SINGAPORE: United Overseas Bank , Singapore's third-biggest lender, posted a 1.7 percent rise in quarterly profit on the back of strong loan growth, beating analysts' average forecast.
The city-state's banks are benefiting from a surge in SIBOR, the benchmark for pricing of home loans, but loan growth is expected to slow this year due to a weak domestic property market and sluggish growth in China.
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