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Information of Prudential Relevance 2014

4.4. Information on the standardized approach

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4.4.1. Identification of external rating agencies

The external credit assessment institutions (ECAIs) appointed by the Group to determine the risk weightings applicable to its exposures are the following: Standard & Poor’s, Moody’s, Fitch and DBRS.

The exposures for which the ratings of each ECAI are used are those corresponding to the wholesale portfolios, basically involving "Central Governments and Central Banks" in developed countries, and "Financial Institutions".

In cases where a counterparty has ratings by different ECAIs, the Group follows the procedure laid down in Article 261 of the Solvency Regulations, which specifies the order of priority to be used in the assignment of ratings.

When two different credit ratings made by designated ECAIs are available for a rated exposure, the higher risk weighting will be applied. However, when there are more than two credit ratings for the same rated exposure, use is to be made of the two credit ratings that provide the lowest risk weightings. If the two lowest risk weightings coincide, then that weighting will be applied; if they do not coincide, the higher of the two will be applied.

4.4.2. Assignment of the credit ratings of public share issues

The number of cases and the amount of these assignments is not relevant for the Group in terms of admission and management of issuer credit risk.

4.4.3. Exposure values before and after the application of credit risk mitigation techniques

The following table presents the amounts for net exposure, prior to the application of credit risk mitigation techniques, for different risk weightings and for the different exposure categories that correspond to the standardized method, excluding securitization positions:

TABLE 29: Standardized approach: Exposure values before the application of credit risk mitigation techniques
2014

(Millions of euros)

Category of exposure Exposure net of allowances for losses
Risk weighting
Total
0% 20% 35% 50% 75% 100% 150%
Central governments or central banks 78,440 1,009 - 6,194 - 5,223 13,043 103,909
Regional governments or local authorities 32 4,321 - 1,303 - 1,811 - 7,467
Public sector entities 115 286 - 3,275 - 1,820 - 5,496
Multilateral Development Banks 50 1 - 29 - 13 - 93
International organizations 16 - - - - - - 16
Institutions (2) 2,839 15,018 - 1,734 - 664 89 20,344
Corporates - 7,649 - 1,730 3,972 94,321 73 107,744
Retail - - - - 59,369 137 - 59,506
Secured by mortgages on immovable property - - 46,118 6,262 - 1,768 - 54,147
Exposures in default - - - - - 5,359 512 5,870
Items associated with particularly high risk - 32 - - 68 249 - 349
Covered bonds - 605 - - - - - 605
Short-term claims on institutions and corporate - 1,765 - 5 - 289 3 2,063
Collective investments undertakings (CIU) - 120 - - - 5 - 124
Other exposures 8,178 600 - - 31 18,198 14 27,020
TOTAL (1) 89,669 31,406 46,118 20,532 63,439 129,856 13,733 394,754
(1) It does not include securitization positions. (2) Exposure with 0% weighting corresponds to institution exposure with central counterparty
2013

(Millions of euros)

Category of exposure Exposure net of allowances for losses
Risk weighting
Total
0% 20% 35% 50% 75% 100% 150%
Central governments or central banks 72,104 714 - 4,882 1 15,801 - 93,502
Regional governments or local authorities 855 6,387 - 1,330 1 622 - 9,195
Public sector entities 1,180 1,495 0 114 3 1,694 - 4,486
Multilateral Development Banks 34 0 - 16 0 - - 50
International organizations 8 - - - 0 - - 8
Institutions (2) 593 15,641 - 2,881 3 1,570 3 20,690
Corporates - 3,574 - 694 - 88,189 42 92,499
Retail - - 854 - 59,452 22 - 60,328
Secured by mortgages on immovable property - - 43,681 6,231 - 1,889 - 51,801
Exposures in default - - - 1,684 - 5,656 3,334 10,674
Items associated with particularly high risk - - - - 11 513 594 1,118
Covered bonds - 911 - - - - - 911
Short-term claims on institutions and corporate - 542 - 7 114 - 1 663
Collective investments undertakings (CIU) - - - - 0 816 - 816
Other exposures 9,247 441 - 1 163 12,249 11 22,112
TOTAL (1) 84,020 29,705 44,535 17,839 59,749 129,019 3,985 368,852
(1) It does not include securitization positions. (2) Exposure with 0% weighting corresponds to institution exposure with central counterparty

The tables below show exposure amounts after the application of credit risk mitigation techniques, for different risk weightings and for the different categories of risk that correspond to the standardized method, excluding securitization positions:

TABLE 30: Standardized approach: Exposure values after the application of credit risk mitigation techniques
2014

(Millions of euros)

Category of exposure Fully adjusted value of the exposure (1)
Risk weighting
Total
0% 20% 35% 50% 75% 100% 150%
Central governments or central banks 82,210 2,235 - 6,194 - 5,223 13,043 108,904
Regional governments or local authorities 32 4,242 - 1,302 - 1,811 - 7,387
Public sector entities 675 392 - 659 - 1,374 - 3,099
Multilateral Development Banks 50 1 - 29 - 13 - 93
International organizations 16 - - - - - - 16
Institutions (3) 2,832 15,049 - 1,639 - 768 89 20,377
Corporates - 7,668 - 1,723 3,183 89,500 68 102,143
Retail - - - - 57,049 135 - 57,185
Secured by mortgages on immovable property - 6 45,002 6,197 - 1,278 - 52,482
Exposures in default - - - - - 4,781 463 5,244
Items associated with particularly high risk - 15 - - 59 134 - 208
Covered bonds - 605 - - - - - 605
Short-term claims on institutions and corporate - 1,765 - 5 - 61 3 1,834
Collective investments undertakings (CIU) - 46 - - - 5 - 51
Other exposures 13,371 1,042 46 - 31 16,965 14 31,468
TOTAL (2) 99,185 33,065 45,047 17,748 60,322 122,048 13,680 391,096
(1) It is defined as the value of the exposure net of provisions, following the application of risk mitigation techniques (2) It does not include securitization positions. (3) Exposure with 0% weighting corresponds to institution exposure with central counterparty
2013

(Millions of euros)

Category of exposure Fully adjusted value of the exposure (1)
Risk weighting
Total
0% 20% 35% 50% 75% 100% 150%
Central governments or central banks 70,222 2,136 - 4,882 1 15,801 - 93,042
Regional governments or local authorities 875 4,024 - 1,330 1 618 - 6,847
Public sector entities 1,638 1,570 0 128 3 1,490 - 4,829
Multilateral Development Banks 34 0 - 16 0 - - 50
International organizations 8 - - - 0 - - 8
Institutions (3) 593 15,462 - 2,882 96 1,298 3 20,334
Corporates - 3,574 - 571 - 82,673 33 86,852
Retail - - 851 - 56,475 20 - 57,346
Secured by mortgages on immovable property - - 42,850 6,178 - 1,437 - 50,465
Exposures in default - - - 1,253 - 5,351 2,125 8,728
Items associated with particularly high risk - - - - 11 338 581 930
Covered bonds - 911 - - - - - 911
Short-term claims on institutions and corporate - 542 - 6 - 114 1 663
Collective investments undertakings (CIU) - - - - 0 261 - 261
Other exposures 14,579 839 52 1 165 11,964 11 27,612
TOTAL (2) 87,949 29,058 43,753 17,247 56,753 121,364 2,755 358,879
(1) It is defined as the value of the exposure net of provisions, following the application of risk mitigation techniques (2) It does not include securitization positions. (3) Exposure with 0% weighting corresponds to institution exposure with central counterparty

The following table presents the main variations in the period in terms of RWAs for the Credit Risk standardized approach:

TABLE 31: Variations in the period in terms of RWAs for the Credit Risk standardized approach

(Millions of euros)


Credit Risk (SA)
RWAs Dec 13
166,188
Effects Activity 12,847
Changes in RW 3,800
Regulatory changes 9,229
Model roll-out -13,102
Exchange rate -1,613
Other 77
RWAs Dec 14
177,425
* Does not include exposure to securitizations or equity, which are explained below.

The main changes during this year are basically due to:

  • Activity: General growth in the portfolios corresponding to Latin America and the United States.
  • Changes in RW: Increase in the risk weightings due to downgrades in Venezuela and Argentina
  • Regulatory changes: Fundamentally due to the new regulatory requirements derived from the limits associated with deferred tax assets (DTAs).
  • Model roll-out: Produced by the transfer to advanced corporate portfolio models of both BBVA S.A. and Bancomer.
  • Exchange rate: The variation is produced by the net effect of the general depreciation of the euro against foreign currencies except for the Venezuelan bolivar, whose trend is contrary; thus the impact on RWAs is netted as described in section 1.5.4.2 of this document.

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