The following information is part of the consolidated financial statements as of 31 December 2003, which were audited and issued with an unqualified certificate by KPMG Deutsche Treuhand AG, Wirtschaftprüfungsgesellschaft.

The components of these accounts are as follows:

 
in € m. Dec 31, 2003 Dec 31, 2002
Bonds and other fixed-income securities 204,324 175,042
Equity shares and other variable-yield securities 66,306 47,354
Positive market values from derivative financial instruments1 65,460 65,729
Other trading assets 9,281 6,554
Total trading assets 345,371 294,679
Bonds and other fixed-income securities 66,685 51,124
Equity shares and other variable-yield securities 25,382 17,987
Negative market values from derivative financial instruments1 61,167 62,101
Total trading liabilities 153,234 131,212
 
1 Derivatives under master netting agreements are shown net.