Asia 100 1999 – Cleaning the hives
Return of average equity change
Return of average equity change
| Rank | Company | Growth (%) |
| 1 | Malayan Banking (Maybank) | 833.7 |
| 2 | Hong Leong Bank | 209.3 |
| 3 | Bank of Taiwan | 170.1 |
| 4 | Government Housing Bank | 135.4 |
| 5 | Cathay United Bank | 114.1 |
| 6 | Hana Bank | 85.9 |
| 7 | Industrial & Commercial Bank of China | 68.9 |
| 8 | China Construction Bank | 45.9 |
| 9 | Colonial State Bank / State Bank of NSW | 37.9 |
| 10 | Suncorp-Metway | 27.8 |
| 11 | Bank of Western Australia | 15.5 |
| 12 | Taipeibank | 11.7 |
| 13 | Macquarie Bank | 10.8 |
| 14 | Taishin International Bank | 8.9 |
| 15 | Far Eastern International Bank | 8 |
| 16 | Asia Pacific Bank | 7.2 |
| 17 | Fujian Industrial Bank | 7.2 |
| 18 | Bank of the Philippine Islands | 3.3 |
| 19 | Canara Bank | 3.3 |
| 20 | E. Sun Bank | -2.2 |
| 21 | Land Bank of Taiwan | -4 |
| 22 | Hua Nan Commercial Bank | -4.1 |
| 23 | Bank of Shanghai | -6.6 |
| 24 | Metropolitan Bank & Trust | -8.4 |
| 25 | United World Chinese Commercial Bank | -8.9 |
| 26 | Government Savings Bank (GSB) | -9.1 |
| 27 | International Commercial Bank of China | -9.2 |
| 28 | Central Trust of China | -9.9 |
| 29 | Australia and New Zealand Banking Group | -10.8 |
| 30 | Shanghai Commercial Bank | -12 |
| 31 | Chinatrust Commercial Bank | -12.4 |
| 32 | Ta Chong Bank | -12.9 |
| 33 | Shanghai Commercial & Savings Bank | -14.6 |
| 34 | Bank of Baroda | -14.9 |
| 35 | Shinhan Bank | -16.4 |
| 36 | Commonwealth Bank of Australia | -17 |
| 37 | Hsinchu Bank | -17.2 |
| 38 | Bank SinoPac | -17.6 |
| 39 | Westpac Banking | -18.5 |
| 40 | Chang Hwa Bank | -18.8 |
| 41 | St. George Bank | -19.4 |
| 42 | International Bank of Taipei | -19.5 |
| 43 | Equitable Banking | -19.6 |
| 44 | Dah An Commercial Bank | -19.9 |
| 45 | China Everbright Bank | -20.3 |
| 46 | Taiwan Cooperative Bank | -20.6 |
| 47 | Keppel Tat Lee Bank | -21.2 |
| 48 | PCI Bank | -23.9 |
| 49 | National Australia Bank | -25.1 |
| 50 | Grand Commercial Bank | -25.7 |
| 51 | Po Sang Bank | -25.7 |
| 52 | Oversea-Chinese Banking (OCBC) | -26.2 |
| 53 | United Overseas Bank (UOB) | -26.4 |
| 54 | Chung Shing Bank | -26.5 |
| 55 | Taiwan Business Bank | -26.9 |
| 56 | Punjab National Bank | -27.4 |
| 57 | Far East Bank & Trust | -30 |
| 58 | Union Bank of Taiwan | -30.2 |
| 59 | Chinese Bank | -30.5 |
| 60 | Overseas Union Bank (OUB) | -30.7 |
