VAKIFBANK
2015 ANNUAL REPORT
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CONVENIENCE TRANSLATION OF PUBLICLY ANNOUNCED UNCONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ORIGINALLY ISSUED IN TURKISH, SEE NOTE I. OF SECTION THREE
TÜRKİYE VAKIFLAR BANKASI TÜRK ANONİM ORTAKLIĞI
UNCONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL REPORT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2015
(Amounts expressed in thousands of Turkish Lira (“TL”) unless otherwise stated.)
VII. LIQUIDITY RISK AND LIQUIDITY COVERAGE RATIO
Liquidity risk is defined as the risk of not fulfilling payment liabilities on time as a result of not having adequate cash or cash inflow to meet the cash
outflow properly due to imbalance in cash flows of the bank. The framework of liquidity risk of the bank is specified with Liquidity Risk Management
Document. In the framework of liquidity risk management, policies regarding liquidity risk management are written down by Risk Management
Department and fundamental principles, analyses regarding measurement and monitoring risk, basic rudiments on early warning indicators, liquidity
buffer and limits are included.
The Bank is managing liquidity risk according to risk capacity and the Bank’s risk appetite in the range envisioned by the regulations. Liquidity risk
management approach is in general based on the principle of monitoring in-day liquidity risk. The Bank monitors the net liquidity position and
liquidity requirements continuously and facing the future. The Bank takes precautions to increase diversity in fund sources to increase effectiveness
and durability in liquidity risk management. On market basis and specific to the Bank (in consideration of market and funding liquidity) scenario and
susceptibility analyses are performed and assumptions based on these analyses are reviewed regularly. It is aimed to protect the optimum liquidity
level that can meet short – term liquidity needs not to remain inactive and maintain profitability – risk balance.
Liquidity management in the Bank is carried out under Treasury Department in regard to the Bank’s strategic goals and projections, decisions taken in
Asset/Liability Committee, treasury policies, limits defined under market circumstances, Bank’s balance sheet and income goals and strategies defined
to meet these goals. Daily, weekly, and monthly cash flow statements are prepared in accordance with principles of profitability and prudence in the
Bank’s liquidity management. Cash flow statements are evaluated and the Bank’s liquidity is managed in line with Treasury Department policies, daily
TL and FC liquidity position Bank balance sheet and income goals.
Scenarios about where to make replacement funding in case of high amount outflows in daily liquidity management are made regularly, effects of
probable outflows on liquidity level and legal ratios are evaluated and liquidity management is carried out by taking necessary actions.
The Bank makes use of liquidity gap analysis reports and liquidity stress tests in the internal measurement of liquidity risk. In Liquidity gap analysis
and liquidity stress scenarios, the Bank’s compensation level of net cash outflows which are more likely to happen in short term are presented.
Measurements regarding liquidity risk are performed by Risk Management Department and measurement results are reported regularly to performer
units responsible of management of the related risk and top management and the Board of Directors.
It is taken as a basis that the Bank consistently monitors TL and FC liquidity positions and funding strategies. Necessary precautions are taken in line
with liquidity needs by following stress circumstances. “Liquidity Emergency Action Plan” which is an important part of liquidity risk management of our
Bank, consists of early warning indicators which play an important role in monitoring increases in liquidity risk and the prevention of a possible crisis,
action plans to prevent a possible crisis and to be applied during a crisis. Furthermore, to fulfill our banks reserve deposits liability that it has to allocate
in the presence of CBRT, alternative fund sources to provide liquidity that is needed in various stress circumstances and under which circumstances to
apply these sources, precautions to minimize time maturity mismatch and provide necessary funds on time, how the mechanism is going to operate in
cases of crisis and stress is included in the plan.
