mogo AS consolidated annual report for the year ended 31 December 2021
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2. Summary of significant accounting policies (continued)
d) Significant accounting policies (continued)
Financial assets
(continued)
Business model assessment
The Group determines its business model at
the level that best reflects
how it manages groups of financial
assets to achieve its business
objective - the
risks that affect the performance of the business model (and the financial assets held within that business model) and the way those risks are managed. The expected
frequency, value and timing of sales are also important aspects of the Group’s assessment.
The business model
assessment is based
on reasonably expected scenarios
without taking 'worst
case' or 'stress
case’ scenarios into
account. If cash
flows after initial recognition are realized in a way that is different from the Group's original expectations, the Group does not change the classification of the remaining
financial assets held in that business model, but incorporates such information when assessing
newly originated or newly purchased financial assets going forward.
The assessed business model is with the intention to hold financial assets in order to collect contractual cash flows.
SPPI test
As a second
step of its
classification process the Group
assesses, where relevant, the
contractual terms of
the financial assets
to identify whether
they
meet
the SPPI
test. Financial
assets subject
to SPPI
testing are
loans and
advances
to customers
(including financial
assets arising
from sales
and
leaseback
transactions, as discussed
in a separate
section of this
note) and loans to
related parties that
solely include payments
of principal and
interest.
‘Principal’ for the
purpose
of this test is defined as the fair
value of the financial asset at initial
recognition and may change over the
life of the financial asset (for example,
if there are repayments
of principal or amortization of the premium/discount). The most significant elements of interest within a lending arrangement are typically the consideration for the time
value of money and credit risk.
In assessing whether the contractual cash flows are SPPI,
the Group considers the contractual terms of the
instrument. This includes assessing whether
the financial asset contains a contractual
term that could change the timing
or amount of contractual cash flows
such that it would not meet this
condition. In making the
assessment, the Group principally considers:
-
contingent events that would change the amount and timing of cash flows;
-
prepayment and extension terms; and
- terms that limit the Group’s claim to cash flows from specified assets (e.g. non-recourse loans).
In general, the loan contracts
stipulate that in case of
default and collateral repossession the claim
is not limited to
the collateral repossession and if the
collateral value does not cover
the remaining debt, additional resources can
still be claimed from
the borrower to compensate for
credit risk losses. Accordingly,
this
aspect does
not create
obstacles to
passing SPPI
test. However,
in some
cases, loans made
by the
Group that
are secured
by collateral
of the
borrower limit the
Group’s claim to cash flows of the underlying collateral (non-recourse loans).
The Group applies judgment in
assessing whether the non-recourse loans
meet the SPPI criterion. The
Group typically considers the following
information
when making this judgement:
-whether the contractual arrangement specifically defines the amounts and dates of
the cash payments of the loan;
-the fair value of the collateral relative to the amount of the underlying loan;
-the ability and willingness of the borrower to make contractual payments, notwithstanding
a decline in the value of collateral;
-the Group’s risk of loss on the asset relative to a full-recourse loan; and
-whether the Group will benefit from any upside from the underlying assets.
According to the judgement made the non-recourse loans that are secured by collateral of the borrower meet the SPPI
criterion."
Embedded derivatives
The Group has certain call and put option agreements that can accelerate repayment of the issued bonds. These options arise out of bond (host contract)
prospectus and individual agreements with
certain bondholders and meet the definition
of an embedded derivative in accordance
with IFRS 9. An embedded derivative
is a component of a hybrid instrument that also includes a non-derivative host contract with the effect that some of the cash flows of the combined instrument vary in a
way similar to a stand-alone derivative.
An embedded derivative
causes some or
all of the
cash flows that
otherwise would be
required by the
contract to be
modified according to
a specified
interest rate, financial instrument price, commodity price, foreign exchange rate, index of prices or rates, credit
rating or credit index, or other variable, provided that, in
the case of a non-financial variable, it is not specific to a party to the contract.
A derivative that is attached
to a financial instrument,
but is contractually transferable
independently of that instrument,
or has a different counterparty
from
that instrument, is not an embedded derivative, but a separate financial instrument.