4.22 Provisions, contingent liabilities, and contingent assets
In accordance with Accounting Standard - 29 “Provisions, Contingent Liabilities and Contingent Assets" issued by ICAI, as notified under Section 133 of the Companies Act, 2013 read together with the Companies (Accounting Standards) Rules, 2021, a provision is recognized when the Bank has a present obligation as a result of past event, it is probable that an outflow of resources embodying economic benefits will be required to settle the obligation and a reliable estimate can be made of the amount of the obligation.
Provisions (excluding retirement benefits) are not discounted to its present value and are determined based on management best estimate required to settle the obligation at the Balance Sheet date, supplemented by experience of similar transactions. These are reviewed at each Balance Sheet date and adjusted to reflect the current best estimates. If it is no longer probable that an outflow of resources embodying economic benefits will be required to settle the obligation, the provision is reversed.
No provision is recognized, and a disclosure of contingent liability is made when there is:
I. a possible obligation arising from a past event and the existence of which will be confirmed only by occurrence or non-occurrence of one or more uncertain future events not wholly within the control of the Bank; or
II. a present obligation arising from a past event which is not recognized because:
a) it is not probable that an outflow of resources embodying economic benefits will be required to settle the obligation; or
b) a reliable estimate of the amount of the obligation cannot be made.
The Bank does not expect the outcome of these contingencies to have a materially adverse effect on its financial results.
No provision or disclosure of contingent liability is made when there is a possible obligation or a present obligation in respect of which the likelihood of outflow of resources is remote.
Contingent assets, if any, are not recognized nor disclosed in the financial statements since this may result in the recognition of income that may never be realized. However, contingent assets are assessed continually and if it is virtually certain that an inflow of economic benefits will arise, the asset and related income are recognized in the financial statements of the period in which the change occurs.
4.23 Segment information
The disclosure relating to segment information is in accordance with Accounting Standard 17 - “Segment Reporting" issued by the ICAI, as notified under Section 133 of the Companies Act, 2013 read together with the Companies (Accounting Standards) Rules, 2021 and as per as per RBI Master Direction on Financial Statements-Presentation and Disclosures, (as amended from time to time). As per the Master Direction, the reportable segments are identified as 'Treasury', 'Corporate / Wholesale Banking, 'Retail Banking' and 'Other banking operations.
• Treasury' includes the entire investment portfolio of the Bank.
• Retail Banking include exposures which fulfill the four criteria of orientation, product, granularity, and low value of individual exposures for retail exposures laid down in Master Directions on Basel III: Capital Regulations. Individual housing loans also form part of Retail Banking segment. Further, 'Digital Banking' has been identified as a sub-segment of the existing 'Retail Banking' segment as per Reserve Bank of India (RBI) guidelines.
• Corporate / Wholesale Banking include all advances to trusts, partnership firms, companies, and statutory bodies, which are not included under 'Retail Banking'.
• Other Banking Business includes all other banking operations not covered under 'Treasury, 'Wholesale Banking' and 'Retail Banking' segments. It also includes all other residual operations such as para banking transactions / activities.
4.24 Accounting for Dividend
In terms of Accounting Standard 4 - "Contingencies and Events occurring after the Balance sheet date" issued by the ICAI, as prescribed under Section 133 of the Companies Act, 2013 read together with the Companies (Accounting Standards) Rules, 2021, the Bank does not account for proposed dividend or Dividend declared after balance sheet date as a liability through appropriation from Profit and Loss Account in current year balance sheet. This is disclosed in the notes to accounts. The same is recognized in the year of actual payout post approval of shareholders. However, the Bank reckons proposed dividend in determining capital funds in computing the capital adequacy ratio.
4.25 Cash and Cash Equivalents
Cash and cash equivalents include cash in hand, balances with Reserve Bank of India and Balances with Other Banks / institutions and money at call and short notice (including the effect of changes in exchange rates on cash and cash equivalents in foreign currency).
‘Capital Infusion: During the previous year, the Bank had issued 230,477,634 equity shares of H 2 each for cash pursuant to a Qualified Institution Placement (QIP) as per the relevant provisions of Securities and Exchange Board of India (Issue of Capital and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2018 at H 131.90 per share aggregating to H 3,040.00 Crores (including share premium). This resulted in an increase of H 46.10 Crores in share capital and H 2,954.17 Crores (net of issue expenses) in share premium account.
During the previous year, Bank had issued 72,682,048 equity shares of H 2 each for cash pursuant to a preferential allotment as per the relevant provisions of Securities and Exchange Board of India (Issue of Capital and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2018 at H 131.91 per share aggregating to H 958.75 Crore (including share premium). This resulted in an increase of H 14.53 Crore in share capital and H 943.62 Crore (net of share issue expenses) in share premium account.
**During the year ended March 31, 2025 and March 31,2024, the Bank had not raised Tier 2 capital by way of issuance of Tier 2 Bonds.
During the year ended March 31, 2025 the Bank has redeemed Unsecured Basel III compliant Tier 2 Bonds amounting to H 300 Crore. (Previous Year : Nil)
In accordance with RBI Guidelines banks are required to make Consolidated Pillar 3 and Net Stable Funding Ratio (NSFR) disclosures under Basel III capital regulations. The Bank has made these disclosures and the same is available in Bank's website at the following link: https:Zwww.federalbank.co.in/regulatory-disclosures. The disclosures have not been subjected to audit.
1.1. B. Reserves and Surplus
a) Statutory Reserve
During the year ended March 31, 2025, the Bank had appropriated H 1,012.97 Crore (previous year: H 930.15 Crore) out of profits for the year ended March 31, 2025 to the Statutory Reserve in terms of sections 17 of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949 and RBI guidelines.
b) Capital Reserve
During the year ended March 31, 2025, the Bank had appropriated H 83.55 Crore (previous year: H 81.76 Crore), being the profit from sale or redemption of investments under HTM category, gain / profit arising on the reclassification/ sale of an investment in associate and profit on sale of immovable properties, net of taxes and transfer to statutory reserve, from the Profit and Loss Account to the Capital Reserve.
c) Revenue Reserve
During the year ended March 31, 2025, the Bank implemented the RBI Master Direction - Classification, Valuation, and Operation of Investment Portfolio of Commercial Banks (Directions), 2023, dated September 12, 2023. This directive is applicable to banks from April 01, 2024. Consequent to the transition provisions, the Bank's revenue reserve increased by H 105.02 crore, on account of revision in the carrying value of investments to the fair value as on such date. Inaddition, during the year ended March 31, 2025, the Bank had appropriated H 606.72 Crore (previous year: H554.25 Crore) out of profits for the year ended March 31, 2025 to the Revenue Reserve.
d) Investment Fluctuation Reserve
During the year ended March 31,2025, the Bank had appropriated H 151.93 Crore (previous year: H 66.84 Crore) to Investment Fluctuation Reserve in compliance with RBI Master Direction - Classification, Valuation, and Operation of Investment Portfolio of Commercial Banks (Directions), 2023, dated September 12, 2023.
In addition, pursuant to implementation of the RBI Master Direction - Classification, Valuation, and Operation of Investment Portfolio of Commercial Banks (Directions), 2023, dated September 12, 2023, the Bank had transferred H 16.24 Crore from Investment Reserve to Investment Fluctuation Reserve.
e) Special Reserve
During the year ended March 31, 2025, the Bank had appropriated H 195.65 Crore (previous year: H 173.68 Crore) out of profits for the year ended March 31, 2025, to the Special Reserve as required under Income Tax Act, 1961.
f) Investment Reserve
As per RBI Master Direction - Classification, Valuation, and Operation of Investment Portfolio of Commercial Banks (Directions), 2023, dated September 12, 2023 which is effective from April 01, 2024, the balance in Investment Reserve Account , if any, as of March 31, 2024, shall be transferred to the Revenue/ General Reserve if the bank meets the minimum regulatory requirements of Investment Fluctuation Reserve (IFR). If the bank does not meet the minimum IFR requirements, the balances in IRA shall be transferred to IFR. Accordingly, during the year ended March 31, 2025, the Bank has transferred the balance of H 16.24 Crore from Investment Reserve to Investment Fluctuation Reserve. During the previous year, the Bank had appropriated H 16.24 Crore from the Profit and Loss Account to Investment Reserve.
g) Foreign Currency Translation Reserve
As at March 31,2025, the Bank has recognised H (22.02) Crore (previous year: H (17.74) Crore) as Foreign Currency Translation Reserve on account of translation of foreign currency assets and liabilities of non-integral foreign operations.
h) Employees Stock Options Reserve
During the year ended March 31,2025, the Bank has recognised H 8.49 Crore (previous year: H 1.58 Crore) as Employees Stock Options Reserve on account of fair valuation of share-linked instruments and an amount of H 0.21 Crore (previous year:H 0.65 Crore) is transferred from Employees Stock Options Reserve on exercise of share-linked instruments, to share premium.
i) AFS Reserve
During the year ended March 31, 2025, pursuant to implementation of the RBI Master Direction - Classification, Valuation, and Operation of Investment Portfolio of Commercial Banks (Directions), 2023, dated September 12, 2023, the Bank has recognised H 226.05 Crore (previous year: nil) as AFS Reserve.
j) Cash Flow Hedge Reserve
As at March 31, 2025, the Bank has recognised H 67.91 Crore (previous year: nil) as Cash Flow Hedge Reserve on derivative contracts designated as cash flow hedge.
Draw down from Reserves
The Bank has not drawn down any amount from any reserves during the years ended March 31, 2025 and March 31, 2024.
1.2.1. C. Additional Details on Investments:
As per Master Direction - Classification, Valuation and Operation of Investment Portfolio of Commercial Banks (Directions), 2023, Investment fluctuation reserve (IFR) is to be created with an amount not less than lower of net profit on sale of investments during the year or net profit for the year less mandatory appropriations until the amount of IFR is at least 2 percent of the AFS and FVTPL (including HFT) portfolio on a continuing basis.
As on March 31, 2025 the Bank is maintaining an IFR of H 425.70 Crore (previous year: H 257.53 Crore) and considered it as part of Tier II capital for capital adequacy purposes.
1.2.4. Sale and transfers to/ from HTM Category
In accordance with the RBI guidelines, Sales and transfers to/from HTM category does not include one-time transfer of securities to/ from HTM category with the approval of Board of Directors undertaken by banks at the beginning of the accounting year, direct sales from HTM for bringing down SLR holdings in HTM category consequent to a downward revision in SLR requirements by RBI, sales to RBI under open market operation auctions (OMO) and government securities acquisition program (GSAP), Repurchase of Government Securities by Government of India from banks and Repurchase of State Development Loans by respective state governments under buyback or switch operations, additional shifting of securities explicitly permitted by the Reserve Bank of India.
1.2.5 Government Security Lending (GSL) transactions
During the years ended March 31, 2025 and March 31, 2024, Bank has not participated in GSL transactions.
1.3. Derivatives
Disclosure in respect of Outstanding Interest Rate Swaps (IRS) and Forward Rate Agreement (FRA)
1.3.1. B) The Bank had dealt in exchange traded currency futures during the financial year ended March 31, 2025 and March 31, 2024. As
at March 31, 2025, the notional principal amount outstanding on open contracts is Nil (previous year: H 15,243.70 Crore).
1.3.1. C) The credit exposure with clients, as compared to inter-bank counterparties, are generally secured by permitted collaterals. The
credit exposure includes exposure arising out of swap contracts. However, generally, the collaterals provided by the clients are not specifically earmarked towards derivatives or swaps. Hence the amount of exposure is arrived conservatively without netting with the collateral.
1.3.3. Disclosure on Risk exposure in Derivatives
Qualitative disclosures:
(a) Structure and organization for management of risk in derivatives trading, the scope and nature of risk measurement, risk reporting and risk monitoring systems, policies for hedging and/or mitigating risk and strategies and processes for monitoring the continuing effectiveness of hedges/ mitigants:
Derivatives are financial instruments whose characteristics are derived from underlying parameter's like interest rates, exchange rates or indices. The Bank undertakes over the counter and exchange traded derivative transactions for Balance Sheet management and also for proprietary trading. Bank offers derivative products to the customers to enable them to hedge their exposure within the prevalent regulatory guidelines. Proprietary trading includes Interest Rate Futures, Currency Futures, Non Deliverable Forwards and Rupee Interest Rate Swaps under different benchmarks (viz. MIBOR, MIFOR etc.) in over the counter/ exchange traded derivatives.
The Bank also undertakes transactions in Long Term Forex Contracts (LTFX) for hedging its Balance Sheet and also offers them to its customers. These transactions expose the Bank to various risks primarily credit, market, operational, legal and reputational. The Bank has adopted the following mechanism for managing risks arising out of the derivative transactions.
The derivative transactions are governed by the Policy for Investment, Forex and Derivative Activities and Market Risk Management Policy of the Bank as well as by the extant RBI guidelines. Various operational/risk limits are set up and actual exposures are monitored vis-a-vis the limits allocated. These limits are set up taking into account market volatility, risk appetite, business strategy and management experience. Risk limits are in place for risk parameters viz. Value at Risk (VaR), Net loss, deal size and Price Value of a Basis Point (PVBP). Actual positions are monitored against these limits on a daily basis and breaches if any are reported promptly. Risk assessment of the portfolio is undertaken periodically.
The Treasury front office enters into derivative transaction with customers and interbank counterparties. The Bank has an independent back office and mid office as per regulatory guidelines. The MTM position of the derivative portfolio is monitored on a regular basis. The impact on derivative portfolio on account of the probable market movements are assessed on regular basis. The risk profile of the outstanding portfolio is reviewed by the Board at regular intervals.
Interest rate contracts
Interest rate swaps involve the exchange of interest obligations with the counterparty for a specified period without exchanging the underlying (or notional) principal.
Interest rate futures are standardised interest rate derivative contracts traded on a recognised stock exchange to buy or sell a notional security or any other interest bearing instrument or an index of such instruments or interest rates at a specified future date at a price determined at the time of the contract.
Exchange rate contracts
Cross currency swaps are agreements to exchange principal amounts denominated in different currencies. Cross currency swaps may also involve the exchange of interest payments on one specified currency for interest payments in another specified currency for a specified period.
Currency options (including Exchange Traded Currency Option) give the buyer on payment of a premium, the right but not an obligation to buy or sell specified amounts of currency at agreed rates of exchange on or before a specified future date.
Currency futures contract is a standardised contract traded on an exchange to buy or sell a certain underlying currency at a certain date in the future at a specified price. The contract specifies the rate of exchange between one unit of currency with another.
Non-Deliverable Derivative Contracts
Non Deliverable Forwards are foreign exchange derivative contract involving the Rupee, entered into with a person resident outside India and which is settled without involving delivery of the Rupee.
(b) Accounting policy for recording hedge and non-hedge transactions, recognition of income, Premiums and discounts, valuation of outstanding contracts and provisioning
Bank deals in derivatives for hedging domestic or foreign currency assets/liabilities subject to the prevailing regulatory guidelines. Transactions for hedging and trading are recorded separately. For hedge transactions the Bank identifies the hedged item (asset or liability) at the inception of the transaction itself. The effectiveness is ascertained at the time of inception of the hedge and periodically thereafter. Transactions related to foreign exchange forward / Interest rate Future/IRS/Currency futures are marked to market daily and the MTM is accounted in the books.
(c) Collateral Security
Bank has provided sufficient collateral to central counter parties and exchanges wherever applicable. As per market practice no collateral is insisted on for the contracts with counter parties like Banks/Primary Dealers (PDs) etc. but if a Credit Support Annexure (CSA) is signed then collateral is insisted as per the terms of CSA agreement. For deals with Corporate Clients appropriate collateral security/margin etc. is stipulated wherever considered necessary as per the CSA agreement.
(d) Credit Risk Mitigation
In the Interbank Space the Bank deals with other major banks and the default risk is perceived as low in this segment. Wherever the Credit Support Annexure (CSA) is signed the collateral is insisted as per the terms of the CSA agreement. This risk is managed under the limit framework laid down by the policy on Sovereign and Counterparty Bank Limits. Exposure against clients is mitigated by collecting proper collateral securities / margin as envisaged by the credit sanctioning team as per the CSA.
# excludes forward exchange contract and includes Non-deliverable forwards.
• The notional principal amount of forward exchange contracts (excluding Cash, tom and spot contracts) classified as Hedging and Trading outstanding as on March 31, 2025 amounted to H 2,441.51 Crore (previous year H 2,209.73 Crore) and H 80,366.74 Crore (previous year H 21,292.74 Crore) respectively. For the trading contract, as at March 31 2025 the marked to market position was asset of H 514.52 Crore and liability of H 603.38 Crore (previous year asset H 301.30 Crore and liability of H 278.56 Crore). Credit exposure on forward exchange contracts classified as Hedging and Trading as at March 31, 2025 amounted to H 53.70 Crore (previous year H 57.24 Crore) and H 4,577.49 Crore (previous year H 1,001.24 Crore) respectively. The notional principal amounts of derivatives reflect the volume of transactions outstanding as at the Balance Sheet date and do not represent the amounts at risk.
• Interest rate derivative represents interest rate swaps and bond FRA.
• The Bank has computed the maximum and minimum of PV01 for the year based on the daily balances for Interest rate Derivatives and Currency Derivatives.
• In respect of derivative contracts, the Bank evaluates the credit exposure arising therefrom, in line with RBI guidelines. Credit exposure has been computed using the current exposure method which is the sum of:
a) The current replacement cost (Marked to Market value including accruals of the contract) or zero whichever is higher.
b) The Potential Future Exposure (PFE) is a product of the notional principal amount of the contract and a factor that is based on the grid of credit conversion factor prescribed in RBI Guidelines, which is applied on the basis of the residual maturity and the type of contract.
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