Cyprus Hellenic Bank posts 23.4 million loss for 2012

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Cyprus Hellenic Bank posted for 2012 net loss of €23.44 million, containing losses in a year of continued financial crisis and subdued financial activity.

According to the group`s preliminary financial results for 2012, Hellenic Bank recorded a loss of €23.44, compared with €100.7 million loss in 2011, which however included an impairment of Greek sovereign bonds worth of €77 million.

The group`s profit for 2012 before provisions increased by 168% at €149.1 compared with profit of €55.6 million in 2011. Excluding the Greek bonds impairment the Group profits recorded an increase of 13% year on year.

The Bank announced that its strategic goals "continue to focus on credit risk effective management, on safeguarding and strengthening capital adequacy indices, on safeguarding healthy liquidity and on careful and rational asset management aiming at profitability."

However the bank warns that "challenges for the Cypriot economy will continue in 2013 with the continuation of recession, with low credit expansion, reduction of consumption and the high level unemployment."

"The implementation of fiscal consolidation measures are expected to create more pressure in all sectors of the economy in the short-term, while in the medium term they will yield the improvement of competitiveness a return to growth rates," the bank said.

Total Group net profit for 2012 before GSB impairment increased by 6% at €314.40 million compared with €301.18 million in 2011. Total expenses remained at the same level of 2011 reaching €169.26 million despite the inclusion of one-off administrative and other expenses worth of €10.9 million, as well as special financial institutions tax. As a result the cost to income ratio reached at 53.2% compared with 56% of 2011.

Total loans in 2012 reached €5.6 million recording a marginal decline of 1% compared with December 2011, whereas deposits increased by 9% reaching €7.8 billion compared with €7.1 billion in 2011.

Provisions for impairment of loans for 2012 reached €162.4 million registering an increase of €19.9 million compared with 2011. Cumulated impairments reached €811.9 million (€644.9 in 2011) which represents 14.6% of total loans.

According to the bank, net non-performing loans, which concerns loans that are not covered fully by tangible collateral and are by three months past due reached €1.04 billion compare with 720.1 million in December 2011.

The group`s remains "sound" with loans to deposits ratio at 71.5%, whereas net loan to deposit ratio at 61.1%.
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