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Trading assets and liabilities (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2012
Trading Assets and Liabilities [Abstract] |
Schedule Of Fair Value Of Trading Assets and Liabilities [Table Text Block] | The fair value of trading assets and liabilities is as follows:
|  | December 31, |
(In thousands of US$) |  | 2012 |  |  | 2011 |
Trading assets: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Sovereign bonds |  |  | 5,146 |  |  |  | 20,415 |
Cross-currency interest rate swaps |  |  | 49 |  |  |  | 21 |
Forward foreign exchange |  |  | 50 |  |  |  | - |
Future contracts |  |  | 20 |  |  |  | - |
Total |  |  | 5,265 |  |  |  | 20,436 |
Trading liabilities: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Interest rate swaps |  |  | 100 |  |  |  | 748 |
Cross-currency interest rate swaps |  |  | 32,182 |  |  |  | 4,836 |
Forward foreign exchange |  |  | 22 |  |  |  | - |
Total |  |  | 32,304 |  |  |  | 5,584 |
Schedule of Derivative Instruments, Gain (Loss) in Statement of Financial Performance [Table Text Block] | During 2012, 2011 and 2010, the Bank recognized the following gains and losses related to trading derivative financial instruments:
|  | Year ended December 31, |
(In thousands of US$) |  | 2012 |  |  | 2011 |  |  | 2010 |
Interest rate swaps |  |  | (310 | ) |  |  | (299 | ) |  |  | (2,091 | )
Cross-currency interest rate swaps |  |  | 11,537 |  |  |  | (4,858 | ) |  |  | (1,662 | )
Credit default swap |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | 13 |
Forward foreign exchange |  |  | 27 |  |  |  | 93 |  |  |  | - |
Future contracts |  |  | 207 |  |  |  | (29 | ) |  |  | - |
Total |  |  | 11,461 |  |  |  | (5,093 | ) |  |  | (3,740 | )
Schedule of Notional Amounts of Outstanding Derivative Positions [Table Text Block] | As of December 31, 2012 and 2011, information on the nominal amounts of derivative financial instruments held for trading purposes is as follows:
|  | 2012 |  |  | 2011 |
(In thousands of US$) |  | Nominal |  |  | Fair Value |  |  | Nominal |  |  | Fair Value |
|  | Amount |  |  | Asset |  |  | Liability |  |  | Amount |  |  | Asset |  |  | Liability |
Interest rate swaps |  |  | 35,291 |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | 100 |  |  |  | 17,000 |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | 748 |
Cross-currency interest rate swaps |  |  | 155,081 |  |  |  | 49 |  |  |  | 32,182 |  |  |  | 85,163 |  |  |  | 21 |  |  |  | 4,836 |
Forward foreign exchange |  |  | 7,152 |  |  |  | 50 |  |  |  | 22 |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |
Future contracts |  |  | 6,896 |  |  |  | 20 |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | 139 |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |
Total |  |  | 204,420 |  |  |  | 119 |  |  |  | 32,304 |  |  |  | 102,302 |  |  |  | 21 |  |  |  | 5,584

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