Stock News 2011: UCPB income up 44%

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The United Coconut Planters Bank (UCPB) has posted an unaudited net income of P2.39 billion in 2010, surpassing its P2.2-billion target for the year, and exceeding the previous year’s P1.66-billion profit by 44 percent.

“Higher loan and investment volumes, better margins, hefty trading gains and lower fund cost propelled last year’s earnings growth,” UCPB executive vice president and chief finance officer Cesar Rubio said.

Loan portfolio expanded by 16 percent to P54.77 billion, while trading and investment securities by 14 percent to P50.07 billion. The volume expansion, along with the 11-percent improvement in margins, boosted the bank’s interest income by 15 percent, to P7.83 billion. Non-interest income went up by 32 percent to P2.22 billion, bolstered by substantial increase in trading gains.

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