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Nedbank Group Ltd. forecast that interest-earning banking assets will increase at a rate below that of nominal growth in South Africa’s gross domestic product, after earlier predicting it will be in line with the economy’s expansion.
The lender’s credit-loss ratio, which rose 6 basis points to 53 basis points, will also increase slightly above the level achieved in 2017 although it will remain below its 60-100 basis-point target range, Johannesburg-based Nedbank said in a statement.
First-half earnings per share excluding one-time items rose 26 percent to 13.61 rand, boosted by rising profit at Ecobank Transnational Inc., the Lome, Togo-based lender in which Nedbank owns a 20 percent stake. South Africa’s central bank expects GDP to expand 1.2 percent in 2018.