questa è la traduzione in inglese. ho capito che a suo tempo, non hanno considerato i prestiti intergruppo. anche la banca centrale ha peccato di incompetenza non tenendo in nessuna considerazione tale legami fra le società collegate a SNS. è molto tecnico comunque e prendete questa mia sintesi con beneficio di inventario
In his last column, Pieter Couwenbergh concluded the following conclusion about the SNS case: "a body, no villains". He did this in response to a letter from Minister Dijsselbloem to the Lower House, in which it addresses a research report by auditor PwC. It's a scary letter. About total incompetence. From directors, supervisors and the accountant.
In short, the case is about a € 70million sheltered in the books of SNS Reaal: the equity was too high because no account was taken of the pledge of a credit between SNS- business units. Now that there were intercompany transactions ("balance compensation system") - commonly seen as "pocket bag, panty bag" transactions that can be torn apart - they had been under the radar for more than 20 years. When it came out, when sold by the insurance subsidiary's state, the rapids were cooked. The minister wanted to know if there was a "bad intent" or "just a mistake". Well, PwC has not shown an evil intention. But it's more than just a mistake.
Too mild
Dijsselbloem calls casus 'mischief', but that is too mild and last word has not yet been said
First, it is unlikely that the SNS Summit did not know of the intercompany structure of capital grants, loans and pledges. The amounts involved were too large. Evidence is a problem here: PwC could not find out more about the pledging documents.
Secondly, PwC found that the existence of the balance compensation system was "widely known" within SNS. In fact, the Treasury department took into account business management. An enterprise management that does not suggest that it is known (transaction flows of € 700 million and € 800 million) is not 'in control'.
Thirdly, SNS employees indicated that at some point they knew about the pledge but did not have the connection with their effect on the solvency ratios. If they think so, they should never be more involved in calculating solvency ratios. Laying the connection is not rocket science but obvious.
At least SNS was incompetent. The safety threats to it - supervisor DNB and accountant KPMG - serve to signal that. Regardless of whether DNB had to observe the fact that SNS had lived without a pledge, PwC had stated that DNB had to be "at least" at least 2011/2012. That the supervisor does not act at that time. Apparently DNB was not in control either. Or is the supervisor also incompetent? By not making "critical questions" about the balance compensation system, although group relations formed a spearhead for DNB. Or by not looking at the financial position of individual license holders within the SNS group. Or by failing to perform adequate checks on SNS Group Submissions.
State aid
How sure was the existence of SNS, which needed strong state aid?
Comments on critical questions and inadequate control also apply to auditor KPMG. It also did not mention the importance of controlling intra-company transactions. Because the accountant assumed the going concern assumption. But how was SNS's survival, an institution that needed strong state aid? KPMG blamed SNS: it should have given him the pledge deed. That should have been true, but the argument completely ignores the accountant's own responsibility. Knowing that a financial institution consisting of individual licensees was checked, which, for example, had to hand in individual accountants to the supervisors. Within that context, financial transactions within the group are really relevant and it is too simple to ignore this simply by seeing it as a "pocket pocket". In addition, KPMG carried out research into the division of the SNS group in 2012. Precisely, the individual financial position per group of entities should be properly visualized.
In short: a frightening case that continued after the crisis in 2008. A crisis that led to beautiful promises from supervisors and accountants. A case with a body and guilty. A case that the minister says: "That's bad." In my opinion, that is too mild and the last word has not yet been said.