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information of prudential relevance 2013

3.1. A breakdown of minimum capital requirements by risk type

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The accompanying table shows total capital requirements itemized by credit risk, trading-book risk, exchange-rate risk, operational risk and other requirements as of December 31, 2013 and 2012.

The total amount for credit risk includes the positions in securitizations (standardized and advanced approach) and equity portfolio.

Chart 3. Capital requirements by risk type

Table 8. Capital requirements by risk type

(Millions of euros)


Capital amount
Exposure categories and risk types 2013 2012
Central governments and central banks 1,489 1,229
Regional governments and local authorities 164 149
Public-sector institutions and other public entities 112 86
Multilateral development banks 1 2
Institutions 342 357
SMEs 5,197 5,190
Retail 2,586 2,420
Collateralized with real-estate property 1,549 1,663
Default status 728 694
High risk 93 155
Guaranteed bonds 15 8
Short-term to Institutions and Corporates 18 12
Collective Investment Institutions (IIC) 21 4
Other exposures 981 1,039
Securitized positions 138 239
Total credit risk by the standardized approach 13,433 13,246
Central governments and central banks 17 17
Institutions 992 1,139
SMEs 4,488 5,135
Retail 1,879 2,060
Of which: Secured by real estate collateral 1,018 1,190
Of which: Qualifying revolving retail 612 598
Of which: Other retail assets 249 272
Equity 1,079 795
By method:

Of which: Simple Method 151 176
Of which: PD/LGD Method 821 497
Of which: Internal Models 107 122
By nature:

Of which: Exchange-traded equity instruments 670 517
Of which: Non-trading equity instruments in sufficiently diversified portfolios 408 278
Securitized positions 95 122
Total credit risk by the advanced measurement approach 8,550 9,268
TOTAL CREDIT RISK 21,983 22,514
Standardized: 224 154
Of which: Price Risk from fixed-income positions 190 119
Of which: Correlation price risk 12 12
Of which: Price Risk from equity portfolios 22 23
Advanced: Market Risk 616 693
TOTAL TRADING-BOOK ACTIVITY RISK 840 847
EXCHANGE RATE RISK (STANDARDIZED APPROACH) 780 540
OPERATIONAL RISK (1) 2,421 2,405
OTHER CAPITAL REQUIREMENTS –122 47
CAPITAL REQUIREMENTS 26,353 26,562
(1) See Chapter 6 of the report.

The amounts shown in the table above on credit risk include the counterparty risk in trading-book activity as shown below:

Table 9. Amounts of counterparty risk in the trading book

(Millions of euros)


Capital amount
Counterparty risk trading book activities 2013 2012
Standardized Approach 162 205
Advanced Measurement Approach 455 481
Total 617 686

The management of new netting and collateral agreements have reduced the capital requirements for counterparty risk.

The Group currently has no capital requirements for trading-book activity liquidation risk.


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