South Africa's Standard Bank cuts value of ICBCS stake as market worsens
Reuters
Published Oct 22, 2019 08:48
South Africa's Standard Bank cuts value of ICBCS stake as market worsens
(Reuters) - South Africa's Standard Bank (J:SBKJ) on Tuesday slashed the value of its stake by 43% in the company formed with China's Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, citing inability to deliver returns due to poor market conditions and client flows.
Standard Bank has impaired the value of its 40% holding in ICBC Standard Bank (ICBCS) to $220 million from $383 million as of September end, the biggest African bank by assets said.
That resulted in an impairment of 2.4 billion rand ($162.89 million), which has been taken into account in its earnings attributable to shareholders, Standard Bank said.
The lender, however, said that excluding the ICBCS impairment, profit rose 2% in the nine months to Sept. 30 from a year earlier.
($1 = 14.7338 rand)
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