Full Annual Report - Inchcape
Full Annual Report - Inchcape
Full Annual Report - Inchcape
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Section<br />
One<br />
Business<br />
review<br />
Treasury<br />
Description of risk<br />
Funding and liquidity risk<br />
Impact<br />
Unable to meet obligations within<br />
available committed facilities<br />
Mitigation<br />
• The Group maintains sufficient<br />
committed facilities to meet forecast<br />
debt requirements and ensure<br />
adequate headroom is maintained<br />
Description of risk<br />
Currency risk<br />
Impact<br />
Transactional foreign<br />
exchange exposures<br />
Mitigation<br />
• A significant proportion of<br />
Group trading is denominated<br />
in local currency<br />
• Where possible, foreign exchange<br />
exposures are matched internally<br />
before hedging externally<br />
• Where businesses are billed in<br />
a foreign currency, committed<br />
transactional exposures are hedged<br />
back to the reporting currency<br />
Description of risk<br />
Interest rate risk<br />
Impact<br />
Increase in net interest<br />
Mitigation<br />
• Continuous monitoring of short and<br />
long term rates<br />
• Group policy permits the fixing of gross<br />
borrowings at fixed interest rates if<br />
deemed appropriate by management<br />
Description of risk<br />
Counterparty risk<br />
Impact<br />
Credit losses<br />
Mitigation<br />
• Approved credit parties and limits<br />
with regular review<br />
Legal and<br />
regulatory<br />
Description of risk<br />
Litigation and regulatory risk<br />
Impact<br />
Litigation or breaching the<br />
laws or regulations of the<br />
countries in which we operate<br />
could have a financial and/or<br />
reputational impact<br />
Mitigation<br />
• The Group ensures that it obtains<br />
timely information about forthcoming<br />
changes in legislation and that it<br />
has robust procedures in place to<br />
minimise any risk of detriment or<br />
non-compliance<br />
• Processes are in place which are<br />
aimed at reducing the potential for<br />
litigation and for escalating any<br />
problems which do arise with a view to<br />
managing the exposure appropriately<br />
Pensions<br />
Description of risk<br />
Risk arising out of the Group’s<br />
defined benefit pension funds<br />
Impact<br />
Increase in contributions in the<br />
event of adverse change in the<br />
schemes’ financial position or to<br />
fund increases in future benefits<br />
Mitigation<br />
• The Group maintains an open<br />
dialogue between the Company<br />
and Trustees<br />
• The Group employs specialist staff that<br />
manage the ongoing compliance<br />
and financial health of the schemes<br />
• The schemes’ funding position is<br />
monitored quarterly<br />
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