Areas requiring particular attention in the valuation
Article 8
The valuer shall particularly focus on areas subject to significant valuation uncertainty which have a significant impact on the overall valuation. For those areas the valuer shall provide the results of the valuation in the form of best point estimates and, where appropriate, value ranges, as laid down in Article 2(3). Those areas shall include: (a) loans or loan portfolios, the expected cash flows of which depend on a counterparty's ability, willingness or incentive to perform on its obligation, where those expectations are driven by assumptions relating to delinquency rates, probabilities of default, loss given default, or instrument characteristics, especially where evidenced by loss patterns for a portfolio of loans; (b) repossessed assets, the cash flows of which are affected by both the asset's fair value at the time the entity forecloses on the related security or lien, and the expected evolution of such value after foreclosure; (c) instruments measured at fair value where the determination of that fair value in accordance with accounting or prudential requirements on their marking to market or marking to model is no longer applicable or valid taking into account the circumstances; (d) goodwill and intangibles, where the impairment test may depend on subjective judgement, including as regards the reasonably attainable cash flow stream, discount rates, and the perimeter of cash generating units; (e) legal disputes and regulatory actions, the expected cash flows of which may be subject to varying degrees of uncertainty relating to their amount and/or timing; (f) items including pension assets and liabilities and deferred tax items.