E Financial instruments disclosures

37. Fair value of financial instruments

The disclosures on the fair value of financial instruments included in the following table correspond to the disclosures reported in the published annual reports of DZ BANK for the financial instruments of the DZ BANK Group, while the fair value was deemed to equal the carrying amount for all other companies included in the consolidated financial statements.

Dec. 31, 2024
 € million
Dec. 31, 2023
 € million
Carrying
amount
Fair
value
Carrying
amount
Fair
value
Assets
Cash and cash equivalents1, 2 91,826 91,826 113,513 113,512
Loans and advances to banks1 58,379 55,694 38,022 33,396
Loans and advances to customers1 1,034,879 1,028,294 1,011,933 1,002,314
Hedging instruments (positive fair values) 3,530 3,530 5,259 5,259
Financial assets held for trading2 29,637 29,657 33,750 33,765
Investments1, 3 255,422 255,452 240,599 240,525
Investments held by insurance companies1, 2, 3 117,526 117,514 110,422 110,461
Other assets1, 2 2,865 4,175 1,380 3,681
Liabilities
Deposits from banks 138,877 136,570 139,4584 135,9714
Deposits from customers 1,061,003 1,059,940 1,031,1864 1,029,8644
Debt certificates issued including bonds 100,778 98,931 97,433 94,120
Hedging instruments (negative fair values) 660 660 624 624
Financial liabilities held for trading2 38,505 38,451 44,002 43,963
Provisions5 795 997 578 921
Other liabilities2 7,556 7,729 7,936 8,575
Subordinated capital 7,214 7,142 6,713 6,385

1 Carrying amounts less loss allowances.
2 Fair values and carrying amounts are only disclosed for financial instruments and for assets and liabilities held for sale.
3 Excluding investments in joint ventures and in associates accounted for using the equity method.
4 Amount restated.
5 Provision for loan commitments and financial guarantee contracts.

In addition, there are the following differences, all of which were determined using simplified procedures. At BSH, there are net unrealized gains in the amount of €7.0 billion (2023: €7.5 billion) from collective building society operations, which result from the balance of the carrying amounts recorded for the home savings business of €–55.7 billion (December 31, 2023: €–60.3 billion (surplus of liabilities in each case)) and the present value of the home savings pool of €–48.7 billion (December 31, 2023: €–52.9 billion) calculated using simulation calculations for building society operations. In addition, there are net unrealized gains in the amount of €1.9 billion (December 31, 2023: net unrealized losses of €–1.4 million) from the investments of the cooperative banks and of MHB.

38. Maturity analysis

Balance as at Dec. 31, 2024

€ million

≤ 3 months > 3 months – 1 year > 1 year Indefinite
Loans and advances to banks 29,833 6,975 30,341 173
Loans and advances to customers 60,802 83,150 909,789 21,144
Deposits from banks 41,695 13,988 87,038 81
Deposits from customers 837,348 91,486 72,151 62,479
Debt certificates issued including bonds 14,555 16,318 76,949

Balance as at Dec. 31, 2023

€ million

≤ 3 months > 3 months – 1 year > 1 year Indefinite
Loans and advances to banks 18,105 4,387 24,134 220
Loans and advances to customers 55,759 79,895 891,599 20,747
Deposits from banks 38,4131 14,985 89,578 184
Deposits from customers 817,7951 79,963 72,641 63,765
Debt certificates issued including bonds 7,946 19,177 76,558

1 Amount restated.

The contractual maturities shown in the table do not match the estimated actual cash inflows and cash outflows and include undiscounted cash flows as well as partially also discounted carrying amounts.