164 KENANGA INVESTMENT BANK BERHAD INTEGRATED ANNUAL REPORT 2025 Key audit matters (cont’d.) Risk area and rationale Our response 1) Expected credit losses of loans, advances and financing and investments not carried at fair value through profit or loss (cont’d.) We evaluated if changes in modeling approaches, parameters and assumptions are needed and if any changes made were appropriate. We also assessed, tested and monitored the sensitivity of the credit loss provisions to changes in modelling assumptions. With respect to individually assessed ECL which are mainly in relation to the impaired assets in Stage 3, we reviewed and tested a sample of loans, advances and financing and investments to evaluate the timely identification by the Group and the Bank of exposures with significant deterioration in credit quality or which have been impaired. For cases where impairment has been identified, we assessed the Group’s and the Bank’s assumptions on the expected future cash flows, including the value of realisable collaterals based on available market information and the scenarios considered. We have challenged the assumptions and compared estimates to external evidence where available. We also assessed whether the financial statement disclosures are adequate and appropriately reflect the Group’s and the Bank’s exposures to credit risk. 2) Impairment of goodwill As at 31 December 2025, the goodwill recognised in the financial statements of the Group and of the Bank are RM241.03 million or 3.39% and RM252.91 million or 3.92% of the total assets of the Group and of the Bank, respectively. The accounting policy for goodwill is disclosed in Note 3.4(e)(i), significant accounting estimates and judgements involved in Note 4(i) and relevant details of intangible assets in Note 17 to the financial statements. Goodwill impairment testing of cash generating units (“CGUs”) relies on estimates of value-in-use (“VIU”) based on estimated future cash flows. The Group and the Bank are required to annually test the amount of goodwill for impairment. These involve management judgement and are based on assumptions that are affected by expected future market and economic conditions. Our audit procedures included, among others, evaluating the assumptions and methodologies used by the Group and the Bank in performing the impairment assessment. We tested the basis of preparing the cash flow forecasts and projections taking into account the back testing results on the accuracy of previous forecasts and the historical evidence supporting underlying assumptions. We assessed the appropriateness of the other key assumptions, such as the growth rates used to extrapolate the cash flows and the discount rates applied, by comparing against internal information, external economic and market data. We assessed the sensitivity analysis performed by management on the key inputs to the impairment models, to understand the impact that reasonable alternative assumptions would have on the overall carrying amounts. We also reviewed the adequacy of the Group’s and of the Bank’s disclosures within the financial statements about those key assumptions to which the VIU is most sensitive. INDEPENDENT AUDITORS’ REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF KENANGA INVESTMENT BANK BERHAD (INCORPORATED IN MALAYSIA)
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