RLB Lower Austria – Vienna Decreasing Net Income

Professional ServicesBanks ♦ Published: September 1, 2012; 13:59 ♦ (Vindobona)

RLB (Raiffeisenlandesbank) Lower Austria-Vienna published its results for the first six months of 2012. Net income and operating profit were down.

RLB Lower Austria – Vienna Decreasing Net Income / Picture: © Vindobona.org

The net income was down by 10.7% to € 164.4m. In the reference period of 2011, net income reached € 184.1m. The operating profit reached € 177.8m, which is substantially below the figure of 2011 (€ 230.7m). According to RLB, this was mainly due to the reduction in the net interest surplus. Total assets were up by 4.6% to € 33.6bn.

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