Third quarter report 2014
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Third quarter report 2014
Third quarter 2014
DNB recorded profits of NOK 5 686 million in the third quarter of 2014, up NOK 805 million from the third quarter of 2013. Adjusted for the effect of basis swaps, there was a NOK 317 million increase in profits, reflecting higher lending volumes, reduced restructuring expenses and lower impairment losses on loans. As a result of the interest rate adjustments implemented in the second quarter of 2014, lending spreads narrowed slightly from the third quarter of 2013 relative to the short-term money market rate. Nevertheless, there was a pronounced rise in net interest income from the year-earlier period. The common equity Tier 1 capital ratio, calculated according to the transitional rules, rose from 11.0 per cent at end-September 2013 to 12.6 per cent, including 50 per cent of interim profits. DNBâs target is to achieve a common equity Tier 1 capital ratio of 13.5-14.0 per cent by year-end 2016