SINGAPORE: Singapore's top lenders, DBS Group and Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp, posted lower than expected declines in third-quarter profit on Thursday on the back of strength in their wealth management businesses.
Buoyed by the outperformance, including declining provisions for loan losses compared to the second quarter, investors pushed both bank's shares to multi-month highs.
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