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21-06-2012 11:19 Belarus
Belarusian banks’ profits up 150%/yr in Jan-Apr 2012 to Br1.772tn
MINSK, PRIME-TASS. Belarusian banks’ total balance sheet profits amounted to 1.772 trillion Belarusian rubles (Br) in January-April 2012, or U.S. $213.8 million at the official rate of the central bank, up 2.5 times on the year, the National Bank of Belarus told Prime-TASS.
Banks’ equity capital totalled 41.345 trillion rubles as of May 1, 2012, up 10.5% from the January 1, 2012 level. Capital adequacy increased to 23.69% as of May 1, 2012, from 24.7% on January 1, 2012.
Return on equity of Belarusian commercial banks was at 4.47% in January-April 2012, up from 3.92% in January-April 2011, according the National Bank of Belarus.
Belarusian banks’ balance sheet assets went up 6.2% in January-April 2012 to 281.636 trillion rubles as of May 1. Return on assets went down to 0.65% from 0.5% as of May 1, 2011.
Problem assets went down 9.1% to 6.384 trillion rubles as of May 1, 2012. Provisions for assets subject to credit risks increased 11.4% since January 2012 to 6.179 trillion rubles as May 1. The share of troubled assets in Belarus’ bank assets subject to credit exposure reduced to 3.65% as of May 1, 2012 from 4.16% as of January 1, 2012.
Short-term liquidity of Belarusian banks fell to 2.55% from 2.81% the year before.
Immediate liquidity decreased to 306.5% from 471.78%.
Current liquidity went down to 170.01% as of May 1, 2012 from 195.51% as of May 1, 2011.
The ratio of liquid assets to total assets went up from 29.45% as of May 1, 2011 to 33.84% as of May 1, 2012. |
