February 28 (SeeNews) - Romania's Banca Comerciala Romana (BCR), majority-owned by Austria's Erste Group, posted a consolidated net profit attributable to owners of the parent of 1.04 billion lei ($245.4 million/231.7 million euro) in 2016, up 14% year-on-year, supported by new clients and improvement of the quality of its portfolio, the bank said on Tuesday.