TD BANK GROUP • 2024 ANNUAL REPORT • MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS
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Efficiency Ratio:
The efficiency ratio measures operating efficiency and
is
calculated by taking the non-interest expenses
as a percentage of total revenue.
A lower ratio indicates a more efficient business
operation. Adjusted efficiency
ratio is calculated in the same manner using
adjusted non-interest expenses
and total revenue.
Enhanced Disclosure Task Force (EDTF):
Established by the Financial
Stability Board in May 2012, comprised of
banks, analysts, investors, and
auditors, with the goal of enhancing the risk
disclosures of banks and other
financial institutions.
Expected Credit Losses (ECLs):
ECLs are the probability-weighted present
value of expected cash shortfalls over
the remaining expected life of the
financial instrument and considers reasonable
and supportable information
about past events, current conditions, and forecasts
of future events and
economic conditions that impact the Bank’s
credit risk assessment.
Fair Value:
The price that would be received to sell an
asset or paid to transfer
a liability in an orderly transaction between
market participants at the
measurement date, under current market
conditions.
Fair value through other comprehensive
income (FVOCI):
Under IFRS 9, if
the asset passes the contractual cash
flows test (named SPPI), the business
model assessment determines how the instrument
is classified. If the instrument
is being held to collect contractual cash flows,
that is, if it is not expected to be
sold, it is measured as amortized cost. If the
business model for the instrument
is to both collect contractual cash flows and
potentially sell the asset, it is
measured at FVOCI.
Fair value through profit or loss (FVTPL):
Under IFRS 9, the classification is
dependent on two tests, a contractual
cash flow test (named SPPI) and a
business model assessment. Unless the
asset meets the requirements of both
tests, it is measured at fair value with all
changes in fair value reported in profit
or loss.
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
(FDIC):
A U.S. government
corporation which provides deposit insurance
guaranteeing the safety of a
depositor’s accounts in member banks.
The FDIC also examines and
supervises certain financial institutions for
safety and soundness, performs
certain consumer-protection functions, and
manages banks in receiverships
(failed banks).
Forward Contracts:
Over-the-counter contracts between two parties
that oblige
one party to the contract to buy and the other
party to sell an asset for a fixed
price at a future date.
Futures:
Exchange-traded contracts to buy or
sell a security at a predetermined
price on a specified future date.
Hedging:
A risk management technique intended
to mitigate the Bank’s
exposure to fluctuations in interest rates,
foreign currency exchange rates, or
other market factors. The elimination or
reduction of such exposure is
accomplished by engaging in capital markets
activities to establish offsetting
positions.
Impaired Loans:
Loans where, in management’s opinion,
there has been a
deterioration of credit quality to the extent
that the Bank no longer has
reasonable assurance as to the timely collection
of the full amount of principal
and interest.
Loss Given Default (LGD):
It is the amount of the loss the Bank
would likely
incur when a borrower defaults on a loan,
which is expressed as a percentage
of exposure at default.
Mark-to-Market (MTM):
A valuation that reflects current market rates
as at the
balance sheet date for financial instruments
that are carried at fair value.
Master Netting Agreements:
Legal agreements between two parties
that have
multiple derivative contracts with each other
that provide for the net settlement
of all contracts through a single payment, in
a single currency, in the event of
default or termination of any one contract.
Net Corporate Expenses:
Non-interest expenses related to corporate
service
and control groups which are not allocated to a
business segment.
Net Interest Margin:
A non-GAAP ratio calculated as net interest
income as a
percentage of average interest-earning assets
to measure performance. This
metric is an indicator of the profitability of
the Bank’s earning assets less the
cost of funding. Adjusted net interest
margin is calculated in the same manner
using adjusted net interest income.
Non-Viability Contingent Capital (NVCC):
Instruments (preferred shares and
subordinated debt) that contain a feature or
a provision that allows the financial
institution to either permanently convert these
instruments into common shares
or fully write-down the instrument, in the event
that the institution is no longer
viable.
Notional:
A reference amount on which payments
for derivative financial
instruments are based.
Office of the Superintendent of Financial
Institutions Canada (OSFI):
The
regulator of Canadian federally chartered
financial institutions and federally
administered pension plans.
Options:
Contracts in which the writer of the option grants
the buyer the future
right, but not the obligation, to buy or to sell a
security, exchange rate, interest
rate, or other financial instrument or commodity
at a predetermined price at or
by a specified future date.
Price-Earnings Ratio
: A ratio calculated by dividing the closing
share price by
EPS based on a trailing four quarters to indicate
market performance.
Adjusted
price-earnings ratio is calculated in the
same manner using adjusted EPS.
Probability of Default (PD):
It is the likelihood that a borrower will not
be able
to meet its scheduled repayments.
Provision for Credit Losses (PCL):
Amount added to the allowance for credit
losses to bring it to a level that management
considers adequate to reflect
expected credit-related losses on its
portfolio.
Return on Common Equity (ROE):
The consolidated Bank ROE is calculated
as net income available to common shareholders
as a percentage of average
common shareholders’
equity,
utilized in assessing the Bank’s use of equity.
ROE for the business segments is calculated
as the segment net income
attributable to common shareholders as a percentage
of average allocated
capital. Adjusted ROE is calculated in
the same manner using adjusted net
Return on Risk-weighted Assets:
Net income available to common
shareholders as a percentage of average risk-weighted
assets.
Return on Tangible Common Equity (ROTCE):
measure calculated as reported net income
available to common shareholders
after adjusting for the after-tax amortization
of acquired intangibles,
which are
treated as an item of note, as a percentage of average
Tangible common
equity. Adjusted ROTCE is calculated in the same manner using
adjusted net
income.
Both measures can be utilized in assessing
the Bank’s use of equity.
Risk-Weighted Assets (RWA):
Assets calculated by applying a regulatory
risk-weight factor to on and off-balance sheet
exposures. The risk-weight
factors are established by the OSFI to
convert on and off-balance sheet
exposures to a comparable risk level.
Securitization:
The process by which financial assets,
mainly loans, are
transferred to structures,
which normally issue a series of asset-backed
securities to investors to fund the purchase
of loans.
Solely Payments of Principal and Interest
(SPPI):
Contractual cash flows of
a financial asset that are consistent with a
basic lending arrangement.
Swaps:
Contracts that involve the exchange of fixed
and floating interest rate
payment obligations and currencies on a notional
principal for a specified
period of time.