5-YEAR FINANCIAL SUMMARY

Year ended 31 December
	2024 HK$’000	2023 HK$’000	2022 HK$’000	2021 HK$’000	2020 HK$’000
Gross cash and short term placements, and placements with banks and financial institutions maturing after one month but not more than twelve months	7,858,409	4,696,286	5,233,354	6,611,383	7,996,584
Gross loans and advances and trade bills	24,458,426	24,165,625	24,789,582	26,166,163	26,175,702
Gross debt securities investment	6,624,928	7,640,298	7,438,241	6,479,715	6,735,937
Goodwill	1,964,403	2,774,403	2,774,403	2,774,403	2,774,403
Other assets	1,937,830	1,678,080	1,682,351	1,496,488	1,755,697
Total assets	42,843,996	40,954,692	41,917,931	43,528,152	45,438,323
Deposits and balances of banks and other financial institutions at amortised cost	521,314	467,547	497,157	465,638	421,138
Customer deposits at amortised cost	32,173,517	29,536,440	30,446,412	32,175,337	34,192,747
Dividends payable	–	–	120,771	164,687	131,750
Unsecured bank loans at amortised cost	1,620,326	1,611,754	1,552,087	1,579,636	1,575,018
Other liabilities	828,122	660,527	656,924	573,546	852,529
Total liabilities	35,143,279	32,276,268	33,273,351	34,958,844	37,173,182
Equity	7,700,717	8,678,424	8,644,580	8,569,308	8,265,141
(Loss)/Profit for the year	(999,387)	14,381	328,697	496,461	396,997
Basic (loss)/earnings per share (HK$)	(0.910)	0.013	0.299	0.452	0.362
Diluted (loss)/earnings per share (HK$)	(0.910)	0.013	0.299	0.452	0.362