Investor Presentaiton
Opening up a world of opportunity
Group targets, dividend and capital policy
Our Strategy
Asia
Wealth
Digital Business
Services
Financials
Adjusted costs of ≤$31bn in 2022 on Dec 2020 average FX rates
Costs
RWAS
<$30bn using FY20 average FX rates, a $1bn increase in our cost reduction target
Plan to keep costs broadly stable from 2022, while increasing the proportion of technology spend
Gross RWA reduction of >$100bn by end-202221
Whilst allocating more capital and tangible equity to WPB and Asia, away from the US and NRFB
CET1 ratio ≥14%
Capital
Dividends
Manage in a 14-14.5% range over medium-term; manage range down further long-term 20
Sustainable cash dividends
Transition towards a payout ratio of 40-55% from 2022 onwards³
Dividends could be supplemented by buybacks or special dividends, over time and not in the near-term 65
We will no longer offer a scrip dividend option, and will pay dividends entirely in cash
We will not be paying quarterly dividends during 2021 but will consider whether to announce an interim
dividend at 1H21 results66
ROTE
≥10% over the medium-term
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