INDONESIA'S BTPN CHALKS UP THE HIGHEST ROE

Posted on: Tue, 24 Mar 2009 23:56:00 EDT


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JAKARTA, Mar 25, 2009 (AsiaPulse via COMTEX) --
BKRKF | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating -- PT Bank Tabungan Pensiunan
Nasional (BTPN) chalked up the second highest return on equity
(ROE) among banks in Indonesia after state lender Bank Rakyat
Indonesia (BRI) in 2008.

The medium bank had a ROE of 28.44 per cent by December,
2008 as against BRI's 32.86 per cent with BCA, the country's
second largest lender in asset recording 28.29 per cent and
Bank Mandiri, the country's largest bank 22.38 per cent.

BTPN recorded a 9.06 per cent increase in net profit to
Rp378.89 billion (US$31.6 million) attributable to 32.81 per
cent credit expansion that increased its outstanding credit to
Rp10.43 trillion. , the newspaper Investor Daily said.

Its net interest income surged 25.85 per cent to Rp1.31
trillion and the bank succeeded in reducing its non performing
loan to 0.59 per cent from 1.31 per cent.
(ANTARA)

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