Financial Sector (Collection of Data) (reporting standard) determination No. 19 of 2008
Reporting standard ARS 220.0 Impaired Facilities
Financial Sector (Collection of Data) Act 2001
I, Wayne Stephen Byres, a delegate of APRA, under paragraph 13(1)(a) of the Financial Sector (Collection of Data) Act 2001 (the Act) and subsection 33(3) of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901:
· REVOKE Reporting Standard ARS 220.0 Impaired Facilities made by Financial Sector (Collection of Data) (reporting standard) determination No. 7 of 2006; and
· DETERMINE Reporting Standard ARS 220.0 Impaired Facilities in the form set out in the Schedule, which applies to financial sector entities to the extent provided in paragraph 2 of the reporting standard.
Under section 15 of the Act, I DECLARE that the reporting standard shall begin to apply to those financial sector entities, and the revoked reporting standard shall cease to apply, on the later of 1 April 2008 and the date of registration of this instrument on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments.
Dated 4th February 2008
[Signed]
Wayne Byres
Executive General Manager
Diversified Institutions Division
Interpretation
In this Determination
APRA means the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority.
Federal Register of Legislative Instruments means the register established under section 20 of the Legislative Instruments Act 2003.
Schedule
Reporting Standard ARS 220.0 Impaired Facilities comprises the 30 pages commencing on the following page.
Reporting Standard ARS 220.0
Impaired Facilities
Objective of this reporting standard
This reporting standard is made under section 13 of the Financial Sector (Collection of Data) Act 2001 and outlines the overall requirements for the provision of information to APRA relating to an authorised deposit-taking institution’s impaired facilities. It should be read in conjunction with the versions of Form ARF 220.0 Impaired Facilities designated for a ‘Licensed ADI’ and ‘Consolidated Group’ and the associated instructions (all of which are attached and form part of this reporting standard).
Purpose
1. Data collected in Form ARF 220.0 Impaired Facilities (Form ARF 220.0) is used by APRA for the purpose of prudential supervision. It may also be used by the Reserve Bank of Australia and the Australian Bureau of Statistics.
Application
2. This reporting standard applies to all authorised deposit-taking institutions (ADIs).[1]
Information required
3. An ADI to which this reporting standard applies must provide APRA with the information required by the version of Form ARF 220.0 designated for a ‘Licensed ADI’ for each reporting period.
4. An ADI to which this reporting standard applies that is a highest parent entity in relation to a consolidated ADI group must also provide APRA with the information required by the version of Form ARF 220.0 designated for a ‘Consolidated Group’ for each reporting period.
Form and method of submission
5. The information required by this reporting standard must be given to APRA in electronic form, using one of the electronic submission mechanisms provided by the ‘Direct to APRA’ (also known as ‘D2A’) application.
Note: the Direct to APRA application software may be obtained from APRA.
Reporting periods and due dates
6. Subject to paragraph 7, an ADI to which this reporting standard applies must provide the information required by this reporting standard for each quarter based on the financial year (within the meaning of the Corporations Act 2001) of the ADI.
7. APRA may, by notice in writing, change the reporting periods, or specified reporting periods, for a particular ADI, to require it to provide the information required by this reporting standard more frequently, or less frequently, having regard to:
(a) the particular circumstances of the ADI;
(b) the extent to which the information is required for the purposes of the prudential supervision of the ADI; and
(c) the requirements of the Reserve Bank of Australia or the Australian Bureau of Statistics.
8. The information required by this reporting standard must be provided to APRA in accordance with the table below. The right hand column of the table sets out the number of business days after the end of the reporting period to which the information relates within which information must be submitted to APRA by an ADI in the classes set out in the left hand column.
Class of ADI
Number of business days
Australian-owned Bank
20
Foreign Subsidiary Bank
20
Branch of a Foreign Bank
20
Building Society
15
Credit Union
15
Specialist Credit Card Institution (SCCI)
15
Other ADI[2]
15
9. APRA may grant an ADI an extension of a due date in writing, in which case the new due date for the provision of the information will be the date on the notice of extension.
Quality control
10. The information provided by an ADI under this reporting standard (except for the information required under paragraph 4) must be the product of processes and controls that have been reviewed and tested by the external auditor of the ADI. AGS 1008 ‘Audit Implications of Prudential Reporting Requirements for Authorised Deposit-taking Institutions’, issued by the Auditing and Assurance Standards Board provides guidance on the scope and nature of the review and testing required from external auditors. This review and testing must be done on an annual basis or more frequently if necessary to enable the external auditor to form an opinion on the accuracy and reliability of the data.
11. All information provided by an ADI under this reporting standard must be subject to processes and controls developed by the ADI for the internal review and authorisation of that information. It is the responsibility of the board and senior management of the ADI to ensure that an appropriate set of policies and procedures for the authorisation of data submitted to APRA is in place.
Authorisation
12. If an ADI submits information under this reporting standard using the ‘Direct to APRA’ software, it will be necessary for an officer of the ADI to digitally sign, authorise and encrypt the relevant data. For this purpose, APRA’s certificate authority will issue ‘digital certificates’, for use with the software, to officers of the ADI who have authority from the ADI to transmit the data to APRA.
Minor alterations to forms and instructions
13. APRA may make minor variations to:
(a) a form that is part of this reporting standard, and the instructions to such a form, to correct technical, programming or logical errors, inconsistencies or anomalies; or
(b) the instructions to a form, to clarify their application to the form
without changing any substantive requirement in the form or instructions.
14. If APRA makes such a variation it must notify in writing each ADI that is required to report under this reporting standard.
Transitional
15. An ADI must report under the old reporting standard in respect of a transitional reporting period. For these purposes:
old reporting standard means the reporting standard revoked in the determination making this reporting standard (being the reporting standard which this reporting standard replaces).
transitional reporting period means a reporting period under the old reporting standard:
(a) which ended before the date of revocation of the old reporting standard; and
(b) in relation to which the ADI was required, under the old reporting standard, to report by a date on or after the date of revocation of the old reporting standard.
Note: for the avoidance of doubt, if an ADI was required to report under an old reporting standard, and the reporting documents were due before the date of revocation of the old reporting standard, the ADI is still required to provide the overdue reporting documents in accordance with the old reporting standard.
Interpretation
16. In this reporting standard:
Accounting Standard AASB 127 means the accounting standards so made by the Australian Accounting Standards Board.
ADI means an authorised deposit-taking institution within the meaning of the Banking Act 1959.
AGS 1008 means the auditing and assurance standard entitled ‘Audit Implications of Prudential Reporting Requirements for Authorised Deposit-taking Institutions’ so made by the Auditing and Assurance Standards Board.
APRA means the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority established under the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority Act 1998.
Australian-owned bank means a locally incorporated ADI that assumes or uses the word ‘bank’ in relation to its banking business and is not a foreign subsidiary bank.
branch of a foreign bank means a ‘foreign ADI’ as defined in section 5 of the Banking Act 1959, but does not include a SCCI that is a foreign ADI.
building society means a locally incorporated ADI that assumes or uses the expression ‘building society’ in relation to its banking business.
business days means ordinary business days, exclusive of Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays.
class of ADI means each of the following:
(i) Australian-owned bank;
(ii) foreign subsidiary bank;
(iii) branch of a foreign bank;
(iv) building society;
(v) credit union;
(vi) other ADI; and
(vii) specialist credit card institution.
consolidated ADI group means a group comprising:
(a) an ADI that is a highest parent entity; and
(b) each subsidiary (within the meaning of Accounting Standard AASB 127) of that ADI, whether the subsidiary is locally-incorporated or not, other than a subsidiary that is excluded by the instructions attached to this standard.
credit union means a locally incorporated ADI that assumes or uses the expression ‘credit union’ in relation to its banking business and includes Cairns Penny Savings & Loans Limited.
due date means the relevant due date under paragraph 8 or, if applicable, paragraph 9.
foreign subsidiary bank means a locally incorporated ADI in which a bank that is not locally incorporated has a stake of more than 15 per cent.
highest parent entity means an ADI that satisfies all of the following conditions:
(a) it is locally-incorporated;
(b) it has at least one subsidiary (within the meaning of Accounting Standard AASB 127); and
(c) it is not itself a subsidiary (within the meaning of Accounting Standard AASB 127) of an ADI that is locally-incorporated.
locally incorporated means incorporated in Australia or in a State or Territory of Australia, by or under a Commonwealth, State or territory law.
other ADI means an ADI that is not an Australian-owned bank, a branch of a foreign bank, a building society, a credit union, a foreign subsidiary bank or a specialist credit card institution but does not include Cairns Penny Savings & Loans Limited.
reporting period means a period mentioned in paragraph 6 or, if applicable, paragraph 7.
specialist credit card institution means an ADI that is subject to a condition on its authority under section 9 of the Banking Act 1959 confining the banking business that the ADI is authorised to carry on to the activities of credit card acquiring and credit card issuing in any credit card scheme that was designated as a payment system under section 11 of the Payment Systems (Regulation) Act 1998 on 11 April 2001.
stake means a stake determined under the Financial Sector (Shareholdings) Act 1998, as if the only associates that were taken into account under paragraph (b) of subclause 10(1) of the Schedule to that Act were those set out in paragraphs (h), (j) and (l) of subclause 4(1).
Reporting Form ARF 220.0
Impaired Facilities
Instruction Guide
General directions and notes
Reporting entity
This form is to be completed by all authorised deposit-taking institutions (ADIs) (other than Specialist Credit Card Institutions (SCCIs) that engage only in credit card acquiring activities) on both a licensed ADI and consolidated ADI group basis (where applicable).
Branches of foreign banks and SCCIs operating through branches in Australia are required to complete this form for the Australian branch only.
Licensed ADI
This refers to the operations of the reporting ADI on a stand-alone basis.
Securitisation deconsolidation principle
Except as otherwise specified in these instructions, the following applies:
1. Where an ADI (or a member of its Level 2 consolidated group) participates in a securitisation that meets APRA’s operational requirements for regulatory capital relief under Prudential Standard APS 120 Securitisation (APS 120):
(a) special purpose vehicles (SPVs) holding securitised assets may be treated as non-consolidated independent third parties for regulatory reporting purposes, irrespective of whether the SPVs (or their assets) are consolidated for accounting purposes;
(b) the assets, liabilities, revenues and expenses of the relevant SPVs may be excluded from the ADI’s reported amounts in APRA’s regulatory reporting returns; and
(c) the underlying exposures (i.e. the pool) under such a securitisation may be excluded from the calculation of the ADI’s regulatory capital (refer to APS 120). However, the ADI must still hold regulatory capital for the securitisation exposures[3] that it retains or acquires and such exposures are to be reported in Form ARF 120.0 Standardised – Securitisation or Forms ARF 120.1A to ARF 120.1C IRB – Securitisation (as appropriate). The RWA relating to such securitisation exposures must also be reported in Form ARF 110.0 Capital Adequacy (ARF 110.0).
2. Where an ADI (or a member of its Level 2 consolidated group) participates in a securitisation that does not meet APRA’s operational requirements for regulatory capital relief under APS 120, or the ADI elects to treat the securitised assets as on-balance sheet assets under Prudential Standard APS 112 Capital Adequacy: Standardised Approach to Credit Risk or Prudential Standard APS 113 Capital Adequacy: Internal Ratings-based Approach to Credit Risk, such exposures are to be reported as on-balance sheet assets in APRA’s regulatory reporting returns. In addition, these exposures must also be reported as a part of the ADI’s total securitised assets within Form ARF 120.2 Securitisation – Supplementary Items.
Consolidated ADI group
This refers to the consolidated group of the reporting ADI at Level 2 (i.e. the consolidated banking group level) defined in accordance with the ADI Prudential Standard APS 110 Capital Adequacy.
The basis of consolidation required in this form is in accordance with the prudential consolidated ADI group. The prudential consolidated group should also be determined in accordance with Australian accounting standards, notably AASB 127 Consolidated and Separate Financial Statements with the following modifications:
1. Include the following:
· all controlled banking entities, securities entities and other financial entities (e.g. finance companies, money market corporations, stockbrokers and leasing companies).
2. Exclude subsidiary entities involved in the following business activities:
· insurance businesses (including friendly societies and health funds);
· acting as manager, responsible entity, approved trustee, trustee or similar role in relation to funds management or the securitisation of assets;
· non-financial (commercial) operations; and
· special purpose vehicles whose assets have satisfied the clean sale requirements in APS 120).
Reporting period
The form is to be completed as at the last day of the stated reporting quarter. Australian-owned banks, foreign subsidiary banks, branches of foreign banks and other ADIs should submit the completed form to APRA within 20 business days after the end of the relevant reporting quarter. Credit Unions, Cairns Penny Savings & Loans Limited, Building Societies and SCCIs should submit the completed form to APRA within 15 business days after the end of the relevant reporting quarter.
Unit of measurement
Banks are asked to complete the form in millions of Australian dollars rounded to one decimal place, and for other ADIs, in whole Australian dollars (no decimal place).
Amounts denominated in foreign currency are to be converted to AUD in accordance with AASB 121 The Effects of Changes in Foreign Exchange Rates (AASB 121).
The general requirements of AASB 121 for translation are:
1. foreign currency monetary items outstanding at the reporting date must be translated at the spot rate at the reporting date;[4]
2. foreign currency non-monetary items that are measured at historical cost in a foreign currency must be translated using the exchange rate at the date of the transaction;[5]
3. foreign currency non-monetary items that are measured at fair value will be translated at the exchange rate at the date when fair value was determined.
Transactions arising under foreign currency derivative contracts at the reporting date must be prepared in accordance with AASB 139 Financial Instruments: Recognition and Measurement (AASB 139). However, those foreign currency derivatives that are not within the scope of AASB 139 (e.g. some foreign currency derivatives that are embedded in other contracts) remain within the scope of AASB 121.
For APRA purposes equity items must be translated using the foreign currency exchange rate at the date of investment or acquisition. Post acquisition changes in equity are required to be translated on the date of the movement.
As foreign currency derivatives are measured at fair value, the currency derivative contracts are translated at the spot rate at the reporting date.
Exchange differences should be recognised in profit and loss in the period which they arise. For foreign currency derivatives, the exchange differences would be recognised immediately in profit and loss if the hedging instrument is a fair value hedge. For derivatives used in a cash flow hedge, the exchange differences should be recognised directly in equity.
The ineffective portion of the exchange differences in all hedges would be recognised in profit and loss.
4. translation of financial reports of foreign operations.
A foreign operation is defined in AASB 121 as meaning an entity that is a subsidiary, associate, joint venture or branch of a reporting entity, the activities of which are based or conducted in a country or currency other than those of the reporting entity.
· Exchange differences relating to foreign currency monetary items that form part of the net investment of an entity in a foreign operation, must be recognised as a separate component of equity.
· Translation of financial reports should otherwise follow the requirements in AASB 121.
Reporting basis
Parts 1A and 2A are to be completed on an “audited” basis while Parts 1B and 2B are to be completed on a “best endeavours” basis.
Guidance
Please refer to APS 220 Credit Quality (APS 220) and its associated Guidance Notes when completing this form.
Classification schema
The classification scheme used in ARF 220.0 Impaired Facilities (ARF 220.0) is consistent with the classification scheme used in ARF 320.0 Statement of Financial Position (Domestic Books) (ARF 320) and ARF 323.0 Statement of Financial Position (Licensed ADI) (ARF 323.0).
Resident/non-resident classification
· An Australian resident is any individual, business or other organisation domiciled in Australia. Australian branches and Australian subsidiaries of foreign businesses are regarded as Australian residents.
· A non-resident is any individual, business or other organisation domiciled overseas. Foreign branches and foreign subsidiaries of Australian businesses are regarded as non-residents.
Sector definitions
Households
This comprises individuals, or groups of individuals, resident in Australia whose dealings with other sectors are for personal or household purposes.
Exclude:
· sole proprietors, partnerships, family trusts, and any other unincorporated enterprises owned by households (record as private unincorporated businesses).
Community service organisations (CSOs)
Include:
· institutions financed mostly by members’ contributions, e.g. trade unions, professional societies, consumer associations, political parties, churches and religious societies, and social, cultural, recreational and sports clubs; and
· charities and aid organisations financed by voluntary transfers.
Exclude:
· CSOs and non-profit institutions controlled and mainly financed by government (record as other).
Non-financial corporations
This comprises private trading corporations and private unincorporated businesses.
Private trading corporations
Private trading corporations are those owned and controlled by the private sector whose main activity is producing goods or non-financial services for sale.
Include:
· all resident private corporate trading enterprises, and non-profit institutions that are market producers of goods or non-financial services;
· intra-group financiers (Financial Sector (Collection of Data) Act 2001 category I), retailers (Financial Sector (Collection of Data) Act 2001 category H) and parent companies with significant holdings of shares in private trading companies;
· privately owned schools and hospitals;
· any unincorporated unit that is a branch in Australia of a non-resident company and which is not included in the financial sector; and
· any unincorporated business owned and operated by trading corporations (e.g. joint ventures).
Exclude:
· unincorporated businesses, except for branches of non-resident companies and joint ventures or partnerships owned by corporations; and
· non-resident enterprises.
Private unincorporated businesses
This comprises individuals acting as sole proprietors or in partnerships, for commercial or professional purposes. The major businesses to be included in this sub-sector are unincorporated farms, unincorporated retailers, unincorporated professional practices (medical, legal, dental, accounting, etc.), unincorporated businesses of tradesmen such as plumbers, carpenters, etc.
Financial corporations
ADIs
ADIs refers to corporations in relation to which an authority under subsection 9(3) is in force.
Include:
· development banks; and
· foreign banks licensed to operate in Australia under the Banking Act 1959.
Exclude:
· merchant banks (record as Registered Financial Corporations (RFCs)); and
· non-resident banks (record as non-resident counterparties).
RFCs
RFCs refers to corporations registered under the Financial Sector (Collection of Data) Act 2001 that are classified to Categories D through G and cash management trusts.
Include:
· money market corporations (also referred to as "merchant banks") (D);
· pastoral finance companies (E);
· finance companies (F);
· general financiers (G); and
· cash management trusts.
A list of corporations registered under the Financial Sector (Collection of Data) Act 2001 and their classification are available on request.
Exclude:
· intra group financiers and retailers registered under the Financial Sector (Collection of Data) Act 2001 Categories H and I (record as private trading corporations); and
· other financial corporations registered under the Financial Sector (Collection of Data) Act 2001 Category J (record as other financial institutions).
Insurance corporations
The insurance corporations sector includes all corporations that provide insurance. Included are life, general, fire, accident, employer liability, household and consumer credit insurers and health insurance funds. These companies must be registered with APRA.
Include:
· benefit fund friendly societies that are regulated under the Life Insurance Act 1995; and
· Export Finance Insurance Corporation.
Exclude:
· health benefit funds of friendly societies that are regulated under the National Health Act 1959.
Pension funds
The pension funds sub-sector includes all superannuation funds that are regarded as complying funds for the purposes of the Superannuation Industry Supervision Act 1993 and other autonomous funds established for the benefit of public sector employees. Superannuation funds with all of their assets invested with insurance offices are included.
Superannuation funds and approved deposit funds (ADFs) are established to provide benefits for their members on retirement, resignation, death or disablement. Superannuation funds and ADFs usually take the legal form of trust funds.
Include:
· Pooled Superannuation Trusts;
· public sector superannuation funds (including SIS-exempt funds);
· private sector superannuation funds;
· ADFs; and
· superannuation funds established by life insurance companies.
Exclude:
· retirement savings accounts.
Other financial institutions
The other financial institutions sector includes all financial institutions not recorded in the above financial corporations categories.
Include:
· financial auxiliaries such as fund managers as principal, stock brokers and insurance brokers;
· securitisers;
· mortgage, fixed interest and equity unit trusts;
· economic development corporations owned by governments;
· co-operative housing societies;
· other financial corporations registered under the Financial Sector (Collection of Data) Act 2001 Category J;
· investment companies; and
· common funds including cash common funds.
Exclude:
· cash management trusts (record as RFC); and
· property and trading trusts (record as private trading corporations).
Other
This comprises all other entities not classified as households, CSOs, non-financial corporations, and financial corporations.
Scope
The form covers the full range of problem exposures, which ADIs hold, and is not limited to problem loans.
In measuring off balance sheet credit exposures the following measurement policies should be adopted:
1. Include under balances outstanding for the appropriate impaired asset category (i.e. non-accrual or restructured items), the following:
· Any direct credit substitutes (e.g. guarantees, letters of credit, credit derivatives and endorsed bills of exchange as described in the ADI Off Balance Sheet Business Form). For example, where an ADI has guaranteed the financial obligations of a client, and there is reasonable doubt about the ultimate collectability of principal or interest, which the ADI has a contractual obligation to pay under the guarantee, it should be included in the appropriate impaired asset category.
· Any commitments, as described in the ADI Off Balance Sheet Business Form. For example, where there is reasonable doubt about the ultimate collectability of principal and interest relating to such commitments, or a provision established, then the balance of the outstanding commitment should be included in the appropriate impaired asset category.
· The credit equivalent amounts of market related off balance sheet transactions in the ADI Off Balance Sheet Business Form, which meet the definitions of impaired facilities. The credit equivalent amount must be calculated using the current exposure or mark-to-market method unless another method has been approved in advance by APRA. Potential credit add‑ons should reflect the nature of the individual exposure involved. Derivative transaction exposures should be revalued regularly so as to maintain reasonably current assessments of the extent of credit risk attaching to those transactions.
2. When reporting the extent of specific provisions raised against all off balance sheet credit exposures, include those recorded in the notes to ADIs' published financial statements as "other liabilities".
3. Unless otherwise instructed report:
· outstanding balances net of interest and other income not taken to profit, and net of any amounts written off;
· all items without any adjustment for credit conversion factors (except for market related off balance sheet transactions), risk weights, provisions, and/or collateral arrangements; and
· amounts net of offsetting balances available under legally eligible netting arrangements as outlined in Prudential Standard APS 112 Capital Adequacy: Standardised Approach to Credit Risk.
4. Separately report amounts, where requested, recorded on Australian and overseas books. Guidance on the meaning of “on Australian and overseas books” is provided in the Instruction Guide ARF 320.0.
Specific instructions
Part 1A – Impaired facilities
Impaired facilities are defined (refer to APS 220) as those items for which the ultimate collectability of principal and interest is compromised. Impaired facilities include all problem facilities, off-balance sheet exposures and assets brought on to an ADI’s balance sheet through enforcement of security provisions. They do not include any assets that have been accepted for regulatory purposes as having been cleanly sold for the purposes of APS 120.
Where a facility to a customer or group of related customers is impaired, all other exposures to that customer/group should be aggregated and classified as impaired, subject to exceptions in AGN 220.1 Impaired Facility Definitions (AGN 220.1).
APRA’s prudential standard on credit quality requires ADIs to classify their impaired facilities as (1) non accrual items, (2) restructured items or (3) other assets acquired through security enforcement (including other real estate owned)
Non-accrual items
For the purposes of this return, non-accrual items are those impaired facilities where estimates of future interest income are zero.
Please refer to AGN 220.1 for more details.
Performance
The return asks ADIs to separately report those non‑accrual items that are subject to no (or immaterial), partial or full performance. APRA’s intention is to better understand the nature of items that ADIs might report as non‑accrual and to enable it to assess the potential impact on the ADI’s overall performance.
No performance – report those exposures on which the ADI is not receiving any material payments. This category should also capture exposures on which an ADI is receiving only sporadic payments.
Partial performance – report those exposures on which the ADI is receiving partial payments relative to the required contractual obligations. Where partial performance is disclosed, ADIs should be able to identify a threshold of performance that defines this category. While it is not APRA’s intention to specify a minimum, the threshold chosen by the ADI should be sufficient to provide a meaningful distinction from the previous category (no performance).
Full performance – report those exposures on which full payments are being received, but which have been placed on a non-accrual basis for another reason. That is, because some reasonable doubt exists about ultimate collectability of the exposure, a specific provision has been raised, or write down taken or some other reasons has prompted this action.
Non‑accrual items – with and without provisions
ADIs should separately report those facilities classified as non‑accrual against which specific provisions have been created and those non‑accrual items against which no specific provision is held. For those ADIs applying the prescribed provisioning methodology described in Guidance Note AGN 220.3 Prescribed Provisioning (AGN 220.3) and reported in terms of ARF 220.3 Prescribed Provisioning, provisions so created are regarded as specific in nature and should be reported as such on ARF 220.0.
Restructured items
A restructured item is defined as one in which the original contractual terms have been modified to provide for concessions of interest or principal for reasons related to the financial difficulties of a customer rendering the facility non-commercial to the ADI. In considering whether a facility is non-commercial, an ADI needs to consider whether it would extend credit on similar terms and conditions to a new borrower exhibiting similar risk characteristics. A formal (written) agreement must exist between the ADI and borrower before a facility can be classified restructured.
It is APRA’s general expectation that restructured facilities will not represent a substantial part of an ADI’s total assets.
Restructured items – with and without provisions
Restructured items should be split into those against which there are no specific provisions held and those with provisions that have arisen as part of the restructuring arrangement. The value of specific provisions held against the latter should also be reported. Report only those specific provisions raised prior to, or at the time of, the restructuring. If specific provisions are raised subsequent to the restructuring, the facility should be classified as non‑accrual. The category of restructured with specific provision is primarily designed to address those few instances where ADIs, in employing their problem asset management strategies, create a specific provision ahead of virtually certain write‑off. Please refer to AGN 220.1 for more details.
It is APRA’s general expectation that the extent of facilities reported in this category will be minor and unlikely to continue to be reported in this category for a long period of time.
Other real estate owned (OREO)
OREO is defined as real estate acquired by an ADI in full or partial settlement of a loan or similar facility through enforcement of security arrangements. This category excludes real estate acquired for occupation by ADI staff, and property controlled under “mortgagee in possession” rights. Please refer to AGN 220.1 for more details.
Report holdings of OREO at fair value. The assets should continue to be reported until the ADI has disposed of the holding.
Other assets acquired through security enforcement
This category covers assets, other than real estate assets, acquired by an ADI in full or partial settlement of a loan or similar facility through enforcement of security arrangements (e.g. debt-for-equity swaps). Report the value of other assets acquired through security enforcement at fair value after taking into account any appropriate discount factor attributable to uncertain market liquidity conditions. This latter point reflects the likely lack of demand for the asset that has resulted in the ADI holding the asset as a consequence of its exposure recovery activity. Continue to report these assets until they have been sold or the entire exposure is written off.
New impaired facilities
Report the value of exposures newly classified as impaired during the quarter.
Specific provisions
As noted above, report the amount of specific provisions held against the relevant categories for non‑accrual items, restructured items, OREO and other assets acquired through security enforcement.
Security held against non-accrual items
Report separately the total value of security held against non-accrual items depending upon whether specific provisions are held or not (items R00913 and R00914 respectively). Should any security held exceed the outstanding balance of an individual non-accrual item the excess should be excluded.
Security held against restructured items
Report separately the total value of security held against restructured items depending upon whether specific provisions are held or not (items R00915 and R00916 respectively). Should any security held exceed the outstanding balance of an individual restructured item the excess should be excluded.
Interest/income received
ADIs are asked to report interest, fees, etc. actually received during the quarter from borrowers/counterparties in relation to those exposures classified as impaired (non‑accrual, restructured and assets acquired through security enforcement).
In some cases, ADIs may deem to have received income if there has been a debit to some form of working account. However, in order for this income to be recognised for the purposes of this return, the working account must:
· not be established for the sole purpose of meeting interest obligations;
· remain within approved limits; and
· exhibit the character of a working account implying that the account balance will fluctuate and not result in interest being continuously capitalised.
ADIs should calculate the effective interest rate being earned on restructured items by reference to the principal outstanding following restructuring (i.e. after taking into account write-offs, provisions that arise as part of the restructuring arrangement or repayments in the form of assets or equity). A restructured facility must be earning a rate of interest that is equal to or greater than the ADI’s average cost of funds at the date of the restructuring. If this is not the case, the facility should be classified as non-accrual.
Report the value of income brought to account during the quarter from assets acquired through security enforcement (including other real estate owned). Any income received should be reported net of identifiable expenses (apart from funding costs) incurred in generating such income. Where, in aggregate, expenses exceed income received, report a negative balance.
Interest/income forgone
For all categories of impaired facilities, report all interest/income foregone during the quarter. Interest/income foregone is defined as the difference between what the ADI would have received had the exposure performed as contracted and that interest/income actually received. ADIs are asked to report the extent of interest/income foregone on non‑accrual and restructured items for the relevant quarter covered by the return.
Part 1B – Impaired facilities
Part 1B classifies the total balance of impaired facilities by sector.
Part 2A – Past due items
As items that are 90 days past due but well-secured[6] represent a higher degree of risk than facilities meeting contractual arrangements, APRA requires ADIs to separately report these items. A facility subject to a regular repayment schedule is regarded as “90 days past due” when: (a) at least 90 calendar days have elapsed since the due date of a contractual payment which has not been met in full; and (b) the total amount outside contractual arrangements is equivalent to at least 90 days worth of contractual payments. Such a facility is regarded as well-secured when the ADI judges that the fair value of associated security is sufficient to ensure that the ADI will recover the entire amount owing. By way of example, and assuming monthly repayment instalments, if a contractual payment was made on 30 March, the facility is past due when the payment on 30 April is not made. Assuming no further payments and monthly instalments, the facility should be classified as 90 days past due on 30 July. ADIs will note that this represents 120 days since a payment was made but the equivalent of 90 days worth of contractual payments being past due.
An item ceases to be classified as past due when arrears have been reduced so that the exposure is no longer 90 days past due.
In the case of facilities that do not have a preset repayment schedule (e.g. overdrafts and revolving credit facilities), 90 days past due refers to the period where facilities have remained continuously outside approved arrangements but are well-secured.
The return asks ADIs to separately report those exposures that are individually managed and those that are managed on a portfolio basis.
Individually managed facilities
These are troublesome exposures that are managed on a transaction basis and typically subject to individual review. As discussed below, ADIs should separately report those facilities 90 days past due but well-secured in terms of different credit products common in the Australian financial system. That is, separately report these troublesome exposures as revolving credit, credit cards, housing loans, term loans, lease financing or other loans.
Portfolio managed facilities
Exposures managed on a portfolio basis are typically homogenous and often approved and managed using statistical management techniques. Portfolio managed exposures are often not subject to formal regular review other than in cases where payments are behind agreed repayment schedules or indebtedness is outside approved limits.
Any past due facilities managed on a portfolio basis can be excluded from the definition of impaired facilities and remain on an accrual basis until the dollar value of contractual payments is up to 180 days past due (i.e. six months worth of repayments). The commencement of the 180 days is to take place from the date on which the contractual payment of principal and/or interest is not met. Once the dollar amount of past due amounts represent 180 days of contractual payments, an ADI should decide whether it is prepared to subject the accounts to individual review or to write them off. If the ADI chooses to conduct individual reviews, then the facilities can remain on an accrual basis if the ADI is satisfied that the facility is well-secured. Where the facility is not well-secured, the ADI should immediately create an appropriate specific provision and move the facility to a non-accrual basis.
ADIs managing facilities on a portfolio basis should report the total value of facilities 90 days past due but less than 180 days past due. As for individually managed facilities, ADIs should separately report in terms of loan type. For all category of loan product sought, distinguish between those exposures that are recorded on Australian or overseas books.
To provide APRA with a basis upon which to gauge the degree of delinquency in facilities managed on a portfolio basis, ADIs should separately report the total portfolio size in terms of the individual credit product type specified below. APRA also asks those ADIs managing facilities on a portfolio basis to indicate the extent of portfolio-related provisions that have been created with respect to those facilities that are less than 90 days past due.
Revolving credit
A revolving credit is a credit facility that is typically approved for a given period of time but does not have a fixed repayment schedule.
Report the total outstanding balance of loans of a revolving credit nature that fall within the definition of the relevant category of past due reporting. Exclude loans to Australian householders for the purpose of housing (e.g. equity lines of credit secured by residential property). Facilities of this nature should be reported under “Housing loans”.
Credit cards
Credit cards are a common consumer credit arrangement that allows the consumer the option of borrowing against a pre‑approved line of credit. They are typically unsecured.
Report the total outstanding balance of credit card facilities that are outside contractual arrangements for more than 90 consecutive days but are well-secured under the heading “Individually managed facilities”. Any credit card facility that is not well-secured but is outside contractual arrangements for more than 90 consecutive days should be classified as non-accrual unless it is managed as part of a portfolio as described in paragraph 4 of AGN 220.1.
Report the total outstanding balance of credit card facilities that are managed on a portfolio basis but are more than 90 days past due and less than 180 days past due.
Housing loans
For the purpose of this return, housing loans are those facilities, both amortising and line of credit that are primarily secured by a registered mortgage over a residential property. They may be for any purpose including the construction, purchase of dwellings for owner occupation or investment or commercial ventures.
Report the total outstanding balance of housing loans that are past due in accordance with whether facilities are managed on an individual or portfolio basis.
Term loans
Report the total outstanding balance of loans that have a fixed term and are past due in terms of the above guidance. Exclude loans to householders for the purpose of housing.
Lease financing
Leasing finance is a method of financing the acquisition of an asset (e.g. motor vehicle or business equipment) by the user under which the ADI buys the asset from a third party and leases it to the user in return for lease rental payments. A component of the lease rental payment relates to interest and another component to the reduction of principal.
Report the total outstanding balance of lease financing that is outside contractual arrangements in line with the preceding guidance.
Other loans
Report the total outstanding balance of loans that satisfy the preceding criteria with respect to being 90 days past due or more that cannot be readily classified in the other credit product types.
Facilities for which a prescribed provision is raised
All facilities against which an ADI is required to raise a prescribed provision in terms of AGN 220.3 will need to be recognised as a non‑accrual item for the purposes of this return and in its financial accounts. ADIs applying the prescribed provisioning methodology should be particularly alert to those Category Four Facilities that are irregular for more than 14 days. Facilities in this category must be reported as non‑accrual from the date that the prescribed provision is struck (i.e. once the facility is irregular for more than 14 days).
Part 2B – Past due items
Part 2B classifies the total amount of past due items by sector.
[1] Other than specialist credit card institutions that do not engage in issuing activities.
[2] The definitions of ‘credit union’ and ‘other ADI’ in paragraph 16 of this reporting standard provide that Cairns Penny Savings & Loans Limited is to be treated in accordance with the reporting period requirements applicable to credit unions for the purposes of paragraph 8.
[3] Securitisation exposures are defined in accordance with APS 120.
[4] Monetary items are defined to mean units of currency held and assets and liabilities to be received or paid in a fixed or determinable number of units of currency. Spot rate means the exchange rate for immediate delivery.
[5] Examples of non-monetary items include amounts prepaid for goods and services (e.g. prepaid rent); goodwill; intangible assets; physical assets; and provisions that are to be settled by the delivery of a non-monetary asset.
[6] A “well-secured” exposure is defined as one that is 90 days past due for which the ADI judges that the fair value of associated security, discounted to allow for reasonable realisation costs, is sufficient to cover payment of principal and any accrued interest.
