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Bursa Malaysia •
Annual Report 2015
NOTES TO THE
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
31 DECEMBER 2015
36. Financial risk management objectives and policies (cont’d.)
(b) Market risk: Interest rate risk (cont’d.)
Interest rate risk exposure (cont’d.)
Maturity
Total
Effective
interest
rate
Less than
one year
One to
five years
More than
five years
RM’000
RM’000
RM’000
RM’000
%
Group
At 31 December 2014
Investment securities
14,908
75,055
21,771
111,734
4.58
Deposits with licensed financial institutions:
- Cash set aside by the Group for Clearing Funds
90,000
-
-
90,000
3.88
- Cash and bank balances
210,299
-
-
210,299
3.77
Company
At 31 December 2015
Deposits with licensed financial institutions:
- Cash and bank balances
102,799
-
-
102,799
4.14
At 31 December 2014
Investment securities
4,920
10,222
16,786
31,928
5.08
Deposits with licensed financial institutions:
- Cash and bank balances
56,030
-
-
56,030
3.84
(c) Market risk: Foreign currency risk
Foreign currency risk is the risk that the value of a financial instrument will fluctuate because of changes in foreign exchange rates. The Group
and the Company are exposed to foreign currency risk primarily through the holding of CME Group shares which are denominated in United States
Dollars (“USD”), and transactions in USD.