The Highest and Lowest Equity Capital Ratios Among the World's Top 200

+++ Top 200 banks in assets listed in order of equity capital as a percentage of assets on Dec. 31, 1993 part 1 of 2 Equity/ Asset/ Rank Dec-94 15 HIGHEST RATIOS

1 Development Bank of Singapore Ltd., Singapore

2 Mellon Bank Corp., Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.

3 National Australia Bank, Ltd, Melbourne, Australia

4 Bank of New York Co., Inc., New York, U.S.

5 Westpac Banking Corp., Sydney, Australia

6 BankAmerica Corp., San Francisco, California, U.S.

7 Bangkok Bank, Ltd., Thailand

8 Banc One Corp., Columbus, Ohio, U.S.

9 Wachovia Corp., Winston-Salem, North Carolina, U.S.

10 National City Corp., Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.

11 CoreStates Financial Corp., Philadelphia, U.S.

12 SunTrust Banks, Inc., Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.

13 First Fidelity Bancorp., Newark, New Jersey, U.S.

14 Hanil Bank Ltd., Seoul, Korea

15 Banco do Brasil, Brasilia, Brazil Dec-94 15 LOWEST RATIOS

200 State Bank of India, Bombay, India

199 Norinchukin Bank, Tokyo, Japan

198 Sudwestdeutsche Landesbank, Stuttgart, Germany

197 Deutsche Siedlungs und Landesrentenbank, Bonn, Germany

196 Chuo Trust & Banking Co., Ltd., Tokyo, Japan

195 Deutsche Pfandbriefanstalt -und Hypothekenbank, Wiesbaden, Germany

194 Taiwan Cooperative Bank, Taipei, Taiwan

193 Zenshinren Bank, Tokyo, Japan

192 Credit Communal de Belgique, SA, Brussels, Belgium

191 Landesbank Hessen Thuringen-Girozentrale, Frankfurt, Germany

190 Landesbank Rheinland-Pfalz Girozentrale, Mainz, Germany

189 Deutsche Girozentrale-Deutsche Kommunalbank, Frankfurt, Germany

188 Toyo Trust & Banking Co. Ltd., Tokyo, Japan

187 Yasuda Trust & Banking Co. Ltd., Tokyo, Japan

186 Mitsui Trust & Banking Co., Ltd., Tokyo, Japan part 2 of 2 Equity/ Asset/ Equity/ Equity/

Rank Asset Asset Asset Dec-94 15 HIGHEST RATIOS Rank Dec-94 Dec-93

1 Development Bank of Singapore L 187 11.84 10.67

2 Mellon Bank Corp., Pittsburgh, 154 10.73 9.25

3 National Australia Bank, Ltd, M 85 8.97 8.07

4 Bank of New York Co., Inc., New 130 8.94 9.93

5 Westpac Banking Corp., Sydney, 106 8.93 7.83

6 BankAmerica Corp., San Francisc 34 8.81 9.21

7 Bangkok Bank, Ltd., Thailand 164 8.75 6.09

8 Banc One Corp., Columbus, Ohio, 75 8.51 8.9

9 Wachovia Corp., Winston-Salem, 152 8.48 8.95

10 National City Corp., Cleveland, 182 8.13 8.77

11 CoreStates Financial Corp., Phi 198 8.11 7.31

12 SunTrust Banks, Inc., Atlanta, 135 8.09 7.26

13 First Fidelity Bancorp., Newark 163 7.99 7.49

14 Hanil Bank Ltd., Seoul, Korea 194 7.94 7.7

15 Banco do Brasil, Brasilia, Braz 79 7.92 8.68 Dec-94 15 LOWEST RATIOS

200 State Bank of India, Bombay, In 151 0.39 0.5

199 Norinchukin Bank, Tokyo, Japan 7 0.95 0.78

198 Sudwestdeutsche Landesbank, Stu 62 1.37 1.32

197 Deutsche Siedlungs und Landesre 149 1.45 1.46

196 Chuo Trust & Banking Co., Ltd., 51 1.64 0.02

195 Deutsche Pfandbriefanstalt -und 87 1.67 1.2

194 Taiwan Cooperative Bank, Taipei 113 1.68 1.47

193 Zenshinren Bank, Tokyo, Japan 40 1.69 1.82

192 Credit Communal de Belgique, SA 65 1.88 1.55

191 Landesbank Hessen Thuringen-Gir 83 1.93 1.94

190 Landesbank Rheinland-Pfalz Giro 157 2.03 2.23

189 Deutsche Girozentrale-Deutsche 111 2.05 1.77

188 Toyo Trust & Banking Co. Ltd., 31 2.12 2.15

187 Yasuda Trust & Banking Co. Ltd. 23 2.16 2.19

186 Mitsui Trust & Banking Co., Ltd 14 2.22 2.16 ===

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