Annual Report 2019
Central Bank of the Republic of Armenia
Notes to the 2019 consolidated financial statements
30.
Risk management (continued)
Impairment assessment (continued)
Loss given default
For each group of financial assets the recovery rates corresponding to the debt seniority status of respective financial
instruments (Moodys') or recovery rates of the country of domicile (IMF) are used to calculate the LGD rate.
Significant increase in credit risk
The Group continuously monitors all assets subject to ECLs. In order to determine whether an instrument or a portfolio
of instruments is subject to 12mECL or LTECL, the Group assesses whether there has been a significant increase in
credit risk since initial recognition. The Group considers an exposure to have significantly increased in credit risk when
the counterparty's credit rating has changed since initial recognition pursuant to the internal principles of risk
management.
The assessment of significant increase in credit risk for exposures of local commercial banks and financial institutions,
with no international credit ratings, is based on performance of individual exposure and overall financial stability index of
commercial banks and financial institutions. Macro prudential analysis on systemic risk dimensions consist another tool
to consider the feasibility to reclassify certain asset from Stage 1 to Stage 2.
Regardless of the change in credit grades the credit risk is deemed to have increased significantly since initial recognition
if contractual payments are more than 30 days past due.
Forward-looking information and multiple economic scenarios
In its ECL models, the Group relies on a broad range of forward looking information as economic inputs, such as:
►
GDP growth;
Unemployment rates;
CPI;
International reserves;
Monetary policy rate;
Equity Index Price;
Foreign exchange rates;
Credit/GDP ratio;
Other macroeconomic factors depending on the specificities of each country.
The inputs and models used for calculating ECLs may not always capture all characteristics of the market at the date of
the financial statements. To reflect this, qualitative adjustments or overlays are occasionally made as temporary
adjustments when such differences are significantly material.
Offsetting financial assets and financial liabilities
As at 31 December 2019 the Group had reverse repurchase contracts with commercial banks which fall under master
netting arrangements, which are enforceable in case of default. The Group also made margin deposits as collateral for
its outstanding derivative positions. The trust manager may set off the Group's liabilities with the margin deposit in case
of default.
47View entire presentation