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Overview Operating & Financial Review Corporate Governance Financial Statements Shareholder Information
Abbreviation Brief description
R
RBWM Retail Banking and Wealth Management, a global business
Repo Sale and repurchase transaction
Restricted Shares Awards of Restricted Shares define the number of HSBC Holdings ordinary shares to which the employee
will become entitled, generally between one and three years from the date of the award, and normally
subject to the individual remaining in employment
Reverse repo Security purchased under commitments to sell
Risk Management Meeting The Risk Management Meeting of the Group Management Board
RPI Retail price index (UK)
RWA Risk-weighted asset
S
S&P Standard and Poor’s rating agency
SEC Securities and Exchange Commission (US)
SIC Securities investment conduit
SIV1 Structured investment vehicle
SME Small and medium-sized enterprise
Solitaire Solitaire Funding Limited, a special purpose entity managed by HSBC
SPE1 Special purpose entity
T
The Hongkong and Shanghai
Banking Corporation
The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited, the founding member of the HSBC Group
TSR Total shareholder return
U
UAE United Arab Emirates
UK United Kingdom
US United States of America
US run-off portfolio Includes our CML, vehicle finance and Taxpayer Financial Services businesses and insurance,
commercial, corporate and treasury activities in HSBC Finance on an IFRSs management basis
V
VAR1 Value at risk
Visa Visa Inc.
1 Full definition included in Glossary of Terms on page 426.