Corporate Center
Information unaudited Information ungeprüft Corporate Center
The Corporate Center bundles central functions within the LLB Group and supports the market-oriented divisions in conducting their activities and implementing their strategies. The focus lies on the areas of finances, risk and credit management, legal and compliance, trading and securities administration, payment services, human resources, communication, marketing, asset management, corporate development, logistics and IT services. In addition, the Corporate Center steers, coordinates and monitors groupwide business activities, processes and risks. It drives the Group’s corporate development and its digital transformation, as well as enhancing the efficiency and quality of the services the LLB Group delivers.
Business segment result
The LLB Group reports the structural contribution from interest business, the value of interest rate hedging instruments and income from financial investments under the Corporate Center. In comparison with the previous year, operating income fell to minus CHF 5.6 million. The decrease was attributable primarily to interest business. On the one hand, due to treasury measures, earnings shifted into trading business. On the other, the higher interest income occurred in the market divisions. In contrast, the structural contribution to the Corporate Center decreased. On account of further specific investments in the ACT-26 strategy, operating expenses climbed, as expected, by 6.3 per cent to CHF 44.0 million.
Segment reporting
|
in CHF thousands |
First half 2024 |
First half 2023 |
+ / – % |
|
Net interest income |
– 73'722 |
– 43'546 |
69.3 |
|
Expected credit losses |
– 1 |
– 14 |
– 90.3 |
|
Net interest income after expected credit losses |
– 73'724 |
– 43'559 |
69.2 |
|
Net fee and commission income |
– 12'544 |
– 9'112 |
37.7 |
|
Net trading income |
72'490 |
63'750 |
13.7 |
|
Net income from financial investments |
6'923 |
6'894 |
0.4 |
|
Other income |
1'269 |
1'300 |
– 2.4 |
|
Total operating income |
– 5'586 |
19'272 |
|
|
Personnel expenses |
– 62'446 |
– 56'217 |
11.1 |
|
General and administrative expenses |
– 40'258 |
– 37'247 |
8.1 |
|
Depreciation |
– 17'246 |
– 19'938 |
– 13.5 |
|
Services (from) / to segments |
75'906 |
71'978 |
5.5 |
|
Total operating expenses |
– 44'044 |
– 41'424 |
6.3 |
|
Segment profit before tax |
– 49'630 |
– 22'152 |
124.0 |
Additional information
|
|
30.06.2024 |
31.12.2023 |
+ / – % |
|
Employees (full-time equivalents, in positions) |
679 |
671 |
1.1 |