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☆ Singapore's UOB maintains 2024 guidance even as second-quarter profit misses forecasts
  + stars: | 2024-08-01 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com   time to read: +1 min
Singapore's United Overseas Bank (UOB) maintained earnings guidance for 2024 after posting on Thursday a 1% year-on-year rise in second quarter net profit that slightly missed expectations. Singapore's United Overseas Bank maintained earnings guidance for 2024 after posting on Thursday a 1% year-on-year rise in second quarter net profit that slightly missed expectations. However, we expect ASEAN to stay relatively resilient," said UOB Deputy Chairman and CEO Wee Ee Cheong in a statement. UOB maintained its 2024 projections of low single-digit loan growth, double-digit fee growth and positive growth in total income, according to Wee's presentation slides accompanying the earnings results. UOB said its April-June net profit rose to 1.43 billion Singapore dollars ($1.07 billion) from SG$1.42 billion a year earlier on the back of higher net fee income, a rebound in loan-related fees and wealth management fees, and double-digit growth in credit card fees.
Persons: Wee Ee Cheong, UOB Organizations: Singapore's United Overseas Bank, ASEAN Locations: Southeast
☆ UOB reports first-quarter profit fell less than expected, maintains 2024 growth outlook
  + stars: | 2024-05-08 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com   time to read: +1 min
Singapore's United Overseas Bank, or UOB, reported a smaller-than-expected decline in first quarter net profit on Wednesday, squeezed by net interest margins, and maintained its outlook for income growth in 2024. Singapore's United Overseas Bank reported a smaller-than-expected decline in first-quarter net profit on Wednesday, squeezed by net interest margins, and maintained its outlook for income growth in 2024. "Despite heightened geopolitical tensions, our home region of Southeast Asia is relatively resilient," UOB CEO Wee Ee Cheong said in a statement. "We continued to see ongoing shifts in global supply chains and sustained tourism activities," he added. UOB, which is also Southeast Asia's third-largest bank by assets, also maintained its guidance for low single-digit loan growth and double-digit fee growth, according to Wee's presentation slides accompanying the results.
Persons: Wee Ee Cheong Organizations: Singapore's United Overseas Bank Locations: Southeast Asia
☆ Singapore's UOB revises down 2024 loan growth, fourth-quarter profit beats forecasts
  + stars: | 2024-02-22 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com   time to read: +1 min
A customer uses an ATM at an United Overseas Bank Ltd. (UOB) branch in Singapore, on Thursday, Feb. 23, 2023. Singapore's United Overseas Bank, or UOB, on Thursday cut its 2024 loan growth projections to low single-digits from mid-single digits after posting a stronger-than-forecast 22% jump in fourth quarter net profit. UOB maintained its 2024 guidance for double-digit fee growth while projecting total income to see positive growth, according to UOB CEO Wee Ee Cheong's earnings presentation slides. Credit costs for 2024 are expected to be at the lower end of its previous 25 to 30 basis points guidance range. "Global economic outlook remains uncertain in the near term, but Southeast Asia continues to be a bright spot," Wee said in a statement.
Persons: UOB, Wee Ee, Wee Organizations: United Overseas Bank Ltd, Singapore's United Overseas Bank Locations: Singapore, Southeast Asia
☆ Singapore bank UOB sees stronger 2024 outlook, third-quarter net profit trails estimate
  + stars: | 2023-10-26 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com   time to read: +1 min
The United Overseas Bank (UOB) building is pictured in the Raffles Place financial district in Singapore on August 10, 2023. Singapore's United Overseas Bank , or UOB, expected a stronger outlook for next year including better loan and fees growth, as it reported on Thursday a weaker-than-expected 1% drop in third-quarter net profit from a year earlier. UOB, Singapore's third-largest bank by assets, projected mid single-digit loan growth and double-digit fee growth for its 2024 outlook, versus low-to-mid single-digit loan growth and high single-digit fees growth for this year's outlook. UOB said July-September net profit dropped to S$1.38 billion ($1 billion) from S$1.40 billion a year earlier, mainly on the back of higher allowances for credit and other losses, as well as Citigroup integration costs. The profit was lower than the mean estimate of S$1.46 billion from four analysts polled by LSEG.
Persons: Wee Ee Cheong, UOB's, UOB Organizations: United Overseas Bank, Raffles, Singapore's United Overseas Bank, Citigroup, LSEG Locations: Singapore, Southeast, ASEAN
☆ Merch, vinyl, hotels and credit cards: Taylor Swift's Eras Tour helped a bunch of companies – but hurt others
  + stars: | 2023-08-26 | by ( Theron Mohamed | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +4 min
Taylor Swift's Eras Tour had a significant impact on several public companies this summer. "Knowing how our guests can't get enough of Taylor Swift, we proactively secured an exclusive vinyl offering that Swifties bought in droves." "In July, Taylor Swift launched her Eras Tour merch shop with us experiencing unprecedented volume sales and site visitors on launch day, and we were ready for it." "Folks aren't buying as much patio furniture when they're spending hundreds or thousands of dollars to go to Taylor Swift. Rolling Stones, U2, Madonna, Prince, and this Taylor Swift performance was at a whole different level.
Persons: Taylor, Taylor Swift, Swifties, Christina Hennington, — Harvey Finkelstein, — Boyd Muir, — Leslie Hale, Raymond Martz, Jon Bortz, Wee Ee Cheong, Thomson Leighton, James Conroy, It's, Jonathan Johnson, Tom Schmitt Organizations: Service, AlphaSense, Merchandising, Universal Music, Lodging, Overseas Bank, Bot, Akamai, Forward Locations: Wall, Silicon, Chicago
☆ Singapore lender UOB's Q1 core profit leaps 74% to record $1.2 bln
  + stars: | 2023-04-27 | by ( ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +1 min
SINGAPORE, April 27 (Reuters) - Singapore's United Overseas Bank (UOBH.SI) reported on Thursday a 74% surge in core profit in the first quarter from a year earlier on the back of strong net interest and non-interest income growth. The lender's core profit, which excludes one-off expenses, rose to a record S$1.58 billion ($1.20 billion) in the first quarter, just above the mean estimate of some S$1.55 billion from four analysts polled by Refinitiv. Net profit in the first quarter climbed 67% to $1.51 billion. "We delivered record profits this quarter backed by our core businesses and diversified growth drivers," Wee Ee Cheong, CEO of the Southeast Asia-focused bank said in a statement. ($1 = 1.3348 Singapore dollars)(This story has been corrected to clarify core net profit is up 74%, not net profit, and adds definition of core net profit)Reporting by Yantoultra Ngui; Editing by Kenneth MaxwellOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.
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