Pohjola Pankki Oyj (FRA:OKB) Intangible Assets : €779 Mil (As of Mar. 2016)

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What is Pohjola Pankki Oyj Intangible Assets?

Intangible assets are defined as identifiable non-monetary assets that cannot be seen, touched or physically measured. Pohjola Pankki Oyj's intangible assets for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2016 was €779 Mil.

Pohjola Pankki Oyj Intangible Assets Historical Data

The historical data trend for Pohjola Pankki Oyj's Intangible Assets can be seen below:

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Pohjola Pankki Oyj Intangible Assets Calculation

Intangible assets are defined as identifiable non-monetary assets that cannot be seen, touched or physically measured. Examples of intangible assets include trade secrets, copyrights, patents, trademarks. If a company acquires assets at the prices above the book value, it may carry goodwill on its balance sheet. Goodwill reflects the difference between the price the company paid and the book value of the assets.

Pohjola Pankki Oyj (FRA:OKB) Intangible Assets Explanation

If a company (company A) received a patent through their own work, though it has value, it does not show up on its balance sheet as an intangible asset. However, if company A sells this patent to company B, it will show up on company B's balance sheet as an intangible asset.

The same applies to brand names, trade secrets etc. For instance, Coca-Cola's brand is extremely valuable, but the brand does not appear on its balance sheet, because the brand was never acquired.

Some intangibles are amortized. Amortization is the depreciation of intangible assets.

Many intangibles are not amortized. They may still be written down when the company decides the asset is impaired.

Whenever you see an increase in goodwill over a number of years, you can assume it's because the company is out buying other businesses above book value. GOOD if buying businesses with durable competitive advantage.

If goodwill stays the same, the company when acquiring other companies is either paying less than book value or not acquiring. Businesses with moats never sell for less than book value.

Intangibles acquired are on balance sheet at fair value.

Internally developed brand names (Coke, Wrigleys, Band-Aid) however are not reflected on the balance sheet.

One of the reasons competitive advantage power can remain hidden for so long.

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Companies may change the way intangible assets are amortized, and this will affect their reported earnings.

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Pohjola Pankki Oyj (FRA:OKB) Business Description

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Pohjola Pankki Oyj, provides banking, non-life insurance and wealth management services. It serves businesses, institutions and private individuals and provides banking and insurance services to customers while supporting corporate customers' business.. The Company operates through the following three business segments: Banking, Asset Management, and Non-life Insurance. The banking segment provides corporate and institutional customers with solutions for their financing and financial management needs. Banking consists of the following divisions: Corporate Banking, Markets and Baltic Banking. Companies within Banking are the member banks, Helsinki OP Bank PLC, OP-Kotipankki Oyj, OP Mortgage Bank and OP Fund Management Company Ltd and certain smaller companies supporting banking services in its entirety. The Company's Banking and Asset Management segments are also included under OP-Pohjola Group's Banking. The operations of OP Bank Group Mutual Insurance Company's are also included under Banking as the company's business consists of credit insurance to OP-Pohjola Group's retail banks. The Wealth Management Segment comprises the following operations: OP Life Assurance Company Ltd and Aurum Investment Insurance Ltd engaged in the Company's life and pension insurance business, OP Fund Management Company Ltd engaged in mutual fund business, and Pohjola Group's Asset Management segment. The Non-life Insurance segment encompasses the operations of OP-Pohjola Group's non-life insurance companies, i.e. Pohjola Insurance Ltd, Eurooppalainen Insurance Company Ltd, A-Insurance Ltd, the Seesam companies operating in the Baltic countries, as well as the operations of service companies supporting non-life insurance. Non-life insurance products include non-life insurance policies sold to corporate and private customers.

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