Japan's return on capital (ROC) ranking is populated by some of the country's largest banks. Third placed Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, which recorded ROC of 18.93%, ranks second in the top 25 by Tier 1, while fourth and fifth placed Nomura Holdings and Resona Holdings rank fifth and sixth, respectively. These two lenders posted 15.61% and 15.61% ROC, respectively.
It is smaller banks that top the ROC ranking, however. The leading bank by this metric is North Pacific Bank, which recorded 34.71% ROC. Following at a considerable distance is Suruga Bank, which recorded ROC of 19.48% and places second in the top Japanese banks by this measure.
Philip Alexander reports on the full results of The Banker’s Top 1000 World Banks ranking 2014 in Top 1000 World Banks 2014: Back on track? and James King reports on the performance of Japanese banks in Japanese lenders endure a challenging year.
