The 25 Soundest Banks of the World based the highest capital-asset ratios (CAR) in 2009 are listed below: Source: The Banker Smaller banks dominate this list from both the developed and emerging countries. 18 of the 25 banks shown above are from emerging markets underlining the conservative business practices of banks in emerging markets. Electro …
The Top 25 Chinese Banks based on Tier 1 Capital in 2009 are listed below. This ranking is part of the annual World’s Top 1000 Banks published by the influential The Banker magazine based in London,UK. Source: The Banker Note: The Tier 1 Capital is in $ millions. The top bank in China is Industrial …
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Earlier this year The Banker magazine published its annual ranking of the world’s top banks. The graphic below lists the top 25 Asian banks (excluding China and Japan) based on their Tier 1 capital: Four Australian banks take the top four spots followed by Singapore’s DBS Bank (OTC: DBSDY). Two other Singapore banks are also …
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The Global Finance magazine has published its annual ranking of the World’s Biggest Banks for 2010 based on assets. BNP Paribas (BNPQY) of France tops the list with total of assets of over $2.9 Trillions. The World’s 50 Biggest Banks 2010: [TABLE=556] Source: Fitch Ratings except *Standard & Poor’s **Agricultural Bank of China Six Chinese …
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