The total assets the top banks of the world grew by 6.8% in 2008 per The Banker magazine. However there was no asset growth among the top 10 banks in the list shown below.
The Top 25 World banks for 2009 based on Asset Growth are:
Rank | Bank | 中文名称 | Country | Ticker |
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1 | Royal Bank of Scotland | 苏格兰皇家银行 | UK | RBS |
2 | Deutsche Bank | 德意志银行 | Germany | DB |
3 | Barclays Bank | 英国巴克莱银行 | UK | BCS |
4 | BNP Paribas | 法国巴黎银行 | France | BNPQY |
5 | HSBC Holdings | 汇丰集团 | UK | HBC |
6 | Credit Agricole Group | 法国农业信贷银行 | France | |
7 | JP Morgan Chase & Co | 摩根大通公司 | US | JPM |
8 | Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group | 三菱日联金融集团 | Japan | MTU |
9 | Citigroup | 花旗集团 | US | C |
10 | UBS | 瑞银集团 | Switzerland | UBS |
11 | ING Bank | 荷兰国际集团 | Netherlands | ING |
12 | Bank of America Corp | 美国银行 | US | BAC |
13 | Societe Generale | 法国兴业银行 | France | SCGLY |
14 | Mizuho Financial Group | 日本瑞穗金融集团 | Japan | MFG |
15 | Santander Central Hispano | 西班牙国际银行 | Spain | STD |
16 | UniCredit | 意大利联合信贷银行 | Italy | |
17 | ICBC | 中国工商银行 | China | |
18 | Wells Fargo & Co | 美国富国银行 | US | WFC |
19 | Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group | 日本三井住友金融集团 | Japan | SMFJY |
20 | China Construction Bank Corp | 中国建设银行 | China | |
21 | Credit Suisse Group | 瑞士瑞信银行 | Switzerland | CS |
22 | Agricultural Bank of China | 中国农业银行 | China | |
23 | Bank of China | 中国银行 | China | |
24 | HBOS | 苏格兰哈里法克斯银行 | UK | |
25 | Dexia | 比利时德克夏银行 | Belgium |
Source: The Banker
Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) tops the list with total assets of $3.5 T. This amount has grown so high for RBS because it acquired ABN Amro Bank of The Netherlands in 2007 . That deal was the largest banking merger in history. ABN Amro was acquired by a consortium consisting of RBS, Fortis and Banco Santander. This deal is now not only the largest banking merger, but probably one of the worst deals ever since ABN was acquired at the peak of the credit bubble.
Out of the three Chinese banks in this list Agricultural Bank of China and Bank of China are new entrants this year.Chinese banks are growing rapidly due to strong lending environment in the domestic market as well as growth in select markets overseas. In one of the strategic moves, ICBC of China acquired a 20 percent stake in South Africa’s Standard Bank in late 2007 for expansion into Africa. Standard Bank is one of the regional heavyweights in Africa with significant presence in many countries.
Another new entrant to the top 25 list is US-based Wells Fargo (WFC). Wells Fargo’s acquisition of Wachovia last year increased its total assets. Llyods Bank (LYG) acquired UK’s largest mortgage lender HBOS plc last year as well.