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DBS beats expectations with 20% rise in Q4 profit to S$1 billion

Rise comes on the back of higher margins for loans and broad-based non-interest income

Published Mon, Feb 22, 2016 · 09:50 PM

    Singapore

    DBS Group reported better-than-expected fourth-quarter net profit of S$1 billion, up 20 per cent on higher margins for loans and broad-based non-interest income.

    Singapore's biggest bank said on Monday that net profit for the three months ended Dec 31, 2015, was S$1 billion, versus S$838 million a year earlier, and above an average forecast of S$978 million from six analysts polled by Reuters.

    DBSPiyush Gupta

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