Two weeks ago, DBS became the recipient of FinanceAsia's inaugural award for Best Bank in Asia. The award was bestowed to DBS in tandem with our annual Country Awards and presented at an awards ceremony in Singapore.
It was partly judged on the basis of Standard Poor's Bank Fundamental Strength Rating BFSR and partly on the basis of 12 independent metrics. The BFSR component was assigned a 25% weighting and the other 12 metrics, the remaining 75% weighting.
Shortlisted banks comprised the nine winners of our individual country awards across Asia.With each of the 12 metrics - including measures such as NIM and ROE - each...
