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HSBC HOLDINGS PLC
491
Strategic Report Financial Review Corporate Governance Financial Statements Shareholder Information
Index
A
Abbreviations 479
Accounting
developments (future) 347
estimates and judgements 64, 353, 354, 378, 402, 406, 421
policies 354, 357, 358, 359, 360, 362, 364, 369, 373, 377, 378, 393, 394,
398, 401, 402, 406, 410, 414, 416, 417, 418, 419, 421, 434, 437, 440, 441,
442, 445
Accounts
approval 457
basis of preparation 65, 347
consolidation and related disclosures 353
presentation of information 352
Accruals, deferred income and other liabilities 419
Acquisitions and disposals 231, 247
Actuarial assumptions 367
Adapting HSBC 11
Adjusted performance 23, 48
Advances to core funding ratio 156, 205
Ageing analysis 127
Annual General Meeting 280
resolutions 471
Anniversary (150th) 9
Anti-money laundering and sanctions 449
Areas of special interest 116
Asia 21, 82
adjusted performance 3
adjusted/reported reconciliation 77
balance sheet data 84, 376
collateral 139
country/business highlights 32
customer accounts 63
financial overview 32
goodwill 407
impaired loans 128
lending 123, 124, 127, 137, 139, 147, 391
loan impairment charges/allowances 32, 132, 134
mortgage loans 147
operating expenses 82
personal lending 143
principal operations 82
profit 32, 76, 82, 84
profit/(loss) by country 82, 83
renegotiated loans 130
reverse repos 143
risk-weighted assets 3
staff numbers 60, 82
total assets 76
wholesale lending 136
Asset-backed securities 203, 383
Assets
average balance sheet 51
by country 376
by geographical region 76, 80, 84, 87, 90, 94, 376
by global business 65, 80, 84, 87, 90, 94
charged as security 401
customer accounts 63
deferred tax 371
encumbered/unencumbered 162, 209
financial accounting/regulatory reconciliation 236
five years 61
held for sale 121, 122, 416
held in custody and under administration 96
intangible 410, 413
liquid assets of principal operating entities 157, 206
maturity analysis 426
movement in 2015 62
other 416
risk-weighted 2, 26, 63, 64, 228, 229, 247
total 26, 61, 65, 80, 339, 376
trading 124, 377
transferred (accounting policy) 401
Associates and joint ventures 402
accounting policy 402
Bank of Communications 333, 403
contingent liabilities 442
critical accounting estimates and judgements 402
interests in 402
reported/adjusted 22, 25
reconciliation 49, 66, 77
share of profit in 60
transactions with other related parties 456
Auditor
arrangements 264
remuneration 368
report 323
B
Back-testing 168, 214
Balance sheet
average 51
consolidated 61, 339
data 74, 80, 84, 87, 90, 94
HSBC Holdings 343
insurance manufacturing subsidiaries 181
linkages 170, 171
movement in 2015 62
regulatory 236
Balance Sheet Management 172, 216
Bancassurance 180
Basel Committee 112, 115, 241
Behaviouralisation 207, 215
Board of Directors 256
balance and independence 258
changes 8
committees 193, 262
information and support 259
meetings 257, 258
performance evaluation 260
powers 257
Brand 36, 114
Brazil
economic plans 454
labour claims 423
Buffers (capital) 240
Business synergies 16, 28, 29, 30, 31
C
Capital 227
buffers 240
five years 61
generation 228, 244
management 243
measurement and allocation 244
movements by major drivers 228
overview 228
ratios 26, 228
regulatory 228, 233, 239
resources 61
risks to capital 243
sensitivity 173
strength 26
Carbon dioxide emissions 98
Cash and cash equivalents 440
accounting policy 440
Cash flow
consolidated statement 340
hedges 397
HSBC Holdings 344
notes 439
payable by contractual maturities 164
Cautionary statement regarding forward-looking statements 478
Chairman’s Committee 274
China (mainland) 83, 117
Chinese translation 473
Client assets 72
Climate business 37
Collateral and credit enhancements 138, 147, 162
management 202, 209
Commercial Banking 70
adjusted performance 2, 24
adjusted/reported reconciliation 66
areas of focus 28
business synergies 28
customers 28
products and services 28