In last month’s Top 1000 ranking of world banks, a number of banks did amazingly well.
They flew up the charts by hundreds of places and chalked up best profits on assets and capital. The Banker editors decided to find out why these banks did so well. In the following article, we look at the Top 50 contenders for next year’s Top 1000. Reports by Stephen Timewell, James Eedes, Jan Wagner, Will McSheehy, Monica Campbell and Simon Montlake.