Erste Group Expected to Record Lower Profits

Professional ServicesBanks ♦ Published: April 28, 2012; 12:23 ♦ (Vindobona)

In the first quarter of 2012, the Austrian banking group will register weaker results compared to the first three months of 2011.

Erste Group Expected to Record Lower Profits / Picture: © Erste Group / Christian Wind

Analysts expect Erste Group to record profits of € 302m in the first three months of 2012. In the first quarter of 2011, the bank recorded net income of € 321m. In the fourth quarter of 2012, net income totaled € 254m.

Net interest surplus will reach € 1.36bn (+4%), analysts say. Risk provisions are expected to amount to € 562m (after € 460m).

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