
The Company manages its cash flow risk by:
The Company’s activities expose it to a variety of financial risks: market risk (including currency risk and interest rate risk), credit risk, and liquidity risk.
The Company’s overall risk management focuses on financial markets and seeks to minimize potential adverse effects on the Company’s financial
performance. The Company uses derivative financial instruments to hedge certain risk exposures, which are carried out by the central treasury department
(Company’s treasury).
The Group controls its liquidity by managing the amount of funding it attracts through marketplace platforms for loans, which provides the management
with greater flexibility to manage the level of borrowings and available cash balances. Also, the Group manages its longer-term liquidity needs by obtaining
funding from international capital markets, in particular by issuing new Bonds and refinancing existing Bonds before they expire. The Company ensures its
short term liquidity by planning short term cash flows within the Group on regular basis.
The Group is exposed to credit risk through its loans and advances to customers, as well as cash and cash equivalents. The key areas of credit risk policy
cover the loan granting process (including solvency check of the lessee or the borrower), monitoring methods, as well as decision-making principles. The
Group uses financed vehicles as collateral to significantly reduce the credit risk.
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The Group operates by applying a clear set of loan granting criteria. These criteria include assessing the credit history of the customer, means of loan
repayment and understanding the loan object. The Group takes into consideration both quantitative and qualitative factors when assessing the
creditworthiness of the customer. Based on this analysis, the Group sets the credit limit for each customer. When the loan agreement has been signed, the
Group monitors the loan object and the customer’s solvency. The Group has developed a loan monitoring process that helps quickly spot any possible non-
compliance with the provisions of the agreement. The receivable balances are monitored on an ongoing basis to ensure that the Group’s exposure to bad
debts is minimized and, where appropriate, sufficient provisions are made. The Group does not have a significant credit risk exposure to any single
counterparty but is exposed to risks to the group of counterparties having similar characteristics.
The Group takes on exposure to market risks, which are the risks that the fair value or future cash flows of a financial instrument will fluctuate because of
changes in market prices. Market risks arise from open positions in the interest rate and currency products, all of which are exposed to general and specific
market movements and changes in the level of volatility or market rates or prices, such as interest rates and foreign exchange rates.
Currency risk is defined as the risk that the value of a financial instrument will fluctuate due to changes in foreign exchange rates. The Group is exposed to
the effects of fluctuations in the prevailing foreign currency exchange rates from its affiliated companies on its financial position and cash flows. The most
significant foreign currency exposure (above EUR one million) comes from Armenia, Lesotho, Moldova, Ukraine and Uzbekistan. In most of the markets
with exception of Kenya, Uganda and Namibia the Group has evaluated potential hedging options but, due to the costs associated with it, has decided not
to pursue a hedging strategy for now and assume potential short to mid-term currency fluctuations with retaining potential upside from strengthening of
the mentioned currencies. Nevertheless, the Group has a practice of pricing in the currency risk within the cost of its products in the most volatile markets
from a foreign currency perspective. In addition, the Group is making substantial progress in issuing as many loans as possible in EUR and USD currencies.
Having now a significant portfolio of USD loans, mainly linked to Kenya, and Uganda, the Group has started to proactively manage the foreign currency
exposure risk towards USD. The proactive management of USD exposure can be observed by forward contract purchases that have started already in 2020
and continued since then.
For African countries with significant foreign currency exposure where hedging options are available, the Group’s hedging policy aims to utilize these
instruments to reduce the value of assets exposed to currency risk. Currently, hedging options are available in Kenya, Uganda, and Namibia.
As a standalone entity, the Company is exposed to Kenyan Shilling (KES) currency risk through a loan issued to an affiliated company in Kenya. This loan,
denominated in KES, exposes the Company to currency fluctuations. To mitigate this risk, a EUR-KES derivative arrangement has been concluded with its
affiliated company in Latvia.
The Company continuously monitors its intra-group financing arrangements to ensure alignment with market conditions and regulatory standards.
The Company is exposed to cash flow risk arising from variations in the timing and amount of cash flows generated by its operating activities. This includes
uncertainties related to customer payment behavior, supplier terms, and fluctuations in operating expenses.
- Maintaining a liquidity buffer in the form of available cash reserves;
- Monitoring accounts receivable and applying credit control policies to reduce late payments;
- Aligning major investment decisions with the availability of cash resources and projected operating cash flows.
The Company primarily provides financing to entities within the same corporate group and derives its income from interest on intra-group loans. As such, it
is not materially exposed to price risk arising from fluctuations in external market prices or interest rates.
Interest rates on intra-group loans are determined in accordance with the Group’s transfer pricing policy and are regularly reviewed to ensure compliance
with applicable regulations, including the OECD Transfer Pricing Guidelines and Luxembourg tax requirements.
Given the Company’s ability to set and adjust interest rates within the Group, and the absence of significant exposure to third-party financial markets, the
price risk is considered to be immaterial.