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Mashreq, one of the leading financial institutions in the UAE, on Wednesday reported its financial results for the first half ending on June 30.
The operating income is up by 3.7% and stands at AED 3.1 billion. Net profit for the first half stood at AED1.2 billion — a 5.2% increase YoY. The impairment allowance is down by 9.6% YoY.
Mashreq’s best-in-class non-interest income to operating income ratio remained high at 40.3%, while insurance, FX & other income is up by 24.2% year-on-year.
The total assets increased by 1.4% in the year to AED127.0 billion whereas loans and advances increased by 7.9% to AED67.7 billion as compared to December 2017.
Mashreq’s CEO, HE AbdulAziz Al Ghurair, said, “Mash-req’s innovation-led transfor- mation strategy implemented in the past year has resulted in a solid set of financial results for the first half of 2018. We recorded a positive year-on-year net profit increase of 5.2% amounting to AED 1.2 billion for H1 2018. Our balance sheet shows healthy liquidity and capitalisation me- trics, well above the required regulatory standards.â€