Banks' Risk-Weighted Assets (Local Currency) rose 3.61% yoy to SGD 692 bil in Singapore in 4Q2016

Banks' risk-weighted assets rose 3.61% yoy to SGD 692 bil in Singapore in 4Q2016, according to the National Central Bank. This is 3.84% more than in the previous quarter.

Historically, banks' risk-weighted assets in Singapore reached an all time high of SGD 692 bil in 4Q2016 and an all time low of SGD 378 bil in 4Q2009. When compared to Singapore's main peers, banks' risk-weighted assets in Indonesia amounted to IDR 4,671,927 bil, MYR 1,542 bil in Malaysia, PHP 8,124 bil in Philippines and THB 11,832 bil in Thailand in 4Q2016.

Singapore has been ranked 54th within the group of 92 countries we follow in terms of banks' risk-weighted assets, 54 places below the position seen 10 years ago.