Asset value of Russia's top 30 banks rises 32% in 10M06

MOSCOW, December 6 (RIA Novosti) - The asset value of Russia's top 30 banks increased 32%, year-on-year, in the first 10 months of 2006, to 8,646.31 billion rubles (about $326 billion), the Russian Central Bank (CBR) said on its Web site Wednesday.

The list of Russia's majors in the banking sector was unchanged in October from September, the CBR said.

The list includes Ak Bars Bank, Alfa Bank, Zenit Bank, Bank of Moscow, Binbank, Vneshtorgbank, Vneshtorgbank Retail Services, Vozrozhdeniye Bank, Gazprombank, Impexbank, Sibakadembank, MDM Bank, International Moscow Bank (IMB), International Industrial Bank, Moscow Bank for Reconstruction and Development (MBRD), Nomos-Bank, Bank Petrocommerce, Promsvyazbank, Industrial and Construction Bank, Raiffeisen Austria, Rosbank, Russian Agricultural Bank (Rosselkhozbank), Russian Standard Bank, Sberbank, Svyaz-Bank, ZAO Citibank, Sobinbank, TransCreditBank, Trust National Bank and Uralsib.

The profit of Russia's 30 largest banks climbed 30.5% in the reporting period, to 206.96 billion rubles (about $7.8 billion), the CBR said.