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5.0 Introduction

5.0.1 The volatility in the financial markets of emerging economies (EMEs) remained with tighter

external financial conditions, particularly in more vulnerable EMEs. Consequently, monetary policy

stance tightened in most EMEs worsening growth prospects.

5.0.2 The domestic economy faces possible slowdown in economic activity on account of rising

inflation, local currency depreciation and softening of both consumer and business confidence. The

current economic developments have implications for the health of the financial sector.

5.0.3 The banking sector however continues to be healthy with improved financial soundness

indicators, measured in terms of earnings, portfolio quality, liquidity, and capital adequacy.

5.1 Credit Conditions Survey

5.1.1 Loans or credit lines to Enterprises

Credit stance on loans and advances worsened during the survey period with net tightening of credit

for all loan types. Banks tightened credit stance on loans or credit lines to Enterprises as at end

March 20124 (17.93 % as of January 2014 survey round compared with 19.75% at this survey round

(See Chart 1). Margin on average and riskier loans, high non interest cost and additional collateral

requirements were the main contributing factors for the tightening of credit stance for enterprises.

Other factors include deteriorating near term macroeconomic environment, monetary policy rate

hikes and high cost of funds.

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Chart 1: Overall Credit Stance

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questions related to the contributing factors are defined as the difference between the percentage of banks reporting that a given

factor contributed to a tightening and the percentage reporting that it contributed to an easing

Chart 2: Enterprise Credit Stance

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5.1.2 Loan Demand

Loans request for fixed investment and inventories and working capital showed decreases (see Chart

3a and Chart 3b) while request for debt restructuring increased. Large enterprises and SMEs demand

for credit decreased and this reflected in decreases for all loan types, except on short-term.

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5.2 Loans to households for house purchase

Banks maintained tight credit stance on loans to households for house purchase despite improvement

in non interest loan costs. Margins on average and riskier loans as well as additional security

requirements were employed to tighten credit for mortgages (see chart 4).

Chart 4: Credit Stance on Households Credit

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5.2.1 Loan demand

Households demand for credit for mortgages increased but their demand for consumer loans

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5.2.2 Consumer credit and other lending to households

Household access to consumer credit worsened on account of margin on average loans and security

requirements. Banks tightened conditions for consumer credit as at the end of February 2014 (see

Chart 4). The net tightening of credit stance for consumer credit was implemented through

tightening of margins on average and riskier loans (See Chart 5).

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Chart 5: Measure of Tightening/Easing

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5.3 BANKING SECTOR STABILITY ANALYSIS

5.3 Developments in Banks Balance Sheet

Total assets of the banking grew by 39.8 percent to GH39.13billion as at end February 2014

compared with 23.7 percent growth recorded in February 2013. Domestic assets component of total

assets of GH35.97billion showed an increase of 38.5 percent by end of February 2014 compared

with 28.3 percent growth recorded for the same period in 2013. Foreign assets of GH3.16 billion

also grew by 56.4 percent in February 2014 compared with 14.9 percent decline for the

corresponding period in 2013 (see Table 1).

Net loans and advances of GH16.67 billion as at end February 2014 represented an annual growth

of 36.6 percent compared with 36.9 percent growth recorded in February 2013. Banks investment

portfolio (bills and securities) rose, in year-on-year terms, by 49.7 percent to reach GH11.50 billion

by the end of February 2014 compared with a 24.9 percent growth at the end of February 2013 (see

Table 1).

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The banking sector total deposits liabilities as at end February 2014 was GH25.06 billion and

showed an annual growth of 29 percent compared with 20.4 percent growth in February 2013.

Banks borrowings however registered an increase of 105 percent to GH5.37 billion in February

2014 compared with 39.1 percent growth recorded in the same period in 2013. The growth in banks

borrowings was driven mainly by short term foreign borrowings (see Table 1).

Banks paid up capital also showed an annual growth of 10.9 percent to GH2.41 billion by the end

of February 2014, compared with 31.6 percent growth in February 2013 (see Table 1). Shareholders

fund similarly expanded, in year-on-year terms, by 37.3 percent to GH5.87 billion at the end of

February 2014 compared with a 36.1 percent growth recorded in the same period in 2013.

Table 1: Key Developments in Banks Balance Sheet

Shares

Feb-12 Feb-13 Feb-14 Feb-13 Feb-14 Feb-14

TOTAL ASSETS 22,625.0 27,996.1 39,128.5 23.7 39.8 100.0

A. Foreign Assets 2,376.1 2,021.8 3,161.8 (14.9) 56.4 8.1

B. Domestic Assets 20,248.9 25,974.3 35,966.7 28.3 38.5 91.9

Investments 6,150.6 7,680.5 11,496.5 24.9 49.7 29.4

i. Bills 3,868.7 3,767.2 7,215.1 (2.6) 91.5 18.4

ii. Securities 2,156.5 3,756.1 3,935.8 74.2 4.8 10.1

Advances (Net) 8,912.0 12,200.5 16,669.1 36.9 36.6 42.6

of which Foreign Currency 3,197.6 3,836.4 6,351.6 20.0 65.6 16.2

Gross Advances 9,937.0 13,529.2 18,425.1 36.1 36.2 47.1

Other Assets 893.1 994.0 1,430.7 11.3 43.9 3.7

Fixed Assets 591.7 686.1 960.6 16.0 40.0 2.5

TOTAL LIABILITIES AND CAPITAL 22,625.0 27,996.1 39,128.5 23.7 39.8 100.0

Total Deposits 16,141.4 19,431.5 25,060.1 20.4 29.0 64.0

of which Foreign Currency 4,675.1 5,374.8 7,065.8 15.0 31.5 18.1

Total Borrowings 1,883.1 2,618.9 5,368.6 39.1 105.0 13.7

Foreign Liabilities 1,334.3 1,626.8 3,638.3 21.9 123.6 9.3

i. Short-term borrowings 365.9 778.2 2,698.6 112.7 246.8 6.9

ii. Long-term borrowings 403.1 375.9 563.4 (6.8) 49.9 1.4

iii. Deposits of non-residents 565.3 472.7 376.3 (16.4) (20.4) 1.0

Domestic Liabilities 18,134.2 22,081.9 29,578.8 21.8 34.0 75.6

i. Short-term borrowing 821.9 1,235.2 1,852.2 50.3 49.9 4.7

ii. Long-term Borrowings 292.1 229.5 254.5 (21.4) 10.9 0.7

iii. Domestic Deposits 15,576.1 18,958.8 24,683.8 21.7 30.2 63.1

Other Liabilities 1,382.1 1,586.7 2,830.0 14.8 78.4 7.2

Paid-up capital 1,651.8 2,173.4 2,410.8 31.6 10.9 6.2

Shareholders' Funds 3,139.7 4,273.9 5,869.6 36.1 37.3 15.0

Key Devts in DMBs' Balance SheetY-on-Y Growth (%)

5.3.1 Asset and Liability Structure of the Banking Industry

Net advances constituted 42.6 percent of banks assets in February 2014 compared with 43.6 percent

in February 2013. The decrease in the share of net loans revealed a shift in banks preference for

investment in government bills and securities, which represented 29.4 percent of banks assets in

February 2014 compared with 27.4 percent in February 2013 (see Table 2).

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Table 2: Asset and Liability Structures of the Banking Sector

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Components of Assets (In Percent of Total)

Cash and Due from Banks 20.88 21.81 21.82 23.46 25.9 26.7 22.9 21.8

Investments 25.33 17.25 17.34 24.76 28.6 27.2 27.4 29.4

Net Advances 45.84 49.69 52.55 43.11 36.4 39.4 43.6 42.6

Other Assets 4.49 7.91 4.96 5.40 6.2 3.9 3.6 3.7

Fixed Assets 3.40 3.29 3.19 3.17 2.8 2.6 2.5 2.5

Components of Liabilities (In Percent of Total)

Total Deposits 65.8 63.2 62.8 64.8 67.9 71.3 69.4 64.0

Total Borrowings 11.9 12.7 13.9 12.3 9.6 8.3 9.4 13.7

Other Liabilities 9.8 12.3 9.7 9.3 7.9 6.1 5.7 7.2

Shareholders' Funds 11.8 11.0 13.1 13.3 14.0 13.9 15.3 15.0

Total deposits share of 64 percent of total liabilities at end February 2014 was lower than the 69.4

percent recorded in February 2013 and showed banks declining efforts at intermediation. The

proportion of shareholders funds in total liabilities declined marginally to 15 percent as at February

2014 from 15.3 percent in February 2013. However, the share of banks borrowings as a proportion

of total liabilities increased to 13.7 percent as at February 2014 from 9.4 percent in February 2013

(see Table).

5.3.2 Share of Banks Investments

Chart 6 shows the distribution of the banks investment portfolio between February 2006 and

February 2014.

Chart 6 Banks Investment (%)

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Bills/Total Investments 48.2 40.4 33.9 59.9 57.2 63.4 62.9 49.0 62.8

Securities/Total Investments 49.9 58.6 64.8 26.7 41.1 30.8 35.1 48.9 34.2

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Banks investment in securities as a share of total investment decreased to 34.2 percent in February

2014 from 48.9 percent in February 2013. Investment in treasury bills as a share of total investment

however increased to 62.8 percent in February 2014 from 49 percent in February 2013. Banks

investments in shares and other equities as a share of total investment also increased marginally to 3

percent as at February 2014 from 2 percent as at February 2013 (see Chart 6).

Chart 7: Portfolio Allocation (%)


Investments to Deposit 41.7 38.5 27.3 27.6 38.2 42.1 38.1 39.5 45.9

Credit/Deposit + Borrowings 65.3 63.5 69.7 73.7 64.1 53.6 55.1 61.4 60.6

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2013 and credit to deposit plus borrowings ratio however declined to 60.6 percent in February 2014

from 61.4 percent in February 2013. However, investments to deposit ratio increased to 45.9 percent

in February 2014 from 39.5 percent in February 2013 (see Chart 7).

5.4 Credit Risk

5.4.1 Credit Portfolio Analysis

Real total loans and advances of the banking industry grew, in year-on-year terms, by 19.4 percent at

the end of February 2014 compared with 23.3 percent growth recorded in the same period in 2013.

Credit to the private sector also grew by 18.9 percent at end of February 2014 compared with the

20.5 percent growth at the end of February 2013. Credit to the households also grew by 17.1 percent

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in February 2014 compared with 35.9 percent growth recorded in the same period in 2013 (see Table

3).

The composition of banks credit portfolio by economic institutions showed that the Government

and public institutions received 4.8 percent of total credit at end February 2014 compared with 8

percent recorded in February 2013. Credit to private enterprises however accounted for 76.1 percent

of gross loans in February 2014, compared with 69.9 percent recorded in February 2013. The share

of household loans in gross loans decreased to 15.5 percent in February 2014 from 17.1 percent in

February 2013. Credit to public enterprises accounted for 3.6 percent of gross loans and advances in

February 2014, compared with 5 percent registered in February 2013 (see Table 3).

Table 3: Gross Loans and Real Annual Growth of Credit


Gross Loans and Advances (GHm) 2,650.5 4,238.5 6,227.9 7,050.08 7,427.53 9,937.04 13,529.15 18,425.14

Real Growth (y-o-y) 28.4 41.3 22.1 (0.90) (3.49) 23.16 23.32 19.41

Private Sector Credit (GHm) 2,208.1 3,492.7 5,051.1 5753.86 6304.03 9,009.79 11,984.87 16,256.55

Real Growth (y-o-y) 40.81 39.72 20.18 -0.28 0.36 31.57 20.49 18.94

Households Loans (GH) 415.4 726.4 1,074.2 1,053.2 1,187.2 1,537.42 2,307.34 3,081.71

Real Growth (y-o-y) 25.7 54.5 22.9 (14.2) 3.3 19.2 35.9 17.1

Private Enterprises 67.6 65.3 63.9 68.6 68.4 75.6 69.9 76.1

Household Loans 15.7 17.1 17.2 14.9 16.0 15.5 17.1 15.5

Govt & Public Institutions 5.0 4.5 4.8 2.2 3.8 4.6 8.0 4.8

Public enterprises 11.6 13.1 14.1 14.3 11.8 4.4 5.0 3.6

Distribution of Gross Loans by Economic Sector ( percent )

The Commerce & Finance sector received the highest amount of credit, accounting for 25.1 percent

as at February 2014 compared with 27.6 percent in February 2013. Credit allocation to the services

sector, and Commerce & Finance sector constituted 50.1 percent of total credit as at February 2014

compared with 55.4 percent in February 2013. Credit allocation to other sectors including

Electricity, Gas & Water, Mining & Quarrying, and Construction improved while Manufacturing,

Agriculture, Forest & Fishing, Transportation, Storage & Communication, and Miscellaneous

declined during the review period (see Chart 8).

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Chart 8: Sectoral Credit Allocation

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Off-Balance Sheet Activities

Off-balance sheet items (contingent liabilities) grew, in year-on-year terms, by 40.9 percent to

GH5.41 billion as at February 2014 compared with a growth of 20.1 percent in the corresponding

period in 2013. Contingent liabilities as a percent of total liabilities, increased marginally to 16.3

percent in February 2014 from 16.2 percent in February 2013 (see Table 4). The increase in the

growth of offbalance sheet exposures showed acceleration in trade finance over the period.

Table 4: Contingent Liabilities


Contingent Liabilities (GH) 840.8 1,349.9 1,523.6 1,509.2 2,470.9 3,194.5 3,835.9 5,405.3

Growth (y-o-y) (8.1) 60.5 12.9 (0.9) 63.7 29.3 20.1 40.9

% of Total Liabilities 17.8 18.9 15.9 12.2 16.1 16.4 16.2 16.3

5.4.2 Asset Quality

The nonperforming loan ratio (NPLs) of the banking industry was 12.7 percent in February 2014 as

against 13.5 percent in February 2013. Similarly, loan loss provision to gross loans also declined to

5.6 percent in February 2014 as against 6.1 percent in February 2013. The ratio of NPL net of

provisions to capital of 10.1 percent in February 2014 was also an improvement over the February

2013 position of 11.7 percent. All the main indicators of loan asset quality therefore showed

improvement in the quality of the banks lending books.

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Table 5: Asset Quality


SUB-STD (GHm) 37.2 115.3 136.3 524.5 267.1 258.4 426.8 439.4

DOUBTFUL (GHm) 50.3 106.4 125.9 385.5 220.4 266.9 318.2 385.7

LOSS (GHm) 106.5 136.3 243.0 501.8 742.6 833.6 1,084.9 1,522.7

NPL (GHm) 194.0 358.1 505.2 1,411.7 1,230.1 1,358.9 1,829.9 2,347.8

NPL Ratio (%) 7.3 8.4 8.1 20.0 16.6 13.7 13.5 12.7

NPL Net of Provision to Capital (%) 0.93 11.87 4.67 27.24 12.17 10.63 11.73 10.08

Loan provision to Gross loan (%) 5.67 4.88 5.76 10.72 9.04 7.13 6.14 5.64

Adjusted NPL Ratio 3.5 5.4 4.4 13.9 7.3 5.8 6.0 4.9

Credit to the private sector contributed 89.4 percent of the total banking sectors non-performing

loans at end February 2014 compared with 87 percent in February 2013. The public sector however

directly contributed 10.6 percent to the total nonperforming loans in February 2014 compared with

13 percent in February in 2013.

Table 6: Distribution of gross loans and NPLs by Borrower TYPE

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Credit NPLs Credit NPLs Credit NPLs

a. Public Sector 8.8 8.8 11.8 13.0 11.2 10.6

i. Government 2.3 0.1 5.0 0.2 3.3 2.1

ii. Public Institutions 1.6 0.7 1.8 0.5 1.3 1.3

iii. Public Enterprises 4.9 8.0 5.0 12.3 6.6 7.3

b. Private Sector 91.2 91.2 88.2 87.0 88.8 89.4

i. Private Enterprises 74.1 84.0 68.9 78.5 69.8 80.5

o/w Foreign 9.9 5.2 9.0 5.8 13.6 6.8

Indigeneous 64.2 78.9 59.9 72.7 56.2 73.7

ii. Households 15.5 6.4 17.3 7.3 16.8 7.8

iii. Others 1.6 0.8 2.0 1.1 2.2 1.1

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Commerce and finance sector accounted for the largest amount of the banking sector NPLs followed

by services, manufacturing and construction. Electricity, Gas and Water sector accounted for the

lowest amount of the industrys NPLs (See Chart 9).

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Chart 9: Sectoral Distribution of Total Credit and Non- Performing Loans as at February

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5.5 Liquidity Indicators

The banking sector remained generally liquid. All indicators of liquidity except liquid assets to total

assets ratio (core) improved in February 2014 relative to the levels attained in February 2013 (see

Table 7).

Table 7: Liquidity Ratios

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Liquid Assets (Core) - (GH'million) 1,121.7 1,748.7 2,404.3 3,348.6 4,635.2 6,043.5 6,397.8 8,522.0

Liquid Assets (Broad) -(GH'million) 2,468.4 3,112.9 4,060.1 6,824.1 9,452.0 12,068.7 13,921.0 19,672.9

Liquid Assets to total deposits (Core) 31.7 34.5 34.8 36.2 38.2 37.4 32.9 34.0

Liquid Assets to total deposits (Broad) 69.8 61.5 58.7 73.8 77.9 74.8 71.6 78.5

Liquid assets to total assets (Core) 20.9 21.8 21.8 23.5 25.9 26.7 22.9 21.8

Liquid assets to total assets (Broad) 46.0 38.8 36.8 47.8 52.9 53.3 49.7 50.3

5.6 Capital Adequacy Ratio

The industrys capital adequacy ratio (CAR) as measured by the ratio of risk-weighted capital to

riskweighted assets was 17.5 percent in February 2014 compared with 18.2 percent recorded in

February 2013 (see Chart 11). The CAR was above the 10 percent prudential and statutory

requirements.

Chart 11: Capital Adequacy Ratio Industry (%)

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RWA/Total Assets (RHS) 74.8 76.0 68.6 68.3 67.9 69.7 71.5

CAR 14.9 14.8 19.7 18.5 17.4 18.2 17.5

TIER 1 CAR 13.5 14.0 18.5 18.6 14.9 16.6 15.6

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5.7 Profitability

5.7.1 Highlights from the Banks Income Statement

Indicators of profitability for the banking industry showed some slowdown in banks earnings

performance for the period ended February 2014. The industry net interest income registered a

growth of 40.4 percent in February 2014 compared with 60.2 percent growth in February 2013.

The banking sectors income before tax grew, in year-on-year terms, by 32 percent in February 2014

compared with 76 percent growth in February 2013. Similarly, the industrys net profit after tax also

grew by 28.3 percent in February 2014 compared with 70.9 percent growth in February 2013.

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Table 8: DMBs Income Statement

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Interest Income 377.7 629.1 881.8 66.6 40.2

Interest Expenses (111.0) (201.9) (282.1) 82.0 39.7

Net Interest Income 266.7 427.2 599.8 60.2 40.4

Fees and Commissions (Net) 111.6 139.1 158.1 24.7 13.7

Other Income 87.2 81.4 132.5 (6.7) 62.9

Operating Income 465.5 647.6 890.3 39.1 37.5

Operating Expenses (242.0) (300.5) (408.2) 24.2 35.9

Staff Cost (113.4) (141.9) (195.5) 25.1 37.8

Other operating Expenses (128.6) (158.6) (212.7) 23.3 34.1

Net Operating Income 223.5 347.2 482.2 55.3 38.9

Total Provision (Loan losses, Depreciation & others) (61.7) (60.8) (95.2) (1.5) 56.5

Monetary Loss 1.1 0.5 (8.5) - -

Income Before Tax 162.9 286.8 378.5 76.0 32.0

Tax (36.7) (71.1) (101.6) 93.6 43.0

Net Income 126.2 215.8 276.9 70.9 28.3

Gross Income 576.5 849.5 1,172.4 47.4 38.0

(GH 'million) Y-on-y Growth (%)

5.7.2 Interest Margin and Spread

The ratio of gross income to total assets (i.e. assets utilisation) remained unchanged at 3 percent as at

February 2014. Banks interest spread increased to 2.5 percent in February 2014 from 1.8 percent in

February 2013 (see Table 9).

Table 9: Profitability Indicators (%)


Gross Yield 2.3 2.6 3.3 3.4 2.6 2.4 2.9 3.7

Int Payable 1.0 0.9 2.0 2.3 1.0 0.8 1.1 1.2

Spread 1.3 1.7 1.2 1.2 1.5 1.6 1.8 2.5

Asset Utilitisation 2.6 2.7 3.4 3.8 2.6 2.5 3.0 3.0

Interest Margin to Total Assets 1.3 1.2 1.2 1.3 1.2 1.2 1.5 1.5

Interest Margin to Gross income 50.4 46.2 35.1 34.1 47.8 46.3 50.3 51.2

Profitability Ratio 19.4 29.6 14.3 13.2 13.8 21.9 25.4 23.6

Return On Assets (%) before tax 3.7 3.8 3.7 4.0 3.1 4.3 6.2 6.0

Return On Equity (%) after tax 23.1 26.3 22.5 32.2 15.5 24.0 31.2 29.4

5.7.3 Return on Assets and Return on Equity

The banking industrys return on assets (ROA) decreased marginally to 6 percent as at February

2014 from 6.2 percent in February 2013. Similarly, return on equity (ROE) decreased to 29.4 percent

in February 2014 from 31.2 percent in February 2013 (see Table 9).

5.7.4 Composition of Banks Income

Interest income from loans continued to be the main source of income for the banking industry and

constituted 43.6 percent of total income in February 2014 compared with 48.1 percent in February

2013. Investment income share of total income was 31.6 percent in February 2014 compared with

the 25.9 percent recorded in February 2013. The share of income from fees and commission

declined to 13.5 percent in February 2014 from 16.4 percent in February 2013 (see Chart 12).

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Chart 12: Composition of Income (%)

F e b -0 8 F e b -0 9 F e b -1 0 F e b -1 1 F e b -1 2 F e b -1 3 F e b -1 4

O t h e r I n c o m e 8 . 8 1 3 . 2 2 2 . 4 1 0 . 2 1 5 . 1 9 . 6 1 1 . 3

C o m m i s s i o n s & F e e s 2 0 . 3 1 4 . 5 1 2 . 0 1 7 . 1 1 9 . 4 1 6 . 4 1 3 . 5

L o a n s 5 3 . 8 5 3 . 1 4 8 . 9 4 8 . 3 4 5 . 6 4 8 . 1 4 3 . 6

I n v e s t m e n t s 1 7 . 1 1 9 . 0 1 6 . 8 2 4 . 3 2 0 . 0 2 5 . 9 3 1 . 6

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5.8 Operational Efficiency

Indicators of operational efficiency as at February 2014 showed a mixed performance. Cost to

income ratio increased to 75.7 percent in February 2014 from 74.7 percent in February 2013 but cost

to total assets ratio remained unchanged at 2.3 percent within the review period. Operational cost to

gross income also declined to 51.6 percent in February 2014 from 50.9 percent in February 2013

while operational cost to assets remained unchanged at 1.5 percent within the period under review

(see Chart 13).

Chart 13: Efficiency Indicators

F e b -0 8 F e b -0 9 F e b -1 0 F e b -1 1 F e b -1 2 F e b -1 3 F e b -1 4

C o st to in c o m e 7 0 .5 8 5 .8 7 1 .8 8 6 .4 7 8 .3 7 4 .7 7 5 .7

O p e r atio n a l C o st to g r o ss in c o m e 4 9 .6 4 8 .8 4 0 .3 6 1 .6 5 9 .0 5 0 .9 5 1 .6

C o st to to ta l asse ts (R H S ) 1 .9 2 .9 2 .7 2 .2 2 .0 2 .3 2 .3

O p e r atio n a l C o st to to ta l asse ts (R H S ) 1 .3 1 .6 1 .5 1 .6 1 .5 1 .5 1 .5

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5.9 Banks Counterparty Relationships

5.9.1 Developments in Banks Offshore balances & External Borrowing

DMBs offshore balances grew by 61.09 percent in February 2014 compared with a decline of 19.31

percent in February 2013. Offshore placement similarly went up by 41.73 percent in February 2014

from the contraction in growth by 39.84 percent recorded in February 2013 (see Table 10).

Table 10: Developments in Banks Offshore Balances (%)

Banks foreign short-term borrowing continued to increase with a growth of 126.02 percent recorded

in February 2014 from a growth of 69.50 percent in February 2013. Long-term offshore borrowing

growth also increased from a contraction of 12.92 percent in February 2013 to 35.10 percent in

February 2014 (see Table 11).

Table 11: Year-on-year growth in Foreign Borrowing

Feb-10 Feb-11 Feb-12 Feb-13 Feb-14

Growth in short term

borrowing 29.11 2.60- 4.94- 69.50 126.02 Growth in long term

borrowing 12.73- 0.74 46.50 12.92- 35.10

Growth in Total Foreign

Borrowing 14.38 1.70- 9.22 39.07 105.00

Jan-12 Feb-12 Jan-13 Feb-13 Jan-14 Feb-14

Offshore balances as %

to Networth

67.43 70.29 43.04 41.67 45.87 48.88

Monthly Growth in

Offshore balances (%)

16.03 4.19 (6.53) (1.12) 1.84 11.29

Annual Growth in

Offshore balances (%)

68.17 47.89 (14.97) (19.31) 43.13 61.09

Annual Growth in

Nostro Balances (%)

49.33 26.52 6.12 1.50 40.52 74.91

Annual Growth in

Placement (%)

88.54 73.46 (35.68) (39.84) 49.38 41.73

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Chart 14: Classification of Banks Borrowing by Source

6.1 Conclusion and Outlook

The banking sector remains sound and solvent as evidenced by the financial soundness indicators of

earnings, portfolio quality, liquidity, and capital adequacy. However, the continued decline in the

performance of major macroeconomic indicators, namely inflation and the Cedis depreciation

against the major trading currencies (US Dollar, British Pound and the Euro) has resulted in

marginal declines in banks profitability.

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APPENDIX

Appendix A1: Selected Indicators of the Banking Industry


Market Share (Top 5 banks) 62.8 48.3 55.6 52.0 48.8 46.1 44.6 47.5 45.0

Gini Concentration Index 51.6 48.3 48.4 46.9 44.3 40.5 40.4 42.4 44.2

Herfindahl Index 981.2 848.4 838.0 746.6 675.5 622.1 59.9 638.6 601.8


Asset to GDP 20.5 23.2 26.6 30.1 31.0 29.9 30.9 38.3 53.5

Private Sector Credi/GDP 7.6 9.5 11.6 13.8 12.8 10.5 12.4 16.1 23.1

Total Credit to GDP 10.0 11.4 14.0 17.0 15.3 12.4 13.6 18.5 25.2

Deposits to GDP 13.6 15.3 16.8 18.9 20.1 20.3 22.1 26.6 34.3

Indicators of Concentration and Competition

Indicators of Financial Depth and Intermediation

Appendix A2: Balance Sheet (Flow data) Balance Sheet (flow data) Feb-13 Feb-14

Assets

Credit 3,592.1 4,896.0

of which foreign currency 638.7 2,515.3

Investments 1,530.0 3,816.0

Foreign Assets (354.3) 1,139.9

Total Assets 5,371.1 11,132.4

Share of Assets (flow)

Credit 66.9 44.0

of which foreign currency 11.9 22.6

Investments to total Assets 28.5 34.3

Foreign Assets (6.6) 10.2

Liabilities

Deposits 3,290.1 5,628.6

of which foreign currency 699.7 1,691.1

Borrowings 735.8 2,749.8

Shareholders' Funds 1,134.2 1,595.7

Shareholders' Funds & Liabilities 5,371.1 11,132.4

Share of Liabilities (flow)

Deposits 61.3 50.6

of which foreign currency 13.0 15.2

Borrowings 13.7 24.7

Shareholders' Funds 21.1 14.3

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