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Raiffeisen Bank International AG

Quarterly Report Nov 27, 2013

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Third Quarter Report 2013

Survey of key data

Raiffeisen Bank International Group
Monetary values in € million 2013 Change 2012
Income statement 1/1-30/9 1/1-30/9
Net interest income 2,776 7.0% 2,596
Net provisioning for impairment losses (800) 28.3% (623)
Net fee and commission income 1,203 7.3% 1,120
Net trading income 240 9.0% 220
General administrative expenses (2,430) 4.0% (2,336)
Profit before tax 696 (37.6)% 1,115
Profit after tax 461 (48.2)% 889
Consolidated profit 411 (51.2)% 842
Statement of financial position 30/9 31/12
Loans and advances to banks 21,589 (3.3)% 22,323
Loans and advances to customers 82,431 (1.1)% 83,343
Deposits from banks 29,617 (1.9)% 30,186
Deposits from customers 67,496 1.8% 66,297
Equity 10,354 (4.8)% 10,873
Total assets 131,034 (3.7)% 136,116
Key ratios 1/1-30/9 1/1-30/9
Return on equity before tax 8.6% (5.4) PP 14.1%
Return on equity after tax 5.7% (5.5) PP 11.2%
Consolidated return on equity 5.4% (6.2) PP 11.7%
Cost/income ratio 56.9% (1.5) PP 58.4%
Return on assets before tax 0.70% (0.30) PP 1.00%
Net interest margin (average interest-bearing assets) 3.08% 0.48 PP 2.60%
NPL ratio 10.3% 0.3 PP 10.0%
Provisioning ratio (average loans and advances to customers) 1.29% 0.29 PP 1.00%
Bank-specific information1 30/9 31/12
Risk-weighted assets (credit risk) 68,132 0.0% 68,136
Total own funds 12,254 (4.9)% 12,885
Total own funds requirement 6,617 (0.1)% 6,626
Excess cover ratio 85.2% (9.3) PP 94.5%
Core tier 1 ratio, total 10.1% (0.6) PP 10.7%
Tier 1 ratio, credit risk 12.9% (0.7) PP 13.6%
Tier 1 ratio, total 10.6% (0.6) PP 11.2%
Own funds ratio 14.8% (0.7) PP 15.6%
Stock data 1/1-30/9 1/1-30/9
Earnings per share in € 1.34 (62.3)% 3.55
Closing price in € (30/9) 24.19 (14.2)% 28.19
High (closing prices) in € 33.59 14.7% 29.29
Low (closing prices) in € 19.96 7.1% 18.64
Number of shares in million (30/9) 195.51 195.51
Market capitalization in € million (30/9) 4,729 (14.2)% 5,510
Resources 30/9 31/12
Employees as of reporting date 58,772 (2.2)% 60,084
Business outlets 3,051 (1.8)% 3,106
Customers in million 14.4 1.9% 14.2

1 Calculated according to the Austrian Banking Act (Bankwesengesetz, BWG) for illustrative purposes. RBI as part of the RZB Group is as a group not subject to the Austrian Banking Act.

RBI in the capital markets 4
Group management report 7
Market development 7
Earnings, financial and assets position9
Comparison of results year-on-year10
Comparison of results with the previous quarter13
Statement of financial position15
Risk management 17
Outlook 18
Segment reports 19
Division of segments 19
Segment overview 19
Central Europe 20
Southeastern Europe 27
Russia 36
CIS Other 39
Group Corporates 43
Group Markets 45
Corporate Center 46
Interim consolidated financial statements48
Statement of comprehensive income48
Statement of financial position51
Statement of changes in equity52
Statement of cash flows53
Segment reporting 53
Notes 58
Notes to the income statement60
Notes to the statement of financial position64
Risk report 70
Additional notes 81
Publication details/Disclaimer89

RBI in the capital markets

Continuation of expansionary monetary policy

US monetary policy was once again the dominant theme in the international financial markets during the third quarter of 2013: Following the US Federal Reserve's announcement in June of its intention to reduce liquidity injections before the end of the year, the markets initially prepared for a reduction in government bond purchases by the central bank. However, in September US Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke caught markets by surprise with his statement that the loose monetary policy would be maintained. Stock markets responded with noticeable increases. Bond prices likewise rose sharply while yields fell. For several weeks prior to that, markets held their breath over a military intervention in Syria and its unforeseeable consequences for the entire Middle East.

In early October, the US government entered a shutdown for the first time in 17 years as Democrats and Republicans failed to agree on a budget. Most US government agencies halted services and came to a standstill due to the lack of funding, which initially had little influence on the markets. At the last minute, however, the parties managed to resolve their budget dispute. A major uncertainty for global financial market participants was thus removed. The DAX reached a new all-time high; the S&P 500 and ATX also increased.

At the same time, positive signals emerged from Italy: Prime Minister Enrico Letta won a vote of confidence in the Senate. Consequently, re-elections and associated market uncertainties were avoided, which investors acknowledged with significantly higher demand for Italian government bonds.

At the beginning of November, the European Central Bank (ECB) surprisingly reduced the key interest rate to a historical low of 0.25 per cent, therewith reacting on the weak price development in October in the Eurozone with an increase of only 0.7 per cent year-on-year.

Performance of RBI stock

RBI stock gained 8.0 per cent in the third quarter of 2013. After opening in July at € 22.40, the stock reached a closing price of € 24.19 on September 30. As of the report's editorial deadline on 21 November 2013 the share traded at € 27.20.

Price performance since 1 January 2013 compared to the ATX and EURO STOXX Banks

Active capital market communication

In the third quarter of 2013, RBI offered interested investors another opportunity to obtain first-hand information at road shows in Amsterdam, Hamburg, London, New York, and Warsaw.

On August 22, alongside the release of results for the first half of 2013, the Management Board of RBI met with investors in Vienna and also held a conference call, at which an estimated 200 international analysts and investors participated. The event is available online as a webcast and can be viewed at: www.rbinternational.com → Investor Relations → Events.

An additional event for investors and analysts took place on September 24 and 25 in London, where Karl Sevelda – for the first time in his role as CEO – addressed the capital market at an international conference and outlined his strategic priorities. The conference succeeded numerous one-on-ones that the new CEO held with investors and analysts.

A total of 29 equity analysts and 17 debt analysts regularly report their investment recommendations on RBI, which makes RBI the company in Austria with the largest number of analysts reporting on it on a regular basis.

Stock data and details

RBI has been listed on the Vienna Stock Exchange since 25 April 2005. As of the end of the quarter, RZB held approximately 78.5 per cent of RBI's stock, with the remaining shares in free float. At the end of June 2013, about one-third of the free float was held by private investors, the majority of which came from Austria. The remaining two-thirds were in the hands of institutional investors. These continue to be widely spread internationally: around a quarter were held by institutional investors from the USA, approximately 20 per cent from Austria, approximately 20 per cent from UK and Ireland, and around a quarter from other EU countries. The remaining institutional investors came from other countries such as Singapore and Japan.

Share price as of 30 September 2013 € 24.19
High/low in the third quarter of 2013 (closing prices) € 27.16 / € 19.96
Earnings per share from 1 January to 30 September 2013 € 1.34
Market capitalization as of 30 September 2013 € 4.729 billion
Average daily trading volume in the third quarter of 2013 (single count) 224,134 shares
Stock exchange turnover in the third quarter of 2013 (single count) € 345.54 million
Free float as of 30 September 2013 approximately 21.5%
ISIN AT0000606306
Ticker symbols RBI (Vienna Stock Exchange)
RBI AV (Bloomberg)
RBIV.VI (Reuters)
Market segment Prime Market
Number of shares issued as of 30 September 2013 195,505,124

Rating details

Rating agency Long-term rating Short-term rating Outlook
Moody's Investors Service A2 P-1 negative
Standard & Poor's A A-1 negative
Fitch Ratings A F1 stable

Financial calendar 2014

27 February 2014 Start of Quiet Period
27 March 2014 Annual Report 2013, Conference Call
28 March 2014 RBI Investor Presentation, London
8 May 2014 Start of Quiet Period
22 May 2014 First Quarter Report, Conference Call
4 June 2014 Annual General Meeting
11 June 2014 Ex-Dividend and Dividend Payment Day
7 August 2014 Start of Quiet Period
21 August 2014 Semi-Annual Report, Conference Call
6 November 2014 Start of Quiet Period
20 November 2014 Third Quarter Report, Conference Call

Contact for equity and debt investors

Email: [email protected] Internet: www.rbinternational.com → Investor Relations Telephone: +43-1-71 707-2089 Fax: +43-1-71 707-2138

Raiffeisen Bank International AG Group Investor Relations Am Stadtpark 9 1030 Vienna, Austria

Group management report

Market development

Following a 2.2 per cent increase in 2012, estimates for economic growth in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) for 2013 were revised down to 1.1 per cent. Despite this slowdown third quarter 2013 GDP data points to a continual improvement of economic development. Leading indicators support the assumption of a further growth improvement in the coming quarters. A key driver is development in the Eurozone, with which CEE has close export ties. This improvement should continue in 2014, with CEE economies projected to grow 2.0 per cent in the coming year.

Central Europe (CE) – the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia, and Slovenia – is the most economically developed region in CEE. With the exception of Poland, CE economies are small, open and highly dependent on exports to the Eurozone. As a result, CE was especially impacted by the Eurozone's economic slowdown (including two recessionary years: 2012 and 2013). Following 0.7 per cent growth in 2012, CE economies should therefore continue to grow at a similar rate at 0.5 per cent in 2013. However, latest GDP data, as well as leading indicators, point to a sustained improvement of the economic situation. In CE, Hungary, Poland, and Slovakia in particular, showed positive development in the third quarter 2013, whereas the Czech Republic's data was disappointing. Slovenia is the only CE country to remain in a recession. A long-term recovery of the CE region's economy is projected in 2014, with an anticipated growth of 2.1 per cent.

In Southeastern Europe (SEE) – Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Kosovo, Romania, and Serbia – the economy should recover in 2013, with growth at 1.5 per cent, following another year of stagnation in 2012. Romania is expected to post the strongest expansion in 2013, confirmed by third quarter GDP figures. For Albania and Serbia positive growth rates are likewise anticipated for the year. Bulgaria, as well as Bosnia and Herzegovina, is projected to encounter weaker growth, at just 0.5 per cent year-on-year. Croatia's economic output will also continue its downward trend in 2013, however, with 0.5 per cent significantly slower than in the previous year. For 2014, a further improvement to 1.9 per cent in the SEE region's growth trend is expected. In particular, structural reforms implemented in many countries in this region should provide upward potential.

The Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) – Belarus, Russia, and Ukraine – were far less severely impacted by events in the Eurozone than CE and SEE. Moreover, Russia benefitted in recent years from a relatively stable and high-level oil price. Against this backdrop, the region managed to partially decouple from the economic weakness in the Eurozone. However, in 2012 the region saw first signs of a slowdown, with economic growth declining to 3.1 per cent. Particularly as of the second half of 2012, the CIS proved to be no longer immune to the global economic climate. The steel market, for example, a key industry for Ukraine, weakened markedly. Weaker exports and a decline in investment activity led to flagging economic growth in the region. In addition, domestic consumption, which to date served as a supporting engine of growth, came under pressure towards the end of 2012 – a trend that is likely to continue into 2013. Consequently, economic output in the CIS is only projected to grow 1.3 per cent in 2013; for 2014, an increase of 2.0 per cent is expected.

Region/country 2012 2013e 2014f 2015f
Czech Republic (0.9) (1.0) 2.3 2.4
Hungary (1.7) 0.5 1.5 1.5
Poland 1.9 1.2 2.5 3.0
Slovakia 2.0 0.9 2.0 3.0
Slovenia (2.3) (2.0) (0.5) 1.5
CE 0.7 0.5 2.1 2.6
Albania 1.6 2.0 3.0 3.5
Bosnia and Herzegovina (1.1) 0.5 1.5 3.5
Bulgaria 0.8 0.5 2.0 3.5
Croatia (2.0) (0.5) 1.0 1.5
Kosovo 3.0 3.0 3.0 4.0
Romania 0.7 2.5 2.0 2.5
Serbia (1.7) 1.5 2.0 3.0
SEE 0.0 1.5 1.9 2.7
Belarus 1.5 2.0 2.0 3.0
Russia 3.4 1.5 2.0 2.5
Ukraine 0.2 (1.0) 1.5 2.5
CIS 3.1 1.3 2.0 2.5
CEE 2.2 1.1 2.0 2.6
Austria 0.9 0.5 1.5 2.3
Germany 0.9 0.5 1.8 2.5
Eurozone (0.6) (0.3) 1.5 2.0

Annual real GDP growth in per cent compared to the previous year

Earnings, financial and assets position

RBI generated a profit before tax of € 696 million in the first nine months of 2013. The fall of € 419 million versus the comparable period was primarily attributable to one-off effects in 2012 such as the sale of bonds and the hybrid tier 1 capital buyback totaling € 269 million. A marked improvement in operating result of 10 per cent or € 173 million – mainly due to net interest income and net fee and commission income – was offset by higher net provisioning for impairment losses (up € 176 million). Additionally, a further rise in the negative net income from derivatives and liabilities had an unfavorable effect on profit before tax.

Operating income increased 7 per cent, or € 267 million, to € 4,267 million year-on-year. Net interest income showed a pleasing trend: The net interest margin (calculated on interest-bearing assets) improved 48 basis points to 3.08 per cent due to an optimization of liquidity and repricing measures. Despite a reduced volume, this resulted in a 7 per cent increase in net interest income to € 2,776 million. Moreover, net fee and commission income rose 7 per cent to € 1,203 million due to a rise in fees in Hungary and higher volumes.

General administrative expenses rose 4 per cent, or € 94 million, year-on-year to € 2,430 million, largely due to the consolidation and integration of Polbank in May 2012. Salary adjustments in Russia were further responsible for the rise. Whereas, some countries, reported positive effects from ongoing cost reduction programs. The number of business outlets fell by 64 to 3,051 year-onyear, predominantly due to the optimization of the branch network following the merger with Polbank.

Compared to the same period last year, net provisioning for impairment losses climbed 28 per cent, or € 176 million, to € 800 million. In the comparable period, these included a net release of portfolio-based loan loss provisions of € 90 million, whereas net allocations of € 28 million were necessary in the reporting period. Individual loan loss provisions rose 9 per cent to € 781 million.

During the reporting period, net income from derivatives and liabilities remained negative and declined from minus € 108 million to minus € 243 million. Contained therein are valuations for credit spreads on own liabilities, which led to a valuation loss of € 139 million compared to € 72 million in the same period last year. This was due to financial markets easing and a resulting marked reduction in CDS premiums for RBI. The partial repurchase of hybrid bonds in the comparable period resulted in net income of € 113 million.

Net income from financial investments declined € 226 million to € 73 million year-on-year. In the comparable period, the sale of securities at Group head office – undertaken to meet the capital ratio required by the European Banking Authority (EBA) – resulted in net proceeds of € 156 million. In the reporting period, sales of equity participations generated net proceeds of € 49 million – mainly in Russia and Ukraine – and the valuation of the fair-value portfolio of securities resulted in net income of € 22 million.

In the reporting period, profit after tax was 48 per cent, or € 428 million, down on the comparable period, whereas the tax rate rose 14 percentage points to 34 per cent. Profit attributable to non-controlling interests increased € 3 million to € 50 million. After deducting profit attributable to non-controlling interests, consolidated profit amounted to € 411 million. During the reporting period, 194.9 million shares were outstanding on average, resulting in earnings per share of € 1.34. In the same period last year it was € 3.55.

In € million 1/1-30/9/2013 1/1- 30/9/2012 Change absolute Change in %
Net interest income 2,776 2,596 181 7.0%
Net fee and commission income 1,203 1,120 82 7.3%
Net trading income 240 220 20 9.0%
Other net operating income1 48 63 (16) (24.6)%
Operating income 4,267 4,000 267 6.7%
Staff expenses2 (1,227) (1,178) (48) 4.1%
Other administrative expenses (920) (884) (36) 4.1%
Depreciation (283) (274) (9) 3.3%
General administrative expenses3 (2,430) (2,336) (94) 4.0%
Operating result 1,837 1,664 173 10.4%
Net provisioning for impairment losses (800) (623) (176) 28.3%
Other results3 (342) 74 (416)
Profit before tax 696 1,115 (419) (37.6)%
Income taxes (236) (226) (9) 4.2%
Profit after tax 461 889 (428) (48.2)%
Profit attributable to non-controlling interests (50) (47) (3) 6.3%
Consolidated profit 411 842 (431) (51.2)%

Comparison of results year-on-year

1 Excl. impairment on goodwill and bank levies.

2 Adaption of previous year figures due to the retrospective application of IAS 19 (effect lower than € 1 million).

3 Incl. impairment on goodwill and bank levies.

Net interest income

In the first nine months of 2013, net interest income rose 7 per cent, or € 181 million, to € 2,776 million year-on-year. The decrease in interest income due to lower lending volume was more than offset by lower interest expenses for customer deposits. Interest income from derivatives increased 15 per cent, or € 41 million, to € 302 million, predominantly due to developments in Poland and at Group head office.

The net interest margin rose 48 basis points to 3.08 per cent year-on-year, mainly due to a reduced provision of liquidity at low interest rates and positive effects from repricing measures in deposit business – albeit to a lesser extent in the third quarter than in the first half of 2013. This pleasing trend was primarily attributable to higher interest income from derivatives in Poland and at Group head office, repricing measures in deposit business in Poland, and the favorable development of lending business in Russia and Belarus. In contrast, in the Czech Republic and Bulgaria net interest income decreased because of lower volume in retail and corporate customer business, as well as lower market interest rates. Net interest income in Hungary again declined because of lower interest income from derivatives and lower lending volume. Poland, however, revealed a significant rise in net interest income. Certainly, a different classification of individual interest-bearing transactions following the integration of Polbank limits comparability with the previous year. In Ukraine, net interest income fell because of lower volume in retail and corporate customer business, as well as higher expenses for customer deposits, whereas in Romania the decline was mainly due to lower market interest rates and reduced interest income from securities.

Net fee and commission income

Net fee and commission income rose 7 per cent, or € 82 million, to € 1,203 million year-on-year. Of this increase, € 53 million is attributable to a significant improvement in net income from payment transfer business. This resulted mainly from higher fees in Hungary following the introduction of the financial transaction tax, a volume-driven increase in income from credit card business in Russia and the Polbank consolidation. Net income from the securities business was up 28 per cent, or € 24 million driven by higher volume primarily attributable to the development at Group head office and in Hungary. Higher volume – mainly in Slovakia and Croatia – also contributed to a 49 per cent, or € 8 million, rise in net income from the management of investment and pension funds. In contrast, income from loan and guarantee business decreased 4 per cent, or € 8 million, – primarily due to developments in Poland, Serbia and Croatia. Similarly, an increase in volume led to an 8 per cent, or € 2 million, increase in net income from the sale of own and third-party products – predominantly in Ukraine and Croatia. Net income from other banking services

revealed the highest increases in Russia and the Czech Republic thanks to higher net fee and commission income from collections and structured financing.

Net trading income

Net trading income rose 9 per cent, or € 20 million, to € 240 million year-on-year. Group head office recorded an improved net income from currency-based transactions, credit derivatives business and other transactions, which offset the decline in net income from interest-based transactions, amounting to € 61 million, due to valuation losses on derivatives. A decrease of € 7 million in income from interest-based transactions was also reported in Croatia, where higher income was achieved in the previous year through increased trading activities in a comparatively more favorable market environment. However, in Russia, net income from interest-based transactions fell € 5 million due to valuation losses on securities positions. Net income from currency-based transactions declined most sharply in Poland, although this is measured against extraordinarily high net income in 2012. However, significant increases of € 61 million in Russia and € 29 million in Hungary, attributable to valuation gains from derivatives, were also achieved. Net income from credit derivatives improved € 12 million year-on-year, while net income from capital guarantees issued at Group head office rose € 22 million.

Other net operating income

Other net operating income fell € 16 million to € 48 million year-on-year. The decline was mainly due to a bad debt loss in the commodity trading activities of F. J. Elsner Trading GmbH and the previous year's release of provisions for legal cases due to the favorable development. The release of a provision for VAT liabilities in Poland and an increase in net income from operating lease led to a positive impact on other net operating income.

General administrative expenses

General administrative expenses rose € 94 million to € 2,430 million compared to the same period last year; most of which was attributable to the consolidation and integration of Polbank in May 2012. Due to the higher operating income, the cost/income ratio fell 1.5 percentage points to 56.9 per cent.

Staff expenses, at 50 per cent, provided the largest component in general administrative expenses: a 4 per cent increase, or € 48 million, to € 1,227 million. This increase mainly resulted from the Polbank consolidation, salary adjustments in Russia, and collective contractual wage increases at Group head office. In contrast, reductions in variable salary components in Hungary and Slovenia under cost reduction programs and staff reductions in Ukraine and Hungary had a positive effect.

The average number of employees (full-time equivalents) fell by 2,349 to 59,296 year-on-year. The largest reductions occurred in Ukraine (down 1,295), Romania (down 479), Poland (down 286), Hungary (down 140), and Bulgaria (down 127).

Other administrative expenses increased 4 per cent, or € 36 million, to € 920 million. Although some countries posted reductions, the Polbank consolidation, higher IT expenses (mainly in Poland and Russia), and an increase in advertising campaigns in Russia, resulted in an overall increase.

Depreciation of tangible and intangible fixed assets rose 3 per cent, or € 9 million, to € 283 million. This is mainly attributable to the impairment of a software project in the Czech Republic.

Net provisioning for impairment losses

Compared to the same period last year, net provisioning for impairment losses rose 28 per cent, or € 176 million, to € 800 million. This was due to the development in portfolio-based loan loss provisions, which in the previous year included a net release of € 90 million (mainly at Group head office and in Russia). However, in the reporting period, net allocations of € 28 million were made for portfolio-based loan loss provisions.

Individual loan loss provisions rose € 62 million to € 781 million. The Group Corporates segment reported a significant increase in individual loan loss provisions, whereas the Central Europe segment recorded a decrease of 11 per cent.

Compared to the year-end, the portfolio of non-performing loans (NPL) to customers rose € 295 million to € 8,478 million, mainly due to increases in Group Corporates segment. The NPL ratio, the ratio of non-performing loans to total loans and advances to customers, was 10.3 per cent in the reporting period compared to 9.8 per cent at year-end 2012. Non-performing loans were set against loan loss provisions of € 5,606 million, resulting in a NPL coverage ratio of 66.1 per cent compared to 67.0 per cent at year-end.

The provisioning ratio, based on average volume of loans and advances to customers, increased 29 basis points to 1.29 per cent.

Other results

Other results – consisting of net income from derivatives and liabilities, net income from financial investments, goodwill impairments, bank levies and financial transaction tax, as well as net income from the disposal of Group assets – fell from € 74 million in the same period last year to minus € 342 million.

Net income from financial investments decreased 76 per cent, or € 226 million, to € 73 million. In the previous year, the sale of securities at Group head office – undertaken to meet the capital ratio required by the European Banking Authority (EBA) – resulted in net proceeds of € 156 million. In addition, the sale of securities in the fair-value portfolio in the comparable period produced a net income of € 65 million; in the reporting period, net proceeds from the sale of this securities category amounted to € 18 million. The valuation result of the fair-value portfolio fell € 43 million to € 22 million compared to the same period in the previous year. On the other hand, net proceeds from the sale of equity participations rose € 35 million to € 49 million compared to the same period last year, mainly due to the sale of equity participations in Russia and Ukraine. The valuation of equity participations – primarily in Slovakia and the Czech Republic – resulted in a loss of € 18 million against minus € 4 million in the comparable period in the previous year.

Net income from derivatives and liabilities dropped € 135 million to minus € 243 million. Contained therein are valuations for credit spreads on own liabilities, which led to an increased valuation loss of € 139 million in the reporting period – € 67 million higher than in the previous year. Last year, the partial repurchase of hybrid bonds resulted in net income of € 113 million.

A € 48 million increase in bank levies in Hungary and Slovakia and the newly introduced financial transaction tax in Hungary had a negative € 163 million impact on other results.

Net income from the sale of Group assets fell € 5 million to minus € 6 million year-on-year. This was mainly due to the disposal of companies with revenues or assets below the materiality threshold.

Income taxes

Compared to the same period last year, income tax expense rose € 9 million to € 236 million. Deferred taxes reversed from minus € 2 million to plus € 26 million, primarily due to the change in valuation results from own liabilities and derivatives. Current taxes increased 17 per cent, or € 37 million, to minus € 262 million. Due in part to non-allowable tax loss carry-forwards, the tax rate was 34 per cent compared to 20 per cent in the previous year.

In € million Q3/2013 Q2/2013 Change
absolute
Change in %
Net interest income 940 972 (31) (3.2)%
Net fee and commission income 417 411 6 1.6%
Net trading income 100 60 40 66.1%
Other net operating income1 (3) 25 (28)
Operating income 1,454 1,467 (13) (0.9)%
Staff expenses (411) (409) (2) 0.5%
Other administrative expenses (304) (324) 20 (6.2)%
Depreciation (97) (96) (2) 1.7%
General administrative expenses (813) (829) 16 (1.9)%
Operating result 641 638 3 0.5%
Net provisioning for impairment losses (330) (249) (81) 32.6%
Other results2 (82) (173) 91 (52.8)%
Profit before tax 229 216 13 6.0%
Income taxes (80) (79) (1) 1.4%
Profit after tax 149 137 12 8.7%
Profit attributable to non-controlling interests (15) (17) 3 (14.7)%
Consolidated profit 134 120 14 12.1%

Comparison of results with the previous quarter

1 Excl. impairment on goodwill and bank levies. 2 Incl. impairment on goodwill and bank levies.

Net interest income

Compared to the second quarter of 2013, net interest income fell 3 per cent, or € 31 million, to € 940 million in the third quarter of 2013. The net interest margin (calculated on interest-bearing assets) was down 10 basis points quarter-on-quarter to 3.15 per cent. This was due in particular to lower interest income from derivative financial instruments, as well as in Asia.

Net fee and commission income

Net fee and commission income rose € 6 million to € 417 million, compared to the second quarter of 2013. The most significant increase, at € 11 million, was reported in net income from payment transfer business, due to higher volumes in Russia and Hungary. This was followed by net income from foreign currency, notes/coins and precious metals business, as well as from other banking services, each at € 3 million. In contrast, net income from securities business declined € 8 million while net income from loan and guarantee business was down € 3 million.

Net trading income

Compared to the previous quarter, net trading income rose € 40 million to € 100 million. This was triggered by a significant increase in net income from currency-based transactions, primarily in Russia and Hungary, where valuation gains on derivative financial instruments had a positive impact. Interest-based transactions also improved due to the favorable market environment in Russia, whereas the Czech Republic posted valuation losses on securities positions.

Other net operating income

In the third quarter of 2013, other net operating income declined € 28 million, down from € 25 million in the previous quarter, to minus € 3 million. The decline was mainly attributable to a release of provisions for VAT liabilities in Poland booked in the second quarter and a bad debt loss in the commodity trading activities of F. J. Elsner Trading GmbH.

General administrative expenses

General administrative expenses amounted to € 813 million in the third quarter of 2013, down € 16 million from € 829 million in the previous quarter.

At the same time, the increase in staff expenses was moderate, up less than 1 per cent, or € 2 million, to € 411 million.

Other administrative expenses fell € 20 million quarter-on-quarter to € 304 million, with the most significant declines in legal, advisory and consulting expenses, as well as advertising, PR and promotional expenses.

Depreciation of tangible and intangible fixed assets grew 2 per cent, or € 2 million, to € 97 million quarter-on-quarter. An impairment of € 10 million was recorded on a software project in the Czech Republic in the third quarter.

Net provisioning for impairment losses

Net provisioning for impairment losses rose € 81 million quarter-on-quarter to € 330 million. The Group Corporates, Russia and CIS Other segments reported higher net provisioning for impairment losses whereas net provisioning for impairment losses in the Southeastern Europe and Central Europe segments declined.

In the third quarter of 2013, the portfolio of non-bank non-performing loans was up € 340 million to a total of € 8,478 million. On a currency-adjusted basis, the Group Corporates segment posted the largest increases (up € 371 million). Ukraine, on the other hand, reported net releases of € 50 million. The NPL ratio rose 0.4 percentage points quarter-on-quarter to 10.3 per cent whereas the NPL coverage ratio fell 1.1 percentage points to 66.1 per cent.

Other results

Other results improved € 91 million to minus € 82 million quarter-on-quarter.

Net income from financial investments reversed from minus € 23 million to plus € 9 million, due primarily to a positive valuation result of the fair-value portfolio of securities at Group head office.

Net income from derivatives and liabilities improved € 11 million to minus € 56 million quarter-on-quarter. This was mainly attributable to a lower valuation loss on the credit spread for liabilities designated at fair value (minus € 5 million compared to minus € 52 million in the previous quarter).

Further reason for the improvement was the bank levy in Hungary, which was already booked for the full year 2013 in the second quarter.

Income taxes

Tax expenses increased slightly to € 80 million quarter-on-quarter while the tax rate decreased by 2 percentage points to 35 per cent.

Statement of financial position

Compared to the end of 2012, RBI's total assets declined 4 per cent, or € 5.1 billion, to € 131.0 billion. The year-on-year decline was even more pronounced, down 11 per cent, or € 16.1 billion. This trend is primarily attributable to the ongoing optimization of liquidity.

Assets

In € million 30/9/2013 Share 31/12/2012 Share
Loans and advances to banks (less impairment losses) 21,460 16.4% 22,166 16.3%
Loans and advances to customers (less impairment losses) 76,826 58.6% 77,859 57.2%
Financial investments 18,025 13.8% 16,357 12.0%
Other assets 14,724 11.2% 19,734 14.5%
Total assets 131,034 100.0% 136,116 100.0%

Loans and advances to banks after deduction of loan loss provisions decreased € 0.7 billion to € 21.5 billion year-to-date. At the same time, money market business – primarily at Group head office – declined € 1.2 billion, in line with the optimization of liquidity, whereas long-term receivables increased € 0.4 billion. Receivables from repurchase and securities lending transactions rose € 1.4 billion.

Compared to the end of 2012, loans and advances to customers after deduction of loan loss provisions fell € 1.0 billion, to € 76.8 billion. The decline was due to a decrease of € 1.4 billion in receivables from repurchase and securities lending transactions. Credit business with corporate customers contracted by € 1.8 billion, notably in Austria, Malta and Russia. In contrast, business with retail customers increased € 0.5 billion and business with the public sector was up € 0.3 billion. Business with retail customers increased significantly in Russia whereas it fell in Poland due also to currency effects.

The item financial investments rose € 1.7 billion to € 18.0 billion, as a result of purchases of highly liquid securities at Group head office. Other assets decreased € 5.0 billion in total to € 14.7 billion due to a reduction in derivatives in the amount of € 3.6 billion and in the cash reserve in the amount of € 1.3 billion.

Equity and Liabilities

In € million 30/9/2013 Share 31/12/2012 Share
Deposits from banks 29,617 22.6% 30,186 22.2%
Deposits from customers 67,496 51.5% 66,297 48.7%
Own funds 14,216 10.8% 14,810 10.9%
Other liabilities 19,706 15.0% 24,822 18.2%
Total equity and liabilities 131,034 100.0% 136,116 100.0%

Compared to the end of 2012, the refinancing volume of RBI via banks (primarily commercial banks) decreased by a further € 0.6 billion to a total of € 29.6 billion due to the optimization in liquidity reserves in short-term deposits.

In contrast, deposits from customers rose € 1.2 billion, to € 67.5 billion. Whereas deposits from corporate customers (notably at Group head office) grew € 2.0 billion and those from the public sector (predominantly in Russia) were up € 1.0 billion, deposits from retail customers fell € 1.8 billion. The largest declines occurred in Poland (down € 0.9 billion), Hungary (down € 0.4 billion) and the Czech Republic (down € 0.2 billion).

Other liabilities decreased € 5.1 billion, to € 19.7 billion. This decrease included a net reduction in debt securities issued by € 2.2 billion while trading liabilities were reduced € 2.9 billion, primarily at Group head office.

Funding structure

In € million 30/9/2013 Share 31/12/2012 Share
Customer deposits 67,496 60.2% 66,297 58.3%
Medium- and long-term refinancing 20,227 18.0% 23,097 20.3%
Short-term refinancing 20,503 18.3% 20,379 17.9%
Subordinated liabilities 3,861 3.4% 3,937 3.5%
Total 112,088 100.0% 113,711 100.0%

RBI continued to diversify its wholesale funding sources in 2013, actively working with supranational institutions and at the same time also making local funding sources a further priority. Group head office provided a substantial share of the Group units' financing also in the third quarter of 2013. In total, RBI continued to cover its funding needs ahead of target.

Equity

RBI's equity on the statement of financial position, consisting of consolidated equity, consolidated profit and capital of noncontrolling interests, declined 5 per cent, or € 519 million, to € 10,354 million versus year-end 2012. The decline resulted primarily from dividend payments in the amount of € 485 million, of which participation capital accounted for € 200 million and RBI AG shareholders accounted for € 229 million. Total comprehensive income was € 102 million and – in addition to profit after tax of € 461 million – consists of the effects of foreign currency developments totaling minus € 337 million, principally due to the depreciation of the Russian rouble (8 per cent) and the Polish zloty (4 per cent). The application of hyperinflation accounting had a positive impact of € 20 million. Net income from the portfolio of securities available-for-sale, which essentially arose as a result of the reclassification of realized gains to the income statement, delivered a negative contribution of minus € 34 million, as did net income from cash flow hedges with a negative contribution of minus € 19 million. Other changes largely include effects from the purchase of non-controlling interests (25 per cent) in Raiffeisenbank Austria d.d., Zagreb.

Own funds pursuant to the Austrian Banking Act (BWG)

RBI is not an independent credit institution group (Kreditinstitutsgruppe) as defined by the Austrian Banking Act (BWG); therefore, it is not subject to the regulatory provisions on a consolidated basis since it is part of the RZB credit institution group. The consolidated figures shown below have been calculated in accordance with the provisions of the BWG and are assumed in calculation figures of the RZB credit institution group.

As of 30 September 2013, consolidated own funds of RBI pursuant to BWG amounted to € 12,254 million. This represents a decline of € 631 million since year-end 2012, primarily resulting from the negative currency movements of the Russian rouble and Polish zloty. Additional own funds declined € 131 million to € 3,209 million, due to early redemptions, and short-term subordinated capital fell € 25 million to € 277 million.

Own funds stood in contrast to an own funds requirement of € 6,617 million, a decrease of € 9 million. Whereas the own funds requirement for credit risk remained stable at € 5,451million, the own funds requirement for position risk in bonds, equities and commodities rose € 14 million to € 287 million, generated by the internal model. In contrast, the own funds requirement for operational risk declined € 28 million to € 817 million.

The excess cover ratio fell 9.3 percentage points to 85.2 per cent, representing an excess cover of € 5,637 million. Based on total risk, the core tier 1 ratio came to 10.1 per cent, with a tier 1 ratio of 10.6 per cent. The own funds ratio declined to 14.8 per cent.

Risk management

Active risk management is a core competence of RBI. In order to effectively identify, measure, and manage risks, the Group utilizes comprehensive risk management and controlling. This is an integral part of the overall bank management and is continuously being developed. RBI's risk control is primarily aimed at ensuring the conscientious handling and professional management of credit and country risks, market and liquidity risks, as well as participation and operational risks.

Loan portfolio strategy

At RBI, several dedicated credit portfolio committees who determine the credit portfolio strategy for the various customer segments, are responsible for the active management of the loan portfolio. Analyses by internal research departments and portfolio management form the basis of the definition of the loan portfolio's lending guidelines and limits. Credit portfolio strategies are regularly adapted to match new market outlooks.

Although reassurances by the ECB have served to calm the European government bond market, loans and advances to governments, municipalities and banks have remained one of the main focal points of portfolio management in the past quarters. Existing debts were constantly reassessed and – when necessary – limits were reduced. Besides regulatory requirements in RBI's home market, government securities mainly serve to strengthen RBI's liquidity buffer.

In the retail division, the main focus was the expansion of the short-term consumer loan portfolio, supported by selective underwriting policies, as well as the use and wide-ranging coverage of application and behavioral scoring models. The focus of the underwriting process was on the further simplification and automation of decision rules.

Management of non-performing loans was also, once again, one of risk management's main priorities during the reporting period. Targets and measures were aimed at an improved early recognition of potential problem cases and the reporting on progress made in restructuring management at Group level, as well as a quick and efficient reduction of the non-performing loans portfolio.

Liquidity position

RBI's liquidity position remained highly stable in the first three quarters of 2013. In order to manage liquidity risk, RBI applies a long-established and proven limit model that requires high excess liquidity for short-term maturities – based on contractual and historically observed cash inflows and outflows. Limits have also been established for medium- and long-term maturities, which in turn reduce the effect of a possible refinancing cost increase on RBI's financial results. In addition to the limit model, liquidity stress tests also routinely evaluate the impact of potential market and name crisis scenarios.

RBI's liquidity position is subject to regular monitoring and is included in the RZB Group's weekly report to the Austrian banking supervisory authority.

Operational risk

Operational risk involves the control and management both of internal risk factors, e.g. unauthorized activities, theft and fraud, clearing and process errors, business disruptions and system failures, and of external risk factors such as property damage and fraudulent intent.

The risks are analyzed, managed and controlled on the basis of the Group's own historical loss data collection, as well as risk assessment results. Operational risk controlling employs both a centralized and a decentralized management system. The basic principles and minimum standards are defined by central operational risk controlling while detailed implementation is the responsibility of the local units. Events with a low probability of occurrence and high impact are measured using scenarios. Early warning indicators for operational risks are utilized in order to identify and prevent losses as early as possible. RBI currently uses the standardized approach to calculate capital requirements for operational risk under Basel II.

Regulatory environment – Basel II and III

In the current business year, RBI continues to deal intensively with regulatory developments. Following an agreement among European institutions, Basel III will be implemented in Europe when CRD IV / CRR (Capital Requirements Directive / Regulation) becomes effective on 1 January 2014. The potential impact of these new and amended legal regulations on RBI has been analyzed in-depth. Besides the preparations already initiated in connection with the new Basel III regulations, risk management remains focused on the ongoing – and as wide as possible – implementation of the advanced Basel II approaches. RBI uses these specially developed parameters and findings also for internal management information purposes and control measures. Furthermore, it continues to invest in the improvement of its risk management systems.

Outlook

In the context of the expected overall economic developments, particularly in CEE, we are aiming for a return on equity before tax of around 15 per cent in the medium term. This is excluding any capital increases, as well as unexpected regulatory requirements from today's perspective.

In 2013, we aim to maintain loans and advances to customers at the level of the previous year. In the current year we expect a slight increase in the net interest margin. From the customer standpoint, we plan to retain our Corporate Customers division as the backbone of our business and in the medium term to expand the proportion of business volume accounted for by our Retail Customers division.

In light of the economic prospects, the situation remains tense in several of our markets. Therefore we expect an increase in the net provisioning requirement to between € 1,100 mn and € 1,200 mn for 2013.

In 2013, we are once again paying increased attention to cost development and have started a comprehensive program to increase efficiency. We expect a flat or slightly increasing cost base, particularly due to the first-time full year consolidation of Polbank.

Against the backdrop of a permanently changing regulatory environment and further strengthening of our balance sheet structure we are continuously evaluating the level and structure of our regulatory capital to be able to act promptly and flexibly. Depending on market developments, a capital increase also continues to be a possible option.

Segment reports

Division of segments

As a rule, RBI's internal management reporting is based on the current organizational structure. This matrix structure means that each member of the Management Board is responsible for both the individual countries and for specific business activities (country and functional responsibility model). A cash generating unit within the Group is either a country or a business activity. Accordingly, the RBI management bodies – Management Board and Supervisory Board – make key decisions that determine the resources allocated to any given segment based on its financial strength and profitability. This is why these reporting criteria are an essential component in the decision-making process. Thus, the division into segments was also undertaken in accordance with IFRS 8. The reconciliation contains mainly amounts resulting from intra-group results elimination and consolidation between the segments.

The following segments result thereof:

  • Central Europe
  • Southeastern Europe
  • Russia
  • CIS Other
  • Group Corporates
  • Group Markets
  • Corporate Center

In order to provide a better overview of operating result, the figures for other net operating income and therefore operating income are listed excluding charges for impairment of goodwill and bank levies. These items are instead reported in other results.

Segment overview

RBI generated a profit before tax of € 696 million in the first nine months of 2013. This equates to a decline of 38 per cent, or € 419 million, compared to the same period last year. However, the latter was largely a result of positive one-off effects (€ 269 million).

In Central Europe, profit before tax decreased 16 per cent to € 127 million year-on-year. This was mainly attributable to a fall in profit in the Czech Republic and higher losses in Slovenia, while losses in Hungary were lower compared to the same period last year.

Profit before tax in the Southeastern Europe segment declined 6 per cent to € 246 million year-on-year. Higher net provisioning for impairment losses was primarily responsible for this result.

Contribution to profit from the Russia segment remained by far the largest in regional terms with profit before tax of € 507 million. While operating result rose 6 per cent and net income from financial investments climbed thanks to the sale of equity participations, net provisioning for impairment losses also increased - albeit still at a low level.

In the CIS Other segment, profit before tax was up 82 per cent to € 149 million, largely attributable to a rise in net income from financial investments in Ukraine.

Profit before tax in the Group Corporates segment dropped 59 per cent to € 117 million compared to the same period last year, primarily due to higher net provisioning for impairment losses on loans to large corporate customers.

Profit before tax in the Group Markets segment also fell 55 per cent to € 108 million year-on-year, mainly a result of a decline in net income from financial investments which was positively influenced by a one-off effect relating to sales of securities occurred last year.

In the Corporate Center segment, profit before tax decreased 37 per cent to € 98 million. This was also influenced by a one-off effect relating to buybacks of hybrid capital in 2012. However, the decline was largely mitigated by higher dividend income within the Group.

Central Europe

In € million 1/1-30/9
2013
1/1-30/9
2012
Change Q3/2013 Q2/2013 Change
Operating income 1,238 1,154 7.3% 418 418 (0.1)%
General administrative expenses (784) (723) 8.4% (267) (257) 3.8%
Operating result 454 430 5.5% 151 161 (6.3)%
Net provisioning for impairment losses (260) (293) (11.1)% (91) (96) (5.3)%
Other results (66) 15 (3) (51) (93.6)%
Profit before tax 127 152 (16.4)% 56 13 320.5%
Assets 38,353 41,601 (7.8)% 38,353 38,358 0.0%
Net interest margin (average interest-bearing
assets)
2.90% 2.86% 0.05 PP 2.99% 2.98% 0.01 PP
Return on equity before tax 5.2% 6.9% (1.7) PP 6.9% 4.1% 2.8 PP

In Central Europe, profit before tax decreased 16 per cent year-on-year to € 127 million. This was attributable to a fall in profit in the Czech Republic and higher losses in Slovenia, while losses in Hungary were lower. Return on equity before tax for the segment fell 1.7 percentage points to 5.2 per cent.

Operating income

The segment's net interest income increased 4 per cent year-on-year to a total of € 803 million. Due to the consolidation of Polbank, Poland reported an increase of 25 per cent, or € 47 million, which fully offset the declines in other countries in the segment. Hungary posted the largest decline in interest income as a result of reduced credit volumes, lower income from derivative financial instruments, and a fall in income from securities. In Slovakia, higher margins in new retail business and repricing of existing deposits resulted in a rise in net interest income. Conversely, a decline in the retail and corporate customer business in the Czech Republic had a negative impact. The segment's net interest margin improved slightly to 2.90 per cent, with falling interest margins in Hungary, the Czech Republic, and Slovenia, being offset by better margins in Poland and Slovakia. Total assets were down 8 per cent, or € 3.2 billion, year-on-year to € 38.4 billion due to optimized liquidity and weak demand for credit. Credit risk-weighted assets also decreased 1 per cent from € 21.4 billion to € 21.2 billion.

Net fee and commission income in the segment increased by an overall 13 per cent, or € 46 million, to € 409 million compared to the same period last year. Income from payment transactions grew 18 per cent to € 176 million largely driven by higher fees charged to customers in connection with the financial transaction tax recently introduced in Hungary. Income from securities business also rose 47 per cent to € 34 million due to the increase in Hungary. Income from foreign currency, notes/coins and precious metals business grew 5 per cent to € 116 million year-on-year, primarily as a result of the trend in Poland.

Net trading income in the segment remained virtually unchanged compared to the same period last year. Net income from currency-based transactions posted a decline from € 2 million to minus € 16 million year-on-year. The reduction was particularly significant in Poland, where one-off gains relating to transactions at Polbank, prior to its first-time consolidation in May 2012, led to a positive one-off effect last year. At the same time, Hungary recorded a substantial increase owing to valuation gains from derivative financial instruments. In contrast, net income from interest-based transactions rose € 17 million to € 22 million year-on-year. This increase was attributable to net income from the valuation of interest-based derivatives in Poland and the Czech Republic.

Other net operating income for the region climbed from € 9 million to € 19 million. The release of a provision for VAT liabilities amounting to € 11 million in Poland provided a positive contribution to other net operating income.

General administrative expenses

General administrative expenses in the segment increased 8 per cent to € 784 million year-on-year. This trend is largely attributable to the consolidation of Polbank and its continuing operational merger with the structures and systems of Raiffeisen Bank Polska S.A. Staff expenses increased due to a change in statutory social security costs in Slovakia and higher expenses for deferred bonus payments in the Czech Republic. At the same time, reductions in variable salary components were achieved in Hungary and Slovenia as part of cost saving programs and staff numbers were reduced in Hungary. Depreciation was up € 14 million, primarily in response to the impairment of a software project in the Czech Republic. The segment's number of business outlets decreased by 43 to 805 year-on-year, largely as a result of the optimization of local presence in Poland. The cost/income ratio for the region increased 0.6 percentage points to 63.3 per cent, mainly due to the first-time consolidation of Polbank.

Net provisioning for impairment losses

At € 260 million, net provisioning for impairment losses in the Central Europe segment was substantially lower than in the comparable period last year with a decline of € 33 million. The fall in net provisioning for impairment losses affected both individual loan loss provisions (down € 20 million) and portfolio-based loan loss provisions (down € 8 million). In terms of countries, net provisioning for impairment losses declined € 50 million in Hungary due to net releases of individual and portfolio-based loan loss provisions for retail and corporate customers, while the Czech Republic reported a fall of € 9 million year-on-year. In contrast, net provisioning for impairment losses in Slovenia increased by a total of € 25 million in corporate and retail customer business. The share of non-bank non-performing loans in the loan portfolio in the Central Europe segment was 12.0 per cent at the end of the reporting period (up 0.9 percentage points year-on-year).

Other results and taxes

Other results of the Central Europe segment decreased € 81 million to minus € 66 million year-on-year. This was mainly attributable to bank levies in Slovakia and Hungary and the newly introduced financial transaction tax in Hungary, which had a negative € 85 million impact on income – an increase of € 48 million compared to the same period last year. Furthermore, declines were reported in net income from financial investments (down € 22 million) and net income from derivatives and liabilities (down € 11 million).

The fall in net income from financial investments was the result of a € 11 million drop in net income from the valuation of the fairvalue portfolio of securities, especially in Hungary and Slovakia, and a € 6 million increase in impairments on equity participations in Slovakia and the Czech Republic. In addition, net proceeds from sales of securities were down € 3 million compared to the level primarily generated by the Czech Republic and Hungary in the previous year. Lower valuation gains from various hedging transactions in order to adjust the interest rate structure in the Czech Republic were responsible for the € 11 million decline in net income from derivatives.

Income taxes were down 12 per cent to € 54 million, the tax rate increased 2 percentage points to 42 per cent. The high tax rate was the result of the situation in Hungary and Slovenia, where incurred losses could not be fully deducted for tax purposes through the recognition of corresponding tax loss carry-forwards. Likewise, tax loss carry-forwards relating to the Polbank consolidation could not be fully utilized due to tax restrictions.

Detailed results of individual countries:

Czech Republic

In € million 1/1-30/9
2013
1/1-30/9
2012
Change Q3/2013 Q2/2013 Change
Net interest income 177 197 (10.0)% 56 61 (7.5)%
Net fee and commission income 96 92 4.9% 30 34 (11.3)%
Net trading income 10 5 124.6% 2 8 (74.5)%
Other net operating income 9 5 91.6% 4 3 43.9%
Operating income 292 298 (1.7)% 93 106 (12.3)%
General administrative expenses (182) (168) 8.3% (67) (57) 17.5%
Operating result 110 130 (14.8)% 26 49 (47.2)%
Net provisioning for impairment losses (26) (35) (26.3)% (7) (12) (47.0)%
Other results (3) 14 (2) (1) 131.4%
Profit before tax 82 109 (24.5)% 17 35 (52.7)%
Income taxes (17) (24) (28.1)% (4) (6) (29.3)%
Profit after tax 65 85 (23.5)% 12 29 (57.7)%
Assets 8,274 9,054 (8.6)% 8,274 8,265 0.1%
Loans and advances to customers 6,289 6,368 (1.2)% 6,289 6,196 1.5%
hereof corporate % 43.4% 43.6% (0.2) PP 43.4% 43.9% (0.6) PP
hereof retail % 56.2% 56.2% 0.0 PP 56.2% 56.0% 0.2 PP
hereof foreign currency % 9.4% 6.8% 2.6 PP 9.4% 9.7% (0.2) PP
Deposits from customers 5,804 6,317 (8.1)% 5,804 5,752 0.9%
Loan/deposit ratio 108.3% 100.8% 7.5 PP 108.3% 108.3% 0.0 PP
Return on equity before tax 15.9% 23.9% (7.9) PP 9.4% 19.8% (10.4) PP
Return on equity after tax 12.6% 18.6% (6.0) PP 6.9% 16.3% (9.4) PP
Cost/income ratio 62.2% 56.5% 5.8 PP 72.2% 53.9% 18.3 PP
Net interest margin (average interest-bearing
assets)
3.03% 3.20% (0.17) PP 2.93% 3.20% (0.27) PP
Employees as of reporting date 2,832 3,044 (7.0)% 2,832 2,994 (5.4)%
Business outlets 130 132 (1.5)% 130 132 (1.5)%
Customers 483,302 487,292 (0.8)% 483,302 481,500 0.4%

Hungary

In € million 1/1-30/9
2013
1/1-30/9
2012
Change Q3/2013 Q2/2013 Change
Net interest income 149 177 (16.2)% 48 54 (11.7)%
Net fee and commission income 84 57 46.9% 30 29 3.8%
Net trading income (16) (45) (65.5)% 2 (14)
Other net operating income (32) (8) 324.6% (12) (10) 26.3%
Operating income 185 182 1.9% 68 59 15.7%
General administrative expenses (137) (145) (5.4)% (45) (45) 0.4%
Operating result 49 37 30.2% 23 14 66.0%
Net provisioning for impairment losses (97) (147) (33.8)% (25) (37) (33.9)%
Other results (29) 17 5 (42)
Profit/loss before tax (78) (93) (16.4)% 3 (65)
Income taxes (3) (4) (25.6)% (1) 3
Profit/loss after tax (81) (97) (16.7)% 2 (63)
Assets 6,270 7,401 (15.3)% 6,270 6,324 (0.9)%
Loans and advances to customers 5,161 5,434 (5.0)% 5,161 5,324 (3.1)%
hereof corporate % 53.0% 56.0% (3.0) PP 53.0% 53.2% (0.2) PP
hereof retail % 36.0% 38.6% (2.7) PP 36.0% 35.3% 0.7 PP
hereof foreign currency % 61.7% 62.2% (0.5) PP 61.7% 65.7% (4.0) PP
Deposits from customers 4,082 4,984 (18.1)% 4,082 4,368 (6.6)%
Loan/deposit ratio 126.4% 109.9% 16.6 PP 126.4% 121.9% 4.5 PP
Return on equity before tax
Return on equity after tax
Cost/income ratio 73.7% 79.4% (5.7) PP 66.6% 76.7% (10.1) PP
Net interest margin (average interest-bearing
assets)
3.15% 3.36% (0.21) PP 3.24% 3.44% (0.20) PP
Employees as of reporting date 2,715 2,904 (6.5)% 2,715 2,772 (2.1)%
Business outlets 124 125 (0.8)% 124 125 (0.8)%
Customers 604,565 631,653 (4.3)% 604,565 608,749 (0.7)%

Poland

In € million 1/1-30/9
2013
1/1-30/9
2012
Change Q3/2013 Q2/2013 Change
Net interest income 233 186 25.4% 82 76 9.0%
Net fee and commission income 123 112 9.4% 42 42 (0.4)%
Net trading income 8 19 (55.4)% 1 (8)
Other net operating income 23 4 428.2% 3 16 (78.4)%
Operating income 387 321 20.6% 129 126 2.3%
General administrative expenses (266) (215) 23.9% (87) (89) (1.8)%
Operating result 121 106 14.0% 42 37 12.2%
Net provisioning for impairment losses (74) (77) (4.0)% (30) (28) 6.4%
Other results (2) 0 0 11 (99.7)%
Profit before tax 45 30 53.7% 12 20 (39.3)%
Income taxes (11) (8) 43.6% (3) (4) (31.5)%
Profit after tax 35 22 57.3% 9 16 (41.5)%
Assets 12,708 13,711 (7.3)% 12,708 12,639 0.5%
Loans and advances to customers 9,832 10,561 (6.9)% 9,832 9,768 0.7%
hereof corporate % 33.0% 32.3% 0.7 PP 33.0% 32.6% 0.4 PP
hereof retail % 66.8% 67.6% (0.7) PP 66.8% 67.3% (0.5) PP
hereof foreign currency % 55.6% 54.0% 1.6 PP 55.6% 56.0% (0.4) PP
Deposits from customers 7,053 7,920 (10.9)% 7,053 7,179 (1.8)%
Loan/deposit ratio 139.4% 133.3% 6.1 PP 139.4% 136.1% 3.3 PP
Return on equity before tax 4.2% 3.7% 0.5 PP 3.5% 5.8% (2.2) PP
Return on equity after tax 3.2% 2.7% 0.5 PP 2.7% 4.5% (1.9) PP
Cost/income ratio 68.7% 66.9% 1.8 PP 67.4% 70.3% (2.9) PP
Net interest margin (average interest-bearing
assets)
2.52% 2.46% 0.06 PP 2.72% 2.46% 0.26 PP
Employees as of reporting date 6,124 6,471 (5.4)% 6,124 6,080 0.7%
Business outlets 371 422 (12.1)% 371 370 0.3%
Customers 806,789 891,009 (9.5)% 806,789 828,605 (2.6)%

Slovakia

In € million 1/1-30/9
2013
1/1-30/9
2012
Change Q3/2013 Q2/2013 Change
Net interest income 229 217 5.2% 79 77 1.9%
Net fee and commission income 100 96 4.0% 34 35 (2.7)%
Net trading income 3 6 (43.8)% 1 1 14.9%
Other net operating income 19 8 145.6% 7 6 19.3%
Operating income 352 328 7.3% 122 120 1.6%
General administrative expenses (183) (178) 3.2% (63) (61) 2.3%
Operating result 168 150 12.1% 59 58 0.8%
Net provisioning for impairment losses (29) (24) 20.0% (11) (9) 21.0%
Other results (33) (16) 101.6% (9) (16) (45.9)%
Profit before tax 106 109 (2.9)% 39 34 17.3%
Income taxes (23) (25) (9.9)% (8) (6) 38.2%
Profit after tax 83 84 (0.8)% 31 27 12.6%
Assets 9,769 9,794 (0.3)% 9,769 9,637 1.4%
Loans and advances to customers 6,911 6,652 3.9% 6,911 6,853 0.8%
hereof corporate % 47.3% 49.5% (2.2) PP 47.3% 47.8% (0.6) PP
hereof retail % 52.5% 50.3% 2.2 PP 52.5% 51.9% 0.6 PP
hereof foreign currency % 0.6% 0.7% (0.1) PP 0.6% 0.6% 0.0 PP
Deposits from customers 7,321 7,213 1.5% 7,321 7,345 (0.3)%
Loan/deposit ratio 94.4% 92.2% 2.2 PP 94.4% 93.3% 1.1 PP
Return on equity before tax 14.9% 15.5% (0.5) PP 17.0% 13.4% 3.6 PP
Return on equity after tax 11.7% 11.9% (0.2) PP 13.3% 11.0% 2.4 PP
Cost/income ratio 52.2% 54.2% (2.1) PP 51.6% 51.2% 0.4 PP
Net interest margin (average interest-bearing
assets)
3.37% 3.15% 0.22 PP 3.47% 3.41% 0.05 PP
Employees as of reporting date 3,844 3,823 0.5% 3,844 3,828 0.4%
Business outlets 163 152 7.2% 163 163 0.0%
Customers 889,023 830,408 7.1% 889,023 879,227 1.1%

Slovenia

In € million 1/1-30/9
2013
1/1-30/9
2012
Change Q3/2013 Q2/2013 Change
Net interest income 15 18 (18.7)% 5 5 (8.9)%
Net fee and commission income 6 6 0.7% 2 2 (7.0)%
Net trading income 1 0 42.5% 0 0 36.3%
Other net operating income 0 0 (1) 0
Operating income 21 25 (14.2)% 6 8 (17.9)%
General administrative expenses (16) (18) (11.6)% (5) (5) (5.0)%
Operating result 5 7 (21.0)% 1 2 (48.7)%
Net provisioning for impairment losses (34) (9) 273.1% (19) (9) 106.8%
Other results (1) 0 37.9% 0 0 (20.8)%
Loss before tax (29) (3) >500.0% (18) (7) 151.9%
Income taxes 0 0 41.7% 0 0 (74.3)%
Loss after tax (29) (2) >500.0% (18) (7) 156.4%
Assets 1,339 1,651 (18.9)% 1,339 1,502 (10.9)%
Loans and advances to customers 1,097 1,275 (14.0)% 1,097 1,157 (5.2)%
hereof corporate % 61.1% 62.5% (1.4) PP 61.1% 62.0% (0.9) PP
hereof retail % 31.8% 31.3% 0.5 PP 31.8% 31.2% 0.6 PP
hereof foreign currency % 4.3% 5.0% (0.7) PP 4.3% 4.6% (0.3) PP
Deposits from customers 397 489 (18.9)% 397 404 (1.7)%
Loan/deposit ratio 276.1% 260.4% 15.7 PP 276.1% 286.4% (10.2) PP
Return on equity before tax
Return on equity after tax
Cost/income ratio 75.2% 73.0% 2.2 PP 81.6% 70.5% 11.1 PP
Net interest margin (average interest-bearing
assets)
1.45% 1.56% (0.11) PP 1.42% 1.50% (0.08) PP
Employees as of reporting date 253 321 (21.2)% 253 264 (4.2)%
Business outlets 17 17 0.0% 17 17 0.0%
Customers 65,719 67,914 (3.2)% 65,719 66,019 (0.5)%
In € million 1/1-30/9
2013
1/1-30/9
2012
Change Q3/2013 Q2/2013 Change
Operating income 964 965 (0.1)% 329 324 1.6%
General administrative expenses (515) (516) (0.3)% (172) (176) (2.4)%
Operating result 449 449 0.2% 157 147 6.3%
Net provisioning for impairment losses (219) (200) 9.5% (70) (86) (17.9)%
Other results 15 13 19.8% 6 (2)
Profit before tax 246 261 (6.0)% 92 59 54.4%
Assets 21,358 21,866 (2.3)% 21,358 21,330 0.1%
Net interest margin (average interest
bearing assets)
4.33% 4.18% 0.15 PP 4.46% 4.39% 0.07 PP
Return on equity before tax 16.1% 17.1% (1.0) PP 17.9% 11.2% 6.7 PP

Southeastern Europe

In Southeastern Europe, profit before tax declined 6 per cent year-on-year to € 246 million as a result of higher net provisioning for impairment losses. Return on equity before tax fell 1.0 percentage points to 16.1 per cent.

Operating income

The segment's net interest income fell € 9 million year-on-year to € 645 million, attributable largely to declines in Romania and Bulgaria. In Romania, this was due to lower market interest rates and declining interest income from securities. In Bulgaria, lower loan volumes and considerably lower market interest rates led to a decrease in net interest income. However, in Serbia, net interest income increased as a result of lower interest expense for customer deposits. The net interest margin increased to 4.33 per cent (up 15 basis points). Total assets decreased 2 per cent to € 21.4 billion year-on-year, while credit risk-weighted assets also declined 2 per cent to € 12.8 billion.

In contrast, net fee and commission income rose 5 per cent, or € 11 million, to € 252 million. Income from payment transfer business increased 8 per cent year-on-year and again delivered the largest contribution at € 141 million. Income from foreign currency, notes/coins and precious metals business, more than one half of which was earned in Romania (up 10 per cent), remained constant at € 51 million year-on-year. In contrast, income from loan and guarantee business decreased 26 per cent to € 16 million, above all as a result of volumes in Serbia and Croatia. Net income from securities business, mainly in Romania and Croatia, was up € 3 million, while net income from the sale of own and third party products in Croatia and Serbia also increased € 3 million.

Net trading income for the Southeastern Europe segment fell 5 per cent year-on-year to € 41 million. This was mainly due to a decline in income from interest-based transactions, which was not fully offset by higher net income from currency-based transactions. This reduction in income from interest-based transactions was mainly the result of performance in Croatia, where lower spreads had led to higher valuation gains from bonds in the trading portfolio in the previous year. During the reporting period, changes in the market environment caused RBI to pursue a more defensive strategy. The rise in net income from currency-based transactions was largely the result of positive market valuations of forward exchange contracts due to currency appreciation in Romania and Serbia.

At € 26 million, other net operating income remained almost unchanged year-on-year.

General administrative expenses

The segment's general administrative expenses decreased slightly to € 515 million year-on-year. Staff expenses remained stable at € 225 million. The € 3 million rise in other administrative expenses to € 224 million was mainly attributable to higher advertising, PR and promotional expenses as well as higher expenses for deposit insurance. Depreciation decreased 7 per cent, or € 5 million, to € 65 million, mainly as a result of lower depreciation on tangible fixed assets in Croatia and Romania as well as on leased assets in Croatia. The cost/income ratio fell 0.1 percentage points to 53.4 per cent.

Net provisioning for impairment losses

Net provisioning for impairment losses in the segment increased 10 per cent to € 219 million year-on-year. Net allocations for individual loan loss provisions increased 4 per cent, or € 9 million, to € 225 million. The 43 per cent, or € 16 million, rise in Croatia was especially high, with net provisioning for impairment losses of € 52 million, mainly for retail customers, due to restructuring measures. In Albanianet provisioning for impairment losses increased € 9 million – above all for corporate customers. In contrast, declines were reported in all other countries in the region. In the case of portfolio-based loan loss provisions, there were net releases of € 4 million in the segment compared to € 14 million in the prior-year period – predominantly incurred in the group units in Bulgaria, Serbia, and Romania. The share of non-bank non-performing loans to the segment's loan portfolio increased 1.1 percentage points to 13.7 per cent.

Other results and taxes

Other results in the segment increased € 2 million to € 15 million year-on-year. On the one hand, positive valuation results from interest rate swaps in Croatia led to an improved result from derivative financial instruments (up € 13 million). On the other hand, unrepeated gains of € 7 million from the sale of shares in equity participations in Croatia, Serbia, and Bosnia and Herzegovina, in the comparable period of the previous year led to a fall in net income from financial investments. A sharp increase in valuation gains on government bonds in Romania followed, as a result of the drop in yields.

Income taxes for the region declined 27 per cent to € 23 million year-on-year, largely as a result of a one-off effect – the release of a deferred tax liability in Romania – while the tax rate fell 3 percentage points to 9 per cent.

Detailed results of individual countries:

Albania

In € million 1/1-30/9
2013
1/1-30/9
2012
Change Q3/2013 Q2/2013 Change
Net interest income 57 59 (3.8)% 19 19 1.6%
Net fee and commission income 7 6 34.3% 3 2 5.8%
Net trading income 16 14 16.6% 6 6 1.9%
Other net operating income 1 0 0 1 (40.7)%
Operating income 81 78 4.8% 28 28 1.2%
General administrative expenses (30) (29) 3.5% (10) (11) (6.2)%
Operating result 51 49 5.6% 17 16 6.3%
Net provisioning for impairment losses (18) (12) 45.5% (7) (7) (4.4)%
Other results 0 0 0 0
Profit before tax 33 36 (7.9)% 11 9 14.3%
Income taxes (3) (4) (11.0)% (1) (1) 13.1%
Profit after tax 30 32 (7.5)% 10 8 14.5%
Assets 2,161 2,361 (8.5)% 2,161 2,181 (0.9)%
Loans and advances to customers 899 968 (7.1)% 899 928 (3.2)%
hereof corporate % 69.4% 67.9% 1.6 PP 69.4% 68.6% 0.8 PP
hereof retail % 30.6% 32.1% (1.6) PP 30.6% 31.4% (0.8) PP
hereof foreign currency % 65.5% 67.8% (2.4) PP 65.5% 65.0% 0.5 PP
Deposits from customers 1,856 2,116 (12.3)% 1,856 1,920 (3.4)%
Loan/deposit ratio 48.4% 45.7% 2.7 PP 48.4% 48.3% 0.1 PP
Return on equity before tax 23.6% 27.0% (3.4) PP 21.5% 17.1% 4.4 PP
Return on equity after tax 21.1% 24.1% (3.0) PP 19.2% 15.3% 4.0 PP
Cost/income ratio 37.1% 37.6% (0.5) PP 37.5% 40.5% (3.0) PP
Net interest margin (average interest-bearing
assets)
4.08% 3.94% 0.14 PP 4.30% 4.14% 0.16 PP
Employees as of reporting date 1,389 1,419 (2.1)% 1,389 1,386 0.2%
Business outlets 105 105 0.0% 105 105 0.0%
Customers 724,770 698,367 3.8% 724,770 722,839 0.3%

Bosnia and Herzegovina

1/1-30/9 1/1-30/9 Change Change
In € million 2013 2012 Q3/2013 Q2/2013
Net interest income 55 54 1.0% 19 18 3.0%
Net fee and commission income 23 23 0.0% 9 7 21.8%
Net trading income 2 1 99.7% 1 1 (24.7)%
Other net operating income 2 0 >500.0% 0 1 (44.2)%
Operating income 82 79 4.2% 29 27 5.7%
General administrative expenses (46) (45) 1.1% (17) (15) 9.7%
Operating result 36 34 8.4% 12 12 0.7%
Net provisioning for impairment losses (7) (15) (53.3)% (1) (4) (80.6)%
Other results (1) 2 0 0 (60.1)%
Profit before tax 29 20 44.1% 11 8 43.6%
Income taxes (3) (2) 46.4% (1) (1) 72.2%
Profit after tax 26 18 43.9% 10 7 40.4%
Assets 2,013 1,990 1.2% 2,013 1,985 1.5%
Loans and advances to customers 1,258 1,307 (3.7)% 1,258 1,279 (1.6)%
hereof corporate % 37.1% 41.7% (4.6) PP 37.1% 39.2% (2.1) PP
hereof retail % 62.1% 57.6% 4.5 PP 62.1% 60.0% 2.1 PP
hereof foreign currency % 74.6% 74.7% (0.1) PP 74.6% 73.1% 1.5 PP
Deposits from customers 1,556 1,521 2.3% 1,556 1,541 1.0%
Loan/deposit ratio 80.9% 85.9% (5.0) PP 80.9% 83.0% (2.1) PP
Return on equity before tax 16.0% 11.0% 5.0 PP 18.4% 12.4% 6.0 PP
Return on equity after tax 14.3% 9.8% 4.4 PP 16.2% 11.2% 5.0 PP
Cost/income ratio 55.7% 57.4% (1.7) PP 58.0% 55.9% 2.1 PP
Net interest margin (average interest-bearing
assets)
3.90% 3.70% 0.21 PP 3.99% 3.97% 0.02 PP
Employees as of reporting date 1,504 1,558 (3.5)% 1,504 1,510 (0.4)%
Business outlets 98 98 0.0% 98 98 0.0%
Customers 496,807 489,483 1.5% 496,807 488,254 1.8%

Bulgaria

In € million 1/1-30/9
2013
1/1-30/9
2012
Change Q3/2013 Q2/2013 Change
Net interest income 98 103 (4.5)% 34 34 2.4%
Net fee and commission income 28 28 1.7% 10 10 1.3%
Net trading income 2 4 (58.7)% 1 0 94.1%
Other net operating income 0 0 0 0
Operating income 128 134 (4.4)% 44 44 1.7%
General administrative expenses (68) (69) (1.6)% (23) (23) (0.5)%
Operating result 61 65 (7.4)% 22 21 4.1%
Net provisioning for impairment losses (53) (51) 4.1% (22) (17) 30.4%
Other results (1) 0 0 0 (17.9)%
Profit/loss before tax 6 14 (55.6)% 0 4
Income taxes 0 (1) (94.9)% 0 0
Profit/loss after tax 6 13 (53.0)% 0 4
Assets 3,409 3,581 (4.8)% 3,409 3,373 1.0%
Loans and advances to customers 2,629 2,893 (9.1)% 2,629 2,711 (3.0)%
hereof corporate % 44.4% 45.5% (1.1) PP 44.4% 44.6% (0.2) PP
hereof retail % 55.1% 53.9% 1.2 PP 55.1% 54.9% 0.2 PP
hereof foreign currency % 71.6% 75.6% (4.0) PP 71.6% 73.0% (1.4) PP
Deposits from customers 2,157 2,227 (3.2)% 2,157 2,110 2.2%
Loan/deposit ratio 121.9% 129.9% (8.0) PP 121.9% 128.4% (6.5) PP
Return on equity before tax 1.7% 3.9% (2.2) PP 3.0%
Return on equity after tax 1.7% 3.7% (2.0) PP 2.9%
Cost/income ratio 52.8% 51.3% 1.5 PP 51.3% 52.4% (1.1) PP
Net interest margin (average interest-bearing
assets)
3.95% 3.90% 0.05 PP 4.18% 4.07% 0.11 PP
Employees as of reporting date 3,029 3,136 (3.4)% 3,029 3,070 (1.3)%
Business outlets 178 184 (3.3)% 178 181 (1.7)%
Customers 738,588 786,863 (6.1)% 738,588 733,506 0.7%

Croatia

In € million 1/1-30/9
2013
1/1-30/9
2012
Change Q3/2013 Q2/2013 Change
Net interest income 112 114 (1.8)% 39 37 6.0%
Net fee and commission income 43 43 (1.5)% 17 12 36.3%
Net trading income 7 18 (59.1)% 1 5 (81.6)%
Other net operating income 19 23 (17.4)% 6 6 (8.0)%
Operating income 180 198 (8.7)% 63 60 3.7%
General administrative expenses (98) (104) (5.9)% (32) (33) (3.6)%
Operating result 83 94 (11.9)% 31 28 12.4%
Net provisioning for impairment losses (48) (34) 40.0% (7) (25) (70.6)%
Other results 2 (6) 0 1
Profit before tax 37 54 (32.2)% 23 3 >500.0%
Income taxes (7) (10) (29.5)% (5) (1) >500.0%
Profit after tax 29 44 (32.8)% 19 2 >500.0%
Assets 4,948 5,293 (6.5)% 4,948 5,047 (1.9)%
Loans and advances to customers 3,468 3,694 (6.1)% 3,468 3,581 (3.2)%
hereof corporate % 41.5% 41.2% 0.3 PP 41.5% 42.1% (0.6) PP
hereof retail % 49.0% 48.2% 0.9 PP 49.0% 48.6% 0.4 PP
hereof foreign currency % 60.9% 64.3% (3.4) PP 60.9% 62.9% (1.9) PP
Deposits from customers 3,012 3,159 (4.6)% 3,012 2,984 0.9%
Loan/deposit ratio 115.9% 116.6% (0.7) PP 115.9% 119.6% (3.7) PP
Return on equity before tax 6.9% 9.5% (2.7) PP 13.1% 1.5% 11.6 PP
Return on equity after tax 5.5% 7.7% (2.2) PP 10.5% 1.2% 9.2 PP
Cost/income ratio 54.2% 52.6% 1.7 PP 50.5% 54.4% (3.8) PP
Net interest margin (average interest-bearing
assets)
3.43% 3.13% 0.30 PP 3.64% 3.40% 0.24 PP
Employees as of reporting date 2,040 2,056 (0.8)% 2,040 2,050 (0.5)%
Business outlets 76 79 (3.8)% 76 76 0.0%
Customers 474,668 482,265 (1.6)% 474,668 475,235 (0.1)%

Kosovo

In € million 1/1-30/9
2013
1/1-30/9
2012
Change Q3/2013 Q2/2013 Change
Net interest income 29 29 0.7% 10 10 (1.5)%
Net fee and commission income 6 6 (0.8)% 2 2 11.3%
Net trading income 0 0 48.6% 0 0
Other net operating income 0 0 121.3% 0 0 387.4%
Operating income 35 35 0.2% 12 12 (0.2)%
General administrative expenses (18) (19) (6.5)% (6) (6) (0.2)%
Operating result 17 16 8.6% 6 6 (0.2)%
Net provisioning for impairment losses (3) (4) (16.8)% (1) (1) (16.6)%
Other results 0 0 213.2% 0 0 30.3%
Profit before tax 14 12 20.4% 5 5 4.8%
Income taxes (1) (1) 15.9% (1) (1) 4.1%
Profit after tax 13 10 20.9% 5 4 4.8%
Assets 654 649 0.8% 654 624 4.9%
Loans and advances to customers 454 427 6.3% 454 462 (1.9)%
hereof corporate % 39.4% 36.2% 3.1 PP 39.4% 39.8% (0.5) PP
hereof retail % 60.6% 63.8% (3.1) PP 60.6% 60.2% 0.5 PP
hereof foreign currency % 0.0% 0.0% 0.0 PP 0.0% 0.0% 0.0 PP
Deposits from customers 515 524 (1.7)% 515 500 3.1%
Loan/deposit ratio 88.0% 81.4% 6.6 PP 88.0% 92.4% (4.4) PP
Return on equity before tax 20.9% 17.9% 3.0 PP 21.4% 19.7% 1.7 PP
Return on equity after tax 18.7% 15.9% 2.8 PP 19.1% 17.5% 1.6 PP
Cost/income ratio 51.8% 55.5% (3.7) PP 51.1% 51.1% 0.0 PP
Net interest margin (average interest-bearing
assets)
6.20% 6.03% 0.17 PP 6.26% 6.56% (0.31) PP
Employees as of reporting date 701 697 0.6% 701 704 (0.4)%
Business outlets 51 54 (5.6)% 51 52 (1.9)%
Customers 246,190 269,087 (8.5)% 246,190 243,527 1.1%

Romania

In € million 1/1-30/9
2013
1/1-30/9
2012
Change Q3/2013 Q2/2013 Change
Net interest income 212 229 (7.7)% 71 69 2.5%
Net fee and commission income 118 109 7.9% 42 39 8.1%
Net trading income 11 7 72.2% 4 1 201.4%
Other net operating income 3 1 87.3% (1) 3
Operating income 343 346 (0.9)% 116 112 3.7%
General administrative expenses (200) (194) 3.2% (66) (69) (4.8)%
Operating result 143 153 (6.1)% 50 43 17.5%
Net provisioning for impairment losses (75) (74) 1.7% (28) (27) 3.4%
Other results 14 6 129.0% 7 0 >500.0%
Profit before tax 81 84 (3.5)% 29 16 78.8%
Income taxes (1) (12) (92.2)% (5) 9
Profit after tax 81 72 11.3% 25 26 (4.2)%
Assets 6,315 6,090 3.7% 6,315 6,252 1.0%
Loans and advances to customers 4,396 4,217 4.2% 4,396 4,244 3.6%
hereof corporate % 34.1% 35.3% (1.2) PP 34.1% 34.4% (0.3) PP
hereof retail % 62.7% 62.0% 0.7 PP 62.7% 62.6% 0.1 PP
hereof foreign currency % 52.5% 56.9% (4.4) PP 52.5% 52.9% (0.4) PP
Deposits from customers 4,144 3,813 8.7% 4,144 3,983 4.0%
Loan/deposit ratio 106.1% 110.6% (4.5) PP 106.1% 106.6% (0.5) PP
Return on equity before tax 20.1% 23.4% (3.3) PP 20.5% 10.9% 9.6 PP
Return on equity after tax 19.8% 20.1% (0.2) PP 17.3% 17.1% 0.2 PP
Cost/income ratio 58.2% 55.9% 2.3 PP 56.8% 61.9% (5.1) PP
Net interest margin (average interest-bearing
assets)
4.65% 5.08% (0.43) PP 4.65% 4.54% 0.11 PP
Employees as of reporting date 5,383 5,660 (4.9)% 5,383 5,246 2.6%
Business outlets 529 530 (0.2)% 529 526 0.6%
Customers 2,009,889 1,955,123 2.8% 2,009,889 2,004,802 0.3%

Serbia

In € million 1/1-30/9
2013
1/1-30/9
2012
Change Q3/2013 Q2/2013 Change
Net interest income 83 66 25.2% 28 30 (6.2)%
Net fee and commission income 27 26 2.8% 9 9 1.5%
Net trading income 2 0 1 0 484.3%
Other net operating income 2 4 (38.3)% (1) 2
Operating income 114 96 19.5% 37 41 (9.4)%
General administrative expenses (56) (57) (1.1)% (19) (19) (2.2)%
Operating result 58 39 49.3% 19 22 (15.7)%
Net provisioning for impairment losses (14) (9) 60.1% (5) (5) 2.1%
Other results 1 11 (92.5)% (1) (3) (63.2)%
Profit before tax 45 41 10.4% 13 15 (13.2)%
Income taxes (6) (3) 89.8% (2) (2) 2.8%
Profit after tax 39 38 3.7% 11 13 (15.6)%
Assets 1,862 1,975 (5.7)% 1,862 1,922 (3.1)%
Loans and advances to customers 1,167 1,280 (8.8)% 1,167 1,213 (3.8)%
hereof corporate % 49.3% 55.9% (6.6) PP 49.3% 51.9% (2.6) PP
hereof retail % 48.1% 41.2% 6.9 PP 48.1% 45.6% 2.5 PP
hereof foreign currency % 67.0% 67.7% (0.6) PP 67.0% 69.9% (2.9) PP
Deposits from customers 1,119 1,165 (4.0)% 1,119 1,117 0.1%
Loan/deposit ratio 104.3% 109.8% (5.5) PP 104.3% 108.5% (4.2) PP
Return on equity before tax 13.3% 11.7% 1.7 PP 10.6% 11.6% (1.0) PP
Return on equity after tax 11.6% 10.8% 0.8 PP 9.0% 10.1% (1.1) PP
Cost/income ratio 49.0% 59.2% (10.2) PP 50.1% 46.4% 3.7 PP
Net interest margin (average interest-bearing
assets)
6.21% 4.58% 1.63 PP 6.33% 6.75% (0.42) PP
Employees as of reporting date 1,666 1,776 (6.2)% 1,666 1,753 (5.0)%
Business outlets 84 85 (1.2)% 84 86 (2.3)%
Customers 586,174 526,210 11.4% 586,174 571,677 2.5%

Russia

In € million 1/1-30/9
2013
1/1-30/9
2012
Change Q3/2013 Q2/2013 Change
Operating income 894 834 7.2% 318 293 8.8%
General administrative expenses (392) (360) 8.7% (127) (140) (9.3)%
Operating result 502 474 6.0% 191 153 25.3%
Net provisioning for impairment losses (19) 13 (27) (7) 256.7%
Other results 24 (2) (3) 1
Profit before tax 507 485 4.4% 162 146 10.7%
Assets 15,796 15,443 2.3% 15,796 16,208 (2.5)%
Net interest margin (average interest-bearing
assets)
4.81% 5.23% (0.42) PP 4.64% 4.75% (0.11) PP
Return on equity before tax 41.8% 43.1% (1.2) PP 39.7% 35.6% 4.2 PP

In Russia, profit before tax rose 4 per cent to € 507 million year-on-year. The positive result from the sale of equity participations largely offset the rise in net provisioning for impairment losses. Return on equity before tax fell 1.2 percentage points to 41.8 per cent.

Operating income

Net interest income in Russia declined 2 per cent, or € 9 million, year-on-year to € 542 million. Interest income from derivative financial instruments used for foreign currency denominated loan exposure hedges decreased € 80 million. In contrast, interest income from customer loans increased as a result of higher volumes in new business. Expenses for customer deposits were lowered by repricing measures, further affecting the result positively. The segment reported a year-on-year decline in the net interest margin of 42 basis points to 4.81 per cent due to lower interest income from derivatives. Total assets increased 2 per cent to € 15.8 billion year-on-year. As lending volume rose, mostly in the retail segment (credit cards, consumer loans), credit risk-weighted assets also increased 5 per cent to € 10.2 billion.

Net fee and commission income rose considerably by 10 per cent, or € 20 million, year-on-year to € 231 million. Income from loan and guarantee business increased € 14 million to € 70 million, driven mainly by higher volume in new retail business. Income from payment transfer business was up € 10 million to € 83 million, driven primarily by volume-related higher revenues in the credit card business. In contrast, income from the foreign currency, notes/coins and precious metals business fell € 4 million due to lower volumes.

Net trading income rose to € 121 million (up € 57 million), which was well above the comparable figure of the previous year. On the one hand, net income from currency-based transactions more than doubled, rising € 61 million to € 114 million on the back of higher gains from foreign currency denominated derivatives exposure hedges. On the other hand, net income from interest-based transactions fell € 5 million to € 8 million as a result valuation losses.

Other net operating income declined from plus € 8 million and was slightly negative in the reporting period, largely due to the positive effect of the release of a provision in the same period in the previous year.

General administrative expenses

The segment's general administrative expenses increased overall 9 per cent, or € 31 million, to € 392 million. This was mainly due to a rise in staff expenses (up € 18 million) due to salary increases at year-end 2012. Other administrative expenses increased € 8 million owing to higher advertising and IT expenses. However, savings were achieved in communications expenses. Depreciation increased € 6 million, attributable to impairments in respect of branch buildings. The number of business outlets fell slightly to 192 year-on-year. Because the rise in general administrative expenses surpassed that of the segment's operating income, the cost/income ratio increased 0.6 percentage points to 43.8 per cent.

Net provisioning for impairment losses

In the reporting period, the net provisioning for impairment losses amounted to € 19 million – thus remaining at a low level – whereas, in the comparable period of the previous year, the net release of provisions amounted to € 13 million. The increase in non-performing loans of retail customers and individual defaults of corporate customers resulted in higher individual loan loss provisions year-on-year. These were only partly offset by a decline following sales of receivables and an updated valuation of collateral provided by corporate customers. An expansion in lending volumes and developments in the USD/EUR exchange rate required a net allocation of € 5 million for portfolio-based loan loss provisions. The share of non-bank non-performing loans in the loan portfolio for the segment decreased 1.4 percentage points to 4.4 per cent year-on-year.

Other results and taxes

Other results in the Russia segment improved € 26 million to € 24 million year-on-year. Net income from financial investments increased € 23 million to € 25 million, largely as a result of the sale of equity participations. Net income from derivative financial instruments improved € 3 million to minus € 1 million and resulted from interest rate swap transactions used to mitigate interest rate structure risk.

The segment's income taxes rose 21 per cent to € 124 million as a result of higher non-deductible expenses, while the tax rate increased 4 percentage points to 25 per cent.

Russia

The table below provides an overview of the country results for Russia. Any discrepancies with regard to values specified for the Russia segment are the result of equity being allocated differently. The figures in the country overview are based on equity reported on the statement of financial position, while at the segment level equity is based on the actual equity used.

In € million 1/1-30/9
2013
1/1-30/9
2012
Change Q3/2013 Q2/2013 Change
Net interest income 542 551 (1.7)% 176 184 (4.0)%
Net fee and commission income 231 211 9.6% 76 86 (11.9)%
Net trading income 121 65 87.4% 66 24 173.3%
Other net operating income 0 8 0 (1) (92.8)%
Operating income 894 834 7.2% 318 293 8.8%
General administrative expenses (392) (360) 8.7% (127) (140) (9.3)%
Operating result 502 474 6.0% 191 153 25.3%
Net provisioning for impairment losses (19) 13 (27) (7) 256.7%
Other results 24 (2) (3) 1
Profit before tax 507 485 4.4% 162 146 10.7%
Income taxes (124) (103) 21.3% (37) (45) (18.5)%
Profit after tax 382 383 (0.1)% 125 101 23.6%
Assets 15,796 15,443 2.3% 15,796 16,208 (2.5)%
Loans and advances to customers 10,173 9,113 11.6% 10,173 9,935 2.4%
hereof corporate % 57.0% 64.5% (7.5) PP 57.0% 59.1% (2.1) PP
hereof retail % 43.0% 35.5% 7.5 PP 43.0% 40.9% 2.1 PP
hereof foreign currency % 34.3% 47.4% (13.1) PP 34.3% 36.5% (2.2) PP
Deposits from customers 10,329 10,088 2.4% 10,329 10,437 (1.0)%
Loan/deposit ratio 98.5% 90.3% 8.1 PP 98.5% 95.2% 3.3 PP
Return on equity before tax 34.1% 34.5% (0.3) PP 32.3% 25.9% 6.4 PP
Return on equity after tax 25.8% 27.2% (1.4) PP 25.0% 17.9% 7.1 PP
Cost/income ratio 43.8% 43.2% 0.6 PP 39.9% 47.8% (7.9) PP
Net interest margin (average interest-bearing
assets)
4.81% 5.23% (0.42) PP 4.64% 4.75% (0.11) PP
Employees as of reporting date 8,572 8,018 6.9% 8,572 8,358 2.6%
Business outlets 192 193 (0.5)% 192 190 1.1%
Customers 2,523,700 2,216,261 13.9% 2,523,700 2,431,687 3.8%

CIS Other

In € million 1/1-30/9
2013
1/1-30/9
2012
Change Q3/2013 Q2/2013 Change
Operating income 467 462 1.1% 175 156 11.9%
General administrative expenses (268) (278) (3.6)% (89) (90) (1.3)%
Operating result 199 184 8.2% 86 66 29.7%
Net provisioning for impairment losses (94) (76) 24.2% (37) (32) 15.8%
Other results 44 (27) 5 6 (22.2)%
Profit before tax 149 82 82.0% 54 41 32.4%
Assets 5,981 6,356 (5.9)% 5,981 6,213 (3.7)%
Net interest margin (average interest-bearing
assets)
7.27% 7.18% 0.09 PP 8.08% 7.13% 0.95 PP
Return on equity before tax 23.6% 14.0% 9.6 PP 25.5% 19.1% 6.4 PP

In the CIS Other segment, profit before tax increased 82 per cent year-on-year to € 149 million mainly due to higher income from financial investments. As a result, return on equity before tax increased 9.6 percentage points to 23.6 per cent.

Operating income

The segment's net interest income decreased overall 3 per cent or, € 10 million, to € 307 million. This was mainly attributable to a 9 per cent drop in net interest income in Ukraine to € 241 million as a result of lower lending volume, falling interest income from securities, and higher expenses for customer deposits. In Belarus, in contrast, net interest income increased 30 per cent to € 65 million due to higher lending volumes and margins. Total assets in the segment were down 6 per cent to € 6.0 billion compared to the same period last year. Despite the decrease of largely impaired loans, credit risk-weighted assets increased 2 per cent to € 5.2 billion due to higher-weighted new loans. The net interest margin improved 9 basis points to 7.27 per cent.

Net fee and commission income in the segment increased 2 per cent to € 156 million year-on-year, with income from the payment transfer business, which increased 5 per cent to € 117 million, still making the largest contribution. This increase was achieved mainly as a result of a higher number of transactions in Belarus and Ukraine.

Net trading income improved year-on-year from minus € 5 million to plus € 8 million. Net income from currency-based transactions benefited from significantly lower valuation losses on a strategic foreign currency position held in Belarus to hedge equity, and from positive effects from foreign currency positions in Ukraine. Valuation gains from bonds in Ukraine led to € 2 million additional net income from interest-based transactions.

Other net operating income in the segment fell year-on-year from minus € 2 million to minus € 4 million. In the comparable period of the previous year this included a positive effect from the release of provisions in Ukraine.

General administrative expenses

Compared to the same period last year, general administrative expenses declined € 10 million to € 268 million. In Ukraine total expense reductions of € 16 million were achieved supported by a slight depreciation of the US dollar against the Ukrainian hryvna. These savings stemmed mainly from reduced staff expenses (down € 6 million) as a result of staff reductions and a € 8 million decline in depreciation on intangible assets due to lower IT investments and an impairment carried out in the comparable period of the previous year. In Belarus, in contrast, general administrative expenses increased € 6 million, € 5 million of which was due to higher inflation-index-based staff expenses and salary increases agreed in the previous year. The cost/income ratio in the segment improved 2.8 percentage points to 57.4 per cent.

Net provisioning for impairment losses

The region's net provisioning for impairment losses climbed 24 per cent, or € 18 million, to € 94 million year-on-year. At € 95 million, net provisioning for impairment losses in Ukraine increased € 21 million year-on-year, mainly due to the lower valuation of retail customers' collateral. In Belarus net provisioning for impairment losses was less than € 1 million. The share of non-bank nonperforming loans in the total loan portfolio of the segment fell 5.9 percentage points to 25.4 per cent compared to the same period last year. This development was supported by write-offs of foreign-currency loans in the retail customer segment in Ukraine.

Other results and taxes

Other results reversed year-on-year from minus € 27 million to plus € 44 million. This improvement in net income was mainly due to valuation gains from the fair value securities portfolio. In Ukraine, net income from the valuation of fixed-income Ukrainian government bonds improved year-on-year from minus € 26 million to plus € 20 million due to significant declines in the market interest rate. In addition, the sale of equity participations in Ukraine resulted in a profit of € 21 million in the reporting period.

The segment's income taxes merely increased € 5 million to € 32 million. In contrast, the tax rate fell 12 percentage points to 21 per cent year-on-year due to lower statutory income tax rates in Ukraine and Belarus, and a lower tax rate on income from securities in Ukraine.

Detailed results of individual countries:

Belarus

In € million 1/1-30/9
2013
1/1-30/9
2012
Change Q3/2013 Q2/2013 Change
Net interest income 65 50 30.3% 23 21 7.2%
Net fee and commission income 47 44 7.1% 16 16 (3.0)%
Net trading income (1) (10) (92.0)% 4 1 236.7%
Other net operating income (1) (1) 20.8% 0 0 (22.4)%
Operating income 109 82 33.1% 43 38 10.8%
General administrative expenses (55) (48) 13.2% (18) (19) (3.4)%
Operating result 55 34 61.3% 25 20 24.2%
Net provisioning for impairment losses 0 (2) (77.6)% 0 0 282.5%
Other results 0 0 0 0
Profit before tax 54 32 69.5% 24 20 22.6%
Income taxes (12) (12) (6.5)% (5) (4) 21.5%
Profit after tax 43 20 117.5% 19 15 22.9%
Assets 1,450 1,331 9.0% 1,450 1,442 0.6%
Loans and advances to customers 1,013 789 28.4% 1,013 971 4.3%
hereof corporate % 73.9% 72.4% 1.5 PP 73.9% 74.0% (0.1) PP
hereof retail % 26.1% 27.6% (1.5) PP 26.1% 26.0% 0.1 PP
hereof foreign currency % 70.6% 73.4% (2.8) PP 70.6% 72.3% (1.7) PP
Deposits from customers 857 850 0.8% 857 905 (5.3)%
Loan/deposit ratio 118.2% 92.8% 25.4 PP 118.2% 107.3% 10.9 PP
Return on equity before tax 37.1% 24.1% 13.1 PP 46.3% 36.9% 9.5 PP
Return on equity after tax 29.2% 14.7% 14.4 PP 35.9% 28.5% 7.4 PP
Cost/income ratio 49.9% 58.6% (8.8) PP 42.4% 48.7% (6.2) PP
Net interest margin (average interest-bearing
assets)
6.56% 5.64% 0.92 PP 6.84% 6.39% 0.45 PP
Employees as of reporting date 2,228 2,168 2.8% 2,228 2,194 1.5%
Business outlets 100 100 0.0% 100 100 0.0%
Customers 707,229 685,846 3.1% 707,229 701,651 0.8%

Ukraine

In € million 1/1-30/9
2013
1/1-30/9
2012
Change Q3/2013 Q2/2013 Change
Net interest income 241 266 (9.3)% 89 80 12.0%
Net fee and commission income 109 109 0.1% 39 36 7.8%
Net trading income 9 5 83.1% 4 2 94.2%
Other net operating income (3) (1) 141.1% (1) (1) 13.2%
Operating income 356 378 (6.0)% 131 117 12.2%
General administrative expenses (213) (230) (7.2)% (70) (71) (0.7)%
Operating result 142 149 (4.1)% 61 46 32.0%
Net provisioning for impairment losses (95) (73) 29.0% (36) (32) 14.3%
Other results 44 (27) 5 6 (22.1)%
Profit before tax 91 48 88.8% 30 21 42.1%
Income taxes (20) (14) 37.2% (7) (4) 61.7%
Profit after tax 72 34 110.2% 23 17 37.3%
Assets 4,495 4,978 (9.7)% 4,495 4,727 (4.9)%
Loans and advances to customers 3,619 3,932 (8.0)% 3,619 3,787 (4.4)%
hereof corporate % 54.0% 51.4% 2.6 PP 54.0% 53.3% 0.7 PP
hereof retail % 46.0% 48.6% (2.6) PP 46.0% 46.7% (0.7) PP
hereof foreign currency % 48.0% 53.5% (5.6) PP 48.0% 49.9% (2.0) PP
Deposits from customers 2,652 2,607 1.7% 2,652 2,806 (5.5)%
Loan/deposit ratio 136.5% 150.8% (14.4) PP 136.5% 135.0% 1.5 PP
Return on equity before tax 15.3% 7.8% 7.5 PP 14.7% 10.0% 4.7 PP
Return on equity after tax 12.0% 5.5% 6.5 PP 11.4% 8.0% 3.4 PP
Cost/income ratio 59.9% 60.7% (0.8) PP 53.5% 60.4% (7.0) PP
Net interest margin (average interest-bearing
assets)
7.51% 7.62% (0.11) PP 8.53% 7.36% 1.17 PP
Employees as of reporting date 13,324 14,493 (8.1)% 13,324 13,492 (1.2)%
Business outlets 818 826 (1.0)% 818 820 (0.2)%
Customers 3,084,830 3,033,169 1.7% 3,084,830 3,082,951 0.1%

Group Corporates

In € million 1/1-30/9
2013
1/1-30/9
2012
Change Q3/2013 Q2/2013 Change
Operating income 468 453 3.5% 152 160 (4.5)%
General administrative expenses (142) (130) 9.1% (46) (51) (9.4)%
Operating result 326 323 1.2% 106 108 (2.2)%
Net provisioning for impairment losses (208) (52) 296.1% (105) (30) 248.5%
Other results (2) 18 (2) 0
Profit/loss before tax 117 288 (59.3)% (1) 78
Assets 21,667 20,293 6.8% 21,667 19,529 10.9%
Net interest margin (average interest
bearing assets)
2.32% 1.92% 0.40 PP 2.25% 2.55% (0.31) PP
Return on equity before tax 8.6% 22.1% (13.5) PP 16.9%

Profit before tax in the Group Corporates segment fell 59 per cent to € 117 million compared to the same period last year. This was primarily due to the higher net provisioning for impairment losses on loans and advances to large corporate customers. As a result, return on equity before tax declined 13.5 percentage points to 8.6 per cent.

Operating income

The segment's net interest income increased 15 per cent year-on-year to € 354 million. The increase in asset margins and in the lending volume in the Corporate Customers profit center of Group head office (Austrian and multinational corporate customers serviced from Vienna) contributed to a material improvement in net interest income to € 139 million. In the Network Corporate Customers & Support profit center (predominantly international corporate customers with a CEE relationship) net interest income increased 7 per cent to € 62 million, whereas net interest income declined in Asia due to lower lending volumes. The segment's net interest margin increased 40 basis points to 2.32 per cent, due to improved asset margins and lower liquidity charges within the framework of intra-Group funding. Total assets increased 7 per cent to € 21.7 billion year-on-year, especially due to an increased volume of lending to Western European corporate customers. The acquisition of a loan portfolio from the Oesterreichische Volksbanken-AG accounted for around € 0.7 billion of this. Credit risk-weighted assets increased 6 per cent to € 13.5 billion.

Net fee and commission income declined € 2 million year-on-year to € 117 million. While net fee and commission income fell in business outlets in Asia, Group head office reported an increase due to higher fee and commission income from bond issues by Austrian, as well as Western and Eastern European corporate customers – predominantly from the lending and project finance business.

The segment's net trading income declined from plus € 20 million in the comparable period of the previous year to minus € 4 million in the reporting period. This was mainly attributable to lower net income from derivative financial instruments within interest rate and currency hedges following weaker demand and to reduced net income from structured investment and financial products due to lower margins and spreads.

The segment's other net operating income fell € 5 million to less than € 1 million year-on-year due to intra-Group charges.

General administrative expenses

The segment's general administrative expenses increased 9 per cent, or € 12 million, to € 142 million year-on-year, predominantly as a result of higher overhead costs that were allocated to the segment. The segment consisted of 9 business outlets at the end of the reporting period. The cost/income ratio rose 1.6 percentage points to 30.3 per cent.

Net provisioning for impairment losses

Net provisioning for impairment losses increased € 155 million to € 208 million compared to the same period last year. This significant rise was primarily reflected in high individual loan loss provisions, with individual loans to large corporate customers in Group head office, and in Asia, leading to higher risk costs. Modifications to the previous year's risk model led to releases of portfolio-based loan-loss provisions. The share of non-bank non-performing loans in the segment's loan portfolio rose 0.9 percentage points to 5.5 per cent.

Other results and taxes

The segment's other results declined € 20 million year-on-year. In the reporting period the net income from valuation of securities held-to-maturity was negative at € 2 million, whereas a positive net income of € 18 million was reported in the comparable period of the previous year due to a one-off effect resulting from the sale of shares.

Income taxes declined 62 per cent to € 27 million compared to the same period last year and the tax rate fell 2 percentage points to 23.0 per cent.

Group Markets

In € million 1/1-30/9
2013
1/1-30/9
2012
Change Q3/2013 Q2/2013 Change
Operating income 281 276 2.0% 88 117 (24.6)%
General administrative expenses (193) (192) 0.1% (65) (67) (3.8)%
Operating result 89 83 6.6% 24 50 (52.5)%
Net provisioning for impairment losses 7 (19) 5 2 151.5%
Other results 13 174 (92.8)% 5 (3)
Profit before tax 108 238 (54.7)% 34 49 (30.4)%
Assets 20,778 20,068 3.5% 20,778 19,486 6.6%
Net interest margin (average interest
bearing assets)
0.72% 0.87% (0.15) PP 0.94% 0.91% 0.03 PP
Return on equity before tax 22.1% 28.0% (5.9) PP 20.8% 21.8% (1.0) PP

Profit before tax in the Group Markets segment fell 55 per cent year-on-year to € 108 million. The main reason for this decline was lower net income from financial investments. The segment's return on equity before tax thus decreased 5.9 percentage points to 22.1 per cent.

Operating income

The segment's net interest income fell 16 per cent year-on-year to € 108 million. The main reasons for this decline were lower business volume in highly liquid bonds from financial institutions due to reduced investment activities of RBI as well as its ongoing cautious risk positioning. The net interest margin therefore also fell 14 basis points to 0.73 per cent. The segment's total assets increased to € 20.8 billion year-on-year. Credit risk-weighted assets rose 10 per cent to € 3.6 billion, due mainly to an increase of repo and securities exposures.

Net fee and commission income in the segment increased 14 per cent year-on-year to € 87 million. In particular, the Financial Institutions profit center – benefiting from the improved situation in the financial markets – significantly increased its income from cash management, custody and fund services. On the other hand, income generated from the securities business in the private banking and asset management business declined.

The segment's net trading income increased 14 per cent to € 70 million. This was mainly the result of the improved net income from capital guarantees and the credit derivatives business. Due to the market trend in the bond segment, net income from interestbased transactions, in contrast, declined while volumes remained unchanged.

General administrative expenses

The segment's general administrative expenses remained almost unchanged year-on-year at € 193 million. The cost/income ratio improved 1.3 percentage points to 68.4 per cent.

Net provisioning for impairment losses

An individual loan loss provision of € 7 million was released in the reporting period. In the comparable period of the previous year an individual loan at Group head office led to a net allocation to loan loss provisions of € 19 million. Non-performing loans accounted for 1.2 per cent of the segment's total credit exposure.

Other results and taxes

The segment's other results fell year-on-year from € 174 million to € 13 million. The basis for this decline was lower net income from financial investments – due in particular to the previous year's sale of the high-quality securities portfolio at Group head office as well as of other financial instruments, which had generated income of € 156 million. Net income from derivatives increased year-on-year primarily due to valuation results at Group head office.

The segment's income taxes fell from € 65 million to € 21 million due to the aforementioned sale of securities in the prior year period, the tax rate thus fell 8 percentage points to 19 per cent.

Corporate Center
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In € million 1/1-30/9
2013
1/1-30/9
2012
Change Q3/2013 Q2/2013 Change
Operating income 726 542 34.0% 135 586 (77.0)%
General administrative expenses (242) (233) 3.7% (87) (83) 4.5%
Operating result 484 309 56.8% 48 503 (90.5)%
Net provisioning for impairment losses (5) 3 (6) 0 >500.0%
Other results (381) (156) 144.0% (121) (118) 3.2%
Profit/loss before tax 98 156 (37.2)% (79) 385
Assets 34,496 59,018 (41.6)% 34,496 34,120 1.1%
Net interest margin (average interest-bearing
assets)
Return on equity before tax 5.7% 8.8% (3.2) PP 64.7%

Allocation of dividend payments and total assets in the Corporate Center was adapted for Q2 according to the new holding structure. This had no impact on group's consolidated profit.

Despite high valuation losses from derivatives, the Corporate Center segment achieved a profit before tax of € 98 million in the reporting period due to significantly improved net interest and dividend income.

Operating income

The segment's net interest income increased 36 per cent to € 651 million year-on-year. The improvement was mainly due to intra-Group dividend income. Higher income from liquidity balancing and lower refinancing costs also had a positive impact on net income. In addition, the interest expense of € 41 million (comparable period 2012: € 28 million) for the subordinated capital of RBI AG is reported in this segment. The segment's assets declined 42 per cent to € 34.5 billion compared to the same period last year, due especially to the optimization of the liquidity position. Credit risk-weighted assets contracted 14 per cent to € 16.1 billion.

Net fee and commission income improved 42 per cent to minus € 17 million year-on-year due primarily to higher fee and commission income from intra-Group securitization transactions and the acceptance of guarantees.

The segment's net trading income improved € 13 million to minus € 2 million year-on-year. This improvement was mainly due to significantly lower valuation losses on various foreign currencies and interest-rate-based instruments held for management purposes.

Other net operating income declined 14 per cent to € 94 million.This decrease was associated with intra-Group charges for services rendered by Group head office to the Group units in the other segments. The contribution to income made by the Raiffeisen Service Center (back-office services for banks in Austria) remained almost unchanged at € 21 million. On the other hand, a reduced contribution of € 1 million (minus € 5 million compared to the previous year) was the result of a bad debt loss in the commodity trading activities of F. J. Elsner Trading GmbH.

General administrative expenses

The segment's general administrative expenses increased € 9 million to € 242 million year-on-year due to higher overhead costs. The only business outlet reported in the segment is Group head office.

Net provisioning for impairment losses

Net provisioning for impairment losses generally plays a minor role in this segment due to the intra-Group nature of its business activities. During the reporting period, there was a net provisioning for impairment losses of € 5 million.

Other results and taxes

Other results in the segment fell from minus € 156 million to minus € 381 million year-on-year. In particular, valuation losses from the credit spread of own issues (€ 139 million) and lower valuation of other derivative financial instruments and financial investments had a negative effect on net income. In the previous period the buyback of portions of the hybrid capital led to a net gain of € 113 million. As in the previous year, the Austrian bank levy had a negative impact of € 77 million on net income.

In the Corporate Center segment, tax income fell year-on-year from € 131 million to € 45 million. This decline was primarily attributable to the valuation results reported in the segment, particularly relating to liabilities measured at fair value.

Interim consolidated financial statements

(Interim report as of 30 September 2013)

Statement of comprehensive income

Income statement

In € million Notes 1/1-30/9/2013 1/1- 30/9/2012 Change
Interest income 4,564 4,959 (8.0)%
Interest expenses (1,787) (2,363) (24.4)%
Net interest income [2] 2,776 2,596 7.0%
Net provisioning for impairment losses [3] (800) (623) 28.3%
Net interest income after provisioning 1,977 1,973 0.2%
Fee and commission income 1,484 1,377 7.7%
Fee and commission expense (281) (257) 9.3%
Net fee and commission income [4] 1,203 1,120 7.3%
Net trading income [5] 240 220 9.0%
Net income from derivatives and liabilities [6] (243) (108) 125.3%
Net income from financial investments [7] 73 299 (75.6)%
General administrative expenses1 [8] (2,430) (2,336) 4.0%
Other net operating income [9] (117) (52) 126.6%
Net income from disposal of group assets (6) (2) 316.1%
Profit before tax 696 1,115 (37.6)%
Income taxes1 [10] (236) (226) 4.2%
Profit after tax 461 889 (48.2)%
Profit attributable to non-controlling interests (50) (47) 6.3%
Consolidated profit 411 842 (51.2)%

1 Adaption of previous year figures due to the retrospective application of IAS 19 (effect lower than € 1 million).

Transition to total comprehensive income

Total
Group equity
Non-controlling interests
In € million 1/1-30/9
2013
1/1-30/9
2012
1/1-30/9
2013
1/1-30/9
2012
1/1-30/9
2013
1/1-30/9
2012
Profit after tax 461 889 411 842 50 47
Items which are not reclassified to
profit and loss
1 0 1 0 0 0
Remeasurements of defined benefit
plans
1 0 1 0 0 0
Deferred taxes on items which are
not reclassified to profit and loss
0 0 0 0 0 0
Items that may be reclassified
subsequently to profit or loss
(359) 125 (354) 96 (5) 29
Exchange differences (337) 208 (329) 182 (8) 26
hereof unrealized net gains (losses)
of the period
(337) 208 (329) 182 (8) 26
Capital hedge 3 0 3 0 0 0
Hyperinflation 20 26 18 23 2 3
Net gains (losses) on derivatives
hedging fluctuating cash flows
(19) (1) (19) (1) 0 0
hereof unrealized net gains (losses)
of the period
(19) (1) (19) (1) 0 0
Net gains (losses) on financial assets
available-for-sale
(34) (144) (34) (144) 0 0
hereof unrealized net gains (losses)
of the period
1 3 1 3 0 0
hereof net gains (losses) reclassified
to income statement
(35) (147) (34) (147) 0 0
Deferred taxes on income and
expenses directly recognized in equity
7 36 7 36 0 0
hereof unrealized net gains (losses)
of the period
2 0 2 0 0 0
hereof net gains (losses) reclassified
to income statement
5 37 5 37 0 0
Other comprehensive income (358) 125 (353) 96 (5) 29
Total comprehensive income 102 1,014 58 939 44 75

Earnings per share

In € 1/1-30/9/2013 1/1- 30/9/2012 Change
Earnings per share 1.34 3.55 (2.21)

Earnings per share are obtained by dividing consolidated profit less dividend for participation capital by the average number of ordinary shares outstanding. As of 30 September 2013, the number of ordinary shares oustanding was 194.9 million (30 September 2012: 194.8 million). As there were no conversion rights or options outstanding, a dilution of earnings per share did not occur.

Quarterly results

In € million Q4/2012 Q1/2013 Q2/2013 Q3/2013
Net interest income 876 865 972 940
Net provisioning for impairment losses (385) (220) (249) (330)
Net interest income after provisioning 491 645 722 610
Net fee and commission income 396 375 411 417
Net trading income (6) 80 60 100
Net income from derivatives and liabilities (20) (121) (66) (56)
Net income from financial investments 19 87 (23) 9
General administrative expenses1 (921) (788) (829) (813)
Other net operating income (50) (21) (58) (38)
Net income from disposal of group assets 14 (6) 0 0
Profit/loss before tax (77) 251 216 229
Income taxes1 (60) (77) (79) (80)
Profit/loss after tax (136) 174 137 149
Profit attributable to non-controlling interests 24 (17) (17) (15)
Consolidated profit/loss (112) 157 120 134
1 Adaption of previous year figures due to the retrospective application of IAS 19.
In € million Q4/2011 Q1/2012 Q2/2012 Q3/2012
Net interest income 943 875 886 834
Net provisioning for impairment losses (282) (153) (247) (224)
Net interest income after provisioning 661 722 639 611
Net fee and commission income 365 346 375 400
Net trading income 70 82 85 54
Net income from derivatives and liabilities 264 35 (55) (88)
Net income from financial investments 5 261 (8) 46
General administrative expenses1 (835) (753) (764) (818)
Other net operating income (190) (8) (28) (16)
Net income from disposal of group assets 0 0 (2) 0
Profit before tax 340 685 243 188
Income taxes1 (127) (111) (83) (32)
Profit after tax 213 574 160 155
Profit attributable to non-controlling interests 8 (33) 0 (14)
Consolidated profit 221 541 160 142

1 Adaption of previous year figures due to the retrospective application of IAS 19.

Statement of financial position

Assets
In € million
Notes 30/9/2013 31/12/2012 Change
Cash reserve 5,273 6,557 (19.6)%
Loans and advances to banks [12, 35] 21,589 22,323 (3.3)%
Loans and advances to customers [13, 35] 82,431 83,343 (1.1)%
Impairment losses on loans and advances [14] (5,734) (5,642) 1.6%
Trading assets [15, 35] 7,853 9,813 (20.0)%
Derivatives [16, 35] 961 1,405 (31.6)%
Financial investments [17, 35] 13,787 13,355 3.2%
Investments in associates [35] 5 5 1.5%
Intangible fixed assets [18] 1,259 1,321 (4.7)%
Tangible fixed assets [19] 1,631 1,597 2.2%
Other assets [20, 35] 1,979 2,038 (2.9)%
Total assets 131,034 136,116 (3.7)%
Equity and liabilities
In € million Notes 30/9/2013 31/12/2012 Change
Deposits from banks [21, 35] 29,617 30,186 (1.9)%
Deposits from customers [22, 35] 67,496 66,297 1.8%
Debt securities issued [23] 11,113 13,290 (16.4)%
Provisions for liabilities and charges [24, 35] 703 721 (2.5)%
Trading liabilities [25, 35] 5,895 8,824 (33.2)%
Derivatives [26, 35] 398 472 (15.6)%
Other liabilities [27, 35] 1,596 1,515 5.3%
Subordinated capital [28, 35] 3,861 3,937 (1.9)%
Equity [29] 10,354 10,873 (4.8)%
Consolidated equity1 9,442 9,423 0.2%
Consolidated profit1 411 731 (43.7)%
Non-controlling interests 501 719 (30.3)%
Total equity and liabilities 131,034 136,116 (3.7)%

1 Adaption of previous year figures due to the retrospective application of IAS 19.

Statement of changes in equity

In € million Subscribed
capital
Participation
capital
Capital
reserves
Retained
earnings
Consolidated
profit
Non-controlling
interests
Total
Equity as of 1/1/2013 595 2,500 2,574 3,760 725 719 10,873
Effects of the retrospective
application of IAS 19
0 0 0 (5) 5 0 0
Equity as of 1/1/2013 595 2,500 2,574 3,754 731 719 10,873
Capital increases 0 0 0 0 0 9 9
Transferred to retained earnings 0 0 0 302 (302) 0 0
Dividend payments 0 0 0 0 (429) (56) (485)
Total comprehensive income 0 0 0 (353) 411 44 102
Own shares/share incentive
program
0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Other changes 0 0 0 70 0 (215) (145)
Equity as of 30/9/2013 595 2,500 2,574 3,774 411 501 10,354
In € million Subscribed
capital
Participation
capital
Capital
reserves
Retained
earnings
Consolidated
profit
Non-controlling
interests
Total
Equity as of 1/1/2012 593 2,500 2,571 3,161 968 1,143 10,936
Effects of the retrospective
application of IAS 19
0 0 0 (1) 1 0 0
Equity as of 1/1/2012 593 2,500 2,571 3,161 968 1,143 10,936
Capital increases 0 0 0 0 0 18 18
Transferred to retained earnings 0 0 0 563 (563) 0 0
Dividend payments 0 0 0 0 (405) (50) (455)
Total comprehensive income 0 0 0 96 842 75 1,014
Own shares/share incentive
program
1 0 6 0 0 0 7
Other changes 0 0 0 (86) 0 (297) (383)
Equity as of 30/9/2012 595 2,500 2,576 3,735 842 888 11,136

Statement of cash flows

In € million 1/1-30/9/2013 1/1- 30/9/2012
Cash and cash equivalents at the end of previous period 6,557 11,402
Cash from the acquisition of subsidiaries1 0 340
Net cash from operating activities1 (154) 3,000
Net cash from investing activities (93) (332)
Net cash from financing activities (864) (874)
Effect of exchange rate changes (173) (10)
Cash and cash equivalents at the end of period 5,273 13,526

1 Adaption of previous year figures due to different allocation.

Segment reporting

As a rule, internal management reporting at RBI is based on the current organizational structure. This matrix structure means that each member of the Management Board is responsible both for individual countries and for specific business activities (country and functional responsibility model). A cash generating unit within the Group is either a country or a business activity. Accordingly, the RBI management bodies –Management Board and Supervisory Board – make key decisions that determine the resources allocated to any given segment based on its financial strength and profitability, which is why these reporting criteria are an essential component in the decision-making process. Thus, the division into segments was also undertaken in accordance with IFRS 8. The reconciliation contains mainly the amounts resulting from the elemination of intra-group results and consolidation between the segments.

The following segments result thereof:

  • Central Europe
  • Southeastern Europe
  • Russia
  • CIS Other
  • Group Corporates
  • Group Markets
  • Corporate Center
1/1-30/9/2013
In € million
Central
Europe
Southeastern
Europe
Russia CIS Other Group
Corporates
Net interest income 803 645 542 307 354
Net fee and commission income 409 252 231 156 117
Net trading income 7 41 121 8 (4)
Other net operating income 19 26 0 (4) 0
Operating income 1,238 964 894 467 468
General administrative expenses (784) (515) (392) (268) (142)
Operating result 454 449 502 199 326
Net provisioning for impairment losses (260) (219) (19) (94) (208)
Other results (66) 15 24 44 (2)
Profit before tax 127 246 507 149 117
Income taxes (54) (23) (124) (32) (27)
Profit after tax 73 223 382 117 90
Profit attributable to non-controlling interests (34) (1) (2) (8) 0
Profit after non-controlling interests 40 222 380 109 90
Share of profit before tax 9.4% 18.2% 37.5% 11.0% 8.7%
Risk-weighted assets (credit risk) 21,175 12,833 10,226 5,229 13,510
Total own funds requirement 1,981 1,244 981 507 1,144
Assets 38,353 21,358 15,796 5,981 21,667
Liabilities 34,720 18,383 13,445 4,863 13,587
Net interest margin (average interest-bearing assets) 2.90% 4.33% 4.81% 7.27% 2.32%
NPL ratio 12.0% 13.7% 4.4% 25.4% 5.5%
NPL coverage ratio 63.7% 62.2% 101.9% 72.7% 55.5%
Cost/income ratio 63.3% 53.4% 43.8% 57.4% 30.3%
Provisioning ratio (average loans and advances to
customers)
1.18% 2.03% 0.26% 2.65% 1.37%
Average equity 3,251 2,034 1,614 839 1,808
Return on equity before tax 5.2% 16.1% 41.8% 23.6% 8.6%
Business outlets 805 1,121 192 919 9
1/1-30/9/2013
In € million
Group
Markets
Corporate
Center
Reconciliation Total
Net interest income 108 651 (634) 2,776
Net fee and commission income 87 (17) (32) 1,203
Net trading income 70 (2) (1) 240
Other net operating income 16 94 (104) 48
Operating income 281 726 (772) 4,267
General administrative expenses (193) (242) 106 (2,430)
Operating result 89 484 (666) 1,837
Net provisioning for impairment losses 7 (5) 0 (800)
Other results 13 (381) 12 (342)
Profit before tax 108 98 (654) 696
Income taxes (21) 45 0 (236)
Profit after tax 87 143 (655) 461
Profit attributable to non-controlling interests 0 (10) 5 (50)
Profit after non-controlling interests 87 133 (649) 411
Share of profit before tax 8.0% 7.2% 100.0%
Risk-weighted assets (credit risk) 3,610 16,129 (14,581) 68,132
Total own funds requirement 419 1,377 (1,036) 6,617
Assets 20,778 34,496 (27,395) 131,034
Liabilities 23,292 25,182 (12,792) 120,680
Net interest margin (average interest-bearing assets) 0.72% 3.08%
NPL ratio 7.9% 10.3%
NPL coverage ratio 90.2% 66.1%
Cost/income ratio 68.4% 33.3% 56.9%
Provisioning ratio (average loans and advances to
customers)
(0.25)% 1.29%
Average equity 652 2,301 (1,749) 10,750
Return on equity before tax 22.1% 5.7% 8.6%
Business outlets 4 1 3,051

Allocation of dividend payments and total assets in the Corporate Center was adapted for the second quarter according to the new holding structure. This had no impact on group's consolidated profit.

1/1-30/9/2012
In € million
Central
Europe
Southeastern
Europe
Russia CIS Other Group
Corporates
Net interest income 774 654 551 317 308
Net fee and commission income 363 241 211 153 119
Net trading income 7 43 65 (5) 20
Other net operating income 9 27 8 (2) 6
Operating income 1,154 965 834 462 453
General administrative expenses (723) (516) (360) (278) (130)
Operating result 430 449 474 184 323
Net provisioning for impairment losses (293) (200) 13 (76) (52)
Other results 15 13 (2) (27) 18
Profit before tax 152 261 485 82 288
Income taxes (61) (32) (103) (27) (71)
Profit after tax 91 230 383 54 217
Profit attributable to non-controlling interests (19) (15) (3) (4) 0
Profit after non-controlling interests 72 215 379 51 217
Share of profit before tax 9.1% 15.7% 29.2% 4.9% 17.3%
Risk-weighted assets (credit risk) 21,439 13,150 9,700 5,120 12,393
Total own funds requirement 1,916 1,261 935 498 1,061
Assets 41,601 21,866 15,443 6,356 20,293
Liabilities 37,705 18,939 13,066 5,266 14,315
Net interest margin (average interest-bearing assets) 2.86% 4.18% 5.23% 7.18% 1.92%
NPL ratio 11.1% 12.5% 5.8% 31.3% 4.6%
NPL coverage ratio 61.8% 59.8% 97.1% 68.5% 61.1%
Cost/income ratio 62.7% 53.5% 43.2% 60.2% 28.8%
Provisioning ratio (average loans and advances
to customers)
1.40% 1.78% (0.19)% 2.06% 0.34%
Average equity 2,948 2,042 1,502 779 1,734
Return on equity before tax 6.9% 17.1% 43.1% 14.0% 22.1%
Business outlets 848 1,135 193 927 8
1/1-30/9/2012
In € million
Group
Markets
Corporate
Center
Reconciliation Total
Net interest income 128 478 (614) 2,596
Net fee and commission income 76 (30) (13) 1,120
Net trading income 62 (15) 44 220
Other net operating income 10 109 (103) 63
Operating income 276 542 (685) 4,000
General administrative expenses (192) (233) 98 (2,336)
Operating result 83 309 (587) 1,664
Net provisioning for impairment losses (19) 3 0 (623)
Other results 174 (156) 42 76
Profit before tax 238 156 (546) 1,115
Income taxes (65) 131 0 (226)
Profit after tax 173 287 (546) 889
Profit attributable to non-controlling interests 0 (1) (4) (47)
Profit after non-controlling interests 173 286 (551) 842
Share of profit before tax 14.3% 9.4% 100.0%
Risk-weighted assets (credit risk) 3,273 18,783 (15,076) 68,781
Total own funds requirement 371 1,550 (868) 6,723
Assets 20,068 59,018 (37,516) 147,128
Liabilities 27,002 40,114 (20,415) 135,992
Net interest margin (average interest-bearing assets) 0.87% 2.60%
NPL ratio 1.0% 10.0%
NPL coverage ratio 76.4% 65.8%
Cost/income ratio 69.8% 43.1% 58.4%
Provisioning ratio (average loans and advances to
customers)
0.55% 1.00%
Average equity 1,134 2,351 (1,907) 10,582
Return on equity before tax 28.0% 8.8% 14.1%
Business outlets 3 1 3,115

Notes

Principles underlying the consolidated financial statements

Policies

The condensed interim consolidated financial statements of RBI are prepared in accordance with the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) published by the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) and the international accounting standards adopted by the EU on the basis of IAS Regulation (EC) 1606/2002 including the applicable interpretations of the International Financial Reporting Interpretations Committee (IFRIC/SIC). The condensed consolidated interim financial statements as of 30 September 2013 are prepared in accordance with IAS 34.

In addition to the information on risks arising from financial instruments in the individual notes to the financial statements, the risk report section in particular contains detailed information on the issues of credit risk, concentration risk, market risk and liquidity risk.

RBI's interim report as of 30 September 2013 did not undergo a complete audit, nor did it undergo an audit inspection carried out by a certified auditor (framework prime market of the Vienna Stock Exchange).

In the interim reporting, the same recognition and measurement principles and consolidation methods were fundamentally applied as those used in preparing the 2012 consolidated financial statements (see 2012 Annual Report, page 116 ff.). Standards and interpretations to be applied in the EU from 1 January 2013 onward were accounted for in this interim report. The application of these standards had no material influence on the condensed interim consolidated financial statements.

Application of new and revised standards

The amendments to IAS 1 (Presentation of items of other comprehensive income) require presentation, by using subtotals, as to whether the items of other comprehensive income are re-classifiable to profit or loss or not. Moreover, if other comprehensive income items are presented before tax then the tax related to each of the two categories has to be presented separately. Application of these amendments will have an impact on the presentation of the statement of comprehensive income. Starting with the first quarter of 2013, items that cannot be reclassified to profit or loss and items that can be reclassified to profit or loss are presented separately.

In the current financial year, IAS 19 (Employee benefits; revised 2011, IAS 19R) will be applied retroactively for the first time. The most significant change of IAS 19 relates to the accounting for changes in defined benefit obligations and plan assets. The amendments require the immediate recognition of all changes in defined benefit obligations and in fair value of plan assets when they occur. Through the elimination of the "corridor approach," all actuarial gains and losses are to be recognized immediately through other comprehensive income. As RBI did not use the "corridor approach" in the past there will be no major changes. The effects due to the retrospective application of IAS 19 can on the one hand be seen in the statement of changes in equity as of 1 January 2012 and on the other hand in the transition to total comprehensive income. The comparative figures have been adjusted accordingly.

In May 2011 the IASB published IFRS 13 (Fair Value Measurement) which establishes a single source of guidance for fair value measurements and disclosures about fair value measurements, which up until then had been included in the various IFRS. The scope of IFRS 13 is broad; it applies to both financial instrument items and non-financial instrument items for which other IFRSs require or permit fair value measurements or demand disclosures about fair value measurements, except in specified circumstances. IFRS 13 is to be applied prospectively for annual periods beginning on or after 1 January 2013. The impact from the adoption of the valuation of assets and liabilities of RBI will not be significant. Changes are related in particular to the notes. Disclosures which were only shown in the year-end report, i.e. the information about market values of financial instruments and on the classification of financial instruments, are now shown also in the interim reports. This quantitative data is presented in the other information in (34) Fair value of financial instruments reported at fair value.

The amendments to IFRS 7 (Offsetting financial assets and liabilities) require entities to disclose information about rights to offset financial instruments and related arrangements under an enforceable master netting agreement or similar arrangement. These changes are to be applied prospectively for annual periods beginning on or after 1 January 2013. The quantitative data was not published in the third quarter of 2013, since it is irrelevant for understanding the changes that have occurred in the assets, financial and earnings position of the company since the end of the last fiscal year.

The other amendments to IFRS 1 (Government loans), IFRIC 20 (Stripping costs in the production phase of a surface mine) and the annual improvements (IFRS cycle 2009-2011) are to be applied for the first time in the current financial year. These changes have no impact on the interim consolidated financial statements of RBI.

Critical accounting judgements and key sources of estimation uncertainty

If estimates or assessments are necessary for accounting and measuring under IAS/IFRS rules, they are made in accordance with the respective standards. They are based on past experience and other factors, such as planning and expectations or forecasts of future events that appear likely from today's standard. This primarily affects impairment losses in the credit business, the fair value and the impairment of financial instruments, deferred taxes, provisions for pensions and pension-related liabilities, and calculations used to determine the recoverability of goodwill and the intangible asset values capitalized in the course of the initial consolidation. The actual values may deviate from the estimated figures.

Currencies

2013 2012
As of Average As of Average
Rates in units per € 30/9 1/1-30/9 31/12 1/1-30/9
Albanian lek (ALL) 141.370 140.242 139.590 139.165
Belarusian rouble (BYR) 12,250.000 11,537.000 11,340.000 10,649.000
Bosnian marka (BAM) 1.956 1.956 1.956 1.956
Bulgarian lev (BGN) 1.956 1.956 1.956 1.956
Croatian kuna (HRK) 7.615 7.561 7.558 7.523
Czech koruna (CZK) 25.730 25.693 25.151 25.198
Hungarian forint (HUF) 298.150 297.447 292.300 291.577
Kazakh tenge (KZT) 207.560 199.945 199.220 191.605
Malaysian Ringgit (MYR) 4.410 4.149 4.035 4.149
Polish zloty (PLN) 4.229 4.210 4.074 4.215
Romanian leu (RON) 4.462 4.408 4.445 4.431
Russian rouble (RUB) 43.824 41.752 40.330 40.185
Serbian dinar (RSD) 114.604 112.795 113.718 112.780
Singapore dollar (SGD) 1.696 1.648 1.611 1.619
Turkish lira (TRY) 2.751 2.474 2.355 2.321
Ukrainian hryvnia (UAH) 10.820 10.534 10.537 10.270
US-Dollar (USD) 1.351 1.319 1.319 1.289

Changes in consolidated group

Fully consolidated Equity method
Number of units 30/9/2013 31/12/2012 30/9/2013 31/12/2012
As of beginning of period 137 135 1 1
Included for the first time in the financial period 11 15 0 0
Merged in the financial period 0 (3) 0 0
Excluded in the financial period (7) (10) 0 0
As of end of period 141 137 1 1

Notes to the income statement

(1) Income statement according to measurement categories

In € million 1/1-30/9/2013 1/1- 30/9/2012
Net income from financial assets and liabilities held-for-trading 142 430
Net income from financial assets and liabilities at fair value through profit or
loss
296 138
Net income from financial assets available-for-sale 44 178
Net income from loans and advances 3,040 3,613
Net income from financial assets held-to-maturity 142 174
Net income from financial liabilities measured at acquisition cost (1,786) (2,250)
Net income from derivatives (hedging) 25 1
Net revaluations from exchange differences 145 99
Other operating income/expenses (1,351) (1,269)
Total profit before tax from continuing operations 696 1,115

(2) Net interest income

In € million 1/1-30/9/2013 1/1- 30/9/2012
Interest and interest-like income, total 4,564 4,959
Interest income 4,535 4,923
from balances at central banks 30 56
from loans and advances to banks 167 322
from loans and advances to customers 3,486 3,678
from financial investments 407 443
from leasing claims 143 163
from derivative financial instruments (non-trading), net 302 262
Current income 13 16
Interest-like income 16 20
Current income from associates 0 0
Interest expenses and interest-like expenses, total (1,787) (2,363)
Interest expenses (1,757) (2,332)
on deposits from central banks (1) (2)
on deposits from banks (307) (633)
on deposits from customers (1,029) (1,196)
on debt securities issued (279) (341)
on subordinated capital (142) (160)
Interest-like expenses (30) (31)
Total 2,776 2,596

(3) Net provisioning for impairment losses

In € million 1/1-30/9/2013 1/1- 30/9/2012
Individual loan loss provisions (781) (719)
Allocation to provisions for impairment losses (1,274) (1,117)
Release of provisions for impairment losses 507 458
Direct write-downs (79) (109)
Income received on written-down claims 65 49
Portfolio-based loan loss provisions (28) 90
Allocation to provisions for impairment losses (274) (284)
Release of provisions for impairment losses 246 373
Gains from loan termination or sale 10 6
Total (800) (623)

(4) Net fee and commission income

In € million 1/1-30/9/2013 1/1- 30/9/2012
Payment transfer business 539 486
Loan and guarantee business 182 190
Securities business 109 86
Foreign currency, notes/coins, and precious metals business 263 263
Management of investment and pension funds 24 16
Sale of own and third party products 34 31
Other banking services 52 48
Total 1,203 1,120

(5) Net trading income

In € million 1/1-30/9/2013 1/1- 30/9/2012
Interest-based transactions 15 79
Currency-based transactions 198 162
Equity-/index-based transactions 23 11
Credit derivatives business (1) (13)
Other transactions 5 (19)
Total 240 220

The refinancing expenses for trading assets that are included in net trading income amounted to € 42 million (comparable period: € 49 million).

(6) Income from derivatives and liabilities

In € million 1/1-30/9/2013 1/1- 30/9/2012
Net income from hedge accounting (8) 5
Net income from credit derivatives 1 6
Net income from other derivatives (225) 37
Net income from liabilities designated at fair value (12) (268)
Income from repurchase of liabilities 0 112
Total (243) (108)

(7) Net income from financial investments

In € million 1/1-30/9/2013 1/1- 30/9/2012
Net income from securities held-to-maturity 1 3
Net valuations of securities 0 3
Net proceeds from sales of securities 1 0
Net income from equity participations 32 10
Net valuations of equity participations (18) (4)
Net proceeds from sales of equity participations 49 14
Net income from securities at fair value through profit and loss 40 130
Net valuations of securities 22 65
Net proceeds from sales of securities 18 65
Net income from available-for-sale securities 0 156
Total 73 299

(8) General administrative expenses

In € million 1/1-30/9/2013 1/1- 30/9/2012
Staff expenses1 (1,227) (1,178)
Other administrative expenses (920) (884)
Depreciation of intangible and tangible fixed assets (283) (274)
Total (2,430) (2,336)

1 Adaption of previous year figures due to the retrospective application of IAS 19 (effect lower than € 1 million).

(9) Other net operating income

In € million 1/1-30/9/2013 1/1- 30/9/2012
Net income arising from non-banking activities 25 35
Sales revenues from non-banking activities 503 580
Expenses arising from non-banking activities (479) (545)
Net income from additional leasing services (1) (2)
Revenues from additional leasing services 54 56
Expenses from additional leasing services (55) (58)
Rental income from operating lease (vehicles and equipment) 24 25
Rental income from investment property incl. operating lease (real estate) 25 18
Net proceeds from disposal of tangible and intangible fixed assets (7) (1)
Other taxes (208) (140)
hereof bank levies and financial transaction tax (163) (114)
Impairment of goodwill (3) (1)
Net expense from allocation and release of other provisions 10 13
Negative interest 0 0
Sundry operating income 45 38
Sundry operating expenses (28) (37)
Total (117) (52)

(10) Income taxes

In € million 1/1-30/9/2013 1/1- 30/9/2012
Current income taxes (262) (225)
Austria (21) (11)
Foreign (241) (214)
Deferred taxes1 26 (2)
Total (236) (226)

1 Adaption of previous year figures due to the retrospective application of IAS 19 (effect lower than € 1 million).

Notes to the statement of financial position

(11) Statement of financial position according to measurement categories

Assets according to measurement categories
In € million
30/9/2013 31/12/2012
Cash reserve 5,273 6,557
Trading assets 8,257 10,517
Financial assets at fair value through profit or loss 8,979 8,348
Investments in associates 5 5
Financial assets available-for-sale 471 456
Loans and advances 100,229 102,017
Financial assets held-to-maturity 4,374 4,596
Derivatives (hedging) 557 702
Other assets 2,890 2,918
Total assets 131,034 136,116

Positive fair values of derivatives not designated as hedging instruments according to IAS 39 hedge accounting are reported in the measurement category trading assets. The measurement category financial assets available-for-sale comprises other affiliated companies, other equity participations and fixed-interest securities. Loans and advances are reported on a net basis after provisions for impairment losses. Other assets comprise intangible and tangible fixed assets.

Equity and liabilities according to measurement categories
In € million 30/9/2013 31/12/2012
Trading liabilities 6,116 9,176
Financial liabilities 110,927 111,868
Liabilities at fair value through profit and loss 2,757 3,358
Derivatives (hedging) 177 120
Provisions for liabilities and charges 703 721
Equity 10,354 10,873
Total equity and liabilities 131,034 136,116

Negative fair values of derivatives not designated as hedging instruments according to IAS 39 hedge accounting are reported in the measurement category trading liabilities.

(12) Loans and advances to banks

Loans and advances to banks classified regionally (counterparty's seat) are as follows:

In € million 30/9/2013 31/12/2012
Austria 7,652 10,046
Foreign 13,937 12,277
Total 21,589 22,323

Loans and advances to banks include € 5,658 million (31/12/2012: € 5,130 million) from repo transactions.

(13) Loans and advances to customers

Loans and advances to customers break down into asset classes according to Basel II definition as follows:

In € million 30/9/2013 31/12/2012
Sovereigns 1,639 1,387
Corporate customers – large corporates 50,501 52,213
Corporate customers – mid market 3,224 3,272
Retail customers – private individuals 24,072 23,489
Retail customers – small and medium-sized entities 2,874 2,946
Other 122 37
Total 82,431 83,343

Loans and advances to customers include € 1,224 million (31/12/2012: € 2,281 million) from repo transactions.

Loans and advances to customers classified regionally (counterparty's seat) are as follows:

In € million 30/9/2013 31/12/2012
Austria 7,100 8,399
Foreign 75,332 74,944
Total 82,431 83,343

(14) Impairment losses on loans and advances

Provisions for impairment losses are allocated to the following asset classes according to the Basel II definition:

In € million 30/9/2013 31/12/2012
Banks 129 158
Sovereigns 5 11
Corporate customers – large corporates 2,986 2,836
Corporate customers – mid market 396 387
Retail customers – private individuals 1,855 1,881
Retail customers – small and medium-sized entities 363 369
Total 5,734 5,642

(15) Trading assets

In € million 30/9/2013 31/12/2012
Bonds, notes and other fixed-interest securities 3,916 2,720
Shares and other variable-yield securities 317 277
Positive fair values of derivative financial instruments 3,621 6,816
Call/time deposits from trading purposes 0 0
Total 7,853 9,813

(16) Derivatives

In € million 30/9/2013 31/12/2012
Positive fair values of derivatives in fair value hedges (IAS 39) 555 698
Positive fair values of derivatives in cash flow hedges (IAS 39) 2 4
Positive fair values of credit derivatives 2 1
Positive fair values of other derivatives 401 702
Total 961 1,405

(17) Financial investments

In € million 30/9/2013 31/12/2012
Bonds, notes and other fixed-interest securities 13,167 12,741
Shares and other variable-yield securities 150 158
Equity participations 471 456
Total 13,787 13,355

(18) Intangible fixed assets

In € million 30/9/2013 31/12/2012
Goodwill 551 558
Software 516 566
Other intangible fixed assets 191 198
Total 1,259 1,321

(19) Tangible fixed assets

In € million 30/9/2013 31/12/2012
Land and buildings used by the Group for own purpose 703 722
Other land and buildings (investment property) 203 150
Office furniture, equipment and other tangible fixed assets 425 429
Leased assets (operating lease) 300 296
Total 1,631 1,597

(20) Other assets

In € million 30/9/2013 31/12/2012
Tax assets 571 505
Current tax assets 86 52
Deferred tax assets 485 453
Receivables arising from non-banking activities 122 103
Prepayments and other deferrals 209 215
Clearing claims from securities and payment transfer business 606 553
Lease in progress 73 49
Assets held for sale (IFRS 5) 64 64
Inventories 149 138
Valuation fair value hedge portfolio 17 11
Any other business 169 399
Total 1,979 2,038

(21) Deposits from banks

Deposits from banks classified regionally (counterparty's seat) break down as follows:

In € million 30/9/2013 31/12/2012
Austria 15,752 13,598
Foreign 13,865 16,589
Total 29,617 30,186

Deposits from banks include € 1,471 million (31/12/2012: € 1,258 million) from repo transactions.

(22) Deposits from customers

Deposits from customers break down analog to Basel II definition as follows:

In € million 30/9/2013 31/12/2012
Sovereigns 2,044 1,079
Corporate customers – large corporates 31,373 29,072
Corporate customers – mid market 2,240 2,495
Retail customers – private individuals 27,188 29,140
Retail customers – small and medium-sized entities 4,038 3,894
Other 612 618
Total 67,496 66,297

Deposits from customers include € 1,317 million (31/12/2012: € 69 million) from repo transactions.

Deposits from customers classified regionally (counterparty's seat) are as follows:

In € million 30/9/2013 31/12/2012
Austria 5,634 5,578
Foreign 61,862 60,719
Total 67,496 66,297

(23) Debt securities issued

In € million 30/9/2013 31/12/2012
Bonds and notes issued 10,939 12,767
Money market instruments issued 123 368
Other debt securities issued 51 155
Total 11,113 13,290

(24) Provisions for liabilities and charges

In € million 30/9/2013 31/12/2012
Severance payments 68 66
Retirement benefits 28 28
Taxes 93 109
Current 63 83
Deferred 31 26
Contingent liabilities and commitments 111 151
Pending legal issues 51 54
Overdue vacation 59 56
Bonus payments 214 194
Restructuring 9 16
Other 71 47
Total 703 721

(25) Trading liabilities

In € million 30/9/2013 31/12/2012
Negative fair values of derivative financial instruments 4,569 7,447
Interest-based transactions 2,889 5,863
Currency-based transactions 603 732
Equity-/index-based transactions 936 835
Credit derivatives business 10 13
Other transactions 132 5
Short-selling of trading assets 659 622
Call/time deposits from trading purposes 0 10
Certificates issued 667 745
Total 5,895 8,824

(26) Derivatives

In € million 30/9/2013 31/12/2012
Negative fair values of derivatives in fair value hedges (IAS 39) 137 117
Negative fair values of derivatives in cash flow hedges (IAS 39) 40 3
Negative fair values of credit derivatives 0 1
Negative fair values of derivative financial instruments 221 351
Total 398 472

(27) Other liabilities

In € million 30/9/2013 31/12/2012
Liabilities from non-banking activities 71 96
Accruals and deferred items 273 269
Liabilities from dividends 1 1
Clearing claims from securities and payment transfer business 573 515
Valuation fair value hedge portfolio 40 48
Any other business 639 587
Total 1,596 1,515

(28) Subordinated capital

In € million 30/9/2013 31/12/2012
Hybrid tier 1 capital 448 450
Subordinated liabilities 3,108 3,183
Supplementary capital 306 304
Total 3,861 3,937

(29) Equity

In € million 30/9/2013 31/12/20121
Consolidated equity 9,442 9,423
Subscribed capital 595 595
Participation capital 2,500 2,500
Capital reserves 2,574 2,574
Retained earnings 3,774 3,754
Consolidated profit 411 731
Non-controlling interests 501 719
Total 10,354 10,873

1 Adaption of previous year figures due to the retrospective application of IAS 19.

The subscribed capital of RBI AG as defined by the articles of incorporation amounts to € 596 million. After deduction of 557,295 own shares, the stated subscribed capital totaled € 595 million.

Risk report

(30) Risks arising from financial instruments

Active risk management is a core competency of RBI. In order to effectively identify, measure, and manage risks, the Group has implemented comprehensive risk management and controlling. The risk management system is an integral part of overall bank management and it is continuously being developed. RBI's risk management is geared toward ensuring that credit and country risks, market and liquidity risks, risks arising from holdings and operational risks are dealt with conscientiously and managed professionally. The principles and organization of risk management are disclosed in the relevant chapters of the 2012 Annual Report, pages 168 ff.

Economic capital

Economic capital constitutes an important instrument in overall bank risk management. It sets the internal capital requirement for all material risk categories being measured based on comparable models and thus allows for an aggregated view of the Group's risk profile. Economic capital has thus become an important instrument in overall bank risk management and is used for making risk-adjusted business decisions and in performance measurement. For this purpose, a business unit's profit is set in relation to the economic capital attributed to the unit (return on risk-adjusted capital, RoRAC).

Risk contribution of individual risk types to economic capital:

In € million 30/9/2013 Share 31/12/2012 Share
Credit risk private individuals 2,345 26.0% 2,457 26.5%
Credit risk corporate customers 2,391 26.6% 2,384 25.7%
Credit risk sovereigns 898 10.0% 962 10.4%
Credit risk financial institutions 265 2.9% 312 3.4%
Market risk 723 8.0% 791 8.5%
Operational risk 790 8.8% 775 8.4%
Liquidity risk 285 3.2% 207 2.2%
Participation risk 188 2.1% 194 2.1%
Other tangible fixed assets 397 4.4% 411 4.4%
Macroeconomic risk 293 3.3% 338 3.6%
Risk buffer 429 4.8% 442 4.8%
Total 9,004 100.0% 9,272 100.0%

Regional allocation of economic capital according to booking Group unit:

In € million 30/9/2013 Share 31/12/2012 Share
Central Europe 3,122 34.7% 3,447 37.2%
Southeastern Europe 1,791 19.9% 1,773 19.1%
Austria 1,652 18.3% 1,794 19.4%
Russia 1,435 15.9% 1,227 13.2%
CIS Other 728 8.1% 797 8.6%
Rest of the world 276 3.1% 233 2.5%
Total 9,004 100.0% 9,272 100.0%

RBI uses a confidence level of 99.95 per cent for calculating economic capital. This confidence level is derived from the probability of default implied by the target rating. The objective of calculating economic capital is to determine the amount of capital that would be required for servicing all of the claims of customers and creditors even in the case of such an extremely rare loss event.

Credit risk

Reconciliation of figures from IFRS consolidated financial statements to total credit exposure (according to Basel II)

The following table translates items of the statement of financial position (banking and trading book positions) into the maximum credit exposure, which is used in portfolio management. It includes exposures on and off the statement of financial position before the application of credit-conversion factors and thus represents the maximum credit exposure. It is not reduced by the effects of credit risk mitigation, for example guarantees and physical collateral, effects that are, however, considered in the total assessment of credit risks. The total credit exposure is used – if not explicitly stated otherwise – for showing exposures in all subsequent charts in the risk report. The reasons for the deviation between the figures of internal portfolio management and external accounting are the different scopes of consolidation (regulatory versus IFRS, i.e. corporate legal basis) and different presentations of exposure volumes.

In € million 30/9/2013 31/12/2012
Cash reserve 3,148 4,272
Loans and advances to banks 21,589 22,323
Loans and advances to customers 82,431 83,343
Trading assets 7,853 9,813
Derivatives 961 1,405
Financial investments 13,167 12,741
Other assets 285 217
Contingent liabilities 11,661 11,707
Commitments 11,168 10,609
Revocable credit lines 16,121 16,224
Description differences (2,649) (2,558)
Total 165,734 170,097

Items on the statement of financial position contain only credit risk parts.

A more detailed credit portfolio analysis is based on individual customer ratings. Ratings are performed separately for different asset classes using internal risk classification models (rating and scoring models), which are validated by a central organization unit. Default probabilities assigned to individual rating grades are estimated for each asset class separately. As a consequence the default probability of the same ordinal rating grade (e.g. corporates 1.5, financial institutions A3, and sovereigns A3) is different between these asset classes.

Rating models in the main non-retail asset classes – corporates, financial institutions, and sovereigns – are uniform in all Group units and rank creditworthiness in 10 classes. For retail asset classes, country specific scorecards are developed based on uniform Group standards. Customer rating, as well as validation is supported by specific software tools (e.g. for business valuation, rating and default database).

Credit portfolio – Corporates

The following table shows the total credit exposure by internal rating for corporate customers (large corporates and mid-market). When making an overall assessment of credit risk, collateral and recovery rates in the event of default must also be taken into account.

In € million 30/9/2013 Share 31/12/2012 Share
0.5 Minimal Risk 1,138 1.4% 1,185 1.5%
1.0 Excellent credit standing 8,035 9.9% 8,439 10.4%
1.5 Very good credit standing 9,606 11.9% 8,983 11.1%
2.0 Good credit standing 12,129 15.0% 12,419 15.4%
2.5 Sound credit standing 11,857 14.7% 11,745 14.5%
3.0 Acceptable credit standing 12,300 15.2% 12,451 15.4%
3.5 Marginal credit standing 10,617 13.1% 11,276 13.9%
4.0 Weak credit standing/sub-standard 5,158 6.4% 5,223 6.5%
4.5 Very weak credit standing/doubtful 3,250 4.0% 3,361 4.2%
5.0 Default 5,284 6.5% 4,926 6.1%
NR Not rated 1,417 1.8% 887 1.1%
Total 80,793 100.0% 80,896 100.0%

Compared to year-end 2012, total credit exposure for corporate customers decreased € 103 million to € 80,793 million. At the end of the third quarter, the largest segment in terms of corporate customers was Group Corporates with € 32,923 million, followed by Central Europe with € 17,719 million, Southeastern Europe with € 10,180 million and Russia with € 9,921million. The rest is divided between Group Markets with € 4,933 million, CIS Other with € 4,129 million and Corporate Center with € 987 million.

The share of loans with good to minimum risk credit profiles slightly decreased from 38.4 per cent in 2012 to 38.2 per cent. The share of loans with marginal credit standing to even weaker credit profiles decreased from 24.6 per cent to 23.5 per cent which reflects the loan portfolio's active management. Based thereon, the portfolio's growth is strongly focused on economically thriving markets such as Russia and at the same time the high lending standards demand that new loans were granted primarily to customers with good credit ratings. Compared to year-end 2012, the highest rise was reported in the segment CIS Other with an increase of € 447 million. The increase was due to new commitment lines (€ 204 million) and facilities (€ 153 million).

The share of default loans under Basel II (rating 5.0) was 6.5 per cent of total credit exposure to corporate customers (€ 5,284 million). The highest increase was shown in the segment Group Corporates.

The following table provides a breakdown by country of risk of the maximum credit exposure for corporate customers and project finance structured by regions:

In € million 30/9/2013 Share 31/12/2012 Share
Central Europe 21,565 24.2% 22,067 24.7%
Austria 17,008 19.1% 16,573 18.6%
Southeastern Europe 11,026 12.4% 11,294 12.6%
Western Europe 10,672 12.0% 10,575 11.8%
Russia 11,845 13.3% 12,117 13.6%
Asia 6,273 7.0% 6,928 7.8%
CIS Other 4,129 4.6% 3,682 4.1%
Other 6,750 7.6% 6,081 6.8%
Total 89,268 100.0% 89,317 100.0%
In € million 30/9/2013 Share 31/12/2012 Share
Wholesale and retail trade 21,805 24.4% 21,051 23.6%
Manufacturing 18,950 21.2% 18,580 20.8%
Real estate 10,032 11.2% 9,838 11.0%
Financial intermediation 8,467 9.5% 9,623 10.8%
Construction 6,416 7.2% 6,787 7.6%
Transport, storage and communication 4,141 4.6% 3,747 4.2%
Other industries 19,457 21.8% 19,691 22.0%
Total 89,268 100.0% 89,317 100.0%

The table below provides a breakdown of the maximum credit exposure for corporates and project finance selected by industries:

The rating model for project finance has five different grades and takes into account both the individual probability of default and the available collateral. The exposure from project finance is shown in the table below:

In € million 30/9/2013 Share 31/12/2012 Share
6.1
Excellent project risk profile – very low risk
3,032 35.8% 3,734 44.3%
6.2
Good project risk profile – low risk
2,943 34.7% 2,523 30.0%
6.3
Acceptable project risk profile – average risk
1,491 17.6% 1,241 14.7%
6.4
Poor project risk profile – high risk
491 5.8% 391 4.6%
6.5
Default
512 6.0% 503 6.0%
NR
Not rated
6 0.1% 29 0.3%
Total 8,475 100.0% 8,421 100.0%

The credit exposure in project finance amounted to € 8,475 million at the end of the third quarter of 2013, with the two best rating grades – Excellent project risk profile, with a very low risk and Good project risk profile, with a low risk – accounting for the highest share, at 70.5 per cent. This reflects mainly the high level of collateralization in such specialized lending transactions. Compared to year-end 2012, the share of unrated loans decreased to 0.1 per cent (€ 6 million).

Credit portfolio – Retail customers

Retail customers are subdivided into private individuals and small and medium-sized entities (SMEs). For retail customers, a two-fold scoring system is used – consisting of the initial and ad-hoc scoring based on customer data and of the behavioral scoring based on account data. The table below provides a breakdown of RBI's retail credit exposure:

In € million 30/9/2013 Share 31/12/20121 Share
Retail customers – private individuals 26,544 89.1% 25,856 88.7%
Retail customers – small and medium-sized entities 3,237 10.9% 3,278 11.3%
Total 29,781 100.0% 29,134 100.0%
hereof non-performing loans 3,035 10.2% 3,054 10.5%
hereof individual loan loss provision 1,727 5.8% 1,678 5.8%
hereof portfolio-based loan loss provision 491 1.6% 572 2.0%

1 Adaption of previous year figures due to different disclosure.

30/9/2013
In € million
Central
Europe
Southeastern
Europe
Russia CIS
Other
Group
Markets
Retail customers – private individuals 13,654 6,776 4,570 1,475 69
Retail customers – small and
medium-sized entities
2,104 758 79 295 0
Total 15,758 7,534 4,649 1,770 69
hereof non-performing loans 1,616 597 191 626 1
hereof individual loan loss provision 761 371 159 432 0
hereof portfolio-based loan loss
provision
380 59 29 23 0

The total credit exposure of retail customers breaks down by segments as follows (excluding Corporate Center):

31/12/2012 Central Southeastern Russia CIS Group
In € million Europe Europe Other Markets
Retail customers – private individuals 13,949 6,580 3,681 1,630 16
Retail customers – small and
medium-sized entities
2,265 800 55 157 0
Total 16,214 7,380 3,736 1,788 16
hereof non-performing loans 1,580 585 190 692 1
hereof individual loan loss provision 684 358 161 469 0
hereof portfolio-based loan loss
provision
474 60 15 22 0

Compared to year-end 2012, the total credit exposure to retail customers rose by € 647 million to € 29,781 million in the third quarter of 2013. The highest volume amounting to € 15,758 million was booked in the segment Central Europe. Compared to year-end 2012, this represents a reduction of € 456 million resulting from a decrease of loans to private individuals in Poland which was partly offset by an increase of loans to private individuals in Slovakia. Southeastern Europe ranks second with a credit exposure of € 7,534 million. Compared to year-end 2012, this represents an increase of € 154 million resulting from the purchase of retail portfolio of Citibank. The segment Russia reported an increase of € 913 million based on the strategic decision to enlarge retail portfolio.

In the table below, the retail exposure selected by products is shown:

In € million 30/9/2013 Share 31/12/20121 Share
Mortgage loans 15,649 52.5% 14,447 49.6%
Personal loans 5,838 19.6% 6,580 22.6%
Credit cards 2,414 8.1% 2,326 8.0%
Car loans 2,245 7.5% 2,457 8.4%
Overdraft 2,003 6.7% 1,990 6.8%
SME financing 1,632 5.5% 1,334 4.6%
Total 29,781 100.0% 29,134 100.0%

1 Adaption of previous year figures.

The share of foreign currency loans in the retail portfolio provides an indication of potential change in default rates if the exchange rate of the domestic currency changes. The internal risk assessment thus takes into account not only the share of foreign currency loans, but also the usually stricter lending criteria of loan distribution and – in several countries – the customer's ability to match payments with foreign currency income.

In € million 30/9/2013 Share 31/12/2012 Share
Euro 4,076 41.3% 4,054 38.6%
Swiss franc 4,685 47.5% 5,110 48.6%
US-Dollar 997 10.1% 1,199 11.4%
Other foreign currencies 109 1.1% 141 1.3%
Loans in foreign currencies 9,867 100.0% 10,504 100.0%
Share of total loans 33.1% 36.1%

Compared to year-end 2012, foreign currency loans in Swiss francs and US-Dollars declined, while those in Euro increased slightly by € 22 million.

Credit portfolio – Financial institutions

The financial institutions asset class mainly contains banks and securities firms. The internal rating model for financial institutions is based on a peer-group approach that takes both qualitative and quantitative information into account. The final rating for financial institutions is capped by the country rating of the respective home country.

The following table shows the maximum credit exposure by internal rating for financial institutions (excluding central banks). Due to the limited number of customers (or observable defaults), the default probabilities of individual rating categories in this asset class are estimated based on a combination of internal and external data.

In € million 30/9/2013 Share 31/12/2012 Share
A1 Excellent credit standing 261 0.9% 96 0.3%
A2 Very good credit standing 997 3.5% 986 3.0%
A3 Good credit standing 12,799 45.6% 19,974 61.0%
B1 Sound credit standing 8,576 30.5% 7,338 22.4%
B2 Average credit standing 2,203 7.8% 1,782 5.4%
B3 Mediocre credit standing 1,890 6.7% 1,047 3.2%
B4 Weak credit standing 664 2.4% 697 2.1%
B5 Very weak credit standing 305 1.1% 330 1.0%
C Doubtful/high default risk 137 0.5% 157 0.5%
D Default 231 0.8% 269 0.8%
NR Not rated 21 0.1% 49 0.1%
Total 28,085 100.0% 32,725 100.0%

Total credit exposure amounted to € 28,085 million in the third quarter of 2013, which represents a decline of € 4,640 million compared to the year-end 2012. At € 12,799 million, or 45.6 per cent, the bulk of this customer group was in the A3 rating class, which decreased by € 7,175 million compared to year-end 2012. This decline resulted from a contraction in the swap and money-market transactions.

At € 22,017 million or 78.4 per cent, the segment Group Markets had the largest share of the loan portfolio with financial institutions, followed by the segment Group Corporates with € 2,190 million, or 7.8 per cent.

In € million 30/9/2013 Share 31/12/2012 Share
Money market 7,851 28.0% 9,444 28.9%
Derivatives 7,626 27.2% 12,124 37.0%
Repo 5,923 21.1% 4,737 14.5%
Loans 2,982 10.6% 3,580 10.9%
Bonds 2,972 10.6% 2,162 6.6%
Other 729 2.6% 678 2.1%
Total 28,085 100.0% 32,725 100.0%

The table below shows the total credit exposure to financial institutions (excluding central banks) selected by products:

Credit portfolio – Sovereigns

Another asset class is formed by central governments, central banks and regional municipalities, as well as other public sector entities. The table below provides a breakdown of the total credit exposure to sovereigns (including central banks) by internal rating:

In € million 30/9/2013 Share 31/12/2012 Share
A1 Excellent credit standing 1,497 8.0% 1,561 8.2%
A2 Very good credit standing 1,701 9.1% 793 4.2%
A3 Good credit standing 3,148 16.9% 3,861 20.4%
B1 Sound credit standing 2,633 14.2% 2,730 14.4%
B2 Average credit standing 1,294 7.0% 1,272 6.7%
B3 Mediocre credit standing 3,455 18.6% 3,415 18.0%
B4 Weak credit standing 3,436 18.5% 3,795 20.1%
B5 Very weak credit standing 1,395 7.5% 1,172 6.2%
C Doubtful/high default risk 5 0.0% 232 1.2%
D Default 36 0.2% 83 0.4%
NR Not rated 1 0.0% 7 0.0%
Total 18,601 100.0% 18,921 100.0%

Compared to year-end 2012, the credit exposure to sovereigns sank € 320 million to € 18,601 million in the third quarter of 2013, which represents 11.3 per cent of the bank's total credit exposure.

The rating class excellent credit standing (A1 rating) reported a decline of € 64 million. This was attributable to a decrease of deposits with the Austrian National Bank (minus € 668 million) which was mostly compensated by a portfolio increase of Austrian state bonds (plus € 554 million).

The intermediate rating classes good credit standing (A3 rating) to mediocre credit standing (B3 rating) accounted for the highest share with 56.7 per cent of the total credit exposure. The high level of exposure in the intermediate rating classes was mainly due to deposits of Group units in Central and Southeastern Europe at their local central banks. These are mandatory for meeting the respective minimum reserve requirements or used to manage excess liquidity on a short-term basis, and are therefore inextricably linked to the business activities in these countries. The exposure in rating classes B4 and B5 amounted to € 4,831million, or 26.0 per cent, of total loans outstanding. Loans in the lower rating classes (C and D rating) declined due to a rating improvement in Belarus and the debt conversion to regional governments in Hungary.

In € million 30/9/2013 Share 31/12/2012 Share
Bonds 12,734 68.5% 12,273 64.9%
Loans 4,764 25.6% 5,312 28.1%
Derivatives 783 4.2% 795 4.2%
Other 320 1.7% 541 2.9%
Total 18,601 100.0% 18,921 100.0%

The table below shows the credit exposure to the public sector in non-investment grade (rating B3 and below):

In € million 30/9/2013 Share 31/12/2012 Share
Hungary 1,834 22.0% 2,234 25.7%
Romania 1,769 21.2% 1,808 20.8%
Croatia 968 11.6% 1,023 11.7%
Albania 869 10.4% 976 11.2%
Ukraine 678 8.1% 766 8.8%
Other 2,210 26.5% 1,898 21.8%
Total 8,329 100.0% 8,704 100.0%

Compared to year-end 2012, the credit exposure to non-investment grade sovereigns decreased € 375 million to € 8,329 million. It resulted mainly from deposits of Group units with the local central banks in Central and Southeastern Europe. They are used for meeting the respective minimum reserve requirements and for managing the short-term investment of excess liquidity, and are therefore inextricably linked to the business activities in these countries.

Non-performing loans and provisioning

The table below shows the share of non-performing loans (NPL) in the defined asset classes loans and advances to customers and loans and advances to banks (excluding items off the statement of financial position) in the statement of financial position and the corresponding share of provisioning:

NPL NPL ratio NPL coverage ratio
In € million 30/9/2013 31/12/2012 30/9/2013 31/12/2012 30/9/2013 31/12/2012
Corporate
customers
5,416 5,073 10.1% 9.1% 62.0% 63.5%
Retail customers 3,033 3,052 11.3% 11.5% 73.1% 73.7%
Sovereigns 28 57 1.7% 4.1% 18.2% 19.8%
Total nonbanks 8,478 8,183 10.3% 9.8% 66.1% 67.0%
Banks 171 202 0.8% 0.9% 75.2% 78.2%
Total 8,649 8,385 8.3% 7.9% 66.0% 67.3%
NPL NPL ratio NPL coverage ratio
In € million 30/9/2013 31/12/2012 30/9/2013 31/12/2012 30/9/2013 31/12/2012
Central Europe 3,514 3,447 11.4% 10.8% 63.7% 64.0%
Southeastern
Europe
1,952 1,808 11.6% 10.9% 62.2% 62.0%
Russia 444 489 3.4% 3.8% 101.9% 100.0%
CIS Other 1,186 1,307 23.3% 24.7% 72.7% 70.2%
Group Corporates 1,170 923 5.2% 4.7% 56.1% 60.6%
Group Markets 360 410 2.2% 2.0% 81.1% 79.8%
Corporate Center 22 0 0.3% 0.0% 78.8% 0.0%
Total 8,649 8,385 8.3% 7.9% 66.0% 67.3%

The table below shows the share of non-performing loans (NPL) in the defined asset classes loans and advances to customers and loans and advances to banks (excluding items off the statement of financial position) as reported in the statement of financial position and the corresponding share of provisioning, selected by segments:

The table below shows the development of non-performing loans in the defined asset classes loans and advances to customers and loans and advances to banks (excluding items off the statement of financial position) as reported in the statement of financial position:

In € million As of
1/1/2013
Change in
consolidated group
Exchange
differences
Additions Disposals As of
30/9/2013
Corporate customers 5,073 (11) (77) 1,430 (998) 5,416
Retail customers 3,052 (3) (74) 766 (708) 3,033
Sovereigns 57 0 (1) 15 (42) 28
Total nonbanks 8,183 (14) (153) 2,210 (1,749) 8,478
Banks 202 0 (1) 1 (31) 171
Total 8,385 (14) (154) 2,212 (1,780) 8,649

In Corporate Customers, total non-performing loans increased € 343 million to € 5,416 million at the end of the third quarter 2013. The ratio of non-performing loans to total credit exposure rose 1.0 percentage points to 10.1 per cent, the NPL coverage ratio went down 1.5 percentage points to 62.0 per cent. In the retail porfolio, non-performing loans declined slightly by 0.6 per cent, or € 19 million, to € 3,033 million. The ratio of non-performing loans to total credit exposure decreased 0.2 percentage points to 11.3 per cent, while the NPL coverage ratio sank likewise 0.6 percentage points to 73.1 per cent. Non-performing loans for financial institutions amounted to € 171 million at the end of the third quarter 2013, thus representing a decrease of € 31 million compared to year-end 2012 and the NPL coverage ratio sank 3.0 percentage points to 75.2 per cent.

In Central Europe, non-performing loans increased by 2.0 per cent, or € 67 million, to € 3,514 million. The ratio of non-performing loans to total credit exposure increased 0.6 percentage points to 11.4 per cent, while the NPL coverage ratio went down 0.3 percentage points to 63.7 per cent. In the segment Southeastern Europe, non-performing loans increased 8.0 per cent, or € 144 million, to € 1,952 million. At the same time, the ratio of non-performing loans to credit exposure rose 0.7 percentage points to 11.6 per cent and the NPL coverage rose 0.2 percentage points to 62.2 per cent. In the segment CIS Other, nonperforming loans sank 9.2 per cent, or € 121 million, to € 1,186 million. NPL ratio decreased 1.4 percentage points to 23.3 per cent and the NPL coverage ratio however went up 2.5 percentage points to 72.7 per cent. In Group Corporates, non-performing loans climbed up 26.7 per cent, or € 247 million, to € 1,170 million. NPL ratio rose 0.5 percentage points to 5.2 per cent and the NPL coverage ratio however decreased 4.5 percentage points to 56.1 per cent.

The following table shows the development of impairment losses on loans and provisions for liabilities off the statement of financial position:

In € million As of
1/1/2013
Change in
consolidated group
Allocation1 Release Usage 2 Transfers, exchange
differences
As of
30/9/2013
Individual loan
loss provision
4,843 (30) 1,288 (507) (599) (19) 4,977
Portfolio-based
loan loss provisions
950 0 274 (246) 0 (110) 868
Total 5,793 (30) 1,562 (753) (599) (128) 5,845

1 Allocation including direct write-downs and income on written down claims. 2 Usage including direct write-downs and income on written down claims.

Concentration risk

RBI's credit portfolio is well diversified in terms of geographical region and industry. Single name concentrations are also actively managed (based on the concept of groups of connected customers) by limits and regular reporting. As a consequence, portfolio granularity is high. The regional breakdown of the loans reflects the broad diversification of credit business in the European markets. The following table shows the regional distribution of the credit exposure of all asset classes by the borrower's home country and grouped by region:

In € million 30/9/2013 Share 31/12/2012 Share
Austria 28,099 17.0% 30,710 18.1%
Central Europe 45,897 27.7% 47,879 28.1%
Poland 13,919 8.4% 14,599 8.6%
Slovakia 11,657 7.0% 11,426 6.7%
Czech Republic 10,621 6.4% 11,090 6.5%
Hungary 8,004 4.8% 8,735 5.1%
Other 1,696 1.0% 2,030 1.2%
European Union 22,164 13.4% 23,034 13.5%
Germany 6,183 3.7% 6,198 3.6%
France 4,677 2.8% 5,262 3.1%
Great Britain 4,356 2.6% 6,932 4.1%
Netherlands 1,764 1.1% 1,436 0.8%
Other 5,184 3.1% 3,206 1.9%
Southeastern Europe 24,575 14.8% 24,587 14.5%
Romania 8,333 5.0% 8,006 4.7%
Croatia 5,432 3.3% 5,663 3.3%
Bulgaria 4,175 2.5% 4,263 2.5%
Serbia 2,181 1.3% 2,073 1.2%
Other 4,455 2.7% 4,581 2.7%
Russia 20,563 12.4% 19,861 11.7%
In € million 30/9/2013 Share 31/12/2012 Share
Asia 9,521 5.7% 9,670 5.7%
China 4,107 2.5% 4,167 2.4%
Singapore 1,817 1.1% 1,754 1.0%
Other 3,597 2.2% 3,749 2.2%
CIS Other 7,887 4.8% 7,409 4.4%
Ukraine 5,833 3.5% 5,633 3.3%
Other 2,054 1.2% 1,776 1.0%
North America 3,509 2.1% 3,496 2.1%
Rest of the world 3,519 2.1% 3,451 2.0%
Total 165,734 100.0% 170,097 100.0%

RBI does not own any banking subsidiaries that are incorporated in the so-called European periphery countries. Nonetheless, some of the bank's loans and advances are to customers domiciled in theses countries and result from credit financing and capital markets activities. All in all, the Group has almost no exposure to government bonds in these countries (except for the Republic of Italy).

Market risk

Market risk management is based on figures from an internal model that calculates value-at-risk (VaR) for changes in the following risk factors: foreign exchange, interest rate changes, credit spreads and equity indices. The Austrian financial market authority and the Austrian national bank have approved this model, and it is used to calculate own fund requirements for market risk.

The following table lists risk measures for overall market risk in the trading and banking book for each risk type. The VaR is dominated by risk arising from equity positions held in foreign currencies, structural interest risks and spread risks on the bond books (frequently held as a liquidity reserve).

Total VaR 99% 1d VaR as of Average VaR Minimum VaR Maximum VaR VaR as of
In € million 30/9/2013 31/12/2012
Currency risk 47 55 38 85 52
Interest rate risk 11 16 10 30 17
Credit spread risk 23 28 18 53 21
Share price risk 1 2 1 2 2
Vega risk 1 1 0 1 1
Total 68 79 56 116 71

Excange rate risk on total bank level also includes equity positions of subsidiaries denominated in foreign currency. The structural exchange rate risk resulting from equity positions is managed independently from the mainly short-term trading positions.

Liquidity risk

The following table shows the liquidity gap and the ratio of expected cash inflows plus counterbalancing capacity to cash outflows (liquidity ratio) for selected maturities on a cumulative basis, taking into account all items on the statement of financial position and transactions off the statement of financial position. Based on expert opinions, statistical analyses and country specifics, this calculation also incorporates estimates on the prolongation of defined assets, the so-called sediment of customer deposits, and the liquidity counterbalancing capacity (in particular, assets that are eligible for refinancing at central banks and that can be used as collateral in repo transactions).

In € million 30/9/2013 31/12/2012
Maturity 1 week 1 month 1 year 1 week 1 month 1 year
Liquidity gap 14,044 14,192 11,614 14,823 12,225 13,467
Liquidity ratio 141% 128% 111% 135% 118% 110%

Internal limts are used in each Group unit in order to limit liquidity risk. They require a positive short-term liquidity gap based on the internal liquidity model. The Group holds sizeable amounts of liquid securities and favors assets eligible in tender transactions in the lending business in order to ensure liquidity in various currencies. In the case of a liquidity shortage in the Group, contingency plans would come into force. Such prioritized action lists for handling short-term liquidity needs exist for all major Group units.

Additional notes

(31) Contingent liabilities and commitments

In € million 30/9/2013 31/12/2012
Contingent liabilities 11,661 11,707
Acceptances and endorsements 22 38
Credit guarantees 6,488 6,507
Other guarantees 2,519 2,375
Letters of credit (documentary business) 2,495 2,733
Other contingent liabilities 138 54
Commitments 11,168 10,609
Irrevocable credit lines and stand-by facilities 11,168 10,609
Up to 1 year 3,643 3,971
More than 1 year 7,524 6,638

(32) Derivatives

30/9/2013 Nominal amount by maturity
In € million Up to 1 year 1 year to 5 years More than 5 years Total Positive Negative
Interest rate contracts 34,576 59,766 42,606 136,947 3,752 (3,203)
Foreign exchange rate
and gold contracts
47,705 9,046 2,623 59,374 715 (743)
Equity/index contracts 1,700 1,455 379 3,535 133 (936)
Commodities 315 143 12 470 10 (112)
Credit derivatives 131 1,664 23 1,818 16 (11)
Precious metals contracts 48 10 13 71 0 (19)
Total 84,475 72,083 45,657 202,215 4,626 (5,025)
31/12/2012 Nominal amount by maturity
In € million Up to 1 year 1 year to 5 years More than 5 years Total Positive Negative
Interest rate contracts 51,069 85,144 53,149 189,361 7,246 (6,292)
Foreign exchange rate
and gold contracts
49,700 11,606 2,259 63,565 848 (774)
Equity/index contracts 1,503 1,308 345 3,156 107 (835)
Commodities 232 78 14 324 4 (2)
Credit derivatives 312 1,573 5 1,889 16 (14)
Precious metals contracts 43 36 17 96 0 (3)
Total 102,858 99,745 55,789 258,392 8,221 (7,919)

(33) Fair Value of financial instruments not reported at fair value

30/9/2013 31/12/2012
Carrying Carrying
In € million Fair value amount Difference Fair value amount Difference
Assets
Cash reserve 5,273 5,273 0 6,557 6,557 0
Loans and advances to banks 21,516 21,460 56 22,226 22,166 60
Loans and advances to customers 76,792 76,826 (34) 77,990 77,859 131
Financial investments 4,939 4,802 137 5,104 4,956 149
Liabilities
Deposits from banks 29,697 29,617 80 30,175 30,186 (11)
Deposits from customers 67,764 67,496 268 66,539 66,297 242
Debt securities issued 9,130 9,005 125 10,765 10,812 (47)
Subordinated capital 3,245 3,212 33 2,805 3,057 (252)
30/9/2013 31/12/2012
In € million Level I Level II Level III Level I Level II Level III
Trading assets 3,472 4,614 170 2,118 8,305 93
Positive fair values of derivatives1 129 3,794 101 100 7,327 93
Shares and other variable-yield securities 312 5 1 265 12 1
Bonds, notes and other fixed-interest securities 3,031 816 68 1,754 965 0
Call/time deposits from trading purposes 0 0 0 0 0 0
Financial assets at fair value through profit or loss 5,465 3,489 25 5,099 3,233 16
Shares and other variable-yield securities 39 106 5 48 105 5
Bonds, notes and other fixed-interest securities 5,426 3,383 20 5,051 3,128 11
Financial assets available-for-sale 11 0 0 56 0 0
Other interests2 11 0 0 56 0 0
Bonds, notes and other fixed-interest securities 0 0 0 0 0 0
Shares and other variable-yield securities 0 0 0 0 0 0
Derivatives (hedging) 0 557 0 0 702 0
Positive fair values of derivatives from hedge
accounting
0 557 0 0 702 0

(34) Fair value of financial instruments reported at fair value

30/9/2013 31/12/2012
In € million Level I Level II Level III Level I Level II Level III
Trading liabilities 861 5,231 25 788 8,361 28
Negative fair values of derivatives financial
instruments1
202 4,572 17 165 7,613 20
Call/time deposits from trading purposes 0 0 0 0 10 0
Short-selling of trading assets 659 0 0 622 0 0
Certificates issued 0 659 7 0 738 7
Liabilities at fair value through profit and loss 0 2,757 0 0 3,358 0
Debt securities issued 0 2,108 0 0 2,478 0
Subordinated capital 0 649 0 0 880 0
Derivatives (hedging) 0 177 0 0 120 0
Negative fair values of derivatives from hedge
accounting
0 177 0 0 120 0

1 Including other derivatives.

2 Includes only securities traded on the stock exchange.

Level I Quoted market prices.

Level II Valuation techniques based on market data.

Level III Valuation techniques not based on market data.

Movements between Level I and Level II

Compared to year-end 2012, the share of financial assets according to Level II decreased. The decrease resulted primarily from the reduction of the fair values of derivative financial instruments. Regarding bonds, notes and other fixed-interest securities, there was a slight shift from Level II to Level I, which is due to an increase in market activity for individual securities.

Movements in Level III of financial instruments at fair value

The following tables show the changes in the fair value of financial instruments whose valuation models are based on unobservable parameters. In the third quarter 2013, a reclassification in Level III of € 68 million was made due to the change to a price-based measurement of corporate bonds by using unobservable parameters.

In € million As of
1/1/2013
Changes in
consolidated group
Exchange
differences
Purchases Sales,
repayment
Trading assets 93 0 (2) 0 0
Financial assets at fair value through
profit or loss
16 0 0 20 (16)
In € million Gains/loss in
P/L
Gains/loss in other
comprehensive
income
Transfer to
level III
Transfer from
level III
As of
30/9/2013
Trading assets 10 0 68 0 170
Financial assets at fair value through
profit or loss
(1) 0 5 0 25
In € million As of
1/1/2013
Changes in
consolidated group
Exchange
differences
Purchases Sales,
repayment
Trading liabilities 28 0 0 0 0
In € million Gains/loss in
P/L
Gains/loss in other
comprehensive
income
Transfer to
level III
Transfer from
level III
As of
30/9/2013
Trading liabilities (3) 0 0 0 25

accounting

cash flow Interest rate 10 - 30%

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Financial assets Type Fair
value in
€ million
Valuation
technique
Significant
unobservable
inputs
Range of
unobservable
inputs
Shares and other variable-yield
securities
Closed end real
estate fund
1 Net asset
value
Haircuts 20 - 50%
Shares and other variable-yield
securities
Shares 5 Approximati
on method
Bonds, notes and other fixed-interest
securities
Fixed coupon
bonds
87 Discounted
cash flow
Credit spread 10 - 20%
Bonds, notes and other fixed-interest
securities
Asset backed
securities
1 Broker
estimate
Probability of
default
Loss severity
Expected
prepayment rate
Positive fair value of banking book
derivatives without hedge
Forward foreign
exchange
Discounted

Qualitative information for the valuation of financial instruments in Level III

Total 194

Financial liabilities Type Fair
value in
€ million
Valuation
technique
Significant
unobservable
inputs
Range of
unobservable
inputs
Negative fair value of banking
book derivatives without hedge
accounting
OTC options 17 Option
model
Closing Period
Currency risk
LT volatility
Index category
2 - 16%
0 - 5%
0 - 3%
0 - 5%
Issued certificates for trading
purposes
Certificates 7 Option
model
Closing period
Bid-Ask Spread
LT Volatility
Index category
0 - 3%
0 - 3%
0 - 3%
0 - 2.5%
Total 25

contracts 101

(35) Related parties

Transactions with related parties that are natural persons are limited to banking business transactions that are carried out at fair market conditions. Moreover, members of the Management Board hold shares of Raiffeisen Bank International AG. Detailed information regarding this issue is published on the homepage of Raiffeisen Bank International. Further business transactions, especially large banking business transactions with related parties that are natural persons, were not concluded in the current financial year.

The following tables show transactions with related companies. Parent companies are Raiffeisen-Landesbanken-Holding GmbH, Vienna and Raiffeisen Zentralbank Österreich Aktiengesellschaft, Vienna:

30/9/2013
In € million
Parent
companies
Affiliated
companies
Companies
valued at equity
Other interests
Loans and advances to banks 5,567 99 192 135
Loans and advances to customers 0 1,296 41 250
Trading assets 0 30 15 2
Financial investments 0 367 2 107
Investments in associates 0 0 5 0
Other assets including derivatives 3 18 0 1
Deposits from banks 6,454 24 4,784 192
Deposits from customers 1 597 589 314
Provisions for liabilities and charges 0 0 0 0
Trading liabilities 0 18 0 0
Other liabilities including derivatives 3 8 0 0
Subordinated capital 51 0 0 0
Guarantees given 0 117 3 15
Guarantees received 594 401 182 57
31/12/2012
In € million
Parent
companies
Affiliated
companies
Companies
valued at equity
Other interests
Loans and advances to banks 8,191 93 259 142
Loans and advances to customers 0 1,191 369 271
Trading assets 0 41 12 2
Financial investments 0 339 2 118
Investments in associates 0 0 5 0
Other assets including derivatives 3 15 62 0
Deposits from banks 6,125 10 5,105 224
Deposits from customers 1 336 429 179
Provisions for liabilities and charges 0 3 0 0
Trading liabilities 0 26 0 0
Other liabilities including derivatives 0 10 0 0
Subordinated capital 52 0 0 0
Guarantees given 0 80 26 21
Guarantees received 662 435 153 54

(36) Regulatory own funds

RBI does not form an independent credit institution group as defined by the Austrian Banking Act (BWG) and therefore is not subject to the regulatory provisions on a consolidated basis as it is part of the RZB Group. The following figures are for information purposes only.

The own funds of RBI according to Austrian Banking Act (BWG) 1993/Amendment 2006 (Basel II) break down as follows:

In € million 30/9/2013 31/12/2012
Paid-in capital 5,669 5,669
Earned capital 2,947 3,071
Non-controlling interests 448 848
Hybrid tier 1 capital 441 441
Intangible fixed assets (708) (750)
Core capital (tier 1 capital) 8,797 9,279
Deductions from core capital (14) (14)
Eligible core capital (after deductions) 8,783 9,265
Supplementary capital according to Section 23 (1) 5 BWG 0 0
Provision excess of internal rating approach positions 229 226
Hidden reserves 10 34
Long-term subordinated capital 2,970 3,080
Additional own funds (tier 2 capital) 3,209 3,340
Deduction items: participations, securitizations (14) (14)
Eligible additional own funds (after deductions) 3,194 3,326
Deduction items: insurance companies 0 (8)
Tier 2 capital available to be redesignated as tier 3 capital 277 302
Total own funds 12,254 12,885
Total own funds requirement 6,617 6,626
Excess own funds 5,637 6,260
Excess cover ratio 85.2% 94.5%
Core tier 1 ratio, total 10.1% 10.7%
Tier 1 ratio, credit risk 12.9% 13.6%
Tier 1 ratio, total 10.6% 11.2%
Own funds ratio 14.8% 15.6%

The total own funds requirement breaks down as follows:

In € million 30/9/2013 31/12/2012
Risk-weighted assets according to section 22 BWG 68,132 68,136
of which 8 per cent minimum own funds for the credit risk according to
Sections 22a to 22h BWG
5,451 5,451
Standardized approach 2,401 2,439
Internal rating approach 3,049 3,012
Settlement risk 0 0
Own funds requirement for position risk in bonds, equities and
commodities
287 273
Own funds requirement for open currency positions 62 56
Own funds requirement for operational risk 817 845
Total own funds requirement 6,617 6,626

(37) Average number of staff

The average number of staff employed during the reporting period (full-time equivalents) breaks down as follows:

Full-time equivalents 1/1-30/9/2013 1/1- 30/9/2012
Austria 2,658 2,669
Foreign 56,638 58,976
Total 59,296 61,645

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Publisher: Raiffeisen Bank International AG, Am Stadtpark 9, 1030 Vienna, Austria Editorial Team: Group Investor Relations Copy deadline: 21 November 2013 Produced in Vienna Internet: www.rbinternational.com

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