One of the key figures to review in earnings reported by banks is the fee income. Unlike other types of incomes, income from various types of fees are somewhat predictable and stable. Many U.S. banks in recent decades have ventured into the insurance business and their insurance subsidiaries generate sizable revenues. In the first quarter …
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The Global Finance magazine recently announced its annual ranking of the World’s 50 Safest Banks for 2011. These top banks were selected based on an evaluation of long-term credit ratings—from Moody’s, Standard & Poor’s and Fitch—and total assets of the 500 largest banks worldwide. From the magazine report: The sovereign debt crisis is still raging …
The Bank Director magazine has published the Bank Performance Scorecard ranking the top 150 banks among the publicly-listed banks based on 2010 earnings data. The scorecard analyzed banks in three critical areas: profitability, capital and asset quality. From the Bank Director report: The Scorecard uses two standard measurements of profitability, return on average assets (ROAA) …
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The Banker magazine has published the list of the Top 1000 World Banks based on 2010 data. The graphic below lists The Top 25 Banks by Profits: Source: The Banker Some observations: 1. Among the British banks only Barclays(BCS) and HSBC (HBC) are in this list with HSBC ranked at number five. British banks such …
The Bloomberg Markets magazine has published the list of The World’s Strongest Banks.Singapore-based Overseas-Chinese Banking Corp (OCBC) was ranked the world’s strongest bank based on its performance for the 2010 fiscal year. Â The World’s Strongest Banks 1 Overseas-Chinese Banking (Singapore) 2 Svenska Handelsbanken (Sweden) 3 National Bank of Canada 4 Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce …