SNL Financial Reveals that Indonesian Banks Trump Regional Peers in Profitability
(PRWEB) June 10, 2015 -- Announced today, SNL Financial has released a new report investigating the state of the Indonesian banking sector. Using the latest financial data, the report contains a ranking of the top 15 Indonesian banks by assets, an economic and industry overview, risk profile of the sector, Islamic banking data, branch network information, M&A, regulation and a summary of common stock offerings.
Highlights:
• From Jan. 1, 2013, through April 1, 2015, the five largest Indonesian banks generated total returns ranging from negative 28% to 109%, compared to a 16% gain in the SNL Asia-Pacific Bank Index over the same period.
• Aggregate credit extended by Indonesian banks grew by 11.65% to 3.742 quadrillion rupiah in 2014, while deposits grew by 12.35% to 4.173 quadrillion rupiah.
• Indonesia’s largest bank, PT Bank Mandiri (Persero) Tbk, reported 855.039 trillion Indonesian rupiah (US$68.85 billion) in assets at the end of 2014. PT Bank Rakyat Indonesia (Persero) Tbk was the country’s second-largest bank with 801.955 trillion rupiah in assets.
• According to Bank Indonesia, the country’s central bank, Indonesia is home to the world’s largest retail Islamic banking market, with 17.3 million customers, 2,990 bank offices, 1,267 Shariah-compliant products and 43,000 employees as of 2013.
• Among Indonesian banks, Bank Mandiri operates the largest domestic branch network with 2,238 depository outlets, according to SNL data.
• Five-year credit default swaps on five-year Indonesian sovereign bonds traded at 153.25 basis points as of April 2, 2015, down from the mid-2013 peak of 295.22 basis points.
• There have been eight M&A deals targeting Indonesian banks since the beginning of 2014, including two announced in the first quarter of 2015. The most recent one is Sumitomo Corp.’s Feb. 18 acquisition of a 17.5% stake in PT Bank Tabungan Pensiunan Nasional Tbk, worth $463.12 million.
Notes: SNL Financial is publishing a number of similar analytical pieces for other key economies across the globe. To request data on other regions, please email pressrequests(at)snl(dot)com. Please do not reproduce this report in its entirety.
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Kelly Chan, SNL Financial, http://www.SNL.com, +61 892146306, [email protected]
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