HSBC 2010 Annual Report Download - page 390

HSBC HOLDINGS PLC
Shareholder Information (continued)
Index
388
Index
A
Accounting 250
developments (future) 252
policies (critical) 33
policies (significant) 128, 253
Accounts
approval 370
basis of preparation 37, 250
Acquisitions and disposals 14, 340
Actuarial assumptions 281
Annual General Meeting 219, 372
Areas of special interest 103
Asset-backed securities 129, 133
Assets
average balance sheet 18
by country 303
by customer group 37
by geographical region 50, 302
charged as security 352
deferred tax 292
held in custody and under administration 81
intangible 332
maturity analysis 350
other 340
trading 307
underlying/reported reconciliation 31
Associates and joint ventures
interests in 330
share of profit in 28
transactions with 369
Audit committee 195
Auditors’ remuneration 285
Auditors’ Report 235
B
Balance sheet
average 18
consolidated 29, 240
data 29, 48, 54, 58, 64, 69, 74, 79, 302
HSBC Holdings 245
insurance manufacturing subsidiaries 159
underlying/reported reconciliation 31
Bank payroll tax 212
Basel Committee 90, 178, 181
Board of Directors 183, 189
Brand perception 13
C
Calendar (dividends) 371
Capital
measurement and allocation 178
regulatory 178
return on invested capital 3
risk 87
structure 180
Capital and performance ratios 2,3
Cash flow
accounting policy 270
consolidated statement 241
HSBC Holdings 246
notes 356
projected scenario analysis 142
Cautionary statement regarding forward-looking
statements 379
Challenges and uncertainties 88
Client assets 46
Collateral and credit enhancements 96, 114
Commercial Banking 42, 303
underlying/reported profit 15
Commercial real estate 105
Committees (Board) 194
Communication with shareholders 218, 373
Community investment 213
Compliance risk 88, 155
Concentration of exposure 97
Conduits 131, 362
Constant currency 14
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Contingent liabilities and contractual commitments 358
Corporate governance
codes 194
report 183
Corporate sustainability 212
committee 202
governance 213
risk 173
Cost efficiency ratio 3, 27, 302
Credit coverage ratios 3
Credit exposure 95
Credit quality 93
classifications 114
Credit risk 93
management thereof 93, 312
insurance 165
Critical accounting policies 33
Cross-border exposures 95, 102
Customer recommendation 13
Customer groups and global businesses 37
D
Daily distribution of revenues 147
Data security 83
Dealings in HSBC Holdings plc shares 218
Debt securities in issue 319, 341
accounting policy 270
Defined terms inside front cover
Deposits 141, 319
accounting policy 270
average balances and average rates 18
Derivatives 97, 98, 322
accounting policy 261
Directors
appointments and re-election 193
biographies 183
Board of directors 189
bonus 225
emoluments 224, 284
fees 230
interests 204
non-executive 229
other directorships 229
pensions 231
remuneration (executive) 223
remuneration (principles) 222
responsibilities (statement of) 234
service contracts 228
share plans 232
Dividends 2, 217, 218, 295, 371
Donations 213
E
Earnings per share 2, 227, 296
Economic background
Europe 51
Hong Kong 56
Latin America 76
Middle East 66
North America 71
Rest of Asia-Pacific 60
Economic profit 32, 227
Efficiency and revenue mix ratios 3
Employees 206