Latin America
Our operations in Latin America principally comprise HSBC Bank Brasil S.A.-Banco Múltiplo and HSBC México, S.A. In addition to banking services, we operate insurance |
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businesses in Brazil, Mexico and Argentina. During the year our operations in Brazil were classified as held for sale. |
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2015 |
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2014 |
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2013 |
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Total Latin America |
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Brazil |
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Other Latin America |
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Total Latin America |
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Brazil |
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Other Latin America |
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Total Latin America |
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Brazil |
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Other Latin America |
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$m |
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$m |
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$m |
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$m |
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$m |
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$m |
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$m |
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$m |
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$m |
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Net interest income |
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4,318 |
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2,225 |
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2,093 |
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5,310 |
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3,040 |
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2,270 |
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6,186 |
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3,542 |
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2,644 |
Net fee income |
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1,131 |
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560 |
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571 |
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1,415 |
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741 |
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674 |
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1,701 |
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862 |
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839 |
Net trading income |
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664 |
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370 |
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294 |
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856 |
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452 |
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404 |
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936 |
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469 |
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467 |
Other income |
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479 |
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429 |
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50 |
|
691 |
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584 |
|
107 |
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1,745 |
|
491 |
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1,254 |
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Net operating income1 |
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6,592 |
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3,584 |
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3,008 |
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8,272 |
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4,817 |
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3,455 |
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10,568 |
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5,364 |
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5,204 |
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LICs34 |
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(1,495) |
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(965) |
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(530) |
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(2,124) |
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(1,500) |
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(624) |
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(2,666) |
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(1,712) |
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(954) |
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Net operating income |
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5,097 |
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2,619 |
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2,478 |
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6,148 |
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3,317 |
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2,831 |
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7,902 |
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3,652 |
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4,250 |
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Total operating expenses |
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(4,786) |
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(2,613) |
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(2,173) |
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(5,932) |
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(3,564) |
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(2,368) |
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(5,930) |
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(3,301) |
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(2,629) |
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Operating profit/(loss) |
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311 |
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6 |
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305 |
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216 |
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(247) |
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463 |
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1,972 |
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351 |
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1,621 |
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Income from associates35 |
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(1) |
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(1) |
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− |
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− |
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− |
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− |
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− |
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− |
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− |
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Profit/(loss) before tax |
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310 |
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5 |
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305 |
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216 |
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(247) |
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463 |
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1,972 |
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351 |
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1,621 |
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71.7% |
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74.0% |
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68.5% |
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Loans and advances to customers (net) |
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17,293 |
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− |
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17,293 |
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43,122 |
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23,749 |
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19,373 |
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43,918 |
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24,924 |
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18,994 |
- reported in held for sale22 |
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17,001 |
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17,001 |
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− |
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− |
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− |
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− |
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− |
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− |
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− |
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Customer accounts |
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21,470 |
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− |
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21,470 |
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48,588 |
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23,204 |
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25,384 |
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51,389 |
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23,999 |
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27,390 |
- reported in held for sale22 |
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15,094 |
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15,094 |
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− |
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− |
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− |
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− |
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− |
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− |
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− |
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Cost efficiency ratio |
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72.6% |
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72.9% |
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72.2% |
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71.7% |
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74.0% |
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68.5% |
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56.1% |
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61.5% |
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50.5% |
RoRWA24 |
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0.4% |
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- |
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0.8% |
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0.2% |
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(0.5%) |
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1.2% |
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2.0% |
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0.7% |
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3.7% |
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Year-end staff numbers |
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39,828 |
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19,145 |
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20,683 |
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41,201 |
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19,564 |
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21,637 |
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42,542 |
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19,869 |
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22,673 |
For footnotes, see page 99.
Country view of adjusted revenue
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2015 |
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2014 |
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$m |
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$m |
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Argentina |
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1,036 |
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940 |
Mexico |
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1,968 |
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1,931 |
Other |
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3,552 |
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3,511 |
- included in Other: Brazil |
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3,550 |
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3,443 |
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Year ended 31 December |
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6,556 |
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6,382 |
Profit before tax ($m)
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Revenue ($m)
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Operating expenses ($m)
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For details of significant items, see page 49.
Profit/(loss) before tax by country within global businesses
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Retail Banking and Wealth Management28 |
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Commercial Banking28 |
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Global Banking and |
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Global Private |
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Other |
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Total |
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$m |
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$m |
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$m |
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$m |
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$m |
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$m |
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Argentina |
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43 |
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152 |
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125 |
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− |
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(3) |
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317 |
Brazil |
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(344) |
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11 |
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336 |
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6 |
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(4) |
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5 |
Mexico |
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73 |
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(5) |
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(15) |
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(3) |
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(18) |
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32 |
Other |
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(12) |
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7 |
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16 |
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− |
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(55) |
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(44) |
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Year ended 31 December 2015 |
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(240) |
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165 |
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462 |
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3 |
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(80) |
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310 |
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Argentina |
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68 |
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119 |
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219 |
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− |
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(22) |
|
384 |
Brazil |
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(230) |
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(97) |
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115 |
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(2) |
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(33) |
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(247) |
Mexico |
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7 |
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(23) |
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89 |
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(2) |
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(20) |
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51 |
Other |
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(5) |
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8 |
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27 |
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− |
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(2) |
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28 |
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Year ended 31 December 2014 |
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(160) |
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7 |
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450 |
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(4) |
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(77) |
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216 |
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Argentina |
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112 |
|
127 |
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170 |
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− |
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(1) |
|
408 |
Brazil |
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(209) |
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52 |
|
514 |
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5 |
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(11) |
|
351 |
Mexico |
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138 |
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(144) |
|
115 |
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(3) |
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11 |
|
117 |
Other |
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289 |
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525 |
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368 |
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(1) |
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(85) |
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1,096 |
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Year ended 31 December 2013 |
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330 |
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560 |
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1,167 |
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1 |
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(86) |
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1,972 |
For footnote, see page 99.