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BBVA in 2012

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Integration of risks andoverall risk profileIntegration of risksThe economic capital required to cover the Group’s losses is calculated by <strong>in</strong>tegrat<strong>in</strong>g the various risksmanaged by the Entity. The difference between this economic capital and the sum of the <strong>in</strong>dividualcapital amounts is known as the benefit of diversification.1Sum of risks and diversificationCredit riskDiversificationMarket riskOperational riskTotal riskOther risks<strong>BBVA</strong> Group’s risk <strong>in</strong>tegration model recognizes diversification among the various types of risks.The calculation process is divided <strong>in</strong>to two stages. In the first stage, each of the risks is modeled<strong>in</strong>dividually (credit, market, structural and operational), tak<strong>in</strong>g the special features of each case <strong>in</strong>toaccount. In the second stage, they are added to a common measure through a model that looks atthe structure of dependency between risks.2Risk <strong>in</strong>tegration diagramCredit riskStructural equity riskMarket riskOperational riskStructural exchange rate riskStructural <strong>in</strong>terest rate riskDistribution ofoverall lossesExpectedlossEconomiccapitalInterdepency betweentypes of riskIn this framework, the diversification level of each risk depends ma<strong>in</strong>ly on the relative size of the riskaga<strong>in</strong>st global risk, as well as on the correlation among risks and the characteristics of <strong>in</strong>dividual lossdistributions.Integration of risks and overall risk profile91

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