The Complete List of Foreign Bank Stocks

The complete list of foreign bank stocks trading on the organized U.S. exchanges are listed below:

a) Foreign Banks

S.No.	Company	Ticker	Country	Returns in 2009
1	Allied Irish Banks	AIB	Ireland	-25.16%
2	Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria	BBVA	Spain	46.79%
3	Banco Bradesco	BBD	Brazil	121.58%
4	Banco de Chile	BCH	Chile	69.98%
5	Banco Macro	BMA	Argentina	175.05%
6	Banco Santander Brasil	BSBR	Brazil	N/A
7	Banco Santander Chile	SAN	Chile	84.93%
8	Banco Santander S.A	STD	Spain	73.23%
9	Bancolombia	CIB	Colombia	94.90%
10	Bank of Ireland	IRE	Ireland	60.59%
11	Barclays Bank	BCS	United Kingdom	79.59%
12	BBVA Banco Frances	BFR	Argentina	109.67%
13	Corpbanca	BCA	Chile	112.00%
14	Credit Suisse	CS	Switzerland	73.96%
15	Deutsche Bank	DB	Germany	74.27%
16	Grupo Financiero Galicia	GGAL	Argentina	154.87%
17	HDFC Bank	HDB	India	82.24%
18	HSBC	HBC	United Kingdom	17.30%
19	ICICI Bank	IBN	India	95.90%
20	Itau Unibanco Holding	ITUB	Brazil	116.49%
21	KB Financial	KB	Korea	94.08%
22	Lloyds Banking Group	LYG	United Kingdom	-56.46%
23	Mitsubishi UFJ Financial	MTU	Japan	-20.77%
24	Mizuho Financial	MFG	Japan	-38.30%
25	National Bank of Greece	NBG	Greece	36.75%
26	Royal Bank of Scotland	RBS	United Kingdom	-38.10%
27	Shinhan Financial	SHG	Korea	57.51%
28	UBS	UBS	Switzerland	8.46%
29	Westpac Banking	WBK	Australia	87.59%
30	Woori Finance	WF	Korea	151.93%

b) Canadian Banks

S.No.	Company	Ticker	Returns in 2009
1	Bank of Novo Scotia	BNS	78.00%
2	Bank of Montreal	BMO	116.20%
3	Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce	CM	62.20%
4	Royal Bank of Canada	RY	86.40%
5	TD Bank	TD	80.70%

In terms of performance, British bank Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) is up 29% YTD. Barclays (BCS) and Llyods Bank (LYG) is up about 15% YTD. It must be noted that RBS fell heavily during the global credit crisis and had a 2: 1 reverse stock split. Itau Unibanco (ITUB), National Bank of Greece (NBG), Banco Santander Brasil (BSBR), Grupo Financiero Galicia (CGAL) and Banco Bradesco (BBD) are all down over 5% YTD.

Brazilian banks Itau Unibanco, Banco Santander Brasil and Banco Bradesco are the three most heavily traded foreign bank ADRs so far this year. The list of foreign banks trading in the OTC markets can be found here.