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ASA International Group PLC
18 November 2021
ASA International Group plc October 2021 business update
Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 18 November 2021 - ASA
International, ('ASA International', the 'Company' or the 'Group'),
one of the world's largest international microfinance institutions,
today provides the following update of the impact of Covid-19 on
its business operations as at 31 October 2021.
-- Liquidity remains high with approximately USD 103m of
unrestricted cash and cash equivalents across the Group.
-- The pipeline of funding deals under negotiation totalled approximately USD 198m.
-- With the exception of India and Myanmar, all other operating
companies achieved collection efficiency of more than 90%.
-- India collections improved to 70% from 64% in September as
markets recover from recent lockdowns. Collection efficiency,
excluding instalments due from clients receiving the one-time loan
restructuring offered by the Reserve Bank of India ('RBI'),
decreased to 91%.
-- Sri Lanka collections resumed to 91% following the end of nationwide lockdowns.
-- Collections in Myanmar improved to 68% from 55% in September
despite the partial lockdown imposed by the local government.
-- Uganda collections improved to 94% from 89% in September with
fewer local lockdowns and travel restrictions across the
country.
-- Portfolio quality remained challenging, particularly in
India. However, the benchmark PAR>30 for the Group, including
off-book loans and excluding loans overdue more than 365 days,
improved to 11.8% from 13.8% in September, and PAR>90 improved
to 8.6% from 10.2% in September.
-- Excluding all loans which have been overdue for more than 180
days and, as a result, have been fully provided for, PAR>30
improved from 5.2% in September to 4.8%.
-- The Group's operating subsidiaries, excluding India, the
Philippines and Myanmar, collectively have been able to reduce
PAR>30 to 2.0%.
-- Disbursements as percentage of collections exceeded 100% in 7
countries with much lower percentages seen in India, Myanmar and
Sri Lanka, due to the ongoing disruptions to our clients' business
activities resulting from the high ongoing infection rates, which
caused, amongst others, additional lockdowns and other Covid-19
related restrictions.
-- The number of clients remained around 2.5m, while Gross OLP
increased to USD 440m (1% higher than in September 2021 and 2%
higher than in October 2020).
-- The moratoriums granted in October amounted to USD 36.0 m,
primarily due to the loan restructuring of certain distressed
clients in India as per the RBI guidelines.
Health impact of COVID-19 on staff and clients
-- Since March 2020, the number of staff members confirmed as
infected by Covid-19 increased to 443 of over 12,800 staff , with
two deaths . Confirmed infections amongst 2.5m clients increased to
19,458 from 18,218 in the previous month, resulting in 676 deaths
since the start of the pandemic. Of the 676 client deaths across
the Group, 451 are from Myanmar, with 7 of those deaths occurring
in October 2021.
Funding
-- Unrestricted cash and cash equivalents remained high at approximately USD 103m.
-- The Company secured approximately USD 2m of new loans from
local and international lenders in October 2021.
-- The majority of the Company's USD 198m pipeline of future
wholesale loans are supported by (agreed) term sheets and/or draft
loan documentation. The terms and conditions of the remaining loans
are being negotiated with lenders.
Collection efficiency until 31 October 2021 (1, 2)
Countries Jan/21 Feb/21 Mar/21 Apr/21 May/21 Jun/21 Jul/21 Aug/21 Sep/21 Oct/21
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India 82% 84% 87% 87% 67% 55% 58% 60% 64% 70%
Pakistan 98% 99% 99% 99% 99% 99% 99% 99% 99% 99%
Sri Lanka 97% 90% 91% 93% 57% 76%(3) 76% 80%(3) Nil(3) 91%
The Philippines 75% 80% 85% 84% 89% 99% 100% 99% 96% 97%
Myanmar 89% 78% 59% 55% 67% 70% 64%(4) Nil(5) 55%(6) 68%
Ghana 99% 100% 100% 100% 99% 99% 99% 99% 99% 100%
Nigeria 95% 97% 96% 95% 94% 96% 96% 96% 95% 96%
Sierra Leone 95% 89% 96% 93% 92% 94% 93% 92% 91% 93%
Kenya 97% 98% 100% 100% 99% 99% 99% 99% 100% 100%
Uganda 87% 93% 99% 100% 100% 95% 83% 84% 89% 94%
Tanzania 99% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%
Rwanda 93% 91% 96% 95% 96% 96% 96% 94% 96% 97%
Zambia 100% 100% 100% 100% 99% 100% 100% 99% 100% 99%
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(1) Collection efficiency refers to actual collections from
clients divided by realizable collections for the period.
(2) As of December 2020, the definition of collection efficiency
has been amended in view of the increased amount of overdue
collection and advance payments in various countries to: the
sum of actual regular collections, actual overdue collections
and actual advance payments divided by the sum of realizable
regular collections, actual overdue collections and actual advance
payments. This also means that collection efficiency no longer
can exceed 100%.
(3) The collection efficiency for 1-15 June 2021, 20-31 August
2021, and 1-30 September is nil due to the lockdowns in Sri
Lanka. Only the collection efficiency for 16-30 June 2021 and
1-19 August 2021 is provided.
(4) Collection efficiency for 1-16 July 2021. The collection
efficiency for 17-31 July is nil due to the holiday from 17
July to 1 August 2021, announced by the Myanmar Government,
so only the collection efficiency for 1-16 July 2021 is provided.
(5) Collection efficiency for August 2021 is nil due to the
stay-at-home policy from 1 August to 24 September 2021, announced
by the Myanmar Government.
(6) Collection for September 2021 is only from clients who
opted to repay instalments despite the ongoing lockdowns.
-- Collection efficiency across the Group increased or remained
broadly stable compared to the previous month in all countries
.
-- Collections in India improved to 70 % as clients' businesses
continue to slowly recover from the impact of recent lockdowns in
most states. Collection efficiency, excluding instalments due from
clients receiving the one-time loan restructuring, decreased to
91%.
-- It is important to note that India's 70% collection
efficiency does not properly account for the significant amount of
overdue collection. Collection efficiency, including regular and
overdue collections as well as advance payments, amounts to 91.5%
as a percentage of the regular, realizable collections, including
advance payments, in October. The substantial difference is due to
the Group's policy that any loan instalment paid is first credited
against the oldest outstanding amount overdue. This has an adverse
impact on India's monthly collection efficiency, which is further
aggravated by the relatively long duration of the loans disbursed
in India.
-- Collections in Sri Lanka resumed to 91% following the end of nation-wide lockdowns.
-- Myanmar collections improved to 68% despite the partial lockdown imposed by the government.
-- In Uganda collections improved to 94% with fewer lockdowns and travel restrictions in place.
Loan portfolio quality up to and including October 2021 (7, 8,
9)
Gross OLP (in USDm) Non-overdue loans PAR>30 less PAR>180
------------------------------------- ------------------------- -------------------------
Aug/21 Sep/21 Oct/21 Aug/21 Sep/21 Oct/21 Aug/21 Sep/21 Oct/21
India
(total) 140 132 125 55.4% 56.9% 55.7% 14.6% 13.9% 13.3%
Pakistan 74 74 76 98.4% 98.5% 99.6% 0.3% 0.3% 0.2%
Sri Lanka 8 8 8 63.5% 79.4% 81.1% 8.2% 8.8% 6.4%
Philippines 55 54 55 76.3% 76.4% 77.7% 1.9% 2.2% 2.4%
Myanmar 23 20 20 98.8% 89.8% 98.6% 0.6% 0.3% 0.4%
Ghana 44 46 47 98.8% 99.1% 99.1% 0.3% 0.3% 0.3%
Nigeria 34 35 37 88.6% 89.9% 90.5% 3.0% 3.0% 2.9%
Sierra
Leone 7 7 7 81.1% 80.2% 79.7% 2.6% 2.7% 3.2%
Kenya 18 18 19 90.1% 90.8% 91.1% 0.5% 0.5% 0.5%
Uganda 8 9 10 70.9% 79.6% 85.5% 8.7% 7.2% 5.5%
Tanzania 28 29 31 98.0% 98.1% 98.3% 0.3% 0.3% 0.3%
Rwanda 3 3 3 85.8% 88.7% 90.9% 2.9% 2.9% 2.8%
Zambia 1 1 2 98.9% 98.9% 97.7% 0.5% 0.5% 0.5%
Group 442 437 440 79.6% 80.8% 82.0% 5.6% 5.2% 4.8%
PAR>30 PAR>90 PAR>180
------------------------------------- ------------------------- -------------------------
Aug/21 Sep/21 Oct/21 Aug/21 Sep/21 Oct/21 Aug/21 Sep/21 Oct/21
India
(total) 35.9% 33.1% 29.4% 24.8% 23.2% 20.3% 21.3% 19.2% 16.0%
Pakistan 1.0% 0.8% 0.3% 0.8% 0.7% 0.2% 0.7% 0.5% 0.1%
Sri Lanka 10.8% 11.6% 9.1% 5.9% 7.0% 6.7% 2.6% 2.8% 2.8%
Philippines 19.1% 18.9% 18.2% 18.1% 17.3% 16.6% 17.2% 16.7% 15.8%
Myanmar 1.0% 1.0% 1.0% 0.9% 0.9% 0.8% 0.3% 0.7% 0.6%
Ghana 0.4% 0.3% 0.3% 0.2% 0.2% 0.2% 0.1% 0.0% 0.1%
Nigeria 5.0% 4.6% 4.5% 3.6% 3.2% 2.9% 2.0% 1.6% 1.6%
Sierra
Leone 4.4% 4.4% 5.1% 3.0% 2.8% 3.2% 1.8% 1.8% 1.9%
Kenya 6.4% 3.1% 1.6% 6.2% 2.8% 1.3% 6.0% 2.6% 1.1%
Uganda 20.1% 16.3% 10.6% 11.6% 9.9% 7.1% 11.5% 9.1% 5.1%
Tanzania 1.1% 0.8% 0.6% 0.9% 0.7% 0.5% 0.8% 0.5% 0.3%
Rwanda 8.7% 8.1% 6.4% 7.4% 6.5% 4.6% 5.8% 5.2% 3.6%
Zambia 1.1% 1.0% 0.8% 1.0% 0.9% 0.4% 0.6% 0.6% 0.3%
Group 15.3% 13.8% 11.8% 11.3% 10.2% 8.6% 9.8% 8.6% 7.0%
(7) Gross OLP includes the off-book BC and DA model, excluding interest
receivable and before deducting ECL provisions and modification loss.
(8) PAR>x is the percentage of outstanding customer loans with at
least one instalment payment overdue x days, excluding loans more
than 365 days overdue, to Gross OLP including off-book loans. Loans
more than 365 days now comprise 3% of the Gross OLP
(9) The table "PAR>30 less PAR>180" shows the percentage of outstanding
client loans with a PAR greater than 30 days, less those loans which
have been fully provided for.
-- PAR>30 for the Group improved to 11.8%, primarily due to
the marginal improvements in India, Sri Lanka, Kenya, Uganda, and
Rwanda as well as moratoriums granted in India and Myanmar.
-- Credit exposure of the India off-book BC portfolio of USD
33.1m is capped at 5%. The included off-book DA portfolio of USD
2.0m has no credit exposure.
Disbursements vs collections of loans until 31 October 2021
(10)
Countries Jan/21 Feb/21 Mar/21 Apr/21 May/21 Jun/21 Jul/21 Aug/21 Sep/21 Oct/21
------- ------- ------- ------- -------- ------- ------- -------- --------
India 90% 104% 131% 71% 3% 5% 25% 36% 52% 39%
Pakistan 97% 99% 99% 102% 89%(11) 102% 98% 103% 100% 100%
Sri Lanka 95% 116% 92% 43% 17% 0% 56% 87% Nil(13) 86%
The Philippines 113% 101% 96% 88% 91% 88% 87% 91% 89% 90%
Myanmar 144% 55% 71% 30% 76% 87% 64% Nil(12) 37% 73%
Ghana 94% 112% 118% 99% 91%(11) 99% 85% 112% 120% 111%
Nigeria 68% 105% 109% 109% 108% 109% 103% 104% 110% 128%
Sierra Leone 89% 109% 110% 95% 101% 118% 119% 133% 124% 112%
Kenya 97% 113% 107% 100% 100% 93% 107% 97% 100% 96%
Uganda 46% 99% 99% 105% 99% 53% 60% 93% 109% 115%
Tanzania 78% 97% 102% 107% 109% 96% 86% 91% 100% 107%
Rwanda 60% 73% 86% 95% 106% 81% 61% 95% 102% 101%
Zambia 137% 140% 115% 107% 142% 170% 103% 102% 102% 110%
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(10) Disbursements vs collections refers to actual loan disbursements
made to clients divided by total loans collected from clients in
the period.
(11) Slowdown in disbursements due to official EID holidays in
second week of May.
(12) Disbursements vs collections for August is nil due to the
stay-at-home policy announced by the Myanmar Government.
(13) Disbursements vs collections for September is nil due the
nationwide lockdowns.
-- With the business environment continuing to gradually improve
in many countries, disbursements of new loans continued to
stabilise or increase as a percentage of weekly collections, with
the main exception of India, primarily due to the slow recovery
from the impact of lockdowns in most states.
Development of Clients and Outstanding Loan Portfolio until 31
October 2021
Gross OLP (in
Clients (in thousands) Delta USDm) Delta
Oct/20-Oct/21
Oct/20-Oct/21 CC Sep/21-Oct/21
Countries Oct/20 Sep/21 Oct/21 Oct/20-Oct/21 Sep/21-Oct/21 Oct/20 Sep/21 Oct/21 USD (14) USD
India 713 663 645 -10% -3% 167 132 125 -25% -25% -5%
Pakistan 409 495 493 20% 0% 58 74 76 30% 39% 2%
Sri Lanka 56 53 52 -8% -1% 9 8 8 -11% -3% 1%
The
Philippines 278 345 349 25% 1% 48 54 55 14% 19% 2%
Myanmar 128 116 114 -11% -2% 30 20 20 -35% -9% 2%
Ghana 151 150 153 1% 2% 41 46 47 15% 20% 2%
Nigeria 228 253 256 12% 1% 29 35 37 29% 39% 7%
Sierra Leone 35 43 44 27% 2% 4 7 7 65% 80% 1%
Kenya 86 121 124 45% 3% 13 18 19 46% 49% 2%
Uganda 81 84 86 6% 3% 8 9 10 22% 16% 10%
Tanzania 108 161 166 53% 3% 20 29 31 51% 50% 5%
Rwanda 19 17 17 -7% 0% 3 3 3 23% 25% 6%
Zambia 5 12 13 154% 8% 0.4 1 2 329% 259% 19%
Total 2,297 2,513 2,511 9% -0.1% 431 437 440 2% 7% 1%
(14) Constant currency ('CC') implies conversion of local
currency results to USD with the exchange rate from the beginning
of the period.
-- With disbursements as percentage of collections stabilising
or exceeding 100% in many countries , Gross
OLP increased to USD 440m (1% higher than in September 2021 and 2% higher than in October 2020).
Selected moratoriums (15) on loan repayments until 31 October
2021
Clients under moratorium
(in thousands)
As % of Total
Countries Aug/21 Sep/21 Oct/21 Clients
India 230 205 205 32%
Pakistan 0 0 0 0%
Sri Lanka 7 3 5 10%
The Philippines 0 0 0 0%
Myanmar 56 58 54 47%
Ghana 0 0 0 0%
Nigeria 0 0 0 0%
Sierra Leone 0 0 0 0%
Kenya 0 0 0 0%
Uganda 0 0 0 0%
Tanzania 0 0 0 0%
Rwanda 0 0 0 0%
Zambia 0 0 0 0%
Total 293 266 264 11%
Moratorium amounts (USD
thousands)
October Moratoriums As % of Total
Countries Aug/21 Sep/21 Oct/21 as % of OLP Moratoriums
India 46,076 43,757 34,988 28% 97%
Pakistan 0 0 0 0% 0%
Sri Lanka 85 29 71 0.9% 0.2%
The Philippines 0 0 0 0% 0%
Myanmar 1,317 1,239 1,001 5% 3%
Ghana 0 0 0 0% 0%
Nigeria 0 0 0 0% 0%
Sierra Leone 0 0 0 0% 0%
Kenya 0 0 0 0% 0%
Uganda 0 0 0 0% 0%
Tanzania 0 0 0 0% 0%
Rwanda 0 0 0 0% 0%
Zambia 0 0 0 0% 0%
Total 47,478 45,024 36,060 8% 100%
(15) Moratoriums relate to clients who have received an
extension for the payment of one or more loan instalments during
the month.
-- Moratoriums on loan repayments relate primarily to
approximately 32% of clients in India, who accepted to benefit from
the one-time debt restructuring scheme established by the RBI. See
RBI Covid-19 Restructuring Guidelines .
-- Moratoriums granted in Sri Lanka and Myanmar were due to
disruption in operations following national lockdowns.
-- The moratorium amount across the Group was USD 36.0m, which
represents 8 % of the Group's Gross OLP.
Please note that, while the Company's operational performance
appears to gradually normalize in most countries except for India,
Myanmar, Sri Lanka and Uganda, the risk of additional challenges to
our operations should not be underestimated, as we have recently
seen in for instance India and Myanmar, due to (i) the still
relatively high infection rates, (ii) the current lack of available
vaccines in most of our operating countries, (iii) the risk of the
introduction of more infectious COVID-19 variants in our operating
countries as have been observed in the United Kingdom, South
Africa, Brazil, the Philippines, Myanmar and India, and (iv) the
associated disruption this may cause to the businesses of our
clients.
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Enquiries:
ASA International Group plc
Investor Relations +31 6 2030 0139
Véronique Schyns
vschyns@asa-international.com
About ASA International Group plc
ASA International is one of the world's largest international
microfinance institutions, with a strong commitment to financial
inclusion and socioeconomic progress. The company provides small,
socially responsible loans to low-income, financially underserved
entrepreneurs, predominantly women, across South Asia, South East
Asia, West and East Africa.
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