RISK MANAGEMENT POLICIES
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2012
RISK MANAGEMENT POLICIES
7. RISK MANAGEMENT POLICIES

 

Management of risk is an essential element of the Company’s operations. The main risks inherent to the Company’s operations are those related to credit risk exposures and market movements in interest rates. A description of the Company’s risk management policies in relation to those risks is provided below.

 

Credit risk– The Company is exposed to credit risk which is the risk that one party to a financial instrument will fail to discharge an obligation and cause the other party to incur a financial loss.

 

Interest rate risk – Interest rate risk arises from the possibility that changes in interest rates will affect the value of a financial instrument.

 

Currently, the Company’s approach to the interest risk limitation is borrowing at fixed rates and for short periods.