Interim Report 1 January – 30 June 2013: Stable trend in deposits and new lending
CEO Carl-Viggo Östlund’s comments:”SBAB’s operating profit for the second quarter of 2013 amounted to SEK 259 million, and for the half-year to SEK 584 million. Excluding net result from financial instruments, the operating profit was SEK 281 million and SEK 620 million. Compared with the first quarter, net interest decreased somewhat as a consequence of increasing competition in the housing market. The return on equity was 10 percent. Over the period, we have observed a stable trend in deposits and new lending. It has been an eventful quarter: March saw the launch of SBAB’s three