BNK Financial Group\'s first-half net profit attributable to controlling shareholders fell 13.5 percent from a year earlier to 411.8 billion won, it said on July 28, citing base effects from last year\'s real estate fund disposal gains and one-off losses this year. Second-quarter net profit slipped 5.2 percent from the previous quarter to 200.4 billion won. Asset quality indicators improved, while the group maintained its common equity tier 1 ratio within its management target range.

iM Financial Group posted 295.6 billion won in net profit attributable to controlling shareholders in the first half of this year, down 4.4 percent from a year earlier. Total operating profit rose 4.4 percent to 1.11 trillion won, supported by growth in corporate lending at iM Bank and operating assets at iM Capital. Net profit fell due to a change in the education tax rate and higher provisioning.