| Banks find the cloud’s silver lining | ||
| Methodology | Asia Top 100 (excluding Japan) | North Asia Top 25 |
| Sub-continent Top 25 | Oceania | |
| North Asia Top 25 | |||||||||||||||
| Rank | Pro-forma ranking | Bank | Country | Shareholder equity ($m) | Fiscal period | Moody’s Ratings (as of November 14th, 2004) | Equity growth (%) | Total assets ($m) | Asset growth (%) | Net income ($m) | Income growth (%) |
RoE, period end (%) |
RoA, period end (%) | Loans % Deposits | Tier 1 capital ratio (%) |
| 1 | 1 | Bank of China | China (1) | 22,544 | 2003 | A2/P-1/D- | -15.1 | 464,758 | 7.0 | 555 | -51.4 | 2.5 | 0.1 | 65.3% | 6.2% |
| 2 | 4 | China Construction Bank | China (1) | 22,533 | 2003 | A2/P-1/E+ | 73.9 | 429,936 | 15.4 | 50 | -90.4 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 71.4% | 5.9% |
| 3 | 2 | Industrial & Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) | China (1) | 20,921 | 2003 | A2/P-1/E+ | -2.8 | 638,577 | 10.6 | 322 | -59.2 | 1.5 | 0.1 | 69.3% | 4.8% |
| 4 | 3 | Agricultural Bank of China | China (1) | 16,683 | 2003 | A2/P-1/E | 1.5 | 422,136 | 17.4 | 232 | -33.6 | 1.4 | 0.1 | 74.7% | — |
| 5 | 5 | Kookmin Bank | South Korea | 7,124 | 2003 | A3/P-2/D+ | -18.4 | 156,755 | -0.6 | -623 | -158.1 | -8.7 | -0.4 | 106.1% | 6.2% |
| 6 | 8 | Bank of Communications | China (1) | 4,916 | 2003 | Baa2/P-3/D | 25.0 | 114,968 | 24.1 | 10 | -93.3 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 65.1% | 6.4% |
| 7 | 10 | Woori Bank | South Korea | 4,759 | 2003 | Baa1/P-2/D- | 35.9 | 88,404 | 17.3 | 1,118 | 70.1 | 23.5 | 1.3 | 100.5% | 6.8% |
| 8 | 6 | Bank of Taiwan | Taiwan | 4,663 | 2003 | A1/P-1/C | -10. | ||||||||
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