ALTUM is Latvia's development finance institution that provides financing to priority sectors to further Latvia's economic development. It has a diverse portfolio of loans, guarantees, and venture capital investments totaling €496 million. ALTUM has improved its operational efficiency through initiatives like project 25K and maintains strong financial metrics with a 37.1% equity ratio and liquidity ratio over 227%. Going forward, it aims to continue growing its business volumes while prudently managing risks.
2. Disclaimer
This presentation and any materials distributed or made available in connection herewith (collectively, the “presentation”) have been prepared solely for your use and benefit for information
purposes only and are the sole responsibility of Akciju sabiedrība "Attīstības finanšu institūcija Altum" (the “Company”), and have not been verified, approved or endorsed by any lead manager,
bookrunner, underwriter or adviser retained by the Company. This presentation do not contain all of the information that is material to an investor. By accessing, downloading, reading or otherwise
making available to yourself any content of the presentation, in whole or in part, you agree to be bound by the following limitations and accept the terms and conditions as set out below.
No information contained in the presentation may be copied, photocopied, duplicated, reproduced, passed on, redistributed, published, exhibited or the contents otherwise divulged, released or
disseminated, directly or indirectly, in whole or in part, in any form by any means and for any purpose.
The presentation does not constitute or form part of, and should not be construed as, an offer, solicitation or invitation to subscribe for, underwrite or otherwise acquire, any securities of the
Company or any member of its group nor should it or any part of it form the basis of, or be relied on in connection with, any contract to purchase or subscribe for any securities of the Company or
any member of its group, nor shall it or any part of it form the basis of or be relied on in connection with any contract or commitment whatsoever. If any such offer or invitation is made, it will be
done pursuant to separate and distinct documentation in the form of a prospectus and any decision to purchase or subscribe for any securities pursuant to such offer or invitation should be made
solely on the basis of such prospectus and not this presentation. Any person considering the purchase of any securities of the Company must inform himself or herself independently before taking
any investment decision. By accessing this presentation the recipient will be deemed to represent that they possess, either individually or through their advisers, sufficient investment expertise to
understand the risks involved in any purchase or sale of any financial instrument or any other information contained herein. This presentation should not be construed as legal, tax, investment or
other advice and any recipient is strongly advised to seek their own independent advice in respect of any related investment, financial, legal, tax, accounting or regulatory considerations.
The presentation has been provided to you solely for your information and background and is subject to amendment. Further, the information in this presentation has been compiled based on
information from a number of sources and reflects prevailing conditions as of its date, which are subject to change. The information in this presentation is subject to verification, completion and
change without notice and the Company is not under any obligation to update or keep current the information contained herein. Accordingly, no representation or warranty, express or implied, is
made or given by or on behalf of the Company or any of their respective members, directors, officers, advisers or employees or any other person as to the accuracy, completeness or fairness of the
information or opinions contained in this presentation, and any reliance you place on such information or opinions will be at your sole risk. Neither the Company nor any of its respective members,
directors, officers, advisers or employees nor any other person accepts any liability whatsoever for any loss howsoever arising, directly or indirectly, from any use of this presentation or its contents
or otherwise arising in connection therewith.
This presentation includes "forward-looking statements," which include all statements other than statements of historical facts, and involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other
important factors beyond the Company’s control that could cause the actual results, performance or achievements of the Company to be materially different from future results, performance or
achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Such forward-looking statements are based on numerous assumptions regarding the Company’s present and future
business strategies and the environment in which the Company will operate in the future. By their nature, forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties because they relate to events
and depend on circumstances that may or may not occur in the future. Accordingly, any reliance you place on such forward-looking statements will be at your sole risk. These forward-looking
statements speak only as at the date as of which they are made. Past performance of the Company cannot be relied on as a guide to future performance. No statement in this presentation is
intended to be a profit forecast.
This presentation is not directed to, or intended for distribution to or use by, any person or entity that is a citizen or resident or located in any locality, state, country or other jurisdiction where such
distribution, publication, availability or use would be contrary to law or regulation or which would require any registration or licensing within such jurisdiction. THIS PRESENTATION IS NOT FOR
PUBLICATION, RELEASE OR DISTRIBUTION, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, INTO THE UNITED STATES, AUSTRALIA, CANADA OR JAPAN OR ANY OTHER JURISDICTION IN WHICH
SUCH PUBLICATION, RELEASE OR DISTRIBUTION WOULD BE UNLAWFUL. This presentation and the information contained herein are not an offer of securities for sale in the United States.
No securities have been or will be registered under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) or with any securities regulatory authority of any state or other jurisdiction of
the United States and securities may not be offered, sold or delivered within the United States except pursuant to an exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the registration requirements
of the Securities Act and applicable state securities laws and may only be sold outside of the United States in reliance on Regulation S under the Securities Act and otherwise in compliance with all
applicable laws and regulations in each country or jurisdiction in which any such offer, sale or delivery of securities is made. The Company does not intend to register or to conduct a public offering
of any securities in the United States. This presentation and its contents may not be viewed by persons within the United States (within the meaning of Regulation S under the Securities Act).
4. CONTENT:
I. General Information
II. Business Overview
III. Profitability and efficiency
IV. Funding and Liquidity
V. Risk Management
VI. Key Financial and Performance
indicators
6. ALTUM a strategic engine of Latvia’s economic
development
100% state-owned financial institution that provides
access to finance in the areas prioritized by the
government and implements the state policy in the
national economy
One of a few state owned companies operating in
accordance with a special law issued by the Legislature
of the Republic of Latvia Saeima – Law on
Development Financial Institution
Ministry of
Economics 30%
Ministry of
Agriculture 30%
Shareholders of
Development Finance Institution ALTUM
Ministry of
Finance
40%
We help Latvia grow
MISSION
To be a partner
and financial expert
in economic development
VISION
Team
Excellence
Responsibility
VALUES
7. Ownership by The Republic of Latvia rated A3/A/A- by Moody’s,
S&P and Fitch
Clearly expressed state support- extra credit risk is covered by the
public funding
Long-term issuer credit rating Baa1 assigned by Moody’s,
standalone rating upgraded to baa3
Solid financial metrics: equity ratio 37.1% and liquidity ratio 227%
Track record of improving operational efficiency
Prudent corporate governance and professional management
team
Credit highlights
8. Solid GDP growth and expected to remain at 3%
Moderate and slowing inflation
Unemployment level still relatively high (close to 8%) but on a firm downtrend
Strong fiscal discipline – the budget deficit does not exceed 1%
Latvia macroecomic figures 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
Fact Forecast
GDP % 2.7 2.1 4.6 4.2 3.0 3.0 2.9
Inflation % 0.2 0.2 2.9 2.5 2.5 2.2 2.1
Unemployment % 9.9 9.6 8.7 7.7 7.4 7.0 6.8
Budget deficit % of GDP -1.4 0.1 -0.5 -0.5
Government debt % 36.8 40.5 40.1 37.0*
Balance of payments current
account % of GDP
-0.5 1.6 0.7 -1.0
Credit rating
Fitch A- A- A- A-
Moody’s A3 A3 A3 A3
Standart&Poor’s A- A- A- A
Sound macroeconomic fundamentals of Latvia
* Data as of Q3 2018
Sources: Latvian Ministry of Finance http://www.fm.gov.lv/en/s/macroeconomics/main_macroeconomic_indicators
Eurostat https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/data/database.
10. Business model at glance
Long-term profitability
Extra credit risk covered by public funding – Risk coverage
reserve and Portfolio loss reserve
Guarantees issued by ALTUM have 270 MEUR back-up
guarantee in the Latvian state budget
No dividend payments by law
Total assets 496 MEUR
Number of outstanding contracts 18,280
Loans
217 MEUR
Guarantees
237 MEUR
VC
60 M
MID TERM
TENDENCIES
LOANS
VENTURE CAPITAL
GUARANTEES
LOANS
GUARANTEES
VENTURE CAPITAL
MID TERM
TENDENCIES
11. SME and…Agriculture[CELL
RANGE]
Individuals
Financial
intermediaries
Loans
90
Guarantees
118
Export credit
guarantees…
Loans
106
Guarantees
12
Land fund
22
Guarantees
95
Loans
13 Venture capital
60
Loans
1
ALTUM portfolio map
• Housing guarantees
• Housing loans
• Housing energy
efficiency guarantees
• Housing energy
efficiency loans
Individuals
• Land purchase loans
• Land fund (Reverse rent
and IP)
• Loan guarantees
• Investment and working
capital loans
Agriculture
• Venture capital funds – 4
generations
• Loans
Financial
intermediaries
• Investment and working
capital loans
• Energy efficiency &
renewables loans
• Loan guarantees
• Export credit guarantees
SME and Midcap
* Data as of 31.12.2018.
SME and
Midcap
Agriculture[
CELLRANGE
]
Individuals
Financial
intermediarie
s
529 MEUR
12. 62 MEUR
60 MEUR
208 MEUR
2016 2017 2018
Guarantees
429 MEUR
(11 449)
452 MEUR
(14 402)
514 MEUR
(18 280)
Loans
Venture capital
Portfolio
(Contracts)
Business trends 2016 – 2018
13. Key drivers for portfolio growth:
Fastest growing segment - Individuals +25
MEUR guarantees
SME and MidCap +14 MEUR corporate
guarantees
Agriculture +16 MEUR land purchase
loans and sales and leaseback
In 2018 total volumes are 159 MEUR (56% -
guarantees, 42% - loans and 2% -venture capital
investments).
In 2018 volumes for all segments increased by 40
MEUR comparing to 2017, highest growth
Individuals +58% and Agriculture +51%.
Financial intermediaries segment stayed low due
to the end of venture capital fund Investment
period. Expected to increase in 2019 when recently
signed Fund management agreements become
effective.
57 74 109
103 109
126
201
204
219
69
65
61
0
100
200
300
400
500
600
2016 2017 2018
MEUR Portfolio
20 25
39
35 22
33
60 70
83
21 3
4
0
20
40
60
80
100
120
140
160
180
2016 2017 2018
MEURVolumes
Financial
intermediaries
SME and Midcap
Agriculture
Individuals
Client segments
14. 14
7
17
36
15
9
21
30
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70
Acceleration funds
Seed funds
Venture funds
Growth funds
MEUR
Existing - Investment at Cost at y/e 2018
New - Allocated Volume
Fund managers are selected through the public procurement
process
Investment decisions are made by professional fund managers
Ticket size: up to 10% - 15% of the fund volume
Venture capital: New vs Existing
18. According to Cabinet of Ministers Regulations the public financing funds can be prolonged. In
practice, the funds remain on ALTUM balance sheet and are used to finance new programmes
All borrowings are of medium or long term (from 5 to 10 years and beyond)
* Data as of 31.12.2018.
18
Debt structure
34
9
12
26
15
30
3
50 16
48
0 50 100
EU Structural funds and State budget
Loans from state treasury and Rural Support Service
Bonds issued
Loans from international Financial institutions
Funding maturity profile
< 1 years
1-5 years
5-10 years
10-15 years
>15 years
19. High liquidity ratio – maintained over 227%*
Diversified exposure
Current buffer – in accordance with the
programme rules and agreements with the
State Treasury, ALTUM has unused credit lines
from the State Treasury to finance the support
programmes (~94 MEUR)
* Liquidity ratio: due from other credit institutions and the Treasury with a maturity of up to 1 month and available-
for-sale Investment securities by the amount of the total liabilities maturing within 6 months and total financial
commitments maturing within 6 months (off-balance items).
Bonds issued by
the Republic of
Latvia
51
Cash at Banks
(Aa1-Aa3)
13
Cash at Banks
(Baa1-Baa3)
22
Cash at
Banks
(Ba1-Ba3)…
Cash at State
Treasury
97
Liqudity portfolio MEUR
Exceptionally strong liquidity position
21. Implementation of IFRS 9:
- New provisions assessment approach
- Changed scope of NPL
- Provisions presented at gross, including provisions covered by risk coverage
reserve
AML / CTF / Sanctions risks compliance
- International standards and the best practise standards are ensured
- Risk based approach implemented for clients scoring during their life time at
ALTUM
Enhanced Risk Management
24. Key Financial data (TEUR) 2018 2017 2016
Net income from interest, fees and commissions 11,554 11, 602 11,024
Profit for the period 4,092 8,709 2,170
Cost to income Ratio (CIR) 77.1% 50.3% 88.4%
Employees 222 230 242
Total assets 495,939 453,668 443,400
Tangible Common Equity(TCE)/Tangible Managed Assets (TMA) 37.1% 35.1% 36.5%
Equity 221,590 222,848 210,406
Total risk coverage: 77,815 67,593 66,508
- Risk coverage reserve 85,276 62,651 63,636
- Risk coverage reserve used for provisions -19,268 -4,753 -4,323
- Portfolio loss reserve within Reserves (specific reserve capital) 11,807 9,695 7,195
Liquidity Ratio 180 days 227% 482% 449%
Key financial and performance indicators (1)
25. Financial instruments (gross value), TEUR 2018 2017 2016
Outstanding (by financial instrument)
Loans 217,131 207,585 217,429
Guarantees 236,895 182,376 147,175
Venture capital funds 59,698 62,299 64,785
Total 513,724 452,260 429,389
Number of contracts 18,280 14,402 11,449
Volumes granted (by financial instrument)
Loans 66,443 51,869 59,465
Guarantees 88,765 68,615 56,109
Venture capital funds 4,149 2,638 21,356
Total 159,357 123,122 136,929
Number of contracts 5,464 4,697 4,461
Leverage for raised private funding 162% 185% 162%
Key financial and performance indicators (2)
28. Guarantees and Risk Coverage
* Includes provisions on «onerous contracts (IAS 37) covered by risk coverage reserve for the period until y/e 2017 of EUR 7.2m disclosed in FS 2018 as a result of IFRS
9 implementation
** As of 2018 provisions measured according to IFRS 9 covers both prior standards - provisions under IAS 9 and IAS 37, comparatives for 2017 and 2016 restated to
see comparable trend
12.3%
10.2%
0
10,000
20,000
30,000
40,000
50,000
60,000
70,000
80,000
90,000
100,000
0
50,000
100,000
150,000
200,000
2016 2017 2018
Provisions
Guarantees
Guarantees, gross Provisions covered by risk coverage reserve (IAS 37)
% of provisions vs portfolio Provisions covered by risk coverage reserve
13.1
13.1%
TEUR 2016 2017 2018
Guarantees, gross 147 174 182 376 236 895
Provisions covered by risk coverage reserve 1 218 9 359* 13 162**
ALTUM’s share of provisions 16 864 14 531 10 982
Total provisions 18 802 23 890 24 144
29. “Risk coverage, total” is net funding available for coverage of expected credit losses of development
programmes implemented by ALTUM
Adequate risk coverage for expected credit losses available before launching new programmes or products
For that purpose, respective portion of public funding is allocated at full or partial extent of total expected credit
losses. After public funding is available, it is assigned either to
• to Specific support program’s reserve capital as part of ALTUM’s reserve capital or
• Accounted separately as provisions for risk coverage “Risk Coverage Reserve” as part of the liabilities
Risk Coverage
TEUR 2016 2017 2018
Risk Coverage, total 66 508 67 593 77 815
Risk Coverage Reserve 63 636 62 651 85 276
Risk Coverage Reserve used for provisions -4 323 -4 753 -19 268
Portfolio Loss reserve within Reserves (specific reserve
capital)
7 195 9 695 11 807
Main segment SME and midcap (60% guarantees and 40% loans)
In the SME and MidCap segment, the largest share is in manufacturing 43%, followed by trade 19% industries
In the segment of Agriculture portfolio growth in 2018 was also affected by the implementation of a new instrument - Reverse Rent (sales and leaseback)
Segment Agriculture accounts for 52% of the total loan portfolio
Guarantee portfolios are basically composed of 55% of SME and MidCap segment clients and 40% of Individuals
The largest portfolio in the segment Individuals makes up Housing Guarantees 72 MEUR and the Energy Efficiency Programme for Multi-apartment Buildings (EEP) guarantees 12 MEUR
Volumes
During 2018 in total, 5,464 projects were supported.
In 2018 66% of the loans disbursed are in the Agriculture segment
In 2018, the range of guarantee recipients was expanded - supported business lines were supplemented
In 2018 the Altum started to offer the new guarantee product developed by Altum – portfolio guarantees.
In 2018 Altum launched a new loan product “Loans for enterprises in rural territories”
In 2018 Altum also launched European Investment Fund (EIF) COSME and EaSI counter guarantees for loans up to 25 TEUR
Overheads pret jauniem darījumiem ir līdzīga tendence kā pret portfeļiem 2016 – 9%, 2017 – 8.6%, 2018 – 6.8%
All borrowings are of medium or long term (from 5 to 10 years and beyond)
Implementation of IFRS 9 as of 1 Jan 2018:
- NEW portfolio provisions assessment model, implementation of Stages
- changed scope of NPL – covers all Stage 3 portfolio
- Provisions according to IAS 37 also covered by IFRS 9
- Provisions presented at gross. Before provisions covered by public funding (risk coverage reserve) disclosed in KPI’s and notes disclosure
- change of accounting policy for Investments in venture capital funds (at Company level) leading to restatement of comparatives for 2017 and 2016
AML / Sanctions risks compliance
- International standards and the best practise standards are ensured
- Implemented centralised compliance function under Risks Management department through automated assessment system
- Risk based approach implemented (clients AML risk scoring system)