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The 50 Safest Emerging Market Banks 2011
The Global Finance magazine has published its first-ever ranking of the Safest Banks in Emerging Markets. While the banking industry in the developed world is struggling to gain some credibility, investors are increasingly focusing their attention on emerging market banks which are much more risk-averse and have better potential for growth. In fact, many developed [...]
The 29 Global Too-Big-To-Fail Banks
The Financial Stability Board (FSB) has published the list of global banks that are too-big-to-fail. These banks are required to hold as much as 2.5% more capital than other banks by the end of 2012. The 29 global systemtacially important banks are: Bank of America Corp.(BAC) Bank of China Ltd. (BACHY) Bank of New York [...]
Importance of Foreign Banks to Select Emerging Countries and Vice Versa
Foreign banks have a strong presence in some emerging countries. In a few of those countries they dominate the local banking market more than the domestic banks. The following chart shows the foreign ownership in select Emerging Market and Developing Economies (EMDEs): Click to enlarge It is interesting to note that foreign banks own [...]
The Global Too-Big-To-Fail Banks
Many large U.S. banks were bailed out with tax payers’ funds during the Global Financial Crisis (GFC). Since then these banks have gotten even bigger by acquisitions and decline in competition as struggling smaller banks are left to fail by Uncle Sam. These small group of elite institutions aka known as “Systemically Important Financial Institutions” [...]
The World’s 50 Biggest Banks by Assets for 2011
The Global Finance magazine has published its annual ranking of the world’s biggest banks for this year based on total assets the end of 2010. The top 50 banks hold assets of just over $61 Trillion. China’s banks continue to grow in size. This year, ICBC, China’s biggest bank entered the top 10 ranks by [...]
The 50 Largest U.S. Banks Based on Assets
The landscape of the U.S. banking industry has changed in the past few years as strong banks became stronger and weak banks were either gobbled up or failed. The graphic below shows the 50 largest banks in the U.S. based on assets held as of first quarter 2001: Click to enlarge Source American Bankers Association [...]
