Thursday, December 20, 2007

Bradway Research LLC developed a universal profit score analysis to rank all banks and thrifts in the U.S.

This profit scoring methodology establishes a level playing field for evaluating and ranking all banks and thrifts, regardless of their size. This profit scoring methodology was used to evaluate 149 pure de novo banks and thrifts that were started in 2002 and 2003. Twenty of these 149 institutions ranked in the 1st quartile out of 7,430 banks and thrifts of all sizes. The report includes an analysis of the business strategies and key operating metrics for these high-performing de novo banks and thrifts, based in part on the results of executive interviews with 19 of the 20 institutions.
Key operating characteristics of the 20 high-performing de novo institutions included, but were not limited to, superior net interest margins and low operating ratios. Net interest margins for these 20 de novos are higher due to loan portfolio yields, which were frequently tied to a niche lending strategy. A lack of branches was not a constraint as all 20 of the de novo institutions have fewer than 5 branches. Fiserv led a group of six core banking technology vendors that serve these 20 de novo institutions.
Geographic diversity is well-represented by the de novos founded during these two years. The top 20 de novos were distributed across 14 states. Only Texas (4), Arizona (2), California (2), and Georgia (2) had more than one top-performing de novo. The other 10 states represented with a top 20 de novo institution include: Colorado, Florida, Illinois, Kentucky, Michigan, Missouri, Oregon, Utah, Virginia, and Wyoming. Table A lists these 20 high-performing de novo institutions.

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ICICI Bank

ICICI Bank is India's second-largest bank with total assets of Rs. 3,446.58 billion (US$ 79 billion) at March 31, 2007 and profit after tax of Rs. 31.10 billion for fiscal 2007. ICICI Bank is the most valuable bank in India in terms of market capitalization and is ranked third amongst all the companies listed on the Indian stock exchanges in terms of free float market capitalisation*. The Bank has a network of about 950 branches and 3,300 ATMs in India and presence in 17 countries. ICICI Bank offers a wide range of banking products and financial services to corporate and retail customers through a variety of delivery channels and through its specialised subsidiaries and affiliates in the areas of investment banking, life and non-life insurance, venture capital and asset management. The Bank currently has subsidiaries in the United Kingdom, Russia and Canada, branches in Singapore, Bahrain, Hong Kong, Sri Lanka and Dubai International Finance Centre and representative offices in the United States, United Arab Emirates, China, South Africa, Bangladesh, Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia. Our UK subsidiary has established a branch in Belgium.
ICICI Bank's equity shares are listed in India on Bombay Stock Exchange and the National Stock Exchange of India Limited and its American Depositary Receipts (ADRs) are listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE).