December 13, 2007

HBOS profits on track, but sees margin, funding hit (Reuters)

An HBOS branch in an undated file photo. HBOS Plc, Britain's biggest mortgage lender, said it would take a 180 million pound ($367.7 million) hit on the value of assets due to the credit crunch but 2007 underlying earnings are on track to meet analysts' forecasts. (Handout/Reuters)Reuters – British bank HBOS said profits
should rise 4 percent this year but flagged a 180 million-pound
($368 million) hit on the value of assets due to the credit
crunch and a squeeze on margins, knocking its shares.

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