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Note 15 - Hedging derivatives and fair value changes of the hedged items in portfolio hedge of interest rate risk- Derivatives Hedging Accounting Explanations (Details) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2018
Hedging derivatives and fair value changes of the hedged items in portfolio hedge of interest rate risk |
Description Of Hedging Instruments Used To Hedge Risk Exposures And How They Are Used | As of December 31, 2018, 2017 and 2016, the main positions hedged by the Group and the derivatives designated to hedge those positions were: Fair value hedging: - Fixed-interest debt securities at fair value through other comprehensive income and at amortized cost: The interest rate risk of these securities is hedged using interest rate derivatives (fixed-variable swaps) and forward sales. - Long-term fixed-interest debt securities issued by the Bank: the interest rate risk of these securities is hedged using interest rate derivatives (fixed-variable swaps). - Fixed-interest loans: The equity price risk of these instruments is hedged using interest rate derivatives (fixed-variable swaps). - Fixed-interest and/or embedded derivative deposit portfolio hedges: it covers the interest rate risk through fixed-variable swaps. The valuation of the borrowed deposits corresponding to the interest rate risk is in the heading "Fair value changes of the hedged items in portfolio hedges of interest rate risk”. Cash-flow hedges: Most of the hedged items are floating interest-rate loans and asset hedges linked to the inflation of the financial assets at fair value through other comprehensive income portfolio. This risk is hedged using foreign-exchange, interest-rate swaps, inflation and FRA’s (“Forward Rate Agreement”). Net foreign-currency investment hedges: These hedged risks are foreign-currency investments in the Group’s foreign subsidiaries. This risk is hedged mainly with foreign-exchange options and forward currency sales and purchases.

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- Definition The description of hedging instruments used to hedge risk exposures and how they are used. [Refer: Hedging instruments [member]] + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef -Name IFRS -Number 7 -IssueDate 2018-01-01 -Paragraph 22B -Subparagraph a -URI http://eifrs.ifrs.org/eifrs/XBRL?type=IFRS&num=7&date=2018-03-01&anchor=para_22B_a&doctype=Standard -URIDate 2018-03-16 + Details
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