Valuing a Bank Under IFRS and Basel III Second Edition Valuing a Bank Under IFRS and Basel III Second Edition Waymond A Grier E U R B O O M O O K N S E Y Published by Euromoney Institutional Investor PLC Nestor House, Playhouse Yard London EC4V 5EX United Kingdom Tel: +44 (0)20 7779 8999 or USA 11 800 437 9997 Fax: +44 (0)20 7779 8300 www.euromoneybooks.com E-mail: [email protected] Copyright © 2011 Euromoney Institutional Investor PLC ISBN 978 1 84374 769 7 This publication is not included in the CLA Licence and must not be copied without the permission of the publisher. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or used in any form (graphic, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, taping or information storage and retrieval systems) without permission by the publisher. This publication is designed to provide accurate and authoritative information with regard to the subject matter covered. 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Typeset by Phoenix Photosetting, Chatham, Kent iv Contents Preface xi About the author xvi Module 1: The process of valuing a bank 1 Introduction 1 Why banks merge 6 How mergers add value 7 What makes a merger unattractive? 8 Exercise 1.1 9 Three-stage approach 9 Market value approach 14 Equity value approach 16 Exercise 1.2 17 Bank risks 17 Exercise 1.3 19 Summary 20 Module 2: IFRS disclosure for banks 21 Introduction 21 Applicable IFRS standards 21 Consolidated statement of income 21 Exercise 2.1 22 Consolidated statement of comprehensive income 26 Consolidated statement of financial position (balance sheet) – assets 27 Consolidated statement of financial position (balance sheet) – liabilities 27 Consolidated changes to equity 31 Consolidated statement of cash flows 31 Disclosure requirements for banks and similar institutions 31 Exercise 2.2 34 Maturities of assets and liabilities 34 IAS 39/IFRS 9 and hedging asset/liability mismatch 37 Concentration of assets, liabilities and off-balance-sheet items 40 Related-party transactions 42 Other disclosures 42 v Contents Merger accounting for banks 43 Exercise 2.3 46 Summary 47 Module 3: Book to market value 48 Introduction 48 FMV and a bank’s assets and liabilities 49 Exercise 3.1 51 Cash and cash equivalents 51 Financial instruments 51 Treasury bills and other eligible bills 52 Trading and repo securities 52 Derivatives (as assets) 53 Exercise 3.2 56 Exercise 3.3 57 Other placements 57 Investment securities 57 Pledged assets 58 Loans and advances to customers 58 Customer liability for acceptances 63 Lease financing 63 Exercise 3.4 64 Real estate loans 64 Exercise 3.5 66 Reserve for loan losses 66 Investments in subsidiaries 66 Intangible assets 67 Bank premises and equipment 67 Deferred tax assets 68 Other assets 68 Deposits 68 Derivatives (as liabilities) 70 Short-term borrowed funds 71 Other borrowed funds 71 Current and deferred tax liabilities 72 Retirement benefit obligations 72 Equity 73 Exercise 3.6 74 Off-balance-sheet items 74 Exercise 3.7 76 vi Contents Case study example of book value to fair market value 77 Annex: Example of a cash flow hedge (a ‘plain vanilla’ interest rate swap) 77 Module 4: Market valuation models 84 Introduction 84 Model basis 84 Due from banks: interest-bearing time deposits 86 Exercise 4.1 87 Other money market placements: overnight funds 87 Exercise 4.2 87 Treasury bills and other eligible bills 87 Treasury notes 88 Coupon versus discount rate 89 Exercise 4.3 90 Treasury notes: market valuation between coupon dates 90 Treasury bonds 91 Zero-coupon bonds 92 Discount rate and price 92 Bond price over time (interest-paying bond) 92 Securities purchased under agreement to resell (repos) 93 Loans 94 Reserve for loan losses 101 Other assets 101 Model summary for assets 101 Exercise 4.4 102 Exercise 4.5 102 Model usage for liabilities 102 Off-balance-sheet items 104 Summary 104 Module 5: Cash flow valuation for banks 106 Introduction 106 The equity approach 107 Exercise 5.1 109 Estimating free cash flow 109 Step 1: identifying the relevant components of free cash flow 111 Step 2: developing an integrated historical perspective 112 Step 3: forecasting changes in net interest income and developing the forecast assumptions 115 vii Contents Step 4: calculating and evaluating the resulting free cash flow forecast 119 Exercise 5.2 123 Exercise 5.3 123 Module 6: GAP value drivers 127 Introduction 127 Static GAP analysis 127 Dynamic GAP analysis 127 Exercise 6.1 128 Determinants of rate sensitivity 128 Factors affecting net interest income (NII) 129 Changes in the level of interest rates 130 Changes in the relationship between short-term asset yields and liability costs 134 Changes in volume 134 Changes in portfolio composition 134 Rate sensitivity reports 135 Strengths and weaknesses: GAP analysis 137 Managing the GAP 138 Link between GAP and NIM 140 Sensitivity and simulation analysis 142 The duration gap: managing the market value of equity 144 Exercise 6.2 146 A duration application for banks 146 An immunised portfolio 150 GAP versus duration gap: which model is better? 151 Macrohedging and the GAP 152 Hedging and duration gap 154 Summary 155 Note: classification of cash and current account (non-interest-bearing) deposits 156 Exercise 6.3 157 Module 7: Equity value application 158 Introduction 158 Free cash flow valuation 158 The capital asset pricing model (CAPM) 158 The dividend valuation model 163 Targeted return on equity (ROE) 165 Exercise 7.1 166 viii Contents Case application: valuing the free cash flow to shareholders 166 Other valuation procedures 166 EPS dilution constraints 173 Exercise 7.2 174 Case application 175 Non-financial considerations that affect mergers and acquisitions 183 Summary 184 Exercise 7.3 185 Module 8: Enhancing bank value in reformed markets 186 Introduction 186 Types of credit derivatives 187 Credit default swaps 189 Exercise 8.1 196 Exercise 8.2 196 Total return swaps 197 Exercise 8.3 203 Credit-linked notes 203 Exercise 8.4 207 Summary 207 Module 9: Basel III and bank value 209 Introduction 209 Definitions of capital 210 Regulatory capital: Bank for International Settlements 210 Basel I, Basel II and Basel III 211 Credit risk 216 Market risk 218 Operational risk 219 Exercise 9.1 220 Pillars 2 and 3 224 Internal growth rate of capital (IGRC) 224 Supplementary traditional capital ratios 226 Can shareholder value be added under Basel III? 226 Factors motivating regulatory capital arbitrage 227 Capital arbitrage in practice 230 Summary 230 Module 10: Value in stress testing and early warning signs 231 Part 1 Stress testing and value 231 What is a stress test? 231 ix