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New accounting standards (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2020
New accounting standards |
Summary of remaining exposure of non derivative financial instruments and loan commitments |
|  | USD LIBOR |  | USD LIBOR |  | USD LIBOR
|  | as of |  | as of |  | as of June
|  | December 31, 2021 |  | December 31, 2022 |  | 30, 2023
|  | (Notional in US$ |  | (Notional in US$ |  | (Notional in US$
|  | thousands) |  | thousands) |  | thousands)
Non-derivative financial assets |  |  |  |  |  |
Loans |  | 1,034,252 |  | 473,643 |  | 416,833
Non-derivative financial liabilities |  |  |  |  |  |
Borrowings |  | 222,500 |  | 62,500 |  | 12,500
Loan commitments |  | 63,333 |  | 60,000 |  | 10,000
Summary of remaining notional amount of derivative financial instruments |
|  | USD LIBOR |  | USD LIBOR |  | USD LIBOR
|  | as at December |  | as at December |  | as at June
|  | 31, 2021 |  | 31, 2021 |  | 30, 2023
|  | (Notional |  | (Notional |  | (Notional
|  | US$,000) |  | US$,000) |  | US$,000)
Derivatives held for risk management |  |  |  |  |  |
Derivative financial instruments - assets |  | 3,006 |  | 1,937 |  | —
Derivative financial instruments - liabilities |  | 400,414 |  | 88,768 |  | 68,768

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