Note 28 - Fair value of financial instruments at amortised cost

Financial instruments measured at amortised cost
Financial instruments that are not measured at fair value are recognised at amortised cost or are in a hedging relationship. For further details, see note 2 Accounting principles. Amortised cost entails valuing balance sheet items after initially agreed cash flows, adjusted for impairment.

Amortised cost will not always be equal to the values that are in line with the market assessment of the same financial instruments. This is due to different perceptions of market conditions, risk and discount rates.

Methods underlying the determination of fair value of financial instruments that are measured at amortised cost are described below:

Loans to and claims on customers
Current-rate loans are exposed to competition in the market, indicating that possible excess value in the portfolio will not be maintained over a long period. Fair value of current-rate loans is therefore set to amortised cost. The effect  of changes in credit quality in the portfolio is accounted for through collectively assessed impairment write-downs, therefore giving a good expression of fair value in that part of the portfolio where individual write-down assessments have not been made.

Individual write-downs are determined through an assessment of future cash flow, discounted by effective interest rate. Hence the discounted value gives a good expression of the fair value of these loans.

Bonds held to maturity
Change to fair value is calculated by reference to a theoretical valuation of market value based on interest rate and spread curves.

Loans to and claims on credit institutions, debt to credit institutions  and debt to customers
For loans to and claims on credit institutions, as well as debt to credit institutions and deposits from customers, fair value is estimated equal to amortised cost.

Securities debt and subordinated debt
The calculation of fair value in level 2 is based on observable market values such as on interest rate and spread curves where available.

 

Parent Bank          
    31 Dec 2017 31 Dec 2016
(NOK million) Level 1) Book value Fair Value Book value Fair Value
Assets          
Loans to and claims on credit institutions 2 9,543 9,543 8,203 8,203
Loans to and claims on customers at amortised cost 3 101,490 101,490 92,673 92,673
Total financial assets at amortised cost   111,033 111,033 100,876 100,876
           
Liabilities          
Debt to credit institutions 2 9,047 9,047 10,299 10,299
Deposits from and debt to customers 2 77,362 77,362 68,391 68,391
Securities debt at amortised cost 2 11,003 11,040 10,689 10,700
Securities debt, hedging 2 31,191 31,472 25,627 25,307
Subordinated debt at amortised cost 2 1,102 1,104 1,103 1,100
Subordinated debt, hedging 2 1,057 1,060 1,083 1,075
Total financial liabilities at amortised cost   130,762 131,085 117,192 116,872

 

Group          
    31 Dec 2017 31 Dec 2016
(NOK million)   Book value Fair Value Book value Fair Value
Assets          
Loans to and claims on credit institutions 2 4,214 4,214 3,892 3,892
Loans to and claims on customers at amortised cost 3 107,680 107,680 97,528 97,528
Total financial assets at amortised cost   111,894 111,894 101,420 101,420
           
Liabilities          
Debt to credit institutions 2 9,607 9,607 10,509 10,509
Deposits from and debt to customers 2 76,476 76,476 67,168 67,168
Securities debt at amortised cost 2 11,003 11,040 10,689 10,700
Securities debt, hedging   31,191 31,472 25,627 25,307
Subordinated debt at amortised cost 2 1,144 1,148 1,145 1,143
Subordinated debt, hedging 2 1,057 1,060 1,083 1,075
Total financial liabilities at amortised cost   130,478 130,802 116,221 115,902

1) Fair value is determined by using different methods in three levels. See note 27 for a definition of the levels.

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