6-K
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 20549
FORM 6-K
REPORT OF
FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER
PURSUANT TO RULE 13A-16 OR 15D-16
UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
March 18, 2016
Barclays
PLC
(Names of Registrant)
1 Churchill Place
London E14 5HP
England
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports
under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F.
Form 20-F x Form 40-F
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, each of the registrants has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
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By: /s/ Patrick Gonsalves
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Barclays PLC
Annual Report 2015 |
How do I use this document?
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Notes
The term Barclays or Group refers to Barclays PLC together with its subsidiaries. Unless otherwise stated, the income statement analysis compares
the year ended 31 December 2015 to the corresponding 12 months of 2014 and balance sheet analysis as at 31 December 2015 with comparatives relating to 31 December 2014. The abbreviations £m and £bn
represent millions and thousands of millions of Pounds Sterling respectively; the abbreviations $m and $bn represent millions and thousands of millions of US Dollars respectively; and the abbreviations m and bn represent millions and thousands of millions of Euros respectively.
Comparatives pre Q214 have been restated to reflect the implementation of the Group structure changes and the reallocation of elements of the Head
Office results under the revised business structure. These restatements were detailed in our announcement on 10 July 2014, accessible at home.barclays/barclays-investor-relations/results-and-reports
References throughout this document to provisions for ongoing investigations and litigation including Foreign Exchange mean
provisions held for certain aspects of ongoing investigations involving certain authorities and litigation including Foreign Exchange.
Adjusted profit before tax, adjusted attributable profit and adjusted performance metrics have been presented to provide a more consistent basis for comparing business performance between periods. Adjusting items are considered to
be significant but not representative of the underlying business performance. Items excluded from the adjusted measures are: the impact of own credit; provisions for UK customer redress; gain on US Lehman acquisition assets; provisions for ongoing
investigations and litigation including Foreign Exchange; losses on sale relating to the Spanish, Portuguese and Italian businesses; impairment of goodwill and other assets relating to businesses being disposed; revision of Education, Social
Housing, and Local Authority (ESHLA) valuation methodology; and gain on valuation of a component of the defined retirement benefit liability. As management reviews adjusting items at a Group level, results by business, Core and Non-Core are
presented excluding these items. The reconciliation of adjusted to statutory performance is done at a Group level only.
Relevant terms
that are used in this document but are not defined under applicable regulatory guidance or International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) are explained in the Results glossary that can be accessed at home.barclays/results
The information in this announcement, which was approved by the Board of Directors on
29 February 2016, does not comprise statutory accounts within the meaning of Section 434 of the Companies Act 2006. Statutory accounts for the year ended 31 December 2015, which included certain information required for the Joint
Annual Report on Form 20-F of Barclays PLC and Barclays Bank PLC to the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and which contained an unqualified audit report under Section 495 of the Companies Act 2006 (which did not make any statements
under Section 498 of the Companies Act 2006) have been delivered to the Registrar of Companies in accordance with Section 441 of the Companies Act 2006.
These results will be furnished as a Form 20-F to the SEC as soon as practicable following their publication. Once furnished with the SEC, copies
of the Form 20-F will also be available from the Barclays Investor Relations website at home.barclays/investorrelations and from the SECs website at www.sec.gov
Barclays is a frequent issuer in the debt capital markets and regularly meets with investors via formal road-shows and other ad hoc meetings.
Consistent with its usual practice, Barclays expects that from time to time over the coming quarter it will meet with investors globally to discuss these results and other matters relating to the Group.
Forward-looking statements
This document contains certain forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 21E of the US Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and Section 27A of the US Securities Act of 1933, as amended, with respect
to the Group. Barclays cautions readers that no forward-looking statement is a guarantee of future performance and that actual results or other financial condition or performance measures could differ materially from those contained in the
forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements can be identified by the fact that they do not relate only to historical or current facts. Forward-looking statements sometimes use words such as may, will,
seek, continue, aim, anticipate, target, projected, expect, estimate, intend, plan, goal, believe,
achieve or other words of similar meaning. Examples of forward-looking statements include, among others, statements regarding the Groups future financial position, income growth, assets, impairment charges and provisions, business
strategy, capital, leverage and other regulatory ratios, payment of dividends (including dividend pay-out ratios), projected levels of growth in the banking and financial markets, projected costs or savings,
original and revised commitments and targets in connection with the strategic cost programme and the Group Strategy Update, rundown of assets and businesses within Barclays Non-Core, estimates of
capital expenditures and plans and objectives for future operations, projected employee numbers and other statements that are not historical fact. By their nature, forward-looking statements involve risk and uncertainty because they relate to future
events and circumstances. These may be affected by changes in legislation, the development of standards and interpretations under IFRS, evolving practices with regard to the interpretation and application of accounting and regulatory standards, the
outcome of current and future legal proceedings and regulatory investigations, future levels of conduct provisions, the policies and actions of governmental and regulatory authorities, geopolitical risks and the impact of competition. In addition,
factors including (but not limited to) the following may have an effect: capital, leverage and other regulatory rules (including with regard to the future structure of the Group) applicable to past, current and future periods; United Kingdom (UK),
United States (US), Africa, Eurozone and global macroeconomic and business conditions; the effects of continued volatility in credit markets; market related risks such as changes in interest rates and foreign exchange rates; effects of changes in
valuation of credit market exposures; changes in valuation of issued securities; volatility in capital markets; changes in credit ratings of any entities within the Group or any securities issued by such entities; the potential for one or more
countries exiting the Eurozone; the implementation of the strategic cost programme; and the success of future acquisitions, disposals and other strategic transactions. A number of these influences and factors are beyond the Groups control. As
a result, the Groups actual future results, dividend payments, and capital and leverage ratios may differ materially from the plans, goals, and expectations set forth in the Groups forward-looking statements. Additional risks and factors
which may impact the Groups future financial condition and performance are identified in our filings with the SEC (including, without limitation, our Annual Report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended 31 December 2015), which are
available on the SECs website at www.sec.gov
Subject to our obligations under the applicable laws and regulations of the UK and
the US in relation to disclosure and ongoing information, we undertake no obligation to update publicly or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
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detailed report
These parts of the annual report Disclose detailed information on Barclays and its 2015
performance. Contents meet, and where Insightful, go beyond minimal Regulatory reporting standards.
Corporate
governance
Our corporate governance report details the governance processes of Barclays, the reports from each
Board committee and presents how the Board support the delivery of our strategy.
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Other statutory information |
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People |
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Remuneration report |
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Risk report
Our risk report gives insight into the level of risk across Barclays businesses and portfolios, the material risks and uncertainties faced and
the key areas of management focus.
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Material existing and emerging risks |
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Risk management |
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Risk performance |
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Financial review
Our financial review details the performance of Barclays, including key performance indicators, and our businesses contribution to the overall
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Consolidated summary |
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Financial statements
Our financial statements gives detailed analysis of our statutory accounts, independently audited and providing in-depth
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Where can I find
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You can learn about Barclays strategy, our businesses and performance, approach to governance and risk online, where
latest and archived annual and strategic reports are available to view or download.
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Chairmans letter Addressing the issues facing Barclays today
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Banking is in the eye of a perfect storm. It was in full consciousness of this, that I undertook the
role as your Chairman at the end of April, with the strong conviction that we could not only stabilise the situation relatively quickly, but also return the Group to prosperity during my tenure.
In such an environment it is so easy to become consumed by challenges, market volatility and the short-termism of the financial markets, but this
tends to obscure the underlying quality of the Barclays brand and franchise, the genuine and substantive progress that the Group has made in recent years and the potential for the organisation arising from the decisions and actions we are now taking
for the future.
Today the Group is smaller, safer, more focused, less leveraged, better capitalised and highly liquid. Comparing 2015
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While we will continue this journey towards greater financial strength, the main issue for the Group is no longer capital as some remark, but
earnings and returns. Put simply, for the past few years and including last year, we have produced either negligible retained profits or losses before dividends. Going forward, we need to reverse this and generate superior returns out of our
franchise. This said, we also needed to take action to preserve and enhance our capital in unpredictable times. To this end, while we declared the full year 2015 dividend in line with guidance, we also decided it would be prudent to scale back
dividends in 2016 and 2017, until such time as we can cover them from earnings.
Barclays has a number of industry leading businesses that produce excellent returns, but this is not
universal across the portfolio. Personal and Corporate Banking and Barclaycard together produce profits after tax of £3.3bn and a combined return on equity of 13.4%. The other segments however fared less well and produced returns below the
Groups hurdle rate. Barclays Africa profits, although strong in local currency, were significantly impacted by the decline in the Rand and by the UK bank levy, bringing sterling returns down to an after-tax profit of £0.3bn and a return
on equity of 8.7%. Also, while doubling over the prior year, the Investment Banks profit of £0.8bn generated an improved, but still substandard, return on equity of 5.6%, up from 2.7%.
Our core businesses overall produced a profit before tax of £6.9bn and a return on equity of 9%. While respectable, this of course is below
our required return and needs to be improved. On the other hand, this profit was fully eroded by the £1.5bn drag of the non-core portfolio, £4.0bn in litigation and conduct charges relating to historical matters (in addition to the
£0.4bn included in the core and non-core business results), and £1.5bn in corporate income taxes contributing to an overall loss for our ordinary shareholders of £0.4bn. Since conduct and related charges are no longer tax
deductible, Barclays tax rate for last year was effectively 70%. If the £0.5bn cost of the UK bank levy is added to corporate income taxes, the effective tax rate rises to 76%. The extent of the UK tax we bear was reflected in the
results of PwCs 2015 survey of the One Hundred Group, which represents most of the UKs largest groups and concluded that Barclays paid the greatest amount of UK tax.
Of course with respect to our underlying profitability and the scale of the charges against this, things cannot stay the same. Tough situations like
this demand effective action.
New Leadership
As an important starting point, the Board decided that new leadership was required. In July, we announced the departure of Antony Jenkins as Chief
Executive and in October the appointment of Jes Staley, like me, a banking veteran. While I was able to exercise executive responsibility in an interim capacity immediately following Antonys departure, and was able to set a number of
initiatives in train, we were particularly fortunate that Jes was able to be active so quickly.
Jes has made good progress in building
his new management team. In short order, he has appointed Ashok Vaswani as head of Barclays UK with responsibility for the establishment of the new Ring-Fenced Bank. Jes has also recruited Paul Compton as Chief Operating Officer and C.S.
Venkatakrishnan as Chief Risk Officer.
Back to Core
The Board recently reflected on the strategy and situation of the Group and decided that our strategic core was our UK retail and small business
franchise, our international Corporate and Investment Banking business largely centred around our trading hubs in London, New York and Asia, and our international credit card businesses. The remainder of the Group was therefore designated non-core,
and to be exited, in addition to the continued rundown of the heritage non-core portfolio.
We therefore decided, subject to shareholder
and regulatory approval, to take our ownership of Barclays Africa Group Limited to a level where we can achieve accounting and regulatory deconsolidation as soon as this can be executed. We have sold, or are in the process of exiting, the balance of
retail banking operations outside the UK. We have also sold, or put up for sale, our international Private Banking businesses other than the UK region, Monaco and Geneva. In the Investment Bank, we withdrew from nine countries, cash equities trading
other than in New York and London, all local currency trading outside our major hubs, and certain securitised products trading in the US. The capital released will be used to underpin our capital strength going forward.
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A New Corporate Structure
Following the statutory decision in the UK to ring-fence UK retail and small business banking by 2019, we decided to bring forward the establishment
of the new bank and an application will be made for regulatory approval. When implemented, it will result (pending sell-down of our stake in Barclays Africa Group Limited) in three separate banks that we currently refer to as Barclays
UK, Barclays Corporate & International and Barclays Africa, each of which will have its own board, chief executive, management team and certain operational services. So as to prepare ourselves for this new
structure, we are reorganising the divisional structure along these lines. This has the additional benefit of decentralising the very large corporate centre and results in a more streamlined, accountable and lower cost organisation. It also enhances
the Groups strategic flexibility and options going forward.
Underpinning Future Earnings Performance
The decisions to change leadership, to reduce our exposure to non-strategic businesses, as well as implementing our leaner corporate structure
should have significant positive earnings and capital outcomes. These are necessary but not sufficient. We are investing in our segments with the highest growth and return prospects, including UK retail banking and Barclaycard. The Investment Bank,
even in its more focused form, faces unpredictable market prospects. The Board has agreed a medium-term plan that is designed to produce increased returns in the future, that we will continue to monitor closely. Additionally, Barclays has a heavy
overhead structure that needs streamlining. To this end, we have initiated a Group-wide overhead reduction programme, hiring restrictions, and a very limited number of senior salary increases. These should begin to deal with those matters within our
control.
Historical Regulatory and Conduct Matters
We continue to be subject to very significant capital and conduct charges by regulators and governments that frankly are not sustainable. They arise
understandably from the position that banks engendered in the Global Financial Crisis and from conduct issues that we have been working hard to address. While justified in principle, in practice they have achieved a level that is undermining our
transformational efforts, and those of the regulators, to build capital and support economic growth. Banks are seen by many as unpopular and having deep pockets. But those pockets belong to our shareholders, who pay penalties out of current and
future earnings that would otherwise build capital.
We are half the size we were a few years ago and the narrowing of our focus as a
result of current decisions will make Barclays better capitalized and less globally systemic. But as we shrink the bank, we reduce our ability to pay outsized conduct charges. The charges are not proportionate to our smaller size and ability to pay
relative to many of our peers. Our FX fines are an example. We paid one of the highest amounts in penalties of the banks who settled with the government, even though the offense was the same, even though we are by some measures one half the size of
other banks that settled, and even though we received acknowledgement for our cultural changes and remediation after our LIBOR settlement. When conduct charges consume our profits, as they have for the past three years, we have no choice but to meet
them by shrinking our franchise selling or closing businesses which reduces our capacity to support the real economy. A £50m fine or penalty is the equivalent of employing 1,000 fewer employees, closing 100 small regional
branches, or foregoing the capacity to lend over £500m to small businesses or consumers. The societal costs of excessive penalties is very real.
EU Referendum
On balance we think it is in the interests of our customers and clients for the UK to remain in
the EU. We have modest interests domestically on the continent, but provide significant services to European companies from London. More importantly, we are heavily reliant on a successful UK domestic and international economy and feel this is
enhanced through the UKs membership.
Thank You
Being on a bank board today is not for the faint-hearted. I would therefore like to thank our Board for their contribution to our company.
Fortunately, the Barclays name is able to attract people with the finest credentials. I would particularly like to thank Sir David Walker, my predecessor, who retired at our AGM in April. He did an incredible job by providing wise oversight and a
stable hand and we are grateful to him. I would once again like to thank Antony Jenkins, our former Chief Executive for all that he did for Barclays. He took over as Chief Executive at an extremely difficult time for the organisation and was able to
provide the stability that was necessary and to advance significantly the culture and values of the organisation, much of which had been eroded. Sir Michael Rake, our Senior Independent Director retired at the end of last year after eight years, and
Sir John Sunderland at our last AGM after a similar tenure and we are grateful to both for their enormous contribution.
I would
particularly like to thank our staff across the organisation for coming every day to serve our customers, without whom we would not have an enterprise. I would also pay respect to our shareholders who have had a pretty miserable time, but who have
supported us throughout. Your patience will be rewarded.
A New Beginning
In the eye of the storm it is difficult to sustain or engender faith in the organisation and in its future. For my part, while we continue to be
buffeted by historical matters and the political and regulatory environment, I have never lost sight on the end game, the way forward and our eventual success. It has been a very active and decisive year for our company as will be the year ahead.
Through decisions already taken, we will quickly reach a more stable and productive foundation.
We are though not without residual
challenges, including an uncertain economic environment, as well as further historical regulatory penalties and remedies that will haunt us for some years. We are nevertheless working hard to put these behind us. This will ultimately be achieved
although in the interim we would hope for a more proportional attitude from governments and conduct regulators towards banks. However, the conservative assumption, based on our experience, is that any success we do achieve is more likely to arise
from our own efforts.
Priorities for the Future
Now that we are getting back to core, our priorities going forward are to:
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implement the structural reform programme, the creation of the ring-fenced bank and the effective operation of the new decentralised divisional structure |
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become a more externally and customer focused company, with a strong performance ethic and underpinned by strong customer, people and community values. |
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I am honoured to have been chosen to lead Barclays. It is a huge responsibility, which I do not take
lightly. In every part of the Group, I have been impressed and inspired by our colleagues and the work that they do for our customers and clients.
Our 2015 results show a core business that is fundamentally strong, with franchises that position us well, generating attractive earnings, with excellent prospects for growth, and collectively they already deliver a Return on
Tangible Equity which is above our cost of equity. Our principal task is therefore to liberate those businesses from the two major factors which drag them down today.
The first is legacy products and businesses that are neither sufficiently profitable nor strategic for Barclays our Non-Core Unit. And the
second is the continued impact of billions of pounds of litigation and conduct expenses that are largely the product of past failures in culture.
We are going to address both of these matters head on, with the objective of putting most of these issues behind us in 2016. This will be achieved through simplifying our core business, aggressively running down our Non-Core
operations, and resolving as soon as practicable our remaining legacy conduct issues, while at the same time promoting a strong values driven culture across the bank that helps to prevent the creation of new ones.
We have made great progress in simplifying Barclays over the last few years by reshaping our balance sheet, strengthening our capital base, and
reducing costs.
All of this has been done to move us towards becoming a Group which can generate the returns our shareholders deserve.
But in order to complete our restructuring and deliver for shareholders in a reasonable timeframe, we must take action today.
It is our intention, subject to regulatory and shareholder approvals if and as required, to reduce our interest in Barclays Africa Group
Limited (BAGL) to a non-controlling, non-consolidated position over the next two to three years.
This has been a very difficult decision
to make. Barclays has been in Africa for over 100 years. We have some excellent franchises across the continent, with a great management team and dedicated colleagues.
But we face a regulatory environment where we carry 100% of the financial responsibility for Barclays Africa, and receive only 62% of the benefits.
The international reach of the UK bank levy, the Global
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Systemically Important Bank (GSIB) buffer,
minimum requirement for own funds and eligible liabilities (MREL) and Total Loss Absorbing Capital (TLAC), and other regulatory requirements, present specific challenges to Barclays as owners. The returns Barclays realises from its controlling
interest in BAGL are significantly below the 17% Return on Equity reported locally.
Because of these specific challenges, we believe
that it is in the best interest of shareholders to reduce our position. Given what is driving this decision, we have flexibility with respect to the pace at which we reduce our ownership and as a result, we will execute this change in our investment
opportunistically over the next two to three years.
Reducing our interest to a non-controlling, non-consolidated position will also
improve our Common Equity Tier 1 (CET1) ratio, though not until we deconsolidate BAGL as a regulatory matter. In the medium term, that will allow us to invest in the core franchises of Barclays. It also has the positive effect of shrinking our cost
base by approximately £2bn, our headcount by around 40,000 and, of course significantly reduces our organisational complexity.
Besides simplifying our business further, we also need to accelerate the separation of our profitable Core businesses from the drag of our Non-Core
businesses.
Our Non-Core RWAs started at £110bn two years ago. By the end of 2015 we reduced that to £47bn. As we conclude
our restructuring, we are taking the opportunity to exit other marginal businesses and regions, including elements of the Investment Bank in nine countries, our Egyptian and Zimbabwean businesses, Southern European cards and wealth management in
Asia. As a result, our Non-Core RWAs rise to
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approximately £55bn as at the end of 2015. We anticipate those one-time additions will add
approximately £600m to underlying Non-Core costs, but we expect to exit the majority of these in the course of 2016.
Our Non-Core
businesses act as a significant drag on our Group profitability that must be eliminated as soon as possible.
The Board has therefore
decided to adjust our near-term dividend to give us the flexibility to accelerate our exit of Non-Core activities. It is our intention to reduce our dividend to 3 pence, in 2016 and 2017. This will help us accelerate the imperative rundown of
Non-Core.
I recognise the importance of paying a meaningful dividend as part of total shareholder returns and am committed to doing so
in the future.
But for now, the reduction of the dividend is the right choice. These are hard decisions, but we believe the shareholder
value created by getting Non-Core closed will greatly exceed the downside of cutting the dividend for the next two years.
These
strategic actions will bring forward the completion of our restructuring and the emergence of a simpler and very profitable Barclays.
We
are also changing the way in which we structure Barclays to further simplify the Group and prepare early for UK ring-fencing requirements.
At the heart of Barclays strategy is to build on our strength as a Transatlantic Consumer, Corporate and Investment bank, anchored in the two financial centres of the world, London and New York.
Barclays will operate as two clearly defined divisions, Barclays UK and Barclays Corporate & International. Barclays UK will include
our leading
UK retail bank, our UK consumer credit card business, and play its traditional role as a committed
provider of lending and financial services for small businesses up and down the UK.
The business has 22 million retail customers,
and almost one million business banking clients. We are one of the countrys leading business banks. We are the second largest wealth manager in the UK, and Barclaycard is the number one card issuer in Britain with close to 11 million UK
card customers. Barclays UK will also continue to pioneer innovation in the provision of consumer financial services.
This represents
formidable strength. It will ultimately become our UK ring-fenced bank, a resilient British bank, compliant with all regulatory requirements.
Second, Barclays Corporate & International will comprise our market leading Corporate banking business, our Barclaycard operations in Europe and the US, our bulge bracket Investment Bank, and our International Wealth
offering.
Barclays Corporate & International has scale in wholesale banking and consumer lending, strength in our key
geographies, and good balance in its revenue streams, delivering further resilience.
Barclays Corporate & International will
ultimately become our non-ringfenced bank. It will operate as a strong unit within the Barclays Group, and is wholly complementary to Barclays UK. It is a strategically coherent collection of franchises across corporate, investment, and consumer
banking, creating a robust and diversified business for us.
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We are confident that Barclays Corporate & International will continue to be well
capitalised with a balanced funding profile, supporting solid investment grade credit ratings.
In summary then, the future is bright.
Both Barclays UK and Barclays Corporate & International already generate double digit Returns on Tangible Equity (RoTE). They are strong financially, and will be as sibling businesses, and shareholders and debt investors in Barclays will
benefit from the diversified revenue streams they produce.
We are also simplifying our financial targets for the Group going forward to
focus on three key metrics, and will be aiming to achieve these targets in a reasonable timeframe, in order to deliver shareholder value:
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Cost:Income ratio: We will reduce the Groups Cost:Income Ratio to below 60% |
Going forward, we will also return to normalised financial metrics. Barclays is in the process of emerging from restructuring and our future disclosures will be based on our business divisions Barclays UK and Barclays
Corporate & International. They will no longer include things like cost to achieve or Structural Reform Programme charges. Instead, you will get a simple and clear statutory presentation of our Groups
performance.
Achieving our goals must be realised at the same time as we complete the critically important
cultural transformation of the Group.
More than 300 years ago, Barclays was founded by a group of Quakers. Those first Barclays bankers
earned the trust of English merchants, and those bankers felt responsible as stewards of that trust. The Bank, early on, built an exceptional reputation for integrity. Barclays became renowned for the principled way it did business.
I joined banking back in 1979, because I was excited to be a part of a respected profession. Being a banker back then was like being a lawyer or a
doctor. The practitioners of the profession of banking were skilled at understanding the complex topics of capital, credit, savings and investor returns; and they were highly regarded as they used that knowledge to help consumers, corporations,
investors and governments, to navigate, with transparency and clarity, the world of finance. It was a profession because it was moored to a commitment for integrity.
A company that retains the loyalty of its employees solely based on compensation is a company that gambles with its institutional culture. I want
Barclays to be a bank where our employees choose to work here because they believe in the institution, and its intrinsically valuable role in society.
This is a mind-set I want to reinvigorate in everyone at Barclays, from branch colleagues working on the high street in Manchester, to the M&A banker in New York.
Banking, at Barclays, will again be a profession and it will be up to all of our employees to promote that goal internally, and to find
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that want to join Barclays because they want to be part of a great profession. The profession of
banking.
I look forward to meeting investors at our AGM, and in the course of the next year, and thank you for your support as we
continue the work of restoring Barclays to where it should be.
James E. Staley
Group Chief Executive
Barclays
is a transatlantic Consumer, Corporate and Investment bank, governed by global and local regulatory standards.
Global economic
growth has been modest in recent years, and unprecedented monetary policies, such as Quantitative Easing and near zero and negative interest rates, have been implemented by many Central Banks to stimulate growth. During the second half of 2015 and
into 2016, the macroeconomic environment has deteriorated, driven by commodities weakness, particularly oil prices, along with economic uncertainty in China. In the UK, the referendum on EU membership gives rise to political uncertainty. We remain
alert to these changes and more, and monitor and manage our risks accordingly.
Regulation continues to direct attention towards capital, liquidity and funding, in order to create a
safer banking environment. In 2015, the Financial Policy Committee of the Bank of England clarified the overall capital framework for banks. This has provided greater certainty and allowed us to progress our strategy. Reforms requiring banks to
separate certain activities, such as structural reform in the UK and US, continue to be a big focus and have been accounted for in the structure of our revised strategy, as described on page 4.
Conduct issues have hurt Barclays, causing loss of trust among stakeholders. We continue to embed cultural change and improve governance to work to
rebuild customer and client trust and market confidence.
Digitalisation trends continue to grow and the power of technology has raised
customer and client expectations, resulted in new competitors in the digital space, and increased the challenge of defeating cybercriminals. It has also reduced the cost-to-serve through automation, process improvement and innovation, while making
customer experiences faster, more personalised and lower risk.
Without active risk management to address these external factors, our
long-term goals could be adversely impacted. Our approach to risk management is outlined on page 127, and material existing and emerging risks to the Groups future performance are outlined on page 119.
Our strategy continues to evolve to respond effectively to the external environment. Please refer to page 4 for an update on our strategy.
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In 2015, the Risk function and the businesses carried out detailed evaluations of the risks Barclays faces using tools such as stress testing. These
risks included lower global energy and commodity prices, a slow down in Chinas economic growth, or of any risks from the EU referendum in the UK. We have responded to changing market conditions by tightening lending criteria in riskier areas
and re-deploying risk capacity toward sectors offering better returns on risk. Senior management and the Board are actively engaged in monitoring these risks, and provide high-level direction.
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As a transatlantic Consumer, Corporate and Investment bank Barclays offers a well-balanced and
integrated set of products and services across personal, corporate and investment banking, credit cards and wealth management. We serve individuals, small and large businesses, local authorities, corporations, institutions and governments.
Barclays seeks to satisfy the needs of our customers and clients by offering a well-rounded value proposition, focused on our core
strengths, particularly in our UK and US home markets, and thereby deliver a diversified income stream and long-term sustainable returns.
Our business model has been simplified through actions taken over the past two years. It provides us with a stable platform from which to capitalise
on the scale and diversity of our businesses and the quality, character and relationships of our people.
The creation of Barclays UK and
Barclays Corporate & International further strengthens our value proposition and reinforces the resilient business mix that we enjoy from having an appropriate balance across consumer and wholesale revenue streams.
For example, the scale of our Corporate Banking and Investment Bank franchises serving large,
multi-national companies and financial institutions complements that of our market leading consumer businesses across personal banking, wealth management and credit cards. Similarly, our payments solutions offering to businesses and consumers
combines our Corporate Banking payments knowledge with our Barclaycard merchant acquiring expertise.
Our international reach and scale
mean we have the responsibility indeed the obligation following our designation as a GSIB, to work together with our regulators to help reduce risk in the industry and provide a more sustainable banking landscape over the long term.
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Our diverse business model enables us to provide continuing and relevant support across all our businesses to our customers and
clients, whatever their stage of life.
For example, for individuals, Barclays offers a safe place to store savings, can help a
first-time buyer take their first steps onto the property ladder, give people from a variety of backgrounds the opportunity to grow and manage their wealth, or provide cross-border advice for the affluent for example, helping family members abroad.
For businesses it means being ready to help entrepreneurs launch a business, fund its growth, manage payments securely, expand internationally, manage risk effectively, and issue bonds and listed equity shares.
Technology is a critical component of this service offering that benefits customers and clients across the spectrum, regardless of which part of our
business they engage with first. Digitalisation and automation of simple banking processes deepens relationships with our customers. For example, automation of account opening and unsecured lending provides increased convenience to personal and
corporate customers alike. Similarly, the digitisation of FX transfers and innovative payments solutions enable businesses to achieve their ambitions in the same way that our multi-asset trading platform enables institutional clients to
achieve theirs. These are all examples of the way Barclays adds value and provides benefit to all of our customers and clients through our approach to banking.
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Gender Barclays Board membership includes four women and ten men, and one woman and nine men on the Group Executive Committee. During 2015
we had a maximum of three women on the Group Executive Committee. Under the Companies Act 2006, Barclays are also required to report on the gender breakdown of our employees and senior managers. Of our global workforce of 129,400 (66,100
male, 63,300 female), 796 were senior managers (574 male, 222 female), which include Officers of the Group, certain direct reports of the Chief Executive, heads of major business units, certain senior Managing Directors, and directors on the boards
of undertakings of the Group, but exclude individuals who sit as directors on the board of the Company.
In 2015 the Balanced Scorecard was used throughout the organisation and formed part of the
framework by which our staff were assessed, with individual performance objectives aligned to the 5Cs.
This year has seen
improvement across a number of our metrics, especially our capital strengthening, as measured by the CET1 ratio, and within Colleague. Further work is required in some areas, including RoE.
The Customer and Client Relationship metrics remained stable as a strong performance in corporate banking, combined with improvements in Barclays
current accounts, was partially offset by the impact of reshaping our wealth business. Our Client Franchise Rank remained stable in challenging market conditions.
Under Colleague, we have seen an improvement in both the colleague engagement and the gender-diversity in our leadership, with numerous initiatives
to promote equality and support our workforce proving successful.
In our Citizenship plan, 10 out of 11 metrics on target shows that we
are having a positive impact on the communities in which we operate, with lending to households the only initiative to lose momentum primarily as a result of market and trading conditions.
Conduct also showed a slight improvement on 2014 following a number of actions being taken to improve customer outcomes, although we are below where
we would like to be.
Within Company there has been a significant strengthening in the CET1 ratio, however we have plenty of work to do
to deliver an acceptable return to shareholders, with RoE slightly down on 2014.
There is still plenty of work to do and we remain
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2015 saw
improved performance in UK retail markets with increased NPS scores for both Barclaycard UK credit cards and Barclays current accounts. In 2015 weve focused on improving key customer experience touch points for our retail customers whether
they contact us in branch, over the phone or by online channels. Weve also launched our Barclays Blue Rewards proposition to UK retail customers and have measured improved perceptions of value as a result. In the UK, Barclaycard has continued
to introduce industry leading balance transfer offers and innovative payment plan products.
Elsewhere across our customer franchises
weve maintained a very strong performance in the corporate banking market where weve vied for leadership position among our peers throughout the year. Our NPS ranks for our Wealth business slipped as we exited the US market.
While we have recorded improvement in NPS scores in key markets, acceptable progress towards our 2018 Group target will require us to ultimately
outperform our peers in addition to improving our own scores. We believe we are well placed to achieve this by leveraging technology to accelerate the transformation of customer and client interaction. Transforming the nature of banking
globally through innovations such as Barclays Mobile Banking, Pingit, Mobile Cheque Imaging and Video Banking will be fundamental to our success.
Client Franchise Rank
Our ranking of 5th for 2015 provides a strong platform from which to build as we aspire to
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Barclays has piloted a ground-breaking new service at our branches. Customers with a disability or impairment
can now enter their accessibility needs and preferences into an optional free-to-download app, along with their name and a photo of themselves. The data is awoken and passed discretely to any participating branch when the customer comes
into range of its Bluetooth beacon. A staff member is alerted to the customers arrival and can proactively tailor the service they provide, according to the stated wishes, making communication and interaction both easier and more empathetic to
both parties. We know how tiresome it can be for some customers to re-articulate their access needs every time they visit the branch, so we used their feedback to drive direction of the design. For further information, please visit
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Our colleagues remain core to success at Barclays, and we remain committed to
investing in them and ensuring they are enabled to consistently deliver strong performance over time.
Fostering an inclusive and diverse culture where all colleagues can achieve their potential remains a core business focus:
§ through diversity, we gain a greater breadth of perspectives
§ through inclusion these perspectives feed innovation.
In turn, this ensures we deliver services and innovative products that are
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Female representation across the firm has again increased, sustaining a 1% year on year upward trend since 2012. Sustained Engagement at Barclays is currently 75%, a positive result in light of the ongoing change our organisation experienced in
2015. For further details see the People section on pages 79 to 82.
How we measure success
Increasing the representation of women in senior roles, and building a robust pipeline of diverse talent remain priorities. Practical talent
management tools are in place to deliver tangible change, ranging from our global unconscious bias training programme, to ensuring diversity is reflected in candidate shortlists and hiring panels. Targeted sponsorship and mentoring programmes
connect leaders with rising talent, with networks and forums all actively supporting our people to achieve their potential. Collectively our approach aims to contribute to the culture and commitment needed to build greater gender parity.
We place emphasis on how committed our colleagues are to working at Barclays,
the environment we create to enable our colleagues to do their best work, and our colleagues overall well-being within the workplace. These aspects form what we call Sustainable Engagement. We measure progress by asking colleagues how engaged
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Achieving gender parity requires a cultural shift so we continue to enable and amplify dialogue with internal and external stakeholders to promote
equality. Our Shattering Stereotypes research in 2015 has highlighted key opportunities and barriers to unlocking the economic power of female entrepreneurship. Our Women in Leadership Index continues to enable investors to show their interest in
companies with gender-diverse leadership. Internally, we have continued to embed gender parity principles into our core people processes and practices. We have established alumni and returnership programmes to enable women to restart paused careers,
while our Women on Boards programme prepares our senior leaders for external non-executive director roles. The diversity of our own Board continues to be a focus, with our recently revised Board Diversity Policy setting out our intention to see
female Board representation rise to a 33% minimum by the end of 2020.
Sustainable Engagement
Now in its second year, the global employee opinion survey (Your View) was deployed across the Group in October 2015, with over 100,000 colleagues
participating. The survey is in line with our Group-wide approach to measuring employee feedback, and allows us to consistently track progress, measure success and highlight areas for improvement. The survey was more concise and focused this year
and provides insight on Sustainable Engagement, colleague alignment to our Values, the working environment and perceptions of Leadership.
With a Sustainable Engagement score of 75%, a 3% increase on the prior year, our colleagues strongly believe in the goals and objectives of
Barclays, and would recommend our organisation as a place to work. We remain committed to building on the positive trend we have seen in Sustainable Engagement in 2015, and will use the insights from this years survey to sharpen aspects of our
people strategy. This includes focusing on how we collectively make the best use of our resources, supporting colleagues with an effective technology infrastructure. In doing so we are creating an environment that both allows our colleagues to
thrive professionally, and deliver for Barclays customers.
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Working with the United Nations (UN) as one of ten Impact Champion organisations highlights our commitment to
achieving greater equality for women. To advance the cultural shift towards gender parity, we became a founding supporter of the UN led HeForShe movement. This important campaign unifies efforts, and significantly is enabling men to
demonstrate why equality matters to them. Male and female colleagues, including members of the Group Executive Committee, have signed a Barclays HeForShe pledge, channelling leadership commitment towards key gender initiatives such as
mentoring. Membership of our gender network the Womens Initiative Network (WiN) has also increased significantly as leaders see the importance of being vocal and visible advocates for gender equality. Since launching the HeForShe
campaign, 60% of new WiN members have been male. HeForShe is an integral aspect of our strategy in enabling women to achieve their full potential at Barclays, and ensuring our communities benefit fully from their talent.
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We provide further detail on our programmes and a range of case studies on our
website at home.barclays/citizenship In addition, we also provide further disclosures aligned to the Global Reporting Initiative G4 guidelines, in the Citizenship Data Supplement 2015 available at home.barclays/annualreport
How we measure success
Fully integrated with the Balanced Scorecard, the Citizenship Plan included 11
targets to deliver by the end of 2015. A performance summary is available below with more detailed information in the Citizenship Data Supplement 2015.
We are now preparing to launch the next chapter in our Citizenship ambitions, which will be even more integrated and with a sharper focus on
accelerating shared growth for our business and for society. This next evolution is deeply aligned with our strategy, geographical footprint and strengths.
Each of the business units will contribute to our Citizenship commitments with a focus on where they can deliver positive societal impact. We see
exciting opportunities to partner across customers, clients, government, suppliers and NGOs to create new solutions that will deliver the greatest social impact and return for our business. The new strategy will be launched in 2016.
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Attestation to the Barclays Way code of conduct met target with 99% of employees attesting. We exceeded our target to reduce carbon emissions by
10%, achieving a total reduction of 37.3% against a 2012 baseline, driven by operational energy efficiency initiatives and travel management.
We have continued to see moderate improvement in stakeholder perceptions, based on the results of the Citizenship Reputation (YouGov survey), with our overall score increasing to 5.24/10 (2014: 5.11/10). Supplier payment performance
hit 86% on time, ahead of our target of 85%. We have evaluated our reporting requirements under the UK Modern Slavery Act and continue to embed and refine necessary changes to our supplier screening and human rights related policies and practices,
prior to reporting in our 2016 disclosures.
Contributing to growth*
As a result of market and trading conditions, we missed our target to deliver £150bn of new and renewed lending to households, providing a
total of £141.8bn by the end of 2015 (2014: £107.7bn). We met our target to deliver £50bn of new and renewed lending to SMEs, providing a total of £50.7bn on a cumulative basis (2014: £38.5bn). We assisted in raising
£3,366bn of financing for businesses and governments on a cumulative basis (2014: £2,487bn).
We reached over 190,000
participants at SME support events, exceeding our target of 120,000. We also exceeded our target to recruit 2,000 apprentices with a total of 2,263 apprentices at Barclays in the UK (2014: 1,734).
Supporting our communities*
2015 marks the conclusion of Barclays 5 Million Young Futures commitment. Between 2012 and 2015, we have invested in programmes to support
young people around the world develop vital skills they need to achieve their ambitions. Over this period we have reached more than 5.7 million young people and invested nearly £262m in the community against our cumulative target of
£250m. In 2015 alone, we helped to build the enterprise, employability or financial skills of more than 1.5 million young people and invested £63m in the community.
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Case study As Green Bonds continue to mature
as a way of financing environmentally beneficial activities, Barclays remains committed to the development of the space.
Barclays made a public commitment in 2014 to invest £1bn in Green Bonds within the Group liquidity pool by November 2015. After meeting that
goal, we committed to an additional £1bn investment in Green Bonds in December 2015, representing one of the largest investments into this sector to date.
We are a signatory to the Green Bond Principles and have been an active underwriter on a variety of Green Bond transactions for corporate,
supranational and municipal issuers, raising a total of £1.3bn in 2015. |
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The Group continued to incur the significant costs of conduct
matters § Additional charges were recognised for customer redress including £2.2bn for the cost of PPI remediation
§ Resolution of these matters remains a necessary and important part of delivering the Groups strategy
§ There are early signs that we are driving better outcomes for customers from a more thoughtful consideration of our
customers needs. The 2018 target is for a Conduct Reputation
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In 2015 Barclays made progress on its Conduct measure recording a score of 5.4 (2014: 5.3). Operates openly and transparently, Has
high quality products and services and Delivers value for money for customers and clients have all improved according to audience perception. Performance on two components, Treats staff well at all levels of the
business and It can be trusted have declined slightly.
As a result of increased awareness and early consideration of
conduct risk in the business, a number of actions have been taken to improve customer outcomes including:
§ proactive consideration and management of potential customer detriment associated with Barclays
strategy to simplify its business and products. For example, change programmes monitoring customers subject to multiple changes including platform and online migrations
§ application
of more stringent residential mortgage requirements to buy-to-let mortgage applicants, ensuring better lending decisions
§ improvements in key areas such as bereavement and power of attorney and ongoing training to equip staff to
support customers in vulnerable circumstances
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surveillance monitoring in the Investment Bank identifying and proactively managing activity which appeared to cause unusual market impact
§ separation
plans of non-core businesses consider customer outcomes.
In 2016 there will be continued improvements of conduct risk management across
governance structures, MI, culture change initiatives, risk management processes and enterprise-wide risk management. There will also be further enhancements to how conduct risk is considered in strategy setting.
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inadvertently elected to earn a lower interest rate of 0.13% (instead of the correct interest rate of 0.30%) on a $100m deposit cash trade. Operations staff identified the mismatch and despite being legally entitled to proceed with the lower
interest rate, agreed that the right thing to do was to amend the rate in favour of the client.
Barclays have teams in place that constantly monitor such transactions in order to spot operational or system errors. Although Barclays had the
right to go ahead and apply the lower interest rate (which would have cost the client £130,000) we instead amended the trade in favour of the client.
By putting ourselves in our clients shoes, we have elected to achieve our ambitions in the right way. We believe that our customers should be
able to trust us to have their best interest at heart as this ensures long term profits through customer loyalty. |
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effectively managing risk to create sustainable returns for our Company. |
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We are committed to delivering long-term acceptable returns to shareholders in a sustainable way, while maintaining adequate
levels of capital to enable the Bank to operate safely through challenging economic conditions.
We will achieve this by prudently optimising the level, mix and distribution to businesses of our capital resources whilst
maintaining sufficient capital resources in order to:
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the Group is well capitalised relative to its minimum regulatory capital requirements set by the PRA and other regulatory authorities
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its credit rating § support its growth and strategic objectives.
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In 2015 the Groups CET1 ratio increased by 110 basis points to 11.4%. The main driver was a £44bn reduction in RWAs to £358bn, demonstrating continued progress on the Non-Core rundown together with reductions in
the Investment Bank. This was partially offset by a decrease in CET1 capital to £40.7bn (2014: £41.5bn). We will continue to reduce RWAs within Non-Core, while looking to allocate capital to RoE enhancing growth opportunities in our Core
businesses.
Adjusted Return on Equity
Adjusted RoE in 2015 decreased to 4.9% (2015: 5.1%) as adjusted PBT fell by 2% to £5,403m, driven by a 24% increase in the Non-Core loss
before tax to £1,459m as a result of the continued rundown, partially offset by a 3% increase in Core profit before tax to £6,862m. Adjusted RoE for Core was 9.0% (2014: 9.2%).
The Group estimates its cost of equity for 2016 at 10.5%.
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responsible for the divestment of Barclays non-strategic assets and businesses, and is run by a dedicated management team operating within a clear governance framework to rundown the unit while optimising shareholder value.
When the Non-Core division was created in May 2014, RWAs were £110bn. By
the end of 2015, this had reduced to £47bn as a result of the disposal of Businesses, the rundown and exit of Securities and Loans, and Derivative risk reductions. Key drivers of the decrease in RWAs of £29bn in 2015 were a £10bn
reduction in the Derivative portfolio, £9bn reduction in Securities and Loans, and reductions as a result of the sale of the Spanish and UK Secured Lending businesses. The announced sale of the Portuguese and Italian retail businesses in H215,
due to be completed in H116, are expected to result in a further £2.5bn reduction in Non-Core RWAs. |
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The activity in our business units reflects our progress in becoming the partner of choice
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a change in structure for 2016, an upcoming restatement document will detail 2015 performance under the new business units.
The following pages provide an insight into what each of the businesses do, the products they provide
and markets they serve, and how they look to add value to Barclays business model.
How each of our businesses deliver the strategy
will differ. For instance, the majority of our colleagues in Personal and Corporate Banking work in our distribution network whereas Africa Banking provides fundamental banking infrastructure to a developing continent. Hence the contribution of each
of our businesses will differ to the overall Balanced Scorecard for the Group, as seen on page 11. Therefore the metrics on the following pages demonstrate how each of our businesses contribute in their own individual way. Africa Banking contributes
to the Balanced Scorecard of the South African listed entity, Barclays Africa Group Limited.
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We are succeeding by putting our
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everything we do and by continuing to
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Our ability and enthusiasm for supporting the wider, non-banking needs of the Council, has led us to become the chosen financial
services partner for the Local Authority Sector in the Greater Manchester area.
We worked closely with Salford City
Council to understand their specific needs and devised a strategic plan in conjunction with the Council and its partners, focusing on digital skills and driving efficiency by:
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Our purpose
Society is facing a digital revolution which is transforming the lives and businesses of our customers and clients. We firmly believe that Barclays
has a social and commercial responsibility to help customers and non-customers to embrace the new and ensure that no one is left behind on the digital journey.
How the business is structured and what we provide to the Group
PCB is a powerhouse with the potential to challenge the traditional UK banking landscape.
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Using our structure and leveraging advances in technology we can innovate to deliver relevant and differentiated client and customer experiences
while driving down costs and improving control.
Environment in which the business operates
Were in the midst of a digital revolution where everyone now expects and demands services that are easy to access, fast and reliable.
Customers expect us to be with them, whenever, wherever and however they choose to transact. Thats why were investing in building the capacity to deliver our services digitally and finding ways to redefine how we meet customer
expectations. We are restless in the pursuit of finding innovative ways to solve the routine everyday money moments while empowering and training our colleagues to help customers when they need us the most.
Risks to this business model
While executing our strategy we are cognisant that the external market and environment in which PCB operates is constantly changing, with emerging
regulation, rapidly evolving competitive landscape and increasing customer expectations.
We are making good progress to adapt and evolve
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2015 was a transformational year for PCB. We continued to support growth in the communities in which we operate, helping 17,600 people take their
first steps onto the property ladder, lending £3.6bn in Barclayloans and launching a £150m fund to support fast growing technology businesses in the UK.
By innovating and harnessing technology, we are able to provide simple and relevant solutions for our customers and clients. We launched Barclays
Blue Rewards providing customers with a simple and inclusive digital rewards proposition, paying cash every month, to recognise and reward their relationship with us. We also created the FX powered by Barclays app, giving users an information-only
tool to compare up to the second FX rates and margins.
We continued to use technology to make customers lives easier in a number
of UK banking firsts. Over 60,000 cheques, totalling over £55m, were processed as digital images through our Mobile Cheque Imaging pilot and through the partnership between Pingit and Camelot, we were able to create the first new payment
option for the National Lottery in over a decade.
We were the first UK bank to launch Video Banking, allowing customers to securely
carry out their banking through a digital face to face service with our expert colleagues. Our Serve Anywhere iPad technology enabled colleagues to access customer systems remotely in an industry first for any UK retail bank.
We made significant progress in de-risking the business and made a strategic decision to sell Barclays Wealth Americas and transformed the Wealth
business with a focus on simplification and innovation in markets where we can compete at scale. In 2015, we were awarded Wealth Manager of the Year at the Global Investor Awards.
We continued to work towards our ambition to become the most inclusive and accessible bank in 2015, reaching over 4,000 Talking ATMs, being the
first bank to launch a Sign Video service and launching the Community Driving Licence a modularised colleague training app to better understand the needs of different customer circumstances.
We are firmly committed to leaving no-one behind as we enter into the digital revolution, with our network of over 15,000 UK Digital Eagles
supporting customers and non-customers to build their confidence in digital skills. In 2015 alone, they hosted almost 5,000 Tea and Teach sessions helping those taking their first steps to get online, more than 1,000 Code Playgrounds teaching young
people and their parents to code and over 250 Digital Business Clubs supporting small businesses in taking advantage of the opportunities new technology brings. We also continued to help the next generation secure employment and manage their
finances more effectively, with the number of young people participating in our LifeSkills programme since 2013 reaching over 1.8 million and almost 3,000 colleagues volunteering to run LifeSkills sessions last year.
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We continue to build on our heritage of innovation, offering a range of market leading solutions to help consumers
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access to credit scores and education When
Barclaycard US discovered that more than 60% of the US population does not check their credit score regularly, they realised just how far this was impacting their everyday decisions from renting an apartment to getting a new mobile phone contract.
The team made enhancements to their mobile app and servicing website to give customers their FICO® Credit Score; top two key factors affecting it; along with related information for customers to keep in mind.
Over three million cardholders in the US are now
proactively viewing their FICO® scores with about 60% accessing it monthly and around 35% using our mobile app. Lower rates of delinquency have been observed in customers taking advantage of the service.
Based on the positive feedback and engagement from our
customers in the US, a similar initiative with a local partner has since been taken up in the UK with free credit score checks for all our UK customers too.
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Barclaycard aspires to be the most recommended brand to help consumers buy and clients sell, every day. We provide funding to facilitate payments
and lend responsibly to customers and clients based on their needs and our risk appetite. We also enable retailers to accept payments through a range of innovative point of sale solutions.
How the business is structured and what we provide to the Group
Barclaycard serves consumers in both of Barclays core geographies, the UK and the US, as well as in Germany and Southern Europe. We also
operate in Norway, Sweden and Denmark via our EnterCard joint venture. We provide branded and co-branded consumer cards to our customers, and business solutions to our clients, including commercial cards, payment acceptance and point of sale
finance. Our business model is diversified by geography and product line and our scale helps us deliver a strong financial performance through the economic cycle.
Environment in which the business operates
The consumer payments and lending environment is experiencing considerable change, driven by new competitors and technology, consumer behaviour and regulation. Competition from traditional and non-traditional players is
intensifying, adding further pressure to an already crowded payments environment. Electronic and mobile commerce are changing consumer expectations, driving a need for a fast and seamless payments experience. Across the payments landscape regulation
is challenging existing business models but also enabling increased card acceptance, as cash is replaced by electronic payments.
Many of
the trends above provide opportunities for Barclaycard to help its customers and clients achieve their goals. Our future business strategy is focused on opportunities that represent the best interests of our customers and clients and that help us
deliver sustainable growth.
Risks to this business model
Managing risk is a critical element of our culture. Barclaycard faces risks every day which, if they crystallise, could negatively impact our
business, our customers and clients and our colleagues.
Barclaycard is exposed to a series of risks and threats, including:
macroeconomic fluctuations, potential economic shocks, further regulatory changes, fraud, increasingly sophisticated cyber crime and the resilience of our core infrastructure.
We address risk by rigorous consideration of customer outcomes in the way we define and execute our strategy and make decisions. We operate within
agreed risk appetites to ensure we maintain the planned risk profile. Our lending strategy is supported by clear target market criteria, ensuring we lend to those for whom credit is suitable.
We also address risk through our diversified business model; by innovating to create new opportunities; by identifying ways to meet changing
customer demands in a more efficient way; and by continuing to invest in technology, people and processes.
Examples of
innovations/deals this year
Barclaycard achieved numerous industry accolades in 2015.
Our proprietary bPay wearable payments solution secured eight industry awards, including Best Alternative Payments at the Card and
Payments Awards for UK and Ireland.
Since our deployment of contactless payment across Londons transport network in 2014, over
250 million journeys have been completed using over 8.7m unique cards from 80 countries.
Finally, our US business announced a
partnership with JetBlue to launch a new co-brand credit card program in early 2016, adding to our list of prestigious partnerships.
Review of the year
Barclaycard delivered a record performance in 2015. Profit before tax increased 22% to £1,634m. Strong growth was delivered through the
diversified consumer and merchant business model with asset growth across all geographies. Cost to income ratio improved to 42% (2014: 43%), while investment in business growth continued. The business focus on risk management was reflected in stable
30-day delinquency rates and improved loan loss rates. This resulted in a return on average equity of 17.7% (2014: 16.0%) and a return on average tangible equity of 22.3% (2014: 19.9%).
Total income increased 13% to £4,927m, driven primarily by growth in US cards and the appreciation of the average USD rate against GBP.
Loans and advances to customers increased 9% to £39.8bn reflecting growth across all geographies.
Customer deposits increased 40% to £10.2bn driven by the deposits funding strategy in the US.
In 2015, the value of transactions increased by 14%, to reach £293bn. We have also maintained the strong customer acquisition trend from
previous years, as we welcomed over 4 million new customers and 32,000 new clients in 2015, while reaching an important milestone in Germany of over 1 million customers. We have also continued to improve customer satisfaction by delivering
products and services important to our customers, enabling simplification of our proposition and driving digital customer engagement.
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have made further progress in embedding Conduct Risk into our business, by strengthening areas around governance and culture, product design and customer servicing, and embedding a Conduct focused culture throughout our business, thus striving to
deliver the right outcomes for our customers and clients.
Building on our commitment to make a positive difference to the communities in
which we live and work, 69% of colleagues used Barclays support to volunteer, fundraise or donate. We are also making Barclaycard an even better place to work, with over 93% of our high performing employees retained, 56% of hires internal
appointments and 34% of our senior leaders women.
In 2016, we are very excited to mark two significant milestones in our history,
celebrating Barclaycards 50th anniversary and the 25th year of activity for our German operations. Since launching the UKs first credit card in 1966, Barclaycard has continued to push the boundaries and challenge the status quo
creating the payment innovations of today and defining the possibilities of how people will pay tomorrow.
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In the third year since the formation of Barclays Africa Group Limited, our strategy execution is
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In October 2015, we launched ReadytoWork, a pan-Africa
employability initiative aimed at empowering young people with the skills they need to successfully transition from basic education into the world of work. ReadytoWork aims at addressing youth unemployment by providing work readiness skills through
a free interactive e-learning platform. We rolled out ReadytoWork in Zambia, Seychelles, Botswana, Kenya, Mauritius, Zimbabwe and South Africa, in partnership with several institutions of higher learning.
Over 4,500 users have independently registered on the
portal, with an additional 64,000 learners across 325 secondary schools in South Africa accessing the curriculum through our partnership with the Gauteng Department of Basic Education.
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We are focused on our goal to be the bank of choice in Africa. Our growth strategy is based on a unique competitive advantage we are an
African bank that is fully local, fully regional and fully international.
How the business is structured and what we provide to the
Group
Africa Banking is a diversified financial services provider offering an integrated range of products and services across
retail and business banking (RBB), credit cards, corporate and investment banking, wealth and investment management and insurance (WIMI). We serve nearly 12 million customers across Africa and have a long-standing presence in 12 countries,
including in our largest market South Africa.
Africa Banking is a combination of the results of Barclays Africa Group Limited (BAGL),
and Barclays Egypt and Barclays Zimbabwe.
BAGL strategy
BAGLs strategy is underpinned by four clear themes. First, as an African bank, we invest in growth opportunities on the continent and provide
access to the African and global capital markets. Second, as a customer-focused organisation, we aim to ensure customer experience remains our primary focus to make customers lives easier and help them prosper. Third, we are simplifying our
business to reduce costs and improve efficiency. Finally, we continue to make significant investments in technology and automation.
Our
Retail and Business Bank strategy is to transform our leading retail franchise in South Africa, and in our other African markets. We made strong progress on new customer acquisition, improved customer experience, and are investing heavily in mobile
and other technologies. In our Business bank, we are improving channel efficiency to serve small businesses and medium corporates. In our Corporate and Investment bank, we completed the roll out of a best-in-class integrated product platform for
corporates in all our markets, and are repositioning our Markets business. In our Wealth, Investment Management and Insurance business, we expanded into East Africa, improved performance in our short-term insurance business, and transformed our
Wealth and Investment Management business to an advisory-led model.
Environment in which the business operates
Against the backdrop of a slowing global economy, Africa economies are experiencing lower growth rates in part driven by lower commodity prices. In
South Africa, our largest market, persistent power shortages and drought have had a significant economic impact. In many African countries, the challenges of job creation and access to quality affordable education, and the need for a more equitable
society free of race and gender discrimination, have become more critical. As a major financial services group in Africa, we aim to have positive economic impact and invest in our communities, while delivering sustainable shareholder returns.
The industry in which we operate is highly competitive and dynamic. Mobile and other technologies enable new market entrants and disrupt
traditional models, while at the same time the complexity in the operations and technology environments has increased. BAGL continues to make sizeable investments in innovation, data and automation to improve customer experience and increase
efficiency. Mobile technology in particular is transforming our distribution channels in line with industry and competitor trends.
Review of the year
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Banking 2015 performance was solid and we made further progress on the financial commitments that we set out to the market. Our Cost-to-Income ratio was lower than 2014 as income growth
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exceeded sub-inflationary cost growth. Africa Banking RoE of 8.7% and RoTE of 11.7% was lower than
2014, although underlying returns in BAGL increased further. Contribution from the markets outside of South Africa increased, and is now above 20% as these markets grew faster than South Africa. We are currently top 3 by income in four of our
largest five markets.
On a reported basis, profit before tax decreased 1% to £979m and total income net of insurance claims
decreased 2% to £3,574m. The ZAR depreciated against GBP by 10% based on average rates and by 28% based on the closing exchange rate in 2015 and was again a significant contributor to the movement in the reported results of Africa Banking.
The discussion of business performance that follows is based on results on a constant currency basis unless otherwise stated.
Profit before tax increased 11% reflecting growth in rest of Africa operations of 18% and growth in South Africa of 9%. Good growth was
achieved in the identified strategic areas of RBB and Corporate Bank in South Africa, and WIMI, while the corporate business outside South Africa was negatively impacted by higher impairments. Investment Bank trading performance in South Africa was
lower as Fixed Income, Currencies and Commodities (FICC) income was impacted by a volatile environment.
Total operating expenses for
Africa Banking increased 5% with inflationary pressure, partially offset by savings from strategic cost programmes including restructure of the branch network, increased automation, and property rationalisation.
Loans and advances to customers increased 8% to £29.9bn (reported) driven by strong Corporate and Investment Bank growth, resulting in
increased net interest income for African Banking. Customer deposits increased 11% to £30.6bn (reported) reflecting RBB growth.
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Long-standing relationships with our clients
Barclays has had a long-standing relationship with Dell,
having advised the Company on a number of capital markets transactions as well as its acquisition of Wyse Technology in 2012. When Dell, together with its owners, Michael Dell, MSD Partners and Silver Lake Partners agreed to acquire EMC Corporation
in 2015 for $67 billion, Barclays acted as a financial adviser to Dell and provided financing for the transaction.
This landmark transaction, which represents the largest technology M&A transaction to date, will create the worlds
largest privately- controlled technology company with an integrated portfolio positioned to address customers rapidly changing critical IT needs.
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Our purpose
We enable the movement of capital between those who need it, for example to grow their company or build new infrastructure, and those looking to
generate a return on investment. In doing so we fund and facilitate global economic growth, helping people to achieve their ambitions.
How the business is structured and what we provide to the Group
Our business is split into three core areas:
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Through this range of business activities we can provide Barclays with a diversity of income and risk, while delivering a full spectrum of advisory,
financing and market execution services for our corporate, government and institutional clients.
Environment in which the business
operates
The investment banking sector continues to change, driven by regulatory evolution, higher capital requirements and changing
client demands. This has resulted in significant differences in the strategic responses from industry peers.
The changes we have made
following our strategy update in May 2014 have rebalanced our business mix towards core business lines in which we have competitive strengths and can drive higher returns, while ensuring that we continue to provide a holistic service to our target
clients. In January 2016 we announced several complementary initiatives to further support the execution of this strategy (e.g. through certain product and country exits). The Investment Bank continues to make progress on earnings, capital and
leverage as set out in the strategy update.
Risks to this business model
The market environment remains challenging, marked by uncertain macro conditions and resource constraints. Alongside structural regulatory change,
including new capital and leverage requirements, this has put increasing pressure on the Investment Banks ability to deliver returns.
Changes resulting from new and impending regulation will continue to impact our business model. In particular, adapting our business framework in response to structural reform will be a key focus over the coming years as we seek to
comply with global structural reform plans.
In addition the business continues to face conduct and litigation risk. We continue to
strengthen our control environment, evolve our culture and simplify our products in order to minimise these risks.
Examples of
innovations/deals this year
During 2015, the Investment Bank executed several transactions that demonstrate its execution
capabilities, connectivity to clients and the strength of the franchise. A few notable examples are listed below.
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The Investment Bank continues to make progress on its origination led strategy, building on leading positions in its home markets of the UK and US,
while driving cost savings and RWA efficiencies. Annual revenues remained resilient at £7.6bn (2014: £7.6bn) and disciplined capital deployment resulted in lower RWAs of £108bn (2014: £122bn). The PBT for the year improved to
£1.6bn (2014: £1.4bn).
We have continued to deliver for our clients by advising on some of the most noteworthy transactions
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Through our business activities, we aim to have a positive impact on our colleagues and the broader communities in which we operate. A few notable
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Barclays facilitates the flow of capital towards environmentally and socially beneficial activity, with a range of business lines actively involved in delivering solutions across product groups,
geographies and industry sectors. For example, the Investment Bank issued more than £5.6bn (at share) of environmental financings that positively contribute to the low carbon economy |
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accomplishment, belief in Barclays goals and strategy, and the likelihood of recommending Barclays as a good place to work |
The Investment Bank remains focused on strengthening the Conduct framework. The Conduct Risk committee and the relevant sub-committees ensure conduct considerations are firmly embedded in all business and strategic decisions.
In-person and online Conduct Risk training for colleagues is delivered throughout the year.
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Barclays Non-Core (BNC) was formed to oversee the divestment of Barclays non-strategic assets and businesses, releasing capital to support
strategic growth in our Core business.
BNC brings together businesses and assets that do not fit our client strategy, remain sub-scale
with limited growth opportunities, or are challenged by the regulatory capital environment. Non-Core assets have been grouped together in BNC, comprising three main elements: Principal Businesses, Securities and Loans, and Derivatives. Several of
the businesses managed within BNC are profitable and will be attractive to other owners.
BNC will be reduced over time, through sale or
run-off. Reducing the capital and cost base will help improve Group returns and deliver shareholder value.
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At the creation of BNC, almost 80% of BNC RWAs related to the non-core Investment Bank. It included the majority of our commodities and emerging
markets businesses, elements of other trading businesses including legacy derivative transactions, and non-strategic businesses. The key non-core portfolios outside the Investment Bank comprised the whole of our European retail business, some
European corporate exposures and a small number of Barclaycard and Wealth portfolios.
BNC is run by a dedicated management team
operating within a clear governance framework to optimise shareholder value and preserve maximum book value as businesses and assets are divested.
Market environment and risks
To divest BNC successfully we are partly dependent on external market factors. The
income from our businesses and assets, the quantum of associated RWAs and finally market appetite for BNC components are all influenced by market environment. In addition, regulatory changes in the treatment of RWAs can significantly impact the
stock of RWAs.
These factors mean the market environment in which BNC operates can have positive or negative consequences for our planned rundown profile.
BNC maintains a robust risk management framework to mitigate the risks inherent in our businesses and assets. However we may need to take further,
currently unforeseen, actions to achieve our rundown objectives which may include incurring additional costs of exit, or a change in direction to our planned rundown trajectory.
Although the emphasis is on bringing down RWAs, reducing costs in BNC is also critical. We are strongly focused on ensuring we reduce both, although
this may not always happen simultaneously.
Review of the year
Loss before tax increased 24% to £1,459m driven by continued progress in the exit of businesses, securities and loans, and derivative assets.
RWAs reduced £29bn to £47bn including a £10bn reduction in Derivatives, £9bn reduction in Securities and Loans, and Business reductions from the completion of the sales of the Spanish and UK Secured Lending businesses. The
announced sales of the Portuguese and Italian retail businesses, which are due to be completed in H116, are expected to result in a further £2.5bn reduction in RWAs.
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Credit impairment charges improved 54% to £78m due higher recoveries in Europe and the sale of the Spanish business.
Total operating expenses improved 40% to £1,199m reflecting savings from the sale of the Spanish, UAE retail, commodities, and several
principal investment businesses, as well as a reduction in costs to achieve, and conduct and litigation charges.
Total assets decreased
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Chairmans governance overview
The oversight and constructive challenge provided by the Board is essential to strategic success.
The Board is responsible to shareholders for creating and delivering sustainable shareholder value by approving the strategic direction of the
Groups businesses. In our pursuit of greater long-term shareholder value, we must maintain the highest standards of corporate governance, which are the foundation on which we manage risk and build the trust of all our stakeholders. The way in
which we govern the Group to achieve these standards is set out in our governance framework, described below.
On becoming Chairman in
April 2015, I wrote to shareholders setting out the three strategic priorities for the Group: to evolve the strategy to focus on our core segments and markets; to wind down non-core exposures and assets and achieve our target capital levels; and to
instil a high performance culture with strong ethical values. To meet these commitments and build a business for the future, your Board has taken decisive action to increase focus, discipline and accountability, as briefly highlighted below.
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Focus on core segments and markets
During 2015, your Board emphasised the need to focus resources on areas that matter to the Group and to exit those that do not provide an
appropriate return. We approved the revised strategy to unlock greater value from the Investment Bank. We discussed increasing the pace of exit from Non-Core and during 2015 Barclays shrank non-core assets, disposing of a number of businesses or
asset portfolios, with a resulting reduction in RWAs. These disposals included the sales of the Spanish, Portuguese and Italian banking networks, the Index business, FirstPlus mortgages, the Wealth business in the US and UK Secured Lending.
Generate shareholder value
While we recognise the importance of dividends in delivering returns to shareholders, we have decided it would be prudent to scale back dividends in 2016 and 2017. We are focused on improving returns to enable future increases in
the dividend and to fund growth. We also progressed a number of options for increasing capital accretion over the level achieved in recent years, including the release of capital from underperforming business areas and a reduction in expenses driven
by savings from strategic cost programmes. The benefit from the latter, however, was impacted by the costs of legacy conduct issues. In addition, we explored a number of new ways to improve the cost:income ratio, such as the increased deployment of
technology in our core businesses.
Instil a high performance culture with strong ethical values
To ensure we have the right balance of skills and experience to drive the Groups strategy to completion, we appointed new non-executive
Directors during 2015, in addition to the appointment of Jes Staley as the new Group Chief Executive. As Chairman, I strive to instil a performance culture with increased personal accountability to enable the organisation to become more efficient
and agile. Progress reports on our cultural transformation during the year revealed that the factors contributing to execution risk mainly derive from fairly simple cultural issues. As a result your Board recommended a high-level single view of the
portfolio of key strategic initiatives to manage dependencies, harness potential synergies and increase the speed of completion.
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Our corporate governance framework
What your Board does and how it does it underpins the delivery of long-term sustainable success. This creates the framework within which the
Executive can lead the business and deliver the agreed strategy.
Leadership
Your Board provides challenge, oversight and advice to ensure that Barclays is doing the right things in the right way. Your Board is also attentive
to the need to cultivate future leaders and ensure that robust succession plans are in place.
Effectiveness
Your Board requires the right balance of expertise, skills, experience and perspectives to be effective. It also needs to have the right
information, at the right time, so that it can engage deeply on how the business is operating, how the Executive is performing and fully understand the risks and major challenges the business is facing. The performance of your Board, its Committees
and each of the Directors is scrutinised each year in the Board Effectiveness Review.
Risk management and control
Understanding and managing our risks and continuously improving our controls are central to the delivery of our strategic aims. Your Boards
risk committees play an active role in ensuring that Barclays undertakes well-measured, profitable risk-taking activity that supports long-term sustainable growth. During 2015, we simplified and streamlined the structure of the Boards risk
committees. We disbanded the Board Enterprise Wide Risk Committee and your Board assumed responsibility for oversight of enterprise wide risk. We also revised the responsibilities of the other Board-level risk committees so that the Board Risk
Committee took on responsibility for oversight of the capital and financial implications of operational risk.
Remuneration
Your Board seeks to ensure that remuneration decisions are aligned with and support the achievement of long-term value creation.
Engagement
Barclays wider societal responsibilities means it is attentive to a broad set of stakeholders. Your Board undertakes regular engagement with
shareholders, investors and other stakeholders to maintain strong relationships.
Your Board
John McFarlane (68) Group Chairman
Jes Staley (59) Group Chief Executive; Executive Director
Sir Gerry Grimstone (66) Deputy Chairman and
Senior Independent Director
Mike Ashley (61) Non-executive Director
Tim Breedon (58) Non-executive Director
Crawford Gillies (59) Non-executive Director
Reuben Jeffery III (62) Non-executive Director
Wendy Lucas-Bull (62) Non-executive Director
Tushar Morzaria (47) Group Finance Director; Executive Director
Dambisa Moyo (47) Non-executive Director
Frits van Paasschen (54) Non-executive Director
Diane de Saint Victor (61) Non-executive Director
Diane Schueneman (63) Non-executive Director
Steve Thieke (69) Non-executive Director
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Your Boards overriding duty is to ensure it is strong and effective, with strong and effective Directors. All appointments to your Board are
therefore made on merit, taking into account the collective balance of skills, experience and diversity that the Board requires. Our Board Diversity Policy, which is available at home.barclays, sets out our policy and objectives for achieving
diversity on your Board. At the end of 2015, there were four women on your Board (29%), compared to our target of 25% by the end of 2015.
Noting that the latest progress report on women on boards from the Davies Review has suggested a target of at least 33% by 2020, your Board has
adopted this new target in its Board Diversity Policy.
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Viability statement
While the financial statements and accounts have been prepared on a going concern basis, the UK Corporate Governance Code requires the Directors to
make a statement in the Annual Report with regard to the viability of the Group, including explaining how they have assessed the prospects of the Group, the period of time for which they have made the assessment and why they consider that period to
be appropriate.
In considering the viability of the Group, the Board has carried out a regular and robust assessment of the Groups
risk profile across the five principal risks and the material existing and emerging risks. The material existing and emerging risks considered include those risks that senior management believe could cause the Groups future results of
operations, financial condition and prospects to differ materially from current expectations, including the ability to meet dividend expectations, ability to maintain appropriate levels of capital and meet capital and leverage ratio targets, and
achieve stated targets and commitments as outlined in the Strategy section. The assessment also considered the Groups resilience to the threats to its viability posed by those risks in certain stress scenarios.
In addition to the robust assessment described above, the Board considered managements working capital and viability report dated
15 February 2016. As part of this report, the Board considered a forecast of Barclays Group CET1 ratio trajectory to December 2018, a forecast of the leverage ratio trajectory, the Tier 1 and total capital ratio and the build-up of loss
absorbing capacity. The Board also considered the liquidity and funding profile of the Group as expressed by Barclays internal liquidity risk appetite (LRA) and regulatory liquidity coverage and stable funding ratios. In addition, the review
included an up-to-date assessment of financial risks, including market and credit risk, and a review of operational and conduct risk. The latest internal stress test conducted in February 2016 was also reviewed, including consideration of the
potential for management and strategic actions in the event stresses were to materialise. The spot position and forecast trajectory of solvency and liquidity ratios, as well as financial and non-financial risks, were considered in line with risk
appetite. The report also included solvency and liquidity forecasts of key legal entities, on a post structural reform basis. The Board and Board Risk Committee frequently review and monitor solvency ratios and the risk profile.
Information relevant to the Boards assessment of the Groups viability can be found in the following sections of the Annual Report:
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In its review of the information outlined above, the Board has been particularly focused on the implementation of structural reform, legacy conduct
matters and the impact of a Minimum Requirement for own funds and Eligible Liabilities (MREL). The potential impacts of these risks have been estimated and included within the Medium-Term Plans, and working capital report. The review and analysis of
this information enables the Directors to confirm they have a reasonable expectation of the Groups viability over the next three years. This period covers the period used for the Groups medium-term capital plans and projections and has
been selected as it provides management and the Board sufficient and realistic visibility of the future industry environment. During this projected three year period, the Directors have a reasonable expectation that Barclays will continue to operate
and meet its liabilities as they fall due.
In assessing the Groups viability over the next three years, it is recognised that all
future assessments are subject to a level of uncertainty that increases with time and that future outcomes cannot be guaranteed or predicted with any certainty. The Boards assessment of the Groups viability over the next three years is
also subject to the risk factors highlighted on pages 119 to 126 and in particular those items of focus referenced above, all of which could have an impact on the future performance of Barclays.
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The Board Remuneration Committees priorities are to ensure that Barclays pays for sustainable performance, aligns remuneration with risk and
delivers a greater proportion of the income we generate to our shareholders.
Performance and pay
The Committees 2015 pay decisions took full consideration of financial performance, both on an adjusted and a statutory basis, and
non-financial performance including progress towards the 2018 targets within the Balanced Scorecard. The Committee also recognised the need to improve returns to shareholders and to accelerate delivery. We are committed to moving this forward in a
manner that is consistent with Barclays Values to ensure that legacy events are not repeated.
Although there were improvements in
the Core operating businesses with Core adjusted profit before tax up 3%, Group adjusted profit before tax was down 2% to £5,403m for 2015. Group statutory profit before tax was down 8% at £2,073m. The Groups capital position has
continued to strengthen with a CRD IV fully loaded Common Equity Tier 1 (CET1) ratio of 11.4% and a leverage ratio of 4.5% at the end of the year. Cost targets have been met and Barclays Non-Core has made significant progress in reducing its risk
weighted assets.
Against this background, the Group incentive pool for 2015 is again significantly lower than in prior years, down by
£191m or 10% in absolute terms at £1,669m compared to the incentive pool of £1,860m for 2014.
Similarly, the 2015 Investment Bank incentive pool is down 7%, despite the Investment Banks
adjusted profit before tax increasing by 17%.
Total compensation costs are down 6%, and the compensation to adjusted net income ratio is
37.2%, down from 37.7% in 2014. The Core compensation to adjusted net income ratio is also down at 34.7% (2014: 35.7%).
Risk and
conduct
A central feature of our remuneration philosophy is that remuneration must be aligned with risk, and with the conduct
expectations of Barclays, our regulators and stakeholders. The Group incentive pool outlined above is after adjustments the Committee has made for both risk and conduct events. In addition to specific risk and conduct events, we also adjusted the
incentive pool to take account of an overall assessment of a wide range of future risks, non-financial factors that can support the delivery of a strong conduct culture and other factors including reputation, impact on customers, markets and other
stakeholders.
We have a robust process for considering risk and conduct issues as part of individual performance management reviews with
outcomes reflected in individual incentive decisions. Individuals who are directly or indirectly accountable for risk and conduct events have had their remuneration adjusted as appropriate. This includes reductions in current year bonus levels and
reductions in vesting amounts of deferred awards through the application of malus. Further details can be found on page 89.
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Summary Remuneration report
The full Remuneration Report can be found on pages 83 to 116. The Remuneration report (other than the part containing the Directors
Remuneration Policy) will be subject to an advisory vote by shareholders at the 2016 AGM.
Executive team
2015 saw a change in Group Chief Executive. The Company announced on 28 October 2015 that Jes Staley was to become Group Chief Executive with
effect from 1 December 2015. He was appointed on a salary of £1,200,000 and Role Based Pay of £1,150,000 commensurate with market pay levels. The Committee approved the grant of a share buy-out award to compensate him
for an unvested share award granted to him by a previous employer which was forfeited as a result of him joining Barclays. The award was made on terms aligned to the forfeited award. Jes Staley satisfied, at the date of joining, the executive
Directors shareholding requirement of four times salary through his personal purchase of 2,790,000 Barclays shares.
During the
four month period between Antony Jenkins departure as Group Chief Executive and Jes Staley starting in the role, John McFarlane served as Executive Chairman. John McFarlane indicated to the Committee that he did not wish his remuneration to be
increased during that time and therefore his fee remained unchanged for the period during which he served as Executive Chairman.
The
Committee also approved compensation arrangements on Antony Jenkins departure as Group Chief Executive during the year. Further details can be found on page 101.
2015 remuneration
The
following tables show a single total figure for 2015 remuneration in respect of qualifying service for each executive and non-executive Director together with comparative figures for 2014.
Executive Directors: Single total figure for 2015 remuneration (audited)
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Salary
£000 |
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Role Based Pay
£000 |
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Taxable benefits
£000 |
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Annual bonus £000 |
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LTIP
£000 |
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Pension
£000 |
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Total £000 |
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2015 |
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2014 |
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2015 |
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2014 |
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2015 |
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2014 |
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2015 |
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2014 |
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2015 |
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2014 |
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2015 |
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2014 |
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2015 |
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2014 |
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Antony Jenkinsa |
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598 |
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1,100 |
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516 |
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950 |
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89 |
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100 |
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505 |
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1,100 |
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1,494 |
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1,854 |
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197 |
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363 |
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3,399 |
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5,467 |
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Tushar Morzaria |
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800 |
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800 |
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750 |
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750 |
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82 |
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95 |
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701 |
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900 |
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200 |
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200 |
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2,533 |
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2,745 |
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Jes Staleyb |
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100 |
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96 |
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48 |
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33 |
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277 |
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Notes
a |
The 2015 figures for Antony Jenkins relate to the period to 16 July 2015 when he ceased to be a Director, save in the case of the LTIP which relates to the whole performance period.
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The 2015 figures for Jes Staley relate to the period from 1 December 2015 when he joined the Board as Group Chief Executive. |
John McFarlane was appointed Executive Chairman from 17 July 2015 to 30 November 2015. Details of his fees are provided on page 31.
Additional information in respect of 2015 remuneration for the executive Directors (audited)
Role Based Pay (RBP)
Executive Directors receive RBP which is delivered quarterly in shares, subject to a holding period with restrictions lifting over five years (20%
each year). The value shown in the above table is of shares at the date awarded.
Taxable benefits
Taxable benefits include private medical cover, life and ill health income protection, tax advice, relocation, home leave related costs, car
allowance and the use of a company vehicle and driver when required for business purposes and other benefits that are considered minor in nature.
Annual bonus
Annual bonuses are discretionary and are typically awarded in Q1 following the financial year to
which they relate. The 2015 bonus awards reflect the Committees assessment of the extent to which the executive Directors achieved their Financial (50% weighting) and Balanced Scorecard (35% weighting) performance measures, and their personal
objectives (15% weighting). A summary of the assessment against the performance measures is provided below. For more information please see pages 93 and 94. Jes Staley was not eligible for a 2015 bonus.
Financial (50% weighting)
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Performance measure |
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Weighting |
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Threshold 25% |
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Maximum 100% |
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2015 Actual |
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2015 Outcome |
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Financial |
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Adjusted profit before tax |
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20% |
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£5,801m |
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£7,022m |
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£5,403m |
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0.0% |
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Adjusted costs (ex CTA) |
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10% |
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£16,780m |
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£15,182m |
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£16,205m |
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5.2% |
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CET1 ratio |
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10% |
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10.47% |
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11.34% |
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11.4% |
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10.0% |
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Leverage ratio |
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10% |
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4.17% |
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4.72% |
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4.5% |
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6.9% |
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Total Financial |
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50% |
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22.1% |
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The approach taken to assessing financial performance against each of the financial measures is based on a straight
line outcome between 25% for threshold performance and 100% applicable to each measure for achievement of maximum performance.
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continued
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Balanced Scorecard (35% weighting)
Progress in relation to each of the five Cs of the Balanced Scorecard was assessed by the Committee. The Committee took an approach
based on a three-point scale in relation to each measure, with 0% to 3% for below target, 4% or 5% for met target, and 6% or 7% for above target progress against a particular Balanced Scorecard component.
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Balanced Scorecard 5Cs |
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Weighting |
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Metric |
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2015 Target |
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2015 Actual |
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2015
Assessment |
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2015
Outcome out
of maximum 7% for each C |
Customer and Client |
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7% |
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PCB, Barclaycard and Africa Banking weighted average ranking of Relationship
Net Promoter Score v peer sets Client Franchise Risk |
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4th |
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4th |
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Met target |
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4.0% |
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5th |
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5th |
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Met target |
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Colleague |
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7% |
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Sustained engagement of colleagues score |
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82-88% |
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75% |
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Below target |
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2.0% |
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% women in senior leadership |
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23% |
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23% |
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Met target |
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Citizenship |
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7% |
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Citizenship Plan initiatives |
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11/11 |
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10/11 |
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3.0% |
Conduct |
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7% |
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Conduct Reputation (YouGov Survey) |
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5.6/10 |
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5.4/10 |
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Below target |
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3.0% |
Company |
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7% |
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Adjusted return on equity |
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5.9% |
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4.9% |
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Below target |
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3.0% |
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CET1 ratio |
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11.0% |
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11.4% |
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Above target |
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Total Balanced Scorecard |
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35% |
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15.0% |
Personal objectives (15% weighting)
(i) |
Antony Jenkins: The Committee recognised that during the first half of the year Antony Jenkins showed full commitment to continuing to embed a customer and client focused culture backed by the
Barclays Values and to delivering on financial commitments with particular focus on capital accretion, reducing costs and continuing the rundown of Non-Core. The Committee judged that 11% of a maximum of 15% was appropriate.
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Tushar Morzaria: The Committee concluded that Tushar Morzaria had delivered a strong personal performance throughout the year, and noted that during the second half of the year (pending Jes
Staleys arrival) this was achieved while discharging considerably increased executive responsibilities. During 2015, Tushar Morzaria continued to drive transformational change, played a significant role in the improvement in the Banks
capital position and in driving further focus on close and effective cost management. The Committee judged that 13% of a maximum of 15% was appropriate. |
Overall summary
The
performance assessment for Antony Jenkins resulted in an overall formulaic outcome of 48.1% of maximum bonus opportunity being achieved. Antony Jenkins resulting 2015 bonus, pro-rated for service, is £505,000. The formulaic outcome for
Tushar Morzaria was 50.1% of maximum bonus opportunity. Tushar Morzarias resulting 2015 bonus is £701,000.
60% of each
executive Directors 2015 bonus will be deferred in the form of a share award under the Share Value Plan vesting over three years with one third vesting each year. 20% will be paid in cash and 20% delivered in shares. All shares (whether
deferred or not deferred) are subject to a further six month holding period from the point of release. 2015 bonuses are subject to clawback provisions and, additionally, unvested deferred 2015 bonuses are subject to malus provisions which enable the
Committee to reduce the vesting level of deferred bonuses (including to nil).
LTIP
The LTIP amount included in Antony Jenkins 2015 single total figure is the value of the amount scheduled to be released in relation to the
LTIP award granted in 2013 in respect of performance period 2013-2015. Tushar Morzaria and Jes Staley were not participants in this cycle. The performance achieved against the performance targets is as follows.
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Performance measure |
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Weighting |
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Threshold |
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Maximum vesting |
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Actual |
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% of award vesting |
Return on risk weighted assets (RoRWA) |
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50% |
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13% of award vests for average annual RoRWA of 1.1% |
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Average annual RoRWA of 1.6% |
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0.21% |
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0% |
Loan loss rate |
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30% |
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10% of award vests for average annual loan loss rate of 75bps |
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Average annual loan loss rate of 60bps or below |
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53bps |
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30% |
Balanced Scorecard |
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20% |
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Performance was assessed by the Committee to determine the percentage of the award that may vest. Each of the 5Cs in the Balanced Scorecard has equal
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The Committee was also satisfied that the discretionary underpin in respect of the underlying financial health of
the Group based on profit before tax was met, and accordingly determined that 39% of the maximum number of shares under the total award should be considered for release in March 2016. After release, the shares are subject to an additional two year
holding period.
Pension
Executive Directors are paid cash in lieu of pension contributions. This is market practice for senior executives in comparable roles.
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2016 remuneration
The introduction of new deferral and LTIP requirements in the Remuneration part of the PRA Rulebook and EBA Guidelines will require some structural
changes as to how the approved Directors remuneration policy will be implemented in 2016. It is therefore our intent to consult with shareholders over proposed changes once formulated. The following summarises how the approved Directors
remuneration policy would be implemented in 2016 under the current framework.
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Fixed pay |
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Annual Bonus |
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Long term incentive plan |
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Salary |
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Role Based Pay |
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Pension |
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£000 |
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£000 |
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£000 |
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Jes Staley |
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1,200 |
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1,150 |
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396 |
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Maximum 80% of fixed pay |
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Maximum 120% of fixed pay |
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Tushar Morzaria |
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800 |
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750 |
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200 |
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Maximum 80% of fixed pay |
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Maximum 120% of fixed pay |
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Salary, Role Based Pay, pension and benefits are unchanged from 2015.
Chairman and non-executive Directors: Single total figure for 2015 fees (audited)
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Fees |
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Benefits |
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Total |
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2015 |
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2014 |
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2015 |
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2014 |
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2015 |
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2014 |
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£000 |
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£000 |
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£000 |
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£000 |
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£000 |
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£000 |
Chairman |
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John McFarlanea |
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628 |
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11 |
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639 |
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Sir David Walkerb |
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285 |
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750 |
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6 |
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19 |
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291 |
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769 |
Non-executive Directors |
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Mike Ashley |
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207 |
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213 |
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207 |
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213 |
Tim Breedon |
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232 |
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240 |
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232 |
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240 |
Crawford Gilliesc |
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178 |
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91 |
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178 |
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91 |
Reuben Jeffery III |
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135 |
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160 |
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135 |
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160 |
Wendy Lucas-Bulld |
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358 |
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367 |
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358 |
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367 |
Dambisa Moyo |
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152 |
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151 |
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152 |
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151 |
Frits van Paasschen |
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88 |
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80 |
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88 |
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80 |
Sir Michael Rakee |
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250 |
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250 |
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250 |
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250 |
Diane de Saint Victor |
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135 |
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135 |
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135 |
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135 |
Diane Schuenemanf,k |
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74 |
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74 |
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Sir John Sunderlandg |
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60 |
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190 |
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60 |
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190 |
Steve Thiekeh,k |
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184 |
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131 |
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184 |
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131 |
Fulvio Contii |
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37 |
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37 |
Simon Fraserj |
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47 |
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47 |
Total |
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2,966 |
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2,842 |
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17 |
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19 |
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2,983 |
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2,861 |
Non-executive Directors are reimbursed expenses that are incurred for business reasons. Any tax that arises on these
reimbursed expenses is paid by Barclays. The Chairman is provided with private medical cover and the use of a company vehicle and driver when required for business purposes.
Notes
a |
John McFarlane joined the Board as a non-executive Director with effect from 1 January 2015 and as Chairman from 24 April 2015. The total includes non-executive Director fees of
£78,000 for the period from 1 January 2015 to 24 April 2015. |
b |
Sir David Walker retired from the Board with effect from 23 April 2015. |
c |
Crawford Gillies joined the Board as a non-executive Director with effect from 1 May 2014. |
d |
The 2014 figure has been updated to include fees received by Wendy Lucas-Bull for her role as Chairman of Barclays Africa Group Limited. The 2015 figure includes fees received by her in 2015 for
that role. |
e |
Sir Michael Rake retired from the Board with effect from 31 December 2015. |
f |
Diane Schueneman joined the Board as a non-executive Director with effect from 25 June 2015. |
g |
Sir John Sunderland retired from the Board with effect from 23 April 2015. |
h |
Steve Thieke joined the Board as a non-executive Director with effect from 7 January 2014. |
i |
Fulvio Conti retired from the Board with effect from 24 April 2014. |
j |
Simon Fraser retired from the Board with effect from 24 April 2014. |
k |
Diane Schueneman and Steve Thieke both served in 2015 on the US Governance Review Board, which is an advisory board set up as the forerunner of the board of our US intermediate holding company
which will be implemented during 2016. The 2015 figures for Diane Schueneman and Steve Thieke include fees of $37,500 and $75,000 for these roles respectively. |
Regulatory developments
The
PRA made revisions to the Remuneration part of its Rulebook (formerly the UK Remuneration Code) during 2015 which apply from 1 January 2016. These include the seven, five and three year tiered deferral requirements for Senior
Managers and different categories of Material Risk Taker (MRT) respectively, and the potential extension of the clawback period to ten years for Senior Managers (under certain circumstances). These changes, which apply globally to Barclays as a UK
headquartered bank, further emphasise the competitive disadvantages attributable to the lack of a global level regulatory playing field.
Further revisions to the Remuneration part of the PRA Rulebook are required during 2016 for the European Banking Authoritys (EBA) final Guidelines on sound remuneration policies. The most significant changes include a
prohibition on the payment of dividends on deferred shares and an increase to a one year (from six months) holding period for incentive awards delivered in shares to the large majority of MRTs. The Guidelines apply from 1 January 2017. The
application of the Guidelines to UK firms, once confirmed by the PRA and FCA, will contribute to changes to our Directors remuneration policy in 2017.
Agenda for 2016
In line with legal requirements, we will be seeking shareholder approval for our Directors
remuneration policy at the 2017 AGM. As a Committee, we will review our remuneration policy to ensure that future arrangements are fully aligned to our strategy to accelerate delivery to shareholders in a manner consistent with Barclays Values
and also to meet new regulatory requirements. This will be developed over the coming months and we will engage constructively with shareholders and regulators as we do so.
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Running the company well
underpinned by solid capital footings. |
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The financial statements of the business not only allow analysis of the key financial information
in a standardised format, but are important to help understand the performance and management of the business.
The key performance
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2015 results were characterised by further the continued execution of the strategy.
Group capital and leverage ratios continued to strengthen. The fully loaded common equity tier 1 (CET1) ratio increased 110 basis points to 11.4%
driven by a reduction in risk weighted assets of £44bn to £358bn. The leverage ratio increased 80 basis points to 4.5% driven by a reduction in leverage exposure of £205bn to £1,028bn.
Strong progress on the rundown of the Non-Core business continued, with a further reduction in risk weighted assets of £29bn to £47bn
contributing to the increase in the CET1 ratio. Non-Core leverage exposure decreased to £121bn (2014: £277bn). The announced sales of the Portuguese and Italian retail businesses in H215, due to be completed in H116, are expected to
result in a further £2.5bn reduction in Non-Core risk weighted assets. Non-Core period end allocated equity reduced to £7bn (2014: £11bn).
The accelerated rundown of the Non-Core business resulted in a 2% reduction in Group adjusted profit before tax to £5,403m due to a 24% increase in the Non-Core loss before tax to £1,459m.
The Core business performed well reflecting continued strategic progress. This resulted in a 3% increase in profit before tax to £6,862m, with
improvements in all Core operating businesses, including Africa Banking on a constant currency basis.
The improved profit before tax in
the Core business was driven by positive cost to income jaws across all Core operating businesses. Combined with the increase in average allocated equity of £5bn to £47bn, this resulted in a return on average equity for the Core business
of 9.0% (2014: 9.2%) and a the return on average tangible equity of 10.9% (2014: 11.3%). Group adjusted return on average equity was 4.9% (2014: 5.1%).
Driving efficiency remains a significant focus for the Group, with total adjusted operating expenses reducing 6% to £16,998m. Adjusted operating expenses excluding costs to achieve reduced 4% to £16,205m, driven by
savings from strategic cost programmes.
Statutory profit before tax reduced 8% to £2,073m after absorbing net losses on adjusting
items of £3,330m (2014: £3,246m).
A final dividend for 2015 of 3.5p per share will be paid, resulting in a total 6.5p
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2015 Adjusting items to income statement
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Contents
Our corporate governance processes and the role they play in supporting the delivery of our
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Board of Directors1
Board of Directors
Barclays understands the importance of having a Board containing the right balance of skills, experience and diversity and the composition of the
Board is regularly reviewed by the Board Nominations Committee. The skills and experience of the current Directors and the value they bring to the Board is described below. Full biographies can be accessed online via home.barclays/investorrelations
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Chairman
Age: 68 Appointed:
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Relevant skills and experience John is a former CEO of Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited with
extensive financial services experience across retail, commercial and investment banking, gained both globally and in the UK. John has a proven track record of implementing cost reduction, cultural transformation and driving through strategic
change; most recently demonstrated during his time as chairman of Aviva plc. He is also an experienced non-executive director and chairman. John became Chairman at the conclusion of the April 2015 AGM. He became Executive Chairman in July 2015 and
held this position until 1 December 2015, when he resumed the role of Chairman. Other principal appointments Old Oak Holdings Limited; Westfield Corporation;
Chairman, The CityUK
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years at JP Morgan, initially training as a commercial banker, and later advancing to the leadership of major businesses involving equities, private banking and asset management, and ultimately heading the companys global investment bank. Most
recently, Jes served as managing partner at BlueMountain Capital. These roles have provided him with a vast experience in leadership and he brings a wealth of investment banking knowledge to the Board. Jes joined Barclays as Group Chief Executive on
1 December 2015. Other principal appointments
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Deputy Chairman and Senior Independent Director Age: 66
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Sir Gerry brings to the Board a wealth of investment banking, financial services and commercial experience gained through his senior roles at
Schroders and his various former board positions. Sir Gerry has global business experience across the UK, Hong Kong, the Middle East and the US.
Sir Gerry has significant experience as a non- executive director and chairman. He is currently the chairman of Standard Life plc, independent
non-executive board member of Deloitte LLP and the lead non-executive at the Ministry of Defence.
Other principal appointments
Financial Services Trade and Investment Board; The Shareholder Executive
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and experience Mike has deep knowledge of auditing and associated regulatory issues, having worked at KPMG for over 20 years, where
he was a partner. Mike was the lead engagement partner on the audits of large financial services groups including HSBC, Standard Chartered and the Bank of England. While at KPMG, Mike was Head of Quality and Risk Management for KPMG Europe LLP,
responsible for the management of professional risks and quality control. He also held the role of KPMG UKs Ethics Partner.
Other principal appointments
ICAEW Ethics Standards Committee; European Financial Reporting Advisory Groups Technical Expert Group; Chairman, Government Internal Audit
Agency; Charity Commission; International Ethics Standards Board for Accountants Committees Aud*, Nom, Ris
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Non-executive
Age: 58 Appointed:
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and experience Tim joined Barclays after a distinguished career with Legal & General, where, among other roles, he was the group
chief executive until June 2012. Tims experience as a CEO enables him to provide challenge, advice and support to the Executive on performance and decision-making.
Tim brings to the Board extensive financial services experience, knowledge of risk management and UK and EU regulation, as well as an understanding
of the key issues for investors. Other principal
appointments Marie Curie Cancer Care; Chairman, Apax Global Alpha Limited
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Non-executive
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and experience Crawford has extensive business and management experience, gained with Bain & Company and Standard Life plc. These
roles have provided him with experience in strategic decision-making and knowledge of company strategy across various sectors and geographical locations.
Crawford has also held board and committee chairman positions during his career, notably as chairman of the remuneration committees of Standard Life
plc and MITIE Group PLC. Crawford intends to retire from his
position at Standard Life plc in 2016. Other principal
appointments SSE plc; Control Risks Group Holdings Limited
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Non-executive
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Reuben has extensive financial services experience, particularly within investment banking and wealth management, through his role as CEO and
president of Rockefeller & Co. Inc. and Rockefeller Financial Services Inc. and his former senior roles with Goldman Sachs, including as the managing partner of the Paris office.
His various government roles in the US, including as chairman of the Commodity
Futures Trading Commission, provides the Board with insight into the US political and regulatory environment.
Other principal appointments
International Advisory Council of the China Securities Regulatory Commission; Advisory Board of Towerbrook Capital Partners LP; Advisory Board of
J. Rothschild Capital Management Limited; Financial Services Volunteer Corps; The Asia Foundation
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on the boards of large South African banks, including Barclays Africa Group Limited. As a CEO she has a track record of successful financial turnaround and cultural transformation of a major South African bank. Her expertise in asset management,
investment, commercial and retail banking on the continent is invaluable to the Board given its operations in the region.
Wendys previous experience of leading on a number of conduct-related consultations also provides Barclays with valuable insight into conduct
risk issues. Other principal appointments
Chairman, Barclays Africa Group Limited; Chairman, Absa Bank Limited; Chairman, Absa Financial Services; Afrika Tikkun NPC (non-profit); Peotona
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recently as the CFO of its Corporate & Investment Bank.
Throughout his time with JP Morgan he gained strategic financial management and regulatory relations experience. Since joining the Board he has been
a driving influence on the Groups strategic cost programme and managing the Groups capital plan, particularly in response to structural reform.
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Dambisa has a background in financial services and a wide knowledge and understanding of African economic, political and social issues, in addition to her experience as a director of companies with complex, global operations.
Other principal appointments
SABMiller Plc; Barrick Gold Corporation; Seagate Technology plc
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Frits is an experienced director, having held the position of CEO and non-executive director in a number of leading global organisations, most
recently as CEO of Starwood Hotels and Resorts Worldwide, Inc. These roles have provided him with both a global business perspective and a clear understanding of key management issues, as well as experience of enhancing customer experience in a
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of ABB Limited, a listed international power and automation technologies company. Dianes legal background, combined with her knowledge of regulatory and compliance requirements, bring a unique perspective to the discussions of the Board and
its Committees. Other principal appointments
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wealth of experience in managing global, cross-discipline business operations, client services and technology in the financial services industry. Dianes experience is a good addition to discussions of the Board and the Board Risk Committee.
Diane will also join the Board Audit Committee with effect from 1 March 2016. Other principal appointments None
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roles he served as the chairman of the risk management committee, and in regulation, through roles with the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and the Financial Services Authority. Steve also has significant board experience, having served in both
executive and non-executive director roles in his career. Other
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Committee1
Group Executive Committee
Biographies for Jes Staley, Group Chief Executive, and Tushar Morzaria, Group Finance Director, who are members of the Group Executive Committee,
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I joined Barclays in January 2015 as a non-executive Director and succeeded Sir David Walker as Chairman following the April 2015 Annual General
Meeting (AGM). I would like to extend my thanks and appreciation to Sir David for all that he did for Barclays during his tenure.
This
is my first report to you as Chairman and is perhaps not quite the report I anticipated writing when I first took up this role. From 17 July to 30 November 2015, I served as Executive Chairman, the Board having asked me to take on this
role on an interim basis following its decision to search for a new Group Chief Executive to succeed Antony Jenkins. I welcome the flexibility afforded to us by the UK Corporate Governance Code that allowed us to operate under these revised
governance arrangements for a short period of time and ensure continuity of focus and leadership. I was ably supported by my fellow Directors and by the Group Executive Committee during my period as Executive Chairman and thank them for their
individual and collective guidance and input. I was delighted that, under the leadership of Sir Michael Rake, we were able to progress the search for a new Group Chief Executive quickly and welcome Jes Staley to the Board in December 2015, at which
point I reverted to my role of non-executive Chairman. Jes has a track record as an outstanding leader and I believe he has the skills and experience to take Barclays forward to deliver improved shareholder returns and reclaim its position as the
UKs pre-eminent bank. Jes and I are already enjoying a constructive and positive time working together.
The role of the Board
The role of any board, and one in which I passionately believe, is to create and deliver long-term, sustainable value. Barclays is a
standout brand and has first-class retail, cards, commercial and investment banking businesses, but this has not translated into shareholder value in recent years. To deliver that value sustainably, we need to be much more focused on what is
attractive, what we are good at, and where we are good at it. Put simply, we need to create a tangible and compelling reason for our shareholders to invest in us. This has driven the Boards focus on three priorities during 2015: focus on our
core segments and markets; generate shareholder value; and instil a high performance and customer culture, with strong ethical values. You can read more about the Boards activity in support of these three priorities in the Strategic Report on
pages 25 to 27.
Board appointments, performance and succession planning
One of the key aspects of my role as Chairman, and one which was especially important during my tenure as Executive Chairman, is to ensure that
Barclays has an effective and cohesive, yet challenging Board, with the optimum balance of experience, skills, expertise and personal attributes. I have sought to promote a culture of integrity and transparency, enabling Board debate that allows
diverse perspectives and constructive challenge. Certainly, the Board did not shy away from difficult conversations and decisions during 2015, always with a focus on what was needed to drive forward execution of the strategy to generate sustainable
value for Barclays and its shareholders.
The Barclays Board has undergone a significant amount of change in recent years and saw further
changes during 2015. In addition to my own appointment, we welcomed Diane Schueneman to the Board in June 2015 and Jes Staley in December 2015. Diane brings valuable operations and technology experience to the Board. Sir David Walker and Sir John
Sunderland left the Board in April 2015, following the AGM, with Antony Jenkins leaving the Board in July 2015. Finally, in October 2015, we announced that Sir Gerry Grimstone would succeed Sir Michael Rake as Deputy Chairman and Senior Independent
Director with effect from 1 January 2016. Sir Michael retired from the Board at the end of 2015 and I would like to thank him for his dedicated service and commitment over his eight years as a non-executive Director, including being Senior
Independent Director since October 2011 and Deputy Chairman since July 2012. Sir Michael offers his own perspective on governance during 2015 on page 41.
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I am also delighted to report that we have met the Board diversity target we set back in 2012, which
was that 25% of the Board by the end of 2015 should be women. We have now agreed a new diversity target, which is that 33% of the Board by the end of 2020 should be women, although our overriding principle is that all appointments to the Board are
made on merit, taking into account the skills and experience that the Board needs now and may need in the future to support delivery of our strategy.
I am on record as saying that Barclays needs to reduce its internal bureaucracy by becoming leaner and more agile and consequently more effective and the Board and its processes are no exception to this. One of the steps I took on
becoming Chairman was to review the Boards governance structure, with assistance from the Company Secretary, in order to simplify and streamline the principal Board Committees, in particular those Board Committees with responsibility for
oversight of risk. As a result, the Board decided to disband the Board Enterprise Wide Risk Committee, with its responsibilities for oversight of enterprise-wide risk being assumed by the Board as a whole. We also concluded that the Board Financial
Risk Committee should assume responsibility for oversight of the capital and financial aspects of operational risk, in addition to financial risk, leaving the Board Conduct, Operational and Reputational Risk Committee to focus on conduct and
culture, reputational risk and citizenship. The Board Audit Committee continued to focus on the control aspects of operational risk. The Board Committees have subsequently been renamed to more accurately reflect their responsibilities.
As part of our discussions on Board and Board Committee succession planning, membership of each Committee was also reviewed to ensure that it had
the right balance of skills, experience and perspectives and also to ensure that individual Directors were not being over-burdened by Committee responsibilities. Board Committees play a vital role in supporting the Board in its oversight of internal
control and financial reporting, risk and risk management and reward and remuneration. Each of the Board Committee Chairmen report below on how their committees discharged their responsibilities during 2015 and the material matters each considered.
The Board Nominations Committee has continued to play a role in succession planning for Group Executive Committee and senior leadership roles and, having had the opportunity during 2015, as Executive Chairman, to work even more closely with Group
Executive Committee members, I was able to bring some fresh perspectives on the talent pipeline and talent management processes. More detail on the Board Nominations Committees work on succession planning can be found on page 61.
It is important to periodically obtain an independent perspective on the effectiveness of the Board and particularly so in a year when our
conventional Board governance processes were temporarily revised. We have conducted an externally facilitated review of the effectiveness of the Board each year since 2004 and for 2015 we asked Independent Board Evaluation to facilitate that review.
I am pleased to advise that the overall outcome of the review was that the Board is operating effectively, although there are some areas that could be enhanced. A report on the evaluation process and the outcomes may be found on pages 64, 66 and 67.
Culture and values
People matter more than anything else in any business: it is a companys people that make it great, help it stand out from its competitors, and
make it an attractive proposition for customers and investors. As a Board, we are responsible for ensuring that Barclays people do things the right things in the right way by setting the tone from the top, by living
Barclays culture and values in everything that we do and in the decisions we make, by holding the Group Executive Committee to account for the integrity of our Purpose and Values and by creating a culture in which doing the right thing is
integral to the way we operate, globally. In an organisation as large and as complex as Barclays, that can be, and is, a challenge, but we are only too alive to the consequence of getting this wrong. I have personally endorsed our Code of Conduct,
The Barclays Way, and the Board Reputation Committee has been monitoring, on behalf of the Board, the progress we are making to embed cultural change.
Shareholder and regulatory engagement
Meaningful engagement with our shareholders and regulators is a key pillar of our approach to corporate governance. We welcome open and constructive discussion with our stakeholders, particularly with regard to governance and
succession planning, strategy and remuneration. You can read more about how we have engaged with key stakeholders during 2015 in this report. I also hope to meet with many of our private shareholders at our AGM, which will be held on 28 April
2016. A significant activity during 2015 was our external audit tender, on which we engaged with a number of our major shareholders, and you can read a report from Tim Breedon, who chaired our Audit Tender Oversight Sub-Committee, on page 51.
Looking ahead
2015 has not been without its challenges, but I believe that we now have the leadership in place to take forward execution of our strategy at pace,
to deliver on our priorities and generate the long-term sustainable value that will benefit not only Barclays shareholders, but society at large.
John McFarlane
Chairman
29 February 2016
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What we did in 2015
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In asking the Chairman to take on executive responsibilities
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Dear Fellow Shareholders
In early July 2015, we announced the departure of Antony Jenkins as Group Chief Executive and the appointment of John McFarlane as Executive
Chairman, pending the appointment of a new Group Chief Executive. The non-executive Directors had reflected long and hard on the issue of Group leadership and had concluded that new leadership, bringing a new set of skills, was required to
accelerate the pace of execution going forward. These events were extensively reported at the time and, rather than revisit them, I would simply like to reiterate here the Boards appreciation of Antonys contribution at what was a
critical period for Barclays.
In asking the Chairman to take on executive responsibilities, albeit for an interim period, we were
mindful of the need to ensure that our Board governance arrangements remained effective and to maintain an appropriate balance of responsibilities on the Board and in the running of the Company until such time as a new Group Chief Executive was
appointed. I wanted to give you my perspective on how we approached that and, in particular, how my role as Deputy Chairman and Senior Independent Director evolved during this time.
First, as Executive Chairman, John McFarlane relinquished his membership of the principal Board Committees on which he served, to ensure they
continued to be composed solely of non-executive Directors and without any impediment to their ability to provide independent and constructive challenge to executive management. Specifically, John stood down as Chairman of both the Board Nominations
Committee and the Board Reputation Committee and I became Chairman of both committees in his place.
Secondly, I took primary
responsibility for the search for a new Group Chief Executive, leading the Board Nominations Committee through this process. As the relationship between the Chairman and Group Chief Executive is pivotal to the effectiveness of the Board, John worked
closely with me during this process and his insight and guidance on the skills and qualities we needed in the new Group Chief Executive was invaluable. During the search process, I reported regularly to my non-executive colleagues on the Board on
progress and on potential candidates, ensuring that they had the opportunity to provide their views and feedback. You can read more about the search for our new Group Chief Executive on page 65. We announced in late October 2015 that Jes Staley
would join the Board as Group Chief Executive with effect from 1 December 2015. John subsequently resumed his chairmanship of the Board Nominations Committee, however, I continued to chair the Board Reputation Committee for the remainder of
2015.
Thirdly, my general interaction with our main stakeholders our major shareholders and our regulators in the UK and US
increased during the period that John served as Executive Chairman.
Finally, I also maintained close contact with both John and
members of senior management to ensure there were no significant issues arising from a governance perspective during this period.
2015
was my last year on the Barclays Board. I joined the Board in January 2008 and served through an eventful and difficult period for both Barclays and the financial services industry as a whole. Barclays announced in October 2015 that I would retire
from the Board with effect from 31 December 2015 and I have spent time with my successor as Deputy Chairman and Senior Independent Director, Sir Gerry Grimstone, to ensure a smooth handover. I have been proud to serve on the Barclays Board and
wish my fellow Directors continuing success for the future.
Sir Michael Rake
Deputy Chairman and Senior Independent Director until
31 December 2015
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We have continued to play a role in changing the culture and building a greater sense of personal
accountability, not just at a senior level within the Group but throughout the organisation, for maintaining the control environment.
Dear Fellow Shareholders My
report for 2014 emphasised the role the Committee has in ensuring that Barclays operates with a strong control environment and, in particular, the role it is playing in changing the culture and building a greater sense of personal accountability,
not just at a senior level within the Group but throughout the organisation, for maintaining that control environment. During 2015, with the agreement of the Board and the Board Risk Committee, the Committee assumed primary responsibility for
assessing and tracking the progress of embedding the Enterprise Risk Management Framework (ERMF), which is the way in which Barclays approaches enterprise risk management and is the bedrock of our management of internal risk and control. In
particular, the Committee was keen to find ways in which the ERMF could be linked to the Groups assessment of Managements Control Approach (MCA), both to drive the right behaviours and provide a more objective method of assessing MCA. In
terms of specific control issues, an area of focus for the Committee during 2015 was operations and technology, where there are a number of material control issues the Group is addressing. In assessing control issues for disclosure, the Committee
has applied similar definitions to those used for assessing internal financial controls for the purposes of Sarbanes-Oxley and has concluded that there are no control issues that are considered to be a material weakness, which would therefore merit
specific disclosure. Further details may be found in the Risk Management and Internal Control section on page 72. The Committee also continued to address the significant judgements that need to be made in connection with the Groups financial
statements, primarily those relating to conduct and litigation provisions and the valuations of specific financial instruments, derivative assets and portfolios, particularly those where there is a lack of observable market data. More details of the
material matters addressed by the Committee are given in the report below. The Committee also spent time carefully considering the requirements of the new viability statement and confirmed that, as indicated in last years report, three years
was the appropriate period, as it accorded with the Groups Medium Term Plan. A significant activity for the Committee during 2015 was the external audit tender, which was conducted by an Audit Tender Oversight Sub-Committee, chaired by Tim Breedon. As I was until 2013 a partner of KPMG, one of the bidding
audit firms, I took no part in the external audit tender process, other than providing input to its initial design. Tim Breedon reports separately on the external audit tender process below.
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The role of Board Audit Committee Chairman continues to be a full and busy one. During 2015, I had significant interaction with our regulators, meeting with representatives from our UK and US regulators and also participating in
trilateral meetings with our auditors and UK regulators. I also took the opportunity to liaise with my fellow audit committee chairmen in other financial services companies, to discuss common issues and share practice, and I met with a group of
investors to discuss disclosure issues, in particular with regard to realised profits. I carried on with my practice of meeting with representatives from senior management to discuss specific issues, such as customer complaints or cyber risk, in
addition to my regular meetings with the Group Finance Director and Chief Internal Auditor. I also visited Barclays Africa, attending the African chairmens conference. I held regular private meetings with my fellow Committee members ahead of
Committee meetings to ensure I had a good sense of the matters that concerned them most and likewise met regularly with the lead audit partner of the external auditor.
Committee performance The
Committees performance during 2015 was evaluated as part of the independently facilitated Board effectiveness review and I am pleased to report that the outcomes were positive. The Committee was regarded as effective and considered to be very
thorough and detailed. The review commented on the continuing need to balance the demands of a busy agenda and programme of work with the need to cover issues in appropriate detail. We will also be seeking to strengthen the level of technical
accounting experience on the Committee. You can read more about the outcomes of the Board effectiveness review on pages 66 and 67.
Looking ahead Barclays
continues to face an unprecedented level of change, driven by both internal and external factors and it will be critical to ensure that a culture of strong control is maintained as the Group implements its strategy and also as it positions itself
for structural reform. The Committee will continue to seek to ensure that management maintains its focus on building personal accountability for upholding a strong and effective control environment and is supportive of the pilot programme being
implemented in 2016 that will require certain business personnel to spend time working in a control function before being promoted. 2016 will also see the Committee focus on the transition to a new auditor, KPMG, who will become Barclays auditor
with effect from the 2017 financial year. We will be seeking to ensure that the quality of the audit performed by the existing auditor, PwC, is maintained until the end of its tenure and that KPMG has completed the steps it needs to undertake to
ensure it is fully independent of Barclays and has a strong understanding of the business before it takes up office.
Mike Ashley
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Committee composition and meetings
The Committee is composed solely of independent non-executive Directors. Dambisa Moyo retired from the Committee at the end of August 2015 following
a review of Board Committee composition and size by the Board, which resulted in the membership of each Board Committee being refreshed. Diane Schueneman was appointed to the Committee with effect from 1 March 2016. Mike Ashley is the
designated financial expert on the Committee for the purposes of the US Sarbanes-Oxley Act. Although each member of the Committee has financial and/or financial services experience, the Board has determined that the Committee would benefit from
additional direct accounting and auditing experience and consideration is being given to further appointments to the Committee in order to deepen its expertise in these areas. You can find more details of the experience of Committee members in their
biographies on pages 36 and 37.
The Committee met 10 times in 2015 and the chart on page 50 shows how it allocated its time. One meeting
was held purely to consider presentations from the three audit firms bidding for the external audit tender and was not attended by Mike Ashley. Committee meetings were attended by management, including the Group Chief Executive, Group Finance
Director, Chief Internal Auditor, Chief Risk Officer, General Counsel and Head of Compliance, as well as representatives from the businesses and other functions. The lead audit partner of the external auditor attended all Committee meetings, except
the meeting to evaluate the external audit tender proposals, and the Committee held a number of private sessions with each of the Chief Internal Auditor or the lead audit partner, which were not attended by management.
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The significant matters addressed by the Committee during 2015 are described below.
Significant financial statement reporting issues
Assumptions and estimates or judgements are an unavoidable and significant part of the financial reporting process and are evaluated carefully by the Committee ahead of the publication of Barclays results announcements. The
Committee examined in detail the main judgements and assumptions made by management, any sensitivity analyses performed and the conclusions drawn from the available information and evidence, with the main areas of focus during the year set out
below. Where appropriate, the Committee sought input and guidance from the external auditor and welcomed its challenge on specific matters. In addition to these main areas of focus, the Committee also covered matters relating to Barclays
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Barclays makes certain assumptions and estimates, analysis of which underpins provisions made for the costs of customer redress, such as for Payment Protection Insurance (PPI), Packaged Bank Accounts (PBA) and
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In debating Barclays financial results statements, the Committee examined the provisions held for the costs of customer
redress. In respect of PPI, the Committee:
§ analysed
the judgements and estimates with regard to the PPI provision, taking into account estimated overturn rates, the estimation policy on missing data, and complaints trend data
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Financial Ombudsman Service overturn rates and trends, provisions utilisation, latest flow forecasts and how reasonable high and low end scenarios had been determined in order to assess the range of reasonable possible future costs
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proposed additional provisions and whether the analysis performed by management was consistent with prior periods § assessed the Groups ability to forecast trends in PPI complaints, discussing the levels of
uncertainty in the projections § debated the potential range of outcomes that might arise from the Plevin case (the 2014 UK Supreme Court ruling in Plevin v Paragon Personal Finance Ltd) and the potential impact on the
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outputs of that review, it agreed to increase the provision at the half year by £600m. Following the review at the third quarter, the Committee concluded that no additional provisions were required but asked management to conduct further
review and analysis for the 2015 year end to ensure that provisions were within an acceptable range. In deliberating the analyses presented by management in connection with the 2015 full year results, and considering in particular the potential
impact resulting from the FCAs consultation on introducing a time limit for claims and addressing the Plevin case, the Committee agreed with managements proposal to increase the provision at the year end by £1,450m. The Committee
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PBA claims experience throughout 2015, examining the level of provisions against forecast volumes and actual claims experience
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redress to certain customers regarding rates provided on foreign exchange transactions, the Committee: § examined the results of the internal review conducted by management on foreign exchange
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with the proposal to make a provision of £290m in the third quarter and that this provision should be separately disclosed. The remediation is still at an early stage and the Committee noted that there were no significant developments in the
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litigation and agreed that any residual provision should be retained and not released in the first half.
Having reviewed the information available to determine what could be reliably estimated, the Committee agreed that the provision at the full year
should be set at £1,237m for ongoing investigations and litigation including Foreign Exchange.
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are not available, in particular the Groups Education, Social Housing and Local Authority (ESHLA) portfolio, which during 2015 represented the most material judgement in view of widening credit spreads on social housing bonds and budget
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bonds credit spread performance and debating the appropriateness of the valuation model. § Assessed how the ESHLA portfolio might be accounted for under IFRS 9.
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uncollateralised derivatives and differences in pricing ranges and the potential impact on the Groups financial statements.
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agreed with managements recommendation that an additional prudential valuation adjustment of £300m should be made in respect of the ESHLA portfolio, reflecting an increase in credit uncertainty for social housing sector loans arising
from some widening of social housing bond credit spreads. The
Committee noted that despite attempts by the front office trading team, the Group Finance Director and the Chairman of the Committee, it had not proved possible to gain a complete understanding of the causes of the valuation disparity from the
relevant counterparty. Nonetheless, a significant element was understandable in light of the different underlying positions held and the Committee took further comfort from a third party valuation provided in relation to ongoing consideration of
restructuring the trades. The Committee concluded that the Groups valuation methodology was appropriate and also noted that the Group was protected against counterparty credit risk through a collateral escrow arrangement.
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§ Assessed impairment experience against forecast and whether impairment provisions were appropriate.
§ Evaluated
the results of the review and stress tests conducted by management of the Groups exposures to the oil and gas sector in light of the reduction in oil prices.
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managements analysis of the emergence and outturn periods for the Barclaycard portfolios. |
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determined that the allowances for credit impairment on loans and advances were appropriate and adequately supported by model outputs.
In relation to the oil and gas sector, the Committee determined that the proposed provisions were appropriate but noted that further stress was
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capital compared to current and future regulatory requirements, while taking into account levels of conduct and litigation provisioning and possible further provisions that may be required.
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stress test of the MTP and forecast capital and liquidity performance against stress hurdle rates, funding and liquidity forecasts and an assessment of global risk themes and the Groups risk profile.
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§ At the request of the Board, assessed, via discussion with and challenge of management, whether disclosures in Barclays
published financial statements were fair, balanced and understandable, taking into account comments received from investors and others.
§ Evaluated
reports from the Disclosure Committee on its assessment of the content, accuracy and tone of the disclosures. § Sought and obtained confirmation from the Group Chief Executive and Group Finance Director that they
considered the disclosures to be fair, balanced and understandable. § Evaluated the outputs of Barclays Turnbull assessments and Sarbanes- Oxley s404 internal control process.
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via reports from management that there were no indications of fraud relating to financial reporting matters. § Assessed disclosure controls and procedures.
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management, the Committee concluded that the processes underlying the preparation of Barclays published financial statements were appropriate in ensuring that those statements were fair, balanced and understandable.
In assessing Barclays financial results statements, the Committee
requested that certain amendments were made to disclosures on litigation and also provided input on other key disclosure items, including the US Wealth disposal, guidance on Barclays Non-Core, adjusting items, dividends and outlook statements. It
also debated the proposed statements to be made by the Chairman and Group Chief Executive, suggesting amendments.
The Committee concluded that the disclosures and process underlying the production of the 2015 Annual Report and Financial Statements were
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Other matters addressed by the Committee focused on the effectiveness of Barclays internal controls, the performance and effectiveness of the
internal audit function, the performance, objectivity and independence of the external auditor, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (PwC) and the arrangements being made to ensure that the incoming auditor, KPMG LLP (KPMG), achieves full independence prior
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risks and closed control issues, taking the opportunity to directly challenge and question functional leaders. § Scrutinised the status of specific material control issues and their associated remediation plans,
including in particular those relating to access management, security of secret and confidential data, cyber risk, IT infrastructure and application issues and third party supplier management.
§ Debated
any slippage to remediation programmes and whether this was a cultural indicator of the Groups approach. § Conducted a deep dive on security of secure and confidential data control issues, discussing in particular
the cultural changes that the businesses needed to make. § Assessed the threat presented by cyber risk, including the impact of any confirmed cyber attacks.
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the progress of remediation of third party supplier management control issues, including the potential impacts of the Groups focus on cost management and of decentralisation.
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suggested that resilience should be elevated as a material control issue and requested a deep dive. The deep dive has been scheduled for early 2016. The Committee also requested further updates on cyber risk and third party supplier management, both
of which are scheduled to take place in early 2016. The Committee
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including questioning directly the heads of those businesses. § Debated the importance of maintaining an effective control environment as the Group decentralises certain functional
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defence. § Evaluated a proposal for a revised approach to the internal control attestation process to link it to the ERMF.
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on the challenge of embedding conduct risk management as part of the ERMF. § Debated the effectiveness of the systems being used to support risk and control assessments by the first line of
defence. § Focused on the need for effective challenge by the second line of defence.
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what metrics could be used to provide line of sight to control issues and whether a more objective approach to MCA ratings could be developed. |
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align the MCA and ERMF, recommending that this be implemented with effect from 1 January 2016. The Committee requested further work on the revised approach to the internal control attestation process, so that the revised approach could be
implemented for the 2015 year end attestation. The Committee asked for a further update on the effectiveness of the challenge by the second line of defence once all risk and control assessments had been completed. This update is scheduled to be
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employees and re-publication of the Raising Concerns Policy. § Evaluated the level of substantiated cases and trends in reporting. |
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whistleblowing team and to enhance awareness and visibility across the Group of whistleblowing processes and the Raising Concerns Policy. It asked for more granular reporting to be made to the Committee, including ensuring that any cases of
retaliation were clearly highlighted and that Barclays Africa incidents were reported to the Committee on the same basis as the rest of the Group. This information is now being received.
To enable an assessment of effectiveness, the Committee asked for
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effectively, including debating a new approach to audit issues management, which requires issues to be remediated within six months of identification, with any extension to that time period requiring the approval of a member of the Group Executive
Committee. § Evaluated progress of the internal audit plan for 2015 and debated the plan for 2016, including assessing the proposed internal audit coverage and key control themes
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greater visibility at Group Executive Committee and senior management level of the remediation of control issues and audit issues management. It confirmed its agreement to the key control themes identified by internal audit, although it asked for
execution risk to be covered specifically. The Committee approved changes to internal audits methodology and the approach to audit coverage and issues validation, which has been implemented from 1 January 2016. The Committee asked for internal
audit reports to comment as a matter of course on the effectiveness of both first and second lines of defence when evaluating their audit findings. Having assessed internal audits reports on a regular basis, the Committee confirmed completion
of the internal audit plan for the first half of 2015 and approved the plan for the second half of the year, including approving the resources requested. It also approved the plan for the first half of 2016. In view of the Groups focus on cost
management, the Committee asked for an assessment of the impact on the internal audit plan of any proposed headcount reductions and for this to be reported to the Committee along with any revised plan. The Committee was content with the outcomes of
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it was updated on the implementation of IFRS 9, including the work under way to develop the Groups approach, project status, resourcing and employee training. The Committee requested, and received, a specific briefing session on IFRS 9,
covering the key assumptions and judgements that will be required
§ debated the Groups plan for recovery and resolution and the process by which it was developed, including assessing the
forward-looking trigger indicators
§ tracked progress of plans to ensure an attestation could be made to the Groups regulators with regard to financial crime controls
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status reports on the Groups controls around client assets and encouraged management to ensure that complexity, and the associated compliance costs, was taken into account when deciding which products to be offered
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regular reports on regulatory issues
§ approved revisions to its terms of reference and recommended them to the Board for approval
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a revised Group Retail Impairment Policy.
Assessing external auditor effectiveness, auditor objectivity and independence and
non-audit services
The Committee is responsible for assessing the effectiveness, objectivity and independence of the Groups
auditor, PwC. This responsibility was discharged throughout the year at formal committee meetings, during private meetings with PwC and via discussions with key executive stakeholders. In addition to the matters noted above, during 2015, the
Committee:
§ approved the terms of the audit engagement letter and associated fees, on behalf of the Board, having scrutinised the results of Barclays formal evaluation of PwC. More information
on the formal evaluation is provided below
§ appraised PwCs approach to key accounting judgements and how they were communicated and agreed with management and the Committee
§ recognising
that PwC, and its predecessor firms, has been Barclays external auditor since 1896 and that it had been more than 10 years since the external audit was last tendered, conducted an external audit tender, identified KPMG as the preferred
candidate for appointment as Barclays new auditor and made a recommendation to the Board. Details of the audit tender process, which was overseen by the Audit Tender Oversight Sub-Committee, can be found on page 51
§ discussed and agreed revisions to the Group Policy on the Provision of Services by the Group Statutory Auditor and regularly analysed reports from management on the services that PwC
provided to Barclays. Following the appointment of KPMG as auditor from 1 January 2017, the Committee also commenced oversight of new non-audit service engagements with KPMG in recognition of the potential threats to independence. Read more
about non-audit services below
§ instructed Barclays Internal Audit to undertake a review of a sample of non-audit services provided by PwC to ensure that the final deliverables aligned to the scope of work approved by
the Committee. No concerns were identified by this review
§ evaluated and approved revisions to the Group Policy on Employment of Employees from the Statutory Auditor and ensured compliance
with the policy by regularly assessing reports from management detailing any appointments made
§ analysed the results of the inspection of PwC by the Financial Reporting Councils Audit Quality Review Team and confirmed
support for the actions PwC proposed to take to address areas identified for improvement
§ assessed the draft report to the PRA prepared by PwC regarding its detailed audit work on specific topics, in particular,
impairment.
PwCs performance, independence and objectivity during 2015 were formally assessed at the beginning of 2016. A
questionnaire incorporating best practice recommendations from a number of professional and governance bodies, and taking account of key findings from the 2014 review, was completed by key stakeholders across the Group. The questionnaire was
designed to evaluate PwCs audit process in its entirety and addressed matters including the quality of planning and communication, technical knowledge, the level of scrutiny and challenge applied and PwCs understanding of the business.
The subsequent report provided empirical data on which the Committee assessed PwC. It also reflected specific comments made by respondents, giving the Committee a valuable insight into managements views. The Committee was particularly
interested in assessing whether audit quality was being maintained throughout the period of transition to a new auditor. The results of the evaluation confirmed that both PwC and the audit process were effective. Having considered the results of the
evaluation, the Committee recommended to the Board and to shareholders that PwC should be reappointed as the Groups auditors at the AGM on 28 April 2016, noting that this would be PwCs final year as Group auditor.
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Non-audit services
In order to safeguard the auditors independence and objectivity, Barclays has in place a policy setting out the circumstances in which the
auditor may be engaged to provide services other than those covered by the Group audit. The Group Policy on the Provision of Services by the Group Statutory Auditor (the Policy) applies to all Barclays subsidiaries and other material entities
over which Barclays has significant influence. The core principle of the Policy is that non-audit services (other than those legally required to be carried out by the Groups auditor) should only be performed by the auditor in certain,
controlled circumstances. The Policy sets out those types of services that are strictly prohibited and those that are allowable in principle. Any service types that do not fall within either list are considered by the Committee Chairman on a case by
case basis, supported by a risk assessment provided by management.
The Committee has pre-approved all allowable services up to
£100,000, or £25,000 for tax advisory services, however, all proposed work, regardless of the fees, must be sponsored by a senior executive and recorded on a centralised online system, with a detailed explanation of the clear commercial
benefit arising from engaging the auditor over other potential service providers. The audit firm engagement partner must also confirm that the engagement has been approved in accordance with the auditors own internal ethical standards and does
not pose any threat to the auditors independence or objectivity.
All requests to engage the auditor are assessed by independent
management before work can commence. Requests for allowable service types in respect of which the fees are expected to meet or exceed the above thresholds must be approved by the Chairman of the Committee before work is permitted to begin. Services
where the fees are expected to be £250,000 or higher must be approved by the Committee as a whole. All expenses and disbursements must be included in the fees calculation.
During 2015, all engagements where expected fees met or exceeded the above thresholds were evaluated by either the Committee Chairman or the
Committee as a whole who, before confirming any approval, assured themselves that there was justifiable reason for engaging the auditor and that its independence and objectivity would not be threatened. Two requests were declined in 2015 (2014:
two). On a quarterly basis, the Committee scrutinised details of individually approved and pre-approved services undertaken by the auditor in order to satisfy itself that they posed no risk to the auditors independence, either in isolation or
on an aggregated basis. A breakdown of the fees paid to the auditor for non-audit work can be found in Note 42 on page 338, with non-audit fees representing 23.5% (2014: 25.7%) of the audit fee. Significant categories of engagement undertaken in
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Following the appointment of KPMG as Barclays auditor with effect from 1 January 2017, the Committee was concerned to ensure that KPMG obtained independence from Barclays during 2016, enabling it to familiarise itself
with Barclays and receive a structured, formal handover from PwC. In order to ensure KPMGs independence, and to allow the Committee to assess whether any non-audit work being conducted by KPMG in the meantime is appropriate, both in terms of
type and scale, Barclays is in the process of exiting any current relationships or assignments that may prevent KPMG obtaining independent status and
has implemented procedures to manage the types of relationships and assignments that KPMG provides going forward. In particular, KPMG is not permitted to provide any service that may continue
beyond mid-2016 if it has potential to cause independence issues. Since October 2015, the Committee has required all new engagements to be considered in light of the Policy and is maintaining oversight of them
on the same basis as for the current auditor. The Committee has reserved the right to decline any proposed engagement with KPMG.
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As indicated in last years Annual Report, Barclays decided to undertake
an external audit tender in 2015, with a view to replacing our external audit firm from the 2017 financial year onwards. This was done to conform with the auditor rotation requirements of the final statutory audit services order published in October
2014 by the UKs Competition and Markets Authority, which took effect in January 2015.
In December 2014, we established an Audit Tender Oversight Sub-Committee, to oversee the external audit. I was asked to chair the Sub-Committee and
Crawford Gillies and Colin Beggs, Chairman of the BAGL Audit Committee, were the other members. The tender process completed in summer 2015 and the Board announced in July 2015 that it had appointed KPMG as Barclays Auditor with effect from the 2017
financial year. One of the Sub-Committees key objectives was
to ensure that the selection process was efficient, fair, effective, open and transparent. It established and published the following weighted key assessment criteria: Audit Quality (50%), Cultural Fit (20%), Corporate Fit (15%) and Experience
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to our major shareholders, setting out the process and details of the tendering audit firms, which we considered essential to transparency. Enhanced compliance procedures were established. We then undertook a broad and structured evaluation of each
firm through site visits and workshops with the tendering firms, covering all the major businesses of the Group, the control functions and specific audit exercises, which were also attended by members of the Board Audit Committee. Ongoing feedback
was provided to the tendering audit firms through a single point of contact in order to ensure that each was given the best chance possible of putting forward a credible proposal to the Board Audit Committee.
At the conclusion of the audit tender process, the Board Audit Committee was
able to recommend to the Board the preferred firm to be appointed, from two shortlisted firms. All tendering firms met the minimum thresholds set by the Audit Tender Oversight Sub- Committee and, following a full assessment of the proposals and
detailed questioning of the audit firms, KPMG was identified as the preferred firm, based on audit quality, evaluation scores and its extensive experience of auditing banks. Mike Ashley and Sir Michael Rake, both former partners of KPMG, took no
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to supervise the level and deployment of risk appetite, as well as the Groups funding and capital position, as we respond to regulatory requirements and our expectations of continued volatility in external conditions.
Dear Fellow Shareholders
Over the past year, the Board Risk Committee reviewed managements
responses to a range of external challenges. These included a slowdown in China and other emerging markets, falling oil and commodity prices, as well as some industry trends toward more aggressive lending terms in certain core markets, including UK
property and international leveraged finance. Risk appetite, as well as country, sector and individual exposures, were carefully monitored to ensure that business activity and limits appropriately reflected external risks. We were pleased to see
impairment remain broadly flat on 2014 levels and within planning expectations, despite increasingly challenging conditions in some markets.
A key activity for the Committee is recommending risk appetite to the Board and monitoring performance against the agreed appetite on its behalf.
The context in which we set our Medium Term Plan (MTP) and risk appetite for 2015 was based on our assessment of our key markets, including risk factors arising from the near term geopolitical, macroeconomic and market environment and the potential
for further conduct and litigation charges. Matters for particular focus were the UK housing market, where new mortgage regulations, a potential rise in interest rates, the growth in the buy-to-let market and ongoing high levels of household debt
were expected to have an impact; continuing economic and political uncertainty in Europe; weak economic prospects for South Africa; and the potential effects of ongoing weakness in oil prices. 2015 risk appetite and risk triggers were set to
position Barclays conservatively given this environment. During 2015, significant stress in emerging markets and economies became evident, underpinned by a slowing in the Chinese economy and resultant market volatility. Consequently, Barclays took
early action to reduce its risk appetite to emerging markets, particularly Africa, and also remained vigilant to the potential impacts arising from a downturn in economic growth, indebtedness generally and further weakness in capital
markets. At the end of 2014, the Committee asked for a review of the
Groups process for setting risk appetite and during 2015 approved a revised methodology that takes a scenario-based approach, with stress testing as the basis of the risk appetite framework. This revised methodology was used to set risk
appetite for 2016, with the Committee also approving the stress testing themes, the severity of the proposed stress and the financial constraints.
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oversee progress of the planning process, particularly with regard to structural options, their capital and liquidity implications and the potential risks for the Group, its customers and for the financial system. Now that the programme has moved
into its implementation phase, the Board will directly oversee programme execution, although the Committee will continue to exercise oversight of capital and liquidity aspects, including assessing capital on a legal entity basis. From July 2015, the
Committee also assumed oversight responsibility for operational risk, agreeing to focus on the financial and capital aspects of operational risk, while the Board Audit Committee oversees the control aspects.
The role of Board Risk Committee Chairman is not confined to the
Committees regular meetings. During 2015, I continued to have significant interaction with our regulators, meeting regularly with representatives from our UK and US regulators. I held regular meetings with the Chief Risk Officer and members of
his senior management team, with Barclays Treasurer and the Chief Operating Officer. I also liaised closely with the Chairman of Board Audit Committee, particularly on those matters where the remit of the two committees might overlap, including with
regard to the implementation of the Enterprise Risk Management Framework and operational risk issues.
Committee performance
The Committees performance during 2015 was evaluated as part of the independently facilitated annual Board effectiveness review and I am happy
to report that the outcomes were positive. The Committee was regarded as effective and as taking a thorough and detailed approach to its responsibilities. The main area identified for improvement was ensuring that the papers presented to the
Committee strike the right balance between providing data for information and providing insight and analysis to encourage greater debate and I will be working with the Chief Risk Officer and Barclays Treasurer to address this during 2016. You can
read more about the outcomes of the Board effectiveness review on pages 66 and 67. Looking ahead The Committee expects its
areas of focus for 2016 to be guided by the ongoing level of change faced by the Group as it implements its strategy and executes the structural reform programme, with a particular focus on capital and liquidity management across legal entities. We
will also continue to monitor and react to any emerging risks arising in our key markets in the UK, US and South Africa as a consequence of any macroeconomic deterioration or disruption in financial market conditions.
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The Committee is comprised solely of independent non-executive Directors. Following a review by the Board during 2015 of Board Committee
composition, Dambisa Moyo stepped down from the Committee with effect from 31 August 2015 and Diane Schueneman joined the Committee with effect from 1 September 2015. Details of the skills and experience of the Committee members can be
found in their biographies on pages 36 and 37.
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2015, with two of the meetings held in New York. Two additional meetings were held at short notice for the sole purpose of considering and approving revised risk limits in connection with specific transactions and, with the consent of the Committee
Chairman, were not attended by all Committee members. The chart on page 56 shows how the Committee allocated its time during 2015. Committee meetings were attended by management, including the
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the prospective credit rating of Barclays Bank PLC in the structural reform structure. § Evaluated the respective impacts on capital, liquidity and on the general safeness and soundness of the Group of different ring
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liquidity was appropriate. |
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strategic options. |
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regulatory developments. § Evaluated options to maximise capital and capital ratios in order to meet regulatory and market expectations.
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§ Debated economic conditions in South Africa and the future outlook.
§ Examined
the actions already taken to manage risks, improve controls and asset quality and develop triggers for additional action in the event of further macro deterioration.
§ Monitored
the impact on South Africa of the slowdown in China and the fall in commodity prices. |
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manage the risk profile in South Africa, including the impact of the actions taken to date. It requested a deep dive on the risk profile of the South African business, inviting the South African business heads to present on the actions that had been
taken and how the business was positioned for a further economic downturn, including the impact of a further country rating downgrade. |
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from the Eurozone, and weakening macroeconomic conditions, such as disruption and volatility in financial markets. |
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§ Assessed the potential impact of the UK general election and steps that could be taken to manage any market
volatility. § Evaluated the potential risks arising from a general macroeconomic slowdown and from financial markets disruption, including the global impact of the economic slowdown in
China. § Assessed global consumer indebtedness indicators and the potential impact of rising consumer debt on the Groups risk profile.
§ Debated
the Groups Eurozone exposures in the context of the potential break-up of the Eurozone in the event of a Greek exit and assessed the Groups levels of redenomination risk in the Eurozone.
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§ Debated UK property market indicators and conditions, particularly in the high loan to value (LTV) and the buy-to-let markets and potential economic and political risks to that market.
§ Evaluated
the Groups lending criteria and its approach to assessing customers on affordability. § Assessed the potential impact of an increase in interest rates on customers, including how customers had been stress tested and
assessed against affordability criteria. |
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strategy for the sector, how the portfolio was performing and whether this was in line with expectations. § Evaluated the Groups exposures to the commodities sector and actions taken to identify any names at
risk and reduce exposures. |
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stress test to assess the impact of further (and longer) oil price weakness on the Groups lending portfolio, including indirect exposure. |
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From 1 July 2015, the Committee took responsibility for oversight of the capital and financial aspects of operational
risk. |
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appetite. |
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§ Evaluated operational risk capital and debated the potential for an increase in regulatory operational capital
requirements. § Debated whether Barclays advanced status for calculating operational risk capital should be retained.
§ Tracked
operational risk key indicators via regular reports from the Head of Operational Risk. |
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The development of a scorecard to assist the Committee in assessing risk capability across the Group; further enhancement to the limit framework and governance of
leveraged finance; the actions being taken to enhance controls and governance around risk models. |
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§ Requested development of a risk capability scorecard.
§ Regularly
debated conditions in the leveraged finance market, tracking market indicators and the Groups risk exposures and assessing the limit framework for leveraged finance and underwriting, including proposed changes to the framework to strengthen
controls. § Assessed the progress of enhancements to risk models controls and governance, including the role of the Groups Independent Validation Unit.
§ Evaluated
revisions proposed to the ERMF. |
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formal annual assessment of capability, with the option of an external assessment every three years. The Committee approved a revised limit framework for leveraged finance transactions and approved underwriting limits in general. The Committee
concluded that good progress had been made on enhancing the controls and governance around risk models and asked management to focus on improving the quality of models and data quality further. The Committee also recommended the revised ERMF to the
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In addition, the Committee also covered the following matters
in 2015: § regularly tracked the utilisation of risk appetite and evaluated the Groups risk profile
§ evaluated the impact of the Swiss franc revaluation on the Groups electronic trading systems and asked for any lessons
learned to be applied to other electronic platforms
§ debated
risk related matters arising from regulatory assessments and the actions needed to address any specific issues raised
§ approved
regulatory submissions, including the Individual Capital Adequacy Assessment Process and the Individual Liquidity Adequacy Assessment
§ assessed
and debated a report on its own performance during 2014, including considering whether its remit should be revised to cover operational risk and assessing the degree of challenge and support and value it provided to the Risk function
§ discussed and agreed on its own training needs, resulting in two workshops being held in 2015, one on risk appetite and one on
structural reform, with a further briefing session on the impact of IFRS 9 planned for 2016
§ approved
amendments to its terms of reference to reflect its revised remit and to ensure they remained in line with best practice and
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and agreed its specific responsibilities for the oversight of operational risk, focusing on the capital and financial impacts, leaving the Board Audit Committee to oversee operational risk control issues. |
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The Committees
responsibilities were reshaped during 2015 to focus on three main pillars: conduct and compliance; reputation; and citizenship.
Dear Fellow Shareholders
The Board Reputation Committee underwent a period of change during 2015, in terms of both a reassessment of Board Committee responsibilities and
membership. John McFarlane succeeded Reuben Jeffery III as Chairman of the Committee in March 2015 and, following Johns appointment as Executive Chairman in July 2015, the Board asked me to assume the role of Committee Chairman, a position I
held until my retirement from the Board at the end of December 2015.
The Committees responsibilities were reshaped during 2015 to focus on three main pillars: conduct and compliance; reputation; and citizenship.
Culture and conduct are the bedrock of the organisation and, with the right culture, much of Barclays exposure to conduct risk can be reduced. To this end, the Committee has continued to focus on these issues, assessing progress against plans
for embedding our conduct risk programme and implementing cultural change throughout the Group. We assessed deep-dive reports into conduct risk within key businesses, such as Barclays Africa and the Cards business, and evaluated the findings of a
report by Air Marshal Sir David Walker, commissioned by management to give an independent view on whether we are making progress with cultural change. I am pleased to report that, although there is more to be done, progress on both has been good and
there is strong commitment throughout the Group to embedding the necessary changes. The Committee also tracked the exposure of Barclays, and the financial sector generally, to reputational risks. Reputational risk is a risk type that is constantly evolving, with potential new risks emerging while we are
implementing controls to manage identified risks. Consequently, we have taken a thematic approach to identifying our key reputational risks and have ensured that we look ahead to identify emerging risks enabling us to mitigate them early. You can
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performance As part of the annual Board effectiveness review the performance of the Boards committees was considered and I am
pleased to report that the Committee is considered to be effective. The Committee is relatively new and areas for improvement included continuing to refine its agenda, particularly with regard to compliance and conduct risk, and ensuring that it
does not duplicate the work of other Board Committees. Please turn to the report of the Board effectiveness review on pages 66 and 67 for more details.
Looking ahead My successor,
Sir Gerry Grimstone, will be assessing the areas of focus for the Committee in 2016 and I wish him and the Committee well for the future.
Sir Michael Rake
Chairman, Board Reputation Committee until 31 December 2015
Committee composition and meetings
The Committee comprises independent non-executive Directors, with the exception of Wendy Lucas-Bull, who the Board has decided to deem as
non-independent for the purposes of the UK Corporate Governance Code, owing to her position as Chairman of Barclays Africa Group Limited. During 2015, there were a number of changes to the membership of the Committee, which are set out in the table
below. The Committee met four times during 2015 and the chart on
page 59 shows how it allocated its time. Committee meetings were attended by management, including the Group Chief Executive, Chief Internal Auditor, Chief Risk Officer, General Counsel, Group Corporate Relations Director and the Heads of
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responsibilities The principal purpose of the Committee is to:
§ ensure, on behalf of the Board, the efficiency of the processes for identification and management of conduct and reputational risk
and § oversee Barclays Citizenship Strategy, including the management of Barclays economic, social and environmental
contribution. Until the end of June 2015, the Committee also had
responsibility for oversight of operational risk. Following a review by the Board of its governance arrangements, responsibility for the oversight of the capital and financial aspects of operational risk was reallocated to the Board Financial Risk
Committee, which was renamed the Board Risk Committee. The Board Audit Committee oversees the control aspects of operational risk.
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The Committees work
The significant matters addressed by the Committee during 2015 are described below:
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assessed the status of the conduct risk programmes in Barclays Africa and across the Cards business. § Monitored regulators views of Barclays conduct risk management and reporting via updates from
management. § Assessed progress made in reducing numbers of complaints, including those escalated to the Financial Ombudsman Service.
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management to continue to apply lessons learned from past events to prevent similar events occurring now or in the future. It was content with the progress made in embedding conduct risk in Barclays Africa, but encouraged greater simplification of
the governance structures and communication. It also encouraged management to do more to reduce the number of complaints. |
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§ Evaluated managements strategy for addressing cyber risk and monitored its progress.
§ Assessed Barclays exposure to technology risk and examined plans to resolve identified control issues by the end of the
year. |
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exposure was increasing. It supported tactical and strategic actions proposed by management to mitigate the Groups risks, including endorsing managements strategy for addressing cyber risk. The Committee also satisfied itself that
progress in managing technology risk was good and there was a healthy focus on embedding the right culture. |
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the effectiveness of the current reputation risk framework, including assessing case studies on specific reputational matters. |
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view that progress had been good but that there was more to do to achieve the cultural change required. It encouraged management to continue to prioritise progress on cultural change. The Committee also concluded that many of the actions Barclays
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exceeded, with the exception of our new and renewed household lending target, which had not been possible to achieve owing to market and trading conditions. It endorsed the 2016-2018 Shared Growth Plan, particularly the proposal to link the plan to
Barclays core purpose and values and to focus on employability skills. Read more about Barclays approach to citizenship on page 14. |
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§ assessed progress of the programme to implement enhanced controls in the
Investment Bank over conflicts of interest between Barclays and third parties
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evaluated outcomes of regulatory thematic reviews of conduct issues and controls
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evaluated the levels of attestation by colleagues globally to The Barclays Way, the Groups code of conduct
§ assessed the status of specific remediation programmes being implemented by
the business § provided input to the Board Remuneration Committee on conduct and reputation
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including updates on resourcing and attrition levels
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progress of Barclays plans for compliance with the Volcker Rule (restrictions on proprietary trading and certain fund investments by banks operating in the US)
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