Bank atlas 2002: Banks focus on cost

Deutsche and HypoVereinsbank are the biggest risers in the latest bank rankings by shareholders' equity. Fewer mergers make the size rankings stable. Unfortunately banks' earnings have been anything but.

 Bank atlas 250 – results tables:
 
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Last year was a rotten one for most banks, as corporate lending, equity underwriting and merger activity sagged. Fifteen of the top 20 banks saw profits fall year on year, 10 of these by double-digit amounts. Net income fell for 30 out of the 42 largest US firms in the table; for 32 out of 41 Japanese, and all but one of the 16 Italian financial groups indicated.

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