Net profit SNS REAAL first half 2012 of € 115 millionThursday, August 16, 2012
NET PROFIT CORE ACTIVITIES OF € 246 MILLION
Net profit at SNS Retail Bank lower at € 70 million mainly impacted by higher loan impairments Net profit at SNS SME limited at € 3 million, comparable to second half of 2011 Underlying profit Insurance activities slightly higher at € 131 million, supported by lower operating costs Sharp increase in net profit at REAAL to € 164 million, positively impacted by gains on derivatives Higher net profit at Zwitserleven of € 52 million driven by realised gains on bonds Overall improvement in customer satisfaction levels; growth in savings, bank savings and pensions On track with cost reduction programmes; operating expenses reduced by 6% ONGOING REDUCTION OF EXPOSURE AT PROPERTY FINANCE
€ 131 million net loss at Property Finance in deteriorating markets Impairment charges of € 140 million Total exposure Property Finance reduced by € 548 million to € 4.7 billion (-10%) International exposure reduced by € 352 million to € 2.0 billion (-15%) Total exposure Property Finance and SNS SME combined reduced by € 1.1 billion (-10%) SOLVENCY AND CAPITAL MANAGEMENT
Core Tier 1 ratio Banking activities of 9.6% (year-end 2011: 9.2%) EBA capital shortfall Banking activities fully addressed Regulatory solvency Insurance activities 199% (year-end 2011: 203%) Double leverage increased to 117.7% (2011: 115.1%) € 700 million capital release programme largely realised Capital released used to support solvency in challenging market environment Exploring strategic restructuring and solvency enhancement scenarios All scenarios still under review; no decisions made at this stage “Our core activities reported a net profit for the first half of 2012 in an ongoing challenging environment. As a result of our strategic focus we improved customer satisfaction levels, while reducing our costs further. The exposure of our former Property Finance business was reduced by € 1.1 billion. Property Finance remains loss-making while real estate markets deteriorate further. By the end of June 2012, our capital release programme of € 700 million, originally intended for repaying the capital support by the Dutch State, has been largely realised. However, at this stage, the first priorities for the capital freed up are to support the further strengthening of the Banking core Tier 1 ratio to 10% over the coming years and to support the Insurance solvency levels in a low interest rate environment. We are currently exploring a broad range of measures to enhance and simplify our capital base as well as strategic restructuring scenarios, such as the sale of parts of our business. At this time however, no decision has been made on any of the various options. We expect to give an update later this year. For the remainder of 2012, the outlook remains very challenging. Nonetheless, we will continue to focus on executing our strategic priorities.” said Ronald Latenstein, Chairman of the Executive Board.