2014 Annual report

NOTE 27
RISK MANAGEMENT - OPERATIONS
             
Risk management relating to the investment activities of Ferd is described in note 6.
             
Currency risk
           
Contracted currency flows from operations are normally secured in their entirety, while projected cash flows are hedged to a certain extent. Interest payments related to the Group's foreign currency loans are mostly secured by corresponding cash flows from the Group's activities. Instruments such as currency forward contracts, currency swaps and options can be used to manage the Group's currency exposure.
             
Outstanding foreign exchange forward contracts related to operations:
     
Purchase of currency
Sale of currency
NOK 1 000
   
Currency
Amount
Currency
Amount
     
NOK
325 716
EUR
- 38 180
     
NOK
27 175
EUR
- 3 000
     
EUR
15 400
CAD
- 22 104
     
EUR
200
CHF
- 240
     
EUR
10
CZK
- 276
     
EUR
3 000
DKK
- 22 319
     
EUR
3 000
GBP
- 2 381
     
EUR
2 686
JPY
- 380 000
     
EUR
3 680
NOK
- 31 415
     
EUR
4 700
RUB
- 367 141
     
EUR
1 500
SEK
- 14 315
     
EUR
600
USD
- 731
     
JPY
6 506 298
EUR
- 48 518
     
PLN
2 962
EUR
- 700
     
RUB
26 388
EUR
- 300
     
SEK
4 766
EUR
- 500
     
USD
2 300
CAD
- 2 516
     
USD
30 401
EUR
- 24 400
             
Appr. 80% of the foreign exchange forward contracts with the purchase of JPY /sale of EUR mature in 2016 and 2017. All other foreign exchange forward contracs are due in the course of 2015.
             
Interest rate risk
 
The Group has short-term fixed interest rates on long-term funding in accordance with internal guidelines. This applies for loans in Norwegian kroner, as well as in foreign currency. The Group uses interest rate swaps to reduce interest rate exposure by switching from floating rates to fixed rates for a portion of the loans.
 
 
             
Outstanding interest rate swaps
           
NOK 1 000
 
Currency
Amount
Receives
Pays
Time remaining to maturity
   
DKK
100 000
6M CIBOR
Fixed 2.97% - 4.15%
0.7 - 2.5 years
   
EUR
100 000
3M EURIBOR
Fixed 0.77% - 2.88%
1.2 - 5.0 years
   
USD
1 089
3M LIBOR
Fixed 1.27%
1.25 year
   
NOK
16 916
3M NIBOR
Fixedt 3.3%
1.25 year
   
CHF
2 178
3M LIBOR
Fixed 0.82%
1.25 year
             
The table includes derivatives for hedging.
             
Credit risk
 
Credit risk is the risk that a counterparty will default on his/her contractual obligations resulting in a financial loss to the Group. Ferd has adopted a policy implying that the Group shall be exposed only to credit-worthy counterparties, and independent credit analyses are obtained for all counterparties when such analyses are available. If not, the Group uses other publicly available financial information and its own trade to assess creditworthiness.
 

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