Strategic Report | Governance | Financial Statements | 209
34. FINANCIAL AND INSURANCE RISK MANAGEMENT continued
Less than one year £m
One to five years £m
Five to ten years £m
Over ten years £m
No fixed term £m
Total £m
2022 (restated)
Units in liquidity funds
1,174
–
– –
– –
– – – –
1,174
Investment funds
83
338
421
Debt securities and other fixed income securities¹
675 908
1,425
2,389
6,864
11,353
Deposits with credit institutions
– –
– –
– –
908
Loans secured by residential mortgages Loans secured by commercial mortgages
–
5,306
5,306
67
339
125
53
– – – – –
584 247 948 134
Long income real estate Infrastructure loans¹
– – 2
–
–
247 764
24
160
Other loans
118 157
6
8
Derivative financial assets
52
322
1,746 9,682
2,277
Total
2,961
2,401
3,002
5,306
23,352
1. Restated to correct the treatment of future funding commitments as explained in note 1.2.2.
A sensitivity analysis of the impact of interest rate movements on profit before tax is included in note 26(h). (ii) Property risk
The Group’s exposure to property risk arises from the provision of lifetime mortgages which creates an exposure to the UK residential property market. A substantial decline or sustained underperformance in UK residential property prices, against which the Group’s lifetime mortgages are secured, could result in the mortgage debt at the date of redemption exceeding the proceeds from the sale of the property. Demand for lifetime mortgage products may also be impacted by a fall in property prices. It may diminish consumers’ propensity to borrow and reduce the amount they are able to borrow due to reductions in property values. The risk is managed by controlling the loan value as a proportion of the property’s value at outset and obtaining independent third party valuations on each property before initial mortgages are advanced. Lifetime mortgage contracts are also monitored through dilapidation reviews. House prices are monitored and the impact of exposure to adverse house prices (both regionally and nationally) is regularly reviewed. Further mitigation is through management of the volume of Lifetime Mortgages, including disposals, in the portfolio in line with the Group’s LTM backing ratio target, and the establishment of the NNEG hedges. A sensitivity analysis of the impact of residential property price movements is included in note 20(d)(iii) and note 26(h). The Group is also exposed to commercial property risk indirectly through the investment in loans secured by commercial mortgages. Mitigation of such risk is covered by the credit risk section below. (iii) Inflation risk Inflation risk is the risk of change in the value of assets or liabilities arising from changes in actual or expected inflation or in the volatility of inflation. Exposure to long-term inflation occurs in relation to the Group’s own management expenses and its writing index-linked Retirement Income contracts. Its impact is managed through the application of disciplined cost control over management expenses and through matching inflation- linked assets including inflation swaps, and inflation-linked liabilities for the long-term inflation risk. (iv) Currency risk Currency risk arises from changes in foreign exchange rates which affect the value of assets denominated in foreign currencies. Exposure to currency risk could arise from the Group’s investment in non-sterling denominated assets. The Group invests in fixed income securities denominated in US dollars and other foreign currencies for its financial asset portfolio. All material Group liabilities are in sterling. As the Group does not wish to introduce foreign exchange risk into its investment portfolio, derivative or quasi-derivative contracts are entered into to mitigate the foreign exchange exposure as far as possible.
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