Economic & financial indicators

COMMERCIAL BANKS

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COMMERCIAL BANKS For the second year running, British-registered HSBC Holdings tops the Banker magazine's list of the world's largest commercial banks ranked by shareholders' capital. Two of the top four banks, Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi and Chase Manhattan, have leapt up the ranking as a result of mergers. The Japanese still dominate the list, with seven banks in the top 20, followed by four from America. But Japanese banks' profitability is less impressive: their return on assets is the lowest in the chart.

This article appeared in the Economic & financial indicators section of the print edition under the headline “COMMERCIAL BANKS”

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From the July 19th 1997 edition

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