Firstrand Limited · JSE:FSR

Firstrand — Non-Deal Roadshow (May 2004)

42 slides from Firstrand's roadshow presentation, May 2004

  1. Slide 1: FirstRand US Roadshow – May 2004

    FirstRand US Roadshow – May 2004

  2. Slide 2: The environment

    The environment

  3. Slide 3: Improving macro environment

    Improving macro environment • Prime interest rate expected to remain unchanged at 11.5% for 2004 • CPIX Inflation expected to peak at 6% by December 2005 • GDP growth of ±3% is expected in 2004 & 2005 • Do not expect a collapse of the rand • Expect asset values to continue to improve

  4. Slide 4: What does this mean for Banking?

    What does this mean for Banking? • Continued strong: ƒ New business growth ƒ Transactional and trading income ƒ Income from merchant banking fees • Low bad debts and NPLs • Margins ƒ Maintain core margins ƒ No further erosion of endowment effect

  5. Slide 5: What does this mean for Insurance?

    What does this mean for Insurance? • Improved ƒ Equity markets ƒ Investment performance • Continued strong growth in unit trust and linked product sales • Improved demand for equity linked savings and retirement products of insurance companies

  6. Slide 6: Environment currently favours banking

    Environment currently favours banking Headline earnings Momentum Discovery Group Group 2% 16% Banking Group 82% Financial results for the 6 months ending 31 December 2004

  7. Slide 7: How is FirstRand positioned?

    How is FirstRand positioned?

  8. Slide 8: Diversity provides robustness

    Diversity provides robustness Moment um Discovery Group Group 2% 16% Retail Banking 30% Ot her Banking 7% ST Insurance 2% Corp. Banking Inst alment 12% Finance Merchant Banking A frican Banking 12% 14% 5% Financial results for the 6 months ending 31 December 2004

  9. Slide 9: Integration unlocks value

    Integration unlocks value • Diversified outside banking successfully due to: ƒ Entrepreneurial culture ƒ Building blocks • Infrastructure (IT and distribution) • Intellectual and product • Brand • Client base • Created new sources of revenue • Discovery ƒ Leveraged Momentum’s brand and distribution

  10. Slide 10: Key focus areas

    Key focus areas • New business growth ƒ Inculcating sales culture ƒ Product innovation ƒ Collaboration • Credit quality • Growing Non-interest revenue • Productivity improvement and cost containment • Optimal capital management • Margin protection through hedging • Greenfields providing “sweeteners”

  11. Slide 11: Biggest chunks of the book

    Biggest chunks of the book…. Rbn Advances 100,000 57% 56% 90,000 80,000 70,000 36% 60,000 33% Wealth WesBank & 50,000 Africa HomeLoans 40,000 Corporate 81% Retail 30,000 20,000 4% 6% 3% 5% 10,000 0 '31 Dec 2003 30-Jun-03 R161bn R159bn

  12. Slide 12: …showing impressive growth

    …showing impressive growth New business Total advances WesBank +24% +23% FNB HomeLoans +37% +6% • Retail asset growth +12% • Corporate asset growth: ƒ Medium corporate +20% ƒ Large corporate +3%

  13. Slide 13: Key focus areas

    Key focus areas • New business growth ƒ Inculcating sales culture ƒ Product innovation ƒ Collaboration • Credit quality • Growing Non-interest revenue • Productivity improvement and cost containment • Optimal capital management • Margin protection through hedging • Greenfields providing “sweeteners”

  14. Slide 14: Collaboration facilitates new business growth

    Collaboration facilitates new business growth FNB Life • Low hanging fruit in credit life (new business) ƒ Embedded in products (eg: credit cards, overdrafts, etc) ƒ Credit life / homeloans penetration: • 2003 1% • Currently 19% • Targeting 35% ƒ Funeral policies: • Currently 10% of Smart accounts •

  15. Slide 15: Growth through collaboration

    Growth through collaboration Retail income from insurance operations up 68% year on year Rm Dec 02 Dec 03 June 03 % change YOY OUTsurance 40 68 85 70% FirstLink 18 25 62 39% WesBank 75 100 160 34% Homeloans - 35 46 FNB Life (5) 0 5 >100% FNB Consultants 18 17 33 -6% Total 146 245 381 68%

  16. Slide 16: Key focus areas

    Key focus areas • New business growth ƒ Inculcating sales culture ƒ Product innovation ƒ Collaboration • Credit quality • Growing Non-interest revenue • Productivity improvement and cost containment • Optimal capital management • Margin protection through hedging • Greenfields providing “sweeteners”

  17. Slide 17: Bad debts and NPLs at all time lows

    Bad debts and NPLs at all time lows 6 1.5 1.6 1.3 1.4 5.6 5 1.1 1.2 4 4.3 0.9 1.0 0.8 3.6 3.5 3 0.8 0.5 0.6 2.5 2 0.4 1.9 1 0.2 0 0.0 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 Dec-03 NPLs Bad Debts

  18. Slide 18: Improved credit profile

    Improved credit profile Total FRB exposure distribution 60% Distribution of national scale deal ratings across the entire bank 50% 40% Dec-02 Dec-03 30% 20% 10% 0% AAA/AA+ AA A/BBB BB and B CCC/D • Corporate loans average deal rating remained static at FR22 (A+) • Retail loans average deal rating im

  19. Slide 19: Key focus areas

    Key focus areas • New business growth ƒ Inculcating sales culture ƒ Product innovation ƒ Collaboration • Credit quality • Growing Non-interest revenue • Productivity improvement and cost containment • Optimal capital management • Margin protection through hedging • Greenfields providing “sweeteners”

  20. Slide 20: Excellent growth in NIR

    Excellent growth in NIR +27% 4,000 3,600 –5% Other income (5%) 3,200 2,800 2,400 Investment income >+100% 2,000 1,600 Trading income +57% 1,200 800 Transactional income +16% 400 * Excluding translation gains/(losses) 0 2002 2003 • Transactional income driven by strong client acquisition and volume g

  21. Slide 21: Key focus areas

    Key focus areas • New business growth ƒ Inculcating sales culture ƒ Product innovation ƒ Collaboration • Credit quality • Growing Non-interest revenue • Productivity improvement and cost containment • Optimal capital management • Margin protection through hedging • Greenfields providing “sweeteners”

  22. Slide 22: Expenditure anomalies explained

    Expenditure anomalies Rbn explained 6,000 5,000 Forecast 4,000 3,000 2,000 1,000 0 98/99 99/00 00/01 01/02 02/03 03/04 December June • Two sets of salary increases included to align to new increase dates • Second half expenses not expected to show similar increase • Cost increase YOY if we spend bud

  23. Slide 23: Analysing the non-interest expenditure

    Analysing the non-interest expenditure FirstRand Banking Group: R5bn Goodwill & Amortisation of other intangible assets Insurance 1% 2% Advertising & Marketing 4% Maintenance 5% Lease charges 5% Depreciation Staff 7% 56% Other 20%

  24. Slide 24: Key focus areas

    Key focus areas • New business growth ƒ Inculcating sales culture ƒ Product innovation ƒ Collaboration • Credit quality • Growing Non-interest revenue • Productivity improvement and cost containment • Optimal capital management • Margin protection through hedging • Greenfields providing “sweeteners”

  25. Slide 25: Where is our capital?

    Where is our capital? Capital adequacy 2X CAR Insurance Group R4.3bn 18% Banking Group R19.4bn 82% Capital adequacy 12.5%

  26. Slide 26: Allocated capital

    Allocated…………… Total capital FirstRand Banking Group: R19.4bn Offshore R3.8bn 20% Africa R1.6bn 8% South Africa R14bn 72%

  27. Slide 27: …for optimal return

    ………. for optimal return FirstRand Banking Group attributable earnings Offshore Africa 4% 8% South Africa 88%

  28. Slide 28: Strong ROEs a priority

    Strong ROEs a priority FirstRand Banking Group % 40 36.4 28.2 30 20 10 0 -10 -14.1 -20 South Africa Africa Ansbacher * Based on core headline earnings

  29. Slide 29: Sources of surplus capital

    Sources of surplus capital Generated by • Banking group • Sale of Ansbacher (£100m) ƒ Capital adequacy • Tier 1 14% • Tier 2 7% ƒ Expected to be concluded by June 2004 • African Subsidiaries ƒ Capital adequacy • Tier 1 16% • Tier 2 3% Possibilities • New initiatives by business units • De-gearing of

  30. Slide 30: Key focus areas

    Key focus areas • New business growth ƒ Inculcating sales culture ƒ Product innovation ƒ Collaboration • Credit quality • Growing Non-interest revenue • Productivity improvement and cost containment • Optimal capital management • Margin protection through hedging • Greenfields providing “sweeteners”

  31. Slide 31: Protecting the margin

    Protecting the margin 4.93 % 0% –0.16% –0.21% 0.22% –0.08 % 4.70 % Volume effect 507 Deposits Hedges –156 215 Other 12% –72 3% Capital 1% 4,668 –213 Interest income 5% 4% 4,387 Dec 2002 Dec 2003 • Volume growth more than compensates for margin squeeze • Hedging provides satisfactory protection Back

  32. Slide 32: Africa and international

    Africa and international

  33. Slide 33: FirstRand provides strategic alignment

    FirstRand provides strategic alignment Components of strategy We are Not targeting Sustainable Extension of a Rand % offshore competitive domestic specialist income advantage strategy

  34. Slide 34: Africa is a strategic priority

    Africa is a strategic priority • Natural extension of core business ƒ Current Retail operations have shown good growth/ROE’s ƒ Successful Corporate “briefcase banking” ƒ Preference is for “greenfields” expansion but will not rule out acquisitions • Recently appointed a senior “Mr Africa” • Currently

  35. Slide 35: Africa in perspective

    Africa in perspective Percentage contribution Africa to group core headline earnings Prior year Most recent annual annual results results Stanbic 9.2% 8.2% FNB Africa 7.3% 8.1%** Nedbank 3.3% 4.3% ABSA 2.6% 3.8%** * Only retail operations ** Half year results

  36. Slide 36: Africa in perspective

    Africa in perspective • SA banking assets US$200bn ƒ Mozambique 0.6% ƒ Nigeria 11% Bank assets US$m, 2002 Nigeria 21,962 21,962 8,638 6,063 2,357 2,235 2,017 1,814 1,704 1,586 1,458 Mozambique 1,266 1,063 625 370 Source: Bank scope; Team analysis

  37. Slide 37: US Health Market

    US Health Market • Discovery entered the US market, through Destiny Health brand, in 2000 • Broke-even in February 2004 • Partnerships with Guardian Life and Tufts Health Plan provide brand credibility, reach and distribution capability

  38. Slide 38: Financial Services Charter

    Financial Services Charter

  39. Slide 39: The components

    The components………….. Charter Component Scorecard Grade HR Development 20 Junior Executive Senior Ownership 22 Procurement and Enterprise 15 Development Access to Financial Services 18 Corporate Social Investment 3 Empowerment Financing 22 100

  40. Slide 40: Strategy

    Strategy

  41. Slide 41: Our unique structure and value proposition

    Our unique structure and value proposition • Owner-manager culture • Separate profit centres • Portfolio of brands • Supported at the centre ƒ Capital ƒ Strategic alignment ƒ Business philosophy Lots of little growth stories

  42. Slide 42: Growth strategy remains the same

    Growth strategy remains the same • Combination of ƒ Continuous improvement ƒ Acquisitions ƒ Collaboration ƒ Promoting and nurturing “greenfields”

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