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Risk Management
The principal F.I.L.A. Group financial instruments include financial assets such as current accounts
and on demand deposits, loans and short and long-term bank payables. The objective is to finance the
ordinary and extraordinary operations of the F.I.L.A. Group.
In addition, the F.I.L.A. Group has in place trade receivables and payables arising from “core
business” operations.
The management of funding needs and the relative risks is undertaken by the individual F.I.L.A.
Group companies on the basis of the guidelines drawn up by the CFO of the Parent F.I.L.A. S.p.A.
and approved by the Chief Executive Officer.
The principal objective of these guidelines is the ability to ensure a balanced equity structure in order
to maintain a solid capital base.
The main funding instruments used by the F.I.L.A. Group are:
medium/long-term loans, in order to fund capital expenditure (principally the acquisition of
controlling investments and plant and machinery) and working capital;
short-term loans and client advances.
The average cost of debt was in line with the Euribor/Libor at 3 and 6 months, with the addition of a
spread which depends on the type of financial instrument utilised.
Loans issued in favour of subsidiaries may be accompanied by guarantees such as sureties and
patronage letters issued by the Parent Company F.I.L.A. S.p.A..
Loans obtained by the Parent Company F.I.L.A. S.p.A. provide for financial “covenants”, in relation
to which reference should be made to paragraph: “Note 13 - Financial Liabilities” of the Explanatory
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements.
The main
financial risks, identified and managed by the F.I.L.A. Group are the following:
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Market risks
Risk may be broken down into two categories:
Currency risk
The currency used for the F.I.LA. Group consolidated financial statements is the Euro. However, the
F.I.LA. group undertakes and will continue to undertake transactions in currencies other than the
Euro, particularly as the geographic distribution of the various Group industrial activities differs from
the location of the group’s markets, with an exposure therefore to exchange rate fluctuation risk. For
this reason, the operating results of the F.I.L.A. Group may be
impacted by currency movements, both
as a result of the conversion into Euro on consolidation and changes in the exchange rates on trade
payables and receivables in currencies other than the functional currency of the various F.I.L.A.
Group companies.
In addition, in limited cases, where financially beneficial or where local market conditions require
such, the company may undertake debt or use funds in currencies other than the functional currency.
The change in the exchange rate may result in the realisation or the recording of exchange gains and
losses.
The F.I.LA. Group is exposed to risks deriving from exchange rate fluctuations, which may impact on
the result and on the net equity.
The principal exchange rates to which all F.I.L.A. Group companies are exposed concern the
individual local currencies and:
the Euro
as the consolidation currency;
The US Dollar, as the base currency for international trade.
The Group has decided not to undertake derivative financial instruments to
offset currency risk arising
from commercial transactions within a prospective twelve-month period (or also subsequently, where
considered beneficial according to the business’s characteristics).
The F.I.LA. Group incurs part of its costs and realises part of its revenues in currencies other than the
Euro
and in US Dollars, Mexican Pesos and British Sterling.
The F.I.LA. Group generally adopts an implied hedging policy to protect against this risk through the
offsetting of costs and revenues in the same currency, in addition to acquiring funding in the local
currency.
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The policy adopted by the Group is considered adequate to contain currency risk. However, it must
be considered that in the future currently unpredictable movements in the Euro may impact the
economic, financial and equity position of the Group companies, in addition to the comparability
between periods.
Also in relation to the commercial activities, the companies of the Group may hold commercial
receivables or payables in currencies other than the operational currency of the entity. This is
appropriately monitored by the F.I.L.A. Group, both in relation to the potential economic impact and
in terms of financial and liquidity risk.
A number of F.I.L.A. Group subsidiaries are based in countries not within the Eurozone, in particular
the United States, Canada, Mexico, the United Kingdom, Scandinavia, China, Argentina, Chile,
Singapore, Indonesia, South Africa, Russia and India. As the Group’s functional currency is the Euro,
the income statements of these companies are converted into Euro at the
average exchange rate and, at
like-for-like revenues and margins of the local currency, changes in the exchange rate may result in
effects on the value in Euro of revenues, costs and results recognised in the consolidation phase
directly to equity in the account “Translation Differences” (See Note 12).
In 2016, the nature and the structure of the exchange risk exposures and the Group monitoring
policies did not change substantially compared to the previous year.
Liquidity risk
The liquidity risk to which the F.I.L.A. Group is exposed may arise from an incapacity or difficulty to
source, at beneficial conditions, the financing necessary to support operations in an appropriate
timeframe.
The cash flows, financing requirements and the liquidity of the Group companies are constantly
monitored centrally in order to guarantee the efficient management of financial resources.
The above-stated risks are monitored according to internal procedures and periodic commercial and
financial reporting, which allows management to assess and offset any impacts from these risks
through appropriate and timely policies.
The Group continually monitors financial risks in order to offset any impacts and undertake
appropriate corrective actions.
It has adopted at the same time the following policies and processes aimed at optimising the
management of financial resources, reducing the liquidity risk:
maintenance of an
adequate level of liquidity;