French lender BNP Paribas (BNP.L, BNPQY.PK) reported a significant fall in first-quarter net income attributable to equity holders to 1.58 billion euros, from last year's 2.87 billion euros, with pre-tax income dropping year-over-year to 2.615 billion euros, from 3.94 billion euros.
Exceptional items did not have an impact on the recent quarter's net
income, but their impact in the previous year, after factoring in taxes and minority interests, was +829 million euros, the company said in a statement.
Quarterly Group revenues totaled 10.05 billion euros, up 1.7% compared with the prior-year figure of 9.89 billion euros. According to BNP Paribas, this quarter included the positive impact of two exceptional items for a net total of 149 million euros: -215 million euros in own credit adjustment and +364 million euros as a result of the first-time adoption of Debit Value Adjustment under IFRS 13.
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