Tuesday, August 23, 2016

Study on the Financial Management of Prime Bank Limited: Part 04

In this part of the "Financial Management of Prime Bank Limited" blog series (Part 01, Part 02, Part 03) the discussion is made over treasury performance, capital adequacy, liquidity gap and financing gap of PBL.

Treasury Performance Analysis

Treasury Division of Prime Bank primarily focuses on expanding transaction volume, utilizing different market opportunities, strengthening Asset Liability Management (ALM) operations and creating a diversified fund management channel by accurate assessment of domestic and overseas market trends and movements. Through proper ALM and efficient trading operations, Treasury strives to minimize market and liquidity risks. Besides, for profitability enhancement, Treasury makes proper assessment of the market trend and allocation of its assets and liabilities in line with the market trend.

Table 13 shows the treasury income of PBL for 2012-14. PBL’s maximum treasury income comes from interest income on Govt. Securities about 66%-69%. The reason is as PBL is a PD, they have to buy government securities devolved by Bangladesh Bank in addition to their SLR requirements, and therefore, their investment portfolio is dominated by government securities. Interest Income on Govt. Securities was the highest Tk. 4,998.19 million in 2014 due to the highest investment in government securities about Tk. 70,928.31 million (97.64% of total investment).  After that, comes the income from foreign exchange gain, gain on discounted bond/bills and other including Interest Income Call Loan, Placement /Deposit, Debenture/Bonds, Capital Gain from Sell of Govt. Securities, and Underwriting Commission against Treasury Bill/Bond. All of these incomes are increasing over the years except Foreign Exchange Gain.

Table 13: Treasury Income of PBL (amount in million Tk)
Particulars
2012
2013
2014
Amount
%
Amount
%
Amount
%
Interest Income on Govt. Securities
3,806.59
66.36
4,650.71
68.81
4,998.19
66.52
Foreign Exchange Gain
1,123.57
19.59
930.44
13.77
876.41
11.66
Gain on discounted bond/bills
497.41
8.67
672.17
9.94
1,029.56
13.70
Others Treasury Income
308.66
5.38
505.87
7.48
609.84
8.12
Total Treasury Income
5,736.23
100.00
6,759.19
100.00
7,514.00
100.00

Regulatory Requirement Management

To comply with regulatory requirement imposed by Bangladesh Bank, PBL had to maintain Cash Reserve Requirement (CRR) of 6% up to 2013 and 6.5% in 2014 and Statutory Liquidity Ratio (SLR) of 19% (11.5% for Islamic Banking) including cash reserve till 2013 and 13% (5.5% for Islamic Banking)  excluding cash reserve from 2014 on PBL’s time and demand liabilities.  From table 14, it can be observed that for the last five years, PBL has maintained a continuous stream of surplus balances in both CRR and SLR.

Table 14: CRR and SLR Management of PBL
Particulars
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR)
·         Required
6%
6%
6%
6%
6.50%
·         Maintained
6.70%
6.22%
6.06%
6.97%
6.71%
Surplus
0.70%
0.22%
0.06%
0.97%
0.21%
 Statutory Liquidity Ratio (SLR)
·         Required
19%
19%
19%
19%
13%
·         Maintained
26%
32.96%
34.02%
38.39%
29.83%
 Surplus
7.00%
13.96%
15.02%
19.39%
16.83%

Peer Group Ratio Analysis

From table 15 it can be seen that overall loan to deposit is decreasing over the years which is due to PBL’s increasing focus to investment than loans and advances. Borrowed funds to total assets ratio are also showing mixed patterns over the years. Both of these ratios indicate the banks lesser reliance on short-term money market and more on core deposits to fund its loans in recent years.

Table 15: Peer Group Ratios of PBL
Peer Group Ratios
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
Loans-Deposits
95.46%
88.73%
90.70%
76.07%
71.94%
Borrowed funds-total assets
3.38%
5.49%
8.73%
1.58%
3.01%

Capital Adequacy Analysis

During 2010 to 2014, PBL has maintained an increasing Tier-I capital (core capital) reaching the highest in 2014 of Tk. 22,611 million and highest regulatory capital of Tk. 27,424 million in the same year also. In percentage composition (shown in table 16), on average, maximum portion of PBL’s Tier-I capital comes from Paid-up Capital (43%) followed by Statutory Reserve (33%), Retained Earnings (13%), Share Premium (11%) and General Reserve (0.13%).

Table 16: Tier-I Capital of PBL (amount in million Tk)

Table 17 shows that maximum portion of Tier-II Capital (supplementary capital) comes from Subordinated Bond  (36%)  followed by General provision maintained against unclassified loans / investments (32%) and General provision maintained against off-balance sheet exposure (19%) and Revaluation reserve for fixed assets (8%).

Table 17: Tier-II Capital of PBL (amount in million Tk)

From table 18 it can be observed that in all years PBL has maintained higher total CAR than the required 10%. In addition, it has also complied with the Tier-I CAR of 5% in all years while the Tier-II was not held to the required amount in any years but they’ve met the gap by holding more reliable Tier-I capital which indicates the banks financial strength and stability.

              Table 18: Core and Supplementary Capital of PBL (in million Tk)

Liquidity Gaps Management

Liquidity gap measures the maturity wise difference between assets and liabilities of a bank as represented by liquidity statement. From table 19, it can be observed that PBL has maintained positive gap in all years in all categories except up to 1 month in 2012 and 1-3 months in 2013 and 2014. It means that PBL has the capacity to meet the liquidity needs when arises.

Table 19: Liquidity Gap of PBL (in million Tk)

Up to 1 month
1-3 months
3-12 months
1-5 years
Above 5 years
Total
2010
565.11
538.62
6,244.81
5,078.06
571.53
16,768.52
2011
994.70
396.42
870.42
461.11
16,416.08
19,138.72
2012
(1,518.59)
3,719.54
7,972.75
2,921.43
15,130.99
20,787.04
2013
9,430.78
(13,021.47)
18,613.20
3,154.38
4,852.74
23,029.62
2014
5,391.87
(7,470.08)
23,142.57
153.48
3,242.88
24,460.71

Estimation of Financing Gap/Surplus

Table 20 shows the financing gap/surplus for PBL which is the difference between average loan and average deposit of a bank. It is evident here that PBL has financing surplus is every years as its average loans is lower than the average deposit, therefore, loans can be financed by core deposits without costing its cash and other liquid assets or borrowing funds on the money market those are more costly. It indicates financial soundness of the bank in terms of liquidity and there may be less need for the bank to reach for borrowed funds with high premium in future.

 Table 20: Financial Gap/Surplus of PBL (in million Taka)

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