Assets of large Russian banks decreased

Each of the second bank of the top 50 in the I quarter decreased assets, estimated by experts to Interfax-CEA ". The main reasons - depreciation of foreign currency assets due to the strengthening of the ruble and the outflow of customers caught in the cans under a curtain of last year. About this newspaper "Vedomosti" on Friday, April 22, citing the investigation agency. According to the results of I quarter assets declined by 24 lending institutions of the participants in the top 50 ranking by assets, made up of "Interfax-CEA". According to the results of I quarter of last year the situation was largely similar - reducing fixed assets 28 banks. Beginning of the year bankers usually called a disaster season, whether it be raising funds of clients or their lending. In the I quarter of 2011 to add to this desheveyuschaya currency: the dollar to the ruble fell by 6,4%, the euro - on 1,1%. 80% of the assets of Nordea Bank - loan portfolio and 80%, it accounts for loans in foreign currency, points predpravleniya Bank Igor Bulantsev. Decrease assets (-4.6%), it binds specifically to the dynamics of exchange rates. But the overwhelming majority of banks' assets decline - due to the fact that customers are actively took away money from banks. This seasonal decline in clients' funds, which relates to conduct payment transactions on the accounts of several large corporate clients, said a representative of Rosbank, whose assets for the three months decreased by 9%. Withdraw money from the Moscow Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) - the company was taken from the accounts in it about 20 billion rubles., Which reduced assets by 19,5%, from the data reporting IBRD. The bank could not comment on it. Reduction of assets is less than 1%, said deputy managing investor relations PSB Irina Belkova: "The credit portfolio at the same time we have a little older, despite the slowdown in the beginning of the year." Explain the reason for reduction of assets it could not, but because of the bank shows that it significantly (by 7 billion rubles.) Decreased the amount of funds borrowed from other banks. The reduction in assets of Alfa-Bank is due to a decline in interbank lending by 21 billion rubles., Or 31%, the press service of the bank and was assured that this was partially offset by increased lending to businesses and households as well as investments in securities. Representatives of the Communications Bank, and Unicredit Bank assured that the reduction of no more than technical. As the Vedomosti representatives Uralsib (-7.7%) and MDM Bank (-6.3%) declined comment.