Hong Kong was the most attractive international financial centre in Asia-Pacific in 2012, with more than $6bn-worth of foreign investment in the special administrative region.
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Can Slovenia avoid a bail out?
May 8, 2013
The need for a multilateral bail out of eurozone member Slovenia will depend on the state of its troubled banking sector, which lost a significant proportion of its capital in 2011.
Investment banking fees down across Europe
May 1, 2013Despite 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
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
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
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.
Top Asean banks: inching in on Singapore's lead
April 2, 2013Singapore'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, 2013Hong Kong overtook Singapore in 2012 as Asia's leading financial centre for inward FDI.
Outsized banking sector sinks Cyprus
March 25, 2013
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
Panama's banks hold their lead as the biggest banks by Tier 1 capital in Central America.
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