Disclosure Report As at 31 December 2017
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Disclosure Report as at 31 December 2017 Pursuant to Part Eight of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 on prudential requirements for credit institutions and investment firms (Capital Requirements Regulation (CRR)) Contents Contents 2 Preliminary remarks 3 Risk management objectives and policies (article 435 CRR) 4 Scope of application (article 436 CRR) 30 Own funds and capital requirements (articles 437 and 438 CRR) 35 Counterparty risk (article 439 CRR) 53 Capital buffers (article 440 CRR) 58 Credit risk adjustments (article 442 CRR) 60 Unencumbered assets (article 443 CRR) 71 Use of ECAIs (article 444 CRR) 75 Market risk (article 445 CRR) 78 Operational risk (article 446 CRR) 78 Exposures in equities not included in the trading book (article 447 CRR) 79 Exposure to interest rate risk on positions not included in the trading book (article 448 CRR) 82 Exposure to securitisation positions (article 449 CRR) 84 Remuneration policy (article 450 CRR) 90 Leverage (article 451 CRR) 104 Use of the IRB approach to credit risk (article 452 CRR) 108 Use of credit risk mitigation techniques (article 453 CRR) 122 Use of the Advanced Measurement Approaches to operational risk (article 454 CRR) 126 Use of Internal Market Risk Models (article 455 CRR) 126 Liquidity coverage ratio (article 435 CRR) 127 Related publications 133 Appendix 134 Capital instruments main features 141 List of tables and charts 186 List of abbreviations 188 2 BayernLB · Disclosure Report as at 31 December 2017 Preliminary remarks This disclosure report as at 31 December 2017 has been drafted in accordance with the super visory provisions under Part Eight of the CRR (Capital Requirements Regulation/Regulation (EU) No 575/2013), CRD IV (Capital Requirements Directive IV/Directive 2013/36/EU), the EBA Guide lines on materiality, proprietary and confidentiality and on disclosure frequency (EBA/GL/2014/14), and with the EBA Guidelines on disclosure requirements under the CRR (EBA/GL/2016/11). The report contains qualitative and quantitative information regarding • own funds • risks undertaken • risk management procedures, including the internal models used • credit risk mitigation techniques at the BayernLB Group. The disclosure policies of all institutions must be examined on a regular basis in terms of appro priateness and practicality. BayernLB has established its own parameters for disclosure. The disclosure report is part of the Bank’s process map and internal control system. The disclosure process is regulated using clearcut responsibilities and control mechanisms for the data to be published in the disclosure report. The operative specialist instructions are furthermore regulated in functional plans. The disclosure report is released for publication by way of resolution by the Board of Management. As a parent company, BayernLB drafts its disclosure report in an aggregated form, i.e. at Group level. The disclosure report is published on the Bank’s website as a separate report alongside BayernLB’s own annual report as a single entity – prepared under HGB (German Commercial Code) accounting rules – and the BayernLB Group’s annual report, prepared under International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS). It is based on IFRS. Deutsche Kreditbank AG, Berlin (DKB) publishes an additional standalone disclosure report, as required under article 13 of the CRR. It is available on the DKB website. Under the waiver rule, individual banks may apply for exemption from organisational and pro cedural rules relating to capital adequacy and disclosure requirements at individual bank level. BayernLB has opted not to apply the waiver rule under article 7 of the CRR. This report is subject to the processes and systems for testing used by the auditors. Quantitative information has not been audited. Note: The last unit in the tables may be rounded to the nearest digit. Any data which do not appear in this report have been omitted insofar as the particular disclosure requirement does not apply to the BayernLB Group and/or does not apply to the year under review. Article 441 of the CRR, furthermore, is not relevant for BayernLB as the Bank is not classified as a global systemic institution. BayernLB · Disclosure Report as at 31 December 2017 3 Risk management objectives and policies (article 435 CRR) Business model The BayernLB Group stands out through a business model that is akin to that of a universal bank but with a regional focus on Bavaria and the rest of Germany. BayernLB enjoys a presence on the market as a strong corporate and real estate lender and a reliable partner to the savings banks. DKB rounds out the business model by providing retail banking services as an online bank and as a specialist for infrastructure and business customers. BayernLB’s Mittelstand operations are focused on Germany, with additional activities in the bordering countries of Austria and Switzerland. Thanks to the high quality of its products and advisory services, good personal business relationships and years of experience, it has established a profile as a reliable partner to Mittelstand companies. With its extensive knowhow, BayernLB helps Mittelstand companies export to new markets – every step of the way. BayernLB is also ex tremely well positioned in the subsidised loan market. As a longterm partner, BayernLB offers products that go far beyond traditional credit financing, tailoring them to the needs of its custo mers in the areas of acquisition & leveraged finance, export and trade finance, documentary busi ness, interest and currency management, derivatives, payment services and leasing. But BayernLB also prides itself on its successful and longterm relationships with large German and large, select international customers. Among these are DAX, MDAX and familyowned companies with annual sales of at least EUR 1 billion. The Bank’s core competencies are tradi tional credit financing such as working capital, capex and trade financing. BayernLB also sees its customers through its business endeavours worldwide, be it through currency and interest rate hedging, traditional trade finance, project and export finance, or transportation finance for e.g. rolling stock. Since the early completion of the EU proceedings, the transportation finance pro duct range has been complemented by aircraft finance. In addition, the Bank helps its customers tap capital markets for their financing needs, for example through traditional bonds or German Schuldschein note loans. For BayernLB, the savings banks are both important customers and sales partners and thus form one of the key pillars of its business model. They are also longstanding and reliable co owners of BayernLB. BayernLB and the Bavarian savings banks are linked together in a preferred partnership. The BayernLB Group acts as a central service provider for the savings banks, perfor ming tasks which would otherwise be too costly for each of them to do alone. It supplies them with tailored products and services for both their own business and their end customers. These include payment services, assistance in securities, investment and crossborder transactions, syn dicated and subsidised loans, as well as foreign notes and precious metal activities. For savings banks outside Bavaria, BayernLB offers a range of products in selected product segments. One of the ways that BayernLB provides savings banks with added value is by supplementing their own product lines. In addition, funding from the savings banks is an important source of refinancing for BayernLB and for strengthening the liquidity reserve fund. BayernLB’s real estate business includes longterm commercial real estate financing and services. It has a regional focus on Germany. To diversify the portfolio and risks, however, it also supports customers’ activities abroad. The target markets are Western Europe, the US and select parts of Eastern Europe and Scandinavia. In the commercial real estate area, products include financing 4 BayernLB · Disclosure Report as at 31 December 2017 for existing real estate assets, project development, housing developers and real estate port folios. In the area of managed real estate, the Bank provides financing concepts primarily for hotels, logistics centres, hospitals, clinics and care homes. The Real Estate division also arranges syndicated loans with the savings banks and other partners. Moreover, it works in close partner ship with BayernLB’s real estate subsidiaries (Real I.S., BayernGrund, LBImmoWert, BayernImmo and BayernFM) to offer customers an even more comprehensive onestop shop. In its publicsector business, BayernLB focuses particularly on expanding its market share in its home market of Bavaria and intensifying sales in close partnership with the Bavarian savings banks. It provides a wide range of customised financing and investment solutions to state govern ments, local authorities and public institutions. The BayernLB Group stands out in this segment thanks to its longstanding experience and its expertise in publicprivate partnership projects and the renewable energy sector. Liquidity management is particularly important for these customers. Thanks to its subsidiary DKB, “Your bank on the web”, BayernLB already boasts around 3.7 million retail customers. DKB is specialised in retail customers, but it is also focused on business custo mers in such segments as environmental technology, residential, municipal and social infrastruc ture, and utilities. BayernLabo is responsible for the noncompetitive residential construction and urban develop