✨ Financial Statements Notes
THE CANTERBURY COMMUNITY TRUST
Notes to the financial statements
For the year ended 31 March 2013
in New Zealand Dollars ($000’s)
19 Financial instruments (continued)
Foreign currency exchange risk
The Group and Trust’s exposure to foreign currency risk can be summarised as follows:
| 2013 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| USD | AUD | ||
| Foreign currency risk | |||
| Investments | 36,592 | 25,866 | |
| Net balance sheet exposure before hedging activity | 36,592 | 25,866 |
| Forward exchange contracts |
| Notional amounts | | 12,332 | 6,270 |
| Net unhedged exposure | | 24,260 | 19,596 |
| 2012 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| USD | AUD | ||
| Foreign currency risk | |||
| Investments | 35,433 | 23,582 | |
| Net balance sheet exposure before hedging activity | 35,433 | 23,582 |
| Forward exchange contracts |
| Notional amounts | | 11,132 | 5,121 |
| Net unhedged exposure | | 24,301 | 18,461 |
The foreign currency risk of certain investments is managed within the fund. The Group is unable to quantify the extent that this risk is managed. The foreign currency exchange risk is the NZ equivalent value.
Interest rate risk - Group and Trust 2013
Interest rate risk at 31 March 2013 occurs in the following investments:
| | Carrying amount
$'000 | Percentage covered by
interest rate swaps |
|--------------------------------|------------------------|
| New Zealand Cash | 44,829 | 0% |
| New Zealand Fixed Interest | 96,351 | 0% |
| Global Bonds | 136,059 | 0% |
| Emerging Market Debt | 23,056 | 0% |
| | 300,295 | |
Interest rate risk - Group and Trust 2012
Interest rate risk at 31 March 2012 occurs in the following investments:
| | Carrying amount
$'000 | Percentage covered by
interest rate swaps |
|--------------------------------|------------------------|
| New Zealand Cash | 91,658 | 0% |
| New Zealand Fixed Interest | 86,827 | 0% |
| Global Bonds | 123,715 | 0% |
| Emerging Market Debt | 21,923 | 0% |
| | 324,123 | |
At 31 March 2013 the Group had no interest rate swaps (2012: none).
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Notes to the Financial Statements for The Canterbury Community Trust
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