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| Revenues of $1.5 billion were up 2% over the prior year driven by strength across all business lines, which more than offset the impact of the federal budget proposal in our markets business |
| And I'm going to start, and I'm going to pass it on to Shawn because I think the business has done an excellent job managing our already strong deposit franchise and strengthening it and managing the margin |
| Building on the growth momentum we've established over the last few years, we delivered a strong start to this fiscal 2024 year |
| We've shown the strong track record of keeping that stable overall |
| We have tremendous opportunities ahead of us |
| These results were driven by record revenue and prudent expense management, resulting in 8% pre-provision pretax earnings growth and 2% positive operating leverage |
| Our capital position remains strong with a CET1 ratio of 13% |
| But outside of that, as I said, we continue to be quite happy with the credit performance, and it is well within our expectations |
| We also continue to invest in business strategies, risk strategies to improve that and those are proving to be quite successful as well |
| But if you look at our strategy again, high net worth affluent strategy is capital light, it's ROE enhancing, attracting clients for the future where we're -- we have a leadership position in newcomers and students through our CIBC branded and simply platforms, a large majority of those become affluent |
| The connectivity strategy, Ebrahim, that we have, also drives an enhanced ROE because as we do work with our balance sheet to help our clients realize their ambitions, we make sure that they're actually doing business in other parts of our bank |
| As an example, we're leveraging our predictive client analytics to deeper relationships and accelerate high-value client introductions from personal banking to Imperial Service, resulting in robust inflows of client assets |
| If you look back over the last number of years, as we were working through a more positive operating leverage and improving our earnings profile, it was the result of us investing for the future |
| This is a great example of how we're leveraging modern financial planning technology and our strong advice capabilities to deliver an improved client experience and build deeper, longer-term relationships |
| So our co-brand card portfolio is exhibiting, and we expected that better credit quality, and is of course supporting the overall portfolio |
| And then in terms of the balance sheet mix, the balance sheet mix is simply because we did have deposit growth, and that's one of the areas our business has done an excellent job |
| Improvements in our digital channels meet our clients' evolving needs for self-service capabilities |
| And what you see quarter-over-quarter over time is improved operating leverage, quarter-over-quarter over time pre-provision pre-tax earnings growth improving and our goal is just to continue to deliver on that consistently going forward to make sure that strategy continues to work |
| In Simplii Financial, our direct digital bank, we're also seeing strong momentum, with 180,000 net new clients added over the last 12 months |
| I think when you add all of that up in terms of the quality of the revenue growth, our ability to control expenses, the credit quality and the overwhelming majority of our book, as Frank has articulated, you'll see that ROE improve over time |
| The economy evolves, our allowance levels remain strong and provide us prudent levels of coverage |
| It's something our clients say differentiates us, and it provides us with a competitive advantage in a world where capital requirements and costs continue to increase |
| We're in a strong position today |
| In closing, while loan losses trended marginally higher in Q1, the portfolio continues to perform well within our expectations |
| Also core to this strategic priority is our differentiated capital markets business, which delivered record revenues in the first quarter |
| Multi-family continues to exhibit strong credit performance with very limited watch list and impaired exposures |
| But we expect a continued recovery in M&A activity and a pickup in corporate bond issuances through the year to provide a tailwind to this business |
| We're excited about the opportunity ahead, as we continue to leverage a connected approach across our bank to deliver a seamless and a holistic client experience to deepen our relationships and enhance returns |
| We've got 6% year-over-year this quarter and we think there is continued momentum |
| We expect continued growth in client loans and deposits at healthy margins to support NII going forward |
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| Net income of $48 million was down from the prior year largely due to higher credit provisions in the office portfolio |
| Net income of $575 million in capital markets and DFS was down 6% year-over-year |
| Revenues were down 4% from last year partly to a lower annual performance being Wealth Management |
| Adjusted net income of $1.8 billion decreased 4% year-over-year due to the impact of the credit cycle on credit losses, which Frank will discuss in more detail |
| Quite frankly, what's really a bigger concern is the lack of housing |
| Obviously, we're seeing some stress across the group in terms of unsecured credit cards specifically |
| And I can't help but think that it relates to certain things, a concern that something could go wrong |
| Our credit card and mortgage delinquency rates continue to remain below 2019 levels |
| Domestic mortgages, that always comes up as a particular risk for CIBC, if interest rates remain higher |
| That's a bigger concern for me, that's an issue |
| We've stood some headwinds through that |
| Our team's focus has reduced the portfolio by more than 10% year-over-year |
| Assuming market conditions don't materially deteriorate |
| Expenses of $1.3 billion were down modestly from the prior year as the business redirected resources over the last year to support its current strategic priorities |
| So that doesn't remain a concern |
| And there's probably little doubt that performance has been better than your peers |
| In line with the comments made in prior quarters, we expect impaired levels to decline in the back half of 2024 |
| The 90-plus day delinquency trends reflect the continued seasoning of prior vintages, coupled with a slower housing market |
| I'm always worried, but I'm not worried about our strategy |
| Average client loans to deposits continued to grow but slowed in line with industry trends |
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