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Seah expects an upward revision of headline GDP growth for 3Q2020 to -5.4% y-o-y in 3Q2020 from the 13.3% contraction in 2Q2020.

local banks in favour from dividend lift

SINGAPORE (May 22): Maybank Kim Eng is remaining “positive” on Singapore’s banking sector in spite of rising fixed deposit (FD) rates as it continues to anticipate catalysts from NIM expansion, higher loan growth and fee income.

SINGAPORE (Nov 24): RHB is maintaining its “buy” recommendation for DBS Group, and raised its target price from $17.30 to $18.38, as market watchers become increasingly certain that the US Federal Reserve will raise interest rates in December.

SINGAPORE (Nov 2): UOB Kay Hian remains bullish on DBS Group, maintaining a “buy” call with a target price of $18.98, despite the bank’s exposure to the oil and gas industry.

SINGAPORE (Oct 12): Goldman Sachs expects 3Q to be muted quarter for DBS, OCBC and UOB, with margins coming pressure and muted credit growth. Meanwhile, the Singapore banks appear to be bracing for more defaults in the oil & gas sector though exposures sh

SINGAPORE (Oct 5): When Indonesia announced a tax amnesty in July to offer lower penalties to tax evaders, market watchers here expected Singapore banks to begin seeing large outflows in their assets under management.

SINGAPORE (July 14): RHB is maintaining its “buy” call on DBS Bank at an unchanged target price of $17.30, despite expectations for deteriorating asset quality and loan contractions to take place over 2016-17.