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CLAIM #10123 · BK (BK) · 2022Q1 earnings call · Apr 18, 2022 · due Dec 31, 2022

So actually, we have been – we are very proactively growing the loan portfolio. So yes, as you mentioned, it’s up 3% on average and 18% year-on-year. We will continue – it’s our expectation to continue to grow that over the course of this year.

Emily Portney · CFO

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ution risk perspective. So, we have been doing several deals, but they have been mostly kind of digestible bolt-on things that are adding capabilities or markets or clients. And we will continue to look out for those. Brian Bedell: Okay. Thank you very much. Operator: We will now take our next question from Michael Brown from KBW. Please go ahead. Michael Brown: Hi, good morning. Todd Gibbons: Good morning Mike. Michael Brown: Good morning. I just wanted to ask about – start with the average loans were up 3% sequentially and 18% year-over-year. So, I just wanted to ask a little bit about where you are seeing the strongest demand? And what are your expectations moving forward and the ability to meet that demand given the expected trajectory of the deposit balances from here? Emily Portney: So actually, we have been – we are very proactively growing the loan portfolio. So yes, as you mentioned, it’s up 3% on average and 18% year-on-year. We will continue – it’s our expectation to continue to grow that over the course of this year. And where we are seeing it is really on a couple of different areas. So, capital call facilities, certainly, trade finance, likewise, margin loans, CCLs and mortgages and well, so let pretty much across the board. And that’s – we want to be there and leverage our balance sheet for our clients when it make sense. Michael Brown: Okay. Thank you very much. And then just thinking about the capital ratios today and your comment on returning 75% of net income, any thoughts on the trajectory in terms of the quarterly pace, just given that the leverage is at 5.3% or ended the quarter at 5.3%. It seems like the buybacks may need to be a bit more back half weighted as the capital ratios kind of accrete higher from here? Is that a fair expectation? Emily Portney: I am not going to really comment on

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SEC filings for BK · Claim quote is verbatim from the 2022Q1 earnings call.