Part of the Consolidated Financial Statements as of 31 December 2007, which were audited by KPMG Deutsche Treuhand AG.

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Credit Risk

(Glossary)Credit risk makes up the largest part of our risk exposures. We measure and manage our credit risk following the below principles:

  • In all our group divisions consistent standards are applied in the respective credit decision processes.
  • The approval of credit limits for counterparties and the management of our individual credit exposures must fit within our (Glossary)portfolio guidelines and our credit strategies.
  • Every extension of credit or material change to a credit facility (such as its tenor, collateral structure or major covenants) to any counterparty requires credit approval at the appropriate authority level.
  • We assign credit approval authorities to individuals according to their qualifications, experience and training, and we review these periodically.
  • We measure and consolidate all our credit exposures to each obligor on a global consolidated basis that applies across our consolidated Group. We define an “obligor” as a group of individual borrowers that are linked to one another by any of a number of criteria we have established, including capital ownership, voting rights, demonstrable control, other indication of group affiliation; or are jointly and severally liable for all or significant portions of the credit we have extended.