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Financial Assets Held-for-Trading | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2021
Disclosure of financial assets held for trading [text block] [Abstract] |
Financial Assets Held-for-Trading |
| 7. | Financial Assets Held-for-Trading:
The details of financial instruments classified as held-for-trading at each period are as follows:
|  | 2020 |  |  | 2021 |
|  | MCh$ |  |  | MCh$ |
Instruments issued by the Chilean Government and Central Bank: |  |  |  |  |  |
Central Bank bonds |  |  | 3,186 |  |  |  | 1,145 |
Central Bank promissory notes |  |  | 4,006,490 |  |  |  | 3,295,955 |
Other instruments issued by the Chilean Government and Central Bank |  |  | 149,616 |  |  |  | 175,022 |
Other instruments issued in Chile |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Bonds from other domestic companies |  |  | 5,396 |  |  |  | — |
Bonds from domestic banks |  |  | 5,494 |  |  |  | 51,484 |
Deposits in domestic banks |  |  | 93,905 |  |  |  | 214,336 |
Other instruments issued in Chile |  |  | 1,003 |  |  |  | 3,062 |
Instruments issued by foreign institutions |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Other instruments issued abroad |  |  | 164 |  |  |  | — |
Mutual fund investments |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Funds managed by related companies |  |  | 400,902 |  |  |  | 135,691 |
Funds managed by third-party |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |
Total |  |  | 4,666,156 |  |  |  | 3,876,695 |
Under “Instruments issued by the Chilean Government and Central Bank of Chile” some instruments are classified as sold under resale agreements to customers and financial institutions, by an amount of Ch$217,614 million as of December 31, 2020. As of December 31, 2021, there are no instruments sold with a repurchase agreement. Repurchase agreements had a 4 days average expiration at the end of year 2020. Additionally, under this line are maintained instruments to comply with the requirements for the constitution of the technical reserve for an amount equivalent to Ch$3,288,800 million (Ch$2,986,000 million in December 2020). “Other instruments issued in Chile” includes instruments sold under repurchase agreements with customers and financial institutions amounting to Ch$84,969 million as of December 31, 2021 (Ch$52,809 million as of December 31, 2020). The repurchase agreements have an average maturity of 12 days at the end of year 2021 (9 days in December 2020). Additionally, the Bank holds financial investments in mortgage financial bonds issued by itself in the amount of Ch$3,832 million as of December 31, 2021 (Ch$5,156 million as of December 31, 2020), which are presented as a reduction of the liability line item “Debt issued”.

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