EMERGING MARKETS 200
| Rank | Proforma rating | Bank | Country | Fiscal period | Shareholder equity ($mn) | Equity growth (%) | Moody's Ratings (1 July 2005) | Asset growth (%) | Income growth (%) | RoE, period end (%) | RoA, period end (%) | Loans % deposits | Tier 1 capital ratio (%) |
| 1 | 1 | Bank of China | China | 2003 | 25,445 | –10.9 | A2/P-1/D- | 8.7 | –51.7 | 2.2 | 0.1 | 61.3 | 7.10% |
| 2 | 5 | China Construction Bank | China | 2003 | 22,525 | 73.7 | A2/P-1/E+ | 15.3 | –90.4 | 0.2 | 0 | 68.8 | 5.90% |
| 3 | 4 | Hongkong Shanghai Bank | Hong Kong | 2004 | 21,013 | 29.5 | A1/P-1/B | 13.9 | 29.5 | 20.5 | 1.4 | 48.9 | 11.40% |
| 4 | 2 | Industrial & Commercial Bank of China | China | 2003 | 20,913 | –5.0 | A2/P-1/E+ | 10.5 | –62.1 | 1.4 | 0 | 73.2 | 4.80% |
| 5 | 3 | Agricultural Bank of China | China | 2003 | 16,683 | 1.4 |