FORM 6-K
 
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
 
Washington, D.C. 20549
 
 
Report of Foreign Private Issuer
 
Pursuant to Rule 13a - 16 or 15d - 16 of
 
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
 
For the month of August 2018

Commission File Number: 001-14930

HSBC Holdings plc
 
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Pillar 3 Disclosures at 30 June 2018

Contents
 
Page
Regulatory framework for disclosures
Pillar 3 disclosures
Regulatory developments
Structure of the regulatory group
Capital and RWAs
Own funds
Leverage ratio
Capital buffers
Pillar 1 minimum capital requirements and RWA flow
Credit risk
Credit quality of assets
Defaulted exposures
Risk mitigation
Counterparty credit risk
Securitisation
Market risk
Other information
Abbreviations
Cautionary statement regarding forward-looking statements
Contacts
Certain defined terms
Unless the context requires otherwise, ‘HSBC Holdings’ means HSBC Holdings plc and ‘HSBC’, the ‘Group’, ‘we’, ‘us’ and ‘our’ refer to HSBC Holdings together with its subsidiaries. Within this document the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China is referred to as ‘Hong Kong’. When used in the terms ‘shareholders’ equity’ and ‘total shareholders’ equity’, ‘shareholders’ means holders of HSBC Holdings ordinary shares and those preference shares and capital securities issued by HSBC Holdings classified as equity. The abbreviations ‘$m’, ‘$bn’ and ‘$tn’ represent millions, billions (thousands of millions) and trillions of US dollars, respectively.
 
Tables
 
 
Ref
Page
1
Key metrics
a
2
Reconciliation of balance sheets – financial accounting to regulatory scope of consolidation
 
3
Own funds disclosure
b
4
Summary reconciliation of accounting assets and leverage ratio exposures
b
5
Leverage ratio common disclosure
a
6
Leverage ratio – Split of on-balance sheet exposures (excluding derivatives, SFTs and exempted exposures)
a
7
Overview of RWAs
b
8
RWA flow statements of credit risk exposures under IRB
 
9
RWA flow statements of CCR exposures under the IMM
 
10
RWA flow statements of market risk exposures under the IMA
 
11
Credit quality of exposures by exposure class and instrument1
 
12
Credit quality of exposures by industry or counterparty types
 
13
Credit quality of exposures by geography
 
14
Ageing of past-due unimpaired and impaired exposures
 
15
Non-performing and forborne exposures
 
16
Changes in the stock of general and specific credit risk adjustments
 
17
Changes in stock of defaulted loans and debt securities
 
18
Credit risk mitigation techniques – overview
 
19
Standardised approach – credit conversion factor (‘CCF’) and credit risk mitigation (‘CRM’) effects
b
20
Standardised approach – exposures by asset classes and risk weights
b
21
IRB – Credit risk exposures by portfolio and PD range
a
22
IRB – Effect on RWA of credit derivatives used as CRM techniques
 
23
Specialised lending
 
24
Analysis of counterparty credit risk (‘CCR’) exposure by approach (excluding centrally cleared exposures)
 
25
Credit valuation adjustment (‘CVA’) capital charge
 
26
Standardised approach – CCR exposures by regulatory portfolio and risk weights
 
27
IRB – CCR exposures by portfolio and PD scale
 
28
Impact of netting and collateral held on exposure values
 
29
Composition of collateral for CCR exposure
 
30
Exposures to central counterparties
 
31
Credit derivatives exposures
 
32
Securitisation exposures in the non-trading book
 
33
Securitisation exposures in the trading book
 
34
Securitisation exposures in the non-trading book and associated regulatory capital requirements – bank acting as originator or as sponsor
 
35
Securitisation exposures in the non-trading book and associated capital requirements – bank acting as investor
 
36
Market risk under standardised approach
 
37
Market risk under IMA
 
38
IMA values for trading portfolios
 
39
Comparison of VaR estimates with gains/losses
 
The Group has adopted the EU’s regulatory transitional arrangements for IFRS 9 ‘Financial instruments’. A number of tables in this document report under this arrangement as follows:
a.
Some figures for 2018 (as indicated ^) within this table have been prepared on an IFRS 9 transitional basis
b.
All figures within this table have been prepared on an IFRS 9 transitional basis
All other tables report numbers on the basis of full adoption of IFRS 9.


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Regulatory framework for disclosures
HSBC is supervised on a consolidated basis in the United Kingdom (‘UK’) by the Prudential Regulation Authority (‘PRA’), which receives information on the capital adequacy of, and sets capital requirements for, the Group as a whole. Individual banking subsidiaries are directly regulated by their local banking supervisors, who set and monitor their local capital adequacy requirements. In most jurisdictions, non-banking financial subsidiaries are also subject to the supervision and capital requirements of local regulatory authorities.
At a consolidated Group level, we calculate capital for prudential regulatory reporting purposes using the Basel III framework of the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (the ‘Basel Committee’) as implemented by the European Union (‘EU’) in the amended Capital Requirements Directive and Regulation (‘CRD IV’), and in the PRA Rulebook for the UK banking industry. The regulators of Group banking entities outside the EU are at varying stages of implementation of the Basel III framework, so local regulation in 2018 may have been on the basis of the Basel I, II or III frameworks.
The Basel III framework is structured around three ‘pillars’: the Pillar 1 minimum capital requirements and Pillar 2 supervisory review process are complemented by Pillar 3 which concerns market discipline. The aim of Pillar 3 is to produce disclosures that allow market participants to assess the scope of application by banks of the Basel Committee’s framework and the rules in their jurisdiction, their capital condition, risk exposures and risk management processes, and hence their capital adequacy.
The PRA’s final rules adopted national discretions in order to accelerate significantly the transition timetable to full ‘end point’ CRD IV compliance.
Pillar 3 disclosures
Our Pillar 3 Disclosures at 30 June 2018 comprise information required under Pillar 3, both quantitative and qualitative. They are made in accordance with Part 8 of the Capital Requirements Regulation within CRD IV and as recommended by the European Banking Authority (‘EBA’) guidelines on disclosure requirements issued in December 2016. Additionally, we continue to present a number of Basel Committee’s templates where these do not overlap with the EBA guidelines. These disclosures are supplemented by specific additional requirements of the PRA and discretionary disclosures on our part.
The Pillar 3 disclosures are governed by the Group’s disclosure policy framework as approved by the Group Audit Committee (‘GAC’). Pillar 3 requires all material risks to be disclosed, enabling a comprehensive view of a bank’s risk profile.
Where disclosures have been enhanced, or are new, we do not generally restate or provide prior-year comparatives. The capital resources tables track the position from a CRD IV transitional to an end point basis. Furthermore, specific rows and columns in the tables which are not considered to be relevant to HSBC’s activities have been omitted. We also omit rows and columns where both current and comparative disclosures are immaterial.
Pillar 3 requirements may be met by inclusion in other disclosure media. Where we adopt this approach, references are provided to the relevant pages of the Interim Report 2018 or to other locations.
We continue to engage constructively with the UK authorities and industry associations to improve the transparency and comparability of UK banks’ Pillar 3 disclosures.

 
Regulatory developments
Risk-weighted assets (‘RWAs’) and leverage ratio
Basel Committee
In December 2017, the Basel Committee (‘Basel’) published revisions to the Basel III framework. The final package includes:
widespread changes to the risk weights under the standardised approach to credit risk;
a change in the scope of application of the internal ratings based (‘IRB’) approach to credit risk, together with changes to the IRB methodology;
the replacement of the operational risk approaches with a single methodology;
an amended set of rules for the credit valuation adjustment (‘CVA’) capital framework;
an aggregate output capital floor that ensures that banks’ total RWAs are no lower than 72.5% of those generated by the standardised approaches; and
changes to the exposure measure for the leverage ratio, together with the imposition of a leverage ratio buffer for global systemically important banks (‘G-SIB’). This will take the form of a tier 1 capital buffer set at 50% of the G-SIB’s RWAs capital buffer.
Basel has announced that the package will be implemented on
1 January 2022, with a five-year transitional provision for the output floor from that date, commencing at a rate of 50%.
HSBC continues to evaluate the final Basel III reform package. Given that the package contains a significant number of national discretions and that Basel is in the process of recalibrating the market risk and CVA elements of the final framework, significant uncertainty remains as to the impact.
In all instances, the final standards will have to be transposed into the relevant local law before coming into effect.
European Union
In the EU, elements of Basel’s reforms are being implemented through revisions to the Capital Requirements Regulation and Capital Requirements Directive (collectively referred to as ‘CRR2’). In relation to RWAs and the leverage ratio, the changes include the fundamental review of the trading book (‘FRTB’), changes to the counterparty credit risk framework and a binding leverage ratio. The CRR2 changes are expected to complete in the second half of 2018 and apply from 1 January 2021, although certain elements, such as those related to the ‘Minimum Requirements for own funds and Eligible Liabilities’ (‘MREL’), are expected to apply earlier.
In May 2018, the European Commission requested that the EBA perform a quantitative and qualitative impact analysis of the Basel III reforms on the EU banking sector and the wider economy, including an assessment of the final FRTB standards currently subject to recalibration by Basel. This impact analysis is expected to commence in August 2018. The EBA’s final report on the adoption of Basel’s reforms is not due to be published until the end of June 2019.
Bank of England
In May 2018, the PRA published a consultation that sets out its approach to the new EU securitisation regulations. The regime is to apply from 1 January 2019 for new transactions and from
1 January 2020 for existing transactions.

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Capital resources, resolution and total loss absorbing capacity (‘TLAC’)
Financial Stability Board
In June 2018, the Financial Stability Board (‘FSB’) published a call for feedback on the technical implementation of its standard on TLAC for G-SIBs in resolution (‘the TLAC standard’). This will assess whether the implementation of the TLAC standard is proceeding as envisaged and may be used as a basis to develop further implementation guidance.
In June 2018, the FSB also published two sets of final guidelines, following consultations in November 2017. The first sets out principles to assist authorities as they make bail-in resolution strategies operational and the second covers the development of a resolution funding plan for G-SIBs.
European Union
The CRR2 also implements the FSB TLAC standard for G-SIBs, which is being implemented in the form of the MREL requirements. Several changes are also introduced in the own funds calculation and eligibility criteria, the most important of which relates to Point of Non Viability (‘PONV’) requirements for Additional Tier 1 (‘AT1’) and Tier 2 instruments. These are expected to apply from 1 January 2019.
 
Bank of England
In June 2018, the Bank of England published its approach to setting MREL within groups (‘internal MREL’) and also its final policy on selected outstanding MREL policy matters. These are expected to apply from 1 January 2019. The PRA also published its expectations for MREL reporting which will apply from the same date.
The PRA has also published final rules on group risk and double leverage. Firms will be required to consider both elements as part of the Pillar 2 process. In June 2018, the PRA also published modifications to its intra-group large exposures framework, which came into force with immediate effect.
Basel Committee
In July 2018, Basel published a revised assessment methodology and higher loss absorbing requirement for G-SIBs. This updates its
July 2013 publication and follows a consultation on its methodology in March 2017. The revised methodology will take effect in 2021 and the resulting higher loss absorbing requirement will be applied in January 2023.
Table 1: Key metrics
 
 
 
At
 
 
 
30 Jun1

31 Mar1

31 Dec2

Ref*
 
Footnotes
2018

2018

2017

 
Available capital ($bn)
3
 
 
 
1
Common equity tier 1 (‘CET1’) capital
^
122.8

129.6

126.1

2
CET1 capital as if IFRS 9 transitional arrangements had not been applied
 
121.8

128.6

N/A

3
Tier 1 capital
^
147.1

157.1

151.0

4
Tier 1 capital as if IFRS 9 transitional arrangements had not been applied
 
146.1

156.1

N/A

5
Total capital
^
176.6

185.2

182.4

6
Total capital as if IFRS 9 transitional arrangements had not been applied
 
175.6

184.2

N/A

 
Risk-weighted assets (‘RWAs’) ($bn)
 
 
 
 
7
Total RWAs
 
865.5

894.4

871.3

8
Total RWAs as if IFRS 9 transitional arrangements had not been applied
 
864.9

893.8

N/A

 
Capital ratios (%)
3
 
 
 
9
CET1
^
14.2

14.5

14.5

10
CET1 as if IFRS 9 transitional arrangements had not been applied
 
14.1

14.4

N/A

11
Tier 1
^
17.0

17.6

17.3

12
Tier 1 as if IFRS 9 transitional arrangements had not been applied
 
16.9

17.5

N/A

13
Total capital
^
20.4

20.7

20.9

14
Total capital as if IFRS 9 transitional arrangements had not been applied
 
20.3

20.6

N/A

 
Additional CET1 buffer requirements as a percentage of RWA (%)
 
 
 
 
 
Capital conservation buffer requirement
 
1.88

1.88

1.25

 
Countercyclical buffer requirement
 
0.46

0.34

0.22

 
Bank G-SIB and/or D-SIB additional requirements
 
1.50

1.50

1.25

 
Total of bank CET1 specific buffer requirements
 
3.84

3.72

2.72

 
CET1 available after meeting the bank’s minimum capital requirements
4
7.7

8.0

8.0

 
Total capital requirement (%)
5
 
 
 
 
Total capital requirement
 
11.5

11.5

N/A

 
Leverage ratio
 
 
 
 
15
Total leverage ratio exposure measure ($bn)
6^
2,664.1

2,707.9

2,557.1

16
Leverage ratio (%)
6^
5.4

5.6

5.6

17
Leverage ratio as if IFRS 9 transitional arrangements had not been applied (%)
 
5.3

5.5

N/A


Liquidity Coverage Ratio (‘LCR’)
7
 
 
 

Total high-quality liquid assets ($bn)

540.2

533.1

512.6


Total net cash outflow ($bn)

341.7

338.5

359.9


LCR ratio (%)
8
158.1

157.5

142.2

*
The references in this, and subsequent tables, identify the lines prescribed in the relevant EBA template where applicable and where there is a value.
1
Unless otherwise stated all figures are calculated using the EU's regulatory transitional arrangements for IFRS 9 in art 473a of the Capital Requirements Regulation.
2
All figures presented as reported under IAS 39 at 31 December 2017.
3
Capital figures and ratios are reported on the CRD IV transitional basis for additional tier 1 and tier 2 capital in accordance with articles 484-92 of the Capital Requirements
Regulation.
4
The minimum requirements include the total capital requirement to be met by CET1, comprised of the Pillar 1 and Pillar 2A requirements set by the Prudential Regulation Authority.
5
Total capital requirement is defined as the sum of Pillar 1 and Pillar 2A capital requirements.
6
Leverage ratio is calculated using the CRD IV end point basis for additional tier 1 capital.
7
The EU's regulatory transitional arrangements for IFRS 9 in article 473a of the Capital Requirements Regulation do not apply to liquidity coverage measures.    
8
LCR is calculated as at the end of each period rather than using average values. Refer to page 63 of the Interim Report 2018 for further detail.

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The Group has adopted the regulatory transitional arrangements (including paragraph 4 of CRR article 473a) published by the EU on 27 December 2017 for IFRS 9 ‘Financial Instruments’. These permit banks to add back to their capital base a proportion of the impact that IFRS 9 has upon their loan loss allowances during the first five years of use. The proportion that banks may add back starts at 95% in 2018, and reduces to 25% by 2022.
The impact of IFRS 9 on loan loss allowances is defined as:
the increase in loan loss allowances on day one of IFRS 9 adoption; plus
any subsequent increase in expected credit losses in the non credit-impaired book thereafter.
The impact is calculated separately for portfolios using the standardised (‘STD’) and IRB approaches and, for IRB portfolios, there is no add-back to capital unless loan loss allowances exceed regulatory 12-month expected losses. Any add-back must be tax-affected and accompanied by a recalculation of capital deduction thresholds, exposure and RWAs.

 
Structure of the regulatory group
Subsidiaries engaged in insurance activities are excluded from the regulatory consolidation by excluding assets, liabilities and post-acquisition reserves, leaving the Group’s investment in these insurance subsidiaries to be recorded at cost and deducted from CET1 capital (subject to thresholds).
The regulatory consolidation also excludes special purpose entities (‘SPEs’) where significant risk has been transferred to third parties. Exposures to these SPEs are risk-weighted as securitisation positions for regulatory purposes.
Participating interests in banking associates are proportionally consolidated for regulatory purposes by including our share of assets, liabilities, profit and loss, and RWAs in accordance with the PRA’s application of EU legislation. Non-participating significant investments along with non-financial associates are deducted from capital (subject to thresholds).


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Table 2: Reconciliation of balance sheets – financial accounting to regulatory scope of consolidation
 
 
Accounting
balance
sheet

Deconsolidation
of insurance/
other entities

Consolidation
of banking
associates

Regulatory
balance
sheet

 
Ref
$m

$m

$m

$m

Assets
 
 
 
 
 
Cash and balances at central banks
 
189,842

(43
)
1,199

190,998

Items in the course of collection from other banks
 
8,081


12

8,093

Hong Kong Government certificates of indebtedness
 
35,754



35,754

Trading assets
 
247,892

(1,485
)

246,407

Financial assets designated and otherwise mandatorily measured at fair value through profit or loss
 
40,678

(29,496
)
541

11,723

Derivatives
 
227,972

(29
)
95

228,038

Loans and advances to banks
 
83,924

(1,563
)
1,378

83,739

Loans and advances to customers
 
973,443

(1,920
)
12,489

984,012

– of which: impairment allowances on IRB portfolios
h
(6,612
)


(6,612
)
Reverse repurchase agreements – non-trading
 
208,104


1,225

209,329

Financial investments
 
386,436

(61,255
)
3,309

328,490

Capital invested in insurance and other entities
 

2,383


2,383

Prepayments, accrued income and other assets
 
153,048

(5,143
)
266

148,171

– of which: retirement benefit assets
i
8,874



8,874

Current tax assets
 
1,106

(5
)

1,101

Interests in associates and joint ventures
 
22,572

(390
)
(4,025
)
18,157

– of which: positive goodwill on acquisition
e
511

(14
)

497

Goodwill and intangible assets
e
23,722

(7,176
)

16,546

Deferred tax assets
f
4,740

160

1

4,901

Total assets at 30 Jun 2018
 
2,607,314

(105,962
)
16,490

2,517,842

Liabilities and equity
 
 
 
 
 
Hong Kong currency notes in circulation
 
35,754



35,754

Deposits by banks
 
64,792

(34
)
888

65,646

Customer accounts
 
1,356,307

2,168

14,177

1,372,652

Repurchase agreements – non-trading
 
158,295



158,295

Items in the course of transmission to other banks
 
8,086



8,086

Trading liabilities
 
83,845

54


83,899

Financial liabilities designated at fair value
 
151,985

(4,502
)

147,483

– of which:
 
 
 
 
 
included in tier 1
m
424



424

included in tier 2
n, p
14,613



14,613

Derivatives
 
222,961

130

77

223,168

Debt securities in issue
 
81,708

(1,909
)
320

80,119

Accruals, deferred income and other liabilities
 
134,774

(3,297
)
709

132,186

Current tax liabilities
 
1,609

(166
)

1,443

Liabilities under insurance contracts
 
86,918

(86,918
)


Provisions
 
4,199

(9
)
317

4,507

– of which: credit-related contingent liabilities and contractual commitments on IRB portfolios
h
387



387

Deferred tax liabilities
 
2,183

(1,027
)
2

1,158

Subordinated liabilities
 
22,604

4


22,608

– of which:
 
 
 
 
 
included in tier 1
k, m
1,813



1,813

included in tier 2
n, p
20,719



20,719

Total liabilities at 30 Jun 2018
 
2,416,020

(95,506
)
16,490

2,337,004

Called up share capital
a
10,159



10,159

Share premium account
a, k
9,774



9,774

Other equity instruments
j, k
20,573



20,573

Other reserves
c, g
2,193

1,935


4,128

Retained earnings
b, c
140,908

(11,519
)

129,389

Total shareholders’ equity
 
183,607

(9,584
)

174,023

Non-controlling interests
d, l, m, o
7,687

(872
)

6,815

– of which: non-cumulative preference shares issued by subsidiaries included in tier 1 capital
m
9



9

Total equity at 30 Jun 2018
 
191,294

(10,456
)

180,838

Total liabilities and equity at 30 Jun 2018
 
2,607,314

(105,962
)
16,490

2,517,842

The references (a)–(p) identify balance sheet components that are used in the calculation of regulatory capital on page 7.

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Table 2: Reconciliation of balance sheets – financial accounting to regulatory scope of consolidation (continued)
 
 
Accounting
balance sheet

Deconsolidation
of insurance/
other entities

Consolidation
of banking
associates

Regulatory
balance sheet

 
Ref
$m

$m

$m

$m

Assets
 
 
 
 
 
Cash and balances at central banks
 
180,624

(38
)
1,174

181,760

Items in the course of collection from other banks
 
6,628


2

6,630

Hong Kong Government certificates of indebtedness
 
34,186



34,186

Trading assets
 
287,995

(359
)
1

287,637

Financial assets designated at fair value
 
29,464

(28,674
)

790

Derivatives
 
219,818

(128
)
57

219,747

Loans and advances to banks
 
90,393

(2,024
)
1,421

89,790

Loans and advances to customers
 
962,964

(3,633
)
12,835

972,166

– of which: impairment allowances on IRB portfolios
h
(5,004
)


(5,004
)
Reverse repurchase agreements – non-trading
 
201,553


1,854

203,407

Financial investments
 
389,076

(61,480
)
3,325

330,921

Capital invested in insurance and other entities
 

2,430


2,430

Prepayments, accrued income and other assets
 
67,191

(4,202
)
267

63,256

– of which: retirement benefit assets
i
8,752



8,752

Current tax assets
 
1,006

(5
)

1,001

Interests in associates and joint ventures
 
22,744

(370
)
(4,064
)
18,310

– of which: positive goodwill on acquisition
e
521

(14
)
(1
)
506

Goodwill and intangible assets
e
23,453

(6,937
)

16,516

Deferred tax assets
f
4,676

170


4,846

Total assets at 31 Dec 2017
 
2,521,771

(105,250
)
16,872

2,433,393

Liabilities and equity
 
 
 
 
 
Hong Kong currency notes in circulation
 
34,186



34,186

Deposits by banks
 
69,922

(86
)
695

70,531

Customer accounts
 
1,364,462

(64
)
14,961

1,379,359

Repurchase agreements – non-trading
 
130,002



130,002

Items in course of transmission to other banks
 
6,850



6,850

Trading liabilities
 
184,361

867


185,228

Financial liabilities designated at fair value
 
94,429

(5,622
)

88,807

– of which:
 
 
 
 
 
included in tier 1
m
459



459

included in tier 2
n, p
23,831



23,831

Derivatives
 
216,821

69

51

216,941

Debt securities in issue
 
64,546

(2,974
)
320

61,892

Accruals, deferred income and other liabilities
 
45,907

(211
)
622

46,318

Current tax liabilities
 
928

(81
)

847

Liabilities under insurance contracts
 
85,667

(85,667
)


Provisions
 
4,011

(17
)
223

4,217

– of which: credit-related contingent liabilities and contractual commitments on IRB portfolios
h
220



220

Deferred tax liabilities
 
1,982

(1,085
)

897

Subordinated liabilities
 
19,826

1


19,827

– of which:
 
 
 
 
 
included in tier 1
k, m
1,838



1,838

included in tier 2
n, p
17,561



17,561

Total liabilities at 31 Dec 2017
 
2,323,900

(94,870
)
16,872

2,245,902

Called up share capital
a
10,160



10,160

Share premium account
a, k
10,177



10,177

Other equity instruments
j, k
22,250



22,250

Other reserves
c, g
7,664

1,236


8,900

Retained earnings
b, c
139,999

(10,824
)

129,175

Total shareholders’ equity
 
190,250

(9,588
)

180,662

Non-controlling interests
d, l, m, o
7,621

(792
)

6,829

– of which: non-cumulative preference shares issued by subsidiaries
   included in tier 1 capital


m




Total equity at 31 Dec 2017
 
197,871

(10,380
)

187,491

Total liabilities and equity at 31 Dec 2017
 
2,521,771

(105,250
)
16,872

2,433,393

The references (a)–(p) identify balance sheet components that are used in the calculation of regulatory capital on page 7.

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Capital and RWAs
The main features of HSBC’s capital instruments are set out in the Annual Report and Accounts 2017. Information on those instruments classified as liabilities under IFRSs is included in
 
Note 27 Subordinated liabilities on pages 232 to 235. Information on those instruments classified as equity under IFRSs is included in Note 31 Called up share capital and other equity instruments on pages 241 to 243.

Own funds
Table 3: Own funds disclosure



At
30 Jun
2018

CRD IV
prescribed
residual
amount

Final
CRD IV
text



Ref
$m

$m

$m

 
Common equity tier 1 (‘CET1’) capital: instruments and reserves
 
 
 
 
1
Capital instruments and the related share premium accounts
 
18,528

 
18,528

 
– ordinary shares
a
18,528

 
18,528

2
Retained earnings
b
127,358

 
127,358

3
Accumulated other comprehensive income (and other reserves)
c
2,420

 
2,420

5
Minority interests (amount allowed in consolidated CET1)
d
4,729

 
4,729

5a
Independently reviewed interim net profits net of any foreseeable charge or dividend
b
3,034

 
3,034

6
Common equity tier 1 capital before regulatory adjustments
 
156,069

 
156,069

 
Common equity tier 1 capital: regulatory adjustments
 
 
 
 
7
Additional value adjustments
 
(1,234
)
 
(1,234
)
8
Intangible assets (net of related deferred tax liability)
e
(16,877
)
 
(16,877
)
10
Deferred tax assets that rely on future profitability excluding those arising from temporary differences (net of related tax liability)
f
(969
)
 
(969
)
11
Fair value reserves related to gains or losses on cash flow hedges
g
234

 
234

12
Negative amounts resulting from the calculation of expected loss amounts
h
(1,772
)
 
(1,772
)
14
Gains or losses on liabilities valued at fair value resulting from changes in own credit standing

1,845

 
1,845

15
Defined-benefit pension fund assets
i
(6,852
)
 
(6,852
)
16
Direct and indirect holdings of own CET1 instruments

(40
)
 
(40
)
19
Direct, indirect and synthetic holdings by the institution of the CET1 instruments of financial sector entities where the institution has a significant investment in those entities (amount above 10% threshold and net of eligible short positions)
 
(7,647
)
 
(7,647
)
28
Total regulatory adjustments to common equity tier 1
 
(33,312
)

(33,312
)
29
Common equity tier 1 capital
 
122,757


122,757

 
Additional tier 1 (‘AT1’) capital: instruments
 
 
 
 
30
Capital instruments and the related share premium accounts
 
20,550


20,550

31
– classified as equity under IFRSs
j
20,550


20,550

33
Amount of qualifying items and the related share premium accounts subject to phase out
from AT1
k
2,297

(2,297
)

34
Qualifying tier 1 capital included in consolidated AT1 capital (including minority interests not included in CET1) issued by subsidiaries and held by third parties
l, m
1,541

(1,327
)
214

35
– of which: instruments issued by subsidiaries subject to phase out
m
1,327

(1,327
)

36
Additional tier 1 capital before regulatory adjustments
 
24,388

(3,624
)
20,764

 
Additional tier 1 capital: regulatory adjustments
 
 
 
 
37
Direct and indirect holdings of own AT1 instruments
 
(60
)
 
(60
)
43
Total regulatory adjustments to additional tier 1 capital
 
(60
)

(60
)
44
Additional tier 1 capital
 
24,328

(3,624
)
20,704

45
Tier 1 capital (T1 = CET1 + AT1)
 
147,085

(3,624
)
143,461


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Table 3: Own funds disclosure (continued)
 
 
 
At
30 Jun
2018

CRD IV
prescribed
residual
amount

Final
CRD IV
text

 
 
Ref
$m

$m

$m

 
Tier 2 capital: instruments and provisions
 
 
 
 
46
Capital instruments and the related share premium accounts
n
28,185

 
28,185

48
Qualifying own funds instruments included in consolidated T2 capital (including minority interests and AT1 instruments not included in CET1 or AT1) issued by subsidiaries and held by third parties
o, p
1,863

(1,794
)
69

49
– of which: instruments issued by subsidiaries subject to phase out
p
1,794

(1,794
)

51
Tier 2 capital before regulatory adjustments
 
30,048

(1,794
)
28,254

 
Tier 2 capital: regulatory adjustments
 
 
 
 
52
Direct and indirect holdings of own T2 instruments
 
(40
)
 
(40
)
55
Direct and indirect holdings by the institution of the T2 instruments and subordinated loans of financial sector entities where the institution has a significant investment in those entities (net of eligible short positions)
 
(483
)

(483
)
57
Total regulatory adjustments to tier 2 capital
 
(523
)

(523
)
58
Tier 2 capital
 
29,525

(1,794
)
27,731

59
Total capital (TC = T1 + T2)
 
176,610

(5,418
)
171,192

60
Total risk-weighted assets
 
865,467


865,467

 
Capital ratios and buffers
 
 
 
 
61
Common equity tier 1
 
14.2%

 
14.2%

62
Tier 1
 
17.0%

 
16.6%

63
Total capital
 
20.4%

 
19.8%

64
Institution specific buffer requirement
 
3.84%

 
 
65
– capital conservation buffer requirement
 
1.88%

 
 
66
– countercyclical buffer requirement
 
0.46%

 
 
67a
– Global Systemically Important Institution (‘G-SII’) buffer
 
1.50%

 
 
68
Common equity tier 1 available to meet buffers
 
7.7%

 
 
 
Amounts below the threshold for deduction (before risk weighting)
 
 
 
 
72
Direct and indirect holdings of the capital of financial sector entities where the institution does not have a significant investment in those entities (amount below 10% threshold and net of eligible short positions)
 
3,443

 
 
73
Direct and indirect holdings by the institution of the CET1 instruments of financial sector entities where the institution has a significant investment in those entities (amount below 10% threshold and net of eligible short positions)
 
13,040

 
 
75
Deferred tax assets arising from temporary differences (amount below 10% threshold, net of related tax liability)
 
4,924

 
 
 
Applicable caps on the inclusion of provisions in tier 2
 
 
 
 
77
Cap on inclusion of credit risk adjustments in T2 under standardised approach
 
2,198

 
 
79
Cap for inclusion of credit risk adjustments in T2 under IRB approach
 
3,195

 
 
 
Capital instruments subject to phase out arrangements (only applicable between
1 Jan 2014 and 1 Jan 2022)
 
 
 
 
82
Current cap on AT1 instruments subject to phase out arrangements
 
6,921

 
 
84
Current cap on T2 instruments subject to phase out arrangements
 
5,131

 
 
The references (a) – (p) identify balance sheet components on page 5 which are used in the calculation of regulatory capital.
At 30 June 2018, our CET1 capital ratio decreased to 14.2% from 14.5% at 31 December 2017.
CET1 capital decreased in 1H18 by $3.4bn, mainly as a result of:
$3.5bn of unfavourable foreign currency translation differences;
the $2.0bn share buy-back; and
a $1.0bn increase in threshold deductions as a result of an increase in the value of our material holdings and a decrease in the CET1 capital base.
These decreases were partly offset by:
$2.5bn of capital generation through profits, net of cash and scrip dividends; and
a $1.2bn IFRS 9 day one transitional impact, mainly due to classification and measurement changes.
Leverage ratio
Our leverage ratio calculated in accordance with CRD IV was 5.4% at 30 June 2018, down from 5.6% at 31 December 2017, mainly due to balance sheet growth.
The Group’s UK leverage ratio at 30 June 2018 on a modified basis, excluding qualifying central bank balances, was 5.9%.
 
At 30 June 2018, our UK minimum leverage ratio requirement of 3.25% was supplemented by an additional leverage ratio buffer of 0.5% and a countercyclical leverage ratio buffer of 0.2%. These additional buffers translate into capital values of $12.8bn and $3.9bn, respectively. We exceeded these leverage requirements.
The risk of excessive leverage is managed as part of HSBC’s global risk appetite framework and monitored using a leverage ratio metric within our risk appetite statement (‘RAS’). The RAS articulates the aggregate level and types of risk that HSBC is willing to accept in its business activities in order to achieve its strategic business objectives. The RAS measures are monitored via the risk appetite profile report, which includes comparisons of actual performance against the risk appetite and tolerance thresholds assigned to each metric, to ensure that any excessive risk is highlighted, assessed and mitigated appropriately. The risk appetite profile report is presented monthly to the Risk Management Meeting of the Group Management Board (‘RMM’) and the Group Risk Committee (‘GRC’).

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Table 4: Summary reconciliation of accounting assets and leverage ratio exposures
 
 
At
 
 
30 Jun

31 Dec

 
 
2018

2017

 
 
$bn

$bn

1
Total assets as per published financial statements
2,607.3

2,521.8

 
Adjustments for:
 
 
2
– entities which are consolidated for accounting purposes but are outside the scope of regulatory consolidation
(89.5
)
(88.4
)
4
– derivative financial instruments
(80.9
)
(91.0
)
5
– securities financing transactions (‘SFT’)
11.6

12.2

6
– off-balance sheet items (i.e. conversion to credit equivalent amounts of off-balance sheet exposures)
236.5

227.4

7
– other
(20.9
)
(24.9
)
8
Total leverage ratio exposure
2,664.1

2,557.1

Table 5: Leverage ratio common disclosure
 
 
At
 
 
30 Jun

31 Dec

 
 
2018

2017

 
 
$bn

$bn

 
On-balance sheet exposures (excluding derivatives and SFTs)
 
 
1
On-balance sheet items (excluding derivatives, SFTs and fiduciary assets, but including collateral)
2,067.4

1,998.7

2
(Asset amounts deducted in determining tier 1 capital)
(34.2
)
(35.3
)
3
Total on-balance sheet exposures (excluding derivatives, SFTs and fiduciary assets)
2,033.2

1,963.4

 
Derivative exposures
 
 
4
Replacement cost associated with all derivatives transactions (i.e. net of eligible cash variation margin)
34.5

29.0

5
Add-on amounts for potential future exposure (‘PFE’) associated with all derivatives transactions
(mark-to-market method)
140.1

125.5

6
Gross-up for derivatives collateral provided where deducted from the balance sheet assets pursuant to IFRSs
6.0

5.2

7
(Deductions of receivables assets for cash variation margin provided in derivatives transactions)
(23.5
)
(23.6
)
8
(Exempted central counterparty (‘CCP’) leg of client-cleared trade exposures)
(18.9
)
(14.0
)
9
Adjusted effective notional amount of written credit derivatives
168.6

188.2

10
(Adjusted effective notional offsets and add-on deductions for written credit derivatives)
(159.6
)
(181.6
)
11
Total derivative exposures
147.2

128.7

 
Securities financing transaction exposures
 
 
12
Gross SFT assets (with no recognition of netting), after adjusting for sales accounting transactions
340.5

331.2

13
(Netted amounts of cash payables and cash receivables of gross SFT assets)
(104.9
)
(105.8
)
14
Counterparty credit risk exposure for SFT assets
11.6

12.2

16
Total securities financing transaction exposures
247.2

237.6

 
Other off-balance sheet exposures
 
 
17
Off-balance sheet exposures at gross notional amount
823.9

801.7

18
(Adjustments for conversion to credit equivalent amounts)
(587.4
)
(574.3
)
19
Total off-balance sheet exposures
236.5

227.4

 
Capital and total exposures
 
 
20
Tier 1 capital
143.5

142.7

21
Total leverage ratio exposure
2,664.1

2,557.1

22
Leverage ratio (%)
5.4

5.6

EU-23
Choice of transitional arrangements for the definition of the capital measure
 Fully phased-in

 Fully phased-in

Table 6: Leverage ratio – Split of on-balance sheet exposures (excluding derivatives, SFTs and exempted exposures)
 
 
At
 
 
30 Jun

31 Dec

 
 
2018

2017

 
 
$bn

$bn

EU-1
Total on-balance sheet exposures (excluding derivatives, SFTs, and exempted exposures)
2,043.9

1,998.7

EU-2
– trading book exposures
223.3

268.6

EU-3
– banking book exposures
1,820.6

1,730.1

 
   ’banking book exposures’ comprises:
 
 
EU-4
covered bonds
1.4

1.3

EU-5
exposures treated as sovereigns
514.1

504.8

EU-6
exposures to regional governments, multilateral development banks (‘MDBs’), international organisations and public sector entities not treated as sovereigns
9.0

9.8

EU-7
institutions
78.6

77.0

EU-8
secured by mortgages of immovable properties
290.4

283.4

EU-9
retail exposures
83.8

89.3

EU-10
corporate
616.6

586.0

EU-11
exposures in default
9.2

9.7

EU-12
other exposures (e.g. equity, securitisations and other non-credit obligation assets)
217.5

168.8


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Capital buffers
The geographical breakdown and institution specific countercyclical capital buffer disclosure is published annually on the HSBC website, www.hsbc.com. Our G-SIB Indicators Disclosure is published annually on the HSBC website, www.hsbc.com.
 
Pillar 1 minimum capital requirements and RWA flow
Pillar 1 covers the minimum capital resource requirements for credit risk, counterparty credit risk (‘CCR’), equity, securitisation, market risk and operational risk. These requirements are expressed in terms of RWAs.
 
Risk category
Scope of permissible approaches
Approach adopted by HSBC
 
Credit risk
The Basel Committee’s framework applies three approaches of increasing sophistication to the calculation of Pillar 1 credit risk capital requirements. The most basic level, the standardised approach, requires banks to use external credit ratings to determine the risk weightings applied to rated counterparties. Other counterparties are grouped into broad categories and standardised risk weightings are applied to these categories. The next level, the foundation IRB (‘FIRB’) approach, allows banks to calculate their credit risk capital requirements on the basis of their internal assessment of a counterparty’s probability of default (‘PD’), but subjects their quantified estimates of EAD and loss given default (‘LGD’) to standard supervisory parameters. Finally, the advanced IRB (‘AIRB’) approach allows banks to use their own internal assessment in both determining PD and quantifying EAD and LGD.
For consolidated Group reporting, we have adopted the advanced IRB approach for the majority of our business.
Some portfolios remain on the standardised or foundation IRB approaches:
pending the issuance of local regulations or model approval;
following supervisory prescription of a non-advanced approach; or
under exemptions from IRB treatment.
 
 
 
 
 
Counterparty credit risk
Four approaches to calculating CCR and determining exposure values are defined by the Basel Committee: mark-to-market, original exposure, standardised and Internal Model Method (‘IMM’). These exposure values are used to determine capital requirements under one of the credit risk approaches: standardised, foundation IRB or advanced IRB.
We use the mark-to-market and IMM approaches for CCR. Details of the IMM permission we have received from the PRA can be found in the Financial Services Register on the PRA website. Our aim is to increase the proportion of positions on IMM over time.
 
Equity
For the non-trading book, equity exposures can be assessed under standardised or IRB approaches.
For Group reporting purposes, all non-trading book equity exposures are treated under the standardised approach.
 
Securitisation
Basel specifies two approaches for calculating credit risk requirements for securitisation positions in non-trading books: the standardised approach and the IRB approach, which incorporates the Ratings Based Method (‘RBM’), the Internal Assessment Approach (‘IAA’) and the Supervisory Formula Method (‘SFM’). Securitisation positions in the trading book are treated within the market risk framework, using the CRD IV standard rules.
For the majority of the non-trading book securitisation positions we use the IRB approach, and within this principally the RBM, with lesser amounts on the IAA and the SFM. We also use the standardised approach for an immaterial amount of non-trading book positions. We follow the CRD IV standard rules for the securitisation positions in the trading book.
 
Market risk
Market risk capital requirements can be determined under either the standard rules or the Internal Models Approach (‘IMA’). The latter involves the use of internal value at risk (‘VaR’) models to measure market risks and determine the appropriate capital requirement.
In addition to the VaR models, other internal models include Stressed VaR (‘SVaR’), Incremental Risk Charge (‘IRC’) and Comprehensive Risk Measure.

The market risk capital requirement is measured using internal market risk models, where approved by the PRA, or under the standard rules. Our internal market risk models comprise VaR, stressed VaR and IRC. Non-proprietary details of the scope of our IMA permission are available in the Financial Services Register on the PRA website. We are in compliance with the requirements set out in Articles 104 and 105 of the Capital Requirements Regulation.
 
Operational risk
The Basel Committee allows firms to calculate their operational risk capital requirement under the basic indicator approach, the standardised approach or the advanced measurement approach.
We currently use the standardised approach in determining our operational risk capital requirement. We have in place an operational risk model that is used for economic capital calculation purposes.



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Table 7: Overview of RWAs
 
 
At
 
 
30 Jun

31 Mar

30 Jun

 
 
2018

2018

2018

 
 
RWAs

RWAs

Capital1 
requirements

 
 
$bn

$bn

$bn

1
Credit risk (excluding counterparty credit risk)
634.3

638.1

50.7

2
– standardised approach
128.4

129.4

10.2

3
– foundation IRB approach
29.1

30.4

2.3

4
– advanced IRB approach
476.8

478.3

38.2

6
Counterparty credit risk
47.5

57.9

3.8

7
– mark-to-market
24.8

37.7

2.0

10
– internal model method
16.5

10.4

1.3

11
– risk exposure amount for contributions to the default fund of a central counterparty
0.5

0.6


12
– credit valuation adjustment
5.7

9.2

0.5

13
Settlement risk
0.1

0.1


14
Securitisation exposures in the non-trading book
9.0

14.8

0.7

15
– IRB ratings based method
5.1

11.3

0.4

17
– IRB internal assessment approach
1.6

1.7

0.1

18
– standardised approach
2.3

1.8

0.2

19
Market risk
37.0

43.2

3.0

20
– standardised approach
5.5

4.8

0.4

21
– internal models approach
31.5

38.4

2.6

23
Operational risk
92.7

92.7

7.4

25
– standardised approach
92.7

92.7

7.4

27
Amounts below the thresholds for deduction (subject to 250% risk weight)
44.9

47.6

3.6

29
Total
865.5

894.4

69.2

1
‘Capital requirements’ here and in all tables where the term is used, represents the minimum total capital charge set at 8% of RWAs by article 92 of the Capital Requirements Regulation.
Credit risk, including amounts below the thresholds for deduction
RWAs decreased by $6.5bn in the second quarter, including a decrease in foreign currency translation differences of $23.9bn. The $17.4bn increase (excluding foreign currency translation differences) was mainly due to lending growth principally in CMB and GB&M in Asia.
Counterparty credit risk
The $10.4bn decrease in RWAs was principally due to:
the implementation of IMM in Asia and the US which reduced RWAs by $6.7bn; and
 
a decrease in asset size of $4.1bn mainly from mark-to-market movements in Europe and the US.
Securitisation in non-trading book
The $5.8bn RWA decrease in the second quarter of the year arose predominantly from the sale of legacy positions.
Market risk
RWAs decreased by $6.2bn mainly as a result of reduced exposure under the internal models approach.
Table 8: RWA flow statements of credit risk exposures under the IRB approach1
 
 
RWAs

Capital
requirements

 
 
$bn

$bn

1
RWAs at 1 Apr 2018
508.7

40.7

2
Asset size
11.4

0.9

3
Asset quality
1.0

0.1

4
Model updates
1.0

0.1

5
Methodology and policy
0.4


7
Foreign exchange movements
(16.6
)
(1.3
)
9
RWAs at 30 Jun 2018
505.9

40.5

1
Securitisation positions are not included in this table.


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RWAs under the IRB approach decreased by $2.8bn in the second quarter of the year, including a decrease of $16.6bn due to foreign currency translation differences.
The $13.8bn increase in RWAs excluding foreign currency translation differences is mainly due to:
an $11.4bn growth in corporate and lending portfolios mainly in Asia, North America and Europe;
 
$1.0bn movement in asset quality due to changes in portfolio mix, mainly in CMB and GB&M; and
a $0.6bn increase due to updates to retail and corporate models in RBWM and CMB.
Table 9: RWA flow statements of CCR exposures under the IMM
 
 
RWAs

Capital
requirements

 
 
$bn

$bn

1
RWAs at 1 Apr 2018
12.7

1.0

2
Asset size
(1.4
)
(0.1
)
4
Model updates
8.9

0.7

5
Methodology and policy
0.7

0.1

9
RWAs at 30 Jun 2018
20.9

1.7

RWAs under the IMM increased by $8.2bn mainly as a result of IMM implementation in Asia and the US.
Table 10: RWA flow statements of market risk exposures under the IMA
 
 
VaR

Stressed
VaR

IRC

Other

Total
RWAs

Total capital requirements

 
 
$bn

$bn

$bn

$bn

$bn

$bn

1
RWAs at 1 Apr 2018
9.5

14.3

11.2

3.4

38.4

3.1

2
Movement in risk levels
(2.5
)
(2.5
)
(1.7
)
(0.2
)
(6.9
)
(0.5
)
8
RWAs at 30 Jun 2018
7.0

11.8

9.5

3.2

31.5

2.6

RWAs under the IMA decreased by $6.9bn mainly as a result of:
changes in correlation and risk that reduced both VaR and SVaR by $2.5bn each; and
lower exposure in the incremental risk charge (‘IRC’) that reduced RWAs by $1.7bn.

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Credit risk
Credit risk is the risk of financial loss if a customer or counterparty fails to meet an obligation under a contract. It arises principally from direct lending, trade finance and leasing business, but also from other products, such as guarantees and credit derivatives and from holding assets in the form of debt securities. Credit risk represents our largest regulatory capital requirement. 
There have been no material changes to our policies and practices, which are described in the Pillar 3 Disclosures at 31 December 2017.
 
On 1 January 2018, HSBC implemented the requirements of IFRS 9 ’Financial Instruments’. Information relevant to understanding the impact of the new accounting standard on HSBC is available in the Report on Transition to IFRS 9 ‘Financial Instruments’ available on the HSBC website.
Credit quality of assets
We are a universal bank with a conservative approach to credit risk. This is reflected in our credit risk profile being diversified across a number of asset classes and geographies with a credit quality profile concentrated in the higher quality bands.
Table 11: Credit quality of exposures by exposure class and instrument1


 
Gross carrying values of
Specific credit risk adjustments


Write-offs in the year
4

Credit risk adjustment charges of the period4

Net carrying values



 
Defaulted exposures

Non-defaulted exposures



Footnotes
$bn

$bn

$bn

$bn

$bn

$bn

1
Central governments and central banks
 

315.5



(0.1
)
315.5

2
Institutions
 

92.8




92.8

3
Corporates
 
7.6

1,022.0

4.3

0.2

0.1

1,025.3

4
– of which: specialised lending
 
0.9

49.0

0.5


0.3

49.4

6
Retail
 
3.5

470.0

1.7

0.4

0.4

471.8

7
– secured by real estate property
 
2.5

278.4

0.3



280.6


– of which:
 












8
SMEs
 
0.1

3.5




3.6

9
Non-SMEs
 
2.4

274.9

0.3



277.0

10
– qualifying revolving retail
 
0.1

129.0

0.7

0.2

0.2

128.4

11
– other retail
 
0.9

62.6

0.7

0.2

0.2

62.8


– of which:
 












12
SMEs
 
0.5

8.3

0.4

0.1

0.1

8.4

13
Non-SMEs
 
0.4

54.3

0.3

0.1

0.1

54.4

15
Total IRB approach
 
11.1

1,900.3

6.0

0.6

0.4

1,905.4

16
Central governments and central banks
2

186.2




186.2

17
Regional governments or local authorities
2

7.3




7.3

18
Public sector entities
 

11.8




11.8

19
Multilateral development banks
 

0.2




0.2

20
International organisations
 

2.0




2.0

21
Institutions
 

3.6




3.6

22
Corporates
 
3.2

177.7

2.0

0.1

0.1

178.9

23
– of which: SMEs
 
0.1

1.3




1.4

24
Retail
 
1.0

67.5

1.6

0.4

0.3

66.9

25
– of which: SMEs
 

1.7




1.7

26
Secured by mortgages on immovable property
 
0.8

31.9

0.3


(0.1
)
32.4

27
– of which: SMEs
 

0.1




0.1

28
Exposures in default
3
5.0


2.1

0.5

0.3

2.9

29
Items associated with particularly high risk
 
0.1

4.3




4.4

32
Collective investment undertakings (‘CIU’)
 

0.7




0.7

33
Equity exposures
 

15.7




15.7

34
Other exposures
 

13.8




13.8

35
Total standardised approach
 
5.1

522.7

3.9

0.5

0.3

523.9

36
Total at 30 Jun 2018
 
16.2

2,423.0

9.9

1.1

0.7

2,429.3


– of which: loans
 
14.7

1,266.4

9.4

1.1

0.9

1,271.7


– of which: debt securities
 

327.4




327.4


– of which: off-balance sheet exposures
 
1.5

791.3

0.5


(0.2
)
792.3


13
HSBC Holdings plc


Table 11: Credit quality of exposures by exposure class and instrument1 (continued)
 
 
 
 
Gross carrying values of
Specific credit risk adjustments


Write-offs in the year4

Credit risk adjustment charges of the period4

Net carrying values

 
 
 
Defaulted exposures

Non-defaulted exposures

 
 
Footnotes
$bn

$bn

$bn

$bn

$bn

$bn

1
Central governments and central banks
 

308.1




308.1

2
Institutions
 

94.5




94.5

3
Corporates
 
8.1

987.5

4.2

1.0

0.7

991.4

4
– of which: specialised lending
 
1.2

47.5

0.3



48.4

6
Retail
 
3.6

465.0

1.0

0.7

0.3

467.6

7
– secured by real estate property
 
2.5

274.3

0.3



276.5

 
– of which:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
8
SMEs
 

1.5




1.5

9
Non-SMEs
 
2.5

272.8

0.3



275.0

10
– qualifying revolving retail
 
0.1

125.4

0.2

0.3

0.2

125.3

11
– other retail
 
1.0

65.3

0.5

0.4

0.1

65.8

 
– of which:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
12
SMEs
 
0.6

10.6

0.3



10.9

13
Non-SMEs
 
0.4

54.7

0.2

0.4

0.1

54.9

15
Total IRB approach
 
11.7

1,855.1

5.2

1.7

1.0

1,861.6

16
Central governments and central banks
2

198.1




198.1

17
Regional governments or local authorities
2

3.8




3.8

18
Public sector entities
 

0.4




0.4

19
Multilateral development banks
 

0.3




0.3

20
International organisations
 

2.2




2.2

21
Institutions
 

3.5




3.5

22
Corporates
 

172.8

0.5


0.1

172.3

23
– of which: SMEs
 

1.1




1.1

24
Retail
 

71.0

0.4


0.2

70.6

25
– of which: SMEs
 

1.7




1.7

26
Secured by mortgages on immovable property
 

29.0




29.0

27
– of which: SMEs
 

0.1




0.1

28
Exposures in default
3
5.4


2.0

1.5

0.7

3.4

29
Items associated with particularly high risk
 

3.9




3.9

32
Collective investment undertakings (‘CIU’)
 

0.6




0.6

33
Equity exposures
 

16.0




16.0

34
Other exposures
 

11.9




11.9

35
Total standardised approach
 
5.4

513.5

2.9

1.5

1.0

516.0

36
Total at 31 Dec 2017
 
17.1

2,368.6

8.1

3.2

2.0

2,377.6

 
– of which: loans
 
15.1

1,225.2

7.8

3.2

2.0

1,232.5

 
– of which: debt securities
 

325.1




325.1

 
– of which: off-balance sheet exposures
 
2.0

782.4

0.2



784.2

1
Securitisation positions and non-credit obligation assets are not included in this table.
2
Standardised exposures to EEA ‘regional governments and local authorities’ and ‘public sector entities’ are reported separately in 2018. In previous years, these exposures were grouped with ‘central governments or central banks’. Prior reporting has not been restated.
3
From 1 January 2018, standardised exposures that are in default are reported within individual exposure classes and totalled in ‘Exposures in default’. The reported amounts at
31 December 2017 have not been restated; ‘Exposures in default’ at that date principally comprised defaulted exposure to corporates of $3.3bn, retail clients of $1.1bn and exposure secured on immovable property of $1.0bn.
4
Presented on a year-to-date basis.

HSBC Holdings plc
14


Pillar 3 Disclosures at 30 June 2018

Table 12: Credit quality of exposures by industry or counterparty types1
 
 
Gross carrying values of
Specific credit risk adjustments


Write-offs in the year
2

Credit risk adjustment charges of the period2

Net carrying values

 
 
Defaulted exposures

Non-defaulted exposures

 
 
$bn

$bn

$bn

$bn

$bn

$bn

1
Agriculture
0.3

8.0

0.1



8.2

2
Mining
0.9

39.7

0.4

0.1

(0.1
)
40.2

3
Manufacturing
2.1

259.3

1.4


0.1

260.0

4
Utilities
0.3

34.0

0.1



34.2

5
Water supply

2.8




2.8

6
Construction
1.4

41.2

0.6


0.1

42.0

7
Wholesale & retail trade
2.3

206.1

1.3

0.1

0.1

207.1

8
Transportation & storage
0.3

52.6

0.2


0.1

52.7

9
Accommodation & food services
0.3

28.3

0.2



28.4

10
Information & communication

9.3




9.3

11
Financial & insurance
0.4

569.7

0.3

0.1


569.8

12
Real estate
1.1

234.1

0.7


0.1

234.5

13
Professional activities
0.2

22.5

0.1



22.6

14
Administrative service
1.0

93.5

1.0


0.2

93.5

15
Public admin & defence
0.4

173.7

0.2


(0.1
)
173.9

16
Education

4.3




4.3

17
Human health & social work
0.1

7.2

0.1



7.2

18
Arts & entertainment

5.3


0.1


5.3

19
Other services
0.3

14.9

0.1


0.1

15.1

20
Personal
4.8

556.2

3.1

0.7

0.1

557.9

21
Extraterritorial bodies

38.1




38.1

22
Total at 30 Jun 2018
16.2

2,400.8

9.9

1.1

0.7

2,407.1

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1
Agriculture
0.4

9.5

0.1



9.8

2
Mining
1.4

42.2

0.5

0.2

(0.1
)
43.1

3
Manufacturing
2.3

254.2

1.2

0.3

0.2

255.3

4
Utilities
0.3

33.9

0.1

0.1


34.1

5
Water supply

3.0




3.0

6
Construction
1.0

39.2

0.3

0.1


39.9

7
Wholesale & retail trade
2.4

203.5

1.4

0.4

0.5

204.5

8
Transportation & storage
0.5

52.1

0.1



52.5

9
Accommodation & food services
0.3

24.9

0.1



25.1

10
Information & communication
0.1

10.0


0.1


10.1

11
Financial & insurance
0.4

553.0

0.8

0.1

0.1

552.6

12
Real estate
1.2

220.9

0.9

0.1

0.2

221.2

13
Professional activities
0.2

19.2




19.4

14
Administrative service
0.9

81.6

0.7

0.1

0.1

81.8

15
Public admin & defence
0.3

172.8




173.1

16
Education

3.7




3.7

17
Human health & social work
0.2

7.6




7.8

18
Arts & entertainment
0.1

8.9




9.0

19
Other services
0.1

10.4




10.5

20
Personal
5.0

554.7

1.9

1.7

1.0

557.8

21
Extraterritorial bodies

39.5




39.5

22
Total at 31 Dec 2017
17.1

2,344.8

8.1

3.2

2.0

2,353.8

1
Securitisation positions and non-customer assets are not included in this table.
2
Presented on a year-to-date basis.


15
HSBC Holdings plc


Table 13: Credit quality of exposures by geography1, 2
 
 
Gross carrying values of
Specific credit risk adjustments


Write-offs in the year
3

Credit risk adjustment charges of the period3

Net carrying values

 
 
Defaulted exposures

Non-defaulted exposures

 
 
$bn

$bn

$bn

$bn

$bn

$bn

1
Europe
7.4

811.2

3.9

0.4

0.3

814.7

2
– United Kingdom
4.4

498.6

2.4

0.4

0.2

500.6

3
– France
1.1

102.9

0.7



103.3

4
– Other countries
1.9

209.7

0.8


0.1

210.8

5
Asia
2.6

989.2

2.0

0.2

0.3

989.8

6
– Hong Kong
1.0

490.9

0.8

0.1


491.1

7
– China
0.3

155.6

0.3


0.1

155.6

8
– Singapore
0.2

68.2

0.1



68.3

9
– Other countries
1.1

274.5

0.8

0.1

0.2

274.8

10
MENA
3.0

134.8

2.3

0.1

0.1

135.5

11
North America
2.4

409.0

0.8

0.1


410.6

12
– United States of America
1.5

289.8

0.3

0.1


291.0

13
– Canada
0.3

101.7

0.2



101.8

14
– Other countries
0.6

17.5

0.3



17.8

15
Latin America
0.8

62.5

0.9

0.3


62.4

16
Other geographical areas

16.3




16.3

17
Total at 30 Jun 2018
16.2

2,423.0

9.9

1.1

0.7

2,429.3

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1
Europe
8.1

795.6

3.0

1.2

0.8

800.7

2
– United Kingdom
4.1

465.3

1.8

0.7

0.7

467.6

3
– France
1.2

121.5

0.6

0.1


122.1

4
– Other countries
2.8

208.8

0.6

0.4

0.1

211.0

5
Asia
2.5

970.7

1.7

0.6

0.6

971.5

6
– Hong Kong
0.9

465.5

0.5

0.3

0.4

465.9

7
– China
0.3

167.2

0.3

0.1

0.1

167.2

8
– Singapore
0.1

70.2

0.1



70.2

9
– Other countries
1.2

267.8

0.8

0.2

0.1

268.2

10
MENA
2.9

134.1

1.8

0.4

0.2

135.2

11
North America
2.6

387.6

1.0

0.3

(0.1
)
389.2

12
– United States of America
1.5

268.9

0.4

0.1


270.0

13
– Canada
0.4

100.9

0.3

0.1

(0.1
)
101.0

14
– Other countries
0.7

17.8

0.3

0.1


18.2

15
Latin America
1.0

62.3

0.6

0.7

0.5

62.7

16
Other geographical areas

18.3




18.3

17
Total at 31 Dec 2017
17.1

2,368.6

8.1

3.2

2.0

2,377.6

1
Amounts shown by geographical region and country in this table are based on the country of residence of the counterparty.
2
Securitisation positions and non-credit obligation assets are not included in this table.
3
Presented on a year-to-date basis.
Table 14: Ageing of past-due unimpaired and impaired exposures
 
 
Gross carrying values
 
 
Less than
30 days

Between
30 and
60 days

Between
60 and
90 days

Between
90 and
180 days

Between
180 days and
1 year

Greater than
1 year

 
 
   $bn

   $bn

   $bn

   $bn

   $bn

   $bn

1
Loans
8.8

1.7

0.8

2.1

0.7

3.8

3
Total exposures at 30 Jun 2018
8.8

1.7

0.8

2.1

0.7

3.8

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1
Loans
7.6

1.5

0.8

2.0

0.9

4.1

3
Total exposures at 31 Dec 2017
7.6

1.5

0.8

2.0

0.9

4.1



HSBC Holdings plc
16


Pillar 3 Disclosures at 30 June 2018

Table 15: Non-performing and forborne exposures
 
 
Gross carrying values of performing and non-performing exposures
Accumulated impairment and provisions and negative fair value adjustments due to credit risk
Collateral and financial guarantees received
 
 
 
of which: performing but past due between 30 and 90 days

of which: performing forborne

of which: non-performing
On performing exposures
On non- performing exposures
On non-performing exposures

of which: forborne

 
 
 
of which: defaulted

of which: impaired

of which: forborne

 
of which: forborne

 
of which: forborne

 
 
$bn

$bn

$bn

$bn

$bn

$bn

$bn

$bn

$bn

$bn

$bn

$bn

$bn

 
At 30 Jun 2018
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1
Debt securities
327.4













2
Loans
1,281.1

1.2

1.8

14.7

14.7

14.7

6.9

(3.6
)

(5.6
)
(1.9
)
5.0

4.0

3
Off-balance sheet exposures
792.8



0.4

1.5

1.5

0.1

0.1

(0.4
)

(0.1
)

0.2

0.1

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
At 31 Dec 2017
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1
Debt securities
325.1













2
Loans
1,240.3

1.7

2.5

15.8

15.1

15.8

6.7

(2.4
)
(0.1
)
(5.5
)
(1.9
)
6.2

4.3

3
Off-balance sheet exposures
784.4

 
0.3

2.0

2.0



(0.2
)



0.2


Defaulted exposures
The accounting definition of impaired and the regulatory definition of default are generally aligned. For particular retail exposures regulatory default is identified at 180 days past due, while the exposures are identified as impaired at 90 days past due.
 
In the retail portfolio in the US, for accounting purposes, a renegotiation would normally trigger identification as ‘impaired’, whereas for regulatory purposes, default is identified mainly based on the 180 days past due criterion.
Table 16: Changes in the stock of general and specific credit risk adjustments
 
 
 
Accumulated specific credit risk adjustments

Accumulated general credit risk adjustments

 
 
Footnotes
$bn

$bn

1
Opening balance at 1 Jan 2018
1
10.4


2
Increases due to amounts set aside for estimated loan losses during the period
2
0.7


4
Decreases due to amounts taken against accumulated credit risk adjustments
 
(1.1
)

6
Impact of exchange rate differences
 
(0.1
)

9
Closing balance at 30 Jun 2018
 
9.9


10
Recoveries on credit risk adjustments recorded directly to the statement of profit or loss
 
0.3


1
Includes a day one increase of $2.2bn arising from the adoption of IFRS 9 ‘Financial Instruments’.
2
Following adoption of IFRS 9 ‘Financial instruments’, the movement due to amounts set aside for estimated loan losses during the period has been reported net.

Table 17: Changes in stock of defaulted loans and debt securities
 
 
 
Gross carrying value

 
 
Footnote
$bn

1
Defaulted loans and debt securities at 1 Jan 2018
 
15.1

2
Loans and debt securities that have defaulted since the last reporting period
 
3.1

3
Returned to non-defaulted status
 
(0.8
)
4
Amounts written off
 
(1.2
)
5
Other changes
1
(0.8
)
7
Repayments
 
(0.7
)
6
Defaulted loans and debt securities at 30 Jun 2018
 
14.7

1
Other changes include foreign exchange and assets held for sale in default.
Risk mitigation
Our approach when granting credit facilities is to do so on the basis of capacity to repay, rather than placing primary reliance on credit risk mitigants. Depending on a customer’s standing and the type of product, facilities may be provided unsecured. Mitigation of credit risk is a key aspect of effective risk management and takes many forms.Our general policy is to promote the use of
 
credit risk mitigation, justified by commercial prudence and capital efficiency. Specifically, detailed policies cover the acceptability, structuring and terms with regard to the availability of credit risk mitigation; for example, in the form of collateral security.These policies, together with the setting of suitable valuation parameters, are subject to regular review to ensure that they are supported by empirical evidence and continue to fulfil their intended purpose.


17
HSBC Holdings plc


Table 18: Credit risk mitigation techniques – overview
 
 
Exposures unsecured: carrying amount

Exposures secured:
carrying amount

Exposures secured
by collateral

Exposures secured
by financial guarantees

Exposures secured by credit derivatives

 
 
$bn

$bn

$bn

$bn

$bn

1
Loans
678.6

592.8

490.6

101.0

1.2

2
Debt securities
301.7

25.6

19.7

5.9


3
Total at 30 Jun 2018
980.3

618.4

510.3

106.9

1.2

4
of which: defaulted
5.3

4.9

4.5

0.4


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1
Loans
657.7

574.8

478.9

93.8

2.1

2
Debt securities
301.0

24.1

18.7

5.4


3
Total at 31 Dec 2017
958.7

598.9

497.6

99.2

2.1

4
of which: defaulted
6.5

5.1

4.8

0.3


Table 19: Standardised approach – credit conversion factor (‘CCF’) and credit risk mitigation (‘CRM’) effects
 
 
Exposures before CCF
and CRM
Exposures post-CCF
and CRM
RWAs and RWA density
 
 
On-balance sheet amount

Off-balance sheet amount

On-balance sheet amount

Off-balance sheet amount

RWAs

RWA density

 
 
$bn

$bn

$bn

$bn

$bn

%

 
Asset classes1
 
 
 
 
 
 
1
Central governments or central banks2
185.2

0.9

192.7

0.9

12.5

6

2
Regional governments or local authorities2
7.0

0.3

7.0

0.1

1.2

18

3
Public sector entities
11.6

0.2

11.6


0.1

1

4
Multilateral development banks
0.2


0.2



4

5
International organisations
2.0


2.0




6
Institutions
3.6


2.7


1.2

46

7
Corporates
90.8

86.5

72.3

12.1

79.2

94

8
Retail
21.8

44.8

19.9

0.2

15.0

74

9
Secured by mortgages on immovable property
30.4

1.4

30.4

0.3

11.3

37

10
Exposures in default
3.1

0.3

3.0

0.1

3.6

117

11
Higher-risk categories
2.4

1.9

2.3

1.8

6.2

150

14
Collective investment undertakings
0.7


0.7


0.7

100

15
Equity
15.8


15.8


35.4

224

16
Other items
13.0

0.8

13.0

0.8

6.9

50

17
Total at 30 Jun 2018
387.6

137.1

373.6

16.3

173.3

44

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1
Central governments or central banks2
196.9

1.2

203.4

0.8

12.7

6

2
Regional governments or local authorities2
3.3

0.5

3.3

0.2

1.0

29

3
Public sector entities
0.2

0.2

0.1


0.1

79

4
Multilateral development banks
0.3


0.3



5

5
International organisations
2.2


2.2




6
Institutions
3.4

0.1

2.5


1.2

50

7
Corporates
88.6

83.7

71.8

11.8

78.3

94

8
Retail
23.8

46.8

21.9

0.3

16.5

74

9
Secured by mortgages on immovable property
27.8

1.2

27.9

0.2

10.4

37

10
Exposures in default
3.1

0.3

3.0

0.1

3.9

127

11
Higher-risk categories
2.1

1.8

2.0

1.8

5.7

150

14
Collective investment undertakings
0.6


0.5


0.6

100

15
Equity
16.0


16.0


36.1

225

16
Other items
11.1

0.8

11.2

0.8

6.4

54

17
Total at 31 Dec 2017
379.4

136.6

366.1

16.0

172.9

45

1
Securitisation positions are not included in this table.
2
Standardised exposures to EEA ‘regional governments and local authorities’ and ‘public sector entities’ are reported separately in 2018. In previous years, these exposures were grouped with ‘central governments or central banks’. Prior reporting has not been restated.



HSBC Holdings plc
18


Pillar 3 Disclosures at 30 June 2018

Table 20: Standardised approach – exposures by asset classes and risk weights
 
Risk weight (‘RW’)
0%

2%

20%

35%

50%

70%

75%

100%

150%

250%

Deducted

Total credit
exposure amount (post-CCF and post-CRM)

of which: unrated

 
 
$bn

$bn

$bn

$bn

$bn

$bn

$bn

$bn

$bn

$bn

$bn

$bn

$bn

 
Asset classes1
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1
Central governments or central banks
188.5




0.1



0.1


4.9


193.6

4.9

2
Regional governments or local authorities2
3.0


3.2


0.6



0.3




7.1

0.3

3
Public sector entities
11.6











11.6


4
Multilateral development banks
0.2











0.2


5
International organisations
2.0











2.0


6
Institutions

0.1

1.0


1.1



0.5




2.7

0.4

7
Corporates


3.7

0.2

3.5

0.5


75.9

0.6



84.4

72.3

8
Retail






20.1





20.1

20.1

9
Secured by mortgages on immovable property



29.9




0.8




30.7

30.7

10
Exposures in default







2.0

1.1



3.1

3.1

11
Higher-risk categories








4.1



4.1

4.1

14
Collective investment undertakings







0.7




0.7

0.7

15
Equity







2.8


13.0


15.8

15.8

16
Other items
0.4


8.2





5.2




13.8

13.8

17
Total at 30 Jun 2018
205.7

0.1

16.1

30.1

5.3

0.5

20.1

88.3

5.8

17.9


389.9

166.2

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1
Central governments or central banks
198.9


0.1


0.2





5.0


204.2

5.0

2
Regional governments or local authorities2


2.6


0.7



0.2




3.5

0.6

3
Public sector entities







0.1




0.1

0.1

4
Multilateral development banks
0.2


0.1









0.3

0.3

5
International organisations
2.2











2.2


6
Institutions

0.1

0.4


1.7



0.3




2.5

0.3

7
Corporates


3.8

0.2

3.9

0.5


74.5

0.7



83.6

72.4

8
Retail






22.2





22.2

22.2

9
Secured by mortgages on immovable property



27.3




0.8




28.1

28.1

10
Exposures in default







1.5

1.6



3.1

3.1

11
Higher-risk categories








3.8



3.8

3.8

14
Collective investment undertakings







0.5




0.5

0.5

15
Equity







2.6


13.4


16.0

16.0

16
Other items
0.2


6.7





5.1




12.0

12.0

17
Total at 31 Dec 2017
201.5

0.1

13.7

27.5

6.5

0.5

22.2

85.6

6.1

18.4


382.1

164.4

1
Securitisation positions are not included in this table.
2
Standardised exposures to EEA ‘regional governments and local authorities’ and ‘public sector entities’ are reported separately in 2018. In previous years, these exposures were grouped with ‘central governments or central banks’. Prior reporting has not been restated.


19
HSBC Holdings plc


Table 21: IRB – Credit risk exposures by portfolio and PD range1
 
Original on-balance sheet gross exposure

Off-balance sheet exposures pre-CCF

Average CCF

EAD post-CRM and post-CCF

Average PD
Number of obligors

Average LGD
Average maturity

RWAs

RWA density
Expected loss

Value adjustments and provisions^

PD scale
$bn

$bn

%

$bn

%
 
%
years

$bn

%
$bn

$bn

AIRB – Central government and central banks
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
0.00 to <0.15
299.5

2.2

50.3

301.6

0.02
237

42.5
2.10

25.9

9



0.15 to <0.25
2.8

0.2

1.4

2.8

0.22
7

44.3
1.90

1.2

43



0.25 to <0.50
1.6

0.1

94.2

1.7

0.37
14

45.0
1.30

0.9

51



0.50 to <0.75
2.6



2.5

0.63
11

45.0
1.20

1.6

65



0.75 to <2.50
5.5

0.3

38.6

5.5

1.61
38

45.0
1.20

5.1

94
0.1



2.50 to <10.00
0.4

0.1



6.60
12

45.2
3.90


183



10.00 to <100.00

0.2



1






Sub-total
312.4

3.1

44.4

314.1

0.06
320

42.6
2.10

34.7

11
0.1


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
AIRB – Institutions
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
0.00 to <0.15
70.7

9.5

45.4

75.8

0.05
2,497

40.8
1.40

11.2

15



0.15 to <0.25
1.7

0.9

38.4

2.0

0.22
296

45.3
1.00

0.8

39



0.25 to <0.50
4.3

0.2

48.0

3.8

0.37
249

43.2
0.90

2.0

53



0.50 to <0.75
2.7

0.4

38.7

2.9

0.63
158

45.7
0.90

2.0

71



0.75 to <2.50
1.1

0.5

49.2

1.4

1.10
280

45.9
0.90

1.2

89



2.50 to <10.00
0.4


28.2


4.57
38

47.9
0.70


152



10.00 to <100.00

0.1

22.5


12.94
28

54.6
1.40

0.1

262



100.00 (Default)




100.00
1

82.9
1.00


1,036



Sub-total
80.9

11.6

44.6

85.9

0.11
3,547

41.2
1.30

17.3

20


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
AIRB – Corporate – Specialised Lending (excluding Slotting)2
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
0.00 to <0.15
1.4

1.0

38.9

1.7

0.10
406

31.4
3.40

0.5

27



0.15 to <0.25
1.9

0.6

31.1

1.9

0.22
462

29.9
3.70

0.7

41



0.25 to <0.50
1.0

0.4

29.7

1.1

0.37
226

29.9
3.70

0.5

51



0.50 to <0.75
1.2

0.1

14.0

0.9

0.63
237

25.2
4.00

0.5

56



0.75 to <2.50
1.4

0.7

34.3

1.6

1.37
384

31.5
3.60

1.5

87



2.50 to <10.00
0.4


64.2

0.3

4.41
169

26.0
3.80

0.3

92



10.00 to <100.00
0.3

0.1

48.2

0.3

20.62
79

19.8
2.90

0.3

110



100.00 (Default)
0.1

0.1

89.0

0.2

100.00
135

41.4
4.90

0.4

230
0.1



Sub-total
7.7

3.0

36.1

8.0

3.83
2,098

29.7
3.70

4.7

59
0.1

0.2

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
AIRB – Corporate – Other
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
0.00 to <0.15
110.7

157.7

36.7

210.0

0.08
9,720

40.3
2.20

45.9

22
0.1



0.15 to <0.25
53.6

62.5

35.3

83.7

0.22
9,824

37.5
1.90

30.6

37
0.1



0.25 to <0.50
50.6

54.6

32.5

72.5

0.37
10,170

37.8
2.00

34.9

48
0.1



0.50 to <0.75
54.5

43.0

32.4

67.7

0.63
9,556

35.3
1.90

38.7

57
0.2



0.75 to <2.50
145.5

98.1

31.3

135.8

1.38
43,846

37.6
2.00

110.4

81
0.7



2.50 to <10.00
33.5

26.0

32.4

30.9

4.11
11,475

39.9
2.00

37.7

122
0.5



10.00 to <100.00
4.6

2.9

39.7

4.2

19.68
1,984

40.9
1.80

8.0

193
0.3



100.00 (Default)
4.9

0.9

46.2

5.1

100.00
2,464

47.0
2.10

11.2

218
2.1



Sub-total
457.9

445.7

34.4

609.9

1.66
99,039

38.5
2.00

317.4

52
4.1

3.3

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Wholesale AIRB –
Total at 30 Jun 20183
916.1

463.4

34.7

1,075.1

1.05
105,004

39.9
2.00

386.3

37
4.3

3.5


HSBC Holdings plc
20


Pillar 3 Disclosures at 30 June 2018

Table 21: IRB – Credit risk exposures by portfolio and PD range (continued)1
 
Original on-balance sheet gross exposure

Off-balance sheet exposures pre-CCF

Average CCF
EAD post-CRM and post-CCF

Average PD
Number of obligors

Average LGD
Average maturity

RWAs

RWA density
Expected loss

Value adjustments and provisions^

PD scale
$bn

$bn

%
$bn

%
 
%
years

$bn

%
$bn

$bn

AIRB – Secured by mortgages on immovable property SME
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
0.00 to <0.15
0.3


13.0
0.3

0.06
1,262

11.4


2



0.15 to <0.25
0.2


41.2
0.2

0.21
1,629

37.1


15



0.25 to <0.50
0.4

0.1

40.3
0.4

0.35
5,080

32.8

0.1

18



0.50 to <0.75
0.3

0.1

58.9
0.4

0.62
3,865

36.7

0.1

27



0.75 to <2.50
1.1

0.1

39.3
1.1

1.48
11,230

38.3

0.5

41



2.50 to <10.00
0.7

0.1

36.5
0.8

4.62
5,675

33.1

0.4

58



10.00 to <100.00
0.1


48.1
0.1

16.24
1,073

33.6

0.1

90



100.00 (Default)
0.1


32.1
0.1

100.00
736

37.8

0.3

403



Sub-total
3.2

0.4

43.6
3.4

4.24
30,550

33.3

1.5

44


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
AIRB – Secured by mortgages on immovable property non-SME
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
0.00 to <0.15
166.1

12.0

90.4
180.6

0.07
1,030,002

14.9

11.1

6



0.15 to <0.25
26.5

1.2

80.7
27.6

0.21
117,245

15.8

3.2

12



0.25 to <0.50
23.4

2.8

43.3
24.7

0.36
105,918

17.6

4.3

17



0.50 to <0.75
12.5

0.5

94.5
13.0

0.61
56,615

15.2

2.4

19



0.75 to <2.50
20.9

1.0

74.5
21.7

1.33
99,170

16.9

6.3

29



2.50 to <10.00
5.5

0.2

97.6
5.7

4.69
27,025

11.6

2.2

39



10.00 to <100.00
2.2

0.2

98.0
2.4

26.34
20,627

18.8

2.8

121
0.1



100.00 (Default)
2.3


71.4
2.4

100.00
20,062

24.7

2.2

93
0.7



Sub-total
259.4

17.9

81.8
278.1

1.39
1,476,664

15.4

34.5

12
0.8

0.3

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
AIRB – Qualifying revolving retail exposures
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
0.00 to <0.15
5.0

70.3

49.5
39.6

0.07
13,448,866

91.0

1.7

4



0.15 to <0.25
1.3

12.0

47.6
6.9

0.21
2,275,172

93.5

0.8

11



0.25 to <0.50
2.1

11.8

43.4
7.2

0.36
1,960,843

92.1

1.2

17



0.50 to <0.75
2.1

5.0

49.1
4.5

0.61
952,544

91.9

1.2

26



0.75 to <2.50
5.9

7.6

48.6
9.5

1.41
2,011,302

90.0

4.5

48
0.1



2.50 to <10.00
3.1

1.7

63.5
4.1

4.78
849,484

88.4

4.6

110
0.2



10.00 to <100.00
0.8

0.3

65.0
1.0

29.08
279,630

89.4

2.2

214
0.3



100.00 (Default)
0.1


20.9
0.1

100.00
55,788

77.2

0.2

214
0.1



Sub-total
20.4

108.7

48.8
72.9

1.12
21,833,629

91.1

16.4

23
0.7

0.7

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
AIRB – Other SME
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
0.00 to <0.15
0.1

0.3

34.0
0.2

0.09
96,418

65.6


12



0.15 to <0.25

0.2

40.7
0.1

0.23
72,818

82.3


30



0.25 to <0.50
0.1

0.4

42.3
0.3

0.37
126,043

81.2

0.1

42



0.50 to <0.75
0.2

0.6

62.2
0.6

0.62
158,666

66.8

0.2

45



0.75 to <2.50
1.2

1.3

57.2
2.0

1.59
373,652

65.7

1.4

66



2.50 to <10.00
2.1

1.1

65.2
2.8

4.88
193,317

56.3

2.2

76
0.1



10.00 to <100.00
0.5

0.2

51.2
0.5

19.14
84,111

72.5

0.7

130
0.1



100.00 (Default)
0.4

0.1

98.2
0.4

100.00
17,415

37.2

0.6

136
0.3



Sub-total
4.6

4.2

56.3
6.9

10.37
1,122,440

61.6

5.2

74
0.5

0.4

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
AIRB – Other non-SME
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
0.00 to <0.15
8.5

6.4

30.4
10.9

0.08
612,277

24.5

0.7

7



0.15 to <0.25
6.7

3.4

36.0
8.3

0.21
465,322

27.4

1.1

13



0.25 to <0.50
5.9

2.6

29.0
6.8

0.36
374,439

33.0

1.6

23



0.50 to <0.75
4.5

1.5

25.5
5.0

0.59
204,182

28.9

1.3

25



0.75 to <2.50
8.8

0.8

25.4
9.2

1.36
357,236

26.1

3.0

33



2.50 to <10.00
3.4

1.1

22.4
3.8

4.29
232,231

32.1

2.0

53
0.1



10.00 to <100.00
0.6

0.1

12.2
0.7

23.16
93,806

44.0

0.6

95
0.1



100.00 (Default)
0.3

0.1

11.9
0.3

100.00
42,801

44.0

0.4

106
0.2



Sub-total
38.7

16.0

30.0
45.0

1.93
2,382,294

28.2

10.7

24
0.4

0.3

 




















Retail AIRB – Total at 30 Jun 2018
326.3

147.2

51.0
406.3

1.58
26,845,577

31.4

68.3

17
2.4

1.7



21
HSBC Holdings plc


Table 21: IRB – Credit risk exposures by portfolio and PD range (continued)1
 
Original on-balance sheet gross exposure

Off-balance sheet exposures pre-CCF

Average CCF
EAD post-CRM and post-CCF

Average PD
Number of obligors

Average LGD
Average maturity

RWAs

RWA density
Expected loss

Value adjustments and provisions^

PD scale
$bn

$bn

%
$bn

%
 
%
years

$bn

%
$bn

$bn

FIRB – Central government and central banks
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
0.00 to <0.15


0.1

0.04
1

45.0
4.50


29



Sub-total


0.1

0.04
1

45.0
4.50


29


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
FIRB – Institutions
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
0.00 to <0.15
0.3


24.4
0.6

0.10
1

45.0
2.20

0.2

26



0.15 to <0.25


63.8

0.22
1

45.0
3.30


57



0.25 to <0.50


73.2

0.37
1

45.0
4.30


84



Sub-total
0.3


45.7
0.6

0.13
3

45.0
2.40

0.2

34


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
FIRB – Corporate – Other
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
0.00 to <0.15
9.5

12.1

46.6
15.4

0.08
1,181

43.6
2.30

4.0

26



0.15 to <0.25
4.0

6.2

39.5
6.1

0.22
1,147

44.3
2.10

2.7

45



0.25 to <0.50
4.3

5.8

29.3
6.2

0.37
1,290

44.2
1.70

3.5

55



0.50 to <0.75
4.2

5.5

26.3
5.2

0.63
990

43.2
2.00

3.8

74



0.75 to <2.50
8.5

9.8

22.6
10.2

1.37
3,373

43.3
1.60

9.4

92
0.1



2.50 to <10.00
2.8

1.8

27.9
3.2

4.81
973

43.2
2.00

4.6

142
0.1



10.00 to <100.00
0.4

0.3

27.5
0.4

21.53
154

42.7
2.10

0.9

206



100.00 (Default)
0.7

0.3

37.5
0.8

100.00
321

43.7
1.60


0.3



Sub-total
34.4

41.8

33.9
47.5

2.60
9,429

43.6
2.00

28.9

61
0.5

0.5

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
FIRB – Total at
30 Jun 2018

34.7

41.8

34.0
48.2

2.57
9,433

43.6
2.00

29.1

60
0.5

0.5

1
Securitisation positions are not included in this table.
2
Slotting exposures are disclosed in Table 23: Specialised lending.
3
The Wholesale AIRB Total includes Non-credit obligation assets (‘NCOA’) amounting to $57.2bn of Original exposure and EAD, and $12.2bn of RWAs.


HSBC Holdings plc
22


Pillar 3 Disclosures at 30 June 2018

Table 21: IRB – Credit risk exposures by portfolio and PD range (continued)1
 
Original on-balance sheet gross exposure

Off-balance sheet exposures pre-CCF

Average CCF

EAD post-CRM and post-CCF

Average PD

Number of obligors

Average LGD

Average maturity

RWAs

RWA density

Expected loss

Value adjustments and provisions

PD scale
$bn

$bn

%

$bn

%

 
%

years

$bn

%

$bn

$bn

AIRB – Central government and central banks
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
0.00 to <0.15
292.5

2.1

39.8

294.3

0.02

255

42.5

2.07

24.8

8


 
0.15 to <0.25
2.2


43.0

2.3

0.22

8

42.8

1.71

0.9

39


 
0.25 to <0.50
2.2


74.3

2.3

0.37

11

45.0

1.15

1.1

48


 
0.50 to <0.75
2.5



2.6

0.63

11

45.0

1.40

1.7

68


 
0.75 to <2.50
5.9


28.5

5.7

1.62

54

45.0

1.11

5.3

93

0.1

 
2.50 to <10.00
0.5

0.2

1.5


4.35

12

45.1

4.70

0.1

180


 
Sub-total
305.8

2.3

38.1

307.2

0.06

351

42.6

2.04

33.9

11

0.1


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
AIRB – Institutions
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
0.00 to <0.15
71.5

10.6

45.9

76.9

0.05

2,857

40.9

1.35

11.2

15


 
0.15 to <0.25
2.2

1.0

40.9

2.6

0.22

344

45.3

1.20

1.1

41


 
0.25 to <0.50
3.3

0.5

47.1

3.5

0.37

270

44.7

0.82

1.9

55


 
0.50 to <0.75
2.2

0.7

44.3

2.5

0.63

192

41.8

1.32

1.8

69


 
0.75 to <2.50
1.2

0.7

47.6

1.5

1.15

282

46.1

1.52

1.5

98


 
2.50 to <10.00
0.4


19.2


4.35

54

45.8

0.55


145


 
10.00 to <100.00

0.1

23.2


12.61

32

50.0

1.29

0.1

239


 
100.00 (Default)




100.00

2

76.7

1.00


81


 
Sub-total
80.8

13.6

45.4

87.0

0.11

4,033

41.3

1.33

17.6

20



 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
AIRB – Corporate – Specialised Lending (excluding Slotting)2
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
0.00 to <0.15
1.4

1.1

34.3

1.8

0.10

409

30.1

3.31

0.5

26


 
0.15 to <0.25
1.5

0.8

30.9

1.6

0.22

431

32.3

3.91

0.7

44


 
0.25 to <0.50
0.9

0.3

43.4

1.0

0.37

232

32.4

3.55

0.6

54


 
0.50 to <0.75
0.9

0.2

51.8

1.0

0.63

254

23.3

4.18

0.5

52


 
0.75 to <2.50
1.9

0.8

47.4

2.3

1.33

487

30.1

3.55

1.7

79


 
2.50 to <10.00
0.4

0.1

36.2

0.5

4.85

232

23.8

3.24

0.4

87


 
10.00 to <100.00
0.3

0.1

46.0

0.3

24.77

88

22.1

3.02

0.4

127


 
100.00 (Default)
0.1

0.2

70.7

0.3

100.00

133

30.6

4.49

0.3

127

0.1

 
Sub-total
7.4

3.6

40.2

8.8

4.46

2,266

29.4

3.63

5.1

59

0.1


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
AIRB – Corporate – Other
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
0.00 to <0.15
105.1

155.2

38.2

202.5

0.08

9,655

40.3

2.20

45.6

23

0.1

 
0.15 to <0.25
50.9

63.9

36.3

82.0

0.22

9,463

36.5

1.92

29.6

36

0.1

 
0.25 to <0.50
47.0

51.2

36.3

72.7

0.37

10,194

38.0

2.07

35.5

49

0.1

 
0.50 to <0.75
45.4

41.6

32.4

57.0

0.63

9,375

37.4

1.97

34.7

61

0.1

 
0.75 to <2.50
140.5

97.9

31.9

133.5

1.37

44,281

37.7

2.05

109.3

82

0.7

 
2.50 to <10.00
33.5

26.2

33.7

30.8

4.17

11,455

38.8

1.97

36.4

118

0.5

 
10.00 to <100.00
5.0

3.6

39.8

4.8

21.79

2,202

37.8

1.90

8.6

179

0.4

 
100.00 (Default)
5.0

1.0

33.5

5.2

100.00

2,429

46.1

2.11

9.8

190

2.1

 
Sub-total
432.4

440.6

35.8

588.5

1.75

99,054

38.6

2.07

309.5

53

4.1

3.4

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Wholesale AIRB – Total at
31 Dec 20173
882.5

460.1

36.1

1,047.6

1.11

105,704

40.0

2.01

379.3

37

4.3

3.4


23
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Table 21: IRB – Credit risk exposures by portfolio and PD range (continued)1
 
Original on-balance sheet gross exposure

Off-balance sheet exposures pre-CCF

Average CCF

EAD post-CRM and post-CCF

Average PD

Number of obligors

Average LGD

Average maturity

RWAs

RWA density

Expected loss

Value adjustments and provisions

PD scale
$bn

$bn

%

$bn

%

 
%

years

$bn

%

$bn

$bn

AIRB – Secured by mortgages on immovable property SME
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
0.00 to <0.15
0.4


100.0

0.4

0.06

1,291

10.6



2


 
0.15 to <0.25


100.0


0.18

1,741

17.0



7


 
0.25 to <0.50
0.2


100.0

0.2

0.32

5,164

16.1



7


 
0.50 to <0.75
0.1


117.1

0.1

0.60

3,884

26.2



19


 
0.75 to <2.50
0.3


149.6

0.3

1.60

11,459

27.4


0.1

33


 
2.50 to <10.00
0.4


102.0

0.4

5.06

5,183

24.3


0.2

60


 
10.00 to <100.00
0.1


249.6

0.1

17.72

858

26.3


0.1

104


 
100.00 (Default)


78.2


100.00

1,215

24.2


0.1

216


 
Sub-total
1.5


122.5

1.5

4.26

30,795

20.8


0.5

35



 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
AIRB – Secured by mortgages on immovable property non-SME
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
0.00 to <0.15
161.7

12.9

91.2

177.0

0.06

1,007,985

14.6


9.9

6


 
0.15 to <0.25
26.9

1.2

81.9

28.1

0.21

121,136

16.0


3.1

11


 
0.25 to <0.50
24.6

2.9

43.9

25.9

0.37

110,580

17.4


4.3

17


 
0.50 to <0.75
11.2

0.4

100.2

11.7

0.63

51,845

15.7


2.2

19


 
0.75 to <2.50
21.8

1.0

72.4

22.6

1.31

98,817

17.0


6.5

29


 
2.50 to <10.00
5.9

0.2

96.6

6.1

4.53

27,756

11.3


2.3

38


 
10.00 to <100.00
2.1

0.1

98.8

2.3

26.58

21,434

18.5


2.8

120

0.1

 
100.00 (Default)
2.4


69.5

2.4

100.00

20,590

24.7


2.1

86

0.7

 
Sub-total
256.6

18.7

82.5

276.1

1.44

1,460,143

15.3


33.2

12

0.8

0.3

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
AIRB – Qualifying revolving retail exposures
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
0.00 to <0.15
5.5

68.1

47.1

37.4

0.07

12,974,761

93.5


1.7

5


 
0.15 to <0.25
1.4

13.2

44.0

7.2

0.21

2,294,812

94.9


0.8

11


 
0.25 to <0.50
2.2

10.2

42.5

6.4

0.37

1,829,719

93.6


1.2

19


 
0.50 to <0.75
2.1

4.3

49.8

4.2

0.60

1,104,290

93.4


1.1

27


 
0.75 to <2.50
5.8

7.1

47.9

9.0

1.39

2,143,093

91.5


4.4

48

0.1

 
2.50 to <10.00
3.0

1.5

59.4

3.9

4.79

773,854

89.9


4.4

114

0.3

 
10.00 to <100.00
0.8

0.3

58.1

1.0

30.07

281,160

91.6


2.2

225

0.3

 
100.00 (Default)
0.1


12.2

0.1

100.00

33,075

83.7


0.2

161

0.1

 
Sub-total
20.9

104.7

46.6

69.2

1.15

21,434,764

93.1


16.0

23

0.8

0.2

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
AIRB – Other SME
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
0.00 to <0.15
0.1

0.2

44.9

0.2

0.09

92,804

62.2



12


 
0.15 to <0.25
0.2

0.2

51.1

0.3

0.22

70,783

60.6


0.1

23


 
0.25 to <0.50
0.4

0.4

51.4

0.6

0.38

130,411

62.9


0.2

33


 
0.50 to <0.75
0.5

0.6

67.7

0.9

0.63

164,640

61.0


0.4

42


 
0.75 to <2.50
2.2

1.4

59.1

3.0

1.55

384,599

59.0


1.7

57


 
2.50 to <10.00
2.5

1.2

57.3

3.2

4.80

195,235

55.4


2.1

67

0.1

 
10.00 to <100.00
0.5

0.2

53.6

0.6

18.36

80,752

69.8


0.7

112

0.1

 
100.00 (Default)
0.5

0.1

90.6

0.6

100.00

18,209

39.2


0.7

116

0.3

 
Sub-total
6.9

4.3

58.2

9.4

9.84

1,137,433

57.7


5.9

63

0.5

0.3

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
AIRB – Other non-SME
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
0.00 to <0.15
9.2

6.5

32.2

11.9

0.08

453,740

21.9


0.7

6


 
0.15 to <0.25
6.5

3.6

35.6

8.1

0.21

359,875

28.2


1.1

13


 
0.25 to <0.50
6.3

2.7

29.4

7.3

0.37

318,434

30.5


1.5

21


 
0.50 to <0.75
4.8

1.4

28.4

5.3

0.61

178,341

27.3


1.2

24


 
0.75 to <2.50
8.5

0.7

27.9

8.9

1.34

332,213

26.5


3.0

33


 
2.50 to <10.00
2.9

0.9

26.1

3.2

4.24

194,512

34.4


1.8

57

0.1

 
10.00 to <100.00
0.6


21.2

0.6

24.44

84,817

49.3


0.6

107

0.1

 
100.00 (Default)
0.3

0.1

11.3

0.4

100.00

40,604

46.2


0.2

49

0.2

 
Sub-total
39.1

15.9

31.5

45.7

1.83

1,962,536

27.3


10.1

22

0.4

0.2

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Retail AIRB – Total at
31 Dec 2017
325.0

143.6

50.0

401.9

1.64

26,025,671

31.1


65.7

16

2.5

1.0


HSBC Holdings plc
24


Pillar 3 Disclosures at 30 June 2018

Table 21: IRB – Credit risk exposures by portfolio and PD range (continued)1
 
Original on-balance sheet gross exposure

Off-balance sheet exposures pre-CCF

Average CCF

EAD post-CRM and post-CCF

Average PD

Number of obligors

Average LGD

Average maturity

RWAs

RWA density

Expected loss

Value adjustments and provisions

PD scale
$bn

$bn

%

$bn

%

 
%

years

$bn

%

$bn

$bn

FIRB – Central government and central banks
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
0.00 to <0.15



0.1

0.05

1

45.0

4.48


31


 
Sub-total



0.1

0.05

1

45.0

4.48


31



 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
FIRB – Institutions
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
0.00 to <0.15
0.2


0.8

0.2

0.11

4

45.0

2.13

0.1

29


 
Sub-total
0.2


0.8

0.2

0.11

4

45.0

2.13

0.1

29



 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
FIRB – Corporate – Other
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
0.00 to <0.15
9.5

12.7

44.3

14.9

0.08

1,144

45.0

2.47

4.1

27


 
0.15 to <0.25
3.0

6.1

42.1

5.6

0.22

1,259

44.1

2.33

2.7

47


 
0.25 to <0.50
4.4

6.1

32.7

6.3

0.37

1,319

44.1

1.88

3.6

56


 
0.50 to <0.75
3.0

4.6

24.0

4.2

0.63

1,091

42.9

2.19

3.1

75


 
0.75 to <2.50
8.5

10.0

25.8

10.7

1.36

3,663

43.1

1.75

9.7

92

0.1

 
2.50 to <10.00
2.5

2.0

30.9

3.0

4.67

1,059

43.7

2.03

4.4

144

0.1

 
10.00 to <100.00
0.3

0.3

30.3

0.4

21.37

184

41.4

1.10

0.7

192


 
100.00 (Default)
0.6

0.2

38.6

0.7

100.00

279

43.8

1.68



0.3

 
Sub-total
31.8

42.0

34.9

45.8

2.52

9,998

44.0

2.13

28.3

62

0.5

0.5

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
FIRB – Total at 31 Dec 2017
32.0

42.0

34.9

46.1

2.51

10,003

44.0

2.13

28.4

62

0.5

0.5

1
Securitisation positions are not included in this table.
2
Slotting exposures are disclosed in Table 23: Specialised lending.
3
The Wholesale AIRB Total includes NCOA amounting to $56.1bn of Original exposure and EAD, and $13.2bn of RWAs.

Table 22: IRB – Effect on RWA of credit derivatives used as CRM techniques
 
 
At
 
 
30 Jun 2018
31 Dec 2017
 
 
Pre-credit derivatives RWAs

Actual
RWAs

Pre-credit derivatives RWAs

Actual
RWAs

 
 
$bn

$bn

$bn

$bn

1
Exposures under FIRB
0.8

0.8

0.3

0.3

6
– Corporates – other
0.8

0.8

0.3

0.3

7
Exposures under AIRB1
181.7

180.6

181.3

180.1

8
– Central governments and central banks
5.7

5.7

5.2

5.2

9
– Institutions
3.6

3.6

4.8

4.8

11
– Corporates – specialised lending
17.7

17.7

19.0

19.0

12
– Corporates – other
124.6

123.5

122.5

121.3

13
– Retail – Secured by real estate SMEs
1.0

1.0



14
– Retail – Secured by real estate non-SMEs
12.9

12.9

13.0

13.0

15
– Retail – Qualifying revolving
6.5

6.5

6.3

6.3

16
– Retail – Other SMEs
4.2

4.2

5.0

5.0

17
– Retail – Other non-SMEs
5.5

5.5

5.5

5.5

20
Total
182.5

181.4

181.6

180.4

1
Securitisation positions are not included in this table.

25
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Table 23: Specialised lending on slotting approach
 
 
On-balance sheet amount

Off-balance sheet amount

Risk weight

Exposure amount

RWAs

Expected loss

Regulatory categories
Remaining maturity
$bn

$bn

%

$bn

$bn

$bn

Category 1
Less than 2.5 years
14.4

2.4

50

15.3

7.6


 
Equal to or more than 2.5 years
11.8

2.5

70

12.5

8.8

0.1

Category 2
Less than 2.5 years
3.0

0.4

70

3.1

2.2


 
Equal to or more than 2.5 years
1.8

0.5

90

2.0

1.8


Category 3
Less than 2.5 years
0.4


115

0.4

0.5


 
Equal to or more than 2.5 years
0.8

0.1

115

0.8

0.9


Category 4
Less than 2.5 years
0.1


250

0.1

0.2


 
Equal to or more than 2.5 years
0.1


250

0.1

0.2


Category 5
Less than 2.5 years
0.3



0.5


0.3

 
Equal to or more than 2.5 years
0.1



0.2


0.1

Total at 30 Jun 2018
Less than 2.5 years
18.2

2.8


19.4

10.5

0.3

 
Equal to or more than 2.5 years
14.6

3.1


15.6

11.7

0.2

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Category 1
Less than 2.5 years
12.2

1.6

50

13.2

6.7


 
Equal to or more than 2.5 years
12.9

2.0

70

14.3

10.0

0.1

Category 2
Less than 2.5 years
3.3

0.2

70

3.3

2.4


 
Equal to or more than 2.5 years
2.8

0.4

90

3.0

2.7


Category 3
Less than 2.5 years
0.4


115

0.4

0.4


 
Equal to or more than 2.5 years
0.9

0.1

115

0.8

0.9


Category 4
Less than 2.5 years
0.1


250

0.1

0.2


 
Equal to or more than 2.5 years
0.1


250

0.1

0.3


Category 5
Less than 2.5 years
0.3



0.6


0.3

 
Equal to or more than 2.5 years
0.3



0.3


0.2

Total at 31 Dec 2017
Less than 2.5 years
16.3

1.8

 
17.6

9.7

0.3

 
Equal to or more than 2.5 years
17.0

2.5

 
18.5

13.9

0.3




HSBC Holdings plc
26


Pillar 3 Disclosures at 30 June 2018

Counterparty credit risk
CCR risk arises for derivatives and SFTs. It is calculated in both the trading and non-trading books, and is the risk that a counterparty may default before settlement of the transaction. CCR is generated primarily in our wholesale global businesses.
 
Four approaches may be used under CRD IV to calculate exposure values for CCR: mark-to-market, original exposure, standardised and IMM. Exposure values calculated under these approaches are used to determine RWAs. Across the Group, we use the mark-to-market and IMM approaches.
Table 24: Analysis of counterparty credit risk (‘CCR’) exposure by approach (excluding centrally cleared exposures)
 
 
Notional

Replacement cost

Potential future exposure

EEPE

Alpha used for computing regulatory EAD

EAD
post-CRM

RWAs

 
 
$bn

$bn

$bn

$bn

$bn

$bn

$bn

1
Mark-to-market
5,787.8

10.5

23.0



33.5

14.4

4
Internal Model Method
25,033.1



29.7

1.4

41.5

16.5

 
– of which:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
6
derivatives and long settlement transactions1
25,033.1



29.7

1.4

41.5

16.5

9
Financial collateral comprehensive method
(for SFTs)
741.3





49.1

10.1

11
Total at 30 Jun 2018
31,562.2

10.5

23.0

29.7

1.4

124.1

41.0

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1
Mark-to-market
14,404.8

17.2

44.5



61.7

25.2

4
Internal Model Method
12,898.8



15.9

1.4

22.2

9.7

 
– of which:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
6
derivatives and long settlement transactions1
12,898.8



15.9

1.4

22.2

9.7

9
Financial collateral comprehensive method
(for SFTs)
677.1





47.6

8.7

11
Total at 31 Dec 2017
27,980.7

17.2

44.5

15.9

1.4

131.5

43.6

1
Prior to the implementation of SA-CCR, exposures reported here will be those under the mark-to-market method.
The changes in exposures under the mark-to-market and IMM approaches in Table 24 and the movements between standardised and advanced CVA within Table 25 principally reflect the implementation of IMM in Asia and the US.
Table 25: Credit valuation adjustment (‘CVA’) capital charge
 
 
At
 
 
30 Jun 2018
31 Dec 2017
 
 
EAD
post-CRM

RWAs

EAD
post-CRM

RWAs

 
 
$bn

$bn

$bn

$bn

1
Total portfolios subject to the Advanced CVA capital charge
22.4

4.4

9.4

2.8

2
– VaR component (including the 3 × multiplier)


0.7

 
0.7

3
– stressed VaR component (including the 3 × multiplier)


3.7

 
2.1

4
All portfolios subject to the Standardised CVA capital charge
15.8

1.3

36.6

6.7

5
Total subject to the CVA capital charge
38.2

5.7

46.0

9.5

Table 26: Standardised approach – CCR exposures by regulatory portfolio and risk weights
 
 
Risk weight
0%

10%

20%

50%

75%

100%

150%

Others

Total credit exposure

Of which unrated

1
Central governments and central banks
5.5



0.1





5.6


2
Regional government or local authorities1
0.9








0.9

0.1

6
Institutions





0.1



0.1


7
Corporates





2.0



2.0

1.7

 
Total at 30 Jun 2018
6.4



0.1


2.1



8.6

1.8

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1
Central governments and central banks
7.5








7.5

6.3

6
Institutions



0.1





0.1

0.1

7
Corporates





1.9



1.9

1.7

 
Total at 31 Dec 2017
7.5



0.1


1.9



9.5

8.1

1
Standardised exposures to EEA ‘regional governments and local authorities’ and ‘public sector entities’ are reported separately in 2018. In previous years, these exposures were grouped with ‘central governments or central banks’. Prior reporting has not been restated.


27
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Table 27: IRB – CCR exposures by portfolio and PD scale
 
EAD
post-CRM

Average
PD
Number of obligors

Average
LGD
Average maturity

RWAs

RWA
density
PD scale
$bn

%
 
%
years

$bn

%
AIRB – Central Government
and Central Banks
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
0.00 to <0.15
9.5

0.03
100

45.7
1.02

0.6

7
0.15 to <0.25
0.2

0.22
10

44.7
2.36

0.1

47
0.25 to <0.50
0.1

0.37
7

44.8
1.73


55
0.50 to <0.75
0.1

0.63
5

45.0
0.54


56
0.75 to <2.50
1.5

1.72
5

45.0
0.79

1.5

95
2.50 to <10.00

3.59
2

45.0
4.18


199
Sub-total
11.4

0.28
129

45.2
1.02

2.2

20
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
AIRB – Institutions
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
0.00 to <0.15
41.5

0.06
3,861

44.6
1.12

7.9

19
0.15 to <0.25
3.1

0.22
316

44.8
1.34

1.4

45
0.25 to <0.50
2.0

0.37
98

45.0
1.11

1.1

58
0.50 to <0.75
0.5

0.63
70

44.7
1.24

0.4

75
0.75 to <2.50
0.6

1.17
196

45.0
1.39

0.6

100
2.50 to <10.00
0.1

4.08
14

44.8
2.12

0.1

144
10.00 to <100.00
0.3

12.96
11

54.9
0.29

0.6

242
100.00 (Default)

100.00
2

45.0
1.00


Sub-total
48.1

0.18
4,568

44.9
1.13

12.1

25
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
AIRB – Corporates
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
0.00 to <0.15
31.4

0.07
5,253

44.3
1.75

7.0

22
0.15 to <0.25
6.3

0.22
1,821

47.9
1.51

2.9

47
0.25 to <0.50
3.5

0.37
1,078

45.2
2.01

2.1

62
0.50 to <0.75
3.4

0.63
1,016

46.5
1.02

2.5

74
0.75 to <2.50
6.6

1.36
7,021

45.6
1.42

6.9

104
2.50 to <10.00
0.6

4.20
581

45.4
1.95

1.0

147
10.00 to <100.00

20.00
83

49.4
1.18

0.2

246
100.00 (Default)

100.00
22

40.7
2.80


Sub-total
51.8

0.42
16,875

45.0
1.65

22.6

43
AIRB – Total at 30 Jun 2018
111.3

0.30
21,572

50.1
1.27

36.9

33
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
FIRB – Corporates
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
0.00 to <0.15
2.7

0.07
551

40.6
1.87

0.7

25
0.15 to <0.25
0.2

0.22
144

45.0
1.73

0.1

42
0.25 to <0.50
0.2

0.37
133

45.0
1.64

0.1

58
0.50 to <0.75
0.1

0.63
109

45.0
2.08

0.1

78
0.75 to <2.50
0.8

1.55
574

45.0
1.36

0.8

105
2.50 to <10.00
0.1

4.70
86

45.0
2.57

0.1

157
100.00 (Default)

100.00
8

45.0
1.08


FIRB – Total at 30 Jun 2018
4.1

0.49
1,605

45.0
1.90

1.9

46
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total (all portfolios) at 30 Jun 2018
115.4

0.31
23,177

45.0
504.87

38.8

34

HSBC Holdings plc
28


Pillar 3 Disclosures at 30 June 2018

Table 27: IRB – CCR exposures by portfolio and PD scale (continued)
 
EAD
post-CRM

Average
PD
Number of obligors

Average
LGD
Average maturity

RWAs

RWA
density
PD scale
$bn

%
 
%
years

$bn

%
AIRB – Central Government
and Central Banks
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
0.00 to <0.15
10.9

0.03
92

45.0
0.96

0.7

6
0.15 to <0.25
0.2

0.22
9

45.0
2.83

0.1

49
0.25 to <0.50
0.1

0.37
5

45.0
1.96


58
0.50 to <0.75

0.63
6

45.0
1.01


63
0.75 to <2.50
0.3

1.72
9

45.0
1.42

0.4

102
2.50 to <10.00
1.0

3.59
2

45.0
0.46

1.2

123
Sub-total
12.5

0.42
123

45.0
1.00

2.4

19
 
AIRB – Institutions
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
0.00 to <0.15
46.8

0.06
3,973

45.3
1.34

9.8

21
0.15 to <0.25
3.9

0.22
331

46.1
1.55

2.0

50
0.25 to <0.50
2.1

0.37
93

45.0
1.13

1.3

59
0.50 to <0.75
0.7

0.63
91

46.3
1.24

0.5

76
0.75 to <2.50
0.7

1.23
164

45.4
1.41

0.7

107
2.50 to <10.00

6.00
22

25.7
1.75

0.1

187
10.00 to <100.00

12.67
13

54.7
2.57


279
100.00 (Default)

100.00
1

45.0
1.00


Sub-total
54.2

0.12
4,688

45.4
1.34

14.4

27
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
AIRB – Corporates
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
0.00 to <0.15
31.4

0.07
5,025

44.2
1.84

7.2

23
0.15 to <0.25
5.8

0.22
1,726

47.9
1.40

2.7

46
0.25 to <0.50
3.8

0.37
1,053

45.3
2.09

2.4

62
0.50 to <0.75
2.9

0.63
936

46.0
1.38

2.1

76
0.75 to <2.50
6.8

1.36
3,065

45.8
1.48

6.9

102
2.50 to <10.00
0.6

4.53
566

46.3
1.99

1.0

152
10.00 to <100.00
0.1

20.58
86

47.3
1.20

0.2

263
100.00 (Default)
0.1

100.00
22

43.4
4.41


Sub-total
51.5

0.65
12,479

45.0
1.74

22.5

44
AIRB – Total at 31 Dec 2017
118.2

0.45
17,290

53.4
1.30

39.3

33
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
FIRB – Corporates
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
0.00 to <0.15
2.3

0.07
520

40.3
1.98

0.6

25
0.15 to <0.25
0.3

0.22
159

45.0
1.78

0.1

44
0.25 to <0.50
0.2

0.37
151

45.0
1.75

0.1

59
0.50 to <0.75
0.1

0.63
97

45.0
1.93

0.1

75
0.75 to <2.50
0.7

1.55
516

45.0
1.61

0.8

114
2.50 to <10.00
0.1

4.38
82

45.0
1.64

0.1

142
10.00 to <100.00

10.22
9

45.0
1.00


187
100.00 (Default)

100.00
5

45.0
1.10


FIRB – Total at 31 Dec 2017
3.7

0.54
1,539

45.0
1.99

1.8

50
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total (all portfolios) at 31 Dec 2017
121.9

0.38
18,829

45.0
546.39

41.1

34
Table 28: Impact of netting and collateral held on exposure values
 
 
Gross positive fair value or net carrying amount

Netting benefits

Netted current credit exposure

Collateral held

Net credit exposure

 
 
$bn

$bn

$bn

$bn

$bn

1
Derivatives
683.1

543.3

139.8

42.0

97.8

2
SFTs
744.8


744.8

697.2

47.6

4
Total at 30 Jun 2018
1,427.9

543.3

884.6

739.2

145.4

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1
Derivatives
628.3

469.0

159.3

41.8

117.5

2
SFTs
679.3


679.3

633.2

46.1

4
Total at 31 Dec 2017
1,307.6

469.0

838.6

675.0

163.6


29
HSBC Holdings plc


Table 29: Composition of collateral for CCR exposure
 
 
Collateral used in derivative transactions
Collateral used in SFTs
 
 
Fair value of
collateral received
Fair value of
posted collateral
Fair value of collateral received

Fair value of posted collateral

 
 
Segregated

Unsegregated

Segregated

Unsegregated

 
 
$bn

$bn

$bn

$bn

$bn

$bn

1
Cash – domestic currency

6.5

1.5

3.6

73.4

94.8

2
Cash – other currencies

41.4

5.0

36.2

225.7

294.9

3
Domestic sovereign debt

5.9


5.8

84.3

84.9

4
Other sovereign debt

7.7


13.5

237.0

194.0

5
Government agency debt

0.1


0.5

13.5

13.4

6
Corporate bonds

0.8


0.3

38.3

16.1

7
Equity securities

0.3



55.5

44.5

8
Other collateral

0.2


0.2

2.6

2.2

9
Total at 30 Jun 2018

62.9

6.5

60.1

730.3

744.8

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1
Cash – domestic currency

5.9

1.4

3.5

72.6

96.3

2
Cash – other currencies

34.7

4.9

28.7

186.1

269.6

3
Domestic sovereign debt

5.4


5.3

83.3

77.1

4
Other sovereign debt

7.6


11.2

219.9

166.6

5
Government agency debt

0.2


1.1

12.0

4.6

6
Corporate bonds

0.6


0.4

39.2

17.1

7
Equity securities

0.4



46.3

45.0

8
Other collateral

0.2


0.3

1.6

1.2

9
Total at 31 Dec 2017

55.0

6.3

50.5

661.0

677.5

Table 30: Exposures to central counterparties
 
 
At
 
 
30 Jun 2018
31 Dec 2017
 
 
EAD post-CRM

RWAs

EAD post-CRM

RWAs

 
 
$bn

$bn

$bn

$bn

1
Exposures to QCCPs (total)
32.1

1.0

42.3

1.4

2
Exposures for trades at QCCPs (excluding initial margin and default fund contributions)
18.1

0.4

28.5

0.6

3
– OTC derivatives
8.0

0.2

18.0

0.4

4
– exchange-traded derivatives
7.1

0.1

8.1

0.2

5
– securities financing transactions
3.0

0.1

2.4


7
Segregated initial margin
6.5


6.3


8
Non-segregated initial margin
7.5

0.1

7.5

0.1

9
Pre-funded default fund contributions

0.5


0.7

Table 31: Credit derivatives exposures
 
 
At
 
 
30 Jun 2018
31 Dec 2017
 
 
Protection bought

Protection sold

Protection bought

Protection
sold

 
Footnote
$bn

$bn

$bn

$bn

Notionals
1
 
 
 
 
– Index credit default swaps
 
179.1

162.7

201.8

179.7

– Total return swaps
 
11.9

5.9

7.8

12.2

Total credit derivative notionals
 
191.0

168.6

209.6

191.9

Fair values
 
 
 
 
 
– Positive fair value (asset)
 
1.7

2.0

0.8

4.3

– Negative fair value (liability)
 
(2.2
)
(1.8
)
(4.4
)
(1.0
)
1
This includes where we act as an intermediary for our clients, enabling them to take a position in the underlying securities. This does not increase risk for HSBC.

HSBC Holdings plc
30


Pillar 3 Disclosures at 30 June 2018

Securitisation
HSBC acts as originator, sponsor, liquidity provider and derivative counterparty to our own originated and sponsored securitisations, as well as those of third parties. Our strategy is to use securitisation to meet our needs for aggregate funding or capital management, to the extent that market, regulatory treatments and other conditions are suitable, and for customer facilitation.
 
We do not provide support to any of our originated or sponsored securitisations, and it is not our policy to do so.
We have senior exposures to three securities investment conduits (‘SICs’): Mazarin Funding Limited, Barion Funding Limited and Malachite Funding Limited. We also hold all of the commercial paper issued by Solitaire Funding Limited. These are considered legacy businesses, and exposures are being repaid as the securities they hold amortise.
Table 32: Securitisation exposures in the non-trading book
 
 
Bank acts as originator
Bank acts as sponsor
Bank acts as investor
 
 
Traditional

Synthetic

Sub-total

Traditional

Synthetic

Sub-total

Traditional

Synthetic

Sub-total

 
 
$bn

$bn

$bn

$bn

$bn

$bn

$bn

$bn

$bn

1
Retail (total)



17.3


17.3

6.3


6.3

2
– residential mortgage



0.2


0.2

3.3


3.3

3
– credit card



0.6


0.6

0.6


0.6

4
– other retail exposures



16.5


16.5

2.4


2.4

5
– re-securitisation









6
Wholesale (total)

4.7

4.7

2.9


2.9

2.6


2.6

7
– loans to corporates

4.7

4.7




0.1


0.1

8
– commercial mortgage



0.1


0.1

1.8


1.8

9
– lease and receivables



2.0


2.0

0.4


0.4

10
– other wholesale



0.4


0.4

0.3


0.3

11
– re-securitisation



0.4


0.4




 
Total at 30 Jun 2018

4.7

4.7

20.2


20.2

8.9


8.9

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1
Retail (total)
0.8


0.8

18.2


18.2

6.0


6.0

2
– residential mortgage



0.3


0.3

2.6


2.6

3
– credit card






1.0


1.0

4
– other retail exposures



17.9


17.9

2.4


2.4

5
– re-securitisation
0.8


0.8







6
Wholesale (total)

4.7

4.7

2.7


2.7

2.8


2.8

7
– loans to corporates

4.7

4.7

0.4


0.4

0.1


0.1

8
– commercial mortgage



0.1


0.1

2.0


2.0

9
– lease and receivables



0.8


0.8

0.4


0.4

10
– other wholesale



0.4


0.4

0.3


0.3

11
– re-securitisation



1.0


1.0




 
Total at 31 Dec 2017
0.8

4.7

5.5

20.9


20.9

8.8


8.8

Table 33: Securitisation exposures in the trading book
 
 
At
 
 
30 Jun 2018
31 Dec 2017
 
 
Bank acts as investor1
Bank acts as investor1
 
 
Traditional

Synthetic

Sub-total

Traditional

Synthetic

Sub-total

 
 
$bn

$bn

$bn

$bn

$bn

$bn

1
Retail (total)
2.1


2.1

1.6


1.6

2
– residential mortgage
1.1


1.1

0.9


0.9

3
– credit card
0.3


0.3

0.2


0.2

4
– other retail exposures
0.7


0.7

0.5


0.5

5
– re-securitisation






6
Wholesale (total)
0.8


0.8

0.9


0.9

7
– loans to corporates






8
– commercial mortgage
0.6


0.6

0.6


0.6

9
– lease and receivables






10
– other wholesale
0.2


0.2

0.3


0.3

11
– re-securitisation






 
Total (all portfolios)
2.9


2.9

2.5


2.5

1
HSBC does not act as originator or sponsor for securitisation exposures in the trading book.

31
HSBC Holdings plc


Table 34: Securitisation exposures in the non-trading book and associated regulatory capital requirements – bank acting as originator or
as sponsor
 
 
Exposure values (by risk weight bands)
Exposure values (by regulatory approach)
 
 
≤20% RW

>20% to 50% RW

>50% to 100% RW

>100% to 1,250% RW

1,250% RW

IRB RBA (including IAA)

IRB SFA

SA

1,250%

 
 
$bn

$bn

$bn

$bn

$bn

$bn

$bn

$bn

$bn

2
Traditional securitisation
17.3

1.5

1.0

0.2

0.1

19.0


1.0

0.1

3
Securitisation
17.3

1.3

1.0

0.1

0.1

18.7


1.0

0.1

4
– retail underlying
15.0

1.2

0.9

0.1


16.2


1.0


5
– wholesale
2.3

0.1

0.1


0.1

2.5



0.1

6
Re-securitisation

0.2


0.1


0.3




7
– senior









8
– non-senior

0.2


0.1


0.3




9
Synthetic securitisation
4.3


0.4



4.7




10
Securitisation
4.3


0.4



4.7




11
– retail underlying









12
– wholesale
4.3


0.4



4.7




1
Total at 30 Jun 2018
21.6

1.5

1.4

0.2

0.1

23.7


1.0

0.1

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2
Traditional securitisation
18.6

1.4

0.2

0.5

0.8

20.2


0.6

0.8

3
Securitisation
18.4

0.7

0.2

0.3

0.2

19.1


0.6

0.2

4
– retail underlying
17.4

0.3

0.1

0.3

0.1

17.8


0.3

0.1

5
– wholesale
1.0

0.4

0.1


0.1

1.3


0.3

0.1

6
Re-securitisation
0.2

0.7


0.2

0.6

1.1



0.6

7
– senior
0.2





0.1




8
– non-senior

0.7


0.2

0.6

1.0



0.6

9
Synthetic securitisation
4.3


0.4



4.7




10
Securitisation
4.3


0.4



4.7




11
– retail underlying









12
– wholesale
4.3


0.4



4.7




1
Total at 31 Dec 2017
22.9

1.4

0.6

0.5

0.8

24.9


0.6

0.8

The reduction in RWA is principally driven by the disposal of non-senior, resecuritisation exposure in the legacy book.
Table 34: Securitisation exposures in the non-trading book and associated regulatory capital requirements – bank acting as originator or
as sponsor
 
 
RWAs (by regulatory approach)
Capital charge after cap
 
 
IRB RBA (including IAA)

IRB SFA

SA

1,250%

IRB RBA (including IAA)

IRB SFA

SA

1,250%

 
 
$bn

$bn

$bn

$bn

$bn

$bn

$bn

$bn

2
Traditional securitisation
2.5


1.0

0.8

0.2


0.1

0.1

3
Securitisation
2.0


1.0

0.6

0.2


0.1

0.1

4
– retail underlying
1.7


1.0

0.5

0.2


0.1

0.1

5
– wholesale
0.3



0.1





6
Re-securitisation
0.5



0.2





7
– senior








8
– non-senior
0.5



0.2





9
Synthetic securitisation
0.9



0.2

0.1




10
Securitisation
0.9



0.2

0.1




11
– retail underlying








12
– wholesale
0.9



0.2

0.1




1
Total at 30 Jun 2018
3.4


1.0

1.0

0.3


0.1

0.1

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2
Traditional securitisation
3.3


0.4

7.1

0.2



0.6

3
Securitisation
2.3


0.4

1.4

0.1



0.2

4
– retail underlying
2.1


0.3

0.7

0.1



0.1

5
– wholesale
0.2


0.1

0.7




0.1

6
Re-securitisation
1.0



5.7

0.1



0.4

7
– senior








8
– non-senior
1.0



5.7

0.1



0.4

9
Synthetic securitisation
0.8



0.3

0.1




10
Securitisation
0.8



0.3

0.1




11
– retail underlying








12
– wholesale
0.8



0.3

0.1




1
Total at 31 Dec 2017
4.1


0.4

7.4

0.3



0.6


HSBC Holdings plc
32


Pillar 3 Disclosures at 30 June 2018

Table 35: Securitisation exposures in the non-trading book and associated capital requirements – bank acting as investor
 
 
Exposure values (by risk weight bands)
Exposure values (by regulatory approach)
 
 
≤20% RW

>20% to 50% RW

>50% to 100% RW

>100% to 1,250% RW

1,250% RW

IRB RBA (including IAA)

IRB SFA

SA

1,250%

 
 
$bn

$bn

$bn

$bn

$bn

$bn

$bn

$bn

$bn

2
Traditional securitisation
6.4

1.0

1.4


0.1

7.1


1.7

0.1

3
Securitisation
6.4

1.0

1.4


0.1

7.1


1.7

0.1

4
– retail underlying
4.3

0.9

1.0


0.1

4.5


1.7

0.1

5
– wholesale
2.1

0.1

0.4



2.6




1
Total at 30 Jun 2018
6.4

1.0

1.4


0.1

7.1


1.7

0.1

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2
Traditional securitisation
6.7

0.5

1.6


0.1

7.2


1.4

0.1

3
Securitisation
6.7

0.5

1.6


0.1

7.2


1.4

0.1

4
– retail underlying
4.5

0.4

1.1


0.1

4.5


1.4

0.1

5
– wholesale
2.2

0.1

0.5



2.7




1
Total at 31 Dec 2017
6.7

0.5

1.6


0.1

7.2


1.4

0.1

 
 
RWAs (by regulatory approach)
Capital charge after cap
 
 
IRB RBA (including IAA)

IRB SFA

SA

1,250%

IRB RBA (including IAA)

IRB SFA

SA

1,250%

 
 
$bn

$bn

$bn

$bn

$bn

$bn

$bn

$bn

2
Traditional securitisation
1.4


1.2

1.0

0.1


0.1

0.1

3
Securitisation
1.4


1.2

1.0

0.1


0.1

0.1

4
– retail underlying
0.6


1.2

0.9



0.1

0.1

5
– wholesale
0.8



0.1

0.1




1
Total at 30 Jun 2018
1.4


1.2

1.0

0.1


0.1

0.1

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2
Traditional securitisation
1.9


1.2

0.9

0.1


0.1

0.1

3
Securitisation
1.9


1.2

0.9

0.1


0.1

0.1

4
– retail underlying
1.0


1.2

0.7



0.1

0.1

5
– wholesale
0.9



0.2

0.1




1
Total at 31 Dec 2017
1.9


1.2

0.9

0.1


0.1

0.1



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Market risk
Market risk is the risk that movements in market factors, such as foreign exchange rates, interest rates, credit spreads, equity prices and commodity prices, will reduce our income or the value of our portfolios.
Exposure to market risk is separated into two portfolios:
trading portfolios comprise positions arising from market-making; and
 
non-trading portfolios comprise positions that primarily arise from the interest rate management of our retail and commercial banking assets and liabilities, financial investments measured at fair value through other comprehensive income, debt instruments measured at amortised cost, and exposures arising from our insurance operations.
There were no material changes to the policies and practices for the management of market risk. A summary of our current policies and practices for the management of market risk is set out in ‘Market risk’ on page 56 of the Pillar 3 Disclosures at
31 December 2017
.
Table 36: Market risk under standardised approach
 
 
At
 
 
30 Jun

31 Dec

30 Jun

 
 
2018

2017

2018

 
 
RWAs

RWAs

Capital requirements

 
 
$bn

$bn

$bn

 
Outright products
 
 
 
1
Interest rate risk (general and specific)
2.6

2.2

0.2

2
Equity risk (general and specific)
0.8

0.1

0.1

3
Foreign exchange risk
0.2

0.2


4
Commodity risk

0.1


 
Options
 
 
 
6
Delta-plus method
0.1



8
Securitisation
1.8

1.8

0.1

9
Total
5.5

4.4

0.4

Table 37: Market risk under IMA
 
 
At 30 Jun 2018
At 31 Dec 2017
 
 
RWAs

Capital requirements

RWAs

Capital requirements

 
 
$bn

$bn

$bn

$bn

1
VaR (higher of values a and b)
7.0

0.6

8.3

0.7

(a)
Previous day’s VaR


0.1

 
0.1

(b)
Average daily VaR


0.6

 
0.7

2
Stressed VaR (higher of values a and b)
11.8

0.9

14.3

1.1

(a)
Latest SVaR


0.2

 
0.1

(b)
Average SVaR


0.9

 
1.1

3
Incremental risk charge (higher of values a and b)
9.5

0.8

10.0

0.8

(a)
Most recent IRC value


0.8

 
0.8

(b)
Average IRC value


0.8

 
0.8

5
Other
3.2

0.3

1.9

0.2

6
Total
31.5

2.6

34.5

2.8


Table 38: IMA values for trading portfolios
 
 
At
 
 
30 Jun

31 Dec

 
 
2018

2017

 
 
$m

$m

VaR (10 day 99%)
 
 
1
Maximum value
340.6

319.1

2
Average value
203.1

197.0

3
Minimum value
159.5

163.7

4
Period end
162.3

228.2

Stressed VaR (10 day 99%)
 
 
5
Maximum value
357.1

439.7

6
Average value
242.7

284.7

7
Minimum value
191.2

193.3

8
Period end
238.0

251.3

Incremental risk charge (99.9%)
 
 
9
Maximum value
945.5

1,042.7

10
Average value
739.6

828.5

11
Minimum value
680.8

673.4

12
Period end
753.9

803.4

For all three market risk capital models, there were no material changes in portfolio profiles or concentrations and the fluctuations were within normal expectations.

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Table 39: Comparison of VaR estimates with gains/losses
VaR back-testing exceptions against actual profit and loss
pillar3docu_chart-49868a01.jpg
 
Actual profit and loss
 
VaR
 

VaR back-testing exceptions against hypothetical profit and loss
pillar3docu_chart-55855a01.jpg
 
Hypothetical profit and loss
 
VaR
 

There were no back-testing exceptions against both actual and hypothetical profit and loss for the Group in 1H18.


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Other information
Abbreviations
The following abbreviated terms are used throughout this document.
Currencies
 
$
United States dollar
A
 
ABCP
Asset-backed commercial paper
ABS1
Asset-backed security
AFS1
Available-for-sale
AIRB
Advanced IRB
ALCM
Asset, Liability and Capital Management
ALCO
Asset and Liability Management Committee
AT1 capital
Additional tier 1 capital
AVA
Additional value adjustment
B
 
BCBS/Basel Committee
Basel Committee on Banking Supervision
BoE
Bank of England
C
 
CCB1
Capital conservation buffer
CCF1
Credit conversion factor
CCP
Central counterparty
CCR1
Counterparty credit risk
CCyB1
Countercyclical capital buffer
CDS1
Credit default swap
CET11
Common equity tier 1
CIU
Collective investment undertakings
CRA1
Credit risk adjustment
CRD IV1
Capital Requirements Regulation and Directive
CRE1
Commercial real estate
CRM
Credit risk mitigation/mitigant
CRR1
Customer risk rating
CRR2
Revisions to Capital Requirements Regulation and Capital Requirements directive
CSA1
Credit Support Annex
CVA
Credit valuation adjustment
CVC
Conduct and Values Committee
E
 
EAD1
Exposure at default
EBA
European Banking Authority
EC
European Commission
ECA
Export Credit Agency
ECAI1
External Credit Assessment Institution
EEA
European Economic Area
EL1
Expected loss
EU
European Union
EVE1
Economic value of equity
F
 
FFVA
Funding Fair Value Adjustment
FIRB
Foundation IRB
Fitch
Fitch Ratings
FPC1
Financial Policy Committee (UK)
FRTB
Fundamental review of the trading book
FSB
Financial Stability Board
FSVC
Financial System Vulnerabilities Committee
G
 
GAC
Group Audit Committee
GB&M
Global Banking and Markets, a global business
GMB
Group Management Board
GPB
Global Private Banking, a global business
GRC
Group Risk Committee




 


 
 
Group
HSBC Holdings together with its subsidiary undertakings
G-SIB1
Global systemically important bank
G-SII
Global systemically important institution
H
 
HKMA
Hong Kong Monetary Authority
Hong Kong
The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China
HSBC
HSBC Holdings together with its subsidiary undertakings
HVCRE
High volatility commercial real estate
I
 
IAA1
Internal Assessment Approach
ICAAP1
Internal Capital Adequacy Assessment Process
ICG
Individual capital guidance
IFRSs
International Financial Reporting Standards
ILAA
Individual Liquidity Adequacy Assessment
ILR
Inherent Liquidity Risk
IMA
Internal Models Approach
IMM1
Internal Model Method
IRB1/RBA
Internal ratings based approach
IRC1
Incremental risk charge
L
 
LCR
Liquidity Coverage Ratio
LFRF
Liquidity and Funding Risk Framework
LGD1
Loss given default
Libor
London interbank offered rate
M
 
MDB1
Multilateral Development Bank
MENA
Middle East and North Africa
MOC
Model Oversight Committee
Moody’s
Moody’s Investor Service
MREL
Minimum requirements for own funds and eligible liabilities
N
 
NCOA
Non-credit obligation asset
NSFR
Net Stable Funding Ratio
O
 
ORMF
Operational risk management framework
OTC1
Over-the-counter
P
 
PD1
Probability of default
PFE1
Potential future exposure
PIT1
Point-in-time
PONV
Point of Non Viability
PRA1
Prudential Regulation Authority (UK)
PVA1
Prudent valuation adjustment
Q
 
QCCP
Qualifying Central Counterparty
R
 
RAS
Risk appetite statement
RBM1
Ratings Based Method
RBWM
Retail Banking and Wealth Management, a global business
Retail IRB1
Retail internal ratings based approach
RMM
Risk Management Meeting of the GMB
RNIV
Risks not in VaR
RW
Risk weights
RWA1
Risk-weighted asset

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S
 
SA/STD1
Standardised approach
SA-CCR
Standardised approach for counterparty credit risk
S&P
Standard and Poor’s rating agency
SFM1
Supervisory Formula Method
SFT1
Securities Financing Transactions
SIC
Securities Investment Conduit
SME
Small- and medium-sized enterprise
SPE1
Special Purpose Entity
SRB1
Systemic Risk Buffer
SSFA/SFA
Simplified supervisory formula approach
SVaR
Stressed value at risk
T
 
TLAC1
Total Loss Absorbing Capacity
TTC1
Through-the-cycle
T1 capital
Tier 1 capital
T2 capital
Tier 2 capital
U
 
UK
United Kingdom
US
United States
V
 
VaR1
Value at risk
1
Full definition included in the Glossary published on HSBC website www.hsbc.com/investor-relations/group-results-and-reporting.
Cautionary statement regarding forward-
looking statements
These Pillar 3 Disclosures at 30 June 2018 contain certain forward-looking statements with respect to HSBC’s financial condition, results of operations and business, including the strategic priorities and 2020 financial, investment and capital targets described herein.
Statements that are not historical facts, including statements about HSBC’s beliefs and expectations, are forward-looking statements. Words such as ‘expects’, ‘targets’, ‘anticipates’, ‘intends’, ‘plans’, ‘believes’, ‘seeks’, ‘estimates’, ‘potential’ and ‘reasonably possible’, variations of these words and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. These statements are based on current plans, estimates and projections, and therefore undue reliance should not be placed on them. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date they are made. HSBC makes no commitment to revise or update any forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances occurring or existing after the date of any forward-looking statements.
Written and/or oral forward-looking statements may also be made in the periodic reports to the US Securities and Exchange Commission, summary financial statements to shareholders, proxy statements, offering circulars and prospectuses, press releases and other written materials, and in oral statements made by HSBC’s Directors, officers or employees to third parties, including financial analysts.
 
Forward-looking statements involve inherent risks and uncertainties. Readers are cautioned that a number of factors could cause actual results to differ, in some instances materially, from those anticipated or implied in any forward-looking statement. These include, but are not limited to:
Changes in general economic conditions in the markets in which we operate, such as continuing or deepening recessions and fluctuations in employment beyond those factored into consensus forecasts; changes in foreign exchange rates and interest rates; volatility in equity markets; lack of liquidity in wholesale funding markets; illiquidity and downward price pressure in national real estate markets; adverse changes in central banks’ policies with respect to the provision of liquidity support to financial markets; heightened market concerns over sovereign creditworthiness in over-indebted countries; adverse changes in the funding status of public or private defined benefit pensions; consumer perception as to the continuing availability of credit and price competition in the market segments we serve; and deviations from the market and economic assumptions that form the basis for our ECL measurements.
Changes in government policy and regulation, including the monetary, interest rate and other policies of central banks and other regulatory authorities; initiatives to change the size, scope of activities and interconnectedness of financial institutions in connection with the implementation of stricter regulation of financial institutions in key markets worldwide; revised capital and liquidity benchmarks which could serve to deleverage bank balance sheets and lower returns available from the current business model and portfolio mix; imposition of levies or taxes designed to change business mix and risk appetite; the practices, pricing or responsibilities of financial institutions serving their consumer markets; expropriation, nationalisation, confiscation of assets and changes in legislation relating to foreign ownership; changes in bankruptcy legislation in the principal markets in which we operate and the consequences thereof; general changes in government policy that may significantly influence investor decisions; extraordinary government actions as a result of current market turmoil; other unfavourable political or diplomatic developments producing social instability or legal uncertainty which in turn may affect demand for our products and services; the costs, effects and outcomes of product regulatory reviews, actions or litigation, including any additional compliance requirements; and the effects of competition in the markets where we operate including increased competition from non-bank financial services companies, including securities firms.
Factors specific to HSBC, including our success in adequately identifying the risks we face, such as the incidence of loan losses or delinquency, and managing those risks (through account management, hedging and other techniques). Effective risk management depends on, among other things, our ability through stress testing and other techniques to prepare for events that cannot be captured by the statistical models it uses; our success in addressing operational, legal and regulatory, and litigation challenges; and the other risks and uncertainties we identify in ‘top and emerging risks’ on pages 16 and 17 of the Interim Report 2018.
Contacts
Enquiries relating to HSBC’s strategy or operations may be directed to:
Richard O’Connor
Global Head of Investor Relations
HSBC Holdings plc
8 Canada Square
London E14 5HQ
United Kingdom
Hugh Pye
Head of Investor Relations, Asia-Pacific
The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited
1 Queen’s Road Central
Hong Kong
Telephone: +44 (0) 20 7991 6590
Telephone: +852 2822 4908

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorised.

HSBC Holdings plc

 
By:
/s/ Iain J Mackay
 
Name: Iain J Mackay
 
Title: Group Finance Director

Date: 06 August 2018