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This report has been prepared in order to analysis the internal strength and
weakness and the external opportunity and threat of Southeast Bank Limited
on the basis of the Annual report provided by the bank and internet. The
reference period for this study only extends from 2004 to 2008. Conditions
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and performance beyond and after this period has not been included in this
study.
1.4 Methodology
This report is a descriptive in nature that tries to focus on financial activities
the bank has. To prepare this report we were heavily dependent on
secondary sources. We collected the information from the annual report of
Southeast Bank Ltd., websites, different journals and annual reports and
other periodicals published by the Bangladesh Bank.
• Primary and unpublished data have not considered for the study.
• The depth of the analysis has been limited to the extent of information
collected from different sources.
• Bank does not conduct the SWOT analysis on its own. So getting
information regarding it is too tough.
• There are very few articles and literature regarding the SWOT analysis
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• Last of all, this study has been conducted within a very limited time. So,
time constraint has played a key role for the whole study.
PART ONE
An Overview of
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Southeast Bank Limited –one of the first growing second generation private
sector Banks came into being in 1995 with a view to stand out as a pioneer
banking institute in the country and contribute significantly to the national
economy. The Bank was established on March 12, 1995.The Bank started
commercial banking operations from May 25, 1995 with an authorized capital
of Tk. 500 million and paid up capital of Tk. 100 million The initial public
offering of Tk.150 million was made in December 1999. The Authorized
capital of the bank stands Tk.10,000 million. It’s Paid up Capital and Reserve
reached Tk.9927.16 million as on December 31, 2009 which includes paid up
capital of Tk. 3422.64 million and reserve of Tk. 6504.52 million.
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The Bank has created good employment opportunities for fresh /educated
youth with an average employment growth of 15.00%.The Bank always
fulfills the capital adequacy ratio and provisioning requirements as set by
Bangladesh Bank reflecting sound financial health and discipline. The bank
has a Capital adequacy ratio of 11.72% in 2009.
The Bank is presently operating with 56 branches including 5 Islamic banking
branches and 1 off-shore banking unit at important urban and rural areas
and plans to open more branches to contribute in the expansion of trade
commerce, and industries. The bank plans to expand by opening of at least
10(Ten) new branches in 2009 in important business hubs including non-
urban growth centers with solution driven high quality banking and financial
services to contribute towards expansion of trade and commerce /industry
and agriculture for balanced growth and economic prosperity of the country.
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2.1 Vision
To be a premier banking institution in Bangladesh and contribute
significantly to the national economy.
2.2 Mission
• High quality financial services with state of the art technology
• Fast customer service Sustainable growth strategy
• Attract and retain quality human resource Commitment to Corporate
Social Responsibility
•
• Follow ethical standards in business Steady return on shareholders’
equity Innovative banking at a competitive price
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of 57% and 66% respectively. During the period 2009, total import and
export business handled were for Tk.1,890.81 million and Tk.1,723.11 million
respectively recording significant growth. Non Performing Investment of
Islamic branches was only 0.64% of their total investment in 2009.There is a
Shariah Supervisory Board in the Bank which oversees and guides Islamic
Banking operations of the bank based on Shariah requirements. Leading
Islamic scholars of the country well versed in Shariah concerning Islamic
Banking operations are on the Bank’s Shariah Supervisory Board:
Under the guidance of Shariah Supervisory Board, the bank designed all
deposits, investment products and services and formulated policy guidelines
and working procedure for Islamic banking operations.
The Merchant Banking Division of the Bank has made remarkable progress
within this short period of time and is presently serving customers needs by
providing prevalent services. Some key achievements from merchant bank
operation within this short period are given below:
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In coming days, SEBL will focus on product variants for its different
customers segment
and would enhance its services to different important locations. As a part of
this program, SEBL will launch six new branches at Dhaka, Chittagong and
Sylhet very soon. This will enable us to offer our valued investors extensive
networks distribution and explore opportunities to strengthen the return of
their investment. To make confidence and reliability on database, centralized
software would be maintained in the Head Office. They are also planning to
capture a significant market share and will proactively arrange some training
sessions to train up and alert general investors which will lead to mitigate
customer investment risk and help to maximize net wealth.
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full efforts that the right number and right kind of people are in the right
places at the right time, capable of efficiently and effectively completing
those tasks which help the organization to maintain good asset quality and
fulfill the conditions of the regulatory authority. Total manpower strength of
the Bank as on December 31st 2009 stood at 1402 of which 113 were
executives, 1141 were officers and 148 were subordinate staff.
The bank recruited total 277 employees of which 63 were experienced
bankers and 214 were fresh entrants in the year 2009. Total 107 Nos. of
training, workshops, and seminars were held at our own training institute as
well as in BIBM and other Government and semi Government institutes. The
Bank also accommodated 181 interns for doing internship program from
different Universities of the country. Attracting and retaining quality human
resource is the most important aspect of Human resource policy. The Human
Resources Division of the Bank also takes appropriate and needful timely
action in respect of disciplinary case as soon as it occurs to maintain
discipline in the Bank.
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During the year 2008, Bank’s Deposit climbed to Tk. 68714.67 million
compared to Tk. 55474.05 million in the preceding year. Credit stood at Tk
60281.26 million in the year 2008 against last year’s Tk. 48164.60 million. In
2009 deposits increased to 96,669.05 million and loans and advances were
Tk. 77497.57 million.
(Tk in Million)
From the above table, it can be seen that through the 5 years, both deposit and loans
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the two variables. Never is the difference between the two too big. This is a testimony of
customer’s confidence and trust in the Bank.
3.1 Deposits
The Bank mobilized total deposits of Tk.96,669.05 million as of December,
2009 as compared to Tk.68,714.67 million in 2008. Competitive interest
rates, attractive deposit products, deposit mobilization efforts of the
employees and confidence reposed by the
customers in the Bank are the factors that contributed to the notable growth
in deposits. The Bank introduced a number of attractive deposit schemes to
cater to the requirement of small and medium savers. This improved not
only the quantum of deposits but also brought qualitative changes in
deposits structure. The deposit-mix of the Bank as on December 31, 2009 is
as follows
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cement, edible oil, sugar industry, real estate, transport, agriculture and
other commercial lending etc. which ensures diversification without
concentration to limited sectors. The Bank also thrives on reducing risk at
the time of borrower selection through due diligence on government policy,
industry outlook, borrower’s business performance along with mitigation of
unforeseeable risk by taking adequate collateral.
However, in spite of the utmost effort to screen out potential risk prone
borrower and regular follow-ups to maintain credit standard, sometimes
businesses do default due to their management problems, global and local
business environment, political uncertainty etc. The Bank however, through
increasing monitoring and supervision of the loan portfolio could manage to
keep the level of Non Performing Loans (NPLs) as on 31st December, 2009 at
3.73% compared to 4.12% as on 31st December, 2008.
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supervises all the CCS proposals and ensures quick disposals of the same.
Total investment in CCS Loan as on December 31, 2009 stood at Tk.205.21
million compared to Tk.205.87 million as on December 31, 2008.
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Asset based lending also called secured lending, is covered by a wide variety
of assets by using the liquid, current assets of the company (such as
accounts receivable and/or inventory) or the fixed assets of a business (such
as plant, property, and equipment) as collateral. Cash flow financing are
allowed to corporate clients having predictable and historically sustainable
cash flows (operating performance and enterprise value based on brand,
franchise value, technology, or customer base) to meet client’s seasonal
requirements, business expansion, cyclical business swings, improve
business cash conversion cycle etc. The Bank facilitates its corporate clients
with credit facilities only after considering client’s business / industry
environment, current and projected financials, management personnel etc.
and after taking enough risk mitigating measures to protect the interest of
the Bank. The financial packages are recommended and provided to the
corporate clients in conformity with the Bank’s credit policy and annual
sectoral allocation either from own finance of the Bank or raised through
Syndication / Club Finance.
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Bank and in 2010, this facility shall be further increased basing on the
requirement of the export clients.
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has effectively played its role in determining the direction of the markets,
through different modern business techniques and sophisticated
technological support. Besides, our treasury team has also managed all the
regulatory requirements like maintenance of CRR, SLR etc in an efficient
manner. Due to recent global financial crisis, all the major currencies,
commodities and equities
around the world were highly volatile especially during the middle of the
year 2009. Interest rate of the market came down significantly from March
2009. In this circumstance, the main emphasis of our treasury was to
maintain adequate risk management for the bank. Our Treasury Department
managed the fund effectively and
was able to manage all the associated risks in the volatile interest rate and
liquidity scenario successfully. Treasury department offered best possible
services to its customers and counterparties.
The Foreign Exchange desk handled significant amount of foreign currencies
throughout the year with a reasonable spread through its widespread branch
network. The FX desk handled a total of USD 2,030.00 million in 2009 which
is 21.62% higher than the year 2008. In addition to that, our treasury
department as a profit center generated an operating income of Tk. 417.39
million in Foreign Exchange operations, Tk.1,817.17 million in Money Market
operations and Tk.416.99 million in Government Security trading operations
in aggregate which is 62.22% higher than that of 2008. The Bank adopted a
customer-oriented service policy and developed diverse products to meet
the needs of corporate, commercial and retail customers for better fund
management and optimum return.
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PART TWO
Financial Performance
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from 0.73 in 2007 to 0.86 in the year 2009, which is a positive sign for the
bank.
5.2 ROE:
Return on Equity is a measure of the rate of return flowing to shareholders. It
approximates the Net Benefit that the stockholders have received from
investing their capital. It is one of the most important ratios that measure the
Profitability of the Banking institutions now-a-days.
The percentages of Return on Equity for SEBL from 2005-2009 are given
below:
Year ROE
2009 16.51%
2008 12.06%
2007 19.90%
2006 17.98%
2005 18.37%
The table reveals very attractive ROEs for SEBL covering the last 5 years.
Year Current Ratio The lowest
2009 0.86 earning over this
2008 0.85 period for SEBL,
2007 0.73
2006 0.86 as measured by
2005 1.69 ROE, were a very
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acceptable 12.06% in 2008. The average ROE for the bank gradually
increased over the years, falling back slightly from 2008.
5.3 ROA:
Another most important Profitability indicator is Return on Asset which
indicates how capable management has been in converting assets into net
earnings.
Year ROA
2009 1.66%
2008 1.09%
2007 1.90%
2006 1.69%
2005 0.86%
5.4 EPS:
EPS is often considered the single most important metric to determine a
company’s profitability. Obviously, the higher this number, the more money
the company is making.
At the end of the year 2009, the number of outstanding shares of SEBL stood
at 34,226,373 shares. It had 3,000,000 shares at the time of listing with DSE
and CSE in 2000. SEBL has issued 31,226,373 shares after listing with stock
exchanges, showing 1040.88% increase in number of its outstanding shares.
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As SEBL has been making substantial profits for five consecutive years, the
harmony between increased number of Issued Shares and Earning per Share
is being maintained. A positive trend of EPS makes sure that SEBL is finding
more ways to make more money.
Companies with high P/E ratios are more likely to be considered "risky"
investments than those with low P/E ratios. The SEBL has relatively high P/E
ratio at the year 2005, 2007 and 2008. High P/E ratio forecast that the
investor can expect a higher earnings growth in future. But at the end of
the year 2009 they are having a moderate position in the market when the
market itself is fluctuating.
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percentage of all earning assets of the bank. For banks, earnings assets usually
comprises of investments, loans and advances made and some other assets.
A key measurement of bank profitability, it determines how large the spread
between interest revenues and interest costs management has able to
achieve. In the latest annual report that is published in the year 2009 the net
interest margin is positive and is 0.99%. The SEBL has made successful
investment decisions compared to its debt situations and maintained a
positive net interest margin.
From the above table, it can be seen that over the 5 years, both the
operating profit and profit before tax has shown an increasing upward trend.
This increase in the profit level is a significant indicator of the superlative
performance of the bank. During the year 2008, Bank’s Profit after Tax and
provision declined to Tk. 8872.35 lakh compared to Tk. 12229.69 lakh in the
preceding year and in 2009 profit after tax and provision increased to
18701.9 lakh.
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5.8 Expense
Expense is also an important item of the financial statement. By analyzing
the cost data of Southeast Bank Limited it is evident that the bank has been
able to keep a check on the costs.
(Tk in million)
Five Years Performance
2009 2008 2007 2006 2005
Total operating 1244.55
1026.85 901.77 658.82 573.46
expenses
Growth rate of 21.20%
13.87% 36.87% 14.88% 18.26%
operating expenses
Source: Southeast Bank Limited Annual Reports
In the year 2008 expense was less than the previous year but in 2009 the
expense increased by 21.20%.
5.9 Investment
Making investments are one of the primary activities of the bank. After
obtaining funds through deposits, banks use these funds usually in 2 major
ways; providing loans and advances and making investments. Investments
are backup source of liquidity of the bank and provide the bank another
source of income. Banks usually invest in two securities, government
securities and other securities.
(Tk. In million)
Five Years Performance
2009 2008 2007 2006 2005
Investmen 21350.23 12299.60 8462.86 6265.54 5113.13
ts
Growth 73% 45.33% 35% 22.53% 60.27%
rate of
Investmen
ts
Source: Southeast. Bank Limited Annual Reports
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Figure: Investments
From the table& graph, it is evident that Southeast Bank Limited was able to
increase its investments in a large scale.
The debt ratio compares a company's total debt to its total assets, which is
used to gain a general idea as to the amount of leverage being used by a
company. From the last 5 years debt ratio we can notice that the Bank is
becoming less dependent on leverage each year.
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In the year 2007 the ratio was highest point 13% and the following year the
ratio reduced to 11.12% and in the year 2009 the ration is again increasing,
which is good for
the bank. Year Capital
Adequacy
2009 11.72%
2008 11.12%
2007 13%
2006
Debt Ratio 11.50%
Year
2005 6.90%
2009 89.95%
Figure: Capital 2008 90.94%
Adequacy Ratio 2007 90.45%
2006 90.58%
5.13 Net 2005 95.30%
Operating Margin
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During the past 5 years the interest sensitive gap has increased. In year
2008 the gap was 13,431,888,185 and the following that is in 2009 the
interest sensitive gap was 16,262,181,910
The Bank earned an operating income of Tk.5,859.21 million during the year
2009 from
Net Interest Income, Income from Investment, Commission, Exchange and
brokerage and other Operating Income. The operating income of the Bank
during the year 2008 was Tk.4,039.43 million. The operating income posted
45 percent growth in 2009. The
operating income for the last 5 years are given below:
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Current ratio
11,363,23 8,707,9 31,827,144,75 49,810,821,02
Current assets 3,970 70,048 7,897,333,507 2 0
13,182,12 10,275,554,33 10,813,740,76 36,692,336,55 29,518,445,68
/ Current liabilities 3,088 9 9 2 8
= Current ratio 0.86 0.85 0.73 0.86 1.69
Return on equity
(ROE)
Net income
1,870,185,240 887,235,037 1,222,969,037 909,880,783 374,203,852
/ stockholders
equity 11,329,177,287 7,357,274,431 6,144,469,101 5,059,294,638 2,036,674,654
= Return on equity
16.51% 12.06% 19.90% 17.98% 18.37%
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Total Debt
101,347,807,637 73,824,253,488 58,226,220,939 48,646,830,157 41,258,135,979
/ Total stockholders
equity 11,329,177,287 7,357,274,431 6,144,469,101 5,059,294,638 2,036,674,654
= Total Debt to
equity 8.95 10.03 9.48 9.62 20.26
Debt ratio
Total Debt
101,347,807,637 73,824,253,488 58,226,220,939 48,646,830,157 41,258,135,979
/ Total assets
112,676,984,923 81,181,527,919 64,370,690,040 53,706,124,795 43,294,810,633
= Debt ratio
89.95% 90.94% 90.45% 90.58% 95.30%
Return on assets
(ROA)
Capital Adequacy
of the Bank
(Tier one
capital+tier two
capital) 9,927,160,550 7,657,011,723 6,468,361,219 4,940,916,000 2,236,843,424
/Risk weighted
assets 84,669,322,000 68,830,874,500 49,777,444,000 42,960,414,000 32,428,978,000
= CAR 11.72% 11.12% 13% 11.50% 6.90%
Degree of asset
utilization
Total operating
revenue 5,859,214,918 4,039,434,361 3,817,973,689 2,721,481,961 2,046,904,277
/ Total assets 112,676,984,923 81,181,527,919 64,370,690,040 53,706,124,795 43,294,810,633
= AU 0.052 0.050 0.059 0.051 0.047
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The equity
multiplier
Net operating
margin
(Total operating
revenue- Total
operating expense) 4,614,658,771 3,012,579,689 2,916,198,763 2,062,657,684 1,473,436,252
/ Total assets 112,676,984,923 81,181,527,919 64,370,690,040 53,706,124,795 43,294,810,633
= NOM 0.041 0.037 0.045 0.038 0.034
Interest sensitive
Gap
Interest Sensitive
Asset 98,847,807,049 72,580,867,260 56,627,467,150 47,412,831,960 37,664,228,296
- Interest Sensitive
liability 82,585,625,139 59,148,979,075 47,412,480,169 38,598,220,966 32,484,201,434
= Interest
Sensitive Gap 16,262,181,910 13,431,888,185 9,214,986,981 8,814,610,994 5,180,026,862
Interest
Sensitive Gap
ratio
Interest Sensitive
Gap 16,262,181,910 13,431,888,185 9,214,986,981 8,814,610,994 5,180,026,862
112,676,984,92
/Total Asset 3 81,181,527,919 64,370,690,040 53,706,124,795 43,294,810,633
Interest sensitive
Gap ratio 0.14 0.17 0.14 0.16 0.120
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Concluding Part
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Southeast Bank Limited had some difficulties in the past, but in the last five years, it
experienced growth in their operations. The company observes growth in its entire
sector. Investment is increasing rapidly and it is getting a good response from the
clients in different investment scheme.
On the whole, the profits of the bank demonstrated an increasing trend, but the rate of
growth of profit was very much uneven over the reference period. This indicates the
unsystematic business development of the bank. Regarding the overall trend in the rate
of growth of profit, one clear-cut observation is that it was the variation in the burden
(i.e.; fluctuation in the non-interest expenditure and income), which was mainly
responsible for the uneven growth in the profits of the Southeast Bank Limited over the
reference period. Another cause for the uneven growth in profits is the increase in the
non-performing loan over the last few years.
The Bank was also able to increase its investments significantly, which in turn led to
significant investment income for the bank.
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Turning on to the financial ratios, it can be observed that most of the ratio indicators are
showing a better performance of the Southeast bank, especially after 2005. The
performance of the bank at 2006 &2007 was indeed excellent, but in 2008, some had a
negative growth rate. This may be due to some reasons which have been described in
the earlier sections. In 2009, SEBL successfully back to their previous performance or
we can say even better than that.
Southeast bank Limited had significantly reduced its various risk elements. All of its
credit risk exposures show that the management of the bank has been able to reduce
the credit risk, one of the primary risks of any bank. The Liquidity risk ratio and the
earnings risk ratios all show signs of improvement in the last 5 years, but there are
some elements in these ratios which need the management’s notice and has scope for
further improvement.
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