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HSBC HOLDINGS PLC
Shareholder Information (continued)
Abbreviations / Glossary
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Abbreviation Brief description
MENA Middle East and North Africa
Monoline1 Monoline insurance company
MSCI Morgan Stanley Capital International index
MXN Mexican peso
N
NYSE New York Stock Exchange
O
OFAC Office of Foreign Assets Control, USA
OIB Oman International Bank S.A.O.G.
OIS Overnight index swap
ORMF Operational risk management framework
OTC1 Over-the-counter
P
PAB Panamanian balboa
PD1 Probability of default
Performance Shares1 Awards of HSBC Holdings ordinary shares under employee share plans that are subject to corporate
performance conditions
Ping An Ping An Insurance (Group) Company of China, Ltd, the second-largest life insurer in the PRC
PPI Payment protection insurance product
PRC People’s Republic of China
Premier See HSBC Premier
PVIF Present value of in-force long-term insurance business
R
RBWM Retail Banking and Wealth Management, a global business
Repo1 Sale and repurchase transaction
Restricted Shares Awards of Restricted Shares define the number of HSBC Holdings ordinary shares to which the employee
will become entitled, generally between one and three years from the date of the award, and normally
subject to the individual remaining in employment
Reverse repo Security purchased under commitments to sell
Risk Management Meeting The Risk Management Meeting of the Group Management Board
RM Malaysian ringgit
RMB Renminbi
RMC Risk Management Committee
RoRWA Return on average risk-weighted assets
RPI Retail price index (UK)
RRP Recovery and resolution plan
RWA1 Risk-weighted asset
S
S&P Standard and Poor’s rating agency
SEC Securities and Exchange Commission, US
SIC Securities investment conduit
SIV1 Structured investment vehicle
SME Small and medium-sized enterprise
Solitaire Solitaire Funding Limited, a special purpose entity managed by HSBC
SPE1 Special purpose entity
SR Saudi Arabian riyal
T
The Hongkong and Shanghai
Banking Corporation
The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited, the founding member of the HSBC Group
TRL Turkish lira
TSR Total shareholder return
U
UAE United Arab Emirates
UK United Kingdom
US$ United States dollar
US United States of America
US run-off portfolio Includes our CML, vehicle finance and Taxpayer Financial Services businesses and insurance,
commercial, corporate and treasury activities in HSBC Finance on an IFRSs management basis
V
VAR1 Value at risk
Visa Visa Inc.
VIU Value in use
VND Vietnamese dong
1 Full definition included in Glossary on page 529.