AUSTRALIAN TOP 25

December 1996


Australian top 25
Rank	Bank	Location	Year	Share	Equity	Total	Asset	Net	Profit	Return	US$
			end	holders’	growth	assets	growth	profit	growth	on equity	differential
				equity	(%)	(US$m)	(%)	(US$m)	(%)	(%)	(%)
				(US$m)
1	National Australia Bank	Melbourne, Australia	1995	8,968	17.02	111,043	16.56	1,490	17.42	17.91	2.12
2	Westpac Banking Corp	Sydney, Australia	1995	6,466	5.37	79,905	15.15	717	37.22	11.38	2.12
3	Australia and New Zealand Banking Group	Melbourne, Australia	1995	5,048	5.65	85,003	10.69	802	30.83	16.32	2.12
4	Commonwealth Bank of Australia	Sydney, Australia	1995	4,844	6.42	70,573	5.99	711	40.06	15.13	-2.81
5	Bank of Melbourne	Melbourne, Australia	1996	794	97.25	11,657	100.47	116	106.72	19.33	78.86
6	St George Bank	Kogarah, Australia	1995	758	12.06	13,271	12.94	103	34.84	14.32	2.12
7	Bank of New Zealand	Wellington, New Zealand	1995	726	7.46	14,386	23.42	201	22.6	28.68	8.62
8	Bank of South Australia	Adelaide, Australia	1994	491	6.88	8,725	-19.18	42	-28.51	8.9	8.46
9	NZI Corp	Auckland, New Zealand	1995	482	11.82	1,680	-7.81	35	N/A	7.63	1.68
10	Bank of Western Australia	Perth, Australia	1996	471	2.37	7,962	5.33	40	-46.83	8.54	3.22
11	Advance Bank Australia	Sydney, Australia	1995	423	18.77	8,774	15.28	84	13.41	21.46	-2.1
12	State Bank of New South Wales	Sydney, Australia	1995	405	9.64	13,222	-6.9	66	-137.8	16.95	-4.09
13	Trust Bank New Zealand	Wellington, New Zealand	1996	381	14.

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