)
Brokerage firm India Infoline (IIFL) today reported 8% dip in consolidated net profit at Rs 67 crore for the quarter ended December, 2013, on account of slow growth in capital market activities.
The company's consolidated net stood at Rs 73.2 crore in the same quarter last year.
"The reason for decline in our profit this quarter (Q3) was on account of fall in capital market income", IIFL Managing Director R Venkataraman said.
The brokerage's capital market income stood at Rs 82 crore in Q3, down 42% y-o-y, as market volumes in all the three components -- retail cash, commodity and currency -- declined in the quarter.
IIFL's income marginally declined to Rs 689.7 crore as against Rs 695.7 crore a year ago.
The gross non-performing asset (NPA) rose marginally to 0.83% from 0.7% a year ago. Net NPA stood at 0.40% as compared to 0.25% in the year ago quarter.
Its capital adequacy stood at 20.3% and net interest margins (NIM) for the quarter remained steady at 7%.
The loan portfolio stood at Rs 10,042 crore as on December 31, 2013, a growth of 12% year-on-year.
IIFL's loan book consists of mortgages, property loans, capital market products, gold loans, commercial vehicle loans and medical equipment financing.
Venkataraman said mortgage loan forms 52% of the loan book and the company will continue to focus on it going forward.
In the quarter ended December, IIFL share of gold loan in financial assets fell to 25.7% as against 36.9 per last year.
"Banks and unorganised sectors had eaten away share in gold loan business but now with RBI relaxation of LTV norms, we expect some growth coming in there," he said.
