Ahli United Bank B.S.C. reported earnings results for the third quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2017. For the period, the company reported a net profit attributable to its equity shareholders of $468.7 million, an increase of 6.0% as compared to $442.1 million achieved in 2016. The basic earnings per share increased to 6.0 cents, from 5.7 cents reported in 2016. Net Interest income improved by 2.5% year-on-year driven by loan growth of 4.1% compared to December 2016 across the AUB Group funded by a 6.6% increase in customer deposits with additional liquidity deployed in sovereign and investment grade securities. Operating results were supported by the Bank's continued application of operational efficiencies, resulting in an improved cost to income ratio of 27.8% (2016: 28.1%). The group's return on average equity (ROAE) was 16.7%, as compared to 16.2% achieved in the prior period of 2016. Return on average assets was higher at 2.1% for (2016: 1.9%). The net profit achieved for the third quarter of 2017 was $157.4 million, higher by 11.7% than 2016 third quarter reported profit of $140.9 million.