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7.0 GENERAL DISCLOSURE FOR OFF-BALANCE SHEET EXPOSURE AND COUNTERPARTY CREDIT RISK (“CCR”)

Islamic derivative financial assets/(liabilities)
The table below shows the fair values of Islamic derivative financial instruments, recorded as assets or liabilities, together
with their notional amounts. The notional amounts, recorded gross, is the amount of a derivative’s underlying asset, reference
rate or index and is the basis upon which changes in the value of derivatives are measured. The notional amounts indicate
the volume of transactions outstanding at the year end and are indicative of neither the market risk nor the credit risk.

Table 19: Islamic derivative financial assets/(liabilities)
31 December 2024 31 December 2023
Contract/ Contract/
notional Fair value notional Fair value
amount Assets Liabilities amount Assets Liabilities
Group and Bank RM’000 RM’000 RM’000 RM’000 RM’000 RM’000

Trading derivatives:
Foreign exchange contracts:
- Currency forwards
Less than one year 1,095,377 9,672 (13,709) 931,445 362 (16,555)
- Currency swaps
Less than one year 726,063 4,791 (3,594) 1,317,642 12,452 (4,671)
- Currency spot
Less than one year 29,168 35 (6) 38,276 6 (293)

Total 1,850,608 14,498 (17,309) 2,287,363 12,820 (21,519)

8.0 MARKET RISK AND ASSETS-LIABILITY MANAGEMENT (“ALM”)

Market risk is defined as the risk of losses in on and off-balance sheet positions arising from movements in market
prices. Asset-Liability Management (“ALM”) refers to the coordinated management of the Group’s and the Bank’s balance
sheet, which includes assets, liabilities and capital. The main focus of ALM is on the Group’s and the Bank’s overall
performance that can be measured in terms of net income. In turn, the primary determinant of net income will be the
overall risk-return position of the Group and the Bank.

The key objective of market risk management and ALM of the Bank is to manage and control market risk exposures in
order to optimise return on risk while maintaining a market profile that is consistent with the Bank’s strategic, business plan
and risk appetite.