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Financial Statements - United Bank Limited

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U N I T E D B A N K L I M I T E D<br />

increase in remittances, FI commissions, improved general banking fees and cross-sell of<br />

bancassurance. Higher investments in mutual funds resulted in dividend income rising to Rs 2.7<br />

billion, while derivatives income increased to Rs 3.0 billion, primarily on account of one-off<br />

gains.<br />

Cost management<br />

Administrative expenses increased to Rs 23.5 billion in 2012. This increase was largely driven by<br />

the full year impact of the <strong>Bank</strong>’s 2011 branch network expansion program, substantial growth<br />

in the Omni branchless banking business and UBL’s continuing investments in technology and<br />

business building. On a comparable basis, expense growth was contained to 10% over the<br />

prior year.<br />

Growth in Balance Sheet<br />

UBL grew its balance sheet by 15% over<br />

December 2011. This was primarily<br />

funded by a growth in deposits which<br />

increased by 14.2% to Rs 700 Billion at<br />

December 2012. Domestic core deposits<br />

increased by 16%, while the <strong>Bank</strong> shed<br />

opportunistic and expensive deposits.<br />

The domestic low cost deposit ratio<br />

also improved, as did the CASA ratio,<br />

which improved from 80% in December<br />

2011 to 83% in December 2012. Gross advances increased by 11.7% to Rs 409 billion in<br />

December 2012, up from Rs 366 billion in December 2011. Despite the reduction in interest<br />

rates, the advances to deposits ratio continued to reduce, in line with the rest of the banking<br />

sector<br />

The <strong>Bank</strong> was able to deliver better returns as the return on average assets increased from<br />

2.1% in 2011 to 2.2% in 2012 and the return on equity improved from 23.7% to 24.3%.<br />

Strong Capital Ratios<br />

UBL’s capital adequacy ratio (CAR) continued to strengthen year on year due to the bank’s<br />

organic capital generation capabilities. Total CAR improved from 14.3% in December 2011 to<br />

14.8% in December 2012. Tier 1 CAR was maintained at 10.5% as in 2012, the bank paid interim<br />

dividends totaling Rs 5 per share in addition to the Rs 6 per share final dividend for the previous<br />

year. On a consolidated basis, the Tier 1 CAR as at December 2012 was 10.1% whilst total CAR<br />

was 14.7%.

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