JM Financial net soars 49% to Rs 128.2 cr

Leading brokerage and non- banking financial services player JM Financial Group today reported a 48.90 per cent jump in net profit for the three months to June at Rs 128.19 crore on a similar quantum of growth in revenue which rose to Rs 709.09 core.
JM Financial Group managing director Vishal Kampani attributed the numbers to healthy growth in the company's credit business arm and also to better traction in its fee- based activities led by the investment banking arm.
The company's credit business arm for the second quarter in a row had almost no bad assets in its book, primarily because it does not do any unsecured lending.

"Our fund-based businesses continue to gain traction. We remain selective and are focused on asset quality in our lending business. Our ARC business remains focused on resolution of the acquired assets and selectively adding new assets.
"With the strong momentum in the capital markets we've successfully executed several transactions this quarter. Our capital markets and mergers and acquisitions deal pipeline remains robust," Kampani said.
He said the investment banking business, which was the best performer among its domestic peers last year, continues to grow with a robust deal pipeline with several mandated transactions under execution.

The lending book of JM Financial Products rose to Rs 6,216 crore, out of which corporate credit & structured financing and capital market lending book stood at Rs 3,655 crore and the real estate lending at Rs 2,561 crore.

The lending book of JM Financial Credit Solutions rose to Rs 5,678 crore, including real estate lending book of Rs 5,517 crore.
On the ARC business, he said the company closed five deals consisting of 32 accounts out of which 29 accounts are fresh acquisitions and three accounts as part of debt aggregation process.
The quarter also saw recoveries from both restructured accounts as well as settlement accounts. The outstanding security receipts stood at Rs 12,202 crore compared to Rs 11,874 crore in March 2017.