Pandemic to stall UAE banks' recovery in early 2021 - A&M | Reuters
The pandemic will continue to affect profitability for banks in the United Arabia Emirates (UAE) in the early quarters of 2021, after a sharp drop in return on equity last year, consulting firm Alvarez & Marsal (A&M) said on Tuesday.
Return on equity fell to 7.7% in 2020 from 13.3% the previous year, A&M said in a report on the UAE’s top 10 banks.
“We possibly have not turned the corner,” Asad Ahmed, head of Middle East financial services for A&M told a briefing, saying this goes for banks globally as well as in the UAE.
“In terms of the region and the UAE, 2021 will continue to be a year which does not produce stellar results, but hopefully next year onwards we will see the numbers turn around.”
Growth in loans and advances during 2020 slowed sharply to 1.4% from 13.2% in 2019, the report said.
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