On Nov. 26-27, the 10th Asian 21st Century Annual Finance Summit and Press Conference for 2015 Asian Banks Competitiveness Rankings Report was held in Beijing. Among 130 plus banks of 10 Asian countries and regions, IB is ranked 6th in terms of competitiveness, only after 4 major state-owned banks and HSBC, topping China's joint-stock banks. The Bank also won the prize of Asian Bank Offering the Greatest Returns to Shareholders consecutively.
With Chinese economy entering the New Normal stage and accelerating of interest rate liberalization, IB, widely considered as the most market and innovation-oriented bank in China, has strengthened transformation and innovation and promoted comprehensive and group operation. It aims at “great investment bank, great wealth management and great assets management”, and moves toward “light assets, light capital, high efficiency” bank, which has made great achievements. By the end of Q3 2015, the bank realized the total asset of 5.2 trillion yuan, becoming a leader among joint-stock banks; achieved business revenue of 112.354 billion yuan, increasing 23.67% YOY, net profit of 41.221 billion yuan, increasing 7.62% YOY; return on total assets and return on equity are 0.86% and 15.75% respectively, maintaining the top level among domestic listed banks as one of the commercial banks with the most financial licenses in China at present.
While keeping stable growth of performances, IB has always attached great significance to returns to shareholders’ investment. Gao Jianping, the Chairman of the bank once said, “a good listed company should not only achieve good performance, but also have sound dividends policies, creating good value for shareholders and investors.” Adhering to the development ideas of “creating values for shareholders” and sharing value growth with shareholders and investors, IB has distributed dividends totaling 41.262 billion yuan accumulatively in 8 years from 2007 when it became a listed company, with a proportion of dividends as high as 20.21%, and its return on equity keeping at more than 24% on average, creating extraordinary value returns for investors and shareholders. IB also won various honors including the Top Listed Company with Best Investment Value, the Most Responsible Listed Company, and the Most Profitable Bank in Asia.
Initiated in 2006, the Asian 21st Century Annual Finance Summit and Asian Banks Competitiveness Rankings was released by 21st Century Business Herald and the Financial Research Center of 21st Century Research Institute under Nanfang Media Group collaboratively with some authoritative research institutions including the Chinese University of Hong Kong, to evaluate over 100 Asian commercial banks annually based on their combined performance in three areas: profit index, objective index (scale, market share, asset quality, liquidity, capital sufficiency, efficiency, deposit base and branch network) and subjective index. It is the first professional report prepared by Chinese business media focused on banking competitiveness research.