A Look at Credit Risk Assets Can Be Revealing
While we tend to focus on impaired loans, a look at credit-risk assets can be revealing.This is especially the case with respect to the rate of...
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Can China's Financial System Cope with Further Deterioration in Asset Quality?
In its recently released half yearly Financial Stability Review, the Reserve Bank of Australia examined the state of China's financial system. In...
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A China Cooperative Bank with near 40% Profit Contraction Is Illustrative
Fringe financial companies often reveal underlying credit metrics before mainstream banks.This is the case across Asia in several cycles, as well...
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Devastating Losses at Little Known China Specialty Lender Has Negative Implications for Bank Sector
China Commercial Credit is a specialty lender in China, although it is a listed entity in the US. What is interesting here is how its financials...
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China Bank Profit on the Way to Contraction
It is strange to see that so many China banks are reporting nearly identical net profit, close to 0% in their just announced 2015 results. We...
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