Uralskaya Stal to pass dividend for 2007

SKB-Bank experts report more mortgages were given to Russian banks’ customers in the first quarter of 2007 than a year earlier. Sverdlovsk Region with its 2.7 billion RUR worth of mortgages was No. 7 on the Top 10 list. 12.6 billion RUR worth of loans were issued in Moscow, Moscow Region with its 5.2 billion RUR worth of loans was No. 4 on the list, 5.5 billion RUR worth of loans were issued in Saint Petersburg, 5.6 billion RUR worth of loans were issued in Tyumen Region, banks of Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Region provided their customers with 3.06 billion RUR worth of loans, those based in

Last year, Chelyabinsk Tube-Rolling Plant and Pervouralsk New Pipe Plant (members of ChTPZ Group) paid 6.123 billion RUR worth of taxes, which exceeds the figures for a year earlier (5.25 million RUR) by 17%. This includes 2.485 billion directed to the federal budget, the Group’s press officer said to UrBC. Chelyabinsk Tube-Rolling Plant paid 3.191 billion RUR worth of taxes in 2007, which is nearly 1.5 times more than the 2.188 billion RUR paid in 2006; this included 1.424 billion RUR directed to the federal budget, 1.337 billion RUR transferred to Chelyabinsk Region’s budget, and 154.6

The net profit of UniCreditBank decreased by 38.5% in 2009 and came to 6.7 billion RUR, compared with 10.9 billion RUR worth of net profit in the year 2008. These data are available from the bank’s report, drawn up in accordance with the International Accounting Standards. The bank’s assets declined by 18% last year and amounted to 482.3 billion RUR, compared with 595.8 billion RUR on December 31, 2008. This drop in asset volume was mainly caused by the shrinking lending portfolio, the bank reports. Also, UniCreditBank’s capital went down to 64.2 billion RUR (against 65 billion RUR on

The net assets of URSA Bank reached 155.3 billion RUR in the first half of 2009. The bank’s own funds were estimated at 24.1 billion RUR, with the capital adequacy reaching 17.3%. This figure is actually 1.7 times greater than the limits set by the Central Bank of Russia’s requirements. URSA Bank’s lending portfolio amounted to 114.6 billion RUR on July 1, 2009. The structure of the portfolio is well-balanced, as the volumes of loans to private customers and to business customers come to 54.3 billion RUR and 60.3 billion RUR, respectively. According to the data provided by the bank, the

Based on the International Accounting Standards, URSA Bank’s assets reached 165.8 billion RUR last year, which was 1.5 times better than at the beginning of 2007. The bank’s own funds rose by 1.9 times and came to 28.7 billion RUR, while its profits amounted to 3.77 billion RUR, which exceeds the figures for a year earlier by 2.6 times. URSA Bank’s loan portfolio grew by 1.9 times in 2007, with the share of bad debt (with payments delayed for over ninety days) coming to 4.2% of the total portfolio value. At the same time, the bank’s reserves are capable of making up for this bad debt by 107%.