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Risk performance
Credit risk
Risk review
Credit derivatives referencing sovereign debt
The Group enters into credit mitigation arrangements (principally credit default swaps and total return swaps) for which the reference asset is
government debt. For Spain, Italy and Portugal, these have the net effect of reducing the Group’s exposure in the event of sovereign default. An
analysis of the Group’s credit derivatives referencing sovereign debt is presented below.
Spain
£m
Italy
£m
Portugal
£m
Ireland
£m
Cyprus
£m
Greece
£m
As at 31 December 2014
Fair value
– Bought (48) 91 27 (30) 2 18
– Sold 53 (61) (22) 25 (2) (21)
Net derivative fair value 5 30 5 (5) – (3)
Contract notional amount
– Bought (5,308) (11,735) (2,283) (1,730) (18) (65)
– Sold 5,264 10,766 2,171 1,758 16 73
Net derivative notional amount (44) (969) (112) 28 (2) 8
Net protection from credit derivatives in the event of sovereign
default (notional less fair value) (39) (939) (107) 23 (2) 5
As at 31 December 2013
Net protection from credit derivatives in the event of sovereign default
(notional less fair value) (18) (533) (23) 62 – –
The fair values and notional amounts of credit derivative assets and liabilities would be lower than reported under IFRS if netting was permitted for
assets and liabilities with the same counterparty or for which we hold cash collateral. An analysis of the effects of such netting is presented below.
Spain
£m
Italy
£m
Portugal
£m
Ireland
£m
Cyprus
£m
Greece
£m
As at 31 December 2014
Fair value
– Bought (19) 59 19 (16) 1 17
– Sold 24 (29) (14) 11 (1) (20)
Net derivative fair value 5 30 5 (5) – (3)
Contract notional amount
– Bought (2,317) (5,204) (1,038) (688) (15) (62)
– Sold 2,273 4,235 926 716 13 70
Net derivative notional amount (44) (969) (112) 28 (2) 8
Net protection from credit derivatives in the event of sovereign
default (notional less fair value) (39) (939) (107) 23 (2) 5
As at 31 December 2013
Net protection from credit derivatives in the event of sovereign default
(notional less fair value) (18) (533) (23) 62 – –
Credit derivatives are contracts whereby the default risk of an asset (reference asset) is transferred from the buyer to the seller of the credit
derivative contract. Credit derivatives referencing sovereign assets are bought and sold to support client transactions and for risk management
purposes. The contract notional amount represents the size of the credit derivative contracts that have been bought or sold, while the fair value
represents the change in the value of the reference asset. The net protection or exposure from credit derivatives in the event of sovereign default
amount represents a net purchase or sale of insurance by the Group. This insurance reduces or increases the Group’s total exposure and should be
considered alongside the direct exposures disclosed in the preceding pages.