It is quite hard to be precise, because none of the banks report their current capital position on the transitional Basel 2.5 basis (ie the rules for measuring balance-sheet strength that will apply in 2015).

BBC: EU banks may raise ?200bn

Despite the downturn, the report says Asia is in a much better position to cope with the current crisis than it was in the late 1990s.

CNN: Asian economic outlook 'bleak' for 2009