A comprehensive ranking of the top 300 commercial banks in Asia
Pacific by size. Banks are detailed across several balance sheet measures
including asset size, deposits, loans, net interest income, total operating
income, operating expenses, operating profits, net profits, shareholders'
equity, and efficiency measures including operational ratios, liquidity
ratios, capital ratios, capital adequacy ratios and gross non-performing
loan (NPL) ratio.
This year, the region's biggest banks seem healthy, led by
profitable Japanese banks and better asset quality, but rising interest
rates around the region are negatively impacting banks' core businesses.
An alternative ranking of Asia Pacific's largest and strongest
banks, based on our proprietary the Asian Banker Strongest Banks Scorecard,
that looks beyond the conventional asset size ranking. The Asian Banker
Strongest Banks ranking aims to provide comprehensive knowledge of the
region's strongest banks for genuine competitive profiling, as well as
benchmark banks based on the strength of their balance sheets and income
statements. Banks are measured in 11 dynamic dimensions covering five key
aspects of size, balance sheet growth, risk profile, profitability and asset
quality.
Japan's Shinsei Bank emerged as the strongest bank in Asia Pacific
as bigger banks in more consolidated markets are becoming stronger.
An assessment of 12 banking markets in Asia Pacific, including
performance, future growth engines, outlook for the next year and potential
potholes. The countries covered are Australia, China, Hong Kong, India,
Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan and
Thailand.
