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U.K. bank Standard Chartered is set to appoint John Peace as its new chairman, according to a report in the Times (of London) newspaper. Peace is a board member at the bank, but is mostly known for his retail experience and is also chairman of...
New York Times  Jul 2 
Neelie Kroes, the European competition commissioner, says the Royal Bank of Scotland and the Lloyds Banking Group should sell some assets and reduce liabilities.
Wall Street Journal  Jul 1 
Former Citigroup Chairman Win Bischoff is one of the candidates being considered to succeed Lloyds Chairman Blank.
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Financial Times  Jul 1 
Banks are to be prevented from raising customers' credit card limits without permission and banned from sending out unsolicited 'credit-card cheques'
Bloomberg  Jul 1 
Job losses at British banks reeling from the global financial crisis surpassed 55,000 after Lloyds Banking Group Plc announced a further 2,100 reductions.
New York Times  Jul 1 
Sir Winfried F.W. Bischoff, former chairman and interim chief executive of Citigroup, is being considered to become next chairman of Lloyds Banking Group, people familiar with the selection process told The Financial Times.
Financial Times  Jun 30 
The veteran banker, who stepped down from being chairman of Citigroup in February, has been asked to steer Lloyds Banking Group through the process of integrating HBOS
Financial Times  Jun 30 
RBS was 'highly dangerous' to Europe's single market and too complex to understand, Neelie Kroes, EU competition commissioner, warned as she stressed the need for significant asset sales there and at Lloyds
Wall Street Journal  Jun 30 
Lloyds Banking Group said it was reorganizing its group and wholesale operations, which would result in a loss of 2,100 jobs over the losses already announced.
Financial Times  Jun 29 
Neelie Kroes, the European Union competition commissioner, is set to warn UK banks for a second time within a week that they may have to make disposals as a condition for the granting of state aid
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 Lloyds Banking Group (NYSE: LYG) was the 2nd bank, along with Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS-LN), to be nationalized by the U.K. government.  The bank provides retail banking, corporate banking, and insurance products to the U.K. and international customers.  In addition to RBS, the bank competes against U.K. rivals Barclays (BCS)  and HSBC Holdings (HBC), as well as U.S. banks suck as J P Morgan Chase (JPM) and Bank of America (BAC).   

Lloyds, like its competitors, struggled through the 2008 Financial Crisis and 2007 Credit Crunch. The primary reason for LYG's struggles was the acquisition of mortgage and loan firm HBOS. The acquisition brought billions in toxic assets to LYG's balance sheets, as HBOS market value decreased over 50% since the acquisition. The acquisition, along with holding other risky assets, was nationalized by the UK government The nationalization plans included LYG participating in the Government Asset Protection Scheme (GAPS) plan. Under GAPS, LYG must increase lending to consumers in return for the UK government holding the bank's toxic assets. GAPS has reduced LYG's risk weighted assets by £194 billion and has increased its Tier 1 Capital Ratio% from 8.0% to approximately 18.7%.[1]

[edit] Business Financials

Lloyds operates in three main segments:

[edit] UK Retail Banking (42% of Income)

The UK Retail Banking segment provides an array of financial products, including credit cards and personal loans, in over 3,000 branches in the UK. The segment's brands include Lloyds TSB, Cheltenham & Gloucester, and Scottish Widows. After the acquisition of HBOS, this segment became the UK's leading provider of current accounts, savings, personal loans, credit cards, and mortgages.[2] From 2007 to 2008, UK Retail Banking income increased 4%.[2]

The retail banking firm has a balanced product portfolio, but still gets a majority of it's income from savings accounts.
The retail banking firm has a balanced product portfolio, but still gets a majority of it's income from savings accounts.

[edit] Insurance and Investments (22% of Income)

The Insurance and Investments segment offers life assurance, pensions, general insurance, and fund management products. The segment's Scottish Widows brand was voted Best Individual Pensions Provider by IFAs in 2008.[2] From 2007 to 2008, Insurance and Investments income increased 22% due to strong performance in all of its insurance products.[2]

LYG's insurance segment had a strong 2008, but bank suffered due to losses in WIB.‎
LYG's insurance segment had a strong 2008, but bank suffered due to losses in WIB.‎

[edit] Wholesale and International Banking (36% of Income)

The Wholesale and International Banking segment provides corporate and commercial banking to approximately 26,000 corporate customers.[2] The segment also offers specialty products such as auto leasing and leisure finance. From 2007 to 2008, Wholesale and International Banking income decreased 79%, due to impairment charges increasing 68% to £3.012 billion.[2]

With a small international exposure, LYG is reliant on the British Economy.
With a small international exposure, LYG is reliant on the British Economy.


LYG net income decreased 75.1% from 2007 to 2008 due to holding toxic assets.‎
LYG net income decreased 75.1% from 2007 to 2008 due to holding toxic assets.[3]

[edit] Trends and Forces

[edit] LYG Transitioning from "Rescued" Bank to a "Recovered" Bank after 2007 Credit Crunch and 2008 Financial Crisis

LYG was hit hard by harsh market conditions in the past year, as the firm's stock dropped 80.82% from 06/06/08 to 06/06/09. Luckily for the bank, the U.K. government salvaged them by installing the Government Asset Protection Scheme (GAPS).

LYG suffered in 2007 and 2008 by holding toxic assets, but has improved it's balance sheet by being more conservative.

LYG's balance sheets are showing promise, however. The bank announced on 06/08/09 that they will make a £2.5 billion repayment to the U.K. government.[4] Lloyds boosted capital in the past two months by raising £4.3 billion in an equity issue, as well as closing 164 branches (approximately 1,660 jobs).[4] After the £2.5 billion repayment, LYG still owes approximately £14.5 billion.[4] The bank's balance sheets are not completely clean, however, as LYG took a £450 million loss on loans it made to Admiral Taverns.[5]

LYG is not the only bank to have suffered from the financial crisis, as competing banks also had double digit losses.
LYG is not the only bank to have suffered from the financial crisis, as competing banks also had double digit losses.

[edit] LYG Becomes Nationalized

Lloyds and Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS-LN) were the two most notable U.K. banks to be nationalized.[1] After the February announcement that HBOS lost £10 billion in 2008, the U.K. government stepped in and gave the bank £18 billion in capital.[6] Since then, LYG has been participating in the Government Asset Protection Scheme (GAPS) to save them from miserable 2008 market conditions. Under GAPS, the firm pays a small fee and must increase lending to consumers, in return for the U.K. government to hold the firm's toxic assets, such as property loans and mortgage-backed securities.[1] GAPS has reduced LYG's risk weighted assets by £194 billion and has increased its Tier 1 Capital Ratio% from 8.0% to approximately 18.7%.[1] The U.K. government has claimed 43.4% share of LYG as a result of GAPS.[2]

U.K. GDP growth was the lowest in 2008 since the early 1990's.  The U.K. economy, and in turn U.K. banks, have fared similarly as poor as their U.S. counterparts across the pond.
U.K. GDP growth was the lowest in 2008 since the early 1990's. The U.K. economy, and in turn U.K. banks, have fared similarly as poor as their U.S. counterparts across the pond.

[edit] Acquisition of HBOS

On September 18, 2008, Lloyds acquired mortgage lender HBOS for £1.3 billion in a government-backed deal.[7] At the time of the deal, HBOS was twice the size of LYG (£681.4 billion in assets compared to LYG's £367.8 billion in assets).[8] LYG was intrigued by HBOS's customer base and mortgage business, even though HBOS lost 43% of its market value in September.[9]

Due to market turmoil, the acquisition has come at a greater cost to Lloyds. Since the acquisition, HBOS market value decreased by over 50%, from £1.3 billion to £600 million.[10] The HBOS deal has left billions in toxic assets in LYG's balance sheets. For example, a loan HBOS made to Admiral Taverns has made LYG post a £450 million loss.[5] In the past month, LYG has been seeking to sell its share of HBOS.[10] In addition, LYG is expecting to post a loss for 2009, [1] as the firm expects corporate impairments to increase 50%.[1] The bank is optimistic, however, as they have identified over £100 million in toxic assets that they plan to eliminate in 2009 to prevent a situation similar to the Admiral Taverns loss.[2]

[edit] Competition

Competition Lloyds Banking Group (LYG)[17] HSBC Holdings (HBC)[12] Barclays (BCS)[18] Citigroup (C)[19] Bank of America (BAC)[20] J P Morgan Chase (JPM) [21] Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS-LN)[13]


Market Cap $Mil 14,453.21 69,466.96 13,862.59 16,594.00 46,243.34 99,209.17 13,978.70


Net Interest Income $Mil 32,546.75 42,563.00 21,246.44 53,692.00 45,360.00 38,779.00 47,131.56


Loan Loss Provision ($Mil) 5,579.76 24,937.00 10,038.75 33,674.00 26,825.00 20,979.00 11,876.44


Net Income ($Mil) 1,517.21 5,728.00 8,117.70 (27,684.00) 4,008.00 5,605.00 (42,541.04)
Total Assets ($Mil) 807,755.49 2,527,460.00 3,803,165.98 1,938,470.00 1,817,940.00 2,175,052.00 4,449,080.64
Total Liabilities ($Mil) 790,354.87 2,433,870.00 3,735,327.06 1,796,840.00 1,640,890.00 2,008,168.00 4,340,004.85
  • Note: BCS, LYG, and RBS financials are given in £. For purposes of comparison, the BCS, LYG, and RBS data in this table was translated to USD using the average USD/GBP exchange rate for 2008 (1.85251) USD/GDP).[22]

[edit] References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Seeking Alpha, "Lloyds Banking Group Still Expects a Loss," 05/08/09
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 LYG 2008 Annual Report
  3. 4.0 4.1 4.2 Seeking Alpha, "Lloyd's Balance Sheet Looking Stronger," 06/11/09
  4. 5.0 5.1 Reuters, "Lloyds to take £450 mln hit on pubs loan," 06/14/09
  5. Seeking Alpha, "Is U.K. Headed for an Even Worse Great Depression?", 02/18/09
  6. Wall Street Journal, "Lloyds TSB to Acquire HBOS As U.K. Seeks Bank Stability," 09/18/08
  7. Seeking Alpha, "Lloyds Buys HBOS: Good Deal or Bad?," 09/18/08
  8. New York Times, "HBOS may be acquired by Lloyds TSB," 09/18/08
  9. 10.0 10.1 Wall Street Journal, "Lloyds Looks To Sell HBOS Company Stakes," 05/24/09
  10. Barclays 2008 Annual Report
  11. 12.0 12.1 HSBC 2007 Annual Report
  12. 13.0 13.1 Reuters, Financial Statements, "RBS"
  13. Citigroup website, "About"
  14. Bank of America website, "About"
  15. J.P. Morgan website, "About Us"
  16. Reuters, Financial Statements, "LYG"
  17. Barclays 2007 Annual Report
  18. Citigroup 2007 Annual Report
  19. BAC 2007 10-k, Item 6: Selected Financial Data
  20. JPM 2007 10-k, Item 6: Selected Financial Data, page 14
  21. USD/GDP Exchange Rates
 
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