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REG - Royal Bk Scot.Grp. - Half-year Report <Origin Href="QuoteRef">RBS.L</Origin> - Part 12

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      6.9         82       5.7          103         217          
 Property and construction                                                                                                                                    37,641     1,406           457         3.7         33       1.2          1           83           
 Other                                                                                                                                                        112,265    2,386           978         2.1         41       0.9          68          366          
 Latent                                                                                                                                                       -          -               328         -           -        -            11          -            
 Total                                                                                                                                                        307,704    5,691           2,690       1.8         47       0.9          160         677          
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
 Europe                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         
 Personal  - mortgages                                                                                                                                        15,617     3,175           874         20.3        28       5.6          7           6            
 - unsecured                                                                                                                                                  394        47              43          11.9        91       10.9         2           6            
 Property and construction                                                                                                                                    1,178      73              67          6.2         92       5.7          (3)         16           
 Other                                                                                                                                                        4,083      247             140         6.0         57       3.4          (10)        20           
 Latent                                                                                                                                                       -          -               73          -           -        -            (12)        -            
 Total                                                                                                                                                        21,272     3,542           1,197       16.7        34       5.6          (16)        48           
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
 Total banks                                                                                                                                                  20,697     -               -           -           -        -            -           -            
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
 Note:                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          
 (1)        Mortgages are reported in sectors other than personal mortgages by certain businesses based on the nature of the relationship with the customer.             
 
 
Appendix 1 Capital and risk management 
 
Credit risk: Balance sheet analysis (continued) 
 
Loans, provisions and related credit metrics: sector analysis (continued) 
 
                                                                                                                                     
                                                                    Credit metrics                          
                                                                    REIL                        Provisions                           
                                                                    as a % of       Provisions  as a % of   Impairment               
                                       Gross                        gross           as a %      gross       losses/     Amounts      
                                       loans    REIL    Provisions  loans           of REIL     loans       (releases)  written-off  
 31 December 2016                      £m       £m      £m          %               %           %           £m          £m           
 Central and local government          6,091    1       1           -               100         -           1           2            
 Finance                               33,083   61      51          0.2             84          0.2         (2)         17           
 Personal - mortgages (1)              153,319  4,091   1,019       2.7             25          0.7         222         290          
 - unsecured                           14,492   1,113   900         7.7             81          6.2         138         396          
 Property                              34,756   1,370   489         3.9             36          1.4         (162)       1,485        
 Construction                          4,247    264     137         6.2             52          3.2         8           153          
 of which: commercial real estate      26,265   1,407   511         5.4             36          1.9         (184)       1,483        
 Manufacturing                         9,609    173     90          1.8             52          0.9         13          90           
 Finance leases and instalment credit  12,269   139     79          1.1             57          0.6         8           12           
 Retail, wholesale and repairs         12,823   283     182         2.2             64          1.4         39          169          
 Transport and storage                 6,428    1,388   422         21.6            30          6.6         419         301          
 Health, education and leisure         11,526   381     129         3.3             34          1.1         8           75           
 Hotels and restaurants                6,079    211     107         3.5             51          1.8         13          116          
 Utilities                             3,938    95      50          2.4             53          1.3         (20)        2            
 Other                                 18,818   740     399         3.9             54          2.1         68          587          
 Latent                                -        -       400         -               -           -           (216)       -            
 Total customers                       327,478  10,310  4,455       3.1             43          1.4         537         3,695        
                                                                                                                                     
 Of which:                                                                                                                           
 UK                                                                                                                                  
 Personal  - mortgages                 137,427  943     143         0.7             15          0.1         (4)         3            
 - unsecured                           14,198   1,060   853         7.5             80          6.0         132         362          
 Property and construction             37,942   1,543   537         4.1             35          1.4         (98)        676          
 Other                                 115,833  3,133   1,299       2.7             41          1.1         666         629          
 Latent                                -        -       318         -               -           -           (12)        -            
 Total                                 305,400  6,679   3,150       2.2             47          1.0         684         1,670        
                                                                                                                                     
 Europe                                                                                                                              
 Personal  - mortgages                 15,548   3,144   872         20.2            28          5.6         226         287          
 - unsecured                           265      52      46          19.6            88          17.4        5           11           
 Property and construction             1,055    85      84          8.1             99          8.0         (56)        933          
 Other                                 3,920    279     165         7.1             59          4.2         (156)       665          
 Latent                                -        -       83          -               -           -           (204)       -            
 Total                                 20,788   3,560   1,250       17.1            35          6.0         (185)       1,896        
                                                                                                                                     
 Total banks                           17,291   -       -           -               -           -           -           -            
 
 
Note: 
 
(1)                   Mortgages are reported in sectors other than personal mortgages by certain businesses based on the
nature of the relationship with the customer. 
 
Appendix 1 Capital and risk management 
 
Credit risk: Balance sheet analysis (continued) 
 
Debt securities and AFS reserves 
 
The table below shows debt securities by issuer and IAS 39 measurement classifications. The Other Financial Institutions
category includes US government sponsored agencies and securitisation entities, the latter principally relating to
asset-backed securities (ABS). Ratings are based on the lowest of Standard & Poor's, Moody's and Fitch. 
 
                              Central and local government  Banks     Other         Corporate  Total                    
 Financial                                                  Of which  
 UK                           US                            Other     Institutions             ABS     
 30 June 2017                 £m                            £m        £m            £m         £m      £m     £m          £m     
                                                                                                                                 
 Held-for-trading (HFT)       3,629                         5,924     19,849        1,897      2,926   641    34,866      887    
 Designated as at fair value  -                             -         -             -          -       -      -           -      
 Available-for-sale (AFS)     15,449                        8,286     12,795        2,201      4,018   108    42,857      2,019  
 Loans and receivables        -                             19        -             1,118      2,615   146    3,898       3,733  
 Held-to-maturity (HTM)       4,548                         -         -             -          -       -      4,548       -      
                                                                                                                                 
 Total                        23,626                        14,229    32,644        5,216      9,559   895    86,169      6,639  
                                                                                                                                 
 Short positions (HFT)        (4,542)                       (3,443)   (20,268)      (456)      (971)   (180)  (29,860)    -      
                                                                                                                                 
 Ratings                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                 
 AAA                          -                             -         10,130        2,386      6,352   15     18,883      4,003  
 AA to AA+                    23,626                        14,229    5,153         593        673     60     44,334      279    
 A to AA-                     -                             -         11,387        266        1,544   236    13,433      808    
 BBB- to A-                   -                             -         5,466         1,437      437     218    7,558       1,187  
 Non-investment grade         -                             -         508           149        300     108    1,065       233    
 Unrated                      -                             -         -             385        253     258    896         129    
                                                                                                                                 
 Available-for-sale                                                                                                              
 AFS reserves (gross of tax)  123                           12        122           4          123     (1)    383         5      
 Gross unrealised gains       682                           99        359           8          34      1      1,183       11     
 Gross unrealised losses      (42)                          (42)      (24)          (3)        (9)     (2)    (122)       (1)    
                                                                                                                                 
 31 December 2016                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                 
 Held-for-trading             2,615                         4,133     14,087        821        2,299   549    24,504      886    
 Designated as at fair value  -                             -         25            -          2       -      27          -      
 Available-for-sale           10,581                        6,953     15,678        1,852      4,072   118    39,254      2,263  
 Loans and receivables        -                             -         -             -          3,774   194    3,968       3,814  
 Held-to-maturity             4,769                         -         -             -          -       -      4,769       -      
                                                                                                                                 
 Total                        17,965                        11,086    29,790        2,673      10,147  861    72,522      6,963  
                                                                                                                                 
 Short positions (HFT)        (2,644)                       (4,989)   (13,346)      (334)      (640)   (121)  (22,074)    -      
                                                                                                                                 
 Ratings                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                 
 AAA                          -                             -         11,478        1,610      6,024   36     19,148      3,993  
 AA to AA+                    17,965                        11,086    5,533         481        720     34     35,819      244    
 A to AA-                     -                             -         9,727         238        2,128   150    12,243      1,627  
 BBB- to A-                   -                             -         2,737         155        698     378    3,968       645    
 Non-investment grade         -                             -         315           69         458     31     873         381    
 Unrated                      -                             -         -             120        119     232    471         73     
                                                                                                                                 
 Available-for-sale                                                                                                              
 AFS reserves (gross of tax)  79                            (66)      190           5          144     (6)    346         46     
 Gross unrealised gains       768                           56        504           8          93      2      1,431       75     
 Gross unrealised losses      (16)                          (123)     (13)          (1)        (43)    (2)    (198)       (32)   
 
 
 ·  Held-for-trading: Assets and short positions increased largely due to trading activity in NatWest Markets, including trading in Japanese government and eurozone bonds. Higher UK gilt balances reflected market-making activity and client flow trading.                                              
 ·  Available-for-sale: The increase in UK government securities reflected liquidity portfolio management, as gilts offered higher capital adjusted returns relative to central bank cash balances. Reductions in other government securities, principally euro, reflected lower collateral requirements.  
 
 
Appendix 1 Capital and risk management 
 
Credit risk: Balance sheet analysis (continued) 
 
Derivatives and valuation reserves 
 
The table below shows derivatives by type of contract. The master netting agreements and collateral shown below do not
result in a net presentation on the balance sheet under IFRS. 
 
                                                                                                                     
                                      30 June 2017             31 December 2016  
                                      Notional      Assets     Liabilities         Notional  Assets     Liabilities  
                                      £bn           £m         £m                  £bn       £m         £m           
                                                                                                                     
 Interest rate (5)                    17,383        139,219    126,605             17,973    170,524    158,485      
 Exchange rate                        4,146         53,586     56,938              4,451     75,442     77,148       
 Credit                               30            475        425                 42        682        557          
 Equity and commodity                 9             251        193                 25        333        285          
                                                                                                                     
 Balance sheet                        21,568        193,531    184,161             22,491    246,981    236,475      
 Counterparty mark-to-market netting                (153,703)  (153,703)                     (197,288)  (197,288)    
 Cash collateral                                    (23,249)   (20,484)                      (28,742)   (20,417)     
 Securities collateral                              (6,522)    (4,312)                       (8,435)    (11,048)     
                                                                                                                     
 Net exposure                                       10,057     5,662                         12,516     7,722        
                                                                                                                     
 Banks (1)                                          712        831                           1,260      1,339        
 Other financial institutions (2)                   2,924      2,185                         3,090      2,897        
 Corporate (3)                                      5,631      2,533                         7,348      3,393        
 Government (4)                                     790        113                           818        93           
                                                                                                                     
 Net exposure                                       10,057     5,662                         12,516     7,722        
                                                                                                                     
 UK                                                 5,827      2,309                         7,065      3,009        
 Europe                                             2,620      2,412                         3,466      3,215        
 US                                                 853        535                           930        673          
 RoW                                                757        406                           1,055      825          
                                                                                                                     
 Net exposure                                       10,057     5,662                         12,516     7,722        
 
 
 Valuation reserves                   £m       £m       
                                                        
 Funding valuation adjustments (FVA)  736      936      
 Credit valuation adjustments (CVA)   454      618      
 Bid-offer reserves                   327      334      
 Product and deal specific            554      643      
                                                        
 Valuation reserves                   2,071    2,531    
 
 
Notes: 
 
 (1)  Transactions with certain counterparties with whom RBS has netting arrangements but collateral is not posted on a daily basis: certain transactions with specific terms that may not fall within netting and collateral arrangements; derivative positions in certain jurisdictions, for example China, where the collateral arrangements are not deemed to be legally enforceable.                      
 (2)  Transactions with securitisation vehicles and funds where collateral posting is contingent on RBS's external rating.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     
 (3)  Predominantly large corporate with whom RBS may have netting arrangements in place, but operational capability does not support collateral posting.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
 (4)  Sovereigns and supranational entities with one way collateral arrangements in their favour.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
 (5)  The notional amount of interest rate derivatives include £11,045 billion (31 December 2016 - £9,724 billion) in respect of contracts cleared through central clearing counterparties. The associated derivatives assets and liabilities including variation margin reflected IFRS offset of £29 billion (31 December 2016 - £51 billion) and £29 billion (31 December 2016 - £51 billion) respectively.  
 (6)  Valuation reserves reflect adjustments to mid-market valuations to cover bid-offer spread, liquidity and credit risk.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
 
 
 ·  The decrease in foreign exchange derivative fair values reflected the US dollar weakening against the yen, the euro and sterling during the period. The interest rate derivative decrease in fair values reflected the upward movement in euro and sterling yields.               
 ·  Foreign exchange notional reductions were driven by maturities, buyouts and foreign exchange retranslation. Interest rate notionals also declined as participation in tear-up cycles and Capital Resolution wind-downs more than offset new trading activity in NatWest Markets.  
 ·  Overall exposure was an asset position broadly flat from the prior year.                                                                                                                                                                                                          
 ·  FVA reduced during H1 2017. This reflected a reduction in exposure due to market moves together with an increase in funding costs included in the discount rate applied to derivative cash flows.                                                                                 
 ·  The reduction in CVA resulted from a reduction in exposure due to market moves, together with tightening credit spreads and trade close-outs.                                                                                                                                     
 ·  Product and deal-specific reserves decreased primarily due to trade close-outs and novations.                                                                                                                                                                                     
 
 
Appendix 1 Capital and risk management 
 
Market risk 
 
Market risk is the risk of losses arising from fluctuations in interest rates, credit spreads, foreign currency rates,
equity prices, commodity prices and other factors, such as market volatilities, that may lead to a reduction in earnings,
economic value or both. 
 
Key developments (Not within the scope of EY's review report) 
 
 ●  During H1 2017, revised non-traded and traded market risk appetite metrics were approved by the Board and cascaded to the franchises.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          
 ●  Political events during the half-year, notably elections in the UK, France and the Netherlands, resulted in periods of market volatility. UK and European interest rates remained at historically low levels, although the US Federal Reserve began raising interest rates. Both non-traded and traded market risk remained within set appetite throughout H1 2017.                   
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          
 ●  Non-traded market risk VaR peaked at £83.1 million, mainly driven by an increase in the proportion of bonds held within Treasury's liquidity portfolio, which was aimed at investing surplus cash, rather than meeting increased liquidity requirements. The appreciation of foreign currency bonds within this portfolio, primarily US and German sovereign debt, also contributed.  
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          
 ●  Traded VaR increased on an average basis compared to both H1 2016 and H2 2016. In H1 2016, traded VaR was at a reduced level as a result of concerns over the stability of the financial sector. The traded VaR level normalised in H2 2016, followed by a marginal increase in H1 2017.                                                                                              
 
 
Non-trading portfolios 
 
Value-at-risk 
 
The following table presents 1-day internal banking book VaR at a 99% confidence level, analysed by type of risk. 
 
                      Half year ended  
                      30 June 2017           30 June 2016          31 December 2016  
                                                           Period                                         Period                         Period  
                      Average          Max   Min           end                       Average  Max   Min   end       Average  Max   Min   end     
                      £m               £m    £m            £m                        £m       £m    £m    £m        £m       £m    £m    £m      
 Interest rate        8.6              12.6  6.3           7.6                       7.5      10.1  6.1   6.2       11.8     19.3  4.7   18.0    
 Euro                 3.2              4.1   2.3           2.3                       3.0      3.5   2.1   3.1       3.1      3.8   2.1   3.8     
 Sterling             7.7              13.8  5.0           5.1                       7.0      10.9  4.8   4.8       13.4     23.7  5.0   20.6    
 US dollar            3.1              4.9   2.1           4.9                       2.9      4.7   1.6   1.6       2.9      4.3   1.7   2.1     
 Other                1.1              1.1   1.0           1.0                       2.1      2.4   1.8   1.8       1.4      1.8   1.1   1.1     
 Credit spread        70.0             82.4  62.0          62.0                      50.9     57.8  41.6  57.8      63.5     66.6  61.3  62.9    
 Structural FX rate   10.3             11.4  9.3           11.4                      11.8     15.5  10.7  15.5      15.1     19.6  10.5  10.5    
 Pipeline risk        0.8              1.1   0.6           0.9                       0.8      1.2   0.2   0.8       0.4      0.5   0.3   0.5     
 Diversification (1)  (18.8)                               (27.0)                    (20.6)               (20.6)    (27.0)               (20.2)  
 Total                70.9             83.1  54.9          54.9                      50.4     59.7  41.5  59.7      63.8     71.7  60.0  71.7    
                                                                                                                                   
 
 
Note: 
 
 (1)  RBS benefits from diversification as it reduces risk by allocating positions across various financial instrument types, currencies and markets. The extent of the diversification benefit depends on the correlation between the assets and risk factors in the portfolio at a particular time. The diversification factor is the sum of the VaR on individual risk types less the total portfolio VaR.  
 
 
 ●  On an average basis, total non-traded VaR increased during H1 2017 compared to both H1 2016 and H2 2016 due to the increase in the proportion of bonds held within Treasury's liquidity portfolio, as explained above.  
 ●  On a period-end basis, total non-traded VaR decreased, driven by credit spread VaR, which fell due to a change in the source of the market data used for the VaR model.                                                 
 
 
Appendix 1 Capital and risk management 
 
Market risk: Non-trading portfolios (continued) 
 
Sensitivity of projected net interest earnings (Not within the scope of EY's review report) 
 
The following table shows the sensitivity of net interest earnings, over the next 12 months, to an immediate upward or
downward change of 25 and 100 basis points to all interest rates. All yield curves are expected to move in parallel, except
for interest rates that are assumed to floor at zero per cent or, for euro rates, at the current negative rate. The result
of the scenario is compared to a base-case scenario using market-implied levels of future interest rates at 30 June 2017. 
 
The main driver of earnings sensitivity relates to interest rate pass-through assumptions on customer products. The
scenario also captures the impact of the reinvestment of maturing structural hedges at higher or lower rates than the
base-case earnings sensitivity. As the forward-looking horizon is limited to one year, the impact of maturing structural
hedges being reinvested at higher or lower rates is relatively low. 
 
The scenario results should not be considered predictive of future performance. They assume no management or customer
response to changes in the interest rate environment. The analysis is also limited to interest earnings rather than
non-interest earnings. 
 
                                                                                  
                                                                                  
                                         Euro  Sterling  US dollar  Other  Total  
 30 June 2017                            £m    £m        £m         £m     £m     
                                                                                  
 +25 basis point shift in yield curves   16    176       15         1      208    
 -25 basis point shift in yield curves   (4)   (273)     (10)       (3)    (290)  
 +100 basis point shift in yield curves  60    620       57         2      739    
 -100 basis point shift in yield curves  (5)   (480)     (55)       (7)    (547)  
                                                                                  
 30 June 2016                                                                     
                                                                                  
 +25 basis point shift in yield curves   -     49        16         3      68     
 -25 basis point shift in yield curves   -     (125)     (16)       1      (140)  
 +100 basis point shift in yield curves  (20)  393       65         11     449    
 -100 basis point shift in yield curves  -     (298)     (46)       3      (341)  
                                                                                  
 31 December 2016                                                                 
                                                                                  
 +25 basis point shift in yield curves   4     79        11         2      96     
 -25 basis point shift in yield curves   (1)   (222)     (11)       (2)    (236)  
 +100 basis point shift in yield curves  9     436       42         13     500    
 -100 basis point shift in yield curves  (2)   (337)     (30)       (9)    (378)  
 
 
 ·  Interest income sensitivity increased in H1 2017 across all scenarios.                                                                                                                                                                                          
 ·  Changes in assumed pass-through rates on customer products as well as the impact of Treasury activity were the main drivers of the increase in positive sensitivity to higher rates at 30 June 2017 compared with 31 December 2016.                             
 ·  Higher market implied levels of future interest rates at 30 June 2017 compared with 31 December 2016 were a significant driver of the more adverse sensitivity to lower interest rates at 30 June 2017. Wholesale market interest rates fell further in the     
    downward 100 basis-point scenario before they hit an assumed zero per cent floor.  As customer deposit rates are much less affected by downward interest-rate shifts, profit margins compress. Although the sensitivity was more adverse, the higher market     
    curve also resulted in a higher base-case income forecast. Therefore the absolute level of income may be unaffected.                                                                                                                                            
 
 
Appendix 1 Capital and risk management 
 
Market risk: Non-trading portfolios (continued) 
 
Structural hedging (Not within the scope of EY's review report) 
 
RBS has the benefit of a significant pool of stable, non and low interest bearing liabilities, principally comprising
equity and money transmission accounts. These balances are usually hedged, either by investing directly in longer-term
fixed rate assets or by the use of interest rate swaps, in order to provide a consistent and predictable revenue stream. 
 
After hedging RBS's net interest rate exposure externally, Treasury allocates income to products or equity in structural
hedges by reference to the relevant interest rate swap curve. Over time, the hedging programme has built up a portfolio of
interest rate swaps that provide a basis for stable income attribution. The programme aims to track a time series of
medium-term swap rates, but the yield will be affected by changes in product volumes and RBS's capital composition. 
 
The table below presents the incremental income allocation (above 3-month LIBOR), the average notional and the overall
yield (including 3-month LIBOR) associated with the product and equity hedges managed by Treasury. 
 
                                                                                                                                                        
                             Half year ended  
                             30 June 2017              30 June 2016          31 December 2016  
                             Incremental      Average  Overall               Incremental       Average  Overall          Incremental  Average  Overall  
 income                      notional         yield                  income  notional          yield             income  notional     yield    
                             £m               £bn      %                     £m                £bn      %                £m           £bn      %        
 Equity structural hedging   317              28       2.48                  310               35       2.35             323          32       2.41     
 Product structural hedging  334              98       1.04                  315               87       1.28             320          93       1.13     
                                                                                                                                                        
 Total                       651              126      1.36                  625               122      1.59             643          125      1.47     
 
 
The table below presents the incremental income associated with product structural hedges at segment level. These relate to
the main UK banking businesses except Private Banking and RBS International. 
 
                                                                                                      
                                                               Half year ended  
 Net interest earnings - impact of product structural hedging  30 June          30 June  31 December  
 2017                                                          2016             2016     
 £m                                                            £m               £m       
                                                                                                      
 UK Personal & Business Banking                                191              170      176          
 Commercial Banking                                            116              118      117          
 Capital Resolution                                            2                6        4            
 Williams & Glyn                                               25               21       23           
                                                                                                      
 Total                                                         334              315      320          
 
 
 ·  Interest rates remained low across H1 2017, with a significant upward shift only occurring the last few days of the period. As a result, the overall yield (including 3-month LIBOR) fell compared to 31 December 2016, reflecting the combined impact of lower equity hedges and maturing hedges being reinvested at lower market rates.  
 ·  The fall in the average notional of the equity hedge primarily reflected the decline in the equity base resulting from the provision for various investigations and litigation matters.                                                                                                                                                    
 ·  The increase in the average notional of the product hedge reflected growth in current account balances.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
 ·  As at 30 June 2017, the 10-year and 5-year sterling swap rates were 1.27% and 0.91% respectively. The market rate matching the amortising structure of the sterling proportion of the total structural hedge was 0.83%.                                                                                                                    
 
 
Appendix 1 Capital and risk management 
 
Foreign exchange risk 
 
The table below shows structural foreign currency exposures. 
 
                                                 Net                        Structural                                      
                     Net                         investments                foreign currency                    Residual    
                     investments                 in foreign   Net           exposures                           structural  
 in foreign                       operations     investment   pre-economic  Economic          foreign currency  
 operations          NCI (1)      excluding NCI  hedges       hedges        hedges (2)        exposures         
 30 June 2017        £m           £m             £m           £m            £m                £m                £m          
                                                                                                                            
 US dollar           (878)        -              (878)        1,239         361               (361)             -           
 Euro                6,795        114            6,681        (518)         6,163             (2,203)           3,960       
 Other non-sterling  3,007        668            2,339        (1,267)       1,072             (485)             587         
                                                                                                                            
                     8,924        782            8,142        (546)         7,596             (3,049)           4,547       
                                                                                                                            
 31 December 2016                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                            
 US dollar           (595)        -              (595)        (28)          (623)             -                 (623)       
 Euro                6,085        (4)            6,089        (582)         5,507             (2,289)           3,218       
 Other non-sterling  3,366        761            2,605        (1,491)       1,114             (625)             489         
                                                                                                                            
                     8,856        757            8,099        (2,101)       5,998             (2,914)           3,084       
 
 
Notes: 
 
 (1)  Non-controlling interests (NCI) represents the structural foreign exchange exposure not attributable to owners equity.                                                                                                                                                                                                
 (2)  Economic hedges mainly represent US dollar and euro preference shares in issue that are treated as equity under IFRS and do not qualify as hedges for accounting purposes. They provide an offset to structural foreign exchange exposures to the extent that there are net assets in overseas operations available.  
 
 
 ·  Following the recognition of further RMBS provisions in US subsidiaries in Q1 2017, hedges of US dollar exposure to RMBS were documented as net investment hedges. This was the main driver of the increase in reported structural foreign currency exposures during H1 2017.    
 ·  Changes in foreign currency exchange rates affect equity in proportion to the structural foreign currency exposures. For example, a 5% strengthening or weakening in foreign currencies against sterling would respectively result in a gain or loss of £0.4 billion in equity.  
 
 
Appendix 1 Capital and risk management 
 
Trading portfolios 
 
Traded internal VaR 
 
The table below presents the internal value-at-risk (VaR) for trading portfolios split by type of market risk exposure. The
internal traded 99% one-day VaR captures trading book positions for all products, locations and legal entities. 
 
                                                                                                                                                       
                             Half year ended  
                             30 June 2017           30 June 2016          31 December 2016  
                                                                  Period                                        Period                         Period  
                             Average          Max   Min           end                       Average  Max   Min  end       Average  Max   Min   end     
 Traded VaR (1-day 99%)      £m               £m    £m            £m                        £m       £m    £m   £m        £m       £m    £m    £m      
                                                                                                                                                       
 General interest rate (1)   14.6             24.5  8.8           11.3                      12.3     22.3  7.8  10.2      12.6     19.3  7.8   16.9    
 Specific interest rate (2)  11.1             14.3  8.8           9.9                       8.4      12.5  5.8  9.7       10.6     13.7  8.0   9.7     
 Currency                    4.7              7.9   2.5           5.0                       4.0      9.0   1.0  4.3       5.2      14.3  2.4   5.4     
 Equity                      1.2              1.9   0.6           1.3                       0.5      2.1   0.2  0.5       0.6      2.0   0.3   1.9     
 Commodity                   0.4              1.3   0.1           0.5                       0.6      1.7   0.2  0.8       0.8      2.4   0.2   0.3     
 Diversification (3)         (12.2)                               (12.5)                    (10.4)              (9.6)     (11.1)               (10.4)  
                                                                                                                                                       
 Total                       19.8             25.2  13.9          15.5                      15.4     27.3  9.9  15.9      18.7     29.3  13.2  23.8    
 
 
Note: 
 
 (1)  General interest rate risk arises from the impact of changes in interest rates and volatilities on cash instruments and derivatives. This includes interest rate tenor basis risk and cross-currency basis risk.                                                                                                                                                                                         
 (2)  Specific interest rate risk arises from the impact of changes in the credit spreads of sovereign bonds, corporate bonds, securitised products and credit derivatives.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
 (3)  RBS benefits from diversification as it reduces risk by allocating positions across various financial instrument types, currencies and markets. The extent of the diversification benefit depends on the correlation between the assets and risk factors in the portfolio at a particular time. The diversification factor is the sum of the VaR on individual risk types less the total portfolio VaR.  
 
 
 ●  Traded VaR fluctuated throughout H1 2017, reflecting political developments, market events, customer flows and other macroeconomic factors. Throughout the period, the VaR was managed within risk appetite.                                                                                                                                                                                       
 ●  On an average basis, traded VaR in H1 2017 increased marginally compared to H2 2016, mainly due to refinements to the VaR methodology used for certain credit products. Average traded VaR also increased more significantly compared to H1 2016 as the risk profile in the earlier period had been reduced compared to normal levels due to concerns over the stability of the financial sector.  
 
 
Appendix 1 Capital and risk management 
 
Other risks (Not within the scope of EY's review report) 
 
Key developments 
 
Operational risk 
 
 ●  A single RBS-wide Risk & Control Assessment methodology was established in 2016. By the end of H1 2017, approximately 120 assessments had been completed across RBS. These were designed to reflect the end-to-end customer journeys of the most material products, processes and services as well as to enable a consistent, holistic view of RBS's key risks and their mitigation.               
 ●  Cyber security and associated risks remain an industry concern. In May and June 2017, organisations around the world - including a number of UK entities - were subjected to two separate high-profile cyber attacks. However, there were no associated impacts on RBS. In both cases, reviews were carried out in order to improve and develop RBS's cyber risk management and defence strategy.  
 
 
Conduct & regulatory risk 
 
 ●  The FCA has announced a strategic review of business models in the retail banking sector. The review is expected to consider the full range of personal banking products and services, as well as SME banking. The FCA expects to produce a project update in H1 2018, explaining its preliminary analysis and conclusions.  
 ●  The remediation of PPI continued, with the FCA publishing its rules and guidance on the PPI complaints deadline and how firms should deal with Plevin complaints. The FCA confirmed it will implement a two-year deadline along with Plevin rules from 29 August 2017.                                                       
 
 
Appendix 2 
 
Segmental income statement reconciliations 
 
Segmental income statement reconciliations 
 
                                      PBB                CPB                                        Central              
                                               Ulster         Commercial  Private  RBS              NatWest  Capital     Williams  items &  Total    
                                      UK PBB   Bank RoI       Banking     Banking  International    Markets  Resolution  & Glyn    other    RBS      
 Half year ended 30 June 2017         £m       £m             £m          £m       £m               £m       £m          £m        £m       £m       
 Income statement                                                                                                                                    
 Total income - statutory             2,755    293            1,750       321      195              932      (102)       417       358      6,919    
 Own credit adjustments               -        3              -           -        -                48       22          -         -        73       
 Loss on redemption of own debt       -        -              -           -        -                -        -           -         7        7        
 Strategic disposals                  -        -              -           -        -                -        -           -         (156)    (156)    
 Total income - adjusted              2,755    296            1,750       321      195              980      (80)        417       209      6,843    
 Operating expenses - statutory       (1,586)  (293)          (996)       (232)    (94)             (775)    (539)       (158)     (179)    (4,852)  
 Restructuring costs  - direct        23       24             40          -        -                30       130         -         543      790      
 - indirect                           137      19             77          14       4                73       4           -         (328)    -        
 Litigation and conduct costs         13       33             4           -        -                34       272         -         40       396      
 Operating expenses - adjusted        (1,413)  (217)          (875)       (218)    (90)             (638)    (133)       (158)     76       (3,666)  
 Impairment (losses)/releases         (72)     11             (94)        (7)      (5)              (1)      78          (25)      (1)      (116)    
 Operating profit/(loss) - statutory  1,097    11             660         82       96               156      (563)       234       178      1,951    
 Operating profit/(loss) - adjusted   1,270    90             781         96       100              341      (135)       234       284      3,061    
 Additional information                                                                                                                              
 Return on equity (1)                 27.8%    0.8%           8.2%        7.7%     13.1%            2.3%     nm          22.2%     nm       5.6%     
 Return on equity  - adjusted (1,2)   32.4%    6.8%           10.1%       9.3%     13.7%            7.2%     nm          22.2%     nm       11.5%    
 Cost:income ratio (3)                57.6%    100.0%         55.1%       72.3%    48.2%            83.2%    nm          37.9%     nm       69.8%    
 Cost:income ratio - adjusted (2,3)   51.3%    73.3%          47.9%       67.9%    46.2%            65.1%    nm          37.9%     nm       53.1%    
 Half year ended 30 June 2016                                                                                                                        
 Income statement                                                                                                                                    
 Total income - statutory             2,615    293            1,699       331      185              818      (172)       411       (116)    6,064    
 Own credit adjustments               -        (3)            -           -        -                (137)    (184)       -         (126)    (450)    
 Loss on redemption of own debt       -        -              -           -        -                -        -           -         130      130      
 Strategic disposals                  -        -              -           -        -                -        51          -         (246)    (195)    
 Total income - adjusted              2,615    290            1,699       331      185              681      (305)       411       (358)    5,549    
 Operating expenses - statutory       (2,042)  (312)          (984)       (278)    (71)             (729)    (478)       (242)     (793)    (5,929)  
 Restructuring costs  - direct        51       24             1           1        1                10       12          45        485      630      
 - indirect                           60       1              40          19       2                23       25          -         (170)    -        
 Litigation and conduct costs         421      92             10          2        -                56       26          -         708      1,315    
 Operating expenses - adjusted        (1,510)  (195)          (933)       (256)    (68)             (640)    (415)       (197)     230      (3,984)  
 Impairment (losses)/releases         (40)     27             (103)       (2)      (11)             -        (263)       (17)      -        (409)    
 Operating profit/(loss) - statutory  533      8              612         51       103              89       (913)       152       (909)    (274)    
 Operating profit/(loss) - adjusted   1,065    122            663         73       106              41       (983)       197       (128)    1,156    
 Additional information                                                                                                                              
 Return on equity (1)                 11.9%    0.6%           8.1%        5.1%     15.4%            0.8%     nm          14.3%     nm       (10.3%)  
 Return on equity  - adjusted (1,2)   25.5%    9.3%           8.9%        7.6%     15.9%            (0.5%)   nm          18.6%     nm       (3.2%)   
 Cost:income ratio (3)                78.1%    106.5%         56.1%       84.0%    38.4%            89.1%    nm          58.9%     nm       97.7%    
 Cost:income ratio - adjusted (2,3)   57.7%    67.2%          53.0%       77.3%    36.8%            94.0%    nm          47.9%     nm       71.4%    
 
 
Segmental income statement reconciliations 
 
                                      PBB               CPB                                        Central              
                                              Ulster         Commercial  Private  RBS              NatWest  Capital     Williams  items &  Total    
                                      UK PBB  Bank RoI      

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