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Trading assets and liabilities (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2013
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$) |  | 2013 |  | 2012 |
Trading assets: |  |  |  |  |
Sovereign bonds |  | - |  | 5,146 |
Cross-currency swaps |  | - |  | 49 |
Forward foreign exchange |  | - |  | 50 |
Future contracts |  | - |  | 20 |
Total |  | - |  | 5,265 |
Trading liabilities: |  |  |  |  |
Interest rate swaps |  | 65 |  | 100 |
Cross-currency interest rate swaps |  | 7 |  | 32,182 |
Forward foreign exchange |  | - |  | 22 |
Total |  | 72 |  | 32,304
Schedule of Derivative Instruments, Gain (Loss) in Statement of Financial Performance [Table Text Block] | During 2013, 2012 and 2011, the Bank recognized the following gains and losses related to trading derivative financial instruments:
|  | Year ended December 31 |
(In thousands of US$) |  | 2013 |  | 2012 |  | 2011 |
Interest rate swaps |  | (9) |  | (310) |  | (299) |
Cross-currency swaps |  | 67 |  | - |  | - |
Cross-currency interest rate swaps |  | 3,236 |  | 11,537 |  | (4,858) |
Forward foreign exchange |  | (6) |  | 27 |  | 93 |
Future contracts |  | 191 |  | 207 |  | (29) |
Total |  | 3,479 |  | 11,461 |  | (5,093) |
Schedule of Notional Amounts of Outstanding Derivative Positions [Table Text Block] | As of December 31, 2013 and 2012, information on the nominal amounts of derivative financial instruments held for trading purposes is as follows:
|  | 2013 |  | 2012 |
(In thousands of US$) |  | Nominal |  | Fair Value |  | Nominal |  |  | Fair Value |
|  | Amount |  | Asset |  | Liability |  | Amount |  |  | Asset |  | Liability |
Interest rate swaps |  | 14,000 |  | - |  | 65 |  | 35,291 |  |  | - |  | 100 |
Cross-currency interest rate swaps |  | 600 |  | - |  | 7 |  | 155,081 |  |  | 49 |  | 32,182 |
Forward foreign exchange |  | - |  | - |  | - |  | 7,152 |  |  | 50 |  | 22 |
Future contracts |  | - |  | - |  | - |  | 6,896 |  |  | 20 |  | - |
Total |  | 14,600 |  | - |  | 72 |  | 204,420 |  |  | 119 |  | 32,304 |

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