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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 9, 2019

Registration No. 333-                

 

 

 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER SCHEDULE B

OF

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

 

 

Corporación Andina de Fomento

(Name of Registrant)

 

 

Name and Address of Authorized Agent in the United States:

Puglisi & Associates

850 Library Avenue, Suite 204

Newark, Delaware 19711

 

 

Copies to:

 

Robert S. Risoleo, Esq.

Paul J. McElroy, Esq.

Sullivan & Cromwell LLP

1700 New York Avenue N.W.

Washington, D.C. 20006

United States of America

 

Gabriel Felpeto

Chief Financial Officer

Corporación Andina de Fomento

Torre CAF

Avenida Luis Roche, Altamira

Caracas, Venezuela

 

 

Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: From time to time after this Registration Statement becomes effective.

The securities being registered pursuant to this Registration Statement are to be offered on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Release Nos. 33-6240 and 33-6424 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

 

 

CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

 

 

Title of Each Class of
Securities to be Registered

  Proposed
Maximum
Aggregate
Offering Price(1)
  Amount of
Registration Fee(2)

Debt Securities

              (1)  

Guarantees

              (1)  

Total

  USD 2,500,000,000(3)   USD 303,000

 

 

 

(1)

The securities registered hereunder and under the additional registration statement noted in note (2) below shall not have an aggregate offering price which exceeds USD 3,000,000,000 in United States Dollars or the equivalent in any other currency.

(2)

Pursuant to Rule 429(b), the prospectus filed as part of this Registration Statement also relates to the remaining unsold USD 500,000,000 principal amount of securities registered on the Registrant’s previously filed Registration Statement under Schedule B (File No. 333-225593), originally filed on June 13, 2018. The Registrant paid filing fees of USD 62,250 with respect to those previously registered securities.

(3)

Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(o).

 

 

The Registrant hereby amends this Registration Statement on such date or dates as may be necessary to delay its effective date until the Registrant shall file a further amendment which specifically states that this Registration Statement shall thereafter become effective in accordance with Section 8(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or until the Registration Statement shall become effective on such date as the Commission, acting pursuant to said Section 8(a), may determine.

 

 

 


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The information in this preliminary prospectus is not complete and may be changed. We may not sell these securities until the registration statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission becomes effective. This preliminary prospectus is not an offer to sell and does not seek an offer to buy these securities in any jurisdiction where the offer or sale is not permitted.

 

SUBJECT TO COMPLETION

PRELIMINARY PROSPECTUS DATED AUGUST 9, 2019

USD 3,000,000,000

 

 

LOGO

CORPORACIÓN ANDINA DE FOMENTO

Debt Securities

Guarantees

 

 

We may from time to time offer up to USD 3,000,000,000 (or its equivalent in other currencies) aggregate principal amount of the securities described in this prospectus. The securities may be debentures, notes, guarantees or other unsecured evidences of indebtedness. In the case of debt securities sold at an original issue discount, we may issue a higher principal amount up to an initial public offering price of USD 3,000,000,000 (or its equivalent).

We may offer the securities from time to time as separate issues. In connection with any offering, we will provide a prospectus supplement describing the amounts, prices, maturities, rates and other terms of the securities we are offering in each issue.

We may sell the securities directly to or through underwriters, and may also sell securities directly to other purchasers or through agents.

Neither the Securities and Exchange Commission nor any other regulatory body has approved or disapproved of these securities or passed upon the adequacy or accuracy of this prospectus. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.

Prospectus dated                                 , 2019


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ABOUT THIS PROSPECTUS

     1  

FORWARD-LOOKING INFORMATION

     1  

CORPORACIÓN ANDINA DE FOMENTO

     2  

LEGAL STATUS OF CAF

     3  

USE OF PROCEEDS

     4  

CAPITALIZATION AND INDEBTEDNESS

     4  

CAPITAL STRUCTURE

     5  

SELECTED FINANCIAL INFORMATION

     12  

MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

     14  

OPERATIONS OF CAF

     25  

FUNDED DEBT

     37  

DEBT RECORD

     38  

ASSET AND LIABILITY MANAGEMENT

     39  

ADMINISTRATION

     40  

THE FULL MEMBER SHAREHOLDER COUNTRIES

     44  

DESCRIPTION OF THE DEBT SECURITIES

     45  

DESCRIPTION OF THE GUARANTEES

     51  

TAXATION

     52  

PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION

     56  

VALIDITY OF THE DEBT SECURITIES

     57  

VALIDITY OF THE GUARANTEES

     57  

EXPERTS

     57  

AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE

     57  

WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION

     57  

INDEX TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

     F-1  

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION (UNAUDITED) AS OF MARCH  31, 2019 AND DECEMBER 31, 2018 AND FOR THE THREE-MONTH PERIODS ENDED MARCH 31, 2019 AND 2018

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ABOUT THIS PROSPECTUS

This prospectus is part of a registration statement that we filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, which we refer to as the Securities Act, using a “shelf” registration process. Under the shelf process, we may from time to time sell any combination of the securities described in this prospectus in one or more offerings up to a total dollar amount of USD 3,000,000,000 or the equivalent of this amount in foreign currencies or foreign currency units.

This prospectus provides you with a general description of our business and of the securities we may offer. Each time we sell securities, we will provide a prospectus supplement that will contain specific information about the terms of the securities in that offering. The prospectus supplement may also add, update or change information contained in this prospectus. You should read both this prospectus and any prospectus supplement before purchasing our securities. If the information in any prospectus supplement differs from the information in this prospectus or in the registration statement, you should rely on the information in the prospectus supplement.

The registration statement, any post-effective amendment to the registration statement and their various exhibits contain additional information about Corporación Andina de Fomento (“CAF”), the securities we may issue and other matters. All of these documents may be inspected at the offices of the Securities and Exchange Commission.

You should rely only on the information in this prospectus or in other documents to which we have referred you in making your investment decision. We have not authorized anyone to provide you with information that is different. This prospectus may only be used where it is legal to sell these securities. The information in this prospectus may only be accurate on the date specified on the cover of this document.

Except as otherwise specified, all amounts in this prospectus are expressed in United States Dollars (“dollars,” “$,” “U.S.$”, “USD”, “US Dollars” or “U.S. dollars”). All references to “we,” “us” and “our” refer to CAF.

Certain amounts that appear in this prospectus may not sum because of rounding adjustments.

FORWARD-LOOKING INFORMATION

This prospectus may contain forward-looking statements. Statements that are not historical facts are statements about our beliefs and expectations and may include forward-looking statements. These statements are identified by words such as “believe,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “should” and words of similar meaning. Forward-looking statements are inherently subject to risks and uncertainties, many of which cannot be predicted with accuracy and some of which might not even be anticipated. Future events and actual financial and other results may differ materially from the results discussed in the forward-looking statements. Therefore, you should not place undue reliance on them. Factors that might cause such a difference include, but are not limited to, those discussed in this prospectus, such as the effects of economic or political turmoil in one or more of our shareholder countries.

 

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CORPORACIÓN ANDINA DE FOMENTO

CAF was established in 1968 pursuant to the Agreement establishing the Corporación Andina de Fomento (the “Constitutive Agreement”), an international treaty, and seeks to foster and promote economic development within Latin America and the Caribbean. CAF is a multilateral financial institution, the principal shareholders of which are the current contracting parties to the Constitutive Agreement — the Plurinational State of Bolivia, the Argentine Republic, the Republics of Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, and Trinidad and Tobago, the Federative Republic of Brazil, the Oriental Republic of Uruguay,; and the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, each of which is referred to in this prospectus as a full member shareholder country and which are referred to collectively in this prospectus as the full member shareholder countries. At December 31, 2018, the full member shareholder countries of CAF collectively accounted for 91.77% of the nominal value of our paid-in capital. The other shareholder countries of CAF are Barbados, Chile, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Jamaica, Mexico, Portugal and Spain, each of which is referred to in this prospectus as an associated shareholder country and which are referred to collectively in this prospectus as the associated shareholder countries. At December 31, 2018, the associated shareholder countries collectively accounted for 8.18% of the nominal value of our paid-in capital. Our full member shareholder countries and our associated shareholder countries are collectively referred to as our shareholder countries. Our shares are also held by 13 financial institutions based in the full member shareholder countries, which collectively accounted for 0.05% of the nominal value of the paid-in capital at December 31, 2018.

We commenced operations in 1970. Our headquarters are in Caracas, and we have offices in Asunción, Bogotá, Brasilia, Buenos Aires, La Paz, Lima, Madrid, Mexico City, Montevideo, Panama City, Port of Spain and Quito.

We offer financial and related services to the governments of, and public and private institutions, corporations and joint ventures operating in, our shareholder countries. Primarily, we provide short-, medium- and long-term loans and guarantees; to a lesser extent, we also participate as a limited equity investor in corporations and investment funds, and provide technical and financial assistance, as well as administrative services for certain regional funds.

The Constitutive Agreement generally delegates to our Board of Directors the power to establish and direct our financial, credit and economic policies. Our Board of Directors has adopted a formal statement of our financial and operational policies, the (Políticas de Gestión). These operational policies provide our management with guidance as to significant financial and operational issues, and they may not be amended by the Board of Directors in any manner inconsistent with the Constitutive Agreement.

We raise funds to finance operations both within and outside our shareholder countries. Our strategy with respect to funding, to the extent possible under prevailing market conditions, is to match the maturities of our liabilities to the maturities of our loan portfolio.

Our objective is to support sustainable development and economic integration within Latin America and the Caribbean by helping our shareholder countries make their economies diversified, competitive and more responsive to social needs.

 

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LEGAL STATUS OF CAF

As an international treaty organization, we are a legal entity under public international law. We have our own legal personality, which permits us to enter into contracts, acquire and dispose of property and take legal action. The Constitutive Agreement has been ratified by the legislature in each of the full member shareholder countries. We have been granted the following immunities and privileges in each full member shareholder country:

 

  (1)

immunity from expropriation, search, requisition, confiscation, seizure, sequestration, attachment, retention or any other form of forceful seizure by reason of executive or administrative action and immunity from enforcement of judicial proceedings by any party prior to final judgment;

 

  (2)

free convertibility and transferability of our assets;

 

  (3)

exemption from all taxes and tariffs on income, properties or assets, and from any liability involving payment, withholding or collection of any taxes; and

 

  (4)

exemption from any restrictions, regulations, controls or moratoria with respect to our property or assets.

In addition, we have entered into agreements with each of our associated shareholder countries. Pursuant to these agreements, each country has agreed to extend to us, with respect to our activities in and concerning that country, immunities and privileges similar to those we have been granted in the full member shareholder countries. We may also enjoy immunities and privileges under the laws of countries other than the full member shareholder countries and associated shareholder countries by virtue of our status as an international treaty organization or the identity of our shareholders.

The governments of some of our shareholder countries have historically taken actions, such as nationalizations and exchange controls, that would be expected to adversely affect ordinary commercial lenders. In light of the immunities and privileges discussed above, we have not been adversely affected by these actions.

 

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USE OF PROCEEDS

Unless otherwise specified in the accompanying prospectus supplement, we will use the net proceeds of the sale of the securities to fund our lending operations.

CAPITALIZATION AND INDEBTEDNESS

The following table sets forth our capitalization and indebtedness at March 31, 2019 and does not give effect to any transaction since that date.

 

     At March 31,
2019
 
     (in USD millions)  

Total Liabilities(1)

     28,758.0  
  

 

 

 

Stockholders’ equity

  

Capital

  

Paid-in capital (authorized capital USD 15.0 billion)(2)

     5,201.5  

Additional paid-in capital

     3,659.0  
  

 

 

 

Total capital

     8,860.5  

Reserves

  

Mandatory reserve pursuant to Article N° 42 of the Constitutive Agreement

     515.6  

General reserve

     2,585.9  
  

 

 

 

Total reserves

     3,101.5  

Retained earnings

     136.7  
  

 

 

 

Total stockholders’ equity

     12,098.7  
  

 

 

 

Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity

     40,856.7  
  

 

 

 

 

(1)

After March 31, 2019, there have been issuances of bonds as described in Supplementary Information (Unaudited) as of March 31, 2019 on page S-22.

(2)

Our authorized capital also included callable capital of USD 5.0 billion at March 31, 2019.

 

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CAPITAL STRUCTURE

General

As of March 31, 2019, our total authorized capital is USD 15.0 billion, of which USD 10.0 billion is ordinary capital shares and USD 5.0 billion is callable capital shares.

In November 2015, the Board of Directors approved a new general paid-in capital increase for a total amount of USD 4.5 billion, of which USD 4.0 billion is available for Series “A” and “B” stockholders and USD 500 million is available in respect of such capital contributions for Series “C” stockholders. Throughout 2016 and 2017, our management signed subscription agreements with various stockholders. Capital contributions related to this increase began in 2017 and are expected to be paid during the period ending in 2025.

Our shares are divided into Series “A” shares, Series “B” shares and Series “C” shares.

Series “A” shares may be owned only by the full member shareholder countries (as defined below). Each full member shareholder country owns one Series “A” share, which is held by the government, either directly or through a government-designated social or public purpose institution. Each of the full member shareholder countries owning a Series “A” share is entitled to elect one Director and one Alternate Director to our Board of Directors.

Series “B” shares are currently owned by the full member shareholder countries, and are held by the governments either directly or through designated governmental entities, except for certain Series “B” shares currently constituting approximately 0.05% of our outstanding shares, which are owned by 13 private sector financial institutions in the full member shareholder countries. We offered and sold Series “B” shares to private sector financial institutions in 1989 to obtain the benefit of their views in the deliberations of our Board of Directors. As owners of Series “B” shares, the full member shareholder countries collectively are entitled to elect five additional Directors and five additional Alternate Directors through cumulative voting, and the 13 private sector financial institutions collectively are entitled to elect one Director and one Alternate Director.

Series “C” shares are currently owned by eight associated shareholder countries: Barbados, Chile, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Jamaica, Mexico, Portugal and Spain. We make Series “C” shares available for subscription by countries that are not full member shareholder countries to strengthen relationships between these countries and the full member shareholder countries. Ownership of Series “C” shares in these countries makes these countries eligible to receive loans from us. Holders of Series “C” shares collectively are entitled to elect two Directors and two Alternate Directors.

Under the Constitutive Agreement, Series “A” shares may be held by or transferred only to governments or government-designated social or public purpose institutions. Series “B” shares also may be held by or transferred to such entities and, in addition, may be held by or transferred to private entities or individuals in the full member shareholder countries, except that no more than 49% of the Series “B” shares within any country may be held by private entities or individuals. Series “C” shares may be held by or transferred to public or private entities or individuals outside the full member shareholder countries. Unless a shareholder country withdraws, Series “A” and Series “B” shares may only be transferred within such country.

The Constitutive Agreement (i) allows, under certain circumstances, Latin American and Caribbean countries, including those that are currently associated shareholder countries, to own Series “A” shares and become full member shareholder countries, and (ii) includes a formal purpose of supporting sustainable development and economic integration within all of Latin America and the Caribbean, as opposed to within only the Andean region. Consequently, on 17 March 2009, our Extraordinary Shareholders’ Meeting approved the terms and conditions precedent by which Argentina, Brazil, Panama, Paraguay, Trinidad and Tobago and Uruguay could become contracting parties to the Constitutive Agreement, could become full member shareholder

 

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countries and could come to own Series “A” shares. In general, in order to become a full member country of CAF, a country must (i) subscribe, directly or indirectly, for one Series “A” share, (ii) exchange all of its ordinary and callable Series “C” capital shares for Series “B” share equivalents, (iii) meet any conditions for its accession as determined by the Shareholders’ General Meeting, and (iv) deposit its instrument of adhesion with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. The country is deemed to have become a full member country of CAF 30 days after the Shareholders’ General Meeting determines that the conditions for its adhesion have been complied with, including the depositing of the instrument of adhesion. As of the date of this prospectus, Argentina, Brazil, Panama, Paraguay, Trinidad and Tobago and Uruguay have ceased to be Series “C” shareholder countries, have adhered to the Constitutive Agreement and now possess Series “A” shares as full member shareholder countries.

Note: All figures as of March 31, 2019 that refer to “full member shareholder countries” include only the Republic of Argentina, the Plurinational State of Bolivia, the Republics of Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, and Trinidad and Tobago, the Federative Republic of Brazil, the Oriental Republic of Uruguay, and the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. All figures as of March 31, 2019 that refer to “associated shareholder countries” encompass all other shareholder countries. References to “shareholder countries” include both the full member shareholder countries and the associated shareholder countries.

Paid-in Capital and Unpaid Capital

At March 31, 2019, our subscribed paid-in and unpaid capital (excluding callable capital) was USD 6.5 billion, of which USD 5.2 billion was paid-in capital and USD 1.3 billion was unpaid capital. The unpaid capital is receivable in installments according to the agreements subscribed with the shareholder countries. Over the years, we have had several increases of subscribed capital.

Since 1990, capital contributions made to CAF (valor patrimonial) comprise a premium paid on each Series “B” and Series “C” share purchased and the nominal USD 5,000 per share value established by our by-laws. The premium component of valor patrimonial is determined at the beginning of each subscription and applies to all payments under that subscription.

Information regarding recent capital subscriptions and annual capital contributions made by shareholder countries as of March 31, 2019 is as follows:

Argentina

In March 2012, Argentina subscribed to an additional USD 228.6 million in Series “B” shares, to be paid in four installments. The final installment was paid in 2016.

In March 2016, Argentina subscribed to an additional USD 572.0 million in Series “B” shares to be paid in seven installments, of which it paid USD 41.7 million in 2017 and USD 88.4 million in September 2018.

Barbados

In September 2014, Barbados entered into an agreement to subscribe to Series “C” shares for a total capital contribution of USD 50.0 million, to be paid in two installments. The final installment was paid in 2016.

Bolivia

In 2009, Bolivia subscribed to an additional USD 105.0 million in Series “B” shares, to be paid in eight installments. The final installment was paid in 2017.

In January 2012, Bolivia subscribed to an additional USD 91.5 million in Series “B” shares, to be paid in four installments. The final installment was paid in 2016.

 

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In March 2016, Bolivia subscribed to an additional USD 190.0 million in Series “B” shares to be paid in six installments, of which it paid USD 17.2 million in 2017 and USD 34.6 million in September 2018.

Brazil

In 2009, Brazil subscribed to an additional USD 190.0 million in Series “C” shares to be paid in seven installments. The final installment was paid in 2017.

In September 2012, Brazil subscribed to an additional USD 228.6 million in Series “B” shares, to be paid in four installments. The final installment was paid in 2016.

In July 2017, Brazil subscribed to an additional USD 572.0 million in Series “B” shares, to be paid in eight installments, of which it paid USD 20.1 million in 2018.

Colombia

In June 2012, Colombia subscribed to an additional USD 210.0 million in Series “B” shares to be paid in three installments. The final installment was paid in 2018.

In August 2012, Colombia subscribed to an additional USD 228.6 million in Series “B” shares. The final installment was paid in 2017.

In July 2016, Colombia subscribed to an additional USD 572.0 million in Series “B” shares, to be paid in eight installments, of which it paid USD 5.0 million in 2017, USD 5.0 million in 2018 and USD 93.7 million in February 2019.

Dominican Republic

In 2009, the Dominican Republic subscribed to an additional USD 17.0 million in Series “C” shares. The final installment was paid in 2017.

In February 2016, the Dominican Republic subscribed to an additional USD 50.0 million in Series “C” shares, to be paid in four installments, of which it paid USD 12.5 million in 2017 and USD 12.5 million in April 2018.

Ecuador

In 2009, Ecuador subscribed to an additional USD 105.0 million in Series “B” shares to be paid in eight installments. The final installment was paid in 2017.

In March 2012, Ecuador subscribed to an additional USD 91.5 million in Series “B” shares, to be paid in four annual installments. The final installment was paid in 2016.

In June 2016, Ecuador subscribed to an additional USD 190.0 million in Series “B” shares, to be paid in six installments, of which it paid USD 17.2 million in 2017 and USD 34.6 million in September 2018.

Mexico

In February 2017, Mexico subscribed to an additional USD 51.3 million in Series “C” shares, which it paid in full in 2017.

 

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Panama

In 2009, Panama subscribed to an additional USD 55.0 million in Series “C” shares to be paid in seven installments. The final installment was paid in 2017.

In February 2012, Panama subscribed to an additional USD 91.5 million in Series “B” shares, to be paid in five installments. The final installment was paid in 2017.

In February 2016, Panama subscribed to an additional USD 190.0 million in Series “B” shares, to be paid in six installments beginning in 2017, of which it paid USD 17.2 million in 2017 and USD 34.6 million in May 2018.

Paraguay

In 2009, Paraguay subscribed to an additional USD 55.0 million in Series “C” shares to be paid in seven installments. The final installment was paid in 2017.

In May 2012, Paraguay subscribed to an additional USD 91.5 million in Series “B” shares, to be paid in five installments. The final installment was paid in 2017.

In March 2016, Paraguay subscribed to an additional USD 190.0 million in Series “B” shares, to be paid in six installments, of which it paid USD 17.2 million in 2017 and USD 34.6 million in September 2018.

Peru

In 2009, Peru subscribed to an additional USD 380.0 million in Series “B” shares to be paid in eight installments, although this schedule was later modified to seven installments. The final installment was paid in 2016.

In March 2012, Peru subscribed to an additional USD 228.6 million in Series “B” shares, to be paid in four installments. The final installment was paid in full in 2016.

In March 2016, Peru subscribed to an additional USD 572.0 million in Series “B” shares, to be paid in eight installments, of which it paid USD 35.0 million in 2017 and USD 76.7 million in September 2018.

Portugal

In 2017, Portugal subscribed to USD 6.4 million in Series “C” shares to be paid in three equal installments ending in 2019, of which it paid USD 4.3 million in January 2018.

Spain

In 2017, Spain subscribed to an additional USD 173.2 million of paid-in capital to be paid in five installments, of which it paid USD 52.5 million in 2017 and USD 36.8 million in May 2018.

Trinidad and Tobago

In June 2016, Trinidad and Tobago subscribed to USD 36.0 million in callable capital.

In September 2016, upon completion of all requirements to become a full member shareholder country, Trinidad and Tobago acquired a USD 1.2 million Series “A” share and exchanged all of its Series “C” ordinary and callable capital shares for Series “B” share equivalents.

 

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In December 2018, Trinidad and Tobago subscribed to an additional USD 190.0 million of paid-in capital to be paid in eight installments, of which it paid USD 5.0 million in February 2019.

Uruguay

In 2009, Uruguay subscribed to an additional USD 55.0 million in Series “C” shares to be paid in seven annual installments. The final installment was paid in 2017.

In February 2012, Uruguay subscribed to an additional USD 91.5 million in Series “B” shares, to be paid in four installments. The final installment was paid in 2016.

In March 2016, Uruguay subscribed to an additional USD 190.0 million in Series “B” shares, to be paid in six installments of which it paid USD 17.2 million in 2017 and USD 34.6 million in September 2018.

Venezuela

In 2009, Venezuela subscribed to an additional USD 380.0 million in Series “B” shares to be paid in eight installments. In December 2016, the agreement was amended to provide for payment in nine installments. Venezuela has paid a total of USD 268.2 million as of September 30, 2017. In March 2018, the agreement was amended to provide for payment in three installments, with the final installment scheduled to be paid in 2020. As of the date of this prospectus, USD 20.0 million to be paid under the agreement, as amended in March 2018, is past due.

In August 2012, Venezuela subscribed to an additional USD 228.6 million in Series “B” shares, to be paid in four installments. The final installment was paid in full in 2016.

In March 2016 and May 2016, Venezuela subscribed to an additional USD 572.0 million in Series “B” shares. In March 2018, the agreement was amended to provide for payment in eight installments, with the final installment scheduled to be paid in 2025. As of the date of this prospectus, USD 5.1 million to be paid under the agreement, as amended in March 2018, is past due.

 

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The following table sets out the nominal value of our subscribed paid-in capital and unpaid capital as of March 31, 2019:

 

Shareholders

   Paid-in Capital      Unpaid Capital  
     (in USD thousands)  

Series “A” Shares:

     

Argentina

     1,200       

Bolivia

     1,200       

Brazil

     1,200       

Colombia

     1,200       

Ecuador

     1,200       

Panama

     1,200       

Paraguay

     1,200       

Peru

     1,200       

Trinidad & Tobago

     1,200       

Uruguay

     1,200       

Venezuela

     1,200       

Series “B” Shares:

     

Argentina

     502,020        155,600  

Bolivia

     275,290        48,680  

Brazil

     446,350        194,365  

Colombia

     917,105        164,900  

Ecuador

     276,895        48,680  

Panama

     152,455        48,680  

Paraguay

     150,055        48,680  

Peru

     922,085        162,090  

Trinidad & Tobago

     119,050        65,140  

Uruguay

     158,620        48,680  

Venezuela

     843,390        240,780  

Commercial Banks

     2,485         

Series “C” Shares:

     

Barbados

     17,610       

Chile

     27,705       

Costa Rica

     16,455       

Dominican Republic

     43,975        8,805  

Jamaica

     910       

Mexico

     76,835       

Portugal

     8,850        750

Spain

     230,125        29,570
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

     5,201,465        1,265,400  

Reserves

Article 42 of the Constitutive Agreement requires that at least 10% of our net income in each year be allocated to a mandatory reserve until that reserve amounts to 50% of subscribed capital. The mandatory reserve can be used only to offset losses. The mandatory reserve is an accounting reserve. We also maintain a general reserve to cover contingent events and as a source of funding of last resort in the event of temporary illiquidity or when funding in the international markets is not available or is impractical.

At March 31, 2019, our reserves totaled USD 3.1 billion. At that date, the mandatory reserve pursuant to Article N° 42 of the Constitutive Agreement amounted to USD 0.5 billion, or 6.4% of subscribed paid-in and unpaid capital, and the general reserve amounted to USD 2.6 billion.

 

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Callable Capital

In addition to our subscribed paid-in and unpaid capital, our shareholders have subscribed to callable capital totaling USD 1.6 billion at March 31, 2019. Our callable capital may be called by the Board of Directors to meet our financial obligations only to the extent that we are unable to meet such obligations with our own resources. For further information regarding subscribed callable capital, see Note 16 (“Stockholders’ Equity”) to our audited financial statements in this prospectus.

The Constitutive Agreement provides that the obligation of shareholders to pay for the shares of callable capital, upon demand by the Board of Directors, continues until such callable capital is paid in full. Thus, we consider the obligations of shareholder countries to pay for their respective callable capital subscriptions to be binding obligations backed by the full faith and credit of the respective governments. If the callable capital were to be called, the Constitutive Agreement requires that the call be prorated among shareholders in proportion to their shareholdings.

 

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SELECTED FINANCIAL INFORMATION

The following selected financial information as of and for the years ended December 31, 2018, 2017 and 2016 has been derived from our audited financial statements for those periods, which begin on page F-4 of this document. Our financial statements have been prepared in accordance with U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (“U.S. GAAP”). The following selected financial information as of and for the three-month periods ended March 31, 2019 and 2018 has been derived from our unaudited condensed interim financial information (included on page S-1 of this prospectus) and includes all adjustments, consisting of normal recurring adjustments, that we consider necessary for a fair presentation of our financial position at such dates and our results of operations for such periods. The results of the three-month period ended March 31, 2019 are not necessarily indicative of results to be expected for the full year 2019. The selected financial information should be read in conjunction with our audited financial statements and notes thereto, our unaudited condensed interim financial information and the notes thereto and the section titled “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” in this prospectus.

 

    Year Ended December 31,     Three Months Ended
March 31,
 
    2018     2017     2016     2019     2018  
    (in USD thousands, except ratios)  

Statements of Comprehensive Income

         

Interest income

    1,310,174       1,002,025       813,460       431,442       276,108  

Interest expense

    831,155       621,587       471,047       259,398       179,532  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net interest income

    479,019       380,438       342,413       172,044       95,576  

Provision (credit) for loan losses

    13,192       69,902       38,270       (1,370     9,286  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net interest income after provision for loan losses

    465,827       310,536       304,143       173,414       87,290  

Non-interest income

    29,892       15,958       51,601       2,548       2,227  

Non-interest expenses

    184,816       162,332       151,577       40,806       38,345  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Income before unrealized changes in fair value related to financial instruments and Contributions to Stockholders’ Special Funds

    310,903       164,162       204,167       135,156       51,172  

Unrealized changes in fair value related to other financial instruments

    504       4,301       (13,449     1,569       1,296  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Income before Contributions to Stockholders’ Special Funds

    311,407       168,463       190,718       136,725       52,468  

Contributions to Stockholders’ Special Funds(1)

    87,830       92,064       68,000       70       2,593  

Net income

    223,577       76,399       122,718       136,655       49,875  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Balance Sheet Data (end of period)

         

Total assets

    40,014,247       38,111,566       35,668,988       40,856,751       37,665,729  

Total liabilities

    28,150,847       26,989,830       25,195,344       28,758,020       26,388,953  

Total stockholders’ equity

    11,863,400       11,121,736       10,473,644       12,098,731       11,276,776  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity

    40,014,247       38,111,566       35,668,988       40,856,751       37,665,729  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Loan Portfolio and Equity Investments

         

Loans before allowance for loan losses and loan commissions, net of origination cost

    25,111,387       23,628,073       21,977,081       24,607,700       23,156,974  

Allowance for loan losses

    64,848       67,225       63,749       64,877       65,350  

Equity investments

    459,667       433,025       386,051       458,679       439,195  

 

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    Year Ended December 31,     Three Months Ended
March 31,
 
    2018     2017     2016     2019     2018  
    (in USD thousands, except ratios)  

Selected Financial Ratios

         

Return on average total stockholders’ equity(2)

    2.7     1.5     2.0     4.5     1.8

Return on average paid-in capital(3)

    6.1     3.4     4.4     10.4     4.1

Return on average assets(4)

    0.8     0.4     0.6     1.3     0.5

Administrative expenses divided by average total assets

    0.4     0.4     0.4     0.3     0.4

Overdue loan principal as a percentage of loan portfolio (excluding non-accrual loans)

    0.5     0.4     0.0     0.7     0.1

Non-accrual loans as a percentage of loan portfolio

    0.5     0.6     0.6     0.5     0.5

Allowance for loan losses as a percentage of loan portfolio

    0.3     0.3     0.3     0.3     0.3

 

(1)

In March 2014, at the Stockholders’ Meeting the stockholders agreed, effective 2015, to approve each year the maximum amount that management is authorized to contribute to Stockholders’ Special Funds during the fiscal year and to recognize these contributions as expenses. For more information see Note 24 (“Special Funds and Other Funds Under Management”) to our audited financial statements in this prospectus.

(2)

Income before unrealized changes in fair value related to financial instruments and Contributions to Stockholders’ Special Funds divided by annual average total stockholders’ equity. Annual average total stockholders’ equity is computed as the arithmetic average of total stockholders’ equity as of the beginning and the end of each period. Data for interim periods has been annualized.

(3)

Income before unrealized changes in fair value related to financial instruments and Contributions to Stockholders’ Special Funds divided by annual average subscribed and paid-in capital. Annual average subscribed and paid-in capital is computed as the arithmetic average of subscribed and paid-in capital as of the beginning and the end of each period. Data for interim periods has been annualized.

(4)

Income before unrealized changes in fair value related to financial instruments and Contributions to Stockholders’ Special Funds divided by annual average total assets. Annual average total assets is computed as the arithmetic average of total assets as of the beginning and the end of each period. Data for interim periods has been annualized.

 

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MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF

FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

The following discussion should be read in conjunction with our audited financial statements and notes thereto beginning on page F-6 of this prospectus and the unaudited condensed interim financial information as of March 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018 and for the three-month periods ended March 31, 2019 and 2018 and the notes thereto beginning on page S-1.

Market Overview and Portfolio Trends

In recent months, important global economic developments have occurred, including (i) volatility in oil prices that could be reversed due in part to the sanctions against Venezuela and Iran and OPEC production cuts, (ii) low growth and increasing inflation in Latin America, (iii) potential trade disputes between the United States and China and (iv) an increase in the volatility of short-term interest rates in the United States.

While the volatility in oil prices and some of the other global economic developments mentioned above have not adversely affected our results of operations, certain of these recent global developments could negatively affect our borrowers, which may result in a downward adjustment of the external risk rating of some of our sovereign borrowers and a corresponding increase in our allowance for loan losses, according to the methodology described in “— Income Statement — Provision for Loan Losses” below.

Both 2018 and 2017 were characterized by growth in our loan portfolio as a result of our strategy to expand our shareholder base, principally through additional paid-in capital contributions by several of our existing shareholder countries, as well as the issuance of shares to new shareholder countries. These two main drivers have led our loan portfolio to grow 6.3% in 2018 and 7.54% in 2017. During the three-month period ended March 31, 2019, the loan portfolio decreased by 2.0%. This is in line with our pattern of loan disbursements and portfolio growth. The portfolio usually grows modestly or not at all during the first quarters of each year and then increases significantly in the final quarters of the year.

As of March 31, 2019, our loan portfolio was distributed by country as follows: Ecuador — 14.6%, Argentina—14.5%, Venezuela — 14.3%, Colombia — 11.4%, Bolivia — 10.3%, Peru — 8.2%, Panama — 7.3%, Brazil — 7.3%, Uruguay — 4.0%, Mexico — 0.5%, Trinidad & Tobago — 2.4%, Paraguay — 1.9%, Chile — 1.6%, Dominican Republic — 0.8%, Costa Rica — 0.4%, and Barbados — 0.3%.

Notwithstanding the increasing presence of other state-sponsored development banks in the regions in which we operate, we do not expect that the growth of our loan portfolio will be materially affected by the activities of other development banks in the region, since the financing needs of our shareholder countries exceed the current supply of lending resources. We believe that activities of other development banks are complementary to our lending operations.

Recent Developments Relating to Sanctions

The Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Department of the Treasury (“OFAC”) administers sanctions in respect of the Government of Venezuela and certain Venezuelan-related individuals and entities, including certain Venezuelan government officials. CAF is not a U.S. Person and has not been sanctioned; however, the following discussion of the current sanctions administered by OFAC is included because Venezuela is a member country and minority shareholder of CAF.

With regard to any individual or entity who has been added to OFAC’s list of Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons (“SDN List”) under Venezuela-related sanction, U.S. persons may not make to such listed persons, or receive from such listed persons, any contribution or provision of funds, goods or services. The OFAC-administered sanctions also prohibit, with certain limited exceptions, (a) transactions by a U.S.

 

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person or within the United States relating to new debt with a maturity greater than 30 days or new equity, of the Government of Venezuela, bonds issued by the Government of Venezuela prior to August 25, 2017, and dividend payments or other distributions of profits to the Government of Venezuela from its controlled entities, and (b) direct or indirect purchases by a U.S. person or within the United States of securities from the Government of Venezuela (other than new debt with a maturity of 30 days or less). For purposes of these sanctions, certain amendments to outstanding debt of the Government of Venezuela, such as an extension of the maturity date, could be considered a “new debt” or other prohibited extension of credit. Unless otherwise specified in the accompanying prospectus supplement, CAF will use the net proceeds of the sale of the securities to fund its lending operations. CAF will not earmark the proceeds of particular issuances of debt securities offered hereby to fund specific loan commitments or purchase specific investments. Accordingly, CAF believes that purchasers of the debt securities offered hereby will not acquire a direct or indirect interest in our loans to Venezuela, or any other specific assets of CAF, for purposes of the OFAC sanctions.

Although Venezuela is a member country and minority shareholder of CAF and two Venezuelan nationals designated by Venezuela serve as directors on the Board of Directors of CAF, neither the Government of Venezuela nor any member of the Board of Directors (whether or not a Venezuelan national) exercises control over CAF, has any operational or management role in CAF, or has any authority to negotiate on behalf of CAF or make binding commitments on behalf of CAF.

Although we generally are not required to comply with the OFAC sanctions outlined above because we are not a U.S. person and do not operate in or from the United States, we also transact in the ordinary course with various commercial counterparties in the United States that are required to comply with the sanctions. Some of these U.S. counterparties may serve as correspondent banks or as other intermediaries with involvement in funds flows in respect of our loan operations, including our loans to the Government of Venezuela. In addition, U.S. persons may purchase our debt securities. We will continue to monitor OFAC sanctions and restrictions thereunder as applied to U.S. persons insofar as such sanctions and restrictions may have an effect on our business and operations.

The OFAC sanctions on Venezuela, and any additional sanctions that may be imposed in the future, could make it more difficult for Venezuela to service or renegotiate its outstanding debt, including its outstanding loans from CAF.

In light of the November 2017 downgrade in Venezuela’s long-term foreign ratings by Standard & Poor’s and Fitch, to selective default (“SD”) from CC and to restricted default (“RD”) from C, respectively, we increased our provisions for loan losses with respect to loans made to Venezuela to USD 28.3 million as of March 31, 2019 from the USD 19.8 million reported in September 2017.

On December 29, 2017, we granted to the Central Bank of Venezuela a credit facility in a total amount of USD 400 million. Drawings under the facility are subject to the satisfaction or waiver of certain conditions, including the absence of any overdue amounts owed to CAF by Venezuela or the Central Bank of Venezuela. As of September 30, 2018, the credit facility has been totally disbursed.

On December 14, 2018, we granted to the Central Bank of Venezuela a credit facility in a total amount of USD 500 million. Drawings under the facility are subject to the satisfaction or waiver of certain conditions, including the absence of any overdue amounts owed to CAF by Venezuela or the Central Bank of Venezuela. As of the date of this prospectus, USD 254.2 million has been disbursed under this loan agreement.

On January 10, 2019, President Nicolas Maduro was sworn in for his second term as President of Venezuela following the election held in May 2018. The National Assembly of Venezuela stated that the results of the May 2018 election were invalid and declared Juan Guaidó as Acting President of Venezuela, a declaration that the Supreme Tribunal of Justice in Venezuela declared unconstitutional. On January 23, 2019, the U.S. government recognized Mr. Guaidó as Acting President of Venezuela. On January 25, 2019, President Trump signed an

 

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Executive Order amending prior economic sanctions targeting the Maduro government, and on January 28, 2019, Petroleos de Venezuela S.A. (“PDVSA”) and certain of its affiliates were designated under Executive Order 13850 and added to the SDN List. U.S. Secretary of State Pompeo has also certified the authority of Mr. Guaidó to receive and control certain property in accounts of the Government of Venezuela or Central Bank of Venezuela held by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York or any other U.S. insured banks, in accordance with Section 25B of the U.S. Federal Reserve Act. Since January 23, 2019, a number of other countries, including some countries that are CAF shareholders and a number of countries in the European Union, have recognized Mr. Guaidó as Acting President of Venezuela. CAF is evaluating the potential impact of these developments on its business and operations. CAF does not have direct lending relationships with PDVSA or its subsidiaries. The sanctions on PDVSA and its affiliates, however, may adversely affect the ability of the Maduro government to receive payment for PDVSA’s production and sale of oil and related products and may therefore adversely affect macroeconomic conditions in Venezuela. As a result, Venezuela may find it more difficult to service its outstanding debt, including its outstanding loans from CAF.

On March 22, 2019, OFAC designated the Economic and Social Development Bank of Venezuela (“BANDES”) for operating in the financial sector of the Venezuelan economy and added it to OFAC’s SDN List. As a result of that designation, all property and interests in property of BANDES, including any entity that is owned, directly or indirectly, 50 percent or more by BANDES, that are located in the United States or in the possession or control of U.S. persons, are blocked and must be reported to OFAC. BANDES is a “B” shareholder of CAF and holds approximately 8 percent of our equity. The designation of BANDES therefore does not extend to CAF. Moreover, CAF is not a U.S. person and, therefore, the current sanctions regulations do not prevent CAF from engaging in transactions or dealings with BANDES that occur outside of U.S. jurisdiction. CAF continues to maintain a control framework aimed at verifying its counterparties against OFAC’s SDN List and other applicable sanctions lists.

In addition, on April 17, 2019, OFAC designated the Central Bank of Venezuela for operating in the financial sector of the Venezuelan economy and added it to the SDN List. At the same time, OFAC issued General License 20 (GL 20), which authorizes certain transactions and activities that are for the official business of certain international organizations, including CAF. GL 20 authorizes CAF to conduct transactions and activities involving the Central Bank of Venezuela to the extent they are subject to U.S. jurisdiction and are for our official business, to the same extent as was permitted prior to the designation of the Central Bank of Venezuela and the issuance of GL 20. Accordingly, the designation of the Central Bank of Venezuela has not had a material impact on CAF or its relationship with the Central Bank of Venezuela.

On August 5, 2019, President Donald Trump signed Executive Order 13884, which blocks all property and interests in property of the Government of Venezuela that are in or come within the United States or the possession or control of a U.S. person. For purposes of the Executive Order, the term “Government of Venezuela” is defined to include, among others, any person who has acted or purported to act directly or indirectly for or on behalf of the Government of Venezuela or of any political subdivision, agency or instrumentality thereof, including the Central Bank of Venezuela. The CAF directors appointed by Venezuela as a Series “A” shareholder and by BANDES as a Series “B” shareholder may be considered to fall within the definition of “Government of Venezuela” in the Executive Order. On August 6, 2019, OFAC issued General License 20A, authorizing official activities of certain international organizations, including CAF, involving the Government of Venezuela. Accordingly, based on General License 20A, CAF does not believe the issuance of Executive Order 13884 will have a material adverse effect on CAF.

Please see “Selected Projects” below for further information regarding the most recent loans to Venezuela.

Critical Accounting Policies

General

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accounting policies in Note 2 (“Basis of Presentation and Significant Accounting Policies”) to our audited financial statements in this prospectus. Some of the more significant accounting policies we use to present our financial results involve the use of accounting estimates that we consider to be critical because: (1) they require significant management judgment and assumptions about matters that are complex and inherently uncertain; and (2) the use of a different estimate or a change in estimate could have a material impact on our reported results of operations or financial condition.

Specifically, the estimates we use to determine the allowance for loan losses are critical accounting estimates.

Additionally, other important estimates related to the preparation of our financial statements are those related to revenue recognition and the valuation and classification at fair values of financial instruments. The fair values for some financial assets and liabilities recorded in our financial statements are determined according to the procedures established by the accounting pronouncement ASC 820. As of the date of this prospectus, we have not changed or reclassified any asset or liability from one level to another pursuant to the hierarchy reflected in ASC 820, thereby maintaining consistency in the application of accounting principles in this matter.

Statements of Comprehensive Income

Interest Income

Three Months Ended March 31, 2019 and 2018. For the three-month period ended March 31, 2019, our interest income was USD 431.4 million, representing an increase of USD 155.3 million, or 56.3%, compared to interest income of USD 276.1 million for the corresponding period in 2018. This increase resulted primarily from higher interest rates charged on loans that accrue interest based on six-month LIBOR and a spread differential and higher interest earnings on investments in our liquidity portfolio that bear interest based on LIBOR. Average market interest rates were higher in the first three months of 2019, when six-month LIBOR averaged 2.75%, than in the first three months of 2018, when six-month LIBOR averaged 2.09%.

2018, 2017 and 2016. For the year ended December 31, 2018, our interest income was USD 1,310.2 million, representing an increase of USD 308.1 million, or 30.8%, compared to interest income of USD 1,002.0 million for the year ended December 31, 2017. This increase resulted primarily from the growth of our loan portfolio, which grew 6.28%, and from higher interest rates in 2018. Average market interest rates were higher in 2018 than in 2017; in 2018, the six-month LIBOR averaged 2.49% compared with 1.48% in 2017. Interest income for the year ended December 31, 2017 was USD 1,002.0 million, representing an increase of USD 188.6 million, or 23.18%, compared to interest income of USD 813.5 million for the year ended December 31, 2016. Such increase also resulted primarily from the growth of our loan portfolio and higher interest rates compared to the corresponding period in 2016.

Interest Expense

Three Months Ended March 31, 2019 and 2018. For the three-month period ended March 31, 2019, our interest expense was USD 259.4 million, representing an increase of USD 79.9 million, or 44.5%, compared to interest expense of USD 179.5 million for the corresponding period in 2018. This increase resulted from higher funding costs due to the increase of six-month LIBOR and the spread differential. Average market interest rates were higher in the first three months of 2019, when six-month LIBOR averaged 2.75%, than in the first three months of 2018, when six-month LIBOR averaged 2.09%. The average amount of liabilities increased by 6.6% for the three-month period ended March 31, 2019, compared with the average for the three-month period ended March 31, 2018.

2018, 2017 and 2016. Interest expense for the year ended December 31, 2018 was USD 831.2 million, representing an increase of USD 209.6 million, or 33.7%, from our interest expense of USD 621.6 million for the

 

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year ended December 31, 2017. This increase resulted primarily from higher funding requirements related to a 6.3% growth in our loan portfolio during 2018 and an increase in funding costs associated with an increase in six-month LIBOR. The average amount of our liabilities increased by 5.7% for the year ended December 31, 2018, compared with the average for the year ended December 31, 2017. Average market interest rates were higher in 2018 than in 2017; in 2018, the six-month LIBOR averaged 2.49% compared with 1.48% in 2017. For the year ended December 31, 2017, our interest expense was USD 621.6 million, representing an increase of USD 150.5 million, or 32.0%, from our interest expense of USD 471.0 million for the year ended December 31, 2016. This increase resulted primarily from higher funding requirements related to the growth in the average levels of our loan portfolio in 2017 and the increase in average market interest rates described above. The average amount of our liabilities increased by 8.4% for the year ended December 31, 2017, compared with the average for the year ended December 31, 2016.

Net Interest Income

Three Months Ended March 31, 2019 and 2018. For the three-month period ended March 31, 2019, our net interest income was USD 172.0 million, representing an increase of USD 75.5 million, or 78.1%, compared to net interest income of USD 96.6 million for the corresponding period in 2018. This increase resulted from higher average market rates as well as an increase in interest-earning assets in comparison to financial liabilities. The net interest income margin was 1.74% for the three-month period ended March 31, 2019, as compared to 1.09% for the corresponding period in 2018.

2018, 2017 and 2016. For the year ended December 31, 2018, our net interest income was USD 479.0 million, representing an increase of USD 98.6 million, or 25.9%, over net interest income of USD 380.4 million for the year ended December 31, 2017. This increase resulted from an increase not only in the loan portfolio but also in interest rates and a reduction in the net borrowing spread on new issuances of debt securities, which were partially offset by an increase in interest expense due to higher levels of outstanding indebtedness. Our net interest income for the year ended December 31, 2017 was USD 380.4 million, representing an increase of USD 38.0 million, or 11.1%, over net interest income of USD 342.4 million for the year ended December 31, 2016. This increase resulted from higher yielding liquid assets, and the growth of our loan portfolio. Our net interest income margin was 1.36% in 2018, compared to 1.10% in 2017 and 1.10% in 2016.

Provision (Credit) for Loan Losses

The provisions in the periods described below reflect management’s estimates for both general and specific provisions. The general allowance for loan losses is estimated considering the credit risk exposure, probability of default and loss given default, which represents our anticipated loss in the event of a borrower default and which is based on external data provided by risk rating agencies, recognizing such effects in profit or loss for the period. We establish a specific allowance for loan losses for impaired loans. A loan is considered as impaired when, based on currently available information and events, there exists the probability that we will not recover the total amount of principal and interest as agreed in the terms of the original loan contract. Loans whose terms are modified in a troubled debt restructuring, generally, already will have been identified as impaired. Our management individually evaluates the compliance of the new terms of the restructured loan for a reasonable period to calculate specific allowances for loan losses and if the remaining balance of the restructured loan is considered collectible, the restructured loan could return to accrual status. See Notes 2g. and 2h. to our audited financial statements for further information regarding allowance for loan loss calculations.

Three Months Ended March 31, 2019 and 2018. For the three-month period ended March 31, 2019, we recorded a credit for loan losses of USD 1.4 million, compared with a provision for loan losses of USD 9.3 million for the corresponding period in 2018, as a result of the improvement of Panama’s credit rating during the three-month period in 2019.

2018, 2017 and 2016. For the year ended December 31, 2018, we recorded a provision for loan losses of USD 13.2 million, representing a decrease of USD 56.7 million, or -81.1%, compared with the provision for loan

 

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losses of USD 69.9 million for 2017. This decrease was mainly due to a reduction in specific loan loss provisions and the amount of loans written off. For the year ended December 31, 2017, we recorded a provision for loan losses of USD 69.9 million, representing an increase of USD 31.6 million, or 82.7%, compared with the provision for loan losses of USD 38.2 million for 2016. This increase was mainly due to an increase in specific provisions for loan losses with respect to certain private sector loans to borrowers in Brazil, Mexico, Peru, Spain and Uruguay, and also the deterioration of the long-term foreign rating of some of our shareholder countries.

Non-Interest Income

Our non-interest income consists principally of commissions, dividends arising from equity investments not accounted for using the equity method, its corresponding share of earnings or losses on equity investments, which are accounted for using the equity method, and other income.

Three Months Ended March 31, 2019 and 2018. For the three-month period ended March 31, 2019, our non-interest income was USD 2.5 million, representing an increase of USD 0.3 million, or 14.4%, compared to non-interest income of USD 2.2 million for the corresponding period in 2018. This increase was mainly due to higher income from other commissions which are commissions that are not related to loans.

2018, 2017 and 2016. For the year ended December 31, 2018, our total non-interest income was USD 29.9 million, representing an increase of USD 13.9 million, or 87.3%, from total non-interest income of USD 16.0 million for the previous year. This increase was mainly due to unrealized changes in the fair value related to equity investments. For the year ended December 31, 2017, our total non-interest income was USD 16.0 million, representing a decrease of USD 35.6 million, or 69.1%, from total non-interest income of USD 51.6 million for the year ended December 31, 2016. This decrease resulted principally from the non-cash currency exchange differential for borrowings denominated in Venezuelan bolivars that occurred because of the devaluation of the bolivar in 2016 but did not repeat itself in 2017, which is recognized in “Non-interest income — Other income.”

Non-Interest Expenses

Our non-interest expenses consist principally of administrative expenses, representing 85.6% and 99.1% of total non-interest expenses for the three-month periods ended March 31, 2019 and March 31, 2018, respectively.

Three Months Ended March 31, 2019 and 2018. For the three-month period ended March 31, 2019, our non-interest expenses were USD 40.8 million representing an increase of USD 2.5 million, or 6.4%, compared to total non-interest expenses of USD 38.3 million for the corresponding period in 2018. The increase resulted principally from an increase in equity in losses of investees, unrealized changes in fair value related to equity investments and other expenses.

For the three-month period ended March 31, 2019, our administrative expenses were USD 34.9 million, or 0.4% (on an annualized basis) of its total average assets, representing a decrease of USD 3.1 million, or 8.1%, compared to administrative expenses of USD 38.0 million for the corresponding period in 2018.

2018, 2017 and 2016. For the year ended December 31, 2018, our total non-interest expenses were USD 184.8 million, representing an increase of USD 22.5 million, or 13.9%, over total non-interest expenses of USD 162.3 million for the year ended December 31, 2017. For the year ended December 31, 2017, our total non-interest expenses were USD 162.3 million, representing an increase of USD 10.8 million, or 7.1%, over total non-interest expenses of USD 151.6 million for the year ended December 31, 2016.

For the year ended December 31, 2018, administrative expenses were USD 158.3 million, or 0.4% of our average total assets, representing an increase of USD 8.2 million over administrative expenses of USD 150.1 million for the year ended December 31, 2017. The increase resulted principally from the growth in our business. For the year ended December 31, 2017, administrative expenses were USD 150.1 million, or 0.4% of

 

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our average total assets, representing an increase of USD 9.2 million over administrative expenses of USD 141.0 million for the year ended December 31, 2016. The increase resulted principally from the growth in our business.

As of December 31, 2017 and 2016, equity investments in which our participation is less than 20% of the investee’s equity, and that have no readily determinable fair value, are measured at cost less impairment according to U.S. GAAP. During the year ended December 31, 2018, we prospectively adopted the policy of subsequent measurement for these investments in equity securities without readily determinable fair value, as follows: (i) direct investments in equity securities of companies, (a) previously accounted for at cost without a readily determinable fair value and (b) that do not qualify for the net asset value practical expedient to estimate fair value, are accounted for at cost minus impairment (if any), plus or minus changes resulting from observable price changes in orderly transactions for an identical or similar investment of the same issuer; and (ii) as to equity investments in funds without readily determinable fair value, previously accounted for at cost, we have applied the net asset value practical expedient to estimate fair value. The dividends received from equity investments accounted for at fair value (2018) and cost (2017) are recognized as income. Also, until 2017 management was required to assess the value of these investments at least annually and determine whether any value impairment was temporary or other than temporary. Impairment charges had to be taken once management determined that the loss of value was other than temporary. As a result of its analysis of these equity investments, we recognized impairment charges on our equity investments of USD 22.0 million in 2018, USD 11.0 million in 2017 and USD 9.20 million in 2016.

Net Income

Three Months Ended March 31, 2019 and 2018. For the three-month period ended March 31, 2019, our net income was USD 136.7 million, representing an increase of USD 86.8 million, or 174.0%, compared to net income of USD 49.9 million for the corresponding period in 2018. This increase is mainly due to an increase in interest income as a result of higher average market rates that generated higher income in our loan portfolio and investment portfolio as well as a credit in loan losses when compared with the corresponding period in 2018.

Income before unrealized changes in fair value related to financial instruments and contributions to Stockholders’ Special Funds for the three-month period ended March 31, 2019 was USD 135.2 million, representing an increase of USD 84.0 million, or 164.1%, compared to income before unrealized changes in fair value related to financial instruments and contributions to Stockholders’ Special Funds of USD 51.2 million for the corresponding period in 2018. This increase is mainly due to the increase in interest income due to higher average market rates and the credit to the allowance for loan losses compared with a provision in the earlier period.

2018, 2017 and 2016. In March 2014, the Stockholders’ Assembly agreed, effective 2015, to approve a maximum amount to be contributed to Stockholders’ Special Funds during the fiscal year and to recognize these contributions as expenses. In 2018, we recognized USD 87.8 million as a contribution to Stockholders’ Special Funds, resulting in net income of USD 223.6 million, representing an increase of USD 147.2 million, or 192.6%, compared to net income of USD 76.74 million for 2017. This increase resulted primarily from an increase in interest income as a result of higher average market rates that generated higher income in our loan portfolio and investment portfolio and a reduction in loan loss provisions in comparison with the previous corresponding period. In 2017, we recognized USD 92.1 million as a contribution to Stockholders’ Special Funds, resulting in net income of USD 76.4 million, representing a decrease of USD 46.3 million, or 37.7%, compared to net income of USD 122.7 million for 2016. For more information see Note 24 (“Special Funds and Other Funds Under Management”) to our audited financial statements in this prospectus.

Income before unrealized changes in fair value related to financial instruments and contributions to Stockholders’ Special Funds for the year ended December 31, 2018 was USD 310.9 million, representing an increase of USD 146.7 million, or 89.4%, compared to income before unrealized changes in fair value related to financial instruments and contributions to Stockholders’ Special Funds of USD 164.2 million for 2017. This

 

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increase is mainly due to the increase in non-interest income, increase in interest income and a decrease in loan loss provisions. Income before unrealized changes in fair value related to financial instruments and contributions to Stockholders’ Special Funds for the year ended December 31, 2017 was USD 164.2 million, representing a decrease of USD 40.0 million, or 19.6%, compared to income before unrealized changes in fair value related to financial instruments and contributions to Stockholders’ Special Funds of USD 204.2 million for 2016. This decrease is mainly due to a decrease in non-interest income as a result of an increase in other income relating to the non-cash currency exchange differential due to the devaluation of the Venezuelan bolivar that occurred in 2016 but did not repeat itself in 2017.

Balance Sheet

Assets

March 31, 2019. At March 31, 2019, our total assets were USD 40.9 billion, representing an increase of USD 0.9 billion, or 2.3%, over total assets of USD 40.0 billion at December 31, 2018. The increase in assets resulted primarily from an increase in liquid assets, specifically deposits with banks, marketable securities and other investments that grew 17%, 7% and 35%, respectively, when compared with December 31, 2018 figures.

2018 and 2017. At December 31, 2018, our total assets were USD 40.0 billion, representing an increase of USD 1.9 billion, or 5.0%, over total assets of USD 38.1 billion at December 31, 2017. The increase in our total assets was principally due to the growth of our loan portfolio, which increased by USD 1.5 billion when compared with December 31, 2017 figures.

Liabilities

March 31, 2019. At March 31, 2019, our total liabilities were USD 28.8 billion, representing an increase of USD 0.6 billion or 2.2%, over total liabilities of USD 28.2 billion at December 31, 2018. The increase in liabilities resulted primarily from an increase in the outstanding amount of bonds, which grew by 9.6% compared with December 31, 2018 figures.

2018 and 2017. At December 31, 2018, our total liabilities were USD 28.2 billion, representing an increase of USD 1.2 billion, or 4.3%, over total liabilities of USD 27.0 billion at December 31, 2017. The increase in our total liabilities resulted principally from increased bond issuances.

Stockholders’ Equity

March 31, 2019. At March 31, 2019, our total stockholders’ equity was USD 12.1 billion, representing an increase of USD 0.2 billion, or 2.0%, over total stockholders’ equity of USD 11.9 billion at December 31, 2018. The increase in our stockholders’ equity resulted primarily from capital contributions paid by our stockholders of USD 98.7 million and an increase in total reserves of USD 223.6 million.

2018 and 2017. At December 31, 2018, our total stockholders’ equity was USD 11.9 billion, representing an increase of USD 741.7 million, or 6.7%, over total stockholders’ equity of USD 11.1 billion at December 31, 2017. The increase in our total stockholders’ equity resulted principally from the capital contributions paid by our stockholders of USD 518.1 million and an increase in total reserves of USD 76.4 million.

Asset Quality

Overdue Loans

March 31, 2019. At March 31, 2019, the total principal amount of outstanding overdue loans was USD 175.4 million (not including non-accrual loans in overdue status) related solely to sovereign loans to Venezuela, representing an increase of USD 51.1 million over overdue loans of USD 124.3 million at December 31, 2018.

 

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At March 31, 2019, the total outstanding overdue amounts from sovereign loans to Venezuela was USD 249.8 million, including USD 175.4 million of principal and USD 74.4 million that includes interest, penalty interest and commissions. Those amounts were originally due between December 7, 2018 and February 25, 2019. Those amounts were received in full in April 2019. As of March 31, 2019, the total principal amount of outstanding loans to Venezuela was USD 3.5 billion.

2018 and 2017. At December 31, 2018, the total principal amount of outstanding overdue loans was USD 124.3 million (not including non-accrual loans in overdue status), representing solely overdue amounts from sovereign loans to Venezuela. At December 31, 2018, Venezuela also had outstanding interest and penalty interest totaling approximately USD 58.5 million relating to the total loans, reaching a total overdue amount of principal and interest of USD 182.8 million. During January 2019, we received payments for USD 6.1 million related to this overdue interest. As of December 31, 2018, the total principal amount of outstanding loans to Venezuela was USD 3.5 billion.

At December 31, 2017, the total principal amount of outstanding overdue loans was USD 94.2 million (not including non-accrual loans in overdue status).

Impaired Loans and Non-accrual Loans

March 31, 2019. At March 31, 2019, the total principal amount of our impaired loans was USD 111.3 million, or 0.5% of the total loan portfolio, and was related to private sector borrowers, representing a decrease of USD 1.4 million over impaired loans of USD 112.7 million at December 31, 2018. We consider a loan to be impaired when it is in non-accrual status.

2018 and 2017. At December 31, 2018, the total principal amount of our impaired loans was USD 112.7 million, or 0.45% of the total loan portfolio, and was related to private sector borrowers. We consider a loan to be impaired when it is in non-accrual status. At December 31, 2017, the total principal amount of our impaired loans was USD 138.7 million, or 0.59% of the total loan portfolio.

Restructured Loans

March 31, 2019. At March 31, 2019, the total principal amount of outstanding restructured loans was USD 0.0 million, or 0.0% of the total loan portfolio, representing no change in comparison to December 31, 2018.

2018 and 2017. At December 31, 2018, the total principal amount of outstanding restructured loans was USD 0.0 million, or 0.0% of the total loan portfolio. At December 31, 2017, the total principal amount of outstanding restructured loans was USD 44.2 million, or 0.2% of the total loan portfolio. A total of USD 44.2 million was written-off during the year 2017.

Loan Write-offs and Recoveries

March 31, 2019. There were USD 0.0 million of loans written-off during the three-month period ended March 31, 2019. We booked recoveries of USD 1.4 million during the three-month period ended March 31, 2019. For the three-month period ended March 31, 2018, there were USD 12.0 million of loans written-off, and we booked recoveries of USD 0.8 million.

2018 and 2017. There were USD 22.0 million of loans written off in 2018, which related to private sector borrowers, and USD 69.5 million of loans written-off in 2017. During 2018 and 2017, we booked recoveries against these write-offs of USD 6.4 million and USD 3.1 million, respectively.

See “Operations of CAF — Asset Quality” for further information regarding our asset quality. See “ Balance Sheet” above for details regarding the distribution of our loans by country and “Operations of CAF — Loan Portfolio” for details regarding the distribution of our loans by economic sector.

 

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Liquidity

Our liquidity policy requires CAF to maintain sufficient liquid assets to cover at least 12 months of net cash requirements.

Net cash requirements under this new policy are calculated as follows:

 

  (+)

Scheduled loan collections

 

  (+)

Committed paid-in capital payments

 

  (-)

Scheduled debt service

 

  (-)

Committed disbursements

Our investment policy requires that at least 90% of our liquid assets be held in the form of investment grade instruments rated A-/A3/A- or better by a U.S. nationally-recognized statistical rating organization. The remaining portion of our liquid assets may be invested in non-investment grade instruments rated B-/Ba3/B or better by a U.S. nationally-recognized statistical rating organization. Our investment policy emphasizes security and liquidity over yield.

March 31, 2019. At March 31, 2019, our liquid assets consisted of USD 14.5 billion of cash, deposits with banks, marketable securities and other investments, of which 91.9% were invested in investment grade instruments rated A-/A3/A- or better by a U.S. nationally recognized statistical rating organization, compared to USD 12.5 billion of cash, deposits with banks, marketable securities and other investments, of which 97.0% were invested in investment grade instruments rated A-/A3/A- or better by a U.S. nationally recognized statistical rating organization, at March 31, 2018. At March 31, 2019, 21.0% of our liquid assets were invested in time deposits in financial institutions, 25.3% in commercial paper, 12.8% in corporate and financial institution bonds, 14.0% in certificates of deposit, 13.0% in U.S. Treasury Notes and 13.9% in other instruments, including deposits in cash.

As of March 31, 2019, our liquid assets was distributed by country as follows: United States — 29.9%, France — 7.0%, Japan — 7.7%, Chile — 3.0%, Switzerland — 4.9%, South Korea — 4.9%, United Kingdom — 2.8%, Germany — 4.6%, Singapore — 4.6%, China — 3.6%, Belgium — 2.6%, Supranationals — 2.6%, Canada — 1.8%, United Arab Emirates — 2.5%, Qatar — 2.4%, Australia — 4.5%, Spain — 1.61%, Ireland —0.95%, Kuwait — 1.2%, Luxembourg — 2.3%, Sweden — 1.1%, Netherlands — 0.6% and others — 3.0%.

2018 and 2017. At December 31, 2018, our liquid assets consisted of USD 13.0 billion of cash, deposits with banks, marketable securities and other investments, of which 91.5% were invested in investment grade instruments rated A-/A3/A- or better by a U.S. nationally-recognized statistical rating organization; 25.0% of our liquid assets were invested in time deposits in financial institutions, 25.9% in commercial paper, 14.2% in corporate and financial institution bonds, 13.1% in certificates of deposit, 13.8% in U.S. Treasury Notes and 8.0% in other instruments, including deposits in cash. At December 31, 2017, our liquid assets consisted of USD 12.7 billion of cash, deposits with banks, marketable securities and other investments, of which 90.6% were invested in investment grade instruments rated A-/A3/A- or better by a U.S. nationally-recognized statistical rating organization; 24.7% of our liquid assets were invested in time deposits in financial institutions, 31.6% in commercial paper, 13.8% in corporate and financial institution bonds, 12.1% in certificates of deposit, 11.7% in U.S. Treasury Notes and 6.0% in other instruments, including deposits in cash.

As of December 31, 2018, our liquid assets were distributed by country as follows: United States — 22.9%, Japan — 8.3%, France — 7.6%, China — 3.9%, Australia — 2.8%, Canada — 2.7%, Switzerland — 4.7%, South Korea — 5.7%, Spain — 4.6%, Chile — 2.8%, Germany — 6.8%, Netherlands — 0.7%, United Arab Emirates — 2.3%, United Kingdom —2.4%, Qatar — 1.0%, Ireland — 1.6%, Belgium — 1.0%, Supranationals — 1.4%, Kuwait — 1.4% and others — 4.94%.

 

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Commitments and Contingencies

We enter into commitments and contingencies in the normal course of our business to facilitate our business and objectives. Commitments and contingencies include: (1) credit agreements subscribed and pending disbursements, (2) lines and letters of credit for foreign trade, (3) equity investment agreements subscribed and (4) partial credit guarantees. For further discussion of these arrangements, see Note 22 (“Commitments and Contingencies”) to our audited financial statements in this prospectus.

Strategy and Capital Resources

Our business strategy is to provide financing for projects, trade and investment in the shareholder countries. Management expects our assets to grow in the future, which will increase our need for additional funding. Likewise, maturing debt obligations will need to be replaced. In addition to scheduled capital increases, management anticipates a need to increase funds raised in the international capital markets and to maintain funding through borrowings from multilateral and other financial institutions. While the substantial majority of our equity will continue to be held by full member shareholder countries, we intend to continue offering equity participation to associated shareholder countries through the issuances of Series “C” shares to such countries. See “Capital Structure.

We intend to continue our programs to foster sustainable growth within the shareholder countries, and to increase our support for the private sector within their markets, either directly or through financial intermediaries. See “Operations of CAF.

 

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OPERATIONS OF CAF

Our purpose is to foster and promote economic development, social development and integration within the shareholder countries through the efficient use of financial resources in conjunction with both private sector and public sector entities. To accomplish our objective, we primarily engage in short-, medium- and long-term loans and guarantees. To a lesser extent, we make limited equity investments in funds and companies, and provide technical and financial assistance, as well as administrative services for certain regional funds.

We also provide lending for projects in associated shareholder countries, including but not limited to projects that promote trade or integration with full member shareholder countries.

Business Management of CAF

Our business management is divided into two broad functions: client relationship management and financial management.

Client Relationship Management

Our client relationship management function is conducted by a group of relationship managers and sector and product specialists who are responsible for the development, structuring, appraisal and implementation of our lending activities. Clients are identified through direct contact, referrals from our representative offices and referrals from third parties such as shareholders, multilateral institutions, international financial institutions and other clients.

Our client relationship management function is currently fulfilled by the following four departments, each headed by a Vice President:

 

   

Country Programmes, which is responsible for our relationships with governments, public sector corporations and financial institutions and for the development of a global approach to business activities in each of the shareholder countries;

 

   

Infrastructure, which is responsible for the financing of public and private infrastructure projects and the analysis of public policies within the different development sectors;

 

   

Productive and Financial Sectors, which is responsible for our relationships with public and private sector corporations and financial institutions; and

 

   

Social Development, which is responsible for financings and investments in social areas and in micro, small and medium size enterprises.

The client relationship management group is also responsible for reviewing and developing lending policies and procedures and for monitoring the quality of the loan portfolio on an ongoing basis. In these duties, the client relationship management group is assisted by our Credit Administration Office and our Corporate Comptroller Office.

Financial Management

Our financial management group is responsible for managing our funded debt, as well as our liquid assets. This group is responsible for developing, structuring, appraising and implementing our borrowing activities. It is also responsible for reviewing and developing policies and procedures for the monitoring of our financial well-being and for the proper management of liquidity. The financial management group is headed by the Vice President of Finance.

 

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The asset distribution group is a part of the financial management group, and it has two basic responsibilities:

(1) structuring “A/B” loan transactions in which we loan a portion of the total amount and other financial institutions loan the remainder; and

(2) selling loans to international banks interested in increasing their exposure in the shareholder countries.

The staff of our financial management group works in close coordination with our client relationship managers. Our client relationship management group and financial management group are supported by the financial control and budget, human resources, information systems and legal departments.

Loan Portfolio

We extend medium-term and long-term loans to finance both public sector and private sector projects in the shareholder countries, either directly to a project or through a financial institution in a shareholder country that lends the funds to the appropriate project. To a lesser extent, we also provide loans to finance trade by and among the shareholder countries. Loans may be used for any component of a project, subject to exceptions relating to, among other things, the acquisition of land and the payment of taxes. We endeavor to concentrate our lending activities on national and multinational economic development projects, especially those involving electricity, gas and water supply, transport or communications in two or more shareholder countries and those that generate foreign exchange.

We provide credit lines to financial institutions in the shareholder countries. The purpose of these credit lines is to enable these institutions to finance projects that fall within our overall objectives, but that are not sufficiently large to justify CAF being directly involved in the project. The relevant financial institutions are thereby provided with funds that enable them to strengthen their financial resources within parameters previously agreed to with CAF. Under such multi-sectoral credit lines, we take the credit risk of the financial intermediary and also have recourse to the underlying borrowers. The financial intermediaries are responsible for repayment of their loans from CAF regardless of whether the underlying borrower repays the financial intermediary.

We endeavor to strengthen trade by and among shareholder countries and to assist companies in the shareholder countries to access world markets. Our trade-financing activities are complementary to those of the export credit agencies of shareholder countries because we finance qualifying import or export operations, whereas those agencies generally are limited to providing financing only for goods exported from the respective countries. Through trade-financing, we finance the movement of merchandise. We also provide credit support to trade activities through the confirmation of letters of credit in situations where the issuing local bank would not be perceived as sufficiently creditworthy by financial institutions in the beneficiary’s country.

In 1997, we began making a portion of our loans through an “A/B” loan program, where we act as lender of record for the entire loan and sell non-recourse participations in the “B” portion of the loan to financial institutions. The “A” portion of the loan is made directly to the borrower by CAF. Under the “B” portion, financial institutions provide the funding and assume the credit risk; we do not provide funding under the “B” portion and, therefore, do not assume any credit risk. Because we act as the lender of record for the entire loan, thereby operating as the one official lender in the transaction, the borrower receives an interest rate that is generally lower than the rate available in the commercial markets. The lower interest rate is a result, among other factors, of the reduced inherent risk resulting from our status as a multilateral financial institution.

Our loan pricing is typically based on its cost of funds plus a spread to cover operational costs and credit risks. All sovereign-risk loans are made at the same spread for comparable maturities. Generally, our loans are made on a floating interest rate basis. Under certain exceptional circumstances, loans may be made at fixed interest rates, provided that the corresponding funding is obtained at fixed interest rates. We generally charge a loan origination fee up to 0.85% of the total loan amount and a commitment fee equal to 0.35% per annum on undisbursed loan balances. Substantially all loans are denominated in U.S. dollars.

 

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Our policies generally require that loans to public sector entities have the benefit of sovereign guarantees. Exceptions have been made for a few highly-capitalized entities. Loans to private sector entities other than banks generally must have the benefit of bank or other guarantees, or other collateral acceptable to CAF.

At December 31, 2018, our total assets were USD 40.0 billion, of which USD 25.1 billion, or 62.8%, were disbursed and outstanding loans. At December 31, 2018, the “B” loan portion of our “A/B” loan transactions totaled USD 208.8 million. The tables on loan exposure that follow reflect only the “A” portion of the respective “A/B” loan transactions since we only assume the credit risk of the “A” loan portion. Our management expects further loan growth to be funded by additional borrowings and deposits, retained earnings and planned capital increases.

Loans to Public and Private Sector Borrowers

Our total loan portfolio outstanding, classified by public sector and private sector borrowers, was as follows:

 

     At December 31,  
     2018      2017      2016  
     (in USD millions)  

Public Sector

     85.9     21,571.1        20,201.0        18,773.3  

Private Sector

     14.1     3,540.5        3,429.8        3,203.1  
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
     100     25,111.6        23,630.9        21,976.4  
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Fair value adjustments

       (0.2      (2.80      0.7  
    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
       25,111.4        23,628.1        21,977.1  
    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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Geographic Distribution of Loans

Our total loan portfolio outstanding, classified on a country-by-country basis, according to the location of the borrower, was as follows:

 

    At December 31,  
    2018     2017     2016  
    Public     Private     Total     Public     Private     Total     Public     Private     Total  
    (in USD millions)  

Argentina

    3,476.6       101.1       3,577.7       3,113.7       94.0       3,207.7       2,716.0       124.0       2,839.9  

Barbados

    84.0             84.0       86.6             86.6       85.0             85.0  

Bolivia

    2,454.6       108.3       2,562.9       2,359.6       124.1       2,483.8       2,088.2       123.0       2,211.1  

Brazil

    1,457.9       236.6       1,694.5       1,646.3       470.1       2,116.4       1,549.1       435.0       1,984.1  

Chile

          425.0       425.0       70.0       235.0       305.0             111.0       111.0  

Colombia

    2,201.6       638.7       2,840.3       1,768.8       747.4       2,516.2       1,649.4       689.8       2,339.2  

Costa Rica

    78.8       10.0       88.8       77.9       12.0       89.9       98.9       14.7       113.6  

Dominican Republic

    180.4       26.1       206.5       202.3       49.4       251.8       169.7       42.4       212.1  

Ecuador

    3,411.2       175.6       3,586.8       3,245.7       191.9       3,437.6       3,104.7       213.2       3,317.9  

Jamaica

                                              4.5       4.5  

Mexico

    480.0       50.0       530.0       305.0             305.0       355.0       26.7       381.7  

Panama

    1,298.6       601.7       1,900.4       1,022.7       480.3       1,503.0       893.6       570.7       1,464.3  

Paraguay

    387.9       78.3       466.2       329.4       89.3       418.7       261.2       75.9       337.1  

Peru

    1,031.0       1,008.7       2,039.7       1,429.1       850.5       2,279.6       1,667.4       607.1       2,274.5  

Spain

                                              44.2       44.2  

Trinidad & Tobago

    600.0             600.0       300.0             300.0                    

Uruguay

    914.5       80.2       994.7       958.4       85.8       1,044.2       814.3       121.0       935.3  

Venezuela

    3,514.1             3,514.1       3,285.5             3,285.5       3,320.8             3,320.8  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
    21,571.1       3,540.5       25,111.6       20,201.0       3,429.8       23,630.9       18,773.3       3,203.1       21,976.4  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Fair value adjustments

        (0.2         (2.80         0.7  

Total

        25,111.4           23,628.1           21,977.1  
     

 

 

       

 

 

       

 

 

 

Loans Approved and Disbursed by Country

Our loan approval process is described under “— Credit Policies.” After approval, disbursements of a loan proceed in accordance with the contractual conditions of the loan agreement.

 

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Set forth below is a table of the amount of loans approved and loans disbursed, classified by country, for each of the years indicated:

 

     Approved      Disbursed(1)  
     2018      2017      2016      2018      2017      2016  
     (in USD millions)      (in USD millions)  

Argentina

     1,626.3        996.3        705.5        1,014.0        1,011.9        485.9  

Bolivia

     531.6        489.4        563.8        381.1        536.3        407.2  

Brazil

     1,475.6        1,253.0        1,370.6        620.9        2,535.7        1,725.9  

Colombia

     1,544.0        1,791.5        2,076.6        2,855.2        1,637.9        1,514.9  

Ecuador

     754.2        754.6        766.3        706.2        549.9        711.4  

Panama

     693.9        649.6        595.4        498.0        265.5        223.3  

Paraguay

     476.1        496.7        547.5        117.2        151.8        82.3  

Peru

     2,551.4        2,306.1        2,138.6        1,613.9        1,687.8        1,039.2  

Trinidad & Tobago

     300.2        0        300.1        300.2        300.0        0.0  

Uruguay

     890.3        660.6        958.5        112.4        186.8        325.0  

Venezuela

     600.3        500.5        541.2        528.6        129.8        524.9  

Others(2)

     2,219.3        2,361.2        1,848.2        1,729.3        1,218.1        1,385.6  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

     13,663.3        12,259.4        12,412.3        10,477.1        10,211.5        8,425.5  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(1)

Includes short-term loans in the amounts of USD 6,546.2 million, USD 6,653.3 million and USD 4,909.5 million and for the years ended December 31, 2018, 2017 and 2016, respectively.

(2)

Loans outside the full member shareholder countries for the years ended December 31, 2018, 2017 and 2016.

As of December 31, 2018, the increase (decrease) of our loan portfolio by country compared to the year ended December 31, 2017 was as follows: Argentina, 11.5%; Bolivia, 3.2%; Brazil, (19.9)%; Colombia, 12.9%; Ecuador, 4.3%; Panama, 26.4%; Paraguay, 11.4%; Peru, (10.5)%; Uruguay, (4.7)%; and Venezuela, 7.0%. The growth of the loan portfolio reflects loan approvals as a result of higher demand from shareholder countries and our increased share of infrastructure financings in the region. Loans to associated shareholder countries holding Series “C” shares (as described under “Capital Structure — General”) totaled USD 1,334.3 million in 2018, compared to loans to associated shareholder countries holding Series “C” shares totaling USD 1,038.3 million and USD 952.1 million in 2017 and 2016, respectively.

Management anticipates that our loan portfolio will continue to grow as a result of our strategy to expand our shareholder base, both by issuing shares to new shareholder countries and by additional capital subscriptions by existing shareholder countries, which may result in increased loan demand for projects in such countries.

 

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Distribution of Loans by Industry

At December 31, 2018, our loan portfolio outstanding was distributed by country and industry as follows:

 

    Argentina     Bolivia     Brazil     Colombia     Ecuador     Panama     Paraguay     Peru     Uruguay     Venezuela     Others(2)     Total by
Sector
    % of
Total
 
    (in USD millions)  

Agriculture, hunting and forestry

    102.9       12.1       36.5       0.0       0.0       0.0       0.0       0.0       0.0       0.0       0.0       151.6       0.6

Manufacturing industry

    0.0       0.0       50.1       4.0       37.3       0.0       0.0       0.0       0.0       0.0       0.0       91.4       0.4

Supply of electricity, gas and water

    1,464.9       628.5       231.8       232.9       891.6       434.8       130.5       622.0       785.0       2,391.2       40.1       7,853.3       31.3

Transport, warehousing and communications

    1,041.3       1,585.3       1,042.4       392.4       852.7       847.8       205.5       622.9       193.7       318.5       185.4       7,288.0       29.0

Financial intermediaries(1)

    20.0       87.7       194.7       771.6       117.7       108.8       60.0       669.6       0.0       0.0       1,111.2       3,141.3       12.5

Social and other infrastructure programs

    939.6       248.0       55.4       1,439.5       1,668.8       316.1       70.2       125.2       0.0       804.3       806.6       6,473.6       25.8

Other activities

    9.1       1.1       83.5       0.0       18.7       0.0       0.0       0.0       0.0       0.0       0.0       226.41       0.9
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

    3,577.7       2,562.9       1,694.5       2,840.3       3,586.8       1,707.4       466.2       2,039.7       978.7       3,514.1       2,143.3       25,111.6       100
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(1)

Multi-sectoral credit lines to public sector development banks, private banks and other institutions.

(2)

This column includes loans outside the full member shareholder countries at December 31, 2018.

Maturity of Loans

At December 31, 2018, our outstanding loans were scheduled to mature as follows:

 

     2019      2020      2021      2022      2023      2024-2034  
     (in USD millions)  

Principal amount

     5,327.0        2,638.9        2,399.5        2,416.2        2,169.9        10,160.0  

 

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Ten Largest Borrowers

The following table sets forth the aggregate principal amount of loans to our ten largest borrowers, and the percentage such loans represented of the total loan portfolio, at December 31, 2018:

 

Borrower

   Amount      As a Percentage
of Total Loan
Portfolio
 
     (in USD millions)         

Argentine Republic

     3,410.9        13.6

Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela

     3,114.1        12.4

Republic of Ecuador

     2,913.3        11.6

Plurinational State of Bolivia

     2,454.6        9.8

Republic of Colombia

     1,715.1        6.8

Republic of Panama

     1,227.3        4.9

Republic of Peru

     989.5        3.9

Republic of Trinidad and Tobago

     600.0        2.4

State of Rio de Janeiro

     428.3        1.7

Central Bank of Venezuela

     400.0        1.6
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
     17,253.1        68.7
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Selected Projects

Set out below are examples of projects approved by CAF during 2018 and the respective loan approval amounts. The selected projects represent a mix of our loan portfolio in the different sectors and activities in which we participate, including both public and private sector projects. They have been selected based on the relevance to each full member shareholder country and are representative of our lending activities in each such country.

Argentina

Argentine Republic/South Belgrano Railway, Phase II — USD 150.0 million loan to renovate a railway line that will improve train velocity and frequency.

Bolivia

Plurinational State of Bolivia/Program “More investment for water” Phase V — USD 77.0 million loan to continue the efforts in providing drinkable water and sanitation to the entire country.

Brazil

Sao Paulo State/Sao Paulo Metro; Line 1, Monorail system first section — USD 220.0 million loan for an urban transport project, specifically line 17 of the Metro of Sao Paulo.

Colombia

Republic of Colombia/Drinkable water and sanitation for the rural and urban areas of Buenaventura, Phase I — USD 76.0 million loan to rehabilitate and expand the aqueduct, sewage and waste treatment systems in Buenaventura.

Ecuador

District Municipality of Quito/Subway Project of Quito, Line 1 Second Financing — USD 152.0 million loan to complete the financing and construction of the Quito subway line 1 that will transport more than 400 thousand people a day.

 

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Panama

Republic of Panama/National Program of investments for water and sanitation — Pronaisa — USD 200.0 million loan to improve the coverage and quality of the services that provide drinkable water to the cities of Panama and Colon as well as the sanitary and environmental conditions of the city of Chanquinola.

Paraguay

Republic of Paraguay/Maintenance and rehabilitation of the N° 9 National Road — USD 100.0 million loan for the reconstruction and maintenance of about 457 Km of the N° 9 National road and access to several localities bordering the road.

Peru

GR Taruca S.A.C/Windfarm projecto Duna — USD 10.0 million loan for a Windfarm project that will generate renewable energy in Ica.

Trinidad and Tobago

Republic of Trinidad and Tobago/Strategic support to consolidate fiscal management in the medium term — USD 300.0 million to support the design and implementation of the national budget in 2015 and 2020.

Uruguay

Development National Corporation/Road mobility Infrastructure Program for Department of Canelones — USD 20.0 million loan to support the mobility program for the rehabilitation and maintenance of road networks for the department of Canelones.

Venezuela

Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela/Support to the macroeconomic and liquidity risk of liabilities management — USD 500.0 million credit facility to provide liquidity to the Venezuelan Central Bank. Drawings under the facility are subject to certain conditions, including the absence of any overdue amounts owed to CAF by Venezuela or the Central Bank of Venezuela.

Other Activities

Treasury Operations

Our investment policy requires that at least 90% of our liquid assets be held in the form of investment grade instruments rated A-/A3/A- or better by a U.S. nationally-recognized statistical rating organization. The remaining portion may be invested in unrated or non-investment grade instruments rated B-/Ba3/B- or better by a U.S. nationally-recognized statistical rating organization. At December 31, 2018, our liquid assets amounted to USD 13.0 billion of which 19.9% were invested in time deposits in financial institutions, 25.9% in commercial paper, 14.2% in corporate and financial institution bonds, 13.1% in certificates of deposit, 13.8% in U.S. Treasury Notes and 5.1% in other instruments.

Equity Shareholdings

We may acquire equity shareholdings in new or existing companies within the shareholder countries, either directly or through investment funds focused on Latin America. Our equity participation in any one company is limited to 1% of our shareholders’ equity. Our policies do not permit us to be a company’s largest individual shareholder. In addition, the aggregate amount of our equity investments cannot exceed 10% of our shareholders’

 

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equity. At December 31, 2018, the carrying value of our equity investments totalled USD 459.7 million, representing 3.9% of our shareholders’ equity. At December 31, 2018, 82.3% of our equity portfolio was held through investment funds.

Credit Guarantees

We have developed our credit guarantee product as part of our role of attracting international financing for our shareholder countries. As such, we may offer guarantees of private credit agreements or we may offer public guarantees of obligations of the securities of third party issuers. We generally offer only partial credit guarantees with the intention that private lenders or holders of securities share the risk along with us.

The emphasis of the credit guarantees is to aid in the financing of public sector projects, though we do not have any internal policies limiting our credit guarantees to public sector projects. Also, although we generally intend to guarantee approximately 25% of the financing for a given project, we may guarantee up to the full amount of the financing, subject to our other credit policies. Our internal policies limit the aggregate outstanding amount of our credit guarantees to a maximum amount equivalent to 20% of our total equity. The amount of credit guarantees outstanding was USD 165.3 million at December 31, 2018. Those credit guarantees represent 1.4% of our total equity and include guarantees issued for a public sector project in Bolivia, a public sector project in Peru and for several private sector companies that are operating in Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, Peru, Uruguay and Spain.

Promotion of Regional Development

As part of our role in advancing regional integration, we evaluate on an ongoing basis new investment opportunities intended to benefit the shareholder countries. We also provide technical and financial assistance for the planning and implementation of binational and multinational projects, help obtain capital and technology for these projects, and assist companies in developing and implementing modernization, expansion and organizational development programs.

Fund Administration

In 2018, we acted as fund administrator for several funds funded by third parties and by our shareholders, the net assets of which totaled USD 428.8 million at December 31, 2018. We have no residual interest in the net assets of the special funds.

Each year, the Stockholders’ Assembly of CAF approves a maximum amount to be contributed to Stockholders’ Special Funds during the fiscal year, which contributions are recognized as expenses.

In 2018, the Stockholders’ Assembly approved the contribution of up to a maximum amount of USD 92.0 million to some Stockholders’ Special Funds. Management was authorized to contribute to Stockholders’ Special Funds during the fiscal year 2018 and to recognize these contributions as expenses. The amount approved by the Stockholders’ Assembly in 2017 was USD 92.1 million. In 2018 and 2017, such contributions to these funds were USD 87.8 million and USD 92.1 million, respectively, and expensed as previously described. In 2016, such contribution to these funds was USD 68.0 million and accounted for as distributions from net income of 2015. These funds are not part of our accounts.

At December 31, 2018, the principal funds were the Compensatory Financing Fund, the Fund for the Development of Small and Medium Enterprise, the Technical Cooperation Fund and the Human Development Fund.

Technical Cooperation Fund

At December 31, 2018, the Technical Cooperation Fund had a balance of USD 48.2 million. The purpose of this fund is to finance research and development studies that may lead to the identification of project investment

 

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opportunities and also, on occasion, to provide grants that are typically less than USD 100,000 each to facilitate the implementation of those projects.

Human Development Fund

At December 31, 2018, the Human Development Fund had a balance of USD 8.9 million. This fund is devoted to assisting projects intended to promote sustainable development in socially excluded communities, as well as to support micro-enterprises through the financing of intermediary institutions that offer direct loans to rural and urban micro-entrepreneurs.

Compensatory Financing Fund

At December 31, 2018, the Compensatory Financing Fund had a balance of USD 256.0 million. This fund was created to provide interest rate compensation of certain loans granted by us when a project providing social or developmental benefits is otherwise unable to sustain market interest rates. For more information, see Note 24 (“Special Funds and Other Funds Under Management”) to our audited financial statements in this prospectus.

Fund for the Development of Small and Medium Enterprises

At December 31, 2018, the Fund for the Development of Small and Medium Enterprises had a balance of USD 61.4 million. The purpose of this fund is to finance and, in general, support initiatives that aid the development of an entrepreneurial class in our shareholder countries.

Credit Policies

The Constitutive Agreement limits the total amount of disbursed and outstanding loans, guarantees and equity investments to 4.0 times stockholders’ equity. Our actual ratio on December 31, 2018 was 2.2 times stockholders’ equity.

We apply commercial banking standards for credit approvals and maintain policies and procedures regarding risk assessment and credit policy. Relationship managers perform an initial screening of each potential client and transaction to ensure that the proposed extension of credit falls within our policies. Proposed project loans are evaluated in accordance with our Operational Policies, which set out detailed eligibility and evaluation guidelines. Loans to a private sector borrower are approved taking into consideration both the individual loan and the total exposure to the borrower.

The Loans and Investments Committee recommends approvals of loans and investments. The members of this Committee are the Vice Presidents, the General Counsel and the Head of Credit Administration. The committee is chaired by the Executive Vice President. The Secretary of the Committee is an officer from the Credit Administration Office. The Executive President, upon the recommendation of the Loans and Investments Committee, may approve (a) loans of up to USD 75.0 million for sovereign credits, (b) loans of up to USD 50.0 million for private credits, (c) investments of up to USD 25.0 million in the case of equity investments, (d) investments of up to 1% of total liquid assets of any issuer (unless the issuer is: (i) at least investment grade, in which case the investment may be up to 5% of the issuer’s total liquid assets, (ii) a government or governmental institution with an investment grade rating of at least AA+, in which case the investment may be up to 7% of the issuer’s total liquid assets, or (iii) the U.S. Treasury or the Bank for International Settlements, in which case our investment in notes, bills or bonds may be up to 50% of total liquid assets for each issuer), and (e) technical cooperation credits of up to USD 1.0 million. The Executive Committee of our Board of Directors or the Board of Directors itself may approve (a) loans of up to USD 150.0 million for sovereign credits, (b) loans of up to USD 80.0 million for private credits, (c) investments of up to USD 50.0 million for equity investments, (d) investments of up to 2.5% of the total liquid assets for any issuer (unless the issuer is: (i) at least investment grade, in which case the investment may be up to 10% of the issuer’s total liquid assets, or (ii) a government or

 

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governmental institution with an investment grade rating of at least AA+, in which case the investment may be up to 12% of the issuer’s total liquid assets), and (e) technical cooperation credits of up to USD 2.0 million. Loans and investments in excess of the aforementioned Executive Committee’s limits require the approval of our Board of Directors.

Our policies also impose limitations on loan concentration by country and by type of risk. Loans to entities in any one full member shareholder country may not exceed either 25% of our loan portfolio or 100% of our shareholders’ equity. Aggregate loans to entities in any associated shareholder country currently may not exceed eight times the total of such country’s paid-in capital contribution to us plus any assets entrusted by the country to us under a fiduciary relationship. This limit does not apply to trade loan financing with full member shareholder countries. Additionally, no more than four times the country’s paid-in capital contribution to us plus any assets entrusted to us under a fiduciary relationship may be committed to operations essentially national in character. The same limitation applies to our total loan portfolio in relation to our shareholders’ equity. Loans to a public sector or mixed-capital entity not considered a sovereign risk are limited in the aggregate to 15% of our shareholders’ equity. Additionally, the exposure to any individual private sector entity or to an economic group is limited to 2.35% and 3.5%, respectively, of our total loan portfolio.

Operations in which we extend credit to entities in Series “C” shareholder countries must generally be related to activities of such entities in, or related to, the full member shareholder countries. Notwithstanding the above, the aggregate total of outstanding loans in all such countries may not exceed 15% of our total loan portfolio.

Our policies permit us to provide up to 100% of the total project costs with respect to short-term loans. For medium- and long-term loans, we determine the appropriate level of financing on a case-by-case basis; however, limited-recourse financing in such loans may not exceed 50% of project costs. In practice, however, we typically limit our loans to a smaller percentage of total project costs and generally require a larger percentage of financial support by the borrower than required by our credit policies.

Asset Quality

We classify a loan as overdue whenever payment is not made on its due date. We charge additional interest on the overdue payment from the due date and immediately suspend disbursements on all loans to the borrower and to any other borrowers of which the overdue borrower is a guarantor. The entire principal amount of a loan is placed in non-accrual status when collection or recovery is doubtful or when any payment, including principal, interest, fees or other charges in respect of the loan, is more than 90 days overdue in the case of a private sector loan or more than 180 days overdue in the case of a public sector loan. Interest and other charges on non-accruing loans are included in income only to the extent that payments have actually been received by us.

At December 31, 2018, there were USD 124.3 million of loans overdue and USD 112.7 million of loans in non-accrual status. At December 31, 2017, there were USD 94.2 million of loans overdue and USD 138.7 million of loans in non-accrual status. For the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017, there were USD 39.2 million and USD 19.2 million, respectively, of overdue interest or other charges in respect of non-accrual status loans excluded from net income.

For the year ended December 31, 2018, there were USD 22.0 million of loan write-offs. We have not suffered any individually significant losses on our loan portfolio. Although our loans do not enjoy any legal preference over those of other creditors, we do enjoy a de facto preferred creditor status arising from our status as a multilateral financial institution and from the interest of our borrowers in maintaining their credit standing with us. Although some of our shareholder countries have restructured their sovereign debt obligations, we have never had to declare an event of default with respect to such countries’ debt obligations to CAF.

 

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Quality of Loan Portfolio

The following table shows our overdue loan principal, loans in non-accrual status, and the total allowance for loan losses and their percentages of our total loan portfolio at the respective dates indicated, as well as loans written-off during each period.

 

     At December 31,  
     2018     2017     2016  
     (in USD millions)  

Total loan portfolio

     25,111.4       23,628.1       21,977.1  

Overdue loan principal

     124.3       94.2       7.5  

Loans in non-accrual status

     112.7       138.7       120.8  

Loans written off during period

     22.0       69.5       33.7  

Allowance for loan losses

     64.8       67.2       63.7  

Troubled debt restructured

                 44.2  

Overdue principal payment as a percentage of loan portfolio (excluding non-accrual loans)

     0.49     0.40     0.03

Non-accrual loans as a percentage of loan portfolio

     0.45     0.59     0.55

Allowance for loan losses as a percentage of loan portfolio

     0.26     0.28     0.29

 

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FUNDED DEBT

Funding Strategy

We raise funds for operations primarily in the international financial markets, although a relatively small part is raised within our shareholder countries. Our strategy with respect to funding, to the extent possible under prevailing market conditions, is to match the maturities of our liabilities to the maturities of our loan portfolio. In order to diversify our funding sources and to offer potential borrowers a wide range of credit facilities, we raise funds through bond issues in both the shareholder countries and the international capital markets. We also take deposits and obtain loans and credit lines from central banks, commercial banks and, to the extent of imports related to projects funded by us, export credit agencies.

Within the shareholder countries, we raise funds from central banks and financial institutions and by means of regional bond issues. Outside Latin America and the Caribbean, we obtain funding from public sector development and credit agencies, from development banks, from various North American, European and Asian commercial banks, from capital markets and from the U.S. and European commercial paper markets.

Sources of Funded Debt

The breakdown of our outstanding funded debt, both within and outside the shareholder countries, at each of the dates indicated below, was as follows:

 

     At December 31,  
     2018     2017     2016  
     (in USD millions)  

Within the shareholder countries:

      

Deposits

     3,210.5       2,950.1       3,098.9  

Borrowings

     22.9       33.3       35.5  

Bonds

     660.1       286.9       225.6  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
     3,893.6       3,270.3       3,360.0  

Outside the shareholder countries:

      

Commercial paper

     641.3       1,770.7       2,112.7  

Borrowings

     1,266.6       1,376.8       1,389.6  

Bonds

     21,586.7       19,494.2       17,847.9  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
     23,494.6       22,641.7       21,350.2  
       25,912.0       24,710.2  

Variation effect between spot and original FX rate

     (878.7     (486.2     (1,363.8
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Fair value adjustments on hedging activities

     191.0       454.9       459.5  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Origination costs

     (19.2     (24.0     (27.5
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

     26,756.2       25,856.7       23,778.4  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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Maturity of Funded Debt

The breakdown of our outstanding funded debt, by instrument and maturity, at each of the dates indicated below was as follows:

 

     At December 31,  
     2018     2017     2016  
     (in USD millions)  

Term deposits:

      

Up to 1 year

     3,210.5       2,950.1       3,098.9  

Acceptances, advances and commercial paper and repurchase agreements:

      

Up to 1 year

     641.3       1,770.7       2,112.7  

Borrowings:

      

Up to 1 year

     181.5       507.6       111.9  

Between 1 and 3 years

     547.6       324.7       698.6  

Between 3 and 5 years

     252.6       257.8       247.7  

More than 5 years

     307.8       320.0       366.8  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
     1,289.5       1,410.1       1,425.1  

Bonds:

      

Up to 1 year

     2,291.6       2,311.2       2,080.2  

Between 1 and 3 years

     7,061.4       5,262.3       4,657.3  

Between 3 and 5 years

     5,888.7       5,329.9       4,145.6  

More than 5 years

     7,080.1       6,877.6       7,190.4  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
     22,321.8       19,781.0       18,073.5  

Totals:

      

Up to 1 year

     6,324.9       7,539.6       7,403.7  

Between 1 and 3 years

     7,609.0       5,587.0       5,355.9  

Between 3 and 5 years

     6,141.3       5,587.7       4,393.3  

More than 5 years

     7,387.9       7,197.6       7,557.2  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
     27,463.1       25,911.9       24,710.2  

Variation effect between spot and original FX rate

     (878.7     (486.2     (1,363.8

Fair value adjustments on hedging activities

     191.0       454.9       459.5  

Originating costs

     (19.2     (24.0     (27.5
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

     26,756.2       25,856.7       23,778.4  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Our financial liabilities are primarily U.S. dollar-based: 51.4% of our total financial liabilities, or 98.3% of financial liabilities after swaps, were denominated in U.S. dollars at December 31, 2018. The principal amount of non-U.S. dollar financial liabilities outstanding at December 31, 2018 included 5,838.6 million Euros, 34,000.0 million Yen, 2,350.0 million Swiss Francs, 768,504.3 million Colombian Pesos, 5,877.0 million Hong Kong Dollars, 4,317.0 million Mexican Pesos, 177.0 million Peruvian Nuevos Soles, 4,200 million Norwegian Kroner, 192.0 million Turkish Lira, 590.0 million South African Rand, 1,315.0 million Australian Dollars, 220.2 million Brazilian Real, 1,034.1 million Indonesian Rupee, 2,138 million Indian Rupee and 40 million Canadian dollars; all of these non-U.S. dollar financial liabilities are swapped or otherwise hedged into U.S. dollars.

DEBT RECORD

We have never had an event of default declared with respect to the payment of principal of, or premium or interest on, any debt security we have issued, and we have always met all of our debt obligations on a timely basis.

 

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ASSET AND LIABILITY MANAGEMENT

We reduce our sensitivity to interest rate risk by extending our loans on a floating rather than a fixed interest rate basis. At December 31, 2018, 99.5% of our outstanding loans were based on LIBOR and subject to interest rate adjustments at least every six months. The liabilities that fund these loans are also contracted at, or swapped into, LIBOR floating interest rates. When we make loans at fixed interest rates, we also obtain the corresponding funding on a fixed interest rate basis.

We require that counterparties with which we enter into swap agreements be rated “A+/A1” or better by two U.S. nationally recognized statistical rating organizations or have signed a credit support agreement (resulting in the corresponding exchange of collateral), at the time of entering into the swap agreement. At December 31, 2018, we were party to swap agreements with an aggregate notional amount of USD 22.7 billion.

We seek, to the extent possible under prevailing market conditions, to match the maturities of our liabilities to the maturities of our loan portfolio. At December 31, 2018, the weighted average life of our financial assets was 3.6 years and the weighted average life of our financial liabilities was 4.6 years. Based on our asset and liability structure at December 31, 2017, we have a positive cumulative gap over a 10-year horizon. This positive gap denotes asset sensitivity, which means that decreases in the general level of interest rates should have a negative effect on our net financial income and, conversely, increases in the general level of interest rates should have a positive effect on our net financial income.

Our management expects the weighted average life of our financial assets to increase gradually, as we make more long-term loans for infrastructure development and similar purposes. At the same time, our management expects that the weighted average life of our liabilities will also increase as a result of our strategy of increasing our presence in the international long-term bond market as market conditions permit.

At December 31, 2018, 99.9% of our assets and 51.4% of our liabilities were denominated in U.S. dollars, with the remainder of our liabilities being denominated principally in Euro, Yen, Hong Kong Dollar, Australian Dollar, Norwegian kroner, Turkish lire, South African rand and Swiss Francs, which liabilities were swapped. After swaps, 98.3% of our liabilities were denominated in U.S. dollars. Generally, funding that is contracted in currencies other than the US dollar is swapped into U.S. dollars. In some cases, we extend our loans in the same non-U.S. dollar currencies as debt is incurred in order to minimize exchange risks. Our shareholders’ equity is denominated entirely in U.S. dollars.

Our treasury asset and liability management involves managing liquidity, funding, interest rate and exchange rate risk arising from non-trading positions through the use of on-balance sheet instruments. Our external asset managers use derivatives to hedge the interest and exchange rate risk exposures of our non-U.S. dollar denominated investments. Our policy is that our total exposure on trade derivatives should not exceed 3% of liquid investments. See Note 19 (“Derivative Financial Instruments and Hedging Activities”) to our audited financial statements in this prospectus.

 

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ADMINISTRATION

We are governed and administered by the bodies and officials detailed below:

Shareholders’ General Meeting

The shareholders’ general meeting is the ultimate decision-making body within CAF. Shareholders’ general meetings can be ordinary or extraordinary and are governed by the requirement for the presence of a quorum and compliance with other conditions set out in the Constitutive Agreement.

Shareholders’ ordinary general meetings are held once a year, within 90 days of the close of the financial year, and are convened by the Executive President. The shareholders’ ordinary general meeting:

(1) considers the Board of Directors’ annual report and our financial statements, receives the independent auditors’ report and allocates our net income;

(2) constitutes special funds for particular purposes;

(3) elects the Board of Directors according to the Constitutive Agreement;

(4) appoints external auditors;

(5) determines compensation for the Board of Directors and the external auditors; and

(6) may consider any other matter expressly submitted to it which is not within the purview of any other body of CAF.

Shareholders’ extraordinary general meetings may be convened after a call has been made at the initiative of the Board of Directors, or the Executive President, or at least 40% of Series “A” shareholders or any shareholders representing at least 25% of paid-in capital. The shareholders’ extraordinary general meeting may:

(1) increase, reduce or replenish our capital in accordance with the Constitutive Agreement;

(2) dissolve CAF;

(3) change the headquarters of CAF when the Board of Directors so proposes; and

(4) consider any other matter that has been expressly submitted to it that is not within the purview of any other body of CAF.

Resolutions before shareholders’ ordinary general meetings are passed by the votes of at least 60% of Series “A” shareholders, together with a majority of the votes of the other shares represented at the meeting. Resolutions passed at shareholders’ extraordinary general meetings (including a decision to dissolve CAF) require the votes of 80% of Series “A” shareholders, together with a majority of the votes of the other shares represented at the meeting, except for resolutions concerning modifications to the structure of the Board of Directors in which case an affirmative vote of all Series “A” shareholders is required, together with a majority of the votes of the other shares represented at the meeting. In the event of adjournment for lack of a quorum, which consists of at least 80% of Series “A” shareholders and a simple majority of the other shareholders, at either an ordinary or extraordinary general meeting, two Series “A” shareholders, plus a majority of the other shares represented at the meeting, may deliberate and approve decisions at a reconvened meeting.

Board of Directors

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the governments or governmental institutions holding Series “B” shares and one director represents the private financial institutions holding Series “B” shares. Holders of Series “C” shares are entitled to elect two directors. In the event of a vacancy in a director position, the corresponding alternate director serves as director until such vacancy has been filled. Responsibilities of our Board of Directors include:

(1) establishing and directing our credit and economic policies;

(2) approving our budget;

(3) approving our borrowing limits;

(4) approving credits granted by us in excess of a specified limit;

(5) establishing or modifying internal regulations; and

(6) appointing the Executive President.

All of our directors are non-executive. As of the date of this prospectus, the composition of the Board of Directors was as follows:

As of the date of this prospectus, the Directors (and their Alternates) representing Series “A” shareholders are:

 

Argentina

  

Nicolás Dujovne

(Felix Martin Soto)

  

Minister of Finance

(Under Secretary of International Financial Relations from the Ministry of Economics and Public Finance)

Bolivia

  

Mariana Prado

(Antonio Mullisaca)

  

Minister of Development Planning

(Vice Minister of Public Investment and External Financing)

Brazil

  

Marcos Prado Troyjo

(Erivaldo Alfredo Torres)

  

Vice-Minister of Foreign Trade and International Affairs — Ministry of Economy

(Secretary of International Economic Affairs — Ministry of Economy)

Colombia

  

Alberto Carrasquilha

(Jose Manuel Restrepo)

  

Minister of Finance and Public Credit

(Minister of Commerce, Industry and Tourism)

Ecuador

  

Juan Carlos Jacome

(Pablo Patiño)

  

President of the Board of Directors of Corporación Financiera Nacional

(General Manager of Corporación Financiera Nacional)

Panama

  

Héctor Alexander

(To be Appointed)

   Minister of Economics and Finance

Paraguay

  

Benigno Lopez

(Humberto Colmán)

  

Minister of Finance

(Vice Minister of Economy)

Peru

  

Carlos Oliva

(Betty Sotelo)

  

Minister of Economy and Finance

(Vice Minister of Finance)

Trinidad and

Tobago

  

Colm Imbert

(Alvin Hilaire)

  

Minister of Finance

(Governor of the Central Bank of Trinidad and Tobago)

Uruguay

  

Danilo Astori

(Alberto Graña)

  

Minister of Economy and Finance

(President of Banco Central del Uruguay)

Venezuela

   Oswaldo Perez Cuevas    Vice Minister of Finance and Public Budget
   (Santiago Lazo Ortega)    (Vice Minister of Economic Planning)

 

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As of the date of this prospectus, the Directors (and their Alternates) representing Series “B” shareholders:

 

Bolivia

  

Luis Arce Catacora

(Sergio Cusicanqui)

 

Minister of Economy and Public Finance

(Vice Minister of Treasury and Public Credit)

Colombia

   Juan José Echavarría Soto   General Manager of Banco de la República
   (Gloria Alonso)   (Director of the National Planning Department)

Ecuador

   Richard Martinez   Minister of Economy and Finance
   (Verónica Elizabeth Artola)   (General Manager of the Central Bank of Ecuador)

Peru

   Carlos Linares   President of the Board of Directors of Corporación Financiera de Desarrollo (COFIDE)
   (Michel Canta)   (Vice Minister of Economy)

Venezuela

   Xabier León   Executive Vice President of Banco de Desarrollo Económico y Social of Venezuela — BANDES
   (Vanessa Avendaño)   (Legal Consultant of Banco de Desarrollo Económico y Social of Venezuela — BANDES)

Private Financial Institutions

  

Maria Lorena Gutierrez

(Angelo Caputi)

 

President of Corporación Financiera Colombiana S.A.

(Executive President Banco de Guayaquil)

As of the date of this prospectus, the directors representing the Series “C” shareholders are Nadia Calviño, Minister of Economy and Enterprise for Spain and Arturo Herrera Gutiérrez, Secretary of Finance and Public Credit for Mexico. Their alternates are Donald Guerrero Ortiz, Minister of Finance for the Dominican Republic, and to be appointed, the Executive Vice President of Corporación de Fomento de la Producción (“CORFO”) for Chile, respectively.

The business address of each of the directors and each of the alternate directors listed above is Torre CAF, Piso 9, Avenida Luis Roche, Altamira, Caracas, Venezuela.

Our Board of Directors annually elects a Chairman to preside over the meetings of the Board of Directors and the shareholders’ general meeting. Alberto Carrasquilla is the current Chairman until March 31, 2020.

Executive Committee

The Board of Directors delegates certain functions, including credit approvals within specified limits, to the Executive Committee. This Committee is composed of one director from each full member shareholder country, plus one director representing all of the Series “C” shareholders, and our Executive President, who presides over the Committee unless the Chairman of the Board of Directors is part of the Committee, in which case he or she will preside.

Executive President

The Executive President is our legal representative and chief executive officer. He is empowered to decide all matters not expressly reserved to the shareholders’ general meeting, the Board of Directors or the Executive Committee. The Executive President is elected by the Board of Directors for a period of five years and may be re-elected.

In December 2016, Luis Carranza Ugarte was elected Executive President of CAF for the next five-year period (April 2017 to March 2022). Previously, the Executive President was L. Enrique Garcia, who led the Institution for more than 25 years (December 1991 to March 2017). Mr. Carranza is a renowned Peruvian economist who served as the Minister of Economy and Finance in his country on two occasions. He also worked at the International Monetary Fund and was chief economist for Latin America and Emerging Markets for BBVA in Spain, among other positions. Prior to becoming the Executive President of CAF, he was the director of the Center of Competitiveness for Development of the San Martín de Porres University.

 

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Officers

As of the date of this prospectus, the Executive Officers of CAF are:

 

Luis Carranza Ugarte

  

Executive President and Chief Executive Officer

Renny Lopez

  

Acting Executive Vice President

José Carrera

  

Vice President of Country Programs

Antonio Pinheiro Silveira

  

Vice President of Infrastructure

Jorge Arbache

  

Vice President of Private Sector

Gabriel Felpeto

  

Vice President of Finance and Chief Financial Officer

Julian Suarez

  

Vice President of Social Development

Elvira Lupo

  

Vice President of Administration

Pablo Sanguinetti

  

Vice President of Knowledge

Renny Lopez

  

Vice President of Risks

Octavio Rosselli

  

General Counsel

Maria Arliani

  

Controller

Employees

At December 31, 2018, we employed 602 professionals and 83 support staff. The senior positions of Executive Vice President, Vice President of Finance, Vice President of Country Programs, Vice President of Infrastructure, Vice President of Productive and Financial Sectors, Vice President of Social Development, Vice President of Administration, Vice President of Knowledge and Vice President of Risks are appointed by the Executive President, subject to ratification by the Board of Directors.

Our management believes that the salaries and other benefits of our professional staff are competitive and that the local support staff is paid at levels above the prevailing local rates. Although we are not subject to local labor laws, we provide our employees with benefits and safeguards at least equivalent to those required under the law of the country where they normally work and reside. We offer technical and professional training opportunities through courses and seminars for our employees. Management considers the relationship with our employees to be good. There is no employee union and there have been no strikes in the history of CAF.

 

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THE FULL MEMBER SHAREHOLDER COUNTRIES

Certain of the following information has been extracted from publicly available sources. We have not independently verified this information.

The region occupied by the full member shareholder countries is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean on the east, the Caribbean Sea on the north and the Pacific Ocean on the west, and covers approximately 13.2 million square kilometers in South America (approximately 74% of the South American continent).

Selected Demographic and Economic Data

The following table presents selected demographic and economic data for the full member shareholder countries for the years indicated:

 

    Argentina     Bolivia     Brazil     Colombia     Ecuador     Panama     Paraguay     Peru     Trinidad &
Tobago
    Uruguay     Venezuela  

Population (in millions)1

                     

2017

    44.27       11.05       209.29       49.07       16.62       4.10       6.81       32.17       1.37       3.46       31.98  

2016

    43.85       10.89       207.65       48.65       16.39       4.03       6.73       31.77       1.36       3.44       31.57  

2015

    43.42       10.72       205.96       48.23       16.14       3.97       6.64       31.38       1.36       3.43       31.16  

GDP (USD in billions)2

                     

2017

    637.56       37.78       2,055.14       314.46       104.30       61.84       38.94       214.25       22.78       59.18       210.08  

2016

    554.11       34.19       1,793.31       282.75       99.94       57.82       36.05       194.54       22.66       52.69       236.12  

2015

    642.46       33.24       1,800.02       293.49       99.29       54.32       36.16       191.60       24.26       53.28       242.60  

GDP per capita (USD)2

                     

2017

    14,463       3,413       9,896       6,380       6,217       15,089       5,600       6,732       16,638       16,942       6,890  

2016

    12,709       3,138       8,701       5,800       6,046       14,323       5,260       6,178       16,599       15,139       7,688  

2015

    14,895       3,099       8,803       6,089       6,099       13,663       5,353       6,150       17,834       15,366       7,923  

Gross reserves (excluding gold) (USD in millions)1

                     

2017

    53,031       8,474       371,151       46,699       1,678       2,703       7,536       62,374       8,812       15,955       3,034  

2016

    36,323       8,487       362,505       45,962       3,781       3,847       6,579       60,524       9,923       13,468       3,265  

2015

    23,417       11,601       354,175       46,104       2,085       3,378       5,659       60,413       10,315       15,630       6,324  

Customer price index growth2 3

                     

2017

    24.8       2.7       2.9       4.1       -0.2       0.5       4.5       1.4       1.3       6.6       2,818.2  

2016

    41.0       4.0       6.3       5.8       1.1       1.5       3.9       3.2       3.1       8.1       302.6  

2015

    27.8       3.0       10.7       6.9       3.4       0.3       3.1       4.4       1.6       9.4       159.7  

Exports of Goods (f.o.b.) (USD in millions)4

                     

2017

    58,384       7,852       217,739       3,770       19,122       8,680       44,025       7,889       10,601       9,613       31,992  

2016

    57,733       7,082       185,235       31,045       16,798       8,502       36,310       6,964       11,195       8,579       29,394  

2015

    56,788       8,726       191,127       35,691       18,331       8,328       33,667       7,670       12,061       10,756       38,202  

Import of Goods (f.o.b.) (USD in millions)4

                     

2017

    66,899       9,302       150,749       46,076       19,845       11,873       39,714       8,458       21,939       5,897       10,577  

2016

    55,610       8,427       137,552       44,831       16,189       9,753       36,148       8,137       20,935       6,038       15,541  

2015

    59,757       9,766       171,446       54,058       21,387       10,291       38,026       9,489       22,510       9,298       28,781  

 

(1)

This information is extracted from the World Bank’s World Development Indicators (WDI).

(2)

Source: World Economic Outlook, International Monetary Fund.

(3)

End of period.

(4)

United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations, UN COMTRADE

 

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DESCRIPTION OF THE DEBT SECURITIES

The following description sets forth certain general terms and provisions of the debt securities to which any prospectus supplement may relate. The particular terms of the debt securities being offered and the extent to which such general provisions may apply will be described in a prospectus supplement relating to such debt securities.

The debt securities will be issued pursuant to a fiscal agency agreement, dated as of March 17, 1998, between CAF and The Bank of New York Mellon (as successor in interest to JPMorgan Chase Bank), as fiscal agent. The following statements briefly summarize some of the terms of the debt securities and the fiscal agency agreement (a copy of which has been filed as an exhibit to the registration statement). These statements do not purport to be complete and are qualified in their entirety by reference to all provisions of the fiscal agency agreement and such debt securities.

General

The debt securities will constitute our direct, unconditional, unsecured and general obligations. The debt securities will rank equally with all of our other unsecured Indebtedness, other than such obligations as may be preferred by provisions of law that are both mandatory and of general application. “Indebtedness” means all of our indebtedness in respect of monies borrowed by us and guarantees given by us for monies borrowed by others.

The accompanying prospectus supplement will describe the following terms of the debt securities, as applicable:

 

  (1)

the title;

 

  (2)

the price or prices at which we will issue the debt securities;

 

  (3)

any limit on the aggregate principal amount of the debt securities or the series of which they are a part;

 

  (4)

the currency or currency units for which the debt securities may be purchased and in which payments of principal and interest will be made;

 

  (5)

the date or dates on which principal and interest will be payable;

 

  (6)

the rate or rates at which any of the debt securities will bear interest, the date or dates from which any interest will accrue, and the record dates and interest payment dates;

 

  (7)

the place or places where principal and interest payments will be made;

 

  (8)

the time and price limitations on redemption of the debt securities;

 

  (9)

our obligation, if any, to redeem or purchase the debt securities at the option of the holder;

 

  (10)

the denominations in which any of the debt securities will be issuable, if other than denominations of USD 1,000;

 

  (11)

if the amount of principal or interest on any of the debt securities is determinable according to an index or a formula, the manner in which such amounts will be determined;

 

  (12)

whether and under what circumstances we will issue the debt securities as global debt securities; and

 

  (13)

any other specific terms of the debt securities.

Certain debt securities will be treated for United States federal income tax purposes as original issue discount notes (“Discount Notes”) if the excess of the debt security’s “stated redemption price at maturity” over its issue price is more than a “de minimis amount” (as defined for United States federal income tax purposes). If applicable, the prospectus supplement will describe the United States federal income tax consequences of the ownership of Discount Notes and any special rules regarding debt securities.

 

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Denominations, Registration and Transfer

The debt securities of each series will be issuable only in fully registered form, without coupons, and, unless otherwise specified in the prospectus supplement, only in denominations of USD 1,000 and integral multiples thereof.

At the option of the holder, subject to the terms of the fiscal agency agreement and the limitations applicable to global debt securities, debt securities of each series will be exchangeable for other debt securities of the same series of any authorized denomination and of a like tenor and aggregate principal amount.

Debt securities may be presented for exchange and for registration of transfer in the manner, at the places and subject to the restrictions set forth in the debt securities and as summarized in the prospectus supplement. Such services will be provided without charge, other than any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith, but subject to the limitations provided in the terms of the debt securities.

If any definitive notes are issued and at that time the notes are listed on the Luxembourg Stock Exchange, we will appoint a transfer agent in Luxembourg, which we anticipate being the same entity that serves as our Luxembourg paying agent. In such circumstances, transfers or exchanges of any definitive notes may be made at the office of our Luxembourg transfer agent (in addition to the corporate trust office of the fiscal agent).

Global Debt Securities

Some or all of the debt securities of any series may be represented, in whole or in part, by one or more global debt securities that will have an aggregate principal amount equal to that of the debt securities they represent. If applicable, each global debt security will be:

 

  (1)

registered in the name of a depositary or its nominee identified in the prospectus supplement;

 

  (2)

deposited with the depositary or nominee or the depositary’s custodian; and

 

  (3)

printed with a legend regarding the restrictions on exchanges and registration of transfer of the security, and any other matters required by the fiscal agency agreement and the terms of the debt securities and summarized in the prospectus supplement.

Payment and Paying Agent

Unless otherwise indicated in the prospectus supplement, we will make payments of principal and interest on debt securities:

 

  (1)

through the fiscal agent;

 

  (2)

to the person in whose name the debt securities are registered at the close of business on the regular record date for the payments; and

 

  (3)

at the office of the paying agent or agents designated by us; unless

 

   

at our option, payment is mailed to the registered holder, or

 

   

at the request of a registered holder of more than USD 1,000,000 principal amount of the securities, payment is made by wire transfer.

Unless otherwise indicated in the prospectus supplement, our sole paying agent for payments on the debt securities will be the corporate trust office of the fiscal agent in The City of New York.

Any monies we pay to our fiscal agent or any paying agent for the payment of the principal of or interest on any debt securities that remains unclaimed at the end of two years after such principal or interest has become due

 

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and payable will be repaid to us by such agent. Upon such repayment, all liability of our fiscal agent or any paying agent with respect to such monies shall thereupon cease, without, however, limiting in any way our unconditional obligation to pay principal of or any interest on the debt securities when due.

Negative Pledge

As long as any of the debt securities are outstanding and unpaid, but only up to the time amounts sufficient for payment of all principal and interest have been placed at the disposal of the fiscal agent, we will not cause or permit to be created on any of our property or assets any mortgage, pledge or other lien or charge as security for any bonds, notes or other evidences of indebtedness heretofore or hereafter issued, assumed or guaranteed by us for money borrowed (other than purchase money mortgages, pledges or liens on property purchased by us as security for all or part of the purchase price thereof), unless the debt securities are secured by such mortgage, pledge or other lien or charge equally and ratably with such other bonds, notes or evidences of indebtedness.

Default; Acceleration of Maturity

Each of the following will constitute an “event of default” with respect to the debt securities of any series:

 

  (1)

a failure to pay any principal of or interest on any debt securities of that series when due and the continuance of the failure for 30 days;

 

  (2)

a failure to perform or observe any material obligation under or in respect of any debt securities of that series or the fiscal agency agreement and the continuance of the failure for a period of 90 days after written notice of the failure has been delivered to CAF and to the fiscal agent by the holder of any debt security of that series;

 

  (3)

a failure to pay any amount in excess of USD 100,000,000 (or its equivalent in any other currency or currencies) of principal or interest or premium in respect of any indebtedness incurred, assumed or guaranteed by CAF as and when such amount becomes due and payable and the continuance of the failure until the expiration of any applicable grace period or 30 days, whichever is longer; or

 

  (4)

the acceleration of any indebtedness incurred or assumed by CAF with an aggregate principal amount in excess of USD 100,000,000 (or its equivalent in any other currency or currencies) by any holder or holders thereof.

If an event of default occurs with respect to the debt securities of any series at the time outstanding, each holder of any debt security of that series may, by written notice to CAF and the fiscal agent, declare the principal of and any accrued interest on all the debt securities of that series held by it to be, and the principal and accrued interest shall thereupon become, immediately due and payable, unless prior to receipt of the notice by CAF all events of default in respect of such series of debt securities are cured. If all the events of default are cured following the declaration, the declaration may be rescinded by any such holder with respect to the previously accelerated series of debt securities upon delivery of written notice of the rescission to CAF and the fiscal agent.

Redemption for Tax Reasons

The debt securities may be redeemed at our option in whole, but not in part:

 

  (i)

at any time (if floating rate note provisions are not specified in the accompanying prospectus supplement as being applicable); or

 

  (ii)

on any interest payment date (if floating rate note provisions are specified in the accompanying prospectus supplement as being applicable),

on giving not less than 30 nor more than 60 days’ notice to the holders of the debt securities (which notice shall be irrevocable), at the principal amount of such debt securities or such other amount as may be specified in, or

 

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determined in accordance with, the accompanying pricing supplement, together with interest accrued (if any) to the date fixed for redemption, if:

 

  (A)

we have or will become obliged to pay additional amounts as provided or referred to in “— Additional Payments by CAF” as a result of any change in, or amendment to, the laws or regulations of any of the full member shareholder countries or any political subdivision or any authority thereof or therein having power to tax, or any change in the application or official interpretation of such laws or regulations (including a holding by a court of competent jurisdiction), which change or amendment becomes effective on or after the date of issue of the first tranche of the debt securities; and

 

  (B)

such obligation cannot be avoided by us taking reasonable measures available to us,

provided, however, that no such notice of redemption shall be given earlier than:

 

  (1)

where the debt securities may be redeemed at any time, 90 days prior to the earliest date on which we would be obliged to pay such additional amounts if a payment in respect of the debt securities were then due; or

 

  (2)

where the debt securities may be redeemed only on an interest payment date, 60 days prior to the interest payment date occurring immediately before the earliest date on which we would be obliged to pay such additional amounts if a payment in respect of the debt securities were then due.

Prior to the publication of any notice of redemption pursuant to this section, we shall deliver to the fiscal agent (A) a certificate signed by two authorized officers of us stating that we are entitled to effect such redemption and setting forth a statement of facts showing that the conditions precedent to the right of us so to redeem have occurred and (B) an opinion of independent legal advisers of recognized standing to the effect that we have or will become obliged to pay such additional amounts as a result of such change or amendment. Upon the expiration of any such notice as is referred to in this section, we shall be bound to redeem the debt securities in accordance with this section.

Additional Payments by CAF

All payments of principal and interest in respect of the debt securities by or on behalf of us will be made free and clear of, and without withholding or deduction for or on account of, any present or future taxes, duties, assessments or governmental charges of whatever nature imposed, levied, collected, withheld or assessed by or on behalf of any of the full member shareholder countries or any political subdivision therein or any authority therein or thereof having power to tax, unless the withholding or deduction of such taxes, duties, assessments or governmental charges is required by law. In that event, we will pay such additional amounts as will result in receipt by the holder of debt securities after such withholding or deduction of such amounts as would have been received by them had no such withholding or deduction been required, except that no such additional amounts shall be payable in respect of any debt securities presented for payment:

 

  (1)

by or on behalf of a holder of a debt security of any series who is liable for such taxes, duties, assessments or governmental charges in respect of such debt security by reason of having some connection with any of the full member shareholder countries other than the mere holding of the debt security; or

 

  (2)

if such withholding or deduction may be avoided by a holder of a debt security of any series complying with a request of us relating to any certification, identification or other reporting concerning its nationality, residence, identity or connection with any full member shareholder country if the holder is able to comply with the request without undue hardship and we have provided the notice in writing at least 60 days before such information is required to be provided by the holder; or

 

  (3)

more than 30 days after the Relevant Date, except to the extent that the holder of such debt security of any series would have been entitled to such additional amounts on presenting such debt security for payment on the last day of such period of 30 days; or

 

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if such withholding or deduction is imposed or required pursuant to Sections 1471 through 1474 of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), any current or future regulations or official interpretations thereof, any agreement entered into pursuant to Section 1471(b) of the Code, or any fiscal or regulatory legislation, rules or practices adopted pursuant to any intergovernmental agreement entered into in connection with the implementation of such Sections of the Code.

Any reference in this section to principal or interest shall be deemed to include any additional amounts in respect of principal or interest (as the case may be) which may be payable under this section.

As used in this prospectus, the “Relevant Date” means, in respect of any payment, the date on which such payment first becomes due and payable, but if the full amount of the moneys payable has not been received by the fiscal agent on or prior to the due date, it means the first date on which, the full amount of the moneys having been so received and being available for payment to holders of debt securities of any series, notice to that effect will have been duly published as set forth below under “— Notices.”

Modification and Amendment

Each and every holder of the debt securities in a series must consent to any amendment of a provision of the debt securities or the fiscal agency agreement that would:

 

  (1)

change the due date of the principal of or interest on any series of debt securities; or

 

  (2)

reduce the principal amount, interest rate or amount payable upon acceleration of the due date of the debt securities of a series; or

 

  (3)

change the currency or place of payment of principal of or interest on the debt securities of a series; or

 

  (4)

reduce the proportion of the principal amount of the debt securities of a series that must be held by any of the holders to vote to amend or supplement the terms of the fiscal agency agreement or the debt securities; or

 

  (5)

change our obligation to pay additional amounts.

We may, however, with the written consent of the holders of 66 2/3% of the principal amount of the debt securities of a series, modify any of the other terms or provisions of the debt securities of that series or the fiscal agency agreement (as it applies to that series). Also, we and the fiscal agent may, without the consent of the holders of the debt securities of a series, modify any of the terms and conditions of the fiscal agency agreement and the debt securities of that series, for the purpose of:

 

  (1)

adding to our covenants for the benefit of the holders of the debt securities; or

 

  (2)

surrendering any right or power conferred on CAF; or

 

  (3)

securing the debt securities of that series; or

 

  (4)

curing any ambiguity or correcting or supplementing any defective provision of the fiscal agency agreement or the debt securities; or

 

  (5)

for any purpose that CAF deems necessary or desirable that does not adversely affect the interests of the holders of the debt securities of that series in any material respect.

Notices

All notices will be delivered in writing to each holder of the debt securities of any series. If at the time of such notice the debt securities of a series are represented by global debt securities, the notice shall be delivered to the applicable depositary for such securities and shall be deemed to have been given three business days after delivery to such depositary. If at the time of the notice the debt securities of a series are not represented by global debt securities, the notice shall be delivered to the registered holders of the debt securities of the series and in that case shall be deemed to have been given three business days after the mailing of the notice by first-class mail.

 

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Further Issues

We may from time to time without the consent of holders of the debt securities create and issue further debt securities so as to form a single series with an outstanding series of debt securities, provided that any new debt securities would be treated as fungible with the original debt securities for United States federal income tax purposes. If such additional notes are not fungible with the original debt securities for United States federal income tax purposes, the additional notes will be issued under a separate CUSIP number.

Governing Law; Submission to Jurisdiction; Waiver of Immunity

The debt securities are governed by, and shall be construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York. We will accept the jurisdiction of any state or federal court in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, in respect of any action arising out of or based on the debt securities that may be instituted by any holder of a debt security. We will appoint CT Corporation in The City of New York as our authorized agent upon which process in any such action may be served. We will irrevocably waive any immunity to which we might otherwise be entitled in any action arising out of or based on the debt securities brought in any state or federal court in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York. CT Corporation will not be an agent for service of process for actions brought under the United States securities laws, and our waiver of immunity will not extend to such actions.

 

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DESCRIPTION OF THE GUARANTEES

From time to time we may issue under this prospectus and applicable prospectus supplement guarantees for the benefit of holders of specified securities of third parties. The issuers of the underlying securities may or may not be affiliated with us. A holder of a primary security will also have the benefit of our guarantee related to the primary security.

The terms and conditions of any guarantee will vary with the terms and conditions of the underlying securities. A complete description of the terms and conditions of any guarantee issued pursuant to this prospectus will be set forth in the prospectus supplement for the issue of the guarantees.

We may provide guarantees with respect to the certain obligations of an issuer under its securities, including without limitation:

 

   

payment of any accrued and unpaid distributions which are required to be paid under the terms of the securities;

 

   

payment of the redemption price of the securities, including all accrued and unpaid distributions to the date of the redemption;

 

   

payment of any accrued and unpaid interest payments, or payment of any premium which are required to be made on the securities; and

 

   

any obligation of the issuer pursuant to a warrant, option or other rights.

Unless otherwise specified in the applicable prospectus supplement, guarantees issued under this prospectus will rank equally with all of our other unsecured general debt obligations, other than such obligations as may be preferred by provisions of law that are both mandatory and of general application, and will be governed by the laws of the State of New York.

 

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TAXATION

Full Member Shareholder Country Taxation

Under the terms of the Constitutive Agreement, we are exempt from all types of taxes levied by each of the full member shareholder countries on our income, property and other assets, and on operations we carry out in accordance with that treaty, and we are exempt from all liability related to the payment, retention or collection of any taxes, contributions or tariffs.

Payments of principal and interest in respect of the debt securities to a non-resident of the full member shareholder countries will therefore not be subject to taxation in any of the full member shareholder countries, nor will any withholding for tax of any of the full member shareholder countries be required on any such payments to any holder of debt securities. In the event of the imposition of withholding taxes by any of the full member shareholder countries, we have undertaken to pay additional amounts in respect of any payments subject to such withholding, subject to certain exceptions, as described under “Description of the Debt Securities — Additional Payments by CAF.”

United States Taxation

This section describes the material United States federal income tax consequences of owning the debt securities we are offering. It is the opinion of Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, our counsel. It applies to you only if you acquire debt securities in the offering at the offering price and you hold your debt securities as capital assets for tax purposes. This section addresses only United States federal income taxation and does not discuss all of the tax consequences that may be relevant to you in light of your individual circumstances, including foreign, state or local tax consequences, and tax consequences arising under the Medicare contribution tax on net investment income or the alternative minimum tax. This section does not apply to you if you are a member of a class of holders subject to special rules, such as:

 

   

a dealer in securities,

 

   

a trader in securities that elects to use a mark-to-market method of accounting for your securities holdings,

 

   

a bank,

 

   

a life insurance company,

 

   

a tax-exempt organization,

 

   

a person that owns debt securities that are a hedge or that are hedged against interest rate risks,

 

   

a person that owns debt securities as part of a straddle or conversion transaction for tax purposes,

 

   

a person that purchases or sells debt securities as part of a wash sale for tax purposes, or

 

   

a United States holder (as defined below) whose functional currency for tax purposes is not the U.S. dollar.

This discussion deals only with debt securities that are due to mature within 30 years from the date on which they are issued. The United States federal income tax consequences of owning debt securities that are due to mature more than 30 years from their date of issue will be discussed in an applicable prospectus supplement.

This discussion assumes that the debt securities will not be treated as issued with original issue discount (“OID”) that is equal to or greater than the applicable de minimis threshold (“OID Securities”), and that all principal and interest payments on the debt securities will be denominated in United States dollars. This discussion also assumes that the debt securities are not treated as contingent payment debt instruments for United States federal income tax purposes. The United States federal income tax consequences of owning OID Securities, debt securities denominated in a currency other than United States dollars, and debt securities treated as contingent payment debt instruments will be discussed in an applicable prospectus supplement.

 

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If an entity or arrangement that is treated as a partnership for United States federal income tax purposes holds the debt securities, the United States federal income tax treatment of a partner will generally depend on the status of the partner and the tax treatment of the partnership. A partner in a partnership holding the debt securities should consult its tax advisor with regard to the United States federal income tax treatment of an investment in the debt securities.

If you purchase debt securities at a price other than the offering price, the amortizable bond premium or market discount rules may also apply to you. You should consult your tax advisor regarding this possibility.

This section is based on the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, its legislative history, existing and proposed regulations under the Internal Revenue Code, published rulings and court decisions, all as currently in effect. These laws are subject to change, possibly on a retroactive basis.

Please consult your own tax advisor concerning the consequences of owning these debt securities in your particular circumstances under the Internal Revenue Code and the laws of any other taxing jurisdiction.

United States Holders

This subsection describes the tax consequences to a United States holder. A person is a United States holder if it is a beneficial owner of a debt security and it is, for United States federal income tax purposes:

 

   

a citizen or resident of the United States,

 

   

a domestic corporation or an entity treated as a domestic corporation for purposes of the Internal Revenue Code,

 

   

an estate whose income is subject to United States federal income tax regardless of its source, or

 

   

a trust if a United States court can exercise primary supervision over the trust’s administration and one or more United States persons are authorized to control all substantial decisions of the trust.

This subsection does not apply to persons who are not United States holders. Such persons should refer to “Non-United States Holders” below.

Payments of Interest. You will be taxed on interest on your debt security as ordinary income at the time you receive the interest or when it accrues, depending on your method of accounting for tax purposes.

The debt securities may be issued with a de minimis amount of OID. While a United States holder is generally not required to include de minimis OID in income prior to the sale or maturity of the debt securities, United States holders that maintain certain types of financial statements and that are subject to the accrual method of tax accounting may be required to include de minimis OID on the debt securities in income no later than the time upon which they include such amounts in income on their financial statements. United States holders that maintain financial statements should consult their tax advisors regarding the tax consequences to them of this rule.

Interest paid by CAF on the debt securities is income from sources outside the United States and will generally be “passive” income for purposes of the rules regarding the foreign tax credit allowable to a United States holder.

Purchase, Sale and Retirement of the Debt Securities. Your tax basis in your debt security generally will be its cost. You will generally recognize capital gain or loss on the sale or retirement of your debt security equal to the difference between the amount you realize on the sale or retirement, excluding any amounts attributable to accrued but unpaid interest (which will be treated as interest payments), and your tax basis in your debt security. Capital gain of a noncorporate United States holder is generally taxed at preferential rates where the property is held for more than one year. The deductibility of capital losses is subject to limitations.

 

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Information with Respect to Foreign Financial Assets

Owners of “specified foreign financial assets” with an aggregate value in excess of USD 50,000 (and in some circumstances, a higher threshold) may be required to file an information report with respect to such assets with their tax returns. “Specified foreign financial assets” may include financial accounts maintained by foreign financial institutions, as well as the following, but only if they are held for investment and not held in accounts maintained by financial institutions: (i) stocks and securities issued by non-United States persons, (ii) financial instruments and contracts that have non-United States issuers or counterparties, and (iii) interests in foreign entities. Holders are urged to consult their tax advisors regarding the application of this reporting requirement to their ownership of the debt securities.

Non-United States Holders

This subsection describes the tax consequences to a Non-United States holder. The discussion below does not address the tax consequences to a Non-United States holder of an investment in a debt security that references directly or indirectly the performance of United States equities. The tax treatment of any such debt securities will be discussed in the applicable prospectus supplement. You are a Non-United States holder if you are a beneficial owner of a debt security and you are, for United States federal income tax purposes:

 

   

a nonresident alien individual,

 

   

a foreign corporation, or

 

   

an estate or trust that in either case is not subject to United States federal income tax on a net income basis on income or gain from a debt security.

If you are a United States holder, this subsection does not apply to you.

Under United States federal income and estate tax law, and subject to the discussion of backup withholding below, if you are a Non-United States holder of a debt security, interest on a debt security paid to you is exempt from United States federal income tax, including withholding tax, whether or not you are engaged in a trade or business in the United States, unless:

 

   

you are an insurance company carrying on a United States insurance business to which the interest is attributable, within the meaning of the Internal Revenue Code, or

 

   

you both

 

   

have an office or other fixed place of business in the United States to which the interest is attributable and

 

   

derive the interest in the active conduct of a banking, financing or similar business within the United States, or are a corporation with a principal business of trading in stocks and securities for its own account.

Purchase, Sale, Retirement and Other Disposition of the Debt Securities. If you are a Non-United States holder of a debt security, you generally will not be subject to United States federal income tax on gain realized on the sale, exchange or retirement of a debt security unless:

 

   

the gain is effectively connected with your conduct of a trade or business in the United States or

 

   

you are an individual, you are present in the United States for 183 or more days during the taxable year in which the gain is realized and certain other conditions exist.

For purposes of the United States federal estate tax, the debt securities will be treated as situated outside the United States and will not be includible in the gross estate of a holder who is neither a citizen nor a resident of the United States at the time of death.

 

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Foreign Account Tax Compliance Withholding

Certain non-United States financial institutions must comply with information reporting requirements or certification requirements in respect of their direct and indirect United States shareholders and/or United States accountholders to avoid becoming subject to withholding on certain payments. We and other non-United States financial institutions may accordingly be required to report information to the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) regarding the holders of debt securities and to withhold on a portion of payments under the debt securities to certain holders that fail to comply with the relevant information reporting requirements (or hold debt securities directly or indirectly through certain non-compliant intermediaries). However, under proposed Treasury regulations, such withholding will not apply to payments made before the date that is two years after the date on which final regulations defining the term “foreign passthru payment” are enacted. Moreover, such withholding would only apply to debt securities issued at least six months after the date on which final regulations defining the term “foreign passthru payment” are enacted. Holders are urged to consult their own tax advisors and any banks or brokers through which they will hold debt securities as to the consequences (if any) of these rules to them.

Backup Withholding and Information Reporting

If you are a noncorporate United States holder, information reporting requirements, on IRS Form 1099, generally would apply to payments of principal and interest on a debt security within the United States, and the payment of proceeds to you from the sale of a debt security effected at a United States office of a broker.

Additionally, backup withholding may apply to such payments if you fail to comply with applicable certification requirements or (in the case of interest payments) are notified by the IRS that you have failed to report all interest and dividends required to be shown on your federal income tax returns.

If you are a Non-United States holder, you are generally exempt from backup withholding and information reporting requirements with respect to payments of principal and interest made to you outside the United States by us or another non-United States payor. You are also generally exempt from backup withholding and information reporting requirements in respect of payments of principal and interest made within the United States and the payment of the proceeds from the sale of a debt security effected at a United States office of a broker, as long as either (i) the payor or broker does not have actual knowledge or reason to know that you are a United States person and you have furnished a valid IRS Form W-8 or other documentation upon which the payor or broker may rely to treat the payments as made to a non-United States person, or (ii) you otherwise establish an exemption.

Payment of the proceeds from the sale of a debt security effected at a foreign office of a broker generally will not be subject to information reporting or backup withholding. However, a sale effected at a foreign office of a broker could be subject to information reporting in the same manner as a sale within the United States (and in certain cases may be subject to backup withholding as well) if (i) the broker has certain connections to the United States, (ii) the proceeds or confirmation are sent to the United States, or (iii) the sale has certain other specified connections with the United States.

You generally may obtain a refund of any amounts withheld under the backup withholding rules that exceed your income tax liability by filing a refund claim with the IRS.

 

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PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION

We may sell the securities described in this prospectus to one or more underwriters for public offering and sale by them or may sell the securities to investors directly or through agents, which agents may be affiliated with us. Any such underwriter or agent involved in the offer and sale of the securities will be named in the accompanying prospectus supplement.

We may sell our guarantees separately from our debt securities to guarantee certain obligations associated with the securities of third party issuers. In such cases, we may sell the guarantees in the same transaction as the sale of the underlying security or we may sell the guarantee independently to guarantee the obligations of outstanding securities of third party issuers.

Sales of securities offered pursuant to any prospectus supplement may be effected from time to time in one or more transactions at a fixed price or prices which may be changed, at prices related to the prevailing market prices at the time of sale or at negotiated prices. We also may, from time to time, authorize underwriters, acting as our agents, to offer and sell securities upon the terms and conditions set forth in the prospectus supplement. In connection with the sale of securities, underwriters may be deemed to have received compensation from us in the form of underwriting discounts or commissions and may also receive commissions from purchasers of securities for whom they may act as agent. Underwriters may sell securities to or through dealers, and such dealers may receive compensation in the form of discounts, concessions or commissions from the underwriters and/or commissions from purchasers of securities for whom they may act as agent.

We may offer the securities of any series to present holders of other securities of CAF as consideration for the purchase or exchange by CAF of other securities. This offer may be in connection with a publicly announced tender, exchange or other offer for these securities or in privately negotiated transactions. This offering may be in addition to or in lieu of sales of securities directly or through underwriters or agents as set forth in the applicable prospectus supplement.

Any underwriting compensation we pay to underwriters or agents in connection with the offering of securities, and any discounts, concessions or commissions allowed by underwriters to participating dealers, will be set forth in the prospectus supplement. Underwriters, dealers and agents participating in the distribution of the securities may be deemed to be underwriters, and any discounts, concessions or commissions received by them and any profit realized by them on resale of the securities may be deemed to be underwriting discounts and commissions under the Securities Act. Underwriters, dealers and agents may be entitled, under agreements entered into with CAF, to several indemnification against and contribution toward certain civil liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act.

Unless otherwise specified in the prospectus supplement, each series of securities will be a new issue with no established trading market. We may elect to list any series of securities on any exchange, but we are not obligated to do so.

One or more underwriters may make a market in a series of securities, but they will not be obligated to do so and may discontinue any market making at any time without notice. Neither we nor any underwriter can give assurances as to the liquidity of the trading market for the securities.

Certain of the underwriters, agents and their affiliates may be customers of, engage in transactions with and perform services for CAF in the ordinary course of business, for which they received or will receive customary fees and expenses.

 

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VALIDITY OF THE DEBT SECURITIES

In connection with particular offerings of the debt securities in the future, and if stated in the applicable prospectus supplements, the validity of those debt securities will be passed upon for us by Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, Washington, D.C., and for any underwriters or agents by counsel named in the applicable prospectus supplement. Sullivan & Cromwell LLP and counsel to the underwriters or agents may rely as to certain matters on the opinion of our General Counsel.

VALIDITY OF THE GUARANTEES

The validity of the guarantees will be passed upon for us by counsel to be named in the applicable prospectus supplement. The validity of the guarantees will be passed upon for the underwriters by counsel to be named in the applicable prospectus supplement.

EXPERTS

The financial statements as of and for the years ended December 31, 2018, 2017 and 2016 included in this Prospectus and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting, have been audited by Lara Marambio & Asociados, independent auditors, as stated in their reports appearing herein. Such financial statements are included in reliance upon the reports of such firm given upon their authority as experts in accounting and auditing.

AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE

Our authorized representative in the United States of America is Puglisi & Associates. The address of the authorized representative in the United States is 850 Library Avenue, Suite 204, Newark, Delaware 19711.

WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION

This registration statement of which the prospectus forms a part, including its various exhibits, is available to the public over the internet at the SEC’s website: http://www.sec.gov. You may also read and copy these documents at the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Public Reference Room, at the following address:

SEC Public Reference Room

100 F Street, N.E.

Washington, D.C. 20549

Please call the Securities and Exchange Commission at 1-800-SEC-0330 for further information about how to access the documents we have filed with it.

The information set forth herein, except the information appearing in the section entitled “The Full Member Shareholder Countries,” is stated on the authority of the Executive President of CAF, in his duly authorized capacity as Executive President.

 

CORPORACIÓN ANDINA DE FOMENTO

By:  

 

/s/ Antonio Recine

 

Name: Antonio Recine

 

Title:   Director of Financial Policies and International Issues

 

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Management’s Report on the Effectiveness of Internal Control over Financial Reporting

Corporación Andina de Fomento (“CAF”)’s internal control over financial reporting is a process effected by those in charge of governance, management, and other personnel, designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the preparation of reliable financial statements in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. An entity’s internal control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that (1) pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the entity; (2) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United Stated of America, and that receipts and expenditures of the entity are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and those charged with governance; and (3) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention, or timely detection and correction of unauthorized acquisition, use, or disposition of the entity’s assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements.

The Management of CAF is responsible for designing, implementing and maintaining effective internal control over financial reporting. Management has assessed the effectiveness of CAF’s internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2018, based on the criteria established in Internal Control – Integrated Framework (2013) issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (“COSO”). Based on that assessment, CAF’s Management concluded that CAF’s internal control over financial reporting is effective as of December 31, 2018.

Internal control over financial reporting has inherent limitations. Internal control over financial reporting is a process that involves human diligence and compliance and is subject to lapses in judgment and breakdowns resulting from human failures. Internal control over financial reporting also can be circumvented by collusion or improper management override. Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent, or detect and correct, misstatements. Also, projections of any assessment of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.

CAF’s financial statements as of December 31, 2018, have been audited by an independent accounting firm, which has also issued an independent auditors’ report on CAF’s internal control over financial reporting. The audit report, which is included in this document, expresses an unmodified opinion on CAF’s internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2018.

 

/s/ Luis Carranza Ugarte    /s/ Elvira Lupo de Velarde
Executive President    Vice-President of Administration

 

/s/ Franca Capobianco
Acting Accounting Director

February 15, 2019

Torre CAF, Av. Luis Roche, Altamira, Caracas, Venezuela. Telf. +58 (212) 209 2111 www.caf.com

 

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Lara Marambio & Asociados

RIF J-00327665-0

Torre B.O.D., Piso 21

Av. Blandin, La Castellana

Caracas 1060—Venezuela

 

Telf: +58 (212) 206 8501

Fax: +58 (212) 206 8870

www.deloitte.com/ve

Independent Auditors’ Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting

To the Board of Directors and Stockholders of

Corporación Andina de Fomento (CAF)

We have audited the internal control over financial reporting of Corporación Andina de Fomento (CAF) as of December 31, 2018, based on the criteria established in Internal Control — Integrated Framework (2013) issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission.

Management’s Responsibility for Internal Control over Financial Reporting

CAF’s management is responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining effective internal control over financial reporting, and for its assessment about the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting included in the accompanying Management’s Report on the Effectiveness of Internal Control over Financial Reporting.

Auditors’ Responsibility

Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the CAF’s internal control over financial reporting based on our audit. We conducted our audit in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the United States of America. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether effective internal control over financial reporting was maintained in all material respects.

An audit of internal control over financial reporting involves performing procedures to obtain audit evidence about whether a material weakness exists. The procedures selected depend on the auditor’s judgment, including the assessment of the risks that a material weakness exists. An audit includes obtaining an understanding of internal control over financial reporting and testing and evaluating the design and operating effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting based on the assessed risk.

We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our audit opinion.

Definition and Inherent Limitations of Internal Control over Financial Reporting

An entity’s internal control over financial reporting is a process effected by those charged with governance, management, and other personnel, designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the preparation of reliable financial statements in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. An entity’s internal control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that (1) pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the entity; (2) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America, and that receipts and expenditures of the entity are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and those charged with governance; and (3) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention, or timely detection and correction of unauthorized acquisition, use, or disposition of the entity’s assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements.

 

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Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent, or detect and correct, misstatements. Also, projections of any assessment of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.

Opinion

In our opinion, Corporación Andina de Fomento (CAF) maintained, in all material respects, effective internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2018, based on the criteria established in Internal Control — Integrated Framework (2013) issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission.

Report on Financial Statements

We have also audited, in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the United States of America, the financial statements of CAF as of and for the years ended December 31, 2018, 2017 and 2016, and our report dated February 15, 2019, expressed an unmodified opinion on those financial statements.

 

/s/ Deloitte
February 15, 2019
Caracas — Venezuela

Lara Marambio & Asociados. A member firm of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited.

www.deloitte.com/ve

Deloitte refers to one or more of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited, a UK private company limited by guarantee, and its network of member firms, each of which is a legally separate and Independent entity. Please see www.deloitte.com/about for a detailed description of the legal structure of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited and its member firms.

 

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Lara Marambio & Asociados

RIF J-00327665-0

Torre B.O.D., Piso 21

Av. Blandin, La Castellana

Caracas 1060—Venezuela

 

Telf: +58 (212) 206 8501

Fax: +58 (212) 206 8870

www.deloitte.com/ve

Independent Auditors’ Report on Financial Statements

To the Board of Directors and Stockholders of

Corporación Andina de Fomento (CAF)

We have audited the accompanying financial statements of Corporación Andina de Fomento (CAF), which comprise the balance sheets as of December 31, 2018, 2017 and 2016, and the related statements of comprehensive income, stockholders’ equity, and cash flows for the years then ended, and the related notes to the financial statements.

 

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Management’s Responsibility for the Financial Statements

Management is responsible for the preparation and fair presentation of these financial statements in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America; this includes the design, implementation, and maintenance of internal control relevant to the preparation and fair presentation of financial statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.

Auditors’ Responsibility

Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits. We conducted our audits in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the United States of America. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement.

An audit involves performing procedures to obtain audit evidence about the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. The procedures selected depend on the auditor’s judgment, including the assessment of the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to fraud or error. In making those risk assessments, the auditor considers internal control relevant to the preparation and fair presentation of the financial statements in order to design audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances. An audit also includes evaluating the appropriateness of accounting policies used and the reasonableness of significant accounting estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements.

We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our audit opinion.

Opinion

In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Corporación Andina de Fomento (CAF) as of December 31, 2018, 2017 and 2016, and the results of their operations and their cash flows for the years then ended in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting

We have also audited, in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the United States of America, the CAF’s internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2018, based on the criteria established in Internal Control — Integrated Framework (2013) issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission and our report dated February 15, 2019, expressed an unmodified opinion on the CAF’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

/s/ Deloitte
February 15, 2019
Caracas — Venezuela

Lara Marambio & Asociados. A member firm of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited.

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CORPORACIÓN ANDINA DE FOMENTO (CAF)

Balance Sheets

As of December 31, 2018, 2017 and 2016

(In thousands of U.S. dollars)

 

     NOTES    2018      2017      2016  

ASSETS

           

Cash and due from banks

        127,355        61,294        72,403  

Deposits with banks

        2,594,312        2,001,766        1,652,367  
     

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Cash and deposits with banks

   3      2,721,667        2,063,060        1,724,770  
     

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Marketable securities:

           

Trading

   4 and 20      9,654,956        9,194,991        9,267,953  

Other investments

   5      658,750        1,453,869        996,554  

Loans (US$ 74,402, US$ 49,007 and US$ 37,196 at fair value as of December 31, 2018, 2017 and 2016)

   6 and 20      25,111,387        23,628,073        21,977,081  

Less loan commissions, net of origination costs

        102,823        97,530        95,682  

Less allowance for loan losses

   6      64,848        67,225        63,749  
     

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Loans, net

        24,943,716        23,463,318        21,817,650  
     

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Accrued interest and commissions Receivable

        523,098        427,702        345,115  

Equity investments

   7      459,667        433,025        386,051  

Derivative financial instruments

   19 and 20      184,805        532,668        118,353  

Property and equipment, net

   8      106,046        90,415        75,200  

Other assets

   9      761,542        452,518        937,342  
     

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

TOTAL

        40,014,247        38,111,566        35,668,988  
     

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY

           

LIABILITIES:

           

Deposits

   10      3,210,545        2,950,143        3,098,883  

Commercial paper

   11      641,295        1,770,676        2,112,717  

Borrowings (US$ 470,220, US$ 550,563 and US$ 535,514 at fair value as of December 31, 2018, 2017 and 2016), net

   12 and 20      1,284,269        1,417,265        1,421,466  

Bonds (US$ 21,461,610, US$ 19,559,372 and US$ 16,740,167 at fair value as of December 31, 2018, 2017 and 2016), net

   13 and 20      21,620,093        19,718,627        17,145,306  

Accrued interest payable

        394,233        314,660        281,058  

Derivative financial instruments

   19 and 20      876,784        553,594        1,021,292  

Accrued expenses and other liabilities

   14      123,628        264,865        114,622  
     

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total liabilities

        28,150,847        26,989,830        25,195,344  
     

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY:

   16 and 17         

Subscribed capital

        7,989,620        7,987,370        7,219,455  

Less callable capital portion

        1,589,660        1,589,660        (1,589,660

Less capital subscriptions receivable

        1,233,240        1,413,415        (846,250
     

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Paid-in capital

        5,166,720        4,984,295        4,783,545  
     

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Additional paid-in capital

        3,595,133        3,259,471        2,890,091  

Reserves

        2,877,970        2,801,571        2,678,853  

Accumulated other comprehensive income

        —          —          (1,563

Retained earnings

        223,577        76,399        122,718  
     

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total stockholders’ equity

        11,863,400        11,121,736        10,473,644  
     

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

TOTAL

        40,014,247        58,111,566        35,668,988  
     

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to the financial statements

 

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CORPORACIÓN ANDINA DE FOMENTO (CAF)

Statements of Comprehensive Income

For the years ended December 31, 2018, 2017 and 2016

(In thousands of U.S. dollars)

 

     NOTES     2018      2017      2016  

Interest income:

          

Loans

     2 (f)       1,028,928        798,295        666,548  

Investments and deposits with banks

     2 (e), 3 and 4       239,909        162,908        108,144  

Loan commissions

     2 (f)       41,337        40,822        38,768  
    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total interest income

       1,310,174        1,002,025        813,460  
    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Interest expense:

          

Bonds

       715,186        517,955        397,755  

Deposits

       47,538        34,011        17,057  

Commercial paper

       15,535        25,265        18,366  

Borrowings

       43,302        32,115        27,278  

Commissions

       9,594        12,241        10,591  
    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total interest expense

       831,155        621,587        471,047  
    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net interest income

       479,019        380,438        342,413  

Provision for loan losses

     6       13,192        69,902        38,270  
    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net interest income, after provision for loan losses

       465,827        310,536        304,143  
    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Non-interest income:

          

Other commissions

       2,581        3,264        3,784  

Dividends and equity in earnings of investees

     7       8,922        9,523        15,155  

Unrealized changes in fair value related to equity investment

     7       13,691        —          —    

Other income

       4,698        3,171        32,662  
    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total non-interest income

       29,892        15,958        51,601  
    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Non-interest expenses:

          

Administrative expenses

     23       158,288        150,135        140,973  

Impairment charge for equity investments

     7       21,991        11,000        9,200  

Other expenses

       4,537        1,197        1,404  
    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total non-interest expenses

       184,816        162,332        151,577  
    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Income before unrealized changes in fair value related to financial instruments and contributions to Stockholders’ Special Funds

       310,903        164,162        204,167  

Unrealized changes in fair value related to financial instruments

     21       504        4,301        (13,449
    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Income before contributions to Stockholders’ Special Funds

       311,407        168,463        190,718  

Contributions to Stockholders’ Special Funds

     24       87,830        92,064        68,000  
    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net income

       223,577        76,399        122,718  

Other comprehensive income:

          

Unrecognized changes in assets/ liabilities under benefit pension plan

     15 and 17       —          —          (1,563

Amortization of defined benefit pension items

     15 and 17       —          1,563        571  
    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total comprehensive income

       223,577        77,962        121,726  
    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to the financial statements

 

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CORPORACIÓN ANDINA DE FOMENTO (CAF)

Statements of Stockholders’ Equity

For the years ended December 31, 2018, 2017 and 2016

(In thousands of U.S. dollars)

 

    NOTE     Paid-in
capital
    Additional
paid-in
capital
    Reserves     Accumulated
other
comprehensive
income
    Retained
earnings
    Total
stockholders’
equity
 
    General
reserve
    Article 42
of the constitutive
agreement
    Total
reserves
 

BALANCES AT DECEMBER 31, 2015

      4,491,275       2,354,537       2,136,023       465,200       2,601,223       (571     77,630       9,524,094  

Capital increase

    16       292,270       535,554       —         —         —         —         —         827,824  

Capitalization of Additional paid - in capital

    16       —         —         —         —         —         —         —         —    

Net income

    16       —         —         —         —         —         —         122,718       122,718  

Appropriated for general reserve

    16       —         —         69,830       —         69,830       —         (69,830     —    

Appropriated for reserve pursuant to Article 42 of by-laws

      —         —         —         7,800       7,800       —         (7,800     —    

Other comprehensive income

    17       —         —         —         —         —         (992     —         (992
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

BALANCES AT DECEMBER 31, 2016

      4,783,545       2,890,091       2,205,853       473,000       2,678,853       (1,563     122,718       10,473,644  

Capital increase

    16       200,750       369,380       —         —         —         —         —         570,130  

Net income

    16       —         —         —         —         —         —         76,399       76,399  

Appropriated for general reserve

    16       —         —         110,218       —         110,218       —         (110,218     —    

Appropriated for reserve pursuant to Article No 42 of the Constitutive Agreement

    16       —         —         —         12,500       12,500       —         (12,500     —    

Other comprehensive income

    17       —         —         —         —         —         1,563       —         1,563  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

BALANCES AT DECEMBER 31, 2017

      4,984,295       3,259,471       2,316,071       485,500       2,801,571       —         76,399       11,121,736  

Capital increase

    16       182,425       335,662       —         —         —         —         —         518,087  

Net income

    16       —         —         —         —         —         —         223,577       223,577  

Appropriated for general reserve

    16       —         —         68,699       —         68,699       —         (68,699     —    

Appropriated for reserve pursuant to Article No 42 of the Constitutive Agreement

    16       —         —         —         7,700       7,700       —         (7,700     —    
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

BALANCES AT DECEMBER 31, 2018

      5,166,720       3,595,133       2,384,770       493,200       2,877,970       —         223,577       11,863,400  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to the financial statements

 

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CORPORACIÓN ANDINA DE FOMENTO (CAF)

Statements of Cash Flows

For the years ended December 31, 2018, 2017 and 2016

(In thousands of U.S. dollars)

 

    NOTE     2018     2017     2016  

OPERATING ACTIVITIES:

       

Net income

      223,577       76,399       122,718  

Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash (used in) provided by operating activities:

       

Unrealized gain on trading securities

    4       (1,750     (1,332     4,260  

Amortization of loan commissions, net of origination costs

      (16,406     (15,822     (15,261

Provision for loan losses

    6       13,192       69,902       38,270  

Impairment charge for equity investments

    7       21,991       11,000       9,200  

Unrealized changes in fair value related to equity investment

    7       (13,691     —      

Equity in earnings of investees

      (3,436     (4,175     -4,790  

Amortization of deferred charges

      6,120       5,082       5,360  

Depreciation of property and equipment

    8       6,005       5,767       5,682  

Provision for employees’ severance benefits

      13,080       12,645       11,581  

Provision for employees’ savings plan

      1,121       1,197       1,367  

Unrealized changes in fair value related to financial instruments

      (504     (4,301     13,449  

Net changes in operating assets and liabilities:

       

Severance benefits paid or advanced

      (12,124     (10,874     (6,755

Employees’ savings plan paid or advanced

      (3,769     (2,963     (771

Trading securities, net

      (445,068     73,409       (2,492,444

Interest and commissions receivable

      (95,399     (83,018     (41,180

Other assets

      (309,024     484,824       (445,963

Amortization of deferred charges

      (6,120     (5,082     (5,360

Conciliación margen colateral

      318,409       (487,356     449,541  

Trade date

      —         —         (2,876

Other assets

      3,265       (7,614     (4,658

Accrued interest payable

      79,572       33,601       31,523  

Accrued expenses and other liabilities

      (148     12,591       7,177  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total adjustments and net changes in operating assets and liabilities

      (447,949     95,095       (2,466,213
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net cash (used in) provided by operating activities

      (224,372     171,494       (2,343,495
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

INVESTING ACTIVITIES:

       

Purchases of other investments

    5       (2,315,421     (3,667,575     (3,477,421

Maturities of other investments

    5       3,110,541       3,210,260       3,667,153  

Loan origination and principal collections, net

    6       (1,475,133     (1,703,184     (1,560,635

Equity investments, net

    7       (31,506     (53,799     (62,071

Property and equipment, net

    8       (21,636     (20,982     (7,959
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net cash used in investing activities

      (733,155     (2,335,280     (1,440,933
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Carried forward,

      (957,527     (2,063,786     (3,784,428
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Brought forward,

      (957,527     (2,063,786     (3,784,428
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

FINANCING ACTIVITIES:

       

Net increase (decrease) in deposits

      260,402       (148,740     398,635  

Proceeds from commercial paper

      2,629,208       3,864,251       4,925,553  

Repayment of commercial paper

      (3,758,589     (4,206,292     (5,402,711

Net (increase) decrease in derivative-related collateral

      (457,805     626,566       (449,354

Proceeds from issuance of bonds

      4,900,589       3,809,731       3,961,421  

Repayment of bonds

      (2,355,306     (2,098,519     (1,557,104

Proceeds from borrowings

      169,699       141,804       272,352  

Repayment of borrowings

      (290,151     (156,855     (273,949

Proceeds from issuance of shares

      518,087       570,130       827,824  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net cash provided by financing activities

      1,616,134       2,402,076       2,702,667  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET INCREASE IN CASH AND DEPOSITS WITH BANKS

      658,607       338,290       (1,081,761

CASH AND DEPOSITS WITH BANKS AT BEGINNING OF THE YEAR

      2,063,060       1,724,770       2,806,531  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

CASH AND DEPOSITS WITH BANKS AT END OF THE YEAR

      2,721,667       2,063,060       1,724,770  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

SUPPLEMENTAL DISCLOSURE:

       

Interest paid during the period

      727,661       561,366       417,009  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

NON-CASH FINANCING ACTIVITIES:

       

Changes in derivative financial instruments assets

      347,863       (414,315     97,156  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Changes in derivative financial instruments liabilities

      323,190       (467,698     213,195  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to the financial statements

 

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1.

ORIGIN

Business description – Corporación Andina de Fomento (CAF) began its operations on June 8, 1970, and was established under public international law which abides by the provisions set forth in its Constitutive Agreement. Series “A” and “B” stockholder countries are: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Trinidad and Tobago, Uruguay and Venezuela. Series “C” stockholder countries are: Barbados, Chile, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Jamaica, Mexico, Portugal and Spain. In addition, there are 13 banks which are Series “B” stockholders. CAF is headquartered in Caracas and has offices in Asuncion, Bogota, Brasilia, Buenos Aires, Mexico City, Panama City, La Paz, Lima, Madrid, Montevideo, Port of Spain and Quito.

CAF’s objective is to support sustainable development and economic integration within Latin America and the Caribbean by helping stockholder countries diversify their economies and become more competitive and responsive to social needs.

CAF offers financial and related services to the governments of its stockholder countries, as well as their public and private institutions, corporations and joint ventures. CAF’s principal activity is to provide short, medium and long-term loans to finance projects, working capital, trade activities and to undertake feasibility studies for investment opportunities in stockholder countries. Furthermore, CAF manages and supervises third-party cooperation funds owned and sponsored by other countries and organizations, destined to finance programs agreed upon with donor countries and organizations which are in line with CAF’s policies and strategies.

CAF raises funds to finance its operations from sources both within and outside its stockholder countries.

 

2.

BASIS OF PRESENTATION AND SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

 

  a.

Financial statement presentation – The accompanying financial statements have been prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles with the U.S. dollar as the functional currency.

 

  b.

Use of estimates – The preparation of the accompanying financial statements requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities at the date of the balance sheet, as well as the amounts reported as revenues and expenses during the corresponding reporting period. The most important estimates related to the preparation of the accompanying financial statements refer to estimating the allowance for loan losses and valuation and classification at fair values of financial instruments, among others. Management believes these estimates are adequate. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

 

  c.

Transactions denominated in other currencies – Transactions denominated in currencies other than U.S. dollars are converted into U.S. dollars at exchange rates prevailing in international markets on the dates of the transactions. Currency balances other than U.S. dollars are converted into U.S. dollars at year-end exchange rates. Any foreign exchange gains or losses, including related hedge effects, are included in the statements of comprehensive income.

 

  d.

Cash and deposits with banks – Cash and deposits with banks comprised of cash, due from banks and short-term deposits with banks with an original maturity of three months or less.

 

  e.

Marketable securities – CAF classifies its investments, according to management intention, as trading marketable securities, which are recorded on the trade date. Trading marketable securities are mainly bought and held with the purpose of selling them in the short term. Trading marketable securities are recorded at fair value. Gains and losses from sales of trading marketable securities and changes in the fair value of trading marketable securities are included in interest income of investments and deposits with banks in the statements of comprehensive income.

 

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  f.

Loans – CAF grants short, medium and long-term loans to finance projects, working capital, trade activities and to undertake feasibility studies for investment opportunities, both to public and private entities, for development and integration programs and projects in stockholder countries.

For credit risk purposes, CAF classifies its loan portfolio as follow:

Sovereign loans – Include loans granted to national, regional or local governments or decentralized institutions and other loans fully guaranteed by national governments.

Non-sovereign loans – Include loans granted to corporate and financial sectors (public and private sectors), among others, which are not guaranteed by national governments.

Loans are carried at their outstanding principal balances less: (i) write-offs, (ii) the allowance for loan losses, and (iii) loan commission fees received upon origination net of certain direct origination costs. Interest income is accrued on the unpaid principal balance. Loan commission fees, net of certain direct origination costs, are deferred and recognized as an adjustment of the related loan yield using the interest method and are presented as interest income—loan commissions in the statements of comprehensive income.

The accrual for interest on loans is discontinued at the time a private sector loan is 90 days delinquent or a public sector loan is 180 days delinquent unless the loan is well-secured and in process of collection.

Interest accrued but not collected for loans that are placed on non-accrual status is reversed against interest income. The interest on non-accrual loans is accounted for on a cash-basis, until qualifying for return to accrual status. Loans are returned to accrual status when all the principal and interest amounts contractually due are brought current and future payments are reasonably assured.

Non-accrual loans are considered impaired loans. Factors considered by management in determining impaired loans are payment status and the probability of collecting scheduled principal and interest payments when due.

Loan losses, partial or total, are written off against the allowance for loan losses when management confirms the uncollectibility of a loan balance. Subsequent recoveries on written off loans, if any, will be credited to the allowance for loan losses.

CAF maintains risk exposure policies to avoid concentrating its loan portfolio in any one country or economic group, which might be affected by market situations or other circumstances. For this purpose, CAF uses certain measurement parameters, such as: CAF’s stockholders’ equity, total loan portfolio, exposure to economic groups from public and private sectors, among others. CAF reviews, on a semi-annual basis, the credit risk rating of its loans and classifies the risk into the following categories:

 

  (i)

Satisfactory-excellent – Extremely strong capacity to meet financial commitments.

 

  (ii)

Satisfactory-very good – Strong capacity to meet financial commitments, not significantly vulnerable to adverse economic conditions.

 

  (iii)

Satisfactory-adequate – Adequate capacity to meet financial commitments, but more vulnerable to adverse economic conditions.

 

  (iv)

Watch – Acceptable payment capacity however some indicators and elements require special attention otherwise they could result in impairment.

 

  (v)

Special mention – More vulnerable to adverse economic conditions but currently has the capacity to meet financial commitments.

 

  (vi)

Sub-standardCurrently vulnerable and dependent on favorable economic conditions to meet financial commitments.

 

  (vii)

Doubtful – Currently highly vulnerable.

 

  (viii)

Loss – Payment default on financial commitments.

 

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  g.

Troubled debt restructuring – A restructuring of a loan constitutes a troubled debt restructuring if CAF for economic or legal reasons related to the borrower’s financial difficulties, grants a concession to the borrower that it would not otherwise consider.

The concession granted by CAF may include the modifications or renegotiation to the contractual terms of the loans such as interest rate reductions, restatement of future cash flows, extension of loan terms, and other modifications in order to minimize possible economic losses.

Loans whose terms are modified in a troubled debt restructuring, generally, are identified as impaired. CAF’s management evaluates the compliance with the new terms of the restructured loan for a reasonable period to calculate specific allowances for loan losses and if the remaining balance of the restructured loan is considered collectible, the restructured loan could return to accrual status.

 

  h.

Allowance for loan losses – The allowance for loan losses is maintained at a level CAF believes to be adequate to absorb losses inherent in the loan portfolio at the date of the financial statements.

For purposes of determining the allowance for loan losses, CAF management classifies its portfolio for credit risk purposes into sovereign and non-sovereign. The allowance for loan losses is estimated considering the credit risk exposure, default probability and loss given default, based on external data provided by risk rating agencies, recognizing such effects in profit or loss for the period.

The allowance for loan losses on sovereign loans is collectively evaluated and established by CAF based on the individual long-term foreign currency debt rating applicable to the borrower countries, which is determined using the average rating of three recognized international credit rating agencies at the date of each of the balance sheet presented. The long-term foreign currency debt rating considers a default probability. Given CAF’s status as a de facto preferred creditor and the immunities and privileges conferred by its stockholder countries, which are established in CAF’s Constitutive Agreement and other similar agreements, a correction factor is used reflecting a lower default probability – usually equivalent to three levels the average rating referred above.

For the non-sovereign loans, the allowance for loan losses is individually evaluated and calculated by considering CAF’s internal rating of each borrower, using the probability of default corresponding to the average of the equivalent categories of the international risk-rating agencies.

For those cases where the category equivalent to the rating of a given borrower determined in accordance with any of the international risk-rating agencies is higher than the risk rating in local currency of the country corresponding to such borrower, or if for any reason there is no risk rating, the risk rating in local currency of such country determined by international average risk-rating agencies will be used.

A specific allowance for loan losses is individually evaluated and established by CAF for impaired loans. A loan is considered as impaired when, based on currently available information and events, it is probable that CAF will not recover the total amount of principal and interest as agreed in the terms of the original loan contract. The impairment of loans is determined on a loan by loan basis based on the present value of expected future cash flows, discounted at the original loan’s effective interest rate.

 

  i.

Equity investments – CAF invests in equity securities of companies and funds in strategic sectors, with the objective of promoting the development of such companies and funds and their participation in the securities markets and to serve as a catalyst in attracting resources to stockholder countries.

If CAF has the ability to exercise significant influence over the operating and financial policies of the investee, which is generally presumed to exist when CAF holds an ownership interest in the voting stock of an investee between 20% and 50%, the equity investments are accounted for using the equity method. Under the equity method, the carrying amount of the equity investment is adjusted to reflect CAF’s proportionate share of earnings or losses, dividends received and certain transactions of the investee Company.

 

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For the year ended December 31, 2017 and 2016, investments representing less than 20% of the voting rights of the investee are recorded using the cost method.

During the year ended December 31, 2018, CAF prospectively adopted the policy of subsequent measurement for these investments in equity securities without readily determinable fair value, as follows:

 

  (i)

Direct investments in equity securities of companies, (a) previously accounted for at cost without a readily determinable fair value and (b) that do not qualify for the net asset value practical expedient to estimate fair value, are accounted for at cost minus impairment (if any), plus or minus changes resulting from observable price changes in orderly transactions for an identical or similar investment of the same issuer.

 

  (ii)

Equity investments in funds without readily determinable fair value, previously accounted for at cost, CAF has applied the net asset value practical expedient to estimate fair value.

The dividends received from equity investments accounted for at fair value (2018) and cost (2017 and 2016), are recognized as income.

 

  j.

Property and equipment, net – Property and equipment are stated at cost less accumulated depreciation. Maintenance and repair expenses are charged directly to the statements of comprehensive income for the year as incurred, while improvements and renewals are capitalized. Depreciation is calculated using the straight-line method, and charged to the statements of comprehensive income over the estimated useful life of assets.

The estimated useful life for assets is as follows:

 

Buildings

   30 years

Building improvements

   15 years

Leasing building improvements

   Term of leasing contract

Furniture and equipment

   2 to 10 years

Vehicles

   5 years

 

  k.

Other assets – Other assets mainly include the following (Note 2e):

Derivative-related collateral – CAF receives or posts collateral from or to individual swap and futures counterparties in the form of cash to mitigate its credit exposure to these counterparties. It is the policy of CAF to restrict and invest collateral received from swap and futures counterparties for fulfilling its obligations under the collateral agreement. CAF records cash collateral received in other assets with a corresponding obligation to return the cash collateral received in accrued expenses and other liabilities. Cash collateral posted to swap and futures counterparties, under the collateral agreement, are recorded in other assets.

Intangible assets – Include software investments which are reported at cost less accumulated amortization. The amortization is calculated with the straight-line method over the useful life estimated by CAF. The estimated useful life of these assets is between 2 and 5 years.

 

  l.

Impairment – A financial asset is considered impaired and an impairment loss is recognized only if there are circumstances that indicate impairment as a result of one or more events (“loss events”) that have occurred after recognition of the financial asset.

 

  m.

Deposits and commercial paper – Deposits and commercial paper are recorded at amortized cost.

 

  n.

Borrowings – The borrowings account includes those obligations to local or foreign financial institutions and commercial banks, which are recorded at amortized cost, except for some borrowings that are designated a fair value hedge or as an economic hedge. The up-front costs and fees related to the issuance of borrowings recorded at amortized cost are deferred and reported in the balance sheet as a direct deduction from the face amount of borrowings and amortized during the term of the

 

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  borrowings as interest expense. The up-front cost and fees related to borrowing that are designated a fair value hedge or as an economic hedge, are recognized in the statement of comprehensive income when they occur.

 

  o.

Bonds – Medium and long-term bond issuances, whose objective is to provide the financial resources required to finance CAF’s operations, are recorded as follows:

 

   

Bonds denominated in currencies other than the US$ are recognized at fair value. Gains or losses resulting from changes in the fair value of these bonds, as well as the related bond’s up-front costs and fees, are recognized in the statements of comprehensive income when they occur. CAF enters into cross-currency and interest rate swaps to economically hedge the interest rate and foreign exchange risks related with these bonds.

 

   

Bonds denominated in US$ are recognized at fair value. The interest rate risk on US$ denominated bonds is hedged using interest rate swaps, and such interest rate swaps are designated as part of fair value hedge accounting relationships assuming no hedge ineffectiveness (the “shortcut method”). The related bond’s up-front costs and fees are deferred and reported in the balance sheet as a direct deduction from the face amount of the bonds, and amortized during the term of the bonds as interest expense.

Partial repurchases of bond issuances result in the derecognition of the corresponding liabilities. The difference between the repurchase price and the bond’s carrying amount is recognized as income/loss for the year.

 

  p.

Employees’ severance benefits – Accrual for severance benefits comprises all the liabilities related to the workers’ vested rights according to CAF’s employee policies and the applicable labor law of the member countries. The accrual for employee severance benefits is presented as part of “labor benefits” account under “Accrued expenses and other liabilities” caption.

Under CAF’s employee policies, employees earn a severance benefit equal to five days of salary per month, up to a total of 60 days per year of service. From the second year of service, employees earn an additional two day salary for each year of service (or fraction of a year greater than six months), cumulative up to a maximum of 30 days of salary per year. Severance benefits are recorded in the accounting records of CAF and interest on the amounts owed to employees are paid annually.

In the case of unjustified dismissal or involuntary termination, employees have the right to an additional severance benefit of one month of salary per year of service.

 

  q.

Pension plan – In March 2005, CAF established a defined benefit plan (the Plan), which is mandatory for all employees hired on or after the establishment of the Plan and voluntary for all other employees. The Plans benefits are calculated based on years of service and the average salary of the three consecutive years in which the employee received the highest salary. CAF periodically updates the benefit obligations considering actuarial assumptions.

 

  r.

Derivative financial instruments and hedging activities – CAF records all derivative financial instruments on the balance sheet at fair value, regardless of the purpose or intent for holding them. For derivative contracts for which hedge accounting is intended to apply, CAF designates the derivative financial instrument as a fair value hedge on the date the derivative contract is entered into. CAF formally documents all relationships between hedging instruments and hedged items, as well as its risk-management objective and strategy for undertaking various hedge transactions. This process includes linking the derivative financial instruments that are designated as fair value hedge to specific assets and liabilities on the balance sheet, or to specific firm commitments. CAF’s policy is not to enter into derivative financial instruments for speculative purposes. CAF also formally assesses, both at the hedge’s inception and on an ongoing basis, whether the derivative financial instruments that are used in hedging transactions are highly effective in offsetting changes in fair values of the hedged items.

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portion of the change in fair value for a hedged derivative is recognized in the statements of comprehensive income.

Certain derivative financial instruments, although considered to be an effective hedge from an economic perspective (economic hedge), have not been designated as a hedge for accounting purposes. The changes in the fair value of such derivative financial instruments are recognized in the statements of comprehensive income, concurrently with the change in fair value of the underlying assets and liabilities.

CAF discontinues hedge accounting prospectively upon determining that the derivative financial instrument is no longer effective in offsetting changes in the fair value of the hedged item; the derivative expires or is sold, terminated or exercised; the derivative is de-designated as a hedging instrument, because it is unlikely that a forecasted transaction will occur, a hedged firm commitment no longer meets the definition of a firm commitment, or management determines that the designation of the derivative financial instrument as a hedging instrument is no longer appropriate.

When hedge accounting is discontinued because it is determined that the derivative financial instrument no longer qualifies as an effective fair value hedge, CAF continues to carry the derivative financial instrument on the balance sheet at its fair value, and no longer adjusts the hedged asset or liability for changes in fair value. The adjustment of the carrying amount of the hedged asset or liability is accounted for in the same manner as other components of the carrying amount of that asset or liability. In all situations in which hedge accounting is discontinued, CAF continues to carry the derivative financial instrument at its fair value on the balance sheet, and recognizes any changes in its fair value in the statements of comprehensive income.

 

  s.

Fair value of financial instruments and fair value measurements – An entity is required to maximize the use of observable inputs and minimize the use of unobservable inputs when measuring fair value. Accounting guidance establishes a fair value hierarchy based on the level of independent, objective evidence surrounding the inputs used to measure fair value. A financial instrument’s categorization within the fair value hierarchy is based upon the lowest level of input that is significant to the fair value measurement. Inputs used to measure fair value may fall into one of three levels:

Level 1 – Applies to assets or liabilities for which there are quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities.

Level 2 – Applies to assets or liabilities for which there are inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the asset or liability such as quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in active markets; quoted prices for identical assets or liabilities in markets with insufficient volume or infrequent transactions (less active markets); or model-derived valuations in which significant inputs are observable or can be derived principally from, or corroborated by, observable market data.

Level 3 – Applies to assets or liabilities for which there are unobservable inputs to the valuation methodology that are significant to the measurement of the fair value of the assets or liabilities.

 

  t.

Guarantees – CAF provides guarantees on loans originated by third parties to support projects located within a stockholder country that are undertaken by public and private entities. CAF may offer guarantees of private credit agreements or it may offer public guarantees of obligations of the securities of third party issuers. CAF generally offers partial credit guarantees with the intention of sharing the risk with private lenders or holders of securities. CAF’s responsibility is limited to paying up to the amount of the guarantee upon default by the client. The guarantee fee income received is deferred and recognized over the period covered by the guarantee.

 

  u.

Provision for guarantees losses – Provision for guarantees is maintained at a level CAF believes adequate to absorb probable losses inherent to the guaranteed loans originated by third parties as of the date of the financial statements. Guaranteed loans are classified as either sovereign or non-sovereign. Provision for guarantees is estimated by CAF considering the credit risk exposure, default probability and loss given default. Provision for sovereign guarantees losses is based on the individual long-term

 

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  foreign currency debt rating of the guarantor countries (“country risk rating”) considering the weighted average rating of three recognized international risk rating agencies at the date of the financial statements preparation. These country risk ratings have associated default probability. Given CAF’s status as a de facto preferred creditor, arising from its status as a multilateral financial institution and from the interest of its borrowers in maintaining their credit standing with CAF, and taking into account the immunities and privileges conferred by its stockholder countries, which are established in CAF’s Constitutive Agreement and other similar agreements, a factor that reflects a lower default probability – usually equivalent to three levels up in this weighted average rating is used. For non-sovereign guarantees, the provision is determined by considering the CAF internal rating of each client and the weighted average rating of the aforementioned agencies.

The provision for guarantees losses, are reported as other liabilities.

 

  v.

Recent accounting pronouncements –

Recently adopted accounting pronouncements

In January 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-01, Financial Instruments—Recognition and Measurement of Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities. The amendments in this ASU require all equity investments to be measured at fair value with changes in the fair value recognized through net income (other than those accounted for under equity method of accounting or those that result in consolidation of the investee). The amendments in this ASU also require an entity to present separately in other comprehensive income the portion of the total change in the fair value of a liability resulting from a change in the instrument-specific credit risk when the entity has elected to measure the liability at fair value in accordance with the fair value option for financial instruments. In addition, the amendments in this ASU eliminate the requirement to disclose the fair value of financial instruments measured at amortized cost for entities that are not public business entities and the requirement to disclose the method(s) and significant assumptions used to estimate the fair value that is required to be disclosed for financial instruments measured at amortized cost on the balance sheet for public business entities. This ASU was adopted prospectively by CAF on January 1, 2018, and such adoption did not have a material impact on its financial statements. The effects of adopting this ASU are disclosed in Notes 7 and 20.

 

      

Recent accounting pronouncements applicable –

ASU 2016-13, Financial Instruments – Credit Losses

In June 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-13. Financial Instruments – Credit Losses, which amends guidance on reporting credit losses for assets held at amortized cost basis and available for sale debt securities. The ASU eliminates the probable initial recognition threshold in current guidance and, instead, requires an entity to reflect its current estimate of all expected credit losses. This ASU affects entities holding financial assets and net investment in leases that are not accounted for at fair value through net income. The amendments affect loans, debt securities, trade receivables, net investments in leases, off balance sheet credit exposures, reinsurance receivables, and any other financial assets not excluded from the scope that have the contractual right to receive cash. This ASU will be effective for CAF in 2020.

ASU 2017-08, Receivables – Nonrefundable Fees and Other Costs / Premium Amortization on Purchased Callable Debt Securities

In March 2017, the FASB issued the ASU 2017-08 Receivables – Nonrefundable Fees and Other Costs / Premium Amortization on Purchased Callable Debt Securities. The amendments in this update shorten the amortization period for certain callable debt securities held at a premium. Specifically, the amendments require the premium to be amortized to the earliest call date. The amendments do not require an accounting change for securities held at a discount; the discount continues to be amortized to maturity. This ASU will be effective for CAF in 2019. CAF does not expect the ASU to have a material impact on its financial statements.

 

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ASU 2017-12, Derivatives and Hedging / Targeted Improvements to Accounting for Hedging Activities and ASU 2018-16, Inclusion of the Secured Overnight Financing Rate (SOFR) Overnight Index Swap (OIS) Rate as a Benchmark Interest Rate for Hedge Accounting Purposes

In August 2017, the FASB issued the ASU 2017-12 Derivatives and Hedging / Targeted Improvements to Accounting for Hedging Activities. The amendments in this Update more closely align the results of cash flow and fair value hedge accounting with risk management activities through changes to both the designation and measurement guidance for qualifying hedging relationships and the presentation of hedge results in the financial statements. The amendments address specific limitations in current GAAP by expanding hedge accounting for both nonfinancial and financial risk components and by refining the measurement of hedge results to better reflect an entity’s hedging strategies. Thus, the amendments will enable an entity to report more faithfully the economic results of hedging activities for certain fair value and cash flow hedges and will avoid mismatches in earnings by allowing for greater precision when measuring changes in fair value of the hedged item for certain fair value hedges.

On October 25, 2018, the FASB issued the ASU 2018-16,11 which amends ASC 815 to add the Overnight Index Swap (OIS) rate based on the secured overnight financing rate as a fifth U.S. benchmark interest rate. The other four eligible benchmark interest rates under ASC 815 are:

 

   

Interest rates on direct Treasury obligations of the U.S. government.

 

   

The LIBOR swap rate.

 

   

The OIS Rate based on the Fed Funds Effective Rate.

 

   

The Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association Municipal Swap Rate.

These ASU will be effective for CAF in 2019. CAF does not expect the ASU to have a material impact on its financial statements.

ASU 2018-13, Fair value measurements and ASU 2018-14, Disclosures Improvements

On August 28, 2018, the FASB issued two ASU and two changes to its conceptual framework that are intended to improve the effectiveness of disclosures in notes to financial statements. Specifically, the FASB released the following:

ASU 2018-13, which modifies the disclosure requirements related to fair value measurement. The objective of the disclosure requirements in this Subtopic is to provide users of financial statements with information about assets and liabilities measured at fair value in the statement of financial position or disclosed in the notes to financial statements:

 

  a.

The valuation techniques and inputs that a reporting entity uses to arrive at its measures of fair value, including judgments and assumptions that the entity makes.

 

  b.

The uncertainty in the fair value measurements as of the reporting date.

 

  c.

How changes in fair value measurements affect an entity’s performance and cash flows.

This ASU will be effective for CAF in 2019.

ASU 2018-14, which modifies the ASC 715-20 to improve disclosure requirements for employers that sponsor defined benefit pension or other postretirement plans. These ASU will be effective for CAF in 2020. CAF is currently evaluating the effects of adopting this ASU.

 

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3.

CASH AND DEPOSITS WITH BANKS

Cash and deposits with banks with original maturity of three months or less include the following:

 

     December 31,  
     2018      2017      2016  

Cash and due from banks

     127,355        61,294        72,403  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Deposits with banks:

        

U.S. dollars

     2,594,312        2,001,766        1,652,367  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
     2,721,667        2,063,060        1,724,770  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

4.

MARKETABLE SECURITIES

Trading

A summary of trading securities follows:

 

     December 31,  
     2018      2017      2016  
     Amount      Average
maturity
(years)
     Amount      Average
maturity
(years)
     Amount      Average
maturity
(years)
 

U.S. Treasury Notes

     1,799,690        1.86        1,588,857        4.15        1,867,916        1.82  
  

 

 

       

 

 

       

 

 

    

Non-U.S. governments and government entities bonds

     243,581        1.31        106,812        2.21        236,945        0.66  
  

 

 

       

 

 

       

 

 

    

Financial institutions and corporate securities:

                 

Commercial paper

     3,371,479        0.13        3,146,896        0.18        3,005,618        0.20  

Certificates of deposits

     1,707,010        0.19        2,065,830        0.29        2,257,292        0.36  

Bonds

     1,856,325        2.52        1,605,236        2.22        1,233,530        1.51  

Collateralized mortgage obligation

     352,643        4.03        375,733        3.86        336,041        4.47  

Liquidity funds

     324,228        1.00        305,627        1.00        330,611        1.00  
  

 

 

       

 

 

       

 

 

    
     7,611,685        0.91        7,499,322        0.86        7,163,092        0.71  
  

 

 

       

 

 

       

 

 

    

Marketable securities

     9,654,956        1.08        9,194,991        1.44        9,267,953        0.93  
  

 

 

       

 

 

       

 

 

    

Each certificate of deposit bears a maturity date and specified fixed interest rate. It also is held through The Depository Trust Company (DTC) and has a CUSIP number, which is a code that identifies a financial security and facilitates trading. The liquidity funds are comprised of short-term (less than one year) securities representing high-quality liquid debt and monetary instruments.

The fair value of trading securities include net unrealized gain of US$ 1,750, US$ 1,332 and unrealized losses US$ 4,260, at December 31, 2018, 2017 and 2016, respectively.

Net realized gains from trading securities of US$ 34,498, US$ 36,183 and US$ 25,986 for the years ended December 31, 2018, 2017 and 2016, respectively, are included in the statements of comprehensive income as part of Investments and deposits with banks.

CAF places its short-term investments mainly in high grade financial institutions and corporate securities. CAF has conservative investment guidelines that limit the amount of credit risk exposure, considering among other factors, limits as to credit ratings, limits as to duration exposure, specific allocations by type of investment instruments and limits across sector and currency allocation. At December 31, 2018 and 2017, CAF does not have any significant concentrations of credit risk according to its investment guidelines. Non-US dollar-denominated securities included in marketable securities amounted to the equivalent of US$ 12,480, US$ 87,819 and US$ 33,452 at December 31, 2018, 2017 and 2016, respectively.

 

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Maturity of marketable securities are as follows:

 

     December 31,  
     2018      2017      2016  

Remaining maturities:

        

Less than one year

     6,032,574        6,312,305        6,289,696  

Between one and two years

     1,964,737        518,233        2,249,657  

Between two and three years

     649,114        449,968        424,450  

Between three and four years

     568,404        182,553        126,963  

Between four and five years

     305,809        1,561,551        85,918  

Over five years

     134,318        170,381        91,269  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
     9,654,956        9,194,991        9,267,953  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

5.

OTHER INVESTMENTS

Deposits with banks due with more than 90 days (original maturity) are as follows:

 

     December 31,  
     2018      2017      2016  

U.S. dollars

     658,165        1,453,145        995,792  

Other currencies

     585        724        762  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
     658,750        1,453,869        996,554  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

The interest rates on these deposits ranged from 1.88% to 3.25% at December 31, 2018, from 1.33% to 2.24% at December 31, 2017 and from 0.90% to 1.62% at December 31, 2016.

 

6.

LOANS

Loans include short, medium and long-term loans to finance projects, working capital and trade activities. The majority of the loans are to Series “A” and “B” stockholder countries, or to private institutions or companies of these countries.

 

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Loans by country are summarized as follows:

 

     December 31,  
     2018      2017      2016  

Stockholder country:

        

Argentina

     3,577,715        3,207,732        2,839,947  

Barbados

     84,014        86,650        85,000  

Bolivia

     2,562,869        2,483,765        2,211,132  

Brazil

     1,694,502        2,116,352        1,984,105  

Chile

     425,000        305,000        111,000  

Colombia

     2,840,345        2,516,203        2,339,206  

Costa Rica

     88,795        89,872        113,570  

Dominican Republic

     206,515        251,764        212,064  

Ecuador

     3,586,804        3,437,558        3,317,875  

Jamaica

     —          —          4,496  

Mexico

     530,000        305,000        381,729  

Panama

     1,900,354        1,503,012        1,464,317  

Paraguay

     466,200        418,669        337,105  

Peru

     2,039,674        2,279,635        2,274,512  

Spain

     —          —          44,203  

Trinidad & Tobago

     600,000        300,000        —    

Uruguay

     994,685        1,044,167        935,256  

Venezuela

     3,514,102        3,285,490        3,320,841  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Sub-total loans

     25,111,574        23,630,869        22,025,057  

Fair value adjustments

     (187      (2,796      723  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Loans

     25,111,387        23,628,073        22,025,780  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Fair value adjustments of loans represent mainly adjustments to the amount of loans for which the fair value option is elected.

At December 31, 2018, 2017 and 2016, loans denominated in other currencies amounted to an equivalent of US$ 30,155, US$ 45,597 and US$ 57,212, respectively, principally denominated in Peruvian nuevos soles, Colombian pesos and Bolivian bolivianos. At December 31, 2018, 2017 and 2016, fixed interest rate loans amounted to US$ 134,104, US$ 117,752 and US$ 177,070, respectively.

Loans classified by public sector and private sector borrowers are as follows:

 

     December 31,  
     2018      2017      2016  

Public sector

     21,571,079        20,201,026        18,773,300  

Private sector

     3,540,495        3,429,843        3,203,058  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
     25,111,574        23,630,869        21,976,358  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

The weighted average yield of the loan portfolio is shown below:

 

    December 31,  
    2018     2017     2016  
    Amount     Weighted
average
yield (%)
    Amount     Weighted
average
yield (%)
    Amount     Weighted
average
yield (%)
 
Loans     25,111,574           4.43           23,630,869           3.49           21,976,358           3.41      
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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Loans by industry segments are as follows:

 

     December 31,  
     2018      %      2017      %      2016  

Electricity, gas and water supply

     7,853,261        31        7,777,829        33        7,314,488  

Transport, warehousing and communications

     7,288,024        29        7,601,610        32        7,557,849  

Social and other infrastructure programs

     6,473,592        26        4,858,267        21        4,105,846  

Financial services — commercial banks

     2,141,810        9        2,213,724        9        1,626,136  

Financial services — development banks

     999,466        4        764,751        3        867,899  

Agriculture, hunting and forestry

     151,551        1        166,138        l        150,018  

Manufacturing industry

     91,413        —          107,270        —          215,513  

Others

     112,457        —          141,280        1        138,609  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
     25,111,574        100        23,630,869        l00        21,976,358  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Loans mature as follows:

 

     December 31,  
     2018      2017      2016  

Remaining maturities:

        

Less than one year

     5,327,009        4,873,919        4,174,292  

Between one and two years

     2,638,910        2,517,977        2,142,039  

Between two and three years

     2,399,462        2,411,805        2,303,002  

Between three and four years

     2,416,173        2,159,737        2,061,910  

Between four and five years

     2,169,924        2,089,476        1,932,948  

Over five years

     10,160,096        9,577,955        9,362,167  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
     25,111,574        23,630,869        21,976,358  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

The loan portfolio classified based on the type of credit risk is as follows:

 

     December 31,  
     2018      2017      2016  

Sovereign guaranteed

     20,737,233        19,402,360        18,028,341  

Non-sovereign guaranteed

     4,374,341        4,228,509        3,948,017  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
     25,111,574        23,630,869        21,976,358  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

CAF maintains an internal risk rating system to evaluate the quality of the non-sovereign guaranteed loan portfolio, which identifies, through a standardized rating and review parameters, those risks related to credit transactions. At December 31, 2018, 2017 and 2016, the sovereign guaranteed loan portfolio is classified by CAF as satisfactory — very good. For purpose of determining the allowance for loan losses, rating assigned by external agencies are used (Note 2h).

 

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The credit quality of the non-sovereign guaranteed loan portfolio is presented by internal risk rating classification as follow:

 

     December 31,  
     2018      2017      2016  

Risk rating classification:

        

Satisfactory-outstanding

     475,000        —          —    

Satisfactory-very good

     1,816,725        1,788,467        1,671,461  

Satisfactory-adequate

     1,271,575        1,637,519        1,331,783  

Watch

     590,259        535,731        632,629  

Special mention

     108,087        128,133        173,761  

Doubtful

     112,695        76,081        138,383  

Sub-standard

     —          62,578        —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
     4,374,341        4,228,509        3,948,017  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Loan portfolio quality

The loan portfolio quality indicators and the related amounts are presented below:

 

     December 31,  
     2018      2017      2016  

During the year CAF recorded the following transactions:

        

Loans written-off

     22,000        69,526        33,730  

Purchases of loan portfolio

     —          —          —    

Sales of loan portfolio

     16,167        43,376        52,500  

 

     December 31,  
     2018      2017      2016  

CAF presented the following amounts and quality indicators as of the end of the year:

        

Impaired loans

     112,695        138,659        120,841  

Non-accrual loans

     112,695        138,659        120,841  

Trouble debt restructured

     0        0        44,203  

Overdue loans

     124,286        94,240        7,513  

Allowance for loan losses as a percentage of loan portfolio

     0.26%        0.28%        0.29%  

Nonaccrual loans as a percentage of loan portfolio

     0.45%        0.59%        0.55%  

Overdue loan principal as a percentage of loan portfolio

     0.49%        0.40%        0.03%  

At December 31, 2018, there are outstanding overdue amounts from Venezuela totaling US$ 182,776, comprising, US$ 124,286 of principal and US$ 58,490 of interest and commissions. Those amounts were originally due between December 7, 2018 and December 28, 2018. During January 2019, CAF received payments for US$ 6,133 related to this overdue interest.

At December 31, 2017, there were outstanding overdue amount from Venezuela totaling US$ 136,507 comprising, US$ 94,240 of principal and US$ 42,267 of interest and commissions. Those amounts were received in full in January 2018.

At December 31, 2016, there were outstanding overdue amount for US$ 7,513. These amounts were received in full in January 2017.

 

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A/B Loans

CAF administers loan-participations sold, and only assumes the credit risk for the portion of the loan owned by CAF. At December 31, 2018, 2017 and 2016, CAF had loans of this nature amounting to US$ 366,048, US$ 423,536 and US$ 743,401, respectively; whereas other financial institutions provided funds for US$ 208,761, US$ 213,739 and US$ 455,754, respectively.

Troubled Debt Restructuring

At December 31, 2018, there were no troubled debt restructuring. At December 31, 2017, there was a troubled debt restructuring of a non-sovereign guaranteed loan, classified as impaired, with an outstanding balance of US$ 44,203, which was totally written off.

At December 31, 2016, there was a troubled debt restructuring of a non-sovereign guaranteed loan, classified as impaired, with an outstanding balance of US$ 44,203. As a result of the restructuring performed in December 31, 2016, the principal modifications to the loan agreement consisted in extension of loan term and interest rate reductions resulting in restatement of future cash flows, based on these facts CAF recognized a reduction of allowance for loan losses.

Allowance for Loan Losses

Changes in the allowance and the balance for loan losses over the outstanding amounts, individually and collectively evaluated, are presented below:

 

    December 31,  
    2018     2017     2016  
    Sector     Total     Sector     Total     Sector     Total  
    Sovereign     Non-
sovereign
    Sovereign     Non-
sovereign
    Sovereign     Non-
sovereign
 

Balances at beginning of year

    35,239       31,986       67,225       21,227       42,522       63,749       26,269       32,660       58,929  

Provision for loan losses

    1,476       11,716       13,192       14,012       55,890       69,902       (5,042     43,312       38,270  

Loans written-off

    —         (22,000     (22,000     —         (69,526     (69,526     —         (33,730     (33,730

Recoveries

    —         6,431       6,431       —         3,100       3,100       —         280       280  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Balances at end of year

    36,715       28,133       64,848       35,239       31,986       67,225       21,227       42,522       63,749  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Allowance:

                 

Individually evaluated for loan losses

    —         28,133       28,133       —         31,986       31,986       —         42,522       42,522  

Collectively evaluated for loan losses

    36,715       —         36,715       35,239       —         35,239       21,227       —         21,227  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
    36,715       28,133       64,848       35,239       31,986       67,225       21,227       42,522       63,749  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Loans:

                 

Individually evaluated for loan losses

    —         4,374,341       4,374,341       —         4,228,509       4,228,509       —         3,948,017       3,948,017  

Collectively evaluated for loan losses

    20,737,233       —         20,737,233       19,402,360       —         19,402,360       18,028,341       —         18,028,341  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
    20,737,233       4,374,341       25,111,574       19,402,360       4,228,509       23,630,869       18,028,341       3,948,017       21,976,358  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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7.

EQUITY INVESTMENTS

Equity investments, which have no readily determinable fair value, are as follows:

 

     December 31,  
     2018      2017      2016  

Investments — Equity securities

     394,638        397,357        348,179  

Investments — Equity method

     65,029        35,668        37,872  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
     459,667        433,025        386,051  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

CAF recognized the following in the statement of comprehensive income related to equity securities:

 

     Year Ended December 31,  
     2018      2017      2016  

Dividends

     5,486        912        10,365  

Changes in fair value measurements

     13,691        —          —    

Impairment in equity securities

     21,991        11,000        9,200  

As a result of the implementation of ASU 2016-01, during the year ended December 31, 2018, CAF recognized gains of US$ 13,691, corresponding to the net increase in the fair value of investments in equity instruments.

For the years ended December 31, 2018, 2017 and 2016, CAF recognized its equity in earnings of the investees for US$ 3,436, US$ 4,175 and US$ 4,790, respectively, for investments under the equity method, which are recorded in the statements of comprehensive income.

During 2017, CAF recognized US$ 4,436 for gain on sale, which amounts are included in the statements of comprehensive income. As of December 31, 2018 and 2016, CAF did not recognize any gain on sale.

 

8.

PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT, NET

A summary of property and equipment, net follows:

 

     December 31,  
     2018      2017      2016  

Land

     27,029        27,029        27,029  

Buildings

     40,134        40,134        38,931  

Buildings improvements

     21,056        20,891        20,948  

Leasing building improvements

     8,839        8,962        6,948  

Furniture and equipment

     30,215        27,507        25,956  

Vehicles

     1,079        1,021        1,020  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
     128,352        125,544        120,868  

Less accumulated depreciation

     67,363        64,937        59,677  

Projects in progress

     45,057        29,808        14,009  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
     106,046        90,415        75,200  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Depreciation expenses of US$ 6,005, US$ 5,767 and US$ 5,682 for property and equipment for the years ended December 31, 2018, 2017 and 2016, respectively, are included in the statements of comprehensive income as part of administrative expenses.

 

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9.

OTHER ASSETS

A summary of other assets follows:

 

     December 31,  
     2018      2017      2016  

Derivative-related collateral

     735,955        417,547        904,902  

Intangible assets, net

     10,169        13,071        14,052  

Other

     15,418        21,900        18,388  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
     761,542        452,518        937,342  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

10.

DEPOSITS

A summary of deposits follows:

 

     December 31,  
     2018      2017      2016  

Demand deposits

     72,007        71,010        77,321  

Time deposits:

        

Less than one year

     3,138,538        2,879,133        3,021,562  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
     3,210,545        2,950,143        3,098,883  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

At December 31, 2018, 2017 and 2016, the weighted average interest cost of deposits was 1.91%, 1.11% and 0.61%, respectively. Deposits are issued for amounts equal to or more than US$ 100. Total deposits denominated in other currencies amounted to an equivalent of US$ 457,848, US$ 347,956 and US$ 914 at December 31, 2018, 2017 and 2016, respectively.

 

11.

COMMERCIAL PAPER

At December 31, 2018, 2017 and 2016, the outstanding amount of commercial paper issued by CAF, amounts to US$ 641,295, US$ 1,770,676 and US$ 2,112,717, respectively, all of which matures in 2019, 2018 and 2017, respectively. At December 31, 2018, 2017 and 2016, the weighted average interest cost on commercial paper was 1.94%, 1.30% and 0.82%, respectively.

 

12.

BORROWINGS

A summary of borrowings by currency follows:

 

     December 31.  
     2018      2017      2016  

U.S. dollars

     1,158,009        1,262,823        1,269,296  

Euros

     106,628        112,900        112,900  

Peruvian nuevos soles

     22,828        33,016        35,416  

Venezuelan bolivars

     92        287        60  

Other currencies

     1,947        1,119        7,425  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
     1,289,504        1,410,145        1,425,097  

Fair value adjustments

     (4,415      8,129        (2,722

Less debt issuance costs

     820        1,009        909  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Carrying value of borrowings

     1,284,269        1,417,265        1,421,466  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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At December 31, 2018, 2017 and 2016, the fixed interest-bearing borrowings amounted to US$ 467,169, US$ 546,340 and US$ 555,514, respectively. At December 31, 2018, 2017 and 2016, the weighted average interest rate after considering the impact of interest rate swaps was 3.14%, 2.58% and 2.02%, respectively.

During the year ended December 31, 2016, CAF recognized income for US$ 28,223, mainly from the change of the exchange regulation which originated an exchange difference in borrowings denominated in Venezuelan bolivars, which are presented in “Non-interest income — Other income”. During the year ended December 31, 2018, there has been no significant changes on the exchange regulation.

Borrowings, by remaining maturities, are summarized below:

 

     December 31,  
     2018      2017      2016  

Remaining maturities:

        

Less than one year

     181,505        507,649        111,936  

Between one and two years

     392,356        173,567        540,411  

Between two and three years

     155,327        151,168        158,231  

Between three and four years

     130,031        139,178        129,841  

Between four and five years

     122,532        118,626        117,841  

Over five years

     307,753        319,957        366,837  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
     1,289,504        1,410,145        1,425,097  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Some borrowing agreements contains covenants requiring the use of the proceeds for specific purposes or projects.

At December 31, 2018, 2017 and 2016, there were unused term credit facilities amounting to US$ 782,691, US$ 851,997 and US$ 478,995, respectively.

 

13.

BONDS

An analysis of outstanding bonds follows:

 

    December 31,  
    2018     2017     2016  
    At
original
exchange

rate
    At spot
exchange
rate
    Weighted
average
cost, after
swaps (%)
    At
original
exchange
rate
    At spot
exchange
rate
    Weighted
average
cost, after
swaps (%)
    At
original

exchange
rate
    At spot
exchange
rate
    Weighted
average
cost, after
swaps (%)
 

U.S. dollars

    9,235,275       9,235,275       6.71       8,105,090       8,105,090       4.17       7,799,202       7,799,202       2.28  

Euro

    6,952,140       6,574,568       1.81       5,334,371       5,691,902       2.00       4,977,094       4,169,433       2.05  

Swiss francs

    2,465,629       2,388,454       2.60       2,659,698       2,601,868       2.28       2,639,425       2,457,002       2.28  

Australian dollars

    1,041,899       925,405       3.63       910,080       889,513       2.77       718,094       643,556       2.43  

Hong Kong dollars

    757,299       750,575       1.90       757,292       752,217       1.54       548,686       548,972       1.85  

Norwegian kroner

    622,500       481,895       3.26       622,501       511,627       2.56       622,501       488,361       2.26  

Japanese yen

    347,422       308,250       4.20       347,680       301,766       3.61       347,939       290,723       3.31  

Colombian pesos

    283,283       241,991       2.38       112,565       74,269       3.77       112,565       73,899       3.58  

Mexican pesos

    254,725       219,228       3.64       98,108       67,003       3.88       98,108       63,701       3.61  

Turkish lira

    64,467       36,425       3.63       134,587       92,075       1.83       134,555       98,898       1.39  

Indonesian Rupee

    75,000       70,984       2.02       —         —         —         —         —         —    

Brazilian Real

    68,701       56,805       2.38       68,701       66,475       1.62       —         —         —    

South African rand

    37,773       40,881       2.79       60,372       68,135       1.85       60,362       61,378       1.41  

Indian Rupee

    31,891       30,572       2.59       31,891       33,473       1.92       —         —         —    

Canadian dollars

    30,395       29,295       3.19       30,395       31,822       2.42       —         —         —    

Peruvian nuevos soles

    53,378       52,476       4.44       7,489       7,585       1.85       14,943       14,583       1.60  
 

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

   
    22,321,777       21,443,079         19,781,020       19,294,820         18,073,474       16,709,708    
 

 

 

       

 

 

       

 

 

     

Fair value adjustments

      195,441           446,762           462,216    

Less debt issuance costs

      18,427           22,955           26,618    
   

 

 

       

 

 

       

 

 

   

Carrying value of bonds

      21,620,093           19,718,627           17,145,306    
   

 

 

       

 

 

       

 

 

   

 

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A summary of the bonds issued, by remaining maturities at original exchange rate, follows:

 

     December 31,  
     2018      2017      2016  

Remaining maturities:

        

Less than one year

     2,291,645        2,311,200        2,080,201  

Between one and two years

     3,906,435        2,336,118        2,290,870  

Between two and three years

     3,154,929        2,926,163        2,366,440  

Between three and four years

     2,685,947        2,644,380        1,607,932  

Between four and five years

     3,202,716        2,685,564        2,537,642  

Over five years

     7,080,105        6,877,595        7,190,389  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
     22,321,777        19,781,020        18,073,474  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

At December 31, 2018, 2017 and 2016, fixed interest rate bonds amounted to US$ 22,229,968, US$ 19,683,812 and US$ 17,801,069, respectively, of which US$ 13,095,772, US$ 11,684,716 and US$ 10,286,532, respectively, are denominated in other currencies.

There were no bonds repurchased during the years ended December 31, 2018, 2017 and 2016.

 

14.

ACCRUED EXPENSES AND OTHER LIABILITIES

A summary of accrued expenses and other liabilities follows:

 

     December 31,  
     2018      2017      2016  

Employees severance benefits and savings plan

     82,273        77,993        82,241  

Contributions to Stockholders’ Special Funds

     36,872        36,967        22,500  

Provision for contingencies

     1,414        1,490        2,607  

Derivative-related collateral

     —          139,397        187  

Other

     3,069        9,018        7,087  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
     123,628        264,865        114,622  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

15.

PENSION PLAN

At December 31, 2018, 2017 and 2016, the Plan has 576, 584 and 568 participants and active employees, respectively. The date used to determine pension plan benefit obligation is December 31, of each year.

For the years ended December 31, 2018, 2017 and 2016, a reconciliation of beginning and ending balances of the benefit obligation follows:

 

     2018      2017      2016  

Change in benefit obligation:

        

Benefit obligation at beginning of year

     21,526        18,763        14,002  

Service cost

     2,518        2,225        1,715  

Interest cost

     850        794        594  

Plan participants’ contributions

     1,812        1,813        1,600  

Actuarial (gain) loss

     (443      (248      1,177  

Benefit paid

     (2,471      (1,821      (325
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Benefit obligation at end of year

     23,792        21,526        18,763  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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For the years ended December 31, 2018, 2017 and 2016, a reconciliation of beginning and ending balances of the fair value of plan assets follows:

 

     2018      2017      2016  

Change in plan assets:

        

Fair value of plan assets at beginning of year

     21,509        17,201        13,431  

Actual return on plan assets

     987        440        325  

Contributions

     4,129        5,689        3,770  

Benefit paid

     (2,471      (1,821      (325
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Fair value of plan assets at end of year

     24,154        21,509        17,201  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Plan assets are as follows:

 

     December 31,  
     2018      2017      2016  

Plan assets:

        

Deposits with banks

     24,154        21,509        17,201  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

The table below summarizes the component of the periodic cost of projected benefits related to the PBO for the years ended December 31, 2018, 2017 and 2016:

 

     2018      2017      2016  

Service cost

     2,518        2,225        1,715  

Interest cost

     850        794        594  

Expected return on plan assets

     (860      (258      (201
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
     2,508        2,761        2,108  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

A summary of the net projected cost for the year ending December 31, 2019 follows:

 

Service cost:

  

Contributions to the plan

     1,866  

Guaranteed benefit

     744  
  

 

 

 
     2,610  

Interest cost

     945  

Expected return on plan assets

     (959
  

 

 

 
     2,596  
  

 

 

 

A summary of the benefits that are expected to be paid for the next five years follows:

 

2019

     361  

2020

     132  

2021

     323  

2022

     425  

2023

     810  

Weighted-average assumptions used to determine net benefit cost since the origination of the Plan to December 31, 2018, 2017 and 2016 follows:

 

     2018     2017     2016  

Discount rate

     4     4     4

Expected long-term nominal rate return on Plan assets

     4     1.5     1.5

Salary increase rate

     3     3     3

 

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16.

STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY

Authorized capital

The authorized capital of CAF at December 31, 2018, 2017 and 2016 amounts to US$ 15,000,000, of which US$ 10,000,000 is ordinary capital shares and US$ 5,000,000 is callable capital shares, distributed among Series “A”, “B” and “C” shares.

Additional paid-in capital

The additional paid-in capital is the amount paid by Series “B” and Series “C” stockholders in excess of the par value. The additional paid-in capital of CAF at December 31, 2018, 2017 and 2016 amounts to US$ 3,595,133, US$ 3,259,471 and US$ 2,890,091, respectively.

Subscribed callable capital

The payment of subscribed callable capital will be as required, with prior resolution of the Board of Directors, in order to meet financial obligations of CAF, when internal resources are inadequate.

Shares

CAF’s shares are classified as follows:

(i)    Series “A” shares: Subscribed by the governments or public-sector institutions, semipublic or private entities with social or public objectives of: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Trinidad and Tobago, Uruguay and Venezuela. Series “A” shares grant the right of representation on CAF’s Board of Directors to one principal director and one alternate director for each of the above countries. These shares have a par value of US$ 1,200.

(ii)    Series “B” shares: Subscribed by the governments or public-sector institutions, semipublic or private entities and commercial banks of: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Trinidad and Tobago, Uruguay and Venezuela. Each of these shares grants the right of representation on CAF’s Board of Directors to one principal director and one alternate director for each of the following countries: Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela. In addition, the commercial banks that currently hold Series “B” shares of CAF are entitled, as a group, to elect one principal director and one alternate director on the Board of Directors. Series “B” shares have a par value of US$ 5.

(iii)    Series “C” shares: Subscribed by legal entities or individuals belonging to countries other than Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela. These shares confer the right of representation on CAF’s Board of Directors to two principal directors and their respective alternates, who are elected by the holders of these shares. Series “C” shares have a par value of US$ 5.

A summary of the changes in subscribed and paid-in capital for the years ended December 31, 2018, 2017 and 2016 follows:

 

     Number of Shares     Nominal Amounts  
     Series “A”      Series “B”      Series “C”     Series “A”      Series “B”      Series “C”     Total  

At December 31, 2015

     10        802,090        93,765       12,000        4,010,450        468,825       4,491,275  

Issued for cash

     1        56,224        1,990       1,200        281,120        9,950       292,270  

Transfer of shares

     —          23,457        (23,457     —          117,285        (117,285     —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

At December 31, 2016

     11        881,771        72,298       13,200        4,408,855        361,490       4,783,545  

Issued for cash

     —          31,723        8,427       —          158,615        42,135       200,750  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

At December 31, 2017

     11        913,494        80,725       13,200        4,567,470        403,625       4,984,295  

Issued for cash

     —          32,717        3,768       —          163,585        18,840       182,425  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

At December 31, 2018

     11        946,211        84,493       13,200        4,731,055        422,465       5,166,720  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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Subscribed and paid-in capital at December 31, 2018 is as follows:

 

     Number of Shares      Nominal Amounts  
     Series “A”      Series “B”      Series “C ”      Series “A”      Series “B”      Series “C”      Total  

Stockholder:

                    

Argentina

     1        100,404        —          1,200        502,020        —          503,220  

Bolivia

     1        55,058                  1,200        275,290                  276,490  

Brazil

     1        89,270                  1,200        446,350                  447,550  

Colombia

     1        176,825                  1,200        884,125                  885,325  

Ecuador

     1        55,379                  1,200        276,895                  278,095  

Panama

     1        30,491                  1,200        152,455                  153,655  

Paraguay

     1        30,011                  1,200        150,055                  151,255  

Peru

     1        184,417                  1,200        922,085                  923,285  

Trinidad & Tobago

     1        23,457                  1,200        117,285                  118,485  

Uruguay

     1        31,724                  1,200        158,620                  159,820  

Venezuela

     1        168,678        —          1,200        843,390        —          844,590  

Barbados

     —          —          3,522        —          —          17,610        17,610  

Chile

                         5,541                            27,705        27,705  

Costa Rica

     —                    3,291                            16,455        16,455  

Dominican Republic

     —          —          8,795        —          —          43,975        43,975  

Jamaica

     —                    182                            910        910  

Mexico

                         15,367                            76,835        76,835  

Portugal

                         1,770                            8,850        8,850  

Spain

                         46,025                            230,125        230,125  

Commercial banks

               497        —                    2,485        —          2,485  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
     11        946,211        84,493        13,200        4,731,055        422,465        5,166,720  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

At December 31, 2018, the detail of unpaid subscribed capital and subscribed callable capital is presented below:

 

     Unpaid Subscribed Capital      Subscribed Callable Capital  
     Series “B”      Series “C”      Series “B”      Series “C”  
     Number
of shares
     Nominal
amount
     Number
of shares
     Nominal
amount
     Number
of shares
     Nominal
amount
     Number
of shares
     Nominal
amount
 

Stockholder

                       

Argentina

     31,120        155,600        —          —          25,200        126,000        —          —    

Bolivia

     9,736        48,680        —          —          14,400        72,000        —          —    

Brazil

     38,873        194,365        —          —          25,200        126,000        —          —    

Colombia

     39,576        197,880        —          —          50,400        252,000        —          —    

Ecuador

     9,736        48,680        —          —          14,400        72,000        —          —    

Panama

     9,736        48,680        —          —          7,200        36,000        —          —    

Paraguay

     9,736        48,680        —          —          7,200        36,000        —          —    

Pero

     32,418        162,090        —          —          50,400        252,000        —          —    

Trinidad y Tobago

     —          —          —          —          7,200        36,000        —          —    

Uruguay

     9,736        48,680        —          —          7,200        36,000        —          —    

Venezuela

     48,156        240,780        —          —          50,400        252,000        —          —    

Barbados

     —          —          —          —          —          —          —          —    

Chile

     —          —          —          —          —          —          800        4,000  

Dominican Republic

     —          —          1,761        8,805        —          —          —          —    

Mexico

     —          —          —          —          —          —          1,600        8,000  

Portugal

     —          —          150        750        —          —          16,332        81,660  

Spain

     —          —          5,914        29,570        —          —          40,000        200,000  

Commercial banks

     —          —          —          —          —          —          —          —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
     238,823        1,194,115        7,825        39,125        259,200        1,296,000        58,732        293,660  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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Subscribed and paid-in capital at December 31, 2017 is as follows:

 

     Number of Shares      Nominal Amounts  
     Series “A”      Series “B”      Series “C”      Series “A”      Series “B”      Series “C”      Total  

Stockholder

                    

Argentina

     1        94,179        —          1,200        470,895        —          472,095  

Bolivia

     1        52,624        —          1,200        263,120        —          264,320  

Brazil

     1        87,858        —          1,200        439,290        —          440,490  

Colombia

     1        169,364        —          1,200        846,820        —          848,020  

Ecuador

     1        52,945        —          1,200        264,725        —          265,925  

Panama

     1        28,057        —          1,200        140,285        —          141,485  

Paraguay

     1        27,577        —          1,200        137,885        —          139,085  

Peru

     1        179,014        —          1,200        895,070        —          896,270  

Trinidad & Tobago

     1        23,457        —          1,200        117,285        —          118,485  

Uruguay

     1        29,290        —          1,200        146,450        —          147,650  

Venezuela

     1        168,678        —          1,200        843,390        —          844,590  

Barbados

     —          —          3,522        —          —          17,610        17,610  

Chile

     —          —          5,541        —          —          27,705        27,705  

Costa Rica

     —          —          3,291        —          —          16,455        16,455  

Dominican Republic

     —          —          7,915        —          —          39,575        39,575  

Jamaica

     —          —          182        —          —          910        910  

Mexico

     —          —          15,367        —          —          76,835        76,835  

Portugal

     —          —          1,470        —          —          7,350        7,350  

Spain

     —          —          43,437        —          —          217,185        217,185  

Commercial banks

     —          451        —          —          2,255        —          2,255  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
     11        913,494        80,725        13,200        4,567,470        403,625        4,984,295  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

At December 31, 2017, the detail of unpaid subscribed capital and of subscribed callable capital is presented below:

 

     Unpaid Subscribed Capital      Subscribed Callable Capital  
     Series “B”      Series “C”      Series “B”      Series “C”  
     Number
of shares
     Nominal
amount
     Number
of shares
     Nominal
amount
     Number
of shares
     Nominal
amount
     Number
of shares
     Nominal
amount
 

Stockholder

                       

Argentina

     37,345        186,725                  —          25,200        126,000        —          —    

Bolivia

     12,170        60,850        —          —          14,400        72,000        —          —    

Brazil

     40,285        201,425        —          —          25,200        126,000        —          —    

Colombia

     47,037        235,185        —          —          50,400        252,000        —          —    

Ecuador

     12,170        60,850        —          —          14,400        72,000        —          —    

Panama

     12,170        60,850        —          —          7,100        36,000        —          —    

Paraguay

     12,170        60,850        —          —          7,200        36,000        —          —    

Peru

     37,821        189,105        —          —          50,400        252,000        —          —    

Trinidad y Tobago

     —          —          —          —          7,200        36,000        —          —    

Uruguay

     12,170        60,850        —          —          7,100        36,000        —          —    

Venezuela

     48,156        240,780        —          —          50,400        252,000        —          —    

Barbados

     —          —          —          —          —          —          —          —    

Chile

     —          —          —          —          —          —          800        4,000  

Dominican Republic

     —          —          2,641        13,205        —          —          —          —    

Mexico

     —          —          —          —          —          —          1,600        8,000  

Portugal

     —          —          —          —          —          —          16,332        81,660  

Spain

     —          —          8,502        42,510        —          —          40,000        200,000  

Commercial banks

     46        230        —          —          —          —          —          —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
     271,540        1,357,700        11,143        55,715        259,200        1,296,000        58,732        293,660  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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Subscribed and paid-in capital at December 31, 2016 is presented as follows:

 

     Number of Shares      Nominal Amounts  
     Series “A”      Series “B”      Series “C”      Series “A”      Series “B”      Series “C”      Total  

Stockholder:

                    

Argentina

     1        88,423        —          1,200        442,115        —          443,315  

Bolivia

     1        50,003        —          1,200        250,015        —          251,215  

Brazil

     1        85,042        —          1,200        425,210        —          426,410  

Colombia

     1        163,894        —          1,200        819,470        —          820,670  

Ecuador

     1        50,324        —          1,200        251,620        —          252,820  

Panama

     1        23,676        —          1,200        118,380        —          119,580  

Paraguay

     l        23,938        —          1,200        119,690        —          120,890  

Peru

     1        176,550        —          1,200        882,750        —          883,950  

Trinidad & Tobago

     1        23,457        —          1,200        117,285        —          118,485  

Uruguay

     1        27,374        —          1,200        136,870        —          138,070  

Venezuela

     1        168,678        —          1,200        843,390        —          844,590  

Barbados

     —          —          3,522        —          —          17,610        17,610  

Chile

     —          —          5,541        —          —          27,705        27,705  

Costa Rica

     —          —          3,291        —          —          16,455        16,455  

Dominican Republic

     —          —          6,796        —          —          33,980        33,980  

Jamaica

     —          —          182        —          —          910        910  

Mexico

     —          —          11,757        —          —          58,785        58,785  

Portugal

     —          —          1,470        —          —          7,350        7,350  

Spain

     —          —          39,739        —          —          198,695        198,695  

Commercial banks

     —          412        —          —          2,060        —          2,060  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
     11        881,771        72,298        13,200        4,408,855        361,490        4,783,545  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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At December 31, 2016, the detail of unpaid subscribed capital and of subscribed callable capital is presented below:

 

     Unpaid Subscribed Capital      Subscribed Callable Capital  
     Series “B”      Series “C”      Series “B”      Series “C”  
     Number
of shares
     Nominal
amount
     Number
of shares
     Nominal
amount
     Number
of shares
     Nominal
amount
     Number
of shares
     Nominal
amount
 

Stockholder

                       

Argentina

     2,816        14,080        —          —          25,200        126,000        —          —    

Bolivia

     14,791        73,955        —          —          14,400        72,000        —          —    

Brazil

     2,816        14,080        —          —          25,200        126,000        —          —    

Colombia

     52,507        262,535        —          —          50,400        252,000        —          —    

Ecuador

     14,791        73,955        —          —          14,400        72,000        —          —    

Panama

     16,551        82,755        —          —          7,200        36,000        —          —    

Paraguay

     2,428        12,140        —          —          7,200        36,000        —          —    

Peru

     —          —          —          —          50,400        252,000        —          —    

Trinidad y Tobago

     —          —          —          —          7,200        36,000        —          —    

Uruguay

     14,086        70,430        —          —          7,200        36,000        —          —    

Venezuela

     48,156        240,780        —          —          50,400        252,000        —          —    

Barbados

     —          —          —          —          —          —          —          —    

Chile

     —          —          —          —          —          —          800        4,000  

Dominican Republic

     —          —          239        1,195        —          —          —          —    

Mexico

     —          —          —          —          —          —          1,600        8,000  

Portugal

     —          —          —          —          —          —          16,332        81,660  

Spain

     —          —          —          —          —          —          40,000        200,000  

Commercial banks

     69        345        —          —          —          —          —          —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
     169,011        845,055        239        1,195        259,200        1,296,000        58,732        293,660  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

General Reserve

CAF maintains a general reserve approved by the Stockholders’ Assembly, which is considered an equity reserve. Stockholders approved the increase in the general reserve by US$ 68,699, US$ 110,218 and US$ 69,830 during the years ended December 31, 2018, 2017 and 2016, through appropriations from net income for the years ended December 31, 2017, 2016 and 2015, respectively.

Reserve Pursuant to Article 42 of the Constitutive Agreement

CAF’s Constitutive Agreement states that at least 10% of annual net income should be appropriated into a reserve fund until that reserve fund amounts to 50% of the subscribed capital. That reserve fund is considered an equity reserve. Additional appropriation may be approved by the stockholders. The Stockholders’ Assembly held in March 2018, 2017 and 2016, authorized an increase in the reserve fund for US$ 7,700, US$ 12,500 and US$ 7,800, through an appropriation from net income for the years ended December 31, 2017, 2016 and 2015, respectively.

 

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17.

ACCUMULATED OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME

Accumulated other comprehensive income balances and the amounts reclassified out of accumulated other comprehensive income and into net income were as follows:

 

     December 31,  
     2018      2017      2016  

Balances at beginning of the year

     —          (1,563      (571

Unrecognized changes in assets/ liabilities under benefit pension plan

     —          —          (1,563

Amortization of defined benefit pension items (1)

     —          1,563        571  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Balances at end of year

     —          —          (1,563
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

  (1)

This other comprehensive income component is included in the statements of comprehensive income.

 

18.

TAX EXEMPTIONS

Pursuant to its Constitutive Agreement CAF is exempt, in all of its Member Countries, from all taxes on income, properties and other assets as well as from any liability related to the payment, withholding or collection of any taxes. The term “Member Country” is defined in Article 3 of CAF’s General Regulations as any shareholder country holding at least one Series “A” share that, either is a signatory to the Constitutive Agreement or, being of Latin America or the Caribbean, has adhered to it. At December 2018, the Member Countries are Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Trinidad and Tobago, Uruguay and Venezuela.

CAF has entered into bilateral agreements with its other shareholder countries providing for tax exemptions substantially similar to those granted to it by the Member Countries.

 

19.

DERIVATIVE FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS AND HEDGING ACTIVITIES

CAF utilizes derivative financial instruments to reduce exposure to interest rate risk and foreign currency risk. CAF does not hold or issue derivative financial instruments for trading or speculative purposes.

The market risk associated with interest rate and foreign currency risk is managed by swapping marketable securities — trading, loans, borrowings and bonds, subject to fixed interest rates and denominated in other currency into floating interest rate instruments denominated in U.S. dollars. CAF enters into derivative financial instruments to offset the economic changes in value of specifically identified marketable securities — trading, loans, borrowings and bonds.

Derivative financial instruments held by CAF consist of interest rate swaps designated as fair value hedges of specifically identified loans, bonds or borrowings with fixed interest rates and denominated in U.S. dollars. Also, CAF enters into cross-currency and interest rate swaps as an economic hedge (derivative that is entered into to manage a risk but is not accounted as a hedge) for interest rate and foreign exchange risks related with marketable securities — trading, bonds, borrowings or loans denominated in currencies other than the U.S. dollar where CAF’s management elected to measure those liabilities and assets at fair value under the fair value option guidance.

When the fair value of a derivative financial instrument is positive, the counterparty owes CAF, creating credit risk for CAF. When the fair value of a derivative financial instrument is negative, CAF owes the counterparty and, therefore, it does not have credit risk. CAF minimizes the credit risk in derivative financial instruments by entering into transactions with high-quality counterparties whose credit rating is “A” or higher.

In order to reduce the credit risk in derivative financial instruments, CAF enters into credit support agreements with its major swap counterparties. This provides risk mitigation, as the swap contracts are regularly marked-to-market, and the party being the net obligor is required to post collateral when net mark to-market exposure exceeds certain predetermined thresholds. This collateral is in the form of cash.

 

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CAF does not offset for each counterparty, the fair value amount recognized for derivative financial instruments with the fair value amount recognized for the collateral, whether posted or received, under master netting arrangements executed with the same counterparty. CAF reports separately the cumulative gross amounts for the receivable from and payable to for derivative financial instruments.

CAF also utilizes futures derivatives instruments to reduce exposure to price risk. These are contracts for delayed delivery of securities or money market instruments in which the seller agrees to make delivery at a specified future date of a specified instrument at a specified price or yield. Initial margin requirements are met with cash or securities. CAF generally closes out open positions prior to maturity. Therefore, cash receipts or payments are limited to the change in fair value of the future contracts. Additionally, CAF utilizes forward contracts to reduce exposure to foreign currency risk.

The balance sheet details related to CAF’s derivative financial instruments are as follows:

 

     Derivative assets      Derivative liabilities  
     December 31,      December 31,  
     2018      2017      2016      2018      2017      2016  

Cross-currency swap

     152,018        495,694        56,238        733,232        458,576        942,965  

Interest rate swap

     31,978        31,272        61,657        134,624        94,912        78,076  

U.S. Treasury futures

     657        5,488        318        8,696        35        26  

Cross-currency forward contracts

     152        214        140        232        71        225  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
     184,805        532,668        118,353        876,784        553,594        1,021,292  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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The following table presents the notional amount and fair values of interest rate swaps and cross-currency swaps and the underlying hedged items:

 

     Notional amount      Fair value  
     Interest
rate
swap
     Cross-
currency
swap
     Derivative
assets
     Derivative
liabilities
 

At December 31, 2018:

           

Loans

     68,752        —          826        411  

Loans

               6,333        620            

Borrowings

     —          108,097        89        —    

Borrowings

     366,538        —          1,467        6,183  

Bonds

     —          13,095,772        151,309        733,232  

Bonds

     9,049,096        —          29,685        128,030  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
     9,484,386        13,210,202        183,996        867,856  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

At December 31, 2017:

           

Marketable securities — Trading

               29,982        438        707  

Loans

     39,741        —          266        302  

Loans

     —          12,000        5        210  

Borrowings

     —          112,900        8,889        —    

Borrowings

     429,534        —          4,718        4,055  

Bonds

     —          11,684,716        486,362        457,659  

Bonds

     7,914,096        —          26,288        90,555  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
     8,383,371        11,839,598        526,966        553,488  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

At December 31, 2016:

           

Marketable securities — Trading

               29,982        476        452  

Loans

     21,495        —          290        8  

Loans

     —          15,000        —          151  

Borrowings

     —          112,900        —          7,822  

Borrowings

     425,336        —          7,115        3,057  

Bonds

     —          10,286,532        55,762        934,540  

Bonds

     7,353,173        —          54,252        75,011  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
     7,800,004        10,444,414        117,895        1,021,041  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
     5,065,805        5,909,565        417,414        182,824  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

The following table presents the notional amount and fair values of U.S. treasury futures and cross-currency forward contracts:

At December 31, 2018

 

                                 Fair value  
     Start
date
     Termination
date
     Contract
Currency
     Notional
amount
     Derivative
assets
 

Forward contracts

     Various        Until Mar 2019        Various        15,603        152  
           

 

 

    

 

 

 

Futures long

     Various        Until Mar 2019        Various        103,600        657  
           

 

 

    

 

 

 
                                 Fair value  
     Start
date
     Termination
date
     Contract
Currency
     Notional
amount
     Derivative
liabilities
 

Forward contracts

     Various        Various        Various        24,572        (232
           

 

 

    

 

 

 

Futures short

     Various        Until Mar 2019        Various        1,336,600        (8,696
           

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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At December 31, 2017

 

                                 Fair value  
     Start
date
     Termination
date
     Contract
Currency
     Notional
amount
     Derivative
assets
 

Forward contracts

     Various        Until January 2018        Various        65,915        214  
           

 

 

    

 

 

 

Futures short

     Various        Until March 2018        Various        1,184,598        5,488  
           

 

 

    

 

 

 
                                 Fair value  
     Start
date
     Termination
date
     Contract
Currency
     Notional
amount
     Derivative
liabilities
 

Forward contracts

     Various        Until March 2018        Various        65,771        (71
           

 

 

    

 

 

 

Futures long

     Various        Until March 2018        USD        19,800        (35
           

 

 

    

 

 

 

At December 31, 2016

 

                                 Fair value  
     Start
date
     Termination
date
     Contract
Currency
     Notional
amount
     Derivative
assets
 

Forward contracts

     Various        Until January 2017        Various        43,593        140  
           

 

 

    

 

 

 

Futures short

     Various        Until March 2017        Various        1,177,200        318  
           

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

                                 Fair value  
     Start
date
     Termination
date
     Contract
Currency
     Notional
amount
     Derivative
liabilities
 

Forward contracts

     Various        Until January 2017        Various        43,680        (225
           

 

 

    

 

 

 

Futures long

     Various        Until March 2017        Various        21,200        (26
           

 

 

    

 

 

 

The amounts of collateral posted related to futures at December 31, 2018, 2017 and 2016, were US$ 13,690, US$ 9,080 and US$ 20,059, respectively. The amounts of collateral received related to futures at December 31, 2017 was US$ 397. At December 31, 2016, there were no collateral received.

CAF enters into International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. (ISDA) master netting arrangements with substantially all of its derivative counterparties. These legally enforceable master netting arrangements give CAF the right to take cash or liquidate securities held as collateral and to offset receivables and payables with the same counterparty, in the event of default by the counterparty. The following tables present information about the effect of offsetting of derivative financial instruments, although CAF has elected not to offset any derivative financial instruments by counterparty in the balance sheet:

 

At December 31, 2018

           
Derivative assets           Gross amounts not offset
in the balance sheet
        

Description

   Gross
amounts of
recognized assets
     Financial
instruments
     Cash and
securities
collateral received
     Net amount  

Swaps

     183,996        (183,974             22  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
Derivative liabilities           Gross amounts not offset
in the balance sheet
        

Description

   Gross
amounts of
recognized liabilities
     Financial
instruments
     Cash and
securities
collateral pledged
     Net amount  

Swaps

     (867,856      183,974        722,265        38,383  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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At December 31, 2017

 

Derivative assets           Gross amounts not offset
in the balance sheet
        

Description

   Gross
amounts of
recognized assets
     Financial
instruments
     Cash and
securities
collateral received
     Net amount  

Swaps

     526,966        (331,368      (139,000      56,598  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
Derivative liabilities           Gross amounts not offset
in the balance sheet
        

Description

   Gross
amounts of
recognized liabilities
     Financial
instruments
     Cash and
securities
collateral pledged
     Net amount  

Swaps

     (553,488      331,368        408,467        186,347  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

At December 31, 2016

 

Derivative assets           Gross amounts not offset
in the balance sheet
        

Description

   Gross
amounts of
recognized assets
     Financial
instruments
     Cash and
securities
collateral received
     Net amount  

Swaps

     117,895        (117,467      —          428  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
Derivative liabilities           Gross amounts not offset
in the balance sheet
        

Description

   Gross
amounts of
recognized liabilities
     Financial
instruments
     Cash and
securities
collateral pledged
     Net amount  

Swaps

     (1,021,041      117,467        884,843        (18,731
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

20.

FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS

The following section describes the valuation methodologies used by CAF to measure various financial instruments at fair value, including an indication of the level in the fair value hierarchy in which each financial instrument is classified. Where appropriate, the description includes details of the valuation methodologies and the key inputs to those methodologies.

When available, CAF generally uses quoted prices in active markets to determine fair value.

If quoted market prices in active markets are not available, fair value is based upon internally developed valuation methodologies that use, where possible, current market-based or independently sourced market inputs, such as interest rates, currency rates, etc.

Where available, CAF may also make use of quoted prices in active markets for recent trading activity in positions with the same or similar characteristics to the financial instrument being valued. The frequency and size of trading activity and the amount of the bid-ask spread are among the factors considered in determining the liquidity of markets and the relevance of observed quoted prices from those markets.

The following valuation methodologies are used to estimate the fair value and determine the classification in the fair value hierarchy of CAF’s financial instruments:

 

   

Marketable securities: CAF uses quoted prices in active markets to determine the fair value of trading securities. These securities are classified in Level 1 of the fair value hierarchy.

 

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Loans: The fair value of fixed rate loans, is determined using a discounted cash flow technique using the current variable interest rate for similar loans. These loans are classified in Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy.

 

   

Derivative assets and liabilities: Derivative financial instruments transactions contracted and designated by CAF as hedges of risks related to interest rates, currency rates or both, for transactions recorded as financial assets or liabilities are also presented at fair value. In those cases the fair value is calculated using market prices provided by an independent financial information services company, which are determined based on discounted cash flows using observable inputs. Derivative assets and liabilities are classified in Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy.

 

   

Bonds and borrowings: For CAF’s bonds issued and medium and long term borrowings, fair value is determined by using a discounted cash flow technique, taking into consideration benchmark interest yield curves at the end of the reporting period to discount the expected cash flows for the applicable maturity, thus reflecting market fluctuations of key variables such as interest and exchange rates. These yield curves are adjusted to incorporate CAF credit risk spread. Bonds and borrowings are generally classified in Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy based on the observability of significant inputs to the discounted cash flow technique.

During 2018, 2017 and 2016, there were no transfers between levels 1, 2 and 3.

 

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Items Measured at Fair Value on a Recurring Basis

The following tables present for each of the fair value hierarchy levels CAF’s financial assets and liabilities that are measured at fair value on a recurring basis at December 31, 2018, 2017 and 2016:

At December 31, 2018

 

     Level 1      Level 2      Level 3      Total  

Assets:

           

Marketable Securities:

           

U.S. Treasury Notes

     1,799,690        —                  —          1,799,690  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Non-U.S. governments and government entities bonds

     243,581        —          —          243,581  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Financial institutions and corporate securities:

           

Commercial paper

     3,371,479        —          —          3,371,479  

Certificate of deposits

     1,707,010        —          —          1,707,010  

Bonds

     1,856,325        —          —          1,856,325  

Collateralized mortgage obligation

     352,643        —          —          352,643  

Liquidity funds

     324,228        —          —          324,228  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
     7,611,685        —          —          7,611,685  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Sub-total financial assets at fair value

     9,654,956        —          —          9,654,956  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Loans

     —          74,402        —          74,402  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Derivative instruments:

           

Cross-currency swap

     —          152,018        —          152,018  

Interest rate swap

     —          31,978        —          31,978  

U.S Treasury futures

     —          657        —          657  

Cross-currency forward contracts

     —          152        —          152  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
     —          184,805        —          184,805  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total financial assets at fair value

     9,654,956        259,207        —          9,914,163  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Liabilities:

           

Borrowings

     —          470,220        —          470,220  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Bonds

     —          21,461,610        —          21,461,610  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Derivative instruments:

           

Cross-currency swap

     —          733,232        —          733,232  

Interest rate swap

     —          134,624        —          134,624  

U.S Treasury futures

     —          8,696        —          8,696  

Cross-currency forward contracts

     —          232        —          232  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
     —          876,784        —          876,784  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total financial liabilities at fair value

     —          22,808,614        —          22,808,614  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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At December 31, 2017

 

     Level 1      Level 2      Level 3      Total  

Assets:

           

Marketable Securities:

           

U.S. Treasury Notes

     1,588,857        —          —          1,588,857  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Non-U.S. governments and government entities bonds

     106,812        —          —          106,812  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Financial institutions and corporate securities:

           

Commercial paper

     3,146,896        —          —          3,146,896  

Certificate of deposits

     2,065,830        —          —          2,065,830  

Bonds

     1,605,236        —          —          1,605,236  

Collateralized mortgage obligation

     375,733        —          —          375,733  

Liquidity funds

     305,627        —          —          305,627  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
     7,499,322        —          —          7,499,322  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Sub-total financial assets at fair value

     9,194,991        —          —          9,194,991  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

loans

     —          49,007        —          49,007  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Derivative instruments:

           

Cross-currency swap

     —          495,694        —          495,694  

Interest rate swap

     —          31,272        —          31,272  

U.S Treasury futures

     —          5,488        —          5,488  

Cross-currency forward contracts

     —          214        —          214  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
     —          532,668        —          532,668  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total financial assets at fair value

     9,194,991        581,675        —          9,776,666  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Liabilities:

           

Borrowings

     —          550,563        —          550,563  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Bonds

     —          19,559,372        —          19,559,372  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Derivative instruments:

           

Cross-currency swap

     —          458,576        —          458,576  

Interest rate swap

     —          94,912        —          94,912  

U.S Treasury futures

     —          35        —          35  

Cross-currency forward contracts

     —          71        —          71  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
     —          553,594        —          553,594  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total financial liabilities at fair value

     —          20,663,529        —          20,663,529  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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At December 31, 2016

 

     Level 1      Level 2      Level 3      Total  

Assets:

           

Marketable Securities:

           

U.S. Treasury Notes

     1,867,916        —          —          1,867,916  

Non-U.S. governments and government entities bonds

     236,945        —          —          236,945  

Financial institutions and corporate securities:

           

Commercial paper

     3,005,618        —          —          3,005,618  

Certificate of deposits

     2,257,292        —          —          2,257,292  

Bonds

     1,233,530        —          —          1,233,530  

Collateralized mortgage obligation

     336,041        —          —          336,041  

Liquidity funds

     330,611        —          —          330,611  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
     7,163,092        —          —          7,163,092  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Sub-total financial assets at fair value

     9,267,953        —          —          9,267,953  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Loans

     —          37,196        —          37,196  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Derivative instruments:

           

Interest rate swap

     —          61,657        —          61,657  

Cross-currency swap

     —          56,238        —          56,238  

U.S Treasury futures

     —          318        —          318  

Cross-currency forward contracts

     —          140        —          140  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
     —          118,353        —          118,353  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total financial assets at fair value

     9,267,953        155,549        —          9,423,502  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Liabilities:

           

Borrowings

     —          535,514        —          535,514  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Bonds

     —          16,738,156        —          16,738,156  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Derivative instruments:

           

Interest rate swap

     —          78,076        —          78,076  

Cross-currency swap

     —          942,965        —          942,965  

U.S Treasury futures

     —          26        —          26  

Cross-currency forward contracts

     —          225        —          225  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
     —          1,021,292        —          1,021,292  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total financial liabilities at fair value

     —          18,294,962        —          18,294,962  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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Items that are not measured at fair value

The carrying amount and estimated fair values of CAF’s financial instruments that are not recognized in the balance sheets at fair value are as follows:

 

          December 31,  
          2018     2017     2016  
    Hierarchy
Levels
    Carrying
amount
    Estimated
fair value
    Carrying
amount
    Estimated
fair value
    Carrying
amount
    Estimated
fair value
 

Financial assets:

             

Cash and due from banks

    1       127,355       127,355       61,294       61,294       72,403       72,403  

Deposits with banks

    1       2,594,312       2,594,312       2,001,766       2,001,766       1,652,367       1,652,367  

Other investments

    1       658,750       658,750       1,453,869       1,453,869       996,554       996,554  

Loans, net

    2       24,869,314       24,871,974       23,414,311       23,415,830       21,780,453       21,784,619  

Accrued interest and commissions receivable

    2       523,098       523,098       427,702       427,702       345,115       345,115  

Derivate related collateral

    1       735,955       735,955       417,547       417,547       904,902       904,902  

Financial liabilities:

             

Deposits

    2       3,210,545       3,210,545       2,950,143       2,950,143       3,098,883       3,098,883  

Commercial paper

    2       641,295       641,295       1,770,676       1,770,676       2,112,717       2,112,717  

Borrowings, net

    2       814,049       817,727       866,702       867,601       885,952       888,029  

Bonds, net

    2       158,483       159,131       159,255       160,037       407,150       408,140  

Accrued interest payable

    2       394,232       394,232       314,660       314,660       281,058       281,058  

Derivate related collateral

    1       —         —         139,397       139,397       187       187  

The following methods and assumptions were used to estimate the fair value of those financial instruments not accounted for at fair value:

 

   

Cash and due from banks, deposits with banks, interest and commissions receivable, other investment, deposits, commercial paper, accrued interest payable, derivate related collateral, receivable from investment securities sold and payable for investment securities purchased: The carrying amounts approximate fair value because of the short maturity of these instruments.

 

   

Loans: CAF is one of the few institutions that grant loans for development projects in the stockholder countries. A secondary market does not exist for the type of loans granted by CAF. As rates on variable rate loans are reset on a semiannual basis, the carrying value, adjusted for credit risk, was determined to be the best estimate of fair value. The fair value of fixed rate loans is determined by using the current variable interest rate for similar loans. The fair value of impaired loans is estimated on the basis of discounted cash flows.

 

   

Equity investments: CAF elected a practical expedient exception to fair value measurement on its direct investments in equity securities of companies without a readily determinable fair value under ASU 2016-01 and measured those investments at cost, less impairment plus or minus observable price changes of an identical or similar instrument of the same issuer. At December 31, 2018, the carrying amount of those investments was US$ 57,983, and the effects of the impairment were recognized in the statements of comprehensive income and the changes in observable prices were not material to the financial statements. In addition, as of December 31, 2018, investments in funds without a readily determinable fair value, with carrying amount of US$ 378,174, are accounted for at fair value applying the practical expedient, using the net asset value per share or unit.

CAF’s equity investments in other entities accounted for at cost reached US$ 397,357 and US$ 348,179 at December 31, 2017 and 2016, did not have available market price quotations and it was impracticable to determine the fair value of these investments without incurring excessive cost.

 

   

Bonds and borrowings: For CAFs bonds issued and medium and long term borrowings, fair value is determined using a discounted cash flow technique, taking into consideration yield curves to discount the expected cash flows for the applicable maturity, thus reflecting the fluctuation of variables such as

 

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interest and exchange rates. These yield curves are adjusted to incorporate CAF credit risk spread. Those financial instrument are generally classified in Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy based on the observability of significant inputs to the valuation methodology.

During 2018, 2017 and 2016, there were no transfers between levels 1, 2 and 3.

 

21.

GAIN (LOSSES) ON CHANGES IN FAIR VALUE RELATED TO FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS

The gains (losses) on changes in fair value of marketable securities—trading, cross-currency swaps and financial liabilities carried at fair value under the fair value option are as follows:

 

     Year ended December 31, 2018  
     Gain (loss)
on derivatives
     Gain (loss) on
hedged item
     Net
gain (loss)
 

Cross-currency swaps:

        

Marketable securities—trading

     268        (664      (396

Bonds

     (610,626      609,740        (886

Loans

     826        2,503        3,329  

Borrowings

     (8,800      7,165        (1,635
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
     (618,332      618,744        412  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

     Year ended December 31, 2017  
     Gain (loss)
on derivatives
     Gain (loss) on
hedged item
     Net
gain (loss)
 

Cross-currency swaps:

        

Marketable securities—trading

     (293      (303      (596

Bonds

     907,482        (905,616      1,866  

Loans

     (55      (3,754      (3,809

Borrowings

     16,711        (14,246      2,465  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
     923,845        (923,919      (74
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

     Year ended December 31, 2016  
     Gain (loss)
on derivatives
     Gain (loss) on
hedged item
     Net
Gain (loss)
 

Cross-currency swaps:

        

Marketable securities—trading

     24        967        991  

Bonds

     (176,885      168,930        (7,955

Loans

     (3,197      3,287        90  

Borrowings

     (3,684      3,239        (445
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
     (183,742      176,423        (7,319
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

In addition, during the years ended December 31, 2018, 2017 and 2016, CAF recorded net gains of US$ 92, US$ 4,375 and losses of US$ 6,130, respectively, related to changes in fair value of futures and forwards and changes in fair value of the U.S. Treasury Notes.

 

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22.

COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

Commitments and contingencies include the following:

 

     December 31,  
     2018      2017      2016  

Loan commitments subscribed — eligibles

     4,884,248        5,448,998        5,622,081  

Lines of credit

     4,014,161        3,593,234        4,104,214  

Loan commitments subscribed — non eligibles

     1,822,170        1,464,000        1,896,500  

Guarantees

     165,294        176,642        185,435  

Equity investments agreements subscribed

     133,582        167,182        224,185  

Letters of credit

     1,168        3,754        12,050  

These commitments and contingencies arose from the normal course of CAF’s business and are related principally to loans that have been approved or committed for disbursement.

In the ordinary course of business, CAF has entered into commitments to extend loans; such loan commitments are reported in the above table upon signing the corresponding loan agreement and are reported as loans in the balance sheets when disbursements are made. Loan commitments that have fulfilled the necessary requirements for disbursement are classified as eligible.

The commitments to extend loans have fixed expiration dates and in some cases expire without a loan being disbursed. Therefore, the amounts of total commitment to extend loans do not necessarily represent future cash requirements. Also, based on experience, portions of the loan commitments are disbursed on average two years after the signing of the loan agreement.

The lines of credit are extended to financial and corporate institutions as a facility to grant short term loans basically to finance working capital and international trade activities.

Guarantees mature as follows:

 

     December 31,  
     2018      2017      2016  

Less than one year

     21,670        17,391        8,047  

Between one and two years

     —          15,000        32,582  

Between three and five years

     34,649        —          —    

Over five years

     108,975        144,251        144,806  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
     165,294        176,642        185,435  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

To the best knowledge of CAF’s management, CAF is not involved in any litigation that is material to CAF’s business or that is likely to have any impact on its business, financial condition or results of operations.

 

23.

ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

For the years ended December 31, 2018, 2017 and 2016, the details of administrative expenses are as follows:

 

     2018      2017      2016  

Salaries and employee benefits

     106,405        101,710        91,763  

Professional fees, seminars and other expenses

     20,394        18,799        21,448  

Logistics and infrastructure

     17,423        17,300        16,389  

Telecommunications and technology

     14,066        12,326        11,373  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
     158,288        150,135        140,973  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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24.

SPECIAL FUNDS AND OTHER FUNDS UNDER MANAGEMENT

CAF, as a multilateral financial institution, acts as administrator of several funds owned by third-parties and CAF’s stockholders’ special funds, created to promote technical and financial cooperation, sustainable human development, and management of poverty relief funds in stockholder countries.

The stockholders’ special funds contribute to regional integration and sustainable development through capacity building, increased domestic and international exchanges, generation and use of knowledge, as well as training human resources and fortifying institutions. The stockholders’ special funds are governed by the provisions of the Constitutive Agreement and any other provisions that may be established by the Board of Directors.

The Stockholders’ Assembly of CAF approves a maximum amount to be contributed to stockholders’ special funds during the fiscal year and to recognize these contributions as expenses. The Executive President by delegation of the Stockholders’ Assembly of CAF may authorize, up to the maximum approved amount, the amounts that will be contributed during the current period, based on the analysis of the new commitments contracted or the resources required by the stockholders’ special funds.

The resources of the stockholders’ special funds, that come from a contribution by CAF, are completely independent from the resources of CAF and are thus so maintained, accounted for, presented, utilized, invested, committed and otherwise disposed of. With regard to the use of the stockholders’ special funds, the financial responsibility of CAF, as administrator, is limited to the net assets of each of the constituted stockholders’ special funds. CAF has no residual interest in the net assets of the stockholders’ special funds.

In March 2018, the Stockholders’ Assembly of CAF approved the contribution up to a maximum amount of US$ 92,000 to some stockholders’ special funds for the year ended December 31, 2018. Subsequently, during the year ended December 31, 2018, the Executive President directly or by delegation, based on the analysis of the new commitments contracted or the resources required by the stockholders’ special funds, authorized the contributions of US$ 70,000, US$ 16,743, and US$ 1,087 to Compensatory Financing Fund (FFC), Technical Cooperation Fund (FCT), and Human Development Fund (FONDESHU), respectively. For the year ended December 31, 2018, CAF recognized US$ 87,830 as an expense and, at December 31, 2018 recognized an unconditional obligation (accounts payable) for US$ 36,872 which was paid in January 2019.

In March 2017, the Stockholders’ Assembly of CAF approved the contribution up to a maximum amount of US$ 92,064 to some stockholders’ special funds for the year ended December 31, 2017. Subsequently, during the year ended December 31, 2017, the Executive President directly or by delegation, based on the analysis of the new commitments contracted or the resources required by the stockholders’ special funds, authorized the contributions of US$ 68,000, US$ 22,064 and US$ 2,000 to FFC, FCT and FONDESHU, respectively. For the year ended December 31, 2017, CAF recognized US$ 92,064 as an expense and, at December 31, 2017 recognized an unconditional obligation (accounts payable) for US$ 36,967 which was paid in January 2018.

In March 2016, the Stockholders’ Assembly of CAF approved the contribution up to a maximum amount of US$ 72,000 to some stockholders’ special funds for the year ended December 31, 2016. Subsequently, the Executive President directly or by delegation based on the analysis of the new commitments contracted or the resources required by the stockholders’ special funds authorized the contributions of US$ 36,000, US$ 20,000, US$ 10,000 and US$ 2,000 to FFC, FCT, FONDESHU, Fund for the Development of Small and Medium Enterprise (FIDE), respectively. For the year ended December 31, 2016, CAF recognized US$ 68,000 as an expense and at December 31, 2016 recognized an unconditional obligation (accounts payable) for US$ 22,500 which was paid in January 2017.

 

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At December 31, 2018, 2017 and 2016, managed funds net assets are US$ 428,787, 408,258 and US$ 418,536, respectively. The balances of these funds are as follows:

 

     December 31.  
     2018      2017      2016  

Compensatory Financing Fund (FFC) (1)

     255,999        247,259        258,343  

Fund for the Development of Small and Medium Enterprises (FIDE)

     61,430        61,827        62,526  

Technical Cooperation Fund (FCT)

     48,248        45,844        42,839  

Human Development Fund (FONDESHU)

     8,875        9,496        10,186  

Latin american Carbon, Clean Alternative Energies Progam (PLAC)

     —          —          5,712  

Others non related with stockholders’ special funds

     54,235        43,832        38,930  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(1)

FFC was created by CAF’s stockholders for the purpose of compensating a portion of the interest costs of certain loans granted by CAF to finance economic and social infrastructure projects. For the years ended December 31, 2018, 2017 and 2016, FFC compensated interest amounting to US$ 83,932, US$ 82,765 and US$ 75,460, respectively, which amounts are included in interest income — loans in the statements of comprehensive income.

 

25.

SEGMENT REPORTING

Management has determined that CAF has only one operating and reportable segment since it does not manage its operations by allocating resources based on a determination of the contributions to net income of individual operations. CAF does not differentiate on the basis of the nature of the products or services provided the preparation process, or the method for providing services among individual countries.

For the years ended December 31, 2018, 2017 and 2016, loans made to or guaranteed by four countries individually generated in excess, of 10% of interest income on loans, as follows:

 

     2018      2017      2016  

Argentina

     150,099        110,364        92,253  

Ecuador

     149,204        121,071        100,268  

Venezuela

     146,693        115,277        96,861  

Bolivia

     112,655        86,807        67,749  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
     558,651        433,519        357,131  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

26.

SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

Management has evaluated subsequent events through February 15, 2019, the date of issue of these financial statements. As a result of this evaluation, management has determined that there are no subsequent events that require a disclosure in these financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2018, except for:

 

   

On January 30, 2019, CAF issued bonds for EUR 750,000,000, 0.625% due 2024, under its Medium Term Notes Programme.

 

   

On February 11, 2019, CAF issued bonds for US$ 1,250,000,000, 3.250% due 2022, under its registration statement filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

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CORPORACIÓN ANDINA DE FOMENTO (CAF)

Unaudited Condensed Interim Balance Sheets

As of March 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018

(In thousands of U.S. dollars)

 

     NOTES      March 31, 2019      December 31, 2018  

ASSETS

        

Cash and due from banks

        180,061        127,355  

Deposits with banks

        3,037,266        2,594,312  
     

 

 

    

 

 

 

Cash and deposits with banks

        3,217,327        2,721,667  
     

 

 

    

 

 

 

Marketable securities:

        

Trading

     3 and 14        10,346,120        9,654,956  

Other investments

        887,719        658,750  

Loans (US$ 73,230 and US$ 74,402 at fair value as of March 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018)

     4 and 14        24,607,700        25,111,387  

Less loan commissions, net of origination costs

        100,798        102,823  

Less allowance for loan losses

     4        64,877        64,848  
     

 

 

    

 

 

 

Loans, net

        24,442,025        24,943,716  
     

 

 

    

 

 

 

Accrued interest and commissions receivable

        596,747        523,098  

Equity investments

        458,679        459,667  

Derivative financial instruments

     13 and 14        213,717        184,805  

Property and equipment, net

        104,923        106,046  

Other assets

     5        589,494        761,542  
     

 

 

    

 

 

 

TOTAL

        40,856,751        40,014,247  
     

 

 

    

 

 

 

LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY

        

LIABILITIES:

        

Deposits

     6        1,456,620        3,210,545  

Commercial paper

     7        852,517        641,295  

Borrowings (US$ 467,040 and US$ 470,220 at fair value as of March 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018)

     8 and 14        1,343,750        1,284,269  

Bonds (US$ 23,546,571 and US$ 21,461,610 at fair value as of March 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018)

     9 and 14        23,703,962        21,620,093  

Accrued interest payable

        429,851        394,233  

Derivative financial instruments

     13 and 14        807,268        876,784  

Accrued expenses and other liabilities

     10        164,052        123,628  
     

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total liabilities

        28,758,020        28,150,847  
     

 

 

    

 

 

 

STOCKHOLDERS EQUITY:

        

Subscribed capital

        8,056,525        7,989,620  

Less callable capital portion

        1,589,660        1,589,660  

Less capital subscriptions receivable

        1,265,400        1,233,240  
     

 

 

    

 

 

 

Paid-in capital

        5,201,465        5,166,720  
     

 

 

    

 

 

 

Additional paid-in capital

        3,659,064        3,595,133  

Reserves

        3,101,547        2,877,970  

Retained earnings

        136,655        223,577  
     

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total stockholders’ equity

        12,098,731        11,863,400  
     

 

 

    

 

 

 

TOTAL

        40,856,751        40,014,247  
     

 

 

    

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to the unaudited condensed interim financial information

 

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CORPORACIÓN ANDINA DE FOMENTO (CAF)

Unaudited Condensed Interim Statements of Comprehensive Income

For the three-month periods ended March 31, 2019 and 2018

(In thousands of U.S. dollars)

 

     NOTES      2019     2018  

Interest income:

       

Loans

        296,817       220,402  

Investments and deposits with banks

     3        126,341       46,451  

Loan commissions

        8,284       9,255  
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total interest income

        431,442       276,108  
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Interest expense:

       

Bonds

        225,213       151,136  

Deposits

        13,995       11,108  

Commercial paper

        6,336       4,107  

Borrowings

        12,024       9,326  

Commissions

        1,830       3,855  
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total interest expense

        259,398       179,532  
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net interest income

        172,044       96,576  

(Credit) provision for loan losses

     4        (1,370     9,286  
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net interest income, after provision for loan losses

        173,414       87,290  
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Non-interest income:

       

Other commissions

        1,375       1,133  

Dividends and equity in earnings of investees

        223       596  

Other income

        950       498  
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total non-interest income

        2,548       2,227  
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Non-interest expenses:

       

Administrative expenses

        34,923       37,990  

Other expenses

        5,883       355  
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total non-interest expenses

        40,806       38,345  
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net income before unrealized changes in fair value related to financial instruments and Contributions to Stockholders’ Special Funds

        135,156       51,172  

Unrealized changes in fair value related to other financial instruments

     15        1,569       1,296  
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net income before Contributions to Stockholders’ Special Funds

        136,725       52,468  

Contributions to Stockholders’ Special Funds

     11        70       2,593  
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net income

        136,655       49,875  
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Other comprehensive income:

       

Unrecognized changes in assets/ liabilities under benefit pension plan

        —         —    

Amortization of defined benefit pension items

        —         —    
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total comprehensive income

        136,655       49,875  
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to the unaudited condensed interim financial information

 

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CORPORACIÓN ANDINA DE FOMENTO (CAF)

Unaudited Condensed Interim Statements of Stockholders’ Equity

For the three-month periods ended March 31, 2019 and 2018

(In thousands of U.S. dollars)

 

                Reserves              
    Paid-in
capital
    Additional
paid-in
capital
    General
reserve
    Article N° 42
of the

Constitutive
Agreement
    Total
reserves
    Retained
earnings
    Total
stockholders’
equity
 

BALANCES AT DECEMBER 31, 2017

    4,984,295       3,259,471       2,316,071       485,500       2,801,571       76,399       11,121,736  

Capital increase

    37,030       68,135       —         —         —         —         105,165  

Net income

    —         —         —         —         —         49,875       49,875  

Appropriated for general reserve

    —         —         63,699       —         68,699       (68,699     —    

Appropriated for reserve pursuant to Article N° 42 of the Constitutive Agreement

    —         —         —         7,700       7,700       (7,700     —    
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

BALANCES AT MARCH 31, 2018

    5,021,325       3,327,606       2,384,770       493,200       2,877,970       49,875       11,276,776  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

BALANCES AT DECEMBER 31, 2018

    5,166,720       3,595,133       2,384,770       493,200       2,877,970       223,577       11,863,400  

Capital increase

    34,745       63,931       —         —         —         —         98,676  

Net income

    —         —         —         —         —         136,655       136,655  

Appropriated for general reserve

    —         —         201,177       —         201,177       (201,177     —    

Appropriated for reserve pursuant to Article N° 42 of the Constitutive Agreement

    —         —         —         22,400       22,400       (22,400     —    
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

BALANCES AT MARCH 31, 2019

    5,201,465       3,659,064       2,585,947       515,600       3,101,547       136,655       12,098,731  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to the unaudited condensed interim financial information

 

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CORPORACIÓN ANDINA DE FOMENTO (CAF)

Unaudited Condensed Interim Statements of Cash Flows

For the three-month periods ended March 31, 2019 and 2018

(In thousands of U.S. dollars)

 

     NOTE      2019     2018  

OPERATING ACTIVITIES:

       

Net income

        136,655       49,875  

Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash used in operating activities:

       

Unrealized gains on trading securities

        (31,025     (3,812

Amortization of loan commissions, net of origination costs

        (3,318     (3,737

(Credit) provision for loan losses

     4        (1,370     9,286  

Impairment charge for equity investments

        11       —    

Equity in losses of investees

        1,668       —    

Amortization of deferred charges

        771       1,158  

Depreciation of property and equipment

        1,381       1,838  

Provision for employees’ severance benefits

        3,515       3,556  

Provision for employees’ savings plan

        237       290  

Unrealized changes in fair value related to other financial instruments

        (1,569     (1,296

Net changes in operating assets and liabilities:

       

Severance benefits paid or advanced

        (2,940     (1,334

Employees’ savings plan paid or advanced

        (873     (375

Trading securities, net

        (589,730     (225,758

Interest and commissions receivable

        (73,649     7,985  

Other assets

        (5,734     (3,521

Accrued interest payable

        35,618       (2,823

Accrued expenses and other liabilities

        (36,302     (32,504
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total adjustments and net changes in operating assets and liabilities

        (703,309     (251,047
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net cash used in operating activities

        (566,654     (201,172
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

INVESTING ACTIVITIES:

       

Purchases of other investments

        (1,133,822     (343,665

Maturities of other investments

        904,853       892,786  

Loan origination and principal collections, net

        508,012       462,920  

Equity investments, net

        (691     (6,170

Purchases of property and equipment, net

        (258     (3,917
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net cash provided by investing activities

        278,094       1,001,954  
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Carried forward,

        (288,560     800,782  
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to the unaudited condensed interim financial information

 

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CORPORACIÓN ANDINA DE FOMENTO (CAF)

Unaudited Condensed Interim Statements of Cash Flows

For the three-month periods ended March 31, 2019 and 2018

(In thousands of U.S. dollars)

 

     2019     2018  

Brought forward,

     (288,560     800,782  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

FINANCING ACTIVITIES:

    

Net (decrease) increase in deposits

     (1,753,925     201,699  

Proceeds from commercial paper

     762,000       120,000  

Repayment of commercial paper

     (550,778     (910,420

Net decrease in derivative-related collateral

     182,051       29,937  

Proceeds from issuance of bonds

     2,109,099       1,526,335  

Repayment of bonds

     (117,822     (1,886,146

Proceeds from borrowings

     61,963       105,145  

Repayment of borrowings

     (7,044     (6,747

Proceeds from issuance of shares

     98,676       105,165  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities

     784,220       (715,032
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET INCREASE IN CASH AND DUE FROM BANKS AND DEPOSITS WITH BANKS

     495,660       85,750  

CASH AND DUE FROM BANKS AND DEPOSITS WITH BANKS AT BEGINNING OF THE PERIOD

     2,721,667       2,063,060  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

CASH AND DUE FROM BANKS AND DEPOSITS WITH BANKS AT END OF THE PERIOD

     3,217,327       2,148,810  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

SUPPLEMENTAL DISCLOSURE:

    

Interest paid during the period

     218,084       172,329  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

NON-CASH FINANCING ACTIVITIES:

    

Changes in derivative financial instruments assets

     28,912       (69,997
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Changes in derivative financial instruments liabilities

     69,516       (45,801
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to the unaudited condensed interim financial information

 

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CORPORACIÓN ANDINA DE FOMENTO (CAF)

Notes to the Unaudited Condensed Interim Financial Information

As of March 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018

and for the three-month periods ended March 31, 2019 and 2018

(In thousands of U.S. dollars)

 

1.

ORIGIN

Business description Corporación Andina de Fomento (CAF) began its operations on June 8, 1970, and was established under public international law which abides by the provisions set forth in its Constitutive Agreement. Series “A” and “B” stockholder countries are: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Trinidad and Tobago, Uruguay and Venezuela. Series “C” stockholder countries are: Barbados, Chile, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Jamaica, Mexico, Portugal and Spain. In addition, there are 13 banks which are Series “B” stockholders. CAF is headquartered in Caracas and has offices in Asuncion, Bogota, Brasilia, Buenos Aires, Mexico City, Panama City, La Paz, Lima, Madrid, Montevideo, Port of Spain and Quito.

CAF’s objective is to support sustainable development and economic integration within Latin America and the Caribbean by helping stockholder countries diversify their economies, and become more competitive and responsive to social needs.

CAF offers financial and related services to the governments of its stockholder countries, as well as their public and private institutions, corporations and joint ventures. CAF’s principal activity is to provide short, medium and long-term loans to finance projects, working capital, trade activities and to undertake feasibility studies for investment opportunities in stockholder countries. Furthermore, CAF manages and supervises third-party cooperation funds owned and sponsored by other countries and organizations, destined to finance programs agreed upon with donor countries and organizations which are in line with CAF´s policies and strategies.

CAF raises funds to finance its operations from sources both within and outside its stockholder countries.

 

2.

BASIS OF PRESENTATION AND SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Financial statement presentation The condensed interim financial information as of March 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018 and for the three-month periods ended March 31, 2019 and 2018 is unaudited and has been prepared, in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. In the opinion of management, such condensed interim financial information includes all adjustments, consisting of normal recurring adjustments, necessary for the fair presentation of the results of the interim periods. The results of operations for the three-month period ended March 31, 2019 are not necessarily an indication of the results to be expected for the full year 2019.

This condensed interim financial information should be read in conjunction with CAF’s audited financial statements as of and for the years ended December 31, 2018, 2017 and 2016 and the notes thereto.

For a detailed discussion about CAF´s significant accounting policies, refer to Note 2 of the audited financial statements as of and for the years ended December 31, 2018, 2017 and 2016. During the three-month period ended March 31, 2019, there were no significant updates to CAF´s significant accounting policies.

 

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3.

MARKETABLE SECURITIES

Trading

A summary of trading securities follows:

 

     March 31, 2019      December 31, 2018  
     Amount      Average
maturity
(years)
     Amount      Average
maturity
(years)
 

U.S. Treasury Notes

     1,880,086        1.94        1,799,690        1.86  
  

 

 

       

 

 

    

Non-U.S. governments and government entities bonds

     286,613        1.23        243,581        1.31  
  

 

 

       

 

 

    

Financial institutions and corporate securities:

           

Commercial paper

     3,653,972        0.14        3,371,479        0.13  

Certificates of deposits

     2,023,796        0.19        1,707,010        0.19  

Bonds

     1,842,961        2.54        1,856,325        2.52  

Collateralized mortgage obligation

     336,659        3.91        352,643        4.03  

Liquidity funds

     322,033        1.00        324,228        1.00  
  

 

 

       

 

 

    
     8,179,421        0.88        7,611,685        0.91  
  

 

 

       

 

 

    

Marketable securities

     10,346,120        1.08        9,654,956        1.08  
  

 

 

       

 

 

    

The fair value of trading securities include net unrealized gains of US$ 31,025 and US$ 3,811 at March 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively.

Net realized gains and losses from trading securities of US$ 71,206 and US$ 17,340 at March 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively, are included in the statements of comprehensive income as part of Interest income-Investments and deposits with banks.

Maturity of trading securities follows:

 

     March 31,
2019
     December 31,
2018
 

Remaining maturities:

     

Less than one year

     6,701,617        6,032,574  

Between one and two years

     2,043,482        1,964,737  

Between two and three years

     691,997        649,114  

Between three and four years

     471,765        568,404  

Between four and five years

     246,701        305,809  

Over five years

     190,558        134,318  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
     10,346,120        9,654,956  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

4.

LOANS

Loans include short, medium and long-term loans to finance projects, working capital and trade activities. The majority of the loans are to Series “A” and “B” stockholder countries, or with private institutions or companies of these countries.

 

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Loans by country are summarized as follows:

 

     March 31,
2019
     December 31,
2018
 

Stockholder country:

     

Argentina

     3,578,553        3,577,715  

Barbados

     81,633        84,014  

Bolivia

     2,524,600        2,562,869  

Brazil

     1,802,747        1,694,502  

Chile

     399,850        425,000  

Colombia

     2,803,453        2,840,345  

Costa Rica

     86,239        88,795  

Dominican Republic

     198,725        206,515  

Ecuador

     3,599,682        3,586,804  

Mexico

     130,000        530,000  

Panama

     1,803,830        1,900,354  

Paraguay

     472,318        466,200  

Peru

     2,025,707        2,039,674  

Trinidad & Tobago

     600,000        600,000  

Uruguay

     984,369        994,685  

Venezuela

     3,514,667        3,514,102  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

     24,606,373        25,111,574  

Fair value adjustments

     1,327        (187
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Loans

     24,607,700        25,111,387  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Fair value adjustments of loans represent mainly adjustments to the amount of loans for which the fair value option is elected.

At March 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018, loans denominated in other currencies were granted for an equivalent of US$ 35,422 and US$ 30,155, respectively, principally in Peruvian nuevos soles, Colombian pesos, Uruguayan pesos and Bolivian bolivianos. At March 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018, fixed interest rate loans amounted to US$ 116,040 and US$ 134,104, respectively.

Loans classified by public sector and private sector borrowers are as follows:

 

     March 31,
2019
     December 31,
2018
 

Public sector

     21,336,747        21,571,079  

Private sector

     3,269,626        3,540,495  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
     24,606,373        25,111,574  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

The weighted average yield of the loan portfolio is shown below:

 

    March 31, 2019      December 31, 2018  
    Amount      Weighted
average
yield (%)
     Amount      Weighted
average
yield (%)
 

Loans

    24,606,373        4.61        25,111,574        4.43  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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Loans by industry segments are as follows:

 

     March 31, 2019      December 31, 2018  
     Amount      %      Amount      %  

Electricity, gas and water supply

     7,749,827        32        7,853,261        31  

Transport, warehousing and communications

     7,247,646        29        7,288,024        29  

Social and other infrastructure programs

     6,757,154        27        6,473,592        26  

Financial services — Commercial banks

     1,979,769        8        2,141,810        9  

Financial services — Development banks

     528,465        2        999,466        4  

Agriculture, hunting and forestry

     144,292        1        151,551        1  

Manufacturing industry

     86,762        —          91,413        —    

Others

     112,458        1        112,457        —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
     24,606,373        100        25,111,574        100  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Loans mature as follows:

 

     March 31,
2019
     December 31,
2018
 

Remaining maturities:

     

Less than one year

     4,896,539        5,327,009  

Between one and two years

     2,589,099        2,638,910  

Between two and three years

     2,422,462        2,399,462  

Between three and four years

     2,364,405        2,416,173  

Between four and five years

     2,261,095        2,169,924  

Over five years

     10,072,773        10,160,096  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
     24,606,373        25,111,574  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

The loan portfolio classified based on the type of credit risk is as follows:

 

     March 31,
2019
     December 31,
2018
 

Sovereign guaranteed

     20,482,125        20,737,233  

Non-sovereign guaranteed

     4,124,248        4,374,341  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
     24,606,373        25,111,574  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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Loan portfolio quality

The loan portfolio quality indicators and the related amounts are presented below:

 

     March 31,
2019
     March 31,
2018
 

During the period CAF recorded the following transactions:

     

Loans written-off

     0        12,000  

Purchases of loan portfolio

     0        0  

Sales of loan portfolio

     8,000        0  

 

     March 31,
2019
    December 31,
2018
 

CAF presented the following amounts and quality indicators as of the end of the period / year:

    

Non-accrual loans

     111,294       112,695  

Impaired loans

     111,294       112,695  

Troubled debt restructured

     0       0  

Overdue loans

     175,399       124,286  

Allowance for loan losses as a percentage of loan portfolio

     0.26     0.26

Non-accrual loans as a percentage of loan portfolio

     0.45     0.45

Overdue loan principal as a percentage of loan portfolio

     0.71     0.49

As of March 31, 2019, there are outstanding overdue amounts from Venezuela totaling US$ 249,829, comprising, US$ 175,399 of principal and US$ 74,430 of interest and commissions. Those amounts were originally due between December 7, 2018 and February 25, 2019.

At December 31, 2018, there were outstanding overdue amount from Venezuela totaling US$ 182,776 comprising, US$ 124,286 of principal and US$ 58,490 of interest and commissions. Those amounts were originally due between December 7, 2018 and December 28, 2018.

In January 2019, CAF received payments for US$ 6,133 related to outstanding overdue interest at December 31, 2018; in addition, in April 2019, CAF received payments for the total amount of outstanding overdue loans and interest at March 31, 2019.

A/B Loans

CAF administers loan-participations sold, and only assumes the credit risk for the portion of the loan owned by CAF. At March 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018, CAF had loans of this nature amounting to US$ 352,588 and US$ 366,048, respectively; whereby other financial institutions provided funds for US$ 204,602, and US$ 208,761, respectively.

 

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Allowance for Loan Losses

Changes in the allowance, the balance for loan losses over the outstanding amounts of loans, individually and collectively evaluated, are presented below:

 

     For the three-month periods ended March 31,  
     2019     2018  
     Credit risk           Credit risk        
     Sovereign     Non-
sovereign
    Total     Sovereign      Non-
sovereign
    Total  

Balances at beginning of period

     36,715       28,133       64,848       35,239        31,986       67,225  

(Credit) provision for loan losses

     (23     (1,347     (1,370     797        8,489       9,286  

Loans written-off

     —         —         —         —          (12,000     (12,000

Recoveries

     —         1,399       1,399       —          839       839  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Balances at end of period

     36,692       28,185       64,877       36,036        29,314       65,350  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

     March 31, 2019      December 31, 2018  
     Sector             Sector         
     Sovereign      Non-
sovereign
     Total      Sovereign      Non-
sovereign
     Total  

Allowance:

                 

Individually evaluated for loan losses

     —          28,185        28,185        —          28,133        28,133  

Collectively evaluated for loan losses

     36,692        —          36,692        36,715        —          36,715  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
     36,692        28,185        64,877        36,715        28,133        64,848  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

     March 31, 2019      December 31, 2018  
     Sector             Sector         
     Sovereign      Non-
sovereign
     Total      Sovereign      Non-
sovereign
     Total  

Loans:

                 

Individually evaluated for loan losses

     —          4,124,248        4,124,248        —          4,374,341        4,374,341  

Collectively evaluated for loan losses

     20,482,125        —          20,482,125        20,737,233        —          20,737,233  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
     20,482,125        4,124,248        24,606,373        20,737,233        4,374,341        25,111,574  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

5.

OTHER ASSETS

A summary of other assets follows:

 

     March 31,
2019
     December 31,
2018
 

Derivative-related collateral

     558,944        735,955  

Intangible assets, net

     10,038        10,169  

Other

     20,512        15,418  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
     589,494        761,542  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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6.

DEPOSITS

A summary of deposits follows:

 

     March 31,
2019
     December 31,
2018
 

Demand deposits

     74,027        72,007  

Time deposits:

     

Less than one year

     1,382,593        3,138,538  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
     1,456,620        3,210,545  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

At March 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018, the weighted average cost was 2.99 % and 1.91%, respectively. Deposits are issued for amounts equal to or more than US$ 100. Total deposits denominated in other currencies amounted to an equivalent of US$ 203 and US$ 457,848 at March 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018, respectively.

 

7.

COMMERCIAL PAPER

At March 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018, the outstanding amount of commercial paper issued by CAF, amounts to US$ 852,517, and US$ 641,295, respectively, these amounts mature in 2019. At March 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018, the weighted average cost was 2.76 % and 1.94%, respectively.

 

8.

BORROWINGS

A summary of borrowings by currency follows:

 

     March 31,
2019
     December 31,
2018
 

U.S. dollars

     1,218,909        1,158,009  

Euros

     100,356        106,628  

Peruvian nuevo soles

     23,202        22,828  

Other

     1,928        2,039  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
     1,344,395        1,289,504  

Fair value adjustments

     146        (4,415

Less debt issuance costs

     791        820  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Carrying value of borrowings

     1,343,750        1,284,269  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

At March 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018, the fixed interest-bearing borrowings amounted to US$ 467,432 and US$ 467,169, respectively. At March 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018, the weighted average interest rate after considering the impact of interest rate swaps was 3.64% and 3.14%, respectively.

Borrowings, by remaining maturities, are summarized below:

 

     March 31,
2019
     December
31, 2018
 

Remaining maturities:

     

Less than one year

     185,944        181,505  

Between one and two years

     392,183        392,356  

Between two and three years

     159,217        155,327  

Between three and four years

     134,844        130,031  

Between four and five years

     128,708        122,532  

Over five years

     343,499        307,753  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
     1,344,395        1,289,504  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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Some borrowings agreements contains covenants requiring the use of the proceeds for specific purposes or projects.

At March 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018, there were unused term credit facilities amounting to US$ 946,791 and US$ 782,691, respectively.

 

9.

BONDS

An analysis of outstanding bonds follows:

 

     March 31, 2019      December 31, 2018  
     At original
exchange
rate
     At spot
exchange
rate
     Weighted
average
cost, after
swaps (%)
(period end)
     At original
exchange
rate
     At spot
exchange
rate
     Weighted
average
cost, after
swaps (%)
(year-end)
 

U.S. dollars

     10,482,541        10,482,541        4.71        9,235,275        9,235,275        6.71  

Euro

     7,803,197        7,285,394        2.87        6,952,140        6,574,568        1.81  

Swiss francs

     2,465,621        2,360,149        2.60        2,465,629        2,388,454        2.60  

Australian dollars

     1,041,752        933,551        3.63        1,041,899        925,405        3.63  

Hong Kong dollars

     757,301        748,653        1.90        757,299        750,575        1.90  

Norwegian kroner

     622,501        487,115        3.26        622,500        481,895        3.26  

Japanese yen

     235,400        216,567        3.49        347,422        308,250        4.20  

Colombian pesos

     283,283        246,963        3.64        283,283        241,991        2.38  

Mexican pesos

     254,795        222,268        3.63        254,725        219,228        3.64  

Indonesian Rupee

     75,000        72,604        2.59        75,000        70,984        2.02  

Brazilian Real

     68,701        56,222        2.02        68,701        56,805        2.38  

Peruvian nuevos soles

     53,378        53,334        4.44        53,378        52,476        4.44  

South African rand

     37,775        40,864        2.38        37,773        40,881        2.79  

Turkish lira

     64,471        34,417        2.38        64,467        36,425        3.63  

Indian Rupee

     31,891        30,913        2.79        31,891        30,572        2.59  

Canadian dollars

     30,394        29,938        3.19        30,395        29,295        3.19  

Uruguayan pesos

     4,774        4,774        —          —          —          —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

       

 

 

    

 

 

    
     24,312,775        23,306,267           22,321,777        21,443,079     
  

 

 

          

 

 

       

Fair value adjustments

        415,843              195,441     

Less debt issuance costs

        18,148              18,427     
     

 

 

          

 

 

    

Carrying value of bonds

        23,703,962              21,620,093     
     

 

 

          

 

 

    

A summary of the bonds issued, by remaining maturities at original exchange rate, follows:

 

     March 31,
2019
     December 31,
2018
 

Remaining maturities:

     

Less than one year

     2,309,831        2,291,645  

Between one and two years

     4,124,496        3,906,435  

Between two and three years

     5,165,067        3,154,929  

Between three and four years

     2,626,860        2,685,947  

Between four and five years

     3,376,856        3,202,716  

Over five years

     6,709,665        7,080,105  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
     24,312,775        22,321,777  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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At March 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018, fixed interest rate bonds amounted to US$ 24,227,010 and US$ 22,229,968, respectively, of which US$ 13,842,914 and US$ 13,095,772, respectively, are denominated in other currencies.

There were no bonds repurchased during the three-month periods ended March 31, 2019 and 2018.

 

10.

ACCRUED EXPENSES AND OTHER LIABILITIES

A summary of accrued expenses and other liabilities follows:

 

     March 31,
2019
     December 31,
2018
 

Employees’ severance benefits and savings plan

     79,863        82,273  

Payable for investment securities purchased

     71,747        —    

Derivatives related collateral

     5,040        —    

Provision for contingencies

     1,265        1,414  

Contributions to Stockholders´ Special Funds

     70        36,872  

Other liabilities

     6,067        3,069  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
     164,052        123,628  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

11.

CONTRIBUTIONS TO STOCKHOLDERS’ SPECIAL FUNDS

In March 2019, the Stockholders’ Assembly of CAF approved the contribution up to a maximum amount of US$ 130,000 to some stockholders’ special funds for 2019. Subsequently, during the three-month period ended March 31, 2019, the Executive President directly or by delegation, based on the analysis of the new commitments contracted or the resources required by the stockholders´ special funds, authorized the contributions of US$ 70 to Technical Cooperation Fund (FCT). For the three-month period ended March 31, 2019, CAF recognized US$ 70 as an expense and, at March 31, 2019 recognized an unconditional obligation (accounts payable) for US$ 70 which was paid in April 2019.

In March 2018, the Stockholders’ Assembly of CAF approved the contribution up to a maximum amount of US$ 92,000 to some stockholders’ special funds for 2018. Subsequently, during the three-month period ended March 31, 2018, the Executive President directly or by delegation, based on the analysis of the new commitments contracted or the resources required by the stockholders´ special funds, authorized the contributions of US$ 2,193 and US$ 400 to FCT and Human Development Fund (FONDESHU), respectively. For the three-month period ended March 31, 2018, CAF recognized US$ 2,593 as an expense and, at March 31, 2018 recognized an unconditional obligation (accounts payable) for US$ 2,593 which was paid in April 2018.

 

12.

TAX EXEMPTIONS

Pursuant to its Constitutive Agreement CAF is exempt, in all of its Member Countries, from all taxes on income, properties and other assets as well as from any liability related to the payment, withholding or collection of any taxes. The term “Member Country” is defined in Article 3 of CAF’s General Regulations as any shareholder country holding at least one Series “A” share that, either is a signatory to the Constitutive Agreement or, being of Latin America or the Caribbean, has adhered to it. At March 2019 and December 2018, the Member Countries are Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Trinidad and Tobago, Uruguay and Venezuela.

CAF has entered into bilateral agreements with its other shareholder countries providing for tax exemptions substantially similar to those granted to it by the Member Countries.

 

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13.

DERIVATIVE FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS AND HEDGING ACTIVITIES

CAF utilizes derivative financial instruments to reduce exposure to interest rate risk and foreign currency risk. CAF does not hold or issue derivative financial instruments for trading or speculative purposes.

The market risk associated with interest rate and foreign currency risk is managed by swapping marketable securities — trading, loans, borrowings and bonds, subject to fixed interest rates and denominated in other currency into floating interest rate instruments denominated in U.S. dollars. CAF enters into derivative financial instruments to offset the economic changes in value of specifically identified marketable securities — trading, loans, borrowings and bonds.

Derivative financial instruments held by CAF consist of interest rate swaps designated as fair value hedges of specifically identified loans, bonds or borrowings with fixed interest rates and denominated in U.S. dollars. Also, CAF enters into cross-currency and interest rate swaps as an economic hedge (derivative that is entered into to manage a risk but is not accounted as a hedge) for interest rate and foreign exchange risks related with marketable securities — trading, bonds, borrowings or loans denominated in currencies other than the U.S. dollar where CAF’s management elected to measure those liabilities and assets at fair value under the fair value option guidance.

When the fair value of a derivative financial instrument is positive, the counterparty owes CAF, creating credit risk for CAF. When the fair value of a derivative financial instrument is negative, CAF owes the counterparty and, therefore, it does not have credit risk. CAF minimizes the credit risk in derivative financial instruments by entering into transactions with high-quality counterparties whose credit rating is “A” or higher.

In order to reduce the credit risk in derivative financial instruments, CAF enters into credit support agreements with its major swap counterparties. This provides risk mitigation, as the swap contracts are regularly marked-to-market, and the party being the net obligor is required to post collateral when net mark to-market exposure exceeds certain predetermined thresholds. This collateral is in the form of cash.

CAF does not offset for each counterparty, the fair value amount recognized for derivative financial instruments with the fair value amount recognized for the collateral, whether posted or received, under master netting arrangements executed with the same counterparty. CAF reports separately the cumulative gross amounts for the receivable from and payable to for derivative financial instruments.

CAF also utilizes futures derivatives instruments to reduce exposure to price risk. There are contracts for delayed delivery of securities or money market instruments in which the seller agrees to make delivery at a specified future date of a specified instrument at a specified price or yield. Initial margin requirements are met with cash or securities. CAF generally closes out open positions prior to maturity. Therefore, cash receipts or payments are limited to the change in fair value of the future contracts. Additionally, CAF utilizes forward contracts to reduce exposure to foreign currency risk.

The balance sheet details related to CAF’s derivative financial instruments are as follows:

 

     Derivative assets      Derivative liabilities  
     March 31,
2019
     December 31,
2018
     March 31,
2019
     December 31,
2018
 

Cross-currency swap

     153,368        152,018        709,817        733,232  

Interest rate swap

     59,853        31,978        90,823        134,624  

U.S Treasury futures

     360        657        6,627        8,696  

Cross-currency forward contracts

     136        152        1        232  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
     213,717        184,805        807,268        876,784  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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The following table presents the notional amounts and fair values of interest rate swaps and cross-currency swaps and the underlying hedged items:

 

     Notional amount      Fair value  
     Interest
rate swap
     Cross-
currency
swap
     Derivative
assets
     Derivative
liabilities
 

At March 31, 2019:

           

Loans

     65,946        —          213        1,228  

Loans

     —          6,333        404        —    

Borrowings

     —          100,356        —          944  

Borrowings

     366,538        —          2,986        2,465  

Bonds

     —          13,838,140        152,964        708,873  

Bonds

     10,299,096        —          56,654        87,130  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
     10,731,580        13,944,829        213,221        800,640  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

     Notional amount      Fair value  
     Interest
rate swap
     Cross-
currency
swap
     Derivative
assets
     Derivative
liabilities
 

At December 31, 2018:

           

Loans

     68,752        —          826        411  

Loans

     —          6,333        620        —    

Borrowings

     —          108,097        89        —    

Borrowings

     366,538        —          1,467        6,183  

Bonds

     —          13,095,772        151,309        733,232  

Bonds

     9,049,096        —          29,685        128,030  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
     9,484,386        13,210,202        183,996        867,856  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

The following table presents the notional amount and fair values of U.S. treasury futures and cross-currency forwards contracts:

At March 31, 2019

 

                           Fair value  
     Start date    Termination date    Contract
Currency
   Notional
amount
     Derivative
assets
 

Forward contracts

   Various    Until June 2019    Various      54,264        136  
           

 

 

    

 

 

 

Futures long

   Various    Until June 2019    Various      89,600        360  
           

 

 

    

 

 

 
                           Fair value  
     Start date    Termination date    Contract
Currency
   Notional
amount
     Derivative
liabilities
 

Forward contracts

   Various    Various    Various      3,079        (1
           

 

 

    

 

 

 

Futures short

   Various    Until June 2019    Various      1,433,600        (6,627
           

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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At December 31, 2018

              
                                 Fair value  
     Start date      Termination date      Contract
Currency
     Notional
amount
     Derivative
assets
 

Forward contracts

     Various        Until March 2019        Various        15,603        152  
           

 

 

    

 

 

 

Futures short

     Various        Until March 2019        Various        103,600        657  
           

 

 

    

 

 

 
                                 Fair value  
     Start date      Termination date      Contract
Currency
     Notional
amount
     Derivative
liabilities
 

Forward contracts

     Various        Various        Various        24,572        (232
           

 

 

    

 

 

 

Futures long

     Various        Until March 2019        Various        1,336,600        (8,696
           

 

 

    

 

 

 

The amount of collateral posted related to futures at March 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018, was US$ 11,917 and US$ 13,690, respectively. At March 31, 2019 and 2018, there were no collateral received related to futures.

CAF enters into International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. (ISDA) master netting arrangements with substantially all of its derivative counterparties. These legally enforceable master netting arrangements give CAF the right to take cash or liquidate securities held as collateral and to offset receivables and payables with the same counterparty, in the event of default by the counterparty. The following tables present information about the effect of offsetting of derivative financial instruments, although CAF has elected not to offset any derivative financial instruments by counterparty in the balance sheet:

At March 31, 2019

 

Derivative assets           Gross amounts not offset         
            in the balance sheet         

Description

   Gross
amounts of
recognized assets
     Financial
instruments
     Cash and
securities
collateral received
     Net amount  

Swaps

     213,221        (212,762      (5,040      (4,581
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
Derivative liabilities           Gross amounts not offset         
            in the balance sheet         

Description

   Gross amounts
of recognized
liabilities
     Financial
instruments
     Cash and
securities
collateral pledged
     Net amount  

Swaps

     (800,640      212,762        547,027        (40,851
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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At December 31, 2018

 

Derivative assets          Gross amounts not offset         
           in the balance sheet         

Description

   Gross
amounts of
recognized assets
    Financial
instruments
    Cash and
securities
collateral received
     Net amount  
                                            

Swaps

     183,996       (183,974            22  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 
Derivative liabilities          Gross amounts not offset         
           in the balance sheet         

Description

   Gross amounts
of recognized
liabilities
    Financial
instruments
    Cash and
securities
collateral pledged
     Net amount  

Swaps

     (867,856     183,974       722,265        38,383  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

14.

FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS

The following section describes the valuation methodologies used by CAF to measure various financial instruments at fair value, including an indication of the level in the fair value hierarchy in which each financial instrument is classified. Where appropriate, the description includes details of the valuation methodologies and the key inputs to those methodologies.

When available, CAF generally uses quoted prices in active markets to determine fair value.

If quoted market prices in active markets are not available, fair value is based upon internally developed valuation methodologies that use, where possible, current market-based or independently sourced market inputs, such as interest rates, currency rates, etc.

Where available, CAF may also make use of quoted prices in active markets for recent trading activity in positions with the same or similar characteristics to the financial instrument being valued. The frequency and size of trading activity and the amount of the bid-ask spread are among the factors considered in determining the liquidity of markets and the relevance of observed quoted prices from those markets.

The following valuation methodologies are used to estimate the fair value and determine the classification in the fair value hierarchy of CAF’s financial instruments:

 

   

Marketable securities: CAF uses quoted prices in active markets to determine the fair value of trading securities. These securities are classified in Level 1 of the fair value hierarchy.

 

   

Loans: The fair value of fixed rate loans is determined using a discounted cash flow technique using the current variable interest rate for similar loans. These loans are classified in Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy.

 

   

Derivative assets and liabilities: Derivative financial instruments transactions contracted and designated by CAF as hedges of risks related to interest rates, currency rates or both, for transactions recorded as financial assets or liabilities are also presented at fair value. In those cases the fair value is calculated using market prices provided by an independent financial information services company, which are determined based on discounted cash flows using observable inputs. Derivative assets and liabilities are classified in Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy.

 

   

Bonds and borrowings: For CAF´s bonds issued and medium and long term borrowings, fair value is determined by using a discounted cash flow technique, taking into consideration benchmark interest yield curves at the end of the reporting period to discount the expected cash flows for the applicable maturity, thus reflecting market fluctuation of key variables such as interest and exchange rates. These yield curves are adjusted to incorporate CAF credit risk spread. Bonds and borrowings are generally

 

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classified in Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy based on the observability of significant inputs to the valuation methodologies technique.

During the three-month period ended March 31, 2019 and the year ended December 31, 2018, there were no transfers between levels 1, 2 and 3.

Items Measured at Fair Value on a Recurring Basis

The following tables present for each of the fair value hierarchy levels CAF’s assets and liabilities that are measured at fair value on a recurring basis:

At March 31, 2019

 

     Level 1      Level 2      Level 3      Total  
                                                                                       

Assets:

           

Marketable Securities:

           

U.S. Treasury Notes

     1,880,086        —          —          1,880,086  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Non-U.S. governments and government entities bonds

     286,613        —          —          286,613  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Financial institutions and corporate securities:

           

Commercial paper

     3,653,972        —          —          3,653,972  

Certificate of deposits

     2,023,796        —          —          2,023,796  

Bonds

     1,842,961        —          —          1,842,961  

Collateralized mortgage obligation

     336,659        —          —          336,659  

Liquidity funds

     322,033        —          —          322,033  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
     8,179,421        —          —          8,179,421  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Sub-total financial assets at fair value

     10,346,120        —          —          10,346,120  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Loans

     —          73,230        —          73,230  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Derivative instruments:

           

Cross-currency swap

     —          153,368        —          153,368  

Interest rate swap

     —          59,853        —          59,853  

U.S Treasury futures

     —          360        —          360  

Cross-currency forward contracts

     —          136        —          136  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
     —          213,717        —          213,717  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total financial assets at fair value

     10,346,120        286,947        —          10,633,067  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Liabilities:

           

Borrowings

     —          467,040        —          467,040  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Bonds

     —          23,546,571        —          23,546,571  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Derivative instruments:

           

Cross-currency swap

     —          709,817        —          709,817  

Interest rate swap

     —          90,823        —          90,823  

U.S Treasury futures

     —          6,627        —          6,627  

Cross-currency forward contracts

     —          1        —          1  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
     —          807,268        —          807,268  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total financial liabilities at fair value

     —          24,820,879        —          24,820,879  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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At December 31, 2018

 

     Level 1      Level 2      Level 3      Total  

Assets:

           

Marketable Securities:

           

U.S. Treasury Notes

     1,799,690        —          —          1,799,690  

Non-U.S. governments and government entities bonds

     243,581        —          —          243,581  

Financial institutions and corporate securities:

           

Commercial paper

     3,371,479        —          —          3,371,479  

Certificate of deposits

     1,707,010        —          —          1,707,010  

Bonds

     1,856,325        —          —          1,856,325  

Collateralized mortgage obligation

     352,643        —          —          352,643  

Liquidity funds

     324,228        —          —          324,228  
     7,611,685      —        —        7,611,685  

Sub-total financial assets at fair value

     9,654,956        —          —          9,654,956  

Loans

     —          74,402        —          74,402  

Derivative instruments:

           

Cross-currency swap

     —          152,018        —          152,018  

Interest rate swap

     —          31,978        —          31,978  

U.S Treasury futures

     —          657        —          657  

Cross-currency forward contracts

     —          152        —          152  
     —        184,805      —        184,805  

Total financial assets at fair value

     9,654,956        259,207        —          9,914,163  

Liabilities:

           

Borrowings

     —          470,220        —          470,220  

Bonds

     —          21,461,610        —          21,461,610  

Derivative instruments:

           

Cross-currency swap

     —          733,232        —          733,232  

Interest rate swap

     —          134,624        —          134,624  

U.S Treasury futures

     —          8,696        —          8,696  

Cross-currency forward contracts

     —          232        —          232  
     —        876,784      —        876,784  

Total financial liabilities at fair value

     —          22,808,614        —          22,808,614  

 

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Items that are not measured at fair value

The carrying amount and estimated fair values of CAF’s financial instruments that are not recognized in the balance sheets at fair value are as follows:

 

            March 31, 2019      December 31, 2018  
     Hierarchy
Levels
     Carrying
amount
     Estimated
fair value
     Carrying
amount
     Estimated
fair value
 

Financial assets:

              

Cash and due from banks

     1        180,061        180,061        127,355        127,355  

Deposits with banks

     1        3,037,266        3,037,266        2,594,312        2,594,312  

Other investments

     1        887,719        887,719        658,750        658,750  

Loans, net

     2        24,368,795        24,370,123        24,869,314        24,871,974  

Accrued interest and commissions receivable

     2        596,747        596,747        523,098        523,098  

Derivate related collateral

     1        558,944        558,944        735,955        735,955  

Financial liabilities:

              

Deposits

     2        1,456,620        1,456,620        3,210,545        3,210,545  

Commercial paper

     2        852,517        852,517        641,295        641,295  

Borrowings, net

     2        876,710        879,997        814,049        817,727  

Bonds, net

     2        157,391        158,039        158,483        159,131  

Accrued interest payable

     2        429,851        429,851        394,233        394,233  

Derivate related collateral

     1        5,040        5,040        —          —    

Payable for investment securities purchased

     1        71,747        71,747        —          —    

The following methodologies and input were used to estimate the fair value of those financial instruments, not accounted for at fair value:

 

   

Cash and due from banks, deposits with banks, interest and commissions receivable, other investment, deposits, commercial paper, accrued interest payable, derivate related collateral, receivable from investment securities sold and payable for investment securities purchased: The carrying amounts approximate fair value because of the short maturity of these instruments.

 

   

Loans: CAF is one of the few institutions that grants loans for development projects in the stockholder countries. A secondary market does not exist for the type of loans granted by CAF. As rates on variable rate loans are reset on a semiannual basis, the carrying value, adjusted for credit risk, was determined to be the best estimate of fair value. The fair value of fixed rate loans is determined by using the current variable interest rate for similar loans. The fair value of impaired loans is estimated on the basis of discounted cash flows.

 

   

Equity investments: The direct investments in equity securities of companies without a readily determinable fair value are measured at cost, less impairment plus or minus observable price changes of an identical or similar instrument of the same issuer. At March 31, 2019 and December 2018, the carrying amount of those investments amounted to US$ 57,983 and US$ 57,983, respectively, and the effects of impairment and the changes in observable prices for three-months ended March 31, 2019 amounting to US$ 11. For the three-months period ended March 31, 2018, there were no effects of impairment. In addition, at March 31, 2019 and December 2018, investments in funds without a readily determinable fair value, with carrying amount of US$ 377,462 and US$ 378,174, respectively, are accounted for at fair value applying the practical expedient, using the net asset value per share.

 

   

Bonds and borrowings: For CAF´s bonds issued and medium and long term borrowings, fair value is determined using a discounted cash flow technique, taking into consideration yield curves to discount the expected cash flows for the applicable maturity, thus reflecting the fluctuation of variables such as interest and exchange rates. These yield curves are adjusted to incorporate CAF credit risk spread.

 

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Those transactions are generally classified in Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy based on the observability of significant inputs to the valuation methodologies.

During the three-month period ended March 31, 2019 and the year ended December 2018 there were no transfers between levels 1, 2 and 3.

 

15.

GAIN (LOSSES) ON CHANGES IN FAIR VALUE RELATED TO OTHER FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS

The gains (losses) on changes in fair value of marketable securities – trading, cross-currency swaps and financial liabilities carried at fair value under the fair value options are as follows:

 

     For the three-months period ended March 31, 2019  
     Gain (loss)
on derivatives
     Gain (loss)
on hedged item
     Net
Gain (loss)
 

Cross-currency swaps:

        

Bonds

     26,014        (24,724      1,290  

Loans

     (216      205        (11

Borrowings

     (1,033      675        (358
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
     24,764        (23,844      921  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

     For the three-months period ended March 31, 2018  
     Gain (loss)
on derivatives
     Gain (loss)
on hedged item
     Net
Gain (loss)
 

Cross-currency swaps:

        

Marketable securities — trading

     (1,925      1,923        (2

Bonds

     206,957        (205,035      1,922  

Loans

     (1,088      752        (337

Borrowings

     3,465        (3,195      270  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
     207,408        (205,556      1,852  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

In addition, during the three-month period ended March 31, 2019 and 2018, CAF recorded net gains of US$ 648 and net losses of US$ 556, respectively, related to changes in fair value of futures and forwards and changes in fair value of the U.S. Treasury Notes.

 

16.

COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

Commitments and contingencies include the following:

 

     March 31,
2019
     December 31,
2018
 

Loan commitments subscribed — eligibles

     4,697,206        4,884,248  

Lines of credit

     4,649,957        4,014,161  

Loan commitments subscribed — non eligibles

     2,660,721        1,822,170  

Guarantees

     165,374        165,294  

Equity investments agreements subscribed

     125,218        133,582  

Letters of credit

     602        1,168  

These commitments and contingencies arose from the normal course of CAF’s business and are related principally to loans that have been approved or committed for disbursement.

In the ordinary course of business, CAF has entered into commitments to extend loans; such loan commitments are reported in the above table upon signing the corresponding loan agreement and are reported as loans in the balance sheets when disbursements are made. Loan commitments that have fulfilled the necessary requirements for disbursement are classified as eligible.

 

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The commitments to extend loans have fixed expiration dates and in some cases expire without a loan being disbursed. Also, based on experience, portions of the loan commitments are disbursed on average two years after the signing of the loan agreement. Therefore, the amounts of total commitment to extend loans do not necessarily represent future cash requirements.

The lines of credit are extended to financial and corporate institutions as a facility to grant short term loans basically to finance working capital and international trade activities.

Guarantees mature as follows:

 

     March 31,
2019
     December 31,
2018
 

Less than one year

     21,750        21,670  

Between one and five years

     34,649        34,649  

Over five years

     108,975        108,975  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
     165,374        165,294  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

To the best knowledge of CAF’s management, CAF is not involved in any litigation that is material to CAF’s business or that is likely to have any impact on its business, financial condition or results of operations.

 

17.

SEGMENT REPORTING

Management has determined that CAF has only one operating and reportable segment since it does not manage its operations by allocating resources based on a determination of the contributions to net income of individual operations. CAF does not differentiate on the basis of the nature of the products or services provided, the preparation process, or the method for providing services among individual countries.

Loans made to or guaranteed by five countries individually generated in excess, of 10% interest income on loans, as follows:

 

     For the three-month
periods ended March 31,
 
         2019              2018      

Argentina

     44,354        32,062  

Ecuador

     43,632        32,611  

Venezuela

     42,863        32,111  

Colombia

     32,283        21,118  

Bolivia

     31,727        24,504  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
     194,860        142,406  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

18.

SUBSEQUENT EVENT

Management has evaluated subsequent events through May 15, 2019, the date of issue of these condensed interim financial information. As a result of this evaluation, management has determined that there are no subsequent events that require a disclosure in these condensed interim financial information except for:

 

   

On April 5, 2019, CAF issued bonds for COP 99,500 million, equivalent to USD 33.7 million, 6.77% due 2028, under its Medium Term Notes Programme.

 

   

On April 24, 2019, CAF issued bonds for AUD 11.7 million, equivalent to USD 8.3 million, 1.68% due 2023, under its Medium Term Notes Programme.

 

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On May 3, 2019, CAF issued bonds for MXN 965.0 million, equivalent to USD 51.3 million, 9.60% due 2039, under its Medium Term Notes Programme.

 

   

On May 15, 2019, CAF issued bonds for EUR 40.0 million, equivalent to USD 44.9 million, 0.17% under its Medium Term Notes Programme.

 

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CORPORACIÓN ANDINA DE FOMENTO (CAF)

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION (UNAUDITED)

AS OF MARCH 31, 2019

BONDS

 

Title

   Interest
Rate
     Coupon     Date of
Agreement
of Issue
     Year of
Final
Maturity
     Currency     Principal Amount
Outstanding at
March 31,
2019 (in millions)
 

7.875% Yankee Bonds

     Fixed        7.875     2002        2022        USD       85  

8.125% Yankee Bonds

     Fixed        8.125     2009        2019        USD       733.7  

10.79% Colombian Peso Bonds

     Fixed        10.79     2009        2019        COP (1)      127,500  

3.95% Mexican Pesos Bonds

     Fixed        3.95     2011        2021        MXN (2)      1,317  

4.375% Yankee Bonds

     Fixed        4.375     2012        2022        USD       1,500  

4.03% Euro Hong Kong Dollar Bonds

     Fixed        4.03     2012        2022        HKD (3)      400  

1.85% Euro Yen Bonds

     Fixed        1.85     2012        2023        JPY (4)      6,000  

4.0% Euro Hong Kong Dollar Bonds

     Fixed        4.00     2012        2024        HKD       398  

4.25% Euro Bond (Schuldschein)

     Fixed        4.25     2012        2027        EUR (5)      82  

4.375% Euro Bond (Schuldschein)

     Fixed        4.375     2012        2032        EUR       60  

5.0% Euro Dollar Bond

     Fixed        5.00     2012        2042        USD       50  

1.50% Swiss Franc Bonds

     Fixed        1.50     2013        2020        CHF (6)      250  

1.375% Swiss Franc Bonds

     Fixed        1.375     2013        2021        CHF       250  

1.375% Swiss Franc Bonds

     Fixed        1.375     2013        2021        CHF       100  

Euro Dollar Bonds

     Floating       
US LIBOR
3M + 0.97
 
    2013        2023        USD       100  

1.85% Euro Yen Bonds

     Fixed        1.85     2013        2023        JPY       4,600  

6.25% Kangaroo Bonds

     Fixed        6.25     2013        2023        AUD (7)      225  

4.27% Euro Hong Kong Dollar Bonds

     Fixed        4.27     2013        2028        HKD       940  

3.31% Euro Bonds

     Fixed        3.31     2013        2028        EUR       250.7  

3.25% Euro Bonds

     Fixed        3.25     2013        2033        EUR       100  

3.25% Euro Bonds

     Fixed        3.25     2013        2033        EUR       100  

3.66% Euro Bond

     Fixed        3.66     2013        2033        EUR       51  

3.625% Euro Bond (Schuldschein)

     Fixed        3.625     2013        2033        EUR       200  

1.875% Euro Bonds

     Fixed        1.875     2014        2021        EUR       750  

2.0% Euro Bonds

     Fixed        2.00     2014        2024        CHF       300  

4.070% Euro Bonds

     Fixed        4.07     2014        2024        NOK (8)      900  

4.29% Euro Bonds

     Fixed        4.29     2014        2026        NOK       1,500  

1.50% Swiss Franc Bonds

     Fixed        1.50     2014        2028        CHF       225  

3.925% Euro Bonds

     Fixed        3.925     2014        2029        HKD       1,257  

3.05% Euro Bonds

     Fixed        3.05     2014        2030        EUR       50  

3.51% Euro Bonds

     Fixed        3.51     2014        2034        EUR       65  

3.500% Euro Bonds

     Fixed        3.50     2014        2039        EUR       200  

1.9% Euro Dollar Bonds

     Fixed        1.90     2015        2019        USD       50  

2.21% Euro Dollar Bonds

     Fixed        2.21     2015        2020        USD       50  

1.00% Euro Bonds

     Fixed        1.00     2015        2020        EUR       750  

0.46% Swiss Franc Bonds

     Fixed        0.46     2015        2023        CHF       200  

0.68% Euro Yen Bonds

     Fixed        0.68     2015        2025        JPY       8,900  

4.50% Kangaroo Bonds

     Fixed        4.50     2015        2025        AUD       325  

0.51% Swiss Franc Bonds

     Fixed        0.51     2015        2026        CHF       200  

0.51% Swiss Franc Bonds

     Fixed        0.51     2015        2026        CHF       150  

3.05% Euro Bonds

     Fixed        3.05     2015        2030        NOK       800  

3.05% Euro Bonds

     Fixed        3.05     2015        2035        NOK       1,000  

 

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Title

   Interest
Rate
     Coupon     Date of
Agreement
of Issue
     Year of
Final
Maturity
     Currency     Principal Amount
Outstanding at
March 31,
2019 (in millions)
 

2.00% Yankee Bond

     Fixed        2.00     2016        2019        USD       1,250  

0.10% Euro Bonds

     Fixed        0.10     2016        2019        EUR       85.4  

9.00% Uridashi Bond

     Fixed        9.00     2016        2020        ZAR (9)      590  

10.73% Uridashi Bond

     Fixed        10.73     2016        2020        TRY (10)      192  

1.00% Euro Bonds

     Fixed        1.00     2016        2020        EUR       250  

0.13% Euro Bonds

     Fixed        0.13     2016        2020        EUR       80.1  

4.00% Kangaroo Market Bond

     Fixed        4.00     2016        2021        AUD       150  

1.810% Euro Bonds

     Fixed        1.81     2016        2021        HKD       712  

1.810% Euro Bonds

     Fixed        1.81     2016        2021        HKD       230  

1.810% Euro Bonds

     Fixed        1.81     2016        2021        USD       30  

2.13% Yankee Bond

     Fixed        2.125     2016        2021        USD       1,000  

0.15% Swiss Market Bond

     Fixed        0.15     2016        2022        CHF       150  

0.304% Swiss Market Bond

     Fixed        0.304     2016        2024        CHF       125  

0.45% Samurai Market

     Fixed        0.45     2016        2026        JPY       4,500  

0.51% Swiss Market Bond

     Fixed        0.51     2016        2026        CHF       125  

2.89% Euro Bonds

     Fixed        2.89     2016        2026        HKD       320  

4.00% Kangaroo Market Bond

     Fixed        4.00     2016        2026        AUD       110  

4.50% Kangaroo Market Bond

     Fixed        4.50     2016        2026        AUD       80  

1.70% Euro Bonds

     Fixed        1.70     2016        2031        EUR       70  

1.803% Euro Bonds

     Fixed        1.803     2016        2031        EUR       100  

1.796% Euro Bonds

     Fixed        1.796     2016        2031        EUR       50  

8.10% Uridashi Bond

     Fixed        8.10     2017        2020        BRL (11)      220.2  

0.50% Euro Bonds

     Fixed        0.50     2017        2022        EUR       800  

3.50% Euro Bonds

     Fixed        3.50     2017        2037        CAD (12)      40  

5.88% Uridashi Bond

     Fixed        5.88     2017        2022        INR (13)      2,138  

4.50% Kangaroo Market Bond

     Fixed        4.50     2017        2027        AUD       325  

3.265% Euro Bonds

     Fixed        3.265     2017        2027        HKD       1,620  

0.30% Swiss Market Bond

     Fixed        0.30     2017        2025        CHF       275  

2.20% Yankee Bond

     Fixed        2.20     2017        2020        USD       1,250  

2.75% Yankee Bond

     Fixed        2.75     2017        2023        USD       1,000  

1.125% Euro Bond

     Fixed        1.125     2018        2025        EUR       1,000  

8.50% Mexican Pesos Bonds

     Fixed        8.50     2018        2028        MXN       3,000  

6.50% Indonesian Rupiah Bond

     Fixed        6.50     2018        2023        IDR (14)      1,034,100  

Euro Dollar Bond

     Floating       
US LIBOR
3M +0.30
 
    2018        2021        USD       100  

6.77% Euro Bond

     Fixed        6.77     2018        2028        COP       510,000  

6.75% Euro Bond

     Fixed        6.75     2018        2028        COP       150,000  

0.75% Euro Bond

     Fixed        0.75     2018        2023        EUR       500  

1.00% Euro Bond

     Fixed        1.00     2018        2020        EUR       150  

3.385% Euro Dollar Bond

     Fixed        3.385     2018        2023        USD       30  

4.444% PEN Bond

     Fixed        4.444     2018        2021        PEN       177  

3.4% Kangaroo Market Bond

Euro Dollar Bond

3.345% Euro Dollar Bond

3.73% Euro Dollar Bond

3.75% Yankee Bond

Euro Dollar Bond

    

Fixed

Floating

Fixed

Fixed

Fixed

Floating

 

 

 

 

 

 

    



3.4

USD LIBOR
3M + 0.33

3.345

3.73

3.75

USD LIBOR
3M + 0.33


 

 

   

2018

2018

2018

2018

2018

2018

 

 

 

 

 

 

    

2023

2020

2021

2023

2023

2020

 

 

 

 

 

 

    

AUD

USD

USD

USD

USD

USD

 

 

 

 

 

 

   

100

525

400

50

750

280

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Title

   Interest
Rate
     Coupon     Date of
Agreement
of Issue
     Year of
Final
Maturity
     Currency     Principal Amount
Outstanding at
March 31,
2019 (in millions)
 

0.63% Euro Bond

     Fixed        0.63     2019        2024        EUR       750  

3.25% Yankee Bond

     Fixed        3.25     2019        2022        USD       1,250  

3.90% Uruguayan bon

     Fixed        3.90     2019        2040        UIU (15)      38,670  

 

(1)

Colombian Pesos

(2)

Mexican Pesos

(3)

Hong Kong Dollars

(4)

Japanese Yen

(5)

Euros

(6)

Swiss Francs

(7)

Australian Dollars

(8)

Norwegian Kroner

(9)

South African Rand

(10)

Turkish Lira.

(11)

Brazilian Real

(12)

Canadian Dollars

(13)

Indian Rupee

(14)

Indonesian Rupiah

(15)

Uruguayan Indexed Units

Subsequent Events related to supplementary information:

 

   

On April 5, 2019 we issued bond for COP 99,500 million, 6.77% due 2028, under our Medium Term Notes Programme.

 

   

On April 24, 2019 we issued bonds for AUD 11.7 million, 1.68% due 2023, under our Medium Term Notes Programme.

 

   

On May 3, 2019 we issued bonds for MXN 965 million, 9.600% due 2039, under our Medium Term Notes Programme.

 

   

On May 15, 2019 we issued bonds for EUR 40.0 million, 0.17% due 2023, under our Medium Term Notes Programme.

 

   

On June 26, 2019 we issued bonds for UYU 29.6 million in the Uruguayan market, 3.90%, due 2040.

 

   

On June 28, 2019 we issued bonds for USD 140.0 million, 2.974% due 2029, under our Medium Term Notes Programme.

 

   

On July 23, 2019 we issued UYU 1,752 million, 10.4% due 2024, under our Medium Term Notes Programme.

 

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LOANS FROM COMMERCIAL BANKS, ADVANCES, DEPOSITS,

COMMERCIAL PAPER AND REPURCHASE AGREEMENTS

 

Title

   Interest
Rate
     Date of
Agreement of
Issue
     Year of
Final
Maturity
     Currency    Principal
Amount
Outstanding at
March 31,
2019
 
                               (in USD millions)  

Medium and Long-term Loans

     Various        Various        Various      Various      1,343.8  

Deposits

     Floating        Various        Various      Various      1,456.6  

Commercial Paper

     Floating        Various        Various      USD      852.5  

LOANS FROM MULTILATERALS AND BILATERALS, EXIMS AND EXPORT CREDIT

AGENCIES

 

Title   

Interest
Rate

   Date of
Agreement
of Issue
   Year of
Final
Maturity
   Currency   Principal
Amount
Outstanding at
March 31, 2019
(in USD millions)
 

ACDI (Canada)

   0%    30-Mar-97    29-Sep-23    CAN(1)     0.4  

Agencia Francesa de Desarrollo — AfD

   Floating    Various    Various    Various     229.7  

China Development Bank — CDB

   Floating    29-Nov-07    19-Nov-19    USD     15.0  

IADB

   2%    24-May-97    24-May-23    USD     0.5  

Instituto de Crédito Oficial — ICO

   Floating    Various    Various    USD     140.0  

JBIC, Japan

   Floating    Various    Various    USD     72.1  

KfW (Germany)

   Various    Various    Various    USD     588.4  

Nordic Investment Bank

   Floating    Various    Various    USD     33.9  

 

(1)

Canadian dollars

 

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GUARANTEED DEBT

 

Borrower    Date of
Issue
     Year of Final
Maturity
     Principal Amount
Outstanding at
March 31, 2019
 
                   (in USD millions)  

Republic of Peru

     02/13/2006        02/13/2025        28.0  

Instituto de la función registral del Estado de Mexico

     08/23/2010        08/23/2030        30.5  

Abengoa Transmisión Norte

     06/21/2013        06/21/2019        5.0  

Isolux Corsan Argentina S.A.

     09/15/2011        09/15/2023        34.6  

H2Olmos S.A.

     10/24/2012        10/25/2032        25.6  

Planta de Reserva Fría de Generación de Eten S.A

     12/05/2013        12/05/2033        24.8  

Banco WWB

     11/15/2017        12/20/2019        15.0  

 

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USD 3,000,000,000

 

 

LOGO

CORPORACIÓN ANDINA DE FOMENTO

Debt Securities

Guarantees

 

 

 

 


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PART II

OTHER EXPENSES OF ISSUANCE AND DISTRIBUTION

The following is an estimate of the Registrant’s expenses in connection with the issuance of the Securities that are the subject of this registration statement:

 

Securities and Exchange Commission Registration Fee

   USD 303,000  

Fiscal and Paying Agent Fees

   USD 10,000  

Fees of rating agencies

   USD 350,000  

Legal fees

   USD 375,000  

Printing of registration statement, prospectus and other documents

   USD 75,000  

Blue Sky expenses (including counsel fees)

   USD 10,000  

Other

   USD 75,000  
  

 

 

 

Total

   USD 1,198,000  


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UNDERTAKINGS

The Registrant hereby undertakes:

(a) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:

(i) to include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933;

(ii) to reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of this registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in this registration statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20 percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the “Calculation of Registration Fee” table in the effective registration statement; and

(iii) to include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in this registration statement or any material change to such information in this registration statement;

provided, however, that paragraphs (i), (ii) and (iii) above do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in this registration statement, or is contained in a form of prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) that is part of this registration statement.

(b) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each post-effective amendment that contains a form of prospectus shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

(c) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.

(d) That, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933 to any purchaser:

If the registrant is subject to Rule 430C, each prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) as part of a registration statement relating to an offering, other than registration statements relying on Rule 430B or other than prospectuses filed in reliance on Rule 430A, shall be deemed to be part of and included in the registration statement as of the date it is first used after effectiveness. Provided, however, that no statement made in a registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement or made in a document incorporated or deemed incorporated by reference into the registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement will, as to the purchaser with a time of contract of sale prior to such first use, supersede or modify any statement that was made in the registration statement or prospectus that was part of the registration statement or made in any such document immediately prior to such date of first use.

(e) That, for purposes of determining liability of the registrant under the Securities Act of 1933 to any purchaser in the initial distribution of the securities, the undersigned registrant undertakes that in a primary offering of securities of the undersigned registrant pursuant to this registration statement, regardless of the underwriting method used to sell the securities to the purchaser, if the securities are offered or sold to such purchaser by means of any of the following communications, the undersigned registrant will be a seller to the purchaser and will be considered to offer or sell such securities to such purchaser:

(i) any preliminary prospectus or prospectus of the undersigned registrant relating to the offering required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424;


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(ii) any free writing prospectus relating to the offering prepared by or on behalf of the undersigned registrant or used or referred to by the undersigned registrant;

(iii) the portion of any other free writing prospectus relating to the offering containing material information about the undersigned registrant or its securities provided by or on behalf of the undersigned registrant; and

(iv) any other communication that is an offer in the offering made by the undersigned registrant to the purchaser.


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CONTENTS

The registration statement comprises:

 

  (1)

The facing sheet.

 

  (2)

The prospectus.

 

  (3)

Part II consisting of pages II-1 to II-7.

 

  (4)

The following exhibits:

 

  1.1

Underwriting Agreement for Debt Securities, dated August 9, 2019

 

  1.2

Form of Underwriting Agreement pertaining to Guarantees (1)

 

  1.3

Form of Pricing Agreement (included in Exhibit 1.1)

 

  4.1

Fiscal Agency Agreement, dated March 17, 1998 (incorporated by reference to our registration statement No. 333-180499)

 

  4.2

Form of Guarantee Agreement, including the form of Guarantee (1)

 

  4.3

Form of Note

 

  5.1

Opinion and consent of Octavio Rosselli, General Counsel to CAF

 

  8.1

Opinion and consent of Sullivan & Cromwell LLP

 

  23.1

Consent of Lara Marambio & Asociados, a member firm of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited

 

  23.2

Consent of CAF’s General Counsel (included in Exhibit 5.1)

 

  23.3

Consent of Sullivan & Cromwell LLP (included in Exhibit 8.1)

 

  99.1

List of names and addresses of the underwriters for Debt Securities (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.1 to our registration statement No. 333-180499)

 

  99.2

List of names and addresses of the underwriters for Guarantees (1)

 

(1)

To be filed by post-effective amendment.


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SIGNATURE OF REGISTRANT

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the registrant, Corporación Andina de Fomento, has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in Bogotá, Colombia, on the 9th day of August, 2019.

 

CORPORACIÓN ANDINA DE FOMENTO
By:  

/s/    Antonio Recine

  Name: Antonio Recine
 

Title:   Director of Financial Policies and International Issues


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SIGNATURE OF AUTHORIZED AGENT IN THE UNITED STATES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, appearing below is the signature of Corporación Andina de Fomento’s authorized agent in the United States, thereunto duly authorized, in Newark, Delaware, on the 9th day of August, 2019.

 

PUGLISI & ASSOCIATES

By:

 

/s/    Donald J. Puglisi

  Name:     Donald J. Puglisi
  Title:       Managing Director


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EXHIBITS

 

Exhibit

Number

  

Exhibits

  

Sequentially

Numbered Page

  1.1    Underwriting Agreement for Debt Securities, dated August 9, 2019   
  1.2    Form of Underwriting Agreement pertaining to Guarantees    *
  1.3    Form of Pricing Agreement (included in Exhibit 1.1)   
  4.1    Fiscal Agency Agreement, dated March 17, 1998 (incorporated by reference to our registration statement No. 333-180499)   
  4.2    Form of Guarantee Agreement, including the form of Guarantee    *
  4.3    Form of Note   
  5.1    Opinion and consent of Octavio Rosselli, General Counsel to CAF   
  8.1    Opinion and consent of Sullivan & Cromwell LLP   
23.1    Consent of Lara Marambio & Asociados, a member firm of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited   
23.2    Consent of CAF’s General Counsel (included in Exhibit 5.1)   
23.3    Consent of Sullivan & Cromwell LLP (included in Exhibit 8.1)   
99.1    List of names and addresses of the underwriters for Debt Securities (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.1 to our registration statement No. 333-180499)   
99.2    List of names and addresses of the underwriters for Guarantees    *

 

*

To be filed by post-effective amendment.