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Note 9 - Financial Assets at Fair Value Through Profit or Loss | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2018
Financial Assets at Fair Value Through Profit or Loss Abstract |
Disclosure of Financial Assets at Fair Value Through Profit or Loss | 9. Financial assets at fair value through profit or loss 9.1 Debt securities
| December 31, 2018 | December 31, 2017 | January 1, 2017
Government securities | 952,798 | 2,082,328 | 3,748,047
Government securities - Pledged as collateral | - | 31,124 | -
Private securities - Corporate bonds | 167,913 | 197,983 | 325,605
BCRA Bills | 6,387,388 | 6,276,692 | 2,691,284
TOTAL | 7,508,099 | 8,588,127 | 6,764,936
9.2 Derivatives The Bank uses derivatives, not designated in a qualifying hedge relationship, to manage its exposure of foreign currency and interest rate risks. The instruments used include interest rate swaps and forward co ntracts (both with no physical delivery of the underlying asset).
| December 31, 2018 | December 31, 2017 | January 1, 2017
Foreign Currency Forwards | 591,418 | 162,494 | 52,798
Interest Rate Swaps | - | 48,262 | 46,189
TOTAL | 591,418 | 210,756 | 98,987
The notional amounts of the term and foreign currency forward transactions, stated in US Dollars (US$) and in Euros, as the case may be, as well as the notional amounts of interest rate swaps are reported below:
| December 31, 2018 | December 31, 2017 | January 1, 2017
Foreign Currency Forwards |  |  |
Foreign currency forwards purchases - US$ | 620,651 | 658,575 | 162,156
Foreign currency forwards purchases - Euros | - | - | 176
Foreign currency forwards sales - US$ | 760,615 | 645,582 | 183,056
Foreign currency forwards sales - Euros | 5,463 | 4,818 | 9,203
Interest rate swaps |  |  |
Fixed rate for floating rate | 3,261,154 | 4,358,645 | 2,227,278
9.3 Equity instruments
| December 31, 2018 | December 31, 2017 | January 1, 2017
Mercado de Valores de Buenos Aires S.A. | 24,722 | 52,292 | 122,345
BYMA-Bolsas y Mercados Argentinos S.A. | 94,600 | 125,499 | -
Investments Funds | 408,704 | 517,873 | 285,319
TOTAL | 528,026 | 695,664 | 407,664

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