96 A&T BANK ANNUAL REPORT 2015
ARAP TÜRK BANKASI ANONİM ŞİRKETİ
NOTES TO UNCONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
AT 31 DECEMBER 2015
(AMOUNTS EXPRESSED IN THOUSANDS OF TURKISH LIRA (“TL”) UNLESS OTHERWISE STATED. )
CONVENIENCE TRANSLATION OF PUBLICLY ANNOUNCED UNCONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ORIGINALLY ISSUED IN TURKISH, SEE NOTE I OF SECTION THREE
2. Information on the control limits of the Bank for forward transactions, options and similar contracts,
management of credit risk for these instruments together with the potential risks arising from market conditions
The Bank evaluates and manages credit risks that are generated from forward transactions and similar contracts together
with potential risks in the market.
3. Information on whether the Bank decreases the risk by liquidating its forward transactions, options and similar
contracts in case of facing a significant credit risk or not
The Bank tries to mitigate the total risk if it’s exposed to huge amount of risk over the forward transactions.
4. For Credit Risk Analysis;
Information on whether the indemnified non-cash loans are evaluated as having the same risk weight with non-
performing loans or not
Indemnified non-cash loans are evaluated as having the same risk weight with cash loans which are collected upon
maturity. These loans are classified according to their commitments and are recorded under the follow-up accounts.
Information on whether the loans that are structured and rescheduled are included in a new rating group as determined
by the Bank’s risk management system, other than the follow-up plan defined in the banking regulations or not;
whether new precautions are taken for these methods or not; whether the Bank’s risk management accepts long term
commitments as having more risk than short term commitments which results in a diversification of risk or not
The Bank acts in frame of the related regulations for the loans that are structured and rescheduled. On the other hand,
while doing risk evaluation of the loans and commitments, maturity issue is also taken into consideration.
5. For Credit Risk Analysis;
Evaluation of the significance of country specific risk if the banks have foreign operations and credit transactions in a few
countries or these operations are coordinated with a few financial entities
The Bank has no banking activities abroad on the branch level. However in the loan lending processes to the foreign
based firms, the economic conditions of the country and the financial structure of the company in question is taken into
consideration.