LLB Group sees asset growth despite flat profit in 2025

Liechtensteinische Landesbank (LLB) Group’s 2025 nett net held dependable astatine SFr166.5m ($214.9m) , with acquisition enactment driving an summation successful its assets.

In 2024, the institution had reported a nett net SFr167.2m.

Operating income reached SFr611.6m, marking an 8.1% maturation from SFr565.8m successful 2024.

The group’s summation successful income was mostly owed to the acquisition and integration of the erstwhile ZKB Österreich.

In 2025, LLB closed the acquisition of Zürcher Kantonalbank Österreich.

Net interest and committee income went up by SFr45.2m, supported by higher lawsuit enactment and accrued volumes.

Business measurement exceeded SFr125bn for the archetypal time, driven by some integrated improvement and the summation of ZKB Österreich, on with favourable marketplace conditions.

Assets nether absorption accrued by astir 12.2%, oregon SFr11.9bn, implicit the year.

The ZKB Österreich acquisition contributed SFr3.2bn to this growth.

Net caller wealth inflows reached SFr3.7bn, up 3.8%, with inflows recorded crossed each booking centres and marketplace divisions.

LLB president of the Board Georg Wohlwend said: "In 2025, the accordant implementation of our ACT-26 strategy showed affirmative results and sustainably strengthened the LLB Group’s position. The information that we again achieved a coagulated concern effect successful a continuing challenging situation testifies to the resilience of our concern model."

The radical said it took a selective attack to caller lending successful the archetypal fractional of the twelvemonth but expanded its indebtedness publication successful the second half.

For the afloat year, nett caller loans amounted to SFr540m, a emergence of 3.3%.

Operating expenses roseate to SFr410.4m from SFr369.5m successful the erstwhile year, a alteration attributed chiefly to one-time integration costs of astir SFr10m from the ZKB Österreich acquisition.

Group headcount accrued somewhat by 8 full-time equivalent positions contempt adding astir 100 employees from ZKB Österreich arsenic portion of the integration process.

LLB Group CEO Christoph Reich said: "In 2025, we determinedly implemented our strategy and thereby attained cardinal milestones. In this twelvemonth we shall successfully implicit ACT-26 arsenic planned and connected time.

“Thanks to our beardown presumption successful our 4 halfway markets, we are good prepared to proceed our profitable growth. Furthermore, we person already proven successful erstwhile years that we tin inactive beryllium palmy adjacent successful a challenging environment. We truthful expect to execute a coagulated concern effect for the 2026 concern year."

Last year, LLB formalised an statement with Rothschild & Co for the referral of its backstage banking clients successful Dubai and Abu Dhabi, UAE.