The Central Bank of the Republic of China published preliminary end-2024 balance sheet statistics for financial institutions, showing total assets of 495.59 trillion and total liabilities of 452.17 trillion, both up 7.5% year on year. Financial sector owners’ equity totalled 43.42 trillion, up 7.7%. Banking institutions reported assets of 444.57 trillion (+6.5%), liabilities of 408.11 trillion (+6.5%) and equity of 36.46 trillion (+6.7%). Securities-sector institutions reported assets of 15.11 trillion (+9.1%), liabilities of 11.48 trillion (+10.0%) and equity of 3.64 trillion (+6.4%), while insurance institutions reported assets of 35.91 trillion (+19.9%), liabilities of 32.58 trillion (+19.7%) and equity of 3.32 trillion (+21.6%). The totals aggregate banking, securities and insurance institutions, with banking defined as incorporated financial institutions including overseas branches but excluding the central bank, securities covering securities, futures and fund companies with securities and futures firms’ assets including both proprietary and client assets, and insurance covering non-life, life, reinsurance, insurance groups and insurance asset managers.