Kuwait- Burgan Bank Group announces 2016 first quarter earnings
(MENAFN- Kuwait News Agency (KUNA)) KUWAIT May 7 (KUNA) -- Burgan Bank Group announced Saturday its first quarter of financial year 2016 results.
A Bank statement said that a solid underlying performance balance sheet growth and asset quality improvement characterized the group's performance in the first quarter amid the complexity in the regional operating environment.
During the first quarter underlying net income (net income excluding precautionary provisions) reached KD19.1 million despite complex regional operating environment. Reported net income for the first quarter attributed to equity holders of the bank is KD14.3 million and earnings per share is 4.4 fils it said.
During the first quarter and compared to the same period last year net interest income grew 7.4% to reach KD 40.6 million from KD 37.8 million reported. Non-interest income dropped mainly due to the reduction in net gains from foreign currencies which dropped to KD1.7 million from KD 7.7 million.
As a result operating income and operating profit before provisions remained flat and reported at KD57.1 million and KD30.2 million respectively. Balance sheet continued to grow total Assets grew to KD 7.1 billion from KD6.8 billion in 2015. Capital position is strong where CET1 is 10.7% while Capital adequacy ratio under Basel III is %16.4 as of March 31 2016. Majed Essa Al Ajeel Chairman of Burgan Bank Group said "2016 started with high volatility in capital markets that negatively affected the sentiment across all levels despite this we see Burgan Bank group again emerging as a resilient organization with a solid business performance".
"The solid underlying performance of Burgan Bank group despite the slowdown in its two subsidiaries in Algeria and Iraq proves the diversifications benefits that Burgan Bank Group is reaping." Added Al-Ajeel.
"Asset quality continued to improve non-performing assets (net of collateral) at 1.4% while coverage ratio (net of collateral) reached 328%" Al-Ajeel concluded.(end).
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