Measuring the bank’s bad debts

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From the excellent Jonathon Mott at UBS:

Single name exposures (Bad Debts) to dominate the 1H16 Results

The last few months have seen a handful of large, high profile corporate collapses. In some cases the companies have entered administration, others are in ongoing discussions with their banks. While underlying credit quality of the Australian banks remains solid, these exposures will require a substantial increase in provisions which is likely to lead to a material rise in BDD charges with the 1H16 Results in early May.

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David Llewellyn-Smith is Chief Strategist at the MB Fund and MB Super. David is the founding publisher and editor of MacroBusiness and was the founding publisher and global economy editor of The Diplomat, the Asia Pacific’s leading geo-politics and economics portal. He is also a former gold trader and economic commentator at The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, the ABC and Business Spectator. He is the co-author of The Great Crash of 2008 with Ross Garnaut and was the editor of the second Garnaut Climate Change Review.