50 BARBADOS PUBLIC WORKERS’ CO-OPERATIVE CREDIT UNION LIMITED Barbados Public Workers’ Co-operative Credit Union Limited Notes to the Separate Financial Statements March 31, 2024 (expressed in Barbados dollars) 16 2 Accounting policies …continued d) Financial instruments …continued Expected credit losses and impairment …continued Credit impaired financial assets …continued Credit impaired financial assets The Credit Union considers the following when assessing whether sovereign debt is credit-impaired: • The market’s assessment of credit worthiness as reflected in the bond yields • The rating agencies’ assessment of creditworthiness • The country’s ability to access the capital markets for new debt issuance • The probability of debt being restructured, resulting in holders suffering losses through voluntary or mandatory debt forgiveness. Measurement of ECL ECL are a probability-weighted estimate of credit losses. They are measured as follows: - Financial assets that are not credit-impaired at the reporting date: as the present value of all cash shortfalls (i.e. the difference between the cash flows due to the entity in accordance with the contract and the cash flows that the Credit Union expects to receive); - Financial assets that are credit-impaired at the reporting date: as the difference between the gross carrying amount and the present value of estimated future cash flows; and - Undrawn loan commitments: as the present value of the difference between the contractual cash flows that are due to the Credit Union if the commitment is drawn down and the cash flows that the Credit Union expects to receive. The inputs used to estimate the expected credit losses are as follows: • PD - The probability of default is an estimate of the likelihood of default over a given time horizon. A default may only happen at a certain time over the remaining estimated life, if the facility has not been previously derecognised and is still in the portfolio. • EAD - The exposure at default is an estimate of the exposure at a future default date, taking into account expected changes in the exposure after the reporting date, including repayments of principal and interest, whether scheduled by contract or otherwise, expected drawdowns on committed facilities, and accrued interest from missed payments. • LGD - The loss given default is an estimate of the loss arising in the case where a default occurs at a given time. It is based on the difference between the contractual cash flows due and those that the lender would expect to receive, including from the realization of any collateral. It is usually expressed as a percentage of the EAD.
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