New Market Report Now Available: Pakistan Commercial Banking Report Q4 2012

Fast Market Research recommends "Pakistan Commercial Banking Report Q4 2012" from Business Monitor International, now available

by Bill Thompson

(WireNews+Co) - Boston, MA - 22 October 2012

BMI View: Even though the profitability of Pakistan's commercial banking sector recorded strong growth in 2011, we echo the market's sentiment and remain cautious regarding the industry's future prospects. With the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) cutting its policy rates, the sector's long-running flight to safety, towards comparatively low risk but still-high yielding sovereign debt, will likely accelerate over the short term.

That said, this acceleration of bond purchases means that yields will start to edge down even quicker, therefore undermining their returns over the longer term. Furthermore, the state of credit to the private sector remains at a precarious position, given the lacklustre state of the country's vital textile sector (and the manufacturing sector, at large).

On the surface, it appears that Pakistan's commercial banking sector witnessed a fairly spectacular year in 2011. According to an April 16 report by The Express Tribune, although some banks have yet to release their full-year accounts, the industry 'closed out the most profitable year in its history on December 31, 2011', as the 22 listed commercial banks achieved a combined profit of PKR117.5bn - a staggering 84% increase from the preceding year.

The report went on to state that, even if you exclude banks that made losses in 2010 (stripping out very low base effects), the entire sector's profit still rose by a more-thanhealthy 27%.

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Partial Table of Contents:

Executive Summary

- Table: Levels (PKRbn) - Table: Levels (US$bn) - Table: Levels At April 2012 - Table: Annual Growth Rate Projections 2012-2016 (%) - Table: Ranking Out Of 59 Countries Reviewed In 2011 - Table: Projected Levels (PKRbn), 2008-2016- Table: Projected Levels (US$bn), 2008-2016

SWOT Analysis

- Pakistan Commercial Banking SWOT - Pakistan Political SWOT - Pakistan Economic SWOT- Pakistan Business Environment SWOT

Business Environment Outlook

- Commercial Banking Business Environment Rating - Table: Commercial Banking Business Environment Ratings - Commercial Banking Business Environment Rating Methodology- Table: Asia Commercial Banking Business Environment Ratings

Global Commercial Banking Outlook

Regional Outlooks

- I-Banking Slowdown Has Further To Run- Islamic Finance: Another Banner Year Ahead

Regional Banking Sector Outlook

- Asia Banking Sector Forecast Overview - Table: Banks' Bond Portfolios 2011 - Table: Asia Commercial Banking Business Environment Ratings - Table: Comparison of Loan/Deposit & Loan/Asset & Loan/GDP ratios - Table: Anticipated Developments in 2012 - Table: Comparison of Total Assets & Client Loans & Client Deposits (US$bn) - Table: Comparison of US$ Per Capita Deposits (2011)- Table: Interbank Rates and Bond Yields

Pakistan Banking Sector Outlook

- Robust Profitability Unlikely To Persist- Table: Financial Indicators of the Banking System, Q112

Economic Outlook

- Table: Pakistan - Economic Activity

Competitive Landscape

- Market Structure - Protagonists - Table: Protagonists In Pakistan's Commercial Banking Sector - Definition Of The Commercial Banking Universe - List Of Banks - Table: Foreign Banks - Table: Local Private Banks -

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