Abacus Property Group – Annual Financial Report 2018

ABACUS PROPERTY GROUP
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
30 JUNE 2018
10. CAPITAL MANAGEMENT
Abacus
Abacus seeks to manage its capital requirements through a mix of debt and equity funding. It also ensures that
Group entities comply with capital and distribution requirements of their constitutions and/or trust deeds, the
capital requirements of relevant regulatory authorities and continue to operate as a going concern. Abacus also
protects its equity in assets by taking out insurance.
Abacus assesses the adequacy of its capital requirements, cost of capital and gearing (i.e. debt/equity mix) as
part of its broader strategic plan. In addition to tracking actual against budgeted performance, Abacus reviews its
capital structure to ensure sufficient funds and financing facilities (on a cost effective basis) are available to
implement its strategy, that adequate financing facilities are maintained and distributions to members are made
within the stated distribution guidance (i.e. paid out of underlying profits).
The following strategies are available to the Group to manage its capital: issuing new stapled securities, its
distribution reinvestment plan, electing to have the distribution reinvestment plan underwritten, adjusting the
amount of distributions paid to members, activating a security buyback program, divesting assets, active
management of its fixed rate swaps and collars, directly purchasing assets in managed funds and joint ventures,
or (where practical) recalibrating the timing of transactions and capital expenditure so as to avoid a concentration
of net cash outflows.
Abacus has a total gearing covenant as a condition of the current $480m Syndicated facility and the $11m
Bilateral facility. The total gearing covenant requires Abacus to have total liabilities (net of cash) to be less than or
equal to 50% of total tangible assets (net of cash). As at date of reporting period, Abacus was compliant in
meeting all its debt covenants.
Consolidated Funds
The Capital Management approach and strategies employed by the Group are also deployed for the funds
Abacus manages and which are consolidated in these accounts – AHF and AWLF (or the Consolidated Funds).
Points unique to the capital management of these respective funds are:
- The Consolidated Funds via their responsible entities comply with capital and distribution requirements of
their constitutions and/or deeds, the capital requirements of relevant regulatory authorities and continue to
operate as going concerns; and
- There is currently no Distribution Reinvestment Plan for any of the Funds.
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