expected credit loss

SINGAPORE (May 4): When Hin Leong Trading filed for court protection on April 17, it emerged, in affidavits by its own-er Lim Oon Kuin and his son Lim Chee Meng, that the local oil trader owed 23 banks a total of US$3.85 billion ($5.45 billion).

The Covid-19 pandemic has changed many aspects of our lives. Since banks are central to the way we live — the way in which banks are perceived have also changed. Take as an example dividends. Local investors have over the past 10 y

 In addition to the stimulus packages, policy interest rates are falling. Singapore’s exchange rate policy and the easing for the SGD NEER leading to a weaker Singapore dollar may limit the decline in local rates.