Asian 100

Rank		Bank	Location	Fiscal period	Share holders’ equity ($m)	Equity growth (%)	Total assets ($m)	Asset growth (%)	Net income ($m)	Income growth (%)	Return on equity (%)	$ rate differential (%)
97	96
1	3	HongkongBank	Hong Kong	1996	13,360	20.85	167,378	10.42	2,920	14.51	21.86	0.04
2	2	Industrial & Commercial Bank	China	1996	11,34	61.56	437,392	16.8	700	24.44	6.17	-0.23
3	1	Bank of China	Beijing, China	1996	9,974	13.42	292,554	7.38	1,067	22.36	10.7	0
4	4	National Australia Bank	Melbourne, Australia	1996	9,921	9.63	123,961	18.99	1,667	6.59	16.8	-4.76
5	5	Westpac Banking Corp	Sydney,Australia	1996	6,253	4.06	87,421	17.13	899	19.47	14.38	-4.76
6	13	Bank of Taiwan	Taipei, Taiwan	1996	6,051	69.88	60,055	11.21	405	-4.55	6.69	0.78
7	8	Commonwealth Bank of Australia	Sydney, Australia	1996	5,813	10.04	78,293	7.32	900	13.85	15.49	-9.53
8	9	China Construction Bank	Beijing, China	1996	5,483	13.722	56,116	23.37	582	-21.69	10.62	-0.23
9	7	Agricultural Bank of China	Beijing, China	1996	5,080	3.381	76,779	19.17	254	8.72	5	-0.23
10	6	Australia & New Zealand Banking	Melbourne, Australia	1996	5,021	10.

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