Nordea Kredit Performance Update
Second-quarter highlights 2022
Executive summary
Continued growth in lending volumes, strong performance in corporate sector
Mortgage volumes up 6% y/y, SME lending up 7% y/y and large corporate lending up 16% y/y. Assets under management down 9% q/q
Higher income and increased operating profit despite market turbulence
Net interest income up 6%, net fee and commission income down 5% and net fair value result up 1%
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Operating profit up 2% compared with record levels in Q2 2021
Cost-to-income ratio* 49% - costs excluding regulatory fees down 1%
Strong credit quality - EUR 45m released from COVID-19 management judgement buffer
Net loan losses and similar net result amounting to reversals of EUR 56m or 6bp during quarter
Return on equity* 13.3% and earnings per share EUR 0.28
EUR 4.5bn distributed to shareholders YTD and new EUR 1.5bn share buy-back programme launched
CET1 ratio increased to 16.6% -6.3pp above regulatory requirement
Outlook maintained: return on equity above 11% expected for 2022, supported by cost-to-income ratio of 49-50%
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* With amortised resolution fees
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