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BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT IN MILLIONS OF € * 2020 2019 Change % Lending business a) Mortgage loans 6,395 6,478 – 1 aa) Residential property financing 4,019 3,716 8 ab) Commercial property financing 2,376 2,762 – 14 b) Loans to public sector and banks 97 45 116 Total 6,492 6,523 0
OVERVIEW OF PORTFOLIOS IN MILLIONS OF € * 2020 2019 Change % Total assets 48,558 42,872 13 Mortgage loans 38,411 35,498 8 Public sector and banks 3,704 4,075 – 9 Pfandbriefe and other bonds 39,576 36,398 9 Liable equity capital 1,676 1,573 7
INCOME STATEMENT IN MILLIONS OF € * 2020 2019 Change % Net interest income and net commission income 238 205 17 Administrative expenses 128 131 – 2 Results from ordinary business activities 95 74 29 Transfer to the Fund for General Banking Risks 20 0 – Net income 38 36 6
EMPLOYEES NUMBER 2020 2019 Change % Average number of employees per year 611 573 7 Apprentices 15 15 0 Employees participating in parental leave, early retirement and partial retirement (non-working phase) 35 36 – 3
* Amounts have been rounded.
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6 Letter from the Board of Management 44 Notes
8 Management Report 45 General information on accounting policies 47 Notes to the balance sheet income statement 9 Economic report 56 Publication in accordance with Section 28 Pfandbrief Act 9 General economic conditions 65 Other disclosures 15 Business development 67 Bodies 18 Financial performance, financial position and net assets 68 Auditing Association 21 Ratings, sustainability and regulatory conditions 68 Other financial obligations 24 Registered office, executive bodies, committees and employees 69 Contigent liability
25 Risk, outlook and opportunities report 70 Independent Auditor’s Report 25 Risk report 75 Affirmation by the Legal Representatives 32 Corporate planning 76 Annex to Annual Financial Statements pursuant to Section 26a Para. 1 33 Outlook – opportunities and risks Sentence 2 of the German Banking Act (KWG) 77 Report of the Supervisory Board 36 Annual Statement of Accounts 80 Further Information 37 Balance sheet 41 Income statement 81 The members of the Delegates Meeting 42 Statement of development in equity capital and cash flow statement 82 Agenda – General (Delegates) Meeting 83 Executive management and bodies 84 Contact
87 Imprint
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IN CONVERSATION: THE KEY ISSUES FOR US IN 2020 ARE COVERED IN OUR ONLINE ANNUAL REPORT:
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Digitalisation gathering pace Working from home The future of the property markets
What digital processes have proved to be essential How did the sudden switch to working from home The crisis saw uncertainty return to the property market. during the COVID-19 pandemic, and how will things pan out at MünchenerHyp? Dr Phil Zundel, Head of Jan Polland, Thomas Hügler, Heads of Commercial and progress in terms of digitalisation? General Executive Central Services, talks about working from home Private Real-Estate Finance, explain the developments and Manager Ulrich Scheer looks back and into the future. during the COVID-19 crisis, and tells us which reveal whether the opportunities for investors lie. changes are here to stay.
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DR. LOUIS HAGEN Chairman of the Board of Management
DR. HOLGER HORN Member of the Board of Management
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Letter from the Board of Management
2020 was marked by two crises triggered by the COVID-19 Strong new business – further growth in residential shows that we were not able to escape the overall develop- pandemic: an international health emergency and a global property financing ments unscathed. Nevertheless, we consider this to be a posi- economic crisis. In particular, the measures taken to combat tive result, as we were able to exceed our new business target, the pandemic had a huge impact on society and business, and With new mortgage business of EUR 6.4 billion, we only just which had been adjusted to reflect the economic uncertainty. thus also to some extent on MünchenerHyp. fell short, by around EUR 100 million, of the record result achieved in the previous year. All in all, we were able to expand our mortgage portfolios When the first lockdown was imposed back in March 2020, again. Thanks to the encouraging level of new business, they we focused our efforts on two goals: first of all, protecting New private residential property financing business rose by grew by 8 percent to EUR 38.4 billion. the health of our employees and second, maintaining business 8 percent to over EUR 4 billion. On the one hand, this develop- operations that were as close to normal as possible despite all ment was thanks to a very stable German residential property Risk situation remains moderate of the restrictions required to contain the virus. market, which is still considered a safe haven during the crisis, especially among professional investors. On the other, the Our mortgage portfolios have remained largely untouched so To this end, we put extensive measures in place to ensure the sustained low interest rates bolstered demand for residential far by the economic implications of the COVID-19 pandemic. safety of our employees, adapted our business plans and properties. New business brokered by banks in the Cooperative Very few of our customers have made use of the statutory lending criteria to reflect the situation caused by the pandemic Financial Network rose by 10 percent to EUR 3.1 billion. We moratorium on debt repayments for private individuals. The and took flexible action in response to ever-changing chal- are also satisfied with the development of new business in same applies to the voluntary amortisation moratorium for lenges. Thanks to these measures, overall we got through our partnerships with independent financial service providers commercial property financing developed by the Association well through the COVID-19 pandemic in financial year 2020. and PostFinance in Switzerland. of German Pfandbrief Banks (vdp). Those segments of the So far, only a handful of our colleagues have contracted commercial property market that have been hit particularly COVID-19 – all of them were infected outside the Bank and By contrast, the economic consequences of the COVID-19 hard, such as hotels, only account for a very small share of have since recovered. Business-wise, 2020 was a satisfactory pandemic left their mark on the commercial property financ- our overall portfolio. We have analysed our entire portfolio of year despite all of the adversities we faced. ing business. New business fell by 14 percent to EUR 2.4 billion. commercial property financing without identifying any sig- This is slightly less pronounced than the drop in transaction nificant risks from today‘s perspective. volume on the German commercial property market, but also
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Higher earnings – dividend for financial year 2020 The 2020 Delegates Meeting therefore decided to carry for- Success through solidarity ward the retained earnings for 2019 of approximately Net interest income improved by 16 percent to EUR 347.8 mil- EUR 24 million to the 2020 financial year. This year, the ECB The business success stories written in the reporting year are lion, allowing us to continue the successful performance seen is now allowing limited dividend payments to be made for based to an even greater degree than usual on cooperation over the last few years. This means that net interest income the 2020 financial year. At MünchenerHyp, the limit has been with our partners, customers and investors based on trust. In has trebled within the last ten years, largely due to the steady calculated at 1.25 percent per share. The Supervisory Board the face of the stresses resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic, increase in new business. In line with the successful brokered and the Board of Management have proposed a corresponding our members showed considerable solidarity, in line with the new business, commission paid rose again in the year under resolution regarding the appropriation of distributable very spirit of the cooperative banking system, and helped review, although this was more than offset by the stronger income to the Delegates Meeting. MünchenerHyp to stay on track. We would like to thank our growth in net interest income. As a result, net interest and employees for the tremendous commitment and high degree commission income increased by 16.5 percent to EUR 238.3 mil- Pfandbrief proves its value yet again during the crisis of flexibility they have shown despite the pressures and con- lion. We were able to reduce administrative expenses by 2 per- cerns facing them outside of work. This allowed us to maintain cent to EUR 128.4 million despite a renewed increase in reg The Pfandbrief once again proved itself to be a crisis-proof business operations that were as close to normal as possible, ulatory costs and levies. This results in income from ordinary funding instrument in the environment created by the pan- even under stringent lockdown conditions. business activities of EUR 95.3 million, up by 29 percent demic. Although the issue volume on the primary market fell year-on-year. significantly and investors also adopted a more cautious Looking ahead to the 2021 financial year, we have set our- stance, we were still able to raise funding at good conditions selves the objective of expanding our new business to the With a Common Equity Tier 1 ratio of 20.6 percent, the Bank throughout the year. Demand was exceptionally strong for extent that the pandemic allows. We will also continue to continues to have good capital resources. It is very encour- our two issues of benchmark Mortgage Pfandbriefe with a focus on boosting the efficiency and customer centricity of aging to see that members’ capital contributions grew by volume of EUR 500 million each and long maturities of 15 our processes in order to increase both the Bank’s profita- EUR 80.6 million and totalled EUR 1,153.1 million at the end and 20 years. This allowed us to ensure that long loan terms bility and levels of satisfaction among our business partners of the year. This valuable vote of confidence by our members in private residential property financing could be refinanced and customers. is to be appreciated all the more given that we were unfortu- with matching maturities. On the Swiss capital market, we nately not allowed to pay a dividend for the 2019 financial were very successful in issuing several large-volume uncov- Yours sincerely, year in the year under review in line with ECB stipulations. ered bonds.
Dr. Louis Hagen Dr. Holger Horn Chairman of the Board Member of the Board of Management of Management
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MANAGEMENT REPORT
9 ECONOMIC REPORT 25 RISK, OUTLOOK AND OPPORTUNITIES REPORT 9 General economic conditions 9 Economic development 25 Risk report 9 Financial markets 25 Counterparty risk 11 Property markets and property financing markets 28 Market price risks 29 Liquidity risks 15 Business development 31 Investment risk 15 New mortgage business 31 Operational risks 16 Capital markets business 31 Risk-bearing capacity 16 Refinancing 31 Use of financial instruments for hedging purposes 31 Accounting-related internal control and 18 Financial performance, financial position risk management processes and net assets 18 Development of earnings 32 Corporate planning 19 Balance sheet structure 33 Outlook – opportunities and risks 21 Ratings, sustainability and regulatory conditions 33 Economic development and financial markets 21 Ratings 33 Property markets and property financing markets 21 Sustainability 34 Business development at 22 Separate non-financial report Münchener Hypothekenbank 22 Regulatory conditions 35 Disclaimer regarding forward-looking statements
24 Registered office, executive bodies, committees and employees 24 Registered office 24 Executive bodies and committees 24 Employees 24 Corporate governance statement in accordance with Section 289f HGB
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Economic report
GENERAL ECONOMIC However, the construction industry in particular was able to The US Federal Reserve (“Fed”) lowered the key interest rate CONDITIONS hold its own with a 1.4 percent increase in gross value added. by 50 basis points to a range of between 1.0 percent and Positive contributions to growth were also made by public 1.25 percent at the beginning of March. Less than two weeks consumption, which rose by 3.4 percent, and by construction later, it decided to lower the interest rate by 100 basis points Economic development investment, which was up by 1.5 percent. to within a range of 0.0 percent to 0.25 percent. In addition, the Fed announced plans to make large-scale purchases of The spread of the COVID-19 pandemic sent huge shock waves The average inflation rate of 0.5 percent was significantly Treasury securities, mortgage-backed securities (MBS) and through the global economy. The large-scale lockdown im- lower than in the previous year, largely due to the move to corporate bonds. posed in the spring of 2020 to combat the pandemic triggered cut VAT rates until the end of 2020 as part of the German a massive drop in production and sent global trade plum- government’s economic stimulus package. Heating oil and In mid-March, the ECB increased its pre-existing Asset Purchase meting. While the global economy was able to bounce back fuel, in particular, as well as consumer goods, became cheaper. Programme (APP) by EUR 120 billion before launching an somewhat in the third quarter as the number of infections The COVID-19 pandemic also put an end to the prolonged additional Pandemic Emergency Purchase Programme (PEPP) started to slow, by the end of the year the onset of the second upswing on the employment market. The number of people worth EUR 750 billion only shortly afterwards. wave of infections had once again slammed the brakes on out of work increased by an annual average of more than the economic recovery. The global economy experienced a 400,000 to 2.7 million. This pushed the unemployment rate While the markets calmed down slightly as a result of these deep recession in 2020, with a 3.5 percent drop in global up by 0.9 percentage points to 5.9 percent. The lockdown measures, liquidity shortages were still pushing money market gross domestic product according to the IMF’s latest estimate. also led to a very marked expansion in the use of furlough rates up. This prompted the ECB to take additional action at (Kurzarbeit). According to the German Federal Employment the beginning of June, including the decision to increase the The European economy was hit extremely hard by the lock- Agency, more people were on furlough in 2020 than ever PEPP by EUR 600 billion to a total of EUR 1.35 trillion and to down as well. In addition, the second wave of the pandemic before. launch new TLTRO tenders for banks, offering particularly had a significant impact on Europe in particular, hindering favourable financing conditions. In December, the PEPP was the economic recovery. Economic researchers therefore expect Financial markets increased by another EUR 500 billion and its term was ex- economic output to have dipped again in the fourth quarter tended until the end of March 2022. In addition, maturing of 2020. According to preliminary data from Eurostat, the The global COVID-19 pandemic also shook the financial mar- securities were reinvested until at least the end of 2023 and COVID-19 pandemic was responsible for an economic slump kets, with the stock markets suffering massive losses as a the favourable TLTRO conditions for banks were extended for of 6.8 percent in the eurozone looking at the year as a whole. result of the lockdown. Liquidity bottlenecks also triggered a another year, subject to certain conditions. The ECB opted not substantial sell-off of liquid government and corporate bonds to alter its key interest rates in 2020. The main refinancing In Germany, gross domestic product was down by 5.0 percent in the short term, leading to higher yields and also lower rate remains unchanged at 0.0 percent. in a year-on-year comparison – only the financial market prices. In a quest to stabilise the markets, a large number of crisis of 2009 resulted in a more marked decline in economic countries launched large-scale aid programmes and the Other central banks, including the Bank of England, Bank of output. Almost all sectors of the economy were affected. central banks reacted by adopting monetary policy measures. Japan and Swiss National Bank, also took monetary policy measures to make additional liquidity available on the financial
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YIELD ON TEN-YEAR BUNDS 2020 IN %
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Source: Bloomberg (closing rate)
markets. The Bank of England slashed the key interest rate On the foreign exchange market, the US dollar was still able rate of CHF 1.085, there was hardly any change at the end of twice, from 0.75 percent to 0.15 percent, in the space of one to gain ground against the euro at the beginning of the pan- 2020, with a rate of CHF 1.082. Sterling was much more week in March. demic, reaching a high of USD 1.06 in March. The temporary volatile, largely due to the news flow surrounding Brexit. The economic recovery in the summer, low new infection figures pound initially started the year even firmer and reached a On the bond market, the pandemic and considerable uncer- in Europe and the EU’s large-scale pandemic aid package high for the year of just under GBP 0.83 in February, only to tainty surrounding economic development first of all sent the reversed this trend and sent the US dollar on a marked down- fall to GBP 0.95 within the space of a month in the midst of fixed income markets tumbling to new record lows. The yield ward trajectory. Joe Biden’s victory in the US presidential market turbulence associated with the outbreak of the pan- on ten-year German government bonds, for example, fell from election provided further support to this development, as it is demic. In the second half of the year, the exchange rate set- minus 0.19 percent at the beginning of the year to minus now expected that US policymakers will provide larger aid tled down and the pound was mostly trading at around GBP 0.9 percent at the beginning of March 2020. Liquidity bottle- packages and rack up higher government deficits. At the end 0.90 against the euro. necks then triggered a significant short-term rise in yields on of the year, the US dollar was trading close to its low for the German government bonds to minus 0.19 percent. The ECB’s year at USD 1.22 to the euro. On the covered bond market, the pandemic created an envi- measures in March and June calmed the financial markets ronment of considerable uncertainty and a reluctance to buy again and yields mostly ranged between minus 0.4 percent The Swiss franc fluctuated within a much narrower range among investors. While fears of large-scale loan defaults at and minus 0.6 percent in the second half of the year. against the euro last year. Compared to the 2019 year-end banks put pressure on unsecured bank bonds in particular,
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DEVELOPMENT OF PROPERTY PRICES IN GERMANY YE 2010 = 100
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90 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
Owner-occupied housing Source: vdp Research property price index, Q3 2020 Condominiums As of November 2020 Single family houses
spreads also widened considerably for covered bonds. The euro-denominated issue volume of benchmark covered bonds quarter of 2020, the vdp price index for residential properties ECB’s decisions on its purchase programmes played a signifi- came to around EUR 92 billion in 2020, down by around was up by 7.1 percent compared to the same period of the cant role in stabilising funding spreads for banks. Pfandbriefe, 30 percent year-on-year. previous year. Prices of single and two-family houses were up in particular, were at a similarly favourable level at the end of by 7.4 percent, with condominium prices rising by 6.7 percent. the year as they had been at the beginning. Due to the further Property markets and property financing markets drop in interest rates, almost all Pfandbriefe were trading with Multi-family house prices rose by 7 percent compared to the negative yields at times. This development was encouraged by Residential property – Germany prior-year period, because investors expect the risk of rent the ECB’s monetary policy, which continues to force traditional The COVID-19 pandemic did not have any negative impact default in this segment to be lower than for commercial prop- Pfandbrief investors to invest in other asset classes. on the German residential property market in the year under erties. Average year-on-year rental price growth came to review, other than temporary restrictions on supply and 3.4 percent at the end of the third quarter. In Germany’s seven Issuing activities on the primary market for covered bonds demand during the lockdown in the spring of 2020. Analyses largest cities, rents rose by an average of 1.8 percent. In Berlin, were significantly more restrained than they had been a year conducted by the Association of German Pfandbrief Banks the introduction of the rent cap and the rent freeze led to earlier due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the resulting (vdp) show that demand for residential property, as well as significantly slower rental price growth of 0.7 percent. favourable funding offers from central banks. All in all, the prices, actually increased during the pandemic. By the third
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RESIDENTIAL BUILDING PERMITS IN GERMANY 2009–2020 FIGURES IN 000
400