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Singapore UOB Bank Admits It Got Fed Tapering Wrong

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The Federal Reserve’s September surprise, which postponed the tapering of its asset purchases, dented otherwise solid earnings at two of Singapore’s banks.

OCBC and DBS, two of Singapore’s banking trio, reported solid earnings Friday, beating analysts’ expectations amid solid lending growth and resilient asset quality, but both noted taper-related dents to trading and Treasury income. UOB is due to report earnings on November 5.

“We basically got the call on Fed tapering wrong. We were quite sure that there would be Fed tapering in September and effectively positioned for that,” said Piyush Gupta, CEO of DBS, at a press conference. “We put on hedges on some of our Treasury positions. Clearly, when the Fed didn’t taper and rates went the wrong way, our hedges started going out of the money,” he added.

via CNBC

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