Asian 100: Getting tougher at the top

Our annual ranking of the biggest banks in Asia outside Japan shows little change among the top 10. But further down the list, banks in countries such as Korea and Thailand have suffered sharp falls. Fitch IBCA supplied the data for the Asian 100 and the Japan 50.

Asia 100: Methodology

Asian 100 Rank Location Fiscal period Shareholder equity ($m) Equity growth (%) Total assets ($m) Asset growth (%) Net income ($m) Income growth ROAE (%)

98 97 Bank

1 1 HongkongBank

Hong Kong

1997

14,347

7.54

190,479

13.96

3,024

3.7

21.9

2

2

Industrial & Commercial Bank of China

China

1997

11,698

2.87

489,012

11.55

247

-64.8

2.1

3

3

Bank of China

China

1997

11,246

12.5

305,638

5.6

1,128

5.5

10.6

4

4

National Australia Bank

Australia

1997

9,056

0.5

131,266

16.58

1,599

5.6

17.7

5

8

China Construction Bank

China

1997

5,988

9.02

203,116

6.7

227

-61.1

4.0

6

5

Westpac Banking

Australia

1997

5,907

3.99

77,538

-2.35

931

13.9

16.1

7

6

Bank of Taiwan

Taiwan

1997

5,390

5.81

54,122

7.05

389

14.1

7.4

8

7

Commonwealth Bank of Australia

Australia

1997

5,236

-4.66

82,921

12.09

820

-3.6

15.3

9

10

Australia & New Zealand Banking Group

Australia

1997

5,034

10.37

89,400

9.34

743

-8.3

15.5

10

9

Agricultural Bank of China

China

1997

4,802

-5.69

190,095

7.29

64

-75.0

1.3

11

11

DBS Bank

Singapore

1997

4,325

4.31

38,885

16.89

260

-34.9

6.2

12

12

Oversea-Chinese Banking (OCBC)

Singapore

1997

3,852

5.68

34,272

11.45

350

-17.8

9.3

13

20

Malayan Banking (Maybank)

Malaysia

1997

3,357

40.85

43,741

17.23

544

22.5

19.0

14

14

United Overseas Bank (UOB)

Singapore

1997

3,335

8.03

29,461

7.76

306

-30.6

9.5

15

17

Bank of Communications

China

1997

2,824

8.1

54,319

13.04

344

-21.4

12.7

16

15

Korea Development Bank

Korea

1997

2,646

31.

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