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Citigroup set to stop shareholder capital destruction

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Citigroup Incorporated‘s Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Michael Corbat, who took over at the third-largest United States bank in October, said one of his goals is to “stop destroying our shareholders’ capital.”

Bloomberg News reported that Corbat, was asked on a conference call with analysts what he hopes to have achieved when he looks back on his accomplishments five years from now.

“We’ve got to get to a point where we stop destroying our shareholders’ capital,” said Corbat, who replaced Vikram Pandit after the former Chief Executive Officer was ousted last year. “I would say that would certainly be at the top of our list. That we run a smart and efficient business that’s good at its allocation of its resources around its customer and client segments.”

Citigroup’s shares have declined by 92 per cent in the past six years. The bank survived the financial crisis with help from $45bn of rescue funds from the US government, which it later repaid.

Citigroup trades at 67 per cent of its book value and 81 per cent of tangible book, it is theoretical liquidation value. The firm earned a four per cent return on equity, a measure of how well it invests shareholder money. That’s below the bank’s estimated cost of equity of about 10 per cent.

Corbat also said he hopes that Citigroup “served a social purpose.”

He said the bank’s “primary focus” is on boosting the stock price.


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