Talking Finance: Underwriters bear risk

Wednesday, March 9th, 2011

Corporations or governments that make the decision to sell ownership in their company through an initial public offering generally engage the services of an investment bank to assist in structuring the transaction and to raise capital.

IMF hits out at banking oversight

Wednesday, February 9th, 2011

Photo by: Wesley Monts A motodop driver parks in front of the National Bank of Cambodia on Norodom Boulevard, Phnom Penh, today. The International Monetary Fund has claimed the oversight responsibilities of Cambodia’s central bank “clearly outstrips its capacity and resources” and believes it should consider a temporary halt on licensing new banks.

Central Bank to plan to purchase $5 m

Wednesday, September 1st, 2010

In order to protect of the depreciation of value of Cambodia’s currency and stabilize the Cambodia’s macroeconomics, the National Bank of Cambodia has tried to raise the value of Riel by purchasing a further US$5 million. The total of amount of dollars the central bank purchased reached US$48 million for the year. Since mid-April, Cambodia’s [...]

National Bank of Cambodia sold off dollars to stabilize riel

Thursday, June 10th, 2010

It is the third time that the National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) sold off US$ 1 million to stabilize the depreciation of national currency (Riel) according to a statement on Monday, signed by Nguon Sokha, Deputy Director General of National Bank of Cambodia. A total of US$ 3 million was to be auctioned off to [...]

Foreign Exchange reserves climbed 21 percent

Wednesday, November 4th, 2009

Giving speech at the 30th anniversary ceremony for the National Bank of Cambodia (NBC), which was reestablished after the topple of Khmer Rouge regime, the Prime Minister Hun said that despite Cambodia suffered from the global financial crisis, Cambodia’s foreign exchange reserves is up to US$2.522 billion by the end of August of this year. [...]

Cambodia’s banking sector gains in public confidence

Monday, October 26th, 2009

In the last decade, Cambodia’s banking sector has been growing sharply because the operation of commercial banks in Cambodia has gotten the public confidence. People got started to deposit their money at bank rather than keep it at home. The public confidence in the banking sector and financial system is reflected through the increase in [...]

Central bank warned of the rise of bad loans

Monday, October 26th, 2009

Given the global financial crisis affecting Cambodia’s economy such as garment industry, tourism sector, construction and real estate, but the Cambodia’s banking sector is still inevitably hit by the crisis. Therefore, it is a cause for increasing in non-performing loans because the commercial banks’ borrowers have hard time to pay back loans while their business [...]