Executive Summary . 5
Table: Levels (SGDbn) . 5
Table: Levels (US$bn) 5
Table: Levels At March 2012 5
Table: Annual Growth Rate Projections 2012-2016 (%) . 5
Table: Ranking Out Of 59 Countries Reviewed In 2011 6
Table: Projected Levels (SGDbn) . 6
Table: Projected Levels (US$bn) 6
SWOT Analysis . 7
Singapore Commercial Banking SWOT . 7
Singapore Political SWOT . 8
Singapore Economic SWOT 9
Singapore Business Environment SWOT 10
Singapore Business Environment Outlook 11
Commercial Banking Business Environment Rating . 11
Table: Commercial Banking Business Environment Ratings . 11
Commercial Banking Business Environment Rating Methodology 12
Table: Asia Commercial Banking Business Environment Ratings 13
Global Commercial Banking Outlook . 14
Regional Outlooks 22
Asia Banking Sector Forecast Overview 25
Table: Banks'' Bond Portfolios 2011 25
Table: Asia Commercial Banking Business Environment Ratings 26
Table: Comparison of Loan/Deposit & Loan/Asset & Loan/GDP ratios 27
Table: Anticipated Developments in 2012 28
Table: Comparison of Total Assets & Client Loans & Client Deposits (US$bn) 29
Table: Comparison of US$ Per Capita Deposits (2011) 30
Table: Interbank Rates and Bond Yields . 31
Singapore Banking Sector Outlook . 32
Economic Outlook 35
Table: Singapore – Economic Activity, 2011-2016 37
Competitive Landscape . 38
Market Structure . 38
Protagonists 38
Table: Protagonists In Singapore''s Commercial Banking Sector . 38
List Of Banks . 39
Table: Licensed Commercial Banks In Singapore . 39
Company Profiles 43
Bangkok Bank 43
Table: Key Statistics For Bangkok Bank, 2006-2008 (THBmn) 44
Hong Leong Bank . 45
Table: Key Statistics For Hong Leong Bank, 2007-2009 (MYRmn) . 46
Maybank . 47
Table: Key Statistics For Maybank, 2007-2009 (MYRmn) 48
Islamic Bank of Asia 49
Bank of China 50
Table: Key Statistics For Bank of China, 2007-2008 (CNYmn) 51
DBS Bank 52
Table: Stock Market Indicators 53
Table: Balance Sheet (SGDmn) 54
Table: Balance Sheet (US$mn) 54
Table: Key Ratios (%) . 54
Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation 55
Table: Stock Market Indicators 56
Table: Balance Sheet (SGDmn, unless stated) 56
Table: Balance Sheet (US$mn, unless stated) 57
Table: Key Ratios (%) . 57
United Overseas Bank 58
Table: Stock Market Indicators 59
Table: Balance Sheet (SGDmn) 59
Table: Balance Sheet (US$mn) 60
Table: Key Ratios (%) . 60
Citibank Singapore 61
BMI Banking Sector Methodology . 63
Commercial Bank Business Environment Rating . 65
Table: Commercial Banking Business Environment Indicators And Rationale 66
Table: Weighting Of Indicators 67Table: Levels (SGDbn) . 5
Table: Levels (US$bn) . 5
Table: Levels At March 2012 . 5
Table: Annual Growth Rate Projections 2012-2016 (%) . 5
Table: Ranking Out Of 59 Countries Reviewed In 2011 . 6
Table: Projected Levels (SGDbn) . 6
Table: Projected Levels (US$bn) . 6
Table: Commercial Banking Business Environment Ratings . 11
Table: Asia Commercial Banking Business Environment Ratings . 13
Table: Banks'' Bond Portfolios 2011 . 25
Table: Asia Commercial Banking Business Environment Ratings . 26
Table: Comparison of Loan/Deposit & Loan/Asset & Loan/GDP ratios . 27
Table: Anticipated Developments in 2012 . 28
Table: Comparison of Total Assets & Client Loans & Client Deposits (US$bn) . 29
Table: Comparison of US$ Per Capita Deposits (2011) . 30
Table: Interbank Rates and Bond Yields . 31
Table: Singapore – Economic Activity, 2011-2016 . 37
Table: Protagonists In Singapore''s Commercial Banking Sector . 38
Table: Licensed Commercial Banks In Singapore . 39
Table: Key Statistics For Bangkok Bank, 2006-2008 (THBmn) . 44
Table: Key Statistics For Hong Leong Bank, 2007-2009 (MYRmn) . 46
Table: Key Statistics For Maybank, 2007-2009 (MYRmn) . 48
Table: Key Statistics For Bank of China, 2007-2008 (CNYmn) . 51
Table: Stock Market Indicators . 53
Table: Balance Sheet (SGDmn) . 54
Table: Balance Sheet (US$mn) . 54
Table: Key Ratios (%) . 54
Table: Stock Market Indicators . 56
Table: Balance Sheet (SGDmn, unless stated) . 56
Table: Balance Sheet (US$mn, unless stated) . 57
Table: Key Ratios (%) . 57
Table: Stock Market Indicators . 59
Table: Balance Sheet (SGDmn) . 59
Table: Balance Sheet (US$mn) . 60
Table: Key Ratios (%) . 60
Table: Commercial Banking Business Environment Indicators And Rationale. 66
Table: Weighting Of Indicators . 67