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2019 

Annual Report

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Content

01 Performance Highlights

Annual General Meeting

Highlights 
Group Performance 
Chairman’s Report 
Managing Director’s Report 
Banking Operations 
Wealth Management 
Digital Services 
Risk Management 
Supporting the Community 

02 Directors' Report

Board of Directors 
Key Management Personnel 
Directors' Report 
Remuneration Report 

03 Financial Report

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Results for the Year 
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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements  55
Directors’ Declaration 
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Independent Auditor’s Report 
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Information Relating to Shareholders 
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Corporate Directory 
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Best Western Hotel, 
156 Bathurst Street, Hobart 
on Thursday 17 October 2019 
commencing at 10.30 am (Hobart Time).

Corporate Governance

The Board of MyState Limited is committed to 
upholding the highest levels of corporate governance 
and subscribes to the Corporate Governance Principles 
and Recommendations published by the ASX Corporate 
Governance Council in order to promote investor 
confidence in the company and within the broader 
market. In addition, the Australian Prudential Regulation 
Authority (APRA) requires MyState Limited, as the 
non-operating holding company of a bank, to comply 
with the prudential obligations that apply directly to the 
bank. To this end, the Board of MyState Limited has a 
governance framework whereby the appropriate Board 
policies, meeting the APRA prudential requirements, 
apply across the Group.

MyState Limited’s Board approved Corporate Governance 
Statement is available on the Company’s website and is 
current as at 23 August 2019.

MyState Limited 
ABN 26 133 623 962

OUR PURPOSE

OUR MISSION

OUR VISION

To help people achieve 
their dreams

To make financial services 
simple and trustworthy

OUR VALUES

Integrity We do what we say, and 
we hold ourselves and each other 
accountable for our actions and our 
commitments. We ‘do the right thing’.

Innovation We embrace change and 
are always looking to improve the 
way we do things. If there’s a better, 
more efficient way to do something, 
we’ll find it and make it happen.

Courage Our actions are bold, our 
decision-making brave, and we won’t 
be scared to challenge convention.

Relationships We are obsessive 
about customer experience and are 
committed to building quality customer 
and stakeholder relationships. We’re 
one team, we’re stronger together and 
we celebrate success.

To make a genuine difference 
to our customers and 
communities every day

Community We live, work and play 
locally. We’re passionate about 
the communities we serve, and we 
understand that everyone has a 
valuable contribution to make.

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Performance
Highlights

MyState’s business transformation 
is delivering for our shareholders, 
customers and community.

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Performance Highlights

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Highlights

We are modernising to reflect 
how customers want to bank.

Shareholders

$31.0m

net profit after tax

28.75c

full year dividends, 
fully franked

Exceptional customer service

2.7

days faster loan-application 
turnaround compared to 
industry average

+42

customer net promoter 
score (NPS) for MyState Group

5

pays services including 
Apple Pay, Google PayTM, 
Samsung Pay, Garmin PayTM 
and Fitbit PayTM

Group
Performance

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Customers

$3.7b

customer deposits

Community

58%

of home loan portfolio
based outside Tasmania

$5.0b

loan portfolio

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Underlying return on
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Underlying cost to
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Net interest income 
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invested through the MyState 
Community Foundation since 2001

not-for-profit organisations 
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Chairman’s 
Report

At MyState conduct risk has always been an important focus and is 
embedded in our risk framework. The risk framework has been updated to 
ensure that we fully reflect the precepts identified by the Royal Commission.

Operating Performance

Significant Initiatives

The operating result for the year under review was slightly 
disappointing. However, in the context of considerable 
progress in our transition to a digital bank and the overall 
circumstances of the banking sector, it was nonetheless a 
solid performance.

Statutory net profit after tax fell 1.5% to $31 million. 
The result included a one–off benefit of $1.2 million 
arising from the sale of the financial planning business 
and, excluding discontinued operations, net profit after 
tax fell from $31.3 million to $29.8 million.

The result was significantly impacted by a spike in bank 
bill swap rate (BBSW) linked funding costs in the first half. 
However, the spike abated in the second half when 
net profit after tax was $15.9 million, compared with 
$13.9 million in the first half.

Earnings per share including discontinued operations fell 
from 34.97 cps to 34.17 cps.

Whilst a strong focus on expense control was maintained, 
the group’s cost-to-income ratio increased from 62.7% to 
64.8%. The metric was adversely impacted by growth in 
technology related costs and reduced income related to 
movements in BBSW linked funding costs.

The loan book continued to grow at a rate well above 
system, and the overall loan book increased by 10.7%. 
At 30 June 2019 the loan book was $5 billion, 
an all-time record.

At the same time it is pleasing to note that credit 
quality was maintained and this remains one of the key 
differentiators of our business.

Capital adequacy ratio decreased in the year from 13.5% 
to 12.9%, but remains very strong. 

Unlike many of our peers it is pleasing to report that we 
have not had to make any provision for remediation costs. 

The wealth management business had a strong year with 
funds under management increasing to $1.17 billion.

The directors have declared a final dividend of 14.5cps, 
unchanged from the previous corresponding period.

•  We continue to develop our digital offering and in 

FY19 we invested a further $5 million in technology, 
taking the total investment over the past five years to 
$25 million. Our focus is to make banking easier for our 
customers and at the same time, deliver operational 
efficiencies, enabling us to do more business without 
increasing costs.

•  The sale of the financial planning arm in June 2019 

followed a review of the growth options available to 
us in that business. Further, whilst comfortable that 
we were appropriately managing conflicts of interest, 
we came to the view that returns did not justify the 
attendant risks. 

•  The Board has approved a revised business plan for the 
funds management business that will see an enhanced 
technology offering for customers. It is anticipated 
that we will reduce the number of funds and target a 
range of initiatives to improve scale and the returns to 
investors in our funds. 

The Royal Commission into Banking 
and Financial Services

MyState was not called on to submit any evidence at 
the Royal Commission. However, we have critically 
examined our business in the light of the following 
recommendations that were applicable to us.

Role of mortgage brokers
The Royal Commission recommended a number of 
changes to the responsibility of mortgage brokers 
and their remuneration arrangements. We support the 
changes but hope that they will be implemented in a 
manner that does not diminish the important role that 
brokers play in facilitating competition in banking.

The Royal Commission upheld the Banking Code of 
Practice as a good self-governance tool for the industry. 
MyState is a signatory to the Code and is committed to 
ensuring that we fully comply with both its key principles 
but also its spirit. 

Remuneration Practices
The Royal Commission observed that incentive 
remuneration arrangements could influence behaviours 

and customer outcomes. MyState has undertaken a 
comprehensive review of incentive remuneration at all 
levels of the organisation. Our incentive plans have risk, 
compliance and customer outcome gateways, we have 
adopted the applicable Sedgwick recommendations and 
are fully compliant with BEAR requirements.

Conduct Risk
The Royal Commission made a particular emphasis on 
conduct risk, detailing six fundamental precepts. 
At MyState conduct risk has always been an important 
focus and is embedded in our risk framework. This has 
been updated to ensure that we fully reflect the precepts 
identified by the Royal Commission.

Culture & Governance self-assessment
The commission recommended that financial entities 
undertake an assessment of culture and governance. 
MyState will engage an external party to facilitate this 
review and we anticipate that it will be completed in FY20.

Conflicts of Interest
The Royal Commission noted the importance of 
appropriate management of conflicts on interest. MyState 
has at all times sought to ensure that our governance 
processes appropriately manage conflicts of interest. 

Banking Executive Accountability Regime

The application of the legislated Banking Executive 
Accountability Regime (BEAR) involved strengthening 
governance around accountability and providing greater 
visibility between accountability and remuneration.

MyState was fully compliant with the BEAR regime on 
1 July 2019, with accountability documentation lodged 
and approved by APRA.

Changes to remuneration arrangements that form part of 
BEAR have also been fully implemented.

Remuneration Matters

In recent times there has been much written about bank 
remuneration arrangements and the potential for them to 
lead to unacceptable customer outcomes.

We have undertaken a comprehensive review of 
remuneration arrangements across the business to ensure 

Miles Hampton
Chairman

Statutory net profit 
after tax

5 year investment 
in technology

$31.0m

$25.0m

The operating result for the year under 
review was slightly disappointing. However, 
in the context of considerable progress in our 
transition to a digital bank and the overall 
circumstances of the banking sector, it was 
nonetheless a solid performance.

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that our remuneration structures do not inadvertently 
frame behaviours that work against good customer 
outcomes.

At the executive level we maintain risk, compliance and 
customer outcomes overlays to variable remuneration 
that ensure that even if defined performance metrics are 
achieved, the board can cause variable remuneration 
payments to be diminished or forfeited.

Below the executive level we have undertaken a 
comprehensive review of remuneration structures in light 
of the findings of the Sedgwick Review. Where necessary 
we have made changes to ensure that our variable pay 
structures support good customer outcomes.

Competition in Banking

maximum extent possible, changes to the regulatory 
regime do not disproportionately impact smaller players.

Board changes 

During the year non-executive director Peter Armstrong 
retired from the Board following a distinguished career 
that included serving as chairman and director of some of 
our formational credit unions. 

We acknowledge the contribution that Peter made to our 
business and we wish him well in retirement.

We welcomed Vaughn Richtor to the Board in 
September 2019. Vaughn is a highly experienced bank 
chief executive with significant experience and success 
in digital banking both in Australia and overseas.

The competitive landscape continues to be balanced 
against smaller players.

Acknowledgement

It is a pity that the Royal Commission failed to explicitly 
call out that one of the best ways of ensuring the absence 
of complacency that sits behind so many of its egregious 
findings was to improve the competitive landscape.

Apart from the obvious scale disadvantage, smaller banks 
have to maintain higher capital ratios to fund their loan 
books and their funding costs are inevitably higher.

At the same time we are seeing significant growth in 
non-bank lending which is placing additional pressure on 
all players, but particularly the smaller banks.

I would like to acknowledge the contribution of my 
fellow board members in the face of the ever-increasing 
demands being placed on bank directors.

I also acknowledge the focus of the executive team on 
building a digital bank and the contribution of our people 
who are committed to delivering unparalleled service for 
our customers. 

While new regulations arising from the Royal Commission 
recommendations will rightly aim to enforce greater 
industry accountability, it is to be hoped that 
consideration will be given to ensuring that, to the 

Miles Hampton 
Chairman

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Managing 
Director’s Report

During the year we continued our strategy of developing our digital banking capability, 
which allows our customers to bank where they want, whenever they want. 

Anticipating customers’ demands for more convenient, 
secure financial services, we have expanded and 
enhanced the customer experience to make it easy 
for people to manage their money.

Ratings agency Moody’s provides a Baa1 rating for 
MyState Bank, recognising the strength of our risk 
management systems and the strength of our capital 
management strategy.

Our investment in technology continues to focus on 
serving human needs, delivering our customers superior 
service and greater access to our full suite of banking 
and wealth management products. 

MyState’s return on average equity at the end of the 
year was 9.7%, which remained high compared to 
regional bank peers.

Banking overview

The financial services industry is changing faster than 
any other time in history. Today we have an increasing 
proportion of customers using online and mobile services, 
without a need for support through a traditional branch 
network. The use of and need for cash are falling rapidly.

We have improved our services by streamlining 
processes, reorganising our business structure to 
deepen customer relationships and provide a highly 
differentiated customer experience.

Most importantly, our customers are telling us they like 
these improvements. 2019 saw this demonstrated by 
another improvement in MyState’s net promoter score 
(NPS). We continue be a leader in the banking industry 
with a Group score of +42, a large improvement on +27 
last year, which was already a high score.

Financial overview

The Group’s total operating income was $120.4 million, 
slightly lower than $120.9 million in the previous year. 
The contribution of our banking business to profit was 
$25.9 million compared to $26.9 million. The profitability 
of our wealth management business increased to 
$5.1 million (including profit from the sale of the financial 
planning business), up from $4.6 million from the 
prior year.

At 30 June 2019, MyState’s capital adequacy ratio 
was 12.9%, with Common Equity Tier 1 (CET1) capital 
at 11.1%, meaning the Group already meets APRA’s 
‘unquestionably strong’ capital targets that come into 
effect on 1 January 2020.

Strong lending growth propelled our loan book above 
$5 billion for the first time, supported by record 
applications and settlements. Having consistently 
delivered above-system growth for several years, we are 
now a much larger organisation, able to improve our 
economies of scale. 

Enhanced technology, including new finance and risk 
management systems, helps us to manage our business 
more efficiently and effectively. Systems and process 
improvements have led to much faster loan approval 
times with our turnaround times around two days faster 
than the industry average. Also, all of our banking 
products are able to be originated online, making our 
bank a truly national bank.

Our successful channel strategy has helped build scale 
across Australia’s eastern seaboard. Our loan book in 
New South Wales now represents 21.8% of the portfolio, 
Victoria 17.3% and Queensland 15.8%. While our 
Tasmanian book is growing, the proportion it represents 
reduced to 41.8%, decreasing our concentration risk on 
a single state economy.

Customer deposits increased to $3.7 billion. This strong 
12.1% growth from $3.3 billion last year was driven 
by the success of new online deposit products. 
These contemporary services have been well received 
and include personal accounts with a range of payment 
options. We have a wonderful brand in MyState 
Bank and continue to invest heavily in building brand 
awareness across new markets through more targeted 
marketing campaigns.

During the year, the banks’ funding costs were heavily 
impacted by elevated wholesale funding rates. As 
a result, the net interest margin declined to 1.80%. 
Wholesale funding costs reduced towards the end of 
the financial year as expectations of a Reserve Bank 
cash rate cut reduced pressure on margins. As we move 
forward, we will increase the proportion of customer 
deposits that we hold and reduce reliance on wholesale 
funding markets, which we consider will allow us to 
manage our net interest margin more actively.

Simplified wealth management business

In June 2019, we took the decision to divest our retail 
financial planning business, simplifying our operations. 
While this decision was difficult, we felt it was in our best 
interest as the risk profile of this business was changing, 
particularly following the Hayne Royal Commission. 
We were pleased to receive what we considered a 
premium for the business, reflecting its quality.

We are investing heavily in a multi-year project that 
will improve the product and digital experience for our 
funds management customers. We are moving to a 
new platform for our funds management operations to 
increase the scalability and service levels of the business. 

This is an incredibly exciting project that will support 
the national expansion of our business while allowing 
customers and investors to manage portfolios online and 
take advantage of the new products and services that we 
are developing.

Our income funds performed well, and funds under 
management increased to a new decade-high of 
$1.17 billion. 

Customer deposits

+12.1%

Customer NPS

+42

Loan portfolio

$5.0b

Melos Sulicich
Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer

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Our people

We are operating in a fast-changing environment and are 
building a competitive advantage through technology 
and nimble processes, including continual changes to 
our business structure to serve customers. However, 
while technology and process improvement are critical 
to our business, it is the quality of our people that really 
make the difference. During the year we strengthened 
our executive team, adding additional banking 
distribution, digital and marketing skills.

The change that the banking industry is going through 
is exciting and unprecedented. It means that traditional 
skills of customer engagement and risk management 
are augmented by increased analytical, digital and 
automation skill sets that are part of a new world that 
did not exist in our business just a few years ago.  
It’s exciting but challenging at the same time as we 
continually move to change the shape of our business to 
a much more contemporary model.

I would like to take this opportunity to congratulate 
our team which provides the superior service that 
delights our customers. We have a strong customer-
centric culture with high levels of engagement and 
responsiveness, and I thank all our people for their 
dedication and passion.

Building customer trust

The Hayne Royal Commission has seen significantly 
heightened regulatory oversight across the financial 
services industry. While there was no specific impact on 
MyState, we continued to invest in risk management 
processes, systems and people to ensure the highest 
standards of compliance are delivered with the customers’ 
needs firmly at the centre of all of our decision-making. 

Through the Australian Banking Association, the banking 
industry has launched a revitalised Banking Code of 
Practice, with the newest version of the code taking 
effect on 1 July 2019. The new Code provides an 
ethical, customer-oriented and sustainable framework. 
It sets clear standards of conduct for banks, their staff 
and representatives, and aims to set a new standard 
of customer service for the banking industry. MyState 
Bank is proud to be a voluntary signatory to the Code, 
and one of the smallest banks to make this large 
commitment, ensuring our customers get the very best 
of service and peace of mind.

During the year we strengthened our whistleblower 
program and we continue to provide a Customer 
Advocate service, offering an independent review for 
customer feedback and customer complaints.

However, the increased regulatory oversight has had 
other consequences that disproportionately impacted 
smaller banks. There remains work to be done by the 
government to ‘level the playing field’ and reduce some 
of the challenges faced by the smaller banks.

Summary

We remain focused on helping our customers achieve 
their dreams. We are well positioned both financially and 
strategically, with a strong balance sheet. As the shift 
to digital services continues, our investments build our 
competitive edge and allow us to improve and enhance 
the products and services that we offer our customers 
as well as reduce average service costs. As regulation 
changes and new entrants emerge, we believe we 
are well positioned to grow our share of Australians' 
everyday banking.

House prices appear to be stable or improving, and we 
remain focused on continuing to grow the business. 
Our strategy of pursuing low risk, owner-occupied 
lending with a loan-to-valuation ratio of less than 
80% remains in place, and we have a clear expansion 
opportunity across Australia’s eastern seaboard. 

We are excited by the potential to extend our funds 
management business nationally through development 
of a modern, scalable platform, which creates a new 
market for our income funds products. We intend to 
make some exciting and significant changes to this 
business model in the coming period.

We continue to build deep customer relationships and 
place customers at the centre of everything we do.  

I would like to thank my hardworking team for their 
outstanding work, commitment and enthusiasm in 
delivering better outcomes for our customers during the 
year. I’d also like to thank my hardworking and extremely 
dedicated board for their focus and help in enabling the 
executive to continue to deliver on an ambitious 
growth strategy.

Melos Sulicich 
Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer

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Banking 
Operations

Banking customers

136,500

Wealth 
Management

Over the financial year, the number of banking 
customers that we serve increased to 136,500. 
This achievement reflected having more customers with 
mortgages across Australia and rapid acceptance of our 
new online transaction and term deposit accounts.

Our strategic investment in technology has delivered a full-
service online and mobile banking platform, extending the 
availability of our services. Online origination for home loans 
has expedited the experience for home loan applicants. 
New, innovative deposit products proved popular, including 
the Glide monthly fee-free transaction account, Bonus Saver 
deposit account and online term deposits. 

We understand that customers would like to do some 
things themselves, and MyState’s apps offer greater 
convenience, a broader range of features and 
simple-to-use, intuitive features so people can check 
balances, pay bills and transfer funds at their convenience. 

This digital experience is supported by fast processing 
of payments across the New Payments Platform, 
e-statements, a customer contact centre and regular 
personal and digital communication. We provide the 
ability to make day-to-day tap and go payments using 
any device that offers these services. We are among the 
few banks in Australia that offer Apple Pay, Google Pay, 
Samsung Pay, Garmin Pay and Fitbit Pay.

Our digital platform has also reduced our cost to serve, 
providing low cost, low maintenance offerings that are 
secured by a range of security features such as electronic 
and manual verification. Customers can securely open 
new accounts and process transactions in minutes.

Behind the scenes, we are also investing heavily in cyber 
security and fraud detection measures to protect our 

customers, their money, their data and information. 
This is an increasingly important area that is evolving 
quickly, and our aim is to ensure we are at the forefront 
of the industry as it evolves.

Home loan growth

Our successful lending strategy continued, with new loans 
boosting the home loan book from $4.36 billion to 
$4.85 billion during the year. This included significant 
growth in the lower than 80% loan-to-valuation ratio loan 
category favoured by our prudent lending practices. 
Our strategy of engaging with mortgage brokers 
ensures this important channel continues to support our 
expansion plans, in concert with our online capabilities 
and the direct services provided through branches which 
remain strong in our traditional heartland areas.

We are focused on sustainable growth, and strong risk 
management practices ensure we maintain exceptional 
credit quality. Our arrears remain well below those of our 
regional peers and the benchmark for major banks. 
Our 90 day arrears were 0.26%, close to historical lows. 

During the year we consolidated our banking brands, 
rebranding The Rock as MyState Bank. This enabled our 
Central Queensland customers to benefit immediately 
from improved, simplified digital services. We now offer 
a consistent suite of banking products and services 
nationwide. 

Funding

MyState maintains a broad range of funding sources, 
and at the end of the year the proportion of funding 
provided by customer deposits was 68.6%, wholesale 
funding 6.9% and securitisation 24.5%.

We provide the ability to make day-to-day tap and go 
payments using any device that offers these services.

Digitisation creates growth opportunity

Digital transformation 

MyState’s wealth management business, Tasmanian 
Perpetual Trustees (TPT), is one of Australia’s oldest and 
most respected providers of wealth solutions.

TPT offers simple, contemporary financial products for 
customers that want to ensure their investments and 
estates are safe and well managed. 

Funds management 

Our funds management business offers risk-sensitive 
income funds that have an important role supporting 
investors desiring consistent and reliable income. 
These extend from retirees through to wholesale clients, 
such as charities and local councils.

MyState’s funds management business performed very 
well in 2019, attracting new customers and investors. 
Growth and investment returns have helped to increase 
funds substantially over the past ten years, and we 
completed the year with $1.17 billion in funds under 
management, our highest total since 2009.

Trustee services and financial planning 

2019 saw the divestment of our financial planning arm, 
simplifying our operations. We continue to provide 
‘prudent person’ advice, which manages the affairs of a 
person’s estate after they have passed away as well as 
advising through our Private Client Services those trustee 
clients who are incapacitated. 

The value of estates administered in 2019 was less than 
the previous year when our business benefited from a 
number of high-value estates and probate applications.

We have begun a multi-year digital transformation of 
our wealth business which, when complete, will offer 
streamlined 24x7 services. This investment will place 
greater control in the hands of our investors and increase 
transparency on the status of their investments.

The first step in this transition is the move to a new 
administration platform. The new platform will allow 
customers to manage personal details, transact, top up 
investments, access statements and balances, and apply 
online for new products.

These additional capabilities will expand our addressable 
market, as they enable the nationwide distribution of 
products, currently only available in Tasmania, through a 
cost-effective technology platform. Our initial focus for 
expansion will be the eastern seaboard, where there is 
significant opportunity.

We will continue to provide the exceptional customer 
service that differentiates our business, supplementing 
personal services with fast, accurate digital systems.

Funds under management

$1.17b

We have begun a multi-year digital transformation 
of our wealth business which, when complete, 
will offer streamlined 24x7 services.

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Services

The way we bank and manage wealth are being 
transformed by new technologies and devices. 
We are responding to our customers’ desire for products 
and services that simplify their lives by providing 
contemporary services that are intuitive and helpful.

Increasingly, customers prefer the flexibility of mobile 
services, with more people using an app to do their 
banking than any other channel. In the next four years, 
the global use of mobile payments is expected to 
increase and surpass the use of credit cards and cash.

The digital assets we have built are increasingly the ones 
that are driving our growth. The number of customers 
joining MyState online more than doubled in 2019, with 
a particular focus on everyday banking. Moving forward, 
an increased focus and investment in digital acquisition 
will aim to further build and extend our platforms.

Over the next year, we will further enhance our apps, 
digital products, internet banking, and contact centre 
services as we strive to provide leading services and 
tools for our customers. 

We are innovating to increase customer self-service 
capability within our app and enable customers to 
have greater control over their account management. 
Investments in personal financial management 
capabilities will provide customers with personalised 
recommendations to help them better manage their 
money. Powered by predictive analytics, helpful 
insights will enable our customers to budget and plan 
expenditures, set targets, and actively save.

As we continue to become a more data-driven business 
with simplified systems and processes, we are serving 
customers more cost-effectively. Our use of intelligent 
business applications, such as analytics, predictive 
modelling and customer relationship management 
(CRM), continues to deliver step-change improvements 
in effectiveness. Evolving our contact centre technology 
will see us transform to become an integrated phone 
and digital operation, helping power an even better 
customer experience. 

In recent years we have delivered important, large-scale 
technology changes and we are now benefiting from 
these investments in a simple, well-integrated modern 
platform. This positions us well to take advantage of 
opportunities such us Open Banking.

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Risk 
Management

Managing both financial and non-financial risks are an 
integral part of the Group’s strategy. A robust risk and 
customer centric culture is at the heart of everything we do. 

Risks are identified, managed and mitigated using our 
risk management framework. We consider that effective 
risk management can provide strategic differentiation 
including:

Our risk management framework

We examined the recommendations from the Hayne 
Royal Commission very closely and, where appropriate, 
made changes to the way we manage our business. 
We have a strong culture of accountability and 
responsibility across all business lines and have further 
strengthened our processes to maintain the highest 
standards of culture and conduct. 

Our approach to risk management is built on the 
fundamentals of the ‘three lines of defence’ governance 
model. This is backed by an effective risk control 
framework embedded in our business. We have a detailed 
and actively managed risk appetite and regularly examine 
every aspect of our operations to detect and manage all 
forms of financial and non-financial risk that may impact 
our strategy. 

Strategic differentiation 

Our risk appetite and Group strategy are developed 
together, supporting a consistent approach to enterprise-
wide risk management and decision-making.

•  A prudent approach and a strong risk culture that help 

us deliver our strategic intent.

•  Robust controls that make sure risks are identified, 

managed and mitigated effectively.

•  Enhanced risk accountability that ensures business 
units in the first line of defence are accountable and 
supported by strong oversight and challenge from our 
risk professionals in the second line of defence.

•  Effective risk reporting and analytics that provide 
insight into events that may impact the Group’s risk 
appetite and ability to deliver strategic outcomes. 
This includes enhanced reporting and accountability 
at the first line of defence through the introduction of 
divisional risk management committees.

•  Supporting sustainable growth through a risk culture 
that provides both proactive support and constructive 
challenges.

This framework helps ensure we support our mission and 
deliver the best outcomes for MyState and our customers.

We are responding to our 
customers’ desire for products 
and services that simplify 
their lives by providing 
contemporary services that 
are intuitive and helpful.

We were awarded
Mozo selected MyState Bank 
as the best choice for Small 
Business No Strings Savings

MyState Limited Annual Report 2019

We have a strong culture 
of accountability and 
responsibility across all 
business lines and have 
further strengthened our 
processes to maintain 
the highest standards of 
culture and conduct.

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Supporting 
the Community

Encouraging diversity

MyState considers workplace diversity to be a 
considerable asset, fostering an inclusive culture where 
everyone is treated with respect. The diversity plan 
includes clear objectives across a range of inclusion 
metrics and targeted initiatives to progress the 
Company's position on diversity. Initiatives include:

•  inclusive recruitment practices;

•  flexible work initiatives;

•  additional leave options; and

•  access to diversity awareness programs.

This year, MyState supported International Women’s Day 
breakfast events in Hobart and Rockhampton. The events, 
attended by more than 400 people, included keynote 
speeches by successful business owner Janine Allis in 
Hobart and former professional surfer Layne Beachley 
in Rockhampton.

Reducing environmental impact

The environmental outcomes of our decisions are 
important and we continue to reduce our use of natural 
resources. For example, 32% of banking customers 
use electronic statements, up from 20% last year, and 
37% of shareholders receive annual reports, notices 
and announcements electronically, reducing paper 
consumption. We use fully recycled paper stock printed 
with vegetable ink for customer brochures, envelopes 
and stationery. 

During property moves, such as our Kingston branch 
relocation, we carefully select fixtures and fittings to 
minimise impact.

We are passionate about the communities that we serve 
and believe we have a responsibility to make a difference 
by using our resources to help future generations.

Some of the ways in which we achieve this outcome 
are by supporting not-for-profit, charity and community 
groups through the MyState Foundation, which is 
focused on empowering youth. Over 19 years, the 
Foundation has awarded over $2 million in grants to help 
more than 100 not-for-profit organisations. Bridgewater 
PCYC, Beacon Foundation, Rural Alive & Well, Camp 
Quality, St Vincent de Paul Society, Brave Foundation, 
Edmund Rice Camps Tasmania, Story Dogs, Colony 47 
and CatholicCare Tasmania were among the 
2019 recipients. 

The Foundation also supports The Smith Family, 
funding 100 students in the Learning for Life program 
for disadvantaged school children, supporting two Work 
Inspiration programs annually and student graduation 
celebrations. 

Our support for the Hobart Hurricanes cricket team 
over four seasons has helped promote MyState Bank 
nationally. In the 2018/2019 season we were the principal 
partner of the Women’s Big Bash League (WBBL) 
Hurricanes team and a major partner of the Big Bash 
League (BBL) team. We provided match day volunteers at 
home games and supported Hurricanes players’ visits to 
local schools during Community Blitz events. 

Another event that attracts national visitors is the 
MyState Bank Australian Wooden Boat Festival, 
a biennial event which hosted 215,000 people in 
Hobart over four days celebrating Tasmania’s rich 
maritime history.

The MyState Student Film Festival, which was opened 
to national entrants for the first time last year, received 
a record 1,500 participants and 306 entries. This event 
provides an important forum for students to showcase 
their talent and visual arts creativity.

Tasmanian Perpetual Trustees is a proud supporter of the 
Hardie Fellowship, which provides Tasmanian teachers 
with financial aid to broaden their professional knowledge 
through university study and research in the United States. 

MyState Foundation 

Foundation 
grants in 2019

Not-for-profit 
organisations helped

Students supported through 
The Smith Family

$159,637

10

100

MyState Bank Student Film Festival

Festival years

Festival entries

Participating students

17

306

 1,500

MyState Bank Australian Wooden Boat Festival

Tasmanian economy contribution

Festival attendees

Registered boats

$30.0m

215,000

504

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Performance Highlights

Hobart Hurricanes 

Seasons supported

Principal partner

Major partner

4

WBBL Hurricanes

BBL Hurricanes

International Women’s Day

States

Keynote speakers

2 Queensland 

Tasmania

2 Layne Beachley 

Janine Allis

People attended

400+

Hardie Fellowship

Trust support

Funding over 16 years

Educators supported

16 years

$5.5m

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02
Directors' 
Report

As at 30 June 2019

MyState Limited Annual Report 2019

Board of Directors

Miles Hampton
Chairman 
BEc(Hons), FCPA, FAICD 
Appointed 12 February 2009

Mr Hampton was appointed a 
Director of MyState Limited on 

12 February 2009 and became Chairman on 29 October 
2013. He has been a Director of Tasmanian Perpetual 
Trustees Limited since July 2006 and he was appointed a 
Director of MyState Bank Limited in September 2009.

Mr Hampton was Managing Director of ASX-listed 
agribusiness and real estate public company Roberts 
Limited from 1987 until 2006.

Melos A Sulicich
Managing Director and 
Chief Executive Officer 
BBus, GAICD, SA FIN 
Appointed 1 July 2014

Mr Sulicich is Managing Director and 

Chief Executive Officer of MyState Limited and also a 
Director of the MyState Community Foundation.

Mr Sulicich has extensive experience in a diverse range 
of businesses and industry sectors covering petrol 
retailing, financial services, industrial services, health 
care, transport and logistics.

Mr Hampton has previously been a Director of public 
companies Ruralco Holdings Ltd, Australian Pharmaceutical 
Industries Ltd, Wentworth Holdings Ltd, Money3 
Corporation Ltd, HMA Ltd and Gibsons Ltd. He was also a 
Director of Impact Fertilisers Pty Ltd, Deputy Chairman of 
the Van Diemen’s Land Company and Chairman of Forestry 
Tasmania, Hobart Water and TasWater.

Mr Hampton is a member of the MyState Limited 
Board’s Group Audit Committee, Group Remuneration 
Committee and Chair of the Group Nominations and 
Corporate Governance Committee.

From 2008 to 2013, he held the position of Chief 
Executive Officer of RAMS Financial Group, a subsidiary 
of Westpac. Prior to this, he spent eight years in general 
management positions for companies including Mayne 
Group, Adsteam Marine and the Spotless Group.

From 1995 to 2000, Mr Sulicich worked in various 
general management positions for Colonial Group 
Limited, including General Manager Marketing, Director 
Sales and Marketing for Colonial UK Limited and 
General Manager, Network Financial Services.

Robert L Gordon
Independent non-executive Director 
BSc, MIFA, MAICD, FAMI 
Appointed 12 February 2009

Mr Gordon is currently President of 
the Institute of Foresters of Australia 

(IFA) and President of Football Federation Tasmania, 
having previously held the position of Managing 
Director, Forestry Tasmania.

He has been a company director for seventeen years 
including six years as Chairman of connectfinancial. 
Mr Gordon has been a director of companies in the 

tourism industry, research & development, construction 
and infrastructure.

Mr Gordon was appointed as a Director of MyState Bank 
on 1 July 1998. He is Chairman of MyState Community 
Foundation Limited and was appointed a Director of 
Tasmanian Perpetual Trustees Limited on 
22 September 2009.

He is the Chairman of MyState Limited Board’s Group 
Risk Committee and a member of the Group Nomination 
and Corporate Governance Committee and the 
Group Digital Business Committee.

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Directors' Report
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Sibylle Krieger
Independent non-executive Director 
LLB(Hons), LLM, FAICD, MBA 
Appointed 1 December 2016

Ms Krieger has over 35 years of 
broad commercial experience as a 

lawyer, economic regulator, independent consultant and 
non-executive director, with particular focus on heavily 
regulated industries. She was a partner in two large 
commercial law firms for 22 years and has over 12 years’ 
experience as a non-executive director.

She is currently a non-executive director of the Australian 
Energy Market Operator Ltd (AEMO) and was formerly 

a non-executive Chair of Xenith IP Group Limited, a 
director of Sydney Ports Corporation, Allconnex Water, 
TasWater and Vector Limited (NZX:VCT), and a trustee 
of the Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust and of 
Sydney Grammar School.

In addition to her board roles, Ms Krieger has served 
as an independent consultant to private sector and 
government clients across diverse areas including risk 
management and energy security.

Ms Krieger is the chair of MyState Limited Board’s Group 
People and Remuneration Committee and a member of 
the Group Risk Committee and the Group Nominations 
and Corporate Governance Committee.

Warren Lee
Independent non-executive Director 
BCom, CA 
Appointed 19 October 2017

Mr Lee has extensive experience 
and leadership in the international 

financial services industry, including 15 years at AXA 
in senior management positions within the company’s 
Australian and Asian businesses.

Mr Lee's two most recent executive positions were Chief 
Executive Officer of the Victorian Funds Management 

Corporation and Chief Executive Officer, Australia and 
New Zealand for AXA Asia Pacific Holdings Limited.

He is currently a non-executive director of Tower 
Limited, Go Hold Limited and Go Blank Limited. He 
has a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of 
Melbourne and is a member of Chartered Accountants 
Australia and New Zealand.

Mr Lee is a member of MyState Limited Board’s Group 
Audit Committee, Group Risk Committee and Group 
Digital Business Committee.

Stephen E Lonie
Independent non-executive Director 
BCom, MBA, FCA, FFin, FAICD, FIMCA 
Appointed 12 December 2011

Currently, he is non-executive Chairman of Central 
Queensland mining group Jellinbah Resources Pty Ltd and 
is also Chairman of Apollo Tourism & Leisure Ltd and a non-
executive Director of Corporate Travel Management Ltd.

Mr Lonie was a former Partner 
of the international accounting 
and consulting firm KPMG, and now practices as an 
independent management consultant.

Mr Lonie is a member of MyState Limited Board’s Group 
Audit Committee, Group People and Remuneration 
Committee and Chair of the Group Digital Business 
Committee.

Andrea Waters
Independent non-executive Director 
BCom, FCA, GAICD 
Appointed 19 October 2017

Ms Waters is an experienced auditor, 
accountant and non-executive director 

with over 30 years' experience in financial services.

She is a Fellow of Chartered Accountants Australia & 
New Zealand and a member and accredited facilitator 
of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. She 
is a former partner with KPMG (until 2012) specialising 

in financial services audit. For the past seven years she 
has been a professional non-executive director and is 
currently a Director of Grant Thornton Australia Ltd, 
Bennelong Funds Management Group, Citywide Service 
Solutions Pty Ltd and Colonial Foundation.

She was previously a Director of The Lord Mayor's 
Charitable Foundation, Chartered Accountants Australia 
& New Zealand, Cancer Council Victoria, CareSuper and 
Cash Converters International Limited (ASX:CCV).

Ms Waters is the Chair of MyState’s Group Audit 
Committee and a member of the Group Risk Committee.

Key Management 
Personnel

David Harradine  
Chief Financial Officer 
BCom, FCA, BIIA, CIA

David is a chartered accountant with over 20 years’ experience working in 
the financial services industry. Having worked for over 16 years with Deloitte 
as a partner within the chartered accounting and advisory firm, David joined 
MyState in 2015 as CFO. David is responsible for managing the finance, 
treasury, regulatory reporting, strategy and property functions for MyState.

David contributes to the Tasmanian community through his board 
appointments to the not-for-profit community sector organisations 
CatholicCare and Centacare Evolve Housing.

Mandakini Khanna 
Chief Risk Officer 
Post DipBusAdm, Post DipBusFin, BCom

Mandakini (Mandy) is responsible for the management of the financial and 
non-financial risks of the MyState Limited Group. Mandy and her team have 
worked on strengthening risk culture and risk frameworks within MyState. 
This has helped build a culture of accountability across the business and 
sharpened the focus on customer outcomes.

Mandy has over 20 years’ experience in banking and retail financial and has 
held senior risk management positions in GE Capital across Asia Pacific. 
Prior to joining MyState, Mandy was the Chief Credit Officier for GE Capital in 
Asia Pacific.

Heather McGovern  
General Manager, Digital and Marketing 
BA Comms

Heather was appointed General Manager, Digital and Marketing in 
March 2019 and has responsibility for the Group’s digital, innovation, 
customer experience, brand and marketing divisions. 

Heather has over 20 years’ experience in digital and marketing roles within the 
financial services sector having worked with American Express, the Royal Bank 
of Canada, National Australia Bank, Incitec Pivot and AIA Australia. Prior to 
joining MyState, Heather held the role of Chief Product & Marketing Officer 
with BankVic where she played a key role in the expansion of their digital 
offering. Her rich international career includes roles based in Italy and Canada 
as well as in Australia.

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Tony MacRae
General Manager, Banking 
BEc

Tony has responsibility for the Group’s banking division which includes retail, 
call centres, business and agri-business as well as the mortgage broker 
channel. Tony’s extensive career within the financial services sector includes his 
previous role of National General Manager, Westpac Retail Home Ownership 
Distribution where he was responsible for the strategic sales leadership of 
Westpac’s physical and digital salesforce. 

Prior, Tony held key positions with the RAMS/Westpac Group including Acting 
CEO of RAMS and General Manager, Third Party Distribution for Westpac. He also 
held senior roles with PMI and Virgin Money Australia. Tony is a Board member 
and Treasurer of the Royal Flying Doctor Service, South Eastern Section.

Paul Moss 
General Manager, Technology, Operations and Product 
BEng(Hons)

Paul is responsible for the strategic direction and delivery of MyState Limited 
Group’s back office processing, technology and products. He joined the company 
in May 2015 having previously been a Director of IT Advisory at KPMG. 

Prior, Paul spent 11 years at Betfair, in the UK and Australia as Director of 
Information Systems and Operations, focusing on strategy development, 
global infrastructure deployments and customer experience. 

Before that he occupied technical leadership positions in UK-based 
investment banks.

Craig Mowll
General Manager, Wealth Management 
MBA, MBSc

Craig was appointed General Manager, Wealth Management in July 2018 
and is responsible for the strategic, financial and ongoing management of 
the MyState Limited Group’s Wealth Management division, which includes 
investment management and trustee capabilities.

Craig was previously Managing Director of Aura Group’s funds and wealth 
management business, following five years as the Chief Executive Officer of 
Certitude Global Investments. His prior roles include Director of Distribution, 
Product and Marketing at Credit Suisse and General Manager of Australian 
Distribution, Technical and Customer Service at St. George Bank.

Janelle Whittle
General Manager, People and Culture 
BCom, MHRM

Janelle has overall responsibility for MyState Limited Group’s human resources, 
including remuneration and benefits, health and safety, recruitment and 
employee relations. People and Culture leads internal communications and has 
a key role in developing and fostering organisational culture and capability to 
support MyState’s growth aspirations.

Janelle has over twenty years’ experience in human resource management 
across a number of industries including aquaculture, utilities and higher 
education. Her previous senior leadership positions in human resources 
include General Manager People and Culture at Aurora Energy, and Director 
Organisational Design and Change at the University of Tasmania.

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Directors' 
Report

Your Directors present their report on MyState Limited for 
the year ended 30 June 2019.

•  Sibylle Krieger LLB (Hons), LLM, FAICD, MBA 

Independent non-executive Director.

Directors

•  Miles Hampton BEc (Hons), FCPA, FAICD 

•  Warren Lee BCom, CA 

Independent non-executive Director.

Chairman and independent non-executive Director.

•  Stephen Lonie BCom, MBA, FCA, FFin, FAICD, FIMCA 

•  Melos Sulicich BBus, GAICD, SA FIN 

Managing Director – Executive Director.

•  Peter Armstrong BEc (Hons), Dip ED, Dip FP, CPA, 

FAICD (retired 22 February 2019) 
Independent non-executive Director.

•  Robert Gordon BSc, MIFA, MAICD, FAMI 

Independent non-executive Director.

Principal Activities

Independent non-executive Director.

•  Andrea Waters BCom, FCA, GAICD 
Independent non-executive Director.

Company Secretary

•  Scott Lukianenko Ad Dip BMgmt, Grad Cert BA, 

GIA (Cert). 

Banking Services

Trustee Services

Funds Management

•  Personal, residential and business 

•  Estate planning

•  Managed fund investments

banking

•  Estate and trust administration

•  Transactional, internet & mobile 

banking

•  Power of attorney

•  Corporate trustee

•  Savings and investments

• 

Insurance and other alliances

MyState Limited provides banking, trustee and managed 
fund products and services through its wholly-owned 
subsidiaries MyState Bank Limited and Tasmanian 
Perpetual Trustees Limited.

With the exception of the sale of retail Financial Planning 
on 28 June 2019, there have been no significant changes 
in the nature of the principal activities of the Group during 
the year.

Operating and Financial Review

The Group recorded a statutory profit after income tax for 
the year ended 30 June 2019 of $30.987m (30 June 
2018: $31.461m).

Dividends

The Directors have declared a fully franked (at 30%) 
final dividend of 14.5 cents per share. The dividend will 
be payable on 1 October 2019 to shareholders on the 
register at the record date of 30 August 2019.

Dividends paid in the full year ended 30 June 2019 were 
as follows:

•  In respect of the year ended 30 June 2018, a fully franked 

final dividend of 14.5 cents per share, amounting to 
$13.097m, was paid on 25 September 2018.

•  In respect of the half year ended 31 December 2018, 
a fully franked dividend of 14.25 cents per share, 
amounting to $12.919m, was paid on 29 March 2019.

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Review and Results of Operations

Financial performance
The Group recorded a net profit after income tax for the 
full year ended 30 June 2019 of $30.987m, a decrease of 
1.5% on the prior corresponding period ended 30 June 
2018 (pcp) of $31.461m.

Earnings per share decreased by 2.31% to 34.17 cents per 
share on the pcp and return on equity decreased 38bps 
to 9.70%. 

Group Net Profi t after Tax ($m)

Operating costs increased $2.220m or 2.9% on prior 
year (2.0% excluding depreciation and amortisation).

The Group’s Wealth business, also reported a result in 
line with the prior year

High credit quality maintained in a period of 
significant growth
The above system loan book growth has been delivered 
with a focus on low risk, owner-occupied lending with a 
loan-to-valuation ratio of less than 80%.

The banking loan portfolio grew 10.72% reaching a 
$5 billion total portfolio.

30.10

31.50

31.00

30 and 90 day arrears continue to be below peers and 
industry benchmarks (at 0.46% and 0.26% respectively).

Total book composition ($m)

4,269

4,550

5,038

63

63

66

55

72

64

51
69

65

FY17

FY18

FY19

4,076

4,358

4,852

The full year result for the Group was significantly 
impacted by a decrease in the net interest margin (NIM), 
which declined 17bps on the prior year. The decline in 
NIM reflected competitive pressures and the impact in the 
first half of an increase in the Bank Bill Swap Rate (BBSW) 
benchmark. However, as BBSW eased in the second 
half, NIM improved. The shifting market conditions led 
to a strong finish to FY19 with 2H19 delivering a much 
improved result on 1H19.

MyState Bank achieved above system loan book growth, 
the book increasing $487.835m during FY19, compared 
to $282.731m in the prior year. 

FY17

FY18

FY19

 Housing Loans 

 Personal Loans

 Business / Agri / Commercial 

 Overdrafts

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Home Loan Book by LVR ($b)

$0.20
$0.26
$0.39

$0.31
$0.30

$0.42

$3.05

$3.51

$0.20
$0.30
$0.37

>90%

85% - 90% +2.40%
80% - 85%

<80%

$3.98

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t
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o
r
g
r
a
e
y
n
o
r
a
e
Y

+13.51%

FY17

FY18

FY19

Exposure to investor and interest only lending remains 
very low and within regulatory guidelines.

During the period, MyState Bank continued to grow its 
customer base across the eastern seaboard of Australia, 
with the proportion of home loans outside of Tasmania 
increasing from 54.5% to 58.2% since 30 June 2018. 

Margin pressure driven by increased cost of funding
Funding costs in 1H19 were significantly elevated on 
the prior year and were driven by BBSW benchmarked 
wholesale funding costs which increased substantially over 
norms of the last decade.

Despite an increase in funding costs, variable home loan 
rates for customers were maintained through the first half 
and repricing of mortgages was delayed until 29 January 
2019, when variable rate mortgages were increased 
by 11 - 16 bps.

The repricing of mortgages helped to contribute to 
margin maintenance in 2H19. This outcome was further 
assisted by a steady reduction in wholesale funding costs 
late in the half, which benefited from an easing in BBSW. 
A rate cut was announced by the RBA in June 2019, and 
most of this reduction has been passed on to borrowers. 
Deposit rates also partly reduced at the end of June 2019 
reflecting a downward move in the market following the 
RBA cut.

Customer deposits remain important to ensuring a 
competitive and stable funding base and customer 
deposits increased $394.890m or 12.09% on the 
prior period.

Non-interest income from banking activities
Non-interest income from banking activities continued to 
trend in line with market and industry trends. Increased 
uptake of digital products and preferences for lower cost 
self-serve functionality also impacted non-interest income, 
which declined by $0.219m (1.41%) on pcp.

Wealth management
MyState’s wealth management business continued to 
provide diversity in revenue for the Group, with NPAT 
of $5.111m, increasing 11.96% on the pcp (inclusive of 
a $1.209m gain on disposal of the financial planning 
business). Funds under management revenue increased 
1.19% on the pcp in tandem with the highest Funds 
Under Management (FUM) recorded for the past decade 
at $1.170b.

Funds under management ($m)

1,153

1,170

NIM Trend

1.97%

1.97%

1,089

1.81%

1.79%

1.80%

FY17

FY18

FY19

On 28 June 2019 the retail Financial Planning business 
was sold.

FY17

FY18

1H19

2H19

FY19

Strong Capital position

13.47%

1.96%

11.52%

1.51%

0.05%

 Tier 1 capital
 Tier 2 capital
 Increase
 Decrease

1.93%

1.51%

2.29%

0.05%

0.20%

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12.90%

1.82%

11.09%

FY18

Capital 
initiatives

Securitised 
assets

Profi t

Dividends 
paid

Secured 
mortgage 
lending

Capitalised
intangibles

Other asset 
growth

FY19

The Group has maintained its strong balance sheet and 
the Group’s capital adequacy ratio at 30 June 2019 was 
12.90%. Notwithstanding significant lending growth, 
this equates to a 57 bps difference on the pcp. The 
Group maintained 11.09% common equity tier 1 capital 
adequacy ratio and remains well positioned to meet 
APRA’s “unquestionably strong” requirements by 1 
January 2020.

Robust risk & regulatory framework and track record
The Group has continued to invest in strengthening its 
risk management capability and embedding an even 
stronger risk culture. 

MyState’s approach to risk management continues to 
mature and is overseen by the Board and its Group Risk 
Committee, supported by a well-defined risk appetite 
statement, contemporary processes and systems and an 
industry standard three lines of defence model, which 
supports the identification, assessment, evaluation and 
management of risk. 

Conduct risk is an area of risk that has attracted much 
attention within the sector and MyState’s long-standing 
commitment to delivering great customer outcomes 
continues to be affirmed by our Customer Advocate, 
a role independent from the bank’s existing complaints 
resolution process and designed to ensure the most 
difficult customer complaints are managed appropriately 
and with direct access to the CEO if necessary.

In addition, our commitment to our Code of Conduct 
has been reaffirmed by strengthening our whistle blower 
program. MyState adopted the new Banking Code of 
Practice on 1 July 2019. Core to the Banking Code are 
the concepts of being diligent and prudent bankers, and 
understanding our duty of care for all our customers. 

Community
MyState seeks to make a genuine difference to our 
customers and communities each and every day.

Since 2001, the MyState Foundation has awarded more 
than $2.2 million in grants to help more than 90 not-for-
profit organisations with a focus on empowering youth.

Outlook

MyState Bank expects to continue to be able to achieve 
above system growth whilst maintaining a high quality 
of loan book. 

Margin management will continue to be important 
in the context of a low interest rate environment that 
is expected to be a feature of the industry for the 
foreseeable future. 

The business is now realising the benefits from an 
extended period of significant investment in digital 
technology platforms. The focus in FY2020 will be to 
continue to build customer advocacy and grow the 
customer base nationally, as well as pursue further 
operating efficiencies.

Tasmanian Perpetual Trustees is expected to continue 
to provide further revenue diversity as the Group 
reinvigorates its funds management platform, introduces 
new services for investors and improved returns 
for investors.

Superior customer outcomes, unlocking the benefits of 
investments made in digitisation of the business and a 
focus on disciplined execution of strategy are expected 
to deliver improved shareholder returns over the 
future period.

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Indemnification and Insurance of Directors and Officers
The Company has paid, or agreed to pay, a premium 
in relation to a contract insuring the Directors and 
Officers listed in this report against those liabilities for 
which insurance is permitted under Section 199B of the 
Corporations Act 2001.

The Company has not otherwise, during or since the relevant 
period, indemnified or agreed to indemnify an Officer or 
Auditor of the Company or of any related body corporate 
against a liability incurred as such an Officer or Auditor.

Non-Audit Services
During the year, Wise Lord & Ferguson, the Company’s 
auditor has performed certain other services in addition 
to their statutory duties. Further details are set out in note 
9.2 to the financial statements.

The Board has considered the non-audit services provided 
during the year by the auditor and, in accordance with 
written advice provided by the Group Audit Committee, 
is satisfied that the provision of those non-audit services 
during the year by the auditor is compatible with, and did 
not compromise, the auditor independence requirements 
of the Corporations Act 2001, for the following reasons:

•  All non-audit services were subject to the corporate 

governance procedures adopted by the Company and 
have been reviewed by the Group Audit Committee, 
to ensure that they do not impact the integrity and 
objectivity of the auditor; and

•  The non-audit services provided do not undermine the 
general principles relating to the auditor independence 
as they related to technical disclosure issues.

Signed in accordance with a resolution of the Directors.

Miles Hampton 
Chairman 

Hobart, dated 23 August 2019

            Melos Sulicich 
            Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer

Lead auditor’s independence declaration 
under section 307C of the Corporations 
Act 2001

The Directors received the following declaration from the 
auditor of the Company:

In relation to our audit of the financial report for the 
consolidated group for the financial year ended 30 June 
2019, to the best of my knowledge and belief, there have 
been no contraventions of the auditor independence 
requirements of the Corporations Act 2001 or any 
applicable code of professional conduct.

This declaration is in respect of MyState Limited and the 
entities it controlled during the period.

J Doyle 
Partner 
Wise Lord & Ferguson 
Hobart 

Dated 23 August 2019

Rounding of amounts

In accordance with applicable financial reporting 
regulations and current industry practices, amounts 
in this report have been rounded off to the nearest 
one thousand dollars, unless otherwise stated. Any 
discrepancies between totals and sums of components in 
charts contained in this report are due to rounding.

State of Affairs

During the financial year, there was no significant change 
in the state of affairs of the Company other than referred 
to in the review and results of operations.

Events Subsequent To Balance Date 

In the opinion of the Directors, there has not arisen, in 
the period between the end of the financial year and 
the date of this report, any material item, transactions or 
event that is likely to significantly affect the operations of 
the consolidated entity.

Likely Developments and Expected Results

Directors do not foresee any material changes in the 
likely developments in the operations or the expected 
results of those operations in future financial years.

Directors consider that the disclosure of additional 
information in respect of likely developments in the 
operations or the expected results of those operations 
may unreasonably prejudice the Company. Accordingly, 
this information has not been disclosed in this report.

Environmental Regulation

The Company is not subject to significant environmental 
regulation.

Directors’ Meetings

The number of meetings of Directors (including meetings 
of the Committees of Directors) held during the year and 
the number of meetings attended by each director are as 
indicated in the following table:

Director

Board 
Meetings

Group Audit 
Committee

Peter Armstrong 
(Retired 22/2/19)

Robert Gordon

Miles Hampton

Sibylle Krieger 

Warren Lee 

Stephen Lonie

Melos Sulicich

Andrea Waters 

A

8

13

12

12

12

11

13

13

B

8

13

13

13

13

13

13

13

A

n/a

n/a

5

n/a

5

4

n/a

5

B

n/a

n/a

5

n/a

5

5

n/a

5

Group 
People and 
Remuneration 
Committee 

A

2

B

2

n/a

n/a

3

4

n/a

4

n/a

n/a

4

4

n/a

4

n/a

n/a

Group 
Nominations 
& Corporate 
Governance 
Committee

Group Digital 
Business 
Committee

Group Risk 
Committee

A

n/a

12

n/a

10

11

n/a

n/a

12

B

n/a

12

n/a

12

12

n/a

n/a

12

A

3

4

4

1

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

B

3

4

4

1

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

A

n/a

4

n/a

3

3

4

n/a

n/a

B

n/a

4

n/a

3

4

4

n/a

n/a

A – Number of meetings attended | B – Number of meetings eligible to attend

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MyState Limited
Remuneration 
Report

This Remuneration Report forms part of the 
Directors’ Report and outlines the Director and 
Executive remuneration arrangements of MyState 
Limited (the Company or MYS) for the year ended 
30 June 2019, in accordance with the requirements 
of the Corporations Act 2001 and its regulations. 

For the purposes of this report, Key Management 
Personnel (KMP) are defined as those persons having 
authority and responsibility for planning, directing 
and controlling the major activities of the Company, 
directly or indirectly, including any Director (whether 
Executive or otherwise) of the Company.

Contents

1.  Key Management Personnel
2.  Remuneration Strategy

2.1  Remuneration Philosophy
2.2  Consequences of Performance on 

Shareholder Wealth
2.3  Remuneration Governance
3.  Non-Executive Director Remuneration

1. Key Management Personnel 

4.  Managing Director and Executive Remuneration

4.1  Total Fixed Reward
4.2  Short Term Incentive
4.3  Executive Long Term Incentive Plan
4.4  Banking Executive Accountability Regime

5.  Statutory Tables
6.  Shareholdings of Key Management Personnel
7.  Loans to Key Management Personnel
8.  Executive Employment Agreements

The Key Management Personnel (KMP) of the Company in office during the year and up to the date of this report was as follows:

Name | Title

Non-Executive Directors
Miles Hampton  
Chairman
Peter Armstrong
Robert Gordon
Sibylle Krieger 
Warren Lee 
Stephen Lonie
Andrea Waters

Executive Directors
Melos Sulicich 
Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer
Executives
Huw Bough 
General Manager Mortgage Broker, Business and Agri Banking
Katherine Dean 
General Manager Retail Banking Sales and Service
David Harradine 
Chief Financial Officer
Mandakini Khanna 
Chief Risk Officer
Paul Moss 
General Manager Technology, Operationsand Product
Heather McGovern 
General Manager Digital and Marketing
Anthony MacRae 
General Manager Banking
Craig Mowll 
General Manager Wealth Management
Janelle Whittle 
General Manager People and Culture

MyState Limited Annual Report 2019

Movements in the 
2019 Financial Year

Ceased 22 February 2019

Ceased 1 February 2019

Ceased 7 December 2018

Appointed 18 March 2019

Appointed 12 February 2019

Appointed 16 July 2018

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2.  Remuneration Strategy

2.1 Remuneration Philosophy
The objective of MyState Limited’s remuneration policy 
is to promote personal and collective behaviours that 
deliver sustained financial performance appropriate risk 
management and the, good reputation of the Group. 

The MYS Remuneration Policy is designed to achieve this 
objective by having:

•  Appropriately balanced measures of employee 

performance that inform variable performance based 
pay for Executives, including short and long term 
incentive plans; 

•  Recognition and reward for strong performance 
linked to favourable customer outcomes and 
sustainable shareholder returns; 

•  A considered balance between the capacity to pay and 
the need to attract and retain capable staff at all levels;

•  Ensuring that the structure of the remuneration 
of risk and financial control personnel, including 
performance based components, does not 
compromise the independence of these personnel in 
carrying out their functions;and

•  Short term and long term incentive performance 
criteria being structured within the overall risk 
management of the Group.

The performance measures for triggering both the Group’s 
cash based Short Term Incentive Plan (STI) and Executive 
Long Term Incentive Plan (ELTIP) have been tailored to 
align “at-risk” remuneration and performance hurdle 
thresholds to the delivery of financial and operational 
objectives and sustained shareholder value growth.

STI includes financial and non-financial metrics. 

ELTIP performance measures for all offers are weighted 
equally between relative total shareholder return (TSR) 
performance and absolute post tax return on equity 
(ROE). The relative TSR is a measure which incorporates 
both dividends paid and movements in share prices, 
whilst the post-tax underlying ROE are measures of 
corporate profitability.

2.3 Remuneration Governance
The Group People and Remuneration Committee assists 
the Directors in discharging the Board’s responsibilities 
in relation to remuneration governance and to provide 
oversight to support the Company in achieving its human 
resource goals. The committee makes recommendations 
to the Board on:

•  Remuneration arrangements for Directors, the 

Managing Director and other senior Executives, 
having regard to comparative remuneration data in 
the financial services industry, independent advice and 
compliance with the requirements of APRA Prudential 
Standards and the Banking Executive Accountability 
Regime (BEAR);

Further, the Board has an overriding discretion to 
reduce or clawback variable pay to mitigate unintended 
consequences.

•  Human Resource policies and practices, ratification of 

industrial instruments and oversight of compliance with 
legal and regulatory requirements; and

In accordance with best practice corporate governance, 
the structure of Non-Executive Director remuneration is 
separate and distinct from Executive remuneration.

2.2 Consequences of Performance on 
Shareholder Wealth
In considering the Company’s performance and benefits for 
Shareholder wealth, the Group People and Remuneration 
Committee has regard to the following metrics:

Indicator

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019

29,719

31,062 30,080 31,461

30,987

•  Oversight to ensure that the Group builds capability 
for strategic execution and to support the Group’s 
business operations and culture, including succession 
planning and matters such as the Company’s Employee 
Share Scheme and other incentive schemes for 
Executives and staff.

The Group People and Remuneration Committee aims to 
ensure that there is no conflict of interest regarding Executive 
Director involvement in Board decisions on remuneration 
packages and also in monitoring the involvement of 
Management generally in Committee discussions and 
deliberations regarding remuneration policy. No Executive is 
directly involved in deciding their own remuneration.

Underlying Profit 
after income tax 
($'000)

Underlying 
Earnings per share 
(cents)

Dividends paid 
($'000)

Share price 
(dollars)

Underlying Return 
on equity (%)

Underlying Cost to 
Income Ratio (%)

34.04

35.52

34.04

34.97

34.17

3.  Non-Executive Director Remuneration

24,880 24,886 25,042 25,794 26,016

4.83

4.13

4.85

5.01

4.49

10.4

10.6

10.0

10.1

9.7

The Company’s Non-Executive Directors (NEDs) receive 
only fees, including statutory superannuation, for their 
services and the reimbursement of reasonable expenses. 
They do not receive any retirement benefits other than 
statutory superannuation. 

64.3

63.2

65.9

64.0

64.77

The Board reviews its fees to ensure the Company’s NEDs 
are fairly remunerated for their services, recognising the 

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level of skill and experience required to conduct the role 
and that the fee scale will enable the Company to attract 
and retain talented NEDs.

The individual Executive remuneration arrangements 
reflect the complexity of the role, individual responsibilities, 
individual performance, experience and skills.

The advice of independent remuneration consultants is taken 
to ensure that the Directors’ fees are in line with market. 

The aggregate remuneration paid to all the NEDs, 
inclusive of statutory superannuation, may not exceed the 
$950,000 amount fixed by Shareholders at the October 
2012 Annual General Meeting of Shareholders. 
This “fee pool” is only available to NEDs. 

Each NED currently receives $88,400 per annum, inclusive 
of statutory superannuation, and the Chairman receives 
$221,000 per annum, inclusive of statutory superannuation.

The Chairs of the Group’s Audit Committee and Risk 
Committee receive an additional $15,000 per annum, 
inclusive of statutory superannuation. The Chairs of the 
Group Technology Committee and the Group People and 
Remuneration Committee receive an additional $12,500, 
per annum, inclusive of statutory superannuation.

Additionally, Members of Board Committees who are 
not Chairs are paid $5,000 per annum per Committee, 
inclusive of statutory superannuation. The Chairman’s 
fee is inclusive of Chairing the Group Nominations and 
Corporate Governance Committee, membership of the 
Group Audit Committee and membership of Group People 
and Remuneration Committee. 

4.  Managing Director and Executive 
Remuneration

The Company links the nature and quantum of the 
remuneration of the Executive Management Team (EMT), 
comprising the Managing Director and Executives directly 
reporting to the Managing Director, to its financial and 
operational performance. The remuneration packages for the 
EMT are based on a notional Total Target Reward which, from 
time to time, may comprise one or more of the following: 

•  Total fixed reward (inclusive of superannuation and 

salary sacrifice) (TFR);

•  Cash based short term incentives (STI); and 

•  Equity based long term incentives (ELTIP).

4.1  Total Fixed Reward 
The Total Fixed Reward (TFR) is paid by way of cash salary, 
superannuation and salary sacrificed other benefits and is 
reviewed annually by the Group People and Remuneration 
Committee. External remuneration consultants are 
appointed on a regular basis to provide analysis and advice 
to the Committee to ensure that Executive remuneration is 
competitive and appropriately structured. 

4.2  Short Term Incentive 
The STI is an annual “at risk” incentive payment. It 
rewards EMT members for their contribution towards 
the achievement of the Group’s goals. The maximum 
potential payment is calculated as a percentage of the 
TFR of each EMT member and is payable in cash and/or 
superannuation contributions. 

Payment is conditional upon the achievement, during the 
financial year under review, of financial and non-financial 
performance objectives. The measures are chosen and 
weighted to best align the individual’s reward to the 
Key Performance Indicators (KPI’s) of the Group and its 
overall long term performance. There is no fixed minimum 
payment amount. The KPI’s are measures relating to 
Group and personal performance accountabilities and 
include financial, strategic, operational, cultural, risk and 
compliance, customer and stakeholder measures. 

Each year, the Group People and Remuneration 
Committee, in consultation with the Board, sets the KPI’s 
for the Managing Director.

The Managing Director recommends KPI’s for Executives 
to the Group People and Remuneration Committee who 
subsequently make a recommendation to the Board.

At the end of the financial year, the Managing Director 
assesses the performance of the Executives against their KPIs 
and makes a recommendation for each Executive to the Group 
People and Remuneration Committee as to the STI payment.

At the end of the financial year, the Group People and 
Remuneration Committee assesses the performance of the 
Managing Director against the KPIs for the financial year.

The Group People and Remuneration Committee 
recommends the STI payments to be made to the 
Managing Director and Executives for approval by the 
Board. Approval of a STI to the Managing Director or 
Executives is at the complete discretion of the Board. The 
Board discretion may result in a reduction or forfeiture 
of payment. The Board applies overall gateways to STI 
payments that are a combination of financial and non-
financial considerations including, risk and compliance, 
conduct and reputation and net profit before tax. The 
Board have applied these gates to modify the payment 
awarded to Executives. If the results on which any STI 
reward was based are subsequently found by the Board 
to have been the subject of deliberate management 
misstatement, error, misrepresentation or act or omission 
which the Group People and Remuneration Committee 
or the Board (acting reasonably) considers would have 
resulted in the KPIs not being satisfied or there is otherwise 

a reward decision incorrectly made, the Board may require 
repayment of the whole or any part of the relevant STI, 
in addition to taking any other disciplinary actions.

Payment of a STI to the Managing Director or Executive 
who are accountable persons, is subject to the Board being 
satisfied that the payment may be made under the BEAR.

Current STI Offers
Details of the STI payments for the 2018/2019 financial 
year and the 2017/2018 financial year are set out in the 
following tables. 

Key Management Personnel

Max. %  
(of TFR)

Max Payable % Awarded % Forfeited

Amount 
Paid $

% Which 
is not yet 
assessed 
for payment

Melos Sulicich

Huw Bough(i)

Katherine Dean (i)

David Harradine

Mandakini Khanna

Heather McGovern (i)

Anthony MacRae (i)

Craig Mowll (i)

Paul Moss 

Janelle Whittle

Melos Sulicich

Huw Bough

Katherine Dean

David Harradine

Mandakini Khanna

Paul Moss 

Andrew Polson (i)

Chris Thornton (i)

Janelle Whittle (i)

2018/2019 STI

$312,500

20.85%

79.15%

$65,156

$60,362

25.27%

74.73%

$15,256

$42,082

0%

100%

$0

$114,000

18.37%

81.63%

$20,950

$108,000

27.68%

72.32%

$29,890

$28,479

27.20%

72.80%

$7,755

$44,556

25.40%

74.60%

$11,330

$112,192

11.48%

88.52%

$12,874

$102,000

24.23%

75.77%

$24,710

$87,000

19.72%

80.28%

$17,160

2017/2018 STI

$287,500

55.00%

45.00%

$158,125

$99,000

72.22%

27.78%

$71,500

$96,000

42.75%

57.25%

$41,040

$111,000

72.52%

27.48%

$80,500

$103,500

75.07%

24.93%

$77,700

$99,000

72.73%

27.27%

$72,000

$85,483

$46,258

0.00%

0.00%

100.00%

100.00%

$0

$0

$38,137

43.33%

56.67%

$16,525

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

50%

30%

30%

30%

30%

30%

30%

30%

30%

30%

50%

30%

30%

30%

30%

30%

30%

30%

30%

(i) Pro-rata Max Payable based on commencement and cessation dates as applicable.

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4.3 Executive Long Term Incentive Plan 
The ELTIP provides a long term “at risk” incentive, assessed 
over a three year performance period. It was established 
by the Board to encourage the EMT, comprising the 
Managing Director and participating Executives, by 
allowing them to be rewarded with shares for helping to 
create long term value for the Company’s shareholders. 
Participating Executives are allocated fully paid ordinary 
shares in the Company without payment on their part if 
performance criteria specified by the Board are satisfied in 
a set performance period.

Each year, an offer may be made to individual members of 
the EMT as determined by the Board. The maximum value 
of the offer is determined as a percentage of the TFR of 
each member of the EMT. As a general guide, noting that 
the Board has absolute discretion to vary, the maximum 
percentages used are 50% for the Managing Director and 
30% for participating Executives. The maximum value of the 
offer is converted into a number of fully paid ordinary shares 
based upon the Volume Weighted Average Price (VWAP) 
of shares calculated over the period of twenty (20) trading 
days commencing on the first business day of the financial 
year in which the offer is made. The number of shares is then 
nominally fixed. 

In order for the shares to vest, certain performance criteria 
must be satisfied within the predetermined performance 
period. Both the performance criteria and the performance 
period are set by the Board, at its absolute discretion. 
The Board has, for the time being, set the three financial 
years, commencing with the year in which an offer is made 
under the plan, as the performance period, with relative 
TSR, absolute post tax underlying ROE for the “2016” and 
“2017” offers and post-tax underlying ROE for the “2018” 
offer as the performance criteria. 

At the end of the performance period, or as soon as possible 
after, the Board will determine, at its complete discretion, 
the number of shares in respect of which the Managing 
Director and participating Executive may be entitled under 
the terms of the relevant offer and ELTIP rules.

For offers made on or after 1 July 2018, the Board has 
also set a period of five years from commencement of 
the performance period before making an allocation 
of shares to an Executive who meets or partially meets 
the performance criteria, creating a deferral period 
of a further two years between the conclusion of the 
performance period and the allocation of shares. 

On accepting an ELTIP offer made by the Company, 
participating Executive are required to not hedge 
their economic exposure to any allocated non-vested 
entitlement. Failure to comply with this directive will 
constitute a breach of duty and may result in forfeiture of 
the offer and/or dismissal.

Any reward that may be payable to the Managing 
Director and participating Executive on satisfaction of the 
performance criteria under any ELTIP offer is subject to 
reassessment and possible forfeiture, during the further 
deferral period, if the results on which the ELTIP reward was 
based, are subsequently found to have been the subject 
of deliberate management misstatement. In addition, 
where a participating Executive is also an accountable 
person under the BEAR, the payment of shares to the 
Executive will be subject to the Board’s positive assessment 
that their accountability obligations have been met. The 
payment and allocation of shares may be reduced or 
cancelled to the extent that the Board determines that the 
accountability obligations have not been met.

Vesting of shares to the Managing Director and eligible 
Executives is at the complete discretion of the Board. 
The ELTIP rules provide for an independent Trustee to 
act at the direction of the Company, and the Trustee 
may acquire and hold shares on behalf of Executives that 
have received an allocation of shares. The participating 
Executive cannot transfer or dispose of shares which 
have vested to them until the time specified in the ELTIP 
rules. A direction to the Trustee to allocate shares to each 
eligible Executive will be made in accordance with their 
entitlement under the relevant offer and ELTIP rules. 

Any shares to be allocated to the Managing Director 
under this Plan require shareholder approval in 
accordance with ASX Listing Rules.

Commencement of employment during a financial year
Where an Executive commences employment with 
the Company post 1 July in a given year, the following 
conditions will apply in respect of ELTIP:

•  Upon recommendation by the Managing Director, and, 
if deemed eligible by the Board, the Executive shall 
receive a pro rata offer for that year, unless that person 
commences employment between 1 April and 30 June, 
in which case, they shall not be entitled to receive an 
offer for that financial year; and

•  Calculations for ELTIP entitlements in terms of the 

20 day VWAP, must be consistent with the offers for 
that year, irrespective of the date that an employee 
commences or to whom an offer to participate is made.

Cessation of employment
On separation from the Company, ELTIP shares will be 
released only if the separation is due to a Qualifying 
Reason or is at the initiation of the Company without cause. 

A Qualifying Reason, as defined by the ELTIP Plan Rules, 
is death, total and permanent disability, retirement at 
normal retirement age, redundancy or other such reason 
as the Board, in its absolute discretion, may determine. 

Where an ELTIP participant ceases employment with MYS 
during a performance period, the offer will be assessed 
by the Board at the end of the performance period along 
with all other participants subject to meeting the 12 
month employment hurdle that applies to any ELTIP offer. 

The allocation of shares to any ELTIP participant where 
the Executive is an accountable person, is subject to the 
BEAR. Shares will not be vested for ELTIP participants to 
the extent it would cause the Company to contravene its 
obligations under the BEAR.

dividend payments on those shares and to have the 
Trustee exercise the voting rights on those shares in 
accordance with their instructions. 

For the avoidance of doubt, for ELTIP offers made after 
1 July 2018, the Company will not direct the Trustee 
to allocate the shares to the participating Executive’s 
account during the specified 2 year deferral period. The 
2 year deferral period commences after the end of the 
relevant performance period. During this period, such 
participants have no entitlement to any dividends or 
voting rights in respect of the shares.

Entitlement to dividend income on shares 
During the period that allocated shares for a participating 
Executive are held by the Trustee, the participating 
Executive is entitled to receive the income arising from 

Details of offers made under the ELTIP to KMP that affect 
the calculation of their remuneration are set out in the 
following table.

Offer

2016

2017

2018

Performance Period

1 July 2016 to 30 June 2019

1 July 2017 to 30 June 2020

1 July 2018 to 30 June 2021

The comparator group

Fair value of shares used for 
TSR calculation (i)

Offer date 
- Managing Director  
- Other executives (iii)

Value of offer (ii) 
- Managing Director  
- Other eligible Executives

Members of the S&P/ASX300

$1.96

Managing Director $2.57 
Other Executives $2.44

Managing Director $2.52 
Other Executives $2.17

29 November 2016  
5 September 2016

8 November 2017 
11 September 2017

7 January 2019 
7 January 2019

$287,500 
$691,455

$287,500 
$800,136

$312,500 
$651,727

(i) The fair value of offers that are assessed and awarded on market based conditions is determined on the grant date in accordance with 
AASB 2. The fair value is used by the Group to recognise an expense over the performance period for the TSR component of offers.

(ii) The value of the offer is the maximum value calculated as at the date of offer to the KMP(s) at that time. As such, it may include the value of 
offers made to individuals who are no longer KMP’s of the Company.

(iii) Pro-rata offer made to Katherine Dean in respect of the “2016” Offer on 15 May 2017, in respect of the “2017” Offer to Janelle Whittle on 
13 February 2018, in respect of the “2018” Offer to Anthony MacRae and Heather McGovern on the 25th of February 2019 and 29th of May 
2019 respectively

Calculation of the Reward 

TSR Component
For the 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019 Offers, the ELTIP TSR component will vest on the following basis:

MYS TSR relative to the ASX 300:

Percentage of the applicable reward that will vest:

Below the mid-point percentage:

At the Median ASX300

0% 

50%

Between the median and 75th percentile

Straight line basis between 50% and 100%

Above the 75th percentile

100% 

No reward will be payable if performance is negative irrespective of the benchmark group performance.

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ROE Component
The performance period for the ROE component for the ELTIP reward will be based upon on the Company’s post tax 
ROE and will be payable on the following basis: 

Name

Component

Maximum Offer

Forfeited/ 
Lapsed

Vested in the 2018/19 
Financial Year

Not yet assessed 
for Vesting

Number of Shares

For the 2016 and 2017 Offers: 

MYS aggregate absolute post tax underlying 
ROE for the performance period:

Below 31.80%

31.80%

31.80% to 33.50% 

33.50% or above 

For the 2018 & 2019 Offer:

MYS aggregate post tax underlying 
ROE for the performance period:

Below 30.00%

30.00%

30.00% to 31.50% 

31.50% or above 

Percentage of the applicable reward that will vest:

0%

25%

Straight line from 25% to 100%

100%

Percentage of the applicable reward that will vest:

0%

50%

Straight line basis from 50% to 100%

100%

Actual and Potential ELTIP Share Allocations
The following tables detail, for current and former KMP, the status of offers made under the ELTIP. The “2015” offer 
performance period was completed on 30 June 2018. The “2016” offer performance period was completed on 30 June 2019. 

Name

Component

Maximum Offer

Forfeited/ 
Lapsed

Vested in the 2017/18 
Financial Year

Not yet assessed 
for Vesting

Number of Shares

"2015" Offer
Melos Sulicich

Huw Bough

David Harradine

Mandakini Khanna (i)

Paul Moss

Andrew Polson (i)

Chris Thornton

TSR
ROE
TSR
ROE
TSR
ROE
TSR
ROE
TSR
ROE
TSR
ROE
TSR
ROE

29,193
29,193
10,191
10,191
11,306
11,305
6,116
6,116
9,235
9,235
3,733
3,733
10,191
10,191

29,193
29,193
10,191
10,191
11,306
11,305
6,116
6,116
9,235
9,235
3,733
3,733
10,191
10,191

-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-

(i) Pro-rata Max Payable based on commencement dates as applicable

-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-

“2016” Offer
Melos Sulicich

Huw Bough

Katherine Dean (i)

David Harradine

Mandakini Khanna

Paul Moss

Andrew Polson

Chris Thornton

TSR
ROE
TSR
ROE
TSR
ROE
TSR
ROE
TSR
ROE
TSR
ROE
TSR
ROE
TSR
ROE

34,976
34,975
12,044
12,044 
4,192
4,191
13,504
13,503
12,044
12,044
12,044
12,044
12,044
12,044
11,679
11,679

16,719
34,975
12,044
12,044 
4,192
4,191
6,455
13,503
5,757
12,044
5,757
12,044
12,044
12,044
11,679
11,679

18,257
-
-
-
-
-
7,049
-
6,287
-
6,287
-
-
-
-
-

-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-

1) Pro-rata Max Payable based on commencement dates as applicable

The “2017”, “2018” and “2019” offers have not been assessed for vesting. The following table shows the maximum 
number of shares available under each of these offers:

Name

Melos Sulicich

Huw Bough

Katherine Dean (iv)

David Harradine

Colleen Harris (i)

Mandakini Khanna

Heather McGovern (iii)

Anthony MacRae (iii)

Paul Moss

Craig Mowll (iii)

Andrew Polson

Chris Thornton

Janelle Whittle (ii)

Component
TSR
ROE
TSR
ROE
TSR
ROE
TSR
ROE
TSR
ROE
TSR
ROE
TSR
ROE
TSR
ROE
TSR
ROE
TSR
ROE
TSR
ROE
TSR
ROE
TSR
ROE

"2017" Offer

"2018" Offer

"2019" Offer

29,307
29,307
10,092
10,092
9,786
9,786
11,315
11,315
9,714
9,714
10,551
10,551
-
-
-
-
10,092
10,092
-
-
10,092
10,092
10,245
10,245
3,888
3,887

Number of Shares
32,188
32,187
-
-
-
-
11,742
11,742
-
-
11,124
11,124
2,934
2,933
4,590
4,589
10,506
10,506
11,556
11,555
-
-
-
-
8,961
8,961

34,036
34,035
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
12,743
12,743
10,783
10,782
12,743
12,743
11,926
11,926
12,743
12,743
-
-
-
-
9,476
9,475

(i) Offer made in 2017 but not accepted.

(ii) Pro-rata offer made for “2017”.

(iii) Pro-rata offer made for “2018”.

(iv) The “2018” Offer extended to Katherine Dean was forfeited due to less than 12 months of the performance period having been served.

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4.4 Banking Executive Accountability Regime 
MyState accountable persons are registered with APRA. 
Each accountable person has an agreed accountability 
statement that sets out the accountabilities relevant 
to their role in relation to BEAR. Each accountability 
statement is endorsed by the Board and approved by 
APRA. Any entitlement to variable remuneration maybe 
subject to deferral, reduction or forfeiture under the BEAR 
even if performance criteria have been met.

The BEAR requires authorised deposit-taking institutions 
(including the Company) to defer payment of a minimum 
amount of variable remuneration for a minimum period 
of 4 years. The requirement for variable remuneration to 

be deferred does not apply if the amount that would be 
deferred is less than $50,000.

The deferral period is subject to extension, as 
determined by the Board, or reduction, as determined 
by the Board and approved by APRA. At the end of 
the applicable deferral period, any entitlement to 
deferred variable remuneration will be assessed against 
each individual meeting their accountable person 
obligations. If an accountable person fails to comply 
with his or her accountability obligations, their deferred 
variable remuneration will reduced by an amount that 
is proportionate to the failure or may be cancelled, as 
determined by the Board.

5.  Statutory Tables 

$

Salary 
and Fees 

Cash  
Bonus (i)

Other 
Short Term 
Benefits

Non-
Monetary 
Benefits (ii)

Post 
Employment 
Super-
annuation

Termination 
Benefits

Share Based 
Payment (iii)

Total

Non-Executive Directors

Miles Hampton

2019

201,214

2018

193,532

Peter Armstrong

2019

51,740

2018

75,151

Robert Gordon

2019

87,637

2018

82,305

Colin Hollingsworth  2019

-

2018

8,064

Sibylle Krieger 

2019

96,590

2018

91,074

Warren Lee 

2019

94,147

2018

63,051

Stephen Lonie

2019

100,977

2018

97,905

Andrea Waters 

2019

98,701

2018

66,204

Total NED

2019

731,006

2018

677,286

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

19,115

18,386

5,000

18,099

-

-

-

-

27,068

25,407

24,901

-

5,085

24,558

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

9,176

8,652

8,944

5,990

9,593

9,301

9,376

6,289

5,000

5,085

99,710

125,145

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

220,329

211,918

74,839

102,219

113,044

107,206

-

37,707

105,766

99,726

103,091

69,041

110,570

107,206

108,077

72,493

835,716

807,516

5.  Statutory Tables (Continued)

Salary 
and Fees 

Cash  
Bonus (i)

Other 
Short Term 
Benefits

Non-
Monetary 
Benefits (ii)

Post 
Employment 
Super-
annuation

Termination 
Benefits

Share Based 
Payment (iii)

Total

$

Executives

Melos Sulicich

2019

599,616

65,156

2018

550,385

158,125

-

-

Huw Bough

2019

219,078

15,256

25,000

2018

305,303

71,500

Katherine Dean 

2019

146,057

-

David Harradine

2019

354,923

20,950

2018

292,237

41,040

Colleen Harris 

2018

345,546

80,500

2019

2018

-

117,099

-

-

Mandakini Khanna

2019

328,662

29,890

Jessica Kingston 

2018

314,963

77,700

2019

2018

-

14,990

-

-

Anthony MacRae

2019

136,173

11,330

Heather McGovern

2018

2019

2018

-

-

84,615

7,755

-

-

Paul Moss

2019

310,432

24,710

2018

301,370

72,000

Craig Mowll

2019

333,517

12,874

Andrew Polson 

2018

2019

-

-

2018

272,957

Chris Thornton

2019

-

2018

143,449

-

-

-

-

-

Janelle Whittle 

2019

248,054

2018

115,104

17,160

16,525

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Total Executive 

2019 2,761,127

205,081

25,000

2018 2,773,403

517,390

-

Total KMP

2019 3,492,133

205,081

25,000

2018 3,450,689

517,390

-

-

2,892

-

-

6,916

6,325

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

25,000

24,631

17,808

24,697

16,054

28,342

25,000

24,454

-

10,341

37,964

31,354

-

1,590

9,327

-

8,038

-

29,491

28,630

20,586

-

-

23,032

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

64,527

754,299

55,088

791,121

(4,345)

272,797

19,270

420,770

(4,705)

164,322

17,837

385,781

21,770

422,643

24,214

474,714

-

-

-

127,440

20,505

417,021

26,281

450,298

-

-

-

16,580

3,701

160,531

-

-

2,273

102,681

-

-

19,452

384,085

19,755

421,755

11,578

378,555

-

-

-

-

2,871

298,860

-

-

42,753

15,146

194,670

(6,145)

389,873

-

-

6,916

51,970

11,916

57,055

24,533

10,935

213,801

-

-

-

11,908

301,655

2,806

145,370

146,664 3,358,589

223,152

194,670

161,977

3,922,562

313,511

-

146,664

4,194,305

348,297

194,670

161,977

4,730,078

(i) The cash bonus shown is the actual amount awarded in respect of the 2018/19 financial year STI offers.

(ii) Non-Monetary Benefits consist of car parking expense, travel & accommodation and entertainment.

(iii) Share based payment amounts have been calculated in accordance with the relevant accounting policy and Accounting Standard. The fair 
value of the share grant is calculated at the date of grant and is allocated to each reporting period evenly over the period from grant date 
to vesting date. This fair value will generally be different to the value of shares at the time they vest. The value disclosed is the portion of the 
fair value of the share grant allocated to this reporting period. These amounts represent share grants which will only vest to the KMP when 
certain performance and service criteria are met. In some circumstances all, or a portion, of the shares may never vest to the KMP. As these 
figures are based on accrual accounting and not a reflection of actual cash paid or shares vested, negative figures can result in the event of 
accrual reversals being recorded. Amounts stated are in respect of the period that the individual held a role of a KMP.

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6. Shareholdings of Key Management 
Personnel 

Non-Executive Director Minimum Shareholding 
Requirement 
A Minimum Shareholding Requirement (MSR) has been 
implemented for all Non-Executive Directors.

Non-Executive Directors, in the absence of approval from 
the Board to the contrary, are required to acquire and 
maintain, directly or indirectly, Shares in MyState Limited 
to the equivalent of one year’s pre-tax base Director’s 
fee. The MSR must be achieved within four years of their 
appointment or the date of implementation of this policy, 
whichever is the latter.

Executive Minimum Shareholding Requirement 
In the absence of approval from the Board to the contrary, 
a Minimum Shareholding Requirement (MSR) will apply to 
Executives whom:

1.  Receive a TFR greater or equal to $250,000; and
2.   Participate in ELTIP and STI programs.

The MSR will be 50% of Fixed Annual Remuneration (FAR) 
for the Managing Director and CEO and 25% of TFR for all 
other executives and must be achieved within 4 years of the 
date that the policy becomes applicable to the Executive. 

Any Shares issued into deferral, from the 2018 ELTIP 
Offer onwards, will be recognised for the purposes of 
Executive MSR.

The Shares in MyState Limited (ASX code: MYS) may 
be held directly or indirectly, and may include Shares 
obtained prior to 1 January 2015 and/or Shares acquired 
through ELTIP or any other scheme, which includes Shares 
vested and allocated but still held in trust, but excludes 
any allocated Shares which have not yet vested.

Details regarding the holdings by KMP and their related 
parties of ordinary shares in the Company are set out in the 
following table. Related parties include close members of 
the family of the KMP. It also includes entities under joint or 
several control or significant influence of the KMP and their 
close family members. No equity transactions with KMP, 
other than those arising as payment for compensation, 
have been entered into with the Company.

Key Management 
Personnel

Balance at 
commencement of 
financial year

Granted as 

compensation (i) Net change other

Balance at end 
of financial year

Balance at end of 
financial year held 
by ELTIP trustee (ii)

Non-Executive Directors
Miles Hampton
Robert Gordon
Sibylle Krieger
Warren Lee
Stephen Lonie
Andrea Waters
Sub Total
Executives
Melos Sulicich 
Heather McGovern
Anthony MacRae
David Harradine
Mandakini Khanna
Paul Moss
Janelle Whittle
Craig Mowll
Sub Total

700,000
20,387
5,311
-
56,829
-
782,527

68,070
-
-
3,685
-
-
1,404
-
73,159

-
-
-
-
-
-
-

18,257
-
-
7,049
6,287
6,287
-
-
37,880

21,700
5,000
19,132
11,972
1,761
20,665
80,230

9,908
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
9,908

721,700
25,387
24,443
11,972
58,590
20,665
862,757

96,235
-
-
10,734
6,287
6,287
1,404
-
120,947

-
-
-
-
-
-
-

17,014
-
-
1,685
-
-
-
-
18,699

(i) These amounts are the shares awarded for the “2016 Offer”. The awarding of these shares was approved on the 23 of August 2019 with the 
exception of those relating to Melos Sulicich whose shares are subject to shareholder approval. These shares have not yet been issued to the 
Trustee to hold on behalf of the Executives.

(ii) The shares that are held in trust are also shown in the balance at the end of the financial year totals.

7. Loans to Key Management Personnel 

There are no loans guaranteed or secured by the Company to KMP and their related parties in 2019. 

Related parties include close members of the family of the KMP. It also includes entities under joint or several control or 
significant influence of the KMP and their close family members.

8. Executive Employment Agreements 

The Managing Director and Executives are employed under individual open ended employment contracts that set out 
the terms of their employment.

Incumbent

Commenced 
in role

Contract 
term

TFR 

Short Term 
Incentive 
(maximum)

ELTIP 
(maximum)

Termination Provisions In the event 
of termination by the Company

Melos Sulicich (i)

1 July 2014 Ongoing $625,000

50% of TFR

50% of TFR Notice:

The contract may be terminated by 
the Company with 26 weeks notice or 
payment in lieu of notice.

Entitlement:

•  Pro-rata STI payment applied as at 

the date of termination.

•  Payment of STI if the performance 
period is complete but not yet paid

•  Pro-rata ELTIP allocation, made 
following the completion of the 
applicable performance periods.

David 
Harradine (ii)

Mandakini 
Khanna (ii)

Anthony 
MacRae (ii)

Heather 
McGovern (ii)

16 March 2015 Ongoing $390,000

30% of TFR

1 December 
2015

12 February 
2019

Ongoing $390,000

Ongoing $390,000

18 March 2019 Ongoing $330,000

Paul Moss (ii)

13 May 2015 Ongoing $365,000

Craig 
Mowll (ii)

Janelle 
Whittle (ii)

16 July 2018 Ongoing $390,000

22 January 
2018

Ongoing $290,000

30% of 
TFR upon 
invitation to 
participate

Notice:
The contract can be terminated by the 
Company upon provision of 3 months 
notice.
Entitlement:

•  Payment of the equivalent of 
6 months TFR (inclusive of the 
provision of 3 months notice).

•  Pro-rata STI payment applied as at 

the date of termination.

•  Payment of STI if the performance 
period is complete but not yet paid

•  Pro-rata ELTIP allocation, made 
following the completion of the 
applicable performance periods.

(i) Required to hold shares to the value of 50% of TFR.
(ii) Required to hold shares to the value of 25% of TFR within 4 years from commencement.

Signed in accordance with a resolution of the Directors.

Miles Hampton 
Chairman 

            Melos Sulicich 
            Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer

Hobart, dated this 23 August 2019

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Results for the year

Section 7

Income tax expense, current and deferred 
tax balances

7.1

Income tax expense, current and deferred 
tax balances

Section 8 Group structure and related parties

8.1

8.2

8.3

Parent entity information

Controlled entities and principles of 
consolidation

Related party disclosures

Section 9 Other notes

9.1

9.2

9.3

9.4

Contingent liabilities and expenditure 
commitments

Remuneration of auditors

Events subsequent to balance date

Other significant accounting policies and new 
accounting standards and disclosures

Contents

Consolidated Income Statement

Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income

Consolidated Statement of Financial Position

Consolidated Statement of Changes in Equity

Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows

Section 1

Corporate information and basis 
of accounting

1.1

1.2

1.3

1.4

Reporting entity

Basis of accounting

Use of estimates and judgements

Provisions (other than for impairment of 
financial assets)

Section 2 Financial performance

2.1

2.2

2.3

2.4

2.5

2.6

2.7

Net banking operating income

Income from wealth management activities

Income from other activities

Expenses

Earnings per share

Dividends

Segment financial information

Section 3 Capital and financial risk management

3.1

3.2

3.3

Capital management strategy

Financial risk management

Average balance sheet and sources of net 
interest income

Section 4 Financial assets and liabilities

4.1

4.2

4.3

4.4

4.5

4.6

Cash and liquid assets

Financial instruments

Loans and advances

Transfer of financial assets (securitisation 
program)

Deposits and other borrowings including 
subordinated notes

Fair value of financial instruments

Section 5 Non-financial assets, liabilities and equity

5.1

5.2

5.3

5.4

Property, plant and equipment

Intangible assets and goodwill

Employee benefit provisions

Share capital

Section 6 Discontinued operations

6.1

Discontinued operations

Consolidated Income Statement
for the year ended 30 June 2019

Interest income

Interest expense (i)

Net interest income 

Non-interest income from banking activities (ii)

Net banking operating income

Income from wealth management activities (iii)

Income from other activities

Total operating income

Less: Expenses

Personnel costs (iii)

Administration costs (i), (ii) & (iii)

Technology costs

Occupancy costs (iii)

Marketing costs

Governance costs

Total operating expenses

Profit before impairment and tax expense

Impairment (recovery) / expense on loans and advances (iii)

Profit before tax from continuing operations

Income tax expense (iii)

Profit for the year from continuing operations

Discontinued operations

Profit / (loss) after tax for the year from discontinued operations

Profit for the year

Profit attributable to the:

Equity holders of MyState Limited

Basic earnings per share (cents per share)

Diluted earnings per share (cents per share)

Notes

30 June 2019 
$’000

30 June 2018 
$’000

2.1

2.1

2.1

2.2

2.3

2.4

2.4

2.4

4.3

7.1

6.1

2.5

2.5

202,103

(112,720)

89,383

15,733

105,116

15,298

-

188,264

(98,753)

89,511

15,514

105,025

15,884

6

120,414

120,915

35,657

15,131

13,614

6,060

4,589

2,944

77,995

42,419

(201)

42,620

12,842

29,778

1,209

30,987

36,147

15,053

12,071

6,190

3,768

2,546

75,775

45,140

441

44,699

13,441

31,258

203

31,461

30,987

31,461

34.17

34.17

34.97

34.97

(i) Comparatives restated to reflect change in accounting policy disclosed in note 9.4 (iv).

(ii) Comparatives restated to reflect change in accounting policy disclosed in note 9.4. (iii) (b).

(iii) Comparatives restated to exclude the discontinued operations disclosed in note 6.1.

The accompanying notes form part of these financial statements.

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Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income
for the year ended 30 June 2019 

Profit for the year

Other comprehensive income / (expense)

Items that may be reclassified subsequently to profit or loss

Cash flow hedges - Net gains / (losses) taken to equity

Income tax effect

Total other comprehensive income / (expense) for the year

Total comprehensive income for the year

Total comprehensive income for the year is attributable to: 

Equity holders of MyState Limited

Notes

30 June 2019 
$’000

30 June 2018 
$’000

30,987

31,461

(400)

120

(280)

(14)

4

(10)

30,707

31,451

30,707

31,451

Consolidated Statement of Financial Position
for the year ended 30 June 2019

Notes

30 June 2019 
$’000

30 June 2018 
$’000

Assets

Cash and liquid assets

Due from other financial institutions

Other assets

Financial instruments

Loans and advances

Property, plant and equipment

Deferred tax assets

Intangible assets and goodwill (i)

Total assets

Liabilities 

Due to other financial institutions

Other liabilities

Deposits and other borrowings including subordinated notes (i)

Employee benefit provisions

Tax liabilities

Total liabilities

Net assets

Equity

Share capital

Retained earnings

Reserves

Total equity

(i) Comparatives are restated to reflect change in accounting policy disclosed in note 9.4 (iv).

The accompanying notes form part of these financial statements.

4.1

4.2

4.3

5.1

7.1

5.2

4.5

5.3

7.1

5.4

79,994

27,168

7,405

67,876

25,826

6,950

450,333

406,864

5,053,091

4,565,256

5,779

4,133

84,979

6,360

3,948

85,225

5,712,882

5,168,305

38,180

7,092

33,334

7,666

5,331,516

4,796,378

5,384

3,211

5,341

4,924

5,385,383

4,847,643

327,499

320,662

148,707

175,880

2,912

145,380

170,568

4,714

327,499

320,662

Consolidated Statement 
of Changes in Equity
for the year ended 30 June 2019

At 1 July 2017

Profit for the year

Other comprehensive income / 
(expense)

Total comprehensive income for 
the year

Equity issued under employee 
share scheme

Equity issued under executive 
long term incentive plan

Equity issued under dividend 
reinvestment plan

Share based payment expense 
recognised

Transfer to / from retained 
earnings

Dividends paid

At 30 June 2018

At 1 July 2018

Impact of adoption of new 
accounting standards

Restated opening total equity

Profit for the year

Other comprehensive income / 
(expense)

Total comprehensive income 
for the year

Equity issued under employee 
share scheme

Equity issued under executive 
long term incentive plan

Equity issued under dividend 
reinvestment plan

Share based payment expense 
recognised

Transfer to retained earnings

Dividends paid

At 30 June 2019

Note

Share capital 
$’000

Retained 
earnings 
$’000

General 
reserve for 
credit losses 
$’000

Employee 
equity 
benefits 
reserve 
$’000

Hedging 
reserve 
$’000

Total 
$’000

141,349

164,358

4,428

956

(187)

310,904

-

-

-

82

104

3,845

-

-

-

31,461

-

31,461

-

-

-

-

543

(25,794)

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

145,380

170,568

145,380

170,568

4,428

4,428

-

-

-

-

81

-

3,246

-

-

-

(1,338)

30,987

-

30,987

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

1,679

(1,679)

(26,016)

-

5.4

5.4

5.4

2.6

9.4

5.4

5.4

5.4

2.6

-

-

-

-

(104)

-

174

(543)

-

483

483

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

157

-

-

-

(10)

(10)

-

-

-

-

-

-

(197)

(197)

-

-

31,461

(10)

31,451

82

-

3,845

174

-

(25,794)

320,662

320,662

(1,338)

30,987

(280)

(280)

(280)

30,707

-

-

-

-

-

81

-

3,246

157

-

(26,016)

327,499

148,707

175,880

2,749

640

(477)

The accompanying notes form part of these financial statements.

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Notes

30 June 2019 
$’000

30 June 2018 
$’000

Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows
for the year ended 30 June 2019

Cash flows from operating activities

Interest received

Interest paid

Fees and commissions received (i)

Other non-interest income received

Payments to suppliers and employees

Income tax paid

Net cash flows from / (used in) operating activities

4.1

Cash flows from investing activities

Purchase of intangible assets (ii)

Proceeds from sale of property, plant and equipment

Purchase of property, plant and equipment

Net (increase) / decrease in loans to customers

Net (increase) / decrease in amounts due from other financial institutions

Proceeds from sale of discontinued operations

Proceeds from sale of other investments

Net cash flows from / (used in) investing activities

Cash flows from financing activities

Employee share issue

214,453

(107,476)

32,026

1,224

(76,409)

(14,306)

49,512

198,704

(98,573)

35,335

1,836

(75,697)

(11,924)

49,681

(4,934)

(3,771)

39

(610)

7

(313)

(501,783)

(293,196)

(45,851)

22,507

3,398

-

-

648

(549,741)

(274,118)

81

82

Dividends paid net of dividend reinvestment plan

2.6

(22,845)

(21,953)

Net increase / (decrease) in subordinated notes

Net increase / (decrease) in deposits and other borrowings

Net increase / (decrease) in due to other financial institutions (ii)

Net cash flows from / (used in) financing activities

Net increase / (decrease) in cash held

Cash at beginning of financial year

Closing cash carried forward

118

369,020

165,973

512,347

12,118

67,876

79,994

(50)

70,627

179,381

228,087

3,650

64,226

67,876

4.1

(i) Comparatives restated to reflect change in accounting policy disclosed in note 9.4. (iii)(b).

(ii) Comparatives restated to reflect change in accounting policy disclosed in note 9.4 (iv).

Notes to the Consolidated 
Financial Statements

for the year ended 30 June 2019

1.1 Reporting entity

MyState Limited (the Company) is incorporated and domiciled in Australia and is a company limited by shares that are 
publicly traded on the Australian Securities Exchange. The consolidated financial statements of MyState Limited and its 
subsidiaries (the Group) were authorised for issue by the Directors on 23 August 2019.

1.2 Basis of accounting

These consolidated financial statements are general purpose financial statements which have been prepared in 
accordance with the Corporations Act 2001, Accounting Standards and Interpretations, and other requirements of the 
law. Compliance with Australian Accounting Standards ensures that the financial statements and notes of the Company 
and the Group comply with International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS).  

The financial statements comprise the consolidated financial statements of the Group. For the purpose of preparing the 
consolidated financial statements, the Company is a for-profit entity. 

Where necessary, comparatives figures have been re-classified and re-positioned for consistency with current period 
disclosures.

The consolidated financial statements have been prepared on the basis of historical cost, except for certain properties 
and financial instruments that are measured at revalued amounts or fair values at the end of each reporting period, 
as explained in the accounting policies.

Rounding of amounts
The Company is a company of the kind referred to in Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) Class 
Order 2016/191, and, in accordance with that Class Order, amounts in the financial report are rounded off to the nearest 
thousand dollars, unless otherwise indicated. All amounts are presented in Australian dollars.

1.3 Use of estimates and judgements

The preparation of the financial report in conformity with Australian Accounting Standards requires the use of certain 
critical accounting estimates. It also requires management to exercise judgment in the process of applying the 
accounting policies. The notes to the financial statements set out areas involving a higher degree of judgment or 
complexity, or areas where assumptions are significant to the financial report such as: 

•  Loan origination cost amortisation, refer note 2.1;

The accompanying notes form part of these financial statements.

•  Impairment losses on loans and advances, refer note 4.3;

•  Fair value of financial instruments, refer note 4.6;

•  Impairment assessment of intangibles and goodwill, refer note 5.2; and

•  Recoverability of deferred tax assets, refer note 7.1.  

.

1.4 Provisions (other than for impairment of financial assets)

Provisions are recognised when the Group has a legal, equitable or constructive obligation to make a future sacrifice of 
economic benefits to other entities as a result of past transactions or other past events and it is probable that a future 
sacrifice of economic benefits will be required and a reliable estimate can be made of the amount of the obligation.

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2.1 Net banking operating Income

2.2 Income from wealth management activities

Interest income

Loans and advances

Investment securities

Total interest income

Interest expense

At call deposits

Fixed term deposits (i)

Total interest expense

Non-interest income from banking activities

Transaction fees (ii)

Loan fee income 

Banking commissions

Other banking operations income 

30 June 2019 
$’000

30 June 2018 
$’000

190,352

11,751

177,869

10,395

202,103

188,264

5,814

106,906

112,720

5,164

4,839

4,035

1,695

14,281

84,472

98,753

5,750

4,725

3,665

1,374

Total non-interest income from banking activities

15,733

15,514

(i) Comparatives restated to reflect change in accounting policy disclosed in note 9.4 (iv).

(ii) Comparatives restated to reflect change in accounting policy disclosed in note 9.4. (iii) (b).

Income accounting policy
Income is recognised to the extent that it is probable that the economic benefits will flow to the entity and the income 
can be reliably measured. The following specific recognition criteria must also be met before income is recognised.

Interest
Interest income is accrued using the effective interest rate method, which is the rate that exactly discounts estimated 
future cash receipts through the expected life of the financial instrument. Loan origination fees are recognised as 
components of the calculation of the effective interest rate method in relation to originated loans. They, therefore, affect 
the interest recognised in relation to this portfolio of loans. The average life of loans in the relevant loan portfolios is 
reviewed annually to ensure the amortisation methodology for loan origination fees is appropriate.

Interest expense is calculated on an accruals basis using the effective interest rate method. The effective interest rate 
method is the rate that exactly discounts future payments through the expected life of the financial instrument.

Non-interest income from banking activities
Refer to the “income accounting policy” in note 2.2. 

Funds management income

Other fees and commissions

Total Income from wealth management activities

30 June 2019 
$’000

30 June 2018 
$’000

10,242

5,056

15,298

10,122

5,762

15,884

Funds management income and fiduciary activities
Tasmanian Perpetual Trustees Limited, a controlled entity of the Group, acts as Responsible Entity, Trustee and Funds 
Manager for ten managed investment schemes. The investment schemes place monies with external wholesale fund 
managers, direct mortgages and mortgage backed securities, term deposits and other investments. The clients include 
individuals, superannuation funds and corporate investors.

The assets and liabilities of these funds are not included in the Consolidated Financial Statements. Income earned by 
the Group in respect of these activities are included in the Consolidated Income Statement of the Group as “Funds 
management income”. 

The following table shows the balance of the unconsolidated funds under management and funds under advice that 
gives rise to funds management and other fees and commissions income respectively:

Funds under management

Funds under advice (i)

(i) Comparatives restated to exclude the discontinued operations disclosed in note 6.

30 June 2019 
$’M

30 June 2018 
$’M

1,170

438

1,153

415

Other fees and commissions
Tasmanian Perpetual Trustees Pty Limited provides private client tax accounting services and acts as trustee and 
executor of estates. “Other fees and commissions income” is the income earned from these activities.

Income accounting policy
The Group earns three main types of fees and commissions under contracts with customers. The first is single performance 
obligation contracts, such as transaction services, where the performance obligation is performed and consideration 
received in quick succession. Income from these contracts is recorded as the performance obligations are satisfied. The 
second is where contracts with the customer are for the performance of multiple obligations over time and the customer 
only benefits from delivery of all those obligations together over time, for example the provision of trustee services and 
services to funds under management. For these contracts, income is recognised over the service period. The third type 
of income is insurance intermediary income where the performance obligations are satisfied substantially at the time of 
referring the customer and economic benefits flow to the Group over time. The Group has estimated that nil income will 
be brought forward as a contract asset under these contracts due to the insufficient probability of the timing and amount 
of future income that will flow from these contracts. This income is therefore recorded when received.

While this policy has changed in the 2019 financial year, it has not resulted in a change to the timing or amount of 
income recognised. Refer also to note 9.4 (iii) (b). 

2.3 Income from other activities

Profit on sale of property, plant and equipment assets

30 June 2019 
$’000

30 June 2018 
$’000

-

6

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2.4 Expenses

The following items are included within each item of specified expenses:

Occupancy costs include:

Operating lease payments

Depreciation – buildings and leasehold improvements

Technology costs include:

Amortisation – computer software

Administration costs include: (i)

Loss on sale of property, plant and equipment assets

Depreciation - furniture, equipment and computer hardware

30 June 2019 
$’000

30 June 2018 
$’000

4,153

767

4,060

1,014

4,354

3,236

8

375

-

427

(i) Comparatives restated to reflect change in accounting policy disclosed in note 9.4 (iv)

Expense accounting policy

Operating lease expense
Leases are classified at their inception as either operating or finance leases based on the economic substance of 
the agreement, to reflect the risks and benefits incidental to ownership. The minimum lease payments of operating 
leases, where the lessor effectively retains substantially all of the risks and benefits of ownership of the leased item, are 
recognised as an expense on a straight-line basis in the Consolidated Income Statement over the life of the lease. 

Depreciation and amortisation expense
The Group adopts the straight-line method of depreciating property, plant and equipment and amortising intangible 
assets over the estimated useful lives commencing from the time the asset is held ready for use. Leasehold improvements 
are depreciated over the shorter of either the unexpired expected term of the lease or the estimated useful life of the 
improvements. Estimated useful lives are:

Buildings

Office furniture, fittings & equipment

Building fit-out

Computer hardware

Software

2.5 Earnings per share

Basic earnings per share from continuing operations

Basic earnings per share from discontinued operations

Total basic earnings per share

Diluted earnings per share from continuing operations

Diluted earnings per share from discontinued operations

Total diluted earnings per share

 40 years.

 4-7 years. 

 4-15 years. 

 3 years.

 3-10 years.

30 June 2019 
cents

30 June 2018 
cents

32.84

1.33

34.17

32.84

1.33

34.17

34.74

0.23

34.97

34.74

0.23

34.97

Earnings per share accounting policy
Basic earnings per share is calculated by dividing the Group’s profit attributable to ordinary equity holders by the 
weighted average number of ordinary shares outstanding during the financial year. Diluted earnings per share is 
calculated by dividing the Group’s profit attributable to ordinary equity holders by the weighted average number of 
ordinary shares that would be issued on the exchange of all the dilutive potential ordinary shares into ordinary shares.

The following table details the weighted average number of shares used in the calculation of basic and diluted earnings 
per share:

Weighted average number of ordinary shares used in calculating basic and 
diluted earnings per share

Number

Number

90,676,336

89,959,758

2.6 Dividends

Dividends paid

2017 Final dividend paid - 14.5 cents per share

2018 Interim dividend paid - 14.25 cents per share

2018 Final dividend paid - 14.5 cents per share

2019 Interim dividend paid - 14.25 cents per share

The dividends paid during the year were fully franked at the 30 per cent corporate tax rate.

Date of 
payment

30 June 2019 
$’000

30 June 2018 
$’000

13 Sep 2017

29 Mar 2018

25 Sep 2018

29 Mar 2019

-

-

13,097

12,919

26,016

12,970

12,824

-

-

25,794

30 June 2018 
$’000

30 June 2017 
$’000

Franking credit balance

The amount of franking credits available for the subsequent financial year are:

Franking account balance as at the end of the period at 30%

65,666

63,933

Franking credits that will arise from the payment of income tax payable at the end 
of the period

682

2,561

Dividends not recognised at the end of the financial year 
On 23 August 2019, the Directors resolved to pay a final dividend for the 2019 financial year of 14.5 cents per share or 
$13.201m total to be paid on the 1 October 2019, fully franked at the 30 per cent corporate tax rate. This dividend has 
not been brought to account as the amount had not been determined at the reporting date. This dividend will reduce 
the balance of the franking account by $5.657m.

2.7 Segment financial information

Operations of reportable segments
The Group has identified two operating divisions and a corporate division, which are its reportable segments. 
These divisions offer different products and services and are managed separately. The Group’s management committee 
review internal management reports for each of these divisions at least monthly. 

Banking division
The banking division’s product offerings include lending; encompassing home loans, personal, overdraft, line of credit 
and commercial products, transactional savings accounts and fixed term deposits and insurance products. It delivers 
these products and services through its branch network, digital channels and third party channels. The banking division 
is conducted by the MyState Bank Group. 

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Wealth management division
The wealth management division is a provider of funds management and trustee services. It operates predominantly 
within Tasmania. It holds $1.17 billion in funds under management on behalf of personal, business and wholesale 
investors as the responsible entity for 10 managed investment schemes. The division also provided financial planning 
however ceased to do so in June 2019, refer to note 6. The results relating to financial planning have been excluded 
from the segment note below for the current and prior financial year. The wealth management division is conducted by 
Tasmanian Perpetual Trustees Limited. Tasmanian Perpetual Trustees Limited is a trustee company licensed within the 
meaning of Chapter 5D of the Corporations Act 2001 and is the only private trustee company with significant operations 
in Tasmania.

Corporate and consolidation division
The corporate cost centre is responsible for the governance of the Group. The corporate cost centre charges the 
operating divisions on a cost recovery basis for costs it has incurred. This division is also where eliminations are allocated 
between the banking division and the wealth management division.

Year ended 30 June 2019

Interest income

Interest expense

Other income

Transaction fees

Loan fee income

Banking commissions

Other banking operations income

Funds management income

Other wealth management fees and commissions

Income from other activities

Total operating income

Expenses

Personnel costs

Administration costs

Technology costs

Occupancy costs

Marketing costs

Governance costs

Impairment expense / (recovery)

Income tax expense

Segment profit for the year

Segment balance sheet information

Segment assets

Segment liabilities

Banking 
$’000

Wealth 
Management 
$’000

Corporate and 
Consolidation 
$’000

Total 
$’000

201,763

(112,720)

5,164

4,839

4,035

1,814

-

-

-

244

96

-

-

-

-

-

10,242

5,056

-

-

-

-

-

(119)

-

-

-

202,103

(112,720)

5,164

4,839

4,035

1,695

10,242

5,056

-

104,895

15,542

(23)

120,414

25,552

18,655

13,398

5,399

4,338

705

(201)

11,135

25,914

5,744

2,936

442

497

209

132

-

1,679

3,903

4,361

(6,460)

(226)

(164)

42

2,107

-

28

(39)

35,657

15,131

13,614

6,060

4,589

2,944

(201)

12,842

29,778

5,634,791

29,283

5,382,178

4,342

48,808

(1,137)

5,712,882

5,385,383

Year ended 30 June 2018

Interest income

Interest expense (i)

Other income(i)

Transaction fees

Loan fee income

Banking commissions

Other banking operations income 

Funds management income

Other Wealth Management fees and commissions

Income from other activities

Total operating income

Expenses (i)

Personnel costs

Administration costs

Technology costs

Occupancy costs

Marketing costs

Governance costs

Impairment expense / (recovery)

Income tax expense

Segment profit for the year

Segment balance sheet information

Segment assets

Segment liabilities

Banking 
$’000

Wealth 
Management 
$’000

Corporate and 
Consolidation 
$’000

Total 
$’000

187,999

(98,753)

5,750

4,725

3,665

1,615

-

-

6

184

81

-

-

-

-

-

10,122

5,762

-

-

-

-

-

(241)

-

-

-

188,264

(98,753)

5,750

4,725

3,665

1,374

10,122

5,762

6

105,007

16,068

(160)

120,915

25,475

19,532

11,599

5,403

3,501

655

441

11,495

26,906

5,427

3,029

410

644

230

68

-

1,899

4,361

5,245

(7,508)

62

143

37

1,823

-

47

(9)

36,147

15,053

12,071

6,190

3,768

2,546

441

13,441

31,258

5,089,105

4,842,607

27,646

3,291

51,554

1,745

5,168,305

4,847,643

(i) Comparatives restated to reflect change in accounting policy disclosed in note 9.4 (iii) and (iv).

3.1  Capital management strategy

The Group’s capital management strategy is to adhere to regulatory requirements and maximise shareholder value 
through optimising the level and use of capital resources, whilst also providing the flexibility to take advantage of 
opportunities as they may arise. 

The Group’s capital management objectives are to:

•  Comply with internal and regulatory capital requirements;

•  Ensure sufficient capital resource is available to support the Group’s business, operational and investment activities;

•  Maintain balance sheet resilience to safeguard the Group’s ability to continue as a going concern; and

•  Support MyState Bank Limited’s credit rating.

The Group’s capital management policy considers each of internal, regulatory and rating agency capital requirements. 

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Under APS 110 Capital Adequacy, the ultimate responsibility for the prudent management of capital resides with the 
Board of Directors. The Board must ensure that an appropriate level and quality of capital is maintained, commensurate 
with the type, amount and concentration of risk exposures. 

The Group’s regulatory capital requirements are measured on a Level 1 and Level 2 basis.

Level 1 is comprised of MyState Bank Limited (the ADI).

On the 28th September 2016, the Group issued $10 million of floating rate subordinated notes (“notes”). The issuer was MyState Bank 
Limited. The notes have a term of 10 years, maturing 26th September 2026, and pay interest quarterly at a floating rate equal to the three-
month BBSW plus a margin of 4.25% per annum. The issuer has the option to redeem all or some of the notes on 28th September 2021 and 
each quarterly interest payment date thereafter, and for certain regulatory events (in each case subject to APRA’s prior written approval).

If APRA notifies the issuer that a non-viability trigger event has occurred, the notes will be converted into ordinary shares of MyState Limited, 
or written-off. The amount included in the Group’s Level 2 Tier 2 regulatory capital is a percentage equal to that of external interest in the 
Group’s regulatory capital. The amount included in the Group’s Level 1 Tier 2 regulatory capital is 100%.

(ii) The impact of adopting AASB 9 Financial Instruments (2010) impairment requirements on capital, is discussed further in note 9.4 (iii) a.

Level 2 is comprised of the wider MyState Limited prudential Group. This Group includes MyState Limited (the non-operating 
holding company), MyState Bank Limited and Connect Asset Management (the Securitisation programme Manager).

3.2 Financial risk management

All entities that are consolidated for accounting purposes are included within the Level 2 regulatory capital calculation 
except for certain securitisation vehicles and Tasmanian Perpetual Trustees Limited.

The Group has developed a detailed Internal Capital Adequacy Assessment Plan (ICAAP). This plan covers the capital 
requirements of the Group on a Level 1 and Level 2 basis (as previously described) as well as Tasmanian Perpetual 
Trustees. The Group’s capital position is monitored on a frequent basis and is reported to the Board monthly. The ICAAP 
also includes a three year forecast of capital adequacy which is prepared and submitted to the Board at least annually.

The ICAAP aims to ensure that adequate planning activities take place so that the Group is effectively capitalised and 
also includes a three year forecast of capital adequacy which is prepared and submitted to the Board at least annually. 
The ICAAP encompasses known financial events, dividend policy, capital raisings, securitisation and stress testing.

The Board has currently set a minimum total capital adequacy ratio of 12.5% for the Group. Capital adequacy of the 
Group on a level 2 basis as at 30 June 2019 is detailed in the following table:

Qualifying capital

Common equity tier 1 capital

Paid-up ordinary share capital

Retained earnings (ii)

Reserves excluding general reserve for credit losses

Total common equity tier 1 capital

Regulatory adjustments

Deferred expenditure including deferred tax assets

Goodwill and intangibles

Other deductions

Total regulatory adjustments

Net common equity tier 1 capital

Tier 2 capital

Subordinated notes (i)

General reserve for credit losses

Total capital

Risk weighted assets

Capital adequacy ratio

30 June 2019 
$’000

30 June 2018 
$’000

148,708

189,669

640

145,400

182,262

483

339,017

328,145

24,804

49,760

58,875

133,439

205,578

25,950

49,800

54,065

129,815

198,330

30,929

2,749

29,323

4,400

239,256

232,053

1,854,273

1,722,248

12.90%

13.47%

(i) On the 14th August 2015, the Group issued $25 million of floating rate subordinated notes (“notes”). The issuer was MyState Bank Limited. 
The notes have a term of 10 years, maturing 14th August 2025, and pay interest quarterly at a floating rate equal to the three-month BBSW 
plus a margin of 5% per annum. The issuer has the option to redeem all or some of the notes on 14th August 2020 and each quarterly interest 
payment date thereafter, and for certain regulatory events (in each case subject to APRA’s prior written approval). 

Risk management is an integral part of the Group’s business processes. The Board sets policy to mitigate risks and 
ensure the risk management framework is appropriate, to direct the way in which the Group conducts business. 
Promulgated Board approved policies ensure compliance throughout the business, which are monitored by way of a 
dedicated compliance system. Risk management plans exist for all documented risks within the Group and these plans 
are reviewed regularly by the Executive Management Team, the Group Risk Committee and the Board. Business units 
are accountable for risks in their area and are responsible for ensuring the appropriate assessment and management of 
these risks.

Risk exposure profile
The Group actively monitors a range of risks, which are not limited to, but include the following:

•  Credit risk, 

•  Market risk; and

•  Liquidity risk.

3.2.1 Credit risk
Approach to credit risk management
Credit risk arises within the Group’s lending and treasury investment activities and is the risk that a counterparty may fail 
to complete its contractual obligations when they fall due.

The Group’s approach to managing this risk is to separate prudential control from operational management by assigning 
responsibility for approval of credit exposures to specific individuals and management committees. The Group Risk 
Committee has oversight of credit risk exposures and the Enterprise Risk Committee monitors credit related activities 
through regular reporting processes, including monitoring large exposure to single groups and counterparties. The roles 
of funding and oversight of credit are separate.

Board approved lending policies guide the processes for all loan approvals by subsidiary operations. All loans over a 
designated amount, whether within delegated limits or not, are reported to the Group Risk Committee on a regular 
basis. Any loan outside of delegated limits must be approved by the Board prior to funding.

Maximum exposure to credit risk
The amounts disclosed in the following table are the maximum exposure to credit risk, before taking account of any 
collateral held or other credit enhancements. For financial assets recognised on the Balance Sheet, the exposure to 
credit risk equals their carrying amount. For customer commitments, the maximum exposure to credit risk is the full 
amount of the committed facility as at the reporting date.

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Cash and liquid assets

Due from other financial institutions

Other assets

Financial instruments

Loans and advances

Customer commitments(i)

Maximum exposure to credit risk 

30 June 2019 
$’000

30 June 2018 
$’000

79,994

27,168

7,405

450,333

564,900

67,876

25,826

6,950

406,864

507,516

5,053,091

4,565,256

112,999

142,924

5,730,990

5,215,696

(i) For further information regarding these commitments, refer to note 9.1.

The credit quality of financial assets has been determined based on Standard and Poor’s credit ratings for financial 
assets other than loans and advances at amortised cost. For loans and advances at amortised cost, the assets identified 
as being “closely monitored” are those assets that are greater than 30 days past due.

Credit quality is impacted by concentration risk created by the ensuing vulnerability of assets to similar conditions such 
as economic or political factors. The Group monitors the geographical diversification of its loans and advances. An 
analysis of this concentration of credit risk at the reporting date is shown in the following table:

Tasmania

Victoria

New South Wales

Queensland

Western Australia

Australian Capital Territory

South Australia

Northern Territory

30 June 2019 
$’000

30 June 2018 
$’000

2,160,122

2,135,168

856,584

1,084,744

787,477

79,966

40,498

41,009

5,055

698,673

950,419

630,015

76,106

34,551

37,691

3,214

Gross loans and advances at amortised cost

5,055,455

4,565,837

There are no loans that individually represent 10% or more of shareholders’ equity.

Credit quality of financial assets

Financial assets other than loans and advances at amortised cost

Equivalent S&P rating A+ and above

Equivalent S&P rating A- and below

Loans and advances at amortised cost

New Facilities - not closely monitored

New Facilities - closely monitored

Continuing facilities - not closely monitored

Continuing facilities - closely monitored

Total on balance sheet exposure to credit risk

New facilities are loans that have been funded within the financial year.

Neither past due or impaired

Past due but not impaired - loans and advances at amortised cost

31 to 60 days

61 to 90 days

More than 90 days

Total past due but not impaired

Impaired – loans and advances at amortised cost

Maximum exposure to credit risk

Estimate of collateral held against past due but not impaired assets

Estimate of collateral held against impaired assets

30 June 2019 
$’000

30 June 2018 
$’000

3.2.2 Market risk

310,243

253,963

251,611

256,053

1,370,251

1,153,123

1,116

1,769

3,661,887

3,391,212

19,837

19,152

5,617,297

5,072,920

Managing market risk
Market risk is the exposure to adverse changes in the value of the Group’s portfolio as a result of changes in market 
prices or volatility. The Group is exposed primarily to interest rate risk.

Interest rate risk exposure
The operations of the ADI is subject to the risk of interest rate fluctuations as a result of mismatches in the timing of the 
repricing of interest rate on their assets and liabilities.

Value at Risk (VaR)
The following table indicates the VaR based on historical data. The Group estimates VaR as the potential loss in earnings 
from adverse market movements over a 20 day holding period to a 99% confidence level. VaR takes account of all 
material market variables that may cause a change in the value of the loan portfolio. Although an important tool for the 
measurement of market risk, the assumptions underlying the model are limited to reliance on historical data.

 5,030,032 

 4,543,568 

Value at risk (post-tax) based on historic data

Average

Minimum

Maximum

7,552

4,076

10,879

22,507

552

9,736

3,645

7,420

20,801

887

5,053,091

4,565,256

34,033

-

31,640

420

Derivatives
The Group is exposed to changes in interest rates. The only derivative instruments currently entered into by the 
Group are interest rate swaps. The Group protects its portfolio of fixed rate loans, and exposure to variable rate debt 
obligations, by paying fixed rates to swap providers and receiving variable rates in return. The variable receipts mitigate 
the exposure to interest rate changes that will impact on the Group’s variable rate payment obligations.

Derivatives accounting policy
Derivatives are initially recognised at fair value on the date a derivative contract is entered into and subsequently 
remeasured to their fair value. Fair values are obtained from quoted market prices in active markets. Movements in the 
carrying amounts of derivatives are recognised in the Consolidated Income Statement, unless the derivative meets the 
requirements for hedge accounting.

30 June 2019 
$’000

30 June 2018 
$’000

952

795

1,249

1,437

818

2,019

Estimate of collateral held 
The Group holds collateral against loans and advances to customers in the form of a mortgage charge over property. 
To mitigate credit risk, the bank (ADI) can take possession of the security held against the loans and advances as a result 
of customer default. The collateral shown above is an estimate of the value of collateral held; it is not practicable to 
determine the fair value.

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The Group documents the relationship between the hedging instruments and hedged items at inception of the 
transaction, as well as its risk management objective and strategy for undertaking various hedge transactions. 
The Group also documents its assessment of whether the derivatives used in hedging transactions have been or will 
continue to be, highly effective in offsetting changes in the fair values or cash flows of hedged items. This assessment is 
carried out both at inception and on a monthly basis.

Cash flow hedges
The Group has cash flow hedges that are used to hedge the variability of interest rates in relation to certain liabilities. 
These derivative instruments are established with terms that exactly match the terms of the liability designated as the 
hedged item and therefore form highly effective relationships. The portion of the liability designated in the hedging 
relationship is determined by reference to specific fixed rate assets within the loan portfolio. Sources of ineffectiveness 
are limited to credit risk of parties to the relationship. The Group tests for ineffectiveness each month. The variability in 
fair values attributable to an item designated as a cash flow hedge is recognised in Other Comprehensive Income to the 
extent of the hedges effectiveness. Any ineffective portion of the change in the fair value of a derivative is recognised 
immediately in the Consolidated Income Statement.

Derivatives that do not qualify for hedge accounting
If a derivative expires or is sold, terminated, or exercised, or no longer meets the criteria for hedge accounting, or the 
designation is revoked, then hedge accounting is discontinued and the amount recognised in Other Comprehensive 
Income remains in Other Comprehensive Income until the forecast transaction affects the Consolidated Income 
Statement. If the forecast transaction is no longer expected to occur, it is reclassified to the Consolidated Income 
Statement as a reclassification adjustment.

When a derivative is not designated in a qualifying relationship, all changes in its fair value are recognised immediately in 
the Consolidated Income Statement, as a component of net income from other financial instruments carried at fair value.

3.2.3 Liquidity risk

Managing liquidity risk
Liquidity risk is the risk that the Group is unable to meet its financial and statutory obligations as they fall due, 
which could arise due to mismatches in cash flows. 

The Group’s objective is to manage its funds in a way that will facilitate growth in core business under a wide range of 
market conditions. The Group maintains, and adheres to, an Internal Liquidity Adequacy Assessment Plan (ILAAP). This 
process includes acknowledgements of liquidity risks within the Group and justification of the amount of liquidity that is 
being held based on the liquidity risk profile of the organisation.

Group Treasury is responsible for implementing liquidity risk management strategies in accordance with the ILAAP. The 
Group’s Assets and Liabilities Committee (ALCO) assists the Board with oversight of asset and liability management 
including liquidity risk management. The Group’s liquidity policies are approved by the Board after endorsement by the 
Group Risk Committee and the Banking Group’s ALCO.

The Group maintains a portfolio of highly marketable assets that can be liquidated in the event of an unforeseen 
interruption of cash flows. The Group also has committed lines of credit that it can access to meet its liquidity needs. 
Liquidity scenarios are calculated under stressed and normal operating conditions, to assist in anticipating cash 
requirements providing adequate reserves. 

Liquidity risk exposure
The Group is exposed to liquidity risk primarily through its banking activities. 

The Group’s contractual cash flows associated with its financial liabilities and hedging derivatives, within relevant 
maturity groupings is as follows. These are presented on an undiscounted basis and, therefore, will not agree to 
amounts presented on the Consolidated Statement of Financial Position as they incorporate principal and associated 
future interest payments.

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

On demand 
$’000

< 3 months 
$’000

3 months to 
1 year 
$’000

1 year to 
5 years 
$’000

> 5 years 
$’000

Total 
$’000

2019

At call deposits

Due to other financial institutions

Term deposits

Negotiable certificates of deposit

Subordinated notes

Securitisation liabilities

1,592,811

-

-

-

-

-

-

38,180

863,963

170,440

551

-

-

-

-

1,146,745

24,399

275,821

1,653

-

8,816

51,418

1,592,811

38,180

2,035,107

446,261

62,438

84,831

254,493

1,144,969

-

1,484,293

Contractual amounts payable

1,592,811

1,157,965

1,678,712

1,178,184

51,418

5,659,090

Derivative liability

2018

At call deposits

-

1,564,556

Due to other financial institutions

Term deposits

Negotiable certificates of deposit

Subordinated notes

Securitisation liabilities

-

-

-

-

-

95

-

33,334

688,696

330,950

591

75,314

960

7,722

-

-

-

-

980,795

21,984

72,000

1,773

-

9,456

-

-

-

-

-

42,624

8,777

1,564,556

33,334

1,691,475

402,950

54,444

225,943

1,034,104

-

1,335,361

Contractual amounts payable

1,564,556

1,128,885

1,280,511

1,065,544

42,624

5,082,120

Derivative liability

-

1,573

2,635

4,622

-

8,830

Contractual maturity of assets and liabilities
The contractual maturities of the Group’s financial assets and liabilities as at the reporting date are contained in the 
following table. The Group expects that certain assets and liabilities will be recovered or settled at maturities which are 
different to their contractual maturities.

30 June 2019

30 June 2018

Financial assets

Cash and liquid assets

Due from other financial institutions

Other assets

Financial instruments

Loans and advances

Total financial assets

Financial liabilities

Less than 
12 months 
$’000

More than 
12 months 
$’000

Less than 
12 months 
$’000

More than 
12 months 
$’000

79,994

27,168

7,405

-

-

-

Total 
$’000

79,994

27,168

7,405

295,956

154,377

450,333

89,100

4,963,991

5,053,091

67,876

25,826

6,950

245,023

92,773

Total 
$’000

67,876

25,826

6,950

161,841

406,864

4,472,483

4,565,256

499,623

5,118,368

5,617,991

438,448

4,634,324

5,072,772

Due to other financial institutions

Other liabilities

Deposits

Subordinated notes

(38,180)

(7,092)

-

-

(38,180)

(7,092)

(33,334)

(7,666)

-

-

(33,334)

(7,666)

(3,969,844)

(24,398)

(3,994,242)

(3,604,154)

-

(34,698)

(34,698)

-

(20,751)

(34,745)

(3,624,905)

(34,745)

Securitisation liabilities (i)

(296,987)

(1,005,589)

(1,302,576)

(257,580)

(879,148)

(1,136,728)

Total financial liabilities

(4,312,103)

(1,064,685)

(5,376,788)

(3,902,734)

(934,644)

(4,837,378)

Net contractual amounts  
receivable / (payable) 

(3,812,480)

4,053,683

241,203

(3,464,286)

3,699,680

235,394

(i) Comparatives are restated to reflect change in accounting policy disclosed in note 9.4 (iv). 

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3.3 Average balance sheet and sources of net interest income

4.1 Cash and liquid assets

Non-interest earning assets

102,811

-

-

107,074

-

-

Bad and doubtful debts expense net of recoveries

The following table shows the major categories of interest-earning assets and interest-bearing liabilities, together with 
their respective interest earned or paid by the Group and the average interest rates. Averages are calculated based on 
the balance at each month end. 

30 June 2019

30 June 2018

Average 
balance 
$’000

Interest 
$’000

Average rate 
%

Average 
balance 
$’000

Interest 
$’000

Average rate 
%

Average interest earning assets 
and interest income

Interest-earning assets

Cash and liquid assets

Financial instruments

67,178

370

425,122

11,381

Loans and advances (i) & (ii)

4,481,845

190,352

0.55%

2.68%

4.25%

61,418

408,321

279

10,116

4,070,257

177,869

0.45%

2.48%

4.37%

Total average interest-earning 
assets

4,974,145

202,103

4.06%

4,539,996

188,264

4.15%

Total average assets

5,076,956

202,103

3.98%

4,647,070

188,264

4.05%

Average liabilities and 
interest expense

Interest-bearing liabilities

Deposits and derivatives (i)

Notes and bonds on issue

Total average interest-bearing 
liabilities

3,550,144

1,193,405

72,419

40,301

2.04%

3.38%

3,270,165

1,058,130

65,424

33,329

2.00%

3.15%

4,743,549

112,720

2.38%

4,328,295

98,753

2.28%

Non-interest bearing liabilities

46,903

-

-

49,657

-

-

Total average liabilities

4,790,452

112,720

2.35%

4,377,952

98,753

2.26%

Reserves

302,877

-

-

295,266

-

-

Total average liabilities and 
reserves

5,093,329

112,720

2.21%

4,673,218

98,753

2.11%

(i) Comparatives restated to reflect change in accounting policy disclosed in note 9.4 (iv).

(ii) The offset account average balance included in Loans and advances is $263.897m (Jun 18 : $267.460m).

Notes, coins and cash at bank

Other short term liquid assets

Total cash and liquid assets

30 June 2019 
$’000

30 June 2018 
$’000

66,972

13,022

79,994

62,452

5,424

67,876

Notes to the statements of cash flows

Reconciliation of profit for the year to net cash provided by operating activities

Profit for the year

30,987

31,461

Add / (less) items classified as investing / financing activities or non-cash items:

Depreciation of property, plant and equipment

Amortisation of intangible assets

Gain on disposal of discontinued operations

Loss on disposal of equipment

Loss / (gain) on sale of equipment

Deferred upfront lending costs

Deferred upfront bond issuance costs

Share based payment

Tax movement within reserves

Changes in assets and liabilities

Decrease / (increase) in due from other financial institutions

Decrease / (increase) in other assets

Decrease / (increase) in deferred tax assets

Increase / (decrease) in due to other financial institutions

Increase / (decrease) in other liabilities

Increase / (decrease) in employee benefit provisions

Increase / (decrease) in tax liabilities

Net cash flows used in operating activities

Cash and liquid assets accounting policies

1,142

4,354

(1,544)

-

(8)

(41)

12,123

1,696

157

769

228

(455)

(185)

3,562

(1,510)

(50)

(1,713)

49,512

1,441

4,554

-

162

(6)

455

9,959

-

174

4

449

(373)

770

(1,038)

865

(29)

833

49,681

Cash and liquid assets
Cash and liquid assets in the Consolidated Statement of Financial Position and for the purposes of the Consolidated 
Statement of Cash Flows comprise cash at bank and in hand and short-term deposits with an original maturity of less 
than three months, net of outstanding bank overdrafts. Cash flows arising from deposits, share capital, investments, 
loans to subsidiaries and investments in associates are presented on a net basis in the Statement of Cash Flows.

Cash flow statement
Cash flows arising from the following activities are presented on a net basis in the Statement of Cash Flows:

•  Customer deposits and withdrawals from savings and fixed-term deposit accounts;

•  Movements in investments;

•  Amounts due to and from other financial institutions; 

•  Customer loans and advances; and

•  Dividends paid. 

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4.2 Financial instruments

Financial instruments at amortised cost

Negotiable certificates of deposits

Term deposits

Floating rate notes

Other deposits

Total financial instruments at amortised cost

Financial instruments at fair value

Derivatives

Other financial instruments at fair value

Total financial assets

30 June 2019 
$’000

30 June 2018 
$’000

204,115

35,700

208,611

1,699

177,022

35,700

191,542

2,028

450,125

406,292

(792)

1,000

(428)

1,000

450,333

406,864

Financial instruments accounting policies

Financial instruments at amortised cost
Financial instruments at amortised cost are those non-derivative financial assets that the Group has acquired with the 
objective of holding in order to collect contractual cash flows. The contractual terms of the financial asset give rise on 
specified dates to cash flows that are solely payments of principal and interest on the principal amount outstanding.

Financial instruments at fair value
Financial instruments other than those carried at amortised cost, are carried at their fair value at the reporting date. 
Note 4.6 contains information on how the Group determines fair values. Fair value gains and losses are recognised in 
comprehensive income until the derecognition date, at which point the net gains and losses are transferred to profit or 
loss for that instrument.

Derecognition of financial assets and liabilities
Financial assets are derecognised when the contractual rights to receive cash flows from the assets have expired, or 
where the Bank has transferred its contractual rights to receive the cash flows of the financial assets and substantially 
all the risks and rewards of ownership. Financial liabilities are derecognised when they are extinguished, i.e. when the 
obligation is discharged, cancelled or expired.

4.3 Loans and advances

Classification of loans and advances at amortised cost

Residential loans secured by mortgage

Personal loans and unsecured overdrafts

Overdrafts secured by mortgage

Commercial loans

Total loans and advances at amortised cost

Specific provision for impairment

Collective provision for impairment

Total loans and advances at amortised cost net of provision for 
impairment

30 June 2019 
$’000

30 June 2018 
$’000

4,870,272

4,374,002

74,752

41,068

69,363

74,450

44,915

72,470

5,055,455

4,565,837

266

2,098

222

359

5,053,091

4,565,256

Loans and advances at amortised cost accounting policy
Loans and other receivables that have fixed or determinable payments that are not quoted in an active market are 
classified as “loans and advances”. Loans and advances are recognised on trade date and are measured at amortised 
cost using the effective interest method, less any impairment. Interest income is recognised by applying the effective 
interest rate, except for short-term receivables when the effect of discounting is immaterial.

Provision for impairment

Specific provision for impairment

Opening balance

Net specific provision funding

Write-off of previously provisioned facilities

Closing balance of specific provision for impairment

Collective provision for impairment

Opening balance (i)

Net collective provision funding

Write-off of previously provisioned facilities

Closing balance of collective provision for impairment

Charge to profit for impairment on loans and advances

Increase / (decrease) in specific provision for impairment

Increase / (decrease) in collective provision for impairment

Bad debts recovered

Bad debts written off directly (ii)

Less charge related to discontinued operation

Total impairment (recovery) / expense on loans and advances

30 June 2019 
$’000

30 June 2018 
$’000

222

514

(470)

266

2,271

(173)

-

2,098

44

(173)

(932)

1,020

(160)

(201)

620

39

(437)

222

337

685

(663)

359

(398)

22

(988)

1,805

-

441

(i) On adoption of the provisioning chapter of AASB 9, the collective provisions opening balance was increased by $1.912M and therefore the 
opening balance shown for FY2019 differs to the closing balance in FY2018.

(ii) Comparatives restated to exclude the discontinued operations disclosed in note 6.1. 

Impairment of financial assets accounting policy
Financial assets are assessed for indicators of impairment at the end of each reporting period. Financial assets are 
considered to be impaired when there is objective evidence that, as a result of one or more events that occurred after 
the initial recognition of the financial asset, the estimated future cash flows of the investment have been affected. 
The primary source of credit risk for the Group arises on its loan portfolio. In relation to this portfolio, the Group 
maintains an individually assessed provision and a collective provision.

Specific provisions for impairment are made against individual risk rated credit facilities where a loss is expected. 
The provisions are measured as the difference between a financial asset’s carrying amount and the expected future cash flows.

All other loans and advances that do not have an individually assessed provision are assessed collectively for 
impairment. In the 2018 financial year, an evaluation process was undertaken by categorising all loans into a credit risk 
hierarchy based on a series of estimates and judgements based on APRA Prudential Standard APS 220 - Credit Quality. 
On 1 July 2019 the Group adopted the Provisioning chapter of AASB 9 Financial Instruments. Collective provisions are 
calculated using an Expected Credit Loss (ECL) model. This model is forward looking and does not require evidence of 
an actual loss event for impairment provisions to be recognised, resulting in an acceleration of impairment recognition.

The Group applies a three-stage approach to measuring the ECL based on credit risk since origination. The Group 
estimates ECL through modelling the probability of default, loss given default and exposure at default, as follows:

Stage 1 - Performing - This category includes financial assets that have not experienced a significant increase in credit 
risk since their origination. For these financial assets an allowance equivalent to 12 month’s ECL is recognised, which 
represents the credit losses expected to arise from defaults occurring over the next 12 months.

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Transfer of financial assets accounting policy
Once assets are transferred to a securitisation vehicle, the Group does not have the ability to use the transferred assets during 
the term of the arrangement. The Group does not have any loans transferred to unconsolidated securitisation vehicles. 

The consolidated securitisation vehicles generally transfer all the risks and rewards of ownership of the assets to the 
investors in the notes. However, derecognition of the transferred assets from the Group is prohibited because the cash 
flows that the securitisation vehicles collect from the transferred assets on behalf of the investors are not passed to them 
without material delay. In these cases, the consideration received from the investors in the notes in the form of cash 
is recognised as a financial asset and a corresponding financial liability is recognised. The investors in the notes have 
recourse only to the cash flows from the transferred financial assets.

Interest in Joint Operations accounting policy
Securitised positions are held through a number of Special Purpose Entities (SPEs). These entities are classified as joint 
operations, as the parties that have joint control of the arrangement, have rights to the assets, and obligations for the 
liabilities, relating to the arrangement. Joint control is the contractually agreed sharing of control of an arrangement 
which exists only when decisions about the relevant activities requires unanimous consent of the parties sharing control. 

The Group recognises its interest in a joint operation:

•  Its assets, including its share of any assets held jointly;

•  Its liabilities, including its share of any liabilities incurred jointly;

•  Its share of the revenue from the sale of the output by the joint operation; and

•  Its expenses, including its share of any expenses incurred jointly.

The Group accounts for the assets, liabilities, revenues and expenses relating to its interest in a joint operation in 
accordance with the accounting standards applicable to the particular assets, liabilities, revenues and expenses.

When a Group entity transacts with a joint operation in which a Group entity is a joint operator (such as a sale or 
contribution of assets), the Group is considered to be conducting the transaction with the other parties to the joint 
operation, and gains and losses resulting from the transactions are recognised in the Group’s consolidated financial 
statements only to the extent of other parties’ interests in the joint operation. When a Group entity transacts with a joint 
operation in which a group entity is a joint operator (such as a purchase of assets), the Group does not recognise its 
share of the gains and losses until it re-sells those assets to a third party.

Stage 2 - Under-performing - This category includes financial assets that have experienced a significant increase in credit 
risk since their origination and are not credit impaired. For these financial assets an allowance equivalent to lifetime ECL 
is recognised. Lifetime ECL is the credit losses expected to arise from defaults occurring over the remaining life of the 
financial assets. 

Stage 3 - Non-performing (impaired) - This category includes financial assets that are credit impaired. The provision is 
also equivalent to the lifetime ECL. The difference to the provision calculated on stage 2 loans is that the stage 3 loan 
calculation is not discounted over a future period, but rather the provision is calculated at present value. 

Financial assets in stage 1 and stage 2 are assessed for impairment collectively, whilst those assets in stage 3 are subject 
to either collective or specific impairment assessment. The Group’s methodology for specific provisions remains 
largely unchanged.

Key judgements and estimates made by the Group include the following: 

Significant changes in credit risk 
Significant increases in credit risk for financial assets are assessed by comparing the risk of a default occurring over the 
expected life of a financial asset at the reporting date compared to the corresponding risk of default at origination. 
In determining what constitutes a significant increase in credit risk, the Group considers qualitative and quantitative 
information. The judgement to determine this is primarily based on changes in internal customer risk grades since 
origination of the facility. For all of the Group’s loan portfolios, in addition to the primary indicator, a mathematical model 
has been developed to identify where a facility’s recent behaviour has deteriorated significantly from its original behaviour. 

Forward looking information 
The measurement of expected credit losses needs to reflect an unbiased probability-weighted range of possible future 
outcomes. AASB 9 provides limited guidance on how to meet this requirement and consequently, the Group has 
developed an approach considered appropriate for its credit portfolio, informed by emerging market practices. 

In applying forward looking information in the Group’s AASB 9 credit models, the Group considered three alternate 
economic scenarios (base case, strong recovery and moderate recession), to ensure a sufficient unbiased representative 
sample is included in estimating ECL. 

The inclusion of a forward looking component in the model anticipates changes in the economic outlook, which 
will likely increase the volatility of the provision. Where applicable, further adjustments may be made to account for 
situations where known or expected risks and information have not been considered in the modelling process. 

It is important to note that the increase in impairment provisions on transition to AASB 9 is not reflective of a change in 
underlying portfolio credit quality.

4.4 Transfer of financial assets (securitisation program)

Some loans and advances to customers are sold by the Group to securitisation vehicles. The transfer takes the form of the 
Group assuming an obligation to pass cash flows from the underlying assets to investors in the notes. The Group utilises its 
securitisation program to provide regulatory capital relief and funding diversification.

The following table sets out the values at the transaction date of financial assets transferred during the financial year in this 
manner to vehicles that provide regulatory capital relief and the value of the associated liabilities issued from the vehicles. 
This table does not include transfer of assets to the securitisation vehicle in which the Group is the bond holder.

Transferred financial assets:

Loans and advances

Associated financial liabilities

Carrying value at  
transaction date

30 June 2019 
$’000

30 June 2018 
$’000

468,506

449,344

Securitisation liabilities to external investors

435,200

440,490

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4.5 Deposits and other borrowings including subordinated notes

The aggregate net fair values of financial assets and financial liabilities which are carried at amortised cost is:

Deposits

At call deposits

Term deposits

Negotiable certificates of deposit

Total deposits

Other borrowings

Subordinated notes (i)

Securitisation liabilities

Total deposits and other borrowings including subordinated notes

Concentration of deposits:

Customer deposits

Wholesale deposits

Subordinated notes (i)

Securitisation liabilities

Total deposits

30 June 2019 
$’000

30 June 2018 
$’000

1,592,811

1,564,556

2,035,107

1,660,665

366,324

399,684

3,994,242

3,624,905

34,698

34,580

1,302,576

1,136,893

5,331,516

4,796,378

3,661,618

3,266,731

332,624

34,698

358,174

34,580

1,302,576

1,136,893

5,331,516

4,796,378

(i) Refer to note 3.1 (1) for details regarding the Subordinated Note issue.

There are no customers who individually have deposits which represent 10% or more of total liabilities.

Deposits and other borrowings accounting policy
Deposits and other borrowings are initially measured at fair value, net of transaction costs and are subsequently measured 
at amortised cost using the effective interest method, with interest expense recognised on an effective yield basis.

The Group does not currently hold any financial liabilities at fair value.

4.6 Fair value of financial instruments

Classification of financial instruments
Cash and liquid assets, amounts due to financial institutions and amounts due from financial institutions are carried at 
cost. As these assets are short term assets, their cost is considered to approximate their fair value.

The following financial assets and liabilities are also carried at amortised cost:

•  Financial instruments;

•  Loans and advances;

•  Deposits; and

•  Other borrowings.

Financial assets

Financial instruments

Loans and advances

Total financial assets

Financial liabilities

Deposits

Other borrowings including subordinated 
notes

30 June 2019

30 June 2018

Carrying value 
$’000

Net fair value 
$’000

Carrying value 
$’000

Net fair value 
$’000

450,125

451,903

406,292

404,923

5,053,091

5,043,730

4,565,256

4,558,478

5,503,216

5,495,633

4,971,548

4,963,401

3,994,242

3,992,342

3,624,905

3,623,058

1,337,274

1,337,274

1,176,499

1,176,499

Total financial liabilities

5,331,516

5,329,616

4,801,404

4,799,557

Fair value hierarchy
The level in the fair value hierarchy of the inputs used in determining the fair values is shown below. The fair value of 
these assets is:

Level 1 - inputs that are prices quoted for identical instruments in active markets;

Level 2 - inputs based on observable market data other than those in level 1; and

Level 3 - inputs for which there is no observable market data.

Where the expected maturity is in excess of 12 months, the fair value is discounted to its present value. During the year, 
there have been no material transfers between levels of the fair value hierarchy.

Level 1 value 
$’000

Level 2 value 
$’000

Level 3 value 
$’000

Total value 
$’000

2019

Financial assets

Financial instruments

Loans and advances

Financial liabilities

Deposits

Other borrowings including subordinated 
notes

2018

Financial assets

Financial instruments

Loans and advances

Financial liabilities

Deposits

Other borrowings including subordinated 
notes

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

451,903

-

451,903

-

5,043,730

5,043,730

3,992,342

1,337,274

404,923

-

-

-

3,992,342

1,337,274

404,923

-

4,558,478

4,558,478

3,623,058

1,176,499

-

-

3,623,058

1,176,499

The Group has performed a VaR analysis at note 3.2, Market risk. VaR takes account of all material market variables that 
may cause a change in the value of the loan portfolio, being 100% of Level 3 inputs. 

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5.1 Property, plant and equipment

5.2 Intangible assets and goodwill

Land and buildings

At revalued amount

Accumulated depreciation

Plant and equipment

At cost

Accumulated depreciation

Total property, plant and equipment

Property, plant and equipment accounting policy

30 June 2019 
$’000

30 June 2018 
$’000

12,758

(7,734)

5,024

5,044

(4,289)

755

5,779

12,895

(7,115)

5,780

3,713

(3,133)

580

6,360

Plant and equipment
Plant and equipment, including leasehold improvements, are measured at cost less accumulated depreciation and any 
impairment in value.

Land and buildings
Following initial recognition at cost, land and buildings are carried at a revalued amount, being their fair value at the 
date of the revaluation less any subsequent accumulated depreciation on buildings and accumulated impairment 
losses. Independent valuations are performed with sufficient regularity to ensure the carrying amount does not differ 
materially from the asset’s fair value at the Consolidated Statement of Financial Position date. Fair value, is determined 
by reference to market-based evidence, which is the amount for which the assets could be exchanged between a 
knowledgeable willing buyer and seller in an arm’s length transaction as at valuation date. 

Any revaluation surplus is credited to the asset revaluation reserve included in the equity section of the Consolidated 
Statement of Financial Position, unless it reverses a revaluation decrease of the same asset previously recognised in the 
Consolidated Income Statement. Any revaluation deficit is recognised in the Consolidated Income Statement unless it directly 
offsets a previous surplus of the same asset in the asset revaluation reserve. Accumulated depreciation is eliminated against 
the gross carrying amount of the asset and the net amount is restated to the revalued amount of the asset.

Impairment of property, plant and equipment
The carrying values of property, plant and equipment are reviewed for impairment when events or changes in 
circumstances indicate the carrying value may not be recoverable. For an asset that does not generate largely 
independent cash flows, the recoverable amount is determined for the cash-generating unit to which the asset belongs.

Derecognition of property, plant and equipment
An item of property, plant and equipment is derecognised upon disposal or when no future economic benefits 
are expected to arise from the continued use of the asset. Any gain or loss arising on derecognition of the asset 
(calculated as the difference between the net disposal proceeds and the carrying amount of the item) is included in the 
Consolidated Income Statement in the year the item is derecognised.

Year ended 30 June 2019

At 1 July 2018, net of accumulated amortisation (i)

Additions

Disposals

Amortisation

At 30 June 2019, net of accumulated amortisation

At 30 June 2019

Cost (gross carrying amount less impairment)

Accumulated amortisation 

Net carrying amount

Year ended 30 June 2018

At 1 July 2017, net of accumulated amortisation 

Additions

Amortisation

At 30 June 2018, net of accumulated amortisation (i)

At 30 June 2018

Cost (gross carrying amount less impairment)

Accumulated amortisation 

Net carrying amount (i)

Goodwill 
$’000

Software 
$’000

Total 
$’000

65,978

-

(826)

-

65,152

19,247

4,934

-

(4,354)

19,827

85,225

4,934

(826)

(4,354)

84,979

65,152

32,550

97,702

-

(12,723)

(12,723)

65,152

19,827

84,979

65,978

-

-

65,978

65,978

-

65,978

18,712

3,771

(3,236)

19,247

32,211

(12,964)

19,247

84,690

3,771

(3,236)

85,225

98,189

(12,964)

85,225

(i) Comparatives are restated to reflect change in accounting policy disclosed in note 9.4 (iv). 

Intangibles accounting policy
Intangible assets acquired separately are capitalised at cost and from a business combination are capitalised at fair value 
as at the date of acquisition. Following initial recognition, the cost model is applied to the class of intangible assets. The 
useful lives of these intangible assets are assessed to be either finite or infinite. Where amortisation is charged on assets 
with finite lives, this expense is taken to the Consolidated Income Statement. Certain costs directly incurred in acquiring 
and developing software are capitalised and amortised over the estimated useful life.

Intangible assets are tested for impairment where an indicator of impairment exists and, in the case of indefinite life 
intangibles (limited to Goodwill), annually, either individually or at the cash-generating unit level. Useful lives are also 
examined on an annual basis and adjustments, where applicable, are made on a prospective basis.

Goodwill is treated as an indefinite life intangible, software and other intangibles are finite life intangibles. Refer to note 
2.4 Expenses for the useful life of tangible and intangible assets.

Impairment testing of goodwill
For the purpose of impairment testing, goodwill has been allocated to the Group’s two cash-generating units (CGUs) 
the Banking Business and the Wealth Management Business. These CGU’s represent the lowest level within the Group 
at which the goodwill is monitored for internal management purposes. The aggregate carrying amounts of goodwill 
allocated to each CGU for the purpose of impairment testing is as follows:

Banking Business

Wealth Management Business

Total goodwill

30 June 2019 
$’000

30 June 2018 
$’000

40,189

24,963

65,152

40,189

25,789

65,978

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The Group’s assessment of goodwill value-in-use exceeds the carrying value allocated to the CGUs and included in the 
financial statements.

5.3 Employee benefits provision

The recoverable amounts for each CGUs value-in-use was determined using cash flow projections from Board approved 
financial budgets for the year ending 30 June 2019. Growth rates have been applied from year two through to year 
twenty. Cash flows are projected by undertaking detailed calculations for each income and expense category over a five 
year period and are then extrapolated off the 5th year, which is the lowest point of growth. An exit value is calculated 
at the end of 20 years, based on an implied terminal value earnings multiple of 12.1 for both CGUs and a long-term 
growth rate not exceeding industry. A post-tax discount rate of 8.3% and a pre-tax discount rate of 11.9% was used. 
Certain income categories are modelled by projecting growth in relevant portfolio balances and the resulting income 
derived there-from. Other non-portfolio related income streams and expense categories are modelled by projecting real 
rates of growth (above inflation) for each category. Terminal value is determined at year twenty using the assumption 
that the CGU achieves no real growth above inflation into perpetuity. The growth rates applied do not exceed the 
long-term average growth rate for the business which the CGU operates. The discount rate used of 8.3% reflects the 
Group’s post-tax nominal weighted average cost of capital, in which has been reviewed by externally engaged advisers 
and approved by the Board. Average inflation is projected to be 2.0%. The method for determining value-in-use is 
consistent with that adopted in the comparative period.

The key assumptions adopted in assessing Banking’s value-in-use are the rate of growth in the balance of the housing 
loan portfolio and the outlook for net interest margin (NIM). Taking into account management’s past experiences 
and external evidence, the assumptions that have been adopted for both of these components are considered to 
be conservative. NIM is projected to be consistent with the budget outlook, which reflects the current low interest 
rate environment. Management expects that, over time, these assumptions will be positively exceeded and that any 
reasonably possible change to assumptions used in Management’s assessment will not result in impairment.

The key assumption adopted in assessing Wealth Management’s value-in-use is the rate of growth in income derived 
from management fee (MF) income. MF income is derived from its activities as the responsible entity for various 
Managed Investment Schemes (MIS). MF income derived is directly related to the portfolio balances of the MIS. 
Other sources of income for the Wealth Management Business are its Trustee Services division. Taking into account 
Management’s past experiences and external evidence, the assumptions adopted are considered reasonable and 
conservative. Management’s assessment of Wealth Management’s value-in-use exceeds its carrying value. 
Any reasonably possible change to assumptions used in Management’s assessment will not result in impairment.

Goodwill accounting policy
Goodwill on the acquisition of businesses is carried at cost as established at the date of the acquisition of the business 
less accumulated impairment losses, if any.

For the purposes of impairment testing, goodwill is allocated to each of the Group’s cash generating units (or groups of 
CGUs) that is expected to benefit from the synergies of the combination.

A CGU to which goodwill has been allocated is tested for impairment annually, or more frequently when there is an 
indication that the unit may be impaired. If the recoverable amount of the CGU is less than its carrying amount, the 
impairment loss is allocated first to reduce the carrying amount of any goodwill allocated to the CGU and then to 
the other assets of the unit pro rata based on the carrying amount of each asset in the CGU. Any impairment loss for 
goodwill is recognised directly in profit or loss. An impairment loss recognised for goodwill is not reversed in subsequent 
periods. On disposal of the relevant CGU, the attributable amount of goodwill is included in the determination of the 
profit or loss on disposal.

Impairment of subsidiaries accounting policy
Investments in subsidiaries are tested annually for impairment or more frequently if events or changes in circumstances 
indicate that the carrying value may not be recoverable. An impairment loss is recognised for the amount by which the 
investment's carrying amount exceeds its recoverable amount (which is the higher of fair value less costs to sell and 
value in use). At each balance sheet date, the investments in subsidiaries that have been impaired are reviewed for 
possible reversal of the impairment.

Balances

Provision for annual leave

Provision for long service leave

Total employee benefits provisions

Due to be settled within 12 months

Due to be settled more than 12 months

Total employee benefits provisions

30 June 2019 
$’000

30 June 2018 
$’000

2,105

3,279

5,384

4,187

1,197

5,384

2,130

3,211

5,341

3,319

2,022

5,341

Employee benefits accounting policy
Liabilities for salaries, wages and annual leave are recognised in respect of employees’ service up to the reporting date. 
Where settlement is expected to occur within twelve months of the reporting date, the liabilities are measured at their 
nominal amounts based on the remuneration rates which are expected to be paid when the liability is settled. Where 
settlement is expected to occur later than twelve months from reporting date, the liabilities are measured at the present 
value of payments which are expected to be paid when the liability is settled.

A liability for long service leave is recognised and measured at the present value of expected future payments to be 
made in respect of services provided up to the reporting date. Consideration is given to expected future wage and 
salary levels, experience of employee departures and periods of service.

Contributions are made by the Group to employee superannuation funds and are charged as expenses when incurred. 

5.4 Share capital

Issued and paid up ordinary shares

Movements in ordinary share capital

Opening balance

Shares issued pursuant to the

  – employee share scheme of the Group

  – executive long term incentive plan

  – dividend reinvestment plan

Closing balance

30 June 2019 
$’000

30 June 2018 
$’000

148,707

145,380

30 June 2019

30 June 2018

Number of 
shares

Amount 
$’000

Number of 
shares

Amount 
$’000

90,308,117

145,380

89,445,395

141,349

15,983

-

81

-

16,727

21,658

82

104

716,445

3,246

824,337

3,845

91,040,545

148,707

90,308,117

145,380

Terms and conditions
Ordinary shares have the right to receive dividends as declared from time to time and, in the event of a winding up of 
the Company, to participate in the proceeds from the sale of all surplus assets in proportion to the number of shares 
and amounts paid up on the shares held. Ordinary shares entitle their holder to one vote per share, either in person or 
by proxy at meetings of the Company. 

The Company does not have authorised capital or par value in respect of its issued shares.

The Group offers share based remuneration, refer to note 8.3 and the Remuneration Report for further information 
regarding these arrangements.

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6.1 Discontinued operations

The net cash flows of the retail financial planning business are as follows:

On 17 June 2019, the Group publicly announced the decision of its Board of Directors to sell its retail financial planning 
business, a division of its wholly-owned subsidiary, Tasmanian Perpetual Trustees Limited. The sale was completed on 
28 June 2019. 

The post-tax gain on disposal of discontinued operations was determined as follows:

Operating

Investing

Total 

81

30 June 2019 
$’000

30 June 2018 
$’000

(535)

3,398

2,863

117

-

117

Cash consideration received

Transfer of employee entitlements

Total consideration received

Net assets disposed of (other than cash):

Intangibles - Goodwill

Transfer of employee entitlements

Costs associated with the sale:

Cost associated with onerous lease contract

Make good requirements

Consulting and sale costs

Redundancies

Gain on disposal of discontinued operation

Less tax expense

Post-tax gain on disposal of discontinued operation

30 June 2019 
$’000

30 June 2018 
$’000

3,491

(93)

3,398

825

(93)

140

160

599

223

1,544

(332)

1,212

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

The retail financial planning business previously formed part of the “Wealth” segment. As the division is now classified 
as a discontinued operation, it is no longer presented in the segment note. The results of the division for the year are 
presented in the following table:

Write-down of trade receivables
Following the classification of the retail financial planning business as a discontinued operation, the recoverable amount 
was estimated for certain trade receivables. An impairment loss was identified of $0.16M, which was recognised in 
the carrying amount of the assets in the disposal group and in the Statement of Profit or Loss within Discontinued 
Operations. 

7.1 Income tax expense, current and deferred tax balances

30 June 2019 
$’000

30 June 2018 
$’000

The major components of income tax expense / (benefit) are:

Income tax expense

Current income tax charge

Adjustment in respect of current income tax of previous years

Adjustments in respect of deferred income tax of previous years

Adjustments in respect of equity / goodwill

Relating to origination and reversal of temporary differences

Total Income tax expense

A reconciliation between tax expense and accounting profit before 
income tax multiplied by the Group’s applicable income tax rate is as 
follows:

30 June 2019 
$’000

30 June 2018 
$’000

Income tax expense attributable to:

Accounting profit before income tax

Revenue from contracts with customers

Expenses

Gain from selling discontinued operation before tax

Profit / (loss) before impairment

Impairment on write down to fair value of assets

Profit / (loss) before tax from discontinued operations

Tax benefit / (expense):

Tax on disposal of discontinued operations

Tax related to operations of the discontinued operations

Tax on remeasurement to fair value

Profit / (loss) for the year from discontinued operations

2,447

(2,291)

1,544

1,700

(160)

1,540

(332)

(47)

48

1,209

2,632

(2,342)

-

290

-

290

-

(87)

-

203

The income tax expense comprises amounts set aside as:

Provision attributable to the current year at the statutory rate of 30%, being:

- Prima facie tax on accounting profit before tax

- Under / (over) provision in prior year

Expenditure not allowable for income tax purposes

Other

Income tax expense reported in the consolidated income statement

Profit before income tax from discontinued operations

Income tax expense related to discontinued operations:

- Tax on disposal of discontinued operations

- Tax related to operations of discontinued operations

- Tax related to fair values less cost to sell

Income tax expense related to discontinued operations

Total income tax expense

Weighted average effective tax rates

12,705

13,665

(139)

(458)

693

372

13,173

58

(37)

-

(158)

13,528

42,620

44,699

12,786

13,410

(24)

80

-

12,842

1,540

332

47

(48)

331

21

27

(17)

13,441

290

-

87

-

87

13,173

29.8%

13,528

30.1%

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Deferred income tax relates to the following:

30 June 2019 
$’000

30 June 2018 
$’000

Deferred income tax assets are recognised for all deductible temporary differences, carry forward of unused tax assets 
and unused tax losses, to the extent that it is probable that taxable profit will be available against which the deductible 
temporary differences and the carry forward of unused tax assets and unused tax losses can be utilised except:

Deferred tax assets

Employee entitlements

Provisions

Doubtful debts

Other

Total deferred tax assets

Deferred tax liabilities

Financial assets at fair value

Property, plant and equipment

Other

Total deferred tax liabilities

Current tax payable

Total tax liabilities

Movements in deferred tax balances

Opening balance 

(Charged) / credited to income statement

Credited/(charged) to equity

Adjustments for deferred tax of prior years

Closing balance 

Taxation accounting policy

1,615

266

629

1,623

4,133

68

1,715

584

2,367

844

3,211

1,602

184

108

2,054

3,948

69

1,263

1,026

2,358

2,566

4,924

Deferred tax assets

Deferred tax liabilities

30 June 2019 
$’000

30 June 2018 
$’000

30 June 2019 
$’000

30 June 2018 
$’000

3,948

(482)

68

599

4,133

4,718

(262)

84

(592)

3,948

2,358

(110)

-

119

2,367

3,306

(399)

80

(629)

2,358

Income tax expense is recognised in the Consolidated Income Statement, except to the extent that it relates to items 
recognised directly in other comprehensive income, in which case it is recognised in the Consolidated Statement of 
Comprehensive Income. Income tax expense on the profit or loss of the period comprises current tax and deferred tax.

Current tax payable
Current tax payable is the expected tax payable on the taxable income for the financial year using tax rates that have 
been enacted, and any adjustment to tax payable in respect of previous years.

Deferred tax
Deferred income tax is provided on all temporary differences at the reporting date. Temporary differences are calculated 
at each reporting date as the difference between the carrying amount of assets and liabilities for financial reporting 
purposes and their tax base.

Deferred income tax liabilities are recognised for all taxable temporary differences except:

•  Where the deferred income tax liability arises from the initial recognition of goodwill or of an asset or liability in a 

transaction that is not a business combination and, at the time of the transaction, affects neither the accounting profit 
nor taxable profit or loss; and

•  When the taxable temporary differences associated with the investments in subsidiaries and the timing of the reversal 
of the temporary differences can be controlled and it is probable that the temporary differences will not reverse in 
the foreseeable future.

•  When the deferred income tax asset relating to the deductible temporary difference arises from the initial recognition 
of an asset or liability in a transaction that is not a business combination and, at the time of the transaction, affect 
neither the accounting profit nor the taxable profit and loss; and

•  When the deductible temporary differences are associated with investments in subsidiaries, in which case a deferred 

tax asset is only recognised to the extent that it is probable that the temporary differences will reverse in the 
foreseeable future and taxable profit will be available against which the temporary differences can be utilised.

Deferred tax assets and deferred tax liabilities are offset only if a legally enforceable right exists to set off current tax 
assets against current tax liabilities and the deferred tax assets and liabilities relate to the same taxable entity and the 
same taxable authority.

The Group undertakes transactions in the ordinary course of business where the income tax treatment requires the 
exercise of judgement. The Group estimates its tax liability based on its understanding of the tax law.

Tax consolidation
The Group has elected to be taxed as a single entity under the tax consolidation regime. The head company is MyState 
Limited. The members of the Group have entered into a tax sharing agreement that provides for the allocation of 
income tax liabilities among the entities should the head entity default on its tax payment obligations. No amounts have 
been recognised in the financial statements in respect of this agreement on the basis that the possibility of default is 
remote.

The Company and the controlled entities in the tax consolidated group continue to account for their own current and 
deferred tax amounts. The Company has applied the separate tax payer within group approach in determining the 
appropriate amount of current taxes and deferred taxes to allocate to members of the tax consolidated group.

In addition to its own current and deferred tax amounts, the Company also recognises the current tax liabilities (or 
assets) and the deferred tax assets arising from unused tax losses and unused tax credits assumed from controlled 
entities in the tax consolidated group. 

Any difference between the amounts assumed and amounts receivable or payable under the tax funding agreement are 
recognised as a contribution to (or distribution from) wholly-owned tax consolidated entities.

8.1 Parent entity information

The accounting policies of the parent entity, which have been applied in determining the financial information shown 
below, are the same as those applied in the consolidated financial statements. Refer to note 1 and policy notes within 
the financial statements for a summary of the significant accounting policies relating to the Group.

Statement of Financial Position

Assets

Cash and liquid assets

Other receivables

Related party receivables

Investments in subsidiaries

Deferred tax assets

Total assets

30 June 2019 
$’000

30 June 2018 
$’000

193

297

2,393

2,705

176

1,749

256,867

253,674

920

1,312

260,670

259,616

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Statement of Financial Position

(continued)

30 June 2019 
$’000

30 June 2018 
$’000

The Company reassesses whether or not it controls an investee if facts and circumstances indicate that there are 
changes to one or more of these three elements of control.

Liabilities

Other liabilities

Related party payables

Tax liabilities

Employee benefit provisions

Total liabilities

Net assets

Equity

Share capital

Retained earnings

Reserves

Total equity

Financial performance

Profit after income tax for the year

Other comprehensive income

Total comprehensive income

564

-

630

353

1,547

1,044

36

2,561

283

3,924

259,123

255,692

254,634

251,308

3,849

640

3,901

483

259,123

255,692

25,965

25,785

–

–

25,965

25,785

The parent entity has not entered in to any guarantees and does not have any contingent liabilities as at 30 June 2019 
(30 June 2018: nil).

Transactions between the Company and the consolidated entities principally arise from the provision of management 
and governance services. All transactions with subsidiaries are in accordance with regulatory requirements, the 
majority of which are on commercial terms. All transactions undertaken during the financial year with the consolidated 
entities are eliminated in the Consolidated Financial Statements. Amounts due from and due to entities are presented 
separately in the Statement of Financial Position of the Company except where offsetting reflects the substance of the 
transaction or event.

8.2 Controlled entities and principles of consolidation

Details of the Group’s material subsidiaries at the end of the reporting period are as follows.

Significant subsidiaries

MyState Bank Limited

Tasmanian Perpetual Trustees Limited

Connect Asset Management Pty Ltd

Principal activities

Banking

Wealth Management

Manager of 
Securitisation Vehicles

Country of 
Incorporation

Ownership 
Interest

Australia

Australia

Australia

100%

100%

100%

Basis of consolidation accounting policy
The consolidated financial statements incorporate the financial statements of the Company and entities (including 
structured entities) controlled by the Company and its subsidiaries. Control is achieved when the Company:

•  Has power over the investee;

•  Is exposed, or has rights, to variable returns from its involvement with the investee; and

•  Has the ability to use its power to affect its returns.

When the Company has less than a majority of the voting rights of an investee, it has power over the investee when the 
voting rights are sufficient to give it the practical ability to direct the relevant activities of the investee unilaterally. The 
Company considers all relevant facts and circumstances in assessing whether or not the Company’s voting rights in an 
investee are sufficient to give it power, including:

•  The size of the Company’s holding of voting rights relative to the size and dispersion of holdings of the other 

vote holders;

•  Potential voting rights held by the Company, other vote holders or other parties;

•  Rights arising from other contractual arrangements; and

•  Any additional facts and circumstances that indicate that the Company has, or does not have, the current ability 
to direct the relevant activities at the time that decisions need to be made, including voting patterns at previous 
shareholders’ meetings.

Consolidation of a subsidiary begins when the Company obtains control over the subsidiary and ceases when the 
Company loses control of the subsidiary. Specifically, income and expenses of a subsidiary acquired or disposed of 
during the year are included in the Consolidated Income Statement and Other Comprehensive Income from the date 
the Company gains control until the date when the Company ceases to control the subsidiary.

Profit or loss and each component of Other Comprehensive Income are attributed to the owners of the Company and 
to the non-controlling interests. Total comprehensive income of subsidiaries is attributed to the owners of the Company 
and to the non-controlling interests even if this results in the non-controlling interests having a deficit balance.

When necessary, adjustments are made to the financial statements of subsidiaries to bring their accounting policies in 
line with the Group’s accounting policies.

All intragroup assets and liabilities, equity, income, expenses and cash flows relating to transactions between members 
of the Group are eliminated in full on consolidation.

8.3 Related party disclosures

The ultimate parent entity and controlling entity is MyState Limited. Balances and transactions between the Company 
and its subsidiaries, which are related parties of the Company, have been eliminated on consolidation and are not 
disclosed in this note. Details of transactions between the Group and other related parties are disclosed in the following 
paragraphs.

Managed Investment Schemes

Within the Group, Tasmanian Perpetual Trustees Limited (TPT) is a Responsible Entity for Managed Investment Schemes 
(Funds) and, accordingly, has significant influence over their activities. TPT receives management fees from these Funds. 
TPT also pays expenses of the Funds for which it is reimbursed. TPT and the Company have also invested in these Funds 
and receive distributions on these investments. These investments are made on the same terms and conditions that 
apply to all investors in these Funds. Details of these transactions and balances are as follows:

Management fees received

Balance of investment held at year end

Distributions received from managed funds

Consolidated

TPT

30 June 2019 
$’000

30 June 2018 
$’000

30 June 2019 
$’000

30 June 2018 
$’000

10,242

10,802

289

10,122

10,242

10,122

9,867

205

8,499

217

5,120

152

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The Funds have:

•  Accepted money on deposit from Directors and Executives or entities associated with Directors and Executives at 

prevailing Fund rates and conditions;

•  Loaned money to MyState Bank, in the form of term deposits, totalling $17.75 million (2018: $20.25 million); and

Other operating leases have an average term of 3 to 5 years for property and are non-cancellable. Assets that are the 
subject of operating leases are computer equipment and property.

MSB has provided guarantees to third-parties in order to secure the obligations of customers. The range of situations in 
which guarantees are given include:

•  Local Government Authorities, to secure the obligations of property and sub-divisional developers to complete 

•  Invested in the ConQuest Trusts Residential Mortgage Backed Securities Program in the form of Class A and B notes 

infrastructure developments;

totalling $57.77 million (2018: $33.16 million).

These deposits are made on the same terms and conditions that apply to all similar transactions.

to complete building works;

•  Local Government Authorities, Schools and other building owners, to secure the obligations of building contractors 

Key Management Personnel

•  Landlords, to secure the obligations of tenants to pay rent; and

Individual Directors and Executive compensation disclosures
Information regarding individual Directors, Executive compensation, and equity instruments disclosures, as required 
by the Corporations Regulation 2M.2.03, is provided in the Remuneration Report section of the Directors’ report. 
Disclosure of the compensation and other transactions with key management personnel (KMP) is required pursuant 
to the requirements of Australian Accounting Standard AASB 124 Related Party Disclosures. The KMP of the Group is 
comprised of the Non Executive Directors, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer and certain Executives. 

Key management personnel compensation

The key management personnel compensation comprised:

Short-term employee benefits

Post employment benefits

Share-Based payment (i)

Termination benefits

30 June 2019 
$’000

30 June 2018 
$’000

3,734

4,025

314

147

-

342

162

195

(i) These amounts are estimates of compensation and include a portion that will only vest to the Managing Director or Executive when certain 
performance criteria are met or a ‘Capital Event’ occurs. The fair value of shares is calculated at the date of grant and is allocated to each 
reporting period over the period from grant date to vesting date. The value disclosed is the portion of the fair value of the shares allocated to 
this reporting period.

9.1 Contingent liabilities and expenditure commitments

Operating lease expenditure commitments

not later than 1 year

later than 1 and not later than 5 years

later than 5 years

Total lease expenditure contracted for at balance date

30 June 2019 
$’000

30 June 2018 
$’000

3,767

10,024

4,900

18,691

3,793

10,973

8,423

23,189

The Group occupies a number of properties which house its branch network. The leases for these properties are on 
normal commercial terms and conditions. The usual initial term for these leases is five years.

In the 2012 period, MyState Bank Limited (MSB) commenced leasing its Headquarters building located in Hobart. The 
term of the lease is fifteen years, with an option for a further ten year term. Rental increases over the term of the lease are 
determined by reference to movements in the consumer price index. In the 2015 period, the Group also entered into a 
lease of a property situated in Launceston, which is principally used to house elements of the Tasmanian Perpetual Trustees 
Limited (TPT) business. The term of the lease is five years, with an option for two further five year terms. Rental increases 
over the term of the lease are determined by reference to movements in the consumer price index. If the options for 
further terms are exercised, the rental is to be determined by market appraisal at that time.

•  CUSCAL, to secure payroll and direct debit payments processed by CUSCAL on behalf of customers.

Customer commitments

Loans approved but not advanced to borrowers

Undrawn continuing lines of credit

Performance guarantees

Total customer commitments

50,529

59,092

3,378

76,319

63,658

2,947

112,999

142,924

Guarantees are issued in accordance with approved Board policy. Those guarantees over $10,000 are required to be 
secured. In the event that a payment is made under a guarantee, the customer’s obligation to MSB is crystallised in the 
form of an overdraft or loan.

Bank Guarantee

1,000

1,000

The Group is a non-broker participant in the Clearing House Electronic Sub Register System operated by the Australian 
Securities Exchange and has provided a guarantee and indemnity for the settlement account from Bendigo and 
Adelaide Bank Limited (BABL). The Group maintains a deposit with BABL for $1,000,000 (2018: $1,000,000) as collateral 
for the guarantee.

Estate Administration
The Group acts as executor and trustee for a significant number of trusts and estates. In this capacity, the Group has 
incurred liabilities for which it has a right of indemnity out of the assets of those trusts and estates. Accordingly, these 
liabilities are not reflected in the financial statements.

Other contracted commitments for expenditure on plant and equipment as at the reporting date are for only 
minimal amounts.

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9.2 Remuneration of auditors

•  AASB 2018-1 Amendments to Australian Accounting Standards – Annual Improvements 2015-2017 Cycles.

During the financial year, the following fees were paid or payable for services provided by the auditor of the Group, 
Wise Lord & Ferguson:

•  AASB 2018-2 Amendments to Australian Accounting Standards – Plan Amendment, Curtailment or Settlement.

30 June 2019 
$’000

30 June 2018 
$’000

•  AASB 2018-3 Amendments to Australian Accounting Standards – Reduced Disclosure Requirements.

The adoption of the following new standards has impacted the financial statements this financial year:

Audit services

Audit of the financial statements of the consolidated entities

Total remuneration for audit services

Audit related services

Assurance related services

Audit of loans and other services to the securitisation program

Total remuneration for audit related services

Other non-external audit related services

Other services

Total remuneration for non-audit related services

Total remuneration for services provided

9.3 Events subsequent to balance date

382

382

46

12

58

33

33

473

380

380

45

21

66

51

51

497

There were no matters or circumstances that have arisen since the end of the year which significantly affected or may 
significantly affect the operations of the Group, the results of those operations, or the state of affairs of the Group in 
future financial periods. 

9.4 Other significant accounting policies, new accounting standards and disclosures

The principal accounting policies, which are consistent with those applied in the comparative period unless otherwise 
stated, that have been adopted in the preparation of the financial report are set out in this section and the preceding 
sections.

(i) Other assets
Other assets comprise accounts receivable, accrued income and prepayments. Accounts receivable are initially recorded 
at the fair value of the amounts to be received and are subsequently measured at amortised cost using the effective 
interest rate method, less any provision for impairment loss. 

(ii) Other liabilities
Other liabilities comprise accounts payable and accrued expenses and represent liabilities for goods and services 
received by the Group that remain unpaid at the end of the reporting period. The balance is recognised as a current 
liability with the amounts normally paid within 30 days of the recognition of the liability.

(iii) New and revised accounting standards
The Group has adopted the following new standards and amendments to standards, including any consequential 
amendments to other standards, with a date of initial application for reporting periods beginning on or after 
1 July 2018 that have been issued by the Australian Accounting Standards Board (AASB). The adoption of these 
accounting standards has not resulted in any impacts to the financial statements:

•  AASB 2014-10 Amendments to Australian Accounting Standards - Sale or Contribution of Assets between an Investor 

and its Associate or Joint Venture.

•  AASB 2017-6 Amendments to Australian Accounting Standards – Prepayment Features with Negative Compensation.

•  AASB 2017-7 Amendments to Australian Accounting Standards – Long-term Interests in Associates and 

Joint Ventures.

(a) AASB 9 Financial Instruments 
In December 2014, the AASB issued AASB 9 Financial Instruments which replaces AASB 139 Financial Instruments: 
Recognition and Measurement. The standard covers four broad topics: Impairment, Classification, Measurement and 
Hedging. AASB 9 Financial Instruments was effective for periods beginning on or after 1 January 2018. The standard 
introduced changes in the classification and measurement of financial assets and liabilities and simplifications to hedge 
accounting, all of which the Group early adopted in 2014. Additionally, AASB 9 included a new Expected Credit Loss 
(ECL) model for impairment. The Group implemented the ECL model for impairment on 1 July 2018 as outlined further 
within this note.

Impairment
The Group has developed a AASB 9 Expected Credit Loss model, which replaces the previous incurred loss approach 
under AASB 139. Refer to note 4.3 for the new accounting policy. The impact upon adoption on 1 July 2018 is as follows.

Transition to ECL Model pre-tax
The impairment requirements have been applied prospectively from 1 July 2018 by adjusting opening retained earnings 
at that date. The Group has elected not to restate prior period comparative balances on adoption of the new standard.

Impact
The following table provides a pre-tax breakdown of the transition to AASB 9 ECL model from AASB 139 as at 1 July 2018:

Collective Provisions 

Specific Provisions

Total Provisions 

AASB 139

$' 000

359

222

581

AASB 9

$' 000

2,271

222

2,493

Movement 

$' 000

1,912

-

1,912

The Group’s opening balance sheet adjustment, based on the economic conditions, forecast economic scenarios, 
management judgements and assumptions as at 1 July 2018, was an increase in impairment provisions of $1.912m 
before tax, with a corresponding decrease in shareholders’ equity of $1.338m after tax.

The increase in the provision for doubtful debts on adoption of the standard has been taken through opening retained 
earnings as at 1 July 2018, with no impact on the income statement. The impact on the Group’s Common Equity Tier 1 
capital adequacy ratio (CET1 ratio ) on the date of adoption was a reduction of 12bps.

Governance 
The Asset and Liability Committee (ALCO) is responsible for reviewing and approving forecast economic scenarios and 
the associated probability weights applied to each scenario. 

The Risk and Credit Committee (RCC) is responsible for recommending any adjustments required to account for 
situations where known or expected risks have not been adequately addressed in the modelling process. 

The Group’s provision for impairment, impairment on loans and advances and any areas of judgement are reported to 
the Group’s Audit Committee (GAC) and Board at each reporting period. 

(b) AASB 15 Revenue from Contracts with Customers
AASB 15 Revenue from Contracts with Customers replaces AASB 118 Revenue and is effective for periods beginning 
on 1 July 2018. The core principle of AASB 15 is that an entity recognises revenue based on the transfer of promised 
goods or services to customers for an amount that reflects the consideration to which the entity expects to be entitled in 

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exchange for those goods or services. The model in AASB 15 features a contract based five-step analysis of transactions, 
to determine whether, how much and when revenue is recognised. 

The adoption of the new revenue methodology has resulted in no change to the timing of recognition of income. The 
only adjustment to Group reported revenue is where the Group acts as principal in a settlement arrangement. In these 
circumstances, the income and expense is required to be shown net. Previously, the Group had certain interchange 
income and expense that was reported gross, but now, this interchange income and expense has been netted and the 
comparative restated accordingly.

Directors’ 
Declaration

In accordance with a resolution of the Directors of MyState Limited, we state that:

The Group has not had an opening balance sheet adjustment.

1. In the opinion of the Directors:

The following accounting standards will impact the financial statements in future financial years:

(a)  The financial statements and notes of the Group set out on pages 51-90 are in accordance with the Corporations 

(c) AASB 16 Leases
AASB 16 Leases replaces AASB 117 Leases and is effective for periods beginning on or after 1 January 2019. 
MyState Limited will adopt this standard on 1 July 2019. 

AASB 16 requires lessees to recognise most leases on balance sheet as lease liabilities at the present value of future 
lease payments with a corresponding right-of-use assets which will be reduced via depreciation over the lease term. 
Lessees must apply a single model for all recognised leases, but will have the option not to recognise ‘short-term’ leases 
and leases of ‘low-value’ assets. The accounting for Lessors is largely unchanged.

The Group has assessed the impact of this standard on its operating leases (the Group does not have finance leases 
currently) and has determined that the impact on the timing of expenses related to leases will not differ materially 
as a result of adoption. The classification of that expense will be disclosed as depreciation expense, in relation to 
extinguishing the right-of-use-asset, and financing expense, in relation to the implied interest costs used in the valuation 
of the lease liability used in the valuation of the lease liability. As a result of this reclassification, the Group's “Lease 
expense” will reduce.

The Group will adopt the standard on 1 July 2019 and at this date will raise a right-of-use asset at a value equivalent to the 
lease asset. Comparatives will not be restated. On adoption the Group anticipates that the value of the right-of-use asset 
and corresponding liability of approximately $12.8M will be recognised on balance sheet in relation to the in-scope leases.

(iv) Changes in accounting policy and disclosure
The Group has adopted two changes to accounting policies in the current reporting period. These changes have been 
applied retrospectively in the financial statements. Where comparative information has been amended, references has 
been made back to this note.

1. Inclusion of Bond Issuance costs in the effective interest rate
Costs that are integral to the issuance of bonds have been capitalised in accordance with AASB 9 and amortised over 
the expected life of the issued bonds. The written down value of these costs had previously been recognised within 
“Intangible assets and goodwill”, with the amortisation associated previously disclosed within “Administration costs” 
as “Amortisation - other intangibles”.  In the current reporting period, this policy has been changed. The costs continue 
to be capitalised in accordance with AASB 9 and amortised over the expected life of the issued bonds, however, the 
unamortised balance of these costs is now included in “Deposits and other borrowings including subordinated notes” 
and the expense is included in “Interest expense”, to reflect the average effective interest rate calculation of the 
bonds issued. The value of unamortised bond issuance costs at 30 June 2019 is $3.637m (30 June 2018: $5.026m). 
Amortisation expense related to bond issuance costs at 30 June 2019 is $1.697m (30 June 2018: $1.318m).

2. Inclusion of Mortgage Offset Accounts in the calculation of average interest earned on assets
The balance of Mortgage Offset accounts is included within “Deposits and other borrowings including subordinated 
notes” on the Consolidated Statement of Financial Position, which is unchanged. In Note 3.3 “Average balance sheet 
and source of net interest income”, offset accounts had previously been reported in the liabilities total “Deposits 
and derivatives”. As these balances represent a proportion of Loans and advances that are non-interest earning, this 
disclosure has changed and offset accounts are now netted off against the balance of “Loans and advances” to reflect 
the interest earning balances more accurately. The quantitative impact of this change is disclosed in the Note 3.3.

Act 2001, including:

(i)  Giving a true and fair view of the Group’s financial position as at 30 June 2019 and of its performance for the 

year ended on that date; and

(ii)  Complying with Accounting Standards, the Corporations Regulations 2001 and other mandatory professional 

reporting requirements; and

(b)  There are reasonable grounds to believe that MyState Limited will be able to pay its debts as and when they 

become due and payable.

2.   The Directors have been given the declarations required by Section 295A of the Corporations Act 2001 by the 

Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer for the financial year ended 30 June 2019.

3.   The financial statements and notes also comply with International Financial Reporting Standards as disclosed in note 1.2.

This declaration is made in accordance with a resolution of the Directors.

On behalf of the Board

Miles Hampton 
Chairman 

Hobart, dated 23 August 2019

            Melos Sulicich 
            Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer

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Independent 
Auditor’s Report

Independent Auditor’s Report 

To the Shareholders of MyState Limited 

Report on the Audit of the Financial Report 

Opinion 

We have audited the financial report of MyState Limited (the Company) and its subsidiaries (the Group), which 
comprises  the  consolidated  statement  of  financial  position  as  at  30  June  2019,  the  consolidated  income 
statement,  the  consolidated  statement  of  comprehensive  income,  the  consolidated  statement  of  changes  in 
equity and the consolidated statement of cash flows for the year then ended, notes comprising a summary of 
significant accounting policies and other explanatory information and the Directors’ declaration of the Company. 

In our opinion the accompanying financial report of the Group is in accordance with the Corporations Act 2001, 
including: 

I.

giving  a  true  and  fair  view  of  the  Group’s  financial  position  as  at  30  June  2019  and  of  its  financial
performance for the year then ended; and

II.

complying with Australian Accounting Standards and the Corporations Regulations 2001.

Basis for Opinion 

We  conducted  our  audit  in  accordance  with  Australian  Auditing  Standards.  Our  responsibilities  under  those 
standards are further described in the Auditor’s Responsibilities for the Audit of the Financial Report section of our 
report.  We are independent of the Group in accordance with the auditor independence requirements of the 
Corporations  Act  2001  and  the  ethical  requirements  of  the  Accounting  Professional  and  Ethical  Standards 
Board’s APES 110 Code of Ethics for Professional Accountants (the Code) that are relevant to our audit of the 
financial report in Australia; and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with the Code. 

We  believe  that the audit evidence  we  have  obtained is sufficient  and  appropriate  to provide  a  basis for our 
opinion. 

Key Audit Matters 

Key audit matters are those matters that, in our professional judgement, were of most significance in our audit 
of the financial report of the current period. These matters were addressed in the context of our audit of the 
financial report and in forming our opinion thereon, and we do not provide a separate opinion on these matters. 
For each matter below, our description of how our audit addressed the matter is provided in that context. 

We  have  fulfilled  the  responsibilities  described  in  the  Auditor’s  Responsibilities  for  the  Audit  of  the  Financial 
Report  section  of  our  report,  including  in  relation  to  these  matters.  Accordingly,  our  audit  included  the 
performance of procedures designed to respond to our assessment of the risks of material misstatement of the 
financial statements.  The results of our audit procedures, including the procedures performed to address the 
matters below, provide the basis for our audit opinion on the accompanying Financial Report. 

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1. Operation of IT systems and Controls

Key audit matter 

How our audit addressed the matter 

A  significant  part  of  the  Group’s  financial  reporting 
process 
IT  systems  with 
automated  processes  and  controls  for  the  capture, 
processing, storage and extraction of information. 

is  heavily  reliant  on 

An essential part of IT system is ensuring appropriate 
user access and change management protocols exist 
and  are  being  observed.    These  protocols  are 
important  because  they  ensure  that  access  and 
changes to IT systems and related data are made and 
authorised in an appropriate manner. 

These  key  controls  mitigate  potential  fraud  or  error 
because  of  change  to  an  application  or  underlying 
data. 

MyState has outsourced arrangements for a number 
of key IT processes. 

We focus our audit on those IT systems and controls that are 
significant to the Group’s financial reporting process. 

tested 

We  assessed  and 
the  design  and  operating 
effectiveness of the Group’s IT controls, including those over 
user  access  and  change  management  as  well  as  data 
reliability. 

This involved assessing: 

•
•

•

•

for  software

Technology control environment and governance;
Change  management  processes 
applications;
Access  controls  designed  to  enforce  segregation  of
duties;
System development, reviewing the appropriateness
of  managements 
implementation
controls;

testing  and 

• We  carried  out  direct  tests  of  the  operation  of  key
programs  to  establish  the  accuracy  of  calculations,
the correct generation of reports, and to assess the
correct  operation  of  automated  controls  and
technology-dependent manual controls; and
Third party reports on IT systems and controls.

•

For  outsourced  providers,  we  obtain  assurance  from  third 
party  auditors  on  the  design  and  operating  effectiveness  of 
controls. 

2. Recognition and Measurement – Intangible Assets
Refer to Note 5.2 ‘Intangible assets and goodwill’

Key audit matter 

How our audit addressed the matter 

The  Group  is  in  the  process  of  enhancing  its  IT 
systems.    During  the  financial  year,  a  number  of 
strategic transformative projects were developed and 
implemented.  New  systems  were 
researched, 
designed, projects commenced and completed.   

This  increased  the  amount  of  costs  capitalised  as 
intangible  assets  in  relation  to  significant  projects. 
The  recognition  and  measurement  of  these  costs 
requires 
internally 
generated  intangible  assets  as  to  when  the  costs 
incurred  on  projects  transition  from  research  to 
development. 

judgement,  particularly 

for 

To  address  the  risk  of  material  misstatement  and  obtain 
sufficient  audit  evidence,  we  performed  the 
following 
procedures over intangible assets: 

• We  evaluated  and  tested  the  Group’s  processes  for

recognising intangible assets;

• We  reviewed  amounts  capitalised  for  significant
projects  currently  being  completed  by  the  group.
This included a retrospective assessment of amounts
capitalised in early stages of significant projects;
• We  reviewed  the  Group’s  processes  for  considering
the  completion  of  projects  and  commencement  of
amortisation; and

• We  ensured 

intangible  assets  made  redundant

through new projects were written off.

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3. Provision for Doubtful Debts

Refer to Note 4.3 ‘Loans and advances’

Why significant 

How our audit addressed the matter 

The  provision  for  doubtful  debts  is  determined  in 
accordance with the requirements of AASB 9 Financial 
Instruments.  We  focus  on  this  area  because  of  the 
significant  judgement  involved  in  determining  the 
provision 
for 
impairment  of  loans that exceed specific thresholds 
are 
individually  assessed  by  management  with 
reference  to  future  cash  repayments  and  proceeds 
from the realisation of security. 

for  doubtful  debts.  Provision 

Other loans that do not have an individually assessed 
provision are assessed on a portfolio basis with loans 
with similar risk characteristics. 

Key areas of judgement included: 

•

•

The design of the economic credit loss model
used;
The  selection  of  assumptions  adopted  such
as  the  probability  of  default,  loss  given
default,  exposure  at  default  and  forward
looking information.

Other Information 

To  address  the  risk  of  material  misstatement  and  obtain 
sufficient  audit  evidence,  we  performed  the 
following 
procedures over the provisions for doubtful debts: 

•
•

•

•

•

•

Assessed the governance oversight;
Reviewed and tested the calculation of the expected
credit loss model, including the specific provision and
collective provision for impairment;
Ensured  the  methodology  for  write  off  of  debt  was
consistent with prior periods;
Tested the accuracy of the data used to calculate the
provision;
Reviewed a  sample of  current  arrears  balances and
reviewed  follow  up  procedures,  including  whether
specific 
in  arrears  had  been
financial  assets 
appropriately provided; and
Reviewed management assessments for provision for
loans that exceed specific thresholds.

The  Directors  are  responsible  for  the  other  information.  The  other  information  comprises  the  information 
included in the Group’s annual report for the year ended 30 June 2019, but does not include the financial report 
and our auditor’s report thereon. 

Our opinion on the financial report does not cover the other information and accordingly we do not express any 
form of assurance conclusion thereon. 

In connection with our audit of the financial report, our responsibility is to read the other information and, in 
doing  so,  consider  whether  the  other  information  is  materially  inconsistent  with  the  financial  report  or  our 
knowledge obtained in the audit or otherwise appears to be materially misstated.  If, based on the work we have 
performed,  we  conclude  that  there  is  a  material  misstatement  of  this  other  information,  we  are  required  to 
report that fact. We have nothing to report in this regard. 

Responsibilities of the Directors for the Financial Report 

The Directors of the Company are responsible for the preparation of the financial report that gives a true and 
fair view in accordance with Australian Accounting Standards and the Corporations Act 2001 and for such internal 
control as the Directors determine is necessary to enable the preparation of the financial report that gives a true 
and fair view and is free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error. 

In preparing the financial report, the Directors are responsible for assessing the ability of the Group to continue 
as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concern and using the going concern basis 
of accounting unless the Directors either intend to liquidate the Group or to cease operations, or has no realistic 
alternative but to do so. 

Auditor’s Responsibilities for the Audit of the Financial Report 

Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial report as a whole is free from 
material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue an auditor’s report that includes our opinion. 
Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance 
with the Australian Auditing Standards will always detect a material misstatement when it exists. Misstatements 
can  arise  from  fraud  or  error  and  are  considered  material  if,  individually  or  in  the  aggregate,  they  could 
reasonably be expected to influence the economic decisions of users taken on the basis of this financial report. 

As part of an audit in accordance with the Australian Auditing Standards, we exercise professional judgement 
and maintain professional scepticism throughout the audit. We also: 

•

Identify and assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial report, whether due to fraud or error,
design and perform audit procedures responsive to those risks, and obtain audit evidence that is sufficient
and  appropriate  to  provide  a  basis  for  our  opinion.  The  risk  of  not  detecting  a  material  misstatement
resulting  from  fraud  is  higher  than  for  one  resulting  from  error,  as  fraud  may  involve  collusion,  forgery,
intentional omissions, misrepresentations, or the override of internal control.

•

•

• Obtain an understanding of internal control relevant to the audit in order to design audit procedures that
are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness
of the Group’s internal control.
Evaluate the appropriateness of accounting policies used and the reasonableness of accounting estimates
and related disclosures made by the Directors.
Conclude on the appropriateness of the Directors’ use of the going concern basis of accounting and, based
on the audit evidence obtained, whether a material uncertainty exists related to events or conditions that
may  cast  significant  doubt  on  the  Group’s  ability  to  continue  as  a  going  concern.  If  we  conclude  that  a
material  uncertainty  exists,  we  are  required  to  draw  attention  in  our  auditor’s  report  to  the  related
disclosures  in  the  financial  report  or,  if  such  disclosures  are  inadequate,  to  modify  our  opinion.  Our
conclusions  are  based  on  the  audit  evidence  obtained  up  to  the  date  of  our  auditor’s  report.  However,
future events or conditions may cause the Group to cease to continue as a going concern.
Evaluate the overall presentation, structure and content of the financial report, including the disclosures,
and  whether  the  financial  report  represents  the  underlying  transactions  and  events  in  a  manner  that
achieves fair presentation.

•

• Obtain sufficient appropriate audit evidence regarding the financial information of the entities or business
activities  within  the  Group  to  express  an  opinion  on  the  financial  report.  We  are  responsible  for  the
direction,  supervision  and  performance  of  the  Group  audit.  We  remain  solely  responsible  for  our  audit
opinion.

We communicate with the Directors regarding, among other matters, the planned scope and timing of the audit 
and significant audit findings, including any significant deficiencies in internal control that we identify during our 
audit. 

We  also  provide  the  Directors  with  a  statement  that  we  have  complied  with  relevant  ethical  requirements 
regarding  independence,  and  to  communicate  with  them  all  relationships  and  other  matters  that  may 
reasonably be thought to bear on our independence, and where applicable, related safeguards. 

From the matters communicated with the Directors, we determine those matters that were of most significance 
in the audit of the financial report of the current period and are therefore the key audit matters. We describe 
these matters in our auditor’s report unless law or regulation precludes public disclosure about the matter or 
when, in extremely rare circumstances, we determine that a matter should not be communicated in our report 
because the adverse consequences of doing so would reasonably be expected to outweigh the public interest 
benefits of such communication. 

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Report on the Remuneration Report 

Opinion on the Remuneration Report 

We have audited the Remuneration Report included in pages xx to xx of the Directors’ report for the year 
ended 30 June 2019. 

36 to 47

In our opinion, the Remuneration Report of MyState Limited, for the year ended 30 June  2019 complies with 
section 300A of the Corporations Act 2001. 

Responsibilities 

The Directors of the Company are responsible for the preparation and presentation of the Remuneration Report 
in accordance with section 300A of the Corporations Act 2001. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on 
the Remuneration Report, based on our audit conducted in accordance with Australian Auditing Standards. 

JOANNE DOYLE 
Partner 
Wise Lord & Ferguson 
Chartered Accountants 

Date:  23 August 2019 

Information relating 
to shareholders

Range of Units (Snapshot) as at 23 August 2019

Range

1 - 1,000

1,001 - 5,000

5,001 - 10,000

10,001 - 100,000

100,001 Over

Rounding

Total

Unmarketable Parcels

Minimum $500.00 parcel at $4.70 per unit

Top Holders (Snapshot) as at 23 August 2019

Rank Name

Total holders

Units

% of Issued 
Capital

57,346

23,088,272

3,164

1,145

965

44

8,593,580

8,584,856

21,960,902

28,812,935

25.36

9.44

9.43

24.12

31.65

0.00

62,664

91,040,545

100.00

Minimum 
Parcel Size

Holders

107

359

Units

12473

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

7.

8.

9.

J P MORGAN NOMINEES AUSTRALIA PTY LIMITED

CITICORP NOMINEES PTY LIMITED

HSBC CUSTODY NOMINEES (AUSTRALIA) LIMITED

NATIONAL NOMINEES LIMITED

SELECT MANAGED FUNDS LTD

NEALE EDWARDS PTY LTD

MR BRIAN DAVID FAULKNER

BEECHWORTH HOLDINGS PTY LTD 

PRESTIGE FURNITURE PTY LTD

10.

AUSTRALIAN EXECUTOR TRUSTEES LIMITED 

11. MRS WENDY JEAN FAULKNER

12.

13.

14.

BNP PARIBAS NOMS PTY LTD 

ECAPITAL NOMINEES PTY LIMITED 

UBS NOMINEES PTY LTD

15. MRS JOAN ELIZABETH EVERSHED

16.

17.

BNP PARIBAS NOMINEES PTY LTD 

DONETTA PTY LIMITED

18. GARMARAL PTY LTD

19. NETWEALTH INVESTMENTS LIMITED 

20.

LYMAL PTY LTD

Totals: Top 20 holders of ORDINARY FULLY PAID SHARES (Total)

Total Remaining Holders Balance

Units

% of 
Units

7,579,398

5,024,494

3,372,799

1,572,219

1,225,960

901,285

750,000

721,700

464,000

458,616

405,000

393,433

378,366

327,246

312,547

307,784

255,000

253,011

248,508

244,140

8.33

5.52

3.70

1.73

1.35

0.99

0.82

0.79

0.51

0.50

0.44

0.43

0.42

0.36

0.34

0.34

0.28

0.28

0.27

0.27

25,195,506

65,845,039

27.68

72.32

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Registered Office:
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ABN: 26 133 623 962 
Level 2, 137 Harrington Street 
Hobart TAS 7000 
Phone: 138 001 
Website: mystatelimited.com.au 
Email: info@mystatelimited.com.au

Directors (As at 30 June 2019)
Miles Hampton (Chairman – non-executive)
Melos Sulicich (Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer)
Robert Gordon (non-executive Director)
Sibylle Krieger (non-executive Director)
Warren Lee (non-executive Director)
Stephen Lonie (non-executive Director)
Andrea Waters (non-executive Director)

Company Secretary
Scott Lukianenko

Share Registry
Computershare Investor Services
GPO Box 2975EE
Melbourne VIC 3000
Telephone: 1300 538 803
Overseas callers: +61 3 9415 4660
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Auditors
Wise Lord & Ferguson
1st Floor, 160 Collins Street
Hobart TAS 7000

Australian Securities Exchange Listing
MyState Limited is listed on the Australian Securities 
Exchange under the code MYS.

MyState Bank 
ABN: 89 067 729 195
Phone: 138 001
Website: mystate.com.au
Email: info@mystate.com.au

Tasmanian Perpetual Trustees 
ABN: 97 009 475 629
Phone: 1300 138 044
Website: tasmanianperpetual.com.au
Email: info@tptl.com.au

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