Grupo Financiero Interacciones Reports 19.54% ROE in 4Q15

MEXICO CITY, Feb. 3, 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 twelve-month periods ended December 31, 2015.

Mr. Carlos Rojo Macedo, Chief Executive Officer of Grupo Financiero Interacciones, commented: "GFI has once again reached another milestone in its growth story by expanding its loan book by 18.99% in 2015, exceeding system growth of 14.64%, and achieving a 17.67% increase in net income during the year, which represents an ROE of 17.41%. This performance was achieved while maintaining our traditional scrutiny over asset quality, which resulted in an NPL ratio of 0.12% for the year.  

"Our focus on profitability and asset quality, together with our strong expertise, allowed us to leverage the financing opportunities from the migration of Public Works to PPP projects, as well as the increased demand for leasing operations in Mexico. This disciplined approach allowed us to achieve a 35.98% increase in business commissions, supporting GFI's results. In spite of unusual prepayments during the last days of the year, which lowered our loan growth performance, our profitability remained robust during 4Q15 and contributed to effectively reach the net income and ROE guidance we established at the start of 2015."

"Our liability strategy also contributed in supporting our growth. Deposits grew by 19.80% annually and 3.20% quarterly, as we took a more granular approach to the stability of our deposits, narrowing the gap between assets and liabilities from 3.0 years to 1.9 years. We also achieved credit rating upgrades from both Fitch and Moody´s that will benefit GFI in future debt issuances. Furthermore, GFI lowered its dependence on debt issuances by 80% having issued only Ps.1.5 billion in 2015, just one CEBURES "Certificados Bursatiles" issuance, while reducing the average cost of these transactions by 15 basis points, when compared to 2014."

"On the expense front, we lowered annual costs by 2.55% relative to 2014 and we will continue to keep our attention on cost control during 2016 and beyond. This focus resulted in an efficiency ratio of 38.57% in 2015, a reduction of 472 basis points on an annual basis."

"Despite the overall challenging environment in 2015, our operating flexibility allowed us to adapt our business model to the changing market and deliver another year of strong results. We are mindful, however, that the headwinds in the Global Economy could worsen and impact Mexico, as well as the Country's public finances. In light of this, we expect to maintain a prudent approach, while still focusing on profitability. At GFI, we see many opportunities for growth in 2016 across all of our business units and we are confident in maintaining our trend of profitable growth. Given our prudent and conservative corporate culture, we will continue to maintain a selective approach in financing infrastructure projects, with shareholders' interests and capital protection as our first priority, while at the same time leveraging the many opportunities 2016 will offer." concluded Mr. Carlos Rojo Macedo.    

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4Q15 EARNINGS CONFERENCE CALL

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A telephonic replay of the conference call will be available between 12:00 pm ET on February 4, 2016 and 11:59 pm ET on February 11, 2016. The replay can be accessed by dialing +1-877-870-5176 or for international callers +1-858-384-5517. The passcode for the replay is 594966. The audio of the conference call will also be archived on GFI's IR 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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