Recent Articles by Meera Tharmaratnam
2 August 2000
Bank Bali gets a recapitalization plan, leaving regulators until October to smoke out those controlling the stock.
31 July 2000
An unpopular merger plan leads to a market pummelling. Public Bank proponents say investors are thinking too short term.
28 July 2000
DBS'' Thai unit pulls off the first bank auction in Thailand and gets rid of its bad debts.
20 July 2000
The Philippine government will decide on Friday whether to sell its 30% stake in the Philippines'' largest troubled lender to its biggest shareholder.
13 July 2000
Some say the creditor got a 20% in TimedotCom, Time Engineering''s 100% unit. Sapura insists it has taken only 5%.
10 July 2000
Unlike the Malaysian banks that were forced to write off 100% of loans to NSC, Philippine lenders will likely lend more.
5 July 2000
Bancommerce is on the acquisition trail and has just closed the first of 3 deals it is trying to pull off.
4 July 2000
Lack of institutional support saw DBS take up most of the issue. But now Danu can focus on its planned bad loan auction.
15 June 2000
China''s banking reform will increase the need for new capital and new partnerships.
12 June 2000
A merchant bank hit by deposit runs finds unexpected help from Korea''s regulators.
7 June 2000
Korea''s de facto fund managers, the investment trust companies, will shortly mark their assets-to-market. The results could torpedo Korea''s fragile financial system.
26 May 2000
Korea''s largest commercial lender will need more capital and a bit of luck to get through the year.
19 May 2000
DTT becomes the first accountancy firm to turn investment bank.