China dominates the list of best-performing banks for cost-to-income ratios, accounting for each of the top eight. This table focuses only on the 50 largest banks worldwide, as there are some quirks further down the ranking, including asset managers with a banking licence that tend to be stark outliers.
Philip Alexander reports on the full results of The Banker’s Top 1000 World Banks ranking 2014, in the story Top 1000 World Banks 2014: Back on track?