bne
Tue, 25th Nov -- In the accompanying PDF document to this report (click here), bne releases its first annual ranking of Russia and Eurasia's top 100 banks.

Ben Aris in Hong Kong
Tue, 25th Nov -- Only two years old and initially relying on international wholesale funding, Delta Bank should have been hammered by the current crisis. Instead, some deft footwork and prudent planning means it's rescuing banks rather than looking for a bailout.

Bernard Kennedy in Ankara
Tue, 25th Nov -- For a country still littered with the corpses of dozens of banks that have been swept away over the years by a combination of imprudence, lax supervision and financial market turmoil, Turkey is relatively confident its banking sector can withstand the current crisis. A wave of consolidation also appears to be on the cards.

Guy Norton in Almaty
Fri, 24th Oct -- With fears about the financial stability of the Kazakhstan banking sector reaching new heights in recent weeks, Bank CenterCredit's announcement that it had secured regulatory approval for its union with Kookmin Bank, South Korea's top financial institution, couldn't have been better timed.

Guy Norton in Almaty
Thu, 30th Oct -- Whipsawing bond and stock prices may not be to everybody's taste, but they're meat and drink to Bahit Jolaman, founder and president of Paragon, an investment management firm based in Almaty.

Guy Norton in Almaty
Tue, 25th Nov -- With the strong backing of its principal shareholder, private equity powerhouse Baring Vostok Capital Partners, Bank Caspian looks well placed to make serous inroads into the market share of its less fortunate brethren and considerably boost its number-eight position in the Kazakhstan banking rankings.

Guy Norton in Almaty
Tue, 25th Nov -- Eurasian Bank is currently ranked at a relatively humble number 10 among the country's privately held banks, but its head has a top-five position in his sights despite the current gloomy outlook for the Kazakh banking sector.