We are required by law to publish certain information relating to our management of risk, and to our capital adequacy (the minimum amount we must hold to support our business activities ).
The idea of making public this information is to promote market discipline, to keep the financial system safe and to raise and maintain public trust in individual banks and in the system as a whole.
We are reporting this information in our Pillar 3 document in the standard reporting format.
The document shows that the capital resources we have available to cover unforeseen risks is adequate to enable us continue in business for the foreseeable period .