34 FINANCIAL RISK MANAGEMENT

The Group’s activities involve principally the use of financial instruments, including derivatives. It also accepts deposits from customers at both fixed and floating rates, for various periods, and invests these funds in high-quality assets. Additionally, it places these deposits at fixed and variable rates with legal entities and individuals, considering the finance costs and expected profitability.

The Group also trades in financial instruments where it takes positions in traded and over-the-counter instruments, derivatives included, to take advantage of short term market movements on securities, bonds, currencies and interest rates.

Given the Group’s activities, it has a framework for risk appetite, a corner stone of the management. The risk management processes involve continuous identification, measurement, treatment and monitoring. The Group is exposed, principally, to operating risk, credit risk, liquidity risk, market risk, strategic risk and insurance technical risk. Finally, it reports on a consolidated basis the risks to which the Group is exposed.

Risk management structure -

The Board of Directors of the Group and of each subsidiary are ultimately responsible for identifying and controlling risks; however, there are separate independent instances in the major subsidiaries responsible for managing and monitoring risks, as further explained below:

(i)

Group’s Board of Directors -

Credicorp Board of Directors -

This Board of Directors is responsible for the overall risk management approach and for the approval of the levels of risk appetite that the Group is prepared to assume. Furthermore, it approves the guidelines and policies for Integral Risk Management. On the other hand, the Board establishes an organizational culture which emphasizes the importance of risk management, oversees the internal control system and ensures the adequate performance of the compliance function.

Group Company Boards -

The Board of each of the Group companies is responsible for aligning the risk management established by the Board of Credicorp with the context of each one of them. For that, it establishes a framework for risk appetite, policies and guidelines.

(ii)

Credicorp Risk Committee -

Represents the Board of Credicorp in risk management decision-making. This Committee defines the strategies used for the adequate management of the different types of risks and the supervision of risk appetite. In addition to it, they establishing principles, policies and general limits.

The Risk Committee is presided by a Board member of Credicorp, it also consists of a second member of the Board of Credicorp, a Board member of BCP, the General Manager of BCP, the Central Manager of Planning and Finance of BCP, the Central Risk Manager of BCP and the Manager of the Risk Management Division of BCP.

In addition to effectively managing all the risks, the Credicorp Risk Committee is supported by the following committees which report periodically on all relevant changes or issues relating to the risks being managed:

Credit Risk Committees (retail and non retail) -

The Credit Risk Committees are responsible for reviewing the tolerance level of the credit risk appetite, the limits of exposure and the actions for the implementation of corrective measures, in case there are deviations. In addition, they propose credit risk management norms and policies within the framework of governance and the organization for the integral management of credit risk. Furthermore, they propose the approval of any changes to the functions described above and important findings to the Risk Committee.

Treasury and ALM (Asset Liability Management) Risk Committee -

The Treasury Risk Committee and ALM Credicorp are responsible for analyzing and proposing the corporate objectives, guidelines and policies for Treasury Risk Management and ALM of all the companies of the Group. As well as, monitoring the indicators and limits of Credicorp market risk appetite and each of the companies of the Group. Further, they are responsible of be aware of the actions for the implementation of the corrective measures if there are deviations from appetite levels and risk tolerance assumed by the companies of Group. Furthermore, they are responsible for proposing the approval of any changes in the functions described above and for reporting any finding to the Risk Committee.

Credicorp Model Risk Committee –

The Credicorp Model Risk Committee is responsible for analyzing and proposing the actions corrections in case there are deviations with respect to the degrees of exposure assumed in the Appetite for Model Risk. Likewise, it proposes the creation and/or modification of the government for model risk management, monitoring compliance with the same. The Model Risk Committee monitors the Group's data and analytical strategy and the health status of the model portfolio. They are also responsible to inform the Committee of Credicorp Risks on exposures, related to model risk, which involve variations in the risk profile.

Operational Risk Methodology Committee –

The Credicorp Methodological Committee of Operational Risk has as main responsibilities to review the main indicators of Operational Risk of the companies of the Credicorp Group, as well as the progress of the methodologies deployed for Operational Risk and Business Continuity. Likewise, share best practices regarding the main challenges faced by Credicorp Group companies.

(iii)

Central Risk Management -

The Central Risk Management is responsible for implementing policies, procedures, methodologies and actions to identify, measure, monitor, mitigate, report and control the different types of risks to which the Group is exposed. Also, it participates in the design and definition of the strategic plans of the business units to ensure that they are framed within the risk appetite metrics approved by Credicorp Board of Directors. Likewise, it also broadcasts the importance of adequate risk management, specifying in each of the units, their role in the timely identification and definition of actions corresponding.

The Central Risk Management is divided into the following units:

Credit Division -

The Credit Division proposes credit policies and evaluation criteria and credit risk management that the Group assumes with segment customers wholesaler. Evaluate and authorize loan proposals until their autonomy and propose their approval to the higher instances for those that exceed it. These guidelines are established on the basis of the policies set by the Credicorp Board, respecting the laws and regulations in force.

Risk Management Division -

The Risk Management Division is responsible for ensuring that risk management directives and policies comply with the established by the Board of Directors. In addition, it is responsible for supervising the process of risk management and for coordinating with the companies of Credicorp involved in the whole process , promoting homogeneous risk management and aligned with the best practices. It also has the task of informing Board of Directors regarding: global exposure and by type of risk, as well as the specific exposure of each Group company.

Retail Banking Risk Division -

This division is responsible for ensuring the quality of retail portfolio and the development of credit policies that are consistent with the overall guidelines and risk policies set by the Board of Credicorp.

Cybersecurity Management –

The Cybersecurity Management area establishes polices and regulatory framework for information security and cybersecurity risk management. It is also responsible for designing and implementing the strategies used to create and monitor controls that enable the permanent evaluation of regulatory framework effectiveness. In addition, the area supervises the performance of the functions of the responsible units, monitoring the processes used for the identification, assessment, recording and treatment of information security and cybersecurity risks.

Corporate Security and Cybernetic Crime Managament –

The Corporate Security and Cybernetic Crime Managament is responsible for implementing policies, procedures and actions that safeguard the security of employees, customers and assets of the organization, and protect the Group against incidents of fraud, security and reputational risk. In addition, it fosters a culture of prevention, which minimizes risks in fraud and security.

Non-financial Risks Division

The Non-financial Risks Division is responsible for defining a non-financial risks strategy aligned with the objectives and risk appetite set by the Board of Credicorp. This strategy seeks to strengthen the management process, generate synergies, optimize resources and achieve better results among the units responsible for managing non-financial risks in the Group. Additionally, in order to achieve the objectives defined in the non-financial risks strategy, the Division is responsible for promoting risk culture, developing talent, defining indicators and generating and following-up strategic projects and initiatives.

The Non-financial Risks Division was created on February 2020 and is composed by the following areas: Cybersecurity Management Area, Corporate Security and Operational Risk Management Area.

It is important to remark that Cybersecurity Management Area and Corporate Security were in force at December 31, 2019.

(iv)

Internal Audit Division and Compliance Division -

The Audit Division is in charge of monitoring on an ongoing basis the effectiveness and efficiency of the risk management function in the Group, verifying compliance with regulations, policies, objectives and guidelines set by the Board of Directors. On the other hand, it evaluates sufficiency and integration level of Group’s information and database systems.

Finally, it ensures that independence is maintained between the functions of the risk management and business units, for each of the Group’s companies.

The Compliance and Corporate Ethics Division reports to the Board of Directors and is responsible for ensure that Credicorp Group companies specifically comply with regulations that specified them and the guidelines established in the Code of Ethics.

Risk measurement and reporting systems -

The risk is measured according to models and methodologies developed for the management of each type of risk. Credicorp has risk reports that allow to monitor at the level added and detailed the different types of risks of each company which is exposed. The system provides the facility to meet the appetite review needs by risk requested by the committees and areas described above; as well as comply with regulatory requirements.

Risk mitigation -

Depending on the type of risk, the Group uses mitigating instruments to reduce its exposure, such as guarantees, derivatives, controls and insurance, among others. Furthermore, it has policies linked to risk appetite and established procedures for each type of risk.

The Group actively uses guarantees to reduce its credit risks.

Risk appetite -

Based on corporate risk management, Group’s Board of Directors approves the risk appetite framework to define the maximum level of risk that the organization is willing to take as seeks its strategic and financial objectives, maintaining a corporate vision in individual decisions of each entity. This Risk Appetite framework is based on "core" and specific metrics:

Core metrics are intended to preserve the organization’s strategic pillars, defined as solvency, liquidity, profit and growth, income stability and balance sheet structure.

Specific metrics objectives are intended to monitor on a qualitative and quantitative basis the various risks, to which the Group is exposed, as well as defining a tolerance threshold of each of those risks, so the risk profile set by the Board is preserved and any risk focus is anticipated on a more granular basis.

Risk appetite is instrumented through the following elements:

- Risk appetite statement: Establishes explicit general principles and the qualitative declarations which complement the risk strategy.

- Metrics scorecards: These are used to define the levels of risk exposure in the different strategic pillars.

- Limits: Allows control over the risk-taking process within the tolerance threshold established by the Board. They also provide accountability for the risk-taking process and define guidelines regarding the target risk profile.

- Government scheme: Seeks to guarantee compliance of the framework through different roles and responsibilities assigned to the units involved.

The appetite is integrated into the processes of strategic and capital guidelines, as well as in the definition of the annual budget, facilitating the strategic decision making of the organization.

Risk concentration -

Concentrations arise when a reduced and representative number of all of the counterparties of the Group are engaged in similar business activities, or activities in the same geographic region, or have similar economic and political conditions among others.

In order to avoid excessive concentrations of risk, the policies and procedures include specific guidelines to guarantee a diversified portfolio.

34.1 Credit risk -

The Group takes on exposure to credit risk, which is the probability of suffering losses caused by debtors or counterparties failing to comply with payment obligations in on or off the balance sheet exposures.

Credit risk is the most important risk for the Group’s business; therefore, Management carefully manages its exposure to credit risk. Credit exposures arise principally from lending activities that lead to direct loans; they also result from investment activities. There is also credit risk in off-balance sheet financial instruments, such as contingent credits (indirect loans), which expose Credicorp to risks similar to direct loans. Likewise, credit risk arises from derivative financial instruments that present showing positive fair values. Finally, all exposure to credit risk (direct or indirect) is mitigated by the control processes and policies.

As part of the management of this type of risk, Credicorp assigns impairment provisions for its loan portfolio at the date of the statement of financial position.

The Group defines the levels of credit risk assumed based on risk exposure limits, which are frequently monitored. Said limits are established in relation to one borrower or group of borrowers, geographical and industry segments. Furthermore, the risk limits by product, industry sector and by geographical segment are approved by the Risk Committee of Credicorp.

Exposure to credit risk is managed through regular analysis of the ability of debtors and potential debtors to meet interest and principal repayment obligations and by changing the credit limits when it is appropriate. Other specific control measures are outlined below:

(i)

Collateral -

The Group employs a range of policies and practices to mitigate credit risk. The most traditional of these is collateralization which is common practice. The Group implements guidelines on the acceptability of specific classes of collateral or credit risk mitigation. The main types of collateral obtained are as follows:

- For loans and advances, collateral includes, among others, mortgages on residential properties; liens on business assets such as plants, inventory and accounts receivable; and liens on financial instruments such as debt securities and equity securities.

- Long-term loans and financing to corporate entities are generally guaranteed. Loans to micro business generally have no collateral. In order to minimize credit loss, the Group will seek additional collateral from the counterparty as soon as impairment indicators arise.

- For repurchase agreements and securities lending, collateral consists of fixed income instruments and cash.

Collateral held as security for financial assets other than loans is determined by the nature of the instrument. Debt securities, treasury and other eligible bills are generally unsecured, with the exception of assets backed securities and similar instruments, which are secured by portfolios of financial instruments.

Management monitors the market value of collateral, requests additional collateral in accordance with the underlying agreement, and monitors the market value of collateral obtained during its review of the adequacy of the allowance for impairment losses. As part of the Group’s policies, the recovered goods are sold in seniority order. The proceeds of the sale are used to reduce or amortize the outstanding credit. In general, the Group does not use recovered assets for its operational purposes.

(ii)

Derivatives -

The amount subject to credit risk is limited to the current and potential fair value of instruments that are favorable to the Group (fair value is positive). In the case of derivatives this is only a small fraction of the contract, or notional values used to express the volume of instruments outstanding. This credit risk exposure is managed as a portion of the total credit limits with customers, together with potential exposures from market movements. Collateral or other security is not usually obtained for this type of risk exposure.

(iii)

Credit-related commitments -

The primary purpose of these instruments is to ensure that funds are available to a customer as required. Guarantees and letters of credit have the same credit risk as direct loans. Documentary and commercial letters of credit - which are written undertakings by the Group on behalf of a customer authorizing a third party to draw drafts on the Group up to a stipulated amount under specific terms and conditions - are collateralized by the underlying shipments of goods to which they relate and therefore have less risk than a direct loan. The Group has no mandatory commitments to extend credit.

The maximum exposure to credit risk at December 31, 2019 and 2018, before the effect of mitigation through any collateral, is the carrying amount of each class of financial assets indicated in Notes 34.7(a), 34.7(b) and the contingent credits detailed in Note 21(a).

Management is confident of its ability to continue controlling and maintaining minimal credit risk exposure within the Group, considering both its loan and securities portfolio.

Credit risk management for loans -

The management of credit risk is mainly based on rating and scoring of the internal models of each company of the Group. In Credicorp, a quantitative and qualitative analysis is made of each client, with regard to his financial position, his credit behavior in the System and the market in which it operates; which is carried out continuously, so as to assemble the risk profile of each operation and client with a credit position in the Group.

In the Group, a loan is internally classified as past due, depending on three aspects: the number of days in arrears based on the contractually agreed due date, the subsidiary and the type of credit. In that sense:

Banco de Crédito del Perú, Mibanco and Solución Empresa Administradora Hipotecaria S.A. consider a loan past due:

- For corporate enterprises, large and medium companies after 15 days in arrears.

- For small and micro-business after 30 days past due.

- For overdrafts, after 30 days past due.

- For consumer, mortgage and lease operation products, quotas are considered past due internally when they are between 30 and 90 days in arrears; after 90 days, the pending loan balance is considered past due.

Atlantic Security Bank considers a credit past due when its payment schedule of capital and/or interest exceed 30 days in arrears.

Banco de Crédito de Bolivia, Edyficar S.A.S. and Bancompartir consider a credit as an internal past due with effect from day 30 in arrears.

Estimate of the expected loss -

The measurement of the credit loss is based on the product of the following parameters: (i) probability of default (PD) (ii) loss given default (LGD), and (iii) Exposure at default (EAD); discounted at the reporting period, using the effective interest rate. The definition of the parameters is presented below:

Probability of Default (PD): this is a measurement of credit rating given internally to a customer, designed to estimate their probability of default within a specific horizon. The process of obtaining the PD is carried out through scoring and rating tools.

The Group considers that a financial instrument is in default if it meets the following conditions depending on the type of asset:

- Consumer Products, Credit Card and SME: If the costumer, at some point, presents arrears equal to or greater than 60 days and/or has operations that are refinanced, restructured, in pre-judicial, judicial proceedings or written off.

- Mortgage Product: If the customer, at some point, presents arrears equal to or greater 120 days and/or has operations that are refinanced, restructured, in pre-judicial, judicial proceedings or written off.

- Commercial Banking: Those customers that are in the Special Accounts portfolio or have risk classification as deficient, doubtful or lost, or have refinanced, judicial or written off operations. Also, a customer can be considered as Default in case of signs of significant qualitative impairment so as to consider it in said stage.

- Investments: If the instrument has a Default rating according to external rating agencies such as Fitch, Standard & Poors or Moody’s or with an indicator of arrears equal to or greater than 90 days. Also, a customer can be considered as Default in case of signs of significant qualitative impairment.

Loss Given Default (LGD): Is a measurement which estimates the severity of the loss which would be incurred at the time of the default. It has two approaches in the estimate of the severity of the loss, depending on the stage of the customer:

- LGD Workout: The LGD workout is the real loss of the customers who have arrived at the stage of default. The recoveries and costs of each one of the operations are used in order to calculate it (Includes open and closed recovery processes).

- LGD ELBE (Expected Loss Best Estimate): The LGD ELBE is the loss of the contracts in a default situation, based on the time in arrears of the operation (The longer the operation is in default, the greater will be the loss level).

Exposure at Default (EAD): Is a measurement which estimates the exposure at the time of the customer goes into default, taking into account changes in future exposure, for example, in the case of prepayments and/or greater utilization of unused lines.

Accordingly, the estimated of the parameters take into consideration information regarding the actual conditions, as well as the projections of future macroeconomic events and conditions in three scenarios (base, optimistic and pessimistic) which are analyzed in order to obtain the expected loss.

The fundamental difference between the credit loss of an account considered as Stage 1 and Stage 2 is the PD horizon. Specifically, the estimates of Stage 1 use a maximum PD of 12 months, while those in Stage 2 will use a PD measured for the entire life of the instrument. The estimates of Stage 3 will be carried out on the basis of a best estimate LGD.

In those cases, in which the portfolio is immaterial and does not have credit score models, the option was to extrapolate the loss ratio of portfolios with comparable characteristics.

Prospective information:

The measurement of expected credit losses for each stage and the evaluation of significant increases in credit risk consider information on previous events and current conditions, as well as reasonable projections based on future events and economic conditions.

For the estimation of the risk parameters (PD, LGD, EAD), used in the calculation of the provision in stages 1 and 2, the significance of the macroeconomic variables (or their variations) that have the greatest influence on each portfolio was tested. Each macroeconomic scenario used in calculating the expected loss considers projections of relevant macroeconomic variables, such as the gross domestic product (GDP), employment, terms of trade, inflation, among others, for a period of 3 years and a long-term projection.

The estimate of the expected loss for stages 1, 2 and 3 is a weighted estimate that considers three future macroeconomic scenarios. The base, optimistic and pessimistic scenarios, as well as the probability of occurrence of each scenario, are macroeconomic projections provided by the Economic Studies Management. It should be noted that the scenario design is adjusted quarterly. All the scenarios considered apply to portfolios subject to expected credit losses with the same probabilities.

Changes from one stage to another

The classification of an instrument as stage 1 or stage 2 depends on the concept of "significant increase in credit risk" at the reporting date compared to the origin. This classification is updated monthly. As the IFRS 9 states, this classification depends on the following criteria:

- An account is classified in stage 2 if it has more than 30 days of delay.

- Additionally, significant risk thresholds were established based on absolute and relative thresholds that depend on the level of risk in which the instrument originated. The thresholds differ for each of the portfolios considered.

- Additional qualitative reviews are carried out based on the segmentation of risks used in the management of Retail Banking and an individual review in Wholesale Banking.

Additionally, all those accounts classified as default at the reporting date according to the management definition used by the Group are considered as stage 3.

Evaluations of a significant increase in risk from initial recognition and credit deterioration are carried out independently on each reporting date. Assets can be moved in both directions from one phase to another; in this sense, a financial asset that migrated to stage 2 will return to stage 1, if its credit risk did not increase significantly from its initial recognition until a subsequent reporting period. Likewise, an asset that is in stage 3 will return to stage 2 if the credit is no longer considered to be impaired.

Expected life

For the instruments in stage 2 or 3, the reserves for losses will cover the expected credit losses during the expected time of the remaining useful life of the instrument. For most instruments, the expected life is limited to the remaining contractual life, adjusted by expected anticipated payments. In the case of revolving products, a statistical analysis was carried out in order to determine what would be the expected life period.

The following is a summary of the direct credits classified into three important groups and their respective allowance for each of the types of loans:

(i)

Loans neither past due nor impaired, which comprise those direct loans which currently do not have characteristics of delinquency and which are not in default.

(ii)

Past due but unimpaired loans, which comprise all of the loans of customers who are not in default, but have failed to make a payment at its contractual maturity, according to the provisions of the rules of IFRS 7.

(iii)

Impaired loans, those considered to be in stage 3 or default , as detailed in Note 34.1(c).


	At December 31,2019				At December 31,2018
Commercial loans	Stage 1	Stage 2	Stage 3	Total	Stage 1	Stage 2	Stage 3	Total
	S/(000)	S/(000)	S/(000)	S/(000)	S/(000)	S/(000)	S/(000)	S/(000)
Neither past due nor impaired	56,270,934	2,948,066	—	59,219,000	55,085,853	4,950,181	—	60,036,034
Past due but not impaired	815,751	250,311	—	1,066,062	998,105	254,514	—	1,252,619
Impaired	—	—	2,812,011	2,812,011	—	—	2,321,335	2,321,335
Gross	57,086,685	3,198,377	2,812,011	63,097,073	56,083,958	5,204,695	2,321,335	63,609,988

Less: Allowance for loan losses	416,692	161,190	982,950	1,560,832	287,961	146,455	1,023,771	1,458,187

Total, net	56,669,993	3,037,187	1,829,061	61,536,241	55,795,997	5,058,240	1,297,564	62,151,801


	At December 31,2019				At December 31,2018
Residential mortgage loans	Stage 1	Stage 2	Stage 3	Total	Stage 1	Stage 2	Stage 3	Total
	S/(000)	S/(000)	S/(000)	S/(000)	S/(000)	S/(000)	S/(000)	S/(000)
Neither past due nor impaired	17,477,899	507,910	—	17,985,809	15,431,424	495,131	—	15,926,555
Past due but not impaired	424,741	270,792	—	695,533	617,686	267,418	—	885,104
Impaired	—	—	994,479	994,479	—	—	959,033	959,033
Gross	17,902,640	778,702	994,479	19,675,821	16,049,110	762,549	959,033	17,770,692

Less: Allowance for loan losses	43,217	25,710	472,718	541,645	31,479	22,404	470,286	524,169

Total, net	17,859,423	752,992	521,761	19,134,176	16,017,631	740,145	488,747	17,246,523


	At December 31,2019				At December 31,2018
Microbusiness loans	Stage 1	Stage 2	Stage 3	Total	Stage 1	Stage 2	Stage 3	Total
	S/(000)	S/(000)	S/(000)	S/(000)	S/(000)	S/(000)	S/(000)	S/(000)
Neither past due nor impaired	13,363,213	1,535,064	—	14,898,277	11,845,358	1,626,944	—	13,472,302
Past due but not impaired	301,879	299,700	—	601,579	192,588	334,039	—	526,627
Impaired	—	—	1,253,969	1,253,969	—	—	1,254,526	1,254,526
Gross	13,665,092	1,834,764	1,253,969	16,753,825	12,037,946	1,960,983	1,254,526	15,253,455

Less: Allowance for loan losses	515,662	249,457	931,587	1,696,706	340,576	262,777	978,834	1,582,187

Total, net	13,149,430	1,585,307	322,382	15,057,119	11,697,370	1,698,206	275,692	13,671,268


	At December 31,2019				At December 31,2018
Consumer loans	Stage 1	Stage 2	Stage 3	Total	Stage 1	Stage 2	Stage 3	Total
	S/(000)	S/(000)	S/(000)	S/(000)	S/(000)	S/(000)	S/(000)	S/(000)
Neither past due nor impaired	12,108,752	1,932,209	—	14,040,961	10,516,815	1,652,491	—	12,169,306
Past due but not impaired	203,147	278,295	—	481,442	218,995	235,627	—	454,622
Impaired	—	—	758,836	758,836	—	—	702,561	702,561
Gross	12,311,899	2,210,504	758,836	15,281,239	10,735,810	1,888,118	702,561	13,326,489

Less: Allowance for loan losses	263,788	431,433	629,558	1,324,779	284,207	494,956	608,686	1,387,849

Total, net	12,048,111	1,779,071	129,278	13,956,460	10,451,603	1,393,162	93,875	11,938,640


	At December 31,2019				At December 31,2018
Consolidated of credits	Stage 1	Stage 2	Stage 3	Total	Stage 1	Stage 2	Stage 3	Total
	S/(000)	S/(000)	S/(000)	S/(000)	S/(000)	S/(000)	S/(000)	S/(000)
Total gross direct credits, Note 7(a)	100,966,316	8,022,347	5,819,295	114,807,958	94,906,824	9,816,345	5,237,455	109,960,624
Total allowance for loan losses, Note 7(a)	1,239,359	867,790	3,016,813	5,123,962	944,223	926,592	3,081,577	4,952,392
Total net direct credits	99,726,957	7,154,557	2,802,482	109,683,996	93,962,601	8,889,753	2,155,878	105,008,232

In accordance with IFRS 7, the entire loan balance is considered past due when debtors have failed to make a payment when contractually due.

Explanations on variations in the allowance for loan losses are presented below:

-Commercial loans: Increased 2.80% in 2019; mainly due to the increase in credit risk of corporate clients. The effect is compensated by the decrease of credit allowance of the construction sector, approximately S/124.7 million, due to a reduction in exposure.

-Micro-business loans: Increase of 3.22% due to the acquisition of Banco Compartir S.A.

-Consumer loans: Increased in 5.69%; mainly due to BCP's strategy of penetrating new market segments, that have higher credit risk.

-Residential mortgage loans: Increased in 2.35% due to a minor increase in impaired customers.

At December 31, 2019, the renegotiated credits amount to approximately S/1,186.3 million, of which S/118.6 million are classified as not past due nor impaired, S/160.3 million as past due but not impaired and S/907.4 million as impaired but not past due (S/1,281.5 million, S/339.6 million, S/270.3 million and S/671.5 million, respectively, at December 31, 2018).


	At December 31, 2019					At December 31, 2018
		Residential	Small and				Residential
	Commercial	mortgage	microenterprise	Consumer		Commercial	mortgage	Microbusiness	Consumer
	loans	loans	loans	loans	Total	loans	loans	loans	loans	Total
	S/(000)	S/(000)	S/(000)	S/(000)	S/(000)	S/(000)	S/(000)	S/(000)	S/(000)	S/(000)
Impaired loans	2,812,011	994,479	1,253,969	758,836	5,819,295	2,321,335	959,033	1,254,526	702,561	5,237,455
Fair value of collateral	2,491,069	864,473	330,347	193,319	3,879,208	1,758,098	820,291	422,330	189,811	3,190,530
Allowance for loan losses	982,950	472,718	931,587	629,558	3,016,813	1,023,771	470,286	978,834	608,686	3,081,577

On the other hand, the breakdown of loans classified by maturity is shown below, according to the following criteria:

(i)

Current loans which comprise those direct loans which do not currently have characteristics of delinquency, nor are they in default or stage 3, according to the rules of IFRS 9.

(ii)

Current but impaired loans, which comprise those direct loans which do not currently have characteristics of delinquency, but are in default or stage 3, according to IFRS 9.

(iii)

Loans with payment delay of one day or more, but are not past due according to our internal guidelines. Comprise those direct loans of customers who have failed to make a payment at its contractual maturity, that is, with at least one day past-due. However, the days of delinquency are insufficient to be considered as past due under the Group’s internal criteria.

(iv)

Past due loans under internal criteria.

The total of the concepts: loans with a delay of payment from the first day and the amounts of the internal overdue loans reflect the totality of "past due" loans consistent with IFRS 7.


	As of December 31, 2019						As of December 31, 2018
			Loans with delays in						Loans with delays in
			payments of one day						payments of one day
		Current but	or more but not	Internal		Total past		Current but	or more but not	Internal		Total past
	Current	impaired	considered internal	overdue		due under	Current	impaired	considered internal	overdue		due under
	loans	loans	overdue loans	loans	Total	IFRS 7	loans	loans	overdue loans	loans	Total	IFRS 7
	S/(000)	S/(000)	S/(000)	S/(000)	S/(000)	S/(000)	S/(000)	S/(000)	S/(000)	S/(000)	S/(000)	S/(000)
Neither past due nor impaired	106,143,943	—	—	103	106,144,046	103	101,602,442	—	—	1,755	101,604,197	1,755
Past due but not impaired	(30)	—	2,569,349	275,296	2,844,615	2,844,645	—	—	2,869,944	249,028	3,118,972	3,118,972
Impaired debt	—	2,274,182	515,628	3,029,487	5,819,297	3,545,115	—	1,582,189	786,428	2,868,838	5,237,455	3,655,266
Total	106,143,913	2,274,182	3,084,977	3,304,886	114,807,958	6,389,863	101,602,442	1,582,189	3,656,372	3,119,621	109,960,624	6,775,993

The classification of loans by type of banking and maturity is as follows:


	As of December 31, 2019					As of December 31, 2018
			Loans with delays in					Loans with delays in
			payments of one day					payments of one day
		Current but	or more but not	Internal			Current but	or more but not	Internal
	Current	impaired	considered internal	overdue		Current	impaired	considered internal	overdue
	loans	loans	overdue loans	loans	Total	loans	loans	overdue loans	loans	Total
	S/(000)	S/(000)	S/(000)	S/(000)	S/(000)	S/(000)	S/(000)	S/(000)	S/(000)	S/(000)
Commercial loans	59,218,904	1,460,816	1,027,177	1,390,176	63,097,073	60,034,357	797,776	1,541,975	1,235,880	63,609,988
Residential mortgage loans	17,985,809	284,279	868,087	537,646	19,675,821	15,926,555	258,149	1,054,112	531,876	17,770,692
Small and microenterprise loans	14,898,270	247,076	635,436	973,043	16,753,825	13,472,223	253,735	526,023	1,001,474	15,253,455
Consumer loans	14,040,930	282,011	554,277	404,021	15,281,239	12,169,307	272,529	534,262	350,391	13,326,489
Total	106,143,913	2,274,182	3,084,977	3,304,886	114,807,958	101,602,442	1,582,189	3,656,372	3,119,621	109,960,624

Provision of credit loss for direct and indirect loan is a weighted estimate of three macroeconomic scenarios: base, optimistic and pessimistic; that are based on macroeconomic projections provided by the internal team of Economic Studies and approved by Senior Management. In each scenario, the Group bases itself on a wide variety of prospective information such as economic inputs, including: the growth of the gross domestic product, inflation rate, exchange rate, among others, see more explanation in Note 3(i).

The following table provides a comparison between the carrying amount of provision of credit loss for direct and indirect loan and its estimation under three scenarios: base, optimistic and pessimistic.


	Balance	Balance
	at December 31, 2019	at December 31, 2018
	S/(000)	S/(000)
Carrying amount	5,507,759	5,314,531

Scenarios:
Optimistic	5,426,608	5,218,142
Base Case	5,509,729	5,308,346
Pessimistic	5,584,965	5,422,882

d) Credit risk management on reverse repurchase agreements and securities borrowing -

Most of these operations are performed by Credicorp Capital. The Group has implemented credit limits for each counterparty and most of transactions are collateralized with investment grade financial instruments and financial instruments issued by Governments.

e) Credit risk management on investments -

The Group evaluates the credit risk identified of each of the investments, disclosing the risk rating granted to them by a risk rating agency. For investments traded in Peru, risk ratings used are those provided by the three most prestigious Peruvian rating agencies (authorized by Peruvian regulator) and for investments traded abroad, the risk-ratings used are those provided by the three most prestigious international rating agencies.

In the event that any subsidiary uses a risk-rating prepared by any other risk rating agency, said risk-ratings are standardized with those provided by the above-mentioned institutions.

The following table shows the analysis of the risk-rating of the investments, provided by the institutions referred to above:


	At December 31, 2019		At December 31, 2018
	S/(000)	%	S/(000)	%
Instruments rated in Peru:
AAA	1,621,270	4.80	1,219,451	3.70
AA- to AA+	1,853,042	5.50	1,483,063	4.50
A- to A+	8,970,590	26.80	6,809,865	20.70
BBB- to BBB+	1,874,556	5.60	2,282,714	6.90
BB- to BB+	517,146	1.50	459,249	1.40
Lower and equal to +B	—	—	7,397	—
Unrated:
BCRP certificates of deposit	8,665,272	25.80	9,829,584	29.90
Listed and unlisted securities	573,485	1.70	650,507	2.00
Restricted mutual funds	460,086	1.40	407,350	1.20
Investment funds	102,085	0.30	66,932	0.20
Mutual funds	291,024	0.90	16,811	0.10
Other instruments	264,497	0.80	727,713	2.20
Subtotal	25,193,053	75.10	23,960,636	72.80


	At December 31, 2019		At December 31, 2018
	S/(000)	%	S/(000)	%
Instruments rated abroad:
AAA	657,787	2.00	286,417	0.90
AA- to AA+	854,501	2.50	513,577	1.60
A- to A+	1,581,995	4.70	1,265,390	3.90
BBB- to BBB+	2,974,639	8.90	4,064,725	12.40
BB- to BB+	996,917	3.00	1,383,960	4.20
Lower and equal to +B	54,316	0.20	81,627	0.20
Unrated:
Listed and unlisted securities	88,799	0.30	100,031	0.30
Participations of RAL funds	300,398	0.90	445,039	1.40
Mutual funds	302,528	0.90	381,107	1.20
Investment funds	294,158	0.90	168,870	0.50
Hedge funds	33,223	0.10	44,335	0.10
Other instruments	198,217	0.50	167,404	0.50
Subtotal	8,337,478	24.90	8,902,482	27.20
Total	33,530,531	100.00	32,863,118	100.00

f) Concentration of financial instruments exposed to credit risk -

As of December 31, 2019 and 2018, financial instruments with exposure to credit risk were distributed considering the following economic sectors:


	2019					2018
	At fair value					At fair value
	through profit for loss			At fair value		through profit for loss			At fair value
	Held for		Financial	through other		Held for		Financial	through other
	trading,		assets at	comprehensive		trading,		assets at	comprehensive
	hedging and	Designated	amortized	income		hedging and	Designated	amortized	income
	others (*)	at inception	cost	investments	Total	others (*)	at inception	cost	investments	Total
	S/(000)	S/(000)	S/(000)	S/(000)	S/(000)	S/(000)	S/(000)	S/(000)	S/(000)	S/(000)

Central Reserve Bank of Peru	—	—	21,166,346	8,665,272	29,831,618	—	—	16,307,372	9,829,584	26,136,956
Financial services	2,856,512	237,240	13,281,408	2,883,301	19,258,461	1,640,578	161,498	13,237,970	2,462,343	17,502,389
Manufacturing	202,554	36,686	15,608,834	1,225,118	17,073,192	97,425	38,586	16,840,385	1,337,907	18,314,303
Mortgage loans	—	—	18,985,407	—	18,985,407	—	—	16,997,464	—	16,997,464
Consumer loans	—	—	14,809,503	—	14,809,503	—	—	13,384,611	—	13,384,611
Micro-business loans	—	—	13,902,760	—	13,902,760	—	—	13,150,811	—	13,150,811
Commerce	21,228	12,468	12,636,843	452,214	13,122,753	27,021	11,377	12,752,836	330,492	13,121,726
Government and public administration	1,581,527	12,994	3,985,158	7,170,624	12,750,303	1,790,176	41,060	4,768,891	5,547,253	12,147,380
Electricity, gas and water	91,055	50,929	3,014,319	2,286,932	5,443,235	101,939	42,705	4,312,044	1,940,604	6,397,292
Community services	—	—	4,858,427	5,798	4,864,225	—	—	4,459,532	7,391	4,466,923
Communications, storage and transportation	17,306	59,392	4,421,095	1,071,335	5,569,128	24,678	36,794	4,377,933	1,279,371	5,718,776
Mining	41,687	27,875	3,195,049	146,362	3,410,973	31,094	5,749	2,661,615	154,188	2,852,646
Construction	20,847	3,967	2,089,164	322,864	2,436,842	15,068	1,913	1,848,063	372,827	2,237,871
Agriculture	1,963	—	3,050,141	17,887	3,069,991	13,440	—	2,546,889	45,425	2,605,754
Insurance	5,100	—	123,771	986	129,857	19,106	—	1,862,688	—	1,881,794
Education, health and others	4,543	53,792	1,364,542	644,143	2,067,020	5,419	21,518	1,296,293	399,752	1,722,982
Real estate and leasing	43,203	125,201	7,158,667	1,276,941	8,604,012	62,597	159,986	6,423,262	1,455,551	8,101,396
Fishing	321	—	417,067	—	417,388	3,416	—	445,603	—	449,019
Others	55,023	—	4,036,066	32,946	4,124,035	446,805	—	3,542,776	33,147	4,022,728
Total	4,942,869	620,544	148,104,567	26,202,723	179,870,703	4,278,762	521,186	141,217,038	25,195,835	171,212,821

(*)It includes non-trading investments that did not pass SPPI test.

As of December 31, 2019 and 2018 financial instruments with exposure to credit risk were distributed by the following geographical areas:


	2019					2018
	At fair value					At fair value
	through profit for loss			At fair value		through profit for loss			At fair value
	Held for		Financial	through other		Held for		Financial	through other
	trading,		assets at	comprehensive		trading,		assets at	comprehensive
	hedging and	Designated	amortized	income		hedging and	Designated	amortized	income
	others (*)	at inception	cost	investments	Total	others (*)	at inception	cost	investments	Total
	S/(000)	S/(000)	S/(000)	S/(000)	S/(000)	S/(000)	S/(000)	S/(000)	S/(000)	S/(000)

Peru	688,099	138,293	130,436,702	20,674,142	151,937,236	839,713	121,725	124,349,120	19,640,847	144,951,405
United States of America	568,588	275,991	982,944	2,770,903	4,598,426	476,593	241,743	1,538,853	2,616,120	4,873,309
Bolivia	494,547	—	9,218,219	555,028	10,267,794	716,740	—	8,531,311	514,845	9,762,896
Colombia	1,346,042	21,289	2,627,353	385,794	4,380,478	1,450,342	23,274	2,214,653	492,121	4,180,390
Panama	—	—	905,675	91,571	997,246	5,406	—	663,326	56,780	725,512
Chile	683,822	34,606	2,047,951	450,382	3,216,761	306,299	41,290	1,868,149	677,740	2,893,478
Brazil	6,023	5,867	485,594	40,472	537,956	7,773	—	436,580	17,074	461,427
Mexico	28,846	18,093	5,962	247,713	300,614	51,091	12,206	147,632	286,235	497,164
Canada	29,976	—	109,233	108,494	247,703	9,478	—	30,537	91,832	131,847
Europe:
United Kingdom	189,658	14,950	273,477	80,965	559,050	192,141	18,451	116,262	126,811	453,665
Others in Europe	127,915	17,184	83,979	46,331	275,409	54,252	15,244	115,467	103,970	288,933
France	227,823	8,850	27,244	169,632	433,549	119,572	—	7,961	63,855	191,388
Spain	11,105	—	32,836	32,366	76,307	8,960	—	22,060	1,322	32,342
Switzerland	514	—	980	26,136	27,630	1,315	—	91,029	23,785	116,129
Netherlands	—	—	26,024	108,343	134,367	—	15,390	989	—	16,379
Others	539,911	85,421	840,394	414,451	1,880,177	39,087	31,863	1,083,109	482,498	1,636,557
Total	4,942,869	620,544	148,104,567	26,202,723	179,870,703	4,278,762	521,186	141,217,038	25,195,835	171,212,821

(*)It includes non-trading investments that did not pass SPPI test.

g) Offsetting financial assets and liabilities -

The disclosures set out in the tables below include financial assets and liabilities that:

- Are offset in the Group’s consolidated statement of financial position; or

- Are subject to an enforceable master netting arrangement or similar agreement that covers similar financial instruments, irrespective of whether they are offset in the consolidated statement of financial position.

Similar agreements include derivative clearing agreements, master repurchase agreements, and master securities lending agreements. Similar financial instruments include derivatives, accounts receivable from reverse repurchase agreements and securities borrowing, payables from repurchase agreements and securities lending and other financial assets and liabilities. Financial instruments such as loans and deposits are not disclosed in the tables below because they are not offset in the statement of financial position.

The offsetting framework contract issued by the International Swaps and Derivatives Association Inc. (“ISDA”) and similar master offsetting arrangements do not meet the criteria for offsetting in the statement of financial position, because said agreements were created in order for both parties to have an enforceable offsetting right in cases of default, insolvency or bankruptcy of the Group or the counterparties or following other predetermined events. In addition, the Group and its counterparties do not intend to settle said instruments on a net basis or to realize the assets and settle the liabilities simultaneously.

The Group receives and gives collateral in the form of cash and trading securities in respect of the following transactions:

- Derivatives;

- Accounts receivable from reverse repurchase agreements and securities borrowing;

- Payables from repurchase agreements and securities lending; and

- Other financial assets and liabilities

Such collateral adheres to standard industry terms including, when appropriate, an ISDA Credit Support Annex. This means that securities received/given as collateral can be pledged or sold during the term of the transaction but have to be returned on maturity of the transaction. The terms also give each party the right to terminate the related transactions upon the counterparty’s failure to return the respective collateral.

Financial assets subject to offsetting, enforceable master offsetting agreements and similar agreements:

As of December 31, 2019

Gross amounts of

recognized

financial assets

Related amounts not offset in the

and offset in the

Net of financial

consolidated statement of

consolidated

assets presented

financial position

Gross amounts

statement of

in the consolidated

Cash

recognized

financial

statements of

Financial

collateral

Details

financial assets

positions

financial position

instruments

received

Net amount

S/(000)

Receivables from derivatives

1,092,107

—

1,092,107

(122,557)

(144,175)

825,375

Cash collateral, reverse repurchase agreements and securities borrowing

4,288,524

—

4,288,524

(151,538)

(2,893,723)

1,243,263

Investments at fair value through other comprehensive income and amortized cost pledged as collateral

3,157,981

—

3,157,981

(3,208,973)

—

(50,992)

Total

8,538,612

—

8,538,612

(3,483,068)

(3,037,898)

2,017,646

As of December 31, 2018

Gross amounts of

recognized

financial assets

Related amounts not offset in the

and offset in the

Net of financial

consolidated statement of

consolidated

assets presented

financial position

Gross amounts

statement of

in the consolidated

Cash

recognized

financial

statements of

Financial

collateral

Details

financial assets

positions

financial position

instruments

received

Net amount

S/(000)

Receivables from derivatives

766,317

—

766,317

(44,159)

(28,906)

693,252

Cash collateral, reverse repurchase agreements and securities borrowing

4,082,942

—

4,082,942

(35,008)

(3,319,949)

727,985

Available-for-sale and held-to-maturity investments pledged as collateral

5,001,516

—

5,001,516

(3,123,930)

—

1,877,586

Total

9,850,775

—

9,850,775

(3,203,097)

(3,348,855)

3,298,823

Financial liabilities subject to offsetting, enforceable offsetting master agreements and similar agreements:

As of December 31, 2019

Net amounts of

Gross amounts of

financial liabilities

recognized

presented in the

Related amounts not offset in the

liabilities and offset

consolidated

consolidated statement of

Gross amounts of

in the consolidated

statement of

financial position

recognized

statement of

financial

Financial

Cash collateral

Details

financial liabilities

financial position

position

instruments

pledged

Net amount

S/(000)

Payables on derivatives

1,040,282

—

1,040,282

122,557

(186,384)

976,455

Payables on repurchase agreements and securites lending

7,678,016

—

7,678,016

(3,208,973)

(3,293,837)

1,175,206

Total

8,718,298

—

8,718,298

(3,086,416)

(3,480,221)

2,151,661

As of December 31, 2018

Net amounts of

Gross amounts of

financial liabilities

recognized

presented in the

Related amounts not offset in the

liabilities and offset

consolidated

consolidated statement of

Gross amounts of

in the consolidated

statement of

financial position

recognized

statement of

financial

Financial

Cash collateral

Details

financial liabilities

financial position

position

instruments

pledged

Net amount

S/(000)

Payables on derivatives

715,804

—

715,804

(44,159)

(190,212)

481,433

Payables on repurchase agreements and securites lending

9,415,357

—

9,415,357

(3,123,930)

(3,409,890)

2,881,537

Total

10,131,161

—

10,131,161

(3,168,089)

(3,600,102)

3,362,970

The gross amounts of financial assets and liabilities disclosed in the above tables have been measured in the statement of financial position on the following basis:

- Derivative assets and liabilities are measured at fair value.

- Receivables from reverse repurchase agreements and securities lending are measured at amortized cost.

- Financial liabilities are measured at fair value.

The difference between the carrying amount in the consolidated statement of financial position and the amounts presented in the tables above for derivatives (presented in other assets Note 13(b)), receivables from reverse repurchase agreement and securities borrowing and payables from repurchase agreements and securities lending and financial liabilities measured at fair value through profit or loss are financial instruments outside of the scope of offsetting disclosure.

34.2 Market risk -

The Group has exposure to market risk, which is the risk that the fair value or future cash flows of a financial instrument will fluctuate because of changes in market prices. Market risks arise from open positions in interest rates, currency, commodities and equity products; all of which are exposed to general and specific market movements and changes in the level of volatility of prices such as interest rates, credit spreads, foreign exchange rates and equity prices. Due to the nature of the Group’s current activities, commodity price risk is not applicable.

The Group separates exposures to market risk in two groups: (i) those that arise from value fluctuation of trading portfolios recognized at fair value through profit or loss due to movements of market rates or prices (Trading Book) and (ii) those that arise from changes in the structural positions of non-trading portfolios due to movements of the interest rates, prices and foreign exchange ratios (Banking Book) and that are recorded at amortized cost and at fair value with changes in other comprehensive income, this is due to movements in interest rates, prices and currency exchange rates.

The risks that trading portfolios face are managed through Value at Risk (VaR) historical simulation techniques; while non-trading portfolios (Banking Book) are monitored using rate sensitivity metrics, which are a part of Asset and Liability Management (ALM).

Trading Book -

The trading book is characterized for having liquid positions in stocks, bonds, foreign currencies and derivatives, arising from market-making transactions where the Group acts as principal with the customers or with the market. This portfolio includes investments and derivatives classified by Management as held for trading.

(i)

Value at Risk (VaR) -

The Group applies the VaR approach to its trading portfolio to estimate the market risk of the main positions held and the maximum losses that are expected, based upon a number of assumptions for various changes in market conditions and considering the risk appetite of the subsidiary.

Daily calculation of VaR is a statistically-based estimate of the maximum potential loss on the current portfolio from adverse market movements.

VaR expresses the “maximum” amount the Group might lose, but only to a certain level of confidence (99 percent). There is therefore a specified statistical probability (1 percent) that actual loss could be greater than the VaR estimate. The VaR model assumes a certain “holding period” until positions can be closed (1 - 10 days).

The time horizon used to calculate VaR is one day; however, the one-day VAR is amplified to a 10‑day time frame and calculated multiplying the one-day VaR by the square root of 10. This adjustment will be accurate only if the changes in the portfolio in the following days have a normal distribution independent and identically distributed; because of that, the result is multiplied by a non-normality adjustment factor. The limits and consumptions of the VaR are established on the basis of the risk appetite and the trading strategies of each subsidiary.

The assessment of portfolio movements has been based on annual historical information and 250 market risk factors, which are detailed below; 43 market curves, 156 stock prices, 36 mutual fund values, 4 series of volatility and 11 survival probability curves. The Group directly applies these historical changes in rates to each position in its current portfalio (method known as historical simulation).

The Group Management considers that the market risk factors, incorporated in their VaR model, are adequate to measure the market risk to which its trading portfolio is exposed.

The use of this approach does not prevent losses outside of these limits in the event of more significant market movements. Losses exceeding the VaR figure may occur, on average under normal market conditions, not more than once every hundred days.

VaR limits have been established to control and keep track of all the risks taken. These risks arise from the size of the positions and/or the volatility of the risk factors embedded in each financial instrument. Regular reports are prepared for the Treasury Risk Committee and ALM, the Risk Management Committee and Senior Management.

VaR results are used to generate economic capital estimates by market risk, which are periodically monitored and are part of the overall risk appetite of each subsidiary. Furthermore, at Group level, there is also a limit to the risk appetite of the trading portfolio, which is monitored and informed to the Treasury Risks and ALM Credicorp Committee.

In VaR calculation, the effects of the exchange rate are not included because said effects are measured in the net monetary position, see Note 34.2 (b)(ii).

The Group's VaR showed an increase at December 31, 2019, mainly by Price Effect due to greater exposure in Equity instruments despite of an increase in diversification between risks. The VaR remains contained within the limits of the risk appetite established by the Bank's Risk Management of each subsidiary.

As of December 31, 2019 and 2018, the Group’s VaR by risk type is as follows:


	2019	2018
	S/(000)	S/(000)

Interest rate risk	9,274	9,527
Price risk	7,809	4,476
Volatility risk	463	10
Diversification effect	(6,245)	(3,587)
Consolidated VaR by type of risk	11,301	10,426

In VaR calculation, financial instruments from the trading book were taken.

On the other hand, the instruments recorded as fair values through profit or loss are not part of the selling business model and are considered as part of the sensitivity analysis of rates in the next section. See the chart of sensitivity of earnings at risk, net economic value and price sensitivity.

Banking Book -

Non-trading portfolios which comprise the Banking Book are exposed to different risks, given that they are sensitive to market rate movements, which could bring about a deterioration in the value of assets compared to liabilities and hence to a reduction of their net worth.

(i)

Interest rate risk -

The Banking Book-related interest rate risk arises from eventual changes in interest rates that may adversely affect the expected gains (risk gains) or market value of financial assets and liabilities reported on the balance sheet (net economic value). The Group assumes the exposure to the interest rate risk that may affect their fair value as well as the cash flow risk of future assets and liabilities.

The Risk Committee sets the guidelines regarding the level of unmatched repricing of interest rates that can be tolerated, which is periodically monitored through ALCO.

Corporate policies include guidelines for the management of the Group’s exposure to the interest rate risk. These guidelines are implemented considering the features of each segment of business in which the Group entities operate.

In this regard, Group companies that are exposed to the interest rate risk are those that have yields based on interest, such as credits, investments and technical reserves. Interest rate risk management in BCP Peru, BCP Bolivia, MiBanco, Atlantic Security Bank and Pacífico Grupo Asegurador is carried out by performing a repricing gap analysis, sensitivity analysis of the financial margin (GER) and sensitivity analysis of the net economic value (VEN). These calculations consider different rate shocks in stress scenarios.

Analysis of repricing gap -

The repricing gap analysis is intended to measure the risk exposure of interest rate for repricing periods, in which both balance and out of balance assets and liabilities are grouped. This allows identifying those sections in which the rate variations would have a potential impact.

The table below summarizes the Group’s exposure to interest rate risks. It includes the Group’s financial instruments at carrying amounts, categorized by the earlier of contractual re-pricing or maturity dates, what occurs first:


	At December 31, 2019
	Up to 1	1 to 3	3 to 12	1 to 5	More than	Non-interest
	month	months	months	years	5 years	bearing	Total
	S/(000)	S/(000)	S/(000)	S/(000)	S/(000)	S/(000)	S/(000)
Assets
Cash and cash collateral, reverse repurchase agreements and securities borrowing	12,702,384	1,841,425	3,683,141	5,351,933	125,088	6,571,315	30,275,286
Investments	1,462,956	1,346,028	7,786,732	5,876,624	12,628,641	578,788	29,679,769
Loans, net	14,595,317	17,107,120	28,291,817	35,086,667	15,737,689	(332,893)	110,485,717
Financial assets designated at fair value through profit or loss	—	—	—	—	—	620,544	620,544
Premiums and other policies receivable	802,558	22,866	8,496	4,811	—	—	838,731
Accounts receivable from reinsurers and coinsurers	734	120,600	668,551	1,348	471	—	791,704
Other assets (*)	273,338	38,841	8	—	—	2,023,067	2,335,254
Total assets	29,837,287	20,476,880	40,438,745	46,321,383	28,491,889	9,460,821	175,027,005

Liabilities
Deposits and obligations	29,478,976	9,711,623	19,010,084	43,285,525	7,339,092	3,180,085	112,005,385
Payables from repurchase agreements and securities lending	3,742,155	3,269,341	4,969,337	1,784,133	2,528,985	225,797	16,519,748
Accounts payable to reinsurers and coinsurers	46,144	133,864	25,838	10,888	—	—	216,734
Technical reserves for claims and insurance premiums	266,556	703,337	1,166,055	2,703,092	5,056,900	54,293	9,950,233
Financial liabilities at fair value through profit or loss	—	—	—	—	—	493,700	493,700
Bonds and Notes issued	180,311	252,316	1,683,166	10,060,986	2,753,679	15,905	14,946,363
Other liabilities (**)	437,529	361,087	3,765	—	—	3,008,995	3,811,376
Equity	—	—	—	—	—	26,746,310	26,746,310
Total liabilities and equity	34,151,671	14,431,568	26,858,245	57,844,624	17,678,656	33,725,085	184,689,849

Off-balance-sheet accounts
Derivative financial assets	2,806,693	2,849,046	454,349	272,223	165,700	—	6,548,011
Derivative financial liabilities	323,360	821,872	3,798,631	1,110,774	406,320	—	6,460,957
	2,483,333	2,027,174	(3,344,282)	(838,551)	(240,620)	—	87,054
Marginal gap	(1,831,051)	8,072,486	10,236,218	(12,361,792)	10,572,613	(24,264,264)	(9,575,790)
Accumulated gap	(1,831,051)	6,241,435	16,477,653	4,115,861	14,688,474	(9,575,790)	—

(*)Other assets and other liabilities only include financial accounts. The balances of the year 2018 have been adjusted and confirmed said guidelines in the information disclosed for this report.

(**)Includes banker’s acceptances outstanding and other liabilities.

Investments for trading purposes are not considered (investments at fair value through profit or loss and trading derivatives), because these instruments are part of the trading book and the Value at Risk methodology is used to measure market risks.


	At December 31, 2018
	Up to 1	1 to 3	3 to 12	1 to 5	More than	Non-interest
	month	months	months	years	5 years	bearing	Total
	S/(000)	S/(000)	S/(000)	S/(000)	S/(000)	S/(000)	S/000
Assets
Cash and cash collateral, reverse repurchase agreements and securities borrowing	8,348,880	2,192,245	2,644,313	4,973,228	94,925	7,997,867	26,251,458
Investment	1,024,895	4,143,332	6,231,197	5,288,235	12,014,435	648,579	29,350,673
Loans, net	12,671,779	17,663,723	25,826,794	36,908,775	13,581,585	(845,658)	105,806,998
Financial assets designated at fair value through profit or loss	—	—	—	—	—	521,186	521,186
Premiums and other policies receivable	848,662	24,303	9,124	5,184	—	—	887,273
Accounts receivable from reinsurers and coinsurers	89	106,421	734,043	1,104	386	—	842,043
Other assets (*)	42,057	46	498	1,735	(1,763)	2,408,072	2,450,645
Total assets	22,936,362	24,130,070	35,445,969	47,178,261	25,689,568	10,730,046	166,110,276

Liabilities
Deposits and obligations	27,696,282	9,545,250	17,413,186	39,389,207	6,724,393	3,782,992	104,551,310
Payables from repurchase agreements and securities lending	1,825,899	3,895,312	5,128,527	3,811,941	1,609,500	1,592,318	17,863,497
Accounts payable to reinsurers and coinsurers	5,504	281,808	3,082	1,299	—	—	291,693
Technical reserves for claims and insurance premiums	217,240	600,927	1,007,817	2,327,437	4,247,236	52,014	8,452,671
Financial liabilities at fair value through profit or loss	—	—	—	—	—	362,310	362,310
Bonds and Notes issued	27	1,934	2,499,807	12,441,149	445,350	69,273	15,457,540
Other liabilities (**)	175,892	247,175	2,739	—	—	2,613,602	3,039,408
Equity	—	—	—	—	—	24,266,076	24,266,076
Total liabilities and equity	29,920,844	14,572,406	26,055,158	57,971,033	13,026,479	32,738,585	174,284,505

Off-balance-sheet accounts
Derivative financial assets	3,393,623	2,736,835	1,204,498	347,883	72,826	—	7,755,665
Derivative financial liabilities	823,012	819,882	3,728,800	1,754,972	534,259	—	7,660,925
	2,570,611	1,916,953	(2,524,302)	(1,407,089)	(461,433)	—	94,740
Marginal gap	(4,413,871)	11,474,617	6,866,509	(12,199,861)	12,201,656	(22,008,539)	(8,079,489)
Accumulated gap	(4,413,871)	7,060,746	13,927,255	1,727,394	13,929,050	(8,079,489)	—

(*)Other assets and other liabilities only include financial accounts. The balances of the year 2018 have been adjusted and confirmed said guidelines in the information disclosed for this report.

(**)Includes banker’s acceptances outstanding and other liabilities.

Sensitivity to changes in interest rates -

The sensitivity analysis of a reasonable possible change in interest rates on the banking book comprises an assessment of the sensitivity of the financial margins that seeks to measure the potential changes in the interest accruals over a period of time and the expected movement of the interest rate curves, as well as the sensibility of the net economic value, which is a long-term metric measured as the difference arising between the Net Economic Value of assets and liabilities before and after a variation in interest rates.

The sensitivity of the financial margin is the effect of the assumed changes in interest rates on the net financial interest income before income tax and non-controlling interest for one year, based on non-trading financial assets and financial liabilities held at December 31, 2019 and 2018, including the effect of derivative instruments.

The sensitivity of the Net Economic Value is calculated by reassessing the financial assets and liabilities sensitive to rates, except for the trading instruments, including the effect of any associated hedge, and derivative instruments designated as a cash flow hedge. Regarding rate risk management, no distinction is made by accounting category for the investments that are considered in these calculations.

The results of the sensitivity analysis regarding changes in interest rates at December 31, 2019 and 2018 are presented below:


2019
	Changes in		Sensitivity of net		Sensitivity of Net
Currency	basis points		profit		Economic Value
			S/(000)		S/(000)

Soles	+/-	50	-/+	7,696	-/+	520,389
Soles	+/-	75	-/+	11,544	-/+	780,584
Soles	+/-	100	-/+	15,392	-/+	1,040,778
Soles	+/-	150	-/+	23,088	-/+	1,561,167
U.S. Dollar	+/-	50	+/-	52,276	-/+	50,253
U.S. Dollar	+/-	75	+/-	78,413	-/+	75,379
U.S. Dollar	+/-	100	+/-	104,551	-/+	100,506
U.S. Dollar	+/-	150	+/-	156,827	-/+	150,759


2018
	Changes in		Sensitivity of net		Sensitivity of Net
Currency	basis points		profit		Economic Value
			S/(000)		S/(000)

Soles	+/-	50	-/+	10,463	-/+	439,964
Soles	+/-	75	-/+	15,695	-/+	659,946
Soles	+/-	100	-/+	20,926	-/+	879,928
Soles	+/-	150	-/+	31,389	-/+	1,319,893
U.S. Dollar	+/-	50	+/-	48,325	-/+	6,718
U.S. Dollar	+/-	75	+/-	72,487	-/+	10,078
U.S. Dollar	+/-	100	+/-	96,650	-/+	13,437
U.S. Dollar	+/-	150	+/-	144,975	-/+	20,155

The interest rate sensitivities set out in the table above are only illustrative and are based on simplified scenarios. The figures represent the effect of the pro-forma movements in the net interest income based on the projected yield curve scenarios and the Group’s current interest rate risk profile. This effect, however, does not incorporate actions that would be taken by Management to mitigate the impact of this interest rate risk.

The Group seeks proactively to change the interest rate risk profile to minimize losses and optimize net revenues. The projections above also assume that the interest rate of all maturities moves by the same amount and, therefore, do not reflect the potential impact on net interest income of some rates changing while others remain unchanged.

As of December 31, 2019 and 2018, investments in equity securities and funds that are non-trading, recorded at fair value through other comprehensive income and at fair value through profit or loss, respectively, are not considered as comprising investment securities for interest rate sensitivity calculation purposes; however, a 10, 25 and 30 percent of changes in market prices is conducted to these price-sensitivity securities.

The market price sensitivity tests as of December 31, 2019 and 2018 are presented below:


Equity securities
Measured at fair value
through other comprehensive	Change in
income	market prices		2019	2018
	%		S/(000)	S/(000)

Equity securities	+/-	10	57,920	64,947
Equity securities	+/-	25	144,800	162,368
Equity securities	+/-	30	173,760	194,841


Funds
Measured at fair value	Change in
through profit or loss	market prices		2019	2018
	%		S/(000)	S/(000)

Participation in mutual funds	+/-	10	59,127	25,687
Participation in mutual funds	+/-	25	147,818	64,219
Participation in mutual funds	+/-	30	177,381	77,062
Restricted mutual funds	+/-	10	46,009	40,735
Restricted mutual funds	+/-	25	115,022	101,838
Restricted mutual funds	+/-	30	138,026	122,205
Participation in RAL funds	+/-	10	30,040	44,504
Participation in RAL funds	+/-	25	75,100	111,260
Participation in RAL funds	+/-	30	90,119	133,512
Investment funds	+/-	10	30,576	32,346
Investment funds	+/-	25	76,440	80,864
Investment funds	+/-	30	91,728	97,037
Hedge funds	+/-	10	3,364	4,434
Hedge funds	+/-	25	8,410	11,084
Hedge funds	+/-	30	10,092	13,301
Exchange Trade Funds	+/-	10	1,360	2,556
Exchange Trade Funds	+/-	25	3,399	6,391
Exchange Trade Funds	+/-	30	4,079	7,669

(ii)

Foreign currency exchange risk -

The Group is exposed to fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates on its financial position and cash flows. Management sets limits on the level of exposure by currency and overnight and intra-day total positions, which are monitored daily.

At December 31, 2019, the free market exchange rate for buying and selling transactions for each United States of Dollars, the main foreign currency held by the Group, was S/3.314 (S/3.373 at December 31, 2018).

Foreign currency transactions are made at the free market exchange rates of the countries where Credicorp’s Subsidiaries are established. As of December 31, 2019 and 2018, the Group’s assets and liabilities by currencies were as follows:


	At December 31, 2019				At December 31, 2018
			Other				Other
	Soles	U.S. Dollars	currencies	Total	Soles	U.S. Dollars	currencies	Total
	S/(000)	S/(000)	S/(000)	S/(000)	S/(000)	S/(000)	S/(000)	S/(000)
Monetary assets
Cash and due from banks	3,960,190	20,762,648	1,263,924	25,986,762	3,582,390	17,117,551	1,468,575	22,168,516
Cash collateral, reverse repurchase agreements and securities borrowing	150,009	3,389,090	749,425	4,288,524	6,654	3,362,285	714,003	4,082,942
Investments:		—	—	—	—	—	—	—
At fair value through profit or loss	800,370	1,053,925	1,996,467	3,850,762	541,649	733,801	2,236,995	3,512,445
At fair value through other comprehensive income	18,221,102	6,869,840	532,582	25,623,524	16,757,917	7,057,303	731,145	24,546,365
At amortized cost	3,355,579	100,299	21,168	3,477,046	3,239,330	915,508	—	4,154,838
Loans, net	66,737,870	35,598,141	8,149,706	110,485,717	61,665,634	37,032,752	7,108,612	105,806,998
Financial assets designated at fair value through profit or loss	44,223	576,321	—	620,544	44,109	477,077	—	521,186
Other assets	2,072,867	2,142,237	678,111	4,893,215	2,561,684	2,765,000	408,913	5,735,597
Total monetary assets	95,342,210	70,492,501	13,391,383	179,226,094	88,399,367	69,461,277	12,668,243	170,528,887

Monetary liabilities
Deposits and obligations	(56,769,748)	(46,319,179)	(8,916,458)	(112,005,385)	(51,559,266)	(44,122,875)	(8,869,169)	(104,551,310)
Payables from repurchase agreements and securities lending	(5,068,896)	(734,441)	(1,874,679)	(7,678,016)	(5,914,736)	(1,860,424)	(1,640,197)	(9,415,357)
Due to bank and correspondents	(3,798,717)	(4,709,610)	(333,405)	(8,841,732)	(3,442,620)	(4,751,314)	(254,206)	(8,448,140)
Lease liabilities	(162,103)	(605,036)	(80,365)	(847,504)	—	—	—	—
Financial liabilities at fair value through profit or loss	—	(94,475)	(399,225)	(493,700)	(35,220)	(58,031)	(269,059)	(362,310)
Technical reserves for claims and insurance	(5,642,772)	(4,301,468)	(5,993)	(9,950,233)	(4,318,973)	(4,131,263)	(2,435)	(8,452,671)
Bonds and notes issued	(4,028,893)	(10,660,989)	(256,481)	(14,946,363)	(3,599,610)	(11,752,328)	(105,602)	(15,457,540)
Other liabilities	(3,541,350)	(1,951,682)	(874,416)	(6,367,448)	(3,452,975)	(2,208,427)	(648,395)	(6,309,797)
Total monetary liabilities	(79,012,479)	(69,376,880)	(12,741,022)	(161,130,381)	(72,323,400)	(68,884,662)	(11,789,063)	(152,997,125)
	16,329,731	1,115,621	650,361	18,095,713	16,075,967	576,615	879,180	17,531,762

Forwards position, net	1,534,948	(1,351,414)	(116,899)	66,635	1,820,527	(1,719,788)	(101,048)	(309)
Currency swaps position, net	281,672	(281,672)	—	—	(199,746)	199,512	234	—
Cross currency swaps position, net	(787,355)	692,525	(57,715)	(152,545)	(1,833,236)	1,918,994	(85,758)	—
Options, net	25,071	(25,071)	—	—	(23,414)	23,414	—	—
Net monetary position	17,384,067	149,989	475,747	18,009,803	15,840,098	998,747	692,608	17,531,453

The Group manages foreign exchange risk by monitoring and controlling the currency position values exposed to changes in exchange rates. The Group measures its performance in soles. (since 2014 considering its change in functional currency, it was measured in U.S. Dollars before), so if the net foreign currency exchange position (U.S. Dollar) is positive, any depreciation of soles would positively affect the Group’s consolidated statement of financial position. The current position in a foreign currency comprises exchange rate-linked assets and liabilities in that currency. An institution’s open position in individual currencies comprises assets, liabilities and off-balance sheet items denominated in the respective foreign currency for which the institution itself bears the risk; any appreciation/depreciation of the foreign exchange would affect the consolidated statement of income.

The Group’s net foreign exchange position is the sum of its positive open non-soles positions (net long position) less the sum of its negative open non-soles positions (net short position). Any depreciation/appreciation of the foreign exchange position would affect the consolidated statement of income. A currency mismatch would leave the Group’s consolidated statement of financial position vulnerable to a fluctuation of foreign currency (exchange rate shock).

The table below shows the sensitivity analysis of the U.S. Dollar, the currency to which the Group had significant exposure as of December 31, 2019 and 2018 in its monetary assets and liabilities and its forecast cash flows. The analysis determines the effect of a reasonably possible variation of the exchange rate against Soles with all other variables held constant on the consolidated statement of income, before income tax. A negative amount in the table reflects a potential net reduction in the consolidated statement of income, while a positive amount reflects a net potential increase:


	Change in
Currency rate sensitivity	currency rates	2019	2018
	%	S/000	S/000

Depreciation -
Soles in relation to U.S. Dollar	5	7,142	47,559
Soles in relation to U.S. Dollar	10	13,635	90,795

Appreciation -
Soles in relation to U.S. Dollar	5	(7,894)	(52,566)
Soles in relation to U.S. Dollar	10	(16,665)	(110,972)

34.3 Liquidity risk -

Liquidity risk is the risk that the Group is unable to meet its short-term payment obligations associated with its financial liabilities when they fall due and to replace funds when they are withdrawn. In this sense, the company that is facing a liquidity crisis would be failing to comply with the obligations to pay depositors and with commitments to lend or satisfy other operational cash needs.

The Group is exposed to daily cash requirements, interbank deposits, current accounts, time deposits, use of loans, guarantees and other requirements. The Management of the Group's subsidiaries establishes limits for the minimum funds amount available to cover such cash withdrawals and on the minimum level of inter-bank and other borrowing facilities that should be in place to cover withdrawals at unexpected levels of demand. Sources of liquidity are regularly reviewed by the corresponding risk teams to maintain a wide diversification by currency, geography, type of funding, provider, producer and term.

The procedure to controlled the mismatching of the maturities and interest rates of assets and liabilities is fundamental to the management of the Group. It is unusual for banks to be completely matched, as transacted business is often based on uncertain terms and of different types. An unmatched position potentially enhances profitability, but also increases liquidity risk, which generates exposure to potential losses.

Maturities of assets and liabilities and the ability to replace them, at an acceptable cost are important factors in assessing the liquidity of the Group.

A mismatch, in maturity of long-term illiquid assets against short-term liabilities, exposes the consolidated statement of financial position to risks related both to rollover and to interest rates. If liquid assets do not cover maturing debts, a consolidated statement of financial position is vulnerable to a rollover risk. Furthermore, a sharp increase in interest rates can dramatically increase the cost of rolling over short-term liabilities, leading to a rapid increase in debt cost. The contractual-maturity gap report is useful in showing liquidity characteristics.

Corporate policies have been implemented for liquidity risk management by the Group. These policies are consistent with the particular characteristics of each operating segment in which each of the Group companies operate. Risk Management heads set up limits and autonomy models to determine the adequate liquidity indicators to be managed.

Commercial banking and Microfinance:

Liquidity risk exposure in BCP Peru, BCP Bolivia, Mibanco and Atlantic Security Bank is based on indicators such as the Internal Liquidity Coverage Ratio (RCLI, the Spanish acronym) which measures the amount of liquid assets available to meet cash outflows needs within a given stress scenario for a period of 30 days and the Internal Ratio of Stable Net Funding (RFNEI, the Spanish acronym), which is intended to guarantee that long-term assets are financed at least with a minimum number of stable liabilities within a prolonged liquidity crisis scenario and works as a minimum compliance mechanism that supplements the RCLI. The core limits of these indicators are 100% and any excess is presented in the Credicorp Treasury Risk Committee, Credicorp Risk Committee and the Assets Liabilities Committee (ALCO) of the respective subsidiary.

Insurances and Pensions:

Insurances: Liquidity risk management in Pacífico Grupo Asegurador follows a particular approach given the nature of the business. For annually renewable businesses, mainly general insurance, the emphasis of liquidity is focused on the quick availability of resources in the event of a systemic event (e.g. earthquake); for this purpose, there are minimum investment indicators in place relating to local cash/time deposits and foreign fixed-income instruments of high quality and liquidity.

For long-term businesses such as Pacífico Seguros, given the nature of the products offered and the contractual relationship with customers (the liquidity risk is not material); the emphasis is on maintaining sufficient flow of assets and matching their maturities with maturities of obligations (mathematical technical reserves); for this purpose there are indicators that measure the asset/liability sufficiency and adequacy as well as calculations or economic capital subject to interest rate risk, this last under the methodology of Credicorp.

Pensions: Liquidity risk management in AFP Prima is carried out in a differentiated manner between the fund administrator and the funds being managed. Liquidity management regarding the fund administrator is focused on hedge meeting periodic operating expense needs, which are supported with the collection of commissions. The fund administering entity does not record unexpected outflows of liquidity.

Investment banking:

Liquidity risk in the Grupo Credicorp Capital principally affects the security brokerage. In managing this risk, limits of use of liquidity have been established as well as mismatching by dealing desk; follow-up on liquidity is performed on a daily basis for a short-term horizon covering the coming settlements. If short-term unmatched maturities are identified, repos are used. On the other hand, structural liquidity risk of Credicorp Capital is not significant given the low levels of debt, which is monitored regularly using financial planning tools.

In the case of Atlantic Security Bank, the risk liquidity management performs through indicators such as Internal Liquidity Coverage Ratio (RCLI, the Spanish acronym) and the Internal Ratio of Stable Net Funding (RFNEI, the Spanish acronym) with the core limits of 100% and any excess is presented in the Credicorp Treasury Risk Committee, Credicorp Risk Committee and the Assets Liabilities Committee (ALCO) of the respective subsidiary.

Companies perform a liquidity risk management using the liquidity Gap or contractual maturity Gap.

The table below presents the cash flows payable by the Group by remaining contractual maturities (including future interest payments) at the date of the consolidated statement of financial position. The amounts disclosed in the table are the contractual undiscounted cash flows:


	2019						2018
	Up to a	From 1 to	From 3 to	From 1 to	Over 5		Up to a	From 1 to	From 3 to	From 1 to	Over 5
	month	3 months	12 months	5 years	Year	Total	month	3 months	12 months	5 years	Year	Total
	S/(000)	S/(000)	S/(000)	S/(000)	S/(000)	S/(000)	S/(000)	S/(000)	S/(000)	S/(000)	S/000	S/000

Financial assets	35,352,840	22,105,919	49,635,736	63,189,798	42,676,791	212,961,084	29,543,745	26,446,311	42,823,710	65,551,209	36,941,247	201,306,222

Financial liabilities by type -
Deposits and obligations	33,056,293	10,879,383	22,008,052	42,265,306	9,820,049	118,029,083	30,659,602	10,717,381	20,100,704	38,903,924	8,663,463	109,045,074
Payables from reverse purchase agreements and security lendings and due to banks and correspondents	3,880,781	1,810,265	1,118,503	1,933,857	7,624,058	16,367,464	2,920,477	3,995,758	4,976,816	4,639,124	6,878,937	23,411,112
Accounts payable to reinsurers and coinsurers	45,702	132,581	25,590	10,784	—	214,657	9,087	290,214	5,088	2,144	—	306,533
Financial liabilities designated at fair value through profit or loss	493,700	—	—	—	—	493,700	362,310	—	—	—	—	362,310
Bonds and notes issued	549,434	149,009	2,138,869	11,255,465	2,709,880	16,802,657	71,272	133,642	3,062,572	13,316,127	473,092	17,056,705
Lease liabilities	10,857	21,751	96,013	434,797	468,213	1,031,631	—	—	—	—	—	—
Other liabilities	2,719,050	285,956	347,590	217,701	1,200,736	4,771,033	1,989,185	332,555	421,685	6,013	1,315,576	4,065,014
Total liabilities	40,755,817	13,278,945	25,734,617	56,117,910	21,822,936	157,710,225	36,011,933	15,469,550	28,566,865	56,867,332	17,331,068	154,246,748

Derivative financial liabilities -
Contractual amounts receivable (Inflows)	921,774	722,448	1,244,120	966,488	966,870	4,821,700	1,537,102	1,267,858	1,155,340	1,663,518	1,058,385	6,682,203
Contractual amounts payable (outflows)	501,611	435,484	787,985	1,224,424	983,394	3,932,898	556,987	274,168	1,116,070	1,882,494	1,104,179	4,933,898
Total liabilities	420,163	286,964	456,135	(257,936)	(16,524)	888,802	980,115	993,690	39,270	(218,976)	(45,794)	1,748,305

34.4 Operational risk -

Operational risk is the possibility of the occurrence of losses arising from inadequate processes, human error, failure of information technology, relations with third parties or external events. Operational risks can, lead to financial losses and have legal or regulatory compliance consequences, but exclude strategic or reputational risk (with the exception of companies under Colombian regulations, where reputational risk is included in operational risk).

Operational risks are grouped into internal fraud, external fraud, labor relations and job security, relations with customers, business products and practices, damages to material assets, business and systems interruption, and failures in process execution, delivery and management of processes.

One of the Group’s pillars, is to develop an efficient risk culture, and to achieve this, it records operational risks and their respective process controls. The risk map permits their monitoring, prioritization and proposed treatment according to established governance. Likewise carries out an active cybersecurity and fraud prevention management, aligned with the best international practices.

The business continuity management system enables the establishing, implementing, operating, monitoring, reviewing, maintaining and improving of business continuity based on best practices and regulatory requirements. The Group implements recovery strategies for the resources that support important products and services of the organization, which will be periodically tested to measure the effectiveness of the strategy.

In the management of operational risk, cybersecurity, fraud prevention and business continuity, corporate guidelines are used, and methodologies and best practices are shared among the Group’s companies.

The management of information security is carried out through a systemic process, documented and known by the entire organization under the best practices and regulatory requirements. The Group designs and develops the guidelines described in the policy and procedures to have strategies for availability, privacy and integrity of the information assets of the organization.

34.5 Risk of the insurance activity -

The principal risk the Group faces under insurance contracts is that the actual claims and benefit payments or the timing thereof, differ from expectations. This is influenced by the frequency of claims, severity of claims, actual benefits paid and subsequent development of long-term claims. Therefore, the objective of the Group is to ensure that sufficient reserves are available to cover these liabilities.

The above risk exposure is mitigated by diversification across a large portfolio of insurance contracts. The variability of risks is also improved by careful selection and implementation of underwriting strategy guidelines, as well as the use of reinsurance arrangements. The Group’s placement of reinsurance is diversified so that it is neither dependent on a single reinsurer nor are the operations of the Group substantially dependent upon any single reinsurance contract.

Life insurance contracts -

The main risks that the Group is exposed to are mortality, morbidity, longevity, investment yield and flow, losses arising from policies due to the expense incurred being different than expected, and the policyholder decision; all of which, do not vary significantly in relation to the location of the risk insured by the Group, type of risk insured or industry.

The Group’s underwriting strategy is designed to ensure that risks are well diversified in terms of type of risk and level of insured benefits. This is achieved through diversification across insurable risks, the use of medical screening in order to ensure that pricing takes account of current health conditions and family medical history, regular review of actual claims experience and product pricing, as well as detailed claims handling procedures. Underwriting limits are in place to enforce appropriate risk selection criteria. For example, the Group has the right not to renew individual policies, it can impose deductibles and it has the right to reject the payment of fraudulent claims.

For contracts when death or disability is the insured risk, the significant factors that could increase the overall frequency of claims are epidemics, widespread changes in lifestyle and natural disasters, resulting in more claims than expected.

For retirement, survival and disability annuities contracts, the most significant factor is continuing improvement in medical science and social conditions that increase longevity.

Management has performed a sensitivity analysis of the technical reserve estimates, Note 16(c).

Non-life insurance contracts (general insurance and healthcare) -

The Group mainly issues the following types of non-life general insurance contracts: automobile, technical branches, business and healthcare insurances. Healthcare contracts provide medical expense cover to policyholders. Risks under non-life insurance policies usually cover 12 months.

For general insurance contracts the most significant risks arise from climate changes, natural disasters and other type of damages. For healthcare contracts the most significant risks arise from lifestyle changes, epidemics and medical science and technology improvements.

Most of these risks do not vary significantly in relation to the location of the risk insured by the Group, type of risk insured or industry.

The above risk exposures are mitigated by diversification across a large portfolio of insurance contracts. The variability of risk is improved by careful selection and implementation of underwriting strategies, which are designed to ensure that risks are diversified in terms of type of risks and level of insured benefits. This is achieved, in various cases, through diversification across industry sectors and geography. Furthermore, strict claim review policies to assess all new and ongoing claims and in process of settlement, regular detailed review of claims handling procedures and frequent investigation of possible fraudulent claims are all policies and procedures put in place to reduce the Group’s risk exposure. Insurance contracts also entitle the Group to pursue third parties for payment of some or all costs. Also, the Group actively manages and promptly pursues claims, in order to reduce its exposure to unpredictable future developments that can negatively impact the Group.

The Group has also limited its exposure by imposing maximum claim amounts on certain contracts as well as the use of reinsurance arrangements in order to limit its exposure to catastrophic events.

Credit risk of the insurance activity –

Credit risk is the risk that one party to a financial instrument will cause a financial loss to the other party by failing to discharge the total obligation at maturity.

The following policies and procedures are in place to mitigate the Group’s exposure to credit risk:

- The Group sets the maximum amounts and limits that may be granted to corporate counterparties according to their long- term credit ratings.

- Credit risk from customer balances related to non-payment of premiums or contributions, will only persist during the grace period specified in the policy document or trust deed until the policy is paid up or terminated. Commissions paid to intermediaries are netted off against amounts receivable from them in order to reduce the risk of doubtful accounts.

- Reinsurance is placed with counterparties that have a good credit rating and concentration of risk is avoided by following guidelines in respect of counterparties’ limits which are set each year by the Board of Directors and are subject to regular reviews. At each reporting date, Management performs an assessment of creditworthiness of reinsurers and updates the reinsurance contracts strategy, determining whether the need exists to establish an allowance for impairment.

- A Group policy setting out the assessment and determination of what constitutes credit risk for the Group is in place, its compliance is monitored and exposures and breaches are reported to the Group risk committee. The policy is regularly reviewed for pertinence and for changes in the risk environment.

- The Group issues Investment Link life insurance contracts whereby the policyholder bears the investment risk on the financial assets held in the Company’s investment portfolio as the policy benefits are directly linked to the value of the assets in the portfolio. Therefore, the Group has no material credit risk on Investment Link financial assets.

34.6 Capital management -

The Group maintains an actively managed capital base to cover risks inherent in its business. The adequacy of the Group’s capital is monitored using, among other measures, the rules and ratios established by the SBS, the supervising authority of its major subsidiaries and for consolidation purposes. Furthermore, capital management responds to market expectations in relation to the solvency of the Group and to support the growth of the businesses considered in the strategic planning. In this way, the capital maintained by the Group enables it to assume unexpected losses in normal conditions and conditions of severe stress.

The Group’s objectives when managing capital are: (i) to comply with the capital requirements set by the regulators of the markets where the entities within the Group operate; (ii) to safeguard the Group’s ability to continue as a going concern so that it can continue to provide returns for shareholders and benefits for other stakeholders; and (iii) to maintain a strong capital base to support the development of its business, in line with the limits and tolerances established in the declaration of Risk Appetite.

As of December 31, 2019 and 2018, the regulatory capital for the subsidiaries engaged in financial and insurance activities amounted to approximately S/25,732.0 million and S/25,063.9 million, respectively. The regulatory capital has been determined in accordance with SBS regulations in force as of said dates. Under the SBS regulations, the Group’s regulatory capital exceeds by approximately S/4,151.6 million the minimum regulatory capital required as of December 31, 2019 (approximately S/4,658.1 million as of December 31, 2018).

34.7 Fair values -

Financial instruments recorded at fair value and fair value hierarchy -

The following table analyses financial instruments measured at fair value at the reporting date, by the level in the fair value hierarchy into which the fair value measurement is categorized. The amounts are based on the values recognized in the consolidated statement of financial position:


		As of December 31, 2019				As of December 31, 2018
	Note	Level 1	Level 2	Level 3	Total	Level 1	Level 2	Level 3	Total
		S/(000)	S/(000)	S/(000)	S/(000)	S/(000)	S/(000)	S/(000)	S/(000)
Financial assets
Derivative financial instruments:
Currency swaps		—	411,656	—	411,656	—	354,432	—	354,432
Interest rate swaps		—	269,219	—	269,219	—	165,172	—	165,172
Foreign currency forwards		—	306,148	—	306,148	—	124,124	—	124,124
Cross currency swaps		—	98,585	—	98,585	—	120,744	—	120,744
Foreign exchange options		—	6,489	—	6,489	—	1,281	—	1,281
Futures		—	10	—	10	—	564	—	564
	13(b)	—	1,092,107	—	1,092,107	—	766,317	—	766,317

Investments at fair value through profit of loss	6(a)	2,320,141	786,477	744,144	3,850,762	1,690,430	1,012,801	809,214	3,512,445
Financial assets at fair value through profit of loss	8	558,471	62,073	—	620,544	470,112	51,074	—	521,186

Investments at fair value through other comprehensive income:
Debt Instruments
Corporate bonds		3,171,451	5,621,363	939	8,793,753	1,487,110	6,924,129	5,279	8,416,518
Certificates of deposit BCRP		—	8,665,272	—	8,665,272	—	9,829,584	—	9,829,584
Government treasury bonds		6,194,116	620,465	—	6,814,581	4,587,264	681,282	—	5,268,546
Securitization instruments		—	629,818	—	629,818	—	521,452	—	521,452
Negotiable certificates of deposit		—	377,296	—	377,296	—	289,148	—	289,148
Subordinated bonds		29,778	135,609	—	165,387	9,972	157,508	—	167,480
Other instruments		—	177,417	—	177,417	—	53,637	—	53,637
Equity instruments		239,555	320,579	19,065	579,199	235,566	396,523	17,381	649,470
	6(b)	9,634,900	16,547,819	20,004	26,202,723	6,319,912	18,853,263	22,660	25,195,835
Total financial assets		12,513,512	18,488,476	764,148	31,766,136	8,480,454	20,683,455	831,874	29,995,783

Financial liabilities
Derivatives financial instruments:
Interest rate swaps		—	365,774	—	365,774	—	153,560	—	153,560
Currency swaps		—	366,545	—	366,545	—	401,856	—	401,856
Foreign currency forwards		—	246,960	—	246,960	—	101,548	—	101,548
Cross currency swaps		—	54,775	—	54,775	—	55,454	—	55,454
Foreign exchange options		—	6,089	—	6,089	—	728	—	728
Futures		—	139	—	139	—	2,658	—	2,658
	13(b)	—	1,040,282	—	1,040,282	—	715,804	—	715,804

Financial liabilities at fair value through profit or loss		—	493,700	—	493,700	—	362,310	—	362,310
Total financial liabilities		—	1,533,982	—	1,533,982	—	1,078,114	—	1,078,114

Financial instruments included in the Level 1 category are those that are measured on the basis of quotations obtained in an active market. A financial instrument is regarded as quoted in an active market if quoted prices are readily and regularly available from an exchange, dealer, broker, industry group, pricing service or regulatory agency and those prices represent actual and regularly occurring market transactions on an arm’s length basis.

Financial instruments included in the Level 2 category are those that are measured on the basis of observable market factors. This category includes instruments valued using: quoted prices for similar instruments, either in active or less active markets and other valuation techniques (models) where all significant inputs are directly or indirectly observable based on market data.

Following is a description of how fair value is determined for the main Group’s financial instruments where valuation techniques were used with inputs based on market data which incorporate Credicorp’s estimates on the assumptions that market participants would use for measuring these financial instruments:

-Valuation of derivative financial instruments -

Interest rate swaps, currency swaps and forward exchange contracts are measured by using valuation techniques where inputs are based on market data. The most frequently applied valuation techniques include forward pricing and swap models, using present value calculations. The models incorporate various inputs, including the credit quality of counterparties, spot exchange rates, forward rates and interest rate curves. Options are valued using well-known, widely accepted valuation models.

A credit valuation adjustment (CVA) is applied to the “Over-The-Counter” derivative exposures to take into account the counterparty’s risk of default when measuring the fair value of the derivative. CVA is the mark-to market cost of protection required to hedge credit risk from counterparties in this type of derivatives portfolio. CVA is calculated by multiplying the probability of default (PD), the loss given default (LGD) and the expected exposure (EE) at the time of default.

A debit valuation adjustment (DVA) is applied to include the Group’s own credit risk in the fair value of derivatives (that is the risk that the Group might default on its contractual obligations), using the same methodology as for CVA.

As of December 31, 2019, the balance of receivables and payables corresponding to derivatives amounted to S/1,092.1 million and S/1,040.3 million respectively, See Note 13(b), generating DVA and CVA adjustments for approximately S/12.6 million and S/14.0 million respectively. The net impact of both items in the consolidated statement of income amounted to S/3.2 million. As of December 31, 2018, the balance of receivables and payables corresponding to derivatives amounted to S/766.3 million and S/715.8 million, respectively, See Note 13(b), generating DVA and CVA adjustments for approximately S/15.4 million and S/17.1 million, respectively. Also, the net impact of both items in the consolidated statement of income amounted to S/0.2 million.

-Valuation of debt securities classified in the category “at fair value through other comprehensive income” and included in level 2 –

Valuation of certificates of deposit BCRP, corporate, leasing, subordinated bonds and Government treasury bonds are measured calculating their Net Present Values (NPV) through discounted cash flows, using appropriate and relevant zero-coupon rate curves to discount cash flows in the respective currency and considering observable current market transactions.

Certificates of deposit BCRP (CD BCRP) are securities issued at a discount in order to regulate the liquidity of the financial system. They are placed mainly through public auction or direct placement, are freely negotiable by their holders in the Peruvian secondary market and may be used as collateral in Repurchase Agreement Transactions of Securities with the BCRP.

Other debt instruments are measured using valuation techniques based on assumptions supported by prices from observable current market transactions, obtained via pricing services. Nevertheless, when prices have not been determined in an active market, fair values are based on broker quotes and assets that are valued using models whereby the majority of assumptions are market observable.

-Valuation of financial instruments included in level 3 -

These are measured using valuation techniques (internal models), based on assumptions that are not supported by transaction prices observable in the market for the same instrument, nor based on available market data.

In this regard, no significant differences were noted between the estimated fair values and the respective carrying amounts.

As of December 31, 2019 and 2018, the net unrealized loss of Level 3 financial instruments amounted to S/1.9 million and S/2.3 million, respectively. During 2019 and 2018, changes in the carrying amount of Level 3 financial instruments have not been significant since there were no purchases, issuances, settlements or any other significant movements or transfers from level 3 to Level 1 or Level 2 or vice versa.

Financial instruments not measured at fair value -

We present below the disclosure of the comparison between the carrying amounts and fair values of the financial instruments, which are not measured at fair value, presented in the consolidated statement of financial position by level of the fair value hierarchy:


	As of December 31, 2019					As of December 31, 2018
	Level 1	Level 2	Level 3	Fair value	Book value	Level 1	Level 2	Level 3	Fair value	Book value
	S/(000)	S/(000)	S/(000)	S/(000)	S/(000)	S/(000)	S/(000)	S/(000)	S/(000)	S/(000)
Assets
Cash and due from banks	—	25,986,762	—	25,986,762	25,986,762	—	22,168,516	—	22,168,516	22,168,516
Cash collateral, reverse repurchase agreements and securities borrowing	—	4,288,524	—	4,288,524	4,288,524	—	4,082,942	—	4,082,942	4,082,942
Investments at amortized cost	3,772,509	124,222	—	3,896,731	3,477,046	3,815,301	337,821	—	4,153,122	4,154,838
Loans, net	—	110,485,717	—	110,485,717	110,485,717	—	105,806,998	—	105,806,998	105,806,998
Premiums and other policies receivable	—	838,731	—	838,731	838,731	—	887,273	—	887,273	887,273
Accounts receivable from reinsurers and coinsurers	—	791,704	—	791,704	791,704	—	842,043	—	842,043	842,043
Due from customers on acceptances	—	535,222	—	535,222	535,222	—	967,968	—	967,968	967,968
Other assets	—	1,700,861	—	1,700,861	1,700,861	—	2,306,460	—	2,306,460	2,306,460
Total	3,772,509	144,751,743	—	148,524,252	148,104,567	3,815,301	137,400,021	—	141,215,322	141,217,038

Liabilities
Deposits and obligations	—	112,005,385	—	112,005,385	112,005,385	—	104,551,310	—	104,551,310	104,551,310
Payables on repurchase agreements and securities lending	—	7,678,016	—	7,678,016	7,678,016	—	9,415,357	—	9,415,357	9,415,357
Due to Banks and correspondents and other entities	—	9,032,177	—	9,032,177	8,841,732	—	8,520,401	—	8,520,401	8,448,140
Banker’s acceptances outstanding	—	535,222	—	535,222	535,222	—	967,968	—	967,968	967,968
Payable to reinsurers and coinsurers	—	216,734	—	216,734	216,734	—	291,693	—	291,693	291,693
Lease liabilities	—	847,504	—	847,504	847,504	—	—	—	—	—
Bond and notes issued	—	15,638,835	—	15,638,835	14,946,363	—	15,928,607	—	15,928,607	15,457,540
Other liabilities	—	3,206,544	—	3,206,544	3,206,544	—	2,978,514	—	2,978,514	2,978,514
Total	—	149,160,417	—	149,160,417	148,277,500	—	142,653,850	—	142,653,850	142,110,522

The methodologies and assumptions used by the Group to determine fair values depend on the terms and risk characteristics of the various financial instruments and include the following:

(i)

Long-term fixed-rate and variable-rate loans are evaluated by the Group based on parameters such as interest rates, specific country risk factors, and individual creditworthiness of the customer and the risk characteristics of the financed project. Based on this evaluation, allowances are taken into account for the incurred losses of these loans. As of December 31, 2019 and 2018, the carrying amounts of loans, net of allowances, were not materially different from their calculated fair values.

(ii)

Assets for which fair values approximate their carrying value - For financial assets and financial liabilities that are liquid or have a short term maturity (less than three months) it is assumed that the carrying amounts approximate to their fair values. This assumption is also applied to demand deposits, savings accounts without a specific maturity and variable rate financial instruments.

(iii)

Fixed rate financial instruments - The fair value of fixed rate financial assets and liabilities carried at amortized cost are estimated by comparing market interest rates when they were first recognized with current market rates offered for similar financial instruments. The estimated fair value of fixed interest bearing deposits is based on discounted cash flows using prevailing market interest rates for financial instruments with similar credit risk and maturity. For quoted debt issued the fair values are calculated based on quoted market prices. When quoted market prices are not available, a discounted cash flow model is used based on a current interest rate yield curve appropriate for the remaining term to maturity.

34.8 Fiduciary activities, management of funds and pension funds -

The Group provides custody, trustee, investment management and advisory services to third parties; therefore, the Group makes allocations and purchase and sale decisions in relation to a wide range of financial instruments. Assets that are held in a fiduciary capacity are not included in these consolidated financial statements. These services give rise to the risk that the Group will be accused of mismanagement or under-performance.

As of December 31, 2019 and 2018, the value of the net assets under administration off the balance sheet (in millions of soles) is as follows:


	2019	2018

Pension funds	53,912	47,452
Investment funds and mutual funds	43,635	40,186
Equity managed	18,387	15,397
Bank trusts	4,834	4,608
Total	120,768	107,643