Asia 100 1999 – Cleaning the hives
Return of average equity change
Return of average equity change
| Rank 99 | Rank 98 | Bank | Location | Fiscal period | Shareholder equity ($m) | Equity growth(%) | Total assets ($m) | Asset growth (%) | Net income($m) | Income growth (%) | ROAE(%) |
| 1 | 2 | Industrial & Commercial Bank of China | China | 1998 | 22,213 | 89.89 | 391,213 | 10.3 | 417 | 68.9 | 2.5 |
| 2 | 3 | Bank of China | China | 1998 | 17,256 | 53.44 | 338,186 | 10.6 | 684 | -39.3 | 4.8 |
| 3 | 1 | Hong Kong & Shanghai Banking Corporation | Hong Kong | 1998 | 12,148 | -15.33 | 190,753 | 0.1 | 1,723 | -43 | 13 |
| 4 | 5 | China Construction Bank | China | 1998 | 12,137 | 102.68 | 232,361 | 14.4 | 131 | 45.9 | 1.4 |
| 5 | 4 | National Australia Bank | Australia | 1997/8 | 9,372 | 3.49 | 136,355 | 3.9 | 1,198 | -25.1 | 14.2 |
| 6 | 7 | Bank of Taiwan | Taiwan | 1998 | 6,498 | 20.56 | 61,580 | 13.8 | 1,050 | 170.1 | 17.6 |
| 7 | 11 | DBS Bank | Singapore | 1998 | 5,455 | 26.12 | 59,606 | 53. |
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