Funding costs rise for Asian banks, signalling possible end to ultra-easy money

Sydney

IT has been a borrower's market for a long time, in Asian syndicated loans as in the rest of the dollar universe. But Asia-Pacific lenders are facing increasing funding pressures, and a handful are aiming to pass those costs along, in another sign that the beginning of the end of ultra-easy money may be coming.

Half of the 50 banks in a Bloomberg News survey have experienced an increase in funding cost of as much as 20 basis points over the past few months.