Corporate | 27 July 2016 08:00
Baader Bank generates a modestly negative result for the first half of 2016
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DGAP-News: Baader Bank AG / Key word(s): Half Year Results
Baader Bank generates a modestly negative result for the first half of 2016 – Dramatic decline in market trading volumes – Historically low number and volume of capital market transactions – Earnings before taxes slightly negative, at EUR -2.1 million – Administrative expenses fall by -10.7% to EUR 46.3 million – Equity ratio 15% Unterschleissheim, July 27, 2016 The volatile atmosphere in financial markets caused investors to be restrained in their trading activities and corporate customers to be hesitant to conduct capital market transactions in the first half of 2016. Net commission income declined by -19.1%, from EUR 27.3 million in the first half of last year to EUR 22.1 million in the reporting period. The trading profit of EUR 24.5 million was -22.9% lower than the prior-period comparison figure. Fortunately, net interest income, including current income, rose by 76.8% to EUR 1.9 million. Baader Bank generated an operating result of EUR -2.8 million in the first half of 2016 (PY: EUR 3.2 million). Administrative expenses were lowered by -10.7%, from EUR 51.8 million to EUR 46.3 million, mainly due to decreased personnel expenses and the cost reduction program initiated already in 2015. Amortization and depreciation of intangible assets and property, plant, and equipment declined modestly from EUR 5.1 million to EUR 4.9 million. It was not necessary to charge write-downs on receivables or recognize impairments of securities in the reporting period.
The subsidiaries Baader & Heins Group and Conservative Concept Portfolio Management Group made positive contributions to the consolidated result, whereas Baader Helvea Group made a negative contribution, due in part to the closure of the Geneva office and the relocation of its head office to Zurich.
Including the fund for general banking risks, the Baader Bank Group’s capital amounted to EUR 118.2 million as of June 30, 2016 (December 31, 2015: EUR 121.7 million). The equity ratio came to 15%.
In the Market Making segment, Baader Bank acquired additional third-party banks as clients for OTC trading. Baader Bank also connected additional trading partners to the GETTEX exchange in Munich, where the bank is the exclusive market maker, in the first half of 2016. The bank also implemented new forms of exchange trading (quote request process) on the stock exchanges in Frankfurt and Stuttgart. In the Investment Banking segment, Baader Bank established itself as a service provider to trading-savvy fin-tech companies. The cooperation arrangements with Scalable Capital, Investify, and the Swiss firm Werthstein have been very well received. Moreover, the considerably intensified efforts to acquire new asset manager clients have already begun to show positive results. Baader Bank also succeeded in further increasing the number of international institutional clients. A new office was opened in Boston, Massachusetts (USA), to serve these clients. Finally, the bank advised on several capital market transactions, despite the extreme restraint displayed by issuers in the first half of 2016. Outlook for the second half of 2016 In the Market Making segment, Baader Bank expects trading volumes to stabilize at the currently very low level. The bank expects to connect additional partners to GETTEX, for both over over-the-counter and exchange trading, in the second half of 2016. In the Investment Banking segment, the transaction pipeline is well filled and can be expected to deliver good profit contributions after the summer break, assuming a receptive market environment. Commission income is expected to benefit from the bank’s intensive relationships with institutional clients, which were also confirmed by the excellent results of the 2016 EXTEL survey, and the expansion of business with asset providers and fin-tech companies.
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| Language: | English | |
| Company: | Baader Bank AG | |
| Weihenstephaner Str. 4 | ||
| 85716 Unterschleissheim | ||
| Germany | ||
| Phone: | +49 89 5150 1013 | |
| Fax: | +49 89 5150 29 1880 | |
| E-mail: | communications@baaderbank.de | |
| Internet: | www.baaderbank.de | |
| ISIN: | DE0005088108 | |
| WKN: | 508810 | |
| Listed: | Regulated Unofficial Market in Berlin, Dusseldorf, Hamburg, Hanover, Munich (m:access), Stuttgart, Tradegate Exchange; Open Market in Frankfurt | |
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