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.


  1. 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 2024 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 UAE Central Bank 229,312     229,312
Due from banks and financial institutions 161,792     6,000     167,792
Loans and advances 1,039,583   101,863   671,607   251,374   2,064,427
Islamic financing and investing assets 10,328     997     11,325
Investments, including associate 94,255   57,169   91,617   44,917   287,958
Insurance receivables and contract assets 127,878         127,878
Other assets 21,169       30,942   52,111
Financial assets 1,684,317   159,032   770,221   327,233   2,940,803
Non-financial assets   60,472   5,805   114,239   180,516
Total assets 1,684,317   219,504   776,026   441,472   3,1213,319

 

LIABILITIES                  
Due to banks 42,863         42,863
Customers’ deposits and margin accounts 1,463,675   336,113   97,410     1,897,198
Short term borrowings and medium-term loans 80,000   150,000   65,000     295,000
Insurance and Reinsurance Contract Liabilities 188,997         188,997
Other liabilities 20,180   14,974   14,388     49,542
Financial liabilities 1,795,715   501,087   176,798     2,473,600
Non-financial liabilities 16,773         16,773
Total liabilities 1,812,488   501,087   176,798     2,490,373

 

Off balance sheet                  
Contingent liabilities 355,130   53,824   7,520     416,474
Commitments 4,249         4,249
Total 359,379   53,824   7,520     420,723
  1. Analysis of financial assets and financial liabilities by remaining contractual maturities (continued)

 

The maturity profile of the Group’s assets and liabilities at 31 December 2023 was as follows:

 

 

 

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 UAE Central Bank 220,670       220,670
Due from banks and financial institutions 74,779         74,779
Loans and advances 839,946   159,391   669,222   207,111   1,875,670
Islamic financing and investing assets 12,460   245   1,435     14,140
Investments, including associate 72,918   6,462   130,264   44,916   254,560
Insurance receivables and contract assets 85,559   11,198   10,575     107,332
Other assets 16,048       30,942   46,990
Financial assets 1,322,380   177,296   811,496   282,969   2,594,141
Non-financial assets   47,212   38,346   85,823   171,381
Total assets 1,322,380   224,508   849,842   368,792   2,765,522

 

 

LIABILITIES                  
Due to banks 32,795         32,795
Customers’ deposits and margin accounts 966,900   265,075   330,714     1,562,689
Short term borrowings and medium-term loans   223,333   25,000     248,333
Insurance and Reinsurance Contract Liabilities 173,026         173,026
Other liabilities 33,121   10,467   16,976     60,564
Financial liabilities 1,205,842   498,875   372,690     2,077,407
Non-financial liabilities 26,189         26,189
Total liabilities 1,232,031   498,875   372,690     2,103,596

 

Off balance sheet                  
Contingent liabilities 372,853   23,910   3,923     400,686
Commitments 4,249       4,249
Total 377,102   23,910   3,923     404,935

 

  1. Analysis of financial assets and financial liabilities by remaining contractual maturities (continued)

 

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.