Steve Booysen
Steve Booysen
account although bank comparable delivery earnings enables enhanced entity increase larger met number offering private service taking
Although the earnings of the private bank did not increase from those of the comparable period, this entity met expectations after taking account of the restructuring exercise. The restructuring enables the delivery of an enhanced service offering to a larger number of customers.
costs december growth income line march ratio related relating reported synergy
The group's cost-to-income ratio is in line with the ratio reported for March 2005 if the costs relating to the Barclays transaction and synergy initiatives are excluded. However, if the Barclays related costs are included, the cost-to-income ratio deteriorated from 56.6% in March 2005 to 58.0% in December 2005 owing to top-line income growth, at 17.9%, lagging expenditure growth over the period.