tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4980108793091463723Tue, 07 Apr 2026 20:21:35 +0000IndiaTop 10BankingBanksIndian Stock MarketBanking NewsFinanceSubprimeNSEStock Market NewsBSECorporate World NewsWorldCATSensexMarket CapitalizationCorporate FinanceInterest RateNiftyStocksSubprime lossrankingIndian banking systemMoneyNewsstock exchangeGeneral NewsMarketsOil PriceCorporate Finance GyaanCrude OilGD/PIOil NewsU.S.GDPIPOInflationResultsStocks factsBanking GyaanBrokerage firmChinaCrisisDerivativesDollarEconomicsFIIInvestment BankMBAMutual FundsSEBIeconomyAccounting GyaanBanking FactsCurrency NewsEconomic termsFinance GyaanGlobalOptionshedge fundsrecessionBasic Finance GyaanFDICFinancial CrisisForbesGD and PIRupeeSBISatyamStock market eventsSubprime GyaanTradingUS Banksbanks logosecuritizationAbout UsAcquisitionAssetsAutomobileBalance SheetBankBank FailureBanking EventsBaselCitigroupCurrency DerivativesDebtDebt InstrumentsExchange RatesFedFinancial InstitutionsFinancial ServicesFinancialsForbes 2000FuturesInsuranceOPECTimeUS economyValuefinance personforexAccountingAccounting ScandalsAsiaAssets under managementBank BailoutBank Holding CompaniesBank of AmericaBasel GyaanBasel IBasel IIBondsCEOCapital AdequacyCorporate EventsDepositsEnronEuropeFinManAcForeign Institutional InvestorsFortuneGyaanHDFCHolidaysINDICESInvestingJapanMerrill LynchNavratnaPeak OilRelianceScamStress TestWarren Buffetcapital budgetingcurrency wareconomic activityforeign exchangehedgemonetary policystock market basics2009AUMAsian Financial CrisisAtomAxis BankBEARSBIBORBULLSBanking mergerBear StearnsBetaBill GatesBofABonds GyaanBrentBretton Woods SystemBusiness cyclesCBoPCPSECall ratesCapital RequirementCitiesCommodities NewsContagionCopyright and DisclaimerCorporate GovernanceCostingCosting GyaanCredit RatingsCredit RiskDDMDIIDecoupling theoryDefault RiskDeflationDividend Discount ModelDollar rate cutDollars per barrelDomino effectEuroExxon MobilFederal ReserveFinancial CentresFitch RatingsForwardsFund of fundsG-SecGisele BündchenGoldGoldman SachsGoogleGreat DepressionHousingICBCIFCIITIndian Banks' CEOsIndian MergerInternetInternet BubbleInvestmentLeague tableLiquidity crisisLloyds Banking groupLloyds TSB BankLondonMandated ArrangerManufacturingMegabanksMicrosoftMiniftyMoney MarketMortgageNASDAQNatural GasNymexOil BondsOption ChainP/EPSURBI Credit PolicyRetail DebtReturnsSCAPSECSafest BanksSalomonSarbanes OxleySecuritiesShareholder's EquityStagflationStandard CharteredSteelStock Market CrashTata MotorsTax policyTrendTurnoverU.S recessionUK BankingUS bank failuresValuationsWaMuWal-MartWorld BankWorldComYahooaccounting malfeasancebank ranksbiggest banksbook runnerborrowingface2facefinance hubfiscal policylehmanlendinglis of banksloanmarket valueopen offerreputable companiesrevenue growthspeculationstock dealsupply constraintswapssyndicatetakeover normswhy banksworld biggest bankshttp://finmanac.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (FinManAc)Blogger222125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4980108793091463723.post-9132859188485581760Sun, 17 Oct 2010 09:58:00 +00002010-10-17T07:03:54.838-06:00Currency DerivativesCurrency Newscurrency warforeign exchangeforexCont.. Currency war and its implications on Forex market Important: Please read the disclaimer at the end of the post. Short to medium term movement across some currency pairs USD/CADThe most undervalued currency in the Forex market is Loonie (Canadian Dollar). We expect a persistence appreciation of Loonie against Greenback (US Dollar) in the short to medium term. However, around parity thehttp://finmanac.blogspot.com/2010/10/cont-currency-war-and-its-implications.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4980108793091463723.post-3732458137645996591Sun, 17 Oct 2010 09:36:00 +00002010-10-17T04:32:13.310-06:00Currency DerivativesCurrency Newscurrency warforeign exchangeforexThere is uproar in the international currency market about the advent of 'currency war'. Currency war is a situation when many countries interfere in the foreign exchange market to devalue their currency. A cheaper currency helps makes the exports more competitive. Exports form a significant of economy of countries like China, Japan etc. A strong Yen (Japanese currency) for example will make http://finmanac.blogspot.com/2010/10/currency-war-and-its-implications-on_17.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4980108793091463723.post-102312771145736284Fri, 04 Jun 2010 16:03:00 +00002010-10-17T07:10:03.883-06:00Bank BailoutContagionDomino effectFDICUS bank failuresUS BanksWaMuThe financial crisis had severe repercussion on the banking systems in America. The number of banks that have failed in the country in the last two years (2009 and 2010) is much higher than the number of bank failure in the rest of the 2000-2010 decade. Overall about 270 banks have failed since October 2000 out of which 173 have failed in the last one year (July 2009 to May 2010). The number ishttp://finmanac.blogspot.com/2010/06/banks-failures-continue-in-2010-pose.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (FinManAc)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4980108793091463723.post-8654606813019462957Thu, 03 Jun 2010 17:27:00 +00002010-06-03T11:30:55.060-06:00bank ranksbiggest bankslis of banksMarket Capitalizationmarket valueTop 10world biggest banksAbout a year back we posted an article on the largest banks in world by market capitalization as on Feb 26, 2009. At that time I was searching for the list of the biggest banks but couldn't find it on internet for free. So, I had to find the market cap of the big banks in the world (finding the names of banks wasn't that difficult).&nbsp; Recently, I came across the list of biggest companies in http://finmanac.blogspot.com/2010/06/top-10-banks-in-world-by-market-value.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (FinManAc)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4980108793091463723.post-5545225296025690895Sun, 19 Jul 2009 16:12:00 +00002009-07-19T10:44:50.685-06:00Corporate World NewsFinanceGoogleInternetResultsrevenue growthThe phenomenal growth witnessed by Google Inc during the start of this decade is gradually slowing down. Google’s revenues had jumped 250 times in 7 years from 2001 to 2008 showing a compounded annual growth rate (CAGR) of 120%. The profits even fared better with the net profits in 2008 being more than 600 times the net profits in 2001 – a CAGR of 150%. However, Google’s revenue growth rate has http://finmanac.blogspot.com/2009/07/is-era-of-supernormal-growth-for-google.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (FinManAc)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4980108793091463723.post-1270569264830789599Sun, 12 Jul 2009 06:44:00 +00002009-07-12T01:56:05.533-06:00BanksFinancial InstitutionsLloyds Banking groupLloyds TSB BankUK BankingLloyds Banking Group plc (erstwhile Lloyds TSB Group plc) is expected to write off as much as £21 billion of bad debt from its books in the year 2009. The H1 2009 (Jan – June) results which are likely to be declared by July end or early August are expected to show more losses than in the previous year same period. The losses will be mainly because of the high provisions which the bank is expectedhttp://finmanac.blogspot.com/2009/07/huge-write-downs-21-billion-waiting-for.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (FinManAc)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4980108793091463723.post-4336323096112343202Fri, 10 Jul 2009 19:58:00 +00002009-07-11T10:44:08.830-06:00Asian Financial CrisisCrisisEconomicsGreat DepressionInternet BubblerecessionThe current crises got me looking into the other economic downturns in the 20th century. Here are my findings:We all know about the great depression in the early 1930s, but I was actually surprised by the number of recessions in the world since. Here are the major ones:1. Latin America's woesLatin America has long endured economic problems like currency crises, hyperinflation, banking failures http://finmanac.blogspot.com/2009/07/bit-of-history-of-economic-crises.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4980108793091463723.post-8632166406960823854Sun, 10 May 2009 16:43:00 +00002009-05-10T11:03:02.541-06:00Bank FailureBank Holding CompaniesBank of AmericaBanking EventsFinancial CrisisFinancial InstitutionsrecessionStress TestUS BanksThe results of the SCAP were out on 7th May 2009 and the 19 Bank Holding Companies will require an additional 74.6 billion dollars to make the financial system sail through without collapse if the economic situation worsens.Here's the summary of results: Bank Additional capital needed(billion dollars) AmEx 0 BofA 33.9 BB&amp;T 0 BNYM 0 CapOne 0http://finmanac.blogspot.com/2009/05/results-of-stress-tests-who-sailed.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (FinManAc)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4980108793091463723.post-9217521031237400769Sun, 10 May 2009 16:37:00 +00002009-05-10T10:39:54.519-06:00Assets under managementhedgehedge fundsrankingTop 10World Bridgewater Associates 1 JPMorgan 2 Paulson &amp; Co. 3 D. E. Shaw 4 Brevan Howard 5 Och-Ziff Capital Management 6 Man AHL 7 Soros Fund Management 8 Goldman Sachs 9 Renaissance Technologies 10 http://finmanac.blogspot.com/2009/05/top-10-hedge-fund-management-firms-by.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (FinManAc)4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4980108793091463723.post-7099342582668070568Sun, 10 May 2009 14:11:00 +00002011-04-19T08:21:18.201-06:00Assets under managementAUMFund of fundshedge fundsTrendFrom a peak of 1.93 trillion dollars in mid of 2008, the hedge fund industry size is reduced to merely 1.33 trillion dollars owing to the credit crunch and macro-economic situation. The 'Funds of funds' industry has also come down sharply from 825 billion dollars in mid 2008 to 525 billion dollars at the end of first quarter of 2009. The fall in assets size is partly due to http://finmanac.blogspot.com/2009/05/hedge-fund-industry-size-falls-sharply.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (FinManAc)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4980108793091463723.post-4623344070043325881Sun, 10 May 2009 13:37:00 +00002009-05-10T08:13:34.484-06:00Citiesfinance hubFinancial CentresFinancial ServicesGlobalLondonTop 10As of March 2009, the following is the ranking of the top financial centres of the world as published by GFCI (Global Financial Centres Index):The GFCI is published by City of London Corporation every March. The full report by GFCI can be found at ZYEN. Rank GFCI rating London 1 781 New York 2 768 Singapore 3 687 Hong Kong 4 684 Zurich http://finmanac.blogspot.com/2009/05/top-10-global-financial-centres.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (FinManAc)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4980108793091463723.post-1138311597701681667Sun, 10 May 2009 12:20:00 +00002009-05-10T06:49:10.529-06:00BrentCrude OilDollars per barrelOil PricePeak OilU.S.The oil prices have been very volatile lately. According to the data published by Energy Information Administration, U.S., the Europe Brent spot price has touched a daily average high of $143.95 per barrel on July 3, 2007 during the bull phase and then fallen to a low of $33.73 per barrel on Dec 26, 2008. The fall from the peak has been quite steep and was triggered with the slowdown in the http://finmanac.blogspot.com/2009/05/rise-and-fall-and-rise-of-oil-prices.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (FinManAc)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4980108793091463723.post-5239395738668999486Fri, 08 May 2009 18:21:00 +00002009-05-08T12:32:12.403-06:00Corporate EventsForbesIndiarankingreputable companiesForbes has published the list of top 200 most reputable companies in world. The list is available at Forbes website.In the list there were following 17 Indian companies with Tata group at the helm: Company Global Rank Industry Tata 11 Conglomerate State Bank of India 29 Banking Infosys Technologies 39 Computer Larsen &amp; Toubro 47 Constructionhttp://finmanac.blogspot.com/2009/05/indias-most-reputable-companies-2009.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (FinManAc)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4980108793091463723.post-3482024329833805390Wed, 06 May 2009 14:56:00 +00002009-05-06T12:17:13.610-06:00AssetsBank of AmericaBofACapital AdequacyCapital RequirementFedFederal ReserveSCAPShareholder's EquityUS economyAmerica's largest bank, Bank of America, is reported to require additional 33.9 billion USD to meet the capital target set by Federal Reserve during the stress test. The stress test also known as Supervisory Capital Assessment Program (SCAP) was conducted by Fed on 19 biggest financial institutions to find out the capital that will be required if the recession becomes deeper. The results of the http://finmanac.blogspot.com/2009/05/bank-of-america-needs-34-billion-usd-to.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (FinManAc)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4980108793091463723.post-2042336073812268339Tue, 05 May 2009 17:54:00 +00002009-05-05T12:30:34.373-06:00Bank FailureDepositsFDICInsuranceThree banks have been reported to fail in the first day of May taking the total number of bank failure in this year 2009 to 32 in just 4 months and 5 days. The banks to fail this month were:1. America West Bank, Layton2. Citizens Community Bank, Ridgewood3. Silverton Bank, N.A., AtlantaThe news was updated on FDIC's website on 5th May. The biggest of the three is Silverton with about 4 billion http://finmanac.blogspot.com/2009/05/small-banks-continue-to-fail-in-us.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (FinManAc)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4980108793091463723.post-720014049989400376Tue, 05 May 2009 17:41:00 +00002009-05-06T07:55:05.288-06:00BankBank Holding CompaniesBankingDepositsFDICFinanceTop 10The biggest domestic deposit banks on June 30, 2008 as per the data published by FDIC were: Bank Name Deposits(Jun 2008)billion $ <!-- Commented out becuase link does not work for single bank BHCs -->BoA Corp 701.5 <!-- Commented out becuase link does not work for single bank BHCs -->JP Morgan Chase 497.2 <!-- Commented out becuase link does not work for single http://finmanac.blogspot.com/2009/05/top-bank-hloding-companies-in-us-by.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (FinManAc)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4980108793091463723.post-538962623992238615Mon, 04 May 2009 15:13:00 +00002009-05-04T10:27:12.404-06:00BanksCorporate World NewsForbesForbes 2000IndiarankingTop 10WorldThe following 47 companies have figured into the Forbes 2000 list: Company Sector Reliance Industries Oil &amp; Gas Operations SBI Banking ONGC Oil &amp; Gas Operations IOCL Oil &amp; Gas Operations NTPC Utilities ICICI Bank Banking Tata Steel Materials Bharti Airtel Telecommunications SAIL Materials Reliance http://finmanac.blogspot.com/2009/05/47-indian-companies-in-forbes-2000-list.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (FinManAc)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4980108793091463723.post-764102484569818868Sun, 03 May 2009 10:11:00 +00002009-05-03T04:25:03.594-06:00BankForbesForbes 2000Top 10TurnoverWorldOnce again from the Forbes 2000 list(published on 8th April 2009), the biggest turnover companies in the Financial services domain are as follows: Company Industry Sales ($bil) 1 ING Group Insurance 213.99 2 Fortis Diversified Fin. 164.37 3 AXA Group Insurance 156.95 4 HSBC Holdings Banking 142.05 5 Allianz Insurance http://finmanac.blogspot.com/2009/05/financial-institutions-with-highest.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (FinManAc)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4980108793091463723.post-8562483445372031754Sun, 03 May 2009 08:28:00 +00002009-05-03T04:14:38.666-06:00AssetsBanksForbesForbes 2000rankingTop 10WorldAbout two months back when I had tried compiling a list of world's top banks by asssets, the task was not easy. The main reasons being that full year results of all companies were not out. Also, all the firms don't report their numbers in dollars using a point-in-time exchange rates was debatable. However, recently Forbes had published the list of world's top 2000 companies. Great!, so now I knowhttp://finmanac.blogspot.com/2009/05/top-10-banks-by-assets-2009.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (FinManAc)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4980108793091463723.post-7945305964296871222Sat, 02 May 2009 17:52:00 +00002009-05-02T11:57:09.462-06:00BankingBanksMarket CapitalizationTop 10Bank Country Mkt Cap on Apr 30, 2009 Indl &amp; Coml Bank of China China 197 China Construction Bank China 133 JP Morgan Chase US 124 HSBC UK 123 Bank of China China 120 Wells Fargo US 85 Banco Santander Spain 73 Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Japan 63 Goldman Sachs US 59 Bank of http://finmanac.blogspot.com/2009/05/top-10-banks-of-world-by-market.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (FinManAc)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4980108793091463723.post-796997426780260711Mon, 27 Apr 2009 15:54:00 +00002009-04-27T10:55:12.901-06:00Balance SheetBank FailureBankingBanking NewsFDICFinancial CrisisUS BanksAccording to the data by FDIC(Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation) 52 banks have failed in the last one year, one failure per week on an average. This, once again, highlights the gravity of the crisis, and its impact on the financial institutions across the United States. Month No. of banks failure Apr-09 8 Mar-09 5 Feb-09 10 Jan-09 6 Dec-08 3http://finmanac.blogspot.com/2009/04/52-banks-in-america-failed-in-last-one.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (FinManAc)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4980108793091463723.post-2490677689392801685Sat, 25 Apr 2009 13:31:00 +00002009-04-25T07:43:20.628-06:00Capital AdequacyFinancial CrisisFinancial InstitutionsMarket CapitalizationStress TestUS BanksUS Federal Reserve is putting the 19 biggest US financial institutions under stress test to check their stability if the economic situation worsens. Those under the stress test along with their P/E and market capitalization as on 24 April 2009 are listed below: Name of Finanical Institution P/E Market Cap (Billion USD) Code J.P. Morgan Chase &amp; Co. 58.6 125.4 JPMhttp://finmanac.blogspot.com/2009/04/fed-stress-test-for-19-biggest-us.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (FinManAc)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4980108793091463723.post-2676106998176080714Tue, 21 Apr 2009 16:24:00 +00002009-04-25T07:31:25.158-06:00BankBankingCorporate World NewsSafest BanksTop 10WorldThe financial crisis has taken a toll on major banks leaving many top notch banks like America's Citibank, UK's Barclays etc. in never before situation. However, the top 6 safest bank as published by Global Finance Magazine has remained the same during this crisis. Have a look at the top 6 safest banks their ranks in the period 2004-2009. 2009 2008 2006 2004 Bank Countryhttp://finmanac.blogspot.com/2009/04/worlds-top-6-safest-banks-are-still.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (FinManAc)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4980108793091463723.post-3165818108951415082Mon, 20 Apr 2009 17:10:00 +00002009-04-20T12:15:33.820-06:00Exxon MobilFortuneTop 10Wal-MartThe Fortune 500 list of America's largest corporates is out and there are few changes in the top 10 ranks with the top most rank now occupied by Exxon Mobil. Bank of America &amp; Citigroup are out of top ten list with Hewlett-Packard and Valero Energy making place in the top 10. The Fortune rankings are based on revenues of companies in the year 2008. 2008 Rank 2009 Rank Companyhttp://finmanac.blogspot.com/2009/04/despite-decline-in-oil-prices-exxon.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (FinManAc)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4980108793091463723.post-8933453663349587607Mon, 20 Apr 2009 16:14:00 +00002009-04-26T11:10:36.611-06:00BanksCEOIndiaIndian banking systemIndian Banks' CEOsTop 10Public Sector Banks State Bank of IndiaShri O.P. BhattChairman Punjab National BankDr. K.C. ChakrabartyChairman and Managing Director Bank of IndiaShri T.S. NarayanasamiChairman and Managing Director Bank of BarodaShri. M. D. MallyaChairman &amp; Managing Director Union Bank of IndiaShri M.V.NairChairman &amp; Managing Director Canara BankSRI. A. C. MahajanChairman &amp; Managing Director Indian http://finmanac.blogspot.com/2009/04/head-of-top-banks-in-india.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (FinManAc)3