 Lloyds Banking Group PLC LSE:LLOY has enhanced its guidance for the year following what it described as a solid first quarter a period in which underlying profits grew by 26 to 2bn. Going forward, it said it expects its net interest margin to be above 2.7 up at least 0.1 on the previous forecast, while its return on equity is now set to be greater than 11 previously targeted to be 10. 