The Global Finance magazine published their annual ranking of The Safest Banks in North America for 2012 back in March. From the news release: The banks were selected through a comparison of the long-term credit ratings and total assets of the largest banks. Ratings from Moody’s, Standard & Poor’s and Fitch were used. The Safest Banks …
The Global Finance magazine has published its first-ever ranking of the Safest Banks in Emerging Markets. While the banking industry in the developed world is struggling to gain some credibility, investors are increasingly focusing their attention on emerging market banks which are much more risk-averse and have better potential for growth. In fact, many developed …
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The Financial Stability Board (FSB) has published the list of global banks that are too-big-to-fail. These banks are required to hold as much as 2.5% more capital than other banks by the end of 2012. The 29 global systemtacially important banks are: Bank of America Corp.(BAC) Bank of China Ltd. (BACHY) Bank of New York …
Foreign banks have a strong presence in some emerging countries. In a few of those countries they dominate the local banking market more than the domestic banks. The following chart shows the foreign ownership in select Emerging Market and Developing Economies (EMDEs): Click to enlarge It is interesting to note that foreign banks own …
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Many large U.S. banks were bailed out with tax payers’ funds during the Global Financial Crisis (GFC). Since then these banks have gotten even bigger by acquisitions and decline in competition as struggling smaller banks are left to fail by Uncle Sam. These small group of elite institutions aka known as “Systemically Important Financial Institutions” …