Abacus Property Group – Annual Financial Report 2018
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<strong>Property</strong> Loans<br />
Why significant<br />
The <strong>Group</strong> provides mortgage loans to external<br />
parties for which the underlying security is<br />
primarily development property assets.<br />
This was considered a key audit matter as the<br />
assessment of the recoverability of the loans,<br />
including any capitalised interest, is subject to<br />
significant judgment as to the value of underlying<br />
security or performance of the underlying<br />
development. Changes in feasibility assumptions<br />
impacting project cashflows may give rise to an<br />
impairment of the loans.<br />
Some of the loan arrangements include a profit<br />
share component that entitles the <strong>Group</strong> to<br />
additional returns, depending on the outcome of<br />
the underlying development. There are complex<br />
accounting judgments relating to the amount and<br />
timing of revenue recognition for these<br />
participation rights.<br />
Disclosure of property loans is included in note 7<br />
of the financial report.<br />
Disclosure of revenue recognition policies is<br />
included in Note 22(f) of the financial report.<br />
How our audit addressed the key audit matter<br />
Our audit procedures included the following:<br />
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We considered the <strong>Group</strong>’s assessment of<br />
recoverability of the loans.<br />
We evaluated the adequacy of the security on a<br />
sample of loans by assessing the feasibilities of<br />
the underlying development asset. For this<br />
sample we assessed the feasibility by<br />
performing procedures consistent with those<br />
performed on Inventories as set out in the<br />
inventories key audit matter below.<br />
For a sample of properties, where a valuation<br />
was obtained as part of the recoverability<br />
assessment performed by the <strong>Group</strong>, we<br />
assessed the valuation by performing<br />
procedures consistent with those performed on<br />
Investment property valuations referred to in<br />
the preceding key audit matter.<br />
We assessed the qualifications, competence and<br />
objectivity of the valuers, the assumptions used<br />
in the valuations and evaluated the suitability of<br />
the valuation methodology for valuations<br />
obtained.<br />
We evaluated the classification of loans and the<br />
status of the underlying property supporting<br />
recoverability based on the expected timing of<br />
settlement and the status of the underlying<br />
developments.<br />
We assessed the <strong>Group</strong>’s framework for<br />
recognising additional revenue for loans with<br />
profit share arrangements and re-performed the<br />
<strong>Group</strong>’s calculations based on the underlying<br />
development financial information.<br />
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