VKF_FRAE_2018_uyg11

CONVENIENCE TRANSLATION OF PUBLICLY ANNOUNCED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ORIGINALLY ISSUED IN TURKISH, SEE IN NOTE I. OF SECTION THREE TÜRKİYE VAKIFLAR BANKASI TÜRK ANONİM ORTAKLIĞI AND ITS FINANCIAL SUBSIDIARIES NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2018 (Amounts expressed in thousands of Turkish Lira (“TL”) unless otherwise stated.) 348 Part III: Financial Highlights and Assessment of Risk Management Equity securities, which are classified as financial assets at fair value through other comprehensive income, that have a quoted market price in an active market and whose fair values can be reliably measured are carried at fair value. Equity securities that do not have a quoted market price in an active market and whose fair values cannot be reliably measured are carried at cost, less provision for impairment. During initial recognition an entity can choose in an irrecovable was to record the changes of the fair value of the investment in an equity instrument that is not held for trading purposes in the other comprehensive income. In the case of this preference, the dividend from the investment is taken into the financial statements as profit or loss. Financial Assets Measured at Amortized Cost Financial assets that are held for collection of contractual cash flows where those cash fows represent solely payments of principal and interest are classified as financial assets measured at amortized cost. Financial assets measured at amortized cost are initially recognized at acquisition cost including the transaction costs which reflect the fair value of those instruments and subsequently recognized at amortized cost by using effective interest rate method. Interest income obtained from financial assets measured at amortized cost is accounted in income statement. Both “Fair value through other comprehensive income” and “measured at amortized cost” securities portfolio of the Group include Consumer Price Indexed (CPI) Bonds. These securities are valued and accounted using the effective interest rate method based on the real coupon rates and the reference inflation index at the issue date and the estimated inflation rate. The reference indices used in calculating the actual coupon payment amounts of these assets are based on the Consumer Price Index (CPI) of prior two months. The Bank also sets the estimated inflation rate accordingly. The estimated inflation rate used is updated as needed within the year. At the end of the year real interest rate is used. Derivative Financial Assets The Parent Bank’s derivative transactions mainly consist of foreign currency swaps and interest rate swaps, cross currency swaps, currency options and forward foreign currency purchase / sale contracts. The derivative financial instruments of the The Parent Bank are classified as Financial assets at fair value through profit and loss in accordance with “TFRS 9 Financial Instruments” (TFRS 9). Liabilities and receivables arising from derivative transactions are recorded in off-balance sheet accounts. Derivative transactions are valued at their fair values subsequent to their acquisition and in accordance with the classification of derivative financial instruments, if the fair value is positive, the amount is classified as “Derivative Financial Assets Designated at Fair Value Through Profit or Loss”, if the fair value is negative, the amount is classified as “Derivative Financial Liabilities Designated at Fair Value Through Profit or Loss”. The fair value differences of derivative financial instruments are recognized in the income statement. Loans Loans are financial assets that have fixed or determinable payments terms and are not quoted in an active market. Loans are initially recognized at acquisition cost plus transaction costs presenting their fair value and thereafter measured at amortized cost using the “Effective Interest Rate (internal rate of return) Method”. As of January 1, 2018 loans of The Parent Bank are retained under the “Measured at Amortized Cost” accounts due to holding loans in scope of a business model for the collection of contractual cash flows and contractual terms of loans that leads to cash flows representing solely payments of principal and interest at certain date.