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Calculation of Expected Credit loss (ECLs)

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  • This topic has 3 replies, 2 voices, and was last updated 3 years ago by Stephen Widberg.
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  • January 27, 2022 at 4:05 am #647567
    hieuht010198
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    Hello Tutor,

    I have questions about question 1d March-June 2020 related to impairment of financial instrument.

    1) the formula of ‘lifetime ELCs’ = Weighted default chance * PV of expected cash flow
    Therefore in this question 1d), I calculated:
    +) PV of expected cash flow = 500,000/1.08 + 462,963 + 6,858,710
    +) Weighted default chance =(500,000/1.08*0%+462,963*3%+6,858,710*5%)/(500,000/1.08+462,963+6,858,710)

    I make this messy calculation because I want to match the definition.

    2) Apart this formula of lifetime ELCs above,
    lifetime ELCs = Contractual cashflow @PV – Expected cashflow @PV

    3) If 12-months ELCs appear in initial (same as question 1d) so initial cash that The buyer paid the seller = Cost – 12months ELCs = 10m$ -10,000=99.9m$

    If I’m wrong, please fix and explain. Thank you

    Question 1d (march-june 2020):
    Impairment of bonds
    On 31 December 20X3, Hummings Co purchased $10 million 5% bonds in Stave Co at par value. The bonds are repayable on 31 December 20X6 and the effective rate of interest is 8%. Hummings Co’s business model is to collect the contractual cash flows over the life of the asset. At 31 December 20X3, the bonds were considered to be low risk and as a result the 12-month expected credit losses are expected to be $10,000.
    On 31 December 20X4, Stave Co paid the coupon interest, however, at that date the risks associated with the bonds were deemed to have increased significantly. The present value of the repayments for the year ended 31 December 20X5 were estimated to be $462,963 and the probability of default is 3%. At 31 December 20X4, it is also anticipated that no further coupon payments would be received during the year ended 31 December 20X6 and only a portion of the nominal value of the bonds would be repaid. The present value of these cash shortfalls was assessed to be $6,858,710 with a 5% likelihood of default in the year ended 31 December 20X6.

    January 27, 2022 at 9:16 am #647580
    Stephen Widberg
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    Expected credit losses:

    1. Lifetime: PV of any credit loss over the life of the debt.

    2. 12 month: PV of any credit loss within the next 12 months.

    If given probability percentage (as in Hummings) use the percentage given.

    Make sure you focus on clear explanations – if your numbers are a bit different you will pass.

    (Hoping that you’ve watched our debrief of Hummings in Dec 20 exam).

    Above all keep it simple!

    January 27, 2022 at 4:23 pm #647602
    hieuht010198
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    Thank you sir for quick response
    As you mentioned above I’m clearly the definition of ECLs (both life and 12 months). However I’m just little bit confused about formula of ECLs (both lifetime and 12months). How we use percentage of defaul chance?
    I already watched this The answer lectures of March-June 2020 and lecture video ‘Impairment’ of SBR in the opentuition but I’m still can not clearly how we use percentage of default chance?
    Can you give me a definition of calculation formula ECLs (ie: thing 1 * thing 2 or something like that?)
    Thank you.

    January 28, 2022 at 11:44 am #647641
    Stephen Widberg
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    All the questions that I’ve seen have a been a bit different, so I can’t give you a definitive formula.

    They are looking for clarity in your explanation as to whether the loss is stage 1 or 2 or 3.

    After that use the numbers to get your best estimate of 12 month or lifetime losses; you will only need to discount if the credit losses in the question have not already been discounted.

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