All rights are reserved. Republishing and rebroadcast are illegal. Organic growth was slightly negative before the adjustments for exceptional gains. All rights are reserved. Republishing and rebroadcast are illegal.
Annual comparisons are meaningless in most respects however due to the vast changes in the group.
At a reported level the profit was down as in the first half of 2000 reported net profit was 5.5bn, driven by 3.3bn in exceptional gains. In the period covered the group has made the significant gains of Reliastar, Aetna international business, and SCA on the insurance side. Equally it has disposed of its US investment banking business and restructured the European investment banking and increased its equity in Bank Slaski. All rights are reserved. Republishing and rebroadcast are illegal.