Given the Euronext/NYSE merger, Paris now has massive economies of scale to add to its world-renowned expertise in areas including derivatives and risk-based modelling. Arnaud de Bresson explains.

It is not just London that is taking business from New York, Asian markets are also rapidly growing in stature. Jules Stewart explains.

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Brazil’s banks dominate the listing with their healthy assets and profitability, and Mexico also does well.

Mergers work through with little change and aggregate Tier 1 capital is up.

Our rankings reveal no evidence of a bursting Asian bubble as China, and India to a lesser extent, power onwards.

Our listing reveals that retail continues to drive banking sector growth, while low household credit levels remain enticing to western European institutions.

Terry Baker-Self weighs up which 30 banks are likely to be next year’s arrivals to The Banker’s Top 1000 World Banks listing.

Following successful IPOs by ICBC and Bank of China in 2006, the two banks return to the gold and silver positions in this year’s listing. Terry Baker-Self reports.

The Top 1000 is a ranking of the world’s commercial banks. Wherever possible, consolidated figures have been taken for the banking group. However, in the case of bancassurance groups, where possible the figures reflect the banking business only.