Company: ADZCF
Filing Date: 2025-03-13
Form Type: 20-F
Source: 0001159508-25-000020
Chunk: 273

Company: DEUTSCHE BANK AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
Filing Date: 2025-03-13
Form: 20-F
Chunk 273
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 collateral, securities (equity, bonds), collateral pledges or assignments of other claims or inventory, movable assets (i.e., plant, machinery, ships and aircraft) and real estate typically fall into this category; all financial collateral is regularly, mostly daily, revalued and measured against the respective credit exposure; the value of other collateral, including real estate, is monitored based upon established processes that includes regular reviews or revaluations by internal and/or external experts – Unfunded Credit Protection like Guarantees, which complement the counterparty’s ability to fulfill its obligation under the legal contract and as such is provided by uncorrelated third parties. Letters of credit, insurance contracts, export credit insurance, guarantees, credit derivatives and (unfunded) risk participations typically fall into this category. Guarantees and strong letters of comfort provided by correlated group members of customers (generally the parent company) may also be accepted and considered in approved rating approaches; guarantee collateral with a non-investment grade rating of the guarantor is limited Deutsche Bank’s processes seek to ensure that the collateral accepted for risk mitigation purposes is of high quality. This includes processes to generally ensure legally effective and enforceable documentation for realizable and measurable collateral or assets which are evaluated within the on-boarding process by dedicated internal appraisers or teams with the respective qualification, skills and experience or adequate external valuers mandated in regulated processes. The applied valuations follow generally accepted valuation methods or models and include the identification of material climate physical and transition risks. Ongoing correctness of values is monitored by collateral type-specific, appropriately frequent, and event-driven reviews considering relevant risk parameters. Revaluations are applied in cases of identified probable material deterioration and future monitoring may be adjusted respectively. The assessment of the suitability of collateral for a specific transaction is part of the credit decision and must be undertaken in a conservative way, including collateral haircuts that are applied. Deutsche Bank has collateral type specific haircuts in place which are regularly reviewed and approved. In this regard, Deutsche Bank strives to avoid “wrong-way” risk characteristics where the counterparty’s risk is positively correlated with the risk of deterioration in the collateral value. If collateral with material correlation risk is accepted anyhow, a potential impact on its value is considered conservatively in the valuation. For unfunded credit protection like guarantees, the process for the analysis of the guarantor’s creditworthiness is aligned to the credit assessment process for credit-relevant counterparties.

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The valuation