(1)In just 3 months,Equity Bank's income statement was shredded by two things: Banking Amendment Act (the law) and asset non-perfomance..
(2)Q4 EPS was down 70%q/q.Took a Kshs.2.6bn haircut on income from loans due to the law.NPL ratio surged to 7%;and so was Q4 impairments
(3) Due to its risk-on lending and funding approach,Equity will be the worst hit by the law due to its and will struggle to adjust.
(4)I expect the bank's 2017 asset strategy to be dominated by piling up of Government securities..
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