Danske Banka’s financial results for first nine months of 2009
Banking Activities Latvia
- Total income: LVL 6.1m, up 94%
- Loan impairment charges: LVL 31.5m
- Profit before tax: LVL -28m
- Cost/income ratio: 43%
- Deposits: LVL 108.3m, up 114%
- Customer base: 10,981, up 20%
- Bank branches: 5
- Employees: 113 (101 FTEs)
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BANKING ACTIVITIES LATVIA (LVL thousands) |
Q1-Q3 2009 |
Q1-Q3 2008 |
Index 09/08 |
| Net interest income | 5,002 | 2,929 | 171 |
| Net fee income | 64 | 11 | - |
| Net trading income | 815 | 168 | - |
| Other income | 263 | 64 | - |
| Total income | 6,144 | 3,172 | 194 |
| Operating expenses | 2,640 | 3,216 | 82 |
| Profit before loan impairment charges | 3,504 | -44 | - |
| Loan impairment charges | 31,512 | 3,290 | - |
| Profit before tax | -28,008 | -3,334 | - |
| Loans and advances, end of period | 220,000 | 222,000 | 99 |
| Deposits, end of period | 108,300 | 50,700 | 214 |
| Allocated capital (avg.) | 11,303 | 11,461 | 99 |
| Profit before loan imp. charges as % p.a. of allocated capital | 41.3 | -0.5 | - |
| Pre-tax profit as % p.a. of allocated capital (ROE) | - | -38.8 | - |
| Cost/income ratio (%) | 43.0 | 101.4 | - |
This interim report presents the financial results of the banking activities of the Danske Bank Group in Latvia. Danske Banka has been a member of the Danske Bank Group since February 2007.
In addition to banking, Danske Bank operates in the financial markets in Latvia (Danske Markets Latvia).
Danske Banka continued to improve its operational results in the third quarter of 2009. Combining sound cost management with an increased income base, the bank achieved its best operational results ever. Net interest income and net trading income posted solid gains at LVL 5m and LVL 0.8m, respectively. The substantial increase in trading income reflects the mark-to-market revaluation of financial instruments with a positive effect of LVL 0.5 m. In the first months of 2009, Danske Banka’s total income grew 94% over the level in the same period of 2008 to LVL 6.1m. Despite the positive developments, high loan impairment charges resulted in a pre-tax loss of LVL 28m.
Deposits grew 114% over the level a year earlier and stood at LVL 108.3m. Danske Banka’s LVL deposit portfolio rose by an impressive 147%, demonstrating customers’ confidence in the bank’s reputation and expertise. The loan portfolio declined by 1%.
Raivis Kakānis, CEO of Danske Banka, comments on the bank’s performance for the first three quarters of 2009 as follows: "I am proud that, despite the continuing economic contraction, Danske Banka’s employees have achieved positive developments by continually improving the bank’s operational results. In the third quarter, we gave much attention to the business banking segment, and this brought solid growth in the corporate customer base.
We expect that Danske Banka’s fourth quarter result will be more moderate, mainly for two reasons: record-low EUR interest rates in the market; and declining net trading income because of the maturing of financial instruments whose revaluation had a pronounced positive effect in the third quarter. In the fourth quarter, we expect to be close to breakeven operationally, and we expect that impairment charges will be lower than in two preceding quarters."
Danske Banka’s priorities in the coming period are sound cost management, additional deposit growth and new customers in the corporate segment. We will also continue the work with delinquent borrowers, although we believe that the situation has already begun to take a positive turn.
The Danske Bank Group’s Interim Report – First Nine Months 2009 is available at www.danskebank.com/reports.