EX-99.1 2 tm2022002d1_ex99-1.htm EXHIBIT 99.1

 

Exhibit 99.1

 

CREDICORP LTD. AND SUBSIDIARIES

 

Interim condensed consolidated financial statements

As of March 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019 and for the three-month

periods ended March 31, 2020 and 2019

 

 

 

 

CREDICORP LTD. AND SUBSIDIARIES

 

Interim condensed consolidated financial statements as of March 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019 and for the three-month periods ended March 31, 2020 and 2019

 

Content Pages
   
Interim condensed consolidated statement of financial position 1
   
Interim condensed consolidated statement of income 2 - 3
   
Interim condensed consolidated statement of comprehensive income 4
   
Interim condensed consolidated statement of changes in net equity 5
   
Interim condensed consolidated statement of cash flows 6 - 8
   
Notes to the interim condensed consolidated financial statements 9 - 104

 

US$ = United States dollar
S/ = Sol

 

 

 

 

CREDICORP LTD. AND SUBSIDIARIES

 

Interim condensed consolidated statement of financial position

As of March 31, 2020 (unaudited) and December 31, 2019 (audited)

 

 

      As of March 31,   As of December 
   Note  2020   31, 2019 
      S/(000)   S/(000) 
Assets             
              
Cash and due from banks:             
Non-interest-bearing      6,787,357    6,177,356 
Interest-bearing      19,538,429    19,809,406 
   4   26,325,786    25,986,762 
              
Cash collateral, reverse repurchase agreements and securities borrowing  5(a)   4,424,345    4,288,524 
              
Investments:             
At fair value through profit or loss  6(a)   4,185,638    3,850,762 
              
At fair value through other comprehensive income      25,836,140    24,614,050 
At fair value through other comprehensive income pledged as collateral      2,552,232    1,588,673 
   6(b)   28,388,372    26,202,723 
              
Amortized cost      2,706,190    1,907,738 
Amortized cost pledged as collateral      1,536,453    1,569,308 
   6(c)   4,242,643    3,477,046 
              
Loans, net:  7          
Loans, net of unearned income      120,708,515    115,609,679 
Allowance for loan losses      (5,931,772)   (5,123,962)
       114,776,743    110,485,717 
              
Financial assets designated at fair value through profit or loss  8   559,321    620,544 
Premiums and other policies receivable  9(a)   822,669    838,731 
Accounts receivable from reinsurers and coinsurers  9(b)   787,672    791,704 
Property, furniture and equipment, net  10   1,397,089    1,428,173 
Due from customers on acceptances      555,598    535,222 
Intangible assets and goodwill, net  11   2,424,404    2,552,274 
Right-of-use assets, net  12(a)   805,997    839,086 
Deferred tax assets, net      805,589    520,953 
Other assets  13   7,320,023    5,458,470 
Total assets      197,821,889    187,876,691 
              
Liabilities             
              
Deposits and obligations:  14          
Non-interest-bearing      38,482,377    33,830,166 
Interest-bearing      81,081,168    78,175,219 
       119,563,545    112,005,385 
              
Payables from repurchase agreements and securities lending  5(b)   8,254,726    7,678,016 
Due to banks and correspondents  15   9,854,630    8,841,732 
Banker’s acceptances outstanding      555,598    535,222 
Accounts payable to reinsurers  9(b)   198,473    216,734 
Lease liabilities  12(b)   838,248    847,504 
Financial liabilities at fair value through profit or loss      533,146    493,700 
Technical reserves for insurance claims and premiums  16   9,975,945    9,950,233 
Bonds and notes issued  17   15,178,148    14,946,363 
Deferred tax liabilities, net      94,744    134,204 
Other liabilities  13   9,051,875    5,481,288 
Total liabilities      174,099,078    161,130,381 
              
Equity, net  18          
Equity attributable to Credicorp´s equity holders:             
  Capital stock      1,318,993    1,318,993 
  Treasury stock      (209,309)   (207,839)
  Capital surplus      165,188    226,037 
  Reserves      21,360,272    19,437,645 
  Other reserves      359,565    1,088,189 
  Retained earnings      210,930    4,374,935 
       23,205,639    26,237,960 
              
Non-controlling interest      517,172    508,350 
Total equity, net      23,722,811    26,746,310 
              
Total liabilities and net equity      197,821,889    187,876,691 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these interim condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

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Interim condensed consolidated statement of income

 

For the three-month periods ended March 31, 2020 and 2019 (unaudited)

 

     

For the three-month periods
ended March 31,

 
      2020   2019 
      S/(000)   S/(000) 
Interest and similar income  22   3,163,609    3,001,674 
Interest and similar expenses  22   (784,309)   (804,506)
Net interest, similar income and expenses      2,379,300    2,197,168 
              
Provision for credit losses on loan portfolio  7(c)   (1,388,711)   (453,285)
Recoveries of written-off loans      47,230    70,074 
Provision for credit losses on loan portfolio, net of recoveries      (1,341,481)   (383,211)
              
Net interest, similar income and expenses, after provision for credit losses on loan portfolio      1,037,819    1,813,957 
              
Other income             
Commissions and fees  23   760,329    782,922 
Net gain on foreign exchange transactions      166,983    178,423 
Net (loss) gain on securities  24   (101,408)   128,331 
Net gain (loss) on derivatives held for trading      35,430    (2,434)
Net (loss) gain from exchange differences      (21,240)   13,490 
Others  29   117,770    75,605 
Total other income      957,864    1,176,337 
              
Insurance underwriting result             
Net premiums earned  25   627,935    584,209 
Net claims incurred for life, general and health
insurance contracts
  26   (373,502)   (383,817)
Acquisition cost      (112,507)   (91,281)
Total insurance underwriting result      141,926    109,111 
              
Other expenses             
Salaries and employee benefits  27   (891,183)   (834,317)
Administrative expenses  28   (539,644)   (538,157)
Depreciation and amortization      (125,150)   (105,643)
Depreciation for right-of-use assets      (46,598)   (25,682)
Others  29   (176,060)   (50,177)
Total other expenses      (1,778,635)   (1,553,976)

 

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Interim condensed consolidated statement of income (continued)

 

     

For the three-month periods
ended March 31,

 
      2020   2019 
      S/(000)   S/(000) 
Profit before income tax      358,974    1,545,429 
Income tax      (145,799)   (422,165)
Net profit      213,175    1,123,264 
              
Attributable to:             
Credicorp’s equity holders      209,274    1,100,867 
Non-controlling interest      3,901    22,397 
       213,175    1,123,264 
              

Net basic and dilutive earnings per share attributable to Credicorp's equity holders (in Soles):

             
              
Basic  30   2.64    13.86 
Diluted  30   2.63    13.84 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these interim condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

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CREDICORP LTD. AND SUBSIDIARIES

 

Interim condensed consolidated statement of comprehensive income

For the three-month periods ended March 31, 2020 and 2019 (unaudited)

 

   For the three-month periods
ended March 31,
 
   2020   2019 
   S/(000)   S/(000) 
Net profit for the period   213,175    1,123,264 
Other comprehensive income:          
To be reclassified to profit or loss in subsequent periods:          
           
Net (loss) gain on investments at fair value through other comprehensive income   (990,349)   308,328 
Income tax   56,367    (11,008)
    (933,982)   297,320 
           
Net movement on cash flow hedges   (18,718)   (11,077)
Income tax   5,229    3,066 
    (13,489)   (8,011)
           
Other reserves   168,315    - 
    168,315    - 
           
Exchange differences on translation of foreign operations   (60,068)   (30,614)
    (60,068)   (30,614)
           
Total   (839,224)   258,695 
           
Not to be reclassified to profit or loss in subsequent periods:          
           
Net gain in equity instruments designated at fair value through other comprehensive income   96,090    167,607 
Income tax   4,402    (570)
    100,492    167,037 
           
Total   100,492    167,037 
           
Total other comprehensive income  (738,732)  425,732 
           
Total comprehensive income for the period, net of income tax   (525,557)   1,548,996 
           
Attributable to:          
Credicorp's equity holders   (519,350)   1,521,298 
Non-controlling interest   (6,207)   27,698 
   (525,557)  1,548,996 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these interim condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

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Interim condensed consolidated statement of changes in net equity

For the three-month periods ended March 31, 2020 and 2019 (unaudited)

 

 

  Attributable to Credicorp's equity holders         
                    Other reserves                 
     Treasury stock           Instruments
that will
not be
reclassified
to income
   Instruments that will be
reclassified to the interim
condensed consolidated
statement of income
                 
  Capital
stock
  Shares
of the
Group
  Share-
based
payment
   Capital
surplus
   Reserves  

Investments

in equity
instruments

  

Investments

in debt instruments

   Cash
flow
hedge
reserve
   Insurance
reserves
   Foreign
currency
translation
reserve
   Retained
earnings
   Total   Non-
controlling
interest
  

Total net

equity

 
  S/(000)  S/(000)  S/(000)   S/(000)   S/(000)   S/(000)   S/(000)   S/(000)   S/(000)   S/(000)   S/(000)   S/(000)   S/(000)   S/(000) 
Balances as of January 1, 2019  1,318,993   (204,353)  (3,641)   246,194    17,598,556    452,551    229,470    (3,161)   -    29,593    4,175,041    23,839,243    426,833    24,266,076 
                                                                    
Changes in equity in 2019 -                                                                   
Net profit for the period  -   -   -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    1,100,867    1,100,867    22,397    1,123,264 
Other comprehensive income  -   -   -    -    -    167,034    291,839    (7,831)   -    (30,611)   -    420,431    5,301    425,732 
Total comprehensive income  -   -   -    -    -    167,034    291,839    (7,831)   -    (30,611)   1,100,867    1,521,298    27,698    1,548,996 
Transfer of retained earnings to reserves, Note 18(c)  -   -   -    -    1,858,811    -    -    -    -    -    (1,858,811)   -    -    - 
Dividend distribution, Note 18(d)  -   -   -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    (1,595,229)   (1,595,229)   -    (1,595,229)
Dividends paid to interest non-controlling of subsidiaries  -   -   -    -    -    -    -         -    -    -    -    -    (40,519)   (40,519)
Purchase of treasury stock, Note 18(b)  -   -   (1,814)   (101,411)   -    -    -    -    -    -    -    (103,225)   -    (103,225)
Share-based payment transactions  -   -   2,055    77,566    (48,491)   -    -    -    -    -    -    31,130    -    31,130 
Others  -   (144)  -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    (982)   (1,126)   1,884    758 
Balances as of March 31, 2019  1,318,993   (204,497)  (3,400)   222,349    19,408,876    619,585    521,309    (10,992)   -    (1,018)   1,820,886    23,692,091    415,896    24,107,987 
                                                                    
Balances as of January 1, 2020  1,318,993   (204,388)  (3,451)   226,037    19,437,645    550,065    1,255,988    (30,104)   (658,491)   (29,269)   4,374,935    26,237,960    508,350    26,746,310 
                                                                    
Changes in equity in 2020 -                                                                   
Net profit for the period  -   -   -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    209,274    209,274    3,901    213,175 
Other comprehensive income  -   -   -    -    -    100,674    (922,718)   (13,187)   166,206    (59,599)   -    (728,624)   (10,108)   (738,732)
Total comprehensive income  -   -   -    -    -    100,674    (922,718)   (13,187)   166,206    (59,599)   209,274    (519,350)   (6,207)   (525,557)
Transfer of retained earnings to reserves, Note 18(c)  -   -   -    -    1,977,091    -    -    -    -    -    (1,977,091)   -    -    - 
Dividend distribution, Note 18(d)  -   -   -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    (2,392,844)   (2,392,844)   -    (2,392,844)
Dividends paid to interest non-controlling of subsidiaries  -   -   -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    (799)   (799)
Purchase of treasury stock, Note 18(b)  -   -   (3,356)   (148,543)   -    -    -    -    -    -    -    (151,899)   -    (151,899)
Share-based payment transactions  -   -   2,709    87,694    (54,464)   -    -    -    -    -    -    35,939    -    35,939 
Others  -   (823)  -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    (3,344)   (4,167)   15,828    11,661 
Balances as of March 31, 2020  1,318,993   (205,211)  (4,098)   165,188    21,360,272    650,739    333,270    (43,291)   (492,285)   (88,868)   210,930    23,205,639    517,172    23,722,811 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these interim condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

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CREDICORP LTD. AND SUBSIDIARIES

 

Interim condensed consolidated statement of cash flows

For the three-month periods ended March 31, 2020 and 2019 (unaudited)

 

     

For the three-month periods

ended March 31,

 
   Note  2020   2019 
      S/000   S/000 
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES             
Net profit for the period      213,175    1,123,264 
              
Adjustment to reconcile net profit to net cash arising from operating activities:             
Provision for credit losses on loan portfolio  7(c)   1,388,711    453,285 
Depreciation and amortization      125,150    105,643 
Depreciation of right-of-use assets      46,598    25,682 
Depreciation of investment properties  13(e)   1,682    6,727 
Deferred (income) expense tax  19(b)   (212,846)   42,449 
Adjustment of technical reserves  25(a)   57,539    246,699 
Net loss (gain) on securities  24   101,408    (128,331)
Provision for sundry risks  29   5,772    6,195 
Loss (gain) on financial assets designated at fair value through profit and loss  25(a)   98,243    (47,242)
Net (gain) loss of trading derivatives      (35,430)   2,434 
Net income from sale of property, furniture and equipment  29   (10,319)   - 
Net (gain) loss from sale of seized and recovered assets  29   (1,312)   5,533 
Expense for share-based payment transactions  27   20,120    26,390 
Others      21,240    (13,490)
Net changes in assets and liabilities             
Net (increase) decrease in assets:             
Loans      (4,319,772)   1,269,838 
Investments at fair value through profit or loss      (374,935)   (574,837)
Investments at fair value through other comprehensive income      (2,882,465)   (1,499,324)
Cash collateral, reverse repurchase agreements and securities borrowings      (10,460)   3,363 
Other assets      (696,212)   (546,345)
Net increase (decrease) in liabilities             
Deposits and obligations      5,812,631    (114,193)
Due to Banks and correspondents      824,889    (1,159,531)
Payables from repurchase agreements and securities lending      549,499    (581,787)
Bonds and notes issued      (108,479)   202,622 
Short-term and low-value lease payments      (22,418)   (18,843)
Other liabilities      3,051,336    2,600,039 
Income tax paid      (392,399)   (393,582)
Net cash flow from operating activities      3,250,946    1,042,658 

 

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Interim condensed consolidated statement of cash flows (continued)

 

     

For the three-month periods

ended March 31,

 
   Note  2020   2019 
      S/000   S/000 
NET CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES             
Proceeds from sale of property, furniture and equipment      22,453    2,197 
Purchase of property, furniture and equipment      (15,348)   (32,084)
Purchase of investment property  13(e)   (6,595)   23 
Purchase of intangible assets      (79,958)   (54,298)
Purchase of investment at amortized cost      (1,273,186)   (403,523)
Proceeds from sale and reimbursement of investment to amortized cost      338,099    1,439,604 
Net cash flows from investing activities      (1,014,535)   951,919 
              
NET CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES             
Dividends paid  18(d)   (2,392,844)   (1,595,229)
Dividends paid to non-controlling interest of subsidiaries      (799)   (40,519)
Principal payments of leasing contracts      (42,282)   (40,335)
Interest payments of leasing contracts      (7,803)   (5,985)
Purchase of treasury stock  18(b)   (151,899)   (103,225)
Net cash flows from financing activities      (2,595,627)   (1,785,293)
              
Net (decrease) increase of cash and cash equivalents before effect of changes in exchange rate      (359,216)   209,284 
Effect of changes in exchange rate of cash and cash equivalents      697,368    (257,967)
Cash and cash equivalents at the beginning of the period      25,974,042    22,160,803 
Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the period     26,312,194   22,112,120 
              
Additional information from cash flows             
Interest received      3,196,720    3,022,022 
Interest paid      (817,727)   (790,420)

 

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Interim condensed consolidated statement of cash flows (continued)

 

Reconciliation of liabilities arising from financing activities:

 

       Changes that generate
cash flows
   Changes that do not generate
cash flows
     
For the three-month period
ended March 31, 2020
  As of January
1, 2020
   New
issues
   Amortization
of principal
   Exchange
difference
   Others   As of March
31, 2020
 
Subordinated bonds:                              
 Amortized cost   4,387,743            149,395    1,583    4,538,721 
    4,387,743            149,395    1,583    4,538,721 

 

       Changes that generate
cash flows
   Changes that do not generate
cash flows
     
For the three-month period
ended March 31, 2019
  As of January
1, 2019
   New
issues
   Amortization
of principal
   Exchange
difference
   Others   As of March
31, 2019
 
Subordinated bonds:                              
 Amortized cost   5,424,401            (92,949)   3,649    5,335,101 
    5,424,401            (92,949)   3,649    5,335,101 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these interim condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

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CREDICORP LTD. AND SUBSIDIARIES

 

Notes to the interim condensed consolidated financial statements

as of March 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019 and for the three-month

periods ended March 31, 2020 and 2019

 

1OPERATIONS

 

Credicorp Ltd. (hereinafter “Credicorp” or “the Group”) is a limited liability company incorporated in Bermuda in 1995 to act as a holding company and to coordinate the policies and administration of its subsidiaries. It is also engaged in investing activities.

 

Credicorp Ltd., through its banking and non-banking subsidiaries and its associate Entidad Prestadora de Salud, provides a wide range of financial, insurance and health services and products mainly throughout Peru and in certain other countries (See Note 3(b)). Its major subsidiary is Banco de Crédito del Perú (hereinafter “BCP” or the “Bank”), a Peruvian universal bank. Credicorp’s address is Clarendon House 2 Church Street Hamilton, Bermuda; likewise, administration offices of its representative in Peru are located in Calle Centenario Nº156, La Molina, Lima, Peru.

 

Credicorp is listed on the Lima and New York stock exchanges.

 

The consolidated financial statements as of December 31, 2019 and for the year then ended were approved by the Board of Directors on February 27, 2020. The interim condensed consolidated financial statements as of March 31, 2020 and for the three-month periods ended March 31, 2020 were approved by the Management on June 4, 2020 and will be submitted for their final approval by the Board of Directors; in Management’s opinion, these will be approved without modifications.

 

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2SIGNIFICANT TRANSACTIONS

 

a)Main acquisitions, incorporations and mergers

 

During the first quarter of 2020, the Group have not performed any significant transaction of acquisitions, incorporations and mergers.

 

b)The outbreak of the new coronavirus (hereinafter “COVID-19”)

 

A more recent event that implies risks for the Peruvian economy and our result of operations is the ongoing outbreak of COVID-19, which was first reported in Wuhan, China, on December 31, 2019. Due to the nature of the outbreak, strong measures to mitigate COVID-19 contagion have been taken by governments all around the world, which include closed international borders and severe mobility restrictions (quarantines). As a result, global gross domestic product (GDP) is estimated to contract severely in 2020 (lowest since the Great Depression of 1929), which affects Peru’s main trade partners, including China and the U.S. Moreover, Peru’s exports prices will also be affected due to lower global demand.

 

As a result of COVID-19, the economies in which Credicorp operates (mainly Peru, Colombia and Bolivia) will be severely disrupted by two factors: (i) the effect on the global economy (economic growth of our main trade partners like China and the U.S., as well as lower commodity prices), and (ii) the local effect of government measures to stop the COVID-19 outbreak. Estimates suggest that around 60% of GDP growth volatility in Peru is explained by external factors.

 

In Bolivia, acting president established a state of emergency on March 21, 2020 ordering a nation-wide quarantine, in which the public and private activities were suspended until May 10, 2020. Later, the government resolved have a conditional and a dynamic regional quarantine based on the three risks levels (high, medium and low) until June 30, 2020. The low reproduction rate of COVID-19 in high altitude areas could be a positive factor helping Bolivia to maintain the cases at a low level.

 

To cope with the economic shock due to COVID-19, Bolivia’s government announced fiscal and monetary measures, including monetary transfers for the unemployed and for families with children, coverage of basic services, credits to companies to cover the payment of wages, and a Microcredit Support Program. In addition, the Central Bank injected liquidity into the local market.

 

In Colombia, the president established the state of emergency on March 23, 2020. The lockdown has been extended until July 1, 2020. However, sectors such as manufacturing and construction (which account for 10% of GDP) were recently reactivated to minimize the economic shock. The COVID-19 pandemic occurred while the economy was in a process of gradual recovery due to the drop in the price of oil. Further, Colombia has the highest level of current account deficit in the region (4.3% of GDP in 2019) while public debt has been expanding over the last years (50% of GDP in 2019). In addition, the government faces the potential loss of their investment grade rating after S&P and Fitch gave the country a BBB- rating with a negative outlook. Finally, a decrease in exports due to the COVID-19 will be a significant challenge for Colombia to overcome this year.

 

To cope with the economic shock due to COVID-19, Colombia’s government gradually implemented fiscal measures such as wage subsidies, deferment of payment of corporate income taxes and social transfers. On the monetary side, the Central Bank has injected close to 1.4% of GDP in liquidity into the local market, and the Central Bank cut the reference rate by 100 basis points to 3.25%, the lowest rate since 2013 and the first cut in almost two years.

 

In Peru, the president established a state of emergency on March 16, 2020, and ordered a general lockdown on the country. Minor exceptions were made for key sectors (food supply, health, and banking). The lockdown was initially established for 15 calendar days, but was extended on several occasions, to last until June 30, 2020, for a total of 107 calendar days. Even though the Peruvian economy has one of the strongest macroeconomic fundamentals among emerging markets, the quality of the health system in Peru stands below the region’s average.

 

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In response to the major sanitary and economic shock from COVID-19, the Ministry of Finance, the Central Bank and the Congress have announced and are implementing ample package of measures to mitigate and stimulate the economy for the equivalent of approximately 20% of GDP. The ability to implement measures of this magnitude stems from prudent macroeconomic policies that have been implemented for decades. The measures enacted include tax relief, public spending, access to private savings (pension fund accounts and severance indemnity deposits), and government-backed liquidity programs.

 

In particular, the government is supporting the business sector through two government-backed programs:

 

-“Reactiva Peru” is a liquidity program, implemented through BCRP, that has resources of PEN 60 billion (8% of GDP) and will help mainly small and medium-size companies obtain new working capital and continue operating. The government guarantee coverage level for these loans varies between 80% and 98% for loans between PEN 30 thousand and PEN 10 million. The criteria to establish coverage limits the maximum between three times the contribution to social security during 2019 or one month of average sales in 2019, according to SUNAT. These new loans will have terms of up to 36 months, with up to a 12 month grace period. The interest rates for these loans will be capped according to the auction results published by the Central Bank, which charges a flat 0.5% to participating institutions for the transaction.

 

-The Enterprise Support Fund (FAE, by its Spanish initials) program enables banks and microfinance entities to provide Small and Micro businesses loans for up to S/4 billion with government guarantee coverage levels between 90%-98%. This amount represents about 9% of the loan portfolio for SMEs systemwide.

 

Finally, the Central Bank has lowered its reference rate 200 basis points to 0.25%, a historic minimum, and has provided liquidity for 6 and 12 months through Repo operations since the beginning of March. BCRP has also implemented measures to mitigate exchange rate volatility. Additionally, the SBS has authorized credit extensions for up to 6 months with no effect on client credit ratings.

 

The COVID-19 pandemic has caused disruptions in the world economy, which, in turn, could disrupt the business of both Credicorp and its customers. Due to the travel restrictions, closed international borders and prolonged lockdown periods decreed by governments around the world to manage the COVID-19 outbreak, Credicorp’s business may be affected.

 

As of the first quarter of 2020 some of the impacts already generated by COVID-19 at Credicorp are: (i) about 70% of BCP Stand-alone and Mibanco branches are serving nationwide and work at 50% of their capacity; (ii) financial relief measures have been offered to clients, including debt and insurance premium reprograming, cost-free cash management services, COVID-19 health and life insurance coverage and partial reimbursements of premiums on car insurance; (iii) there has been lower business activity as a result of lockdown, (iv) lower reference rates (-200 bps) which impact NIMs; (v) higher market volatility that impact investment portfolios; (vi) lower GDP growth expectations which negatively impact forward looking provisions; and (vii) new expenses including both one-off donations and operating expenses related to crisis management measures.

 

The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic may adversely affect the credit risk of Credicorp’s investment portfolio and wholesale loan portfolio. In particular, the challenges posed by COVID-19, including reduced business volumes, temporary closures and insufficient liquidity may have a higher impact on clients engaging in certain economic activities such as retail, automobile sales, residential real estate, poultry farming, air travel, tourism, microfinance, transportation and restaurants. As a result, the company expects a downgrade in the financial condition of some of our borrowers, which, in turn, could materially affect Credicorp’s business and result of operations.

 

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The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic may adversely affect the credit risk of Credicorp’s retail and microfinance loan portfolio, due to its effect in SME and individual clients. SME clients may be adversely impacted by the lockdown period and the resulting inability to perform operations and generate cash flows. After the lockdown period, SMEs may also face a period of reduced level of operations because of the restrictions that may be imposed on the reopening of different economic sectors. Individuals may be adversely impacted by an increase of the unemployment rate and the reduction of business operations. As a result, the company expects an adverse effect on the credit quality of its loan portfolio and an increase of the cost of risk.

 

The unprecedented shocks to the economy and the high level of uncertainty regarding its recovery, as a result of COVID-19 may increase market risk by causing fluctuations in market prices and loss of liquidity of financial instruments, which may have an adverse impact on our investment portfolio.

 

Prolonged economic stress and market disruptions as a result of COVID-19 may generate pressure on our liquidity management. This increase in liquidity risk may result in limited and/or costly access to financing sources, inability to access capital markets, an increase in draws of outstanding credit lines and a change in the expected level of cash inflow as consequence of large-scale loan reprogramming.

 

In terms of non-financial risks, given the high rate of contagion of the disease, a significant number of our employees may acquire the virus, which may affect our ability to continue operating. Additionally, due to prolonged lockdowns, some of our critical suppliers may stop providing us with certain key services for business continuity. Finally, since we have adopted a remote work approach, we may be exposed to a greater risk of cybersecurity threats because many of our employees now connect to Credicorp’s systems from outside our controlled technological environments.

 

The full extent of the effect on Credicorp’s operating and financial results is still difficult to predict due to the uncertainty about the duration and concentration of the outbreak, but the COVID-19 pandemic, or any other health crisis beyond our control, could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

 

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3SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

 

The significant accounting policies applied in the preparation of Credicorp’s interim condensed consolidated financial statements are set out below:

 

a)Basis of presentation, use of estimates and changes in accounting policies -

 

The accompanying interim condensed consolidated financial statements as of March 31, 2020, and for the three-month period ended March 31, 2020, have been prepared in accordance with IAS 34 “Interim Financial Reporting”.

 

The interim condensed consolidated financial statements do not include all the information and disclosures required in the annual consolidated financial statements and should be read in conjunction with the annual consolidated audited financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2019 (henceforth “2019 Annual consolidated financial statements”), date February 27, 2020.

 

The interim condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared following the historical cost criteria, except for investments at fair value through profit or loss, investments at fair value through other comprehensive income, financial assets designated at fair value through profit or loss, derivative financial instruments, and financial liabilities at fair value through profit or loss; which have been measured at fair value.

 

The interim condensed consolidated financial statements are presented in Soles (S/), which is the functional currency of the Group, and all values are rounded to thousands of soles, except when otherwise indicated.

 

The preparation of the interim condensed consolidated financial statements in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards (henceforth “IFRS”) as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB), requires Management to make estimations and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, income and expenses and the disclosure of significant events in notes to the interim condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

Estimates and judgments are continually evaluated and are based on historical experience and other factors, including expectations of future events that are believed to be reasonable under the current circumstances. The final results could differ from said estimates; however, the Management expects that the variations, if any, will not have a material impact on the interim condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

The most significant estimates included in the accompanying interim condensed consolidated financial statements are related to the calculation of the allowance of the expected credit loss on loan portfolio, the valuation of investments, the technical reserves for insurance claims and premiums, the impairment of goodwill , the expected credit loss for investments at fair value through other comprehensive income and investments at amortized cost, the valuation of share-based payment plans and the valuation of derivative financial instruments. Furthermore, other estimates exist, such as the estimated useful life of intangible assets, property, furniture and equipment and the deferred income tax assets and liabilities.

 

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The accounting policies adopted in the preparation of the interim condensed consolidated financial statements are consistent with those followed in the preparation of the Group’s annual consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2019, except for the adoption of new standards effective as of January 1, 2020, as described below:

 

(i)Definition of Material – Amendments to IAS 1 and IAS 8 -

 

The IASB has made amendments to IAS 1 Presentation of Financial Statements and IAS 8 Accounting Policies, Changes in Accounting Estimates and Errors which use a consistent definition of materiality throughout International Financial Reporting Standards and the Conceptual Framework for Financial Reporting, clarify when information is material and incorporate some of the guidance in IAS 1 about immaterial information.

 

In particular, the amendments clarify:

 

-That the reference to obscuring information addresses situations in which the effect is similar to omitting or misstating that information, and that an entity assesses materiality in the context of the financial statements as a whole, and
-The meaning of ‘primary users of general-purpose financial statements’ to whom those financial statements are directed, by defining them as ‘existing and potential investors, lenders and other creditors’ that must rely on general purpose financial statements for much of the financial information they need.

 

(ii)Definition of a Business – Amendments to IFRS 3 –

 

The amended definition of a business requires an acquisition to include an input and a substantive process that together significantly contribute to the ability to create outputs. The definition of the term ‘outputs’ is amended to focus on goods and services provided to customers, generating investment income and other income, and it excludes returns in the form of lower costs and other economic benefits.

 

The amendments will likely result in more acquisitions being accounted as asset acquisitions.

 

(iii)Revised Conceptual Framework for Financial Reporting –

 

The IASB has issued a revised Conceptual Framework which will be used in standard-setting decisions with immediate effect. Key changes include:

 

-Increasing the prominence of stewardship in the objective of financial reporting.
-Reinstating prudence as a component of neutrality.
-Refining a reporting entity, which may be a legal entity, or a portion of an entity.
-Revising the definitions of an asset and a liability.
-Removing the probability threshold for recognition and adding guidance on derecognition.
-Adding guidance on different measurement basis, and
-Stating that profit or loss is the primary performance indicator and that, in principle, income and expenses in other comprehensive income should be recycled where this enhances the relevance or faithful representation of the financial statements.

 

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No changes will be made to any of the current accounting standards. However, entities that rely on the Framework in determining their accounting policies for transactions, events or conditions that are not otherwise dealt with under the accounting standards will need to apply the revised Framework from January 1, 2020. These entities will need to consider whether their accounting policies are still appropriate under the revised Framework.

 

The modifications indicated above had no impact on the amounts recognized in previous or current periods and are not expected to significantly affect future periods.

 

b)Basis of consolidation –

 

The interim condensed consolidated financial statements of the Group comprise the condensed financial statements of Credicorp and Subsidiaries for all the years presented. The method adopted by the Group to consolidate its Subsidiaries is described in Note 3(b) of the 2019 Annual Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

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As of March 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019, the following entities comprise the Group (the individual or consolidated figures of their financial statements are presented in accordance with IFRS and before eliminations for consolidation purposes, except for the elimination of Credicorp’s treasury shares and its related dividends):

 

Entity  Activity and
country of
incorporation
  Percentage of
interest (direct
and indirect)
   Assets   Liabilities   Equity   Net income (loss)
for the three-month
periods ended
March 31,
 
      As of
March 31,
2020
   As of
December 31,
2019
   As of
March 31,
2020
   As of
December 31,
2019
   As of
March 31,
2020
   As of
December 31,
2019
   As of
March 31,
2020
   As of
December 31,
2019
   2020   2019 
      %   %   S/(000)   S/(000)   S/(000)   S/(000)   S/(000)   S/(000)   S/(000)   S/(000) 
Grupo Crédito S.A. and Subsidiaries (i)  Holding, Peru   100.00    100.00    157,270,681    165,072,249    136,994,794    142,514,228    20,275,887    22,558,021    162,642    1,033,387 
Pacífico Compañía de Seguros y Reaseguros S.A and Subsidiaries (ii)  Insurance, Peru   98.79              98.79    13,728,994    13,783,515    10,994,137    10,963,533    2,734,857    2,819,982    99,838    78,070 
Atlantic Security Holding Corporation and Subsidiaries (iii)  Capital Markets, Cayman Islands   100.00    100.00    8,483,365    6,076,928    7,075,645    4,986,657    1,407,720    1,090,271    436,345    348,530 
Credicorp Capital Ltd. and Subsidiaries (iv)  Capital Markets and asset management, Bermuda   100.00    100.00    4,115,320    4,807,905    3,255,430    3,832,287    859,890    975,618    (7,447)   15,571 
CCR Inc.(v)  Special purpose Entity, Bahamas   100.00    100.00    362,088    386,146    360,885    385,253    1,203    893    310    672 

 

(i)The main activity of Grupo Crédito is to invest in shares listed in the Peruvian-Stock Exchange and in unlisted shares of Peruvian companies. Below, we present the individual or consolidated figures of their financial statements are presented in accordance with IFRS and before eliminations for consolidation purposes:

 

Entity  Activity and
country of
incorporation
  Percentage of
interest (direct
and indirect)
   Assets   Liabilities   Equity   Net income (loss)
for the three-month
periods ended
March 31,
 
      As of
March 31,
2020
   As of
December 31,
2019
   As of
March 31,
2020
   As of
December 31,
2019
   As of
March 31,
2020
   As of
December 31,
2019
   As of
March 31,
2020
   As of
December 31,
2019
   2020   2019 
      %   %   S/(000)   S/(000)   S/(000)   S/(000)   S/(000)   S/(000)   S/(000)   S/(000) 
Banco de Crédito del Perú and Subsidiaries (a)  Banking, Peru   97.71        97.71    160,824,748    152,426,848    141,992,056    133,456,760    18,832,692    18,970,088    181,257    937,556 
Inversiones Credicorp Bolivia S.A. and Subsidiaries (b)  Banking, Bolivia   99.96    99.96    11,405,835    10,552,154    10,663,937    9,773,372    741,898    778,782    9,893    16,674 
Prima AFP (c)  Private pension fund administrator, Peru   100.00    100.00    982,264    982,591    402,446    284,643    579,818    697,948    (4,079)   57,000 
Krealo SpA and Subsidiaries (d)  Holding, Chile   100.00    100.00    76,637    72,847    40,639    41,765    35,998    31,082    (2,396)   - 

 

a)BCP was established in 1889 and its activities are regulated by the Superintendency of Banks, Insurance and Pension Funds -Perú (the authority that regulates banking, insurance and pension funds activities in Perú, hereinafter “the SBS").

 

Its main Subsidiary is Mibanco, Banco de la Microempresa S.A. (hereinafter “MiBanco”), a banking entity in Peru oriented towards the micro and small business sector. As of March 31, 2020, the assets, liabilities, equity and net income of Mibanco amount to approximately S/13,529.0 million, S/11,408.0 million, S/2,121.0 million and S/34.0 million, respectively (S/13,741.7 million, S/11,655.7 million, S/2,086.0 million, and S/401.0 million, respectively as of December 31, 2019).

 

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b)Inversiones Credicorp Bolivia S.A. (hereinafter “ICBSA”) was established in February 2013 and its objective is to make capital investments for its own account or for the account of third parties in companies and other entities providing financial services, exercising or determining the management, administration, control and representation thereof, both nationally and abroad, for which it can invest in capital markets, insurance, asset management, pension funds and other related financial and/or stock exchange products.

 

Its principal Subsidiary is Banco de Crédito de Bolivia (hereinafter “BCB”), a commercial bank which operates in Bolivia. As of March 31, 2020, the assets, liabilities, equity and net profit of BCB were approximately S/11,358.7 million, S/10,648.7 million, S/710.0 million and S/7.0 million, respectively (S/10,480.9 million, S/ 9,743.9 million, S/737.0 million and S/79.0 million, respectively as of December 31, 2019).

 

c)Prima AFP is a private pension fund and its activities are regulated by the SBS.

 

d)Krealo SpA (hereinafter “Krealo") was established in January 2019; and is oriented to make capital investments outside the country. On July 1, 2019, Krealo acquired Tenpo SpA and Multicaja Prepago S.A.

 

(ii)Pacífico Seguros is an entity regulated by the SBS and its activities comprise the contracting and management of all types of general risk and life insurance, reinsurance and property investment and financial operations. Its Subsidiaries are Crediseguro Seguros Personales and Crediseguro Seguros Generales, and it has Pacífico EPS as an associate, which are dynamic participants in the business of multiple and health insurance, respectively.

 

(iii)Its most important Subsidiary is Atlantic Security Bank (ASB), which is incorporated in the Cayman Islands and operates through branches and offices in Grand Cayman and the Republic of Panama; its main activities are private and institutional banking services and trustee administration, mainly for BCP’s Peruvian customers.

 

(iv)Credicorp Capital Ltd. was formed in 2012, and its main subsidiaries are Credicorp Capital Holding Peru (owner of Credicorp Capital Perú S.A.A.), Credicorp Holding Colombia (owner of Credicorp Capital Colombia, Ultraserfinco S.A. and Banco Compartir S.A.), and Credicorp Capital Holding Chile (owner of Credicorp Capital Chile), which carry out their activities in Peru, Colombia and Chile, respectively. We present below the consolidated financial statements in accordance with IFRS and before eliminations for consolidation purposes:

 

Entity  Percentage of
interest (direct
and indirect)
   Assets   Liabilities   Equity   Net income (loss)
for the three-month
periods ended
March 31,
 
   As of
March 31,
2020
   As of
December 31,
2019
   As of
March 31,
2020
   As of
December 31,
2019
   As of
March 31,
2020
   As of
December 31,
2019
   As of
March 31,
2020
   As of
December 31,
2019
   2020   2019 
   %   %   S/(000)   S/(000)   S/(000)   S/(000)   S/(000)   S/(000)   S/(000)   S/(000) 
Credicorp Holding  Colombia S.A.S. and Subsidiaries (a)   100.00    100.00    2,771,905    3,400,683    2,159,820    2,692,520    612,085    708,163    (2,444)   5,224 
Credicorp Capital Holding  Chile and Subsidiaries (b)   100.00    100.00    1,094,288    1,161,991    950,257    1,017,072    144,031    144,919    (5,436)   2,628 
Credicorp Capital Holding Perú S.A. and Subsidiaries (c)   100.00    100.00    241,950    228,421    125,208    114,913    116,742    113,508    2,038    2,871 

 

 

a)Credicorp Holding Colombia was incorporated in Colombia on March 5, 2012, and its main purpose is the administration, management and increase of its equity through the promotion of industrial and commercial activity, through investment in other companies or legal persons. Its main subsidiary is Credicorp Capital Colombia S.A.

 

b)Credicorp Holding Chile was incorporated in Chile on July 18, 2012, and aims to invest for long-term profitable purposes, in corporeal goods (movable and immovable property) and incorporeal, located in Chile or abroad. Its main subsidiary is Credicorp Capital Chile S.A.

 

c)Credicorp Capital Holding Perú S.A. was incorporated in Peru on October 30, 2014, and aims to be the Peruvian holding of investment banking. Its main subsidiary Credicorp Capital Perú S.A.A.; which has as its main activity the function of holding shares, participations and transferable securities in general, providing advisory services in corporate and financial matters, and investment in real estate.

 

(v)CCR Inc. was incorporated in 2000, its main activity is to manage loans granted to BCP by foreign financial entities, See Note 17(a)(vi). These loans are collateralized by transactions performed by BCP.

 

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c)International Financial Reporting Standards issued but not yet effective -

 

The Group decided not to early adopt the following standards and interpretations that were issued but are not effective as of March 31, 2020:

 

(i)IFRS 17 “Insurance Contracts” -

 

IFRS 17 was issued in May 2017 in replacement of IFRS 4 “Insurance Contracts”. This standard requires a current measurement model, where estimate are remeasured in each reporting period. The contracts are measured using the building blocks of:

 

-Discounted- weighted of probability cash flows
-An explicit risk adjustment, and
-A contractual service margin which represents the unearned profit of the contract recognized as income over the coverage.

 

IFRS 17 applies to all types of insurance contracts (life, non-life and reinsurance insurance), regardless of the type of entities that issue them, as well as certain guarantees and financial instruments with certain discretionary participation characteristics. The general objective of IFRS 17 is to provide an accounting model that is more useful and uniform for insurance entities. Unlike IFRS 4, which relies heavily on the application of existing / local accounting policies, IFRS 17 provides a comprehensive model for insurance contracts, which covers all relevant accounting aspects.

 

The standard permits a choice between recognizing the changes in discount rates, either in the statement of income or directly in other comprehensive income. The choice probably reflects how insurers record their financial assets according to IFRS 9.

 

An optional, simplified premium allocation approach is permitted for the liability for the remaining coverage for short duration contracts, which are often written by non-life insurers.

 

There is a modification of the general measurement model denominated “Variable commissions method” for certain contracts of insurers with life insurance in which the insured share the yields from the underlying elements. Upon applying the variable commissions’ method, the entity’s participation in changes in fair value of the underlying elements is included in the contractual service margin. Therefore, it is probable that the results of the insurers that use this model will be less volatile than under the general model.

 

The new rules will affect the financial statements and key performance indicators of all entities that issue insurance contracts or investment contracts with discretionary participation features.

 

Also, its implementation will modify the recognition, measurement, presentation and disclosure of insurance contracts having a significant impact on the underlying valuation models, systems, processes, internal controls and other fundamental aspects of the insurance business.

 

The Group has established governance structures related to the IFRS 17 project with the Audit Committee as the highest instance. As required by the standard, currently, the entities that make up the Group are in the process of determining the impact of their application.

 

Initially, IFRS 17 would apply to annual periods beginning on or after January 1, 2021; however, on November 14, 2018, the IASB agreed to defer the effective date of application to annual periods beginning on or after January 1, 2022.

 

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(ii)Amendments to IFRS 10 “Consolidated Financial Statements” and IAS 28 “Investments in associates and joint ventures”: Sale or contribution of assets between an investor and its associate or joint venture –

 

The IASB made limited scope amendments to IFRS 10 and IAS 28.

 

The amendments clarify the accounting treatment of the sales or contribution of assets between an investor and his associates or joint venture. These amendments confirm that the accounting treatment depends on whether the non-monetary assets sold or contributed to an associate or joint venture constitutes “a business” (as defined in IFRS 3 “Business combinations”).

 

If the non-monetary assets constitute a business, the investor will recognize the total gain or loss on the sale or contribution of assets. If the assets do not comply with the definition of “business”, the investor will recognize the gain or loss only in proportion to the investor’s investment in the associate or joint venture. The amendments will apply prospectively.

 

The IASB decided to defer the application date of this amendment until it has completed its research project on the equity method.

 

The Group is in the process of evaluating the impact of the application of these standards, and to date, it considers that there will be no significant impact on the consolidated financial statements, except for IFRS 17.

 

Likewise, there are no other standards or amendments to standards which have not yet become effective and are expected to have a significant impact on the Group, either in the current or future periods, as well as on expected future transactions.

 

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4CASH AND DUE FROM BANKS

 

a)The composition of the item is presented below:

 

   As of March 31,
2020
   As of December 31,
2019
 
   S/(000)   S/(000) 
Cash and clearing (b)   5,249,377    4,917,674 
Deposits with Central Reserve Bank of Peru (BCRP) (b)   16,626,007    18,367,651 
Deposits with Central Bank of Bolivia   927,759    646,865 
Deposits with foreign banks (c)   2,598,983    1,408,117 
Deposits with local banks (c)   526,810    481,412 
Interbank funds   376,289    137,722 
Accrued interest   6,969    14,601 
Total cash and cash equivalents   26,312,194    25,974,042 
Restricted funds   13,592    12,720 
Total cash   26,325,786    25,986,762 

 

Cash and cash equivalents presented in the interim condensed consolidated statement of cash flows exclude restricted funds.

 

b)Cash and clearing and deposits with Central Reserve Bank of Peru -

 

These accounts mainly include the legal cash requirements that Subsidiaries of Credicorp, incorporated in Peru, must keep to be able to honor their obligations with the public. The composition of these funds is as follows:

 

   As of March 31,
2020
   As of December 31,
2019
 
   S/(000)   S/(000) 
Legal cash requirements (i)          
Deposits with Central Reserve Bank of Peru   9,989,397    13,727,222 
Cash in vaults of Bank   4,462,793    4,132,347 
Total legal cash requirements   14,452,190    17,859,569 
           
Additional funds          
Overnight deposits with Central Reserve Bank of Peru (ii)   6,636,610    4,640,429 
Cash in vaults of Bank and others   786,584    785,327 
Total additional funds   7,423,194    5,425,756 
Total   21,875,384    23,285,325 

 

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(i)As of March 31, 2020, cash and deposits subject to legal cash requirements in local and foreign currency are subject to an implicit rate of 5.01 percent and 35.42 percent, respectively, on the total balance of obligations subject to legal cash requirements, as required by the BCRP (5.01 percent and 35.06 percent, respectively, as of December 31, 2019).

 

In Management's opinion, the Group has complied with the calculation legal cash requirements established by current regulations.

 

(ii)As of March 31, 2020, the Group maintains three "overnight" deposits with the BCRP, of which are two denominated in soles for S/690.6 million and one in U.S Dollars for US$1,730.0 million, equivalent to S/5,946.0 million. At said date, the deposit in soles and deposits in U.S Dollars accrue interest at annual rates of 0.25 percent and 0.17 percent, respectively, and have maturities at 1 day.

 

As of December 31, 2019, the Group maintains three “overnight” deposits with the BCRP, which are one denominated in soles for S/360.0 million and two in U.S Dollars for US$1,291.6 million, equivalent to S/4,280.4 million. At said date, deposit in soles and deposits in U.S Dollars accrue interest at annual rates of 1.00 percent and 1.57 percent, respectively, and have maturities at 2 days.

 

c)Deposits with local and foreign banks -

 

Deposits with local and foreign banks mainly consist of balances in soles and U.S. dollars; these are cash in hand and earn interest at market rates. As of March 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019 Credicorp and its Subsidiaries do not maintain significant deposits with any bank in particular.

 

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5CASH COLLATERAL, REVERSE REPURCHASE AGREEMENTS AND SECURITIES BORROWING AND PAYABLES FROM REPURCHASE AGREEMENTS AND SECURITIES LENDING

 

a)We present below the composition of cash collateral, reverse repurchase agreements and securities borrowing:

 

   As of March 31,
2020
   As of December 31,
2019
 
   S/(000)   S/(000) 
Cash collateral on repurchase agreements and security lendings (i)   3,455,245    3,293,837 
Reverse repurchase agreement and security borrowings   969,100    899,435 
Receivables for short sales   -    95,252 
Total   4,424,345    4,288,524 

 

(i)As of March 31, 2020, the balance mainly comprises cash collateral for approximately US$835.5 million, equivalent to S/2,871.6 million, delivered to BCRP to secure a borrowing in soles of approximately S/2,822.6 million from the same entity (cash collateral for approximately US$844.5 million, equivalent to S/2,798.7 million, and borrowing of approximately S/2,800.4 million, as of December 31, 2019).

 

Cash collateral granted bears interest at an average annual effective interest rate according to market rates. The related liability is presented in “Payables from repurchase agreements and securities lending” of the interim condensed consolidated statement of financial position, see paragraph (c) below.

 

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b)Credicorp, through its subsidiaries, obtains financing through “Payables from repurchase agreements and securities lending” by selling financial instruments and committing to repurchase them at future dates, including interest at a fixed rate. The details of said transactions are as follows:

 

      As of March 31, 2020  As of December 31, 2019 
   Currency 

Average
interest

rate

  

Up to 3

days

  From
3 to
30 days
   More
than
30 days
   Carrying
amount
   Fair
value of
underlying
assets
 

Average
interest

rate

  

Up to 3

days

   From
3 to
30 days
   More
than
30 days
   Carrying
amount
   Fair
value of
underlying
assets
 
      %   S/(000)  S/(000)   S/(000)   S/(000)   S/(000)  %   S/(000)   S/(000)   S/(000)   S/(000)   S/(000) 
Debt instruments (c)           71,284   -    7,282,252    7,353,536    7,736,198        64,900    25,699    6,240,866    6,331,465    6,709,182 
Instruments issued by the Colombian Government  Colombian pesos   5.79    462,739   346,918    1,692    811,349    814,101   5.49    135,997    941,431    -    1,077,428    1,077,917 
Instruments issued by the Chilean Government  Chilean pesos   0.13    37,544   -    -    37,544    37,675   0.20    130,551    44,411    -    174,962    175,054 
Other instruments      0.50    51,961   336    -    52,297    52,524   2.07    70,997    16,809    6,355    94,161    105,086 
            623,528   347,254    7,283,944    8,254,726    8,640,498        402,445    1,028,350    6,247,221    7,678,016    8,067,239 

 

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c)As of March 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019, the Group has repurchase agreements secured with: (i) cash, see Note 5(a), and (ii) investments, see Note 6(b). This item consists of the following:

 

      As of March 31, 2020  As of December 31, 2019
          Carrying          Carrying    
Counterparties  Currency  Maturity   amount   Collateral  Maturity   amount   Collateral
            S/(000)            S/(000)    
BCRP, Note 5(a)(i)  Soles   April 2020 / March 2023    2,822,600   Cash with BCRP   February 2020 / October 2020    2,800,400   Cash with BCRP
BCRP  Soles   June 2020 / March 2021    2,439,675   Investments   June 2020 / November 2020    1,504,088   Investments
Natixis S.A.  Soles   August 2020 / August 2028    570,000   Investments   August 2020 / August 2028    570,000   Investments
Banco Central de Bolivia  Bolivianos   May 2020 / February 2021    466,354   Cash   May 2020 / February 2021    398,586   Cash
Nomura International PLC  U.S. Dollar   August 2020    274,960   Investments and cash   August 2020    265,120   Investments and cash
Nomura International PLC  U.S. Dollar   August 2020    240,590   Investments and cash   August 2020    231,980   Investments and cash
Citigroup Global Market Limited  U.S. Dollar   August 2026    154,665   Investments   August 2026    149,130   Investments
Citigroup Global Markets Limited  Soles   August 2020    100,000   Investments   August 2020    100,000   Investments
Natixis S.A  U.S. Dollar   August 2026    85,925   Investments   August 2026    82,850   Investments
Banco de la República  Colombian pesos   April 2020    63,265   Investments   January 2020    64,540   Investments
Naitixis  Colombian pesos   October 2020    34,068   -   -    -   -
Other below S/8.0 million  -   April 2020 / April 2033    8,010   Investments   January 2020 / April 2033    64,970   Investments
Accrued interest           93,424            99,801    
            7,353,536            6,331,465    

 

As of March 31, 2020, said operations accrue interest at fixed and variable rates between 0.72 percent and 7.20 percent and between Libor 3M + 0.80 percent and Libor 6M + 1.90 percent, respectively, (between 2.6 percent and 7.20 percent and between Libor 3M + 0.80 percent and Libor 6M + 1.90 percent, respectively, as of December 31, 2019). Also, certain repurchase agreements were hedged using interest rate swaps (IRS) and cross-currency swaps (CCS), see Note 13(b).

 

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6INVESTMENTS

 

a)Investment at fair value through profit or loss consist of the following:

 

  

As of March

31, 2020

  

As of December

31, 2019

 
    S/(000)    S/(000) 
Government treasury bonds (i)   1,971,197    1,276,573 
Mutual funds   831,775    593,552 
Restricted mutual funds (ii)   398,111    460,086 
Participation in RAL Funds (iii)   328,697    300,398 
Corporate bonds   199,285    326,673 
Investment funds   89,295    327,659 
Royalty Pharma (iv)   79,084    68,584 
Central Bank of Chile bonds   64,822    182,540 
Shares   41,326    83,085 
Subordinated bonds   24,810    80,084 
Multilateral organization bonds   17,793    53,353 
Others   129,243    93,204 
Balance before accrued interest   4,175,438    3,845,791 
Accrued interest   10,200    4,971 
Total   4,185,638    3,850,762 

 

(i)As of March 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019, the balance of these instruments includes the following government treasury bonds:

 

  

As of March

31, 2020

  

As of December

31, 2019

 
    S/(000)    S/(000) 
Colombian Treasury bonds   972,857    1,102,865 
Peruvian Treasury bonds   768,254    95,308 
U.S. treasury and federal agency bonds   128,542    78,400 
Panama Treasury bonds   67,173    - 
Brasil Treasury bonds   25,652    - 
Chile Treasury bonds   6,979    - 
Mexico Treasury bonds   1,740    - 
Total   1,971,197    1,276,573 

 

(ii)The restricted mutual funds comprise the participation quotas in the private pension funds managed by the Group, and are maintained in compliance with the legal regulations in Peru. Their availability is restricted and the yield received is the same as that received by the private pension funds managed.

 

(iii)As of March 31, 2020, these funds are approximately S/146.5 million in bolivianos and S/182.2 million in U.S. Dollars (S/166.9 million in bolivianos and S/133.5 million in U.S. Dollars as of December 31, 2019) and comprise the investments made by the Group in the Central Bank of Bolivia as collateral for deposits received from the public. These funds have restrictions for their use and are required from all banks in Bolivia.

 

(iv)It corresponds to participations in RPI International Holding, LP, who invests in a series of subordinate funds whose objective is to invest in Royalty Pharma Investments, an investment fund established under the laws of Ireland. This investment fund is dedicated to buying medical and biotechnology patents. Participations in RPI International Holdings, LP, are not liquid and require authorization for negotiation.

 

During the period ended March 31, 2020 and March 31, 2019, the Group has received dividends from these participations for S/1,012,164 and S/930,591, respectively; which are presented in the item of “Interest and similar income” of the interim condensed consolidated statement of income.

 

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b)Investments at fair value through other comprehensive income consist of the following:

 

   As of March 31, 2020   As of December 31, 2019 
       Unrealized gross amount           Unrealized gross amount     
   Amortized cost   Profits   Losses   Estimated
fair value
   Amortized
cost
   Profits   Losses   Estimated
fair value
 
   S/(000)   S/(000)   S/(000)   S/(000)   S/(000)   S/(000)   S/(000)   S/(000) 
Debts instruments:                                        
                                         
Corporate bonds (i)   9,380,090    495,928    (366,679)   9,509,339    7,974,080    706,394    (8,322)   8,672,152 
Certificates of deposit BCRP (ii)   9,644,503    40,800    (37)   9,685,266    8,649,885    15,388    (1)   8,665,272 
Government treasury bonds (iii)   6,526,977    519,946    (92,463)   6,954,460    6,009,137    690,048    (1,109)   6,698,076 
Securitization instruments (iv)   662,395    43,886    (11,891)   694,390    580,778    53,328    (8,344)   625,762 
Negotiable certificates of deposit   466,101    1,492    (671)   466,922    369,016    856    (303)   369,569 
Subordinated bonds   155,746    10,042    (5,352)   160,436    150,172    14,085    (100)   164,157 
Others   169,816    7,398    (1,687)   175,527    167,529    7,896    -    175,425 
    27,005,628    1,119,492    (478,780)   27,646,340    23,900,597    1,487,995    (18,179)   25,370,413 

Equity instruments designated at the initial recognition

                                        
                                         
Shares issued by:                                        
Alicorp S.A.A.   12,198    158,582    -    170,780    12,198    201,567    -    213,765 
Inversiones Centenario   112,647    190,776    -    303,423    112,647    195,305    -    307,952 
Bolsa de Valores de Lima   19,423    1,153    -    20,576    19,423    2,115    -    21,538 
Bolsa de Comercio de Santiago   4,964    4,365    -    9,329    4,964    5,688    -    10,652 
Compañía Universal Textil S.A.   9,597    248    (3,432)   6,413    9,597    248    (3,432)   6,413 
Pagos Digitales Peruanos S.A.   -    -    -    -    5,197    -    -    5,197 
Corporación Andina de Fomento   -    -    -    -    4,441    181    -    4,622 
Bolsa de Valores de Colombia   819    1,286    (210)   1,895    872    4,070    (53)   4,889 
Others   6,962    2,988    -    9,950    2,638    1,533    -    4,171 
    166,610    359,398    (3,642)   522,366    171,977    410,707    (3,485)   579,199 
                                         
Balance before accrued interest   27,172,238    1,478,890    (482,422)   28,168,706    24,072,574    1,898,702    (21,664)   25,949,612 
Accrued interest                  219,666                   253,111 
Total                  28,388,372                   26,202,723 

 

The Management of Credicorp has determined that the unrealized losses on investment at fair value through other comprehensive income as of March 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019 are of a temporary nature, considering factors such as intended strategy in relation with the identified security or portfolio, its underlying collateral and credit rating of the issuers. As of March 31, 2020, as a result of assessment of the impairment of its investments at fair value through other comprehensive income, the Group recorded a provision of credit loss of S/11.8 million (recovery of credit loss of S/0.7 million during the three-month period ended March 31, 2019), which is shown in “Net gain on securities” in the interim condensed consolidated statement of income. Also, Management has decided and has the ability to hold each investment for a period of time sufficient to allow for an anticipated recovery in fair value, until the earlier of its anticipated recovery or maturity.

 

As of March 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019, the Group has not reclassified instruments from the portfolio of investments at fair value through other comprehensive income to investments at amortized cost.

 

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The maturities and annual market rates of investments at fair value through other comprehensive income as of March 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019, are as follows:

 

   Maturities  Annual effective interest rate 
  

As of March 31,

2020

  As of December 31, 2019  As of March 31, 2020   As of December 31, 2019 
         S/   US$   Other   S/   US$   Other  
         Min   Max   Min   Max   Min   Max   Min   Max   Min   Max   Min   Max 
         %   %   %   %   %   %   %   %   %   %   %   % 
Corporate bonds (*)  Apr-2020 / Feb-2065  Jan-2020 / Feb-2065   (0.57)   33.99    0.41    19.43    0.49    9.92    1.09    8.16    0.47    8.25    0.62    6.55 
Certificates of deposit BCRP  Apr-2020 / Mar-2023  Jan-2020 / Jul-2021   1.25    2.41    -    -    -    -    2.02    2.35    -    -    -    - 
Government treasury bonds  Apr-2020 / Feb-2055  Jan-2020 / Feb-2055   0.78    5.88    0.62    6.31    2.59    2.89    0.55    5.31    1.11    4.61    0.43    0.82 
Securitization instruments  May-2020 / Sep-2045  May-2020 / Sep-2045   2.89    13.32    3.40    9.11    1.68    6.00    2.46    13.26    3.08    9.14    1.68    6.00 
Negotiable certificates of deposits  Apr-2020 / Dec 2026  Jan-2020 / Dec-2026   2.47    3.75    1.20    4.00    0.80    4.98    3.27    4.01    2.48    2.68    1.00    4.98 
Subordinated bonds  Apr-2022 / Aug-2045  Apr-2022 / Aug-2045   1.28    7.28    3.63    6.78    -    -    1.21    5.52    3.27    5.23    1.53    1.53 
Others  Apr-2020 / Feb-2035  Jan-2020 / Jan-2028   1.61    7.05    3.40    6.92    -    -    1.95    3.73    4.73    6.92    -    - 

 

(*) As of March 31, 2020, the annual effective interest rates of (0.57) percent and 33.99 percent correspond to bonds issued by JP Morgan Chase & Co. and ICCGSA Inversiones S.A., respectively; excluding such interest rates, the ranges are from 1.34 percent to 11.90 percent.

 

Likewise, as of March 31, 2020, the Group entered into repurchase agreement transactions for corporate bonds, multilateral organization bonds and foreign government bonds classified as investments at fair value through other comprehensive income, for an estimated fair value of S/2,552.2 million (S/1,588.7 million as of December 31, 2019), of which the related liability is presented in “Payables from repurchase agreements and securities lending” of the interim condensed consolidated statement of financial position, see note 5(c).

 

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(i)    As of March 31, 2020, the largest unrealized loss respect to the balance as of December 31, 2019 is due to the COVID-19 crisis, which had a greater impact in the electricity, gas and water sector and in the financial services sector amounting to S/145.2 million and S/75.2 million, respectively; generated mainly by Peruvian, Colombian and United States issuers for S/113.2 million, S/38.8 million and S/23.0 million, respectively.

 

(ii)As of March 31, 2020, the Group maintains 97,647 certificates of deposits BCRP (87,530 as of December 31, 2019); which are instruments issued at discount through public auction, traded on the Peruvian secondary market and payable in soles.

 

(iii)As of March 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019, the balance includes the following Government Treasury Bonds:

 

  

As of March
31, 2020

  

As of December
31, 2019

 
   S/(000)   S/(000) 
Peruvian treasury bonds   6,126,787    5,959,066 
U.S. treasury and federal agency bonds   485,215    391,475 
Chilean treasury bonds   179,061    173,364 
Bolivian treasury bonds   60,803    72,516 
Colombian treasury bonds   61,157    61,009 
Others   41,437    40,646 
Total   6,954,460    6,698,076 

 

(iv)As of March 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019, the balance of securitization instruments includes the following:

 

  

As of March
31, 2020

  

As of December
31, 2019

 
   S/(000)   S/(000) 
Inmuebles Panamericana   163,705    169,959 
Abengoa Transmisión del Norte   89,961    87,377 
Industrias de Aceite S.A.   50,808    32,050 
Costa de Sol S.A.   49,807     
Homecenters Peruanos S.A.   34,537    35,269 
Others   305,572    301,107 
Total   694,390    625,762 

 

The instruments have semiannual payments until 2045.The pool of underlying assets consists mainly of accounts receivable from income, revenues for services and from maintenance and marketing contributions (Inmuebles Panamericana), accounts receivable for electrical transmission services from the Carhuamayo - Cajamarca line (Abengoa Transmisión Norte) and accounts receivable for the transformation and commercialization of agribusiness products (Industrias de Aceite S.A.).

 

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c)Amortized cost investments consist of the following:

 

   As of March 31, 2020 
   Carrying   Fair 
   amount   value 
   S/(000)   S/(000) 
Peruvian sovereign bonds (i)   4,086,569    4,332,415 
Foreign government bonds (i)   18,360    18,363 
Certificates of payment on work progress (CRPAO) (ii)   99,226    103,432 
Sub total   4,204,155    4,454,210 
Accrued interest   39,080    39,080 
Total investments at amortized cost   4,243,235    4,493,290 
Provision for credit losses   (592)   (592)
Total investments at amortized cost, net   4,242,643    4,492,698 

 

   As of December 31, 2019 
   Carrying   Fair 
   amount   value 
   S/(000)   S/(000) 
Peruvian sovereign bonds (i)   3,277,667    3,694,631 
Foreign government bonds (i)   21,168    21,168 
Certificates of payment on work progress (CRPAO) (ii)   100,298    103,015 
Sub total   3,399,133    3,818,814 
Accrued interest   78,180    78,180 
Total investments at amortized cost   3,477,313    3,896,994 
Provision for credit losses   (267)   (267)
Total investments at amortized cost, net   3,477,046    3,896,727 

 

(i)As of March 31, 2020, said bonds have maturities between April 2020 and February 2042, accruing interest at an annual effective interest rate between 1.27 percent and 5.88 percent on bonds denominated in soles and between 0.47 percent and 2.62 percent annual on bonds issued in other currencies (as of December 31, 2019, have maturities between January 2020 and February 2042, accruing interest at an annual effective interest rate between 2.14 percent and 5.28 percent on bonds denominated in soles and between 0.45 percent and 2.53 percent on bonds issued in other currencies).

 

Likewise, Credicorp Management has determined that as of March 31, 2020, the difference between amortized cost and the fair value of these investments is temporary in nature and Credicorp has the intention and ability to hold each of these investments until its maturity.

 

As of March 31, 2020, the Group has repurchase agreement transactions for investments at amortized cost for an estimated fair value of S/1,536.5 million (S/1,569.3 million as of December 31, 2019), the related liability for which is presented in the caption “Payables from repurchase agreements and securities lending” of the interim condensed consolidated statement of financial position, see note 5(c).

 

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(ii)As of March 31, 2020, there are 145 certificates of Annual Recognition of Payment on Work Progress - CRPAO from Spanish acronym (153 CRPAOs as of December 31, 2019), issued by the Peruvian Government to finance projects and concessions. Said issuance is a mechanism established in the concession agreement signed between the State and the concessionaire, which allows the latter to obtain financing to continue with the work undertaken. Said investment matures between April 2020 and April 2026, accruing interest at an annual effective rate between 2.48 percent and 4.52 percent as of March 31, 2020 (between January 2020 and April 2026, accruing interest at an annual effective rate between 3.74 percent and 4.67 percent as of December 31, 2019).

 

On July 30, 2019, the Assets and Liabilities Committee (ALCO) approved the request to change the Atlantic Security Bank (ASB) business model to manage its investments according to its new balance sheet structure, which generated a reclassification of the entire investment portfolio classified as amortized cost to the investment portfolio at fair value with changes in other comprehensive income and then sell them and acquire new investments that adapt to the new investment portfolio strategy.

 

The value of the investments at amortized cost as of July 30, 2019 amounted to US$73,030.4 (in thousands) with a fluctuation amounting to US$2,117.5 (in thousands), with a market value of US$ 75,147.9 (in thousands) and finally an expected credit loss of US$82.4 (in thousands). The fluctuation and expected credit loss were recorded in other comprehensive income.

 

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c)The table below shows the balance of investments classified by maturity, without consider accrued interest or provision for credit loss:

 

   As of March 31, 2020 
   At fair value
through profit
or loss
   At fair value
through other
comprehensive
income
   Amortized
cost
 
   S/(000)   S/(000)   S/(000) 
Up to 3 months   80,620    3,096,776    9,930 
From 3 months to 1 year   227,761    7,395,276    900,711 
From 1 to 3 years   301,369    2,992,056    43,921 
From 3 to 5 years   406,610    2,724,779    687,704 
More than 5 years   1,488,621    11,437,457    2,561,889 
Without maturity   1,670,457    522,362    - 
Total   4,175,438    28,168,706    4,204,155 

 

   As of December 31, 2019 
   At fair value
through profit
or loss
   At fair value
through other
comprehensive
income
   Amortized
cost
 
   S/(000)   S/(000)   S/(000) 
Up to 3 months   237,624    2,420,464    9,969 
From 3 months to 1 year   269,199    6,694,486    908,271 
From 1 to 3 years   472,215    2,155,053    42,440 
From 3 to 5 years   289,393    2,961,767    690,289 
More than 5 years   1,029,883    11,138,643    1,748,164 
Without maturity   1,547,477    579,199    - 
Total   3,845,791    25,949,612    3,399,133 

 

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7              LOANS, NET

 

a)This item consists of the following:

 

   As of March
31, 2020
   As of
December 31,
2019
 
   S/(000)   S/(000) 
Direct loans -          
Loans   96,511,233    91,481,200 
Leasing receivables   6,082,888    5,978,421 
Credit cards   8,317,732    8,479,355 
Discounted notes   1,985,466    2,200,142 
Factoring receivables   1,870,705    2,015,513 
Advances and overdrafts in current account   388,912    162,149 
Refinanced loans   1,128,730    1,186,167 
Restructured loans   129    125 
Total direct loans   116,285,795    111,503,072 
           
Internal overdue loans and under legal collection loans   3,586,794    3,304,886 
    119,872,589    114,807,958 
Add (less) -          
Accrued interest   964,985    870,410 
Unearned interest   (129,059)   (68,689)
Total direct loans   120,708,515    115,609,679 
Allowance for loan losses (c)   (5,931,772)   (5,123,962)
Total direct loans, net   114,776,743    110,485,717 

 

b)As of March 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019, the composition of the gross credit balance is as follows:

 

   As of March
31, 2020
   As of
December 31,
2019
 
   S/(000)   S/(000) 
Direct loans   119,872,589    114,807,958 
Indirect loans, Note 21(a)   20,426,402    21,081,035 
Banker’s acceptances outstanding   555,598    535,222 
Total   140,854,589    136,424,215 

 

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The composition of gross balance of direct and indirect loans and the allowance of loan losses by stages is as follows:

 

   Direct and indirect loans  

Allowance for loan losses of
direct and indirect loans

 
Loans by class  As of March
31, 2020
   As of
December
31, 2019
   As of March
31, 2020
   As of
December
31, 2019
 
   S/000   S/000   S/000   S/000 
Stage 1                    
Commercial loans   80,554,815    75,838,248    481,034    388,685 
Residential mortgage loans   18,198,762    17,903,028    53,844    38,085 
Micro-business loans   13,636,094    13,782,323    572,593    425,642 
Consumer loans   12,120,435    12,222,858    548,288    248,355 
Total   124,510,106    119,746,457    1,655,759    1,100,767 
                     
Stage 2                    
Commercial loans   4,662,246    4,883,039    215,280    166,135 
Residential mortgage loans   847,285    778,702    33,381    25,684 
Micro-business loans   1,644,333    1,839,597    305,838    249,960 
Consumer loans   2,366,810    2,210,504    625,724    513,431 
Total   9,520,674    9,711,842    1,180,223    955,210 
                     
Stage 3                    
Commercial loans   3,800,246    3,771,417    1,396,146    1,315,227 
Residential mortgage loans   1,032,404    994,991    500,544    472,711 
Micro-business loans   1,221,634    1,350,858    924,955    960,885 
Consumer loans   769,525    848,650    674,194    702,959 
Total   6,823,809    6,965,916    3,495,839    3,451,782 
                     
Consolidated 3 Stages                    
Commercial loans   89,017,307    84,492,704    2,092,460    1,870,047 
Residential mortgage loans   20,078,451    19,676,721    587,769    536,480 
Micro-business loans   16,502,061    16,972,778    1,803,386    1,636,487 
Consumer loans   15,256,770    15,282,012    1,848,206    1,464,745 
Total   140,854,589    136,424,215    6,331,821    5,507,759 

 

The growth in the stock of the allowance for loan losses of Credicorp is mainly due to the impact of COVID-19, which explains the variation of 83% in stock of the allowance for loan losses compared to the period 2019.

 

The impact of COVID-19 mainly due to the updates of the projections of the macroeconomic scenarios to more severe conditions, which has had a different impact on each loan portfolio, mainly affecting the credits of the Stage 1 and Stage 2.

 

Additionally, considering the extent of the quarantine and its impact on the country's economic activity, we expect that the recovery level of our loan portfolio will be affected, especially in the retail portfolio of consumer and Small and medium businesses (PYME, from Spanish acronym) and, in a minor degree, in the wholesale portfolio.

 

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c)The allowance for loan loss for direct and indirect loans was determined under the expected credit loss model as established in IFRS 9. The movement of the allowance for loan loss for direct and indirect loans is shown below:

 

  

For the three-month periods
ended March 31,

 
   2020   2019 
   S/(000)   S/(000) 
Balance at beginning of period   5,507,759    5,314,531 
Provision for credit losses on loan   1,388,711    453,285 
Written-offs loans   (519,532)   (434,759)
Exchange differences and others   (45,117)   (120,772)
Balance ended of period (*)   6,331,821    5,212,285 

 

(*)The movement in the allowance for loan losses for the three-month period ended March 31, 2020 includes the allowance for direct and indirect loans for approximately S/5,931.8 million and S/400.0 million, respectively (approximately S/5,124.0 million and S/383.8 million, respectively, as of December 31, 2019). The expected loan loss for indirect loan is included in “Other liabilities” of the interim condensed consolidated statement of financial position, Note 13(a). In Management’s opinion, the allowance for loan losses recorded as of March 31,2020 and December 31, 2019 has been established in accordance with IFRS 9 and is sufficient to cover incurred losses on the loan portfolio.

 

d)Interest rates on loans are set considering the rates prevailing in the markets where the Group’s subsidiaries operate.

 

e)     A portion of the loan portfolio is collateralized with guarantees received from customers, which mainly consist of mortgages, trust assignments, securities and industrial and mercantile pledges.

 

f)The following table presents the gross direct loan portfolio as of March 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019 by maturity based on the remaining period to the payment due date:

 

   As of March
31, 2020
   As of
December 31,
2019
 
   S/(000)   S/(000) 
Outstanding loans -          
Up to 1 year   55,562,538    53,306,936 
From 1 to 3 years   25,639,567    24,586,441 
From 3 to 5 years   10,194,090    9,615,514 
More than 5 years   24,889,600    23,994,181 
    116,285,795    111,503,072 
Internal overdue loans -          
Overdue 90 days   861,596    692,161 
Over 90 days   2,725,198    2,612,725 
    3,586,794    3,304,886 
           
Total   119,872,589    114,807,958 

 

See credit risk analysis in Note 34.1.

 

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8FINANCIAL ASSETS DESIGNATED AT FAIR VALUE THROUGH PROFIT OR LOSS

 

The Group issues Investment Link life insurance contracts whereby the policyholder takes the investment risk on the assets held in the Investment Link funds as the policy benefits are directly linked to the value of the assets in the fund. The Group’s exposure to market risk is limited to the extent that income arising from asset management charges is based on the value of assets in the fund.

 

The profit resulting from these assets is shown in “Net premiums earned” in the interim condensed consolidated statement of income. The composition of the generated returns is presented below:

 

   As of March 31,
2020
   As of December 31,
2019
 
   S/(000)   S/(000) 
Net profit on sale of financial investments   10,560       21,879 
Changes in the fair value of financial assets   (110,691)   58,351 
Dividends, interests and others   1,888    13,434 
Total   (98,243)   93,664 

 

The variation in the result of these assets is a consequence of COVID-19, which generated that the financial markets as of March 31, 2020 experienced a drop of close to 20 percent compared to the period 2019.

 

At the date of this report, there has been a recovery of the global indices, and what Credicorp seeks is to control the volatility of the portfolio in order to minimize the losses of our clients in these difficult times.

 

The offsetting of this effect is included in the technical reserve adjustment, which is part of the item “Net premiums earned” of the interim condensed consolidated statement of income, see Note 25.

 

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9ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE AND PAYABLE FROM INSURANCE CONTRACTS

 

a)As of March 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019, “Premiums and other policies receivable” in the interim condensed consolidated statement of financial position includes balances for approximately S/822.7 million and S/838.7 million, respectively, which are primarily of current maturity, have no specific collateral and present no material past due balances.

 

b)The movements of the captions “Accounts receivable and payable to reinsurers and coinsurers” are as follows:

 

Accounts receivable:

 

   As of March 31,
2020
   As of December 31,
2019
 
    S/(000)    S/(000) 
Balances as of January 1   791,704    842,043 
Reported claims of premiums ceded, Note 26   42,407    321,375 
Reserve risk in progress of premiums ceded, Note 25(a)(**)   (35,618)   (14,935)
Premiums assumed   -    668 
Settled claims of premiums ceded by reinsurance contracts   (18,918)   (226,769)
Collections and others, net   8,097    (130,678)
Balances at the end of the period   787,672    791,704 

 

Accounts receivable as of March 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019, include S/162.0 million and S/201.0 million, respectively, which correspond to the assigned portion of technical reserves for premiums ceded to the reinsurers.

 

Accounts Payable:

 

  

As of March 31,
2020

  

As of December 31,
2019

 
   S/(000)   S/(000) 
Balances as of January 1   216,734    291,693 
Premiums ceded for automatic contracts (mainly excess of loss), Note 25(a)(**)   78,084    254,839 
Premiums ceded to reinsurers in facultative contracts, Note 25(a)(**)   39,752    289,386 
Coinsurance granted   2,745    4,332 
Payments and other, net   (138,842)   (623,516)
Balances at the end of the period   198,473    216,734 

 

Accounts payable to reinsurers are primarily related to proportional facultative contracts (on an individual basis) for ceded premiums, automatic non-proportional contracts (excess loss) and reinstallation premiums. For facultative contracts the Group transfers to the reinsurers a percentage or an amount of an insurance contract or individual risk, based on the premium and the coverage period.

 

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10PROPERTY, FURNITURE AND EQUIPMENT, NET

 

a)The composition of property, furniture and equipment and accumulated depreciation as of March 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019 was as follows:

 

   As of March 31, 2020   As of December 31, 2019 
   Cost   Accumulated
depreciation
   Net carrying
amount
   Cost   Accumulated
depreciation
   Net carrying
amount
 
   S/(000)   S/(000)   S/(000)   S/(000)   S/(000)   S/(000) 
Land   402,089    -    402,089    401,553    -    401,553 
Buildings and other constructions   1,157,318    (665,274)   492,044    1,156,252    (657,690)   498,562 
Installations   660,978    (486,658)   174,320    653,728    (478,294)   175,434 
Furniture and fixtures   475,819    (312,539)   163,280    479,748    (308,020)   171,728 
Computer hardware   640,145    (559,112)   81,033    635,203    (552,023)   83,180 
Vehicles and equipment   115,708    (89,476)   26,232    116,625    (88,277)   28,348 
Work in progress   58,091    -    58,091    69,368    -    69,368 
Total   3,510,148    (2,113,059)   1,397,089    3,512,477    (2,084,304)   1,428,173 

 

Banks, financial institutions and insurance entities operating in Peru are not allowed to pledge their fixed assets.

 

In the three-month period ended March 31, 2020, the Group did not have any significant commitments to purchase property, furniture and equipment. During the year 2019, the Bank has made disbursements mainly related to the remodeling of its headquarters in La Molina and integral remodeling to the Sucursal Cusco.

 

Credicorp’s subsidiaries hold insurance contracts over its main assets in accordance with the policies established by Management.

 

Management periodically reviews the residual value, useful life and method of depreciation of the Group’s property, furniture and equipment to ensure that they are consistent with their actual economic benefits and life expectations. In Management’s opinion, as of March 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019, there is no evidence of impairment of the Group’s property, furniture and equipment.

 

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11INTANGIBLE ASSETS AND GOODWILL, NET

 

a)Intangible assets -

 

The composition of intangible assets with limited useful life and accumulated amortization as of March 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019 was as follows:

 

   As of March 31, 2020   As of December 31, 2019 
   Cost   Accumulated
amortization
   Net carrying
amount
   Cost   Accumulated
amortization
   Net carrying
amount
 
    S/(000)    S/(000)    S/(000)    S/(000)    S/(000)    S/(000) 
Client relationships   362,450    (238,649)   123,801    378,896    (243,951)   134,945 
Brand name   191,346    (60,745)   130,601    193,247    (60,643)   132,604 
Fund manager contract   82,139    (12,141)   69,998    94,143    (12,441)   81,702 
Relationships with holders   21,100    (21,100)   -    21,100    (20,219)   881 
Software and developments   2,725,960    (1,848,784)   877,176    2,704,561    (1,774,183)   930,378 
Intangible in progress   376,112    -    376,112    363,347    -    363,347 
Other   68,592    (41,214)   27,378    49,695    (27,287)   22,408 
    3,827,699    (2,222,633)   1,605,066    3,804,989    (2,138,724)   1,666,265 

 

In the three-month period ended March 31, 2020, the Group did not have any significant commitments to purchase or make intangibles. During the year 2019, the Group has made disbursements mainly related with the implementation and development of various IT projects such as DataLake, Holístico, SpotLigth, DWH, Operating Model, Client 360, Connex, Mainframe, Kalignite NDC, Small and medium businesses.

 

Also, during the year 2019, the activation of various intangibles in progress was carried out, mainly the DataLake system for a total cost of US$19.7 million, equivalent to S/64.9 million. This system manages the Bank's customer database and provides various financial reports.

 

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b)Goodwill -

 

Goodwill acquired through business combinations has been allocated to each subsidiary or groups of them, which are also identified as a CGU for the purposes of impairment testing.

 

The recoverable amount of all of the CGUs has been determined based on the calculations of the fair value less selling costs, which is the present value of the discounted cash flows determined principally with assumptions of revenue and expenses projection (based on efficiency ratios).

 

As of March 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019, the net book balance amounted to S/819.3 million and S/886.0 million, respectively.

 

As of March 31, 2020, the Group has evaluated the impairment of goodwill by making an interim estimate based on the information available to date about the unusual and uncertain situation generated by COVID-19, concluding that there is no evidence of impairment at said date; therefore, during the three-month period ended March 31, 2020 and during the year 2019, the Group did not recorded any impairment loss.

 

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12RIGHT-OF-USE ASSETS AND LEASE LIABILITIES

 

a)Right-of-use

 

The Group has leased agreements according to the following composition:

 

   As of March 31, 2020   As of December 31, 2019 
   Cost   Accumulated
depreciation
   Net carrying
amount
   Cost   Accumulated
depreciation
   Net carrying
amount
 
    S/(000)    S/(000)    S/(000)    S/(000)    S/(000)    S/(000) 
Property: Agencies and offices   821,503    (162,460)   659,043    819,046    (130,761)   688,285 
Servers and technology platforms   171,374    (50,488)   120,886    168,371    (40,591)   127,780 
Spaces for ATM   29,150    (9,689)   19,461    25,146    (7,900)   17,246 
Transport units   3,300    (1,107)   2,193    3,006    (971)   2,035 
Other leases   8,724    (4,310)   4,414    7,394    (3,654)   3,740 
    1,034,051    (228,054)   805,997    1,022,963    (183,877)   839,086 

 

b)Lease Liabilities

 

The Group maintains contracts, with certain renewal options and for which the Group has reasonable certainty that this option will be exercised. In those cases, the period of lease used to measure the liability and assets corresponds to an estimation of future renovations.

 

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13OTHER ASSETS AND OTHER LIABILITIES

 

a)This item consists of the following:

 

  

As of March 31,
2020

  

As of December 31,
2019

 
   S/(000)   S/(000) 
Other assets -          
Financial instruments:          
Receivables   1,718,496    1,311,892 
Derivatives receivable (b)   1,790,770    1,092,107 
Receivables from sale of investments (g)   998,947    278,580 
Operations in process (c)   55,648    110,389 
    4,563,861    2,792,968 
           
Non-financial instruments:          
Deferred fees (f)   1,119,810    1,056,656 
Investment in associates (d)   618,310    628,822 
Investment properties, net (e)   456,009    450,929 
Income tax prepayments, net   278,628    191,502 
Adjudicated assets, net   142,072    143,349 
Improvements in leased premises   105,719    112,385 
VAT (IGV) tax credit   26,424    75,605 
Others   9,190    6,254 
    2,756,162    2,665,502 
Total   7,320,023    5,458,470 

 

  

As of March 31,
2020

  

As of December 31,
2019

 
   S/(000)   S/(000) 
Other liabilities -          
Financial instruments:          
Dividends payable by Credicorp Ltd. (h)   2,392,844    - 
Accounts payable   1,589,995    1,670,525 
Derivatives payable (b)   1,751,719    1,040,282 
Accounts payable for acquisitions of investments (g)   1,029,208    311,348 
Salaries and other personnel expenses   486,924    760,140 
Allowance for indirect loan losses, Note 7(c)   400,049    383,797 
Operations in process (c)   95,643    80,734 
    7,746,382    4,246,826 
Non-financial instruments:          
Taxes   753,447    644,802 
Provision for sundry risks   361,280    359,853 
Others   190,766    229,807 
    1,305,493    1,234,462 
Total   9,051,875    5,481,288 

 

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b)The risk in derivative contracts arises from the possibility of the counterparty failing to comply with the terms and conditions agreed and that the reference rates at which the transactions took place change.

 

The table below shows as of March 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019 the fair value of derivative financial instruments, recorded as an asset or a liability, together with their notional amounts and maturities. The nominal amount, recorded gross, is the amount of a derivative’s underlying asset and is the basis upon which fair value of derivatives is measured.

 

   As of March 31, 2020   As of December 31, 2019   2020 and 2019
   Assets   Liabilities   Notional
amount
   Maturity   Assets   Liabilities   Notional
amount
   Maturity   Related
instruments
   S/(000)   S/(000)   S/(000)       S/(000)   S/(000)   S/(000)        
Derivatives held for trading (i) -                                           
Foreign currency forwards   472,830    427,076    27,928,979    April 2020 / October 2022    306,148    246,960    27,422,634    January 2020 / October 2020   -
Interest rate swaps   689,397    869,448    23,693,862    April 2020 / December 2031    268,633    350,938    26,268,071    January 2020 / December 2031   -
Currency swaps   477,578    337,654    9,219,526    April 2020 / January 2033    411,656    366,545    8,177,179    January 2020 / January 2033   -
Foreign exchange options   25,976    22,149    1,564,752    April 2020 / March 2021    6,489    6,089    1,565,083    January 2020 / December 2020   -
Futures   -    56    17,185    June 2020    10    139    16,901    March 2020   -
    1,665,781    1,656,383    62,424,304         992,936    970,671    63,449,868         
Derivatives held as hedges                                           
Cash flow hedges -                                           
Interest rate swaps (IRS)   -    1,758    687,400    May 2020 / November 2020    102    1,111    662,800    May 2020 / November 2020   Debt to banks
Interest rate swaps (IRS)   -    1,460    653,030    May 2020 / June 2020    -    1,046    629,660    May 2020 / June 2020   Debt to banks
Interest rate swaps (IRS)   -    1,281    168,413    November 2020    55    714    984,258    February 2020 / November 2020   Debt to banks
Interest rate swaps (IRS)   -    3,093    1,031,100    May 2020 / August 2020    315    839    994,200    May 2020 / August 2020   Debt to banks
Interest rate swaps (IRS)   -    1,380    343,700    August 2020    114    -    331,400    August 2020   Debt to banks
Interest rate swaps (IRS)   -    1,087    343,700    June 2020    -    447    331,400    June 2020   Debt to banks
Interest rate swaps (IRS)   -    4,686    240,590    March 2021    -    2,555    231,980    March 2021   Bonds issued
Interest rate swaps (IRS)   -    2,216    103,110    March 2022    -    -    -    -   Bonds issued
Cross currency swaps (CCS)   33,453    9,748    467,467    October 2020 / September 2024    20,803    1,167    107,425    May 2021 / September 2024   Investments (*)
Cross currency swaps (CCS)   40,274    -    240,590    August 2020    30,741    -    231,980    August 2020   Repurchase agreements
Cross currency swaps (CCS)   -    28,599    154,665    August 2026    -    30,352    149,130    August 2026   Repurchase agreements
Cross currency swaps (CCS)   -    11,449    85,925    August 2026    -    12,236    82,850    August 2026   Repurchase agreements
Cross currency swaps (CCS)   -    -    -    -    7,624    -    331,400    January 2020   Debt to banks
Cross currency swaps (CCS)   1,749    -    171,850    January 2025    -    8,197    165,700    January 2025   Bonds issued
Cross currency swaps (CCS)   -    2,152    159,630    August 2021    -    2,823    152,545    August 2021   Bonds issued
Cross currency swaps (CCS) and
Interest rate swaps (IRS)
   49,513    101    274,960    August 2020    39,417    -    265,120    August 2020   Repurchase agreements
                                            
Fair value hedges -                                           
Interest rate swaps (IRS)   -    26,326    596,732    March 2022 / May 2023    -    8,124    618,790    June 2021 / May 2023   Investments (*)
    124,989    95,336    5,722,862         99,171    69,611    6,270,638         
    1,790,770    1,751,719    68,147,166         1,092,107    1,040,282    69,720,506         

 

(*) Corresponds to investments classified at the fair value through other comprehensive income under IFRS 9 as of March 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019.

 

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(i)Held-for-trading derivatives are principally negotiated to satisfy customers’ needs. On the other hand, the Group may also take positions with the expectation of profiting from favorable movements in prices or rates. Also, this caption includes any derivatives which do not comply with IFRS 9 hedge accounting requirements. Fair value of derivatives held for trading classified by contractual maturity is as follows:

 

   As of March 31, 2020   As of December 31, 2019 
   Up to 3   From 3 months   From 1 to 3   From 3 to 5   Over 5       Up to 3   From 3 months   From 1 to 3   From 3 to 5   Over 5     
   months   to 1 year   years   years   years   Total   months   to 1 year   years   years   years   Total 
   S/(000)   S/(000)   S/(000)   S/(000)   S/(000)   S/(000)   S/(000)   S/(000)   S/(000)   S/(000)   S/(000)   S/(000) 
Foreign currency forwards   339,049    128,097    5,684    -    -    472,830    199,070    104,265    2,813    -    -    306,148 
Interest rate swaps   15,350    13,731    84,869    26,728    548,719    689,397    3,716    8,409    38,569    8,067    209,872    268,633 
Currency swaps   2,100    133,620    130,438    64,976    146,444    477,578    7,124    101,368    102,703    67,826    132,635    411,656 
Foreign exchange options   14,846    11,130    -    -    -    25,976    1,844    4,645    -    -    -    6,489 
Futures   -    -    -    -    -    -    10    -    -    -    -    10 
Total assets   371,345    286,578    220,991    91,704    695,163    1,665,781    211,764    218,687    144,085    75,893    342,507    992,936 

 

   As of March 31, 2020   As of December 31, 2019 
   Up to 3   From 3 months   From 1 to 3   From 3 to 5   Over 5       Up to 3   From 3 months   From 1 to 3   From 3 to 5   Over 5     
   months   to 1 year   years   years   years   Total   months   to 1 year   years   years   years   Total 
   S/(000)   S/(000)   S/(000)   S/(000)   S/(000)   S/(000)   S/(000)   S/(000)   S/(000)   S/(000)   S/(000)   S/(000) 
Foreign currency forwards   310,699    111,613    4,764    -    -    427,076    154,424    89,739    2,797    -    -    246,960 
Interest rate swaps   16,745    20,908    99,918    59,901    671,976    869,448    7,705    13,837    46,840    18,477    264,079    350,938 
Currency swaps   34,887    124,121    97,233    42,093    39,320    337,654    41,729    92,917    79,844    50,663    101,392    366,545 
Foreign exchange options   11,509    10,640    -    -    -    22,149    836    5,253    -    -    -    6,089 
Futures   -    56    -    -    -    56    139    -    -    -    -    139 
Total liabilities   373,840    267,338    201,915    101,994    711,296    1,656,383    204,833    201,746    129,481    69,140    365,471    970,671 

 

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c)Transactions in process include deposits received, granted and collected loans, funds transferred and other similar types of transactions, which are made in the final days of the month and not reclassified to their final accounts in the interim condensed consolidated statement of financial position until the first days of the following month. The regularization of these transactions does not affect the Group’s net income.

 

d)Credicorp’s principal associate is Entidad Prestadora de Salud (EPS), whose balance amounts to S/560.5 million and S/571.9 million as of March 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019, respectively.

 

e)Investment properties -

 

The movement of investment properties is as follows:

 

   As of March 31, 2020  

As of December

31, 2019

 
   Own assets         
   Land   Buildings   Total   Total 
   S/(000)   S/(000)   S/(000)   S/(000) 
Cost                    
Balance at January 1   253,041    238,325    491,366    484,782 
Additions (i)   -    6,595    6,595    33,321 
Sales (ii)   -    -    -    (26,775)
Disposals and others   147    23    170    38 
Ending Period   253,188    244,943    498,131    491,366 
                     
Accumulated depreciation                    
Balance at January 1   -    39,027    39,027    43,488 
Depreciation for the year   -    1,682    1,682    6,727 
Sales (ii)   -    -    -    (11,435)
Disposals and others   -    3    3    247 
Ending Period   -    40,712    40,712    39,027 
                     
Impairment losses (iii)   689    721    1,410    1,410 
                     
Net carrying amount   252,499    203,510    456,009    450,929 

 

Land and buildings are mainly used for office rental, which are free of all encumbrances.

 

(i)As of March 31, 2020, in order to consolidate the real estate projects, the Group has made disbursements mainly for the improvements of the following buildings: one of them located in Trujillo for approximately S/3.8 million and the other one located in Arequipa for approximately S/1.5 million.

 

As of December 31, 2019, the most important additions corresponded to the acquisition of 13th floor of Panorama Building located in the district of Santiago de Surco for approximately S/10.1 million (S/1.3 million for land and S/8.8 million for building) and land located in the district of San Martín de Porres for approximately S/8.7 million.

 

(ii)The amount for the sales in the year 2019, is mainly made up of the sale of a property located in Camino Real 348, San Isidro, whose sale value was S/27.5 million (cost of disposal of the property amounted to S/6.3 million); and a property located in Manuel Maria Izaga Street, located in the province of Chiclayo, whose value was S/3.4 million (cost of disposal of the property amounted to S/4.2 million).

 

(iii)The Group’s Management has determined that the recoverable value of its investment properties is greater than their net carrying amount, with the exception of a property located in the city of Ica, for which an impairment of S/0.3 million was recorded during 2019.

 

As of March 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019, the market value of the property amounts to approximately S/978.3 million and S/937.8 million, respectively; which was determined through a valuation made by an independent appraiser.

 

f)As of March 31, 2020 the balances corresponds mainly to the payment in favor of Latam Airlines Group S.A. Sucursal Perú for US$188.9 million, equivalent in soles to S/649.2 million (US$202.0 million, equivalent in soles to S/669.4 million, as of December 31, 2019) on account of Latam Pass Miles that the Bank must acquire from January 2020.

 

g)As of March 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019, corresponds to accounts receivable and payable for the sale and purchase of financial investments negotiated during the last days of the month, which were settled during the first days of the following month.

 

h)The Board of Directors held in February 27, 2020, agreed to distribute dividends, net of the effect of treasury stock, for approximately S/2,392.8 million from the retain earnings. Said dividends were declared in soles and paid in U.S. Dollars May 8, 2020 using the weighted exchange rate of the professional market registered by the SBS at the close of business on May 6, 2020. See Note 18(e).

 

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14DEPOSITS AND OBLIGATIONS

 

a)  This item consists of the following:

 

   As of March 31, 2020   As of December 31, 2019 
   S/(000)   S/(000) 
Demand deposits   38,746,240    34,213,188 
Time deposits (c)   33,954,557    32,853,576 
Saving deposits   37,872,955    35,179,770 
Severance indemnity deposits   7,204,922    7,897,199 
Bank’s negotiable certificates   1,090,657    1,180,461 
Total   118,869,331    111,324,194 
Interest payable   694,214    681,191 
Total   119,563,545    112,005,385 

 

The Group has established a policy to remunerate demand deposits and savings accounts according to a growing interest rate scale, based on the average balance maintained in those accounts; on the other hand, according to its policy, balances that are lower than a specified amount for each type of account do not bear interest. Also, time deposits earn interest at market rates.

 

Interest rates are determined by the Group considering the interest rates prevailing in the market in which each of the Group’s subsidiaries operates.

 

b)   The amounts of non-interest-bearing and interest-bearing deposits and obligations are presented below:

 

   As of March 31, 2020   As of December 31, 2019 
    S/(000)    S/(000) 
Non-interest-bearing -          
In Peru   35,407,187    31,155,442 
In other countries   3,075,190    2,674,724 
    38,482,377    33,830,166 
           
Interest-bearing -          
In Peru   71,224,757    68,899,966 
In other countries   9,162,197    8,594,062 
    80,386,954    77,494,028 
           
Total   118,869,331    111,324,194 

 

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c)  The balance of time deposits classified by maturity is as follows:

 

   As of March 31, 2020   As of December 31, 2019 
   S/(000)   S/(000) 
Up to 3 months   14,909,932    14,674,773 
From 3 months to 1 year   9,526,978    8,975,269 
From 1 to 3 years   6,004,161    6,096,891 
From 3 to 5 years   795,182    819,446 
More than 5 years   2,718,304    2,287,197 
Total   33,954,557    32,853,576 

 

In Management’s opinion the Group’s deposits and obligations are diversified with no significant concentrations as of March 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019.

 

As of March 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019, of the total balance of deposits and obligations, approximately S/35,356.0 million and S/35,511.9 million, respectively, are secured by the Peruvian “Fondo de Seguro de Depósitos” (Deposit Insurance Fund). At said dates, maximum amount of coverage per depositor recognized by “Fondo de Seguro de Depósitos” totaled S/100,123 and S/100,661, respectively.

 

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15DUE TO BANKS AND CORRESPONDENTS

 

a) This item consists of the following:

 

   As of March 31, 2020   As of December 31,2019 
   S/(000)   S/(000) 
International funds and others (b)   6,738,811    5,654,014 
Promotional credit lines (c)   3,056,167    2,938,981 
Inter-bank funds   -    205,000 
    9,794,978    8,797,995 
Interest payable   59,652    43,737 
Total   9,854,630    8,841,732 

 

b) This item consists of the following:

 

   As of March 31, 2020   As of December 31, 2019 
   S/(000)   S/(000) 
Bank of America, N.A.   1,044,825    994,200 
Citibank N.A.   1,031,100    662,800 
Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation   683,963    984,258 
Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.   653,030    730,074 
Bank of New York Mellon   515,551    331,400 
Corporación Andina de Fomento - CAF   343,700    662,800 
Corporación Financiera de Desarrollo (COFIDE)   298,331    406,710 
Banco de la Nación   260,000    - 
Brown Brothers Harriman   210,010    - 
Pershing Usd - Rfi   183,860    - 
Standard Chartered Bank   183,104    86,827 
JP Morgan Chase Bank, National Association   171,850    - 
Wachovia Bank N.A.   103,110    - 
Caja Municipal de Ahorro y Crédito de Arequipa S.A.   100,000    140,000 
Scotiabank Perú S.A.A.   100,000    100,000 
Banco Internacional del Perú S.A.A. (Interbank)   110,000    50,000 
Banco BBVA Perú   100,500    85,000 
Bofa - Casa De Valores C1   69,133    - 
Banco de Occidente   68,553    - 
Bancoldex   58,430    - 
Banco ICBC   55,000    - 
International Finance Corporation (IFC)   4,022    91,558 
Others less than S/52.5 million   390,739    328,387 
Total   6,738,811    5,654,014 

 

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As of March 31, 2020, the loans have maturities between April 2020 and March 2032 (between January 2020 and March 2032, as of December 31, 2019) and accrue interest in foreign currency at rates that fluctuate between 0.50 percent and 9.63 percent and accrue interest in soles at rates that fluctuate between 3.10 percent and 3.90 percent (between 0.50 percent and 9.65 percent and between 3.17 percent and 8.67 percent, respectively as of December 31, 2019).

 

c)    Promotional credit lines represent loans granted by Corporación Financiera de Desarrollo and Fondo de Cooperación para el Desarrollo Social (COFIDE and FONCODES for their Spanish acronyms, respectively) to promote the development of Peru, they mature between April 2020 and July 2029 and bear annual interest in soles at rates that fluctuate between 4.20 percent and 7.60 percent and interest in foreign currency at 7.75 percent as of March 31, 2020 (between January 2020 and July 2029 and with annual interest in soles at rates that fluctuate between 4.20 percent and 7.60 percent and interest in foreign currency at 7.75 percent as of December 31, 2019). These credit lines are secured by a loan portfolio totaling S/3,056.2 million and S/2,939.0 million, as of March 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019, respectively.

 

d)    The following table presents the maturities of due to banks and correspondents as of March 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019 based on the period remaining to maturity:

 

   As of March 31, 2020   As of December 31, 2019 
   S/(000)   S/(000) 
Up to 3 months   3,416,750    2,062,121 
From 3 months to 1 year   3,035,700    3,693,328 
From 1 to 3 years   796,272    559,511 
From 3 to 5 years   604,233    614,265 
More than 5 years   1,942,023    1,868,770 
Total   9,794,978    8,797,995 

 

e)   As of March 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019, lines of credit granted by various local and foreign financial institutions, to be used for future operating activities total S/9,795.0 million and S/8,593.0 million, respectively.

 

f)   Certain debts to banks and correspondents include standard covenants addressing observance of financial ratios, the use of the funds and other administrative matters; which, in Management’s opinion, do not limit the Group’s operations and have been complied with at the date of the consolidated financial statements.

 

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16TECHNICAL RESERVES FOR INSURANCE CLAIMS AND PREMIUMS

 

a) This item consists of the following:

 

   As of March 31, 2020
  

Technical

reserves for claims

  

Technical

reserves for premiums (*)

   Total 
   S/(000)   S/(000)   S/(000) 
Life insurance   956,564    7,524,137    8,480,701 
General insurance   599,840    633,859    1,233,699 
Health insurance   81,387    180,158    261,545 
Total   1,637,791    8,338,154    9,975,945 

 

   As of December 31, 2019
  

Technical

reserves for claims

  

Technical

reserves for premiums (*)

   Total 
   S/(000)   S/(000)   S/(000) 
Life insurance   908,362    7,548,684    8,457,046 
General insurance   590,588    651,129    1,241,717 
Health insurance   77,278    174,192    251,470 
Total   1,576,228    8,374,005    9,950,233 

 

(*) As of March 31, 2020, the life insurance technical reserves include the mathematical reserves of income amounting to S/5,939.0 million (S/5,961.0 million as of December 31, 2019).

 

Insurance claims reserves represent reported claims and an estimate for incurred but non reported claims (IBNR). Reported claims are adjusted on the basis of technical reports received from independent adjusters.

 

Insurance claims to be paid by reinsurers and co-insurers represents ceded claims, which are presented in “Accounts receivable from reinsurers and coinsurers” of the interim condensed consolidated statement of financial position, See note 9(b).

 

As of March 31, 2020, the reserves for direct claims include reserves for IBNR for life, general and health insurance for an amount of S/414.8 million, S/26.8 million and S/69.5 million, respectively (S/393.4 million, S/24.3 million and S/63.5 million, respectively, as of December 31, 2019).

 

As of March 31, 2020, and in previous years, the differences between the estimates for the incurred and non-reported claims and the settled and pending liquidation claims have not been significant. In the case of general risks and health, retrospective analysis indicates that the amounts accrued are adequate and Management believes that the estimated IBNR reserve is sufficient to cover any liability as of March 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019.

 

Technical reserves include reserves for obligations for future benefits under insurance of life and personal accidents in force; and the unearned premium reserves in respect of the portion of premiums written that is allocable to the unexpired portion of the related policy periods of related coverage.

 

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17BONDS AND NOTES ISSUED

 

a) This item consists of the following:

 

         As of March 31, 2020       As of December 31, 2019    
   Annual interest  Interest     Issued   Carrying      Issued  Carrying 
   rate  payment  Maturity  amount   amount   Maturity  amount  amount 
   %         (000)   S/(000)      (000)   S/(000) 
Senior notes - BCP (i)  From 2.70 to 5.38  Semi-annual  September 2020 / January 2025   US$1,074,628    3,599,045   September 2020 /
January 2025
  US$1,074,628   3,464,199 
Senior notes - BCP (ii)  4.25  Semi-annual  April 2023   US$716,301    2,410,715   April 2023  US$716,301   2,318,975 
Senior notes - BCP (iii)  From 4.65 to 4.85  Semi-annual  October 2020 / September 2024   S/2,900,000    2,869,747   October 2020 /
September 2024
  S/2,900,000   2,872,355 
Senior notes - BCP (iv)  Libor 3M + 100 pb  Quarterly  March 2021   US$70,000    240,376   March 2021  US$70,000   231,738 
Senior notes - BCP (v)  0.42  Semi-annual  August 2021  ¥5,000,000    159,082   August 2021  ¥5,000,000   151,888 
Senior notes - BCP  Libor 3M + 0.55  Quarterly  March 2022   US$30,000    102,883   -  -   - 
                               
MMT 100 - Secured notes- CCR Inc. (vi)                              
2012 Series C Floating rate certificates  4.75  Monthly  July 2022   US$315,000    360,886   July 2022  US$315,000   385,253 
                               
Corporate bonds -                              
                               
Fourth program                              
Tenth issuance (Series A, B and C) - BCP  From 5.31 to 7.25  Semi-annual  December 2021 / November 2022   S/550,000    528,087   December 2021/
November 2022
  S/550,000   527,868 
                               
Fifth program                              
First issuance (Series D) - BCP  5.91  Semi-annual  -   -    -   January 2020  S/182,410   182,061 
Third issuance (Series A) - BCP  4.59  Semi-annual  July 2021   S/70,770    63,496   July 2021  S/70,770   63,430 
Third issuance (Series B) - BCP  4.88  Semi-annual  October 2021   S/42,200    29,056   October 2021  S/42,200   29,183 
Third issuance (Series C) - BCP  4.25  Semi-annual  July 2022   S/109,310    108,851   July 2022  S/109,310   108,821 
Third issuance (Series D) - BCP  3.88  Semi-annual  August 2022   S/42,660    42,366   August 2022  S/42,660   42,337 
                               
                  771,856          953,700 

 

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          As of March 31, 2020      As of December 31, 2019    
   Annual interest   Interest     Issued  Carrying      Issued  Carrying 
   rate   payment  Maturity  amount  amount   Maturity  amount  amount 
   %         (000)  S/(000)      S/(000)  S/(000) 
Subordinated bonds - BCP (vii)   6.13   Semi-annual  April 2027  US$720,000   2,472,234   April 2027  US$720,000   2,383,860 
                               
Subordinated bonds - BCP (viii)   6.88   Semi-annual  September 2026  US$476,120   1,600,491   September 2026  US$476,120   1,549,702 
                               
Subordinated bonds -                              
First program                              
First issuance (Series A) - BCP   6.22   Semi-annual  May 2027  S/15,000   15,000   May 2027  S/15,000   15,000 
First issuance (Series A) - Pacífico Seguros   6.97   Quarterly  November 2026  US$60,000   206,220   November 2026  US$60,000   198,840 
                               
Second program                              
First issuance (Series A) - Mibanco   8.50   Semi-annual  May 2026  S/100,000   100,000   May 2026  S/100,000   99,934 
First issuance (Series B) - Mibanco   7.22   Semi-annual  June 2027  S/30,000   30,000   June 2027  S/30,000   30,000 
                               
Third program                              
Issuance I - Banco de Crédito de Bolivia   6.25   Semi-annual  August 2028  Bs70,000   35,179   August 2028  Bs70,000   33,816 
Issuance II - Banco de Crédito de Bolivia   5.25   Semi-annual  August 2022  Bs137,200   69,422   August 2022  Bs137,200   66,782 
                  455,821          444,372 
                               
Negotiable certificate of deposit - Mibanco   From 3.01 to 5.80   Annual  April 2020 / March 2025  S/1,301   1,301   January 2020 /
January 2024
  S/997   997 
                               
Subordinated negotiable certificates - BCP   Libor 3M + 279 bp   Semi-annual  November 2021  US$2,960   10,175   November 2021  US$2,960   9,809 
                               
                  15,054,612          14,766,848 
Interest payable                 123,536          179,515 
Total                 15,178,148          14,946,363 

 

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During the three-month period ended March 31, 2018, in accordance with the risk exposure strategy of the interest rate, the Group discontinued the fair value hedge of certain bonds, issued in U.S. Dollars at a fixed rate, through the liquidation of the IRS. The accumulated profit of the fair value of these bonds at the time of the liquidation of the derivatives amounted to US$22.0 million (equivalent to S/71.7 million), recorded in the liability, which has been transferred to the consolidated statement of income up to the date of maturity of said bonds. As of March 31, 2020, the liability amounts to US$7.5 million, equivalent to S/25.7 million, (US$8.7 million, equivalent to S/28.8 million, as of December 31, 2019). The amount recorded in the interim condensed consolidated statement of income ended March 31, 2020 amounts to US$1.2 million, equivalent to S/4.2 million (US$1.6 million, equivalent to S/5.4 million, during the period ended as of March 31, 2019).

 

(i)In September 2019, the Bank announced a repurchase offer and propose an exchange to the holders of senior notes of the US$800.0 million issued in September of 2010, managing to repurchase US$220.3 million and exchanging US$ 205.0 million with new senior notes, at market rates , whose terms and conditions were very similar to the previous issue. At the end of said offer, the Bank keeps a notional value payable amounting to US$374.6 million, which can be redeemed by the Bank in whole or in part, in any date, having as a penalty an interest rate equal to the Treasury of the United States of America’s rate plus 40 basis points.

 

In the same way, in September 2019, the Bank issued senior notes of approximately US$700 million (that amount includes the US$205.0 million of the exchange mentioned in the paragraph before). The Bank can redeem all or part of the notes at any date, between October 11, 2021 and December 10, 2024, at a redemption price equal to or greater than: (i) 100 percent of the aggregate principal amount of the notes to be redeemed; and (ii) the sum of the present value of each remaining scheduled payment discounted at interest rate equal to the Treasury of the United States of America’s rate plus 20 basis points. From December 11, 2024 onwards, the Bank can redeem the total or part of the notes to a redemption price equal to 100 percent of the aggregate principal amount of the notes to be redeemed.

 

The payment of principal will take place on the due date or when the Bank redeems the notes.

 

(ii)The Bank can redeem the total or part of the notes in any time, having as a penalty an interest rate equal to the Treasury of the United States of America’s rate plus 50 basis point. The payment of principal will take place on the due date of the notes or when the Bank redeems these notes.

 

(iii)In September 2019, the Bank announced a repurchase offer and propose an exchange to the holders of senior notes of the S/2,000 million issued in October of 2017, managing to repurchase S/291.2 million and exchanging S/1,308.8 million with new senior notes, at market rates, whose terms and conditions are very similar to the previous issue. At the end of said offer, the Bank keeps a notional value payable amounting to S/400.0 million, which can be redeemed by the Bank in whole or in part, as of October 15, 2020 without penalties.

 

At the same date, the Bank issued senior notes for approximately S/2,500.0 million (this amount includes the S/1,308.8 million of the exchange mentioned in the paragraph before). The Bank can redeem the whole or part of the senior notes between October 17, 2021 and August 16, 2024, at a redemption price equal to or greater than: (i) 100 percent of the aggregate principal amount of the notes, and (ii) the sum of the present value of cash flows discounted at interest rate equivalent to sovereign bonds issued by the government of Perú or other comparable titles plus 25 basis points. As of August 17, 2024, the Bank may redeem all or part of the senior notes at a redemption price equal to 100 percent of the aggregate amount of the principal to be redeemed.

 

The payment of principal will take place on the due date or when the Bank redeems the notes.

 

(iv)In February of 2019, the Bank issued Senior Notes for approximately US$70.0 million at variable rate.

 

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  (v)In July of 2019, the Bank issued Senior Notes for approximately JPY5,000.0 million at fixed interest rate.

 

  (vi)This issue is guaranteed by the future collection of electronic payment orders sent to BCP (including foreign branches) through the Society Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunications, through which the correspondent bank uses the network to places orders of payment to beneficiary that is not a financial institution.

 

  (vii)The Bank as of the year of 2022 will pay a three-month Libor plus 70.3 basis points. Between April 24, 2017 and April 24, 2022, the Bank can redeem the whole or part of the bonds having a penalty of an interest rate equal to the Treasury of United States of América’s rate plus 50 basis points. Also, as of April 25, 2022 or at any date after interest payment, the Bank can redeem all or part of the bonds without penalty. Payment of the principal will take place on the due date of the bonds or when the Bank redeems them.

 

  (viii)The Bank as of September 16, 2021, will pay a three-month Libor plus 770.8 basis points. Between the dates of September 16, 2016 and September 15, 2021, the Bank can redeem the whole or part of the bonds, having a penalty of an interest rate equal to the Treasury of United States of America´s rate plus 50 basis point. Also, as of September 16, 2021 or at any time after at the payment of interests, the Bank can redeem the whole or part of the bonds without penalties. The payment of the principal amount will take place on due date or in the redemptions of them.

 

b)The table below shows the bonds and notes issued, classified by maturity, without accrued interests:

 

   As of March 31,
2020
   As of December 31,
2019
 
   S/(000)   S/(000) 
Up to 3 months   39,080    182,365 
From 3 months to 1 year   2,026,599    1,739,358 
From 1 to 3 years   1,250,592    1,438,732 
From 3 to 5 years   4,959,838    4,863,708 
More than 5 years   6,778,503    6,542,685 
Total   15,054,612    14,766,848 

 

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18EQUITY

 

a)Capital stock -

 

As of March 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019, a total of 94,382,317 shares have been issued at US$5 per share.

 

b)Treasury stock -

 

We present below the stocks of Credicorp Ltd., that the entities of the Group maintain as of March 31, 2020 and 2019:

 

   Number of shares 
As of March 31, 2020  Shares of
the Group
   Shared-based
payment (*)
   Total 
Atlantic Security Holding Corporation   14,620,846    -    14,620,846 
BCP   -    159,339    159,339 
Pacífico Seguros   -    29,845    29,845 
Credicorp Perú   -    32,512    32,512 
Credicorp Capital Servicios Financieros   -    17,598    17,598 
Other minors   63,307    53,946    117,253 
    14,684,153    293,240    14,977,393 

 

   Number of shares 
As of March 31, 2019  Shares of
the Group
   Shared-based
payment (*)
   Total 
Atlantic Security Holding Corporation   14,620,846    -    14,620,846 
BCP   -    134,041    134,041 
Pacífico Seguros   -    29,539    29,539 
Credicorp Perú   -    21,695    21,695 
Credicorp Capital Servicios Financieros   -    12,667    12,667 
Other minors   12,202    45,354    57,556 
    14,633,048    243,296    14,876,344 

 

(*)Corresponds to treasury stock that were granted to employees and senior management, for which they have the right to vote; also, these stocks are not vested at said dates. See more detail in Note 20.

 

During the three-month period ended March 31, 2020 and 2019, the Group purchased 240,151 and 129,807 shares of Credicorp Ltd., respectively, for a total of US$44.4 million (equivalent to S/151.9 million) and US$31.0 million (equivalent to S/103.2 million), respectively.

 

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c)Reserves -

 

Certain Group’s subsidiaries are required to keep a reserve that equals a percentage of paid-in capital (20, 30 or 50 percent, depending on its activities and the country in which production takes place); this reserve must be constituted with annual transfers of not less than 10 percent of net profits. As of March 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019, the balance of this reserves amounts approximately to S/6,248.0 million, S/6,236.5 million, respectively.

 

At the Board meetings held on February 27, 2020 and February 27, 2019, the decision was made to transfer from “Retained earnings” to “Reserves” S/1,977.1 million and S/1,858.8 million, respectively.

 

d)Dividend distribution –

 

The chart below shows the distribution of dividends agreed by the Board of Directors:

 

   As of March 31,
2020
  

As of December 31,
2019

 
Date of Meeting - Board of Directors   27.02.2020    27.02.2019 
Dividends distribution, net of treasury shares effect (in thousands of soles)   2,392,844    1,595,229 
Payment of dividends per share (in soles)   30.0000    20.0000 
Date of dividends payout   08.05.2020    10.05.2019 
Exchange rate published by the SBS   3.4081    3.3150 
Dividends payout (equivalent in thousands of US$)   702,105    481,215 

 

In the Board of Directors held in September 25, 2019, they agreed an additional dividend payment, net of the effect of treasury stock, for approximately S/638.4 million from the retain earnings and reserves. Said dividends have been paid in November 22, 2019.

 

In accordance with current Peruvian legislation, there is no restriction for overseas remittance of dividends or the repatriation of foreign investment. As of March 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019, dividends paid by the Peruvian subsidiaries to Credicorp are subject to a 5.0 percent withholding tax.

 

e)Regulatory capital -

 

As of March 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019, the regulatory capital requirement (“patrimonio efectivo” in Peru) applicable to Credicorp subsidiaries engaged in financial services and insurance activities in Peru, determined under the provisions of the Peruvian banking and insurance regulator, SBS, totals approximately S/27,868.3 million and S/25,732 million, respectively. At those dates, the Group’s regulatory requirement exceeds by approximately S/7,202.4 million and S/4,151.6 million, respectively, the minimum regulatory capital required by the SBS

 

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19TAX SITUATION

 

a)Credicorp is not subject to income tax or any taxes on capital gains, equity or property in Bermuda. Credicorp’s Peruvian Subsidiaries are subject to the Peruvian tax regime.

 

The income tax rate in Peru as of March 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019 was 29.5 percent of the taxable income after calculating the worker's participation, which is determined using a rate of 5.0 percent.

 

The income tax rate in Bolivia is 25.0 percent as of March 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019. Financial entities have an additional rate if the ROE exceeds 6.0 percent; in that case, they must consider an additional 25.0 percent, with which the rate would be 50.0 percent.

 

In the case of Chile, there are two tax regimes: partially integrated regime and attributed regime. Credicorp Capital Holding Chile and all their Subsidiaries are under partially integrated regime, whose tax rate for domiciled legal entities under this regime is 27.0 percent as of March 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019.

 

On the other hand, individuals or legal entities not domiciled in Chile will be subject to a tax called "Additional income tax" whose rates are between 4.0 percent and 35.0 percent, depending on the nature of the income. Additionally, Chile has signed treaties to avoid double taxation with different countries so certain income could be released from withholding tax or for the use of reduced rates.

 

In the case of Colombia, the income tax rate as of December 31, 2019, under the law called “Financing Law” N° 1943 dated December 28, 2018, the income tax rate of 33.0 percent was established for all entities without surcharge. As of March 31, 2020, under the law N° 2010 issued in December 27, 2019, the tax rates are as follows:

 

Taxable year  Rate  Additional rate
(surcharge) (*)
 
2020  32         4 
2021  31   3 
2022  30   3 
As of 2023  30   - 

 

(*)The additional rate (surcharge) will be applicable only to financial entities, that in the corresponding year, with a taxable rate equal or greater than 120,000 Unit of tax value (“UVT” from its Spanish acronym) which as of March 31, 2020 amounts to a total of S/3.9 million; in that sense, Credicorp Capital Colombia, Credicorp Capital Fiduciaria and Banco Compartir must pay the income tax taking into account the aforementioned.

 

Atlantic Security Holding Corporation and its Subsidiaries are not subject to taxes in the Cayman Islands or Panama. As of March 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019, no taxable income was generated from the operations in the United States of America.

 

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b)Income tax expense for the three-month periods ended March 31, 2020 and 2019 comprises:

 

   For the three-month
periods ended March 31,
 
   2020   2019 
   S/(000)   S/(000) 
Current -          
In Peru   312,877    329,339 
In other countries   45,768    50,377 
    358,645    379,716 
           
Deferred -          
In Peru   (208,779)   51,522 
In other countries   (4,067)   (9,073)
    (212,846)   42,449 
Total   145,799    422,165 

 

The deferred income tax has been calculated on all temporary differences, considering the income tax rates effective where Credicorp’s Subsidiaries are located.

 

c)The Peruvian Tax Authority has the right to review and, if necessary, amend the annual income tax returns filed by Peruvian subsidiaries up to four years after their filing date. Income tax returns of the major Subsidiaries open for examination by the tax authorities are as follows:

 

Banco de Crédito del Perú S.A. 2016 to 2019  
Mibanco, Banco de la Microempresa S.A. 2015 to 2019  
Prima AFP S.A 2016 to 2019  
Pacífico Compañía de Seguros y Reaseguros 2015, 2017 to 2019  
Pacífico Peruano Suiza 2015 to 2017  

 

On September 10, 2019 and December 20, 2019, the Peruvian Tax Authority started the examination of income tax returns of Banco de Crédito del Perú for the year 2014 and 2015, respectively, of Banco de Crédito del Perú, a tax control process that is still in process. Likewise, on December 10, 2019 the Tax Administration notified a Resolution finalizing the process of inspection of the Income Tax declaration of 2013 fiscal year in which a lower tax payment was determined.

 

It is important to mentioned that the Peruvian Tax Authority is auditing the Income Tax declaration of 2014 of Mibanco and the Income Tax declaration of 2016 of Pacífico Compañía de Seguros y Reaseguros.

 

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The Bolivian, Chilean and Colombian Tax Authorities have the power to review and, if applicable, make a new determination for the income tax calculated by the Subsidiaries located in said countries in the previous 8 years, 3 years and 3 years, respectively, upon presentation of their Income Tax declarations. Additionally, in the case of Colombia, a period of 6 years was established for the taxpayers obliged to apply Transfer Prices or taxpayers who report tax losses. The annual income tax declarations pending examination by the overseas tax authorities are the following:

 

Banco de Crédito de Bolivia 2011, 2012, 2014 to 2019  
Credicorp Capital Colombia 2016 to 2019  
Credicorp Capital Holding Chile 2018 to 2019  

 

Since tax regulations are subject to interpretation by the different Tax Authorities where Credicorp’s Subsidiaries are located, it is not possible to determine at the present date whether any significant additional liabilities may arise from any eventual tax examinations of the Credicorp’s Subsidiaries. Any resulting unpaid taxes, tax penalties or interest that may arise will be recognized as expenses in the year in which they are determined. However, Management of Credicorp and its Subsidiaries and their legal counsel consider that any additional tax assessments would not have a significant impact on the interim condensed consolidated financial statements as of March 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019.

 

20SHARE-BASED COMPENSATION PLANS

 

On March of each year, the Group grants its own shares to certain key employees. The awarded shares are liberated in the three following years for up to 33.3 percent of the shares granted in each of the three previous years. The Group assumes the payment of the related income tax on behalf of its employees, which depend on the country of residence and the annual compensation of the employee.

 

As of March 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019, the Group has granted 175,564 and 116,594 Credicorp shares, of which 293,240 and 246,931 shares not vested as of March 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019, respectively. During the three-month periods ended March 31, 2020 and 2019, the recorded expense amounted to approximately S/20.1 million and S/26.4 million, respectively, see Note 27.

 

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21OFF-BALANCE SHEET ACCOUNTS

 

a)This item consists of the following:

 

  

As of March 31,
2020

  

As of December 31,
2019

 
   S/(000)   S/(000) 
Contingent credits – indirect loans (b)          
Guarantees and standby letters   18,138,220    18,894,456 
Import and export letters of credit   2,288,182    2,186,579 
Sub-total, Note 7(b)   20,426,402    21,081,035 
           
Responsibilities under credit line agreements (c)   79,706,040    75,615,563 
Total   100,132,442    96,696,598 

 

Reference values of operations with derivatives are recorded in off-balance sheet accounts in the committed currency, as shown in Note 13(b).

 

b)In the normal course of their business, the Group’s banking Subsidiaries are party to transactions with off-balance sheet risk. These transactions expose them to credit risk in addition to the amounts recognized in the interim condensed consolidated statement of financial position.

 

Credit risk for contingent credits is defined as the possibility of sustaining a loss because one of the parties to a financial instrument fails to comply with the terms of the contract. The risk of credit losses is represented by the contractual amounts specified in the related contracts. The Group applies the same credit policies in making contingent commitments and other obligations as it does for on-balance sheet instruments (Note 7(a)), including the requirement to obtain collateral when it is deemed necessary.

 

Collateral held varies, but may include deposits in financial institutions, securities or other assets. Many of the contingent transactions reach maturity without any performance being required; therefore, the total committed amounts do not necessarily represent future cash requirements.

 

c)Lines of credit include consumer loans and other consumer loan facilities (credit card receivables) granted to customers and are cancelable upon related notice to the customer.

 

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22INTEREST, SIMILAR INCOME AND SIMILAR EXPENSES

 

This item consists of the following:

 

   For the three-month
periods ended March 31,
 
   2020   2019 
   S/(000)   S/(000) 
Interest and similar income          
Interest on loans   2,770,351    2,562,286 
Interest on investments at fair value through other comprehensive income   261,189    269,603 
Interest on investments at amortized cost   50,848    51,531 
Interest on due from banks   49,113    86,699 
Interest on investments at fair value through profit or loss   10,697    11,654 
Dividends received   7,879    9,667 
Other interest and similar income   13,532    10,234 
Total   3,163,609    3,001,674 
           
Interest and similar expense          
Interest on deposits and obligations   (364,107)   (353,834)
Interest on bonds and notes issued   (198,114)   (226,498)
Interest on due to banks and correspondents   (137,126)   (145,303)
Deposit Insurance Fund   (40,030)   (36,857)
Interest on lease liabilities   (7,803)   (5,985)
Other interest and similar expense   (37,129)   (36,029)
Total   (784,309)   (804,506)

 

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23COMMISSIONS AND FEES

 

   For the three-month periods
ended March 31,
 
   2020   2019 
   S/(000)   S/(000) 
Maintenance of accounts, transfers and credit and debit card services   306,906    319,612 
Funds and equity management   180,307    169,738 
Contingent loans and foreign trade fees   90,596    87,439 
Commissions for banking services   57,878    69,095 
Brokerage, securities and custody services   22,122    13,091 
Penalty commissions   19,809    20,304 
Collection services   28,984    32,866 
Others   53,727    70,777 
Total   760,329    782,922 

 

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24NET GAIN ON SECURITIES

 

This item consists of the following:

 

  

For the three-month periods
ended March 31,

 
   2020   2019 
   S/(000)   S/(000) 
Net gain on investments at fair value through other comprehensive income   37,531    50,588 
Net gain in associates (*)   19,225    14,786 
Net (loss) gain on financial assets at fair value through profit or loss (**)   (146,020)   62,235 
(Provision) recovery of credit loss for investments at fair value through other comprehensive income, Note 6(b)   (11,752)   72 
Others   (392)   650 
Total   (101,408)   128,331 

 

(*)It mainly includes the gain of its associated “Entidad Prestadora de Salud” for approximately S/17.2 million during the three-month period ended March, 31 2020 (S/8.9 million during the three-month period ended March 31, 2019).

 

(**)The variation is due to the realized losses mainly from the following Subsidiaries occurred during the three-month period ended March 31, 2020:

 

-Banco de Crédito del Perú for approximately S/64.9 million, of which: (i) S/63.0 million correspond to realized losses on the sale of financial investments mainly from the Peruvian Treasury bonds (S/37.1 million), Colombian Treasury bonds (S/19.8 million), Colombian Treasury bonds (S/3.3 million) and Mexico Treasury bonds (S/2.5 million), y (ii) S/1.9 million correspond to unrealized losses.

 

-Prima AFP for approximately S/62.1 million. It corresponds to the drop of the restricted mutual funds, which was due to the reduction in the profitability of Fund 1 in 10.93 percent, Fund 2 in 13.22 percent and Fund 3 in 18.90 percent, all of this caused by the global crisis of COVID-19. These losses are mainly concentrated in fixed income government securities from emerging countries (Fund 1), and in emerging variable income and local variable income assets (Fund 2 and Fund 3).

 

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25NET PREMIUMS EARNED

 

a)This item consists of the following:

 

For the three-month
periods ended March 31,
  Gross written
premiums
   Technical reserve
adjustment(*)
   Total gross
written premiums
(**)
  

Premiums ceded
to reinsurers and
co-insurers, net (***)

   Results of
financial assets
designated at fair
value through
profit and loss,
Note 8
  

Total Net
premiums
earned

 
   S/(000)   S/(000)   S/(000)   S/(000)   S/(000)   S/(000) 
2020                              
Life insurance   512,946    (48,867)   464,079    (30,130)   (98,243)   335,706 
Health insurance   147,757    (8,427)   139,330    (3,281)       136,049 
General insurance   240,850    35,373    276,223    (120,043)       156,180 
Total   901,553    (21,921)   879,632    (153,454)   (98,243)   627,935 
                               
2019                              
Life insurance   513,409    (221,772)   291,637    (32,402)   47,242    306,477 
Health insurance   141,596    (9,974)   131,622    (2,995)       128,627 
General insurance   237,533    13,294    250,827    (101,722)       149,105 
Total   892,538    (218,452)   674,086    (137,119)   47,242    584,209 

 

(*)The variation during the three-month period ended March 31, 2020 respect to the previous period is mainly due to the following: (i) lower sales in annuities, generating a lower constitution of reserves, and (ii) increase in the market participation of pension insurance and increase in the withholding percentage.

(**)This item includes earned premiums, reinsurance premiums accepted, and coinsurance premiums accepted and received.
(***)“Premiums ceded to reinsurers and coinsurers, net” include:

 

  

For the three-month periods
ended March 31,

 
   2020   2019 
   S/(000)   S/(000) 
Premiums ceded for automatic contracts
(mainly excess of loss), Note 9(b)
   (78,084)   (75,656)
Premiums ceded for facultative contracts,
Note 9(b)
   (39,752)   (33,216)
Annual variation of reserve risk in
progress of premiums ceded, Note 9(b)
   (35,618)   (28,247)
   (153,454)  (137,119)

 

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b)      Gross written premiums by insurance type are described below:

 

   For the three-month periods ended March 31, 
   2020   2019 
   S/(000)   %   S/(000)   % 
Life insurance (i)   464,079    52.76    291,637    43.26 
Health insurance (ii)   139,330    15.84    131,622    19.53 
General insurance (iii)   276,223    31.40    250,827    37.21 
Total   879,632    100.00    674,086    100.00 

 

(i)The breakdown of life insurance gross written premiums is as follows:

 

   For the three-month periods ended March 31, 
   2020   2019 
   S/(000)   %   S/(000)   % 
Credit life   154,895    33.38    130,892    44.88 
Disability and survival (*)   123,524    26.62    101,571    34.83 
Individual life (**)   135,916    29.29    (8,834)   (3.03)
Group life   31,705    6.83    52,471    17.99 
Annuities   18,039    3.88    15,537    5.33 
Total   464,079    100.00    291,637    100.00 

 

(*)This item includes Complementary Work Risk Insurance (“SCTR” from its Spanish acronym).

 

(**)Individual life insurance premiums include Investment Link insurance contracts.

 

(ii)Health insurance gross written premiums after adjustments include medical assistance which amounts to S/119.5 million and S/110.7 million during the three-month periods ended March 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively; and represents 85.72 percent and 84.05 percent of this line of business at said periods, respectively.

 

(iii)General insurance gross written premiums consist of the following:

 

   For the three-month periods ended March 31, 
   2020   2019 
   S/(000)   %   S/(000)   % 
Automobile   90,957    32.93    86,702    34.57 
Fire and allied lines   67,668    24.50    67,746    27.01 
Theft and robbery   33,240    12.03    22,615    9.02 
Technical lines (*)   17,433    6.31    16,779    6.69 
Third party liability   14,444    5.23    13,810    5.51 
Transport   11,334    4.10    10,233    4.08 
SOAT (Mandatory automobile line)   9,548    3.46    9,971    3.97 
Marine Hull   6,180    2.24    6,822    2.72 
Aviation   15,310    5.54    3,048    1.21 
Others   10,109    3.66    13,101    5.22 
Total  276,223   100.00   250,827   100.00 
(*)Technical lines include Contractor’s All Risk (CAR), Machinery breakdown, All Risk (EAR), Electronic equipment (EE), All Risk Contractor’s Equipment (ARCE).

 

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26NET CLAIMS INCURRED FOR LIFE, GENERAL AND HEALTH INSURANCE CONTRACTS

 

This item consists of the following:

 

   For the three-month periods ended March 31, 2020 
  

Life
insurance

  

General
insurance

  

Health
insurance

   Total 
   S/(000)   S/(000)   S/(000)   S/(000) 
Gross claims   260,122    80,319    75,468    415,909 
Ceded claims, Note 9(b)   (23,606)   (19,428)   627    (42,407)
Net insurance claims   236,516    60,891    76,095    373,502 

 

   For the three-month periods ended March 31, 2019 
  

Life
insurance

  

General
insurance

  

Health
insurance

   Total 
   S/(000)   S/(000)   S/(000)   S/(000) 
Gross claims   246,516    163,865    82,202    492,583 
Ceded claims   (27,126)   (80,602)   (1,038)   (108,766)
Net insurance claims   219,390    83,263    81,164    383,817 

 

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27SALARIES AND EMPLOYEES BENEFITS

 

This item consists of the following:

 

   For the three-month periods ended March 31, 
   2020   2019 
    S/(000)    S/(000) 
Salaries   493,689    445,750 
Vacations, medical assistance and others   86,734    78,562 
Bonuses   69,505    67,410 
Workers’ profit sharing   57,102    58,293 
Social security   60,286    56,699 
Additional participation   63,247    62,095 
Severance indemnities   40,500    39,118 
Share-based payment plans   20,120    26,390 
Total   891,183    834,317 

 

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28ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

 

This item consists of the following:

 

  

For the three-month periods

ended March 31,

 
   2020   2019 
   S/(000)   S/(000) 
Repair and maintenance   106,360    102,916 
Publicity   75,256    76,175 
Taxes and contributions   68,017    66,709 
Leases of low value and short-term   18,843    22,418 
Consulting and professional fees   39,485    41,360 
Transport and communications   35,466    41,636 
Sundry supplies   23,424    17,564 
Security and protection   15,286    17,002 
Electricity and water   11,175    12,027 
Subscriptions and quotes   10,752    9,570 
Services by third-party and others (*)   135,580    130,780 
Total   539,644    538,157 

 

(*)The balances consists mainly of cleaning service, representation expenses, insurance policy expenses and commission expenses.

 

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29OTHER INCOME AND EXPENSES

 

This item consists of the following:

 

  

For the three-month periods

ended March 31,

 
   2020   2019 
   S/(000)   S/(000) 
Other income          
Revenue from sale of loan portfolio   26,078    14,166 
Rental income   9,962    13,879 
Net income from the sale of property, furniture and equipment   10,319    - 
Recoveries of other accounts receivable and other assets   219    128 
Net gain from sale of adjudicated assets   1,312    - 
Others (*)   69,880    47,432 
Total other income   117,770    75,605 

 

  

For the three-month periods

ended March 31,

 
   2020   2019 
   S/(000)   S/(000) 
Other expenses          
Donations (**)   114,454    4,419 
Losses due to operational risk   8,330    6,869 
Expenses on improvements in building for rent   6,738    7,144 
Provision for sundry risks   5,772    6,195 
Association in participation   6,430    2,736 
Provision for other accounts receivable   3,367    2,228 
Net loss from sale adjudicated assets   -    5,533 
Administrative and tax penalties   262    52 
Others   30,707    15,001 
Total other expenses   176,060    50,177 

 

(*)During the three-month periods ended March 31, 2020 and 2019, the balance mainly comprises liquidation for sale of Credicorp shares, penalty for breach of contract, commissions for recovery in civil and judicial lawsuits of Personal Credits and Credit Card products; also, collection of commission for relocation, vehicle taxes, municipal property taxes, fines and penalties to clients related to the Leasing product.

 

(**)During the three-month period ended March 31, 2020, the Group has made donations mainly through their subsidiaries BCP and MiBanco, a donation amounted of S/100.0 million was the fundraising campaign named “#YoMeSumo” of BCP and S/10.0 million a donation of MiBanco, in both cases, in order to raise funds for the poorest families affected by COVID19.

 

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30EARNING PER SHARE

 

The net earnings per ordinary share were determined based on the net income attributable to equity holders of the Group as follows:

 

  

For the three-month periods

ended March 31,

 
   2020   2019 
Net income attributable to equity holders of Credicorp (in thousands of Soles)   209,274    1,100,867 
           
Number of stock          
Ordinary stock, Note 18(a)   94,382,317    94,382,317 
Less – opening balance of treasury stock   (14,872,164)   (14,883,274)
(Acquisition) sale of treasury stock, net   (92,761)   (65,095)
Weighted average number of ordinary shares for basic earnings   79,417,392    79,433,948 
Plus - dilution effect - stock awards   134,201    113,814 
Weighted average number of ordinary shares adjusted for the effect of dilution   79,551,593    79,547,762 
           
Basic earnings per share (in Soles)   2.64    13.86 
Diluted earnings per share (in Soles)   2.63    13.84 

 

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31OPERATING SEGMENTS

 

In the Credicorp Board of Directors organized the Group’s subsidiaries according to the types of financial services provided and the sectors on which they are focused; with the objective of optimizing the management thereof. Next, we present the Group´s business lines:

 

a)Universal Banking –

 

Includes the operations related to the granting of various credits and financial instruments to individuals and legal entities, from the segments of wholesale and retail banking, such as the obtaining of funds from the public through deposits and current accounts, obtaining of funding by means of initial public offerings and direct indebtedness with other financial institutions. This business line incorporates the results and balances of the Banco de Crédito del Perú (BCP) and Banco de Crédito de Bolivia (BCB).

 

b)Insurance and Pensions –

 

-Insurance: includes, mainly, the issue of insurance policies to cover losses in commercial property, transport, marine vessels, automobiles, life, health and pensions, operations carried out through Pacífico Compañía de Seguros y Reaseguros.

 

-Pensions: provides Management Service of private pension funds to the affiliates, operation carried out from Prima AFP.

 

c)Microfinance –

 

Includes the management of loans, credits, deposits and current accounts of the small and microenterprises: carried out through Mibanco, Banco de la Microempresa S.A., Banco Compartir S.A. and Edyficar S.A.S. (Encumbra).

 

d)Investment Banking and Wealth Management –

 

Brokerage service and investment management services offered to a broad and diverse clientele, which includes corporations, institutional investors, governments and foundations; also, the structuring and placement of issues in the primary market, as well as the execution and negotiation of transactions in the secondary market. Additionally, it structures securitization processes for corporate customers and manages mutual funds.

 

All of these services are provided through Credicorp Capital Ltd. and subsidiaries; Atlantic Security Bank (ASB) and the Wealth Management team of BCP.

 

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Management of these business lines is designed to:

 

-Promote the joint action of our businesses in order to take advantage of the synergies which resulting from the diversification of our portfolio.

 

-Strengthening our leadership in the financial sector through our growth in new businesses, and the establishment of an investment banking platform available not only to the corporate world, but also to the retail segment, especially to the Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) and Consumer sectors.

 

-Improve the ongoing search to bring to adapt our business models, processes and procedures into line with best practices worldwide.

 

The operating results of the Group’s new business lines are monitored separately by the Board of Directors and Senior Management on a monthly basis, in order to make decisions regarding the allocation of resources and the evaluation of the performance of each one of the segments. The Chief Operating Decision Maker (CODM) of Credicorp is the Chief Executive Officer (CEO). The performance of the segments is evaluated based on the operating profits or losses and is measured consistently with the operating profits and losses presented in the interim condensed consolidated statement of income.

 

Financial information by segment is prepared subject to the minimum controls necessary and on a uniform basis, with coherent grouping according to the type of activity and customer. The transfer prices used for determining income and expenses generated among the operating segments are similar to the prices that would be applicable to transactions carried out at arm’s length.

 

None of the income derives from transactions carried out with a single customer or counterparty which is equal to or greater than 10 percent or more of the total income of the Group for the first three-month period ended March 31, 2020 and the first three-month period ended March 31, 2019.

 

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(i)The following table presents information recorded in the results and for certain items of the assets corresponding to the Group’s reportable segments (in millions of soles):

 

 

   For the three-month period ended March 31, 2020   As of March 31, 2020 
   Income (*)                                 
Operating segments  External   From other
segments (**)
   Net interest,
similar
income and
expenses
   Other
income,
net (***)
  

Provision for
credit losses
on loan
portfolio

  

Depreciation
and
amortization

   Income
tax
   Net profit   Total assets   Total
liabilities
 
Universal Banking                                                  
Banco de Crédito del Perú   2,820    121    1,616    762    (1,152)   (110)   (81)   146    148,697    132,075 
Banco de Crédito de Bolivia   190    1    87    25    (38)   (5)   (6)   7    11,359    10,649 
Insurance and Pension funds                                                  
Pacífico Seguros and Subsidiaries   807    19    128    683    -    (15)   (2)   100    13,740    11,005 
Prima AFP   41    1    -    41    -    (5)   (3)   (4)   974    427 
Microfinance                                                  
Mibanco   628    12    485    41    (189)   (23)   (17)   34    13,529    11,408 
Banco Compartir S.A.   51    12    35    6    (8)   (3)   -    (4)   836    708 
Edyficar S.A.S.   12    -    11    (104)   (1)   -    (1)   1    116    64 
Investment Banking and Wealth Management   197    (2)   14    146        (5)   (3)   (4)   10,715    9,423 
Other segments   3    (2)   443    (8)       (6)   (33)   (63)   3,878    4,223 
Eliminations           (440)   (492)   (1)               (6,022)   (5,883)
Total consolidated   4,749    162    2,379    1,100    (1,389)   (172)   (146)   213    197,822    174,099 

 

   For the three-month period ended March 31, 2019   As of December 31, 2019 
   Income (*)                                 
Operating segments  External   From other
segments (**)
   Net interest,
similar
income and
expenses
   Other
income,
net (***)
  

Provision for
credit losses
on loan
portfolio

  

Depreciation
and
amortization

   Income
tax
   Net profit   Total assets   Total
liabilities
 
Universal Banking                                                  
Banco de Crédito del Perú   2,821    95    1,489    831    (331)   (86)   (314)   835    139,832    123,057 
Banco de Crédito de Bolivia   175    1    78    29    (15)   (3)   (7)   13    10,481    9,744 
Insurance and Pension funds                                                  
Pacífico Seguros and Subsidiaries   766    (4)   121    808        (14)   (2)   78    13,785    10,964 
Prima AFP   123    1    1    123        (4)   (24)   57    909    211 
Microfinance                                                  
Mibanco   600    29    468    45    (106)   (12)   (40)   102    13,576    11,489 
Banco Compartir S.A.                                   1,046    888 
Edyficar S.A.S.   12        11    (80)   (1)       (1)   2    141    80 
Investment Banking and Wealth Management   238    3    24    175        (5)   (5)   65    9,423    7,950 
Other segments   27    38    305    43        (7)   (29)   (29)   2,998    992 
Eliminations           (300)   (689)                   (4,314)   (4,245)
Total consolidated   4,762    163    2,197    1,285    (453)   (131)   (422)   1,123    187,877    161,130 

 

(*)Corresponds to total interest and similar income, other income (includes income and expenses on commissions) and net earned premiums from insurance activities.
(**)Corresponds to income derived from transactions with other segments, which were eliminated in the interim condensed consolidated statement of income.
(***)Corresponds to other income (include income and expenses for commissions) and insurance underwriting result.

 

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(ii)The following table presents (in millions of soles) the distribution of the total revenue, operating revenue and non-current assets of the Group; all assigned based on the location of the clients and assets, respectively:

 

   For the three-month period ended
March 31, 2020
   As of March 31, 2020   For the three-month period ended
March 31, 2019
   As of December 31, 2019 
  

Total
income (*)

  

Operating
income (**)

  

Total non
current
assets (***)

  

Total
liabilities

  

Total
income (*)

  

Operating
income (**)

  

Total non
current
assets (***)

  

Total
liabilities

 
Peru   4,322    2,360    3,835    149,850    4,337    2,177    3,943    142,178 
Bermuda   11    -    115    3,098    14    6    117    266 
Panama   -    -    -    -    -    -    -    - 
Cayman Islands   38    27    20    7,122    94    35    20    5,008 
Bolivia   209    97    99    10,769    193    87    93    9,815 
Colombia   138    38    427    2,195    81    3    435    2,769 
United States of America   10    -    3    7    2    -    3    6 
Chile   21    (1)   128    1,058    41    (2)   209    1,088 
Total consolidated   4,749    2,521    4,627    174,099    4,762    2,306    4,820    161,130 

 

(*)Including total interest and similar income, other income and net premiums earned from insurance activities.
(**)Operating income includes the income from interest and similar expenses from banking activities and insurance underwriting result.
(***)Non-current assets consist of property, furniture and equipment (fixed assets), intangible assets and goodwill and right-for-use assets, net.

 

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32TRANSACTIONS WITH RELATED PARTIES

 

a)The Group’s interim condensed consolidated financial statements as of March 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019 include transactions with related companies, the Board of Directors, the Group’s key executives (defined as the Management of Credicorp) and the companies which are controlled by these individuals through their majority shareholding or their role as Chairman or CEO.

 

b)The following table presents the main transactions with related parties:

 

   As of March
31, 2020
   As of
December 31,
2019
 
   S/(000)   S/(000) 
Statement of financial position -          
Direct loans   2,269,648    1,657,206 
Investments   876,807    935,286 
Deposits   (1,846,410)   (751,990)
Derivatives at fair value   3,390    4,984 
           
Off-balance sheet          
Indirect loans   421,168    373,865 

 

  

For the three-month periods
ended March 31,

 
   2020   2019 
   S/(000)   S/(000) 
Statement of income          
Interest income related to loans   8,012    7,225 
Interest expenses related to deposits   (2,794)   (3,431)
Other income   1,520    2,595 

 

c)All transactions with related parties are made in accordance with normal market conditions available to other customers. As of March 31, 2020, direct loans to related companies are secured by collateral, had maturities between Abril 2020 and January 2030, at an annual soles average interest rate of 6.21 percent and at an annual foreign currency average interest rate of 4.79 percent (as of December 31, 2019, maturities where between January 2020 and December 2028, and the annual soles average interest rate was 6.21 percent and the annual foreign currency average interest rate was 5.70 ). Also, as of March 31, 2020 and December 2019, the Group maintains an allowance for loan losses for related parties amounting to S/30.1 million and S/12.6 million, respectively.

 

d)As of March 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019, directors, officers and employees of the Group have been involved, directly and indirectly, in credit transactions with certain subsidiaries of the Group, as permitted by Peruvian Banking and Insurance Law Nº26702, which regulates and limits certain transactions with employees, directors and officers of a bank or an insurance company. As of March 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019, direct loans to employees, directors, key management and family members amounted to S/993.4 million and S/1,003.2 million, respectively; they are repaid monthly and earn interest at market rates.

 

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33FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS CLASSIFICATION

 

The table below shows the carrying amounts of the financial assets and liabilities captions in the interim condensed consolidated statement of financial position, by categories as defined under IFRS 9 as of March 31,2020 and IAS 39 as of December 31, 2019:

 

   As of March 31, 2020   As of December 31, 2019 
  

Financial assets and
liabilities at fair
value through profit or loss

   Financial assets at fair value
through other comprehensive
income
          

Financial assets and
liabilities at fair
value through profit or loss

   Financial assets at fair value
through other comprehensive
income
         
   Investments
and hedges
   Investments
designated at
inception
   Investments   Investments
designated at
inception
   Financial
assets and
liabilities
measured at
amortized cost
   Total   Investments
and hedges
   Investments
designated at
inception
   Investments   Investments
designated at
inception
   Financial
assets and
liabilities
measured at
amortized cost
   Total 
   S/(000)   S/(000)   S/(000)   S/(000)   S/(000)   S/(000)   S/(000)   S/(000)   S/(000)   S/(000)   S/(000)   S/(000) 
Assets                                                            
                                                             
Cash and due from banks   -    -    -    -    26,325,786    26,325,786    -    -    -    -    25,986,762    25,986,762 
Guarantee funds, reverse repurchase
agreements and securities borrowings
   -    -    -    -    4,424,345    4,424,345    -    -    -    -    4,288,524    4,288,524 
At fair value through profit or loss   4,185,638    -    -    -    -    4,185,638    3,850,762    -    -    -    -    3,850,762 
Investments at fair value through other
comprehensive income, note 6(b)
   -    -    27,865,207    523,165    -    28,388,372    -    -    25,623,934    578,789    -    26,202,723 
Amortized cost investments   -    -    -    -    4,242,643    4,242,643    -    -    -    -    3,477,046    3,477,046 
Loans, net   -    -    -    -    114,776,743    114,776,743    -    -    -    -    110,485,717    110,485,717 
Financial assets designated at fair value
through profit or loss
   -    559,321    -    -    -    559,321    -    620,544    -    -    -    620,544 
Premiums and other policies receivable   -    -    -    -    822,669    822,669    -    -    -    -    838,731    838,731 
Accounts receivable from reinsurers and
coinsurers
   -    -    -    -    787,672    787,672    -    -    -    -    791,704    791,704 
Due from customers on acceptances   -    -    -    -    555,598    555,598    -    -    -    -    535,222    535,222 
Other assets, note 13(a)   1,790,770    -    -    -    2,773,091    4,563,861    1,092,107    -    -    -    1,700,861    2,792,968 
    5,976,408    559,321   27,865,207    523,165    154,708,547    189,632,648    4,942,869    620,544    25,623,934    578,789    148,104,567    179,870,703 
                                                             
Liabilities                                                            
                                                             
Deposits and obligations   -    -    -    -    119,563,545    119,563,545    -    -    -    -    112,005,385    112,005,385 
Payables from repurchase agreements
and securities lending
   -    -    -    -    8,254,726    8,254,726    -    -    -    -    7,678,016    7,678,016 
Due to banks and correspondents   -    -    -    -    9,854,630    9,854,630    -    -    -    -    8,841,732    8,841,732 
Bankers’ acceptances outstanding   -    -    -    -    555,598    555,598    -    -    -    -    535,222    535,222 
Accounts payable to reinsurers and
coinsurers
   -    -    -    -    198,473    198,473    -    -    -    -    216,734    216,734 
Lease liabilities   -    -    -    -    838,248    838,248    -    -    -    -    847,504    847,504 
Financial liabilities at fair value through
profit or loss
   533,146    -    -    -    -    533,146    493,700    -    -    -    -    493,700 
Bonds and notes issued   -    -    -    -    15,178,148    15,178,148    -    -    -    -    14,946,363    14,946,363 
Other liabilities, note 13(a)   1,751,719    -    -    -    5,994,663    7,746,382    1,040,282    -    -    -    3,206,544    4,246,826 
    2,284,865    -    -    -    160,438,031    162,722,896    1,533,982    -    -    -    148,277,500    149,811,482 

 

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34FINANCIAL RISK MANAGEMENT

 

The Group’s activities involve principally the use of financial instruments, including derivatives. It also accepts deposits from customers at both fixed and floating rates, for various periods, and invests these funds in high-quality assets. Additionally, it places these deposits at fixed and variable rates with legal entities and individuals, considering the finance costs and expected profitability.

 

The Group also trades in financial instruments where it takes positions in traded and over-the-counter instruments, derivatives included, to take advantage of short-term market movements on securities, bonds, currencies and interest rates.

 

Given the Group’s activities, it has a framework for risk appetite, a corner stone of the management. The risk management processes involve continuous identification, measurement, treatment and monitoring. The Group is exposed, principally, to operating risk, credit risk, liquidity risk, market risk, strategic risk and insurance technical risk. Finally, it reports on a consolidated basis the risks to which the Group is exposed.

 

a)Risk management structure -

 

The Board of Directors of the Group and of each subsidiary are ultimately responsible for identifying and controlling risks; however, there are separate independent instances in the major subsidiaries responsible for managing and monitoring risks, as further explained below:

 

(i)Group’s Board of Directors -

 

Credicorp Board of Directors -

 

This Board of Directors is responsible for the overall risk management approach and for the approval of the levels of risk appetite that the Group is prepared to assume. Furthermore, it approves the guidelines and policies for Integral Risk Management. On the other hand, the Board establishes an organizational culture which emphasizes the importance of risk management, oversees the internal control system and ensures the adequate performance of the compliance function.

 

Group Company Boards -

 

The Board of each of the Group companies is responsible for aligning the risk management established by the Board of Credicorp with the context of each one of them. For that, it establishes a framework for risk appetite, policies and guidelines.

 

(ii)Credicorp Risk Committee -

 

Represents the Board of Credicorp in risk management decision-making. This Committee defines the strategies used for the adequate management of the different types of risks and the supervision of risk appetite. In addition to it, they establish principles, policies and general limits.

 

The Risk Committee is presided by a Board member of Credicorp, it also consists of a second member of the Board of Credicorp, a Board member of BCP, the General Manager of BCP, the Central Manager of Planning and Finance of BCP, the Central Risk Manager of BCP and the Manager of the Risk Management Division of BCP.

 

In addition to effectively managing all the risks, the Credicorp Risk Committee is supported by the following committees which report periodically on all relevant changes or issues relating to the risks being managed:

 

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Credit Risk Committees (retail and non-retail) -

 

The Credit Risk Committees are responsible for reviewing the tolerance level of the credit risk appetite, the limits of exposure and the actions for the implementation of corrective measures, in case there are deviations. In addition, they propose credit risk management norms and policies within the framework of governance and the organization for the integral management of credit risk. Furthermore, they propose the approval of any changes to the functions described above and important findings to the Risk Committee.

 

Treasury and ALM (Asset Liability Management) Risk Committee -

 

The Treasury Risk Committee and ALM Credicorp are responsible for analyzing and proposing the corporate objectives, guidelines and policies for Treasury Risk Management and ALM of all the companies of the Group. As well as, monitoring the indicators and limits of Credicorp market risk appetite and each of the companies of the Group. Further, they are responsible of be aware of the actions for the implementation of the corrective measures if there are deviations from appetite levels and risk tolerance assumed by the companies of Group. Furthermore, they are responsible for proposing the approval of any changes in the functions described above and for reporting any finding to the Risk Committee.

 

Credicorp Model Risk Committee -

 

The Credicorp Model Risk Committee is responsible for analyzing and proposing the actions corrections in case there are deviations with respect to the degrees of exposure assumed in the Appetite for Model Risk. Likewise, it proposes the creation and/or modification of the government for model risk management, monitoring compliance with the same. The Model Risk Committee monitors the Group's data and analytical strategy and the health status of the model portfolio. They are also responsible to inform the Committee of Credicorp Risks on exposures, related to model risk, which involve variations in the risk profile.

 

Operational Risk Methodology Committee -

 

The Credicorp Methodological Committee of Operational Risk has as main responsibilities to review the main indicators of Operational Risk of the companies of the Credicorp Group, as well as the progress of the methodologies deployed for Operational Risk and Business Continuity. Likewise, share best practices regarding the main challenges faced by Credicorp Group companies.

 

(iii) Central Risk Management -

 

The Central Risk Management is responsible for implementing policies, procedures, methodologies and actions to identify, measure, monitor, mitigate, report and control the different types of risks to which the Group is exposed. Also, it participates in the design and definition of the strategic plans of the business units to ensure that they are framed within the risk appetite metrics approved by Credicorp Board of Directors. Likewise, it also broadcasts the importance of adequate risk management, specifying in each of the units, their role in the timely identification and definition of actions corresponding.

 

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The Central Risk Management is divided into the following units:

 

Credit Division -

 

The Credit Division proposes credit policies and evaluation criteria and credit risk management that the Group assumes with segment customers wholesaler. Evaluate and authorize loan proposals until their autonomy and propose their approval to the higher instances for those that exceed it. These guidelines are established on the basis of the policies set by the Credicorp Board, respecting the laws and regulations in force.

 

Risk Management Division -

 

The Risk Management Division is responsible for ensuring that risk management directives and policies comply with the established by the Board of Directors. In addition, it is responsible for supervising the process of risk management and for coordinating with the companies of Credicorp involved in the whole process, promoting homogeneous risk management and aligned with the best practices. It also has the task of informing Board of Directors about: global exposure and by type of risk, as well as the specific exposure of each Group company.

 

Retail Banking Risk Division -

 

This division is responsible for ensuring the quality of retail portfolio and the development of credit policies that are consistent with the overall guidelines and risk policies set by the Board of Credicorp.

 

Cybersecurity Management -

 

The Cybersecurity Management area establishes polices and regulatory framework for information security and cybersecurity risk management. It is also responsible for designing and implementing the strategies used to create and monitor controls that enable the permanent evaluation of regulatory framework effectiveness. In addition, the area supervises the performance of the functions of the responsible units, monitoring the processes used for the identification, assessment, recording and treatment of information security and cybersecurity risks.

 

Corporate Security and Cybernetic Crime Management -

 

The Corporate Security and Cybernetic Crime Management is responsible for implementing policies, procedures and actions that safeguard the security of employees, customers and assets of the organization, and protect the Group against incidents of fraud, security and reputational risk. In addition, it fosters a culture of prevention, which minimizes risks in fraud and security.

 

Non-financial Risks Division -

 

The Non-financial Risks Division is responsible for defining a non-financial risk strategy aligned with the objectives and risk appetite set by the Board of Credicorp. This strategy seeks to strengthen the management process, generate synergies, optimize resources and achieve better results among the units responsible for managing non-financial risks in the Group. Additionally, in order to achieve the objectives defined in the non-financial risk strategy, the Division is responsible for promoting risk culture, developing talent, defining indicators and generating and following-up strategic projects and initiatives.

 

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(iv) Internal Audit Division and Compliance Division -

 

The Audit Division is in charge of monitoring on an ongoing basis the effectiveness and efficiency of the risk management function in the Group, verifying compliance with regulations, policies, objectives and guidelines set by the Board of Directors. On the other hand, it evaluates sufficiency and integration level of Group’s information and database systems. Finally, it ensures that independence is maintained between the functions of the risk management and business units, for each of the Group’s companies.

 

The Corporate Compliance and Ethics Division reports to the Board of Directors and is responsible for ensure that Credicorp Group companies specifically comply with regulations that apply to them and the guidelines established in the Code of Ethics.

 

b)Risk measurement and reporting systems -

 

The risk is measured according to models and methodologies developed for the management of each type of risk. Credicorp has risk reports that allow to monitor at the level added and detailed the different types of risks of each company which is exposed. The system provides the facility to meet the appetite review needs by risk requested by the committees and areas described above; as well as comply with regulatory requirements.

 

c)Risk mitigation -

 

Depending on the type of risk, the Group uses mitigating instruments to reduce its exposure, such as guarantees, derivatives, controls and insurance, among others. Furthermore, it has policies linked to risk appetite and established procedures for each type of risk.

 

The Group actively uses guarantees to reduce its credit risks.

 

d)Risk appetite -

 

Based on corporate risk management, Group's Board of Directors approves the risk appetite framework to define the maximum level of risk that the organization is willing to take as seeks its strategic and financial objectives, maintaining a corporate vision in individual decisions of each entity. This Risk Appetite framework is based on "core" and specific metrics:

 

Core metrics are intended to preserve the organization’s strategic pillars, defined as solvency, liquidity, profit and growth, income stability and balance sheet structure.

 

Specific metrics objectives are intended to monitor on a qualitative and quantitative basis the various risks, to which the Group is exposed, as well as defining a tolerance threshold of each of those risks, so the risk profile set by the Board is preserved and any risk focus is anticipated on a more granular basis.

 

Risk appetite is instrumented through the following elements:

 

-Risk appetite statement: Establishes explicit general principles and the qualitative declarations which complement the risk strategy.

 

-Metrics scorecards: These are used to define the levels of risk exposure in the different strategic pillars.

 

-Limits: Allows control over the risk-taking process within the tolerance threshold established by the Board. They also provide accountability for the risk-taking process and define guidelines regarding the target risk profile.

 

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-Government scheme: Seeks to guarantee compliance of the framework through different roles and responsibilities assigned to the units involved.

 

The appetite is integrated into the processes of strategic and capital guidelines, as well as in the definition of the annual budget, facilitating the strategic decision making of the organization.

 

e)Risk concentration -

 

Concentrations arise when a reduced and representative number of all counterparties of the Group are engaged in similar business activities, or activities in the same geographic region, or have similar economic and political conditions among others.

 

In order to avoid excessive concentrations of risk, the policies and procedures include specific guidelines to guarantee a diversified portfolio.

 

34.1Credit risk -

 

a)The Group takes on exposure to credit risk, which is the probability of suffering losses caused by debtors or counterparties failing to comply with payment obligations in on or off the balance sheet exposures.

 

Credit risk is the most important risk for the Group’s business; therefore, Management carefully manages its exposure to credit risk. Credit exposures arise principally from lending activities that lead to direct loans; they also result from investment activities. There is also credit risk in off-balance sheet financial instruments, such as contingent credits (indirect loans), which expose Credicorp to risks similar to direct loans. Likewise, credit risk arises from derivative financial instruments that present showing positive fair values. Finally, all exposure to credit risk (direct or indirect) is mitigated by the control processes and policies.

 

As part of the management of this type of risk, Credicorp assigns impairment provisions for its loan portfolio at the date of the interim condensed consolidated statement of financial position.

 

The Group defines the levels of credit risk assumed based on risk exposure limits, which are frequently monitored. Said limits are established in relation to one borrower or group of borrowers, geographical and industry segments. Furthermore, the risk limits by product, industry sector and by geographical segment are approved by the Risk Committee of Credicorp.

 

Exposure to credit risk is managed through regular analysis of the ability of debtors and potential debtors to meet interest and principal repayment obligations and by changing the credit limits when it is appropriate. Other specific control measures are outlined below:

 

(i)Collateral -

 

-The Group employs a range of policies and practices to mitigate credit risk. The most traditional of these is collateralization which is common practice. The Group implements guidelines on the acceptability of specific classes of collateral or credit risk mitigation. The main types of collateral obtained are as follows:

 

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For loans and advances, collateral includes, among others, mortgages on residential properties; liens on business assets such as plants, inventory and accounts receivable; and liens on financial instruments such as debt securities and equity securities.

 

-Long-term loans and financing to corporate entities are generally guaranteed. Loans to micro business generally have no collateral. In order to minimize credit loss, the Group will seek additional collateral from the counterparty as soon as impairment indicators arise.

 

-For repurchase agreements and securities lending, collateral consists of fixed income instruments and cash.

 

Collateral held as security for financial assets other than loans is determined by the nature of the instrument. Debt securities, treasury and other eligible bills are generally unsecured, with the exception of assets backed securities and similar instruments, which are secured by portfolios of financial instruments.

 

Management monitors the market value of collateral, requests additional collateral in accordance with the underlying agreement, and monitors the market value of collateral obtained during its review of the adequacy of the allowance for impairment losses. As part of the Group’s policies, the recovered goods are sold in seniority order. The proceeds of the sale are used to reduce or amortize the outstanding credit. In general, the Group does not use recovered assets for its operational purposes.

 

(ii)Derivatives -

 

The amount subject to credit risk is limited to the current and potential fair value of instruments that are favorable to the Group (fair value is positive). In the case of derivatives this is only a small fraction of the contract, or notional values used to express the volume of instruments outstanding. This credit risk exposure is managed as a portion of the total credit limits with customers, together with potential exposures from market movements. Collateral or other security is not usually obtained for this type of risk exposure.

 

(iii)Credit-related commitments -

 

The primary purpose of these instruments is to ensure that funds are available to a customer as required. Guarantees and letters of credit have the same credit risk as direct loans. Documentary and commercial letters of credit - which are written undertakings by the Group on behalf of a customer authorizing a third party to draw drafts on the Group up to a stipulated amount under specific terms and conditions - are collateralized by the underlying shipments of goods to which they relate and therefore have less risk than a direct loan. The Group has no mandatory commitments to extend credit.

 

b)The maximum exposure to credit risk as of March 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019, before the effect of mitigation through any collateral, is the carrying amount of each class of financial assets described in Notes 34.7(a), 34.7(b) and the contingent credits detailed in Note 21(a).

 

Management is confident of its ability to continue controlling and maintaining minimal credit risk exposure within the Group, considering both its loan and securities portfolio.

 

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c)Credit risk management for loans -

 

The management of credit risk is mainly based on rating and scoring of the internal models of each company of the Group. In Credicorp, a quantitative and qualitative analysis is made of each client, with regard to his financial position, his credit behavior in the System and the market in which it operates; which is carried out continuously, so as to assemble the risk profile of each operation and client with a credit position in the Group.

 

In the Group, a loan is internally classified as past due, depending on three aspects: the number of days in arrears based on the contractually agreed due date, the subsidiary and the type of credit. In that sense:

 

-         Banco de Crédito del Perú, Mibanco and Solución Empresa Administradora Hipotecaria S.A. consider a past due loan:

 

-For corporate enterprises, large and medium companies after 15 days past due.
-For small and micro-business after 30 days past due.
-For overdrafts, after 30 days past due.
-For consumer, mortgage and lease operation products, quotas are considered past due internally when they are between 30 and 90 days past due; after 90 days, the pending loan balance is considered past due.

 

-         Atlantic Security Bank considers a credit past due when its payment schedule of capital and/or interest exceed 30 days in arrears.

 

-         Banco de Crédito de Bolivia, Edyficar S.A.S. and Bancompartir consider a credit as an internal past due with effect from day 30 in arrears.

 

Estimate of the expected loss -

 

The measurement of the credit loss is based on the product of the following parameters: (i) probability of default (PD) (ii) loss given default (LGD), and (iii) Exposure at default (EAD); discounted at the reporting period, using the effective interest rate. The definition of the parameters is presented below:

 

-           Probability of Default (PD): this is a measurement of credit rating given internally to a customer, designed to estimate their probability of default within a specific horizon. The process of obtaining the PD is carried out through scoring and rating tools.

 

The Group considers that a financial instrument is in default if it meets the following conditions depending on the type of asset:

 

-Consumer Products, Credit Card and SME: If the costumer, at some point, presents arrears equal to or greater than 60 days and/or has operations that are refinanced, restructured, in pre-judicial, judicial proceedings or written off.

 

-Mortgage Product: If the customer, at some point, presents arrears equal to or greater 120 days and/or has operations that are refinanced, restructured, in pre-judicial, judicial proceedings or written off.

 

-Commercial Banking: Those customers that are in the Special Accounts portfolio or have risk classification as deficient, doubtful or lost, or have refinanced, judicial or written off operations. Also, a customer can be considered as Default in case there are signs of significant qualitative impairment to consider it in said stage.

 

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-Investments: If the instrument has a Default rating according to external rating agencies such as Fitch, Standard & Poor’s or Moody's or with an indicator of arrears equal to or greater than 90 days. Also, a customer can be considered as Default in case of signs of significant qualitative impairment.

 

-         Loss Given Default (LGD): Is a measurement which estimates the severity of the loss which would be incurred at the time of the default. It has two approaches in the estimate of the severity of the loss, depending on the stage of the customer:

 

-LGD Workout: The LGD workout is the real loss of the customers who have arrived at the stage of default. The recoveries and costs of each one of the operations are used in order to calculate it (Includes open and closed recovery processes).

 

-LGD ELBE (Expected Loss Best Estimate): The LGD ELBE is the loss of the contracts in a default situation, based on the time in arrears of the operation (The longer the operation is in default, the greater will be the loss level).

 

-         Exposure at Default (EAD): Is a measurement which estimates the exposure at the time of the customer goes into default, taking into account changes in future exposure, for example, in the case of prepayments and/or greater utilization of unused lines.

 

Accordingly, the estimated of the parameters take into consideration information regarding the actual conditions, as well as the projections of future macroeconomic events and conditions in three scenarios (base, optimistic and pessimistic) which are analyzed in order to obtain the expected loss.

 

The fundamental difference between the credit loss of an account considered as Stage 1 and Stage 2 is the PD horizon. Specifically, the estimates of Stage 1 use a maximum PD of 12 months, while those in Stage 2 will use a PD measured for the entire life of the instrument. The estimates of Stage 3 will be carried out on the basis of a best estimate LGD.

 

In those cases, in which the portfolio is immaterial and does not have credit score models, the option was to extrapolate the loss ratio of portfolios with comparable characteristics.

 

Prospective information:

 

The measurement of expected credit losses for each stage and the evaluation of significant increases in credit risk consider information on previous events and current conditions, as well as reasonable projections based on future events and economic conditions.

 

For the estimation of the risk parameters (PD, LGD, EAD), used in the calculation of the provision in stages 1 and 2, the significance of the macroeconomic variables (or their variations) that have the greatest influence on each portfolio was tested. Each macroeconomic scenario used in calculating the expected loss considers projections of relevant macroeconomic variables, such as the gross domestic product (GDP), employment, terms of trade, inflation, among others, for a period of 3 years and a long-term projection.

 

The estimate of the expected loss for stages 1, 2 and 3 is a weighted estimate that considers three future macroeconomic scenarios. The base, optimistic and pessimistic scenarios, as well as the probability of occurrence of each scenario, are macroeconomic projections provided by the Economic Studies Management. It should be noted that the scenario design is adjusted quarterly. All the scenarios considered apply to portfolios subject to expected credit losses with the same probabilities.

 

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Changes from one stage to another

 

The classification of an instrument as stage 1 or stage 2 depends on the concept of "significant increase in credit risk" at the reporting date compared to the origin. This classification is updated monthly. As the IFRS 9 states, this classification depends on the following criteria:

 

-An account is classified in stage 2 if it has more than 30 days of delay.
-Additionally, significant risk thresholds were established based on absolute and relative thresholds that depend on the level of risk in which the instrument originated. The thresholds differ for each of the portfolios considered.
-Additional qualitative reviews are carried out based on the segmentation of risks used in the management of Retail Banking and an individual review in Wholesale Banking.

 

Additionally, all those accounts classified as default at the reporting date according to the management definition used by the Group are considered as stage 3.

 

Evaluations of a significant increase in risk from initial recognition and credit deterioration are carried out independently on each reporting date. Assets can be moved in both directions from one phase to another; in this sense, a financial asset that migrated to stage 2 will return to stage 1, if its credit risk did not increase significantly from its initial recognition until a subsequent reporting period. Likewise, an asset that is in stage 3 will return to stage 2 if the credit is no longer considered to be impaired.

 

Expected life

 

For the instruments in stage 2 or 3, the reserves for losses will cover the expected credit losses during the expected time of the remaining useful life of the instrument. For most instruments, the expected life is limited to the remaining contractual life, adjusted by expected anticipated payments. In the case of revolving products, a statistical analysis was carried out in order to determine what would be the expected life period.

 

d)Credit risk management on reverse repurchase agreements and securities borrowing -

 

Most of these operations are performed by Credicorp Capital. The Group has implemented credit limits for each counterparty and most of transactions are collateralized with investment grade financial instruments and financial instruments issued by Governments.

 

e)Credit risk management on investments -

 

The Group evaluates the credit risk identified of each of the investments, disclosing the risk rating granted to them by a risk rating agency. For investments traded in Peru, risk ratings used are those provided by the three most prestigious Peruvian rating agencies (authorized by Peruvian regulator) and for investments traded abroad, the risk-ratings used are those provided by the three most prestigious international rating agencies.

 

In the event that any subsidiary uses a risk-rating prepared by any other risk rating agency, said risk-ratings are standardized with those provided by the above-mentioned institutions.

 

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The following table shows the analysis of the risk-rating of the investments, provided by the institutions referred to above:

  

   As of March 31, 2020   As of December 31, 2019 
    S/(000)    %    S/(000)    % 
Instruments rated in Peru:                    
AAA   -    -    1,621,270    4.8 
AA- a AA+   3,846,829    10.4    1,853,042    5.5 
A- to A+   6,680,686    18.1    8,970,590    26.8 
BBB- to BBB+   5,491,524    14.9    1,874,556    5.6 
BB- to BB+   496,934    1.3    517,146    1.5 
Lower and equal to +B   -    -    -    - 
Unrated:   -    -    -    - 
                     
BCRP certificates of deposit   9,685,268    26.3    8,665,272    25.8 
Listed and unlisted securities   518,883    1.4    573,485    1.7 
Restricted mutual funds   398,111    1.1    460,086    1.4 
Investment funds   123,521    0.3    102,085    0.3 
Mutual funds   324,989    0.9    291,024    0.9 
Other instruments   129,502    0.4    264,497    0.8 
Subtotal   27,696,247    75.1    25,193,053    75.1 

 

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   As of March 31, 2020   As of December 31, 2019 
    S/(000)    %    S/(000)    % 
Instruments rated abroad:                    
AAA   779,762    2.2    657,787    2.0 
AA- a AA+   829,310    2.3    854,501    2.5 
A- to A+   1,481,441    4.1    1,581,995    4.7 
BBB- to BBB+   2,925,325    7.9    2,974,639    8.9 
BB- to BB+   1,379,199    3.7    996,917    3.0 
Lower and equal to +B   146,408    0.4    54,316    0.2 
Unrated:   -    -    -    - 
                     
Listed and unlisted securities   44,824    0.1    88,799    0.3 
Participations of RAL funds   328,697    0.9    300,398    0.9 
Mutual funds   301,075    0.8    302,528    0.9 
Investment funds   250,573    0.7    294,158    0.9 
Hedge funds   32,830    0.1    33,223    0.1 
Other instruments   620,962    1.7    198,217    0.5 
Subtotal   9,120,406    24.9    8,337,478    24.9 
Total   36,816,653    100.0    33,530,531    100.0 

 

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f)Concentration of financial instruments exposed to credit risk -

 

As of March 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019, financial instruments with exposure to credit risk were distributed considering the following economic sectors:

  

   As of March 31, 2020           As of December 31, 2019     
    

At fair value

through profit for loss

                

At fair value

through profit for loss

             
    

Held for

trading
, hedging and
others (*)

    

Designated

at inception

    Financial
assets at
amortized
cost
    At fair value
through other
comprehensive
income
investments
    Total    

Held for

trading,
hedging and
others (*)

    

Designated

at inception

    Financial
assets at
amortized
cost
    At fair value
through other
comprehensive
income
investments
    Total 
    S/(000)    S/(000)    S/(000)    S/(000)    S/(000)    S/(000)    S/(000)    S/(000)    S/(000)    S/(000) 
Central Reserve Bank of Peru   352    -    10,680,069    9,685,268    20,365,689    -    -    21,166,346    8,665,272    29,831,618 
Financial services   3,071,100    179,082    24,898,280    4,123,657    32,272,119    2,856,512    237,240    13,281,408    2,883,301    19,258,461 
Manufacturing   35,138    28,972    17,223,380    1,177,084    18,464,574    202,554    36,686    15,608,834    1,225,118    17,073,192 
Mortgage loans   -    -    19,399,960    -    19,399,960    -    -    18,985,407    -    18,985,407 
Consumer loans   -    -    14,783,831    -    14,783,831    -    -    14,809,503    -    14,809,503 
Micro-business loans   -    -    5,072,017    -    5,072,017    -    -    13,902,760    -    13,902,760 
Commerce   35,752    2,673    18,198,251    508,875    18,745,551    21,228    12,468    12,636,843    452,214    13,122,753 
Government and public administration   2,307,534    14,290    4,779,421    7,420,833    14,522,078    1,581,527    12,994    3,985,158    7,170,624    12,750,303 
Electricity, gas and water   86,950    47,173    3,736,550    1,990,593    5,861,266    91,055    50,929    3,014,319    2,286,932    5,443,235 
Community services   1,773    -    5,362,445    -    5,364,218    -    -    4,858,427    5,798    4,864,225 
Communications, storage and transportation   41,437    260,127    6,117,569    1,242,577    7,661,710    17,306    59,392    4,421,095    1,071,335    5,569,128 
Mining   91,577    -    3,219,283    163,673    3,474,533    41,687    27,875    3,195,049    146,362    3,410,973 
Construction   31,464    979    2,525,297    354,674    2,912,414    20,847    3,967    2,089,164    322,864    2,436,842 
Agriculture   19,112    -    3,511,248    19,667    3,550,027    1,963    -    3,050,141    17,887    3,069,991 
Insurance   19,713    -    8,483    858    29,054    5,100    -    123,771    986    129,857 
Education, health and others   95,426    15,650    1,583,002    747,672    2,441,750    4,543    53,792    1,364,542    644,143    2,067,020 
Real estate and leasing   53,950    3,769    7,586,771    437,970    8,082,460    43,203    125,201    7,158,667    1,276,941    8,604,012 
Fishing   720    -    455,967    7,955    464,642    321    -    417,067    -    417,388 
Others   84,410    6,606    5,566,723    507,016    6,164,755    55,023    -    4,036,066    32,946    4,124,035 
Total   5,976,408    559,321    154,708,547    28,388,372    189,632,648    4,942,869    620,544    148,104,567    26,202,723    179,870,703 

  

       (*) It includes non-trading investments that did not pass SPPI test.

 

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As of March 31, 2020 and December 31,2019 financial instruments with exposure to credit risk were distributed by the following geographical areas:

  

   As of March 31, 2020           As of December 31, 2019         
    

At fair value

through profit for loss

                

At fair value

through profit for loss

             
    

Held for

trading,
hedging and
others (*)

    

Designated

at inception

    Financial
assets at
amortized
cost
    At fair value
through other
comprehensive
income
investments
    Total    

Held for

trading,
hedging and
others (*)

    

Designated

at inception

    Financial
assets at
amortized
cost
    At fair value
through other
comprehensive
income
investments
    Total 
    S/(000)    S/(000)    S/(000)    S/(000)    S/(000)    S/(000)    S/(000)    S/(000)    S/(000)    S/(000) 
Peru   1,894,058    41,164    132,810,079    21,787,681    156,532,982    688,099    138,293    130,436,702    20,674,142    151,937,236 
United States of America   692,809    320,851    1,969,194    2,825,298    5,808,152    568,588    275,991    982,944    2,770,903    4,598,426 
Bolivia   535,454    -    9,869,666    674,603    11,079,723    494,547    -    9,218,219    555,028    10,267,794 
Colombia   1,135,593    8,138    2,970,059    1,289,064    5,402,854    1,346,042    21,289    2,627,353    385,794    4,380,478 
Panama   71,906    -    687,553    96,235    855,694    -    -    905,675    91,571    997,246 
Chile   576,763    9,039    2,251,710    471,382    3,308,894    683,822    34,606    2,047,951    450,382    3,216,761 
Brazil   25,899    5,057    512,815    43,690    587,461    6,023    5,867    485,594    40,472    537,956 
Mexico   27,137    9,818    7,264    231,683    275,902    28,846    18,093    5,962    247,713    300,614 
Canada   19,200    210    66,206    99,182    184,798    29,976    -    109,233    108,494    247,703 
Europe:                                                  
United Kingdom   189,749    18,905    899,530    75,852    1,184,036    189,658    14,950    273,477    80,965    559,050 
Others in Europe   129,072    15,893    129,250    45,071    319,286    127,915    17,184    83,979    46,331    275,409 
France   572,122    2,083    17,808    171,725    763,738    227,823    8,850    27,244    169,632    433,549 
Spain   11,971    -    36,476    34,278    82,725    11,105    -    32,836    32,366    76,307 
Switzerland   704    1,138    36,879    39,141    77,862    514    -    980    26,136    27,630 
Netherlands   1,072    1,716    17,147    66,214    86,149    -    -    26,024    108,343    134,367 
Others   92,899    125,309    2,426,911    437,273    3,082,392    539,911    85,421    840,394    414,451    1,880,177 
Total   5,976,408    559,321    154,708,547    28,388,372    189,632,648    4,942,869    620,544    148,104,567    26,202,723    179,870,703 

  

       (*) It includes non-trading investments that did not pass SPPI test.

 

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g)Offsetting financial assets and liabilities -

 

The disclosures set out in the tables below include financial assets and liabilities that:

 

-Are offset in the Group’s interim condensed consolidated statement of financial position; or
-Are subject to an enforceable master netting arrangement or similar agreement that covers similar financial instruments, irrespective of whether they are offset in the interim condensed consolidated statement of financial position.

 

Similar agreements include derivative clearing agreements, master repurchase agreements, and master securities lending agreements. Similar financial instruments include derivatives, accounts receivable from reverse repurchase agreements and securities borrowing, payables from repurchase agreements and securities lending and other financial assets and liabilities. Financial instruments such as loans and deposits are not disclosed in the tables below because they are not offset in the interim condensed consolidated statement of financial position.

 

The offsetting framework contract issued by the International Swaps and Derivatives Association Inc. (“ISDA”) and similar master offsetting arrangements do not meet the criteria for offsetting in the interim condensed consolidated statement of financial position, because said agreements were created in order for both parties to have an enforceable offsetting right in cases of default, insolvency or bankruptcy of the Group or the counterparties or following other predetermined events. In addition, the Group and its counterparties do not intend to settle said instruments on a net basis or to realize the assets and settle the liabilities simultaneously.

 

The Group receives and gives collateral in the form of cash and trading securities in respect of the following transactions:

 

-Derivatives;
-Accounts receivable from reverse repurchase agreements and securities borrowing;
-Payables from repurchase agreements and securities lending; and
-Other financial assets and liabilities

 

Such collateral adheres to standard industry terms including, when appropriate, an ISDA Credit Support Annex. This means that securities received/given as collateral can be pledged or sold during the term of the transaction but have to be returned on maturity of the transaction. The terms also give each party the right to terminate the related transactions upon the counterparty’s failure to return the respective collateral.

 

34.2Market risk -

 

The Group has exposure to market risk, which is the risk that the fair value or future cash flows of a financial instrument will fluctuate because of changes in market prices. Market risks arise from open positions in interest rates, currency, commodities and equity products; all of which are exposed to general and specific market movements and changes in the level of volatility of prices such as interest rates, credit spreads, foreign exchange rates and equity prices. Due to the nature of the Group’s current activities, commodity price risk is not applicable.

 

The Group separates exposures to market risk in two groups: (i) those that arise from value fluctuation of trading portfolios recognized at fair value through profit or loss due to movements of market rates or prices (Trading Book) and (ii) those that arise from changes in the structural positions of non-trading portfolios due to movements of the interest rates, prices and foreign exchange ratios (Banking Book) and that are recorded at amortized cost and at fair value with changes in other comprehensive income, this is due to movements in interest rates, prices and currency exchange rates.

 

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The risks that trading portfolios face are managed through Value at Risk (VaR) historical simulation techniques; while non-trading portfolios (Banking Book) are monitored using rate sensitivity metrics, which are a part of Asset and Liability Management (ALM).

 

a)Trading Book -

 

The trading book is characterized for having liquid positions in stocks, bonds, foreign currencies and derivatives, arising from market-making transactions where the Group acts as principal with the customers or with the market. This portfolio includes investments and derivatives classified by Management as held for trading.

 

(i)Value at Risk (VaR) -

 

The Group applies the VaR approach to its trading portfolio to estimate the market risk of the main positions held and the maximum losses that are expected, based upon a number of assumptions for various changes in market conditions and considering the risk appetite of the subsidiary.

 

Daily calculation of VaR is a statistically-based estimate of the maximum potential loss on the current portfolio from adverse market movements.

 

VaR expresses the “maximum” amount the Group might lose, but only to a certain level of confidence (99 percent). There is therefore a specified statistical probability (1 percent) that actual loss could be greater than the VaR estimate. The VaR model assumes a certain “holding period” until positions can be closed (1 - 10 days).

 

The time horizon used to calculate VaR is one day; however, the one-day VAR is amplified to a 10-day time frame and calculated multiplying the one-day VaR by the square root of 10. This adjustment will be accurate only if the changes in the portfolio in the following days have a normal distribution independent and identically distributed; because of that, the result is multiplied by a non-normality adjustment factor. The limits and consumptions of the VaR are established on the basis of the risk appetite and the trading strategies of each subsidiary.

 

The assessment of portfolio movements has been based on annual historical information and 110 market risk factors, which are detailed below; 18 market curves, 70 stock prices, 18 mutual fund values, 3 series of volatility and 1 survival probability curves. The Group directly applies these historical changes in rates to each position in its current portfolio (method known as historical simulation).


The Group Management considers that the market risk factors, incorporated in their VaR model, are adequate to measure the market risk to which its trading portfolio is exposed.

 

The use of this approach does not prevent losses outside of these limits in the event of more significant market movements. Losses exceeding the VaR figure may occur, on average under normal market conditions, not more than once every hundred days.

 

VaR limits have been established to control and keep track of all the risks taken. These risks arise from the size of the positions and/or the volatility of the risk factors embedded in each financial instrument. Regular reports are prepared for the Treasury Risk Committee and ALM, the Risk Management Committee and Senior Management.

 

VaR results are used to generate economic capital estimates by market risk, which are periodically monitored and are part of the overall risk appetite of each subsidiary. Furthermore, at Group level, there is also a limit to the risk appetite of the trading portfolio, which is monitored and informed to the Treasury Risks and ALM Credicorp Committee.

 

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In VaR calculation, the effects of the exchange rate are not included because said effects are measured in the net monetary position, see note 34.2 (b)(ii).

 

The Group's VaR showed an increase at March 31, 2020, by Interest Rate and Price effect due to the increase in the Fixed Income position, as well as an increase in the volatility of interest rates and equities prices caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. The VaR remains contained within the limits of the risk appetite established by the Bank's Risk Management of each subsidiary.

 

As of March 31, 2020 and December 2019, the Group’s VaR by risk type is as follows:

 

   As of
March 31,
2020
   As of
December 31,
2019
 
    S/(000)    S/(000) 
Interest rate risk   94,647    9,274 
Price risk   14,711    7,809 
Volatility risk   2,052    463 
Diversification effect   (26,094)   (6,245)
Consolidated VaR by type of risk  85,316   11,301 

 

In VaR calculation, financial instruments from the trading book were taken.

 

On the other hand, the instruments recorded as fair values through profit or loss are not part of the selling business model and are considered as part of the sensitivity analysis of rates in the next section. See the chart of sensitivity of earnings at risk, net economic value and price sensitivity.

 

b)Banking Book -

 

Non-trading portfolios which comprise the Banking Book are exposed to different risks, given that they are sensitive to market rate movements, which could bring about a deterioration in the value of assets compared to liabilities and hence to a reduction of their net worth.

 

(i)Interest rate risk -

 

The Banking Book-related interest rate risk arises from eventual changes in interest rates that may adversely affect the expected gains (risk gains) or market value of financial assets and liabilities reported on the balance sheet (net economic value). The Group assumes the exposure to the interest rate risk that may affect their fair value as well as the cash flow risk of future assets and liabilities.

 

The Risk Committee sets the guidelines regarding the level of unmatched repricing of interest rates that can be tolerated, which is periodically monitored through ALCO.

 

Corporate policies include guidelines for the management of the Group’s exposure to the interest rate risk. These guidelines are implemented considering the features of each segment of business in which the Group entities operate.

 

In this regard, Group companies that are exposed to the interest rate risk are those that have yields based on interest, such as credits, investments and technical reserves. Interest rate risk management in BCP Peru, BCP Bolivia, MiBanco, Atlantic Security Bank and Pacífico Grupo Asegurador is carried out by performing a repricing gap analysis, sensitivity analysis of the financial margin (GER) and sensitivity analysis of the net economic value (VEN). These calculations consider different rate shocks in stress scenarios.

 

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The Group measures potential changes in market prices for investments in equity securities and funds that are non-trading, recorded at fair value through other comprehensive income and at fair value through profit or loss, respectively. A 10, 25 and 30 percent of changes in market prices is conducted to these price-sensitivity securities.

 

The market price sensitivity tests as of March 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019 are presented below:

 

Equity securities           
Measured at fair value through other comprehensive income  Change in
market prices
  As of
March 31,
2020
   As of
December 31,
2019
 
   %   S/(000)    S/(000) 
Equity securities  +/-10   52,237    57,920 
Equity securities  +/-25   130,592    144,800 
Equity securities  +/-30   156,710    173,760 
              

 

Funds             
Measured at fair value through profit or loss  Change in
market prices
  As of
March 31,
2020
   As of
December 31,
2019
 
   %   S/(000)    S/(000) 
Participation in mutual funds  +/-10   61,408    59,127 
Participation in mutual funds  +/-25   153,519    147,818 
Participation in mutual funds  +/-30   184,223    177,381 
Restricted mutual funds  +/-10   39,811    46,009 
Restricted mutual funds  +/-25   99,528    115,022 
Restricted mutual funds  +/-30   119,433    138,026 
Participation in RAL funds  +/-10   32,870    30,040 
Participation in RAL funds  +/-25   82,174    75,100 
Participation in RAL funds  +/-30   98,609    90,119 
Investment funds  +/-10   37,409    30,576 
Investment funds  +/-25   93,523    76,440 
Investment funds  +/-30   112,227    91,728 
Hedge funds  +/-10   3,369    3,364 
Hedge funds  +/-25   8,423    8,410 
Hedge funds  +/-30   10,108    10,092 
Exchange Trade Funds  +/-10   2,115    1,360 
Exchange Trade Funds  +/-25   5,287    3,399 
Exchange Trade Funds  +/-30   6,344    4,079 

  

(ii) Foreign currency exchange risk -

 

The Group is exposed to fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates on its financial position and cash flows. Management sets limits on the level of exposure by currency and overnight and intra-day total positions, which are monitored daily.

 

As of March 31, 2020, the free market exchange rate for buying and selling transactions for each United States of Dollars, the main foreign currency held by the Group, was S/3.437 (S/3.314 as of December 31, 2019).

 

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Foreign currency transactions are made at the free market exchange rates of the countries where Credicorp’s Subsidiaries are established. As of March 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019, the Group’s assets and liabilities by currencies were as follows:

 

    As of March 31, 2020     As of December 31, 2019  
    Soles     U.S. Dollars     Other currencies     Total     Soles     U.S. Dollars     Other currencies     Total  
    S/(000)     S/(000)     S/(000)     S/(000)     S/(000)     S/(000)     S/(000)     S/(000)  
Monetary assets                                                                
Cash and due from banks     4,268,564       20,135,678       1,921,544       26,325,786       3,960,190       20,762,648       1,263,924       25,986,762  
Cash collateral, reverse repurchase agreements and securities borrowing     300,011       3,491,080       633,254       4,424,345       150,009       3,389,090       749,425       4,288,524  
Investments:                                                                
    At fair value through profit or loss     1,353,563       1,364,827       1,467,248       4,185,638       800,370       1,053,925       1,996,467       3,850,762  
    At fair value through other comprehensive income     19,247,296       7,644,031       974,809       27,866,136       18,221,102       6,869,840       532,582       25,623,524  
    At amortized cost     4,125,015       99,227       18,401       4,242,643       3,355,579       100,299       21,168       3,477,046  
Loans, net     67,391,910       39,083,898       8,300,935       114,776,743       66,737,870       35,598,141       8,149,706       110,485,717  
Financial assets designated at fair value through profit or loss     13,399       545,922       -       559,321       44,223       576,321       -       620,544  
Other assets     2,246,770       3,618,423       842,207       6,707,400       2,072,867       2,142,237       678,111       4,893,215  
Total monetary assets     98,946,528       75,983,086       14,158,398       189,088,012       95,342,210       70,492,501       13,391,383       179,226,094  
                                                                 
Monetary liabilities                                                                
Deposits and obligations     (60,565,799 )     (49,512,600 )     (9,485,146 )     (119,563,545 )     (56,769,748 )     (46,319,179 )     (8,916,458 )     (112,005,385 )
Payables from repurchase agreements and securities lending     (6,022,646 )     (759,021 )     (1,473,059 )     (8,254,726 )     (5,068,896 )     (734,441 )     (1,874,679 )     (7,678,016 )
Due to bank and correspondents     (3,839,029 )     (5,622,718 )     (392,883 )     (9,854,630 )     (3,798,717 )     (4,709,610 )     (333,405 )     (8,841,732 )
Lease liabilities     (153,145 )     (634,193 )     (50,910 )     (838,248 )     (162,103 )     (605,036 )     (80,365 )     (847,504 )
Financial liabilities at fair value through profit or loss     -       (210,530 )     (322,616 )     (533,146 )     -       (94,475 )     (399,225 )     (493,700 )
Technical reserves for claims and insurance     (5,378,623 )     (4,590,650 )     (6,672 )     (9,975,945 )     (5,642,772 )     (4,301,468 )     (5,993 )     (9,950,233 )
Bonds and notes issued     (3,824,085 )     (11,087,837 )     (266,226 )     (15,178,148 )     (4,028,893 )     (10,660,989 )     (256,481 )     (14,946,363 )
Other liabilities     (5,630,568 )     (3,213,874 )     (1,056,248 )     (9,900,690 )     (3,541,350 )     (1,951,682 )     (874,416 )     (6,367,448 )
Total monetary liabilities     (85,413,895 )     (75,631,423 )     (13,053,760 )     (174,099,078 )     (79,012,479 )     (69,376,880 )     (12,741,022 )     (161,130,381 )
      13,532,633       351,663       1,104,638       14,988,934       16,329,731       1,115,621       650,361       18,095,713  
                                                                 
Forwards position, net     1,368,178       (823,070 )     (469,265 )     75,843       1,534,948       (1,351,414 )     (116,899 )     66,635  
Currency swaps position, net     (311,660 )     311,660       -       -       281,672       (281,672 )     -       -  
Cross currency swaps position, net     (808,229 )     1,044,793       (396,194 )     (159,630 )     (787,355 )     692,525       (57,715 )     (152,545 )
Options, net     282,420       (282,420 )     -       -       25,071       (25,071 )     -       -  
Net monetary position     14,063,342       602,626       239,179       14,905,147       17,384,067       149,989       475,747       18,009,803  

 

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The Group manages foreign exchange risk by monitoring and controlling the currency position values exposed to changes in exchange rates. The Group measures its performance in soles. (since 2014 considering its change in functional currency, it was measured in U.S. Dollars before), so if the net foreign currency exchange position (U.S. Dollar) is positive, any depreciation of soles would positively affect the Group’s interim condensed consolidated statement of financial position. The current position in a foreign currency comprises exchange rate-linked assets and liabilities in that currency. An institution’s open position in individual currencies comprises assets, liabilities and off-balance sheet items denominated in the respective foreign currency for which the institution itself bears the risk; any appreciation/depreciation of the foreign exchange would affect the interim condensed consolidated statement of income.

 

The Group’s net foreign exchange position is the sum of its positive open non-soles positions (net long position) less the sum of its negative open non-soles positions (net short position). Any depreciation/appreciation of the foreign exchange position would affect the interim condensed consolidated statement of income. A currency mismatch would leave the Group’s interim condensed consolidated statement of financial position vulnerable to a fluctuation of foreign currency (exchange rate shock).

 

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The table below shows the sensitivity analysis of the U.S. Dollar, the currency to which the Group had significant exposure as of March 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019 in its monetary assets and liabilities and its forecast cash flows. The analysis determines the effect of a reasonably possible variation of the exchange rate against Soles with all other variables held constant on the interim condensed consolidated statement of income, before income tax. A negative amount in the table reflects a potential net reduction in the interim condensed consolidated statement of income, while a positive amount reflects a net potential increase:

 

Currency rate sensitivity 

Change in

currency rates

  

As of March

31, 2020

  

As of December

31, 2019

 
   %   S/000   S/000 
Depreciation -               
Soles in relation to U.S. Dollar   5    28,696    7,142 
Soles in relation to U.S. Dollar   10    54,784    13,635 
                
Appreciation -               
Soles in relation to U.S. Dollar   5    (31,717)   (7,894)
Soles in relation to U.S. Dollar   10    (66,958)   (16,665)

 

34.3Liquidity risk

 

Liquidity risk is the risk that the Group is unable to meet its short-term payment obligations associated with its financial liabilities when they fall due and to replace funds when they are withdrawn. In this sense, the company that is facing a liquidity crisis would be failing to comply with the obligations to pay depositors and with commitments to lend or satisfy other operational cash needs.

 

The Group is exposed to daily cash requirements, interbank deposits, current accounts, time deposits, use of loans, guarantees and other requirements. The Management of the Group's subsidiaries establishes limits for the minimum funds amount available to cover such cash withdrawals and on the minimum level of inter-bank and other borrowing facilities that should be in place to cover withdrawals at unexpected levels of demand. Sources of liquidity are regularly reviewed by the corresponding risk teams to maintain a wide diversification by currency, geography, type of funding, provider, producer and term.

 

The procedure to control the mismatching of the maturities and interest rates of assets and liabilities is fundamental to the management of the Group. It is unusual for banks to be completely matched, as transacted business is often based on uncertain terms and of different types. An unmatched position potentially enhances profitability, but also increases liquidity risk, which generates exposure to potential losses.

 

Maturities of assets and liabilities and the ability to replace them, at an acceptable cost are important factors in assessing the liquidity of the Group.

 

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A mismatch, in maturity of long-term illiquid assets against short-term liabilities, exposes the interim condensed consolidated statement of financial position to risks related both to rollover and to interest rates. If liquid assets do not cover maturing debts, an interim condensed consolidated statement of financial position is vulnerable to a rollover risk. Furthermore, a sharp increase in interest rates can dramatically increase the cost of rolling over short-term liabilities, leading to a rapid increase in debt cost. The contractual-maturity gap report is useful in showing liquidity characteristics.

 

Corporate policies have been implemented for liquidity risk management by the Group. These policies are consistent with the particular characteristics of each operating segment in which each of the Group companies operate. Risk Management heads set up limits and autonomy models to determine the adequate liquidity indicators to be managed.

 

Commercial banking and Microfinance:

 

Liquidity risk exposure in BCP Peru, BCP Bolivia, Mibanco and Atlantic Security Bank is based on indicators such as the Internal Liquidity Coverage Ratio (RCLI, the Spanish acronym) which measures the amount of liquid assets available to meet cash outflows needs within a given stress scenario for a period of 30 days and the Internal Ratio of Stable Net Funding (RFNEI, the Spanish acronym), which is intended to guarantee that long-term assets are financed at least with a minimum number of stable liabilities within a prolonged liquidity crisis scenario and works as a minimum compliance mechanism that supplements the RCLI. The core limits of these indicators are 100% and any excess is presented in the Credicorp Treasury Risk Committee, Credicorp Risk Committee and the Assets Liabilities Committee (ALCO) of the respective subsidiary.

 

Insurances and Pensions:

 

Insurances: Liquidity risk management in Pacífico Grupo Asegurador follows a particular approach given the nature of the business. For annually renewable businesses, mainly general insurance, the emphasis of liquidity is focused on the quick availability of resources in the event of a systemic event (e.g. earthquake); for this purpose, there are minimum investment indicators in place relating to local cash/time deposits and foreign fixed-income instruments of high quality and liquidity.

 

For long-term businesses such as Pacífico Seguros, given the nature of the products offered and the contractual relationship with customers (the liquidity risk is not material); the emphasis is on maintaining sufficient flow of assets and matching their maturities with maturities of obligations (mathematical technical reserves); for this purpose there are indicators that measure the asset/liability sufficiency and adequacy as well as calculations or economic capital subject to interest rate risk, this last under the methodology of Credicorp.

 

Pensions: Liquidity risk management in AFP Prima is carried out in a differentiated manner between the fund administrator and the funds being managed. Liquidity management regarding the fund administrator is focused on hedge meeting periodic operating expense needs, which are supported with the collection of commissions. The fund administering entity does not record unexpected outflows of liquidity.

 

Investment banking:

 

Liquidity risk in the Grupo Credicorp Capital principally affects the security brokerage. In managing this risk, limits of use of liquidity have been established as well as mismatching by dealing desk; follow-up on liquidity is performed on a daily basis for a short-term horizon covering the coming settlements. If short-term unmatched maturities are identified, repos are used. On the other hand, structural liquidity risk of Credicorp Capital is not significant given the low levels of debt, which is monitored regularly using financial planning tools.

 

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In the case of Atlantic Security Bank, the risk liquidity management performs through indicators such as Internal Liquidity Coverage Ratio (RCLI, the Spanish acronym) and the Internal Ratio of Stable Net Funding (RFNEI, the Spanish acronym) with the core limits of 100% and any excess is presented in the Credicorp Treasury Risk Committee, Credicorp Risk Committee and the Assets Liabilities Committee (ALCO) of the respective subsidiary.

 

During the first quarter of 2020, the Group maintained a comfortable position, supported by a robust high-quality liquid assets buffer, with ratios well above limits.

 

34.4Operational risk -

 

Operational risk is the possibility of the occurrence of losses arising from inadequate processes, human error, failure of information technology, relations with third parties or external events. Operational risks can, lead to financial losses and have legal or regulatory compliance consequences, but exclude strategic or reputational risk (with the exception of companies under Colombian regulations, where reputational risk is included in operational risk).

 

Operational risks are grouped into internal fraud, external fraud, labor relations and job security, relations with customers, business products and practices, damages to material assets, business and systems interruption, and failures in process execution, delivery and management of processes.

 

One of the Group’s pillars is to develop an efficient risk culture, and to achieve this, it records operational risks and their respective process controls. The risk map permits their monitoring, prioritization and proposed treatment according to established governance. Likewise carries out an active cybersecurity and fraud prevention management, aligned with the best international practices.

 

The business continuity management system enables the establishing, implementing, operating, monitoring, reviewing, maintaining and improving of business continuity based on best practices and regulatory requirements. The Group implements recovery strategies for the resources that support important products and services of the organization, which will be periodically tested to measure the effectiveness of the strategy.

 

In the management of operational risk, cybersecurity, fraud prevention and business continuity, corporate guidelines are used, and methodologies and best practices are shared among the Group's companies.

 

The management of information security is carried out through a systemic process, documented and known by the entire organization under the best practices and regulatory requirements. The Group designs and develops the guidelines described in the policy and procedures to have strategies for availability, privacy and integrity of the information assets of the organization.

 

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34.5Risk of the insurance activity -

 

The principal risk the Group faces under insurance contracts is that the actual claims and benefit payments or the timing thereof, differ from expectations. This is influenced by the frequency of claims, severity of claims, actual benefits paid and subsequent development of long-term claims. Therefore, the objective of the Group is to ensure that sufficient reserves are available to cover these liabilities.

 

The above risk exposure is mitigated by diversification across a large portfolio of insurance contracts. The variability of risks is also improved by careful selection and implementation of underwriting strategy guidelines, as well as the use of reinsurance arrangements. The Group’s placement of reinsurance is diversified so that it is neither dependent on a single reinsurer nor are the operations of the Group substantially dependent upon any single reinsurance contract.

 

Life insurance contracts -

 

The main risks that the Group is exposed to are mortality, morbidity, longevity, investment yield and flow, losses arising from policies due to the expense incurred being different than expected, and the policyholder decision; all of which, do not vary significantly in relation to the location of the risk insured by the Group, type of risk insured or industry.

 

The Group’s underwriting strategy is designed to ensure that risks are well diversified in terms of type of risk and level of insured benefits. This is achieved through diversification across insurable risks, the use of medical screening in order to ensure that pricing takes account of current health conditions and family medical history, regular review of actual claims experience and product pricing, as well as detailed claims handling procedures. Underwriting limits are in place to enforce appropriate risk selection criteria. For example, the Group has the right not to renew individual policies, it can impose deductibles and it has the right to reject the payment of fraudulent claims.

 

For contracts when death or disability is the insured risk, the significant factors that could increase the overall frequency of claims are epidemics, widespread changes in lifestyle and natural disasters, resulting in more claims than expected.

 

For retirement, survival and disability annuities contracts, the most significant factor is continuing improvement in medical science and social conditions that increase longevity.

 

Management has performed a sensitivity analysis of the technical reserve estimates, Note 16(c).

 

Non-life insurance contracts (general insurance and healthcare) -

 

The Group mainly issues the following types of non-life general insurance contracts: automobile, technical branches, business and healthcare insurances. Healthcare contracts provide medical expense cover to policyholders. Risks under non-life insurance policies usually cover 12 months.

 

For general insurance contracts the most significant risks arise from climate changes, natural disasters and other type of damages. For healthcare contracts the most significant risks arise from lifestyle changes, epidemics and medical science and technology improvements.

 

Most of these risks do not vary significantly in relation to the location of the risk insured by the Group, type of risk insured or industry.

 

The above risk exposures are mitigated by diversification across a large portfolio of insurance contracts. The variability of risk is improved by careful selection and implementation of underwriting strategies, which are designed to ensure that risks are diversified in terms of type of risks and level of insured benefits. This is achieved, in various cases, through diversification across industry sectors and geography. Furthermore, strict claim review policies to assess all new and ongoing claims and in process of settlement, regular detailed review of claims handling procedures and frequent investigation of possible fraudulent claims are all policies and procedures put in place to reduce the Group’s risk exposure. Insurance contracts also entitle the Group to pursue third parties for payment of some or all costs. Also, the Group actively manages and promptly pursues claims, in order to reduce its exposure to unpredictable future developments that can negatively impact the Group.

 

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The Group has also limited its exposure by imposing maximum claim amounts on certain contracts as well as the use of reinsurance arrangements in order to limit its exposure to catastrophic events.

 

Credit risk of the insurance activity –

 

Credit risk is the risk that one party to a financial instrument will cause a financial loss to the other party by failing to discharge the total obligation at maturity.

 

The following policies and procedures are in place to mitigate the Group’s exposure to credit risk:

 

-The Group sets the maximum amounts and limits that may be granted to corporate counterparties according to their long- term credit ratings.

 

-Credit risk from customer balances related to non-payment of premiums or contributions, will only persist during the grace period specified in the policy document or trust deed until the policy is paid up or terminated. Commissions paid to intermediaries are netted off against amounts receivable from them in order to reduce the risk of doubtful accounts.

 

-Reinsurance is placed with counterparties that have a good credit rating and concentration of risk is avoided by following guidelines in respect of counterparties’ limits which are set each year by the Board of Directors and are subject to regular reviews. At each reporting date, Management performs an assessment of creditworthiness of reinsurers and updates the reinsurance contracts strategy, determining whether the need exists to establish an allowance for impairment.

 

-A Group policy setting out the assessment and determination of what constitutes credit risk for the Group is in place, its compliance is monitored, and exposures and breaches are reported to the Group risk committee. The policy is regularly reviewed for pertinence and for changes in the risk environment.

 

-The Group issues Investment Link life insurance contracts whereby the policyholder bears the investment risk on the financial assets held in the Company’s investment portfolio as the policy benefits are directly linked to the value of the assets in the portfolio. Therefore, the Group has no material credit risk on Investment Link financial assets.

 

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34.6Capital management -

 

The Group maintains an actively managed capital base to cover risks inherent in its business. The adequacy of the Group’s capital is monitored using, among other measures, the rules and ratios established by the SBS, the supervising authority of its major subsidiaries and for consolidation purposes. Furthermore, capital management responds to market expectations in relation to the solvency of the Group and to support the growth of the businesses considered in the strategic planning. In this way, the capital maintained by the Group enables it to assume unexpected losses in normal conditions and conditions of severe stress.

 

The Group’s objectives when managing capital are: (i) to comply with the capital requirements set by the regulators of the markets where the entities within the Group operate; (ii) to safeguard the Group’s ability to continue as a going concern so that it can continue to provide returns for shareholders and benefits for other stakeholders; and (iii) to maintain a strong capital base to support the development of its business, in line with the limits and tolerances established in the declaration of Risk Appetite.

 

As of March 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019, the regulatory capital for the Subsidiaries engaged in financial and insurance activities amounted to approximately S/27,868.3 million and S/25,732 million, respectively. The regulatory capital has been determined in accordance with SBS regulations in force as of said dates. Under the SBS regulations, the Group’s regulatory capital exceeds by approximately S/7,202.4 million the minimum regulatory capital required as of March 31, 2020 (approximately S/4,151.6 million as of December 31, 2019).

 

34.7Fair values –

 

a)Financial instruments recorded at fair value and fair value hierarchy –

 

Financial instruments included in the Level 1 category are those that are measured on the basis of quotations obtained in an active market. A financial instrument is regarded as quoted in an active market if quoted prices are readily and regularly available from an exchange, dealer, broker, industry group, pricing service or regulatory agency and those prices represent actual and regularly occurring market transactions on an arm’s length basis.

 

Financial instruments included in the Level 2 category are those that are measured on the basis of observable market factors. This category includes instruments valued using: quoted prices for similar instruments, either in active or less active markets and other valuation techniques (models) where all significant inputs are directly or indirectly observable based on market data.

 

Following is a description of how fair value is determined for the main Group’s financial instruments where valuation techniques were used with inputs based on market data which incorporate Credicorp’s estimates on the assumptions that market participants would use for measuring these financial instruments:

 

-Valuation of derivative financial instruments -

 

Interest rate swaps, currency swaps and forward exchange contracts are measured by using valuation techniques where inputs are based on market data. The most frequently applied valuation techniques include forward pricing and swap models, using present value calculations. The models incorporate various inputs, including the credit quality of counterparties, spot exchange rates, forward rates and interest rate curves. Options are valued using well-known, widely accepted valuation models.

 

A credit valuation adjustment (CVA) is applied to the “Over-The-Counter” derivative exposures to take into account the counterparty’s risk of default when measuring the fair value of the derivative. CVA is the mark-to market cost of protection required to hedge credit risk from counterparties in this type of derivatives portfolio. CVA is calculated by multiplying the probability of default (PD), the loss given default (LGD) and the expected exposure (EE) at the time of default.

 

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A debit valuation adjustment (DVA) is applied to include the Group’s own credit risk in the fair value of derivatives (that is the risk that the Group might default on its contractual obligations), using the same methodology as for CVA.

 

As of March 31, 2020, the balance of receivables and payables corresponding to derivatives amounted to S/1,790.8 million and S/1,751.7 million respectively, See Note 13(b), generating DVA and CVA immaterial adjustments that have not changed significantly compared to the period 2019. As of December 31, 2019, the balance of receivables and payables corresponding to derivatives amounted to S/1,092.1 million and S/1,040.3 million, respectively, See Note 13(b), generating DVA and CVA adjustments for approximately S/12.6 million and S/14.0 million, respectively. Also, the net impact of both items in the interim condensed consolidated statement of income amounted to S/3.2 million.

 

-Valuation of debt securities classified in the category “at fair value through other comprehensive income” and included in level 2 -

 

Valuation of certificates of deposit BCRP, corporate, leasing, subordinated bonds and Government treasury bonds are measured calculating their Net Present Values (NPV) through discounted cash flows, using appropriate and relevant zero coupon rate curves to discount cash flows in the respective currency and considering observable current market transactions.

 

Certificates of deposit BCRP (CD BCRP) are securities issued at a discount in order to regulate the liquidity of the financial system. They are placed mainly through public auction or direct placement, are freely negotiable by their holders in the Peruvian secondary market and may be used as collateral in Repurchase Agreement Transactions of Securities with the BCRP.

 

Other debt instruments are measured using valuation techniques based on assumptions supported by prices from observable current market transactions, obtained via pricing services. Nevertheless, when prices have not been determined in an active market, fair values are based on broker quotes and assets that are valued using models whereby the majority of assumptions are market observable.

 

-Valuation of financial instruments included in level 3 -

 

These are measured using valuation techniques (internal models), based on assumptions that are not supported by transaction prices observable in the market for the same instrument, nor based on available market data.

 

In this regard, no significant differences were noted between the estimated fair values and the respective carrying amounts.

 

As of March 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019, the net unrealized loss of Level 3 financial instruments amounted to S/1.6 million and S/1.9 million, respectively. At said dates, changes in the carrying amount of Level 3 financial instruments have not been significant since there were no purchases, issuances, settlements or any other significant movements or transfers from level 3 to Level 1 or Level 2 or vice versa.

 

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b)Financial instruments not measured at fair value -

 

The methodologies and assumptions used by the Group to determine fair values depend on the terms and risk characteristics of the various financial instruments and include the following:

 

(i)Long-term fixed-rate and variable-rate loans are evaluated by the Group based on parameters such as interest rates, specific country risk factors, and individual creditworthiness of the customer and the risk characteristics of the financed project. Based on this evaluation, allowances are taken into account for the incurred losses of these loans. As of March 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019, the carrying amounts of loans, net of allowances, were not materially different from their calculated fair values.

 

(ii)Assets for which fair values approximate their carrying value - For financial assets and financial liabilities that are liquid or have a short-term maturity (less than three months) it is assumed that the carrying amounts approximate to their fair values. This assumption is also applied to demand deposits, savings accounts without a specific maturity and variable rate financial instruments.

 

(iii)Fixed rate financial instruments - The fair value of fixed rate financial assets and liabilities carried at amortized cost are estimated by comparing market interest rates when they were first recognized with current market rates offered for similar financial instruments. The estimated fair value of fixed interest-bearing deposits is based on discounted cash flows using prevailing market interest rates for financial instruments with similar credit risk and maturity. For quoted debt issued the fair values are calculated based on quoted market prices. When quoted market prices are not available, a discounted cash flow model is used based on a current interest rate yield curve appropriate for the remaining term to maturity.

 

34.8Fiduciary activities, management of funds and pension funds -

 

The Group provides custody, trustee, investment management and advisory services to third parties; therefore, the Group makes allocations and purchase and sale decisions in relation to a wide range of financial instruments. Assets that are held in a fiduciary capacity are not included in these consolidated financial statements. These services give rise to the risk that the Group will be accused of mismanagement or under-performance.

 

As of March 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019, the value of the net assets under administration off the balance sheet (in millions of soles) is as follows:

 

  

As of March

31, 2020

  

As of December

31, 2019

 
    S/(000)    S/(000) 
Pension funds   46,607    53,912 
Investment funds and mutual funds   39,469    43,635 
Equity managed   17,792    18,387 
Bank trusts   4,753    4,834 
Total   108,621    120,768 

 

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35COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

 

Legal claim contingencies –

 

i)Madoff Trustee Litigation -

 

In September 2011, the Trustee for the liquidation of Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC (BLMIS) and the substantively consolidated estate of Bernard L. Madoff (the Madoff Trustee) filed a complaint (the Madoff Complaint) against Credicorp’s subsidiary ASB in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York (the Bankruptcy Court). The Madoff Complaint seeks recovery of approximately US$120 million, which is alleged to be equal to the amount of redemptions between the end of 2004 and the beginning of 2005 of ASB-managed Atlantic U.S. Blue Chip Fund assets invested in Fairfield Sentry Limited (Fairfield Sentry). The Madoff Complaint seeks the recovery of these redemptions from ASB as “subsequent transfers” or “avoided transfers” from BLMIS to Fairfield Sentry that Fairfield Sentry in turn subsequently transferred to ASB. The Madoff Trustee has filed similar “clawback” actions against numerous other alleged “subsequent transferees” that invested in Fairfield Sentry and its sister entities, which, in turn, invested in and redeemed funds from BLMIS.

 

There has been significant briefing on issues related to these Madoff Trustee actions, and these cases have been pending for many years. In November 2016, the Bankruptcy Court issued a Memorandum Decision Regarding Claims to Recover Foreign Subsequent Transfers (the Memorandum Decision) holding that the recovery of certain subsequent foreign transfers is barred under the doctrine of comity and/or extraterritoriality, and it dismissed the claims brought by the Madoff Trustee against a number of parties, including ASB. In March 2017, the Madoff Trustee filed an appeal (the Appeal) of the Memorandum Decision to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, which reversed the Dismissal Order and remanded the matter to the Bankruptcy Court (the Second Circuit Opinion). In April 2019, the defendant-appellees, including ASB, filed, and the Second Circuit granted, a motion to stay the issuance of the mandate pending the filing of a petition for a writ of certiorari in the United States Supreme Court. The petition for a writ of certiorari was filed in the United States Supreme Court in August 2019. The mentioned petition was denied by the Supreme Court in June 2020. Therefore, the defense counsel will need to coordinate with Madoff Trustee´s counsel on a briefing schedule related to their pending motion to replead and request for limited discovery if that is still the desire of the Trustee. The Group believes that ASB has other defenses against the Madoff Trustee’s claims alleged in the Madoff Complaint.

 

ii)Fairfield Liquidator Litigation -

 

In April 2012, Fairfield Sentry (In Liquidation) and its representative, Kenneth Krys (the Fairfield Liquidator), filed a complaint against ASB (the Fairfield Complaint) in the Bankruptcy Court (the Fairfield v. ASB Adversary Proceeding). The Fairfield Complaint seeks to recover US$115.2 million from ASB, representing the amount of ASB’s redemptions of certain investments in Fairfield Sentry. These are essentially the same funds that the Madoff Trustee seeks to recover in the Madoff Trustee litigation described above. After the Fairfield Complaint was filed, the Bankruptcy Court procedurally consolidated the Fairfield v. ASB Adversary Proceeding with other adversary actions brought by the Fairfield Liquidator against former investors in Fairfield Sentry.

 

Similar to the Madoff Trustee litigation described above, the Fairfield v. ASB Adversary Proceeding and related adversary actions have been pending for many years. In October 2016, the Fairfield Liquidator filed a Motion for Leave to Amend (the Motion for Leave) various complaints, including the Fairfield Complaint. Certain defendants, including ASB, filed a motion to dismiss (the Motion to Dismiss) and a consolidated memorandum of law (i) in opposition to the Motion for Leave and (ii) in support of the Motion to Dismiss. In December 2018, the Bankruptcy Court entered a memorandum decision granting in part and denying in part the Motion to Dismiss and the Motion for Leave (the Memorandum Decision). In March 2019, the Fairfield Liquidator submitted a form of a stipulated order dismissing the adversary proceeding against ASB (the Dismissal Order), as directed by the Bankruptcy Court, but filed notices of appeal, including of the dismissal of the claims asserted against ASB and other defendants, in May 2019. The appeal remains pending.

 

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The Group believes that ASB has substantial defenses against the Fairfield Liquidator’s claims alleged in the Amended Complaint and the Fairfield Liquidator’s appeal.

 

36EVENTS OCCURRED AFTER THE REPORT PERIOD

 

From April 1, 2020 until the date of this report, no significant event of a financial-accounting nature has occurred which affects the interpretation of the consolidated financial statements, except for the following paragraphs.

 

Due COVID-19 Pandemic effects (see Note 2(b)), since April, 2020 Credicorp and subsidiaries have offered its clients in Retail Banking the opportunity to reschedule their loans for 30 or 90 days without incurring in overdue fees and interest on capital during this period, which could generate impairment charges in the short term, according to IFRS9. For this type of loans, IFRS9 require to recalculate the gross carrying amount, and the company shall recognize a modification loss. The gross carrying amount of the loan shall be recalculated as the present value of the new contractual cash flows that are discounted at market effective interest rate. This charge represents a temporal difference which will be amortized over the remaining term of the zero-interest-rate loan. At this time, Management is determining the impacts that could be generated in relation to these rescheduled loans.

 

Finally, on May 26, 2020 the Peruvian Government was enacted the Supreme Decree 094-2020-PCM to extend the National Emergency period from May 25, 2020 to June 30, 2020.

 

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