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Overview Operating & Financial Review Corporate Governance Financial Statements Shareholder Information
Abbreviation Brief description
FSA Financial Services Authority, UK
FSMA Financial Services and Markets Act 2000, UK
FTE Full time equivalent staff
FTSE Financial Times – Stock Exchange index
G
G20 Leaders, Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors of the Group of Twenty
GAC Group Audit Committee
GB&M Global Banking and Markets, a global business
GDP Gross domestic product
GENPRU The FSA’s General Prudential Sourcebook of rules and guidance
Ginnie Mae Government National Mortgage Association, US
Global Markets HSBC’s treasury and capital markets services in GB&M
GMB Group Management Board
GPB Global Private Banking, a global business
GPSP Group Performance Share Plan
GRC Group Risk Committee
Group HSBC Holdings together with its subsidiary undertakings
G-SIB1 Global Systemically Important Bank
H
Hang Seng Bank Hang Seng Bank Limited, one of Hong Kong’s largest banks
HK$ Hong Kong dollar
HNAH HSBC North America Holdings Inc.
Hong Kong The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China
HSBC HSBC Holdings together with its subsidiary undertakings
HSBC Afore HSBC Afore S.A. de C.V.
HSBC Bank HSBC Bank plc, formerly Midland Bank plc
HSBC Bank Argentina HSBC Bank Argentina S.A.
HSBC Bank Bermuda HSBC Bank Bermuda Limited formerly The Bank of Bermuda Limited
HSBC Bank Malaysia HSBC Bank Malaysia Berhad
HSBC Bank Middle East HSBC Bank Middle East Limited, formerly The British Bank of the Middle East
HSBC Bank USA HSBC’s retail bank in the US, HSBC Bank USA, N.A. (formerly HSBC Bank USA, Inc.)
HSBC Canada The sub-group, HSBC Bank Canada, HSBC Trust Company Canada, HSBC Mortgage Corporation
Canada, HSBC Securities Canada and HSBC Financial Co. Canada, consolidated for liquidity purposes
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 Mexico HSBC México S.A., the commercial banking subsidiary of Grupo Financiero HSBC, S.A. de C.V.
HSBC Premier HSBC’s premium global banking service
HSBC Private Bank (Suisse) HSBC Private Bank (Suisse) SA, HSBC’s private bank in Switzerland
HSBC USA The sub-group, HSBC USA Inc (the holding company of HSBC Bank USA) and HSBC Bank USA,
consolidated for liquidity purposes
HTCD HSBC Trust Company (Delaware), N.A.
I
IAS International Accounting Standard
IASB International Accounting Standards Board
ICB Independent Commission on Banking, UK
IFRIC International Financial Reporting Interpretations Committee
IFRSs International Financial Reporting Standards
IMM1 Internal model method
Industrial Bank Industrial Bank Co. Limited, a national joint-stock bank in mainland China in which Hang Seng Bank has
a shareholding
INR Indian rupee
IRB1 Internal ratings-based
ISDA International Swaps and Derivatives Association
K
KPI Key performance indicator
KPMG KPMG Audit Plc and its affiliates
KRW South Korean won
L
LFRF Liquidity and funding risk management framework
LGD1 Loss given default
Libor London Interbank Offer Rate
LIC Loan impairment charge and other credit risk provision
LTV1 Loan to value ratio
M
Mainland China People’s Republic of China excluding Hong Kong
Mazarin Mazarin Funding Limited, an asset-backed CP conduit