Abbreviation |
Brief description |
1H14 |
First half of 2014 |
1H15 |
First half of 2015 |
A |
|
ABS |
Asset-backed security |
ADS |
American Depositary Share |
AML |
Anti-money laundering |
ARM |
Adjustable-rate mortgage |
B |
|
Basel Committee |
Basel Committee on Banking Supervision |
Basel III |
Basel Committee's reforms to strengthen global capital and liquidity rules |
BoCom |
Bank of Communications Co., Limited, one of China's largest banks |
BRRD |
Bank Recovery and Resolution Directive (EU) |
BSA |
Bank Secrecy Act (US) |
BSM |
Balance Sheet Management |
BVI |
British Virgin Islands |
C |
|
CA$ |
Canadian dollars |
CAPM |
Capital asset pricing model |
CCB |
Capital conservation buffer |
CCyB |
Countercyclical capital buffer |
CEA |
Commodity Exchange Act (US) |
CET1 |
Common equity tier 1 ratio |
CMB |
Commercial Banking, a global business |
CML |
Consumer and Mortgage Lending (US) |
CRD |
Capital Requirements Directive |
CRS |
Card and Retail Services |
CVA |
Credit valuation adjustment |
D |
|
DANY DPA |
Two-year deferred prosecution agreement with the New York County District Attorney (US) |
DoJ |
Department of Justice (US) |
DPA |
Deferred prosecution agreement (US) |
DPF |
Discretionary participation feature of insurance and investment contracts |
E |
|
EBA |
European Banking Authority |
EU |
European Union |
Euribor |
European Interbank Offered Rates |
F |
|
FCA |
Financial Conduct Authority (UK) |
FPC |
Financial Policy Committee (UK) |
FRB |
Federal Reserve Board (US) |
G |
|
GB&M |
Global Banking and Markets, a global business |
GDP |
Gross domestic product |
GPB |
Global Private Banking, a global business |
Group |
HSBC Holdings together with its subsidiary undertakings |
G-SIB |
Global systemically important bank |
G-SII |
Global systemically important institutions |
H |
|
HNAH |
HSBC North America Holdings Inc. |
Hong Kong |
Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China |
HSBC |
HSBC Holdings together with its subsidiary undertakings |
HSBC Bank USA |
HSBC Bank USA, N.A., HSBC's retail bank in the US |
HSBC Colombia |
HSBC Bank (Colombia) S.A. |
HSBC Finance |
HSBC Finance Corporation, the US consumer finance company (formerly Household International, Inc.) |
HSBC France |
HSBC's French banking subsidiary, formerly CCF S.A. |
HSBC Holdings |
HSBC Holdings plc, the parent company of HSBC |
HSBC USA |
The sub-group, HSBC USA Inc and HSBC Bank USA, consolidated for liquidity purposes |
HSI |
HSBC Securities (USA) Inc. |
HSSL |
HSBC Securities Services (Luxembourg) |
HTIE |
HSBC Institutional Trust Services (Ireland) Limited |
Abbreviation |
Brief description |
I |
|
IAS |
International Accounting Standards |
IASB |
International Accounting Standards Board |
IFRSs |
International Financial Reporting Standards |
Industrial Bank |
Industrial Bank Co. Limited, a national joint-stock bank in mainland China in which Hang Seng Bank Limited has a shareholding |
Investor Update |
The Investor Update in June 2015 |
IRB |
Internal ratings-based |
ISDA |
International Swaps and Derivatives Association |
L |
|
LCR |
Liquidity coverage ratio |
LFRF |
Liquidity and funding risk management framework |
LGD |
Loss given default |
Libor |
London Interbank Offered Rate |
LICs |
Loan impairment charge and other credit risk provisions |
LTV |
Loan to value |
M |
|
Madoff Securities |
Bernard L Madoff Investment Securities LLC |
Mainland China |
People's Republic of China excluding Hong Kong and Macau |
MBS |
US mortgage-backed security |
MENA |
Middle East and North Africa |
MREL |
EU minimum requirements for own funds and eligible liabilities |
N |
|
NII |
Net interest income |
NSFR |
Net stable funding ratio |
O |
|
OCC |
Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (US) |
ORMF |
Operational risk management framework |
P |
|
PBT |
Profit before tax |
PPI |
Payment protection insurance product |
PRA |
Prudential Regulation Authority (UK) |
Premier |
HSBC Premier, HSBC's premium personal global banking service |
PVIF |
Present value of in-force long-term insurance business and long-term investment contracts with DPF |
Q |
|
QIS |
Quantitative impact study |
R |
|
RBWM |
Retail Banking and Wealth Management, a global business |
Repo |
Sale and repurchase transaction |
Reverse repo |
Security purchased under commitments to sell |
RMB |
Renminbi |
RMBS |
Residential mortgage-backed securities |
RoRWA |
Return on average risk-weighted assets |
RTS |
Regulatory technical standards |
RWA |
Risk-weighted assets |
S |
|
ServCo group |
Separately incorporated group of service companies planned in response to UK ring-fencing proposals |
SRB |
Systematic risk buffer |
T |
|
TLAC |
Total loss absorbing capacity |
U |
|
UAE |
United Arab Emirates |
UK |
United Kingdom |
US |
United States of America |
US DPA |
Five-year deferred prosecution agreement with the Department of Justice and others (US) |
V |
|
VaR |
Value at risk |
VIU |
Value in use |
Terminology used in this Interim Report is consistent with that used in our Annual Report and Accounts 2014, where a glossary of terms can be found.
A |
Abbreviations 152 |
Accounting |
future developments 107 |
policies 107 |
Adjusted performance 15 |
Anti-money laundering investigations 134 |
Areas of special interest 59 |
Asia |
adjusted/reported reconciliation 50 |
assets 42 |
balance sheet data 110 |
by country 44, 48, 72 |
cost efficiency ratios 44 |
customer accounts 44 |
impaired loans 71 |
impairment allowances/charges 66 |
loans and advances 44, 61, 68, 69 |
net operating income 109 |
profit before tax 44, 48, 109 |
renegotiated loans 64 |
risk-weighted assets 42 |
snapshot 5 |
staff numbers 44 |
Asset-backed securities 75 |
Assets |
by geographical region 42 |
by global business 33, 39 |
charged as security 123 |
held for sale 39, 62, 122 |
maturity analysis 125 |
movement in 30 |
risk-weighted 3 |
total 3, 29, 103 |
trading 110 |
Associates and joint ventures (income from) 18, 28, 123 |
adjusted/reported reconciliation 50, 53 |
Auditor's review report 141 |
B |
Backtesting 79 |
Balance sheet |
consolidated 29, 103 |
data 39 |
insurance manufacturing subsidiaries 84 |
movement 30 |
Balance Sheet Management 79 |
Bank of Communications 123 |
Basis of preparation 33, 107 |
Brazil 18, 122 |
Brazilian labour and fiscal claims 129, 138 |
C |
Capital |
buffers 98 |
commitments 130 |
composition 95 |
management 87 |
overall requirements 98 |
overview 87 |
ratios 14, 87 |
regulatory 29, 87, 95 |
source and application of regulatory capital 94 |
subordinated loan 29 |
total regulatory 87 |
Cash flows |
consolidated statement 104 |
Cautionary statement regarding forward-looking statements 151 |
Client assets 37 |
Collateral 123 |
Combined customer lending and deposits 30 |
Commercial Banking 35 |
adjusted/reported reconciliation 53 |
cost efficiency ratios 27 |
management view 35 |
snapshot 4 |
Commitments 130 |
Compliance risk 83 |
Compliance with IFRSs 107 |
Composition of Group (changes in) 107 |
Consumer Credit Act (UK) 129 |
Contents - inside front cover |
Contingent liabilities, contractual commitments and guarantees 130 |
Copies of the Interim Report 149 |
Corporate governance 147 |
Counterparty risk 92 |
Credit default swap regulatory investigation and litigation 138 |
Credit quality 62 |
Credit risk 60 |
risk-weighted assets 89 |
Customer accounts |
by country 31 |
by global business 39 |
Customer lending and deposits (combined) 30 |
D |
Dealings in HSBC Holdings shares 146 |
Deferred tax 108 |
Defined terms - inside front cover |
Derivatives 118 |
by product contract type 118 |
credit 119 |
hedging instruments 119 |
interest rate 129 |
trading 119 |
Directors |
Board changes 8 |
changes in details 148 |
interests 142 |
responsibility statement 140 |
Disposal groups 122 |
Dividends 108, 146, 147 |
E |
Earnings per share 101, 149 |
Earnings release 147 |
Equity 3, 29, 103 |
movement in 31 |
Estimates and judgements 107 |
Europe |
adjusted/reported reconciliation 50 |
assets 42 |
balance sheet data 110 |
by country 43, 48, 72 |
cost efficiency ratios 43 |
customer accounts 43 |
impaired loans 71 |
impairment allowances/charges 66 |
loans and advances 43, 61, 68, 69 |
net operating income 109 |
profit before tax 43, 48, 109 |
renegotiated loans 63 |
risk-weighted assets 42 |
snapshot 5 |
staff numbers 43 |
Events after the balance sheet date 139 |
F |
Fair values |
adjustments 111 |
movements 113 |
of derivatives 118 |
of financial instruments at fair value 111 |
of financial instruments not at fair value 117 |
significant unobservable assumptions 114 |
valuation bases 112 |
Fee income (net) 20 |
Final results 147 |
Financial assets |
designated at fair value 117 |
Financial crime compliance 59 |
Financial highlights 2 |
Financial instruments |
at fair value 111 |
credit quality 62 |
net income from 22 |
not at fair value 117 |
Financial investments 120 |
Footnotes 56, 86, 106 |
Forbearance 63 |
Foreign currency translation differences 15 |
Foreign exchange rates 29 |
investigations and litigation 137 |
Funding sources 77 |
Funds under management 50 |
G |
Gains less losses from financial investments 22 |
significant items and currency translation 23 |
Geographical regions 42 |
Global Banking and Markets 36 |
adjusted/reported reconciliation 53 |
client-facing 33 |
cost efficiency ratios 27 |
fair value adjustments 112 |
management view 36 |
snapshot 4 |
Global businesses 33 |
Global Private Banking 37 |
adjusted/reported reconciliation 53 |
cost efficiency ratios 27 |
snapshot 4 |
Global Standards 7, 12 |
Glossary 153 |
Going concern 107, 148 |
Goodwill impairment 139 |
Greece 74 |
Group Chairman's Statement 6 |
Group Chief Executive's Review 9 |
H |
Headquarters 8 |
Held for sale 39, 62, 122 |
Highlights 2 |
HSBC Finance 71 |
HSBC Bank USA 71 |
HSBC Holdings 81 |
I |
Impairment |
allowances and charges 66, 68 |
by geographical region 66 |
charges and other credit risk provisions 25 |
constant currency/reported profit 71 |
impaired loans 63, 71 |
Income from financial instruments designated at fair value (net) 21 |
Income statement |
consolidated 16, 101 |
Information security 82 |
Insurance |
asset and liability matching 84 |
balance sheet by type of contract 84 |
claims and benefits paid and movement in liabilities to |
net insurance premium income 23 |
risk 85 |
Interest-earning assets 19 |
Interest expense 20 |
Interest income (net) 19 |
sensitivity 80 |
significant items and currency translation 19 |
Interest rate derivatives 129 |
Interim Report 2015 139 |
Investor update 9 |
L |
Latin America |
adjusted/reported reconciliation 50 |
assets 42 |
balance sheet data 110 |
by country 47, 48, 72 |
cost efficiency ratios 47 |
customer accounts 47 |
impaired loans 71 |
impairment allowances/charges 66 |
loans and advances 47, 61, 68, 69 |
net operating income 109 |
profit before tax 47, 48, 109 |
renegotiated loans 63 |
risk-weighted assets 42 |
snapshot 3 |
staff numbers 47 |
Legal proceedings 130 |
Leverage ratio 97 |
Liabilities |
maturity analysis 125 |
movement in 30 |
total 29, 103 |
trading 124 |
Libor investigation 136 |
Liquidity and funding 76 |
management 76 |
regulation 76 |
Loans and advances |
by country/region 61, 72 |
by credit quality 62 |
by global business 39 |
by industry sector 61, 72 |
exposure 61 |
held for sale 39 |
impaired 63, 71 |
mortgage lending 70 |
personal lending 69 |
renegotiated 63 |
wholesale lending 68 |
Loan impairment charges and other credit risk provisions 17, 25, 66 |
adjusted/reported reconciliation 50, 53 |
on held for sale 62 |
Loss absorbing capacity 100 |
M |
Madoff 131 |
Margin 19 |
Market capitalisation 3 |
Market risk 78 |
measures applicable to parent 81 |
Middle East and North Africa |
adjusted/reported reconciliation 50 |
assets 42 |
balance sheet data 110 |
by country 45, 48, 72 |
cost efficiency ratios 45 |
customer accounts 45 |
impaired loans 71 |
impairment allowances/charges 66 |
loans and advances 45, 61, 68, 69 |
net operating income 109 |
profit before tax 45, 48, 109 |
renegotiated loans 63 |
risk-weighted assets 42 |
snapshot 5 |
staff numbers 45 |
Monitor 13 |
Mortgage lending 70 |
Mortgage-related investigations (US) 133 |
Mortgage securitisation activity (US) 134 |
N |
Non-GAAP measures 15 |
Non-trading portfolios 79 |
North America |
adjusted/reported reconciliation 50 |
assets 42 |
balance sheet data 110 |
by country 46, 48, 72 |
cost efficiency ratios 46 |
customer accounts 46 |
impaired loans 71 |
impairment allowances/charges 66 |
loans and advances 46, 61, 68, 69 |
net operating income 109 |
profit before tax 46, 48, 109 |
renegotiated loans 63 |
risk-weighted assets 42 |
snapshot 5 |
staff numbers 46 |
Notifiable interests in share capital 146 |
O |
Offices 1 |
Oil and gas 59 |
Operating expenses 26 |
adjusted/reported reconciliation 50, 53 |
by geographical region 43 to 47 |
by global business 34 to 38 |
change-the-bank 26 |
run-the-bank 26 |
significant items and currency translation 26 |
Operating income (other) 23 |
significant items and currency translation 24 |
Operational risk 82 |
'Other' segment 38 |
adjusted/reported reconciliation 53 |
Outlook 8, 10 |
P |
Payment protection insurance 128 |
Performance |
adjusted 16 |
measurement 1 |
reported 16 |
Personal lending 69 |
Pillar 2 and the PRA buffer 98 |
Precious metals litigation 138 |
Preferred securities 29 |
Profit before tax |
adjusted 3, 9 |
adjusted/reported reconciliation 50, 53 |
attributable 16, 101 |
by country 48 |
by geographical region 42, 43 to 47 |
by global business 33 to 38, 39 |
consolidated 101 |
reported 3, 9 |
PRA buffer 98 |
Provisions 128 |
Purpose 1 |
PVIF 23 |
R |
Ratios |
advances to core funding 76 |
advances to deposits 14 |
capital (total) 14, 87 |
common equity tier 1 3, 87 |
core tier 1 ratio 87 |
cost efficiency 14, 28, 43 to 47 |
customer advances to customer accounts 29 |
earnings per share 101 |
leverage 97 |
LICs to advances 14 |
return on average risk-weighted assets 3, 31 |
by geographical region 43 to 47 |
by global business 34 to 37 |
return on equity 3, 14 |
shareholders' equity to total assets 29 |
stressed coverage 77 |
Recovery and resolution 100 |
Regulatory |
capital 29, 87 |
capital buffers 97 |
developments 97 |
review of consumer enhancement services products 139 |
risks 58 |
source and application 94 |
stress testing 98 |
Related parties 139 |
Representations and warranties 75 |
Reputational risk 83 |
Responsibility statement 140 |
Retail Banking and Wealth Management 34 |
adjusted/reported reconciliation 53 |
cost efficiency ratios 27 |
management view 34 |
Principal RBWM 34 |
snapshot 4 |
Revenue 17 |
adjusted/reported reconciliation 50, 53 |
by geographical region 43 to 47 |
by global business 34 to 38 |
items (significant) 50 to 55 |
Review of performance 6, 9, 16 |
Ring-fencing 8 |
Risks |
appetite 14 |
compliance 83 |
counterparty credit risk 92 |
credit 60, 89 |
data management 58 |
dispute 58 |
economic outlook 58 |
factors 57 |
foreign exchange 81 |
fraud 82 |
geopolitical 58 |
information security 58, 82 |
insurance operations 84 |
interest rate repricing gap 81 |
liquidity and funding 76 |
managing risk 13, 57 |
market 78 |
model 58 |
non-trading interest rate 79 |
operational 82 |
complexity 82 |
people 58 |
profile 57 |
regulatory 58 |
reputational 83 |
|
third parties 58, 83 |
|
top and emerging 57 |
|
Risk-weighted assets 3, 29, 88 |
|
adjusted/reported reconciliation 32 |
|
by geographical region 42, 89 |
|
by global business 33, 88 |
|
developments 99 |
|
S |
|
Securities litigation 130 |
|
Securitisation 75 |
|
Segmental analysis 109 |
|
Sensitivity of fair values 115 |
|
Sensitivity of net interest income 80 |
|
Share capital - notifiable interests 146 |
|
Shareholder enquiries 149 |
|
Share information 3 |
|
Share option plans |
|
Directors' interests 143 |
|
discretionary 146 |
|
employee share plans 145 |
|
Significant items 15, 50 |
|
Six filters 12 |
|
Snapshot |
|
Global business 4 |
|
Regional 5 |
|
Spread 19 |
|
Staff numbers 1, 26 |
|
Statement of changes in equity (consolidated) 105 |
|
Statement of comprehensive income (consolidated) 102 |
|
Stock symbols 149 |
|
Strategic actions 11 |
Strategy 1, 2, 11 |
Stress testing 59, 98 |
Structural banking reform 12, 100 |
Swiss Private Bank 59 |
T |
Targets 10, 13 |
Tax 18, 28, 108 |
US tax-related investigations 135 |
Telephone and online share-dealing service 148 |
Total shareholder return 3 |
Trading |
assets 110 |
derivatives 119 |
income (net) 21 |
significant items and currency translation 21 |
liabilities 124 |
portfolios 78 |
Turkey 18 |
U |
UK leverage ratio framework 99 |
V |
Value at risk 78 |
W |
Whistleblowing 83 |
Wholesale funding 76 |
Wholesale lending 68 |
Y |
Yield 19 |