Annual Report - Miba
Annual Report - Miba
Annual Report - Miba
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Currency risk means that the value of a financing instrument may change due to exchange<br />
rate fluctuations.<br />
The primary protection against currency risks are naturally closed positions, for example<br />
where trade receivables in USD are offset by payables for raw materials (USD netting).<br />
Another method of protection is the use of derivative hedging instruments. <strong>Miba</strong> AG<br />
Group usually hedges the projected net foreign currency payments for the following 12<br />
months primarily in the form of forward exchange contracts.<br />
Due to the disproportionate USD currency risk and the material significance of the USD<br />
exposure, only the USD currency risk is currently actively hedged through forward<br />
exchange contracts.<br />
Assessments are made by each of the Group's individual companies within the region of<br />
its local currency only, thus eliminating the currency risk.<br />
The interest risk risk is the result of fluctuations in the market rates which may cause the<br />
value of the financing instruments to fluctuate.<br />
An interest risk exists primarily for receivables and liabilities with a term of more than one<br />
year. Such terms are not material for operations, but they may be significant with regard<br />
to financial investments and debt.<br />
On the asset side, an interest risk exists only for the securities held under financial assets.<br />
Since these securities are principally held through investment funds and may be disposed<br />
of at any time, the interest risk is not deemed to be material.<br />
The average interest rate of the financial liabilities as of the balance sheet date was 2.76 %<br />
(3.05 % in the previous year). Most of the liabilities are subject to variable interest rates.<br />
Loans are the largest item of the financial liabilities with 45.22 % (54.99 % in the previous<br />
year), of which 47.73 % are USD loans. Export development credits represented 44.86 %<br />
(37.51% in the previous year) of financial liabilities. The remaining 9.92 % (7.50 % in the<br />
previous year) are liabilities payable to non-banks.<br />
Derivative financing instruments<br />
Derivative financing instruments are used solely for the purpose of hedging and currently<br />
consist of forward exchange contracts.<br />
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