Here is the City has done a nice job of crunching some data to come up with a list of the biggest banks in the world by assets under management as at 31st October 2010.
- BNP Paribas $3.12 trillion in assets (+34.47%)*
- HSBC $2.74 trillion (+12.46%)
- Barclays $2.71 trillion (+37.03%)
- Royal Bank of Scotland $2.707 trillion (+56.44%)
- Bank of America $2.706 trillion (+54.06%)
- Deutsche Bank $2.69 trillion (-0.65%)
- Credit Agricole Group $2.66 trillion (N/A)
- Mitsubishi UFJ $2.65 trillion (+6.26%)
- JPMorgan $2.30 trillion (+38.13%)
- Citigroup $2.21 trillion (-12.75%)
- Mizuho Financial $1.99 trillion (-3.91%)
- Lloyds Banking Group $1.75 trillion (+191.18%)
- Banco Santander $1.70 trillion (+37.76%)
- Bank of China $1.63 trillion (+66.03%)
- Societe Generale $1.58 trillion (+1.01%)
Source - Bloomberg data
* percentage change in assets held since June 2007
Interesting list, and different to the Banker’s Top Bank list from June 2010, which uses Tier 1 Capital as the measure:
- Bank of America
- JP Morgan Chase
- Citigroup
- Royal Bank of Scotland
- HSBC
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