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To our Shareholders Corporate Responsibility Management Report Risk Report Group Financial Statements Further Information 223 279<br />

258 202 Statement of comprehensive income<br />

260 204 Balance sheet<br />

262 206 Statement of changes in equity<br />

264 208 Cash flow statement<br />

266 210 Notes<br />

409 353 Auditors’ report<br />

measured. Agreed interest payments in reverse repos are<br />

recognised as interest income within net interest income<br />

according to maturity.<br />

We conduct securities lending transactions with other banks<br />

and customers in order to meet delivery commitments or to<br />

enable us to effect securities repurchase agreements. We report<br />

these transactions in a similar manner to securities repurchase<br />

transactions. Securities lent remain in our securities portfolio<br />

(trading assets or financial investments) and are measured<br />

according to the rules of IAS 39. Borrowed securities do not<br />

appear in the balance sheet, nor are they measured. In securities<br />

lending transactions, the counterparty credit risk can be avoided<br />

by obtaining collateral, which may be provided in the form of<br />

cash, for example. Collateral furnished for a securities lending<br />

transaction is known as cash collateral out and collateral<br />

received as cash collateral in. In addition, cash collateral outs<br />

are deposited as collateral in connection with derivative<br />

transactions. We show cash collateral which we have furnished<br />

for securities lending transactions as a claim and collateral<br />

received as a liability. Interest and expenses from securities<br />

lending transactions are recognised in net interest income<br />

according to maturity.<br />

(11) Value adjustments for portfolio fair value hedges<br />

This item contains interest-rate-related positive and negative<br />

changes in the fair value of hedged transactions for which<br />

portfolio fair value hedge accounting is used.<br />

(12) Positive fair values of derivative hedging instruments<br />

This item contains derivative financial instruments used for<br />

hedging purposes which qualify for hedge accounting and have<br />

a positive fair value. The hedging instruments are measured at<br />

fair value.<br />

(13) Trading assets<br />

Under trading assets we report financial instruments measured<br />

at fair value. These include fixed income and equity securities,<br />

promissory note loans and units in investment funds. Also<br />

shown at fair value are all derivative financial instruments<br />

which are not used as hedging instruments in hedge<br />

accounting and have a positive fair value. Lending<br />

commitments with a positive fair value allocated to the trading<br />

book are also shown in this item.<br />

(14) Financial investments<br />

Financial investments are financial instruments not assigned to<br />

any other balance sheet item. Financial investments comprise all<br />

bonds, notes and other interest-rate-related securities, shares<br />

and other equity-related securities, units in investment funds,<br />

equity holdings and holdings in non-consolidated subsidiaries<br />

unless they must be treated as assets held for sale as defined by<br />

IFRS 5. Holdings in companies not accounted for using the<br />

equity method and in jointly controlled entities are reported as<br />

financial investments under equity holdings.<br />

Financial instruments from the loans and receivables<br />

category contained in financial investments are measured at<br />

amortised cost.<br />

Portfolio items classified as available-for-sale financial assets<br />

are recognised and measured at their fair value.<br />

Premiums and discounts are recognised in net interest<br />

income over the lifetime of the asset. Net interest income also<br />

includes interest income from bonds, dividends on shares<br />

including shares in unconsolidated affiliated companies and<br />

current gains or losses from equity holdings.<br />

If, however, an effective fair value hedge with a derivative<br />

financial instrument exists for financial instruments reported in<br />

this item, then that portion of the change in fair value<br />

attributable to the hedged risk is shown under net income from<br />

hedge accounting. Changes in the fair values of financial<br />

investments to which the fair value option has been applied are<br />

recognised in the net gain or loss from applying the fair value<br />

option, which is part of net trading income.<br />

Group Financial Statements

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