NOTE 26
RISK MANAGEMENT - OPERATIONS
   
           
Risk relating to the investment activities of Ferd is described in note 21.
           
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 Ferd Group's currency exposure.
           
Outstanding foreign exchange forward contracts
   
Currency
NOK
NOK
Currency
Purchase
Sale
Purchase
Sale
 
CAD
5 818
- 19 829
32 601
- 111 118
 
CHF
3 579
- 604
21 822
- 3 681
 
EUR
43 155
- 111 091
317 620
- 817 632
 
JPY
3 053 200
- 944 710
197 535
- 61 120
 
NOK
336 339
- 84 533
336 339
- 84 533
 
RUB
 
- 224 950
 
- 41 191
 
SEK
134 497
- 70 172
115 238
- 60 124
 
CZK
10 080
 
2 956
 
 
GBP
 
- 3 661
 
- 33 039
 
DKK
 
- 16 971
 
- 16 744
 
ILS
5 454
 
8 153
 
 
USD
42 695
- 9 683
238 059
- 53 991
Total
     
1 270 323
-1 283 173
           
Interest rate risk
     
Ferd's interest rate risk relates to short-term borrowings and is managed by the Group's internal bank in accordance with separate guidelines. The Group has short-term fixed interest rates on long-term funding. 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.
           
Interest rate swaps
     
NOK
Currency
Amount
Receives
Pays
Time remaining
to maturity
 
DKK
100 000
6M CIBOR
Fixed 2,97% - 4,15%
2,7 - 4,5 years
 
EUR
65 000
3M-6M EURIBOR
Fixed 1,25 - 2,88%
1,5 - 5,0 years
 
GBP
10 000
6M LIBOR
Fixed 2,46% - 3,12%
0,5 - 4,2 years
 
NOK
200 000
1M-6M NIBOR
Fixed 4,91% - 5,72%
1,6 - 3,0 years
 
RUB
160 000
3M MOSPRIME
 
1,0 year
 
SEK
50 000
3M STIBOR
 
4,0 years
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 financial loss to the Group. Ferd has adopted a policy that the Group only shall be exposed 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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