South Korea's Shinhan Financial Group Co. Ltd., KB Financial Group Inc. and Hana Financial Group Inc. posted the largest year-over-year increases in their transitional common equity Tier 1 ratios as of September-end from a year ago at 189 basis points, 125 basis points and 120 basis points, respectively.
The CET1 ratio measures a bank's core equity capital as a percentage of its total risk-weighted assets.
Among the largest banks in Asia-Pacific with total assets above US$300 billion as of Sept. 30, Japan Post Bank Co. Ltd. and Norinchukin Bank reported the highest CET1 ratios at 19.64% and 18.73%, respectively. The CET1 ratios for these two Japanese lenders, however, declined from the prior year.
Of the four largest state-owned Chinese banks, Agricultural Bank of China Ltd. reported no change to its CET1 ratio at 10.00%, while Industrial & Commercial Bank of China Ltd., China Construction Bank Corp. and Bank of China Ltd. saw year-over-year declines in the ratio.
Bank of Beijing Co. Ltd. reported the lowest CET1 ratio of the Asian banks in the sample, at 7.90% as of Sept. 30.

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