The tough route to quality

Weak and unreliable may be their image but the best emerging-market banks are among the most robust in the world. Faced with hyperinflation, political instability and crippling credit crunches, they need to be tough to survive. Along the way they have turned into centres of excellence. Euromoney picked banks from widely differing regions to illustrate this winning streak. They are Brazil's Itau, Poland's Handlowy, Taiwan's Shanghai & Commercial Savings Bank, the UAE's Mashreq, South Africa's Investec and Ghana's Social Security Bank.

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Investec’s 60-fold leap in value

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Ghana’s fleet-footed operator

When South American inflation was raging the best bank was the one that pulled in the most deposits and invested them in high-yielding government paper. Efficient processing was the key to getting the money working quickly and to boosting float revenues. In Brazil, the private-sector bank that did this most effectively was Banco Bradesco.

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