In January, LHV Group continued to grow its business volumes. The consolidated
net profit of the Group amounted to EUR 3.8 million. LHV Pank earned EUR 3.8
million in net profit, with EUR 0.6 million resulting from servicing clients
related to the UK branch. Asset management's net profit was EUR 0.3 million and
the new insurance business line brought in EUR 0.1 million of losses.
In January, LHV was declared the best employer in the financial sector in
Estonia by CV-online. In addition, LHV's Tallinn office was accredited with the
international BREEAM certificate.
For the clients the bank launched the new pension investment account as well as
lowered transaction fees on foreign shares. The number of banking clients
increased by 5,500. The higher volatility on the markets meant that clients'
interest in investing was also high. Strong increase in deposit volumes resulted
largely from financial intermediaries' deposits, at the same time loan portfolio
grew mainly due to loans given to companies. The stronger growth of the loan
portfolio also meant higher loan provisions.
Pension funds managed by LHV Varahaldus grew by a record amount of new assets as
the volume of funds grew by EUR 52 million in a month. At the same time the
business of LHV was affected by the pension reform that came into force, however
this does not yet affect results. The number of pension clients did not change
considerably - the number of leaving customers was at par with expectations, but
these influences will be reflected in the financial results in September.
The insurance provider LHV Kindlustus is developing its product line and growing
its team in order to start actively offering insurance products this year.
Although the growth of business volumes outperformed the financial plan,
regarding profit the plan holds.
AS LHV Group reports are available at: https://investor.lhv.ee/en/reports.
LHV Group is the largest domestic financial group and capital provider in
Estonia. LHV Group's key subsidiaries are LHV Pank, LHV Varahaldus and LHV
Kindlustus. LHV employs over 520 people. LHV's banking services are used by
264,000 clients, and pension funds managed by LHV have 180,000 active clients.
LHV's UK branch offers banking infrastructure to 140 international financial
services companies, via which LHV's payment services reach clients around the
world.
Priit Rum
LHV Communication Manager
Phone: +372 502 0786
Email: priit.rum@lhv.ee (mailto:priit.rum@lhv.ee)
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