Stage 1, 2, and 3 assets represent a, classification system under IFRS 9 for measuring the credit risk and impairment of financial instruments. Stage 1 includes performing,, high-quality assets (12-month expected losses), Stage 2 includes underperforming assets with significantly increased risk (lifetime losses), and Stage 3 includes non-performing, impaired assets, often in default.
Level 1 assets are those that are liquid and easy to value based on publicly quoted market prices. Level 2 assets are harder to value and can only partially be taken from quoted market prices but they can be reasonably extrapolated based on quoted market prices. Level 3 assets are difficult to value.
A stage 3 asset is already credit impaired. In regulatory parlance, the asset has become a non-performing asset already. As the asset is already non-performing, there is no question of any probability of default – hence, the focus shifts to the recovery rate for determining expected losses.
KEY TAKEAWAYS. Level 2 assets are financial assets and liabilities that do not have regular market pricing, but whose fair value can be determined based on other data values or market prices. Level 2 assets are the middle classification based on how reliably their fair market value can be calculated.
Examples of Level 3 assets include mortgage-backed securities (MBS), private equity shares, complex derivatives, foreign stocks, and distressed debt. The process of estimating the value of Level 3 assets is known as mark to model.
Level 2 inputs
An example of a level 2 security would be a corporate bond or an interest rate swap. A corporate bond that is not actively traded may be valued using observable market data such as benchmark yield curves and issuer-specific credit spreads.
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Stage 3 includes financial assets that have objective evidence of impairment at the reporting date. For these assets, lifetime ECL is recognized, and interest revenue is calculated on the net carrying amount (i.e., net of the credit allowance).
Level 2A assets include, for example, certain government securities, covered bonds and corporate debt securities. Level 2B assets include lower rated corporate bonds, residential mortgage backed securities and equities that meet certain conditions.
Class I: Cash and cash equivalents. Class II: Actively traded personal property (or Section 1092(d)), certificates of deposit, and foreign currency. Class III: Accounts receivables, mortgages, and credit card receivables. Class IV: Inventory.
The fair values of U.S. treasury bonds are based on quoted market prices in active markets, and are included in the Level 1 fair value hierarchy.
Asset Level 3
These are your private equity stakes, your illiquid fund positions, your complex CLO tranches that nobody trades. Market data doesn't exist, so you're building valuations from scratch using internal models and your best assumptions about what a buyer might pay.
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