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Subject: TURKISH BANKS - Vulnerabilities to tighter external financing and
refinancing risk
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TR BANKS - Vulnerabilities to tighter external financing and refinancing risk
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Subject: Turkish banks - Vulnerabilities to tighter external financing and
refinancing risk
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Turkish banks
Vulnerabilities to tighter external financing and refinancing risk
30 May 2018
Kazim Andac
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While the external debt rollover rate was above 100% in 1Q, potentially
tighter external financing is a challenge for the persistence of top-line
performance
As markets turn less market-friendly for EM, investors are questioning risks
to the external funding picture of Turkey. The country's gross external
financing need within 12 months is quite high at c.USD220bn (c.25% of GDP),
c.USD75bn of which represents the debt rollover requirement of banks
themselves. We note that capital market borrowing of TR banks has more than
tripled since 2009. They are among the most exposed to FX wholesale funding
(c.17% of assets) across EM, and lack of de-leveraging despite a more
challenging backdrop (rekindled volatility, rising event risks, higher
opportunity cost of funding due to rising USTs, etc.) makes banks more
susceptible to external shocks. In this note, we opt to look at (1) how
sensitive margins (NIM) and earnings could potentially lower external debt
rollover, (2) we stress-test our revenue and bottom-line estimates under a
scenario in which FX debt rollover ratios retreat to the levels that we
witnessed at the time of the global crisis (c.70%) and (3) we assess short-
term external refinancing risk.
How vulnerable are they? Every lOppt decline in the rollover ratio reduces
our NIM/earnings estimates by 6bps/c.2.5% on average, ceteris paribus
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FX debt constitutes 21% of the overall funding base as of 1Q (i.e., the
average of six large banks). Of FX debt stock, c.40% is short-term on
average, which is dominated by syndicated loans and FX interbank, with
Vakifbank and Yapi Kredi on the high end (greater exposure to short-term
debt as a percentage of total), and Akbank and Garanti on the low end. Also,
c.75% of the FX debt is USD-denominated, which increases vulnerability to
higher US rates. Based on our estimates, every lOppt decline in the rollover
ratio reduces our NIM/earnings estimates by 6bps/c.2.5% on average —
assuming that loan growth decelerates by the same amount in nominal terms
(leaving all else unchanged). From an individual bank perspective,
Vakifbank, Yapi Kredi and Isbank are relatively more sensitive when compared
to Garanti, Akbank and Halkbank. Under a bearish scenario in which rollover
ratios retreat to the levels we witnessed at the time of the global crisis
(c.70%) and borrowing costs increase an 'additional' 100bps, this would mean
our earnings would be c.10% lower (NIM: -30bps), with Vakifbank (-14%), Yapi
Kredi (-12%), and Isbank (-10%) relatively more sensitive vs. Garanti
(-5.5%), Akbank (-6%) and Halkbank (-9%).
Assessing FX refinancing risk: While the likely increase in FX borrowing
costs, weaker lira, and hike in TRY rates all indicate that the risks to our
NIM estimates are on the downside, we believe the external refinancing risk
is very low
FX liquid assets (i.e. cash, foreign interbank and receivables from other
financial institutions) constitute c.8.5% of FX assets (1Q18). However, when
FX held within the Reserve Option Mechanism (ROM) in the CBT is also added
to the picture (i.e., they can be replaced by unencumbered liquid g-bonds,
as suggested by the CBT), share of FX liquid assets doubles to 17%. This
indicates that 95% of the external debt that will mature in 12 months can be
covered by short-term FX assets in the event of a 'no-rollover' scenario
(i.e., almost no short-term external refinancing gap). Coverage of short-
term debt with liquid assets (including reserves under ROM) stood at 134%,
112% and 106% for Garanti, Halkbank and Akbank as of 1Q, whereas the
coverage was 73%, 79% and 94% in Isbank, Yapi Kredi and Vakifbank.
Valuation and recommendation: Akbank and Garanti are our top picks
The banking index retreated c.30% in the last three months, underperforming
MSCI EM banks by 32%. TR banks' P/BV discount vs. MSCI EM extended to 40%
against a five-year average of 14%. At 2018 ROTE of 17%, TR banks currently
trade at '18E 4.6x P/E and 0.6x P/BV. Within our TR banks coverage, we have
relative preference for Akbank (PT: TRY11.5) and Garanti (PT: TRY12.2) over
their peers. Downside risks include prolonged capital outflows. Upside risks
include easing of domestic liquidity conditions (See page 7).
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