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RNS Number : 0786C NatWest Group plc 18 February 2022
Annual Results
For the year ended 31 December 2021
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NatWest Group plc
2021 NatWest Group performance summary
Alison Rose, Chief Executive Officer, commented:
NatWest Group delivered a strong performance in 2021 as we returned to
profitability, made progress against our strategy and distributed more than
£3.8 billion of capital to our shareholders, including £1.7 billion to the
taxpayer.
We are acutely aware of the challenges that many people, families and
businesses continue to face up and down the country and are working alongside
our customers to provide the support they need - whether that is managing
their money better, saving for a house or retirement or starting or growing a
new business - as well as playing a leading role in the transition to net
zero.
As our economy recovers and the trend towards digital services accelerates, we
are investing to deliver long term value in the bank and drive sustainable
growth. We will do this by building closer and deeper relationships with our
customers and by supporting their evolving needs and expectations at every
stage of their lives.
Resilient financial performance in a challenging environment
- Full year attributable profit of £2,950 million and a return on
tangible equity of 9.4%.
- Income across the UK and RBSI retail and commercial businesses,
excluding notable items, increased by 1.4% compared with 2020 principally
reflecting balance sheet growth although this was offset by a 61.5% reduction
in NatWest Markets income.
- Q4 2021 Bank NIM((1)) of 2.38% was 3 basis points higher than Q3 2021
reflecting higher yield curve and higher unsecured balances partly offset by
lower mortgage margins.
- Other expenses, excluding operating lease depreciation and Ulster Bank
RoI direct costs, were £256 million, or 4.0% lower than 2020, in line with
our target for the year.
- A net impairment release of £1,278 million, or 35 basis points of
gross customer loans, principally reflects releases in non-default portfolios
and the low levels of realised losses we have seen across the year.
- A final dividend of 7.5p is proposed and we intend to commence an
ordinary share buy-back programme of up to £750 million in the first half of
the year, taking total distributions deducted from capital in the year to
£3.8 billion.
Robust balance sheet with strong capital and liquidity levels
- The CET1 ratio remains strong at 18.2%, reducing by 50 basis points in
the quarter due to our proposed on market buybacks and dividends. On 1 January
2022, the proforma CET1 ratio was 15.9% following regulatory changes.
- The liquidity coverage ratio of 172% increased by 6 percentage points
in the quarter.
- Across the UK and RBSI retail and commercial businesses, net lending
excluding UK Government support schemes increased by £7.8 billion, or 2.6%,
including £10.8 billion of mortgage growth, and increased by £0.8 billion in
Q4 2021.
- Customer deposits increased by £48.1 billion during 2021 to £479.8
billion.
(1) Excludes NatWest Markets, Liquid Asset Buffer and Ulster Bank
RoI.
Our purpose in action
We champion potential, helping people, families, and businesses to thrive. By
working to benefit our customers, colleagues, and communities, we will deliver
long-term value and drive sustainable returns to our shareholders. Some key
achievements in 2021 include:
People and families
- Over one million customers have now grown their savings with us by
£100 or more for the first time, including 471,000 in 2021.
- 60% of our active current account customers exclusively bank with us
using digital channels ((1)).
- In Retail Banking, we have completed £728 million of Green Mortgages
since their launch in Q4 2020, rewarding customers for choosing an energy
efficient home.
- As part of our strategy to help families and young people manage their
money more effectively, we acquired the fintech business RoosterMoney, whose
pocket money app aims to build money confidence and financial capability from
an early age.
- Our dedicated customer care line, which was set up as a result of the
pandemic, has helped and supported 527,123 people in 2021.
- Net lending grew by £7.8 billion((1)) in 2021, primarily driven by
growth in mortgages.
Businesses
- Announced a target to provide an additional £100 billion Climate and
Sustainable Funding and Financing to customers between the 1 July 2021 and the
end of 2025, alongside plans to launch a new green loan product for small to
medium-sized enterprise (SME) customers((3)).
- We committed £6 billion to help SMEs grow, of which £4 billion has
already been allocated, and we doubled our funding of female entrepreneurship
to £2 billion.
- We are the first major bank to join forces with a renewable energy
supplier and, through our collaboration with Octopus, we offer our retail,
business and wealth customers a tailored package that improves the cost and
efficiency of owning and running an electric vehicle.
Colleagues
- In 2021, we were listed as one of The Times Top 50 Employers for
Women' for the eleventh consecutive year and named by LinkedIn as one of the
top 25 workplaces in the UK to grow a career.
- For the fifth year, we've retained our place in Bloomberg's 'Global
Gender Equality Index'.
- We have been listed in the 'Working Families Benchmark Top 10
Employers', showing that we are among those leading the way in building a
flexible, family-friendly workplace.
- In 2021, we provided all colleagues with access to build future skills
through the NatWest Group Learning Academy. This supports our commitment for
all colleagues to be upskilled in future-focused skills by 2025.
Communities
- Recognised by Good Business Pays for our commitment to paying our
invoices promptly to suppliers.
- In July 2021, Coutts became a certified B Corp, evidencing our
commitment to balance people, profit and the planet.
- Following a successful launch in Q1 2021, in Q4 2021 we extended our
employability programme, CareerSense, to support 13-24-year-olds not in
employment, education, or training with readiness for work.
- Through our seven regional boards, we are uniquely positioned to
champion the potential of our regions and communities throughout the UK,
helping people, families, and businesses to thrive.
- During the year we collaborated with the Centre for Social Justice to
explore what government, business and the third sector can do to strengthen
local communities as the UK recovers from the pandemic.
(1) Retail Banking current account customers only as at 31 December
2021 - 87% of our retail customer needs are now met digitally, with 60% of our
customers banking exclusively digitally. Only activity in the last quarter is
considered.
(2) Net lending to customers across the UK and RBSI retail and
commercial businesses, excluding UK Government lending schemes.
(3) In October 2021, having surpassed our previous 2020-21 £20
billion target during H1 2021, NatWest Group announced an ambition to provide
£100 billion Climate and Sustainable Funding and Financing between 1 July
2021 and the end of 2025.
Chief Executive's Statement
We champion potential, helping people, families, and businesses to thrive.
Our future and our growth are built on this one, clear purpose. It's what
drives us, defines us, and guides us. Because getting this right means success
- for ourselves and for everyone we serve.
NatWest Group's execution is centred around our purpose, driving sustainable
growth through our strategic priorities. We are a relationship bank for a
digital world, building ever deeper and closer connections with our customers
throughout their financial lives, enabling people, families and businesses
to thrive.
As I look back on 2021, I'm filled with admiration for the resilience and
adaptability that our colleagues and customers have demonstrated during the
pandemic. Faced with unprecedented and constantly evolving challenges to the
UK's public health and economy, the collective response has been nothing short
of extraordinary.
As it has been throughout the pandemic, the health and well-being of our
colleagues and customers continues to be our highest priority. In particular,
for the key workers who have remained in our offices and branches to provide
the level of service and support our customers have needed to rebuild and
thrive.
NatWest Group is the UK's leading business bank. It is also a truly regional
bank, serving 19 million customers throughout the UK. We are proud of the role
we play and the relationships we already have across every part of the
country. And we are well positioned to deepen these relationships and to help
our customers, our economy and our bank to grow because of the actions we have
taken in recent years.
Thrive together
In spite of the difficult economic environment and the pressure this continues
to place on people, families and businesses up and down the country, the UK
remains an attractive and entrepreneurial market, with small and medium-sized
enterprises (SMEs) driving around half of UK turnover and employing 60% of the
private sector workforce. It is also an increasingly competitive market,
where banks have to maintain their relevance to earn their growth.
As the economy starts to recover and grow, customers' expectations of banks
are changing faster than ever. So too is the way people live and work.
Customers want a simple, engaging experience, designed to anticipate
particular needs and reflect their priorities, just as they have in other
areas of their lives.
When I first took up my role as Chief Executive, we committed to a purpose
that guides all of our decision-making - we champion potential, helping
people, families and businesses to thrive. We also set out clear areas of
strategic focus to deliver on this purpose in order to drive sustainable
returns for our shareholders and build sustainable value in our bank. We are
executing well against these areas of focus, delivering growth in key areas
while controlling costs, better allocating our capital and accelerating our
digital transformation.
As a relationship bank for a digital world, our focus now is on the
opportunities we see for future growth. It is a simple principle: if our
customers and economy thrive, so will we.
Sustainable growth will come from ever closer and deeper relationships with
our customers at every stage of their lives. Relationships that are based on
insight and shared goals, delivering a simpler customer experience that
removes complexity and frustration. Relationships that reflect customers'
values and aspirations for themselves and society. Relationships that start
earlier in our customers' lives and which adapt to meet their evolving needs.
All of which will be enabled by the strategic partnerships and acquisitions we
have made, and by our efforts to simplify how customers interact with our bank
so they can enjoy an easier, frictionless banking experience. It will also be
driven by a better allocation of our capital - with £3 billion being invested
in the business across a three-year period from 2021 to 2023, in addition to
the sustainable returns we are delivering to shareholders.
Delivering on our strategy
Of course, we are building from strong foundations. Our operating profit for
2021 of £4.0 billion (£4.3 billion including operating profit from
discounted operations((1))) increased from a loss of £481 (£351 million
including operating profit from discounted operations((1))) million the year
before. This included impairment releases of £1.3 billion, which reflected
the low levels of realised losses we have seen across the year.
We also continued to make progress against our other financial targets. The
bank's net lending - excluding government schemes - grew by £7.8 billion in
2021, primarily driven by growth in mortgages. We removed a further £256
million of costs from the business and retain a capital ratio well above our
target range.
At the same time, our digital transformation accelerated as our customers
chose to interact with us in different ways. Around 60% of our retail current
account holders now only interact with us digitally ((2)) and we have seen
further strong growth in mobile payments and video banking. This
digitalisation of customer journeys is crucial to our future growth, and our
Net Promoter Scores are improving in key segments as a result. For example,
our much-improved online process for renewing mortgages now takes as little as
10 minutes.
(1) Refer to the Non-IFRS financial measures section for details of
the basis of preparation and reconciliation of Non-IFRS financial and
performance measures.
(2) Retail Banking current account customers only as at 31 December
2021 - 87% of our retail customer needs are now met digitally, with 60% of our
customers banking exclusively digitally. Only activity in the last quarter is
considered.
Chief Executive's Statement continued
We are also using our digital capabilities to keep our customers safe and to
build their financial capabilities, with credit scoring now available in our
app, dedicated support lines available for customers in vulnerable situations
and more than 1 million customers growing their savings with us by £100 or
more for the first time.
As the UK's leading business bank and a committed champion of start-ups, we
are removing barriers to enterprise, tackling inequality and supporting growth
by helping entrepreneurs achieve their ambitions. We offer the UK's largest
fully funded business accelerator network, with accelerator hubs across the
country providing support for high-growth businesses, especially those led by
under-represented groups. During the pandemic, we pivoted this support for
entrepreneurs to be delivered digitally, as we did with our 'Dream Bigger'
programme which helps 16-18-year-old girls develop transferable
entrepreneurial skills. We also helped create the SME Transformation Taskforce
to unlock the growth opportunity for the UK economy, identified in our
'Springboard to Sustainable Recovery' report.
Turning to our own business, the capital restructuring of NatWest Markets has
made substantial progress. It is simpler, less capital intensive and better
able to create opportunities for our commercial customers by meeting their
financing and risk management needs, and by providing access to global markets
as well as leadership in high-growth areas, such as the green and sustainable
bond markets. As a result, we are creating a new franchise called Commercial
and Institutional by bringing together our Commercial Banking, NatWest Markets
and RBS International businesses. The creation of this new franchise is a
further step in removing complexity and becoming a simpler bank for customers
to deal with.
We continue to make good progress on our phased withdrawal from the Irish
market, minimising job losses and protecting services while supporting our
customers and colleagues to allow a smooth transition. During the year, we
signed two agreements with Allied Irish Banks p.l.c. (AIB) and Permanent TSB
p.l.c. (PTSB) which account for about 60% of the Ulster Bank loan book in the
Republic of Ireland, including the transfer of colleagues, wholly or mainly
supporting the relevant portfolios and 25 branch locations.
These structural changes, along with our strong capital position and continued
capital generation, mean that we are well placed to invest for growth, to
provide the support our customers need as the economy recovers and to drive
sustainable returns to shareholders, with £3.8 billion shareholder
distributions announced for 2021 through dividends and buybacks.
The bank's financial performance in 2021 also included a fine following
breaches of the Money Laundering Regulations 2007. NatWest Group takes its
responsibility to prevent and detect financial crime extremely seriously. We
deeply regret that we failed to adequately monitor one of our customers
between 2012 and 2016 to prevent money laundering. And while the case has now
come to an end, we continue to invest significant resources in the ongoing
fight against financial crime and fraud.
We are delivering our strategy through four strategic priorities, with the aim
of driving long-term sustainable value and delivering on our 2023 targets,
which we are now updating. As the economy recovers, we feel more confident
about income and so we are providing guidance for the first time. In 2022, we
expect to deliver income excluding notable items of above £11.0 billion in
the Go-forward group((1,2)). We are amending our cost reduction target to
around 3% per annum for 2022 and 2023((2,3)), reflecting higher inflation and
our ongoing investment in the business. Nevertheless, we maintain a strong
focus on continued cost discipline. We retain our 2023 CET1 ratio of 13-14%,
and we have upgraded our return on tangible equity target in 2023 to
comfortably above 10% for the Group.
Tackling climate change
One key area where our bank has a critical role to play is in helping to
tackle climate change. It is the biggest challenge we face as a society,
requiring collaboration and co-operation on a global scale, and NatWest Group
was proud to sponsor the COP26 global climate conference which took place in
Glasgow in October/November 2021.
Our industry has a responsibility to drive and influence positive change. As
such, NatWest Group is committed to getting its own house in order, bringing
to an end the most harmful activity and providing the support, advice and
products our customers need in order to accelerate the transition to a
net-zero economy.
We are one of the few banks to offer a Green Mortgage product, with £728
million of lending to retail customers since its launch in Q4 2020, and we
established the Sustainable Homes and Buildings Coalition with British Gas,
Worcester Bosch and Shelter to improve the energy efficiency of buildings in
the UK. Working with the fintech company CoGo, we were also the first bank to
introduce a carbon-tracking feature in our mobile banking app. And we are
helping colleagues and customers to move to electric vehicles through a
collaboration with Octopus Energy.
(1) Income excluding notable items.
(2) Go-forward group excludes Ulster Bank RoI.
(3) Go-forward group other operating expenses defined as total expenses less
litigation and conduct costs.
Chief Executive's Statement continued
Our Springboard to Sustainable Recovery report found that the transition to
net zero can create a huge opportunity for SMEs. Close to 40% of our
accelerator hubs are dedicated to supporting sustainable businesses to help
our most innovative start-ups to take advantage of this opportunity. There is
a clear societal responsibility here, but also an obvious commercial
imperative in helping our customers to thrive as we transition to net zero.
Building a culture to champion potential
In seeking to make a positive contribution to the communities we serve, we are
also building an open, inclusive and progressive place to work, breaking down
barriers for our customers and for our colleagues.
We are a learning organisation and our culture is critical to our future
success. We have worked with our colleagues as well as with our customers,
suppliers and communities to create a new set of values that reflect the
organisation we are today. Values that match the ambition, optimism and energy
our purpose has given us, and that we can all believe in.
This builds on the progress we have made in recent years as we consider the
needs of all our colleagues and stakeholders. In 2021, we launched our global
Talent Academy to help identify and develop colleague potential, with almost
4,000 accepted onto the programme. We also offered mental health workshops for
our line managers and our 1,300 Wellbeing Champions, as well as seeing strong
take up of our virtual GP and physiotherapy offers.
Outside the bank, we launched our CareerSense programme, providing more than
8,200 young people with free access to tools that will develop critical skills
and support their employability prospects. We were also recognised by the Good
Business Pays campaign for our commitment to paying our suppliers the day
after receiving an invoice, in line with the Supplier Charter which we
introduced in 2020.
In our top three layers globally, 38% of roles are currently filled by female
colleagues, a 9% increase since we first introduced our target to have a full
gender balance in these roles by 2030, but a 1% decrease from 31 December
2020. We know we have more to do and we continue to focus on the recruitment,
retention and advancement of women to meet our 2030 target.
In 2020, we launched the Racial Equality Taskforce to listen, learn and better
understand the barriers faced by colleagues, customers and communities from
Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic backgrounds. Of those who disclose their
ethnicity, we have an aggregate of 11% Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic
colleagues in our top four layers in the UK; a 3% increase since our 14%
target was first introduced in 2018.
Living up to our purpose
Over the coming years, we will create a closer and deeper relationship with
the people, families and businesses that we serve throughout the UK. From
teenagers to retirees, from newlyweds to new homeowners and from start-ups to
the largest multinationals, we will understand them better, provide more value
to them and help them to thrive.
By playing such a central role throughout the lives of our customers, by
taking action on the issues they care about and by retaining their business as
their needs and aspirations change, our bank will go from strength to
strength.
More than that, it will make a meaningful contribution to our society, helping
to grow and transition our economy as we move towards net zero, sustainably
growing our business by living up to our purpose.
Alison Rose
Group Chief Executive Officer
Outlook((1))
The economic outlook remains uncertain. We will monitor and react to market
conditions and refine our internal forecasts as the economic position evolves.
The following statements are based on current market interest rate and
economic expectations.
- In 2023, we expect to achieve a return on tangible equity of
comfortably above 10% for the Group.
- In 2022, we expect income excluding notable items to be above £11.0bn
in the Go-forward group.
- We plan to invest around £3 billion over 2021 to 2023 but, with
continuing simplification, we plan to reduce Go-forward group operating
expenses, excluding litigation and conduct costs, by around 3% in both 2022
and 2023.
- As a result of positive actions to change the shape of our book in
recent years, we expect our through-the-cycle impairment loss rate to be
around 20 - 30 basis points. We expect our 2022 and 2023 impairment charge to
be lower than our through the cycle loss rate.
- Across 2022 and 2023, we expect movements in RWAs to largely reflect
lending growth and our phased withdrawal from the Republic of Ireland.
Capital and funding
- We aim to end 2022 with a CET1 ratio of around 14% and target a ratio
of 13-14% by 2023.
- We intend to maintain ordinary dividends of around 40% of attributable
profit and to distribute a minimum of £1 billion in each of 2022 and 2023 via
a combination of ordinary and special dividends.
- We intend to maintain capacity to participate in directed buybacks of
the UK Government stake, recognising that any exercise of this authority would
be dependent upon HMT's intentions and is limited to 4.99% of issued share
capital in any 12-month period.
- We will consider further on-market buybacks, in addition to the £750
million announced today, as part of our overall capital distribution approach
as well as inorganic opportunities provided they are consistent with our
strategy and have a strong shareholder value case.
- As part of the NatWest Group capital and funding plans we intend to
issue between £3 billion to £5 billion of MREL-compliant instruments in
2022, with a continued focus on issuance under our Green, Social and
Sustainability Bond Framework. NatWest Markets plc's funding plan targets £4
billion to £5 billion of public benchmark issuance.
Ulster Bank ROI
- We have made good progress on our phased withdrawal from the Republic
of Ireland and expect the majority of the Allied Irish Banks and Permanent TSB
asset sales to be largely complete by the end of 2022 and deposits to reduce
over a longer timescale.
- We would expect income and RWAs to follow the balance sheet
trajectory. We expect the cost base to reduce over time and anticipate other
operating expenses, excluding withdrawal related costs, in 2023 will be around
€200 million lower than 2021.
- We expect to incur disposal losses through income of around €300
million in 2022 and withdrawal related costs of around €600 million across
2022-24, with around €500 million incurred by the end of 2023.
- We expect the phased withdrawal to be capital accretive.
(1) The guidance, targets, expectations and trends discussed in this section
represent NatWest Group plc management's current expectations and are subject
to change, including as a result of the factors described in the Risk Factors
section on pages 406 to 426 of the 2021 NatWest Group plc Annual Report and
Accounts and on pages 179 to 200 of the NatWest Markets Plc 2021 Annual Report
and Accounts These statements constitute forward-looking statements. Refer to
Forward-looking statements in this document.
Business performance summary
Year ended Quarter ended
31 December 31 December 31 December 30 September 31 December
2021 2020 (1) 2021 2021 (1) 2020 (1)
£m £m £m £m £m
Continuing operations
Go-forward group income (2) 10,284 10,286 2,579 2,629 2,404
Total income 10,512 10,508 2,622 2,708 2,462
Operating expenses (7,758) (7,858) (2,328) (1,931) (2,329)
Profit before impairment releases/(losses) 2,754 2,650 294 777 133
Operating profit/(loss) before tax 4,032 (481) 635 1,010 (6)
Profit/(loss) attributable to ordinary shareholders 2,950 (753) 434 674 (109)
Excluding notable items within total income (3)
Go-forward group income excluding notable items (2) 10,074 10,670 2,517 2,511 2,485
Total income excluding notable items (2) 10,267 10,892 2,560 2,555 2,543
Operating expenses (7,758) (7,858) (2,328) (1,931) (2,329)
Profit before impairment releases/(losses)
excluding notable items 2,509 3,034 232 624 214
Operating profit/(loss) before tax excluding notable items 3,787 (97) 573 857 75
UK and RBSI retail and commercial income excluding
notable items (2) 9,620 9,486 2,510 2,423 2,319
Performance key metrics and ratios
Bank net interest margin (2,4) 2.39% 2.46% 2.38% 2.35% 2.44%
Bank average interest earning assets (2,4) £314bn £301bn £318bn £315bn £306bn
Cost:income ratio (2) 73.4% 74.4% 88.6% 70.9% 94.5%
Loan impairment rate (2) (35bps) 85bps (38bps) (26bps) 15bps
Total earnings per share attributable to ordinary
shareholders - basic 25.4p (6.2p) 3.8p 5.8p (0.9p)
Go-forward return on tangible equity 10.0% (1.3%) 5.6% 8.6% nm
Return on tangible equity (2) 9.4% (2.4%) 5.6% 8.6% (1.4%)
Go-forward group excludes Ulster Bank RoI and discontinued operations.
For the notes to this table, refer to the following page.
Business performance summary continued
31 December 30 September 31 December
2021 2021 (1) 2020 (1)
£bn £bn £bn
Balance sheet
Total assets 782.0 778.3 799.5
Funded assets (2) 675.9 674.5 633.0
Loans to customers - amortised cost 359.0 361.0 360.5
Loans to customers and banks - amortised cost and FVOCI 369.8 374.0 372.4
Go-forward group net lending 352.3 347.8 342.5
UK and RBSI retail and commercial net lending excluding UK Government
support schemes (2) 305.7 304.9 297.9
Impairment provisions - amortised cost 3.8 4.3 6.0
Total impairment provisions 3.8 4.4 6.2
Expected credit loss (ECL) coverage ratio 1.0% 1.2% 1.7%
Assets under management and administration (AUMA) (2) 35.6 35.7 32.1
Go-forward group customer deposits (2) 461.4 457.8 412.1
Customer deposits 479.8 476.3 431.7
UK and RBSI retail and commercial customer deposits (2) 443.4 437.2 403.2
Liquidity and funding
Liquidity coverage ratio (LCR) 172% 166% 165%
Liquidity portfolio 286 278 262
Net stable funding ratio (NSFR) (5) 157% 155% 151%
Loan:deposit ratio (2) 75% 76% 84%
Total wholesale funding 77 67 71
Short-term wholesale funding 23 22 19
Capital and leverage
Common Equity Tier (CET1) ratio (6) 18.2% 18.7% 18.5%
Total capital ratio 24.1% 24.6% 24.5%
Pro forma CET1 ratio, pre dividend accrual (7) 19.5% 19.5% 18.8%
Risk-weighted assets (RWAs) 157.0 159.8 170.3
UK leverage ratio (8) 5.8% 5.9% 6.4%
Tangible net asset value (TNAV) per ordinary share 272p 269p 261p
Number of ordinary shares in issues (millions) (9) 11,272 11,436 12,129
(1) Comparative results have been re-presented from those previously published to
reclassify certain operations as discontinued operations as described in Note
3 on page 34.
(2) Refer to Non-IFRS financial measures appendix for details of basis of
preparation and reconciliation of non-IFRS financial measures and performance
metrics.
(3) Refer to page 11 for details of notable items within total income.
(4) NatWest Group excluding NWM, Ulster Bank RoI and liquid asset buffer.
(5) NSFR reported in line with CRR2 regulations finalised in June 2019.
(6) Based on CRR end-point including the IFRS 9 transitional adjustment of £0.6
billion (30 September 2021 - £1.0 billion; 31 December 2020 - £1.7 billion).
Excluding this adjustment, the CET1 ratio would be 17.8% (30 September 2021 -
18.1%; 31 December 2020 - 17.5%).
(7) The pro forma CET1 ratio at 31 December 2021 excludes foreseeable items of
£2.0 billion, £846 million for ordinary dividends and £1,190 million
foreseeable charges and pension contributions (30 September 2021 excludes
foreseeable items of £1.2 billion, £402 million for ordinary dividends and
£816 million foreseeable charges and pension contributions; 31 December 2020
excludes foreseeable charges of £364 million for ordinary dividend (3p per
share) and £266 million pension contribution).
(8) Based on UK end-point including the IFRS 9 transitional adjustment of £0.6
billion (30 September 2021 - £1.0 billion; 31 December 2020 - £1.7 billion).
Excluding this adjustment the UK leverage ratio would be 5.7% (30 September
2021 - 5.8%; 31 December 2020 - 6.1%).
(9) In March 2021, there was an agreement with HM Treasury to buy 591 million
ordinary shares in the Company from UK Government Investments Ltd (UKGI).
NatWest Group cancelled 391 million of the purchased ordinary shares and
transferred the remaining 200 million to own shares held. The number of
ordinary shares in issue excludes own shares held which comprises the
remainder of the shares purchased and shares held by the NatWest Group 2001
Employee Share Trust. In line with the announcement in July 2021, NatWest
Group plc repurchased and cancelled 310.8 million shares for total
consideration of £676.2 million excluding fees. Of the 310.8 million shares
bought back, 2.8 million shares were settled and cancelled in January 2022.
The nominal value of the share cancellations has been transferred to the
capital redemption reserve with the share premium element to retained
earnings.
Business performance summary continued
Chief Financial Officer review
We have delivered a strong operating performance in 2021. Group RoTE was 9.4%,
benefiting from a £1.3 billion net impairment release. We achieved our Group
cost reduction target of 4.0% and lending growth across our UK and RBSI retail
and commercial businesses was 2.6%, excluding UK Government financial support
schemes. Our capital and liquidity position remains strong after returning
£3.8 billion to shareholders, and default levels have remained low across all
our portfolios. The CET1 ratio was 18.2%, reducing to 15.9% on 1 January 2022
following regulatory RWA and capital changes. We have made good progress on
our phased withdrawal from the Republic of Ireland and will focus the
financial commentary below on the Group excluding Ulster Bank RoI (Go-forward
group).
Financial performance
Total income, excluding notable items, in the Go-forward group was 5.6% lower
than prior year. Across the UK and RBSI retail and commercial businesses
income increased by 1.4% reflecting strong balance sheet growth, principally
in our mortgage book. NWM income was below expectations, down by 61.5%,
compared with 2020, reflecting continued weakness in Fixed Income, impacted by
subdued levels of customer activity and ongoing reshaping of the business, and
exceptional levels of market activity in the prior year. Income in the
Go-forward group was broadly in line with Q3 2021.
Bank NIM((1)) of 2.39% was 7 basis points lower than 2020 impacted by reduced
structural hedge income, yield curve movements and lower unsecured balances.
Q4 2021 Bank NIM((1)) of 2.38% was 3 basis points higher than Q3 2021
reflecting higher yield curve, higher unsecured balances partly offset by
lower mortgage margins.
We delivered a cost reduction of £256 million, or 4.0%, in 2021, in line with
our target for the year. This has been achieved by transformation across our
customer journeys and NWM business, in line with the strategic announcement
made in February 2020 and a £68 million reduction in the bank levy charge.
Strategic costs of £787 million included £237 million in NWM related to
transformation, £124 million of redundancy charges, £88 million of
technology spend, and an £85 million goodwill impairment.
A net impairment release of £1,278 million reflects the low levels of
realised losses we have seen across the year. Total
impairment provisions reduced by £2.4 billion to £3.8 billion during 2021
and as a result ECL coverage ratio decreased from
1.66% to 1.03%. Whilst we are comfortable with the strong credit performance
of our book, we continue to hold economic
uncertainty post model adjustments (PMAs) of £0.6 billion, or 15.3% of total
impairment provisions. We will continue to assess
this position throughout the year.
We are pleased to report a 2021 attributable profit of £2,950 million, with
earnings per share of 25.4 pence and a RoTE of 9.4%. A final dividend of 7.5
pence per share is proposed, bringing our total 2021 paid and proposed capital
distributions to £3.8 billion through a combination of ordinary dividends,
directed buybacks of the UK Government stake and our on-market buyback
programme.
Across the UK and RBSI retail and commercial businesses, and excluding UK
Government support schemes, net lending increased by 2.6%. Mortgage growth
exceeded the market, however commercial lending was behind market as we have
sought to reduce certain exposures, through targeted sector reductions and
capital actions, whilst continuing to focus on supporting customers through
sustainable lending. During the second half of the year we completed £8.1
billion Climate and Sustainable Funding and Financing against our £100
billion target.
Customer deposits in the Go-forward group increased by £49.3 billion, or
12.0%, in 2021 including £9.4 billion related to Treasury repo activity.
Across the UK and RBSI retail and commercial businesses customer deposits
increased by 10.0%, as customers continued to build and retain liquidity.
TNAV per share increased by 3 pence in the quarter to 272 pence largely
reflecting the attributable profit partially offset by movements in the cash
flow hedging reserve.
Capital
The CET1 ratio remains strong at 18.2%, or 17.8% excluding IFRS 9 transitional
relief. The 30 basis points reduction in the year includes capital
distributions of c.240 basis points, partially offset by the reduction in
RWAs, c.170 basis points, and the attributable profit net of IFRS 9
transitional relief and other capital movements. RWAs of £157.0 billion
reduced by £13.3 billion in 2021 mainly reflecting business movements in
Commercial Banking, including targeted sector reductions, improvement in risk
parameters and active capital management.
On 1 January 2022, the proforma CET1 ratio was 15.9% including the impact of
regulatory RWA inflation, 200 basis points, the removal of the software
development costs capital benefit, 20 basis points, and the tapering of IFRS 9
transitional relief, 10 basis points. RWAs increased by £18.8 billion,
including £14.8 billion associated with mortgage risk weight changes.
Funding and liquidity
The LCR increased by 6 percentage points to 172% in the quarter, representing
£89.9 billion headroom above 100% minimum requirement, following a Term
Funding Scheme with additional incentives for SMEs (TFSME) drawdown. Total
wholesale funding increased by £10.0 billion in the quarter to £76.7
billion.
(3) Excludes Natwest Markets, Liquid Asset Buffer and Ulster Bank
RoI.
Business performance summary continued
Summary consolidated income statement for the period ended 31 December 2021
Year ended Quarter ended
31 December 31 December 31 December 30 September 31 December
2021 2020 (1) 2021 2021 (1) 2020 (2)
£m £m £m £m £m
Net interest income 7,614 7,476 1,942 1,889 1,901
Own credit adjustments 6 (24) 4 2 (43)
Other non-interest income 2,892 3,056 676 817 604
Non-interest income 2,898 3,032 680 819 561
Total income 10,512 10,508 2,622 2,708 2,462
Litigation and conduct costs (466) (113) (190) (294) (194)
Strategic costs (787) (1,013) (378) (77) (326)
Other expenses (6,505) (6,732) (1,760) (1,560) (1,809)
Operating expenses (7,758) (7,858) (2,328) (1,931) (2,329)
Profit before impairment losses 2,754 2,650 294 777 133
Impairment releases/(losses) 1,278 (3,131) 341 233 (139)
Operating profit/(loss) before tax 4,032 (481) 635 1,010 (6)
Tax charge (996) (74) (234) (330) (75)
Profit/(loss) from continuing operations 3,036 (555) 401 680 (81)
Profit from discontinued operations, net of tax 276 121 97 64 61
Profit/(loss) for the period 3,312 (434) 498 744 (20)
Attributable to:
Ordinary shareholders 2,950 (753) 434 674 (109)
Preference shareholders 19 26 5 5 5
Paid-in equity holders 299 355 58 63 83
Non-controlling interests 44 (62) 1 2 1
Notable items within total income (2)
Retail Banking
Retail Banking debt sale gain - 8 - - 1
Metro Bank mortgage portfolio acquisition loss - (58) - - (58)
Private Banking
Consideration on the sale of Adam & Company
investment management business 54 - 54 - -
Commercial Banking
Commercial Banking fair value and disposal
gain/(loss) (22) (37) (4) 4 (27)
Commercial Banking tax variable lease repricing 32 - - - -
NatWest Markets
NatWest Markets asset disposals/strategic
risk reduction (3) (64) (83) (12) (12) (8)
Own credit adjustments (OCA) 6 (24) 3 2 (43)
Central items & other
Loss on redemption of own debt (138) (324) - - -
Liquidity Asset Bond sale gains 120 113 50 45 2
Share of associate profit/(loss) for Business
Growth Fund 219 (22) 11 79 8
Property strategy update (44) (44) -
FX recycling gain/(loss) in Central items & other - (40) - - (1)
IFRS volatility in Central items & other (4) 47 83 3 - 45
Own credit adjustments (OCA) - - 1 - -
Ulster Bank RoI
Ulster Bank RoI gain arising from the restructuring of
structural hedges 35 - - 35 -
Total 245 (384) 62 153 (81)
(1) Comparative results have been re-presented from those previously
published to reclassify certain operations as discontinued operations as
described in Note 3 on page 34.
(2) Refer to page 1 of the Non-IFRS financial measures Appendix.
(3) Asset disposals/strategic risk reduction relates to the cost of
exiting positions, which includes changes in carrying value to align to the
expected exit valuation, and the impact of risk reduction transactions entered
into, in respect of the strategic announcement on 14 February 2020.
(4) IFRS volatility relates to derivatives used for risk management
not in IFRS hedge accounting relationships and IFRS hedge ineffectiveness.
Business performance summary
Retail Banking
Year ended and as at Quarter ended and as at
31 December 31 December 31 December 30 September 31 December
2021 2020 2021 2021 2020
£m £m £m £m £m
Total income 4,445 4,181 1,164 1,131 974
Operating expenses (2,513) (2,540) (774) (552) (818)
of which: Other expenses (2,250) (2,295) (605) (543) (566)
Impairment releases/(losses) 36 (792) (5) (16) (65)
Operating profit 1,968 849 385 563 91
Return on equity 26.1% 10.2% 19.7% 29.9% 3.8%
Net interest margin 2.08% 2.13% 2.08% 2.09% 2.03%
Cost:income ratio 56.5% 60.8% 66.5% 48.8% 84.0%
Loan impairment rate (2)bps 45bps 1bps 4bps 15bps
£bn £bn £bn
Net loans to customers (amortised cost) 182.2 180.5 172.3
Customer deposits 188.9 186.3 171.8
RWAs 36.7 36.6 36.7
In 2021, Retail Banking continued to grow net lending with an measured
approach to risk, delivering a return on equity of 26.1% and operating profit
of £1,968 million. Lending growth was supported by a strong performance in
mortgages and a return to unsecured lending growth in the second half of 2021.
Retail Banking completed £1.1 billion of Climate and Sustainable Funding and
Financing in 2021, which will contribute towards the new NatWest Group target
of £100 billion between 1 July 2021 and the end of 2025.
2021 performance
- Total income was £264 million, or 6.3%, higher than 2020 reflecting mortgage
balance and margin improvement, higher transactional-related fee income and
non-repeat of loss on acquisition, partially offset by the impact of the lower
interest rate environment on deposit returns, lower average unsecured balances
and the annualised impact of regulatory changes on fee income.
- Net interest margin was 5 basis points lower than 2020 reflecting lower
deposit returns and lower average unsecured balances, partly offset by higher
mortgage margins.
- Other expenses decreased by £45 million, or 2.0%, compared with 2020
primarily reflecting an 8.8% reduction in headcount as a result of continued
customer digital adoption, automation and improvement of end-to-end customer
journeys, including digitalising the customer account opening processes,
leading to an increase in straight through processing within journeys from
45% in December 2020 to 70% in December 2021.
- Strategic costs of £117 million in Q4 2021 include an £85 million impairment
of goodwill, reflecting a legacy business in accelerated run down within
Retail Banking.
- An impairment release of £36 million primarily reflects ECL provision
releases in the non-defaulted portfolio.
- Net loans to customers increased by £9.9 billion, or 5.7%, compared with 2020
as a result of strong gross new mortgage lending and improved retention. Gross
new mortgage lending was £36.0 billion with flow share of 11.5%, supporting
mortgage balance growth of £9.8 billion or 6.0%, representing a stock share
of 11.0%. Cards were stable however; we have seen improved customer spend and
demand in the second half of 2021. Personal advances reduced by £0.2 billion
as customers made higher overdraft repayments in H1 2021, reflecting the
impact of UK Government restrictions partly offset by growth in H2 2021 as
customer demand for personal loans increased as the UK economy recovered.
- Customer deposits increased by £17.1 billion, or 10.0%, compared with 2020 as
UK Government schemes combined with Covid-related restrictions resulted in
lower customer spend and increased savings in H1 2021.
- RWAs were broadly stable compared with 2020 primarily reflecting lending
growth, offset by continued quality improvements.
Q4 performance
- Total income was £33 million, or 2.9%, higher than Q3 2021 reflecting higher
transactional-related fee income, higher mortgage balances, higher unsecured
balances and improved deposit returns, partially offset by mortgage margin
dilution as competition in the market remained intense. Non-interest income in
Q4 2021 benefitted from the impact of movements in one-off items, including
travel related profit share, totaling around £9 million. Total income was
£190 million higher than Q4 2020, primarily reflecting mortgage balance and
margin improvements and the non-repeat of a loss on acquisition.
- Net interest margin was 1 basis point lower than Q3 2021 reflecting mortgage
margin dilution, largely offset by the continued recovery in unsecured
balances and higher deposit returns, supported by the December 2021 GBP base
rate rise. Mortgage completion margins of 102 basis points were lower than
the back book margin of 161 basis points, with application margins of 60 basis
points in the quarter, reflecting a steep rise in swap rates, increasing to
around 70 basis points in the latter part of Q4 2021.
- Other expenses were £62 million, or 11.4% higher than Q3 2021 largely due to
the inclusion of the annual UK bank levy charge and the timing of marketing,
investment, and other non-staff costs.
- Impairment losses of £5 million in Q4 2021 primarily reflects Stage 3
defaults, which remain at low levels, partially offset by ECL provision
releases from the improved economic outlook.
- Net loans to customers increased by £1.7 billion, or 0.9% compared with Q3
2021 reflecting continued mortgage growth of £1.4 billion, with gross new
mortgage lending of £8.4 billion representing flow share of 12.3%. Both
personal advances and cards increased by £0.1 billion respectively as
customer demand and spend levels continued to increase.
Business performance summary
Private Banking
Year ended and as at Quarter ended and as at
31 December 31 December 31 December 30 September 31 December
2021 2020 2021 2021 2020
£m £m £m £m £m
Total income 816 763 253 195 184
Operating expenses (520) (455) (155) (116) (91)
of which: Other expenses (504) (466) (145) (117) (119)
Impairment releases/(losses) 54 (100) 12 15 (26)
Operating profit 350 208 110 94 67
Return on equity 17.0% 10.3% 21.3% 18.1% 13.3%
Net interest margin 1.76% 2.05% 1.75% 1.76% 1.86%
Cost:income ratio 63.7% 59.6% 61.3% 59.5% 49.5%
Loan impairment rate (29)bps 58bps (26)bps (32)bps 61bps
£bn £bn £bn
Net loans to customers (amortised cost) 18.4 18.4 17.0
Customer deposits 39.3 35.7 32.4
RWAs 11.3 11.4 10.9
Assets Under Management (AUMs) (1) 30.2 30.5 27.0
Assets Under Administration (AUAs) (1) 5.4 5.2 5.1
Assets Under Management and Administration (AUMA) (1) 35.6 35.7 32.1
(1) The definition of AUMs/AUAs has been updated to provide clarity
on assets where the investment management is undertaken by Private Banking.
AUMs now comprise assets where the investment management is undertaken by
Private Banking irrespective of the franchise the customer belongs to. AUAs
now comprises third party assets held on an execution-only basis in custody.
Total AUMA remain as before.
In 2021, Private Banking delivered strong growth across AUMA, lending and
deposits which has supported a 2021 return on equity of 17.0% and operating
profit of £350 million. Digital net new money across NatWest Invest, Royal
Bank Invest and Coutts Invest of £0.8 billion in 2021 is more than double
2020. Approximately 2,114 new customers were onboarded into Private Banking,
an increase of around 29% compared to 2020.
NatWest Group completed the sale of Adam & Company's investment management
business on 1 October 2021 for a total consideration of £54 million, which
has been recorded as a notable item in the Q4 2021 results.
2021 performance
- Total income was £53 million, or 6.9%, higher than 2020 reflecting a £54
million consideration from the sale of the Adam & Company investment
management business in Q4 2021 and strong balance growth partially offset by
lower deposit returns in a lower interest rate environment.
- Net interest margin decreased by 29 basis points reflecting lower deposit
returns and higher liquidity portfolio costs.
- Other expenses were £38 million, or 7.9%, higher than 2020 principally due to
investment in digital infrastructure and an increase in headcount related to
the enhancement of AUMA growth propositions.
- A net impairment release of £54 million in 2021 mainly reflects ECL provision
releases in non-default portfolios.
- Net loans to customers increased by £1.4 billion, or 8.2%, compared with 2020
driven by continued strong mortgage lending growth of £1.1 billion or 10.3%,
including gross new lending of £3.3 billion. RWAs increased by £0.4 billion,
or 3.7%.
- Customer deposits increased by £6.9 billion, or 21.3%, compared with 2020
reflecting strong personal and commercial inflows as UK Government
restrictions resulted in clients continuing to build and retain liquidity.
- AUMAs increased by £3.5 billion, or 10.9%, driven by an increase in AUM net
new money (NNM) of £3.0 billion and AUM positive investment performance of
£2.1 billion, partially offset by the £1.8 billion impact of the sale of
Adam & Company's investment management business and £0.2 billion EEA
resident client outflows following the UK's exit from the EU. AUM NNM of £3.0
billion represents 9.3% of opening AUMAs, which is double NNM in 2020.
Q4 performance
- Total income was £58 million, or 29.7%, higher than Q3 2021 impacted by the
consideration from the sale of the Adam & Company investment management
business.
- Net interest margin decreased by 1 basis point in Q4 2021 as higher funding
costs were partially offset by an increase in deposit income. Mortgage book
margin was 182 basis points at Q4 2021.
- Other expenses were £28 million, or 23.9%, higher than Q3 2021 largely due to
the annual bank levy charge and timing of marketing spend. Other expenses were
£26 million, or 21.8% higher than Q4 2020 largely reflecting investment in
digital infrastructure, timing of marketing spend and a 4.2% increase in
headcount related to the enhancement of AUMA growth propositions.
- Net loans to customers were stable compared with Q3 2021 with mortgage growth
offset by lower commercial lending.
- AUMAs were broadly stable compared with Q3 2021 as an increase in NNM of £0.7
billion and positive investment performance of £1.1 billion, was offset by
the £1.8 billion impact from the sale of Adam & Company's investment
management business.
Business performance summary
Commercial Banking
Year ended and as at Quarter ended and as at
31 December 31 December 31 December 30 September 31 December
2021 2020 2021 2021 2020
£m £m £m £m £m
Total income 3,875 3,958 987 965 951
Operating expenses (2,354) (2,430) (646) (556) (656)
of which: Other expenses (excluding OLD) (2,013) (2,116) (546) (484) (560)
Impairment releases/(losses) 1,073 (1,927) 289 216 (10)
Operating profit/(loss) 2,594 (399) 630 625 285
Return on equity 22.0% (4.5%) 22.4% 21.7% 8.1%
Net interest margin 1.54% 1.68% 1.52% 1.49% 1.56%
Cost:income ratio 59.3% 59.9% 64.2% 56.0% 67.8%
Loan impairment rate (104)bps 173bps (113)bps (83)bps 4bps
£bn £bn £bn
Net loans to customers (amortised cost) 101.2 102.7 108.2
Customer deposits 177.7 178.3 167.7
RWAs 66.4 66.4 75.1
Commercial Banking delivered a resilient performance with a return on equity
of 22.0% and operating profit of £2,594 million including a £1,073 million
impairment release as the UK economy continued to recover. Returns have
improved through active capital management, pricing discipline, and a targeted
sector strategy linked to our purpose.
Growth in Tyl, our innovative merchant acquiring platform, saw over £1.5
billon of transactions in 2021, three times 2020 levels, as transaction
activity recovered and customers favoured digital payment solutions and
reduced their reliance on cash and branch.
Commercial Banking completed £5.2 billion of Climate and Sustainable Funding
and Financing in 2021, including £2.7 billion in H2 2021 which will
contribute towards the new NatWest Group target of £100 billion between 1
July 2021 and the end of 2025.
2021 performance
- Total income was £83 million, or 2.1%, lower than 2020 due to reduced deposit
returns in a low interest rate environment and lower lending volumes,
partially offset by a recovery in transactional banking fee income in H2 2021
driven by the UK economy.
- Net interest margin decreased by 14 basis points in 2021 reflecting lower
deposit returns.
- Other expenses, excluding OLD, decreased by £103 million, or 4.8%, compared
with 2020 reflecting cost efficiencies and simplifying our operating model
enabling better service to our customers including building momentum in our
digital service, whilst reducing our headcount by 9.8%.
- Impairment release of £1,073 million primarily reflects ECL provision
releases related to the improved economic outlook with Stage 3 defaults
remaining at low levels.
- Net loans to customers decreased by £7.0 billion, or 6.5%, compared with 2020
primarily reflecting targeted sector reductions including real estate, retail
and leisure and active capital management of £1.0 billion. Customer liquidity
resulted in net revolving credit facility (RCF) repayments of £1.7 billion
driven by large corporates & institutions and real estate as well as UK
Government financial support scheme repayments of £1.3 billion. RCF
utilisation was approximately 19% of committed facilities in 2021,
significantly below pre-COVID-19 levels of approximately 27%. These items were
partially offset by £1.4 billion lower loan provisions and growth in
specialist businesses of £0.7 billion.
- Customer deposits increased by £10.0 billion, or 6.0%, compared with 2020
reflecting customer behaviour to build and retain liquidity.
- RWAs decreased by £8.7 billion, or 11.6%, compared with 2020 mainly
reflecting business movements including targeted sector reductions in real
estate and retail, improvement in risk parameters and active capital
management of £1.5 billion.
Q4 performance
- Total income was £22 million, or 2.3%, higher than Q3 2021 due to improved
deposit returns supporting an increase in net interest income and continued
recovery in transactional banking payment activity.
- Net interest margin improved by 3bps compared with Q3 2021 due to higher
deposit returns supported by the December 2021 GBP base rate rise.
- Other expenses, excluding OLD, were £61 million, or 12.6%, higher than Q3
2021 largely due to due to the inclusion of the annual UK bank levy charge and
the timing of marketing and other non-staff costs.
- Impairment release of £289 million in Q4 2021 primarily reflects ECL releases
related to the improved economic outlook with Stage 3 defaults remaining at
low levels.
- Net loans to customers were £1.5 billion, or 1.5%, lower than Q3 2021
primarily reflecting UK Government financial support scheme repayments of
£0.7 billion, further targeted sector reductions including Real Estate £0.8
billion and working capital flows, partly offset by an increase in specialist
business activity of £0.7 billion, and lower loan provision of £0.4 billion.
- Customer deposits were £0.6 billion, or 0.3%, lower than Q3 2021 in part due
to seasonal outflows.
Business performance summary
RBS International
Year ended and as at Quarter ended and as at
31 December 31 December 31 December 30 September 31 December
2021 2020 2021 2021 2020
£m £m £m £m £m
Total income 548 497 156 136 126
Operating expenses (242) (291) (70) (60) (112)
of which: Other expenses (228) (244) (68) (56) (73)
Impairment releases/(losses) 52 (107) 12 11 (27)
Operating profit 358 99 98 87 (13)
Return on equity 22.5% 6.1% 24.0% 21.6% (5.5%)
Net interest margin 1.01% 1.17% 0.99% 0.99% 1.03%
Cost:income ratio 44.2% 58.6% 44.9% 44.1% 88.9%
Loan impairment rate (33)bps 80bps (31)bps (28)bps 81bps
£bn £bn £bn
Net loans to customers (amortised cost) 15.5 15.6 13.3
Customer deposits 37.5 36.9 31.3
RWAs 7.5 8.1 7.5
Depositary assets (1) 479.4 463.8 427.5
(1) Assets held by RBSI as an independent trustee and in a
depositary service capacity.
During 2021 RBS International (RBSI) delivered £358 million of operating
profit with return on equity of 22.5% through strong lending and deposit
volumes, an impairment release and continued growth in our depositary
offering. This was achieved while continuing investment in our digital
offering to customers including new payment features on the mobile app for
both personal and business customers and the extension of our video banking
proposition delivered in 2021.
RBSI completed £1.5 billion of Climate and Sustainable Funding and Financing
in 2021, including £0.9 billion in H2 2021 which will contribute towards the
new NatWest Group target of £100 billion between 1 July 2021 and the end of
2025.
2021 performance
- Total income increased by £51 million, or 10.3%, compared with 2020 as a
result of higher average lending balances in Institutional Banking, including
higher non-utilisation fees, and higher depositary fee income.
- Net interest margin decreased by 16 basis points in 2021 reflecting a higher
proportion of lower yielding assets with central banks due to the higher
volume of short term customer deposits in the year.
- Other expenses decreased by £16 million, or 6.6%, compared with 2020
primarily reflecting the reduction in the bank levy charge for 2021.
- An impairment release of £52 million in 2021 largely reflects releases across
Stage 1 and 2 within the wholesale sector.
- Net loans to customers increased by £2.2 billion, or 16.5%, compared with
2020 as a result of higher Institutional Banking sector volumes.
- Customer deposits increased by £6.2 billion, or 19.8%, compared with 2020 as
a result of higher call balances in the Institutional Banking sector
throughout the year.
- Depositary assets were £51.9 billion, or 12.1%, higher than 2020 reflecting
strong performance in the funds sector primarily in the UK.
- RWAs of £7.5 billion are broadly stable compared with 2020 as a result of
lending volume growth primarily in the Institutional Banking sector, offset by
model updates in the period.
Q4 performance
- Total income increased by £20 million, or 14.7%, compared with Q3 2021
reflecting higher fee income from higher arrangement and account maintenance
fees and higher volume growth.
- Net interest margin remained broadly stable in Q4 2021 as higher income from
higher average lending balances was offset by high levels of short-term
customer deposits placed with central banks at the start of the quarter.
- Other expenses increased by £12 million, or 21.4%, million compared to Q3
2021 primarily due to additional technology spend, annual license fees and a
£2 million charge relating to the annual bank levy.
- Net loans to customers decreased by £0.1 billion, or 0.6% compared with Q3
2021 primarily due to seasonal repayments in Institutional Banking Fund
balances.
- Customer deposits increased by £0.6 billion, or 1.6% compared with Q3 2021 as
a result of higher call balances in the Institutional Banking sector in the
quarter.
Business performance summary
NatWest Markets ((1))
Year ended and as at Quarter ended and as at
31 December 31 December 31 December 30 September 31 December
2021 2020 2021 2021 2020
£m £m £m £m £m
Income before revenue share paid, asset disposals and OCA 670 1,423 78 160 177
Revenue share with other NatWest Group segments (197) (193) (44) (55) (53)
Income excluding asset disposals and OCA 473 1,230 34 105 124
Asset disposals/strategic risk reduction (2) (64) (83) (12) (12) (8)
Own credit adjustments (OCA) 6 (24) 3 2 (43)
Total income 415 1,123 25 95 73
Operating expenses (1,161) (1,310) (343) (258) (301)
of which: Other expenses (907) (1,038) (245) (206) (244)
Impairment releases/(losses) 35 (40) 16 3 (2)
Operating loss (711) (227) (302) (160) (230)
Return on equity (13.1%) (3.8%) (22.5%) (12.1%) (15.0%)
Cost:income ratio 279.8% 116.7% nm 271.6% nm
£bn £bn £bn
Funded assets 96.1 108.0 105.9
RWAs 24.2 25.4 26.9
(1) The NatWest Markets operating segment is not the same as the
NatWest Markets Plc legal entity (NWM Plc) or group (NWM or NWM Group) because
the NatWest Markets segment excludes the Central items & other segment.
(2) Asset disposals/strategic risk reduction relates to the cost of
exiting positions, which includes changes in carrying value to align to the
expected exit valuation, and the impact of risk reduction transactions entered
into, in respect of the strategic announcement on 14 February 2020.
NatWest Markets has supported its customers' evolving needs with innovative
solutions and continued to deliver a more integrated customer proposition
across NatWest Group. NatWest Markets has made good progress on building a
refocused, sustainable business from which it can grow. NatWest Markets
incurred an operating loss in 2021 but has largely completed its RWA reduction
and continued to reduce operating expenses, and in Q4 2021, introduced changes
to Rates which will improve the strategic alignment with the rest of the
business and drive income growth. NatWest Markets performance at the beginning
of 2022 has been in line with expectations.
NatWest Markets completed £9.7 billion of Climate and Sustainable Funding and
Financing in 2021, including £3.3 billion in H2 2021 which will contribute
towards the new NatWest Group target of £100 billion between 1 July 2021 and
the end of 2025.
2021 performance
- Income excluding asset disposals/strategic risk reduction and OCA was £757
million, or 61.5% lower than 2020. The performance of Fixed Income was weak in
2021 impacted by subdued levels of customer activity and the reshaping of the
business, in contrast to the prior year which benefited from exceptional
levels of market activity generated by the initial spread of the COVID-19
virus. Both Currencies and Capital Markets income were lower than 2020 but
performed broadly in line with expectations.
- Other expenses decreased by £131 million, or 12.6%, compared with 2020
reflecting continued reductions in line with the strategic announcement in
February 2020.
- A net impairment release of £35 million in 2021 reflects releases against a
number of cases throughout the year.
- RWAs decreased by £2.7 billion, or 10.0%, compared with 2020 reflecting lower
levels of market risk and counterparty credit risk, including the impact of
capital optimisation actions taken throughout the year.
Q4 performance
- Income excluding asset disposals/strategic risk reduction and OCA was £71
million lower than Q3 2021 and £90 million lower than Q4 2020 reflecting
continued weakness in Fixed Income, which was further impacted by subdued
levels of customer activity and ongoing reshaping of the business. Disposal
losses were £12 million, in line with Q3 2021. An OCA increase of £46
million compared with Q4 2020 was partially offset by £4 million higher
disposal losses.
- Other expenses were £39 million higher than Q3 2021 largely due to higher
back office operational costs, including the annual bank levy charge.
- RWAs decreased by £1.2 billion, or 4.7%, compared with Q3 2021 primarily due
to a seasonal reduction in counterparty credit risk towards the end of the
year.
Business performance summary
Ulster Bank RoI
Continuing operations
Year ended and as at Quarter ended and as at
31 December 31 December 31 December 30 September 31 December
2021 2020 (1) 2021 2021 (1) 2020 (1)
€m €m €m €m €m
Total income 265 250 50 93 63
Operating expenses (557) (498) (153) (131) (115)
of which: Other expenses (487) (462) (111) (121) (100)
Impairment releases/(losses) 33 (157) 15 9 (7)
Operating loss (259) (405) (88) (29) (59)
€bn €bn €bn
Net loans to customers (amortised cost) 7.9 15.3 20.0
Customer deposits 21.9 21.6 21.8
RWAs 10.9 11.7 13.2
(1) Comparative results have been re-presented from those previously
published to reclassify certain operations as discontinued operations as
described in Note 3 on page 34.
Total UB RoI including discontinued operations
Year ended and as at Quarter ended and as at
31 December 31 December 31 December 30 September 31 December
2021 2020 2021 2021 2020
€m €m €m €m €m
Total income 578 574 128 171 144
Operating expenses (609) (548) (166) (144) (127)
of which: Other expenses (539) (512) (124) (134) (112)
Impairment releases/(losses) 99 (281) 67 19 3
Operating profit/(loss) 68 (255) 29 46 20
€bn €bn €bn
Net loans to customers (amortised cost) 18.6 19.0 20.0
Customer deposits 21.9 21.6 21.8
RWAs 10.9 11.7 13.2
Ulster Bank RoI continues to make progress on its phased withdrawal from the
Republic of Ireland. On 17 December 2021 UBIDAC entered a legally binding
agreement with Permanent TSB p.l.c. (PTSB) for the proposed sale of
approximately €7.6bn of gross performing loans as at 30 June 2021,
comprising performing non-tracker mortgages, performing loans in the micro-SME
business, the UBIDAC Asset Finance business, including its digital platform,
and 25 Ulster Bank branch locations. Completion of the sale is subject to
obtaining competition, regulatory and other approvals, including PTSB's
holding company shareholder approval, and other conditions being satisfied.
The transaction is expected to occur in phases between Q4 2022 and Q1 2023
with the majority of loans expected to transfer by Q4 2022.
Progress continues with Allied Irish Banks, p.l.c. (AIB) for the transfer of
approximately €4.2bn, plus up to €2.8bn of undrawn exposures, of
performing commercial lending. A key part of the process is to complete the
regulatory approvals and the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission
(CCPC) has already carried out an extended preliminary investigation and on 31
December 2021 announced its decision to carry out a Phase 2 investigation into
the proposed sale. There is no firm date for the completion of this process.
Discussions are ongoing with other counterparties about their potential
interest in other parts of the bank.
Continuing operations of Ulster Bank RoI include re-presented comparatives for
the income statement. The representation is in accordance with IFRS 5
Non-current Assets Held for Sale and Discontinued Operations.
2021 performance (continuing operations)
- Total income was €15 million, or 6.0%, higher than 2020 reflecting gains
arising from the adjustment of the swap hedging portfolio to align the
modelled maturity position of deposits and other balances to the withdrawal
plan, offset by lower lending levels and fee income as a result of the
decision to withdraw from the RoI market.
- Other expenses were €25 million, or 5.4%, higher than 2020, due to higher
VAT costs and regulatory levies, partially offset by a 15% reduction in
headcount, lower advertising spend and back office operational costs.
- A net impairment release of €33 million in 2021 reflects improvements in the
reducing loan portfolios and economic forecasts.
- Net loans to customers decreased by €12.1 billion primarily due to the
reclassification of €10.7 billion of loans to the disposal group.
Q4 performance (continuing operations)
- Total income was €43 million, or 46.2%, lower than Q3 2021 mainly due to the
gain arising from the adjustment of the swap hedging portfolio in Q3 2021.
- Other expenses were €10 million, or 8.3%, lower than Q3 2021 primarily due
to lower back office operational costs.
- Net loans to customers decreased by €7.4 billion primarily due to the
reclassification of €7.0 billion of loans to the disposal group.
Business performance summary
Central items & other
Year ended Quarter ended
31 December 31 December 31 December 30 September 31 December
2021 2020 2021 2021 2020
£m £m £m £m £m
Central items not allocated (301) (653) (211) (173) (153)
- Central items not allocated represented a £301 million operating loss in 2021
principally reflecting litigation and conduct charges of £243 million,
strategic costs of £201 million and losses on redemption of own debt of £138
million related to the repurchase of legacy instruments, partially offset by a
£219 million share of gains under equity accounting for Business Growth Fund,
and other Treasury income. 2020 included the day one loss on redemption of own
debt of £324 million related to the repurchase of legacy instruments,
property-related strategic costs and litigation and conduct charges.
Segment performance
Year ended 31 December 2021
Go-forward group
Total
excluding Total
Retail Private Commercial RBS NatWest Central items Ulster Ulster NatWest
Banking Banking Banking International Markets & other Bank RoI Bank RoI Group
£m £m £m £m £m £m £m £m £m
Continuing operations
Income statement
Net interest income 4,074 480 2,582 383 9 (14) 7,514 100 7,614
Own credit adjustments - - - - 6 - 6 - 6
Other non-interest income 371 336 1,293 165 400 199 2,764 128 2,892
Total income 4,445 816 3,875 548 415 185 10,284 228 10,512
Direct expenses - staff costs (454) (138) (557) (108) (369) (1,498) (3,124) (141) (3,265)
- other costs (225) (52) (264) (57) (113) (2,397) (3,108) (132) (3,240)
Indirect expenses (1,571) (314) (1,332) (63) (425) 3,853 148 (148) -
Strategic costs - direct (126) (10) (60) (8) (237) (327) (768) (19) (787)
- indirect (61) (9) (33) (3) (17) 126 3 (3) -
Litigation and conduct costs (76) 3 (108) (3) - (243) (427) (39) (466)
Operating expenses (2,513) (520) (2,354) (242) (1,161) (486) (7,276) (482) (7,758)
Operating profit/(loss) before impairment releases 1,932 296 1,521 306 (746) (301) 3,008 (254) 2,754
Impairment releases 36 54 1,073 52 35 - 1,250 28 1,278
Operating profit/(loss) 1,968 350 2,594 358 (711) (301) 4,258 (226) 4,032
Income excluding notable items 4,445 762 3,865 548 473 (19) 10,074 193 10,267
Additional information
Return on tangible equity (1) na na na na na na 10.0% na 9.4%
Return on equity (1) 26.1% 17.0% 22.0% 22.5% (13.1%) nm nm nm na
Cost:income ratio (1) 56.5% 63.7% 59.3% 44.2% 279.8% nm 70.3% nm 73.4%
Total assets (£bn) 210.0 29.9 184.6 40.6 200.7 93.4 759.2 22.8 782.0
Funded assets (£bn) (1) 210.0 29.8 184.6 40.6 96.1 92.0 653.1 22.8 675.9
Net loans to customers - amortised cost (£bn) 182.2 18.4 101.2 15.5 7.5 27.5 352.3 6.7 359.0
Loan impairment rate (1) (2)bps (29)bps (104)bps (33)bps nm nm (35)bps nm (35)bps
Impairment provisions (£bn) (1.5) (0.1) (1.5) (0.1) (0.1) - (3.3) (0.5) (3.8)
Impairment provisions - stage 3 (£bn) (0.9) - (0.6) - (0.1) - (1.6) (0.4) (2.0)
Customer deposits (£bn) 188.9 39.3 177.7 37.5 2.3 15.7 461.4 18.4 479.8
Risk-weighted assets (RWAs) (£bn) 36.7 11.3 66.4 7.5 24.2 1.8 147.9 9.1 157.0
RWA equivalent (RWAe) (£bn) 36.7 11.3 66.4 7.7 25.8 2.1 150.0 9.1 159.1
Employee numbers (FTEs - thousands) 14.6 1.9 8.6 1.6 1.6 27.9 56.2 1.7 57.9
Third party customer asset rate (2) 2.66% 2.36% 2.71% 2.26% nm nm nm nm nm
Third party customer funding rate (2) (0.06%) - (0.01%) 0.08% nm nm nm 0.02% nm
Average interest earning assets (£bn) (1) 196.0 27.2 168.1 37.8 32.7 nm nm 15.9 524.9
Net interest margin (1) 2.08% 1.76% 1.54% 1.01% nm nm nm nm nm
Bank net interest margin (1) na na na na na na 2.39% na na
For the notes to this table, refer to page 23. nm = not meaningful.
Segment performance
Year ended 31 December 2020 (3)
Go-forward group
Total
excluding Total
Retail Private Commercial RBS NatWest Central items Ulster Ulster NatWest
Banking Banking Banking International Markets & other Bank RoI Bank RoI Group
£m £m £m £m £m £m £m £m £m
Continuing operations
Income statement
Net interest income 3,868 489 2,740 371 (57) (57) 7,354 122 7,476
Own credit adjustments - - - - (24) - (24) - (24)
Other non-interest income 313 274 1,218 126 1,204 (179) 2,956 100 3,056
Total income 4,181 763 3,958 497 1,123 (236) 10,286 222 10,508
Direct expenses - staff costs (516) (149) (638) (117) (524) (1,319) (3,263) (153) (3,416)
- other costs (208) (52) (284) (53) (152) (2,481) (3,230) (86) (3,316)
Indirect expenses (1,571) (265) (1,339) (74) (362) 3,781 170 (170) -
Strategic costs - direct (52) (2) (40) (45) (237) (625) (1,001) (12) (1,013)
- indirect (174) (13) (139) (4) (30) 373 13 (13) -
Litigation and conduct costs (19) 26 10 2 (5) (120) (106) (7) (113)
Operating expenses (2,540) (455) (2,430) (291) (1,310) (391) (7,417) (441) (7,858)
Operating profit/(loss) before impairment losses 1,641 308 1,528 206 (187) (627) 2,869 (219) 2,650
Impairment losses (792) (100) (1,927) (107) (40) (26) (2,992) (139) (3,131)
Operating profit/(loss) 849 208 (399) 99 (227) (653) (123) (358) (481)
Income excluding notable items 4,231 763 3,995 497 1,230 (46) 10,670 222 10,892
Additional information
Return on tangible equity (1) na na na na na na 1.2% na (2.4%)
Return on equity (1) 10.2% 10.3% (4.5%) 6.1% (3.8%) nm nm nm na
Cost:income ratio (1) 60.8% 59.6% 59.9% 58.6% 116.7% nm 71.7% nm 74.4%
Total assets (£bn) 197.6 26.2 187.4 34.0 270.1 57.6 772.9 26.6 799.5
Funded assets (£bn) (1) 197.6 26.2 187.4 34.0 105.9 55.3 606.4 26.6 633.0
Net loans to customers - amortised cost (£bn) 172.3 17.0 108.2 13.3 8.4 23.3 342.5 18.0 360.5
Loan impairment rate (1) 45bps 58bps 173bps 80bps nm nm 86bps nm 85bps
Impairment provisions (£bn) (1.8) (0.1) (2.9) (0.1) (0.2) (0.1) (5.2) (0.8) (6.0)
Impairment provisions - stage 3 (£bn) (0.8) - (1.1) - (0.1) (0.1) (2.1) (0.5) (2.6)
Customer deposits (£bn) 171.8 32.4 167.7 31.3 2.6 6.3 412.1 19.6 431.7
Risk-weighted assets (RWAs) (£bn) 36.7 10.9 75.1 7.5 26.9 1.4 158.5 11.8 170.3
RWA equivalent (RWAe) (£bn) 36.7 10.9 75.1 7.5 28.7 1.6 160.5 11.8 172.3
Employee numbers (FTEs - thousands) 16.0 1.8 9.6 1.7 2.2 25.9 57.2 2.0 59.2
Third party customer asset rate (2) 2.89% 2.53% 2.86% 2.51% nm nm nm nm nm
Third party customer funding rate (2) (0.19%) (0.11%) (0.08%) (0.01%) nm nm nm (0.04%) nm
Average interest earning assets (£bn) (1) 181.4 23.8 163.1 31.7 37.9 nm nm 16.6 483.7
Net interest margin (1) 2.13% 2.05% 1.68% 1.17% nm nm nm nm nm
Bank net interest margin (1) na na na na na na 2.46% na na
For the notes to this table, refer to page 23. nm = not meaningful.
Segment performance
Quarter ended 31 December 2021
Go-forward group
Total
excluding Total
Retail Private Commercial RBS NatWest Central items Ulster Ulster NatWest
Banking Banking Banking International Markets & other Bank RoI Bank RoI Group
£m £m £m £m £m £m £m £m £m
Continuing operations
Income statement
Net interest income 1,057 126 645 106 13 (28) 1,919 23 1,942
Own credit adjustments - - - - 3 1 4 - 4
Other non-interest income 107 127 342 50 9 21 656 20 676
Total income 1,164 253 987 156 25 (6) 2,579 43 2,622
Direct expenses - staff costs (112) (36) (136) (28) (95) (352) (759) (34) (793)
- other costs (64) (22) (68) (21) (20) (737) (932) (35) (967)
Indirect expenses (429) (87) (376) (19) (130) 1,067 26 (26) -
Strategic costs - direct (105) (3) (17) (1) (96) (147) (369) (9) (378)
- indirect (12) (2) (3) - (2) 19 - - -
Litigation and conduct costs (52) (5) (46) (1) - (59) (163) (27) (190)
Operating expenses (774) (155) (646) (70) (343) (209) (2,197) (131) (2,328)
Operating profit/(loss) before impairment (losses)/releases 390 98 341 86 (318) (215) 382 (88) 294
Impairment (losses)/releases (5) 12 289 12 16 4 328 13 341
Operating profit/(loss) 385 110 630 98 (302) (211) 710 (75) 635
Income excluding notable items 1,164 199 991 156 34 (27) 2,517 43 2,560
Additional information
Return on tangible equity na na na na na na 5.5% na 5.6%
Return on equity (1) 19.7% 21.3% 22.4% 24.0% (22.5%) nm nm nm na
Cost:income ratio (1) 66.5% 61.3% 64.2% 44.9% nm nm 85.0% nm 88.6%
Total assets (£bn) 210.0 29.9 184.6 40.6 200.7 93.4 759.2 22.8 782.0
Funded assets (£bn) (1) 210.0 29.8 184.6 40.6 96.1 92.0 653.1 22.8 675.9
Net loans to customers - amortised cost (£bn) 182.2 18.4 101.2 15.5 7.5 27.5 352.3 6.7 359.0
Loan impairment rate (1) 1bps (26)bps (113)bps (31)bps nm nm (37)bps nm (38)bps
Impairment provisions (£bn) (1.5) (0.1) (1.5) (0.1) (0.1) - (3.3) (0.5) (3.8)
Impairment provisions - stage 3 (£bn) (0.9) - (0.6) - (0.1) - (1.6) (0.4) (2.0)
Customer deposits (£bn) 188.9 39.3 177.7 37.5 2.3 15.7 461.4 18.4 479.8
Risk-weighted assets (RWAs) (£bn) 36.7 11.3 66.4 7.5 24.2 1.8 147.9 9.1 157.0
RWA equivalent (RWAe) (£bn) 36.7 11.3 66.4 7.7 25.8 2.1 150.0 9.1 159.1
Employee numbers (FTEs - thousands) 14.6 1.9 8.6 1.6 1.6 27.9 56.2 1.7 57.9
Third party customer asset rate (2) 2.58% 2.34% 2.73% 2.33% nm nm nm nm nm
Third party customer funding rate (2) (0.05%) - - 0.12% nm nm nm 0.05% nm
Average interest earning assets (£bn) (1) 201.5 28.5 168.4 42.7 33.7 nm 536.6 15.0 551.6
Net interest margin (1) 2.08% 1.75% 1.52% 0.99% nm nm nm nm nm
Bank net interest margin (1) na na na na na na 2.38% na na
For the notes to this table, refer to page 23. nm = not meaningful.
Segment performance
Quarter ended 30 September 2021 (3)
Go-forward group
Total
excluding Total
Retail Private Commercial RBS NatWest Central items Ulster Ulster NatWest
Banking Banking Banking International Markets & other Bank RoI Bank RoI Group
£m £m £m £m £m £m £m £m £m
Continuing operations
Income statement
Net interest income 1,041 122 629 95 (1) (20) 1,866 23 1,889
Own credit adjustments - - - - 2 - 2 - 2
Other non-interest income 90 73 336 41 94 127 761 56 817
Total income 1,131 195 965 136 95 107 2,629 79 2,708
Direct expenses - staff costs (110) (35) (141) (28) (86) (378) (778) (35) (813)
- other costs (50) (10) (65) (12) (29) (552) (718) (29) (747)
Indirect expenses (383) (72) (314) (16) (91) 915 39 (39) -
Strategic costs - direct (5) (2) (4) (1) (51) (5) (68) (9) (77)
- indirect 11 - (7) (1) 1 (3) 1 (1) -
Litigation and conduct costs (15) 3 (25) (2) (2) (254) (295) 1 (294)
Operating expenses (552) (116) (556) (60) (258) (277) (1,819) (112) (1,931)
Operating profit/(loss) before impairment (losses)/releases 579 79 409 76 (163) (170) 810 (33) 777
Impairment (losses)/releases (16) 15 216 11 3 (3) 226 7 233
Operating profit/(loss) 563 94 625 87 (160) (173) 1,036 (26) 1,010
Income excluding notable items 1,131 195 961 136 105 (17) 2,511 44 2,555
Additional information
Return on tangible equity (1) na na na na na na 8.6% na 8.5%
Return on equity (1) 29.9% 18.1% 21.7% 21.6% (12.1%) nm nm nm na
Cost:income ratio (1) 48.8% 59.5% 56.0% 44.1% 271.6% nm 68.8% nm 70.9%
Total assets (£bn) 207.6 28.2 186.0 39.9 210.1 81.3 753.1 25.2 778.3
Funded assets (£bn) (1) 207.6 28.2 186.0 39.9 108.0 79.6 649.3 25.2 674.5
Net loans to customers - amortised cost (£bn) 180.5 18.4 102.7 15.6 7.1 23.5 347.8 13.2 361.0
Loan impairment rate (1) 4bps (32)bps (83)bps (28)bps nm nm (26)bps nm (26)bps
Impairment provisions (£bn) (1.6) (0.1) (1.9) (0.1) (0.1) - (3.8) (0.5) (4.3)
Impairment provisions - stage 3 (£bn) (0.8) - (0.8) (0.1) (0.1) - (1.8) (0.4) (2.2)
Customer deposits (£bn) 186.3 35.7 178.3 36.9 2.2 18.4 457.8 18.5 476.3
Risk-weighted assets (RWAs) (£bn) 36.6 11.4 66.4 8.1 25.4 1.9 149.8 10.0 159.8
RWA equivalent (RWAe) (£bn) 36.6 11.4 66.5 8.2 26.9 2.1 151.7 10.0 161.7
Employee numbers (FTEs - thousands) 15.0 1.9 8.8 1.6 1.6 27.5 56.4 1.8 58.2
Third party customer asset rate (2) 2.64% 2.36% 2.65% 2.24% nm nm nm nm nm
Third party customer funding rate (2) (0.05%) - - 0.07% nm nm nm 0.02% nm
Average interest earning assets (£bn) (1) 197.5 27.5 167.5 37.9 32.5 nm nm 15.7 527.9
Net interest margin (1) 2.09% 1.76% 1.49% 0.99% nm nm nm nm nm
Bank net interest margin (1) na na na na na na 2.41% na na
For the notes to this table, refer to the following page. nm = not meaningful.
Segment performance
Quarter ended 31 December 2020 (3)
Go-forward group
Total
excluding Total
Retail Private Commercial RBS NatWest Central items Ulster Ulster NatWest
Banking Banking Banking International Markets & other Bank RoI Bank RoI Group
£m £m £m £m £m £m £m £m £m
Continuing operations
Income statement
Net interest income 949 118 667 85 (2) 53 1,870 31 1,901
Own credit adjustments - - - - (43) - (43) - (43)
Other non-interest income 25 66 284 41 118 43 577 27 604
Total income 974 184 951 126 73 96 2,404 58 2,462
Direct expenses - staff costs (117) (32) (141) (25) (90) (385) (790) (37) (827)
- other costs (56) (16) (72) (16) (21) (780) (961) (21) (982)
Indirect expenses (393) (71) (382) (32) (133) 1,042 31 (31) -
Strategic costs - direct (6) 2 (35) (37) (50) (197) (323) (3) (326)
- indirect (36) (3) (28) (1) (6) 77 3 (3) -
Litigation and conduct costs (210) 29 2 (1) (1) (5) (186) (8) (194)
Operating expenses (818) (91) (656) (112) (301) (248) (2,226) (103) (2,329)
Operating profit/(loss) before impairment (losses)/releases 156 93 295 14 (228) (152) 178 (45) 133
Impairment (losses)/releases (65) (26) (10) (27) (2) (1) (131) (8) (139)
Operating profit/(loss) 91 67 285 (13) (230) (153) 47 (53) (6)
Income excluding notable items 1,031 184 978 126 124 42 2,485 58 2,543
Additional information
Return on tangibe equity (1) na na na na na na 0.3% na (1.4%)
Return on equity (1) 3.8% 13.3% 8.1% (5.5%) (15.0%) nm nm nm na
Cost:income ratio (1) 84.0% 49.5% 67.8% 88.9% nm nm nm nm 94.5%
Total assets (£bn) 197.6 26.2 187.4 34.0 270.1 57.6 772.9 26.6 799.5
Funded assets (£bn) (1) 197.6 26.2 187.4 34.0 105.9 55.3 606.4 26.6 633.0
Net loans to customers - amortised cost (£bn) 172.3 17.0 108.2 13.3 8.4 23.3 342.5 18.0 360.5
Loan impairment rate (1) 15bps 61bps 4bps 81bps nm nm 15bps nm 15bps
Impairment provisions (£bn) (1.8) (0.1) (2.9) (0.1) (0.2) (0.1) (5.2) (0.8) (6.0)
Impairment provisions - stage 3 (£bn) (0.8) - (1.1) - (0.1) (0.1) (2.1) (0.5) (2.6)
Customer deposits (£bn) 171.8 32.4 167.7 31.3 2.6 6.3 412.1 19.6 431.7
Risk-weighted assets (RWAs) (£bn) 36.7 10.9 75.1 7.5 26.9 1.4 158.5 11.8 170.3
RWA equivalent (RWAe) (£bn) 36.7 10.9 75.1 7.5 28.7 1.6 160.5 11.8 172.3
Employee numbers (FTEs - thousands) 16.0 1.8 9.6 1.7 2.2 25.9 57.2 2.0 59.2
Third party customer asset rate (2) 2.81% 2.38% 2.65% 2.33% nm nm nm nm nm
Third party customer funding rate (2) (0.10%) (0.01%) (0.01%) 0.05% nm nm nm (0.01%) nm
Average interest earning assets (£bn) (1) 186.1 25.2 170.2 32.9 36.5 nm nm 17.0 499.8
Net interest margin (1) 2.03% 1.86% 1.56% 1.03% nm nm nm nm nm
Bank net interest margin (1) na na na na na na 2.44% na na
nm = not meaningful
(1) Refer to the appendix for details of basis of preparation and reconciliation
of non-IFRS performance measures where relevant.
(2) Third party customer asset rate is calculated as annualised interest
receivable on third-party loans to customers as a percentage of third-party
loans to customers. This excludes assets of disposal groups, intragroup items,
loans to banks and liquid asset portfolios. Third party customer funding rate
reflects interest payable or receivable on third-party customer deposits,
including interest bearing and non-interest bearing customer deposits.
Intragroup items, bank deposits, debt securities in issue and subordinated
liabilities are excluded for customer funding rate calculation. Net interest
margin is calculated as net interest income as a percentage of the average
interest-earning assets, excluding assets of disposal groups and without these
remaining exclusions.
(3) Comparative results have been re-presented from those previously published to
reclassify certain operations as discontinued operations as described in Note
3 on page 34.
Business performance summary
Capital and leverage ratios
The table below sets out the key capital and leverage ratios.
31 December 30 September 31 December
2021 2021 2020
Capital adequacy ratios (1) % % %
CET1 18.2 18.7 18.5
Tier 1 20.7 21.1 21.4
Total 24.1 24.6 24.5
Capital £m £m £m
Tangible equity 30,689 30,769 31,712
Prudential valuation adjustment (274) (264) (286)
Deferred tax assets (761) (765) (760)
Own credit adjustments 21 27 (1)
Pension fund assets (465) (385) (579)
Cash flow hedging reserve 395 254 (229)
Foreseeable ordinary dividends (846) (402) (364)
Foreseeable charges - on-market ordinary share buy back programme (825) (462) -
Foreseeable pension contributions (365) (354) (266)
Prudential amortisation of software development costs 411 476 473
Adjustments under IFRS 9 transitional arrangements 621 973 1,747
Other adjustments for regulatory purposes (5) (5) -
Total deductions (2,093) (907) (265)
CET1 capital 28,596 29,862 31,447
AT1 capital 3,875 3,875 4,983
Tier 1 capital 32,471 33,737 36,430
Tier 2 capital 5,402 5,522 5,255
Total regulatory capital 37,873 39,259 41,685
Risk-weighted assets
Credit risk 120,116 122,270 129,914
Counterparty credit risk 7,907 8,475 9,104
Market risk 7,917 7,979 9,362
Operational risk 21,031 21,031 21,930
Total RWAs 156,971 159,755 170,310
Leverage
Cash and balances at central banks 177,757 164,851 124,489
Trading assets 59,158 66,357 68,990
Derivatives 106,139 103,770 166,523
Financial assets 412,817 417,273 422,647
Other assets 17,106 26,027 16,842
Assets of disposal groups 9,015 - -
Total assets 781,992 778,278 799,491
Derivatives
- netting and variation margin (110,204) (107,160) (172,658)
- potential future exposures 35,035 36,382 38,171
Securities financing transactions gross up 1,397 1,903 1,179
Other off balance sheet items 44,240 44,292 45,853
Regulatory deductions and other adjustments (8,980) (14,340) (8,943)
Claims on central banks (174,148) (161,688) (122,252)
Exclusion of bounce back loans (7,474) (7,845) (8,283)
UK leverage exposure 561,858 569,822 572,558
UK leverage ratio (%) (2) 5.8 5.9 6.4
(1) Based on CRR end-point including an IFRS 9 transitional adjustment of £0.6
billion (30 September 2021 - £1.0 billion, 31 December 2020 - £1.7 billion).
Excluding this adjustment, the CET1 ratio would be 17.8% (30 September 2021 -
18.1%, 31 December 2020 - 17.5%). The amended article for the prudential
treatment of software assets was implemented in December 2020. Excluding this
adjustment the CET1 ratio would be 18.0% (30 September 2021 - 18.4%, 31
December 2020 - 18.2%).
(2) The UK leverage ratio excludes central bank claims from the leverage exposure
where deposits held are denominated in the same currency and of contractual
maturity that is equal or longer than that of the central bank claims.
Excluding an IFRS 9 transitional adjustment, the UK leverage ratio would be
5.7% (30 September 2021 - 5.8%, 31 December 2020 - 6.1%). The amended article
for the prudential treatment of software assets was implemented in December
2020. Excluding this adjustment the UK leverage ratio would be 5.7% (30
September 2021 - 5.8%, 31 December 2020 - 6.3%.
Business performance summary
Portfolio summary - segment analysis
The table below shows gross loans and ECL, by segment and stage, within the
scope of the IFRS 9 ECL framework.
Go-forward group
Total
Central excluding Ulster
Retail Private Commercial RBS NatWest items Ulster Bank
Banking Banking Banking International Markets & other Bank RoI RoI Total
2021 £m £m £m £m £m £m £m £m £m
Loans - amortised cost
and FVOCI
Stage 1 168,013 17,600 82,893 16,185 8,290 32,283 325,264 5,560 330,824
Stage 2 13,594 967 17,853 477 147 90 33,128 853 33,981
Stage 3 1,884 270 1,820 162 99 - 4,235 787 5,022
Of which: individual - 270 631 162 91 - 1,154 61 1,215
Of which: collective 1,884 - 1,189 - 8 - 3,081 726 3,807
Subtotal excluding disposal group loans 183,491 18,837 102,566 16,824 8,536 32,373 362,627 7,200 369,827
Disposal group loans 9,084 9,084
Total 16,284 378,911
ECL provisions (1)
Stage 1 134 12 116 7 6 17 292 10 302
Stage 2 590 29 758 23 3 11 1,414 64 1,478
Stage 3 850 37 651 25 75 - 1,638 388 2,026
Of which: individual - 37 221 25 67 - 350 13 363
Of which: collective 850 - 430 - 8 - 1,288 375 1,663
Subtotal excluding ECL provisions on disposal group loans 1,574 78 1,525 55 84 28 3,344 462 3,806
ECL on disposal group loans 109 109
Total 571 3,915
ECL provisions coverage (2)
Stage 1 (%) 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1
Stage 2 (%) 4.3 3.0 4.3 4.8 2.0 12.2 4.3 7.5 4.4
Stage 3 (%) 45.1 13.7 35.8 15.4 75.8 - 38.7 49.3 40.3
ECL provisions coverage excluding disposal group loans 0.9 0.4 1.5 0.3 1.0 0.1 0.9 6.4 1.0
ECL provisions coverage on disposal group loans 1.2 1.2
Total 3.5 1.0
Impairment (releases)/losses
ECL (release)/charge (3) (36) (54) (1,073) (52) (35) - (1,250) (28) (1,278)
Stage 1 (387) (45) (818) (39) (15) (3) (1,307) (70) (1,377)
Stage 2 157 (15) (272) (16) (11) 3 (154) (33) (187)
Stage 3 194 6 17 3 (9) - 211 75 286
Of which: individual - 6 19 3 (6) - 22 (2) 20
Of which: collective 194 - (2) - (3) - 189 77 266
Continuing operations (36) (54) (1,073) (52) (35) - (1,250) (28) (1,278)
Discontinued operations (57) (57)
Total (85) (1,335)
Amounts written-off 220 6 467 28 67 - 788 88 876
Of which: individual - 6 378 28 43 - 455 - 455
Of which: collective 220 - 89 - 24 - 333 88 421
Business performance summary
Portfolio summary - segment analysis continued
Go-forward group
Total
Central excluding
Retail Private Commercial RBS NatWest items Ulster Ulster Bank
Banking Banking Banking International Markets & other Bank RoI RoI Total
2020 £m £m £m £m £m £m £m £m £m
Loans - amortised cost
and FVOCI
Stage 1 139,956 15,321 70,685 12,143 7,780 26,859 272,744 14,380 287,124
Stage 2 32,414 1,939 37,344 2,242 1,566 110 75,615 3,302 78,917
Stage 3 1,891 298 2,551 211 171 - 5,122 1,236 6,358
Of which: individual - 298 1,578 211 162 - 2,249 43 2,292
Of which: collective 1,891 - 973 - 9 - 2,873 1,193 4,066
174,261 17,558 110,580 14,596 9,517 26,969 353,481 18,918 372,399
ECL provisions (1)
Stage 1 134 31 270 14 12 13 474 45 519
Stage 2 897 68 1,713 74 49 15 2,816 265 3,081
Stage 3 806 39 1,069 48 132 - 2,094 492 2,586
Of which: individual - 39 607 48 124 - 818 13 831
Of which: collective 806 - 462 - 8 - 1,276 479 1,755
1,837 138 3,052 136 193 28 5,384 802 6,186
ECL provisions coverage (2)
Stage 1 (%) 0.1 0.2 0.4 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.2
Stage 2 (%) 2.8 3.5 4.6 3.3 3.1 13.6 3.7 8.0 3.9
Stage 3 (%) 42.6 13.1 41.9 22.8 77.2 - 40.9 39.8 40.7
1.1 0.8 2.8 0.9 2.0 0.1 1.5 4.2 1.7
Impairment (releases)/losses
ECL (release)/charge (3,4) 792 100 1,927 107 40 26 2,992 139 3,131
Stage 1 (36) 25 (58) 8 (2) 10 (53) (36) (89)
Stage 2 619 60 1,667 71 54 15 2,486 115 2,601
Stage 3 209 15 318 28 (12) 1 559 60 619
Of which: individual - 15 166 28 (3) - 206 (12) 194
Of which: collective 209 - 152 - (9) 1 353 72 425
Continuing operations 792 100 1,927 107 40 26 2,992 139 3,131
Discontinued operations 111 111
Total 250 3,242
Amounts written-off 378 5 321 3 11 - 718 219 937
Of which: individual - 5 172 3 11 - 191 - 191
Of which: collective 378 - 149 - - - 527 219 746
(1) Includes £5 million (2020 - £6 million) related to assets classified as
FVOCI.
(2) ECL provisions coverage is calculated as ECL provisions divided by loans -
amortised cost and FVOCI. It is calculated on third party loans and total ECL
provisions.
(3) Includes a £3 million release (2020 - £12 million charge) related to other
financial assets, of which £2 million release (2020 - £2 million charge)
related to assets classified as FVOCI; and £34 million release (2020 - £28
million charge) related to contingent liabilities.
(4) Comparative results have been re-presented from those previously published to
reclassify certain operations as discontinued operations as described in Note
3 on page 34.
(5) The table shows gross loans only and excludes amounts that are outside the
scope of the ECL framework. Refer to the Financial instruments within the
scope of the IFRS 9 ECL framework section in the NatWest Group plc 2021 Annual
Report and Accounts for further details. Other financial assets within the
scope of the IFRS 9 ECL framework were cash and balances at central banks
totalling £176.3 billion (2020 - £122.7 billion) and debt securities of
£44.9 billion (2020 - £53.8 billion).
Analysis of ECL provision
The table below shows gross loans and ECL provision analysis.
31 December 2021 30 September 2021 30 June 2021 31 December 2020
£m £m £m £m
Total loans 369,827 374,000 375,592 372,399
Personal 207,380 211,902 209,699 204,188
Wholesale 162,447 162,098 165,893 168,211
Value of loans in Stage 2 33,981 41,485 53,188 78,917
Personal 14,423 14,036 20,414 34,352
Wholesale 19,558 27,449 32,774 44,565
ECL provisions in Stage 2 1,478 1,899 2,300 3,081
Personal 614 716 786 996
Wholesale 864 1,183 1,514 2,085
ECL provision coverage in Stage 2 4.35% 4.58% 4.32% 3.90%
Personal 4.26% 5.09% 3.85% 2.90%
Wholesale 4.42% 4.31% 4.62% 4.68%
Condensed consolidated income statement for the period ended 31 December 2021
Year ended Quarter ended
31 December 31 December 31 December 30 September 31 December
2021 2020 (1) 2021 2021 (1) 2020 (1)
£m £m £m £m £m
Interest receivable 9,313 9,798 2,345 2,319 2,299
Interest payable (1,699) (2,322) (403) (430) (398)
Net interest income 7,614 7,476 1,942 1,889 1,901
Fees and commissions receivable 2,698 2,722 724 668 650
Fees and commissions payable (574) (722) (149) (140) (131)
Income from trading activities 323 1,125 (3) 95 71
Other operating income 451 (93) 108 196 (29)
Non-interest income 2,898 3,032 680 819 561
Total income 10,512 10,508 2,622 2,708 2,462
Staff costs (3,676) (3,878) (915) (881) (975)
Premises and equipment (1,133) (1,222) (368) (263) (320)
Other administrative expenses (2,026) (1,845) (735) (588) (764)
Depreciation and amortisation (923) (913) (310) (199) (270)
Operating expenses (7,758) (7,858) (2,328) (1,931) (2,329)
Profit before impairment losses 2,754 2,650 294 777 133
Impairment releases/(losses) 1,278 (3,131) 341 233 (139)
Operating profit/(loss) before tax 4,032 (481) 635 1,010 (6)
Tax charge (996) (74) (234) (330) (75)
Profit/(loss) from continuing operations 3,036 (555) 401 680 (81)
Profit from discontinued operations, net of tax 276 121 97 64 61
Profit/(loss) for the period 3,312 (434) 498 744 (20)
Attributable to:
Ordinary shareholders 2,950 (753) 434 674 (109)
Preference shareholders 19 26 5 5 5
Paid-in equity holders 299 355 58 63 83
Non-controlling interests 44 (62) 1 2 1
Earnings per ordinary share - continuing operations 23.0p (7.2)p 3.0p 5.3p (1.4)p
Earnings per ordinary share - discontinued operations 2.4p 1.0p 0.8p 0.5p 0.5p
Total earnings per share attributable to ordinary
shareholders - basic 25.4p (6.2)p 3.8p 5.8p (0.9)p
Earnings per ordinary share - fully diluted continuing
operations 22.9p (7.2)p 3.0p 5.3p (1.4)p
Earnings per ordinary share - fully diluted discontinued
operations 2.4p 1.0p 0.8p 0.5p 0.5p
Total earnings per share attributable to ordinary
shareholders - fully diluted 25.3p (6.2)p 3.8p 5.8p (0.9)p
(1) Comparative results have been re-presented from those previously published to
reclassify certain operations as discontinued operations as described in Note
3 on page 34.
(2) The results of discontinued operations, comprising the post-tax profit is
shown as a single amount on the face of the income statement. An analysis of
this amount is presented in Financial statements note section in NatWest Group
plc 2021 Annual Report and Accounts on pages 313 to 394.
Condensed consolidated statement of comprehensive income for the period ended
31 December 2021
Year ended Quarter ended
31 December 31 December 31 December 30 September 31 December
2021 2020 2021 2021 2020
£m £m £m £m £m
Profit/(loss) for the period 3,312 (434) 498 744 (20)
Items that do not qualify for reclassification
Remeasurement of retirement benefit schemes (1) (669) 4 71 (6) (50)
(Loss)/profit on fair value of credit in financial liabilities
designated at FVTPL due to own credit risk (29) (52) - (4) (72)
FVOCI financial assets 13 (64) 2 3 (21)
Tax (1) 164 42 (21) 3 29
(521) (70) 52 (4) (114)
Items that do qualify for reclassification
FVOCI financial assets (100) 44 45 - 81
Cash flow hedges (848) 271 (238) (245) (93)
Currency translation (382) 276 (115) 21 (149)
Tax 213 (89) 83 65 (4)
(1,117) 502 (225) (159) (165)
Other comprehensive (loss)/income after tax (1,638) 432 (173) (163) (279)
Total comprehensive income/(loss) for the period 1,674 (2) 325 581 (299)
Attributable to:
Ordinary shareholders 1,308 (338) 261 512 (389)
Preference shareholders 19 26 5 5 5
Paid-in equity holders 299 355 58 63 83
Non-controlling interests 48 (45) 1 1 2
1,674 (2) 325 581 (299)
(1) Following the purchase of ordinary shares from UKGI in March
2021, NatWest Group contributed £500 million to its main pension scheme in
line with the memorandum of understanding announced on 17 April 2018. After
tax relief, this contribution reduced total equity by £365 million. There was
also a pre-tax loss of £192 million (€224 million) in relation to the
re-measurement of the Group's Republic of Ireland pension schemes, primarily
as a result of significant movements in underlying actuarial assumptions
(2020: pre-tax gain of £72 million (€81 million)). In line with our policy,
the present value of defined benefit obligations and the fair value of plan
assets at the end of the reporting period, are assessed to identify
significant market fluctuations and one-off events since the end of the prior
financial year.
Condensed consolidated balance sheet as at 31 December 2021
31 December 30 September 31 December
2021 2021 2020
£m £m £m
Assets
Cash and balances at central banks 177,757 164,851 124,489
Trading assets 59,158 66,357 68,990
Derivatives 106,139 103,770 166,523
Settlement balances 2,141 8,140 2,297
Loans to banks - amortised cost 7,682 9,251 6,955
Loans to customers - amortised cost 358,990 361,022 360,544
Other financial assets 46,145 47,000 55,148
Intangible assets 6,723 6,723 6,655
Other assets 8,242 11,164 7,890
Assets of disposal groups 9,015 - -
Total assets 781,992 778,278 799,491
Liabilities
Bank deposits 26,279 17,375 20,606
Customer deposits 479,810 476,319 431,739
Settlement balances 2,068 7,792 5,545
Trading liabilities 64,598 70,946 72,256
Derivatives 100,835 98,560 160,705
Other financial liabilities 49,326 47,857 45,811
Subordinated liabilities 8,429 8,675 9,962
Notes in circulation 3,047 3,037 2,655
Other liabilities 5,797 5,830 6,388
Total liabilities 740,189 736,391 755,667
Equity
Ordinary shareholders' interests 37,412 37,492 38,367
Other owners' interests 4,384 4,384 5,493
Owners' equity 41,796 41,876 43,860
Non-controlling interests 7 11 (36)
Total equity 41,803 41,887 43,824
Total liabilities and equity 781,992 778,278 799,491
Condensed consolidated statement of changes in equity for the period ended
31 December 2021
Year ended Quarter ended
31 December 31 December 31 December 30 September 31 December
2021 2020 2021 2021 2020
£m £m £m £m £m
Called-up share capital - at 1 January 12,129 12,094 11,642 11,776 12,127
Ordinary shares issued 37 35 - (1) 2
Share cancellation (1) (698) - (174) (133) -
At 31 December 11,468 12,129 11,468 11,642 12,129
Paid-in equity - at 1 January 4,999 4,058 3,890 5,936 4,001
Redeemed - (1,277) - - -
Reclassified (2) (2,046) - - (2,046)
Securities issued during the period 937 2,218 - - 998
At 31 December 3,890 4,999 3,890 3,890 4,999
Share premium account - at 1 January 1,111 1,094 1,161 1,161 1,110
Ordinary shares issued 50 17 - - 1
At 31 December 1,161 1,111 1,161 1,161 1,111
Merger reserve - at 1 January and 31 December 10,881 10,881 10,881 10,881 10,881
FVOCI reserve - at 1 January 360 138 237 239 (36)
Unrealised gains/(losses) 32 76 97 48 55
Realised (gains)/losses (3) (122) 152 (51) (48) 367
Tax (1) (6) (14) (2) (26)
At 31 December 269 360 269 237 360
Cash flow hedging reserve - at 1 January 229 35 (254) (77) 300
Amount recognised in equity (687) 321 (186) (178) (75)
Amount transferred from equity to earnings (161) (50) (52) (67) (18)
Tax 224 (77) 97 68 22
At 31 December (395) 229 (395) (254) 229
Foreign exchange reserve - at 1 January 1,608 1,343 1,325 1,304 1,758
Retranslation of net assets (484) 297 (173) 25 (155)
Foreign currency gains/(losses) on hedges of net assets 88 (55) 48 (3) 4
Tax (17) 6 (5) (1) -
Recycled to profit or loss on disposal of businesses (4) 10 17 10 - 1
At 31 December 1,205 1,608 1,205 1,325 1,608
Capital redemption reserve - at beginning of period - - 548 414 -
Share cancellation (1) 698 - 174 134 -
Redemption of preference shares 24 - - - -
At end of period 722 - 722 548 -
Retained earnings - at 1 January 12,567 13,946 12,835 12,632 13,071
Profit/(loss) attributable to ordinary shareholders and
other equity owners
- continuing operations 2,992 (493) 400 678 (82)
- discontinued operations 276 121 97 64 61
Equity preference dividends paid (19) (26) (5) (5) (5)
Paid-in equity dividends paid (299) (355) (58) (63) (83)
Ordinary dividends paid (693) - - (346) -
Shares repurchased during the year (1,5) (1,423) - (387) (288) -
Unclaimed dividend - 2 - - -
Redemption of preference shares (24) - - - -
Redemption/reclassification of paid-in equity (2,6) 150 (355) - 150 -
Realised gains/(losses) in period on FVOCI equity shares
- gross 3 (248) 1 3 (362)
- tax - - - - 27
Remeasurement of the retirement benefit schemes (4)
- gross (669) 4 71 (6) (50)
- tax 168 22 (16) 2 (7)
Condensed consolidated statement of changes in equity for the period ended
31 December 2021
Year ended Quarter ended
31 December 31 December 31 December 30 September 31 December
2021 2020 2021 2021 2020
£m £m £m £m £m
Changes in fair value of credit in financial liabilities
designated at FVTPL through profit or loss
- gross (29) (52) - (4) (72)
- tax 3 8 - 1 9
Shares issued under employee share schemes 8 (11) 8 - -
Share-based payments (7) (45) 4 20 17 60
At 31 December 12,966 12,567 12,966 12,835 12,567
Own shares held - at 1 January (24) (42) (389) (391) (24)
Shares issued under employee share schemes 36 95 18 1 -
Own shares acquired (1) (383) (77) - 1 -
At 31 December (371) (24) (371) (389) (24)
Owners' equity at 31 December 41,796 43,860 41,796 41,876 43,860
Non-controlling interests - at 1 January (36) 9 11 10 (38)
Currency translation adjustments and other movements 4 17 - (1) 1
Profit/(losses) attributable to non-controlling interests
- continuing operations 44 (62) 1 2 1
- discontinued operations - - - - -
Dividends paid (5) - (5) - -
At 31 December 7 (36) 7 11 (36)
Total equity at 31 December 41,803 43,824 41,803 41,887 43,824
Attributable to:
Ordinary shareholders 37,412 38,367 37,412 37,492 38,367
Preference shareholders 494 494 494 494 494
Paid-in equity holders 3,890 4,999 3,890 3,890 4,999
Non-controlling interests 7 (36) 7 11 (36)
41,803 43,824 41,803 41,887 43,824
(1) In March 2021, there was an agreement with HM Treasury to buy
591 million ordinary shares in the Company from UK Government Investments Ltd
(UKGI), at 190.5p per share for the total consideration of £1.13 billion.
NatWest Group cancelled 391 million of the purchased ordinary shares,
amounting to £744 million excluding fees, and held the remaining 200 million
in own shares held, amounting to £381 million excluding fees. The nominal
value of the share cancellation has been transferred to the capital redemption
reserve.
(2) In July 2021, paid-in equity reclassified to liabilities as the
result of a call in August 2021 of US$2.65 billion AT1 Capital notes.
(3) In 2020, the completion of the Alawwal bank merger resulted in
the derecognition of the associate investment in Alawwal bank and recognition
of a new investment in SABB held at fair value through other comprehensive
income (FVOCI).
(4) Following the purchase of ordinary shares from UKGI in March
2021, NatWest Group contributed £500 million to its main pension scheme in
line with the memorandum of understanding announced on 17 April 2018. After
tax relief, this contribution reduced total equity by £365 million. There was
also a pre-tax loss of £192 million (€224 million) in relation to the
re-measurement of the Group's Republic of Ireland pension schemes, primarily
as a result of significant movements in underlying actuarial assumptions
(2020: pre-tax gain of £72 million (€81 million)). In line with our policy,
the present value of defined benefit obligations and the fair value of plan
assets at the end of the reporting period, are assessed to identify
significant market fluctuations and one-off events since the end of the prior
financial year.
(5) In line with the announcement in July 2021, NatWest Group plc
repurchased and cancelled 310.8 million shares for total consideration of
£676.2 million excluding fees. Of the 310.8 million shares bought back, 2.8
million shares were settled and cancelled in January 2022. The nominal value
of the share cancellations has been transferred to the capital redemption
reserve with the share premium element to retained earnings.
(6) The redemption of paid-in equity includes a tax credit of £16
million.
(7) Share-based payments includes a tax credit of £10 million.
Condensed consolidated cash flow statement for the period ended 31 December
2021
Year ended
31 December 31 December
2021 2020
£m £m
Operating activities
Operating profit/(loss) before tax from continuing operations (1) 4,032 (481)
Operating profit before tax from discontinued operations (1) 279 130
Adjustments for non-cash items 3,626 2,845
Net cash flows from trading activities 7,937 2,494
Changes in operating assets and liabilities 46,606 26,815
Net cash flows from operating activities before tax 54,543 29,309
Income taxes paid (856) (214)
Net cash flows from operating activities 53,687 29,095
Net cash flows from investing activities 3,065 7,547
Net cash flows from financing activities (2,604) 90
Effects of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents (2,641) 1,879
Net increase in cash and cash equivalents 51,507 38,611
Cash and cash equivalents at 1 January 139,199 100,588
Cash and cash equivalents at 31 December 190,706 139,199
(1) Comparative results have been re-presented from those
previously published to reclassify certain operations as discontinued
operations as described in Note 3 on page 34.
Notes
1. Presentation of condensed consolidated financial statements
The condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction
with NatWest Group plc's 2021 Annual Report and Accounts which were prepared
in accordance with UK adopted International Accounting Standards (IAS),
International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) as issued by the
International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) and IFRS as adopted by the
European Union.
Going concern
Having reviewed NatWest Group's principal risks, forecasts, projections and
other relevant evidence, the directors have a reasonable expectation that
NatWest Group will continue in operational existence for a period of twelve
months from the date the financial statements are approved. Accordingly, the
results for the year ended 31 December 2021 have been prepared on a going
concern basis (see the Report of the directors, page 183, NatWest Group plc
2021 Annual Report and Accounts).
2. Accounting policies
NatWest Group's principal accounting policies are as set out on pages 307 to
312 of the NatWest Group plc's 2021 Annual Report and Accounts.
Critical accounting policies and key sources of estimation uncertainty
The judgments and assumptions that are considered to be the most important to
the portrayal of NatWest Group's financial condition are those relating to
deferred tax, fair value of financial instruments, loan impairment provisions,
goodwill and provisions for liabilities and charges. These critical accounting
policies and judgments are noted on page 311 of the NatWest Group plc 2021
Annual Report and Accounts. Estimation uncertainty continues to be affected by
the COVID-19 pandemic. Management's consideration of this source of
uncertainty is outlined in the relevant sections of NatWest Group plc's 2021
Annual Report and Accounts, including the ECL estimate for the period in the
Risk and capital management section contained in the NatWest Group plc's 2021
Annual Report and Accounts.
Information used for significant estimates
The COVID-19 pandemic continued to cause significant economic and social
disruption during year ended 31 December 2021. Key financial estimates are
based on management's latest five-year revenue and cost forecasts. Measurement
of goodwill, deferred tax and expected credit losses are highly sensitive to
reasonably possible changes in those anticipated conditions. Other reasonably
possible assumptions about the future include a prolonged financial effect of
the COVID-19 pandemic on the economy of the UK and other countries or greater
economic effect as countries and companies implement plans to counter climate
risks. Changes in judgments and assumptions could result in a material
adjustment to those estimates in the next reporting periods. (Refer to the
NatWest Group plc Risk factors in the 2021 Annual Report and Accounts).
Notes
3. Discontinued operations and assets and liabilities of disposal groups
Two legally binding agreements for the sale of UBIDAC business were announced
in 2021 as part of the phased withdrawal from the Republic of Ireland:
On 28 June 2021 NatWest Group announced it had agreed a binding sale agreement
with Allied Irish Banks, p.l.c. for the transfer of c.€4.2 billion (plus up
to €2.8 billion of undrawn exposures), of performing commercial loans as
well as those c.280 colleagues that are wholly or mainly assigned to
supporting that part of the business, with the final number of roles to be
confirmed as the deal completes. The sale, subject to Competition and Consumer
Protection Commission (CCPC) approval, is expected to be completed in a series
of transactions during 2022 and Q1 2023.
On the 17 December 2021 NatWest Group signed a legally binding agreement with
Permanent TSB p.l.c. The proposed sale will include performing non-tracker
mortgages, the performing loans in the micro-SME business; the UBIDAC Asset
Finance business, including its Lombard digital platform, and a subset of
Ulster Bank branch locations in the Republic of Ireland. The majority of
loans are expected to transfer by Q4 2022. As part of the transaction it is
anticipated that c.450 colleagues will have the right to transfer under the
TUPE regulations, with the final number of roles to be confirmed as the deal
completes.
The business activities relating to these sales that meet the requirements of
IFRS 5 are presented as a discontinued operation and as a disposal group at 31
December 2021. The Ulster Bank RoI operating segment continues to be reported
separately and reflects the results and balance sheet position of its
continuing operations.
(a) Profit from discontinued operations, net of tax
Year ended Quarter ended
31 December 31 December 31 December 30 September 31 December
2021 2020 2021 2021 2020
Interest receivable 260 273 62 65 70
Net interest income 260 273 62 65 70
Non-interest income 9 15 4 1 3
Total income 269 288 66 66 73
Operating expenses (47) (47) (14) (11) (12)
Profit before impairment losses 222 241 52 55 61
Impairment releases/(losses) 57 (111) 45 9 9
Operating profit before tax 279 130 97 64 70
Tax charge (3) (9) - - (9)
Profit from discontinued operations, net of tax 276 121 97 64 61
(b) Assets and liabilities of disposal groups
2021
£m
Assets of disposal groups
Loans to customers - amortised cost 9,002
Derivatives 5
Other assets 8
9,015
Liabilities of disposal groups
Other liabilities 5
5
Net assets of disposal groups 9,010
(c) Operating cash flows attributable to discontinued operations
Year ended
31 December 31 December
2021 2020
Net cash flows from operating activities 1,290 (895)
Net increase/(decrease) in cash and cash equivalents 1,290 (895)
Notes
4. Provisions for liabilities and charges
Financial
Customer Litigation and commitments
redress (1) other regulatory Property and guarantees Other (2) Total
£m £m £m £m £m £m
At 1 January 2021 749 365 271 178 289 1,852
Expected credit losses impairment
release - - - (83) - (83)
Currency translation and other
movements (5) - 2 (2) (7) (12)
Charge to income statement 173 307 113 - 196 789
Release to income statement (25) (86) (118) - (82) (311)
Provisions utilised (418) (309) (37) - (203) (967)
At 31 December 2021 474 277 231 93 193 1,268
(1) Includes payment protection insurance provision which reflects
the estimated cost of PPI redress attributable to claims prior to the
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) complaint deadline of 29 August 2019. All
pre-deadline complaints have been processed which removes complaint volume
estimation uncertainty from the provision estimate. NatWest Group continues to
conclude remaining bank-identified closure work and conclude cases with the
Financial Ombudsmen Service.
(2) Other materially comprises provisions relating to restructuring
costs.
(3) Property provision materially includes dilapidation provisions.
Release in property provision includes the effect of purchase of freeholds for
properties where the group was the primary leaseholder.
(4) Majority of charge in the year and utilisation of litigation
provisions relates to FCA investigation into money laundering.
Provisions are liabilities of uncertain timing or amount and are recognised
when there is a present obligation as a result of a past event, the outflow of
economic benefit is probable and the outflow can be estimated reliably. Any
difference between the final outcome and the amounts provided will affect the
reported results in the period when the matter is resolved.
5. Litigation and regulatory matters
NatWest Group plc and certain members of NatWest Group are party to legal
proceedings and involved in regulatory matters, including as the subject of
investigations and other regulatory and governmental action (Matters) in the
United Kingdom (UK), the United States (US), the European Union (EU) and other
jurisdictions. Note 27 in the NatWest Group plc 2021 Annual Report and
Accounts, issued on 18 February 2022 and available at natwestgroup.com (Note
27), discusses the Matters in which NatWest Group is currently involved and
material developments. Other than the Matters discussed in Note 27, no member
of NatWest Group is or has been involved in governmental, legal, or regulatory
proceedings (including those which are pending or threatened) that are
expected to be material, individually or in aggregate. Recent developments in
the Matters identified in Note 27 that have occurred since the Q3 2021 Interim
Management Statement was issued on 29 October 2021, include, but are not
limited to, those set out below.
Litigation
London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) and other rates litigation
NWM Plc and certain other members of NatWest Group, including NatWest Group
plc, are defendants in several class actions, as well as more than two dozen
non-class actions, relating to alleged historical artificial suppression of
USD LIBOR, each of which is part of a co-ordinated proceeding in the United
States District Court for the Southern District of New York (SDNY). In
December 2021, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit (US
Court of Appeals), reversing a December 2016 decision of the SDNY, held that
plaintiffs in these cases have adequately alleged the court's personal
jurisdiction over NWM Plc and other non-US banks, including with respect to
antitrust class action claims on behalf of over-the-counter plaintiffs and
exchange-based purchaser plaintiffs. In the same decision, the appellate court
affirmed the SDNY's prior decision that plaintiffs who purchased LIBOR-based
instruments from third parties (as opposed to the defendants) lack antitrust
standing to pursue such claims. The appellate court remanded these matters to
the SDNY for further proceedings in light of its rulings.
In January 2019, a class action antitrust complaint was filed in the SDNY
alleging that the defendants (USD ICE LIBOR panel banks and affiliates) have
conspired to suppress USD ICE LIBOR from 2014 to the present by submitting
incorrect information to ICE about their borrowing costs. The NatWest Group
defendants are NatWest Group plc, NWM Plc, NWMSI and NWB Plc. The defendants
made a motion to dismiss this case, which was granted by the court in March
2020. One plaintiff sought to appeal the dismissal, but on 14 February 2022,
the US Court of Appeals dismissed the appeal because that plaintiff lacks
standing to maintain the appeal.
FX litigation
NWM Plc, NWMSI and / or NatWest Group plc are defendants in several cases
relating to NWM Plc's foreign exchange (FX) business. In December 2021, a
claim was issued in the Netherlands against NatWest Group plc, NWM Plc and NWM
N.V. by Stichting FX Claims, seeking a declaration from the court that
anti-competitive FX market conduct described in decisions of the European
Commission of 16 May 2019 is unlawful, along with unspecified damages. The
claimant has indicated that it may seek to amend its claim to also refer to
the December 2021 decision by the EC (described below under "Foreign exchange
related investigations"). A hearing is scheduled for June 2022.
Notes
5. Litigation and regulatory matters continued
Spoofing litigation
In December 2021, three substantially similar class actions complaints were
filed in federal court in the United States against NWM Plc and NWMSI alleging
Commodity Exchange Act and common law unjust enrichment claims arising from
manipulative trading known as spoofing. The complaints refer to NWM Plc's
December 2021 spoofing-related guilty plea (described below under "US
investigations relating to fixed-income securities") and purport to assert
claims on behalf of those who transacted in US Treasury securities and futures
and options on US Treasury securities between 2008 and 2018. The three
complaints are pending in the United States District Court for the Northern
District of Illinois.
Regulatory matters
US investigations relating to fixed-income securities
In December 2021, NWM Plc pled guilty in United States District Court for the
District of Connecticut to one count of wire fraud and one count of securities
fraud in connection with historical spoofing conduct by former employees in US
Treasuries markets between January 2008 and May 2014 and, separately, during
approximately three months in 2018.
The 2018 trading occurred during the term of a non-prosecution agreement (NPA)
between NWMSI and the United States Attorney's Office for the District of
Connecticut (USAO CT), under which non-prosecution was conditioned on NWMSI
and affiliated companies not engaging in criminal conduct during the term of
the NPA. The relevant trading in 2018 was conducted by two NWM traders in
Singapore and breached that NPA.
The plea agreement reached with the US Department of Justice and the USAO CT
resolves both the spoofing conduct and the breach of the NPA.
As required by the resolution and sentence imposed by the court, NWM Plc is
subject to a three-year period of probation and has paid a US$25.2 million
criminal fine, approximately US$2.8 million in criminal forfeiture and
approximately US$6.8 million in restitution out of existing provisions. The
plea agreement also imposes an independent corporate monitor. In addition, NWM
Plc has committed to compliance programme reviews and improvements and agreed
to reporting and co-operation obligations.
Other material adverse collateral consequences may occur as a result of this
matter, as further described in the Risk Factor relating to legal, regulatory
and governmental actions and investigations set out on page 425 of the NatWest
Group plc 2021 Annual Report and Accounts.
Foreign exchange related investigations
In recent years, NWM Plc paid significant penalties to resolve investigations
into its FX business by the FCA, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, the
US Department of Justice, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
System, the European Commission (EC) and others. In December 2021, the EC
announced that a settlement had been reached with NatWest Group plc, NWM Plc
and other banks in relation to its investigation into past breaches of
competition law regarding spot foreign exchange trading. NatWest Group plc and
NWM Plc were fined EUR 32.5 million in total relating to conduct that took
place between 2011 and 2012. The fine was covered by existing provisions. This
concludes the EC's investigations into NatWest Group's past spot foreign
exchange trading activity.
FCA investigation into NatWest Group's compliance with the Money Laundering
Regulations 2007
Following an FCA investigation, commenced in 2017, into potential breaches of
the UK Money Laundering Regulations 2007 ('MLR 2007'), NWB Plc pled guilty in
October 2021 to three offences under regulation 45(1) of the MLR 2007 for
failure to comply with regulation 8(1) between 7 November 2013 and 23 June
2016, and regulations 8(3) and 14(1) between 8 November 2012 and 23 June 2016.
These regulations required the firm to determine, conduct and demonstrate risk
sensitive due diligence and ongoing monitoring of its relationships with its
customers for the purposes of preventing money laundering. The offences relate
to operational weaknesses between 2012 and 2016, during which period NWB Plc
did not adequately monitor the accounts of a UK incorporated customer. In
December 2021, NWB Plc was fined £264.8 million, incurred a confiscation
order and was ordered to pay costs. This was met by NWB Plc from existing
provisions, with a small additional provision taken in Q4 2021.
Other material adverse collateral consequences may occur as a result of this
matter, as further described in the Risk Factor relating to legal, regulatory
and governmental actions and investigations set out on page 425 of the NatWest
Group plc 2021 Annual Report and Accounts.
Systematic Anti-Money Laundering Programme assessment
In December 2018, the FCA commenced a Systematic Anti-Money Laundering
Programme assessment of NatWest Group. In August 2019, the FCA instructed
NatWest Group to appoint a Skilled Person under section 166 of the Financial
Services and Markets Act 2000 to provide assurance on financial crime
governance arrangements in relation to two financial crime change programmes.
The Skilled Person's final report was received in January 2022.
Notes
6. Related party transactions
UK Government
The UK Government and bodies controlled or jointly controlled by the UK
Government and bodies over which it has significant influence are related
parties of NatWest Group. NatWest Group's other transactions with the UK
Government include the payment of taxes, principally UK corporation tax and
value added tax; national insurance contributions; local authority rates; and
regulatory fees and levies (including the bank levy and FSCS levies).
Bank of England facilities
In the ordinary course of business, NatWest Group may from time to time access
market-wide facilities provided by the Bank of England.
Other related parties
(a) In their roles as providers of finance, NatWest Group companies provide
development and other types of capital support to businesses. In some
instances, the investment may extend to ownership or control over 20% or more
of the voting rights of the investee company.
(b) NatWest Group recharges The NatWest Group Pension Fund with the cost of
administration services incurred by it. The amounts involved are not material
to NatWest Group.
Full details of NatWest Group's related party transactions for the year ended
31 December 2021 are included in the NatWest Group plc 2021 Annual Report and
Accounts.
7. Dividends
The company has announced that the directors have recommended a final dividend
of £844 million, or 7.5p per ordinary share (2020 - £364 million, or 3.0p)
subject to shareholder approval at the Annual General Meeting on 28 April
2022.
If approved, payment will be made on 4 May 2022 to shareholders on the
register at the close of business on 18 March 2022. The ex-dividend date will
be 17 March 2022.
8. Post balance sheet events
On 27 January 2022, NatWest Group announced that we will create a new
franchise, Commercial and Institutional, bringing together our Commercial,
NatWest Markets and RBS International businesses to form a single franchise,
with common objectives, to best support our customers across the full
non-personal customer lifecycle. Our reporting will follow this new structure
from Q1 2022.
Regulatory calls were announced as a result of the PRA determination that
certain instruments can no longer be included as part of Tier 1 capital on a
solo and/or consolidated basis after 31 December 2021:
- On 1 February 2022, NatWest Group plc gave notice of redemption to
holders of the USD Series U Non-Cumulative Dollar Preference Shares (ISIN
US39057AA62). The notional outstanding of $1,013 billion plus dividends for
the current period to, but excluding the redemption date of 31 March 2022 will
be paid to noteholders at par.
- On 1 February 2022, NatWest Group plc gave notice of redemption to
holders of the $1,200 billion 7.648% dollar Perpetual Regulatory Tier One
Security (ISIN US780097AH44). The notional outstanding of $67.5 million plus
interest for the current period will be paid to noteholders at a make whole
price calculated at least one business day prior to the redemption date of 3
March 2022.
On 11 February 2022, NatWest Group plc gave notice to noteholders of the
redemption of its €1.5 billion Fixed to Floating Rate notes due 8 March
2023. The notes will be redeemed on the optional redemption date of 8 March
2022. Payment of principal and accrued interest will be settled upon
redemption at par. The call is because the note will cease to be MREL eligible
from 8 March 2022.
Other than as disclosed in the accounts, there have been no other significant
events between 31 December 2021 and the date of approval of these accounts
which would require a change or additional disclosure.
Statement of directors' responsibilities
The responsibility statement below has been prepared in connection with
NatWest Group's full Annual Report and Accounts for the year ended 31 December
2021.
We, the directors listed below, confirm that to the best of our knowledge:
- The financial statements, prepared in accordance with UK adopted International
Accounting Standards, International Financial Reporting Standards as issued by
the International Accounting Standards Board and IFRS as adopted by the
European Union, give a true and fair view of the assets, liabilities,
financial position and profit or loss of the company and the undertakings
included in the consolidated taken as a whole; and
- The Strategic report and Directors' report (incorporating the Business review)
include a fair review of the development and performance of the business and
the position of the company and the undertakings included in the consolidation
taken as a whole, together with a description of the principal risks and
uncertainties that they face.
By order of the Board
Howard Davies Alison Rose-Slade Katie Murray
Chairman Group Chief Executive Officer Group Chief Financial Officer
17 February 2022
Board of directors
Chairman Executive directors Non-executive directors
Howard Davies Alison Rose-Slade Frank Dangeard
Katie Murray Patrick Flynn
Morten Friis
Robert Gillespie
Yasmin Jetha
Mike Rogers
Mark Seligman
Lena Wilson
Additional information
Presentation of information
'Parent company' refers to NatWest Group plc and 'NatWest Group' and 'we'
refers to NatWest Group plc and its subsidiary and associated undertakings.
The term 'NWH Group' refers to NatWest Holdings Limited ('NWH') and its
subsidiary and associated undertakings. The term 'NWM Group' refers to
NatWest Markets Plc ('NWM Plc') and its subsidiary and associated
undertakings. The term 'NWM N.V.' refers to NatWest Markets N.V. The term
'NWMSI' refers to NatWest Markets Securities, Inc. The term 'RBS plc' refers
to The Royal Bank of Scotland plc. The term 'NWB Plc' refers to National
Westminster Bank Plc. The term 'UBIDAC' refers to Ulster Bank Ireland DAC.
The term 'RBSI Holdings Limited' refers to The Royal Bank of Scotland
International (Holdings) Limited. 'Go-forward group' excludes Ulster Bank RoI
and discontinued operations.
NatWest Group publishes its financial statements in pounds sterling ('£' or
'sterling'). The abbreviations '£m' and '£bn' represent millions and
thousands of millions of pounds sterling, respectively, and references to
'pence' represent pence where the amounts are denominated in pounds sterling
('GBP'). Reference to 'dollars' or '$' are to United States of America ('US')
dollars. The abbreviations '$m' and '$bn' represent millions and thousands of
millions of dollars, respectively. The abbreviation '€' represents the
'euro', and the abbreviations '€m' and '€bn' represent millions and
thousands of millions of euros, respectively.
Statutory results
Financial information contained in this document does not constitute statutory
accounts within the meaning of section 434 of the Companies Act 2006 ('the
Act'). The statutory accounts for the year ended 31 December 2019 have been
filed with the Registrar of Companies and those for the year ended 31 December
2020 will be filed with the register of companies following the Annual General
Meeting. The report of the auditor on those statutory accounts was
unqualified, did not draw attention to any matters by way of emphasis and did
not contain a statement under section 498(2) or (3) of the Act.
Ulster Bank RoI
Continuing operations
Two legally binding agreements for the sale of the UBIDAC business were
announced in 2021 as part of the phased withdrawal from the Republic of
Ireland: The sale of commercial lending to Allied Irish Banks p.l.c. (AIB) and
the performing non-tracker mortgages, performing micro-SME loans, UBIDAC's
asset finance business and 25 of its branch locations to Permanent TSB plc.
(PTSB). The business activities relating to these sales that meet the
requirements of IFRS 5 are presented as a discontinued operation and as a
disposal group on 31 December 2021. The Business performance summary presents
the results of the Group's continuing operations. For further details refer to
Note 3 on page 34.
MAR - Inside Information
This announcement contains information that qualified or may have qualified as
inside information for NatWest Group plc, for the purposes of Article 7 of the
Market Abuse Regulation (EU) 596/2014 (MAR) as it forms part of domestic law
by virtue of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018. This announcement is
made by Alexander Holcroft, Head of Investor Relations for NatWest Group plc.
Contacts
Analyst enquiries: Alexander Holcroft, Investor Relations +44 (0) 20 7672 1758
Media enquiries: NatWest Group Press Office +44 (0) 131 523 4205
Management presentation Fixed income presentation
Date: Friday 18 February 2022 Date: Friday 18 February 2022
Time: 9:00 am UK time Time: 1:00 pm UK time
Zoom registration and dial in: www.natwestgroup.com/results
(http://www.natwestgroup.com/results)
Available on www.natwestgroup.com/results
(http://www.natwestgroup.com/results)
- Announcement and slides.
- 2021 Annual Report and Accounts.
- A financial supplement containing income statement, balance sheet and segment
performance for the nine quarters ended 31 December 2021.
- NatWest Group and NWH Group Pillar 3 Report.
- Climate-related Disclosures Report 2021.
- ESG Supplement 2021.
Forward looking statements
Cautionary statement regarding forward-looking statements
Certain sections in this document contain 'forward-looking statements' as that
term is defined in the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act
of 1995, such as statements that include the words 'expect', 'estimate',
'project', 'anticipate', 'commit', 'believe', 'should', 'intend', 'will',
'plan', 'could', 'probability', 'risk', 'Value-at-Risk (VaR)', 'target',
'goal', 'objective', 'may', 'endeavour', 'outlook', 'optimistic', 'prospects'
and similar expressions or variations on these expressions. In particular,
this document includes forward-looking targets and guidance relating to
financial performance measures, such as income growth, operating expense, cost
reductions, RoTE, ROE, discretionary capital distribution targets, impairment
loss rates, balance sheet reduction, including the reduction of RWAs, CET1
ratio (and key drivers of the CET1 ratio including timing, impact and
details), Pillar 2 and other regulatory buffer requirements and MREL and
non-financial performance measures, such as climate and ESG-related
performance ambitions, targets and metrics, including in relation to
initiatives to transition to a net zero economy, Climate and Sustainable
Funding and Financing (CSFF) and financed emissions. In addition, this
document includes forward-looking statements relating, but not limited to: the
COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on NatWest Group; planned cost reductions,
disposal losses and strategic costs; implementation of NatWest Group's
purpose-led strategy and other strategic priorities (including in relation to:
its phased withdrawal from ROI, the NWM Refocusing and investment programmes
relating to digital transformation of its operations and services and
inorganic opportunities); the timing and outcome of litigation and government
and regulatory investigations; direct and on-market buy-backs; funding plans
and credit risk profile; managing its capital position; liquidity ratio;
portfolios; net interest margin and drivers related thereto; lending and
income growth, product share and growth in target segments; impairments and
write-downs, including with respect to goodwill; restructuring and remediation
costs and charges; NatWest Group's exposure to political risk, economic
assumptions and risk, climate, environmental and sustainability risk,
operational risk, conduct risk, financial crime risk, cyber, data and IT risk
and credit rating risk and to various types of market risk, including interest
rate risk, foreign exchange rate risk and commodity and equity price risk;
customer experience, including our Net Promotor Score (NPS); employee
engagement and gender balance in leadership positions.
Limitations inherent to forward-looking statements
These statements are based on current plans, expectations, estimates, targets
and projections, and are subject to significant inherent risks, uncertainties
and other factors, both external and relating to NatWest Group's strategy or
operations, which may result in NatWest Group being unable to achieve the
current plans, expectations, estimates, targets, projections and other
anticipated outcomes expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements.
In addition, certain of these disclosures are dependent on choices relying on
key model characteristics and assumptions and are subject to various
limitations, including assumptions and estimates made by management. By their
nature, certain of these disclosures are only estimates and, as a result,
actual future results, gains or losses could differ materially from those that
have been estimated. Accordingly, undue reliance should not be placed on these
statements. The forward-looking statements contained in this document speak
only as of the date we make them and we expressly disclaim any obligation or
undertaking to update or revise any forward-looking statements contained
herein, whether to reflect any change in our expectations with regard thereto,
any change in events, conditions or circumstances on which any such statement
is based, or otherwise, except to the extent legally required.
Important factors that could affect the actual outcome of the forward-looking
statements
We caution you that a large number of important factors could adversely affect
our results or our ability to implement our strategy, cause us to fail to meet
our targets, predictions, expectations and other anticipated outcomes or
affect the accuracy of forward-looking statements described in this document.
These factors include, but are not limited to, those set forth in the risk
factors and the other uncertainties described in NatWest Group plc's Annual
Report on Form 20-F and its other filings with the US Securities and Exchange
Commission. The principal risks and uncertainties that could adversely NatWest
Group's future results, its financial condition and prospects and cause them
to be materially different from what is forecast or expected, include, but are
not limited to: economic and political risk (including in respect of: the
impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on NatWest Group and its customers; political
and economic risks and uncertainty in the UK and global markets; uncertainty
regarding the effects of Brexit; changes in interest rates and foreign
currency exchange rates; and HM Treasury's ownership of NatWest Group plc);
strategic risk (including in respect of the implementation of NatWest Group's
purpose-led Strategy; refocusing of its NWM franchise; and the effect of the
COVID-19 pandemic on NatWest Group's strategic objectives and targets);
financial resilience risk (including in respect of: NatWest Group's ability to
meet targets and to make discretionary capital distributions; the competitive
environment; impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the credit quality of NatWest
Group's counterparties; counterparty and borrower risk; prudential regulatory
requirements for capital and MREL; the adequacy of NatWest Group's resolution
plans; liquidity and funding risks; changes in the credit ratings; the
requirements of regulatory stress tests; goodwill impairment; model risk;
sensitivity to accounting policies, judgments, assumptions and estimates;
changes in applicable accounting standards; the value or effectiveness of
credit protection; and the application of UK statutory stabilisation or
resolution powers); climate and sustainability risk (including in respect of:
risks relating to climate change and the transitioning to a net zero economy;
the implementation of NatWest Group's climate change strategy and climate
change resilient systems, controls and procedures; climate-related data and
model risk; the failure to adapt to emerging climate, environmental and
sustainability risks and opportunities; changes in ESG ratings; increasing
levels of climate, environmental and sustainability related regulation and
oversight; and climate, environmental and sustainability-related litigation,
enforcement proceedings and investigations); operational and IT resilience
risk (including in respect of: operational risks (including reliance on third
party suppliers); cyberattacks; the accuracy and effective use of data;
complex IT systems (including those that enable remote working); attracting,
retaining and developing senior management and skilled personnel; NatWest
Group's risk management framework; and reputational risk); and legal,
regulatory and conduct risk (including in respect of: the impact of
substantial regulation and oversight; compliance with regulatory requirements;
the outcome of legal, regulatory and governmental actions and investigations;
the transition of LIBOR other IBOR rates to alternative risk-free rates; and
changes in tax legislation or failure to generate future taxable profits).
Climate and ESG disclosures
Climate and ESG disclosures in this report use a greater number and level of
judgments, assumptions and estimates, including with respect to the
classification of climate and sustainable funding and financing activities,
than our reporting of historical financial information. These judgments,
assumptions and estimates are highly likely to change over time, and, when
coupled with the longer time frames used in these disclosures, make any
assessment of materiality inherently uncertain. In addition, our climate risk
analysis and net zero strategy remain under development, and the data
underlying our analysis and strategy remain subject to evolution over time. As
a result, we expect that certain climate and ESG disclosures made in this
report are likely to be amended, updated, recalculated or restated in the
future. This forward-looking statement should be read together with the
'Climate-related and other forward-looking statements and metrics' of the
NatWest Group 2021 Climate-related Disclosures Report.
The information, statements and opinions contained in this document do not
constitute a public offer under any applicable legislation or an offer to sell
or a solicitation of an offer to buy any securities or financial instruments
or any advice or recommendation with respect to such securities or other
financial instruments.
Appendix
Non-IFRS financial measures
Non-IFRS financial measures
NatWest Group prepares its financial statements in accordance with generally
accepted accounting principles (GAAP). This document contains a number of
adjusted or alternative performance measures, also known as non-GAAP or
non-IFRS performance measures. These measures are adjusted for notable and
other defined items which management believe are not representative of the
underlying performance of the business and which distort period-on-period
comparison. The non-IFRS measures provide users of the financial statements
with a consistent basis for comparing business performance between financial
periods and information on elements of performance that are one-off in nature.
The non-IFRS measures also include the calculation of metrics that are used
throughout the banking industry. These non-IFRS measures are not measures
within the scope of IFRS and are not a substitute for IFRS measures.
Non-IFRS financial measures
1. Adjustment for notable items
Go-forward group income excluding notable items is calculated as total income
excluding Ulster Bank RoI total income and excluding notable items. UK and
RBSI retail and commercial businesses total income excluding notable items
comprises income in the Retail Banking, Commercial Banking, Private Banking
and RBS International operating segments excluding notable items.
The exclusion of notable items aims to remove the impact of one-offs which may
distort period-on-period comparisons.
Refer to pages 8 and 11 for further details.
Year ended Quarter ended
31 December 31 December 31 December 30 September 31 December
2021 2020 2021 2021 2020
Continuing operations
Total income (1) 10,512 10,508 2,622 2,708 2,462
Less Ulster Bank RoI total income (228) (222) (43) (79) (58)
Go-forward group income 10,284 10,286 2,579 2,629 2,404
Less notable items (210) 384 (62) (118) 81
Go-forward group income excluding notable items 10,074 10,670 2,517 2,511 2,485
Total income
Retail Banking 4,445 4,181 1,164 1,131 974
Private Banking 816 763 253 195 184
Commercial Banking 3,875 3,958 987 965 951
RBS International 548 497 156 136 126
UK and RBSI retail and commercial businesses income 9,684 9,399 2,560 2,427 2,235
Less notable items (2) (64) 87 (50) (4) 84
UK and RBSI retail and commercial businesses
income excluding notable items 9,620 9,486 2,510 2,423 2,319
(1) Comparative results have been re-presented from those previously
published to reclassify certain operations as discontinued operations as
described in Note 3 on page 34.
(2) For details of UK and RBSI retail and commercial businesses
notable items refer to page 11.
2. Adjustment for asset disposals/strategic risk reductions and own credit adjustments
NWM total income excluding asset disposals/strategic risk reductions and own
credit adjustments (OCA) is calculated as total income of the NWM business
less asset disposals/strategic risk reductions and OCA.
This aims to show underlying income generation in NWM excluding the impact of
disposal losses and OCA.
Refer to pages 11 and 16 for further details.
Year ended Quarter ended
31 December 31 December 31 December 30 September 31 December
2021 2020 2021 2021 2020
NWM total income 415 1,123 25 95 73
Less asset disposals/strategic risk reduction 64 83 12 12 8
Less OCA (6) 24 (3) (2) 43
NWM total income excluding asset disposals/ strategic
risk reductions and OCA 473 1,230 34 105 124
Non-IFRS financial measures
3. Operating expenses - management view
The management analysis of operating expenses shows strategic costs and
litigation and conduct costs in separate lines. Depreciation and amortisation,
and other administrative expenses attributable to these costs are included in
strategic costs and litigation and conduct costs lines for management
analysis. These amounts are included in staff, premises and equipment and
other administrative expenses in the statutory analysis.
Other expenses excludes strategic costs and litigation and conduct costs,
which are more volatile and may distort comparisons with prior periods.
Refer to pages 11 and 27 for further details.
Non-statutory analysis
Year ended
31 December 2021 31 December 2020 (1)
Litigation Statutory Litigation Statutory
Strategic and conduct Other operating Strategic and conduct Other operating
Operating expenses costs costs expenses expenses costs costs expenses expenses
Continuing operations
Staff costs 411 - 3,265 3,676 462 - 3,416 3,878
Premises and equipment 103 - 1,030 1,133 233 - 989 1,222
Other administrative expenses 133 466 1,427 2,026 197 113 1,535 1,845
Depreciation and amortisation 140 - 783 923 121 - 792 913
Total 787 466 6,505 7,758 1,013 113 6,732 7,858
Quarter ended
31 December 2021
Litigation Statutory
Strategic and conduct Other operating
Operating expenses costs costs expenses expenses
Continuing operations
Staff costs 122 - 793 915
Premises and equipment 73 - 295 368
Other administrative expenses 65 190 480 735
Depreciation and amortisation 118 - 192 310
Total 378 190 1,760 2,328
30 September 2021 (1)
Litigation Statutory
Strategic and conduct Other operating
Operating expenses costs costs expenses expenses
Continuing operations
Staff costs 74 - 807 881
Premises and equipment (2) - 265 263
Other administrative expenses 4 294 290 588
Depreciation and amortisation 1 - 198 199
Total 77 294 1,560 1,931
31 December 2020 (1)
Litigation Statutory
Strategic and conduct Other operating
Operating expenses costs costs expenses expenses
Continuing operations
Staff costs 147 - 828 975
Premises and equipment 63 - 257 320
Other administrative expenses 54 194 516 764
Depreciation and amortisation 62 - 208 270
Total 326 194 1,809 2,329
(1) Comparative results have been re-presented from those previously
published to reclassify certain operations as discontinued operations as
described in Note 3 on page 34.
Non-IFRS financial measures
4. Other expenses excluding operating lease depreciation (OLD) and Ulster Bank RoI direct costs
Our cost target for 2021 is based on this measure and we track progress
against this.
Refer to page 4 for further details.
Year ended Quarter ended
31 December 31 December 31 December 30 September 31 December
2021 2020 (1) 2021 2021 (1) 2020 (1)
Continuing operations
Total operating expenses 7,758 7,858 2,328 1,931 2,329
Less strategic costs (787) (1,013) (378) (77) (326)
Less litigation and conduct costs (466) (113) (190) (294) (194)
Other expenses 6,505 6,732 1,760 1,560 1,809
Less OLD (140) (145) (34) (36) (35)
Other expenses excluding OLD 6,365 6,587 1,726 1,524 1,774
Less Ulster Bank RoI direct costs (273) (239) (69) (64) (58)
Other expenses excluding OLD and Ulster
Bank RoI direct costs 6,092 6,348 1,657 1,460 1,716
(1) Comparative results have been re-presented from those previously
published to reclassify certain operations as discontinued operations as
described in Note 3 on page 34.
5. Cost:income ratio
The cost:income ratio is calculated as total operating expenses less OLD
divided by total income less OLD.
This is a common metric used to compare profitability across the banking
industry.
Refer to pages 8, 12 to 16 and 19 to 23 for further details.
Go-forward group
Total
Central excluding
Retail Private Commercial RBS NatWest items Ulster Ulster NatWest
Banking Banking Banking International Markets & other Bank RoI Bank RoI Group
Year ended 31 December 2021 £m £m £m £m £m £m £m £m £m
Continuing operations
Operating expenses (2,513) (520) (2,354) (242) (1,161) (486) (7,276) (482) (7,758)
Operating lease depreciation - - 140 - - - 140 - 140
Adjusted operating expenses (2,513) (520) (2,214) (242) (1,161) (486) (7,136) (482) (7,618)
Total income 4,445 816 3,875 548 415 185 10,284 228 10,512
Operating lease depreciation - - (140) - - - (140) - (140)
Adjusted total income 4,445 816 3,735 548 415 185 10,144 228 10,372
Cost:income ratio 56.5% 63.7% 59.3% 44.2% 279.8% nm 70.3% nm 73.4%
Year ended 31 December 2020 (1)
Continuing operations
Operating expenses (2,540) (455) (2,430) (291) (1,310) (391) (7,417) (441) (7,858)
Operating lease depreciation - - 145 - - - 145 - 145
Adjusted operating expenses (2,540) (455) (2,285) (291) (1,310) (391) (7,272) (441) (7,713)
Total income 4,181 763 3,958 497 1,123 (236) 10,286 222 10,508
Operating lease depreciation - - (145) - - - (145) - (145)
Adjusted total income 4,181 763 3,813 497 1,123 (236) 10,141 222 10,363
Cost:income ratio 60.8% 59.6% 59.9% 58.6% 116.7% nm 71.7% nm 74.4%
Non-IFRS financial measures
5. Cost:income ratio continued
Go-forward group
Total
Central excluding
Retail Private Commercial RBS NatWest items Ulster Ulster NatWest
Banking Banking Banking International Markets & other Bank RoI Bank RoI Group
Quarter ended 31 December 2021 £m £m £m £m £m £m £m £m £m
Continuing operations
Operating expenses (774) (155) (646) (70) (343) (209) (2,197) (131) (2,328)
Operating lease depreciation - - 34 - - - 34 - 34
Adjusted operating expenses (774) (155) (612) (70) (343) (209) (2,163) (131) (2,294)
Total income 1,164 253 987 156 25 (6) 2,579 43 2,622
Operating lease depreciation - - (34) - - - (34) - (34)
Adjusted total income 1,164 253 953 156 25 (6) 2,545 43 2,588
Cost:income ratio 66.5% 61.3% 64.2% 44.9% nm nm 85.0% nm 88.6%
Quarter ended 30 September 2021 (1)
Continuing operations
Operating expenses (552) (116) (556) (60) (258) (277) (1,819) (112) (1,931)
Operating lease depreciation - - 36 - - - 36 - 36
Adjusted operating expenses (552) (116) (520) (60) (258) (277) (1,783) (112) (1,895)
Total income 1,131 195 965 136 95 107 2,629 79 2,708
Operating lease depreciation - - (36) - - - (36) - (36)
Adjusted total income 1,131 195 929 136 95 107 2,593 79 2,672
Cost:income ratio 48.8% 59.5% 56.0% 44.1% 271.6% nm 68.8% nm 70.9%
Quarter ended 31 December 2020 (1)
Continuing operations
Operating expenses (818) (91) (656) (112) (301) (248) (2,226) (103) (2,329)
Operating lease depreciation - - 35 - - - 35 - 35
Adjusted operating expenses (818) (91) (621) (112) (301) (248) (2,191) (103) (2,294)
Total income 974 184 951 126 73 96 2,404 58 2,462
Operating lease depreciation - - (35) - - - (35) - (35)
Adjusted total income 974 184 916 126 73 96 2,369 58 2,427
Cost:income ratio 84.0% 49.5% 67.8% 88.9% nm nm 92.5% nm 94.5%
(1) Comparative results have been re-presented from those previously
published to reclassify certain operations as discontinued operations as
described in Note 3 on page 34.
6. NatWest Group return on tangible equity
Return on tangible equity comprises annualised profit or loss for the period
attributable to ordinary shareholders divided by average tangible equity.
Average tangible equity is average total equity excluding non-controlling
interests (NCI) less average intangible assets and average other owners'
equity.
Go-forward group return on tangible equity is calculated as annualised profit
or loss for the period less Ulster Bank RoI loss from continuing operations
and less profit from discontinued operations divided by go-forward group total
tangible equity.
This measure shows the return NatWest Group generates on tangible equity
deployed. It is used to determine relative performance of banks and used
widely across the sector.
Refer to pages 2, 8 and 19 to 23 for further details.
Year ended or as at Quarter ended or as at
31 December 31 December 31 December 30 September 31 December
NatWest Group return on tangible equity 2021 2020 2021 2021 2020
Profit/(loss) attributable to ordinary shareholders (£m) 2,950 (753) 434 674 (109)
Annualised profit/(loss) attributable to ordinary shareholders (£m) 1,736 2,696 (436)
Average total equity (£m) 42,727 43,774 41,887 42,507 43,648
Adjustment for other owners equity and intangibles (£m) (11,395) (11,872) (10,719) (10,881) (11,895)
Adjusted total tangible equity (£m) 31,332 31,902 31,168 31,626 31,753
Return on tangible equity (%) 9.4% (2.4%) 5.6% 8.5% (1.4%)
Go-forward group return on tangible equity
Profit/(loss) attributable to ordinary shareholders (£m) 2,950 (753) 434 674 (109)
Less Ulster Bank RoI loss from continuing operations (£m) 255 495 73 26 171
Less profit from discontinued operations (£m) (276) (121) (97) (64) (61)
Go-forward group profit/(loss) attributable to ordinary shareholders (£m) 2,929 (379) 410 636 1
Annualised go-forward group profit/(loss) attributable
to ordinary shareholders (£m) 1,640 2,544 4
Average total equity (£m) 42,727 43,774 41,887 42,507 43,648
Adjustment for other owners equity and intangibles (£m) (11,395) (11,872) (10,719) (10,881) (11,895)
Adjusted total tangible equity (£m) 31,332 31,902 31,168 31,626 31,753
Go-forward group RWAe applying factor (%) 93% 93% 93% 93% 93%
Go-forward group total tangible equity (£m) 29,139 29,669 28,986 29,412 29,530
Return on tangible equity (%) 10.0% (1.3%) 5.6% 8.6% nm
7. Segmental return on equity
Segmental return on equity comprises segmental operating profit or loss,
adjusted for preference share dividends and tax, divided by average notional
tangible equity, allocated at an operating segment specific rate of the period
average segmental risk- weighted assets, incorporating the effect of capital
deductions (RWAes).
This measure shows the return generated by operating segments on equity
deployed.
Refer to pages 12 to 16 and 19 to 23 for further details.
Retail Private Commercial RBS NatWest
Year ended 31 December 2021 Banking Banking Banking International Markets
Operating profit/(loss) (£m) 1,968 350 2,594 358 (711)
Preference share cost allocation (£m) (79) (21) (154) (20) (63)
Adjustment for tax (£m) (529) (92) (683) (59) 217
Adjusted attributable profit/(loss) (£m) 1,360 237 1,757 279 (557)
Average RWAe (£bn) 36.0 11.2 69.5 7.8 28.4
Equity factor 14.5% 12.5% 11.5% 16.0% 15.0%
RWAe applying equity factor (£bn) 5.2 1.4 8.0 1.2 4.3
Return on equity 26.1% 17.0% 22.0% 22.5% (13.1%)
Year ended 31 December 2020 (1)
Operating profit/(loss) (£m) 849 208 (399) 99 (227)
Preference share cost allocation (£m) (88) (22) (153) (20) (68)
Adjustment for tax (£m) (213) (52) 155 (11) 83
Adjusted attributable profit/(loss) (£m) 548 134 (397) 68 (212)
Average RWAe (£bn) 37.2 10.4 76.4 7.0 37.3
Equity factor 14.5% 12.5% 11.5% 16.0% 15.0%
RWAe applying equity factor (£bn) 5.4 1.3 8.8 1.1 5.6
Return on equity 10.2% 10.3% (4.5%) 6.1% (3.8%)
Non-IFRS financial measures
7. Segmental return on equity continued
Retail Private Commercial RBS NatWest
Quarter ended 31 December 2021 Banking Banking Banking International Markets
Operating profit/(loss) (£m) 385 110 630 98 (302)
Preference share cost allocation (£m) (20) (5) (38) (5) (16)
Adjustment for tax (£m) (102) (29) (166) (16) 89
Adjusted attributable profit/(loss) (£m) 263 76 426 77 (229)
Annualised adjusted attributable profit/(loss) (£m) 1,052 304 1,704 308 (916)
Average RWAe (£bn) 36.9 11.3 66.3 8.0 27.2
Equity factor 14.5% 12.5% 11.5% 16.0% 15.0%
RWAe applying equity factor (£bn) 5.3 1.4 7.6 1.3 4.1
Return on equity 19.7% 21.3% 22.4% 24.0% (22.5%)
Quarter ended 30 September 2021
Operating profit/(loss) (£m) 563 94 625 87 (160)
Preference share cost allocation (£m) (20) (5) (38) (5) (16)
Adjustment for tax (£m) (152) (25) (164) (14) 49
Adjusted attributable profit/(loss) (£m) 391 64 423 68 (127)
Annualised adjusted attributable profit/(loss) (£m) 1,564 256 1,692 272 (508)
Average RWAe (£bn) 36.1 11.3 67.6 7.8 27.9
Equity factor 14.5% 12.5% 11.5% 16.0% 15.0%
RWAe applying equity factor (£bn) 5.2 1.4 7.8 1.3 4.2
Return on equity 29.9% 18.1% 21.7% 21.6% (12.1%)
Quarter ended 31 December 2020
Operating profit/(loss) (£m) 91 67 285 (13) (230)
Preference share cost allocation (£m) (22) (5) (38) (5) (17)
Adjustment for tax (£m) (19) (17) (69) 3 69
Adjusted attributable profit/(loss) (£m) 50 45 178 (15) (178)
Annualised adjusted attributable profit/(loss) (£m) 200 180 712 (60) (712)
Average RWAe (£bn) 36.1 10.7 75.9 7.1 31.5
Equity factor 14.5% 12.5% 11.5% 16.0% 15.0%
RWAe applying equity factor (£bn) 5.2 1.3 8.7 1.1 4.7
Return on equity 3.8% 13.3% 8.1% (5.5%) (15.0%)
8. Tangible equity
Tangible equity is ordinary shareholders' interest less intangible assets.
TNAV per ordinary share is calculated as tangible equity divided by the number
of ordinary shares in issue.
This is a measure used by external analysts in valuing the bank and the
starting point for calculating regulatory capital.
Refer to pages 9, 10 and 24 for further details.
Year ended or as at
31 December 31 December
2021 2020
Ordinary shareholders' interests (£m) 37,412 38,367
Less intangible assets (£m) (6,723) (6,655)
Tangible equity (£m) 30,689 31,712
Ordinary shares in issue (millions) 11,272 12,129
TNAV per ordinary share (pence) 272p 261p
9. Net interest margin
Bank net interest margin is defined as net interest income of the banking
business of the Go-forward group less NatWest Markets (NWM) element
and excluding liquid asset buffer, as a percentage of bank average
interest-earning assets. Bank average interest earning assets are the average
interest earning assets of the banking business of the Go-forward group less
NWM element and excluding liquid asset buffer.
The exclusion of the NWM element aims to eliminate the impact of distorting
volatility in NWM.
The term Go-forward group excludes Ulster Bank RoI and discontinued
operations. The exclusion of the discontinued element from the average
interest earning assets aims to align the basis of calculation with prior
periods.
Liquid asset buffer consists of assets held by NatWest Group, such as cash and
balances at central banks and debt securities in issue, that can be used to
ensure repayment of financial obligations as they fall due.
The exclusion of liquid asset buffer has been introduced as a way to present
net interest margin on a basis more comparable with UK peers and exclude the
impact of regulatory driven factors.
Refer to pages 2, 8 and 10 for further details.
Year ended or as at Quarter ended or as at
31 December 31 December 31 December 30 September 31 December
2021 2020 2021 2021 2020
£m £m £m £m £m
Continuing operations
NatWest Group net interest income (1) 7,614 7,476 1,942 1,889 1,901
Less NWM net interest income (9) 57 (13) 1 2
Less Ulster Bank RoI net interest income (100) (122) (23) (23) (31)
Bank net interest income 7,505 7,411 1,906 1,867 1,872
Annualised NatWest Group net interest income 7,705 7,494 7,563
Annualised Bank net interest income 7,562 7,407 7,447
Average interest earning assets (IEA) 524,886 483,719 551,577 527,886 499,793
Less NWM average IEA (32,730) (37,929) (33,718) (32,497) (36,515)
Less Ulster Bank RoI average IEA (15,854) (16,600) (15,018) (15,701) (17,040)
Less liquid asset buffer average IEA (1) (162,195) (127,945) (184,730) (164,897) (140,491)
Bank average IEA 314,107 301,245 318,111 314,791 305,747
Bank net interest margin 2.39% 2.46% 2.38% 2.35% 2.44%
(1) Comparative results have been re-presented from those previously
published to reclassify certain operations as discontinued operations as
described in Note 3 on page 34.
Non-IFRS financial measures
10. Net lending
NatWest Group net lending is calculated as total loans to customers less loan
impairment provisions.
Go-forward group net lending is calculated as net loans to customers less
Ulster Bank RoI net loans to customers.
UK and RBSI retail and commercial businesses net lending excluding UK
Government support schemes comprises customer loans in the Retail Banking,
Commercial Banking, Private Banking and RBS International operating segments,
excluding UK Government support schemes.
This is the basis of our lending target for our key retail and commercial
businesses.
Refer to pages 2 ,5, 9 and 10 for further details.
As at
31 December 31 December
2021 2020
£bn £bn
Total loans to customers (amortised cost) 362.8 366.5
Less loan impairment provisions (3.8) (6.0)
Net loans to customers (amortised cost) 359.0 360.5
Less Ulster Bank RoI net loans to customers (amortised cost) (6.7) (18.0)
Go-forward group net lending 352.3 342.5
Net loans to customers (amortised cost)
Retail Banking 182.2 172.3
Private Banking 18.4 17.0
Commercial Banking 101.2 108.2
RBS International 15.5 13.3
UK and RBSI retail and commercial businesses net loans to customers (amortised 317.3 310.8
cost)
Less UK Government support schemes (11.6) (12.9)
Total UK and RBSI retail and commercial businesses
net lending excluding UK Government support schemes 305.7 297.9
11. Customer deposits
Go-forward group customer deposits is calculated as total customer deposits
less Ulster Bank RoI customer deposits.
UK and RBSI retail and commercial businesses customer deposits comprises
customer deposits in the Retail Banking, Commercial Banking, Private Banking
and RBS International operating segments.
This metric is used to show underlying deposit movements across our key retail
and commercial businesses.
Refer to pages 2, 9 and 10 for further details.
As at
31 December 31 December
2021 2020
£bn £bn
Total customer deposits 479.8 431.7
Less Ulster Bank RoI customer deposits (18.4) (19.6)
Go-forward group customer deposits 461.4 412.1
Retail Banking 188.9 171.8
Private Banking 39.3 32.4
Commercial Banking 177.7 167.7
RBS International 37.5 31.3
Total UK and RBSI retail and commercial businesses customer deposits 443.4 403.2
12. Total operating profit before tax including discontinued operations
Given the current progress of the phased withdrawal from the Republic of
Ireland, UB RoI results are currently presented in both continuing and
discontinued operations. Including operating profit before tax from
discontinued operations provides a complete view of the NatWest Group
operating profit in 2021.
Refer to page 4 for further details.
Year ended Quarter ended
31 December 31 December 31 December 30 September 31 December
2021 2020 2021 2021 2020
Operating profit/(loss) before tax 4,032 (481) 635 1,010 (6)
Operating profit before tax from discontinued operations 279 130 97 64 70
Total operating profit including discontinued operations 4,311 (351) 732 1,074 64
Performance metrics not defined under IFRS
Metrics based on GAAP measures, included as not defined under IFRS and
reported for compliance with ESMA adjusted performance measure rules.
1. Loan:deposit ratio
Loan:deposit ratio is calculated as net customer loans held at amortised cost
divided by total customer deposits.
This is a common metric used among peers to assess liquidity.
Refer to page 9 for further details.
As at
31 December 31 December
2021 2020
£m £m
Loans to customers - amortised cost 358,990 360,544
Customer deposits 479,810 431,739
Loan:deposit ratio (%) 75% 84%
2. Loan impairment rate
Loan impairment rate is the annualised loan impairment charge divided by gross
customer loans.
Refer to pages 8, 12 to 15 and 19 to 23 for further details.
3. Funded assets
Funded assets is calculated as total assets less derivative assets.
This measure allows review of balance sheet trends exclusive of the volatility
associated with derivative fair values.
Refer to pages 9, 16 and 19 to 23 for further details.
4. AUMAs
AUMA comprises both assets under management (AUMs) and assets under
administration (AUAs) serviced through the Private Banking franchise. AUMs
comprise assets where the investment management is undertaken by Private
Banking on behalf of Private Banking, Retail Banking and RBSI customers. AUAs
comprise third party assets held on an execution-only basis in custody by
Private Banking, Retail Banking and RBSI for their customers accordingly, for
which the execution services are supported by Private Banking. Private Banking
receives a fee for providing investment management and execution services to
Retail Banking and RBSI franchises.
Private Banking is the Centre of Expertise for asset management across
NatWest Group servicing all client segments across Retail, Premier and Private
Banking.
Refer to pages 9 and 13 for further details.
5. Depositary assets
Assets held by RBSI as an independent trustee and in a depositary service
capacity.
Depositary assets are a closely monitored KPI for the RBS International
business and its inclusion in commentary highlights the services that RBS
International provides.
Refer to page 15 for further details.
6. Wholesale funding
Wholesale funding comprises deposits by banks, debt securities in issue and
subordinated liabilities.
This is a closely monitored metric used across the banking industry to ensure
capital requirements are being met.
Refer to pages 9 and 10 for further details.
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