Unidentified Company Representative
Analyst
First of all, in the case of Shinhan Life Insurance and Shinhan Card, regarding TM operations or sales. Well, the restrictions on our sales have been – will soon be enacted, and I know that there will be some impact. And in the case of Shinhan Credit Card, their sales strategy is to have – to not have the teams issuing the cards directly. So I think that these types of sales and the restrictions will not impact our sales or the income. In the case of Shinhan Life Insurance, we believe that we will have some impact, but as you are well aware in the case of Shinhan Life Insurance TM and DMs and other e-channels are leading to stable growth. So it is true that we may be impacted, but to a slight degree. However from last year, from a strategic side, currently Shinhan Life Insurance’s vulnerability or the weak side can be the type of long-term insurance products. The protection type of products have been actually revised our plan. So it seems that this year we will not be impacted severely, and we are currently reviewing this, but it seems that we will not – our P&L will not be impacted that much, the Credit Card version of life insurance because of these restrictions. That is our current review. Regarding the second question, about household loan maturity or prolongation and the fixed rate loans repayment. Well, the proportion going up to 40%. The government’s policy – well, that has existed in the past as well. Basically – well, it seems that it is to protect the customers and not to have more risks by the bank. So I know that the focus is more on the customers. Of course the customers need to be protected, but the banks also need to think about risk management for asset growth. In 2013, you have heard from us that in our earnings in the case of Shinhan Bank, household loans – the mortgage loans have gone down, so the portfolio have gone down. So the credit loans, you can see that has gone up, but for our mortgage loans. So for the longer term maturity loans, well there is securitization. And recently the FSS is encouraging covenant bond issuance so that the maturity mismatch can be resolved. And I think that can work. So Shinhan Bank also will be interested in those two areas. And in the case of covered bond, the FSS, I know is actively going to support in creating a market for covered bonds. Thank you.