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OCBC - Insurance earnings go poof!

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Publish date: Mon, 05 Aug 2013, 10:45 AM
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We see OCBC's glaring miss in 2Q as a reflection of its susceptibility to falling bond markets. Insurance earnings went missing as non-par losses streamed in. Its AFS surplus also shed S$499m, like the other banks. Without insurance, 2Q ROE dipped to a poor 9.9%.

2Q13 profit (S$597m) was below our expectation ($666m) and consensus (S$641m) primarily because of low insurance contributions (MTM losses for non-par fund) and partly, rising costs. 1H profit made up 47% of our FY13. We cut FY13 EPS by 3% for the above and lower our GGM target price (1.27x CY13 P/BV). Maintain Underperform with catalysts from the realisation of OCBC's earnings volatility to a peaking bond market.
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