D Balance sheet disclosures

15. Cash and cash equivalents

Dec. 31, 2019 € million Dec. 31, 2018 € million
Cash on hand 8.674 8.102
Balances with central banks 78.747 67.067
Total 87.421 75.169

16. Loans and advances to banks and customers

Dec. 31, 2019 € million Dec. 31, 2018 € million
Loans and advances to banks 22,439 18,800
Repayable on demand 10,696 8,419
Other loans and advances 11,743 10,381
Mortgage loans and other loans secured by mortgages on real estate 45 60
Local authority loans 5,671 5,814
Other loans and advances 6,027 4,507
Loans and advances to customers 844,552 794,916
Mortgage loans and other loans secured by mortgages on real estate 338,172 325,468
Local authority loans 31,319 31,699
Home savings loans advanced by building society 50,372 45,454
Finance leases 1,548 2,017
Other loans and advances 423,141 390,278

17. Hedging instruments (positive and negative fair values)

The positive fair values of hedging instruments amount to €201 million (2018: €883 million), the negative fair values of hedging instruments amount to €5,383 million (2018: €5,962 million). Both positive and negative fair values of hedging instruments exclusively result from derivative hedging instruments for fair value hedges.

18. Financial assets held for trading

Dec. 31, 2019 € million Dec. 31, 2018 € million
Derivatives (positive fair values) 19,291 15,647
Interest-linked contracts 17,063 13,773
Currency-linked contracts 1,270 1,194
Share- and index-linked contracts 554 403
Credit derivatives 374 225
Other contracts 30 52
Securities 13,641 11,790
Bonds and other fixed##income securities 12,421 10,788
Shares and other variable-yield securities 1,220 1,002
Loans and advances 11,080 9,714
Inventories and trade receivables 322 349
Other assets held for trading 1
Total 44,335 37,500

19. Finanzanlagen

Dec. 31, 2019 € million Dec. 31, 2018 € million
Securities 244,336 234,813
Bonds and other fixed-income securities 177,788 171,621
Shares and other variable-yield securities 66,548 63,192
Investments in subsidiaries 1,882 1,618
Equity investments 2,291 2,652
Investments in joint ventures 293 462
Investments in associates 201 289
Other shareholdings 1,797 1,901
Total 248,509 239,083

20. Loss allowances for cash and cash equivalents

Risikovorsorge für Barreserve

€ million

Stage 1 Stage 2 Stage 3 POCI Total
Balance as at Jan. 1, 2019
Additions 3 3
Reversals –2 –2
Balance as at Dec. 31, 2019 1 1

Loss allowances for loans and advances to banks

€ million

Stage 1 Stage 2 Stage 3 POCI Total
Balance as at Jan. 1, 2018 202 16 22 240
Additions 15 12 3 30
Reversals –2 –53
Balance as at Jan. 1, 2019 200 14 3 217
Additions 80 2 4 86
Reversals –23 –1 –3 –27
Balance as at Dec. 31, 2019 257 15 4 276

Loss allowances for loans and advances to customers

€ million

Stage 1 Stage 2 Stage 3 POCI Total
Balance as at Jan. 1, 2018 955 1,903 6,389 11 9,258
Additions 310 798 2,159 18 3,285
Utilizations –1 –1,129 –1,130
Reversals –461 –337 –2,024 –25 –2,847
Other changes 149 –211 74 –1 11
Balance as at Jan. 1, 2019 953 2,152 5,469 3 8,577
Additions 527 967 2,263 12 3,769
Utilizations –1 –940 –1 –942
Reversals –485 –571 –1,850 –12 –2,918
Other changes 128 –215 245 158
Balance as at Dec. 31, 2019 1,123 2,332 5,187 2 8,644

Loss allowances for investments

€ million

Stage 1 Stage 2 Stage 3 POCI Total
Balance as at Jan. 1, 2018 57 125 24 206
Additions 41 86 1 128
Utilizations –1 –1
Reversals –31 –102 –8 –141
Other changes –1 2 1 2
Balance as at Jan, 1, 2019 66 111 17 194
Additions 26 96 1 123
Reversals –7 –113 –120
Other changes 5 –5
Balance as at Dec. 31, 2019 90 89 18 197

Loss allowances for other assets

€ million

Stage 1 Stage 2 Stage 3 POCI Total
Balance as at Jan. 1, 2019
Additions 1 1
Balance as at Dec. 31, 2019 1 1

21. Investments held by insurance companies

Dec. 31, 2019 € million Dec. 31, 2018 € million
Investment property 3,558 2,842
Investments in subsidiaries, joint ventures and associates 803 776
Mortgage loans 9,749 9,307
Promissory notes and loans 7,003 7,083
Registered bonds 8,643 9,076
Other loans 716 653
Variable-yield securities 11,300 9,186
Fixed-income securities 55,551 48,764
Derivatives (positive fair values) 417 168
Loss allowances –3 –4
Deposits with ceding insurers and other investments 449 294
Assets related to unit-linked contracts 14,368 11,710
Total 112,554 99,855

22. Property, plant and equipment, investment property, and right-of-use assets

Dec. 31, 2019 € million Dec. 31, 2018 € million
Land and buildings 6,681 6,693
Office furniture and equipment 1,341 1,361
Assets subject to operating leases 17 72
Investment property 238 258
Other fixed assets 4,679 3,857
Right-of-use assets 277
Total 13,233 12,241

23. Income tax assets and liabilities

Dec. 31, 2019 € million Dec. 31, 2018 € million
Income tax assets 3,972 4,359
Current income tax assets 835 909
Deferred tax assets 3,137 3,450
Income tax liabilities 1,511 1,408
Current income tax liabilities 735 856
Deferred tax liabilities 776 552

€ million

Deferred tax assets Deferred tax liabilities
Dec. 31, 2019 Dec. 31, 2018 Dec. 31, 2019 Dec. 31, 2018
Tax loss carryforwards 43 39
Loans and advances to banks and customers 51 130 1,115 1,1251
Financial assets and liabilities held for trading, and hedging instruments (positive and negative fair values) 837 7641 169 197
Investments 19 3181 840 4001
Loss allowances 1,095 900 5 2
Investments held by insurance companies 115 123 1,150 641
Deposits from banks and customers 1,021 1,0531 174 239
Debt certificates issued including bonds 177 151 4
Provisions 2,489 2,1761 89 751
Insurance liabilities 77 78 115 195
Other balance sheet items 271 192 177 148
Total (gross) 6,195 5,924 3,834 3,026
Netting of deferred tax assets and deferred tax liabilities –3,058 –2,4741 –3,058 –2,4741
Total (net) 3,137 3,450 776 552

1 amount adjusted.

Deferred tax assets and liabilities are recognized for temporary differences in respect of the balance sheet items shown in the table as well as for tax loss carryforwards.

24. Other assets

Dec. 31, 2019 € million Dec. 31, 2018 € million
Other assets held by insurance companies 3,759 3,372
Goodwill 69 59
Other intangible assets 672 551
Prepaid expenses 209 184
Other receivables 4,194 3,560
Non-current assets and disposal groups classified as held for sale 517 7,133
Fair value changes of the hedged items in portfolio hedges of interest-rate risk 5,740 4,000
Residual other assets 831 500
Total 15,991 19,359

The breakdown of other assets held by insurance companies is as follows:

Dec. 31, 2019 € million Dec. 31, 2018 € million
Intangible assets 157 140
Reinsurers’ share of insurance liabilities 130 139
Provision for unearned premiums 11 6
Benefit reserves 38 36
Provisions for claims outstanding 81 97
Receivables 1,593 1,650
Receivables arising out of direct insurance operations 422 450
Receivables arising out of reinsurance operations 282 271
Other receivables 889 929
Credit balances with banks, checks and cash on hand 826 409
Residual other assets 1,055 1,036
Property, plant and equipment 425 379
Prepaid expenses 67 34
Remaining assets held by insurance companies 563 623
Loss allowances –2 –2
Total 3,759 3,372

Property, plant and equipment includes right-of-use assets in the amount of €56 million.

25. Deposits from banks and customers

Dec. 31, 2019 € million Dec. 31, 2018 € million
Deposits from banks 119,955 119,300
Repayable on demand 10,123 10,733
With agreed maturity or notice period 109,832 108,567
Deposits from customers 880,398 842,420
Savings deposits and home savings deposits 250,503 246,029
Savings deposits with agreed notice period of three months 179,856 177,790
Savings deposits with agreed notice period of more than three months 7,421 8,242
Home savings deposits 63,226 59,997
Other deposits from customers 629,895 596,391
Repayable on demand 527,650 488,884
With agreed maturity or notice period 102,245 107,507

26. Debt certificates issued including bonds

Dec. 31, 2019 € million Dec. 31, 2018 € million
Bonds issued 43,249 43,110
Mortgage Pfandbriefe 38,542 33,737
Public sector Pfandbriefe 2,358 2,683
Other bonds 2,349 6,690
Other debt certificates issued 36,361 13,001
Total 79,610 56,111

27. Financial liabilities held for trading

Dec. 31, 2019 € million Dec. 31, 2018 € million
Derivatives (negative fair values) 18,901 16,080
Interest-linked contracts 15,768 12,100
Currency-linked contracts 1,772 1,975
Share- and index-linked contracts 1,181 1,853
Credit derivatives 75 74
Other contracts 105 78
Short positions 1,128 1,102
Bonds issued including share- and index- and other debt certificates 22,261 20,250
Liabilities 6,866 4,966
Liabilities from commodities transactions and commodity lending 46 53
Total 49,202 42,451

28. Provisions

Dec. 31, 2019 € million Dec. 31, 2018 € million
Provisions for defined benefit plans 7,934 7,407
Provisions for loan commitments 240 222
Provisions for financial guarantee contracts 151 137
Other provisions for loans and advances 33 39
Provisions relating to building society operations 1,406 1,072
Residual provisions 3,540 3,488
Total 13,304 12,365

Funding status of defined benefit obligations

Dec. 31, 2019 € million Dec. 31, 2018 € million
Present value of defined benefit obligations not funded by plan assets 7,374 6,831
Present value of defined benefit obligations funded by plan assets 3,025 2,732
Present value of defined benefit obligations 10,399 9,563
Less fair value of plan assets –2,466 –2,158
Defined benefit obligations (net) 7,933 7,405
Recognized surplus 1 2
Provisions for defined benefit plans 7,934 7,407

Changes in the present value of the defined benefit obligations

2019 € million 2018 € million
Present value of defined benefit obligations as at Jan. 1 9,563 9,646
Current service cost 110 109
Interest expense 168 169
Pension benefits paid including plan settlements –357 –354
Actuarial gains (–)/losses (+) 906 –34
Other changes 9 27
Present value of defined benefit obligations as at Dec. 31 10,399 9,563

Changes in plan assets

2019 € million 2018 € million
Fair value of plan assets as at Jan. 1 2,158 2,016
Interest income 38 37
Contributions to plan assets 139 231
Pension benefits paid –70 –69
Return on plan assets (excluding interest income) 196 –65
Other changes 5 8
Fair value of plan assets as at Dec. 31 2,466 2,158

Actuarial assumptions used for defined benefit obligations

Dec. 31, 2019 (percent) Dec. 31, 2018 (percent)
Weighted discount rate 1.00 1.75
Weighted salary increase 1.99 1.98
Weighted pension increase 1.88 1.92

29. Insurance liabilities

Dec. 31, 2019 € million Dec. 31, 2018 € million
Provision for unearned premiums 1,188 1,171
Benefit reserve 65,502 61,709
Provision for claims outstanding 13,415 12,079
Provision for premium refunds 12,149 8,283
Other insurance liabilities 59 64
Reserve for unit-linked insurance contracts 12,033 9,946
Total 104,346 93,252

Change in provision for unearned premiums

2019 € million 2018 € million
Balance as at Jan. 1 1,171 1,169
Additions 1,252 1,235
Utilizations/reversals –1,241 –1,228
Changes attributable to currency translation 6 –5
Balance as at Dec. 31 1,188 1,171

Change in benefit reserve

2019 € million 2018 € million
Balance as at Jan. 1 61,709 58,670
Additions 7,095 5,876
Interest component 1,015 1,045
Utilizations/reversals –4,318 –3,882
Changes attributable to currency translation 1
Balance as at Dec. 31 65,502 61,709

Supplementary change-in-discount-rate reserves totaling €3,957 million have been recognized for policies with a discount rate in excess of the reference rate specified in the German Regulation on the Principles Underlying the Calculation of the Premium Reserve (DeckRV) (December 31, 2018: €3,306 million).

Change in the provision for claims outstanding

2019 € million 2018 € million
Balance as at Jan. 1 12,079 11,064
Claims expenses 7,504 6,650
Less payments –6,276 –5,630
Changes attributable to currency translation 108 –5
Balance as at Dec. 31 13,415 12,079

Change in the provision for premium refunds

2019 € million 2018 € million
Balance as at Jan. 1 8,283 10,140
Additions 689 878
Utilizations/reversals –794 –705
Changes resulting from unrealized gains and losses on investments (through other comprehensive income) 2,850 –1,488
Changes resulting from other remeasurements (through profit or loss) 1,116 –542
Changes attributable to currency translation 5
Balance as at Dec. 31 12,149 8,283

The breakdown of maturities for insurance liabilities is shown in the following tables:

Balance as at Dec. 31, 2019

€ million

≤ 1 year > 1 year – 5 years > 5 years Indefinite
Provision for unearned premiums 983 168 37
Benefit reserve 1,749 5,998 13,181 44,574
Provision for claims outstanding 4,868 4,918 3,629
Provision for premium refunds 843 685 734 9,887
Other insurance liabilities 37 10 8 4
Total 8,480 11,779 17,589 54,465

Balance as at Dec. 31, 2018

€ million

≤ 1 year > 1 year – 5 years > 5 years Indefinite
Provision for unearned premiums 950 166 55
Benefit reserve 1,810 6,178 13,050 40,671
Provision for claims outstanding 4,388 4,301 3,390
Provision for premium refunds 833 644 713 6,093
Other insurance liabilities 41 13 7 3
Total 8,022 11,302 17,215 46,767

30. Other liabilities

Dec. 31, 2019 € million Dec. 31, 2018 € million
Other liabilities of insurance companies 6,780 5,806
Other liabilities and accruals 2,589 2,462
Liabilities included in disposal groups 1 281
Fair value changes of the hedged items in portfolio hedges of interest-rate risk 311 329
Lease liabilities 277
Residual other liabilities 717 586
Total 10,675 9,464

The breakdown of other liabilities held by insurance companies is as follows:

Dec. 31, 2019 € million Dec. 31, 2018 € million
Residual provisions 428 373
Provisions for employee benefits 389 336
Provisions for share-based payment transactions 3 2
Other provisions 36 35
Payables and residual other liabilities 6,352 5,433
Subordinated capital 89 87
Deposits received from reinsurers 41 43
Payables arising out of direct insurance operations 1,464 1,500
Payables arising out of reinsurance operations 442 342
Debt certificates issued including bonds 31 30
Deposits from banks 581 580
Derivatives (negative fair values) 20 11
Liabilities from capitalization transactions 2,751 2,086
Lease liabilities from insurance business 63
Other liabilities 284 120
Residual other liabilities 586 634
Total 6,780 5,806

31. Subordinated capital

Dec. 31, 2019 € million Dec. 31, 2018 € million
Subordinated liabilities 3,544 2,566
Profit-sharing rights 134 161
Share capital repayable on demand 13 13
Total 3,691 2,740

32. Equity

Breakdown of subscribed capital:

Dec. 31, 2019 € million Dec. 31, 2018 € million
Cooperative shares 12,695 12,085
Share capital 167 178
Capital of silent partners 57 69
Total 12,919 12,332

The capital reserves comprise the amounts by which the notional value of the shares of the corporations included in the consolidated financial statements was exceeded upon the issuance of the shares.

Retained earnings contain the undistributed equity earned by the companies included in the consolidated financial statements as well as the gains and losses arising on remeasurements of defined benefit plans after taking into account deferred taxes.

Reserve from other comprehensive income consists of the following items:

No reclassification to the income statement Reclassification to the income statement
Reserve from equity instruments for which the fair value OCI option has been exercised Reserve from gains and losses on financial liabilities for which the fair value option has been exercised, attributable to changes in own credit risk Reserve from debt instruments measured at fair value through other comprehensive income Cash flow hedge reserve Currency translation reserve
€ million
Equity as at Jan. 1, 2018 465 724 5 46
Other comprehensive income/loss 1 22 –413 –5 28
Total comprehensive income 1 22 –413 –5 28
Changes in the scope of consolidation 1 11
Acquisition/disposal of non-controlling interests 5 6
Reclassifications within equity –33
Equity as at Dec. 31, 2018 438 22 317 1 85
Other comprehensive income/loss 406 –62 1,061 8
Total comprehensive income 406 –62 1,061 8
Changes in the scope of consolidation –7
Acquisition/disposal of non-controlling interests –285
Reclassifications within equity
Equity as at Dec. 31, 2019 559 –40 1,378 1 86