Glimpse into MIG Bank and Dukascopy financials – Swiss forex profitability is low

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MIG Bank and Dukascopy’s financials recently became available and we can take a look and see what they looked like in H1 2012. It seems that MIG is double the size of Dukascopy (balance sheet) however experienced a severe slow down in H1 2012 as compared to H1 2011 – trading income halved, which slashed its net profit by 83%. Dukascopy showed similar income but improved slightly on operational side which double its net profit. All in all these firms show very low income and profit levels.

Dukascopy:

Balance Sheet as of 30 June 2012          
Assets     Liabilities    
  30.06.2012 30.06.2011   30.06.2012 30.06.2011
  CHF CHF   CHF CHF
Liquid assets 77 915 588 40 328 502 Amounts due to banks 6 259 179 3 542 648
Amounts due from banks 39 536 337 51 793 467 Other amounts due to customers 86 100 555 64 843 489
Amounts due from customers 401 203 171 658 Accrued expenses and deferred income 2 776 885 2 410 439
Participations 1 386 497 788 268 Other liabilities 6 702 114 2 643 349
Tangible fixed assets 2 130 333 2 475 788 Value adjustments and provisions 1 299 230 1 921 743
Intangible assets 2 014 505 2 583 836 Share capital 22 000 000 22 000 000
Accrued income and prepaid expenses 601 001 165 718 General legal reserve 151 000 106 000
Other assets 5 653 318 1 918 734 Profit brought forward 2 713 304 1 870 655
Total Assets 129 638 782 100 225 972 Half year profit 1 636 515 887 649
Total amounts due from Group companies and     Total Liabilities 129 638 782 100 225 972
qualified participants 0 0 Total amounts due to Group companies and qualified    
Irreovocable commitments 758 000 728 000 participants 1 079 172 0
Off-balance sheet financial instruments          
Underlying amounts 2 145 122 803 1 100 418 861      
Positive replacement values 5 574 774 1 918 734      
Negative replacement values 5 983 773 2 175 419      
           
Statement of income for the period ended 30 June 2012          
  30.06.2012 30.06.2011   30.06.2012 30.06.2011
  CHF CHF   CHF CHF
Interest income     Operating expenses    
Interest income 17 972 20 599 Personnel expenses (6 553 446) (7 096 371)
Interest expenses (3 503) (666) Other operating expenses (4 295 391) (4 147 420)
Net interest income 14 469 19 933 Total operating expenses (10 848 837) (11 243 791)
Income from commissions and services     Gross profit 3 477 333 3 222 222
Commission income from investment activities 0 22 203 Depreciation (1 172 558) (2 048 889)
Commission income from other services 103 560 49 Value adjustments, provisions and losses (13 660) (46 862)
Commission expenses (43 790) (24 776) Profit before extraordinary items and taxes 2 291 115 1 126 471
Net incom from commissions and services 59 770 (2 524) Extraordinary income 0 0
Trading income 14 251 931 14 448 604 Extraordinary expenses 0 0
      Taxes (654 600) (359 422)
      Half year profit 1 636 515 767 049

MIG:

Balance Sheet as of 30 June 2012          
Assets     Liabilities    
  30.06.2012 30.06.2011   30.06.2012 30.06.2011
  CHF CHF   CHF CHF
Liquid assets 55 685 979 33 584 773 Amounts due to banks 196 568 156 068
Amounts due from banks 108 477 895 125 025 467 Other amounts due to customers 150 389 003 113 180 327
Amounts due from customers 2 533 481 1 179 881 Accrued expenses and deferred income 5 368 641 10 596 448
Trading portfolios 323 696 0 Other liabilities 9 202 634 12 951 906
Participating interests 2 202 447 0 Value adjustments and provisions 1 890 370 2 213 476
Tangible fixed assets 7 470 820 7 264 177 Reserves for general banking risk 10 150 000 21 850 000
Accrued income and prepaid expenses 6 848 667 2 515 204 Share capital 45 000 000 45 000 000
Other assets 49 057 338 49 168 539 General legal reserve 6 916 835 6 535 161
Total Assets 232 600 323 218 738 041 Profit brought forward 2 872 981 121 175
      Profit for the period 613 291 6 133 480
Total subordinated claims 745 150   Total Liabilities 232 600 323 218 738 041
Total amounts due from group companies and holders of 759 005        
qualified participations     Total amounts due to Group companies and qualified 1 275 282 1 625 935
      participants    
Derivative financial instruments          
– Contract volume 2 200 285 702 1 590 634 630      
– Positive replacement values 48 400 942 49 134 212      
– Negative replacement values –8 518 707 –11 667 766      
           
           
Statement of income for the period ended 30 June 2012          
  30.06.2012 30.06.2011   30.06.2012 30.06.2011
  CHF CHF   CHF CHF
Result from interest operations     Operating expenses    
Interest and discount income 117 530 80 564 Personnel expenses –11 029 214 –9 647 271
Interest and dividend income trading portfolios 1 986 0 Other operating expenses –8 327 525 –7 615 738
Interest expenses –24 917 –203 658 Total operating expenses –19 356 739 –17 263 009
Result from interest operations 94 599 –123 094 Gross profit –8 311 825 6 454 774
Result from commission business and services     Depreciation and amortisation of fixed assets –2 768 948 –1 919 941
Commission income from lending activities 607 0 Value adjustments, provisions and losses –5 936 –135 191
Commission income from other services 46 474 58 758 Extraordinary income 11 700 000 405 215
Commission expense –33 992 –48 510 Extraordinary expenses 0 –541 018
Result from commission business and services 13 089 10 248 Taxes 0 –655 206
Result from trading activities 10 922 260 23 815 677 Half year profit 613 291 3 608 633
           
Other result from ordinary activities          
Other ordinary income 14 966 14 952      
Other result from ordinary activities 14 966 14 952    
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  1. A. said:

    Whwre did you take this data from? FINMA?

    October 3rd, 2012 at 12:06 pm
  2. Michael Greenberg said:

    bank reporting requirements

    October 3rd, 2012 at 12:14 pm
  3. A. said:

    :)

    I totally agree, but where can I find these reports? Are they confidential information or openly accessible?

    October 3rd, 2012 at 3:51 pm
  4. Andy said:

    “Amounts due to customers” is client equity (balances + mark-to-market PnL for open positions) i assume? If correct, they are bigger than i would have thought. And quite an impressive YoY growth.

    It also seems Dukascopy is making double the money on per-million-customer-equity basis. Begs the question how, since both firms tout that they are agency brokers and dont take risk against customer positions. Especially since MIGs mark-up (accourding to the table on their website) is way higher than Dukascopys commissions.

    October 3rd, 2012 at 6:35 pm
  5. Michael Greenberg said:

    not taking risk? you think?

    October 3rd, 2012 at 6:51 pm
  6. Brian Johnson said:

    Re: MIG’s “severe slow down in H1 2012 as compared to H1 2011″, any thoughts then on what accounts for the 11.7M in “Extraordinary income” (from 4o5k the year prior)?

    Perhaps the slide in trading income was just simply a reclassification..?

    October 3rd, 2012 at 7:55 pm
  7. Michael Greenberg said:

    very very hard to tell.. but they certainly slipped on income…

    October 3rd, 2012 at 8:03 pm
  8. Billy Glover said:

    Actually, seeing these numbers I am quite happy to be a Forex investment manager. Half year profit of 1.636.515 CHF is not worth the trouble associated with retail clients. The ongoing slaughter of Retail Forex “boutiques” and their marketing expenses are eating massively into profits. Additionally, countless new Retail Forex companies trying to make a “fast buck” and private banks moving into Retail Forex space are changing the business environment.

    October 4th, 2012 at 9:39 am

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