This unit manages the portfolio of industrial and financial investments in companies operating in the telecommunications, media, electricity, oil, gas and financial sectors. Like Asset/Liability Management, this unit lies within the Group’s Finance Division.
BBVA applies strict requirements to this portfolio regarding risk-control procedures, economic capital consumption and return on investment, diversifying investments across different sectors. It also applies dynamic hedging and monetization management strategies to its holdings. In 2011 it invested €642m and divested €231m.
As of 31-Dec-2011, the market value of the Holdings in Industrial & Financial Companies portfolio was €3,617m.