6.3 Liquidity risk

Liquidity risk

Liquidity risk is the risk that the Group will encounter difficulty in meeting its obligations from financial liabilities. The Group’s approach to managing liquidity is to ensure, as far as possible, that it will always have sufficient liquidity to meet its liabilities when due, under both normal and stressed conditions, without incurring unacceptable losses or risking damage to the Group’s reputation. Typically, the Group ensures that it has sufficient cash on demand to meet expected operational expenses, including the servicing of financial obligations; this excludes the potential impact of extreme circumstances that cannot reasonably be predicted, such as natural disasters

i.Analysis of financial assets and financial liabilities by remaining contractual maturities

The table below summarizes the maturity profile of the Group’s assets and liabilities at 31 December 2021 based on contractual maturities.


Less than 3 months   3 months to less than 1 year   1 year to 5 years   Over 5 years   Total
AED’000   AED’000   AED’000   AED’000   AED’000
ASSETS                  
Cash and balances with U.A.E. Central Bank 157,844         157,844
Due from banks and financial institutions 444,043         444,043
Loans and advances 1,261,254   176,983   644,028     2,082,265
Islamic financing and investing assets 23,556   960   5,789     30,305
Investments, including associate 240,242   19,237   146,417     405,896
Insurance receivables and contract assets 157,648   9,732   8,578     175,958
Other assets 19,336

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  19,336

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Financial assets 2,303,923   206,912   804,812     3,315,647
Non-financial assets   77,046   102,760   6,705   186,511
Total assets
2,303,923
 
283,958
 
907,572
 
6,705
 
3,502,158

 

LIABILITIES                  
Due to banks 26,720         26,720
Customers’ deposits and margin accounts 673,975   592,567   449,843     1,716,385
Short term borrowings and medium-term loans 107,510   267,733   166,667     541,910
Unearned premiums 81,377         81,377
Gross claims outstanding 82,982         82,982
Lease liabilities   1,105       1,105
Other liabilities 197,359

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  6,183

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  203,542

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Financial liabilities 1,169,923 867,588   616,510     2,654,021
Non-financial liabilities 24,372       14,328   38,700
Total liabilities
1,194,295
 
867,588
 
616,510
 
14,328
 
2,692,721

 

Off balance sheet                  
Contingent liabilities 546,508   33,273   16,357     596,138
Commitments 4,249         4,249
Total
550,757
 
33,273
 
16,357
 
 
600,387


The table below summarizes the maturity profile of the Group’s assets and liabilities at 31 December 2021 based on contractual maturities.

Less than 3 months 3 months to less than 1 year 1 year to 5 years Over 5 years Total
AED’000 AED’000 AED’000 AED’000 AED’000
ASSETS
Cash and balances with U.A.E. Central Bank 33,267 33,267
Due from banks and financial institutions 468,961 6,000 474,961
Loans and advances 860,286 375,287 925,771 7,009 2,168,353
Islamic financing and investing assets 32,147 11,393 14,274 2,567 60,381
Investments, including associate 174,418 48,392 94,906 19,746 337,462
Insurance receivables and contract assets 69,923 35,666 6,185 111,774
Other assets 19,461

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13,554

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33,015

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Financial assets 1,658,463 484,292 1,047,136 29,322 3,219,213
Non-financial assets 79,834 102,072 6,705 188,611
Total assets
1,658,463
564,126
1,149,208
36,027
3,407,824

 

LIABILITIES
Due to banks 54,577 54,577
Customers’ deposits and margin accounts 922,854 569,712 431,393 1,923,959
Short term borrowings and medium-term loans 95,480 227,680 323,160
Unearned premiums 79,368 79,368
Gross claims outstanding 57,196 57,196
Lease liabilities 3,461 3,461
Other liabilities 165,992

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4,462

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170,454

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Financial liabilities 1,375,467 805,315 431,393 2,612,175
Non-financial liabilities 10,988 14,925 25,913
Total liabilities
1,386,455
805,315
431,393
14,925
2,638,088

 

Off balance sheet
Contingent liabilities 666,967 75,628 17,011 251 759,857
Commitments 4,502 4,502
Total
671,469
75,628
17,011
251
764,359

 

The amounts in the table above have been compiled as follows:

Type of financial instrument Basis on which amounts are compiled
Non-derivative financial liabilities and financial assets Undiscounted cash flows, which include estimated interest payments
Issued financial guarantee contracts and Contingent liabilities and commitments. Earliest possible contractual maturity. For issued financial guarantee contracts, the maximum amount of the guarantee is allocated to the earliest period in which the guarantee could be called.