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Group Risk Report<br />

214<br />

158 Commerzbank Annual Report 2011<br />

• Although the exposures in the Bank’s overall portfolio were substantially reduced, the<br />

volumes in the Mittelstandsbank segment generally remained stable. Despite<br />

implementing measures to strengthen our capital base, lending volumes to small<br />

companies in Germany, for example, increased overall in 2011.<br />

• In the Private Customer segment, risk density was reduced from 37 to 34 basis points<br />

due particularly to the implementation of systematic management measures in lower<br />

rating classes and the expansion of early risk identification.<br />

• From a market risk perspective, 2011 was dominated by the European sovereign debt<br />

crisis, which generated high volatility in the markets. The value at risk in the Bank’s<br />

trading books was significantly lowered by around one-third to €59m, due to the ongoing<br />

reduction in non-strategic positions amongst other things.<br />

• Whereas charges for operational risk and ongoing litigation had grown steadily in<br />

previous years, these declined for the first time in 2011 by €24m to €250m.

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