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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 30, 2018

Registration No. 333-            

 

 

 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER SCHEDULE B

OF

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

 

 

Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank

(Name of Registrant)

 

 

Name and Address of Authorized Representative in the United States:

Puglisi & Associates

850 Library Avenue, Suite 204

Newark, Delaware 19711

 

 

Copies to:

 

Robert S. Risoleo, Esq.

Paul J. McElroy, Esq.

Sullivan & Cromwell LLP

1700 New York Avenue NW

Washington, DC 20006

United States of America

 

Thierry de Longuemar

Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank

B-9 Financial Street, Xicheng District, Beijing 100033

People’s Republic of China

 

J. David Stewart, Esq.

Paul M. Dudek, Esq.

Latham & Watkins

99 Bishopsgate

London EC2M 3XF

United Kingdom

 

 

Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public:

As soon as practicable after this registration statement becomes effective.

 

 

CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

 

 

Title of Each Class of
Securities to be Registered
  Proposed
Maximum
Aggregate
Offering Price (*)
  Amount of
Registration Fee

    % Notes due 20    

  $1,000,000,000   $121,200

 

 

*

Estimated solely for the purpose of determining the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(o) under the Securities Act of 1933.

 

 

The registrant hereby amends this registration statement on such date or dates as may be necessary to delay its effective date until the registrant shall file a further amendment which specifically states that this registration statement shall thereafter become effective in accordance with Section 8(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or until this registration statement shall become effective on such date as the Commission, acting pursuant to said Section 8(a), may determine.

 

 

 


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The information in this preliminary prospectus is not complete and may be changed. We may not sell these securities until the registration statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission becomes effective. This preliminary prospectus is not an offer to sell and does not seek an offer to buy these securities in any jurisdiction where the offer or sale is not permitted.

 

SUBJECT TO COMPLETION

PRELIMINARY PROSPECTUS DATED NOVEMBER 30, 2018

 

 

LOGO

ASIAN INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT

BANK

$1,000,000,000

    % NOTES DUE 20    

 

 

The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (“AIIB” or the “Bank”) will pay interest on the notes (the “Notes”) on              and              of each year. Interest will accrue on the Notes from and including                     , 20    , and the first interest payment date will be                     , 20    . AIIB may not redeem the Notes prior to their maturity on                     , 20    . There is no sinking fund for these Notes.

AIIB will apply to the Financial Conduct Authority in its capacity as competent listing authority pursuant to Part VI of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000, as amended (the “UK Listing Authority”) for the Notes to be listed on the Official List of the UK Listing Authority (the “Official List”) and to the London Stock Exchange plc (the “London Stock Exchange”) for the Notes to be admitted to trading on the London Stock Exchange’s Regulated Market (the “Regulated Market”). No assurance can be given by AIIB that such applications will be approved. The London Stock Exchange’s Regulated Market is a regulated market for the purposes of Directive 2004/39/EC.

This prospectus (the “Prospectus”) comprises neither a prospectus for the purposes of Part VI of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000, as amended (the “FSMA”) nor listing particulars given in compliance with the listing rules (the “Listing Rules”) made under Part VI of the FSMA by the UK Listing Authority.

 

 

PRICE     % AND ACCRUED INTEREST

 

 

 

     Price to
Public (1)
    Underwriting
Discounts
and Commissions (2)
    Proceeds to
AIIB (1)(3)
 

Per Note

                           

Total

   $                   $                   $                

 

(1)

Plus accrued interest, if any, from                     , 20    .

(2)

AIIB has agreed to indemnify the Underwriters (as defined herein) against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

(3)

Before deducting expenses payable by AIIB estimated at US$                .

 

 

Neither the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), any state securities commission, the London Stock Exchange nor any foreign governmental agency has approved or disapproved of these securities or determined whether this Prospectus is accurate and complete. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.

 

 

The Underwriters below expect to deliver the Notes to purchasers in book-entry form only through The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”) on                     , 20    .

 

 

The date of this Prospectus is                     , 20    


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TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

     Page  

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

     1  

FORWARD-LOOKING INFORMATION

     1  

PROSPECTUS SUMMARY

     2  

ASIAN INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT BANK

     4  

USE OF PROCEEDS

     10  

CAPITALIZATION

     10  

SELECTED FINANCIAL INFORMATION

     11  
MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS      13  

OPERATIONS OF AIIB

     19  

RISK MANAGEMENT

     36  

GOVERNANCE AND ADMINISTRATION

     43  

DESCRIPTION OF THE NOTES

     49  

GLOBAL CLEARANCE AND SETTLEMENT

     54  

UNITED STATES TAXATION

     58  

UNDERWRITING

     62  

VALIDITY OF THE NOTES

     63  

EXPERTS

     64  
REVIEW OF UNAUDITED CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS BY INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS      64  

AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE

     64  

WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION

     64  

INDEX TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

AIIB has filed with the SEC a registration statement (which term shall include any amendments thereto) under Schedule B of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), with respect to the securities offered hereby. This Prospectus does not contain all the information set forth in the registration statement, certain parts of which are omitted in accordance with the rules and regulations of the SEC and to which reference is hereby made. Statements made in this Prospectus as to the contents of any contract, agreement or other document referred to are not necessarily complete. With respect to each such contract, agreement or other document filed as an exhibit to the registration statement, reference is made to the exhibit for a more complete description of the matter involved, and each such statement shall be deemed qualified in its entirety by such reference.

FORWARD-LOOKING INFORMATION

This Prospectus may contain forward-looking statements. Statements that are not historical facts are statements about our beliefs and expectations and may include forward-looking statements. These statements are identified by words such as “believe,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “should” and words of similar meaning. Forward-looking statements are inherently subject to risks and uncertainties, many of which cannot be predicted with accuracy and some of which might not even be anticipated. Future events and actual financial and other results may differ materially from the results discussed in the forward-looking statements. Therefore, you should not place undue reliance on them. Factors that might cause such a difference include, but are not limited to, those discussed in this Prospectus, such as the effects of losses from the Bank’s financing or investment activities.

 

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PROSPECTUS SUMMARY

Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank

AIIB is a multilateral development bank (an “MDB”) with a mission to (i) foster sustainable economic development, create wealth and improve infrastructure connectivity in Asia by investing in infrastructure and other productive sectors and (ii) promote regional cooperation and partnership in addressing development challenges by working in close collaboration with other multilateral and bilateral development institutions. The Bank commenced operations on January 16, 2016 to help its members meet a substantial financing gap between the demand for infrastructure in Asia and available financial resources. The Bank aims to work with public and private sector partners to channel its own public resources, together with private and institutional funds, into sustainable infrastructure investment.

The Bank has identified three thematic priorities:

 

   

Sustainable Infrastructure: Promoting green infrastructure and supporting countries to meet their environmental and development goals.

 

   

Cross-country Connectivity: Prioritizing cross-border infrastructure, ranging from roads and rail, to ports, energy pipelines and telecoms across Central Asia, and the maritime routes in South East and South Asia, and the Middle East, and beyond.

 

   

Private Capital Mobilization: Devising innovative solutions that catalyze private capital, in partnership with other MDBs, governments, private financiers and other partners.

 

Issuer

Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank

 

Securities Offered

US$            principal amount of     % Notes due 20    

 

Maturity Date

                    , 20

 

Interest Payment Dates

                 and                 of each year, commencing                     , 20

 

Interest Rate

    % per annum

 

Redemption

The Notes are not subject to redemption prior to maturity.

 

Listing

Application will be made to the UK Listing Authority for the Notes to be listed on the Official List and to the London Stock Exchange for the Notes to be admitted to trading on the Regulated Market. No assurance can be given by AIIB that such applications will be approved.

 

Form, Registration and Settlement

The Notes will be represented by one or more global note certificates (the “Global Note”) registered in the name of Cede & Co. as nominee for DTC. The Global Note will be deposited with a custodian for DTC. Except as described in this Prospectus, beneficial interests in the Global Note will be represented through accounts of financial institutions acting on behalf of the beneficial owners as direct and indirect



 

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participants in DTC. Investors may elect to hold interests in the Global Note through DTC, if they are participants in DTC, or indirectly through organizations that are participants in DTC. Owners of beneficial interests in the Global Note will not be entitled to have Notes registered in their names and will not receive or be entitled to receive physical delivery of definitive Notes (except in certain circumstances). Initial settlement for the Notes will be made in immediately available funds in dollars. See “Global Clearance and Settlement.”

 

Withholding Tax, No Additional Amounts

Pursuant to its Articles of Agreement, payments of principal and interest on the Notes may be made by AIIB without withholding or deduction for any withholding taxes imposed by any member of AIIB. AIIB will not pay additional amounts to holders of Notes who are individuals in respect of any withholding tax. For further details, see “Description of the Notes – No Payment of Additional Amounts” in this Prospectus.


 

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ASIAN INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT BANK

Overview

AIIB is an MDB with a mission to (i) foster sustainable economic development, create wealth and improve infrastructure connectivity in Asia by investing in infrastructure and other productive sectors and (ii) promote regional cooperation and partnership in addressing development challenges by working in close collaboration with other multilateral and bilateral development institutions.

The Bank commenced operations on January 16, 2016 to help its members meet a substantial financing gap between the demand for infrastructure in Asia and available financial resources. The Bank aims to work with public and private sector partners to channel its own public resources, together with private and institutional funds, into sustainable infrastructure investment. The Bank maintains its principal office in Beijing, People’s Republic of China.

The Bank has identified three thematic priorities:

 

   

Sustainable Infrastructure: Promoting green infrastructure and supporting countries to meet their environmental and development goals.

 

   

Cross-country Connectivity: Prioritizing cross-border infrastructure, ranging from roads and rail, to ports, energy pipelines and telecoms across Central Asia, and the maritime routes in South East and South Asia, and the Middle East, and beyond.

 

   

Private Capital Mobilization: Devising innovative solutions that catalyze private capital, in partnership with other MDBs, governments, private financiers and other partners.

Legal Status

AIIB was established and operates under the Articles of Agreement (the “Articles of Agreement”), an international agreement to which governments are parties and which was open for signature on June 29, 2015 and entered into force on December 25, 2015. The Bank is not a private institution and does not have private shareholders.

The Articles of Agreement provide that all the powers of AIIB shall be vested in the Board of Governors of AIIB (the “Board of Governors”). The Board of Governors has delegated a broad range of operational oversight functions to the non-resident Board of Directors of AIIB (the “Board of Directors”). See “Governance and Administration.” On January 16, 2016, the Board of Governors convened its inaugural meeting in Beijing and declared the Bank open for business.

The Articles of Agreement endow AIIB with full juridical personality and, in particular, the full legal capacity (i) to contract, (ii) to acquire, and dispose of, immovable and movable property, (iii) to institute and respond to legal proceedings and (iv) to take such other action as may be necessary or useful for its purpose and activities. The Articles of Agreement provide that the Bank enjoys, in the territory of each of its members, the following immunities, exemptions and privileges:

 

   

The Bank enjoys immunity from every form of legal process, except in cases arising out of or in connection with the exercise of its power to raise funds, to guarantee obligations, or to buy and sell securities, in which case actions may be brought in a court of competent jurisdiction in the territory in which the Bank has an office, has appointed an agent for service of process or has issued or guaranteed securities. Moreover, no action may be brought against the Bank by a member or an instrumentality of such member; instead they have recourse to special procedures for settlement of disputes as described in the Articles of Agreement, in the by-laws and regulations of the Bank, or in contracts entered with the Bank.

 

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The property and other assets of the Bank are immune from all forms of seizure, attachment or execution before delivery of a final judgment against the Bank, and from search, requisition, confiscation, expropriation or any other forceful taking by executive or legislative action. The archives of the Bank and all documents belonging to it or held by it are inviolable, regardless of location or who holds them.

 

   

All Governors, Directors, Alternates, the President, Vice-president(s) and other officers and employees of the Bank are immune from legal process with respect to acts performed by them in their official capacity, except when the Bank waives this immunity.

 

   

The Bank, its assets, property, income and its operations and transactions are immune from all taxes and customs duties, and the Bank is immune from any obligation relating to the payment, withholding or collection of any tax or duty.

 

   

All of the property and assets of the Bank are free from restrictions, regulations, controls and moratoria of any nature (subject to the Articles of Agreement).

 

   

The salaries, emoluments and expenses which the Bank pays to its Directors, Alternate Directors, President, Vice-President(s) and other officers and employees of the Bank are exempt from taxation, save to the extent that a member has explicitly reserved its right to tax such payments to its nationals or citizens.

Membership, Capital Structure and Reserves

Membership

Membership in AIIB is open to members of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (“IBRD” or the “World Bank”) or the Asian Development Bank (“ADB”). In the case of an applicant that is not a sovereign or not responsible for the conduct of its international relations (e.g., a political subdivision such as a semi-autonomous territory), application for membership in the Bank must be presented or agreed by the member of the Bank responsible for its international relations.

In October 2014, 22 countries signed a Memorandum of Understanding to establish the Bank. By the end of March 2015, 57 countries had committed to being part of the process to design and establish the Bank. Negotiations on the Articles of Agreement concluded on May 22, 2015 and in June 2015, 57 prospective members signed the Articles of Agreement. Signatories to the Articles of Agreement were required to ratify, accept or approve the Articles of Agreement no later than December 31, 2016, or such later date as determined by the Board of Governors by an affirmative vote of a majority of the total number of Governors, representing not less than a majority of the total voting power of AIIB’s members (a “special majority” vote). For those signatories that did not ratify, accept or approve the Articles of Agreement by December 31, 2016, the deadline for such ratification, acceptance or approval was extended to December 31, 2017, and subsequently to December 31, 2018. In addition, all rights, including voting rights, acquired in respect of paid-in capital and associated callable shares for which payments are due but have not been received are suspended until full payment is received by the Bank.

Members of IBRD or ADB which were not signatories to the Articles of Agreement may be admitted by a special majority vote of the Board of Governors. In respect of membership for non-signatories to the Articles of Agreement, the Bank has established procedures for membership. These procedures include initial informal discussions with the Corporate Secretary of the Bank followed by a firm written expression of interest in membership addressed to the Corporate Secretary and signed by an applicant’s duly authorized person with the rank of minister or above. If the applicant receives an informal consensus for admission from the Board of Directors, the Bank would then determine the indicative terms and conditions of membership of the applicant consistent with the

 

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Articles of Agreement. At this point, a formal application would then be made by the applicant, which would be signed by the applicant’s competent authority, such as Head of Government, Head of State or Foreign Minister. Upon receipt of the membership application, the terms and conditions of membership (including the maximum number of shares of the Bank to which the applicant may subscribe) would be recommended by the Board of Directors to the Board of Governors for their approval. Following approval by a special majority of the Board of Governors, the applicant would prepare the necessary domestic authorization and legislation to become a member, and take other steps required for membership, including making payment of a first installment for subscribed paid-in shares, appointing a Governor and Alternate Governor and assigning votes to a Director.

There are 57 signatories to the Articles of Agreement, three of which, as of the date hereof, have not yet ratified, approved or accepted the Articles of Agreement. Consequently, the Bank currently has 54 founding members. As of the date hereof, the Bank has 68 members (44 regional and 24 non-regional). See “Table 1: Membership and Capital Allocation” below. The Bank also has 19 prospective members (six regional and 13 non-regional). Prospective members denote those jurisdictions whose membership applications have already been approved by the Board of Governors, but that have not become members yet. The Bank’s prospective regional members are: Armenia, Cook Islands, Kuwait, Lebanon, Papua New Guinea and Tonga. The Bank’s prospective non-regional members are: Argentina, Belarus, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Ecuador, Greece, Kenya, Peru, Romania, South Africa and Venezuela.

If a member fails to fulfill any of its obligations to the Bank, the Board of Governors may suspend such member by an affirmative vote of two-thirds of the total number of Governors, representing not less than three-fourths of the total voting power of AIIB’s members (a “super majority” vote). A suspended member automatically ceases to be a member one year from the date of its suspension, unless the Board of Governors decides by a super majority vote to restore the member to good standing. Other than the right of withdrawal, a suspended member is not allowed to exercise any rights under the Articles of Agreement, but remains subject to all the Articles of Agreement’s obligations.

Capital Structure

The authorized capital of the Bank consists of US$100,000,000,000 divided into paid-in shares having an aggregate par value of US$20,000,000,000 and callable shares having an aggregate par value of US$80,000,000,000. As of September 30, 2018, the members had subscribed an aggregate of US$96,186,700,000 of the Bank’s share capital, of which US$19,237,400,000 is paid-in and US$76,949,300,000 is callable.

Payment of subscribed, paid-in capital is due in five installments, except for members designated as less developed countries, which may pay in up to ten installments. As of September 30, 2018, US$12,792,485,043 had been received from members, all in convertible currency, and US$6,443,074,817 was not yet due. Capital subscriptions may be paid in United States dollars or in other convertible currency. However, to the extent that a member is a less developed country, the member may pay a portion of up to 50% of each installment in the currency of the member, with the Bank having discretion as to what amount is equivalent to the full value in terms of U.S. dollars and the member maintaining the value of all such currency held by the Bank should the member’s currency depreciate in the Bank’s opinion.

The authorized capital stock of the Bank may be increased only by a super majority vote by the Board of Governors.

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aggregate sum of basic votes, share votes and founding member votes of all the members, divided by the number of members. Share votes consist of the number of shares of the capital stock of the Bank subscribed to by that member. Each founding member is allocated 600 founding member votes.

Table 1: Membership and Capital Allocation

 

    Year of
Accession
    Total Subscriptions     Voting Power                    

Member

  Amount
(million
USD)
    Percent of
Total
    Share
Votes
    Founding
Member
Votes
    Basic
Votes
    Total Votes     Percent of
Total
 

Regional

               

Afghanistan

    2017       86.6       0.0900     866       —         1,994       2,860       0.2531

Australia

    2015       3,691.2       3.8375     36,912       600       1,994       39,506       3.4965

Azerbaijan

    2016       254.1       0.2642     2,541       600       1,994       5,135       0.4545

Bahrain

    2018       103.6       0.1077     1,036       —         1,994       3,030       0.2682

Bangladesh

    2016       660.5       0.6867     6,605       600       1,994       9,199       0.8142

Brunei Darussalam

    2015       52.4       0.0545     524       600       1,994       3,118       0.2760

Cambodia

    2016       62.3       0.0648     623       600       1,994       3,217       0.2847

China

    2015       29,780.4       30.9610     297,804       600       1,994       300,398       26.5872

Cyprus

    2018       20.0       0.0208     200       —         1,994       2,194       0.1942

Fiji

    2017       12.5       0.0130     125       —         1,994       2,119       0.1875

Georgia

    2015       53.9       0.0560     539       600       1,994       3,133       0.2773

Hong Kong, China

    2017       765.1       0.7954     7,651       —         1,994       9,645       0.8536

India

    2016       8,367.3       8.6990     83,673       600       1,994       86,267       7.6352

Indonesia

    2016       3,360.7       3.4939     33,607       600       1,994       36,201       3.2040

Iran

    2017       1,580.8       1.6435     15,808       600       1,994       18,402       1.6287

Israel

    2016       749.9       0.7796     7,499       600       1,994       10,093       0.8933

Jordan

    2015       119.2       0.1239     1,192       600       1,994       3,786       0.3351

Kazakhstan

    2016       729.3       0.7582     7,293       600       1,994       9,887       0.8751

Korea

    2015       3,738.7       3.8869     37,387       600       1,994       39,981       3.5386

Kyrgyz Republic

    2016       26.8       0.0279     268       600       1,994       2,862       0.2533

Lao PDR

    2016       43.0       0.0447     430       600       1,994       3,024       0.2676

Malaysia

    2017       109.5       0.1138     1,095       600       1,994       3,689       0.3265

Maldives

    2016       7.2       0.0075     72       600       1,994       2,666       0.2360

Mongolia

    2015       41.1       0.0427     411       600       1,994       3,005       0.2660

Myanmar

    2015       264.5       0.2750     2,645       600       1,994       5,239       0.4637

Nepal

    2016       80.9       0.0841     809       600       1,994       3,403       0.3012

New Zealand

    2015       461.5       0.4798     4,615       600       1,994       7,209       0.6380

Oman

    2016       259.2       0.2695     2,592       600       1,994       5,186       0.4590

Pakistan

    2015       1,034.1       1.0751     10,341       600       1,994       12,935       1.1448

Philippines

    2016       979.1       1.0179     9,791       600       1,994       12,385       1.0962

Qatar

    2016       604.4       0.6284     6,044       600       1,994       8,638       0.7645

Russia

    2015       6,536.2       6.7953     65,362       600       1,994       67,956       6.0146

Samoa

    2018       2.1       0.0022     21       —         1,994       2,015       0.1783

Saudi Arabia

    2016       2,544.6       2.6455     25,446       600       1,994       28,040       2.4817

Singapore

    2015       250.0       0.2599     2,500       600       1,994       5,094       0.4509

Sri Lanka

    2016       269.0       0.2797     2,690       600       1,994       5,284       0.4677

Tajikistan

    2016       30.9       0.0321     309       600       1,994       2,903       0.2569

Thailand

    2016       1,427.5       1.4841     14,275       600       1,994       16,869       1.4930

Timor-Leste

    2017       16.0       0.0166     160       —         1,994       2,154       0.1906

Turkey

    2016       2,609.9       2.7134     26,099       600       1,994       28,693       2.5395

United Arab Emirates

    2016       1,185.7       1.2327     11,857       600       1,994       14,451       1.2790

 

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    Year of
Accession
    Total Subscriptions     Voting Power                    

Member

  Amount
(million
USD)
    Percent of
Total
    Share
Votes
    Founding
Member
Votes
    Basic
Votes
    Total Votes     Percent of
Total
 

Uzbekistan

    2016       219.8       0.2285     2,198       600       1,994       4,792       0.4241

Vanuatu

    2018       0.5       0.0005     5       —         1,994       1,999       0.1769

Vietnam

    2016       663.3       0.6896     6,633       600       1,994       9,227       0.8167
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Regional

      73,855.3       76.7833     738,553       21,600       87,736       847,889       75.0438
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Non-Regional

               

Austria

    2015       500.8       0.5207     5,008       600       1,994       7,602       0.6728

Canada

    2018       995.4       1.0349     9,954       —         1,994       11,948       1.0575

Denmark

    2016       369.5       0.3841     3,695       600       1,994       6,289       0.5566

Egypt

    2016       650.5       0.6763     6,505       600       1,994       9,099       0.8053

Ethiopia

    2017       45.8       0.0476     458       —         1,994       2,452       0.2170

Finland

    2016       310.3       0.3226     3,103       600       1,994       5,697       0.5042

France

    2016       3,375.6       3.5094     33,756       600       1,994       36,350       3.2172

Germany

    2015       4,484.2       4.6620     44,842       600       1,994       47,436       4.1984

Hungary

    2017       100.0       0.1040     1,000       —         1,994       2,994       0.2650

Iceland

    2016       17.6       0.0183     176       600       1,994       2,770       0.2452

Ireland

    2017       131.3       0.1365     1,313       —         1,994       3,307       0.2927

Italy

    2016       2,571.8       2.6738     25,718       600       1,994       28,312       2.5058

Luxembourg

    2015       69.7       0.0725     697       600       1,994       3,291       0.2913

Madagascar

    2018       5.0       0.0052     50       —         1,994       2,044       0.1809

Malta

    2016       13.6       0.0141     136       600       1,994       2,730       0.2416

Netherlands

    2015       1,031.3       1.0722     10,313       600       1,994       12,907       1.1424

Norway

    2015       550.6       0.5724     5,506       600       1,994       8,100       0.7169

Poland

    2016       831.8       0.8648     8,318       600       1,994       10,912       0.9658

Portugal

    2017       65.0       0.0676     650       600       1,994       3,244       0.2871

Spain

    2017       1,761.5       1.8313     17,615       600       1,994       20,209       1.7886

Sudan

    2018       59.0       0.0613     590       —         1,994       2,584       0.2287

Sweden

    2016       630.0       0.6550     6,300       600       1,994       8,894       0.7872

Switzerland

    2016       706.4       0.7344     7,064       600       1,994       9,658       0.8548

United Kingdom

    2015       3,054.7       3.1758     30,547       600       1,994       33,141       2.9332
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Non-Regional

      22,331.4       23.2167     223,314       10,800       47,856       281,970       24.9562
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Grand Total

      96,186.7       100.0000     961,867       32,400       135,592       1,129,859       100.0000
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Reserves

Pursuant to Article 18(1) of the Articles of Agreement, the Board of Governors shall determine at least annually what part of the net income of AIIB shall be allocated, after making provision for reserves, to retained earnings or other purposes and what part, if any, shall be distributed to the members.

 

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Relationship with Other International Financial Institutions

In the interest of partnership and cooperation, the Bank signed Memoranda of Understanding with several international financial institutions, including ADB, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (“EBRD”), the European Investment Bank (“EIB”), the New Development Bank, the World Bank, the International Development Association (“IDA”), the International Finance Corporation (“IFC”), the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency, the Inter-American Development Bank, the Inter-American Investment Corporation, the African Development Bank (“AfDB”), the African Development Fund, and the Islamic Development Bank Group. The Bank has also entered into a Co-Financing Framework Agreement with IBRD and IDA, an International Swaps and Derivatives Association (“ISDA”) Master Agreement with IFC, and a Joint Declaration with the International Solar Alliance for the Promotion of Solar Energy Globally.

 

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USE OF PROCEEDS

The net proceeds from the sale of the Notes will be used in the general operations of AIIB, which are to foster sustainable economic development, create wealth and improve infrastructure connectivity in Asia by investing in infrastructure and other productive sectors. Such investments, which may consist of loans, guarantees, equity investments or other types of financing, are subject to AIIB’s operational and financial policies, including policies addressing environmental and social sustainability, as documented in AIIB’s Environmental and Social Framework (the “ESF Framework”). Pending their application to such investments, the net proceeds from the sale of the Notes will be invested as part of AIIB’s liquid assets portfolio.

CAPITALIZATION

The following table sets forth AIIB’s capitalization as of September 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017, and does not give effect to any transaction since September 30, 2018. There have been no material changes to the capitalization of the Bank since September 30, 2018. As of the date of this Prospectus, the Bank has no significant long-term indebtedness.

 

     As of September 30,
2018
    As of December 31,
2017
 
     (unaudited)     (audited)  
     (in thousands of US$)  

Members’ equity

    

Paid-in capital

     19,237,400       19,000,300  

Reserve for accretion of paid-in capital receivables

     (89,994     (160,444

Retained earnings

     218,699       119,163  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total members’ equity

     19,366,105       18,959,019  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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SELECTED FINANCIAL INFORMATION

The financial information included herein as of and for the years ended December 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016 (beginning on January 16, 2016, the date of commencement of AIIB’s operations) is derived from AIIB’s audited financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2017, including the notes thereto (the “2017 Audited Financial Statements”), which were audited by AIIB’s independent auditor PricewaterhouseCoopers. The 2017 Audited Financial Statements, including the independent auditor’s report issued by PricewaterhouseCoopers in respect thereof, have been included herein beginning on page F-2 of this Prospectus. AIIB’s audited financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2016 (beginning on January 16, 2016, the date of commencement of AIIB’s operations), including the notes thereto (the “2016 Audited Financial Statements,” together with the 2017 Audited Financial Statements, the “Audited Financial Statements”), including the independent auditor’s report issued by PricewaterhouseCoopers in respect thereof, have been included herein beginning on page F-48 of this Prospectus. AIIB’s Audited Financial Statements have been prepared in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards (“IFRS”) as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board (“IASB”).

The financial information included herein as of and for the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2018 and September 30, 2017 is derived from AIIB’s unaudited interim condensed financial statements for the nine months ended September 30, 2018, including the notes thereto (the “Interim Financial Statements”), which have been included herein beginning on page S-1 of this Prospectus. The Interim Financial Statements have been prepared in accordance with International Accounting Standard 34, “Interim Financial Reporting.” The results of the nine-month period ended September 30, 2018 are not necessarily indicative of results to be expected for the full year 2018.

The selected financial information should be read in conjunction with the Audited Financial Statements, the Interim Financial Statements and the section titled “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” in this Prospectus.

 

       Nine Months ended September 30,       Year ended December 31,  
         2018             2017             2017             2016      
                       (beginning on
January 16, 2016,
the date of
commencement of
AIIB’s operations)
 
     (in thousands of US$)  

Selected Profit and Loss Information

 

Interest income

     176,378       86,932       124,193       23,455  

Interest expense

     —         —         —         —    
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net interest income

     176,378       86,932       124,193       23,455  

Net fee and commission expense

     (803     (733     (866     (70

Net gain on investment at fair value through profit or loss

     35,822       46,063       53,783       14,873  

Impairment provision

     (51,487     (4,163     (9,088     (277

General and administrative expenses

     (60,387     (37,327     (56,098     (30,658

Net foreign exchange loss

     13       (40     (58     (26
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Operating profit for the period

     99,536       90,732       111,866       7,297  

Accretion of paid-in capital receivables

     82,733       110,419       140,442       160,063  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net profit for the period

     182,269       201,151       252,308       167,360  

Other comprehensive income

     —         —         —         —    

Total comprehensive income

     182,269       201,151       252,308       167,360  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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     As of September 30,      As of December 31,  
     2018      2017      2016  
     (in thousands of US$)  

Selected Balance Sheet Information

 

Total assets

     19,424,691        18,972,606        17,795,367  

Total liabilities

     58,586        13,587        5,538  

Total members’ equity

     19,366,105        18,959,019        17,789,829  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total liabilities and members’ equity

     19,424,691        18,972,606        17,795,367  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF

FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

The following discussion should be read in conjunction with the Audited Financial Statements beginning on page F-2 of this Prospectus and the Interim Financial Statements beginning on page S-1 of this Prospectus.

Overview

AIIB is an MDB with a mission to (i) foster sustainable economic development, create wealth and improve infrastructure connectivity in Asia by investing in infrastructure and other productive sectors and (ii) promote regional cooperation and partnership in addressing development challenges by working in close collaboration with other multilateral and bilateral development institutions. The Bank commenced operations on January 16, 2016 to help its members meet a substantial financing gap between the demand for infrastructure in Asia and available financial resources. The Bank aims to work with public and private sector partners to channel its own public resources, together with private and institutional funds, into sustainable infrastructure investment. The Bank maintains its principal office in Beijing, People’s Republic of China.

The Bank has identified three thematic priorities:

 

   

Sustainable Infrastructure: Promoting green infrastructure and supporting countries to meet their environmental and development goals.

 

   

Cross-country Connectivity: Prioritizing cross-border infrastructure, ranging from roads and rail, to ports, energy pipelines and telecoms across Central Asia, and the maritime routes in South East and South Asia, and the Middle East, and beyond.

 

   

Private Capital Mobilization: Devising innovative solutions that catalyze private capital, in partnership with other MDBs, governments, private financiers and other partners.

Critical Accounting Policies

AIIB’s financial statements are prepared in accordance with IFRS as issued by the IASB. The financial year of the Bank begins on January 1 and ends on December 31 of each year. For the year in which the Bank commenced operations, the financial year began on January 16, 2016, the date the Bank commenced operations, and ended on December 31, 2016.

The Bank has adopted all of the IFRS standards and interpretations effective for annual periods beginning on January 1, 2016. In addition, the Bank has adopted IFRS 9 Financial Instruments (full version issued in July 2014 and mandatorily effective on January 1, 2018), IFRS 15 Revenue from Contracts with Customers (mandatorily effective on January 1, 2018) and IFRS 16 Leases (mandatorily effective on January 1, 2019) from the commencement of AIIB’s operations. AIIB’s financial statements are prepared under the historical cost convention, except for those financial assets measured at fair value. The financial statements are prepared on a going concern basis. AIIB’s functional and presentation currency is the U.S. dollar.

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with IFRS requires the use of certain critical accounting estimates. It also requires management to exercise judgement in its process of applying the Bank’s policies. The areas involving a higher degree of judgement or complexity, or areas where judgements or estimates are significant to the financial statements are disclosed in Note B to the 2017 Audited Financial Statements.

 

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Income Statement

Interest Income

Interest income mainly consists of (i) interest earned on term deposits and (ii) interest earned on loan investments, including the amortization of front-end fees, commitment fees and other costs related to loan origination.

Nine Months Ended September 30, 2018 and 2017. AIIB’s interest income increased to US$176.4 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2018 from US$86.9 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 due to an increase in term deposit balances and loan investments.

Years Ended December 31, 2017 and 2016. AIIB’s interest income increased to US$124.2 million for the year ended December 31, 2017 from US$23.5 million for the year ended December 31, 2016 (beginning on January 16, 2016) mainly due to an increase in term deposit balances.

Interest Expense

Nine Months Ended September 30, 2018 and 2017. AIIB’s interest expense was nil for the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2018 and 2017.

Years Ended December 31, 2017 and 2016. AIIB’s interest expense was nil for the year ended December 31, 2017 and the year ended December 31, 2016 (beginning on January 16, 2016).

Net Interest Income

Net interest income is interest income less interest expense.

Nine Months Ended September 30, 2018 and 2017. For the reasons set forth above, AIIB’s net interest income increased to US$176.4 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2018 from US$86.9 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2017.

Years Ended December 31, 2017 and 2016. For the reasons set forth above, AIIB’s net interest income increased to US$124.2 million for the year ended December 31, 2017 from US$23.5 million for the year ended December 31, 2016 (beginning on January 16, 2016).

Net Fee and Commission Expense

Net fee and commission expense consists of (i) co-financing service fees paid in respect of co-financing arrangements, less (ii) fees earned from administering the Special Fund and (iii) loan service (i.e., supervision) fees charged to borrowers. See “Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank – Relationship with Other International Financial Institutions.”

Nine Months Ended September 30, 2018 and 2017. AIIB’s net fee and commission expense increased to US$0.8 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2018 from US$0.7 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 mainly due to an increase in co-financing service fees. The increase in co-financing service fees was the result of an increase in loan commitments made pursuant to co-financing arrangements with other international financial institutions.

Years Ended December 31, 2017 and 2016. AIIB’s net fee and commission expense increased to US$0.9 million for the year ended December 31, 2017 from US$0.1 million for the year ended December 31, 2016 (beginning on January 16, 2016) mainly due to an increase in co-financing service fees to US$1.0 million from US$0.2 million. The increase in co-financing service fees was the result of an increase in loan commitments made pursuant to co-financing arrangements with other international financial institutions.

 

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Net Gain on Investments at Fair Value through Profit or Loss

Net gain on investments at fair value through profit or loss is the fair value gain of AIIB’s investments in a trust fund with an external counterparty (the “Trust Fund”), the Emerging Asia private equity limited partnership fund (in which AIIB invests as a limited partner) and other fund investments made by AIIB. See “– Balance Sheet – Assets.”

Nine Months Ended September 30, 2018 and 2017. AIIB’s net gain on investments at fair value through profit or loss decreased to US$35.8 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2018 from US$46.1 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2017, mainly due to lower yields in the Trust Fund.

Years Ended December 31, 2017 and 2016. AIIB’s net gain on investments at fair value through profit or loss increased to US$53.8 million for the year ended December 31, 2017 from US$14.9 million for the year ended December 31, 2016 (beginning on January 16, 2016) mainly due to the fair value gain of AIIB’s investments in the Trust Fund.

Impairment Provision

As required by IFRS 9, AIIB uses an expected credit loss (“ECL”) model to estimate credit loss on financial assets, such as loan disbursements, and on other instruments, such as undrawn loan commitments. AIIB recognizes an ECL allowance at each reporting date and recognizes as an impairment loss or the reversal of an impairment loss (i.e., an impairment provision) the change in ECL allowance between such reporting date and the previous reporting date. See “Operations of AIIB – Quality of Loan Portfolio,” “Risk Management – Risk Types – Financing Credit Risk” and Notes B.3.3.4, B4.1 and D3 to the 2017 Audited Financial Statements for further discussion on the Bank’s credit quality analysis.

Nine Months Ended September 30, 2018 and 2017. AIIB’s impairment provision was US$51.5 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2018, compared to US$4.2 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 mainly due to the downgrade in the internal ratings of certain sovereign borrowers. See “Operations of AIIB – Quality of Loan Portfolio.”

Years Ended December 31, 2017 and 2016. AIIB’s impairment provision increased to US$9.1 million for the year ended December 31, 2017 from US$0.3 million for the year ended December 31, 2016 (beginning on January 16, 2016) mainly due to the increase in the Bank’s loan commitments and disbursements.

General and Administrative Expenses

General and administrative expenses mainly consist of (i) staff costs, such as short-term employee benefits, including salaries, location premiums and medical and life insurance, and costs related to AIIB’s defined contribution (i.e., retirement) plan, (ii) professional service expenses, (iii) IT services, (iv) facilities and administration expenses, (v) traveling expenses and (vi) other expenses.

Nine Months Ended September 30, 2018 and 2017. AIIB’s general and administrative expenses increased to US$60.4 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2018 from US$37.3 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 mainly due to (i) an increase in staff costs to US$28.7 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2018 from US$18.9 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 and (ii) an increase in professional service expenses to US$12.9 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2018 from US$6.0 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2017. The increases in staff costs and professional service expenses were mainly due to the ramp-up of AIIB’s organizational activities and operations, including an increase in employee headcount.

 

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Years Ended December 31, 2017 and 2016. AIIB’s general and administrative expenses increased to US$56.1 million for the year ended December 31, 2017 from US$30.7 million for the year ended December 31, 2016 (beginning on January 16, 2016) mainly due to (i) an increase in staff costs to US$25.2 million for the year ended December 31, 2017 from US$12.2 million for the year ended December 31, 2016 (beginning on January 16, 2016) and (ii) an increase in professional service expenses to US$12.6 million for the year ended December 31, 2017 from US$6.7 million for the year ended December 31, 2016 (beginning on January 16, 2016). The increases in staff costs and professional service expenses were mainly due to the ramp-up of AIIB’s organizational activities and operations, including an increase in employee headcount.

Operating Profit

Nine Months Ended September 30, 2018 and 2017. Mainly for the reasons set forth above, AIIB’s operating profit increased to US$99.5 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2018 from US$90.7 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2017.

Years Ended December 31, 2017 and 2016. Mainly for the reasons set forth above, AIIB’s operating profit increased to US$111.9 million for the year ended December 31, 2017 from US$7.3 million for the year ended December 31, 2016 (beginning on January 16, 2016).

Accretion of Paid-in Capital Receivables

Paid-in capital receivables represent amounts due from the Bank’s members in respect of paid-in capital. See “Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank – Membership, Capital Structure and Reserves – Capital Structure.” These amounts are initially recognized at fair value, which reflects the discounted present value of future paid-in capital inflows, and subsequently measured at amortized cost. The difference between amortized cost and fair value is accounted for as a reserve under members’ equity and is accreted through the income statement using the effective interest method.

Nine Months Ended September 30, 2018 and 2017. AIIB’s accretion of paid-in capital receivables equaled US$82.7 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2018 and US$110.4 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2017.

Years Ended December 31, 2017 and 2016. AIIB’s accretion of paid-in capital receivables equaled US$140.4 million for the year ended December 31, 2017 and US$160.1 million for the year ended December 31, 2016 (beginning on January 16, 2016).

Total comprehensive income

Nine Months Ended September 30, 2018 and 2017. Mainly for the reasons set forth above, AIIB’s total comprehensive income decreased to US$182.3 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 from US$201.2 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2017.

Years Ended December 31, 2017 and 2016. Mainly for the reasons set forth above, AIIB’s total comprehensive income increased to US$252.3 million for the year ended December 31, 2017 from US$167.4 million for the year ended December 31, 2016 (beginning on January 16, 2016).

Balance Sheet

Assets

Total assets mainly consist of (i) paid-in capital receivables, (ii) term deposits, (iii) investments at fair value through profit or loss, (iv) cash and cash equivalents, (v) loan investments at amortized cost and (vi) funds deposited for co-financing arrangements.

 

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During the periods under review, investments at fair value through profit or loss included the funds that the Bank had placed in the Trust Fund. These funds were, in turn, reinvested by the counterparty in a larger collective pool of investments in accordance with the investment mandate for the entire pool. The counterparty made allocations within the investment pool subject to a framework agreement between the Bank and the counterparty to create a model portfolio exposure. Permitted holdings within the investment pool consist of local currency sovereign instruments; foreign currency instruments of sovereign entities, agencies, other official entities and multilateral institutions rated at least AA-; corporate and ABS instruments rated AAA; and deposits with banks rated at least A-. As of September 30, 2018, the fair value of the Trust Fund was approximately US$3,272.0 million.

Assets of the Bank include high-quality liquid assets, which are defined as cash or assets that can be converted into cash at little or no loss in value. See “Risk Management – Risk Types – Liquidity Risks” for further discussion on the Bank’s liquidity.

As of September 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017. As of September 30, 2018, AIIB’s total assets were US$19,424.7 million, compared to total assets of US$18,972.6 million as of December 31, 2017. This increase resulted primarily from an increase of US$1,670.0 million in term deposits and an increase of US$375.6 million in loan investments at amortized cost, partially offset by a decrease of US$1,594.0 million in paid-in capital receivables (reflecting the continuing payment of members’ paid-in capital contributions).

As of December 31, 2017 and 2016. As of December 31, 2017, AIIB’s total assets were US$18,972.6 million, compared to total assets of US$17,795.4 million as of December 31, 2016. This increase resulted primarily from an increase of US$3,593.7 million in term deposits and an increase of US$763.7 million in loan investments at amortized cost, partially offset by a decrease of US$3,058.3 million in paid-in capital receivables (reflecting the continuing payment of members’ paid-in capital contributions).

Liabilities

Total liabilities mainly consist of accrued expenses, provisions related to ECL on loan commitments and staff costs payable.

As of September 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017. As of September 30, 2018, AIIB’s total liabilities were US$58.6 million, compared to total liabilities of US$13.6 million as of December 31, 2017. This increase resulted primarily from a provision of US$48.2 million that the Bank has taken in respect of an ECL allowance due mainly to the downgrade in the internal ratings of certain sovereign borrowers. See “Operations of AIIB – Quality of Loan Portfolio.”

As of December 31, 2017 and 2016. As of December 31, 2017, AIIB’s total liabilities were US$13.6 million, compared to total liabilities of US$5.5 million as of December 31, 2016. This increase resulted primarily from a provision of US$4.1 million that the Bank has taken in respect of ECL on loan commitments, an increase of US$3.0 million in accrued expenses and an increase of US$0.8 million in staff costs payable.

Members’ Equity

Members’ equity consists of (i) paid-in capital, (ii) reserves for accretion of paid-in capital receivables and (iii) retained earnings.

As of September 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017. As of September 30, 2018, AIIB’s total members’ equity was US$19,366.1 million, compared to total members’ equity of US$18,959.0 million as of December 31, 2017. This increase resulted primarily from an increase in paid-in capital and in retained earnings.

 

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As of December 31, 2017 and 2016. As of December 31, 2017, AIIB’s total members’ equity was US$18,959.0 million, compared to total members’ equity of US$17,789.8 million as of December 31, 2016. This increase resulted primarily from the increase in paid-in capital.

Asset Quality

As of September 30, 2018, no AIIB assets were categorized as overdue, restructured trouble debt, in non-accrual status or written-off. See “Operations of AIIB – Quality of Loan Portfolio,” “Risk Management – Risk Types – Financing Credit Risk” and Note D to the 2017 Audited Financial Statements for further discussion on the Bank’s asset quality.

Debt Record

A non-interest bearing start-up budget loan facility of US$8.3 million to fund AIIB’s initial organizational activities was provided to AIIB by the Ministry of Finance of the People’s Republic of China. All amounts owed under this facility were repaid on April 1, 2016. AIIB has never defaulted on the payment of principal of, or premium or interest on, any debt obligation.

External Auditor Work Papers

The Bank has engaged with the authorities of China, its host country, and received assurances from the Ministry of Finance of the People’s Republic of China that the authorities of China would not prevent the release of the Bank’s external auditor work papers pertaining to the Bank if the SEC were to request them during the course of an SEC investigation.

 

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OPERATIONS OF AIIB

AIIB’s mission is to (i) foster sustainable economic development, create wealth and improve infrastructure connectivity in Asia by investing in infrastructure and other productive sectors and (ii) promote regional cooperation and partnership in addressing development challenges by working in close collaboration with other multilateral and bilateral development institutions. The Bank commenced operations on January 16, 2016 to help its members meet a substantial financing gap between the demand for infrastructure in Asia and available financial resources. The Bank aims to work with public and private sector partners to channel its own public resources, together with private and institutional funds, into sustainable infrastructure investment.

The Bank has identified three thematic priorities:

 

   

Sustainable Infrastructure: Promoting green infrastructure and supporting countries to meet their environmental and development goals.

 

   

Cross-country Connectivity: Prioritizing cross-border infrastructure, ranging from roads and rail, to ports, energy pipelines and telecoms across Central Asia, and the maritime routes in South East and South Asia, and the Middle East, and beyond.

 

   

Private Capital Mobilization: Devising innovative solutions that catalyze private capital, in partnership with other MDBs, governments, private financiers and other partners.

The Bank’s policies are designed to ensure there is a direct link between the Bank’s mission and thematic priorities and the projects it finances. Sustainable development is an integral part of the Bank’s identification, preparation and implementation of projects. For example, the Bank has approved an ESF Framework, which, consistent with the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals and the practices of peer MDBs, recognizes the need to address the three dimensions of sustainable development – economic, social and environmental – in a balanced and integrated manner. See “– Key Operational Policies, Strategies and Frameworks – Environmental and Social Framework.”

Ordinary Resources and Special Fund Resources

Operations of the Bank consist of ordinary operations financed from ordinary resources (“Ordinary Resources”) and special operations financed from special fund resources (“Special Fund Resources”).

Ordinary Resources include (i) the authorized capital stock of the Bank, comprising paid-in and callable shares of its members, (ii) funds raised by the Bank through borrowing or other means, (iii) funds received in the repayment of loans and guarantees, as returns on equity investments or from other types of financing as may be determined by the Board of Governors, (iv) income derived from loans or guarantees made from the above-mentioned funds and (v) any other funds or income received from the Bank which are not Special Fund Resources.

Special Fund Resources are (i) funds accepted by the Bank for inclusion in any special fund (a “Special Fund”), (ii) funds received in respect of loans or guarantees and proceeds of any equity investments financed from the resources of a Special Fund, (iii) income derived from the investment of resources of a Special Fund and (iv) any other resources placed at the disposal of a Special Fund. Special Funds must serve the purpose and come within the functions of the Bank and may only be used under terms and conditions consistent with such. Ordinary Resources and Special Fund Resources may separately finance elements of the same project or program. The two types of resources, however, must be held, used, committed, invested or otherwise disposed of entirely separately from each other. In no circumstances may Ordinary Resources be charged with, or used to discharge, losses or liabilities arising out of Special Fund Resources. The Bank must adopt special rules and regulations for the establishment, administration and use of each Special Fund.

 

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To date, the Bank has established one Special Fund: the AIIB Project Preparation Special Fund. See “– AIIB Project Preparation Special Fund.”

Financial Instruments

To implement the Bank’s purpose, the Bank may provide or facilitate financing to any member, or any agency, instrumentality or political subdivision of a member, or any entity operating in the territory of a member, as well as to international or regional agencies or entities concerned with economic development of Asia. In limited circumstances, and subject to a super majority vote of the Board of Governors (see “Governance and Administration – Board of Governors”), the Bank may also provide assistance to other recipients, provided such assistance (i) serves the purpose and comes within the functions of the Bank and is in the interest of the Bank’s membership and (ii) is of a type of assistance that the Bank is permitted to provide pursuant to Article 11(2) of the Articles of Agreement.

The Bank may offer a range of financial products, including loans, equity investments and guarantees of loans for economic development (either as primary or secondary obligor). The Bank may also deploy Special Fund Resources (See “– Ordinary Resources and Special Fund Resources”), technical assistance and other types of financing as may be determined by the Board of Governors.

For the Bank to agree to provide financing, the project in question must meet a variety of conditions, including the following:

 

   

it must have clearly defined development objectives consistent with the Bank’s purpose that permit appropriate evaluation of the project’s impact;

 

   

it must provide for specific productive activities necessary to meet these development objectives;

 

   

alternative sources of finance, in particular private capital, must be unavailable for the project on terms and conditions that the Bank considers reasonable; and

 

   

it must be in compliance with all applicable Bank policies.

Sovereign-backed Financing

Sovereign-backed financing refers to the following:

 

   

a loan to, or guaranteed by, a member of AIIB; or

 

   

a guarantee that:

(i) covers debt service defaults under a loan that are caused by a government’s failure to meet a specific obligation in relation to a project or by a borrower’s failure to make a payment under the loan; and

(ii) is accompanied by a counter-guarantee and indemnity provided by the AIIB member in whose territory the relevant project is located, in connection with such guarantee.

Sovereign-backed financings are subject to terms and conditions that are uniform across all sovereign-backed borrowers.

For sovereign-backed loans, these terms and conditions include the following:

 

   

all loans are currently denominated in U.S. dollars;

 

   

pricing comprises the interest rate, front-end fee and commitment fee. The interest rate consists of a market-based variable reference rate and a spread equal to the Bank’s projected funding costs over the life of the loan, a contractual lending spread, a market risk premium and, depending on the maturity of the loan, a maturity premium;

 

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all loans must have a weighted average maturity of no more than 20 years and a final maturity of no more than 35 years; and

 

   

each loan that is not made to a member of the Bank must be secured by a guarantee from the relevant member.

As is the case with sovereign-backed loans, sovereign-backed guarantees include the following terms and conditions:

 

   

all guarantees are currently denominated in U.S. dollars;

 

   

all guarantees must have a weighted average maturity of no more than 20 years and a final maturity of no more than 35 years (unless the Board of Directors determines otherwise);

 

   

pricing consists of three fees: (i) a standby (i.e., commitment) fee, (ii) a guarantee fee equal to the contractual lending spread and, if applicable, a maturity premium and (iii) a front-end fee charged based on the maximum amount of the guarantee;

 

   

the Bank may also charge a processing charge, as appropriate, to cover its internal and external processing costs; and

 

   

the member in whose territory the project is located or for whose benefit the guarantee is made is required to indemnify the Bank for any payments the Bank makes under the guarantee and for all liabilities and expenses the Bank incurs in connection with the guarantee.

The Bank may make an advance (a “Preparation Advance”) to finance preparatory activities for a project to be supported by a sovereign-backed financing. A Preparation Advance is made only when there is a strong probability that the financing for which it is granted will be extended. Granting a Preparation Advance does not obligate the Bank to finance or otherwise support the project in question. The maximum aggregate principal amount of all approved Preparation Advances for any given project may not exceed the lesser of: (i) 10% of the total estimated amount of financing for the project or (ii) US$10 million equivalent. The President decides whether to approve each Preparation Advance.

Non-sovereign-backed Financing

Non-sovereign-backed financing means any financing to, or for the benefit of, a private enterprise or a sub-sovereign entity (such as a political or administrative sub-division of an AIIB member or a public sector entity) that is not backed by a guarantee or counter-guarantee and indemnity provided by a member to the Bank.

Non-sovereign-backed financings may take the form of loans, guarantees, credit lines to financial intermediaries, direct equity investments or indirect equity investments. The Bank may finance out of its own funds no more than 35% of the project’s value (including interest during construction). On an exceptional basis, if co-financing is unavailable, the Board of Directors may decide to approve a higher level of financing for the project.

Non-sovereign-backed financings are subject to terms and conditions that are set in accordance with market-based principles. Pricing is based on several factors, including (i) the intrinsic and macroeconomic risks of the project, (ii) the cost of funds to the Bank and (iii) the need to earn an appropriate return on the Bank’s capital, including on funds invested in direct and indirect equity of private entities.

The Bank may offer a range of options and features to meet the specific needs of the project.

 

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Non-sovereign-backed loans and guarantees; credit lines to financial intermediaries

Non-sovereign-backed loans may be offered on a limited recourse basis, backed only by the existing and future cash flows and assets of the beneficiary of the project. The Bank may also extend non-sovereign-backed loans with the credit support of a third party; for example, the Bank may have recourse to designated assets or the balance sheet of the sponsor of the project or to a bank guarantee. Non-sovereign-backed loans are typically extended as senior loans and may require certain credit enhancements, such as guarantees or security arrangements. Subject to appropriate pricing, the Bank may also extend loans that are subordinated to the prior payment of other debt of the beneficiary of the project or subordinated in repayment in the event of the beneficiary’s bankruptcy. The Bank may provide non-sovereign-backed loans in the form of loan participations or loan syndications. In a loan participation, while remaining the lender of record for the full amount of the loan, the Bank transfers full commercial and business risk with respect to a part of the amount to other lenders, allowing them to partially finance the loan. In a loan syndication, the Bank joins a syndicate of commercial banks, whereby the Bank and other members of the syndicate undertake to lend specified portions of the total loan amount. The Bank may also offer non-sovereign-backed guarantees against default regardless of the cause or against default arising from specified events.

Non-sovereign-backed loans and guarantees are denominated in U.S. dollars (although the Bank may in the future issue loans and guarantees in local currencies). The Bank charges front-end fees, commitment fees (or standby fees in respect of guarantees) and fees for appraisal, prepayment, syndication or activities and services related to the financing (or guarantee fees in respect of guarantees), all typically at prevailing market rates. Unless the Board of Directors determines otherwise, the final maturity of a non-sovereign-backed loan must not exceed 18 years.

The Bank may also extend credit lines to financial intermediaries for on-lending in respect of projects that otherwise meet the Bank’s eligibility requirements for direct financings. In these cases, the Bank’s recourse is typically to the balance sheet of the financial intermediary, but the Bank may also require an assignment, by way of security, of the sub-loans granted by the financial intermediary.

Equity Investments

The Bank may make direct equity investments in private- or public-sector companies. It may invest either in a new enterprise or an existing enterprise. The investment may take a variety of forms, including subscriptions to ordinary shares or preference shares (or a combination of both).

The Bank’s investment may generally not exceed 30% of the company’s ownership holdings. In exceptional circumstances, the Board may decide to approve a higher, but not controlling, share or (if the Bank’s investment is in jeopardy) the Bank may take control of the company in order to safeguard its investment.

The Bank may also selectively make equity investments through financial intermediaries, such as equity funds, choosing those managed by professional managers with relevant track records and remuneration arrangements in line with market practices.

In both direct and indirect equity investments, the Bank seeks credible exit strategies.

Financing Portfolio

As of September 30, 2018, the Bank had 32 Board of Directors-approved financings (including 28 loans, three investments in funds and one equity financing).

 

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The loans total US$3,341.0 million in committed amounts and US$1,161.5 million in disbursed amounts. Committed amounts are amounts the Bank has approved and committed to provide pursuant to legally-binding documentation, but has not yet disbursed. For sovereign-backed loans, these amounts are further limited to financings for which all conditions precedent required for disbursement have been satisfied. Disbursed amounts represent the gross carrying amount of the loans (i.e., including the transaction costs and fees that are capitalized through the effective interest method). Of the loans, 23 are sovereign-backed and 5 are non-sovereign-backed loans; 19 are co-financings and 9 are stand-alone financings. See “ – Approved Financings – Loans.”

Two investments in funds have a total fair value of US$24 million, including US$23.5 million in respect of the IFC Emerging Asia Fund, and US$0.5 million in respect of the India Infrastructure Fund. The Board of Directors approved the investment of US$100 million in a third fund, the National Investment and Infrastructure Fund (the “NIIF”). The committed amount of this latter investment is subject to the entry into legally-binding documentation. See “ – Approved Financings – Investments in Funds.”

The Board of Directors approved an equity financing of US$50 million. The committed amount of this investment is subject to the entry into legally-binding documentation.

Geographic Distribution of Loans

The following table sets forth AIIB’s loan portfolio classified by geographic distribution:

 

     As of September 30, 2018     As of December 31, 2017     As of December 31, 2016  
     Amount (in
millions of
US$) (1)
     As a
percentage of
total loan
portfolio
    Amount (in
millions of
US$) (1)
     As a
percentage of
total loan
portfolio
    Amount (in
millions of
US$) (1)
     As a
percentage of
total loan
portfolio
 

Committed Amounts

 

Central Asia

     82.4        2     27.4        1     27.4        8

Eastern Asia

     200.0        6     —          0     —          0

South-Eastern Asia

     840.4        25     422.5        22     216.5        65

Southern Asia

     1,065.5        32     1,013.7        52     90.4        27

Western Asia

     1,024.4        31     336.9        17     —          0
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Regional

     3,212.7        96     1,800.5        92     334.3        100

Total Non-Regional

     128.3        4     147.0        8     —          0
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Committed

     3,341.0        100     1,947.5        100     334.3        100
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Disbursed Amounts

 

Central Asia

     5.0        0     0.1        0     0.1        1

Eastern Asia

     46.7        4     —          0     —          0

South-Eastern Asia

     78.1        7     38.5        5     —          0

Southern Asia

     333.6        29     98.5        13     9.7        99

Western Asia

     682.9        59     641.4        82     —          0
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Regional

     1,146.3        99     778.5        100     9.8        100

Total Non-Regional

     15.2        1     0.0        0     —          0
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Disbursed

     1,161.5        100     778.5        100     9.8        100
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

Note:

 

(1)

The amounts indicated for a particular geographic location include both sovereign and non-sovereign-backed loans.

 

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Loans by Sector

The following table sets forth AIIB’s loan portfolio by sector:

 

     As of September 30, 2018     As of December 31, 2017     As of December 31, 2016  
     Amount (in
millions of
US$) (1)
     As a
percentage of
total loan
portfolio
    Amount (in
millions of
US$) (1)
     As a
percentage of
total loan
portfolio
    Amount (in
millions of
US$) (1)
     As a
percentage of
total loan
portfolio
 

Committed Amounts

 

Energy

     1,695.7        51     778.3        40     —          0

Finance

     —          0     —          0     —          0

ICT (2)/others

     125.2        4     —          0     —          0

Transport

     680.3        20     751.5        39     117.8        35

Urban

     261.3        8     296.3        15     216.5        65

Water

     578.5        17     121.4        6     —          0
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Committed

     3,341.0        100     1,947.5        100     334.3        100
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Disbursed Amounts

 

Energy

     810.3        70     672.5        86     —          0

Finance

     —          0     —          0     —          0

ICT (2)/others

     0.0        0     —          0     —          0

Transport

     292.9        25     83.0        11     9.8        100

Urban

     54.3        5     19.7        3     —          0

Water

     4.0        0     3.3        0     —          0
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Disbursed

     1,161.5        100     778.5        100     9.8        100
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

Notes:

 

(1)

The amounts set forth in this table include both sovereign and non-sovereign-backed loans.

(2)

ICT means the information, communication and technology sector.

Loan Maturity

As of September 30, 2018, based on final repayment date of the loans, none of AIIB’s disbursed and committed loans is scheduled to mature through 2022, US$1,267.5 million is scheduled to mature in 2023-2033 and US$3,235.0 million is scheduled to mature from 2034 onwards.

 

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Five Largest Borrowers

The following table sets forth the aggregate principal amount of loans (including both committed and disbursed amounts) to AIIB’s five largest borrowers (including both sovereign-backed and non-sovereign-backed borrowers) as of September 30, 2018:

 

Borrower

   Amount (in millions of US$)      As a
percentage of total loan
portfolio
 

Ministry of Finance of Indonesia

     690.5        15

Southern Gas Corridor Closed Joint Stock Company of Azerbaijan

     606.1        13

Boru Hatları ile Petrol Taşıma A.Ş. (BOTAŞ) of Turkey

     598.5        13

Power Grid Corporation of India Limited of India

     428.0        10

Ministry of Finance of Pakistan

     398.8        9

Approved Financings

Set out below are descriptions of the Bank’s approved financings as of September 30, 2018:

Loans

Azerbaijan

 

   

Trans-Anatolian Natural Gas Pipeline – The Board of Directors approved US$600 million of financing, with additional funds being provided by the World Bank (US$800 million), other international financial institutions (US$2.1 billion) and other financing sources (US$5.1 billion). The project is an 1,850 km pipeline system running across Turkey to transport 16 billion cubic meters per year of natural gas produced at the Shah Deniz 2 field in Azerbaijan for consumption in Turkey and the South Eastern European market. The financing for this project was approved by the Board of Directors on December 21, 2016.

Bangladesh

 

   

Bhola Independent Power Producer – The Board of Directors approved US$60 million of financing. The project is to increase power generation capacity in Bangladesh by approximately 1,300 gigawatt hours annually. The financing for this project was approved by the Board of Directors on February 9, 2018.

 

   

Distribution System Upgrade and Expansion – The Board of Directors approved US$165 million of financing, with a total project cost of US$262.3 million. The project is to upgrade two grid substations and convert 85 kilometers of overhead distribution lines into underground cables in north Dhaka. The financing for this project was approved by the Board of Directors on June 24, 2016.

 

   

Natural Gas Infrastructure and Efficiency Improvement Project – The Board of Directors approved US$60 million of financing. The project is to improve efficiency in gas production in Titas Gas Field and expand gas transmission pipeline capacity between Chittagong and Bakhrabad. The financing for this project was approved by the Board of Directors on March 22, 2017.

China

 

   

Beijing Air Quality Improvement and Coal Replacement Project – The Board of Directors approved US$250 million of financing. The project is for the construction of natural gas

 

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distribution networks in around 510 rural villages of Beijing, including the installation of low-pressure village gas pipelines, household connections and household gas consumption meters. The financing for this project was approved by the Board of Directors on December 8, 2017.

Egypt

 

   

Egypt Round II Solar PV Feed-in Tariffs Program – The Board of Directors approved US$210 million of financing, with additional funds to be provided by other lenders, including the IFC and the AfDB. Total project cost is expected to be up to a maximum of US$75.0 million. The project is to (i) increase Egypt’s generation capacity by exploiting its vast renewable energy potential and help the country to meet its power demand and (ii) reduce the dependence on gas and fuel for electricity generation and move to a more balanced and environmentally sustainable energy mix. This project consists of 11 greenfield solar power plants with an aggregate capacity of 490 megawatts. The financing for this project was approved by the Board of Directors on September 4, 2017.

 

   

Sustainable Rural Sanitation Services Program – The Board of Directors approved US$300 million of financing, with additional funds to be provided by the World Bank. The project is to strengthen institutions and policies to increase access and improve rural sanitation services in selected governorates in Egypt through the implementation of key sector and institutional reforms, together with the rehabilitation and construction of integrated infrastructure for collection, treatment and disposal of household sewage. The financing for this project was approved by the Board of Directors on September 28, 2018.

Georgia

 

   

Batumi Bypass Road Project – The Board of Directors approved US$114 million of financing. The project is for the construction of a new two-lane 14.3-kilometer-long highway to provide a bypass to the Batumi port city (the second largest city in Georgia). The financing for this project was approved by the Board of Directors on June 15, 2017.

India

 

   

Andhra Pradesh 24x7 – Power For All – The Board of Directors approved US$160 million of financing. The project is to increase the delivery of electricity to customers and to improve the operational efficiency and system reliability in distribution of electricity in selected areas in Andhra Pradesh through (i) power transmission system strengthening, (ii) smart grid development in urban areas, (iii) distribution system strengthening and (iv) technical assistance for institutional development and capacity building. The financing for this project was approved by the Board of Directors on May 2, 2017.

 

   

Andhra Pradesh Rural Roads Project – The Board of Directors approved US$455 million of financing. The project is to improve road transport connectivity in previously unserved communities by providing all-weather rural roads in all 13 districts of the state of Andhra Pradesh. The financing for this project was approved by the Board of Directors on September 28, 2018.

 

   

Bangalore Metro Rail Project – Line R6 – The Board of Directors approved US$335 million of financing. The project is to provide efficient and high-capacity north-south connectivity through the center of Bangalore by expanding the city’s metro system through construction of elevated viaducts and stations, underground section tunnels and stations, a maintenance depot and a tunnel ventilation system and environment control system. The financing for this project was approved by the Board of Directors on December 8, 2017.

 

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Gujarat Rural Roads (MMGSY) Project – The Board of Directors approved US$329 million of financing for phase one of the project. The project consists of construction and upgrades to roads of second and third connectivity to rural villages and upgrades to roads that provide first connectivity to rural villages. The project will also provide technical assistance and the application of innovative technologies in construction, upgrades and maintenance of roads. The financing for this project was approved by the Board of Directors on July 4, 2017.

 

   

Madhya Pradesh Rural Connectivity Project – The Board of Directors approved US$140 million of financing. The project is to improve rural accessibility through resilient infrastructure, to improve the livelihood of rural populations through a better farm-to-market road connection and to enhance capacity of the Madhya Pradesh Rural Road Development Authority to manage Madhya Pradesh’s rural road network. The financing for this project was approved by the Board of Directors on April 11, 2018.

 

   

Transmission System Strengthening Project – The Board of Directors approved US$100 million of financing. The project is to enhance electricity capacity in the southern region of India and re-balance the peak and off-peak energy sharing from the surplus areas of the northern and western regions of India to the deficit areas in the southern region of India. The financing for this project was approved by the Board of Directors on September 27, 2017.

Indonesia

 

   

Dam Operational Improvement and Safety Project Phase II – The Board of Directors approved US$125 million of financing. The project is to increase the safety and functionality of existing dams in selected locations and strengthen the operation and management capacity for dam safety. The financing for this project was approved by the Board of Directors on March 22, 2017.

 

   

National Slum Upgrading – The Board of Directors approved US$216.5 million of financing, with a total project cost of US$1.7 billion. The project is for improving the desperate living conditions of 9.7 million people who live in slums in 154 cities in central and eastern parts of Indonesia. The financing for this project was approved by the Board of Directors on June 24, 2016.

 

   

Regional Infrastructure Development Fund Project – The Board of Directors approved US$100 million of financing to increase access to infrastructure finance at the subnational level through creation of a sustainable financial intermediary, a Regional Infrastructure Development Fund, that channels funds from AIIB, IBRD, and the Indonesian government to Indonesia’s sub-national governments. The financing for this project was approved by the Board of Directors on March 22, 2017.

 

   

Strategic Irrigation Modernization and Urgent Rehabilitation Project – The Board of Directors approved US$250 million of financing, with a total project cost of US$578 million. The project is to rehabilitate and modernize Indonesia’s irrigation sector by increasing participatory development, improving service levels and upgrading infrastructure and sustainable management. The financing for this project was approved by the Board of Directors on June 24, 2018.

Myanmar

 

   

Myingyan Power Plant – The Board of Directors approved US$20 million of financing. The project is for the development, construction and operation of a greenfield 225-megawatt combined cycle gas turbine power plant in the Mandalay region of Myanmar, with a total project cost of US$312 million. The financing for this project was approved by the Board of Directors on September 27, 2016.

 

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Oman

 

   

Broadband Infrastructure Project – The Board of Directors approved US$152.1 million of financing. The project is for the installation of fiber optic cables and associated passive infrastructure, such as points of presence, network access points and frame distribution hubs. The financing for this project was approved by the Board of Directors on December 8, 2017.

 

   

Duqm Port Commercial Terminal and Operational Zone Development – The Board of Directors approved US$265 million of financing, with a total project cost of US$353.3 million. The project is for construction of infrastructure to operationalize Duqm Port. The financing for this project was approved by the Board of Directors on December 8, 2016.

Pakistan

 

   

National Motorway M-4 (Shorkot-Khanewal Section) – The Board of Directors approved US$100 million of financing, with a total project cost of US$273 million. The project is to complete the final stage of a four-lane highway between Multan and Islamabad. The financing for this project was approved by the Board of Directors on June 24, 2016.

 

   

Tarbela 5 Hydropower Extension – The Board of Directors approved US$300 million of financing, with a total project cost of US$823.5 million. The project is for the installation of a power house at the fifth tunnel of the Tarbela Dam and the construction of a transmission line to connect the power to the national grid. The financing for this project was approved by the Board of Directors on September 27, 2016.

Philippines

 

   

Metro Manila Flood Management Project – The Board of Directors approved US$207.6 million of financing, with the World Bank providing an additional US$207.6 million and the borrower providing US$84.79 million. The project’s objective is to improve and modernize flood management in selected areas of Metro Manila. The financing for this project was approved by the Board of Directors on September 27, 2017.

Tajikistan

 

   

Dushanbe-Uzbekistan Border Road Improvement – The Board of Directors approved US$27.5 million of financing, with a total project cost of US$105.9 million. The project is for rehabilitating the five-kilometer section of the road connecting Dushanbe to the border with Uzbekistan. The financing for this project was approved by the Board of Directors on June 24, 2016.

 

   

Nurek Hydropower Rehabilitation Project, Phase I – The Board of Directors approved US$60 million of financing. The project is to rehabilitate, restore the generating capacity and improve the efficiency of the three power-generating units of Nurek Hydropower Plant and to strengthen the safety of the Nurek dam. The financing for this project was approved by the Board of Directors on June 15, 2017.

Turkey

 

   

TSKB Sustainable Energy and Infrastructure On-lending Facility – The Board of Directors approved US$200 million of financing. The project is to support sustainable infrastructure development in Turkey by financing renewable energy projects (including solar, hydropower, wind, geothermal and biomass), energy efficiency projects and, to a smaller extent, other infrastructure fields, such as transport, water management and treatment, power transmission and telecommunications. The financing for this project was approved by the Board of Directors on September 28, 2018.

 

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Tuz Golu Gas Storage Expansion Project – The Board of Directors approved US$600 million of financing. The project is to improve energy security by increasing the reliability and stability of the gas supply through expanding gas storage capacity. The financing for this project was approved by the Board of Directors on June 24, 2018.

Investments in Funds

Asia

 

   

IFC Emerging Asia Fund – The Board of Directors approved US$150 million of financing to the IFC Emerging Asia Fund (the “LLP Fund”). The LLP Fund is being formed to provide investors with the opportunity to invest in IFC’s proprietary pipeline of investments in emerging markets of the Asia region. The LLP Fund has a target size of US$1 billion and intends to select equity and quasi-equity investments in companies, entities or other arrangements to build a diversified portfolio of investments across emerging markets of the Asia region. This financing was approved by the Board of Directors on September 27, 2017.

India

 

   

India Infrastructure Fund – The Board of Directors approved US$150 million of financing to a fund whose investment strategy is to invest in infrastructure platforms and infrastructure services companies with high growth potential and revenues principally derived from India. This financing was approved by the Board of Directors on June 15, 2017.

 

   

National Investment and Infrastructure Fund – The Board of Directors approved US$100 million of financing for the initial closing of the NIIF. The objective of the NIIF is to cause more private sector capital to be put into investments in infrastructure and to increase infrastructure investment in India. This financing was approved by the Board of Directors on June 24, 2018.

Proposed Financings

Currently, the Bank has 25 proposed financings in the pipeline. The proposed financings include projects across a broad range of sectors, including energy, transport, urban development and water.

Financing Approval Process

The Bank’s financing process is guided by its strategic goals and thematic priorities of sustainable infrastructure, cross-border connectivity and private capital mobilization. The Bank reviews financing proposals, seeking to achieve an appropriate balance among sectors, sovereign-backed and non-sovereign-backed financings and beneficiaries of such financings. The ESF Framework is integral to the decision-making process on all projects. See “ – Key Operational Policies, Strategies and Frameworks – Environmental and Social Framework.”

Non-Sovereign-Backed Financings

The approval process for non-sovereign-backed financings is as follows:

Pre-Concept Review Assessment

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priorities, broadly meets the Bank’s operating principles and presents an opportunity that is sufficiently attractive for the Bank to dedicate significant resources. During this stage, the Bank performs an initial integrity check on the beneficiary and sponsors of the proposed financing and gathers information about key aspects of the proposed financing. The prospective beneficiary submits documentation pertaining to the proposed financing, which may include a project summary, information memorandum and/or feasibility report. If the proposed financing passes this initial screening, it is submitted to the Executive Committee for inclusion in the Bank’s rolling financing program.

Concept Review

The purpose of the concept review is to (i) confirm that the proposed financing broadly fits within the purposes, policies, strategies and priorities of the Bank, (ii) assess whether the project merits the Bank’s investment of time and resources, (iii) assess and authorize the initial resource requirements for the proposed financing, (iv) discuss possible modifications to the proposed financing to enhance its contribution to the Bank’s objectives and (v) agree on the key issues to be addressed and the approach to resolving them.

For the concept review, a concept review document is prepared and submitted to the Investment Committee. This concept review document includes, among other things, the following information: (i) a summary of key financing terms, (ii) a description of the underlying project, including use of proceeds of the proposed financing, (iii) brief information on the beneficiary and sponsors, including the results of the initial integrity check, (iv) rationale for the Bank’s involvement in the proposed financing, (v) a risk assessment of the proposed financing (including an indicative risk rating, economic capital and risk-weighted return on capital of the proposed financing), (vi) preliminary analysis on the potential environmental and social impact of the proposed financing, (vii) summary of key project issues and (viii) timetable for next steps.

Comprehensive Financing Assessment

If the proposal passes concept review, the Bank’s team in charge of the proposed financing conducts a comprehensive assessment that is designed to inform the Bank of the following: (i) the technical and financial aspects of the proposed financing, (ii) the creditworthiness of the beneficiary and the sponsors, (iii) the environmental and social risks and potential impact of the proposed financing, (iv) any issues in connection with procurement, legal and reputational concerns and (v) other relevant characteristics of the proposed financing. As part of this assessment, the Bank carries out a detailed financial and risk analysis of the proposed financing, as well as continues its integrity due diligence. Integrity due diligence includes gathering information with respect to the beneficiary and the sponsors, such as their corporate governance structure, beneficial ownership, financial transparency and strength, compliance and integrity, including in relation to tax matters, and any sanctions concerns.

If required (by the Investment Committee during its concept review or by the chair of the Investment Committee after concept review), an interim review document is submitted to the Investment Committee. Interim review is typically required when there are new significant developments with respect to the proposed financing or complex issues or other matters which require additional guidance from the Investment Committee.

After sufficient due diligence has been completed, the Bank begins work on a term sheet, which later forms the basis for drafting the financing agreements.

Final Review

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(ii) authorize documentation of the deal (if approval is recommended). The final review document contains, among other things, a discussion of new issues arising after the last review and changes to business terms and the financial model and negotiated term sheet. Following Investment Committee approval, the proposed financing undergoes a policy assurance review by the Bank’s Policy & Strategy department. At the same time, the Bank seeks to confirm that there are no objections from the member in whose country the underlying project is to be carried out.

Approval and Preparation of Documentation

If the proposed financing passes the final review and receives confirmation that it complies with the Bank’s policies, an approval document is prepared and, upon the President’s recommendation, submitted to the Board of Directors for approval of the proposed financing. Currently, all financings must be approved by the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors has adopted a decision, effective January 1, 2019, delegating authority to the President of the Bank, in his capacity as head of Bank management, to approve certain financings. This delegation is subject to limits based on the precedent-setting nature of the financing, the existence of significant strategy or policy issues, established risk tolerance and the ability of any single Director to require review by the Board of Directors of the financing. The Board of Directors will also undertake an annual review of the President’s use of his delegated authority.

Following such approval, the legal documentation for the financing is prepared, negotiated and signed. Effectiveness of the financing is subject to the satisfaction of all conditions precedent.

Project Implementation and Monitoring

The beneficiary is responsible for implementing the underlying project in a timely manner. If needed, the beneficiary may recruit consultants to provide specialized professional services in areas such as detailed design, procurement and capacity development.

The Bank’s team in charge of the financing remains fully engaged during the implementation of the underlying project both through site visits and continuous dialogue with the beneficiary on a variety of issues, including any environmental and social concerns. As part of the monitoring process, the Bank evaluates not only implementation of the underlying project, but also any event that would change the risk profile of such project and the beneficiary’s compliance with the covenants included in the financing agreements.

Project Completion and Evaluation

In addition to periodic reporting to the Board of Directors on material issues encountered during the implementation of the underlying project, the Bank prepares a completion report no later than six months after the full discharge of the beneficiary’s financial obligations to the Bank in connection with the financing. The report assesses the results of the underlying project and the Bank’s financing. Upon approval by the Investment Committee, the report is submitted to the Board of Directors for information.

Sovereign-Backed Financings

The approval process for sovereign-backed financings is similar to that for non-sovereign-backed financings. However, since these financings are made to or guaranteed by a Bank member, financing proposals are normally received from the Bank member or development partners. The Bank’s due diligence focuses on the impact of the proposed financing on the member’s fiscal sustainability, as well as on the environmental, social, fiduciary (procurement, financial management and disbursement) and

 

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other implementation aspects of the proposed financing. In addition, the Investment Committee’s final review (known as an appraisal review) includes a determination of whether to authorize negotiations of the sovereign-backed financing documentation, which must be substantially complete before the approval of the financing is solicited (in contrast to non-sovereign-backed financings, where negotiations do not need to be completed in order to seek approval of the financing). The completion report is also completed no later than six months following the full discharge of the beneficiary’s financial obligations to the Bank in connection with such financing.

Key Operational Policies, Strategies and Frameworks

The Bank has developed, and continues to develop, a wide range of operational policies, strategies and frameworks. The Bank has policies on prohibited practices, international relations and public information, and strategies on financing operations in non-regional members and mobilizing private capital for infrastructure and the transport sector. In addition, the Bank’s operational policies, strategies and frameworks include the following:

Operational Policy on Financing

The Bank has adopted an Operational Policy on Financing setting out the Bank’s policy on providing sovereign-backed financing and non-sovereign-backed financing for projects. It includes an overview of financing instruments, project assessments and the structure of financial and contractual terms.

Environmental and Social Framework

The Bank has established the ESF Framework, which is intended, among other things, to accomplish the following: (i) to ensure the environmental and social soundness and sustainability of projects financed (in whole or in part) by the Bank, (ii) to address environmental and social risks and impacts in Bank-financed projects, (iii) to provide a robust structure for managing operational and reputational risks of the Bank and its shareholders in relation to the environmental and social risks and impacts of Bank-financed projects, (iv) to provide a mechanism for addressing environmental and social risks and impacts in project identification, preparation and implementation and (v) to facilitate cooperation on environmental and social matters with development partners. Under the ESF Framework, the Bank has established an Environmental and Social Policy and three associated Environmental and Social Standards, which set forth mandatory environmental and social requirements for each project financed (in whole or in part) by the Bank. In addition, the Bank has developed an environmental and social exclusion list, which sets forth activities and other items that the Bank will not knowingly finance.

Energy Sector Strategy: Sustainable Energy for Asia

The Bank’s Sustainable Energy for Asia Strategy (the “Energy Sector Strategy”) sets out a clear framework to invest in energy projects that will increase access to clean, safe and reliable electricity for millions of people in Asia. To implement the Energy Sector Strategy, the Bank will support its members to do their part, as expressed in the Paris Agreement, to “hold the increase in the global average temperature to well below 2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels and pursue efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5 degrees Celsius.” The Bank intends to achieve this by aligning its support with its members’ national energy investment plans, including their nationally determined contributions (NDC) under the Paris Agreement. Initially, the Bank will focus on projects in renewable energy, energy efficiency, rehabilitation and upgrading of existing plants, and transmission and distribution networks. It will cooperate with other MDBs, bilateral agencies and the private sector operating in Asia. Over time, the Bank plans to engage with potential financial intermediaries in renewable energy and energy

 

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efficiency investments. The Energy Sector Strategy was developed through an iterative, consultative process, including two rounds of public consultations.

Economic Sanctions

The UN and individual countries, including the United States, have from time to time imposed economic sanctions on countries and certain entities and individuals. To avoid interference with its business, operations and assets, the Bank screens transactions by consulting relevant sanctions lists of sanctioning authorities for sanctioned individuals, entities and other targets. The Bank is not a U.S. person and does not operate in or from the United States. Nevertheless, the Bank transacts in the ordinary course with various commercial counterparties in the United States and abroad that are required to comply with U.S. sanctions, including those administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Department of the Treasury. Some of these counterparties may serve as correspondent banks or as other intermediaries with involvement in funds flows in respect of the Bank’s loan, investment or funding operations. Also, U.S. persons may purchase the Notes or serve as Bank advisors or employees. The United States has also adopted a secondary sanctions regime that may result in sanctions against non-U.S. persons who engage in or facilitate certain specified transactions and activities involving a number of targeted persons and entities, including Iran-related targets. The Bank monitors and gives due regard to sanctions regimes and restrictions thereunder in an effort to avoid their having an effect on the Bank’s business, operations, assets and ability to access the U.S. funding and capital markets, including the Bank’s ability to offer and sell the Notes in the United States.

AIIB Project Preparation Special Fund

In June 2016, in accordance with Article 17(1) of the Articles of Agreement, the Bank established the AIIB Project Preparation Special Fund (the “Project Preparation Special Fund”).

The Project Preparation Special Fund provides grants to support and facilitate through technical assistance the preparation of projects to be financed by AIIB in eligible member countries. Technical assistance eligible for financing includes consultancy services and reports, equipment needed to prepare or deliver such services and reports and related training. Projects eligible for support are those (i) which are being considered for financing by AIIB and (ii) which benefit one or more members of the Bank that are classified as recipients of financing from the IDA, including blend countries. Blend countries are those countries that are eligible to receive financing from the IDA on the basis of their per capita income levels and are also sufficiently creditworthy for some IBRD borrowing. Projects that benefit other members of the Bank may also be eligible for such technical assistance in exceptional circumstances, such as innovative and complex projects and regional or cross-border projects with significant regional impact (provided that the cumulative amount of funds allocated to all such projects does not exceed 20% of the aggregate amount of all contributions to the Project Preparation Special Fund). Resources of the Project Preparation Special Fund may also be used in compelling cases to support non-sovereign-backed financings (provided that the cumulative amount of funds allocated to all such financings does not exceed 10% of the aggregate amount of all contributions made to the Project Preparation Special Fund).

Any member of the Bank, any of its political or administrative sub-divisions, or any entity under the control of such member or such sub-divisions or any other country, entity or person approved by the President may contribute to the Project Preparation Special Fund (“Permitted Contributors”). Special Fund Resources consist of (i) amounts accepted from Permitted Contributors, (ii) any income derived from investment of the resources of the Project Preparation Special Fund and (iii) any funds reimbursed to the Project Preparation Special Fund. The Bank is under no obligation to provide financial support to the Project Preparation Special Fund. The Bank, acting as manager of the Project Preparation Special Fund, receives administration fees and cost recovery fees. See “– Ordinary Resources and Special Fund Resources” for further information about Special Fund resources and requirements.

 

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As of September 30, 2018, committed contributions to the Project Preparation Special Fund totaled US$118.0 million, consisting of US$50.0 million from each of the People’s Republic of China and the United Kingdom and US$18.0 million from the Republic of Korea. As of September 30, 2018, total paid contributions to the Project Preparation Special Fund equaled US$70.5 million, consisting of US$50.0 million from the People’s Republic of China, US$12.5 million from the United Kingdom and US$8.0 million from the Republic of Korea.

As of September 30, 2018, the Bank had four approved projects under the Project Preparation Special Fund, representing committed funds of approximately US$3.7 million. These projects include a US$1.0 million grant to prepare for an urban infrastructure investment project in Nepal and a US$1.0 million grant to prepare for a road enhancement project in Lao PDR. A fifth, previously approved project was discontinued in September 2018 due to the cancellation of the underlying project by the lead financier.

In October 2018, Hong Kong, China agreed to contribute by the end of March 2019 US$10.0 million to the Project Preparation Special Fund.

Quality of Loan Portfolio

When a borrower fails to make payment on any principal, interest or other charge due to the Bank, the Bank may suspend disbursements on loans to that borrower. With respect to sovereign loans, the Bank would cease approving new loans to the borrower once any loans are overdue by more than 30 days and suspend all disbursements to or guaranteed by the member concerned once any loans are overdue by more than 60 days.

As required by IFRS 9, AIIB uses the ECL model to estimate credit loss on financial assets, such as loan disbursements, and on other instruments, such as undrawn loan commitments. AIIB recognizes a provision to the extent the ECL of a financial instrument exceeds its gross carrying amount. See “Risk Management – Risk Types – Financing Credit Risk” and Notes B.3.3.4, B4.1 and D3 to the 2017 Audited Financial Statements for further discussion on the Bank’s credit quality analysis.

As of September 30, 2018, no AIIB loans or related charges were categorized as overdue, restructured troubled debt, in non-accrual status or written off.

As of September 30, 2018, ECL increased to US$60.9 million from US$9.4 million as of December 31, 2017 and US$0.3 million as of December 31, 2016. The increase between December 31, 2017 and September 30, 2018 was mainly attributable to a significant increase in credit risk (“SICR”) in respect of one sovereign loan in Turkey and two sovereign loans in Pakistan, reflecting, in turn, a deterioration in the macroeconomic conditions of both countries. The increase in ECL between December 31, 2016 and December 31, 2017 was mainly due to the increase in the Bank’s loan portfolio as it ramped up operations.

 

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The following table shows AIIB’s total gross carrying amount of loan disbursements and exposure of loan commitments for both sovereign- and non-sovereign-backed loans with their respective ECL allowance balances:

 

     As of September 30,     As of December 31,  
     2018     2017     2016  
     (in thousands of US$)  
     Loans and
loan
commitments
     ECL     Loans and
loan
commitments
     ECL     Loans and
loan
commitments
     ECL  

Sovereign-backed loans

     3,918,165        (59,306     2,558,761        (5,050     344,135        (277

Non-sovereign-backed loans

     584,331        (1,546     167,278        (4,315     —          —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

     4,502,496        (60,852     2,726,039        (9,365     344,135        (277
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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RISK MANAGEMENT

AIIB has established a Risk Management Framework, which outlines the Bank’s approach to risk and forms the guiding reference framework for all policies and guidelines related to risks.

Risk Philosophy

The Bank’s risk philosophy is the foundational pillar of the Bank’s approach to risk management. According to the risk philosophy, the Bank’s risk management function aims to accomplish the following three objectives:

 

   

enable the Bank to fulfill its mandate to promote infrastructure and other productive sectors;

 

   

ensure the stability and financial continuity of the Bank through efficient capital allocation and utilization, and comprehensively manage risks and reputational consequences; and

 

   

foster strong risk culture by embedding risk accountability in the Bank.

Risk Management Function

The risk management function has been designed to enable the implementation of AIIB’s risk philosophy and to ensure accountability regarding risk management. The Board of Directors approves key risk policies and monitors core risk metrics and risk limits. The Audit and Risk Committee reviews the Risk Management Framework, risk-related policies and the Bank’s Risk Appetite Statement (the “RAS”). The President recommends key risk policies for approval by the Board of Directors. The Risk Committee, which is chaired by the Chief Risk Officer (the “CRO”) and whose members include the Chief Financial Officer (the “CFO”), the Vice President – Policy and Strategy, the Vice President and Chief Investment Officer and the General Counsel, exercises oversight on behalf of the President of the key risks of the Bank. The Risk Management Department, which is headed by the CRO, has overall responsibility for managing risks, including implementing risk management strategies, policies and procedures.

Key responsibilities of the Bank’s risk management function are the following:

 

   

Risk Management and Oversight: Overall development and oversight of the Bank’s risk framework and policy, and direct governance of AIIB’s Risk Committee;

 

   

Guardian of Risk Appetite: Articulation of the Bank’s overall Risk Appetite (as defined below) and appropriate risk limits, and the embedding of the Risk Appetite into the Bank’s processes and culture;

 

   

Risk Identification and Assessment: Identification of all material risks, definition of key risk metrics and indicators and development of methodologies, indicators and models to measure risks;

 

   

Risk Monitoring and Reporting: Regular monitoring of AIIB’s risks and the development and maintenance of a concise upward risk reporting system;

 

   

Strategic Decision Making: Align overall business and operational plans with appropriate risk management and ensure that strategic planning reflects the Bank’s Risk Appetite;

 

   

Risk Optimization: Risk optimization and active risk management by shaping the risk profile within the Bank’s Risk Appetite limits, strategic capital allocation through risk-adjusted capital and development of risk-adjusted performance management; and

 

   

External Communication: Facilitate the consistent and proportionate disclosure of all risks to external parties, including interaction with rating agencies.

 

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Three Lines of Defense

AIIB’s risk management activities are organized in line with the Three Lines of Defense Principle:

 

   

The first line of defense consists of the Bank’s investment operations and other client-facing functions and is designed to ensure that AIIB effectively manages risk;

 

   

The second line of defense is the Bank’s risk management function, which is responsible, in part, for designing the policies required to ensure the Bank’s business remains within its Risk Appetite, monitoring the dynamics of the Bank’s risk profile, identifying potential breaches of the Bank’s Risk Appetite and reviewing the risk-related work carried out by the first line of defense; and

 

   

The third line of defense is the Bank’s internal audit function, which is responsible, in part, for reviewing risk models and adherence to risk guidelines and identifying broader, risk-related operational weaknesses.

Risk Appetite Statement

The RAS, inter alia, articulates the maximum aggregate level and types of risk that the Bank is willing to assume, within its Risk Capacity (as defined below), to achieve its strategic objectives and business plan (the “Risk Appetite”).

The Bank’s Risk Capacity is the maximum level of risk that the Bank can assume given its current level of resources before breaching constraints as determined by (i) available capital and liquidity needs, (ii) the operational environment (e.g., technical infrastructure, risk management capabilities and expertise) and (iii) Bank obligations. The Bank allocates its Risk Capacity between core and non-core risks: core risks are those directly linked to the Bank’s investment operations mandate and non-core risks are those arising from activities, including treasury operations and other operational activities, supporting the Bank’s investment operations mandate.

The RAS classifies each risk type according to one of three appetite levels – low, medium or high:

 

   

Low appetite reflects risk events that have the potential to substantially damage the Bank, jeopardizing its ability to fulfill its mission.

 

   

Medium appetite reflects risk events that, while significant, are not a threat in isolation to the Bank. These risks are typically incurred as part of the Bank’s business, but not in the pursuit of the Bank’s strategic goals.

 

   

High appetite reflects risk events that are accepted, but closely managed, by the Bank. These risks are typically incurred in pursuit of the Bank’s strategic goals.

The Bank has established a variety of key performance indicators, or KPIs, and key risk indicators, or KRIs, which are monitored regularly. The Risk Management Department also performs stress tests of the Bank’s draft business plan to ensure compliance with the RAS. The Risk Committee informs the Board of Directors of the impact of the final business plan on the RAS and proposes remedial actions in the event the business plan causes the RAS to be breached. The RAS is submitted to the Board of Directors for its support both on an annual basis and in the event there is any material change to the RAS.

Capital Adequacy

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with several limits, including the following. First, as required by Article 12(1) of the Articles of Agreement, the Bank’s total exposure from its investment operations must be less than the Bank’s total unimpaired subscribed capital, reserves and retained earnings. This limit may be increased up to 250% of the Bank’s unimpaired subscribed capital, reserves and retained earnings with the approval of the Board of Governors. Second, the Bank’s available capital (i.e., paid-in capital, plus reserves and accumulated retained earnings) must be greater than its economic capital, based on an actual and a three-year projected balance sheet composition, both on a base case and on a stressed scenario basis. The stress testing of the Bank’s available capital serves several purposes, including to set a buffer over economic capital that protects the Bank’s credit ratings in the event of a severe and protracted crisis scenario.

Risk Types

AIIB has developed both qualitative and quantitative methodologies for identifying, measuring and managing risks. Material risks that the Bank currently faces or expects to face in the future are the following:

 

   

Financing Credit Risk

Credit risk is the risk that a borrower or other counterparty fails to discharge an obligation, thereby causing a loss on the part of the Bank. The Bank is exposed to credit risk in its financing activities.

Sovereign credit risk relates to whether the sovereign borrower or guarantor: (i) has the capacity and willingness to service external debt obligations in general and Bank debt in particular, (ii) has an existing debt burden that is sustainable and (iii) honors the preferred creditor status of the Bank and other MDBs. Bank evaluation of sovereign credit risk is based on quantitative and qualitative risk measurements, including internal rating models and a variety of external sources. The Bank performs its own sovereign credit analysis and assigns its own internal credit ratings, comprising 12 grades. Grades 1-4 are considered investment grade. As of September 30, 2018, the rating of sovereign-backed loans ranged from 3 to 10. The Bank also sets certain exposure limits in respect of sovereign borrowings. As an MDB, the Bank does not participate in country debt rescheduling or debt reduction exercises of sovereign-backed loans or guarantees.

Non-sovereign credit risk relates to the creditworthiness of a private borrower (including a publicly owned company that does not have the benefit of an explicit sovereign guarantee) and the ability and willingness of such private borrower to repay its debt obligations. The Bank deploys a variety of tools to manage this risk, including assigning its own internal credit rating for the borrower (taking into account specific project, sector, macroeconomic and country credit risks) and possibly requiring a full or partial sovereign guarantee. For non-sovereign projects, risk ratings are normally capped by the sovereign credit rating, except where the Bank has recourse to a guarantor from outside the country that has a better rating than the local sovereign credit rating. As of September 30, 2018, the rating of non-sovereign loans ranged from 1 to 9. The Bank also imposes certain exposure limits in respect of non-sovereign loans.

The Bank has adopted an ECL three-stage model for assessing credit risk: Stage 1 for those financial instruments that have not experienced a SICR since initial recognition; Stage 2 for those financial instruments that have experienced a SICR since initial recognition; and Stage 3 for those financial instruments deemed credit-impaired. To determine whether SICR has occurred, the Bank examines quantitative, qualitative and backstop criteria. Quantitative criteria include a two-grade downgrade for investment grade loans or a one-grade downgrade for non-investment grade loans pursuant to the Bank’s internal credit rating system.

 

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Qualitative criteria include (i) adverse changes in business, financial or economic conditions, (ii) expected breach of contract that may lead to covenant waivers or amendments, (iii) transfer to watchlist/monitoring or (iv) change in payment behavior. As a backstop, SICR is deemed to have occurred if the payment under a financial instrument is past due by 30 or more days. To determine whether an asset is credit-impaired, the Bank assesses whether one or more events has occurred that will have a detrimental impact on the estimated cash flows of such asset. Evidence of credit impairment includes: (i) a significant financial difficulty of the borrower, (ii) a breach of contract, such as a default or past due event and (iii) an increasing likelihood that the borrower will enter bankruptcy or other financial reorganization.

The Bank measures ECL on both a 12-month and contractual lifetime basis. 12-month ECL is calculated in the following manner: Point-in-time probability of default * loss given default * exposure at default. Loss given default is currently set at 30% for sovereign loans and 70% (or on a case-by-case basis) for non-sovereign loans. Exposure at default is the loan balance at the period end, plus projected net disbursement in the next year. Lifetime ECL is the summation of the net present value of the ECL for each year. ECL calculations are performed for three different scenarios: baseline, good and bad. In respect of each loan, the Bank defines default to mean one or more of the following: (i) payment default (180 days past due for sovereign loans or 90 days past due for non-sovereign loans), (ii) breach of specific covenants that trigger a default clause, (iii) default under a guarantee or collateral or other support agreement, (iv) failure to pay a final judgment or court order and (v) bankruptcy, liquidation or the appointment of a receiver.

The Bank writes off the gross carrying amount of a financial asset when it has no reasonable expectations of recovering the contractual cash flows on such asset in its entirety or a portion thereof. See “Operations of AIIB – Quality of Loan Portfolio” and Notes B.3.3.4, B4.1 and D3 to the 2017 Audited Financial Statements for further information on ECL calculations and balances.

The table below sets forth the Bank’s loans and commitments, classified by geographic distribution and ECL staging:

 

    As of September 30, 2018     As of December 31, 2017  

Region

  Stage 1     Stage 2     Total     Stage 1     Stage 2     Total  
    (in thousands of US$)  

Sovereign-backed loans

           

Asia

    2,657,189       1,260,976       3,918,165       2,194,438       364,323       2,558,761  

Non-Asia

    —         —         —         —         —         —    
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total sovereign-backed loans

    2,657,189       1,260,976       3,918,165       2,194,438       364,323       2,558,761  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Non-sovereign-backed loans

           

Asia

    440,783       —         440,783       20,198       —         20,198  

Non-Asia

    143,548       —         143,548       147,080       —         147,080  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total non-sovereign-backed loans

    584,331       —         584,331       167,278       —         167,278  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

    3,241,520       1,260,976       4,502,496       2,361,716       364,323       2,726,039  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

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maximum exposure to credit risk from undrawn loan commitments was US$3,341 million as of September 30, 2018 and US$1,948 million as of December 31, 2017.

The table below sets forth the Bank’s credit enhancements for loans and commitments:

 

     As of September 30,
2018
     As of December 31,
2017
 
     (in thousands US$)  

Guaranteed by sovereign members

     1,567,983        864,303  

Guaranteed by non-sovereign entities

     267,147        20,199  

Unguaranteed (1)

     2,667,366        1,841,537  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

     4,502,496        2,726,039  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Note:

 

  (1)

The unguaranteed loan investments mainly represent sovereign loans and loan commitments granted to member countries.

 

   

Equity Investment Risk

Equity investment risk is the risk of losing money from investments in equities. The Bank may deploy a variety of measures to manage this risk. For example, if the equity is listed, the investment risk can be marked-to-market, subject to liquidity discounts. For unlisted equities, the investment risk is measured by reference to fair value, with the aid of valuation models and external benchmarks. Risk limits on equity investments are designed both to capture the maximum loss to which the Bank is exposed and to ensure that AIIB’s equity investments are well diversified and not concentrated.

 

   

Liquidity Risk

Liquidity risk is the risk that current or future financial liabilities cannot be met or can only be met on the basis of altered conditions; that refinancing, to the extent needed, can only be achieved at higher interest rates; or that, for whatever reason, the Bank’s assets need to be liquidated at a discount. AIIB manages liquidity risk in a variety of ways, including the setting of risk limits, the monitoring of liquidity risk ratios and early warning indicators, diversification, the deployment of liquidity buffers and the implementation of a liquidity contingency plan.

As of September 30, 2018, the Bank did not have any material financial liabilities.

 

   

Market Risk

Market risk is the risk of losing money due to the overall performance of the financial markets for all marketable instruments in the Bank’s treasury and investment operations portfolio. The Bank is potentially exposed to two material market risks: currency and interest rate risk. The Bank employs a variety of methods to assess and mitigate market risks, such as monitoring the change in economic value of equity, net interest income change and value-at-risk indicators, as well as the setting of limits.

 

   

Counterparty Credit Risk

Counterparty credit risk is the risk that a treasury counterparty to a transaction defaults before the final settlement of such transaction’s cash flows. Transactions that give rise to counterparty credit risk include bank deposits, inter-bank lending transactions and derivatives.

The Bank manages counterparty credit risk through a variety of ways, including the following: (i) assigning a credit rating for each such counterparty, which must be at or above a defined minimum for it to be considered an eligible counterparty, (ii) assigning a credit limit to each eligible counterparty before consummating any transaction with it, (iii) monitoring AIIB’s

 

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exposure to each counterparty and (iv) monitoring each counterparty’s credit quality, and using collateral agreements and limits adjustments to mitigate against deterioration in such credit quality.

As of September 30, 2018, the Bank’s treasury portfolio mainly consisted of term deposits and the investments in the Trust Fund. See “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations – Balance Sheet – Assets.” The counterparty credit risk of the Bank mainly relates to term deposits.

 

   

Asset Liability Risk

Asset liability risks arise from the mismatch of assets and liabilities in terms of currency, interest rates or maturities. Asset liability risk is managed through a variety of tools, including balance sheet projections and the setting of risk limits.

The Bank currently offers loans only in US dollars. The Bank may in the future offer loans in other currencies, provided it has the means to adequately operate in such other currencies and manage associated risks (including through the use of currency swaps or other hedging mechanisms).

Debt-funded financial assets, such as loans, that create market exposures are funded on a back-to-back basis, managed through the use of financial derivatives or otherwise passed through to the borrower. Debt-funded financial assets may be funded with liabilities of a shorter maturity or with mismatched timing of cash flows, subject to defined debt redemption limits that impose a ceiling on the amount of liabilities that may mature during any period. Such refinancing risk may also be mitigated by charging risk spreads and maturity premiums.

Any financial derivative entered into by the Bank will be subject to limits and reporting requirements.

 

   

Model Risk

Model risk is the risk of adverse consequences arising from decisions based on incorrect or misused model outputs and reports. The Bank has established processes to ensure that the Bank’s models have been adequately validated, capture material risks and are conceptually sound and suitably controlled.

 

   

Operational Risk

Operational risk is the risk of loss, or detriment, resulting from inadequate or failed processes or systems, through human error or from the occurrence of external events. The Bank’s definition of operational risk is consistent with the Basel Committee Banking Industry Standards, but has been extended to include reputational risk. Effective management and mitigation of operational risk relies on a system of internal controls aimed at identifying various risks and establishing acceptable risk parameters and monitoring procedures. Key operational risks within the Bank will be periodically identified, and materiality values and KRIs will be established for those risks.

 

   

Compliance Risk

Compliance risk is the risk of legal or regulatory sanctions, material financial loss or reputational loss that AIIB may suffer as a result of its failure to comply with laws, regulations, internal rules and standards. The Bank deploys a variety of measures to mitigate this risk.

 

   

Integrity Risk; Environmental & Social Risk

Integrity risk is the risk that the Bank or its clients will engage in activities that may have an adverse reputational impact on the Bank, whether due to the nature of those activities or due to the background and behavior of the entities with whom the Bank conducts those activities.

 

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Environmental and social risk is the risk of breaching any applicable environmental and social rules and commitments, including those described in the Bank’s ESF Framework.

The Bank deploys a variety of measures to mitigate these risks, including impact assessments, ongoing interaction with counterparties, clients and other stakeholders and regular reporting and monitoring.

 

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GOVERNANCE AND ADMINISTRATION

Pursuant to the Articles of Agreement, the Bank is administered and managed by the Board of Governors, the Board of Directors, a President, one or more Vice-Presidents and other officers and staff.

Board of Governors

All of the powers of the Bank are vested in the Board of Governors, consisting of one Governor and one Alternate Governor appointed by each member. While the Articles of Agreement do not specify criteria for the appointment of a Governor by the member, the composition of the Board of Governors includes officials of ministerial (or equivalent) rank. Alternate Governors may only vote in the absence of their principal. A Chairman is elected at each annual meeting and such person holds the office until the election of the next Chairman.

The Board of Governors may delegate to the Board of Directors any or all its powers, except the power to (i) admit new members and determine the conditions of their admission, (ii) increase or decrease the authorized capital stock of the Bank, (iii) suspend members, (iv) decide appeals from interpretations or applications of the Articles of Agreement given by the Board of Directors, (v) elect the Directors of the Bank and determine expenses to be paid for Directors and Alternate Directors, as well as their remuneration, if any, (vi) elect, suspend or remove the President and determine his/her remuneration, (vii) approve the general balance sheet and statement of profit and loss of the Bank, (viii) determine the reserves and the allocation and distribution of net profits of the Bank, (ix) amend the Articles of Agreement, (x) decide to terminate the operations of the Bank and to distribute its assets and (xi) exercise such other powers as expressly assigned to the Board of Governors in the Articles of Agreement. The Board of Governors retains full power to exercise its authority over any delegated matter.

All matters before the Board of Governors are decided by a majority of the votes cast, other than matters that are designated as a super majority or special majority vote pursuant to the Articles of Agreement. A super majority vote requires an affirmative vote of two-thirds of the total number of Governors, representing not less than three-fourths of the total voting power of AIIB’s members. Super majority votes include, among others, matters relating to (i) suspension of membership, (ii) termination of the Bank’s operations, (iii) distribution of assets, (iv) amendments to the Articles of Agreement, (v) increases in authorized capital, (vi) changing the subscription base so that regional members comprise less than 75% of total subscribed stock, (vii) increases to the subscription amount of a member, (viii) assistance to recipients beyond those authorized in the Articles of Agreement, (ix) allocation and distribution of net income otherwise than as provided by the Articles of Agreement, (x) electing, suspending or removing the President of the Bank and (xi) increasing or decreasing the size of the Board of Directors. A special majority vote requires an affirmative vote of a majority of the total number of Governors, representing not less than a majority of the total voting power of AIIB’s members. Special majority votes include, among others, matters relating to (i) the issue of shares other than at par value, (ii) establishing subsidiary entities and (iii) admitting members of IBRD or ADB under different terms than provided for in the Articles of Agreement.

Board of Directors

The Board of Directors consists of 12 members who are not members of the Board of Governors. Nine are elected by the Governors representing regional members, and three are elected by the Governors representing non-regional members. The Board of Directors is responsible for the direction of the Bank’s general operations through the exercise of powers delegated to it by the Board of Governors, in addition to those expressly assigned to it by the Articles of Agreement. Each Director

 

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appoints an Alternate Director (or two Alternate Directors in respect of those Directors casting votes for five or more members) who may participate in the meetings, but who only has the full power to act when the Director is not present. The Directors, who serve the Bank on a non-resident basis, hold office for two-year terms and may be re-elected. They also must be nationals of member jurisdictions and persons of recognized capacity and experience in economic and financial matters. Matters before the Board of Directors are decided by a majority vote, except as otherwise provided in the Articles of Agreement.

In addition to any powers delegated by the Board of Governors, the Board of Directors shall (i) prepare the work of the Board of Governors, (ii) establish policies of the Bank and, with a majority representing not less than three-fourths of the total voting power of the members, take decisions on major operational and financial policies and on delegation of authority to the President under Bank policies, (iii) take decisions concerning operations of the Bank and, with a majority representing not less than three-fourths of the total voting power of the members, decide on the delegation of such authority to the President, (iv) supervise the management and operation of the Bank and establish an oversight mechanism for that purpose, (v) approve the strategy, annual plan and budget of the Bank, (vi) appoint committees and (vii) submit the annual audited accounts for approval of the Board of Governors.

The Board of Directors is currently composed of the following members:

 

Name

  

Alternates

  

Constituency Members (1)

Khalid Alkhudairy

(Saudi Arabia)

  

Adel Al Hosani

(UAE)

 

Khaled Mohammed Al-Suwaidi

(Qatar)

  

Bahrain

Jordan

Oman

Qatar

Saudi Arabia

United Arab Emirates

 

Mehmet Alper Batur

(Turkey)

  

Muhammad Aslam Chaudhary

(Pakistan)

 

Ruslan Rustamli

(Azerbaijan)

  

Azerbaijan

Brunei Darussalam

Georgia

Kyrgyz Republic

Pakistan

Turkey

 

Veronika Baumgartner-Putz

(Austria)

  

Nikolai Putscher

(Germany)

 

Philippe O’Quin

(France)

  

Austria

Cyprus

Finland

France

Germany

Ireland

Italy

Luxembourg

Malta

Netherlands

Portugal

Spain

 

Grigory Butrin

(Russia)

  

Daniyar Mergenbayev

(Kazakhstan)

  

Iran

Kazakhstan

Russia

Tajikistan

 

Shixin Chen

(China)

  

Zhengwei Zhang

(China)

  

China

Hong Kong, China

 

 

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Name

  

Alternates

  

Constituency Members (1)

Chang Huh

(Korea, Republic of)

  

Ofer Peleg

(Israel)

  

Fiji

Israel

Korea, Republic of

Samoa

Uzbekistan

 

Sameer Kumar Khare

(India)

  

Prashant Goyal

(India)

 

   India

Christopher Legg

(Australia)

  

Dasha Richards

(New Zealand)

  

Australia

New Zealand

Singapore

Vietnam

 

Emil Levendoglu

(United Kingdom)

  

Paul Sverre Tharaldsen

(Norway)

 

Eva Haghanipour

(Sweden)

  

Denmark

Hungary

Iceland

Norway

Poland

Sweden

Switzerland

United Kingdom

 

Paul Samson

(Canada)

  

Ahmed Kouchouk

(Egypt)

  

Canada

Madagascar

Egypt

Ethiopia

 

Rionald Silaban

(Indonesia)

  

Si Si Pyone

(Myanmar)

 

Pen Thirong

(Cambodia)

  

Afghanistan

Cambodia

Indonesia

Lao People’s Democratic Republic

Myanmar

Sri Lanka

 

Mark Dennis Y.C. Joven

(Philippines)

  

Md. Zahidul Haque

(Bangladesh)

 

Sukmeena Bhasavanich (Thailand)

  

Bangladesh

Malaysia

Maldives

Nepal

Philippines

Thailand

Note:

 

(1)

Mongolia, Sudan, Timor Leste and Vanuatu have not yet assigned their respective votes.

Board Committees

Audit and Risk Committee

The role of the Audit and Risk Committee (the “A&R Committee”) is to (i) review the Bank’s financial statements and accounting, auditing and financial reporting practices, procedures and issues, (ii) review the selection procedures for and the qualification and performance of the external auditors, review the annual report from the external auditors and ensure appropriate action be taken in respect

 

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of areas identified by the external auditors for improvement, (iii) review the scope of work and internal audit plan and review the effectiveness of the internal audit function and the internal control systems related to financial reporting and process and (iv) review the effectiveness and integrity of the risk management processes and policies, information technology security and control.

The A&R Committee is composed of three or four Directors and two external members (appointed by the President in consultation with the Board of Directors).

Budget and Human Resources Committee

The role of the Budget and Human Resources Committee (the “BHR Committee”) is to (i) review the proposed annual budget, taking into account the financings of the annual mid-term reviews, and report thereon to the Board of Directors, (ii) review and assess the implementation of the compensation and benefits policies and related issues and make recommendations to the Board of Directors as appropriate, (iii) consider matters relating to the implementation, interpretation and application of the Code of Conduct for Board officials, including requests for guidance concerning conflicts of interest, annual financial disclosures or other ethical aspects of conduct in respect of Board officials and allegations of misconduct by Board officials and (iv) consider any other aspects of the budget and the Bank’s human resources as the Board of Directors may request and report thereon to the Board of Directors.

The BHR Committee is composed of up to six Directors.

Policy and Strategy Committee

The role of the Policy and Strategy Committee (the “P&S Committee”) is to (i) review the Bank’s financial and operational policies, including but not limited to environmental, social and procurement policies, and report thereon to the Board of Directors, (ii) advise on the development of the Bank’s strategies and report thereon to the Board of Directors and (iii) undertake any other activities consistent with its terms of reference as the Board of Directors may request and report thereon to the Board of Directors.

The P&S Committee is composed of up to six Directors.

Senior Management

The President, who serves as the legal representative of the Bank, is elected by a super majority vote of the Board of Governors. The President must be a national of a regional member jurisdiction and may not be a Governor, a Director or an alternate for either. The term of office of the President is five years with the possibility of one additional term. The term of the current President, Mr. Jin Liqun, his first term, is currently scheduled to expire in 2021. The President is the Chairman of the Board of Directors, but has no vote other than a tie-breaking vote. The President may also participate in the meeting of the Board of Governors, but has no vote. The President is supported by a team of senior management. The team currently includes five Vice Presidents who are responsible for Policy and Strategy, Investment Operations, Finance, Administration and the Corporate Secretariat. Vice Presidents are appointed by the Board of Directors upon the recommendation of the President. Senior management also includes the Chief Risk Officer and the General Counsel.

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not interfere in political affairs of any members nor be influenced in their decisions by the political character of any member. Senior management is currently composed of the following individuals:

 

Name

  

Title

Mr. Jin Liqun    President
Sir Danny Alexander    Vice President and Corporate Secretary
Mr. Thierry de Longuemar    Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Dr. D.J. Pandian    Vice President and Chief Investment Officer
Mr. Luky Eko Wuryanto    Vice President and Chief Administration Officer
Dr. Joachim von Amsberg    Vice President – Policy and Strategy
Mr. Gerard Sanders    General Counsel
Mr. Martin Kimmig    Chief Risk Officer

The President has the authority to establish management committees. Such committees perform a variety of functions, and currently include the following: (i) the Executive Committee, (ii) the Investment Committee, (iii) the Special Fund Committee, (iv) the Human Resources Review Committee, (v) the Risk Committee, (vi) the Operational Procurement Committee and (vii) the Asset and Liability Management Committee.

International Advisory Panel

The International Advisory Panel (the “IAP”) provides management with support on the Bank’s strategies and policies as well as on general operational issues. Members of the IAP, who are appointed to two-year terms, bring years of experience and a wide range of professional expertise in both the international and private sectors. The IAP meets in tandem with the annual meeting of the Board of Governors or as requested by the President. The IAP is currently composed of the following members:

 

Name

  

Biographical information

Mr. Shaukat Aziz    Former Prime Minister of Pakistan
Dr. Zeti Akhtar Aziz    Former Governor of Bank Negara Malaysia, Malaysia’s Central Bank
Mr. Jose Isidro N. Camacho    Former Secretary of Finance and Former Secretary of Energy of the Philippines
Mr. Yukio Hatoyama    Former Prime Minister of Japan
Mr. Steve Howard    Secretary General of the Global Foundation
Dr. Myung Ja Kim    President of the Korean Federation of Science & Technology Societies and Former Minister of Environment of Korea
Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala    Senior Advisor, Lazard; former Finance Minister, Nigeria; former Managing Director, World Bank
Mr. Paul Speltz    Chairman and CEO of Global Strategic Associates; former U.S. Ambassador
Lord Nicholas Stern    Professor at the London School of Economics; former Chief Economist of the World Bank
Dame Meg Taylor    Secretary General to the Pacific Islands Forum; former Vice President, International Finance Corporation (IFC) of the World Bank Group
Prof. Ngaire Woods    Inaugural Dean of the Blavatnik School of Government and Professor of Global Economic Governance

 

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Employees

As of September 30, 2018, the Bank’s total professional staff was 170, representing 41 nationalities (68% regional and 32% non-regional). During its ramp-up phase, the Bank is also relying on experienced, long-term consultants.

 

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DESCRIPTION OF THE NOTES

The following is a brief description of the terms and conditions of the Notes offered by AIIB and the fiscal agency agreement (the “Fiscal Agency Agreement”) between AIIB and Citibank, N.A., as fiscal agent (the “Fiscal Agent”), with respect thereto. The description does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the form of Fiscal Agency Agreement (including the form of the Notes attached thereto) filed by AIIB with the SEC as an exhibit to the registration statement of which this Prospectus constitutes a part. For a complete description of the Notes, you should read the exhibit referred to.

General

The Notes will be issued under the Fiscal Agency Agreement. The Notes constitute direct and unsecured obligations of AIIB.

THE NOTES ARE NOT OBLIGATIONS OF ANY GOVERNMENT.

Interest

Interest will be paid on the Notes at the rate set forth on the cover page of this Prospectus and will be payable on                  and                 of each year (each, an “Interest Payment Date”), subject to the Business Day Convention as defined below. The Notes will bear interest from                     , 20      and the initial interest payment will be made on                     , 20    . Interest will be calculated on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months unadjusted. The Notes will mature on                     , 20    (the “Maturity Date”). The Notes are not subject to any sinking fund.

If an Interest Payment Date or the Maturity Date is a day on which banking institutions are authorized or obligated by law to close in a place of payment, then payment of principal or interest need not be made on such Interest Payment Date or Maturity Date, as applicable. AIIB may make the required payment on the next succeeding day that is not a day on which banking institutions are authorized or obligated by law to close in the place of payment. The payment will be made with the same force and effect as if made on the Interest Payment Date or Maturity Date and no additional interest shall accrue for the period from the Interest Payment Date or Maturity Date to the date of actual payment. Such adjustments of the Interest Payment Date or Maturity Date are referred to as the “Business Day Convention.”

Fiscal Agent

The duties of the Fiscal Agent will be governed by the Fiscal Agency Agreement. AIIB may replace the Fiscal Agent. AIIB may maintain deposit accounts and conduct other banking transactions in the ordinary course of business with the Fiscal Agent. The Fiscal Agent is the agent of AIIB, is not a trustee for the holders of the Notes and does not have the same responsibilities or duties to act for such holders as would a trustee.

The Fiscal Agent will be responsible for:

 

   

maintaining a record of the aggregate holdings of Notes;

 

   

ensuring that payments of principal and interest in respect of the Notes received by the Fiscal Agent from AIIB are duly credited to the holders of the Notes; and

 

   

transmitting to AIIB any notices from the holders of the Notes, or, as described below under “—Notices,” transmitting notices from AIIB to holders of the Notes.

 

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Citibank, N.A., London Branch will be acting in its capacity as Fiscal Agent through its office located at Citigroup Centre, Canada Square, Canary Wharf, London, E14 5LB, United Kingdom.

Payment of Principal and Interest

Interest will be payable to the persons in whose names the Notes are registered at the close of business on the date that is 15 calendar days prior to each Interest Payment Date (the “Record Date”). The principal of and interest on the Notes will be paid in such currency of the United States as of the time of payment is legal tender for the payment of public and private debts. AIIB may change or terminate the designation of paying agents from time to time. Payments of principal and interest at such agencies will be subject to applicable laws and regulations, including any applicable withholding or other taxes, and will be effected by wire transfer or by check mailed on the due date for such payment to the person entitled to such payment at the person’s address appearing on the register of Notes maintained by the security registrar.

AIIB will redeem the Notes on the Maturity Date at 100% of the principal amount plus accrued but unpaid interest to date.

The Notes will be sold in denominations of US$1,000 and integral multiples thereof.

Any monies paid by AIIB to the Fiscal Agent or any paying agent for the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any) or interest on any Notes and remaining unclaimed at the end of two years after such principal (or premium) or interest (as applicable) shall have become due and payable (whether at maturity or otherwise) shall, together with any interest earned thereon, be repaid to AIIB upon its written request. Upon such repayment, all liability of the Fiscal Agent and any paying agent with respect thereto shall cease.

Redemption

The Notes shall not be redeemed prior to maturity.

No Payment of Additional Amounts

All payments of principal and interest on the Notes will be subject to any fiscal or other laws and regulations applicable thereto. AIIB has no obligation to pay, and will not pay, you any additional amounts in respect of the Notes as a result of possible withholding or deduction for taxes pursuant to any such law and/or regulations. Accordingly, the holder will, in the event of any such withholding or deduction, receive less than he or she would have received without such withholding or deduction.

Ranking

The Notes shall rank pari passu without any preference among themselves and equally with all other unsecured unsubordinated indebtedness of AIIB represented by notes or bonds.

Default, Acceleration of Maturity

Each of the following will constitute an event of default with respect to the Notes:

 

  (i)

default in the payment in full of any principal or interest due on the Notes on the due date and such default continues for a period of 90 days; or

 

  (ii)

AIIB fails to perform any of its other covenants under any of the Notes and such failure continues for the period of 90 days after written notice thereof shall have been given to AIIB and the Fiscal Agent at the office of the Fiscal Agent by the holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of all the Notes at the time outstanding; or

 

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  (iii)

default, as defined in any instruments evidencing, securing or protecting any indebtedness for borrowed money of AIIB, outstanding at the date of the Fiscal Agency Agreement or thereafter and maturing more than one year from the date of its creation, shall happen with respect to more than US$60,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of such indebtedness, and the maturity of such indebtedness shall have been accelerated so that the same shall have become due and payable prior to the date on which the same would otherwise have become due and payable and such acceleration shall not have been rescinded or annulled.

If any event of default shall occur and continue in relation to the Notes, then the principal of the Notes then outstanding (if not already due) may be declared to be due and payable on the thirtieth day following written notice given to AIIB and the Fiscal Agent at the office of the Fiscal Agent by the holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Notes at the time outstanding, unless all events of default in respect of the Notes have been cured prior to the expiration of such 30 days’ period. If, at any time after the principal of the Notes shall have been so declared due and payable and before any judgment or decree for the payment of amounts due thereon shall have been entered, all arrears of interest upon the Notes and all other sums due in respect thereof, except any principal or interest payments which shall not have matured or come due by their terms, shall have been duly paid by AIIB and all other events of default thereunder shall have been cured, the holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Notes then outstanding, by written notice given to AIIB or the Fiscal Agent at the office of the Fiscal Agent, may rescind such declaration, but no such rescission shall impair any right consequent on any subsequent event of default.

Amendments

Each and every holder of the Notes must consent to any amendment of a provision of the Notes or the Fiscal Agency Agreement that would:

 

  (1)

change the due date of the principal of or interest on the Notes;

 

  (2)

reduce the principal amount, interest rate or amount payable upon acceleration of the due date of the Notes;

 

  (3)

change the currency (unless required by law) or place of payment of principal of or interest on the Notes;

 

  (4)

shorten the period during which AIIB is not permitted to redeem the Notes or permit AIIB to redeem the Notes if, prior to such amendment, AIIB is not permitted so to do; or

 

  (5)

reduce the proportion of the principal amount of the Notes that must be held by any of the holders to vote to amend or supplement the terms of the Fiscal Agency Agreement or the Notes.

AIIB may, however, upon the affirmative vote of the holders of 66 2/3% of the principal amount of the Notes at a meeting duly called and held or with the written consent of the holders of 66 2/3% of the principal amount of the Notes, modify any of the other terms or provisions of the Notes or, insofar with respect to the Notes, the Fiscal Agency Agreement. Such holders may make, take or give any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided by the Fiscal Agency Agreement or the Notes to be made, taken or given by holders of the Notes. Also, AIIB may, in agreement with the Fiscal Agent but without the vote or consent of the holders of the Notes, modify any of the terms and conditions of the Fiscal Agency Agreement and the Notes for the purpose of:

 

  (1)

adding to AIIB’s covenants for the benefit of the holders of the Notes;

 

  (2)

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securing the Notes;

 

  (4)

curing any ambiguity or correcting or supplementing any defective provision of the Fiscal Agency Agreement or the Notes; or

 

  (5)

for any purpose that AIIB may consider necessary or desirable that AIIB, in its sole discretion, reasonably determines is not inconsistent with the Notes and does not adversely affect the interest of any holder of the Notes.

Governing Law and Jurisdiction

The Notes will be governed by, and interpreted in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York, except with respect to authorization, execution, delivery and performance by AIIB, which shall be governed by the Articles of Agreement.

AIIB has not waived or agreed to any modification of any status, immunities, privileges or exemptions of AIIB under its Articles of Agreement, all of its basic documents, any applicable law or international practice. AIIB has not consented to the jurisdiction of any court in connection with actions arising out of or based on the Notes, has not appointed any agent for service of process and has not agreed to waive any defense of sovereign immunity to which it may be entitled in any action or proceeding in any jurisdiction. Subject to the foregoing, AIIB has agreed that any dispute, controversy or claim arising out of or relating to the Notes, including the existence, validity, performance, breach or termination thereof (including a dispute regarding non-contractual obligations arising out of or relating to the Notes), shall be referred to and finally resolved by arbitration administered by the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre under the UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules in force when the Notice of Arbitration is submitted, as modified by the HKIAC Procedures for the Administration of Arbitration under the UNCITRAL Rules. The dispute resolution provisions applicable to the Notes shall also be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York. Hong Kong law will be the procedural law of an arbitration. The arbitral tribunal will consist of three arbitrators, who will be appointed in the manner set out in the UNCITRAL Rules. The seat of the arbitration will be Hong Kong, and the language of the arbitration will be English. The arbitral tribunal will not be authorized to grant any interim measures or pre-award or emergency relief against AIIB, notwithstanding any provisions of the UNCITRAL Rules to the contrary.

Under the Articles of Agreement, the property and assets of AIIB, wheresoever located and by whomsoever held, shall be immune from all forms of seizure, attachment or execution before the delivery against AIIB of an enforceable final judgment. With respect to execution, the U.S. Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act of 1976, as amended, provides that commercial property located in the United States of an agency or instrumentality of a foreign state may be levied upon for the satisfaction of judgments rendered against it by U.S. courts (i) in connection with its commercial activities or (ii) based on an order confirming an arbitral award.

Further Issues

AIIB may from time to time, without notice to or the consent of the holders of the Notes, create and issue further notes having the same terms and conditions as the Notes in all respects (or in all respects except for the issue date, issue price and, if applicable, the first interest payment thereon) and such further notes shall be consolidated and form a single series with the Notes outstanding.

Repurchase

AIIB may repurchase Notes at any time and price in the open market or otherwise. Notes repurchased by AIIB may, at AIIB’s discretion, be held, resold (subject to compliance with applicable securities and tax laws) or surrendered to the Fiscal Agent for cancellation.

 

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Notices

All notices will be delivered in writing to each holder of the Notes of any series. If at the time of such notice the Notes of a series are represented by global notes, the notice shall be delivered to the applicable depositary for such securities and shall be deemed to have been given three business days after delivery to such depositary. If at the time of the notice the Notes of a series are not represented by global notes, the notice shall be delivered to the registered holders of the Notes of the series and in that case shall be deemed to have been given three business days after the mailing of the notice by first class mail.

 

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GLOBAL CLEARANCE AND SETTLEMENT

The Global Note

AIIB will issue the Notes in the form of the Global Note registered in the name of Cede & Co., as nominee of DTC. The Global Note will be issued:

 

   

only in fully registered form, and

 

   

without interest coupons.

You may hold beneficial interests in the Global Note directly through DTC if you have an account at DTC, or indirectly through organizations that clear through or maintain a custodial relationship with a DTC account holder, either directly or indirectly. Euroclear Bank, as operator of the Euroclear System (“Euroclear”), and Clearstream Banking, société anonyme (“Clearstream”), are indirect participants in DTC, and therefore participants in Euroclear and Clearstream will hold beneficial interests in the Notes indirectly at DTC.

Global Security

A global security (such as the Global Note) is a special type of security held in the form of a certificate by a depositary for the investors in a particular issue of securities. The aggregate principal amount of the global security equals the sum of the principal amounts of the issue of securities it represents. The depositary or its nominee is the sole legal holder of the global security. The beneficial interests of investors in the issue of securities are represented in book-entry form in the computerized records of the depositary. If investors want to purchase securities represented by a global security, they must do so through brokers, banks or other financial institutions that have an account with the depositary. In the case of the Notes, DTC will act as depositary, Cede & Co. will act as DTC’s nominee and the Fiscal Agent will act as custodian of the Global Note.

Special Investor Considerations for Global Securities

Because you, as an investor, will not be a registered legal holder of the Global Note, your rights relating to the Global Note will be governed by the account rules of your bank or broker and of the depositary, DTC, as well as general laws relating to securities transfers. AIIB will not recognize a typical investor as a legal owner of the Notes and instead will deal only with the Fiscal Agent and DTC or its nominee, the registered legal holder of the Global Note.

You should be aware that as long as the Notes are issued only in the form of a global security:

 

   

You cannot get the Notes registered in your own name.

 

   

You cannot receive physical certificates for your interests in the Notes.

 

   

You will not be a registered legal holder of the Notes and must look to your own bank or broker for payments on the Notes and protection of your legal rights relating to the Notes.

 

   

You may not be able to sell interests in the Notes to some insurance companies and other institutions that are required by law to own their securities in the form of physical certificates.

 

   

As an owner of beneficial interests in the Global Note, you may not be able to pledge your interests to anyone who does not have an account with DTC, or to otherwise take actions in respect of your interests, because you cannot get physical certificates representing those interests.

 

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DTC’s policies will govern payments of principal and interest, transfers, exchanges and other matters relating to your interest in the Global Note. AIIB and the Fiscal Agent have no responsibility for any aspect of DTC’s actions or for its records of ownership interests in the Global Note. Also, AIIB and the Fiscal Agent do not supervise DTC in any way.

 

   

DTC will require that interests in the Global Note be purchased or sold within its system using same-day funds.

Description of DTC

DTC has informed AIIB that:

DTC is a limited purpose trust company organized under the laws of the State of New York, a member of the Federal Reserve System, a “clearing corporation” within the meaning of the Uniform Commercial Code and a “clearing agency” registered pursuant to the provisions of Section 17A of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

DTC was created to hold securities for financial institutions that have accounts with it, and to facilitate the clearance and settlement of securities transactions between the account holders through electronic book-entry changes in their accounts, thereby eliminating the need for physical movement of certificates. DTC account holders include securities brokers and dealers, banks, trust companies and clearing corporations. Indirect access to the DTC system is also available to banks, brokers, dealers and trust companies that clear through or maintain a custodial relationship with a DTC account holder, either directly or indirectly.

DTC’s rules are on file with the SEC.

DTC’s records reflect only the identity of the account holders to whose accounts beneficial interests in the Global Note are credited. These account holders may or may not be the owners of the beneficial interests so recorded. The account holders will be responsible for keeping account of their holdings on behalf of the beneficial owners.

Definitive Notes

In a few special situations described in the next paragraph, the Global Note will terminate and your interests in it will be exchanged for physical certificates representing the Notes. After that exchange, the choice of whether to hold the Notes directly or in “street name” (in computerized book-entry form) will be up to you. You must consult your own bank or broker to find out how to have your interests in the Notes transferred to your own name, if you wish to be a direct legal holder of the Notes.

AIIB will cause definitive Notes to be issued in exchange for the Global Note if:

 

   

DTC notifies AIIB that it is unwilling or unable to continue acting as the depositary for the Global Note and AIIB is unable to appoint a successor depositary within five business days of its receipt of such notice;

 

   

DTC notifies AIIB that it has ceased to be a clearing agency registered under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 at a time when it is required to be so registered and AIIB is unable to appoint a successor depositary within five business days of its receipt of such notice;

 

   

AIIB delivers to the Fiscal Agent a written notice executed by an authorized officer of AIIB that the Global Note shall be exchangeable; or

 

   

an event of default entitling the holders of the Global Note to accelerate the maturity thereof has occurred and is continuing with respect to such Global Note.

 

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AIIB would issue definitive Notes in this way:

 

   

in fully registered form;

 

   

without interest coupons; and

 

   

in denominations of multiples of US$1,000.

Any definitive Notes issued in this way would be registered in the names and denominations requested by DTC.

Payments on the Notes

The Global Note

The Fiscal Agent will make payments of principal of, and interest on, the Global Note to Cede & Co., the nominee for DTC, as the registered owner. The principal of, and interest on, the Notes will be payable in immediately available funds in U.S. dollars.

AIIB understands that it is DTC’s current practice, upon DTC’s receipt of any payment of principal of, or interest on, global securities such as the Global Note, to credit the accounts of DTC account holders with payment in amounts proportionate to their respective beneficial interests in the principal amount of the Global Note as shown on the records of DTC. Payments by DTC account holders to owners of beneficial interests in the Global Note held through these account holders will be the responsibility of the account holders, as is now the case with securities held for the accounts of customers registered in “street name.”

Neither AIIB nor the Fiscal Agent will have any responsibility or liability for any aspect of DTC’s or its account holders’ records relating to, or payments made on account of, beneficial ownership interests in the Global Note or for maintaining, supervising or reviewing any records relating to these beneficial ownership interests.

“Street name” and other owners of beneficial interests in the Global Note should consult their banks or brokers for information on how they will receive payments.

Definitive Notes

Payment of the principal of definitive Notes, if any exist, may be made at the office of the Fiscal Agent and/or any paying agent appointed for such purpose. Payment of the interest on definitive Notes will be paid by wire transfer or by check mailed to you if you are a registered holder of definitive Notes.

Unclaimed Payments on the Notes

Any monies paid by AIIB to the Fiscal Agent or any paying agent for the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any) or interest on any Notes and remaining unclaimed at the end of two years after such principal (or premium) or interest (as applicable) shall have become due and payable (whether at maturity or otherwise) shall, together with any interest earned thereon, be repaid to AIIB upon its written request. Upon such repayment, all liability of the Fiscal Agent and any paying agent with respect thereto shall cease.

Transfer and Exchange of the Notes

The Global Note

Except as described below, the Global Note may be transferred, in whole and not in part, only to DTC, to another nominee of DTC or to a successor of DTC or its nominee.

 

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Beneficial Interests in the Global Note

Beneficial interests in the Global Note will be represented, and transfers of such beneficial interests will be made, through accounts of financial institutions acting on behalf of beneficial owners either directly as account holders, or indirectly through account holders, at DTC. Beneficial interests will be in multiples of US$1,000.

Definitive Notes

You may present definitive Notes, if any exist, for registration of transfer or exchange at the agency and trust services office of the Fiscal Agent in London, which AIIB has appointed as the security registrar and transfer agent for the Notes.

Exercise of Legal Rights Under the Notes

DTC may grant proxies or otherwise authorize DTC account holders (or persons holding beneficial interests in the Notes through DTC account holders) to exercise any rights of a legal holder of the Global Note or take any other actions that a holder is entitled to take under the Fiscal Agency Agreement or the Notes. Under its usual procedures, as soon as possible after a record date, DTC would mail an omnibus proxy to AIIB assigning Cede & Co.’s consenting or voting rights to those DTC account holders to whose accounts the Notes are credited on such record date. Accordingly, in order to exercise any rights of a holder of Notes, as an owner of a beneficial interest in the Global Note, you must rely on the procedures of DTC and, if you are not an account holder, on the procedures of the account holder through which you own your interest.

AIIB understands that, under existing industry practice, in the event that you, as an owner of a beneficial interest in the Global Note, desire to take any action that Cede & Co., as the holder of the Global Note, is entitled to take, Cede & Co. would authorize the relevant DTC account holder to take the action, and the account holder would authorize you, as an owner of a beneficial interest in the Global Note, through its accounts, to take the action or would otherwise act upon the instructions of beneficial owners owning through it.

Although DTC has agreed to the procedures described above in order to facilitate transfers of Notes among DTC account holders, DTC is under no obligation to perform or continue to perform such procedures, and these procedures may be modified or discontinued at any time.

“Street name” and other owners of beneficial interests in the Global Note should consult their banks or brokers for information on how to exercise and protect their rights in the Notes represented by the Global Note.

Certain Other Provisions

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UNITED STATES TAXATION

This section summarizes the material U.S. federal income tax consequences of owning the Notes. It is the opinion of Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, U.S. counsel to AIIB. It applies to you only if you acquire Notes in the offering at the offering price and you hold your Notes as capital assets for tax purposes. This section does not apply to you if you are a member of a class of holders subject to special rules, such as:

 

   

a dealer in securities,

 

   

a trader in securities that elects to use a mark-to-market method of accounting for your securities holdings,

 

   

a bank,

 

   

a life insurance company,

 

   

a tax-exempt organization,

 

   

a person that owns Notes that are a hedge or that are hedged against interest rate risks,

 

   

a person that owns Notes as part of a straddle or conversion transaction for tax purposes,

 

   

a person that purchases or sells Notes as part of a wash sale for tax purposes or

 

   

a United States holder (as defined below) whose functional currency for tax purposes is not the U.S. dollar.

If you purchase Notes at a price other than the offering price, the amortizable bond premium or market discount rules may also apply to you. You should consult your tax advisor regarding this possibility.

This section is based on the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (the “Code”), as amended, its legislative history, existing and proposed regulations under the Code, published rulings and court decisions, all as currently in effect. These laws are subject to change, possibly on a retroactive basis.

If an entity treated as a partnership for U.S. federal tax purposes holds the Notes, the United States federal income tax treatment of a partner will generally depend on the status of the partner and the tax treatment of the partnership. A partner in a partnership holding the Notes should consult its tax advisor with regard to the United States federal income tax treatment of an investment in the Notes.

 

Please consult your own tax advisor concerning the consequences of owning these Notes in your particular circumstances under the Code and the laws of any other taxing jurisdiction.

U.S. Holders

This subsection describes the tax consequences to a U.S. holder. You are a U.S. holder if you are a beneficial owner of a Note and you are:

 

   

a citizen or resident of the United States,

 

   

a domestic corporation,

 

   

an estate whose income is subject to U.S. federal income tax regardless of its source or

 

   

a trust if a U.S. court can exercise primary supervision over the trust’s administration and one or more U.S. persons are authorized to control all substantial decisions of the trust or if the trust has a valid election in place to be treated as a domestic trust.

 

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If you are not a U.S. holder, this subsection does not apply to you and you should refer to “U.S. Alien Holders” below.

Payments of Interest

You will be taxed on interest on your Note as ordinary income at the time you receive the interest or when it accrues, depending on your method of accounting for tax purposes.

The Notes may be issued with a de minimis amount of original issue discount (“OID”). While a U.S. holder is not required to include de minimis OID in income prior to the sale or maturity of the Notes, under recently enacted legislation, U.S. holders that maintain certain types of financial statements and that are subject to the accrual method of tax accounting will be required to include de minimis OID on the Notes in income no later than the time upon which they include such amounts in income on their financial statements. A U.S. holder of Notes that maintains financial statements should consult their tax advisors regarding the tax consequences to them of this legislation.

Purchase, Sale and Retirement of the Notes

Your tax basis in your Note generally will be its cost. You will generally recognize capital gain or loss on the sale or retirement of your Note equal to the difference between the amount you realize on the sale or retirement, excluding any amounts attributable to accrued but unpaid interest (which will be treated as interest payments), and your tax basis in your Note. Capital gain of a noncorporate U.S. holder is generally taxed at preferential rates where the property is held for more than one year.

Medicare Tax

A U.S. holder that is an individual or estate, or a trust that does not fall into a special class of trusts that is exempt from such tax, is subject to a 3.8% tax on the lesser of (1) the U.S. holder’s “net investment income” (or “undistributed net investment income” in the case of an estate or trust) for the relevant taxable year and (2) the excess of the U.S. holder’s modified adjusted gross income for the taxable year over a certain threshold (which in the case of individuals is between US$125,000 and US$250,000, depending on the individual’s circumstances). A U.S. holder’s net investment income generally includes its interest income and its net gains from the disposition of Notes, unless such interest income or net gains are derived in the ordinary course of the conduct of a trade or business (other than a trade or business that consists of certain passive or trading activities). If you are a U.S. holder that is an individual, estate or trust, you are urged to consult your tax advisors regarding the applicability of the Medicare tax to your income and gains in respect of your investment in the Notes.

U.S. Alien Holders

This subsection describes the tax consequences to a U.S. alien holder. You are a U.S. alien holder if you are a beneficial owner of a Note and you are, for U.S. federal income tax purposes:

 

   

a nonresident alien individual,

 

   

a foreign corporation or

 

   

an estate or trust that in either case is not subject to U.S. federal income tax on a net income basis on income or gain from a Note.

If you are a U.S. holder, this subsection does not apply to you.

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U.S. federal income tax, including withholding tax, whether or not you are engaged in a trade or business in the United States, unless:

 

   

you are an insurance company carrying on a U.S. insurance business to which the interest is attributable, within the meaning of the Code, or

 

   

you both

 

   

have an office or other fixed place of business in the United States to which the interest is attributable and

 

   

derive the interest in the active conduct of a banking, financing or similar business within the United States, or are a corporation with a principal business of trading in stocks and securities for its own account.

Purchase, Sale, Retirement and Other Disposition of the Notes

If you are a U.S. alien holder of a Note, you generally would not be subject to U.S. federal income tax on gain realized on the sale, exchange or retirement of a Note unless:

 

   

the gain is effectively connected with your conduct of a trade or business in the United States or

 

   

you are an individual, you are present in the United States for 183 or more days during the taxable year in which the gain is realized and certain other conditions exist.

For purposes of the U.S. federal estate tax, the Notes will be treated as situated outside the United States and will not be includible in the gross estate of a holder who is neither a citizen nor a resident of the United States at the time of death.

Information with Respect to Foreign Financial Assets

Owners of “specified foreign financial assets” with an aggregate value in excess of US$50,000 (and in some circumstances, a higher threshold) may be required to file an information report with respect to such assets with their tax returns. “Specified foreign financial assets” may include financial accounts maintained by foreign financial institutions, as well as the following, but only if they are held for investment and not held in accounts maintained by financial institutions: (i) stocks and securities issued by non-U.S. persons, (ii) financial instruments and contracts that have non-U.S. issuers or counterparties and (iii) interests in foreign entities. Holders are urged to consult their tax advisors regarding the application of this reporting requirement to their ownership of the Notes.

Backup Withholding and Information Reporting

If you are a noncorporate U.S. holder, information reporting requirements, on Internal Revenue Service Form 1099, generally would apply to payments of principal and interest on a Note within the United States, and the payment of proceeds to you from the sale of a Note effected at a U.S. office of a broker.

Additionally, backup withholding may apply to such payments if you fail to comply with applicable certification requirements or (in the case of interest payments) are notified by the Internal Revenue Services (the “IRS”) that you have failed to report all interest and dividends required to be shown on your federal income tax returns.

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United States by AIIB or another non-U.S. payor. You are also generally exempt from backup withholding and information reporting requirements in respect of payments of principal and interest made within the United States and the payment of the proceeds from the sale of a Note effected at a U.S. office of a broker, as long as either (i) the payor or broker does not have actual knowledge or reason to know that you are a U.S. person and you have furnished a valid IRS Form W-8 or other documentation upon which the payor or broker may rely to treat the payments as made to a non-U.S. person or (ii) you otherwise establish an exemption.

Payment of the proceeds from the sale of a Note effected at a foreign office of a broker generally will not be subject to information reporting or backup withholding. However, a sale effected at a foreign office of a broker could be subject to information reporting in the same manner as a sale within the United States (and in certain cases may be subject to backup withholding as well) if (i) the broker has certain connections to the United States, (ii) the proceeds or confirmation are sent to the United States or (iii) the sale has certain other specified connections with the United States.

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UNDERWRITING

AIIB intends to offer the Notes through                as underwriters (the “Underwriters”). Subject to the terms and conditions of the underwriting agreement with AIIB, dated the date of this Prospectus, the Underwriters have agreed to purchase, and AIIB has agreed to sell to the Underwriters, US$1,000,000,000 in principal amount of Notes.

The underwriting agreement provides that the Underwriters are obligated to purchase all of the Notes if any are purchased.

The Underwriters propose to offer the Notes initially at the offering price on the cover page of this Prospectus.

The Underwriters may offer such Notes to selected dealers at the public offering price minus a selling concession of up to     % of the principal amount of the Notes. In addition, the Underwriters may allow, and those selected dealers may reallow, a selling concession to certain other dealers of up to     % of the principal amount of the Notes. After the initial offering, the Underwriters may change the public offering price and other selling terms.

AIIB has agreed to indemnify the Underwriters against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act of 1933, or to contribute to payments the Underwriters may be required to make in respect of those liabilities.

The total expenses of the offering, excluding underwriting discounts and commissions, are estimated to amount to approximately US$            .

The Notes are a new issue of securities with no established trading market. AIIB has been advised by the Underwriters that they presently intend to make a market in the Notes after completion of the offering. However, the Underwriters are under no obligation to do so and may discontinue any market-making activities at any time without any notice. No assurance can be given with respect to the liquidity of the trading market for the Notes or that an active public market for the Notes will develop. If an active public trading market for the Notes does not develop, the market price and liquidity of the Notes may be adversely affected.

In connection with this offering, the Underwriters may, subject to applicable laws and regulations, purchase and sell the Notes in the open market. These transactions may include short sales, stabilizing transactions and purchases to cover positions created by short sales. Short sales involve the sale by the Underwriters of a greater number of Notes than it is required to purchase in this offering. Stabilizing transactions consist of certain bids or purchases made for the purpose of preventing or retarding a decline in the market price of the Notes while the offering is in progress.

These activities by the Underwriters may stabilize, maintain or otherwise affect the market price of the Notes. As a result, the price of the Notes may be higher than the price that otherwise might exist in the open market. If these activities are commenced, they may be discontinued by the Underwriters at any time.

This document is only being distributed to and is only directed at (i) persons who are outside the United Kingdom or (ii) investment professionals falling within Article 19(5) of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Financial Promotion) Order 2005, as amended (the “Order”) or (iii) high net worth entities, and other persons to whom it may lawfully be communicated, falling within Articles 49(2)(a) to (d) of the Order (all such persons together being referred to as “relevant persons”). Any investment or investment activity to which this document relates (including any invitation, offer or agreement to

 

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subscribe, purchase or otherwise acquire the notes) is available only to relevant persons and will be engaged in only with relevant persons. Any person who is not a relevant person should not act or rely on this document or any of its contents.

Other relationships

The Underwriters and their respective affiliates are full service financial institutions engaged in various activities, which may include securities trading, commercial and investment banking, financial advisory, investment management, investment research, principal investment, hedging, financing and brokerage activities.

The Underwriters and their respective affiliates may have performed, and may in the future perform, investment banking, commercial banking and advisory services for AIIB from time to time for which they have received customary fees and expenses. The Underwriters and their respective affiliates may, from time to time, engage in transactions with and perform services for AIIB in the ordinary course of their business with AIIB. They may have received or may in the future receive, customary fees and commissions for these transactions.

In addition, in the ordinary course of their business activities, the Underwriters and their respective affiliates may make or hold a broad array of investments and actively trade debt and equity securities (or related derivative securities) and financial instruments (including bank loans) for their own account and for the accounts of their customers. Such investments and securities activities may involve securities and/or instruments of AIIB. If the Underwriters or their respective affiliates have a lending relationship with AIIB, the Underwriters or certain of their affiliates may routinely hedge their credit exposure to AIIB, consistent with their customary risk management policies. Such exposure may be hedged by entering into transactions that consist of either the purchase of credit default swaps or the creation of short positions in the securities of AIIB, including potentially the Notes. Any such credit default swaps or short positions may affect future trading prices of the Notes. The Underwriters and their respective affiliates may also make investment recommendations and/or publish or express independent research views in respect of such securities or financial instruments and may hold, or recommend to clients that they acquire, long and/or short positions in such securities and instruments.

MIFID II product governance / Professional investors and ECPs only target market – Solely for the purposes of each manufacturer’s product approval process, the Underwriters’ target market assessment in respect of the Notes has led them to the conclusion that: (i) the target market for the Notes is eligible counterparties and professional clients only, each as defined in Directive 2014/65/EU (as amended, “MiFID II”) and (ii) all channels for distribution of the Notes to eligible counterparties and professional clients are appropriate. Any person subsequently offering, selling or recommending the Notes (a “distributor”) should take into consideration the manufacturers’ target market assessment; however, a distributor subject to MiFID II is responsible for undertaking its own target market assessment in respect of the Notes (by either adopting or refining the manufacturers’ target market assessment) and determining appropriate distribution channels.

AIIB does not qualify as an “investment firm,” “manufacturer” or “distributor” for the purposes of MiFID II.

VALIDITY OF THE NOTES

The validity of the Notes will be passed upon on behalf of AIIB by Sullivan & Cromwell LLP and on behalf of the Underwriters by Latham & Watkins LLP. Sullivan & Cromwell LLP and counsel to the Underwriters may rely as to certain matters on the opinion of AIIB’s Office of the General Counsel.

 

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EXPERTS

The financial statements as of December 31, 2017 and for the year then ended and as of December 31, 2016 and for the period from January 16, 2016 to December 31, 2016 included in this Prospectus have been so included in reliance on the reports of PricewaterhouseCoopers, independent auditor, given on the authority of said firm as experts in auditing and accounting.

REVIEW OF UNAUDITED CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS BY INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS

With respect to the unaudited financial information of Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2018, included in this registration statement, PricewaterhouseCoopers reported that they have applied limited procedures in accordance with professional standards for a review of such information. However, their separate report dated November 15, 2018 appearing herein states that they did not audit and they do not express an opinion on that unaudited financial information. Accordingly, the degree of reliance on their report on such information should be restricted in light of the limited nature of the review procedures applied. PricewaterhouseCoopers is not subject to the liability provisions of Section 11 of the Securities Act of 1933 for their report on the unaudited financial information because that report is not a “report” or a “part” of the registration statement prepared or certified by PricewaterhouseCoopers within the meaning of Sections 7 and 11 of the Act.

AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE

AIIB’s authorized representative in the United States of America is Puglisi & Associates. The address of the authorized representative in the United States is 850 Library Avenue, Suite 204, Newark, Delaware 19711.

WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION

This registration statement of which this Prospectus forms a part, including its various exhibits, is available to the public over the internet at the SEC’s website: http://www.sec.gov.

 

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ASIAN INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT BANK

Index to Financial Statements as of and for the years ended December 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016 (beginning on January 16, 2016, the date of commencement of AIIB’s operations) and the Unaudited Interim Condensed Financial Statements as of and for the nine months ended September 30, 2018

 

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Financial Statements as of and for the year ended December 31, 2017

  

Independent Auditor’s Report on Financial Statements as of and for the year ended December 31, 2017

     F-3  

Statement of Comprehensive Income for the year ended December 31, 2017

     F-7  

Statement of Financial Position as of December 31, 2017

     F-8  

Statement of Changes in Equity for the year ended December 31, 2017

     F-9  

Statement of Cash Flows for the year ended December 31, 2017

     F-10  

Notes to the Financial Statements for the year ended December 31, 2017

     F-11  

Financial Statements as of and for the year ended December 31, 2016 (beginning on January 16, 2016)

  

Independent Auditor’s Report on Financial Statements as of and for the year ended December 31, 2016 (beginning on January 16, 2016)

     F-49  

Statement of Comprehensive Income for the year ended December  31, 2016 (beginning on January 16, 2016)

     F-53  

Statement of Financial Position as of December 31, 2016

     F-54  

Statement of Changes in Equity for the year ended December  31, 2016 (beginning on January 16, 2016)

     F-55  

Statement of Cash Flows for the year ended December  31, 2016 (beginning on January 16, 2016)

     F-56  

Notes to the Financial Statements for the year ended December  31, 2016 (beginning on January 16, 2016)

     F-57  

Unaudited Interim Condensed Financial Statements as of and for the nine months ended September 30, 2018

  

Independent Accountants’ Report on Review of Interim Condensed Financial Statements as of and for the nine months ended September 30, 2018

     S-2  

Condensed Statement of Comprehensive Income for the nine months ended September 30, 2018

     S-4  

Condensed Statement of Financial Position as of September 30, 2018

     S-5  

Condensed Statement of Changes in Equity for the nine months ended September  30, 2018

     S-6  

Condensed Statement of Cash Flows for the nine months ended September  30, 2018

     S-7  

Notes to the Condensed Financial Statements for the nine months ended September 30, 2018

     S-8  

 

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ASIAN INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT BANK

AUDITOR’S REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2017

 

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Independent Auditor’s Report

To the Board of Governors of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank:

Opinion

What we have audited

The financial statements of Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (the “Bank”) set out on pages 1 to 48, which comprise:

 

   

the statement of comprehensive income for the year ended December 31, 2017;

 

   

the statement of financial position as at December 31, 2017;

 

   

the statement of changes in equity for the year ended December 31, 2017;

 

   

the statement of cash flows for the year ended December 31, 2017; and

 

   

the notes to the financial statements, which include a summary of significant accounting policies.

Our opinion

In our opinion, the financial statements give a true and fair view of the financial position of the Bank as at December 31, 2017, and of its financial performance and its cash flows for the year then ended in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards (“IFRSs”).

Basis for Opinion

We conducted our audit in accordance with International Standards on Auditing (“ISAs”). Our responsibilities under those standards are further described in the Auditor’s Responsibilities for the Audit of the Financial Statements section of our report.

We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion.

Independence

We are independent of the Bank in accordance with the International Ethics Standards Board for Accountants’ Code of Ethics for Professional Accountants (“IESBA Code”), and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with the IESBA Code.

Responsibilities of Management and Those Charged with Governance for the Financial Statements

Management is responsible for the preparation of the financial statements that give a true and fair view in accordance with IFRSs, and for such internal control as management determine is necessary

 

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to enable the preparation of financial statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.

In preparing the financial statements, management is responsible for assessing the Bank’s ability to continue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concern and using the going concern basis of accounting unless management either intend to liquidate the Bank or to cease operations, or has no realistic alternative but to do so.

Those charged with governance are responsible for overseeing the Bank’s financial reporting process.

Auditor’s Responsibilities for the Audit of the Financial Statements

Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements as a whole are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue an auditor’s report that includes our opinion. We report our opinion solely to you, as a body, in accordance with our agreed terms of engagement and for no other purpose. We do not assume responsibility towards or accept liability to any other person for the contents of this report. Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance, but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with ISAs will always detect a material misstatement when it exists. Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and are considered material if, individually or in the aggregate, they could reasonably be expected to influence the economic decisions of users taken on the basis of these financial statements.

As part of an audit in accordance with ISAs, we exercise professional judgment and maintain professional scepticism throughout the audit. We also:

 

   

Identify and assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to fraud or error, design and perform audit procedures responsive to those risks, and obtain audit evidence that is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion. The risk of not detecting a material misstatement resulting from fraud is higher than for one resulting from error, as fraud may involve collusion, forgery, intentional omissions, misrepresentations, or the override of internal control.

 

   

Obtain an understanding of internal control relevant to the audit in order to design audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Bank’s internal control.

 

   

Evaluate the appropriateness of accounting policies used and the reasonableness of accounting estimates and related disclosures made by management.

 

   

Conclude on the appropriateness of management’s use of the going concern basis of accounting and, based on the audit evidence obtained, whether a material uncertainty exists related to events or conditions that may cast significant doubt on the Bank’s ability to continue as a going concern. If we conclude that a material uncertainty exists, we are required to draw attention in our auditor’s report to the related disclosures in the financial statements or, if such disclosures are inadequate, to modify our opinion. Our conclusions are based on the audit evidence obtained up to the date of our auditor’s report. However, future events or conditions may cause the Bank to cease to continue as a going concern.

 

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Evaluate the overall presentation, structure and content of the financial statements, including the disclosures, and whether the financial statements represent the underlying transactions and events in a manner that achieves fair presentation.

We communicate with those charged with governance regarding, among other matters, the planned scope and timing of the audit and significant audit findings, including any significant deficiencies in internal control that we identify during our audit.

/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers

PricewaterhouseCoopers

Certified Public Accountants

Hong Kong, April 10, 2018

 

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FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

Statement of Comprehensive Income

     F-7  
Statement of Financial Position      F-8  
Statement of Changes in Equity      F-9  
Statement of Cash Flows      F-10  
Notes to the Financial Statements      F-11-47  

A. General Information

     F-11  

B. Accounting Policies

     F-11-20  

C. Disclosure Notes

     F-20-31  

D. Financial Risk Management

     F-31-44  

E. Fair Value Disclosure

     F-45-47  

 

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ASIAN INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT BANK

Statement of Comprehensive Income

For the year ended December 31, 2017

 

In thousands of US Dollars

   Note      For the year ended
December 31,
2017
    For the period from
January 16, 2016 to

December 31, 2016
 

Interest income

     C1        124,193       23,455  

Interest expense

     C1        —         —    
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net interest income

        124,193       23,455  

Net fee and commission expense

     C2        (866     (70

Net gain on investments at fair value through profit or loss

     C5        53,783       14,873  

Impairment provision

     C6        (9,088     (277

General and administrative expenses

     C3        (56,098     (30,658

Net foreign exchange loss

        (58     (26
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Operating profit for the year/period

        111,866       7,297  

Accretion of paid-in capital receivables

     C7        140,442       160,063  
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net profit for the year/period

        252,308       167,360  

Other comprehensive income

        —         —    
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total comprehensive income

        252,308       167,360  
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Attributable to:

       

Equity holders of the Bank

        252,308       167,360  
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

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ASIAN INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT BANK

Statement of Financial Position

As at December 31, 2017

 

In thousands of US Dollars

   Note      December 31,
2017
    December 31,
2016
 

Assets

       

Cash and cash equivalents

     C4        1,104,866       1,281,992  

Term deposits

     C4        5,885,854       2,292,141  

Investments at fair value through profit or loss

     C5        3,255,140       3,179,873  

Funds deposited for co-financing arrangements

        1,592       23,623  

Loan investments, at amortized cost

     C6        773,238       9,553  

Paid-in capital receivables

     C7        7,948,901       11,007,227  

Intangible assets

        1,032       —    

Other assets

     C8        1,983       958  
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total assets

        18,972,606       17,795,367  
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Liabilities

       

Other liabilities

     C9        13,587       5,538  
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total liabilities

        13,587       5,538  
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Members’ equity

       

Paid-in capital

     C10        19,000,300       18,065,400  

Reserve for accretion of paid-in capital receivables

        (160,444     (282,868

Retained earnings

        119,163       7,297  
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total members’ equity

        18,959,019       17,789,829  
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total liabilities and members’ equity

        18,972,606       17,795,367  
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

/s/ Jin Liqun

   

/s/ Thierry de Longuemar

Mr. Jin Liqun

President

   

Mr. Thierry de Longuemar

Vice President

and Chief Financial Officer

   

/s/ Jae Hoon Yoo

   

Mr. Jae Hoon Yoo

Controller

 

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ASIAN INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT BANK

Statement of Changes in Equity

For the year ended December 31, 2017

 

In thousands of US Dollars

  Note     Subscribed
capital
    Less: callable
capital
    Paid-in
capital
    Reserve for
accretion of
paid-in capital
receivables
    Retained
earnings
    Total
members’
equity
 

January 16, 2016

      —         —         —         —         —         —    
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Capital subscription and contribution

      90,327,000       (72,261,600     18,065,400       —         —         18,065,400  

Net profit for the period

      —         —         —         —         167,360       167,360  

Paid-in capital receivables – accretion effect

      —         —         —         (442,931     —         (442,931

Transfer of accretion

    C7       —         —         —         160,063       (160,063     —    
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

December 31, 2016

    C10       90,327,000       (72,261,600     18,065,400       (282,868     7,297       17,789,829  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

January 1, 2017

      90,327,000       (72,261,600     18,065,400       (282,868     7,297       17,789,829  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Capital subscription and contribution

      4,674,100       (3,739,200     934,900       —         —         934,900  

Net profit for the year

      —         —         —         —         252,308       252,308  

Paid-in capital receivables – accretion effect

      —         —         —         (18,018     —         (18,018

Transfer of accretion

    C7       —         —         —         140,442       (140,442     —    
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

December 31, 2017

    C10       95,001,100       (76,000,800     19,000,300       (160,444     119,163       18,959,019  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

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Statement of Cash Flows

For the year ended December 31, 2017

 

In thousands of US Dollars

   Note    For the year ended
December 31,
2017
    For the period from
January 16,
2016 to
December 31, 2016
 

Cash flows from operating activities

       

Net profit for the year/period

        252,308       167,360  

Adjustments for:

       

Interest income from term deposits

        (104,710     (17,141

Accrued interest on funds deposited for co-financing arrangements

        (167     —    

Accretion of paid-in capital receivables

   C7      (140,442     (160,063

Net gain on investments at fair value through profit or loss

   C5      (53,783     (14,873

Impairment provision

   C6      9,088       277  

Depreciation and amortization

        193       —    

Increase in loan investments

   C6      (768,681     (9,830

Decrease/(Increase) in funds deposited for co-financing arrangements

        22,198       (23,623

Increase in other assets

        (1,651     (958

Increase in other liabilities

        3,957       5,538  
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net cash used in operating activities

        (781,690     (53,313
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cash flows from investing activities

       

Investment purchases

   C5      (21,484     (3,165,000

Increase in term deposits, net of interest received

        (3,489,003     (2,275,000

Intangible assets

        (222     —    

Property improvements

        (232     —    

Computer hardware

        (145     —    
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net cash used in investing activities

        (3,511,086     (5,440,000
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cash flows from financing activities

       

Capital contributions received

   C7      4,115,650       6,775,305  
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net cash from financing activities

        4,115,650       6,775,305  
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net (decrease)/increase in cash and cash equivalents

        (177,126     1,281,992  

Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year/period

        1,281,992       —    
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents at end of year/period

   C4      1,104,866       1,281,992  
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

 

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ASIAN INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT BANK

Notes to the Financial Statements

For the year ended December 31, 2017

(All amounts in thousands of US Dollars unless otherwise stated)

A GENERAL INFORMATION

Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (the “Bank” or the “AIIB”) is a multilateral development bank. In June 2015, representatives from 57 countries signed the Articles of Agreement (the “AOA”). The AOA entered into force on December 25, 2015. The Bank commenced operations on January 16, 2016. The principal office of the Bank is located in Beijing, the People’s Republic of China (the “PRC”).

For the year ended December 31, 2017, the Bank has approved 27 new membership applications. As at December 31, 2017, the Bank’s total approved membership is 84, of which 61 have completed the membership process and have become members of the Bank in accordance with the AOA.

The purpose of the Bank is to: (i) foster sustainable economic development, create wealth and improve infrastructure connectivity in Asia by investing in infrastructure and other productive sectors; and (ii) promote regional cooperation and partnership in addressing development challenges by working in close collaboration with other multilateral and bilateral development institutions.

The legal status, privileges, and immunities for the operation and functioning of the Bank in the PRC are agreed in the AOA and further defined in the Headquarters Agreement between the government of the People’s Republic of China (the “Government”) and the Bank on January 16, 2016.

These financial statements were signed by the President, the Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, and the Controller on April 10, 2018.

B ACCOUNTING POLICIES

B1 Basis of preparation

These financial statements for the Bank have been prepared in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards (“IFRS”) as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board (“IASB”). According to By-Laws of the AIIB, the financial year of the Bank begins on January 1 and ends on December 31 of each year. For the year in which the Bank commenced operations, the financial year begins on the date the Bank commences operations and ends on December 31 of that year.

The Bank has adopted all of the IFRS standards and interpretations effective for annual periods beginning on January 1, 2017. In addition, the Bank has adopted IFRS 9 Financial Instruments (full version issued in July 2014 and mandatorily effective on January 1, 2018), IFRS 15 Revenue from Contracts with Customers (mandatorily effective on January 1, 2018), and IFRS 16 Leases (mandatorily effective on January 1, 2019) from the commencement of operations.

The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention, except for those financial instruments measured at fair value.

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with IFRS requires the use of certain critical accounting estimates. It also requires management to exercise judgment in its process of applying the Bank’s accounting policies. The areas involving a higher degree of judgment or complexity, or areas where judgments or estimates are significant to the financial statements are disclosed in Note B4. The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis.

 

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Notes to the Financial Statements

For the year ended December 31, 2017

(All amounts in thousands of US Dollars unless otherwise stated)

B ACCOUNTING POLICIES

 

B2 New accounting pronouncements

The new accounting pronouncements, amendments and interpretations issued in 2017 do not have any significant impact on the operating results, financial position and comprehensive income of the Bank, based on the assessment of the Bank.

B3 Summary of significant accounting policies

B3.1 Functional currency and foreign currency transactions

The functional currency of the Bank and the presentation currency of the Bank are United States Dollar (“USD” or “US Dollar”).

Foreign currency transactions are initially translated into USD using exchange rates prevailing at the dates of the related transactions. At the end of the reporting period, monetary items denominated in foreign currencies are retranslated at the rates prevailing at that date. Exchange differences arising on the settlement of monetary items, and on the retranslation of monetary items, are recognized in profit or loss during the period in which they arise.

B3.2 Cash and cash equivalents

Cash and cash equivalents are items which are readily convertible to known amounts of cash and which are subject to an insignificant risk of changes in value. Deposits with a maturity of three months or less are classified as cash and cash equivalents.

B3.3 Financial instruments

B3.3.1 Financial assets

The Bank’s financial assets are classified into three categories:

(a) Amortized cost,

(b) Fair value through other comprehensive income (FVOCI), or

(c) Fair value through profit or loss (FVPL).

The basis of classification depends on the relevant business model and the contractual cash flow characteristics of the underlying financial asset.

(a) Classification of financial assets at amortized cost

The Bank classifies its financial assets at amortized cost only if both of the following criteria are met:

 

  (i)

The financial asset is held within a business model having the objective of collecting the contractual cash flows; and

 

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Notes to the Financial Statements

For the year ended December 31, 2017

(All amounts in thousands of US Dollars unless otherwise stated)

B ACCOUNTING POLICIES

B3 Summary of significant accounting policies (Continued)

B3.3 Financial instruments (Continued)

B3.3.1 Financial assets (Continued)

(a) Classification of financial assets at amortized cost (Continued)

 

  (ii)

The contractual terms give rise, on specified dates, to cash flows that are solely payments of principal or interest on the principal outstanding.

The Bank applies the effective interest method to the amortized cost of a financial asset.

(b) Classification of financial assets at FVOCI

Financial assets at FVOCI comprise:

 

  (i)

Financial assets having contractual cash flows which reflect solely payments of principal and interest on outstanding principal, and for which the objective of the related business model is achieved both by collecting contractual cash flows and selling financial assets, and

 

  (ii)

Investments in equity instruments which are neither held for trading nor contingent consideration, and for which the Bank has made an irrevocable election at initial recognition to recognize changes in fair value through other comprehensive income (OCI) rather than profit or loss.

For (i) above, interest is calculated using the effective interest method and recognized in profit or loss. Except for gains or losses from impairment and foreign exchange, the financial asset is measured at FVOCI. When the financial asset is derecognized, the cumulative gain or loss previously recognized in OCI is reclassified to profit or loss.

For (ii) above, the accumulated fair value changes in OCI will not be reclassified to profit or loss in the future. Dividends on such investments are recognized in profit or loss, unless the dividend clearly represents a recovery of part of the cost of the investment.

(c) Classification of financial assets at FVPL

The Bank classifies the following financial assets at FVPL:

 

  (i)

Financial assets that do not qualify for measurement at either amortized cost or FVOCI;

 

  (ii)

Financial assets that are designated at initial recognition at FVPL irrevocably, when such designation eliminates or significantly reduces a measurement or recognition inconsistency that would otherwise arise;

 

  (iii)

Investments in equity instruments that are held for trading; and

 

  (iv)

Investments in equity instruments for which the entity has not elected to recognize fair value gains or losses through OCI.

 

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Notes to the Financial Statements

For the year ended December 31, 2017

(All amounts in thousands of US Dollars unless otherwise stated)

B ACCOUNTING POLICIES

B3 Summary of significant accounting policies (Continued)

B3.3 Financial instruments (Continued)

 

B3.3.2 Financial liabilities

The Bank’s financial liabilities are classified as either financial liabilities through FVPL or other financial liabilities, carried at amortized cost.

(a) Classification of financial liabilities at FVPL

Financial liabilities at FVPL have two subcategories, financial liabilities held for trading and those designated as FVPL on initial recognition. There were no financial liabilities classified as FVPL during the reporting period or as at December 31, 2017 and 2016.

(b) Other financial liabilities

Other financial liabilities are measured at amortized cost, using the effective interest method. The related interest expenses are recognized in profit or loss.

B3.3.3 Equity instruments

An equity instrument is any contract that evidences a residual interest in the assets of an entity after deducting all of its liabilities.

A puttable financial instrument includes a contractual obligation for the issuer to repurchase or redeem that instrument for cash or another financial asset on exercise of the put. The puttable instrument that includes such an obligation is classified as an equity instrument when meeting all the generally required features being most subordinate class of shares with identical features and all have the same rights on liquidation.

B3.3.4 Impairment of financial instruments

Financial assets of the Bank that are measured at amortized cost (Note B3.3.1(a)), FVOCI (Note B3.3.1 (b) (i)) and certain unrecognized financial instruments such as loan commitments are subject to credit loss estimated through an expected credit loss (“ECL”) model, assessed on a forward-looking basis.

At each reporting date, the Bank assesses whether the credit risk of a financial instrument has increased significantly since initial recognition. When making this assessment, the Bank considers the change in the risk of a default occurring over the expected life of the financial instrument. To make this assessment, the Bank compares the risk of a default occurring as at the reporting date with the risk of a default occurring as at the date of initial recognition, based on reasonable and supportable information that is available without undue cost or effort and is indicative of significant increases in credit risk since initial recognition.

 

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Notes to the Financial Statements

For the year ended December 31, 2017

(All amounts in thousands of US Dollars unless otherwise stated)

B ACCOUNTING POLICIES

B3 Summary of significant accounting policies (Continued)

B3.3 Financial instruments (Continued)

B3.3.4 Impairment of financial instruments (Continued)

 

At each reporting date, the Bank measures the loss allowance for a financial instrument at either:

 

  (i)

An amount equal to the lifetime ECL if the credit risk related to that financial instrument has increased significantly since initial recognition; or

 

  (ii)

An amount equal to a 12-month ECL if the credit risk related to that financial instrument has not increased significantly since initial recognition.

The Bank measures ECL related to a financial instrument in a way that reflects:

 

  (i)

An unbiased and probability-weighted amount determined by evaluating a range of possible outcomes;

 

  (ii)

The time value of money; and

 

  (iii)

Reasonable and supportable information that is available without undue cost or effort at the reporting date regarding relevant past events, current circumstances, and forecasts of future economic conditions.

The Bank identified financial assets as having credit impairment when one or more events that could have a detrimental impact on the estimated future cash flows of that financial asset have occurred.

The Bank recognizes the loss allowance of loan commitments as a provision. However, if a financial instrument includes both a loan (i.e. financial asset) and an undrawn commitment (i.e. loan commitment) component and the Bank cannot separately identify the ECL on the loan commitment component from those on the financial asset component, the ECL on the loan commitment is recognized together with the loss allowance for the financial asset. To the extent that the combined ECL exceed the gross carrying amount of the financial asset, the ECL is recognized as a provision.

B3.3.5 Determination of fair value

Fair value is the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction in the principal (or most advantageous) market at the measurement date under current market conditions (i.e. an exit price) regardless of whether that price is directly observable or estimated using another valuation technique.

For financial instruments traded in active markets, the determination of fair values of financial assets and financial liabilities is based on quoted market prices.

A financial instrument is regarded as quoted in an active market if quoted prices are readily and regularly available from an exchange, pricing service, or regulatory agency; and those prices represent actual and regularly occurring market transactions on an arm’s length basis. If the above criteria are not met, the market is regarded as being inactive.

 

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ASIAN INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT BANK

Notes to the Financial Statements

For the year ended December 31, 2017

(All amounts in thousands of US Dollars unless otherwise stated)

B ACCOUNTING POLICIES

B3 Summary of significant accounting policies (Continued)

B3.3 Financial instruments (Continued)

B3.3.5 Determination of fair value (Continued)

 

For financial instruments not traded in active markets, fair value is determined using appropriate valuation techniques. Valuation techniques include the use of recent transaction prices, discounted cash flow analysis, option pricing models and others commonly used by market participants. These valuation techniques include the use of observable and/or unobservable inputs.

B3.3.6 Recognition and derecognition

The Bank recognizes a financial asset or a financial liability in its statement of financial position when, and only when, the Bank becomes a party to the contractual provisions of the instrument.

At initial recognition, the Bank measures a financial asset or financial liability at its fair value plus or minus, in the case of a financial asset or financial liability not at fair value through profit or loss, transaction costs that are directly attributable to the acquisition or issuance of the financial asset or financial liability.

Before evaluating whether, and to what extent, derecognition is appropriate, the Bank determines whether the derecognition analysis should be applied to a part of a financial asset or a financial asset in its entirety. The Bank derecognizes a financial asset when the contractual rights to the cash flows from the asset expire, or when it transfers the financial asset and substantially all the risks and rewards of ownership of the asset to another entity. If the Bank neither transfers nor retains substantially all the risks and rewards of ownership and has not retained control of the transferred asset, the Bank derecognizes the financial asset and recognizes separately as assets or liabilities any rights and obligations created or retained in the transfer.

Upon derecognition of a financial asset in its entirety, the difference between the carrying amount of the asset and the sum of the consideration received and receivable and, where applicable, the cumulative gain or loss that had been recognized in other comprehensive income is reclassified to profit or loss, except for those investments in equity instruments designated as FVOCI.

Financial liabilities are derecognized when the related obligation is discharged, cancelled or expires. The difference between the carrying amount of the financial liability derecognized and the sum of the consideration paid and payable is recognized in the profit or loss.

B3.4 Property improvements

Property improvements are stated at cost less accumulated depreciation. Depreciation is calculated on a straight line basis to write down the cost of each asset to its residual value over its estimated useful economic life. Property improvements are depreciated over a useful economic life of no more than 3 years.

 

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ASIAN INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT BANK

Notes to the Financial Statements

For the year ended December 31, 2017

(All amounts in thousands of US Dollars unless otherwise stated)

B ACCOUNTING POLICIES

B3 Summary of significant accounting policies (Continued)

 

B3.5 Intangible assets

Intangible assets are stated at cost less accumulated amortization. Amortization is calculated on a straight line basis to write down the cost of each asset to its residual value over its estimated useful economic life. Intangible assets comprise computer software which is amortized over a useful economic life of no more than 3 years.

B3.6 Revenue

B3.6.1 Interest income

Interest income is calculated using the effective interest method. In this regard, the effective interest rate is applied to the gross carrying amount of a financial asset except for:

 

  (i)

Purchased or originated credit-impaired financial assets, for which the credit adjusted effective interest rate is applied to the amortized cost of the financial assets from initial recognition; and

 

  (ii)

Credit-impaired financial assets that have been recognized subsequent to initial recognition, for which the original effective interest rate is applied to the net carrying value in subsequent reporting periods.

With respect to (ii) above, in subsequent reporting periods, interest income is calculated by applying the effective interest rate to the gross carrying amount if the credit risk of the financial asset improves so that it is no longer credit impaired.

B3.6.2 Front-end and commitment fees

Front-end fees received by the Bank relating to the origination or acquisition of a financial asset are an integral part of generating an involvement with the resulting financial instrument and, accordingly, are an integral part of the effective interest rate of that financial instrument.

Commitment fees received by the Bank to originate a loan when the loan commitment is not measured at FVPL are treated as follows:

 

  (i)

If it is probable that the Bank will enter into a specific lending arrangement, it is an integral part of the effective interest rate of a financial instrument. If the commitment expires without the Bank making the loan, the fee is recognized as revenue at expiration of the commitment.

 

  (ii)

If it is likely that a specific lending arrangement will not be entered into, it is not an integral part of the effective interest rate of the financial instrument, the fee is accounted for as revenue over the commitment period.

B3.6.3 Administration fees

Administration fees are recognized as revenue throughout the period that the services are rendered.

 

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ASIAN INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT BANK

Notes to the Financial Statements

For the year ended December 31, 2017

(All amounts in thousands of US Dollars unless otherwise stated)

B ACCOUNTING POLICIES

B3 Summary of significant accounting policies (Continued)

B3.6 Revenue (Continued)

 

B3.7 Employee benefits

Employee benefits represent considerations given, and are expenditures incurred by the Bank, in exchange for services rendered by employees or for termination of employment contracts. These benefits include short-term employee benefits and contributions to defined contribution plans.

Short-term employee benefits

During the reporting period in which an employee has rendered services, the Bank recognizes the short-term employee benefits payable for those services as a liability with a corresponding increase in the related expense. Short-term employee benefits include base salary and location premiums, pre-retirement medical insurance, life insurance, accidental death and disability provision, death grant, leave, travel accident coverage, long-term disability, multipurpose loans to staff as well as flexible allowance and resettlement allowance which are special allowances for staff recruited globally.

Defined contribution plans

A defined contribution plan is a retirement plan under which the Bank pays fixed contributions into a separate entity. When an employee has rendered service to the Bank during a period, the Bank recognizes a contribution payable to a defined contribution plan in exchange for that service, along with the related expense. Defined contribution plans include defined contribution retirement plans and post-retirement medical benefit plans.

B3.8 Leases

A lease contract is one which conveys the right to control the use of an asset for a specified period of time. The lease liability is measured as the present value of the payments that are not paid at the date of recognition discounted at the leases’ implicit interest rate. The right of use asset is measured at cost, consisting of the lease liability plus any payments made before the commencement of lease and less any lease incentives.

B3.9 Dividends

Dividend distributions to the Bank’s members are recognized as a liability in the period in which the dividends are approved by the Board of Governors.

B3.10 Current and noncurrent presentation

The Bank presents its assets and liabilities in the order of liquidity as this provides more relevant information.

B3.11 Taxation

In accordance with Article 51 of the AOA, within the scope of its official activities, the Bank, its assets, property, income, and its operations and transactions, shall be exempt from all taxation and

 

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ASIAN INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT BANK

Notes to the Financial Statements

For the year ended December 31, 2017

(All amounts in thousands of US Dollars unless otherwise stated)

B ACCOUNTING POLICIES

B3 Summary of significant accounting policies (Continued)

B3.11 Taxation (Continued)

 

from all custom duties in its member countries. Article 51 also exempts the Bank from any obligation for the payment, withholding, or collection of any tax or duty.

B4 Critical accounting estimates and judgments in applying accounting policies

The Bank makes estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts recognized in the financial statements, and the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities within the next financial year. Estimates and judgments are continually evaluated and are based on management’s experience and other factors, including expectations of future events that are believed to be reasonable under the circumstances. Management also makes certain judgments, apart from those involving estimations, in the process of applying the accounting policies. Judgments that have the most significant effect on the amounts recognized in the financial statements and estimates that can cause a significant adjustment to the carrying amount of assets and liabilities within the next financial year include:

B4.1 Impairment losses on financial instruments

The measurement of the ECL allowance for financial assets measured at amortized cost requires extensive financial modelling and significant assumptions about future economic conditions and credit behavior (e.g. the likelihood of customers defaulting and the resulting losses).

A number of significant judgments are also required in measuring ECL, which include:

 

   

Determining criteria for significant increase in credit risk and definition of default;

 

   

Choosing appropriate models and assumptions for the measurement of ECL;

 

   

Establishing the number and probability of forward-looking scenarios for each type of product; and

 

   

Assigning exposures through an internal credit grading process.

Details of the inputs, assumptions, and estimation techniques used in measuring ECL are further disclosed in Note D3, which also presents sensitivities of the ECL.

B4.2 Measurement of fair value

Paid-in capital receivables are initially measured at fair value. The Bank is required to use valuation techniques to determine the fair value. The Bank made judgments about the expected timing of future cash flows and the appropriate discount rate to apply. If the interest rate were changed +/-1 basis point (“bps”), the carrying amount of the capital receivables as at December 31, 2017 would have decreased/increased by approximately USD1.09 million (2016: USD3 million).

B4.3 Structured entity consolidation

The Bank manages AIIB’s Project Preparation Special Fund (the “Special Fund”), and has made a judgment on whether or not, for accounting purposes, it is the principal or an agent, to assess whether

 

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ASIAN INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT BANK

Notes to the Financial Statements

For the year ended December 31, 2017

(All amounts in thousands of US Dollars unless otherwise stated)

B ACCOUNTING POLICIES

B4 Critical accounting estimates and judgments in applying accounting policies (Continued)

B4.3 Structured entity consolidation (Continued)

 

the Bank controls the Special Fund and should consolidate it. The Bank identified the Special Fund’s assets as a “silo” when conducting its consolidation assessment. When performing this assessment, the Bank considered several factors including, among other things, the scope of its decision-making authority over the structured entity, the rights held by other parties, the remuneration to which it is entitled in accordance with the related agreements for the administration services and the Bank’s exposure to variability of returns from other interests that it holds in the structured entity. The Bank is not exposed to any significant variability in its returns and as such was deemed to not control the Special Fund. The Bank performs re-assessment periodically.

Detailed information about the unconsolidated structured entity is set out in Note C13.

C DISCLOSURE NOTES

C1 Interest income and expense

 

     For the year ended
December 31,
2017
     For the period from
January 16, 2016
to

December 31, 2016
 

Interest income

     

Loan investments (1)

     11,795        6  

Cash and deposits

     112,398        23,449  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total interest income

     124,193        23,455  

Interest expense

     —          —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total interest expense

     —          —    

Net interest income

     124,193        23,455  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(1)

Interest income for loan investments includes amortization of front-end fees, commitment fees and other incremental and directly related costs in relation to loan origination that are an integral part of the effective interest rate of those loans.

C2 Net fee and commission expense

 

     For the year ended
December 31,
2017
     For the period from
January 16, 2016
to

December 31, 2016
 

Special Fund administration fee (Note C13)

     70        100  

Loan service fee

     49        —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total fee and commission income

     119        100  

Co-financing service fee

     (985      (170
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total fee and commission expense

     (985      (170

Net fee and commission expense

     (866      (70
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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ASIAN INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT BANK

Notes to the Financial Statements

For the year ended December 31, 2017

(All amounts in thousands of US Dollars unless otherwise stated)

C DISCLOSURE NOTES

 

C3 General and administrative expenses

 

     For the year ended
December 31,
2017
     For the period from
January 16, 2016
to

December 31, 2016
 

Staff costs (1)

     25,226        12,226  

Professional service expenses

     12,607        6,729  

IT services

     5,691        3,170  

Facilities and administration expenses

     5,028        4,553  

Travelling expenses

     4,186        2,102  

Auditor’s remuneration

     1,000        455  

Others

     2,360        1,423  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total general and administrative expenses

     56,098        30,658  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(1)

Staff costs

 

     For the year ended
December 31,
2017
     For the
period from

January 16,
2016 to

December 31,
2016
 

Short-term employee benefits

     22,092        10,826  

Defined contribution plans

     3,120        1,391  

Others

     14        9  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

     25,226        12,226  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Refer to Note C14 for details of key management remuneration.

C4 Cash and deposits with banks

 

     December 31,
2017
     December 31,
2016
 

Cash

     —          —    

Deposits with banks

     

- Demand deposits

     457,124        4,488  

- Term deposits

     6,533,596        3,569,645  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total cash and deposits with banks

     6,990,720        3,574,133  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Less: term deposits with maturity more than 3 months (1)

     (5,885,854      (2,292,141
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total cash and cash equivalents

     1,104,866        1,281,992  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(1)

Term deposits with maturity more than 3 months have maturities up to 24 months.

 

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Notes to the Financial Statements

For the year ended December 31, 2017

(All amounts in thousands of US Dollars unless otherwise stated)

C DISCLOSURE NOTES

 

C5 Investments at fair value through profit or loss

 

     For the year ended
December 31,
2017
     For the period from
January 16, 2016
to

December 31, 2016
 
As at beginning of year/period      3,179,873        —    
Additions      21,484        3,165,000  
Fair value gain, net      53,783        14,873  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total investments at fair value through profit or loss

     3,255,140        3,179,873  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Analysis of investments at fair value through profit or loss:

 

     December 31,
2017
     December 31,
2016
 
Trust Fund (a)      3,236,448        3,179,873  
LP Fund (b)      18,692        —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
Total investments at fair value through profit or loss      3,255,140        3,179,873  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

The Bank has the following investments in certain unconsolidated structured entities:

 

  (a)

The Bank places funds with an external counterparty in a trust fund account (the “Trust Fund”), which, in accordance with the related Administrative Agreement between the Bank and the counterparty, reinvests the funds in a larger collective pool of investments (the “Pool”) in accordance with the investment mandate for the entire Pool. Notional allocations within the Pool are made, subject to the Investment Framework agreement between the Bank and the counterparty, to create a model portfolio exposure, as the basis for determining the fair value of the Trust Fund. The Bank classifies this investment as a single unit of account measured at fair value through profit or loss. Fees charged for the administration of the Trust Fund are comprised of a flat fee based upon average assets under management and full-cost recovery of the counterparty’s staff costs, related benefits and allocated overhead related to administering the Pool.

The counterparty does not guarantee any investment return or the principal amount deposited. The Trust Fund reports its notional allocation in the Pool as one class of financial assets.

 

  (b)

The Bank also invests in a Limited Partnership Fund (“LP Fund”). The LP Fund is an Emerging Asia growth-focused private equity fund with a returns-driven strategy, selectively investing growth capital across multiple sectors. The LP Fund is managed by the General Partner who makes all investment decisions on behalf of the Limited Partners. The Bank, along with other investors, has entered into the Fund as a Limited Partner with a capital commitment which will be drawn down over the life of the LP Fund, based on drawdown notices sent by the General Partner. The management fee is payable on a quarterly basis.

 

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Notes to the Financial Statements

For the year ended December 31, 2017

(All amounts in thousands of US Dollars unless otherwise stated)

C DISCLOSURE NOTES

 

C6 Loan investments, loan commitments and related ECL allowance

 

Loan investments

   December 31,
2017
     December 31,
2016
 

Gross carrying amount

     778,511        9,830  

ECL allowance

     (5,273      (277
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net carrying amount

     773,238        9,553  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

The following table sets out overall information about the credit quality of loan investments and loan commitments issued for effective contracts as at December 31, 2017. The gross amounts of loans include the transaction costs and fees that are capitalized through the effective interest method.

 

     December 31,
2017
     December 31,
2016
 

Loan investments, gross carrying amount

     778,511        9,830  

Loan commitments

     1,947,528        334,305  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
     2,726,039        344,135  

Total ECL allowance (a)

     (9,365      (277
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
     2,716,674        343,858  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(a)

As at December 31, 2017, ECL related to loan commitments were USD4.09 million, presented as a provision in Note C9.

C7 Paid-in capital receivables

According to the AOA, payments for paid-in capital (refer to Note C10) are due in five installments, with the exception of members designated as less developed countries, who may pay in ten installments. Paid-in capital receivables represent amounts due from members in respect of paid-in capital. These amounts are initially recognized at fair value and subsequently measured at amortized costs. The fair value discount is accreted through income using the effective interest method. For the year ended December 31, 2017, a total discount of USD18 million (2016: USD443 million) was debited into reserve. An amount of USD140 million (2016: USD160 million) has been accreted through income in the current year.

 

Members

   Paid-in capital receivables
at amortized cost as at
 
     December 31,
2017
     December 31,
2016
 

Afghanistan

     13,268        —    

Australia

     289,241        430,896  

Austria

     39,260        58,488  

Azerbaijan

     30,151        39,999  

Bangladesh

     86,925        98,609  

Brunei Darussalam

     4,114        6,129  

 

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ASIAN INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT BANK

Notes to the Financial Statements

For the year ended December 31, 2017

(All amounts in thousands of US Dollars unless otherwise stated)

C DISCLOSURE NOTES

C7 Paid-in capital receivables (Continued)

 

Members

   Paid-in capital receivables
at amortized cost as at
 
     December 31,
2017
     December 31,
2016
 

Cambodia

     8,249        9,359  

China

     2,335,329        3,479,854  

Denmark

     29,075        44,043  

Egypt

     51,036        102,081  

Ethiopia

     7,127        —    

Fiji

     1,898        —    

Finland

     36,781        48,753  

France

     265,470        395,954  

Georgia

     4,235        6,310  

Germany

     351,383        523,473  

Hong Kong, SAR

     118,497        —    

Hungary

     15,491        —    

Iceland

     1,375        2,052  

India

     657,150        979,699  

Indonesia

     264,210        394,036  

Iran

     123,411        —    

Ireland

     20,144        —    

Israel

     59,015        58,368  

Italy

     202,212        301,572  

Jordan

     9,320        13,892  

Kazakhstan

     86,548        114,798  

Korea

     292,963        436,442  

Kyrgyz Republic

     3,580        4,153  

Lao PDR

     5,664        6,424  

Luxembourg

     5,442        8,106  

Malaysia

     12,913        —    

Maldives

     911        1,031  

Malta

     1,060        1,580  

Mongolia

     3,215        4,791  

Myanmar

     34,429        38,995  

Nepal

     10,639        12,063  

Netherlands

     80,832        120,420  

New Zealand

     36,165        53,876  

Norway

     65,134        86,287  

Oman

     30,688        30,320  

Pakistan

     122,341        162,072  

Philippines

     76,681        192,537  

Poland

     65,447        97,622  

Portugal

     7,674        —    

Qatar

     47,473        71,024  

 

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ASIAN INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT BANK

Notes to the Financial Statements

For the year ended December 31, 2017

(All amounts in thousands of US Dollars unless otherwise stated)

C DISCLOSURE NOTES

C7 Paid-in capital receivables (Continued)

 

Members

   Paid-in capital receivables
at amortized cost as at
 
     December 31,
2017
     December 31,
2016
 

Russia

     512,461        763,574  

Saudi Arabia

     200,573        299,384  

Singapore

     19,591        29,186  

Spain

     136,659        —    

Sri Lanka

     31,863        42,232  

Sweden

     74,623        98,908  

Switzerland

     83,706        110,959  

Tajikistan

     4,702        5,251  

Thailand

     112,058        167,149  

Timor-Leste

     2,440        —    

Turkey

     205,374        306,373  

United Arab Emirates

     93,284        139,159  

United Kingdom

     361,402        478,770  

Uzbekistan

     17,256        25,714  

Vietnam

     78,743        104,460  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total paid-in capital receivables

     7,948,901        11,007,227  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

As at December 31, 2017, the contractual undiscounted paid-in capital receivables overdue amounting to USD346.04 million (December 31, 2016: USD433.80 million) (Note C10), because of an administrative delay but are not considered as impaired. Of this amount, USD342.44 million was collected by the date of signing of the 2017 financial statements (2016: USD433.18 million) (Note C15).

As at December 31, 2017, USD4,021 million (December 31, 2016: USD3,856 million) of the above balance is due within 12 months from the reporting date.

 

     For the year ended
December 31,
2017
     For the period from
January 16, 2016
to

December 31, 2016
 

As at beginning of year/period

     11,007,227        —    

Paid-in capital receivables originated

     916,882        17,622,469  

Contributions received

     (4,115,650      (6,775,305

Accretion to profit or loss

     140,442        160,063  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Carrying amount

     7,948,901        11,007,227  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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ASIAN INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT BANK

Notes to the Financial Statements

For the year ended December 31, 2017

(All amounts in thousands of US Dollars unless otherwise stated)

C DISCLOSURE NOTES

 

C8 Other assets

 

     December 31,
2017
     December 31,
2016
 

Tax refund receivable

     750        305  

Property improvements

     271        168  

Computer hardware

     238        —    

Prepaid co-financing service fee

     63        175  

Others

     661        310  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total other assets

     1,983        958  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

C9 Other liabilities

 

     December 31,
2017
     December 31,
2016
 

Accrued expenses

     8,080        5,102  

Provision – ECL allowance (Note C6)

     4,092        —    

Staff costs payable

     1,205        436  

Deferred administration fee (Note C14)

     210        —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total other liabilities

     13,587        5,538  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

C10 Share capital

 

     December 31,
2017
     December 31,
2016
 

Authorized capital

     100,000,000        100,000,000  

– Allocated

     

– Subscribed

     95,001,100        90,327,000  

– Unsubscribed

     3,277,600        7,824,400  

– Unallocated

     1,721,300        1,848,600  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total authorized capital

     100,000,000        100,000,000  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Subscribed capital

     95,001,100        90,327,000  

Less: callable capital

     (76,000,800      (72,261,600
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Paid-in capital

     19,000,300        18,065,400  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Paid-in capital comprises:

     

– amounts received

     10,890,955        6,775,305  

– amounts due but not yet received

     346,040        433,795  

– amounts not yet due

     7,763,305        10,856,300  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total paid-in capital

     19,000,300        18,065,400  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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ASIAN INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT BANK

Notes to the Financial Statements

For the year ended December 31, 2017

(All amounts in thousands of US Dollars unless otherwise stated)

C DISCLOSURE NOTES

C10 Share capital (Continued)

 

In accordance with Articles 4 and 5 of the AOA, the initial authorized capital stock of the Bank is USD100 billion, divided into 1,000,000 shares, which shall be available for subscription only by members.

The original authorized capital stock is divided into paid-in shares and callable shares, with paid-in shares having an aggregate par value of USD20 billion and callable shares having an aggregate par value of USD80 billion.

Payment of the amount subscribed to the callable capital stock of the Bank shall be subject to call only as and when required by the Bank to meet its liabilities. Calls on unpaid subscriptions shall be uniform in percentage on all callable shares.

In accordance with Article 37 of the AOA, any member may withdraw from the Bank at any time by delivering a notice in writing to the Bank at its principal office. A withdrawing member remains liable for all direct and contingent obligations to the Bank to which it was subject at the date of delivery of the withdrawal notice. At the time a country ceases to be a member, the Bank shall arrange for the repurchase of such country’s shares by the Bank as a part of the settlement of accounts with such country.

 

Members

   Total
shares
     Subscribed
capital
     Callable
capital
     Paid-in
capital
     Paid-in
capital
received
     Paid-in
capital not
yet
received
 

Afghanistan

     866        86,600        69,300        17,300        3,460        13,840  

Australia

     36,912        3,691,200        2,953,000        738,200        442,920        295,280  

Austria

     5,008        500,800        400,600        100,200        60,120        40,080  

Azerbaijan

     2,541        254,100        203,300        50,800        20,320        30,480  

Bangladesh

     6,605        660,500        528,400        132,100        39,630        92,470  

Brunei Darussalam

     524        52,400        41,900        10,500        6,300        4,200  

Cambodia

     623        62,300        49,800        12,500        3,750        8,750  

China

     297,804        29,780,400        23,824,300        5,956,100        3,573,660        2,382,440  

Denmark

     3,695        369,500        295,600        73,900        44,340        29,560  

Egypt

     6,505        650,500        520,400        130,100        78,060        52,040  

Ethiopia

     458        45,800        36,600        9,200        1,840        7,360  

Fiji

     125        12,500        10,000        2,500        500        2,000  

Finland

     3,103        310,300        248,200        62,100        24,840        37,260  

France

     33,756        3,375,600        2,700,500        675,100        405,060        270,040  

Georgia

     539        53,900        43,100        10,800        6,480        4,320  

Germany

     44,842        4,484,200        3,587,400        896,800        538,080        358,720  

Hong Kong, SAR

     7,651        765,100        612,100        153,000        30,600        122,400  

Hungary

     1,000        100,000        80,000        20,000        4,000        16,000  

Iceland

     176        17,600        14,100        3,500        2,100        1,400  

India

     83,673        8,367,300        6,693,800        1,673,500        1,004,100        669,400  

Indonesia

     33,607        3,360,700        2,688,600        672,100        403,260        268,840  

Iran

     15,808        1,580,800        1,264,600        316,200        189,725        126,475  

 

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ASIAN INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT BANK

Notes to the Financial Statements

For the year ended December 31, 2017

(All amounts in thousands of US Dollars unless otherwise stated)

C DISCLOSURE NOTES

C10 Share capital (Continued)

 

Members

   Total
shares
     Subscribed
capital
     Callable
capital
     Paid-in
capital
     Paid-in
capital
received
     Paid-in
capital not
yet
received
 

Ireland

     1,313        131,300        105,000        26,300        5,260        21,040  

Israel

     7,499        749,900        599,900        150,000        90,000        60,000  

Italy

     25,718        2,571,800        2,057,400        514,400        308,640        205,760  

Jordan

     1,192        119,200        95,400        23,800        14,280        9,520  

Kazakhstan

     7,293        729,300        583,400        145,900        58,360        87,540  

Korea

     37,387        3,738,700        2,991,000        747,700        448,620        299,080  

Kyrgyz Republic

     268        26,800        21,400        5,400        1,620        3,780  

Lao PDR

     430        43,000        34,400        8,600        2,580        6,020  

Luxembourg

     697        69,700        55,800        13,900        8,340        5,560  

Malaysia

     1,095        109,500        87,600        21,900        8,760        13,140  

Maldives

     72        7,200        5,800        1,400        420        980  

Malta

     136        13,600        10,900        2,700        1,620        1,080  

Mongolia

     411        41,100        32,900        8,200        4,920        3,280  

Myanmar

     2,645        264,500        211,600        52,900        15,870        37,030  

Nepal

     809        80,900        64,700        16,200        4,860        11,340  

Netherlands

     10,313        1,031,300        825,000        206,300        123,780        82,520  

New Zealand

     4,615        461,500        369,200        92,300        55,380        36,920  

Norway

     5,506        550,600        440,500        110,100        44,040        66,060  

Oman

     2,592        259,200        207,400        51,800        20,720        31,080  

Pakistan

     10,341        1,034,100        827,300        206,800        82,720        124,080  

Philippines

     9,791        979,100        783,300        195,800        117,480        78,320  

Poland

     8,318        831,800        665,400        166,400        99,840        66,560  

Portugal

     650        65,000        52,000        13,000        5,200        7,800  

Qatar

     6,044        604,400        483,500        120,900        72,540        48,360  

Russia

     65,362        6,536,200        5,229,000        1,307,200        784,320        522,880  

Saudi Arabia

     25,446        2,544,600        2,035,700        508,900        305,340        203,560  

Singapore

     2,500        250,000        200,000        50,000        30,000        20,000  

Spain

     17,615        1,761,500        1,409,200        352,300        211,380        140,920  

Sri Lanka

     2,690        269,000        215,200        53,800        21,520        32,280  

Sweden

     6,300        630,000        504,000        126,000        50,400        75,600  

Switzerland

     7,064        706,400        565,100        141,300        56,520        84,780  

Tajikistan

     309        30,900        24,700        6,200        1,240        4,960  

Thailand

     14,275        1,427,500        1,142,000        285,500        171,300        114,200  

Timor-Leste

     160        16,000        12,800        3,200        640        2,560  

Turkey

     26,099        2,609,900        2,087,900        522,000        313,200        208,800  

United Arab

Emirates

     11,857        1,185,700        948,600        237,100        142,260        94,840  

United Kingdom

     30,547        3,054,700        2,443,800        610,900        244,360        366,540  

Uzbekistan

     2,198        219,800        175,800        44,000        26,400        17,600  

Vietnam

     6,633        663,300        530,600        132,700        53,080        79,620  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

     950,011        95,001,100        76,000,800        19,000,300        10,890,955        8,109,345  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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ASIAN INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT BANK

Notes to the Financial Statements

For the year ended December 31, 2017

(All amounts in thousands of US Dollars unless otherwise stated)

C DISCLOSURE NOTES

 

C11 Reserves

Based on Article 18.1 of the AOA, the Board of Governors shall determine at least annually what part of the net income of the Bank shall be allocated, after making provision for reserves, to retained earnings or other purposes and what part, if any, shall be distributed to the members.

C12 Distribution

Distributable retained earnings as at December 31, 2017 were USD119.16 million (December 31, 2016: USD7.30 million). As at December 31, 2017, USD140.44 million (December 31, 2016: USD160.06 million) of retained earnings has been transferred to reserve for accretion of the paid-in capital receivables.

No dividends were declared during the reporting period.

C13 Unconsolidated structured entity

The Special Fund established and administered by the Bank based on Article 17.1 of the AOA is an unconsolidated structured entity for accounting purposes. The objective of the Special Fund is to support and facilitate the preparation of projects for the benefit of one or more members of the Bank that, at the time when the decision to extend the grant is made by the Bank, are classified as recipients of financing from the International Development Association, including Blend countries; however, the projects that benefit other members may also be eligible for such assistance in exceptional circumstances, such as innovative and complex projects and regional or cross-border projects with significant regional impacts. Consistent with Article 10 of the Bank’s AOA, the resources of the Special Fund shall at all times and in all respects be held, used, committed, invested or otherwise disposed of entirely separately from the Bank’s ordinary resources.

The resources of the Special Fund consist of: (a) amounts accepted from any member of the Bank, any of its political or administrative sub-divisions, or any entity under the control of the member or such sub-divisions or any other country, entity or person approved by the President may become a contributor to the Special Fund; (b) income derived from investment of the resources of the Special Fund; and (c) funds reimbursed to the Special Fund, if any.

The full cost of administering the Special Fund is charged to that Special Fund. The Bank charges an administration fee equal to 1% of any contribution, and the Special Fund bears all expenses appertaining directly to operations financed from the resources of the Special Fund.

As at December 31, 2017, the Special Fund had aggregate contributions received amounting to USD38 million (December 31, 2016: USD10 million). The Bank, acting as administrator of the Special Fund, receives administration fees. For the year ended December 31, 2017, fees recognized as income amounted to USD0.07 million (for the period from January 16, 2016 to December 31, 2016: USD0.10 million) (Note C2).

The Bank is not obliged to provide financial support to the Special Fund.

 

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ASIAN INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT BANK

Notes to the Financial Statements

For the year ended December 31, 2017

(All amounts in thousands of US Dollars unless otherwise stated)

C DISCLOSURE NOTES

 

C14 Related party transactions

Parties are generally considered to be related if the parties are under common control, or one party has the ability to control the other party or can exercise significant influence over the other party in making financial or operational decisions. In considering each possible related party relationship, attention is directed to the substance of the relationship, not merely to the legal form.

Outstanding balances with related parties were as follows:

 

     December 31, 2017      December 31, 2016  
     Key
management
personnel
     Other
related
parties
     Key
management
personnel
     Other
related
parties
 

Assets – loans granted

     100        —          23        —    

Other liabilities (Note C9)

     —          210        —          —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

The income and expense items affected by transactions with related parties were as follows:

 

     For the year ended
December 31, 2017
     For the period from
January 16, 2016 to
December 31, 2016
 
     Key
management
personnel
     Other
related
parties
     Key
management
personnel
     Other
related
parties
 

Income

     —          70        —          100  

Expense

     —          —          —          —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Income from other related parties relates to the Special Fund administration fee (Note C13).

Key management personnel

Key management personnel are those persons who have the authority and responsibility to plan, direct, and control the activities of the Bank. Key management personnel of the Bank is defined as the members of the Bank’s Executive Committee, that is, in accordance with the Terms of Reference of the Executive Committee, the President, Vice Presidents, the General Counsel and the Chief Risk Officer.

During the year ended December 31, 2017, other than loans granted to key management personnel as disclosed above, the Bank had no other material transactions with key management personnel.

The compensation of key management personnel during the year comprises short-term employee benefits of USD3.31 million (2016: USD2.12 million) and defined contribution plans of USD0.54 million (2016: USD0.30 million).

Use of office building

In accordance with Article 5 of the Headquarters Agreement, the Government provides a permanent office building and the temporary office accommodation to the Bank, free of charge.

 

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ASIAN INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT BANK

Notes to the Financial Statements

For the year ended December 31, 2017

(All amounts in thousands of US Dollars unless otherwise stated)

C DISCLOSURE NOTES

 

C15 Events after the end of the reporting period

Subsequent to December 31, 2017, USD342.44  million of paid-in capital receivables that were overdue has been received by the Bank from members.

D FINANCIAL RISK MANAGEMENT

D1 Overview

The Bank adopts a proactive and comprehensive approach to risk management that is instrumental to the Bank’s financial viability and success in achieving its mandate. The ability to identify, mitigate, and manage risk begins with the Bank’s policies established with a strong risk culture. In addition to establishing appropriate risk parameters, a thorough and robust project review and monitoring process, the risk management function provides independent oversight of credit, market, liquidity, operational, and associated reputational risk in the Bank’s activities. It is also designed to integrate asset and liability risk to minimize the volatility of equity value and to maintain sufficient liquidity.

D2 Financial risk management framework

The Bank has established its risk appetite, risk management objectives and strategies in its Risk Limits Policy, and its Risk Management Framework (the “RMF”). Within this RMF, the Risk Management Department is responsible for monitoring financial risks with the oversight of the Risk Committee.

The Risk Committee is responsible for establishing the overall risk appetite of the Bank and reviewing and approving the risk management objectives and strategies. The Risk Committee monitors the integrated risk processes, on a cross-sector and cross-category basis for the Bank. The Board approves key risk policies as recommended by the President and the Executive Committee.

The Risk Management Department has overall responsibility for managing all aspects of risks, including implementing risk management strategies, initiatives and credit policies, and approving internal policies, measures and procedures related to risk management.

(i) Investment operations portfolio

The Investment Committee of Senior Management reviews that a proposed project prepared by Investment Operation staff is in line with the Bank’s policies and procedures. In order to make its recommendations, the committee is supported by relevant departments with assessments specific to their area, including risk management, legal, finance, strategy, environmental and social aspects, and procurement. The Board of Directors makes final approval of investment projects.

Accountabilities at different stages of the credit risk/project approval and monitoring process are delineated and regularly updated by the Bank’s management.

(ii) Treasury portfolio

The treasury portfolio includes deposits with banks and the investments in the Trust Fund.

 

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ASIAN INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT BANK

Notes to the Financial Statements

For the year ended December 31, 2017

(All amounts in thousands of US Dollars unless otherwise stated)

D FINANCIAL RISK MANAGEMENT

D2 Financial risk management framework (Continued)

 

According to the Bank’s General Investment Authority, the Bank can make investments in the assets specified in a list of eligible assets, including deposits and certain money market funds that invest in high credit quality securities.

With respect to the Trust Fund described in Note C5, the Trust Fund’s assets consist of its notionally allocated share of cash and investments in the Pool. The Pool is actively managed and invested in accordance with the investment strategy established for all such kind of Trust Funds administered by the counterparty. The objective of the investment strategy is foremost to maintain adequate liquidity to meet foreseeable cash flow needs and preserve capital and then, to maximize investment returns. The Pool is exposed to credit, market and liquidity risks.

D3 Credit risk

Credit risk management

The Bank takes on exposure to credit risk, which is the risk that one party to a financial instrument will cause a financial loss for the other party by failing to discharge an obligation. Exposure to credit risk arises as a result of the Bank’s lending and other transactions with counterparties giving rise to financial assets and loan commitments.

The Bank is primarily exposed to credit risk in both its loan granting of bank activities and deposit placing of the treasury activities. The counterparties could default on their contractual obligations or the value of the Bank’s investments could become impaired.

(i) Credit risk in the investment operations portfolio

 

   

Sovereign-backed loans

Sovereign-backed loans are the obligation of a member as borrower or guarantor. The Bank’s credit decisions are based on assessments of the borrower’s or guarantor’s capacity to service the loan. These assessments are undertaken in accordance with the relevant operational policies. Specifically, the Bank performs its own sovereign credit analysis and assigns its own internal sovereign credit rating. When making these assessments, the Bank gives particular consideration to the International Monetary Fund/World Bank debt sustainability analyses and will utilize, where appropriate, country and macroeconomic reporting by multilateral development banks (“MDBs”), commercial banks, and “think tanks”. The appraisal of sovereign-backed loans takes into account, as appropriate, a full assessment of the project’s benefits and risks. The Bank’s internal rating has 12 notches, with rating 1-4 for investment grade.

As at December 31, 2017, the rating of sovereign-backed loans ranged from 3 to 10 and the related range of annualized PD was 0.14%-8.67%.

As an international financial institution, the Bank does not participate in country debt rescheduling or debt reduction exercises of sovereign-backed loans or guarantees.

 

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ASIAN INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT BANK

Notes to the Financial Statements

For the year ended December 31, 2017

(All amounts in thousands of US Dollars unless otherwise stated)

D FINANCIAL RISK MANAGEMENT

D3 Credit risk (Continued)

Credit risk management (Continued)

 

When a borrower fails to make payment on any principal, interest, or other charge due to the Bank, the Bank may suspend disbursements immediately on all loans to that borrower. The conditions for suspension of sovereign loans are presented in more detail in the Bank’s operational policies. Under its operational policies, the Bank would cease making new sovereign-backed loans to the borrower once any loans are overdue by more than 30 days and suspend all disbursements to or guaranteed by the member concerned once any loans are overdue by more than 60 days.

 

   

Nonsovereign-backed financings

The Bank provides private enterprises and state-owned or state-controlled enterprises with loans and investments that do not have a full member guarantee. However, the Bank retains the right, when it deems it advisable, to require a full or partial sovereign guarantee.

The Bank assigns an internal credit rating taking into account specific project, sector, macro and country credit risks. For nonsovereign projects, risk ratings are normally capped by the sovereign credit rating, except where the Bank has recourse to a guarantor from outside the country which may have a better rating than the local sovereign credit rating.

As at December 31, 2017, the rating of nonsovereign-backed loans was 9 and the related annualized PD was 4.58%.

 

   

LP Fund investment

As at December 31, 2017, the investment operations portfolio includes LP Fund investment described in Note C5. The LP Fund investment is measured at fair value through profit or loss. The fair value related information is described in Note E.

(ii) Credit risk in the treasury portfolio

Treasury activities and risk appetite are monitored by the Audit and Risk Committee and Board of Directors. The Bank has a limits policy which determines the maximum exposure to eligible counterparties and instruments. Eligible counterparties must have a single A credit rating or higher. All individual counterparty and investment credit lines are monitored and reviewed by Risk Management Department periodically.

As at December 31, 2017, the treasury portfolio includes term deposits with banks and investment in the Trust Fund described in Note C5. The Trust Fund is measured at fair value through profit or loss, and the fair value related information is described in Note E. As the Trust Fund is not subject to significant credit risk, the credit risk of the treasury portfolio is mainly from the term deposits. Given the high credit quality, no significant loss provisions were made for the investments in the treasury portfolio for the year ended December 31, 2017 and 2016.

 

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ASIAN INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT BANK

Notes to the Financial Statements

For the year ended December 31, 2017

(All amounts in thousands of US Dollars unless otherwise stated)

D FINANCIAL RISK MANAGEMENT

D3 Credit risk (Continued)

 

Credit quality analysis

Except for loan investments, other financial assets at amortized cost are paid-in capital receivables and deposits with banks, for which the credit risk is not material.

The following table set out the loans and loan commitments for sovereign-backed loans and nonsovereign-backed loans, with their respective ECL allowance balances.

 

     December 31,
2017
     December 31, 2016  
     Loans and loan
commitments
     ECL      Loans and loan
commitments
     ECL  

Sovereign-backed loans

     2,558,761        (5,050      344,135        (277

Nonsovereign-backed loans

     167,278        (4,315      —          —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

     2,726,039        (9,365      344,135        (277
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

(i) Concentration of credit risk

As at December 31, 2017, the geographical distribution of the Bank’s loan investments (gross carrying amount of loans and exposure of loan commitments) is as follows:

 

     December 31,
2017
     December 31,
2016
 

Region

   Stage 1      Stage 2      Total      Stage 1  

Sovereign-backed loans

           

Asia

     2,194,438        364,323        2,558,761        344,135  

NonAsia

     —          —          —          —    

Subtotal

     2,194,438        364,323        2,558,761        344,135  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Nonsovereign-backed loans

           

Asia

     20,198        —          20,198        —    

NonAsia

     147,080        —          147,080        —    

Subtotal

     167,278        —          167,278        —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

     2,361,716        364,323        2,726,039        344,135  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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ASIAN INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT BANK

Notes to the Financial Statements

For the year ended December 31, 2017

(All amounts in thousands of US Dollars unless otherwise stated)

D FINANCIAL RISK MANAGEMENT

D3 Credit risk (Continued)

Credit quality analysis (Continued)

 

The following table sets out the credit quality of loan investments (gross carrying amount of loans and exposure of loan commitments) segmented by the Bank’s internal credit rating system and their respective staging.

 

     December 31,
2017
     December 31,
2016
 

Internal credit rating

   Stage 1      Stage 2      Total      Stage 1  

Sovereign-backed loans

           

Investment grade

     828,834        99,977        928,811        216,059  

Noninvestment grade (a)

     1,365,604        264,346        1,629,950        128,076  

Subtotal

     2,194,438        364,323        2,558,761        344,135  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Nonsovereign-backed loans

           

Investment grade

     —          —          —          —    

Noninvestment grade (a)

     167,278        —          167,278        —    

Subtotal

     167,278        —          167,278        —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

     2,361,716        364,323        2,726,039        344,135  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(a)

For the noninvestment grade sovereign-backed loan exposures as at December 31, 2017, the balances of USD1,203 million are within internal rating ranging from 5 to 7, and the balances of USD427 million are within internal rating ranging from 8 to 12 (2016: all the balances of non-investment grade are within internal rating ranging from 8 to 12).

For the nonsovereign-backed loan exposures as at December 31, 2017, all the balances of noninvestment grade are within internal rating ranging from 8 to 12 (2016: nil).

(ii) Credit enhancement

As at December 31, 2017, the Bank’s maximum exposure to credit risk from financial instruments other than undrawn loan commitments before taking into account any collateral held or other credit enhancements is their carrying amount presented on the statement of financial position. The maximum exposure to credit risk from the undrawn loan commitments as at December 31, 2017 is USD1,948 million (December 31, 2016: USD334 million).

Credit enhancement for loan investments (gross carrying amount of loans and exposure of loan commitments) are as below:

 

     December 31,
2017
     December 31,
2016
 

Guaranteed by sovereign members

     864,303        —    

Guaranteed by nonsovereign entities

     20,199        —    

Unguaranteed (a)

     1,841,537        344,135  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

     2,726,039        344,135  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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ASIAN INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT BANK

Notes to the Financial Statements

For the year ended December 31, 2017

(All amounts in thousands of US Dollars unless otherwise stated)

D FINANCIAL RISK MANAGEMENT

D3 Credit risk (Continued)

Credit quality analysis (Continued)

 

(a)

The unguaranteed loan investments represent sovereign loans and loan commitments granted to member countries.

There was no other credit enhancement held as at December 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016.

(iii) Reconciliation of loan gross carrying amount and ECL

An analysis of the changes in the gross carrying amount of loans and exposure of loan commitments, with the related changes in ECL allowances is as follows:

 

Sovereign-backed loans

 

    
     Stage 1     Stage 2      Total  

Gross carrying amount of loans and exposure of loan commitments as at January 1, 2017

     344,135       —          344,135  

New loans and commitments originated

     2,214,626       —          2,214,626  

Transfer to Stage 2

     (364,323     364,323        —    
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

As at December 31, 2017

     2,194,438       364,323        2,558,761  
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 
     Stage 1     Stage 2      Total  

ECL allowance as at January 1, 2017

     277       —          277  

Additions

     4,730       —          4,730  

Change in risk parameters*

     43       —          43  

Transfer to Stage 2

     (3,572     3,572        —    
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

As at December 31, 2017

     1,478       3,572        5,050  
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

*

The increase in the loss allowance is due to an increase in the probability of default (PD) used to calculate the 12-month expected credit loss for the performing loans.

 

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ASIAN INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT BANK

Notes to the Financial Statements

For the year ended December 31, 2017

(All amounts in thousands of US Dollars unless otherwise stated)

D FINANCIAL RISK MANAGEMENT

D3 Credit risk (Continued)

Credit quality analysis (Continued)

 

Nonsovereign-backed loans

 

     
     Stage 1      Stage 2      Total  

Gross carrying amount of loans and exposure of loan commitments as at January 1, 2017

     —          —          —    

New loans and commitments originated

     167,278        —          167,278  

Transfer to Stage 2

     —          —          —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

As at December 31, 2017

     167,278        —          167,278  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
     Stage 1      Stage 2      Total  

ECL allowance as at January 1, 2017

     —          —          —    

Additions

     4,315        —          4,315  

Change in risk parameters

     —          —          —    

Transfer to Stage 2

     —          —          —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

As at December 31, 2017

     4,315        —          4,315  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total gross carrying amount of loans and exposure of loan commitments as at December 31, 2017

     2,361,716        364,323        2,726,039  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total ECL allowance as at December 31, 2017

     5,793        3,572        9,365  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

(iv) Past due information

As at December 31, 2017, a front-end and supervision fee receivable amount of USD2.28 million was past due but not yet more than 30 days. All the amounts were collected by the date of signing of the 2017 financial statements (2016: nil).

ECL measurement

The Bank adopts an ECL ‘three-stage’ model for applicable financial instruments. A ‘three-stage’ model for impairment is based on changes in credit quality since initial recognition:

 

   

A financial instrument that has not experienced significant increase in credit risk (“SICR”) in its credit quality as compared to its rating at origination is classified in ‘Stage 1’, and has its credit risk continuously monitored by the Bank;

 

   

If it has experienced SICR since initial recognition, the financial instrument is moved to ‘Stage 2’, but is not yet deemed to be credit impaired;

 

   

If the financial instrument is deemed to be credit impaired, the financial instrument is then moved to ‘Stage 3’.

The Bank’s main credit risk exposure related to ECL measurement is from loan investments and loan commitments.

 

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ASIAN INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT BANK

Notes to the Financial Statements

For the year ended December 31, 2017

(All amounts in thousands of US Dollars unless otherwise stated)

D FINANCIAL RISK MANAGEMENT

D3 Credit risk (Continued)

ECL measurement (Continued)

 

The following reflects the Bank’s ECL measurement focusing on loan investments and loan commitments. Given the nature of the Bank’s business (large infrastructure loans), all the instruments are assessed on an individual basis.

The key judgments and assumptions adopted by the Bank are discussed below:

(i) Significant increase in credit risk

The Bank considers a financial instrument to have experienced SICR when one or more of the following quantitative, qualitative or backstop criteria have been met:

 

   

Quantitative criteria

Deterioration in credit rating is used as the quantitative criteria of SICR:

 

   

For investment grade loans, rating downgrade by 2 notches determined by comparing the current rating (incorporating forward looking information) with rating at origination;

 

   

For noninvestment grade loans, rating downgrade by 1 notch determined by comparing the current rating (incorporating forward looking information) with rating at origination.

All loans included in the Bank’s investment portfolio are rated using internal rating methodology. The methodology used to rate these individual loans depends on the type of loan. For sovereign loans, an internal credit rating methodology is used. The methodology uses the same factors considered by the major international credit rating agencies (“ICRA”s) such as Standard & Poor’s (“S&P”), Moody’s and Fitch. In case the sovereign borrower is not rated by any of the three ICRAs, the Bank uses Economist Intelligence Unit rating assessment as the basis for further analysis. For nonsovereign loans, the loan may be rated using the risk rating methodology that is in-line with the Bank’s policy for nonsovereign-backed financing depending on the type of their financing structure. More specifically, project finance transactions will be rated using a credit scoring tool for project finance. Similarly, corporate financing transactions will be rated based on a credit scoring tool for corporate finance: these initial ratings are used to estimate the Stage 1—12-month ECL at each reporting date to determine the SICR since origination.

 

   

Qualitative criteria

In addition to the quantitative criteria, the following qualitative elements will also contribute to a determination that the loan should migrate to Stage 2:

 

   

Adverse changes in business, financial or economic conditions;

 

   

Expected breach of contract that may lead to covenant waivers or amendments;

 

   

Transfer to watch list/monitoring; and

 

   

Changes in payment behavior.

 

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ASIAN INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT BANK

Notes to the Financial Statements

For the year ended December 31, 2017

(All amounts in thousands of US Dollars unless otherwise stated)

D FINANCIAL RISK MANAGEMENT

D3 Credit risk (Continued)

ECL measurement (Continued)

(i) Significant increase in credit risk (Continued)

 

   

Backstop

 

   

30 days past due.

 

   

Overlay

Temporary adjustments (“overlay adjustments”) to the allowance are adjustments which may be used to account for circumstances when it becomes evident that existing or expected risk factors have not been considered in the credit risk rating and modelling process. Management should evaluate the appropriateness of overlay adjustments made to the output of quantitative models, and assess such overlays for indication of bias. Any overlay adjustment shall be properly discussed with the Risk Committee.

A new ECL calculation software has been used for the year ended December 31, 2017. It is used to replace the previous excel based template used for calculating ECL. The new tool applies the same three-stage ECL methodology in compliance with IFRS 9 requirements, with enhancements in a more sophisticated approach to incorporate the PIT PD term structure and forward-looking assessment.

(ii) Definition of credit-impaired assets

Credit-impaired assets, which migrate to Stage 3, are those with respect to which one or more events that have a detrimental impact on the estimated future cash flows of that financial asset have occurred. Evidence that a financial asset is credit-impaired include observable data about the following events:

 

   

significant financial difficulty of the issuer or the borrower;

 

   

a breach of contract, such as a default or past due event;

 

   

the lender(s) of the borrower, for economic or contractual reasons relating to the borrower’s financial difficulty, having granted to the borrower a concession(s) that the lender(s) would not otherwise consider;

 

   

it is becoming probable that the borrower will enter bankruptcy or other financial reorganization.

In addition, the credit-impaired assets also include the purchased or originated financial assets at a deep discount that reflects the incurred credit losses.

It may not be possible to identify a single discrete event. Instead, the combined effect of several events may have caused financial assets to become credit-impaired. For sovereign-backed loans, the same criteria of past due for “default assets” (see D3 (vi)) is also being applied for assessing credit impaired financial assets.

 

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ASIAN INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT BANK

Notes to the Financial Statements

For the year ended December 31, 2017

(All amounts in thousands of US Dollars unless otherwise stated)

D FINANCIAL RISK MANAGEMENT

D3 Credit risk (Continued)

ECL measurement (Continued)

 

(iii) Measurement of the 12-month and lifetime ECL

 

Estimation of 12-month ECL is calculated by using the following formula:
  12-month ECL LOGO

 

  1.

PIT PD is the Point-in-time Probability of Default, and is converted from Through-The-Cycle (TTC) PD by first mapping to Moody’s unconditional PIT PDs, then conditioning on three future scenarios (baseline, good, bad).

 

  2.

Loss Given Default (LGD) is currently set as 30% for sovereign loans and on a case-by-case basis or 70% in case of insufficient information available to estimate LGD for nonsovereign-backed loans, based upon management’s estimate established on the analysis of market data statistics and related judgment.

 

  3.

Exposure at Default (EAD) is calculated as loan balance at the period end plus projected net disbursement in the next year.

The above calculation is performed for three different scenarios. The weights of the 3 scenarios are 50%, 25%, and 25% respectively for the Baseline, Good and Bad scenarios. The estimation is based on the best representative management judgment without undue cost or effort that, going forward the current path of macroeconomic projections with equal chance of being significantly worse (Bad scenario) or better (Good scenario), considering the macroeconomic projections of those countries and relevant industries that the Bank has credit exposures.

 

   

Estimation of lifetime ECL

Estimation of the lifetime ECL is calculated using the following formula as the summation of net present value of the ECL for each year:

 

Lifetime ECL        LOGO

Where ECLt is the ECL for each year and n is the year for which ECL is calculated.

 

ECLt  is calculated  as: LOGO  where ws is the weight of each scenario – 50% for Baseline, 25% for both Good and Bad scenarios.

 

  1)

Conditional PIT PD

The process to convert TTC PD to conditional PIT PD term structure is the same as 12-month ECL calculation for the first 3 years and is assumed to revert back to the long-run PD for the remaining years.

 

  2)

LGD is the same as 12-month ECL calculation.

 

  3)

EAD for any given year is based on loan balance at the period end + net projected disbursement in the next 1 year, as by the disbursement schedule for each year.

 

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ASIAN INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT BANK

Notes to the Financial Statements

For the year ended December 31, 2017

(All amounts in thousands of US Dollars unless otherwise stated)

D FINANCIAL RISK MANAGEMENT

D3 Credit risk (Continued)

ECL measurement (Continued)

(iii) Measurement of the 12-month and lifetime ECL (Continued)

 

  4)

Lifetime is equal to contractual lifetime.

 

  5)

Discount rate is equal to calculated effective interest rate.

In the same way as the 12-month ECL calculation, the above calculation is done for each of the three scenarios and then probability weighted, and the weighting of the 3 scenarios are the same as 12-month ECL calculation.

(iv) Forward-looking information incorporated in ECL

Forward-looking information has been incorporated taking into account the following steps:

 

   

Macro Scenario development

 

   

3 Macro Scenarios – Baseline, Good, Bad. Each scenario is forecasted for 3 years.

 

   

For each member, the corresponding long-term average and standard deviation of each macro factor would be computed. Good and bad scenarios would be established based on a view of movement in macro factors in terms of ‘number of standard deviations from average’.

 

   

Choice of macro scenarios and probability weighting of each scenario is approved by the Risk Committee.

 

   

Establishment of TTC PD

 

   

TTC PD is calculated based on each borrower’s internal AIIB rating.

 

   

Calculation of Forward-looking PIT PD

First, each borrower’s TTC PD will be mapped to the unconditional PIT PD derived by the software for each credit rating. Second, to convert the unconditional PIT PD into forward-looking PIT PD, the software utilizes forecasts of macroeconomic variables associated with the country and industry where the borrower operates.

(v) Sensitivity analysis

The output of the Bank’s ECL model is most sensitive to the credit quality of the obligors especially of those with the lowest credit quality and/or the largest amount of exposure. The Bank identified two obligors meeting these criteria. Should their ratings have been downgraded by one more notch and consequentially moved to Stage 2 when SICR criteria is met, the amount of ECL would have been USD31.14 million, or increased by USD21.78 million.

The weights of the scenarios used is another source of sensitivity. Should the Bank have changed the weights to 30%, 40% and 30% respectively for good, baseline and bad scenarios, the amount of ECL would have been USD9.51 million, or increased by USD0.15 million.

 

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ASIAN INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT BANK

Notes to the Financial Statements

For the year ended December 31, 2017

(All amounts in thousands of US Dollars unless otherwise stated)

D FINANCIAL RISK MANAGEMENT

D3 Credit risk (Continued)

ECL measurement (Continued)

 

(vi) Definition of default

For the ECL measurement, “default” occurs when an obligor meets one or more of the following conditions:

 

   

Failure to make a payment (“payment default”) –180 days past due for sovereign- backed infrastructure loans and 90 days past due for nonsovereign-backed infrastructure loans. 180 days past due for sovereign-backed infrastructure loans is based on the consideration for slower administrative, processing and collection periods that are not driven by credit deterioration.

 

   

Breach of specific covenants that trigger a default clause.

 

   

Default under a guarantee or collateral or other support agreements.

 

   

Failure to pay a final judgment or court order.

 

   

Bankruptcy, liquidation or the appointment of a receiver or any similar official.

(vii) Write-off policy

The Bank reduces the gross carrying amount of a financial asset when the Bank has no reasonable expectations of recovering the contractual cash flows on a financial asset in its entirety or a portion thereof.

D4 Market risk

The Bank is exposed to currency and interest rate risk in its investment, lending and other activities. Currency risk is the potential for loss that arises when assets or liabilities are denominated in a non-US dollar currency and the price of that currency versus US dollars fluctuates. Interest rate risk arises when the value of assets or liabilities changes with the fluctuation of interest rates.

In its asset and liability management process, the Bank pursues five goals: (a) reducing risks that might arise from the mismatch of assets and liabilities in terms of currency, interest rate sensitivity, or maturity; (b) monitoring the evolving risks to the Bank’s income over time and establishing a framework that reduces the potential volatility of the Bank’s income over the medium term; (c) assigning clear responsibility for all market risks to which the Bank is exposed; (d) minimizing volatility of available equity; and (e) maintaining sufficient liquidity to meet all of the Bank’s obligations with an extremely high level of confidence and continue its lending program, even in times of market stress.

Currency risk

The Bank currently offers loans only in US Dollars. This will continue to be the case until the Bank is prepared to hedge nondollar lending through swaps or other hedging mechanisms. As at

 

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ASIAN INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT BANK

Notes to the Financial Statements

For the year ended December 31, 2017

(All amounts in thousands of US Dollars unless otherwise stated)

D FINANCIAL RISK MANAGEMENT

D4 Market risk (Continued)

Currency risk (Continued)

 

December 31, 2017, the currency risk is not material for the Bank. A currency table for the main monetary items is set out below:

 

As at December 31, 2017

   USD      Other currencies      Total  
            USD equivalent         

Financial assets

        

Cash and cash equivalents

     1,104,756        110        1,104,866  

Term deposits

     5,885,854        —          5,885,854  

Investments at fair value through profit or loss

     3,255,140        —          3,255,140  

Funds deposited for co-financing arrangements

     1,592        —          1,592  

Loan investments, at amortized cost

     773,238        —          773,238  

Paid-in capital receivables

     7,948,901        —          7,948,901  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
     18,969,481        110        18,969,591  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

As at December 31, 2016

   USD      Other currencies      Total  
            USD equivalent         

Financial assets

        

Cash and cash equivalents

     1,281,832        160        1,281,992  

Term deposits

     2,292,141        —          2,292,141  

Investments at fair value through profit or loss

     3,179,873        —          3,179,873  

Funds deposited for co-financing arrangements

     23,623        —          23,623  

Loan investments, at amortized cost

     9,553        —          9,553  

Paid-in capital receivables

     11,007,227        —          11,007,227  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
     17,794,249        160        17,794,409  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Interest rate risk

The Bank takes on exposure to the effects of fluctuations in the prevailing levels of market interest rates on its financial position and cash flows. Interest margins may increase as a result of such changes, but may reduce or create losses in the event that unexpected movements arise. Currently, all loans of the Bank are subject to floating rate.

Sensitivity analysis

As the Bank has no material financial liabilities as at December 31, 2017, the following table illustrates the potential impact for the current year, of a parallel upward or downward shift of 50 basis points in relevant interest rate curves on the Bank’s interest income from the floating rate loan investments and certain managed rate overnight deposits which are measured at amortized cost, based on the carrying value at the end of the reporting period. This analysis assumes that interest rates of all maturities move by the same amount, and does not reflect the potential impact of unparalleled yield curve movements.

 

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ASIAN INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT BANK

Notes to the Financial Statements

For the year ended December 31, 2017

(All amounts in thousands of US Dollars unless otherwise stated)

D FINANCIAL RISK MANAGEMENT

D4 Market risk (Continued)

Sensitivity analysis (Continued)

 

The sensitivity analysis on net interest income is based on reasonably possible changes in interest rates over the next 12 months from the reporting date with the assumption that the structure of financial assets held at the period end remains unchanged.

 

     Interest income  
     For the year ended
December 31, 2017
     For the period from
January 16, 2016 to
December 31, 2016
 

+50 basis points

     26        3  

-50 basis points

     (26      (3
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

D5 Liquidity risk

Liquidity risk is the risk that the Bank will encounter difficulty in meeting obligations associated with financial liabilities that are settled by delivering cash or another financial asset. As at December 31, 2017, the Bank does not have any significant financial liabilities.

D6 Operational risk

Consistent with guidance issued by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision, operational risk is defined as risk of loss resulting from inadequate or failed internal processes, people and systems, or from external events. Effective management and mitigation of operational risk relies on a system of internal controls aimed at identifying various risks, and establishing acceptable risk parameters and monitoring procedures.

The Bank adopts the Basic Indicator Approach (as recommended by Basel II) for capital allocation for operational risks, which is set at 15% of the average gross income over the past 3 years, ignoring those years where income was not positive. For initial years, the Bank allocates capital for operational risk at 1% of its paid-in capital, reserves and retained earnings.

D7 Capital management

The Bank collectively manages the paid-in capital plus reserves and retained earnings as capital. To ensure that the Bank has the highest possible credit on a stand-alone basis at all times, two limits are relevant to be always observed. The first, as required by Article 12.1 of the Bank’s AOA, the Bank’s total unimpaired subscribed capital, reserves, and retained earnings have to be always greater than the total exposure from its investment operations (i.e. loans, equity investments, guarantees and other types of financing). This limit may be increased up to 250% of the Bank’s unimpaired subscribed capital, reserves, and retained earnings with the approval of the Board of Governors. The second, using an economic capital framework, the Bank’s available capital must be greater than the required economic capital given the composition of its investment assets by credit risk rating plus a certain amount of buffer.

 

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ASIAN INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT BANK

Notes to the Financial Statements

For the year ended December 31, 2017

(All amounts in thousands of US Dollars unless otherwise stated)

 

E FAIR VALUE DISCLOSURES

The majority of the Bank’s assets and liabilities in the statement of financial position are financial assets and financial liabilities. Fair value measurement of nonfinancial assets and nonfinancial liabilities do not have a material impact on the Bank’s financial position and operations, taken as a whole.

The Bank does not have any financial assets or financial liabilities subject to nonrecurring fair value measurements for the year ended December 31, 2017.

The fair value of the Bank’s financial assets and financial liabilities are determined as follows:

 

   

If traded in active markets, fair values of financial assets and financial liabilities with standard terms and conditions are determined with reference to quoted market bid prices and ask prices, respectively.

 

   

If not traded in active markets, fair values of financial assets and financial liabilities are determined in accordance with generally accepted pricing models or discounted cash flow analysis using prices from observable current market transactions for similar instruments or using unobservable inputs relevant to the Bank’s assessment.

Fair value hierarchy

The Bank classifies financial assets and financial liabilities into the following 3 levels based on the extent to which inputs to valuation techniques used to measure fair value of the financial assets and financial liabilities are observable:

 

  Level 1:

Fair value measurements are those derived from quoted prices (unadjusted) in an active market for identical assets or liabilities;

 

  Level 2:

Fair value measurements are those derived from inputs other than quoted included within Level 1 that are observable for the asset or liability, either directly (that is, as prices) or indirectly (that is, derived from prices); and

 

  Level 3:

Fair value measurements are based on models, and unobservable inputs are significant to the entire measurement.

 

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ASIAN INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT BANK

Notes to the Financial Statements

For the year ended December 31, 2017

(All amounts in thousands of US Dollars unless otherwise stated)

E FAIR VALUE DISCLOSURES

 

Financial assets and financial liabilities not measured at fair value on the statement of financial position

The table below summarizes the carrying amounts and fair values of those financial assets and financial liabilities not measured in the Statement of Financial Position at their fair value:

 

     December 31,
2017
     December 31,
2016
 
     Carrying
amount
     Fair value      Carrying
amount
     Fair value  

Financial assets

           

Cash and cash equivalents

     1,104,866        1,104,866        1,281,992        1,281,992  

Term deposits

     5,885,854        5,884,195        2,292,141        2,291,991  

Funds deposited for co-financing arrangements

     1,592        1,592        23,623        23,623  

Loan investments, at amortized cost

     773,238        779,443        9,553        9,553  

Paid-in capital receivables

     7,948,901        7,947,268        11,007,227        10,522,553  

Financial liabilities

           

Other liabilities

     13,587        13,587        5,538        5,538  

As at December 31, 2017, the Bank’s balances of those financial assets and liabilities not measured at fair value but with short-term maturity approximate their fair values.

Fair value of loan investments and paid-in capital receivables measured at amortized cost were calculated using Level 3 inputs by discounting the cash flows at a current interest rate applicable to each loan and paid-in capital receivable.

Financial assets and financial liabilities measured at fair value on the statement of financial position

The table below summarizes the fair values of the financial assets and financial liabilities measured in the statement of financial position at their fair value:

 

As at December 31, 2017

           
     Level 1      Level 2      Level 3      Total  

Investments at fair value through profit or loss

           

•    Trust Fund

     —          3,236,448        —          3,236,448  

•    LP Fund

     —          —          18,692        18,692  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

     —          3,236,448        18,692        3,255,140  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

As at December 31, 2016

           
     Level 1      Level 2      Level 3      Total  

Investments at fair value through profit or loss

           

•    Trust Fund

     —          3,179,873        —          3,179,873  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Investments at fair value through profit or loss are amounts invested in the Trust Fund and the LP Fund (Note C5).

 

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ASIAN INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT BANK

Notes to the Financial Statements

For the year ended December 31, 2017

(All amounts in thousands of US Dollars unless otherwise stated)

E FAIR VALUE DISCLOSURES

Financial assets and financial liabilities measured at fair value on the statement of financial position (Continued)

 

The Trust Fund’s notionally allocated share in the Pool is not traded in any market. The fair value of the Trust Fund is derived from that of the notionally allocated assets. Discounted cash flow valuation technique is used for the valuation of the underlying assets of the LP Fund. The unobservable inputs include weighted average cost of capital, liquidity discount and projected cash flows. The fair value of the investment in the LP fund is based on an adjusted net assets method.

There has been no transfer among Level 1, Level 2 and Level 3 during the year.

 

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ASIAN INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT BANK

AUDITOR’S REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

FOR THE PERIOD FROM 16 JANUARY 2016 (DATE OF

COMMENCEMENT OF OPERATIONS) TO 31 DECEMBER 2016

 

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LOGO

 

Independent Auditor’s Report

To the Board of Governors of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank:

Opinion

What we have audited

The financial statements of Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (the “Bank”) set out on pages 1 to 42, which comprise:

 

   

the statement of comprehensive income for the period from 16 January 2016 (date of commencement of operations) to 31 December 2016;

 

   

the statement of financial position as at 31 December 2016;

 

   

the statement of changes in equity for the period from 16 January 2016 to 31 December 2016;

 

   

the statement of cash flows for the period from 16 January 2016 to 31 December 2016; and

 

   

the notes to the financial statements, which include a summary of significant accounting policies.

Our opinion

In our opinion, the financial statements give a true and fair view of the financial position of the Bank as at 31 December 2016, and of its financial performance and its cash flows for the period from 16 January 2016 to 31 December 2016 in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards (“IFRS”).

Basis for Opinion

We conducted our audit in accordance with International Standards on Auditing (“ISA”). Our responsibilities under those standards are further described in the Auditor’s Responsibilities for the Audit of the Financial Statements section of our report.

We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion.

Independence

We are independent of the Bank in accordance with the International Ethics Standards Board for Accountants’ Code of Ethics for Professional Accountants (“IESBA Code”), and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with the IESBA Code.

Responsibilities of Management and Board of Directors for the Financial Statements

Management is responsible for the preparation of the financial statements that give a true and fair view in accordance with IFRS, and for such internal control as management determine is necessary to

 

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enable the preparation of financial statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.

In preparing the financial statements, management is responsible for assessing the Bank’s ability to continue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concern and using the going concern basis of accounting unless management either intend to liquidate the Bank or to cease operations, or has no realistic alternative but to do so.

The Board of Directors is responsible for overseeing the Bank’s financial reporting process.

Auditor’s Responsibilities for the Audit of the Financial Statements

Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements as a whole are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue an auditor’s report that includes our opinion. We report our opinion solely to you, as a body, in accordance with our agreed terms of engagement and for no other purpose. We do not assume responsibility towards or accept liability to any other person for the contents of this report. Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance, but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with ISA will always detect a material misstatement when it exists. Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and are considered material if, individually or in the aggregate, they could reasonably be expected to influence the economic decisions of users taken on the basis of these financial statements.

As part of an audit in accordance with ISA, we exercise professional judgment and maintain professional scepticism throughout the audit. We also:

 

   

Identify and assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to fraud or error, design and perform audit procedures responsive to those risks, and obtain audit evidence that is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion. The risk of not detecting a material misstatement resulting from fraud is higher than for one resulting from error, as fraud may involve collusion, forgery, intentional omissions, misrepresentations, or the override of internal control.

 

   

Obtain an understanding of internal control relevant to the audit in order to design audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Bank’s internal control.

 

   

Evaluate the appropriateness of accounting policies used and the reasonableness of accounting estimates and related disclosures made by management.

 

   

Conclude on the appropriateness of management’s use of the going concern basis of accounting and, based on the audit evidence obtained, whether a material uncertainty exists related to events or conditions that may cast significant doubt on the Bank’s ability to continue as a going concern. If we conclude that a material uncertainty exists, we are required to draw attention in our auditor’s report to the related disclosures in the financial statements or, if such disclosures are inadequate, to modify our opinion. Our conclusions are based on the audit evidence obtained up to the date of our auditor’s report. However, future events or conditions may cause the Bank to cease to continue as a going concern.

 

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Evaluate the overall presentation, structure and content of the financial statements, including the disclosures, and whether the financial statements represent the underlying transactions and events in a manner that achieves fair presentation.

We communicate with the Board of Directors regarding, among other matters, the planned scope and timing of the audit and significant audit findings, including any significant deficiencies in internal control that we identify during our audit.

/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers

PricewaterhouseCoopers

Certified Public Accountants

Hong Kong, 21 March 2017

 

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ASIAN INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT BANK

Statement of Comprehensive Income

For the period from 16 January 2016 (Date of Commencement of Operations) to 31 December 2016

 

In thousands of US Dollars

   Note      For the period
from 16 January
2016 to
31 December
2016
 

Interest income

     5.1        23,455  

Interest expense

     5.1        —    
     

 

 

 

Net interest income

        23,455  

Net fee and commission expense

     5.2        (70

Unrealised gain on investment at fair value through profit or loss

     5.5        14,873  

Impairment provision

     5.6        (277

General and administrative expenses

     5.3        (30,658

Net foreign exchange loss

        (26
     

 

 

 

Operating profit for the period

        7,297  

Accretion of paid-in capital receivables

     5.7        160,063  
     

 

 

 

Net profit for the period

        167,360  

Other comprehensive income

        —    
     

 

 

 

Total comprehensive income

        167,360  
     

 

 

 

Attributable to:

     

Equity holders of the Bank

        167,360  
     

 

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

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Statement of Financial Position

As at 31 December 2016

 

In thousands of US Dollars

   Note      31 December
2016
 

Assets

     

Cash and cash equivalents

     5.4        1,281,992  

Term deposits

     5.4        2,292,141  

Investment at fair value through profit or loss

     5.5        3,179,873  

Funds deposited for co-financing arrangements

        23,623  

Loan investments, at amortised cost

     5.6        9,553  

Paid-in capital receivables

     5.7        11,007,227  

Other assets

     5.8        958  
     

 

 

 

Total assets

        17,795,367  
     

 

 

 

Liabilities

     

Other liabilities

     5.9        5,538  
     

 

 

 

Total liabilities

        5,538  
     

 

 

 

Members’ equity

     

Paid-in capital

     5.10        18,065,400  

Reserve for accretion of paid-in capital receivables

     5.7        (282,868

Retained earnings

        7,297  
     

 

 

 

Total members’ equity

        17,789,829  
     

 

 

 

Total liabilities and members’ equity

        17,795,367  
     

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

/s/ Mr. Jin Liqun

  

/s/ Mr. Thierry de Longuemar

Mr. Jin Liqun    Mr. Thierry de Longuemar
President    Vice President
   and Chief Financial Officer

 

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Statement of Changes in Equity

For the period from 16 January 2016 (Date of Commencement of Operations) to 31 December 2016

 

In thousands of US Dollars

  Note     Subscribed
capital
    Less: callable
capital
    Paid-in
capital
    Reserve for
accretion of
paid-in capital
receivables
    Retained
earnings
    Total equity  

16 January 2016

      —         —         —         —         —         —    
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Capital subscription and contribution

    5.10       90,327,000       (72,261,600     18,065,400       —         —         18,065,400  

Net profit for the period

      —         —         —         —         167,360       167,360  

Paid-in capital receivables - accretion effect

    5.7       —         —         —         (442,931     —         (442,931

Transfer of accretion

    5.12       —         —         —         160,063       (160,063     —    
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

31 December 2016

      90,327,000       (72,261,600     18,065,400       (282,868     7,297       17,789,829  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

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Statement of Cash Flows

For the period from 16 January 2016 (Date of Commencement of Operations) to 31 December 2016

 

In thousands of US Dollars

   Note      For the period
from 16 January
2016 to
31 December
2016
 

Cash flows from operating activities

     

Net profit for the period

        167,360  

Adjustments for:

     

Interest income from term deposits

        (17,141

Accretion of paid-in capital receivables

     5.7        (160,063

Unrealised gain on investment at fair value through profit or loss

     5.5        (14,873

Impairment provision

     5.6        277  

Increase in loan disbursements

     5.6        (9,830

Funds deposited for co-financing arrangements

        (23,623

Increase in other assets

     5.8        (958

Increase in other liabilities

     5.9        5,538  
     

 

 

 

Net cash used in operating activities

        (53,313
     

 

 

 

Cash flows from investing activities

     

Investment purchases

     5.5        (3,165,000

Increase in term deposits

        (2,275,000
     

 

 

 

Net cash used in investing activities

        (5,440,000
     

 

 

 

Cash flows from financing activities

     

Capital contributions received

     5.10        6,775,305  
     

 

 

 

Net cash from financing activities

        6,775,305  
     

 

 

 

Net increase in cash and cash equivalents

        1,281,992  

Cash and cash equivalents at 16 January 2016

        —    
     

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents at 31 December 2016

     5.4        1,281,992  
     

 

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

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Notes to the Financial Statements

For the period from 16 January 2016 (Date of Commencement of Operations) to 31 December 2016

(All amounts in thousands of US Dollars unless otherwise stated)

1 GENERAL INFORMATION

Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (the “Bank” or the “AIIB”) is a multilateral development bank. In June 2015, representatives from 57 countries signed the Articles of Agreement (the “AOA”). The AOA entered into force on 25 December 2015. The Bank commenced operations on 16 January 2016. The principal office of the Bank is located in Beijing, the People’s Republic of China (the “PRC”).

The Bank seeks to invest in high quality projects that offer infrastructure solutions to improve the social and economic development of its member countries. It works in cooperation with sovereign governments, private financiers and other multilateral development banks to address the growing need for transportation networks, urban development, clean water supplies and low-carbon power within the region.

The legal status, privileges, and immunities for the operation and functioning of the Bank in the PRC are agreed in the AOA and further defined in the Headquarters Agreement between the government of the People’s Republic of China (the “Government”) and the Bank of 16 January 2016.

These financial statements were signed by the President and the Vice President and Chief Financial Officer on 21 March 2017.

2 SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

2.1 Basis of preparation

These financial statements for the Bank have been prepared in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards (“IFRS”) as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board (“IASB”). According to By-Laws of the AIIB, the financial year of the Bank begins on January 1 and ends on December 31 of each year. For the year in which the Bank commences operations, the financial year begins on the date the Bank commences operations and ends on December 31 of that year. The financial statements for the period from date of commencing operations on 16 January 2016 to 31 December 2016 are the first annual financial statements of the Bank.

The Bank has adopted all of the IFRS standards and interpretations effective for annual periods beginning on 1 January 2016. In addition, the Bank has adopted IFRS 9 Financial Instruments (full version issued in July 2014 and mandatorily effective on 1 January 2018), IFRS 15 Revenue from Contracts with Customers (mandatorily effective on 1 January 2018), and IFRS 16 Leases (mandatorily effective on 1 January 2019) prior to their respective mandatory effective dates.

The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention, except for those financial assets measured at fair value.

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with IFRS requires the use of certain critical accounting estimates. It also requires management to exercise judgement in its process of applying the Bank’s polices. The areas involving a higher degree of judgement or complexity, or areas where judgements or estimates are significant to the financial statements are disclosed in Note 3. The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis.

 

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Notes to the Financial Statements

For the period from 16 January 2016 (Date of Commencement of Operations) to 31 December 2016

(All amounts in thousands of US Dollars unless otherwise stated)

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2.2 New accounting pronouncements

Certain amendments to IFRS have been issued but are not mandatory for periods ending on 31 December 2016. The Bank does not expect the adoption of these amendments to have a material impact on the Bank and therefore has not early adopted those amendments. These amendments mainly include:

 

  (i)

IFRIC 22 Foreign currency transactions and advance consideration; and

 

  (ii)

IAS 7 Amendments disclosure initiative

2.3 Functional currency and foreign currency transactions

The functional currency of the Bank and the presentation currency of the Bank are both United States Dollar (“USD” or “US Dollar”).

Foreign currency transactions are initially translated into USD using exchange rates prevailing at the dates of the related transactions. At the end of the reporting period, monetary items denominated in foreign currencies are retranslated at the rates prevailing at that date. Exchange differences arising on the settlement of monetary items, and on the retranslation of monetary items, are recognised in profit or loss during the period in which they arise.

2.4 Financial instruments

2.4.1 Financial assets

The Bank’s financial assets are classified into three categories:

 

  (a)

Amortised cost,

 

  (b)

Fair value through other comprehensive income (FVOCI), or

 

  (c)

Fair value through profit or loss (FVPL).

The basis of classification depends on the relevant business model and the contractual cash flow characteristics of the underlying financial asset.

(a) Classification of financial assets at amortised cost

The Bank classifies its financial assets at amortised cost only if both of the following criteria are met:

 

  (i)

The financial asset is held within a business model having the objective of collecting the contractual cash flows; and

 

  (ii)

The contractual terms give rise, on specified dates, to cash flows that are solely payments of principal and interest on the principal outstanding.

The Bank applies the effective interest method to the amortised cost of a financial asset.

 

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Notes to the Financial Statements

For the period from 16 January 2016 (Date of Commencement of Operations) to 31 December 2016

(All amounts in thousands of US Dollars unless otherwise stated)

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2.4 Financial instruments (Continued)

2.4.1 Financial assets (Continued)

 

(b) Classification of financial assets at FVOCI

Financial assets at FVOCI comprise:

 

  (i)

Financial assets having contractual cash flows which reflect solely payments of principal and interest on outstanding principal, and for which the objective of the related business model is achieved both by collecting contractual cash flows and selling financial assets, and

 

  (ii)

Investments in equity instruments which are neither held for trading nor contingent consideration, and for which the Bank has made an irrevocable election at initial recognition to recognise changes in fair value through OCI rather than profit or loss.

For (i) above, interest is calculated using the effective interest method and recognised in profit or loss. Except for gains or losses from impairment and foreign exchange, the financial asset is measured at FVOCI. When the financial asset is derecognised, the cumulative gain or loss previously recognised in OCI is reclassified to profit or loss.

For (ii) above, investments in equity instruments are required to be measured at FVPL with the irrevocable option at inception to present changes in fair value in OCI, in which case the accumulated fair value changes in OCI will not be reclassified to profit or loss in the future. Dividends on such investments are recognised in profit or loss, unless the dividend clearly represents a recovery of part of the cost of the investment.

(c) Classification of financial assets at FVPL

The Bank classifies the following financial assets at FVPL:

 

  (i)

Financial assets that do not qualify for measurement at either amortised cost or FVOCI,

 

  (ii)

Financial assets that are designated at initial recognition at FVPL irrevocably, when such designation eliminates or significantly reduces a measurement or recognition inconsistency that would otherwise arise,

 

  (iii)

Investments in equity instruments that are held for trading, and

 

  (iv)

Investments in equity instruments for which the entity has not elected to recognise fair value gains and losses through OCI.

2.4.2 Financial liabilities

The Bank’s financial liabilities are classified as either financial liabilities through FVPL or other financial liabilities, carried at amortised cost.

(a) Classification of financial liabilities at FVPL

Financial liabilities at FVPL have two subcategories, financial liabilities held for trading and those designated as FVPL on initial recognition. There were no financial liabilities classified as FVPL during the reporting period or as at 31 December 2016.

 

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Notes to the Financial Statements

For the period from 16 January 2016 (Date of Commencement of Operations) to 31 December 2016

(All amounts in thousands of US Dollars unless otherwise stated)

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2.4 Financial instruments (Continued)

2.4.2 Financial liabilities (Continued)

 

(b) Other financial liabilities

Other financial liabilities are measured at amortised cost, using the effective interest method. The related interest expenses are recognised in profit or loss.

2.4.3 Equity instruments

An equity instrument is any contract that evidences a residual interest in the assets of the Bank after deducting all of its liabilities.

A puttable financial instrument includes a contractual obligation for the issuer to repurchase or redeem that instrument for cash or another financial asset on exercise of the put. The puttable instrument that includes such an obligation is classified as an equity instrument when meeting all the generally required features being most subordinate class of shares with identical features and all have the same rights on liquidation.

2.4.4 Impairment of financial instruments

Financial assets of the Bank that are measured at amortised cost (Note 2.4.1(a)), FVOCI (Note 2.4.1 (b) (i)) and certain unrecognised financial instruments such as loan commitments are subject to credit loss estimated through an expected credit loss (“ECL”) model, assessed on a forward looking basis.

At each reporting date, the Bank assesses whether the credit risk of a financial instrument has increased significantly since initial recognition. When making this assessment, the Bank considers the change in the risk of a default occurring over the expected life of the financial instrument. To make this assessment, the Bank compares the risk of a default occurring as at the reporting date with the risk of a default occurring as at the date of initial recognition, based on reasonable and supportable information that is available without undue cost or effort and is indicative of significant increases in credit risk since initial recognition.

At each reporting date, the Bank measures the loss allowance for a financial instrument at either:

 

  (i)

An amount equal to the lifetime ECL if the credit risk related to that financial instrument has increased significantly since initial recognition; or

 

  (ii)

An amount equal to a 12-month ECL if the credit risk related to that financial instrument has not increased significantly since initial recognition.

 

  The

Bank measures ECL related to a financial instrument in a way that reflects:

 

  (i)

An unbiased and probability-weighted amount determined by evaluating a range of possible outcomes;

 

  (ii)

The time value of money; and

 

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Notes to the Financial Statements

For the period from 16 January 2016 (Date of Commencement of Operations) to 31 December 2016

(All amounts in thousands of US Dollars unless otherwise stated)

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2.4 Financial instruments (Continued)

2.4.4 Impairment of financial instruments (Continued)

 

  (iii)

Reasonable and supportable information that is available without undue cost or effort at the reporting date regarding relevant past events, current circumstances, and forecasts of future economic conditions.

The Bank identified financial assets as having credit impairment when one or more events that could have a detrimental impact on the estimated future cash flows of that financial asset have occurred.

The Bank recognises the loss allowance of loan commitments as a provision. However, if a financial instrument includes both a loan (i.e. financial asset) and an undrawn commitment (i.e. loan commitment) component and the Bank cannot separately identify the ECL on the loan commitment component from those on the financial asset component, the ECL on the loan commitment is recognised together with the loss allowance for the financial asset. To the extent that the combined ECL exceed the gross carrying amount of the financial asset, the ECL is recognised as a provision.

2.4.5 Determination of fair value

Fair value is the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction in the principal (or most advantageous) market at the measurement date under current market conditions (i.e. an exit price) regardless of whether that price is directly observable or estimated using another valuation technique.

For financial instruments traded in active markets, the determination of fair values of financial assets and financial liabilities is based on quoted market prices.

A financial instrument is regarded as quoted in an active market if quoted prices are readily and regularly available from an exchange, pricing service, or regulatory agency; and those prices represent actual and regularly occurring market transactions on an arm’s length basis. If the above criteria are not met, the market is regarded as being inactive.

For financial instruments not traded in active markets, fair value is determined using appropriate valuation techniques. Valuation techniques include the use of recent transaction prices, discounted cash flow analysis, option pricing models and others commonly used by market participants. These valuation techniques include the use of observable and/or unobservable inputs.

2.4.6 Recognition and derecognition

The Bank recognises a financial asset or a financial liability in its statement of financial position when, and only when, the entity becomes party to the contractual provisions of the instrument.

At initial recognition, the Bank measures a financial asset or financial liability at its fair value plus or minus, in the case of a financial asset or financial liability not at fair value through profit or loss, transaction costs that are directly attributable to the acquisition or issue of the financial asset or financial liability.

 

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Notes to the Financial Statements

For the period from 16 January 2016 (Date of Commencement of Operations) to 31 December 2016

(All amounts in thousands of US Dollars unless otherwise stated)

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2.4 Financial instruments (Continued)

2.4.6 Recognition and derecognition (Continued)

 

Before evaluating whether, and to what extent, derecognition is appropriate, the Bank determines whether the derecognition analysis should be applied to a part of a financial asset or a financial asset in its entirely. The Bank derecognises a financial asset when the contractual rights to the cash flows from the asset expire, or when it transfers the financial asset and substantially all the risks and rewards of ownership of the asset to another entity. If the Bank neither transfers nor retains substantially all the risks and rewards of ownership and has not retained control of the transferred asset, the Bank derecognises the financial asset and recognises separately as assets or liabilities any rights and obligations created or retained in the transfer.

Upon derecognition of a financial asset in its entirety, the difference between the carrying amount of the asset and the sum of the consideration received and receivable and, where applicable, the cumulative gain or loss that had been recognised in other comprehensive income is reclassified to profit or loss, except for those investments in equity instruments designated as FVOCI.

Financial liabilities are derecognised when the related obligation is discharged, is cancelled or expires. The difference between the carrying amount of the financial liability derecognised and the consideration paid and payable is recognised in the profit or loss.

2.5 Property improvements

Property improvements are stated at cost less accumulated depreciation. Depreciation is calculated on a straight line basis to write down the cost of each asset to its residual value over its estimated useful economic life. Property improvements are depreciated over a useful economic life of 3 years.

2.6 Cash and cash equivalents

Cash and cash equivalents are items which are readily convertible to known amounts of cash and which are subject to an insignificant risk of changes in value. Deposits with a maturity of three months or less are classified as cash and cash equivalents.

2.7 Revenue

2.7.1 Interest income

Interest income is calculated using the effective interest method. In this regard, the effective interest rate is applied to the gross carrying amount of a financial asset except for:

 

  (i)

financial assets purchased or originated with credit impairment, for which the credit adjusted effective interest rate is applied to the amortised cost of the financial asset from initial recognition; and

 

  (ii)

financial assets with credit impairment that has been recognised subsequent to initial recognition, for which the original effective interest rate is applied to the net carrying value in subsequent reporting periods.

 

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Notes to the Financial Statements

For the period from 16 January 2016 (Date of Commencement of Operations) to 31 December 2016

(All amounts in thousands of US Dollars unless otherwise stated)

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2.7 Revenue (Continued)

2.7.1 Interest income (Continued)

 

With respect to (ii) above, in subsequent reporting periods, interest income is calculated by applying the effective interest rate to the gross carrying amount if the credit risk of the financial asset improves so that it is no longer credit impaired and the improvement can be related objectively to an event.

2.7.2 Front-end and commitment fees

Front-end fees received by the Bank relating to the origination or acquisition of a financial asset are an integral part of generating an involvement with the resulting financial instrument and, accordingly, are an integral part of the effective interest rate of that financial instrument.

Commitment fees received by the Bank to originate a loan when the loan commitment is not measured at FVPL are treated as follows:

 

  (i)

if it is probable that the Bank will enter into a specific lending arrangement and is an integral part of the effective interest rate of a financial instrument, and the commitment expires without the Bank making the loan, the fee is recognised as revenue at expiration of the commitment.

 

  (ii)

if it is likely that a specific lending arrangement will not be entered into, and is not an integral part of the effective interest rate of the financial instrument, the fee is accounted for as revenue over the commitment period.

2.7.3 Administration fees

Administration fees are recognised as revenue throughout the period that the services are rendered.

2.8 Employee benefits

Employee benefits represent consideration given, and are expenditures incurred by the Bank, in exchange for services rendered by employees or for termination of employment contracts. These benefits include short-term employee benefits and contributions to defined contribution plans.

Short-term employee benefits

During the reporting period in which an employee has rendered services, the Bank recognises the short-term employee benefits payable for those services as a liability with a corresponding increase in the related expense. Short-term employee benefits include salaries, pre-retirement medical insurance, life insurance, accidental death and disability provision, death grant, sick leave, travel accident coverage, long-term disability, multipurpose loans to staff as well as a special allowance for staff recruited globally.

Defined contribution plans

A defined contribution plan is a pension plan under which the Bank pays fixed contributions into a separate entity. The Bank has no legal or constructive obligations to pay further contributions if the

 

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Notes to the Financial Statements

For the period from 16 January 2016 (Date of Commencement of Operations) to 31 December 2016

(All amounts in thousands of US Dollars unless otherwise stated)

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2.8 Employee benefits (Continued)

Defined contribution plans (Continued)

 

fund does not hold sufficient assets to pay any employees the benefits relating to employee service earned in any current and prior period. When an employee has rendered service to the Bank during a period, it recognises a contribution payable to a defined contribution plan in exchange for that service, along with the related expense. Defined contribution plans include defined contribution pension plans and post-retirement medical benefit plans.

2.9 Leases

A lease contract is one which conveys the right to control the use of an asset for a specified period of time. The lease liability is measured as the present value of the payments that are not paid at the date of recognition discounted at the leases’ implicit interest rate. The right of use asset is measured at cost, consisting of the lease liability plus any payments made before the commencement of lease and less any lease incentives.

2.10 Dividend

Dividend distributions to the Bank’s shareholders are recognised as a liability in the period in which the dividends are approved by the Board of Governors.

2.11 Current and non-current presentation

The Bank presents its assets and liabilities in the order of liquidity as this provides more relevant information.

3 CRITICAL ACCOUNTING ESTIMATES AND JUDGEMENTS IN APPLYING ACCOUNTING POLICIES

The Bank makes estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts recognised in the financial statements, and the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities within the next financial year. Estimates and judgements are continually evaluated and are based on management’s experience and other factors, including expectations of future events that are believed to be reasonable under the circumstances. Management also makes certain judgements, apart from those involving estimations, in the process of applying the accounting policies. Judgements that have the most significant effect on the amounts recognised in the financial statements and estimates that can cause a significant adjustment to the carrying amount of assets and liabilities within the next financial year include:

3.1 Impairment losses on financial instruments

The measurement of the ECL allowance for financial assets measured at amortised cost requires extensive financial modelling and significant assumptions about future economic conditions and credit behaviour (e.g. the likelihood of customers defaulting and the resulting losses).

A number of significant judgements are also required in measuring ECL, which include:

 

   

Determining criteria for significant increase in credit risk and definition of default;

 

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Notes to the Financial Statements

For the period from 16 January 2016 (Date of Commencement of Operations) to 31 December 2016

(All amounts in thousands of US Dollars unless otherwise stated)

3 CRITICAL ACCOUNTING ESTIMATES AND JUDGEMENTS IN APPLYING ACCOUNTING POLICIES

3.1 Impairment losses on financial instruments (Continued)

 

   

Choosing appropriate models and assumptions for the measurement of ECL;

 

   

Establishing the number and probability of forward-looking scenarios for each type of product; and

 

   

Assigning exposures through an internal credit grading process.

Details of the inputs, assumptions, and estimation techniques used in measuring ECL are further disclosed in Note 5.13(c), which also presents sensitivities of the ECL.

3.2 Measurement of fair value

Paid-in capital receivables are initially measured at fair value. The Bank is required to use valuation techniques to determine the fair value as at the reporting date. The Bank made judgements about the expected timing of future cash flows and the appropriate discount rate to apply. If the interest rate were changed +/-1 basic point (“bps”), the fair value of the capital receivables would have decreased/increased by approximately USD 3 million.

3.3 Structured entity consolidation

The Bank manages the AIIB’s Project Preparation Special Fund (the “Special Fund”), and has made a judgement on whether or not, for accounting purposes, it is the principal or an agent, to assess whether the Bank controls the Special Fund and should consolidate it. The Bank identified the Special Fund’s assets as a “silo” when conducting its consolidation assessment. When performing this assessment, the Bank considered several factors including, among other things, the scope of its decision-making authority over the structured entity, the rights held by other parties, the remuneration to which it is entitled in accordance with the related agreements for the asset management services, the Bank’s exposure to variability of returns from other interests that it holds in the structured entity. The Bank is not exposed to any significant variability in its returns and as such was deemed to not control the Special Fund. The Bank performs re-assessment periodically.

Detailed information about the unconsolidated structured entity is set out in Note 5.15.

4 TAXATION

In accordance with Article 51 of the AOA, within the scope of its official activities, the Bank, its assets, property, income, and its operations and transactions, shall be exempt from all taxation and from all custom duties in its member countries. Article 51 also exempts the Bank from any obligation for the payment, withholding, or collection of any tax or duty.

 

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Notes to the Financial Statements

For the period from 16 January 2016 (Date of Commencement of Operations) to 31 December 2016

(All amounts in thousands of US Dollars unless otherwise stated)

 

5 NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

5.1 Interest income and expense

For the period from 16 January 2016 to 31 December 2016, interest income and expense are as follows:

 

Interest income

  

Loan investments (1)

     6  

Cash and deposits

     23,449  
  

 

 

 

Total interest income

     23,455  

Interest expense

     —    
  

 

 

 

Total interest expense

     —    

Net interest income

     23,455  
  

 

 

 

 

(1)

Interest income for loan investments includes amortisation of front-end fees, commitment fees and other incremental and directly related costs in relation to loan origination that are an integral part of the effective interest rate of those loans.

5.2 Net fee and commission expense

For the period from 16 January 2016 to 31 December 2016, net fee and commission expense is comprised of:

 

Administration fee (Note 5.15)

     100  
  

 

 

 

Total fee and commission income

     100  

Co-financing service fee accrued for the period

     (170
  

 

 

 

Total fee and commission expense

     (170

Net fee and commission expense

     (70
  

 

 

 

5.3 General and administrative expenses

For the period from 16 January 2016 to 31 December 2016, general and administrative expenses are as follows:

 

Staff costs (1)

     12,226  

Professional service expenses

     6,729  

Facilities and administration expenses

     4,553  

IT equipment and services

     3,170  

Travelling expenses

     2,102  

Auditor’s remuneration

     455  

Others

     1,423  
  

 

 

 

Total general and administrative expenses

     30,658  
  

 

 

 

 

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Notes to the Financial Statements

For the period from 16 January 2016 (Date of Commencement of Operations) to 31 December 2016

(All amounts in thousands of US Dollars unless otherwise stated)

5 NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

5.3 General and administrative expenses (Continued)

 

(1) Staff costs

Staff costs for the period from 16 January 2016 to 31 December 2016 include the following:

 

Short-term employee benefits

     10,826  

Defined contribution pension plans

     1,391  

Others

     9  
  

 

 

 

Total

     12,226  
  

 

 

 

Refer to Note 5.16 for details of key management remuneration.

5.4 Cash and deposits with banks

 

     31 December 2016  

Cash

     —    

Deposits with banks

  

– Demand deposits

     4,488  

– Term deposits

     3,569,645  
  

 

 

 

Total Cash and deposits with banks

     3,574,133  
  

 

 

 

Less: term deposits with maturity more than 3 months (1)

     (2,292,141
  

 

 

 

Total Cash and cash equivalents

     1,281,992  
  

 

 

 

 

(1)

Term deposits with maturity more than 3 months have maturities ranging from 3 months to 24 months.

5.5 Investment at fair value through profit or loss

The Bank places funds with an external counterparty in a trust fund account (the “Trust Fund”), which, in accordance with the related Administrative Agreement between the Bank and the counterparty, reinvests the funds in a larger collective pool of investments (the “Pool”) in accordance with the investment mandate for the entire Pool. Notional allocations within the Pool are made, subject to the Investment Framework agreement between the Bank and the counterparty, to create a model portfolio exposure, as the basis for determining the fair value of the Trust Fund. The Bank classifies this investment as a single unit of account measured at fair value through profit and loss. Fees charged for the administration of the Trust Fund are comprised of a flat fee based upon average assets under management and full-cost recovery of the counterparty’s staff costs, related benefits and allocated overhead related to administering the Pool.

The counterparty does not guarantee any investment return or the principal amount deposited. The Trust Fund reports its notional allocation in the Pool as one class of financial assets.

 

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Notes to the Financial Statements

For the period from 16 January 2016 (Date of Commencement of Operations) to 31 December 2016

(All amounts in thousands of US Dollars unless otherwise stated)

5 NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

5.5 Investment at fair value through profit or loss (Continued)

 

The initial investment as at 31 December 2016 was USD 3,165 million. The fair value gain on this investment during the period from 16 January 2016 to 31 December 2016 was USD 14.87 million.

5.6 Loan investments, loan commitments and related ECL allowance

 

     31 December 2016  
Sovereign loans    Gross carrying
amount
     Less: ECL
allowance
     Net carrying amount  
     9,830        (277      9,553  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

The ECL allowance is calculated on the basis of committed and disbursed loan amounts as at 31 December 2016. Total loan commitments as at 31 December 2016 were USD 334 million. Additional information about the loan investments, loan commitments and the related ECL is included in Note 5.13 on financial risk management.    

5.7 Paid-in capital receivables

According to the AOA, payments for paid-in capital (refer to Note 5.10) are due in five instalments, with the exception of members designated as less developed countries, who may pay in ten instalments. Paid-in capital receivables represent amounts due from members in respect of paid-in capital. These amounts are initially recognised at fair value and subsequently measured at amortised costs. The fair value discount is accreted through income using the effective interest rate method. In the period from 16 January 2016 to 31 December 2016, a total discount of USD 443 million was debited into reserve, among which USD 160 million has been accreted through income in the current period. As at 31 December 2016, paid-in capital receivables, at amortised cost, are listed as follows:

 

Members

   Paid-in capital receivables at
amortised cost as at 31
December 2016
 

Australia

     430,896  

Austria

     58,488  

Azerbaijan

     39,999  

Bangladesh

     98,609  

Brunei Darussalam

     6,129  

Cambodia

     9,359  

China

     3,479,854  

Denmark

     44,043  

Egypt

     102,081  

Finland

     48,753  

France

     395,954  

Georgia

     6,310  

Germany

     523,473  

Iceland

     2,052  

India

     979,699  

Indonesia

     394,036  

 

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Notes to the Financial Statements

For the period from 16 January 2016 (Date of Commencement of Operations) to 31 December 2016

(All amounts in thousands of US Dollars unless otherwise stated)

5 NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

5.7 Paid-in capital receivables (Continued)

 

Members

   Paid-in capital receivables at
amortised cost as at 31
December 2016
 

Israel

     58,368  

Italy

     301,572  

Jordan

     13,892  

Kazakhstan

     114,798  

Korea

     436,442  

Kyrgyz Republic

     4,153  

Lao PDR

     6,424  

Luxembourg

     8,106  

Maldives

     1,031  

Malta

     1,580  

Mongolia

     4,791  

Myanmar

     38,995  

Nepal

     12,063  

Netherlands

     120,420  

New Zealand

     53,876  

Norway

     86,287  

Oman

     30,320  

Pakistan

     162,072  

Philippines

     192,537  

Poland

     97,622  

Qatar

     71,024  

Russia

     763,574  

Saudi Arabia

     299,384  

Singapore

     29,186  

Sri Lanka

     42,232  

Sweden

     98,908  

Switzerland

     110,959  

Tajikistan

     5,251  

Thailand

     167,149  

Turkey

     306,373  

United Arab Emirates

     139,159  

United Kingdom

     478,770  

Uzbekistan

     25,714  

Vietnam

     104,460  
  

 

 

 

Total paid-in capital receivables

     11,007,227  
  

 

 

 

As at 31 December 2016, the contractual undiscounted paid-in capital receivables overdue amounted to USD 433.80 million (Note 5.10), because of an administrative delay but not considered as impaired. Of this amount, USD 433.18 million was collected by the date of the approval of the financial statements (Note 5.17).

 

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Notes to the Financial Statements

For the period from 16 January 2016 (Date of Commencement of Operations) to 31 December 2016

(All amounts in thousands of US Dollars unless otherwise stated)

5 NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

5.7 Paid-in capital receivables (Continued)

 

As at 31 December 2016, USD 3,856 million of the above balance is due within 12 months from the reporting date.

5.8 Other Assets

 

     31 December
2016
 

Prepaid co-financing service fee

     175  

Property improvements

     168  

Others

     615  
  

 

 

 

Total other assets

     958  
  

 

 

 

5.9 Other liabilities

 

     31 December
2016
 

Staff costs payable

     436  

Accrued expenses

     5,102  
  

 

 

 

Total other liabilities

     5,538  
  

 

 

 

5.10 Share capital

 

     31 December
2016
 

Authorized capital

     100,000,000  

– Allocated

  

- Subscribed

     90,327,000  

- Unsubscribed

     7,824,400  

– Unallocated

     1,848,600  
  

 

 

 

Total authorized capital

     100,000,000  
  

 

 

 

Subscribed capital

     90,327,000  

Less: callable capital

     (72,261,600
  

 

 

 

Paid-in capital

     18,065,400  
  

 

 

 

Paid-in capital comprises:

  

– amounts received

     6,775,305  

– amounts due but not yet received

     433,795  

– amounts not yet due

     10,856,300  
  

 

 

 

Total paid-in capital

     18,065,400  
  

 

 

 

 

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Notes to the Financial Statements

For the period from 16 January 2016 (Date of Commencement of Operations) to 31 December 2016

(All amounts in thousands of US Dollars unless otherwise stated)

5 NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

5.10 Share capital (Continued)

 

In accordance with Articles 4 and 5 of the AOA, the initial authorized capital stock of the Bank is USD 100 billion, divided into 1,000,000 shares, which shall be available for subscription only by members.

The original authorized capital stock is divided into paid-in shares and callable shares, with paid-in shares having an aggregate par value of USD 20 billion and callable shares having an aggregate par value of USD 80 billion.

Payment of the amount subscribed to the callable capital stock of the Bank shall be subject to call only as and when required by the Bank to meet its liabilities. Calls on unpaid subscriptions shall be uniform in percentage on all callable shares.

In accordance with Article 37 of the AOA, any member may withdraw from the Bank at any time by delivering a notice in writing to the Bank at its principal office. A withdrawing member remains liable for all direct and contingent obligations to the Bank to which it was subject at the date of delivery of the withdrawal notice. At the time a country ceases to be a member, the Bank shall arrange for the repurchase of such country’s shares by the Bank as a part of the settlement of accounts with such country. For this purpose, the repurchase price of the shares shall be the value shown on the books of the Bank on the date the country ceases to be a member.

 

Members

   Total
shares
     Subscribed
capital
     Callable
capital
     Paid-in
capital
     Paid-in
capital
received
     Paid-in
capital not
yet received
 

Australia

     36,912        3,691,200        2,953,000        738,200        295,280        442,920  

Austria

     5,008        500,800        400,600        100,200        40,080        60,120  

Azerbaijan

     2,541        254,100        203,300        50,800        10,164        40,636  

Bangladesh

     6,605        660,500        528,400        132,100        26,420        105,680  

Brunei Darussalam

     524        52,400        41,900        10,500        4,200        6,300  

Cambodia

     623        62,300        49,800        12,500        2,500        10,000  

China

     297,804        29,780,400        23,824,300        5,956,100        2,382,440        3,573,660  

Denmark

     3,695        369,500        295,600        73,900        28,890        45,010  

Egypt

     6,505        650,500        520,400        130,100        26,020        104,080  

Finland

     3,103        310,300        248,200        62,100        12,420        49,680  

France

     33,756        3,375,600        2,700,500        675,100        270,040        405,060  

Georgia

     539        53,900        43,100        10,800        4,320        6,480  

Germany

     44,842        4,484,200        3,587,400        896,800        358,720        538,080  

Iceland

     176        17,600        14,100        3,500        1,400        2,100  

India

     83,673        8,367,300        6,693,800        1,673,500        669,400        1,004,100  

Indonesia

     33,607        3,360,700        2,688,600        672,100        268,840        403,260  

Israel

     7,499        749,900        599,900        150,000        90,000        60,000  

Italy

     25,718        2,571,800        2,057,400        514,400        205,760        308,640  

Jordan

     1,192        119,200        95,400        23,800        9,520        14,280  

Kazakhstan

     7,293        729,300        583,400        145,900        29,180        116,720  

Korea

     37,387        3,738,700        2,991,000        747,700        299,080        448,620  

 

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Notes to the Financial Statements

For the period from 16 January 2016 (Date of Commencement of Operations) to 31 December 2016

(All amounts in thousands of US Dollars unless otherwise stated)

5 NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

5.10 Share capital (Continued)

 

Members

   Total
shares
     Subscribed
capital
     Callable
capital
     Paid-in
capital
     Paid-in
capital
received
     Paid-in
capital not
yet received
 

Kyrgyz Republic

     268        26,800        21,400        5,400        991        4,409  

Lao PDR

     430        43,000        34,400        8,600        1,720        6,880  

Luxembourg

     697        69,700        55,800        13,900        5,560        8,340  

Maldives

     72        7,200        5,800        1,400        280        1,120  

Malta

     136        13,600        10,900        2,700        1,080        1,620  

Mongolia

     411        41,100        32,900        8,200        3,280        4,920  

Myanmar

     2,645        264,500        211,600        52,900        10,580        42,320  

Nepal

     809        80,900        64,700        16,200        3,240        12,960  

Netherlands

     10,313        1,031,300        825,000        206,300        82,520        123,780  

New Zealand

     4,615        461,500        369,200        92,300        36,920        55,380  

Norway

     5,506        550,600        440,500        110,100        22,020        88,080  

Oman

     2,592        259,200        207,400        51,800        20,720        31,080  

Pakistan

     10,341        1,034,100        827,300        206,800        41,360        165,440  

Philippines

     9,791        979,100        783,300        195,800        —          195,800  

Poland

     8,318        831,800        665,400        166,400        66,560        99,840  

Qatar

     6,044        604,400        483,500        120,900        48,360        72,540  

Russia

     65,362        6,536,200        5,229,000        1,307,200        522,880        784,320  

Saudi Arabia

     25,446        2,544,600        2,035,700        508,900        203,560        305,340  

Singapore

     2,500        250,000        200,000        50,000        20,000        30,000  

Sri Lanka

     2,690        269,000        215,200        53,800        10,760        43,040  

Sweden

     6,300        630,000        504,000        126,000        25,200        100,800  

Switzerland

     7,064        706,400        565,100        141,300        28,260        113,040  

Tajikistan

     309        30,900        24,700        6,200        620        5,580  

Thailand

     14,275        1,427,500        1,142,000        285,500        114,200        171,300  

Turkey

     26,099        2,609,900        2,087,900        522,000        208,800        313,200  

United Arab Emirates

     11,857        1,185,700        948,600        237,100        94,840        142,260  

United Kingdom

     30,547        3,054,700        2,443,800        610,900        122,180        488,720  

Uzbekistan

     2,198        219,800        175,800        44,000        17,600        26,400  

Vietnam

     6,633        663,300        530,600        132,700        26,540        106,160  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

     903,270        90,327,000        72,261,600        18,065,400        6,775,305        11,290,095  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

5.11 Reserves

Based on Article 18.1 of the AOA, the Board of Governors shall determine at least annually what part of the net income of the Bank shall be allocated, after making provision for reserves, to retained earnings or other purposes and what part, if any, shall be distributed to the members.

 

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Notes to the Financial Statements

For the period from 16 January 2016 (Date of Commencement of Operations) to 31 December 2016

(All amounts in thousands of US Dollars unless otherwise stated)

5 NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

5.12 Distribution

Distributable retained earnings as at 31 December 2016 were USD 7.3 million. As at 31 December 2016, USD 160 million of retained earnings has been transferred to reserve for accretion of the paid-in capital receivables.

No dividends were declared during the reporting period.

5.13 Financial risk management

(a) Overview

The Bank adopts a proactive and comprehensive approach to risk management that is instrumental to the Bank’s financial viability and success in achieving its mandate. The ability to identify, mitigate, and manage risk begins with the Bank’s policies established with a strong risk culture. In addition to establishing appropriate risk parameters, a thorough robust project review and monitoring process, the risk management function provides independent oversight of credit, market, liquidity, operational, and associated reputational risk in the Bank’s activities. It is also designed to integrate asset and liability management.

(b) Financial risk management framework

The Bank has established its risk appetite, risk management objectives and strategies in its Risk Limits Policy, and its Risk Management Framework (the “RMF”). Within this RMF, the Risk Management Department is responsible for monitoring financial risks with the oversight of the Risk Committee.

The Risk Committee is responsible for establishing the overall risk appetite of the Bank and reviewing and approving the risk management objectives and strategies. The Risk Committee monitors the integrated risk processes, on a cross-sector and cross-category basis for the Bank. The Board approves key risk policies as recommended by the President and the Executive Committee.

The Risk Management Department has overall responsibility for managing all aspects of risks, including implementing risk management strategies, initiatives and credit policies, and approving internal policies, measures and procedures related to risk management.

(i) Investment operations portfolio

At the project level, the Bank employs experienced employees with project finance skills and credit risk training in order to identify, invest in, and monitor commercially sound projects with positive economic impacts.

An investment committee of senior managers review the credit quality and merits of proposed individual projects in line with the Bank’s policies and procedures. In order to make its recommendations, such committee is provided by the relevant departments with assessments specific to their area, including risk, legal, finance, strategy, environmental and social aspects, and procurement.

 

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Notes to the Financial Statements

For the period from 16 January 2016 (Date of Commencement of Operations) to 31 December 2016

(All amounts in thousands of US Dollars unless otherwise stated)

5 NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

5.13 Financial risk management (Continued)

(b) Financial risk management framework (Continued)

 

Accountabilities at different stages of the credit risk/project approval process are delineated and regularly updated by the Bank’s management.

(ii) Treasury portfolio

The treasury portfolio includes deposits with banks and the investments in the Trust Fund.

According to the Bank’s General Investment Authority, the Bank can make investments in the assets specified in a list of eligible assets, including deposits and certain money market funds that invest in high credit quality securities.

With respect to the Trust Fund described in Note 5.5, the Trust Fund’s assets consist of its notionally allocated share of cash and investments in the Pool. The Pool is actively managed and invested in accordance with the investment strategy established for all such kind of Trust Funds administered by the counterparty. The objectives of the investment strategy is foremost to maintaining adequate liquidity to meet foreseeable cash flow needs and preserve capital and then, to maximize investment returns. The Pool is exposed to credit, market and liquidity risks.

(c) Credit risk

Credit risk management

The Bank takes on exposure to credit risk, which is the risk that one party to a financial instrument will cause a financial loss for the other party by failing to discharge an obligation. Exposure to credit risk arises as a result of the Bank’s lending and other transactions with counterparties giving rise to financial assets and loan commitments.

The Bank is primarily exposed to credit risk in both its loan granting of bank activities and deposit placing of the treasury activities. The counterparties could default on their contractual obligations or the value of the Bank’s investments could become impaired.

The Bank’s maximum exposure to credit risk from financial instruments before taking into account any collateral held or other credit enhancements is their carrying amount presented on the statement of financial position. The maximum exposure to credit risk from the undrawn loan commitments is USD 334 million. As at 31 December 2016, no collateral or other credit enhancements are held for the financial assets and loan commitments.

(i) Credit risk in the investment operations portfolio

 

   

Sovereign-backed infrastructure loans

Sovereign-backed infrastructure loans are the obligation of a member country as borrower or guarantor. The Bank’s credit decisions are based on assessments of the borrower’s or guarantor’s

 

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Notes to the Financial Statements

For the period from 16 January 2016 (Date of Commencement of Operations) to 31 December 2016

(All amounts in thousands of US Dollars unless otherwise stated)

5 NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

5.13 Financial risk management (Continued)

(c) Credit risk (Continued)

Credit risk management (Continued)

 

capacity to service the loan. These assessments are undertaken in accordance with the relevant operational policies. Specifically, the Bank performs its own sovereign credit analysis and assigns its own internal sovereign credit rating. When making these assessments, the Bank gives particular consideration to the International Monetary Fund/World Bank debt sustainability analyses and will utilize, where appropriate, country and macroeconomic reporting by multilateral development banks (“MDBs”), commercial banks, and “think tanks”. The appraisal of sovereign-backed loans takes into account, as appropriate, a full assessment of the project’s benefits and risks. The Bank’s internal rating has 12 notches, with rating 1-4 for investment grade.

As an international financial institution, the Bank does not participate in country debt rescheduling or debt reduction exercises of sovereign-backed loans or guarantees.

When a borrower fails to make payment on any principal, interest, or other charge due to the Bank, the Bank may suspend disbursements immediately on all loans to that borrower. The conditions for suspension of sovereign loans are presented in more detail in the Bank’s operational policies. Under its operational policies, the Bank would cease making new sovereign-backed loans to the borrower once any loans are overdue by more than 30 days and suspend all disbursements to or guaranteed by the member concerned once any loans are overdue by more than 60 days.

 

   

Non-sovereign-backed infrastructure loans

The Bank provides private enterprises and state-owned or state-controlled enterprises with loans that do not have a full member guarantee. However, the Bank retains the right, when it deems it advisable, to require a full or partial sovereign guarantee.

The Bank assigns an internal credit rating taking into account specific project, sector, macro, and country credit risks.

As at 31 December 2016, all the loans and loan commitments originated by the Bank are sovereign-backed infrastructure loans.

(ii) Credit risk in the treasury portfolio

Treasury activities and risk appetite are monitored by the Risk Committee and Board of Directors. The Bank has a limits policy which determines the maximum exposure to eligible counterparties and instruments. Eligible counterparties must have a single A credit rating or higher. All individual counterparty and investment credit lines are monitored and reviewed by Risk Management periodically.

As at 31 December 2016, the treasury portfolio includes term deposits with banks and investment in Trust Fund described in Note 5.5. As the Trust Fund is not subject to significant credit risk, the credit risk of the treasury portfolio is mainly from the term deposits. Given the high credit quality and its immaterial ECL, no loss provisions are assigned for the investments in the treasury portfolio for the period ended 31 December 2016.

 

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Notes to the Financial Statements

For the period from 16 January 2016 (Date of Commencement of Operations) to 31 December 2016

(All amounts in thousands of US Dollars unless otherwise stated)

5 NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

5.13 Financial risk management (Continued)

(c) Credit risk (Continued)

 

Credit quality analysis

Except for loan investments, other financial assets at amortised cost are paid-in capital receivables and deposits with banks, for which credit risk is not significant.

The following table sets out information about the credit quality of loan investments and loan commitments issued as at 31 December 2016.

 

Loan investments at amortised cost and undrawn portion of the same loan contracts

   31 December
2016
 

Gross carrying amount of loan investments

     9,830  

Credit exposure for loan commitments of the undrawn portion

     334,305  

12 month ECL

     (277
  

 

 

 

Carrying amount

     343,858  
  

 

 

 

Included above, the credit exposure from both loan investments and loan commitments of USD 216 million are rated as investment grade according to the Bank’s internal rating methodology.

As at 31 December 2016, all the loan investments and loan commitments are issued to borrowers in Asia.

Loss allowance reconciliation

 

     Gross carrying amount      12 month ECL  

As at the 16 January 2016

     —          —    

Loan investments originated

     9,830        (32

Loan commitments originated

     334,305        (245
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

As at 31 December 2016

     344,135        (277
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

ECL measurement

The Bank adopts an ECL ‘three-stage’ model for applicable financial instruments. A ‘three-stage’ model for impairment is based on changes in credit quality since initial recognition:

 

   

A financial instrument that is not credit-impaired on origination is classified in ‘Stage 1’, and has its credit risk continuously monitored by the Bank;

 

   

If a significant increase in credit risk (“SICR”) since initial recognition is defined, the financial instrument is moved to ‘Stage 2’, but is not yet deemed to be credit-impaired;

 

   

If the financial instrument is deemed to be in credit-impaired, the financial instrument is then moved to ‘Stage 3’.

 

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Notes to the Financial Statements

For the period from 16 January 2016 (Date of Commencement of Operations) to 31 December 2016

(All amounts in thousands of US Dollars unless otherwise stated)

5 NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

5.13 Financial risk management (Continued)

(c) Credit risk (Continued)

ECL measurement (Continued)

 

The Bank’s main credit risk exposure is from loan investments and loan commitments, and the credit risk of other financial assets is not significant.

The following reflects the Bank’s ECL measurement focus on loan investments and loan commitments. Given the nature of AIIB’s business (large infrastructure loans), all the instruments are assessed on an individual basis.

The key judgements and assumptions adopted by the Bank are discussed below:

(i) Significant increase in credit risk

The Bank considers a financial instrument to have experienced SICR when one or more of the following quantitative, qualitative or backstop criteria have been met:

 

   

Quantitative criteria:

Deterioration in credit rating is used as the quantitative criteria of SICR:

 

   

For Investment grade loans, rating downgrade by 2 notches compared with rating at origination

 

   

For Non-investment grade loans, rating downgrade by 1 notch compared with rating at origination

All loan investments and loan commitments included in the Bank’s banking book initially are rated at origination using internal rating methodology. The methodology used to rate the level of credit risk of these individual loans depends on the type of loan. For sovereign loans, a sovereign loan creditworthiness assessment methodology is used, with the Rating provided by Economist Investigation Unit (the “EIU”) and Standard & Poor’s (the “S&P”) with adjustments based on historical data from peer banks. For non-sovereign loans, the loan may be rated using the Project Finance Rating tool provided by S&P for project finance type loans. These initial ratings are used to estimate the Stage 1—12-month ECL at each reporting date to determine the SICR since origination.

 

   

Qualitative criteria:

In addition to the quantitative criteria, the following qualitative elements will also contribute to a determination that the loan should migrate to Stage 2:

 

   

Adverse changes in business, financial or economic conditions;

 

   

Expected breach of contract that may lead to covenant waivers or amendments;

 

   

Transfer to watchlist/monitoring;

 

   

Change in payment behaviour.

 

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ASIAN INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT BANK

Notes to the Financial Statements

For the period from 16 January 2016 (Date of Commencement of Operations) to 31 December 2016

(All amounts in thousands of US Dollars unless otherwise stated)

5 NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

5.13 Financial risk management (Continued)

(c) Credit risk (Continued)

(i) Significant increase in credit risk (Continued)

 

   

Backstop:

 

   

30 days past due.

(ii) Definition of credit-impaired assets

Credit-impaired assets, which migrate to Stage 3, are those with respect to which one or more events that have a detrimental impact on the estimated future cash flows of that financial asset have occurred. Evidence that a financial asset is credit-impaired include observable data about the following events:

 

   

significant financial difficulty of the issuer or the borrower;

 

   

a breach of contract, such as a default or past due event;

 

   

the lender(s) of the borrower, for economic or contractual reasons relating to the borrower’s financial difficulty, having granted to the borrower a concession(s) that the lender(s) would not otherwise consider;

 

   

it is becoming probable that the borrower will enter bankruptcy or other financial reorganisation;

 

   

the purchase or origination of a financial asset at a deep discount that reflects the incurred credit losses.

It may not be possible to identify a single discrete event—instead, the combined effect of several events may have caused financial assets to become credit-impaired.

(iii) Measurement of the 12-month and lifetime ECL

 

   

Estimation of 12-month ECL:

 

   

Point-in-time Probability of Default (PIT PD) is converted from Through-The-Cycle (TTC) PD using the Vasicek Merton formula, based on calculation of cycle factor/state of economy for 3 scenarios (Base, Good, Bad) and mapped to AIIB ratings.

 

   

Loss Given Default (LGD) at present is 30% for sovereign and 70% for non-sovereign, based on management’s estimates established on the analysis of market data statistics and related judgement.

 

   

Exposure at Default (EAD) is calculated as Current exposure + projected disbursement in the next 1 year.

 

   

12-month ECL = PIT PD * LGD * EAD

 

   

The above calculation is performed for each of the three scenarios and then probability weighted. The weight of the 3 scenarios are 50%:25%:25% (Base, Good and Bad). The estimation is based on the best representative management judgement without undue

 

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Notes to the Financial Statements

For the period from 16 January 2016 (Date of Commencement of Operations) to 31 December 2016

(All amounts in thousands of US Dollars unless otherwise stated)

5 NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

5.13 Financial risk management (Continued)

(c) Credit risk (Continued)

(iii) Measurement of the 12-month and lifetime ECL (Continued)

 

 

cost or effort that, going forward the current path of macroeconomic projections with equal chance of being significantly worse (Bad scenario) or better (Good scenario), considering the projections of macroeconomics of those countries that the Bank has credit exposure.

 

   

Estimation of lifetime ECL

 

   

PIT PD

 

   

Unconditioned PD term structure is based on the S&P or EIU default rate data by year end rating grade and then mapped to AIIB ratings.

 

   

Conditioned PD term structure is based on PIT PD calculation based on the Vasicek Merton formula for the first 3 years (as in 12-month ECL calculation) and the Through-the-Cycle PD (TTC PD) for the remaining years. Management considers this estimate is in line with the concept of reversing to mean on average (through the cycle).

 

   

LGD is the same as 12-month ECL calculation.

 

   

EAD for any given year is based on Current exposure + net projected disbursement in the next 1 year, as by the disbursement schedule for each year. If the above is not available, use linear amortization.

 

   

Lifetime is equal to contractual lifetime.

 

   

Lifetime ECL = NPV (PIT PD * LGD * EAD for each year) across the life time of the loan.

 

   

Discount rate is equal to effective interest rate.

 

   

In the same way as the 12-month ECL calculation, the above calculation is done for each of the three scenarios and then probability weighted, and the weighting of the 3 scenarios are the same as 12-month ECL calculation.

(iv) Forward-looking information incorporated in ECL

Forward-looking information has been incorporated taking into account the following steps:

 

   

Macro Scenario development

 

   

3 Macro Scenarios – Base, Good, Bad. Each scenario is forecasted for 3 years.

 

   

Choice of macro scenarios and probability weighting of each scenario is approved by the Risk Committee.

 

   

Establishment of TTC PD

 

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Notes to the Financial Statements

For the period from 16 January 2016 (Date of Commencement of Operations) to 31 December 2016

(All amounts in thousands of US Dollars unless otherwise stated)

5 NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

5.13 Financial risk management (Continued)

(c) Credit risk (Continued)

(iv) Forward-looking information incorporated in ECL (Continued)

 

   

TTC PD is calculated based on each customer’s internal AIIB rating.

 

   

Determining “state of economy”/“Cycle Factor” (CF)

 

   

State of economy/CF are determined based on a regression based macro model.

 

   

Regression is calculated based on historic observations of CF and macro-economic factors. Relationships obtained from regression is used to calculate CF given a set of macro-economic scenarios.

 

   

Calculation of PIT PD

The Bank uses the Vasicek-Merton formula to convert current customer rating (TTC) to PIT PD for a given state of economy/CF.

Sensitivity analysis

The output of the Bank’s impairment provisioning model is most sensitive to management’s assessment of the credit risk of the sovereign-backed infrastructure loans and loan commitments as expressed by assigning an internal credit rating. Had each exposure been downgraded one notch on the Bank’s internal credit rating scale, the impairment provision as at 31 December 2016 would have been approximately USD 1.45 million. Had each exposure been upgraded one notch the impairment provision as at 31 December 2016 would have been approximately USD 0.19 million.

(v) Definition of default

For the ECL measurement, “default” occurs when an obligor meets one or more of the following conditions:

 

   

Failure to make a payment (“payment default”) –180 days past due for sovereign-backed infrastructure loans and 90 days past due for non-sovereign-backed infrastructure loans. 180 days past due for sovereign-backed infrastructure loans is based on the consideration for slower administrative, processing and collection periods that are not driven by credit deterioration.

 

   

Breach of specific covenants that trigger a default clause.

 

   

Default under a guarantee or collateral or other support agreements.

 

   

Failure to pay a final judgement or court order.

 

   

Bankruptcy, liquidation, or the appointment of a receiver or any similar official.

 

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ASIAN INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT BANK

Notes to the Financial Statements

For the period from 16 January 2016 (Date of Commencement of Operations) to 31 December 2016

(All amounts in thousands of US Dollars unless otherwise stated)

5 NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

5.13 Financial risk management (Continued)

(c) Credit risk (Continued)

 

(vi) Write off policy

The Bank reduces the gross carrying amount of a financial asset when the Bank has no reasonable expectations of recovering the contractual cash flows on a financial asset in its entirety or a portion thereof.

(d) Market risk

The Bank is exposed to two major market risks in its investment, lending and other activities: currency risk and interest rate risk. The risks are that movements in exchange rates and interest rates may affect the financial positions taken by the Bank and, as a result, impact the Bank’s net profit and equity.

In its asset and liability management process, the Bank pursues three goals: (a) reducing risks that might arise from the mismatch of assets and liabilities in terms of currency, interest rate sensitivity, or maturity; (b) monitoring the evolving risks to the Bank’s income over time and establishing a framework that reduces the potential volatility of the Bank’s income over the medium term; and (c) assigning clear responsibility for all market risks to which the Bank is exposed.

Currency risk

The Bank currently only offers loans in US Dollars. This will continue to be the case until the Bank is prepared to hedge non-dollar lending through swaps or other hedging mechanisms. As at 31 December 2016, the currency risk is not material for the Bank. Currency table for the main monetary items is listed as below:

 

     USD      Other currencies      Total  
     USD equivalent  

Financial assets

        

Cash and cash equivalents

     1,281,832        160        1,281,992  

Term deposits

     2,292,141        —          2,292,141  

Investment at fair value through profit or loss

     3,179,873        —          3,179,873  

Funds deposited for co-financing arrangements

     23,623        —          23,623  

Loan investments, at amortised cost

     9,553        —          9,553  

Paid-in capital receivables

     11,007,227        —          11,007,227  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
     17,794,249        160        17,794,409  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Interest rate risk

The Bank takes on exposure to the effects of fluctuations in the prevailing levels of market interest rates on its financial position and cash flows. Interest margins may increase as a result of such changes, but may reduce or create losses in the event that unexpected movements arise.

 

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Notes to the Financial Statements

For the period from 16 January 2016 (Date of Commencement of Operations) to 31 December 2016

(All amounts in thousands of US Dollars unless otherwise stated)

5 NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

5.13 Financial risk management (Continued)

(d) Market risk (Continued)

Interest rate risk (Continued)

 

Sensitivity analysis

As the Bank has no material financial liabilities at 31 December 2016, the following table illustrates the potential impact for the current period, of a parallel upward or downward shift of 50 basis points in relevant interest rate curves on the Bank’s interest income from the floating rate loan investments measured at amortised cost, based on the Bank’s loan investments at the end of the reporting period. This analysis assumes that interest rates of all maturities move by the same amount, and does not reflect the potential impact of unparalleled yield curve movements.

The sensitivity analysis on net interest income is based on reasonably possible changes in interest rates over the next twelve months from the reporting date with the assumption that the structure of financial assets held at the period end remains unchanged.

 

     Interest income  

+50 basis points

     3  

-50 basis points

     (3

(e) Liquidity risk

Liquidity risk is the risk that the Bank will encounter difficulty in meeting obligations associated with financial liabilities that are settled by delivering cash or another financial asset. As at 31 December 2016, the Bank does not have any significant financial liabilities.

(f) Operational risk

Consistent with guidance issued by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision, operational risk is defined as risk of loss resulting from inadequate or failed internal processes, people and systems, or from external events. Effective management and mitigation of operational risk relies on a system of internal controls aimed at identifying various risks, and establishing acceptable risk parameters and monitoring procedures.

The Bank adopts the Basic Indicator Approach (as recommended by Basel II) for capital allocation for operational risks, which is set at 15% of the average gross income over the past three years, ignoring those years where income was not positive. For initial years, the Bank allocates capital for operational risk at 1% of its paid-in capital, reserves and retained earnings.

(g) Capital management

The Bank collectively manages the paid-in capital plus reserves and retained earnings as capital. To ensure that the Bank has the highest possible credit on a stand-alone basis at all times, two relevant limits are relevant to be always observed. The first, as required by Article 12.1 of the AIIB’s

 

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ASIAN INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT BANK

Notes to the Financial Statements

For the period from 16 January 2016 (Date of Commencement of Operations) to 31 December 2016

(All amounts in thousands of US Dollars unless otherwise stated)

5 NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

5.13 Financial risk management (Continued)

(g) Capital management (Continued)

 

AOA, the Bank’s total unimpaired subscribed capital, reserves, and retained earnings have to be always greater than the total exposure from its investment operations (i.e. loans, equity investments, guarantees and other types of financing). This limit may be increased up to 250% of the Bank’s unimpaired subscribed capital, reserves, and retained earnings with the approval of the Board of Governors. The second, using an economic capital framework, the Bank’s available capital must be greater than the required economic capital given the composition of its investment assets by credit risk rating plus a certain amount of buffer. The amount of buffer will be based on the outcome of the stress testing exercise on AIIB’s portfolio based on scenarios chosen by the Risk Committee and benchmark comparison of additional buffer to MDBs and private sector banks, which typically ranges between 25% and 75% of the economic capital requirement calculated based on the level of risk and composition of investment asset portfolios. This requirement is evaluated against the requirement for capital as of the then current date as well as for the next three years.

5.14 Fair value disclosures

The majority of the Bank’s assets and liabilities in the statement of financial position are financial assets and financial liabilities. Fair value measurement of non-financial assets and non-financial liabilities do not have a material impact on the Bank’s financial position and operations, taken as a whole.

The Bank does not have any financial assets or financial liabilities subject to non-recurring fair value measurements for the period ended 31 December 2016.

The fair value of the Bank’s financial assets and financial liabilities are determined as follows:

 

   

If traded in active markets, fair values of financial assets and financial liabilities with standard terms and conditions are determined with reference to quoted market bid prices and ask prices, respectively.

 

   

If not traded in active markets, fair values of financial assets and financial liabilities are determined in accordance with generally accepted pricing models or discounted cash flow analysis using prices from observable current market transactions for similar instruments.

Fair value hierarchy

The Bank classifies financial assets and financial liabilities into the following three levels based on the extent to which inputs to valuation techniques used to measure fair value of the financial assets and financial liabilities are observable:

 

Level 1:   fair value measurements are those derived from quoted prices (unadjusted) in an active market for identical assets or liabilities;
Level 2:   fair value measurements are those derived from inputs other than quoted prices included within Level 1 that are observable for the asset or liability, either directly (that is, as prices) or indirectly (that is, derived from prices); and

 

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Notes to the Financial Statements

For the period from 16 January 2016 (Date of Commencement of Operations) to 31 December 2016

(All amounts in thousands of US Dollars unless otherwise stated)

5 NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

5.14 Fair value disclosures (Continued)

Fair value hierarchy (Continued)

 

Level 3:   fair value measurements are based on models, and the unobservable inputs are significant to the entire measurement.

Financial assets and financial liabilities not measured at fair value on the statement of financial position

The tables below summarises the carrying amounts and fair values of those financial assets and financial liabilities not measured in the statement of financial position at their fair value as at 31 December 2016:

 

     Carrying amount      Fair value  

Financial assets

     

Cash and cash equivalents

     1,281,992        1,281,992  

Term deposits

     2,292,141        2,291,991  

Funds deposited for co-financing arrangements

     23,623        23,623  

Loan investments, at amortised cost

     9,553        9,553  

Paid-in capital receivables

     11,007,227        10,522,553  

Financial liabilities

     

Other liabilities

     5,538        5,538  

As at 31 December 2016, the Bank’s balances of those financial assets and liabilities not measured at fair value but with short-term maturity approximate their fair values.

Loan investments and paid-in capital receivables measured at amortised cost were calculated using Level 3 inputs by discounting the cash flows at a current interest rate applicable to each loan and paid-in capital receivables.

Financial assets and financial liabilities measured at fair value on the statement of financial position

The table below summarises the fair values of the financial assets and financial liabilities measured in the statement of financial position at their fair value:

 

     Level 1      Level 2      Level 3      Total  

Investment at fair value through profit or loss

     —          3,179,873        —          3,179,873  

Investment at fair value through profit or loss are amounts invested in the Trust Fund. Refer to Note 5.5.

The Trust Fund’s notionally allocated share in the Pool is not traded in any market. The fair value of the Trust Fund is derived from that of the notionally allocated assets.

 

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Notes to the Financial Statements

For the period from 16 January 2016 (Date of Commencement of Operations) to 31 December 2016

(All amounts in thousands of US Dollars unless otherwise stated)

5 NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

5.14 Fair value disclosures (Continued)

Financial assets and financial liabilities measured at fair value on the statement of financial position (Continued)

 

There have been no significant transfers among Level 1, Level 2 and Level 3 during the period.

5.15 Unconsolidated structured entity

The Special Fund established and administered by the Bank based on Article 17.1 of the AOA is an unconsolidated structured entity for accounting purposes. The objective of the Special Fund is to support and facilitate the preparation of projects for the benefit of one or more members of the Bank that, at the time when the decision to extend the grant is made by the Bank, are classified as recipients of financing from the International Development Association, including Blend countries; however, the projects that benefit other members may also be eligible for such assistance in exceptional circumstances, such as innovative and complex projects and regional or cross-border projects with significant regional impacts. Consistent with Article 10 of the Bank’s AOA, the resources of the Special Fund shall at all times and in all respects be held, used, committed, invested or otherwise disposed of entirely separately from the Bank’s ordinary resources.

The resources of the Special Fund consist of: (a) amounts accepted from any member of the Bank, any of its political or administrative sub-divisions, or any entity under the control of the member or such sub-divisions or any other country, entity or person approved by the President may become a contributor to the Special Fund; (b) income derived from investment of the resources of the Special Fund; and (c) funds reimbursed to the Special Fund, if any.

The full cost of administering the Special Fund is charged to that Special Fund. The Bank charges an administration fee equal to 1% of any contribution, and the Special Fund bears all expenses appertaining directly to operations financed from the resources of the Special Fund.

As at 31 December 2016, the Special Fund had aggregate contributions amounting to USD 10 million. The Bank, acting as manager of the Special Fund, receives administration fees and cost recovery fees. For the period from 16 January 2016 to 31 December 2016, total fees amounted to USD 0.1 million.

Administration of the Special Fund does not expose the Bank to any loss. The Bank is not obliged to provide financial support to the Special Fund.

5.16 Related party transactions

Parties are generally considered to be related if the parties are under common control, or one party has the ability to control the other party or can exercise significant influence over the other party in making financial or operational decisions. In considering each possible related party relationship, attention is directed to the substance of the relationship, not merely to the legal form.

 

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Notes to the Financial Statements

For the period from 16 January 2016 (Date of Commencement of Operations) to 31 December 2016

(All amounts in thousands of US Dollars unless otherwise stated)

5 NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

5.16 Related party transactions (Continued)

 

As at 31 December 2016, the outstanding balances with related parties were as follows:

 

     Key management
personnel
     Other related parties  

Assets – loan granted

     23        —    

Liabilities

     —          —    

The income and expense items affected by transactions with related parties for the period from 16 January 2016 to 31 December 2016, were as follows:

 

     Key management
personnel
     Other related parties  

Income

     —          100  

Expense

     —          —    

Income from other related parties relates to the Special Fund administration fee (Note

5.15).

Key management personnel

Key management personnel are those persons who have the authority and responsibility to plan, direct, and control the activities of the Bank. Key management personnel of the Bank is defined as the members of the Bank’s Executive Committee, that is, in accordance with the Terms of Reference of the Executive Committee, the President, the Vice Presidents and the General Counsel.

During the period from 16 January 2016 to 31 December 2016, other than the loan granted to key management personnel as disclosed above, the Bank had no other material transactions with key management personnel.

The compensation of key management personnel during the period comprises short-term employee benefits of USD 2.12 million and defined contribution pension plans of USD 0.3 million.

Use of office building

In accordance with Article 5 of the Headquarters Agreement, the Government provides a permanent office building and the temporary office accommodation to the Bank, free of charge.

Short-term advance from the Ministry of Finance of the PRC

A non-interest bearing start-up budget loan facility of RMB 53.95 million (USD 8.3 million) to fund the Bank’s initial organizational activities was provided by the Ministry of Finance of the PRC. All amounts owed were repaid on 1 April 2016.

 

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Notes to the Financial Statements

For the period from 16 January 2016 (Date of Commencement of Operations) to 31 December 2016

(All amounts in thousands of US Dollars unless otherwise stated)

5 NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

5.17 Events after the end of the reporting period

Subsequent to 31 December 2016, USD 433.18 million of paid-in capital receivables that were overdue have been received by the Bank from members.

 

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Auditor’s Review Report

Condensed Financial Statements (Unaudited)

for the Nine Months Ended Sep. 30, 2018

 

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REPORT ON REVIEW OF INTERIM FINANCIAL INFORMATION

To the Board of Governors of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank:

Introduction

We have reviewed the accompanying interim condensed statement of financial position of Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (the “Bank”) as of September 30, 2018 and the related condensed statements of comprehensive income, changes in equity and cash flows for the nine-month period then ended and notes, comprising a summary of significant accounting policies and other explanatory notes. Management is responsible for the preparation and presentation of this condensed interim financial information in accordance with International Accounting Standard 34 “Interim Financial Reporting”. Our responsibility is to express a conclusion on this condensed interim financial information based on our review and to report our conclusion solely to you, as a body, in accordance with our agreed terms of engagement and for no other purpose. We do not assume responsibility towards or accept liability to any other person for the contents of this report.

Scope of Review

We conducted our review in accordance with International Standard on Review Engagements 2410, “Review of Interim Financial Information Performed by the Independent Auditor of the Entity”. A review of interim financial information consists of making inquiries, primarily of persons responsible for financial and accounting matters, and applying analytical and other review procedures. A review is substantially less in scope than an audit conducted in accordance with International Standards on Auditing and consequently does not enable us to obtain assurance that we would become aware of all significant matters that might be identified in an audit. Accordingly, we do not express an audit opinion.

Conclusion

Based on our review, nothing has come to our attention that causes us to believe that the accompanying condensed interim financial information is not prepared, in all material respects, in accordance with International Accounting Standard 34 “Interim Financial Reporting”.

/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers

PricewaterhouseCoopers

Certified Public Accountants

Hong Kong, November 15, 2018

 

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Contents

Financial Statements

 

Condensed Statement of Comprehensive Income

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Condensed Statement of Financial Position

     S-5  

Condensed Statement of Changes in Equity

     S-6  

Condensed Statement of Cash Flows

     S-7  

Notes to the Condensed Financial Statements

     S-8-35  

A. General Information

     S-8  

B. Accounting Policies

     S-8-9  

C. Disclosure Notes

     S-9-20  

D. Financial Risk Management

     S-20-33  

E. Fair Value Disclosure

     S-33-35  

 

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Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank

Condensed Statement of Comprehensive Income

For the nine months ended Sep. 30, 2018

 

In thousands of US Dollars

  

Note

   For the nine months
ended

Sep. 30, 2018
(unaudited)
    For the nine months
ended
Sep. 30, 2017
(unaudited)
 

Interest income

   C1      176,378       86,932  

Interest expense

   C1      —         —    
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net interest income

        176,378       86,932  

Net fee and commission expense

   C2      (803     (733

Net gain on investment at fair value through profit or loss

   C5      35,822       46,063  

Impairment provision

   C6      (51,487     (4,163

General and administrative expenses

   C3      (60,387     (37,327

Net foreign exchange loss

        13       (40
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Operating profit for the period

        99,536       90,732  

Accretion of paid-in capital receivables

        82,733       110,419  
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net profit for the period

        182,269       201,151  

Other comprehensive income

        —         —    
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total comprehensive income

        182,269       201,151  
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Attributable to:

       

Equity holders of the Bank

        182,269       201,151  
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

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Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank

Condensed Statement of Financial Position

As at Sep. 30, 2018

 

In thousands of US Dollars

  

Note

   Sep. 30, 2018
(unaudited)
    Dec. 31, 2017
(audited)
 

Assets

       

Cash and cash equivalents

   C4      1,053,102       1,104,866  

Term deposits

   C4      7,555,880       5,885,854  

Investments at fair value through profit or loss

   C5      3,295,994       3,255,140  

Funds deposited for cofinancing arrangements

        13,791       1,592  

Loan investments, at amortized cost

   C6      1,148,852       773,238  

Paid-in capital receivables

   C7      6,354,921       7,948,901  

Intangible assets

        490       1,032  

Other assets

   C8      1,661       1,983  
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total assets

        19,424,691       18,972,606  
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Liabilities

       

Other liabilities

   C9      58,586       13,587  
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total liabilities

        58,586       13,587  
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Members’ equity

       

Paid-in capital

   C10      19,237,400       19,000,300  

Reserve for accretion of paid-in capital receivables

        (89,994     (160,444

Retained earnings

        218,699       119,163  
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total members’ equity

        19,366,105       18,959,019  
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total liabilities and members’ equity

        19,424,691       18,972,606  
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

 

   

 

Mr. Jin Liqun     Mr. Thierry de Longuemar
President     Vice President
    and Chief Financial Officer

 

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Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank

Condensed Statement of Changes in Equity

For the nine months ended Sep. 30, 2018

 

In thousands of US Dollars

 

Note

  Subscribed
capital
    Less: callable
capital
    Paid-in
capital
    Reserve for
accretion of
paid-in capital
receivables
    Retained
earnings
    Total
members’
equity
 

Jan. 1, 2017 (unaudited)

      90,327,000       (72,261,600     18,065,400       (282,868     7,297       17,789,829  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Capital subscription and contribution

      2,666,200       (2,132,900     533,300       —         —         533,300  

Net profit for the period

      —         —         —         —         201,299       201,299  

Paid-in capital receivables – accretion effect

      —         —         —         (12,079     —         (12,079

Transfer of accretion

      —         —         —         110,419       (110,419     —    
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Sep. 30, 2017 (unaudited)

      92,993,200       (74,394,500     18,598,700       (184,528     98,177       18,512,349  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Jan. 1, 2018 (unaudited)

      95,001,100       (76,000,800     19,000,300       (160,444     119,163       18,959,019  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Capital subscription and contribution

      1,185,600       (948,500     237,100       —         —         237,100  

Net profit for the period

      —         —         —         —         182,269       182,269  

Paid-in capital receivables – accretion effect

      —         —         —         (12,283     —         (12,283

Transfer of accretion

      —         —         —         82,733       (82,733     —    
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Sep. 30, 2018 (unaudited)

  C10     96,186,700       (76,949,300     19,237,400       (89,994     218,699       19,366,105  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

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Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank

Condensed Statement of Cash Flows

For the nine months ended Sep. 30, 2018

 

In thousands of US Dollars

  

Note

   For the nine months
ended Sep. 30, 2018
(unaudited)
    For the nine months
ended Sep. 30, 2017
(unaudited)
 

Cash flows from operating activities

       

Net profit for the period

        182,269       201,151  

Adjustments for:

       

Interest income from term deposits

        (141,584     (73,855

Accrued interest on funds deposited for cofinancing arrangements

        (81     (148

Accretion of paid-in capital receivables

        (82,733     (110,419

Net gain on investments at fair value through profit or loss

   C5      (35,822     (46,063

Impairment provision

   C6      51,487       4,163  

Depreciation and amortization

        821       41  

Increase in loan investments

   C6      (382,948     (633,048

Increase in funds deposited for cofinancing arrangements

        (12,118     —    

Decrease in other assets

        500       13,606  

Increase in other liabilities

        846       1,104  
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net cash used in operating activities

        (419,363     (643,468
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cash flows from investing activities

       

Increase in investments

   C5      (5,032     —    

Increase in term deposits, net of interest received

        (1,528,443     (2,705,664

Intangible assets

        (101     (70

Property improvements

        (260     (168

Computer hardware

        (95     —    
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net cash used in investing activities

        (1,533,931     (2,705,902
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cash flows from financing activities

       

Capital contributions received

        1,901,530       2,210,362  
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net cash from financing activities

        1,901,530       2,210,362  
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents

        (51,764     (1,139,008

Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period

        1,104,866       1,281,992  
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents at end of period

   C4      1,053,102       142,984  
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

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Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank

Notes to the Condensed Financial Statements

For the nine months ended Sep. 30, 2018

(All amounts in thousands of US Dollars unless otherwise stated)

A General Information

The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (the “Bank” or “AIIB”) is a multilateral development bank. In June 2015, representatives from 57 countries signed the Articles of Agreement (the “AOA”). The AOA entered into force on Dec. 25, 2015. The Bank commenced operations on Jan. 16, 2016. The principal office of the Bank is located in Beijing, the People’s Republic of China (“PRC”).

In the nine months ended Sep. 30, 2018, the Bank approved three new membership applications. As at Sep. 30, 2018, the Bank’s total approved membership was 87, of which 68 have completed the membership process and have become members of the Bank in accordance with the AOA.

The purpose of the Bank is to: (i) foster sustainable economic development, create wealth and improve infrastructure connectivity in Asia by investing in infrastructure and other productive sectors and (ii) promote regional cooperation and partnership in addressing development challenges by working in close collaboration with other multilateral and bilateral development institutions.

The legal status, privileges and immunities for the operation and functioning of the Bank in the PRC are agreed in the AOA and further defined in the Headquarters Agreement between the Government of the PRC (the “Government”) and the Bank on Jan. 16, 2016.

These financial statements were signed by the President and the Vice President and Chief Financial Officer on Nov. 14, 2018.

B Accounting Policies

B1 Basis of preparation

These condensed interim financial statements for the nine months ended Sep. 30, 2018 have been prepared in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standard: IAS 34 Interim Financial Reporting, and should be read in conjunction with the annual financial statements for the year ended Dec. 31, 2017.

The accounting policies adopted are consistent with those used in the Bank’s annual financial statements for the year ended Dec. 31, 2017.

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with IFRS requires the use of certain critical accounting estimates. It also requires management to exercise judgment in its process of applying the Bank’s accounting policies. The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis.

B Accounting Policies

B2 New accounting pronouncements

The new accounting pronouncements, amendments and interpretations issued during the nine months ended Sep. 30, 2018 do not have any significant impact on the operating results, financial position and comprehensive income of the Bank, based on the assessment of the Bank.

B3 Comparatives

The comparative date of the Condensed Statement of Financial Position is as of Dec. 31, 2017, while the comparative period of the Condensed Statement of Comprehensive Income, the Condensed

 

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Notes to the Condensed Financial Statements

For the nine months ended Sep. 30, 2018

(All amounts in thousands of US Dollars unless otherwise stated)

B Accounting Policies

B3 Comparatives (Continued)

 

Statement of Cash Flows and the Condensed Statement of Changes in Equity is from Jan. 1, 2017 to Sep. 30, 2017.

C Disclosure Notes

C1 Interest income and expense

 

     For the nine months
ended Sep. 30, 2018
     For the nine months
ended Sep. 30, 2017
 

Interest income

     

Loan investments (1)

     24,797        6,710  

Cash and deposits

     151,581        80,222  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total interest income

     176,378        86,932  

Interest expense

     —          —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total interest expense

     —          —    

Net interest income

     176,378        86,932  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(1)

Interest income for loan investments includes amortization of front-end fees, commitment fees and other incremental and directly related costs in relation to loan origination that are an integral part of the effective interest rate of those loans.

C2 Net fee and commission expense

 

     For the nine months
ended Sep. 30, 2018
     For the nine months
ended Sep. 30, 2017
 

Loan service fee

     123        —    

Special Fund administration fee (Note C13)

     52        52  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total fee and commission income

     175        52  

Cofinancing service fee

     (978      (785
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total fee and commission expense

     (978      (785

Net fee and commission expense

     (803      (733
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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Notes to the Condensed Financial Statements

For the nine months ended Sep. 30, 2018

(All amounts in thousands of US Dollars unless otherwise stated)

C Disclosure Notes

 

C3 General and administrative expenses

 

     For the nine months
ended Sep. 30, 2018
     For the nine months
ended Sep. 30, 2017
 

Staff costs

     28,650        18,889  

Professional service expenses

     12,898        5,971  

Travel expenses

     5,253        4,480  

IT services

     4,536        2,901  

Facilities and administration expenses

     4,318        4,138  

Others

     4,732        948  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total general and administrative expenses

     60,387        37,327  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Refer to Note C14 for details of key management remuneration.

C4 Cash and deposits with banks

 

     Sep. 30, 2018      Dec. 31, 2017  

Cash

     —          —    

Deposits with banks

     

– Demand deposits

     219,052        457,124  

– Term deposits, including with maturity of less than three months

     8,389,930        6,533,596  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total cash and deposits with banks

     8,608,982        6,990,720  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Less: term deposits with maturity more than three months (1)

     (7,555,880      (5,885,854
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total cash and cash equivalents

     1,053,102        1,104,866  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(1)

Term deposits with maturity more than 3 months have maturities up to 12 months.

C5 Investments at fair value through profit or loss

 

     For the nine months
ended Sep. 30, 2018
    For the year ended
Dec. 31, 2017
 

As at beginning of year/period

     3,255,140       3,179,873  

Additions

     6,674       21,484  

Distribution received

     (1,642     —    

Fair value gain, net

     35,822       53,783  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total investments at fair value through profit or loss

     3,295,994       3,255,140  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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Notes to the Condensed Financial Statements

For the nine months ended Sep. 30, 2018

(All amounts in thousands of US Dollars unless otherwise stated)

C Disclosure Notes

C5 Investments at fair value through profit or loss (Continued)

 

Analysis of investments at fair value through profit or loss:

 

            Sep. 30, 2018      Dec. 31, 2017  

Trust Fund

     (a      3,271,976        3,236,448  

LP Fund

     (b      23,516        18,692  

Others

        502        —    
     

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total investments at fair value through profit or loss

        3,295,994        3,255,140  
     

 

 

    

 

 

 

The Bank has the following investments in certain unconsolidated structured entities:

 

  (a)

The Bank places funds with an external counterparty in a trust fund account (the “Trust Fund”), which, in accordance with the related Administrative Agreement between the Bank and the counterparty, reinvests the funds in a larger collective pool of investments (the “Pool”) in accordance with the investment mandate for the entire Pool. Notional allocations within the Pool are made, subject to the Investment Framework Agreement between the Bank and the counterparty, to create a model portfolio exposure, as the basis for determining the fair value of the Trust Fund. The Bank classifies this investment as a single unit of account measured at fair value through profit or loss. Fees charged for the administration of the Trust Fund are comprised of a flat fee based upon average assets under management and full-cost recovery of the counterparty’s staff costs, related benefits and allocated overhead related to administering the Pool.

The counterparty does not guarantee any investment return or the principal amount deposited. The Trust Fund reports its notional allocation in the Pool as one class of financial assets.

 

  (b)

The Bank also invests in a fund, established and registered as a limited partnership in England (“LP Fund”). The LP Fund is an emerging Asia growth-focused private equity fund, selectively investing in growth capital across multiple sectors. The LP Fund is managed by the General Partner, established and registered as a limited liability partnership in England, who makes all investment decisions on behalf of the Limited Partners. The Bank, along with other investors, has entered into the LP Fund as a Limited Partner with a capital commitment which will be drawn down over the life of the LP Fund, based on drawdown notices sent by the General Partner.    

C6 Loan investments, loan commitments and related ECL allowance

 

Loan investments

   Sep. 30, 2018      Dec. 31, 2017  

Gross carrying amount

     1,161,459        778,511  

ECL allowance

     (12,607      (5,273
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net carrying amount

     1,148,852        773,238  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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Notes to the Condensed Financial Statements

For the nine months ended Sep. 30, 2018

(All amounts in thousands of US Dollars unless otherwise stated)

C Disclosure Notes

C6 Loan investments, loan commitments and related ECL allowance (Continued)

 

The following table sets out overall information about the credit quality of loan investments and loan commitments issued for effective contracts as at Sep. 30, 2018. The gross amounts of loans include the transaction costs and fees that are capitalized through the effective interest method, or EIR method.

 

     Sep. 30, 2018      Dec. 31, 2017  

Loan investments, gross carrying amount

     1,161,459        778,511  

Loan commitments

     3,341,037        1,947,528  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
     4,502,496        2,726,039  

Total ECL allowance (a)

     (60,852      (9,365
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
     4,441,644        2,716,674  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

During the nine months ended Sep. 30, 2018, new loan investments and loan commitments with the carrying amount of USD1,776 million (including sovereign-backed loans of USD1,356 million, rating ranged from 3 to 10, and nonsovereign-backed loans of USD420 million, rating ranged from 1 to 7) became effective and were included in the assessment of ECL at Sep. 30, 2018.

The increase of ECL allowance during the nine months ended Sep. 30, 2018 mainly attributed to the downgrade of internal ratings related to certain sovereign borrowers. Refer to Note D3.

 

  (a)

As at Sep. 30, 2018, ECL related to loan commitments were USD48.25 million (Dec. 31, 2017: USD4.09 million), presented as a provision in Note C9. Consequential to the disbursements, ECL for the loan commitments amounting of USD3.96 million that was presented as a provision at Dec. 31, 2017 were included in ECL allowance at Sep. 30, 2018.

C7 Paid-in capital receivables

According to the AOA, payments for paid-in capital (refer to Note C10) are due in five installments, with the exception of members designated as less developed countries, who may pay in ten installments. Paid-in capital receivables represent amounts due from members in respect of paid-in capital. These amounts are initially recognized at fair value and subsequently measured at amortized costs. The fair value discount is accreted through income using the effective interest method. For the nine months ended Sep. 30, 2018, a total discount of USD12.28 million (for the nine months ended Sep. 30, 2017: USD12.08 million) was debited to the Reserve (Note C12). An amount of USD82.73 million (for the nine months ended Sep. 30, 2017: USD110.42 million) has been accreted through income in the current period.

 

Members

   Paid-in capital receivables at
amortized cost as at
 
     Sep. 30, 2018      Dec. 31, 2017  

Afghanistan

     13,451        13,268  

Australia

     292,248        289,241  

Austria

     39,668        39,260  

Azerbaijan

     20,160        30,151  

 

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Notes to the Condensed Financial Statements

For the nine months ended Sep. 30, 2018

(All amounts in thousands of US Dollars unless otherwise stated)

C Disclosure Notes

C7 Paid-in capital receivables (Continued)

 

Members

   Paid-in capital receivables at
amortized cost as at
 
     Sep. 30, 2018      Dec. 31, 2017  

Bahrain

     15,477        —    

Bangladesh

     87,961        86,925  

Brunei Darussalam

     4,157        4,114  

Cambodia

     8,341        8,249  

Canada

     151,071        —    

China

     1,171,536        2,335,329  

Cyprus

     3,005        —    

Denmark

     14,537        29,075  

Egypt

     51,536        51,036  

Ethiopia

     7,205        7,127  

Fiji

     1,929        1,898  

Finland

     24,606        36,781  

France

     267,747        265,470  

Georgia

     4,277        4,235  

Germany

     355,037        351,383  

Hong Kong, SAR

     89,228        118,497  

Hungary

     11,664        15,491  

Iceland

     1,388        1,375  

India

     663,253        657,150  

Indonesia

     132,486        264,210  

Iran

     124,977        123,411  

Ireland

     20,429        20,144  

Israel

     29,589        59,015  

Italy

     101,398        202,212  

Jordan

     9,422        9,320  

Kazakhstan

     57,876        86,548  

Korea

     296,009        292,963  

Kyrgyz Republic

     3,617        3,580  

Lao PDR

     5,729        5,664  

Luxembourg

     5,501        5,442  

Madagascar

     751        —    

Malaysia

     8,649        12,913  

Maldives

     924        911  

Malta

     1,070        1,060  

Mongolia

     3,247        3,215  

Myanmar

     34,906        34,429  

Nepal

     10,768        10,639  

Netherlands

     81,673        80,832  

New Zealand

     36,541        36,165  

Norway

     43,588        65,134  

 

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Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank

Notes to the Condensed Financial Statements

For the nine months ended Sep. 30, 2018

(All amounts in thousands of US Dollars unless otherwise stated)

C Disclosure Notes

C7 Paid-in capital receivables (Continued)

 

Members

   Paid-in capital receivables at
amortized cost as at
 
     Sep. 30, 2018      Dec. 31, 2017  

Oman

     20,529        30,688  

Pakistan

     81,871        122,341  

Philippines

     77,497        76,681  

Poland

     66,002        65,447  

Portugal

     5,138        7,674  

Qatar

     47,852        47,473  

Russia

     517,650        512,461  

Samoa

     303        —    

Saudi Arabia

     202,062        200,573  

Singapore

     19,795        19,591  

Spain

     138,836        136,659  

Sri Lanka

     21,316        31,863  

Sudan

     8,686        —    

Sweden

     49,923        74,623  

Switzerland

     55,996        83,706  

Tajikistan

     4,130        4,702  

Thailand

     113,154        112,058  

Timor-Leste

     2,477        2,440  

Turkey

     207,081        205,374  

United Arab Emirates

     94,059        93,284  

United Kingdom

     241,853        361,402  

Uzbekistan

     17,427        17,256  

Vanuatu

     —          —    

Vietnam

     52,652        78,743  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total paid-in capital receivables

     6,354,921        7,948,901  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

As at Sep. 30, 2018, the contractual undiscounted paid-in capital receivables overdue amounting to USD1.84 million (Dec. 31, 2017: USD346.04 million) (Note C10), because of an administrative delay and are not considered as impaired. The overdue amount was collected by the date of signing of the financial statements for the nine months ended Sep. 30, 2018.

As at Sep. 30, 2018, USD2,289 million (Dec. 31, 2017: USD4,021 million) of the above balance is due within 12 months from the reporting date.

 

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For the nine months ended Sep. 30, 2018

(All amounts in thousands of US Dollars unless otherwise stated)

C Disclosure Notes

 

C8 Other assets

 

     Sep. 30, 2018      Dec. 31, 2017  

Property improvements

     434        271  

Tax refund receivable

     —          750  

Computer hardware

     180        238  

Prepayments

     568        323  

Others

     479        401  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total other assets

     1,661        1,983  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

C9 Other liabilities

 

     Sep. 30, 2018      Dec. 31, 2017  
Provision – ECL allowance (Note C6)      48,245        4,092  
Accrued expenses      8,329        7,715  
Staff costs payable      1,064        1,205  
Deferred administration fee (Note C14)      483        210  
Others      465        365  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
Total other liabilities      58,586        13,587  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

C10 Share capital

 

     Sep. 30, 2018      Dec. 31, 2017  
Authorized capital      100,000,000        100,000,000  
– Allocated      

– Subscribed

     96,186,700        95,001,100  

– Unsubscribed

     2,241,700        3,277,600  
– Unallocated      1,571,600        1,721,300  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
Total authorized capital      100,000,000        100,000,000  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Subscribed capital

     96,186,700        95,001,100  

Less: callable capital

     (76,949,300      (76,000,800
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Paid-in capital

     19,237,400        19,000,300  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Paid-in capital comprises:

     

– amounts received

     12,792,485        10,890,955  

– amounts due but not yet received

     1,840        346,040  

– amounts not yet due

     6,443,075        7,763,305  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total paid-in capital

     19,237,400        19,000,300  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

In accordance with Articles 4 and 5 of the AOA, the initial authorized capital stock of the Bank is USD100 billion, divided into 1,000,000 shares, which shall be available for subscription only by members.

 

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Notes to the Condensed Financial Statements

For the nine months ended Sep. 30, 2018

(All amounts in thousands of US Dollars unless otherwise stated)

C Disclosure Notes

C10 Share capital (Continued)

 

The original authorized capital stock is divided into paid-in shares and callable shares, with paid-in shares having an aggregate par value of USD20 billion and callable shares having an aggregate par value of USD80 billion.

Payment of the amount subscribed to the callable capital stock of the Bank shall be subject to call only as and when required by the Bank to meet its liabilities. Calls on unpaid subscriptions shall be uniform in percentage on all callable shares.

In accordance with Article 37 of the AOA, any member may withdraw from the Bank at any time by delivering a notice in writing to the Bank at its principal office. A withdrawing member remains liable for all direct and contingent obligations to the Bank to which it was subject at the date of delivery of the withdrawal notice. At the time a country ceases to be a member, the Bank shall arrange for the repurchase of such country’s shares by the Bank as a part of the settlement of accounts with such country.

 

Members

   Total
shares
     Subscribed
capital
     Callable
capital
     Paid-in
capital
     Paid-in
capital
received
     Paid-in
capital not
yet
received
 

Afghanistan

     866        86,600        69,300        17,300        3,460        13,840  

Australia

     36,912        3,691,200        2,953,000        738,200        442,920        295,280  

Austria

     5,008        500,800        400,600        100,200        60,120        40,080  

Azerbaijan

     2,541        254,100        203,300        50,800        30,480        20,320  

Bahrain

     1,036        103,600        82,900        20,700        4,140        16,560  

Bangladesh

     6,605        660,500        528,400        132,100        39,630        92,470  

Brunei Darussalam

     524        52,400        41,900        10,500        6,300        4,200  

Cambodia

     623        62,300        49,800        12,500        3,750        8,750  

Canada

     9,954        995,400        796,300        199,100        39,820        159,280  

China

     297,804        29,780,400        23,824,300        5,956,100        4,764,880        1,191,220  

Cyprus

     200        20,000        16,000        4,000        800        3,200  

Denmark

     3,695        369,500        295,600        73,900        59,120        14,780  

Egypt

     6,505        650,500        520,400        130,100        78,060        52,040  

Ethiopia

     458        45,800        36,600        9,200        1,840        7,360  

Fiji

     125        12,500        10,000        2,500        500        2,000  

Finland

     3,103        310,300        248,200        62,100        37,260        24,840  

France

     33,756        3,375,600        2,700,500        675,100        405,060        270,040  

Georgia

     539        53,900        43,100        10,800        6,480        4,320  

Germany

     44,842        4,484,200        3,587,400        896,800        538,080        358,720  

Hong Kong, SAR

     7,651        765,100        612,100        153,000        61,200        91,800  

Hungary

     1,000        100,000        80,000        20,000        8,000        12,000  

Iceland

     176        17,600        14,100        3,500        2,100        1,400  

India

     83,673        8,367,300        6,693,800        1,673,500        1,004,100        669,400  

Indonesia

     33,607        3,360,700        2,688,600        672,100        537,680        134,420  

Iran

     15,808        1,580,800        1,264,600        316,200        189,725        126,475  

Ireland

     1,313        131,300        105,000        26,300        5,260        21,040  

 

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Notes to the Condensed Financial Statements

For the nine months ended Sep. 30, 2018

(All amounts in thousands of US Dollars unless otherwise stated)

C Disclosure Notes

C10 Share capital (Continued)

 

Members

   Total
shares
     Subscribed
capital
     Callable
capital
     Paid-in
capital
     Paid-in
capital
received
     Paid-in
capital not
yet
received
 

Israel

     7,499        749,900        599,900        150,000        120,000        30,000  

Italy

     25,718        2,571,800        2,057,400        514,400        411,520        102,880  

Jordan

     1,192        119,200        95,400        23,800        14,280        9,520  

Kazakhstan

     7,293        729,300        583,400        145,900        87,540        58,360  

Korea

     37,387        3,738,700        2,991,000        747,700        448,620        299,080  

Kyrgyz Republic

     268        26,800        21,400        5,400        1,620        3,780  

Lao PDR

     430        43,000        34,400        8,600        2,580        6,020  

Luxembourg

     697        69,700        55,800        13,900        8,340        5,560  

Madagascar

     50        5,000        4,000        1,000        200        800  

Malaysia

     1,095        109,500        87,600        21,900        13,140        8,760  

Maldives

     72        7,200        5,800        1,400        420        980  

Malta

     136        13,600        10,900        2,700        1,620        1,080  

Mongolia

     411        41,100        32,900        8,200        4,920        3,280  

Myanmar

     2,645        264,500        211,600        52,900        15,870        37,030  

Nepal

     809        80,900        64,700        16,200        4,860        11,340  

Netherlands

     10,313        1,031,300        825,000        206,300        123,780        82,520  

New Zealand

     4,615        461,500        369,200        92,300        55,380        36,920  

Norway

     5,506        550,600        440,500        110,100        66,060        44,040  

Oman

     2,592        259,200        207,400        51,800        31,080        20,720  

Pakistan

     10,341        1,034,100        827,300        206,800        124,080        82,720  

Philippines

     9,791        979,100        783,300        195,800        117,480        78,320  

Poland

     8,318        831,800        665,400        166,400        99,840        66,560  

Portugal

     650        65,000        52,000        13,000        7,800        5,200  

Qatar

     6,044        604,400        483,500        120,900        72,540        48,360  

Russia

     65,362        6,536,200        5,229,000        1,307,200        784,320        522,880  

Samoa

     21        2,100        1,700        400        80        320  

Saudi Arabia

     25,446        2,544,600        2,035,700        508,900        305,340        203,560  

Singapore

     2,500        250,000        200,000        50,000        30,000        20,000  

Spain

     17,615        1,761,500        1,409,200        352,300        211,380        140,920  

Sri Lanka

     2,690        269,000        215,200        53,800        32,280        21,520  

Sudan

     590        59,000        47,200        11,800        2,450        9,350  

Sweden

     6,300        630,000        504,000        126,000        75,600        50,400  

Switzerland

     7,064        706,400        565,100        141,300        84,780        56,520  

Tajikistan

     309        30,900        24,700        6,200        1,860        4,340  

Thailand

     14,275        1,427,500        1,142,000        285,500        171,300        114,200  

Timor-Leste

     160        16,000        12,800        3,200        640        2,560  

Turkey

     26,099        2,609,900        2,087,900        522,000        313,200        208,800  

United Arab Emirates

     11,857        1,185,700        948,600        237,100        142,260        94,840  

United Kingdom

     30,547        3,054,700        2,443,800        610,900        366,540        244,360  

Uzbekistan

     2,198        219,800        175,800        44,000        26,400        17,600  

 

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Notes to the Condensed Financial Statements

For the nine months ended Sep. 30, 2018

(All amounts in thousands of US Dollars unless otherwise stated)

C Disclosure Notes

C10 Share capital (Continued)

 

Members

   Total
shares
     Subscribed
capital
     Callable
capital
     Paid-in
capital
     Paid-in
capital
received
     Paid-in
capital not
yet
received
 

Vanuatu

     5        500        400        100        100        —    

Vietnam

     6,633        663,300        530,600        132,700        79,620        53,080  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

     961,867        96,186,700        76,949,300        19,237,400        12,792,485        6,444,915  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

C11 Reserves

Pursuant to Article 18.1 of the AOA, the Board of Governors shall determine at least annually what part of the net income of the Bank shall be allocated, after making provision for reserves, to retained earnings or other purposes and what part, if any, shall be distributed to the members. There was no allocation of the net income during the nine months ended Sep. 30, 2018.

C12 Distribution

Retained earnings as at Sep. 30, 2018 were USD218.70 million (Dec. 31, 2017: USD119.16 million). As at Sep. 30, 2018, USD82.73 million (for the nine months ended Sep. 30, 2017: USD110.42 million) of retained earnings has been transferred to the Reserve for accretion of the paid-in capital receivables.

No dividends were declared during the reporting period.

C13 Unconsolidated structured entity

The Special Fund established and administered by the Bank based on Article 17.1 of the AOA is an unconsolidated structured entity for accounting purposes. The objective of the Special Fund is to support and facilitate the preparation of projects for the benefit of one or more members of the Bank that, at the time when the decision to extend the grant is made by the Bank, are classified as recipients of financing from the International Development Association, including Blend countries; however, the projects that benefit other members may also be eligible for such assistance in exceptional circumstances, such as innovative and complex projects and regional or cross-border projects with significant regional impacts. Consistent with Article 10 of the Bank’s AOA, the resources of the Special Fund shall at all times and in all respects be held, used, committed, invested or otherwise disposed of entirely separately from the Bank’s ordinary resources.

The resources of the Special Fund consist of: (a) amounts accepted from any member of the Bank, any of its political or administrative sub-divisions, or any entity under the control of the member or such sub-divisions or any other country, entity or person approved by the President may become a contributor to the Special Fund; (b) income derived from investment of the resources of the Special Fund; and (c) funds reimbursed to the Special Fund, if any.

 

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Notes to the Financial Statements

For the nine months ended Sep. 30, 2018

(All amounts in thousands of US Dollars unless otherwise stated)

C Disclosure Notes

C13 Unconsolidated structured entity (Continued)

 

The full cost of administering the Special Fund is charged to that Special Fund. The Bank charges an administration fee equal to 1% of contributions received, and the Special Fund bears all expenses appertaining directly to operations financed from the resources of the Special Fund.

As at Sep. 30, 2018, the Special Fund had aggregate contributions received amounting to USD70.50 million (Dec. 31, 2017: USD38.00 million). The Bank, acting as administrator of the Special Fund, receives administration fees. For the nine months ended Sep. 30, 2018, fees recognized as income amounted to USD0.05 million (for the nine months ended Sep. 30, 2017: USD0.05 million) (Note C2).

The Bank is not obliged to provide financial support to the Special Fund.

C14 Related party transactions

Parties are generally considered to be related if the parties are under common control, or one party has the ability to control the other party or can exercise significant influence over the other party in making financial or operational decisions. In considering each possible related party relationship, attention is directed to the substance of the relationship, not merely to the legal form.

Outstanding balances with related parties were as follows:

 

     Sep. 30, 2018      Dec. 31, 2017  
     Key
management
personnel
     Other related
parties
     Key
management
personnel
     Other related
parties
 

Assets – loans granted

     35        —          100        —    

Other liabilities (Note C9)

     —          483        —          210  

The income and expense items affected by transactions with related parties were as follows:

 

     For the nine months ended
Sep. 30, 2018
     For the nine months ended
Sep. 30, 2017
 
     Key
management
personnel
     Other related
parties
     Key
management
personnel
     Other related
parties
 

Income

     —          52        —          52  

Expense

     —          —          —          —    

Income from other related parties relates to the Special Fund administration fee (Note C13).

Key management personnel

Key management personnel are those persons who have the authority and responsibility to plan, direct, and control the activities of the Bank. Key management personnel of the Bank is defined as the members of the Bank’s Executive Committee, that is, in accordance with the Terms of Reference of the Executive Committee, the President, Vice Presidents, the General Counsel and the Chief Risk Officer.

 

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Notes to the Financial Statements

For the nine months ended Sep. 30, 2018

(All amounts in thousands of US Dollars unless otherwise stated)

C Disclosure Notes

C14 Related party transactions (Continued)

Key management personnel (Continued)

 

During the nine months ended Sep. 30, 2018, other than loans granted to key management personnel as disclosed above, the Bank had no other material transactions with key management personnel.

The compensation of key management personnel during the period comprises short-term employee benefits of USD2.60 million (for the nine months ended Sep. 30, 2017: USD2.47 million) and defined contribution plans of USD0.42 million (for the nine months ended Sep. 30, 2017: USD0.40 million).

Use of office building

In accordance with Article 5 of the Headquarters Agreement, the Government provides a permanent office building and the temporary office accommodation to the Bank, free of charge.

C15 Events after the end of the reporting period

There have been no material events since the reporting date that would require disclosure or adjustment to these financial statements.

D Financial Risk Management

D1 Overview

The Bank adopts a proactive and comprehensive approach to risk management that is instrumental to the Bank’s financial viability and success in achieving its mandate. The ability to identify, mitigate, and manage risk begins with the Bank’s policies established with a strong risk culture. In addition to establishing appropriate risk parameters and a thorough and robust project review and monitoring process, the risk management function provides independent oversight of credit, market, liquidity, operational, and associated reputational risk in the Bank’s activities. It is also designed to integrate asset and liability risk to minimize the volatility of equity value and to maintain sufficient liquidity.

D2 Financial risk management framework

The Bank has established its risk appetite, risk management objectives and strategies in its Risk Limits Policy, and its Risk Management Framework (the “RMF”). Within this RMF, the Risk Management Department is responsible for monitoring financial risks with the oversight of the Risk Committee.

The Risk Committee is responsible for establishing the overall risk appetite of the Bank and reviewing and approving the risk management objectives and strategies. The Risk Committee monitors the integrated risk processes, on a cross-sector and cross-category basis for the Bank. The Committee of the Board – Audit and Risk Committee reviews the Bank’s financial and risk-related policies and

 

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For the nine months ended Sep. 30, 2018

(All amounts in thousands of US Dollars unless otherwise stated)

D Financial Risk Management

D2 Financial risk management framework (Continued)

 

annually reviews the Bank’s risk management framework and its risk appetite statement. The Board approves key risk policies as recommended by the President and the Executive Committee.

The Risk Management Department has overall responsibility for managing all aspects of risks, including implementing risk management strategies, initiatives and credit policies, and approving internal policies, measures and procedures related to risk management.

(i) Investment operations portfolio

The Investment Committee of Senior Management reviews that a proposed project prepared by Investment Operation staff is in line with the Bank’s policies and procedures. In order to make its recommendations, the committee is supported by relevant departments with assessments specific to their area, including risk management, legal, finance, strategy, environmental and social aspects, and procurement. The Board of Directors makes final approval of investment projects.

Accountabilities at different stages of the credit risk/project approval and monitoring process are delineated and regularly updated by the Bank’s management.

(ii) Treasury portfolio

The treasury portfolio includes deposits with banks and the investments in the Trust Fund.

According to the Bank’s General Investment Authority, the Bank can make investments in the assets specified in a list of eligible assets, including deposits and certain money market funds that invest in high credit quality securities.

With respect to the Trust Fund described in Note C5, the Trust Fund’s assets consist of its notionally allocated share of cash and investments in the Pool. The Pool is actively managed and invested in accordance with the investment strategy established for all such kind of Trust Funds administered by the counterparty. The objective of the investment strategy is foremost to maintain adequate liquidity to meet foreseeable cash flow needs and preserve capital and then, to maximize investment returns. The Pool is exposed to credit, market and liquidity risks.

D3 Credit risk

Credit risk management

The Bank takes on exposure to credit risk, which is the risk that one party to a financial instrument will cause a financial loss for the other party by failing to discharge an obligation. Exposure to credit risk arises as a result of the Bank’s lending and other transactions with counterparties giving rise to financial assets and loan commitments.

The Bank is primarily exposed to credit risk in both its loan granting of bank activities and deposit placing of treasury activities. The counterparties could default on their contractual obligations or the value of the Bank’s investments could become impaired.

 

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Notes to the Financial Statements

For the nine months ended Sep. 30, 2018

(All amounts in thousands of US Dollars unless otherwise stated)

D Financial Risk Management

D3 Credit risk (Continued)

Credit risk management (Continued)

 

(i) Credit risk in the investment operations portfolio

 

   

Sovereign-backed loans

Sovereign-backed loans are the obligation of a member as borrower or guarantor. The Bank’s credit decisions are based on assessments of the borrower’s or guarantor’s capacity to service the loan. These assessments are undertaken in accordance with the relevant operational policies of the Bank. Specifically, the Bank performs its own sovereign credit analysis and assigns its own internal sovereign credit rating. When making these assessments, the Bank gives particular consideration to the International Monetary Fund/World Bank debt sustainability analyses and will utilize, where appropriate, country and macroeconomic reporting by multilateral development banks (“MDBs”), commercial banks, and “think tanks.” The appraisal of sovereign-backed loans takes into account, as appropriate, a full assessment of the project’s benefits and risks. The Bank’s internal rating has 12 notches, with ratings 1 to 4 designated as investment grade.

As at Sep. 30, 2018, the rating of sovereign-backed loans ranged from 3 to 10 and the related range of annualized PD was 0.14%-8.67%.

As an international financial institution, the Bank does not participate in country debt rescheduling or debt reduction exercises of sovereign-backed loans or guarantees.

When a borrower fails to make payment on any principal, interest, or other charge due to the Bank, the Bank may suspend disbursements immediately on all loans to that borrower. The conditions for suspension of sovereign loans are presented in more detail in the Bank’s operational policies. Under its operational policies, the Bank would cease making new sovereign-backed loans to the borrower once any loans are overdue by more than 30 days and suspend all disbursements to or guaranteed by the member concerned once any loans are overdue by more than 60 days.

 

   

Nonsovereign-backed financings

The Bank provides private enterprises and state-owned or state-controlled enterprises with loans and investments that do not have a full member guarantee. However, the Bank retains the right, when it deems it advisable, to require a full or partial sovereign guarantee.

The Bank assigns an internal credit rating taking into account specific project, sector, macro and country credit risks. For nonsovereign projects, risk ratings are normally capped by the sovereign credit rating, except where the Bank has recourse to a guarantor from outside the country which may have a better rating than the local sovereign credit rating.

As at Sep. 30, 2018, the rating of nonsovereign-backed loans ranged from 1 to 9 and the related annualized PD was 0.03%-4.58%.

 

   

LP Fund investments

 

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Notes to the Financial Statements

For the nine months ended Sep. 30, 2018

(All amounts in thousands of US Dollars unless otherwise stated)

D Financial Risk Management

D3 Credit risk (Continued)

Credit risk management (Continued)

 

As at Sep. 30, 2018, the investment operations portfolio includes LP Fund investments described in Note C5. The LP Fund investments are measured at fair value through profit or loss. The fair value related information is described in Note E.

(ii) Credit risk in the treasury portfolio

Treasury activities and risk appetite are monitored by the Audit and Risk Committee and Board of Directors. The Bank has a limits policy which determines the maximum exposure to eligible counterparties and instruments. Eligible counterparties must have a single A credit rating or higher. All individual counterparty and investment credit lines are monitored and reviewed by Risk Management Department periodically.

As at Sep. 30, 2018, the treasury portfolio includes term deposits with banks and investment in the Trust Fund described in Note C5. The Trust Fund is measured at fair value through profit or loss, and the fair value related information is described in Note E. As the Trust Fund is not subject to significant credit risk, the credit risk of the treasury portfolio is mainly from the term deposits. Given the high credit quality, no significant loss provisions were made for the investments in the treasury portfolio for the nine months ended Sep. 30, 2018.

Credit quality analysis

Except for loan investments, other financial assets at amortized cost are paid-in capital receivables and deposits with banks, for which the credit risk is not material.

The following table sets out the loans and loan commitments for sovereign-backed loans and nonsovereign-backed loans, with their respective ECL allowance balances.

 

     Sep. 30, 2018      Dec. 31, 2017  
     Loans and
loan
commitments
     ECL      Loans and
loan
commitments
     ECL  

Sovereign-backed loans

     3,918,165        (59,306      2,558,761        (5,050

Nonsovereign-backed loans

     584,331        (1,546      167,278        (4,315
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

     4,502,496        (60,852      2,726,039        (9,365
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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Notes to the Financial Statements

For the nine months ended Sep. 30, 2018

(All amounts in thousands of US Dollars unless otherwise stated)

D Financial Risk Management

D3 Credit risk (Continued)

Credit quality analysis (Continued)

 

(i) Concentration of credit risk

As at Sep. 30, 2018, the geographical distribution of the Bank’s loan investments (gross carrying amount of loans and exposure of loan commitments) is as follows:

 

     Sep. 30, 2018             Dec. 31, 2017         

Region

   Stage 1      Stage 2      Total      Stage 1      Stage 2      Total  

Sovereign-backed loans

                 

Asia

     2,657,189        1,260,976        3,918,165        2,194,438        364,323        2,558,761  

NonAsia

     —          —          —          —          —          —    

Subtotal

     2,657,189        1,260,976        3,918,165        2,194,438        364,323        2,558,761  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Nonsovereign-backed loans

                 

Asia

     440,783        —          440,783        20,198        —          20,198  

NonAsia

     143,548        —          143,548        147,080        —          147,080  

Subtotal

     584,331        —          584,331        167,278        —          167,278  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

     3,241,520        1,260,976        4,502,496        2,361,716        364,323        2,726,039  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

The following table sets out the credit quality of loan investments (gross carrying amount of loans and exposure of loan commitments) segmented by the Bank’s internal credit rating system and their respective staging.

 

     Sep. 30, 2018             Dec. 31, 2017         

Internal credit rating

   Stage 1      Stage 2      Total      Stage 1      Stage 2      Total  

Sovereign-backed loans

                 

Investment grade

     1,625,439        —          1,625,439        828,834        99,977        928,811  

Noninvestment grade (a)

     1,031,750        1,260,976        2,292,726        1,365,604        264,346        1,629,950  

Subtotal

     2,657,189        1,260,976        3,918,165        2,194,438        364,323        2,558,761  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Nonsovereign-backed loans

                 

Investment grade

     246,668        —          246,668        —          —          —    

Noninvestment grade (a)

     337,663        —          337,663        167,278        —          167,278  

Subtotal

     584,331        —          584,331        167,278        —          167,278  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

     3,241,520        1,260,976        4,502,496        2,361,716        364,323        2,726,039  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(a)

For the noninvestment grade sovereign-backed loan exposures as at Sep. 30, 2018, balances of USD1,807 million have internal ratings ranging from 5 to 7 (Dec. 31, 2017: USD1,203 million), and balances of USD485 million have internal ratings ranging from 8 to 12 (Dec. 31, 2017: USD427 million).

For the noninvestment grade nonsovereign-backed loan exposures as at Sep. 30, 2018, balances of USD174 million have internal ratings ranging from 5 to 7, and balances of USD164 million have internal ratings ranging from 8 to 12 (Dec. 31, 2017: all the balances of non-investment grade have internal ratings ranging from 8 to 12).

 

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Notes to the Financial Statements

For the nine months ended Sep. 30, 2018

(All amounts in thousands of US Dollars unless otherwise stated)

D Financial Risk Management

D3 Credit risk (Continued)

Credit quality analysis (Continued)

 

(ii) Credit enhancement

As at Sep. 30, 2018, the Bank’s maximum exposure to credit risk from financial instruments other than undrawn loan commitments before taking into account any collateral held or other credit enhancements is their carrying amount presented on the statement of financial position. The maximum exposure to credit risk from the undrawn loan commitments as at Sep. 30, 2018 is USD3,341 million (Dec. 31, 2017: USD1,948 million).

Credit enhancement for loan investments (gross carrying amount of loans and exposure of loan commitments) are as below:

 

     Sep. 30, 2018      Dec. 31, 2017  

Guaranteed by sovereign members

     1,567,983        864,303  

Guaranteed by nonsovereign entities

     267,147        20,199  

Unguaranteed (a)

     2,667,366        1,841,537  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

     4,502,496        2,726,039  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(a)

The unguaranteed loan investments mainly represent sovereign loans and loan commitments granted to member countries.

There was no other credit enhancement held as at Sep. 30, 2018 and Dec. 31, 2017.

(iii) Reconciliation of loan gross carrying amount and ECL

An analysis of the changes in the gross carrying amount of loans and exposure of loan commitments, with the related changes in ECL allowances is as follows:

Sovereign-backed loans

 

     Stage 1     Stage 2     Total  

Gross carrying amount of loans and exposure of loan commitments as at Jan. 1, 2018

     2,194,438       364,323       2,558,761  

New loans and commitments originated

     1,357,603       —         1,357,603  

Movement in net transaction costs, fees, and related income through EIR method

     2,740       (939     1,801  

Transfer to stage 1 (1)

     99,712       (99,712     —    

Transfer to stage 2 (2)

     (997,304     997,304       —    
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

As at Sep. 30, 2018

     2,657,189       1,260,976       3,918,165  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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Notes to the Financial Statements

For the nine months ended Sep. 30, 2018

(All amounts in thousands of US Dollars unless otherwise stated)

D Financial Risk Management

D3 Credit risk (Continued)

Sovereign-backed loans (Continued)

 

     Stage 1     Stage 2     Total  

ECL allowance as at Jan. 1, 2018

     1,478       3,572       5,050  

Additions

     298       —         298  

Change in risk parameters (3)

     (293     (37     (330

Change from lifetime (stage 2) to 12-month (stage 1) ECL (1)

     5       (463     (458

Change from 12-month (stage 1) to lifetime (stage 2) ECL (2)

     (148     54,894       54,746  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

As at Sep. 30, 2018

     1,340       57,966       59,306  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(1)

At Sep. 30, 2018, as a result of improved implied credit rating primarily related to a favorable GDP growth rate forecast, the credit risk of one sovereign loan in Asia has decreased to its level at origination. The gross carrying amount of loans and commitment exposure were transferred to stage 1. The related ECL allowance was, therefore, based on 12-month, rather than lifetime, ECL.

 

(2)

During the nine months ended Sep. 30, 2018, the outstanding loan balances and commitment exposure of two sovereign borrowers in Asia were transferred from stage 1 to stage 2 based on an internal ratings downgrade, primarily in response to increasing sovereign debt denominated in foreign currency and significant local currency depreciation of the borrowers’ countries.

Nonsovereign-backed loans

 

     Stage 1     Stage
2
     Total  

Gross carrying amount of loans and exposure of loan commitments as at Jan. 1, 2018

     167,278       —          167,278  

New loans and commitments originated

     424,200       —          424,200  

Movement in net transaction costs, fees, and related income through EIR method

     (7,147     —          (7,147
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

As at Sep. 30, 2018

     584,331       —          584,331  
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

     Stage 1     Stage 2      Total  

ECL allowance as at Jan. 1, 2018

     4,315       —          4,315  

Additions

     178       —          178  

Change in risk parameters (3)

     (2,947     —          (2,947
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

As at Sep. 30, 2018

     1,546       —          1,546  
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total gross carrying amount of loans and exposure of loan commitments as at Sep. 30, 2018

     3,241,520       1,260,976        4,502,496  
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total ECL allowance as at Sep. 30, 2018

     2,886       57,966        60,852  
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(3)

The change in the loss allowance is due to change in the probability of default (PD) used to calculate the expected credit loss for the loans.

 

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Notes to the Financial Statements

For the nine months ended Sep. 30, 2018

(All amounts in thousands of US Dollars unless otherwise stated)

D Financial Risk Management

D3 Credit risk (Continued)

 

ECL measurement

The Bank adopts an ECL ‘three-stage’ model for applicable financial instruments. A ‘three-stage’ model for impairment is based on changes in credit quality since initial recognition:

 

   

A financial instrument that has not experienced significant increase in credit risk (“SICR”) in its credit quality as compared to its rating at origination is classified in ‘Stage 1’, and has its credit risk continuously monitored by the Bank;

 

   

If it has experienced SICR since initial recognition, the financial instrument is moved to ‘Stage 2’, but is not yet deemed to be credit impaired;

 

   

If the financial instrument is deemed to be credit impaired, the financial instrument is then moved to ‘Stage 3’.

The Bank’s main credit risk exposure related to ECL measurement is from loan investments and loan commitments.

The following reflects the Bank’s ECL measurement focusing on loan investments and loan commitments. Given the nature of the Bank’s business (large infrastructure loans), all the instruments are assessed on an individual basis.

The key judgments and assumptions adopted by the Bank are discussed below:

(i) Significant increase in credit risk

The Bank considers a financial instrument to have experienced SICR when one or more of the following quantitative, qualitative or backstop criteria have been met:

 

   

Quantitative criteria

Deterioration in credit rating is used as the quantitative criteria of SICR:

 

   

For investment grade loans, rating downgrade by 2 notches determined by comparing the current rating (incorporating forward looking information) with rating at origination;

 

   

For noninvestment grade loans, rating downgrade by 1 notch determined by comparing the current rating (incorporating forward looking information) with rating at origination.

All loans included in the Bank’s investment portfolio are rated using internal rating methodologies. The methodology used to rate these individual loans depends on the type of loan. For sovereign loans, an internal credit rating methodology is used. The methodology uses the same factors considered by the major international credit rating agencies (“ICRA”s) such as Standard & Poor’s (“S&P”), Moody’s and Fitch. In case the sovereign borrower is not rated by any of the three ICRAs, the Bank uses the Economist Intelligence Unit rating assessment as the basis for further analysis. For nonsovereign loans, the loan may be rated using the risk rating methodology that is in-line with the Bank’s policy for nonsovereign-backed financing depending on the type of their financing structure. More specifically, project finance transactions will be rated using a credit scoring tool for project finance. Similarly,

 

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Notes to the Financial Statements

For the nine months ended Sep. 30, 2018

(All amounts in thousands of US Dollars unless otherwise stated)

D Financial Risk Management

D3 Credit risk (Continued)

ECL measurement (Continued)

(i) Significant increase in credit risk (Continued)

 

corporate financing transactions will be rated based on a credit scoring tool for corporate finance: these initial ratings are used to estimate the Stage 1—12-month ECL at each reporting date to determine the SICR since origination.

 

   

Qualitative criteria

In addition to the quantitative criteria, the following qualitative elements will also contribute to a determination that the loan should migrate to Stage 2:

 

   

Adverse changes in business, financial or economic conditions;

 

   

Expected breach of contract that may lead to covenant waivers or amendments;

 

   

Transfer to watch list/monitoring; and

 

   

Changes in payment behavior.

 

   

Backstop

 

   

30 days past due.

 

   

Overlay

Temporary adjustments (“overlay adjustments”) to the allowance are adjustments which may be used to account for circumstances when it becomes evident that existing or expected risk factors have not been considered in the credit risk rating and modelling process. Management would evaluate the appropriateness of overlay adjustments made to the output of quantitative models and assess such overlays for indication of bias. Any overlay adjustment shall be properly discussed with the Risk Committee.

A new ECL calculation software was used for the year ended Dec. 31, 2017. It replaced the previous excel based template used for calculating ECL. The new tool applies the same three-stage ECL methodology in compliance with IFRS 9 requirements, with enhancements in a more sophisticated approach to incorporate the PIT PD term structure and forward-looking assessment.

(ii) Definition of credit-impaired assets

Credit-impaired assets, which migrate to Stage 3, are those with respect to which one or more events that have a detrimental impact on the estimated future cash flows of that financial asset have occurred. Evidence that a financial asset is credit-impaired includes observable data about the following events:

 

   

significant financial difficulty of the issuer or the borrower;

 

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Notes to the Financial Statements

For the nine months ended Sep. 30, 2018

(All amounts in thousands of US Dollars unless otherwise stated)

D Financial Risk Management

D3 Credit risk (Continued)

ECL measurement (Continued)

(ii) Definition of credit-impaired assets (Continued)

 

   

a breach of contract, such as a default or past due event;

 

   

the lender(s) of the borrower, for economic or contractual reasons relating to the borrower’s financial difficulty, having granted to the borrower a concession(s) that the lender(s) would not otherwise consider;

 

   

it is becoming probable that the borrower will enter bankruptcy or other financial reorganization.

In addition, the credit-impaired assets also include the purchased or originated financial assets at a deep discount that reflects the incurred credit losses.

It may not be possible to identify a single discrete event. Instead, the combined effect of several events may have caused financial assets to become credit-impaired. For sovereign-backed loans, the same criteria of past due for “default assets” (see D3 (vi)) is also being applied for assessing credit impaired financial assets.

(iii) Measurement of the 12-month and lifetime ECL

Estimation of 12-month ECL is calculated by using the following formula: 12-month ECL LOGO

 

  1.

PIT PD is the Point-in-time Probability of Default, and is converted from Through-The-Cycle (TTC) PD by first mapping to Moody’s unconditional PIT PDs, then conditioning on three future scenarios (baseline, good, bad).

 

  2.

Loss Given Default (LGD) is currently set as 30% for sovereign loans and on a case-by-case basis or 70% in case of insufficient information available to estimate LGD for nonsovereign-backed loans, based upon management’s estimate established on the analysis of market data statistics and related judgment.

 

  3.

Exposure at Default (EAD) is calculated as loan balance at the period end plus projected net disbursement in the next year.

The above calculation is performed for three different scenarios. The weights of the 3 scenarios are 50%, 25%, and 25% respectively for the Baseline, Good and Bad scenarios. The estimation is based on the best representative management judgment without undue cost or effort that, going forward the current path of macroeconomic projections with equal chance of being significantly worse (Bad scenario) or better (Good scenario), considering the macroeconomic projections of those countries and relevant industries that the Bank has credit exposures.

 

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Notes to the Financial Statements

For the nine months ended Sep. 30, 2018

(All amounts in thousands of US Dollars unless otherwise stated)

D Financial Risk Management

D3 Credit risk (Continued)

ECL measurement (Continued)

(iii) Measurement of the 12-month and lifetime ECL (Continued)

 

   

Estimation of lifetime ECL

Estimation of the lifetime ECL is calculated using the following formula as the summation of net present value of the ECL for each year:

Lifetime ECL LOGO

Where ECLt is the ECL for each year and n is the year for which ECL is calculated.

ECLt is calculated as: LOGO where ws is the weight of each scenario – 50% for Baseline, 25% for both Good and Bad scenarios.

 

  1)

Conditional PIT PD

The process to convert TTC PD to conditional PIT PD term structure is the same as 12-month ECL calculation for the first three years and is assumed to revert back to the long-run PD for the remaining years.

 

  2)

LGD is the same as 12-month ECL calculation.

 

  3)

EAD for any given year is based on loan balance at the period end + net projected disbursement in the next 1 year, as by the disbursement schedule for each year.

 

  4)

Lifetime is equal to contractual lifetime.

 

  5)

Discount rate is equal to calculated effective interest rate.

In the same way as the 12-month ECL calculation, the above calculation is done for each of the three scenarios and then probability weighted, and the weighting of the three scenarios are the same as the 12-month ECL calculation.

(iv) Forward-looking information incorporated in ECL

Forward-looking information has been incorporated taking into account the following steps:

 

   

Macro Scenario development

 

   

3 Macro Scenarios – Baseline, Good, Bad. Each scenario is forecasted for 3 years.

 

   

For each member, the corresponding long-term average and standard deviation of each macro factor would be computed. Good and bad scenarios would be established based on a view of movement in macro factors in terms of ‘number of standard deviations from average’.

 

   

Choice of macro scenarios and probability weighting of each scenario is approved by the Risk Committee.

 

   

Establishment of TTC PD

 

   

TTC PD is calculated based on each borrower’s internal AIIB rating.

 

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Notes to the Financial Statements

For the nine months ended Sep. 30, 2018

(All amounts in thousands of US Dollars unless otherwise stated)

D Financial Risk Management

D3 Credit risk (Continued)

ECL measurement (Continued)

(iv) Forward-looking information incorporated in ECL (Continued)

 

   

Calculation of Forward-looking PIT PD

First, each borrower’s TTC PD will be mapped to the unconditional PIT PD derived by the software for each credit rating. Second, to convert the unconditional PIT PD into forward-looking PIT PD, the software utilizes forecasts of macroeconomic variables associated with the country and industry where the borrower operates.

(v) Definition of default

For the ECL measurement, “default” occurs when an obligor meets one or more of the following conditions:

 

   

Failure to make a payment (“payment default”) – 180 days past due for sovereign-backed infrastructure loans and 90 days past due for nonsovereign-backed infrastructure loans. 180 days past due for sovereign-backed infrastructure loans is based on the consideration for slower administrative, processing and collection periods that are not driven by credit deterioration.

 

   

Breach of specific covenants that trigger a default clause.

 

   

Default under a guarantee or collateral or other support agreements.

 

   

Failure to pay a final judgment or court order.

 

   

Bankruptcy, liquidation or the appointment of a receiver or any similar official.

(vi) Write-off policy

The Bank reduces the gross carrying amount of a financial asset when the Bank has no reasonable expectations of recovering the contractual cash flows on a financial asset in its entirety or a portion thereof.

D4 Market risk

The Bank is exposed to currency and interest rate risk in its investment, lending and other activities. Currency risk is the potential for loss that arises when assets or liabilities are denominated in a non-US dollar currency and the price of that currency versus US dollars fluctuates. Interest rate risk arises when the value of assets or liabilities changes with the fluctuation of interest rates.

In its asset and liability management process, the Bank pursues five goals: (a) reducing risks that might arise from the mismatch of assets and liabilities in terms of currency, interest rate sensitivity, or maturity; (b) monitoring the evolving risks to the Bank’s income over time and establishing a framework that reduces the potential volatility of the Bank’s income over the medium term; (c) assigning clear responsibility for all market risks to which the Bank is exposed; (d) minimizing volatility of available equity; and (e) maintaining sufficient liquidity to meet all of the Bank’s obligations with an extremely high level of confidence and continue its lending program, even in times of market stress.

 

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Notes to the Financial Statements

For the nine months ended Sep. 30, 2018

(All amounts in thousands of US Dollars unless otherwise stated)

D Financial Risk Management

D4 Market risk (Continued)

 

Currency risk

The Bank currently offers loans only in US Dollars. This will continue to be the case until the Bank is prepared to hedge nondollar lending through swaps or other hedging mechanisms. As at Sep. 30, 2018, the currency risk is not material for the Bank. A currency table for the main monetary items is set out below:

 

As at Sep. 30, 2018

   USD      Other
currencies
     Total  
            USD equivalent         

Financial assets

        

Cash and cash equivalents

     1,051,030        2,072        1,053,102  

Term deposits

     7,555,880        —          7,555,880  

Investments at fair value through profit or loss

     3,295,994        —          3,295,994  

Funds deposited for cofinancing arrangements

     13,791        —          13,791  

Loan investments, at amortized cost

     1,148,852        —          1,148,852  

Paid-in capital receivables

     6,354,921        —          6,354,921  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
     19,420,468        2,072        19,422,540  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

As at Dec. 31, 2017

   USD      Other
currencies
     Total  
            USD equivalent         

Financial assets

        

Cash and cash equivalents

     1,104,756        110        1,104,866  

Term deposits

     5,885,854        —          5,885,854  

Investments at fair value through profit or loss

     3,255,140        —          3,255,140  

Funds deposited for cofinancing arrangements

     1,592        —          1,592  

Loan investments, at amortized cost

     773,238        —          773,238  

Paid-in capital receivables

     7,948,901        —          7,948,901  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
     18,969,481        110        18,969,591  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Interest rate risk

The Bank takes on exposure to the effects of fluctuations in the prevailing levels of market interest rates on its financial position and cash flows. Interest margins may increase as a result of such changes, but may reduce or create losses in the event that unexpected movements arise. Currently, all loans of the Bank are subject to floating rate.

D5 Liquidity risk

Liquidity risk is the risk that the Bank will encounter difficulty in meeting obligations associated with financial liabilities that are settled by delivering cash or another financial asset. As at Sep. 30, 2018, the Bank does not have any significant financial liabilities.

 

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Notes to the Financial Statements

For the nine months ended Sep. 30, 2018

(All amounts in thousands of US Dollars unless otherwise stated)

D Financial Risk Management

 

D6 Operational risk

Consistent with guidance issued by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision, operational risk is defined as risk of loss resulting from inadequate or failed internal processes, people and systems, or from external events. Effective management and mitigation of operational risk relies on a system of internal controls aimed at identifying various risks, and establishing acceptable risk parameters and monitoring procedures.

The Bank adopts the Basic Indicator Approach (as recommended by Basel II) for capital allocation for operational risks, which is set at 15% of the average gross income over the past three years, ignoring those years where income was not positive. For initial years, the Bank allocates capital for operational risk at 1% of its paid-in capital, reserves and retained earnings.

D7 Capital management

The Bank collectively manages the paid-in capital plus reserves and retained earnings as capital. To ensure that the Bank has the highest possible credit on a stand-alone basis at all times, two limits are relevant to be always observed. The first, as required by Article 12.1 of the Bank’s AOA, the Bank’s total unimpaired subscribed capital, reserves, and retained earnings have to be always greater than the total exposure from its investment operations (i.e. loans, equity investments, guarantees and other types of financing). This limit may be increased up to 250% of the Bank’s unimpaired subscribed capital, reserves, and retained earnings with the approval of the Board of Governors. The second, using an economic capital framework, the Bank’s available capital must be greater than the required economic capital given the composition of its investment assets by credit risk rating plus a certain amount of buffer.

E Fair Value Disclosures

The majority of the Bank’s assets and liabilities in the statement of financial position are financial assets and financial liabilities. Fair value measurement of nonfinancial assets and nonfinancial liabilities do not have a material impact on the Bank’s financial position and operations, taken as a whole.

The Bank does not have any financial assets or financial liabilities subject to nonrecurring fair value measurements for the nine months ended Sep. 30, 2018.

The fair value of the Bank’s financial assets and financial liabilities are determined as follows:

 

   

If traded in active markets, fair values of financial assets and financial liabilities with standard terms and conditions are determined with reference to quoted market bid prices and ask prices, respectively.

 

   

If not traded in active markets, fair values of financial assets and financial liabilities are determined in accordance with generally accepted pricing models or discounted cash flow analysis using prices from observable current market transactions for similar instruments or using unobservable inputs relevant to the Bank’s assessment.

 

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Notes to the Financial Statements

For the nine months ended Sep. 30, 2018

(All amounts in thousands of US Dollars unless otherwise stated)

E Fair Value Disclosures

 

Fair value hierarchy

The Bank classifies financial assets and financial liabilities into the following 3 levels based on the extent to which inputs to valuation techniques used to measure fair value of the financial assets and financial liabilities are observable:

 

Level 1:   Fair value measurements are those derived from quoted prices (unadjusted) in an active market for identical assets or liabilities;
Level 2:   Fair value measurements are those derived from inputs other than quoted included within Level 1 that are observable for the asset or liability, either directly (that is, as prices) or indirectly (that is, derived from prices); and
Level 3:   Fair value measurements are based on models, and unobservable inputs are significant to the entire measurement.

Financial assets and financial liabilities not measured at fair value on the statement of financial position

The table below summarizes the carrying amounts and fair values of those financial assets and financial liabilities not measured in the Statement of Financial Position at their fair value:

 

     Sep. 30,
2018
     Dec. 31,
2017
 
     Carrying
amount
     Fair value      Carrying
amount
     Fair value  

Financial assets

           

Cash and cash equivalents

     1,053,102        1,053,102        1,104,866        1,104,866  

Term deposits

     7,555,880        7,555,880        5,885,854        5,884,195  

Funds deposited for cofinancing arrangements

     13,791        13,791        1,592        1,592  

Loan investments, at amortized cost

     1,148,852        1,140,202        773,238        779,443  

Paid-in capital receivables

     6,354,921        6,280,717        7,948,901        7,947,268  

Financial liabilities

           

Other liabilities

     58,586        58,586        13,587        13,587  

As at Sep. 30, 2018, the Bank’s balances of those financial assets and liabilities not measured at fair value but with short-term maturity approximate their fair values.

Fair value of loan investments and paid-in capital receivables measured at amortized cost were calculated using Level 3 inputs by discounting the cash flows at a current interest rate applicable to each loan and paid-in capital receivable.

 

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Notes to the Financial Statements

For the nine months ended Sep. 30, 2018

(All amounts in thousands of US Dollars unless otherwise stated)

E Fair Value Disclosures

 

Financial assets and financial liabilities measured at fair value on the statement of financial position

The table below summarizes the fair values of the financial assets and financial liabilities measured in the statement of financial position at their fair value:

 

As at Sep. 30, 2018

   Level 1      Level 2      Level 3      Total  

Investments at fair value through profit or loss

           

•  Trust Fund

     —          3,271,976        —          3,271,976  

•  LP Fund

     —          —          23,516        23,516  

•  Others

     —          —          502        502  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

     —          3,271,976        24,018        3,295,994  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

As at Dec. 31, 2017

   Level 1      Level 2      Level 3      Total  

Investments at fair value through profit or loss

           

  Trust Fund

     —          3,236,448        —          3,236,448  

  LP Fund

     —          —          18,692        18,692  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

     —          3,236,448        18,692        3,255,140  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Investments at fair value through profit or loss are amounts invested in the Trust Fund and the LP Fund (Note C5).

The Trust Fund’s notionally allocated share in the Pool is not traded in any market. The fair value of the Trust Fund is derived from that of the notionally allocated assets. Discounted cash flow valuation technique is used for the valuation of the underlying assets of the LP Fund. The unobservable inputs include weighted average cost of capital, liquidity discount and projected cash flows. The fair value of the investment in the LP fund is based on an adjusted net assets method.

There has been no transfer among Level 1, Level 2 and Level 3 during the period (for the nine months ended Sep. 30, 2017: same).

 

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PART II

OTHER EXPENSES OF ISSUANCE AND DISTRIBUTION

The following is an estimate of the registrant’s expenses in connection with the issuance of the Notes that are the subject of this registration statement:

 

SEC Registration Fee

   $ 121,200  

Fiscal and Paying Agent Fees

   $ *  

Fees of rating agencies

   $ *  

Legal fees

   $ *  

Printing of registration statement, prospectus and other documents

   $ *  

Blue Sky expenses (including counsel fees)

   $ *  

Accountants’ fees

   $ *  

Other

   $ *  
  

 

 

 

Total

   $ *  

 

*

Note: To be provided by amendment.

 

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UNDERTAKINGS

The registrant hereby undertakes:

(1) For purposes of determining any liability under the Security Act of 1933, the information omitted from the form of prospectus filed as part of a registration statement in reliance upon Rule 430A and contained in the form of prospectus filed by the registrant pursuant to Rule 424(b)(1) or (4) or 497(h) under the Securities Act of 1933 shall be deemed to be part of the registration statement as of the time it was declared effective.

(2) For the purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each post-effective amendment that contains a form of prospectus shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

(3) For so long as the Notes are outstanding, the Bank will file with the SEC AIIB’s annual audited financial statements and will make available on its website AIIB’s quarterly unaudited financial statements.

CONTENTS

The registration statement comprises:

 

  (1)

The facing sheet.

 

  (2)

The prospectus.

 

  (3)

Part II consisting of pages II-1 to II-2.

 

  (4)

The following exhibits:

 

  A.

Articles of Agreement, signed on June 29, 2015 and effective on December 25, 2015

 

  B.

Opinion and consent of the Office of the General Counsel of AIIB, with respect to legality

 

  C.

Opinion and consent of Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, with respect to legality*

 

  D.

Form of Fiscal Agency Agreement (including form of the Notes attached thereto)

 

  E.

Form of Underwriting Agreement

 

  F.

Opinion and consent of Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, with respect to certain tax matters*

 

  G.

Awareness letter of PricewaterhouseCoopers

 

  H.

Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers

 

*

To be filed by amendment.

 

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SIGNATURE OF REGISTRANT

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the registrant, Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in Beijing, People’s Republic of China, on the 30th day of November, 2018.

 

ASIAN INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT BANK
By:  

/s/    Thierry de Longuemar

  Name:     Thierry de Longuemar
  Title:   Vice President and Chief Financial Officer


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SIGNATURE OF AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE IN THE UNITED STATES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, appearing below is the signature of Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank’s authorized representative in the United States, thereunto duly authorized, in Newark, Delaware, on the 30th day of November, 2018.

 

PUGLISI & ASSOCIATES
By:  

/s/    Donald J. Puglisi

  Name:     Donald J. Puglisi
  Title:   Managing Director


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EXHIBITS

 

Exhibit
Number

  

Exhibits

A.    Articles of Agreement, signed on June 29, 2015 and effective on December 25, 2015
B.    Opinion and consent of the Office of the General Counsel of AIIB, with respect to legality
C.    Opinion and consent of Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, with respect to legality*
D.    Form of Fiscal Agency Agreement (including form of the Notes attached thereto)
E.    Form of Underwriting Agreement
F.    Opinion and consent of Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, with respect to certain tax matters*
G.    Awareness letter of PricewaterhouseCoopers
H.    Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers

 

*

To be filed by amendment.