HSBC Holdings plc- Pillar 3 Disclosures - Part 1

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HSBC Holdings PLC

20 February 2018



Contents
	Page
Introduction	3
Key metrics	3
Regulatory framework for disclosures	3
Pillar 3 disclosures	3
Regulatory developments	3
Risk management	4
Linkage to the Annual Report and Accounts 2017	6
Capital and RWAs	13
Capital management	13
Own funds	14
Leverage ratio	15
Pillar 1 capital requirements and RWA flow	17
Pillar 2 and ICAAP	19
Credit risk	20
Overview and responsibilities	20
Credit risk management	20
Credit risk models governance	20
Credit quality of assets	21
Risk mitigation	30
Global risk	34
Wholesale risk	35
Retail risk	41
Counterparty credit risk	50
Counterparty credit risk management	50
Securitisation	53
HSBC securitisation strategy	53
HSBC securitisation activity	53
Monitoring of securitisation positions	54
Securitisation accounting treatment	54
Securitisation regulatory treatment	54
Analysis of securitisation exposures	54
Market risk	56
Overview of market risk in global businesses	56
Market risk governance	57
Market risk measures	57
Market risk capital models	59
Prudent valuation adjustment	60
Structural foreign exchange exposures	61
Interest rate risk in the banking book	61
Operational risk	61
Overview and objectives	61
Organisation and responsibilities	62
Measurement and monitoring	62
Other risks	63
Pension risk	63
Non-trading book exposures in equities	63
Risk management of insurance operations	63
Liquidity and funding risk	63
Reputational risk	69
Sustainability risk	69
Business risk	69
Dilution risk	69
Remuneration	69



Appendices
		Page
I	Additional tables	70
II	Asset encumbrance	110
III	Summary of disclosures withheld	111



Other Information
Abbreviations	112
Cautionary statement regarding forward-looking statements	114
Contacts	114

Certain defined terms

Unless the context requires otherwise, 'HSBC Holdings' means HSBC Holdings plc and 'HSBC', the 'Group', 'we', 'us' and 'our' refer to HSBC Holdings together with its subsidiaries. Within this document the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China is referred to as 'Hong Kong'. When used in the terms 'shareholders' equity' and 'total shareholders' equity', 'shareholders' means holders of HSBC Holdings ordinary shares and those preference shares and capital securities issued by HSBC Holdings classified as equity. The abbreviations '$m' and '$bn' represent millions and billions (thousands of millions) of US dollars respectively.



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Tables



		Page
1	Key metrics	3
2	Reconciliation of balance sheets - financial accounting to regulatory scope of consolidation	6
3	Principal entities with a different regulatory and accounting scope of consolidation	9
4	Differences between accounting and regulatory scopes of consolidation and mapping of financial statement categories with regulatory risk categories	10
5	Main sources of differences between regulatory exposure amounts and carrying values in financial statements	12
6	Own funds disclosure	14
7	Summary reconciliation of accounting assets and leverage ratio exposures	16
8	Leverage ratio common disclosure	16
9	Leverage ratio - Split of on-balance sheet exposures (excluding derivatives, SFTs and exempted exposures)	16
10	Overview of RWAs	18
11	RWA flow statements of credit risk exposures under the IRB approach	18
12	RWA flow statements of CCR exposures under IMM	19
13	RWA flow statements of market risk exposures under IMA	19
14	Credit quality of exposures by exposure classes and instruments	21
15	Credit quality of exposures by industry or counterparty types	22
16	Credit quality of exposures by geography¹	22
17	Ageing of past-due unimpaired and impaired exposures	23
18	Non-performing and forborne exposures	23
19	Credit risk exposure - summary	24
20	Geographical breakdown of exposures	25
21	Concentration of exposures by industry or counterparty types	26
22	Maturity of on-balance sheet exposures	28
23	Amount of impaired exposures and related allowances, broken down by geographical region	29
24	Movement in specific credit risk adjustments by industry and geographical region	29
25	Credit risk mitigation techniques - overview¹	31
26	Standardised approach - credit conversion factor ('CCF') and credit risk mitigation ('CRM') effects	32
27	Standardised approach - exposures by asset class and risk weight	33
28	IRB - Effect on RWA of credit derivatives used as CRM techniques	33
29	Credit derivatives exposures	34
30	Wholesale IRB credit risk models	37
31	IRB models - estimated and actual values (wholesale)¹	38
32	IRB models - corporate PD models - performance by CRR grade	38
33	Material retail IRB risk rating systems	41
34	IRB models - estimated and actual values (retail)	44
35	Wholesale IRB exposure - back-testing of probability of default (PD) per portfolio¹	46

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36	Retail IRB exposure - back-testing of probability of default (PD) per portfolio¹	48
37	Counterparty credit risk exposure - by exposure class, product and geographical region	51
38	Counterparty credit risk - RWAs by exposure class, product and geographical region	52
39	Securitisation exposure - movement in the year	55
40	Securitisation - asset values and impairments	55
41	Market risk under standardised approach	56
42	Market risk under IMA	56
43	IMA values for trading portfolios	59
44	Prudential valuation adjustments	60
45	Operational risk RWAs	61
46	Non-trading book equity investments	63
47	Level and components of HSBC Group Consolidated Liquidity Coverage Ratio	66
48	Analysis of on-balance sheet encumbered and unencumbered assets	67
49	Wholesale IRB exposure - by obligor grade	70
50	PD, LGD, RWA and exposure by country	72
51	Retail IRB exposure - by internal PD band	86
52	IRB expected loss and CRAs - by exposure class	87
53	Credit risk exposure - by geographical region	88
54	Credit risk RWAs - by geographical region	90
55	IRB exposure - credit risk mitigation	91
56	Standardised exposure - credit risk mitigation	92
57	Standardised exposure - by credit quality step	92
58	Changes in stock of general and specific credit risk adjustments	93
59	Changes in stock of defaulted loans and debt securities	93
60	IRB - Credit risk exposures by portfolio and PD range	94
61	Specialised lending on slotting approach¹	100
62	Analysis of counterparty credit risk (CCR) exposure by approach (excluding centrally cleared exposures)	100
63	Credit valuation adjustment (CVA) capital charge	100
64	Standardised approach - CCR exposures by regulatory portfolio and risk weights	101
65	IRB - CCR exposures by portfolio and PD scale	102
66	Impact of netting and collateral held on exposure values	104
67	Composition of collateral for CCR exposure	104
68	Exposures to central counterparties	104
69	Securitisation exposures in the non-trading book	105
70	Securitisation exposures in the trading book	105
71	Securitisation exposures in the non-trading book and associated capital requirements - bank acting as originator or sponsor	106
72	Securitisation exposures in the non-trading book and associated capital requirements - bank acting as investor	108
73	Asset encumbrance	110



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Introduction



Table 1: Key metrics
			At 31 Dec
		Footnotes	2017
	Available capital ($bn)	1
1	Common equity tier 1 ('CET1') capital		126.1
2	Tier 1 capital		151.0
3	Total regulatory capital		182.4
	Risk-weighted assets ('RWAs') ($bn)
4	Total RWAs		871.3
	Capital ratios (%)
5	CET1		14.5
6	Total tier 1		17.3
7	Total capital		20.9
	Additional CET1 buffer requirements as a percentage of RWA (%)
8	Capital conservation buffer requirement		1.25
9	Countercyclical buffer requirement		0.22
10	Bank G-SIB and/or D-SIB additional requirements		1.25
11	Total of bank CET1 specific buffer requirements		2.72
12	CET1 available after meeting the bank's minimum capital requirements		8.0
	Leverage ratio
13	Total leverage ratio exposure measure ($bn)		2,557.1
14	Leverage ratio (%)	2	5.6
	Liquidity Coverage Ratio ('LCR')
15	Total high-quality liquid assets ($bn)		512.6
16	Total net cash outflow ($bn)		359.9
17	LCR ratio (%)	3	142.2


1	Capital figures are reported on a transitional basis.


2	Leverage ratio is calculated on a fully phased-in basis.


3	LCR ratio is calculated as at 31 December 2017.

Regulatory framework for disclosures

HSBC is supervised on a consolidated basis in the United Kingdom ('UK') by the Prudential Regulation Authority ('PRA'), which receives information on the capital adequacy of, and sets capital requirements for, the Group as a whole. Individual banking subsidiaries are directly regulated by their local banking supervisors, who set and monitor their local capital adequacy requirements. In most jurisdictions, non-banking financial subsidiaries are also subject to the supervision and capital requirements of local regulatory authorities.

At a consolidated group level, we calculated capital for prudential regulatory reporting purposes throughout 2017 using the Basel III framework of the Basel Committee ('Basel') as implemented by the European Union ('EU') in the amended Capital Requirements Directive and Regulation ('CRD IV'), and in the PRA's Rulebook for the UK banking industry. The regulators of Group banking entities outside the EU are at varying stages of implementation of the Basel Committee's framework, so local regulation in 2017 may have been on the basis of Basel I, II or III.

The Basel Committee's framework is structured around three 'pillars': the Pillar 1 minimum capital requirements and Pillar 2 supervisory review process are complemented by Pillar 3 market discipline. The aim of Pillar 3 is to produce disclosures that allow market participants to assess the scope of application by banks of the Basel Committee's framework and the rules in their jurisdiction, their capital condition, risk exposures and risk management processes, and hence their capital adequacy.

Pillar 3 requires all material risks to be disclosed to provide a comprehensive view of a bank's risk profile.

The PRA's final rules adopted national discretions in order to accelerate significantly the transition timetable to full 'end point' CRD IV compliance.

Pillar 3 disclosures

HSBC's Pillar 3 disclosures at December 2017 comprise all information required under Pillar 3, both quantitative and qualitative. They are made in accordance with Part 8 of the Capital Requirements Regulation within CRD IV and the European Banking Authority's ('EBA') final standards on revised Pillar 3 disclosures issued in December 2016. These disclosures are supplemented by specific additional requirements of the PRA and discretionary disclosures on our part.

The Pillar 3 disclosures are governed by the Group's disclosure policy framework as approved by the Group Audit Committee ('GAC'). Information relating to the rationale for withholding certain disclosures is provided in Appendix III.

In our disclosures, to give insight into movements during the year, we provide comparative figures for the previous year, analytical review of variances and 'flow' tables for capital requirements.

Key ratios and figures are reflected throughout the Pillar 3 disclosures at December 2017 and a summary is presented in Table 1. Where disclosures have been enhanced, or are new, we do not generally restate or provide prior year comparatives. The capital resources tables track the position from a CRD IV transitional to an end point basis.

We publish comprehensive Pillar 3 disclosures annually on the HSBC website www.hsbc.com, concurrently with the release of our Annual Report and Accounts 2017. A separate Pillar 3 document is also published at half-year following our Interim Report disclosure. Quarterly earnings releases also include regulatory information in line with the new requirements on the frequency of regulatory disclosures.

Pillar 3 requirements may be met by inclusion in other disclosure media. Where we adopt this approach, references are provided to the relevant pages of the Annual Report and Accounts 2017 or other locations.

We continue to engage in the work of the UK authorities and industry associations to improve the transparency and comparability of UK banks' Pillar 3 disclosures.

Regulatory developments

Basel Committee

In December, the Basel Committee ('Basel') published the revisions to the Basel III framework (sometimes referred to as 'Basel IV'). The final package includes:


•	widespread changes to the risk weights under the standardised approach to credit risk;


•	a change in the scope of application of the internal ratings based ('IRB') approach to credit risk, together with changes to the IRB methodology;


•	the replacement of the operational risk approaches with a single methodology;


•	an amended set of rules for the credit valuation adjustment ('CVA') capital framework;


•	an aggregate output capital floor that ensures that banks' total risk-weighted assets are no lower than 72.5% of those generated by the standardised approaches; and


•	changes to the exposure measure for the leverage ratio, together with the imposition of a leverage ratio buffer for global systemically important institutions ('G-SIB'). This will take the form of a tier 1 capital buffer set at 50% of the G-SIB's RWAs capital buffer.

Basel has announced that the package will be implemented on 1 January 2022, with a five-year transitional provision for the output floor from that date, commencing at a rate of 50%.

HSBC is currently evaluating the final package. Given that the package contains a significant number of national discretions and that Basel has committed to re-calibrate the market risk elements



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of the final framework during 2018, significant uncertainty remains as to the impact.

In all instances, the final standards will have to be transposed into the relevant local law before coming into effect. In addition, during 2017, Basel proposed other revisions to the regulatory capital framework. In particular, it published:


•	a discussion paper on the treatment of sovereign exposures;


•	the final guidelines regarding the identification and management of step-in risk;


•	the interim regulatory treatment and transitional requirements for International Financial Reporting Standard 9, Financial Instruments ('IFRS 9') provisions;


•	the final phase 2 Pillar 3 standards; and


•	proposals to revise the G-SIB assessment framework.

Financial Stability Board

In July, the Financial Stability Board ('FSB') expanded its resolution reform policy framework with the publication of its 'Guiding Principles on the Internal Total Loss-absorbing Capacity of G-SIBs ('Internal TLAC')'. These guidelines supplement the FSB's TLAC standard published in November 2015. In addition, the FSB published consultations on other outstanding issues related to its resolution framework. Again, these need to be incorporated into the relevant local law before coming into effect.

European Union

In the EU, elements of Basel's and the FSB's reforms are being implemented through revisions to the Capital Requirements Regulation and Capital Requirements Directive (collectively referred to as 'CRR2') and the EU resolution framework. The key components of CRR2 include changes to the market risk framework under the Fundamental Review of the Trading Book, changes to the counterparty credit risk framework and a binding leverage ratio. It also includes details of the minimum requirements for TLAC, which in the EU is known as the 'Minimum Requirements for own funds and Eligible Liabilities' ('MREL'). The CRR2 changes are expected to be finalised in 2018 and apply from 1 January 2021, although certain elements, such as MREL, are expected to apply from 1 January 2019.

In December, the EU's IFRS 9 transitional capital arrangements were published formally and the EBA published its final guidelines on the IFRS 9 disclosures. Separately, the final changes to the capital rules on securitisation were also published formally by the EU with implementation expected on 1 January 2019 for new transactions and on 1 January 2020 for existing positions. In addition, during 2017, the EBA published a consultation on the methods of prudential consolidation under the EU's rules.

Also in December, in line with the EU's rules, the requirement to have a Basel I floor lapsed and the PRA confirmed that its application is no longer required. A new output floor will be implemented as part of the Basel IV amendments.

Bank of England

In March, HSBC received from the Bank of England ('BoE') its indicative MREL requirement applicable to HSBC Holdings plc and its European Resolution Group (comprised of HSBC Bank plc and its subsidiaries). This includes interim MREL requirements effective from 1 January 2019 and final requirements effective from 1 January 2022. The BoE also confirmed formally that 'multiple-point-of-entry' ('MPE') is the preferred resolution strategy for HSBC. In May, the BoE published the quantum of MREL requirements for major UK banks.

In addition, during 2017, the BoE and the PRA proposed other revisions to the regulatory capital and MREL frameworks. In particular, they published proposals and/or final rules setting out:


•	the approach to setting internal MREL and the setting of MREL for MPE groups;


•	the interaction of MREL with both the capital and leverage ratio buffers;


•	changes to the groups and double leverage policy;


•	the policy refining the PRA's Pillar 2A capital requirements and disclosure; and


•	the policy to ensure that valuation processes do not impede resolvability.

The PRA also published its final rules on the exclusion of claims on central banks from the UK leverage ratio framework and the re-calibration of the minimum leverage ratio for HSBC from 3% to 3.25% of tier 1 capital. These changes took effect in October 2017.

Lastly, in June, the Financial Policy Committee raised the countercyclical buffer rate for UK exposures to 0.5%, to apply from June 2018 and in November, increased it further to 1% with binding effect from November 2018.

Risk management

Our risk management framework

We use an enterprise-wide, risk management framework across the organisation and across all risk types. It is underpinned by our risk culture and is reinforced by the HSBC Values and our Global Standards programme.

The framework fosters continuous monitoring of the risk environment, and an integrated evaluation of risks and their interactions. It also ensures we have a consistent approach to monitoring, managing and mitigating the risks we accept and incur in our activities. Further information on our risk management framework is set out on page 66 of the Annual Report and Accounts 2017. The management and mitigation of principal risks facing the Group is described in our top and emerging risks on page 63 of the Annual Report and Accounts 2017.

Commentary on hedging strategies and associated processes can be found in the Market risk and Securitisation sections of this document. Additionally, a comprehensive overview of this topic can be found in Note 1.2(e) on page 191 of the Annual Report and Accounts 2017.

Risk culture

HSBC has long recognised the importance of a strong risk culture, the fostering of which is a key responsibility of senior executives. Our risk culture is reinforced by the HSBC Values and our Global Standards programme. It is instrumental in aligning the behaviours of individuals with our attitude to assuming and managing risk, which helps to ensure that our risk profile remains in line with our risk appetite.

Our risk culture is further reinforced by our approach to remuneration. Individual awards, including those for senior executives, are based on compliance with the HSBC Values and the achievement of financial and non-financial objectives that are aligned to our risk appetite and strategy.

Further information on risk and remuneration is set out on pages 63 and 158 of the Annual Report and Accounts 2017.

Risk governance

The Board has ultimate responsibility for the effective management of risk and approves HSBC's risk appetite. It is advised on risk-related matters by the Group Risk Committee ('GRC'), the Financial System Vulnerabilities Committee ('FSVC') and the Conduct and Values Committee ('CVC'). The activities of the GRC, FSVC and CVC are set out on pages 130 to 132 of the Annual Report and Accounts 2017.

Executive accountability for the ongoing monitoring, assessment and management of the risk environment and the effectiveness of the risk management framework resides with the Group Chief Risk Officer. He is supported by the Risk Management Meeting ('RMM') of the Group Management Board.



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The management of financial crime risk resides with the Group Head of Financial Crime Risk. He is supported by the Financial Crime Risk Management Meeting, as described on page 78 of the Annual Report and Accounts 2017.

Day-to-day responsibility for risk management is delegated to senior managers with individual accountability for decision making. These senior managers are supported by global functions. All employees have a role to play in risk management. These roles are defined using the three lines of defence model, which takes into account the Group's business and functional structures (see page 67 of the Annual Report and Accounts 2017).

Our executive risk governance structures ensure appropriate oversight and accountability for risk, which facilitates the reporting and escalation to the RMM (see page 67 of the Annual Report and Accounts 2017).

Risk appetite

Risk appetite is a key component of our management of risk. It describes the aggregate level and risk types that we are willing to accept in achieving our medium to long-term business objectives. In HSBC, risk appetite is managed through a global risk appetite framework and articulated in a risk appetite statement ('RAS'), which is approved biannually by the Board on the advice of the GRC.

The Group's risk appetite informs our strategic and financial planning process, defining the desired forward-looking risk profile of the Group. It is also integrated within other risk management tools, such as the top and emerging risks report and stress testing, to ensure consistency in risk management. Information on our risk management tools is set out on page 67 of the Annual Report and Accounts 2017. Details on the Group's overarching risk appetite are set out on page 63 of the Annual Report and Accounts 2017.

Stress testing

HSBC operates a comprehensive stress testing programme that supports our risk management and capital planning. It includes execution of stress tests mandated by our regulators. Our stress testing is supported by dedicated teams and infrastructure.

Our testing programme assesses our capital strength and enhances our resilience to external shocks. It also helps us understand and mitigate risks, and informs our decision about capital levels. As well as taking part in regulatory driven stress tests, we conduct our own internal stress tests.

The Group stress testing programme is overseen by the GRC, and results are reported, where appropriate, to the RMM and GRC.

Further information on stress testing and details of the Group's regulatory stress test results are set out on page 69 of the Annual Report and Accounts 2017.

Global Risk function

We have a dedicated Global Risk function, headed by the Group Chief Risk Officer, which is responsible for the Group's risk management framework. This includes establishing global policy, monitoring risk profiles, and forward-looking risk identification and management. Global Risk is made up of sub-functions covering all risks to our operations. It is independent from the global businesses, including sales and trading functions, helping to ensure balance in risk/return decisions. The Global Risk function operates in line with the three lines of defence model (see page 67 of the Annual Report and Accounts 2017).

Risk management and internal control systems

The Directors are responsible for maintaining and reviewing the effectiveness of risk management and internal control systems, and for determining the aggregate level and risk types they are willing to accept in achieving the Group's business objectives. On behalf of the Board, the GAC has responsibility for oversight of risk management and internal controls over financial reporting, and the GRC has responsibility for oversight of risk management and internal controls other than for financial reporting.

The Directors, through the GRC and the GAC, conduct an annual review of the effectiveness of our system of risk management and internal control. The GRC and the GAC received confirmation that executive management has taken or is taking the necessary actions to remedy any failings or weaknesses identified through the operation of our framework of controls.

HSBC's key risk management and internal control procedures are described on page 133 of the Annual Report and Accounts 2017, where the Directors' Report on the effectiveness of internal controls can also be found.

Risk measurement and reporting systems

Our risk measurement and reporting systems are designed to help ensure that risks are comprehensively captured with all the attributes necessary to support well-founded decisions, that those attributes are accurately assessed, and that information is delivered in a timely manner for those risks to be successfully managed and mitigated.

Risk measurement and reporting systems are also subject to a governance framework designed to ensure that their build and implementation are fit-for- purpose and functioning appropriately. Risk information systems development is a key responsibility of the Global Risk function, while the development and operation of risk rating and management systems and processes are ultimately subject to the oversight of the Board.

We continue to invest significant resources in IT systems and processes in order to maintain and improve our risk management capabilities. A number of key initiatives and projects to enhance consistent data aggregation, reporting and management, and work towards meeting our Basel Committee data obligations are in progress. Group policy promotes the deployment of preferred technology where practicable. Group standards govern the procurement and operation of systems used in our subsidiaries to process risk information within business lines and risk functions.

Risk measurement and reporting structures deployed at Group level are applied throughout global businesses and major operating subsidiaries through a common operating model for integrated risk management and control. This model sets out the respective responsibilities of Group, global business, region and country level risk functions in respect of such matters as risk governance and oversight, compliance risks, approval authorities and lending guidelines, global and local scorecards, management information and reporting, and relations with third parties, including regulators, rating agencies and auditors.

Risk analytics and model governance

The Global Risk function manages a number of analytics disciplines supporting model development and management, including rating, scoring, economic capital and stress testing models for different risk types and business segments. It formulates technical responses to industry developments and regulatory policy in the field of risk analytics, develops HSBC's global risk models, and oversees local model development and use around the Group toward our implementation targets for IRB approaches.

Model governance is under the general oversight of the Global Model Oversight Committee ('MOC'). The Global MOC is supported by specific global functional MOCs for wholesale credit risk, market risk, Retail Banking and Wealth Management ('RBWM'), Global Private Banking ('GPB'), Finance, regulatory compliance, operational risk, fraud risk and financial intelligence, pensions risk and financial crime risk, and has functional and/or regional and entity-level counterparts with comparable terms of reference where required.



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The Global MOC meets regularly and reports to RMM. It is chaired by the Global Risk function, and its membership is drawn from Risk, Finance and global businesses. Its primary responsibilities are to oversee the framework for the management of model risk, bring a strategic approach to model-related issues across the Group, and to oversee the governance of our risk rating models, their consistency and approval, within the regulatory framework. Through its oversight of the functional MOCs, it identifies emerging risks for all aspects of the risk rating system, ensuring that model risk is managed within our risk appetite statement, and formally advises RMM on any material model-related issues.

Models are also subject to an independent model review and validation process led by the Independent Model Review team within Global Risk. The Independent Model Review team provides robust challenge to the modelling approaches used across the Group, and ensures that the performance of those models is transparent and that their limitations are visible to key stakeholders.

The development and use of data and models to meet local requirements are the responsibility of global businesses or functions, as well as regional and/or local entities under the governance of their own management, subject to overall Group policy and oversight.

Linkage to the Annual Report and Accounts

2017

Structure of the regulatory group

Subsidiaries engaged in insurance activities are excluded from the regulatory consolidation by excluding assets, liabilities and post-acquisition reserves. The Group's investments in these insurance subsidiaries are recorded at cost and deducted from CET1 capital (subject to thresholds).

The regulatory consolidation also excludes special purpose entities ('SPEs') where significant risk has been transferred to third parties. Exposures to these SPEs are risk-weighted as securitisation positions for regulatory purposes.

Participating interests in banking associates are proportionally consolidated for regulatory purposes by including our share of assets, liabilities, profit and loss, and risk-weighted assets in accordance with the PRA's application of EU legislation. Non-participating significant investments, along with non-financial associates, are deducted from capital (subject to thresholds).



Table 2: Reconciliation of balance sheets - financial accounting to regulatory scope of consolidation
		Accounting balance sheet		Deconsolidation of insurance/ other entities		Consolidation of banking associates		Regulatory balance sheet
	Ref †	$m		$m		$m		$m
Assets
Cash and balances at central banks		180,624		(38	)	1,174		181,760
Items in the course of collection from other banks		6,628		-		2		6,630
Hong Kong Government certificates of indebtedness		34,186		-		-		34,186
Trading assets		287,995		(359	)	1		287,637
Financial assets designated at fair value		29,464		(28,674	)	-		790
Derivatives		219,818		(128	)	57		219,747
Loans and advances to banks		90,393		(2,024	)	1,421		89,790
Loans and advances to customers		962,964		(3,633	)	12,835		972,166
- of which: impairment allowances on IRB portfolios	h	(5,004	)	-		-		(5,004	)
Reverse repurchase agreements - non-trading		201,553		-		1,854		203,407
Financial investments		389,076		(61,480	)	3,325		330,921
Capital invested in insurance and other entities		-		2,430		-		2,430
Prepayments, accrued income and other assets		67,191		(4,202	)	267		63,256
- of which: retirement benefit assets	i	8,752		-		-		8,752
Current tax assets		1,006		(5	)	-		1,001
Interests in associates and joint ventures		22,744		(370	)	(4,064	)	18,310
- of which: positive goodwill on acquisition	e	521		(14	)	(1	)	506
Goodwill and intangible assets	e	23,453		(6,937	)	-		16,516
Deferred tax assets	f	4,676		170		-		4,846
Total assets at 31 Dec 2017		2,521,771		(105,250	)	16,872		2,433,393



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		Accounting balance sheet	Deconsolidation of insurance/ other entities		Consolidation of banking associates	Regulatory balance sheet
	Ref †	$m	$m		$m	$m
Liabilities and equity
Liabilities
Hong Kong currency notes in circulation		34,186	-		-	34,186
Deposits by banks		69,922	(86	)	695	70,531
Customer accounts		1,364,462	(64	)	14,961	1,379,359
Repurchase agreements - non-trading		130,002	-		-	130,002
Items in course of transmission to other banks		6,850	-		-	6,850
Trading liabilities		184,361	867		-	185,228
Financial liabilities designated at fair value		94,429	(5,622	)	-	88,807
- of which:
included in tier 1	m	459	-		-	459
included in tier 2	n, q	23,831	-		-	23,831
Derivatives		216,821	69		51	216,941
Debt securities in issue		64,546	(2,974	)	320	61,892
Accruals, deferred income and other liabilities		45,907	(211	)	622	46,318
Current tax liabilities		928	(81	)	-	847
Liabilities under insurance contracts		85,667	(85,667	)	-	-
Provisions		4,011	(17	)	223	4,217
- of which: credit-related contingent liabilities and contractual commitments on IRB portfolios	h	220	-		-	220
Deferred tax liabilities		1,982	(1,085	)	-	897
Subordinated liabilities		19,826	1		-	19,827
- of which:
included in tier 1	k, m	1,838	-		-	1,838
included in tier 2	n, o, q	17,561	-		-	17,561
Total liabilities at 31 Dec 2017		2,323,900	(94,870	)	16,872	2,245,902
Equity
Called up share capital	a	10,160	-		-	10,160
Share premium account	a, k	10,177	-		-	10,177
Other equity instruments	j, k	22,250	-		-	22,250
Other reserves	c, g	7,664	1,236		-	8,900
Retained earnings	b, c	139,999	(10,824	)	-	129,175
Total shareholders' equity		190,250	(9,588	)	-	180,662
Non-controlling interests	d, l, m, p	7,621	(792	)	-	6,829
- of which: non-cumulative preference shares issued by subsidiaries included in tier 1 capital	m	-	-		-	-
Total equity at 31 Dec 2017		197,871	(10,380	)	-	187,491
Total liabilities and equity at 31 Dec 2017		2,521,771	(105,250	)	16,872	2,433,393


†	The references (a) - (q) identify balance sheet components that are used in the calculation of regulatory capital on page 14.



Table 2: Reconciliation of balance sheets - financial accounting to regulatory scope of consolidation (continued)
		Accounting balance sheet		Deconsolidation of insurance/ other entities		Consolidation of banking associates		Regulatory balance sheet
	Ref †	$m		$m		$m		$m
Assets
Cash and balances at central banks		128,009		(27	)	1,197		129,179
Items in the course of collection from other banks		5,003		-		26		5,029
Hong Kong Government certificates of indebtedness		31,228		-		-		31,228
Trading assets		235,125		(198	)	1		234,928
Financial assets designated at fair value		24,756		(24,481	)	-		275
Derivatives		290,872		(145	)	77		290,804
Loans and advances to banks		88,126		(1,845	)	922		87,203
Loans and advances to customers		861,504		(3,307	)	12,897		871,094
- of which: impairment allowances on IRB portfolios	h	(5,096	)	-		-		(5,096	)
Reverse repurchase agreements - non-trading		160,974		344		1,444		162,762
Financial investments		436,797		(54,904	)	3,500		385,393
Capital invested in insurance and other entities		-		2,214		-		2,214
Prepayments, accrued income and other assets		63,909		(3,073	)	306		61,142
- of which: retirement benefit assets	i	4,714		-		-		4,714
Current tax assets		1,145		(118	)	-		1,027
Interests in associates and joint ventures		20,029		-		(4,195	)	15,834
- of which: positive goodwill on acquisition	e	488		-		(475	)	13
Goodwill and intangible assets	e	21,346		(6,651	)	481		15,176
Deferred tax assets	f	6,163		176		5		6,344
Total assets at 31 Dec 2016		2,374,986		(92,015	)	16,661		2,299,632



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		Accounting balance sheet		Deconsolidation of insurance/ other entities		Consolidation of banking associates	Regulatory balance sheet
	Ref †	$m		$m		$m	$m
Liabilities and equity
Liabilities
Hong Kong currency notes in circulation		31,228		-		-	31,228
Deposits by banks		59,939		(50	)	441	60,330
Customer accounts		1,272,386		(44	)	14,997	1,287,339
Repurchase agreements - non-trading		88,958		-		-	88,958
Items in course of transmission to other banks		5,977		-		-	5,977
Trading liabilities		153,691		643		1	154,335
Financial liabilities designated at fair value		86,832		(6,012	)	-	80,820
- of which:
included in tier 1	m	411		-		-	411
included in tier 2	n, q	23,172		-		-	23,172
Derivatives		279,819		193		64	280,076
Debt securities in issue		65,915		(3,547	)	662	63,030
Accruals, deferred income and other liabilities		44,291		1,810		495	46,596
Current tax liabilities		719		(26	)	-	693
Liabilities under insurance contracts		75,273		(75,273	)	-	-
Provisions		4,773		(18	)	-	4,755
- of which: credit-related contingent liabilities and contractual commitments on IRB portfolios	h	267		-		-	267
Deferred tax liabilities		1,623		(981	)	1	643
Subordinated liabilities		20,984		1		-	20,985
- of which:
included in tier 1	k, m	1,754		-		-	1,754
included in tier 2	n, o, q	18,652		-		-	18,652
Total liabilities at 31 Dec 2016		2,192,408		(83,304	)	16,661	2,125,765
Equity
Called up share capital	a	10,096		-		-	10,096
Share premium account	a, k	12,619		-		-	12,619
Other equity instruments	j, k	17,110		-		-	17,110
Other reserves	c, g	(1,234	)	1,735		-	501
Retained earnings	b, c	136,795		(9,442	)	-	127,353
Total shareholders' equity		175,386		(7,707	)	-	167,679
Non-controlling interests	d, l, m, p	7,192		(1,004	)	-	6,188
- of which: non-cumulative preference shares issued by subsidiaries included in tier 1 capital	m	260		-		-	260
Total equity at 31 Dec 2016		182,578		(8,711	)	-	173,867
Total liabilities and equity at 31 Dec 2016		2,374,986		(92,015	)	16,661	2,299,632


†	The references (a) - (q) identify balance sheet components that are used in the calculation of regulatory capital on page 14.



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Table 3: Principal entities with a different regulatory and accounting scope of consolidation
					At 31 Dec 2017		At 31 Dec 2016
	Principal activities	Method of accounting consolidation	Method of regulatory consolidation		Total assets	Total equity	Total assets	Total equity
	Principal activities	Method of accounting consolidation	Method of regulatory consolidation	Footnote	$m	$m	$m	$m
Principal associates
The Saudi British Bank	Banking services	Equity	Proportional consolidation		50,417	8,752	49,784	8,202
Principal insurance entities excluded from the regulatory consolidation
HSBC Life (International) Ltd	Life insurance manufacturing	Fully consolidated	N/A		45,083	3,679	39,346	2,838
HSBC Assurances Vie (France)	Life insurance manufacturing	Fully consolidated	N/A		27,713	843	23,418	721
Hang Seng Insurance Company Ltd	Life insurance manufacturing	Fully consolidated	N/A		16,411	1,403	15,225	1,107
HSBC Insurance (Singapore) Pte Ltd	Life insurance manufacturing	Fully consolidated	N/A		4,425	706	3,589	360
HSBC Life (UK) Ltd	Life insurance manufacturing	Fully consolidated	N/A		2,115	196	1,678	158
HSBC Life Assurance (Malta) Ltd	Life insurance manufacturing	Fully consolidated	N/A		1,681	61	1,747	54
HSBC Life Insurance Company Ltd	Life insurance manufacturing	Fully consolidated	N/A		1,113	87	864	85
HSBC Seguros S.A. (Mexico)	Life insurance manufacturing	Fully consolidated	N/A		785	120	716	118
Principal SPEs excluded from the regulatory consolidation				1
Regency Assets Ltd	Securitisation	Fully consolidated	N/A		7,466	-	7,380	-
Mazarin Funding Ltd	Securitisation	Fully consolidated	N/A		852	48	1,117	12
Barion Funding Ltd	Securitisation	Fully consolidated	N/A		424	78	653	56
Metrix Portfolio Distribution Plc	Securitisation	Fully consolidated	N/A		326	-	333	-


1	These SPEs issued no or de minimis share capital.

Table 3 also presents the total assets and total equity, on a stand-alone IFRS basis, of the entities which are included in the Group consolidation on different bases for accounting and regulatory purposes. The figures shown therefore include intra-Group balances. For associates, table 3 shows the total assets and total equity of the entity as a whole rather than HSBC's share in the entities' balance sheets.

For insurance entities, the present value of the in-force long-term insurance business asset of $6.6bn and the related deferred tax liability are only recognised on consolidation in financial reporting, and are therefore not included in the asset or equity positions for the stand-alone entities presented in table 3. In addition, these figures exclude any deferred acquisition cost assets that may be recognised in the entities' stand-alone financial reporting.

Measurement of regulatory exposures

This section sets out the main reasons why the measurement of regulatory exposures is not directly comparable with the financial information presented in the Annual Report and Accounts 2017.

The Pillar 3 Disclosures at December 2017 are prepared in accordance with regulatory capital adequacy concepts and rules, while the Annual Report and Accounts 2017 are prepared in accordance with IFRSs. The purpose of the regulatory balance sheet is to provide a point-in-time ('PIT') value of all on-balance sheet assets.

The regulatory exposure value includes an estimation of risk, and is expressed as the amount expected to be outstanding if and when the counterparty defaults.

Moreover, regulatory exposure classes are based on different criteria from accounting asset types and are therefore not comparable on a line by line basis.

The following tables show in two steps how the accounting values in the regulatory balance sheet link to regulatory exposure at default ('EAD').

In a first step, table 4 shows the difference between the accounting and regulatory scope of consolidation, and a breakdown of the accounting balances into the risk types that form the basis for regulatory capital requirements. Table 5 then shows the main differences between the accounting balances and regulatory exposures by regulatory risk type.



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Table 4: Differences between accounting and regulatory scopes of consolidation and mapping of financial statement categories with regulatory risk categories
			Carrying value of items
	Carrying values as reported in published financial statements	Carrying values under scope of regulatory consolidation¹	Subject to the credit risk framework	Subject to the counter-party credit risk framework²	Subject to the securitisation framework³	Subject to the market risk framework	Subject to deduction from capital or not subject to regulatory capital requirements
	$bn	$bn	$bn	$bn	$bn	$bn	$bn
Assets
Cash and balances at central banks	180.6	181.8	164.7	-	-	-	-
Items in the course of collection from other banks	6.6	6.6	6.6	-	-	-	-
Hong Kong Government certificates of indebtedness	34.2	34.2	34.2	-	-	-	-
Trading assets	288.0	287.6	2.0	17.1	-	270.4	15.2
Financial assets designated at fair value	29.5	0.8	0.8	-	-	-	-
Derivatives	219.8	219.7	-	218.5	1.2	219.7	-
Loans and advances to banks	90.4	89.8	98.6	6.6	0.6	-	1.1
Loans and advances to customers	963.0	972.2	943.7	10.4	13.1	-	5.0
Reverse repurchase agreements - non-trading	201.6	203.4	-	203.4	-	-	-
Financial investments	389.1	330.9	324.1	-	6.5	-	0.3
Capital invested in insurance and other entities	-	2.4	1.6	-	-	-	0.8
Current tax assets	1.0	1.0	1.0	-	-	-	-
Prepayments, accrued income and other assets	67.1	63.4	42.0	3.8	0.1	13.3	6.0
Interests in associates and joint ventures	22.7	18.3	12.9	-	-	-	5.4
Goodwill and intangible assets	23.5	16.5	-	-	-	-	16.4
Deferred tax assets	4.7	4.8	6.3	-	-	-	(1.5	)
Total assets at 31 Dec 2017	2,521.8	2,433.4	1,638.5	459.8	21.5	503.4	48.7

Liabilities
Hong Kong currency notes in circulation	34.2	34.2	-	-	-	-	34.2
Deposits by banks	69.9	70.5	-	-	-	-	70.5
Customer accounts	1,364.5	1,379.4	-	-	-	-	1,379.4
Repurchase agreements - non trading	130.0	130.0	-	130.0	-	-	-
Items in course of transmission to other banks	6.9	6.9	-	-	-	-	6.9
Trading liabilities	184.4	185.2	-	10.6	-	172.2	13.0
Financial liabilities designated at FV	94.4	88.8	-	-	-	-	88.8
Derivatives	216.8	216.9	-	216.9	-	216.9	-
Debt securities in issue	64.5	61.9	-	-	-	-	61.9
Current tax liabilities	0.9	0.8	-	-	-	-	0.8
Liabilities under insurance contract	85.7	-	-	-	-	-	-
Accruals, deferred income, and other liabilities	45.9	46.3	-	-	-	-	46.3
Provisions	4.0	4.2	0.3	-	-	-	3.9
Deferred tax liabilities	2.0	0.9	1.3	-	-	-	1.7
Subordinated liabilities	19.8	19.9	-	-	-	-	19.9
Total liabilities at 31 Dec 2017	2,323.9	2,245.9	1.6	357.5	-	389.1	1,727.3



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Table 4: Differences between accounting and regulatory scopes of consolidation and mapping of financial statement categories with regulatory risk categories (continued)
			Carrying value of items
	Carrying values as reported in published financial statements	Carrying values under scope of regulatory consolidation¹	Subject to the credit risk framework	Subject to the counter-party credit risk framework²	Subject to the securitisation framework³	Subject to the market risk framework	Subject to deduction from capital or not subject to regulatory capital requirements
	$bn	$bn	$bn	$bn	$bn	$bn	$bn
Assets
Cash and balances at central banks	128.0	129.2	129.2	-	-	-	-
Items in the course of collection from other banks	5.0	5.0	5.0	-	-	-	-
Hong Kong Government certificates of indebtedness	31.2	31.2	31.2	-	-	-	-
Trading assets	235.1	234.9	8.4	11.3	-	208.7	17.6
Financial assets designated at fair value	24.8	0.3	0.3	-	-	-	-
Derivatives	290.9	290.8	-	289.9	0.9	290.8	-
Loans and advances to banks	88.1	87.2	76.3	2.0	1.2	-	7.7
Loans and advances to customers	861.5	871.1	847.4	8.9	10.8	-	4.0
Reverse repurchase agreements - non-trading	161.0	162.8	-	162.4	0.4	-	-
Financial investments	436.8	385.4	375.8	-	9.5	-	0.1
Capital invested in insurance and other entities	-	2.2	1.4	-	-	-	0.8
Current tax assets	1.1	1.0	1.0	-	-	-	-
Prepayments, accrued income and other assets	63.9	61.2	42.4	3.9	-	8.2	6.7
Interests in associates and joint ventures	20.0	15.8	10.3	-	-	-	5.5
Goodwill and intangible assets	21.3	15.2	-	-	-	-	15.2
Deferred tax assets	6.2	6.3	5.2	-	-	-	1.1
Total assets at 31 Dec 2016	2,374.9	2,299.6	1,533.9	478.4	22.8	507.7	58.7

Liabilities
Hong Kong currency notes in circulation	31.2	31.2	-	-	-	-	31.2
Deposits by banks	59.9	60.3	-	-	-	-	60.3
Customer accounts	1,272.4	1,287.3	-	-	-	-	1,287.3
Repurchase agreements - non trading	89.0	89.0	-	89.0	-	-	-
Items in course of transmission to other banks	6.0	6.0	-	-	-	-	6.0
Trading liabilities	153.7	154.3	-	5.1	-	139.1	15.2
Financial liabilities designated at FV	86.8	80.8	-	-	-	-	80.8
Derivatives	279.8	280.1	-	280.1	-	280.1	-
Debt securities in issue	65.9	63.0	-	-	-	-	63.0
Current tax liabilities	0.7	0.7	-	-	-	-	0.7
Liabilities under insurance contract	75.3	0.0	-	-	-	-	-
Accruals, deferred income, and other liabilities	44.3	46.7	-	-	-	-	46.7
Provisions	4.8	4.8	0.3	-	-	-	4.5
Deferred tax liabilities	1.6	0.6	0.6	-	-	-	-
Subordinated liabilities	21.0	21.0	-	-	-	-	21.0
Total liabilities at 31 Dec 2016	2,192.4	2,125.8	0.9	374.2	-	419.2	1,616.7


1	The amounts shown in the column 'Carrying values under scope of regulatory consolidation' do not equal the sum of the amounts shown in the remaining columns of this table for line items 'Derivatives' and 'Trading assets', as some of the assets included in these items are subject to regulatory capital charges for both CCR and market risk.


2	The amounts shown in the column 'Subject to the counterparty credit risk framework' include both non-trading book and trading book.


3	The amounts shown in the column 'Subject to the securitisation framework' only include non-trading book. Trading book securitisation positions are included in the market risk column.



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Table 5: Main sources of differences between regulatory exposure amounts and carrying values in financial statements
			Items subject to:
	Total		Credit risk framework		CCR framework		Securitisation framework
	$bn		$bn		$bn		$bn
Carrying value of assets within scope of regulatory consolidation¹	2,384.7		1,638.5		459.8		21.5
Carrying value of liabilities within scope of regulatory consolidation¹	520.7		1.6		357.5		-
Net carrying value within scope of regulatory consolidation	1,864.0		1,636.9		102.3		21.5
Off-balance sheet amounts and potential future exposure for counterparty risk	801.7		271.0		135.2		15.3
Differences in netting rules	10.4		9.3		1.1
Differences due to financial collateral on standardised approach	(14.7	)	(14.7	)
Differences due to impairments on IRB approach	4.7		4.7
Differences due to EAD modelling and other differences	3.3		5.0				(1.7	)
Differences due to credit risk mitigation	(71.1	)			(71.1	)
Exposure values considered for regulatory purposes at 31 Dec 2017	2,598.3		1,912.2		167.5		35.1


1	Excludes amounts subject to deduction from capital or not subject to regulatory capital requirements.

Explanations of differences between accounting and regulatory exposure amounts

Off-balance sheet amounts and potential future exposure for counterparty risk (CCR)

Off-balance sheet amounts subject to credit risk and securitisation regulatory frameworks include undrawn portions of committed facilities, various trade finance commitments and guarantees, by applying a credit conversion factor ('CCF') to these items and consideration of potential future exposures ('PFE') for counterparty risk.

Differences in netting rules

Under IFRS, netting is only permitted if legal right of set-off exists and the cash flows are intended to be settled on a net basis. Under the PRA's regulatory rules, however, netting is applied for capital calculations if there is legal certainty and the positions are managed on a net collateralised basis. As a consequence, we recognise greater netting under the PRA's rules, reflecting the close-out provisions that would take effect in the event of default of a counterparty rather than just those transactions that are actually settled net in the normal course of business.

Differences due to financial collateral

Exposure value under the standardised approach is calculated after deducting credit risk mitigation whereas accounting value is before such deductions.

Differences due to impairments

The carrying value of assets is net of credit risk adjustments. The regulatory exposure value under IRB approaches is before deducting credit risk adjustments.

Differences due to EAD modelling

The carrying value of assets is usually measured at amortised cost or fair value as at the balance sheet date. For certain IRB models, the exposure value used as EAD is the projected value one year hence.

Differences due to credit risk adjustments

In counterparty credit risk, differences arise between accounting carrying values and regulatory exposure as a result of the application of credit risk mitigation and the use of modelled exposures.

Explanation of differences between accounting fair value and regulatory prudent valuation

Fair value is defined as the best estimate of the price that would be received to sell an asset or be paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date.

Some fair value adjustments already reflect valuation uncertainty to some degree. These are market data uncertainty, model uncertainty and concentration adjustments.

However, it is recognised that a variety of valuation techniques using stressed assumptions and combined with the range of plausible market parameters at a given point in time may still generate unexpected uncertainty beyond fair value.

A series of additional valuation adjustments ('AVAs') are therefore required to reach a specified degree of confidence (the 'Prudent Value') set by regulators that differs both in terms of scope and measurement from HSBC's own quantification for disclosure purposes.

AVAs should consider at the minimum: market price uncertainty, bid/offer (close out) uncertainty, model risk, concentration, administrative cost, unearned credit spreads ('CVA') and investing and funding costs ('FFVA').

AVAs are not limited to level 3 exposures, for which a 95% uncertainty range is already computed and disclosed, but must also be calculated for any exposure for which the exit price cannot be determined with a high degree of certainty.



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Capital and RWAs

Capital management

Approach and policy

Our approach to capital management is driven by our strategic and organisational requirements, taking into account the regulatory, economic and commercial environment. We aim to maintain a strong capital base to support the risks inherent in our business and invest in accordance with our strategy, meeting both consolidated and local regulatory capital requirements at all times.

Our capital management process culminates in the annual Group capital plan, which is approved by the Board. HSBC Holdings is the primary provider of equity capital to its subsidiaries and also provides them with non-equity capital where necessary. These investments are substantially funded by HSBC Holdings' issuance of equity and non-equity capital and by profit retention. As part of its capital management process, HSBC Holdings seeks to maintain a balance between the composition of its capital and its investment in subsidiaries. Subject to the above, there is no current or foreseen impediment to HSBC Holdings' ability to provide such investments.

Each subsidiary manages its own capital to support its planned business growth and meet its local regulatory requirements within the context of the Group capital plan. Capital generated by subsidiaries in excess of planned requirements is returned to HSBC Holdings, normally by way of dividends, in accordance with the Group's capital plan.

During 2017, consistent with the Group's capital plan, the Group's subsidiaries did not experience any significant restrictions on paying dividends or repaying loans and advances, and none are envisaged with regard to planned dividends or payments. However, the ability of subsidiaries to pay dividends or advance monies to HSBC Holdings depends on, among other things, their respective local regulatory capital and banking requirements, exchange controls, statutory reserves, and financial and operating performance. None of our subsidiaries that are excluded from the regulatory consolidation have capital resources below their minimum regulatory requirement. HSBC Holdings has not entered into any Group Financial Support Agreements pursuant to the application of early intervention measures under the Bank Recovery and Resolution Directive.

All capital securities included in the capital base of HSBC have either been issued as fully compliant CRD IV securities (on an end point basis) or in accordance with the rules and guidance in the PRA's previous General Prudential Sourcebook, which are included in the capital base by virtue of application of the CRD IV grandfathering provisions. The main features of capital securities issued by the Group, categorised as tier 1 ('T1') capital and tier 2 ('T2') capital, are set out on the HSBC website, www.hsbc.com.

The values disclosed are the IFRS balance sheet carrying amounts, not the amounts that these securities contribute to regulatory capital. For example, the IFRS accounting and the regulatory treatments differ in their approaches to issuance costs, regulatory amortisation and regulatory eligibility limits prescribed in the grandfathering provisions under CRD IV.

A list of the features of our capital instruments in accordance with Annex III of Commission Implementing Regulation 1423/2013 is also published on our website with reference to our balance sheet on 31 December 2017. This is in addition to the full terms and conditions of our securities, also available on our website.

For further details of our approach to capital management, please see page 117 of the Annual Report and Accounts 2017.



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Own funds



Table 6: Own funds disclosure
			At 31 Dec 2017		CRD IV prescribed residual amount		Final CRD IV text
Ref^*		Ref †	$m		$m		$m
	Common equity tier 1 ('CET1') capital: instruments and reserves
1	Capital instruments and the related share premium accounts		18,932				18,932
	- ordinary shares	a	18,932				18,932
2	Retained earnings	b	124,679				124,679
3	Accumulated other comprehensive income (and other reserves)	c	9,433				9,433
5	Minority interests (amount allowed in consolidated CET1)	d	4,905				4,905
5a	Independently reviewed interim net profits net of any foreseeable charge or dividend	b	608				608
6	Common equity tier 1 capital before regulatory adjustments		158,557				158,557
	Common equity tier 1 capital: regulatory adjustments
7	Additional value adjustments		(1,146	)			(1,146	)
8	Intangible assets (net of related deferred tax liability)	e	(16,872	)			(16,872	)
10	Deferred tax assets that rely on future profitability excluding those arising from temporary differences (net of related tax liability)	f	(1,181	)			(1,181	)
11	Fair value reserves related to gains or losses on cash flow hedges	g	208				208
12	Negative amounts resulting from the calculation of expected loss amounts	h	(2,820	)			(2,820	)
14	Gains or losses on liabilities valued at fair value resulting from changes in own credit standing		3,731				3,731
15	Defined benefit pension fund assets	i	(6,740	)			(6,740	)
16	Direct and indirect holdings of own CET1 instruments		(40	)			(40	)
19	Direct, indirect and synthetic holdings by the institution of the CET1 instruments of financial sector entities where the institution has a significant investment in those entities (amount above 10% threshold and net of eligible short positions)		(7,553	)			(7,553	)
28	Total regulatory adjustments to common equity tier 1		(32,413	)	-		(32,413	)
29	Common equity tier 1 capital		126,144		-		126,144
	Additional tier 1 ('AT1') capital: instruments
30	Capital instruments and the related share premium accounts		16,399		-		16,399
31	- classified as equity under IFRSs	j	16,399		-		16,399
33	Amount of qualifying items and the related share premium accounts subject to phase out from AT1	k	6,622		(6,622	)	-
34	Qualifying tier 1 capital included in consolidated AT1 capital (including minority interests not included in CET1) issued by subsidiaries and held by third parties	l, m	1,901		(1,709	)	192
35	- of which: instruments issued by subsidiaries subject to phase out	m	1,374		(1,374	)	-
36	Additional tier 1 capital before regulatory adjustments		24,922		(8,331	)	16,591
	Additional tier 1 capital: regulatory adjustments
37	Direct and indirect holdings of own AT1 instruments		(60	)			(60	)
41b	Residual amounts deducted from AT1 capital with regard to deduction from tier 2 ('T2') capital during the transitional period		(52	)	52		-
	- direct and indirect holdings by the institution of the T2 instruments and subordinated loans of financial sector entities where the institution has a significant investment in those entities		(52	)	52		-
43	Total regulatory adjustments to additional tier 1 capital		(112	)	52		(60	)
44	Additional tier 1 capital		24,810		(8,279	)	16,531
45	Tier 1 capital (T1 = CET1 + AT1)		150,954		(8,279	)	142,675
	Tier 2 capital: instruments and provisions
46	Capital instruments and the related share premium accounts	n	16,880				16,880
47	Amount of qualifying items and the related share premium accounts subject to phase out from T2	o	4,746		(4,746	)	-
48	Qualifying own funds instruments included in consolidated T2 capital (including minority interests and AT1 instruments not included in CET1 or AT1) issued by subsidiaries and held by third parties	p, q	10,306		(10,218	)	88
49	- of which: instruments issued by subsidiaries subject to phase out	q	10,236		(10,236	)	-
51	Tier 2 capital before regulatory adjustments		31,932		(14,964	)	16,968
	Tier 2 capital: regulatory adjustments
52	Direct and indirect holdings of own T2 instruments		(40	)			(40	)
55	Direct and indirect holdings by the institution of the T2 instruments and subordinated loans of financial sector entities where the institution has a significant investment in those entities (net of eligible short positions)		(463	)	(52	)	(515	)
57	Total regulatory adjustments to tier 2 capital		(503	)	(52	)	(555	)
58	Tier 2 capital		31,429		(15,016	)	16,413
59	Total capital (TC = T1 + T2)		182,383		(23,295	)	159,088



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Table 6: Own funds disclosure (continued)
			At 31 Dec 2017	CRD IV prescribed residual amount	Final CRD IV text
Ref^*		Ref †	$m	$m	$m
60	Total risk-weighted assets		871,337	-	871,337
	Capital ratios and buffers
61	Common equity tier 1		14.5%		14.5%
62	Tier 1		17.3%		16.4%
63	Total capital		20.9%		18.3%
64	Institution specific buffer requirement		2.72%
65	- capital conservation buffer requirement		1.25%
66	- counter-cyclical buffer requirement		0.22%
67a	- Global Systemically Important Institution ('G-SII') buffer		1.25%
68	Common equity tier 1 available to meet buffers		8.0%
	Amounts below the threshold for deduction (before risk weighting)
72	Direct and indirect holdings of the capital of financial sector entities where the institution does not have a significant investment in those entities (amount below 10% threshold and net of eligible short positions)		4,473
73	Direct and indirect holdings by the institution of the CET1 instruments of financial sector entities where the institution has a significant investment in those entities (amount below 10% threshold and net of eligible short positions)		13,370
75	Deferred tax assets arising from temporary differences (amount below 10% threshold, net of related tax liability)		5,004
	Applicable caps on the inclusion of provisions in tier 2
77	Cap on inclusion of credit risk adjustments in T2 under standardised approach		2,193
79	Cap for inclusion of credit risk adjustments in T2 under internal ratings-based approach		3,150
	Capital instruments subject to phase-out arrangements (only applicable between 1 Jan 2013 and 1 Jan 2022)
82	Current cap on AT1 instruments subject to phase out arrangements		8,652
83	Amount excluded from AT1 due to cap (excess over cap after redemptions and maturities)		1,526
84	Current cap on T2 instruments subject to phase out arrangements		14,982
85	Amount excluded from T2 due to cap (excess over cap after redemptions and maturities)		5,290


*	The references identify the lines prescribed in the European Banking Authority ('EBA') template. Lines represented in this table are those lines which are applicable and where there is a value.


†	The references (a) - (q) identify balance sheet components on page 6 which are used in the calculation of regulatory capital.

CET1 capital increased during the year by $9.5bn, due to:


•	$3.7bn of capital generated through profits, net of dividends and scrip;


•	$6.3bn of favourable foreign currency translation differences;


•	regulatory netting of $1.5bn;


•	a decrease of $1.3bn in the deduction for excess expected loss; and


•	an increase of $1.0bn in the value of minority interests allowed in CET1.

These increases were partly offset by:


•	the $3.0bn share buy-back; and


•	a $1.2bn decrease as a result of the change in US tax legislation; this change also reduces RWAs by $3.1bn.

Leverage ratio

Our leverage ratio calculated in accordance with CRD IV was 5.6% at 31 December 2017, up from 5.4% at 31 December 2016. Growth in tier 1 capital was partly offset by a rise in exposure, primarily due to growth in customer advances, balances at central banks and trading assets.

In October 2017, the PRA increased the minimum requirement of the UK leverage ratio from 3% to 3.25%.

At 31 December 2017, our UK minimum leverage ratio requirement of 3.25% was supplemented by an additional leverage ratio buffer of 0.4% and a countercyclical leverage ratio buffer of 0.1%.

These additional buffers translate into capital values of $10.3bn and $1.8bn respectively. We comfortably exceeded these leverage requirements.

The risk of excessive leverage is managed as part of HSBC's global risk appetite framework and monitored using a leverage ratio metric within our risk appetite statement ('RAS'). The RAS articulates the aggregate level and types of risk that HSBC is willing to accept in its business activities in order to achieve its strategic business objectives. The RAS is monitored via the risk appetite profile report, which includes comparisons of actual performance against the risk appetite and tolerance thresholds assigned to each metric, to ensure that any excessive risk is highlighted, assessed and mitigated appropriately. The risk appetite profile report is presented monthly to the RMM and the GRC. Our approach to risk appetite is described on page 63 of the Annual Report and Accounts 2017.



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Table 7: Summary reconciliation of accounting assets and leverage ratio exposures
		At 31 Dec
		2017		2016
Ref*		$bn		$bn
1	Total assets as per published financial statements	2,521.8		2,375.0
	Adjustments for:
2	- entities which are consolidated for accounting purposes but are outside the scope of regulatory consolidation	(88.4	)	(75.4	)
4	- derivative financial instruments	(91.0	)	(158.6	)
5	- securities financing transactions ('SFT')	12.2		10.1
6	- off-balance sheet items (i.e. conversion to credit equivalent amounts of off-balance sheet exposures)	227.4		223.1
7	- other	(24.9	)	(19.8	)
8	Total leverage ratio exposure	2,557.1		2,354.4


*	The references identify the lines prescribed in the EBA template. Lines represented in this table are those lines which are applicable and where there is a value.



Table 8: Leverage ratio common disclosure
		At 31 Dec
		2017		2016
Ref*		$bn		$bn
	On-balance sheet exposures (excluding derivatives and SFT)
1	On-balance sheet items (excluding derivatives, SFTs and fiduciary assets, but including collateral)	1,998.7		1,844.4
2	(Asset amounts deducted in determining tier 1 capital)	(35.3	)	(34.4	)
3	Total on-balance sheet exposures (excluding derivatives, SFTs and fiduciary assets)	1,963.4		1,810.0
	Derivative exposures
4	Replacement cost associated with all derivatives transactions (i.e. net of eligible cash variation margin)	29.0		43.7
5	Add-on amounts for potential future exposure ('PFE') associated with all derivatives transactions (mark-to-market method)	125.5		110.2
6	Gross-up for derivatives collateral provided where deducted from the balance sheet assets pursuant to IFRSs	5.2		5.9
7	(Deductions of receivables assets for cash variation margin provided in derivatives transactions)	(23.6	)	(30.6	)
8	(Exempted central counterparty ('CCP') leg of client-cleared trade exposures)	(14.0	)	(4.1	)
9	Adjusted effective notional amount of written credit derivatives	188.2		216.4
10	(Adjusted effective notional offsets and add-on deductions for written credit derivatives)	(181.6	)	(209.3	)
11	Total derivative exposures	128.7		132.2
	Securities financing transaction exposures
12	Gross SFT assets (with no recognition of netting), after adjusting for sales accounting transactions	331.2		266.6
13	(Netted amounts of cash payables and cash receivables of gross SFT assets)	(105.8	)	(87.9	)
14	Counterparty credit risk exposure for SFT assets	12.2		10.4
16	Total securities financing transaction exposures	237.6		189.1
	Other off-balance sheet exposures
17	Off-balance sheet exposures at gross notional amount	801.7		757.7
18	(Adjustments for conversion to credit equivalent amounts)	(574.3	)	(534.6	)
19	Total off-balance sheet exposures	227.4		223.1
	Capital and total exposures
20	Tier 1 capital	142.7		127.3
21	Total leverage ratio exposure	2,557.1		2,354.4
22	Leverage ratio (%)	5.6		5.4
EU-23	Choice of transitional arrangements for the definition of the capital measure	Fully phased-in		Fully phased-in


*	The references identify the lines prescribed in the EBA template. Lines represented in this table are those lines which are applicable and where there is a value.



Table 9: Leverage ratio - Split of on-balance sheet exposures (excluding derivatives, SFTs and exempted exposures)
		At 31 Dec
		2017	2016
Ref^*		$bn	$bn
EU-1	Total on-balance sheet exposures (excluding derivatives, SFTs, and exempted exposures)	1,998.7	1,844.4
EU-2	- trading book exposures	268.6	267.5
EU-3	- banking book exposures	1,730.1	1,576.9
	'banking book exposures' comprises:
EU-4	covered bonds	1.3	1.1
EU-5	exposures treated as sovereigns	504.8	504.4
EU-6	exposures to regional governments, multilateral development banks ('MDB'), international organisations and public sector entities not treated as sovereigns	9.8	6.0
EU-7	institutions	77.0	67.6
EU-8	secured by mortgages of immovable properties	283.4	254.6
EU-9	retail exposures	89.3	84.6
EU-10	corporate	586.0	532.4
EU-11	exposures in default	9.7	12.4
EU-12	other exposures (e.g. equity, securitisations and other non-credit obligation assets)	168.8	113.8


*	The references identify the lines prescribed in the EBA template. Lines represented in this table are those lines which are applicable and where there is a value.



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Capital buffers

Our geographical breakdown and institution specific countercyclical capital buffer ('CCyB') disclosure and our G-SIB Indicator disclosure are published annually on the HSBC website, www.hsbc.com.

Pillar 1 minimum capital requirements and RWA flow

Pillar 1 covers the minimum capital resource requirements for credit risk, counterparty credit risk ('CCR'), equity, securitisation, market risk and operational risk. These requirements are expressed in terms of RWAs.



Risk category	Scope of permissible approaches	Approach adopted by HSBC
Credit risk	The Basel Committee's framework applies three approaches of increasing sophistication to the calculation of Pillar 1 credit risk capital requirements. The most basic level, the standardised approach, requires banks to use external credit ratings to determine the risk weightings applied to rated counterparties. Other counterparties are grouped into broad categories and standardised risk weightings are applied to these categories. The next level, the foundation IRB ('FIRB') approach, allows banks to calculate their credit risk capital requirements on the basis of their internal assessment of a counterparty's probability of default ('PD'), but subjects their quantified estimates of EAD and loss given default ('LGD') to standard supervisory parameters. Finally, the advanced IRB ('AIRB') approach allows banks to use their own internal assessment in determining PD and in quantifying EAD and LGD.	For consolidated Group reporting, we have adopted the advanced IRB approach for the majority of our business. Some portfolios remain on the standardised or foundation IRB approaches: • pending the issuance of local regulations or model approval; • following supervisory prescription of a non-advanced approach; or • under exemptions from IRB treatment.
Counterparty credit risk	Four approaches to calculating CCR and determining exposure values are defined by the Basel Committee: mark-to-market, original exposure, standardised and Internal Model Method ('IMM'). These exposure values are used to determine capital requirements under one of the three approaches to credit risk: standardised, foundation IRB or advanced IRB.	We use the mark-to-market and IMM approaches for CCR. Details of the IMM permission we have received from the PRA can be found in the Financial Services Register on the PRA website. Our aim is to increase the proportion of positions on IMM over time.
Equity	For the non-trading book, equity exposures can be assessed under standardised or IRB approaches.	For Group reporting purposes, all non-trading book equity exposures are treated under the standardised approach.
Securitisation	Basel specifies two approaches for calculating credit risk requirements for securitisation positions in non-trading books: the standardised approach and the IRB approach, which incorporates the Ratings Based Method ('RBM'), the Internal Assessment Approach ('IAA') and the Supervisory Formula Method ('SFM'). Securitisation positions in the trading book are treated within the market risk framework, using the CRD IV standard rules.	For the majority of the non-trading book securitisation positions we use the IRB approach and, within this, principally the RBM with lesser amounts on the IAA and the SFM. We also use the standardised approach for an immaterial amount of non-trading book positions. We follow the CRD IV standard rules for securitisation positions in the trading book.
Market risk	Market risk capital requirements can be determined under either the standard rules or the Internal Models Approach ('IMA'). The latter involves the use of internal value at risk ('VaR') models to measure market risks and determine the appropriate capital requirement. In addition to the VaR models, other internal models include stressed VaR ('SVaR'), Incremental Risk Charge ('IRC') and Comprehensive Risk Measure.	The market risk capital requirement is measured using internal market risk models, where approved by the PRA, or under the standard rules. Our internal market risk models comprise VaR, stressed VaR and IRC. Non-proprietary details of the scope of our IMA permission are available in the Financial Services Register on the PRA website. We are in compliance with the requirements set out in Articles 104 and 105 of the Capital Requirements Regulation.
Operational risk	The Basel Committee allows firms to calculate their operational risk capital requirement under the basic indicator approach, the standardised approach or the advanced measurement approach.	We currently use the standardised approach in determining our operational risk capital requirement. We have in place an operational risk model that is used for economic capital calculation purposes.



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Table 10: Overview of RWAs
		At
		31 Dec	30 Sep	31 Dec
		2017	2017	2017
		RWAs	RWAs	Capital¹ required
		$bn	$bn	$bn
1	Credit risk (excluding counterparty credit risk)	623.9	615.9	50.0
2	- standardised approach	126.9	129.8	10.2
3	- foundation IRB approach	28.4	27.7	2.3
4	- advanced IRB approach	468.6	458.4	37.5
6	Counterparty credit risk	54.1	59.8	4.4
7	- mark-to-market	34.2	37.2	2.7
10	- internal model method	9.7	10.0	0.8
11	- risk exposure amount for contributions to the default fund of a central counterparty	0.7	0.7	0.1
12	- credit valuation adjustment	9.5	11.9	0.8
13	Settlement risk	0.4	0.7	-
14	Securitisation exposures in the non-trading book	15.3	22.8	1.2
15	- IRB ratings based method	12.0	20.0	1.0
16	- IRB supervisory formula method	0.2	0.2	-
17	- IRB internal assessment approach	1.5	1.5	0.1
18	- standardised approach	1.6	1.1	0.1
19	Market risk	38.9	42.6	3.1
20	- standardised approach	4.4	4.4	0.3
21	- internal models approach	34.5	38.2	2.8
23	Operational risk	92.7	98.0	7.4
25	- standardised approach	92.7	98.0	7.4
27	Amounts below the thresholds for deduction (subject to 250% risk weight)	46.0	48.8	3.7
29	Total	871.3	888.6	69.8


1	'Capital requirements' here and in all tables where the term is used, represents the Pillar 1 capital charge at 8% of RWAs.

Credit risk (including amounts below the thresholds for deduction)

RWAs increased by $5.2bn in the fourth quarter, including an increase of $2.8bn due to foreign currency translation differences. The remaining increase of $2.4bn (excluding foreign currency translation differences) was due to:


•	an increase in asset size of $8.2bn, mainly as a result of corporate and mortgage book growth in Asia;


•	increases from model updates of $5.6bn, mainly in the UK corporate models; less


•	savings from RWA initiatives of $11.9bn, principally from process improvements of $4.7bn, refined calculations of $3.3bn, US Consumer and Mortgage Lending ('CML') run-off of $2.2bn and exposure reductions of $1.7bn.

Counterparty credit risk

RWAs decreased by $5.7bn, primarily as a result of $4.5bn savings from RWA initiatives through the increased use of economic hedging.

Securitisation

RWAs decreased by $7.5bn, mainly as a result of RWA initiatives in the legacy book.

Market risk

RWAs decreased by $3.7bn, primarily as a result of savings achieved from increased diversification in the IMA book.

Operational risk

RWAs decreased by $5.3bn at year-end, mainly as a result of $3.1bn savings realised from RWA initiatives.



Table 11: RWA flow statements of credit risk exposures under the IRB approach^{1, 2}
		RWAs		Capital required
		$bn		$bn
1	At 1 Oct 2017	486.1		38.9
2	Asset size	5.6		0.4
3	Asset quality	0.1		-
4	Model updates	6.5		0.6
5	Methodology and policy	(4.2	)	(0.3	)
6	Acquisitions and disposals	-		-
7	Foreign exchange movements	2.9		0.2
8	Other	-		-
9	At 31 Dec 2017	497.0		39.8


1	This table includes RWA initiatives of $6.8bn allocated across the RWA flow layers to which they relate.


2	Securitisation positions are not included in this table.

RWAs under the IRB approach increased by $10.9bn in the fourth quarter of the year, including an increase of $2.9bn due to foreign currency translation differences.

The remaining increase of $8.0bn (excluding foreign currency translation differences) was principally due to:


•	an increase in asset size of $5.6bn, principally as a result of corporate and mortgage book growth in Asia;


•	an increase in model updates of $6.5bn, mainly due to corporate model updates in the UK; less


•	a decrease in methodology and policy of $4.2bn, mainly as a result of RWA initiatives.



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Table 12: RWA flow statements of CCR exposures under the IMM¹
		RWAs		Capital required
		$bn		$bn
1	At 1 Oct 2017	13.3		1.1
2	Asset size	(0.1	)	-
3	Asset quality	(0.1	)	-
5	Methodology and policy	(0.6	)	-
9	At 31 Dec 2017	12.5		1.1


1	This table includes RWA initiatives of $0.7bn allocated across the RWA flow layers to which they relate.

RWAs decreased by $0.8bn mainly as a result of a change in internal policy.



Table 13: RWA flow statements of market risk exposures under the IMA¹
		VaR		Stressed VaR		IRC		Other		Total RWAs		Total capital required
		$bn		$bn		$bn		$bn		$bn		$bn
1	At 1 Oct 2017	8.0		15.2		12.8		2.2		38.2		3.1
2	Movement in risk levels	1.5		1.4		(1.9	)	(0.3	)	0.7		0.1
3	Model updates/changes	-		(0.1	)	-		-		(0.1	)	-
4	Methodology and policy	(1.2	)	(2.2	)	(0.9	)	-		(4.3	)	(0.4	)
8	At 31 Dec 2017	8.3		14.3		10.0		1.9		34.5		2.8


1	This table includes RWA initiatives of $1.9bn allocated across the RWA flow layers to which they relate.

RWAs decreased by $3.7bn due to:


•	savings of $4.3bn achieved from increased diversification; less


•	increased risk levels of $0.7bn, mainly as a result of rises in volatility.

Pillar 2 and ICAAP

Pillar 2

We conduct an Internal Capital Adequacy Assessment Process ('ICAAP') to determine a forward-looking assessment of our capital requirements given our business strategy, risk profile, risk appetite and capital plan. This process incorporates the Group's risk management processes and governance framework. Our base capital plan undergoes stress testing. This, coupled with our economic capital framework and other risk management practices, is used to assess our internal capital adequacy requirements and inform our view of our internal capital planning buffer. The ICAAP is formally approved by the Board, which has the ultimate responsibility for the effective management of risk and approval of HSBC's risk appetite.

The ICAAP is reviewed by the PRA and by a college of EEA supervisors, as part of the Joint Risk Assessment and Decision process, during the supervisory review and evaluation process. This process occurs periodically to enable the regulator to define the Individual Capital Guidance ('ICG') or minimum capital requirements for HSBC, and the PRA to define the PRA buffer, where required. Under the revised Pillar 2 PRA regime, which came into effect from 1 January 2017, the capital planning buffer has been replaced with a PRA buffer. This is not intended to duplicate the CRD IV buffers and, where necessary, will be set according to vulnerability in a stress scenario, as assessed through the annual PRA stress testing exercise.

The processes of internal capital adequacy assessment and supervisory review lead to a final determination by the PRA of the ICG and any PRA buffer that may be required.

Within Pillar 2, Pillar 2A considers, in addition to the minimum capital requirements for Pillar 1 risks described above, any supplementary requirements for those risks and any requirements for risk categories not captured by Pillar 1. The risk categories to be covered under Pillar 2A depend on the specific circumstances of a firm and the nature and scale of its business.

Pillar 2B consists of guidance from the PRA on the capital buffer a firm would require in order to remain above its ICG in adverse circumstances that may be largely outside the firm's normal and direct control; for example, during a period of severe but plausible downturn stress, when asset values and the firm's capital surplus may become strained. This is quantified via any PRA buffer requirement the PRA may consider necessary. The assessment of this is informed by stress tests and a rounded judgement of a firm's business model, also taking into account the PRA's view of a firm's options and capacity to protect its capital position under stress; for instance, through capital generation. Where the PRA assesses that a firm's risk management and governance are significantly weak, it may also increase the PRA buffer to cover the risks posed by those weaknesses until they are addressed. The PRA buffer is intended to be drawn upon in times of stress, and its use is not of itself a breach of capital requirements that would trigger automatic restrictions on distributions. In specific circumstances, the PRA should agree a plan with a firm for its restoration over an agreed timescale.

Internal capital adequacy assessment

The Board manages the Group ICAAP, and together with RMM and GRC, it examines the Group's risk profile from both regulatory and economic capital viewpoints, aiming to ensure that capital resources:


•	remain sufficient to support our risk profile and outstanding commitments;


•	meet current regulatory requirements, and that HSBC is well placed to meet those expected in the future;


•	allow the bank to remain adequately capitalised in the event of a severe economic downturn stress scenario; and


•	remain consistent with our strategic and operational goals, and our shareholder and investor expectations.

The minimum regulatory capital that we are required to hold is determined by the rules and guidance established by the PRA for the consolidated Group and by local regulators for individual Group companies. These capital requirements are a primary influence shaping the business planning process, in which RWA targets are established for our global businesses in accordance with the Group's strategic direction and risk appetite.

Economic capital is the internally calculated capital requirement that we deem necessary to support the risks to which we are exposed. The economic capital assessment is a more risk-sensitive measure than the regulatory minimum, and takes account of the substantial diversification of risk accruing from our operations. Both the regulatory and the economic capital assessments rely upon the use of models that are integrated into our management of risk. Our economic capital models are calibrated to quantify the level of capital that is sufficient to absorb potential losses over a one-year time horizon to a 99.95% level of confidence for our



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banking and trading activities, to a 99.5% level of confidence for our insurance activities and pension risks, and to a 99.9% level of confidence for our operating risks.

The ICAAP and its constituent economic capital calculations are examined by the PRA as part of its supervisory review and evaluation process. This examination informs the regulator's view of our Pillar 2 capital requirements.

Preserving our strong capital position remains a priority, and the level of integration of our risk and capital management helps to optimise our response to business demand for regulatory and economic capital. Risks that are explicitly assessed through economic capital are credit risk, including CCR, market and operational risk, interest rate risk in the banking book, insurance risk, pension risk, residual risk and structural foreign exchange risk.

Credit risk

Overview and responsibilities

Credit risk represents our largest regulatory capital requirement.

The principal objectives of our credit risk management function are:

•

to maintain across HSBC a strong culture of responsible lending and a robust credit risk policy and control framework;

•

to both partner and challenge our businesses in defining, implementing and continually re-evaluating our credit risk appetite under actual and stress scenario conditions; and

•

to ensure there is independent, expert scrutiny of credit risks, their costs and their mitigation.

The credit risk functions within Wholesale Credit and Market Risk and RBWM are the constituent parts of Global Risk that support the Group Chief Risk Officer in overseeing credit risks. Their major duties comprise undertaking independent reviews of large and high-risk credit proposals, overseeing large exposure policy and reporting on our wholesale and retail credit risk management disciplines, owning our credit policy and credit systems programmes, overseeing portfolio management and reporting on risk matters to senior executive management and to regulators.

These credit risk functions work closely with other parts of Global Risk; for example, with Operational Risk on the internal control framework and with Risk Strategy on the risk appetite process. In addition, they work jointly with Risk Strategy and Global Finance on stress testing.

The credit responsibilities of Global Risk are described on page 67 of the Annual Report and Accounts 2017.

Group-wide, the credit risk functions comprise a network of credit risk management offices reporting within regional risk functions. They fulfil an essential role as independent risk control units distinct from business line management in providing objective scrutiny of risk rating assessments, credit proposals for approval and other risk matters.

Credit risk operates through a hierarchy of personal credit limit approval authorities. Operating company chief executives, acting under authorities delegated by their boards and Group standards, are accountable for credit risk and other risks in their business. In turn, chief executives delegate authority to operating company chief risk officers and management teams on an individual basis. Each operating company is responsible for the quality and performance of its credit portfolios in accordance with Group standards. Above these thresholds of delegated personal credit limited approval authorities, approval must be sought from the regional and, as appropriate, global credit risk function.

Credit risk management

Our exposure to credit risk arises from a wide range of customer and product types, and the risk rating systems in place to measure and monitor these risks are correspondingly diverse. Senior management receives a variety of reports on our credit risk exposures including loan impairments, total exposures and RWAs, as well as updates on specific portfolios that are considered to have heightened credit risk.

Credit risk exposures are generally measured and managed in portfolios of either customer types or product categories. Risk rating systems are designed to assess the default propensity of, and loss severity associated with, distinct customers who are typically managed as individual relationships or, in the case of retail business exposures, on a product portfolio basis.

Risk rating systems for retail exposures are generally quantitative in nature, applying techniques such as behavioural analysis across product portfolios comprising large numbers of homogeneous transactions. Rating systems for individually managed relationships typically use customer financial statements and market data analysis, but also qualitative elements and a final subjective overlay to better reflect any idiosyncratic elements of the customer's risk profile. See 'Application of the IRB Approach' on page 34.

A fundamental principle of our policy and approach is that analytical risk rating systems and scorecards are all valuable tools at the disposal of management.

The credit process provides for at least an annual review of facility limits granted. Review may be more frequent, as required by circumstances such as the emergence of adverse risk factors.

We constantly seek to improve the quality of our risk management. Group IT systems that process credit risk data continue to be enhanced in order to deliver both comprehensive management information in support of business strategy and solutions to evolving regulatory reporting requirements.

Group standards govern the process through which risk rating systems are initially developed, judged fit for purpose, approved and implemented. They also govern the conditions under which analytical risk model outcomes can be overridden by decision-takers and the process of model performance monitoring and reporting. The emphasis is on an effective dialogue between business line and risk management, suitable independence of decision-takers, and a good understanding and robust challenge on the part of senior management.

Like other facets of risk management, analytical risk rating systems are not static; they are subject to review and modification in light of the changing environment, the greater availability and quality of data, and any deficiencies identified through internal and external regulatory review. Structured processes and metrics are in place to capture relevant data and feed this into continuous model improvement. See also the comments on 'Model performance' on page 46.

Credit risk models governance

All new or materially changed IRB capital models require the PRA's approval, as set out in more detail on page 34, and throughout HSBC such models fall directly under the remit of the global functional MOCs, operating in line with HSBC's model risk policy, and under the oversight of the Global MOC. Additionally, the global functional MOCs are responsible for the approval of stress testing models used for regulatory stress testing exercises such as those carried out by the EBA and the BoE.

Both the Wholesale and RBWM MOCs require all credit risk models for which they are responsible to be approved by delegated senior managers with notification to the committees that retain the responsibility for oversight.

Global Risk sets internal standards for the development, validation, independent review, approval, implementation and performance monitoring of credit risk rating models. Independent reviews of our models are performed by our Independent Model Review (IMR) function which is separate from our Risk Analytics functions that are responsible for the development of models.

Compliance with Group standards is subject to examination by Risk oversight and review from within the Risk function itself, and by Internal Audit.



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IFRS 9

IFRS 9 introduces new accounting concepts and measures such as significant credit deterioration and lifetime loss measurement. Existing stress testing and regulatory models, skills and expertise were harnessed and leveraged in order to meet the IFRS 9 requirements. Data from various client, finance and risk systems are integrated and validated. As a result of IFRS 9 adoption, management has additional insight and measures not previously available which, over time, may influence our risk appetite and risk management processes.

Credit quality of assets

We are a universal bank with a conservative approach to credit risk. This is reflected in our credit risk profile being diversified across a number of asset classes and geographies with a credit quality profile mainly concentrated in the higher quality bands.



Table 14: Credit quality of exposures by exposure classes and instruments
		Gross carrying values of		Specific credit risk adjustments	Write-offs in the year	Credit risk adjustment charges of the period	Net carrying values¹
		Defaulted exposures	Non-defaulted exposures	Specific credit risk adjustments	Write-offs in the year	Credit risk adjustment charges of the period	Net carrying values¹
		$bn	$bn	$bn	$bn	$bn	$bn
1	Central governments and central banks	-	308.1	-	-	-	308.1
2	Institutions	-	94.5	-	-	-	94.5
3	Corporates	8.1	987.5	4.2	1.0	0.7	991.4
	- of which:
4	specialised lending	1.2	47.5	0.3	-	-	48.4
6	Retail	3.6	465.0	1.0	0.7	0.3	467.6
7	- secured by real estate property	2.5	274.3	0.3	-	-	276.5
	- of which:
8	SMEs	-	1.5	-	-	-	1.5
9	Non-SMEs	2.5	272.8	0.3	-	-	275.0
10	- qualifying revolving retail	0.1	125.4	0.2	0.3	0.2	125.3
11	- other retail	1.0	65.3	0.5	0.4	0.1	65.8
	- of which:
12	SMEs	0.6	10.6	0.3	-	-	10.9
13	Non-SMEs	0.4	54.7	0.2	0.4	0.1	54.9
15	Total IRB approach	11.7	1,855.1	5.2	1.7	1.0	1,861.6
16	Central governments and central banks	-	198.1	-	-	-	198.1
17	Regional governments or local authorities	-	3.8	-	-	-	3.8
18	Public sector entities	-	0.4	-	-	-	0.4
19	Multilateral development banks	-	0.3	-	-	-	0.3
20	International organisations	-	2.2	-	-	-	2.2
21	Institutions	-	3.5	-	-	-	3.5
22	Corporates	-	172.8	0.5	-	0.1	172.3
23	- of which: SMEs	-	1.1	-	-	-	1.1
24	Retail	-	71.0	0.4	-	0.2	70.6
25	- of which: SMEs	-	1.7	-	-	-	1.7
26	Secured by mortgages on immovable property	-	29.0	-	-	-	29.0
27	- of which: SMEs	-	0.1	-	-	-	0.1
28	Exposures in default²	5.4	-	2.0	1.5	0.7	3.4
29	Items associated with particularly high risk	-	3.9	-	-	-	3.9
32	Collective investment undertakings ('CIU')	-	0.6	-	-	-	0.6
33	Equity exposures	-	16.0	-	-	-	16.0
34	Other exposures	-	11.9	-	-	-	11.9
35	Total standardised approach	5.4	513.5	2.9	1.5	1.0	516.0
36	Total at 31 Dec 2017	17.1	2,368.6	8.1	3.2	2.0	2,377.6
	- of which: loans	15.1	1,225.2	7.8	3.2	2.0	1,232.5
	- of which: debt securities	-	325.1	-	-	-	325.1
	- of which: off-balance sheet exposures	2.0	782.4	0.2	-	-	784.2


1	Securitisation positions and non-credit obligation assets are not included in this table.


2	Exposures in default comprises principally defaulted exposure to corporates of $3.3bn, retail clients of $1.1bn and exposure secured on immovable property of $1.0bn.



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Table 15: Credit quality of exposures by industry or counterparty types
		Gross carrying values of		Specific credit risk adjustments	Write-offs in the year	Credit risk adjustment charges of the period		Net carrying values¹
		Defaulted exposures	Non-defaulted exposures	Specific credit risk adjustments	Write-offs in the year	Credit risk adjustment charges of the period		Net carrying values¹
		$bn	$bn	$bn	$bn	$bn		$bn
1	Agriculture	0.4	9.5	0.1	-	-		9.8
2	Mining	1.4	42.2	0.5	0.2	(0.1	)	43.1
3	Manufacturing	2.3	254.2	1.2	0.3	0.2		255.3
4	Utilities	0.3	33.9	0.1	0.1	-		34.1
5	Water supply	-	3.0	-	-	-		3.0
6	Construction	1.0	39.2	0.3	0.1	-		39.9
7	Wholesale & retail trade	2.4	203.5	1.4	0.4	0.5		204.5
8	Transportation & storage	0.5	52.1	0.1	-	-		52.5
9	Accommodation & food services	0.3	24.9	0.1	-	-		25.1
10	Information & communication	0.1	10.0	-	0.1	-		10.1
11	Financial & insurance	0.4	553.0	0.8	0.1	0.1		552.6
12	Real estate	1.2	220.9	0.9	0.1	0.2		221.2
13	Professional activities	0.2	19.2	-	-	-		19.4
14	Administrative service	0.9	81.6	0.7	0.1	0.1		81.8
15	Public admin & defence	0.3	172.8	-	-	-		173.1
16	Education	-	3.7	-	-	-		3.7
17	Human health & social work	0.2	7.6	-	-	-		7.8
18	Arts & entertainment	0.1	8.9	-	-	-		9.0
19	Other services	0.1	10.4	-	-	-		10.5
20	Personal	5.0	554.7	1.9	1.7	1.0		557.8
21	Extraterritorial bodies	-	39.5	-	-	-		39.5
22	Total at 31 Dec 2017	17.1	2,344.8	8.1	3.2	2.0		2,353.8


1	Securitisation positions and non-customer assets are not included in this table.



Table 16: Credit quality of exposures by geography¹
		Gross carrying values of		Specific credit risk adjustments	Write-offs in the year	Credit risk adjustment charges of the period		Net carrying values²
		Defaulted exposures	Non-defaulted exposures	Specific credit risk adjustments	Write-offs in the year	Credit risk adjustment charges of the period		Net carrying values²
		$bn	$bn	$bn	$bn	$bn		$bn
1	Europe	8.1	795.6	3.0	1.2	0.8		800.7
2	United Kingdom	4.1	465.3	1.8	0.7	0.7		467.6
3	France	1.2	121.5	0.6	0.1	-		122.1
4	Other countries	2.8	208.8	0.6	0.4	0.1		211.0
5	Asia	2.5	970.7	1.7	0.6	0.6		971.5
6	Hong Kong	0.9	465.5	0.5	0.3	0.4		465.9
7	China	0.3	167.2	0.3	0.1	0.1		167.2
8	Singapore	0.1	70.2	0.1	-	-		70.2
9	Other countries	1.2	267.8	0.8	0.2	0.1		268.2
10	MEA	2.9	134.1	1.8	0.4	0.2		135.2
11	North America	2.6	387.6	1.0	0.3	(0.1	)	389.2
12	United States of America	1.5	268.9	0.4	0.1	-		270.0
13	Canada	0.4	100.9	0.3	0.1	(0.1	)	101.0
14	Other countries	0.7	17.8	0.3	0.1	-		18.2
15	Latin America	1.0	62.3	0.6	0.7	0.5		62.7
16	Other geographical areas	-	18.3	-	-	-		18.3
17	Total at 31 Dec 2017	17.1	2,368.6	8.1	3.2	2.0		2,377.6


1	Amounts shown by geographical region and country in this table are based on the country of residence of the counterparty.


2	Securitisation positions and non-credit obligation assets are not included in this table.



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Table 17: Ageing of past-due unimpaired and impaired exposures
		Gross carrying values
		Less than 30 days	Between 30 and 60 days	Between 60 and 90 days	Between 90 and 180 days	Between 180 days and 1 year	Greater than 1 year
		$bn	$bn	$bn	$bn	$bn	$bn
1	Loans	7.6	1.5	0.8	2.0	0.9	4.1
2	Debt securities	-	-	-	-	-	-
3	Total exposures at 31 Dec 2017	7.6	1.5	0.8	2.0	0.9	4.1



Table 18: Non-performing and forborne exposures
		Gross carrying values of performing and non-performing exposures							Accumulated impairment and provisions and negative fair value adjustments due to credit risk								Collateral and financial guarantees received
			of which performing but past due between 30 and 90 days	of which performing forborne	of which non-performing				On performing exposures				On non- performing exposures				On non-performing exposures	of which forborne
			of which performing but past due between 30 and 90 days	of which performing forborne		of which defaulted	of which impaired	of which forborne			of which forborne				of which impaired		On non-performing exposures	of which forborne
		$bn	$bn	$bn	$bn	$bn	$bn	$bn	$bn		$bn		$bn		$bn		$bn	$bn
1	Debt securities	325.1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-		-		-		-		-	-
2	Loans	1,240.3	1.7	2.5	15.8	15.1	15.8	6.7	(2.4	)	(0.1	)	(5.5	)	(1.9	)	6.2	4.3
3	Off-balance sheet exposures	784.4		0.3	2.0	2.0	-	-	(0.2	)	-		-		-		0.2	-

This table is presented based on the EBA definitions of 'non-performing' and 'forborne' exposures. Forborne exposures are referred to as Renegotiated Loans in the Annual Report and Accounts 2017. In the Annual Report and Accounts 2017 we classify and report loans on which concessions have been granted under conditions of credit distress as 'renegotiated loans' when their contractual payment terms have been modified because we have significant concerns about the borrowers' ability to meet contractual payments when due. This is aligned to the EBA definitions of forborne exposures. The EBA and Annual Report and Accounts 2017 differ in the treatment of cures from the forborne/renegotiated status. Under the EBA definition, exposures are no longer considered forborne once the exposures have complied with the revised contractual obligations for a period of at least three years and the exposures are no longer considered impaired or have any elements that are more than 30 days past due. Under the Annual Report and Accounts 2017 definition, renegotiated loans retain this classification until maturity or derecognition. The EBA definition of non-performing captures those exposures that have material exposures which are more than 90 days past due or the debtors is assessed as unlikely to pay its credit obligations in full without the realisation of collateral, regardless of the existence of any past due amounts. Any debtors that are in default for regulatory purposes or impaired under the applicable accounting framework are considered to be unlikely to pay. The Annual Report and Accounts 2017 does not have a non-performing exposure category however the definition of impaired loans is well aligned to the EBA non-performing definitions.



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Table 19: Credit risk exposure - summary
		Net carrying values	Average net carrying values³	RWAs	Capital required
	Footnotes	$bn	$bn	$bn	$bn
IRB advanced approach		1,788.2	1,729.1	455.4	36.4
- central governments and central banks		308.1	320.9	33.9	2.7
- institutions		94.3	92.1	17.6	1.4
- corporates	1	918.2	870.6	338.2	27.0
- total retail		467.6	445.5	65.7	5.3
- of which:
secured by mortgages on immovable property SME		1.5	1.5	0.5	-
secured by mortgages on immovable property non-SME		275.0	260.5	33.2	2.7
qualifying revolving retail		125.3	120.2	16.0	1.3
other SME		10.9	10.2	5.9	0.5
other non-SME		54.9	53.1	10.1	0.8
IRB securitisation positions		32.8	33.9	13.7	1.1
IRB non-credit obligation assets		56.1	55.2	13.2	1.1
IRB foundation approach		73.4	71.2	28.4	2.3
- central governments and central banks		-	-	-	-
- institutions		0.2	0.2	0.1	-
- corporates		73.2	71.0	28.3	2.3
Standardised approach		518.0	483.1	174.5	13.9
- central governments and central banks		198.1	173.1	12.7	1.0
- institutions		3.5	2.9	1.2	0.1
- corporates		172.3	167.8	78.3	6.3
- retail		70.6	68.9	16.5	1.3
- secured by mortgages on immovable property		29.0	27.6	10.4	0.8
- exposures in default		3.4	3.6	3.9	0.3
- regional governments or local authorities		3.8	3.2	1.0	0.1
- public sector entities		0.4	0.2	0.1	-
- equity	2	16.0	15.9	36.1	2.9
- items associated with particularly high risk		3.9	3.9	5.7	0.5
- securitisation positions		2.0	1.3	1.6	0.1
- claims in the form of collective investment undertakings ('CIU')		0.6	0.5	0.6	-
- international organisations		2.2	2.5	-	-
- multilateral development banks		0.3	0.3	-	-
- other items		11.9	11.4	6.4	0.5
Total at 31 Dec 2017		2,468.5	2,372.5	685.2	54.8


1	Corporates includes specialised lending net carrying value subject to supervisory slotting approach of $37.6bn (2016: $34.1bn) and RWAs of $23.6bn (2016: $22.2bn).


2	This includes investments in insurance companies that are risk weighted at 250%.


3	Average net carrying values are calculated by aggregating net carrying values of the last five quarters and dividing by five.



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Table 20: Geographical breakdown of exposures
		Net carrying values^1,2
		Europe:	United Kingdom	France	Other countries	Asia:	Hong Kong	China	Singapore	Other countries
		$bn	$bn	$bn	$bn	$bn	$bn	$bn	$bn	$bn
	IRB approach exposure classes
1	Central governments and central banks	6.8	-	-	6.8	171.8	55.9	30.8	13.1	72.0
2	Institutions	23.9	11.1	1.8	11.0	48.0	9.0	18.6	3.7	16.7
3	Corporates	299.5	170.2	47.5	81.8	427.2	194.1	83.2	31.6	118.3
4	Retail	226.5	198.3	26.2	2.0	185.5	148.3	6.0	6.3	24.9
6	Total IRB approach	556.7	379.6	75.5	101.6	832.5	407.3	138.6	54.7	231.9
	Standardised approach exposure classes
7	Central governments and central banks	193.1	75.8	39.4	77.9	0.9	0.3	0.1	-	0.5
8	Regional governments or local authorities	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
9	Public sector entities	0.3	-	-	0.3	-	-	-	-	-
10	Multilateral development banks	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
11	International organisations	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
12	Institutions	1.1	-	0.8	0.3	0.1	0.1	-	-	-
13	Corporates	30.2	3.0	2.7	24.5	60.0	37.7	5.3	6.7	10.3
14	Retail	4.2	1.2	1.8	1.2	41.7	11.4	3.1	8.2	19.0
15	Secured by mortgages on immovable property SME	5.6	1.2	0.8	3.6	16.5	3.4	7.8	0.4	4.9
16	Exposures in default	1.0	0.1	0.1	0.8	0.5	0.1	-	-	0.4
17	Items associated with particularly high risk	2.4	1.3	0.4	0.7	-	-	-	-	-
20	Collective investment undertakings ('CIU')	0.6	0.6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
21	Equity exposures	1.2	1.1	0.1	-	13.3	1.6	11.4	0.2	0.1
22	Other exposures	4.3	3.7	0.5	0.1	6.0	4.0	0.9	-	1.1
23	Total standardised approach	244.0	88.0	46.6	109.4	139.0	58.6	28.6	15.5	36.3
24	Total at 31 Dec 2017	800.7	467.6	122.1	211.0	971.5	465.9	167.2	70.2	268.2



Table 20: Geographical breakdown of exposures (continued)
		Net carrying values^1,2
		MEA	North America:	United States of America	Canada	Other countries	Latin America	Other	Total
		$bn	$bn	$bn	$bn	$bn	$bn	$bn	$bn
	IRB approach exposure classes
1	Central governments and central banks	16.8	87.2	69.6	17.5	0.1	10.2	15.3	308.1
2	Institutions	5.5	15.2	7.9	7.3	-	1.4	0.5	94.5
3	Corporates	42.6	210.7	149.4	50.8	10.5	11.4	-	991.4
4	Retail	2.4	53.1	27.1	22.9	3.1	0.1	-	467.6
6	Total IRB approach	67.3	366.2	254.0	98.5	13.7	23.1	15.8	1,861.6
	Standardised approach exposure classes
7	Central governments and central banks	1.1	2.4	2.3	0.1	-	0.6	-	198.1
8	Regional governments or local authorities	3.1	-	-	-	-	0.7	-	3.8
9	Public sector entities	-	-	-	-	-	0.1	-	0.4
10	Multilateral development banks	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3	0.3
11	International organisations	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.2	2.2
12	Institutions	2.2	-	-	-	-	0.1	-	3.5
13	Corporates	45.8	11.9	9.7	0.3	1.9	24.4	-	172.3
14	Retail	10.3	3.9	1.8	1.6	0.5	10.5	-	70.6
15	Secured by mortgages on immovable property SME	3.2	1.5	0.2	0.1	1.2	2.2	-	29.0
16	Exposures in default	1.3	0.2	-	-	0.2	0.4	-	3.4
17	Items associated with particularly high risk	0.2	1.2	0.5	-	0.7	0.1	-	3.9
20	Collective investment undertakings ('CIU')	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6
21	Equity exposures	0.2	1.0	1.0	-	-	0.3	-	16.0
22	Other exposures	0.5	0.9	0.5	0.4	-	0.2	-	11.9
23	Total standardised approach	67.9	23.0	16.0	2.5	4.5	39.6	2.5	516.0
24	Total at 31 Dec 2017	135.2	389.2	270.0	101.0	18.2	62.7	18.3	2,377.6


1	Amounts shown by geographical region and country in this table are based on the country of residence of the counterparty.


2	Securitisation positions and non-credit obligation assets are not included in this table.



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Table 21: Concentration of exposures by industry or counterparty types
		Agriculture	Mining	Manufac-turing	Utilities	Water supply	Construction	Wholesale & retail trade	Transpor-tation & storage	Accom-modation & food services	Infor-mation & commun-ication	Financial & insurance
	Net carrying values¹	$bn	$bn	$bn	$bn	$bn	$bn	$bn	$bn	$bn	$bn	$bn
	IRB approach exposure classes
1	Central governments and central banks	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	141.0
2	Institutions	-	0.3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	94.1
3	Corporates	7.3	38.9	226.8	29.3	2.8	31.8	174.0	47.9	21.0	7.7	126.0
4	Retail	1.0	-	0.7	-	-	0.3	1.7	0.3	0.4	-	0.1
6	Total IRB approach	8.3	39.2	227.5	29.3	2.8	32.1	175.7	48.2	21.4	7.7	361.2
	Standardised approach exposure classes
7	Central governments and central banks	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	153.6
8	Regional governments or local authorities	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.5
9	Public sector entities	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
10	Multilateral development banks	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3
11	International organisations	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
12	Institutions	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3.5
13	Corporates	1.3	3.8	26.6	4.8	0.2	7.4	28.0	4.3	3.6	1.9	18.8
14	Retail	0.1	-	0.2	-	-	-	0.5	-	-	-	1.6
15	Secured by mortgages on immovable property SME	-	-	-	-	-	0.1	-	-	-	-	-
16	Exposures in default	0.1	0.1	0.7	-	-	0.2	0.3	-	0.1	-	0.1
17	Items associated with particularly high risk	-	-	-	-	-	0.1	-	-	-	-	3.4
20	Collective investment undertakings ('CIU')	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6
21	Equity exposures	-	-	0.1	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5	1.8
22	Other exposures	-	-	0.2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6.2
23	Total standardised approach	1.5	3.9	27.8	4.8	0.2	7.8	28.8	4.3	3.7	2.4	191.4
24	Total at 31 Dec 2017	9.8	43.1	255.3	34.1	3.0	39.9	204.5	52.5	25.1	10.1	552.6



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Table 21: Concentration of exposures by industry or counterparty types (continued)
		Real estate	Professional activities	Administ-rative service	Public admin & defence	Education	Human health & social work	Arts & entertain-ment	Other services	Personal	Extra-territorial bodies	Total
	Net carrying values¹	$bn	$bn	$bn	$bn	$bn	$bn	$bn	$bn	$bn	$bn	$bn
	IRB approach exposure classes
1	Central governments and central banks	-	-	-	139.6	-	0.1	0.1	-	-	27.3	308.1
2	Institutions	-	-	-	0.1	-	-	-	-	-	-	94.5
3	Corporates	180.0	18.0	53.0	0.8	3.2	6.1	8.3	8.5	-	-	991.4
4	Retail	0.7	-	0.7	-	0.1	0.3	0.1	0.4	460.8	-	467.6
6	Total IRB approach	180.7	18.0	53.7	140.5	3.3	6.5	8.5	8.9	460.8	27.3	1,861.6
	Standardised approach exposure classes
7	Central governments and central banks	-	-	-	29.2	-	-	-	-	-	10.3	193.1
8	Regional governments or local authorities	-	-	-	2.3	-	-	-	-	-	-	3.8
9	Public sector entities	-	-	-	0.4	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4
10	Multilateral development banks	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3
11	International organisations	-	-	-	0.3	-	-	-	-	-	1.9	2.2
12	Institutions	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3.5
13	Corporates	38.7	1.3	27.0	0.4	0.4	1.3	0.5	1.4	0.6	-	172.3
14	Retail	0.6	0.1	0.4	-	-	-	-	0.1	67.0	-	70.6
15	Secured by mortgages on immovable property SME	0.8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	28.1	-	29.0
16	Exposures in default	0.2	-	0.3	-	-	-	-	-	1.3	-	3.4
17	Items associated with particularly high risk	0.2	-	0.2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3.9
20	Collective investment undertakings ('CIU')	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6
21	Equity exposures	-	-	0.1	-	-	-	-	0.1	-	-	2.6
22	Other exposures	-	-	0.1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6.5
23	Total standardised approach	40.5	1.4	28.1	32.6	0.4	1.3	0.5	1.6	97.0	12.2	492.2
24	Total at 31 Dec 2017	221.2	19.4	81.8	173.1	3.7	7.8	9.0	10.5	557.8	39.5	2,353.8


1	Securitisation positions and non-customer assets are not included in this table.



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Table 22: Maturity of on-balance sheet exposures
			Net carrying values¹
			On demand	Less than 1 year	Between 1 and 5 years	More than 5 years	Undated	Total
		Footnotes	$bn	$bn	$bn	$bn	$bn	$bn
	IRB approach exposure classes
1	Central governments and central banks		38.8	139.9	82.2	44.9	-	305.8
2	Institutions		6.5	51.5	22.1	0.8	-	80.9
3	Corporates		60.6	163.7	214.3	62.6	-	501.2
4	Retail		21.1	10.0	38.8	254.1	-	324.0
6	Total IRB approach		127.0	365.1	357.4	362.4	-	1,211.9
	Standardised approach exposure classes
7	Central governments and central banks		41.7	99.2	40.1	10.9	5.0	196.9
8	Regional governments or local authorities		0.8	0.4	0.2	1.9	-	3.3
9	Public sector entities		-	0.1	-	0.1	-	0.2
10	Multilateral development banks		-	0.1	-	0.2	-	0.3
11	International organisations		-	0.4	1.3	0.5	-	2.2
12	Institutions		0.1	1.5	1.5	0.3	-	3.4
13	Corporates		3.8	53.3	23.6	7.9	-	88.6
14	Retail		7.7	3.5	9.5	3.1	-	23.8
15	Secured by mortgages on immovable property SME		-	2.0	4.9	20.9	-	27.8
16	Exposures in default		0.3	1.1	1.0	0.7	-	3.1
17	Items associated with particularly high risk		-	0.1	0.7	0.4	0.9	2.1
20	Collective investment undertakings ('CIU')		-	-	-	0.1	0.5	0.6
21	Equity exposures		-	-	-	-	16.0	16.0
22	Other exposures		-	0.1	-	0.2	10.8	11.1
23	Total standardised approach		54.4	161.8	82.8	47.2	33.2	379.4
24	Total at 31 Dec 2017		181.4	526.9	440.2	409.6	33.2	1,591.3


1	Securitisation positions and non-credit obligation assets are not included in this table.

Past due but not impaired exposures, impaired exposures, renegotiated exposures and credit risk adjustments

Tables 23 and 24 analyse past due but not impaired exposures, impaired exposures, renegotiated exposures and impairment allowances and other credit risk provisions on a regulatory consolidation basis. These tables use accounting values. The main differences between the amounts presented here and those on a financial consolidation basis are: the proportional consolidation of associates in the regulatory consolidation; the regulatory consolidation excluding special purpose entities where significant risk has been transferred to third parties; and the exclusion of exposures treated under the securitisation approach.

Our approach for determining impairment allowances is explained on Note 1.2(d) of the Annual Report and Accounts 2017, and the Group's definitions for accounting purposes of 'past due', 'impaired' and 'renegotiated' are set out on pages 85, 86 and 73 respectively. The accounting definition of impaired and the

regulatory definition of default are generally aligned. In certain jurisdictions, for certain retail exposures, regulatory default is identified at 180 days past due, while the exposures are identified as impaired at 90 days past due. In the retail portfolio in the US, for accounting purposes, a renegotiation would normally trigger identification as 'impaired', whereas for regulatory purposes, default is identified mainly based on the 180 days past due criterion.

Under the accounting standards currently adopted by HSBC, impairment allowances, value adjustments and credit-related provisions for off-balance sheet amounts are treated as specific credit risk adjustments ('CRAs').



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Table 23: Amount of impaired exposures and related allowances, broken down by geographical region
	Europe		Asia		MENA		North America		Latin America		Total
At 31 Dec 2017	$bn		$bn		$bn		$bn		$bn		$bn
Past due but not impaired exposures	1.3		3.9		1.1		2.0		0.6		8.9
- personal	0.8		2.4		0.4		0.7		0.4		4.7
- corporate and commercial	0.5		1.2		0.6		1.1		0.2		3.6
- financial	-		0.3		0.1		0.2		-		0.6
Impaired exposures	8.1		2.3		2.1		2.6		0.7		15.8
- personal	2.0		0.7		0.4		1.6		0.3		5.0
- corporate and commercial	5.9		1.6		1.6		1.0		0.4		10.5
- financial	0.2		-		0.1		-		-		0.3
Impairment allowances and other credit risk provisions	(3.2	)	(1.6	)	(1.8	)	(0.9	)	(0.6	)	(8.1	)
- personal	(0.6	)	(0.3	)	(0.4	)	(0.2	)	(0.3	)	(1.8	)
- corporate and commercial	(2.4	)	(1.3	)	(1.1	)	(0.7	)	(0.3	)	(5.8	)
- financial	(0.2	)	-		(0.3	)	-		-		(0.5	)

At 31 Dec 2016
Past due but not impaired exposures	1.2		3.5		1.5		2.6		0.5		9.3
- personal	0.8		2.4		0.5		1.4		0.4		5.5
- corporate and commercial	0.4		1.1		0.9		0.8		0.1		3.3
- financial	-		-		0.1		0.4		-		0.5
Impaired exposures	8.2		2.6		2.4		5.9		0.6		19.7
- personal	2.0		0.6		0.5		4.2		0.3		7.6
- corporate and commercial	5.9		2.0		1.7		1.7		0.3		11.6
- financial	0.3		-		0.2		-		-		0.5
Impairment allowances and other credit risk provisions	(2.9	)	(1.6	)	(1.9	)	(1.7	)	(0.5	)	(8.6	)
- personal	(0.5	)	(0.3	)	(0.6	)	(0.6	)	(0.3	)	(2.3	)
- corporate and commercial	(2.2	)	(1.3	)	(1.1	)	(1.1	)	(0.2	)	(5.9	)
- financial	(0.2	)	-		(0.2	)	-		-		(0.4	)



Table 24: Movement in specific credit risk adjustments by industry and geographical region
	Europe		Asia		MENA		North America		Latin America		Total
	$bn		$bn		$bn		$bn		$bn		$bn
Specific credit risk adjustments at 1 Jan 2017	2.9		1.6		1.9		1.7		0.5		8.6
Amounts written off	(1.1	)	(0.7	)	(0.4	)	(0.4	)	(0.6	)	(3.2	)
- personal	(0.4	)	(0.4	)	(0.3	)	(0.1	)	(0.5	)	(1.7	)
- corporate and commercial	(0.6	)	(0.3	)	(0.1	)	(0.3	)	(0.1	)	(1.4	)
- financial	(0.1	)	-		-		-		-		(0.1	)
Recoveries of amounts written off in previous years	0.3		0.1		-		0.1		0.1		0.6
- personal	0.3		0.1		-		-		0.1		0.5
- corporate and commercial	-		-		-		0.1		-		0.1
- financial	-		-		-		-		-		-
Charge to income statement	0.8		0.6		0.3		(0.2	)	0.5		2.0
- personal	0.1		0.3		0.1		-		0.5		1.0
- corporate and commercial	0.6		0.3		0.2		(0.2	)	-		0.9
- financial	0.1		-		-		-		-		0.1
Exchange and other movements	0.3		-		-		(0.3	)	0.1		0.1
Specific credit risk adjustments at 31 Dec 2017	3.2		1.6		1.8		0.9		0.6		8.1

Specific credit risk adjustments at 1 Jan 2016	3.5		4.1		2.0		2.2		2.2		14.0
Amounts written off	(1.1	)	(0.7	)	(0.3	)	(0.7	)	(0.6	)	(3.4	)
- personal	(0.4	)	(0.4	)	(0.2	)	(0.3	)	(0.3	)	(1.6	)
- corporate and commercial	(0.7	)	(0.3	)	(0.1	)	(0.4	)	(0.3	)	(1.8	)
- financial	-		-		-		-		-		-
Recoveries of amounts written off in previous years	0.2		0.1		-		0.1		0.1		0.5
- personal	0.2		0.1		-		0.1		0.1		0.5
- corporate and commercial	-		-		-		-		-		-
- financial	-		-		-		-		-		-
Charge to income statement	0.6		0.7		0.3		0.8		1.1		3.5
- personal	0.2		0.3		0.2		0.2		0.8		1.7
- corporate and commercial	0.4		0.4		0.1		0.6		0.3		1.8
- financial	-		-		-		-		-		-
Exchange and other movements	(0.3	)	(2.6	)	(0.1	)	(0.7	)	(2.3	)	(6.0	)
Specific credit risk adjustments at 31 Dec 2016	2.9		1.6		1.9		1.7		0.5		8.6



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Risk mitigation

Our approach when granting credit facilities is to do so on the basis of capacity to repay, rather than placing primary reliance on credit risk mitigants. Depending on a customer's standing and the type of product, facilities may be provided unsecured. Mitigation of credit risk is a key aspect of effective risk management and takes many forms.

Our general policy is to promote the use of credit risk mitigation, justified by commercial prudence and capital efficiency. Specifically, detailed policies cover the acceptability, structuring and terms with regard to the availability of credit risk mitigation; for example in the form of collateral security. These policies, together with the setting of suitable valuation parameters, are subject to regular review to ensure that they are supported by empirical evidence and continue to fulfil their intended purpose.

Collateral

The most common method of mitigating credit risk is to take collateral. In our retail residential and commercial real estate ('CRE') businesses, a mortgage over the property is usually taken to help secure claims. Physical collateral is also taken in various forms of specialised lending and leasing transactions where income from the physical assets that are financed is also the principal source of facility repayment. In the commercial and industrial sectors, charges are created over business assets such as premises, stock and debtors. Loans to private banking clients may be made against a pledge of eligible marketable securities, cash or real estate. Facilities to SMEs are commonly granted against guarantees given by their owners and/or directors.

For credit risk mitigants comprising immovable property, the key determinant of concentration at Group level is geographic. Use of immovable property mitigants for risk management purposes is predominantly in Asia and Europe.

Further information regarding collateral held over CRE and residential property is provided on pages 92 and 97, respectively, of the Annual Report and Accounts 2017.

Financial collateral

In the institutional sector, trading facilities are supported by charges over financial instruments, such as cash, debt securities and equities. Financial collateral in the form of marketable securities is used in much of the Group's derivatives activities and in securities financing transactions, such as repos, reverse repos, securities lending and borrowing. Netting is used extensively and is a prominent feature of market standard documentation.

Further information regarding collateral held for trading exposures is on page 75.

In the non-trading book, we provide customers with working capital management products. Some of these products have loans and advances to customers, and customer accounts where we have rights of offset and comply with the regulatory requirements for on-balance sheet netting. Under on-balance sheet netting, the customer accounts are treated as cash collateral and the effects of this collateral are incorporated in our LGD estimates. For risk management purposes, the net amounts of such exposures are subject to limits and the relevant customer agreements are subject to review to ensure the legal right of offset remains appropriate. At 31 December 2017, $33bn of customer accounts were treated as cash collateral, mainly in the UK.

Other forms of credit risk mitigation

Our Global Banking and Markets ('GB&M') business utilises credit risk mitigation to manage the credit risk of its portfolios, with the goal of reducing concentrations in individual names, sectors or portfolios. The techniques in use include credit default swap ('CDS') purchases, structured credit notes and securitisation structures. Buying credit protection creates credit exposure against the protection provider, which is monitored as part of the overall credit exposure to them. Where applicable, the transaction

is entered into directly with a central clearing house counterparty; otherwise our exposure to CDS protection providers is diversified among mainly banking counterparties with strong credit ratings. In our corporate lending, we also take guarantees from corporates and Export Credit Agencies ('ECA'). Corporates would normally provide guarantees as part of a parent/subsidiary or common parent relationship and would span a number of credit grades. The ECAs will normally be investment grade.

Policy and procedures

Policies and procedures govern the protection of our position from the outset of a customer relationship; for instance, in requiring standard terms and conditions or specifically agreed documentation permitting the offset of credit balances against debt obligations, and through controls over the integrity, current valuation and, if necessary, realisation of collateral security.

Valuing collateral

Valuation strategies are established to monitor collateral mitigants to ensure that they will continue to provide the anticipated secure secondary repayment source. Where collateral is subject to high volatility, valuation is frequent; where stable, less so. For market trading activities such as collateralised over-the-counter ('OTC') derivatives and SFTs, we typically carry out daily valuations. In the residential mortgage business, Group policy prescribes revaluation at intervals of up to three years, or more frequently as the need arises; for example, where market conditions are subject to significant change. Residential property collateral values are determined through a combination of professional appraisals, house price indices or statistical analysis.

Local market conditions determine the frequency of valuation for CRE. Revaluations are sought where, for example, material concerns arise in relation to the performance of the collateral. CRE revaluation also occurs commonly in circumstances where an obligor's credit quality has declined sufficiently to cause concern that the principal payment source may not fully meet the obligation.

Recognition of risk mitigation under the IRB approach

Within an IRB approach, risk mitigants are considered in two broad categories:


•	those which reduce the intrinsic PD of an obligor and therefore operate as determinants of PD; and


•	those which affect the estimated recoverability of obligations and require adjustment of LGD or, in certain limited circumstances, EAD.

The first category typically includes full parental guarantees - where one obligor within a group guarantees another. It is assumed that the guarantor's performance materially informs the PD of the guaranteed entity. PD estimates are also subject to a 'sovereign ceiling', constraining the risk ratings assigned to obligors in countries of higher risk, and where only partial parental support exists. In certain jurisdictions, certain types of third-party guarantee are recognised by substituting the obligor's PD with that of the guarantor.

In the second category, LGD estimates are affected by a wider range of collateral, including cash, charges over real estate property, fixed assets, trade goods, receivables and floating charges such as mortgage debentures. Unfunded mitigants, such as third-party guarantees, are also considered in LGD estimates where there is evidence that they reduce loss expectation.

The main types of provider of guarantees are banks, other financial institutions and corporates. The creditworthiness of providers of unfunded credit risk mitigation is taken into consideration as part of the guarantor's risk profile. Internal limits for such contingent exposure are approved in the same way as direct exposures.



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EAD and LGD values, in the case of individually assessed exposures, are determined by reference to regionally approved internal risk parameters based on the nature of the exposure. For retail portfolios, credit risk mitigation data is incorporated into the internal risk parameters for exposures and feeds into the calculation of the expected loss ('EL') band value summarising both customer delinquency and product or facility risk. Credit and credit risk mitigation data form inputs submitted by all Group offices to centralised databases. A range of collateral recognition approaches are applied to IRB capital treatments:


•	unfunded protection, which includes credit derivatives and guarantees, is reflected through adjustment or determination of PD or LGD. Under the IRB advanced approach, recognition may be through PD or LGD;


•	eligible financial collateral under the IRB advanced approach is recognised in LGD models. Under the IRB foundation approach, regulatory LGD values are adjusted. The adjustment to LGD is based on the degree to which the exposure value would be adjusted notionally if the financial collateral comprehensive method were applied; and


•	for all other types of collateral, including real estate, the LGD for exposures calculated under the IRB advanced approach are calculated by models. For IRB foundation, base regulatory LGDs are adjusted depending on the value and type of the asset taken as collateral relative to the exposure. The types of eligible mitigant recognised under the IRB foundation approach are more limited.

Table 55 in Appendix I sets out, for IRB exposures, the exposure value and the effective value of credit risk mitigation expressed as the exposure value covered by the credit risk mitigant. IRB credit risk mitigation reductions of EAD were immaterial at 31 December 2017.

Recognition of risk mitigation under the standardised approach

Where credit risk mitigation is available in the form of an eligible guarantee, non-financial collateral or credit derivatives, the exposure is divided into covered and uncovered portions. The covered portion, which is determined after applying an appropriate 'haircut' for currency and maturity mismatches (and for omission of restructuring clauses for credit derivatives, where appropriate) to the amount of the protection provided, attracts the risk weight of the protection provider. The uncovered portion attracts the risk weight of the obligor. For exposures fully or partially covered by eligible financial collateral, the value of the exposure is adjusted under the financial collateral comprehensive method using supervisory volatility adjustments, including those arising from currency mismatch, which are determined by the specific type of collateral (and, in the case of eligible debt securities, their credit quality) and its liquidation period. The adjusted exposure value is subject to the risk weight of the obligor.



Table 25: Credit risk mitigation techniques - overview¹
		Exposures unsecured: carrying amount	Exposures secured: carrying amount	Exposures secured by collateral	Exposures secured by financial guarantees	Exposures secured by credit derivatives
		$bn	$bn	$bn	$bn	$bn
1	Loans	657.7	574.8	478.9	93.8	2.1
2	Debt securities	301.0	24.1	18.7	5.4	-
3	Total at 31 Dec 2017	958.7	598.9	497.6	99.2	2.1
4	Of which: defaulted	6.5	5.1	4.8	0.3	-

1	Loans	561.9	515.5	445.0	67.8	2.7
2	Debt securities	356.9	20.5	15.2	5.3	-
3	Total at 31 Dec 2016	918.8	536.0	460.2	73.1	2.7
4	Of which: defaulted	9.3	4.8	4.7	0.1	-


1	The prior period comparison has been restated and presented in the EBA table format for consistency.



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Table 26: Standardised approach - credit conversion factor ('CCF') and credit risk mitigation ('CRM') effects
		Exposures before CCF and CRM		Exposures post-CCF and CRM		RWAs and RWA density
		On-balance sheet amount	Off-balance sheet amount	On-balance sheet amount	Off-balance sheet amount	RWAs	RWA density
		$bn	$bn	$bn	$bn	$bn	%
	Asset classes¹
1	Central governments or central banks	196.9	1.2	203.4	0.8	12.7	6
2	Regional governments or local authorities	3.3	0.5	3.3	0.2	1.0	29
3	Public sector entities	0.2	0.2	0.1	-	0.1	79
4	Multilateral development banks	0.3	-	0.3	-	-	5
5	International organisations	2.2	-	2.2	-	-	-
6	Institutions	3.4	0.1	2.5	-	1.2	50
7	Corporates	88.6	83.7	71.8	11.8	78.3	94
8	Retail	23.8	46.8	21.9	0.3	16.5	74
9	Secured by mortgage on immovable property	27.8	1.2	27.9	0.2	10.4	37
10	Exposures in default	3.1	0.3	3.0	0.1	3.9	127
11	Higher-risk categories	2.1	1.8	2.0	1.8	5.7	150
14	Collective investment undertakings	0.6	-	0.5	-	0.6	100
15	Equity	16.0	-	16.0	-	36.1	225
16	Other items	11.1	0.8	11.2	0.8	6.4	54
17	Total at 31 Dec 2017	379.4	136.6	366.1	16.0	172.9	45

1	Central governments or central banks	161.9	1.5	166.2	1.1	14.7	9
2	Regional governments or local authorities	2.9	0.3	2.9	-	0.9	32
3	Public sector entities	-	-	-	-	-	-
4	Multilateral development banks	0.2	-	0.2	-	-	5
5	International organisations	2.7	-	2.7	-	-	-
6	Institutions	2.2	-	2.1	-	1.0	46
7	Corporates	80.2	79.9	66.3	12.1	75.0	96
8	Retail	22.7	44.2	21.6	0.4	16.3	74
9	Secured by mortgage on immovable property	25.5	0.8	25.5	0.2	9.3	36
10	Exposures in default	3.2	0.4	3.2	0.1	4.3	130
11	Higher-risk categories	2.1	1.4	2.1	1.3	5.1	150
14	Collective investment undertakings	0.5	-	0.5	-	0.5	100
15	Equity	15.2	-	15.2	-	33.6	221
16	Other items	9.5	-	9.5	-	4.7	50
17	Total at 31 Dec 2016	328.8	128.5	318.0	15.2	165.4	50


1	Securitisation positions are not included in this table.



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Table 27: Standardised approach - exposures by asset class and risk weight
	Risk weight ('RW%')	0%	2%	20%	35%	50%	70%	75%	100%	150%	250%	Deducted	Total credit exposure amount (post-CCF and CRM)	of which unrated
		$bn	$bn	$bn	$bn	$bn	$bn	$bn	$bn	$bn	$bn	$bn	$bn	$bn
	Asset classes¹
1	Central governments or central banks	198.9	-	0.1	-	0.2	-	-	-	-	5.0	-	204.2	5.0
2	Regional governments or local authorities	-	-	2.6	-	0.7	-	-	0.2	-	-	-	3.5	0.6
3	Public sector entities	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1	-	-	-	0.1	0.1
4	Multilateral development banks	0.2	-	0.1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3	0.3
5	International organisations	2.2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.2	-
6	Institutions	-	0.1	0.4	-	1.7	-	-	0.3	-	-	-	2.5	0.3
7	Corporates	-	-	3.8	0.2	3.9	0.5	-	74.5	0.7	-	-	83.6	72.4
8	Retail	-	-	-	-	-	-	22.2	-	-	-	-	22.2	22.2
9	Secured by mortgage on immovable property	-	-	-	27.3	-	-	-	0.8	-	-	-	28.1	28.1
10	Exposures in default	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.5	1.6	-	-	3.1	3.1
11	Higher-risk categories	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3.8	-	-	3.8	3.8
14	Collective investment undertakings	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5	-	-	-	0.5	0.5
15	Equity	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.6	-	13.4	-	16.0	16.0
16	Other items	0.2	-	6.7	-	-	-	-	5.1	-	-	-	12.0	12.0
17	Total at 31 Dec 2017	201.5	0.1	13.7	27.5	6.5	0.5	22.2	85.6	6.1	18.4	-	382.1	164.4

1	Central governments or central banks	160.4	-	0.8	-	0.3	-	-	0.2	-	5.6	-	167.3	5.7
2	Regional governments or local authorities	0.2	-	1.8	-	0.7	-	-	0.2	-	-	-	2.9	0.3
3	Public sector entities	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
4	Multilateral development banks	0.1	-	0.1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2	0.2
5	International organisations	2.7	-		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.7	-
6	Institutions	-	0.1	0.8	-	0.7	-	-	0.5	-	-	-	2.1	0.3
7	Corporates	-	-	2.1	0.2	2.7	0.1	-	72.6	0.7	-	-	78.4	67.9
8	Retail	-	-	-	-	-	-	22.0	-	-	-	-	22.0	22.0
9	Secured by mortgage on immovable property	-	-	-	25.2	-	-	-	0.5	-	-	-	25.7	25.7
10	Exposures in default	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.3	2.0	-	-	3.3	3.3
11	Higher-risk categories	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3.4	-	-	3.4	3.4
14	Collective investment undertakings	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5	-	-	-	0.5	0.5
15	Equity	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.9	-	12.3	-	15.2	15.2
16	Other items	0.7	-	5.1	-	-	-	-	3.7	-	-	-	9.5	9.5
17	Total at 31 Dec 2016	164.1	0.1	10.7	25.4	4.4	0.1	22.0	82.4	6.1	17.9	-	333.2	154.0


1	Securitisation positions are not included in this table.



Table 28: IRB - Effect on RWA of credit derivatives used as CRM techniques
		At 31 Dec
		2017		2016
		Pre-credit derivatives RWAs	Actual RWAs	Pre-credit derivatives RWAs	Actual RWAs
		$bn	$bn	$bn	$bn
1	Exposures under FIRB	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3
6	Corporates - other	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3
7	Exposures under AIRB¹	181.3	180.1	159.7	158.6
8	Central governments and central banks	5.2	5.2	5.9	5.9
9	Institutions	4.8	4.8	2.7	2.7
11	Corporates - specialised lending	19.0	19.0	14.4	14.4
12	Corporates - other	122.5	121.3	105.2	104.1
14	Retail - Secured by real estate non-SMEs	13.0	13.0	18.4	18.4
15	Retail - Qualifying revolving	6.3	6.3	4.4	4.4
16	Retail - Other SMEs	5.0	5.0	3.0	3.0
17	Retail - Other non-SMEs	5.5	5.5	5.7	5.7
20	Total	181.6	180.4	160.0	158.9


1	Securitisation positions are not included in this table.



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Table 29: Credit derivatives exposures
		At 31 Dec
		2017				2016
	Footnote	Protection bought		Protection sold		Protection bought		Protection sold
		$bn		$bn		$bn		$bn
Notionals
Credit derivative products used for own credit portfolio
- Index credit default swaps		6.3		3.7		4.6		1.9
Total notionals used for own credit portfolio		6.3		3.7		4.6		1.9
Credit derivative products used for intermediation	1
- Index credit default swaps		195.5		176.0		214.6		207.4
- Total return swaps		7.8		12.2		12.3		7.0
Total notionals used for intermediation		203.3		188.2		226.9		214.4
Total credit derivative notionals		209.6		191.9		231.5		216.3
Fair values
- Positive fair value (asset)		0.8		4.3		2.3		2.9
- Negative fair value (liability)		(4.4	)	(1.0	)	(3.1	)	(2.7	)


1	This is where we act as an intermediary for our clients, enabling them to take a position in the underlying securities. This does not increase risk for HSBC.

The above table shows the credit derivative exposures that HSBC holds, split between those amounts due to client intermediation and those amounts booked as part of HSBC's own credit portfolio. Where the credit derivative is used to hedge our own portfolio the resulting credit risk impact is seen in table 29 above and no counterparty credit risk capital requirement arises. For a discussion on hedging risk and monitoring the continuing effectiveness of hedges refer to Note 1.2(e) of the Annual Report and Accounts 2017.

Global risk

Application of the IRB approach

Our Group IRB credit risk rating framework incorporates obligor propensity to default expressed in PD, and loss severity in the event of default expressed in EAD and LGD. These measures are used to calculate regulatory EL and capital requirements. They are also used with other inputs to inform rating assessments for the purposes of credit approval and many other purposes, for example:


•	credit approval and monitoring: IRB models are used in the assessment of customer and portfolio risk in lending decisions;


•	risk appetite: IRB measures are an important element in identifying risk exposure at customer, sector and portfolio level;


•	pricing: IRB parameters are used in pricing tools for new transactions and reviews; and


•	economic capital and portfolio management: IRB parameters are used in the economic capital model that has been implemented across HSBC.

Roll-out of the IRB approach

With the PRA's permission, we have adopted the advanced approach for the majority of our business. At the end of 2017, portfolios in much of Europe, Asia and North America were on advanced IRB approaches. Others remain on the standardised or foundation approaches pending the development of models for the PRA's approval in line with our IRB roll-out plans where the primary focus is on corporate and retail exposures.

At 31 December 2017, 76% of the exposures were treated under AIRB, 3% under FIRB and 21% under the standardised approach.

EL and credit risk adjustments

We analyse credit loss experience in order to assess the performance of our risk measurement and control processes, and to inform our understanding of the implications for risk and capital management of dynamic changes occurring in the risk profile of our exposures.

When comparing EL with measures of credit losses under IFRSs, it is necessary to take into account differences in the definition and scope of each. Below are examples of matters that can give rise to material differences in the way economic, business and methodological drivers are reflected quantitatively in the accounting and regulatory measures of loss.

In 2018, IFRS 9 changes the way credit losses are measured for accounting purposes. IFRS 9 is conceptually more aligned with the IRB measurement of expected loss and uses similar building blocks such as PD and LGD and EL. Significant differences between regulatory and accounting measures of expected loss will continue under IFRS 9 due to factors such as: the removal of regulatory conservatism and supervisory set parameters under IFRS, point-in-time and forward-looking measurements under IFRS compared to through-the-cycle measures under regulatory, 12-month expected losses under regulatory versus lifetime expected losses under IFRS.

Table 52 in Appendix I set out for IRB credit exposures the EL, CRA balances and actual loss experience reflected in the charges for CRAs.

CRA balances represent management's best estimate of losses incurred in the loan portfolios at the balance sheet date. Charges for CRAs represent a movement in the CRA balance during the year, reflecting loss events that occurred during the financial year and changes in estimates of losses arising on events that occurred prior to the current year. EL represents the one-year regulatory expected loss accumulated in the book at the balance sheet date.



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Examples of differences in definition and scope between EL and CRA balances:

•

Under IAS 39, our estimates of loss in impairment allowances are required to reflect the current circumstances and specific cash flow expectations of a customer. EL is based on modelled estimates and although the estimates may be individually assigned to specific exposures, the statistical nature of these models means that they are influenced by the behaviour of the overall portfolio.

•

EL is based on exposure values that incorporate expected future drawings of committed credit lines, while CRAs are recognised in respect of financial assets recognised on the balance sheet and in respect of committed credit lines where a loss is probable.

•

EL is generally based on through-the-cycle ('TTC') estimates of PD over a one-year future horizon, determined via statistical analysis of historical default experience. CRAs are recognised for losses that have been incurred at the balance sheet date.

•

In the majority of cases, EL is based on economic downturn estimates of LGD, while CRAs are measured using estimated future cash flows at the balance sheet date.

•

EL incorporates LGD, which may discount recoveries at a different rate from the effective interest rate employed in discounted cash flow analysis for CRAs.

•

LGDs typically include all costs associated with recovery, whereas the accounting measurement considers only the costs of obtaining and selling collateral.

•

In the foundation IRB approach, LGD and the conversion factors used to calculate EAD are set by regulations, and may differ significantly from the accounting assumptions about estimated cash flows.

•

For EL, certain exposures are subject to regulatory minimum thresholds for one or more parameters, whereas credit losses under IFRSs are determined using management's judgement about estimated future cash flows.

•

In the case of EL, to meet regulatory prudential standards, HSBC's model philosophy favours the incorporation of conservative estimation to accommodate uncertainty, for instance where modelling portfolios with limited data. Under IFRSs, uncertainty is considered when forming management's estimates of future cash flows, using balanced and neutral judgement.

Qualitative disclosures on banks' use of external credit ratings under the standardised approach for credit risk

The standardised approach is applied where exposures do not qualify for use of an IRB approach and/or where an exemption from IRB has been granted. The standardised approach requires banks to use risk assessments prepared by external credit assessment institutions ('ECAIs') or ECAs to determine the risk weightings applied to rated counterparties.

ECAI risk assessments are used within the Group as part of the determination of risk weightings for the following classes of exposure:


•	central governments and central banks;


•	institutions;


•	corporates;


•	securitisation positions;


•	short-term claims on institutions and corporates;


•	regional governments and local authorities; and


•	multilateral development banks.

We have nominated three ECAIs for this purpose - Moody's Investor Service ('Moody's'), Standard and Poor's rating agency ('S&P') and Fitch Ratings ('Fitch'). In addition to this, we use DBRS ratings specifically for securitisation positions. We have not nominated any ECAs.

Data files of external ratings from the nominated ECAIs are matched with customer records in our centralised credit database.

When calculating the risk-weighted value of an exposure using ECAI risk assessments, risk systems identify the customer in question and look up the available ratings in the central database according to the rating selection rules. The systems then apply the prescribed credit quality step mapping to derive from the rating the relevant risk weight.

All other exposure classes are assigned risk weightings as prescribed in the PRA's Rulebook.



Credit quality step	Moody's assessment	S&P's assessment	Fitch's assessment	DBRS assessment
1	Aaa to Aa3	AAA to AA-	AAA to AA-	AAA to AAL
2	A1 to A3	A+ to A-	A+ to A-	AH to AL
3	Baa1 to Baa3	BBB+ to BBB-	BBB+ to BBB-	BBBH to BBBL
4	Ba1 to Ba3	BB+ to BB-	BB+ to BB-	BBH to BBL
5	B1 to B3	B+ to B-	B+ to B-	BH to BL
6	Caa1 and below	CCC+ and below	CCC+ and below	CCCH and below

Exposures to, or guaranteed by, central governments and central banks of European Economic Area ('EEA') states and denominated in local currency are risk-weighted at 0% using the standardised approach, provided they would be eligible under that approach for a 0% risk weighting.

Wholesale risk

The wholesale risk rating system

This section describes how we operate our credit risk analytical models and use IRB metrics in the wholesale customer business.

PDs for wholesale customer segments (that is central governments and central banks, financial institutions and corporate customers) and for certain individually assessed personal customers are derived from a customer risk rating ('CRR') master scale of 23 grades. Of these, 21 are non-default grades representing varying degrees of strength of financial condition, and two are default grades. Each CRR has a PD range associated with it as well as a mid-point PD.

The score generated by a credit risk rating model for the obligor is mapped to a corresponding PD and master-scale CRR. The CRR is then reviewed by a credit approver who, taking into account information such as the most recent events and market data, makes the final decision on the rating. The rating assigned reflects the approver's overall view of the obligor's credit standing.

The mid-point PD associated with the finally assigned CRR is then used in the regulatory capital calculation.

Relationship managers may propose a different CRR from that indicated through an override process which must be approved by the Credit function. Overrides for each model are recorded and monitored as part of the model management process.

The CRR is assigned at an obligor level,which means that separate exposures to the same obligor are generally subject to a single, consistent rating. Unfunded credit risk mitigants, such as guarantees, may also influence the final assignment of a CRR to an obligor. The effect of unfunded risk mitigants is considered for IRB approaches in table 55 and for the standardised approach in table 56.

If an obligor is in default on any material credit obligation to the Group, all of the obligor's facilities from the Group are considered to be in default.

Under the IRB approach, obligors are grouped into grades that have similar PD or anticipated default frequency. The anticipated default frequency may be estimated using all relevant information at the relevant date (PIT rating system) or be free of the effects of the credit cycle (TTC rating system).



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We generally utilise a hybrid approach of PIT and TTC. That is, while models are calibrated to long-run default rates, obligor ratings are reviewed annually, or more frequently if necessary, to reflect changes in their circumstances and/or their economic operating environment.

Our policy requires approvers to downgrade ratings on expectations, but to upgrade them only on performance. This leads to expected defaults typically exceeding actual defaults.

For EAD and LGD estimation, operating entities are permitted, subject to overview by Group Risk, to use their own modelling approaches to suit conditions in their jurisdictions. Group Risk provides co-ordination, benchmarks, and promotion of best practice on EAD and LGD estimation.

EAD is estimated to a 12-month forward time horizon and represents the current exposure, plus an estimate for future increases in exposure and the realisation of contingent exposures post-default.

LGD is based on the effects of facility and collateral structure on outcomes post-default. This includes such factors as the type of client, the facility seniority, the type and value of collateral, past recovery experience and priority under law. It is expressed as a percentage of EAD.

Wholesale models

To determine credit ratings for the different types of wholesale obligor, multiple models and scorecards are used for PD, LGD, and EAD. These models may be differentiated by region, customer segment and/or customer size. For example, PD models are differentiated for all of our key customer segments, including sovereigns, financial institutions, and large-, medium- and small-sized corporates.

Global PD models have been developed for asset classes or clearly identifiable segments of asset classes where the customer relationship is managed globally; for example, sovereigns, financial institutions and the largest corporate clients that typically operate internationally.

Local PD models, specific to a particular country, region, or sector, are developed for other obligors. This includes corporate clients when they show distinct characteristics in common in a particular geography.

The two major drivers of model methodology are the nature of the portfolio and the availability of internal or external data on historical defaults and risk factors. For some historically low-default portfolios, e.g. sovereign and financial institutions, a model will rely more heavily on external data and/or the input of an expert panel. Where sufficient data is available, models are built on a statistical basis, although the input of expert judgement may still form an important part of the overall model development methodology.

Most LGD and EAD models are developed according to local circumstances, considering legal and procedural differences in the recovery and workout processes. Our approach to EAD and LGD also encompasses global models for central governments and central banks, and for institutions, as exposures to these customer types are managed centrally by Global Risk. The PRA requires all firms to apply an LGD floor of 45% for senior unsecured exposure to sovereign entities. This floor was applied to reflect the relatively few loss observations across all firms in relation to these obligors. This floor is applied for the purposes of regulatory capital reporting.

The PRA has published guidance on the appropriateness of LGD models for low default portfolios. It states there should be at least 20 defaults per country per collateral type for LGD models to be approved. Where there are insufficient defaults, an LGD floor will be applied. As a result, in 2017, we continued to apply LGD floors for our banks portfolio and some Asian corporate portfolios where there were insufficient loss observations.

In the same guidance, the PRA also indicated that it considered income-producing real estate to be an asset class that would be difficult to model. As a result, RWAs for our UK CRE portfolio and US income-producing CRE portfolio are calculated using the supervisory slotting approach. Under the supervisory slotting approach the bank allocates exposures to one of five categories. Each category then fixed pre-determined RWA and EL percentages.

Local models for the corporate exposure class are developed using various data inputs, including collateral information and geography (for LGD) and product type (for EAD). The most material corporate models are the UK and Asia models, all of which are developed using more than 10-years' worth of data. The LGD models are calibrated to a period of credit stress or downturn in economic conditions.

None of the EAD models are calibrated for a downturn, as analysis shows that utilisation decreases during a downturn because credit stress is accompanied by more intensive limit monitoring and facility reduction.

Table 30 sets out the key characteristics of the significant wholesale credit risk models that drive the capital calculation split by regulatory wholesale asset class, with their associated RWAs, including the number of models for each component, the model method or approach and the number of years of loss data used.



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Table 30: Wholesale IRB credit risk models
Regulatory asset classes measured	RWAs for associated asset class $bn	Component	Number of significant models	Model description and methodology	Number of years loss data	Regulatory Floors
Central governments and central banks	33.9	PD	1	A shadow rating approach that includes macroeconomic and political factors, constrained with expert judgement.	>10	No
		LGD	1	An unsecured model built on assessment of structural factors that influence the country's long-term economic performance. For unsecured LGD, a floor of 45% is applied.	8	45%
		EAD	1	A cross-classification model that uses both internal data and expert judgement, as well as information on similar exposure types from other asset classes.	8	EAD must be at least equal to the current utilisation of the balance at account level
Institutions	17.7	PD	1	A statistical model that combines quantitative analysis on financial information with expert inputs and macroeconomic factors.	10	PD >0.03%
		LGD	1	A quantitative model that produces both downturn and expected LGD. Several securities types are included in the model to recognise collateral in the LGD calculation. For unsecured LGD, a floor of 45% is applied.	10	45%
		EAD	1	A quantitative model that assigns credit conversion factors ('CCF') taking into account product types and committed/uncommitted indicator to calculate EAD using current utilisation and available headroom.	10	EAD must be at least equal to the current utilisation of the balance at account level
Corporates¹	342.9
Global large corporates		PD	1	A statistical model built on 15 years of data. The model uses financial information, macroeconomic information and market-driven data, and is complemented by a qualitative assessment.	15	PD >0.03%
Other regional / local corporates		PD	11	Corporates that fall below the global large corporate threshold are rated through regional/local PD models, which reflect regional/local circumstances. These models use financial information, behavioural data and qualitative information to derive a statistically built PD.	>10
Non-bank financial institutions		PD	10	Predominantly statistical models that combines quantitative analysis on financial information with expert inputs.	10	PD >0.03%
All corporates		LGD	7	Regional/local statistical models covering all corporates, including global large corporates, developed using historical loss/recovery data and various data inputs, including collateral information, customer type and geography.	>7	UK 45%
		EAD	5	Regional/local statistical models covering all corporates, including global large corporates, developed using historical utilisation information and various data inputs, including product type and geography.	>7	EAD must be at least equal to the current utilisation of the balance at account level


1	Excludes specialised lending exposures subject to supervisory slotting approach (see table 61).



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Table 31: IRB models - estimated and actual values (wholesale)¹
			PD²		LGD³		EAD⁴
			Estimated	Actuals	Estimated⁵	Actuals⁵	Estimated	Actuals
		Footnotes	%	%	%	%	%	%
	2017
	- Sovereigns model	6	2.24	-	-	-	-	-
	- Banks model		1.72	-	-	-	-	-
	- Corporates models	7	1.72	0.96	27.75	25.45	0.39	0.36

	2016
	- Sovereigns model	6	3.43	-	-	-	-	-
	- Banks model		1.63	-	-	-	-	-
	- Corporates models	7	1.79	1.23	37.71	29.43	0.91	0.76

	2015
	- Sovereigns model	6	1.72	1.12	45.00	-	0.07	-
	- Banks model		2.22	-	-	-	-	-
	- Corporates models	7	1.89	1.26	37.74	21.52	0.60	0.55

	2014
	- Sovereigns model	6	2.27	-	-	-	-	-
	- Banks model		3.28	-	-	-	-	-
	- Corporates models	7	1.88	1.16	36.83	16.06	0.47	0.34

	2013
	- Sovereigns model	6	4.14	-	-	-	-	-
	- Banks model		3.18	0.20	40.01	-	0.06	0.04
	- Corporates models	7	2.63	1.20	33.09	18.69	0.54	0.48


1	Data represents an annual view, analysed at 30 September.


2	Estimated PD for all models is average PD calculated on the number of obligors covered by the model(s).


3	Estimated and actual LGD represent defaulted populations. Average LGD values are EAD-weighted.


4	Expressed as a percentage of total EAD, which includes all defaulted and non-defaulted exposures for the relevant population.


5	For sovereigns and banks models, estimated and actual LGD represents the average LGD for customers that defaulted in the year. For corporates models, they represent the average LGD for customers that have defaulted and been resolved in the period.


6	For 2017, 2016, 2015 and 2014, the estimated PD excludes inactive sovereign obligors.


7	Covers the combined populations of the global large corporates model, all regional IRB models for large, medium and small corporates, and non-bank financial institutions. For 2017, 2016, 2015 and 2014, the estimated and observed PDs were calculated only for unique obligors.



Table 32: IRB models - corporate PD models - performance by CRR grade
		Corporates¹
		Facility²	Defaulted³	Estimated PD⁴	Actual PD⁵	Diff. in PD
Actual PD⁵	Footnotes	%	%	%	%	%
2017
CRR 0.1	6	-	-	0.01	-	0.00
CRR 1.1		2.84	-	0.02	-	0.02
CRR 1.2		5.98	-	0.04	-	0.04
CRR 2.1		17.92	-	0.07	-	0.07
CRR 2.2		13.84	0.02	0.13	0.03	0.10
CRR 3.1		11.53	0.01	0.22	0.07	0.15
CRR 3.2		10.51	0.02	0.37	0.14	0.23
CRR 3.3		10.78	0.12	0.63	0.25	0.38
CRR 4.1		7.05	0.15	0.87	0.36	0.51
CRR 4.2		5.35	0.27	1.20	0.40	0.80
CRR 4.3		4.89	0.14	1.65	0.58	1.07
CRR 5.1		3.58	0.77	2.25	1.39	0.86
CRR 5.2		1.93	1.25	3.05	1.61	1.44
CRR 5.3		1.58	2.56	4.20	2.28	1.92
CRR 6.1		1.21	4.95	5.75	4.47	1.28
CRR 6.2		0.36	4.43	7.85	7.88	(0.03	)
CRR 7.1		0.27	8.32	10.00	10.47	(0.47	)
CRR 7.2		0.09	11.95	13.00	10.10	2.90
CRR 8.1		0.22	14.07	19.00	10.88	8.12
CRR 8.2		0.04	32.01	36.00	15.88	20.12
CRR 8.3		0.03	33.10	75.00	17.89	57.11
Total		100.00



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Table 32: IRB models - corporate PD models - performance by CRR grade (continued)
		Corporates¹
		Facility²	Defaulted³	Estimated PD⁴	Actual PD⁵	Diff. in PD
	Footnotes	%	%	%	%	%
2016
CRR 0.1	6	-	-	0.01	-	0.01
CRR 1.1		3.88	-	0.02	-	0.02
CRR 1.2		6.05	-	0.04	-	0.04
CRR 2.1		17.51	-	0.07	-	0.07
CRR 2.2		15.05	0.01	0.13	0.03	0.10
CRR 3.1		11.22	1.03	0.22	0.25	(0.03	)
CRR 3.2		10.67	0.26	0.37	0.36	0.01
CRR 3.3		9.21	0.26	0.63	0.49	0.14
CRR 4.1		6.46	0.78	0.87	0.79	0.08
CRR 4.2		5.49	0.47	1.20	0.64	0.56
CRR 4.3		4.59	1.18	1.65	1.46	0.19
CRR 5.1		4.08	1.31	2.25	1.41	0.84
CRR 5.2		2.11	1.40	3.05	1.89	1.16
CRR 5.3		1.76	1.96	4.20	2.27	1.93
CRR 6.1		0.98	10.15	5.75	5.57	0.18
CRR 6.2		0.38	15.38	7.85	4.68	3.17
CRR 7.1		0.27	14.29	10.00	9.46	0.54
CRR 7.2		0.09	12.38	13.00	6.63	6.37
CRR 8.1		0.10	48.22	19.00	13.11	5.89
CRR 8.2		0.07	47.10	36.00	20.29	15.71
CRR 8.3		0.03	36.10	75.00	17.83	57.17
Total		100.00

2015
CRR 0.1	6	-	-	0.01	-	0.01
CRR 1.1		5.72	-	0.02	-	0.02
CRR 1.2		5.25	-	0.04	-	0.04
CRR 2.1		16.48	-	0.07	-	0.07
CRR 2.2		14.17	-	0.13	0.01	0.12
CRR 3.1		11.92	0.17	0.22	0.15	0.07
CRR 3.2		11.00	0.10	0.37	0.30	0.07
CRR 3.3		9.35	0.14	0.63	0.47	0.16
CRR 4.1		6.52	0.64	0.87	0.97	(0.10	)
CRR 4.2		5.07	0.45	1.20	1.06	0.14
CRR 4.3		4.38	0.62	1.65	1.55	0.10
CRR 5.1		3.52	0.99	2.25	1.24	1.01
CRR 5.2		2.19	0.61	3.05	1.44	1.61
CRR 5.3		2.24	1.74	4.20	1.89	2.31
CRR 6.1		0.89	4.66	5.75	5.05	0.70
CRR 6.2		0.66	3.58	7.85	6.46	1.39
CRR 7.1		0.31	10.79	10.00	7.13	2.87
CRR 7.2		0.09	7.27	13.00	9.48	3.52
CRR 8.1		0.14	11.33	19.00	11.11	7.89
CRR 8.2		0.07	16.97	36.00	23.61	12.39
CRR 8.3		0.03	16.66	75.00	17.10	57.90
Total		100.0



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Table 32: IRB models - corporate PD models - performance by CRR grade (continued)
		Corporates¹
		Facility²	Defaulted³	Estimated PD⁴	Actual PD⁵	Diff. in PD
	Footnote	%	%	%	%	%
2014
CRR 0.1	6	0.01	-	0.01	-	0.01
CRR 1.1		6.32	-	0.02	-	0.02
CRR 1.2		6.68	-	0.04	-	0.04
CRR 2.1		16.71	0.01	0.07	0.04	0.03
CRR 2.2		13.07	-	0.13	-	0.13
CRR 3.1		10.38	0.06	0.22	0.10	0.12
CRR 3.2		12.50	0.11	0.37	0.23	0.14
CRR 3.3		6.62	0.25	0.63	0.54	0.09
CRR 4.1		10.41	0.28	0.87	0.54	0.33
CRR 4.2		4.12	0.79	1.20	0.81	0.39
CRR 4.3		3.49	0.83	1.65	0.91	0.74
CRR 5.1		2.50	0.53	2.25	0.97	1.28
CRR 5.2		2.09	0.54	3.05	1.24	1.81
CRR 5.3		1.47	1.74	4.20	2.70	1.50
CRR 6.1		0.59	3.02	5.75	4.11	1.64
CRR 6.2		0.30	1.12	7.85	4.27	3.58
CRR 7.1		0.29	14.59	10.00	11.35	(1.35	)
CRR 7.2		0.08	2.78	13.00	10.11	2.89
CRR 8.1		2.31	1.17	19.00	13.77	5.23
CRR 8.2		0.04	32.32	36.00	22.33	13.67
CRR 8.3		0.02	4.85	75.00	14.89	60.11
Total		100.0

2013
CRR 0.1	6	-	-	0.01	-	0.01
CRR 1.1		4.83	-	0.02	-	0.02
CRR 1.2		7.47	-	0.04	-	0.04
CRR 2.1		20.85	-	0.07	-	0.07
CRR 2.2		10.38	0.01	0.13	0.03	0.10
CRR 3.1		10.79	0.07	0.22	0.16	0.06
CRR 3.2		9.49	0.13	0.37	0.22	0.15
CRR 3.3		8.33	0.15	0.63	0.27	0.36
CRR 4.1		6.40	0.35	0.87	0.48	0.39
CRR 4.2		5.84	0.93	1.20	0.80	0.40
CRR 4.3		4.22	0.47	1.65	0.67	0.98
CRR 5.1		4.18	0.72	2.25	0.76	1.49
CRR 5.2		3.07	0.97	3.05	1.03	2.02
CRR 5.3		1.85	2.77	4.20	1.89	2.31
CRR 6.1		0.98	4.37	5.75	3.28	2.47
CRR 6.2		0.46	5.74	7.85	3.77	4.08
CRR 7.1		0.44	12.69	10.00	7.95	2.05
CRR 7.2		0.15	7.84	13.00	8.68	4.32
CRR 8.1		0.15	9.48	19.00	11.44	7.56
CRR 8.2		0.07	14.94	36.00	13.70	22.30
CRR 8.3		0.05	13.12	75.00	13.64	61.36
Total		100.0


1	Covers the combined populations of the global large corporates model, all regional IRB models for large, medium and small corporates and non-bank financial institutions.


2	Total facility limits for each CRR grade, expressed as a percentage of total limits granted.


3	Defaulted facilities as a percentage of total facility limits at that grade.


4	The estimated PD is before application of the 0.03% regulatory floor.


5	Actual PD is based on the number of defaulted obligors covered by the model(s), without taking into account the size of the facility granted or the exposures to the obligor.


6	The top band of the wholesale CRR master scale is not available to entities in the corporates exposure class. It is restricted to the strongest central governments, central banks and institutions.



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Retail risk

Retail risk rating systems

Due to the different country-level portfolio performance characteristics and loss history, there are no global models for our retail portfolios. Across the Group, over 100 models are used with the PRA's approval under our IRB permission.

The 10 most material risk rating systems for which we disclose details of modelling methodology and performance data represent RWAs of $38bn or 58% of the total retail IRB RWA.

In previous years, the most material rating systems have included our US Consumer Lending and Mortgage Services portfolios. These have now been sold. We continue to disclose the 10 most material portfolios, which includes additional mortgage portfolios in the UK and Hong Kong.

PD models are developed using statistical estimation based on a minimum of five years of historical data. The modelling approach is typically inherently TTC or, where models are developed based on a PIT approach (as in the UK), the model outputs become effectively TTC through the application of buffer or model adjustments as agreed with the PRA.

EAD models are also developed using at least five years of historical observations and typically adopt one of two approaches:


•	for closed-end products without the facility for additional drawdowns, EAD is estimated as the outstanding balance of accounts at the time of observation; or


•	for products with the facility for additional drawdowns, EAD is estimated as the outstanding balance of accounts at the time of observation plus a credit conversion factor applied to the undrawn portion of the facility.

LGD estimates have more variation, particularly in respect of the time period that is used to quantify economic downturn assumptions.



Table 33: Material retail IRB risk rating systems
Portfolio	CRD IV asset class	RWA $bn	Component model	Number of material component models	Model description and methodology	Number of years loss data¹	Applicable Pillar 1 regulatory thresholds and overlays
UK HSBC residential mortgages	Retail - secured by mortgages on immovable property non-SME	4.60	PD	1	Statistical model built on internal behavioural data and bureau information. Underlying PIT model is calibrated to the latest observed PD. An adjustment is then applied to generate the long-run PD based on a combination of historical misalignment of the underlying model and expert judgement.	7-10	PD floor of 0.03%
			LGD	1	Statistical estimates of loss and probability of possession in combination with the workout process and using the 1990s recession in benchmarking the downturn LGD.	>10	LGD floor of 10% at portfolio level
			EAD	1	Logical model that uses the sum of balance at observation plus further unpaid interest that could accrue before default.	7-10	EAD must at least be equal to current balance
UK First Direct residential mortgages	Retail - secured by mortgages on immovable property non-SME	0.96	PD	1	Underlying PIT PD model is a segmented scorecard. An adjustment is then applied based on observed misalignment in the underlying model (with some additional conservatism applied).	7-10	PD floor of 0.03%
			LGD	1	Underlying model is component based (LGD, forced sale haircut and the time between default and property sale). A downturn adjustment is applied through a 30% drop from peak house price plus adjustments to the other components in the model, including a 10% forced sale haircut.	>10	LGD floor of 10% at portfolio level
			EAD	2	There are two separate EAD models - one for standard capital repayment mortgages and one for offset mortgages which offer a revolving loan facility.	7-10	EAD must at least be equal to current balance
UK HSBC credit cards	Retail - qualifying revolving	2.26	PD	1	Statistical model built on internal behavioural data and bureau information. Underlying PIT model is calibrated to the latest observed PD. An adjustment is then applied to generate the long run PD based on historical observed misalignment of the underlying model.	7-10	PD floor of 0.03%
			LGD	1	Statistical model based on forecasting the amount of expected future recoveries, segmented by default status.	7-10
			EAD	1	Statistical model that directly estimates EAD for different segments of the portfolio using either balance or limit as the key input.	7-10	EAD must at least be equal to current balance
UK HSBC personal loans	Retail - other non-SME	3.87	PD	1	Statistical model built on internal behavioural data and bureau information. Underlying PIT model is calibrated to the latest observed PD. An adjustment is then applied to generate the long run PD based on historical observed misalignment of the underlying model.	7-10	PD floor of 0.03%
			LGD	1	Statistical model based on forecasting the amount of expected future recoveries, segmented by default status.	7-10
			EAD	1	EAD is equal to current balance as this provides a conservative estimate.	7-10	EAD must at least be equal to current balance



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Table 33: Material retail IRB risk rating systems (continued)
Portfolio	CRD IV asset class	RWA $bn	Component model	Number of material component models	Model description and methodology	Number of years loss data1	Applicable Pillar 1 regulatory thresholds and overlays
UK business banking	Retail - other SME	3.04	PD	1	Statistical model built on internal behavioural data and bureau information. Underlying PIT model is calibrated to the latest observed PD. An adjustment is then applied to generate the long run PD based on historical observed misalignment of the underlying model.	7-10	PD floor of 0.03%
			LGD	2	Two sets of models - one for secured exposures and another for unsecured exposures. The secured model uses the value to loan as a key component for estimation and the unsecured model estimates the amount of future recoveries and undrawn portion.	7-10
			EAD	1	Statistical model using segmentation according to limit and utilisation and estimation of the undrawn exposure.	7-10	EAD must at least be equal to current balance
Hong Kong HSBC personal residential mortgages²	Retail - secured by mortgages on immovable property non-SME	8.20	PD	2	Statistical model built on internal behavioural data and bureau information, and calibrated to a long-run default rate.	>10	PD floor of 0.03%
			LGD	2	Statistical model based on estimate of loss incurred over a recovery period derived from historical data with downturn LGD based on the worst observed default rate.	>10	LGD floor of 10% at portfolio level
			EAD	2	Rule-based calculation based on current balance which provides a conservative estimate of EAD.	>10	EAD must at least be equal to current balance
Hong Kong Hang Seng personal residential mortgages	Retail - secured by mortgages on immovable property non-SME	4.54	PD	2	Statistical model built on internal behavioural data, and calibrated to a long-run default rate.	>10	PD floor of 0.03%
			LGD	2	Two statistical models and one historical average model based on estimates of loss incurred over a recovery period derived from historical data with a downturn adjustment.	>10	LGD floor of 10% at portfolio level
			EAD	2	Rule-based calculation based on current balance which provides a conservative estimate of EAD.	>10	EAD must at least be equal to current balance
Hong Kong HSBC credit cards	Retail - qualifying revolving	3.50	PD	1	Statistical model built on internal behavioural data and bureau information, and calibrated to a long-run default rate.	>10	PD floor of 0.03%
			LGD	1	Statistical model based on forecasting the amount of expected losses. Downturn LGD derived using data from the period with the highest default rate.	>10
			EAD	1	Statistical model which derives a credit utilisation which is used to estimate EAD.	>10	EAD must at least be equal to current balance
Hong Kong HSBC personal instalment loans	Retail - other non-SME	1.50	PD	1	Statistical model built on internal behavioural data and bureau information, and calibrated to a long-run default rate.	>10	PD floor of 0.03%
			LGD	1	Statistical model based on forecasting the amount of expected future losses. Downturn LGD derived using data from the period with the highest default rate.	>10
			EAD	1	Statistical model which derives a credit conversion factor to determine the proportion of undrawn limit to be added to the balance at observation.	>10	EAD must at least be equal to current balance
US HSBC Mortgage Corporation first lien³	Retail - secured by mortgages on immovable property non-SME	5.41	PD	1	Statistical model built on internal behavioural data and bureau information, and calibrated to a long-run default rate.	>10	PD floor of 0.03%
			LGD	1	Statistical model based on identifying the main risk drivers of loss and recovery and grouping them into homogeneous pools. Downturn LGD is derived based on the peak default rate observed. Additional assumptions and estimations are made on incomplete workouts.	>10	LGD floor of 10% at portfolio level
			EAD	1	Rule-based calculation based on current balance which provides a conservative estimate of EAD.	>10	EAD must at least be equal to current balance


1	Defined as the number of years of historical data used in model development and estimation.


2	In 2017, the Hong Kong Monetary Authority ('HKMA') increased the risk weight floor from 15% to 25% for all residential mortgages booked after 19 May 2017.


3	In US mortgage business, first lien is a primary claim on a property that takes precedence over all subsequent claims and will be paid first from the proceeds in case of the property's foreclosure sale.



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Retail credit models

Given the large number of retail IRB models globally, we disclose information on our most material local models.

The actual and estimated values are derived from the model monitoring and calibration processes performed at a local level. Within the discipline of our global modelling policies, our analytics teams adopt back-testing criteria specific to local conditions in order to assess the accuracy of their models.

Table 34 contains the estimated and actual values from the back-testing of our material IRB models covering portfolios in the UK, Hong Kong and the residential mortgage portfolio in the US. The most recent three years have been included for the portfolios added to this year's disclosures.

Within table 34, for back-testing purposes, a customer's PD is observed at a PIT and their default or non-default status in the following one-year period is recorded against that PD grade. The PD presented here is expressed on an obligor count basis consisting of non-defaulted obligors at the time of observation. The LGD and EAD refer to observations for the defaulted population, being the appropriate focus of an assessment of these models' performance. The LGD values represent the amount of loss as a percentage of EAD, and are calculated based on defaulted accounts that were fully resolved or have completed the modelled recovery outcome period at the reporting date. The EAD values of the defaulted exposures are presented as a percentage of the total EAD, which includes all defaulted and non-defaulted exposures for the relevant population. The regulatory PD and LGD floors of 0.03% and 10%, respectively, are applied during final capital calculation and are not reflected in the estimates below.

For our UK residential mortgage portfolios, the model outputs include required regulatory downturn adjustments. In conducting the back-testing, our UK residential mortgage LGD models consider repossession rates over a 36 month period starting at the date of default. For both our HSBC and First Direct branded residential mortgages, LGD estimates and actual LGD values remained low and stable in 2017.

The Hong Kong estimated LGD values in table 34 include required stressed factors to reflect downturn conditions. The LGD models for our Hong Kong HSBC and Hang Seng residential mortgage portfolios use a recovery outcome period of 24 months starting at the date of default. For both portfolios, LGD estimates remain higher than the calculated actual values but below the 10% regulatory floor. The Hong Kong credit card EAD model currently underestimates exposure values at the point of default; however, this is mitigated by a temporary adjustment to RWAs. An updated model has been submitted to the PRA for approval following approval from the local regulator and is expected to be implemented during 2018. Actual LGD values for Hong Kong personal loans have increased in 2017 due to the inclusion of restructured loans in the calculation. This provides a more accurate assessment of losses. LGD estimates remain higher than the actual values.

The US estimates in table 34 include downturn adjustments and model overlays agreed with the PRA. The LGD models use a recovery outcome period of 36 months, reflecting the recovery process due to foreclosure moratoria. The LGD estimates have increased in 2017 following implementation of new models in 2016 that capture maximum expected losses during an economic cycle. Actual LGD values have continued to decrease due to improving house prices.



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Table 34: IRB models - estimated and actual values (retail)
	PD		LGD		EAD
	Estimated	Actuals	Estimated	Actuals	Estimated	Actuals
	%	%	%	%	%	%
2017
UK
- HSBC residential mortgage	0.44	0.28	9.74	0.88	0.26	0.24
- FD residential mortgages	0.48	0.41	2.11	0.45	1.09	0.91
- HSBC credit card	0.92	0.77	90.86	85.68	1.10	1.07
- HSBC personal loans	1.94	1.62	87.77	79.90	1.58	1.50
- Business Banking (Retail SME)	2.57	2.64	73.87	70.25	1.90	1.51
Hong Kong
- HSBC personal residential mortgage	0.72	0.04	1.43	0.14	0.05	0.05
- Hang Seng personal residential mortgage	0.42	0.14	5.18	0.59	0.14	0.14
- HSBC credit card	0.65	0.28	89.33	76.11	0.47	0.50
- HSBC personal instalment loans	2.34	1.51	89.07	80.05	1.25	1.14
US
- HSBC Mortgage Corporation first lien	1.91	0.80	53.27	22.22	0.37	0.36

2016
UK
- HSBC residential mortgage	0.50	0.35	10.53	1.09	0.34	0.31
- FD residential mortgages	0.49	0.43	3.06	0.55	0.95	0.80
- HSBC credit card	0.89	0.75	91.72	89.92	1.03	1.00
- HSBC personal loans	1.84	1.52	88.26	79.08	1.36	1.29
- Business Banking (Retail SME)	2.40	2.47	93.56	82.63	1.80	1.64
Hong Kong
- HSBC personal residential mortgage	0.79	0.04	4.52	0.97	0.04	0.03
- Hang Seng personal residential mortgage	0.49	0.16	4.48	0.62	0.12	0.12
- HSBC credit card	0.69	0.30	88.97	82.48	0.52	0.56
- HSBC personal instalment loans	2.46	1.78	89.28	69.62	1.44	1.33
US
- Consumer Lending real estate first lien	5.30	4.29	74.22	51.89	3.53	3.49
- Mortgage Services real estate first lien	6.16	3.77	68.26	51.79	3.37	3.34
- HSBC Mortgage Corporation first lien	2.20	1.27	41.18	29.25	0.50	0.50

2015
UK
- HSBC residential mortgage	0.45	0.22	16.43	3.54	0.17	0.17
- FD residential mortgages	0.40	0.11	12.13	10.89	0.22	0.20
- HSBC credit card	1.06	0.86	91.54	88.42	1.23	1.19
- HSBC personal loans	1.93	1.23	82.10	78.46	1.18	1.13
- Business Banking (Retail SME)	2.26	2.21	76.06	71.78	1.57	1.47
Hong Kong
- HSBC personal residential mortgage	0.79	0.03	1.90	0.03	0.04	0.03
- Hang Seng personal residential mortgage	0.46	0.14	4.12	0.57	0.11	0.11
- HSBC credit card	0.67	0.32	90.40	81.75	0.52	0.58
- HSBC personal instalment loans	2.40	2.02	89.43	69.59	1.69	1.51
US
- Consumer Lending real estate first lien	5.92	5.47	75.98	51.60	5.37	5.31
- Mortgage Services real estate first lien	6.96	5.96	69.59	54.09	7.97	7.88
- HSBC Mortgage Corporation first lien	4.66	2.08	29.63	37.19	0.70	0.69



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Table 34: IRB models - estimated and actual values (retail) (continued)
	PD		LGD		EAD
	Estimated	Actuals	Estimated	Actuals	Estimated	Actuals
	%	%	%	%	%	%
2014
UK
- HSBC residential mortgage	0.50	0.31	15.82	4.68	0.24	0.23
- HSBC credit card	1.37	1.07	91.11	86.30	1.83	1.78
- HSBC personal loans	2.28	1.57	81.56	80.45	1.52	1.46
- Business Banking (Retail SME)	2.83	2.57	73.04	68.17	2.00	1.88
Hong Kong
- HSBC personal residential mortgage	0.72	0.04	1.26	0.35	0.03	0.03
- HSBC credit card	0.62	0.32	92.91	88.13	0.55	0.59
- HSBC personal instalment loans	2.37	2.04	89.69	87.66	1.77	1.63
US
- Consumer Lending real estate first lien	7.31	7.72	77.16	60.29	7.83	7.72
- Mortgage Services real estate first lien	9.43	8.12	71.40	60.17	7.51	7.43
- HSBC Mortgage Corporation first lien	5.24	2.28	29.63	39.36	1.00	1.00

2013
UK
- HSBC residential mortgage	0.55	0.38	17.30	6.40	0.32	0.31
- HSBC credit card	1.54	1.27	88.10	84.10	1.70	1.67
- HSBC personal loans	3.57	2.35	85.40	73.00	2.19	2.11
- Business Banking (Retail SME)	2.39	2.61	78.00	70.00	2.03	1.99
Hong Kong
- HSBC personal residential mortgage	0.71	0.03	1.84	0.43	0.03	0.03
- HSBC credit card	0.63	0.33	91.41	84.58	0.56	0.59
- HSBC personal instalment loans	2.20	1.99	90.07	96.16	1.69	1.55
US
- Consumer Lending real estate first lien	7.74	8.22	67.13	64.93	7.08	6.72
- Mortgage Services real estate first lien	10.15	9.68	60.04	62.92	6.12	5.88
- HSBC Mortgage Corporation first lien	4.64	4.43	49.85	37.17	2.40	2.40



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Model performance

Model validation is subject to global internal standards designed to support a comprehensive quantitative and qualitative process within a cycle of model monitoring and validation that includes:


•	investigation of model stability;


•	model performance measured through testing the model's outputs against actual outcomes; and


•	model use within the business, e.g. user input data quality, override activity and the assessment of results from key controls around the usage of the rating system as a whole within the overall credit process.

Models are validated against a series of metrics and triggers approved by the appropriate governance committee. Model performance metrics, and any remedial actions in the event of a trigger breach, are reported at the Wholesale and RBWM MOCs. We also disclose model performance reports for our IRB models to our lead regulator, the PRA, quarterly.

A large number of models are used within the Group, and data at individual model level is, in most cases, immaterial in the context of the overall Group. We therefore disclose data covering most wholesale models, including corporate models on an aggregated basis, and on the most material retail models.

Tables 35 and 36 below validate the reliability of PD calculations by comparing the PD used in IRB calculations with actual default experience.



Table 35: Wholesale IRB exposure - back-testing of probability of default (PD) per portfolio¹
PD range	External rating equivalent (S&P)	External rating equivalent (Moody's)	External rating equivalent (Fitch)	Weighted average PD %	Arithmetic average PD by obligors %	Number of obligors		Defaulted obligors in the year	of which: new defaulted obligors in the year	Average historical annual default rate %
PD range	External rating equivalent (S&P)	External rating equivalent (Moody's)	External rating equivalent (Fitch)	Weighted average PD %	Arithmetic average PD by obligors %	End of previous year	End of the year	Defaulted obligors in the year	of which: new defaulted obligors in the year	Average historical annual default rate %
2017
Sovereigns²
0.00 to <0.15	AAA to BBB	Aaa to Baa2	AAA to BBB	0.02	0.05	43	53	-	-	-
0.15 to <0.25	BBB-	Baa3	BBB-	0.22	0.22	7	7	-	-	-
0.25 to <0.50	BBB-	Baa3	BBB-	0.37	0.37	7	5	-	-	-
0.50 to <0.75	BB+ to BB	Ba1 to Ba2	BB+ to BB	0.63	0.63	6	7	-	-	-
0.75 to <2.50	BB- to B-	Ba3 to B2	BB- to B-	2.02	1.65	17	23	-	-	-
2.5 to <10.00	B to B-	B2 to Caa1	CCC+ to CCC	3.90	6.09	18	21	-	-	-
10.00 to <100.00	B- to C	Caa1 to C	CCC to C	12.89	12.57	7	8	-	-	2.67

Banks
0.00 to <0.15	AAA to A-	Aaa to Baa1	AAA to BBB+	0.05	0.08	250	258	-	-	-
0.15 to <0.25	BBB+	Baa2	BBB	0.22	0.22	72	62	-	-	-
0.25 to <0.50	BBB	Baa3	BBB-	0.37	0.37	59	48	-	-	-
0.50 to <0.75	BBB-	Baa3	BBB-	0.63	0.63	68	58	-	-	-
0.75 to <2.50	BB+ to BB-	Ba1 to B1	BB+ to B+	1.20	1.40	122	119	-	-	-
2.5 to <10.00	B+ to B-	B2 to Caa1	B to CCC+	4.63	4.71	100	75	-	-	0.20
10.00 to <100.00	CCC+ to C	Caa1 to C	CCC to C	17.91	14.66	32	18	-	-	4.68

Corporates
0.00 to <0.15	AAA to A-	Aaa to Baa1	AAA to BBB+	0.09	0.10	11,220	11,401	2	-	0.01
0.15 to <0.25	BBB+	Baa2	BBB	0.22	0.22	10,899	11,453	10	2	0.12
0.25 to <0.50	BBB	Baa3	BBB-	0.37	0.37	12,161	11,675	20	3	0.25
0.50 to <0.75	BBB-	Baa3	BBB-	0.63	0.63	10,920	10,508	29	2	0.46
0.75 to <2.50	BB+ to BB-	Ba1 to B1	BB+ to B+	1.37	1.45	35,150	34,911	244	12	0.91
2.5 to <10.00	B+ to B-	B2 to Caa1	B to CCC+	4.34	4.38	12,978	13,183	418	30	2.87
10.00 to <100.00	CCC+ to C	Caa1 to C	CCC to C	18.42	19.33	2,119	1,785	266	20	12.54



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PD range	External rating equivalent (S&P)	External rating equivalent (Moody's)	External rating equivalent (Fitch)	Weighted average PD %	Arithmetic average PD by obligors %	Number of obligors		Defaulted obligors in the year	of which: new defaulted obligors in the year	Average historical annual default rate %
PD range	External rating equivalent (S&P)	External rating equivalent (Moody's)	External rating equivalent (Fitch)	Weighted average PD %	Arithmetic average PD by obligors %	End of previous year	End of the year	Defaulted obligors in the year	of which: new defaulted obligors in the year	Average historical annual default rate %
2016
Sovereigns
0.00 to <0.15	AAA to A-	Aaa to Baa1	AAA to BBB+	0.02	0.05	60	60	-	-	-
0.15 to <0.25	BBB+	Baa2	BBB	0.22	0.22	8	11	-	-	-
0.25 to <0.50	BBB	Baa3	BBB-	0.37	0.37	10	7	-	-	-
0.50 to <0.75	BBB-	Baa3	BBB-	0.63	0.63	7	7	-	-	-
0.75 to <2.50	BB+ to BB-	Ba1 to B1	BB+ to B+	2.01	1.58	19	25	-	-	-
2.5 to <10.00	B+ to B-	B2 to Caa1	B to CCC+	4.66	5.32	35	27	-	-	-
10.00 to <100.00	CCC+ to C	Caa1 to C	CCC to C	20.27	21.07	14	16	-	-	1.67

Banks
0.00 to <0.15	AAA to A-	Aaa to Baa1	AAA to BBB+	0.05	0.08	235	250	-	-	-
0.15 to <0.25	BBB+	Baa2	BBB	0.22	0.22	91	72	-	-	-
0.25 to <0.50	BBB	Baa3	BBB-	0.37	0.37	37	59	-	-	-
0.50 to <0.75	BBB-	Baa3	BBB-	0.63	0.63	64	68	-	-	-
0.75 to <2.50	BB+ to BB-	Ba1 to B1	BB+ to B+	1.16	1.36	139	122	-	-	-
2.5 to <10.00	B+ to B-	B2 to Caa1	B to CCC+	4.96	4.87	109	100	-	-	0.29
10.00 to <100.00	CCC+ to C	Caa1 to C	CCC to C	11.38	11.55	29	32	-	-	1.70

Corporates
0.00 to <0.15	AAA to A-	Aaa to Baa1	AAA to BBB+	0.09	0.10	11,742	11,245	2	-	0.01
0.15 to <0.25	BBB+	Baa2	BBB	0.22	0.22	11,003	10,904	28	1	0.13
0.25 to <0.50	BBB	Baa3	BBB-	0.37	0.37	12,384	12,183	48	1	0.28
0.50 to <0.75	BBB-	Baa3	BBB-	0.63	0.63	10,516	10,924	54	2	0.50
0.75 to <2.50	BB+ to BB-	Ba1 to B1	BB+ to B+	1.39	1.47	36,308	35,588	416	31	1.03
2.5 to <10.00	B+ to B-	B2 to Caa1	B to CCC+	4.39	4.43	13,419	13,488	437	21	3.06
10.00 to <100.00	CCC+ to C	Caa1 to C	CCC to C	19.08	20.29	2,319	2,141	285	12	13.42


1	Data represents an annual view, analysed at 30 September.


2	The CRR to external ratings mapping has been updated for Sovereign portfolios to reflect the current CRR master scale.



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Table 36: Retail IRB exposure - back-testing of probability of default (PD) per portfolio¹
PD range	Weighted average PD	Arithmetic average PD by obligors	Number of obligors		Defaulted obligors in the year	of which: new defaulted obligors in the year	Average historical annual default rate
PD range	Weighted average PD	Arithmetic average PD by obligors	End of previous year	End of the year	Defaulted obligors in the year	of which: new defaulted obligors in the year	Average historical annual default rate
2017
Retail - Secured by real estate non-SME
0.00 to <0.15	0.06	0.06	662,941	700,284	238	4	0.03
0.15 to <0.25	0.19	0.19	62,640	59,539	69	-	0.08
0.25 to <0.50	0.36	0.35	63,554	64,051	97	-	0.13
0.50 to <0.75	0.60	0.60	26,579	27,095	63	-	0.21
0.75 to <2.50	1.33	1.34	61,808	59,299	277	1	0.43
2.50 to <10.00	4.63	4.56	18,796	17,156	379	1	1.94
10.00 to <100.00	27.70	24.33	8,090	5,358	1,308	15	19.49

Retail - qualifying revolving
0.00 to <0.15	0.07	0.07	2,903,455	3,128,491	1,403	100	0.05
0.15 to <0.25	0.19	0.19	702,956	715,693	643	25	0.10
0.25 to <0.50	0.36	0.36	641,717	666,802	1,229	44	0.21
0.50 to <0.75	0.61	0.62	316,331	317,666	1,075	36	0.36
0.75 to <2.50	1.35	1.33	717,012	677,685	5,202	131	0.85
2.50 to <10.00	4.39	4.30	214,063	217,996	6,465	79	3.06
10.00 to <100.00	26.42	26.77	66,144	52,014	14,140	10	19.19

Retail - other non-SME
0.00 to <0.15	0.08	0.08	123,797	143,758	216	5	0.15
0.15 to <0.25	0.19	0.19	75,671	84,219	112	6	0.13
0.25 to <0.50	0.36	0.36	109,873	118,254	327	18	0.25
0.50 to <0.75	0.61	0.62	37,381	39,622	208	8	0.48
0.75 to <2.50	1.36	1.41	94,398	93,147	1,261	61	1.05
2.50 to <10.00	4.63	4.88	49,426	39,977	1,811	55	3.03
10.00 to <100.00	42.70	42.41	12,114	5,550	4,380	9	34.31

Retail - other SME
0.00 to <0.15	0.11	0.11	66,454	65,482	45	-	0.09
0.15 to <0.25	0.20	0.20	42,675	43,437	66	-	0.29
0.25 to <0.50	0.38	0.37	126,549	132,200	451	11	0.51
0.50 to <0.75	0.63	0.63	124,441	128,686	739	11	0.83
0.75 to <2.50	1.55	1.38	316,020	305,501	4,562	82	1.77
2.50 to <10.00	4.77	4.68	167,107	148,916	7,730	111	4.48
10.00 to <100.00	17.47	19.38	48,949	39,032	10,329	48	17.57



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Table 36: Retail IRB exposure - Back-testing of probability of default (PD) per portfolio¹ (Continued)
PD range	Weighted average PD	Arithmetic average PD by obligors	Number of obligors		Defaulted obligors in the year	of which: new defaulted obligors in the year	Average historical annual default rate
PD range	Weighted average PD	Arithmetic average PD by obligors	End of previous year	End of the year	Defaulted obligors in the year	of which: new defaulted obligors in the year	Average historical annual default rate
2016
Retail - Secured by real estate non-SME
0.00 to <0.15	0.06	0.06	454,384	472,033	196	3	0.03
0.15 to <0.25	0.20	0.19	42,290	40,896	37	-	0.07
0.25 to <0.50	0.39	0.40	78,127	76,119	154	-	0.28
0.50 to <0.75	0.59	0.59	16,323	16,596	22	-	0.10
0.75 to <2.50	1.27	1.32	105,008	70,068	967	2	1.10
2.50 to <10.00	4.83	4.74	52,157	25,774	739	12	3.68
10.00 to <100.00	28.19	27.67	55,403	11,411	2,873	152	33.03

Retail - qualifying revolving
0.00 to <0.15	0.07	0.07	3,081,238	3,212,010	1,556	94	0.05
0.15 to <0.25	0.19	0.20	739,131	686,815	661	15	0.10
0.25 to <0.50	0.36	0.35	577,288	601,986	1,265	18	0.19
0.50 to <0.75	0.61	0.62	291,303	301,068	1,060	15	0.33
0.75 to <2.50	1.35	1.33	649,838	657,683	5,519	80	0.79
2.50 to <10.00	4.42	4.30	180,889	184,846	5,739	29	2.87
10.00 to <100.00	25.88	28.08	62,487	46,776	14,159	2	18.71

Retail - other non-SME
0.00 to <0.15	0.09	0.09	113,178	150,991	142	6	0.13
0.15 to <0.25	0.19	0.19	70,557	82,256	91	3	0.13
0.25 to <0.50	0.34	0.36	135,970	149,246	339	65	0.28
0.50 to <0.75	0.60	0.60	67,774	67,475	313	29	0.53
0.75 to <2.50	1.36	1.37	146,702	145,343	1,171	122	1.14
2.50 to <10.00	4.57	4.91	67,842	59,099	1,584	93	3.20
10.00 to <100.00	25.26	26.44	20,318	12,085	3,722	9	19.94

Retail - other SME
0.00 to <0.15	0.10	0.09	119,633	119,245	142	1	0.09
0.15 to <0.25	0.20	0.20	72,127	79,047	239	4	0.27
0.25 to <0.50	0.37	0.37	150,563	163,934	737	26	0.49
0.50 to <0.75	0.60	0.60	124,371	124,797	998	22	0.84
0.75 to <2.50	1.54	1.38	275,325	262,619	4,569	117	1.66
2.50 to <10.00	4.81	4.73	155,368	133,616	6,953	62	4.27
10.00 to <100.00	18.06	20.84	38,418	26,680	6,982	22	16.62


1	Data represents an annual view, analysed at 30 September.



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Pillar 3 Disclosures at 31 December 2017

Counterparty credit risk

Counterparty credit risk management

CCR arises for derivatives and SFTs. It is calculated in both the trading and non-trading books, and is the risk that a counterparty may default before settlement of the transaction. CCR is generated primarily in our wholesale global businesses.

Four approaches may be used under CRD IV to calculate exposure values for CCR: mark-to-market, original exposure, standardised and IMM. Exposure values calculated under these approaches are used to determine RWAs. Across the Group, we use the mark-to-market and IMM approaches.

Under the mark-to-market approach, the EAD is calculated as current exposure plus regulatory add-ons. We use this approach for all products not covered by our IMM permission. Under the IMM approach, EAD is calculated by multiplying the effective expected positive exposure with a multiplier called 'alpha'.

Alpha (set to a default value of 1.4) accounts for several portfolio features that increase EL above that indicated by effective expected positive exposure in the event of default, such as:


•	co-variance of exposures;


•	correlation between exposures and default;


•	level of volatility/correlation that might coincide with a downturn;


•	concentration risk; and


•	model risk.

The effective expected exposure is derived from simulation, pricing and aggregation internal models approved by regulators. The IMM model is subject to ongoing model validation including monthly model performance monitoring.

From a risk management perspective, including daily monitoring of credit limit utilisation, products not covered by IMM are subject to conservative asset class add-on calculated or repo VaR outside of the IMM framework.

The potential future exposure ('PFE') measures used for CCR management are calibrated to the 95th percentile. The measures consider volatility, trade maturity and the counterparty legal documentation covering netting and collateral.

Limits for CCR exposures are assigned within the overall credit process. The credit risk function assigns a limit against each counterparty to cover derivatives exposure which may arise as a result of a counterparty default. The magnitude of this limit will depend on the overall risk appetite and type of derivatives trading undertaken with the counterparty.

The models and methodologies used in the calculation of CCR are approved by the Global Markets MOC. Models are subject to ongoing monitoring and validation. Additionally, they are subject to independent review at inception and annually thereafter.

Credit valuation adjustment

Credit valuation adjustment ('CVA') risk is the risk of adverse moves in the credit valuation adjustments taken for expected credit losses on derivative transactions. Where we have both specific risk VaR approval and IMM approval for a product, the CVA VaR approach has been used to calculate the CVA capital charge. Where we do not hold both approvals, the standardised approach has been applied. Certain counterparty exposures are exempt from CVA, such as non-financial counterparties and sovereigns.

Collateral arrangements

Our policy is to revalue all traded transactions and associated collateral positions on a daily basis. An independent collateral management function manages the collateral process including pledging and receiving collateral and investigating disputes and non-receipts.

Eligible collateral types are controlled under a policy to ensure price transparency, price stability, liquidity, enforceability, independence, reusability and eligibility for regulatory purposes. A valuation 'haircut' policy reflects the fact that collateral may fall in value between the date the collateral was called and the date of liquidation or enforcement. Approximately 98% of collateral held as variation margin under CSAs is either cash or liquid government securities.

Further information on gross fair value exposure and the offset due to legally enforceable netting and collateral is set out on page 239 of the Annual Report and Accounts 2017.

Credit rating downgrade

A credit rating downgrade clause in a Master Agreement or a credit rating downgrade threshold clause in a CSA is designed to trigger an action if the credit rating of the affected party falls below a specified level. These actions may include the requirement to pay or increase collateral, the termination of transactions by the non-affected party or the assignment of transactions by the affected party.

At 31 December 2017, the potential value of the additional collateral pertaining to International Swaps and Derivatives Association Credit Support Annex ('CSA') downgrade thresholds that we would need to post with counterparties in the event of a one-notch downgrade of our rating was $0.3bn (2016: $0.3bn) and for a two-notch downgrade was $0.5bn (2016: $0.8bn).



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Counterparty credit risk exposures



Table 37: Counterparty credit risk exposure - by exposure class, product and geographical region
		Exposure value
		Europe	Asia	MENA	North America	Latin America	Total
		Europe	Asia	MENA	North America	Latin America	Total
	Footnotes	$bn	$bn	$bn	$bn	$bn	$bn
By exposure class
IRB advanced approach		63.0	33.0	0.7	20.4	1.2	118.3
- central governments and central banks		4.6	4.8	0.3	2.2	0.6	12.5
- institutions		26.8	18.6	0.2	8.6	0.2	54.4
- corporates		31.6	9.6	0.2	9.6	0.4	51.4
IRB foundation approach		3.4	-	0.3	-	-	3.7
- corporates		3.4	-	0.3	-	-	3.7
Standardised approach		6.2	0.4	2.2	-	0.7	9.5
- central governments and central banks		5.6	-	1.9	-	-	7.5
- institutions		0.1	-	-	-	-	0.1
- corporates		0.5	0.4	0.3	-	0.7	1.9
CVA advanced	2	-	-	-	-	-	-
CVA standardised	2	-	-	-	-	-	-
CCP standardised		16.5	8.0	-	11.1	0.4	36.0
At 31 Dec 2017		89.1	41.4	3.2	31.5	2.3	167.5
By product
Derivatives (OTC and exchange traded derivatives)		52.3	31.8	1.0	24.3	1.6	111.0
SFTs		34.1	5.8	2.2	7.2	0.7	50.0
Other	1	2.7	3.8	-	-	-	6.5
CVA advanced	2	-	-	-	-	-	-
CVA standardised	2	-	-	-	-	-	-
CCP default funds	3	-	-	-	-	-	-
At 31 Dec 2017		89.1	41.4	3.2	31.5	2.3	167.5

By exposure class
IRB advanced approach		62.3	36.1	0.5	22.0	0.7	121.6
- central governments and central banks		5.0	4.1	-	3.0	0.2	12.3
- institutions		27.9	19.8	0.2	9.2	0.4	57.5
- corporates		29.4	12.2	0.3	9.8	0.1	51.8
IRB foundation approach		5.0	-	0.5	-	-	5.5
- corporates		5.0	-	0.5	-	-	5.5
Standardised approach		6.5	0.7	2.1	0.1	0.7	10.1
- central governments and central banks		5.9	-	1.4	-	-	7.3
- institutions		-	-	0.2	-	-	0.2
- corporates		0.6	0.7	0.5	0.1	0.7	2.6
CVA advanced	2	-	-	-	-	-
CVA standardised	2	-	-	-	-	-
CCP standardised		13.3	5.5	-	8.8	-	27.6
At 31 Dec 2016		87.1	42.3	3.1	30.9	1.4	164.8
By product
Derivatives (OTC and exchange traded derivatives)		58.9	33.8	1.6	21.5	1.2	117.0
SFTs		25.3	5.0	1.5	9.4	0.2	41.4
Other	1	2.9	3.5	-	-	-	6.4
CVA advanced	2	-	-	-	-	-	-
CVA standardised	2	-	-	-	-	-	-
CCP default funds	3	-	-	-	-	-	-
At 31 Dec 2016		87.1	42.3	3.1	30.9	1.4	164.8


1	Includes free deliveries not deducted from regulatory capital.


2	The RWA impact due to the CVA capital charge is calculated based on the same exposures as the IRB and standardised approaches. The table above does not present any exposures for CVA to avoid double counting.


3	Default fund contributions are cash balances posted to CCPs by all members. These cash balances have nil impact on reported exposure.



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Table 38: Counterparty credit risk - RWAs by exposure class, product and geographical region
		RWAs						Capital required
		Europe	Asia	MENA	North America	Latin America	Total	Capital required
	Footnotes	$bn	$bn	$bn	$bn	$bn	$bn	$bn
By exposure class
IRB advanced approach		21.2	9.9	0.6	7.3	0.9	39.9	3.2
- central governments and central banks		0.7	0.1	0.4	0.8	0.4	2.4	0.2
- institutions		7.1	5.0	0.1	2.1	0.2	14.5	1.2
- corporates		13.4	4.8	0.1	4.4	0.3	23.0	1.8
IRB foundation approach		1.7	-	0.1	-	-	1.8	0.1
- corporates		1.7	-	0.1	-	-	1.8	0.1
Standardised approach		0.6	0.4	0.3	-	0.6	1.9	0.2
- central governments and central banks		-	-	-	-	-	-	-
- institutions		-	-	0.0	-	-	0.0	0.0
- corporates		0.6	0.4	0.3	-	0.6	1.9	0.2
CVA advanced	2	2.8	-	-	-	-	2.8	0.2
CVA standardised	2	0.8	2.4	0.1	3.2	0.2	6.7	0.6
CCP standardised		0.7	0.3	-	0.4	-	1.4	0.1
At 31 Dec 2017		27.8	13.0	1.1	10.9	1.7	54.5	4.4
By product								-
Derivatives (OTC and exchange traded derivatives)		17.3	8.6	0.6	5.4	0.9	32.8	2.6
SFTs		5.0	0.6	0.4	2.1	0.6	8.7	0.7
Other	1	1.5	1.3	-	-	-	2.8	0.2
CVA advanced	2	2.8	-	-	-	-	2.8	0.2
CVA standardised	2	0.8	2.4	0.1	3.2	0.2	6.7	0.6
CCP default funds	3	0.4	0.1	-	0.2	-	0.7	0.1
At 31 Dec 2017		27.8	13.0	1.1	10.9	1.7	54.5	4.4

By exposure class
IRB advanced approach		21.3	11.2	0.2	8.6	0.3	41.6	3.3
- central governments and central banks		0.9	0.2	-	0.5	0.1	1.7	0.1
- institutions		8.1	5.2	-	2.6	0.1	16.0	1.3
- corporates		12.3	5.8	0.2	5.5	0.1	23.9	1.9
IRB foundation approach		1.7	-	0.2	-	-	1.9	0.2
- corporates		1.7	-	0.2	-	-	1.9	0.2
Standardised approach		0.8	0.7	0.6	0.1	0.6	2.8	0.2
- central governments and central banks		-	-	-	-	-	-	-
- institutions		0.1	-	0.1	-	-	0.2	-
- corporates		0.7	0.7	0.5	0.1	0.6	2.6	0.2
CVA advanced	2	3.5	-	-	-	-	3.5	0.3
CVA standardised	2	2.8	4.0	0.2	3.6	0.3	10.9	0.9
CCP standardised		0.7	0.3	-	0.3	-	1.3	0.1
At 31 Dec 2016		30.8	16.2	1.2	12.6	1.2	62.0	5.0
By product
Derivatives (OTC and exchange traded derivatives)		18.2	10.6	1.0	6.6	0.9	37.3	3.0
SFTs		4.5	0.6	-	2.1	0.1	7.3	0.6
Other	1	1.4	0.9	-	-	-	2.3	0.2
CVA advanced	2	3.5	-	-	-	-	3.5	0.3
CVA standardised	2	2.8	4.0	0.2	3.6	0.3	10.9	0.9
CCP default funds	3	0.4	0.1	-	0.2	-	0.7	-
At 31 Dec 2016		30.8	16.2	1.2	12.5	1.3	62.0	5.0


1	Includes free deliveries not deducted from regulatory capital.


2	The RWA impact due to the CVA capital charge is calculated based on the exposures under the IRB and standardised approaches. No additional exposures are taken into account.


3	Default fund contributions are cash balances posted to CCPs by all members. These cash balances are not included in the total reported exposure.



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Wrong-way risk

Wrong-way risk occurs when a counterparty's exposures are adversely correlated with its credit quality.

There are two types of wrong-way risk.


•	General wrong-way risk occurs when the probability of counterparty default is positively correlated with general risk factors, for example, where a counterparty is resident and/or incorporated in a higher-risk country and seeks to sell a non-domestic currency in exchange for its home currency.

•

Specific wrong-way risk occurs in self-referencing transactions. These are transactions in which exposure is driven by capital or financing instruments issued by the counterparty and occurs where exposure from HSBC's perspective materially increases as the value of the counterparty's capital or financing instruments referenced in the contract decreases. It is HSBC policy that specific wrong-way transactions are approved on a case-by-case basis.

We use a range of tools to monitor and control wrong-way risk, including requiring the business to obtain prior approval before undertaking wrong-way risk transactions outside pre-agreed guidelines. The regional Traded Risk functions are responsible for the control and monitoring process within an overarching Group framework and limit framework.

Central counterparties ('CCPs')

While exchange traded derivatives have been cleared through CCPs for many years, recent regulatory initiatives designed to reduce systemic risk in the banking system are directing increasing volumes of OTC derivatives to be cleared through CCPs.

A dedicated CCP risk team has been established to manage the interface with CCPs and undertake in-depth due diligence of the unique risks associated with these organisations. This is to address an implication of the regulations that the Group's risk will be transferred from being distributed among individual, bilateral counterparties to a significant level of risk concentration on CCPs. We have developed a risk appetite framework to manage risk accordingly, on an individual CCP and global basis.

Securitisation

HSBC securitisation strategy

HSBC acts as originator, sponsor, liquidity provider and derivative counterparty to our own originated and sponsored securitisations, as well as those of third parties. Our strategy is to use securitisation to meet our needs for aggregate funding or capital management, to the extent that market, regulatory treatments and other conditions are suitable, and for customer facilitation. We do not provide support to any of our originated or sponsored securitisations, and it is not our policy to do so.

We have senior exposures to the securities investment conduits ('SICs'): Mazarin Funding Limited, Barion Funding Limited and Malachite Funding Limited, and we hold all of the commercial paper issued by Solitaire Funding Limited. These are considered legacy businesses, and exposures are being repaid as the securities they hold amortise.

HSBC securitisation activity

Our roles in the securitisation process are as follows:


•	Originator: where we originate the assets being securitised, either directly or indirectly;


•	Sponsor: where we establish and manage a securitisation programme that purchases exposures from third parties; and


•	Investor: where we invest in a securitisation transaction directly or provide derivatives or liquidity facilities to a securitisation.

HSBC as originator

We use SPEs to securitise customer loans and advances and other debt that we have originated in order to diversify our sources of funding for asset origination and for capital efficiency purposes. In such cases, we transfer the loans and advances to the SPEs for cash, and the SPEs issue debt securities to investors to fund the cash purchases.

In addition, we use SPEs to mitigate the capital absorbed by some of the customer loans and advances we have originated. Credit derivatives are used to transfer the credit risk associated with such customer loans and advances to an SPE, using an approach commonly known as synthetic securitisation by which the SPE writes CDS protection for HSBC.

HSBC as sponsor

We are sponsor to a number of types of securitisation entities, details of which can be found in Note 19 on the Financial Statements of the Annual Report and Accounts 2017 and the table below.



Entity	Entity description and nature of exposure	Accounting consolidation	Regulatory consolidation	Regulatory treatment
Solitaire	Asset-backed commercial paper ('ABCP') conduit to which a first-loss letter of credit and transaction-specific liquidity facilities are provided	P	P	Look through to risk weights of underlying assets
Barion	Vehicle to which senior term funding is provided	P	O	Exposures (including derivatives and liquidity facilities) are risk-weighted as securitisation positions
Malachite	Vehicle to which senior term funding is provided	P	O
Mazarin	Vehicle to which senior term funding is provided	P	O
Regency	Multi-seller conduit to which senior liquidity facilities and programme-wide credit enhancement are provided	P	O



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HSBC as investor

We have exposure to third-party securitisations across a wide range of sectors in the form of investments, liquidity facilities and as a derivative counterparty. These are primarily legacy exposures.

Monitoring of securitisation positions

Securitisation positions are managed by a dedicated team that uses a combination of market standard systems and third-party data providers to monitor performance data and manage market and credit risks.

In the case of re-securitisation positions, similar processes are conducted in respect of the underlying securitisations.

Liquidity risk of securitised assets is consistently managed as part of the Group's liquidity and funding risk management framework and further details are provided on page 73 of the Annual Report and Accounts 2017.

Valuation of securitisation positions

The process of valuing our investments in securitisation exposures primarily focuses on quotations from third parties, observed trade levels and calibrated valuations from market standard models.

Our hedging and credit risk mitigation strategy, with regards to retained securitisation and re-securitisation exposures, is to continually review our positions.

Securitisation accounting treatment

For accounting purposes, we consolidate structured entities (including SPEs) when the substance of the relationship indicates that we control them; that is, we are exposed, or have rights, to variable returns from our involvement with the structured entity and have the ability to affect those returns through our power over the entity.

Full details of these assessments and our accounting policy on structured entities may be found in Note 1.2(a) and Note 19 on the Financial Statements respectively of the Annual Report and Accounts 2017.

We reassess the need to consolidate whenever there is a change in the substance of the relationship between HSBC and a structured entity.

HSBC enters into transactions in the normal course of business by which it transfers financial assets to structured entities. Depending on the circumstances, these transfers may either result in these financial assets being fully or partly derecognised, or continuing to be recognised in their entirety.

Full derecognition occurs when we transfer our contractual right to receive cash flows from the financial assets, or assume an obligation to pass on the cash flows from the assets, and transfer substantially all the risks and rewards of ownership. Only in the event that derecognition is achieved are sales and any resultant gains recognised in the financial statements.

Partial derecognition occurs when we sell or otherwise transfer financial assets in such a way that some but not substantially all of the risks and rewards of ownership are transferred and control is retained. These financial assets are recognised on the balance sheet to the extent of our continuing involvement and an associated liability is also recognised. The net carrying amount of the financial asset and associated liability will be based on the measurement basis of the financial asset, either the amortised cost or the fair value of the rights and obligations retained by the entity.

Further disclosure of such transfers may be found in Note 16 on the Financial Statements of the Annual Report and Accounts 2017.

Securitisation regulatory treatment

For regulatory purposes, any reduction in RWAs that would be achieved by our own originated securitisations must receive the PRA's permission and be justified by a commensurate transfer of credit risk to third parties. If achieved, the associated SPEs and underlying assets are not consolidated but exposures to them, including derivatives or liquidity facilities, are risk-weighted as securitisation positions.

For the majority of our securitisation non-trading book positions, we use the IRB approach, and within this principally the RBM, with lesser amounts on IAA and SFM. We also use the standardised approach for an immaterial amount of non-trading book positions. Securitisation positions in the trading book are overseen within Market Risk using the standardised approach.

Use of the IAA is limited to exposures arising from Regency Assets Limited related to liquidity facilities. Eligible ECAI rating methodology, which includes stress factors, is applied to each asset class in order to derive the equivalent rating level for each transaction. This methodology is verified by the internal credit function as part of the approval process for each new transaction. The performance of each underlying asset portfolio, including residential and commercial mortgages and re-securitisations, is monitored to confirm that the applicable equivalent rating level still applies and is independently verified. Our IAA approach is audited periodically by Internal Audit and reviewed by the PRA.

There was $0.5bn (2016: $0.7bn) of unrealised losses on Asset-backed securities ('ABS') in the year, also disclosed on page 101 of the Annual Report and Accounts 2017, which fully relates to assets within SPEs that are consolidated for regulatory purposes.

Analysis of securitisation exposures

HSBC's involvement in securitisation activities reflects the following:


•	securitisation positions are not backed by revolving exposures other than trade receivables in Regency Assets Limited, which is unchanged from 2016;


•	facilities are not subject to early amortisation provisions (2016: nil);


•	$4.7bn positions held as synthetic transactions (2016: $4.7bn);


•	no assets awaiting securitisation (2016: nil);

•

total exposures include off-balance sheet exposure of $15.3bn (2016: $15.1bn), mainly relating to contingent liquidity lines provided to securitisation vehicles where we act as sponsor, with a small amount from derivative exposures where we are an investor. The off-balance sheet exposures are held in the non-trading book and the exposure types are residential mortgages, commercial mortgages, trade receivables and re-securitisations; and


•	no realised losses on securitisation asset disposals in the year (2016: nil).

Further details of our securitisation exposures may be found on page 101 of the Annual Report and Accounts 2017.



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Table 39: Securitisation exposure - movement in the year
		Total at 1 Jan	Movement in year						Total at 31 Dec
		Total at 1 Jan	As originator		As sponsor³		As investor		Total at 31 Dec
	Footnotes	$bn	$bn		$bn		$bn		$bn
Aggregate amount of securitisation exposures
Residential mortgages	1	3.0	-		0.2		0.6		3.8
Commercial mortgages	1	3.6	-		0.1		(1.0	)	2.7
Credit Cards		-	-		-		1.2		1.2
Leasing		-	-		0.8		0.4		1.2
Loans to corporates or SMEs		4.9	-		0.3		(0.1	)	5.1
Consumer loans		1.1	-		1.7		1.8		4.6
Trade receivables	2	17.3	-		(1.0	)	(0.1	)	16.2
Other assets		0.8	-		0.4		(0.2	)	1.0
Re-securitisations	1	7.0	(0.5	)	(4.4	)	(0.3	)	1.8
2017		37.7	(0.5	)	(1.9	)	2.3		37.6

Aggregate amount of securitisation exposures
Residential mortgages	1	3.2	-		-		(0.1	)	3.1
Commercial mortgages	1	3.8	-		-		(0.2	)	3.6
Leasing		0.1	-		-		(0.1	)	-
Loans to corporates or SMEs		6.2	-		-		(1.3	)	4.9
Consumer loans		0.5	-		-		0.6		1.1
Trade receivables	2	20.4	-		(3.0	)	(0.1	)	17.3
Other assets		0.0	-		-		0.8		0.8
Re-securitisations	1	10.2	(0.4	)	(2.5	)	(0.4	)	6.9
2016		44.4	(0.4	)	(5.5	)	(0.8	)	37.7

Residential and Commercial mortgages and re-securitisations principally include exposures to Solitaire Funding Limited, Mazarin Funding Limited, Barion Funding Limited and Malachite Funding Limited and restructured on-balance sheet assets. The pools primarily comprise the senior tranches of retail mortgage backed securities, commercial mortgage backed securities, auto ABS, credit card ABS, student loans, collateralised debt obligations and also include bank subordinated debt.


2	Trade receivables largely relate to Regency Assets Limited and pools are senior with a maturity of less than 10 years.


3	The movements during 2017 are primarily attributable to a change in the presentation of overlapping exposures to Solitaire Funding Limited. Comparatives for 2016 have not been restated.



Table 40: Securitisation - asset values and impairments
		2017			2016
		Underlying assets¹		Securitisation exposures impairment	Underlying assets¹		Securitisation exposures impairment
		Total³	Impaired and past due	Securitisation exposures impairment	Total	Impaired and past due	Securitisation exposures impairment
	Footnotes	$bn	$bn	$bn	$bn	$bn	$bn
As originator		5.8	0.5	0.2	6.3	1.2	0.4
- loans to corporates and SMEs		5.0	-	-	5.0	-	-
- re-securitisations	2	0.8	0.5	0.2	1.3	1.2	0.4
As sponsor		21.1	0.4	0.1	22.1	0.1	0.1
- residential mortgages		0.3	-	-	-	-	-
- commercial mortgages		0.1	0.1	0.1	-	-	-
- leasing		0.8	-	-	-	-	-
- loans to corporates and SMEs		0.3	0.3	-	-	-	-
- consumer loans		1.9	-	-	-	-	-
- trade receivables		16.2	-	-	16.5	-	-
- re-securitisations	2	1.0	-	-	5.6	0.1	0.1
- other assets		0.5	-	-	-	-	-
At 31 Dec		26.9	0.9	0.3	28.4	1.3	0.5


1	Securitisation exposures may exceed the underlying asset values when HSBC provides liquidity facilities while also acting as derivative counterparty and a note holder in the SPE.


2	The amount of underlying assets reported for re-securitisations denotes the value of collateral within the re-securitisation vehicles.


3	As originator and sponsor, all associated underlying assets are held in the non-trading book. These assets are all underlying to traditional securitisations with the exception of 'loans to corporates and SMEs', which is underlying to a synthetic securitisation.



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