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This video aims to provide a simple overview of a bank income statement, enabling the viewer to identify the principal items on it and what they mean.
This video aims to provide a simple overview of a bank income statement, enabling the viewer to identify the principal items on it and what they mean.
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This video aims to provide a simple overview of a bank income statement, enabling the viewer to identify the principal items on it and what they mean. We decompose the HSBC bank income statement to see the main bank business revenue drivers and costs to see how it all comes together.
Key learning objectives:
Analyse the principal revenue items (footings) that typically feature on a bank’s income statement
Analyse the principal expense items (footings) that typically feature on a bank’s income statement
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Net interest income is the net amount of interest received, that is, the total interest earned during the year on both loans and on any bonds the bank may hold in its overall asset portfolio, as well as interest paid out on deposits and debt issuance.
Net interest income is also related to another performance metric in a bank called NIM (net interest margin) which looks at Net interest income divided by interest earning assets.
Nominal interest rates can be commonly thought of as the rate of interest that is set by the central bank, e.g. base rate or policy rate.
Real interest rates which are a function of the nominal rate less the level of inflation and will give depositors an understanding of the increase or decrease of their purchasing power.
Operating expenses are usually the most significant item on the cost side of a balance sheet. They can be split between employee expenses, general admin, and depreciation and amortisation. An example of depreciation and amortisation could be IT equipment and property and plant.
The income statement helps banks to:
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