indian rupee is expected to rise on Thursday, helped by the dollar's fall despite Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell's fairly hawkish comments to U.S. lawmakers. Non-deliverable forwards indicate rupee will open at around 81.94-81.98 to the U.S. dollar compared with 82.0375 in the previous session. The offshore Chinese yuan recovered to 7.1690 to the dollar, having fallen below 7.20 at one point in the previous session. KEY INDICATORS:** One-month non-deliverable rupee forward at 82.03; onshore one-month forward premium at 7 paisa** USD/INR NSE June futures settled on Wednesday at 82.0250** USD/INR forward premium as of Jun. 20** NSDL data shows foreign investors sold a net $46.5mln worth of Indian bonds on Jun.

Persons: Jerome Powell's, Powell, Nimesh Vora, Dhanya Ann Thoppil Organizations: U.S, Fargo Advisors, U.S . Senate, DBS, Brent, Thomson Locations: MUMBAI, Asia

☆ Singapore bank DBS deepens focus on booming family office business
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-12 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

SINGAPORE, June 12 (Reuters) - Singapore lender DBS Group (DBSM.SI) is stepping up its focus on the business of family offices, where its assets have surged in the last two years. Southeast Asia's largest bank by assets is introducing a new investment platform tailored towards the needs of family offices, which are one-stop firms that manage the portfolios of the wealthy. DBS said in a statement it is currently in talks with more than 20 clients and prospective clients across Asia to provide the new investment solution. "It is also an attractive option for some families who are not looking to immediately relocate to Singapore, but would like to consolidate their assets here," said Lee Woon Shiu, DBS' Group Head of Wealth Planning, Family Office and Insurance Solutions. DBS provides banking services to more than one-third of the 700 single family offices established in Singapore, and its family office assets under management (AUM) has more than doubled in the last two years, it added.

Persons: Lee Woon Shiu, Yantoultra Ngui, Muralikumar Organizations: DBS, Wealth, Family, Insurance Solutions, Thomson Locations: SINGAPORE, Singapore, Asia's, Asia

☆ Westpac to layoff 300 workers in business and retail unit, says trade union
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-12 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

June 12 (Reuters) - Australian lender Westpac Banking Corp (WBC.AX) will cut around 300 jobs in its consumer and business banking segments at a time of strong profit growth amid rising interest rates and soaring inflation, a local trade body said. The Finance Sector Union of Australia (FSU) said on Friday the country's third-largest bank would reduce headcount from its Consumer and Business Banking Division, citing a Westpac internal memo seen by the union. 2 mortgage provider reported a 22% rise in its first half net profit to A$4.00 billion ($2.70 billion) amid a high-inflationary environment. The bank could not be reached immediately for a comment on account of a public holiday on Monday. ($1 = 1.4839 Australian dollars)Reporting by Rishav Chatterjee in Bengaluru; Editing by Rashmi AichOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Julia Angrisano, Rishav Chatterjee, Rashmi Organizations: Westpac Banking Corp, Finance Sector Union of Australia, FSU, Consumer, Business Banking, Westpac, Reuters, ANZ Group, National Australia Bank, DBS, Australia's, Thomson Locations: Bengaluru

The forecast is 22% higher than the S$8.19 billion annual net profit it achieved in 2022. Its ROE was 15% last year, while its CET1 ratio was 14.6%, according to its 2022 annual report. DBS said faster growth in capital-light high-ROE businesses such as wealth management, global transaction services and treasury market sales will help it achieves its goals. DBS aims to be among the top 10 private sector banks in India, projecting net profit to triple to around S$375 million by 2026, according to the slides. ($1 = 1.3245 Singapore dollars)Reporting by Navya Mittal in Bengaluru; Editing by Sonia CheemaOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Big part of Singapore Airlines load factor comes from premium leisure travelers: DBS Group Research
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-17 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

In this videoShare Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailBig part of Singapore Airlines load factor comes from premium leisure travelers: DBS Group ResearchJason Sum of DBS Group Research says the return of corporate travelers, on the other hand, has been "fairly sluggish."

☆ Singapore bank OCBC posts record quarterly profit, upgrades margin guidance
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-10 | by ( Yantoultra Ngui | Thomson Reuters | Yantoultra Ngui Is A Southeast Asia Deals Correspondent With Reuters In Singapore | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

OCBC, which is also Southeast Asia's second-biggest bank by assets, said January-March net profit rose 39% to S$1.88 billion ($1.42 billion), beating the mean estimate of S$1.74 billion from five analysts polled by Refinitiv. OCBC reported a total net interest margin, a key gauge of profitability, of 2.30% for the first quarter, up from 1.55% in the same period a year earlier. The bank forecast a full-year net interest margin of about 2.2%, up from 2.1% previously. The first quarter was also strong for Singapore's other major banks, with larger peer DBS Group (DBSM.SI) reporting last week a 43% jump in first quarter net profit that was also a record. Smaller United Overseas Bank (UOBH.SI) posted last month a 74% surge in core net profit.

OCBC, which is also Southeast Asia's second-biggest bank by assets, said January-March net profit rose to a record S$1.88 billion ($1.42 billion) from S$1.36 billion a year earlier. The bank reported a total net interest margin, a key gauge of profitability, of 2.30% for the first quarter, up from 1.55% in the same period a year earlier. OCBC expected full-year net interest margin in the region of 2.2%. The first quarter was also strong for Singapore's other major banks, with larger peer DBS Group (DBSM.SI) reporting last week a 43% jump in first quarter net profit that was also a record. Smaller United Overseas Bank (UOBH.SI) posted last month a 74% surge in core net profit.

May 8 (Reuters) - Australia's Westpac Banking Corp (WBC.AX) on Monday threw out a cost-cutting target citing inflation and flagged thinner profit margins going ahead, but investors pushed its shares higher after it handily beat expectations for first-half profit. Westpac shares closed 2% higher, ahead of a broader market advance (.AXJO) of 0.8%, as the market cheered the better-than-expected profit. Costs for Westpac came to A$5 billion for the half, down from A$5.2 billion a year earlier. Westpac declared an interim dividend of 70 Australian cents per share, up from 61 Australian cents last year. ($1 = 1.4810 Australian dollars)Reporting by Roushni Nair in Bengaluru; Editing by Lisa ShumakerOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

May 5 (Reuters) - The Monetary Authority of Singapore on Friday imposed additional capital requirement on DBS Bank, the banking arm of the country's largest lender DBS Group (DBSM.SI), following the disruption of its banking services in recent months. "Together with the additional capital requirement imposed on DBS in February 2022, this translates to approximately S$1.6 billion ($1.21 billion) in total additional regulatory capital," MAS added. The additional capital requirement for DBS is now a multiple of 1.8 times to its risk weighted assets for operational risk, an increase from the multiple of 1.5 times MAS applied in February 2022 following the November 2021 disruption, according to MAS. MAS has now required a comprehensive review it directed DBS to conduct in March to cover the May incident, MAS said. "The additional capital requirement imposed at this time underscores the seriousness with which MAS treats this matter," she said.

☆ Singapore's largest lender expects net interest margins will decline, but sees other growth drivers
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-02 | by ( Lim Hui Jie | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Singapore's largest lender DBS Group Holdings expects net interest income to taper off in the future, but the bank is confident that it can ride on other drivers going forward, such as a growth in loans and fee income. On Tuesday, DBS reported record revenue and net profit for the first quarter. DBS said this was due to "higher net interest margin, sustained business momentum and resilient asset quality." Net interest margin, or NIM, rose 66 basis points year-on-year to 2.12%, compared with 1.46% in the first quarter of 2022. Net interest income is a measurement comparing the interest income a firm generates from credit products like loans and mortgages, with the outgoing interest it pays out, such as to savings accounts or fixed deposits.

☆ Singapore's DBS Bank posts record first-quarter profit, beating estimates
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-02 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Singapore's biggest bank DBS reported record first-quarter profit on Tuesday, rising a stronger-than-expected 43% from a year earlier on a higher net interest margin, sustained business momentum and resilient asset quality. Southeast Asia's largest lender by assets however said its net interest margin likely peaked in the first quarter and there would be a gradual decline. January-March net profit rose to 2.57 billion Singapore dollars ($1.9 billion) from S$1.8 billion a year ago, beating a mean estimate of S$2.44 billion from five analysts polled by Refinitiv. DBS reported a total net interest margin, a key gage of profitability, of 2.12% for the first quarter, up from 1.46% in the same period a year earlier. DBS expected full-year net interest margin at 2.05% to 2.10%.

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