Last checked at 26 Aug 2015 16:21
Geographical regions | |
Summary | 42 |
Europe | 43 |
Asia | 44 |
Middle East and North Africa | 45 |
North America | 46 |
Latin America | 47 |
Analysis by country | 48 |
Summary
HSBC reviews operating activity on a number of bases, including by geographical region and by global business.
In the analysis of profit and loss by geographical region that follows, operating income and operating expenses include intra‑HSBC items of $1,564m (first half of 2014: $1,439m; second half of 2014: $1,533m).
Profit/(loss) before tax
Half-year to | ||||||||||||
30 June 2015 | 30 June 2014 | 31 December 2014 | ||||||||||
$m | % | $m | % | $m | % | |||||||
Europe | 2,205 | 16.2 | 2,258 | 18.3 | (1,662) | (26.2) | ||||||
Asia | 9,400 | 69.0 | 7,894 | 64.0 | 6,731 | 106.2 | ||||||
Middle East and North Africa | 901 | 6.6 | 989 | 8.0 | 837 | 13.2 | ||||||
North America | 690 | 5.1 | 825 | 6.7 | 592 | 9.3 | ||||||
Latin America | 432 | 3.1 | 374 | 3.0 | (158) | (2.5) | ||||||
Profit before tax | 13,628 | 100.0 | 12,340 | 100.0 | 6,340 | 100.0 | ||||||
Total assets14
At 30 June 2015 | At 30 June 2014 | At 31 December 2014 | ||||||||||
$m | % | $m | % | $m | % | |||||||
Europe | 1,236,270 | 48.1 | 1,430,863 | 52.0 | 1,290,926 | 49.0 | ||||||
Asia | 917,489 | 35.7 | 874,334 | 31.8 | 878,723 | 33.4 | ||||||
Middle East and North Africa | 61,625 | 2.4 | 61,289 | 2.2 | 62,417 | 2.4 | ||||||
North America | 411,601 | 16.0 | 437,706 | 15.9 | 436,859 | 16.6 | ||||||
Latin America | 104,203 | 4.1 | 125,630 | 4.6 | 115,354 | 4.4 | ||||||
Intra-HSBC items | (159,475) | (6.3) | (176,229) | (6.5) | (150,140) | (5.8) | ||||||
Total assets | 2,571,713 | 100.0 | 2,753,593 | 100.0 | 2,634,139 | 100.0 | ||||||
Risk-weighted assets21
At 30 June 2015 | At 30 June 2014 | At 31 December 2014 | ||||||||||
$bn | % | $bn | % | $bn | % | |||||||
Total RWAs | 1,193.2 | 1,248.6 | 1,219.8 | |||||||||
Europe | 369.5 | 30.3 | 393.6 | 31.0 | 375.4 |
| 30.1 | |||||
Asia | 487.4 | 40.0 | 481.1 | 37.9 | 499.8 | 40.0 | ||||||
Middle East and North Africa | 63.1 | 5.2 | 62.7 | 4.9 | 63.0 | 5.0 | ||||||
North America | 215.7 | 17.7 | 236.9 | 18.6 | 221.4 | 17.8 | ||||||
Latin America | 82.3 | 6.8 | 96.8 | 7.6 | 88.8 | 7.1 | ||||||
For footnotes, see page 56.