2017 First Quarter
Results
Q1-2017: Net
income up sharply for both
Crédit Agricole Group and Crédit Agricole
S.A.,
strong commercial momentum in all business
lines
Crédit Agricole Group* |
Stated net income Group share
€1,600m
+95.6% Q1/Q1 |
Stated revenues
€8,249m
+15.2% Q1/Q1 |
Fully-loaded CET1 ratio
14.5%
500bps above the P2R[1] |
-
Good commercial momentum throughout the Group:
retail banks, businesses and Large customers
-
Underlying[2] net income Group share: €1,654m, +33.3% Q1/Q1
-
Underlying2 revenues:
€8,334m, +6.7% Q1/Q1
-
Cost of risk down: 26bps annualised[3]
-
70% of 2017 funding programme completed at
end-April
* Crédit Agricole S.A. and 100% of Regional
Banks. |
Crédit Agricole S.A. |
Stated net income Group share
€845m
x3.7 Q1/Q1 |
Stated revenues
€4,700m
+23.7% Q1/Q1 |
Fully-loaded CET1 ratio
11.9%
340 bps above the P2R1 |
-
Acceleration in growth: continued strong
commercial momentum in all business lines
-
Underlying2 revenues +14%
Q1/Q1, +10.0% Q1/Q1 excl. Corporate centre (business lines
only)
-
Strong growth in Asset gathering, Large
customers and Corporate centre driven by recurring benefits of
Eureka
-
Underlying2
NIGS €895m, x2.3 Q1/Q1, underlying2 earnings per share: €0.27, x2.8 Q1/Q1
-
Sharp increase in underlying2 net income Group
share of the business lines: +44% Q1/Q1, increased contribution
from all business lines
-
Tight cost control: 8.3pp improvement in
underlying2 cost/income ratio Q1/Q1 to 62.7% excl. SRF
-
Firm grip on risk in all business lines: cost of
credit risk 37 bps3
-
Non-specific provision for legal risk: €40m
(non-deductible)
-
Note: target CET1 ratio of
11% at end-2019, 250 bps above the P2R1 (8.50% at 01/01/19)
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This press
release comments on the results of Crédit Agricole S.A. and those
of Crédit Agricole Group, which comprises the Crédit Agricole S.A.
entities and the Crédit Agricole Regional Banks, which own 56.6% of
Crédit Agricole S.A.
Crédit Agricole Group
In line with
previous quarters, the Group's results for the first quarter of
2017 reflect strong business momentum in all components of Crédit
Agricole Group, including the retail banks, specialised business
lines and Large customers. Operating expenses remain well
controlled, despite investment in business development, and the
cost of credit risk remains low. The Group's profitability was
therefore excellent, with stated net income Group share of 1,600
million euros and underlying[4] net income Group share of 1,654 million euros,
excluding this quarter's specific items. The fully-loaded Common
Equity Tier 1 ratio at end-March 2017 was stable compared with
end-2016 at 14.5%, among the best in the sector and well above the
regulatory requirements[5].
In line with its "Strategic
Ambition 2020" medium-term plan (MTP), the Group is capitalising on
its stable, diversified and profitable business model to support
organic growth in all its business lines, largely through synergies
between the specialised business lines and the retail networks, and
to maintain a high level of operating efficiency while generating
capacity to invest in business development.
As announced at the end of 2016 at
the time of Amundi's proposed acquisition of Pioneer Investments,
the Group's asset management company completed its 1.4 billion
euros rights issue at the end of March 2017. Crédit Agricole Group
sold some of its subscription rights to reduce its percentage
interest in Amundi from 75.7% to 70%, including 68.5% held by
Crédit Agricole S.A. (74.1% previously). However, Amundi's first
quarter results were consolidated at the old percentage interest,
as the rights were not sold until the very end of the quarter.
Liquidity in Amundi shares has improved significantly as a result
of the rights issue and the broader free float arising from the
reduction in Crédit Agricole Group's percentage interest. It should
be noted that the value of the Group's holding in Amundi has
increased significantly since the rights issue, despite the
dilution of its percentage interest, and is well above the amount
invested by the Group in this transaction. The closing of the
acquisition of Pioneer Investments should occur late in the first
half of 2017, or perhaps early in the second, and is expected to
have a impact of -35 basis points on Crédit Agricole
Group's fully-loaded CET1 ratio (-60 basis points for Crédit
Agricole S.A.).
The Group also announced in a
press release issued on 24 April 2017 that it is in preliminary
discussions with the Bank of Italy and the Italian Interbank
Deposit Protection Fund with a view to the acquisition of three
Italian savings banks. Their integration by Crédit Agricole
Cariparma SpA would increase its customer base by about 20% and
contribute to its expansion in some attractive regions of Italy
without changing its geographical positioning, as these banks
operate in neighbouring areas. All of the doubtful loans carried on
their balance sheets would be derecognised prior to the
integration. This transaction forms part of the Group's aim of
strengthening its position in Italy, in line with Strategic
Ambition 2020 and with the Group's strict rules as regards return
on investment and risk profile of new acquisitions. It is subject
to a positive outcome of the due diligence process, which is due to
begin soon. Based on information available to date, the acquisition
would have a negative impact of less than 10 basis points
on the fully-loaded CET1 ratio for both Crédit Agricole Group and
Crédit Agricole S.A.
In the first quarter of 2017,
Crédit Agricole Group's stated net income Group share
came to 1,600 million euros versus
818 million euros in the first quarter of 2016. Excluding
specific items[6] of -54
million euros in the first quarter of 2017 versus -423 million
euros in the first quarter of 2016, underlying net income Group
share6 came to 1,654 million euros, compared with 1,241
million euros in the first quarter of 2016, a year-on-year increase
of +33.3%.
Specific items6 this quarter
included only the usual volatile accounting items: revaluation of
own debt in line with changes in issuer spread (-7 million euros in
net income Group share compared with +16 million euros in
the first quarter of 2016), DVA (Debt Valuation
Adjustment, -31 million euros versus
+9 million euros) and loan portfolio hedges in Large
customers (-16 million euros versus 0). In the first
quarter of 2016, specific items6 also included the balance of the
liability management operation completed ahead of the operation to
simplify the Group's structure ("Eureka") for an amount of
-448 million euros in net income Group share. Specific
items therefore totalled -54 million euros in
the first quarter of 2017 versus
-423 million euros in the first quarter of 2016.
Table 1.
Crédit Agricole Group - consolidated
results
€m |
Q1-17
Stated |
Q1-16
Stated |
Var. Q1/Q1
Stated |
Q1-17
underlying |
Q1-16
underlying |
Var. Q1/Q1
underlying |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Revenues |
8,249 |
7,159 |
+15.2% |
8,334 |
7,810 |
+6.7% |
Operating expenses excl.SRF |
(5,206) |
(5,122) |
+1.6% |
(5,206) |
(5,122) |
+1.6% |
SRF |
(274) |
(239) |
+14.8% |
(274) |
(239) |
+14.8% |
Gross operating income |
2,769 |
1,799 |
+54.0% |
2,855 |
2,450 |
+16.5% |
Cost
of risk |
(478) |
(554) |
(13.7%) |
(478) |
(554) |
(13.7%) |
Cost
of legal risk |
(40) |
- |
n.m. |
(40) |
- |
n.m. |
Equity-accounted entities |
218 |
126 |
72.5% |
218 |
126 |
72.5% |
Net
income on other assets |
(0) |
25 |
n.m. |
(0) |
25 |
n.m. |
Change in value of goodwill |
- |
- |
n.m. |
- |
- |
n.m. |
Income before tax |
2,469 |
1,396 |
+76.9% |
2,554 |
2,047 |
+24.8% |
Tax |
(789) |
(488) |
+61.7% |
(822) |
(714) |
+15.2% |
Net
income from discontinued operations |
15 |
- |
n.m. |
15 |
- |
n.m. |
Net income |
1,695 |
908 |
+86.6% |
1,747 |
1,333 |
+31.1% |
Non
controlling interests |
(95) |
(90) |
+5.2% |
(93) |
(92) |
+1.0% |
Net income Group share |
1,600 |
818 |
+95.6% |
1,654 |
1,241 |
+33.3% |
Cost/Income ratio excl.SRF |
63.1% |
71.5% |
-8.4 pp |
62.5% |
65.6% |
-3.1 pp |
In the first quarter, underlying revenues6 were up +6.7% year on year
8,334 million euros, thanks to a positive contribution to
growth from all business lines. The Regional Banks' revenues were
up excluding the impacts of the Group's transaction to simplify its
structure last year (negative impact of
-174 million euros before tax). Despite an increase in
eurozone long rates since the fourth quarter of 2016, bringing them
up to their highest level since the first quarter of 2016, they
nonetheless remain low and the short end of the curve is still in
negative territory. These low interest rates continued to put
pressure on the interest margin on intermediation activities,
particularly in Retail banking in France and Italy. This triggered
a wave of home loan renegotiations in France, which even escalated
with the increase in rates as of November, culminating in a record
level of monthly renegotiations in January 2017
(2.1 billion euros for LCL that month for example). These
renegotiations were accompanied by high volumes of loan
restructuring fees or early repayment penalties, which had a
temporary positive effect on retail banking revenues in France, but
the impact of the renegotiations will continue to depress interest
interest over the coming quarters.
Alongside this increase in
revenues, operating expenses remained well
controlled at 5,480 million euros, a year-on-year
increase of +2.2% and +1.6% excluding the
contribution to the Single Resolution Fund (SRF), which increased
by +14.8% to 274 million euros. It should be noted that
in 2016, an additional SRF contribution was recognised in the
second quarter. Operating expenses did not include any specific
items[7] in the
first quarter either of 2017 or 2016
This led to a highly positive jaws
effect between underlying7 revenues and operating expenses and the
underlying7 cost/income ratio excluding SRF therefore improved by more than 3 percentage points
(3.1) to 62.5% versus 65.6% in the first
quarter of 2016. Underlying gross operating income7 also increased
significantly, by +16.5% year-on-year to
2,855 million euros.
Cost of credit
risk decreased by 13.7% at 478 million euros versus
554 million euros in the
first quarter of 2016. As in previous quarters, cost
of risk relative to outstandings remained low at
26 basis points[8]. In
addition to cost of credit risk, a non-specific provision for legal
risk of 40 million euros was recognised this quarter in
the financial statements of CACIB (Large customers).
The sharp increase in the
contribution from equity-accounted entities (+72.5% to
218 million euros) offset the absence of gains on other
assets this quarter, compared with a gain of
25 million euros in the
first quarter of 2016. Underlying7 pre-tax income increased by +24.8% year-on-year.
Underlying7 net income Group share
increased even more, by +33.3% to 1,654 million euros,
due to the gain on disposal of Credicom in Greece
(15 million euros after tax), a decrease in the
underlying7 effective tax rate from 37.2% in the first quarter of
2016 to 35.2% this quarter, and stable non-controlling
interests.
The Regional
Banks continued to enjoy buoyant business momentum both in
lending (+5.3% at end-March 2017 versus end-March 2016) and
deposits (+4.6%). Growth in home loans (+7.6%) accelerated further
compared with the growth rate at end-December 2016, as did growth
in demand deposits (+17.6%), while consumer finance outstandings
were up sharply (+9.1% year-on-year). Lastly, the strong momentum
in personal and property insurance continued apace. This commercial
performance of the Regional Banks made a significant contribution
to growth in Crédit Agricole S.A.'s business lines, many
of whose products they distribute as the Group's leading
distribution channel.
The year-on-year comparison of
the Regional Banks' first quarter revenues
were affected by the transaction to simplify the
Group's structure ("Eureka"), which took place last year.
Stated revenues were down -0.9% year-on-year to 3,529 million
euros. Excluding these effects[9]
(-174 million euros) and in the absence of any movement
in home purchase savings provisions in the first quarter of either
2017 or 2016, underlying7 revenues increased by +3.9%, thanks to
growth in both interest income (+1.5%) and fee and commission
income (+3.2%) compared with the first quarter of 2016. Operating expenses increased by +3.5% to
2,178 million euros and by +3.4% excluding SRF, giving a
cost/income ratio excluding SRF of 61.7%.
Cost of risk decreased by -21.4% year-on-year
to 116 million euros. In all, the
Regional Banks' contribution to Crédit Agricole Group's
underlying7 net income
Group share was 755 million euros in the first quarter 2017, a
year-on-year decrease of -8.6%. Excluding the
impacts of the transaction to simplify the Group's structure, net
income Group share was up +5.1%.
The performance of the other
Crédit Agricole Group business lines is described in
detail in the section of this press release on Crédit Agricole
S.A.
During the quarter,
Crédit Agricole Group's financial solidity remained
strong, with a fully-loaded Common Equity Tier 1
(CET1) ratio of 14.5%, stable compared with end-December 2016.
This ratio provides a substantial buffer above the distribution
restriction trigger applicable to Crédit Agricole Group as of
1 January 2019, set at 9.5% by the ECB. The impact of the
consolidation of Pioneer Investments is estimated at -35 basis
points, as of mid-2017.
The TLAC ratio was 20.5% at 31
March 2017, excluding eligible senior preferred debt, versus 20.3%
at end-December 2016. This level already exceeds the 2019 minimum
requirement of 19.5%, whereas the regulatory calculation of this
ratio allows for the inclusion of eligible senior preferred debt
(up to 2.5%). After the successful inaugural issue of senior
non-preferred debt at the very end of 2016, just after the
enactment of the law authorising such issues, the Group further
strengthened its TLAC ratio by issuing 3.4 billion euros equivalent
of senior non-preferred debt in the first four months of the
year.
The phased-in leverage ratio stood
at 5.7%, stable compared with end-December 2016.
Credit Agricole Group's liquidity
position is robust. Its banking cash balance sheet, at 1,116
billion euros at 31 March 2017, showed a surplus of stable funding
over LT applications of funds of 116 billion euros, up by +5
billion euros compared with end-December 2016 and by +2 billion
euros compared with the first quarter of 2016. It exceeded the
Medium Term Plan target (of over 100 billion euros). The surplus of
stable funds financed the HQLA securities portfolio generated by
the LCR requirement of customer and customer-related activities.
Liquidity reserves including valuation gains and haircuts
related to the securities portfolio amounted to 255 billion euros,
covering gross short-term debt almost three times over.
Crédit Agricole Group issuers
raised 14.1 billion euros equivalent of debt on the market in the
first quarter of 2017, of which 52% was raised by Crédit Agricole
S.A. (7.3 billion euros), versus just over 33 billion euros for the
whole year 2016. Credit Agricole Group also placed 1.3 billion
euros of bonds in its retail networks (Regional Banks, LCL and
Cariparma). After a particularly active month of April,
Crédit Agricole S.A. had issued a total of
11.3 billion euros since the beginning of the year,
completing 70% of its 2017 market funding programme.
* *
*
Dominique Lefebvre, Chairman of
SAS Rue La Boétie and Chairman of Crédit Agricole S.A.'s
Board of Directors, commented the Group's results and activities
for the first quarter of 2017: "In the first
quarter of 2017, Crédit Agricole Group once again
demonstrated the robustness of its Universal customer-focused
banking business model and the synergies that could be generated by
a customer approach common to the various business lines. This was
reflected in strong business momentum and results, which bodes well
for the success of our Strategic Ambition 2020
plan."
Crédit Agricole S.A. Q1-2017: sustained activity in all businesses
-
Good business momentum in all businesses
-
High net inflows in asset management and
unit-linked savings/retirement assets
-
Excellent commercial performance in Specialised
financial services and all Large customers businesses
-
High level of cross-selling, in line with
"Strategic Ambition 2020" MTP targets
-
Underlying revenues up +14% Q1/Q1[10], +10.0%
Q1/Q1 for business lines excluding Corporate centre
Good financial performance
-
Very good level of results:
Underlying10 net income
Group share of 895 million euros, x2.3 vs low baseline in
Q1-16, with a strong contribution from all business lines, all of
which delivered growth vs Q1-1610
-
Firm grip on underlying operating
expenses10 (+1.6%
Q1/Q1, +0.7% excluding SRF) despite strong business momentum
-
Continued improvement in underlying10 cost/income
ratio: >8 points Q1/Q1 excl. SRF10
-
Cost of credit risk down (-10.6% Q1/Q1) to
37bps[11]; provision
for legal risk[12]: 40
million euros
Continued excellent level of financial robustness
Crédit Agricole S.A.'s Board of
Directors, chaired by Dominique Lefebvre, met on 10 May 2017 to
examine the financial statements for the first quarter of 2017.
In the first quarter of
2017, stated net income Group share came to
845 million euros. Specific items10 for the quarter
were limited to an impact of -50 million euros on net
income Group share (-81 million euros before tax and
non-controlling interests), exclusively due to recurring volatile
accounting items (issuer spread, DVA and loan portfolio hedges in
Large customers). In the first quarter of 2016, specific items10
had an impact on net income Group share of
-167 million euros (-395 million euros before
tax and non-controlling interests), mainly reflecting transactions
in preparation for the transaction to simplify the Group's
structure (non-taxable dividends received from the Regional Banks
for +256 million euros and upfront payment of the
liability management operation for -683 million euros
before tax)10.
Excluding specific items10,
underlying10 net income Group share for the first quarter of 2017
was 895 million euros, 2.3 times higher than in the first
quarter of 2016, which was a low base for comparison, even on an
underlying basis10.
Underlying10 earnings per share came to 0.27 euros per share,
2.8 times higher than in the first quarter of 2016.
It should be noted that, as is the
case for each first quarter of the year, net income Group share
includes a high level of charges arising from IFRIC 21, which
requires annual charges to be recognised in the quarter in which
they are due, and not spread across the year. In first quarter of
2017, these charges totalled about 338 million euros
before tax, or 317 million euros in net income Group
share, including 224 million euros in SRF
(228 million euros in 2016 and
192 million euros in the first quarter of 2016).
As in previous quarters, these
excellent underlying13 results were
driven mainly by strong growth in revenues coupled with good cost
control and low cost of risk, including a decrease in cost of
credit risk, i.e. excluding the non-specific provision for legal
risk (40 million euros).
Revenue growth
was driven by strong business momentum in all Crédit Agricole
S.A. Group's business lines and distribution
networks, as well as the Regional Banks which distribute their
products. This momentum reflects an improvement in economic
activity in the Group's core European markets, but above all, the
robustness of the Universal customer-focused banking model, which
encourages cross-selling between the specialised business lines and
the retail banks and between the specialised business lines
themselves. Cross-selling is a core component of the "Strategic
Ambition 2020" plan and drives the Group's revenue growth.
Activity was
buoyant in all business lines:
-
in insurance, 209,000 new
property & casualty contracts were sold (net of terminations)
in the first quarter of the year alone, bringing the total number
of in-force contracts to more than 12.3 million at end-March;
in life insurance, net inflows in unit-linked (UL) business
totalled 1.1 billion euros in the first quarter of
2017 versus 0.7 billion euros in the first quarter of
2016, raising the share of UL products in total gross inflows to a
record level of 28.2%, up +9 percentage points
year-on-year;
-
in Asset management
(Amundi), assets under management grew by +14.2% over one year
to 1,128 billion euros, mainly due to strong inflows of
+32.5 billion euros in the first quarter of 2017;
-
the Retail banks,
especially in France and Italy, delivered stronger growth in loans
and customer assets than in previous quarters. At LCL, home loans
grew by +7.7% over one year, lending to small businesses by +11.2%,
demand deposits by +17.0% and the number of new property &
casualty insurance contracts by +9.4%; Retail banking in Italy
performed equally well, with home loans up +10.3%, lending to large
corporates up +24.2% and off-balance sheet customer assets up
+4.9%;
-
Specialised financial
services continued to grow, with new consumer finance loans
totalling 10.2 billion euros, a year-on-year increase of
+12.2%, and new leasing business of 1.1 billion euros, a
year-on-year increase of +21.5%;
-
Large customers enjoyed
buoyant activity in fixed-income, forex and credit business, and
strong momentum in investment banking; CACIB increased its market
share as bookrunner of euro bond issues by +0.7 of percentage
point to 6.7%; It is leader in project finance in EMEA region with
a 6.3% market share (+3.6 percentage points) and it
is global leader, all currencies combined, in green financing,
acting as bookrunner for 16 green bond issues in the first quarter
of 2017, and arranging the first Green Capital Note issue of
3 billion US dollars. Moreover, illustrating its
risk distribution policy "Distribute to Originate", Financing
activities showed an average primary syndication rate over the
12 months preceding end-March 2017 of 35%, i.e. 8 points
higher compared to 2013, while sales volumes on the secondary
market increased by +13% year-on-year in the first quarter of 2017
compared with the same quarter of 2016.
Driven by this strong momentum in
all business lines, underlying revenues were up
+14.0% compared with the first quarter of 2016.
Underlying[13] revenues
of the business lines (excluding Corporate centre) increased by
+10.0%. Good control over operating expenses,
which increased by +1.6% or +0.7% excluding SRF[14],
generated a strong jaws effect, thereby improving
the underlying13 cost/income ratio excluding SRF by more than
8 percentage points (8.3) year-on-year to 62.7%.
Cost of credit
risk was stable at 399 million euros (versus
402 million euros in the first quarter of 2016), but this
quarter it included a non-specific provision for legal risk of
40 million euros. Cost of credit risk therefore decreased
by -10.6% to 359 million euros, representing
37 basis points of consolidated outstandings[15]
versus 39 basis points in the first quarter of 2016, still
below the 50 basis points assumption in the Medium-Term
Plan.
Thanks to these items and a good
contribution from equity-accounted entities,
which increased by +75.1% or +92 million euros mainly due
to a very high contribution from Eurazeo recognised in Corporate
centre and an increase in the contribution from the consumer
finance joint ventures, underlying pre-tax income before operations
sold and non-controlling interests increased by +85.1% to
1,368 million euros.
As a result of more modest growth
in underlying[16] tax (effective tax rate of 32.4% versus 38.6% at first
quarter 2016) and non-controlling interests,
coupled with a 15 million euros gain on the disposal of
Credicom in Greece, underlying net income Group share
increased by +126% or 2.3 times compared with the first
quarter of 2016.
Table 2.
Crédit Agricole S.A. - consolidated
results
€m |
Q1-17
Stated |
Q1-16
Stated |
Var. Q1/Q1
Stated |
Q1-17
underlying |
Q1-16
underlying |
Var. Q1/Q1
underlying |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Revenues |
4,700 |
3,799 |
+23.7% |
4,781 |
4,194 |
+14.0% |
Operating expenses
excl.SRF |
(2,996) |
(2,975) |
+0.7% |
(2,996) |
(2,975) |
+0.7% |
SRF |
(232) |
(201) |
+15.6% |
(232) |
(201) |
+15.6% |
Gross operating income |
1,472 |
623 |
x 2.4 |
1,553 |
1,018 |
+52.5% |
Cost of risk |
(359) |
(402) |
(10.6%) |
(359) |
(402) |
(10.6%) |
Cost of legal
risk |
(40) |
- |
n.m. |
(40) |
- |
n.m. |
Equity-accounted
entities |
215 |
123 |
+75.1% |
215 |
123 |
+75.1% |
Net income on other
assets |
(1) |
- |
n.m. |
(1) |
0 |
n.m. |
Change in value of
goodwill |
- |
- |
n.m. |
- |
- |
n.m. |
Income before tax |
1,287 |
344 |
x 3.7 |
1,368 |
739 |
+85.1% |
Tax |
(343) |
(12) |
x
29.3 |
(373) |
(238) |
+57.1% |
Net income from
discontinued or held-for-sale operations |
15 |
- |
n.m. |
15 |
- |
n.m. |
Net income |
959 |
332 |
x 2.9 |
1,009 |
501 |
x 2 |
Non controlling
interests |
(114) |
(105) |
+8.7% |
(114) |
(107) |
+6.8% |
Net income Group Share |
845 |
227 |
x 3.7 |
895 |
394 |
x 2.3 |
Net earnings per share (€) |
0.25 |
0.03 |
n.m. |
0.27 |
0.10 |
x 2.8 |
Cost/Income ratio excl.SRF (%) |
63.7% |
78.3% |
-14.6 pp |
62.7% |
70.9% |
-8.3 pp |
By business
line, more than half of the growth in underlying16 revenues
(+587 million euros or +14.0%) came from Large customers
(+286 million euros or +23.7% and +13.7% excluding xVA),
driven by a good commercial performance and a weak base for
comparison in the first quarter of 2016. The second largest
contributor was Corporate centre (+140 million euros)
thanks to the full impact of Eureka (+222 million euros
including liability management) compared with the first quarter of
2016, followed by Asset gathering (+72 million euros or
+6.1%), Retail banking (+51 million euros or +3.5%) and
Specialised financial services (+38 million euros or
+5.9%), thanks to their strong business momentum. It should be
noted that the increase in LCL's revenues
(+69 million euros or +8.2%) benefited from the positive
cumulative impacts of home loan renegotiation fees and early
repayment penalties (+32 million euros compared with the
first quarter of 2016) and the funding cost adjustment
(+18 million euros), coupled with strong business
momentum (commissions up +3,7% versus first quarter 2016) more than
offsetting the persistent negative effects of low interest rates on
margins.
The weak growth in underlying16 operating expenses (+21 million euros or
+0.7% year-on-year excluding SRF) reflects strong cost control in
all business lines, the increase being mainly due to sustained
business activity in Large customers (+27 million euros
or +3.4%) and investment in business development in Asset gathering
(+35 million euros or +5.9%) and Specialised financial
services (+3 million euros or +1.0%). Operating expenses
continued to decline in Retail banking (-31 million euros or
-3,0%), particularly at LCL (-26 million euros or
-4.1%).
Cost of credit
risk remained low, down -43 million euros or -10.6%
year-on-year, excluding the legal risk provision recognised in
Large customers. The main contributors to this decrease were
Specialised financial services (-27 million euros or
-22.5% year-on-year), International retail banking
(-22 million euros or -17.5%) and Large customers
(-16 million euros or -12.8%).
The cost of risk
on outstandings[17] is down
for the retail banking in Italy for the nine last quarters, to
87 basis points, and that of Consumer finance (CACF)
stands at 134 basis points versus 140 in the first
quarter of 2016 and also in the fourth quarter 2016, which was
marked by a tightening of the provisioning parameters in support of
the restart of the activity in spite of a strengthening of the
provisions parameters on Agos. By contrast, cost of risk for LCL
has more than doubled to 48 million euros
(+26 million euros or +118%), but relative to a very low
baseline in the first quarter of 2016 (22 million euros).
Compared with the quarterly average in 2016
(46 million euros), cost of risk in the first quarter of
2017 increased by just +6.2%, representing
19 basis points of outstandings17.
At end-March 2017,
Crédit Agricole S.A.'s capital ratios remained high, with
a ratio Common Equity Tier 1 (CET1) ratio of
11.9%, a decrease of -15 basis points compared
with end-December 2016. The change over the quarter stemmed
from stated net income Group share for the period (+27 basis
points), offset by the provision for dividends and the AT1 coupon
(-19 basis points), a decrease in unrealised gains on
available-for-sale securities (-12 basis points) and other
changes (-11 basis points). Risk-weighted
assets were down slightly over the quarter to 300 billion
euros versus 301 billion euros at 31 December 2016.
The phased-in leverage ratio stood
at 4.7% at end-March 2017 as defined in the Delegated Act adopted
by the European Commission, a decrease of
-30 basis points compared with end-December 2016.
The LCR ratio for both Credit
Agricole S.A. and the Group remained in excess of 110% at end-March
2017.
At end-April 2017, Credit Agricole
S.A. had completed 70% of its annual medium- to long-term market
funding programme of 16 billion euros. It raised
7.9 billion euros equivalent of senior preferred debt and
3.4 billion euros equivalent of senior non-preferred
debt.
* *
*
Philippe Brassac, Chief Executive
Officer, commented: "The first quarter was in line
with 2016 as regards implementation of the "Strategic Ambition
2020" medium-term plan. All Crédit Agricole S.A. group entities
enjoyed strong growth in business momentum, which was reflected in
a high level of revenues and earnings. This quarter was a
successful new milestone in the achievement of our Plan
targets."
Corporate social responsibility
Crédit Agricole Group was the
first French bank to obtain certification for its anti-corruption
and bribery system. Issued by SGS, this BS 10500 certification is
recognition of the Group's determination and the quality of its
anti-corruption and bribery programme. It confirms that corruption
and bribery risks are properly identified and analysed and that the
programme applied by Crédit Agricole is designed to mitigate these
various risks by drawing on best international practices. The
certification covers all of the Crédit Agricole Group's business
lines. It bears witness to the Group's commitment to put compliance
and ethics at the heart of its business development.
Appendix 1 - Specific items, Crédit Agricole Group and Crédit
Agricole S.A.
Table 1.
Crédit Agricole Group- Specific items of
Q1-17
|
Specific items of
Q1-17 |
|
Specific items of
Q1-16 |
€m |
Gross impact |
Impact on NIGS |
|
Gross impact |
Impact on NIGS |
|
|
|
|
|
|
DVA
running (LC) |
(48) |
(31) |
|
13 |
9 |
Loan
portfolio hedges (LC) |
(24) |
(16) |
|
- |
- |
Issuer spreads (Corporate centre) |
(13) |
(7) |
|
19 |
16 |
Liability management upfront payments (Corporate centre) |
- |
- |
|
(683) |
(448) |
Total impact on revenues |
(86) |
(54) |
|
(651) |
(423) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Asset gathering |
|
- |
|
|
- |
Retail banking |
|
- |
|
|
- |
Specialised financial
services |
|
- |
|
|
- |
Large customers |
|
(47) |
|
|
9 |
Corporate centre |
|
(7) |
|
|
(432) |
Table 2.
Crédit Agricole S.A. - Specific items of
Q1-17
|
|
Specific items of
Q1-17 |
|
Specific items of
Q1-16 |
€m |
|
Gross impact |
Impact on NIGS |
|
Gross impact |
Impact on NIGS |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
DVA running (LC) |
|
(48) |
(31) |
|
13 |
9 |
Loan portfolio hedges
(LC) |
|
(24) |
(15) |
|
- |
- |
Issuer spreads
(Corporate centre) |
|
(8) |
(4) |
|
19 |
16 |
Regional Banks'
dividends (Corporate centre) |
|
- |
- |
|
256 |
256 |
Liability management
upfront payments (Corporate centre) |
|
- |
- |
|
(683) |
(448) |
Total impact on revenues |
|
(81) |
(50) |
|
(395) |
(167) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Asset gathering |
|
|
- |
|
|
- |
Retail banking |
|
|
- |
|
|
- |
Specialised financial
services |
|
|
- |
|
|
- |
Large customers |
|
|
(46) |
|
|
9 |
Corporate centre |
|
|
(4) |
|
|
(176) |
Appendix 2 - Crédit Agricole Group: stated and underlying
income statement
Table 3.
Crédit Agricole Group - Reconciliation
between the stated and the underlying results
€m |
Q1-17
Stated |
Specific items |
Q1-17
underlying |
Q1-16
Stated |
Specific items |
Q1-16
underlying |
Var. Q1/Q1
underlying |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Revenues |
8,249 |
(86) |
8,334 |
7,159 |
(651) |
7,810 |
+6.7% |
Operating
expenses |
(5,206) |
- |
(5,206) |
(5,122) |
- |
(5,122) |
+1.6% |
Contribution of Single
Resolution Funds (SRF) |
(274) |
- |
(274) |
(239) |
- |
(239) |
+14.8% |
Gross operating income |
2,769 |
(86) |
2,855 |
1,799 |
(651) |
2,450 |
+16.5% |
Cost of credit
risk |
(478) |
- |
(478) |
(554) |
- |
(554) |
(13.7%) |
Cost of legal
risk |
(40) |
- |
(40) |
|
- |
- |
n.m. |
Equity-accounted
entities |
218 |
- |
218 |
126 |
- |
126 |
+72.5% |
Net income on other
assets |
(0) |
- |
(0) |
25 |
- |
25 |
n.m. |
Change in value of
goodwill |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
n.m. |
Income before tax |
2,469 |
(86) |
2,554 |
1,396 |
(651) |
2,047 |
+24.8% |
Tax |
(789) |
33 |
(822) |
(488) |
226 |
(714) |
+15.2% |
Net income from
discontinued operations |
15 |
- |
15 |
- |
- |
- |
n.m. |
Net income |
1,695 |
(52) |
1,747 |
908 |
(425) |
1,333 |
+31.1% |
Non
controlling interests |
(95) |
(2) |
(93) |
(90) |
2 |
(92) |
+1.0% |
Net income Group share |
1,600 |
(54) |
1,654 |
818 |
(423) |
1,241 |
+33.3% |
Cost income ratio excl. SRF (%) |
63.1% |
|
62.5% |
71.5% |
|
65.6% |
-3.1 pp |
Appendix 3 - Crédit Agricole Group: Consolidated income
statement by business line
Table 4. Crédit Agricole Group - Income statement by
business line
€m |
Retail
banking
in
France
(RBs) |
French
retail
banking
(LCL) |
Inter-
national
retail
banking |
Asset
gathering |
Specialised
financial
services |
Large
customers |
Corporate
centre |
Total |
Q1-17
Sta-
ted |
Q1-16
Sta-
ted |
Q1-17
Sta-
ted |
Q1-16
Sta-
ted |
Q1-17
Sta-
ted |
Q1-16
Sta-
ted |
Q1-17
Sta-
ted |
Q1-16
Sta-
ted |
Q1-17
Sta-
ted |
Q1-16
Sta-
ted |
Q1-17
Sta-
ted |
Q1-16
Sta-
ted |
Q1-17
Sta-
ted |
Q1-16
Sta-
ted |
Q1-17
Sta-
ted |
Q1-16
Sta-
ted |
Rev-
enues |
3,529 |
3,563 |
904 |
835 |
634 |
650 |
1,248 |
1,175 |
685 |
647 |
1,421 |
1,220 |
(171) |
(931) |
8,249 |
7,159 |
Oper-
ating
ex-
penses
excl.
SRF |
(2,178) |
(2,109) |
(628) |
(654) |
(380) |
(383) |
(626) |
(591) |
(352) |
(348) |
(813) |
(786) |
(230) |
(251) |
(5,206) |
(5,122) |
SRF |
(41) |
(38) |
(16) |
(16) |
(10) |
(8) |
(2) |
(2) |
(14) |
(10) |
(133) |
(125) |
(57) |
(40) |
(274) |
(239) |
Gross
oper-
ating
income |
1,310 |
1,417 |
260 |
165 |
244 |
259 |
620 |
582 |
320 |
289 |
475 |
309 |
(459) |
(1,222) |
2,769 |
1,799 |
Cost
of
credit
risk |
(116) |
(148) |
(48) |
(22) |
(106) |
(131) |
1 |
(2) |
(92) |
(119) |
(106) |
(122) |
(9) |
(10) |
(478) |
(554) |
Cost
of
legal
risk |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
(40) |
- |
- |
- |
(40) |
- |
Equity-
ac-
counted
entities |
3 |
3 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
8 |
7 |
66 |
46 |
69 |
62 |
72 |
8 |
218 |
126 |
Net
income
on
other
assets |
1 |
25 |
(0) |
- |
0 |
- |
(0) |
- |
(0) |
- |
(0) |
- |
(1) |
- |
(0) |
25 |
Change
in
value
of
good-
will |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
In-
come
before
tax |
1,198 |
1,297 |
211 |
143 |
138 |
128 |
628 |
587 |
293 |
216 |
398 |
249 |
(397) |
(1,224) |
2,469 |
1,396 |
Tax |
(442) |
(470) |
(64) |
(53) |
(46) |
(44) |
(192) |
(172) |
(74) |
(57) |
(84) |
(80) |
113 |
388 |
(789) |
(488) |
Net
in-
come
from
discon-
tinued
opera-
tions |
- |
- |
- |
- |
0 |
- |
(0) |
- |
15 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
15 |
- |
Net
income |
756 |
827 |
147 |
90 |
92 |
84 |
436 |
415 |
234 |
159 |
314 |
169 |
(284) |
(836) |
1,695 |
908 |
Non
controlling
interests |
(0) |
(1) |
(0) |
- |
(21) |
(22) |
(38) |
(37) |
(33) |
(30) |
(4) |
(3) |
1 |
3 |
(95) |
(90) |
Net
income
Group
share |
755 |
826 |
147 |
90 |
71 |
62 |
398 |
378 |
201 |
129 |
310 |
166 |
(283) |
(833) |
1,600 |
818 |
Appendix 4 - Crédit Agricole S.A.: stated and underlying
income statement
Table 5.
Crédit Agricole S.A. - Reconciliation
between the stated and the underlying results
€m |
Q1-17
stated |
Specific items |
Q1-17
underlying |
Q1-16
stated |
Specific items |
Q1-16
underlying |
Var. Q1/Q1
underlying |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Revenues |
4,700 |
(81) |
4,781 |
3,799 |
(395) |
4,194 |
+14.0% |
Operating expenses
excl. SRF |
(2,996) |
- |
(2,996) |
(2,975) |
- |
(2,975) |
+0.7% |
Contribution to Single
Resolution Funds (SRF) |
(232) |
- |
(232) |
(201) |
- |
(201) |
+15.6% |
Gross operating income |
1,472 |
(81) |
1,553 |
623 |
(395) |
1,018 |
+52.5% |
Cost of credit
risk |
(359) |
- |
(359) |
(402) |
- |
(402) |
(10.6%) |
Cost of legal
risk |
(40) |
- |
(40) |
- |
- |
- |
n.m. |
Equity-accounted
entities |
215 |
- |
215 |
123 |
- |
123 |
+75.1% |
Net income on other
assets |
(1) |
- |
(1) |
- |
- |
- |
n.m. |
Change in value of
goodwill |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
n.m. |
Income before tax |
1,287 |
(81) |
1,368 |
344 |
(395) |
739 |
+85.1% |
Tax |
(343) |
31 |
(373) |
(12) |
226 |
(238) |
+57.1% |
Net income from
discontinued or held-for-sale operations |
15 |
- |
15 |
- |
- |
- |
n.m. |
Net income |
959 |
(50) |
1,009 |
332 |
(169) |
501 |
x 2 |
Non
controlling interests |
(114) |
0 |
(114) |
(105) |
2 |
(107) |
+6.8% |
Net income Group share |
845 |
(50) |
895 |
227 |
(167) |
394 |
x 2.3 |
Net earnings per share (€) |
0.25 |
|
0.27 |
0.03 |
|
0.10 |
+0.17 |
Cost/income ratio excl.SRF (%) |
63.7% |
|
62.7% |
78.3% |
|
70.9% |
-8.3 pp |
Appendix 5 - Crédit Agricole S.A. : Consolidated
income statement by business line
Table 6.
Crédit Agricole S.A. - Income
statement by business line
€m |
Asset
gathering |
French retail banking
(LCL) |
International retail
banking |
Specialised financial
services |
Large
customers |
Corporate
centre |
Total |
|
Q1-17
Stated |
Q1-16
Stated |
Q1-17
Stated |
Q1-16
Stated |
Q1-17
Stated |
Q1-16
Stated |
Q1-17
Stated |
Q1-16
Stated |
Q1-17
Stated |
Q1-16
Stated |
Q1-17
Stated |
Q1-16
Stated |
Q1-17
Stated |
Q1-16
Stated |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Revenues |
1,250 |
1,178 |
904 |
835 |
607 |
625 |
685 |
647 |
1,421 |
1,220 |
(166) |
(706) |
4,700 |
3,799 |
Operating expenses
excl. SRF |
(626) |
(591) |
(628) |
(654) |
(362) |
(367) |
(352) |
(348) |
(813) |
(786) |
(216) |
(229) |
(2,996) |
(2,975) |
Contribution of Single
Resolution Funds (SRF) |
(2) |
(2) |
(16) |
(16) |
(10) |
(8) |
(14) |
(10) |
(133) |
(125) |
(58) |
(40) |
(232) |
(201) |
Gross operating income |
623 |
585 |
260 |
165 |
235 |
250 |
320 |
289 |
475 |
309 |
(440) |
(975) |
1,472 |
623 |
Cost of credit
risk |
1 |
(2) |
(48) |
(22) |
(104) |
(127) |
(92) |
(119) |
(106) |
(122) |
(9) |
(10) |
(359) |
(402) |
Cost of legal
risk |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
(40) |
- |
- |
- |
(40) |
- |
Equity-accounted
entities |
8 |
7 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
66 |
46 |
69 |
62 |
73 |
8 |
215 |
123 |
Net income on other
assets |
(0) |
- |
(0) |
- |
0 |
- |
(0) |
- |
(0) |
- |
(0) |
- |
(1) |
- |
Change in value of
goodwill |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Income before tax |
631 |
590 |
211 |
143 |
131 |
123 |
293 |
216 |
398 |
249 |
(376) |
(977) |
1,287 |
344 |
Tax |
(192) |
(172) |
(64) |
(53) |
(44) |
(43) |
(74) |
(57) |
(84) |
(80) |
116 |
393 |
(343) |
(12) |
Net income from
discontinued or held-for-sale operations |
(0) |
- |
- |
- |
0 |
- |
15 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
15 |
- |
Net income |
439 |
418 |
147 |
90 |
87 |
80 |
234 |
159 |
314 |
169 |
(261) |
(584) |
959 |
332 |
Non controlling
interests |
(41) |
(39) |
(7) |
(5) |
(26) |
(27) |
(33) |
(30) |
(10) |
(6) |
3 |
2 |
(114) |
(105) |
Net income Group share |
398 |
379 |
140 |
85 |
61 |
53 |
201 |
129 |
304 |
163 |
(258) |
(582) |
845 |
227 |
Disclaimer
The financial
information for the first quarter of 2017 for Crédit Agricole S.A.
and the Crédit Agricole Group comprises this press release and the
attached quarterly financial report and presentation, available at
https://www.credit-agricole.com/en/finance/finance/financial-publications.
This press
release may include prospective information on the Group, supplied
as information on trends. This data does not represent forecasts
within the meaning of European Regulation 809/2004 of 29 April 2004
(chapter 1, article 2, §10).
This information
was compiled from scenarios based on a number of economic
assumptions for a given competitive and regulatory environment.
Therefore, these assumptions are by nature subject to random
factors that could cause actual results to differ from
projections.
Likewise, the
financial statements are based on estimates, particularly for the
calculation of market values and asset impairments.
Readers must take
all of these risk factors and uncertainties into consideration
before making their own judgement.
The figures
presented for the three-month period ended 31 March 2017 have been
prepared in accordance with IFRS as adopted in the European Union
and applicable at that date, and with prudential regulations
currently in force. This financial information does not constitute
a set of financial statements for an interim period as defined by
IAS 34 "Interim Financial Reporting" and has not been
audited.
N.B. The scope of
consolidation of Crédit Agricole S.A. group and Crédit Agricole
Group has not changed materially since the filing with the AMF of
Crédit Agricole S.A.'s 2016 Registration Document on 21 March 2017
under number D.17-0197 and update A.01 of the 2016 Registration
Document containing the regulated information for Crédit Agricole
Group.
The sum of the
values contained in the tables and analyses may differ slightly
from the totals due to rounding effects.
Unlike
publications for previous quarters, the income statements contained
in this press release show non-controlling interests with a minus
sign such that the line item "net income Group share" is the
mathematical addition of the line item "net income" and the line
item "non-controlling interests".
On 1 January
2017, Calit was transferred from Specialised financial services
(Crédit Agricole Leasing & Factoring) to Retail banking in
Italy. Historical data have not been restated on a pro forma
basis.
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[1] Pro forma P2R for 2019 as notified by
the ECB
[2] See p. 11 for further details on specific items
[3] Calculated on an average annualised basis over four rolling
quarters
[4] See p. 11 for further details on specific items
[5] Pro forma P2R for 2019 as notified by the ECB: 9.50% as of
1 January 2019
[6] See p. 11 for further details on
Crédit Agricole Group's specific items
[7] See p. 11 for further details on
Crédit Agricole Group's specific items
[8] Average over last 4 rolling quarters annualised
[9] Impact of operation to simplify the Group's structure
(Q1-17 impact unwinding of Switch guarantee - €115m and loan -€59m,
making a total of -€174 million euros before tax, deductible
at the standard rate in France)
[10] See p. 11 for
further details on Crédit Agricole S.A.'s specific items
[11] Average over last 4 rolling quarters, annualised
[12] Not allocated to a specific matter
[13] See p. 11 for
further details on Crédit Agricole S.A.'s specific items
[14] Contribution to Single Resolution Fund
[15] Calculated on an average annualised basis over four rolling
quarters
[16] See p. 11 for
further details on Crédit Agricole S.A.'s specific items
[17] Calculated on an average annualised basis over four rolling
quarters
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