Grupo Financiero Interacciones Reports 16.57% ROE in 2Q16

MEXICO CITY, July 27, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Grupo Financiero Interacciones, S.A. de C.V., (BMV: GFINTERO), ("Grupo Financiero Interacciones" or "GFI"), the largest specialized Mexican financial group with a business model focused on providing financing, risk management and financial advisory services mainly to the Mexican public sector, today announced results for the three – and six month periods ended June 30, 2016.

Mr. Carlos Rojo Macedo, Chief Executive Officer of Grupo Financiero Interacciones, commented: "We are very pleased with GFI's performance and how our business fundamentals have developed during this first half of the year. This second quarter, we reached a milestone in terms of growth, as we increased our loan portfolio balance by $8.5 billion during the month of June alone, the highest balance increase we have had in the last 32 months.

Additionally, we were able to increase loan origination by 32.78% relative to that of a year ago, while still maintaining our asset quality reflected by our NPL ratio of 0.09%. This heightened loan origination concentrated during the last month of the quarter, demanded greater costs in terms of the legal outsourcing services we normally use in our structuring, undermining earnings growth, but still reaching earnings of $612 million pesos representing a 13.12% YoY growth rate and 20.47% on a quarterly basis. Revenues were supported by net commissions, both annually and quarterly, given the effects of infrastructure projects originated during 1Q16. Meanwhile, our margins expanded 18.93% YoY and 16.44% QoQ, given the steady development in our loan portfolio mix. Our efficiency ratio was 34.61%, in line with our guidance and budget for the year. With this performance, we achieved an ROE of 16.57%, 230 basis points higher than that of last quarter."

"Our results also show a YoY loan portfolio expansion of 14.13%. An acceleration both, annually and quarterly, in the loan portfolio growth is evident, given the imbedded seasonality of our business model, which follows the infrastructure spending agenda of our clients. This acceleration was in the back of a 20% average liquidity surplus in states and municipalities as we focused to serve those, that still presented a deficit during the quarter, as well as those that had lower surpluses. We expect this trend to continue in the third quarter of the year, as we get prepared to absorb the growth during the fourth quarter; our strongest in terms of business activity. "

"We also continued with the liquidity strategy we have communicated in the past, growing deposits 19.71% on an annual basis and focusing on increasing the balance of our longest term deposits as demand for additional liquidity from our clients picks up as we go into the end of the year. In this regard, we also completed a Ps. 1.5 billion note "CEBURE" issuance to maintain the mismatch between assets and liabilities at our optimal operational range."

"Our performance this quarter was comfortably above our internal budgets for this time of the year and in line with our business model seasonality. With a pipeline close to Ps.11 billion in potential loan originations for the third quarter alone, we are excited about the prospects for the second half of the year and in particular the fourth quarter, as we execute on these opportunities reaching both, our guidance for the year, as well as our internal budget for 2017." concluded Mr. Rojo Macedo.                      

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2Q16 EARNINGS CONFERENCE CALL

Date:      Thursday, July 28, 2016

Time:      9:00 am CT (México), 10:00 am ET

The conference call can be accessed by dialing +1-877-870-4263 (U.S/Canada), 001-855-817-7630 (Mexico Toll Free), or +1-412-317-0790 (Other International) and asking to be joined into Grupo Financiero Interacciones call.  The earnings release for the second quarter ending June 30, 2016 will be issued after the close of the U.S. market on Wednesday, July 27, 2016. A simultaneous webcast of the conference call can be accessed by clicking the following link: https://www.webcaster4.com/Webcast/Page/1449/16115

A telephonic replay of the conference call will be available after 12:00pm on July 28, 2016 on GFI's Investor Relations website at www.investorsinteracciones.com.

About Grupo Financiero Interacciones

Grupo Financiero Interacciones, S.A. de C.V. ("Grupo Interacciones" or "GFI"), is the largest specialized Mexican financial group with a business model focused on providing financing, risk management and financial advisory services mainly to the Mexican public sector, which includes federal, state and municipal governments, quasi-government entities and government suppliers. Grupo Financiero Interacciones conducts its business mainly through Banco Interacciones, its banking subsidiary, and through Interacciones Casa de Bolsa, its broker-dealer subsidiary, and Aseguradora Interacciones, its insurance company subsidiary. Grupo Financiero Interacciones is listed on the Bolsa Mexicana de Valores under the symbol "GFINTERO". For more information, please visit http://www.investorsinteracciones.com

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Contact:
Adolfo Werner Fritz Rubio, Corporate Development Officer & Head of Investor Relations
Telephone: +52 55 53 26 86 00 Ext: 67 49
E-mail: [email protected]

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SOURCE Grupo Financiero Interacciones, S.A. de C.V.

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