Counterparty risk inherent to financial risk management
Risk identification
The Group is exposed to counterparty risk, especially on banking counterparties, as part of its financial risk management activities.
As part of its normal activities, the Group has financial institutions as counterparties, mainly to manage its cash and foreign exchange
rate and interest rate risks. The failure of these counterparties to comply with one or more of their commitments could adversely affect
the Group’s financial situation.
Risk monitoring and management
The Group’s overall exposure to counterparty risk has been significantly reduced through the centralization of financial risks and
implementation of centralized applications as well as its cash management policy of minimizing and managing surpluses.
The Group’s banking policy aims to apply deposit limits per counterparty and emphasizes the importance of their credit rating quality by
concentrating its transactions among first-tier counterparties that (i) have credit ratings at least in the BBB+ category; (ii) possess
international branch networks and (iii) provide it with financing. Moreover, in order to invest its short-term surpluses, the Group mainly
invests in either money-market funds (French OPC monétaires) or short-term money-market funds (French OPC monétaires court
terme), which are not rated. These funds are very liquid and diversified. The other short-term investments are made in accordance with
the Group’s above-mentioned banking policy.
Finally, in certain countries, the Group may be obliged to conduct transactions with local banks that have lower credit ratings.
Exposure related to short-term investments
See Note 11.4 of the Notes to the consolidated financial statements.
Exposure related to derivative instruments
As of December 31
(as a percentage of the total fair value as of December 31)
(a)
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