Asia 100 1999 - Cleaning the hives
Return of average equity change
Return of average equity change
| Rank 99 | Rank 98 | Bank | Country | Fiscal period | Shareholder equity($m) | Equity growth (%) | Total growth($m) | Asset growth(%) | Net income($m) | Income growth (%) | ROAE (%) |
| 1 | 1 | DBS Bank | Singapore | 1998 | 5,455 | 26.12 | 59,606 | 53.3 | 50 | -80.7 | 1 |
| 2 | 2 | Oversea-Chinese Banking (OCBC) | Singapore | 1998 | 4,073 | 5.75 | 33,566 | -2.3 | 258 | -26.2 | 6.5 |
| 3 | 4 | United Overseas Bank (UOB) | Singapore | 1998 | 3,503 | 5.06 | 30,394 | 3.2 | 225 | -26.4 | 6.6 |