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ANZ to remain in local market?

The chief executive of ANZ Royal Bank has denied media reports that the Australian and New Zealand Bank Group (ANZ) is considering pulling the plug on its Cambodian operations amid a planned retreat from the region’s markets. ...

Kali Kotoski
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/anz-remain-local-market

Banking with a positive spin

A banking sector initiative launched yesterday aims to advise Cambodia’s financial sector on best practices for sustainable lending while capitalising on the growing pool of international funds that could flow into green and socially responsible projects. The Sustainable Finance Initiative will conduct two years of ...

Kali Kotoski
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/banking-positive-spin

Credit growth starts to cool off

New data released by Cambodia’s independent credit reporting agency indicate a significant slowdown in the rate of lending during the second quarter of the year, a sign that banking industry experts claim is due to a tightening of lending criteria and less demand from the ...

Kali Kotoski
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/credit-growth-starts-cool

Control credit, says Moody's

While Cambodia’s Moody’s rating is still at the same B2 level as last year, its economic growth has been downgraded two points from 2015, with the international credit rating agency warning that the Kingdom’s rapid pace of credit growth could pose financial stability risks. “The pace ...

May Kunmakara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/28970/control-credit--says-moody-s/

Report confirms residential oversupply

The latest report on the state of Phnom Penh’s property market makes bleak reading for investors and those betting on a lucrative future in the short-term. ...

Post Staff
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/post-property/report-confirms-residential-oversupply

On energy policy, experts and officials differ

Experts on Wednesday urged Cambodia to move away from large-scale hydropower and coal projects and toward more environmentally friendly sources of power or risk long-term energy insecurity, following the launch of a report by investment and advisory firm Mekong Strategic Partners in Phnom Penh. ...

Tej Parikh
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/on-energy-policy-experts-and-officials-differ-105945/

Outstanding credit could reach $30B by 2020

The total amount of loans in Cambodia’s banking sector could rise to $30 billion by 2020, according to a report released today by Mekong Strategic Partners, a new investment and advisory fund. Amid such growth, banks will be challenged to drastically expand their operations and will ...

George Styllis and Kang Sothear
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/business/outstanding-credit-could-reach-30b-by-2020-69127/

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