13. Financial Assets at Fair Value
through Other Comprehensive
Income
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Report
Chairman's
Foreword
Management Report Appendices
Corporate
Governance
Consolidated Financial
Statements
Company Financial
Statements
13a Financial Assets at Fair Value through Other
Comprehensive Income
Amounts in millions of euros
2017
Opening balance
34,580
Foreign change differences
(1,133)
Additions
3,687
Disposals (sale and repayment)
(7,707)
Fair value changes
(670)
Other changes
(68)
Closing balance
28,689
Amounts in millions of euros
Government bonds
Other debt securities
Loans
Equity instruments
Total financial assets at fair value through other comprehensive
income
2018
13,514
4,502
214
500
18,730
Rabobank designated equity investments in foreign financial
service providers at fair value through other comprehensive
income upon initial recognition because these instruments are
held for strategic purposes rather than for the purpose of selling
it in the near term.
Amounts in millions of euros 2018
Equity investments in foreign financial service providers 104
Equity investment held by CRUA 230
Other equity investments 166
Total equity instruments 500
During 2018, Rabobank recognized dividends of EUR 24 million
of which EUR 0 million relates to equity investments that are
derecognised in 2018. Transfers of the cumulative gains or losses
within equity during the period are disclosed in the Section 31 in
the movement schedule of the "Revaluation "Reserve - Equity
Instruments at FairValueThrough OtherComprehensive Income.
13b Available-for-sale Financial Assets
Amounts in millions of euros 2017
Short-term government papers 1,362
Government bonds 22,418
Other debt securities 4,342
Equity instruments 567
Total available-for-sale financial assets 28,689
The changes in available-for-sale financial assets can be broken
down as follows:
Annual Report 2018 - Consolidated Financial Statements
185