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Swiss:$800M misappropriated from ex-unit of Malaysia fund – Associated Press
ChineseConsortium to Buy Singapore's Asia Capital Reinsurance – The Wall Street Journal
Permirato buy Bank of East Asia's Tricor unit for $838 million – Reuters
BarclaysPrivate Bankers Said to Defect Before OCBC Acquisition – Bloomberg News
GREATER CHINA
Chinaovertakes US as world's largest assets acquirer – South China Morning Post
China'sforeign trade remains under pressure: official – Xinhua News Agency
OutstandingP2P loans surge to record high of US$145b – Shanghai Daily
CTBCsays indictment will not affect company– Taipei Times
Fubonunveils fintech plan – Taipei Times
JAPAN AND KOREA
Strongeryen, not inflation, will trigger Bank of Japan easing: sources – Reuters
Tokyostocks advance for third day on yen's easing – The Japan Times
KRX's newhead vows every effort for holding firm – Yonhap News Agency
Seoul to letunprofitable startups go public on Kosdaq – The Korea Herald
BOK chiefleaves for US for G20 meeting on global economy – Yonhap News Agency
Korean banks'net abroad drops 17% on more loan loss reserves – Yonhap News Agency
Gov't reaffirmsunyielding pay reform drive for bank workers – Yonhap News Agency
ASEAN
Banksmay incur provisions for exposure to Perisai – The Nation
'Thailand4.0' should get GDP growth up to potential, World Bank says – The Nation
Myanmarmust mitigate risks despite favorable growth: World Bank – The Nation
S'porebankers worry as layoffs start to mount – Today
VNwill achieve 20% credit growth: SBV – VietNam News
Gov'tscrutinizes financial resources to settle bad debts – Viet Nam News
28-dayterm deposits fetch higher yield – ThePhilippine Star
SOUTH ASIA
RBIunder Urjit Patel begins to change stance on dealing with banks' bad loans– Mint
SBIopens branch in Myanmar – The HinduBusiness Line
RBIto be divested of debt management role in 2 years – The Hindu Business Line
CanaraBank starts work on setting up Higher Education Financing Agency – The Hindu Business Line
Faircentforays into secured loan – BusinessStandard
Centralbank to move some BSC operations out of Karachi – The News International
AUSTRALIA AND NEWZEALAND
Banksinquiry: NAB, Westpac face Parliamentary hearings – The Australian
Bankshit back on donations to political parties – The Australian
ANZ'open to credit card interest rate and fee cuts' – The Australian
Bankaccount portability supported by ANZ's Shayne Elliott – The Australian Financial Review
Moresmall town bank closures on the way – RadioNew Zealand
The Daily DoseAsia-Pacific "Headlines" edition aggregates banking, financialservices and insurance headlines from the websites of a limited number of majorAsian and Australian publication titles and newswires, with an editorialdeadline of 6 a.m. Hong Kong time. Language translations to English areprovided by an automated service and may not be entirely accurate.