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Investment banking fees down across Europe

May 1, 2013

Despite contracting investment banking fees in Europe, Turkey, Slovakia and Croatia have bucked the trend with impressive growth.

Singapore continues to dominate Asean region

April 24, 2013
Top five Asean banks by Tier 1 capital

Three Singaporean lenders occupy the top three spots in The Banker's Association of South-east Asian Nations banks ranking by Tier 1 capital for the year ending 2011, and the same three institutions also led the way in terms of pre-tax profits.

Germany’s sleeping sparkassen giant

April 16, 2013
Sparkassen and top 10 German banks

Taken as a single entity, Germany's savings bank sector is the second largest financial institution in the country. And, unlike the country's top 10 banks, it has been growing since 2008.

Foreign banks outperform locals in Russia

April 5, 2013
Foreign banks in Russia - top 10 by return on assets

A number of foreign banks scaled back operations in Russia after the financial crisis, but those that remain are generating very high returns in many cases.

Mighty: Singapore’s banks dominate the latest Asean ranking, with DBS Bank coming first

Top Asean banks: inching in on Singapore's lead

April 2, 2013

Singapore's big three lenders may still be dominating the top positions in the Association of South-east Asian Nations ranking by Tier 1 capital by a considerable margin, but Thai and Malaysian banks now occupy six of the top 10 spots, while Indonesia's institutions are recording the region's strongest profitability ratios.

Hong Kong supersedes Singapore in Asian FDI ranking

April 2, 2013

Hong Kong overtook Singapore in 2012 as Asia's leading financial centre for inward FDI.

Outsized banking sector sinks Cyprus

March 25, 2013
Cypriot banks' total assets to GDP

The Cypriot banking sector was more than four times the size of the country's economy at the end of 2011.

Panama leads the Central American pack

March 13, 2013
Central American banks ranking

Panama's banks hold their lead as the biggest banks by Tier 1 capital in Central America.

Nigeria's long road to recovery

March 5, 2013
Nigerian banks T

In the years following its 2009 banking crisis, Nigeria's banks' pre-tax profits lagged in the African rankings, but figures from 2012 are expected to show a recovery.

Europe's financial services sector loses its FDI appeal

March 1, 2013

A difficult economic climate combined with a number of financial services sector scandals have served to deter investors from making foreign direct investments in Europe, resulting in declines in inflows across the region in 2012.

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