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| Revenue of $2.8 billion was up 9%, driven by growth in net interest income reflecting both solid balance growth and higher margins |
| While the environment has constrained revenue growth in market-sensitive businesses in the near term, the strength of our personal and commercial businesses further enhanced through the integration of strategic acquisitions, delivered revenue growth of 10% and pre-provision pre-tax earnings growth of 3% from last year |
| Today, we announced net income of $1.9 billion and adjusted earnings per share of $2.56 and against a challenging economic backdrop, continued to demonstrate the strength and resilience of our diversified businesses |
| In fact, over $19 billion of mortgages have now renewed in this higher rate environment and they continue to exhibit good payment performance |
| We're executing against simple, clear and well-defined plan by optimizing our businesses and balance sheet, controlling costs and growing customer relationships to drive long-term sustainable growth |
| We significantly strengthened our capital position with a CET1 ratio of 12.8% and up 30 basis points from last quarter and up 60 basis points since closing the Bank of the West transaction |
| Through disciplined balance sheet optimization, we've absorbed regulatory impacts and credit normalization and are well positioned to support client growth going forward |
| Given the outcomes of our actions, the result -- the resulting strong position and consistent internal capital generation, we've removed the DRIP discount as of this quarter |
| We're delivering against the expense management commitments we announced last year, including the full achievement of the US$800 million run rate cost synergies at Bank of the West as of February 1 and 1 year after closing and 20% higher than our initial plan |
| In response, we are delivering on our committed expense savings to deliver PPPT growth and positive operating leverage |
| We continue to attract newcomers to Canada with our award-winning digital offerings and services with new accounts up 35% from last year |
| Credit performance remains well within our expectations and was driven by strong risk management discipline across the bank and the benefit from our risk mitigation actions over the last few years |
| So overall, the capacity creation is extremely welcomed on the commercial side and I believe, positions us extremely well |
| While impaired loss provisions have increased from very low levels and our consistent and disciplined risk management practices and the expertise within our lending teams and the quality of our client selection are resulting in good overall credit performance in line with our expectations |
| And so, I feel very good about our prudent coverage of 55 basis points in the credit cycle where we are |
| So yes, a tad bit up but I think then down and I look at it over the year and over the year, like I said, I feel very confident about |
| We foresaw these trends emerging and we're dynamically managing our businesses to succeed and further strengthen our competitive advantage as the environment improves |
| In Canada, Personal and Business Banking continues to outperform with net new customer growth up 7% year-over-year |
| Throughout market cycles, we have maintained consistent and disciplined underwriting standards as evidenced by the portfolio quality and strong performance over time |
| We're already seeing great traction with over 15,000, new accounts since launching in December |
| And b, to the points being raised, you're starting to see improved demand as well |
| As you've heard this morning, we're proactively positioning ourselves for an environment of future growth and we're confident in the power of this integrated North American franchise that delivers consistent and differentiated performance to help our clients make real financial progress |
| Credit remains well managed |
| We've overachieved our cost synergies and steadily improved our capital ratio in the U.S |
| Our capital position continues to strengthen with a common equity Tier 1 ratio of 12.8%, up 30 basis points from the prior quarter, driven by internal capital generation, shares issued under the dividend reinvestment plan and the benefit from the sale of the RV loan portfolio |
| We're gaining momentum from our initial brand campaign which when combined with targeted marketing, including becoming the official jersey sponsor of the LAFC is driving new customers across our entire footprint, all under the unified BMO brand |
| So that's been a very good book for us |
| And therefore, we remain confident in our ability to deliver positive operating leverage starting the second quarter and for the full fiscal year |
| In North American Commercial Banking, while pressure on loan demand reflects lower utilizations as businesses wait to deploy capital at a lower cost, we continue to see strong momentum in customer acquisition across our integrated North American platform |
| But given the quality and the diversification of our portfolio, our high allowance coverage and strong risk management capabilities, we remain well positioned to manage the current environment and emerging risks |
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| Second, Capital Markets revenues reflected a weaker environment and client activity to start the year |
| BMO Capital Markets net income was $408 million compared with $495 million in the prior year, reflecting weakness in the market environments |
| Adjusted EPS was $2.56, down from $3.06 last year and net income was $1.9 billion, down 12% |
| Net interest margin was down 6 basis points from last quarter, reflecting continued pressure from the overall competitive deposit environment and deposit migration, net of benefits from reinvestment at higher rates |
| As we've been saying for several quarters, the near-term growth outlook industry-wide is muted by slowing GDP growth |
| Canadian P&C delivered net income of $925 million, down 3% year-over-year |
| Revenue in Global Markets was down 13%, reflecting lower trading revenue |
| In addition, market volatility during the quarter had a negative impact on the valuation of our hedge-derivative positions that runs through our P&L |
| In summary, our first quarter results were impacted by revenues that fell short of expectations due in part to environmental pressure and other specific factors Tayfun will describe in detail |
| To conclude, the banking environment is at a point in the cycle where the outlook for revenue growth is more constrained in the near term |
| As expected, inflation and monetary tightening are impacting businesses and resulting in negative migration |
| Third, Corporate Services revenues decreased compared with the prior year and prior quarter |
| Wealth and Asset Management net income of $188 million decreased 7% from the prior year |
| Net income was $475 million, down 4% from the prior year with PPPT growth of 19%, offset by higher provisions for loan losses |
| We expect North American economic growth to remain subdued in the first half of this year before recovering towards the end of the year on the back of lower interest rates |
| banking market where several banks have been challenged to maintain liquidity, capital and customers |
| To conclude, we continue to expect that the higher level of interest rates and slowing economic activities will be reflected in somewhat higher impaired loss rates in the range of low 30 basis points for the year with some variability quarter-to-quarter |
| This one was a negative quarter |
| We closed, converted and integrated the Bank of the West acquisition during a period of heightened uncertainty in the U.S |
| This was the largest contributor to lower sequential revenues as well as a lower benefit from purchase accounting market accretion |
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