Note 6
Transactions with related parties
In order
to conduct normal business, Møre Boligkreditt AS purchases services from
Sparebanken Møre. There will also be transactions between the parties related
to the acquisition of loan portfolio, and the fact that Sparebanken Møre
provides loans and credits to the mortgage company.
Loans
from Sparebanken Møre are transferred at market value. If the purchased
mortgage loans have fixed interest rates the price is adjusted for the value
above / below par. Sparebanken Møre is responsible for ensuring that the loans
to be transferred to Møre Boligkreditt AS are properly established and in
accordance with the requirements specified in the agreement between the
mortgage company and the Parent Bank. In case of a violation of these
requirements, the Parent Bank will be liable for any losses that the mortgage
company would experience as a result of the error. Sparebanken Møre and Møre
Boligkreditt AS have formalised the settlement of interest for transaction days
from date of transfer of loan portfolio to date of settlement of the
consideration.
If Møre
Boligkreditt AS should have difficulty in obtaining financing, there is
established a revolving guarantee from Sparebanken Møre where the purpose is to
ensure timely payments to owners of bonds and derivative counterparties.
The
pricing of the services provided to Møre Boligkreditt AS by Sparebanken Møre
distinguishes between fixed and variable costs for the mortgage company. Fixed
costs are defined as costs the mortgage company must bear regardless of the activity
related to the issuance of covered bonds, the acquisition of portfolio, etc.
Variable costs are defined as costs related to the size of the portfolio acquired
from Sparebanken Møre and the work that must be exercised by the Bank's
employees to deliver satisfactory services given the number of customers in the
portfolio.
Møre
Boligkreditt AS is billed for costs related to the lease of premises at
Sparebanken Møre. It is assumed that regardless of operations, a certain area
of the bank attributable to the mortgage company is utilised during the year.
Regardless of the extent of the activity and the loan portfolio acquired by
Møre Boligkreditt AS, charges related to accounting, financial reporting, risk
management, cash management, financing, governance and general legal services
will incur.
Sparebanken
Møre bills the mortgage company based on actual salary costs, including social
security contribution, pension costs and other social costs. Parts of the
mortgage company's expenses related to services provided by Sparebanken Møre
relates to the size of the portfolio acquired from Sparebanken Møre. Management
fee is calculated and billed monthly, in which the month's average portfolio
size form the basis of billing.
The
interest rate of the mortgage company's deposit and credit limit in Sparebanken
Møre is based on 3 months NIBOR + a Premium.
The most important transactions are as follows: | |||
(MNOK) | 31.03.2017 | 31.03.2016 | 31.12.2016 |
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Statement of income | |||
Interest and credit commission income from Sparebanken Møre related to deposits | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Interest and credit commission income paid to Sparebanken Møre related to loan/credit facility | 3 | 4 | 18 |
Interest paid to Sparebanken Møre related to bonded debt | 8 | 0 | 8 |
Management fee paid to Sparebanken Møre | 7 | 6 | 26 |
Statement of financial position | |||
Deposits in Sparebanken Møre | 309 | 242 | 271 |
Covered bonds held by Sparebanken Møre as assets | 752 | 234 | 2 186 |
Loan/credit facility in Sparebanken Møre | 1 084 | 1 942 | 1 141 |
Accumulated transferred loan portfolio from Sparebanken Møre | 18 539 | 18 027 | 19 815 |