Q4 net profit rises to S1.62 bln vs S1.72 bln estimate ROE rose to 13.7 in 2023 vs 11.1 a year earlier Net interest margin at 2.28 in 2023 vs 1.91 a year earlier Group wealth management AUM expanded 2 to S263 bln 2023 dividend raised to 82 cents, up 21 from a year earlier […]

FRANKFURTDUESSELDORF, Feb 28 Reuters Bailedout German utility Uniper expects a significant fall in profit this year, it said on Wednesday, blaming lower wholesale energy prices that have also clouded the outlook for rivals across Europe. The company forecasts adjusted net profit of between 0.7 billion and 1.1 billion euros 758 million to 1.2 billion this year. […]

Feb 28 Reuters Aston Martin39;s annual losses more than halved in 2023, coming in smaller than market expectations, after selling prices reached record levels as the British luxury carmaker delivered its Valkyrie models and other special edition cars. Fictional secret agent James Bond39;s car brand of choice, Aston Martin has had a tough time since its […]

JAKARTA, Feb 28 Reuters Indonesian tech firm GoTo and Chineseowned partner TikTok will be wholly compliant in a month and a half with the Southeast Asian nation39;s regulation that bans inapp transactions on social media, GoTo39;s CEO said on Wednesday. Short video app TikTok acquired in December majority shares in GoTo39;s ecommerce unit Tokopedia after the Indonesian trade […]

MOSCOW, Feb 28 Reuters Russia39;s largest lender Sberbank reported a record annual profit of 1.5 trillion roubles 16.3 billion for 2023, a more than fivefold increase on the previous year as Russia39;s banking sector recovered from the impact of financial sanctions. Last year, Russian banks collectively made record profits of 3.3 trillion roubles, driven by sharp […]

MOSCOW, Feb 28 Reuters Russia39;s sanctionshit diamond producer Alrosa on Wednesday reported 2023 net profit of 85.18 billion roubles 925 million, down 15.2 from the previous year. Turnover was up 9.2 at 322.6 billion roubles. Group of Seven leaders agreed in December to ban nonindustrial diamonds from Russia by January, and Russian diamonds sold by third countries from […]

TOKYO, Feb 28 Reuters Toyota Motor did not respond to a trade union39;s wage demands in a second round of pay talks held on Wednesday, a senior union official said, keeping investors guessing about the outcome of closelywatched annual wage talks due to conclude on March 13. For the past two years, the world39;s biggest automaker […]