FB reported a soft quarter as core PPoP at Rs12.6bn missed PLe by 11% driven by 4.2%/3.9% miss on NII/opex. However, lower provisions (led by corporate recovery) cushioned core PAT which met PLe at Rs8.7bn. In-line with its stated strategy, CA accretion was healthy QoQ. NIM may moderate as 50% of loans are EBLR linked with a T+1 reset. However, it may be cushioned by 1) shift to higher yielding segments 2) change in EBLR reset dates for new disbursals to T+90 and 3) growing fixed rate loans at a higher pace. Opex has been a drag;...