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ANNUAL REPORT 
AND ACCOUNTS
2010

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GOVERNANCE

02  Our business at a glance
04  Key performance indicators
06  Delivering on our strategy
08  Delivering on our strategy – case studies
18  Key features
20  Responsible business and governance 

at a glance

MANAGEMENT 
STATEMENTS

22  Chairman’s statement
24  Group Chief Executive’s statement
30  Group Chief Executive’s Q&A
32  Group Finance Director’s statement
42  Group Executive Committee

BUSINESS REVIEW

Long-Term Savings

44 
66  Banking
74  Short-Term Insurance
78  US Asset Management
84  Non-core and discontinued 
business operations

RISK AND 
RESPONSIBILITY

88  Risk and capital management
118  Responsible business

130  Board of Directors 
132  Chairman’s introduction
133  Directors’ report on corporate governance 

and other matters

152  Remuneration report

FINANCIAL

170  Statement of Directors’ responsibilities
Independent auditor’s report
171 
172  Consolidated income statement 
173  Consolidated statement of 
comprehensive income

174  Reconciliation of adjusted operating profit

to profit after tax

175  Consolidated statement of financial position
176  Consolidated statement of cash flows
178  Consolidated statement of changes in equity
182  Notes to the consolidated financial statements

MCEV

330  Statement of Directors’ responsibilities
331 
332  Group Market Consistent Embedded

Independent auditor’s report

Value basis supplementary information

336  Notes to the MCEV basis supplementary 

information

SHAREHOLDER 
INFORMATION

384  Financial history
389  Shareholder information 
392  Glossary

WHAT’S ONLINE

Annual Report:  
www.oldmutual.com/ar2010.oldmutual.com

Corporate site:
www.oldmutual.com

The directors’ report of Old Mutual plc for the year ended 31 December 2010 is set out  
on pages 1 to 151 and includes the sections of the Annual Report referred to in these pages.

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WELCOME

Our strategy is to build a long-term 
savings, protection and investment group 
by leveraging the strength of our people 
and capabilities in South Africa and 
around the world. We will focus, drive and 
optimise our businesses to enhance 
value for shareholders and customers.

Our vision is to be our customers’ 
most trusted partner – passionate 
about helping them achieve their 
lifetime financial goals.

OUR VALUES:
INTEGRITY
RESPECT
ACCOUNTABILITY
PUSHING BEYOND  
BOUNDARIES

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OUR BUSINESS AT A GLANCE

Below is a high-level summary of the Group 
and our four principal business units

GROUP

Old Mutual is an international 
long-term savings, protection 
and investment Group.

Adjusted operating profit (AOP) 2010

£1,481m

2009: £1,133m

Funds under management 2010

£309.3bn

2009: £275.4bn

Number of employees

55,7301

2009: 53,706

Primary locations
 (cid:81)  Long-Term Savings – southern Africa, 

Europe, Colombia, Mexico, India and China

 (cid:81)  US Asset Management – US
 (cid:81)  Banking – southern Africa
 (cid:81)  Short-term insurance – southern Africa 

Operational highlights
 (cid:81)  Profits up in each business unit, with Group 

Return on Equity (RoE) of 12.2%

 (cid:81) Earnings per Share (EPS) constant currency 

growth of 20%

 (cid:81) Capital position strengthened: FGD 
(Financial Groups Directive) surplus 
increased from £1.5 billion to £2.1 billion
 (cid:81) Total dividend for year increased from  

1.5p to 4.0p

 (cid:81) Good progress towards delivering the 2012 

financial targets

For more information see page 32

LONG-TERM 
SAVINGS (LTS)

Adjusted operating profit (AOP) 2010

£897m

2009: £636m

We provide investment 
management and innovative life 
assurance-based solutions 
which address both protection 
and retirement savings needs.

Funds under management 2010

£131.8bn

2009: £105.5bn

Operational highlights
 (cid:81) Strong sales and earnings momentum
 (cid:81) Annual Premium Equivalent (APE) margin 
improvement to 13%, improved product 
mix with better margins

 (cid:81) Unit trust sales up 28% on a constant 

currency basis to £8.8 billion with strong 
performance from Wealth Management 
and Emerging Markets

 (cid:81) Net Client Cash Flow (NCCF) doubled 

during the year to £5 billion, with positive 
contribution from Emerging Markets

Number of employees

24,044

2009: 22,269

Contribution to Group
AOP*

FUM**

60.6%

42.6%

For more information see page 44

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1  This includes: US Life, Bermuda and Group Head Office
*Pre-tax AOP of core operating segments less finance and other corporate costs.
**FUM of core operating segments

BANKING

We have a majority shareholding 
in Nedbank, one of South Africa’s 
leading banks, which also 
has banking interests in other 
countries in southern Africa.

For more information see page 66

SHORT-TERM  
INSURANCE

We provide short-term insurance 
solutions in southern Africa 
through Mutual & Federal.

Adjusted operating profit (AOP) 2010

£601m

2009: £470m

Tier 1 adequacy ratio 2010

11.7%

2009: 11.5%

Number of employees

27,525

2009: 27,047.

Adjusted operating profit (AOP) 2010

£103m

2009: £70m

Combined ratio 2010

92.4%

2009: 98.0%

Number of employees

2,222

2009: 2,115

Operational highlights
 (cid:81)  Headline earnings growth of 15%
 (cid:81) Improved credit loss ratio from 1.52% to 1.36%
 (cid:81) Capital adequacy ratios above targets, 

liquidity remains sound

 (cid:81) On track to meet medium- to long-term 

financial targets in 2013

Contribution to Group
AOP*

FUM**

40.6%

3.5%

Operational highlights
 (cid:81) Strong performance following renewed focus
 (cid:81) Better claims experience, resulting in good 

underwriting result
 (cid:81) Solvency strengthened
 (cid:81) Step Change Programme implemented
 (cid:81) Launch of iWYZE direct insurance

Contribution to Group
AOP*

FUM**

7.0%

0.07%

For more information see page 74

US ASSET 
MANAGEMENT

Old Mutual Asset Management, 
a multi-boutique investment 
organisation consisting of 18 
distinct asset managers, serves 
individual and institutional 
investors around the world.

For more information see page 78

Adjusted operating profit (AOP) 2010

£87m

2009: £83m

Operational highlights
 (cid:81) Profits up 4%
 (cid:81) Funds Under Management (FUM) up 3% 
with market movement and inflows more 
than offsetting outflows

 (cid:81) New affiliate: Echo Point Investment 

Funds under management 2010

Management

£166.6bn

2009: 161.5bn

Number of employees

1,537

2009: 1,544

Contribution to Group
AOP*

FUM**

5.9%

53.9%

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KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS (KPIs)

Set out below are the KPIs that we used to 
monitor the performance of the business.

Financial KPI Definition

Relevance

Return on Equity (RoE)%
A relative measure expressed as a 
percentage, calculated by dividing  
IFRS3 Adjusted Operating Profit 
(AOP) (post-tax and minority 
interests) by the average capital tied 
up in the business, where capital is 
defined as shareholder equity 
excluding hybrid capital. 

RoE%1

Return on Equity is an indicator of 
our profitability and efficiency, 
demonstrating how much profit has 
been generated given the resources 
provided by our shareholders.

(cid:24)(cid:28)

(cid:24)(cid:25)

(cid:32)

(cid:29)

(cid:26)

(cid:23)

0
.
2
1

2
.
3
1

3
.
1
1

1
.
9

2
.
2
1

(cid:25)(cid:23)(cid:23)(cid:29)

(cid:25)(cid:23)(cid:23)(cid:30)

(cid:25)(cid:23)(cid:23)(cid:31)

(cid:25)(cid:23)(cid:23)(cid:32)

(cid:25)(cid:23)(cid:24)(cid:23)

Net Client Cash Flow (NCCF)/
Opening Funds  
under Management %
This measure indicates the extent to 
which client funds are either retained 
or lost during the year. Inflows are 
driven by premiums, deposits and 
investments, whereas outflows are 
driven by claims, surrenders, 
withdrawals, benefits and maturities.

NCCF/Opening Funds under Management %1

NCCF/Opening Funds Under 
Management (FUM) measures our 
success in attracting new business 
and retaining existing customers, 
and provides a good indication of 
investor confidence in our ability to 
effectively manage their funds.

(cid:24)(cid:28)

(cid:24)(cid:25)

(cid:32)

(cid:29)

(cid:26)

(cid:23)

(cid:20)(cid:26)

3
.
2
1

9
.
9

4
.
0
-

7
.
0
-

1
.
2
-

(cid:25)(cid:23)(cid:23)(cid:29)

(cid:25)(cid:23)(cid:23)(cid:30)

(cid:25)(cid:23)(cid:23)(cid:31)

(cid:25)(cid:23)(cid:23)(cid:32)

(cid:25)(cid:23)(cid:24)(cid:23)

Group Value Creation % 
(Long-Term Savings only)
Calculated as the Market Consistent 
Embedded Value (MCEV) value of 
new business plus the MCEV 
experience variances divided by the 
opening MCEV balance, expressed 
as a percentage. 

The LTS businesses achieved positive NCCF of £5bn in 
2010. The USAM business had outflows of £11.7bn. For 
more discussion please see the Finance Director’s Report 
on page 32.

Group Value Creation %1

Group Value Creation for the 
Long-Term Savings covered 
business measures the contribution 
to Return on Embedded Value from 
management actions of writing 
profitable new business, and 
managing expense, persistency, risk 
and other experience compared 
with that which was assumed.

(cid:28)

(cid:27)

(cid:26)

(cid:25)

(cid:24)

(cid:23)

2
3
.
4

0
.
4

1
.
4

6
.
2

3
.
1

(cid:25)(cid:23)(cid:23)(cid:29)

(cid:25)(cid:23)(cid:23)(cid:30)

(cid:25)(cid:23)(cid:23)(cid:31)

(cid:25)(cid:23)(cid:23)(cid:32)

(cid:25)(cid:23)(cid:24)(cid:23)

Notes
1  Numbers are as reported and historical figures have not been restated to make consistent with 2010/2009.
2  EEV basis
3 

IFRS–International Financial Reporting Standards

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Financial

Relevance

IFRS Operating profit margin 
(basis points)
Calculated as pre-tax adjusted 
operating profit divided by the 
average funds under management 
for the period, expressed in 
basis points.  

IFRS Operating profit margin (basis points)1

IFRS Operating profit margin 
measures the profit margin we have 
earned on the funds we manage.  
An improved basis point margin is an 
indicator of the success a company 
is having in growing its revenue at a 
greater rate than its expenses.

(cid:29)(cid:23)

(cid:28)(cid:23)

(cid:27)(cid:23)

(cid:26)(cid:23)

(cid:25)(cid:23)

(cid:24)(cid:23)

(cid:23)

8
.
4
5

2
.
5
5

7
.
8
3

0
.
3
4

4
.
3
3

(cid:25)(cid:23)(cid:23)(cid:29)

(cid:25)(cid:23)(cid:23)(cid:30)

(cid:25)(cid:23)(cid:23)(cid:31)

(cid:25)(cid:23)(cid:23)(cid:32)

(cid:25)(cid:23)(cid:24)(cid:23)

Adjusted Operating Earnings 
per Share (pence)
Calculated as post-tax adjusted 
operating profit divided by the 
adjusted weighted average  
number of shares (WANS),  
held by our investors.

Adjusted Operating Earnings per Share (pence)1

Adjusted Operating Earnings per 
Share (EPS) is an indicator of our 
profitability that measures how 
much we earn for each share held. 
The trend in the movement of EPS 
demonstrates our rate of growth.

(cid:25)(cid:23)

(cid:24)(cid:28)

(cid:24)(cid:23)

(cid:28)

(cid:23)

1
.
5
1

9
.
6
1

9
.
4
1

0
.
6
1

6
.
1
1

(cid:25)(cid:23)(cid:23)(cid:29)

(cid:25)(cid:23)(cid:23)(cid:30)

(cid:25)(cid:23)(cid:23)(cid:31)

(cid:25)(cid:23)(cid:23)(cid:32)

(cid:25)(cid:23)(cid:24)(cid:23)

Non-Financial

Relevance

Intent to Stay is a lead indicator  
of retention and Discretionary Effort 
is a lead indicator of performance. 
These two factors correlate with 
business performance and total 
shareholder return.

Employee Intent to Stay and 
Discretionary Effort %
(cid:24)(cid:23)(cid:23)

(cid:31)(cid:23)

(cid:29)(cid:23)

(cid:27)(cid:23)

(cid:25)(cid:23)

(cid:23)

(cid:81)

(cid:81)

5
8

5
8

9
5

7
5

(cid:25)(cid:23)(cid:23)(cid:32)

(cid:25)(cid:23)(cid:23)(cid:32)

(cid:25)(cid:23)(cid:24)(cid:23)

(cid:25)(cid:23)(cid:24)(cid:23)

(cid:48)(cid:85)(cid:91)(cid:76)(cid:85)(cid:91)(cid:3)(cid:91)(cid:86)(cid:3)(cid:58)(cid:91)(cid:72)(cid:96)

(cid:43)(cid:80)(cid:90)(cid:74)(cid:89)(cid:76)(cid:91)(cid:80)(cid:86)(cid:85)(cid:72)(cid:89)(cid:96)(cid:3)(cid:44)(cid:77)(cid:77)(cid:86)(cid:89)(cid:91)

Engagement Survey 
Measured by the average 
percentage of positive responses 
gathered via employee survey to two 
questions measuring Intent to Stay, 
and three questions measuring 
Discretionary Effort.

In 2011 we will replace the 
Engagement Survey with a  
Culture Survey which will facilitate 
the tracking of the overall health  
of our culture.

In 2011 we will be reporting 
on customer KPIs

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DELIVERING ON OUR STRATEGY

Our strategy is to build a long-term savings, 
protection and investment group by 
leveraging the strength of our people  
and capabilities in South Africa and  
around the world.

Our strategic priorities

Progress 2010

1. Develop the customer proposition and experience
We are passionate about developing the best proposition for 
our customers, by building on our history of innovation and 
resolute customer focus. This includes expanding our product 
range, developing our advice capability which is a fundamental 
part of the value we provide to our customers and endeavour 
to treat customers fairly everywhere.

 (cid:81) Conducted strategic reviews to identify core competencies and 

best market opportunities for growth 

 (cid:81) Board agreed a set of customer metrics across the business 
 (cid:81) Started to close product gaps and developed a clear path for 

more product sharing

 (cid:81) Begun to close distribution gaps (launched iWYZE: a direct 

short-term insurance offer between Mutual & Federal (M&F) and 
Old Mutual (SA), and opened 117 Old Mutual Finance branches 
in South Africa over the last 2 years)

2. Deliver high performance in all business units
To ensure that we provide value to shareholders and 
customers, we need to drive high performance in our 
businesses by delivering profitable growth, operational 
efficiency, and by optimising risk and return. 

3. Share skills and experience across the Group
We will use our capabilities in South Africa and around the 
world to drive revenue and cost improvements across the 
Group, by leveraging policy administration capabilities in South 
Africa, driving global IT and procurement synergies and sharing 
product development ideas.

 (cid:81) All BUs achieved and exceeded their profitability targets (with the 

exception of US Asset Management) 

 (cid:81) On target to achieve cost reduction & RoE targets 
 (cid:81) Business units continue to deliver their improvement programmes 

(e.g. M&F step-change, Wealth Management transformation)
 (cid:81) Improved relationships with key stake holders (Financial Service 
Authority (FSA), Reserve Bank, South African Government & 
Reserve Bank and governing bodies in Sweden)

 (cid:81) Old Mutual (SA) achieved and Nedbank maintained Broad-Based 

Black Economic Empowerment level 2 status; M&F achieved level 3 
status and Nedbank recognised as the most sustainable bank in Africa

 (cid:81) Key appointments made to drive sharing of skills (Heads of 

IT, Product & Distribution in Long-Term Savings (LTS)) 
 (cid:81) Clear implementation plan developed for sharing product 

across LTS 

 (cid:81) LTS IT synergy plan ready for implementation 
 (cid:81) Created IT and administration jobs in South Africa to  

support the Retail Europe business unit

4. Build a culture of excellence
A key to our success is that we demand and reward excellence 
in leadership, teamwork and delivery of results – for all our 
people. This includes defining and embedding a high-
performance leadership model, against which we can assess, 
develop and remunerate our leaders.

 (cid:81) Launched the Group Vision and Strategy 
 (cid:81) Implemented the Group Operating Model (GOM)-see page 135
 (cid:81) Launched our ACT NOW! Leadership actions-see page 125
 (cid:81) Agreed consistent performance management across the 

Group and implemented consistent incentivisation across LTS

5. Simplify our structure to unlock value
To deliver the full value of the Group to shareholders we need 
to optimise our structure. This means that we will exit non-core 
and sub-scale businesses, reduce exposure to businesses that 
fall outside our Group risk appetite, run-off non-disposable 
assets for value and optimise our structure for strategic, 
regulatory, capital and governance purposes.

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 (cid:81) Substantially improved FGD (Financial Group Directive) surplus 
 (cid:81) US Life sale close to completion 
 (cid:81) Stabilised the Bermuda business 
 (cid:81) Commenced exploring an IPO (Initial Public Offering) for 

US Asset Management 

We will focus, drive and optimise our  
businesses to enhance value for  
customers and shareholders.

2010 Trend

2011 Priorities

NCCF % (NCCF/Opening FUM) 

4

2

0

-2

-4

2009

2010

The LTS businesses achieved positive NCCF of £5bn in 2010. The USAM 
business had outflows of £11.7bn. For more discussion please see the 
Finance Director’s Report on page 32.

 (cid:81) Improve the customer experience across all markets 
 (cid:81) Expand and improve the product proposition 
 (cid:81) Expand and improve our distribution capability 
 (cid:81) Develop and use meaningful customer information to better serve 

our customers 

 (cid:81) Continue to build and strengthen the Old Mutual brands

AOP EPS and RoE performance

p
20

15

10

5

0

11.6p

9.1%

16.0p

12.2%

2009
(cid:81)

AOP EPS (pence)

2010

(cid:81)

RoE%

 (cid:81) Deliver 2011 business plan
 (cid:81) Secure plans to pay off £1.5bn of net debt
 (cid:81) Continue to drive strategic transformation in our  

business units 

 (cid:81) Continue to drive profitable growth
 (cid:81) Build an Investment Management business leveraging our 

existing capabilities

%
20

15

10

5

0

Cost savings (£m) run-rate achieved in 2010 and 2012 target 

 (cid:81) Deliver the Long-Term Savings IT plan and continue to 

100
80
60
40
20
0

100

42

59

H1 2010

FY 2010

2012 Target

LTS employees with a common performance measure

100

75

50

25

0

2010

2011

FGD £bn

4

3

2

1

0

2009

2010

improve operational efficiency across the Group 

 (cid:81) Build strong functional communities across the Group 
 (cid:81) Deliver the Group Intranet
 (cid:81) Implement a framework to increase international mobility  

for employees

 (cid:81) Continue to build strong executive teams in all our business 
units and develop the next generation of young leadership 
potential

 (cid:81) Align executive performance management and remuneration 

across the Group 

 (cid:81) Measure the shift towards our ACT NOW! Leadership actions by 

implementing the Old Mutual Group Culture Survey

 (cid:81) Embed risk management as a value driver across the Group 

 (cid:81) Complete the sale of US Life
 (cid:81) Explore the partial IPO for the US Asset Management 

business unit

 (cid:81) Continue to manage the run-off of the Bermuda business to 

reduce risk to the Group

 (cid:81) Hold business units accountable against operational targets 

and risk appetite

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DELIVERING ON OUR STRATEGY  
– CASE STUDIES

1. DEVELOP 

THE CUSTOMER 
PROPOSITION  
AND EXPERIENCE

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INNOVATIONS THAT GIVE CUSTOMERS
MORE WAYS TO INTERACT WITH US 

Time invested in the customer
In South Africa, Old Mutual Finance has broadened 
its customer value proposition, expanded service 
reach and engaged face to face with target 
customers through a retail branch network. 

In November 2008 it introduced a debt 
consolidation lending product called My Money 
Plan which is now a market leader. What makes 
it special is that it educates customers and helps 
them to look at their finances holistically during a 
45 minute consultation. As a result they are asking 
us how Old Mutual can help them achieve their 
other financial goals.

Positive customer feedback
In the two years since the launch the business has 
built 117* new branches offering Old Mutual life 
assurance products, loans and customer service.  
It has hired and trained 960 staff; and grown a 
lending book of R2.7 billion. It is now serving over 
30,000 customers a month through its branches.

Customers are clearly feeling the benefit: their 
feedback indicates that the business has been very 
well received in the marketplace. Annual insurance 
sales from the branches reached R100 million; and 
Old Mutual Finance achieved a profit of R80 million 
in 2010. 

Accessing insurance through  
different channels
Customers can now buy short-term insurance from 
us directly – through iWYZE, a collaboration 
between Mutual & Federal and Old Mutual. It 
enables Old Mutual to offer a new product to its 
customer base while allowing M&F to expand its 
customer channel capability and reach. 

We launched iWYZE in just eight months with 
relatively low capital spend. In the eight months 
since the public launch the business has grown to 
over 150 staff members with close to 5,000 active 
policies and R36 million* of annualised premium 
income. Besides using Old Mutual’s distribution 
channels, iWYZE taps into all our traditional and 
emerging digital marketing channels to drive 
business. Thanks to the Old Mutual brand, market 
insight and distribution capabilities, and state-of-the-
art systems and processes, iWYZE is already 
competing effectively with longer-established direct 
players in South Africa – and is very well positioned 
to capture a significant part of this emerging market.

Notes
*  As at December 2010

Main photograph: Sydney Mathebula (Old Mutual Finance) 
Top left: Busi Ntsokota (Branch Manager, Old Mutual Finance) and Lwana David Monareng (Customer) 
Top right: Adam Sekgabi and Sadiki Thingahangwi (iWYSE Call Centre)

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DELIVERING ON OUR STRATEGY  
– CASE STUDIES

2. DELIVER HIGH 

PERFORMANCE IN  
ALL BUSINESS UNITS

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ATTENTION TO DETAIL IS THE KEY
TO DRIVING HIGH PERFORMANCE

Transforming Wealth Management
We are intent on creating a single Wealth 
Management business that is lean, cost 
competitive, growing profitably, and operating  
on its 12-15% RoE target.

Our initial goal is to reduce Wealth Management’s 
overall cost base by £45 million, from 2012.  
This will enable it to meet its part of Old Mutual’s 
commitment to shareholders while allowing it to 
reinvest for profitable growth. 

In 2010 the business made great progress, 
delivering run rate savings worth £35 million. That is 
35% of the Old Mutual target and over 75% of the 
demanding Wealth Management target. A number 
of initiatives that will deliver the remaining 
c.£10 million are in place. Most of these are already 
well advanced and we hope to hit the run rate 
savings target earlier than our 2012 deadline. 

Audits of the programme by KPMG and Group 
Internal Audit in 2010 have given it a green light. 
Even better, they have recommended rolling out 
its approach and processes as best practice for 
other Old Mutual cost efficiency programmes. 

Meanwhile, the Wealth Management business has 
not been neglecting growth. In 2010, Skandia UK’s 
sales reached £6 billion – taking its share of the life, 
pension and investment market to a record 7%1 for 
the first three quarters of the year. 

Measuring risk with precision
In 2009 Nedbank Business Banking launched a 
capital optimisation initiative focused on cleaning-
up risk data. To help track and monitor progress 
we developed our own Risk Data Accuracy 
Measure (RDAM). This aims to quantify risk so that 
it can be monitored and managed right down to 
the lowest level. By summarising all the elements of 
risk data, it allows us to track progress on our 
various capital optimisation initiatives. 

Including RDAM on credit performance scorecards 
drove the desired behaviour around the input 
measures. All credit staff could see exactly which 
inputs were included in their final score. By 
changing the inputs and the weight they carried in 
the final score, we could focus employees on the 
areas that required closest attention.

Using performance ladders to include the RDAM  
in the monthly internal business communication 
raised awareness of the importance of risk data 
accuracy. This instilled a healthy competitive  
spirit among credit employees to achieve the 
number one ranking.

Since we launched the RDAM, the quality of 
Nedbank’s Business Banking’s risk data has 
improved significantly. We see it as one of the key 
contributors to our success in cutting our capital 
requirements by more than 20% over the last  
two years. 

1 Source: Skandia sales divided by combined total of ABI (traditional) and Lipper (platform).

Main photograph: Sarah Andrews and Liz Hamilton (part of the Wealth Management  
Transformation team) 
Top left: Siobhan Lee, Liz Hamilton, Sarah Andrews and Sally Stephens (part of the Wealth 
Management transformation team) 
Top right: Marko Campher and Phemelo Mekoma (Nedbank Business Banking)

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DELIVERING ON OUR STRATEGY  
– CASE STUDIES

3. SHARE SKILLS  

AND EXPERIENCE 
ACROSS THE GROUP

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MAKING BEST USE OF
OUR WORLD OF EXPERTISE

Serving Austria, Germany and Poland 
from Cape Town
The IT and business know-how of our South 
African employees is enabling us to achieve 
economies of scale by establishing common 
workflow systems across the business. At the end 
of last year Old Mutual South Africa (OMSA) 
began handling policy administration and IT 
processes for the Retail Europe markets from 
Cape Town. OMSA’s consistently award-winning 
customer service makes it a leader in its field, this 
along with its experience, lower cost base and 
scale will help Retail Europe prepare for future 
market growth. 

“We needed harmonised processes for both 
customer service and IT,” says Johannes 
Friedrich, deputy CEO of Skandia Retail Europe, 
“so we decided to use our South African 
businesses’ capacities and infrastructure. We 
have trained Polish and German speakers in 
South Africa, to establish a Cape Town based 
customer service and IT team to deliver the world-
class service our customers are used to.” The 
transition to Cape Town will be complete in 
Autumn 2011.

Sharing knowledge and ideas
One of the best ways to share knowledge and 
experience is to move people around the Group. 
Key transfers in the past year included Katie 
Murray’s move from Group Head Office to 
become Finance Director of Old Mutual South 
Africa and Emerging Markets. 

Steven Levin transferred in the opposite direction: 
his experience of launching successful products 
in South Africa will help us expand our product 
range across the Long-Term Savings businesses. 

During 2010, the CEO of Skandia Investment 
Group, Nils Bolmstrand moved to rejoin the 
Nordic business as Head  
of Product.

The Nordic business is also benefiting from the 
extensive experience of Mårten Andersson, who 
was appointed CEO. Mårten brings valuable 
expertise, gained in the successful turnaround of 
Skandia Mexico and later Skandia Italy (part of 
Wealth Management), to the Nordic business.

Main photograph: Beata Woolfrey (Team leader, Polish Team) 
Top left: Sarah Guering (German Team) and Marian Dudler-Petoors (Austrian Team) 
Top right: Katie Murray (OMSA and Emerging Markets Finance Director)

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DELIVERING ON OUR STRATEGY  
– CASE STUDIES

4. BUILD A CULTURE 
OF EXCELLENCE

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EXCELLENCE COMES FROM GREAT PEOPLE, 
GREAT LEADERSHIP AND HIGH STANDARDS

A team approach to better service
The LEAN approach, is a way of thinking at every 
level about what adds value to the customer, and 
eliminating what doesn’t. It’s about empowering 
employees to own and continuously improve  
their processes – and that can only be good 
for our customers.

Rose Keanly and her team at Old Mutual Service, 
Technology and Administration (OMSTA) in South 
Africa have made this kind of LEAN thinking part 
of their culture. Since 2007 they have reduced 
costs by around R660 million, with another R231 
million to come over the next three years. Yet 
customer and intermediary service levels have 
gone from strength to strength – Old Mutual 
recently won its third successive Orange Ask 
Afrika award for best customer service in the 
South African long-term savings industry. So 
LEAN is helping us keep both customers and 
shareholders happy. And this success is 
satisfying for our people, too: since OMSTA’s 
LEAN initiative began, staff morale has  
improved significantly.

This LEAN approach to thinking about delivery  
to customers, and running a business to achieve 
excellence, is now being explored across the 
whole Long-Term Savings business with support 
from Rose and her team in South Africa.

Top investment team picks Old Mutual
Our US Asset Management business formed 
Echo Point Investment Management in 2010  
with a newly-acquired team led by veteran 
portfolio manager Hans van den Berg. The entire 
team joined us after building a strong 15-year 
track record at 1838 Investment Advisors and 
Morgan Stanley Investment Management.  
Echo Point launched with $1.6 billion in assets 
under management. 

Van den Berg’s team sought clients’ views before 
finding a new home. “Their clear preference was 
to see the team operate in a stable environment 
supported by world-class infrastructure and 
strong capital backing. And we must have cultural 
alignment, which includes investment autonomy.” 

From over a dozen firms they picked Old Mutual 
Asset Management (OMAM) for the quality of its 
people, investment autonomy for affiliates, 
marketing support, and opportunity for joint 
ownership. “OMAM provides the infrastructure  
and non-investment support we need to focus  
on continuing to meet or exceed long-term 
performance and risk targets for our clients, and 
develop relevant product extensions to meet 
demands in the market place,” says Van den Berg. 

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Top left: Rose Keanly 
Top right: David Sugimoto, Brian Arcese, Hans van den Berg, Ben Falcone, Erin Perkins  
(Echo Point Investment team)

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– CASE STUDIES

5. SIMPLIFY OUR 

STRUCTURE TO 
UNLOCK VALUE

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THE BEST IDEAS ARE SIMPLE, 
CLEAR AND INSPIRING

Simplifying ownership 
In 2010 we bought out the minority shareholders 
in Mutual & Federal (M&F) and delisted it from the 
Johannesburg Stock Exchange. 

Full ownership has removed the potential conflicts 
associated with minority interests and was the 
catalyst for M&F’s Step Change programme 
which is already delivering improved performance. 

M&F’s new vision and strategic objectives are 
aligned with the Group’s customer-centred 
approach. Peter Todd was appointed Managing 
Director in December 2010. As well as delivering 
good results for 2010, it has partnered with OMSA 
Retail Mass Foundation cluster, to launch its  
new iWYZE direct short-term insurance channel, 
and with underwriting management agencies to 
widen its product offering.

Integrating operations
We simplified operations in Nedbank by buying 
out Imperial Holdings’ share of Imperial Bank  
and integrating it fully into Nedbank. This 
terminated an onerous funding arrangement  
and enabled us to rationalise two vehicle asset 
finance infrastructures into one stronger  
business. This gave us full control of Imperial 
Bank’s vehicle finance brand (Motor Finance 
Corporation) which is well known in the car  
dealer market and allowed Nedbank to  
cross-sell to Imperial’s customer base. 

We avoided redundancies by redeploying some 
460 people within Nedbank’s 27,500-strong 
workforce: this was not only good for morale  
but also enabled us to focus on maintaining 
business momentum, so there has been no  
loss of market share.

Main photograph:  Barry Groenewald and Chris Kuhn (OMSA Corporate Finance)
Top left: Chris Kuhn (GM Corporate Finance) 
Top right: Candice-Lee Perry (Business Banking) and Gail Sharp (Nedbank Retail)

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KEY FEATURES

Below are some of the key features of the 
business that support the delivery of our 
vision to our customers.

Old Mutual Group

LTS Emerging Markets

0.92%

of pre-tax profit invested in  
community programmes

US Asset Management 

29%

of client base located outside the US  
2009: 25%

R13.7 billion (£1.2bn)  
invested in infrastructure 
funds and R8.5 billion 
(£0.8bn) in housing funds

Banking

LTS Emerging Markets

Old Mutual (SA) awarded  
best customer service,  
in the Ask Afrika Orange 
Service Excellence Awards 
(Long-Term insurance) for  
the third year in a row.

7.4%

Growth in number of customers  
who hold primary accounts with Nedbank

LTS Nordic

Skandiabanken awarded 
most prominent brand  
and best reputation 
in Norway
Source: RepTrak Pulse survey in 2010

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LTS Wealth Management

Winner

Best UK platform.  
Source: Professional Adviser Awards

LTS Wealth Management

£5.7 billion

Single premiums up 34% to £5.7 billion 
and mutual funds sales up 56%  
to £3.3 billion

UK and South Africa

Top 10%

Old Mutual ranked in the top 10%  
of UK and SA companies reporting  
to the Carbon Disclosure Project

South Africa

Level 2

Old Mutual (SA) and Nedbank rated  
Level 2, BBBEE (Broad-Based Black 
Economic Empowerment), Mutual & 
Federal rated Level 3.

Old Mutual Group

More than £10 billion of 
mutual funds sold  
in the Group

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RESPONSIBLE BUSINESS 

Our approach to Responsible Business  
is a vital enabler of our corporate vision  
of becoming our customers’ most  
trusted partner.

What being a Responsible Business means to us

Focusing on the issues that matter 
to our stakeholders 
During 2010, we conducted a significant piece  
of stakeholder research which helped us identify 
nine material issue areas that will form the basis of 
our approach to Responsible Business for the 
future. These material issue areas are: 

 (cid:81) Governance and risk systems
 (cid:81) Responsible marketing and selling
 (cid:81) Customer service
 (cid:81) Our employees
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 (cid:81) Supply chain
Financial crime
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 (cid:81) Community impact
 (cid:81) Direct environmental impact

Indirect impact of investments

Responsible Business highlights from 2010
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First full year of operation of the Responsible  
Business Committee which oversaw:
–  Responsible Business Policy rolled out 

across the Group

–   Responsible Investment taskforce set up

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responsible business issues 
£13.6 million invested in our local communities 
focusing on financial education, enterprise 
development and sustainable community 
development. For example:
–  £4.6m through the Masisizane Fund including 

micro-finance

–  £2.7m spent through the five Old Mutual 

Foundations.

The diagram below summarises our evolving 
approach to Responsible Business and shows  
the nine material issue areas discussed in the 
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CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

Our approach to governance is underpinned  
by our values of integrity, respect, accountability  
and pushing beyond boundaries.

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The Board of Directors as a whole is responsible to 
the Company’s shareholders for corporate 
governance and is committed to achieving high 
standards in this area through an appropriate mix 
of checks and balances. This takes due account of 
the UK Corporate Governance Code and other 
external expectations, such as the guidelines 
issued by institutional investors and their 
representative bodies.

During 2010, we have rolled out our new Group 
Operating Model, which seeks to clarify and 
enhance our governance processes within the 
context of a strategic controller model of oversight 
of our various operations around the world. This 
has replaced the more decentralised system of 
governance under which the Group previously 
operated and establishes clear principles of 
delegation and escalation that are designed to 
provide appropriate levels of assurance about the 
control environment, while retaining flexibility for 
our businesses to operate efficiently.

Our approach to governance is underpinned  
by the Group’s values of integrity, respect, accountability  
and pushing beyond boundaries. 

How our approach to governance is guided by our values

Integrity

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We require integrity of the Group’s businesses in all their 
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Accountability lies at the heart of all good governance 
systems and is vital for the prompt escalation of matters 
and how they are then addressed. 

We aim to empower our operating units to push beyond 
boundaries and to be responsive and innovative to serve 
customers’ needs without entangling them in unnecessary 
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More detail on our approach to Corporate Governance can be found in the Directors’ 
Report on Corporate Governance and Other Matters section on pages 132 to 151.

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CHAIRMAN’S STATEMENT

In 2010 we started to deliver on our 
promises, and we remain firmly focused  
on achieving our goals.

Overview of 2010
The Board’s focus in 2010 was on restructuring the 
Group, reducing debt and improving financial 
performance. I am pleased to be able to report 
substantial progress towards our short-term 
performance goals and a good start towards 
attainment of our medium-term restructuring targets. 

The Company achieved adjusted operating earnings 
per share on an IFRS basis of 16.0p for the year, a 
very satisfactory 38% increase over the 11.6p for 
2009 (as restated). The results reflect management’s 
determination to improve underlying performance in 
our various businesses while setting industry-leading 
risk management standards in our operations. 

The sale of our US Life business, expected to 
complete soon, will improve the Group’s overall risk 
profile significantly. We have taken a write-down of 
£827m in the value of US Life, based on the agreed 
sale transaction terms, leading to a loss from 
discontinued operations of £713m and an overall 
Group basic IFRS loss for the year of £24m.

Building on our leading presence in South African 
markets, we are making progress in transforming our 
Long-Term Savings business – not only in Emerging 
Markets, but also in those developed markets of 
Europe where we have or can build sustainable 
competitive advantage. Although we were 
disappointed that negotiations to sell our controlling 
stake in Nedbank fell through during the year for 
reasons beyond our control, we remain very satisfied 
with the earnings stream from this investment and 
continue to see the bank as a key contributor to the 
Group. The Group is committed to achieving its 
target, announced in March 2010, of reducing debt 
by an aggregate £1.5 billion by the end of 2012.

Board developments
At the start of my chairmanship, I committed to a 
gradual restructuring of the Board. This process is 
well under way. Richard Pym retired from the Board 
in August 2010 at the end of his first three-year term 
because of the pressure of other commitments. He 
was replaced by Roger Marshall, who joined as an 
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Richard as chairman of our Group Audit Committee. 
Alan Gillespie joined as an independent non-
executive director in November 2010. He will 
succeed Rudi Bogni as our Senior Independent 
Director when Rudi retires at the 2011 AGM. Nigel 
Andrews also retires at this year’s AGM. We were 
delighted to announce the appointment of our  
first female director at plc level, Eva Castillo,  
in February 2011. 

I would like to extend my thanks to Richard, Rudi, 
Nigel and the other non-executive directors for  
their wisdom and contribution during my first year  
in the chair and their willingness to commit their 
knowledge and experience in helping reshape our 
strategy. In formally welcoming Eva, Roger and 
Alan, I know we have a Board which can face up to 
the challenges of strategy implementation and 
future growth. We continue to look to renew and 
refresh the Board’s mix of skills and experience from 
a broad stakeholder point of view.

On behalf of my Board colleagues, I would also like to 
express our sincere appreciation for the continued 
dedication and efforts of the Group’s employees 
during 2010 – especially to our colleagues at 
Nedbank, for their focus on delivering improved 
results during a period of significant uncertainty.

Dividend
The Board is recommending an increased final 
dividend for the year ended 31 December 2010 of 
2.9p per share (or its equivalent in other applicable 
currencies). It will be paid on 31 May 2011, subject to 
approval by shareholders at this year’s AGM. 
Together with the interim dividend of 1.1p per share 
paid in November 2010, this makes a total of 4.0p for 
the year. The Board has confirmed its commitment to 
a progressive dividend policy for the future. 

Following the successful launch of our scrip dividend 
scheme last year, we are again offering eligible 
shareholders the opportunity to increase their 
shareholdings in the Company by receiving new 
shares instead of the cash dividend. Further details  
of how to participate in the scheme are available  
on the Company’s website.

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This year’s AGM will again be webcast from our offices 
in London, where it will take place on Thursday 12 May 
2011. There will be an opportunity for shareholders to 
submit questions in advance, if they wish, to be dealt 
with during the AGM. The AGM circular enclosed with 
this report includes further details of the webcast, the 
resolutions to be proposed and the procedure for 
submitting questions ahead of the meeting.

Future
In 2010 we started to deliver on our promises, and we 
remain firmly focused on achieving our remaining goals.

This Group has an illustrious past, which has been 
tarnished by some poor strategic decisions during the 
past 11 years. We have begun reshaping and improving 
our businesses and financial structure so that the next 
decade will see us delivering real shareholder value and 
playing our full part in the continued development of the 
markets in which we operate, while recognising the 
opportunities and commitments that come with our 
position in South Africa.

Patrick O’Sullivan
Chairman 
8 March 2011

“ The Board’s focus in 2010 was on 
restructuring the Group, reducing debt 
and improving financial performance. I am 
pleased to be able to report substantial 
progress towards our short-term 
performance goals and a good start 
towards attainment of our medium-term 
restructuring targets.”

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GROUP CHIEF  
EXECUTIVE’S STATEMENT

Introduction 
Our operating results for 2010 are significantly 
ahead of the prior year results as reported with 
profits up in each of our businesses. This 
excellent performance was largely due to 
strong growth in new business sales, our 
continued focus on cost control, improved 
persistency and favourable exchange rates. 

In addition to strong financial performance, we also 
focused on delivering our strategy and have made 
good progress in 2010. We have agreed to sell US 
Life, a business that was outside our Group risk and 
return profile, for $350 million, resulting in an IFRS 
charge of £713 million. We are awaiting regulatory 
approval, and expect the transaction to close at or 
around the end of the first quarter of 2011. The next 
two years will see a continued single-minded focus 
to meet our strategic objectives.

The Group is in sound financial shape. At 31 
December 2010 our FGD surplus was £2.1 billion 
and we had total liquidity headroom of £1.4 billion. 

Strategy Update
In 2010, we set out a new strategy for the Group. 
Our strategy is to build a long-term savings, 
protection and investment group by leveraging the 
strength of our people and capabilities in South 
Africa and around the world. Through the delivery 
of this strategy, we will drive our businesses to 
enhance value for both our customers and 
shareholders, increasing our international cash 
earnings and overall return on equity. During the 
year, we entered into exclusive negotiations to sell 
our shareholding in Nedbank, but these 
discussions did not conclude with a formal offer 
being made. In 2011, we will continue to work with 
Nedbank to build shareholder value.

We are now one year into a three-year process to 
deliver this strategy and are making significant 
operational progress. We are rationalising our 
activities over time, reducing the complexity of the 
Group and improving our structure as we manage 
our business with a disciplined approach to risk 
management, governance and allocation of capital. 
We have taken steps to simplify our Group by 
selling the US Life business, subject to regulatory 
clearance, and will continue to maintain our strict 
criteria for keeping businesses within the Group: 

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they must meet our capital and risk targets; be 
capable of achieving a 15% return on equity; add 
value to other parts of the Group; and be capable 
of creating future value for shareholders.

We have previously said that we will explore the 
possibility of listing a minority of the US Asset 
Management business and this remains our 
intention. The timing of the IPO will be dependent 
on margin progression, investment performance 
and growth.

We have set challenging group-wide performance 
targets for the end of 2012: reducing costs by £100 
million; improving return on equity for our Long-
Term Savings (LTS) business to between 16% - 
18%; and reducing debt by £1.5 billion through 
proceeds of rationalisation and retained earnings. 
We have already delivered £59 million of run-rate 
savings and are committed to deliver our debt 
reduction target. Return on equity for the LTS 
business was 18.5% at the year-end, as we 
benefited from positive, non-recurring items in both 
the Nordic and Wealth Management businesses. 
Plans are in place to ensure this performance is 
sustained within the target range.

We have implemented a new, more effective, 
governance and control system giving our 
businesses local autonomy but ensuring that they 
work within Group structures and disciplines, 
particularly on risk and product underwriting 
standards. This new approach has been 
implemented effectively and has resulted in the 
level of one-off operational losses reducing 
significantly across the Group in 2010. We continue 
to manage risk effectively and have tightly 
managed the US Life bond portfolio and our 
business in Bermuda.

We continue to assemble a strong management 
team, and recently appointed Peter Bain as CEO of 
US Asset Management, and Peter Todd as 
Managing Director of Mutual & Federal. These are 
key roles for the Group as we look to drive the 
growth of these businesses.

We are clear on our strategy and are committed to 
delivering it.

“ We are now one year into a three-year 
process to deliver this strategy and are 
making significant operational progress”
Julian Roberts
Group Chief Executive

Long-Term Savings (LTS)
Our LTS division delivered very strong results for 
the year with operating profits up 26% on a 
constant currency basis. This was driven by strong 
profit performance by all of the businesses within 
LTS. Life sales for the year were up 7% and unit 
trust sales were up 28% on a constant currency 
basis. Funds under management (FUM) increased 
and margins improved. 

We continued to strengthen the LTS management 
team and we appointed new CEOs to the Nordic 
business and the investment business in South 
Africa (OMIGSA) as well as new heads of Product 
and IT, roles which are critical to leveraging our 
capability and delivering the strategy. 

£1,481m

Adjusted Operating Profit

We made significant strides in implementing the 
LTS strategy in 2010. The business delivered 
run-rate savings of £44 million, against the targeted 
cost reduction of £75 million. This was primarily 
driven by Wealth Management which removed £35 
million of costs in 2010 against its stated target of 
£45 million by 2012. We are seeking to leverage 
our IT and administration capabilities in South 
Africa to drive economies of scale and in 
December we opened a new office in Cape Town 
to provide customer service processing and IT 
support for Retail Europe’s customers in Germany, 
Poland and Austria. Launching new and innovative 
products through easily accessible distribution 
channels is key to our aim of becoming our 
customers’ most trusted partner. Whilst this work 
is still at an early stage, we introduced a number of 
new initiatives in 2010. Old Mutual South Africa 
(OMSA) and Mutual & Federal jointly developed a 
new short-term insurance product iWYZE for the 
retail mass market in South Africa. This product is 
distributed through traditional mass market models 
but also through digital channels and in the nine 
months since it launched, has already attracted 
nearly 5,000 customers. To date, iWYZE has also 
created approximately 150 new jobs in South 
Africa, primarily for young people.

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GROUP CHIEF  
EXECUTIVE’S STATEMENT
CONTINUED

Through our joint venture in India, Kotak Mahindra 
Old Mutual Life Insurance, we launched an online 
portal allowing customers to buy term insurance at 
a cheaper rate than through normal distribution 
channels. In Mexico, a unit-linked product was 
redesigned in conjunction with our team in South 
Africa and has since proved a key driver of our 
increased sales in the country. We also introduced 
a new Mass Retail distribution team into Mexico  
in December.

LTS: Emerging Markets
In South Africa, our business delivered a strong 
performance with life sales up 7% and unit trust 
sales up 17%. There was a noticeable improvement 
in sales in the second half as interest rates were cut 
and as the economic environment in South Africa 
stabilised. We saw good sales growth in both the 
Retail Affluent and Mass Foundation segments, with 
a particular focus on savings products. The latest 
economic data is encouraging for the performance 
of the business in 2011. 

We launched the Futuregrowth Agri-Fund focusing 
on responsible equity investments in agricultural 
land, agri-businesses and farming infrastructure. 
OMIGSA attracted more than R8 billion into social 
infrastructure investment. Responsible funds are 
an important part of our commitment to helping 
build South African infrastructure and increase jobs 
for all parts of society. 

Mexico saw growth of 36% due to the introduction 
of a regular premium savings product in the first 
half of the year. In China, our joint venture with 
Guodian had a strong year with APE sales up 77% 
to CNY163 million in 2010, following a new channel 
diversification strategy.

We have set a target for our profits from our rest of 
African insurance operations to be the equivalent 
of 10% of our South African profits by 2012, and 
15% by 2015. To do this, we will leverage our 
experience and knowledge of the mass market 
sector in South Africa to grow our distribution 
channels through tied-agents and bancassurance 
and drive product development. We will also look 
to exploit new channels as they are established. 
For example, in Kenya we have seen initial success 
in distribution through mobile phones. 

We see other opportunities for growth in Africa, 
but remain mindful of our strict criteria for 
investment and any expansion must be within 
appropriate risk-adjusted returns.

We have a solid foundation in South Africa from 
which we can drive growth in other emerging 
markets, and we are adapting our senior 
management structures, roles and responsibilities 
to achieve this. Our priorities for 2011 include 
growing our sales force; designing and adapting 
products for a wide range of customers; making it 
easier for our customers to access financial 
services and promoting a savings culture in the 
markets in which we operate. We have confidence 
in the underlying business and are well-positioned 
to exploit business opportunities as the economies 
of the Emerging Markets grow.

LTS: Nordic 
The Nordic economies experienced positive GDP 
growth in 2010 and our Nordic business also had  
a good year, delivering a 66% uplift in profit. Life 
sales were down 21% on the prior year, in line with 
management expectations, following the closure of 
an unprofitable business line in 2009. Our Danish 
business grew strongly. FUM was up 14% on the 
prior year, mainly due to improved equity markets, 
which also contributed to strong growth in mutual 
funds, up 37%. 

During 2010, the Nordic business focused on 
building distribution and product offerings, 
increasing efficiency and optimising its structures 
and risk frameworks. The management team was 
strengthened and a new CEO appointed. 

2011 is a critical year for Nordic as it focuses on 
delivering its cost savings target of £10 million per 
annum. The cost of delivering these savings is 
likely to have a negative impact on the profitability 
of the business in the coming year. The 
management will continue to focus on driving 
sales, increasing margins and delivering an 
improved distribution and product offering for the 
future development of the businesses in a rapidly 
changing marketplace. The economic outlook for 
the year is positive across all the geographies and 
we expect the Nordic savings markets to grow, 
albeit in a more competitive and fragmented 
market environment.

LTS: Retail Europe
Retail Europe delivered a very positive performance in 
2010, in the context of GDP growth in all its markets. 
Equity markets were up, with the DAX showing a 16% 
gain for the year. Profits for Retail Europe were up 
140% on the prior year, with APE sales up 7% and 
mutual funds flat. FUM was up 23%. 

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integrated organisation and reducing operating 
costs. As part of the focus on costs, IT and client 
administration services for Retail Europe are being 
transferred to South Africa. One-off costs 
associated with the transfer will impact profitability 
in 2011, before the benefits start to come through 
in 2012. 

The uplift in sales was driven by new product 
launches in Germany, Poland and Switzerland. We 
also improved our marketing and sales drives to 
customers and built strong, more fruitful 
relationships with our distributors in 2010 and 
these proved to be significant drivers of the 
business’s improved profits.

4.0p

Total dividend for 2010 (1.5p in 2009)

Macro-economic factors will continue to influence 
the business in 2011. Positive equity and bond 
market performances will raise consumer 
confidence although we expect there to be 
continued concern over unemployment levels.  
We have a programme of product innovation for 
the markets in Germany and Poland which should 
underpin growth in these attractive markets.

LTS: Wealth Management
This has been a significant year for Wealth 
Management. APE sales were up 19%, and it 
delivered an 86% growth in profit, driven by 
delivery of £35 million of run-rate savings, against 
its 2012 target of £45 million. 

Investor confidence was boosted by the return to 
growth in equity markets which led to increased 
funds under management in all of our businesses. 
In the UK, we saw a continuation of the trend of 
IFAs converting to platform sales, for both 
wrapped and unwrapped sales. This was 
particularly noticeable in the first half as IFAs 
moved large blocks of business on to our platform 
ahead of the tax year-end. Skandia’s market share 
in the UK continued to grow, and at the end of the 
third quarter we had captured 7.4% of all industry 

channels, versus 6.4% in the fourth quarter in 
2009. Skandia Investment Group’s (SIG) Spectrum 
risk-targeted funds had a successful year with 
funds under management at more than £750 
million with the funds now available on all the major 
IFA platforms in the UK. SIG also provided the 
technical expertise to allow the Nordic business to 
launch its own risk-targeted funds, based on the 
Spectrum concept, into Sweden.

During 2011, Wealth Management will continue to 
focus on cost reduction, improving efficiency and 
meeting its 2012 targets, increasing risk controls 
and improving the functionality of the platform and 
the richness of the product offering. We are seeing 
an increasing demand from customers for 
products and services that are focused on their 
needs, are easy to understand and do not rely on 
heavy up-front commission to drive sales and with 
the forthcoming Retail Distribution Review, 
governments having to roll-back state retirement 
provision and the corresponding need for personal 
retirement savings, our Wealth Management 
business is well placed to meet customer demand. 
We plan for the platform to add to the profits of the 
Wealth Management business in 2012.

Nedbank 
Household finances improved in South Africa as 
debt started to reduce and interest rates eased to 
the lowest levels in 36 years. The recovery in the 
credit cycle has proved to be more modest 
compared to previous cycles. The ratio of 
household debt to disposable income reduced 
marginally and at the same time debt service levels 
decreased to 7.5% and are now at a level that is 
more conducive to improving economic growth in 
the consumer sector. In the corporate sector, 
excess capacity and uncertainty over the 
sustainability of the local and global recovery 
limited spending.

Nedbank showed solid earnings growth in a 
challenging economic environment. Headline 
earnings increased by 15% to R4,900 million,  
and non-interest revenue increased 11% to  
R13.2 billion. Net interest income increased 2%  
to R16.6 billion. 

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GROUP CHIEF  
EXECUTIVE’S STATEMENT
CONTINUED

US Asset Management (USAM)
USAM profits improved 4% over 2009 due 
primarily to higher average FUM. We saw net 
inflows into fixed income products, which were 
offset by outflows from equity, alternative and 
stable value products leading to an overall negative 
NCCF of $18.0 billion. During the recent market 
dislocation, a number of our affiliates 
underperformed in certain of their strategies, but 
we are confident that they will deliver 
outperformance in time. Echo Point began 
operating as a USAM affiliate in October launching 
with $1.7 billion funds under management in 
international growth equities. 

Non-US clients represented more than a quarter of 
total funds under management and a key objective 
for us is to grow and diversify this base. We have 
expanded our global distribution through the hiring 
of new staff and we are expanding our distribution 
presence in the Middle East, resulting in US Asset 
Management now operating out of 13 countries. 
Growing the international element for US Asset 
Management is a priority for the business and we 
continue to work toward improving our margin with 
a target of 25-30% by the end of 2012 and 
improving investment performance.

Peter Bain has been appointed CEO of US Asset 
Management. Peter has a proven track record in 
growing a boutique asset management company 
and his appointment is a key milestone for the US 
Asset Management business as we look to grow 
the business. 

We believe in our boutique model, with its 18 
affiliates and 160 investment strategies. As investor 
confidence improves, and with our extensive 
diversified product portfolio including non-US 
equity exposure, we believe we have the 
opportunity to capture a share of these flows. 

We continue to explore the possibility of a partial 
IPO by the end of 2012.

Nedbank’s credit loss ratio improved to 1.36% for 
2010, its liquidity position remains sound and its 
capital ratios remain above target levels. The  
Tier 1 capital adequacy ratio of 11.7% marginally 
improved from that at 31 December 2009, and 
the total capital adequacy ratio ended the period  
at 15.0%.

Nedbank is a strongly performing business and  
a significant contributor to the Group. We have  
a clear strategy for growth with the key thrusts 
being the repositioning of Nedbank retail, growing 
non-interest revenue, focusing on areas that yield 
higher economic profit and increased focus on  
the rest of Africa. 

20%

EPS up 20% (constant currency basis)

Mutual & Federal
2010 was a good year for Mutual & Federal with 
profits up 27% and a strong underwriting 
performance following the cancellation of unprofitable 
business, a relatively benign claims environment and 
a greater focus on claims cost control. 

During 2010, we introduced the step-change 
programme at M&F. Peter Todd has been 
appointed as Managing Director of M&F and will 
drive the delivery of the step-change programme 
over the next three years. The objectives of the 
programme are to embed profitable and sound 
underwriting; to develop better products; to be 
more customer-focused; grow our customer base 
by offering the right distribution models; and 
improve efficiency. As part of the step-change 
programme, we aim to improve profitability through 
growth in the direct and broker channels and 
through the reduction of claims costs and 
expenses. During the year, we entered the direct 
insurance channel via iWYZE, the joint initiative 
with OMSA. This is the first step in extracting 
greater value from M&F’s position within the Old 
Mutual Group following the buy-out of minorities. 

With its strong balance sheet and increased focus 
on alternative distribution channels, we are 
confident that we can grow revenue while 
improving our expense ratios.

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Dividend
The Board has considered the position in respect 
of a final dividend for year ended 31 December 
2010, and is recommending a final dividend of 2.9p 
per share (or its equivalent in other currencies). 
This makes a total dividend payment for the year of 
4.0p compared to 1.5p in the previous year. A scrip 
alternative will be offered to eligible shareholders.

South African Empowerment
In South Africa in 2010, OMSA achieved and 
Nedbank maintained a Level 2 rating status  
and Mutual & Federal a Level 3 rating status as 
BBBEE contributors.

Outlook
We have made some significant operational 
progress and we expect 2011 to be a year  
of further delivery. We are committed to our 
three-year strategy and meeting our stated 
operational targets.

Julian Roberts
Group Chief Executive 
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GROUP CHIEF  
EXECUTIVE’S Q&A’S

Julian Roberts answers a range of questions  
on how Old Mutual is delivering its strategy  
– and what lies ahead for the Group. 

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2

It has been a year now 
since you unveiled your 
strategic review. How much 
progress have you made?

What are the major 
challenges and 
opportunities for  
the Group in 2011?

Our strategy is to build a long-term savings, 
protection and investment group. One year into a 
three-year process, we have made significant 
operational progress. 

When we announced our strategy, we said we 
would streamline and simplify the Group where we 
could create shareholder value. We have set some 
criteria to test this, which are:

 (cid:81) Does the business meet or can it meet our  

RoE target?

 (cid:81) Does the business contribute to or can it 
contribute to other parts of the Group? 

 (cid:81)  Can it become meaningful in the context of the  

Group’s earnings?

As a result of applying these criteria, we have agreed 
to sell our US Life business for US$350 million. 

We are making good progress in achieving the 
operational targets we set. We have delivered  
£59 million of run-rate savings against our target of 
£100 million. For our Long-Term Savings business, 
we set a return on equity target of 16-18%: last 
year, its RoE was 18.5% and we aim to ensure that 
this is sustained. We remain committed to 
reducing our debt by £1.5 billion by 2012.

In addition, we have implemented a new, more 
effective governance and control system. This  
is already working well, with the number of one-off 
operational losses reducing significantly during 
2010. We have strengthened our management team 
with new CEOs in Nordic, US Asset Management, 
Mutual & Federal (M&F) and OMIGSA.

So we have made a good start to meeting our 
strategic objectives – though we recognise we still 
have a lot of work to do over the next two years.

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We have achieved a lot in 2010. The challenge now 
is to ensure we maintain that rate of progress.

We saw good profit growth last year, and sustaining 
that momentum is crucial. While the global outlook 
remains somewhat volatile, we believe that, as long 
as we maintain what we have been doing, we can 
continue to grow our sales and profits.

This year we must deliver further on our strategy. 
We need to continue to deliver cost savings, 
reduce our debt and work on leveraging our 
strengths across the Long-Term Savings division. 

In Emerging Markets, we will focus on designing 
new products for our customers and ensuring we 
have the right methods of selling to them. We are 
excited by the opportunities we see in Emerging 
Markets and the potential for expanding our 
footprint in sub-Saharan Africa. 

Our restructuring programme in Nordic is intended 
to reduce its costs and increase its profitability. 
Retail Europe is rolling out a suite of new products 
and Wealth Management will continue reducing 
costs and improving efficiency. 

We have a new CEO at US Asset Management, 
whose declared priorities are maintaining investment 
discipline to improve performance and net client 
cash flow, driving growth and improving margins. 
We are continuing to explore a partial IPO of this 
business.

At Mutual & Federal, our new MD will be driving its 
Step Change Programme, which is necessary to 
refocus and grow the business. And Nedbank has a 
clear strategy for growing its retail business and 
non-interest revenue.

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4

How are you putting the 
customer at the centre 
of everything you do?

How would you  
judge Old Mutual’s 
performance last year?

Putting the customer at the centre requires us to 
understand what our customers need, offering 
them the right products through the right distribution 
channels in each of our markets, while providing 
unrivalled customer service. This will create 
long-term, sustainable competitive advantage.

We have to develop specific products, distribution 
systems and processes to meet the needs of 
customers in two distinct types of market: 
developed countries and emerging markets. 

In the UK, for example, we offer flexible, 
transparent products primarily through our Skandia 
platform. Evidence of the development of the 
platform business can be found through our 
growing share of the UK savings market: by the 
end of the third quarter of 2010 we had achieved a 
7.4% share, up from 6.4% at the end of 2009. 

In Emerging Markets, we have a wider product set, 
often centred on regular-premium protection 
products and distributed through the channels that 
suit our customers. We focus on delivering value 
– making sure that our products are transparent, 
our fees are clear and our customers get what they 
want and need.

I am very pleased with our performance in 2010 
and would say it has been a year of substantial 
improvement. Our adjusted operating profit was  
up 14%, adjusted earnings per share were up 20% 
and Group return on equity was up from 9.1% to 
12.2%. In light of these strong results, our Board 
has recommended an increased final dividend of 
2.9p, making a total of 4.0p for the year. 

Our funds under management increased during 
the year to £309 billion and our financial position 
remains robust. 

Looking at our performance in more detail, we saw 
7% growth in life sales on an APE basis and 28% 
growth in unit trust sales in Long-Term Savings. 
Each of our Long-Term Savings businesses grew 
its profits during the year. Our Wealth Management 
business had a particularly good year, with profits 
up 86%, and the UK platform attracted gross 
inflows of £5.2 billion. Nordic grew its profits by 
66% and Emerging Markets also achieved good 
sales and profit growth.

Our short-term insurance business, Mutual & Federal, 
had one of its best underwriting performances to 
date. And Nedbank reduced impairments, increased 
non-interest revenue and grew headline earnings  
by 15%. 

So we achieved a good performance overall, with 
all our businesses delivering progress. Our focus 
going forward will be on keeping up the good work.

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GROUP FINANCE  
DIRECTOR’S STATEMENT

“... a very strong improvement in  
results compared to the prior year... 
AOP earnings per share were 16.0p and  
return on equity grew to 12.2%...”
Philip Broadley
Group Finance Director

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During the year to 31 December 2010 (“the year”) 
Old Mutual showed a very strong improvement in 
results compared to the prior year. Adjusted 
Operating Profit (AOP) earnings per share were 
16.0p for 2010 compared to 11.6p for 2009. This 
was driven by improved operational performance 
across the Group and positive currency movements. 
Funds under management (core and continuing 
businesses) grew by 12% compared to the prior 
year, largely due to improved market conditions. 
Return on equity grew to 12.2%, primarily as a result 
of improved margins and favourable foreign 
exchange movements. 

IFRS AOP on a pre-tax basis of £1,481 million for  
the year was £348 million higher than in the prior 
year. This was made up of £181 million (52%) due  
to improvement in trading results, and £167 million 
(48%) from the positive benefit of currency 
movements. On a constant currency basis, the  
AOP for 2009 was £1,300 million. Strong growth 
in new business sales, lower credit losses in 
banking, a close focus on overall cost control, 
improved persistency and higher profits in  
our general insurance business drove the  
underlying performance. 

Net client cash flows (NCCF) doubled in LTS to  
£5 billion, and were positive in all our European 
businesses and in our Retail South African 
businesses. This was offset by outflows in the 
Corporate and OMIGSA businesses in South Africa, 
and in certain affiliates of USAM. The NCCF 
contribution from Wealth Management was 
particularly strong, increasing by 56% to £3.9 billion 
largely from the UK Platform and Italy.

Funds under management increased to £309 billion 
(core and continuing businesses) although there 
were periods of substantial market movements in the 
year. Across all our principal equity markets, second 
quarter falls more than eclipsed first quarter rises. 
Markets steadily rose from August onwards, all 
recording their 2010 highs in the last week of the 
year. The JSE All Share index rose by 16% in the 
year, the FTSE rose by 9%, the S&P-500 by 13% 
and the Swedish SAX:OMX by 23%. 

Management Discussion and Analysis of 
Results for 2010 
The principal businesses of the Group are the LTS 
division, Nedbank, Mutual & Federal and US Asset 
Management. During the period, Old Mutual owned 
on average 54% of Nedbank. At 31 December 2010 
the market capitalisation of Nedbank was £6.2 
billion. The results for each of the LTS businesses, 
Nedbank, Mutual & Federal and US Asset 
Management are discussed separately in the 
Business Review which follows this Report. 

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FINANCE DIRECTORS  
FROM AROUND THE GROUP

Iain Pearce
Group Head Office

Katie Murray
Emerging Markets

Marek Rydén
Nordic

Markus Deimel
Retail Europe

Mark Satchel
Wealth Management

Raisibe Morathi
Nedbank

Debbie Loxton
Mutual & Federal

Matt Berger
US Asset Management

Barry Ward
US Life

Michael Sakoulas
Bermuda

Summarised Financial Information

IFRS results
Adjusted operating profit (IFRS basis, pre-tax)1
Adjusted operating earnings per share (IFRS basis)1
Basic loss per share
IFRS profit/(loss) after tax

Sales statistics
Life assurance sales – APE basis
Life assurance sales – PVNBP basis
Value of new business
Unit trust/mutual fund sales

MCEV results
Adjusted Group MCEV (£bn)
Adjusted Group MCEV per share 
Adjusted operating profit Group MCEV earnings (post-tax and 
non-controlling interests)
Adjusted operating Group MCEV earnings per share 

Financial metrics
Return on equity1, 2
Return on Group MCEV 
Net client cash flows (£bn)
Funds under management (£bn)
Interim dividend
Final dividend
FGD (£bn)

£m  

 2010

£m  

2009

% Change

1,481
16.0p
(6.5p)
(24)

1,583
12,155
172
10,305

11.0
202.2p

830
15.5p

12.2%
10.9%
(6.2)
322.8
1.1p
2.9p
2.1

1,133
11.6p
(7.8p)
(118)

1,381
10,217
167
7,567

9.0
171.0p

562
10.7p

9.1%
10.7%
(2.7)
285.0
–
1.5p
1.5

31%
38%
17%
80%

15%
19%
3%
36%

22%
18%

48%
45%

(130%)
13%
–
93%
40%

1  The year ended 31 December 2009 has been restated to reflect US Life as discontinued.
2   ROE is calculated as IFRS AOP (post-tax) divided by average shareholders’ equity of core businesses (excluding the 

perpetual preferred callable securities).

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GROUP FINANCE  
DIRECTOR’S STATEMENT
CONTINUED

Summary adjusted operating profit statement 

£m

Revenue
Net earned premiums
Investment return (non-banking)
Banking interest and similar income
Fees & commissions 
Other revenue

Total revenues

Expenses
Net claims and benefits incurred
Change in investment contract liabilities
Bank interest
Other expenses 

Total expenses

Year ended  
31 December 
2010

Year ended  
31 December 
20091

% Change

3,278

10,585
4,082
3,160
298

21,403

(4,564)
(6,899)
(2,500)
(5,966)

2,746
10,903
3,989
2,538
311

20,487

(3,126)
(8,341)
(2,627)
(5,262)

(19,929)

(19,356)

19%
(3%)
2%
25%
(4%)

4%

46%
(17%)
(5%)
13%

3%

Share of associated undertakings profit/(loss) after tax

7

2

250%

Adjusted operating profit/(loss) before tax and 

non-controlling interests

1,481

1,133

31%

1  The year ended 31 December 2009 has been restated to reflect US Life as discontinued.

The improvement in our AOP earnings was 
principally driven by increased income from rising 
markets, better underwriting performance in all our 
insurance businesses, growth in Nedbank’s 
non-interest revenue stream, and the benefit of 
positive currency movements.

The 19% increase in net earned premiums 
reflected the growth in new business sales, most 
notably, in Emerging Markets, Mutual & Federal 
and Wealth Management. The majority of the fee 
and commission income growth arose in Wealth 
Management, largely attributable to the increase in 
FUM over the period, and in Nedbank, reflecting a 
growing customer base. Investment return is driven 
by dividend and interest income, and gains and 
losses on the fair value of investments and 
securities, a large proportion of which are held 
attributable to investment contract holders. The 
decline in investment return in the year broadly 
matches the corresponding movement in 
investment contract liabilities in Wealth 
Management and Nordic given the investment 
nature of the contracts written in those businesses. 
However, in Emerging Markets the increase in 
investment return is not closely matched by a 
similar change in investment contract liabilities due 
to its larger proportion of insurance type products, 
and because substantial shareholder capital is 
held in South Africa. Other expenses grew by 13% 
over the period, reflecting increased levels of new 
business written, FX movements (primarily the 
strengthening of the rand) and increased 
remuneration costs in South Africa. 

Group net margin (measured as net profits earned 
on average assets) increased by 4.3 basis points 
over the period from 38.7 basis points to  

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Net Margin (bps)

2010  

72.2
98.8
5.5

43.0

2009

64.8
95.4
5.8

38.7

LTS
Nedbank 
USAM

TOTAL1
1. 

Includes M&F and corporate costs. Margins are 
calculated on the average balance of funds under 
management and banking assets during the year

43.0 basis points. Of this, the European LTS 
businesses generated 3.9 basis points as the uplift 
in profits significantly exceeded their average asset 
growth, and 0.3 basis points came from Emerging 
Markets, where AOP grew at a marginally higher 
rate than growth in average assets, resulting in a 
small increase. The increase in profit from the 
non-LTS businesses resulted in a further 1.6 basis 
points increase, and the reduced LTIR contribution 
resulted in a decrease of 1.5 basis points.

Operating profit analysis
Finance costs increased mainly as a result of 
inclusion of a full-year interest charge on the £500 
million seven-year 7.125% fixed rate senior bond 
placed in October 2009. The interest payable to 
non-core operations reflects the interest payable 
on the loan note arrangement between Bermuda 
and Group following a change to the terms of the 
arrangement. The decline in other net income and 
expenses is mainly attributable to a stamp duty 
reserve tax refund received in the first half of the 
year (£16 million) and higher dividend income  
(£5 million). Group costs for 2010 were £60 million 
(2009: £70 million).

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£m

Long-Term Savings
Nedbank
Mutual & Federal 
US Asset Management

Finance costs
LTIR on excess assets
Interest payable to non-core 

operations

Interest receivable from non-core 

operations

Other net income and expenses

Year ended  
31 December 
2010

Year ended  
31 December 
2009 (constant 
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Year ended  
31 December 
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% Change

% Change

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103
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(128)
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(55)

16
(71)

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(104)
91

(40)

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(85)

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10%
27%
4%

23%
(66%)

38%

33%
(16%)

14%

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28%
47%
5%

23%
(66%)

38%

33%
(16%)

31%

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1,481

1,300

1  The year ended 31 December 2009 has been restated to reflect US Life as discontinued.

As anticipated, the LTIR on the shareholder assets 
decreased from £91 million to £31 million. This was 
a result of the 390 basis point reduction to 9.4% in 
the rate applied to shareholder assets within 
Emerging Markets. This reflected the expected 
return from the asset allocation of 25% equities 
and 75% cash in 2010. The LTIR rate in Mutual & 
Federal was similarly reduced by 390 basis points 
in 2010. The LTIR rate for Emerging Markets and 
Mutual & Federal has been further reduced in 2011 
to 8.4% to reflect the prevailing low interest rate 
environment in South Africa.

Reconciliation of Group AOP  
and IFRS profits
The key adjusting items between our AOP and 
IFRS profits for the year are deductions of £214 
million in respect of acquisition accounting (mainly 
the amortisation of acquired present value of 
in-force business), £83 million for short-term 
fluctuations in investment return (of which £71 
million relates to the smoothing of previous years’ 
deferred tax assets), and £203 million in respect of 
the impact of marking-to-market of Group debt, as 
the improvement in the external valuation of Group 
debt in the year negatively impacted profit after tax 

Reconciliation of Group AOP and IFRS profits

Adjusted operating profit 
Adjusting items
Non-core operations – Bermuda

Profit before tax (net of policyholder tax)
Income tax attributable to policyholder returns

Profit before tax
Total income tax 

Profit/(loss) from continuing operations after tax 
Profit/(loss) from discontinued operations after tax
Profit/(loss) after tax for the financial year
Other comprehensive income for the financial period

Total comprehensive income for the financial period

Attributable to
Equity holders of the parent
Non-controlling interests
  Ordinary shares
  Preferred securities

Total comprehensive income for the financial period

1  The year ended 31 December 2009 has been restated to reflect US Life as discontinued.

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31 December 
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Year ended  
31 December 
20091

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1,145
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1,127

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(71)
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GROUP FINANCE  
DIRECTOR’S STATEMENT
CONTINUED

for the year. This reverses previous years’ mark-to-
market gains on Group debt. Other adjustments net 
to £18 million. 

As previously reported, the prior year AOP results 
benefited from the structural tax efficiency applicable 
to UK companies writing unit-linked business in the 
UK, together with the smoothing of previous years’ 
deferred tax assets. These assets arose during the 
significant market volatility of the preceding two 
years where falls in the value of policyholder assets 
resulted in the recognition of significant deferred tax 
assets in the IFRS income statement, which were 
spread forward under AOP. The pre-tax smoothing 
for 2010 gave rise to a profit of £71 million, a similar 
amount to 2009. For 2011, the pre-tax impact will be 
a profit of £27 million, falling to nil thereafter. 

The profit on continuing operations of £689 million 
was offset by a loss on discontinued operations of 
£713 million, resulting from the impairment of the 
US Life business in anticipation of its sale at the 
terms agreed with the purchaser. The Group 
produced a loss after tax of £24 million on an IFRS 
basis. In addition to this the Group generated other 
comprehensive income of £1,151 million largely 
from favourable currency movements. There was 
therefore an increase in net assets of £1,127 million 
in the period. 

Progress against ROE and margin targets

Group cost savings and ROE  
and margin targets
At the 2009 Preliminary Results and Strategy 
Update, the Group introduced three-year cost 
saving and return on equity targets. The 
improvement in RoE has been driven by the 
achieved cost savings, and increased FUM 
resulting from strong growth in new business sales 
and positive market levels. 

We are in the process of delivering the reduction in 
the cost base of our businesses as announced in 
March 2010. Wealth Management has made good 
progress with £35 million of run-rate savings achieved 
to date against the 2012 target of £45 million. Retail 
Europe has achieved £6 million of run-rate savings as 
a result of reduced staff costs and centralisation of 
functions in Berlin. US Asset Management delivered 
around £15 million of actual savings in the year as a 
result of restructuring in 2009, and therefore on a 
run-rate basis, the business is already exceeding its 
target. Costs to achieve this in 2010 totalled £45 
million. Our focus in 2011 and 2012 will be on 
continued execution, particularly in Wealth 
Management, Nordic and Retail Europe, while 
maintaining the reductions we have achieved to date. 
The costs of executing the cost reduction process will 
restrict 2011 profits from these businesses. Nordic 
restructuring costs are anticipated to be 
approximately £30 million in 2011.

Long-Term Savings1
  Emerging Markets
  Nordic
  Retail Europe
  Wealth Management

LTS Total
USAM Operating Margin

2010

2009

2012 Target

25%
11%
20%
14%

18.5%
18%

23%2
12%
9%
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14.8%3
18%

20%-25%
12%-15%
15%-18%
12%-15%

16%-18%
25%-30%

1  ROE is calculated as IFRS AOP (post tax) divided by average shareholders’ equity, excluding goodwill, PVIF and other 

acquired intangibles. 

2  Within Emerging Markets, OMSA is calculated as return on allocated capital. Full year 2009 has been adjusted to the 2010 

LTIR rate.

3  Long-Term Savings 2009 restated from 14.9%.

Progress against 2012 cost reduction targets

£m

Long-Term Savings
  Emerging Markets
  Nordic
  Retail Europe
  Wealth Management

LTS Total

USAM
Group-wide corporate costs

Total

1.  Run-rate savings delivered to date.

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Adjusted Group MCEV per share at 31 December 2009

Adjusted operating Group MCEV earnings per share

Covered business
Non-covered business 

Below the line effects

Economic variances and other 
Foreign exchange movements
Dividends to shareholders
Nedbank market value adjustment
M&F dilution
BEE and ESOP adjustment
Marking debt to market value

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Summary MCEV results
The adjusted Group MCEV increased 22% from 
£9.0 billion at 31 December 2009 to £11.0 billion at 
31 December 2010. The adjusted Group MCEV 
per share increased by 18% (or 31.2p) from 171.0p 
to 202.2p over the same period. 

The net risk-free return from investment in new 
business in LTS (calculated as VNB based on the 
risk-free return, divided by the free surplus invested 
in new business) has increased from 35p per £1 in 
2009 to 48p per £1 in 2010, with all LTS 
businesses contributing to the improvement. 

The adjusted operating Group MCEV earnings per 
share increased by 4.8p from 10.7p for 2009 to 
15.5p for 2010. 

Non-covered business operating earnings per 
share, at 4.5p, were 3.2p higher for 2010 
compared to the 2009 result of 1.3p, as a result of:

 (cid:81) Higher profits in the asset management 

businesses, arising from higher funds under 
management, and 

 (cid:81) Higher sterling profits in the banking business 
due to greater fee income and lower bad debt 
charges.

Covered business operating MCEV earnings of 
11.0p were 1.6p higher in 2010 compared to 9.4p 
in 2009 as a result of: 

 (cid:81) A strong turn-around in the contribution from 

experience variances, due to improved 
persistency experience relative to the 
assumption changes made at December 2009, 
and improved expense experience;

 (cid:81) Lower contribution from operating assumption 

changes, particularly for persistency and 
expenses; offset by

 (cid:81) A lower expected existing business 

contribution, mainly resulting from a reduction 
from the contribution made by US Life due to 
lower yields on the corporate bond portfolio  
at the start of 2010 compared to the start of 
2009; and

 (cid:81) An adverse contribution from methodology 
changes and error corrections, (reflected as 
part of other operating variances). 

A substantial component of the increase in adjusted 
Group MCEV per share during 2010 was due to 
significant foreign exchange gains as a result of the 
strengthening of the rand, dollar and krona to 
sterling. The balance of the increase was due to the 
impact of economic variances (the increase in the 
equity markets and reductions in interest rates), and 
the expected existing business contribution from 
covered business. This is partially offset by the 
dilutionary effect of the Mutual & Federal (M&F) 
acquisition of minorities and the adjustment to  
mark the debt to market value.

The M&F minority interests were acquired on 8 
February 2010, in consideration for 147 million  
Old Mutual plc shares. This transaction diluted the 
adjusted Group MCEV per share by 7.1p as a result 
of a change of the basis of valuation of M&F as an 
unlisted entity (reduction of 2.5p), and the 
additional shares issued as consideration to the  
M&F minorities (reduction of 4.6p). M&F is now 
incorporated in the adjusted Group MCEV at the 
IFRS net asset value (31 December 2010: £409 
million). Previously it was included at the Group’s 
share of the market value (31 December 2009: 
£448 million), which was higher than IFRS net 
asset value (31 December 2009: £265 million).

The MCEV methodology does not capitalise 
returns on assets in excess of the adjusted 
risk-free reference rates. For the US Life business, 
we have estimated that the present value of credit 
spreads not valued at December 2010 amounted 
to £593 million, compared to £571 million at 
December 2009. 

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GROUP FINANCE  
DIRECTOR’S STATEMENT
CONTINUED

Sources and uses of free surplus 
Gross inflows from core and continuing operations 
were £1,016 million (2009: £1,064 million), and new 
business spend was £419 million (2009: £438 
million). Total net free surplus generated of £645 
million was lower than the £782 million in 2009 due 
to cash costs of restructuring in 2010 and the 
acceleration of cash flow in respect of the VIF 
financing for Skandia International in 2009. 

Capital, liquidity and leverage Capital
The Group’s regulatory capital surplus, calculated 
under the EU Financial Groups Directive, at 31 
December 2010 was £2.1 billion. The Group 
followed the FSA’s requirements, and gave it six 
months advance notice of its right to call a £300 
million Lower Tier 2 instrument at the first call date 
of 21 January 2011. The bond was subsequently 
called on this date. As a result of that notice, the 
Lower Tier 2 instrument had been excluded from 
the regulatory capital surplus calculations as at 31 
December 2010. On a like-for-like basis, the 
regulatory capital surplus at 31 December 2010 
was £2.4 billion (31 December 2009: £1.5 billion). 
The FGD of £2.1 billion represented a coverage 
ratio of 146%, compared to 135% at 31 December 
2009. The increase in the coverage ratio since 31 
December 2009 comprises statutory profits in LTS 
(Emerging Markets and UK) and Nedbank, 
reduced resilience risk capital requirement in 
Bermuda due to hedging and a reduction in 
Nedbank’s capital requirement reflecting a change 
to the “capital floor” regime operated by the South 
African Reserve Bank. These positive changes 
have been partially offset by increased capital 
requirements in Emerging Markets, deduction of 
intangible assets in Nedbank for the first time and 
by the payment of Group ordinary and preferred 
dividends. On completion of the US Life 
transaction, and as previously announced, we 
would anticipate a reduction in FGD surplus of 
approximately £100 million.

Our Group regulatory capital, calculated in line with 
the FSA’s prudential guidelines, is structured in the 
following way as noted in the table below:

2010

5,168
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5,821
2,363
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6,745

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20091

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611

4,782
2,562
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Taking this into account, we estimate that the value 
of US Life including an appropriate allowance for 
additional credit spreads (a proxy to the European 
Embedded Value basis) was £404 million at 
December 2010 compared to £253 million at 
December 2009.

Risk management using Economic 
Capital and Market Consistent 
Embedded Value
The Group’s current internal Economic Capital 
models form the basis of the Risk Appetite and 
limit-setting framework, which is applied on the 
basis of Market Consistent valuation 
methodologies and assumption setting processes. 
In this way the Group is able to ensure that Risk 
Appetite and exposures are derived with respect to 
a risk-neutral benchmark, which adds value by 
ensuring that the Group makes explicit decisions 
regarding risk assumption inherent in New 
Business and management of the in-force book. 
We believe that this disciplined approach facilitated 
better decision-making around risk assumption 
over the past year. The new Solvency II internal 
model builds on the work done under the current 
Economic Capital model, and will be used in future 
to generate benefit in respect of making decisions 
which formally quantify potential investment and 
market risk exposures, hence support better 
informed decision-making. 

Free surplus generation 
The Group generated £759 million of free surplus in 
the period (2009: £434 million), of which £503 
million (2009: £581 million) was generated by the 
LTS division. £519 million (2009: £249 million) of the 
£759 million was generated from covered business 
(which includes US Life and Bermuda). We 
anticipate that the value of our in-force business will 
generate £3 billion of free surplus from the covered 
business over the next five years. Free surplus 
generated from the in-force business is used to 
cover investment in new business, to pay dividends, 
and to provide free cashflow to the Group.

Capital

Ordinary Equity 
Other Tier 1 Equity 

Tier 1 Capital
Tier 2
Deductions from total capital

Total Capital

1   2009 restated to reflect actual FSA submission.

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OMLAC(SA)
Mutual & Federal
US Life
Nordic
UK
Nedbank1

1  This includes unappropriated profits.

Tier 1 Capital includes £203 million of hybrid debt 
capital reported for accounting purposes as 
minority interests and Tier 2 includes £338 million 
of capital hybrid debt, which is reported as Group 
preference shares.

The Group’s FGD surplus is calculated using a 
method called “deduction and aggregation”, and is 
the Group’s capital resources less the Group’s 
capital resources requirement. Group capital 
resources is the sum of the business unit net 
capital resources, which is calculated as its 
stand-alone capital resources less the book value 
of the Group’s investment; the Group capital 
resources requirement is the sum of each business 
unit’s capital requirement.

The contribution made by each business unit to 
the Group’s regulatory surplus will, therefore, be 
different from its locally reported surplus since the 
latter is determined without the deduction for the 
book value of the Group’s investment. Thus, 
although all our major business units have robust 
local solvency surpluses, a number of them do not 
make a positive contribution to the Group’s FGD 
position. The corollary of this is that a disposal of a 
business unit at a value equal to or greater than its 
net asset value will normally have the effect of 
increasing the Group’s FGD surplus.

Holding company net debt

At 31 December 
 2010

At 31 December 
 2009

Ratio

Ratio

3.9x
2.02x
350%
9.8x
2.8x

4.1x
1.53x
312%
10.8x
2.9x
Core Tier 1: 10.1% Core Tier 1:   9.9%
Tier 1:  11.5%
Total: 14.9%

Tier 1: 11.7%
Total: 15.0%

We have set a target to reduce the Group’s debt by 
at least £1.5 billion on a cash basis by the end of 
2012, whilst ensuring also that the Group’s balance 
sheet and the holding company’s liquidity 
continues to be prudently managed against our 
internal targets. In 2010 the holding company 
repaid £97 million of Old Mutual senior debt and 
on 21 January 2011 the Group repaid its £300 
million Lower Tier 2 security. 

Liquidity
As a Group we continue to maintain effective 
dialogue and strong commercial relationships with 
our banks and credit investors. As of 31 December 
2010, the Group has available cash and committed 
facilities of £1.4 billion (31 December 2009: £1.2 
billion). Of this cash on hand at the holding company 
was £0.4 billion (31 December 2009: £0.4 billion).

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referred to above at the holding company level, 
each of the individual businesses also maintains 
liquidity to support their normal trading operations. 

Net inflows from businesses less expenses 
increased compared to 2009 and included a net 
remittance from US Life of £51 million. The holding 
company made ordinary dividend payments in the 
period of £65 million and offered a scrip dividend 

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  Equity issuance
Other movements

Closing net debt
Net decrease/(increase) in debt

2010

(2,273)
433
(201)

(65)
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GROUP FINANCE  
DIRECTOR’S STATEMENT
CONTINUED

election. Of the total other movements of £334 
million, £183 million is in respect of the revaluation 
of the fair value of Group bonds relating to 
improved credit spreads and the balance is foreign 
exchange movements and other net flows. 

Dividend
Dividend policy
The Board intends to pursue a progressive 
dividend policy consistent with our strategy, having 
regard to overall capital requirements, liquidity and 
profitability, and targeting dividend cover of at least 
2.5 times IFRS AOP earnings over time. 

Final dividend for 2010
The Board has carefully considered the position in 
respect of a final dividend for 2010, and is 
recommending the payment of a final 2010 dividend 
of 2.9p per share (or its equivalent in other applicable 
currencies). A scrip option is also being offered.

Corporate disposals and acquisitions 
and related party transactions
As set out in the Strategy Update in March 2010, 
the Group continues to simplify its structure and 
reduce its spread of businesses to focus on areas 
of key competence and competitive strength, and 
drive operational improvements. 

On 6 August 2010, the Group announced the 
disposal of the US Life operations to Harbinger 
Capital Partners. In February 2011, we agreed to 
enter into an amended SPA with an affiliate of 
Harbinger Capital Partners LLC. The Board of 
Harbinger Group Inc. – a public company listed on 
the NYSE – has recently agreed to acquire this 
affiliate. We await regulatory approval for the 
transaction, and closing is expected at or around 
the end of the first quarter of 2011. The US Life 
business has been classified as a non-core 
discontinued operation, and as such its profits are 
excluded from the Group’s IFRS adjusted 
operating profit. US Life made a trading profit of 
£51 million before the deduction of inter-company 
interest paid to Group. In accordance with IFRS 5, 
the assets and liabilities of US Life have been 
classified as held for sale in the statement of 
financial position for the current year. The amount 
recognised as the impairment on remeasuring the 
business to fair value (less the costs to sell) was 
£827 million. The loss after tax on the sale was 
£713 million. A summarised review of the operating 
performance of US Life is set out in the Review of 
Non-core and Discontinued Business Operations 
which follows the core operating Divisions.

Solvency II, Risk Allocation and iCRaFT 
and Financial Controls Initiative project 
update 
Our integrated Capital, Risk and Finance 
Transformation (“iCRaFT”) project is progressing 
well. The Group has entered the FSA’s internal 
model approval process, and is on track to deliver 
all requirements for Solvency II compliance. We 
were the first major UK retail group to submit our 
Group QIS5 results and the Self Assessment 
Questionnaire in respect of the internal model to 
the FSA. In 2011, we will enter the “Use Test” 
phase, during which we will demonstrate the 
extent to which we have embedded the new tools 
and processes, and will hold dry runs of selected 
Solvency II processes. We expect to be ready to 
make our full internal model application at the 
earliest date that the FSA is ready to accept  
such submissions. 

In the LTS showcase presented on 13 October 
2010, we published the Group’s target risk profile 
versus current risk profile, along with a range of 
risk preferences, which considered the trade-offs 
between capital required to back different classes 
of liabilities, the risk assumed when underwriting 
these liabilities, and the margins available from 
doing so. The work that we have done is focused 
on ensuring that we deploy capital to underwrite 
risks that increase shareholder value, within a 
framework that fully protects promises made to 
policyholders. The Business Planning process 
requires business units to define and adopt their 
risk strategies, indicating how they intend to 
manage their existing liabilities and which products 
they wish to offer in future, within the framework of 
applying capital to these risks in order to create 
value at the BU level. We are satisfied that we are 
making good progress with this activity, and that 
we are achieving our objective to delivering better 
outcomes, within a stronger risk, capital and  
value framework. 

In 2010, we completed the implementation of  
our Financial Controls Initiative project putting in 
place an internal certification framework across  
all the Group’s financial reporting processes  
to a standard broadly equivalent to the US 
Sarbanes-Oxley requirements.

Tax and non-controlling interests 
The effective tax rate on adjusted operating profits 
was 23% (2009: 25%). The effective rate reduced 
as an increased proportion of profits were earned 
on low-taxed dividends and capital profits, 
utilisation of group relief against taxable UK  
income in appreciating markets, and the benefit  
of secondary tax on companies (STC) credits in 
OMSA. This was partially offset by increased 
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recognised on losses arising in the UK. Looking 
forward, and depending on profit mix, we would 
anticipate the long term effective tax rate on AOP 
returning to the 25% to 28% range.

The non-controlling interests’ share of adjusted 
operating profit increased by £34 million reflecting 
the minority share of higher Nedbank earnings, 
supported by the strengthening of the rand.

Risks and Uncertainties 
There are a number of potential risks and 
uncertainties that could have a material impact  
on the Group’s performance and cause actual 
results to differ materially from expected and 
historical results.

Whilst world economic conditions have improved 
from a year ago a number of other factors could 
impact the Group’s ability to create value. 
Increasingly, governments are recognising the 
need for effective retirement provision, which 
provides future opportunities. At the same time, 
the regulatory environment is moving towards 
more transparency and providing consumers with 
more choice, protection and better value for 
money. Whilst we believe that many of our 
products align with this requirement, increased 
consumerism could lead to adverse reputational 
outcomes across the industry, which may have an 
impact on our business even though our products 
may not be the ones leading to such outcomes. 
Regulatory developments are also impacting on 
commission structures. The increased regulatory 
activity may increase the cost of doing business 
and drive margins down, resulting in a more 
competitive environment and competition for 
customers is increasing from both traditional and 
new players in all markets.

Continued economic uncertainty has contributed 
to lower consumer confidence, and may influence 
product preferences to lower risk investment 
products and affect termination experience in 
respect of existing and new business. There is also 
an increased drive from consumers for products 
with increased capital protection rather than 
complexity. Movements in asset prices lead to 
changes in funds under management and the fees 
that the Group earns from those funds. In 
instances where these lead to reduced fund values 
and fees, such movements will have an adverse 
impact on earnings.

The Group monitors these uncertainties, takes 
appropriate actions wherever possible, and 
continues to meet Group and individual entity 
capital requirements and day to day liquidity 
needs. Progress has been made with the US Life 
sale, effective management of Bermuda Variable 
Annuity guarantee risks and initial activity to 
explore the US Asset Management IPO.

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The implementation of the new operating model is 
almost complete. Changes designed to implement 
the “strategic controller” model at the Group level 
through revision of the governance structure and 
processes, clarifying roles and responsibilities of 
Group and business units, and increasing Group 
presence on business unit Boards and 
Committees are progressing. Risks remain and 
may arise from the implementation of cost 
reduction programmes, streamlining of businesses 
and processes and other strategic initiatives. 
Business Performance Executives were appointed 
in 2010 and form a key part of the Operating 
Model, increasing engagement and understanding 
between the Group Head Office and Business 
Units, focusing on strategic delivery and informing 
the appropriate decisions.

The Group continues to strengthen and embed its 
risk management framework, with increasing 
importance placed upon ensuring business 
decisions are within Risk Appetite, and that risk 
exposures are monitored against Appetite, 
allocated limits and budgets. Risk Appetite limit 
allocation is now a key part of the Business 
Planning Process and the Group is progressing in 
embedding the Risk Appetite process by increased 
challenge on risks and management actions, as 
part of the Quarterly Business Reviews.

The Board of Directors has the expectation that 
the Group has adequate resources to continue in 
operational existence for the foreseeable future. 
Accordingly, they continue to adopt the going 
concern basis in preparing the financial statements 
contained in this document.

Philip Broadley
Group Finance Director 
8 March 2011

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Julian Roberts (53), B.A., F.C.A., M.C.T.
Group Chief Executive
Julian has been Group Chief Executive of Old Mutual 
plc since September 2008. He is also a non-
executive Director of Nedbank Group Limited, 
Nedbank Limited and Old Mutual Life Assurance 
Company (South Africa) Limited. He joined  
Old Mutual in August 2000 as Group Finance Director, 
moving on to become CEO of Skandia following its 
purchase by Old Mutual in February 2006. Prior to 
joining Old Mutual, he was Group Finance Director of 
Sun Life & Provincial Holdings plc and, before that, 
Chief Financial Officer of Aon UK Holdings Limited.

Philip Broadley (50), M.A., F.C.A.
Group Finance Director 
Philip has been Group Finance Director since 
November 2008. He was previously Group Finance 
Director of Prudential plc from May 2000 until 
March 2008. Prior to joining Prudential, he was  
a partner in Arthur Andersen from 1993 to 2000. 
He has been Chairman of the 100 Group of 
Finance Directors, a founding member and trustee 
of the CFO Forum of European Insurance 
Company Finance Directors, and a member of the 
IASB’s Insurance Working Group. He is a member 
of the Code Committee of the Takeover Panel.

Peter Bain (52), B.A., J.D.
President and Chief Executive Officer, Old Mutual 
Asset Management (US)
Peter is President and Chief Executive Officer of 
Old Mutual Asset Management, the US based 
global asset management business of Old Mutual 
plc. He has more than two decades of experience 
leading and advising firms in the investment 
management industry. Previously he was a Senior 
Executive Vice President at Legg Mason, Inc, 
where he held leadership positions from 2000 to 
2009. Most recently he served as Head of Affiliate 
Management and Corporate Strategy, with 
responsibility for overseeing the firm’s investment 
managers. Prior to that, he was Chief 
Administrative Officer, responsible for the firm’s 
overall administration and operations. 

Andrew Birrell (41), B.Bus. Sc (Hons),  
FASSA, FFA, ASA, CERA 
Group Risk and Actuarial Director
Andrew has been Group Risk and Actuarial 
Director since March 2009. He joined Old Mutual 
South Africa in August 2007 as Chief Risk Officer 
and was appointed Group Chief Actuary at  
Old Mutual plc in July 2008. Previously he was 
Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer 
at Investec Securities. Prior to that, he was Chief 
Financial Officer at Capital Alliance Holdings.  
His early career was at Metropolitan Life. 

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Chief Executive, Nedbank Group
Mike Brown has been Chief Executive of Nedbank 
Group Limited since March 2010. He was 
previously the Chief Financial Officer of Nedbank 
Group and Nedbank Limited from November 2004. 
Prior to that, he headed Property Finance at 
Nedbank and before that he was an executive 
director of BoE Limited. 

Paul Hanratty (49), B.Bus Sc. (Hons), FIA 
Chief Executive Officer, Long-Term Savings and 
Chairman, Old Mutual South Africa
Paul was appointed Head of Long-Term Savings  
in March 2009 and Chairman of Old Mutual South 
Africa in September 2009. He has been with  
Old Mutual South Africa (OMSA) since 1984.  
He is a fellow of the Institute of Actuaries and  
has held a number of roles at Old Mutual.  
These included Head of Product Development, 
General Manager, Finance and Actuarial and Head 
of the Retail business of OMSA. He joined the 
Board of the OMSA life business in 2003 and 
became Managing Director of OMSA in 2006.

Don Hope (54) 
Head of Strategy Development
Don was appointed Head of Strategy Development 
at Old Mutual in March 2009. He joined Old Mutual 
as Group Treasurer in May 1999, with responsibility 
for developing the Group’s international treasury 
function. He is Chairman of Old Mutual (Bermuda) 
Limited and a non-executive director of Nedbank 
Group Limited and Nedbank Limited. 

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Group Human Resources Director
Don joined Old Mutual in May 2009 from Merrill 
Lynch, where he was Senior Vice President and 
Head of Human Resources for their Global Wealth 
Management Division. Prior to that, he headed HR 
for their Global Markets and Investment Banking 
Division. Don originally joined Merrill Lynch in 1997 
as Head of International Human Resources, based 
in London, where he was responsible for all HR 
activities outside the US. Prior to that, Don worked 
for Morgan Stanley for 13 years and he held a 
variety of senior HR roles in both New York and 
London. Don started his career as a consultant  
in human resources.

From the left:  
Peter Bain, Don Hope, Mike Brown,  
Julian Roberts, Andrew Birrell,  
Don Schneider, Philip Broadley,  
Paul Hanratty.

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KEY FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS  

Adjusted operating profit (pre-tax) 

£897m

2009: £636m

Funds under management 

£131.8bn

2009: £105.5bn

Number of employees

24,044

2009: 22,269

Some of our brands

Return on equity (RoE) %

APE sales (£m)  

487
Emerging 
Markets

393

18.5

4.7

2010

2009

2010

2009

2010

69

2009

67

2010

2009

201

235

Nordic

Retail Europe

MCEV (£m)  

734
Wealth 
Management

617

3,953

2,971

Emerging 
Markets

2010

2009

2010

2009

2010

2009

2010

2009

1,836

1,548

Nordic

637

543

Retail Europe

2,148

1,996

Wealth 
Management

617

734

2010

2009

14.8

Net Client Cash Flow (NCCF)/Funds Under 
Management (FUM) % 
2010
2010

2009
2009

2.6

3,668

2,765

Emerging 
Markets

Unit trust sales (£m)

2010

2009

2010

581

2009

393

Nordic

2010

23

2009

24

Retail Europe

2010

2009

3,210

4,507

Wealth 
Management

4,507

Value added (VNB + Experience Variance)/MCEV %  

2010

2009

1.3

4.1

4.1

LTS EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE1

 Kuseni Dlamini CEO  
OMSA & Emerging Markets 

 Mårten Andersson CEO 
Nordic

 Jonas Jonsson CEO 
Retail Europe

 Bob Head CEO 
Wealth Management

Richard Boynett  
CIO Long-Term Savings

Steven Levin 
Director Group Product

 Rose Keanly 
Managing Director OMSTA 
and Head of LEAN, LTS

Mike Harper 
Managing Director Customer 
Solutions

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The Long-Term Savings (LTS) division offers 
life assurance, pensions and investment 
products and operates through four main 
business units: Emerging Markets, Nordic, 
Retail Europe and Wealth Management.

Overview
In each of these markets our vision is to be “our 
customers’ most trusted partner, passionate about 
helping them achieve their lifetime financial goals”. 
Our strategy to achieve this vision is to build a 
cohesive long-term savings, protection and 
investment division through leveraging the strength 
of our people and capabilities both in South Africa 
and around the world.

Business units:

Emerging Markets: Old Mutual South Africa 
(OMSA) is one of the largest and longest-
established financial services provider in South 
Africa, providing individuals, businesses, corporates 
and institutions with long-term savings, protection 
and investment solutions. Because we are now 
leveraging the business into other high growth 
economies, we have combined it with our Latin 
American, Asian and African businesses.

Nordic: Operating in Sweden, Norway and 
Denmark under the Skandia brand, we offer 
banking and insurance services for individuals and 
corporates.

Retail Europe: Operating in Austria, Germany, 
Poland and Switzerland under the Skandia brand, we 
are one of the leading unit-linked providers – offering 
innovative and flexible products and strong 
investment knowledge.

Wealth Management: Operating mainly under the 
Skandia brand with businesses in the UK, Italy, France 
and in our offshore International bases. Our offer is based 
on open and guided architecture accessed through 
unit-linked life insurance, pensions and mutual funds. 

Strategy
Within LTS we have three different types of 
businesses which together provide high returns 
combined with high growth:

 (cid:81) High returns on equity (RoE) and high cash 

generation businesses

 (cid:81) High revenue growth potential businesses 
but which are not operationally efficient at this 
stage. Because of their product design and 
structure these businesses are very capital-
efficient and new business is self-financing
 (cid:81) Businesses in emerging markets, which we 
have the opportunity to grow. These will 
require funding for a number of years but in  
the long run will produce growth and value  
for shareholders.

The funding needs of the latter two business types 
are modest in relation to the rest of the portfolio,  
so in combination the three different categories 
provide an excellent mixture of high RoE and  
good growth potential, in both the medium and 
longer term.

Our strategy aims to: 
 (cid:81) complement our strong, highly profitable and 

mature OMSA business by leveraging our South 
African capabilities to grow and develop our 
businesses in selected African, Latin American 
and Asian markets

 (cid:81) operate capital-efficient, fast-growth businesses 

in selected UK and  
European markets

 (cid:81) exploite capital, cost and revenue synergies 

between the various businesses.

The strategy is underpinned by building a culture of 
customer focus and value creation internationally.

“ Our key strengths are our knowledge of 
managing distribution, product design 
and controls and efficient administration. 
Our challenge is to develop this across 
all of our LTS businesses.”

Paul Hanratty 
CEO Long-Term Savings and 
Chaiman, Old Mutual  
South Africa

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The LTS portfolio provides high returns combined with high growth

High RoE/High cash generation

High revenue growth potential

Opportunity to grow

(cid:3)(cid:81)(cid:3)(cid:3)Slow growth
(cid:81)(cid:3)(cid:3)Large market share
(cid:81)(cid:3)(cid:3)Generate high cash returns that

(cid:3)

(cid:3)(cid:3)(cid:3)
fund new business, allow for acqui-

  sitions and Group dividend 

  (cid:81)(cid:3)(cid:3)OMSA
(cid:81)(cid:3)(cid:3)Namibia
(cid:81)(cid:3)(cid:3)Colombia

(cid:3)
(cid:3)

(cid:3)(cid:81)(cid:3)(cid:3)Low profit generation relative

(cid:3)

to enterprise value
(cid:3)

(cid:81)(cid:3)(cid:3)High cost bases
(cid:81)(cid:3)(cid:3)Potential for rapid profit growth
  on restructuring / efficiency gains
(cid:81)(cid:3)(cid:3)Largely self funding in terms of new
  business and growth
(cid:81)(cid:3)(cid:3)New business tends to be cash
  demanding    
(cid:3)(cid:81)(cid:3)(cid:3)Wealth Management
(cid:81)(cid:3)(cid:3)Nordic

(cid:3)

(cid:3)

(cid:3)

(cid:3)

(cid:3)(cid:81)(cid:3)(cid:3)Require funding of business
  at least until breakeven
(cid:81)(cid:3)(cid:3)Rapid growth of sales
(cid:81)(cid:3)(cid:3)New business tends to be
  capital intensive
(cid:81)(cid:3)(cid:3)Potential to grow embedded / 
  enterprise value rapidly
(cid:81)(cid:3)(cid:3)Cash generation is far out  

(cid:3)

(cid:3)

(cid:3)

(cid:3)(cid:81)(cid:3)(cid:3)Retail Europe
(cid:81)(cid:3)(cid:3)Africa
(cid:3)
(cid:81)(cid:3)(cid:3)Asia
(cid:3)
(cid:3)
(cid:81)(cid:3)(cid:3)Mexico

While we are primarily focused on leveraging our 
capabilities in South Africa into emerging markets 
and improving the operational performance of our 
European businesses, there are also opportunities 
to achieve synergies between them. Our 
businesses connect at a capital level and are well 
resourced for future growth. At the same time, 
there are opportunities for cost and revenue 
synergies. The cost synergies lie primarily in the IT 
area and in outsourcing some work to South 
Africa. The revenue opportunities lie in sharing 
product knowledge and ideas as well as what we 
know about building distribution channels. 

The recent financial crisis highlighted the need for 
the financial industry to operate more efficient 
businesses in order to compete for market share 
among more financially-conscious customers. We 
have introduced a number of efficiency 
programmes in four basic categories:

1.   Transforming Wealth Management: 

implementing shared services models to 
reduce costs by taking out expensive layers  
of overhead and management and producing 
simplified management information.

2.   Transferring Retail Europe back-office to 
South Africa: outsourcing to lower-cost 
geographies, where we can achieve process 
efficiencies and scale.

3    Reviewing Wealth Management and 

Nordics: driving LEAN methodology thinking 
across the businesses. 

4.   Transforming IT: we are optimising 

outsourcing, shared computing and IT sharing 
applications. We are enabling business 
efficiency and innovation for both local and 
international competitive advantage through 
one IT partnership. 

By identifying where customer needs are not being 
met, we are able to exploit synergies across LTS, 
for example by taking proven retail products from 
OMSA’s mass foundation cluster to other markets 
where product penetration levels are low and 
where economic growth will happen over time. We 
are applying strong risk capital management and 
performance management frameworks with strong 
local management teams. In addition we have 
developed LTS-wide roles to ensure we exploit 
synergies and establish centres of excellence. 
These roles – covering IT, product, LEAN 
methodology and distribution – will help us to gain 
competitive advantage by delivering appropriate 
products and services efficiently.

In South Africa we already have scale and 
exceptional levels of quality, straight-through 
processing and low unit costs. We are experienced 
in developing products for sophisticated markets 
as well as in developing simple products for 
middle-income markets and we have experience in 
pricing diverse risks. We run multiple distribution 
channels and have a comprehensive 
understanding of different types of distribution. We 
already have experience in leveraging these 
capabilities into high-growth markets such as 
India. Our approach to leveraging our skillset in 
South Africa to the rest of Emerging Markets is 
based on sharing product experience, people and 
professional skills, systems and processes, and 
distribution knowledge. 

Through our Skandia businesses we have built 
excellent market positions as capital-efficient 
businesses in Europe and in the UK. These have a 
history of innovation and are very well positioned 
because of the customer value that they deliver, 
exploiting opportunities to take market share from 
more traditional, less customer-orientated 
competitors. We aim to grow their revenues while 
constraining costs and ultimately driving up operating 
performance by adopting LEAN methodology. 

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Measures

(cid:3)(cid:81)(cid:3)(cid:3)Exploit growth opportunities in
  emerging markets
(cid:81)(cid:3)(cid:3)Position for sweet spot in Europe  

(cid:3)

(cid:3)(cid:81)(cid:3)(cid:3)Specific efficiency programmes in
  each business 

(cid:3)(cid:81)(cid:3)(cid:3)(VNB + Exp Var) / MCEV 
(cid:81)(cid:3)(cid:3)NCCF / FUM

(cid:3)(cid:81)(cid:3)(cid:3)Administration expenses 

(cid:3)

(cid:3)

(cid:81)(cid:3)(cid:3)Adopt LEAN methodology across 
  all businesses
(cid:81)(cid:3)(cid:3)Potential IT synergies, particularly in
  outsourcing 
(cid:81)(cid:3)(cid:3)Product lines extended to 
  other markets

(cid:3)

(cid:3)

(cid:81)(cid:3)(cid:3)Expenses
(cid:81)(cid:3)(cid:3)APE

(cid:3)

Achieving our LTS targets

(cid:3)Driving revenue growth

Reducing cost

Synergies

Capital efficiency

(cid:81)(cid:3)(cid:3)Focus on capital light products
(cid:81)(cid:3)(cid:3)Diversification benefits

(cid:81)(cid:3)(cid:3)Equity (E)

Achieving our LTS targets
We are focusing on four main areas to create 
shareholder value. Each has associated measures 
to track the result. These are set out in the  
table above.

We are gradually rolling out a common approach 
to creating shareholder value across all our 
business units. This focuses on the creation of 
economic profit – generating profits that exceed 
the risk-adjusted cost of the capital that these 
businesses absorb. The economic profit framework 
is beginning to shape all our capital allocation 
decisions and we are extending it to assess business 
performance and determine management reward.

We recognise that many of our investors favour 
embedded value as a measure of enterprise value. So 
we monitor very closely the value added by 
management, through the sale of profitable new 
business and the control of experience relative to 
assumptions, in adding to embedded value returns (ie 
(VNB +experience variance)/MCEV)). We have a large 
and growing part of our non-life or non-covered 
business and we apply these measures equally to both. 

Current products and product development
We are creating long-term, sustainable competitive 
advantage by putting the customer at the centre of 
everything we do. As shown in the table below, we 
work in two different kinds of markets: developed 
countries and emerging markets. Emerging market 
countries generally enjoy fast GDP growth but have 
low average GDP per capita, whereas more mature 
markets such as Sweden, Germany, the UK and 
France offer opportunities to penetrate into wealthier 
customer segments. The improving demographics 
of the emerging market economies are likely to 
support economic growth through for example, 
larger pools of labour. As emerging economies’ 
manufacturing exports grow, we expect 
corresponding growth in their labour markets and 
evolution of their consumer segments. By contrast, 
we do not anticipate such shifts in the existing 
wealth of the UK and European economies. Our 
offerings in the South African market span across 
the wealth divide. 

In Emerging Markets we have developed a wider 
product set. This applies also to our business in 
Germany, Austria and Poland. We focus on regular 
premiums and delivering product value to 
customers – making sure that our products are 
transparent, that fees are clear and that customers 
receive the solution that best meets their needs. 

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Product development structure decisions

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Risk Managed Model

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Our LTS product offering aims to meet customers’ 
needs for savings, investments, pensions and 
annuities as well as protection. In some of our 
businesses we also address their healthcare and 
transactional needs. While local market differences 
exist, the solutions our customers require in 
different regions are, in our experience, very 
similar. Essentially, customers everywhere have the 
same basic financial needs. What is more, 
products are distributed via the same distribution 
channels and regulatory regimes are increasingly 
convergent. As a result we believe we have an 
increasing opportunity to leverage our product 
knowledge and expertise across the different 
markets in which we operate. 

Before the creation of LTS, Old Mutual and 
Skandia businesses around the world operated 
independently in a federal model within the Group. 
Group control was insufficient and few synergies 
were realised between regions. After the global 
financial crisis and the operational losses we 
incurred in Old Mutual Bermuda, we implemented 
stronger Group controls and risk management.  
As can be seen in the chart above, we are now 
driving an LTS product view across all our markets 
and we are actively leveraging capabilities from 
one market to another to exploit synergies. 

Old Mutual and Skandia’s products and 
propositions are generally regarded by customers, 
intermediaries and competitors as market-leading. 
Our businesses have recognised track records of 
innovation and we have won numerous awards in 
several markets for the quality of our product 
offering, the fund ranges we offer on our platforms, 
our tools for advisers and our interactive websites.

We are determined to maintain leadership in 
product innovation and we are implementing new 
techniques and processes that have successfully 
stimulated innovation in other industries.

In OMSA and Nordic, our product ranges are 
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financial needs of our customers. By contrast, in 
some of our other markets our current product 
offering addresses a relatively narrow spectrum of 
customer needs: our Wealth Management 
business, for example, has market-leading platform 
offerings but a very limited offering in the 
decumulation (annuity) and protection markets. 
Similarly, in our Retail Europe business we have 
good regular savings products but no meaningful 
decumulation, protection or lump-sum offerings. 
We therefore see great opportunities to expand our 
product offering in these and other markets by 
leveraging our product expertise, designs and 
structures and our IT platforms from markets such 
as South Africa and Sweden. We have already 
begun executing projects to do this.

In the developed countries served by our UK, 
French, Italian, Nordic and International 
businesses, we are focused mainly on the mass 
affluent segment. Our proposition, including 
products, distribution and processes, is built 
around that segment and is orientated to customer 
needs. The flexibility and transparency of our 
products, and the value that we deliver, place us in 
a good position in those markets. South Africa also 
has a vibrant wealth management industry, so we 
present a very similar offering there to the mass 
affluent market. Notwithstanding the platform 
business in the UK operates a version of the 
technology we developed in South Africa for the 
South African market.

Above and beyond the continuous enhancements 
we make to our product ranges every year, we will 
pay particular attention over the next few years to:

 (cid:81) Expanding our protection offering into emerging 

markets outside South Africa, and into our 
European businesses

 (cid:81) Enhancing the range of downside-protected, 

structured products or guaranteed investment 
offerings available on our investment platforms 
across most of our markets

 (cid:81) Developing appropriate decumulation offerings 

to capture the investment proceeds of 
customers reaching retirement age.

 
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Savings and Investments

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Transactional
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Accumulation Decumulation

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(cid:81) (cid:42)(cid:86)(cid:84)(cid:87)(cid:89)(cid:76)(cid:79)(cid:76)(cid:85)(cid:90)(cid:80)(cid:93)(cid:76)(cid:3)(cid:87)(cid:89)(cid:86)(cid:75)(cid:92)(cid:74)(cid:91)(cid:3)(cid:74)(cid:72)(cid:87)(cid:72)(cid:73)(cid:80)(cid:83)(cid:80)(cid:91)(cid:96)

1 Certain products are packaged jointly with Skandia Liv, who provide the guarantees.

Development of distribution strategy
Distribution in Emerging Markets is affected by 
both financial and non-financial drivers. Financial 
drivers such as relative wealth, money transmission 
mechanisms and the availability of state social 
support influence the types and distribution of 
products. Non-financial drivers such as literacy, life 
expectancy and respect for legal title affect pricing, 
product complexity, and communication 
techniques and content. Countries with lower 
average customer income need simple, cost-
effective products. Here, the educational aspect of 
selling the product is critical.

The mature markets allow for more effective 
leveraging of existing relationships and capabilities, 
and development of new distribution channels such 
as the internet. Skandiabanken is an example of 
innovative distribution using the internet as a gateway. 

The factors outlined above influence the way we 
think about the retail consumer in our various 
markets. We are carrying out detailed work to 
understand the evolution of customer segmentation 
in the new retail markets that we are targeting. And 
we maintain ongoing research on the framework 
within which customers buy or get access to 
financial services in their particular markets. 

In bringing together the LTS division, Old Mutual is 
managing distribution channels across its life 
markets more strategically. We are intent on 
understanding how and what organic growth 
opportunities can be better leveraged to achieve 
growth in our various markets – and in particular 
on leveraging our achievements in South Africa, 
Namibia, Sweden, the UK and Colombia. We 
manage distribution country by country, using local 
market experts resident in those countries. 

LTS will invest in the channels that are most likely 
to increase effective distribution. Channels are 
most effective where they are directed to the 
appropriate consumer segment and offer us the 
greatest control. The principal detractors from 
channel performance are poor persistency and 
poor agent productivity. Using our own agents 
(employed advisers) can be more expensive, but 
there are long-term benefits: their closeness to the 
customer enhances loyalty and customer retention.

The current size and projected growth of the 
emerging market countries where LTS operates 
suggest that more investment is needed in 
distribution to capture the growth opportunities. 

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Our current approach to enhancing distribution 
has four broad aspects: 

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2. 

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4.  

 Growing advisers organically. Tied agency 
forces are critical – particularly in Emerging 
Markets, where they remain the dominant form 
of distribution.

 Strengthening efficiencies. An inefficient 
sales force incurs large overhead costs  
which may lead to acquiring poor-quality 
customers and delivering poor-quality  
advice to customers.

 Strengthening bancassurance. Several 
of our retail markets have large, dominant  
retail banks.

 Adding new channels selectively in relevant 
markets such as Retail Europe, Latin America  
and Asia.

Total contribution to APE by business, 
split by distribution channel (%)
Emerging 
Markets

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19 10

41

Nordic

23

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Retail 
Europe
Wealth
Management

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(cid:81) Own advisers (cid:81) IFAs

(cid:81) Bank

(cid:81) Direct

(cid:81) Other

Our distribution channels and their mix differ by 
market maturity and by country. The chart above 
shows the mix by business across all LTS markets. 
Tied or employed agency forces (own advisers) are 
dominant in Emerging Markets while independent 
financial advisers (IFAs) are the main distribution 
channel for us in Europe and the UK. The 
differences in distribution mix between Emerging 
Markets, Europe and the UK are mainly due to 
factors such as financial services sector 
development and maturity, and the relative 
expense of having own sales force versus the use 
of independent financial advisers. 

There are some differences in the terminology 
used internationally to describe distribution 
channels. We use the term ‘tied agency’ for 
distribution channels contractually tied to the 
product provider or employed agents, or worksite 
marketing. The term ‘IFA’ is used more broadly 
here to include independent brokers and 
independent insurance advisers. Tied agency 
distribution gives us more control and can be 
targeted more accurately at the relevant consumer 
segments. In mature markets life companies have 
access to and can use independent advisers or 
brokers as well as retail bank or bancassurance 
advisers. In some mature markets, and in Asia, the 
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new means of accessing consumers. While we 
acknowledge its potential, we believe the internet’s 
role as an effective distribution channel within a 
country is largely dependent on the development 
and widespread roll-out of broadband technology 
as, for example, in the Nordics.

Old Mutual has a long history in southern Africa  
of establishing and growing new distribution 
channels. OMSA established independent 
insurance brokers or IFAs in the late 1970s  
and established mass market worksites shortly 
thereafter. Skandia has been effective at 
establishing IFA networks and channels. Tied 
agency and worksite marketing is very effective  
in reaching the mass market and middle market 
consumers, while IFAs are very effective at 
penetrating and developing the wealth markets  
of UK, Europe, China and southern Africa.

Regulatory Developments
The range of regulatory issues affecting distribution 
design and control is fairly consistent across our LTS 
division countries. Regulators in all our LTS markets 
have become more effective and consistent in 
dealing with market abuse and tightening up the 
approach to regulation. Regulatory enhancements 
are good for consumers and new regulation creates 
opportunities for life companies to build better, more 
mature, high quality sales forces and face-to-face 
advisory businesses. 

EMPLOYEE WELLNESS WEEK AT 
OUR PROPERTY BUSINESS 

“ It was a great success. Very well attended 
and well received, especially by the younger 
members of staff who were not aware that 
they faced certain health risks. It also 
demonstrated our concern for the wellbeing 
of our staff, and we received very 
appreciative feedback.”

Adelah Malick, Human Resources Manager (OMIGPI)

This year, to coincide with Aids 
Awareness Day on 1 December, we 
held a hugely successful Employee 
Wellness Week to get us all thinking 
about our health. Professional 
nurses visited our head office and 
our main regional offices in South 
Africa to invite employees to have 

their blood pressure, cholesterol, 
glucose levels and body mass index 
checked. Over 250 employees took 
part. The nurses also answered 
employees’ health questions and 
raised awareness of the support 
that the company offers to people 
with disabilities. 

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Each LTS regional organisation currently has its 
own administration and IT structure, but these 
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platforms and customer/intermediary interfaces. 
Our strategy is to actively seek cost synergies, 
drive LEAN methodology and achieve a quality 
service culture across all our IT provision.

LEAN administration
Our OMSA business has run its LEAN programme 
for four years. LEAN is about building an 
organisation culture that starts with the customer, 
identifies duplication or over-engineering of 
procedures across processes and then 
streamlines those processes using extensive 
standardisation and simplification. By doing this 
sustainably and continually, we reduce unit costs 
and improve customer service quality. In OMSA  
we have driven down unit costs year-on-year 
across our retail and corporate products and will 
continue to do so. 

OMSA’s unit costs compare favourably with those 
of our South African competitors, due mainly to  
our scale in South Africa and the extent to which 
we have used LEAN. OMSA’s unit costs are also 
significantly lower than those of other businesses 
in LTS because of scale, LEAN and labour 
arbitrage within the business – which offers  
some opportunities for LTS. 

LEAN methodology is allowing us to combine 
lower unit costs with improved service. Research 
shows that we have improved our customer and 
intermediary service year-on-year; and we have 
won our industry’s national Best Provider of 
Customer Service award in South Africa three 
years running. 

We see a number of opportunities to enhance 
administration across LTS:

 (cid:81) Potential to move administration from other 

parts of LTS to South Africa, using the capability 
and scale we have there to improve capabilities 
and unit costs. We are currently moving processes 
and IT from Retail Europe (Germany, Poland 
and Austria) to South Africa, which will give us  
a capability that we can exploit further in LTS

 (cid:81) In businesses where it does not make sense  

to move administration to South Africa,  
we will apply LEAN principles to streamline 
processes, reduce unit costs, improve our 
service and provide a very strong foundation  
for future growth

 (cid:81) Applying LEAN principles beyond the servicing 
and operations area to reduce businesses’ 
overheads, streamline IT and even improve  
sales processes. 

As the chart shows, we have an established 
history of driving down unit costs and improving 
service in OMSA with LEAN. We are now sharing 
this expertise across the LTS division.

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IT
Our IT mission is to enable business efficiency  
and innovation for both local and international 
competitive advantage, through one world-class  
IT partnership. These potentially contradictory  
aims form the core strategy for running IT across 
LTS. IT needs to be an efficient, well-governed, 
common function without sacrificing the speed-to-
market and innovation needed in our local markets.

LTS IT will now provide all IT services, to LTS  
and to the local businesses. The IT ‘front-office’ – 
the LTS-run local IT departments – will continue to 
manage projects and generate requirements for 
the local business. Free of managing IT commodity 
work, the local IT department will improve their 
focus delivering the technology that underpins  
the local business needs and strategy. These 
teams have the greatest opportunity to drive 
business results through harnessing the innovative 
use of technology.

The LTS IT back-office is focused on two goals: the 
Global Delivery Centres for Infrastructure and 
Applications will leverage the economies of scale 
across LTS to deliver IT more cost-effectively  
and more consistently across the division.  
The Governance and Architecture functions  
within the LTS IT back-office are then responsible 
for ensuring that LTS is well governed from an 
architectural, financial, risk and control perspective.

This hybrid operating model for LTS IT will comply 
with regulatory requirements, ensuring local 
accountability and control, but leveraging common 
governance, efficiencies and economies of scale 
from a modern IT function in a global business.

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Review of Results 2010 
LTS AOP earnings benefited from higher fees 
generated from positive net client cash flows 
particularly in Wealth Management, rising funds 
under management and the strengthening of the 
rand and Swedish krona against sterling. On a 
constant currency basis, earnings were up 26%. 

The Emerging Markets business accounts for 60% 
of the LTS IFRS AOP earnings, 43% of LTS FUM, 
and 33% of LTS APE sales. This compares to 70% 
of restated AOP, 41% of FUM, and 30% of APE 
sales in 2009. 

APE sales increased by 14% for the LTS division  
as a whole, with the growth coming largely from 
the regular premium products in the Retail 
businesses of Emerging Markets, and Wealth 
Management single premium products, notably in 
the UK and Italy. A managed shift in business mix 
in Nordic was executed with sales decreasing from 
prior year levels. There was encouraging growth in 
both single and recurring premiums in Retail 
Europe. Sales for the second half of 2010 were 
ahead of the first half for Emerging Markets and 
Retail Europe, and evenly spread across the year  
in Nordic. Wealth Management sales were slightly 
higher in the first half of the year than the second 
given the usual seasonal weighting to the first 
quarter of the year, and the benefit of the short-
term Italian tax shield.

Mutual fund sales were up by £2,387 million, with 
strong performance in Wealth Management and 
Emerging Markets particularly in the second half 
of the year. 

In transforming LTS IT, we see a number of synergy 
opportunities across LTS to help reduce cost, 
support the business strategy and drive innovation. 
These fall into three categories:

 (cid:81) Reviewing the existing LTS IT environment 
Each business or geography currently has its 
own set of data centres, networks and bespoke 
systems. To a large degree, we can consolidate 
these so that we can reduce costs while also 
improving disaster recovery and business 
continuity, and enabling significant business 
change. We have world-class platforms in some 
areas of LTS. Working closely with our local 
businesses we are aiming to share and extend 
the capability across the division. We are 
leveraging our scale and our willingness to 
partner with the best companies in the industry 
to create a lower, total cost of IT. 

 (cid:81) Internal partnerships with our back-office 
business functions. This involves working 
together to get value from LEAN processes to 
reduce errors as well as complexity and IT 
support costs. 

 (cid:81) Working cohesively across LTS as well as 
working in close partnership with our local 
businesses. This means creating economies of 
scale and improved delivery of IT solutions 
through a common IT back-office function and 
mutually beneficial external partnerships. This 
includes a consistent governance framework 
that will ensure correct management of IT 
finances, project control and improved control 
of IT-related risk, security and audit items. If it is 
possible to do that in one place, we will be more 
effective and efficient. More importantly, our 
partnerships with the local businesses improves 
our ability to use technology to create solutions 
and capability that enable new and innovative 
business strategies.

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Key performance statistics for the LTS division are as follows:

2010

Life assurance sales (APE)
PVNBP
Value of new business
Unit trust/mutual fund sales
NCCF (£bn)
FUM (£bn)
Adjusted operating profit (IFRS basis, pre-tax)
Operating MCEV earnings (covered 

business, post-tax)

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86
3,668
–
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344
4.7%

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1,104
41
581
0.7
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110

45
4.7%

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Europe

Wealth 
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513
7
23
0.4
5
51

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6,380
66
4,507
3.9
56
197

112
3.1%

2009 (as reported1)

Life assurance sales (APE)
PVNBP
Value of new business
Unit trust/mutual fund sales
NCCF (£bn)
FUM (£bn)
Adjusted operating profit (IFRS basis, pre-tax)
Operating MCEV earnings (covered 

business, post-tax)

(VNB + Exp Var)/MCEV (covered business)

Emerging 
Markets

Nordic

Retail Europe

Wealth 
Management

393
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65
2,765
(1.6)
44
446

212
0.5%

235
1,150
44
393
1.0
11
62

81
7.5%

67
537
(5)
24
0.5
4
22

(44)
(5.1%)

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5,042
49
3,210
2.5
47
106

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0.6%

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£m

Total

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11,266
200
8,779
5.0
132
897

567
4.1%

£m

Total

1,312
9,563
153
6,392
2.4
106
636

245
1.3%

Across LTS as a whole, new business APE margins 
improved to 13% for 2010 (2009: 12%). This reflects 
the focus on selling more profitable products with 
better margins, notably in Nordic, and increased 
sales of a higher margin product in the first half  
of the year in Emerging Markets. The APE margin  
in Emerging Markets increased from 16% to 18%.  
In Nordic, the APE margin has increased from 19% 
to 21%, benefiting from the managed reduction  
of low margin product sales such as Link regular. 
In Retail Europe, the APE margin has improved 
considerably to 11% from a negative position in the 
comparative period. Across Wealth Management, 
the APE margin increased from 8% to 9%, with  
the UK increasing from 2% to 3%, and International 
from 18% to 19%. The most significant increase  
in APE margin was in respect of the Continental 
European markets, which increased from 3% to  
8% as result of the increase in volumes in Italy. 
Sales of mutual funds, which make up the bulk  
of Wealth Management’s sales, are not included  
in the APE margin. The IFRS operating margin rose 
to 38bps from 25bps for Wealth Management as  
a whole. For LTS as a whole the PVNBP margin 
improved to 1.8% (2009: 1.6%). 

The market-consistent value of new business 
(VNB) improved for all of our LTS businesses,  
with the exception of Nordic, where although  

the underlying margins of the business improved, 
the absolute value of new business fell as a result 
of the decline in new business volumes (due to  
the cessation of sales of an unprofitable recurring 
premium product) and changes in assumptions. 

The LTS net client cash flows more than doubled 
as improvements in Wealth Management and 
Emerging Markets more than outweighed the 
lower net flows in Nordic given lower sales 
volumes. Funds under management for LTS at 31 
December 2010 increased by 25% to £131.8 billion 
(31 December 2009: £105.5 billion) although there 
were periods of substantial market movements 
during the year, with notable falls in the second 
quarter and increases towards the end of the year.

The rand started the year at 11.92 against sterling, 
strengthening to 11.45 at 30 June 2010, and  
to 10.28 by 31 December 2010. The US dollar  
and Swedish krona also strengthened, although  
to a lesser degree, appreciating 4% and 10% 
respectively in the year. The average exchange 
rates to sterling over the year were 11.31 (2009: 
13.17), 1.55 (2009: 1.57) and 11.14 (2009: 11.97)  
for the rand, US dollar and Swedish krona 
respectively. The cumulative effect of foreign 
exchange movements for LTS was an increase  
of £77 million on IFRS profitability. 

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EMERGING MARKETS

Emerging Markets

Emerging Markets
Kuseni Dlamini 

Old Mutual 
(cid:3)
Investment Group
(OMIGSA)
(cid:3)

(cid:3)

Old Mutual South Africa
(OMSA)

Corporate

Mass Foundation 

Retail Affluent

New Markets

Rest of Africa (Namibia, 
Kenya, Malawi, 
Swaziland, Zimbabwe)

Latin America
(Colombia, Mexico)

Joint Ventures in 
China and India 
(Old Mutual-Guodian 
and Kotak Mahindra)

Good results combined with strong growth in regular premium sales
Highlights (Rm, unless otherwise stated)

2010

2009

% Change

Adjusted operating profit (IFRS basis, pre-tax)
Return on local equity
Return on allocated capital (OMSA only)
Life assurance sales (APE)
Unit trust/mutual fund sales
PVNBP
Value of new business
APE margin
PVNBP margin
Operating MCEV earnings (covered business, post-tax)
Return on embedded value (covered business, post-tax)
Net client cash flows (Rbn) 
Funds under management (Rbn)

Overview 
Equity markets in the Emerging Markets have 
enjoyed a strong year, with the JSE increasing  
by 16%. The South African rand appreciated  
13% against the US dollar and 14% against 
sterling. Low inflation contributed to interest  
rate cuts in South Africa from 10.5% to 9%. 

We continue to focus on innovation and product 
improvements which will benefit our customers.  
In South Africa we developed and launched a  
new direct short-term insurance product, iWYZE, 
in conjunction with Mutual & Federal – and its 
success has exceeded expectations. Old Mutual 
Corporate launched Old Mutual SuperFund, the 
largest multi-employer or umbrella fund in South 
Africa with over 300,000 members, to provide a 
simple, affordable and strictly-governed platform 
enabling employees to save for their retirement.  
We launched the Futuregrowth Agri-Fund in March 

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2.6%
3,877
13.2%
0.2
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5,879
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26%
5,178
36,421
37,339
853
16%
2.3%
2,794
9.8%
(20.5)
518.4

4%

6%
14%
(1%)
14%

39%

101%
13%

2010, focusing on responsible equity investments 
in agricultural land, agri-businesses and farming 
infrastructure. As a Socially Responsible 
Investment fund, it seeks long-term returns  
and tangible social and developmental impacts.

We are integrating social, environmental and 
economic principles into our core business.  
OMSA achieved Level 2 Broad-Based Black 
Economic Empowerment (BBBEE) status in 
October 2010. Furthermore, OMIGSA attracted 
more than R8 billion from institutional investors  
into social infrastructure investment.

Our sales improved in the year, notably in the second 
half. This resulted in a 6% increase in APE sales 
compared to 2009, and we benefited from improved 
persistency. Our NCCF improved significantly, and 
we saw increasing contributions from new markets, 
with non-South African NCCF higher than South 
African NCCF (excluding flows relating to the Public 
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as a result of higher fees being earned from  
higher FUM, stronger performance fees in 
OMIGSA, a first full-year contribution from ACSIS 
(acquired in the second half of 2009), a higher 
contribution from OMF due to growth in the 
business, and mark-to-market profits in Old Mutual 
Specialised Finance (OMSFIN). These were 
partially offset by lower transactional income.

The LTIR decreased by 26% to R1,221 million  
in 2010 reflecting the reduced rate applied to 
OMLAC(SA) assets due to the implementation  
of a higher ratio of cash to equity in the asset 
portfolio backing the Capital Adequacy Requirement. 

Life APE sales summary
APE sales increased by 6% from R5,178 million to 
R5,505 million, driven largely by strong growth in 
regular premium sales across the majority of our 
Emerging Markets businesses.

IFRS AOP results 
IFRS AOP (pre-tax) increased by 4% from R5,879 
million to R6,099 million, with strong asset 
management profits (up 62% to R1,550 million), 
partially offset by lower long-term investment return 
(R1,221 million compared to R1,658 million in 2009).

Rm

Long-term 

2010

2009

% Change

business AOP

3,328

3,263

2%

Asset 

management 
AOP
Long-term 

investment 
return (LTIR)

AOP (IFRS 
basis, 
pre-tax)

1,550

958

62%

1,221

1,658

(26%)

6,099

5,879

4%

The growth in long-term business profits is mainly 
due to the significant improvement in Retail 
persistency in 2010 following the significant 
strengthening of the basis in 2009 as well as 
continued business effort to improve retention 
experience. Good investment performance in the 
annuity and permanent health insurance (PHI) 
portfolios and increased asset-based fees due to 
higher equity market levels also contributed to 
profit growth. The comparable 2009 life profits 
benefited from a number of large non-recurring 
items, including the impact of assumption changes 
and profits from the Nedbank joint ventures in the 
first five months of 2009. Excluding these items, 
underlying life profits increased by 37% over the 
comparative period.

PROTECTING CONSUMERS IN 
SOUTH AFRICA AGAINST FRAUD 

“ It was a groundbreaking campaign and an 
extremely important step towards creating a 
more informed public. We’re very pleased to 
see this Old Mutual initiative being 
supported by other major life insurers, which 
demonstrates the industry’s commitment to 
educating consumers.”

Kurt Magnet – Senior Forensic Services Manager 
(Old Mutual South Africa)

This year we initiated an anti-fraud 
campaign that was taken up by the 
South African life insurance 
industry. The campaign aimed to 
educate consumers about how to 
protect themselves against fictitious 
insurance policies.  

It included adverts in daily 
newspapers providing detailed 
explanations of what a fictitious 
policy is, where they originate from, 
why customers might be targeted 
and practical tips on preventing 
fraud.

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By Cluster: 

New business (Rm)

2010

2009

+/-%

2010

2009

+/-%

2010

2009

+/-%

2010

2009

+/-%

Gross single premiums

Gross regular premiums

Total APE

Total PVNBP

OMSA 
Mass Foundation1
Retail Affluent
Institutional2

Total OMSA 

Rest of Africa3

Total New  
Markets4

Total Emerging 
Markets

By Product:

14
9,620
7,892

16
8,751
9,205

(13%)
1,571
10% 1,381
454
(14%)

17,526

17,972

(2%)

3,406

475

528

(10%)

196

1,452
1,213
360

3,025

195

8% 1,572
14% 2,343
26% 1,244

13% 5,159

1%

244

1,454
2,088
1,281

4,823

247

8% 6,994
12% 16,345
(3%) 11,788

6,767
15,413
12,831

7% 35,127

35,011

3%
6%
(8%)

0%

(1%)

1,363

1,653

(18%)

231

432

(47%)

79

64

23%

102

108

(6%)

485

675

(28%)

18,232

18,932

(4%)

3,681

3,284

12% 5,505

5,178

6% 36,975

37,339

(1%)

New business (Rm)

2010

2009

+/-%

2010

2009

+/-%

2010

2009

+/-%

2010

2009

+/-%

OMSA
Savings
Protection
Annuity

Total OMSA

Rest of Africa3 

Total New  
Markets4

Total Emerging  
Markets

14,062
6
3,458

13,874
2
4,096

1% 1,654
1,752
–

(16%)

17,526

17,972

(2%)

3,406

475

528

(10%)

196

1,390
1,635
–

3,025

195

19% 3,060
7% 1,753
346

13% 5,159

1%

244

2,773
1,639
411

4,823

247

10% 22,441
7% 9,228
3,458

(16%)

21,785
9,132
4,094

7% 35,127

35,011

3%
1%
(16%)

0%

(1%)

1,363

1,653

(18%)

231

432

(47%)

79

64

23%

102

108

(6%)

485

675

(28%)

18,232

18,932

(4%)

3,681

3,284

12% 5,505

5,178

6% 36,975

37,339

(1%)

1  Previously described as Retail Mass
2  Institutional sales include Corporate and OMIGSA life sales
3  Rest of Africa represents Namibia only
4  New Markets represents Latin America only

OMSA
Regular premium sales
Regular premium sales grew by 13% compared  
to 2009 and by 25% in the second half of 2010 
compared to the first half, with particularly strong 
growth in savings sales in the second half in the Mass 
Foundation Cluster which benefited from lower overall 
cancellation rates, higher average premiums, improved 
adviser productivity and significant improvement in the 
direct channel sales performance.

Retail Affluent sales growth was driven by Max 
Investments savings products, experiencing 
21% and 31% growth for Life and LISP wrappers 
respectively in 2010, following the stabilisation  
of the economic outlook. Greenlight experienced 
a lower than expected growth of 6% over 2009  
in some measure due to increased turnover of  
the Retail Affluent sales force. Corporate sales 
increased by 26% in 2010 – driven primarily by 
savings sales in the umbrella market, where the 
Evergreen umbrella fund grew its membership 
by two thirds to just over 56,000. Corporate risk 
sales grew strongly due to our success in selling  
a number of new policies to large schemes in this 
highly competitive market. Corporate sales have 
more than doubled since 2008 due to innovative 
product introductions.

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Single premium sales
Single premium sales decreased by 2% relative  
to 2009, due mainly to lower institutional flows. 
Retail Affluent achieved strong Investment 
Frontiers Fixed Bond sales in the first half and 
an increase in new contracts issued to clients  
with unclaimed maturities. Annuity sales declined 
by 16%, driven by lower CPI-linked annuity sales  
in the Corporate segment as very few annuity 
tenders floated in 2010 were concluded. With-profit 
annuity sales did show a marked improvement, 
increasing by 48% as we continued to lead in  
this market segment. Retail Affluent annuity  
sales stabilised in the fourth quarter, following 
improvements in annuity rates, to end marginally 
below the 2009 level.

Rest of Emerging Markets
Namibian regular premium sales in the Retail Mass 
and Retail Affluent segments increased by 6% and 
5% respectively, mainly as a result of solid sales 
growth from tied agents despite difficult economic 
conditions. Corporate segment regular premium 
sales decreased by 14% due to lower Orion sales 
volumes. Single premium sales decreased by 10%, 
with lower new business inflows from both Retail 
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Sales growth of 36% in Mexico was largely driven 
by the introduction of a minimum premium for the 
regular premium savings product in the first half  
of 2010, implemented as a consequence of 
working closely with South Africa. We introduced  
a Retail Mass distribution team in December.  
We will continue to grow this team in the coming 
months and its pipeline is very promising. Included 
in the 2009 comparative is R28 million APE relating 
to the Chilean business which was sold in 2009.

APE sales in China increased by 77% from CNY92 
million in 2009 to CNY163 million in 2010, despite 
poor sales during the first half. The significant 
improvement in the second half is mainly due to 
increased management focus on sales, supported 
by execution of our joint venture’s product and 
channel diversification strategy (new bank, broker 
and telemarketing products were launched during 
the second half). The reopening of the Bank of 
China distribution channel in Beijing (with the 
assistance of our JV partner), following a three-
month suspension of sales during the first half  
of 2010, further contributed to this improvement. 
Sales at our Indian joint venture, Kotak Mahindra 
Old Mutual Life Insurance, increased by 6% 
compared to 2009.

A more detailed analysis of sales by segment is 
included in the Financial Disclosure Supplement, 
available at www.oldmutual.com. 

Unit trust / mutual fund sales summary

Rm

OMSA
Rest of Africa
New Markets

Total Emerging 
Markets

2010

21,452
5,360
14,676

2009

18,384
4,546
13,491

+/-%

17%
18%
9%

41,488

36,421

14%

In South Africa, unit trust sales recovered in the 
second half of 2010 following a weak first half.  
We achieved growth of 17% from the 2009 level, 
mainly due to significant flows into Old Mutual Unit 
Trust money market funds during the third quarter 
and improved flows into OMIGSA’s Marriott affiliate 
following revised asset allocations. 

We have made progress towards our goal of 
becoming our customers’ most trusted partner, 
evidenced by the number of awards received 
during the year – including our third Ask Afrika 
Orange Index award for service excellence in the 
long-term insurance business category, and the 
number one position in South Africa’s 500 best 
managed companies.

In the rest of Emerging Markets, unit trust sales 
also performed well. Namibian sales increased by 
18% to R5.4 billion following strong inflows from 

institutional and corporate clients as a result of 
more competitive investment returns. Unit trust 
sales in Mexico and Colombia (COLMEX) were  
9% ahead of the prior year in rand (25% in US 
dollars), with strong growth in Colombia resulting 
from a successful marketing campaign and 
stronger relationships with corporate and 
institutional customers. We increased productivity, 
with greater sales from fewer advisers. Mexico 
benefited from a large scheme acquired in 
September 2010 and improved performance  
in both fixed income and equity portfolios. 

Value of new business and margins
The value of new business increased by 14% to 
R972 million, with a strengthening performance 
during the course of the year. The APE margin 
increased from 16% to 18% due to a higher 
proportion of sales of higher-margin smoothed-
bonus and with-profit annuities in OMSA’s 
Corporate business and Investment Frontier 
Fixed Bonds in Retail Affluent. 

MCEV results 
Operating MCEV earnings (post-tax) increased  
by 39% from the 2009 level. This was mainly due 
to positive experience variances and operating 
assumption changes in 2010, compared to 
negative variances in 2009. The improvement  
in experience variances is mainly due to an 
improvement in persistency, partly due to the  
2009 assumption changes, and partly because 
management actions improved persistency.  
These were partially offset by a significant 
decrease in the expected existing business 
contribution due to the reduction in one year swap 
yields during 2009. 

In addition to the effects above, other significant 
movements affecting the closing MCEV include a 
large positive impact from economic variances due 
to a combination of better than assumed equity 
returns and the effect of the changes in the shape 
of the swap yield curve. This was partially offset  
by modelling enhancements to the economic 
scenario generator used to calculate the 
investment guarantee reserve, which caused  
a decrease in the margin (buffer) held to protect 
against future market volatility, resulting in less 
value being released as profits in the future.  
The net impact of these resulted in a growth  
in MCEV of 16% over 2010.

We made good progress towards implementation 
of Solvency II as part of the overall Group 
programme, and also in respect of the South 
African equivalent framework known as SAM 
(Solvency Assessment and Management), 
launched in 2010 by the South African regulator.

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DREAMFIELDS

“ Our partnership with 
Dreamfields is about 
making a difference in the 
everyday lives of ordinary 
South Africans” 

Kuseni Dlamini, CEO 
OMSA & Emerging Markets

We understand sport has a great 
potential to transform the lives of 
young people. That’s why we’re a 
Founding Partner of Dreamfields  
– a groundbreaking ‘sport for 
development’ charity in South 
Africa. This year we’ve continued 

our support by funding the 
development of sports fields, 
donating DreamBags of sports kit to 
schools, supporting events, and 
watching the improving confidence, 
life skills and sense of unity among 
the young people taking part.

Growing our sales force remains a priority, as does 
promoting a savings culture in Emerging Markets, 
designing and adapting products that are relevant 
to a wide range of customers, and providing easier 
access to financial services for our customers 
across our businesses.

With these strategies in place we are well 
positioned to optimise business opportunities in 
2011 and further strengthen a highly successful 
Emerging Markets business.

Net client cash flow
NCCF for the year was R0.2 billion, a significant 
improvement on 2009 outflows of R20.5 billion. 

South African NCCF benefited from significantly 
lower PIC outflows of R5.1 billion (R16.2 billion  
in 2009), improved inflows across a number  
of OMIGSA boutiques (mainly Electus and 
Futuregrowth), improved net flows in retail 
businesses and lower outflows in Corporate. 
Excluding PIC outflows, OMSA’s NCCF for the 
second half of 2010 was positive R1.8 billion 
compared to negative R6.3 billion in the second 
half of 2009. Further PIC outflows are expected  
in 2011. 

The rest of our Emerging Markets business 
delivered R7.6 billion in NCCF. In Colombia and 
Mexico NCCF increased by 12% from R4.3 billion  
in 2009 to R4.8 billion in 2010. The Colombian 
business attracted new customers within targeted 
segments, experiencing lower surrenders on core 
products and improved sales of Retail voluntary 
products. In Namibia, NCCF increased by  
R1.0 billion to R1.4 billion due to improved unit  
trust inflows and R672 million inflows from the 
rebalancing of the Government Institutions  
Pension Fund portfolios.

Funds under management
FUM increased by 13% to R586 billion as a result 
of higher market levels and overall neutral NCCF 
for the year. Of the total, R498 billion (2009:  
R449 billion) is in South Africa. 

Overall, OMIGSA investment performance  
(over three years) was average, with satisfactory 
performance in specialist areas contrasted against 
mixed performance in our balanced capabilities.

Outlook
We have confidence in the underlying performance 
of the business, despite the low investment return 
assumptions in 2011 and mark-to-market gains 
recorded in the asset management results in 2010. 
We will continue to strive for a balance that 
combines strong risk management and 
governance with a culture that encourages 
innovation, across our four main strategic themes:

 (cid:81) Continuing to invest in our Emerging Market 

business

 (cid:81) Improving OMIGSA’s investment performance 

and value creation for customers

 (cid:81) Putting the customer at the centre of our 

business

 (cid:81) Enhancing our high-performance culture and 
further developing our Emerging Markets 
management team.

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Improved profitability, higher funds under management and strong APE margin
Highlights (SEKm, unless otherwise stated)

2010

2009

% Change

Adjusted operating profit (IFRS basis, pre-tax)
Return on local equity1
Life assurance sales (APE)
Unit trust/mutual fund sales
PVNBP
Value of new business
APE margin
PVNBP margin
Operating MCEV earnings (covered business, post-tax)
Return on embedded value (covered business, post-tax)
Net client cash flows (SEKbn)
Funds under management (SEKbn)

1,227
11%
2,238
6,466
12,292
460
21%
3.7%
503 
3.3%
7.4
145.4

737
12%
2,819
4,708
13,774
526
19%
3.8%
965
8.1%
11.6
127.2

66%

(21%)
37%
(11%)
(13%)

(48%)

(36%)
14%

1   Return on local equity is IFRS AOP (post-tax) divided by average shareholders’ equity, excluding goodwill, PVIF and other 

acquired intangibles

Overview
The economies in the Nordic countries 
experienced a strong recovery in 2010, with 
positive GDP growth (estimated at 5.6% in 
Sweden, 2.0% in Denmark and 2.2% in Norway). 
The Swedish equity market grew by 23% in 2010.
The Nordic business delivered a strong IFRS AOP 
result in 2010. With changes in the management 
team, including a new CEO Mårten Andersson, we 
are delivering on our key priorities of strengthening 
distribution power and product offerings, 
stimulating future NCCF growth, increasing 
operational efficiency to secure profitable growth, 
and optimising structures and risk frameworks to 
unlock value. However, we face a challenging year 

of change for the business in delivering our 2011 
operating sales, efficiency and profitability targets 
in a rapidly changing business environment.

Life sales summary
APE sales at SEK2,238 million were down by 21% 
compared to 2009, following management action 
in the Swedish Retail segment to close the 
unprofitable Link Regular product in late 2009. 
The APE of the Corporate business decreased  
by 14%, mainly due to slower sales of the highly 
competitive TPS Regular product. Denmark 
performed strongly, with product success in the 
unit-linked and healthcare markets. APE grew  
by 22% to SEK514 million. 

New business (SEKm)

2010

2009

+/-%

2010

2009

+/-%

2010

2009

+/-%

2010

2009

+/-%

Gross single premiums

Gross regular premiums

Total APE

Total PVNBP

Sweden
Corporate
Retail

Total Sweden

Denmark

Total Denmark

Total Nordic

1,429
3,672

5,101

1,471
4,288

5,759

(3%)
(14%)

1,033
181

1,221
601

(15%)
(70%)

1,176
548

1,368
1,030

(14%) 
(47%) 

(11%)

1,214

1,822

(33%)

1,724

2,398

(28%)

9,001

11,260

(20%)

1,280

6,381

547

134%

386

366

5%

514

421

22% 3,291

2,514

6,306

1% 1,600

2,188

(27%)

2,238

2,819

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13,774

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Unit trust / mutual fund sales summary
Mutual fund sales of SEK6,466 million were up 
37% on 2009. This was driven by improved retail 
investment activity spurred by rising global equity 
markets. However, fourth quarter sales showed a 
decrease compared to the same period in 2009 
due to changing product demand and customer 
behaviour in Skandiabanken.

SEKm

Skandiafonder
Skandiabanken

Total Nordic

2010

2,431
4,035

6,466

2009

1,510
3,198

4,708

+/-%

61%
26%

37%

IFRS AOP results
The IFRS AOP (pre-tax) increased by 66% to 
SEK1,227 million compared to 2009. The key driver 
behind the improvement was higher client funds, 
which increased fund-based fees and rebates in the 
long-term business. In particular the unit-linked 
business performed strongly in the second half. A gain 
realised from divestment of a private equity holding in 
the first half contributed profit of SEK126 million.

SEKm

Long-term business 

AOP

Banking business AOP
Asset management AOP

AOP (IFRS basis, 

2010

2009

% 
Change

1,016
181
30

502
193
42

102%
(6%)
(29%)

pre-tax)

1,227

737

66%

The Healthcare business showed a strong 
turnaround in 2010 as pricing and product 
changes and underwriting discipline helped 
stabilise claims costs in the Lifeline business – 
which delivered AOP of SEK26 million compared 
to a negative SEK42 million in 2009. The 2010 
figure includes divestment costs of SEK20 million 
for the Lifeline branch in Norway. 

Skandiabanken’s results were below 2009 levels, 
due mainly to lower net interest income and 
increased development costs. Skandiabanken 
Sweden suffered from the exceptionally low base 
interest rate during the first half, although this 
increased towards the end of the year. Credit losses 
remained very low (0.09% in 2010 compared to 
0.14% in 2009), reflecting the traditionally low-risk 
nature of our lending business. Skandiabanken 
Norway grew its profits, due mainly to higher net 
interest income.

Value of new business and margins
The value of new business decreased compared to 
2009, driven by lower new sales, negative operating 
assumption changes for anticipated price pressure 
in the Corporate segment, and expectations of 
more adverse persistency in the future. The APE 
margin increased from 19% to 21% due to a more 
profitable business mix resulting from a higher 
proportion of TPS business sales in Sweden and 
Match product sales in Denmark. 
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MCEV results 
Operating MCEV earnings after tax declined to 
SEK503 million, due to the negative assumption 
changes driving the decline in the value of new 
business. However, total MCEV increased over the 
year, due mainly to positive client fund performance.

The Nordic business is making good progress 
towards the implementation of Solvency II, as a 
component of the overall Group Solvency II initiative.

Net client cash flow
NCCF for the year was SEK7.4 billion, a decrease 
of 36% compared to 2009. This was driven by  
a combination of higher surrenders (because  
of higher fund value and an increase in partial 
surrenders), lower single premium sales and higher 
paid-ups in the occupational pension business. 

Funds under management
FUM were SEK145.4 billion at 31 December 2010,  
up 14% from the previous year. The increase is mainly 
due to the positive movement of equity markets. 

The investment performance in the Swedish unit-
linked portfolio was good in the fourth quarter, and our 
average client enjoyed investment performance of 
6.2% for the quarter and 10.9% for the year. Clients 
have generally increased their risk exposure, with the 
majority of all net investments being allocated to 
Swedish, Asian and Emerging Markets equity funds. 
Fund performance has been strong over the 12-month 
period, with 63% of our funds performing above 
average compared to their peers. 

Outlook
The economic outlook for 2011 is positive, with 
forecast GDP growth of over 3% in Sweden and 
Norway and around 2% in Denmark, and public 
spending is under control. We believe household 
incomes will increase, that the debate over credit 
expansion is turning the emphasis towards 
savings, and increased activity in the equity market 
is attracting inflows. As a result of this, the Nordic 
savings market is expected to grow despite some 
ongoing concerns around the continued high level 
of unemployment. The competitive environment 
will continue to be challenging, with competition 
pushing down fee levels. The market is heading 
towards further fragmentation into two main 
segments: the advised market, with high levels of 
added value from financial advisers, and the 
‘self-service’ market. 

Management action continues to focus on 
improved sales, healthy margins over the long-
term, reductions in the cost base, and 
improvement of the distribution and product 
offerings to enhance NCCF. We delivered cost 
savings of £2.5 million in 2010. In 2011, cost 
reduction activity will increase and we estimate 
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Retail Europe

Retail Europe
Jonas Jonsson

Austria

Germany

Poland

Switzerland

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Foundations laid for further development of the business
Highlights (€m, unless otherwise stated)

2010

2009

% Change

Adjusted operating profit (IFRS basis) (pre-tax)
Return on local equity1
Life assurance sales (APE)
Unit trust/mutual fund sales
PVNBP
Value of new business
APE margin
PVNBP margin
Operating MCEV earnings (covered business, post-tax)
Return on embedded value (covered business, post-tax)
Net client cash flows (€bn)
Funds under management (€bn)

60
20%
80
27
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11%
1.4%
77
12.8%
0.5
5.8

25
9%
75
27
603
(6)
(8%)
(1.0%)
(49)
(7.9%)
0.6
4.7

140%

7%
–
(1%)
150%
–

157%

(17%)
23%

1   Return on local equity is IFRS AOP (post-tax) divided by average shareholders’ equity, excluding goodwill, PVIF and other 

acquired intangibles

containment, ensured significant improvement in 
our IFRS, MCEV and value of new business, with 
IFRS profits more than doubling. The transfer of 
our IT and client administration functions to South 
Africa continues, and our office in South Africa was 
officially opened in December 2010.

Life sales summary
APE sales reached €80 million, an increase of  
7% compared to 2009. Sales in Poland increased 
markedly, while Austria and Switzerland showed  
a slight decline. Although the unit-linked market  
in Germany has declined slightly, we increased our 
share of this market from 1.9% in the fourth quarter 
of 2009 to 2.2% in the fourth quarter of 2010. 

Overview 
GDP growth improved in all our markets 
throughout 2010 following government stimulus 
packages and better conditions in export markets. 
Although labour markets improved in Germany and 
Switzerland, unemployment in Austria and Poland 
increased slightly. Equity markets rebounded  
from their 2009 lows, with the German DAX index 
posting a 2010 gain of 16%. Our customers 
continued to demand primarily guaranteed 
products and IFAs still view unit-linked policies  
with caution, preferring traditional life policies. 

In the light of these challenges, Retail Europe’s 
performance in 2010 has been very positive.  
Our sales improved on 2009 levels, primarily  
driven by Germany and Poland, we continued  
the formation of the Retail Europe organisation, 
and we reduced operating costs. 

In addition to our sales and marketing activities, 
which were focused on the end customer, we  
also developed initiatives to maintain and grow 
relationships with our existing distribution partners. 
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LONG-TERM SAVINGS
CONTINUED

Gross Single Premiums

Gross Regular Premiums

Total APE

Total PVNBP

New business (€m)

2010

2009

Germany
Poland
Austria
Switzerland

Total Retail Europe 

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21
7
14

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15

59

+/-%

29%
50%
17%
(7%)

24%

2010

2009

29
18
17
9

73

27
12
19
11

69

+/-%

7%
50%
(11%)
(18%)

6%

2010

2009

32
20
18
10

80

30
14
19
12

75

+/-%

7%
43%
(5%)
(17%)

7%

2010

2009

278
114
109
96

597

260
87
142
114

603

+/-%

7%
31%
(23%)
(16%)

(1%)

The main driver of increased sales was new 
product launches. In Germany we launched  
the new single premium Investmentpolice product 
towards the end of the year, combining the  
tax benefits of a unit-linked contract with the 
transparency of a pure investment contract.  
In Poland we launched a new regular premium 
product, and in Switzerland we launched Easy 
Combi. All these launches were successful and 
we expect their impact to continue in 2011.  
We also made concerted efforts to improve  
our distributor relationships through marketing 
campaigns designed to support our partners 
during these difficult times. 

IFRS AOP results 
IFRS AOP has increased significantly to €60 
million, due to improved results in all countries.  
The main factors were lower administration 
expenses and higher fees – driven by higher 
fund-based fees resulting from improved  
equity markets.

Net client cash flow
NCCF was €465 million for the year. The decline  
of €86 million on 2009 reflected the increase in 
fund values of surrenders due to positive equity 
markets, although persistency levels were broadly 
stable year-on-year. 

Funds under management
FUM of €5.8 billion at 31 December 2010 reflected 
a rise of 23% compared to 2009, largely driven by 
positive stock market performance.

Value of new business and margins
The value of new business increased by €15 million 
to €9 million, with a PVNBP margin for the year  
of 1.4% and an APE margin of 11%. The main 
reasons for the improvement were higher new 
sales and successful expense management.

MCEV results 
The operating MCEV earnings after tax increased 
by over €100 million to €77 million compared  
to 2009, driven by positive experience variances 
and positive assumption changes for rebates  
and persistency.

Although the Retail Europe business expects to  
be a Standard Formula entity under Solvency II,  
we have made excellent progress as part of the 
Group iCRaFT programme in ensuring that all  
of our processes and governance structures will 
be Solvency II compliant.

Outlook
We anticipate that macro-economic factors  
will continue to have a significant impact on  
our markets in 2011. The development of equity 
and bond markets will continue to be the key to 
restoring consumer confidence after the financial 
crisis. Our customers will also be impacted by 
unemployment levels and their own sense of job 
security. Ongoing Solvency II developments and 
the low interest rate environment will also provide 
challenges for traditional insurers. While this should 
be positive for the unit-linked market, it may 
intensify competition.

Our focus in 2011 is to extend our product range 
and distribution through growth initiatives in 
Germany and Poland. At the same time we will 
maintain our focus on capital efficiency and cost 
containment through our consolidated base in 
Berlin and our operations in South Africa. We will 
incur further implementation costs for outsourcing 
the administration and IT support teams to South 
Africa but will gain scope for operational leverage 
in due course.

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Wealth Management

Wealth Management
Bob Head

Skandia UK

Skandia International

France, Italy

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A very positive year for Wealth Management
Highlights (€m, unless otherwise stated)

Adjusted operating profit (IFRS basis, pre-tax)
Return on local equity1
Life assurance sales (APE)
Unit trust/mutual fund sales
PVNBP
Value of new business (post-tax)
APE margin 
PVNBP margin
Operating MCEV earnings (covered business, post-tax)
Return on embedded value (covered business, post-tax)
Net client cash flows (£bn)
Funds under management (£bn)

Skandia Investment
Group

2010

197
14%
734
4,507
6,380
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1.0%
112
6.1%
3.9
55.9

2009

% Change

106
8%
617
3,210
5,042
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1.0%
(4)
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2.5
46.9

86%

19%
40%
27%
35%

56%
19%

1   Return on local equity is IFRS AOP (post-tax) divided by average shareholders’ equity, excluding goodwill, PVIF and other 

acquired intangibles

Overview 
Wealth Management enjoyed a very positive year 
in 2010. We achieved significant year-on-year  
sales growth, margins improved and the cost 
reduction programme delivered £35 million of 
run-rate savings which contributed to improved 
profitability. The FTSE100 grew by 9% during the 
year, contributing to continued positive investor 
sentiment which in turn led to strong growth  
in FUM across our markets. 

Sales grew across the business, particularly in  
the UK and Continental Europe. We continue to 
see a rapid shift in the UK towards both platform 
business with an insurance wrapper and mutual 
fund products. Although we do not target growth 
in market share as a KPI, Skandia UK’s market 
share continued to grow in the third quarter of 
2010, to 7.4% across all industry channels 
compared to 6.4% in the fourth quarter of 2009, 
suggesting the increased importance of the 
platform model. This is a record for Skandia in the 
UK and compares to a range of 3.5% to 5.5% over 
2001-2007. The scale of our UK Platform, and our 
investment to deliver reliability and flexibility, 

position us ideally to lead and benefit from this 
industry shift; we are actively looking at how  
to further enhance our platform offering and 
rationalise our suite of products over the coming 
year. We are making good progress in building  
the Wealth Management operations and systems 
on a single operating model. 

Throughout 2010, Skandia Investment Group’s 
(SIG’s) highly successful Spectrum range of 
risk-targeted funds has been launched  
on all the UK’s major financial adviser platforms.  
The FUM of Spectrum exceeded the £750 million 
mark, and this range has now been successfully 
exported to Sweden as the Skala range. 

Life covered sales summary
APE sales were £734 million, a 19% increase on 
2009. This is mainly attributable to sales in the UK 
and in Continental Europe, which improved by 28% 
(£76 million) and 50% (£52 million) respectively 
compared to 2009.

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LONG-TERM SAVINGS
CONTINUED

New business (£m)

2010

2009

+/-%

2010

2009

+/-%

2010

2009

+/-%

2010

2009

+/-%

Gross single premiums

Gross regular premiums

Total APE

Total PVNBP

UK
Pensions
Bonds 
Protection
Savings

Total UK

International
Unit-linked
Bonds

Total International

Continental Europe
Unit-linked

Total Wealth 

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1,253

1,577

1,452
473
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190
1,154

1,344

39%
26%

36%

71%
9%

17%

1,490

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25%
80%

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(41%)

(34%)

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28%
25%
80%

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(7%)
(3%)

(5%)

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5,685

4,240

34%

166

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734

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19% 6,380

5,042

27%

The UK Legacy business APE sales volumes of 
£113 million were down by £24 million compared  
to 2009, due to a shift in market sentiment towards 
platform offers. Following a review of the legacy 
products, we decided to close some legacy 
products to new business.

IFRS AOP results 
IFRS AOP (pre-tax) increased by 86% to £197 
million, primarily due to higher FUM, which 
provided a healthy boost to returns on equity 
because of the operating leverage in the business. 
FUM growth remains strongly positive, driven  
by NCCF and market growth. 

As previously reported, the prior year AOP results 
benefited from the structural tax efficiency 
applicable to UK companies writing unit-linked 
business in the UK, together with the smoothing  
of previous years’ deferred tax assets. These 
assets arose during the significant market volatility 
of the preceding two years where falls in the value 
of policyholder assets resulted in the recognition  
of significant deferred tax assets in the IFRS 
income statement, which were spread forward 
under AOP. The pre-tax smoothing for 2010 gave 
rise to a profit of £71 million, a similar amount to 
2009. For 2011, the pre-tax impact will be a profit 
of £27 million, falling to nil thereafter. Within the 
MCEV earnings, these profits are recognised as 
they arise as investment variances. 

With continued equity and bond market growth, 
the UK Life Companies have moved into a full  
XSI tax position. This raises the effective tax  
rate because it means that only a relatively small 
proportion of the Life dividend income is treated  
as belonging to the shareholder. This has 
increased the overall effective tax rate for Wealth 
Management to 22% in 2010 (2009: 19%). 

Unit trust / mutual fund sales summary
£m
+/-%

2009

2010

UK 
International
Continental Europe

Total Wealth 

Management

3,256
1,228
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2,090
1,100
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56%
12%
15%

4,507

3,210

40%

The strong UK platform performance reflects  
the continued conversion of IFAs to platform 
business and particularly strong sales during the 
first half in the lead-up to the end of the tax year. 
APE sales of £239 million were up £100 million on 
2009. Second half volume growth decreased, with 
re-registering activity slowing and a greater impact 
from the UK holiday season. The majority of the 
mutual fund sales growth was from the platform, 
where buoyant markets and increased ISA 
allowances made positive contributions in 2010 
and late 2009. Gross inflows onto the platform 
were £5.2 billion in 2010 (2009:£3.3 billion) 
– an indicator of our proposition’s success.

Continental Europe APE sales volumes of £157 
million were strongly ahead of 2009’s £105 million. 
Italy has been the main contributor to increased 
Europe sales, with very high sales earlier in the 
year partially driven by changes in tax legislation. 
The period covered by these tax changes has  
now expired, and volume growth has returned to 
normal levels as we continue to make progress 
through good distributor relationships.

APE sales volumes of £225 million in the offshore 
International market were 5% lower than the £236 
million achieved in 2009, impacted by a managed 
decline in regular premium sales in Finland as  
a result of legislation changes in 2009. 

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TO OUR CUSTOMERS

We have made excellent progress in implementing 
our Solvency II readiness programme, in 
conjunction with the Group-led iCRaFT initiative.

“ Increasingly the web is becoming the critical 
medium for any business and it’s essential we 
embrace it. The new Skandia website provides 
a vital channel for communication with our 
end customers and financial advisers.”

Jeremy Mugridge, Platform Specialist, Skandia UK

As research shows the growing 
importance of the internet to 
customers for accessing financial 
information, Skandia UK has 
launched a brand new website as a 
hub for all online activity. We carried 
out customer research to ensure 
that the structure, navigation and 

functionality of the new website 
would be as user-friendly and 
engaging as possible, and we have 
linked the site to our existing 
systems to enable rapid updates to 
news and data – getting the facts to 
our customers faster.

Value of new business and margins
The value of new business increased by £17 million 
to £66 million due to strong sales in UK platform 
and Continental Europe combined with operating 
assumption changes at year-end 2010 across all 
markets in Wealth Management. This was partially 
offset by economic assumption changes in UK  
and Continental Europe (as a result of decreased 
assumed growth rates and increased future 
inflation) and the shift from UK Legacy to UK 
Platform offerings. 

2010 PVNBP margin was level with 2009 at 1.0%, 
as growth in volumes and cost reductions were 
fully offset by the shift to the UK platform offering, 
the decline in regular premium business sales and 
higher acquisition expenses in International.

MCEV results 
Covered business adjusted operating MCEV 
post-tax earnings increased by £116 million to  
£112 million. 2009 was significantly impacted by 
operating assumption changes reflecting surrender 
experience in International and UK Legacy.  
In 2010 VNB was higher and overall we saw a 
significant improvement in experience effects, 
especially persistency and rebates. However, 
persistency has worsened on the UK Legacy 
pension business as the market anticipates the 
implementation of the Retail Distribution Review. 
This has resulted in some product closures and 
consequently the MCEV assumptions have been 
strengthened. Planned return on MCEV was lower 
than in 2009 as a result of the reduction in the 
one-year yield on risk-free investments.

Net client cash flow
NCCF for the year was £3.9 billion, up 56%  
on 2009, driven by strong contributions from  
the UK platform and Italy, which outweighed 
surrenders in the UK Legacy book. 

Funds under management
FUM grew 19% to £55.9 billion, driven by strong 
NCCF and the positive market movements. 

Outlook
Our outlook for 2011 is optimistic, based on 
continuing positive investor sentiment. So far 2011 
sales are in line with our expectations but below 
those of the prior year which included the one-off 
positive impact of the Italian tax shield and 
particularly significant UK platform sales in the 
build up to the 2010 tax year-end. These were 
helped by April 2010 changes in pension rules 
coupled with rising investor confidence at the time 
of the 2010 ISA season. 

We anticipate continued strong support for the 
platform model in all our markets and the shift in 
the UK market towards a simplified investment  
and pension product suite. Following the closure  
of a number of our UK Legacy products during 
2010, we have put retention strategies in place for 
this part of the business – anticipating that we will 
continue to see net client outflows from this book 
of business in the build-up to implementation in 
2013 of the changes resulting from the Retail 
Distribution Review (RDR). We expect final 
clarification of the review in a Policy Statement 
during the first half of 2011. We believe that we are 
well-placed for the RDR changes since a large 
proportion of our new business is already written 
on the basis of client-agreed adviser remuneration. 
In addition, we are considering plans to introduce  
a fully unbundled charging structure, under which 
we will pass on rebates to the customer in advance  
of December 2012.

Our focus on cost reduction will continue and we 
remain confident that we will meet our 2012 
expense and RoE targets.

£6 billion

Skandia UK’s gross sales  
reached £6 billion in 2010

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BANKING

KEY FACTS

Nedbank Group is South Africa’s fourth largest 
banking group measured by assets, with a strong 
deposit franchise and the second largest retail 
deposit base. Old Mutual owned on average  
54% of Nedbank Group during 2010. Nedbank  
is listed on the Johannesburg and Namibian 
Stock Exchanges. As at 31 December 2010,  
its market capitalisation was £6.2bn.

Adjusted operating profit (pre-tax and minorities) 

Number of employees

£601m

2009: £470m

Total Assets 

£58.9bn

2009: £47.7bn

27,525

2009: 27,047

Some of our brands

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2010

11.8

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2009

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2010

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1,468

2010
2010

1,238

2009
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10.1

2010

9.9

2009

3.35

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2010

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Overview
Nedbank Group provides a wide range of 
wholesale and retail banking services and a 
growing insurance, asset management and wealth 
management offering through five main business 
clusters, namely Nedbank Capital, Nedbank 
Corporate, Nedbank Business Banking, Nedbank 
Retail and Nedbank Wealth.

Focused on southern Africa, but with an aspiration 
to grow its business reach across the whole of the 
African continent, Nedbank Group is positioned as 
a bank for all – from both a retail and a wholesale 
banking perspective.

Acknowledged for its sustainability leadership, 
Nedbank Group is the first and only carbon-neutral 
financial services organisation in Africa.

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Nedbank 
Business Banking

Provides comprehensive investment 
banking solutions to institutional 
and corporate clients. Has offices in 
South Africa and London and a 
representative office in Angola.    

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Provides full-service corporate banking 
to large corporates with an annual turnover in 
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industrial, retail and residential property 
(cid:3)
finance solutions, and Nedbank Africa, 
comprising operations servicing both retail 
and corporate market segments in Lesotho, 
Malawi, Namibia, Swaziland and Zimbabwe.    

(cid:3)
(cid:3)

The cluster comprises:
(cid:81)(cid:3)(cid:3)Investment Banking
(cid:81)(cid:3)(cid:3)Global Markets
(cid:81)(cid:3)(cid:3)Treasury.

(cid:3)

(cid:3)

(cid:3)

(cid:3)

The cluster comprises:
(cid:81)(cid:3)(cid:3)Corporate Banking
(cid:81)(cid:3)(cid:3)Property Finance
(cid:81)(cid:3)(cid:3)Nedbank Africa
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(cid:81)(cid:3)(cid:3)Transactional Banking
(cid:81)(cid:3)(cid:3)Corporate Shared Services.
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solutions to small- to medium-sized 
businesses with an annual turnover 
of between R7.5 million and R400 
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The cluster comprises:
(cid:81)(cid:3)(cid:3)Four geographically decentralised 

client-facing business units

(cid:81)(cid:3)(cid:3)A strategic business unit, including 

Specialised Finance, Debtor Management 
and Client Value Propositions

(cid:81)(cid:3)(cid:3)Specialist services, including Investment 

Management, Transactional Banking Sales, 
Finance and Business Intelligence/Client 
Value Management.  

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Serves the financial needs of 
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Provides transactional, card, lending 
and investment products and 
services. The Nedbank Retail Cluster 
also services merchants and large 
corporates in respect of 
card-acquiring services.    

Nedbank Wealth

Comprises three divisions, namely 
Insurance, Asset Management and 
Wealth Management, with offices in 
South Africa and London and on the 
Isle of Man, Jersey and Guernsey.

The cluster comprises:
(cid:81)(cid:3)(cid:3)Secured Lending, including mortgages 

and motor finance

(cid:81)(cid:3)(cid:3)Retail Relationship Banking, which 

combines Private Banking and Small-
Business Services and offers products 
in a client-centric value proposition
(cid:81)(cid:3)(cid:3)Consumer Banking, which consists 

of channels, personal loans, deposits, 
transactional banking, client value 
management and mass tailored offerings 
based on client insights
(cid:81)(cid:3)(cid:3)Card Issuing and Acquiring.

The cluster comprises:
(cid:81)(cid:3)(cid:3)Insurance includes short-term 

insurance, life insurance and insurance 
broking

(cid:81)(cid:3)(cid:3)Asset Management offers a range 
of local and international ‘best of 
breed’ unit trusts, private client asset 
management and multimanagement 
solutions

(cid:81)(cid:3)(cid:3)Wealth Management includes private 
banking and fiduciary services locally 
and internationally as well as stockbroking 
and financial planning.

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Nedbank Group’s headquarters are in Sandton, 
Johannesburg, while it has large operational 
centres in Durban and Cape Town, complemented 
by a regional branch network throughout South 
Africa and facilities in other southern African 
countries. These facilities are operated through 
Nedbank Group’s eight affiliated banks and 
subsidiaries, as well as through branches and 
representative offices in certain key global financial 
centres that serve to meet international banking 
requirements of Nedbank Group’s South Africa-
based multinational clients.

Strategy
During 2010 Nedbank Group’s vision was refined 
to: ‘Building Africa’s most admired bank by  
our staff, clients, shareholders, regulators  
and communities’.

This represents a significant enhancement to 
Nedbank Group’s vision and highlights the 
increasing focus by Nedbank Group on growing its 
business reach across the African continent not 
just in South Africa. However, the Nedbank Group 
recognises that, to become the most admired 
bank in Africa, it must achieve this in South Africa 
first, which is why its primary focus during 2010 
was on developing more competitive domestic 
strategies for each of its front-line businesses.

Nedbank Group assessment of strategic operating environment

Identified trend

 Nedbank Group will …

Bank returns are structurally declining.

The SA financial services’ economic profit pool is 
large, but higher growth is expected in the rest of 
Africa in the longer term.

SA prospects continue to be driven by infrastructural 
investment (mostly government) and a wealthier 
consumer.

There is high growth from bandwidth, electronic, 
internet, mobile and new technology developments.

SA demographic shifts are enabling consumer 
opportunities.

The voice of and focus on the client are increasing.

Non-banking solutions are growing faster than 
banking, but deposits have become a key priority.

Demand for talent is greater than growth of  
the talent pool.

Pressure on natural resources is increasing.

... respond through active portfolio management and 
‘tilting’ of its portfolio of businesses to optimise 
sustainable profitability, utilise capital and liquidity 
judiciously, invest to exploit new growth opportunities, 
and build a lean operating model.

... focus domestically, but continue to explore 
expansion opportunities in Africa.

... ensure that it benefits from the opportunities created 
through infrastructure development, increase its focus 
on wholesale banking, and improve its retail proposition 
to capture disposable income shifts. Nedbank Group 
will also continue to bring more people into the formal 
banking system through innovative and affordable 
products such as M-PESA.

... leverage new technologies and then lead in these 
high-growth markets and banking markets linked to 
these, such as mobile banking.

... target large and growing segment opportunities such 
as the underbanked, youth, small and medium 
enterprise and senior citizen markets. A differentiated 
approach is essential to service such new markets in a 
cost-efficient manner.

... meet the need for simplicity, convenience, choice, 
affordability, advice, and trust from clients. Client 
centricity will remain a core focus, with the  
aim to increase direct engagement with clients.

... seek out add-on growth solutions while improving 
transactional banking capabilities, such as cross-sell, 
primary clients, and functionality.

... develop unique ways to retain, develop and grow the 
staff talent pool, especially in businesses that will be 
targeting higher growth.

... continue to reduce and neutralise its own operational 
impact, consider environmental impacts in its lending 
activities and actively support its clients in their 
endeavours to reposition their businesses accordingly.

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Nedbank Group’s vision continues to be supported  
by its long-term objectives, which are referred  
to internally as Deep Green aspirations.

Against this strategic backdrop the business plan 
for 2011 to 2013 will see Nedbank Group focus on:

 (cid:81) building enduring primary banking relationships 

These are:

 (cid:81) to become a great place to work, a great place 

to bank and a great place to invest

 (cid:81) to be world class at managing risk

 (cid:81) to create a community of leaders

with more retail and wholesale clients in  
South Africa

 (cid:81) improving its primary banking positioning 

across all businesses

 (cid:81) becoming the leader in business banking for 

South Africa

 (cid:81) to have the most respected and aspirational 

 (cid:81) becoming the public sector bank of choice

financial services brand

 (cid:81) continuing as one of the top two wholesale 

 (cid:81) to be recognised for being highly involved in the 

banks

community and environment

 (cid:81) to lead in transformation

 (cid:81) to be great at collaboration

 (cid:81) to live its values.

Portfolio approach to capital allocation
A portfolio approach has been adopted for 
sustainably optimising returns in an environment 
where resources, capital and liquidity are scarce 
commodities. The Nedbank Group must be  
more judicious in selecting strategic business 
opportunities that will allow better alignment of risk 
and returns, taking into account liquidity, capital 
and credit risks. Doing so will allow a transition 
from some of the existing portfolios, such as retail 
home loans (where the economic returns continue 
to be poor), while growing low-capital-intensive 
businesses. The Nedbank Group will, however, 
continue to take a long-term sustainable view of its 
products, client needs and its societal impact.

 (cid:81) ramping up the wealth and asset management, 

and insurance businesses

 (cid:81) leveraging the Imperial Bank integration

 (cid:81) becoming the leader in client service delivery

 (cid:81) building on its position as a leader in, and 
influencer of, integrated sustainability.

The Nedbank Group will also continue to evolve its 
strategy of building Africa’s most admired bank by:

 (cid:81) implementing its three-tier strategy to grow its 

physical network in the southern African 
Development Community

 (cid:81) leveraging boutique investment banking 

opportunities

 (cid:81) leveraging the Ecobank Nedbank Alliance to 
provide clients with access to a Pan-African 
network

 (cid:81) evaluating selective investment opportunities.

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Solid earnings growth
Highlights (Rm)

Adjusted operating profit (IFRS basis, pre-tax)
Headline earnings1
Net interest income1
Non-interest revenue1
Net interest margin1
Credit loss ratio1
Cost to income ratio1
RoE1
RoE (excluding goodwill)1
Core Tier 1 ratio
Adjusted operating profit (IFRS basis, pre-tax) (£m)

2010

6,799
4,900
16,608
13,215
3.35%
1.36%
55.7%
11.8%
13.4%
10.1%
601

2009

% Change

6,192
4,277
16,306
11,906
3.39%
1.52%
53.5%
11.8%
13.4%
9.9%
470

10%
15%
2%
11%

28%

1  As reported by Nedbank Group in its report to shareholders as at 31 December 2010

Certain of the Nedbank Group’s reporting ratio calculations have been adjusted. The ratios for RoE have been restated 
with the denominator changing from simple average to daily average for equity and total asset values, respectively. The 
calculation of the credit loss ratio has been changed from simple-average advances to daily-average banking advances 
(thereby excluding trading advances from the calculation). Comparatives have been restated accordingly.

The current strong capital position of the Nedbank 
Group, combined with these strategic focus areas, 
places it in a position for sustainable growth.

The full text of Nedbank Group’s results for  
the year ended 31 December 2010, released  
on 28 February 2011, can be accessed  
on Nedbank Group’s website  
http://www.nedbankgroup.co.za/
financial/2010AnnualResults/downloads/
NedbankGroup.pdf.

Banking environment
Real gross domestic product (GDP) in South  
Africa grew by 2.8% in 2010 compared with a 
decline of 1.7% in 2009. The local economy  
had a strong start to the year, primarily driven by 
improved global demand for commodities and  
a rebound in manufacturing production off the 
depressed levels of 2009. 

Economic activity was also boosted by strong 
infrastructural spending ahead of the FIFA 2010 
World Cup and by the event itself, with consumer 
spending rising steadily for most of the year. 
However, fixed investment by the private sector 
contracted for the second year off the elevated 
levels seen in 2008.

Growth in both the emerging and some parts of 
the developed world surprised on the upside, 
underpinned by China’s economic strength and 
continued demand for commodities and capital 
goods. Massive liquidity injections by major central 
banks and historically low interest rates helped to 
stimulate economic growth further, particularly in 
emerging economies. In contrast, the underlying 
economic and financial environment remained 
fragile in the developed world, with fiscal difficulties 
in parts of Europe and America, continued 
weakness in credit markets, limited employment 
growth and inflationary concerns returning in 
emerging economies.

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Household finances improved in South Africa  
as debt started to decrease and interest rates 
eased to the lowest levels in 36 years. The 
recovery in the credit cycle has proved to be  
more modest compared with previous cycles. 
Household demand for credit was contained by 
the consumer debt burden remaining relatively 
high, increased regulatory requirements, policy 
uncertainty and employment growth only resuming 
late in the year. Against this background the ratio  
of household debt to disposable income declined 
marginally to 78.2% from just over 80% at the  
end of 2009. At the same time debt service costs 
decreased to 7.5%, the lowest level since  
June 2006, and are now at a level that is more 
conducive to improving economic growth in the 
consumer sector.

In the corporate sector excess capacity and 
uncertainty over the sustainability of the local  
and global recovery limited spending. Government 
fixed-investment spending, although continuing  
to contract, emerged as the main foundation  
for growth.

Review of results
Nedbank showed solid earnings growth in a 
challenging economic environment. After a strong 
fourth quarter Nedbank finished the year with 
earnings marginally ahead of management’s 
expectations set out in the third-quarter trading 
update. Headline earnings increased by 14.6%  
from R4,277 million to R4,900 million. Diluted 
headline earnings per share increased by 8.7% 
from 983 cents to 1,069 cents, slightly above  
the forecast range of 0% to 8% provided in the 
third-quarter trading update. Diluted earnings  
per share (DEPS) decreased by 5.3% from 1,109 
cents to 1,050 cents. As previously reported, 2009  
DEPS included a once-off International Financial 
Reporting Standards (IFRS) revaluation gain of 
R547 million (after taxation) from the acquisition and 
consolidation of the Nedbank Wealth joint ventures.

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Nedbank recorded a return on average ordinary 
shareholders’ equity (RoE), excluding goodwill,  
of 13.4% and a RoE of 11.8%.

Nedbank maintained its well-capitalised balance 
sheet with core Tier 1 capital at 10.1% (2009: 
9.9%), while advances grew by 5.5%, with market 
share gains in most lending classes aside from 
home loans.

The net asset value per share grew by 8.0% from 
9,100 cents in December 2009 to 9,831 cents in 
December 2010. This is a pleasing result given the 
increase in the average number of shares in issue 
following the acquisition of the joint ventures from 
Old Mutual and scrip dividend distributions last year.

Financial performance
Net interest income (NII)
NII increased by 1.9% to R16,608 million (2009: 
R16,306 million) and Nedbank’s net interest margin 
held up well at 3.35% (2009: 3.39%), despite the 
impact of lower interest rates. Average interest-
earning banking assets increased by 3.0% (2009 
growth: 9.0%).

Margin compression was less than expected. 
Margin pressure primarily resulted from a smaller 
endowment from lower average interest rates and 
the cost of lengthening the funding profile. This 
was partially offset by the widening of margins 
from asset pricing and a change in asset mix, 
including strong growth in Nedbank’s retail motor 
finance and personal loans businesses, a relative 
prime/Johannesburg Interbank Agreed Rate 
(JIBAR) reset benefit as a result of less aggressive 
interest rate cuts during 2010 compared with 
2009, and a decline in the market cost of term 
liquidity during the last quarter of the year.

Impairments charge on loans and advances
The credit loss ratio on the banking book improved 
to 1.36% for the period (2009: 1.52% (restated)).

The reduction in the impairments charge was 
driven mostly by Nedbank Retail, particularly in the 
secured portfolios that had lagged the recovery in 
the unsecured portfolios. Lower interest rates and 
the stabilising of job losses contributed to the retail 
credit loss ratio improving significantly from 3.17% 
in 2009 to 2.67%. Nedbank further strengthened 
its provisioning by reducing certain security 
assumptions in specific impairments, increasing 
levels of portfolio provisioning on debt restructures 
of R97 million and lengthening the bad debt 
emergence period assumptions within Nedbank 
Retail home loans at an additional cost of R114 
million within portfolio impairments.

The credit portfolios in Nedbank Corporate, 
Nedbank Business Banking and Nedbank Wealth 
are of high quality and credit loss ratios remained 
within or below the respective clusters’ through-

the-cycle levels. Nedbank Capital impairments 
increased in the higher-risk private equity portfolio.

Defaulted advances declined by 1.04% to R26,765 
million (2009: R27,045 million). Defaulted advances 
to total advances decreased from its peak of 
6.01% in June 2010 to 5.63%. Total impairment 
provisions increased by 14.6% to R11,226 million 
(2009: R9,798 million) resulting in strengthened 
coverage ratios.

Non-interest revenue (NIR)
Nedbank’s focus on NIR generated growth across 
all the clusters. NIR increased 11.0% to R13,215 
million (2009: R11,906 million). On a comparable 
basis NIR growth was 10.5% after adjusting for  
the acquisitions in 2009 of the Nedbank Wealth 
joint ventures and before fair-value adjustments. 
The ratio of NIR to expenses improved to 79.6% 
(2009: 78.8%). 

Core fee and commission income grew strongly  
by 13.7% (like-for-like growth of 11.2%, adjusting 
for the Nedbank Wealth joint ventures) through 
volume growth, new products and new client 
acquisitions. Nedbank reduced its retail 
transactional banking charges in 2006 and 2007. 
Since then price increases have been modest,  
with 2010 increases in line with inflation, resulting  
in current banking charges being similar to  
2005 levels.

Insurance income grew 39.8% (18.4% on a 
like-for-like basis, adjusting for the Nedbank Wealth 
joint ventures) primarily as a result of the provision 
of insurance on a fast-growing personal loans 
book as well as the introduction of new products 
and improved levels of cross-selling.

Trading income increased by 13.9% to R2,096 million 
(2009: R1,841 million). In 2009 interest rates 
decreased at a rapid pace and created favourable 
trading conditions. Low volatility in the first half of 
2010 resulted in difficult conditions for global markets 
and continued pressure on foreign exchange 
volumes and margins. This was offset by improved 
equity trading in the second half of the year.

Private equity markets remained constrained 
throughout the year. Listed-property private equity 
investments showed some modest gains. Overall NIR 
from the private equity portfolios decreased by 25.0%.

NIR was negatively impacted by R213 million 
(2009: R6 million profit) over the period as a result 
of the adverse fair-value adjustments of Nedbank’s 
subordinated debt resulting from the narrowing of 
credit spreads. Nedbank Corporate also reflected 
a negative fair-value adjustment of R55 million 
(2009: R72 million profit) due to a downward 
movement in the yield curve and related convexity 
in the fixed-rate advances book and associated 
interest rate swaps.

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Expenses
Nedbank has maintained a strong cost discipline 
over an extended period, resulting in the increase in 
expenses remaining below the market guidance 
given at the beginning of 2010. Expenses grew by 
9.9% to R16,598 million (2009: R15,100 million). The 
increase was partly due to the acquisition of the 
Nedbank Wealth joint ventures and the consolidation 
of Merchant Bank of Central Africa. Expenses 
increased by 8.5% on a comparable basis.

Taxation
The taxation charge (excluding taxation on 
non-trading and capital items) increased by 10.9% 
to R1,366 million (2009: R1,232 million) arising from 
profit growth adjusted for dividend income as a 
proportion of total income being lower than in 
2009, the lower provision for secondary tax on 
companies, owing to an increase of shareholders 
(81.5%) who elected to take scrip for the 2009 final 
dividend distribution (2008 final dividend 
distribution: 32.0%), and the reduced accounting 
effect from structured finance transactions that 
continued to unwind.

The effective tax rate increased marginally from 
20.2% to 20.7%.

Non-trading income
Income after taxation from non-trading and capital 
items decreased to a R89 million loss from a  
R549 million profit in 2009. The main component 
of this was an anticipated R34 million writedown 
on Imperial Bank computer software following  
the acquisition. The 2009 profit arose from the 
accounting-related revaluation of BoE (Pty) Limited 
and Nedgroup Life Assurance Company Limited 
on the acquisition of the remaining shares in the 
joint ventures.

Capital
Nedbank’s capital adequacy ratios remain well 
above its internal targets and marginally ahead of 
December 2009. This resulted from ongoing capital 
and risk-weighted asset optimisation, a strategic 
focus on ‘managing for value’ and a 0.6% increase 
in capital from higher levels of scrip takeup and 
other share issues for staff incentives and black 
economic empowerment (BEE) structures.  
This growth was offset by the approximately  
1.3% negative impact on Nedbank’s capital 
adequacy ratios from the cash acquisition of  

49.9% of Imperial Bank and the treatment of 
capitalised software as an intangible asset rather 
than as a fixed asset for capital adequacy purposes.

Liquidity
Nedbank’s liquidity position remains sound. 
Nedbank continues to focus on diversifying its 
funding base, lengthening its funding profile  
and maintaining appropriate liquidity buffers. 
Nedbank increased its long-term funding ratio  
from increased capital market issuances under  
the domestic medium-term note programme 
(R6.23 billion) and also increased the duration  
in the money market book. Nedbank’s liquidity 
position is further supported by a strong loan-to-
deposit ratio of 97% and a low reliance on 
interbank and foreign currency funding. Nedbank 
is able to leverage off its favourable retail, 
commercial and wholesale deposit mix, which 
compares well with domestic industry averages.

Loans and advances 
Nedbank continued to make good progress in 
improving asset quality, and active management of  
the bank’s portfolios towards higher-economic-profit 
businesses resulted in slower asset growth in selected 
areas. Nedbank grew advances ahead of the industry 
at 5.5% to R475 billion (2009: R450 billion).

Deposits
Deposits increased by 4.5% to R490 billion (2009: 
R469 billion). Optimising the mix of the deposit 
book remains a key focus in reducing the high cost 
of longer-term and professional funding. This is 
critical as banks compete more aggressively for 
lower-cost deposit pools with longer behavioural 
duration and as they start to take cognisance of 
the possible Basel III liquidity ratios. Low interest 
rates, coupled with low domestic savings levels 
and the deleveraging of consumers, led to modest 
growth in retail deposits during 2010. Relatively 
higher deposit growth in the wholesale sector 
indicated increasing working capital and available 
capacity among corporates. Throughout the year 
demand for higher-yielding negotiable certificates 
of deposit remained strong within the professional 
funds and corporate markets.

Capital adequacy 

Core Tier 1 ratio
Tier 1 ratio
Total capital ratio

2010 
 ratio

10.1%
11.7%
15.0%

2009 
 ratio

9.9%
11.5%
14.9%

Target range

7.5% to 9.0%
8.5% to 10.0%
11.5% to 13.0%

Regulatory 
minimum

5.25%
7.00%
9.75%

Capital adequacy ratios include unappropriated profit

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Outlook 
Lower domestic interest rates and rising levels of 
income should boost consumer spending. 
Together with improving global demand, this is 
expected to increase confidence levels and lead to 
better consumer demand and capital formation in 
2011 and further momentum in 2012.

continue to invest to generate sustainable revenue 
growth, underpinned by ongoing cost optimisation 
and efficiency improvements. Growing the bank’s 
overall franchise and maintaining momentum on 
the turnaround in the Retail Cluster, supported by a 
liquid and well-capitalised balance sheet, are key 
to delivering sustainable growth.

Retail banking credit growth should fare better as 
household credit demand improves, house prices 
edge higher and impairments moderate. Corporate 
markets are expected to show modest 
improvement, while the small and medium 
enterprise (SME) market is likely to remain under 
pressure until fixed-investment activity improves.

Government spending should continue to underpin 
growth, although this is expected to be limited by 
the reduction in fiscal deficits over the medium 
term. Government’s stronger focus on job creation 
is also positive and much will depend on the ability 
to create a more enabling environment for 
business growth. Key to this will be improvements 
in the building of infrastructure and a more 
conducive and certain regulatory and policy 
environment to reduce the medium-term 
constraints on economic growth.

Nedbank is well placed for earnings growth in 2011 
and remains on track to meet its medium- to 
long-term financial targets in 2013. Nedbank will 

Margins should widen slightly, given that interest 
rates are expected to remain unchanged, and 
hence the negative effect of assets repricing 
quicker than liabilities out to three months will 
decrease. In addition, the cost of term liquidity is 
expected to decline as more expensive deposits 
mature and as below-trend economic growth 
continues, albeit at higher levels than last year. 
Overall advances growth is expected to be in the 
mid to upper single digits.

Impairments are expected to continue reducing in 
line with the improved quality of assets supported 
by asset pricing on new advances that appropriately 
reflects risk and the related cost of funds. The credit 
loss ratio is currently expected to decrease but to 
remain above Nedbank’s target range in 2011.

Transactional volumes are expected to increase as 
the economy improves and Nedbank’s focus on 
growing primary clients is maintained.

Nedbank’s medium-term targets remain unchanged.

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2010 Performance

Medium- to long-term target

ROE (excl goodwill) 
improving, impairments 
charge

13.4%

Growth in diluted headline 
earnings per share (EPS)

8.7%

Impairments charge 
(credit loss ratio)

1.36%

NIR:expenses ratio 

79.6%

Efficiency ratio 

55.7%1

Basel II core Tier 1 capital 
adequacy ratio

10.1% 

5% above monthly 
weighted average cost of 
ordinary shareholders’ 
equity

At least consumer price 
index + GDP growth + 5%

Between 0.6% and 1.0% 
of average banking 
advances

> 85% 

< 50.0% 

7.5% to 9.0%

Basel II Tier 1 capital 
adequacy ratio 

Basel II total capital 
adequacy ratio 

Economic capital 

11.7% 

8.5% to 10.0% 

15.0% 

11.5% to 13.0% 

2011 Outlook

Improving, remaining 
below target

Forecast to exceed target

Improving, remaining 
above target

Improving, remaining 
below target

Improving, remaining 
above target

Improving, remaining 
above top end of target 
range

Improving, remaining 
above top end of 
target range

Improving, remaining 
above top end of 
target range

Capitalised to 99.93% confidence interval on economic capital basis  
(target debt rating A including 10% buffer)

Dividend cover policy 

2.30% 

2.25 to 2.75 times 

2.25 to 2.75 times

1  Actual efficiency ratio is 55.7% including BEE costs

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SHORT-TERM INSURANCE

KEY FACTS

Mutual & Federal (M&F) is the second-largest 
short-term insurer in South Africa, with operations 
in Namibia, Botswana and Zimbabwe. It provides 
a full range of short-term insurance products to 
commercial and domestic customers in five 
principal portfolios: Commercial including 
Agriculture, Corporate, Personal, Risk Finance, 
and Credit.

Adjusted operating profit (pre-tax) 

£103m

2009: £70m

Combined ratio

92.4%2009: 98.0%

Number of employees

2,222

2009: 2,115

Our brands

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Overview
In 2009, Old Mutual plc announced its intention  
to buy out the minority stake in M&F, making it  
a wholly-owned subsidiary. On completion of  
the transaction in 2010, M&F delisted from the 
Johannesburg Stock Exchange and developed a 
three-to-five-year strategic programme to deliver a real 
step change for the company. To drive delivery of the 
programme, Peter Todd was appointed as Managing 
Director in December 2010, following Keith Kennedy’s 
decision to retire in 2011. 

Strategy
M&F’s new vision and strategic objectives are aligned 
with Old Mutual Group’s theme of customer-centricity. 
The strategy aims to deliver the desired shareholder 
outcomes by identifying key market segments and 
providing them with relevant and suitably priced 
product solutions and efficient services through 
appropriate channels. The new vision, strategy and 
five strategic thrusts will be delivered through the Step 
Change Programme.

Our vision is to become the short-term insurer of 
choice, trusted by our customers to provide 
innovative solutions to protect them financially  
in the event of a loss.

Our strategy is to deliver strong underwriting profit 
and revenue growth by building a multi-channel 
business focused on delivering value for the 
customer and fostering close relationships with  
our strategic business partners.

The five strategic thrusts are:

1.    Embed profitable and sound underwriting 

processes

2.   Develop compelling and innovative offerings for 

targeted customer and broker segments

3.   Grow our customer base by servicing them 

through their channel of choice

4.   Deliver value through efficient and customer-

centric processes

5.   Transform our business to benefit our people 

and other stakeholders.

Over the next three years, M&F will continue 
focusing on implementation of the Step Change 
Programme to build a leadership position in the 
South African short-term insurance market.

Business profile

Commercial 

Corporate 

Personal  

Risk Finance   

Credit    

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multi-nationals. Corporate offerings include protection, fire policies, accident policies and 
motor fleet insurance. This portfolio is staffed with specialists in corporate insurance, 
supporting the major brokers in this sphere, with expertise in mining, engineering, chemical
production, motor vehicle manufacture and other major sectors.

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Managing Director  
Appointed, December 2010

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BUSINESS REVIEW

SHORT-TERM INSURANCE
CONTINUED

Strong performance following renewed focus

Highlights (Rm)

Underwriting result
Long-term investment return (LTIR)
Restructuring costs
Income from associates

Adjusted operating profit (IFRS basis, pre-tax)

Gross premiums
Earned premiums
Claims ratio
Combined ratio
Solvency ratio
Return on equity

Adjusted operating profit (IFRS basis, pre-tax) (£m)

Market context
In 2010, although market conditions had  
improved compared to 2009, tough economic 
conditions prevailed for consumers, and  
spending was constrained. 

The improvement in market conditions resulted 
from several factors – including successive interest 
rate cuts during the year, which reduced the cost 
of debt; consumer inflation declining and remaining 
within the target range, and improved customer 
confidence. GDP grew at the expected rate of 
3.0% by the end of 2010, a turnaround from the 
1.8% decline in 2009. Car sales increased as a 
result of car rental company purchases for the 
2010 Soccer World Cup, and consumers bought 
motor vehicles in anticipation of the new CO2 
emissions tax. Lastly, there was growth in the 
short-term industry market – particularly in the 
mass market area, where penetration is still low. 

On the other hand, challenges were presented  
by debt-income ratios and unemployment that 
remained high, constraining spending, particularly 
retail expenditure. Market competition has 
intensified with the entry and growth of direct 
businesses, aggregators and banks in the short-
term insurance space. In addition, the short-term 
insurance industry has had to face increased 
legislation such as the Financial Advisory and 
Intermediary Services Act (FAIS) Amendment to the 
General Code of Conduct enacted in October 2010. 

Review of results 2010
Mutual & Federal delivered a very strong underwriting 
result in 2010, with exceptional performance from  
the commercial, corporate and credit insurance 
portfolios assisted by a relatively benign claims 
environment. As a result of seasonal weather factors 
our performance in the second half is traditionally 
stronger than the first half, which is affected by heavy 
rains. This was particularly marked in 2010, when our 
performance steadily improved throughout the year 
after a weak first quarter, also helped by the absence 
of significant fire claims.

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6,859
63.8%
92.4%
73%
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% Change

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We were pleased to record an improvement in client 
service in 2010. This was confirmed when we took 
second place in the Ask Afrika Orange survey on 
short-term insurance, which assesses customer 
service standards. The year also marked our first 
entry into the direct insurance market, with the 
launch of our iWYZE initiative in May. This has 
progressed extremely well, although it will continue 
to require investment in the near term. We are also 
making good progress in our preparation for 
Solvency II and its equivalent in South Africa, which 
is known as Solvency Assessment and 
Management (or SAM).

BOOSTING FINANCIAL LITERACY

“ By investing in financial 
literacy, we’re not only 
benefiting the communities 
we operate in but also 
increasing the potential for 
new customers in the future.”

Michael McCann, Regional Sales 
Manager, Mutual & Federal

Managing Your Money is one of our 
financial literacy programmes run by 
Mutual & Federal. It helps teachers 
in South Africa to prepare effective 
and relevant mathematics literacy 
lessons by providing free training 
workshops and printed and 
multimedia resources that are fully 
aligned with the school curriculum. 

692,000 

Over the last three years we have 
reached over 692,000 children

The programme is helping hundreds 
of thousands of young people to set 
out on the path to financial 
independence, and demonstrating 
our commitment to membership of 
the South African Insurance 
Association and the Financial 
Sector Charter. 

While we will continue to maintain our focus on  
the broker market and look to grow our share  
of this channel through improved systems and 
service, 2011 will see a growing contribution from 
alternative channels. Besides the expected growth 
from iWYZE, we will increase our focus on niche 
businesses through alternative channels.

Following the successful buy-out of minorities in 
2010, the business is well positioned to extract 
more value from full membership of the Old Mutual 
Group. Coupled with a strong balance sheet and  
a greater focus on building new distribution 
channels, this should see us grow revenue while 
improving our expense ratios.

Underwriting and IFRS AOP results
Premiums remained flat on 2009 levels, largely  
as a result of the cancellation in late 2009 and  
early 2010 of some unprofitable portfolios that  
had consistently run at claims ratios above 80%. 
Our claims ratio decreased from 68.7% to 63.8% 
due to the favourable trading environment and 
focused management of claims costs.

The improving quality of our book of business, 
combined with a focus in 2010 on claims costs 
and improved pricing, allowed the business  
to deliver an underwriting result of 7.6%. Our 
operations in Namibia and Botswana continued  
to generate about 11% of our underwriting result 
between them.

Our expenses increased by 13% – primarily driven 
by inflation and profit-related pay, given the 
improved underwriting result.

Solvency margin
There has been a pleasing improvement in  
the solvency ratio (the ratio of net assets to net 
premiums) from 56% to 73%. This reflects the 
capital generated from the much-improved 
underwriting result and investment income.

Outlook
In 2011 we will continue to see the benefits  
of increased collaboration with OMSA, both in 
further growth of the iWYZE initiative, and as  
we identify opportunities for capital optimisation. 
Under our new Managing Director, Peter Todd,  
we have begun delivering our three-year strategic 
Step Change Programme. This aims to enhance 
profitability by focusing on growth while improving 
operating efficiencies across the business. 
However, the benign local claims environment in 
2010 is likely to see a softening in rates in 2011, 
which will put some pressure on underwriting 
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KEY FACTS

Trading as Old Mutual Asset Management 
(OMAM) and based in Boston, US Asset 
Management (USAM) is a global multi-boutique 
investment organisation serving institutional and 
individual investors around the world. Our 18 
boutique firms specialise in active investment 
management, offering more than 160 investment 
strategies that span an array of asset classes  
and investment solutions.

Adjusted operating profit (pre-tax) 

Selected affiliates

Net client cash flows
£bn

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FUM

Inflows

Outflows

Market 
and Other

Closing 
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£87m2009: £83m

Number of employees 

1,537

2009: 1,544

Funds under management 

£166.6bn

2009: £161.5bn

US ASSET MANAGEMENT

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Executive Vice President, 
Chief Operating Officer
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USAM affiliate capabilities

Over 160 investment strategies across a wide array of categories 

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(cid:3)(cid:81)(cid:3)(cid:3)Large, Mid, Small, Micro,
  All-Cap
(cid:81)(cid:3)(cid:3)Growth, Value, Core
(cid:81)(cid:3)(cid:3)Fundamental,
  Quantitative   

Global & Non-
US Equities

Fixed Income

Alternatives

(cid:3)

(cid:81)(cid:3)(cid:3)Global, International, 
  Regional, Country
  Specific
(cid:81)(cid:3)(cid:3)Large, Small, All-Cap
(cid:81)(cid:3)(cid:3)Developed, Emerging, 
  Frontier Markets 

(cid:3)

(cid:3)

(cid:3)

(cid:3)

(cid:3)

(cid:81)(cid:3)(cid:3)Long Duration,  

(cid:3)
Intermediate, Short-Term

(cid:81)(cid:3)(cid:3)Core, Core Plus, High
  Yield
(cid:81)(cid:3)(cid:3)Stable Value
(cid:81)(cid:3)(cid:3)Liquidity Management, 
  Money Market
(cid:81)(cid:3)(cid:3)TIPS
(cid:81)(cid:3)(cid:3)Global, International, 
  Emerging Markets 

(cid:3)

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(cid:81)(cid:3)(cid:3)130/30
(cid:81)(cid:3)(cid:3)Long/Short Variable 
   Bias
(cid:81)(cid:3)(cid:3)Market Neutral
(cid:81)(cid:3)(cid:3)Absolute Return
(cid:81)(cid:3)(cid:3)Global Tactical Asset 
  Allocation 
(cid:81)(cid:3)(cid:3)Portable Alpha
(cid:81)(cid:3)(cid:3)Hedge Fund Seeding
(cid:81)(cid:3)(cid:3)Hedge Fund Emerging
  Managers
(cid:81)(cid:3)(cid:3)Options Overlay
(cid:81)(cid:3)(cid:3)Managed Futures
(cid:81)(cid:3)(cid:3)Volatility Management
(cid:81)(cid:3)(cid:3)Currency Management
(cid:81)(cid:3)(cid:3)Real Estate (Public, 
  Private, Global)
(cid:81)(cid:3)(cid:3)Timber  

Full offering of investment vehicles

  (cid:81)(cid:3)(cid:3)Mutual Funds
(cid:81)(cid:3)(cid:3)Separate Accounts

(cid:3)
(cid:3)

Designed to meet investor needs

  (cid:81)(cid:3)(cid:3)High Net Worth 
(cid:81)(cid:3)(cid:3)Individual Investors
(cid:81)(cid:3)(cid:3)Sub-Advisory

(cid:3)
(cid:3)

(cid:3)(cid:81)(cid:3)(cid:3)Commingled Funds
(cid:81)(cid:3)(cid:3)Collective Trusts

(cid:3)

(cid:3)

(cid:3)(cid:81)(cid:3)(cid:3)Plan Sponsors (Private 
  & Public)
(cid:81)(cid:3)(cid:3)Endowments & Foundations
(cid:81)(cid:3)(cid:3)Corporations

Not all strategies are offered in all vehicles.

(cid:3)(cid:81)(cid:3)(cid:3)Hedge Funds
(cid:81)(cid:3)(cid:3)Fund of Hedge Funds

(cid:3)
(cid:3)

(cid:3)(cid:81)(cid:3)(cid:3)Defined Benefit
(cid:81)(cid:3)(cid:3)Defined Contribution
(cid:81)(cid:3)(cid:3)Taft-Hartley

(cid:3)

Markets and strategy overview
The investment environment in 2010 was 
characterised by a continued rebound in equity 
markets globally, although investors remained 
cautious in the wake of the global financial  
crisis. As a result, fixed income and alternative 
strategies remained in high demand among both 
individual and institutional investors while equity 
strategies (excluding emerging markets) broadly 
experienced outflows. 

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Appointed February 2011

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CONTINUED

Profits up 4% on higher average FUM, improving investment performance as 
markets began returning to fundamentals
Highlights ($m, unless otherwise stated)

2010

2009

% Change

Adjusted operating profit (IFRS basis, pre-tax)
Return on Capital
Operating margin
Net client cash flows ($bn)
Funds under management ($bn)

Adjusted operating profit (IFRS basis, pre-tax) (£m)

USAM seeks to become the leading multi-boutique 
investment organisation globally, with several 
sources of competitive advantage:

 (cid:81) A proven model for multi-boutique 

management. Over the past 10 years, USAM 
has demonstrated the ability to manage and 
develop a diverse portfolio of investment firms 
successfully. Our boutiques enjoy investment 
autonomy and equity incentives that attract and 
retain talented investors and promote business 
continuity. We enhance our boutiques’ growth 
and profitability through central services, 
including distribution, product development, 
capital support, strategic planning, risk 
management and a scaled shared services 
platform.

 (cid:81) Investment-focused and broadly diversified. As 

boutique investment managers singularly focused 
on asset management, our firms succeed when 
our clients succeed. Our boutiques invest with 
conviction and discipline, employing rigorous  
and consistent investment processes focused  
on delivering long-term results. Our firms serve 
institutional and individual investors around the 
world and benefit from the insights gained through 
a global client base. 

 (cid:81) Well-positioned for profitable growth. Our 

boutiques offer sought-after traditional and 
alternative products with significant FUM 
capacity. Capital investments offer the potential 
to accelerate growth by funding acquisitions 
and lift-outs, seeding new products, and 
making operating investments. With access to 
the breadth and depth of a large international 
financial services company like Old Mutual, 
USAM is well-positioned to continue its 
expansion outside the US.

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USAM represents an attractive business partner 
for talented investment managers. The business 
continues to invest in growth by expanding 
investment capabilities and growing its global client 
base through international distribution.

Review of results 2010
FUM across all affiliates totalled $259 billion,  
of which $217 billion (84%) was in long-term 
investment products and $42 billion (16%) was  
in short-term products. Long-term investment 
products were broadly diversified across equities 
($127 billion, 49%), fixed income ($60 billion, 23%) 
and alternative investments ($29 billion, 11%). 
Short-term products comprised stable value funds 
($41 billion, 16%) and cash ($1 billion, <1%).

USAM profits improved 4% over 2009 due 
primarily to higher average FUM, although year-end 
FUM were flat versus 2009. Gains from market 
appreciation and net inflows into fixed income 
products were offset by net outflows from equity, 
alternative and stable value products.

In February 2011, we announced the appointment 
of Peter Bain as USAM’s new Chief Executive 
Officer. Peter has over two decades of experience 
in leading and advising asset management firms, 
and his appointment is a key milestone in the firm’s 
growth plans.

Investment performance
Investment performance improved during the  
year across global equity, non-US equity and  
fixed income products. US equity strategies 
underperformed for the year as a whole, but 
showed improvement in the fourth quarter as  
the return to fundamentals began in US markets. 
Stable value products underperformed due to  
the impact of prior years’ underperformance in 
current-year returns.

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In aggregate, 51% of FUM across all strategies 
outperformed their respective benchmarks for the 
year, while 38% and 67% of FUM outperformed 
over three- and five-year time periods. This 
compared to 51%, 58% and 61% in 2009. 
Excluding short-term products, 60%, 45% and 
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outperformance over full market cycles.

IFRS AOP results
IFRS adjusted operating profit increased 4% or  
$5 million to $135 million in 2010, benefiting from 
higher average FUM. Management fees were up 
$50 million or 8%, while other revenues were flat. 
Performance fees increased during the second half 
compared to the second half of 2009, reflecting 
recent improvements in investment performance.

Operating margin and cost management
Our operating margin of 18% was consistent with 
2009, although we realised annual expense savings 
of $23 million through restructuring actions 
undertaken in 2009.

Total expenses were 8% or $46 million higher than 
2009. The increase was driven by higher variable 
compensation, in line with revenue growth, 
one-time charges associated with acceleration  
of the DAC write-off given net client cash outflows  
in 2010, and equity plan implementations.

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Net client cash flows 
Net client cash outflows totalled $18.0 billion  
(2009: $7.1 billion) as net inflows into fixed income 
products were offset by outflows in equity, 
alternative and stable value products. Similar 
trends were observed in our US peer group.  
Net outflows were primarily driven by rebalancing-
related withdrawals from continuing clients as  
both institutions and individuals continued to favour 
fixed income over equity investments during the 
year. The bulk of the net outflows was concentrated 
in three affiliates and was weighted towards the 
second half, traditionally a peak period for mandate 
changes. Gross inflows from new accounts 
exceeded $10 billion as all 18 USAM affiliates won 
new business during the year, with fixed income 
and international equity products attracting the bulk 
of new investment.

Funds under management
FUM were $259 billion at the year-end (2009: $261 
billion). The USAM business is broadly diversified, 
with, for example, international and global equity 
products accounting for 22% of the FUM. Non-US 
clients accounted for 29% of FUM. The addition  
of Echo Point Investment Management in October 
2010 brought $1.6 billion in FUM, while the sale of 
Thomson Horstmann & Bryant reduced FUM by 
$1.7 billion. The restructuring of the discontinued 
US Life business portfolio resulted in the transfer  
of $5.4 billion of FUM from USAM during the year.

Affiliate developments
Echo Point Investment Management began 
operation as a USAM affiliate on 1 October 2010, 
launching with $1.6 billion in FUM in international 
growth equities. During the fourth quarter the firm 
received additional investment commitments from 
two current clients as it demonstrated its ability to 
operate effectively in a multi-boutique structure.

Product and distribution developments
Barrow, Hanley, Mewhinney & Strauss surpassed 
$1.9 billion FUM in its international value product  
as investors bought into this non-US equity 
application of the firm’s proven expertise in value 
investing. The firm also launched a global equity 
product in the fourth quarter, and with a mandate 
from Old Mutual’s South African business, the 
product now has $1.0 billion in FUM.

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CONTINUED

USAM boutique investment managers

Affiliate 

Established

Investment style 

1951

Fundamental US growth manager

Funds under 
management 
31 December 
2010

$0.5bn

2005

Quantitative commodity trading adviser of managed futures 
portfolios

$0.2bn

1986

Quantitative US, global & international equity manager

$49.0bn

1970

Quantitative equity & fixed income manager

1973

Fundamental US growth manager

1979

1981

Fundamental US global & international value equity & US fixed 
income manager

Second-largest timber investment management company in  
the US

$6.3bn

$4.0bn

$60.3bn

$5.7bn

2005

Fundamental US small/SMID growth & global equity manager

$1.7bn

1983

US fixed income manager

$47.3bn

2010

Fundamental international growth equity manager

$1.6bn

1966

Public and private real estate, real estate debt manager

$16.9bn

1972

Fundamental US value equity manager

1999

Multi-strategy fund of hedge funds manager & hedge fund 
seeding specialist

$2.4bn

$1.5bn

1982

Fundamental global value equity and fixed income manager

$2.9bn

2009

Fundamental concentrated US equity manager

$0.7bn

1986

Fundamental & quantitative global and fixed income manager 

$7.1bn

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Fundamental global fixed income manager 

1969

Fundamental US/international value equity & fixed income 
manager

$42.8bn

$8.0bn

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Larch Lane Advisors launched the Alpha Evolution 
Fund, a fund of hedge funds that leverages the 
firm’s expertise in early-stage hedge funds by 
identifying and investing in smaller and/or newer 
funds. Target investors for Alpha Evolution are 
primarily institutions that are unable to commit to  
a long lock-up of their capital because of liquidity 
guidelines, but want the potential benefits of an 
investment in early-stage hedge funds.

USAM affiliates launched several new UCITS 
vehicles in 2010 to tap global investors’ growing 
preference for registered pooled vehicles. Rogge 
Global Partners (Global High Yield), Acadian Asset 
Management (Emerging Market Equities) and 
Heitman (Global REIT) each introduced new UCITS 
products that expand the global marketability of 
their respective investment capabilities.

Our global distribution continued to expand, with 
the addition of new staff and the opening of an 
office in the Middle East. We continue to focus our 
US retail distribution efforts on professional buyer 
channels that value the institutional orientation of 
USAM affiliates.

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Outlook
During the recent period of market dislocation, 
investors and their advisers increased their focus 
on macro investment performance rather than 
investing on a fundamentals basis. Many USAM 
affiliates found it challenging to deliver superior 
performance in these conditions, and this 
contributed to net client cash outflows.  
However, 2010 saw the beginning of a return to 
fundamentals-based investing and our investment 
performance improved as a result. If US markets 
maintain this trend in 2011, we are well positioned 
to achieve further improvements in investment 
performance and, over time, a reversal of net client 
cash outflows. In an environment where investors 
begin to increase their risk appetite and migrate 
towards equities, our extensive equity product 
portfolio is positioned to capture its share of 
growing flows. The growing attractiveness of 
non-US equity exposure in both investment 
allocation and equity management should favour 
the USAM business model and strategy.

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NON-CORE AND DISCONTINUED 
BUSINESS OPERATIONS

US Life 
Life sales summary 
APE sales at $143 million increased by 34% relative 
to the comparative period. Fixed indexed annuities, 
which represent more than half of the total APE, 
increased 30% in 2010 compared to 2009. The 
increase was driven by product revisions and 
competitive annuity rates. The sales levels are 
within the range set for the business and reflect the 
approach to managing capital within the business. 
Our top 10 annuity distribution partners who have 
represented an average of 60% of our total sales 
volume over the past five years grew sales 
collectively by 62% in 2010.

IFRS results 
The IFRS pre-tax profit for the year for the US Life 
business was $50 million (2009: loss of $195 
million), with financial performance benefiting from 
lower impairment losses and the reversal of prior 
impairments, partially offset by higher deferred 
policy acquisition costs amortisation as a result of 
higher gross profits. 

Value of new business 
The value of new business decreased by $66 
million relative to the comparative period. The 
decrease in VNB was mainly due to the extended 
low yield environment and a lower assumed 
liquidity premium. The negative VNB position is 
largely the result of the MCEV basis used, where 
credit spreads in addition to the liquidity premium 
are not valued in the determination of MCEV, but 
shown as earnings when earned. Although we 
believe that the VNB is positive on an EEV basis, 
the negative figure on the MCEV basis quantifies 
the extent to which the business would rely on 
earning credit spreads in order to provide the 
guarantees underwritten. Management actions 
taken during the period included lowering 
commission rates and increasing bonus on certain 
products, which improved consumer value.

MCEV results
The 2010 operating MCEV earnings after tax of $72 
million decreased significantly relative to the 
comparative period. This was mainly due to the 
2009 expected returns being based off higher asset 
yields, higher credit spreads and a very depressed 
starting position. The persistency assumption 
changes of Universal Life insurance plans (UL) and 
Return of Premium term insurance plans (ROP) also 
contributed to the lower MCEV operating earnings. 
Operating experience variances were higher than 

2009. Fixed Indexed Annuity (FIA) contributed most 
to the favourable result in 2010. The positive variance 
of FIA was primarily due to higher than expected 
surrenders of FIA contracts that are unprofitable on 
an MCEV basis, while in 2009, the positive impact 
from higher than expected surrenders were more 
than offset by the negative impact from lower than 
expected interest margins.

MCEV increased by $220 million over the year. In 
addition to the effects above, other significant 
movements affecting the closing MCEV were the 
variances related to the change in economic 
conditions, largely due to reduced risk-free rates 
and lower credit spreads, partially offset by the 
liquidity premium reducing from 100 bps to 75 bps. 

Funds under management 
Funds under management ended the year at  
$17.2 billion, up $0.5 billion from the opening 
position, primarily due to a $0.8 billion increase in 
the market value of the investment portfolio for the 
year and increased net investment income. Net 
client cash flows improved by 47% in 2010 
compared to 2009 primarily due to lower surrender 
activity and higher sales in 2010. Net cash and 
short term holdings at 31 December 2010 were 
$630 million.

Investment portfolio 
The net unrealised position on the fixed income 
security portfolio improved to a net gain of $309 
million at 31 December 2010 ($497 million net 
unrealised loss at 31 December 2009 and $138 
million net unrealised gain at 30 June 2010). 
Although the increase in Treasury yields during the 
fourth quarter of 2010 negatively affected the net 
unrealised position, as credit spreads were tighter 
overall on a year-on-year basis, the unrealised 
position improved compared to the prior year. In 
addition, management undertook selective 
de-risking of the investment portfolio. As at 31 
December 2010, $546 million of the total $551 
million of the specified securities in the stock 
purchase agreement with Harbinger Capital 
Partners had been sold at terms better than those 
expected on signing of the sale agreement. The 
remaining $5 million of specified securities have 
been sold since the year end.

The quality of the investment portfolio improved 
throughout the year and 92% of the total portfolio 
had a market-to-book value ratio greater than  
90% at the end of 2010. The market to book value 
ratio of the fixed income portfolio improved from 
97% at the beginning of the year to 102% at  
31 December 2010. 

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There were no defaults in 2010. Net realised gains 
in 2010 of $19 million include $22 million of trading 
gains on previously impaired securities that had 
recovered in fair value and $70 million of losses 
realised on the sale of securities in anticipation of 
the sale of the company. US Life also generated 
$64 million of net gains on de-risking trades during 
favourable market conditions. Expected cash flows 
on certain previously impaired structured securities 
improved significantly in 2010, resulting in $54 
million of revaluation gains. These revaluation gains 
were partially offset by impairments. 

During 2010, IFRS impairments were $50 million, 
generally in line with our long-term assumption of 
$48 million, and compared to $389 million in 2009. 
The 2010 impairments on 42 securities related 
primarily to structured securities, with the losses 
due to adverse changes in expected cash flows, or 
the likelihood of diminished loss coverage from 
distressed monoline insurers that guaranteed the 
performance of the security. The impairment 
losses were primarily in RMBS ($30 million), ABS 
($8 million), and CMBS ($6 million). 

Capital 
OM Financial Life‘s risk-based capital ratio 
increased from 312% as at 31 December 2009 to 
350% as at 31 December 2010. Regulatory capital 
grew $83 million during 2010 driven by strong 
statutory operating earnings. OM Financial Life’s 
required capital decreased (at the targeted 300% 
level) primarily due to a lower risk investment 
portfolio offset by capital required for new business 
growth. The US Life Group distributed a total of 
$109 million to Old Mutual plc in 2010 comprising 
of $59 million from OM Financial Life Insurance 
Company and $50 million from OM Re. 

Bermuda 
As disclosed in our Preliminary Results in March 
2010, Bermuda remains a non-core business, and 
as such its profits are therefore excluded from the 
Group’s IFRS adjusted operating profit. A review  
of the operating performance of Bermuda is set 
out below:

Overview
The business continued to perform well against its 
strategy with significant enhancements delivered in 
2010 including business service improvements, 
further enhancements to liability management and 
to management information to improve the 
dynamic management of exposures and further 
de-risk the Guaranteed Minimum Accumulation 
Benefits (GMABs) attached to certain of the 
in-force variable annuities.

Surrender activity in 2010 occurred largely in 
respect of variable annuity contracts without 
GMABs, with the business instituting a focused 
conservation strategy supported by high customer 
interaction in order to retain as much of this 
profitable business as possible. Surrender 
behaviour with respect to variable annuity 
contracts with GMABs is directly influenced by the 
differential between the value of the underlying 
funds and the nominal level of the guarantee, as 
well as the financial circumstances of the 
policyholder. The recovery across global equity 
markets, particularly in the fourth-quarter in 2010, 
resulted in an increase in the number of contracts 
where the underlying fund values were greater than 
the level of the guarantee. This resulted in a sharp 
increase in the levels of contracts with GMABs 
surrendering in the fourth quarter of 2010, with 
overall surrender activity across GMAB contracts 
for the year at close to double 2009 levels (2010: 
1,211 policies; 2009: 638 policies). Further gains 
across global equity markets in 2011 would be 
expected to result in increased levels of surrenders 
across variable annuity contracts with GMABs, 
accelerating the run-off of these contracts. 
Ultimately, surrender activity will determine the 
speed of the run-off and the extent and timing of 
any associated capital, or cash release for this 
business. In February 2011, the business launched 
an offer to account holders with non-Hong Kong 
UGO contracts permitting them to surrender their 
contracts without incurring penalties. The special 
offer increased the rate and number of surrenders 
across this book, further de-risking the business. 
The take-up rate was 6.2% at 4 March 2011. 
Management will continue to assess demand for 
similar such offers in the future.

IFRS Results
The IFRS pre-tax profit for the year for the 
Bermuda business was $34 million (2009: $34 
million), with financial performance benefiting from 
lower guarantee losses as a result of the improved 
effectiveness of the hedging programme, improved 
basis risk management, favourable equity markets 
and currency movements. The impact of the 
dynamic hedging programme over the course of 
2010 was also beneficial in reducing losses in 
respect of GMABs and favourable equity markets 
over the course of the year further resulted in lower 
GMAB reserve requirements at the end of the year. 

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NON-CORE AND DISCONTINUED 
BUSINESS OPERATIONS
CONTINUED

MCEV results
The 2010 operating MCEV earnings resulted in a 
loss after tax of $36 million, a marginal decrease 
relative to the comparative period. Operating 
earnings include negative corrections and 
modelling changes in 2010 compared to significant 
positive corrections and modelling changes in 
2009. This is however partially offset by much 
improved persistency experience variances in 2010 
and large negative persistency assumption 
changes in 2009 that were not repeated. 

In addition to the effects above, other significant 
movements affecting the closing MCEV related to 
the movement in GMAB reserve requirements due 
to market performance and changes in economic 
conditions, net of the effects of hedging 
guarantees. Performance benefited from 
favourable equity and currency markets, with 
improved basis risk management and 
effectiveness of the hedging programme. This was 
dampened by reductions in interest rates as 
hedges were lifted early on in the year. 

Reserves
Of total insurance liabilities of $6,106 million (2009: 
$6,741 million), $4,495 million (2009: $4,688 million) 
is held in the separate account, relating to variable 
annuity investments where all risk is borne by 
policyholders. The remaining reserves amount to 
$1,611 million (2009: $2,053 million), which is split 
into $672 million (2009: $766 million) in respect of 
GMAB / GMDB liabilities on the variable annuity 
business, and $939 million (2009: $1,290 million) in 
respect of policyholder liabilities which are 
supported by the fixed income portfolio (these 
liabilities include deferred and fixed indexed 
annuity business as well as variable annuity fixed 
interest investments). Non-separate account 
reserves are calculated on a policy-by-policy basis, 
updated frequently and verified independently.

GMAB / GMDB reserve calculations rely on the 
mapping of policyholder investment funds to 
hedgeable indices to determine market-consistent 
assumptions. Fund mapping updates are 
performed at least quarterly, the results of which 
better allocate exposures to Asian and other 
emerging markets (which require higher levels of 
reserving given their higher inherent volatility) 
thereby improving the accuracy of the reserve 
calculations. Overall, this market-consistent 
valuation methodology is guided by the fund 
mapping process. Throughout the year, the 
business continued to maintain a very significant 

statutory capital surplus against its minimum 
required capital of $250,000, ending the year  
with statutory surplus capital of $625 million  
(2009: $586 million).

Investment portfolio
No defaults or impairments were recorded during 
2010 (2009: $20 million). The net unrealised 
position improved to a gain of $31 million as at 31 
December 2010 ($29 million loss as at 31 
December 2009) as a result of de-risking efforts 
within the portfolio through the sale of a number of 
holdings offsetting gains and losses and the 
narrowing of corporate spreads. The book value of 
the portfolio reduced from $1.0 billion at the end of 
2009 to $0.8 billion as at 31 December 2010, 
largely as investments were sold to meet surrender 
activity and withdrawals. The fixed income portfolio 
remained at an average credit quality of A2 
(Moody’s rating scale), with investment grade 
quality holdings continuing to represent more than 
90% of the portfolio. As at 31 December 2010, the 
book value of the investment portfolio with a 
market value to book value ratio of 80% or less 
was $3 million (compared to $71 million at 31 
December 2009).

Management of hedging
Over the course of 2010, the business continued to 
dynamically manage the underlying economics of 
the hedging programme in order to strike a 
balance between the potential changes in the 
income statement, available cash, liquidity and 
transactional costs arising from movements in 
market levels. A number of adjustments to the 
hedging programme were made over the course of 
2010 as a result of turbulent market conditions, 
with the business ending the year approximately 
57% hedged against adverse equity and foreign 
exchange market movements. The accumulated 
unrealised profit or loss, as measured by the 
stop-loss metric from the time the current hedge 
framework was implemented on 17 September 
2009 was a gain of $145 million by 31 December 
2010 (2009: $104 million). The hedging team 
evaluates the hedging strategy, including the most 
appropriate level of hedges on a continuing basis, 
with any proposed changes to the strategy subject 
to strict oversight. The stop-loss protocol 
established in September 2009 remains in place, 
and continues to be monitored daily by Group to 
ensure that a common understanding of the 
resultant impact on capital, cash and profit and 
loss on a timely basis. 

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Outlook
Whilst turbulent market conditions could have a 
material impact, the business has performed 
credibly over the past year, with the key priorities 
for 2011 focused on continuing this momentum 
through continued efforts to de-risk the GMAB 
exposure in the variable annuity book, through a 
range of measures. These include execution 
against the stated dynamic hedging strategy to 
contain key risk exposures; continued 
implementation of the conservation strategy to 
better retain profitable non-guaranteed business, 
supported by enhanced customer and service 
offerings; ongoing prudent management of capital 
and liquidity; ongoing evaluation of risk 
management and key business decision-making 
processes across the business to align with 
Group’s Enterprise Risk Management framework; 
and maintenance of cost discipline, with a focus on 
delivering further planned expense reductions.

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RISK AND CAPITAL MANAGEMENT

Embedding a risk and value management culture

“ We view risk not only as a threat or  
uncertainty, but also as an opportunity  
to grow and develop the business,  
within the context of our risk appetite.”
Andrew Birrell
Group Risk and Actuarial Director

One of our major strategic objectives for 2010 was 
to align capital management more closely with our 
risk profile at both Group and business unit level, 
thus enhancing our capability to create value within 
a clearly defined risk appetite. Our revised 
operating model, in conjunction with a more robust 
risk management framework, has enabled us to 
make more informed decisions to take risks in 
areas where we:

Risk and Capital Drive Value

Value Created

Required capital 
is a function 
of the risk 
distribution

Risk profile 
is a key driver 
of value 
creation

Risk
Assumed

Capital 
Required

Risk and capital need
 to be considered in 
conjunction with each 
other, in order to determine 
risk-adjusted returns

 (cid:81) Understand the nature of the risks we are 

taking and the consequences of those risks

 (cid:81) Demonstrate the ability to accurately 

determine the capital required to assume 
these risks

 (cid:81) Model and validate the range of returns that  
we can earn on the capital required to back 
these risks

 (cid:81) Optimise the risk adjusted rate of return we 
can earn by reducing the range of adverse 
outcomes and increasing the range of 
acceptable return.

We have made significant progress in 
implementing a model framework where risk, 
capital and value are fully aligned with commercial 
objectives and the new European Solvency II 
regulations taking effect from 1 January 2013. This 

Andrew Birrell 
Group Risk and Actuarial Director

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has been driven by our integrated Capital, Risk and 
Financial Transformation (iCRaFT) programme, 
which will deliver significant benefits to the 
business – including compliance with the Solvency 
II requirements. Our progress was recognised in 
August 2010 when the Financial Services Authority 
accepted us into its Internal Model Approval 
Process, enabling us to give both shareholders 
and stakeholders assurance of our capability  
to deliver Solvency II readiness in line with 
corporate objectives.

unacceptably high risk of capital depletion in the 
event of adverse outcomes. In 2010 we completed 
one of the key steps towards achieving this 
objective and bringing risk ‘alive’ by defining a clear 
risk strategy. This outlines the risks that we believe 
give the Group the appropriate risk/capital balance; 
it is aligned with the Group’s objectives and will be 
reviewed annually. The integration of risk with 
performance and business strategy will build 
long-term value and ensure that we avoid following 
short-term gain with later disappointments.

This section of the report describes the progress 
made by our Group during 2010 in developing our 
risk and capital modelling frameworks. Risk 
management is integral to the Group’s corporate 
vision and is an expression of how we consider 
potential downside outcomes and upside value-
creating opportunity in the context of sustainable, 
high-quality returns on capital utilised, to deliver 
financial value for our shareholders and peace of 
mind to our customers. We have strengthened 
operational, strategic and financial risk processes 
to ensure that where we accept risk we do so 
within an appetite and control environment 
supported by a clearly defined ‘three lines of 
defence’ model:

First line of defence: day-to-day management of 
risk is the responsibility of senior management in 
our businesses and plays an integral part in their 
decision-making process.

Second line of defence: risk oversight is 
provided by the Group and business unit Chief 
Risk Officers and Board and Management Risk 
Committees, whose role is to provide robust 
challenge to the management teams based on 
quantitative and qualitative metrics. These 
committees are supported by the specialist risk 
management and compliance functions across 
the Group.

Third line of defence: independent verification 
and challenge of the adequacy and effectiveness 
of the internal risk and control management 
framework is provided by the Group and business 
unit Internal Audit teams.

The pursuit of value requires us to balance risk 
assumed with capital required – aiming to provide 
higher certainty of risk-adjusted returns within an 
acceptable level of risk assumed and capital 
required, without exposing ourselves to 

We continually strive to enhance risk and capital 
management methodologies by quantifying risk 
more consistently to identify threats, uncertainties 
and opportunities and in turn develop mitigation 
and management strategies that achieve optimal 
outcomes.

Within our model, the Group’s capital is quantified 
according to the metrics described on page 100. 
Businesses plan their capital consumption using 
internally agreed targets, which have been set to 
ensure that strategic objectives can be delivered 
under a wide range of market and trading 
conditions. Business units need to consider these 
capital requirements against the potential margin 
that can be earned from their activities, and the 
resulting risk exposures are assessed on the basis 
of the expected variance in key metrics in response 
to specific risk events, covering the full range of 
risks to which the Group is exposed. 

Risk management forms an integral part of the 
strategic planning process and is directly linked  
to the Group’s corporate objectives. It provides a 
group-wide overview that links all business units 
within a single framework. This process enhances 
the Group’s capability to assess strategic 
allocation of capital and the ability to identify, 
monitor and manage emerging risks.

We view risk not only as a threat or uncertainty,  
but also as an opportunity to grow and develop  
the business, within the context of our risk appetite. 
So our approach to risk management is not limited 
to considering downside impacts or risk avoidance; 
it also encompasses taking risk knowingly for 
competitive advantage. Solvency II will require 
companies to consider their approach to risk, 
capital and value management more robustly, and 
we believe that our initiatives to date fit well with this. 

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RISK AND CAPITAL MANAGEMENT
CONTINUED

Risk management is integral to the Group’s 
decision-making and management processes.  
The Group’s ambition, which we continue to 
embed through iCRaFT, is to make effective risk 
management part of all our day-to-day roles, thus 
enhancing the quality of strategic, capital allocation 
and day-to-day business decisions. This has to be 
driven from the top of our organisation, and we 
made significant progress in 2010 by starting the 
cultural change process through extensive 
education and training sessions across our 
businesses at all levels, including at Board level. 
This was aided in 2010 by the Group Remuneration 
Committee, which requested explicit reports on 
the extent to which risk exposures have linked into 
results delivered, and whether these risk 
exposures have complied with the agreed risk 
appetite. This information has been used as a 
factor in determining incentive payments. 

I believe we have continued to make great strides 
in 2010 on our journey towards achieving and 
embedding best practice standards in risk 
management – and applying and integrating them 
with governance, capital, financial and 
performance management. I believe the activities 
outlined in this report will give you a better 

understanding of the progress we have made, 
provide insight into how we intend to continue our 
journey towards better outcomes, and ensure we 
fulfil the requirements of Solvency II.

Andrew Birrell
Group Risk and Actuarial Director

A pragmatic, balanced approach

High

Return

Managing risk
to add value

Exposed and
destroying value

Control to
minimize risk

Low

“Brakes off,
destroying value”

“Brakes on, going
nowhere”

Ignorant

Managing

Obsessed

Value

Approach to risk

Optimising the upside and managing the downside

Risk management is an integral part of our 
management’s decision-making process, 
enabling us to manage adverse impacts by 
helping to ensure that:

 (cid:81)  Risk-taking is a consciously chosen strategic 

decision and not accidental

 (cid:81)  Risk management is optimal and capital is 

effectively employed

 (cid:81)  The frequency and severity of surprises are 
reduced by timely measurement, mitigation  
and control.

Successful risk management does not mean 
that downside events will never occur, but that 
they happen infrequently and with low severity. 

The Group also manages upside risk by 
exploring and exploiting risk opportunities,  
while ensuring that risks associated with these 
opportunities are fully understood and 
acceptable. This allows the Group:

 (cid:81)  Greater flexibility for reallocation of capital  
and risk capacity when opportunities arise

 (cid:81)  Competitive advantage through greater 
understanding of risk types, pricing  
and management.

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Achievements in 2010 and objectives for 
the future
The following section sets out the progress we 
made in 2010 and our objectives for the future, 
as we instil risk management techniques to 
generate value.

Achievements in 2010 
During the last 12 months we made significant 
progress towards embedding the ‘strategic 
controller’ operating model across the Group by 
revising the governance structure and processes, 
clarifying roles and responsibilities of Group and 
business units, and increasing the Group presence 
on business unit Boards and committees. We 
introduced revised governance committees and 
mandates in line with the recommendations made 
by the Walker Review of corporate governance. We 
set up dedicated Board Risk Committees in the 
major subsidiaries by separating the risk 
component from the previously combined Audit 
and Risk Committees. Heads of control functions 
in business units have an additional reporting line 
to their equivalent Group function head. Any 
concerns or issues raised by a business unit  
Chief Risk Officer will also be addressed at 
equivalent Group level. 

Group Operating Model

Business
unit

Group 

CRO

Group
GRO

In June 2010 the new Old Mutual Group Risk 
Strategy was completed and ratified by the Group 
Board. This is an integral part of the business 
planning process in which business units are 
required to ensure that plans align with strategy 
and reflect risk appetite limits. Over the past 12 
months we made significant progress in 
developing and rolling out the tools that will help 
embed risk management more deeply during 2011 
– including a system to monitor and to report on 
risks, issues and controls and their management, 
and a system for monitoring counterparty 
credit exposures.

Learning from any previous errors and issues is 
vital in the continuing development of risk 
frameworks and management. The reduction in 
operational losses, compared with the previous 

year, reflects how well this was embedded 
throughout the organisation in 2010. We will 
continue striving to reduce these losses further 
throughout 2011.

Our consistent group-wide ‘three lines of defence’ 
approach has enabled us to quantify exposures 
and, where appropriate, implement strategies to 
mitigate levels of risk deemed to be beyond our 
appetite. Where risk exposures are higher than our 
determined appetite we have implemented 
arrangements that allow us to monitor exposures 
continuously, implement proactive measures and 
ensure that they do not increase further.

Risk management system
We firmly believe that robust IT is a vital aid to 
embedding risk management in the Group. We 
have moved to implement our long-term strategy 
for a Group risk assessment and modelling tool in 
light of Solvency II and the iCRaFT vision. This tool 
has been designed to record qualitative data for all 
risk types and help calculate the capital required 
for operational risk. A centrally-hosted version has 
been piloted and will be embedded across the 
Group in 2011, providing a consistent group-wide 
platform for rapid collation and analysis of risks. 

We have developed risk and control self-
assessment, loss event and key risk indicator 
functionality, which will be implemented across the 
business by Q3 2011. All business units will be 
trained on the new system and methodology 
refinements. In the longer term we expect the risk 
tool to enable us to align our methodologies for 
risk management and financial controls. As the 
system can only be as good as the data in it, we 
are paying particular attention to reviewing and 
cleansing all risk data before moving it to the new 
system. In the first half of the year we will introduce 
the ability to calculate the capital required for the 
operational risks we have in the business; and  
this system will align with the capital modelling tool 
for all risks which is also due for completion in  
H1 2011.

Objectives for the year ahead
We are committed to building on our 
accomplishments in risk management to date in 
order to ensure best practice standards in our risk 
management framework. The iCRaFT programme is 
key to our aim of embedding a culture of ‘managing 
for value’. We began it in April 2008 and it remains on 
target to be fully delivered by the end of 2012. As a 
business owned initiative, rather than a risk and 
actuarial programme, it will deliver positive benefits to 
the Group – including, we believe, full compliance 
with Solvency II requirements. 

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RISK AND CAPITAL MANAGEMENT
CONTINUED

Our focus in 2011 is on embedding a consistent 
risk framework in the business units’ first line of 
defence, with increased emphasis on risk 
considerations in strategic decision making 
through business planning, to obtain better 
outcomes in terms of returns, capital and risk 
exposure. This will be achieved through education 
and cultural change, using the tools developed in 
the iCRaFT programme.

Integrated Capital, Risk and Financial 
Transformation (iCRaFT) programme 
and Solvency II
The group-wide iCRaFT business change 
programme is designed to deliver the tools and 
processes that support management in achieving 
its key objectives by improving risk management 
standards and capital modelling techniques, and 
integrating them with strategic business 
performance management. By linking risk to 
business performance and capital management, 
the iCRaFT programme will deliver a platform that 
enables business units to maximise long-term 
value, and evidence Solvency II compliance, by 
January 2013. 

Over the past 12 months the iCRaFT programme 
has focused on developing an internal model 
capable of meeting these key business 
requirements:

Strategic planning and capital management

 (cid:81) The calculation of a Solvency Capital 

Requirement (SCR) that accurately reflects the 
risk profile of the business at legal entity level

 (cid:81) The completion of an Own Risk and Solvency 

Assessment (ORSA) that accurately reflects the 
risks in the business and the economic capital 
required to deliver the Group’s strategic 
objectives

 (cid:81) A capital control framework aimed at allocating 
capital more effectively within the Group, which 
is capable of responding dynamically to 
changing capital needs.

Capital modelling

 (cid:81) Measurement, projection, reporting and 

scenario testing capability for solvency and 
economic capital.

The internal model is a key concept in Solvency II

Internal Model

Internal Model Definition

Data Processes
(cid:81)(cid:3)(cid:3)Policy systems
(cid:81)(cid:3)(cid:3)Claims systems
(cid:81)(cid:3)(cid:3)Asset systems 
(cid:81)(cid:3)(cid:3)External Data

Risk Assessment
(cid:81)(cid:3)(cid:3)Risk Universe
(cid:81)(cid:3)(cid:3)Operational risk data
(cid:81)(cid:3)(cid:3)Risk register
(cid:81)(cid:3)(cid:3)Concentrations
(cid:81)(cid:3)(cid:3)Counterparty Data
(cid:81)(cid:3)(cid:3)Risk Transfer

Business 
Processes
(cid:81)(cid:3)(cid:3)Business Plans
(cid:81)(cid:3)(cid:3)Pricing
(cid:81)(cid:3)(cid:3)Mangagement 
    Actions
(cid:81)(cid:3)(cid:3)Reserving

Level 1 Asset & 
Liability Models
(cid:81)(cid:3)(cid:3)Various

Data policies

Assumption setting policy

Data grouping/
model point 
policy

Assumption setting 
process

Input and output data attributes 
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Model Governance

Model Change Policy 

Validation Policy

Internal 
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Current & 
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Capital 
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(SCR & 
Economic
Capital) 

Balance 
Sheet 
(assets & 
liabilities)

Analysis 
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Change

Sensitivity
Analysis

Use Test

Governance
(cid:81)(cid:3)(cid:3)Board
(cid:81)(cid:3)(cid:3)Executive
(cid:81)(cid:3)(cid:3)Risk Management 
(cid:81)(cid:3)(cid:3)Finance
(cid:81)(cid:3)(cid:3)Actuarial
(cid:81)(cid:3)(cid:3)Underwriting

Risk & Capital 
Management
(cid:81)(cid:3)(cid:3)Capital strategy
(cid:81)(cid:3)(cid:3)Risk Profile
(cid:81)(cid:3)(cid:3)ORSA
(cid:81)(cid:3)(cid:3)Risk appetite
(cid:81)(cid:3)(cid:3)Exposure 
  management
(cid:81)(cid:3)(cid:3)Asset-liability
  management
(cid:81)(cid:3)(cid:3)Capital management

Business Processes
(cid:81)(cid:3)(cid:3)Strategy
(cid:81)(cid:3)(cid:3)Mergers and 
  aquisitions
(cid:81)(cid:3)(cid:3)Business planning
(cid:81)(cid:3)(cid:3)Product development
(cid:81)(cid:3)(cid:3)Capital allocation
(cid:81)(cid:3)(cid:3)Pricing
(cid:81)(cid:3)(cid:3)Underwriting
(cid:81)(cid:3)(cid:3)Reinsurance purchase
(cid:81)(cid:3)(cid:3)Performance
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We believe our investment in iCRaFT will bring a 
new level of maturity and robustness to our risk 
management processes and internal controls. 
Once complete, it will give the Board and other 
management bodies enhanced tools for meeting 
their responsibilities to shareholders and 
customers by ensuring that the Group is always 
operating to its target best-practice standards.
‘Managing for value’ is at the heart of what iCRaFT 
is trying to achieve. It will show that whilst we must 
be prepared to take on risks, we will manage them 
in an integrated and consistent way with proper 
care for our customers, shareholders and staff.

Robust, evolving Enterprise Risk Management 
During the past 12 months we have strengthened 
our risk management framework, embedding a risk 
appetite process into the first line of defence and 
increasing challenge on risks and management 
actions. We have developed a process and 
accompanying dashboards to assess the 
effectiveness of the embedded framework in 
business units. We have reviewed and revised  
the Group top risks to better reflect the risk profile 
and developed processes for continuous review.

We continually review our risk management 
framework, including risk assessment and 
modelling tools, against Solvency II and longer 
term requirements. We have aligned our risk 
categorisation model with our internal capital 
model framework and developed key risk 
indicators for the Group’s top risks. A clearly 
defined escalation process for all risk-related 
matters is now firmly embedded in business units.

We have enhanced our operational loss data 
collection and analysis processes, enabling 
business units to focus on action to prevent 
recurrences as well as remediation. We have put 
thresholds in place for reporting losses to 
appropriate committees, and a greater emphasis 
on analysing losses by category has enabled us to 
take more streamlined action. The enhanced risk 
reporting framework provides better quality 
management information and the introduction of 
standard risk reports has ensured consistency of 
reporting to committees. Snapshot reporting 
outlines key risk information in each business unit 
and supports the Executive Committee’s decision 
making processes. Policies will be amended in line 
with the revised strategic controller model, risk 
management categories and Solvency II.

Improved oversight and governance

 (cid:81) An embedded risk and control self-assessment 
process giving us the capability to monitor all 
risks and associated events across all risk 
categories

 (cid:81) Defined key risk indicators (KRIs) 

 (cid:81) Strong asset and liability management 

incorporating embedded risk escalation 
mechanisms.

Risk Appetite

 (cid:81) The ability to monitor risk limits against risk 
appetite by risk type at business unit and  
Group level

 (cid:81) An embedded credit and investment 

concentration risk process capable of delivering 
accurate group-wide credit and counterparty 
data and a combined credit and concentration 
risk exposure across the Group.

Risk optimisation

 (cid:81) Enhanced ability to optimise risk positions.

Management information

 (cid:81) Timely, consistent quantitative measurement 
and reporting of risks across the Group.

Business planning

 (cid:81) An economic profit metric which reflects 

risk-adjusted business performance and is 
embedded into all Group reporting, planning 
and incentive targets.

Product design, pricing and underwriting

 (cid:81) Forecasting risk-adjusted profitability  
and portfolio effects in product design 
and profitability

 (cid:81) A risk/reward balance in product design that 

minimises unwanted risks

 (cid:81) Risk-adjusted technical pricing and primary 

profitability metrics.

Training

 (cid:81) Education and training materials around the 
iCRaFT concepts, tools and management 
information process 

 (cid:81) An iCRaFT ‘simulator’, demonstrating how 

risk-adjusted metrics will be used to support 
decision-making, to facilitate learning and 
participation at all levels of the organisation.

External communications

 (cid:81) Capability to meet Pillar 3 (public) minimum 

disclosure requirements

 (cid:81) Clear, consistent and proportional risk and 

capital disclosures to inform external 
stakeholder understanding.

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Risk management processes

Old Mutual Strategy

Risk appetite limits and policy setting

Risk 
identification

Risk and
control-self
assessments

Management
actions

Monitoring

Risk
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Risk, Actuarial and Treasury systems and tools

The following sections set out our risk 
management framework, illustrating how each 
layer of tools and systems gives us assurance to 
manage the upside of risks better by maximising 
opportunities while minimising the downsides or 
threats. In this context, this section covers:

 (cid:81) Risk management governance

 (cid:81) Group oversight, including

 – Strategy and business planning 
 – Risk appetite
 – Stress and scenario testing
 – Policy setting

 (cid:81) The risk framework employed by each of our 

business units to provide consistent 
information.

Risk management governance
We strengthened our risk governance framework 
in 2010 with the introduction of clearly defined risk 
appetite reporting, which allows us to rapidly 
identify and respond to changes in risk exposure. 
Developments expected in Q2 2011 will enable 
Group Risk and business units to model a number 
of different scenarios against risk appetite and 
align these scenarios with investment decisions. 
Focus will now move towards more active 
risk-based steering of the business. 

We consolidated our ‘three lines of defence’ 
approach to provide greater clarity within each of 
the lines. Changes included:

 (cid:81) Reviewing and enhancing the Group’s risk 
governance structure by strengthening the 
mandate of the risk committees

 (cid:81) Dual reporting of business unit Chief Risk 

Officers to line management and the Group 
Risk and Actuarial Director

 (cid:81) Segregation of the Board Risk Committee and 
Board Audit Committee in accordance with the 
recommendations in the Walker Report

 (cid:81) Adoption of a ‘strategic controller’ model.

The governance framework is designed to align the 
risk/reward balance with corporate governance 
objectives and ensure it promotes effective risk 
management. The framework includes a 
remuneration policy for determining risk tolerances 
that do not encourage risk taking outside the 
Group’s risk appetite. The remuneration policy has 
been designed to eliminate conflicts of interest and 
support business strategy, objectives, values, and 
the long-term interests of the Group.

The policy is overseen by a Remuneration 
Committee which is appointed by the Board and 
consists of at least three non-executive directors 
with relevant experience and a good knowledge of 
the Company and the environment in which it 
operates. This enables the committee to exercise 
competent judgement on compensation policies 
and the incentives for managing risk, value and 
capital in line with stakeholders’ expectations.

In this report, we focus on the responsibilities of 
the second line of defence committees: Board  
Risk Committee, Group Executive Risk Committee 
and Group Capital Management Committee. The 
responsibilities and remit of the first- and third-line 
forums can be found in the governance report  
(See page 130 of this annual report). 

Group Board Risk Committee
This committee’s primary purpose is to review,  
on behalf of the Board, managements’ 
recommendations on risk in relation to the structure 
and implementation of the Group’s risk framework. 
This includes the quality and effectiveness of the 
internal controls, risk appetite limits, risk profile and 
capital management processes.

The committee reports to the Board any significant 
risks to the Group where it considers actions or 
improvements are needed, and makes 
recommendations as to the adequacy of the risk 
mitigation plans. The committee works closely with 
the Group Audit Committee in assessing the 
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Group Chief
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Group Finance
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Group Risk &
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Group Board
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Group Audit
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Business Units 
CROs* & 
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Group Internal 
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Business 
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Risk management
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Risk oversight
2nd line of defence

Business Unit
Audit Committees

Independent assurance
3rd line of defence

*  CRO- Chief Risk Officer

internal controls. Additionally, the committee 
provides advice to the Board and Remuneration 
Committee on the appropriate targets for risk 
adjusted performance measures and relationship 
between performance objectives, remuneration 
decisions and risk profile. The committee meets at 
least four times a year and otherwise as required, 
to review any significant issues that occur outside 
its scheduled meetings.

The committee monitors, reviews and provides 
advice to the Board on the following key areas:

 (cid:81) The effectiveness of the Group’s risk framework 
and the risk and regulatory operating plans 

 (cid:81) Alignment of the risk appetite to the Group’s 
strategy, including approving actions plans to 
bring risk exposures within appetite

 (cid:81) Optimisation of risk by reviewing, monitoring 

and challenging the Group’s risk profile in terms 
of risk exposures, risk trends, risk concentration 
and performance versus appetite

 (cid:81) The impact and management of significant 

issues and losses to the Group

 (cid:81) Proposed strategic acquisitions and disposals 

of assets

 (cid:81) Allocation of capital within the Group and within 

businesses to ensure compliance with 
regulatory requirements and consistency with 
risk appetite limits

 (cid:81) The Group’s resilience to unforeseen economic 
and other shocks, as evidenced via stress and 
scenario testing exercises

 (cid:81) Regulatory compliance processes including 

changes to the regulatory environment and the 
adequacy of management actions to correct 
regulatory breaches

 (cid:81) Effectiveness of the Group’s policy suite and 

any changes necessary to evidence compliance 
with the Group’s minimum standards.

The committee also provides advice to the Board 
on a number of inherent risks within the business 
and is required to act independently to investigate 
any activity within its terms of reference. The 
committee is authorised by the Board to obtain 
external legal, accounting or other independent 
professional advice it considers necessary. In 
addition to an internal reporting line to the Group 
Finance Director, the Group Risk and Actuarial 
Director has a reporting line to the committee, with 
direct access to the Chairman on a regular basis.

The committee, including its chairman, is 
appointed by the Board and includes the Group 
Finance Director and independent non-executive 
directors, at least one of whom must have recent 
and relevant risk experience.

Group Executive Risk Committee (GERC)
This committee provides support and assurance to 
the Group Risk and Actuarial Director on the 
implementation of the Group’s risk framework 
including the quality and effectiveness of internal 
controls, risk appetite, risk profiles and capital 
modelling processes. The committee forms part of 
the second line of defence at Group level and is 
not responsible for any first line activities.

The committee comprises senior Group executives 
from Risk, Actuarial, Capital, Compliance, and 
Internal and External Audit. Its main responsibility 
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understanding and overseeing the implementation 
of the Group’s risk framework, including risk 
appetite and capital management. 

provided to senior management to set clear 
parameters and balance capital and value on  
a forward-looking risk-sensitive basis. 

These parameters determine our risk appetite and 
provide a basis for business units to plan and 
control business activities by setting clearly defined 
boundaries, aligning capital, risk and return on a 
basis proportionate to stakeholder expectations. 
They are a critical path within our policy framework 
which supports the Group’s corporate objectives 
by providing a consistent high-level approach to 
managing the risks that we face. 

Risk strategy
A project to formalise the Group’s risk strategy was 
completed in May 2010. It identified five key elements 
for strategic management of risk in the Group:

 (cid:81) Risk philosophy

 (cid:81) Approach to measuring and managing risk

 (cid:81) Risk and return preferences

 (cid:81) Current risk profile

 (cid:81) Target risk profile for the future.

Business unit risk strategies have now been 
formalised as part of 2011-13 business planning 
process. Quarterly business reports provide a 
check that limits are embedded within the 
business process following formal implementation. 
Old Mutual’s Group risk strategy is intended to 
have a lifespan of three to five years and is aligned 
with Group strategic targets. 

Strategy process

Group 
Strategy

Business
Performance

Risk 
Strategy

Business
Plan

The committee’s other key responsibilities are:

 (cid:81) Monitoring and reviewing the Group’s risk 

profile including losses and control breakdowns

 (cid:81) Proposing risk appetite limits for approval by the 
Group Board Risk Committee, allocating these 
to the Group’s respective business units to 
optimise results

 (cid:81) Providing assurance that effective risk 

optimisation is being fully achieved both within 
business units and across the Group

 (cid:81) Providing oversight of capital management 
to ensure allocation is consistent with risk 
appetite limits.

The committee receives reports from Group Risk 
and Actuarial, Group Finance, Treasury and 
iCRaFT. It provides input to the Group Executive 
Committee and the Group Audit and Risk 
Committees. It also works closely with the Group 
Capital Management Committee. 

Group Capital Management Committee
This committee ensures that the Group’s capital is 
managed in a consistent manner, aligned to the 
expectations of our shareholders, and that this 
capital is provided on an appropriate risk/return 
basis, as identified by the GERC. It is the 
mechanism by which the Group ensures that 
capital is allocated to business units in line with 
Group strategy, and that appropriate return rates 
are set and monitored. If necessary it will reallocate 
capital for greater reward. 

The committee comprises senior Group 
executives, including the Group Chief Executive, 
Group Finance Director and Group Risk and 
Actuarial Director, and representatives from 
Capital, Treasury, Strategy and Compliance. 

The committee’s key responsibilities are:

 (cid:81) Recommending to the Board the Group’s 

capital allocation and structure and  
investment strategy

 (cid:81) Setting an appropriate framework for  

managing capital

 (cid:81) Issuing guidelines and/or recommending 

targets to ensure the appropriate management 
of capital within the agreed risk appetite limits.

Group risk profile 
The Group risk profile is defined by the level of 
each risk type and the balance between them 
inherent in the business. Corporate guidance is 

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Risk philosophy
Our Group risk strategy starts by considering the 
type of business that we are, our business strategy 
and its implications for the way we think about risk.

We are a risk intermediary, in the business of 
taking on (and in most cases repackaging) risks 
and capital market solutions for customers where 
we can manage them efficiently, through 
diversification, access to markets and economies 
of scale. We will accept the risks implicit in this, 
where we are rewarded for doing so and where we 
have the skills to manage these risks. However, we 
will not take on other significant risks on our own 
account, or risks that would threaten our future 
ability to act as a risk intermediary.

We will focus on risks where we believe we 
can provide value to policyholders and 
depositors, and for which they are willing to pay us 
the correct amount to protect them. These risks 
primarily relate to liability, business, investment and 
operational risks in respect of insurance entities, 
business risk in respect of asset management 
entities and credit (loan), business and operational 
risks in respect of banking entities in the Group. We 
will not take on pure market risk on our own 
account, nor exposure to significant catastrophe 
risk, which we have neither the skills nor the capital 
to manage. 

We will take a group-wide perspective on risk 
when making decisions. This is aligned with our 
shareholders’ view: they invest in Old Mutual as a 
Group and so we should think and act as a Group. 
In line with the Group operating model, the Group 
functions will achieve this through discussion and 
the right of veto, in particular through the business 
planning process, rather than centralised control.

Business units will be required to hold and 
manage to local capital standards and we will 
not operate a ‘group support’ system that takes 
account of diversification between business units. 
This avoids any potential concerns over contagion 
and gives Group and business units maximum 
freedom to manage their businesses without 
constraints. However, the Group functions will 
monitor risks group-wide and encourage mitigation 
at a level appropriate for the Group as a whole 
rather than for individual business units. Group 
functions will facilitate intra-group risk transfers 
and mitigation, and the efficient use of available 
financial resources across and between Group 
entities to the extent allowed by the Board and 
regulatory considerations. In particular, Group 
functions will facilitate the use of financial 
resources around the Group to support risks 
wherever they may occur, and will take advantage 
of group diversification to obtain maximum 
flexibility in capital raising and management.

In designing products, making investments and 
deciding the business strategy, the Group and 
each business unit will seek to optimise the 
risk/return/capital trade-off (as opposed to 
taking a purely loss-minimisation approach). Risk 
should be considered in terms of both the potential 
reward it brings and the threat it presents. In 
particular, the risk must be appropriately rewarded, 
allowing for all its characteristics, for the expected 
return and the relative upside and downside it 
brings. The expected reward for the opportunity 
must at a minimum exceed the return available to 
shareholders directly for exposure to similar risks 
through other means, having fully allowed for all 
costs of management and risk capital. We need to 
ensure that we earn the required minimum return 
on the capital that we put at risk (usually the capital 
required in order to underwrite the risks) and that 
we at all times have adequate capital to cover the 
requirements from business activities. 

We recognise that business units have the 
choice of whether or not to take on only 
certain risks – a product exposes the Group to a 
bundle of risks, and it may not be possible to price 
them all at a profit or even to know the split of 
charges made by risk. However, business units 
must be clear that overall their business is 
profitable, understand what risks they are exposed 
to, and be clear on the cost of providing specific 
features, regarding the reasons, implications of 
and benefits gained should the price charged to 
the customer be below cost. These questions 
should be explicitly considered in pricing, product 
design and business planning. This extends to 
lines of business that are supported by cross-
selling or renewals. Such products may appear 
unprofitable on a standalone basis but be 
value-adding in total. However, in writing such 
business it is necessary to be clear as to where 
such cross-subsidies exist, and how they are 
managed to ensure that business which provides 
subsidies is sustained over time.

The risks in any business must be well 
understood and we need to have the appropriate 
skills and systems to manage them. To the extent 
that this is not the case, we will limit exposure to 
such risks until we have developed appropriate 
expertise.

As an overarching principle, risks accepted must 
not fundamentally threaten the Group’s 
ability to continue writing new business 
freely, since we are in the business of providing 
risk intermediation and repackaging, not of taking 
off-strategy bets with our capital. 

We consider the risk assumed, capital required 
and value created in the business from a 
market consistent economic perspective, 
recognising that regulatory and accounting systems 
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mitigate these constraints we will not make decisions 
that are fundamentally uneconomic. This means that 
business and pricing decisions will be made on  
a ‘market-consistent’ basis, fully allowing for the 
additional costs of holding risk and regulatory capital. 
This view is aligned with best practice in the financial 
services industry and also the Basel II regulations for 
banks and Solvency II regulations for EEC insurance 
companies due to be introduced in January 2013.

Our approach to measuring and managing risk
We will continue to measure and manage risk using 
the same risk metrics that we currently use: earnings 
at risk, economic capital at risk and cash flow at risk. 
As Solvency II becomes a reality, economic capital  
at risk is likely to become the dominant measure.  
In addition, we closely track operational losses as  
an indicator of operational risk, to ensure that there 
are no repeatedly-occurring inherent weaknesses  
in systems and controls.

However, we will refine the way that we set risk 
limits around these targets. In particular, we will 
make limit-setting an iterative part of the business 

Group risk preferences

planning process, and ensure that local risk limits 
are an output of this process, reflecting local 
business plans rather than set in a purely top-
down fashion. As part of this we will set risk limits 
by risk type at both Group and business unit level.

Group risk preferences
As a Group we want to accept risks that we are 
rewarded for assuming, and which we have the 
skills to manage. We wish to avoid risks where  
we earn less than our cost of capital (after allowing 
for all costs) or where we expose ourselves to very 
volatile or extreme potential outcomes, which 
would threaten our ability to continue acting as a 
risk intermediary. Finally, we wish to write business 
which diversifies well against our current book.  
By acting in accordance with these preferences  
we will enhance overall capital efficiency and 
returns, and will hence maximise economic profit 
and value creation for all stakeholders (see page 
105 onwards for definitions on the different  
risk types).

Avoid

Neutral

Seek

ALM

Market

Currency

Liability

Credit*

Business

Operational

Reduce operational losses

*We seek well managed banking credit risk in Nedbank

Risk type

Old Mutual  

risk preference

Liability (insurance underwriting)  

Strongly for

Asset liability management 
(policyholder)

Business

Credit

Market (shareholder)

Currency

Operational 

For

Neutral    

Against **

Against

Against

  Strongly against

Marginal impact of  
extra exposure on 
economic capital at 
 Group level

11%  

86%  

47%  

64%  

78%  

81%  

42%  

* Assumes risk is correctly priced,
** Unless taken in the form of well governed and managed banking related credit risk

Expected  
return relative 
to target*

Excellent

Excellent

Good

Neutral

Poor

Poor

Very poor

Marginal contribution to Group economic capital: for every £100 of economic capital that a business unit has to set aside to 
underwrite a risk type, the Group has to set aside the percentage in brackets per risk type: so for every £100 of additional economic 
capital for liability risk, the Group needs to hold £11 on a diversified basis, and for every £100 of asset liability management-related 
economic capital risk in a business unit, the Group needs to set aside £86 on a diversified basis. Thus when we consider economic 
profit (see below for definition), if we are earning a given IFRS-adjusted operating profit (AOP), and have a given cost of capital, we 
can maximise economic profit by minimising economic capital. Hence we have certain preferences for activities that will maximise 
AOP, yet minimise economic capital on a Group diversified basis.

Economic profit = AOP – (cost of capital x allocated capital)

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Risk profile – current and target
In order to better align the Group’s risk profile  
with our stated risk preferences and to ensure  
the Group achieves a good level of diversification, 
we have defined a target risk profile based on 
economic capital exposure without any allowance 
for diversification benefit. We will steer the 
business towards this profile over the next three  
to five years. This target profile is preferred to  
the current profile as it better matches our risk 
preferences and is also well diversified across  
risk types. The current and target profiles are 
shown below. 

We aim to increase liability risk by increasing the 
volume of protection products written and to 
reduce operational risk. The anticipated disposal  
of US Life will significantly reduce the Group’s 
credit risk exposure and hence assist with the 
move towards the target risk profile. This will 
provide capacity to take on additional ALM risk,  
in markets where we believe we can earn 
acceptable risk-adjusted returns on the capital 
invested in such products. 

Current Risk Profile

(cid:81) (cid:40)(cid:51)(cid:52)

(cid:81) (cid:41)(cid:92)(cid:90)(cid:80)(cid:85)(cid:76)(cid:90)(cid:90)

(cid:81) (cid:42)(cid:89)(cid:76)(cid:75)(cid:80)(cid:91)(cid:3)(cid:53)(cid:76)(cid:75)(cid:73)(cid:72)(cid:85)(cid:82)

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(cid:176)

(cid:81)

(cid:51)(cid:80)(cid:72)(cid:73)(cid:80)(cid:83)(cid:80)(cid:91)(cid:96)

(cid:81) (cid:52)(cid:72)(cid:89)(cid:82)(cid:76)(cid:91)

(cid:81) (cid:54)(cid:87)(cid:76)(cid:89)(cid:72)(cid:91)(cid:80)(cid:86)(cid:85)(cid:72)(cid:83)

Target Risk Profile

(cid:81) (cid:40)(cid:51)(cid:52)

(cid:81) (cid:41)(cid:92)(cid:90)(cid:80)(cid:85)(cid:76)(cid:90)(cid:90)
(cid:176)

(cid:81) (cid:42)(cid:89)(cid:76)(cid:75)(cid:80)(cid:91)(cid:3)(cid:54)(cid:91)(cid:79)(cid:76)(cid:89)

(cid:81) (cid:42)(cid:92)(cid:89)(cid:89)(cid:76)(cid:85)(cid:74)(cid:96)
(cid:176)

(cid:81)

(cid:51)(cid:80)(cid:72)(cid:73)(cid:80)(cid:83)(cid:80)(cid:91)(cid:96)

(cid:81) (cid:52)(cid:72)(cid:89)(cid:82)(cid:76)(cid:91)

(cid:81) (cid:54)(cid:87)(cid:76)(cid:89)(cid:72)(cid:91)(cid:80)(cid:86)(cid:85)(cid:72)(cid:83)

26%

24%

7%

15%

4%

8%

4%

12%

35%

24%

  6%

5%

17%

3%

10%

Note:  The current risk profile is based on the Group’s present 

structure, prior to any disposals, and since it is 
expressed on a standalone basis, ignores diversification 
between risks and between business units. Later tables 
refer to post diversification exposures. 

Group return preference

1 Change the shape of distribution of returns
to increase upside & reduce downside
2 Shift the expected returns to the right by 
  avoiding negative outcomes

Probability

-Illustrative-

Current

Future

Return

Risk appetite 
We continue to develop our risk appetite 
methodology to ensure that there is a seamless 
transition of economic capital at risk into a 
Solvency II compliant internal model calculation, 
which will include:

 (cid:81) Moving away from the use of market consistent 

embedded value as a proxy to estimate 
changes in assets and liabilities in stress 
scenarios, towards a direct calculation of the 
results of these stresses

 (cid:81) Redefining hard available financial resources  

to be compliant with a Solvency II market-value 
balance sheet calculation 

 (cid:81) Reviewing risk-factor stress assumptions and 
the approach to modelling diversification 
benefits, with methodology changes required  
to ensure a statistically robust approach

 (cid:81) Internal model initiatives will transition to 

business as usual reporting during Q3 2011,  
to show that they are used in decision-making 
within our business.

Throughout the year, business units calculate  
their risk exposures against the appetite set by the 
Group. The five quantitative measures we use to 
express our risk appetite limits and exposures are: 

 (cid:81) Economic capital at risk (ECaR)

 (cid:81) Financial Group Directive (FGD) surplus capital 

at risk (FCaR)

 (cid:81) Earnings at risk (EaR) 

 (cid:81) Cash flow at risk (CFaR)

 (cid:81) Operational risk (OpRisk) 

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Risk appetite results

AFR*

ECaR (7-10,000)

Solvency Ratio

EaR (1-in-10)

CFaR (1-in10) 

OpRisk (1-in-10)

FGD Surplus

Post stress FGD Surplus (1-10)

Total Group Results

Jun-10

8,692

6,869

127%

807

613

165

1,953

1,232

Dec-09

8,258

6,849

121%

872

726

162

1,504

751

Effect of US 
Life Disposal 
on June 2010

8,719

5,452

160%

703

513

162

1,892

1,247

*AFR – Available Financial Resources that can be used to cover the Economic Capital requirement

Economic capital at risk (ECaR)
ECaR is defined as the reduction in post-tax 
economic value (broadly defined as market 
consistent embedded value for life companies and 
IFRS equity for non-life companies) over a one-year 
forward-looking time horizon that should only be 
exceeded seven times in 10,000 years (99.93% 
confidence level).

ECaR helps us to optimise risk-based decisions. 
The stress tests underlying ECaR allow us to 
monitor our exposures and deepen our 
understanding of where the business could further 
improve its capital allocation. 

We have set risk appetite limits for economic 
capital based on the ratio of available financial 
resources to economic capital. The Group risk 
appetite is for this ratio not to fall below 100%.

This is an economic measure of capital requirements 
similar to the Solvency Capital Requirement measure 
in Solvency II and has been calculated and reported 
within the Group for more than five years.

FGD surplus capital at risk (FCaR)
FCaR is defined as the reduction in Financial 
groups directive surplus over a one-year forward-
looking time horizon that should only be exceeded 
once in 10 years (90% confidence level). 

We recognise that FGD is a key regulatory 
measure which is particularly important to monitor 
in volatile economic conditions where our 
policyholder and shareholder assets can 
significantly impact our position − particularly since 
we hold these assets in a variety of currencies.

We have set risk appetite limits for FGD surplus 
capital based on the minimum surplus capital that 
the Group would tolerate. The Group risk appetite 
for this metric, given the current composition of the 
Group, is that the FGD surplus should not fall 
below £1 billion more than once in 10 years. 

For further details on our FGD position throughout 
the year see page 278.

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Earnings at risk (EaR)
EaR is defined as the reduction in pre-tax IFRS 
adjusted operating profit (AOP) over a one-year 
forward-looking time horizon that should only be 
exceeded once in 10 years (90% confidence level).

We have set risk appetite limits for EaR as a 
percentage of pre-tax AOP. The Group risk 
appetite is for this percentage not to rise above 
30% of planned earnings over the next year.

Cash flow at risk (CFaR)
CFaR is defined as the reduction in the cash 
portion of earnings over a one-year forward-
looking time horizon that should only be exceeded 
once in 10 years (90% confidence level).

We have set risk appetite limits for CFaR based on 
the maximum reduction in cash earnings that the 
Group would tolerate. The Group risk appetite is 
that this reduction should not exceed £500 million.

Operational risk (Op Risk)
The operational risk metric is defined as the 
reduction in post-tax economic value due to 
one-in-10 unexpected operational loss events 
(90% confidence level) and expected day-to-day 
losses, including reputational risk impacts.

We have set risk appetite limits for this metric  
as a percentage of pre-tax AOP. The Group risk 
appetite is for this percentage not to rise above 
10% of planned earnings over the next year. 

In addition to quantitative risk appetite limits, we 
also use qualitative risk appetite principles and 
statements to provide guidance to our business 
units and help to improve the clarity of our risk 
strategy in line with the Group’s appetite for risk. 
During 2010 we continued to refine the basis under 
which limits are set and developed the link 
between operational risk loss data through the 
alignment of key risk indicators and risk appetite 
limits. We continually strive to refine the models 
and assumptions we use to increase the 
robustness of these calculations. Risk appetite 
limits are now fully integrated into our strategic 
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business planning and quarterly business review 
process including the robustness and governance 
of the action plans to reduce risk exposure. 

help management to prepare for significant changes 
in the environment and protect shareholders and 
investors from unexpected loss. 

The embedding of our risk appetite methodology is 
a cornerstone of our risk analysis capability. Using 
the economic capital at risk metric as an example, 
our economic capital calculations provide a 
long-term view of the risks in the business and 
oversight of the key threats facing the Group  
if an extreme event occurs. 

The internal risk and control profile of the business  
is effective and continues to improve. Credit risk has 
reduced significantly as the investment portfolio 
continues to be de-risked on a capital neutral basis. 
Although exposure to corporate bonds still exceeds 
our risk appetite, we have continued to improve the 
investment grade of the portfolio in line with our 
target operating model. Market yields have 
improved, enabling better matching of new assets 
to sales. Yields are still below desired levels and 
continue to place pressure on long-term 
guarantees. Surrenders and lapses in excess of 
pricing assumptions adversely affect our ability to 
achieve target profit margins and recover expenses.

Stress and scenario testing 
The Group performs ongoing stress and scenario 
testing and sensitivity analysis to monitor the 
robustness of our regulatory and economic capital 
position. These assessments help to inform 
management understanding of the capital that 
would be required in the event of any of the 
scenarios crystallising. The outputs of these tests 

The Group’s current economic capital framework is 
a stress test calculated at the 99.93% confidence 
level, based on shocks calibrated to a 7 in 10,000 
severity. Shock calculations are performed every 
six months: they are modelled as occurring 
instantaneously at the beginning of a period,  
with the impact assessed at the end of the period. 
Thus there is a high level of prudence built into the 
shocks. Allowances are made for diversification 
benefits, since not all shocks occur simultaneously, 
although the level of independence of shocks 
varies according to the factors. 

Tests are performed to model the aggregation of 
impacts on:

 (cid:81) Business risk (primarily related to expense and 

persistency risks)

 (cid:81) Asset/liability management risk (the interaction 
of changes in markets on policyholder assets 
and liabilities)

 (cid:81) Operational risk (risks related to people, 

systems and processes and changes in the 
environment)

 (cid:81) Credit risk (non-payment on credit instruments 

and counterparty concentration risk) 

 (cid:81) Liability risk (related to underwriting insurance 

risks such as mortality)

 (cid:81) Market risk (shocks to shareholder assets)
 (cid:81) Currency risk (risks related to our  

reporting currency). 

Risk appetite in action

Example 1
Old Mutual South Africa (OMSA) has in recent years 
leveraged investments in carefully chosen credit 
assets with the capability of delivering more 
attractive returns to clients, based on market 
trends. Ongoing analysis of the risk of overexposure 
to credit risk, in light of the recent economic crisis, 
identified the need to limit the amount of new 
exposure to credit risk from annuity and guaranteed 
products. The new limits look at the contribution of 
credit risk to overall OMSA risk exposure and 
economic capital and also at the exposure to credit 
risk from new business volumes. 

Example 2
A business unit recently proposed to launch a new 
product with guarantees. In line with the Group 
product approval policy, this had to be signed off by 
the Group Chief Actuary. Analysis revealed that the 
maturity guarantee risk for one of the variants was 
excessive, and there were surrender guarantees 
that had not been properly considered. The profile 
was not compliant with the Group risk appetite and 

approval for this variant was denied. The  
business unit acknowledged this was the  
correct decision and the product was  
launched without the variant concerned.

Example 3
The US Life business was exposed to credit risk as 
a result of significant holdings of corporate bonds. 
Although improvements were made to the quality of 
the investment portfolio the overall Group exposure 
to credit risk exceeded the Group risk appetite. A 
strategic decision to divest our interests in US Life 
(expected to close in March 2011) will bring Group 
credit risk exposure within the determined risk 
appetite limits and in line with Group operating 
model objectives. 

Conclusion
Setting risk appetite limits across the business has 
proved a valuable management tool and will ensure 
that going forward we grow our exposure in a 
controlled manner. 

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The Group’s risk appetite is tested twice annually 
on the same basis as economic capital described 
above, in terms of impacts to earnings, FGD 
surplus, cash flow and operational risk, at a 90% 
(1-in-10) confidence level.

Old Mutual’s strategy has already considered the 
likely impact of the current Solvency II proposals 
on our Group and we do not presently anticipate 
that we would be required to raise additional 
capital as a consequence. 

Management uses these calculations to determine 
whether the business is resilient to a 1-in-10 and 
7-in-10,000 instantaneous shock, and the impact 
of management actions on the risk appetite 
framework of the business (to ensure that the 
business remains within the chosen risk appetite). 
We have developed the capability of our suite  
of tools to regularly test the Group’s resilience  
to a 1980’s V-shaped single-dip recession  
and recovery and the more recent regulatory 
recommended reverse stress test (testing  
to completely deplete regulatory capital).

Information on stress testing is reported to the 
Board Risk Committee and to management so  
that decision making is based on an understanding 
of potential impacts.

Solvency II Quantitative Impact Study 5 (QIS5) 
Old Mutual successfully participated in the fifth 
Quantitative Impact Study (QIS5), as part of the 
ongoing Solvency II industry consultation led by the 
Committee of European Insurance and 
Occupational Pension Scheme Supervisors 
(CEIOPS). This was based on our 31 December 
2009 balance sheet and involved an assessment of 
the Group’s solvency position under technical 
specifications to test assumptions and dependency 
structures underlying Solvency II proposals. 

We discussed our economic capital methodology 
in the previous section. As part of the iCRaFT 
programme we are implementing a new Internal 
Capital Model, which will give us the ability to 
calculate and aggregate group-wide shocks more 
rapidly. This model will be rolled out across the 
Group by Q3 2011. The QIS5 results were in line 
with our FGD Solvency I ratio and the results from 
our current economic capital internal model when 
equivalently calibrated to a 99.5% confidence level. 
Notwithstanding this, we believe that the QIS5 
calibration is not completely appropriate for our 
business and so we will be seeking approval of our 
internal capital model before Solvency II begins, to 
ensure that the most appropriate model is in place 
to describe our risks, accurately calibrated for the 
markets we operate in. 

A number of technical industry issues have been 
raised with the European Insurance and 
Occupational Pension Scheme Authority (EIOPA, 
prevously CEIOPS) and the European Commission. 
Clarification on these issues – which include 
contract boundaries, treatment of expected profits 
on future premiums and grandfathering of hybrid 
debt – needs to be provided before the final impact 
of Solvency II can be understood. 

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Policy setting 
The policy framework supports our corporate 
purpose by providing a consistent high level 
approach to managing the risks we face in pursuit 
of our strategic objectives. Group risk policy 
statements set out the minimum standards that 
must be applied consistently across the Group. 
Their purpose is to ensure that risks are managed in 
line with the risk appetite and that businesses 
operate effectively and efficiently, in compliance with 
all applicable laws and regulations.

Business units ensure that their local policies and 
procedures are aligned to the Group Policy Suite. 
In many cases business unit policies include 
requirements beyond the Group’s mandatory 
minimum requirements and incorporate applicable 
local regulations. Policies are subject to regular 
review to reflect changes in circumstances and the 
Group risk appetite. Group policies in place cover 
a range of topics, including liquidity risk, market 
risk, new product and business approval, capital 
and treasury risk and business continuity. 

These policies are agreed by the GERC and 
approved by the Board Risk Committee.  
The Group policies are mapped to our risk 
categorisation model and form a key part of our 
governance framework. Their implementation 
allows the Group to establish a common 
framework of control across the business units. 

For further information on Group policies, see the 
Governance section of this report page 130. 

Consistent business unit risk 
methodology
During 2010 we made a number of changes to the 
risk governance framework. One of the core 
requirements was further streamlining of 
techniques and tools to identify, monitor and 
mitigate risk in accordance with the Group’s risk 
appetite. OpenPages was chosen as the 
designated risk management and reporting tool 
employed across the Group to ensure consistency 
of the risk management process and the 
determination of operational risk capital 
requirements. 

The creation of a central data store for all risk 
information is a key part in transfering 
accountability for risk management into the first 
line of defence. The use of this tool will:

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 (cid:81) Provide greater insight and transparency of risk 

within the business units and at an overall 
Group level

 (cid:81) Show where risk exposures lie in relation to risk 

appetites across the Group

 (cid:81) Provide relevant management information more 
efficiently and improve the consistency of risk 
trends and the development of appropriate 
controls

 (cid:81) Provide a more consistent way of continuously 
identifying, monitoring and measuring risk 
across the first line in all business units

 (cid:81) Support the escalation of issues within business 

units and Group

 (cid:81) Support risk-based business decisions by 

management

 (cid:81) Link risk indicators to events and management 
actions in order to reduce the likelihood of risks 
occurring in the future

 (cid:81) Calculate the capital required to offset operational 

risk and feed into the internal capital model.

Extensive training of the risk tool began in 2010. By 
the end of December 2010 most business units 
had been trained to use the tool, including the risk 
methodology, and one was actively using it. The 
roll out of a further release of OpenPages 
functionality (which will include the operational risk 
capital modelling capability), is planned to be 
completed at the end of Q2 2011. We have 
attached great importance to importing cleansed 
data into OpenPages and business unit senior 
management, Chief Risk Officers and Group Risk 
will be required to sign-off the data being migrated 
to the system. 

Product development process
Risk assumption starts with the product 
development process, where new products are 
designed, priced, implemented on administration 
systems and sold to customers. Following our 
experience with guarantees in the Old Mutual 
Bermuda business, the Board implemented, in 
2008, a centralised approval process for all 
products which may have implicit or explicit 
guarantees requiring sign-off from the Group Chief 
Actuary. The new process aims to ensure that 
product design is better understood and for 
aspects such as pricing, administration 
arrangements, marketing material and investment 
requirements to be rigorously challenged by an 
independent party, particularly in order to ensure 
that we fully understand product and capital 
consequences in the event of substantial product 
and market shocks.

Risk categorisation 
Risk categorisation has promoted the consistent 
use of a common risk language across the Group, 
allowing meaningful aggregation and comparison 
of risks and issues and enhanced risk reporting to 

the Audit and Risk Committees and data sharing 
between business units. Risk categorisation will be 
used to introduce commonality of risk events 
within both the risk and control self-assessment 
and capital modelling processes.

Risk and control self-assessment (RCSA)
This industry standard approach to identifying, 
assessing and controlling risk is used by our 
business units to consider all risks consistently. 
Each business unit completes RCSAs regularly 
and escalates any significant new risks or issues to 
senior management immediately. This gives Group 
management an up-to-date view of risks and 
ensures that decision-makers are aware of areas 
of concern promptly so that appropriate action  
can be taken. 

The RCSA process incorporates:

 (cid:81) Ongoing identification of risks that threaten the 

achievement of objectives

 (cid:81) Assessing these risks in terms of financial and 

qualitative impacts such as reputational, 
regulatory or customer

 (cid:81) Determining whether the level of risk being 

taken is acceptable

 (cid:81) Determining and implementing management 
action plans to bring risk exposures to an 
acceptable level if required

 (cid:81) Ongoing monitoring and reporting of risks, 

control effectiveness and actions.

RCSA has strengthened our Group oversight  
and enhanced the flow of information, resulting  
in increased transparency, timely identification  
of risk trends across the Group and control 
improvements. The improved consistency of  
risk assessments in business units has enabled 
aggregation at a Group level to gain a much better 
informed picture of the overall Group profile. 

Monitoring
Operational risk event data
We have successfully improved transparency  
and data sharing by rolling out the formal loss  
data collection standards developed in 2008  
for the operational and strategic risk categories 
and embedding them across the Group. 
Standardisation of loss information across the 
Group has facilitated early identification of trends 
leading to control improvements, enhanced risk 
mitigation and improved aggregation of losses.

Our aim is to mitigate further operational risk 
events that lead to losses, within reasonable 
expectations, and to learn from all losses to 
improve processes and prevent recurrence. 

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The Group has subscribed to a database outlining 
significant operational losses in other companies. 
Data from this source helps us to take mitigating 
actions proactively, to avoid incurring similar losses. 

Loss data collection has provided us with excellent 
ways to improve our customer experience. For 
example, during 2009 we observed a number of 
operational losses resulting from simple process 
errors. By collecting data systematically and 
consistently we have been able to pinpoint repetitive 
process failures and actively improve controls in these 
areas. This is an area that we are now focusing on, 
to make changes that will provide a better customer 
experience and reduce unexpected costs.

Key risk indicators (KRIs)
KRIs provide data on whether a risk is trending  
up, down, or is stable, both now and in the future.  
This acts as an early warning system, enabling 
management to take action to prevent the risk 
materialising. 

During 2010 we identified KRIs against each of  
the Group’s top risks. We see KRIs as a vital  
step forward in making risk information more 
transparent, and have begun data collection from 
the business units. In 2011 we will continue to 
enhance these processes through trend analysis 
and threshold setting.

Market consistent embedded value (MCEV)
In addition to the other tools described here, we 
use MCEV extensively for forward-looking 
assessment and monitoring of risk in the Group’s 
life insurance companies. By analysing the source 
of MCEV operating earnings we can assess where 
emerging experience is significantly different from 
expectations. This allows senior management to 
identify emerging risks and trends quickly and take 
remedial action where necessary. The MCEV 

Risk Monitoring/Control Cycle

Approve

Implement

Review 
and Revise

Monitor 
and Report

sensitivities allow us to understand the impact of 
changes in economic, demographic and operating 
conditions on the Group’s embedded value. Finally, 
the market consistent value of new business provides 
information on the extent of investment risk that is 
embedded in new products. For further details, see 
the MCEV supplementary information in this report.

Understanding and identifying 
significant risks to Old Mutual 
Old Mutual has previously experienced downside 
surprises due to a combination of imprudent lending 
decisions, insufficient reserving for claims and complex 
financial products. We have sought to learn from our 
experiences to ensure they do not recur. All financial 
service organisations are required to act quickly in 
tough environments and the recent financial crisis, 
aftershocks of which are still being felt, has brought 
many shortcomings to light. The consequence is that it 
is even more critical for organisations to ensure they 
fully understand the risks they are taking on − and 
the interdependencies between them − in order to 
hold sufficient capital and liquidity to cover a 
combination of risks occurring at once. 

These are some of the most significant risks the 
Group faced during 2010:

Examples of identified KRIs

KRI

Expense levels – 
actual v forecast

Risk type 
addressed

Business risk

Level (%) of 
voluntary turnover 
in key jobs

Operational risk 

What it tells us

If trending up, Group’s costs will be higher than planned, which if 
not compensated by a rise an income will mean profits will be lower 
than forecast. This trend will also show an increased exposure to 
business risk. The indicator allows proactive analysis to identify the 
reasons for the increase in expenses and guide appropriate 
management action. 

If trending up, this indicator can highlight a failure to retain top 
talent, which could drive recruitment costs higher than planned  
and prevent the Company from delivering on business plans.  
The exposure for the risk increases with the time key jobs are  
left vacant. The indicator allows analysis of the reasons people 
leave and guides corrective action.

Solvency risk

Assets in excess  
of local regulatory 
capital 
requirements

If trending up, this indicates that the Group’s solvency position is 
worsening and the risk of regulatory intervention is increasing. The 
reasons for the reduction in surplus assets can be identified and 
strategic decisions considered to ensure the trend does not continue.

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Significant risks to Old Mutual 

Risk type

Risk as a threat and uncertainty

Mitigating actions and opportunities

Business risk We operate in a highly competitive 

environment. If we are not able to compete 
successfully there is a risk of reduced  
market share, revenues or profitability. 
Business risks arise where business 
performance falls below projections as a 
result of negative variances in new business 
volumes, margin, lapse experience and 
expenses. 

The profitability of our businesses could be 
adversely affected by a worsening of 
economic conditions. Changes to the 
distribution environment (for example through 
regulation or failure of distribution providers) 
could have an impact on our business.

Credit risk

The Group is exposed to the risk of credit 
defaults. This includes counterparty risk 
where an asset (in the form of a monetary 
claim against counterparty) is not repaid in 
accordance with the terms of the contract.

Market risk

Credit risk also encompasses lending risk (for 
example within our banking businesses), 
where a borrower may be unable to repay 
amounts owed. 

Credit risk also arises from financial guarantees 
that the banking businesses have to act on where 
clients default on their obligations with respect to 
the financial guarantees.

The risk that adverse changes in market 
values of assets and liabilities negatively 
impact future earnings. Market volatility is a 
specific concern for us insofar as the Group 
may be unprepared in conditions of extreme 
market volatility resulting in unexpected 
capital calls and stressed liquidity.

Some of our life assurance businesses 
contain investment guarantees and options. A 
reduction in interest rates and equity markets 
can cause more of these to be in-the-money, 
with a potentially adverse impact on profit.

We offer innovative products to suit different 
clients and needs, enabling us to find 
opportunities even in challenging market 
conditions. Business units pay great attention 
to product strategy, with increased focus on 
product profitability and improved persistency.  

We closely monitor lapse rates and persistency 
information, adapting our business approach 
as necessary. Old Mutual is diversified across 
geographies and product lines, minimising the 
impact of sector- or territory-specific economic 
downturns. 

We monitor developments in the distribution 
sectors across all geographies and our 
strategic planning and research teams help 
position us to reduce this risk.

The Group has adopted a policy of only 
dealing with approved counterparties and 
obtaining sufficient collateral where 
appropriate as a means of mitigating the 
financial loss from defaults. We continuously 
monitor the Group’s exposure and the credit 
ratings of counterparties. 

As part of getting ready for Solvency II 
regulations, developments are underway to 
enable reporting on and analysing credit 
exposure holistically across the Group.

The upside presented by market risk is evident 
when equity values rise or interest rates move 
favourably. Then the Group is well positioned 
to gain over and above the benchmark, 
particularly in retail and institutional asset 
management products and activities, since  
fee income will rise faster than associated 
expenses. 

Business units exposed to downside market 
risk as a consequence of the liabilities they 
have underwritten are required to take account 
of the structure of their asset and liability 
portfolios as well as the local regulatory 
environment and Group policy requirements. 
Actions used by individual business units to 
manage market risk include asset-liability 
matching, interest rate swaps and hedges to 
manage interest rate risk, equity hedges to 
manage equity risk and currency swaps, 
currency borrowings and forward foreign 
exchange contracts to mitigate currency risk.

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CONTINUED

Significant risks to Old Mutual continued

Risk type

Risk as a threat and uncertainty

Mitigating actions and opportunities

Liquidity risk

Liquidity risk for the Group could materialise 
where we are unable to sell assets in an illiquid 
market – leading to potential asset liability 
matching problems and depleting capital. 
Liquidity risk could also pose potential losses 
where the Group is unable to meet its 
obligations as they fall due (as a result of 
counterparties providing short-term funding  
or where they withdraw or do not roll-over  
the funding). 

Operational 
risk

The risk arising from operational activities, for 
example a failure of a major system, or losses 
incurred as a consequence of people and or 
process failures, including external events. 
Specific examples include the ability to attract 
and retain key staff with the necessary skills to 
help the Group meet its objectives, and adequate 
protection of people, premises and data 
(including IT sustainability and infrastructure).

Liability risk

Liability risk for long-term insurance business 
arises through exposure to unfavourable claims 
experience on life assurance, critical illness and 
other protection business. For general insurance  
it also includes the risk of loss from fire, accident 
or other claim sources.

This is the risk that there are more claims  
than expected or claims are more severe  
than expected. 

Liability risk includes underwriting risk, which is 
the misalignment of policyholders to the 
appropriate pricing basis or impact  
of anti-selection, resulting in a loss.

The business units which incur significant liability 
risk are Emerging Markets, which provides 
long-term insurance, and M&F, which provides 
short-term insurance. 

We aim to maintain a prudent level of liquidity 
consistent with regulatory expectations.  
Our group-wide liquidity policy sets out the 
parameters within which all business units must 
operate in order to identify, measure and manage 
liquidity risk. The Group Capital Management 
function reviews capital and liquidity positions, 
with the Group Executive Risk Committee 
providing additional oversight and challenge.

By monitoring our liquidity position prudently, we 
are well positioned to identify surplus liquid assets 
available. Liquidity headroom is a key risk indicator 
and control for managing Group liquidity risk. It 
ensures we have sufficient liquidity to cover both 
asset liquidity risk and finding liquidity risk.

Taking greater operational risk rarely gives the 
Group greater reward and therefore we aim to 
minimise our operational risk exposure across 
the Group. 

The Group has developed OpenPages as its 
strategic risk management system which is 
currently being rolled out and embedded across 
the various business units. This will increase our 
understanding of the operational risks in the 
business and facilitate improvement in the 
controls to reduce losses. Operational risk is one 
of the metrics in our risk appetite framework: it is 
continuously monitored and we take action if it 
approaches the limit.

Liability risk is managed by:
 (cid:81) Maintenance and use of sophisticated 

management information systems which 
provide current data on the risks to which we 
are exposed

 (cid:81) Use of actuarial models to calculate 

premiums and monitor claims patterns using 
past experience and statistical methods

 (cid:81) Guidelines for concluding insurance 

contracts and assuming liability risks – such 
as underwriting principles and product 
pricing procedures

 (cid:81) Reinsurance to limit our exposure to large 

single claims and catastrophes

 (cid:81) An effective mix of assets that back insurance 
liabilities based on the nature and term of 
these liabilities.

Strategic risk The risk that discretionary decisions will 
adversely affect future earnings and the 
sustainability of the business. Specific 
exposures include the ability of the Group to 
successfully implement the current levels of 
change experienced. Another possible risk 
could be from external constraints imposed by 
regulatory or government bodies impacting on 
our ability to deliver our strategy.

We actively monitor our strategic implementation 
portfolio for any material changes. Progress and 
activities are co-ordinated with the Group 
strategy to ensure that the 2011 strategy can be 
tracked. This includes actively working with the 
different business units and Group Executive 
Committee on change capability development.

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allow the Group to adopt a more dynamic and 
timely approach to identifying and managing  
credit risk exposures. The Group Executive Risk 
Committee monitors and challenges large 
exposure concentrations across the Group.

(cid:46)(cid:89)(cid:86)(cid:92)(cid:87)(cid:3)(cid:42)(cid:89)(cid:76)(cid:75)(cid:80)(cid:91)(cid:3)(cid:44)(cid:95)(cid:87)(cid:86)(cid:90)(cid:92)(cid:89)(cid:76)(cid:90)(cid:3)(cid:73)(cid:96)(cid:3)(cid:58)(cid:76)(cid:74)(cid:91)(cid:86)(cid:89)(cid:3)
(cid:26)(cid:24)(cid:3)(cid:43)(cid:76)(cid:74)(cid:76)(cid:84)(cid:73)(cid:76)(cid:89)(cid:3)(cid:25)(cid:23)(cid:24)(cid:23)

(cid:81) (cid:41)(cid:72)(cid:85)(cid:82)(cid:90)(cid:3)(cid:13)(cid:3)

39.67%

(cid:45)(cid:80)(cid:85)(cid:72)(cid:85)(cid:74)(cid:80)(cid:72)(cid:83)(cid:3)(cid:58)(cid:76)(cid:89)(cid:93)(cid:80)(cid:74)(cid:76)(cid:90)

(cid:81) (cid:53)(cid:72)(cid:91)(cid:80)(cid:86)(cid:85)(cid:72)(cid:83)(cid:3)(cid:13)(cid:3)(cid:51)(cid:86)(cid:74)(cid:72)(cid:83)(cid:3)
(cid:46)(cid:86)(cid:93)(cid:76)(cid:89)(cid:85)(cid:84)(cid:76)(cid:85)(cid:91)

(cid:81) (cid:57)(cid:76)(cid:72)(cid:83)(cid:3)(cid:44)(cid:90)(cid:91)(cid:72)(cid:91)(cid:76)

(cid:176)
(cid:176)

(cid:176)
(cid:176)
(cid:81) (cid:59)(cid:76)(cid:83)(cid:76)(cid:74)(cid:86)(cid:84)(cid:84)(cid:92)(cid:85)(cid:80)(cid:74)(cid:72)(cid:91)(cid:80)(cid:86)(cid:85)(cid:90)

(cid:58)(cid:76)(cid:89)(cid:93)(cid:80)(cid:74)(cid:76)(cid:90)

(cid:81)

(cid:52)(cid:80)(cid:85)(cid:80)(cid:85)(cid:78)

(cid:81) (cid:48)(cid:85)(cid:90)(cid:92)(cid:89)(cid:72)(cid:85)(cid:74)(cid:76)

(cid:81)

(cid:81)

(cid:81)

(cid:54)(cid:80)(cid:83)(cid:3)(cid:13)(cid:3)(cid:46)(cid:72)(cid:90)

(cid:44)(cid:83)(cid:76)(cid:74)(cid:91)(cid:89)(cid:80)(cid:74)(cid:80)(cid:91)(cid:96)

(cid:46)(cid:76)(cid:85)(cid:76)(cid:89)(cid:72)(cid:83)(cid:3)(cid:57)(cid:76)(cid:91)(cid:72)(cid:80)(cid:83)(cid:76)(cid:89)(cid:90)

14.58%

7.52%

5.27%

3.79%

3.17%

3.13%

2.53%

2.33%

(cid:81)

(cid:54)(cid:91)(cid:79)(cid:76)(cid:89)

18.01%

The top five exposures by sector remain 
unchanged from 2009, although there has been  
an increase in our total exposure to banks and 
financial services, offset by a reduction in exposure 
to national and local government. This mirrors the 
shift in credit risk to sovereigns from the financial 
sector throughout 2010. Most of the exposure  
to the banks and financial services sector stems  
from the non-banking book, while the banking 
book accounts for the largest portion of the 
national and local government sector. This is  
driven by the substantial amount of South African 
government debt which Nedbank is required  
to hold as a minimum reserve requirement. 

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The term ‘insurance risks’ in the notes to the 
accounts on pages 260-274 is defined, for 
accounting purposes, as the risks other than 
financial risk that influence the insurance liabilities 
associated with insurance contracts. For the 
long-term insurance businesses these arise 
through exposure to unfavourable claims 
experience on life assurance, critical illness and 
other protection business and exposure to 
unfavourable operating experience in respect of 
factors such as persistency levels and 
management expenses. For general insurance it 
also includes the risk of loss from fire, accident  
or other claim sources. These risks are included 
within the liability risk and business risk categories 
described on page 105 and 106.

Group risk profile 
The table below shows the significant risks to the 
Group, in order of importance. These figures are 
stated after allowing for the benefit of diversification 
between risk types and between business units. 
The overall diversification benefit gives rise to  
a reduction of 38% in the risk exposures when 
compared to the standalone exposures, since  
the correlation between risk types and different 
geographies is less than 100%, which limits the 
likelihood of multiple risks occurring simultaneously.

Credit risk
Business units are responsible for establishing 
appropriate systems and governance structures  
to ensure that they actively monitor credit risk  
in a manner consistent with Group policies and 
principles. Business units are responsible for 
ensuring that their credit risk exposures remain 
within the appetite limits set by the Group. As part 
of our plans to enhance the Group’s credit risk 
management framework, we are reviewing the 
Group’s credit risk policy, limits, and reporting 
systems. We are introducing improvements to 

Significant risk exposures by business unit and risk type

Long-term 
savings 

Banking

US Life

Legacy

Short-term 
insurance 
(M&F)

US Asset 
Management

GHO

1.  Asset liability 

management risk 
(policyholder)

2. Credit risk

3. Business risk

4. Operational risk

5. Currency risk

6.  Market risk 

(shareholder)

7. Liability risk

19%

3%

18%

4%

0%

2%

1%

0%

8%

3%

1%

0%

3%

0%

6%

14%

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

6%

1%

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

1%

0%

0%

0%

1%

1%

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

1%

7%

0%

0%

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CONTINUED

The Group’s exposure to the European peripheral 
economies is not deemed significant and is 
primarily to highly-rated institutions. As at the  
date of writing, the Group had less than £10m of 
exposure to the sovereign debt of European 
peripheral economies. We intend to maintain our 
exposures at low levels and to continue to monitor 
further developments in this region. Looking 
ahead, the planned disposal of US Life in 2011  
is expected to reduce the Group’s credit risk 
exposure significantly, particularly in the banks  
and financial services sector.

Market risk 
We define market risk as the risk of changes in the 
value of our financial assets or liabilities arising from 
changes in equity, bond and real estate prices, 
interest rates and foreign exchange rates, in the way 
they impact on shareholder assets. The impact of 
such movements on policyholder assets and liabilities 
are defined under ALM-related risks, which can cover 
mismatches of assets relative to liabilities, and also 
the impact of a change in fund related management 
fees earned from client portfolios as a consequence 
of movements in asset markets.

Market risk arises differently across the Group’s 
businesses, depending on the types of financial 
assets and liabilities held.

Market equity risk is the most significant market 
risk type across the Group. We monitor our market 
exposures for early identification and management 
of these risks (see the Risk appetite in action box 
on page 101 for details). We conduct separate 
analyses to understand the impacts on both 
shareholder and policyholder assets. 

In respect of the investment of shareholders’ 
funds, equity price risks are addressed in the 
Group’s various investment policies, which tightly 
limit the opportunity for business units to invest 
their own capital in equities or equity funds. As a 
result, the shareholder assets invested to back the 
statutory capital requirements across the Group 
are typically invested in sovereign bonds and cash. 
There is some remaining shareholder exposure to 
equity markets within OMSA. To mitigate the risk of 
falling equity markets adversely impacting the 
shareholder capital position, we use extensive 
equity hedging. We regularly evaluate the value 
and protection offered by the hedges that we 
operate in order to decide the appropriate level.

Sensitivities to adverse impacts of changes in 
market prices arising in our insurance operations are 
set out in the Old Mutual market consistent 
embedded value supplementary information section 
of this Annual Report. For our insurance operations, 
equity and property price risk and interest rate risk 
are modelled in accordance with the Group’s 
risk-based capital practices, which require sufficient 

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capital to be held in excess of the statutory 
minimum to allow us to manage significant 
exposures in line with the Group risk appetite. 

Each of the Group’s business units has its own 
policies, principles and governance to manage its 
market risk in accordance with local regulatory 
requirements. These are supplemented by 
group-level monitoring as part of the risk appetite 
framework. The impacts of changes in market risk 
are monitored and managed using sensitivity 
analyses, through the business units’ own 
regulatory processes, with reference to the 
Group’s risk appetite framework, and by other 
means. This work is complemented by the Group’s 
reporting processes, which include assessments 
of the sensitivity of our capital position and 
embedded value to various market changes.

Business risk 
A significant component of the monthly 
management information communicated at Group 
level relates to ongoing measurement of the level of 
sales of each business, the level of expenses in that 
business against those planned and in previous 
years, as well as the level of surrender activity.

All new life assurance product developments with 
financial guarantees within the Group are subject 
to a rigorous approval process, culminating in the 
Group Risk and Actuarial Director either approving 
or rejecting the product before launch. In all cases 
a series of product development committees and 
stringent requirements must be passed before the 
new product can proceed to launch. This has been 
supplemented during 2010 with the establishment 
of the Long-Term Savings (LTS) product team, who 
are responsible for reviewing all product proposals 
from the LTS business units as well as leveraging 
synergies across product developments within the 
Group. This provides additional mitigation against 
the risk of poor product performance and design.

Many of these additional requirements have been 
introduced following experience relating to the  
Old Mutual Bermuda UGO Variable Annuity 
product. All potential risks to the Group as a result 
of writing the new product are considered before  
the product is escalated to the Group Risk and 
Actuarial Director for approval. These risks include, 
but are not limited to: investment, expense, 
surrender, mortality and operational risk (including 
reputational effects). An assessment of the  
cost of offering the financial guarantee is also 
included. Extensive scenario and stress testing  
is undertaken for all new product developments,  
so that the new business margin and market-
consistent value of new business can be assessed 
under a range of different adverse scenarios, 
including a worst-case scenario as well as the 
base case. We also evaluate all new product 
developments in light of our commitment to treat 
customers fairly.

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Quarterly group-led business reviews with each  
of the businesses ensure regular dialogue and 
oversight of business performance. At each 
meeting, business risk is monitored and, where 
appropriate, actions are agreed to mitigate 
negative trends. We make particular use of  
MCEV to monitor experience as it emerges.

Liability (insurance underwriting) risk 
The Group assumes liability (also referred to as 
insurance underwriting risk) risk by issuing 
insurance contracts under which it agrees to 
compensate the policyholder or other beneficiary  
if a specified uncertain future event affecting the 
policyholder occurs. This risk includes mortality 
and morbidity risk in the LTS business units and  
a risk of loss from fire, accident and other sources 
in M&F, our short-term insurance business unit.

Our liability risk exposure is relatively low as we 
manage it effectively through:

 (cid:81) The relatively weak correlation of liability risk 
with our other risk types, which reduces our 
exposure after diversification over several 
insurance classes and a number of 
geographical segments

 (cid:81) Maintenance and use of sophisticated 

management information systems which 
provide current data on the risks to which  
we are exposed

 (cid:81) Use of actuarial models to calculate premiums 

and monitor claims patterns using past 
experience and statistical methods

 (cid:81) Guidelines for concluding insurance contracts 

and assuming liability risks, such as 
underwriting principles and product pricing 
procedures

 (cid:81) Reinsurance to limit our exposure to large single 

claims and catastrophes

 (cid:81) An effective mix of assets that back insurance 
liabilities based on the nature and term of 
those liabilities.

Long-term insurance
The table below shows our key liability risks associated with long-term insurance, along with risk 
management actions within the LTS business units:

Risk

Underwriting risk

Definition

Risk management

Misalignment of policyholders to the 
appropriate pricing basis or impact 
of anti-selection, resulting in a loss

HIV/AIDS risk

Impact of HIV/AIDS on mortality 
rates and critical illness cover

Medical developments (longevity) 
risk

Possible increase in annuity costs 
due to policyholders living longer

Catastrophe risk

Natural and non-natural disasters, 
including war and terrorism, could 
result in increased mortality risk  
and pay-outs on policies

Experience is closely monitored. 
For universal life business, mortality 
rates can be reset. Underwriting 
limits, health requirements, spread 
of risks and training of underwriters 
all mitigate the risk.

Wherever possible we write 
products that allow for regular 
repricing or are priced to allow for 
the expected effects of HIV/AIDS. 
We require tests for HIV/AIDS and 
other tests for lives insured above 
certain values: a negative test result 
is a pre-requisite for acceptance  
at standard rates.

For non-profit annuities, 
improvements to mortality are 
allowed for in pricing and valuation. 
Experience is closely monitored.  
For with-profit annuity business,  
the mortality risk is carried by 
policyholders and any mortality 
profit or loss is reflected in the 
bonuses declared.

We have a catastrophe stop loss 
and excess of loss reinsurance 
treaty in place which covers claims 
from one incident occurring within  
a specified period between a range 
of limits.

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CONTINUED

The Group RCSA process places responsibility 
directly onto line management for identifying, 
monitoring and managing operational risk within 
each business unit. We further enhanced the 
RCSA process in 2010 by beginning the roll out of 
our OpenPages strategic risk management system 
which records, consolidates and reports risks, 
controls and losses at business unit and Group 
level. The improvement in the quality of data 
generated will facilitate identification of areas where 
controls need to be more robust. Identifying the 
level of losses in relation to a particular risk will 
start to help us assess more accurately the 
potential impact of any further occurrences and 
improve the accuracy of the RCSA assessment. 
Our management of risk will only be effective  
if the RCSA and loss event recording drives 
management action, often in the area of process 
re-engineering, to minimise the scope for 
recurrence. 

The RCSA process remains the key driver  
to assess, escalate and prioritise significant 
operational risks across the Group. These risks are 
then reassessed and monitored by the GERC and 
the Group Executive on at least a quarterly basis. 

General insurance
Reinsurance plays an extremely important role in 
the management of liability risk and exposure at 
M&F. The Group makes use of a combination of 
proportional and non-proportional reinsurance to 
limit the impact of both individual and event losses 
and to provide insurance capacity.

The majority of the Group’s general insurance 
contracts are classified as ‘short-tailed’, meaning 
that any claim is settled within a year after the loss 
date. This contrasts with ‘long-tailed’ classes 
where claims costs take longer to materialise and 
settle. Our long-tailed business is generally limited 
to personal accident, third-party motor liability and 
some engineering classes; in total it comprises 
less than 5% of an average year’s claim costs.

Operational risk
The Group’s size and complexity mean that 
operational risk represents a significant proportion 
of our risk profile (approximately 12%, with a target 
of 10%). This risk could result in losses from 
internal failures relating to processing, systems  
and people as well as losses relating to external 
triggers such as external fraud or retrospective 
changes in legislation. By its nature, operational 
risk is difficult to eliminate entirely. But we aim  
to keep it to a minimum and certainly within our 
risk appetite as we are unlikely to gain significant 
reward from taking operational risk. That is why 
operational risk is one of the metrics in our risk 
appetite framework. 

Our operational risk exposures for M&F and  
Old Mutual Bermuda are above appetite.  
M&F has increased exposure as a result of 
processing errors and losses and Old Mutual 
Bermuda is exposed to trade execution errors  
and outsourcing failures. All other divisions and 
business units are currently within their operational 
risk appetite.

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The principal operational risks Old Mutual faces are listed in the table below. 

2010  
trend

2010  
commentary

The regulatory environment is 
increasing in intensity, particularly 
in the areas of customer protection 
in developing markets, and 
information security/privacy. While 
banking and asset management 
related regulation was already very 
intense, there has been further 
tightening in the wake of the 
financial crisis. Many of the new 
requirements are still evolving.  

In addition, Solvency II will create 
 a step change for insurance 
prudential regulation, with its  
focus on internal risk and capital 
management and the more 
proactive nature of Group 
supervision under the internal 
model approval process

The roll-out of the Group Risk 
Strategy during 2010 highlighted the 
need for improved processes and 
reporting on operational losses.

Risk description 

Regulatory risk 
Regulatory requirements and 
changes are increasing, and are 
likely to continue to do so over 
the time ahead. Compliance with 
the new Solvency II requirements 
is due at the beginning of 2013. If 
we do not correctly assess the 
impact of these changes or 
implement them in a timely 
manner a fine, penalty or 
regulatory censure could result. 

Processing risk 
Our businesses rely on their 
systems, operational processes 
and infrastructure to help process 
numerous transactions daily 
across various different markets. 
With a large number of such 
processes comes significant 
operational risk arising from 
process breakdowns, human 
error or IT systems issues. 

Key mitigating actions

Old Mutual is well positioned to 
meet increased regulatory 
expectations. 

Dedicated Group and business unit 
compliance teams closely monitor 
new and changing regulatory 
developments and liaise regularly 
with their local regulators.  

The Group provides a co-ordination 
role in relation to the FSA, which  
is the lead regulatory authority for 
Old Mutual plc under the Financial 
Groups Directive. 

The iCRaFT project is designed to 
deliver all Solvency II requirements, 
as a minimum. It has been 
progressing well during 2010 and 
project deliverables are on target. 

We have established a number  
of Group strategic implementation 
programmes to review, evaluate 
and document key business 
processes, facilitating a thorough 
understanding of the relationships 
between these processes and 
highlighting areas where process or 
control improvements are required. 

The new risk management 
framework and tool has been 
developed and is being rolled out 
across the Group. This provides  
an opportunity to embed the ERM 
processes which should lead to 
greater consistency of assessment 
and assumptions applied across  
all business units. This should also 
enable effective comparison and 
challenge of the operational risk 
capital derived by business units.

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Risk description 

IT and data security  
IT sustainability and 
infrastructure is a concern 
across the Group, particularly in 
Skandia UK and M&F. There is a 
risk that if these issues are not 
resolved within an appropriate 
timescale we could experience 
problems with the current IT 
systems.

HR risk  
The lack of leadership and talent 
throughout the organisation at 
the levels required to deliver the 
business strategy and achieve  
the necessary culture change. 

2010  
trend

2010  
commentary

An LTS Chief Information Officer 
has been appointed in the drive 
to consolidate and enhance IT 
infrastructure and exploit IT 
synergies. 

Physical and information security 
are areas of increasing risk and 
regulatory focus – particularly in 
relation to information security, 
where the UK and Europe have 
seen increasing intensity in fines 
and enforcement activity.  

New privacy and consumer 
protection laws have also been 
introduced in South Africa, 
although the practical regulatory 
enforcement bodies are  
still evolving.

The year saw changes in  
the regulatory requirements 
surrounding remuneration policy.  

Turnover among the key leadership 
roles reduced for the second 
consecutive year.  

During 2010 a number of initiatives 
were delivered to improve senior 
talent attraction, retention  
and development.  

New CEOs started in Nordic in 
2010, and M&F and USAM in early 
2011. This increased the risk of 
staff turnover increasing and 
initiatives slowing until the new 
CEOs were firmly established. 
However, no material increases  
in turnover occurred in those 
businesses in the interim periods.

Key mitigating actions

We have established a Group 
strategic implementation 
programme to address these issues 
and identify and implement IT 
synergies across the Group. This will 
be further supported by the iCRaFT 
initiative, and will be tested on the 
risk management system as one  
of the initial group-wide IT roll outs. 

Work has started and is co-
ordinated with the LTS Chief 
Information Officer to embed 
Information Security within LTS IT 
strategy, including adoption and 
embedding of Group standards and 
benchmarking of business units 
against those standards. Group 
information security standards are 
based on good practice and data 
privacy obligations.

New long-term incentive plans  
for Group senior executives  
were implemented together  
with consistent approaches to 
short-term (annual) incentive 
structures across business units. 

To support governance 
requirements revised remuneration 
principles have been implemented 
across the Group. 

A set of required leadership actions 
was introduced and leadership 
programmes were modified to 
target development needs. 

The year ahead will see more  
focus on the behavioural changes 
required to ensure our culture is 
aligned to the business strategy 
and reflects what matters most  
to our employees.

Capital modelling for operational risk
Maintaining a strong capital position is critical to 
the Group’s ability to conduct business and 
withstand losses resulting from inadequate or 
failed internal processes, people and systems or 
from external events. The determined operational 
risk capital requirement should be sufficient to 
satisfy the Board’s risk appetite across all 
operational risks faced by the Group. We are 
nearing the completion of a new operational risk 
capital model which will enable a much more 
robust assessment of the capital requirement.

Other risks impacting the  
Group risk profile
Liquidity risk
Our liquidity position remains sound at both Group 
holding company and business unit level. The 
Group holding company is funded through a 
combination of internal cash resources and 
undrawn bank credit facilities. Business units’ 
liquidity needs are met from their own internal 
resources and, where appropriate, either locally 
arranged external lines or funding lines from the 
holding company. 

In aggregate the holding company has £1.4 billion 
of cash and undrawn committed facilities as at 31 
December 2010.

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RISK PROFILES BY SEGMENT 

Long-Term Savings (LTS) 
Our LTS businesses represent a significant part  
 of the Group’s earnings and capital (see the 
segmental disclosures in this report) and the 
aggregation of the primary risks to Old Mutual is 
naturally greatest within this segment. The most 
significant risks in LTS overall are market (equity 
and interest) and business risk (see table on page 
114). During 2010 LTS has defined its risk strategy 
for the next three years. This is aligned to the 
Group strategy and aims to optimise the trade-off 
between risk assumed, capital required and 
volatility of return. These are LTS’s risk preferences: 

LTS ALM risk
ALM risk is the risk that adverse changes in the 
market value of policyholder assets and liabilities 
will negatively impact LTS future earnings. The key 
factors that could lead to negative variances 
include asset prices, their volatility, interest rates 
and currency. 

Risk management strategies designed to mitigate 
market risk are dependent on the type of contracts 
held by policyholders. Where contracts are related 
purely to longevity, mortality and morbidity risk, 
there is typically no sharing of better-than-
expected or required investment returns.  
Under unit-linked and/or market-linked contracts, 
policyholders receive the full investment return  
on the underlying assets, less any applicable fees, 
and the only residual market risk relates to the 
fluctuation in asset-based fees as a result of 
fluctuations in the underlying assets. 

In most other classes of investment-related 
contracts, investment returns are attributed to,  
or shared with, policyholders, in the form of vesting 
and/or non-vesting bonuses. Non-vesting bonuses 
offer an option for management action, as they can 
be withheld in adverse circumstances.

Smooth bonus products constitute a significant 
proportion of South African business. We pay 
particular attention to declaring bonuses in a 
responsible manner, retaining sufficient reserves to 
meet our promise to clients that returns will be less 
volatile over time than purely market-linked returns. 
Investment returns not distributed after deducting 
charges are credited to bonus-smoothing 
reserves, which are used to support subsequent 
bonus declarations.

For discretionary participating business 
underwritten in South Africa, there are well 
established management actions. Principles  
and Practices of Financial Management clearly  
sets out how risks and surpluses are shared,  
how bonuses are declared, and how these  
classes of businesses are managed − including  
the management actions that will be taken in 
adverse conditions. These actions are sanctioned 
and signed-off by the Old Mutual South Africa 

Board and are disclosed to the Financial  
Services Board of South Africa, Old Mutual  
South Africa’s regulator.

In South Africa the stock selection and investment 
analysis process is supported by a well developed 
research function. For fixed annuities, we manage 
market risks where possible by investing in 
fixed-interest securities with a duration closely 
corresponding to those liabilities. Market risk on 
policies that include specific guarantees and where 
shareholders carry the investment risk resides 
principally in the South African guaranteed non-
profit annuity book, which is closely matched with 
fixed interest securities. Other non-profit policies  
are also suitably matched, based on comprehensive 
investment guidelines. Market risk on with-profit 
policies, where investment risk is shared with 
investors, is mitigated by appropriate bonus 
declaration practices and the use of hedging. 

Within Old Mutual South Africa, reductions in 
interest rates can lead to an increase in the value  
of investment guarantees and options given to 
policyholders, causing a reduction in earnings and 
shareholder capital. We hold investment guarantee 
resources and undertake regular and ongoing 
activity related to interest rate and equity hedging 
to mitigate this risk.

LTS business risk
Business risk is the risk that the LTS business 
performance will be below plan and therefore 
negatively impact on earnings and capital. The 
drivers that could result in this include negative 
variances in new business volumes, new business 
margins, lapse experience and expenses.

Lapse risk includes the risk that policyholders 
surrender their policies earlier than expected, 
resulting in loss of value. If large numbers of policies 
lapse, the business is exposed to losses on up-front 
expenses and commissions that cannot be 
recouped, and also to per-policy maintenance costs 
increasing above pricing assumptions, resulting in 
losses as remaining policyholder charges fail to 
cover the ongoing costs of maintenance. Early 
surrender of policies can also crystallise unrealised 
losses for portfolios where market values are trading 
below book values. 

Within the Group, we examine the impact  
on earnings and capital by stress testing both 
increased and decreased lapse rates in order  
to understand these impacts. We also take steps 
to manage lapse risk in case it varies from 
assumption. During 2010, customer retention  
was a key risk to the business. Significant focus 
and effort from the business, coupled with 
improved economic and social outlook, resulted  
in improved persistency during the year and this 
trend is expected to continue into 2011.

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Lower than anticipated new business volumes  
can lead to acquisition expense overruns, resulting 
in reduced earnings and shareholder capital.  
By contrast, significantly higher than expected  
new business volumes can consume large 
amounts of capital and may cause capital strain. 
Within the Group, we examine the impact on 
earnings and capital by stress testing both 
increased and decreased new business volumes  
 in order to understand these impacts. 

Business risk is particularly significant, as a 
proportion of total risk, in respect of the Group’s 
unit-linked and asset management businesses, 
where there are few other significant risks relating 
to market, credit or insurance risk. Hence these 
risks comprise a large proportion of total risk in 
Wealth Management, Nordic and Retail Europe. 
While these risks are important in Emerging 
Markets, they represent a lower proportion  
of overall risk. 

LTS credit risk
During 2010 we have made significant progress  
in enhancing the aggregation of credit exposures 
across the Group as part of the iCRaFT programme. 
In 2011 this will be complemented by a review and 
update of the credit risk policy and limits. The top 
five exposures by sector remain unchanged from 
2009, although there has been an increase in our 
total exposure to banks and financial services, 
offset by a reduction in exposure to national and 
local government. This mirrors the shift in credit 

risk to sovereigns from the financial sector 
throughout 2010. 

The Group’s exposure to the European peripheral 
economies is not deemed significant and it is 
primarily to highly rated institutions. We intend to 
maintain our exposures at low levels and continue 
to monitor further developments in this region.

LTS operational risk
LTS’s operational risk profile is similar to the Group 
operational risk profile on page 110.

Banking 
Banking credit risk
As our primary banking business, Nedbank carries 
the majority of our credit risk through its lending and 
other financing activities. Nedbank’s financing 
activities contribute to its significant credit risk 
exposure. We expect impairment levels to remain 
stable or even start to reduce during 2011. This is due 
to a number of factors including a slowdown in 
lending, the introduction of tighter lending criteria and 
the stabilisation of economic conditions.

Nedbank manages credit risk exposures through its 
credit risk management framework, which 
encompasses comprehensive credit policies, limits, 
governance structures and internal risk models that 
are fully Basel II compliant and in line with Group 
policies and practices. To address the changing 
conditions impacting on credit risk this year,  
Nedbank has:

LTS risk preferences

Liability (insurance underwriting) risk Market risk

Credit risk

Life – Catastrophe

Shareholder equity risk

Life – Disability

Life – Longevity

Life – Mortality

Liquidity

(cid:81) Strongly avoid
(cid:81) Tend to avoid
(cid:81)
(cid:81) Tend to seek
(cid:81) Strongly seek

Neutral (indifferent)

Policyholder equity risk

Currency – at Group level

Inflation

Corporate bonds spread 
widening, default and migration

Counterparty default
(reinsurance)

Shareholder interest rate risk

Concentration risk

Hedgeable policyholder
interest rate risk

Property

LTS exposures as a percentage of overall Group risk exposure (stated post diversification)

1 ALM risk (policyholder)
2 Business risk
3 Operational risk
4 Credit risk
5 Market (shareholder) equity
6 Liability (insurance underwriting) risk

Emerging 
Markets 
%

7.5
5.7
1.9
1.2
2.1
0.6

Wealth 
Management  

Nordic  

%

5.2
5.4
1.5
0.8
0.0
0.0

%

5.3
5.2
0.6
0.9
0.0
0.0

Retail  
Europe 
%

0.7
1.3
0.1
0.1
0.0
0.0

Note: Ranked in order of importance to the Group based on economic capital figures as at June 2010.

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 (cid:81) Closely monitored credit risk loss ratios and other 
key indicators through its credit risk monitoring 
committees 

 (cid:81) The bank has a mismatch in net non-rate-

sensitive balances, including shareholders’ funds, 
that do not reprice for interest rate changes

 (cid:81) Tightened credit granting criteria – for example, on 
home loans it has tightened loan-to-value criteria, 
increased acceptance standards and where 
appropriate restructured credit risk agreements

 (cid:81) Tightened controls over large payments to  

and from global banks 

 (cid:81) Nedbank uses standard analytical techniques to 
measure interest rate sensitivity within its banking 
book. This includes static reprice gap analysis 
and point-in-time interest income stress testing for 
parallel interest rate moves over a forward looking 
12-month period.

 (cid:81) Increased staff to administer collections.

Banking market risk
The principal market risks in the Group’s banking 
operations arise from:

 (cid:81) Trading risk in Nedbank Capital

 (cid:81) Banking book interest rate risk from repricing and/

or maturity mismatches between on- and 
off-balance sheet components in all  
banking businesses.

We use a comprehensive market risk framework  
to ensure that market risks are understood and 
managed. Governance structures are in place to 
achieve effective independent monitoring and 
management of market risk.

Trading risk
We measure market risk exposures from trading 
activities at Nedbank Capital using value-at-risk 
(VaR), supplemented by sensitivity analysis  
and stress-scenario analysis, and set limit  
structures accordingly.

The VaR measure estimates the potential loss in 
pre-tax profit over a given holding period for a 
specified confidence level. The methodology is a 
statistically-defined, probability-based approach that 
takes into account market volatilities as well as risk 
diversification by recognising offsetting positions and 
correlations between products and markets. Risks 
can be measured consistently across all markets and 
products, and risk measures can be aggregated to 
arrive at a single risk number. The one-day 99% VaR 
number used by Nedbank represents the overnight 
loss that has less than a 1% chance of occurring 
under normal market conditions. By its nature, VaR is 
only a single measure and cannot be relied upon as a 
means of measuring and managing risk on its own.

Banking book interest rate risk 
This arises at Nedbank because:

 (cid:81) The bank writes a large quantum of prime-
linked assets and raises fewer prime-linked 
deposits

 (cid:81) Funding is prudently raised across the curve at 

fixed-term deposit rates that reprice only on maturity

 (cid:81) Short-term demand-funding products reprice to 

different short-end base rates

 (cid:81) Certain ambiguous maturity accounts are 

non-rate-sensitive

Liquidity risk 
There are two types of liquidity risk: funding liquidity 
risk and market liquidity risk. Funding liquidity risk is 
the risk that Nedbank Group will be unable to meet 
its payment obligations as they fall due. These 
payment obligations could arise from depositor 
withdrawals, the inability to roll-over maturing debt  
or contractual commitments to lend.

Market liquidity risk is the risk that the Nedbank 
Group will be unable to sell assets, without incurring 
an unacceptable loss, in order to generate cash 
required to meet payment obligations under a stress 
liquidity event.

Liquidity risk management is a vital risk management 
function in all entities across all jurisdictions and 
currencies, and is a key focus of the Nedbank Group.

We maintain a portfolio of marketable and highly 
liquid assets which could be liquidated to meet 
unforeseen or unexpected funding requirements.  
The market liquidity by asset type (and for a 
continuum of plausible stress scenarios) is 
considered as part of the internal stress testing  
and scenario analysis process. The quantum  
of unencumbered assets available as collateral  
for stress funding is measured and monitored on  
an ongoing basis. 

The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision issued 
new liquidity standards on 16 December 2010. Many 
of the key principles are already encapsulated in 
Nedbank’s Liquidity Risk Management Framework. 
However, in order to meet the requirements of the 
liquidity coverage ratio by 2015 and the net stable 
funding ratio by 2018, Nedbank and the other South 
African banks are working closely with SARB and 
National Treasury to address the structural 
challenges of compliance for the local banking 
industry, while at the same time considering the 
unintended economic consequences which may 
arise from the proposed liquidity standards. 

Nedbank’s securitisation activities
Nedbank Group uses securitisation primarily as a 
funding diversification tool. However, these securitisation 
activities, which are mostly restricted to low-risk and 
non-complex transactions, are not significant relative to 
the overall Nedbank Group risk profile. 

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It is important to note that the Nedbank Group is fully 
integrated into the Old Mutual Group economic 
capital and risk appetite framework, which is based 
on a more conservative approach to calculating 
capital requirements. All securitisation transactions 
are subject to Nedbank Group Risk Committee 
oversight and the stringent SA Regulatory 
Securitisation Framework.

Business risk
Business risk is the risk of adverse outcomes 
resulting from a weak competitive position or from a 
poor choice of strategy, markets, products, activities 
or structures. Major potential sources of business risk 
include revenue volatility, owing to factors such as 
macro-economic conditions, inflexible cost 
structures, uncompetitive products or pricing, and 
structural inefficiencies.

The fluctuations in earnings captured in business risk 
are those not attributable to the influence of other risk 
types. The major driver or input used in the earnings-
at-risk methodology is a time series of historical profit 
and loss, cleansed of the effects of other risk types. 
The volatility of this time series of historical profits and 
losses becomes the basis for the measurement of 
business risk.

Nedbank Group actively manages business risk 
through the various management structures, as set 
out in the Enterprise Risk Management framework, 
and an earnings-at-risk methodology similar to the 
Group’s risk appetite metrics. 

Operational risk
Nedbank’s operational risk profile is similar to the 
Group operational risk profile on page 110.

Mutual & Federal (M&F)
The decision to acquire the minority interests  
and delist M&F was a key step in our strategy to 
rationalise and consolidate our Group structure  
into a focused long-term savings, protection and 
investment business . The delisting of M&F enabled 
local management to focus on stabilising the 
operating platform during 2010 and responding to 
changes in the market to continue to offer growth, 
profitability and value to clients.

M&F is South Africa’s second largest short-term 
insurer and also conducts business in Botswana, 
Namibia and Zimbabwe. It has developed a five-year 
strategic programme to profitably grow its market 
share while introducing innovative products and 
entering new market segments. In 2010 it focused on 
the basics with the launch of new initiatives designed 
to stabilise the business. Early positive results include 
the recent move to second place for service in the 
Ask Africa Orange Index, from fourth a year earlier. 
The benefits of action plans implemented throughout 
2010, which include changes to top management, 
should materialise in the 2011-13 planning period.

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M&F’s primary concern is underwriting risk, the risk 
that insurance products are incorrectly measured 
and priced. Adverse weather patterns and large 
numbers of commercial fires impacted our 
underwriting profitability in H1 2010. However, 
management actions taken to clean up the book, 
improve underwriting discipline and better manage 
claims costs resulted in improved underwriting 
results. This focus on the fundamental soundness  
of M&F’s portfolios, diligence in rate setting and 
continuing adherence to responsible underwriting 
standards will continue into 2011. 

US Asset Management
For USAM, as an asset management business, 
market volatility presents the greatest risk. Since  
we conduct our asset management activities in an 
agency capacity, clients take both the upside and 
downside risk in their portfolios. As a consequence 
we characterise the resulting risk as an ALM risk,  
the risk that expected fees are not earned due to 
lower asset levels than anticipated. USAM asset 
management affiliates are exposed to a second-
order risk in respect of their asset-based 
management fees and performance-related fees. 
Over the year, we continued to feel the impact of the 
financial crisis in a lower level of asset-based fees 
and substantially lower performance fees resulting 
from net cash outflows and lower asset values.

USAM’s investigation of a possible partial Initial  
Public Offering includes multiple detailed work 
streams that holding company management is 
currently completing. While certain aspects of  
these IPO related activities represent business  
as usual activities, adding IPO related activities to 
management’s regular daily operations raises  
a resource bandwidth concern.

US Life
The internal risk and control profile of the business  
is effective, and continues to improve. Credit risk  
has reduced significantly as the investment portfolio 
continues to be de-risked on a capital neutral basis. 
Although exposure to corporate bonds still exceeds 
our risk appetite we have continued to improve the 
investment grade of the portfolio in line with our 
target operating model. Market yields have improved 
– enabling better matching of new assets to sales but 
lowering the unrealised gain position. Yields are still 
below desired levels and continue to place pressure 
on long-term guarantees. Surrenders and lapses  
in excess of pricing assumptions adversely affect  
our ability to achieve target profit margins and 
recover expenses. 

The exposure to US Life credit risk has been one of 
the significant metrics driving the divestment of US 
Life from the Group – see Group risk profile on pages 
107 and 108. The planned disposal is expected to 
reduce the Group’s credit risk exposure significantly, 
particularly in the banks and financial services sector.

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Old Mutual Bermuda (legacy business)
In Old Mutual Bermuda, reductions in interest rates 
can cause more of the investment guarantees and 
options within its life assurance businesses to be 
in-the-money, reducing earnings and shareholder 
capital. We maintain regular interest rate hedging 
activity to mitigate this risk.

The guaranteed returns provided under equity-
indexed annuities are hedged to ensure a close 
matching of option or futures pay-offs to any liability 
growth. Hedging is largely static, with minimal 
trading. For variable annuities, the guaranteed returns 
provided are dynamically hedged. We review hedging 
positions daily to readjust them as necessary. We 
include an assessment of our ability to hedge market 
movements and the effectiveness of these hedging 
programmes. Hedge ineffectiveness risk is the risk of 
hedge assets underperforming in comparison with 
the associated liabilities. This can arise from less than 
complete hedging, such as failure to hedge higher-
order derivative measures and from non-hedgeable 
items such as basis risk.

Old Mutual Bermuda remains outside our Group risk 
appetite and is being actively managed to mitigate 
losses. For further details of the action we are taking 
to mitigate risk in Old Mutual Bermuda, please see 
page 85.

Businesses outside Group risk appetite: 
M&F, Old Mutual Bermuda and US Life
Measured against the risk appetite limits set by the 
Group Executive Risk Committee and ratified by the 
Executive Committee and Board, all the Group’s 
businesses are within the Group’s appetite except 
M&F, Old Mutual Bermuda and US Life. It is worth 
noting that:

 (cid:81) M&F and Old Mutual Bermuda are managing 

their positions to reduce the risk in their 
business gradually, within their capabilities and 
minimising loss of value

 (cid:81) We have entered into a transaction to dispose 

of US Life 

 (cid:81) We established oversight committees for  
Old Mutual Bermuda and US Life in 2009,  
and both of these bodies are still in force.  
The committees monitor risk exposures,  
help optimise risk-taking within the businesses 
and track progress – fortnightly in US Life, and 
monthly in Old Mutual Bermuda. The committee 
members include the Group Risk and Actuarial 
Director, the Group Finance Director and 
relevant executives from the business units

 (cid:81) Asset liability management has also been 

improved, with significant effort being spent  
on identifying the assets appropriate to  
different product lines and ensuring investment 
strategies match the profile of those liabilities. 
The oversight committees have also been

  directly involved in making decisions relating  
to the closure of unprofitable product lines  
and those deemed to be excessively risky 
relative to the Group’s risk appetite

 (cid:81) The Group monitors Old Mutual Bermuda’s 
hedging and related risks daily, and the 
company has been closed to new business  
to prevent any increase in risk exposures 
brought on by growing the book through selling 
contracts with inappropriately designed and 
priced product structures. Over time we expect 
exposures to reduce significantly as policies 
terminate or mature and exit the book. Within 
the business, we continue to monitor hedging 
activity closely: hedging effectiveness has 
increased significantly as a result 

 (cid:81) Weekly liquidity reporting has been instigated, 
which includes stress-sensitivity scenarios

 (cid:81) Monthly liquidity/ cash flow forecasting has 
been introduced, consisting of projections 
which include consideration of:

 – All anticipated Old Mutual Bermuda needs 

and sources of cash flow 

 – The specific timing of cash flows required  
to settle expected policyholder benefits
 – The impact of market changes on the need 

for and timing of cash flows

 – An assessment of the optimal asset strategy 
to ensure appropriate liquidity at all times

 (cid:81) Old Mutual Bermuda’s operational risk 

exposure is expected to increase over the 
period 2010-12 due to migration of 
transformation initiatives related to valuation 
systems and processes combined with 
recruitment of new staff

 (cid:81) M&F’s operational risk remains above risk 
appetite in 2010-11, due mainly to the 
uncertainty surrounding certain regulatory  
and legislative requirements. We expect that 
exposure is to reduce and fall within appetite 
over the plan period.

Summary
Old Mutual continued in 2010 to focus on and 
progress to effectively manage risk and capital  
in order to create value. Our progress is due to  
the continued emphasis the Board places on risk 
management through our Big Five priorities and  
the iCRaFT programme. The risk environment  
will continue to evolve: we are now focusing on 
embedding the use of tools that will drive the 
collection of data and information on integrated  
risk and capital management.

The Board believes that current capital and liquidity 
levels are adequate for a Group of our size and 
nature. It also confirms that the Group’s internal 
systems of control, risk management and 
governance have operated as intended during  
2010 and are therefore effective.

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RESPONSIBLE BUSINESS 
INTRODUCTION

FOUNDATIONS FOR  
THE FUTURE

“ I am very proud this year of the way we have 
listened to our stakeholders and developed a 
group-wide approach to responsible business 
which lays the foundations for a sustainable 
future as a company and as an investor. This 
approach is designed to ensure we actively 
address the issues that matter most to our 
stakeholders and will help us realise our vision of 
becoming our customers’ most trusted partner.”

Don Schneider
Group Human Resources Director and Chairman  
of the Responsible Business Committee 

Responsible Business highlights from 2010

 (cid:81) First full year of operation of the Responsible  

Business Committee which oversaw:
 – Responsible Business Policy rolled out across the Group
 – Responsible Investment taskforce set up

 (cid:81) Conducted stakeholder research into responsible  

business issues 

 (cid:81) £13.6 million invested in our local communities focusing on 

financial education, enterprise development and sustainable 
community development. For example:
 – £4.6m through the Masisizane Fund including micro-finance
 – £2.7m spent through the five Old Mutual Foundations.

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Responsible Business is central to our 
corporate strategy
Being a responsible business lies at the heart of 
building trust, an issue that has become ever more 
important for any financial services company since 
the recent financial crisis. In order to obtain their 
trust, our stakeholders must believe that we are 
taking our responsibilities as a business seriously, 
and are actively managing the most important 
issues we face from a social, environmental and 
ethical perspective. Our approach to responsible 
business is therefore a vital enabler of our  
corporate vision of becoming our customers’  
most trusted partner.

Developing our approach in 2010
During 2010, we have laid the foundations for the 
future of responsible business at Old Mutual.

We conducted research with our stakeholders, 
who included: 

 (cid:81) customers 

 (cid:81) shareholders 

 (cid:81) employees 

 (cid:81) industry experts 

 (cid:81) non-governmental organisations

 (cid:81) corporate responsibility experts

 (cid:81) the media.

We used this research to identify and explore 
which issues our stakeholders felt were most 
important for a financial services company to 
address. And we have used the findings of this 
research to develop a group-wide approach to 
responsible business. We will roll this out in 2011 
to ensure that we are addressing these priority 
issues in a systematic, structured and strategic 
way. The diagram on the following page 
summarises our evolving approach to responsible 

business and shows the nine ‘material issue’ 
areas, identified in our stakeholder research, which 
we discuss in the following sections. We believe 
this approach leaves us well placed to build on the 
progress made by individual business units in 
recent years and to ensure we all work together to 
deliver responsible business consistently across all 
our operations in the future.

Metrics and more
We want to be accountable when it comes to 
responsible business. So we are working to 
develop a series of key metrics and performance 
indicators. We believe it is vital to have these 
quantifiable markers of our approach, but we also 
believe that responsible business is much more 
than this. It is how all of our employees approach 
every decision they make on a day-to-day basis. It 
is the way we communicate with our customers. 
The way we ensure that we understand them and 
their needs. And how we make sure they 
understand what we are doing and why we are 
doing it. 

Looking forward
In the following pages we set out details of the 
progress we have made on each of these issues. 
We also set out our plans for the future and outline 
the key initiatives planned for 2011. Our goal is to 
be able to report back, a year from now, on all that 
has been achieved. And for this ongoing activity to 
begin to come together to tell a bigger story about 
us as a business, and our progress towards 
building people’s trust in us to help them achieve 
their lifetime financial goals.

Don Schneider
Group Human Resources Director

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OUR APPROACH TO  
RESPONSIBLE BUSINESS

BUILDING TRUST BY MAKING SURE WE 
ADDRESS OUR STAKEHOLDERS’ KEY ISSUES  

The diagram below summarises our evolving approach to 
responsible business and shows the nine ‘material issue’ 
areas, discussed in the following sections, which were 
identified in our stakeholder research.

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 (cid:81) We completed the first full year of the Responsible Business Committees 

co-ordination of our management approach towards social and 
environmental issues

 (cid:81) We rolled out our Responsible Business Policy across the Group 

 (cid:81) We are developing a series of group-wide social and environmental metrics, 

against which we will report in 2011

 (cid:81) We conducted our own stakeholder research on our responsible business 

approach

 (cid:81) We participated in the Carbon Disclosure Project and continued to be a 

member of the JSE SRI and FTSE4Good Indices

 (cid:81) We received external recognition for our progress in 2010. A full list can be 

found on our website. Examples include: 
 – Old Mutual South Africa (OMSA) was commended in the Life Insurance 

category of the Top 500 Survey for South Africa’s Best Managed 
Companies

 – Commended by the Financial Services Authority for our Risk and 

Governance Reporting in our 2009 Annual Report

 – Highly commended in PricewaterhouseCooper’s Building Public Trust 

Awards for our Executive Remuneration Reporting in our Annual Report. 

Our future plans

 (cid:81) We plan to roll out our group-wide responsible business metrics and to 
continue building on our established governance and risk systems to 
manage our social and environmental impacts. 

GOVERNANCE  
& RISK

“ Good governance and risk 
systems help us understand 
and manage our impacts in a 
clear and consistent way. For 
us, this means being able not 
only to minimise potential 
threats effectively, but also to 
seize opportunities when 
they arise.”
Andrew Birrell
Group Risk and Actuarial Director, Old Mutual

Risk management is central to how we manage our 
capital. This puts it at the heart of how we do 
business. Understanding the nature of the risks we 
take, and their implications, is critical to building 
trust among our customers and, ultimately, to 
making our business successful. This drives us to 
analyse our risks rigorously and regularly. We 
incorporate social and environmental risks and 
opportunities into this analysis, and build 
stakeholder perspectives into our business strategy. 
This is fundamental to understanding our risk profile, 
and building a sustainable and successful business.

EMBEDDING VALUES THROUGH  
EXPEDITION SKANDIA

“We’re a values-driven organisation 
and I believe this benefits our 
customers and they appreciate it.  
In Expedition Skandia, we all 
embarked on a journey aiming to 
understand our brand promise and 
how that connects to our DNA and 
core values.”

81%

Employee participation in  
Skandia Expedition

Expedition Skandia employee game

Marie Agren, Interim Human Resources 
Director, Skandia Nordic
Expedition Skandia was an innovative 
employee engagement project to 
build a solid understanding of and 
commitment to Skandia Nordic’s 
brand promises and company values. 
The project was structured as a 
journey through five stages exploring 

the business, history and goals of the 
company, using team tasks such as 
storytelling, dilemma games and 
knowledge tests. It was a huge 
success, inspiring an 81% 
participation rate, extremely positive 
feedback and improved team spirit.

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RESPONSIBLE BUSINESS
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RESPONSIBLE 
MARKETING AND 
SELLING 

“ One of the most important 
issues is to help improve 
financial education – to help 
more people understand our 
products, as well as 
providing access to those 
products.”
Employee
Old Mutual Stakeholder research 2010

The importance of marketing and selling financial 
products and services in a responsible way has 
been reinforced by the turmoil of the past few 
years. It is absolutely vital that we provide clear 
and transparent information on our products and 
services which is easy for our customers to 
understand, and that we do everything we can to 
ensure our customers not only have access to, but 
also choose, the product or service that best fits 
their financial situation and their needs. This is the 
best path to customer satisfaction and one of the 
most important ways in which we can build trust 
with our customers. 

Highlights for 2010

 (cid:81) We delivered training for employees across many of our business units on 

how to improve the clarity of our customer communication

 (cid:81) We continued to review the approval process, at a business unit level, that 
all our marketing material must go through – including legal, actuarial and 
marketing screening

 (cid:81) We delivered initiatives to help build financial understanding. For example: 
 – Skandia Germany and Skandia Poland offer comprehensive support for 
distributors including information packs, video podcasts, an extranet for 
brokers, and workshops about products and services

 – Old Mutual South Africa (OMSA) has focused on changing the way it 
assesses financial advisors to focus on customer relationships rather 
than only on number and value of policies sold

 – Skandia UK launched an online video to explain its fund platforms and 

how to manage investments 

 – My Money Plan in South Africa provides advice and help with debt 

consolidation (see page 9 for a more detailed case study)

 (cid:81) We helped more people access our financial products and services.  

For example:
 – A mobile money-transfer service, M-Pesa, introduced by Nedbank and 

Vodacom in South Africa

 – Across South Africa we continued to expand access for low-income 
individuals and community groups by using supermarkets and post 
offices as distribution points.

Our future plans

 (cid:81) Responsible marketing and selling will continue to be a focus area for us 

across all our business units throughout 2011 and beyond.

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CUSTOMER SERVICE

“ Good customer service is 
about doing what we said 
we would do, or more. And 
doing it when we said we 
would do it, or sooner. And 
at the price we set, or 
better.”
Rose Keanly, MD Old Mutual Services, 
Technology and Administration (OMSTA)
Head of LEAN, Old Mutual Long-Term Savings

We want to be our customers’ most trusted 
partner. We can only achieve this if they believe we 
are committed to providing a good service to them 
in all their dealings with us. Good service stems 
from understanding our customers’ needs and 
giving them good advice and suitable products. It 
means being transparent and accountable in our 
discussions with them. And always delivering what 
we say we will. 

Highlights from 2010

 (cid:81) We launched new initiatives designed to improve our customer 

communications. For example: 

 – Skandiabanken and Retail Europe now use online social media channels 

to gather customers’ opinions and reach new customers

 – Old Mutual Wealth Management’s UK business has launched a new 

customer website and a centralised system for emails from customers

 (cid:81) We continued to deliver customer service training across the Group – such 
as Skandia France’s programme on meeting customers’ expectations, 
which includes seminars and workshops on technical and behavioural 
training

 (cid:81) We recognised outstanding examples of customer service through 

initiatives such as OMSA’s Workplace Heroes competition

 (cid:81) More business units now monitor and track complaints and customer 

satisfaction. For example, Nedbank has developed a Client Complaints 
Tracker system to improve its approach to resolving customer complaints

 (cid:81) We received a number of awards for customer service, including: 

 – Skandiabanken Norway won the Norsk Kundbarometer 2010 award for 

‘Most Satisfied Customers’ for the ninth year in a row 

 – Skandia UK won five-star awards for both the Investment and Life and 

Pension categories in the FTAdvisor.com Online Service Awards

 – OMSA won the annual Ask Afrika Orange Index for Service Excellence in 

the long-term insurance category.

Our future plans

 (cid:81) We plan to adopt a further customer advocacy metric to measure customer 
satisfaction across the Group and help improve the service we deliver to 
our customers.

SHARING OUR CUSTOMERS’ INTERESTS 

“Clients can have peace of mind 
knowing that Old Mutual Investment 
Group’s fund managers invest their 
own money in the funds they manage, 
alongside that of their clients. This 
ensures that every investment decision 
is made with a view to achieving 
longer-term outperformance.”

84%

of all deferred (bonus) pay of 
our investment professionals 
was invested in OMIGSA’s 
funds in 2010

Diane Radley, CEO, Old Mutual Investment 
Group South Africa (OMIGSA)
We are committed to acting in the 
best interests of our customers, while 
operating a sustainable and profitable 
business. That is why we have clear 
safeguards in place to avoid conflicts 
of interest. For example, most 
boutique investment managers and 
senior executives at OMIGSA have a 

significant proportion of their variable 
pay invested into the funds that they 
manage for customers. This co-
investment establishes a client-agent 
shared interest in the performance of 
the fund, providing an additional layer 
of security below our Code of Ethics.

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RESPONSIBLE BUSINESS
CONTINUED

OUR EMPLOYEES

“ Employees are key to 
excellent delivery and we 
work hard to provide the 
conditions under which they 
can excel and deliver on our 
promises to our 
customers.”
Basetsana Magano 
Human Resources Director, Mutual & Federal

Treating our employees well is one of our most 
important priorities. We have 55,730 employees in 
34 countries, who will help us reach our vision of 
becoming our customers’ most trusted partner. 
Leveraging the strength of our people and making 
the most of their capabilities is fundamental to our 
future. It is essentia l that we work with our people 
in a way that enables them to perform to the fullest 
extent of their abilities and that shows that we 
believe in them, and want them to succeed. 

Highlights from 2010

 (cid:81) We launched our ActNow! Leadership Actions, translating values into 

actions and behaviours (see opposite page)

 (cid:81) We made our new Group Vision and Strategy accessible to employees via 
a special workbook edition of our employee magazine intouch, translated 
into five languages

 (cid:81) In a World Cup year, we showcased our South African heritage and united 

our employees through our Old Mutual Group Football Tournament

 (cid:81) We renewed our commitment to the UN Global Compact, which is focused 

on promoting diversity, human rights and labour rights

 (cid:81) We introduced new development initiatives including leadership 

assessments and redesigned our leadership development programmes

 (cid:81) We delivered wellness at work initiatives across the Group, such as Skandia 
Colombia’s week-long programme providing health, sports and recreational 
activities for employees and their families

 (cid:81) We won external recognition for our employee relations, which included:

 – Skandia UK was awarded Gold Investor in People status 

 – Nedbank won ‘Best Training Programme’ at the Achiever Awards in  

South Africa 

 – OMSA achieved, and Nedbank maintained, a level 2 rating status and 

Mutual & Federal (M&F) a level 3 status as Broad-Based Black 
Economic Empowerment Contributors.

Our future plans

 (cid:81) We plan to integrate our ActNow! Leadership Actions into all aspects of 

how we evaluate and develop our employees, introduce a new employee 
culture survey to explore gaps between our current culture and where we 
would like to be, and update our mobility practices to encourage 
knowledge transfer around the Group.

DEVELOPING OUR PEOPLE 

“In-house training gave me the 
chance to study at a pace and time 
that suited me. It’s given me a 
recognised qualification and it has 
built my confidence at work.”

Bevan Manchest, Business Development 
Consultant, Central Gauteng Regional 
Office

1,935

employees trained through 
Mutual & Federal’s in-house 
training programme

Building the skills of employees is an 
important part of our approach to 
responsible business. Mutual & 
Federal’s (M&F) in-house training 
programme, run by our accredited 
training provider, enables employees 
to gain credits towards the National 

Short-term Insurance Level 4 
qualification. This programme is a 
long-term strategy to build M&F’s 
internal skills base – offering personal 
development, benefiting the company 
and tackling the skills shortage facing 
the South African economy.

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INDIRECT INVESTMENT 
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“ From the perspective of an 
asset manager, the indirect 
impacts of investments 
have become much more 
important.”
Shareholder
Stakeholder Research 2010

We recognise that our investment decisions have 
significant impacts on the environment and society, 
and on the communities where our investments 
are based. We encourage our fund managers to 
think about these impacts – and how they may 
influence financial returns – when they make these 
decisions, subject to client mandates. We also 
recognise that many of our customers want 
environmental, social and governance (ESG) 
factors to be incorporated explicitly into the 
investment-making process in a structured way. 
We aim to offer our customers a choice of 
products that include an ethical perspective or can 
be tailored to include one. 

Highlights from 2010

 (cid:81) We established the Responsible Investment Taskforce with representatives 

from Group Head Office and business units, to explore how we could 
embed responsible investment principles across the business

 (cid:81) We had over £2.8 billion of funds under management in specifically social, 

environmental and transformation related-investments, including Old Mutual 
Investment Group (SA)’s Futuregrowth Fund, the African Infrastructure 
Investment Managers Fund, and Skandia’s Ideas For Life Fund

 (cid:81) Futuregrowth (£7 billion funds under management) and Acadian Asset 
Management (over £31.6 billion funds under management) remained 
signatories to the UN Principles for Responsible Investment 

 (cid:81) Skandia Denmark and Skandia Investment Group drew up plans to put 

expanded agreements in place with external fund managers that include 
social and environmental criteria for 2011

 (cid:81) In South Africa we continued to focus particularly on investments that are 
central to the transformation of the South African economy – for example, 
Old Mutual Investment Group (SA) created the country’s first Housing 
Impact Fund, providing over £700 million to help redress South Africa’s 
huge shortfall in affordable housing.

Our future plans

 (cid:81) During 2011, the Responsible Investment Taskforce will continue working 

on group-wide policies and frameworks on responsible investment, as well 
as helping individual business units to refine their approach and increase 
the range of responsible investment products we offer.

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FINANCIAL CRIME 

“ Companies have to have 
systems in place that help 
prevent financial crime and 
reduce the probability of it 
occurring.”
Shareholder
Stakeholder research 2010

Maintaining our customers’ trust by delivering both 
strong financial returns and high levels of service to 
our customers requires the effective management 
of financial crime risks (including fraud, money 
laundering, bribery and threats to customer data 
security). Part of this includes giving our employees 
effective frameworks and training so that they can 
make the right decisions for our customers in 
different jurisdictions. In the process of managing 
these risks, we seek to ensure that customer 
protection is balanced with customers’ need to 
access our services easily and quickly.

Highlights from 2010

 (cid:81) We began a group-wide anti-bribery risk and control assessment in relation 

to the requirements of the new UK Bribery Act in readiness for its 
implementation during 2011 

 (cid:81) We reviewed our Group Code of Conduct to make sure that it provides a 
clear statement of what we expect from employees in relation to our 
business practices and financial crime. The Code will add to the framework 
of controls helping our employees to make the right decisions for our 
customers, and will form part of our approach to Bribery Act compliance 
when it is issued to business units in 2011

 (cid:81) We continued to work closely with regulators, law enforcement agencies 

and trade associations to share good practice both inside and outside the 
Group. For example:
 – Skandia Nordic’s Financial Crime Prevention Team shared knowledge 
and experience with the Swedish Finance Police on both anti-money 
laundering and fraud prevention measures

 – Nedbank is working closely with Department of Home Affairs and the 

South African Banking Risk Information Centre to use biometric data to 
help reduce identity theft.

Our future plans

 (cid:81) We intend to continue our work to ensure that appropriate financial crime 

controls, such as completion of our anti-bribery risk and control 
assessment and our new Group Code of Conduct, are embedded in 
employee behaviour.

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SUPPLY CHAIN

“ The people who have been 
impacted the most by the 
financial crisis and are still 
trying hard to meet our 
requirements are our 
suppliers.”
Shareholder
Stakeholder research 2010

We procure goods and services from a broad 
range of suppliers. By engaging them in our vision 
and approach to responsible business, we will be 
in a better position to meet our objectives. Through 
our procurement policies, we also have the 
opportunity to play a vital role in helping build local 
economies in the markets where we operate. Our 
choice of suppliers reflects our values and has a 
direct impact on the places where we operate.

Highlights from 2010

 (cid:81) All business units signed up to our new Responsible Business Policy, which 
includes commitments to factor into their procurement decisions, where 
practical, the environmental and social impact of our suppliers and to work 
with suppliers to create awareness and promote understanding of their 
social and environmental impact

 (cid:81) Across the Group our business units have continued to develop systems 

and policies that deliver against this policy. For example: 

 – Nedbank has developed a nine-point procurement scorecard as a 

requirement for prospective suppliers

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 – Skandia UK now includes a requirement in all Requests for Proposals that 

suppliers have a corporate responsibility policy that matches or exceeds the 
Group policy

These policies have helped us deliver supplier initiatives such as Skandia 
Nordic’s policy of sourcing environmentally friendly new office furniture, textiles, 
flooring and cleaning services for its offices

In South Africa we maintained our commitment to help in the transformation 
agenda through our supply chain. For example in 2010: 
 – Old Mutual Investment Group Property Investments (OMIGPI) ran a series  

of roadshows in which we explained our policy and helped smaller suppliers 
to get accredited to the Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment 
strategy (BBBEE).

Our future plans

 (cid:81) We plan to share best practice on green procurement across the Group, and in 

our South African business units we will continue to practise preferential 
procurement in line with the requirements of BBBEE.

BLACK ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT  
THROUGH OUR SUPPLY CHAIN

“The construction and planning team 
for our new Head Office at Mutual 
Place consists of 26 different 
companies. It is a very large and 
diverse team who are tasked with 
delivering a flagship investment for 
Old Mutual. The power of the team lies 
in its diversity.”

Brent Wiltshire, Property  
Development Executive, OMIGPI

£17.8m

BBBEE procurement from all 
suppliers (R201m based on 
exchange rate of 11.3095)

We are committed to promoting 
Broad-Based Black Economic 
Empowerment (BBBEE) through all 
avenues, including our supply chain. 
This year, Old Mutual Investment Group 
Property Investments (OMIGPI) ran a 
series of roadshows to explain our 
procurement policy to smaller suppliers, 

and to help them achieve BBBEE 
accreditation. We also continued to 
train employees and engage larger 
suppliers on the issues. We are already 
seeing the results: for example, Mutual 
Place in Johannesburg is using 
professional suppliers from uniquely 
diverse backgrounds. 

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COMMUNITY IMPACT 

“ There are broader issues in 
South Africa, to do with 
creating jobs, investing in 
local housing and 
infrastructure, and also 
recognising that financial 
services cannot exist as an 
island of prosperity in a sea of 
poverty.”
Employee
Stakeholder Research 2010

Our support for communities in all the countries in 
which we operate is not just about giving money to 
good causes, but also about making real and 
sustainable positive impacts. It is in our interests to 
build a stronger society by supporting 
communities effectively, especially in the emerging 
markets where we operate. So where appropriate, 
we work with others to deliver programmes that 
reach further and wider. This view is reflected in 
‘responsible to all stakeholders’ being one of the 
three building blocks of our Group strategy. 

Highlights from 2010

 (cid:81)

In 2010 we invested £13.6 million in our local communities

 (cid:81) We delivered financial education to our customers and other groups, aimed at 
giving them the knowledge and skills to make informed choices about their 
finances. For example:
 – Group Head Office continued our support of financial education in London 

through the Young Enterprise Personal Economics Programme

 – In OMSA we continued to deliver activity through the financial wellbeing 

programme, the Financial Sector Charter programme and our  
Masisizane Fund

 (cid:81) We continued to help develop the economic infrastructure in the countries 

where we operate. For example: 

 – In Namibia we supported Women’s Action for Development, helping develop 

basic vocational and business skills for marginalised women

 – Skandia’s businesses in Mexico and Colombia continued an employee 

mentoring programme to help orphaned children develop life skills

 (cid:81) We continued to work with local communities to deliver real social change 

through our business units, our five Old Mutual Foundations and the Nedbank 
Foundation. For example:

 – Nedbank Group’s ‘Caring for our Communities and Saving our World’ 

programme, which reached 23 schools

 – The Bulungula Incubator in South Africa, helping rural communities through 
developing education, health, basic services and sustainable livelihoods.

Our future plans

 (cid:81) We will continue to focus on financial education, enterprise development and 
community development. We will share best practice and extend the policies  
for employee volunteering across the Group. 

MASISIZANE:  
FINANCING DEVELOPMENT IN SOUTH AFRICA 

“After the drought I was 
devastated – I didn’t know what 
my animals would eat or drink.  
But with the loan, I was able to 
revive old boreholes, buy 
machinery and expand and  
feed the herd. Now my business  
is booming.”

Mrs Nduzulwana, Masisizane recipient

£1,496,659

invested through the Masisizane Fund 
in 2010 (R16.9m based on exchange 
rate of 11.3095)

Masisizane is a non-profit organisation 
set up by Old Mutual which provides 
financial support to enterprise and 
community development initiatives in 
South Africa. Funding has been 
granted to diverse development 
projects – from community financial 
education and skills programmes to 
micro-finance for rural women, youth 

and people with disabilities. Its main 
aim is to be a catalyst for sustainable 
employment creation. So far over 
1,000 people, have benefited from 
Masisizane. Including Mrs 
Nduzulwana, pictured here, who was 
named 2010 female farmer of the year 
in the Eastern Cape.

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ENVIRONMENTAL 
IMPACT

“ Through initiatives such  
as the Carbon Disclosure 
Project, companies are 
already making a lot of 
progress towards helping 
address the impacts of 
climate change; however, 
we want to help encourage 
these companies to do 
more.”
Non-Governmental Organisation 
Stakeholder research 2010

We recognise that we, like other businesses, have a 
duty to do what we can to minimise the risks created 
by the direct environmental impacts of our 
operations. Our focus on putting the right systems in 
place and building a coherent approach across the 
Group means we are now better positioned than in 
the past to manage these impacts appropriately.

Highlights from 2010

 (cid:81) We have developed a Group Climate Change Strategy, which aims to: 
 – Improve the completeness and accuracy of our emissions data
 – Set a Group target for carbon reductions 
 – Create initiatives to engage all our stakeholders

 (cid:81) We increased the proportion of business units accurately reporting energy 
consumption to just over 80% and we work directly with the remainder to 
calculate estimated consumption

 (cid:81) We decreased scope 1 and 2 emissions * intensity to 2.32 tonnes of CO2e per 
employee (2009: 2.33) but recorded an increase in emissions intensity in our 
South African property portfolio to 0.17 tonnes CO2e/m2 (2009: 0.16)**

 (cid:81) We continued to improve the environmental performance of our buildings by 

refitting existing buildings and building or leasing more environmentally-friendly 
buildings. For example: Skandia Nordic has recently relocated four of its largest 
workplaces – including its headquarters – to new, highly energy-efficient  
office buildings

 (cid:81) We completed our fourth public submission to the Carbon Disclosure Project 

(CDP) and maintained our place in the CDP leadership index

 (cid:81) We have continued to work with our employees to inspire them to reduce our 

environmental impact. For example:
 – Old Mutual Swaziland ran a workshop helping employees reduce their 

carbon footprints

 – Skandia’s businesses in Colombia and Mexico ran an employee 

communication campaign on Skandia Green Year for 2010

 (cid:81) We continued to support a number of international climate change forums, 
including the Cancun Communiqué and (through Nedbank) the Prince’s 
Rainforest Project.
Our future plans

 (cid:81) We will develop tools, frameworks and metrics to help our business units deliver 

our Group Climate Change Strategy, and will expand our data collection 
processes across our business units.

*  Categorisation as per GHG Protocol Corporate Standard methodology.
**  2009 figures have been restated in light of improved data collection in 2010.

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BOARD OF DIRECTORS

1. Patrick O’Sullivan (61)3 B.B.S., F.C.A. (Ireland), M.Sc. 
Chairman 
Patrick O’Sullivan joined the Board as Chairman on 1 January 2010. He also 
chairs the Nomination Committee. From 2007 until 2009, he was Vice 
Chairman of Zurich Financial Services, where he had specific responsibility for 
its international businesses including those in South Africa. He had previously 
held roles at Zurich as Group Finance Director and CEO, General Insurance 
and Banking, of its UKISA division. Qualified as a chartered accountant, his 
prior experience includes positions at Bank of America, Goldman Sachs, 
Financial Guaranty Insurance Company (a subsidiary of GE Capital), Barclays/
BZW and Eagle Star Insurance Company. He is also a non-executive director 
of COFRA Group in Switzerland, Man Group plc and Bank of Ireland.

2. Julian Roberts (53)3 B.A., F.C.A., M.C.T.
Group Chief Executive 
Julian Roberts has been Group Chief Executive of Old Mutual plc since 
September 2008. He is also a non-executive Director of Nedbank Group 
Limited, Nedbank Limited and Old Mutual Life Assurance Company (South 
Africa) Limited. He joined Old Mutual in August 2000 as Group Finance 
Director, moving on to become CEO of Skandia following its purchase by 
Old Mutual in February 2006. Prior to joining Old Mutual, he was Group 
Finance Director of Sun Life & Provincial Holdings plc and, before that, Chief 
Financial Officer of Aon UK Holdings Limited.

3. Philip Broadley (50)2 M.A., F.C.A.
Group Finance Director 
Philip Broadley has been Group Finance Director since November 2008. He 
was previously Group Finance Director of Prudential plc from May 2000 until 
March 2008. Prior to joining Prudential, he was a partner in Arthur Andersen 
from 1993 to 2000. He has been Chairman of the 100 Group of Finance 
Directors, a founding member and trustee of the CFO Forum of European 
Insurance Company Finance Directors, and a member of the IASB’s 
Insurance Working Group. He is a member of the Code Committee of the 
Takeover Panel.

4. Nigel Andrews (63)2, 3, 4 B.Sc., M.B.A.
Independent non-executive director 
Nigel Andrews has been an independent non-executive director of the 
Company since June 2002. He is also non-executive Chairman of the 
Company’s principal US holding company, Old Mutual (US) Holdings, Inc. 
He is a governor of the London Business School and a trustee of the Victory 
Funds. Previously he was an Executive Vice President and member of the 
office of the CEO of GE Capital, having spent 13 years with The General 
Electric Company, Inc.

5. Mike Arnold (63)1,2,3 B.Sc., F.I.A.
Independent non-executive director 
Mike Arnold has been an independent non-executive director of the 
Company since September 2009 and chairs the Board Risk Committee. He 
is a qualified actuary and was formerly Principal Consulting Actuary and 
Head of Life practice at the consulting actuarial firm Milliman from 2002 to 
2009. Prior to that, he had been the senior partner at the practice from 
1995, having joined one of its predecessor organisations as a recently 
qualified actuary in 1971. He is a past Member of Council and Vice 
Chairman of the Institute of Actuaries, past Chairman of the International 
Association of Consulting Actuaries and past member of the Board of 
Actuarial Standards. He is also a non-executive director of Marine and 
General Mutual Life Assurance Society, Financial Information Technology 
Limited and the Scottish Equitable Policyholders Trust.

6. Rudi Bogni (63)1,3,4 D.Econ. (Bocconi)
Senior independent non-executive director 
Rudi Bogni has been the senior independent non-executive director of the 
Company since May 2008, having served on the Board since February 
2002. He chairs the Remuneration Committee. He is also Chairman of 
Medinvest International SCA, Luxembourg, a director of the LGT 
Foundation, Moody’s UK, French and German businesses, Common 
Purpose CT, Steadfast Advisory Services Limited and Kedge Capital HJ, 
and a member of The Governing Council of the Centre for the Study of 
Financial Innovation, of The International Council for Capital Formation and 
of the Advisory Board of Oxford Analytica. He served previously as a 
member of the Executive Board and Chief Executive, Private Banking, of 
UBS AG and, before that, he was Group Treasurer and a member of the 
Executive Committee of Midland Bank plc.

7. Eva Castillo (48)2,3,4 B.A.s in Business and Law 
Independent non-executive director 
Eva Castillo was appointed as an independent non-executive director of the 
Company on 4 February 2011. She led the Global Wealth Management 
business of Bank of America Merrill Lynch in Europe, Middle East and Africa 
(EMEA) from 2006 to 2009, having held a number of other senior positions 
in Merrill Lynch from 1997, including as head of Global Markets and 
Investment Banking in Iberia and President of Merrill Lynch Spain and, 
before that, as Chief Operating Officer for Merrill Lynch EMEA Equity 
Markets. Previously she had worked for the International Equities division of 
Goldman Sachs in London between 1992 and 1997. She has been a 
non-executive director of Telefonica SA since the beginning of 2008.

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Independent non-executive director 
Russell Edey has been an independent non-executive director of the 
Company since June 2004. He is Chairman of Avocet Mining Plc, a member 
of the Conseil de Surveillance of Paris-Orléans, SA and a non-executive 
director of a number of companies in the Rothschild Group. He retired from 
the chair of Anglogold Ashanti Limited in May 2010, having served on its 
board for 12 years. Previously he had also served on the boards of English 
China Clays plc, Wassall plc, Northern Foods plc, Associated British Ports 
plc and Express Dairies plc. His career began in the Finance Division of the 
Anglo American Corporation of South Africa Limited in Johannesburg. In the 
1970s he was General Manager - Corporate Finance of Capel Court 
Corporation in Melbourne. He joined Rothschild in 1977 and was Head of 
Corporate Finance from 1991 to 1996.

9. Alan Gillespie (60)1,3,4 B.A., M.A., Ph.D., CBE 
Independent non-executive director 
Alan Gillespie was appointed as an independent non-executive director of 
the Company on 3 November 2010. His background is in investment banking 
and financial services. His banking career began at Citibank, where he spent 10 
years from 1976 to 1986. He joined Goldman Sachs in New York in 1986 and 
was made a partner of the firm in 1990, with responsibility for corporate finance 
and mergers and acquisitions in the UK and Ireland. He jointly led the firm’s 
financial services practice in Europe and in 1996 established Goldman Sachs’ 
presence in South Africa. After retiring from Goldman Sachs in 1999, he 
became Chief Executive of the Commonwealth Development Corporation in the 
UK. In 2001 he became Chairman of Ulster Bank, a subsidiary of Royal Bank of 
Scotland plc. He is also currently Senior Independent Director of United 
Business Media Limited and Chairman of the Economic & Social Research 
Council and of the International Finance Facility for Immunization (IFFIm). 

10. Reuel Khoza (60)2,3 Eng.D., M.A.
Non-executive director 
Reuel Khoza has been a non-executive director of the Company since 
January 2006 and Chairman of Nedbank Group since May 2006. He is 
Chairman of Aka Capital, which is 25% owned by Old Mutual (South Africa) 
and the single largest participant in Nedbank’s Corporate Client Scheme 
established as part of its BEE ownership arrangements. He is also a 
non-executive director of Nampak Limited, Protea Hospitality Holdings Limited 
and Corobrik (Pty) Limited. His previous appointments include Chairmanship 
of Eskom Holdings Limited and non-executive directorships of Glaxo 
Wellcome SA, IBM SA, Vodacom, the JSE, JCI, Standard Bank Group and 
Liberty Life. He is currently a Fellow and President of the Institute of Directors 
of South Africa.

11. Roger Marshall (62)1,2,3 B.Sc. (Econ.), F.C.A.
Independent non-executive director 
Roger Marshall was appointed as an independent non-executive director of 
the Company on 5 August 2010 and became Chairman of the Group Audit 
Committee at the end of that month. He was formerly an audit partner in 
PricewaterhouseCoopers, where he led the audit of a number of major 
groups, including Zurich Financial Services and Lloyds TSB. Outside 
appointments included six years as a member of the Accounting Standards 
Board. He is currently Interim Chairman of the Accounting Standards Board, 
a Director of the Financial Reporting Council and a non-executive director of 
Genworth Financial’s European insurance companies. 

12. Bongani Nqwababa (44)1,3,4 B.Acc., C.A., M.B.A.
Independent non-executive director 
Bongani Nqwababa has been an independent non-executive director of the 
Company since April 2007. He has been Chief Financial Officer of the South 
African mining group, Anglo Platinum Limited, since 2009, having previously 
been Finance Director of the South African electricity utility group, Eskom 
Holdings Limited, from 2004. Prior to joining Eskom, he had been Treasurer 
and CFO of Shell Southern Africa. He is currently Chairman of the South 
African Revenue Services (Receiver of Revenue) Audit Committee.

13. Lars Otterbeck (68)2,3,4 Dr. Econ.
Independent non-executive director 
Lars Otterbeck has been an independent non-executive director of the 
Company since November 2006. Prior to joining the Board he had held 
various senior business positions in Sweden, including as President and CEO 
of the Swedish mutual pension insurance company, Alecta, from 2000 to 
2004. He is also Deputy Chairman of Skandia Insurance Company Limited 
and a non-executive director of Skandia Liv. His outside positions include 
being Chairman of Hakon Invest AB and Näringslivets Börskommitté 
(Industry and Commerce Stock Exchange Committee) and Deputy Chairman 
of the Swedish Corporate Governance Board.

Key 
1.  Member of the Group Audit Committee 
2. Member of the Board Risk Committee 
3. Member of the Nomination Committee 
4. Member of the Remuneration Committee 

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CHAIRMAN’S INTRODUCTION

Corporate governance – the bedrock for a successful Group 

We have made good progress during 2010 
in improving the governance of Old Mutual 
to reflect the changing business and 
regulatory environment.
Patrick O’Sullivan
Chairman

Achievements during 2010

Priorities for 2011

 (cid:81) Roll-out of our new Group Operating Model 

 (cid:81) Further Board training on Solvency II

 (cid:81) Separation of the functions of the Group Audit 
and Risk Committee into two Board-level 
committees 

 (cid:81) Addressing other recommendations in the 

Walker Review 

 (cid:81) Board succession and renewal

 (cid:81) Focus on customer matters

 (cid:81) More Board engagement with the businesses 
and their key employees and relationships

 (cid:81) Continued emphasis on delivery of our strategic 

objectives 

We have made good progress in a number of areas 
relating to the Group’s governance during 2010. The 
roll-out of our Group Operating Model, which is 
designed to provide greater assurance about the 
effectiveness of the Company’s strategic control 
over the Group’s businesses, moved successfully 
from project mode into business as usual.

At Board level, we established a separate  
Board Risk Committee alongside the Group  
Audit Committee in line with recommendations 
contained in the Walker Review. This new 
committee has made a sound start and has 
enabled more time and focus to be dedicated  
to risk-specific issues, thereby contributing to  
the Board’s own discussions of risk appetite and 
related issues in the run-up to the implementation 
of Solvency II. We have also during 2010 widened 
the membership of the Board’s standing 
committees so that all of the non-executive 
directors now each serve on at least two  
such committees.

We have been pleased to appoint three new 
non-executive directors to our Board. Roger 
Marshall joined us in August, succeeding Richard 
Pym as Chairman of the Group Audit Committee. 
Alan Gillespie was appointed as an independent 
non-executive director in November and will 
replace Rudi Bogni as our Senior Independent 

Director when Rudi retires at the 2011 AGM. Since 
the year end, we have been delighted to welcome 
Eva Castillo, the first woman to join the Board, as a 
director and as a member of various Board 
Committees. Nigel Andrews will leave the Board 
when he, too, retires as planned at the forthcoming 
AGM. Further details of the new directors are 
contained in the Board of Directors section earlier 
in this Annual Report.

As we implement our medium-term strategy, we 
have a newly invigorated view of our core 
businesses and market strengths and an increased 
commitment to strengthening our links with 
Government, regulators and other stakeholders, 
especially in South Africa.

The Board has been actively engaged in monitoring 
and guiding progress against the various targets 
that the Company has set itself for delivery by the 
end of 2012. We remain committed to seeing these 
through to a successful conclusion and the 
effectiveness of our governance arrangements  
is a key foundation for achieving them. 

Patrick O’Sullivan
Chairman 
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Chairman

GOVERNANCE

DIRECTORS’ REPORT ON 
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE  
AND OTHER MATTERS

In this section, we describe how the Company’s governance 
operated during 2010 

Martin Murray
Group Company Secretary

Approach to governance
Old Mutual views good governance as a vital 
ingredient of operating a successful business, so 
that we can provide assurance to shareholders, 
customers and regulators that the Group’s 
businesses are being properly managed  
and controlled.

During 2010, the Group completed its transition 
from a highly decentralised federal model of group 
governance to a more centralised “strategic 
controller” model steered from our head office, 
facilitated by the roll-out of our new Group 
Operating Model.

The new Model establishes clear principles of 
delegation and escalation that are designed to 
provide appropriate levels of assurance about the 
control environment, while retaining flexibility for 
our businesses to operate efficiently.

Compliance with the UK Corporate 
Governance Code
As the Company’s primary listing (now known in 
the UK as a premium listing) is on the London 
Stock Exchange, this report mainly addresses the 
matters covered by the UK Corporate Governance 
Code, but the Company also has regard to 
governance expectations in the four other 
territories where its shares are listed (South Africa, 
Malawi, Namibia and Zimbabwe). The Company’s 
major South African subsidiaries are also subject 
to applicable local governance expectations, 
including those contained in King III and, in the 
case of Nedbank Group Limited, the Listings 
Requirements of the JSE Limited.

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DIRECTORS’ REPORT ON 
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE  
AND OTHER MATTERS
CONTINUED
Throughout the year ended 31 December 2010 
and in the preparation of this Annual Report  
and these Accounts, the Company has complied 
with the main and supporting principles and 
provisions set out in the UK Corporate Governance 
Code as described in the following sections of this 
Report save in respect of the matter discussed 
below under the heading “rotation and re-election 
of directors”. The Company’s compliance with  
UK Corporate Governance Code provisions C1.1, 
C2.1, C3.1 to C3.7, and the statement relating to 
the going concern basis adopted in preparing 
the financial statements set out at the end of  
this section of this report, have been reviewed  
by the Company’s auditors, KPMG Audit Plc,  
in accordance with guidance published by the 
Auditing Practices Board.

 (cid:81) Monitoring and managing of the relationships 

between the Group and its regulators; 

 (cid:81) Reviewing and implementing of effective 

systems of delegation and internal control, and 
the carrying out of an annual review of their 
effectiveness; 

 (cid:81) Overall review and approval of Group strategy 
and the setting of long-term objectives and/or 
changes in strategic direction; and 

 (cid:81) Monitoring of the overall performance of the 

Group in relation to its objectives, plans, targets 
and the implementation of projects and 
decisions.

Board of Directors
Membership
The Old Mutual Board currently has 13 members, 
two of whom are executive and eleven of whom 
are non-executive directors. All of the current 
directors, except for Roger Marshall (who was 
appointed to the Board on 5 August 2010), Alan 
Gillespie (who was appointed to the Board on 3 
November 2010) and Eva Castillo (who was 
appointed to the Board on 2 February 2011), 
served throughout the year ended 31 December 
2010. Richard Pym resigned from the Board at the 
end of his first three-year term in August 2010 
because of the pressure of his other commitments.

Responsibilities of the Board
The Board’s role is to exercise stewardship of the 
Company within a framework of prudent and 
effective controls that enables risk to be assessed 
and managed. The Board sets the Company’s 
strategic aims, reviews whether the necessary 
financial and human resources are in place for it to 
meet its objectives and monitors management 
performance. It is kept informed about major 
developments affecting the Group through the 
Group Chief Executive’s monthly reports and also 
holds one or more strategy sessions each year at 
which high-level strategic matters are debated.

The Board has overall authority for the conduct of 
the business of the Group and there are a number 
of matters that have been specifically reserved for 
the Board to decide, including:

 (cid:81) Approval of financial reporting, such as interim 
and annual results, the Annual Report and 
Accounts of the Group, payment of dividends 
and accounting policies; 

2010 operations
Board meetings were held regularly during 2010. 
Scheduled meetings were coordinated with the 
Company’s reporting calendar to allow for detailed 
consideration of interim and final results and 
interim management statements. Sessions were 
also devoted to strategy and business planning 
and the Board met ad hoc, as required, to deal 
with specific matters requiring its consideration.  
In all, 19 Board meetings (of which eight were 
scheduled and 11 convened ad hoc) were held 
during 2010.

Monthly management accounts were circulated to 
each member of the Board within three weeks of 
the month end, containing detailed analysis of the 
businesses’ financial performance, including 
comparisons against budget. Any issues arising 
from these are addressed at Board meetings or 
can be raised directly with management.

The Board calendar ensures that all key matters 
are scheduled for attention over the course of the 
year, including presentations on the Group’s major 
businesses. During 2010, the Board held meetings 
at the Group’s South African, Wealth Management 
and Nordic businesses’ premises. 

In addition to its normal agenda items, the Board 
also addressed the following matters, among 
others, during the year:

 (cid:81) Approval of the Group’s strategic targets for the 
end of 2012 that were announced in March 
2010 and review of progress against those 
targets. The Board also held various follow-up 
discussions about strategy for the Group as a 
whole and for particular business units;

 (cid:81) Oversight of the sale process for the US Life 

business and of negotiations for a possible sale 
of the Group’s stake in Nedbank; 

 (cid:81) Monitoring of the cash and capital resources, 

 (cid:81) Approval of the introduction of a scrip dividend 

and overall liquidity, of the Group and 
authorising any significant acquisitions, 
disposals of core businesses, investments, 
capital expenditure or other material projects  
or transactions; 

alternative scheme for future dividends; 

 (cid:81) Monitoring progress of the iCRaFT project, 

which is designed to prepare the Group for the 
introduction of Solvency II; 

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 (cid:81) Updates on the embedding of the new Group 

Operating Model; and

 (cid:81) Consideration of scenario-planning for the  

Old Mutual Bermuda business.

In addition, the Board received briefings on a 
number of topics from internal and external experts 
during the year, as part of its continuing training, 
including risk in the financial services industry, 
compliance procedures required for the new UK 
Bribery Act 2010, and the role of models in 
bridging risk and capital. 

New directors received induction upon their 
appointment to the Board, including information 
about matters of immediate importance to the 
Group, such as the current strategy and operating 
performance. During 2010, these induction 
arrangements were put on to a more formal 
footing, with an extensive list of briefing sessions 
about the Group’s businesses being made 
available to new appointees in conjunction with 
other directors, members of senior management 
and external advisers (such as the auditors). 

All directors have access to the Group Company 
Secretary, who is responsible to the Board for 
ensuring that Board procedures are complied with.

Facilities are available for the directors to take 
independent professional advice at the Company’s 
expense for the furtherance of their duties, whether 
as members of the Board or of any of its 
committees.

The Company maintains directors’ and officers’ 
liability insurance in respect of legal action against 
its directors and senior managers.

Delegation of certain responsibilities
The Board has delegated its executive powers to 
the Group Chief Executive, with power to sub-
delegate, and to the Approvals Committee. In his 
coordination and stewardship of the Group, the 
Group Chief Executive is advised by the Group 
Executive Committee, a consultative management 
committee. In addition to the executive directors of 
the Company (Julian Roberts and Philip Broadley), 
the other current members of the Group Executive 
Committee are: Peter Bain (President and Chief 
Executive Officer of US Asset Management), 
Andrew Birrell (Group Risk and Actuarial Director), 
Mike Brown (Chief Executive of Nedbank Group), 
Paul Hanratty (Chief Executive Officer of the 
Long-Term Savings division), Don Hope (Head of 
Strategy Development) and Don Schneider (Group 
Human Resources Director). Additional details of 
members of the Group Executive Committee 
accompany their photographs on pages 42 and 43 
of this Annual Report.

The Board has also delegated specific 
responsibilities for certain matters to Board 
committees. The principal Board committees have 
responsibility for Nomination, Remuneration, 
Group Audit and Board Risk matters, subject to 
their respective terms of reference. The Board 
receives reports from these committees on the 
subjects that they have covered. The matters 
addressed by the principal Board committees in 
2010 are outlined below under the heading ‘Board 
Committees’ and, for the Remuneration 
Committee, in the Remuneration Report.

Group Operating Model
The objectives of the Group Operating Model are:

 (cid:81) To establish a clear and comprehensive 
governance framework, with appropriate 
procedures, systems and controls, facilitating 
the satisfactory discharge of the duties and 
obligations of regulated firms, directors and 
employees within the Group; 

 (cid:81) To provide a clear articulation of Old Mutual 

plc’s expectations (as shareholder) of business 
unit boards when exercising their powers as set 
out in their respective constitutions as in force 
from time to time; 

 (cid:81) To take due account of the regulatory 

requirement that boards of regulated entities 
maintain proper controls over the affairs of their 
respective businesses; and 

 (cid:81) To protect the interests of the Group’s various 

stakeholders including its shareholders, 
creditors, policyholders and customers.

The governance relationship with the Group’s 
majority-owned subsidiary, Nedbank Group 
Limited, recognises the latter’s own governance 
expectations as a separately-listed entity on the 
JSE Limited and the fact that it has minority 
shareholders. The Company entered into a 
relationship agreement with Nedbank Group 
Limited in February 2004 setting out the 
Company’s requirements and expectations as its 
majority shareholder. The full text of that 
relationship agreement is available on the 
Company’s website. Nedbank has also now 
adopted the Group Operating Model, subject to 
certain waivers in acknowledgement of its 
separately-listed and regulated status, which sits 
alongside that letter.

Rotation and re-election of directors
The Articles of Association of the Company require 
that any newly-appointed directors should be 
subject to election at the next following AGM and 
also that the Chairman, along with at least one 
third of the directors (excluding those appointed by 
the Board during the year), should retire by rotation 
each year. 

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AND OTHER MATTERS
CONTINUED
Accordingly, at the Annual General Meeting (AGM) 
to be held on 12 May 2011, shareholders will be 
asked to approve the election of Eva Castillo, Alan 
Gillespie and Roger Marshall, and the re-election 
of Patrick O’Sullivan and Russell Edey. Nigel 
Andrews and Rudi Bogni, having completed nine 
years on the Board, will retire at the AGM and will 
not seek re-election. The Board, having reviewed 
the performance of the directors who are to be 
proposed for election or re-election and the 
contributions that they each respectively have 
made, recommends that they each be elected or 
re-elected as directors at the AGM. Biographical 
details of all of the directors are contained in the 
Board of Directors section of this Annual Report.

The 2010 review was conducted through an internal 
survey and interview process under the auspices  
of the Group Human Resources Director, the results 
of which were then shared with the Chairman and 
the Senior Independent Director. The Board also 
received input during the year from an external 
consultancy, Engage for Change, who made various 
recommendations about how Board engagement 
could be improved and time at Board meetings 
used to maximum benefit. A plan to address 
recommendations arising from the annual review 
and input received from Engage for Change over 
the coming year has been agreed by the Board. 

The Board’s performance review is now externally 
facilitated at least every three years in line with the 
UK Corporate Governance Code, with the last 
such externally facilitated review having taken 
place in 2009. 

Executive and non-executive roles
While there are currently only two executive 
directors, all members of the Board have regular 
contact with the other senior executive 
management (including the most senior executives 
of the main business units of the Group) through 
their periodic participation in Board meetings, 
other briefing sessions by the senior executives 
and Board visits to the locations where the Group’s 
main businesses are based.

The executive element of the Board is balanced by 
an independent group of non-executive directors. 
The Board as a whole approves the strategic 
direction of the Group, scrutinises the performance 
of management in meeting agreed goals and 
objectives, and monitors the reporting of 
performance. Procedures are in place to enable 
Board members to satisfy themselves about the 
integrity of the Group’s financial information and to 
ensure that financial controls and systems of risk 
management are robust and sustainable. Non-
executive directors on the Remuneration 
Committee are responsible for determining 
appropriate levels of remuneration for the executive 
directors. Members of the Nomination Committee 
have a primary role in recommending the 
appointment and, where necessary, removal of 
executive directors.

In view of the many changes that have taken place 
in the composition of the Board over the last two 
years, the fact that the Company is just over one 
year into a three-year strategic plan and the 
onerous clearance procedures which new 
directors of UK financial institutions now have to 
undergo with the Financial Services Authority, the 
Company believes that it is not currently 
appropriate to instigate annual re-election of all 
directors as recommended by the UK Corporate 
Governance Code. The Company will, however, 
keep this matter under review as investors’ views 
and market practice on the subject become clearer 
and will reconsider its position annually.

Skills, experience and review
Plans for refreshing and renewing the Board’s 
composition are managed proactively by the 
Nomination Committee so as to ensure that 
changes take place without undue disruption and 
that there is an appropriate balance of experience 
and length of service. That committee also 
considers, in making recommendations, the 
independence of candidates and their suitability 
and willingness to serve on other committees of 
the Board. All of these aspects are currently 
believed by the Nomination Committee to be 
suitable for the requirements of the Group’s 
business. However, such matters will be kept 
actively under review, having regard to scheduled 
retirements of non-executive directors and the 
Group’s developing strategy.

Board performance review
The Board conducts a review of its performance 
on an annual basis. The review is designed to 
ensure, among other things, that each director 
continues to contribute effectively and to 
demonstrate commitment to the role (including 
commitment of time for Board and committee 
meetings and any other duties). The results of the 
review are considered by the Board and 
appropriate actions taken, if necessary. 

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Separately from the formal Board meeting 
schedule, the Chairman holds meetings with the 
other non-executive directors, without any 
executives being present, to provide a forum for 
any issues to be raised. He also conducts a formal 
annual one-to-one performance evaluation of each 
of the other non-executive directors, with any 
resulting action points being reported to the 
Nomination Committee. These procedures were 
refreshed during 2010 in line with recommendations 
contained in the Board effectiveness review 
conducted during 2009.

Informal meetings among the non-executive 
directors, without the Chairman or any executive 
being present, are also facilitated by the Company. 
Among the activities carried out at such meetings 
is the annual review of the Chairman’s own 
performance under the aegis of the Senior 
Independent Director, who also obtains such input 
as he considers appropriate from the executive 
and other non-executive directors. 

The assignment of responsibilities between the 
Chairman, Patrick O’Sullivan, and the Group Chief 
Executive, Julian Roberts, is documented so as to 
ensure that there is a clear division between the 
running of the Board and executive responsibility for 
running the Company’s business. The responsibilities 
of Patrick O’Sullivan as Chairman include those 
contained in the Supporting Principle to paragraph 
A.3 of the UK Corporate Governance Code, namely 
leadership of the Board, ensuring its effectiveness in 
all aspects of its role and setting its agenda; ensuring 
that adequate time is available for discussion of all 
agenda items (in particular strategic issues), ensuring 
that the directors receive accurate, timely and clear 
information; ensuring effective communication with 
shareholders; promoting a culture of openness and 
debate by facilitating the effective contribution to the 
Board of non-executive directors in particular; and 
ensuring constructive relationships between the 
executive and non-executive directors.

The Board has determined that, in the absence of 
exceptional circumstances, non-executive directors 
should serve a maximum of nine years in office. The 
renewal of non-executive directors’ terms for 
successive three-year cycles is not automatic and 
the continued suitability of each non-executive 
director is assessed by the Nomination Committee 
before renewal of his appointment takes place. The 
section of the Remuneration Report entitled 
‘Non-Executive Directors’ Terms of Engagement’ 
describes the current position of each of the 
non-executive directors with respect to the duration 
of their office and how the extension process has 
been applied to them.

Independence of non-executive directors
Nine of the ten current non-executive directors other 
than the Chairman (Nigel Andrews, Mike Arnold, Rudi 
Bogni, Eva Castillo, Russell Edey, Alan Gillespie, 
Roger Marshall, Bongani Nqwababa and Lars 
Otterbeck) are considered by the Board to be 
independent within the meaning of, and having 
regard to the criteria set out in, paragraph B.1.1 of the 
UK Corporate Governance Code – i.e. independent 
in character and judgment and with no relationships 
or circumstances which are likely to affect, or could 
appear to affect, their judgment. The other non-
executive director, Reuel Khoza, is not considered 
independent because of his chairmanship of the 
Group’s majority-owned subsidiary, Nedbank Group 
Limited, and the business relationships between Aka 
Capital, in which he owns a stake, and Nedbank.

The terms and conditions of engagement of each of 
the non-executive directors are available in the 
corporate governance section of the Company’s 
website. These include details of the expected time 
commitment involved (which each of the non-
executive directors has accepted). Other significant 
commitments of potential appointees are considered 
by the Nomination Committee as part of the selection 
process and are disclosed to the Board when 
recommendation of an appointment is submitted. 
Non-executive directors are also required to inform 
the Board of any subsequent changes to such 
commitments, which must be pre-cleared with the 
Chairman if material.

Senior Independent Director
Rudi Bogni is the Senior Independent Director  
and will be succeeded in this role after he retires  
at the 2011 AGM by Alan Gillespie. The Senior 
Independent Director is available to shareholders  
if they have concerns that are unresolved after 
contact through the normal channels of the 
Chairman, Group Chief Executive or Group Finance 
Director or where such contact would not be 
appropriate. The Senior Independent Director’s 
contact details can be obtained from the Group 
Company Secretary (martin.murray@omg.co.uk).

Directors’ interests
Details of the directors’ interests (including interests 
of their connected persons) in the share capital of 
the Company and its quoted subsidiary, Nedbank 
Group Limited, at the beginning and end of the year 
under review are set out in the following tables, 
while their interests in share options and restricted 
share awards are described in the section of the 
Remuneration Report entitled ‘Directors’ interests 
under employee share plans’. There have been no 
changes to any of these interests between 31 
December 2010 and 7 March 2011.

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CORPORATE GOVERNANCE  
AND OTHER MATTERS
CONTINUED

At 31 December 2010
Nigel Andrews
Mike Arnold
Rudi Bogni
Philip Broadley
Russell Edey
Alan Gillespie
Reuel Khoza
Roger Marshall
Bongani Nqwababa
Patrick O’Sullivan
Lars Otterbeck
Julian Roberts

Old Mutual plc 
 Number of shares

Nedbank  
Group Limited  

Number of shares

7,000
12,725
19,000
55,3531
25,000
–
–
20,000
–
100,000
–
1,591,6441

–
–
–
–
2,604
–
2,0622
–
–
–
–
–

Old Mutual plc  

Number of shares

Nedbank  
Group Limited  

Number of shares

At 1 January 2010 (or date of appointment as a director, if later)
Nigel Andrews
Mike Arnold
Rudi Bogni
Philip Broadley
Russell Edey
Alan Gillespie (appointed 3 November 2010)
Reuel Khoza
Roger Marshall (appointed 5 August 2010)
Bongani Nqwababa
Patrick O’Sullivan
Lars Otterbeck
Julian Roberts

7,000
12,725
19,000
50,6251
25,000
–
–
–

–
–
1,500,8321

Former director (at 1 January 2010 and date of resignation)
Richard Pym (ceased to be a director on 31 August 2010)

40,000

–
–
–
–
2,604
–
2,0622
–
–
–
–
–

–
–

1   These figures do not include rights to restricted shares that have not yet vested, which are described in the Remuneration Report.
2   This figure does not include shares in the Aka-Nedbank Eyethu Trust, one of Nedbank’s Eyethu BEE trusts.

Directors’ conflicts of interest
Processes are in place for any potential conflicts of 
interest to be disclosed and for directors to avoid 
participation in any decisions where they may have 
any such conflict or potential conflict. The Company’s 
procedures for dealing with directors’ conflicts of 
interest have operated effectively during 2010.

to prior clearance by the Board and the 
directorship concerned not being in conflict or 
potential conflict with any of the Group’s 
businesses. Neither Julian Roberts nor Philip 
Broadley currently holds any external non-
executive directorships of other publicly  
quoted companies.

No director had a material interest in any significant 
contract with the Company or any of its subsidiaries 
during the year. Additional details of various non-
material transactions between the directors and the 
Group are reported on an aggregated basis, along 
with other transactions by senior managers of the 
Group, in Note G3 to the Accounts.

The executive directors are permitted to hold and 
retain for their own benefit fees from one external 
(non-Group) non-executive directorship (but not a 
chairmanship) of another listed company, subject 

Board Committees
The Board has a number of committees to which 
various matters are delegated in accordance with 
their respective terms of reference. The Board also 
establishes committees on an ad hoc basis to deal 
with particular matters. In doing so, it specifies a 
remit, quorum and appropriate mix of executive 
and non-executive participation. Further 
information on the principal standing  
committees of the Board is set out below.

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Group Audit Committee
Members and years of appointment to the 
committee (or its predecessor committee, the 
Group Audit and Risk Committee): Roger Marshall 
(Chairman) (2010), Mike Arnold (2009), Rudi Bogni 
(2002), Russell Edey (2004), Alan Gillespie (2010), 
Bongani Nqwababa (2007). Other member during 
part of the year: Richard Pym (2007). Secretary 
and year of appointment: Martin Murray (1999).

All members of the Group Audit Committee  
are independent non-executive directors. The 
Chairman, Roger Marshall, is a chartered 
accountant with a wide range of recent and 
relevant financial experience, having previously 
been an audit partner in PricewaterhouseCoopers, 
where he led the audit of a number of major 
groups including Zurich Financial Services and 
Lloyds TSB. All members of the committee are 
expected to be financially literate and to have 
relevant financial experience. The terms of 
reference of the committee, which specify  
its responsibilities, are available on the 
Company’s website.

Roger Marshall has submitted the following report 
on behalf of the committee:

“I took over from Richard Pym as Chairman of the 
Group Audit Committee (the Committee) at the end 
of August and I would like to thank Richard for all 
his hard work and dedication as the previous 
Chairman of the Committee.

During our seven meetings in 2010, the Committee 
focused on:

 (cid:81) The significant accounting and actuarial issues 

affecting the IFRS and MCEV financial 
statements. The Committee has reviewed the 
accounting policies adopted by the Group and 
considered the approach to, and valuation of, 
assets and liabilities, including the key actuarial 
assumptions underpinning the insurance 
liabilities. The Committee considers the most 
significant areas of judgement in preparing the 
2010 accounts were:

 – the provision for Bermuda guarantees (see 
Note E8 to the Accounts). The Committee 
has reviewed, and is comfortable with, the 
process for determining the provision. 
Recommendations arising from an 
independent review by a leading firm of 
actuaries of the stochastic methodology 
underlying the process, which was carried 
out in 2009, were implemented during 2010 
without material effect. The eventual liability 
under the guarantees will depend on future 
events, most significantly market 
developments, policyholder behaviour and 
the level of hedging undertaken. Note E8 to 
the Accounts highlights the wide range of 
possible outcomes;

 – the carrying value of US Asset Management 
goodwill (see Note F1 to the Accounts). The 
Committee has reviewed the assumptions 
underlying the impairment testing and is 
comfortable with them. It noted that the 
cushion before an impairment provision will 
be necessary has reduced this year;

 – loan impairment provisions in Nedbank (see 

Note E2 to the Accounts). A number of 
refinements to the detailed incurred loss 
methodologies were made this year by the 
Nedbank Board, resulting in strengthening of 
the provisions. The Committee noted that an 
independent review performed on behalf of 
Nedbank management supported 
management’s expectations of loan losses in 
the portfolio;

 – the treatment of US Life as held for sale (see 
Note H2 to the Accounts). The Committee 
continued to monitor the bond portfolio of 
this business, but this became of less 
significance as its value moved to an 
unrealised profit during the year;

 (cid:81) Reports received from the internal audit 

function, including the results of key audits and 
other significant findings relating to the Group’s 
control environment, and the adequacy of 
management’s responses and the timeliness of 
resolution. The Committee was satisfied that 
management was taking sufficient action to 
address the issues identified by internal audit 
within an appropriate timescale;

 (cid:81) The operation of the Group’s external audit, 

including: audit plans for the year, key audit risks 
identified by external audit, changes in key 
external audit staff, arrangements for day-to-day 
management of the audit relationship, the 
auditors’ arrangements to identify, report and 
manage any conflicts of interest, the nature and 
overall extent of non-audit services provided by 
the external auditors, the external auditors’ 
engagement letter for the year and fee proposal, 
and any major issues that arose during the 
course of the audit and their resolution. As in 
prior years, the Committee received an 
evaluation of the auditors’ effectiveness after the 
audit for 2009 had been completed, with input 
from the business units as well as from 
stakeholders at Old Mutual plc itself;

 (cid:81) The Group’s preparations for Solvency II, 
including through the iCRaFT project;

 (cid:81) The potential impact on the Group of possible 
changes to IFRS accounting for insurance 
business and the Company’s proposed 
response to the consultations about these; 

 (cid:81) Any significant findings or control issues of 

which the Committee became aware, including 
progress with the Financial Controls Initiative;

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AND OTHER MATTERS
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 (cid:81)

Tax, litigation and contingent liabilities affecting  
the Group.

We received and considered specific reports or 
presentations on:

 (cid:81)

The activities of subsidiary audit committees 
on a regular basis. A number of audit or audit 
and risk committees operated during 2010 at 
subsidiary level, including at Old Mutual Life 
Assurance Company (South Africa) Limited, 
Old Mutual (US) Holdings, Inc., Old Mutual US 
Life Holdings Inc., Old Mutual Wealth 
Management, Skandia Nordic, Retail Europe, 
Nedbank Group Limited and Mutual & Federal 
Insurance Company Limited, with terms of 
reference broadly equivalent to those of the 
Committee. After Mutual & Federal Insurance 
Company Limited became wholly-owned by 
the Group, its Audit Committee’s reporting line 
changed to Old Mutual Life Assurance 
Company (South Africa) Limited; and 

 (cid:81) A summary of any significant findings of Internal 
Review Committees through which Group 
Finance reviews in detail the results of the major 
businesses half-yearly with their Finance Directors, 
including, where applicable, the actuarial aspects 
of the results of the life businesses around  
the Group. 

A Governance and Control Planning meeting was 
held in December 2010 for the Group’s major 
businesses in the southern hemisphere to 
coordinate their audit and risk committees’ 
activities for 2011. A similar meeting for the Group’s 
northern hemisphere businesses will take place in 
March 2011. The December 2010 meeting was 
hosted jointly by the Chairmen of the Group Audit 
Committee and the Board Risk Committee. The 
Chairmen of the respective committees in Old 
Mutual Life Assurance (South Africa) Limited, 
Nedbank Group Limited and Mutual & Federal 
Insurance Company Limited participated, together 
with the Group Risk and Actuarial Director, the 
Group Internal Audit Director and representatives 
from the risk and internal audit functions of those 
three businesses, along with representatives from 
the external auditors. 

In addition, I sit on the Board Risk Committee, 
while the Chairman of that Committee also sits on 
the Group Audit Committee, so that the activities 
of the two committees can be closely coordinated. 
I also liaise as appropriate with the Chairman of the 
Remuneration Committee so as to ensure that I am 
able to draw to his attention any aspects of the 
Group’s results that the Group Audit Committee 
feels ought to be taken into account in setting 
levels of remuneration for the executive directors 
and other senior executives. 

The Committee also reviewed the Group’s 

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whistleblowing arrangements. These enable 
employees of the Group and others to report 
complaints on accounting, risk issues, internal 
controls, auditing issues and related matters. They 
can do this in confidence, using a dedicated 
hotline operated by an independent firm of 
accountants. Any reports are investigated and 
escalated to the Committee as appropriate. Efforts 
are made to educate staff around the Group about 
the existence of the whistleblowing facility and to 
help them detect the signs of possible fraudulent 
or improper activity.

The section later in this Report headed ‘Auditors’ 
contains information on our policy on auditor 
independence and non-audit fees and the 
Committee’s recommendation that KPMG Audit 
Plc should be reappointed as the Company’s 
auditors for 2011. 

As a Committee, we hold private meetings with the 
external auditors once a year (or more often, if 
requested by the auditors) to review key issues.  
As Chairman of the Committee, I also have regular 
interaction with the external auditors and the 
Group Internal Audit Director, as well as with the 
Chairmen of subsidiary audit committees and the 
Group Finance Director, and I have a continuing 
programme of visits to the Group’s major 
subsidiaries arranged, so that I can remain abreast 
of issues as they arise during the year.

The Committee can confirm that it has received 
sufficient, reliable and timely information from 
management during the year to enable it to fulfil  
its responsibilities.”

Board Risk Committee
Members and years of appointment to the 
committee: Mike Arnold (Chairman) (2010), Nigel 
Andrews (2010), Philip Broadley (2010), Reuel 
Khoza (2010), Roger Marshall (2010), Lars 
Otterbeck (2010). Other member during part of the 
year: Richard Pym (2010). Additional member 
appointed since the year end: Eva Castillo (2011). 
Secretary and year of appointment: Martin  
Murray (2010).

The terms of reference of the committee, which 
specify its responsibilities, are available on the 
Company’s website. 

Mike Arnold has submitted the following report on 
behalf of the committee:

“In April 2010, the Company implemented one of 
the main recommendations of the Walker Review 
by establishing a separate Board Risk Committee, 
splitting the terms of reference for the former 
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the Group Audit Committee and the Board  
Risk Committee.

In addition, during our five meetings in 2010 we 
focused on:

Apart from myself as Chairman, four other 
non-executive director colleagues (including  
the Chairman of the Group Audit Committee), 
together with the Group Finance Director, served 
on the Board Risk Committee (the Committee) 
during 2010. The Group Risk and Actuarial  
Director attended each meeting, and the  
Group Compliance Officer and Group Internal 
Audit Director attended as appropriate. The 
external auditors were invited to attend the 
December meeting.

The Committee’s initial meeting focused on its 
terms of reference and its relationships with other 
Board committees and risk, or audit and risk, 
committees at subsidiary companies. Nedbank 
had already implemented a separate risk 
committee structure in accordance with the 
requirements of the Banks Act in South Africa. 
Several of the Group’s other major subsidiaries – 
Old Mutual Life Assurance Company (South 
Africa), Mutual & Federal Insurance Company, Old 
Mutual Wealth Management and Skandia Nordic 
– were asked to adopt a similar risk governance 
structure by separating their existing audit and  
risk committees into audit committees and  
risk committees.

By the end of the year, all these companies had 
established a separate risk committee, with the 
exception of Mutual & Federal, where the risk 
committee met with a separate agenda for the first 
time in February 2011. I am satisfied that, for the 
time being, Old Mutual Asset Managers (US), Old 
Mutual Financial Life Insurance (US Life), Old 
Mutual Bermuda and the Skandia Retail Europe 
operations should retain combined audit and  
risk committees. 

The Board Risk Committee received a report at 
each of its meetings during 2010 from the Group 
Risk and Actuarial Director in which any changes 
to the Group’s risk profile were identified and 
discussed. We also reviewed the risk appetite 
metrics operated by the Group and recommended 
to the Board a revised set of criteria that were used 
by the business units for their business planning 
over the three-year period 2011-2013.

 (cid:81) The Group’s preparations for Solvency II, in 

particular through the integrated Capital, Risk 
and Financial Transformation (iCRaFT) 
programme. Under this programme, the 
Company is implementing:

 – A revised Group-wide internal capital model 
compliant with Solvency II requirements; 

 – A Group-wide risk reporting system which 

facilitates easier aggregation and escalation of 
risks from business unit management to the 
Group Risk department;

 – Risk-adjusted performance metrics linked to 

incentive arrangements;

 – An own risk and solvency assessment; and

 – Suitable education and training activities to 

ensure that these disciplines are well embedded 
and used across the organisation;

 (cid:81) The management of risks in Old Mutual 

Bermuda, in particular through the hedging 
programme which it has established to manage 
the interplay between the Guaranteed Minimum 
Accumulation Benefit liability under certain 
contracts with the asset allocations selected 
under those contracts, and the resulting market 
and liquidity risks that arise from various 
hedging strategies;

 (cid:81) The Company’s response to the FSA in relation 
to the risk mitigation programme it requested 
after its ARROW II visit in 2009;

 (cid:81) Regulatory risks arising as a result of business 
activities, in particular the Group’s regulatory 
environment and compliance status;

 (cid:81) Stress and scenario testing, in particular the 
consideration of particular economic and 
business scenarios and their potential impact 
on the Group’s finances;

 (cid:81) Any risks arising from material corporate 

transactions being considered by the Group.

At the end of the year the Committee produced a 
report for the Remuneration Committee 
commenting on the compliance of the results of 
management actions in 2010 with the risk appetite 
metrics agreed by the Board.

As Roger Marshall has indicated in his report on 
the activities of the Group Audit Committee, I also 
sit on the Group Audit Committee and am 
therefore able to raise matters at either committee 
as appropriate.

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During 2011, in addition to its regular meetings, the 
Board Risk Committee will be holding two full-day 
workshops to enable discussions on a wide range 
of issues relating to the risk management of the 
Group. I shall continue to have regular interaction 
with the Group Risk and Actuarial Director and the 
Group Compliance Officer and will attend some 
risk committee meetings of the Group’s major 
subsidiaries. In this way I will remain close to any 
major risk issues that may arise during the year.”

The Nomination Committee seeks to ensure that 
its process for identifying candidates for 
recommendation to the Board as new directors is 
formal, rigorous and transparent. Vacancies 
generally arise in the context of either planned 
renewal of the Board, replacing directors who are 
due to retire, or adjusting the Board’s balance of 
knowledge, skills or independence. In identifying 
candidates, appropriate regard is paid to ensuring 
that they will have sufficient time available in the 
light of their other commitments to discharge their 
duties as directors of the Company.

Remuneration Committee
Members and years of appointment to the 
committee: Rudi Bogni (Chairman) (2005), Nigel 
Andrews (2002), Russell Edey (2007), Alan Gillespie 
(2010), Bongani Nqwababa (2010), Lars Otterbeck 
(2010). Other member for part of the year: Richard 
Pym (2008). Additional member appointed since 
the year end: Eva Castillo (2011). Secretary and 
year of appointment: Martin Murray (1999).

Details of the role and activities of the Remuneration 
Committee and how it has applied the main and 
supporting principles and the Code Provisions in 
Section D of the UK Corporate Governance Code 
relating to remuneration matters are provided in 
the Remuneration Report. The terms of reference  
of the Remuneration Committee, which specify  
its responsibilities, are available on the  
Company’s website. 

Nomination Committee
Members and years of appointment to the 
committee: Patrick O’Sullivan (Chairman) (2010), 
Nigel Andrews (2005), Mike Arnold (2010), Rudi 
Bogni (2003), Russell Edey (2005), Alan Gillespie 
(2010), Reuel Khoza (2010), Roger Marshall (2010), 
Bongani Nqwababa (2010), Lars Otterbeck (2010), 
Julian Roberts (2008). Other member for part of the 
year: Richard Pym (2008). Additional member 
appointed since the year end: Eva Castillo (2011). 
Secretary and year of appointment: Martin  
Murray (1999).

The Nomination Committee makes 
recommendations to the Board in relation to the 
appointment of directors, the structure of the 
Board and membership of the Board’s main 
standing committees. It also reviews development 
and succession plans for the most senior executive 
management of the Group and proposed 
appointments to the boards and standing 
committees of principal subsidiaries in line with the 
new Group Operating Model. It is chaired by the 
Chairman of the Board, Patrick O’Sullivan, and a 
majority of its members (nine out of twelve) are 
independent non-executive directors.

The terms of reference of the Nomination 
Committee, which specify its responsibilities, are 
available on the Company’s website.

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During 2010, the committee oversaw the process 
for identifying and recruiting, in conjunction with 
external recruitment consultants in each case, 
three new non-executive directors for the Board, 
firstly to replace Richard Pym as Chairman of the 
Group Audit Committee and then by way of 
advance planning to replace Nigel Andrews and 
Rudi Bogni, who are due to retire at the 2011 AGM. 
It also considered and approved proposed 
changes made to the membership of a number of 
subsidiary boards, oversaw the implementation of 
various recommendations about Board 
effectiveness that had arisen from the previous 
year’s Board effectiveness review, discussed 
succession plans for the executive directors of the 
Company and for various other senior positions 
around the Group, and supervised the process by 
which the Company appointed Business 
Performance Executives at Old Mutual plc level 
with oversight responsibilities for the Group’s 
businesses.

Other committees
There are a number of executive committees which 
assist the Group Chief Executive with the day-to-
day management of the Group. These include the 
Group Executive Committee mentioned earlier in 
this report, the Group Executive Risk Committee, 
whose responsibilities are described in the Risk 
and Capital Management report earlier in this 
document; and the Group Capital Management 
Committee, whose role is, inter alia, to agree 
capital allocations within certain limits (or make 
recommendations to the Board regarding any 
allocations beyond such limits) and to approve the 
capital plan of the Group as part of the annual 
business-planning process.

Attendance record
The table below sets out the number of meetings 
held and individual directors’ attendance at 
meetings of the Board and its principal committees 
(based on membership of those committees, 
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Board Risk

Group Audit

Board Risk

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Nomination  
Committee

Number of meetings held:
Nigel Andrews
Mike Arnold
Rudi Bogni
Philip Broadley
Russell Edey
Alan Gillespie
Reuel Khoza
Roger Marshall
Bongani Nqwababa
Patrick O’Sullivan
Lars Otterbeck
Julian Roberts

Former director
Richard Pym

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18/19
19/19
17/19
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14/192
6/6
18/19
19/19
17/19
17/193

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2/2
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2/2
–
–
–
2/2
–
–
–

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5/5
5/5
–
5/5
0/11
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2/2
5/5
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–
–

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5/5
5/5
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5/5
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2/2
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–
5/5
–

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8/8
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8/8
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8/8
0/11
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5/6
–
6/6
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3/3

2/2

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6/6
4/4
6/6
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6/6
1/1
3/4
2/2
4/4
6/6
4/4
6/6

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1   The dates for these meetings had been set before Alan Gillespie joined the Board and he was unable to rearrange prior 

commitments to attend them.

2   Reuel Khoza did not participate in four Board meetings (and two associated meetings of the Board Risk Committee) during 
the year because of potential conflicts of interest arising from his position as Chairman of Nedbank Group Limited while the 
Company was in active negotiations about a possible sale of the Group’s stake in that company. 
 Julian Roberts was prevented by illness from attending two Board meetings during the year.

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4  A number of Board meetings were held ad hoc at short notice, which prevented some directors from being able to attend 
them. In such cases, the Chairman consulted those who could not attend about the business to be conducted at the meeting.

The Chairman and the Group Finance Director 
attended all, and the Group Chief Executive 
attended all but two, of the Group Audit and Risk 
Committee, Group Audit Committee and Board 
Risk Committee meetings held during the year at 
the invitation of the Chairmen of those committees 
(but members of management were absent for the 
private session in March between members of the 
Group Audit and Risk Committee and the auditors). 
The Group Chief Executive also attended all but 
two and the Chairman attended all but three of the 
Remuneration Committee meetings at the 
invitation of the Chairman of that committee, but 
absented themselves for any matters relating to 
their own respective remuneration arrangements. 
Attendance at committee meetings by persons 
other than the members is always at the invitation 
of the Chairman of the committee concerned.

Auditors
During the year ended 31 December 2010, fees 
paid by the Group to KPMG Audit Plc, the Group’s 
auditors, and its associates totalled £13.6 million for 
statutory audit services (2009: £11.9 million), £0.5 
million for other audit and assurance services 
relating to Old Mutual Market Consistent Embedded 
Value reporting (2009: £0.5 million), and £6.0 million 
for tax and other services (2009: £2.8 million). In 
addition to the above, Nedbank Group paid a 
further £4.3 million (2009: £2.9 million) to Deloitte in 
respect of joint audit arrangements.

The following guidelines have been approved by 
the Group Audit Committee as part of the Group’s 
policy on non-audit services:

Before accepting a proposed engagement to 
provide a non-audit service to the Group, the lead 
audit engagement partner and management will 
assess the threats to objectivity and independence 
and consider safeguards to be applied. Such 
assessment will be repeated whenever the scope 
and objectives of the non-audit service change 
significantly. Before accepting a proposed 
engagement to provide a non-audit service to the 
Group, the audit engagement partner and 
management will:

 (cid:81) Consider whether it is probable that a 

reasonable and informed third party would 
regard the proposed engagement as being 
inconsistent with the objectives of the audit  
of the financial statements; 

 (cid:81)

 (cid:81)

Identify and assess the significance of any 
related threats to the firm’s objectivity, including 
any perceived loss of independence; and

Identify and assess the effectiveness of the 
available safeguards to eliminate or reduce 
threats to an acceptable level.

Where it is felt probable that an informed party 
would regard the proposed service as being 
inconsistent with the objectives of the firm as 
auditors, the firm will not be permitted to undertake 
the non-audit service. The Company and its 
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indirectly solicit the employment of key senior staff 
and management of each other’s respective 
organisations without prior written mutual consent. 
Partners and directors of the audit firm who have 
acted as lead partner or as a key audit partner for 
the Group will not be permitted to join any 
company in the Old Mutual Group as a director or 
in a senior management position until at least two 
years after the partner or director concerned 
ceased to be associated with the audit. 

Arrangements have been made, in conjunction 
with KPMG Audit Plc, for appropriate audit partner 
or director rotation in accordance with the 
requirements of the UK Auditing Practices Board. 
The current audit engagement director in the UK, 
Alastair Barbour, joined the audit team as a key 
audit director in 2005 and succeeded to his 
current role in 2008. During 2011, he will be 
succeeded in this position by Philip Smart. 

Internal control environment
Responsibility for internal control
The Board has overall responsibility for the Group’s 
system of internal control and for reviewing its 
effectiveness, while the implementation of internal 
control systems is the responsibility of 
management. Executive management has 
implemented an internal control system designed 
to help ensure:

 (cid:81) The effective and efficient operation of the 
Group and its business units by enabling 
management to respond appropriately to 
significant risks to achieving the Group’s 
business objectives; 

 (cid:81) The safeguarding of assets from inappropriate 
use or from loss and fraud and ensuring that 
liabilities are identified and managed; 

 (cid:81) The quality of internal and external reporting; and 

 (cid:81) Compliance with applicable laws and 

regulations, and with internal policies on the 
conduct of business.

The system of internal control is designed to 
manage, rather than eliminate, the risk of failure to 
achieve the Group’s business objectives, and can 
only provide reasonable, and not absolute, 
assurance against material misstatement or loss.

Assessment of the system of internal control
An ongoing process for identifying, evaluating and 
managing the significant risks faced by the Group 
has been in place for the year ended 31 December 
2010 and up to the date of approval of this Report. 
The process accords with the Turnbull guidance 
set out in ‘Internal Control: Revised Guidance for 
Directors on the Combined Code’ (the Combined 
Code being the previous version of the UK 
Corporate Governance Code) and is regularly 
reviewed by the Board.

In addition, the following process governs the 
provision of non-audit services by the auditors:

 (cid:81) There is a schedule of non-audit services which 
need to be approved in principle on an annual 
basis and are reported, as and when provided, 
on a regular basis. This is in line with the SEC’s 
guidelines on auditor independence; 

 (cid:81) All non-audit work costing less than £50,000 
placed with the external auditors is to be 
approved by the Head of Group Finance or  
the business unit’s Chief Financial Officer; 

 (cid:81) All non-audit work costing over £50,000 placed 
with the external auditors is to be agreed by the 
Group Finance Director or his designate; 

 (cid:81) All non-audit work costing over £400,000 
placed with the external auditors is to be 
subject to competitive tender and agreed by the 
Group Finance Director and the Group Chief 
Executive; 

 (cid:81) All non-audit work costing over £1 million 

placed with external auditors is to be approved 
by the Group Audit Committee; 

 (cid:81) Cumulative fees for non-audit services in any 
financial quarter should not exceed £500,000 
without approval of the Group Audit Committee 
or its Chairman; and 

 (cid:81) Cumulative fees for non-audit work for the 

Group should not exceed total statutory audit 
and audit-related fees in any year without the 
approval of the Group Audit Committee. 

KPMG Audit Plc have expressed their willingness 
to continue in office as auditors to the Company 
and, following a recommendation by the Group 
Audit Committee to the Board, a resolution 
proposing their reappointment will be put to the 
AGM. In reaching its decision to recommend the 
reappointment of KPMG Audit Plc as auditors, the 
Board took into account the fact that the firm had 
been the Company’s auditors since the Group 
demutualised in 1999 and that appropriate 
arrangements are in place for the rotation and 
renewal of key audit personnel. The Company has 
not entered into any contractual restriction 
preventing it from considering a change of auditors 
and the choice of auditors is kept under review by 
the Board from year to year, taking into account 
appropriate benchmarking data.

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The Group’s actions to review the effectiveness of 
the system of internal control include:

 (cid:81) An annual review of the risk assessment 

procedures, control environment 
considerations, information and communication 
and monitoring procedures at Group level and 
within each business unit. This review covers all 
material controls, including financial, operational 
and compliance controls and the risk 
management systems; 

 (cid:81) A certification process, under which all 

business units are required to confirm that they 
have undertaken risk management in 
accordance with the Group risk framework, that 
they have reviewed the effectiveness of the 
system of internal controls, that internal policies 
have been complied with and that no significant 
risks or issues are known which have not been 
reported in accordance with policy; and

 (cid:81) Regular reviews of the effectiveness of the 

system of internal control by the Group Audit 
Committee, which receives reports from Group 
Internal Audit. The Committee also receives 
reports from the external auditors, KPMG Audit 
Plc, which include details of significant internal 
control matters that they have identified during 
the course of their work.

These activities are in addition to the regular risk 
management activities which are performed on an 
ongoing basis (as described in more detail in the 
Risk and Capital Management report elsewhere in 
this document).

The certification process described above does 
not apply to certain joint ventures where the Group 
does not exercise full management control. In 
these cases, Old Mutual monitors the internal 
control environment and the potential impact on 
the Group through representation on the board of 
the entity concerned.

The Board reviewed the effectiveness of the 
system of internal control during and at the end of 
the year. Our annual internal control assessment 
has not highlighted any material failings. We remain 
committed to having a robust internal control 
environment across the Group.

Group Internal Audit
Group Internal Audit (GIA) is responsible for 
providing independent, objective assurance on the 
adequacy and effectiveness of Old Mutual’s 
systems of governance, risk management and 
internal control to the Board and executive 
management and, in doing so, helps enhance the 
controls culture within the Group. The work of GIA 
is focused on the areas of greatest risk, both 
current and emerging, to Old Mutual as 

determined by a comprehensive, risk-based 
planning process. The Group Audit Committee 
approves the annual internal audit plan and any 
subsequent amendments.

There are internal audit teams in each of our major 
businesses. The heads of internal audit in the 
Group’s wholly-owned subsidiaries report directly 
to the Group Internal Audit Director (GIAD). The 
GIAD reports functionally to the Chairman of the 
Group Audit Committee and administratively to the 
Group Finance Director. The GIAD attends all 
meetings of the Group Audit Committee, and has 
unrestricted access to the Group Chief Executive 
and to the Chairman of the Board, as well as open 
invitations to attend any meetings of the business 
unit Audit Committees, the Board Risk Committee 
and the Group Executive Risk Committee.

Internal audit teams across Old Mutual use a single 
audit methodology which meets the standards set 
by the Institute of Internal Auditors. Issues raised 
by internal audit during the course of its work are 
discussed with management, who are responsible 
for implementing agreed actions to address  
the issues identified within an appropriate and 
agreed timeframe.

Formal reports are submitted by the GIAD to  
each meeting of the Group Audit Committee, 
summarising the results of internal audit activity, 
management’s progress in addressing issues  
and other significant matters.

An assessment of the effectiveness of GIA is 
carried out periodically by external advisers.

Other Directors’ Report matters
Relations with shareholders and analysts 
The Company gives high priority to regular, clear 
and direct communication with its shareholders, 
institutional investors and sell-side analysts by 
means of a proactive Investor Relations (IR) 
programme. The programme aims to facilitate 
communication with the global investment 
community, both equity and debt, and to keep 
investors updated on the Company’s performance, 
within the constraints of the Listing, Prospectus 
and Disclosure and Transparency Rules. 

The Company has a dedicated IR team which runs 
its IR programme. Old Mutual continued to 
increase its communication and engagement with 
the investment community during 2010. A total of 
244 meetings were held during the year with 
investors and analysts in the UK, South Africa, 
North America and continental Europe, comprising 
193 individual institutions. This compared with a 
total of 227 meetings held in 2009. The majority of 
meetings involved the Group Chief Executive, the 
Group Finance Director or another member of the 
senior management team, although greater use 

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was made of group meetings in order to improve 
efficiency and provide more institutions with 
access to management and also to increase the 
efficient use of management’s own time. The 
Company continued to target smaller institutional 
investors and those who manage funds for high 
net worth retail clients and charities in both Europe 
and South Africa with a view to diversifying its 
shareholder base.

Each substantially separate issue at the AGM is 
dealt with by a separate resolution and the 
business of the AGM always includes a resolution 
relating to the receipt and adoption of the Report 
and Accounts. The Chairmen of the Group Audit, 
Board Risk, Remuneration and Nomination 
Committees are available at the AGM to answer 
any questions on the matters covered by those 
committees. All the directors in office at the date of 
the meeting attended the AGM in 2010.

In addition, the Company presented at a number of 
major investor conferences around the world and 
held a showcase for institutional investors and 
analysts on businesses within the Group’s 
Long-Term Savings division. The Company also 
hosted the South African Minister of Finance at its 
London office for a meeting with investors and 
analysts to discuss the South African economy 
and outlook. Copies of all presentations and, 
where appropriate, transcripts are posted on the 
Company’s website so that they are accessible to 
shareholders generally.

Currently 13 sell-side analysts from Europe and 
South Africa actively publish research on the 
Company. Other sell-side analysts are encouraged 
to cover the Company to help investors assess the 
Group’s valuation, its performance and the 
business environment in which it operates, and 
also to make meaningful comparisons with peers. 

The Chairman makes contact with major investors 
and meets them as required. The Senior 
Independent Director is also available for 
interaction with shareholders. 

The Board is updated regularly by the IR team on 
issues arising from communication with the 
investment community. In addition to this, an 
independent survey is commissioned regularly 
which provides the Board with the views of 
major investors on the Company’s management 
and performance. 

General Meetings 
The Board uses the AGM to comment on the 
Group’s trading performance during the first 
quarter of the year. Shareholders also have the 
opportunity to ask questions of the Board. A 
record of the AGM proceedings is made available 
on the Company’s website shortly after the end of 
the meeting. All items of formal business at the 
AGM are conducted on a poll, rather than by a 
show of hands. The Company’s registrars, 
Computershare Investor Services, ensure that all 
validly submitted proxy votes are counted, and a 
senior member of Computershare’s staff acts as 
scrutineer to ensure that votes cast are properly 
received and recorded.

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The notice of AGM and related materials contained 
in the Report and Accounts or Summary Financial 
Statements are sent out to shareholders in time to 
arrive in the ordinary course of the post at least 20 
working days before the date of the AGM.

Directors’ shareholdings and share dealings
The Remuneration Committee has established 
guidelines on shareholdings by executive directors 
of the Company. Under these, the Group Chief 
Executive is expected to build up a holding of 
shares in the Company equal in value to at least 
150% of his annual base salary within five years of 
appointment; the equivalent figure for other 
executive directors is 100% of their annual base 
salary. Further details of the executive directors’ 
shareholdings are set out under ‘Directors’ 
Interests’ earlier in this report and of their interests 
in awards under the Company’s employee share 
plans are contained in the Remuneration Report. 
The Board has considered whether to adopt a 
shareholding requirement for non-executive 
directors, but does not consider this to be 
appropriate.

Directors’ indemnities
The Company has entered into formal deeds  
of indemnity in favour of each of the directors.  
A specimen copy of the indemnities is available in 
the corporate governance section of the 
Company’s website.

Supplier payment policy
In most cases, suppliers of goods or services to the 
Group do so under standard terms of contract that 
lay down terms of payment. In other cases, specific 
terms are agreed to beforehand. It is the Group’s 
policy to ensure that terms of payment are notified 
in advance and adhered to. The Company has 
signed the Better Payment Practice Code, an 
initiative promoted by the Department for Business, 
Innovation and Skills in the UK to encourage prompt 
settlement of invoices.

The total outstanding indebtedness of the 
Company (and its service company subsidiary, Old 
Mutual Business Services Limited) to trade 
creditors at 31 December 2010 amounted to 
£6,533,000, corresponding to 48 days’ payments 
when averaged over 2010.

Charitable contributions
The Group made a wide range of significant 
donations to charitable causes and social 
development projects during 2010, as described in 
more detail in the Responsible Business section of 
this document. The Company, its subsidiaries in 
the UK, and the Old Mutual Bermuda Foundation 
collectively made charitable donations of £191,000 
during the year (2009: £195,000).

Environmental matters
A description of the Group’s environmental impact 
and management during 2010 is contained in the 
Responsible Business section of this document.

Employment policy
The Group’s employment policies reflect our belief 
that motivated and talented individuals are critical 
to our ability to achieve our business objectives. 
We recognise the value that a diverse workforce 
brings and believe that it should reflect the diversity 
of the markets in which we operate. We promote 
the fair and consistent treatment of all our 
employees and encourage equal opportunities and 
diversity across the Group. 

While local employment policies and procedures 
are developed by each business according to its 
own circumstances, employees are recruited, 
retained, developed and rewarded solely on the 
basis of their suitability for the job, without 
discrimination in terms of race, religion, national 
origin, colour, gender, age, marital status, sexual 
orientation or disability (whether in existence at the 
commencement of employment or developing 
subsequently), subject always to employment 
equity considerations in South Africa. Further 
information on employee matters is set out in the 
Responsible Business section of this document.

Political donations
The Group made no EU or other political donations 
during the year.

Dividend policy
The Board is recommending the payment of a final 
dividend for the year ended 31 December 2010 of 
2.9p per share (or its equivalent in other relevant 
currencies). A scrip dividend alternative will also be 
available for eligible shareholders in relation to this 
dividend, details of which can be found on the 
Company’s website.

The Board intends to pursue a progressive 
dividend policy consistent with the Group’s 
strategy and having regard to overall capital 
requirements, liquidity and profitability, and 
targeting dividend cover of at least 2.5 times IFRS 
AOP earnings over time.

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Share capital
The Company has a single class of share capital, 
which is divided into Ordinary Shares of 10 pence 
each. The Company’s issued share capital at 31 
December 2010 was £569,522,432.60 divided into 
5,695,224,326 Ordinary Shares of 10 pence each 
(2009: £551,825,295 divided into 5,518,252,950 
Ordinary Shares of 10 pence each). During the 
year ended 31 December 2010, 5,450,520 shares 
were issued under the Company’s employee share 
option schemes at an average price of 75.19 pence 
each, 13,674,225 shares were issued under the 
scrip dividend alternative for the final dividend for 
the year ended 31 December 2009 at an effective 
price of £1.1338 (or its equivalent in other 
currencies) each, 10,533,182 shares were issued 
under the scrip dividend alternative for the interim 
dividend for the six months ended 30 June 2010 at 
an effective price of £1.3822 (or its equivalent in 
other currencies) each, and 147,313,449 shares 
were issued in February 2010 at an effective price 
of R12.6878 each, in connection with the 
acquisition of the minority shareholdings in Mutual 
& Federal Insurance Company Limited.

At 31 December 2010, shareholder authorities 
were in force enabling the Company to make 
market purchases of, and/or to purchase pursuant 
to contingent purchase contracts relating to each 
of the overseas exchanges on which the 
Company’s shares are listed, its own shares up to 
an aggregate of 542,733,000 shares. No shares 
were bought back by the Company during 2010.

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31 December 2010:

 (cid:81) 239,434,888 shares were held by the Company 

in treasury; and

 (cid:81) 200,880,214 shares were held by African life 
and asset management subsidiaries of the 
Company. Under UK company law, these 
shares cannot be voted while they are 
beneficially owned by subsidiaries of  
Old Mutual plc.

The total number of voting rights in the Company’s 
issued ordinary share capital at 31 December 2010 
(which excludes the 239,434,888 shares held in 
treasury, but includes the shares held by the 
African life and asset management subsidiaries) 
was 5,455,789,438.

In the period 1 January to 7 March 2011, 1,048,183 
further shares were issued by the Company under 
its employee share schemes at an average price of 
68.37p each. No shares were bought back during 
that period. As a result, the Company’s issued 
share capital at 7 March 2011 had increased to 
£569,627,250.90 divided into 5,696,272,509 
Ordinary Shares of 10 pence each and the total 
number of voting rights at that date, after 
deducting the 239,434,888 treasury shares,  
was 5,456,837,621.

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DIRECTORS’ REPORT ON 
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE  
AND OTHER MATTERS
CONTINUED
Rights and obligations attaching to shares
The following description summarises certain 
provisions of the Company’s current Articles of 
Association (the Articles) and applicable English 
law concerning companies (now mainly enshrined 
in the Companies Act 2006 (the Act)). This is a 
summary only: for further information, please see 
the relevant provisions of the Act or the Articles.

A member who is a corporation may appoint one 
or more individuals to act on its behalf at a general 
meeting as a corporate representative. Where 
more than one corporate representative has been 
appointed, any one of them is entitled to vote and 
exercise other powers on behalf of the member at 
a general meeting or class meeting.

There are currently no restrictions on the voting 
rights of any member of the Company.

The Articles provide a deadline for submission of 
proxy forms by members of not less than 48 hours 
before the relevant general meeting (not excluding 
non-working days).

Dividends and distributions
Subject to the provisions of the Act, the Company 
may by ordinary resolution from time to time 
declare dividends not exceeding the amount 
recommended by the Board. The Board may  
pay dividends, and also any fixed rate dividend, 
whenever the financial position of the Company 
justifies its payment, in the Board’s opinion. If the 
Board acts in good faith, it is not liable to holders 
of shares with preferred or pari passu rights for 
losses arising from the payment of interim or fixed 
dividends on other shares.

Transfer of shares
Any shares in the Company may be held in 
uncertificated form and title to uncertificated shares 
may be transferred by means of a relevant system. 
Registration of a transfer of an uncertificated share 
may be refused in the circumstances set out in the 
Uncertificated Securities Regulations (as defined in 
the Articles) and where, in case of a transfer to joint 
holders, the number of joint holders to whom the 
uncertificated share is to be transferred exceeds four.

Any member may transfer all or any of their 
certificated shares by an instrument of transfer  
in any usual form or in any other form which the 
Board may approve. The instrument of transfer 
must be executed by or on behalf of the transferor. 
The Board may decline to register a transfer of a 
certificated share unless the instrument of transfer:

 (cid:81) Is duly stamped or certified or otherwise shown 
to the satisfaction of the Board to be exempt 
from stamp duty and accompanied by the 
relevant share certificate and such other 
evidence of the right to transfer it as the  
Board may reasonably require;

 (cid:81) Is in respect of only one class of share;

 (cid:81) If to joint transferees, is in favour of not  

more than four such transferees.

Issue of shares
Subject to the Act and the Articles, shares may  
be issued with such rights and restrictions as the 
Company may by ordinary resolution approve or 
as the directors may decide. At each AGM the 
Company seeks authority from shareholders  
for the directors to allot up to a certain amount 
of shares.

Whenever shares are issued for cash, the 
Company must offer shares to all shareholders pro 
rata to their holdings, unless it has been given 
authority by shareholders to issue shares without 
applying such pre-emption rights. The Company 
seeks authority from its shareholders on an annual 
basis to issue up to 5% of its issued share capital 
without observing pre-emption rights, in line with 
relevant regulations and best practice. Save for 
those shares issued pursuant to employee share 
schemes, no shares were issued for cash in 2010 
on a non pre-emptive basis, and the total number 
of shares issued for cash on a non pre-emptive 
basis by the Company over the last three years 
amounted to less than 7.5% of the Company’s 
issued share capital over that period.

The Company’s existing authorities to issue shares 
and to do so without observing pre-emption rights 
are due to expire at the end of this year’s AGM,  
but an ordinary resolution and a special resolution 
to approve the renewal of these authorities 
respectively will be put to shareholders at the  
2011 AGM.

Voting
Every member attending a general meeting in 
person has one vote in a show of hands. In the case 
of joint holders of a share, the vote of the senior who 
tenders a vote, whether in person or by proxy, will 
be accepted to the exclusion of votes of the other 
joint shareholders: seniority will be determined by 
the order in which the joint holders’ names are listed 
in the register. Under the Act, members are entitled 
to appoint a proxy to exercise all or any of their 
rights to attend and to speak and vote on their 
behalf at a general meeting.

A member may appoint more than one proxy in 
relation to a general meeting provided that each 
proxy is appointed to exercise the rights attached 
to a different share or shares held by that member. 
Proxies may vote in a poll or a show of hands.

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Repurchase of shares
Subject to authorisation by shareholder resolution, 
the Company may purchase its own shares in 
accordance with the Act. Any shares which have 
been bought may be held as treasury shares or 
else must be cancelled immediately the purchase is 
completed, so reducing the amount of the 
Company’s issued share capital. No shares were 
repurchased by the Company during 2010 or 2011 
up to 7 March 2011.

Amendments to the Articles
Any amendments to the Articles of the Company 
may be made in accordance with the provisions of 
the Act by way of a special resolution. New Articles 
of Association, reflecting changes arising from the 
full implementation of the Act and other company 
law changes, were adopted at the AGM in 2010.

Appointment and replacement of directors
Under the Articles, directors must be at least four 
and not more than 16 in number. Directors may be 
appointed by the Company by ordinary resolution 
or by the Board. A director appointed by the Board 
holds office only until the next following AGM and  
is then eligible for election by the shareholders.

The Company may by special resolution remove 
any director before the expiration of his or her term 
of office. Directors shall also vacate their office in 
certain customary circumstances specified in the 
Articles, including voluntary resignation in writing,  
ill health or that director becoming bankrupt.

Powers of the directors
Subject to the Articles, any legislation and any 
directions given by special resolution, the business 
of the Company will be managed by the directors, 
who may exercise all the powers of the Company, 
whether relating to the management of the 
business of the Company or not. In particular, the 
Board may exercise all the powers of the Company 
to borrow money and to mortgage or charge any of 
its undertaking, property, assets and uncalled 
capital and to issue debentures and other 
securities and give security for any debt, liability or 
obligation of the Company to any third party.

Shares held in employee benefit trusts
The shareholdings in the Company of the Group’s 
employee benefit trusts and the policies of those 
trusts on voting those shares are described in the 
section of the Remuneration Report entitled 
‘Employee share ownership trusts’.

Significant agreements
The following significant agreements to which the 
Company is a party contain provisions entitling 
counterparties to exercise termination or other 
rights in the event of a change of control of  
the Company:

 (cid:81) £1,250 million Revolving Credit Facility (the 
Facility) dated 2 September 2005 (of which 
£1,232 million remains available) between the 
Company, various syndicate banks (the Banks) 
and Lloyds TSB Bank plc as agent (the Agent). 
If a person or group of persons acting in 
concert gains control of the Company, the 
Company must notify the Agent. The Agent and 
the Company will negotiate with a view to 
agreeing terms and conditions acceptable to 
the Company and all of the Banks for continuing 
the Facility. If such negotiations fail within  
30 days of the original notification to the Agent  
by the Company, the Banks become entitled  
to declare any outstanding indebtedness 
repayable by giving notice to the Agent within 
15 days of the 30 day period mentioned above. 
On receiving notice for payment from the  
Agent, the Company shall pay the outstanding 
sums within three business days to the  
relevant Bank(s).

 (cid:81) Old Mutual Capital Funding L.P. (the Issuer) 
$750 million 8% Guaranteed Cumulative 
Perpetual Preferred Securities (the Preferred 
Securities) guaranteed on a subordinated basis 
by the Company. Under the terms of the 
Preferred Securities, the Issuer is required to 
give notice to the holders of such securities  
(the Holders) in the event of a change of control 
of the Company. In such case the Issuer and 
the Company agree, to the extent that such 
action is within their reasonable control,  
to vary the terms of the Preferred Securities  
and the Company’s guarantee (and to use all 
reasonable endeavours to ensure that the entity 
that has acquired control of the Company  
(the Acquirer) gives such undertakings as are 
necessary) in order to preserve the rights of the 
Holders. The Issuer and the Company shall also 
take such steps as are in their reasonable 
control to ensure that the economic interests of 
the Holders are not adversely affected by the 
actions of the Acquirer following the change  
of control.

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DIRECTORS’ REPORT ON 
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE  
AND OTHER MATTERS
CONTINUED
Substantial interests in voting rights
At 7 March 2011, the following substantial interests 
in voting rights had been declared to the Company 
in accordance with the Disclosure and 
Transparency Rules:

The Group continues to meet group and individual 
entity capital requirements and day-to-day liquidity 
needs through its available free cash and credit 
facilities. The Company’s primary existing revolving 
credit facility of £1,232 million does not mature until 
September 2012. Additionally, during December 
2010, the Company put in place further committed 
facilities of £275 million to support the Group’s 
liquidity headroom target. These additional facilities 
mature in June 2012, but will fall away upon 
completion of the US Life sale. The Company also 
had significant cash holdings, totalling  
£438 million, at the year end. 

A number of factors, including the levels of world 
equity markets, defaults in corporate bond 
portfolios, currency fluctuations, demand for the 
Group’s products and other economic factors, are 
considered individually and in combination in the 
Group’s forecasts and projections, taking account 
of reasonably possible changes in trading 
performance and economic conditions in the 
markets in which the Group operates. The results 
show that the Group should be able to operate 
within the level of available credit facilities and with 
an adequate level of capital, both at a Group level 
and within each of its major regulated entities. To 
the extent that changes in trading performance and 
economic conditions prove to be more severe than 
thought reasonably possible, the Group has 
evaluated and concluded on feasible management 
actions that would be possible in such 
circumstances so as to ensure that adequate levels 
of liquid and capital resources are maintained.

After making enquiries, the Board of Directors has 
a reasonable expectation that the Company and 
the Group have adequate resources to continue in 
operational existence for the foreseeable future. 
Accordingly, they continue to adopt the going 
concern basis in preparing the Annual Report  
and Accounts.

Number of 
voting rights

% of voting 
rights

Cevian Capital
BlackRock 
Public Investment 

317,789,951
309,952,983

Corporation of the 
Republic of South 
Africa

307,212,664
Alliance Bernstein/AXA 271,993,778
Sanlam Investment 

Management (Pty) 
Limited

Legal & General Group 

Plc

Old Mutual Life 

264,235,775

192,471,495

Assurance Company 
(South Africa) Limited 186,205,999

5.82
5.68

5.62
4.98

4.84

3.53

3.41

Going concern
The Group’s business activities, together with 
factors likely to affect its future development, 
performance and position are set out in the 
Business Review. The Business Review also 
explains the basis on which the Group generates 
and preserves value over the longer term and the 
strategy for delivering the objectives of the Group. 
The financial position of the Group, its cash flows, 
liquidity position and borrowing facilities are 
described in the Group Finance Director’s 
Statement. In addition, Note E11 to the Accounts 
includes the Group’s objectives, policies and 
processes for managing its capital and set out 
details of the risks related to financial instruments 
and insurance risks taken on by the Group.

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Disclosure of information to the auditors
The directors who held office at the date of 
approval of this Directors’ Report on Corporate 
Governance and Other Matters confirm that, so far 
as they are each aware, there is no relevant audit 
information of which the Company’s auditors are 
unaware, and each director has taken all the steps 
that he ought to have taken as a director to make 
himself aware of any relevant audit information and 
to establish that the Company’s auditors were 
aware of that information.

Governing law
The Group Chief Executive’s Statement, the Risk  
and Capital Management report, the Business 
Review, the Group Finance Director’s Statement,  
the Responsible Business Report and this Directors’ 
Report on Corporate Governance and Other Matters 
collectively comprise the ‘directors’ report’ for the 
purposes of section 463(1)(a) of the Companies  
Act 2006. The Remuneration Report set out in this 
Annual Report is the directors’ remuneration report 
for the purposes of section 463(1)(b) of that Act. 
English law governs the disclosures contained in  
and liability for the directors’ report and the directors’ 
remuneration report.

By order of the Board

Martin Murray
Group Company Secretary
8 March 2011

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REMUNERATION REPORT

In this section, we describe the Company’s remuneration practices 
during 2010 and its policies for 2011 and future years. The following 
introduction is by Rudi Bogni, Chairman of the Remuneration 
Committee (the Committee).

shareholders. The Committee continues to welcome 
such feedback from institutional investors.

This is my last year as a member and Chairman of 
the Committee as, after nine years on the Board 
and six years as Chairman of the Committee,  
I will be retiring at the Company’s Annual General 
Meeting in May. I wish my successor, Russell Edey, 
well in taking over responsibility for chairing  
the Committee.

Rudi Bogni
Chairman of the Remuneration Committee 
8 March 2011

I am pleased to present the annual Remuneration 
Report, and would like to comment briefly on what 
is covered. This report has been designed to 
provide stakeholders with a good understanding of 
the Group’s remuneration philosophy and practices, 
with particular emphasis on the remuneration 
arrangements for the executive directors. 

Since 2009, our strategic direction has been 
focused on a turnaround of the Group and in 2010 
we communicated a number of transformational 
changes which management intend to execute  
by the end of 2012. To create a direct alignment 
between the executive directors and our strategy, 
we introduced a new long-term strategic incentive 
plan (OMSIP) for 2010 and 2011, which was 
approved by shareholders at the AGM in May 2010. 

This was done after consultation with a number of 
major shareholders, whose views were taken into 
account to ensure that the plan, in conjunction with 
other aspects of remuneration, was clearly aligned 
with the strategy and delivery of long-term value to 

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Rudi Bogni
Chairman of the  
Remuneration Committee

This report has been prepared by the Committee and approved by the Board. The figures included in the sections of this report 
headed ‘Directors’ emoluments for 2009 and 2010’ on page 159 and ‘Directors’ interests under employee share plans’ on page 166 
have been audited by KPMG Audit Plc as required by the Large & Medium-sized Companies and Groups (Accounts & Reports) 
Regulations 2008. Their audit report is set out on page 171. The information in the remainder of this report has not been audited.

Remuneration Committee
The Committee is a committee of the Board. Its full terms of reference are published on the Company’s website. The Committee is 
responsible for:

 (cid:81) Determining the remuneration, incentive arrangements, benefits and any compensation payments of the executive directors;
 (cid:81) Determining the remuneration of the Chairman of the Board;
 (cid:81) Monitoring and approving the level and structure of remuneration of the executive directors of the Company and its principal 

operating subsidiaries, the Group Company Secretary, senior executive employees (as identified by the Board) and those who 
perform a significant influence function or whose activities have, or could have, a material impact on the risk profile of the 
Company or as defined for compliance with regulations in accordance with the policy; and

 (cid:81) Reviewing, monitoring and approving, or recommending for approval, the Company’s share incentive arrangements and awards. 

Membership and meetings of the Committee during 2010
The Committee Chairman has access to and regular contact with Group HR independently of the executive directors. During 2010, 
the Committee met eight times. The Board accepted the recommendations made by the Committee during the year without 
amendment. The Group Company Secretary, Martin Murray, acted as Secretary to the Committee. The following, all of whom  
are or were at the relevant time independent non-executive directors of the Company, served as members of the Committee  
during the year: 

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Name of non-executive director 

Rudi Bogni
Nigel Andrews
Russell Edey
Alan Gillespie
Bongani Nqwababa
Lars Otterbeck
Richard Pym 

Position 

Chairman 
Member
Member 
Member
Member
Member
Member 

Period on the Committee

May 2005 to date
November 2002 to date
June 2007 to date
November 2010 to date
April 2010 to date
April 2010 to date
May 2008 to August 2010 

  Attendance at
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6/6
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* The date for this meeting had been set before Alan Gillespie joined the Board and he was unable to rearrange prior commitments to attend it.

Other attendees at Committee meetings to which they were respectively invited during 2010 were as follows: 

Name 

Philip Broadley*
Tom Gosling
Alan Judes
Patrick O’Sullivan* 
Julian Roberts* 
Don Schneider* 
Kevin Stacey 

Position 

Group Finance Director
PricewaterhouseCoopers 
Independent Adviser 
Chairman of the Board
Group Chief Executive
Group HR Director 
Head of Remuneration 

* Other than when their own remuneration was being discussed.

Attendance at 
meetings

1/1
 2/2
7/7
5/7
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The Committee renewed the appointment of Alan Judes as its independent adviser for 2010, through his consultancy Strategic 
Remuneration, and has also done so for 2011. A copy of his letter of engagement is on the Company’s website. Any work that the 
Company wishes Alan Judes to do on its behalf, rather than for the Committee, is pre-cleared with the Committee Chairman with a 
view to avoiding conflicts of interest. Work undertaken by Alan Judes for the Committee included attending meetings of the 
Committee and advising the Committee in connection with benchmarking of the total reward packages for the executive directors 
and other senior members of staff, the design of short-term incentive and long-term incentive arrangements, advising on issues 
arising from changes to UK pensions legislation, updating the Committee on trends in compensation and governance matters and 
accompanying the Chairman of the Committee to meetings with shareholder representatives to discuss proposed remuneration 
structures. No work was performed by Alan Judes for the Company, as distinct from the Committee, during 2010. His consultancy 
company’s fees for 2010 totalled £84,000, excluding VAT (2009 £72,000, excluding VAT).

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Don Schneider and Kevin Stacey of Group HR assisted the Committee during the year. Group HR provided supporting materials for 
matters that came before the Committee, including comparative data and justifications for proposed salary, benefit, annual incentive 
plan and share awards and criteria for performance targets and appraisals against those targets. It used the services of external 
advisers (including PricewaterhouseCoopers) as necessary.

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REMUNERATION REPORT
CONTINUED

The Management Remuneration Committee (MRC)
The MRC oversees governance of executive remuneration at the tiers immediately below director and Group Executive Committee 
level, provided such executives fall outside the designated group of employees reviewed individually under the Committee’s terms of 
reference. The MRC reviews and approves, as appropriate, remuneration arrangements and pay review decisions recommended by 
subsidiary remuneration committees. It is chaired by the Group Chief Executive and includes the Group Finance Director and two 
other members of the Group Executive Committee. It is supported by Group HR, which supplies supporting materials and analysis in 
a similar format to those supplied to the Committee. All minutes of MRC meetings are noted at the Committee and the MRC can 
escalate matters for decision by the Committee as appropriate. The MRC has adopted the following detailed remuneration policies to 
ensure that the policies agreed by the Committee are properly implemented at the Group’s main subsidiaries:

 (cid:81) Remuneration must be viewed in conjunction with wider people-management practices to support a consistent approach to 

achieving desired culture and behaviour;

 (cid:81) Remuneration must support the business drivers, corporate vision, strategy and strategic priorities;
 (cid:81)

Incentives should align the interests of employees with shareholders;
Incentives should be performance-related and effectively linked to success in delivering the chosen strategy;

 (cid:81)
 (cid:81) Pay should be set at levels that are both competitive and sustainably affordable;
 (cid:81) Remuneration should not encourage risk that exceeds the Company’s risk tolerance;
 (cid:81) All pay must be compliant with local legislation; and
 (cid:81) Underperformance should be dealt with formally according to local policies.

Terms of engagement of the executive directors
The terms of engagement of the executive directors are considered by the Committee to provide a proper balance of responsibilities 
and security between the parties. The following is a summary of the main provisions:

Provision 

Contract dates

Service contract

Julian Roberts – 23 January 2009 
 (cid:81)
 (cid:81) Philip Broadley – 10 November 2008

Retirement Age*

 (cid:81)

65

Date current appointment terminates* 

Julian Roberts – 7 June 2022 
 (cid:81)
 (cid:81) Philip Broadley – 31 January 2026

Notice Period

Compensation for loss of office

 (cid:81)

 (cid:81)

12 months by either the Company or the director

 Tailored to reflect the Company’s contractual obligations and the obligation on the part of 
the employee to mitigate loss

Compensation payable on early termination

 (cid:81) No contractual provision

Remuneration

 (cid:81) Salary
 (cid:81) Cash benefit allowance
 (cid:81) Short-term incentive (50% cash and 50% deferred into Company shares)
 (cid:81)
 (cid:81) Other benefits – Life cover of £1,000,000 and disability cover capped at £140,000 per 

Long-term incentive

annum

*  The retirement age provision is in the process of being removed from the service contracts of the executive directors to reflect the removal of the default 

retirement age under UK law with effect from 1 October 2011. 

Alignment with strategy and shareholders
The graph on the next page shows the total shareholder return to 31 December 2010 on £100 invested in shares in Old Mutual plc 
on 31 December 2005 compared with £100 invested in the FTSE100 Index. The other points are the comparative returns at the 
intervening financial year ends.

In the opinion of the directors, the FTSE100 Index is the most appropriate index against which to measure the Company’s total 
shareholder return, as it is an index of which Old Mutual plc is a member and is located where the Company has its primary listing.

In reviewing performance, the Committee also considers a variety of other sector-specific comparators.

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Old Mutual plc TSR Performance: five-year performance to 31 December 2010

Old Mutual
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Remuneration policy for executive directors
The Company embraces the principles of the UK Corporate Governance Code relating to directors’ remuneration and complies with 
its provisions. These are the guiding principles that the Committee has applied during 2010 and intends to apply during 2011:

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To take account of appropriate benchmarks, while using such comparisons with caution and recognising the risk of an upward 
ratchet of remuneration levels with no corresponding improvement in performance. Members of the UK FTSE100 Index provide 
the benchmark for UK-based executive directors, with particular reference to subsets of that data within the financial sector and 
by market capitalisation;
To be sensitive in determining, reviewing, monitoring and approving matters under its remit in relation to pay and employment 
conditions around the Group, where relevant;
To make a significant percentage of total maximum potential rewards in the form of share-based incentives in order to align the 
executive directors’ interests closely with those of shareholders;
To provide an opportunity for remuneration packages to be in the upper quartile of the comparator group through payments 
under short-term and long-term incentive schemes if superior performance is delivered;
To focus attention on the main drivers of shareholder value by linking performance-related remuneration to clearly defined 
objectives and measurable targets; and
To design remuneration arrangements that will attract, retain and motivate individuals of the exceptional calibre needed to lead 
the Group’s development.

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The Committee has regard to risk-related metrics in reviewing the executive directors’ short-term performance and it received and 
considered a report from the Group Risk and Actuarial Director, which had been approved by the Board Risk Committee, in 
evaluating the short-term performance outcome for 2010. It also has discretion to consider corporate performance on environmental, 
social and governance (ESG) issues when setting their remuneration. It aims to ensure that the incentive structures for executive 
directors do not raise ESG risks by inadvertently motivating irresponsible behaviour. It ensures regulatory requirements relating to 
remuneration matters are met and that remuneration policies are consistent with, and promote, effective risk management. 

The Committee’s policy is influenced by the need to be competitive with other international financial services groups, while avoiding 
any excess. This includes its approach to setting the fixed elements of remuneration at or below appropriate median levels. It reviews 
this policy regularly and continues to consider it to be appropriate.

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Executive directors’ remuneration during 2010
The Committee reviews the structure of the executive directors’ remuneration packages annually to satisfy itself that the balance 
between fixed and variable remuneration and short-term and long-term incentives and rewards remains appropriate. The overall 
make-up of the remuneration packages for the executive directors in 2010 was as follows:

Julian Roberts, Group Chief Executive
Element

Quantum

Basic salary 

Benefit allowance

Pension contribution

£830,000

£280,640

£9,860

Short-term incentive

£1,220,100

Long-term incentive

£1,660,000

Other benefits

£1,933

Restricted share release

£110,473, based on the market 
value of the shares at date of 
release

Philip Broadley, Group Finance Director
Element

Quantum

Basic salary 

Benefit allowance

Short-term incentive

£550,000

£192,500

£775,500

Long-term incentive 

£1,100,000

Additional information

Paid monthly in cash. Reviewed with effect from 1 January each year, 
taking into account market benchmarks.

Paid monthly in cash – 35% of basic salary less pension contributions. 

Paid in lieu of a monthly cash payment under the benefit allowance 
(now ceased).

147% of a maximum of 150% of basic salary, to be paid half in cash 
and half deferred for three years under the Old Mutual plc Share 
Reward Plan. The short-term incentive for 2010 was based on 
achievement of Group financial targets, as well as delivery of 
individually agreed objectives.

Annualised expected value of the 2010 award after discounting by 40% 
for the impact of performance targets, as described in the section of 
this report titled ‘Performance targets applicable to share incentives’. 
This includes the value of one third of the one-off award granted under 
the OMSIP in 2010.

Life cover of £1,000,000 and disability cover capped at £140,000 a 
year.

On 30 March 2010, Julian Roberts received a release of 90,812 shares 
held under the deferred short-term incentive restricted share award 
originally granted in 2007. He retained all of the shares, paying the 
associated income tax and employee’s National Insurance costs.

Additional information

Paid monthly in cash. Reviewed with effect from 1 January each year, 
taking into account market benchmarks.

Paid monthly in cash – 35% of basic salary.

141% of a maximum of 150% of basic salary to be paid half in cash and 
half deferred for three years under the Old Mutual plc Share Reward 
Plan. The short-term incentive for 2010 was based on achievement  
of Group financial targets, as well as delivery of individually  
agreed objectives.

Annualised expected value of the 2010 award after discounting by 40% 
for the impact of performance targets, as described in the section of 
this report titled ‘Performance targets applicable to share incentives’. 
This includes the value of one third of the one-off award granted under 
the OMSIP in 2010.

Other benefits

£1,933

Life cover of £1,000,000 and disability cover capped at £140,000 a year.

The following diagrams show the breakdown of the executive directors’ total remuneration arrangements during 2010 (excluding 
restricted share award releases):

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Short-term incentive targets for performance year 2010
The payment of short-term incentives is subject to the achievement of pre-determined financial targets and personal objectives 
based on the key deliverables for each executive director, as reviewed and approved each year by the Committee. Details of the 
structure and outcomes of the metrics for Julian Roberts’ and Philip Broadley’s short-term incentives for 2010 are set out in the 
following table:

Group targets as % of salary 
Personal targets as % of salary 
Total (as % of salary) 
£000 incentive for period 
Achieved incentive as % of maximum 

Julian Roberts 

Philip Broadley

Potential 

Achieved

Potential 

Achieved

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1,245 

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34.5
147
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98 

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Performance targets applicable to share incentives

2008 – Share Options and Bonus-Matching Restricted Share Awards 

Target 1

Target 2

Target 3

For bonus-matching restricted share awards 
and tier 1 of share option awards (up to 100% 
of base salary)

For tier 2 of share option awards (between 
100% and 200% of base salary)

For tier 3 of share option awards (above 200% 
of base salary)

Growth in IFRS EPS must exceed growth in 
UK RPI by at least 9% over the three-year 
vesting period

Growth in IFRS EPS must exceed growth in 
UK RPI by at least 12% over the three-year 
vesting period

Growth in IFRS EPS must exceed growth in 
UK RPI by at least 15% over the three-year 
vesting period

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not met and the options and restricted share awards therefore lapsed on 8 March 2011.

2009 – Bonus-Matching and Joining Restricted Share Awards 
One third of each award vests on attainment of the Return on Average Equity (RoAE) and real growth in adjusted operating profit IFRS 
earnings per share (EPS) targets at each tier as set out below, with pro-rata vesting between tiers, after tier one has been attained. 
Targets are tested on a once-only basis after three years from the year prior to the grant and any award or part thereof that does not 
vest then lapses.

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The targets are set out in the table below:

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£33.33 in the FTSE100 index – average price over Q4 2008
£66.67 in the JSE ALSI index – average price over Q4 2008

against the value of that investment in £ calculated by reference to the average price (converted into £, in the case of the JSE ALSI 
component, by reference to the average daily exchange rates for the period) on the respective indices over Q4 2011. The choice of 
criteria was intended to reflect the principal stock markets with which the Group’s results are substantially correlated.

2010 – OMSIP 
OMSIP replaced the long-term incentive awards for the executive directors and certain other senior members of management in 
2010, following its approval by shareholders at the 2010 AGM. 

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Accordingly, the 2010 OMSIP award was made in two parts. The first part is based on rationalising objectives and the second on key 
financial objectives in relation to the restructuring of the Group. The targets for these awards are set out below:

Rationalising Objectives
Component

Objective

Significant 
rationalising 
initiatives

Rationalise the Group by achieving strategic initiatives  
in accordance with the Group’s strategy statement to 
streamline the Group, unlock value and reduce debt

Measurements

Based on Committee evaluation of the following three 
factors: 

1.  Total value released relative to available benchmark 

transactions

2.  Quality of execution including risk, reputation and 

other non-financial impacts

3.  Amount available to reduce debt from the proceeds 

of rationalisation

At the end of the three-year measurement period, the Committee will assess the sum of the evaluations of the individual initiatives 
when determining total achievement of this component and may exercise its discretion to reduce the vesting level of the award when 
factoring in total achievement toward debt reduction and any new information arising which suggests a different performance 
assessment.

The Committee believes that these measures provide a balanced approach to assessing the success of implementing the strategic 
plan, underlying financial performance of the future business, and delivery of shareholder value. The Committee also believes that 
these measures give it the time and discretion to judge performance with the benefit of additional information emerging during the 
whole of the performance period.

Following the sale of the US Life business, which is currently expected to take place shortly after the date of this report, the 
Committee will carry out a full review and calculation of the impact of that transaction for the purposes of the related OMSIP 
rationalising objective and details of its conclusions will be disclosed in next year’s Remuneration Report.

Financial Objectives
This part of the award relates to key financial goals of restructuring, split equally between the financial performance of the Company’s 
Long-Term Savings business post-restructuring and absolute Total Shareholder Return (TSR) targets, as set out below:

Long-Term Savings business (50%)

Weighting
Below Threshold
Threshold
Threshold to Maximum
Maximum

Vesting 
%

Nil
20%

Cumulative  
growth in 
 IFRS AOP1

40%
Below 30%
30%

Return on Equity2

Ratio of NCCF/ AUM3

40%
Below 15%
15%

20%
Below 2% pa
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70%

18%

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1  Growth in Adjusted Operating Profit (AOP) excluding Long-Term Investment Return on a constant currency basis over the three-year performance period
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IFRS AOP over aggregate equity allocated to the Long-Term Savings business for 2012

Absolute TSR (50%)
TSR will be measured on an absolute basis, 50% in Rand and 50% in £, and will be averaged at the start (Q4 2009) and end (Q4 
2012) of the three-year performance periods. Old Mutual’s TSR growth will then be compared with the vesting schedule set out 
below to determine the outcome:

Below threshold
Threshold
Threshold to Maximum
Maximum

Vesting  

percentage

0% 
20%
Interpolated
100%

Absolute  
TSR growth  

p.a.

Less than 10%
10%
10% to 20%
20%

The Committee must be satisfied that the Company’s TSR performance reasonably reflects its underlying financial performance over 
the period. Threshold performance is aligned with Old Mutual’s cost of equity and the maximum is aligned with performance in 
excess of the historic upper quartile performance within the insurance sector.

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measurement for each specific award and obtains agreement to the calculations from KPMG Audit Plc.

The Old Mutual Staff Pension Fund
The Old Mutual Staff Pension Fund (OMSPF), established in 1979, is a hybrid scheme which has a defined benefit section that was 
closed to new members in 1998 and a defined contribution section established in 1997 that was closed to new members in June 
2010. The total membership of the OMSPF, including active, deferred and pensioner members (both sections) across the Group, 
reported in the most recent Annual Report and Accounts of the scheme at 31 December 2009 was 1,389. 

Julian Roberts is a deferred member of the defined contribution section of the OMSPF and, during 2010, the Company contributed a 
total of £9,860 to the scheme in lieu of an equivalent cash payment under his benefit allowance. The accumulated value of Julian 
Roberts’ funds in the OMSPF was £294,700 at 31 December 2010 (£247,400 at 31 December 2009). From 1 July 2010, the 
Company ceased making contributions on behalf of Julian Roberts to any employer-provided pension scheme.

Philip Broadley does not participate in any employer-provided pension scheme of the Group.

Directors’ emoluments for 2009 and 2010
Remuneration for the year ended 31 December 2010 and the preceding financial year, including in each case remuneration from 
offices held with the Company’s subsidiaries, Old Mutual (US) Holdings, Inc. (OMUSH), Old Mutual US Life Holdings Inc. (US Life), 
Nedbank Group Limited (Nedbank), Skandia Insurance Company Limited, Skandia Liv and SkandiaBanken (Skandia), and Old 
Mutual Life Assurance Company (South Africa) Limited where relevant, was as follows: 

Salary and Fees

Short-term Incentive1

Benefits and  

benefit allowance2

Pension

Total

£000  
2010

£000  
2009

£000  
2010

£000 
2009

£000 
 2010

£000  
2009

£000  
2010

£000 
 2009

£000  
2010

£000 
 2009

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–

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550
830

775
1,220

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952

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193
303

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–
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2,379

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2,105

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Chairman
Patrick O’Sullivan

Executive 
directors
Philip Broadley
Julian Roberts

Non-executive 
directors
Nigel Andrews
Mike Arnold
Rudi Bogni
Russell Edey
Alan Gillespie
Reuel Khoza
Roger Marshall
Bongani Nqwababa
Lars Otterbeck

Former non-
executive 
director
Richard Pym

Total emoluments

2,874

1   The total short-term incentives for the 2009 and 2010 performance years were payable half in cash and half in the form of forfeitable shares awards. 
2  Benefits include cash allowances payable to the executive directors, as well as travel costs for directors’ spouses to accompany them to certain Board 
meetings or other corporate events of the Company and its major subsidiaries. The amount of this expenditure is reported to and considered by the 
Committee, and procedures are in place for such costs to be authorised. The Committee is satisfied that such expenditure is reasonable and in the interests 
of the Company. 

Includes fees of £42,000 (2010) and £41,000 (2009) from OMUSH and US Life.

3  The Company made pension contributions in lieu of an equivalent cash payment under Julian Roberts’ benefit allowance.
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5   Includes fees of £304,000 (2010) and £250,000 (2009) from Nedbank.
6   Includes fees of £159,000 (2010) and £121,000 (2009) from Skandia.
7   The prior-year comparative number as published in the Remuneration Report for 2009 was £4,722,000, which included £297,000 paid to the former 

Chairman, Chris Collins.

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The executive directors were required to waive fees for non-executive directorships held in subsidiary companies totalling £30,400 
during the year ended 31 December 2010 (2009: £2,000) in favour of the Company or its subsidiaries. These waivers are expected to 
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Executive directors’ remuneration in 2011
With effect from 1 January 2011, Julian Roberts’ basic salary was increased by 2.4%, from £830,000 to £850,000, and Philip Broadley’s 
basic salary was increased by 2.7%, from £550,000 to £565,000. This was in line with the expected inflationary rise of 3% for senior 
executives of other companies in the FTSE100 index and compares with similar inflationary increases for other employees across the 
Group, ranging from 3% for staff in the UK, Europe and the US to in excess of 5% in South Africa, in line with the local market. Before 
making the decision on the increase for executive directors, the Committee reviewed the salary increases for the Group as set out above, 
and had regard to those increases.

The overall make-up of the remuneration packages of the executive directors for 2011 is as follows:

Julian Roberts, Group Chief Executive

Element

Basic salary 

Benefit allowance

Short-term incentive

Basic salary 

Benefit allowance

Short-term incentive

Quantum

Additional information

£850,000 p.a.

Paid monthly in cash. 

£297,500 p.a.

£1,275,000 
(maximum)

Paid either as contributions to agreed benefits or monthly in cash – 35% of 
basic salary.

Maximum of 150% of basic salary payable half in cash and half deferred 
for three years under the Old Mutual plc Share Reward Plan. The 
short-term incentive for 2011 will be based on the achievement of Group 
financial targets as well as delivery of individually agreed objectives.

Expected value of the maximum OMSIP award, after discounting by 40% 
for the impact of performance targets, as set out in the section of this 
report titled ‘Performance targets applicable to share incentives’.

Long-term incentive

£1,275,000* 

Philip Broadley, Group Finance Director
Element

Quantum

Additional information

£565,000 p.a.

Paid monthly in cash. 

Long-term incentive

£847,500*

£197,750 p.a.

£847,500 
(maximum)

Paid either as contributions to agreed benefits or monthly in cash – 35% of 
basic salary.

Maximum of 150% of basic salary payable half in cash and half deferred 
for three years under the Old Mutual plc Share Reward Plan. The 
short-term incentive for 2011 will be based on the achievement of Group 
financial targets as well as delivery of individually agreed objectives.

Expected value of the maximum OMSIP award, after discounting by 40% 
for the impact of performance targets, as set out in the section of this 
report titled ‘Performance targets applicable to share incentives’.

* Excludes annualised value of a one-off award granted under the OMSIP in 2010.

Short-term incentive targets for performance year 2011
The respective weightings attached to the Group metrics and personal objectives, shown as a percentage of basic salary, for the 
executive directors’ short-term incentives for 2011 are as follows:

Metric

IFRS earnings (Adjusted Operating Profit) per share
Return on Equity

Subtotal
Personal objectives

Julian Roberts 
 Group %

Philip Broadley  

Group %

56.25
56.25

112.5
37.5

37.5
37.5

75
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In his role as Group Finance Director, Philip Broadley is responsible to the Board for all financial matters, including management 
control over the internal audit, group compliance and risk functions. The financial elements of his annual incentive therefore have a 
lower weighting than line management executives as more emphasis is placed on personal objectives.

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2011 – OMSIP
The awards to be made to the executive directors under the OMSIP in 2011 will have a face value of 250% of basic salary.  
The awards will be subject to the achievement of key financial goals of restructuring, split equally between the financial performance 
of the Company’s Long-Term Savings business post-restructuring and absolute TSR targets. The basis for these targets was 
determined in 2010 (as set out in the section of this report titled ‘Performance targets applicable to share incentives’), with the 
financial performance of the Company’s Long-Term Savings business being measured over a three-year performance period 
between 2011 and 2013 and with TSR being measured on an absolute basis, 50% in Rand and 50% in £, averaged at the start  
(Q4 2010) and end (Q4 2013) of the three-year performance period.

2011 Executive directors’ remuneration split
The following chart depicts the overall make-up of the executive directors’ respective remuneration packages for 2011, assuming 
on-target (rather than maximum) delivery on short-term incentives and an expected value for long-term incentives:

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2011 Executive directors’ market benchmarks 
The following charts depict the comparison of Julian Roberts’ and Philip Broadley’s respective remuneration packages for 2011, 
based on the total value of guaranteed remuneration and the maximum face value of short-term and long-term incentive awards for 
the year, against a similar analysis of the FTSE 26-75 companies by market capitalisation:

(cid:15)(cid:137)(cid:23)(cid:23)(cid:23)(cid:16)

16000 

14000 

12000 

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(cid:87)
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4000 

3000 

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(cid:87)
(cid:52)
(cid:54)

(cid:81)

(cid:81)

(cid:81)

(cid:81)

(cid:81)

(cid:52)(cid:72)(cid:91)(cid:74)(cid:79)(cid:80)(cid:85)(cid:78)(cid:3)(cid:40)(cid:94)(cid:72)(cid:89)(cid:75)(cid:90)

(cid:51)(cid:59)(cid:48)(cid:3)(cid:40)(cid:94)(cid:72)(cid:89)(cid:75)(cid:90)

(cid:40)(cid:85)(cid:85)(cid:92)(cid:72)(cid:83)(cid:3)(cid:73)(cid:86)(cid:85)(cid:92)(cid:90)(cid:3)(cid:75)(cid:76)(cid:77)(cid:76)(cid:89)(cid:89)(cid:76)(cid:75)(cid:3)
(cid:90)(cid:79)(cid:72)(cid:89)(cid:76)(cid:90)(cid:22)(cid:74)(cid:86)(cid:20)(cid:80)(cid:85)(cid:93)(cid:76)(cid:90)(cid:91)(cid:84)(cid:76)(cid:85)(cid:91)

(cid:40)(cid:85)(cid:85)(cid:92)(cid:72)(cid:83)(cid:3)(cid:74)(cid:72)(cid:90)(cid:79)(cid:3)(cid:73)(cid:86)(cid:85)(cid:92)(cid:90)

(cid:41)(cid:72)(cid:90)(cid:80)(cid:74)(cid:3)(cid:90)(cid:72)(cid:83)(cid:72)(cid:89)(cid:96)

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Total direct remuneration is made up of basic salary, short-term incentives and long-term incentives (excluding the value of benefits).

FTSE 26-75 by Market Capitalisation as supplied by PricewaterhouseCoopers.

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Employee share plans
The following is a summary of the employee share plans currently operated by the Company and its wholly-owned subsidiaries:

Name of Plan

Description

Performance Share Plan – Share Options 
and Restricted Shares (PSP)1 

Share Reward Plan – Share Options and 
Restricted Shares (SRP)1, 2 

2008 Sharesave Plan (SAYE)1 

The PSP was originally used to grant long-term incentive (LTI) awards to 
qualifying senior employees under a bonus-matching arrangement, under 
which the awards would lapse on a pro-rata basis if an employee disposed of 
any of the personal shares to which the matching award related. The PSP is 
currently being used to grant OMSIP awards and other LTI awards, which can 
take the form of market value share options, nil-cost options, forfeitable shares 
or conditional shares. 

The SRP is used to grant deferred short-term incentive (DSTI) awards or joining 
awards to qualifying senior employees. Awards can take the form of market 
value share options, nil-cost options, forfeitable shares or conditional shares. 
DSTI awards are phased annually so that no undue incentive arises in any year 
of maturity. 

SAYE provides a savings and investment opportunity for employees of the 
Group’s participating businesses in the UK, Guernsey, Jersey and the Isle of 
Man, encouraging share ownership at all levels. Options are granted for three- 
or five-year periods at a discount of 20% of the average market price of Old 
Mutual plc shares over a three-day reference period shortly before the date of 
grant. 

Shares under 
award
or option at
31 December 
2010

27,941,716

23,558,460

29,886,479

Share Option and Deferred Delivery 
Plan (SOP)1 

The SOP (which is now closed to new awards) was used to make annual grants 
of share options with performance targets as DSTI or LTI or as joining awards 
to qualifying senior employees. 

13,891,357

Restricted Share Plan (RSP)1, 2 

UK Sharesave Plan (Sharesave)1

The OMSA Broad-Based Employee  
Share Plan2, 3 

The OMSA Senior Black Management 
Share Plan (SBP)2, 3, 4 

The RSP (which is now closed to new awards) was used to make annual grants 
of restricted shares, with or without performance targets, as DSTI or LTI or as 
joining awards to qualifying senior employees. DSTI and LTI awards were 
phased annually so that no undue incentive arose in relation to any year of 
maturity. 

Sharesave (which is now closed to new awards) was the predecessor to the 
SAYE described above and operated in the same way.

The OMSA Broad-Based Employee Share Plan was designed in the context of 
the Group’s plans to promote black economic empowerment (BEE) in its 
wholly-owned South African and Namibian businesses by means of an 
opportunity of ownership of Old Mutual plc shares for all permanent staff of 
those businesses that were not in any of the Company’s other share schemes, 
through a one-off award of shares. Restricted share awards were granted in 
October 2005 in connection with the South African BEE transactions and in 
April 2007 in connection with the Namibian BEE transactions. There is currently 
no intention for further awards to be made under this plan. 

The purpose of the SBP is to help Old Mutual South Africa and Old Mutual 
Namibia to attract and retain qualifying senior black managers in light of the 
increased competition for talented and experienced black management. It 
provides for the award of restricted shares or share options and awards are 
made in addition to the normal annual allocations under the OMSA 
Management Incentive Share Plan described below. Participants may only take 
delivery of the shares after four years (one third), five years (one third) and six 
years (one third). 

3,694,808

457,662

1,699,698

18,185,126

The OMSA Management Incentive  
Share Plan (MISP)2, 3, 4

The purpose of the MISP is to attract, retain and reward qualifying senior 
employees at Old Mutual South Africa and Old Mutual Namibia. It provides for 
DSTI or LTI or joining or promotion awards in the form of either restricted 
shares or share options, on similar terms to the SRP, SOP and RSP. 

105,530,014

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The Mutual & Federal Broad-Based 
Scheme and the Mutual & Federal 
Namibia Broad-Based Scheme2, 3

The Mutual & Federal Senior Black 
Management Scheme and the Mutual & 
Federal Namibia Senior Black 
Management Scheme2, 3, 4

The Mutual & Federal Management 
Incentive Share Scheme and the  
Mutual & Federal Namibia Management 
Incentive Share Scheme2, 3, 4

The Mutual & Federal Share Option Plan 
and the Mutual & Federal Namibia Share 
Option Plan1 

The Mutual & Federal Broad-Based Scheme and the Mutual & Federal Namibia 
Broad-Based Scheme operate in the context of plans to promote BEE for the 
benefit of employees of Mutual & Federal and Mutual & Federal Namibia who 
do not participate in the Mutual & Federal Management Incentive Share 
Scheme, the Mutual & Federal Senior Black Management Scheme, the Mutual 
& Federal Namibia Management Incentive Scheme or the Mutual & Federal 
Namibia Senior Black Management Scheme. Restricted share awards were 
granted in 2005 in connection with the South African BEE transactions and in 
2006 in connection with the Namibian BEE transactions. 

The Mutual & Federal Senior Black Management Scheme and the Mutual & 
Federal Namibia Senior Black Management Scheme operate for the benefit of 
qualifying senior black management of Mutual & Federal and Mutual & Federal 
Namibia. Allocations are made in addition to the normal annual allocations 
under the Mutual & Federal Management Incentive Share Scheme and the 
Mutual & Federal Namibia Management Incentive Share Scheme described 
below. The trustees allocate restricted shares for retention and attraction 
purposes that are not subject to corporate performance targets and vest 
immediately, subject to the condition that the participant remains in 
employment for a period of time. Participants may only take delivery of the 
shares after four years (one third), five years (one third) and six years (one third).

The purpose of the Mutual & Federal Management Incentive Share Scheme 
and the Mutual & Federal Namibia Management Incentive Share Scheme is to 
attract, reward and retain qualifying senior employees of Mutual & Federal and 
Mutual & Federal Namibia. Existing allocations are a combination of restricted 
shares and share options with future allocations limited to restricted shares. 
The restricted shares are not subject to performance targets and vest 
immediately, subject to the condition that the employee remains in employment 
for a period of time. 

The purpose of the Mutual & Federal Share Option Plan and the Mutual & 
Federal Namibia Share Option Plan (which are now closed to new awards) was 
to grant share options as an incentive to qualifying senior employees of Mutual 
& Federal and Mutual & Federal Namibia. All share options relating to this 
scheme have vested and the exercise period was extended following the 
acquisition of the Mutual & Federal minority shareholding by Old Mutual plc.  

Total shares held under award or option at 31 December 2010 

231,154,933

The following conditions apply, as indicated by the respective superscript notes above, to awards under the above employee share plans:

1.  Shares held under option or award cannot be transferred, assigned, charged or otherwise disposed of prior to exercise or vesting except on death, and the 

options and awards would lapse on any attempt to do so.

2.  Participants holding restricted share or forfeitable shares awards without performance targets are paid dividends and are entitled to exercise the voting 

rights in respect of the underlying Old Mutual plc shares.

3.  During the restricted period, a participant may not dispose of or transfer any of his restricted shares or any interest in them.
4.  A participant may not dispose of or transfer his rights to the option or the shares related to it without the directors’ written consent and any attempt to do so 

would result in the option lapsing.

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Change of control
Under the rules of the respective schemes, in the event of a change of control of Old Mutual plc:

 (cid:81) Restricted shares and options granted under the SRP would vest in full;
 (cid:81) Performance shares and options granted under the PSP would vest: (i) to the extent that the performance criteria to which such 
options are subject have been met; and (ii) on a pro-rata basis to reflect the reduction in the length of the original performance 
period, although the Committee does have discretion to disapply the length of service pro-rating for compassionate reasons;
 (cid:81) Options granted under the SOP, the Mutual & Federal Share Option Plan and the Mutual & Federal Namibia Share Option Plan, 

and awards granted under the RSP would vest in full;

 (cid:81) Options granted under the MISP, the Mutual & Federal Management Incentive Share Plan and the Mutual & Federal Namibia 

Management Incentive Share Plan would vest: (i) to the extent that the performance criteria to which such options are subject 
have been met; and (ii) on a pro-rata basis to reflect the reduction in the length of the original performance period;

 (cid:81) Restricted share awards granted under the MISP, the Mutual & Federal Mangement Incentive Share Plan, the Mutual & Federal 
Namibia Management Incentive Share Plan, the OMSA Broad-Based Employee Share Plan, the Mutual & Federal Broad-Based 
Scheme and the Mutual & Federal Namibia Broad-Based Scheme would vest in full;

 (cid:81) Options and restricted share awards granted under the SBP, the Mutual & Federal Senior Black Managment Scheme and the 

Mutual & Federal Namibia Senior Black Management Scheme would vest in full; and

 (cid:81) Options granted under the SAYE and Sharesave would become exercisable to the extent of the savings accumulated.

The Committee has reviewed the operation of the share incentive schemes, including how discretion is exercised and the grant levels 
currently applicable, and considers these to be appropriate to the Company’s circumstances and prospects.

Employee Share Ownership Trusts
The Group operates a number of Employee Share Ownership Trusts (ESOTs) through which it collateralises some of its obligations 
under employee share schemes.

At 31 December 2010, the following shares in the Company were held in ESOTs:

Trust

Capital Growth Investment Trust1 
Mutual & Federal Broad-Based Trust2
Mutual & Federal Management Incentive Trust2
Mutual & Federal Senior Black Management Trust2
Mutual & Federal Namibia Broad-Based Trust3
Mutual & Federal Namibia Management Incentive Trust3
Mutual & Federal Namibia Senior Black Management Trust3
Old Mutual plc Employee Share Trust4
OMN Broad-Based Employee Share Trust5
OMN Management Incentive Trust5
OMSA Broad-Based Employee Share Trust6
OMSA Management Incentive Trust6 
OMSA Share Trust6

Total

Country

Zimbabwe
South Africa
South Africa
South Africa
Namibia
Namibia
Namibia
Guernsey
Namibia
Namibia
South Africa
South Africa
South Africa

Old Mutual plc 
shares held in 
trust

1,414,930
248,267
26,045,139
5,019,860
41,391
311,875
173,221
31,469,665
904,223
2,234,800
22,169,975
81,258,520
31,249,063

202,540,929

1  The Capital Growth Investment Trust is used to satisfy restricted share awards or Deferred Delivery Shares in Zimbabwe under a locally run scheme.  

Any surplus shares held in trust because of non-vesting are taken into account when purchasing shares in respect of future grants.

2  The Mutual & Federal Broad-Based Trust, the Mutual & Federal Management Incentive Trust and the Mutual & Federal Senior Black Management Trust  
were established during 2005 to subscribe for and hold shares in connection with its South African BEE ownership transactions. The strategy has 
historically been to ensure that sufficient shares were acquired to match future obligations. 

3  The Mutual & Federal Namibia Broad-Based Trust, the Mutual & Federal Namibia Management Incentive Trust and the Mutual & Federal Namibia Senior 
Black Management Trust were established during 2006 to subscribe for and hold shares in connection with its Namibian BEE ownership transactions.  
The strategy has historically been to ensure that sufficient shares were acquired to match future obligations. 

4  The Old Mutual plc Employee Share Trust is used to satisfy awards under the RSP, SRP and PSP (excluding South Africa, Namibia and Zimbabwe). Its 

strategy is to hold shares approximately equal to the number of shares awarded, but not yet vested, at any time. Any surplus shares held in trust because  
of non-vesting are taken into account when purchasing shares in respect of future awards.

5  The OMN Broad-Based Employee Share Trust and the OMN Management Incentive Trust were established during 2006 to subscribe for and hold shares  

in the Company in connection with its Namibian BEE ownership transactions. The OMN Broad-Based Employee Share Trust holds shares for the purposes 
of the Namibian awards under both the OMSA Broad-Based Employee Share Plan and the SBP, while the OMN Management Incentive Trust holds shares 
for Namibian awards under the MISP. Awards to white employees in Namibia under the MISP are settled by the OMSA Share Trust.

6  The OMSA Broad-Based Employee Share Trust and the OMSA Management Incentive Trust were established during 2005 to subscribe for and hold shares in 
the Company in connection with its South African BEE ownership transactions. The OMSA Broad-Based Employee Share Trust holds shares for the purposes 
of both the OMSA Broad-Based Employee Share Plan and the SBP, while the OMSA Management Incentive Trust holds shares for the MISP. Awards to white 
employees under the MISP and all awards that have been granted to South African and Namibian employees under the RSP and SOP are settled by the 
OMSA Share Trust. The strategy has historically been to ensure that sufficient shares were acquired to match at least 90 percent of the obligations of each 
share incentive grant. However, as a result of the requirements of the Company’s BEE transactions in South Africa and Namibia, it was necessary to place 
shares allotted as part of the transactions in the relevant BEE employee share trusts immediately, in order to cover the total annual share grant allocations 
likely to be made to black participants in terms of the BEE transactions up to 2014 and 2016 respectively.

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The general practice of the ESOTs shown in the table above (save for the BEE-related trusts) is not to vote the shares held at 
shareholder meetings, although beneficiaries of restricted shares may in principle give directions for those shares to be voted. 
However, with respect to the OMSA Broad-Based Employee Share Trust, the OMSA Management Incentive Trust, the OMN 
Broad-Based Employee Share Trust, the OMN Management Incentive Trust, the Mutual & Federal Management Incentive Trust, the 
Mutual & Federal Senior Black Management Trust, the Mutual & Federal Broad-Based Trust, the Mutual & Federal Namibia 
Management Incentive Trust, the Mutual & Federal Namibia Senior Black Management Trust and the Mutual & Federal Namibia 
Broad-Based Trust, the Trustees may, because of BEE considerations, vote any unallocated shares held in these trusts as well as 
those shares held in respect of any unexercised share options. The beneficiaries of any restricted shares allocated by these BEE 
employee share trusts are entitled to vote their relevant shares.

Options (excluding nil-cost options) granted under the SOP (for employees outside South Africa and Namibia), Sharesave, SRP, PSP 
and SAYE are currently intended to be settled by the issue of new shares rather than using shares held in an ESOT.

Dilution limits
For the purposes of calculating dilution limits, any awards that are satisfied by transfer of pre-existing issued shares (such as shares 
acquired by market purchase through ESOTs) and any shares comprised in any option that has lapsed are disregarded. The 
Company has complied with these limits at all times.

At 31 December 2010, the Company had 2.41% of share capital available under the 5%-in-five-years limit applicable to discretionary 
share incentive schemes and 6.56% of share capital available under the 10%-in-10-years limit applicable to all share incentive 
schemes. The issued share capital figures used for these calculations have not been reduced to reflect shares bought back into 
treasury by the Company.

Listed subsidiary’s share incentive schemes
The Company’s separately-listed subsidiary, Nedbank Group Limited, has its own share incentive schemes, which are under the 
control of the Remuneration Committee of its board and are not further addressed in this report. Neither of the executive directors of 
the Company has any interest under any such subsidiary share incentive schemes.

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Directors’ interests under employee share plans
The following options and rights over shares in the Company were outstanding at 1 January and 31 December 2010 in favour of the executive 
directors under the employee share schemes described in the ‘Employee share plans’ section above. Those granted during 2010 are 
highlighted in bold and those vested, released, exercised or lapsed during 2010 are shown in italics:

Award type  
and plan

Reason  
for award

Philip Broadley

Performance 
targets 
to be met

Grant Date  At 1 Jan 10 

Excercised, 
Released, 
Lapsed

 Notes

 At 31  

Dec 10

Exercise 
price per 
share (p)

 Granted 

Share 
price at 
date of 
exercise/
release (p)

Gain  
made on 
exercise/ 
release

Exercised or 
released or 
from which 
exercisable 
or releasable

Expiry or 
vesting 
date

Option (SRP)

Joining

No

10-Nov-08

 1,315,789 

Total

Shares (SRP)

Total

DSTI

DSTI

No

No

 1,315,789 

08-Apr-09

 44,235 

23-Mar-10

 – 

 262,530 

 44,235 

 262,530 

 – 

–

 – 

Option (PSP)

Match

Yes

08-Apr-09

 442,357 

Total

Shares (PSP)

Match

Joining

Total

 442,357 

Yes

Yes

08-Apr-09

 85,805 

08-Apr-09

 739,372 

 825,177 

 – 

 – 

 – 

 – 

 – 

Nil cost options 
OMSIP (PSP)

Rationalising  
objectives

Yes

13-May-10

 – 

 577,732 

13-May-10

 – 

 577,731 

 – 

 – 

 – 

 – 

 – 

 – 

 – 

 – 

 1,315,789 

 57.0 

 1,315,789

 1, 3 

 44,235 

 2, 3, 4 

 262,530 

 306,765

 – 

 – 

 1, 5 

 442,357 

 54.1 

 442,357

 85,805 

 739,372 

 825,177

 577,732 

 577,731 

 5, 6 

 1, 5 

 4 ,7, 8

4, 7, 8

Rationalising  
objectives

Yes

Financial 
Objectives

Yes

Financial 
Objectives

Yes

13-May-10

 – 

 577,732 

 – 

4,7, 9

 577,732 

13-May-10

 – 

 577,731 

 – 

4,7,9

 577,731 

 – 

 2,310,926 

 2,310,926 

DSTI

No

08-Apr-09

 301,594 

 – 

 – 

 1, 3 

 301,594 

DSTI

No

23-Mar-10

 – 

 378,849 

 301,594 

 378,849 

Match

Yes

08-Apr-09  4,436,229 

 – 

 – 

 2, 3 , 4

 378,849 

 680,443

 1, 5

 4,436,229 

 54.1 

Match

Yes

08-Apr-09

 860,508 

 – 

 5, 6 

 860,508 

4,436,229

4,436,229

Nil cost options 
OMSIP (PSP)

Rationalising  
objectives

Yes

13-May-10

 – 

 871,849 

13-May-10

 – 

 871,849 

 860,508

 860,508

4, 7, 8

 871,849 

4, 7, 8

 871,849 

 – 

 – 

13-May-10

 – 

 871,849 

 – 

 4, 7,9

 871,849 

13-May-10

 – 

 871,849 

 – 

 4, 7, 9

 871,849 

 – 

 3,487,396 

 – 

 3,487,396 

26-Apr-05

 304,348 

 – 

 – 

 304,348 

 126.5 

30-Mar-07

 307,504 

 – 

 307,504 

 10

 – 

 162.6 

03-Apr-08

 426,137 

 1,037,989 

30-Mar-07

 90,812 

30-Mar-07

 143,766 

03-Apr-08

 93,104 

03-Apr-08

 186,661 

 514,343 

09-Apr-09

 48,906 

 – 

 – 

 – 

 – 

 – 

 – 

 – 

–

 – 

 11 

 426,137 

 123.2 

 307,504 

 90,812 

 143,766 

 – 

 – 

 234,578 

3,12

10 

3

 11 

730,485

 – 

 – 

 93,104 

 186,661 

 279,765 

 – 

 – 

 – 

 – 

 – 

 13 

 48,906 

 32.0 

 48,906 

 48,906

Total

Julian Roberts

Shares  
(SRP)

Total

Option

(PSP)

Total

Shares

(PSP)

Total

Rationalising  
objectives

Yes

Financial 
Objectives

Yes

Financial 
Objectives

Yes

Total

(SOP)

LTI

LTI

LTI

Total

Shares (RSP)

DSTI

Match

DSTI

Match

Total

Option

SAYE

Total

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Yes

No

Yes

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 – 

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 – 

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10-Nov-11

10-Nov-14

 – 

08-Apr-12

08-Apr-12

 –  23-Mar-13 23-Mar-13

 – 

08-Apr-12

08-Apr-15

 – 

 – 

08-Apr-12

08-Apr-12

08-Apr-12

08-Apr-12

 –  13-May-13 12-May-20

 –  13-May-14 12-May-20

 –  13-May-13 12-May-20

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 – 

08-Apr-12

08-Apr-12

 –  23-Mar-13 23-Mar-13

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08-Apr-12

08-Apr-15

 – 

08-Apr-12

08-Apr-12

 –  13-May-13 12-May-20

 –  13-May-14 12-May-20

 –  13-May-13 12-May-20

 –  13-May-14 12-May-20

 – 

26-Apr-08

26-Apr-11

 – 

 – 

03-Apr-11

03-Apr-14

 121.65 

 110,473 

30-Mar-10

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 – 

 – 

 – 

 – 

 – 

 110,473

03-Apr-11

03-Apr-11

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1  Options and awards under the PSP and the SRP granted on 8 April 2009 were based on the closing middle-market price of the Company’s shares on the 

London Stock Exchange on 7 April 2009, namely 54.1p.

2  Awards under the SRP granted on 23 March 2010 were based on the closing middle-market price of the Company’s shares on the London Stock Exchange 

on 22 March 2010, namely 125.7p.

3  Dividends are paid and the directors can vote the shares during the vesting period.
4  Awards are subject to a claw-back provision under which the Committee may reduce the number of shares under option or award if financial results or 

business performance for which the director is responsible is found to have been materially incorrect or misleading or if undue risk was taken, resulting in 
financial loss to the Company.

5  Subject to the fulfilment of performance targets prescribed by the Committee, under which bonus-matching options and restricted share awards granted in 

2009 are subject to targets relating to the Company’s IFRS EPS and RoAE.

6   The number of shares awarded under the bonus match on 8 April 2009 was calculated by reference to a price of 55.781p per share, being the price at which 

the matching shares were acquired by the Old Mutual plc Employee Share Trust.

7   Nil-cost options under the PSP granted on 13 May 2010 were based on the closing middle-market price of the Company’s shares on the London Stock 

Exchange on 12 May 2010, namely 119p.

8   Subject to the achievement of certain initiatives relating to the restructuring of the Group. 
9   Subject to the fulfilment of performance targets prescribed by the Committee, under which 50% of the award would be subject to the financial performance 

of the Company’s Long-Term Savings business post restructuring and 50% of the award would be subject to absolute total shareholder return. 

10  As a result of the IFRS EPS-based performance targets not being met, the options and bonus-matching restricted share awards granted on 30 March 2007 

lapsed on 11 March 2010.

11  As a result of the IFRS EPS-based performance targets not being met, the options and bonus-matching restricted share awards granted on 3 April 2008 

lapsed on 8 March 2011.

12  On 30 March 2010, 90,812 shares were released to Mr Roberts in respect of the 2007 deferred short-term incentive restricted share award. Mr Roberts 

retained all of these shares.

13 The SAYE option price was determined as 20 percent below the average of the Company’s share price between 16 and 18 March 2009. The Company’s 

share price at the date of grant (9 April 2009) was 63.3p.

Company share price performance
The market price of the Company’s shares was 123.1p at 31 December 2010 and ranged from a low of 97.3p to a high of 145.2p 
during 2010.

Executive directors’ shareholding requirements
The Committee has established guidelines on shareholdings by the executive directors of the Company. Under these, the Group 
Chief Executive is expected to build up a holding of shares in the Company equal in value to at least 150 percent of his annual basic 
salary within five years of appointment and the equivalent figure for other executive directors is 100 percent of their annual basic 
salary. For the purposes of the calculations, unvested options and restricted share awards are excluded.

The following table shows Old Mutual plc shares held by the executive directors at 31 December 2010 (including holdings by their 
connected persons) compared to the shareholding requirements prescribed by these guidelines:

Julian Roberts 
Philip Broadley

Minimum 
number of 
shares required 
to be held1

Personal 
shares held at 
31 December 
2010

Personal 
shares held at 
31 December 
2010 as a 
percentage of 
base salary

Date by which 
holding must be 
achieved

1,011,373
446,791

1,591,644
55,353

236% September 2013
12% November 2013

1  The minimum number of shares required to be held has been calculated using the market price of Old Mutual plc shares on 31 December 2010, namely 

123.1p and the basic salaries of the executive directors at 31 December 2010.

Current exposure
The current exposure of the executive directors to the Company’s share price is shown in the table below. This includes shares 
owned outright (including holdings by connected persons) as well as restricted share awards that are not subject to performance 
targets. It excludes unvested share options and vested share options that were underwater at 31 December 2010, as well as 
restricted share awards that are subject to performance targets.

Total value 
 of personal 
shares 
 £

Total restricted 
shares held (not 
subject to 
performance 
targets)

Total value of 
restricted shares 
£

Personal  

shares held

Julian Roberts

1,591,644

1,959,314

Philip Broadley

55,353

68,140

773,547

306,765

952,236

377,628

Total share 
options held 
(above water and 
not subject to 
performance 
targets)

–

Total value of 
share options 
held (above 
water and not 
subject to 
performance 
targets)  

£

–

1,315,789

869,737

Total exposure 
 £

2,911,550

1,315,504

Total exposure 
as a percentage 
of base salary

351%

239%

The Board has considered whether to adopt a shareholding requirement for non-executive directors, but does not consider this to be 
appropriate.

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GOVERNANCE

REMUNERATION REPORT
CONTINUED

Terms of engagement – Chairman and non-executive directors
Patrick O’Sullivan entered into an engagement letter with the Company in August 2009 setting out the terms applicable to his role as 
Chairman from January 2010. Under these terms, subject to: (a) 12 months’ notice at any time given by either the Company or 
Patrick O’Sullivan, (b) his being duly re-elected at Annual General Meetings, and (c) the provisions of the Company’s Articles of 
Association relating to the removal of directors, his appointment may continue until his 70th birthday, namely 15 April 2019.

The other non-executive directors are engaged on terms that may be terminated by either side without notice. However, it is 
envisaged that they will remain in place on a three-year cycle, in order to provide assurance to both the Company and the non-
executive director concerned that the appointment is likely to continue. The renewal of non-executive directors’ terms for successive 
three-year cycles is not automatic, with the continued suitability of each non-executive director being assessed by the Nomination 
Committee. In the absence of exceptional circumstances, the Board has determined that non-executive directors’ engagements will 
not be extended beyond the end of their third three-year cycle.

The original dates of appointment and the dates when the current appointments of the non-executive directors are due to terminate 
are as follows:

Nigel Andrews
Mike Arnold
Rudi Bogni
Eva Castillo
Russell Edey
Alan Gillespie
Reuel Khoza
Roger Marshall
Bongani Nqwababa
Lars Otterbeck

Date of original 
appointment

Date of current 
appointment

Current term  
as director

1 Jun 2002
1 Sep 2009
1 Feb 2002
2 Feb 2011
24 Jun 2004
3 Nov 2010
27 Jan 2006
5 Aug 2010
1 Apr 2007
14 Nov 2006

1 Jun 2008
1 Sep 2009
1 Feb 2008
2 Feb 2011
24 Jun 2010
3 Nov 2010
27 Jan 2009
5 Aug 2010
1 Apr 2010
14 Nov 2009

3rd
1st
3rd
1st
3rd
1st
2nd
1st
2nd
2nd

Date current 
appointment 
terminates

12 May 2011
1 Sep 2012
12 May 2011
2 Feb 2014
24 Jun 2013
3 Nov 2013
27 Jan 2012
5 Aug 2013
1 Apr 2013
14 Nov 2012

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Remuneration – Chairman and non-executive directors
The Company’s policy on remuneration for non-executive directors is that this should be:

Fee-based;

 (cid:81)
 (cid:81) Market-related (having regard to fees paid and time commitments of non-executive directors of other members of the  

FTSE100 Index); and

 (cid:81) Not linked to share price or Company performance.

The annual fees for the Chairman and for other non-executive roles for both 2010 (effective from 1 April 2010) and 2011 are set out 
below. Neither the Chairman nor the other non-executive directors received a fee increase for 2011.

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Chairman
Non-executive directors
- Base Fee
- Senior independent director additional fee
Additional fees payable for Committees
Board Risk Committee
- Chairman
- Member
Group Audit Committee
- Chairman
- Member
Nomination Committee
- Member
Remuneration Committee
- Chairman
- Member

£

350,000

55,000
10,000

25,000
8,000

30,000
10,000

3,000

20,000
6,000

None of the non-executive directors of the Company (including the Chairman) contributed to any Group pension fund during 2010 or 
had any accrued pension fund benefits in any Group pension fund at 31 December 2010.

Shareholder approval of the Remuneration Report
An advisory vote on the Remuneration Report will be put to shareholders at the AGM on 12 May 2011.

Rudi Bogni
Chairman of the Remuneration Committee,
On behalf of the Board
8 March 2011

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FINANCIALS

STATEMENT OF DIRECTORS’ RESPONSIBILITIES
in respect of the Annual Report and the financial statements

The directors are responsible for preparing the Annual Report and the Group and Parent Company financial statements in 
accordance with applicable law and regulations. 

Company law requires the directors to prepare Group and Parent Company financial statements for each financial year. Under that 
law they are required to prepare the Group financial statements in accordance with IFRSs as adopted by the EU and applicable law 
and have elected to prepare the Parent Company financial statements on the same basis.

Under company law the directors must not approve the financial statements unless they are satisfied that they give a true and fair 
view of the state of affairs of the Group and Parent Company and of their profit or loss for that period. In preparing each of the Group 
and Parent Company financial statements, the directors are required to:

 (cid:81) Select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently;
 (cid:81) Make judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent;
 (cid:81) State whether they have been prepared in accordance with IFRSs as adopted by the EU; and
 (cid:81) Prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the Group and the Parent 

Company will continue in business.

The directors are responsible for keeping adequate accounting records that are sufficient to show and explain the Parent Company’s 
transactions and disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the Parent Company and enable them to 
ensure that its financial statements comply with the Companies Act 2006. They have general responsibility for taking such steps as 
are reasonably open to them to safeguard the assets of the Group and to prevent and detect fraud and other irregularities.

Under applicable law and regulations, the directors are also responsible for preparing a Directors’ Report, Directors’ Remuneration 
Report and Corporate Governance Statement that comply with that law and those regulations.

The directors are responsible for the maintenance and integrity of the corporate and financial information included on the Company’s 
website. Legislation in the UK governing the preparation and dissemination of financial statements may differ from legislation in  
other jurisdictions.

The directors confirm that to the best of their knowledge:

 (cid:81)

 (cid:81)

The financial statements, prepared in accordance with the applicable set of accounting standards, give a true and fair view of the 
assets, liabilities, financial position and profit or loss of the Company and the undertakings included in the consolidation taken as 
a whole; and
The Directors’ Report includes a fair review of the development and performance of the business and the position of Old Mutual 
plc and the undertakings included in the consolidation taken as a whole, together with a description of the principal risks and 
uncertainties that they face.

Julian Roberts 
Group Chief Executive 
8 March 2011

Philip Broadley
Group Finance Director

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FINANCIALS

INDEPENDENT AUDITORS’ REPORT TO THE 
MEMBERS OF OLD MUTUAL PLC
For the year ended 31 December 2010

We have audited the financial statements of Old Mutual plc for the year ended 31 December 2010 which comprise the Consolidated 
Income Statement, the Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income, the Consolidated and Parent Company Statements of 
Financial Position, the Consolidated and Parent Company Cash Flow Statements, the Consolidated and Parent Company 
Statements of Changes in Equity and the related notes which include the Reconciliation of adjusted operating profit to profit after tax. 
The financial reporting framework that has been applied in their preparation is applicable law and International Financial Reporting 
Standards (IFRSs) as adopted by the EU and, as regards the Parent Company financial statements, as applied in accordance with 
the provisions of the Companies Act 2006. 

This report is made solely to the Company’s members, as a body, in accordance with Chapter 3 of Part 16 of the Companies Act 2006. 
Our audit work has been undertaken so that we might state to the Company’s members those matters we are required to state to them  
in an auditors’ report and for no other purpose. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we do not accept or assume responsibility to anyone 
other than the Company and the Company’s members, as a body, for our audit work, for this report, or for the opinions we have formed.

Respective responsibilities of directors and auditors
As explained more fully in the Statement of Directors’ Responsibilities set out on page 170, the directors are responsible for the 
preparation of the financial statements and for being satisfied that they give a true and fair view. Our responsibility is to audit,  
and express an opinion on, the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and International Standards on Auditing  
(UK and Ireland). Those standards require us to comply with the Auditing Practices Board’s (APB’s) Ethical Standards for Auditors.

Scope of the audit of the financial statements
A description of the scope of an audit of financial statements is provided on the APB’s website at www.frc.org.uk/apb/scope/private.cfm.

Opinion on financial statements
In our opinion:
 (cid:81)

 (cid:81)

 (cid:81)

 (cid:81)

 (cid:81)

The financial statements give a true and fair view of the state of the Group’s and of the Parent Company’s affairs as at  
31 December 2010 and of the Group’s loss for the year then ended;
The Group financial statements have been properly prepared in accordance with IFRSs as adopted by the EU; 
The Parent Company financial statements have been properly prepared in accordance with IFRSs as adopted by the EU and as 
applied in accordance with the provisions of the Companies Act 2006; and
The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 and, as regards 
the Group financial statements, Article 4 of the IAS Regulation.

Opinion on other matters prescribed by the Companies Act 2006
In our opinion:
 (cid:81)

The part of the Directors’ Remuneration Report to be audited has been properly prepared in accordance with the Companies Act 
2006; and
The information given in the Directors’ Report for the financial year for which the financial statements are prepared is consistent 
with the financial statements.

Matters on which we are required to report by exception
We have nothing to report in respect of the following:

Under the Companies Act 2006 we are required to report to you if, in our opinion:

 (cid:81) Adequate accounting records have not been kept by the Parent Company, or returns adequate for our audit have not been 

 (cid:81)

received from branches not visited by us; or
The Parent Company financial statements and the part of the Directors’ Remuneration Report to be audited are not in agreement 
with the accounting records and returns; or

 (cid:81) Certain disclosures of directors’ remuneration specified by law are not made; or
 (cid:81) We have not received all the information and explanations we require for our audit.

Under the Listing Rules we are required to review:

 (cid:81)

 (cid:81)

The directors’ statement, set out on page 170, in relation to going concern;
The part of the Corporate Governance Statement on pages 133 to 134 relating to the Company’s compliance with the nine 
provisions of the June 2008 Combined Code specified for our review; and

 (cid:81) Certain elements of the report to shareholders by the Board on directors’ remuneration.

Alastair W S Barbour (Senior Statutory Auditor) 
for and on behalf of KPMG Audit Plc, Statutory Auditor
Chartered Accountants 
15 Canada Square  
London E14 5GL 
8 March 2011

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FINANCIALS

CONSOLIDATED INCOME STATEMENT
For the year ended 31 December 2010

Revenue
Gross earned premiums
Outward reinsurance

Net earned premiums
Investment return (non-banking)
Banking interest and similar income
Banking trading, investment and similar income
Fee and commission income, and income from service activities
Other income

Total revenues

Expenses
Claims and benefits (including change in insurance contract provisions)
Reinsurance recoveries

Net claims and benefits incurred
Change in investment contract liabilities
Losses on loans and advances
Finance costs
Banking interest payable and similar expenses
Fee and commission expenses, and other acquisition costs
Other operating and administrative expenses
Goodwill impairment
Change in third-party interest in consolidated funds
Amortisation of PVIF and other acquired intangibles

Total expenses

Share of associated undertakings’ and joint ventures’ profit/(loss) after tax
Loss on disposal of subsidiaries, associated undertakings and strategic investments

Profit before tax
Income tax expense

Profit/(loss) from continuing operations after tax
Discontinued operations
Loss from discontinued operations after tax

Loss after tax for the financial year

Attributable to
Equity holders of the parent
Non-controlling interests
  Ordinary shares
  Preferred securities

Loss after tax for the financial year

Earnings per share

Basic earnings per share based on profit/(loss) from continuing operations (pence)
Basic earnings per share based on loss from discontinued operations (pence)

Basic earnings per ordinary share (pence)

Diluted earnings per share based on profit/(loss) from continuing operations (pence)
Diluted earnings per share based on loss from discontinued operations (pence)

Diluted earnings per ordinary share (pence)

Weighted average number of shares – millions

*  The year ended 31 December 2009 has been restated to reflect US Life as discontinued (see note A1).

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£m

Year ended 
 31 December 
2010 

Year ended 
  31 December 
2009*

Notes

B3

D2

D3

D4

D5

D6

D7

D8

D9

C1(b)

C1(b)

G5(b)

C1(c)

D1(a)

H1

F11(a)

F11(a)

C3(a)

C3(a)

C3(a)

3,582
(305)

3,277
10,791
4,082
204
3,061
159

21,574

(5,039)
227

(4,812)
(6,899)
(552)
(269)
(2,519)
(963)
(3,714)
(1)
(388)
(297)

3,020
(267)

2,753
11,112
3,989
168
2,422
196

20,640

(3,786)
200

(3,586)
(8,345)
(511)
(322)
(2,627)
(728)
(3,072)
(266)
(470)
(312)

(20,414)

(20,239)

7
(22)

1,145
(456)

689

(713)

(24)

2
(50)

353
(400)

(47)

(71)

(118)

(282)

(340)

196
62

(24)

8.2
(14.7)

(6.5)

7.4
(13.5)

(6.1)

158
64

(118)

(6.3)
(1.5)

(7.8)

(6.3) 
(1.5)

(7.8)

4,859

4,758

 
 
 
FINANCIALS

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF  
COMPREHENSIVE INCOME 
For the year ended 31 December 2010

Loss after tax for the financial year
Other comprehensive income for the financial year
Fair value gains/(losses)
  Property revaluation

  Net investment hedge
  Available-for-sale investments
  Fair value gains/(losses)
  Recycled to the income statement

Shadow accounting
Currency translation differences/exchange differences on translating foreign operations
Other movements
Income tax relating to components of other comprehensive income

Total other comprehensive income for the financial year from continuing operations
Total other comprehensive income for the financial year from discontinued operations

Total other comprehensive income for the financial year

Total comprehensive income for the financial year

D1(c)

Attributable to
Equity holders of the parent
Non-controlling interests
  Ordinary shares
  Preferred securities

Total comprehensive income for the financial year

*  The year ended 31 December 2009 has been restated to reflect US Life as discontinued (see note A1).

£m

Year ended 
 31 December 
2010

Year ended  
  31 December  
2009*

Notes

(24)

(118)

26

(87)

32
–
(15)
1,039
31
13

1,039
112

1,151

1,127

594

428
105

1,127

(10)

(41)

112
13
36
334
21
13

478
750

1,228

1,110

709

334
67

1,110

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FINANCIALS

RECONCILIATION OF ADJUSTED OPERATING  
PROFIT TO PROFIT AFTER TAX
For the year ended 31 December 2010

Core operations
Long-Term Savings
Nedbank
M&F 
USAM

Finance costs
Long-term investment return on excess assets
Interest payable to non-core operations – Bermuda 
Interest receivable from non-core operations – US Life
Other shareholders’ expenses

Adjusted operating profit 
Adjusting items
Non-core operations 

Profit before tax (net of policyholder tax)
Income tax attributable to policyholder returns

Profit before tax
Total income tax expense

Profit/(loss) from continuing operations after tax
Loss from discontinued operations after tax

Loss after tax for the financial year

Adjusted operating profit after tax attributable to ordinary equity holders of the parent

Adjusted operating profit 
Tax on adjusted operating profit

Adjusted operating profit after tax

Non-controlling interests – ordinary shares
Non-controlling interests – preferred securities

Adjusted operating profit after tax attributable to ordinary equity holders of the parent

Adjusted weighted average number of shares – (millions)

Adjusted operating earnings per share – (pence)

*  The year ended 31 December 2009 has been restated to reflect US Life as discontinued (see note A1).

£m

Year ended  
31 December 
2010

Year ended 
  31 December 
2009*

Notes

B2

B2

B2

B2

C1(a)

B2

B2

D1(a)

H1

Notes

D1(d)

F11(a)

F11(a)

C3(a)

C3(b)

897
601
103
87

1,688
(128)
31
(55)
16
(71)

1,481
(482)
(3)

996
149

1,145
(456)

689
(713)

(24)

636
470
70
83

1,259
(104)
91
(40)
12
(85)

1,133
(973)
1

161
192

353
(400)

(47)
(71)

(118)

£m

Year ended  
31 December 
2010

Year ended 
  31 December 
2009*

1,481
(347)

1,134

(217)
(62)

855

5,359

16.0

1,133
(283)

850

(181)
(64)

605

5,229

11.6

Basis of preparation
The reconciliation of adjusted operating profit has been prepared so as to reflect the directors’ view of the underlying long-term 
performance of the Group. The statement reconciles adjusted operating profit to profit after tax as reported under IFRS as adopted 
by the EU.

For core life assurance and general insurance businesses, adjusted operating profit is based on a long-term investment return, 
including investment returns on life funds’ investments in Group equity and debt instruments, and is stated net of income tax 
attributable to policyholder returns. For the US Asset Management business it includes compensation costs in respect of certain 
long-term incentive schemes defined as non-controlling interests in accordance with IFRS. For all core businesses, adjusted 
operating profit excludes goodwill impairment, the impact of acquisition accounting, revaluations of put options related to long-term 
incentive schemes, profit/(loss) on disposal of subsidiaries, associated undertakings and strategic investments, dividends declared to 
holders of perpetual preferred callable securities, and fair value profits/(losses) on certain Group debt movements. Bermuda and US 
Life, which are non-core, are not included in adjusted operating profit.

Adjusted operating earnings per ordinary share is calculated on the same basis as adjusted operating profit. It is stated after  
tax attributable to adjusted operating profit and non-controlling interests. It excludes income attributable to Black Economic 
Empowerment trusts of listed subsidiaries. The calculation of the adjusted weighted average number of shares includes own  
shares held in policyholders’ funds and Black Economic Empowerment trusts.

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FINANCIALS

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF  
FINANCIAL POSITION
At 31 December 2010

Assets
Goodwill and other intangible assets
Mandatory reserve deposits with central banks
Property, plant and equipment
Investment property
Deferred tax assets
Investments in associated undertakings and joint ventures
Deferred acquisition costs
Reinsurers’ share of life assurance policyholder liabilities
Reinsurers’ share of general insurance liabilities
Deposits held with reinsurers
Loans and advances
Investments and securities
Current tax receivable
Client indebtedness for acceptances
Trade, other receivables and other assets
Derivative financial instruments – assets
Cash and cash equivalents
Non-current assets held for sale

Total assets

Liabilities
Life assurance policyholder liabilities
General insurance liabilities
Third-party interests in consolidated funds
Borrowed funds
Provisions
Deferred revenue
Deferred tax liabilities
Current tax payable
Trade, other payables and other liabilities
Liabilities under acceptances
Amounts owed to bank depositors
Derivative financial instruments – liabilities
Non-current liabilities held for sale

Total liabilities

Net assets

Shareholders’ equity
Equity attributable to equity holders of the parent

Non-controlling interests
  Ordinary shares
  Preferred securities

Total non-controlling interests

Total equity

£m

At 
 31 December 
2010

At  
31 December 
2009 

Notes

F1

F2

F3

F8 (a)

G5

F4

E8

E8

E8

E3

E4

F5

E6

H2

E8

E8

E9

F6

F7

F8 (b)

F9

E10

E6

H2

4,965
1,079
1,015
2,040
416
162
1,534
982
122
2
51,778
106,153
156
190
3,932
2,503
4,132
12,391

5,159
882
828
1,759
570
135
3,138
1,296
120
146
42,393
98,461
169
170
3,051
2,546
2,982
1

193,552

163,806

98,631
397
3,584
4,204
260
730
858
238
5,661
190
53,236
1,870
12,219

93,876
372
2,906
3,309
263
654
905
210
4,305
170
44,135
1,990
–

182,078

11,474

153,095

10,711

F10

8,951

8,464

F11(b)

F11(b)

1,763
760

2,523

11,474

1,537
710

2,247

10,711

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT  
OF CASH FLOWS
For the year ended 31 December 2010

Cash flows from operating activities – continuing operations
Profit before tax 

Capital (gains)/losses included in investment income
(Profit)/loss on disposal of property, plant and equipment
Depreciation of property, plant and equipment
Amortisation and impairment of goodwill and other intangible assets
Impairment of loans and receivables
Share-based payment expense
Share of associated undertakings’ (profit)/loss after tax
Loss/(profit) arising on disposal of subsidiaries, associated undertakings and strategic investments
Other non-cash amounts in profit

Non-cash movements in profit before tax
Reinsurers’ share of life assurance policyholder liabilities
Reinsurers’ share of general insurance liabilities
Deferred acquisition costs
Loans and advances
Insurance liabilities
Investment contracts
Amounts owed to bank depositors
Other operating assets and liabilities

Changes in working capital
Taxation paid

Net cash inflow from operating activities – continuing operations
Cash flows from investing activities
Net acquisitions of financial investments
Acquisition of investment properties
Proceeds from disposal of investment properties
Acquisition of property, plant and equipment
Proceeds from disposal of property, plant and equipment
Acquisition of intangible assets
Acquisition of interests in subsidiaries
Capital funding of discontinued operations
Disposal of interests in subsidiaries, associated undertakings and strategic investments

Net cash outflow from investing activities – continuing operations
Cash flows from financing activities 
Dividends paid to
  Ordinary equity holders of the Company
  Non-controlling interests and preferred security interests
Interest paid (excluding banking interest paid)
Proceeds from issue of ordinary shares (including by subsidiaries to non-controlling interests)
Net (acquisition)/sale of treasury shares
Issue of subordinated and other debt
Subordinated and other debt repaid

Net cash (outflow)/inflow from financing activities – continuing operations

*  The year ended 31 December 2009 has been restated to reflect US Life as discontinued (see note A1).

£m

Year ended  
31 December 
2010

Year ended 
  31 December 
2009*

1,145

353

(8,837)
(2)
103
378
552
13
(7)
22
380

(7,398)
(155)
17
(11)
(3,484)
374
10,326
2,345
817

10,229
(413)

3,563

(2,222)
(162)
272
(152)
–
(78)
(75)
–
(16)

(2,433)

(102)
(196)
(79)
5
(25)
492
(104)

(9)

(9,988)
1
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628
770
21
(2)
50
(408)

(8,843)
(129)
(5)
31
(6,590)
(277)
13,200
5,964
(2,069)

10,125
(367)

1,268

(2,821)
(82)
57
(138)
29
(43)
(5)
(136)
40

(3,099)

–
(190)
(57)
100
38
1,049
(441)

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Net increase/(decrease) in cash and cash equivalents – continuing operations
Net increase/(decrease) in cash and cash equivalents – discontinued operations
Effects of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of the year

Cash and cash equivalents at end of the year

Consisting of
Coins and bank notes
Money at call and short notice
Balances with central banks (other than mandatory reserve deposits)

Cash and cash equivalents in the statement of financial position
Mandatory reserve deposits with central banks
Short-term cash balances held in policyholder funds
Cash and cash equivalents included in assets held for sale

Total

Other supplementary cash flow disclosures

Interest income received (including banking interest)
Dividend income received
Interest paid (including banking interest)

£m

Year ended  
31 December 
2010

Year ended 
  31 December 
2009*

1,121
(104)
376
4,761

6,154

328
3,526
278

4,132
1,079
522
421

6,154

5,391
383
2,262

(1,332)
(47)
160
5,980

4,761

263
2,412
307

2,982
882
897
–

4,761

5,394
335
2,544

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Except for mandatory reserve deposits with central banks of £1,079 million (2009: £882 million), short-term cash business held in 
policyholder funds of £522 million (2009: £897 million) and cash and cash equivalents subject to consolidation of funds of £689 million 
(2009: £717 million), management do not consider that there are any material amounts of cash and cash equivalents which are not 
available for use in the Group’s day-to-day operations. Mandatory reserve deposits are, however, included in cash and cash equivalents 
for the purposes of the cash flow statement in line with market practice in South Africa. 

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FINANCIALS

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT  
OF CHANGES IN EQUITY
For the year ended 31 December 2010

Year ended 31 December 2010

Millions

Number of 
shares issued 
and fully paid

Notes

Attributable 
to equity 
holders of the 
parent

Total non- 
controlling 
interests

Shareholders’ equity at beginning of the year

5,518

8,464

2,247

£m

Total  

equity

10,711

(Loss)/profit after tax for the financial year
Other comprehensive income
Fair value gains/(losses)
  Property revaluation
  Net investment hedge
  Available-for-sale investments

  Fair value gains
  Recycled to the income statement

Shadow accounting
Currency translation differences/exchange differences on 

translating foreign operations

Other movements
Income tax relating to components of other comprehensive 

income

Total comprehensive income for the financial year

Dividends for the year
Net acquisition of treasury shares
Acquisition of non-controlling interest in Mutual & Federal
Change in participation in other subsidiaries
Shares issued in lieu of cash dividend
Exercise of share options
Other issues of ordinary share capital by the Company
Change in share-based payments reserve 

Transactions with shareholders

Shareholders’ equity at end of the year

–

–
–

–
–
–

–
–

–

–

–
–
147
–
24
6
–
–

177

(282)

258

(24)

21
(87)

562
(12)
(349)

794
1

(54)

594

(175)
(25)
51
–
30
5
3
4

(107)

5
–

–
–
–

274
(4)

–

533

(152)
–
(51)
(57)
–
–
–
3

(257)

26
(87)

562
(12)
(349)

1,068
(3)

(54)

1,127

(327)
(25)
–
(57)
30
5
3
7

(364)

5,695

8,951

2,523

11,474

D1(c)

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F11

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Notes

Share 
capital

Share 
premium

Other 
reserves

Translation 
reserve

Retained 
earnings

Perpetual 
preferred 
callable 
securities

£m

Total

552

771

3,087

469

2,897

688

8,464

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Profit/(loss) for the financial year 

attributable to equity holders of  
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Other comprehensive income
Fair value gains/(losses)
  Property revaluation
  Net investment hedge
  Available-for-sale investments

  Fair value gains
  Recycled to income statement

Shadow accounting
Currency translation differences/exchange 
differences on translating foreign operations

Other movements 
Income tax relating to components of other 

comprehensive income

Total comprehensive income for the 

financial year

Dividends for the year
Net acquisition of treasury shares
Acquisition of non-controlling interest in 

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Shares issued in lieu of cash dividends
Exercise of share options
Other issues of ordinary share capital by 

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Change in share-based payments reserve

Transactions with shareholders

Attributable to equity holders of the 

–

–
–

–
–
–

–
–

–

–

–
–

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–
–

18

–

–
–

–
–
–

–
–

–

–

–
–

–
17
4

3
–

24

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F11

Other reserves attributable  
to equity holders of the parent

At beginning of the year
Fair value gains/(losses)
  Property revaluation
  Available-for-sale investments

  Fair value gains
  Recycled to income statement

Shadow accounting
Other movements 
Income tax relating to components of other 

comprehensive income 

Acquisition of non-controlling interest in M&F
Change in share-based payments reserve

At end of the year

Notes

Merger 
reserve

2,716

–

–
–
–
–

F11

–
129
–

2,845

–

21
–

562
(12)
(349)

–
15

(66)

82

–

562
(12)
(343)
2

(66)
–
–

225

–
(87)

–
–
–

794
–

–

–
–

–
–
–

–
(14)

–

171

707

(328)

–
–

129
–
–

–
4

133

–
–

–
–
–

–
–

–

(131)
(25)

(93)
11
–

–
–

–
–

–
–
–

–
–

12

44

(44)
–

–
–
–

–
–

21
(87)

562
(12)
(349)

794
1

(54)

594

(175)
(25)

51
30
5

3
4

(238)

(44)

(107)

Share-
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payments 
reserve

191

–

–
–
–
20

–
–
4

87

21

–
–
(6)
(1)

–
–
–

101

215

£m

Total

3,087

21

562
(12)
(349)
15

(66)
129
4

3,391

Other 
reserves

11

–

–
–
–
(6)

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–
–

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F10

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3,391

1,176

2,331

688

8,951

Retained earnings were reduced by £478 million at 31 December 2010 in respect of own shares held in policyholders’ funds, ESOP 
trusts, Black Economic Empowerment trusts and other related undertakings.

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FINANCIALS

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT  
OF CHANGES IN EQUITY
For the year ended 31 December 2010 continued

Year ended 31 December 2009

Millions

Number of 
shares issued 
and fully paid

Attributable to 
equity holders 
of the parent

Total 
non-controlling 
interests

Notes

Shareholders’ equity at beginning of the year

5,516

7,737

1,840

£m

Total  

equity

9,577

(Loss)/profit after tax for the financial year
Other comprehensive income
Fair value gains/(losses)
  Property revaluation
  Net investment hedge
  Available-for-sale investments

  Fair value gains
  Recycled to the income statement

Shadow accounting
Currency translation differences/exchange differences on 

translating foreign operations

Other movements
Income tax relating to components of other comprehensive 

income

Total comprehensive income for the financial year

Dividends for the year
Net sale of treasury shares
Issue of ordinary share capital by the Company
Change in participation in subsidiaries
Exercise of share options
Change in share-based payments reserve 

Transactions with shareholders

Shareholders’ equity at end of the year

–

–
–

–
–
–

–
–

–

–

–
–
–
–
2
–

2

(340)

222

(118)

(12)
(41)

1,087
239
27

124
22

(397)

709

(45)
39
2
–
3
19

18

2
–

–
–
–

178
(1)

–

401

(145)
–
–
150
–
1

6

(10)
(41)

1,087
239
27

302
21

(397)

1,110

(190)
39
2
150
3
20

24

5,518

8,464

2,247

10,711

D1(c)

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Attributable to equity holders of the 
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(Loss)/profit for the financial year 

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Fair value gains/(losses)
  Property revaluation
  Net investment hedge
  Available-for-sale investments

  Fair value gains
  Recycled to income statement

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Total comprehensive income for the 

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Dividends for the year
Net sale of treasury shares
Issue of ordinary share capital by the 

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Exercise of share options
Change in share-based payments reserve

Transactions with shareholders

Attributable to equity holders of the 

Notes

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capital

Share 
premium

Other 
reserves

Translation 
reserve

Retained 
earnings

Perpetual 
preferred 
callable 
securities

£m

Total 

552

766

2,130

386

3,215

688

7,737

–

–
–

–
–
–

–
–

–

–

–
–

–
–
–

–

–

–
–

–
–
–

–
–

–

–

–
–

2
3
–

5

–

–

(372)

32

(340)

(12)
–

1,087
239
27

–
7

(410)

938

–
–

–
–
19

19

–
(41)

–
–
–

124
–

–

83

–
–

–
–
–

–

–
–

–
–
–

–
15

–

(357)

–
39

–
–
–

39

–
–

–
–
–

–
–

13

45

(45)
–

–
–
–

(45)

(12)
(41)

1,087
239
27

124
22

(397)

709

(45)
39

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19

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F10

552

771

3,087

469

2,897

688

8,464

Other reserves attributable to equity holders  
of the parent

At beginning of the year
Fair value gains/(losses)
  Property revaluation
  Available-for-sale investments

  Fair value gains
  Recycled to income statement

Shadow accounting
Other movements 
Income tax relating to components of other 

comprehensive income

Change in share-based payments reserve

Merger  
reserve

Available-for-
sale reserve

2,716

(844)

–

–
–
–
–

–
–

–

1,087
239
9
1

(410)
–

82

Property 
revaluation 
reserve

Share-based 
payments 
reserve

Other  

reserves

85

(12)

–
–
18
(4)

–
–

87

171

–

–
–
–
1

–
19

191

2

–

–
–
–
9

–
–

11

£m

Total

2,130

(12)

1,087
239
27
7

(410)
19

3,087

At end of the year

2,716

Retained earnings were reduced by £379 million at 31 December 2009 in respect of own shares held in policyholders’ funds, ESOP 
trusts, Black Economic Empowerment trusts and other related undertakings.

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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED  
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
For the year ended 31 December 2010

A:  Accounting policies
A1:  Basis of preparation
Statement of compliance
Old Mutual plc (the Company) is a company incorporated in England and Wales.

The Group financial statements consolidate those of the Company and its subsidiaries (together referred to as the ‘Group’) and 
equity account the Group’s interest in associates and jointly controlled entities (other than those held by life assurance funds which 
are accounted for as investments). The Parent Company financial statements present information about the Company as a separate 
entity and not about the Group.

Both the Parent Company financial statements and the Group financial statements have been prepared and approved by the 
directors in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards as adopted by the EU (‘Adopted IFRSs and IFRICs’). On 
publishing the Parent Company financial statements here together with the Group financial statements, the Company is taking 
advantage of the exemption in section 408 of the Companies Act 2006 not to present its individual income statement and related 
notes that form a part of these approved financial statements.

The accounting policies set out below have, unless otherwise stated, been applied consistently to all periods presented in these 
consolidated financial statements. Details of standards, amendments to standards, and interpretations adopted in the 2010 annual 
financial statements are described in section A24 and in the individual sub-sections.

The financial statements are prepared on the historical cost basis except that the following assets and liabilities are stated at their fair 
value: derivative financial instruments, financial assets and liabilities designated as fair value through the income statement or as 
available-for-sale, owner-occupied property and investment property. Non-current assets and disposal groups held for sale are 
stated at the lower of the previous carrying amount and the fair value less costs to sell.

The Parent Company financial statements are prepared in accordance with these accounting policies, other than for investments in 
subsidiary undertakings and associates, which are stated at cost less impairments see note A6(n), in accordance with IAS 27.

The Company and Group financial statements have been prepared on the going concern basis which the directors believe to be 
appropriate having taken into consideration the points as set out in the Directors’ Report in the section headed Going concern.

Judgements made by the directors in the applications of these accounting policies that have a significant effect on the financial 
statements and estimates with a significant risk of material adjustment in the next year are discussed in note A3.

At 31 December 2010 the Group was in advanced stage negotiations for the disposal of its life assurance operations in the United 
States, which represent almost the entirety of the US Life operating segment. As a result of this, the assets and liabilities of the US 
Life disposal group have been classified as held for sale in the statement of financial position for the current year in accordance with 
IFRS 5. This sale will present the Group’s exit from the life assurance market in the United States and therefore meets the criteria of a 
discontinued operation. Consequently the comparative information in the income statement, statement of comprehensive income, 
statement of cash flows and the related notes has been restated where applicable to reflect this. For the purposes of adjusted 
operating profit, US Life has been reclassified as a non-core operation for the year ended 31 December 2010 with the comparative 
information restated accordingly.

The disposal is expected to be completed in the first half of 2011 and further details of the impact are provided in notes H1 and H2.

A2:  Foreign currency translation
(a)  Foreign currency transactions
The Group’s presentation currency is pounds sterling (£). The functional currency of the Group’s foreign operations is the currency  
of the primary economic environment in which these entities operate. The Parent Company functional currency is pounds sterling (£).

Transactions in foreign currencies are converted into the relevant functional currency at the rate of exchange ruling at the date of the transaction.

Monetary assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are translated into the relevant functional currency at rates of exchange 
ruling at the reporting date. Non-monetary assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies that are stated at fair value are 
translated into the functional currency at foreign exchange rates ruling at the dates the fair values were determined. Non-monetary 
assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies that are stated at historical cost are converted into the functional currency at the 
rate of exchange ruling at the date of the initial recognition of the asset and liability and are not subsequently retranslated.

Exchange gains and losses on the translation and settlement during the period of foreign currency assets and liabilities are 
recognised in the income statement. Exchange differences for non-monetary items are recognised in the consolidated statement of 
other comprehensive income when the changes in the fair value of the non-monetary item are recognised in the consolidated 
statement of other comprehensive income, and in the income statement if the changes in fair value of the non-monetary item are 
recognised in the income statement.

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(b)  Foreign investments
The assets and liabilities of foreign operations are translated from their respective functional currencies into the Group’s presentation 
currency using the year end exchange rates, and their income and expenses using the average exchange rates. Other than in 
respect of cumulative translation gains and losses up to 1 January 2004, cumulative unrealised gains or losses resulting from 
translation of functional currencies to the presentation currency are included as a separate component of shareholders’ equity.  
To the extent that these gains and losses are effectively hedged, the cumulative effect of such gains and losses arising on the 
hedging instruments are also included in that component of shareholders’ equity. Upon the disposal of subsidiaries the cumulative 
amount of exchange differences deferred in shareholders’ equity, net of attributable amounts in relation to net investments, is 
recognised in the income statement. Cumulative translation gains and losses up to 1 January 2004 were reset to zero.

A3:  Critical accounting estimates and judgements
In the preparation of the financial statements the Group is required to make estimates and judgements that affect items reported  
in the consolidated income statement, statement of financial position, other primary statements and related supporting notes.

Critical accounting estimates and judgements are those which involve the most complex or subjective judgements or assessments, 
with estimates based on knowledge of the current situation and circumstances and assumptions based on that knowledge and 
predictions of future events and actions. The areas of the Group’s business that typically require such estimates and the relevant 
accounting policies and notes are as follows:

Area

Life insurance contract provisions
Deferred acquisition costs
Fair value for financial assets and liabilities
Deferred taxes
Intangible assets
Bermuda guarantees
Classification of US Life as held for sale
Non consolidation of wholly owned mutual life insurance undertaking

Accounting policy

Note

A5
A5
A6
A7
A8
See below
A1
A4(a)

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F4
E1
F8
F1

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G4

Bermuda guarantees
Old Mutual Bermuda, which is closed to new business, previously offered variable annuity products with a number of these 
remaining in place. For variable annuity contracts with guaranteed minimum accumulation benefits (GMABs) there are risks to  
the Group, with significant volatility in financial results possible due to changes in key market and economic variables, as well  
as unexpected policyholder behaviour. The variable annuity guarantee reserve, including allowance for minimum death benefit 
guarantees (GMDBs) was £433 million at 31 December 2010 (2009: £474 million). 

Bermuda is continuing its run-off strategy, with attention to the adequacy of the hedging strategy, focusing on market segments that 
are considered vulnerable, whilst conserving liquidity by removing hedges on stronger market segments. A number of adjustments  
to the hedging programme were made over the course of 2010 as a result of turbulent market conditions. The hedging programme  
is dynamically managed and this strategy meant the business ended the year approximately 57% hedged against adverse equity and 
foreign exchange market movements. The hedging team continues to evaluate the hedging strategy, including the most appropriate 
level of hedges on a continuing basis, with any proposed changes to the strategy subject to strict oversight. The stop-loss protocol 
established in September 2009 remains in place, and continues to be monitored daily by Group and local management to ensure 
that a common understanding of the resultant impact on capital, cash and profit and loss on a timely basis. 

GMAB and GMDB reserve calculations rely on the mapping of policyholder investment funds to hedgeable indices to determine 
market-consistent assumptions. Regular fund mapping updates are performed at least quarterly, and better allocate exposures to 
Asian and other emerging markets (which require higher levels of reserving given their higher inherent volatility) thereby improving the 
accuracy of the reserves. Overall, this market-consistent valuation methodology is guided by the fund mapping process. Throughout 
the year, the business continued to maintain a very significant statutory capital surplus against its minimum required capital.

Liquidity risk is a key area of management focus. Liquidity risk arises in relation to the GMABs, product top-ups will be required in 
2012 and 2013. The top-ups relate to an ‘automatic exercise’ feature of the product whereby Bermuda needs to top-up universal 
guarantee option (UGO) contracts on the fifth anniversary if they have an account value of less than 105% of the original premium. 
Surrender behaviour is a significant determinant of the Group’s potential exposure to liquidity risk.

Bermuda’s current estimate of future guarantee claim costs, calculated as the average of 5,000 scenarios as at 31 December 2010,  
is £681 million which has been provided, with this to be partially met with liquid assets, future fee income and derivative flows and  
the balance covered through a loan agreement with Group. In the 25% best case scenarios, average claims reduce to £292 million 
(including losses from the hedging programme). In the 10% worst case scenarios, average claims rise to £1,416 million. 

Surrender behaviour with respect to variable annuity contracts with GMABs is directly influenced by the differential between the value 
of the underlying funds and the nominal level of the guarantee, as well as the financial circumstances of the policyholder. The recovery 

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For the year ended 31 December 2010 continued

across global equity markets, particularly in the fourth-quarter in 2010, resulted in an increase in the number of contracts where the 
underlying fund values were greater than the level of guarantees. This resulted in a sharp increase in the levels of contracts with UGO 
riders surrendering in the fourth quarter of 2010, with overall surrender activity across GMAB contracts for the year at close to double 
2009 levels. Ultimately, surrender activity will determine the speed of the run-off and the extent and timing of any associated capital,  
or cash release for this business. Group and local management actively monitor and manage surrender behaviour and liquidity risk.

A4:  Group accounting
(a)  Subsidiary undertakings (including special purpose entities)
Subsidiary undertakings are those entities controlled by the Group. Subsidiary undertakings include special purpose entities created to 
accomplish a narrow, well-defined objective, which may take the form of a corporation, trust, partnership or unincorporated entities, and 
where the substance of the relationship between the Group and the entity indicates that the entity is controlled by the Group.

Control exists when the Company has the power, directly or indirectly, to govern the financial and operating policies of an entity so as 
to obtain benefits from its activities. The Company considers the existence and effect of potential voting rights currently exercisable 
or convertible when assessing whether it has control. Special purpose entities that the Company controls by virtue of the Company 
retaining the majority of risks or benefits, for example interests in open-ended investment companies, unit trusts, mutual funds and 
similar entities, are also included in the consolidated financial statements.

The Group consolidates certain of its interests in open-ended investment companies, unit trusts, mutual funds and similar investment 
vehicles (collectively ‘funds’) in the event that the Group has power to govern the operations of a fund so as to obtain benefits from 
that fund, or for special purpose entities where the majority of benefits arising in a particular fund accrue to the Group. The latter 
condition is typically regarded as the case when the Group owns (through a Group subsidiary’s direct investment in a fund) more 
than 50% of the shares or units in that fund.

The assets of consolidated funds are accounted for in accordance with the appropriate accounting policies for the assets in question. 
The amounts due to the balance of the investors in these funds are reported as a liability under the balance sheet caption ‘Third-party 
interests in consolidated funds’. Such interests are not recorded as non-controlling interests as they meet the liability classification 
requirement set out in paragraph 18 of IAS 32, ‘Financial Instruments: Presentation’. As stated in note A22, these liabilities are 
regarded as current, as they are repayable on demand, although it is not expected that they will be settled in a short time period. 

The Group financial statements include the assets, liabilities and results of the Company and subsidiary undertakings. The results  
of subsidiary undertakings acquired or disposed of in the year are included in the consolidated income statement from the date  
of acquisition or up to the date of disposal or control ceasing.

The consolidated financial statements do not include the wholly owned company Livförsäkringsaktiebolaget Skandia (Skandia Liv)  
and its subsidiaries. Skandia Liv’s business is a mutual life assurance company that is highly regulated within a strict legal framework  
for mutual life assurance companies in Sweden, particularly in relation to its relationship with its holding company. The Group does not 
have the power to control Skandia Liv in such a way as to access the benefits usually associated with share ownership due to the legal 
and regulatory restrictions. Those benefits accrue to the policyholders of Skandia Liv. Consequently, Skandia Liv is not consolidated. 
The shares in Skandia Liv are accounted for in accordance with the accounting policies for equity financial instruments. 

Intra-group balances and transactions, income and expenses and all profits and losses arising from intra-group transactions, are eliminated 
in preparing the Group financial statements. Unrealised losses are not eliminated to the extent that they provide evidence of impairment.

(b)  Business combinations
Business combinations are accounted for using the purchase method. Business combinations are accounted for at the date that 
control is achieved (the acquisition date). The cost of a business combination is measured as the aggregate of the fair values (at the 
date of exchange) of assets given, liabilities incurred or assumed, and equity instruments issued by the Group in exchange for control 
of the acquiree. For all transactions subsequent to 31 December 2008 acquisition-related costs are recognised in the income 
statement as incurred. Prior to this date all acquisition-related costs were included in the cost of the acquisition.

Where appropriate, the cost of acquisition includes any asset or liability resulting from a contingent consideration arrangement, 
measured at its acquisition date fair value. Subsequent changes in such fair values are adjusted against the cost of acquisition  
where they qualify as measurement period adjustments (see below). All other subsequent changes in the fair value of contingent 
consideration classified as an asset or liability are accounted for in accordance with the relevant IFRS. Changes in the fair value  
of contingent consideration that have been classified as equity are not recognised.

The acquiree’s identifiable assets, liabilities and contingent liabilities that meet the conditions for recognition under IFRS 3 ‘Business 
Combinations’ are recognised at their fair value at the date of acquisition date, with the following exceptions:

 (cid:81) Deferred tax assets or liabilities are recognised and measured in accordance with IAS 12 ‘Income Taxes’.
 (cid:81) Assets and liabilities related to employee benefit arrangements are recognised and measured in accordance with IAS 19 

‘Employee Benefits’. 

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 (cid:81)

Liabilities or equity instruments that relate to the replacement, by the Group, of an acquiree’s share-based payment awards  
are measured in accordance with IFRS 2 ‘Share-based Payment’.

 (cid:81) Assets (or disposal groups) that are classified as held for sale in accordance with IFRS 5 ‘Non-current Assets Held for Sale  

and Discontinued Operations’ are measured in accordance with that standard.

If the initial accounting for a business combination is incomplete by the end of the reporting period in which the combination occurs, 
the Group reports provisional amounts for the items for which the accounting is incomplete. Where provisional amounts were 
reported these are adjusted during the measurement period (see below). Additional assets or liabilities are recognised, to reflect any 
new information obtained about the facts and circumstances that existed as of the date of acquisition date that, if known, would have 
affected the amounts recognised as on that date.

The measurement period for initial accounting for a business combination is the period from the date of acquisition to the date  
the Group receives complete information about the facts and circumstances that existed as at the acquisition date, subject to a 
maximum period of one year.

Where a business combination is achieved in stages, the Group’s previously-held interests in the acquired entity are remeasured to fair 
value at the date that control is achieved (the acquisition date) and the resulting gain or loss, if any, is recognised in the income statement. 
Amounts arising from interests in the acquiree prior to the acquisition date that have previously been recognised in other comprehensive 
income are reclassified to the income statement, where such treatment would be appropriate if the interest were disposed of. 

Non-controlling interests in the net assets of consolidated subsidiary undertakings are identified and recorded separately from the 
Group’s equity. The interest of non-controlling shareholders is initially measured either at fair value or at the non-controlling interest’s 
proportionate share of the acquiree’s identifiable net assets. The choice of measurement basis for the initial measurement of the 
non-controlling interest is made on an acquisition-by-acquisition basis. Subsequent to acquisition, non-controlling interests comprise 
the amount attributed to such interests at initial recognition together with the non-controlling interest’s share of changes in equity 
since the date of acquisition. For acquisitions prior to 31 December 2008, non-controlling interests were recorded at the 
proportionate share of the acquiree’s identifiable net assets.

The difference between the proceeds from the disposal of a subsidiary undertaking and its carrying amount as at the date of 
disposal, including the cumulative amount of any related exchange differences that are recognised in equity, is recognised in the 
Group income statement as the gain or loss on the disposal of the subsidiary undertaking.

Changes in the Group’s interest in a subsidiary undertaking that do not result in a loss of control are accounted for as transactions 
with equity holders (as owners). Any difference between the amount by which the non-controlling interests are adjusted and the fair 
value of the consideration paid or received is recognised in equity and attributed to the Group. Prior to 31 December 2008, such a 
difference would have been accounted for as an addition to goodwill.

In accordance with the exemptions permitted under IFRS 1 ‘First-Time Adoption of International Financial Reporting Standards’, 
business combinations that took place prior to 1 January 2004 have not been restated for either the provisions of the original (2003) 
or revised (2008) versions of IFRS 3 ‘Business Combinations’. In accordance with the transitional provisions of IFRS 3 ‘Business 
Combinations’ (revised 2008) and corresponding provisions of IAS 27 ‘Separate and Consolidated Financial Statements’ (revised 
2008) business combinations that took place prior to 1 January 2009 have not been restated.

(c)  Associates and jointly controlled operations
An associate is an entity, including an unincorporated entity such as a partnership, over which the Group has significant influence  
but not control, through participation in the financial and operating policy decisions of the investee (and that is neither a subsidiary nor an 
investment in a joint venture). This is generally demonstrated by the Group holding in excess of 20%, but less than 50%, of the voting rights.

A jointly controlled operation is a joint venture operated through a corporation, partnership or other entity in which each venturer has 
an interest. A joint venture is a contractual arrangement, whereby two or more parties undertake an economic activity that is subject 
to joint control. Joint control is the contractually agreed sharing of control over the activity. Joint control exists when the strategic 
financial and operating decisions relating to the activity require unanimous consent of the parties sharing control.

The results, assets and liabilities of associates and jointly controlled operations are incorporated in these financial statements using 
the equity method of accounting. The carrying amount of such investments is reduced to recognise any impairment in the value  
of individual investments.

Where a Group enterprise transacts with an associate or jointly controlled operation of the Group, unrealised profits and losses  
are eliminated to the extent of the Group’s interest in the relevant associate or jointly controlled operation. Unrealised losses are 
eliminated in the same way but only to the extent that there is no evidence of impairment.

Investments in associates and jointly controlled operations that are held with a view to subsequent resale are accounted for as 
non-current assets held for sale, and those held by policyholder life assurance funds are accounted for as financial assets fair  
valued through the income statement.

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For the year ended 31 December 2010 continued

A5:  Insurance and investment contracts
Life assurance
(a)  Classification of contracts
Contracts sold as life assurance (with the exception of unit-linked assurance contracts) are categorised into insurance contracts, 
contracts with a discretionary participation feature or investment contracts in accordance with the classification criteria set out in  
the following paragraphs.

For the Group’s unit-linked assurance business, contracts are separated into an insurance component and an investment component 
(known as ‘unbundling’), and each unbundled component is accounted for separately in accordance with the accounting policy for  
that component. Unit-linked assurance contracts are savings contracts with a small or insignificant component of insurance risk.

Contracts under which the transfer of insurance risk to the Group from the policyholder is not significant are classified as investment 
contracts. Such contracts include savings and/or investment contracts sold without life assurance protection.

Contracts under which the Group accepts significant insurance risk from another party (the policyholder) by agreeing to compensate 
the policyholder or other beneficiary if a specified uncertain future event (the insured event) adversely affects the policyholder are 
classified as insurance contracts. Insurance risk is risk other than financial risk. Contracts accounted for as insurance contracts 
include life assurance contracts and savings contracts providing more than an insignificant amount of life assurance protection. 

Financial risk is the risk of a possible future change in one or more of a specified interest rate, security price, security index, 
commodity price, foreign exchange rate, index of prices or rates, a credit rating or credit index, or other variable, provided in the  
case of a non-financial variable that the variable is not specific to a party to the contract.

Contracts with a discretionary participating feature are those under which the policyholder holds a contractual right to receive 
additional payments as a supplement to guaranteed minimum payments. These additional payments, the amount or timing of which 
is at the Group’s discretion, represent a significant portion of the total contractual payments and are contractually based on (1) the 
performance of a specified pool of contracts or a specified type of contract, (2) realised and/or unrealised investment returns on a 
specified pool of assets held by the Group or (3) the profit or loss of the Group. Investment contracts with discretionary participating 
features, which have no life assurance protection in the policy terms, are accounted for in the same manner as insurance contracts.

(b)  Premiums on life assurance 
Premiums and annuity considerations receivable under insurance contracts and investment contracts with a discretionary 
participating feature are stated gross of commission, and exclude taxes and levies. Premiums in respect of linked insurance 
contracts are recognised when the liability is established. Premiums in respect of other insurance contracts and investment contracts 
with a discretionary participation feature are recognised when due for payment.

Outward reinsurance premiums are recognised when due for payment.

Amounts received under investment contracts other than those with a discretionary participating feature and unit-linked assurance 
contracts are recorded as deposits and credited directly to investment contract liabilities.

(c)  Revenue on investment management service contracts
Fees charged for investment management services provided in conjunction with an investment contract are recognised as revenue 
as the services are provided. Initial fees, which exceed the level of recurring fees and relate to the future provision of services are 
deferred and amortised over the anticipated period in which services will be provided. Fees charged for investment management 
service contracts in our asset management businesses are also recognised on this basis.

(d)  Claims paid on life assurance
Claims paid under insurance contracts and investment contracts with a discretionary participating feature include maturities, 
annuities, surrenders, death and disability payments.

Maturity and annuity claims are recorded as they fall due for payment. Death and disability claims and surrenders are accounted  
for when notified.

Reinsurance recoveries are accounted for in the same period as the related claim.

Amounts paid under investment contracts other than those with a discretionary participating feature and unit-linked assurance 
contracts are recorded as deductions from investment contract liabilities.

(e)  Insurance contract provisions
Insurance contract provisions for African businesses have been computed using a gross premium valuation method. Provisions in 
respect of African business have been made in accordance with the Financial Soundness Valuation basis as set out in the guidelines 

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issued by the Actuarial Society of South Africa in Professional Guidance Note (PGN) 104 (2001). Under this guideline, provisions are 
valued using realistic expectations of future experience, with margins for prudence and deferral of profit emergence.

Provisions for investment contracts with a discretionary participating feature are also computed using the gross premium valuation 
method in accordance with the Financial Soundness Valuation basis. Surplus allocated to policyholders but not yet distributed 
related to these contracts is included as part of life assurance policyholder liabilities.

For the US business, the insurance contract provisions are calculated using the net premium method, based on assumptions as to 
investment yields, mortality, withdrawals and policyholder dividends. For the term life products, the assumptions are set at the time 
the contracts are issued, whereas the assumptions are updated annually, based on experience for the annuity products.

Universal life and deferred annuity reserves are computed on the retrospective deposit method, which produces reserves equal to 
the cash value of the contracts.

Reserves on immediate annuities and guaranteed payments are computed on the prospective deposit method, which produces 
reserves equal to the present value of future benefit payments.

For other territories, the valuation bases adopted are in accordance with local actuarial practices and methodologies.

Derivatives embedded in an insurance contract are not separated and measured at fair value if the embedded derivative itself 
qualifies for recognition as an insurance contract. In this case the entire contract is measured as described above.

The Group performs liability adequacy testing on its insurance liabilities to ensure that the carrying amount of its liabilities (less 
related deferred acquisition costs and intangible assets) is sufficient in view of estimated future cash flows. When performing the 
liability adequacy test, the Group discounts all contractual cash flows and compares this amount to the carrying value of the liability 
at discount rates appropriate to the business in question. Where a shortfall is identified, an additional provision is made.

The provision estimation techniques and assumptions are periodically reviewed, with any changes in estimates reflected in the 
income statement as they occur.

Whilst the directors consider that the gross insurance contract provisions and the related reinsurance recoveries are fairly stated on 
the basis of the information currently available to them, the ultimate liability will vary as a result of subsequent information and events 
and may result in significant adjustments to the amount provided.

The Group applies shadow accounting in relation to certain insurance contract provisions in the South Africa life assurance, and  
DAC and PVIF assets in the United States life assurance, in respect of owner-occupied properties or available-for-sale financial 
assets, in order for recognised unrealised gains or losses on those assets to affect the measurement of the insurance contract 
provisions, DAC or PVIF assets in the same way that recognised realised gains or losses do.

In respect of the South Africa life assurance, shadow accounting is applied to insurance contract provisions where the underlying 
measurement of the policyholder liability depends directly on the value of owner-occupied property and the unrealised gains and 
losses on such property, which are recognised in other comprehensive income. The shadow accounting adjustment to insurance 
contract provisions is recognised in other comprehensive income to the extent that the unrealised gains or losses on owner-
occupied property backing insurance contract provisions are also recognised directly in other comprehensive income.

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In respect of the United States life assurance, shadow accounting adjustments are made to the amortisation of DAC and PVIF assets 
in respect of unrealised gains and losses on available-for-sale financial assets to the extent that those unrealised gains and losses 
would impact the calculation of DAC or PVIF amortisation were they recognised in income. The shadow DAC and PVIF amortisation 
charge is recognised in other comprehensive income in line with the unrealised gains and losses on the relevant financial assets  
until such time as those assets are sold or otherwise disposed of, at which point the accumulated amortisation recognised in  
other comprehensive income is recycled to the income statement in the same way as the unrealised gains or losses on those 
financial assets. 

Financial guarantee contracts are recognised as insurance contracts. Liability adequacy testing is performed to ensure that the 
carrying amount of the liability for financial guarantee contracts is sufficient.

(f)  Investment contract liabilities
Investment contract liabilities in respect of the Group’s non-linked business are recorded at amortised cost unless they are 
designated at fair value through the income statement in order to eliminate or significantly reduce a measurement or recognition 
inconsistency, for example where the corresponding assets are recorded at fair value through the income statement. 

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Investment contract liabilities in respect of the Group’s linked business are recorded at fair value. For such liabilities, including the 
deposit component of unbundled unit-linked assurance contracts, fair value is calculated as the account balance, which is the value 
of the units allocated to the policyholder, based on the bid price of the assets in the underlying fund (adjusted for tax).

Investment contract liabilities measured at fair value are subject to a ‘deposit floor’ such that the liability established cannot be less 
than the amount repayable on demand.

(g)  Acquisition costs
Acquisition costs for insurance contracts comprise all direct and indirect costs arising from the sale of insurance contracts.

As the gross premium valuation method used in African territories to determine insurance contract provisions makes implicit 
allowance for the deferral of acquisition costs, no explicit deferred acquisition cost asset is recognised in the statement of financial 
position for the contracts issued in these areas.

For the US life insurance business, an explicit deferred acquisition cost asset is established in the statement of financial position. 
Deferred acquisition costs are amortised over the period that profits on the related insurance policies are expected to emerge. 
Acquisition costs are deferred to the extent that they are deemed recoverable from available future profit margins.

Deferral of costs on insurance business in other territories is limited to the extent that they are deemed recoverable from available 
future margins.

(h)  Costs incurred in acquiring investment management service contracts
Incremental costs that are directly attributable to securing an investment management service contract are recognised as an asset  
if they can be identified separately and measured reliably and it is probable that they will be recovered. Deferred acquisition costs 
represent the contractual right to benefit from providing investment management services and are amortised as the related revenue 
is recognised. Costs attributable to investment management service contracts in the asset management businesses are also 
recognised on this basis.

General insurance 
All classes of general insurance business are accounted for on an annual basis.

(i)  Premiums on general insurance
Premiums stated gross of commissions exclude taxes and levies and are accounted for in the period in which the risk commences. 
The proportion of the premiums written relating to periods of risk after the reporting date is carried forward to subsequent 
accounting periods as unearned premiums, so that earned premiums relate to risks carried during the accounting period.

Outward reinsurance premiums are accounted for in the same accounting period as the premiums for the related direct insurance.

(j)  Claims on general insurance
Claims incurred comprise the settlement and handling costs of paid and outstanding claims arising during the year and adjustments 
to prior year claim provisions. Outstanding claims comprise claims incurred up to, but not paid, at the end of the accounting period, 
whether reported or not.

Outstanding claims do not include any provision for possible future claims where the claims arise under contracts not in existence  
at the reporting date.

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The Group performs liability adequacy testing on its claim liabilities to ensure that the carrying amount of its liabilities (less related 
deferred acquisition costs and the unearned premium reserve) is sufficient in view of estimated future cash flows.

Whilst the directors consider that the gross provisions for claims and the related reinsurance recoveries are fairly stated on the basis 
of the information currently available to them, the ultimate liability will vary as a result of subsequent information and events, and may 
result in significant adjustments to the amount provided. Adjustments to the amounts of claims provisions established in prior years 
are reflected in the financial statements for the period in which the adjustments are made, and disclosed separately if material.  
The methods used and estimates made are reviewed regularly.

(k)  Acquisition costs on general insurance
Acquisition costs, which represent commission and other related expenses, are deferred and amortised over the period in which  
the related premiums are earned.

(l)  Reinsurance
The Group cedes reinsurance in the normal course of business for the purpose of limiting its net loss potential through the 
diversification of its risks. Assets, liabilities and income and expense arising from ceded reinsurance contracts are presented 
separately from the related assets, liabilities, income and expense from the related insurance contracts because the reinsurance 
arrangements do not relieve the Group from its direct obligations to its policyholders.

Only rights under contracts that give rise to a significant transfer of insurance risk are accounted for as reinsurance assets. Rights 
under contracts that do not transfer significant insurance risk are accounted for as financial instruments.

Reinsurance premiums for ceded reinsurance are recognised as an expense on a basis that is consistent with the recognition basis 
for the premiums on the related insurance contracts. For general insurance business, reinsurance premiums are expensed over the 
period that the reinsurance cover is provided based on the expected pattern of the reinsured risks. The unexpensed portion of ceded 
reinsurance premiums is included in reinsurance assets.

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The net amounts paid to a reinsurer at the inception of a contract may be less than the reinsurance assets recognised by the Group 
in respect of its rights under such contracts. Any difference between the premium due to the reinsurer and the reinsurance asset 
recognised is included in the income statement in the period in which the reinsurance premium is due.

The amounts recognised as reinsurance assets are measured on a basis that is consistent with the measurement of the provisions 
held in respect of the related insurance contracts. Reinsurance assets include recoveries due from reinsurance companies in respect 
of claims paid.

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Reinsurance assets are assessed for impairment at each reporting date. An asset is deemed impaired if there is objective evidence, 
as a result of an event that occurred after its initial recognition, that the Group may not recover all amounts due, and that the event 
has a reliably measurable impact on the amounts that the Group will receive from the reinsurer.

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A6:  Financial instruments
(a)  Recognition and de-recognition
A financial asset or liability is recognised when, and only when, the Group becomes a party to the contractual provisions of the 
financial instrument.

The Group de-recognises a financial asset when, and only when:

 (cid:81)

 (cid:81)

 (cid:81)

The contractual rights to the cash flows arising from the financial assets have expired or been forfeited by the Group; or
It transfers the financial asset including substantially all the risks and rewards of ownership of the asset; or
It no longer controls the financial asset nor retains substantially all the risks and rewards of ownership, regardless of whether  
it has transferred the asset.

A financial liability is de-recognised when, and only when, the liability is extinguished, that is, when the obligation specified in the 
contract is discharged, assigned, cancelled or has expired.

The difference between the carrying amount of a financial liability (or part thereof) extinguished or transferred to another party and 
consideration received, including any non-cash assets transferred or liabilities assumed, is recognised in the income statement.

All purchases and sales of financial assets that require delivery within the timeframe established by regulation or market convention 
(‘regular way’ purchases and sales) are recognised at trade date, which is the date that the Group commits to purchase or sell the 
asset. Otherwise such transactions are treated as derivatives until settlement occurs. Loans and receivables are recognised (at fair 
value plus attributable transaction costs) when cash is advanced to borrowers.

(b)  Initial measurement
Financial instruments are initially recognised at fair value plus, in the case of a financial asset or financial liability not at fair value 
through the income statement, transaction costs that are directly attributable to the acquisition or issue of the financial asset of 
financial liability.

(c)  Derivative financial instruments
Derivative financial instruments are recognised in the statement of financial position at fair value. Fair values are obtained from quoted 
market prices, discounted cash flow models and option pricing models as appropriate. All derivatives are carried as assets when 
their fair value is positive and as liabilities when their fair value is negative.

Changes in the fair value of derivatives not designated as hedges for hedge accounting purposes are included in investment income 
or finance costs as appropriate.

(d)  Hedge accounting
Qualifying hedging instruments must either be derivative financial instruments or non derivative financial instruments used to hedge 
the risk of changes in foreign currency exchange rates, changes in fair value or changes in cash flows. Changes in the value of the 
financial instrument should be expected to offset changes in the fair value or cash flows of the underlying hedged item.

The Group designates certain qualifying hedging instruments as either (1) a hedge of the exposure to changes in fair value of a 
recognised asset or liability or an unrecognised firm commitment (fair value hedge); (2) a hedge of a future cash flow attributable  
to a recognised asset or liability, or a forecasted transaction, and could affect profit or loss (cash flow hedge); or, (3) a hedge of  
a net investment in a foreign operation. Hedge accounting is used for qualifying hedging instruments designated in this way provided 
certain criteria are met.

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The Group’s criteria for a qualifying hedging instrument to be accounted for as a hedge include:

 (cid:81)

 (cid:81) Upfront formal documentation of the hedging instrument, hedged item or transaction, risk management objective and strategy, 
the nature of the risk being hedged and the effectiveness measurement methodology that will be applied is prepared before 
hedge accounting is adopted.
The hedge is documented showing that it is expected to be highly effective in offsetting the changes in the fair value or cash 
flows attributable to the hedged risk, consistent with the risk management and strategy detailed in the upfront hedge 
documentation.
The effectiveness of the hedge can be reliably measured.
The hedge is assessed and determined to have been highly effective on an ongoing basis.
For cash flow hedges of a forecast transaction, an assessment that it is highly probable that the hedged transaction will occur 
and will carry profit and loss risk. Changes in the fair value of derivatives that are designated and qualify as fair value hedges and 
that prove to be highly effective in relation to hedged risk, are recorded in the income statement, along with the corresponding 
change in fair value of the hedged asset or liability that is attributable to that specific hedged risk.

 (cid:81)

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Changes in the fair value of derivatives that are designated and qualify as fair value hedges and that prove to be highly effective in 
relation to hedged risk, are recorded in the income statement, along with the corresponding change in fair value of the hedged asset 
or liability that is attributable to that specific hedged risk.

Changes in the fair value of derivatives that are designated and qualify as cash flow hedges or hedges of a net investment in a 
foreign operation and that prove to be highly effective in relation to the hedged risk are recognised in other comprehensive income.

If the hedge no longer meets the criteria for hedge accounting, hedge accounting is discontinued prospectively. Any previous 
adjustment to the carrying amount of a hedged interest-bearing financial instrument carried at amortised cost (as a result of previous 
hedge accounting) is amortised in the income statement from the date hedge accounting ceases to the maturity date of the financial 
instrument, based on the effective interest method.

For hedges of a net investment in a foreign operation, any cumulative gains or losses in equity are recognised in the income 
statement on disposal of the foreign operation.

(e)  Embedded derivatives
Certain derivatives embedded in financial and non-financial instruments, such as the conversion option in a convertible bond, are 
treated as separate derivatives and recognised as such on a stand alone basis, when their risks and characteristics are not closely 
related to those of the host contract and the host contract is not carried at fair value with unrealised gains and losses reported in the 
income statement. If it is not possible to determine the fair value of the embedded derivative, the entire hybrid instrument is 
categorised as fair value through the income statement and measured at fair value.

(f)  Offsetting financial instruments and related income
Financial assets and liabilities are offset and the net amount reported in the statement of financial position only when there is a legally 
enforceable right to set off and there is intention to settle on a net basis, or to realise the asset and settle the liability simultaneously.

Income and expense items are offset only to the extent that their related instruments have been offset in the statement of financial 
position, with the exception of those relating to hedges, which are disclosed in accordance with the income statement effect of the 
hedged item.

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(g)  Interest income and expense
Interest income and expense in relation to financial instruments carried at amortised cost or held as available-for-sale is recognised in 
the income statement using the effective interest method taking into account the expected timing and amount of cash flows. Interest 
income and expense include the amortisation of any discount or premium or other differences between the initial carrying amount of 
an interest-bearing instrument and its amount at maturity calculated on an effective interest basis.

Interest income and expense on financial instruments carried at fair value through the income statement is presented as part of 
interest income or expense.

(h)  Non-interest revenue
Non-interest revenue in respect of financial instruments principally comprises fees and commission and other operating income. 
These are accounted for as set out below.

Fees and commission income
Loan origination fees for loans that are probable of being drawn down, are deferred (together with related direct costs) and 
recognised as an adjustment to the effective yield on the loan. Fees and commission arising from negotiating, or participating in the 
negotiation of a transaction for a third-party, such as the acquisition of loans, shares or other securities or the purchase or sale of 
businesses, are recognised on completion of the underlying transaction.

Other
Revenue other than interest, fees and commission (including fees and insurance premiums), which includes exchange and securities 
trading income, dividends from investments and net gains on the sale of banking assets, is recognised in the income statement 
when the amount of revenue from the transaction or service can be measured reliably and it is probable that the economic benefits 
of the transaction or service will flow to the Group.

(i)  Financial assets
Non-derivative financial assets are recorded as held-for-trading, designated as fair value through the income statement, loans and 
receivables, held-to-maturity or available-for-sale. An analysis of the Group’s statement of financial position, showing the 
categorisation of financial assets, together with financial liabilities is set out in note E1(a).

Held-for-trading financial assets
Held-for-trading financial assets are those that were either acquired for generating a profit from short-term fluctuations in price or 
dealer’s margin, or are securities included in a portfolio in which a pattern of short-term profit taking exists, or are derivatives that are 
not designated as effective hedging instruments.

Financial assets designated as fair value through the income statement
Financial assets that the Group has elected to designate as fair value through the income statement are those where the treatment 
either eliminates or significantly reduces a measurement or recognition inconsistency that would otherwise arise when using a 
different measurement basis (for instance with respect to financial assets supporting insurance contract provisions) or are managed, 
evaluated and reported using a fair value basis (for instance financial assets supporting shareholder’s funds).

All financial assets carried at fair value through the income statement, whether held-for-trading or designated, are initially recognised 
at fair value and subsequently re-measured at fair value based on quoted bid prices. If such price information is not available for 
these instruments, the Group uses other valuation techniques, including internal models, to measure such instruments. These 
techniques use market observable inputs where available, derived from similar assets and liabilities in similar and active markets, 
from recent transaction prices for comparable items or from other observable market data. For positions where observable reference 
data are not available for some or all parameters the Group estimates the non-market observable inputs used in its valuation models. 
Where discounted cash flow techniques are used, estimated future cash flows are based on management’s best estimates and the 
discount rate used is a market-related rate at the reporting date for an instrument with similar terms and conditions.

Fair values of certain financial instruments, such as over-the-counter (OTC) derivative instruments, are determined using pricing models 
that consider, among other factors, contractual and market prices, correlations, yield curves, credit spreads and volatility factors.

Realised and unrealised fair value gains and losses on all financial assets carried at fair value through the income statement are 
included in Investment return (non-banking) or in Banking trading, investment and similar income as appropriate.

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Interest earned whilst holding financial assets at fair value through the income statement is reported within Investment return 
(non-banking) or Banking interest and similar income, as appropriate. Dividends receivable are included separately in dividend 
income, within Investment return (non-banking) or Banking trading, investment and similar income, when a dividend is declared.

Loans and receivables
Loans and receivables are non-derivative financial assets with fixed or determinable payments that are not quoted in an active 
market, other than those classified by the Group as fair value through income statement or available-for-sale. Loans and receivables 
are carried at amortised cost less any impairment write-downs. Third-party expenses such as legal fees incurred in securing a loan 
are treated as part of the cost of the transaction.

Held-to-maturity financial assets
Financial assets with fixed maturity dates which are quoted in an active market and where management has both the intent and the 
ability to hold the asset to maturity are classified as held-to-maturity. These assets are carried at amortised cost less any impairment 
write-downs. Interest earned on held-to-maturity financial assets is reported within Investment return (non-banking) or Banking 
interest and similar income, as appropriate.

Available-for-sale financial assets
Financial assets intended to be held for an indefinite period of time, which may be sold in response to needs for liquidity or changes 
in interest rates, exchange rates or equity prices other than those designated fair value through income statement or as loans and 
receivables, are classified as available-for-sale. Management determines the appropriate classification of its investments at the time 
of the purchase.

Available-for-sale financial assets are measured at fair value based on quoted bid prices. If quoted bid prices are unavailable or 
determined to be unreliable, the fair value of the financial asset is estimated using pricing models or discounted cash flow 
techniques. Where discounted cash flow techniques are used, estimated future cash flows are based on management’s best 
estimates and the discount rate used is a market-related rate at the reporting date for an instrument with similar terms and 
conditions. Where pricing models are used, inputs are based on observable market data where available at the reporting date.

Unrealised gains and losses arising from changes in the fair value of available-for-sale financial assets are recognised in other 
comprehensive income. When available-for-sale financial assets are disposed the related accumulated fair value adjustments are 
included in the income statement as gains and losses from available-for-sale financial assets. When available-for-sale assets are 
impaired the resulting loss is shown separately in the income statement as an impairment charge.

Interest earned on available-for-sale financial assets is reported within Investment return (non-banking) or Banking interest and similar 
income, as appropriate. Dividends receivable are included separately in dividend income, within Investment return (non-banking)  
or Banking trading, investment and similar income, as appropriate when a dividend is declared.

(j)  Sale and repurchase agreements and lending of securities
Securities sold subject to linked repurchase agreements are retained in the financial statements as appropriate when considering  
the de-recognition criteria contained within IAS 39. The securities that are retained in the financial statements are reflected as trading 
or investment securities and the counterparty liability is included in amounts owed to other depositors, deposits from other banks,  
or other money market deposits, as appropriate. Securities purchased under agreements to resell at a pre-determined price are 
recorded as loans and advances to other banks or customers as appropriate. The difference between the sale and repurchase price 
is treated as interest and accrued over the lives of agreements using the effective interest method. 

Securities lent to counterparties are retained in the financial statements and any interest earned recognised in the income statement 
using the effective interest method.

Securities borrowed are not recognised in the financial statements, unless these are sold to third parties, in which case the purchase 
and sale are recorded with the gain or loss included in trading income. The obligation to return them is recorded at fair value as a 
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(k)  Impairments of financial assets
Indicators of impairment 
A provision for impairment is established if there is objective evidence that the Group will not be able to recover all amounts relating 
to the financial asset. Observable data that could come to the attention of the Group that could lead to a provision for impairment  
to be made includes:

 (cid:81) Significant financial difficulty of the counterparty.
 (cid:81) A breach of contract, such as a default or delinquency in interest or principal payments.
 (cid:81)

The Group, for economic or legal reasons relating to the counterparty’s financial difficulty, grants to the counterparty  
a concession that the Group would not otherwise consider.
It becoming probable that the counterparty will enter bankruptcy or other financial reorganisation.

 (cid:81)
 (cid:81) Observable data indicating that there is a measurable decrease in the estimated future cash flows from a group of assets since 

the initial recognition of those assets, although the decrease cannot yet be identified with the individual financial assets, including:
 – adverse changes in the payment status of counterparties in the group of financial assets; or
 – national or local economic conditions that correlate with defaults on the assets in the group of financial assets.

In addition, for an available-for-sale financial asset, a significant or prolonged decline in the fair value below its cost is also objective 
evidence of impairment.

Financial assets at amortised cost
The amount of the impairment of a financial asset held at amortised cost is the difference between the carrying amount and the 
recoverable amount, being the value of expected cash flows, including amounts recoverable from guarantees and collateral, 
discounted based on the effective interest rate at initial recognition. In estimating expected cash flows the Group looks at the 
contractual cash flows of the assets and adjusts these contractual cash flows for historical loss experience of assets with similar 
credit risks, with this adjusted to reflect any additional conditions that are expected to arise or to account for those which no  
longer exist.

The impairment provision also covers losses where there is objective evidence that losses are present in components of the loan 
portfolio at the reporting date, but these components have not yet been specifically identified. When a loan is uncollectable, it is 
written-off against the related impairment provision.

If the amount of impairment subsequently decreases due to an event occurring after the write-down, the release of the impairment 
provision is credited to the income statement. Impairment reversals are limited to what the carrying amount would have been, had no 
impairment losses been recognised.

Interest income on impaired loans and receivables is recognised on the impaired amount using the original effective interest rate 
before the impairment.

Available-for-sale financial assets
The amount of the impairment loss of an available-for-sale financial asset is the cumulative loss that has been recognised in other 
comprehensive income, being the difference between the acquisition cost and the asset’s current fair value, less any impairment loss 
on that asset previously recognised in the income statement. For available-for-sale debt securities, fair value is determined as is the 
present value of expected future cash flows discounted at the current market rate of interest. 

All such impairments are recognised in the income statement. The release of an impairment allowance in respect of a debt 
instrument categorised as available-for-sale is credited to the income statement, the release in respect of an equity instrument 
categorised as available-for-sale is credited to the available-for-sale reserve within equity. 

(l)  Financial liabilities (other than investment contracts and derivatives)
Non-derivative financial liabilities, including borrowed funds, amounts owed to depositors and liabilities under acceptances, are 
recorded as held-for-trading, designated as fair value through the income statement or as financial liabilities at amortised cost.

Liabilities that the Group has elected to designate as fair value through the income statement are those where the treatment either 
eliminates or significantly reduces a measurement or recognition inconsistency that would otherwise arise when using a different 
measurement basis and are managed, evaluated and reported using a fair value basis.

For financial liabilities recorded at fair value and which contain a demand feature, the fair value of the liability is not less than the 
amount payable on demand, discounted from the first date that the amount could be required to be paid.

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Financial liabilities categorised at amortised cost are recognised initially at fair value, which is normally represented by the transaction 
price, less directly attributable transaction costs. Subsequent to initial recognition these financial liabilities are stated at amortised 
cost with any difference between cost and redemption value being recognised in the income statement over the period of the 
borrowings on an effective interest basis.

Conversion options included within financial liabilities are recorded separately in shareholders’ equity. The Group does not recognise 
any change in the value of this option in subsequent periods. The remaining obligation to make future payments of principal and 
interest to bondholders is calculated using a market interest rate for an equivalent non-convertible bond and is presented on the 
amortised cost basis in other borrowed funds until extinguished on conversion or maturity of the bonds.

If the Group purchases its own debt, it is removed from the statement of financial position and the difference between the carrying 
amount of a liability and the consideration paid is included in other income.

(m)  Reclassifications of financial assets
A non-derivative financial asset that would have met the definition of loans and receivables at initial recognition that was required to 
be categorised as held-for-trading (on the basis that it was held for the purpose of selling or repurchasing in the near term) may under 
exceptional circumstances be reclassified out of the fair value through income statement category if the Group intends and is able to 
hold the financial asset for the foreseeable future or until maturity. If a financial asset is so reclassified, it is reclassified at its fair value 
on the date of reclassification. Any gain or loss already recognised in profit or loss is not reversed. The fair value at the date of 
reclassification becomes its new cost or amortised cost, as applicable. 

Other non-derivative financial assets that were required to be categorised as held-for-trading at initial recognition may be reclassified 
out of the fair value through income statement category in rare circumstances. If a financial asset is so reclassified, it is reclassified at 
its fair value on the date of reclassification. Any gain or loss already recognised in profit or loss is not reversed. Measurement of the 
asset after reclassification depends on the subsequent categorisation. 

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A non-derivative financial asset that would have met the definition of loans and receivables at initial recognition that was designated 
as available-for-sale may under exceptional circumstances be reclassified out of the available-for-sale category to the loans and 
receivables category if it meets the loans and receivables definition at the date of reclassification and if the Group intends and is able 
to hold the financial asset for the foreseeable future or until maturity. If a financial asset is so reclassified, it is reclassified at its fair 
value on the date of reclassification. The fair value at the date of reclassification becomes its new cost or amortised cost, as 
applicable. In the case of a financial asset with a fixed maturity, the gain or loss already recognised in the available-for-sale reserve in 
equity is amortised to profit or loss over the remaining life using the effective interest method together with any difference between 
the new amortised cost and the maturity amount. In the case of a financial asset that does not have a fixed maturity, the gain or loss 
already recognised in the available-for-sale reserve in equity is recognised in profit or loss when the financial asset is sold or 
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Recognition and Measurement’ relating to the reclassification of financial assets, certain qualifying financial assets held by the Group 
during the period up to and including 1 July 2008 were reclassified as of that date and based on the fair value at that date. 

Details of all reclassifications of financial assets in accordance with the above accounting policies are shown in note E1(a).

(n)  Parent Company investments in subsidiary undertakings and associates
Parent Company investments in subsidiary undertakings and associates are recorded at cost. Impairments of Parent Company 
investments in subsidiary undertakings and associates are accounted for in the same way as impairments of other non-financial 
assets (see section A9).

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A7:  Tax
Income tax on the profit or loss for the year comprises current and deferred tax. Income tax is recognised in the income statement 
except to the extent that it relates to items recognised directly in other comprehensive income, in which case it is correspondingly 
recognised in other comprehensive income.

(a)  Current tax
Current tax is the expected tax payable on the taxable income for the year, using tax rates enacted or substantively enacted at the 
reporting date, and any adjustment to tax payable in respect of previous years.

(b) Deferred tax
Deferred taxation is provided using the temporary difference method. Temporary differences are differences between the carrying 
amounts of assets and liabilities for financial reporting purposes and their tax base. The amount of deferred taxation provided is 
based on the expected manner of realisation or settlement of the carrying amount of assets and liabilities using tax rates enacted or 
substantively enacted at the reporting date. Deferred taxation is charged to the income statement except to the extent that it relates 
to a transaction that is recognised directly in other comprehensive income, or a business combination that is an acquisition. The 
effect on deferred taxation of any changes in tax rates is recognised in the income statement, except to the extent that it relates to 
items previously charged or credited directly to other comprehensive income. A deferred tax asset is recognised only to the extent 
that it is probable that future taxable income will be available, against which the unutilised tax losses and deductible temporary 
differences can be used. Deferred tax assets are reduced to the extent that it is no longer probable that the related tax benefits  
will be realised.

In certain circumstances, as permitted by accounting guidance, deferred tax balances are not recognised. In particular where the 
liability relates to the initial recognition of goodwill, or transactions that are not a business combination, and at the time of their 
occurrence affect neither accounting or taxable profit. Note F8 includes further detail of circumstances in which the Group does not 
recognise temporary differences.

A8:  Intangible assets
(a)  Goodwill and goodwill impairment
Goodwill arising on the acquisition of a subsidiary undertaking is recognised as an asset at the date that control is achieved (the 
acquisition date). Goodwill is measured as the excess of the fair value of the consideration transferred, the amount of any non-
controlling interest in the acquiree and the fair value of the acquirer’s previously-held equity interest in the acquiree (if any) over the 
net of the acquisition date amounts of the identifiable assets acquired and the liabilities assumed. If the Group’s interest in the net fair 
value of the acquiree’s identifiable net assets exceeds the sum of the consideration transferred, the amount of any non-controlling 
interest in the acquiree and the fair value of the acquirer’s previously-held equity interest (if any), this excess is recognised 
immediately in the income statement as a bargain purchase gain.

Goodwill is not amortised, but is reviewed for impairment at least once annually. Any impairment loss is recognised immediately in 
profit or loss and is not subsequently reversed.

On loss of control of a subsidiary undertaking, any attributable goodwill is included in the determination of any profit or loss  
on disposal.

Goodwill is allocated to one or more cash-generating units (CGUs), being the smallest identifiable group of assets that generates 
cash inflows that are largely independent of the cash inflows from other assets or group of assets. The directors annually test for 
impairment of each CGU or group of CGUs containing goodwill and intangible assets with indefinite useful lives, at a level that is no 
larger than that of the Group’s identified operating segments for the purposes of segmental reporting. An impairment loss is 
recognised whenever the carrying amount of an asset or its CGU or group of CGUs exceeds its recoverable amount, which is the 
higher of its fair value less costs to sell and its value in use. Impairment losses relating to goodwill are not reversed.

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(b) Present value of acquired in-force for insurance and investment contract business
The present value of acquired in-force for insurance and investment contract business is capitalised in the consolidated statement of 
financial position as an intangible asset.

The capitalised value is the present value of cash flows anticipated in the future from the relevant book of insurance and investment 
contract policies acquired. This is calculated by performing a cash flow projection of the associated life assurance fund and book of 
in-force policies in order to estimate future after tax profits attributable to shareholders. The valuation is based on actuarial principles 
taking into account future premium income, mortality, disease and surrender probabilities, together with future costs and investment 
returns on the assets supporting the fund. These profits are discounted at a rate of return allowing for the risk of uncertainty of the 
future cash flows. The key assumptions impacting the valuation are discount rate, future investment returns and the rate at which 
policies discontinue.

The asset is amortised over the expected profit recognition period on a systematic basis over the anticipated lives of the  
related contracts.

The amortisation charge is stated net of any unwind in the discount rate used to calculate the asset.

The recoverable amount of the asset is re-calculated at each reporting date and any impairment losses recognised accordingly.

(c) Other intangible assets acquired as part of a business combination
Contractual banking and asset management customer relationships, relationships with distribution channels and similar intangible 
assets, acquired as a part of a business combination, are capitalised at their fair value, represented by the estimated net present 
value of the future cash flows from the relevant relationships acquired at the date of acquisition.

Brands and similar items acquired as part of a business combination are capitalised at their fair value based on a ‘relief from royalty’ 
valuation methodology.

Subsequent to initial recognition such acquired intangible assets are amortised on a straight-line basis over their estimated useful 
lives as set out below:

 (cid:81) Distribution channels 
 (cid:81) Customer relationships 
 (cid:81) Brand 

10 years
10 years
15 – 20 years

The estimated life is re-evaluated on a regular basis.

(d) Internally developed software
Internally developed software is amortised over its estimated useful life. Such assets are stated at cost less accumulated 
amortisation and impairment losses. Software is recognised in the statement of financial position if, and only if, it is probable that the 
relevant future economic benefits attributable to the software will flow to the Group and its cost can be measured reliably.

Costs incurred in the research phase are expensed whereas costs incurred in the development phase are capitalised subject to 
meeting specific criteria, set out in the relevant accounting guidance. The main criteria being that future economic benefits can be 
identified as a result of the development expenditure. Amortisation is charged to the income statement on a straight-line basis over 
the estimated useful lives of the relevant software, which range between two and five years.

(e) Subsequent expenditure
Subsequent expenditure on capitalised intangible assets is capitalised only when it increases the future economic benefits embodied 
in the specific asset to which it relates. All other expenditure is expensed as incurred.

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For the year ended 31 December 2010 continued

A9:  Impairment (all assets other than goodwill, deferred tax assets and financial assets)
The Group assesses all assets (other than goodwill, deferred tax assets and financial assets) on an ongoing basis for indications  
of impairment or whether a previously recognised impairment loss should be reversed. If such indicators are found to exist, then 
detailed impairment testing is carried out. Impairments (where the carrying value of the asset exceeds its recoverable amount)  
and the reversal of previously recognised impairments are recognised in the income statement.

A10:  Property, plant and equipment 
(a) Owned assets
Owner-occupied property is stated at revalued amounts, being fair value at the date of revaluation less subsequent accumulated 
depreciation and accumulated impairment losses.

Plant and equipment, principally computer equipment, motor vehicles, fixtures and furniture, is stated at cost less accumulated 
depreciation and impairment losses.

In accordance with the exemptions permitted under IFRS 1 ‘First-time Adoption of International Financial Reporting Standards’, 
individual terms of property, plant and equipment held at 1 January 2004 were measured at fair value, which was deemed to be their 
cost at that date.

(b) Subsequent expenditure
Subsequent expenditure is capitalised when it is measurable and will result in probable future economic benefits. Expenditure 
incurred to replace a separate component of an item of owner-occupied property, plant and equipment is capitalised to the cost  
of the item of owner-occupied property, plant and equipment and the component replaced is de-recognised. All other expenditure  
is recognised in the income statement as an expense when incurred.

(c) Revaluation of owner-occupied property
Owner-occupied property is valued on the same basis as investment property.

When an individual property is revalued, any increase in its carrying amount (as a result of the revaluation) is transferred to a 
revaluation reserve, except to the extent that it reverses a revaluation decrease of the same property previously recognised as  
an expense in the income statement.

When the value of an individual property is decreased as a result of a revaluation, the decrease is charged against any related credit 
balance in the revaluation reserve in respect of that property. However, to the extent that it exceeds any surplus, it is recognised as 
an expense in the income statement.

(d) De-recognition
On de-recognition of an owner-occupied property or item of plant and equipment, any gain or loss on disposal, determined as the 
difference between the net disposal proceeds and the carrying amount of the asset, is included in the income statement in the 
period of the de-recognition. In the case of owner-occupied property, any surplus in the revaluation reserve in respect of the 
individual property is transferred directly to retained earnings.

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(e) Depreciation
Depreciation is charged to the income statement on a straight-line basis over the estimated useful lives of items of owner-occupied 
property, plant and equipment that are accounted for separately.

In the case of owner-occupied property, any accumulated depreciation at revaluation is eliminated against the gross carrying amount 
of the property concerned and the net amount restated to the revalued amount. Subsequent depreciation charges are adjusted 
based on the revalued amount for each property. Any difference between the depreciation charge on the revalued amount and that 
which would have been charged under historic cost is transferred, net of any related deferred tax, between the revaluation reserve 
and retained earnings as the property is utilised. Land is not depreciated.

The maximum estimated useful lives are as follows:

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 (cid:81) Motor vehicles 
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(f) Leases
Operating leases
Leases where the lessor retains the risks and rewards of ownership of the underlying asset are classified as operating leases. 
Payments made under operating leases are charged against income on a straight-line basis over the period of the lease.

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Lease agreements where the Group substantially accepts the risks and rewards of the ownership of the leased asset are classified 
as finance leases. Finance leases are capitalised at the inception of the lease at the lower of the fair value of the leased asset or the 
present value of the minimum lease payments. Lease payments are allocated between the liability and finance charges so as to 
achieve a constant interest rate on the outstanding balance of the liability.

Finance lease obligations, net of finance charges, are included in liabilities. The interest element of the finance cost is charged to the 
income statement over the lease period according to the effective interest method. Where applicable, assets acquired under finance 
leases are depreciated over the shorter of the useful life of the asset and the lease term.

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receivable. Initial direct costs are included in the initial measurement of the receivable. Finance lease income is allocated to 
accounting periods to reflect a constant periodic rate of return on the Group’s net investment outstanding in respect of the leases.

Assets leased under operating leases
Assets leased out under operating leases are included under property, plant and equipment in the statement of financial position. 
Initial direct costs incurred in negotiating and arranging are added to the carrying amount of the leased asset and recognised as an 
expense over the lease term on the same basis as the rental income. Leased assets are depreciated over their expected useful lives 
on a basis consistent with similar assets. Rental income (net of any incentives given to lessees) is recognised on a straight-line basis 
over the term of the lease. When another systematic basis is more representative of the time pattern of the user’s benefit, then that 
method is used.

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A11: Investment properties
Investment property is real estate held to earn rentals or for capital appreciation. It does not include real estate held for use in the 
production or supply of goods or services or for administrative purposes. 

Investment properties are stated at fair value. Internal professional valuers perform valuations annually. For practical reasons, 
valuations are carried out on a cyclical basis over a 12 month period due to the large number of properties involved. External 
valuations are obtained once every three years on a cyclical basis. In the event of a material change in market conditions between 
the valuation date and reporting date an internal valuation is performed and adjustments made to reflect any material changes 
in value.

The valuation methodology adopted is dependent upon the nature of the property. Income generating assets are valued using 
discounted cash flows. Vacant land, land holdings and residential flats are valued according to sales of comparable properties.  
Near vacant properties are valued at land value less the estimated cost of demolition.

Surpluses and deficits arising from changes in fair value are reflected in the income statement.

For properties reclassified during the year from property, plant and equipment to investment properties, any revaluation gain arising 
is initially recognised in the income statement to the extent that impairment losses were previously recognised. Any residual excess is 
taken to the revaluation reserve. Revaluation deficits are recognised in the revaluation reserve to the extent of previously recognised 
gains and any residual deficit is accounted for in the income statement.

Investment properties that are reclassified to owner-occupied property are revalued at the date of transfer, with any difference being 
taken to the income statement.

A12: Finance costs
Finance costs relate to the Group’s borrowed funds that are directly controlled by, or managed on behalf of, Old Mutual plc.  
These include interest payable, and gains and losses on revaluation of these funds and on those derivative instruments which  
are used to hedge these funds.

A13: Non-current assets held for sale and discontinued operations
Non-current assets (and disposal groups) classified as held for sale are measured at the lower of their carrying amount and their  
fair value less costs to sell. Where the proceeds of disposal are expected to exceed the book value of the related net assets no 
impairment loss is recognised on the reclassifications of assets as held for sale.

Non-current assets and disposal groups are classified as held for sale if their carrying amount will be recovered through a sales 
transaction rather than through continuing use. This condition is regarded as having been met only when the sale is highly probable 
and the asset is available for immediate sale in its present condition. Management must be committed to the sale, which should be 
expected to qualify for recognition as a completed sale within one year of the date of classification.

A discontinued operation is defined as a component of an entity that either has been disposed of, or is classified as held for sale and:

 (cid:81) Represents a separate major line of business or geographical area of operations;
 (cid:81)

Is part of a single co-ordinated plan to dispose of a separate major line of business or geographical area of operations; or
Is a subsidiary acquired exclusively with a view to resale.

 (cid:81)

When a non-current asset (or disposal group) ceases to be classified as held for sale, the individual assets and liabilities cease to be 
shown separately in the statement of financial position at the end of the year in which the classification changes. Comparatives are 
not restated. If the line of business was previously presented as a discontinued operation and subsequently ceases to be classified 
as held for sale the income statement and cash flows of the comparative period are restated to show that line of business as a 
continuing operation.

A14: Pension plans and retirement benefits
Defined benefit and defined contribution schemes have been established for eligible employees of the Group with the assets held in 
separate trustee administered funds.

The projected unit credit method is used to determine the defined benefit obligations based on actuarial assessments, which 
incorporate not only the pension obligations known on the reporting date but also information relevant to their expected future 
development. The discount rates used are determined based on the yields for investment grade corporate bonds that have maturity 
dates approximating to the terms of the Group’s obligations.

Actuarial gains or losses arising subsequent to 1 January 2004 are recognised in the income statement over a period of time to the 
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the fair value of the plan assets or 10% of the present value of the gross defined benefit obligations before deducting plan assets  
in the scheme at that date. Such actuarial gains and losses are recognised over the expected average remaining working lives of  
the employees participating in the scheme. Cumulative actuarial gains and losses at 1 January 2004 were recognised in equity at 
that date.

Where the corridor calculation results in a benefit to the Group, the recognised asset is limited to the net total of any unrecognised 
actuarial losses and past service costs and the present value of any future refunds from the plan or reductions in future contributions 
to the plan.

When the benefits of a plan are improved, the portion of the increased benefit relating to past service by employees is recognised as 
an expense in the income statement on a straight-line basis over the average period until the benefits become vested. To the extent 
that the benefits vest immediately, the expense is recognised immediately in the income statement.

Contributions in respect of defined contribution schemes are recognised as an expense in the income statement as incurred.

Where applicable, Group companies make provision for post retirement medical and housing benefits for eligible employees. 
Non-pension post retirement benefits are accounted for according to their nature, either as defined contribution or defined benefit 
plans. The expected costs of post retirement benefits that are defined benefit plans in nature are accounted for in the same manner 
as for defined benefit pension plans.

A15:  Share-based payments
(a) Equity-settled share-based payment transactions with employees
The services received in an equity-settled transaction with employees are measured at the fair value of the equity instruments 
granted. The fair value of those equity instruments is measured at grant date.

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If the equity instruments granted vest immediately and the employee is not required to complete a specified period of service before 
becoming unconditionally entitled to those instruments, the services received are recognised in full on grant date in the income 
statement for the period, with a corresponding increase reflected directly in equity.

Where the equity instruments do not vest until the employee has completed a specified period of service, it is assumed that the 
services rendered by the employee, as consideration for those equity instruments, will be received in the future, during the vesting 
period. These services are accounted for in the income statement as they are rendered during the vesting period, with a 
corresponding increase recognised directly in equity.

In the Parent Company, the fair value of equity instruments granted by the Company to the employees of subsidiary undertakings  
is recorded as an additional investment in the relevant subsidiary with ‘credit’ recorded in equity. 

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(b) Cash-settled share-based payment transactions with employees
The services received in cash-settled transactions with employees and the liability to pay for those services, are recognised at fair 
value as the employee renders services. Until the liability is settled, the fair value of the liability is re-measured at each reporting date 
and at the date of settlement, with any changes in fair value recognised in the income statement for the period.

(c) Measurement of fair value of equity instruments granted
The equity instruments granted by the Group are measured at fair value at the measurement date using standard option pricing 
valuation models. The valuation technique is consistent with generally acceptable valuation methodologies for pricing financial 
instruments, and incorporates all factors and assumptions that knowledgeable, willing market participants would consider in setting 
the price of the equity instruments.

As permitted under IFRS 1, the provisions of this accounting policy have not been applied to equity-settled grants made on or before 
7 November 2002, or awards granted after that date but which had vested prior to 1 January 2005.

A16: Cash and cash equivalents
For the purposes of the cash flow statement, cash and cash equivalents comprise cash balances and highly liquid short-term funds, 
mandatory reserve deposits held with central banks, cash held in investment portfolios awaiting reinvestment and cash and cash 
equivalents subject to the consolidation of funds.

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A17: Other provisions
Provisions are recognised when the Group has a present legal or constructive obligation as a result of past events, for which it is 
probable that an outflow of economic benefits will occur, and where a reliable estimate can be made of the amount of the obligation. 
Where the effect of discounting is material, provisions are discounted and the discount rate used is a pre-tax rate that reflects current 
market assessments of the time value of money and, where appropriate, the risks specific to the liability.

Specific policies:

 (cid:81) A provision for onerous contracts is recognised when the expected benefits to be derived by the Group from a contract are lower 

than the unavoidable cost of meeting the obligations under the contract.

 (cid:81) A provision for restructuring is recognised only if the Group has approved a detailed formal plan and raised a valid expectation 
among those parties directly affected, that the plan will be carried out either by having begun implementation or by publicly 
announcing the plan’s main features.

 (cid:81) No provision is made for future operating costs or losses.

A18: Segment reporting
The Group’s results are analysed and reported consistent with the way that management and the Board of Directors considers 
information when making operating decisions and the basis on which resources are allocated and performance assessed by 
management and the Board of Directors, covering both core and non-core operations. The core operating segments are Emerging 
Markets, Nordic, Retail Europe and Wealth Management (collectively being Long-Term Savings) plus Nedbank, Mutual & Federal 
(M&F), US Asset Management and Other operations (which includes the Group head office functions). The non-core operating 
segment includes US Life and the Bermuda segments. The above reported segments have been revised during the year to reflect 
the reclassification of US Life as non-core and discontinued, with the comparative information having been revised to report on a 
consistent basis to the amended structure. 

There are four principal business activities from which the Group generates revenues. These are life assurance (premium income), 
asset management business (fee and commission income), banking (banking interest receivable) and general insurance (premium 
income). The revenues generated in each reported segment can be seen in the analysis of profits and losses in note B.

The information reflected in note B reflects the measures of profit and loss, assets and liabilities for each operating segment as 
regularly provided to management and the Board of Directors. There are no differences between the measurement of the assets  
and liabilities reflected in the primary statements and that reported for the segments. A reconciliation between the segment revenues 
and expenses and the Group’s revenues and expenses is shown in note B. 

In line with internal reporting, assets, liabilities, revenues or expenses that are not directly attributable to a particular segment  
are allocated between segments where appropriate and where there is a reasonable basis for doing so. The Group accounts for 
inter-segment revenues and transfers as if the transactions were with third parties at current market prices. Given the nature of the 
operations, there are no major customers within any of the segments.

Reclassifications of comparative segment information have been made to align segment information to the Group’s revised 
management reporting structure described above. There was no impact on net profit or net assets.

A19: Treasury shares
Upon consolidation, the statement of financial position and income statement are adjusted for own shares held in policyholder  
funds, Employee Share Ownership Trusts (ESOPs), and Black Economic Empowerment Trusts consolidated within the Group’s 
financial statements.

Own shares are deducted from equity. On purchase, the cost of the shares acquired is deducted from equity. Subsequently,  
any proceeds from the sale or cancellation of own equity instruments are recognised in equity.

Income in relation to own shares, both dividends received and unrealised gains and losses, are eliminated before stating the profit  
for the year. 

In calculating basic earnings per share, the exclusion of income in respect of own shares from the income statement requires the 
corresponding exclusion of own shares from the weighted average number of shares. When calculating diluted earnings per share, 
the number of shares included in the weighted average reflects the potential issue in respect of the own shares held.

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A20: Share capital
Ordinary and preference share capital (including perpetual preferred callable securities) is classified as equity if it is  
non-redeemable by the shareholder and any dividends are discretionary and coupon payments are recognised as distributions 
within equity.

Preference share capital is classified as a liability if it is redeemable on a specific date or at the option of the shareholders or if 
dividend payments are not discretionary. Coupon payments thereon are recognised in the income statement as interest expense.

A21: Dividends
Dividends payable to holders of equity instruments are recognised in the period in which they are authorised or approved. Interim 
dividends payable to holders of the Group’s ordinary share capital are authorised by the directors of the Parent Company, the final 
dividend typically requires shareholder approval.

A22: Liquidity analysis of the statement of financial position
The Group’s statement of financial position is in order of liquidity as is permitted by IAS 1 ‘Presentation of Financial Statements’.  
In order to satisfy the requirements of IAS 1, the following analysis is given to describe how statement of financial position lines  
are categorised between current and non-current balances, applying the principles laid out in IAS 1.

The following statement of financial position captions are generally classified as current – cash and cash equivalents, non-current 
assets held for sale, client indebtedness for acceptances, current tax receivable, third-party interests in the consolidation of funds, 
current tax payable, liabilities under acceptances and non-current liabilities held for sale. The following balances are generally 
classified as non-current – goodwill and other intangible assets, mandatory reserve deposits with central banks, property, plant and 
equipment, investment property, deferred tax assets, investments in associated undertakings and jointly controlled operations, 
deferred acquisition costs, deposits held with reinsurers, provisions, deferred revenue and deferred tax liabilities.

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The following balances include both current and non-current portions – reinsurers’ shares of life assurance and general insurance 
business policyholder liabilities, loans and advances, investments and securities, other assets, derivative financial assets and 
liabilities, life assurance and general insurance policyholder liabilities, borrowed funds, amounts owed to bank depositors and other 
liabilities. The split between the current and non-current portions for these assets and liabilities is given either by way of a footnote  
to the relevant note to the accounts or by way of a maturity analysis (in respect of major financial liability captions).

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A23: Funds under management
‘Funds under management’ represents a measure of the value of customer assets managed by the Group’s insurance and asset 
management operating segments.

Accounting treatment of funds under management depends on the nature of the contractual relationship with the customer and 
generally conforms to the following basic principles:

 (cid:81) Contracts with customers that involve a policy of insurance between the customer and the insurer are accounted for ‘on-balance 

sheet’ and follow the accounting policies set out in A4. For such contracts, there is a legal transfer of funds between the 
customer and the insurer, and accounting recognition follows this contractual form, in accordance with insurance practice  
under IFRS 4, ‘Insurance Contracts’ (‘IFRS 4’). The amount due to the policyholder is accounted for as a liability (generally in life 
assurance policyholder liabilities), the funds received are invested by the insurer in financial and other assets, which are recorded 
on-balance sheet.

 (cid:81) Customer funds related to asset/investment management contracts with the investor, where the investor only has a service 

relationship with the Group and where the contractual terms do not result in a transfer of ownership of the investor’s assets to  
the insurer or asset manager, are not recognised on the Group’s balance sheet but are only included as part of the funds under 
management measure. The Group has no legal entitlement to the investor’s assets, nor any requirement to recognise a liability to 
the investor.

Note B5 on page 212 provides an analysis of funds under management. The lines ‘life assurance policyholder funds’ and 
‘shareholder funds’ represent on-balance sheet funds under management, whereas the lines ‘unit trusts and mutual funds’ and 
‘third-party client funds’ are off-balance sheet.

A24: Standards, amendments to standards, and interpretations adopted in the 2010 annual financial statements
The following standards, amendments to standards and interpretations, which are relevant to the Group, have been adopted in these 
financial statements:

 (cid:81)

IAS 32 ‘Financial Instruments: Presentation’ (amendment in respect of accounting for rights issues, effective 1 February 2010). 
The amendment addresses the accounting for rights issues that are denominated in a currency other than the functional 
currency of the Group. The amendment is not expected to have an impact on the Group’s financial statements.

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For the year ended 31 December 2010 continued

A25: Standards and interpretations that have previously been early-adopted in the Group’s annual financial statements
The following standards and interpretations have been previously early-adopted in the Group’s financial statements.

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IFRS 2 ‘Share-based payment’ (amendments effective 1 January 2010). The Group early-adopted the amendments to IFRS 2 
‘Share-based Payment’, ‘Group Cash-settled Share-based Payment Transactions’ issued in June 2009. These amendments 
introduce guidance on the treatment of Group cash-settled share-based payment arrangements and consolidate the previous 
requirements set out in IFRIC 8, ‘Scope of IFRS 2’ and IFRIC 11 ‘IFRS 2 – Group and Treasury Share Transactions’. There were 
no material impacts arising from the implementation of this amendment.
IFRS 3 ‘Business Combinations’ (revised 2008) and IAS 27 ‘Consolidated and Separate Financial Statements’ (revised 2008) 
(effective 1 July 2009). The Group early-adopted the provisions of the revised version of IFRS 3 ‘Business Combinations’ together 
with the corresponding amendments to IAS 27 ‘Consolidated and Separate Financial Statements’ in these financial statements. 
No retrospective application of the standards is required. Details of the accounting policy for business combinations are given  
in A3.
IFRS 5 ‘Non-current Assets Held for Sale and Discontinued Operations’ (consequential amendment effective 1 July 2009). The 
Group early-adopted the consequential amendment clarifying that assets and liabilities of a subsidiary should be classified as 
held for sale if the Group is committed to a plan involving loss of control, regardless of whether the Group will retain a non-
controlling interest after the sale.
IAS 28 ‘Investments in Associates’ and IAS 31 ‘Interests in Joint Ventures’ (consequential amendments effective 1 July 2009 
arising from the changes to IFRS 3 and IAS 27). The Group early-adopted the consequential amendments to IAS 28 and IAS 31 
arising as a result of the early-adoption of IFRS 3 and IAS 27 (revised 2008). There were no material impacts arising from the 
implementation of these amendments.
IAS 39 ‘Financial Instruments: Recognition and Measurement’ (effective 1 July 2009). The Group early-adopted amendments 
made to clarify two hedge accounting issues: i) inflation in a financial hedged item and ii) a one sided risk in a hedged item.  
The amendments had no impact on the Group’s financial statements.

A26: Future standards, amendments to standards, and interpretations not early-adopted in the 2010 annual  
financial statements
At the date of authorisation of these financial statements the following standards, amendments to standards, and interpretations, 
which are relevant to the Group, have been issued by the International Accounting Standards Board, although the EU has not yet 
endorsed all of them. 

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IAS 24 Related Party Disclosures (Amendment). The amended standard is effective for annual periods beginning on or after  
1 January 2011. It clarifies the definition of a related party to simplify the identification of such relationships and to eliminate 
inconsistencies in its application. The revised standard introduced a partial exemption of disclosure requirements for 
government-related entities. The Group does not expect any impact on its financial position or performance. Early adoption  
is permitted for either the partial exemption for government-related entities or for the entire standard.
IFRS 9 ‘Financial Instruments’ (effective 1 January 2013) is a new standard on financial instruments that will eventually replace 
IAS 39. The published standard introduces changes to the current IAS 39 rules for classification and measurement of financial 
assets. Under IFRS 9 there will be two measurement bases for financial assets, amortised cost and fair value. Financial assets  
at fair value will be recorded at fair value through the income statement with a limited opportunity to record changes in fair value 
of certain equity instruments through other comprehensive income. The main impact for the Group will be the reclassification  
of the Bermuda business’ bond portfolios from ‘available-for-sale’ (fair value changes through other comprehensive income)  
to amortised cost or fair value through the income statement. Financial liabilities are excluded from the scope of the standard. 
The Group is currently assessing the full impacts of the standard on its financial statements. The standard has not yet to be 
endorsed by the EU.
IFRIC 19 ‘Extinguishing Financial Liabilities with Equity Instruments’ (effective 1 July 2010). IFRIC 19 clarifies the treatment  
of transactions whereby equity instruments are issued in order to extinguish all or part of a financial liability. IFRIC 19, which  
has been endorsed by the EU, is not expected to have any impact on the Group’s annual financial statements.
IFRIC 14 Prepayments of a minimum funding requirement. The amendment to IFRIC 14 is effective for annual periods beginning 
on or after 1 January 2011 with retrospective application. The amendment provides guidance on assessing the recoverable 
amount of a net pension asset. The amendment permits an entity to treat the prepayment of a minimum funding requirement  
as an asset. The amendment is deemed to have no impact on the financial statements of the Group.
IFRS 7 Disclosures – Transfers of Financial Assets (Amendments to IFRS 7) was issued in October 2010. The amendments  
to IFRS 7 ‘Financial Instruments: Disclosures’ require enhancements to the existing disclosures where an asset is transferred  
but is not derecognised and introduce new disclosures for assets that are derecognised but the entity continues to have a 
continuing exposure to the asset after the sale. These amendments are effective for annual periods beginning on or after  
1 July 2011. Early application of the amendments is permitted. The Group is currently assessing the full impacts of these 
disclosure requirements on its financial statements. The standard has not yet been endorsed by the EU.

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B: Segment information
B1: Basis of segmentation
The Group’s core operations are Emerging Markets, Nordic, Retail Europe and Wealth Management (collectively Long-Term Savings), 
Nedbank, Mutual & Federal, US Asset Management and Other (including the Group head office functions). The Bermuda operating 
segment is regarded as non-core. This is consistent with the revised way that management and the Board of Directors considers 
information when making operating decisions and is the basis on which resources are allocated and performance assessed by 
management and the Board of Directors, being in line with that reported in the previous financial year. This information is presented 
to the Board in local currency however this note is presented in pounds sterling, the presentation currency of the Group. As detailed 
above US Life has been reclassified as discontinued and as a result also non-core with the comparative segment information 
restated accordingly, with this resulting in a reduction in adjusted operating profit before tax and non-controlling interest of £49 
million for the year ended 31 December 2009. The Group generates revenue from four principal business activities: life assurance, 
asset management, banking and general insurance. The types of products and services from which each operating segment derives 
its revenues are as follows:

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Mutual & Federal – general insurance

US Asset Management – asset management

Other – other operating segments and business activities

Non-core operations
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Adjusted operating profit is one of the key measures reported to the Group’s management and Board of Directors for their 
consideration in the allocation of resources to and the review of performance of the segments. The Group utilises additional 
measures to assess the performance of each of the segments, in particular the level of net client cash flows and funds under 
management. Additional performance measures considered by management and the Board of Directors in assessing the 
performance of the segments can be found in the Market Consistent Embedded Value basis supplementary information  
presented on pages 332 to 383.

In the analysis that follows, consolidation adjustments include the elimination of inter-segment revenues, expenses, assets and 
liabilities together with the impacts of the consolidation of the Group’s interest in unit trusts, mutual funds and similar entities.

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B2: Adjusted operating profit statement – segment information year ended 31 December 2010

Revenue
Gross earned premiums
Outward reinsurance

Net earned premiums
Investment return (non-banking)
Banking interest and similar income
Banking trading, investment and similar income
Fee and commission income, and income from service activities
Other income
Inter–segment revenues

Total revenues

Expenses
Claims and benefits (including change in insurance contract 

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Reinsurance recoveries

Net claims and benefits incurred
Change in investment contract liabilities
Losses on loans and advances
Finance costs (including interest and similar expenses)
Banking interest payable and similar expenses
Fee and commission expenses, and other acquisition costs
Other operating and administrative expenses
Goodwill impairment
Change in third–party interest in consolidated funds
Amortisation of PVIF and other acquired intangibles
Income tax attributable to policyholder returns
Inter-segment expenses

Total expenses

Share of associated undertakings’ and joint ventures’  

profit/(loss) after tax

Loss on disposal of subsidiaries, associated undertakings and 

strategic investments

Adjusted operating profit/(loss) before tax and non-

controlling interests

Tax expense
Non-controlling interests

Adjusted operating profit/(loss) after tax and non-

controlling interests

Adjusting items net of tax and non-controlling interests

Profit/(loss) after tax from continuing operations
Loss from discontinued operations after tax

Profit/(loss) after tax attributable to equity holders of the 

parent

Long-Term Savings

Emerging 
Markets

Nordic

Retail  

Europe

Wealth 
Management

Total 
Long-Term 
Savings

2,353
(72)

2,281
4,072
–
–
372
72
54

6,851

(3,943)
83

(3,860)
(1,261)
–
–
–
(219)
(941)
–
–
–
(32)
(2)

(6,315)

3

–

539
(146)
(1)

392
(1)

391
–

391

122
(5)

117
1,144
169
5
238
8
20

1,701

(83)
5

(78)
(1,066)
(4)
–
(78)
(62)
(255)
–
–
–
(48)
(2)

(1,593)

2

–

110
(20)
–

90
(87)

3
–

3

28
(8)

20
392
–
–
198
–
5

615

(25)
5

(20)
(382)
(1)
–
–
(75)
(84)
–
–
–
–
(2)

(564)

–

–

51
(13)
–

38
(25)

13
–

13

351
(79)

272
4,409
–
–
912
11
12

5,616

(303)
75

(228)
(4,190)
–
–
–
(500)
(390)
–
–
–
(69)
(43)

2,854
(164)

2,690
10,017
169
5
1,720
91
91

14,783

(4,354)
168

(4,186)
(6,899)
(5)
–
(78)
(856)
(1,670)
–
–
–
(149)
(49)

(5,420)

(13,892)

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–

197
(44)
–

153
(140)

13
–

13

6

–

897
(223)
(1)

673
(253)

420
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420

Of the total revenues, excluding intercompany revenues, £5,143 million was generated in the UK (2009: £5,544 million), £2,937 million in rest of Europe (2009: 
£3,938 million), £12,575 million in South Africa (2009: £10,084 million), £829 million in United States (2009: £993 million) and £90 million relates to other 
operating segments (2009: £81 million).

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Adjusted 
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Adjusting 
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 (Note C1)

Non-core  
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IFRS Income 
statement 

£m

–
–

–
–
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199
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35
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–
–

–
–
(548)
–
(2,422)
(3)
(1,485)
–
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–
–
(54)

(4,512)

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(128)
(232)

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10 

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–

251

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(140)

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–
28
–
20

692

(436)
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(378)
–
–
–
–
(109)
(83)
–
–
–
–
(20)

(590)

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(24)
(5)

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(11)

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–
–

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–
–
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–
–

–
–
–
–
–
(23)
(384)
–
–
–
–
–

(407)

–

–

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(17)
–

70
(20)

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–

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–
–

–
61
–
–
1
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–
–

–
–
1
(128)
–
–
(93)
–
–
–
–
(77)

(297)

–

–

(207)
45 
(41)

(203)
(151)

(354)
–

(354)

–
–

–
435
–
–
–
3
(207)

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–
–

–
–
–
–
–
(36)
(14)
–
(388)
–
–
207 

(231)

–

–

–
–
–

–
–

–
–

–

3,582
(304)

3,278
10,585
4,082
204
3,160
137
(43)

21,403

(4,790)
226

(4,564)
(6,899)
(552)
(128)
(2,500)
(1,027)
(3,729)
–
(388)
–
(149)
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(19,929)

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1,481
(347)
(279)

855
(425)

430
–

430

–
–

–
(93)
–
–
(99)
–
–

(192)

–
–

–
–
–
(141)
(19)
149
41
(1)
–
(297)
149 
–

(119)

–

(22)

(333)
(113)
21

(425)
425

–
–

–

–
(1)

(1)
299
–
–
–
22
43

363

(249)
1

(248)
–
–
–
–
(85)
(26)
–
–
–
–
(7)

(366)

–

–

(3)
4
–

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–

1
(713)

(712)

3,582 
(305)

3,277
10,791
4,082
204
3,061
159
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21,574

(5,039)
227

(4,812)
(6,899)
(552)
(269)
(2,519)
(963)
(3,714)
(1)
(388)
(297)
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– 

(20,414)

7

(22)

1,145
(456)
(258)

431
–

431
(713)

(282)

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after tax, with these reflecting the results of US Life which has been classified as a discontinued operation as detailed in notes A1 and B1. Bermuda profit after 
tax for 2010 was £22 million. Further detail on the results of discontinued operations is provided in note H1.

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FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
For the year ended 31 December 2010 continued

B: Segment information continued
B2: Adjusted operating profit statement – segment information year ended 31 December 2009 (restated)

Long-Term Savings

Emerging 
Markets

Nordic

Retail Europe

Wealth 
Management

Total 
Long-Term 
Savings

Revenue
Gross earned premiums
Outward reinsurance

Net earned premiums
Investment return (non-banking)
Banking interest and similar income
Banking trading, investment and similar income
Fee and commission income, and income from service activities
Other income
Inter-segment revenues

Total revenues

Expenses
Claims and benefits (including change in insurance contract 

provisions)

Reinsurance recoveries

Net claims and benefits incurred
Change in investment contract liabilities
Losses on loans and advances
Finance costs (including interest and similar expenses)
Banking interest payable and similar expenses
Fee and commission expenses, and other acquisition costs
Other operating and administrative expenses
Goodwill impairment
Change in third-party interest in consolidated funds
Amortisation of PVIF and other acquired intangibles
Income tax attributable to policyholder returns
Inter-segment expenses

Total expenses

Share of associated undertakings’ and joint ventures’ profit/(loss) 

after tax

Profit on disposal of subsidiaries, associated undertakings and 

strategic investments

Adjusted operating profit/(loss) before tax and non-

controlling interests

Tax expense
Non-controlling interests

Adjusted operating profit/(loss) after tax and non-

controlling interests

Adjusting items net of tax and non-controlling interests

Profit/(loss) after tax from continuing operations
Loss from discontinued operations after tax

Profit/(loss) after tax attributable to equity holders  

of the parent

1,946
(56)

1,890
2,636
–
–
305
65
55

4,951

(2,551)
76

(2,475)
(1,040)
–
–
–
(184)
(768)
–
–
–
(37)
(5)

(4,509)

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–

446
(130)
(2)

314
(200)

114
–

114

109
(5)

104
2,035
157
–
190
6
32

2,524

(72)
2

(70)
(1,972)
(5)
–
(70)
(53)
(215)
–
–
–
(39)
(38)

(2,462)

–

–

62
9
–

71
(4)

67
–

67

31
(8)

23
564
–
–
189
–
10

786

(37)
5

(32)
(554)
(1)
–
–
(79)
(96)
–
–
–
–
(2)

(764)

–

–

22
(8)
–

14
(228)

(214)
–

(214)

315
(81)

234
4,997
–
–
746
24
27

6,028

(255)
46

(209)
(4,775)
–
–
–
(394)
(380)
–
–
–
(116)
(48)

2,401
(150)

2,251
10,232
157
–
1,430
95
124

14,289

(2,915)
129

(2,786)
(8,341)
(6)
–
(70)
(710)
(1,459)
–
–
–
(192)
(93)

(5,922)

(13,657)

–

–

106
(20)
–

86
(225)

(139)
–

(139)

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(149)
(2)

485
(657)

(172)
–

(172)

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IFRS Income 
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–
–
–
(106)
(64)
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–
–
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–

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–
–
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–
–

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–
–
–
–
(18)
(354)
–
–
–
–
–

(372)

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–

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(19)
–

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–

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–
–

–
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–
–
–
–
30

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–
–

–
–
–
(104)
–
–
(84)
–
–
–
–
(55)

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(126)
(4)
(34)

(164)
(241)

(405)
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(405)

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–

–
509
–
–
(6)
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–
–

–
–
–
–
–
(12)
(22)
–
(470)
–
–
251

(253)

–

–

–
–
–

–
–

–
–

–

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(267)

2,746
10,903
3,989
168
2,538
174
(31)

20,487

(3,327)
201

(3,126)
(8,341)
(511)
(104)
(2,627)
(848)
(3,150)
–
(470)
–
(192)
13

 (19,356)

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–

1,133
(283)
(245)

605
(886)

(281)
–

(281)

–
–

–
(275)
–
–
(116)
–
–

(391)

–
–

–
–
–
(218)
–
167
97
(266)
–
(312)
192
–

(340)

–

(50)

(781)
(128)
23

(886)
886

–
–

–

7
–

7
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–
–
–
22
31

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(459)
(1)

(460)
(4)
–
–
–
(47)
(19)
–
–
–
–
(13)

(543)

–

–

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11
–

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–

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(59)

3,020
(267)

2,753
11,112
3,989
168
2,422
196
–

20,640

(3,786)
200

(3,586)
(8,345)
(511)
(322)
(2,627)
(728)
(3,072)
(266)
(470)
(312)
–
–

(20,239)

2

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(400)
(222)

(269)
–

(269)
(71)

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Bermuda profit after tax for 2009 was £33 million. Further detail on the results of discontinued operations is provided in note H1.

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FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
For the year ended 31 December 2010 continued

B: Segment information continued 
B3: Gross earned premiums

Year ended 31 December 2010

Life assurance – insurance contracts
Life assurance – investment contracts with discretionary 

participation features

General insurance

Gross earned premiums

Long-Term Savings

Emerging 
Markets

Nordic Retail Europe

Wealth 
Management

Total  
Long-Term 
Savings

1,498

855
–

2,353

122

–
–

122

28

–
–

28

351

–
–

351

1,999

855
–

2,854

Life assurance – other investment contracts recognised  

as deposits

1,829

1,040

656

6,287

9,812

Year ended 31 December 2009

Long-Term Savings

Emerging 
Markets

Nordic

Retail Europe

Wealth 
Management

Total 
Long-Term 
Savings

Life assurance – insurance contracts 
Life assurance – investment contracts with discretionary 

participation features

General insurance

Gross earned premiums

1,287

659
–

1,946

109

–
–

109

31

–
–

31

315

–
–

315

1,742

659
–

2,401

Life assurance – other investment contracts recognised 

as deposits

2,726

1,199

733

4,906

9,564

B4: Impairments of financial assets

Nordic

Total Long-Term Savings
Nedbank
Bermuda

Total

£m

Year ended 
31 December 
2010

Year ended  
31 December 
2009

4

4
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–

551

5

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504
13

522

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–

–

–

Nedbank

–

–
–

–

–

M&F

–

–
728

728

–

M&F

–

–
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Total core  
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Non-core  

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–

–

–

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855
728

3,582

9,812

–

–
–

–

–

USAM

Total core  
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Non-core 
 operations

Total  

Restated

–

–
–

–

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9,564

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–

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For the year ended 31 December 2010 continued

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B5: Funds under management

As at 31 December 2010

Life assurance policyholder funds
Unit trusts and mutual funds
Third-party client funds

Total client funds under management
Shareholder funds

Total funds under management

As at 31 December 2009

Life assurance policyholder funds
Unit trusts and mutual funds
Third-party client funds

Total client funds under management
Shareholder funds

Total funds under management

Emerging 
Markets

31,750
10,613
11,732

54,095
2,882

56,977

Emerging 
Markets

 25,454
7,686
8,229

41,369
2,130

43,499

Long-Term Savings

Nordic

11,722
1,800
–

13,522
431

13,953

Nordic

9,221
1,428
–

10,649
360

11,009

Retail  

Europe

Wealth 
Management

4,317
398
–

4,715
245

4,960

40,401
14,525
–

54,926
958

55,884

Long-Term Savings

Retail  

Europe

Wealth 
Management

3,569
391
–

3,960
210

4,170

34,721
11,308
–

46,029
830

46,859

Total  
Long-Term 
Savings

88,190
27,336
11,732

127,258
4,516

131,774

Total  
Long-Term 
Savings

72,965
20,813
8,229

102,007
3,530

105,537

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846
5,713
4,164

10,723
–

10,723

Nedbank

658
3,775
3,800

8,233
–

8,233

M&F

–
–
–

–
210

210

M&F

–
–
–

–
162

162

USAM

3,846
4,974
157,555

166,375
226

166,601

USAM

6,789
4,095
150,423

161,307
169

161,476

Total core  
operations

Non-core 
 operations 

92,882
38,023
173,451

304,356
4,952

309,308

Total core  
operations

80,412
28,683
162,452

271,547
3,861

275,408

13,489
–
–

13,489
–

13,489

Non-core  
operations 

9,602
–
–

9,602
–

9,602

£m

Total

106,371
38,023
173,451

317,845
4,952

322,797

Total

90,014
28,683
162,452

281,149
3,861

285,010

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For the year ended 31 December 2010 continued

B: Segment information continued 
B6: Statement of financial position – segment information year ended 31 December 2010 

At 31 December 2010

Assets
Goodwill and other intangible assets
  Goodwill
  Present value of acquired in-force business
  Software development
  Other intangibles
Mandatory reserve deposits with central banks
Property, plant and equipment
Investment property
Deferred tax assets
Investments in associated undertakings and joint 

ventures

Deferred acquisition costs
Insurance contracts
Investment contracts

  Asset management

Reinsurers’ share of life assurance policyholder liabilities

Insurance contracts

  Unit–linked investment contracts and similar contracts
  Outstanding claims
Reinsurers’ share of general insurance liabilities
Deposits held with reinsurers
Loans and advances
  Policyholder loans
  Other loans and advances
Investments and securities
  Government and government–guaranteed securities
  Listed other debt securities, preference shares and 

debentures

  Unlisted other debt securities, preference shares 

and debentures

  Listed equity securities
  Unlisted equity securities
  Listed pooled investments
  Unlisted pooled investments

 Short–term funds and securities treated as 
investments
  Other securities
Current tax receivable
Client indebtedness for acceptances
Trade, other receivables and other assets
Derivative financial instruments – assets
Cash and cash equivalents
Non–current assets held for sale
Inter-segment assets

Total assets

Notes

F1

F2

F3

F8 (a)

G5

F4

E8

E8

E8

E3

E4

F5

E6

H2

Long-Term Savings

Emerging 
Markets

Nordic

Retail 
 Europe

Wealth 
Management

Total  
Long-Term 
Savings

120
101
–
11
8
–
396
1,679
96

26
139
1
118
20

24
24
–
–
–
–
343
63
280
34,519
4,704

995
243
568
4
180
–
12
–
78

4
66
14
52
–

12
1
8
3
–
–
5,216
–
5,216
13,392
167

522
198
246
3
75
–
3
–
27

–
316
7
306
3

8
2
–
6
–
–
1
1
–
4,466
74

1,463
655
593
20
195
–
16
–
27

1
855
47
711
97

907
83
813
11
–
–
185
185
–
40,856
272

3,100
1,197
1,407
38
458
–
427
1,679
228

31
1,376
69
1,187
120

951
110
821
20
–
–
5,745
249
5,496
93,233
5,217

2,324

2,798

46

–

5,168

4,209
10,991
1,945
672
7,936

1,704
34
4
–
854
557
1,141
–
947

–
–
4
408
10,015

–
–
1
–
191
10
198
–
58

20
7
–
3
4,316

–
–
9
–
58
–
93
–
56

140
–
–
1,779
37,671

994
–
95
–
274
–
336
6
294

4,369
10,998
1,949
2,862
59,938

2,698
34
109
–
1,377
567
1,768
6
1,355

40,845

20,233

5,559

45,315

111,952

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1,079
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19
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–
–
–
–
46,032
–
46,032
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1,997

3,730

–
52
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866
–

–
–
47
190
943
1,350
841
1
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33
13
–
20
–
–
25
–
12

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19
19
–
–

–
–
–
–
122
2
1
–
1
553
–

2

4
119
8
43
–

377
–
–
–
82
–
131
–
23

1,181
1,155
–
–
26
–
16
–
148

8
14
–
–
14

–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
218
–

–

–
–
–
179
39

–
–
–
–
138
–
171
–
4

14
13
–
1
–
–
1
1
–

25
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
109
–

52

–
–
– 
1
3

19
34
–
–
62
109
458
–
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58,929

1,005

1,898

1,754

–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–

–
124
124
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
2,567
17

323

201
–
5
1,919
–

102
–
–
–
1,038
1
74
–
874

4,678

–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–

–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
–
12,384
47

12,431

–
–
–
–
–
–
–
341
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
2,587
2,044

2,081

–
12,033
48
2,721
(16,528)

156
32
–
–
292
476
689
–
(3,480)

905

£m

Total

4,965
2,831
1,407
243
484
1,079
1,015
2,040
416

162
1,534
212
1,187
135

982
141
821
20
122
2
51,778
249
51,529
106,153
9,275

11,356

4,574
23,202
2,251
8,591
43,452

3,352
100
156
190
3,932
2,503
4,132
12,391
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FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
For the year ended 31 December 2010 continued

B: Segment information continued 
B6: Statement of financial position – segment information year ended 31 December 2010 continued

Long-Term Savings

At 31 December 2010

Liabilities
Life assurance policyholder liabilities

Insurance contracts

  Unit-linked investment contracts and similar contracts
  Other investment contracts
  Discretionary participating investment contracts
  Outstanding claims
General insurance liabilities
Third–party interests in consolidated funds
Borrowed funds
  Senior debt securities
  Mortgage backed securities
  Subordinated debt securities
Provisions
Deferred revenue
  Life assurance
  Asset management
  General insurance
Deferred tax liabilities
Current tax payable
Trade, other payables and other liabilities
Liabilities under acceptances
Amounts owed to bank depositors
Derivative financial instruments – liabilities
Non-current liabilities held for sale
Inter-segment liabilities

Total liabilities

Net assets

Equity
Equity attributable to equity holders of the parent

Non-controlling interests
  Non-controlling interests – ordinary shares
  Non-controlling interests – preference shares

Notes

E8

E8

E9

F6

F7

F8

F9

E10

E6

Emerging 
Markets

35,676
14,122
12,789
137
8,249
379
–
–
291
–
–
291
158
22
17
5
–
225
123
2,246
–
–
135
–
123

38,999

1,846

Nordic

12,248
45
12,094
–
–
109 
–
–
2
2
–
–
(38)
1
1
–
–
98
12
259
–
5,957
10
–
1

18,550

1,683

Retail  

Europe

Wealth 
Management

Total  
Long-Term 
Savings

4,460
130
4,308
–
–
22
–
–
–
–
–
–
4
197
194
3
–
124
4
94
–
–
–
–
4

4,887

672

41,468
1,109
40,347
–
–
12
–
–
1
–
–
1
50
498
408
90
–
224
65
544
–
–
–
–
99

42,949

2,366

93,852
15,406
69,538
137
8,249
522
–
–
294
2
–
292
174
718
620
98
–
671
204
3,143
–
5,957
145
–
227

105,385

6,567

F10

1,847

1,683

672

2,366

6,568

F11(b)

F11(b)

(1)
(1)
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

(1)
(1)
–

Total equity

1,846

1,683

672

2,366

6,567

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policyholder funds. These include investments in the Company’s ordinary shares and subordinated liabilities and preferred securities issued by the Group’s 
banking subsidiary Nedbank Limited. All Emerging Markets debt relates to life assurance. All other debt relates to other shareholders’ net assets.

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Nedbank

M&F

USAM

Other

Bermuda

US Life

Consolidation 
adjustments

846
136
–
710
–
–
–
–
2,456
1,186
112
1,158
(4)
1
1
–
–
158
12
1,717
190
47,279
1,172
–
431

54,258

4,671

2,643

2,028
1,714
314

4,671

–
–
–
–
–
–
397
–
–
–
–
–
40
11
–
–
11
13
1
114
–
–
–
–
2

578

427

409

18
18
–

427

–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
11
11
–
–
3
–
–
–
–
–
7
210
–
–
–
–
803

1,034

864

832

32
32
–

864

–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
1,443
537
–
906
47
–
–
–
–
16
13
120
–
–
102
–
1,860

3,601

(1,847)

3,933
3,635
–
298
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
1
7 
–
–
–
–
–

3,941

737

(2,293)

737 

446 
–
446

–
–
–

(1,847)

737

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
12,219
157

12,376

55

55

–
–
–

55

–
–
–
–
–
–
–
3,584
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
350
–
–
451
–
(3,480)

905

–

–

–
–
–

–

£m

Total 

98,631
19,177
69,538
1,145
8,249
522
397
3,584
4,204
1,736
112
2,356
260
730
621
98
11
858
238
5,661
190
53,236
1,870
12,219
–

182,078

11,474

8,951

2,523
1,763
760

11,474

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For the year ended 31 December 2010 continued

B: Segment information continued
B6: Statement of financial position – segment information year ended 31 December 2009

Notes

F1

F2

F3

F8(a)

G5

F4

E8

E8

E8

E3

E4

F5

E6

H2

Emerging 
Markets

106
91
–
6
9
–
336
1,518
54

20
123
–
107
16

11
11

–

–
–
–
340
58
282
27,603

Nordic

1,035
219
624
1
191
–
7
–
108

2
49
2
47
–

10
7

–

3
–
108
4,209
2
4,207
10,836

3,586

150

1,825

1,453

2,989
8,854
1,223
457
6,123

2,543

3
4
–
630
327
189
–
1,352

–
1
15
547
8,670

–

–
4
–
155
9
344
–
59

Long-Term Savings

Retail  

Europe

Wealth 
Management

Total  
Long-Term 
Savings

563
204
265
3
91
–
4
–
17

–
275
–
271
4

6
4

–

2
–
–
2
2
–
3,693

60

53

2
10
–
–
3,568

–

–
16
–
58
–
81
–
23

1,602
656
671
35
240
–
19
2
23

–
778
50
654
74

772
45

717

10
–
–
148
148
–
35,120

251

–

104
–
–
437
34,327

1

–
86
–
232
–
278
–
277

3,306
1,170
1,560
45
531
–
366
1,520
202

22
1,225
52
1,079
94

799
67

717

15
–
108
4,699
210
4,489
77,252

4,047

3,331

3,095
8,865
1,238
1,441
52,688

2,544

3
110
–
1,075
336
892
–
1,711

32,613

16,935

4,738

39,337

93,623

At 31 December 2009

Assets
Goodwill and other intangible assets
  Goodwill
  Present value of acquired in-force business
  Software development
  Other intangibles
Mandatory reserve deposits with central banks
Property, plant and equipment
Investment property
Deferred tax assets
Investments in associated undertakings and joint 

ventures

Deferred acquisition costs
Insurance contracts
Investment contracts

  Asset management
Reinsurers’ share of life assurance policyholder 

liabilities
Insurance contracts

  Unit-linked investment contracts and similar 

contracts

  Outstanding claims
Reinsurers’ share of general insurance liabilities
Deposits held with reinsurers
Loans and advances
  Policyholder loans
  Other loans and advances
Investments and securities
  Government and government-guaranteed 

securities

  Listed other debt securities, preference shares and 

debentures

  Unlisted other debt securities, preference shares 

and debentures

  Listed equity securities
  Unlisted equity securities
  Listed pooled investments
  Unlisted pooled investments
  Short-term funds and securities treated as 

investments

  Other securities
Current tax receivable
Client indebtedness for acceptances
Trade, other receivables and other assets 
Derivative financial instruments – assets
Cash and cash equivalents
Non-current assets held for sale
Inter-segment assets

Total assets

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–
882
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82
2
–
–
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22
22

–

–
–
–
37,638
–
37,638
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2,532

–
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–

–

–
51
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432
1,067
660
1
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11
–
19
–
–
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–
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17
17
–
–

–
–

–

–
120
3
2
–
2
425

–

2

4
87
6
41
–

285

–
–
–
96
–
79
–
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1,171
1,142
–
1
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–
19
–
147

7
29
–
–
29

–
–

–

–
–
–
–
–
–
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–

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–
–
–
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–

–
–
–
126
–
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–
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1,835

13
13
–
–
–
–
2
–
8

24
–
–
–
–

–
–

–

–
–
–
–
–
–
43

–

–

–
–
–
–
–

–

43
8
–
111
154
425
–
1,363

2,151

2
–
–
2
–
–
–
–
–

–
194
194
–
–

–
–

–

–
–
–
–
–
–
2,942

–

461

167
–
37
2,059
–

218

–
–
–
878
–
32
–
564

94
–
89
5
–
–
1
–
183

–
1,671
1,671
–
–

475
450

–

25
–
35
54
53
1
10,045

302

6,766

2,439
–
–
3
16

519

–
–
–
213
187
4
–
74

4,612

13,036

–
–
–
–
–
–
–
221
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–

–

–
–
–
–
–
–
2,091

1,775

1,729

–
9,503
–
1,400
(12,678)

293

69
–
–
120
802
717
–
(3,909)

42

£m

Total 

5,159
2,729
1,649
222
559
882
828
1,759
570

135
3,138
1,934
1,079
125

1,296
539

717

40
120
146
42,393
263
42,130
98,461

8,168

14,821

5,705
18,496
1,490
5,741
40,066

3,859

115
169
170
3,051
2,546
2,982
1
–

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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED  
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
For the year ended 31 December 2010 continued

B: Segment information continued 
B6: Statement of financial position – segment information year ended 31 December 2009 continued 

Notes

E8

Emerging 
Markets

28,655
11,783

Long-Term Savings

Nordic

Retail Europe

Wealth 
Management

Total  
Long-Term 
Savings

9,514
74

9,335
–
–

105
–
–
26
26
–
–
11
5
5
–
–
113
20
203
–
5,448
22
–
37

3,689
121

3,560
–
–

35,554
901

34,639
–
–

8
–
–
–
–
–
–
8
160
155
5
–
124
2
79
–
–
–
–
–

14
–
–
–
–
–
–
33
456
379
77
–
167
37
550
–
–
–
–
181

77,412
12,879

57,372
115
6,639

407
–
–
298
26
–
272
199
644
555
89
–
604
129
2,344
–
5,448
163
–
269

9,838
115
6,639

280
–
–
272
–
–
272
147
23
16
7
–
200
70
1,512
–
–
141
–
51

31,071

1,542

15,399

1,536

4,062

676

36,978

2,359

87,510

6,113

1,540
2
2
–

1,536
–
–
–

1,542

1,536

676
–
–
–

676

2,359
–
–
–

6,111
2
2
–

2,359

6,113

E8

E9

F6

F7

F8(b)

F9

E10

E6

F10

F11(b)

F11(b)

At 31 December 2009

Liabilities
Life assurance policyholder liabilities

Insurance contracts

  Unit-linked investment contracts and similar 

contracts

  Other investment contracts
  Discretionary participating investment contracts

  Outstanding claims
General insurance liabilities
Third-party interests in consolidated funds
Borrowed funds
  Senior debt securities
  Mortgage backed securities
  Subordinated debt securities
Provisions
Deferred revenue
  Life assurance
  Asset management
  General insurance
Deferred tax liabilities
Current tax payable
Trade, other payables and other liabilities 
Liabilities under acceptances
Amounts owed to bank depositors
Derivative financial instruments – liabilities
Non-current liabilities held for sale
Inter-segment liabilities

Total liabilities

Net assets

Equity
Equity attributable to equity holders of the parent
Non-controlling interests
  Non-controlling interests – ordinary shares
  Non-controlling interests – preference shares

Total equity

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Consolidation 
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–

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–
–
1,614
484
118
1,012
1
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–
–
148
21
897
170
38,687
969
–
697

43,866

3,792

2,084
1,708
1,444
264

3,792

–
–

–
–
–

–
372
–
–
–
–
–
21
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–
–
9
2
–
118
–
–
–
–
–

522

327

265
62
62
–

327

–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
–
2
–
–
–
–
–
10
221
–
–
–
–
1,202

1,435

400

371
29
29
–

400

–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–
1,397
636
–
761
40
–
–
–
–
25
45
120
–
–
59
–
1,571

3,257

(1,106)

(1,552)
446
–
446

(1,106)

4,178
3,788

–
390
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
5
(9)
–
–
–
–
–

4,174

438

438
–
–
–

438

11,625
10,787

–
788
–

50
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
126
–
359
–
–
9
–
170

12,289

747

747
–
–
–

747

–
–

–
–
–

–
–
2,906
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
255
–
–
790
–
(3,909)

42

–

–
–
–
–

–

£m

Total 

93,876
27,549

57,372
1,859
6,639

457
372
2,906
3,309
1,146
118
2,045
263
654
556
89
9
905
210
4,305
170
44,135
1,990
–
–

153,095

10,711

8,464
2,247
1,537
710

10,711

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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED  
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
For the year ended 31 December 2010 continued

C: Other key performance information
C1: Operating profit adjusting items
(a) Summary of adjusting items
In determining the adjusted operating profit of the Group for core operations certain adjustments are made to profit before tax to 
reflect the directors’ view of the underlying long-term performance of the Group. The following table shows an analysis of those 
adjustments from adjusted operating profit to profit before and after tax.

Year ended 31 December 2010

Income/(expense)

Goodwill impairment and impact of acquisition 

accounting

Loss on disposal of subsidiaries, associated 
undertakings and strategic investments
Short-term fluctuations in investment return

Investment return adjustment for Group equity and 

debt instruments held in life funds

Dividends declared to holders of perpetual preferred 

callable securities

US Asset Management equity plans and non–

controlling interests

Credit-related fair value losses on Group  

debt instruments

Total adjusting items
Tax on adjusting items
Non-controlling interest in adjusting items

Total adjusting items after tax and non-

controlling interests

Year ended 31 December 2009*

Income/(expense)
Goodwill impairment and impact of acquisition 

accounting

(Loss)/profit on disposal of subsidiaries, associated 

undertakings and strategic investments
Short-term fluctuations in investment return
Investment return adjustment for Group equity and 

debt instruments held in life funds

Dividends declared to holders of perpetual preferred 

callable securities

US Asset Management equity plans and non-

controlling interests

Credit-related fair value gains on Group debt 

instruments

Total adjusting items
Tax on adjusting items
Non-controlling interest in adjusting items

Total adjusting items after tax and non-

controlling interests

Notes

Emerging 
Markets

Nordic

Retail  

Europe

Wealth 
Management

Long-Term
 Savings

Long-Term Savings

C1(b)

C1(c)

C1(d)

C1(e)

C1(f)

C1(g)

C1(h)

D1(d)

F11(a)(iii)

(2)

–
1

(10)

–

–

–

(11)
10
–

(1)

(89)

(41)

–
(1)

–

–

–

–

(90)
3
–

(87)

–
1

–

–

–

–

(40)
15
–

(25)

(74)

–
(71)

–

–

–

–

(145)
5
–

(206)

–
(70)

(10)

–

–

–

(286)
33
–

(140)

(253)

Notes

Emerging 
Markets

Nordic

Retail 
Europe

Wealth 
Management

Long-Term 
Savings

Long-Term Savings  

C1(b)

C1(c)

C1(d)

C1(e)

C1(f)

C1(g)

C1(h)

D1(d)

F11(a)(iii)

(1)

(51)
(38)

(109)

–

–

–

(199)
(1)
–

(200)

(12)

–
(1)

–

–

–

–

(13)
9
–

(4)

(243)

(167)

–
1

–

–

–

–

(242)
14
–

(228)

(7)
(88)

–

–

–

–

(262)
37
–

(225)

(423)

(58)
(126)

(109)

–

–

–

(716)
59
–

(657)

*  The year ended 31 December 2009 has been restated to reflect US Life as non-core and discontinued.

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(21)
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(20)

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(6)

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(183)

(145)
(6)
–

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–

–

–

–

–

(4)
–
19

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–

–
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–

–

–

–

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–

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(2)
2
(3)

(3)

–

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–

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–

(263)

(241)
–
–

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Total

(214)

(22)
(83)

(10)

44

6

(203)

(482)
36
21

(425)

£m

Total

(429)

(50)
(166)

(109)

45

(1)

(263)

(973)
64
23

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FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
For the year ended 31 December 2010 continued

C: Other key performance information continued
C1: Operating profit adjusting items continued
(b) Goodwill impairment and impact of acquisition accounting
Acquisition date deferred acquisition costs and deferred revenues are not recognised. These are reversed in the acquisition 
statement of financial position and replaced by goodwill, other intangible assets and the value of the acquired present value  
of in-force business (‘acquired PVIF’). In determining its adjusted operating profit the Group recognises deferred revenue and 
acquisition costs in relation to policies sold by acquired businesses pre-acquisition, and excludes the impairment of goodwill  
and the amortisation of acquired other intangibles and acquired PVIF and the movements in certain acquisition date provisions.

Goodwill impairment and acquisition accounting adjustments to adjusted operating profit are summarised below:

Year ended 31 December 2010

Amortisation of acquired PVIF
Amortisation of acquired deferred 

costs and revenue

Amortisation of other acquired 

intangible assets

Change in acquisition date provisions
Goodwill impairment 

Emerging 
Markets

Nordic Retail Europe

Wealth 
Management

Nedbank

USAM

–

–

(1)
–
(1)

(2)

(116)

23

(26)
30
–

(89)

(21)

(7)

(13)
–
–

(41)

(77)

34

(35)
4
–

(74)

–

–

(6)
–
–

(6)

–

–

(2)
–
–

(2)

Year ended 31 December 2009*

Amortisation of acquired PVIF
Amortisation of acquired deferred 

costs and revenue

Amortisation of other acquired 

intangible assets

Change in acquisition date provisions
Goodwill impairment

Emerging 
Markets

Nordic

Retail Europe

Wealth 
Management

Nedbank

USAM

–

1

(2)
–
–

(1)

(106)

21

(25)
98
–

(12)

(37)

(5)

(14)
–
(187)

(243)

(86)

34

(36)
–
(79)

(167)

–

–

(4)
–
–

(4)

–

–

(2)
–
–

(2)

*  The year ended 31 December 2009 has been restated to reflect US Life as non-core and discontinued.

(c) (Loss)/profit on disposal of subsidiaries, associated undertakings and strategic investments
On 27 August 2010 USAM disposed of a subsidiary at a loss of £21 million.

£m

Total

(214)

50

(83)
34
(1)

(214)

£m

Total 
Restated

(229)

51

(83)
98
(266)

(429)

In August 2008, an agreement with ABN AMRO Asset Management Asia and their parent company, Fortis Bank was entered into to 
acquire the 49% stake that Fortis held in AATEDA, a major Chinese asset management joint venture for €165 million. On 27 May 
2009 the termination of this agreement with ABN AMRO Asset Management Asia and Fortis Bank was announced, with an exit fee 
of £41 million which has been accounted for as a loss on disposal.

(Loss)/profits on the disposal of subsidiaries, associated undertakings and strategic investments are analysed below:

Emerging Markets
Wealth Management

Total Long-Term Savings
Nedbank
USAM
Other

(Loss)/profit on disposal of subsidiaries, associated undertakings and strategic investments

£m

Year ended  
31 December 
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Year ended  
31 December 
 2009

–
–

–
(1)
(21)
–

(22)

(51)
(7)

(58)
–
1
7

(50)

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(d) Long-term investment return
Profit before tax includes actual investment returns earned on the shareholder assets of the Group’s life assurance and general 
insurance businesses. Adjusted operating profit is stated after recalculating shareholder asset investment returns based on  
a long-term investment return rate. The difference between the actual and the long-term investment returns are short-term 
fluctuations in investment return.

Long-term rates of return are based on achieved real rates of return appropriate to the underlying asset base, adjusted for current 
inflation expectations, default assumptions, costs of investment management and consensus economic investment forecasts,  
and are reviewed frequently, usually annually, for appropriateness. These rates of return have been selected with a view to ensuring 
that returns credited to adjusted operating profit are consistent with the actual returns expected to be earned over the long-term.

For Emerging Markets, the return is applied to an average value of investible shareholders’ assets, adjusted for net fund flows.  
For Nordic, Retail Europe and Wealth Management, the return is applied to average investible assets. For M&F general insurance 
business, the return is an average value of investible assets supporting shareholders’ funds and insurance liabilities, adjusted for  
net fund flows.

Long-term investment rates

Emerging Markets
Nordic
Retail Europe
Wealth Management
M&F

Analysis of short-term fluctuations in investment return

Year ended 31 December 2010

Long-term investment return
Less: Actual shareholder investment 

return

Short-term fluctuations in  

investment return

Year ended 31 December 2009**

Long-term investment return
Less: Actual shareholder investment 

return

Short-term fluctuations in  

investment return

Emerging 
Markets

Nordic

Retail 
Europe

Wealth 
Management*

Total 
Long-Term 
Savings

108

109

(1)

Emerging 
Markets

126

88

38

2

1

1

1

2

(1)

132

61

71

243

173

70

Nordic

Retail 
Europe

Wealth 
Management

Total  
Long-Term 
Savings

1

–

1

1

2

(1)

109

21

88

237

111

126

M&F

56

49

7

M&F

60

50

10

%

Year ended 
 31 December 
 2010

Year ended  
31 December 
2009

9.4
1.8
2.5
2.0
9.4

Other

31

25

6

13.3
1.8
2.8
5.0
13.3

£m

Total

330

247

83

£m

Other

Total 
Restated

91

61

30

388

222

166

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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED  
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
For the year ended 31 December 2010 continued

C: Other key performance information continued
C1: Operating profit adjusting items continued
(e) Investment return adjustment for Group equity and debt instrument held in life funds
Adjusted operating profit includes investment returns on policyholder investments in Group equity and debt instruments held by  
the Group’s life funds. These include investments in the Company’s ordinary shares, and the subordinated liabilities and ordinary 
securities of Nedbank. These investment returns are eliminated within the consolidated income statement in arriving at profit before 
tax, but are included in adjusted operating profit. In 2010 the investment return adjustment increased adjusted operating profit by  
£10 million (2009: increase of £109 million).

(f) Dividends declared to holders of perpetual preferred callable securities
Dividends declared to the holders of the Group’s perpetual preferred callable securities were £44 million in the year ended  
31 December 2010 (2009: £45 million). These are recognised in finance costs on an accruals basis for the purpose of determining 
adjusted operating profit. In the IFRS financial statements this cost is recognised in equity.

(g) US Asset Management equity plans and non-controlling interests
US Asset Management has a number of long-term incentive arrangements with senior employees in its asset management affiliates.

In accordance with IFRS requirements the cost of these schemes is disclosed as being attributable to non-controlling interests. 
However, this is treated as a compensation expense in determining adjusted operating profit. The loss recognised in 2010 was  
£9 million (2009: loss £3 million).

The Group has issued put options to senior employees as part of some of its US affiliate incentive schemes. The impact of revaluing 
these instruments is recognised in accordance with IFRS, but excluded from adjusted operating profit. As at 31 December 2010 
these instruments were revalued, the impact of which was £3 million (2009: £4 million).

(h) Credit-related fair value gains and losses on Group debt instruments
The narrowing of credit spread of the Group’s debt instruments in the market price has resulted in losses of £183 million (2009: 
losses due to narrowing of £263 million) on Other operating segments and £20 million (2009: £nil) in Nedbank being recorded in  
the Group’s income statement for those instruments that are recorded at fair value.

In the directors’ view, such movements are not reflective of the underlying performance of the Group and will reverse over time.  
They have therefore been excluded from adjusted operating profit.

C2: Foreign currencies
The principal exchange rates used to translate the operating results, assets and liabilities of key foreign business segments to 
Sterling are:

Income 
statement 
(average rate)

Statement of 
financial 
position 
(closing rate)

11.3095
1.5459
11.1364
1.1650

13.1746
1.5655
11.9743
1.1227

10.2796
1.5530
10.4227
1.1614

11.9172
1.6148
11.5562
1.1268

31 December 2010
Rand
US dollars
Swedish kronor
Euro

31 December 2009
Rand
US dollars
Swedish kronor
Euro

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C3: Earning and earnings per share
(a) Basic and diluted earnings per share
Basic earnings per share is calculated by dividing the profit for the financial year attributable to ordinary equity shareholders by the 
weighted average number of ordinary shares in issue during the year excluding own shares held in policyholder funds, ESOP trusts, 
Black Economic Empowerment trusts and other related undertakings.

Profit/(loss) for the financial year attributable to equity holders of the parent from continuing operations
Loss for the financial year attributable to equity holders of the parent from discontinued operations

Loss for the financial year attributable to equity holders of the parent
Dividends declared to holders of perpetual preferred callable securities

Loss attributable to ordinary equity holders

Year ended  
31 December  

2010

431
(713)

(282)
(32)

(314)

£m

Year ended  
31 December 
 2009 

(269)
(71)

(340)
(32)

(372)

Total dividends declared to holders of perpetual preferred callable securities of £44 million in 2010 (2009: £45 million) are stated net 
of tax credits of £12 million (2009: £13 million).

Weighted average number of ordinary shares in issue
Shares held in charitable foundations
Shares held in ESOP trusts

Adjusted weighted average number of ordinary shares
Shares held in life funds
Shares held in Black Economic Empowerment trusts

Weighted average number of ordinary shares

Basic earnings per ordinary share (pence)

Millions

Year ended 
 31 December 
2010

Year ended  
31 December 
2009

5,422
(7)
(56)

5,359
(205)
(295)

4,859

(6.5)

5,277
(7)
(41)

5,229
(236)
(235)

4,758

(7.8)

Diluted earnings per share recognises the dilutive impact of share options held in ESOP trusts and Black Economic Empowerment 
trusts which are currently in the money in the calculation of the weighted average number of shares, as if the relevant shares were in 
issue for the full period.

Weighted average number of ordinary shares
Adjustments for share options held by ESOP trusts
Adjustments for shares held in Black Economic Empowerment trusts

Diluted earnings per ordinary share (pence)

Millions

Year ended  
31 December 
2010 

Year ended  
31 December 
2009

4,859
137
295

5,291

(6.1)

4,758
–
–

4,758

(7.8)

No adjustments to the weighted average number of ordinary shares have been effected for 2009 in order to calculate the diluted 
earnings per ordinary share as any adjustments would be antidilutive.

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FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
For the year ended 31 December 2010 continued

C: Other key performance information continued
C3: Earning and earnings per share continued
(b) Adjusted operating earnings per ordinary share
Adjusted operating earnings per ordinary share is determined based on adjusted operating profit. Adjusted operating profit 
represents the directors’ view of the underlying performance of the Group. For long-term and general insurance business adjusted 
operating profit is based on long-term investment return, including investment returns on life funds’ investments in Group equity  
and debt instruments and is stated net of income tax attributable to policyholder returns. For the US Asset Management business  
it includes compensation costs in respect of certain long-term incentive schemes defined as non-controlling interests in accordance 
with IFRS. For all businesses, adjusted operating profit excludes goodwill impairment, the impact of acquisition accounting, 
revaluations of put options related to long-term incentive schemes, the impact of closure of unclaimed shares trusts, profit/(loss)  
on disposal of subsidiaries, associated undertakings and strategic investments, dividends declared to holders of perpetual preferred 
callable securities, income/(expense) from closure of unclaimed shares trusts and fair value gains/(losses) on Group debt instruments.

The reconciliation of profit for the financial year to adjusted operating profit after tax attributable to ordinary equity holders is  
as follows:

Loss for the financial year attributable to equity holders of the parent
Adjusting items
Tax on adjusting items
Non-core operations 
Loss from discontinued operations – US Life
Non-controlling interest on adjusting items

Adjusted operating profit after tax attributable to ordinary equity holders

Adjusted weighted average number of ordinary shares – (millions)

Adjusted operating earnings per ordinary share – (pence)

£m

Year ended 
 31 December 
2009  

Restated

Year ended  
31 December 
2010

(282)
482
(36)
(1)
713
(21)

855

5,359

16.0

(340)
973
(64)
(12)
71
(23)

605

5,229

11.6

(c) Headline earnings per share
In accordance with the JSE Limited (JSE) listing requirements, the Group is required to calculate a ‘headline earnings per share’ 
(HEPS), determined by reference to the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants’ circular 8/2007 ‘Headline Earnings’. The 
table below sets out a reconciliation of basic earnings per ordinary share and HEPS in accordance with that circular. Disclosure of 
HEPS is not a requirement of International Financial Reporting Standards.

Year ended  
31 December 2010

£m

Year ended  
31 December 2009  
Restated

Gross

(282)
(32)

(314)

20
827

22

(12)

543

4,859

5,291

11.2

10.1

Net

(282)
(32)

(314)

20
827

17

(12)

538

4,859

5,291

11.1

10.0

Gross

(340)
(32)

(372)

266
–

50

239

183

4,758

5,109

3.8

3.6

Net

(340)
(32)

(372)

266
–

53

239

186

4,758

5,109

3.9

3.6

Loss for the financial year attributable to equity holders of the parent
Dividends declared to holders of perpetual preferred callable securities

Loss attributable to ordinary equity holders
Adjustments:

Impairments of goodwill and intangible assets
Impairment of discontinued operations

  Loss/(profit) on disposal of subsidiaries, associated undertakings and strategic 

investments

  Realised gains/losses (including impairments) on available-for-sale financial 

assets

Headline earnings

Weighted average number of ordinary shares

Diluted weighted average number of ordinary shares

Headline earnings per share (pence)

Diluted headline earnings per share (pence)

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Dividends paid were as follows:

2009 Final dividend paid – 1.5p per 10p share 
2010 Interim dividend paid – 1.1p per 10p share

Dividends to ordinary equity holders
Dividends declared to holders of perpetual preferred callable securities

Dividend payments for the year

£m

Year ended 
 31 December 
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Year ended  
31 December 
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Note

77
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175

–
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45

F10(b)

Dividends paid to ordinary equity holders, as above, are calculated using the number of shares in issue at the record date, less 
treasury shares held in ESOP trusts, life funds of Group companies, Black Economic Empowerment trusts and related undertakings.

As a consequence of the exchange control arrangements in place in certain African territories, dividends to ordinary equity holders 
on the branch registers of those countries (or, in the case of Namibia, the Namibian section of the principal register) are settled 
through Dividend Access Trusts established for that purpose.

In March and November 2010, £22 million and £22 million respectively were declared and paid to holders of perpetual preferred 
callable securities (March 2009: £22 million and November 2009: £23 million).

A final dividend of 2.9 pence per 10p share has been recommended by the directors. Subject to shareholders’ approval, the dividend 
will be paid on 31 May 2011 to shareholders on the register at the close of business on 15 April 2011. The dividend will absorb an 
estimated £142 million of shareholders’ funds before taking into account any election for the scrip dividend alternative. The Company 
is planning to offer a scrip dividend alternative for eligible shareholders. 

D: Other income statement notes
D1: Income tax expense/(credit)
(a) Analysis of total income tax expense/(credit)

Current tax
United Kingdom tax
  Corporation tax
  Double tax relief
Overseas tax
  South Africa
  United States
  Europe
Secondary Tax on Companies (STC)
Prior year adjustments

Total current tax

Deferred tax
Origination and reversal of temporary differences
Changes in tax rates/bases
Write down/recognition of deferred tax assets

Total deferred tax

Total income tax expense

£m

Year ended  
31 December 
2009 
restated

Year ended  
31 December 
 2010

23

46

346
(4)
61
4
(1)

429

(10)
(4)
41

27

456

257
(7)
49
13
14

372

105
–
(77)

28

400

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FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
For the year ended 31 December 2010 continued

D: Other income statement notes continued
D1: Income tax expense/(credit) continued
(b) Reconciliation of total income tax expense/(credit)

Profit before tax

Tax at standard rate of 28% (2009: 28%)
Different tax rate or basis on overseas operations
Untaxed and low taxed income
Disallowable expenses
Net movement on deferred tax assets not recognised
Effect on deferred tax of changes in tax rates
STC
Income tax attributable to policyholder returns
Other

Total income tax expense

(c) Income tax relating to components of other comprehensive income

Preferred perpetual callable securities
Other

Income tax credit – continuing operations

Fair value gains
Shadow accounting

Income tax expense – discontinued operations 

Income tax expense relating to components of other comprehensive income

(d) Income tax on adjusted operating profit

Income tax expense/(credit)
Tax on adjusting items
Impact of acquisition accounting
Profit on disposal of subsidiaries, associated undertakings and strategic investments
Short-term fluctuations in investment return
Income tax attributable to policyholders returns
Tax on dividends declared to holders of perpetual preferred callable securities recognised in equity
Fair value gains and losses on group debt instruments
Tax on non-core operations

Income tax on adjusted operating profit

Year ended 
 31 December 
2010

1,145

321
(22)
(171)
124
92
(7)
(3)
134
(12)

456

£m

Year ended  
31 December 
2009  

Restated

353

99
(2)
(83)
180
69
(2)
19
142
(22)

400

£m

 Year ended  
31 December 
2009  

Restated

Year ended  
31 December 
2010

(12)
(1)

(13)

181
(114)

67

54

(13)
–

(13)

428
(18)

410

397

£m

Year ended 
 31 December 
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 Year ended  
 31 December  
2009  

Restated

456

35
5
3
(149)
(12)
5
4

347

400

40
(2)
39
(192)
(13)
–
11

283

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D2: Investment return (non-banking)

Interest and similar income 
Loans and advances
Investments and securities
Government and government-guaranteed securities
Other debt securities, preference shares and debentures
Pooled investments
Short-term funds and securities treated as investments
Other
Cash and cash equivalents

Total interest and similar income
Dividend income – investments and securities
Equity securities
Pooled investments
Fair value gains and losses recognised in income
Investments and securities
Derivatives
Other
Rental income from investment property
Investment property
Foreign currency (losses)/gains

Total investment return recognised in income

Total interest income for assets not at fair value through income statement

The fair value gains and losses shown above are analysed according to their IAS 39 categorisations as follows:
Held-for-trading (including derivatives)
Designated at fair value through income statement
Available-for-sale financial assets

£m

Year ended  
31 December 
2009 
 Restated

Year ended  
31 December 
2010

52
1,249
380
397
271
184
17
100

1,401
362
336
26
8,875
8,615
(87)
347
166
30
(43)

10,791

12
1,095
303
422
80
285
5
57

1,164
373
310
63
9,530
9,070
(449)
909
136
(99)
8

11,112

Year ended 
 31 December 
2010

£m

Year ended 
31 December  
2009  

Restated

97

74

(87)
8,962
–

8,875

(449)
9,992
(13)

9,530

The fair value gains and losses on available-for-sale financial assets shown above reflect the amount previously recognised as 
unrealised within the available-for-sale reserve in equity that have been recycled to the income statement on disposal or impairment 
of the particular assets.

Included within fair value gains and losses on available-for-sale investments and securities are impairment losses of £nil (2009:  
£13 million which related to debt securities held by the Group’s Bermuda businesses).

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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED  
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
For the year ended 31 December 2010 continued

D: Other income statement notes continued
D3: Banking interest and similar income

Interest and similar income

Loans and advances
Mortgage loans
Finance lease and instalment debtors
Credit cards
Bills and acceptances
Overdrafts
Term loans and other
Investments and securities
Government and government-guaranteed securities
Other debt securities, preference shares and debentures
Cash and cash equivalents

Total interest and similar income

Total interest income for assets not at fair value through income statement
Total interest income on impaired financial assets

D4: Banking trading, investment and similar income

Dividend income – investments and securities
Equity securities
Rental income from investment property
Exchange and other non-interest income
Derivative income
Exchange
Securities dealing
Fair value (losses)/gains
Net trading income
Foreign exchange
Debt securities
Equities
Other

Total banking trading, investment and similar income

The fair value gains and losses shown above are analysed according to their IAS 39 categorisations as follows:
Held-for-trading (including derivatives)
Designated at fair value through income statement

Realised fair value gains included in the above

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£m

Year ended  
31 December 
2010

Year ended  
31 December 
2009

3,730
1,853
650
102
2
128
995
352
259
93
–

4,082

3,586
151

3,635
1,852
581
92
3
120
987
346
261
85
8

3,989

3,518
218

£m

Year ended  
31 December 
2010

Year ended  
31 December  

2009

22
22
4
(4)
65
2
(68)
(3)
182
92
63
24
3

204

(96)
93

(3)

4

4
4
4
21
61
(1)
(42)
3
139
88
58
(8)
1

168

35
(32)

3

4

D5: Fee and commission income, and income from service activities

Year ended 31 December 2010

Fee and commission income
Transaction and performance fees
Change in deferred revenue

Year ended 31 December 2009

Fee and commission income
Transaction and performance fees
Change in deferred revenue

Long-term 
business

Asset 
management

Banking

General 
insurance

1,129
–
(73)

1,056

1,099
22
(9)

1,112

863
–
1

864

29
–
–

29

Long-term 
business

Asset 
management

Banking

General 
insurance

947
–
(73)

874

855
27
11

893

632
–
1

633

23
–
(1)

22

£m

Total

3,120
22
(81)

3,061

£m

Total

2,457
27
(62)

2,422

The amounts shown above for asset management relate to fees earned on trust and fiduciary activities where the Group holds or 
invests assets on behalf of its customers.

D6: Finance costs

£m

Year ended  
31 December 
2010

Year ended  
31 December 
2009

Note

Interest payable on borrowed funds
Senior debt and term loans
Subordinated debt
Other
Fair value gains and losses on borrowed funds
Borrowed funds
Derivative instruments
Foreign currency gains and losses on borrowed funds
Reserve movements relating to debt and derivative instruments

Total finance costs excluding banking activities

Finance costs from banking activities

D7

Total interest expense included above for liabilities not at fair value through income statement

The fair value gains and losses shown above are analysed according to their IAS 39 

categorisations as follows:

Held-for-trading (including derivatives)
Designated at fair value through income statement

D7: Banking interest payable and similar expense

79
44
68
(33)
189
166
23
2
(1)

269

202

25

23
166

189

57
18
64
(25)
268
274
(6)
(3)
–

322

117

21

(6)
274

268

£m

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Deposits and loan accounts
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Negotiable certificates of deposit
Banking non interest credit spreads
Long-term debt instruments
Other liabilities

Total interest payable and similar expenses

Total interest expense included above for liabilities not at fair value through income statement

Year ended  
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Year ended  
31 December 
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2,305
1,237
111
736
19
202
214

2,519

2,141

2,458
1,489
119
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169

2,627

2,202

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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED  
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
For the year ended 31 December 2010 continued

D: Other income statement notes continued
D8: Fee and commission expenses, and other acquisition costs 

Year ended 31 December 2010

Fees and commission expenses
Changes in deferred acquisition costs
Other acquisition costs

Year ended 31 December 2009

Fees and commission expenses
Changes in deferred acquisition costs
Other acquisition costs

D9: Other operating and administrative expenses
(a) Other operating and administrative expenses include:

Staff costs
Depreciation
Software costs
Operating lease rentals – banking
Operating lease rentals – non-banking
Amortisation of intangibles – software
Impairment of goodwill and other intangible assets

Long-term 
business

Asset 
management

General 
insurance

649
(31)
56

674

177
(4)
7

180

109
–
–

109

Long-term 
business

Asset 
management

General 
insurance

£m

Total

935
(35)
63

963

£m

Total  

Restated

853
(181)
56

728

106
–
–

106

621
(178)
52

495

126
(3)
4

127

Note

D9(b)

F2

£m

Year ended  
31 December  
2009  

Restated

Year ended  
31 December 
2010 

1,958
103
11
63
31
61
20

1,685
86
14
55
57
49
266

Included within the loss from discontinued operations is an additional amortisation of intangibles charge of £nil (2009: £20 million) 

(b) Staff costs

Staff costs
Wages and salaries
Social security costs
Retirement obligations
  Defined contribution plans
  Defined benefit plans
  Other retirement benefits
Bonus and incentive remuneration
Share-based payments
  Cash settled
  Equity settled
Termination benefits
Long-term employee benefits
Other

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31 December 
2010

Note

£m

Year ended  
31 December 
2009 
Restated

1,286
68

1,183
56

G2(h)

G2(h)

112
(5)
12
337

7
13
1
1
126

50
2
4
265

7
35
2
1
80

1,958

1,685

 
(b) Staff costs continued

The average number of persons employed by the Group during the year was:
Life assurance
Banking
Asset management
General insurance 
Other

Discontinued US Life operations

Number

Year ended  
31 December 
2010

Year ended  
31 December 
2009

21,073
28,134
3,937
2,223
209

55,576
154

55,730

18,897
27,180
4,832
2,331
304

53,544
162

53,706

(c) Fees to Group’s auditors
Included in other operating expenses and loss from discontinued operations are fees paid to the Group’s auditors. These can be 
categorised as follows:

£m

Year ended 
 31 December 
2010

Year ended  
31 December 
2009

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  Group
  Subsidiaries
  Pension schemes

Total audit fees

Fees for non-audit services
  Taxation

Information technology

  Other services pursuant to legislation
  Valuation and actuarial
  Any other services provided by auditors

Total non-audit services

Total Group auditors’ remuneration

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20.1

15.2

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of Nedbank, the Group’s banking subsidiary in South Africa. Of the fees for audit services to subsidiaries, £1.1 million (2009:  
£1.6 million) was in respect of discontinued US Life operations.

(d) Operating lease payments

Payments under operating leases recognised as an expense in the year

Banking
Non-banking

£m

Year ended  
31 December 
2010

Year ended 
 31 December 
2009

63
33

96

44
28

72

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FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
For the year ended 31 December 2010 continued

E: Financial assets and liabilities
E1: Group statement of financial position
The Group is exposed to financial risk through its financial assets (investments and loans), financial liabilities (investment contracts, 
customer deposits and borrowings), reinsurance assets and insurance liabilities. The key focus of financial risk management for the 
Group is ensuring that the proceeds from its financial assets are sufficient to fund the obligations arising from its insurance and 
banking operations. The most important components of financial risk are credit risk, market risk (arising from changes in equity, 
bond prices, and interest and foreign exchange rates), and liquidity risk. Market risk arises from open positions in interest rate, 
currency and equity products, all of which are exposed to general and specific market movements and/or conditions.

(a) Categories of financial instruments
The analysis of assets and liabilities into their categories as defined in IAS 39 ‘Financial Instruments: Recognition and Measurement’ 
(IAS 39) is set out in the following table. For completeness, assets and liabilities of a non-financial nature, or financial assets and 
liabilities that are specifically excluded from the scope of IAS 39, are reflected in the non-financial assets and liabilities category.

Fair value through  
income statement

Held-for-

Total

trading Designated

Available- 
for-sale 
financial 
assets

Held-to-
maturity 
investments

Loans and 
receivables

Financial 
liabilities 
amortised 
cost

Non-
financial 
assets and 
liabilities

£m

At 31 December 2010

Assets
Goodwill and other intangible assets
Mandatory reserve deposits with 

central banks

Property, plant and equipment
Investment property
Deferred tax assets
Investment in associated 

undertakings and joint ventures

Deferred acquisition costs
Reinsurers’ share of life assurance 

policyholder liabilities

Reinsurers’ share of general 

insurance liabilities

Deposits held with reinsurers
Loans and advances
Investments and securities
Current tax receivable
Client indebtedness for acceptances
Other assets
Derivative financial 

instruments – assets
Cash and cash equivalents
Non-current assets held for sale

Liabilities
Life assurance policyholder liabilities
General insurance liabilities
Third-party interest in consolidation 

of funds

Borrowed funds
Provisions
Deferred revenue
Deferred tax liabilities
Current tax payable
Other liabilities
Liabilities under acceptances
Amounts owed to bank depositors
Derivative financial  

instruments – liabilities

Non-current liabilities held for sale

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4,965

1,079
1,015
2,040
416

162
1,534

982

122
2
51,778
106,153
156
190
3,932

2,503
4,132
12,391

193,552

98,631
397

3,584
4,204
260
730
858
238
5,661
190
53,236

1,870
12,219

182,078

–

–
–
–
–

–
–

–

–
–
1,914
1,370
–
–
507

2,503
–
–

6,294

–

–
–
–
–

–
–

816

–
2
4,223
100,898
–
–
1,062

–
–
–

–

–
–
–
–

–
–

–

–
–
–
2,459
–
–
–

–
–
–

–

–
–
–
–

–
–

–

–
–
–
1,070
–
–
–

–
–
–

–

1,079
–
–
–

–
–

38

–
–
45,641
356
–
–
2,044

–
4,132
–

107,001

2,459

1,070

53,290

–
–

72,200
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
1,155
–
3,484

1,870
–

6,509

3,584
1,579
–
–
–
–
576
–
8,703

–
–

86,642

–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–

–

26
–

160
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–

–
2,625
–
–
–
–
2,960
–
41,049

–
–

26

160

46,634

–

–
–
–
–

–
–

–

–
–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–

–

–
–

4,965

–
1,015
2,040
416

162
1,534

128

122
–
–
–
156
190
319

–
–
12,391

23,438

26,245
397

–
–
260
730
858
238
970
190
–

–
12,219

42,107

At 31 December 2009

Assets
Goodwill and other intangible assets
Mandatory reserve deposits with  

central banks

Property, plant and equipment
Investment property
Deferred tax assets
Investment in associated undertakings and 

joint ventures

Deferred acquisition costs
Reinsurers’ share of life assurance 

policyholder liabilities

Reinsurers’ share of general insurance 

liabilities

Deposits held with reinsurers
Loans and advances
Investments and securities
Current tax receivable
Client indebtedness for acceptances
Other assets
Derivative financial instruments – assets
Cash and cash equivalents
Non-current assets held for sale

Liabilities
Life assurance policyholder liabilities
General insurance liabilities
Third-party interests in consolidation  

of funds

Borrowed funds
Provisions
Deferred revenue
Deferred tax liabilities
Current tax payable
Other liabilities
Liabilities under acceptances
Amounts owed to bank depositors
Derivative financial instruments – liabilities
Non-current liabilities held for sale

Fair value through  
income statement

Total

Held- for-
trading

Designated

Available-
for-sale 
financial 
assets

Held-to- 
maturity 
investments

Loans and 
receivables

Financial 
liabilities 
amortised 
cost

Non-
financial 
assets and 
liabilities

£m

5,159

882
828
1,759
570

135
3,138

1,296

120
146
42,393
98,461
169
170
3,051
2,546
2,982
1

163,806

93,876
372

2,906
3,309
263
654
905
210
4,305
170
44,135
1,990
–

153,095

–

–
–
–
–

–
–

–

–
–
1,163
936
–
–
70
2,546
–
–

4,715

1,372
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
411
–
2,520
1,990
–

6,293

–

–
–
–
–

–
–

717

–
110
3,157
82,862
–
–
909
–
–
–

87,755

58,582
–

2,906
1,344
–
–
–
–
643
–
6,235
–
–

69,710

–

–
–
–
–

–
–

–

–
–
–
11,677
–
–
–
–
–
–

11,677

–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–

–

–

–
–
–
–

–
–

–

–
–
–
1,210
–
–
–
–
–
–

1,210

–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–

–

–

882
–
–
–

–
–

88

–
36
38,073
1,758
–
–
1,807
–
2,982
–

45,626

–

–
–
–
–

–
–

–

–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–

–

5,159

–
828
1,759
570

135
3,138

491

120
–
–
18
169
170
265
–
–
1

12,823

121
–

1,178
–

32,623
372

–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–

121

–
1,965
–
–
–
–
2,545
–
35,380
–
–

41,068

–
–
263
654
905
210
706
170
–
–
–

35,903

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Determination of fair value
All financial instruments, regardless of their IAS 39 categorisation, are initially recorded at fair value. The fair value of a financial 
instrument on initial recognition is normally the transaction price, that is, the fair value of the consideration given or received. In 
certain circumstances, however, the initial fair value may be based on other observable current market transactions in the same 
instrument, without modification or repackaging, or on a valuation technique whose variables include only observable data.

Subsequent to initial recognition, the fair values of financial instruments measured at fair value that are quoted in active markets are based 
on bid prices for assets, which in certain circumstances includes using quotations from independent third parties such as brokers and 
pricing services, and offer prices for liabilities. When quoted prices are not available, fair values are determined by using valuation 
techniques that refer as far as possible to observable market data. These include comparison with similar instruments where market 
observable prices exist, discounted cash flow analysis, option pricing models and other valuation techniques commonly used by market 
participants. A number of factors such as bid-offer spread, credit profile, servicing costs and model uncertainty are taken into account, as 
appropriate, when values are calculated using a valuation technique. Changes in the assumptions used in such valuations could impact the 
reported value of such instruments.

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For the year ended 31 December 2010 continued

In general, other than in respect of those securities that have been reclassified from available-for-sale to loans and receivables as 
described in note E1(a) above, none of the carrying amounts of financial assets and liabilities carried at amortised cost have a fair 
value significantly different to their carrying amounts. Such assets and liabilities are primarily comprised of variable-rate financial 
assets and liabilities that re-price as interest rates change, short-term deposits or current assets.

Loans and advances
Loans and advances principally comprise of variable rate financial assets and liabilities, which are re-priced when there are 
movements in the interest rates. 

The Group has developed and applied a fair value methodology in respect of gross exposures of loans and advances that are 
measured at amortised cost. The methodology incorporates the historical interest rates per product type and the projected monthly 
cash flows per product type. Future forecasts for the overall probability of default (PD) and Loss Given Defaults (LGDs) for the years 
from 2010 to 2012, based on the latest internal data available, is applied to the first three years’ projected cash flows. Average PDs 
and LGDs are applied to the projected cash flows for later years. These results are compared to both regulatory and accounting 
credit model values. There are no significant variances in the fair value methodology results compared to the carrying values 
reported in these financial statements.

For impaired advances, the carrying value as determined from the Group’s credit models is considered the best estimate of fair 
value. The Group is satisfied that, after considering the internal credit models together with other assumptions and the variable 
interest rate exposure, the carrying value of loans and advances measured at amortised cost approximates fair value.

Investments and securities
Investments and securities include government and government-guaranteed securities, listed and unlisted debt securities, 
preference shares and debentures, listed and unlisted equity securities, listed and unlisted pooled investments (see below),  
short-term funds and securities treated as investments and certain other securities.

Pooled investments represent the Group’s holdings of shares/units in open-ended investment companies, unit trusts, mutual funds 
and similar investment vehicles. Pooled investments are stated at fair value. The fair values of pooled investments are based on 
widely published prices that are regularly updated or models based on the market prices of investments held in the underlying 
pooled investment funds.

Investment contracts
The approach to determining the fair values of investment contracts is set out in the accounting policies section for insurance and 
investment contract business.

Amounts owed to bank depositors
The fair values of amounts owed to bank depositors corresponds with the carrying amount shown in the statement of financial 
position, which generally reflects the amount payable on demand.

Borrowed funds
The fair values of amounts included in borrowed funds are based on quoted market prices at the reporting date where applicable,  
or by reference to quoted prices of similar instruments.

Other financial assets and liabilities
The fair values of other financial assets and liabilities (which comprised cash and cash equivalents, cash with central banks, other 
assets and liabilities) are reasonably approximated by the carrying amounts reflected in the statement of financial position as they are 
short-term in nature or re-price to current market rates frequently.

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Fair values are determined according to the following hierarchy.

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Level 1 – quoted market prices: financial assets and liabilities with quoted prices for identical instruments in active markets. 
Instruments classified as Level 1 generally comprise listed equity securities, government securities and other listed debt 
securities and similar instruments, actively traded pooled investments, certain quoted derivative assets and liabilities, listed 
borrowed funds and investment contract liabilities linked to Level 1 pooled investments and other assets.
Level 2 – valuation techniques using observable inputs: financial assets and liabilities with quoted prices for similar instruments in  
active markets or quoted prices for identical or similar instruments in inactive markets and financial assets and liabilities valued using 
models where all significant inputs are observable. Instruments classified as Level 2 generally comprise unlisted equity and debt 
securities where the valuation is based on models involving no significant unobservable data. This includes certain loans and 
advances, certain privately placed debt instruments, third-party interests in consolidated funds and amounts owed to bank depositors.
Level 3 – valuation techniques using significant unobservable inputs: financial assets and liabilities valued using valuation 
techniques where one or more significant inputs are unobservable. Instruments classified as Level 3 generally comprise unlisted 
equity and securities with significant unobservable inputs, securities where the market is not considered sufficiently active, 
including certain inactive pooled investments, and derivatives embedded in certain portfolios of insurance contracts where  
the derivative is not closely related to the host contract and the valuation contains significant unobservable inputs.

The best evidence of fair value is a quoted price in an active market. In the event that the market for a financial asset or liability is not 
active, or quoted prices cannot be obtained without undue effort, a valuation technique is used.

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FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
For the year ended 31 December 2010 continued

E: Financial assets and liabilities continued
E1: Group statement of financial position continued
The judgement as to whether a market is active may include, for example, consideration of factors such as the magnitude and 
frequency of trading activity, the availability of prices and the size of bid/offer spreads. In inactive markets, obtaining assurance that 
the transaction price provides evidence of fair value or determining the adjustments to transaction prices that are necessary to 
measure the fair value of the asset or liability requires additional work during the valuation process.

The majority of valuation techniques employ only observable market data, and so the reliability of the fair value measurement is high. 
However, certain financial assets and liabilities are valued on the basis of valuation techniques that feature one or more significant 
market inputs that are unobservable and, for them, the derivation of fair value is more judgemental. A financial asset or liability in its 
entirety is classified as valued using significant unobservable inputs if a significant proportion of that asset or liability’s carrying 
amount is driven by unobservable inputs. In this context, ‘unobservable’ means that there is little or no current market data available 
for which to determine the price at which an arm’s length transaction would be likely to occur. It generally does not mean that there  
is no market data available at all upon which to base a determination of fair value. Furthermore, in some cases the majority of the  
fair value derived from a valuation technique with significant unobservable inputs may be attributable to observable inputs. 
Consequently, the effect of uncertainty in determining unobservable inputs will generally be restricted to uncertainty about the overall 
fair value of the asset or liability being measured.

Additional information on the impact of unobservable inputs is provided in the section headed ‘Effect of changes in significant 
unobservable assumptions to reasonably possible alternatives’.

Fair value hierarchy

Year ended 31 December 2010

Financial assets measured at fair value
Held-for-trading (fair value through income statement)

  Loans and advances

Investments and securities

  Other assets
  Derivative financial instruments – assets

Designated (fair value through income statement)

  Reinsurers’ share of life assurance policyholder liabilities
  Deposits held with reinsurers
  Loans and advances

Investments and securities

  Other assets

Available-for-sale financial assets

Investments and securities

Total

Level 1

Level 2

Level 3

£m

6,294

1,914
1,370
507
2,503

107,001

816
2
4,223
100,898
1,062

2,459

2,459

810

–
302
506
2

87,081

813
2
2
86,244
20

579

579

5,444

1,911
1,031
1
2,501

18,490

3
–
4,221
13,224
1,042

1,872

1,872

40

3
37
–
–

1,430

–
–
–
1,430
–

8

8

Total financial assets measured at fair value

115,754

88,470

25,806

1,478

Financial liabilities measured at fair value
Held-for-trading (fair value through income statement)

  Life assurance policyholder liabilities
  Other liabilities
  Amounts owed to bank depositors
  Derivative financial instruments – liabilities

Designated (fair value through income statement)

  Life assurance policyholder liabilities
  Third-party interests in consolidated funds
  Borrowed funds
  Other liabilities
  Amounts owed to bank depositors

6,509

–
1,155
3,484
1,870

86,642

72,200
3,584
1,579
576
8,703

1,132

–
1,123
–
9

47,678

46,099
–
1,579
–
–

5,376

–
32
3,484
1,860

38,204

25,341
3,584
–
576
8,703

Total financial liabilities measured at fair value

93,151

48,810

43,580

1

–
–
–
1

760

760
–
–
–
–

761

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Year ended 31 December 2009

Financial assets measured at fair value
Held-for-trading (fair value through income statement)

  Loans and advances

Investments and securities

  Other assets
  Derivative financial instruments – assets

Designated (fair value through income statement)

  Reinsurers’ share of life assurance policyholder liabilities
  Deposits held with reinsurers
  Loans and advances

Investments and securities

  Other assets

Available-for-sale financial assets

Investments and securities

Total

Level 1

Level 2

4,715

1,163
936
70
2,546

87,755

717
110
3,157
82,862
909

11,677

11,677

959

31
32
70
826

76,960

717
110
–
76,114
19

1,159

1,159

3,720

1,125
876
–
1,719

9,011

–
–
3,157
4,964
890

10,070

10,070

£m

Level 3

36

7
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1,784

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–
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1,784
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448

448

Total financial assets measured at fair value

104,147

79,078

22,801

2,268

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Held-for-trading (fair value through income statement)

  Life assurance policyholder liabilities
  Other liabilities
  Amounts owed to bank depositors
  Derivative financial instruments – liabilities

Designated (fair value through income statement)

  Life assurance policyholder liabilities
  Third-party interests in consolidated funds
  Borrowed funds
  Other liabilities
  Amounts owed to bank depositors

6,293

1,372
411
2,520
1,990

69,710

58,582
2,906
1,344
643
6,235

1,201

–
390
18
793

44,879

43,450
–
1,344
85
–

3,727

20
21
2,502
1,184

24,235

14,536
2,906
–
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6,235

1,365

1,352
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–
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For the year ended 31 December 2010 continued

Level 3 financial assets

Held-for-trading (fair value through income statement)
  Loans and advances

Investments and securities

  Other assets

  Derivative financial instruments – assets

Designated (fair value through income statement)

Investments and securities

Available-for-sale financial assets
Investments and securities

Total Level 3 financial assets

Level 3 financial liabilities

Held-for-trading (fair value through income statement)
  Life assurance policyholder liabilities 
  Derivative financial instruments – liabilities

Designated (fair value through income statement)
  Life assurance policyholder liabilities (investment contracts)

Total Level 3 financial liabilities

Gains/losses 
recognised in 
income 
statement

Gains/losses 
recognised in 
other 
comprehensive 
income

At beginning of 
the year

Purchases and 
issues

Sales and 
Settlements

36

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1

1,784

1,784

448

448

2,268

1,365

1,352
13

596

596

1,961

(10)

(1)
(9)
–
–

164

164

–

–

154

(3)

–
(3)

(31)

(31)

(34)

–

–
–
–
–

6

6

–

–

6

–

–
–

–

–

–

–

–
–
–
–

94

94

5

5

99

–

–
–

2

2

2

(5)

(3)
(1)
–
(1)

(240)

(240)

(1)

(1)

(246)

1

–
1

(54)

(54)

(53)

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Transfers in 

Transfers out 

Foreign exchange and 
other movements*

At end of the year

–

–
–
–
–

20

20

5

5

25

–

–
–

18

18

18

(1)

–
(1)
–
–

(433)

(433)

(31)

(31)

(465)

(3)

–
(3)

(262)

(262)

(265)

20

–
20
–
–

35

35

(418)

(418)

(363)

(1,359)

(1,352)
(7)

491

491

(868)

40

3
37
–
–

1,430

1,430

8

8

1,478

1

–
1

760

760

761

£m

For assets and liabilities held at the year end

Gains/losses 
recognised in 
 income  

statement

Gains/losses 
recognised in  
other  
comprehensive 
 income

–

–
–
–
–

12

12

–

–

12

67

67
–

31

31

98

–

–
–
–
–

–

–

(8)

(8)

(8)

–

–
–

–

–

–

*   Included within Foreign exchange and other movements are the financial assets and liabilities of US Life which have been transferred to non-current assets 

and liabilities held for sale and are disclosed in note H2

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FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
For the year ended 31 December 2010 continued

The transfers into Level 3 largely relate to instances where inputs on certain financial assets and liabilities obtained from pricing 
service providers are no longer observable. The transfers out of Level 3 relate to certain pooled investments no longer being 
considered inactive and for which observable inputs are now available. There were no significant transfers between Level 1  
and Level 2 during the year.

Effect of changes in significant unobservable assumptions to reasonably possible alternatives
Favourable and unfavourable changes are determined on the basis of changes in the value of the financial asset or liability as a result 
of varying the levels of the unobservable parameter using statistical techniques. When parameters are not amenable to statistical 
analysis, quantification of uncertainty is judgemental.

When the fair value of a financial asset or liability is affected by more than one unobservable assumption, the figures shown reflect 
the most favourable or most unfavourable change from varying the assumptions individually.

In respect of private equity investments, the valuations are assessed on an asset-by-asset basis using a valuation methodology 
appropriate to the specific investment, in line with industry guidelines. In many of the methodologies, the principal assumption is  
the valuation multiple to be applied to the main financial indicators including, for example, multiples for comparable listed companies 
and discounts to marketability.

For asset-backed securities whose prices are unobservable, models are used to generate the expected value of the asset, incorporating 
benchmark information on factors such as prepayment patterns, default rates, loss severities and the historical performance of the 
underlying assets. The models used are calibrated by using securities for which external market information is available.

For structured notes and other derivatives, principal assumptions concern the future volatility of asset values and the future 
correlation between asset values. These principle assumptions include credit volatilities and correlations used in the valuation of the 
structured credit derivatives. For such unobservable assumptions, estimates are based on available market data, which may include 
the use of a proxy method to derive a volatility or correlation from comparable assets for which market data is more readily available, 
and examination of historical levels.

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Analysis of reasonably possible alternative assumptions

Year ended 31 December 2010

Level 3 financial assets
Held-for-trading (fair value through income statement)

  Loans and advances

Investments and securities

  Derivative financial instruments – assets

Designated (fair value through income statement)

Investments and securities

Available-for-sale financial assets

Investments and securities

Reflected in 
 income statement

Reflected in other 
comprehensive income

Favourable 
changes

Unfavourable 
changes

Favourable 
changes

Unfavourable 
changes

£m

10

–
8
2

177

177

1

1

10

–
8
2

167

167

1

1

–

–
–
–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–
–

–

–

–

–

–
–
–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–
–

–

–

–

Total level 3 financial assets

188

178

Level 3 financial liabilities
Held-for-trading (fair value through income statement)

  Life assurance policyholder liabilities
  Derivative financial instruments – liabilities

Designated (fair value through income statement)

  Life assurance policyholder liabilities (investment contracts)

Total level 3 financial liabilities

–

–
–

7

7

7

–

–
–

27

27

27

For the above analysis, the determination of the impacts of the favourable and unfavourable changes was based on a reasonable 
range of favourable and unfavourable changes in the key observable inputs for the major types of Level 3 financial assets and 
liabilities, ranging from, for example, a 10% change in the price earnings multiple for equity securities, to a 25% change in the 
discount rates applied to debt securities and volatility assumptions in derivative contracts. Changes in other key observable inputs 
such as lapses and non-performance risk were also considered. 

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For the year ended 31 December 2010 continued

Financial instruments designated as fair value through income statement
Certain items in the Group’s statement of financial position that would otherwise be categorised as loans and receivables under IAS 
39 have been designated as fair value through income statement. Information relating to the change in fair value of these items as it 
relates to credit risk is shown in the table below:

At 31 December 2010

Loans and advances
Investments and securities
Other assets

At 31 December 2009

Loans and advances
Investments and securities
Other assets

£m

Change in fair value due to 
change in credit risk

Maximum  
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credit risk

Current  
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 year

Cumulative 

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9,857
88

14,168

–
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–

(8)

–
11
–

11

£m

Change in fair value due to 
change in credit risk

Maximum 
exposure to 
credit risk

3,157
8,842
56

12,055

Current 
financial year

Cumulative

(1)
(7)
–

(8)

–
(8)
–

(8)

Certain items in the Group’s statement of financial position that would otherwise be categorised as financial liabilities at amortised 
cost under IAS 39 have been designated as fair value through income statement. Information relating to the change in fair value of 
these items as it relates to credit risk is shown in the table below:

At 31 December 2010

Borrowed funds
Amounts owed to bank depositors

At 31 December 2009

Borrowed funds
Amounts owed to bank depositors

Change in fair value due to 
change in credit risk

Fair value

Current 
financial year

Cumulative

1,579
8,769

10,348

(203)
11

(192)

(74)
(11)

(85)

Change in fair value due to 
change in credit risk

Current 
financial year

Cumulative

263
(6)

257

(276)
(18)

(294)

Fair value

1,344
6,235

7,579

£m

Contractual 
maturity 
amount

1,686
8,734

10,420

£m

Contractual 
maturity 
amount

1,679
6,290

7,969

The fair values of other categories of financial liabilities designated as fair value through the income statement do not change 
significantly in respect of credit risk.

The change in fair value due to change in credit risk shown above is determined as the amount of the change in fair value of the 
instrument that is not attributable to changes in market conditions that give rise to market risk. For loans and receivables that have been 
designated as fair value through the income statement, individual credit spreads are determined at inception as the difference between 
the benchmark interest rate and the interest rate charged to the client. Subsequent changes in the benchmark interest rate and the 
credit spread give rise to changes in fair value of the financial instrument. Loans and advances are reviewed for observable changes  
in credit risk, and the credit spread is adjusted at subsequent dates if there has been an observable change in credit risk relating to  
a particular loan or advance. No credit derivatives are used to hedge the credit risk on any of the financial assets designated as fair 
value through the income statement. The change in fair value due to credit risk of financial liabilities designated as fair value through  
the income statement has been determined as the difference between fair values determined using a liability curve (adjusted for credit) 
and a risk-free liability curve. This difference is cross-checked to market related data on credit spreads, where available.

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(c) Market risk
(i) Overview
Market risk is the risk of a financial impact arising from the changes in values of financial assets or financial liabilities from changes  
in equity, bond and property prices, interest rates and foreign exchange rates. Market risk arises differently across the Group’s 
businesses depending on the types of financial assets and liabilities held.

Each of the Group’s business units has an established set of policies, principles and governance processes to manage market risk 
within their individual businesses and in accordance with their local regulatory requirements. A monitoring process established at  
a Group level overlies these individual approaches to the management of market risk.

The impacts of changes in market risk are monitored and managed by way of sensitivity analyses, through the business units’ own 
regulatory processes, with reference to the Group’s economic capital processes, and by other means. The sensitivity of the Group’s 
earnings, capital position and embedded value is monitored through the Group’s embedded value reporting processes.

(ii) Insurance operations
For the Group’s insurance operations, equity and property price risk and interest rate risk (on the value of the securities) are modelled 
in accordance with the Group’s risk-based capital practices, which require sufficient capital to be held in excess of the statutory 
minimum to allow the Group to manage significant equity exposures.

In South Africa the stock selection and investment analysis process is supported by a well-developed research function. For fixed 
annuities, market risks are managed where possible by investing in fixed interest securities with a duration closely corresponding to 
those liabilities. Market risk on policies that include specific guarantees and where shareholders carry the investment risk, principally 
reside in the South African guaranteed non-profit annuity book, which is closely matched with gilts and semi-gilts. Other non-profit 
policies are also suitably matched based upon comprehensive investment guidelines. Market risk on with-profit policies, where 
investment risk is shared, is minimised by appropriate bonus declaration practices.

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In the US, for fixed annuities, risk is managed by investing in fixed securities with durations within a half-year of the duration of the 
liabilities. Cash flows in any period are closely aligned to ensure any mismatch is not material. In addition, extensive interest rate 
scenario testing is carried out, as required by US regulatory authorities, in order to ensure that the amounts reserved are sufficient  
to meet the guaranteed obligations. The guaranteed returns provided under equity indexed annuities are hedged to ensure a close 
matching of option or futures payoffs to the liability growth. Hedging is largely static with minimal trading. For variable annuities,  
the guaranteed returns provided are dynamically hedged. Hedging positions are reviewed daily to re-adjust them as necessary.

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the overall exposures to changes in markets monitored closely so that actions are taken to re-establish hedging at short notice  
as required. However this does create more short-term risk of volatility in earnings and capital for the Bermuda operation.

In Skandia’s unit-linked assurance operations, the Group has limited exposure to the volatility from equity markets, because in  
the main, equity price risk is borne by policyholders (subject to the impact on asset-based fees charged on policyholder funds).  
In respect of Skandia’s shareholders’ funds, equity price risks are addressed in Skandia’s investment policy, which provides for  
very limited opportunity for business units to invest their own capital in equities or in units in equity funds.

In some areas of Skandia’s business, most notably its traditional life insurance business, Skandia is exposed to market risks arising 
from various forms of guarantees. Typically the policyholder is guaranteed a certain return regardless of the asset return achieved 
during the term of the policy. These risks are closely monitored and mitigated by applying asset and liability management techniques, 
ensuring that the proceeds from sale of assets are sufficient to meet the obligations to policyholders.

Sensitivities to adverse impacts of changes in market prices arising in the Group’s insurance operations are set out in the Old Mutual 
audited Market Consistent Embedded Value supplementary basis information section of the Annual Report and Accounts on pages 
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The principal market risks arising in the Group’s banking operations arise from:

Trading risk in Nedbank Capital; and

 (cid:81)
 (cid:81) Banking book interest rate risk arises from re-pricing and/or maturity mismatches between on and off-balance sheet 

components in all banking businesses.

A comprehensive market risk framework is used to ensure that market risks are understood and managed. Governance structures 
are in place to achieve effective independent monitoring and management of market risk.

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FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
For the year ended 31 December 2010 continued

Trading risk
Market risk exposures from trading activities at Nedbank Capital are measured using Value-at-Risk (VaR), supplemented by 
sensitivity analysis, and stress-scenario analysis, and limit structures are set accordingly.

The VaR risk measure for Nedbank estimates the potential loss in pre-tax profit over a given holding period for a specified confidence 
level. The VaR methodology is a statistically defined, probability-based approach that takes into account market volatilities as well as risk 
diversification by recognising offsetting positions and correlations between products and markets. Risks can be measured consistently 
across all markets and products, and risk measures can be aggregated to arrive at a single risk number. The one-day 99% VaR number 
used by Nedbank represents the overnight loss that has less than 1% chance of occurring under normal market conditions. By its 
nature, VaR is only a single measure and cannot be relied upon on its own as a means of measuring and managing risk.

At 31 December 2010

Historical VaR (one-day, 99%) by risk type 
Foreign exchange
Interest rate
Equity products
Other
Diversification

Total VaR exposure

At 31 December 2009

Historical VaR (one-day, 99%) by risk type 
Foreign exchange
Interest rate
Equity products
Other
Diversification

Total VaR exposure

Banking book interest rate risk
Banking book interest rate risk at Nedbank arises because:

Average

Minimum

Maximum

Year end

£m

0.2
0.9
0.4
0.4
(0.7)

1.2

0.1
0.4
0.1
0.1
–

0.7

0.7
1.4
0.9
0.5
–

3.5

0.4
0.6
0.3
0.4
(0.6)

1.1

£m

Average

Minimum

Maximum

Year end

0.3
1.4
0.5
0.5
(1.0)

1.7

0.1
0.6
0.2
0.2
–

1.1

0.9
2.4
1.1
1.1
–

5.5

0.3
0.6
0.3
0.4
(0.5)

1.1

 (cid:81)

The bank writes a large quantum of prime-linked assets and raises fewer prime-linked deposits.
Funding is prudently raised across the curve at fixed-term deposit rates that re-price only on maturity.

 (cid:81)
 (cid:81) Short-term demand-funding products re-price to different short-end base rates.
 (cid:81) Certain ambiguous maturity accounts are non-rate-sensitive.
 (cid:81)

The bank has a mismatch in net non-rate-sensitive balances, including shareholders’ funds, that do not re-price for  
interest rate changes.

Nedbank uses standard analytical techniques to measure interest rate sensitivity within its banking book. This includes static re-price 
gap analysis and a point-in-time interest income stress testing for parallel interest rate moves over a forward-looking 12-month 
period. At 31 December 2010 the sensitivity of the banking book to a 1% instantaneous reduction in interest rates would have led to 
a reduction in net interest income and equity of £44 million (2009: £44 million).

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The table below shows the re-pricing profile of Nedbank’s banking book, which highlights the fact that assets re-price quicker than 
liabilities following derivative hedging activities.

At 31 December 2010

Interest rate re-pricing gap 
Total assets
Total liabilities and shareholders’ funds
Interest rate hedging activities
Re-pricing profile
Cumulative re-pricing profile
Expressed as a % of total assets

At 31 December 2009

Interest rate re-pricing gap 
Total assets
Total liabilities and shareholders’ funds
Interest rate hedging activities
Re-pricing profile
Cumulative re-pricing profile
Expressed as a % of total assets

Up to 3 
months

3<6  

months

6 months  
< 1 year

1<5  

years

Over  

5 years

Trading and 
non-rate

42,497
35,960
(2,707)
3,830
3,830
6.5

1,138
3,750
2,684
73
3,903
6.6

1,033
2,977
2,134
190
4,093
6.9

2,730
1,673
(333)
725
4,818
8.1

2,040
190
(1,778)
71
4,889
8.3

9,778
14,666
–
(4,889)
–
–

Up to  

3 months

3<6  

months

6 months  
< 1 year

1<5  

years

Over 
 5 years

Trading and 
non-rate

35,105
29,620
(2,631)
2,853
2,853
6.0

283
2,601
2,232
(85)
2,768
5.8

524
3,227
2,474
(229)
2,539
5.3

2,624
1,013
(860)
751
3,290
6.9

1,409
391
(1,215)
(197)
3,093
6.5

7,944
11,037
–
(3,093)
–
–

£m

Total

59,216
59,216
–
–
–
–

£m

Total

47,889
47,889
–
–
–
–

Skandiabanken has low sensitivity to interest rate risk. The majority of Skandiabanken’s deposit taking and lending activity, after risk 
coverage, is short-term, which means that interest rates are changed to reflect the situation in the money market. The interest rate 
risk that arises from mismatching of fixed rates of interest is reduced through interest rate swap agreements.

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FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
For the year ended 31 December 2010 continued

(d) Currency risk
The Group is exposed to effects of fluctuations in the prevailing foreign currency exchange rates on its financial position and cash 
flows, with currency risk where these are not effectively matched. The principal foreign currency risk arises from the fact that the 
Group’s presentation currency is GBP, whereas (other than for the UK operations) the functional currencies of its principal operations 
are South African rand, US dollar, Swedish krona and euro. The Group reduces this risk through the use of currency swaps, currency 
borrowings and forward foreign exchange contracts. Such risk mitigation techniques are reflected in the currency analyses  
that follow.

Old Mutual (Bermuda) Ltd (‘OMB’) shareholder funds and client assets are invested in US dollar denominated bonds, mutual funds, 
money market securities and cash. Where selected, OMB provides minimum guarantees, also denominated in US dollar. However,  
a significant portion of the underlying assets invested in by OMB’s clients are exposed to currencies other than the US dollar. OMB 
estimates and tracks this exposure on a daily basis and, depending on the hedging strategy employed, seeks to mitigate the exposure 
to a greater or lesser extent. 

The table below shows the Group’s statement of financial position by major currency at 31 December 2010.

At 31 December 2010

Assets
Goodwill and other intangible assets
Mandatory reserve deposits with 

central banks

Property, plant and equipment
Investment property
Deferred tax assets
Investments in associated 

undertakings and joint ventures

Deferred acquisition costs
Reinsurers’ share of life assurance 

policyholder liabilities

Reinsurers’ share of general insurance 

liabilities

Deposits held with reinsurers
Loans and advances
Investments and securities
Current tax receivable
Client indebtedness for acceptances
Other assets
Derivative financial instruments – 

assets

Cash and cash equivalents
Non-current assets held for sale

Liabilities
Life assurance policyholder liabilities
General insurance liabilities
Third-party interests in consolidation  

of funds

Borrowed funds
Provisions
Deferred revenue
Deferred tax liabilities
Current tax payable
Other liabilities
Liabilities under acceptances

Amounts owed to bank depositors
Derivative financial instruments –  

liabilities

Non-current liabilities held for sale

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ZAR

GBP

USD

EUR

SEK

Other

£m

Total

719

1,406

1,182

544

977

137

4,965

1,066
905
1,683
133

120
142

52

103
2
43,917
36,938
47
180
1,806

1,965
2,020
1

–
17
341
–

26
751

907

–
–
377
29,797
95
–
399

209
838
6

91,799

35,169

35,599
362

29,011
–

672
2,758
185
29
382
101
3,969
180

44,226

1,273
–

89,736

1,857
792
74
457
124
83
762
–

565

134
–

33,859

2
18
–
147

8
143

–

–
–
1,232
14,734
–
9
1,276

228
478
12,384

31,841

10,536
–

161
43
5
–
–
32
290
9

1,056

292
12,219

24,643

–
3
–
55

–
297

2

–
–
240
9,579
6
–
174

88
262
–

–
11
–
78

–
55

3

–
–
5,233
11,373
1
–
230

10
211
–

11
61
16
3

8
146

18

19
–
779
3,732
7
1
47

3
323
–

1,079
1,015
2,040
416

162
1,534

982

122
2
51,778
106,153
156
190
3,932

2,503
4,132
12,391

11,250

18,182

5,311

193,552

10,241
–

9,306
–

3,938
35

98,631
397

–
611
23
184
228
9
180
–

407

72
–

894
–
(38)
–
95
7
257
–

–
–
11
60
29
6
203
1

3,584
4,204
260
730
858
238
5,661
190

5,965

1,017

53,236

99
–

–
–

1,870
12,219

11,955

16,585

5,300

182,078

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At 31 December 2009

Assets
Goodwill and other intangible assets
Mandatory reserve deposits with 

central banks

Property, plant and equipment
Investment property
Deferred tax assets
Investments in associated  

undertakings and joint ventures

Deferred acquisition costs
Reinsurers’ share of life assurance  

policyholder liabilities

Reinsurers’ share of general  

insurance liabilities

Deposits held with reinsurers
Loans and advances
Investments and securities
Current tax receivable
Client indebtedness for acceptances
Other assets
Derivative financial instruments – 

assets

Cash and cash equivalents
Non-current assets held for sale

Liabilities
Life assurance policyholder liabilities
General insurance liabilities
Third-party interests in consolidation 

of funds

Borrowed funds
Provisions
Deferred revenue
Deferred tax liabilities
Current tax payable
Other liabilities
Liabilities under acceptances
Amounts owed to bank depositors
Derivative financial instruments – 

liabilities

ZAR

608

843
738
1,518
83

102
129

32

107
3
35,077
29,483
52
140
1,137

1,381
790
1

GBP

USD

1,523

1,267

35
21
223
19

26
696

772

–
–
533
30,685
93
–
223

100
844
–

–
22
–
329

7
1,894

475

–
143
1,586
18,690
–
10
1,302

1,020
483
–

EUR

661

–
5
–
30

–
347

7

–
–
92
5,983
17
19
155

34
319
–

SEK

Other

1,013

–
6
–
104

–
43

4

–
–
1,979
10,530
2
–
188

9
422
–

87

4
36
18
5

–
29

6

13
–
3,126
3,090
6
–
46

2
124
–

£m

Total

5,159

882
828
1,759
570

135
3,138

1,296

120
146
42,393
98,461
170
169
3,051

2,546
2,982
1

72,224

35,793

27,228

7,669

14,300

6,592

163,806

28,509
344

531
1,941
156
28
337
81
2,507
140
35,471

1,092

71,137

30,204
–

18,920
–

1,507
750
63
421
162
85
100
–
778

206
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–
126
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1,572

7,171
–

–
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20
190
154
2
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20
179

6,318
–

662
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–
–
109
15
229
–
2,803

2,754
28

–
–
7
15
17
11
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–
3,332

93,876
372

2,906
3,309
263
654
905
210
4,305
170
44,135

–

34,070

815

22,455

7

8,708

76

10,216

–

1,990

6,509

153,095

The Group reduces the risk to foreign currency fluctuations through the use of currency swaps, currency borrowings and forward 
foreign exchange contracts. There are no direct exposures to the unit linked investments and related policyholder liabilities. Taking 
these risk mitigation techniques into account a 10% appreciation in the GBP would result in a reduction to equity holders’ funds  
in relation to the USD of £711 million (2009: £318 million), EUR increase of £8 million (2009: reduction of £42 million), SEK reduction  
of £124 million (2009: reduction of £352 million) and ZAR reduction of £192 million (2009: an increase in consolidated equity holders’ 
funds of £99 million).

A 10% deterioration in the value of the major currencies shown above in relation to GBP (as set out in note C2) would have led to a 
reduction in Profit after tax of £90 million (2009: £48 million gain).

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FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
For the year ended 31 December 2010 continued

E2: Credit risk
Overall exposure to credit risk
Credit risk refers to the risk that a counterparty will default on its contractual obligation resulting in financial loss to the Group.  
The Group has adopted a policy of only dealing with creditworthy counterparties and obtaining sufficient collateral where 
appropriate, as a means of mitigating the financial loss from defaults. The Group’s exposure and credit rating of its counterparties  
are continuously monitored and the aggregate value of transactions concluded is spread amongst approved counterparties.

The Group does not have significant credit exposure to any single counterparty or any group of counterparties having similar 
characteristics. The credit risk on liquid funds and derivative financial instruments is limited because the counterparties are banks 
with high credit ratings assigned by international credit rating agencies.

Nedbank’s lending portfolio forms the substantial part of the Group’s loans and advances, analysed below. Credit risk represents  
the most significant risk type facing Nedbank, accounting for over 58.2% of its economic capital requirements. Nedbank’s credit risk 
profile is managed in terms of its credit risk management framework, which encompasses comprehensive credit policy, mandate 
(limits) and governance structures, and is approved by the Nedbank Board.

The other major source of credit risk arises predominantly in the Group’s insurance operations’ portfolios of debt and similar 
securities along with those portfolios of debt instruments held by the banking operations. Credit risk for these portfolios is managed 
with reference to established credit rating agencies with limits placed on exposures to below investment grade holdings.

Other than the above, the Group has other limited credit risk exposures in respect of amounts due from policyholders, intermediaries 
and reinsurers. None of the life assurance operations cedes significant risk through reinsurance and any loans to policyholders are 
secured on the surrender value of the relevant policies.

The table below represents the Group’s maximum exposure to credit risk, without taking into account the value of any collateral 
obtained. The total credit exposure also includes potential exposure arising from financial guarantees given by the Group and 
undrawn loan commitments, which are not yet reflected in the Group’s statement of financial position.

Mandatory reserve deposits with central banks
Reinsurers’ share of life assurance policyholder liabilities
Reinsurers’ share of general insurance liabilities
Deposits held with reinsurers
Loans and advances
Investments and securities

  Government and government-guaranteed securities
  Other debt securities, preference shares and debentures
  Short-term funds and securities treated as investments
  Other

Other assets
Derivative financial instruments – assets
Cash and cash equivalents
Financial guarantees and other credit related contingent liabilities
Loan commitments and other credit related commitments
Non-current assets held for sale

£m

At  
 31 December 
2010

At  
31 December 
2009

1,079
982
122
2
51,778
28,657

9,275
15,930
3,352
100

3,842
2,503
4,132
3,915
8,330
11,750

882
1,296
120
146
42,393
32,668

8,168
20,526
3,859
115

3,004
2,546
2,982
3,100
4,602
 –

117,092

93,739

(i) Financial collateral 
The Group takes financial collateral to support exposures in its banking and securities and lending activities. Collateral held includes 
cash and debt securities. Cash collateral is included as part of cash equivalents.

These transactions are entered into under terms and conditions that are standard industry practice to securities borrowing and lending activities. 

(ii) Non-financial collateral 
The Group takes other physical collateral to recover outstanding lending exposures in the event of the borrower being unable or 
unwilling to fulfil its obligations. This includes mortgage over property (both residential and commercial), and liens over business assets 
(including, but not limited to plant, vehicles, aircraft, inventories and trade debtors) and guarantees from parties other than the borrower. 

The Group has not disclosed the fair value of collateral held as it is not practicable to do so.

A further analysis of credit risk is provided in notes E3, E4, E6 and F5.

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E3: Loans and advances
(a) Summary
The following table shows an analysis of loans and advances:

Home loans
Commercial mortgages
Properties in possession
Credit cards
Overdrafts
Policyholder loans
Other loans to clients
Preference shares and debentures
Net finance leases and instalment debtors

  Gross investment
  Unearned finance charges

Factoring accounts
Trade, other bills and bankers’ acceptances
Term loans
Remittances in transit
Deposits placed under reverse purchase agreements

Gross loans and advances
Provisions for impairment 
  Specific provisions
  Portfolio provision

Total net loans and advances

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43,225

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42,393

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Of the loans and advances shown above, £15,865 million (2009: £13,038 million) is receivable within one year of the reporting  
date and is regarded as current. £35,913 million (2009: £29,355 million) is regarded as non-current based on the maturity profile  
of the assets.

The table below gives an age analysis of loans and advances representing primarily the exposures of the Group’s banking operations.

Neither past due nor impaired
Past due but not impaired

  Past due but less than 1 month
  Past due, greater than 1 month but less than 3 months
  Past due, greater than 3 months but less than 6 months
  Past due, greater than 6 months but less than 1 year
  Past due more than 1 year

Impaired loans and advances individually impaired

Gross loans and advances
Provisions for impairment 

Total net loans and advances

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At  
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At  
31 December 
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46,584
3,683

3,075
481
75
24
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2,615

52,882
(1,104)

51,778

37,670
3,279

2,631
566
28
36
18

2,276

43,225
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42,393

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For the year ended 31 December 2010 continued

E: Financial assets and liabilities continued
E3 Loans and advances continued
The neither past due nor impaired loans and advances can be further analysed by credit rating as follows:

At 31 December 2010

At 31 December 2009

Investment 
grade

Sub-
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Not rated

Total

Investment 
grade

Sub-
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Not rated

Home loans
Commercial mortgages
Credit cards
Overdrafts
Policyholder loans
Other loans to clients
Preference shares and debentures
Net finance leases and instalment debtors
Factoring accounts
Trade, other bills and bankers’  

acceptances

Term loans
Remittances in transit
Deposits placed under reverse purchase 

agreements

923
2,153
121
297
160
3,544
728
1,376
–

6
5,163
8

1,307

10,145
5,936
542
710
–
1,332
4,601
521
308

8
934
1

28

4,830
20
9
261
83
252
91
14
–

–
171
1

15,898
8,109
672
1,268
243
5,128
5,420
1,911
308

14
6,268
10

–

1,335

Gross loans and advances

15,786

25,066

5,732

46,584

220
493
91
58
–
2,926
422
649
–

13
3,988
5

732

9,597

9,358
5,572
434
500
–
1,317
3,762
735
181

11
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–

–

3,980
15
44
204
484
134
183
–
–

–
80
4

–

£m

Total

13,558
6,080
569
762
484
4,377
4,367
1,384
181

24
5,143
9

732

22,945

5,128

37,670

Collateral is held as security against certain loans and advances detailed above, with this principally consisting of cash, properties 
and letters of credit.

Movements in provisions for impairment of loans and advances are analysed as follows:

Loans and advances
Balance at beginning of the year
Income statement charge/(credit)
Recoveries of amounts previously written off
Amounts written off against the provision
Foreign exchange and other movements

Balance at end of the year 

Year ended 31 December 2010

Year ended 31 December 2009

Specific 
impairment

Portfolio 
impairment

Total 
impairment

Specific 
impairment

Portfolio 
impairment

Total 
impairment

£m

660
598
(67)
(484)
179

886

172
21
–
–
25

218

832
619
(67)
(484)
204

1,104

407
565
(35)
(378)
101

660

172
(19)
–
–
19

172

579
546
(35)
(378)
120

832

The majority of loans and advances are in respect of Nedbank, which believes it has continued to make good progress in improving 
asset quality. In local currency terms Nedbank experienced a reduction in the impairment charge for the year driven mostly by its 
retail division, particularly in the secured portfolios that had lagged the recovery in the unsecured portfolios. Lower interest rates  
and the stabilising of job losses contributed to the retail credit loss improving significantly in the year. Nedbank further strengthened 
its provisioning by reducing certain security assumptions in specific impairments and lengthening the emergence periods. The credit 
portfolios in Nedbank’s corporate banking business and wealth divisions are believed to be of a high quality and credit loss ratios 
remained within or below the respective target levels. Impairments for the capital division increased in the higher risk private  
equity portfolio. 

During the year under review, the Group recognised collateral to the amount of £64 million (2009: £74 million) in the statement of 
financial position. 

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Minimum lease  

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At 
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At  
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The accumulated allowance for uncollectable minimum lease payments receivable is £230 million (2009: £134 million).

E4: Investments and securities

Government and government-guaranteed securities
Other debt securities, preference shares and debentures

  Listed
  Unlisted

Equity securities

  Listed

  Unlisted
Pooled investments

  Listed
  Unlisted

Short-term funds and securities treated as investments
Other

Total investments and securities

At 
31 December 
2010

At  
31 December 
2009

9,275
15,930

11,356
4,574

25,453

23,202
2,251

52,043

8,591
43,452

3,352
100

106,153

8,168
20,526

14,821
5,705

19,986

18,496
1,490

45,807

5,741
40,066

3,859
115

98,461

Investments and securities are regarded as current and non-current assets based on the intention with which the financial assets are 
held as well as their contractual maturity profile. Of the amounts shown above, £55,650 million (2009: £48,226 million) is regarded as 
current and £50,503 million (2009: £50,235 million) is regarded as non-current.

(a) Debt instruments and similar securities
The following table shows an age analysis of the portfolio of debt instruments and similar securities:

Neither past due nor impaired
Past due but not impaired
Impaired 

Total debt instruments and similar securities

£m

At  
31 December 
2010

At  
31 December 
2009

28,648

9
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28,657

32,346
–
322

32,668

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FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
For the year ended 31 December 2010 continued

E: Financial assets and liabilities continued
The following table shows an analysis of the carrying values of the Group’s portfolio of debt and similar securities according to their 
credit rating (Standard & Poor’s or equivalent), by investment grade.

At 31 December 2010

Investment grade (AAA to BBB)
Sub-investment grade (BB and lower)
Not rated

At 31 December 2009

Investment grade (AAA to BBB)
Sub-investment grade (BB and lower)
Not rated

Government 
and 
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related 
securities

Other debt 
securities, 
preference 
shares and 
debentures

7,094
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2,181

9,275

8,429
113
7,388

15,930

Government 
and 
government-
related 
securities

Other debt 
securities, 
preference 
shares and 
debentures

6,324
–
1,844

8,168

15,745
696
4,085

20,526

Short-term 
funds and 
securities

2,162
–
1,190

3,352

Short-term 
funds and 
securities

2,193
–
1,666

3,859

£m

Other

Total

6
–
94

100

Other

–
–
115

115

17,691
113
10,853

28,657

Total

24,262
696
7,710

32,668

In general, no collateral is taken in respect of the Group’s holdings of debt instruments and similar securities.

E5: Securities lending
The Group participates in securities lending where securities holdings are lent to third parties. The loaned securities are not removed 
from the Group’s consolidated balance sheet but are retained within the relevant investment classification. Collateral is held in respect  
of the loaned securities, with the level of holding in relation to the underlying securities lent being dependant on the quality of collateral.

The table below represents the amounts lent and the related collateral received.

Amounts lent under securities lending
  Equity
  Debt securities

Amounts received as collateral for securities lending
  Cash
  Debt securities

£m

At  
31 December 
2010

At  
31 December 
2009

700
447

1,147

1,131
16

1,147

626
230

856

782
74

856

The cash collateral above has been recognised in the statement of financial position with a corresponding liability to return the 
collateral included in other liabilities. Of the collateral included in the table above, £1,147 million (2009: £856 million) can be sold  
or repledged and £nil (2009: £nil) has been sold or repledged.

In addition the Group has provided £164 million in cash collateral (2009: £1 million) and £nil in debt securities collateral  
(2009: £92 million) under repurchase arrangements. 

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E6: Derivative financial instruments – assets and liabilities
The Group utilises the following derivative instruments for both hedging and non-hedging purposes:

 (cid:81)

 (cid:81)

 (cid:81)

Foreign currency, interest rate and equity, or equity index, futures are contractual obligations to receive or pay a net amount 
based on changes in currency rates or underlying equities, or indices or interest rates or buy or sell foreign currency or a financial 
instrument on a future date at a specified price established in an organised financial market (an Exchange). Since futures 
contracts are collateralised by cash or marketable securities and changes in the futures contract value are settled daily with  
the Exchange, the credit risk is negligible.
Forward rate agreements are individually negotiated interest rate contracts that call for a cash settlement at a future date for  
the difference between a contracted rate of interest and the current market rate, based on a notional principal amount.
Forward foreign exchange contracts are individually negotiated contracts that require settlement of the pre-agreed currency 
amounts at a future date.

 (cid:81) Currency and interest rate swaps are commitments to exchange one set of cash flows for another. Swaps result in an economic 
exchange of currencies or interest rates or a combination of both (i.e. cross-currency interest rate swaps). Except for certain 
currency swaps, no exchange of principal takes place. The Group’s credit risk represents the potential cost to replace the swap 
contracts if counterparties fail to perform their obligation. This risk is monitored continuously with reference to the current fair 
value, a proportion of the notional amount of the contracts and the liquidity of the market. To control the level of credit risk taken, 
the Group assesses counterparties using the same techniques as for its lending activities.
Foreign currency, interest rate and equity, or equity index, options are contractual agreements under which the writer grants the holder 
the right, but not the obligation, either to buy (a call option) or sell (a put option) at or by a set date or during a set period, a specific 
amount of a foreign currency or a financial instrument or amount of assets determined by reference to an index at a predetermined 
price. In consideration for the assumption of foreign exchange, interest rate or asset price risk, the seller receives a premium from the 
purchaser. Options may be either exchange-traded or negotiated between the Group and a customer (over-the-counter). The Group  
is exposed to credit risk on purchased options only, and only to the extent of their carrying amount, which is their fair value.

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The notional amounts of certain types of financial instruments provide a basis for comparison with instruments recognised on the statement  
of financial position, but do not necessarily indicate the amounts of future cash flows involved or the current fair value of the instruments and, 
therefore, do not indicate the Group’s exposure to credit or price risks. The derivative instruments become in-the-money or out-of-the-money 
as a result of fluctuations in market interest rates, foreign exchange rates or asset prices relative to their terms. The aggregate contractual  
or notional amount of derivative financial instruments on hand, the extent to which instruments are in-the-money or out-of-the-money and, 
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financial instruments outstanding at year end. These instruments allow the Group and its customers to transfer, modify or reduce their 
credit, equity market, foreign exchange and interest rate risks.

The Group undertakes transactions involving derivative financial instruments with other financial institutions. Management has 
established limits commensurate with the credit quality of the institutions with whom it deals, and manages the resulting exposures 
such that a default by any individual counterparty is unlikely to have a materially adverse impact on the Group.

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FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
For the year ended 31 December 2010 continued

At 31 December 2010

Equity derivatives
Options written
Options purchased
Futures

Exchange rate contracts
Forwards
Swaps
Options purchased
Futures
Options written

Interest rate contracts
Swaps
Forward rate agreements
Options purchased
Options written
Futures
Caps

Credit derivatives
Credit linked notes
Credit default swaps

Other derivatives

Total

At 31 December 2009
Equity derivatives
Options written
Options purchased
Futures

Exchange rate contracts
Forwards
Swaps
Options purchased
Futures
Options written

Interest rate contracts
Swaps
Forward rate agreements
Options purchased
Options written
Futures
Caps

Credit derivatives
Credit linked notes
Credit default swaps

Other derivatives
Total

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Notional principals

Fair values

Positive 
values

Negative 
values

Assets

Liabilities

£m

–
612
152

764

6,983
1,383
334
1
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8,701

18,950
10,973
300
–
566
72

30,861

172
321

493

365

539
–
598

1,137

6,558
877
–
–
319

7,754

15,099
9,537
–
238
693
354

25,921

10
570

580

615

52
240
1

293

496
208
15
(127)
–

592

716
17
128
–
99
9

969

168
5

173

476

41,184

36,007

2,503

82
70
8

160

218
161
–
–
10

389

737
15
–
–
96
9

857

10
2

12

452

1,870

£m

Notional principals

Fair values

Positive values Negative values

Assets

Liabilities

–
976
599
1,575

6,420
1,619
368
7
–
8,414

16,820
3,644
1,663
–
864
195
23,186

65
–
65
8
33,248

758
39
106
903

6,255
712
–
5
368
7,340

15,310
5,363
1,163
391
1,552
580
24,359

127
–
127
–
32,729

6
217
3
226

1,237
177
13
–
–
1,427

555
5
167
–
81
11
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73
–
73
1
2,546

166
12
1
179

1,013
88
–
–
12
1,113

570
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9
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5
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E6: Derivative financial instruments – assets and liabilities continued
The contractual maturities of the derivative liabilities held are as follows:

At 31 December 2010

Derivative financial liabilities

Carrying 
amount

1,870

Less than  
3 months

More than  
3 months less 
than 1 year

Between  

1 and 5 years

More than 
 5 years

No  
contractual 
maturity date

570

278

541

538

–

At 31 December 2009

Derivative financial liabilities

Carrying 
amount

1,990

Less than 
 3 months

811

More than  
3 months less 
than 1 year

Between 
 1 and 5 years

More than  
5 years

No 
contractual 
maturity date

421

388

344

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E7: Hedge accounting
Cash flow hedges
Cash flow hedge accounting was applied in respect of the Group’s exposures to foreign currency risk. The Group hedged its foreign 
currency risk on one of its existing euro loan borrowings by entering into foreign currency swaps for USD. These swaps were 
separated, for accounting purposes, into a EUR/GBP swap and a GBP/USD swap. Cash flow hedge accounting was applied to the 
EUR/GBP swap. At 31 December 2010 the EUR/GBP swaps had a notional principal of £nil (€nil) (2009: £27 million (€30 million)) and 
a fair value of £nil (2009: £5 million). At 31 December 2010 the cash flow hedge reserve was £nil (2009: £2 million). The cash flow 
hedge reserve is included in ‘Other reserves’ in the statement of changes in equity. There was no ineffectiveness in respect of either 
of the above cash flow hedges during the financial year (2009: nil).

Net investment hedges
The Group uses a combination of currency swaps, forward foreign exchange contracts and debt raised in the currency of the 
exposure to mitigate the translation effect of holding overseas companies. The following table summarises the Group’s open 
positions with respect to financial instruments utilised for net investment hedging purposes. There was no ineffectivness in respect of 
the net investment hedges during the financial year (2009: nil).

At 31 December 2010

Open positions
Forward contracts
Currency swaps1
Debt2

At 31 December 2009

Open positions
Forward contracts
Currency swaps1
Debt2

EUR

USD

ZAR

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–

–

EUR

113
–
–

113

–
313
32

345

USD

–
321
31

352

164
–
10

174

ZAR

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150

SEK

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–

391

SEK

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2  Excludes $750 million and €500 million (2009: $750 million and €500 million) of financial instruments accounted as non-controlling interests or as equity.

An analysis of amounts in the financial statements relating to derivatives designated as net investment hedges is shown in the table below:

Fair value of financial instruments designated as net investment hedges at the reporting date
ZAR forward foreign exchange contracts
£300 million cross currency swap
€750 million cross currency swap

£m

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At  
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African operations. The £300 million cross currency swap is used to hedge SEK currency risk on SEK based assets in the Group’s 
net investment in Skandia. The GBP to USD (£246 million to $486 million) leg of the €750 million cross currency swap is used to 
hedge USD currency risk on the USD based assets in the Group’s net investment in US operations.

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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED  
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
For the year ended 31 December 2010 continued

E: Financial assets and liabilities continued
E8: Policyholder liabilities

Life assurance policyholder liabilities
Insurance contracts
Investment contracts
  Unit-linked investment contracts and similar 

contracts

  Other investment contracts
  Discretionary participating investment contracts
Outstanding claims

General insurance liabilities
  Claims incurred but not reported
  Unearned premiums
  Outstanding claims

Gross

Reinsurance

At  
31 December 
2010  
Net

Gross

Reinsurance

£m

At  
31 December 
2009 
 Net

19,177

(141)

19,036

27,549

(539)

27,010

69,538
1,145
8,249
522

98,631

61
109
227

397

(821)
–
–
(20)

(982)

(12)
(51)
(59)

(122)

68,717
1,145
8,249
502

97,649

49
58
168

275

57,372
1,859
6,639
457

93,876

49
94
229

372

(717)
–
–
(40)

(1,296)

(10)
(38)
(72)

(120)

56,655
1,859
6,639
417

92,580

39
56
157

252

Life assurance policyholder and general 

insurance liabilities

99,028

(1,104)

97,924

94,248

(1,416)

92,832

Of the £1,104 million (2009: £1,416 million) included in reinsurer’s share of life assurance policyholder and general insurance liabilities 
is an amount of £1,051 million (2009: £919 million) which is classified as current, the remainder being non-current.

Of the £2 million (2009: £146 million) included in deposits held with reinsurers £2 million (2009: £110 million) is classified as current, 
with no non-current deposits in 2010.

Movements in the amounts outstanding in respect of life assurance policyholder liabilities, other than outstanding claims, are set out below.

(a)  Insurance contracts

Balance at beginning of the year
Income
  Premium income

Investment income

  Other income
Expenses
  Claims and policy benefits
  Operating expenses
  Currency translation loss/(gain)
  Other charges and transfers
  Taxation
Transfer to operating profit
Discontinued operations

Balance at end of the year

Gross

Reinsurance

Year ended  
31 December 
 2010 
 Net

Gross

Reinsurance

£m

Year ended  
31 December 
 2009  
Net

27,549

(539)

27,010

28,106

(550)

27,556

1,999
1,989
3

(2,268)
(472)
2,059
(601)
(1)
(293)
(10,787)

19,177

(67)
–
–

70
–
(6)
(36)
–
(12)
449

(141)

1,932
1,989
3

(2,198)
(472)
2,053
(637)
(1)
(305)
(10,338)

19,036

2,549
1,623
5

(3,369)
(372)
(97)
(594)
(19)
(283)
–

27,549

(158)
–
–

165
–
44
(48)
–
8
–

(539)

2,391
1,623
5

(3,204)
(372)
(53)
(642)
(19)
(275)
–

27,010

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(b)  Unit-linked investment contracts and similar contracts, and other investment contracts

Balance at beginning of the year
New contributions received
Maturities
Withdrawals and surrenders
Fair value movements
Foreign exchange and other movements
Discontinued operations

Balance at end of the year

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10,250
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6,619

2,860
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70,683

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Year ended 
 31 December 
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47,126
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8,345
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Of the liabilities shown in the above table, £nil (2009: £1,178 million) are recorded at amortised cost with the remainder being 
designated as fair value through the income statement.

(c) Discretionary participating investment contracts

Balance at beginning of the year
Income
Premium income
Investment income
Currency translation losses

Expenses
Claims and policy benefits
Operating expenses
Other charges and transfers
Taxation

Transfer to operating profit

Balance at end of the year

£m

Year ended  
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Year ended  
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1,107

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(1,024)
(85)
(61)
(7)

(1,177)

(70)

8,249

5,647

659
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867

2,300

(1,050)
(68)
(145)
(4)

(1,267)

(41)

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FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
For the year ended 31 December 2010 continued

E: Financial assets and liabilities continued
E8: Policyholder liabilities continued
(d) Contractual maturity analysis
The table below is a maturity analysis of liability cash flows based on contractual maturity dates for investment contract liabilities  
and discretionary participating financial instruments, and expected claim dates for insurance contracts.

The Group acknowledges that for general insurance the unearned premium provision, which will be recognised as earned premium 
in the future, will most likely not lead to claim cash outflows equal to this provision. The Group has however adopted a conservative 
approach in estimating future cash outflows associated with unearned premiums, by assuming a 100% combined ratio.

At 31 December 2010

Life assurance
Insurance contracts
Investment contracts
  Unit-linked investment contracts and similar 

contracts

  Other investment contracts
  Discretionary participating investment contracts
Outstanding claims

General insurance liabilities
Claims incurred but not reported
Unearned premium
Outstanding claims

At 31 December 2009

Life assurance
Insurance contracts
Investment contracts
  Unit-linked investment contracts and similar 

contracts

  Other investment contracts
  Discretionary participating investment contracts
Outstanding claims

General insurance liabilities
Claims incurred but not reported
Unearned premium
Outstanding claims

Undiscounted cash flows

Carrying 
amount

Less than  
3 months

More than 
 3 months less  
than 1 year

Between  

1 and 5 years

More than  
5 years

£m

Total

19,177

1,572

1,744

9,271

24,658

37,245

69,538
1,145
8,249
522

98,631

61
109
227

397

59,173
740
7,415
406

69,306

26
56
88

170

888
77
–
29

2,227
264
–
57

6,790
236
–
31

69,078
1,317
7,415
523

2,738

11,819

31,715

115,578

30
51
100

181

5
2
39

46

–
–
–

–

61
109
227

397

99,028

69,476

2,919

11,865

31,715

115,975

Undiscounted cash flows

Carrying 
amount

Less than  
3 months

More than  
3 months less 
than 1 year

Between  

1 and 5 years

More than  
5 years

£m

Total

27,549

920

2,454

13,360

30,465

47,199

57,372
1,859
6,639
457

93,876

49
94
229

372

52,324
36
6,398
454

60,132

32
61
149

242

469
675
–
18

1,005
614
–
40

3,583
840
–
53

57,381
2,165
6,398
565

3,616

15,019

34,941

113,708

10
19
46

75

7
14
34

55

–
–
–

–

49
94
229

372

94,248

60,374

3,691

15,074

34,941

114,080

(e) Assumptions
Insurance contract provisions (together with provisions for investment contracts with discretionary participating features) are 
calculated based upon assumptions determined in accordance with local accounting requirements. As described in the accounting 
policies, these vary significantly between geographies and are therefore discussed separately below.

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South Africa
In the calculation of liabilities, provision has been made for:
 (cid:81)

The current best estimate of future experience, as described below.
The compulsory margins as set out in the Actuarial Society professional guidance notes and FSB board notices.

 (cid:81)
 (cid:81) Discretionary margins reflecting mainly the excess of capital charges over the compulsory investment margin of 0.25% for 

policies that are valued prospectively. These discretionary margins cause capital charges to be included in operating profits  
as they are charged and ensure that profits are released appropriately over the term of each policy.

Other discretionary margins, mainly held to cover: 
 (cid:81) Mortality, lapse and investment return margins for Group Schemes funeral policies, due to the additional risk associated with  

this business, and to ensure that profit is released appropriately over the term of the policies.

 (cid:81) Mortality margins on Individual Business life policies, accidental death supplementary benefits, and disability supplementary 

benefits, due to uncertainty about future experience.

 (cid:81) Margins on certain Individual Business non-profit annuities, due to the inability to fully match assets to liabilities as a result  

of the limited availability of long-dated bonds, and to provide for longevity risk.

 (cid:81) Expense margins in the pricing basis for Employee Benefits annuities.
 (cid:81)

Interest margins on Employee Benefits PHI claims in payment due to the inability to fully match assets to liabilities as a result  
of the high rate of change in the portfolio (high volume of new claimants and terminations).

 (cid:81) Margins on the investment guarantee reserves to mitigate the sensitivity of the reserves calculated on a market-consistent basis 

to market swap yield curves in particular.

Liabilities include provisions to meet financial options and guarantees on a market-consistent basis, and make due allowance for 
potential lapses, paid-ups and surrenders, based on levels recently experienced. Mortality and disability rates assumed are 
consistent with Old Mutual’s recent experience, or expected future experience if this would result in a higher liability. In particular, 
allowance has been made for the expected deterioration in assured lives experience due to AIDS, and for the expected improvement 
in annuitant mortality.

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escalation thereafter.

The future gross investment returns by major asset categories and expense inflation (excluding margins) assumed for South Africa 
insurance business are as follows:

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6.5

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For non-profit annuities, liabilities are determined by calculating the present value of projected future benefits and expenses,  
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FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
For the year ended 31 December 2010 continued

Assumptions are based upon experience as analysed in the following investigations:

Business unit

Individual Business

Group Schemes

Employee Benefits

All

Type of investigation

Period of investigation 

Flexi business mortality
Conventional business mortality 
Annuitant mortality 
Greenlight mortality
Dread Disease 
Disability
Persistency – Flexi and Conventional
Persistency – Greenlight
Mortality
Persistency
Annuitant Mortality
PHI claim terminations
Group Assurance mortality and disability 
experience
Expenses

2003 to 2006
1999 to 2000
2005 to 2006
2001 to 2009
2000 to 2002
2000 to 2002
2008
2003 to 2009
2009
2009 to 2010
2005 to 2009
2006 to 2009
Ongoing for the purpose of setting scheme rates

For all business units the expense assumptions  
are reviewed on an annual basis

In addition to these detailed experience investigations, the 2010 analysis of profit provides a measure of the aggregate experience in 
2010. During this valuation period, actual decrement experience was in aggregate more favourable than the valuation assumptions, 
excluding special project expenditure.

Various actuarial assumption changes have been made which largely offset each other. These let to a net increase in the value  
of liabilities of £1 million (2009: £61 million decrease in liabilities). The biggest assumption changes in 2010 were (1) higher retail 
annuitant mortality assumptions which reduced liabilities by £24 million, and (2) lower economic assumptions which increased 
liabilities by £19 million.

United States
Insurance contract provisions and Deferred Acquisition Costs (DAC) balances for traditional insurance products with fixed premiums 
and benefits (measured according to FAS 60 under US GAAP) are calculated using mortality, lapse, expense and discount 
assumptions as at inception of the contract. These assumptions are determined based on management’s best estimate, reflecting 
actual and expected experience, and also include provision for adverse deviation. The assumptions are locked in as of the date of 
issue, and are revised only where liability adequacy testing based on current best estimate assumptions results in loss recognition.

For insurance products with flexible premiums or benefits (measured according to FAS 97 under US GAAP), the account value is held 
as the base insurance contract provision, and the assumptions below are therefore not applicable. DAC balances, and additional 
reserves held for items including lapse guarantees, persistency bonuses and gains followed by losses, utilise best estimate 
assumptions as of the valuation date.

Mortality rates vary by gender and issue age; lapse rates vary by issue age and duration.

Bermuda
For insurance products with flexible premiums or benefits (measured according to FAS 97 under US GAAP), the account value is held 
as the base insurance contract provision. For the variable annuity contracts, DAC balances, and additional reserves are held for 
items including death and living benefit lapse guarantees, persistency bonuses and gains followed by losses, utilising a fair value 
method, are held using best estimate assumptions as of the valuation date. For fixed annuities, reserves are held at amortised cost.

Mortality rates vary by gender and issue age; lapse rates vary by issue age and duration with an additional variation by ‘moneyness’ 
level for variable annuity policies with living benefit guarantees.

Europe
Insurance contract provisions for the Group’s Europe life assurance operations are limited, and principally comprise technical 
provisions for pure disability and death benefit cover sold in the United Kingdom and Scandinavia, together with death benefit risk 
cover in respect of unit-linked assurance products across all of our European territories. There are also technical provisions for 
healthcare which is sold in Scandinavia.

(f)  Insurance risk
The Group assumes insurance risk by issuing insurance contracts, under which the Group agrees to compensate the policyholder or other 
beneficiary if a specified uncertain future event (the insured event) affecting the policyholder occurs. Insurance risk includes mortality and 
morbidity risk in the case of life assurance or risk of loss (from fire, accident, or other source) in the case of general insurance.

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Insurance risk arises through exposure to unfavourable claims experience on life assurance, critical illness and other protection business 
and exposure to unfavourable operating experience in respect of factors such as persistency levels and management expenses. 
Uncertainty in persistency, expenses and mortality & morbidity claim rates, relative to the actuarial assumptions made in the pricing 
process, may prevent the firm from achieving its profit objectives.

For accounting purposes insurance risk is defined as risk other than financial risk. Contracts issued by the Group may include both 
insurance and financial risk; contracts with significant insurance risk are classified as insurance contracts, while contracts with no or 
insignificant insurance risk are classified as investment contracts.

The Group has developed a risk policy which sets out the practices which are used to manage insurance risk and the management 
information and stress testing requirements. The policy is cascaded to all entities across the Group who each have their own risk 
policy suite aligned to the Group. As well as management of persistency, expense and claims experience, the risk policy sets 
requirements and standards on matters such as underwriting and claims management practices, and the use of reinsurance to 
mitigate insurance risk.

The insurance risk profile and experience is closely monitored to ensure that the exposure remains acceptable.

The financial impact of insurance risk events is examined through stress tests carried out within the MCEV and IFRS sensitivities, ICA and 
Economic Capital assessment.

Mortality and morbidity
Mortality and morbidity risk is the risk that death, critical illness and disability claims are higher than expected within the operations’ 
pricing assumptions. Possible causes are unexpected epidemics of new diseases and widespread changes in lifestyle such as 
eating, smoking and exercise habits. For contracts where survival is the insured risk, the most significant factor is continued 
improvement in medical science and social conditions that increase longevity. Higher than expected levels of claims will cause 
emerging profit to be lower than expected. 

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This risk charge can be altered in the event of significant changes in the expectation for future claims experience, subject to  
‘Treating Customers Fairly’ principles.

The operations manage mortality risks through its underwriting policy and external reinsurance arrangements where its policy is  
to retain certain types of insurance risks within specified maximum single event loss limits. Exposures above accepted limits are 
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Persistency risk is the risk that a policyholder surrenders, transfers or ceases premium payments for their contracts in a volume that 
has not been expected within the pricing assumptions thereby leading to a reduction in financial profit and an impact on liquidity.

Most insurance contracts can be surrendered before maturity for a cash surrender value. 

In order to limit this risk to an acceptable level, charging and commission structures are designed to limit the risk of direct financial 
loss on surrender.

Persistency statistics are monitored monthly. Actions may be triggered as a result of higher than expected lapse or withdrawal rates 
and significant emerging trends. A detailed persistency analysis at a product level is carried out on an annual basis.

In the short-term, profit is not materially impacted by changes in persistency experience that is reasonably foreseeable.

Expenses
Expense risk is the risk that actual expenses exceed expense levels assumed in product pricing. This may result in emerging profit 
falling below the Group’s profit objectives.

Expense levels are monitored quarterly against budgets and forecasts. An activity based costing process is used to allocate costs 
relating to processes and activities to individual product lines. 

Some products’ structures include maintenance charges. These charges are reviewed annually in light of changes in maintenance 
expense levels. This review may result in changes in charge levels, subject to ‘Treating Customers Fairly’ principles.

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For the year ended 31 December 2010 continued

E: Financial assets and liabilities continued
E8: Policyholder liabilities continued
Tax
Tax risk is the risk that insufficient tax is collected from the policyholders because the projected taxation basis for basic life 
assurance business is incorrect resulting in contracts being incorrectly priced.

Tax risk also represents potential changes in the interpretation or application of prevailing tax legislation as paid by either 
policyholders or shareholders, where the detrimental impact is reduced profitability or additional shareholder tax burdens.  
The taxation position of the operations is projected annually and tax changes will result in changes to new business pricing models 
as part of the annual control cycle. High risk issues and emerging trends are reported internally on a quarterly basis.

(i) Risk management objectives and policies for mitigating insurance risk
The Group’s exposure to insurance risk varies depending on the nature of its operations and their location. Consequently the Group’s 
policy is to manage insurance risk separately through its principal operations, subject to appropriate central Corporate supervision 
and monitoring. The Group’s principal operations that incur significant insurance risk are:

 (cid:81) OMLAC (SA) – long-term insurance in South Africa
 (cid:81) Old Mutual US Life – long-term insurance in the United States
 (cid:81) Old Mutual Bermuda – long-term insurance in Bermuda
 (cid:81) Mutual & Federal – general insurance in South Africa
 (cid:81) Skandia Nordic – life assurance in Scandinavia
 (cid:81) Skandia Wealth Management – life assurance in the UK

The Group’s other insurance operations include:

 (cid:81)

Life assurance in Skandia’s unit-linked assurance operations in Continental Europe and Latin America – These do not give rise to 
significant insurance risks, as the unbundled insurance component of those products is insignificant in comparison to the rest of 
the Old Mutual Group.

 (cid:81) Other emerging markets entities in China and India and the rest of Africa (except South Africa) – These do not give rise to 

significant insurance risks relative to the Group as a whole.

The Group effectively manages its insurance risks through the following mechanisms:

 (cid:81) Having an agreed risk preference for all risk types including those related to insurance.
 (cid:81)

The diversification of business over several classes of insurance and a number of geographical segments and large numbers  
of uncorrelated individual risks, by which the Group seeks to reduce variability in loss experience.
The maintenance and use of sophisticated management information systems, which provide current data on the risks to which 
the business is exposed and quantification of such risks.

 (cid:81)

 (cid:81) Actuarial models, which use the above information to calculate premiums and monitor claims patterns. Past experience and 

statistical methods are used.

 (cid:81) Guidelines for writing insurance contracts and assuming insurance risks. These include underwriting principles and product 

pricing procedures.

 (cid:81) Reinsurance, which is used to limit the Group’s exposure to large single claims and catastrophes. When selecting a reinsurer, 

 (cid:81)

consideration is given to those companies that provide high security. In order to assess this, rating information from both public 
and private sources is used.
The matching of assets, which is driven by the nature and term of the insurance liabilities. The management of assets and 
liabilities is closely monitored to ensure that there are sufficient interest bearing assets to match the guaranteed portion of 
liabilities. Hedging instruments are used at times to limit exposure to equity market and interest rate movements.

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(ii) Terms and conditions of long-term insurance business – Emerging Markets, Nordic, Wealth Management, US Life and Bermuda 
The terms and conditions attaching to insurance contracts determine the level of insurance risk accepted by the Group. The following 
tables outline the general form of terms and conditions that apply to contracts sold in each category of business, and the nature of the 
risk incurred by the Group.

Emerging Markets

Category

Essential terms

Main risks

Individual Life Flexi  
business with cover

Mortality/morbidity rates 
may be repriced (regular 
premium contracts)

Mortality, morbidity  
investment

Conventional business  
with cover

Charges fixed at inception  
and cannot be changed

Mortality, morbidity  
investment

Policyholder  
guarantees

Policyholder 
participation in 
investment return

Some investment 
performance, cover and 
annuity guarantees

Some investment 
performance and annuity 
guarantees

Varies*

Varies*

Greenlight

Group Schemes – funeral 
cover

Charges fixed at inception  
and cannot be changed  
for a specified term

Charges fixed at inception  
and cannot be changed 
for a specified number  
of years

Mortality, morbidity,  
expense

Rates fixed for a specified 
number of years

None

Mortality including 
HIV/AIDS, expense

Rates fixed for a specified 
number of years

None

Employee Benefits –  
Group Assurance

Rates are annually  
renewable

Mortality, morbidity

Non-profit annuity

With-profit annuity

Regular benefit payments 
guaranteed in return for 
consideration

Regular benefit payments 
participating in profits in  
return for consideration

Mortality, investment

Investment

None

No significant guarantees, 
except for PHI claims in 
payment for which benefit 
payment schedule is 
guaranteed

Benefit payment schedule  
is guaranteed

None

Underlying pricing interest 
rate is guaranteed. 
Declared bonuses cannot 
be reduced

Yes

*     The extent of the Group’s discretion as to the allocation of investment return to policyholders varies based on the type of contract. Where the contracts are 
pure risk type, there is no sharing of investment returns. For other contracts, investment return is attributed to the policyholder. Declared bonuses may be 
either vesting and/or non-vesting (in which case they can be removed in adverse circumstances). 

Smoothed bonus products constitute a significant proportion of the business. Particular attention is paid to ensuring that the declaration of bonuses is done 
in a responsible manner, such that sufficient reserves are retained for bonus smoothing purposes. Investment returns not distributed after deducting charges 
are credited to bonus smoothing reserves, which are used to support subsequent bonus declarations.

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For the year ended 31 December 2010 continued

E: Financial assets and liabilities continued
E8: Policyholder liabilities continued
Nordic

Category

Essential terms

Unit linked with death 
cover

Mortality rates may be 
re-priced

Main risks

Mortality

Unit linked with longevity 
risk

Longevity rates may be 
re-priced

Longevity

Waiver of premium

Risk premium rates may be 
re-priced

Morbidity

Policyholder  
guarantees

Premiums for policies 
issued before 2002 are 
subject to pre-defined 
limits 

Premiums for policies 
issued before 2002 are 
subject to pre-defined 
limits

Premiums for policies 
issued before 2002 are 
subject to pre-defined 
limits

Private Health Care

One year contracts. 
Re-priced at renewal

Personal Accident (Group) One year contracts. 
Re-priced at renewal

Morbidity

None

Morbidity/ disability

None

Policyholder 
participation in 
investment return

None

None

None

None

None

Wealth Management

Category

Essential terms

Main risks

Unit linked life assurance Mortality rates may be 

Mortality

re-priced

Unit linked critical illness

Morbidity rates may be 
re-priced

Morbidity

Policyholder 
participation in 
investment return

None

None

Policyholder  
guarantees

The initial premium is 
guaranteed to sustain the 
original cover for the first 
10 years

The initial premium is 
guaranteed to sustain the 
original cover for the first 
10 years

Non-linked life assurance 
and critical illness (fixed 
term and whole of life)

Premium rates fixed at 
inception

Mortality

Rates fixed for the life of 
the contract

None

Non-linked life assurance 
and critical illness (rolling 
term)

Premium rates fixed, but 
may be re-priced when the 
term is rolled

Morbidity

Rates fixed for the first 10 
years if cover levels are not 
altered

None

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Policyholder 
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Premium guarantees from  
1 to 30 years, return of 
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None

No lapse guarantees  
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(mortality charge) guarantees

Yes, through the 
crediting rate

US Life

Category

Life term

Universal life

Fixed indexed annuities

Fixed deferred annuities

Equity indexed  
universal life

Immediate (payout)

Variable annuities

Bermuda

Category

Variable annuities

Fixed deferred annuities

Fixed indexed annuities

Essential terms

Main risks

Mortality, expense

Mortality, expense,  
investment

Renewable term products 
offering coverage for level 
periods ranging from 1 to  
30 years

Flexible and fixed premium 
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insurance with cash  
value build up

Single and flexible premium 
accumulation annuities with 
upside potential of equity 
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account value

Single and flexible premium 
accumulation annuities

Flexible premium interest 
sensitive whole life products 
with upside potential of equity 
indexed returns on their 
account value and a fixed 
account option

Regular benefit payments 
guaranteed in return for 
consideration

Accumulation annuities with 
policyholder investments in 
separate accounts and a  
fixed account option

Mortality, investment, 
hedging

Minimum caps, maximum 
spread guarantees,  
minimum interest  
guarantees

Yes, through index 
credits

Mortality, investment

Mortality, investment,  
hedging

Minimum guaranteed 
accumulation rates and 
annuitisation rates

No-lapse guarantees;  
cost of insurance  
(mortality charge) 
guarantees; minimum  
caps; maximum spread 
guarantees

Limited – crediting 
rates are reset at 
specified intervals

Yes, through the 
index and crediting 
rates are reset at 
specified intervals

Mortality, investment

Benefit payment schedule  
is guaranteed

None

Mortality, investment,  
hedging

Minimum guaranteed death 
benefit and minimum 
guaranteed accumulation 
benefit which may include a 
minimum rate of return or 
waiver of surrender charges

Yes, through 
separate accounts 
and crediting rates 
are reset at specified 
intervals

Mortality, persistency,  
market, hedging, volatility, 
basis risk

Persistency, investment

Essential terms

Main risks

Accumulation annuities with 
policyholder investments in 
separate accounts and a  
fixed account option

Single and flexible premium 
accumulation annuities with 
credited rate over specified 
duration

Single premium accumulation 
annuities with upside  
potential of equity indexed 
returns on their account value

Policyholder  
guarantees

Policyholder 
participation in 
investment return

Minimum guaranteed death 
benefit and maturity benefit; 
credited rate guarantee on 
fixed account option

Yes, through 
separate account 
and credited rates 
on fixed account

Credited rate over specified 
period

Via credited rates 
and renewal rates on 
rate expiration

Persistency, investment, 
hedging

Market participation with  
no downside minimum 
interest guarantees

Yes, through index 
credits

All business in the Group is subject to the risk that policyholders discontinue the insurance policy, through lapse or surrender.

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(iii) Management of insurance risks – life assurance
The table below summarises the variety of risks to which the Group’s life assurance operations are exposed, and the methods by 
which the Group seeks to mitigate these risks.

Definition

Risk management

Risk

Underwriting

HIV/AIDS

Misalignment of policyholders to the  
appropriate pricing basis or impact of  
anti-selection, resulting in a loss

Impact of HIV/AIDS on mortality rates and  
critical illness cover

Experience is closely monitored. For universal life 
business, mortality rates can be reset. 
Underwriting limits, health requirements, spread  
of risks and training of underwriters all mitigate  
the risk

Impact of HIV/AIDS is mitigated wherever possible 
by writing products that allow for repricing on a 
regular basis or are priced to allow for the 
expected effects of HIV/AIDS. Tests for HIV/AIDS 
and other tests for lives insured above certain 
values are conducted. A negative test result is a 
prerequisite for acceptance at standard rates

For non-profit annuities, improvements to mortality 
are allowed for in pricing and valuation. 
Experience is closely monitored. For with-profit 
annuity business, the mortality risk is carried by 
policyholders and any mortality profit or loss is 
reflected in the bonuses declared

Experience is closely monitored, and policyholder 
behaviour is allowed for in pricing and valuation

Catastrophe stop loss/excess of loss reinsurance 
treaty in place which covers claims from one 
incident occurring within a specified period 
between a range of specified limits

Experience is closely monitored, and policyholder 
behaviour is allowed for in pricing and valuation

Longevity 

Possible increase in annuity costs due to 
policyholders living longer

Policyholder behaviour

Catastrophe

Policy lapse/Surrender

Selection of more expensive options, or  
lapse and re-entry when premium rates  
are falling, or termination of policy, which may 
cause the sale of assets at inopportune times

Natural and non-natural disasters, including  
war/terrorism, could result in increased 
mortality risk and payouts on policies

A policyholder option to terminate the policy, 
which may cause the loss of future earnings or 
sale of assets at inopportune times

Many of the above risks are concentrated, either geographically (in the case of catastrophe) or by line of business (for example, 
medical developments, HIV/AIDS). The Group, through diversification in the types of business it writes and its geographic spread, 
attempts to mitigate this concentration of risk. See section (i), in the preceding section, for illustration of this. 

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(iv) Sensitivity analysis – life assurance
Changes in key assumptions used to value insurance contracts would result in increases or decreases to the insurance contract 
provisions recorded, with impact on profit/(loss) and/or shareholders’ equity. The effect of a change in assumption is mitigated by  
the following factors:

 (cid:81) Offset (partial or full) to the bonus stabilisation reserve in the case of smoothed bonus products in South Africa.
 (cid:81)

 Offset (partial or full) through DAC amortisation in the case of US business.
The effect of locked-in assumptions under US GAAP accounting, where assumptions underlying the insurance contract 
provisions are not changed until liabilities are not adequate after reflecting current best estimates.

 (cid:81)

The net increase or decrease to insurance contract provisions recorded as of 31 December 2010 has been estimated as follows:

Assumption

Mortality and morbidity rates – assurance
Mortality rates – annuities
Discontinuance rates
Expenses (maintenance)

%

£m

£m

£m

£m

Change

Emerging 
Markets

Wealth 
Management

US Life

Bermuda 

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(10)%
10%
10%

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(11)
68

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(2)

Emerging Markets
The changes in insurance contract liabilities shown are calculated using the specified increase or decrease to the rates, with no 
change in charges paid by policyholders.

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Lowering this rate by 1% would result in a net increase to the insurance contract liabilities, and decrease to profit, of £91 million 
(2009: £58 million).

The valuation interest rate sensitivity reflects a change in the valuation interest rates without any corresponding change in investment 
returns or in the expense inflation rate. It should be noted that where the assets and liabilities of a product are closely matched  
(e.g. non-profit annuity business), the net effect has been shown since the assets and liabilities move in parallel.

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The specified assumptions have an immaterial impact on the Skandia Nordic insurance IFRS contract technical provisions as these 
are relatively insensitive towards movements in mortality/longevity/morbidity or interest rates and mainly comprise of reserves that 
relate to claim reserves and incurred – but not reported provisions.

Wealth Management
The changes in insurance contract liabilities shown are calculated independently using the specified increase or decrease to the 
rates, with no change in premiums paid by policyholders. The assumption changes have no impact on the linked business within 
Skandia UK.

Whole of Life is the main product group affected by the lapse assumption change. This is because the policies have the longest 
duration and represent close to 85% of the reserve. The main product groups impacted by the expense, mortality and morbidity 
sensitivities are Whole of Life and Accelerated Critical Illness.

In the Wealth Management business, non-linked liabilities are fairly well matched by gilts so that the net impact of a valuation interest 
rate change taking asset and liability movement into account is negligible.

US Life
The assumption changes have relatively little impact on the US net IFRS insurance contract liabilities or DAC on life and immediate 
annuities, as assumptions are generally locked-in. For universal life and deferred annuities, assumptions supporting the Present 
Value Future Profits (PVFP)/Deferred Acquisition Costs (DAC) amortisation are periodically updated for actual experience. Each of 
these assumption changes could trigger a DAC unlocking. The assumption changes specified above do not approach the levels 
necessary to trigger a significant change in liabilities or DAC.

There is no impact for a change in the valuation discount rate for US Life as the valuation rate is locked-in.

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Bermuda
Assumption changes on Bermuda business have counterbalancing effects. Lapses and partial withdrawals have the largest impact 
where increased activity reduces future fees and hence impact DAC negatively. However, such activity helps the guarantee portion  
of the business since less death and living benefit exposure is expected in the future. Thus, anti-selective behaviour (e.g. business 
with little or no guarantees redeeming at a faster rate) presents the bigger challenge but it is accounted for in both the DAC and 
guarantee reserve calculations and conservation efforts are underway to retain the less risky business. Mortality plays a much 
smaller part in Bermuda since all the business is accumulation/savings type business. Increased deaths do accelerate payment  
of guaranteed minimum death benefits but there is a comparable release of reserve on the maturity guarantee providing an offset 
(about 85% of the variable annuity business has both death/living benefits).

(v) Guarantees and options – life assurance
Many of the insurance contracts issued by the Group contain guarantees and options to policyholders, the ultimate liability for which 
will depend significantly on the number of policyholders exercising their options and on market and investment conditions applying  
at that time.

Emerging Markets
Certain life assurance contracts include the payment of guaranteed values to policyholders on maturity, death, disability or survival. 
The published liabilities include the provision for both the intrinsic and time-value of the options and guarantees. The time-value of 
options and guarantees has been valued using a market-consistent stochastic asset model that is in keeping with the applicable 
professional guidance notes issued by the Actuarial Society of South Africa (ASSA), PGN 110 in particular. The options and 
guarantees that could have a material effect on the amount, timing and uncertainty of future cash flows are described below. 

Product category

Individual business

Death, disability, point and/or  
maturity guarantees

Guaranteed annuity options

Group business

Vested bonuses in respect of  
pre-retirement with-profits business

Wealth Management
Product category

Unit-linked life assurance and  
critical illness business

Description of options and guarantees

A closed block of unit-linked type and smoothed bonus business with an underlying minimum 
growth rate guarantee (4.28% per annum for life and endowment business and 4.78% per annum for 
retirement annuity business), and smoothed bonus business with vested bonuses, applicable when 
calculating death, disability and maturity claims. A small block of smoothed bonus savings business 
in Group Schemes that has death guarantees of premiums (net of fees) plus 4.25% per annum 
investment return

Retirement annuities sold prior to June 1997 contain guaranteed annuity options, whereby the 
policyholder has an option to exchange the full retirement proceeds for a minimum level of annuity 
income at maturity

There is a significant pre-retirement savings smoothed bonus portfolio. Vested bonuses affect the 
calculation of benefit payments when a member exits from the scheme as the face value is paid out. 
If, however, a scheme terminates, the lower of face and market value is paid out and the vested 
bonuses are not guaranteed

Description of options and guarantees

Policyholder position/key drivers

The initial premium is guaranteed to sustain  
the original cover for the first 10 years even if  
the unit fund is depleted to zero. However, this 
guarantee only applies to the initial premium  
and cover, not to subsequent increments

Wealth Management business is predominantly 
unit-linked life assurance and critical illness 
business where a measure of the policy being 
in-the-money is not applicable

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Product category

Death, disability, surrender point  
and/or maturity guarantees

Guaranteed annuity options

No-Lapse Guarantees

Bermuda
Product category

Index and Credited Rate Guarantees

Death and Maturity Guarantees

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Policyholder position/key drivers

Crediting rates declared for the fixed 
deferred annuity block of business vest fully. 
They are subject to a minimum crediting rate 
which is specified in the contract. Minimum 
surrender values are determined by this rate

Equity indexed annuities offer minimum 
crediting rates on the fixed portion of the 
product, minimum surrender values based 
on this and credit equity participation 
annually as a percentage of equity growth 
subject to a maximum %. This equity 
participation, which is subject to a minimum 
of 0% therefore vests annually

16% of policies are currently in-the-money and 
being credited the minimum rate. A 300 basis 
points drop in interest rates would bring 98% of 
policies in-the-money

The minimum surrender values of 18% of policies 
are currently in-the-money. A year of flat equity 
markets with no equity credits would bring an 
additional 4% in-the-money. Two years of no 
equity credits would result in 28% of the portfolio 
being in-the-money. The equity exposure is 
hedged using a hedging strategy

The universal life policies specify a minimum 
crediting rate to accumulate account balances

The minimum rate is currently being credited on 
85% of the block

All deferred annuities offer a guaranteed 
annuitisation option on maturity. The rates 
are set conservatively and typically have very 
low utilisation as customers in the United 
States value the choice inherent in a 
lump-sum payment

Certain universal life contracts contain a 
feature that guarantees that the contract will 
continue, even if values would otherwise be 
insufficient, provided the customer has paid 
at least a stated amount of premium

The extent to which the policies are currently 
in-the-money is negligible

25% of policies are currently in-the-money.  
This risk is reinsured

Description of options and guarantees

Policyholder position/key drivers

Equity indexed annuities offer minimum 
guaranteed crediting rates on the fixed 
portion of the product, minimum surrender 
values and credit equity participation as a 
percentage of equity growth subject to a 
maximum percent

Credited rates declared for the fixed deferred  
annuity block and are guaranteed for 
specific durations. Upon expiration, renewal 
rates are set that reflect with updated 
expected earned yields and competing 
market rates

Both minimum guaranteed death and maturity  
benefits are offered as optional riders for  
additional fees. However, standard GMDBs  
are included in the base policy. The company 
guarantees regardless of market performance  
that the customer or its beneficiaries (in case  
of death) will receive a minimum value. Death 
benefits designs are either return of investment  
or highest anniversary value. The maturity 
benefits promise a minimum account value  
at maturity (e.g. 105% at year 5) with more 
elaborate versions offering dual guarantees  
(e.g. UGO guarantee promises at years 5/10  
a 105%/120% minimum account value, 
respectively) with a highest anniversary in  
year 10 if elected

For the index annuities’ approximately 5% of the 
contracts are out-of-the-money, it would require 
approximately a 3% increase in EuroStox and 6% 
increase in Topix to bring them in-the-money (ie, 
an index credit would then be made). It is 
important to note that static hedges are 
purchased to reflect the risk of in-the-money 
contracts.

Approximately 25% of the contracts with a 
maturity benefit are out-of-the-money requiring 
approximately a 9% decrease in account values 
on average to bring such policies in-the-money

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FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
For the year ended 31 December 2010 continued

E: Financial assets and liabilities continued
E8: Policyholder liabilities continued
(vi) General insurance risks and sensitivities
Mutual & Federal 
The following types of business is written within the commercial, risk finance and personal divisions:

Fire
Accident
Personal accident
Motor
Engineering
Crop
Marine
Credit

Commercial

Risk finance

Personal

(cid:22)
(cid:22)
(cid:22)
(cid:22)
(cid:22)
(cid:22)
(cid:22)
(cid:22)

(cid:22)
(cid:22)
(cid:22)
(cid:22)
(cid:26)
(cid:26)
(cid:26)
(cid:26)

(cid:22)
(cid:22)
(cid:22)
(cid:22)
(cid:26)
(cid:26)
(cid:22)
(cid:22)

Underwriting guidelines are designed to ensure that underwritten risks are well diversified, and that terms and conditions, including 
premium rates, appropriately reflect the risk.

Reinsurance plays an extremely important role in the management of risk and exposure at Mutual & Federal. The Group makes use 
of a combination of proportional and non-proportional reinsurance to limit the impact of both individual and event losses and to 
provide insurance capacity.

Involvement in any property catastrophe loss is limited to approximately £7 million for any one event and the level of catastrophe 
cover purchased is based on estimated maximum loss scenarios, in keeping with accepted market norms. 

General insurance risk includes the following risks:

 (cid:81) Occurrence risk – the possibility that the number of insured events will differ from those expected.
 (cid:81) Severity risk – the possibility that the costs of the events will differ from those expected.
 (cid:81) Development risk – the possibility that changes may occur in the amount of an insurer’s obligation at the end of a contract period.

An increase of 10% in the average cost of claims would require the recognition of an additional loss of £43 million. Similarly, an 
increase of 10% in the ultimate number of claims would result in an additional loss of £43 million. The majority of the Group’s general 
insurance contracts are classified as ‘short-tailed’, meaning that any claim is settled within a year after the loss date. This contrasts 
with the ‘long-tailed’ classes where the claims costs take longer to materialise and settle. The Group’s long-tailed business is generally 
limited to personal accident, third-party motor liability and some engineering classes. In total the long-tail business comprises less 
than 5% of an average year’s claim costs.

(g) Reinsurance assets – credit risk
None of the Group’s reinsurance assets are either past due or impaired. Of the reinsurance assets shown in the statement of 
financial position all are considered investment grade with the exception of £144 million of unrated exposures (2009: £87 million). 
Collateral is not taken against reinsurance assets or deposits held with reinsurers other than in limited circumstances.

E9: Borrowed funds

Senior debt securities and term loans
Mortgage backed securities
Subordinated debt securities (net of Group 

holdings)

Borrowed funds

Other issues treated as equity for accounting 

purposes

US$750 million cumulative preference securities 
€500 million perpetual preferred callable 

securities 

£350 million perpetual preferred callable 

securities

Total: Book value

Nominal value of the above

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Notes

E9(a)
E9(b)

E9(c)

F11(b)

F10(b)

F10(b)

Group  
excluding  
Nedbank

At  
31 December 
2010

Group  
excluding  
Nedbank

Nedbank

1,186
112

1,158

2,456

1,736
112

2,356

4,204

550
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1,198

1,748

458

338

350

2,894

3,045

662
–

1,034

1,696

458

338

350

2,842

3,162

£m

At  
31 December  

2009

1,146
119

2,044

3,309

Nedbank

484
119

1,010

1,613

The table below is a maturity analysis of liability cash flows based on contractual maturity dates for borrowed funds. Maturity analysis 
is undiscounted and based on year end exchange rates.

Less than 1 year
Greater than 1 year and less than 5 years
Greater than 5 years

Total

(a) Senior debt securities and term loans

Floating rate notes1
Fixed rate notes2
Revolving credit facility3
Term loan and other loans

Total senior debt securities and term loan

Senior debt securities and term loan comprise:

1.  Floating rate notes
  Nedbank

Group  
excluding  
Nedbank

498
921
880

2,299

Nedbank

323
2,164
722

3,209

At  
31 December 
2010

Group  
excluding  
Nedbank

821
3,085
1,602

5,508

219
1,413
899

2,531

£m

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31 December  

Nedbank

156
1,226
1,033

2,415

2009

375
2,639
1,932

4,946

Group  
excluding  
Nedbank

At  
31 December 
2010

Group  
excluding  
Nedbank

Nedbank

Nedbank

86
462
–
2

550

720
466
–
–

806
928
–
2

1,186

1,736

114
548
–
–

662

265
219
–
–

484

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31 December  

2009

379
767
–
–

1,146

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–  R1,690 million unsecured senior debt repayable September 2012 at 3 month JIBAR + 1.5%.
–  R1,044 million unsecured senior debt repayable September 2015 at JIBAR + 2.20%.
–  R1,750 million unsecured senior debt repayable March 2013 inflation linked (3.9% real yield).
–  R98 million unsecured senior debt repayable March 2013 inflation linked (3.8% real yield).
–  R1,552 million unsecured senior debt repayable April 2013 JIBAR +1.48%.
–  R1,027 million unsecured senior debt repayable April 2015 JIBAR +1.75%.
–  R80 million unsecured senior debt repayable April 2020 JIBAR +2.15%.
Group excluding Nedbank
–  R550 million repayable August 2010 at 3 month ZAR – JIBAR-SAFEX + 4.5% – repaid.
–  R100 million repayable February 2011 at 3 month ZAR – JIBAR-SAFEX + 4.5%.
–  US$50 million repayable September 2011 at 3 month LIBOR plus 0.50%. 
–  €22 million repayable January 2010 at 3 month EURIBOR plus 0.35% – repaid
–  SEK50 million repayable March 2010 at 3 month STIBOR plus 0.38% – repaid
–  £3 million note repayable in December 2010, with holders having the option to elect for early redemption every six months with coupon referenced 

against six month LIBOR less 0.50% – repaid.

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–  R130 million unsecured senior debt repayable October 2024 at zero coupon.
–  R3,244 million unsecured senior debt repayable September 2015 at 10.55%.
–  R762 million unsecured senior debt repayable September 2019 at 11.39%.
–  R478 million unsecured senior debt repayable April 2015 at R157 +1.75%.
Group excluding Nedbank
–  £500 million euro bond repayable October 2016 at 7.125%. 
–  US$16.5 million secured senior debt repayable August 2014 at 5.23%.
–  €30 million euro bond repayable July 2010, capital and interest swapped into fixed rate US dollars at 5.28% – repaid.
–  €10 million euro bond repayable December 2010, capital and interest swapped into floating rate US dollars at 3 month LIBOR + 0.95% – repaid.
–  €20 million euro bond repayable August 2013, capital and interest swapped into floating rate US dollars at 3 month LIBOR + 1.30% – repaid.

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within note E5.

3.   Revolving credit facilities and irrevocable letters of credit

 The Group has a £1,250 million five-year multi-currency revolving credit facility, which had an original maturity date of September 2010. On 18 August 2007 
syndicate banks agreed to extend the maturity date of £1,232 million of the facility until September 2012. At 31 December 2010 £499 million (2009: £480 
million) of this facility was utilised, £nil (2009: £nil million) in the form of drawn debt and £499 million (2009: £480 million) in the form of irrevocable letters  
of credit.

The Group has committed standby facilities totalling £275 million, which were put in place in December 2010 and have a latest maturity date of  
29 June 2012. 

The Group has a SEK1,500 million revolving credit facility, which has a maturity date of 1 July 2011. At 31 December 2010 this facility was undrawn  
(2009: undrawn).

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FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
For the year ended 31 December 2010 continued

(b) Mortgage backed securities – Nedbank 

R291 million notes (class A1) repayable 18 November 2039 (11.467%)
R1.4 billion notes (class A2A) repayable 18 November 2039 (11.817%)
R98 million notes (class B note) repayable 18 November 2039 (12.067%)
R76 million notes (class C note) repayable 18 November 2039 (13.317%)

(c) Subordinated debt securities

Nedbank
R1.5 billion repayable 24 April 2016 (7.85%)1
R1.8 billion repayable 20 September 2018 (9.84%)2
R500 million repayable on 30 December 2010 (8.38%)3
R650 million repayable 8 February 2017 (9.03%)4
R1.7 billion repayable 8 February 2019 (8.9%)5
R2.0 billion repayable 6 July 2022 (3 month JIBAR plus 0.47%)6
R500 million repayable 15 August 2012 (3 month JIBAR plus 0.45%)7
R1.0 billion repayable 17 September 2020 (10.54%)8
R500 million repayable 14 December 2017 (3 month JIBAR plus 0.70%)9
R120 million repayable 14 December 2017 (10.38%)10
R487 million repayable 20 November 2018 (15.05%)11
R1,265 million repayable 20 November 2018 (JIBAR plus 4.75%)12
R300 million repayable on 4 December 2013 (JIBAR + 2.5%)13
US$100 million repayable on 3 March 2022 (3 month USD LIBOR)14

Less: banking subordinated debt securities held by other Group companies

Banking subordinated debt securities (net of Group holdings)
Group excluding Nedbank
R3.0 billion repayable 27 October 2015 (8.9%)15
£300 million repayable 21 January 2016 (5.0%)16
R250 million preference shares repayable 9 June 201117 – repaid
€750 million repayable 18 January 2017 (4.5%)18

Total subordinated liabilities

£m

At 
 31 December 
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At  
31 December 
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4
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7
5

112

25
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4

119

£m

At 
 31 December 
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At  
31 December 
2009

148
186
–
67
171
198
49
105
49
12
51
125
15
65

1,241

(83)

1,158

293
296
–
609

1,198

2,356

126
149
41
55
138
171
42
84
42
10
41
108
13
62

1,082

(72)

1,010

252
252
21
509

1,034

2,044

The subordinated notes rank behind the claims against the Group depositors and other unsecured, unsubordinated creditors. None 
of the Group’s subordinated notes are secured.

1.  Unsecured secondary callable note was issued 24 April 2006 with a call date of 24 April 2011.
2.  Unsecured secondary callable note was issued 20 September 2006 at R1.5 billion with a call date of 20 September 2013. On 18 May 2007 an additional 

R0.3 billion was issued.

3.  Unsecured callable Bonds issued 30 March 2006.
4.  Unsecured secondary callable note was issued 8 February 2007 with a call date of 8 February 2012.
5.  Unsecured secondary callable note was issued 8 February 2007 at R1.0 billion. On 19 March 2007 an additional R0.7 billion was issued.
6.  Unsecured secondary capital callable note issued 6 July 2007 and has a call date of 6 July 2017.
7.  This bond issued on 15 August 2007 is an unsecured secondary capital callable floating rate note with a call date 15 August 2012.
8.  This bond issued on 17 September 2007 is an unsecured fixed rate note with a term of 13 years (non-call 8 year).
9.  This bond issued on 14 December 2007 is a 10 year (non-call 5 year) floating rate note. After its call date on 14 December 2012 its terms become JIBAR 

plus 1.70% until maturity.

10. This bond issued on 14 December 2007 is a 10 year (non-call 5 year) fixed rate note. After its call date its terms become floating 3 month JIBAR plus initial 

margin over mid swaps plus 1.0% until maturity.

11.  This bond issued on 20 May 2008 is a perpetual (non-call 10 year) fixed rate note with a call date on 20 November 2018.
12. This bond issued on 20 May 2008 is a perpetual (non-call 10 year) floating rate note with a call date of 20 November 2018.
13. This bond issued on 4 December 2008 is a floating rate note with a call date of 4 December 2013.
14. Dated Tier 2 notes issued 3 March 2009 with call date 2 March 2017.
15. These bonds have a maturity date of 27 October 2020 and pay a coupon of 8.92% to 27 October 2015 and 3 month JIBAR plus 1.59% thereafter. The 

Group has the option to repay the bonds at par on 27 October 2015 and at 3 monthly intervals thereafter.

16. These bonds, issued on 20 January 2006, had a maturity date of 21 January 2016 and paid a coupon of 5.0% to 21 January 2011 and 6 month LIBOR plus 

1.13% thereafter. The coupon on the bonds was swapped into floating rate of 6 month STIBOR plus 0.50%. The Group had the option to repay the bonds at par 
on 21 January 2011 and at 6 monthly intervals thereafter. These bonds were redeemed after the balance sheet date, at the first call date of 21 January 2011.

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At  
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16,464
2,634
4,490
5,765
10,757
1,379

53,236

9,006
1,283

14,972
2,345
2,772
3,800
8,704
1,253

44,135

£m

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3,731
29,876
11,459
1,379

54,461

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Total

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1,283
25,080
9,270
1,253

45,892

17.  These preference shares were redeemable on 9 June 2011 and paid a variable cumulative coupon of 61.0% of the Prime Rate as quoted by Nedbank 

Limited. The Group had the option to redeem the shares at par at any time before the final redemption date but after giving an agreed period of notice,  
with the Group electing to redeem in 2010.

18. This bond, issued on 16 January 2007, has a maturity date of 18 January 2017 and pays a coupon of 4.5% to 17 January 2012 and 6 month EURIBOR plus 
0.96% thereafter. The principal and coupon on the bond were swapped equally into Sterling and US Dollars with coupons of 6 month LIBOR plus 0.34%  
and 6 month US LIBOR plus 0.31% respectively. The Group has the option to repay the bonds at par on 17 January 2012 and at 6 monthly intervals thereafter.

E10: Amounts owed to bank depositors

Current accounts
Savings deposits
Other deposits and loan accounts
  Call and term deposits
  Fixed deposits
  Cash management deposits
  Other
Negotiable certificates of deposit
Deposits received under repurchase agreements

A contractual maturity analysis of the amounts owed to bank depositors is shown in the following table:

Year ended 31 December 2010

Amounts owed to bank depositors
  Current accounts
  Savings deposits
  Other deposits and loan accounts
  Negotiable certificates of deposit
Deposits received under repurchase agreements

Amounts owed to bank depositors

Carrying 
amount

Less than  
3 months

More than  
3 months  
less than  
1 year

Between  
1 and 5  
years

More than  
5 years

8,016
3,731
29,352
10,758
1,379

53,236

8,016
3,731
23,484
2,567
1,379

39,177

–
–
4,313
6,553
–

10,866

–
–
1,863
2,337
–

4,200

–
–
216
2
–

218

Year ended 31 December 2009

Amounts owed to bank depositors
  Current accounts
  Savings deposits
  Other deposits and loan accounts
  Negotiable certificates of deposit
Deposits received under repurchase agreements

Amounts owed to bank depositors

Carrying 
amount

Less than 3 
months

More than 3 
months less 
than 1 year

Between 1 and 
5 years

More than 5 
years

9,006
1,283
23,889
8,704
1,253

44,135

8,879
1,283
20,099
2,421
1,253

33,935

107
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3,422
6,233
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9,762

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613
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1,931

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261
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E11: Capital management (unaudited) 
Overview
The Group actively manages its capital with a focus on capital efficiency and effective risk management. The capital objectives are to 
maintain the Group’s ability to continue as a going concern while enabling the ability to identify capital strains and ensuring that the 
return to shareholders is maximised through the optimisation of the debt and equity balance. The Group ensures that it can meet its 
expected capital and financing needs at all times having regard to the Group’s business plans, forecasts and strategic initiatives. It is 
critical that the Group’s capital management policies are aligned with the Group’s overall strategy, business plans and risk appetite. 

The Group’s Capital Management Committee (GCMC) reviews the capital structure regularly. As part of the review the Committee considers 
the cost of capital and the risks associated with each class of capital. Based on the recommendations of the Committee, the Group will 
balance its overall capital structure through the payment of dividends, new share issues, share buybacks as well as the issue of new debt  
or the redemption of existing debt. Measures that inform the GCMC’s views on the appropriate level of capital for the Group includes 
shareholder performance objectives, regulatory capital requirements, internal economic capital measures, rating agency expectations  
and general views on maintaining financial flexibility.

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For the year ended 31 December 2010 continued

The Group’s overall capital risk appetite is managed with reference to the requirements of the relevant stakeholders and seeks to 
maintain sufficient, but not excessive, financial strength to support stakeholder requirements, optimise its overall debt to equity 
structure to enhance returns to shareholders, subject to the requirements set by the Group’s capital risk appetite and retain financial 
flexibility by maintaining liquidity, including unutilised committed credit lines.

The primary sources of capital used by the Group are equity shareholders’ funds, preference shares, subordinated debt and 
borrowings. Alternative resources are utilised where appropriate. Targets are established in relation to regulatory solvency, ratings, 
liquidity and dividend capacity and are a key tool in managing capital in accordance with our risk appetite and the requirements of 
our various stakeholders.

The individual companies in the Group are subject to regulatory capital requirements at an individual level. In addition the Group as a 
whole is subject to the solvency requirements of the Financial Groups Directive (FGD) as implemented by the FSA. The Group utilises 
both this measure and economic capital measures to manage its capital position. Under FGD a continuous company solvency test  
is applied. Under this test the surplus capital held in each of the regulated entities is aggregated with the free assets of the non-
regulated entities. Group borrowings are deducted from this total (other than subordinated debt issues which qualify as capital).  
No credit is given to the benefit of diversification. The test is passed where the aggregate number is positive. Due to the 
geographically diverse nature of the Group’s operations there is an added complexity to the application of the FSA capital 
requirements. In particular certain regional capital requirements need to be recalculated under the FSA rules as if the companies 
were directly subject to the FSA capital regime. The Group met its FGD requirements at 31 December 2010 and throughout the year. 
As at the date of issue of these financial statements the unaudited pro-forma surplus was estimated to be £2.1 billion. The FGD 
position will be submitted to the FSA by 30 April 2011.

Capital position statements 
(a) Life assurance operations
Each of the Group’s life assurance businesses is capitalised at a sufficiently strong level for their individual circumstances. The regulatory 
capital position of the Group’s life assurance operations, based on latest estimates that are not audited, is summarised as follows:

Equity shareholders’ funds
Adjustments to a regulatory basis: Inadmissible 

assets

Other adjustments (including Group investment in 

operations)

Total available capital resources
Total capital requirements – local regulatory basis

Overall excess of capital resources over 

(unaudited) £m

At 31 December 2010

At 31 December 2009

South  
Africa

5,386

United  
States

2,292

Europe

5,562

(31)

(16)

(1,115)

(561)

4,794
(1,214)

(1,416)

(2,407)

860
(445)

2,040
(301)

South  
Africa

4,447

(19)

(487)

3,941
(977)

United  
States

1,064

(215)

(449)

400
(303)

Europe

5,132

(1,106)

(2,684)

1,342
(242)

requirements

3,580

415

1,739

2,964

97

1,100

Capital resources at beginning of year
Earnings after tax
Change in admissible assets and other adjustments 

and other movements in reserves

Dividends
Foreign exchange movements

Capital resources at end of the year

(unaudited) £m

Year ended 31 December 2010

Year ended 31 December 2009

South  
Africa

3,941
310

(25)
(80)
648

4,794

United  
States

400
187

257
–
16

860

Europe

1,342
254

510
(37)
(29)

South  
Africa

3,183
718

(182)
(281)
503

2,040

3,941

United  
States

295
(184)

318
–
(29)

400

Europe

1,267
376

(229)
(55)
(17)

1,342

South Africa
The amounts disclosed above represent the capital position of OMLAC(SA) and the life business in Namibia and Medscheme Life. 
The calculations are determined in accordance with the requirements of the South African Financial Services Board, using estimates 
of the regulatory adjustments, as the relevant regulatory returns have yet to be completed or audited. At 31 December 2010, 
OMLAC(SA)’s excess assets was 3.9 times (2009: 4.1 times) the Statutory Capital Adequacy Requirement (SCAR), after allowing for 
estimates of statutory limitations on the value of certain assets.

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OMLAC(SA)’s shareholders’ funds include its investments in Nedbank of £2,193 million (2009: £1,760 million) and M&F of £504 million 
(2009: £366 million). In addition, £530 million (2009: £690 million) is invested in the Group’s loan notes and £530 million (2009: £561 
million) is held in inter-company loans. All inter-company loans are immediately repayable and subject to commercial terms and 
conditions, with the exception that interest may be waived in certain circumstances.

The amount of the surplus available to be distributed as dividends to the ultimate parent, Old Mutual plc, is subject to available 
distributable reserves within the shareholders’ fund, maintaining the minimum statutory capital adequacy requirement and foreign 
exchange controls, as determined by the South African Reserve Bank.

The statutory solvency requirement for Namibia is N$4 million (£0.4 million) (2009: N$4 million (£0.3 million)). This has been 
determined in accordance with local statutory rules.

United States
In the case of the United States, the amounts disclosed above represent the consolidated capital position of the Old Mutual US Life 
Holdings Inc. group of companies, including OM Financial Life Insurance Company, OM Financial Life Insurance Company of New 
York, and Old Mutual Reassurance (Ireland) Limited, and Old Mutual (Bermuda) Limited. The calculations have been determined on 
the basis of the local regulatory requirements for the United States (included at the relevant percentage used for FGD, which was 
200% of Risk Based Capital).

The amount of the surplus available to be distributed as dividends to the ultimate parent, Old Mutual plc, is subject to available 
distributable reserves within the entities and the requirement to maintain the minimum statutory capital requirements. The local 
regulators have ultimate approval for dividend payments.

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In the case of Skandia, the amounts disclosed above represent the consolidated capital position of Skandia’s unit-linked assurance 
operations in the United Kingdom, Scandinavia and Continental Europe. The calculations have been determined on the basis of local 
regulatory requirements for the territories in question.

The amount of the surplus available to be distributed as dividends to the ultimate parent, Old Mutual plc, is subject to available 
distributable reserves within the shareholders’ fund, maintaining the minimum statutory capital adequacy requirements and obtaining 
any necessary regulatory permissions as required by local regulators in the territories in question.

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The regulatory capital position of the Group’s banking operations, based on latest estimates that are not audited, is summarised as follows:

Equity shareholders’ funds
Eligible subordinated debt
Inadmissible assets
Other adjustments

Total capital resources
Total capital requirement

Excess of capital resources over capital requirement

At 31 December 2010

At 31 December 2009

(unaudited) £m

Africa

2,137
656
–
(38)

2,755
(1,886)

869

Europe

254
115
(3)
(1)

365
(203)

162

Africa

1,720
598
–
(38)

2,280
(1,659)

621

Europe

224
104
(2)
(1)

325
(197)

128

Year ended  
31 December 2010

Year ended  
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Earnings after tax and other increases in reserves
Change in admissible assets, other adjustments and other movements in reserves
New capital
Net (redemption)/issue of subordinated debt
Dividends paid
Foreign exchange movements

Capital resources at end of the year

2,280
362
(37)
–
(49)
(164)
363

2,755

325
144
(108)
–
–
–
4

365

Africa

Europe

Africa

1,898
181
(28)
–
50
(108)
287

2,280

Europe

321
71
(56)
–
–
(9)
(2)

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calculations have been determined on the basis of local regulatory requirements for the territories in question, and reflect the Group’s 
percentage ownership.

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For the year ended 31 December 2010 continued

E12: Liquidity
Liquidity risk is the risk that cash may not be available to pay obligations when due at a reasonable cost. Ultimate responsibility for 
liquidity risk management rests with the Board of Directors, which has built an appropriate liquidity risk management framework for 
the management of the Group’s short, medium and long-term funding and liquidity management requirements. The Group manages 
liquidity by maintaining adequate reserves, banking facilities and continuously monitoring forecast and actual cash flows and 
matching the maturity profiles of financial assets and liabilities. Individual businesses separately maintain and manage their local 
liquidity requirements according to their business needs, within the overall liquidity framework established by Old Mutual plc.

The Group continues to meet Group and individual entity capital requirements, and day-to-day liquidity needs through the Group’s 
available credit facilities. Given the nature of the Group’s investments and securities, generally speaking, liquid resources are readily 
available, as the Group holds large portfolios of highly marketable securities, for example equities, listed bonds, actively traded 
pooled investments and cash and cash equivalents. Whilst most of the Group’s policyholder and banking liabilities are generally 
repayable on demand, the Group’s expectation is that policyholders and banking depositors will only require funds on an ongoing 
basis. Cash resources and other liquid assets are maintained in the event of a need for additional liquidity. Information on the  
nature of the investments and securities held is given in section E4. The Group’s existing revolving credit facility of £1.23 billion  
(2009: £1.25 billion) does not mature until September 2012. Details, together with information on the Group’s borrowed funds,  
are given in section E9.

The key information reviewed by the Group’s executive directors and executive committee, together with the Group’s capital 
management committee, is a detailed management report on the Group’s and holding company’s current and planned capital  
and liquidity position together with summary information on the current and planned liquidity positions of the Group’s operating 
segments. Forecasts are updated regularly based on new information received, and as part of the Group’s annual business planning 
cycle. The Group and holding company’s liquidity and capital position and forecast is presented to the Old Mutual plc Board of 
Directors on a regular basis. 

Group operating segments are required, both in terms of their local requirements and in accordance with direction from the holding 
company, to establish their own processes for managing their liquidity and capital needs and these are subject to review by their 
local oversight functions, with representation from the Group.

Further information on liquidity and holding company cash flow is contained in other sections of this annual report, for example the 
business review and Group Finance Director’s statement.

The Group does not have material liquidity exposure to special purpose entities or investment funds.

The contractual maturities of the Group’s financial liabilities are set out in the appropriate notes to the financial statements.

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F1: Goodwill and other intangible assets

At 31 December

Cost
Balance at beginning of the year
Acquisitions through business 

combinations

Additions
Foreign exchange and other movements
Disposals or retirements
Transfer to non-current assets held for sale

Goodwill

Present value of 
acquired in-force 
business

Software 
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Other intangible 
assets

Total

2010

2009

2010

2009

2010

2009

2010

2009

2010

2009

£m

3,241

3,316

3,029

3,129

649

548

880

916 

7,799

7,909 

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143
(29)
(73)

12
–
(71)
(16)
–

–
–
10
–
(335)

–
–
(100)
–
–

–
78
81
(2)
(40)

51
20
52
(22)
–

1
–
15
–
–

–
2
(35)
(3)
–

5
78
249
(31)
(448)

63
22
(154)
(41)
–

Balance at end of the year

3,286

3,241

2,704

3,029

766

649

896

880

7,652

7,799

Amortisation and impairment losses
Balance at beginning of the year
Amortisation charge for the year
Impairment losses
Foreign exchange and other movements
Disposals or retirements
Transfer to non-current assets held for sale

Accumulated amortisation and 
impairment losses at end of  
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Carrying amount
Balance at beginning of the year

Balance at end of the year

(512)
–
(1)
(15)
–
73

(235)
–
(266)
(12)
1
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(214)
–
27
–
270

(1,179)
(244)
–
43
–
–

(427)
(61)
(19)
(56)
2
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(361)
(56)
–
(32)
22
–

(321)
(83)
–
(8)
–
–

(252)
(82)
–
11
2
–

(2,640)
(358)
(20)
(52)
2
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(2,027)
(382)
(266)
10
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–

(455)

(512)

(1,297)

(1,380)

(523)

(427)

(412)

(321)

(2,687)

(2,640)

2,729

2,831

3,081

2,729

1,649

1,407

1,950

1,649

222

243

187

222

559

484

664

559

5,159

4,965

5,882

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2006 (2009: £1,649 million) which is due to be amortised over a further 10 to 15 years.

Of the other intangible assets £280 million (2009: £365 million) relates to distribution channels and £136 million (2009: £108 million) 
brands associated with the Skandia business. The remaining periods over which these are being amortised are 5 years and  
10 years respectively. 

The acquisitions through business combinations comprises £1 million (2009: £5 million) in respect of various acquisitions by the 
Group’s US Asset Management business and £4 million (2009: £7 million) relating to various other small acquisitions.

Allocation of goodwill to cash generating units (CGUs)
The carrying amount of goodwill accords with the operating segmentation shown in note B, and primarily relates to the Long Term 
Savings CGUs of Nordic, Retail Europe and Wealth Management, together with Nedbank and US Asset Management. 

An analysis of goodwill by CGU is set out below.

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At  
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1,155
126

2,831

219
204
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FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
For the year ended 31 December 2010 continued

Annual impairment testing of goodwill
In accordance with the requirements of IAS 36 ‘Impairment of Assets’, goodwill is tested annually for impairment for each CGU, by 
comparing the carrying amount of each CGU to its recoverable amount, being the higher of that CGU’s value-in-use or net selling 
price. An impairment charge is recognised when the recoverable amount is less than the carrying value. In all cases in 2010, each 
CGU’s recoverable amount has been determined by reference to its value-in-use.

Nordic, Retail Europe and Wealth Management
These CGUs generate revenues through their life assurance and asset management businesses. Nordic also has a banking business 
as an additional principal source of revenue.

The value-in-use calculations for the life assurance operations are determined using the reported embedded value methodology  
plus a discounted cash flow calculation for the value of new business. The value of new business represents the present value of 
future profits from expected new business. Embedded value represents the shareholders’ interest in the life assurance business  
and is calculated in accordance with Market Consistent Embedded Value principles. The methodology and significant assumptions 
underlying the determination of embedded value is disclosed in the supplementary information shown on pages 336 to 348.  
The differences between the key assumptions applied in the current year and in the prior year are disclosed on pages 353 to 366. 

The cash flows attributable to the value of new business are determined with reference to latest approved three-year business plans. 
Projections beyond the plan period are extrapolated using an inflation based growth assumption.

The value-in-use calculations for the asset management and banking operations are similarly determined based on discounted cash 
flow models derived from the latest approved three-year business plans. An additional two years projections beyond the plan period 
are extrapolated using inflation based growth rates. 

The cash flows are discounted at economic profit rates applicable relevant to each individual CGU. The key assumptions used in the 
value-in-use calculations for the Nordic, Retail Europe and Wealth Management CGUs are as follows:

 (cid:81)

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The growth rate – The rate used is an inflation based growth assumption, which varies by CGU and is based on external market 
factors particular to that CGU. Nordic applied the Swedish central bank inflation target of 2% to all principal business lines. Retail 
Europe, which incorporates a number of European countries, applied a weighted average calculation to determine the growth 
rate of 2.8% applied to its life assurance business and of 1.8% for its asset management business. Wealth Management applied 
3.7% to both its life assurance business and asset management business in the UK, 1.8% in Italy and 1.7% in France.
The discount rate – The applied rate used the relevant 10-year government bond rate as a starting point, which was adjusted for 
an equity market risk premium and other relevant risk adjustments, which were determined using market valuation models and 
other observable references. Rates applied were 15.9% for Nordic, 14.5% for Retail Europe and 15.8% for Wealth Management.

The directors are satisfied that any reasonable change in the assumptions would not cause the recoverable amounts of the Nordic, 
Retail Europe and Wealth Management CGUs to fall below their carrying amounts. 

Nedbank 
The impairment test in respect of the Nedbank CGU has been performed by comparing the CGU’s carrying amount to its value-in-use. 
Value-in-use has been determined using a discounted cash flow methodology. The key assumptions used in the value-in-use 
calculation are the discount rate and growth rate, which are based on market factors relevant to that CGU. The discount rate applied is 
approximately 12.0% (2009: 12.9%). A 5% growth rate was applied to extrapolate cash flows for an additional two years beyond the 
three-year business plan period. A terminal value, using the same growth rate, is added for the value of cash flows beyond five years.

There was no impairment charge recognised for the Nedbank CGU in the current financial year (2009: £nil). The directors are satisfied 
that a reasonable change in assumptions would not cause the recoverable amount of the goodwill to fall below the carrying amount.

US Asset Management
The impairment test in respect of the US Asset Management CGU has been performed by comparing the CGU’s carrying amount to 
its value-in-use. Value-in-use has been determined using a discounted cash flow methodology. The key assumptions used in the 
value-in-use calculations for the US Asset Management CGU are as follows: 

 (cid:81)

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The three year business plan and two further years have growth rate assumptions based on management’s expectation of 
performance over this period. A terminal value, using a long-term growth rate of 6% (2009: 6%) is added for the value of cash flows 
beyond five years. The assumed long-term growth rate was determined with reference to nominal historical GDP growth in the US.
The risk-adjusted discount rate applied was 12.9% (2009: 13.3%).

No impairment charge has been recognised for the US Asset Management CGU. The directors believe that a reasonable adverse 
change in the assumptions used in the value-in-use calculation (for example, reducing the growth rate to 5% or increasing the risk 
adjusted discount rate by 0.9%) for that CGU would be absorbed before the recoverable amounts fall below the carrying amounts. 
The value-in-use exceeds the carrying amount by £165 million (2009: £290 million).

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Segmental analysis of goodwill and intangibles
The following table shows a segmental analysis of the carrying amounts of goodwill and other intangible assets, together with 
amortisation and impairment charges, by operating segment:

Goodwill and other intangible assets by segment

At 31 December 2010

Long-Term Savings

  Emerging Markets
  Nordic
  Retail Europe

  Wealth Management
Nedbank
US Asset Management
Other

Total

At 31 December 2009

Long-Term Savings

  Emerging Markets
  Nordic
  Retail Europe

  Wealth Management
Nedbank
US Asset Management
Other

Discontinued US Life operations
Total

* Goodwill and intangible assets discussed in the table above is net of amortisation and impairment losses.

  Goodwill and 
intangible  

assets* Amortisation

£m

Impairment 
loss

3,101

120
995
522
1,464

637
1,181
46

4,965

300

2
143
36
119

50
3
5

358

20

1
–
–
19

–
–
–

20

£m

  Goodwill and 
intangible  
assets*

Amortisation

Impairment 
loss

3,306

106
1,035
563
1,602

543
1,171
45

5,065

94
5,159

317

3
133
54
127

37
2
6

362

20
382

266

–
–
187
79

–
–
–

266

–
266

Following a re-evaluation of the prospects for the former ELAM operating segment as part of the reorganisation in 2009, goodwill 
impairment tests were carried out based on a comparison of the re-allocated carrying amounts and their corresponding value-in-use 
calculations at the point of re-allocation. As a result, impairment charges were recognised in 2009 in the income statement of £187 
million in the Retail Europe CGU and £79 million in Wealth Management CGU, largely as a result of a reassessment of the anticipated 
growth rates assumed in the value-in-use calculations determined during the reorganisation. The discount rate applied in the 
corresponding value-in-use calculations was 15.7%.

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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED  
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
For the year ended 31 December 2010 continued

F2: Property, plant and equipment

At 31 December

Gross carrying amount
Balance at beginning of the year
Additions
Additions from business combinations
Increase/(decrease) arising from revaluation
Disposals
Foreign exchange and other movements
Transfer to non-current assets held for sale

Balance at end of the year

Accumulated depreciation and impairment losses
Balance at beginning of the year
Depreciation charge for the year
Disposals
Foreign exchange and other movements
Transfer to non-current assets held for sale

Balance at end of the year

Carrying amount
Balance at beginning of the year

Balance at end of the year

Land

Buildings

Plant and  
equipment

Total

2010

2009

2010

2009

2010

2009

2010

2009

£m

86
6
–
8
–
11
–

111

–
–
–
–
–

–

86

111

76
–
–
(8)
(1)
19
–

86

–
–
–
–
–

–

76

86

558
31
–
18
(1)
85
(6)

685

(37)
(16)
–
3
–

(50)

521

635

405
56
1
(5)
(21)
122
–

558

(13)
(12)
8
(20)
–

(37)

392

521

721
115
–
–
(56)
92
(7)

865

(500)
(87)
55
(71)
7

(596)

221

269

660
82
2
–
(76)
53
–

721

(446)
(74)
61
(41)
–

(500)

1,365
152
–
26
(57)
188
(13)

1,141
138
3
(13)
(98)
194
–

1,661

1,365

(537)
(103)
55
(68)
7

(646)

(459)
(86)
69
(61)
–

(537)

682

828

214

221

828

1,015

The carrying value of property, plant and equipment leased to third parties under operating leases, included in the above is £130 
million (2009: £82 million) and comprises land of £15 million (2009: £12 million) and buildings of £115 million (2009: £70 million).

There are no restrictions on property, plant and equipment title as a result of security pledges.

The revaluation of land and buildings relates to Emerging Markets and to Nedbank. In 2010 Emerging Markets made revaluation 
gains of £1 million on land and £3 million on buildings (2009: losses of £10 million and £8 million respectively), while Nedbank  
made revaluation gains of £4 million on land and £12 million on buildings (2009: gains of £2 million and £3 million respectively).  
For Emerging Markets, land and buildings are valued as at 31 December each year by internal professional valuers and external 
valuations are obtained once every three years. External professional valuers are used for Nedbank. For both businesses the 
valuation methodology adopted is dependent upon the nature of the property. Income generating assets are valued using 
discounted cash flows and vacant land and property are valued according to sales of comparable properties. The carrying value  
that would have been recognised had the land and buildings been carried under the cost model would be £7 million (2009: £64 
million) and £174 million (2009: £99 million) respectively for Emerging Markets and £27 million (2009: £21 million) and £167 million 
(2009: £97 million) for Nedbank respectively.

Additions and depreciation by segment

Long-Term 
Savings 

Nedbank 

M&F

US Asset 
Management

26
26

119
63

Long-Term 
Savings 

27
25

Nedbank 

102
48

4
6

M&F

4
5

3
8

US Asset 
Management

5
8

£m

Total

152
103

£m

Total

138
86

Year ended 31 December 2010

Additions
Depreciation

Year ended 31 December 2009

Additions
Depreciation

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F3: Investment property

Balance at beginning of the year
Additions
Additions from business combinations
Disposals
Net gain/(loss) from fair value adjustments
Foreign exchange and other movements
Transfer to non-current assets held for sale

Balance at end of the year

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Year ended  
31 December 
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162
–
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30
362
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2,040

1,478
82
155
(57)
(54)
155

–

1,759

In 2010 additions of £162 million (2009: £237 million) related to Emerging Markets. Of the net gain/(loss) arising from fair value 
adjustments on investment properties, a £30 million gain (2009: £105 million loss) related to Emerging Markets.

The fair value of investment property (freehold) leased to third parties under operating leases is as follows:

Freehold

Rental income from investment property
Direct operating expense arising from investment property that generated rental income

£m

Year ended 
 31 December 
2010

Year ended  
31 December 
2009

2,040

1,759

163
(19)

144

106
(19)

87

The carrying amount of investment property is the fair value of the property as determined by a registered independent valuer at 
least every three years, and annually by locally qualified staff, having an appropriate recognised professional qualification and recent 
experience in the location and category of the property being valued. Fair values are determined having regard to recent market 
transactions for similar properties in the same location as the Group’s investment property. The Group’s current lease arrangements, 
which are entered into on an arm’s length basis and which are comparable to those for similar properties in the same location, are 
taken into account.

Of the total investment property of £2,040 million (2009: £1,759 million), £1,699 million (2009: £1,535 million) is attributable to South 
Africa, £341 million (2009: £223 million) to Europe and £nil (2009: £1 million) to other.

F4: Deferred acquisition costs

Year end 31 December 2010

Balance at beginning of the year
New business
Amortisation
Impairment losses charged for the year
Foreign exchange and other movements
Transfer to non-current assets held for sale

Balance at end of the year

Year end 31 December 2009

Balance at beginning of the year
New business
Amortisation
Impairment losses charged for the year
Foreign exchange and other movements
Transfer to non-current assets held for sale

Balance at end of the year

Insurance 
contracts

Investment 
contracts

Asset 
management

1,934
86
(308)
–
(186)
(1,314)

212

1,079
276
(221)
–
53
–

1,187

125
64
(48)
(10)
4
–

135

Insurance 
contracts

Investment 
contracts

Asset 
management

2,107
89
(102)
–
(160)
–

1,934

961
251
(130)
–
(3)
–

1,079

131
56
(46)
(5)
(11)
–

125

£m

Total

3,138
426
(577)
(10)
(129)
(1,314)

1,534

£m

Total

3,199
396
(278)
(5)
(174)
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FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
For the year ended 31 December 2010 continued

F5: Trade, other receivables and other assets

Debtors arising from direct insurance operations
  Amounts owed by policyholders
  Amounts owed by intermediaries
  Other

Debtors arising from direct insurance operations
Debtors arising from reinsurance operations
Outstanding settlements
Reinsurance treaties
Other receivables
Accrued interest and rent
Trading securities and spot positions
Prepayments and accrued income
Other assets

£m

At 
 31 December 
2010

At  
31 December 
2009

85
89
85

259
39
461
974
840
400
506
145
308

89
86
23

198
94
252
847
751
433
63
134
279

Total trade, other receivables and other assets

3,932

3,051

Based on the maturity profile of the above assets, £2,931 million (2009: £2,849 million) is regarded as current and £1,001 million 
(2009: £202 million) as non-current. All amounts outstanding are short-term in nature. No significant balances are past due  
or impaired.

F6: Provisions

Surplus property
Client compensation
Warranties on sale of business
Liability for long service leave
Restructuring
Provision for donations
Other provisions

Post employment benefits

Total

£m

At 
 31 December 
2010

At  
31 December 
2009

16
39
3
57
15
89
92

311
(51)

260

20
30
17
49
5
84
90

295
(32)

263

£m

Year ended 31 December 2010

Balance at beginning of the year
Unused amounts reversed
Unwind of discount
Charge to income statement
Utilised during the year
Foreign exchange and other movements

Balance at end of the year

Surplus 
property

Client 
compen- 
sation

Warranties 
on sale of 
business

Liability  
for long 
service 
leave

Restructur- 
ing

Provision 
for 
donations

Other

Total

20
–
–
–
(4)
–

16

30
– 
–
7
(9)
11

39

17
(10)
–
–
–
(4)

3

49
–
–
28
(27)
7

57

5
–
–
9
–
1

15

84
–
–
–
–
5

89

90
(19)
–
25
(5)
1

92

295
(29)
–
69
(45)
21

311

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Balance at beginning of the year
Unused amounts reversed
Unwind of discount
Charge to income statement
Utilised during the year
Foreign exchange and other movements

Balance at end of the year

Surplus 
property

Client 
compen- 
sation

Warranties 
on sale of 
business

23
–
1
3
(7)
–

20

27
(2)
–
(3)
(2)
10

30

111
(54)
–
–
(26)
(14)

17

Liability  
for long 
service 
leave

38
–
–
24
(20)
7

49

Restru- 
cturing

Provision for 
donations

–
–
–
5
–
–

5

80
–
–
–
–
4

84

Other

201
(52)
–
8
(65)
(2)

90

£m

Total

480
(108)
1
37
(120)
5

295

2010 provisions in relation to surplus property amounted to £16 million (2009: £20 million). These relate to the onerous costs of 
vacant properties leased by the Group of which £16 million (2009: £13 million) is estimated to be payable after more than one year.

Provisions in relation to client compensation were £39 million (2009: £30 million), primarily relating to possible mis-selling of 
guarantee contracts in Wealth Management. £1 million (2009: £5 million) is estimated to be payable after more than one year.

Provisions in relation to warranties on the sale of businesses amounted to £3 million (2009: £17 million). £3 million (2009: £9 million)  
is estimated to be payable after more than one year. 

The liability for long service leave of £57 million (2009: £49 million) relates to provision for staff payments for long serving employees, 
all of which estimated to be payable in less than one year.

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relocation for Wealth Management. £11 million (2009: £3 million) is estimated to be payable after more than one year.

The provision for donations is held by Emerging Markets. It relates to the payment of charitable donations in future periods to which 
the Group is committed, out of the funds made available on the closure of the Group’s unclaimed shares trusts, which were set up  
as part of the demutualisation in 1999 and closed in 2006 of which £70 million (2009: £84 million) is estimated to be payable after 
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Where material, provisions are discounted at discount rates specific to the risks inherent in the liability. The timing and final amounts 
of payments in respect of some of the provisions, particularly those in respect of litigation claims and similar actions against the 
Group, are uncertain and could be result in adjustments to the amounts recorded. Of the total provisions recorded above, £163 
million (2009: £188 million) is estimated to be payable after more than one year.

F7: Deferred revenue

Year ended 31 December 2010

Balance at beginning of the year
Fees and commission income deferred
Amortisation
Foreign exchange and other movements
Transfer to non-current assets held for sale

Balance at end of the year

Year ended 31 December 2009

Balance at beginning of the year
Fees and commission income deferred
Amortisation
Foreign exchange and other movements
Transfer from/(to) non-current assets held for sale

Balance at end of the year

Long-term 
business

Asset 
management

General 
insurance

556
107
(39)
21
(24)

621

89
48
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1
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98

9
1
–
1
–

11

Long-term 
business

Asset 
management

General 
insurance

489
91
(15)
(11)
2

556

101
34
(37)
(7)
(2)

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1
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£m

Total

654
156
(78)
23
(25)

730

£m

Total

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125
(52)
(17)
–

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For the year ended 31 December 2010 continued

F8: Deferred tax assets and liabilities
Deferred income taxes are calculated on all temporary differences at the tax rate applicable to the jurisdiction in which the timing 
differences arise.

(a) Deferred tax assets
The movement on the deferred tax assets account is as follows:

Year ended 31 December 2010

Insurance funds
Tax losses carried forward
Accelerated capital allowances
Available-for-sale securities
Other temporary differences
Netted against liabilities
Deferred fee income

At  
beginning  
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Income 
statement 
(charge)/ 
credit

(Charged)/
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  Acquisition/  
disposal of  
  subsidiaries*

Foreign 
exchange and 
other 
movements

At end of the 
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£m

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269
6
185
265
(624)
183

570

–
(30)
(4)
–
27
5
7

5

–
–
–
(182)
2
–
(1)

(181)

(288)
(42)
–
(7)
(66)
399
–

(4)

–
12
–
4
6
6
(2)

26

(2)
209
2
–
234
(214)
187

416

£m

*  Includes the transfer of US Life into non-current assets held for sale.

Year ended 31 December 2009

Insurance funds
Tax losses carried forward
Accelerated capital allowances
Available-for-sale securities
Other temporary differences
Netted against liabilities
Deferred fee income

At  
beginning  
of the  
year

Income 
Statement 
(charge)/ 
credit

(Charged)/
credited to 
equity

Acquisition/ 
disposal of 
subsidiaries

Foreign 
exchange and 
other 
movements

At end of the 
year

298
346
17
584
284
(63)
124

1,590

17
(53)
(10)
56
(53)
(10)
8

(45)

–
–
–
(404)
(24)
–
–

(428)

–
(4)
–
–
(1)
–
–

(5)

(29)
(20)
(1)
(51)
59
(551)
51

(542)

286
269
6
185
265
(624)
183

570

Deferred tax assets are recognised for tax losses carried forward only to the extent that realisation of the related tax benefit is 
probable, being where on the basis of all available evidence it is considered more likely than not that there will be suitable taxable 
profits against which the reversal of the deferred tax asset can be deducted. The amounts for which no deferred tax asset has been 
recognised comprise:

Unrelieved tax losses
Expiring in the second to fifth years inclusive
Expiring after five years
Accelerated capital allowances
Other timing differences

31 December 2010

31 December 2009

Gross amount

Tax

Gross amount

–
2,473
117
296

2,886

–
459
31
79

569

248
2,492
84
20

2,844

£m

Tax

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24
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Year ended 31 December 2010

Accelerated tax depreciation
Deferred acquisition costs
Leasing
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Available-for-sale securities
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Policyholder tax
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Year ended 31 December 2009

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Policyholder tax
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Acquisition/  
disposal of 
subsidiaries

Foreign  
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and other  

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At end 
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24
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54
258
107
2
256
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(63)

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(16)
–
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–
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–
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224
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is probable that these temporary differences will not reverse in the foreseeable future, there is no need to provide for the associated 
deferred tax liabilities. The aggregate amount of temporary differences on which further tax might be due if these temporary 
differences reversed would be estimated at £3.4 billion (2009: £3.4 billion).

F9: Trade, other payables and other liabilities

Amounts payable on direct insurance business
  Funds held under reinsurance business ceded
  Amounts owed to policyholders
  Amounts owed to intermediaries
  Other direct insurance operation creditors
Accounts payable on reinsurance business
Accruals and deferred income
Share-based payments – cash-settled scheme liabilities
Short trading securities, spot positions and other
Trade creditors
Outstanding settlements
Total securities sold under agreements to repurchase
Obligations in relation to collateral holdings
Other liabilities

£m

At  
31 December 
2010

At  
31 December 
2009

119
326
90
60
35
697
21
1,598
304
503
117
995
796

5,661

118
528
80
67
62
576
19
778
297
412
157
295
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FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
For the year ended 31 December 2010 continued

F10: Equity
(a) Share capital

Authorised and issued share capital

Authorised ordinary shares of 10p each
Issued ordinary shares of 10p each

£m

At  
31 December 
2010

At  
31 December 
2009

750
570

750
552

(b) Perpetual preferred callable securities
In addition to the Group’s senior and subordinated debt, the Group has issued two separate tranches of perpetual preferred  
callable securities with a total carrying value of £688 million (2009: £688 million) as at 31 December 2010. In accordance with  
IFRS accounting standards these instruments are classified as equity and disclosed within equity shareholders’ funds as shown  
on page 179.

£350 million perpetual preferred callable securities – these are unsecured and subordinated to the claims of senior creditors and the 
holders of any priority preference shares. For an initial period to 24 March 2020 interest is payable at a fixed rate of 6.4% per annum 
annually in arrears. From 24 March 2020 interest is reset semi-annually at 2.2% per annum above the sterling inter-bank offer rate for  
six month sterling deposits, and is payable semi-annually in arrears. Coupon payments may be deferred at the Group’s discretion.  
The perpetual preferred callable securities are redeemable at the discretion of the Group at their principal amount from 24 March 2020.

€500 million perpetual preferred callable securities – Step-up Option B Undated Subordinated Notes issued under a Global Note 
Programme. These are unsecured and subordinated to the claims of senior creditors and the holders of any priority preference 
shares. For an initial period to 4 November 2015 the notes pay interest at a fixed rate of 5.0% per annum annually in arrears.  
After this date the interest is reset semi-annually at 2.63% per annum above six month EURIBOR and is payable semi-annually  
in arrears. Coupon payments may be deferred at the Group’s discretion. The perpetual preferred callable securities are redeemable 
at the discretion of the Group at their principal amount from 4 November 2015.

F11: Non-controlling interests
(a) Income statement
(i) Ordinary shares
The non-controlling interests charge to profit for the financial year has been calculated on the basis of the Group’s effective 
ownership of the subsidiaries in which it does not own 100% of the ordinary equity. The principal subsidiaries where a non-
controlling interest exists are the Group’s banking business in South Africa and, prior to the acquisition of the non-controlling interest 
in Mutual & Federal in February 2010 (see F11(b)), the general insurance business in South Africa. For the year ended 31 December 
2010 the non-controlling interests attributable to ordinary shares was £196 million (2009: £158 million).

(ii) Preferred securities

R2,000 million non-cumulative preference shares
R773 million non-cumulative preference shares
R300 million non-cumulative preference shares
US$750 million cumulative preferred securities
R364 million non-cumulative preference shares

Non-controlling interests – preferred securities

£m

At  
31 December 
2010

At  
31 December 
2009 

14
5
2
38
3

62

16
6
2
38
2

64

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(iii) Non-controlling interests – adjusted operating profit
The following table reconciles non-controlling interests’ share of profit for the financial year to non-controlling interests’ share of 
adjusted operating profit:

Reconciliation of non-controlling interests share of profit for the financial year

The non-controlling interests charge is analysed as follows:
Non-controlling interests – ordinary shares
Goodwill impairment and impact of acquisition accounting
Short-term fluctuations in investment return
Income attributable to Black Economic Empowerment trusts of listed subsidiaries
Fair value gains on group debt instruments
Income attributable to US Asset Management non-controlling interests

Non-controlling interests share of adjusted operating profit

£m

Year ended  
31 December 
2010

Year ended  
31 December 
2009 

196
2
–
22
6
(9)

217

158
1
2
23
–
(3)

181

The Group uses revised weighted average effective ownership interests when calculating the non-controllable interest applicable to 
the adjusted operating profit of its South Africa banking and, prior to the acquisition of the non-controlling interest in February 2010, 
general insurance businesses. This reflects the legal ownership of these businesses following the implementation for Black Economic 
Empowerment (BEE) schemes in 2005. In accordance with IFRS accounting rules the shares issued for BEE purposes are deemed 
to be, in substance, options. Therefore the effective ownership interest of the minorities reflected in arriving at profit after tax in the 
consolidated income statement is lower than that applied in arriving at adjusted operating profit after tax. In 2010 the increase in 
adjusted operating profit attributable to non-controlling interests as a result of this was £22 million (2009: £23 million).

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Acquisition on non-controlling interest in Mutual & Federal
On 5 February 2010, the Group completed the acquisition of the remaining non-controlling shareholdings in Mutual & Federal 
Insurance Company Limited, following the fulfilment of all outstanding conditions precedent. On 8 February 2010, 147,313,449 new 
Old Mutual plc ordinary shares were issued in exchange for Mutual & Federal shares and listed on the London Stock Exchange,  
of which 68,378,851 were issues to Black Economic Empowerment trusts and 78,934,598 to other previous holders.

Other acquisitions
On 8 February 2010 Nedbank announced that it had obtained regulatory approval for the acquisition of the remaining 49.9% indirect 
interest in Imperial Bank Limited thereby satisfying all conditions precedent for the acquisition.

The purchase consideration was approximately £162 million (£155 million plus a Johannesburg Interbank Agreed Rate (JIBAR) factor 
applied up to 5 February 2010) which is being settled in four instalments out of existing cash resources of Nedbank Limited. The total 
amount, which included interest at the three month JIBAR, amounted to £165 million.

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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED  
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
For the year ended 31 December 2010 continued

F11: Non-controlling interests continued
(b) Statement of financial position continued
(ii) Preferred securities

R2,000 million non-cumulative preference shares1
R773 million non-cumulative preference shares2
R300 million non-cumulative preference shares3
US$750 million cumulative preferred securities4
R364 million non-cumulative preference shares5
R363 million non-cumulative preference shares6
R92 million non-cumulative preference shares7

Unamortised issue costs

Total in issue at 31 December

£m

At  
31 December 
2010

At  
31 December 
2009

140
71
12
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17
50

773
(13)

760

140
71
12
458
25
17
–

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(13)

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Preferred securities are held at historic value of consideration received less unamortised issue costs.
1.  200 million R10 preference shares issued by Nedbank Limited (Nedbank), the Group’s banking subsidiary. These shares are non-redeemable and 

non-cumulative and pay a cash dividend equivalent to 75% of the prime overdraft interest rate of Nedbank. Preference shareholders are only entitled to vote 
during periods when a dividend or any part of it remains unpaid after the due date for payment or when resolutions are proposed that directly affect any 
rights attaching to the shares or the rights of the holders. Preference shareholders will be entitled to receive their dividends in priority to any payment of 
dividends made in respect of any other class of Nedbank’s shares.

2.  77.3 million R10 preference shares issued at R10.68 per share by Nedbank on the same terms as the securities described in (1) above.
3.  30 million R10 preference shares issued on 22 June 2006 by Imperial Bank Limited a subsidiary of Nedbank Limited, on the same terms as the securities 

described in (1) above.

4.  US$750 million Guaranteed Cumulative Perpetual Preference Securities issued on 19 May 2003 by Old Mutual Capital Funding L.P., a subsidiary of the 
Group. Subject to certain limitations, holders of these securities are entitled to receive preferential cash distributions at a fixed rate of 8.0% per annum 
payable in arrears on a quarterly basis. The Group may defer payment of distributions at its sole discretion, but such an act may restrict Old Mutual plc  
from paying dividends on its ordinary shares for a period of 12 months. Arrears of distributions are payable quarterly cumulatively only on redemption  
of the securities or at the Group’s option. The securities are perpetual, but may be redeemed at the discretion of the Group from 22 December 2008.  
The costs of issue have been amortised over the period to 22 December 2008.

5.  35 million R10 preference shares issued in 16 April 2007 at R10.27 per share by Nedbank on the same terms as the securities described in (1) above.
6.  36.3 million R10 preference shares issued by Nedbank in seven instalments between September 09 and December 09 on the same terms as the securities 

described in (1) above.

7.  9.2 million R10 preference shares issued by Nedbank on 11 March 2010 on the same terms as the securities in note 1 above.

G: Other notes
G1: Post employment benefits
The Group operates a number of pension schemes around the world. These schemes have been designed and are administered in 
accordance with local conditions and practices in the countries concerned and include both defined contribution and defined benefit 
schemes. The assets of these schemes are held in separate trustee administered funds. Pension costs and contributions relating to 
defined benefit schemes are assessed in accordance with the advice of qualified actuaries. Actuarial advice confirms that the current 
level of contributions payable to each pension scheme, together with existing assets, are adequate to secure members’ benefits over 
the remaining service lives of participating employees. The schemes are reviewed at least on a triennial basis or in accordance with 
local practice and regulations. In the intervening years the actuary reviews the continuing appropriateness of the assumptions 
applied. The actuarial assumptions used to calculate the projected benefit obligations of the Group’s pension schemes vary 
according to the economic conditions of the countries in which they operate.

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(a) Liability for defined benefit obligations

Changes in projected benefit obligation
Projected benefit obligation at beginning of the year
Benefits earned during the year
Interest cost on benefit obligation
Actuarial (gain)/loss
Benefits paid
Foreign exchange and other movements

Projected benefit obligation at end of the year

Change in plan assets
Plan assets at fair value at beginning of the year
Actual return on plan assets
Company contributions
Employee contributions
Benefits paid
Foreign exchange and other movements

Plan assets at fair value at end of the year

Net (asset)/liability recognised in statement of financial position
Funded status of plan
Unrecognised assets
Other amounts recognised in statement of financial position
Unrecognised actuarial gains

Net amount recognised in statement of financial position

(b) Expense/(credit) recognised in the income statement

Current service costs
Interest cost
Expected return on plan assets
Net actuarial losses/(gains) recognised in the year
Other benefit retirement plans

Total (included in staff costs)

Pension plans

Other post-retirement  
benefit schemes

Year to  
31 December 
2010

Year to  
31 December 
2009

Year to  
31 December 
2010

Year to  
31 December 
2009

£m

815
9
50
53
(50)
100

977

953
90
12
1
(47)
110

1,119

(142)
12
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23

(106)

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41
25
(43)
6

815

828
99
14
1
(41)
52

953

(138)
8
1
61

(68)

211
6
19
(2)
(3)
39

270

175
17
(5)
–
(3)
34

218

52
(10)
1
12

55

158
5
12
15
(5)
26

211

160
9
–
–
(4)
10

175

36
(4)
–
4

36

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Pension plans

Other post-retirement 
 benefit schemes

Year to  
31 December 
2010

Year to  
31 December 
2009

Year to  
31 December 
2010

Year to  
31 December 
2009

5
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–
–

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–
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For the year ended 31 December 2010 continued

G: Other notes continued
(c) Principal actuarial assumptions

UK pension schemes
Discount rate
Expected return on plan assets:
  Equities
  Debt
  Cash
  Annuities and other
Future salary increases
Pensions in payment and deferred pensions inflation
Price inflation

Europe pension schemes
Discount rate
Expected return on plan assets:
  Equities
  Debt
  Property
  Annuities and other
Future salary increases
Pensions in payment and deferred pensions inflation
Price inflation

African pension schemes
Discount rate
Expected return on plan assets:
  Equities
  Debt
  Property
Future salary increases
Pensions in payment and deferred pensions inflation
Price inflation

African other post retirement schemes
Discount rate
Expected return on plan assets
Future salary increases
Price inflation
Health cost inflation

%

Year to 
31 December 
2010

Year to  
31 December 
2009

5.4

5.7-5.8

7.2
4.2-5.4
0.5
5.4
4.7
3.7-4.3
3.7

3.8-4.0

5.8-6.7
2.8-3.7
5.8-6.7
5.8-6.7
3.3-4.8
2.0-2.3
2.0-2.3

7.5-8.4
4.5-5.8
0.5-5.7
5.7-6.5
4.8
3.8-4.3
3.8

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5.8
2.8
5.8
5.8
3.3
2.0
2.0

5.4-9.0

7.5-9.0

9.1-11.0
9.0-9.1
9.0-9.1
6.0-6.3
2.2-6.0
3.2-6.2

7.3-8.0
7.3-8.0
5.3-8.0
5.3-8.0
5.0-8.0

9.0-12.5
9.0-9.5
7.5-9.0
5.0-6.0
1.4-6.0
4.0-6.0

5.5-10.5
5.8-10.5
5.8-9.0
3.5-9.0
7.3-9.0

The calculations are based on actuarially calculated mortality estimates relevant to the economic countries in which they operate, 
with a specific allowance made for future improvements in mortality which is broadly in line with that adopted for the 92 series of 
mortality tables prepared by the Continuous Mortality Investigation Bureau of the Institute of Actuaries.

The expected returns on plan assets have been determined on the basis of long-term expectations, the carrying value of the assets 
and the market conditions at the reporting date specific to the relevant locations.

The effect to the Group’s obligation of a 1% increase and 1% decrease in the assumed health cost trend rates would be an increase 
of £22 million and decrease of £17 million (2009: increase of £13 million and decrease of £13 million) respectively.

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(d) Plan asset allocation

Equity securities
Debt securities
Property
Cash
Annuities and other

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At  
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At 
 31 December 
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At  
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41.7
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5.6
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100.0

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Pension and other retirement benefit plan assets include ordinary shares issued by the Company with a fair value of £nil (2009: £nil).

(e) Summary of Group pension plans

Present value of defined benefit obligations
Fair value of plan assets

Surplus

Experience losses arising on defined benefit plan liabilities:
Amount
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Experience gains arising on defined benefit plan assets:
Amount
As a percentage of plan assets

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 31 December 
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(977)
1,119

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(11)
(0.9)%

Year to  
31 December  

Year to  
31 December  

Year to 
31 December  

2009

(815)
953

138

8
(1.0)%

(8)
(0.8)%

2008

(778)
828

50

2
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(69)
(8.3)%

2007

(675)
855

180

(5)
0.7%

39
4.3%

£m

Year to 
 31 December 
 2006

(758)
836

78

(12)
1.6%

50
6.0%

Total contributions expected to be paid to the Group pension plans for the year ending 31 December 2011 are £12 million (subject to 
any reassessments to be completed in the year).

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FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
For the year ended 31 December 2010 continued

G: Other notes continued
G2: Share-based payments
(a) Share-based payment arrangements
During the year ended 31 December 2010, the Group had the following share-based payment arrangements:

Scheme1

UK Sharesave Scheme

UK Share Option and Deferred 

Delivery Plan

UK Restricted Share Plan
Old Mutual plc Share Reward 

Plan – Share options

Old Mutual plc Share Reward 
Plan – Restricted Shares
Old Mutual plc Performance 

Share plan – Share Options

Old Mutual plc Performance 
Share plan – Restricted 
Shares

Old Mutual plc 2008 
Sharesave Plan

South Africa Share Option 
  and Deferred Delivery Plan
South Africa Restricted Share 

Plan

OMSA Broad-based 
Employee Scheme
OMSA Senior Black 

Management Scheme

OMSA Management Scheme
OMSA Black Business 
Partners Scheme

OMSA Client & Distributor 

Scheme

OMSA Community Scheme
Old Mutual Namibia 

Management Scheme
Old Mutual Namibia Senior 

Black Management 
Scheme

Old Mutual Namibia Broad-
based Employee Scheme
Old Mutual Namibia Education 

Scheme

Old Mutual Namibia Distributor 

Scheme

Old Mutual Namibia 
  Community Partners 

Scheme

Old Mutual Namibia Black
   Business Partners Scheme
Old Mutual Namibia 

Discretionary Scheme

Nedcor Group (1994) Share 

Option Scheme

Nedbank Group (2005) Share 

Option Scheme

Description of award

Contractual  

life

Vesting conditions

Restricted 
shares

Options

Dividend 
entitlement

Other

Years

Service  
(years)

Performance 
(measure)

Other

–

–
(cid:22)

–

(cid:22)

–

(cid:22)

–

–

(cid:22)

(cid:22)

(cid:22)

(cid:22)

(cid:22)

(cid:22)
(cid:22)

(cid:22)

(cid:22)

(cid:22)

(cid:22)

(cid:22)

(cid:22)

(cid:22)

(cid:22)

–

–

(cid:22)

(cid:22)
–

(cid:22)

–

(cid:22)

–

(cid:22)

(cid:22)

–

–

–

(cid:22)

–

–
–

(cid:22)

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

(cid:22)

(cid:22)

(cid:22)

(cid:22)
(cid:22)

–

(cid:22)

–

(cid:22)

–

–

(cid:22)

(cid:22)

(cid:22)

(cid:22)

(cid:22)

(cid:22)
(cid:22)

(cid:22)

(cid:22)

(cid:22)

(cid:22)

(cid:22)

(cid:22)

(cid:22)

–

(cid:22)

(cid:22)

(cid:22)2

3½- 5½

3 & 5

–
–

–

–

–

–

6
3-5
Up to  
10 years
Not less 
than 3 
years
Up to  
10 years

Not less 
than 3 
years

3
3 & 5

3

–

3

Not less  
than 3  
years

(cid:22)2

3½-5½

3 & 5

–
Target 
growth in 
EPS
–

–

–

–
Target 
growth in 
EPS and 
ROE

–
Target 
growth in 
EPS

–

–

–
Target 
  growth in 
EPS5

–

–
–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–
Target 
growth in 
headline 
earnings

3

–

6

5

5

3

3

–

4-6

4, 5 & 64

3-6

10

10
10

3-6

3

–

–
–

3

4-6

4, 5 & 64

–

–

–

–

–

–

3 & 48

5

10

10

10

10

10

6

5

–

–

–

–

–

–

–
–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–
–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

(cid:22)3

–

–

(cid:22)6

(cid:22)7
(cid:22)7

–

–

(cid:22)6

(cid:22)6

(cid:22)6

(cid:22)6

(cid:22)6

(cid:22)6

–

–

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Description of award

Contractual  

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Option

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Other

Years

Service 
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Performance 
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Other

Scheme1

Nedbank Group (2005) 

Matched Share Scheme

Nedbank Eyethu 
  Non-Executive Directors’ 

Scheme

Nedbank Eyethu Black 
Executive Scheme

Nedbank Eyethu Black 

Management Scheme

Nedbank Eyethu Broad-based 

Employee Scheme
Nedbank Eyethu Black 

Business Partner Scheme

Nedbank Eyethu Retail 

Scheme

Nedbank Eyethu Corporate 

Scheme

Nedbank Namibia 
  Omufima Black 

Management Scheme

Nedbank Namibia 
  Omufima Broad-based 

Employee Scheme

Nedbank Namibia 
  Omufima Black Business 

Partner Scheme

Nedbank Namibia Omufima 
Affinity Group Scheme
Nedbank Namibia Omufima 

Education Scheme

Nedbank UK Long-term 

Incentive Plan

Mutual & Federal Share Option 

Scheme

Mutual & Federal Senior Black 

Management Scheme

Mutual & Federal Management 

Incentive Scheme

Mutual & Federal Distributor 

Scheme

Mutual & Federal Community 

Scheme

Mutual & Federal Black 

Business Partners Scheme

(cid:22)

–

(cid:22)

(cid:22)

(cid:22)

–

(cid:22)

–

(cid:22)

(cid:22)

–

–

–

–

–

(cid:22)

(cid:22)

(cid:22)

(cid:22)

(cid:22)

–

(cid:22)

(cid:22)

(cid:22)

–

(cid:22)

–

(cid:22)

(cid:22)

–

(cid:22)

(cid:22)

(cid:22)

–

(cid:22)

–

(cid:22)

–

–

–

–

(cid:22)

(cid:22)

(cid:22)

(cid:22)

(cid:22)

–

(cid:22)

(cid:22)

(cid:22)

(cid:22)

(cid:22)

(cid:22)

–

(cid:22)

(cid:22)

(cid:22)

(cid:22)

(cid:22)

–

(cid:22)9

–

–

–

–

–

(cid:22)12

–

–

–

–

–

–

(cid:22)15

–

–

–

–

–

–

5

6

7

7

5

10

3

6

7

5

10

10

10

4

6

7

6

Indefinite

Indefinite

10

3

6

4, 5 & 64

4, 5 & 64

–

–

–

–

4, 5 & 64

–

–

–

–

3

3

4, 5 & 64

3

–

–

–

Various10

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

Target 
growth in 
average RoE

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

(cid:22)(cid:3)11

–

–

(cid:22)(cid:3)3

(cid:22)(cid:3)6,11

(cid:22)(cid:3)13

(cid:22)(cid:3)14

–

(cid:22)(cid:3)6

(cid:22)(cid:3)6,11

(cid:22)(cid:3)6,11

(cid:22)(cid:3)6,11

–

–

–

–

(cid:22)7

(cid:22)7

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FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
For the year ended 31 December 2010 continued

G: Other notes continued
G2: Share-based payments continued

Description of award

Contractual  

life

  Restricted  

shares

Option

Dividend 
entitlement

Other

Years

Vesting conditions

Service 
(years)

Performance 
(measure) 

Scheme1

Mutual & Federal 
Broad-based 
Employee Scheme

Mutual & Federal 
Namibia Share 
Option Scheme
Mutual & Federal 

Namibia Senior Black 
Management 
Scheme

Mutual & Federal 

Namibia Community 
Scheme

Mutual & Federal 
Namibia Black 
Business Partners 
Scheme

Mutual & Federal 

Namibia 
Management 
Incentive Scheme

Mutual & Federal 

Namibia  
Broad-based 
Employee Scheme

Mutual & Federal 
Discretionary 
Scheme

(cid:22)

(cid:22)

(cid:22)

(cid:22)

(cid:22)

(cid:22)

(cid:22)

(cid:22)

–

–

–

–

–

(cid:22)

–

–

(cid:22)

(cid:22)

(cid:22)

(cid:22)

–

(cid:22)

(cid:22)

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

5

6

7

–

3

4, 5 & 64

Indefinite

10

6

5

10

–

–

3

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

Other

(cid:22)6

–

–

(cid:22)7

(cid:22)6

–

(cid:22)6

(cid:22)6

1  All share-based payment arrangements are equity settled with the exception of the South Africa Share Option, the Deferred Delivery Plan and the Mutual & 
Federal share schemes and the South Africa Restricted Share Plan which are cash-settled. ‘UK’ schemes relate to shares in Old Mutual plc listed on the 
London Stock Exchange. ‘South Africa’, ‘OMSA’, Mutual & Federal and ‘Old Mutual’ schemes relate to shares in Old mutual plc listed on the Johannesburg 
Stock Exchange (“JSE”). ‘Nedcor’ and ‘Nedbank’ schemes relate to shares in Nedbank Group Ltd listed on the JSE. Details of schemes related to US Asset 
Management are provided in Note G2(e).

2  Scheme is linked to a savings plan.
3  Earlier of five years or participant being entitled to any other award under any other share incentive scheme of the Company.
4  One third of the instruments granted become unrestricted after each of these time periods.
5  Performance target applies to options only.
6  Expiry of the contractual life.
7  Minimum period of ten years.
8  One half of the instruments granted become unrestricted after each of these time periods.
9  Matching contributions made by the participant of an amount not more than 50% of their after-tax bonus.
10  Where performance targets are not met, 50% of the instruments granted will become unrestricted.
11  No dealing in these instruments during the notional funding period.
12  For every three shares acquired, participants qualify for an additional bonus share.
13  Participant holds a Nedbank Group Ltd account as their primary account for the contractual life of the instrument.
14  Participant uses Nedbank Group Ltd as their primary banker for contractual life of the instrument. Nedbank has first right of refusal over all banking requirements.
15  Share appreciation rights ‘SAR’ scheme, where Nedbank will settle the difference between the current market price and the exercise price in cash, when 

the employee decides to exercise the SAR.

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(b) Reconciliation of movements in options
The number and weighted average exercise prices of share options are as follows:

Options over shares in Old Mutual plc (London Stock Exchange)

Outstanding at beginning of the year
Granted during the year
Forfeited during the year
Exercised during the year
Expired during the year

Outstanding at end of the year

Exercisable at 31 December

Year ended  
31 December 2010

Year ended 
 31 December 2009

Number of 
options

77,490,352
4,720,010
(7,162,357)
(5,362,778)
(5,939,820)

63,745,407

1,767,384

Weighted 
average 
exercise price

Number  

of options

Weighted 
average 
exercise price

£0.66
£1.12
£0.87
£0.76
£1.21

£0.61

£1.31

33,222,022
58,992,582
(12,451,662)
(1,940,138)
(332,452)

77,490,352

6,234,171

£1.20
£0.45
£1.05
£0.94
£1.63

£0.66

£1.06

The options outstanding at 31 December 2010 have an exercise price in the range of £0.35 to £1.63 (2009: £0.35 to £1.99) and a 
weighted average remaining contractual life of 1.7 years (2009: 2.7 years). The weighted average share price at date of exercise for 
options exercised during the year was £1.19 (2009: £1.12).

Options over shares in Old Mutual plc (Johannesburg Stock Exchange)

Outstanding at beginning of the year
Conversion from options over shares in Mutual & Federal (see below)
Granted during the year
Forfeited during the year
Exercised during the year
Expired during the year

Outstanding at end of the year

Exercisable at 31 December

Year ended 
 31 December 2010

Year ended  
31 December 2009

Number of 
options

63,770,329
9,060,754
15,736,775
(8,645,294)
(3,443,611)
(2,481,216)

73,997,737

10,673,737

Weighted 
average 
exercise price

Number  

of options

Weighted 
average 
exercise price

R12.45
R9.48
R13.87
R18.94
R10.97
R14.43

42,623,552
–
34,996,407
(10,334,831)
(1,015,674)
(2,499,125)

R11.57

63,770,329

R12.72

10,457,729

R18.30
–
R 7.79
R19.85
R11.69
R13.68

R12.45

R14.10

The options outstanding at 31 December 2010 have an exercise price in the range of R1.45 to R19.10 (2009: R7.45 to R23.40) and a 
weighted average remaining contractual life of 3.9 years (2009: 4.3 years). The weighted average share price at date of exercise for 
options exercised during the year was R13.92 (2009: R13.63).

Options over shares in Nedbank Group Ltd

Outstanding at beginning of the year
Granted during the year
Forfeited during the year
Exercised during the year
Expired during the year

Outstanding at end of the year

Exercisable at 31 December

Year ended  
31 December 2010

Year ended  
31 December 2009

Number of 
options

Weighted 
average 
exercise price

36,950,389
1,486,893
(1,286,772)
(5,943,004)
(5,328,228)

R124.86
R125.36
R105.23
R94.47
R140.67

Number of 
options

41,124,074
1,976,504
(1,577,822)
(4,207,864)
(364,503)

25,879,278

R126.71

36,950,389

1,890,932

R100.75

6,599,248

Weighted 
average 
exercise price

R121.61
R 82.97
R115.88
R 78.78
R102.75

R124.86

R 96.86

The options outstanding at 31 December 2010 have an exercise price in the range of R78 to R282.58 (2009: R63.19 to R282.58) and 
a weighted average remaining contractual life of 2.5 years (2009: 3 years). The weighted average share price at date of exercise for 
options exercised during the year was R131.17 (2009: R113.21).

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Outstanding at beginning of the year
Conversion to options over Old Mutual plc (see below)
Granted during the year
Forfeited during the year
Exercised during the year
Expired during the year

Outstanding at end of the year

Exercisable at 31 December

Year ended  
31 December 2010

Year ended  
31 December 2009

Number of 
options

5,268,370
(5,268,370)

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–
–

–

–

Weighted 
average 
exercise price

R16.40
–
–
–
–
–

–

–

Number of 
options

5,291,160
–
1,614,690
(359,940)
(489,570)
(787,970)

5,268,370

2,483,650

Weighted 
average 
exercise price

R17.33
–
R14.00
R16.80
R10.60
R18.83

R16.40

R13.99

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FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
For the year ended 31 December 2010 continued

The options outstanding at 31 December 2009 had an exercise price in the range of R2.5 to R27.95 and a weighted average 
remaining contractual life of 3.3 years. The weighted average share price at the date of exercise for options exercised during 2009 
was R16.15.

In February 2010 the Group completed the acquisition of the remaining non-controlling interests in Mutual & Federal Insurance 
Company Ltd, with new Old Mutual plc shares issued in exchange for Mutual & Federal shares. In conjunction with the acquisition, 
options previously held over shares in Mutual & Federal were converted into options over shares in Old Mutual plc, being converted 
at a rate consistent with the acquisition terms.

(c) Measurements and assumptions
The fair value of services received in return for share options granted are measured by reference to the fair value of share options 
granted. The estimate of the fair value of share options granted is measured using a Black-Scholes option pricing model.

Share options are granted under a service and non-market based performance condition. Such conditions are not taken into 
account in the grant date fair value measurement of the share options granted. There are no market conditions associated with  
the share option grants.

The grant date for the UK and SA Share Option and Deferred Delivery Plan annual awards is deemed to be 1 January in the year 
prior to the date of issue. As such the Group is required to estimate, at the reporting date, the number and fair value of the options 
that will be granted in the following year. The fair value of awards expected to be granted in 2011 which will have an IFRS 2 grant date 
of 1 January 2010, is shown separately below. The grant date for all other awards is the award issue date.

(d) Option pricing inputs
The following describes the option pricing inputs used for options granted by the Group during the year:

  Options 
issued on  
  buy-out of  
M&F  
  minorities*

Number of 
options 
granted

Fair 
 value at 
measurement 
date

Exercise 
 price

Expected 
volatility

Expected 
 life

Expected 
dividends

Risk-free 
interest rate

UK Sharesave Scheme

UK Share Option and 

Deferred Delivery Plan

Old Mutual plc Share 

Reward Plan – Share 
Options

UK Performance Share 
Plan – Share option

OMSA Management 

Scheme

Old Mutual Namibia 

Management Scheme

Nedbank Eyethu Black 
Executive Scheme

Nedbank Eyethu Black 

Management Scheme

Nedbank UK Long-term 

IncentivePlan

Mutual & Federal Share 

Option Scheme

Mutual & Federal 

Management Incentive 
Scheme

Mutual & Federal Namibia 
Share Option Scheme

Mutual & Federal Namibia 
Management Incentive 
Scheme

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2009

2010
2009

2010
2009

2010
2009

2010
2009

2010
2009

2010
2009

2010
2009

2010
2009

2010
2009

2010
2009

2010
2009

2010
2009

Share 
 price

£1.18
£0.44

–
–

£1.21
£0.47

–
£0.54

£0.39
£0.16

–
–

£0.52
£0.26

–
£0.26

R4.71 R13.87
R7.80
R7.11

R4.70
R7.21

R13.91
R7.52

£0.94
£0.35

55.7% 3.4 yrs
3.7yrs
54.7%

–
–

–
–

–
–

£1.21
£0.58

55.7% 5.0 yrs
5.0yrs
52.2%

–
£0.60

R13.87
R7.80

R13.91
R7.52

–
49.9%

–
4.7yrs

43.9% 5.3 yrs
5.3yrs
43.8%

43.8%
44.0%

5.4 yrs
5.3yrs

1,561,135
35,270,546

–
–

3,158,875
12,367,231

–
11,354,805

15,428,501
34,254,956

308,274
741,451

164,285
93,715

R31.17 R125.00 R121.08
R116.19
R84.37
R23.88

24.5% 6.0 yrs
5.6yrs
45.5%

930,543
1,836,338

R30.43 R126.72 R126.11
R77.78 R100.50
R22.80

25.6% 6.0 yrs
6.0yrs
48.7%

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–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
1,569,260

–
R3.97

–
R14.01

–
R14.01

–
34.0%

–
3.0yrs

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
45,430

–
R4.05

–
R13.50

–
R13.50

–
34.0%

–
3.0yrs

346,750
–

3,318,789
–

21,900
–

104,945
–

2.1%
–

–
–

2.1%
1.3%

–
–

3.5%
3.0%

3.5%
3.0%

4.8%
6.9%

4.9%
7.2%

–
–

–
–

–
4.5%

–
–

–
4.5%

2.0%
2.1%

–
–

2.8%
2.8%

–
2.5%

7.9%
8.6%

7.9%
8.6%

–
8.5%

8.1%
8.6%

–
–

–
–

–
7.7%

–
–

–
7.5%

*   In February 2010 the Group completed the acquisition of the remaining non-controlling interests in Mutual & Federal Insurance Company Ltd, with new Old 

Mutual plc shares issued in exchange for Mutual & Federal shares. In conjunction with the acquisition, options previously held over shares in Mutual & Federal 
were converted into options over shares in Old Mutual plc, being converted at a rate consistent with the acquisition terms.

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volatility of the share price over a period commensurate with the expected option life, ending on the date of valuation of the option. 
The expected life assumption is based on the average length of time similar grants have remained outstanding in the past and the 
type of employees to which awards have been granted.

(e) Share-based payment arrangements relating to US Asset Management
During the year ended 31 December 2010, US Asset Management had the following share based payment arrangements:

Acadian Asset Management (AAM)
Class B equity interests in AAM acquired by employees during 2007 entitled the participating employees to 28.57% of the earnings 
of AAM in excess of $120 million, and to a liquidation preference proportionate to their shareholding. In consideration for the equity 
acquired, the participating employees agreed to forego a portion of existing long-term incentive payments owed. The difference 
between the carrying amount of this consideration and the fair value of the interest acquired was treated as share-based 
compensation expense in 2007. Fair value was determined based on the discounted projected future cash flows of AAM.

OMAM Affiliate Equity Plan
Equity granted during the year to employees of firms participating in the OMAM Affiliate Equity Plan vests 3-5 years from the date  
of grant, conditional upon continued employment over this period. Equity purchased vested immediately. Fair value was determined 
based on a multiple of prior year earnings. Under the terms of the arrangements, participating employees may sell their equity  
back to Old Mutual (which acts as a buyer of last resort) at a fixed multiple of prior year earnings, subject to certain restrictions. 
Accordingly, the schemes are accounted for as cash-settled share-based payments, despite the fact the initial purchase and/or 
grants of equity are settled in equity instruments.

The following summarises the fair value of instruments purchased from and granted by US Asset Management during the year:

Fair value of instruments granted and purchased during the year

AAM1

OMAM Affiliate Equity Plan

Total fair value of instruments (US$m)2

Affiliate share 
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Affiliate share 
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Affiliate shares 
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Total 
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–
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1.64%
0.48%
3.9%
2.4%

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–
–
$17m

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–
–
–

2.89%  
0.44%  
2.5%  
7.3%

$18.1m
$2.4m
$6m
$9m

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–
–
–

(0.14)%
(0.22)%
(0.4)%
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
28.57%

4.39%
0.70%
6.0%
9.7%

$18.1m
$2.4m
$6m
$26m

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2009
2008
2007

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2009
2008
2007

2010
2009
2008
2007

1  Percentage of Class B equity.
2  Represents fair value in excess of consideration granted for affiliate share purchases.

US Asset Management annual bonus awards
The OMAM Affiliate Equity Plan is incorporated into annual bonus awards of employees at participating firms, which are to be settled 
partly in cash, and partly in equity. The level of bonus is contingent upon current year financial and individual performance, therefore 
the vesting period for bonus equity to be granted during 2011 in respect of the 2010 financial year has been determined to 
commence from 1 January 2010.

It is anticipated that instruments with a fair value of US$7.9 million (2009: US$8.7 million and 2008: US$3.5 million) will be granted 
during 2010 to firms participating in the OMAM Affiliate Equity Plan based on 2010 financial performance.

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FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
For the year ended 31 December 2010 continued

G: Other notes continued
G2: Share-based payments continued
(f) Restricted share grants
The following summarises the fair value of restricted shares granted by the Group during the year:

UK Restricted Share Plan

UK Share Reward Plan – Restricted Shares

UK Performance Reward Plan – Restricted Shares

OMSA Senior Black Management Scheme

OMSA Management Scheme

Old Mutual Namibia Management Scheme

Old Mutual Namibia Senior Black Management Scheme

Nedbank Group (2005) Matched Share Scheme

Nedbank Eyethu Black Executive Scheme

Nedbank Eyethu Black Management Scheme

Nedbank Group (2005) Share Option Scheme

Mutual & Federal Senior Black Management Scheme

Mutual & Federal Management Incentive Scheme

Mutual & Federal Broad-based Employee Scheme

Mutual & Federal Distributor Scheme

Mutual & Federal Community Scheme

Mutual & Federal Black Business Partners Scheme

Mutual & Federal Namibia Management Incentive Scheme

Mutual & Federal Namibia Senior Black Management Scheme

Mutual & Federal Namibia Broad-based Employee Scheme

Mutual & Federal Namibia Black Business Partners Scheme

Mutual & Federal Namibia Community Scheme

Mutual & Federal Discretionary Scheme

Restricted 
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Number 
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Weighted 
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2009

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2009

2010
2009

2010
2009

2010
2009

2010
2009

2010
2009

2010
2009

2010
2009

2010
2009

2010
2009

2010
2009

2010
2009

2010
2009

2010
2009

2010
2009

2010
2009

2010
2009

2010
2009

2010
2009

2010
2009

2010
2009

2010
2009

329,256
–

2,090,273
–

545,748
–

1,017,832
–

1,017,832
–

13,909,976
–

104,945
–

10,577
–

17,443
–

207,275
–

76,768
–

90,772
–

–
–

5,221,865
8,713,091

12,278,472
3,091,695

2,913,437
7,737,889

11,224,113
27,739,043

221,435
643,089

147,110
85,457

–
194,248

–
31,791

–
168,313

–
5,080,170

136,695
101,880

7,168
1,599,220

–
–

–
–

–
–

889,768
282,501

–
54,550

–
810

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–

10,491
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3,886
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4,593
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–

£1.22
£0.54

£1.19
£0.58

R14.24
R8.56

R13.80
R7.47

R13.80
R7.45

R14.46
R8.18

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R84.12

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R77.28

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R12.14
R16.17

R13.93
R13.79

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–

–
–

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R13.63

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R13.50

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R17.50

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R12.63
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R12.63
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R12.64
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The share price at measurement date was used to determine the fair value of the restricted shares. Expected dividends were not incorporated 
into the measurement of fair value where the holder of the restricted share is entitled to dividends throughout the vesting period.
*   In February 2010 the Group completed the acquisition of the remaining non-controlling interests in Mutual & Federal Insurance Company Ltd, with new Old 

Mutual plc shares issued in exchange for Mutual & Federal shares. In conjunction with the acquisition, options previously held over shares in Mutual & Federal 
were converted into options over shares in Old Mutual plc, being converted at a rate consistent with the acquisition terms.

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(g) Annual bonus awards
The UK and South Africa Share Option and Deferred Delivery Plans give rise to annual bonus awards. The level of annual bonus awards 
is contingent upon the satisfactory completion of individual and Company performance targets, measured over the financial year prior to 
the date the employees receive the award. The accounting grant date for the SA and UK annual bonus plans (other than the new joiner 
and newly qualified grants) has therefore been determined as 1 January in the year prior to the date of issue of the grants.

The Group anticipates awards under the South African scheme of 21,954,975 options (2009: 12,523,680 options) and 18,612,145 
restricted shares (2009: 12,643,027 restricted shares.) The options have been valued using the Black-Scholes option pricing model, 
using an at the money option assumption. The restricted shares have been valued using a share price of R12.99 (2009: R13.18).

The Group estimate of the total fair value of the annual bonus expected to be paid in the form of options and restricted shares under 
the UK Share Option and Deferred Delivery Plan is outlined below. The fair value is determined by making an estimate of the level of 
bonus to be paid out following the attainment of personal and Company performance conditions.

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(h) Financial impact

Expense arising from equity settled share and share option plans
Expense arising from cash settled share and share option plans

Closing balance of liability for cash settled share awards
Total intrinsic value liability for vested benefits

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Year ended  

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The Group provides certain pension fund, insurance, banking and financial services to related parties. These are conducted on an 
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(a) Transactions with key management personnel, remuneration and other compensation
Key management personnel are those persons having authority and responsibility for planning, directing and controlling the activities 
of the Group, directly or indirectly, including any director (whether executive or otherwise) of the Group. Details of the compensation 
paid to the Board of Directors as well as their shareholdings in the Company are disclosed in the Remuneration Report on page 
159 and Corporate Governance Statement on page 138 respectively.

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  Post employment benefits
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  Share-based payments

Year ended  

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Year ended 
 31 December 2009

Number of 
personnel

12

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18
10
7
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Value
£000s

1,510
22,819
6,675
7,660
451
14
8,019

24,329

Number of 
personnel

9

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12
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Value 
 £000s

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13,590
4,777
4,159
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FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
For the year ended 31 December 2010 continued

G: Other notes continued
G3: Related parties continued

Share options

Outstanding at beginning of the year
Leavers
New appointments
Granted during the year
Exercised during the year
Lapsed during the year

Outstanding at end of the year

Restricted shares

Outstanding at beginning of the year
Leavers
New appointments
Granted during the year
Lapsed during the year
Released during the year

Outstanding at end of the year

Year ended 
 31 December 2010

Year ended 
 31 December 2009

Number of 
personnel

Number of 
options/

shares  
’000s

Number of 
personnel

11
2
4

13

15,613
(482)
704
425
(966)
(795)

14,499

10
3
2

11

Number of 
options/ 
shares  
’000s

7,393
(848)
410
10,803
(1,171)
(974)

15,613

Year ended  

31 December 2010

Year ended 
31 December 2009

Number of 
personnel

10
2
6

14

Number of 
options/
shares 
 ’000s

7,832
(1,565)
1,314
12,282
(151)
(570)

19,142

Number of 
personnel

9
3
1

10

Number of 
options/ 
shares 
 ’000s

4,020
(724)
60
5,376
(119)
(781)

7,832

(c) Key management personnel transactions
Key management personnel and members of their close family have undertaken transactions with Old Mutual plc and its 
subsidiaries, jointly controlled entities and associated undertakings in the normal course of business, details of which are given 
below. For current accounts positive values indicate assets of the individual whilst for credit cards and mortgages positive values 
indicate liabilities of the individual.

Current accounts
Balance at beginning of the year
Net movement during the year

Balance at end of the year

Credit cards
Balance at beginning of the year
Net movement during the year

Balance at end of the year

Mortgages
Balance at beginning of the year
Net movement during the year
Interest charged
Less repayments
Foreign exchange movements

Balance at end of the year

General insurance contracts 
Total premium paid during the year
Claims paid during the year
Life insurance products
Total sum assured/value of investment at end of the year

Pensions, termination benefits paid 

Value of pension plan as at end of the year

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31 December 2010

Year ended  

31 December 2009

Number of 
personnel

Value 
 £000s

Number of 
personnel

Value  
£000s

7

8

4

5

5

5

3
1

13

13

265
407

672

22
7

29

3,028
(1,125)
86
(334)
136

1,791

18
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23,501

6,714

6

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4

4

4

5

5
2

12

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276

265

12
10

22

1,896
1,509
190
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296

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Various members of key management personnel hold, and/or have at various times during the year held, investments managed by 
asset management businesses of the Group. These include unit trusts, mutual funds and hedge funds. None of the amounts 
concerned are material in the context of the funds managed by the Group business concerned, and all of the investments have been 
made by the individuals concerned either on terms which are the same as those available to external clients generally or, where that 
is not the case, on the same preferential terms as were available to employees of the business generally.

(d) Skandia Liv
Livförsäkringsaktiebolaget Skandia (publ) (Skandia Liv), is a related party to the Old Mutual Group. Skandia Liv is a wholly-owned 
subsidiary of Skandia and its business is conducted on a mutual basis. For the reasons given in the accounting policies Skandia Liv’s 
result is not consolidated in these financial statements.

Material transactions between the Group and the Skandia Liv group in 12 months ended 31 December 2010 were as follows:

 (cid:81) Agreement in principle and framework agreement on co-operation covering market related functions and certain staff functions – this 
involves distribution and distribution support, customer service, market communication, administration of group insurance products, 
and staff and service functions. Skandia Liv paid £88 million (2009: £73 million) for services rendered under this agreement.

 (cid:81) Premises – the Group rents office premises from Skandia Liv. The Group paid market rents of £16 million (2009: £15 million) for these premises. 
 (cid:81) Occupational pensions – Skandia Liv provides occupational pensions for the employees of the Group, for which the Group paid 

£15 million (2009: £19 million).

 (cid:81) Agreement on IT services – the Group provides IT services to Skandia Liv. The amount charged to Skandia Liv was £7 million 

(2009: £7 million).

 (cid:81) Settlement with Skandia Liv regarding the arbitration settlement – In a ruling issues on 2 October 2008, the arbitration board 

ruled that the going rate level of compensation in the market pursuant to the 2002 Asset Management Agreement is a maximum 
of ten basis points including value added tax, and that Skandia – for the time from 1 July 2008 and onward – is obligated to pay 
an amount to Skandia Liv that corresponds to the share of asset management fees received that exceed ten basis points 
including value added tax. A reserve to cover asset management fees for the time after 1 July 2008 was charged to the income 
statement. On 21 July 2009, an agreement was reached between Skandia and Skandia Liv, under which Skandia will pay a fixed 
amount per quarter until the end of 2013. The total remaining amount to be paid to Skandia Liv is less than the reserve provision 
booked as per July 2009 with the difference resolved in 2009, the effect being a release of £10 million. The remaining provision of 
£18 million has been reclassified and is shown as a liability to Skandia Liv in the statement of financial position.

 (cid:81) Currency derivatives – Skandia Liv hedge their currency position with forward contracts with Skandia Group at the prices 

prevailing on the foreign exchange market. Skandia Liv paid £27 million (2009: £2 million) for forward contracts during the year.

The balance outstanding at 31 December 2009 due from Skandia Liv is £13 million (2009: £2 million).

Various other arrangements exist between the Group and Skandia Liv, principally in respect of provision of accounting, legal and 
treasury functions, all of which are transacted on an arm’s length basis.

Arbitration settlement
During the previous financial year settlement was reached in the arbitration proceedings between Skandia, and Skandia Liv in 
respect of the sale of the Skandia Asset Management business to Den Norske Bank in 2002.

(e) Nedbank Ltd 
During 2009 a Group subsidiary, Nedbank Limited, provided funding to the Group. The funding was made through two loans of  
€69.5 million and £58.9 million with interest charged at EURIBOR and 6.55% respectively. Both the loans have a maturity date  
of 6 August 2012.

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FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
For the year ended 31 December 2010 continued

G4: Principal subsidiaries and Group enterprises
The following table lists the principal Group undertakings whose results are included in the consolidated financial statements. All 
shares held are ordinary shares and, except for OM Group (UK) Ltd, are held indirectly by the Company.

Name

Nature of business

Percentage holding

Country of incorporation

Old Mutual (South Africa) Ltd
OM Africa Holdings (Pty) Ltd
Old Mutual Life Assurance Company (South Africa) Ltd
Old Mutual Investment Group (South Africa) (Pty) Ltd
Nedbank Group Ltd
Nedbank Ltd
Mutual & Federal Insurance Company Ltd1
Old Mutual Life Assurance Company (Namibia) Ltd
Old Mutual (US) Holdings, Inc
Old Mutual U.S. Life Holdings, Inc
Dwight Asset Management Company
OM Financial Life Insurance Company
Old Mutual (Bermuda) Ltd
Acadian Asset Management2
Barrow, Hanley, Mewhinney & Strauss, Inc
OM Group (UK) Ltd
Skandia Europe and Latin America (Holdings) Ltd
Skandia Life Assurance Company Ltd
Old Mutual Wealth Management Limited
Försäkringsaktiebolaget Skandia
Skandiabanken AB
Old Mutual (Netherlands) B.V.

Holding company
Holding company
Life assurance
Asset management
Banking
Banking
General insurance
Life assurance
Holding company
Holding company
Asset management
Life assurance
Life assurance
Asset management
Asset management
Holding company
Holding company
Life assurance
Holding company
Life assurance
Banking
Holding company

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100
100
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100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100

Republic of South Africa
Republic of South Africa
Republic of South Africa
Republic of South Africa
Republic of South Africa
Republic of South Africa
Republic of South Africa
Namibia
Delaware, USA
Delaware, USA
Delaware, USA
Maryland, USA
Bermuda
Massachusetts, USA
Nevada, USA
England and Wales
England and Wales
England and Wales
England and Wales
Sweden
Sweden
Netherlands

1  Following regulatory approval on 19 January 2010 the Group acquired the outstanding equity share previously-held by non-controlling interests and as  

a result now holds 100% (2009: 84%) of the share capital of Mutual & Federal.

2  The Group holds 100% Class A shares and 71.43% Class B shares in Acadian Asset Management. The remaining 28.57% Class B shares are held by  

the employees as described in note G2(e).

A complete list of subsidiaries is filed with the UK Registrar of Companies with the annual return. All the above companies have  
a year end of 31 December.

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and reserves are summarised as follows:

£m (unaudited)

At  
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At  
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Capital and reserves
Profit/(loss) after tax 

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G5: Investments in associated undertakings and joint ventures
(a) Investments in associated undertakings and joint ventures
The Group’s investments in associated undertakings and joint ventures accounted for under the equity method are as follows:

27
5

£m

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Clidet No. 638 (Pty) Ltd
Visigro Investments (Pty) Ltd
Odyssey Developments (Pty) Ltd
Old Mutual Finance (Pty) Ltd
Kotak Mahindra Old Mutual Life Insurance Ltd
Old Mutual–Guodian Life Insurance Company Ltd
All other associated undertakings

Country of operation

interest held

%  

Carrying  

value

Group share 
of profit/
(loss)

Republic of South Africa
Republic of South Africa
Republic of South Africa
Republic of South Africa
India
China

49%
30%
49%
50%
26%
50%

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8
10
5
13
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(4)
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All of the above investments in associated undertakings and joint ventures are unlisted. All investments in associated undertakings 
and joint ventures are equity accounted using financial information as at 31 December 2010. 

At 31 December 2009

Clidet No. 638 (Pty) Ltd
Visigro Investments (Pty) Ltd
Odyssey Developments (Pty) Ltd
Kotak Mahindra Old Mutual Life Insurance Ltd
Skandia BSAM
All other associated undertakings

Country of operation

Republic of South Africa
Republic of South Africa
Republic of South Africa
India
China

% 
 interest held

Carrying 
 value

Group share of 
profit/(loss)

£m

49%
30%
49%
26%
50%

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16
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69

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(b) Aggregate financial information of investments in associated undertakings and joint ventures
The aggregate financial information for all investments in associated undertakings and joint ventures is as follows:

Total assets
Total liabilities
Total revenues
Net profit/(loss) after tax

Year ended  
31 December 
2010

Year ended  
31 December 
2009

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1,857
653
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FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
For the year ended 31 December 2010 continued

(c) Aggregate Group investment in associated undertakings and joint ventures
The aggregate amounts for the Group’s investment in associated undertakings and joint ventures are as follows:

Balance at beginning of the year
Net additions of investment in associated undertakings and joint ventures
Share of profit/(loss) after tax
Dividends paid
Foreign exchange and other movements

Balance at end of the year

£m

Year ended 
 31 December 
2010

Year ended  
31 December  

2009

135
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7
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9

162

111
4
2
(6)
24

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The Group has no significant investments in which it owns less than 20% of the ordinary share capital that it accounts for using the 
equity method.

(d) Contingent liabilities
The Group is severally liable for the contingent liabilities relating to investments in associated undertakings of £1 million  
(2009: £1 million).

(e) Other Group holdings
The above does not include companies whereby the Group has a holding of more than 20%, but does not have significant influence 
over these companies by virtue of the Group not having any direct involvement in decision making or the other owners possessing 
veto rights.

G6: Contingent liabilities

Guarantees and assets pledged as collateral security
Irrevocable letters of credit
Secured lending
Other contingent liabilities

£m

At  
31 December 
2010

At 
 31 December 
2009

2,883
207
775
55

2,375
605
555
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The Group has pledged debt securities amounting to £1,379 million (2009: £1,253 million) as collateral for deposits received under 
re-purchase agreements. These amounts represent assets that have been transferred but do not qualify for derecognition under  
IAS 39. These transactions are entered into under terms and conditions that are standard industry practice to securities borrowing 
and lending activities.

Nedbank structured financing
Historically a number of the Group’s South African banking businesses entered into structured finance transactions with third parties 
using the tax base of these companies. Pursuant to the terms of the majority of these transactions, the underlying third-party has 
contractually agreed to accept the risk of any tax being imposed by the South African Revenue Service (SARS), although the 
obligation to pay in the first instance rests with the Group’s companies. It is only in limited cases where, for example, the credit 
quality of a client becomes doubtful, or where the client has specifically contracted out of the re-pricing of additional taxes, that the 
recovery from a client could be less than the liability that could arise on assessment, in which case provisions are made. SARS has 
examined the tax aspects of some of these types of structures and SARS could assess these structures in a manner different to that 
initially envisaged by the contracting parties. As a result Group companies could be obliged to pay additional amounts to SARS and 
recover these from clients under the applicable contractual arrangements.

Nedbank litigation 
There are a number of legal or potential claims against Nedbank and its subsidiary companies, the outcome of which cannot at 
present be foreseen. The largest of these potential actions is a claim in the High Court for R1.3 billion against Nedbank by certain 
shareholders in Pinnacle Point Group Limited, alleging that Nedbank had a legal duty of care to them arising from a share swap 
transaction. Nedbank and its legal advisers are of the opinion that the claim is without merit and will be defended vigorously. 

Nedbank Securitisations 
The Group through Nedbank is party to securitisation transactions involving GreenHouse Funding (Pty) Limited (‘GreenHouse’), a residential 
mortgage backed securitisation programme, Octane ABS 1 (Pty) Limited (‘Octane’), a securitisation programme of auto loans advanced by  
a subsidiary of Nedbank, and Synthesis Funding Limited (‘Synthesis’), an asset backed commercial paper mortgage programme.

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Synthesis primarily invests in long-term rated bonds and offers capital market funding to South African corporates. These assets are 
funded through the issuance of short-dated investment-grade commercial paper to institutional investors. All the commercial paper 
issued by Synthesis Funding Limited is assigned the highest short-term RSA local-currency credit rating by both Fitch and Moody’s, 
and is listed on the Bond Exchange of South Africa (BESA).

Under GreenHouse Series 1, R2 billion of residential mortgages originated by Nedbank Retail was securitised. The commercial paper 
issued by GreenHouse has been assigned credit ratings by both Fitch and Moody’s and is listed on the JSE. The homeloans of 
GreenHouse continue to be recognised in the statement of financial position of the Group, due to the significant risks and rewards 
associated with the homeloans not being transferred to the external investors. In January 2010 the arrears levels in GreenHouse 
breached the Arrear Trigger level. As a result, the Stop Purchase Event remains in effect resulting in no further home loans (other 
than servicing redraws – i.e. access facilities on existing GreenHouse loans) being acquired for as long as the arrears level remains 
above the Arrear Trigger level. As a consequence, all capital repayments were directed to noteholders.

Octane is a securitisation programme of auto loans originated by a subsidiary of Nedbank. The inaugural transaction entailed the 
securitisation of R2 billion of motor vehicle loans under Octane Series 1. The commercial paper issued by Octane Series 1 has been 
assigned credit ratings by Fitch and is listed on the JSE. The auto loans of Octane continue to be recognised on the statement of financial 
position of the Group due to the significant risks and rewards associated with the auto loans not being transferred to the external 
investors. During 2010 the transaction continued to repay investors in the normal course, as envisaged in the transaction documents.

The following table shows the carrying amount of securitised assets, stated at the amount of the Group’s continuing involvement 
where appropriate, together with the associated liabilities, for each category of asset in the statement of financial position:*

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Residential mortgage loans
Motor vehicle financing **
Other financial assets
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Total

Carrying amount of assets 

Associated liabilities 

At  
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At 
 31 December 
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At  
31 December 
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At 
 31 December 
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*    The value of any derivative instruments taken out to hedge any financial asset or liability, is adjusted against such instrument in this disclosure.
**   Comparative information relating to motor vehicle financing has been restated to only disclose auto loans relating to the Octane transaction. This approach 
ensures consistency with the disclosure provided for GreenHouse and Synthesis. The effect of this restatement is a £21 million decrease in the carrying 
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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED  
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
For the year ended 31 December 2010 continued

G7: Commitments
Capital commitments
The Group’s capital commitments are detailed in the table below. The Group’s management is confident that future net revenues and 
funding will be sufficient to cover these commitments.

Investment property
Property, plant and equipment

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At  
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2010

At  
31 December 
2009

118
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Commitments to extend credit to customers
The following table presents the contractual amounts of the Group’s financial instruments not included in the statement of financial 
position that commit it to extend credit to customers.

Original term to maturity of one year or less
Original term to maturity of more than one year
Other commitments, note issuance facilities and revolving underwriting facilities

£m

At  
31 December 
2010

At  
31 December 
2009

4,294
1,885
1,367

1,983
1,002
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Assets are pledged as collateral under repurchase agreements with other banks and for security deposits relating to local futures, 
options and stock exchange memberships. Mandatory reserve deposits are also held with local Central Banks in accordance with 
statutory requirements. These deposits are not available to finance the Group’s day-to-day operations.

Commitments under the Group’s operating lease arrangements are described in note G8.

G8: Operating lease arrangements
(a) The Group as lessee

Outstanding commitments under  
non-cancellable operating leases, 
fall due as follows:

Within one year
In the second to fifth years inclusive
After five years

(b) The Group as lessor

Assets subject to operating leases

Land
Buildings
Investment property

Future minimum lease payments of contracts with tenants

Within one year
In the second to fifth years inclusive
After five years

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Year ended 31 December 2009

Banking

Non- 
banking

68
233
292

593

35
97
70

202

Total

103
330
362

795

Banking

Non- 
banking

117
212
240

569

35
115
72

222

£m

Total

152
327
312

791

£m

At  
31 December 
2010

At  
31 December 
2009

15
115
2,040

2,170

12
70
1,759

1,841

£m

At 
 31 December 
2010

At  
31 December 
2009

59
142
76

277

62
149
21

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G9: Fiduciary activities
The Group provides custody, trustee, corporate administration, and investment management and advisory services to third parties 
that involve the Group making allocation and purchase and sale decisions in relation to a wide range of financial instruments. Those 
assets that are held in a fiduciary capacity are not included in these financial statements. Some of these arrangements involve the 
Group accepting targets for benchmark levels of returns for the assets under the Group’s care. These services give rise to the risk 
that the Group will be accused of misadministration or under-performance. Total funds under management are disclosed in note B5.

G10: Events after the reporting date 
On 21 January 2011 the Group redeemed the £300 million Tier 2 bond repayable 21 January, taking the option to redeem at the first 
call date.

H: Discontinued operations and held for sale operations
H1: Discontinued operations
The results of the Group’s United States life business, US Life, are shown as a discontinued operation in these financial statements. 
At 31 December 2010 the Group had entered into an agreement to dispose of the controlling interest in US Life to Harbinger OM 
LLC, an affiliate of Harbinger Capital Partners, and is seeking to gain regulatory approval for the sale. The disposal is expected to be 
completed at or around the end of the first quarter of 2011.

US Life has been classified as a discontinued operation in these financial statements. Analysis of the results of discontinued 
operations is given below.

(a) Income statement from discontinued operations

Revenue
Expenses

Profit/(loss) before tax from discontinued operations
Loss on remeasurement to fair value less costs to sell

Loss before tax
Tax credit

Loss from discontinued operations after tax

(b) Statement of comprehensive income from discontinued operations

Loss after tax for the financial year
Other comprehensive income for the financial year
Fair value gains/(losses)
  Available-for-sale investments

Fair value gains
Recycled to the income statement

Shadow accounting
Currency translation differences/exchange differences on translating foreign operations
Other movements
Income tax relating to components of other comprehensive income

Total other comprehensive income for the financial year

Total comprehensive (loss)/income for the financial year

Attributable to
Equity holders of the parent

Total comprehensive (loss)/income for the financial year

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31 December 
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Year ended  
31 December 
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Year ended  
31 December 
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(334)
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(34)
(67)

112

(601)

(601)

(601)

975
227
(9)
(68)
–
(410)

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644

644

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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED  
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
For the year ended 31 December 2010 continued

(c) Net cash flows from discontinued operations

Operating activities
Investing activities

Net cash flows

£m

Year ended  
31 December 
2010

Year ended 
 31 December 
2009

(167)
63

(104)

(191)
144

(47)

H2: Disposal group held for sale
The assets and liabilities of the Group’s United States life business, US Life, are shown as held for sale in these financial statements. 
The Group has entered into an agreement to dispose of the controlling interest in US Life to Harbinger OM LLC, an affiliate of 
Harbinger Capital Partners, and is seeking to gain regulatory approval for the sale.

On reclassification of the assets and liabilities of US Life to held for sale the fair value based on agreed terms with Harbinger less 
expected costs to sell was assessed and an impairment charge was taken to write down the net assets to this amount.

(a) Statement of financial position
Assets directly associated with disposal group held for sale

Deferred tax assets
Deferred acquisition costs
Reinsurers’ share of long-term business policyholder liabilities
Deposits held with reinsurers
Loans and advances
Investments and securities
Trade, other receivables and other assets
Derivative financial instruments – assets
Cash and cash equivalents

Liabilities directly associated with disposal group held for sale

Long-term business policyholder liabilities
Deferred tax liabilities
Trade, other payables and other liabilities

£m

At  
31 December 
2010 

78
551
506
36
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10,794
209
127
26

12,384

£m

At 
 31 December 
2010

11,975
22
222

12,219

Included within Investments and securities is £395 million of short term cash balances.

In addition to the disposal group held for sale, namely US Life, the Group had additional non-current assets held for sale of £7 million 
(2009: £1 million).

(b) Equity attributable to equity holders of the parent directly associated with disposal group held for sale

Retained earnings
Available-for-sale reserve
Share-based payments reserve

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£m

At 
 31 December  

2010

36
18
1

55

(c) Fair value hierarchy
Fair values of financial assets and liabilities

Fair value hierarchy 
Year ended 31 December 2010

Financial assets measured at fair value

Held-for-trading (fair value through income statement)
  Derivative financial instruments – assets

Available-for-sale financial assets
Investments and securities

Total financial assets measured at fair value

Financial liabilities measured at fair value
Held-for-trading (fair value through income statement)
  Life assurance policyholder liabilities

Total financial liabilities measured at fair value

Total

Level 1

Level 2

Level 3

£m

127
127

10,046
10,046

10,173

960
960

960

–
–

525
525

525

–
–

–

127
127

9,186
9,186

9,313

17
17

17

–
–

335
335

335

943
943

943

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Level 3 financial 

assets

Available-for-sale 
financial assets
Investments and 

securities

Total Level 3 
financial 
assets 

Level 3 financial 

liabilities
Held-for-trading 
(fair value 
through 
income 
statement)
Life assurance 
policyholder 
liabilities 
Derivative 
financial 
instruments 
– liabilities

Total Level 3 
financial 
liabilities 

FINANCIALS

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED  
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
For the year ended 31 December 2010 continued

(c) Fair value hierarchy continued

Gains/
losses 
recognised 
in income 
statement

At 
beginning 
of the year

Gains/
losses 
recognised 
in other 
compre-
hensive 
income

Purchases 
and issues

Sales and 
settlements

Transfers 
in

Transfers 
out

Foreign 
exchange 
and other 
movements

At end of 
the year

£m

For assets and liabilities 
held at the year end

Gains/
losses 
recognised 
in other 
compre-
hensive 
income

Gains/
losses 
recognised 
in income 
statement

419

419

(1)

(1)

12

12

116

116

(211)

(211)

21

21

(38)

(38)

17

17

335

335

419

(1)

12

116

(211)

21

(38)

17

335

888

880

71

67

8

4

888

71

–

–

–

–

57

(108)

57

–

–

(108)

57

(108)

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

35

943

35

1,039

–

(96)

–

35

943

67

Analysis of reasonably possible alternative assumptions

Year ended 31 December 2010

Available-for-sale financial assets
Investments and securities

Total Level 3 financial assets

Level 3 financial liabilities

Held-for-trading (fair value through income statement)
  Life assurance policyholder liabilities

Total Level 3 financial liabilities

Reflected in  

Reflected in other  

income statement

comprehensive income

Favourable 
changes

Unfavourable 
changes

Favourable 
changes

Unfavourable 
changes

–

–

–

28

28

28

–

–

–

11

11

11

14

14

14

–

–

–

11

11

11

–

–

–

For the above analysis, the determination of the impacts of the favourable and unfavourable changes was based on a reasonable range 
of favourable and unfavourable changes in the key observable inputs for the major types of Level 3 financial assets and liabilities.

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–

–

67

67

8

8

8

–

–

–

–

£m

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF THE COMPANY 

COMPANY STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION
At 31 December 2010

Assets
Investments in Group subsidiaries
Investments in associated undertakings
Other assets (including inter–company)
Derivative financial instruments – assets
Cash and cash equivalents 

Total assets

Liabilities
Borrowed funds
Provisions
Other liabilities (including inter-company)
Derivative financial instruments – liabilities

Total liabilities

Net assets

Shareholders’ equity
Equity attributable to equity holders

£m

At  
31 December 
2010

At  
31 December 
2009

Notes

8

9

4

2

3

6

5

2

9,373
26
1,299
109
438

8,993
26
1,644
176
414

11,245

11,253

1,451
15
4,317
100

5,883

1,406
17
4,628
58

6,109

5,362

5,144

5,362

5,144

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Julian Roberts 
Group Chief Executive 

Philip Broadley
Group Finance Director

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FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF THE COMPANY 

COMPANY STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS
At 31 December 2010 continued

Cash flows from operating activities 
Profit before tax
Capital gains included in investment income
Fair value movements on derivatives and borrowed funds
Foreign exchange movements on assets and liabilities
Other non cash amounts in profit

Non-cash movements in profit before tax
Other operating assets and liabilities

Changes in working capital

Net cash inflow from operating activities
Cash flows from investing activities
Acquisition of interests in subsidiaries
Proceeds from sale and maturity of other investments
Other investing cash flow

Net cash inflow/(outflow) from investing activities

Cash flows from financing activities
External interest received
External interest paid
Inter-company interest received
Inter-company interest paid
Dividends paid to:
  Ordinary shareholders of the Company
  Preferred shareholders
Net proceeds from issue of ordinary shares
Net purchase of treasury shares
Redemption of own shares
Issue of subordinated and other debt
Other debt repaid 
Loan financing received from/(paid to) Group companies

Net cash (outflow) from financing activities

Net increase/(decrease) in cash and cash equivalents

Effects of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of the period

Cash and cash equivalents at end of the year

£m

Year ended 
 31 December 
2010

Year ended  
31 December 
2009

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(52)

(52)

400

(17)
–
22

5

58
(112)
–
(39)

(95)
(44)
9
(20)
–
–
(104)
(35)

(382)

23

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414

438

139
4
230
(56)
–

178
87

87

404

–
11
–

11

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(129)
–
(38)

–
(45)
4
(6)
1
542
(404)
(16)

(1)

414

(3)
3

414

At 31 December 2010 and 2009 all cash and cash equivalents were in the form of cash balances. During the year the Company 
recorded total dividend income from subsidiary undertakings of £650 million (2009: £658 million), of which only cash dividends from 
Försäkringsaktiebolaget Skandia (publ) of £38 million were received during the year ended 31 December 2010 (2009: £55 million).

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COMPANY STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN EQUITY
For the year ended 31 December 2010

Millions

Number of 
shares 
issued and 
fully paid

Share capital

Share 
premium

Other 
reserves

Retained 
earnings*

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552

770

2,571

–

–
–

15
2
–
–
1
–

–

–
–

–
17
–
4
4
–

–

–
–

129
–
–
–
–
8

563

142

142
(95)

–
11
(20)
–
–
–

570

795

2,708

601

688

Share  
capital

Share  

premium

Other  

reserves

Retained 
earnings*

5,516

552

766

2,561

–

–
–

–
–
–
2
–

–

–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–

–
–

–
–
2
2
–

–

–
–

–
–
–
–
10

409

156

156
–

1
(3)
–
–
–

Perpetual 
Preferred 
callable 
securities

688

44

44
(44)

–
–
–
–
–
–

Perpetual 
preferred 
callable 
securities

688

45

45
(45)

–
–
–
–
–

£m

Total

5,144

186

186
(139)

144
30
(20)
4
5
8

5,362

£m

Total

4,976

201

201
(45)

1
(3)
2
2
10

–

–
–

147
24
–
–
6
–

5,695

Millions

Number of 
shares issued 
and fully paid

Year ended 31 December 2010

Attributable to equity holders of 
the Company at beginning of 
the year 

Profit for the year 

Total recognised income and 

expense for the year

Dividends for the year 
Acquisition of non-controlling interest 

in Mutual & Federal

Shares issued in lieu of cash dividends
Net purchase of treasury shares 
Issue of share capital by the Company 
Exercise of share options 
Fair value of equity settled share options 

Attributable to equity holders of 
the Company at end of the year

Year ended 31 December 2009

Attributable to equity holders of 
the Company at beginning of 
the year 

Profit for the year 

Total recognised income and 
expense for the year 
Dividends for the year 
Shares repurchased in the buy back 

programme

Net purchase of treasury shares 
Issue of share capital by the Company
Exercise of share options 
Fair value of equity settled share options 

Attributable to equity holders of 
the Company at end of the year 

5,518

552

770

2,571

563

688

5,144

*  Included within retained earnings of £601 million (2009: £563 million) are distributable reserves of £598 million (2009: £514 million).

Other reserves

Merger reserve
Share-based payment reserve

Attributable to equity holders of Company at end of the year

£m

At  
31 December 
2010

At  
31 December 
2009

2,661
47

2,708

2,532
39

2,571

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NOTES TO THE COMPANY FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
For the year ended 31 December 2010

1 Financial assets and liabilities
Company statement of financial position
The Company is exposed to financial risk through its financial assets, financial liabilities and inter-company balances. The most 
important components of financial risk for the Company are interest rate risk, currency risk, liquidity risk and credit risk. These risks 
arise from open positions in interest rate, currency and equity products, all of which are exposed to general and specific market 
movements.

The principal risk the Company faces is currency risk. The Company’s functional and presentational currency is GBP, whereas the 
functional currencies of its principal subsidiaries are South African rand, US dollar, Swedish krona and euro.

(a) Categories of financial instruments
The analysis of assets and liabilities into their categories as defined in IAS 39 ‘Financial Instruments: Recognition and Measurement’ 
(IAS 39) is set out in the following table. For completeness, assets and liabilities of a non-financial nature, or financial assets and 
liabilities that are specifically excluded from the scope of IAS 39, are reflected in the non-financial assets and liabilities category.

Fair value through income 
statement

Total

Held-for-
trading

Designated

Loans and 
receivables

£m

Financial 
liabilities 
amortised 
cost

Non-financial 
assets and 
liabilities

9,373
26
1,299
109
438

11,245

1,451
15
4,317
100

5,883

–
–
–
109
–

109

–
–
–
100

100

–
–
–
–
–

–

906
–
–
–

906

–
–
1,146
–
438

1,584

–
–
–
–

–

–
–
–
–
–

–

545
–
4,258
–

4,803

9,373
26
153
–
–

9,552

–
15
59
–

74

£m

Fair value through income 
statement

Total Held-for-trading

Designated

Loans and 
receivables

Financial 
liabilities 
amortised cost

Non-financial 
assets and 
liabilities

8,993
26
1,644
176
414

11,253

1,406
17
4,628
58

6,109

–
–
–
176
–

176

–
–
–
58

58

–
–
–
–
–

–

761
–
–
–

761

–
–
1,501
–
414

1,915

–
–
–
–

–

–
–
–
–
–

–

645
–
4,569
–

5,214

8,993
26
143
–
–

9,162

–
17
59
–

76

At 31 December 2010

Assets
Investments in Group subsidiaries
Investment in associated undertakings
Other assets (including inter–company)
Derivative financial instruments – assets
Cash and cash equivalents

Liabilities
Borrowed funds
Provisions
Other liabilities (including inter–company)
Derivative financial instruments – liabilities

At 31 December 2009

Assets
Investments in Group subsidiaries
Investment in associated undertakings
Other assets (including inter-company)
Derivative financial instruments – assets
Cash and cash equivalents

Liabilities
Borrowed funds
Provisions
Other liabilities (including inter-company)
Derivative financial instruments – liabilities

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NOTES TO THE COMPANY FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
For the year ended 31 December 2010

(b) Fair values of financial assets and liabilities
All financial instruments, regardless of their IAS 39 categorisation, are initially recorded at fair value. The fair value of a financial 
instrument on initial recognition is normally the transaction price, that is, the fair value of the consideration given or received. In 
certain circumstances, however, the initial fair value may be based on other observable current market transactions in the same 
instrument, without modification or repackaging, or on a valuation technique whose variables include only observable data.

Details of the different fair value hierarchy classifications are shown in the Group Accounts note E1(b).

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Financial assets measured at fair value

Held–for–trading (fair value through income statement)

Investments and securities

  Derivative financial instruments – assets

Total financial assets measured at fair value

Financial liabilities measured at fair value
Held-for-trading (fair value through income statement)

  Derivative financial instruments – liabilities

Designated (fair value through income statement)
  Borrowed funds

Total financial liabilities measured at fair value

At 31 December 2009

Financial assets measured at fair value

Held-for-trading (fair value through income statement)

Investments and securities

  Derivative financial instruments – assets

Total financial assets measured at fair value

Financial liabilities measured at fair value

Held-for-trading (fair value through income statement)
  Derivative financial instruments – liabilities

Designated (fair value through income statement)
  Borrowed funds

Total financial liabilities measured at fair value

Total

Level 1

Level 2

Level 3

£m

109

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109

109

100
100

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906

1,006

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–

–

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–

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906

906

109

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109

109

100
100

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–

100

–

–
–

–

–
–

–
–

–

Total

Level 1

Level 2

£m

Level 3

176

–
176

176

58

58

761

761

819

–

–
–

–

–

–

761

761

761

176

–
176

176

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–

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NOTES TO THE COMPANY FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
For the year ended 31 December 2010

Financial instruments designated as fair value through the income statement
Certain items in the Group’s statement of financial position that would otherwise be categorised as loans and receivables under IAS 
39 have been designated as fair value through the income statement. The maximum exposure to credit risk on investments and 
securities during 2010 was £nil (2009: £nil).

Certain items in the Group’s statement of financial position that would otherwise be categorised as financial liabilities at amortised 
cost under IAS 39 have been designated as fair value through the income statement. Information relating to the change in fair value 
of these items as it relates to credit risk is shown in the table below:

At 31 December 2010

Borrowed funds

At 31 December 2009

Borrowed funds

Change in fair value due to change in credit risk

£m

Fair value

906

Current 
financial  

year

184

Cumulative

(68)

Contractual 
maturity 
amount

946

£m

Change in fair value due to change in credit risk

Current 
financial  

year

264

Cumulative

Contractual 
maturity 
amount

(252)

966

Fair value

761

(c) Capital risk management
Old Mutual plc is the holding company of the Group and is responsible for the raising and allocation of capital in line with the Group’s 
capital management policies set out in note E11 to the consolidated financial statements and for ensuring the operational funding 
and regulatory capital needs of the holding company and its subsidiaries are met at all times.

(d) Currency risk
The Company is exposed to effects of fluctuations in the prevailing foreign currency exchange rates on its financial position and cash 
flows. The principal foreign currency risk arises from the fact that the Company’s functional currency is GBP, whereas the functional 
currency of its principal operations is South African rand, US dollar, Swedish krona and euro. The Company hedges some of this 
currency translation risk through currency swaps, currency borrowings and forward foreign exchange rate contracts. Exchange rate 
exposures are managed within approved policy parameters utilising forward exchange contracts and currency swap agreements.

The table below summarises the Company’s exposure to foreign currency exchange rate risk:

At 31 December 2010

GBP

ZAR

USD

EUR

SEK

Other Reclassification

–

–

–
11

11

10

11
–

21

–

–

93
681

774

325

–
1,331

1,656

–

19

18
141

178

–

–
457

457

–

–

38
1,727

1,765

386

–
22

408

–

–

–
10

10

–

–
–

–

–

89

–
–

89

–

89
–

89

Assets
Investments in 
associated 
undertakings
Derivative financial 

instruments – assets1

Cash and cash 
equivalents
Other assets

Total assets

Liabilities
Borrowed funds2
Derivative financial 
instruments 
– liabilities3
Other liabilities

Total liabilities

26

1

289
8,102

8,418

730

–
2,522

3,252

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£m

Total

26

109

438
10,672

11,245

1,451

100
4,332

5,883

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF THE COMPANY

NOTES TO THE COMPANY FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
For the year ended 31 December 2010

At 31 December 2009

Assets
Investments in associated 

undertakings
Derivative financial 

instruments – assets1

Cash and cash 
equivalents
Other assets

Total assets

Liabilities
Borrowed funds2
Derivative financial 
instruments 
– liabilities3
Other liabilities

Total liabilities

GBP

ZAR

USD

EUR

SEK

Other Reclassification

26

10

382
7,857

8,275

672

–
2,451

3,123

–

–

–
11

11

55

4
3

62

–

6

32
1,056

1,094

244

–
1,704

1,948

–

31

–
145

176

54

–
470

524

–

–

–
1,557

1,557

306

–
17

323

–

–

–
11

11

–

–
–

–

–

129

–
–

129

75

54
–

129

£m

Total

26

176

414
10,637

11,253

1,406

58
4,645

6,109

1.  The reclassified derivative financial instruments of £89 million (2009: £129 million) represent currency hedges for borrowed funds and so have been 

reclassified and netted against GBP and USD borrowed funds.

2.  The totals of £730 million (GBP) (2009: £672 million), £325 million (USD) (2009: £244 million) and £386 million (SEK) (2009: £306 million) of borrowed funds 
have been disclosed as net of hedges in derivative financial instruments of £77 million (2009: £88 million), £12 million (2009: £41 million) and £89 million 
(2009: £54 million) respectively.

3.  The derivative financial instrument of £89 million (2009: £54 million) represents a currency hedge for borrowed funds and so have been reclassified and 

netted against SEK borrowed funds.

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Company’s equity holders’ funds of £17 million (2009: increase of £2 million).

(e) Credit risk
The Company is principally exposed to credit risk through cash at bank and the ability of the subsidiaries to repay amounts due to 
the Company, which it holds to back shareholder liabilities. Credit risk is managed by placing limits on exposures to any single 
counterparty, or groups of counterparties and to geographical and industry segments. Credit risk is monitored with reference to 
established credit rating agencies with limits placed on exposure to below investment grade holdings or the financial position of 
companies within the Group.

The following table analyses the credit rating (Standard & Poor’s or equivalent) of financial assets bearing credit risk:

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Derivative financial instruments – assets
Other assets (including inter-company)
Cash and cash equivalents

Financial assets bearing credit risk

At 31 December 2009

Investments in associated undertakings
Derivative financial instruments – assets
Other assets (including inter-company)
Cash and cash equivalents

Financial assets bearing credit risk

Investment 
Grade  

(AAA to BBB)

–
109
–
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547

Investment 
Grade  

(AAA to BBB)

–
176
–
414

590

Not rated

26
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1,299
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1,325

Not rated

26
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1,644
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1,670

£m

Total

26
109
1,299
438

1,872

Total

26
176
1,644
414

2,260

(f) Interest rate risk
Interest rate risk is the risk that fluctuating interest rates will unfavourably affect the Company’s earnings and the value of its assets, 
liabilities and capital.

The Company employs currency and interest rate swap transactions to mitigate against the impact of changes in the fair values of its 
borrowed funds. Details of the arrangements in place are shown in the Group Accounts note E7 (Hedge accounting).

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NOTES TO THE COMPANY FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
For the year ended 31 December 2010

(g) Liquidity risk
Liquidity risk is the risk that cash may not be available to pay obligations when due at a reasonable cost. Ultimate responsibility for 
liquidity risk management rests with the Board of Directors, which has built an appropriate liquidity risk management framework for 
the management of the Company’s short, medium and long-term funding and liquidity management requirements. The Company 
has net current liabilities of £1,441 million (2009: £1,142 million), all of which represent liabilities to other Group companies or finance 
vehicles of loans that often have short maturity dates or embedded call options. The Company manages liquidity risk by maintaining 
adequate reserves, banking facilities and continuously monitoring forecast and actual cash flows of both the Company and its 
subsidiaries.

The Company’s existing revolving current facility of £1.25 billion does not mature until September 2012. Details, together with 
information on the Company’s borrowed funds, are given in note 3.

The key information reviewed by the Company’s executive directors and Executive Committee, together with the Capital 
Management Committee, is a detailed management report on the Company’s current and planned capital and liquidity position. 
Forecasts are updated regularly based on new information received, and as part of the annual business planning cycle. The 
Company’s liquidity and capital position and forecast is presented to the Company’s Board of Directors on a regular basis.

Further information on liquidity and the Company’s cash flows is contained in other sections of this annual report, for example the 
business review and Group Finance Director’s statement. 

2 Derivative financial instruments
The following tables provide a detailed breakdown of the contractual or notional amounts and the fair values of the Company’s 
derivative financial instruments outstanding at the year end. These instruments allow the Company to transfer, modify or reduce their 
foreign exchange and interest rate risks.

The Company undertakes transactions involving derivative financial instruments with other financial institutions. Management has 
established limits commensurate with the credit quality of the institutions with whom it deals, and manages the resulting exposures 
such that a default by any individual counterparty is unlikely to have a materially adverse impact on the Company.

Notional principals

Positive 
values

Negative 
values

£m

Fair values

Assets

Liabilities

559
–

559

946

1,505

391
164

555

–

555

90
–

90

19

109

89
11

100

–

100

£m

Notional principals

Positive  
values

Negative  
values

Fair values

Assets

Liabilities

567
113

680

987

1,667

353
95

448

–

448

129
–

129

47

176

54
4

58

–

58

At 31 December 2010

Exchange rate contracts 
Swaps
Forwards

Interest rate contracts 
Swaps

Total

At 31 December 2009

Exchange rate contracts 
Swaps
Forwards

Interest rate contracts 
Swaps

Total

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FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF THE COMPANY

NOTES TO THE COMPANY FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
For the year ended 31 December 2010

The contractual maturities of the derivatives/liabilities held are as follows:

Balance 
sheet  

amount

Less than  
3 months

More than  
3 months  
less than  
1 year

Between  
1 and  

5 years

More than  
5 years

No 
contractual 
maturity date

100

58

100

4

–

–

–

54

–

–

–

–

At 31 December 2010

Derivative financial liabilities

At 31 December 2009

Derivative financial liabilities

3 Borrowed funds

Senior debt securities and term loans
Subordinated debt securities

Total borrowed funds

Fair valued through income statement 
Amortised cost

Total borrowed funds

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3(ii)

At  
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At  
31 December 
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546
905

1,451

645
761

1,406

£m

At  
31 December 
2010

At  
 31 December 
2009

905
546

1,451

761
645

1,406

The table below is a maturity analysis of liability cash flows based on contractual maturity dates for borrowed funds. Maturity analysis 
is undiscounted and based on year end exchange rates. 

Less than 1 year
Greater than 1 year and less than 5 years
Greater than 5 years

Borrowed funds

(i) Senior debt securities and term loan

Floating rate notes
Fixed rate notes

Total senior debt securities and term loans

£m

At  
31 December 
2010

At  
 31 December 
2009

462
817
536

1,815

171
1,279
536

1,986

£m

At  
31 December 
2010

At  
31 December 
2009

43
503

546

89
556

645

The Company has a £1,250 million five-year multi-currency revolving credit facility, which had an original maturity date of September 
2010. On 18 August 2007, syndicate banks agreed to extend the maturity date of £1,232 million of the facility by a further two years 
until September 2012. 

At 31 December 2010, £499 million (2009: £480 million) of this facility was utilised, all in the form of irrevocable letters of credit  
(2009: £480 million). In the current year there was no form of drawn debt (2009: £nil).

During the year, the Company repaid €60 million bonds (€30 million, €20 million and €10 million) swapped into USD on inception.  
In addition, R550 million floating rate note was repaid, along with Sterling loan note.

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NOTES TO THE COMPANY FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
For the year ended 31 December 2010

(ii) Subordinated debt securities

£300 million repayable 21 January 2016 (5.0%)1
€750 million repayable 18 January 2017 (4.5%)2

Total subordinated debt securities

£m

At  
31 December 
2010

At  
31 December 
2009

296
609

905

252
509

761

1.  This bond, issued on 20 January 2006, has a maturity date of 21 January 2016 and pays a coupon of 5.0% to 21 January 2011 and six month LIBOR plus 
1.13% thereafter. The coupon on the bonds was swapped into a floating rate of six month STIBOR plus 0.50%. The Company has the option to repay the 
bonds at par on 21 January 2011 and at six monthly intervals thereafter. This bond was redeemed after the end of the reporting period, at the first call date 
of 21 January 2011.

2.  This bond, issued on 16 January 2007, has a maturity date of 18 January 2017 and pays a coupon of 4.5% to 17 January 2012 and six month EURIBOR plus 
0.96% thereafter. The principal and coupon on the bond were swapped equally into Sterling and US Dollars with coupons of six month LIBOR plus 0.34% 
and six month US LIBOR plus 0.31% respectively. The Company has the option to repay the bonds at par on 17 January 2012 and at six monthly intervals 
thereafter.

4 Other assets

Other receivables
Corporation tax
Accrued interest and rent
Other prepayments and accrued income
Amounts owed by Group undertakings:
Amounts falling due within one year
Amounts falling due after one year

Total other assets

5 Other liabilities

Accruals and deferred income
Amounts owed to Group undertakings:
Amount falling due within one year
Amount falling due after one year

Other liabilities

Total other liabilities

6 Provisions

Post employment benefits
Other 

Total provisions

£m

At  
31 December 
2010

At  
 31 December 
2009

11
101
41
-

157
989

1,299

10
89
43
1

162
1,339

1,644

£m

At  
31 December 
2010

At  
 31 December 
2009

59

1,692
2,566
–

4,317

59

1,388
3,181
–

4,628

£m

Note

7

At 
 31 December 
2010

At 
 31 December 
2009

14
1

15

17
–

17

7 Post employment benefits
The Company holds a provision in respect of the Old Mutual Staff Pension Fund Defined Benefit pension scheme, which provides 
benefits based on final pensionable pay for members within the Group. The assets of the scheme are held in separate trustee 
administered funds. Pension costs and contributions relating to the scheme are assessed in accordance with the advice of qualified 
actuaries. Actuarial advice confirms that the current level of contributions payable to the scheme, together with existing assets, are 
adequate to secure members’ benefits over the remaining lives of participating employees. The scheme is reviewed on a triennial 
basis. In the intervening years the actuary reviews the continuing appropriateness of the assumptions applied. During the year 2 
employees (2009: 2) were directly employed by the Company. The costs for these Directors and ex-Directors are disclosed within  
the Remuneration Report on page 159.

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FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF THE COMPANY

NOTES TO THE COMPANY FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
For the year ended 31 December 2010

Liability for defined benefit obligations

Change in projected benefit obligation
Projected benefit obligation at beginning of the year
Interest cost on benefit obligation
Benefits paid
Actuarial gain/(losses)

Projected benefit obligation at end of the year

Change in plan assets
Plan assets at fair value at beginning of the year
Actual return on plan assets
Benefits paid
Company contributions

Plan assets at fair value at end of the year

Net liability recognised in balance sheet
Funded status of plan
Recognised actuarial loss

Net amount recognised in balance sheet

Expense recognised in the income statement

Expected return on plan assets
Interest costs

Total

Principal actuarial assumptions

Discount rate
Expected returns on plan assets:

Equities
Debt
Cash
Annuities and other
Future salary increases
Price inflation
Pensions in payment and deferred pensions inflation

Plan asset allocation

Equity securities
Debt securities
Other investments

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 31 December 
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Year to 
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Year to  
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Year to  
 31 December 
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5.7

7.5
4.5
5.7
5.7
4.8
3.8
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Pension plans

Year to  
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Year to 
 31 December 
2009

39%
60%
1%

37%
60%
3%

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FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF THE COMPANY

NOTES TO THE COMPANY FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
For the year ended 31 December 2010

Present value of defined benefit obligations
Fair value of plan assets

Deficit

Experience losses arising on defined benefit plan liabilities:
  Amount
  As a percentage of plan liabilities
Experience gains arising on defined benefit plan assets:
  Amount
  As a percentage

8 Principal subsidiaries

Balance at beginning of the year
Acquisitions
Additions
Impairments

Balance at end of the year

Year to  
31 December  

Year to  
31 December  

2010

(62)
47

(15)

–
0.0%

2
5.0%

2009

(61)
41

(20)

–
0.0%

1
3.0%

Year to  
 31 December 
 2008

Year to  
 31 December 
2007

Year to 
 31 December  

2006

£m

(55)
35

(20)

(1)
2.0%

(7)
(18.5)%

(56)
37

(19)

–
–

(1)
(1.8)%

(56)
32

(24)

–
(0.4)%

–
–

£m

At  
31 December 
2010

At  
31 December 
2009

8,993
22
358
–

9,373

7,595
–
1,417
(19)

8,993

On 24 December 2010, the Company increased its investment in the Ordinary share capital of Commsale 2000 Limited by  
£2.5 million.

On 14 December 2010, the Company increased its investment in the Ordinary share capital of OM Group (UK) Limited by  
£330 million via a reduction in loan financing.

On 29 June 2010, the Company increased its investment in the ordinary ‘B’ share capital of Millpencil Limited by $25.3 million.

Also included within additions is the Company’s investment in subsidiary undertakings in respect of movements on the share based 
payments (£8 million).

On 17 December 2010, the Company received 9% share (SEK232.7 million) in Skandia Leben Holding Gmbh as payment of a 
dividend in specie from Försäkringsaktiebolaget Skandia (publ).

On 7 December 2010, the Company sold its entire holding in Skandia Investment Group Holdings to Skandia Life Assurance 
Holdings Limited for consideration of £1,000.

No companies were dissolved during the year.

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FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF THE COMPANY

NOTES TO THE COMPANY FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
For the year ended 31 December 2010

The Company holds the following interests in Group companies:

At 31 December 2010

Country of incorporation

Class of shares

% interest held

England & Wales

Commsale 2000 Ltd
Constantia Insurance Company (Guernsey) Limited Guernsey
Försäkringsaktiebolaget Skandia (publ)
Millpencil Limited
OM Group (UK) Ltd
Old Mutual Asset Solutions Ltd
Old Mutual Capital Funding (Jersey) Limited
Old Mutual Finance (No.2) Limited
Old Mutual Finance (No.4) Limited
Old Mutual Holdings Limited
Sandlord Ltd
Selestia Holdings Limited
Skandia (London) Ltd
Skandia Europe and Latin America  

Sweden
England & Wales
England & Wales
England & Wales
Jersey
England & Wales
England & Wales
England & Wales
England & Wales
England & Wales
England & Wales

(Holdings) Limited

Skandia UK Holdings Limited
Skandia Leben Holdings Gmbh

England & Wales
England & Wales
Germany

9 Investments in associated undertakings
The Company holds the following interest in associated undertakings:

Ordinary
Ordinary
Ordinary
Ordinary
Ordinary
Ordinary
Ordinary
Ordinary
Ordinary
Ordinary
Ordinary
Ordinary
Ordinary

Ordinary
Ordinary
Ordinary

100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
50%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%

100%
100%
9%

Country of 
operation % interest held

At  
31 December 
2010

At  
31 December 
2009

£m

Kotak Mahindra Old Mutual Life Insurance Limited

India

26%

26

10 Commitments and guarantees

Commitments

26

£m

At  
 31 December 
2010

At  
31 December 
2009

499

480

The commitments relate to letters of credit issued in support of the operations of a subsidiary company. Any liability arising from 
these letters of credit would be recovered from the subsidiary company.

In February 2008, the Company issued a guarantee to a third party over a subsidiary’s (Old Mutual Bermuda) obligations under the 
reinsurance contracts relating to the offshore investment products sold by a third party. The maximum payment under this guarantee 
is $250 million. This guarantee is accounted for as an insurance contract and payments will only arise should Old Mutual Bermuda 
be unable to meet its obligations under the relevant reinsurance contracts as they fall due.

11 Related parties
Old Mutual plc enters into transactions with its subsidiaries in the normal course of business. These are principally related to funding 
of the Group’s businesses and head office functions. Details of loans, including balances due from/to the Company and terms and 
conditions thereon are set out below. Disclosures in respect of the key management personnel of the Company are included in the 
Group related parties disclosures.

On 5 February 2010, the Company completed the acquisition of the remaining non-controlling shareholding in Mutual & Federal 
Insurance Company Limited. As part of the transaction, the Company sold its shares in Mutual & Federal Insurance Company 
Limited to OMLAC(SA) in a non cash transaction in return for novating Old Mutual plc loan notes totalling $234 million and it assumed 
the obligation for the discharge in 2015 of the unsettled share-based payment transaction with Mutual & Federal Black Business 
Partners for nil consideration.

There are no transactions entered into by the Company with associated undertakings.

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NOTES TO THE COMPANY FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
For the year ended 31 December 2010

Statement of Financial Position information

At 31 December 2010
Subsidiaries: 
  OM Group (UK) Limited1
  Primemajor
  Global Edge Technologies Pty Limited4
  Old Mutual International companies3
  Fairbairn Trust Company Limited
  Bermuda Holdings companies5 
  Skandia companies2
  Old Mutual (SA) companies6
  Old Mutual Financial Services companies7 
  Old Mutual Business Services Ltd8
  Old Mutual Capital Funding L.P.9
  Constantia Insurance Company (Guernsey) Limited
  Old Mutual (Netherlands) BV
  Pointspirit10
  Nedbank12 
  Millpencil13
  GGP II14
Other related parties: 
  Fairbairn Trust Company Limited11

£m

Balance due 
from/(to)

962
4
1
4
2
(274)
(2,460)
(530)
(51)
(56)
(471)
(2)
(4)
(28)
(122)
(10)
(79)

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1.  The loan with OM Group (UK) Limited includes loan advances of $845 million, £68 million and AUD$7 million (2009: $1,518 million, £22 million and A$7 

million). The dollar facility expires on 30 September 2015, whilst the Sterling facility expires on 28 June 2013 and both facilities’ terms are at LIBOR +0.75%. 
The Australian dollar facility expires 30 November 2011 and interest is charged at 9.60% per annum. In addition, the balance also includes a subordinated 
loan of £350 million (2009: £350 million), with a term agreement of 6.75%, switching to floating rate (LIBOR +2.48%) after 12 years and a balance of £22 
million which is deferred interest on the £350 million, with a term agreement of 12 month LIBOR plus 1.8% margin.

2.  The balance with Skandia companies includes two loan notes with Skandia UK Limited, totalling £1,844 million, where the agreement states that interest  
is LIBOR + 0.30% margin and is due to mature on 27 February 2013. Also with Skandia UK is a balance of £49 million which is the deferred interest of the 
two loan notes and interest is charged at 12 month LIBOR and 0.30% margin. The Company has a term loan agreement with Skandia Insurance Company 
Ltd where the agreement states that interest is STIBOR + 7.3% margin and is due to mature on 31 January 2011. In addition, the balance also includes 
various rolling deposits where the interest is charged at LIBOR or EURIBOR with no margin. These deposits are with Skandia Life Assurance £30 million, 
Skandia Germany €57 million, Skandia Leben Holdings Gmbh €6.8 million, Skandia Holdings Ltd £79.8 million, SkandiaLink (Spain) €357 million and 
Skandia Europe and Latin America (Holdings) Limited of £18 million. There is also a discount note with Skandia Financial Holdings BV of €1.9 million with  
a maturity date of 4 March 2011.

3.  The balance with Old Mutual International companies includes one contingent loan facility of £4 million (2009: £4 million) where the agreement states that no 

interest is charged and no maturity date is set in place.

4.  The subordinated loan with Global Edge Technologies Pty Limited of R6.5 million (2009: R6.5 million). There is no interest charged in respect to this advance 

as it has been fully provided for in the books of Old Mutual plc.

5.  The balance with Bermuda Holding companies includes a floating rate note of $82 million, and £0.2 million and £0.35 million floating rate notes. Interest 
charged is USD LIBOR + 0.45% margin on the $82 million and GBP LIBOR + 0.45% on the latter two. All mature on 28 April 2013 . In addition there are 
various discount notes.

6.  The balance with Old Mutual (SA) companies includes one floating rate note $814 million (2009: $1,097 million). Interest charged is USD LIBOR + 0.45% 

margin and matures on 28 April 2013.

7.  The balance with Old Mutual Financial Services companies includes long-term loan advances with no maturity dates of £13.6 million, on which interest  
is charged at the Bank of England base rate, interest free facility and an uncommitted money market deposit facility of £0.1 million, interest charged at a  
12 month LIBOR, with a current balance £10 million.

8.  The loan with Old Mutual Business Limited represents a long-term loan advance with no maturity date of £56 million, on which no interest is charged.
9.  The loan with Old Mutual Capital Funding L.P. is a $750 million subordinated cumulative perpetual note which bears interest at 8.00% per annum payable 

quarterly. The notes have no mandatory maturity dates.

10. The loan with Pointspirit is a £500 million revolving credit facility where the agreement states that interest be charged at LIBOR + 0.15%. This RCF has no 

maturity date.

11.  This represents amounts paid to the Fairbairn Trust Company Limited in respect of an ‘ESOP’ for the purchase of the Company’s own shares.
12. The balance with Nedbank consists of two loans, €69.5 million and £58.9 million. Interest is charged at EURIBOR + 6.55% and LIBOR + 6.55%, with a 

maturity date of 6 August 2012 for both loans.

13. The balance with Millpencil is non-interest bearing and recallable at any time.
14. The balance with GGP II are 2 discount notes, $5 million maturing on 18 February 2011 and £74 million maturing on 17 March 2011.

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FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF THE COMPANY

NOTES TO THE COMPANY FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
For the year ended 31 December 2010

Outstanding amounts

At 31 December 2009
Subsidiaries: 
  OM Group (UK) Limited
  Primemajor
  Old Mutual Holdings (Kenya)
  Global Edge Technologies Pty Limited
  Old Mutual International companies
  Fairbairn Trust Company Limited
  Bermuda Holdings companies
  Skandia companies
  Old Mutual (SA) companies
  Old Mutual Financial Services companies
  Old Mutual Business Services Limited
  Old Mutual Capital Funding L.P. 
  Constantia Insurance Company (Guernsey) Limited
  Old Mutual (Netherlands) BV
  Pointspirit
  Nedbank
  Millpencil
Other related parties: 
  Fairbairn Trust Company Limited

Income statement information

At 31 December 2010

Subsidiaries

At 31 December 2009

Subsidiaries

£m

Balance due 
from/(to)

1,335
4
10
1
4
2
(563)
(2,351)
(692)
(79)
(126)
(453)
(2)
(1)
(27)
(124)
(8)

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£m

Interest 
received/  

(paid)

Ordinary 
dividends 
received/ 
 (paid)

Other 
amounts 
received/  

(paid)

(76) 

650

(86)

£m

Interest 
received/ 
 (paid)

88

Ordinary 
dividends 
received/  

(paid)

658

Other amounts 
received/  

(paid)

(122)

12 Events after the reporting date
On 21 January 2011 the Company redeemed the £300 million Tier 2 bond repayable 21 January (5%), exercising its option to redeem 
at the first call date.

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MCEV

STATEMENT OF DIRECTORS’ RESPONSIBILITIES 
in relation to the Market Consistent Embedded Value basis supplementary information

The directors of Old Mutual plc have chosen to prepare supplementary information on a Market Consistent Embedded Value (MCEV) 
basis. 

Old Mutual’s methodology adopts the Market Consistent Embedded Value Principles (Copyright © Stichting CFO Forum Foundation 
2008) issued in June 2008 and updated in October 2009 by the CFO Forum (‘the Principles’) as the basis for the methodology.  
The Principles have been fully complied with at 31 December 2010 for all businesses.

In preparing the MCEV supplementary information, the directors have:

 (cid:81) prepared the supplementary information in accordance with the methodology described above and the basis of preparation  

 (cid:81)

as set out on page 336;
identified and described the business covered by the MCEV methodology;
applied the MCEV methodology consistently to the covered business;

 (cid:81)
 (cid:81) determined assumptions on a market consistent basis and operating assumptions on a best estimate entity specific basis, 
having regard to past, current and expected future experience and to any relevant external data, and then applied them 
consistently; and

 (cid:81) where relevant, made estimates that are reasonable and consistent.

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MCEV

INDEPENDENT AUDITORS’ REPORT 
to Old Mutual plc on the Market Consistent Embedded Value basis supplementary information

We have audited the Market Consistent Embedded Value (MCEV) basis supplementary information (‘the supplementary information’) 
of Old Mutual plc (‘the Company’) on pages 332 to 383 in respect of the year ended 31 December 2010. The financial reporting 
framework that has been applied in the preparation of the supplementary information is the Market Consistent Embedded Value 
Principles issued in October 2009 by the European CFO Forum (‘the MCEV Principles’). The supplementary information should be 
read in conjunction with the Group financial statements which are on pages 172 to 314.

This report is made solely to the Company in accordance with the terms of our engagement. Our audit work has been undertaken so 
that we might state to the Company those matters we have been engaged to state in this report and for no other purpose. To the 
fullest extent permitted by law, we do not accept or assume responsibility to anyone other than the Company for our audit work, for 
this report, or for the opinions we have formed.

Respective responsibilities of directors and auditor
As explained more fully in the Directors’ Responsibilities Statement set out on page 330, the directors have accepted responsibility 
for preparing the supplementary information on an MCEV basis in accordance with the MCEV Principles. 

Our responsibility is to audit, and express an opinion on, the supplementary information in accordance with the terms of our 
engagement and having regard to International Standards on Auditing (UK and Ireland). Those standards require us to comply with 
the Auditing Practices Board’s (APB’s) Ethical Standards for Auditors. 

Scope of the audit of the supplementary information
An audit involves obtaining evidence about the amounts and disclosures in the supplementary information to give reasonable 
assurance that the supplementary information is free from material misstatement, whether caused by fraud or error. This includes an 
assessment of: whether the accounting policies are appropriate to the Group’s circumstances and have been consistently applied 
and adequately disclosed; the reasonableness of significant accounting estimates made by the directors. In view of the purpose for 
which the supplementary information has been prepared, however, we did not assess the overall presentation of the supplementary 
information which would have been required if we were to express an audit opinion under International Standards on Auditing (UK 
and Ireland).

Opinion on supplementary information
In our opinion, the MCEV basis supplementary information of the Company for the year ended 31 December 2010 has been properly 
prepared, in all material respects, in accordance with the MCEV Principles using the methodology and assumptions as detailed in 
the basis of preparation of the supplementary information on page 336.

Alastair W S Barbour (Senior Statutory Auditor)
for and on behalf of KPMG Audit Plc, Statutory Auditor
Chartered Accountants
15 Canada Square
London E14 5GL
8 March 2011

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MCEV

GROUP MARKET CONSISTENT EMBEDDED VALUE 
STATEMENT OF EARNINGS
For the year ended 31 December 2010

£m

Year ended  
31 December 
2010

Year ended  
31 December 
2009

Notes

Long-Term Savings
  Covered business
  Asset management and other business
  Banking

Nedbank
  Banking
Mutual and Federal
  General insurance
US Asset Management
  Asset management
Other operating segments
  Finance costs*
  Other shareholders’ expenses

Adjusted operating Group MCEV earnings before tax from core operations 
Adjusted operating Group MCEV earnings before tax from Bermuda non-core operations

Adjusted operating Group MCEV earnings before tax from continuing operations**
Adjusting items from continuing operations

C3

Total Group MCEV earnings before tax from continuing operations
Income tax attributable to shareholders

Total Group MCEV earnings after tax from continuing operations
Total Group MCEV earnings after tax from US Life discontinued operations***

Total Group MCEV earnings after tax for the financial period

Total Group MCEV earnings for the financial period attributable to:
Equity holders of the parent
Non-controlling interests
  Ordinary shares
  Preferred securities

Total Group MCEV earnings after tax for the financial period

Basic total Group MCEV earnings per ordinary share (pence)

Weighted average number of shares – millions 

705
127
16

848

601

103

87

(183)
(57)

1,399
(28)

1,371
499

1,870
(410)

1,460
227

1,687

252
26
16

294

470

70

83

(144)
(69)

704
8

712
478

1,190
(108)

1,082
700

1,782

1,429

1,562

196
62

1,687

28.2

5,064

156
64

1,782

31.3

4,994

* 

This includes interest payable from Old Mutual plc to non-core operations of £55 million for the year ended 31 December 2010 (£40 million for the year ended 31 
December 2009). 

**  For long-term business and general insurance businesses, adjusted operating MCEV earnings are based on short-term and long-term investment returns respectively, 

include investment returns on life funds’ investments in Group equity and debt instruments, and are stated net of income tax attributable to policyholder returns. For the 
US Asset Management business it includes compensation costs in respect of certain long-term incentive schemes defined as non-controlling interests in accordance 
with IFRS. For all businesses, adjusted operating MCEV earnings exclude goodwill impairment, the impact of acquisition accounting, put revaluations related to 
long-term incentive schemes, the impact of closure of unclaimed shares trusts, profit/(loss) on disposal of subsidiaries, associated undertakings and strategic 
investments, dividends declared to holders of perpetual preferred callable securities, and fair value (profits)/losses on certain Group debt movements.

***  This is composed of earnings before tax of £48 million, adjusting items of £180 million and tax of £(1) million for the year ended 31 December 2010 (earnings before tax 
of £302 million, adjusting items of £435 million and tax of £(36) million for the year ended 31 December 2009). Further detail relating to adjusting items can be found in 
section C3.

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MCEV

ADJUSTED OPERATING GROUP MCEV 
EARNINGS PER SHARE
For the year ended 31 December 2010

Year ended 31 December 2010

Adjusted operating Group MCEV earnings before tax
Tax on adjusted operating Group MCEV earnings 

Adjusted operating Group MCEV earnings after tax

Notes

B2

Non-controlling interests
  Ordinary shares
  Preferred securities

Adjusted operating MCEV earnings after tax attributable to  

equity holders

Adjusted operating Group MCEV earnings per share*

Adjusted weighted average number of shares – millions

Core 
continuing 
operations

Non-core 
continuing 
operations

Discontinued 
operations

1,399
(313)

1,086

(217)
(62)

807

15.0

(28)
4

(24)

–
–

(24)

(0.4)

48
(1)

47

–
–

47

0.9

£m

Total

1,419
(310)

1,109

(217)
(62)

830

15.5

5,359

*  Adjusted operating Group MCEV earnings per share is calculated on the same basis as adjusted operating Group MCEV earnings, but is stated after tax and 

non-controlling interests. It excludes income attributable to Black Economic Empowerment trusts of listed subsidiaries. The calculation of the adjusted weighted average 
number of shares includes own shares held in policyholders’ funds and Black Economic Empowerment trusts.

Year ended 31 December 2009

Adjusted operating Group MCEV earnings before tax
Tax on adjusted operating Group MCEV earnings 

Adjusted operating Group MCEV earnings after tax

Notes

B2

Non-controlling interests
  Ordinary shares
  Preferred securities

Adjusted operating MCEV earnings after tax attributable to 

equity holders

Adjusted operating Group MCEV earnings per share*

Adjusted weighted average number of shares – millions

Core 
continuing 
operations

Non-core 
continuing 
operations

Discontinued 
operations

704 
(146)

558 

(179)
(64)

315 
6.0 

8 
(27)

(19)

–
–

(19)
(0.4)

302 
(36)

266 

–
–

266 
5.1 

£m

Total

1,014 
(209)

805 

(179)
(64)

562 
10.7 

5,229 

*  Adjusted operating Group MCEV earnings per share is calculated on the same basis as adjusted operating Group MCEV earnings, but is stated after tax and 

non-controlling interests. It excludes income attributable to Black Economic Empowerment trusts of listed subsidiaries. The calculation of the adjusted weighted average 
number of shares includes own shares held in policyholders’ funds and Black Economic Empowerment trusts.

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COMPONENTS OF GROUP MCEV  
AND ADJUSTED GROUP MCEV 
At 31 December 2010

Components of Group MCEV

At  
31 December 
2010

At  
31 December 
2009

Notes

£m

Adjusted net worth attributable to ordinary equity holders of the parent

Equity
Adjustment to include long-term business on a statutory solvency basis:
  Long-Term Savings
  Bermuda
  US Life
Adjustment for market value of life funds’ investments in Group equity and debt instruments 

held in life funds

Adjustment to remove perpetual preferred callable securities and accrued dividends
Adjustment to exclude acquisition goodwill from the covered business:
  Long-Term Savings

C5

C5

C5

C5

Value of in-force business

Present value of future profits
Additional time value of financial options and guarantees
Frictional costs
Cost of residual non-hedgeable risks

Group MCEV

Group MCEV value per share (pence)

Return on Group MCEV (RoEV) per annum from continuing core operations
Return on Group MCEV (RoEV) per annum from continuing non-core operations
Return on Group MCEV (RoEV) per annum from discontinued operations
Return on Group MCEV (RoEV) per annum 
Number of shares in issue at the end of the financial period less treasury shares – millions

5,737
8,951

(2,053)
(29)
260

306
(688)

(1,010)

4,164

5,256
(433)
(276)
(383)

9,901

181.5

10.6%
(0.3)%
0.6%
10.9%
5,456

4,417
8,464

(2,238)
(6)
(388)

268
(688)

(995)

3,212

4,255
(416)
(221)
(406)

7,629

144.5

6.0%
(0.4)%
5.1%
10.7%
5,279

The adjustments to include long-term business on a statutory solvency basis reflect the difference between the net worth of each 
business on the statutory basis (as required by the local regulator) and their portion of the Group’s consolidated equity shareholders’ 
funds. In South Africa, these values exclude items that are eliminated or shown separately on consolidation (such as Nedbank, and 
inter-company loans). For some European countries the value reflected in the adjustment to include long-term business on a 
statutory solvency basis includes the value of the deferred acquisition cost asset which is part of the equity.

The RoEV is calculated as the adjusted operating Group MCEV earnings after tax and non-controlling interests of £830 million (year 
ended 31 December 2009: £562 million) divided by the opening Group MCEV.

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COMPONENTS OF GROUP MCEV  
AND ADJUSTED GROUP MCEV 
For the year ended 31 December 2010

Components of adjusted Group MCEV

Group MCEV
Pro forma adjustments to bring Group investments to market value
Adjustment to bring listed subsidiaries to market value
  Nedbank
  Mutual & Federal
Adjustment for value of own shares in ESOP schemes*
Adjustment for present value of Black Economic Empowerment scheme deferred consideration
Adjustment to bring external debt to market value

Adjusted Group MCEV

Adjusted Group MCEV per share (pence)

Number of shares in issue at the end of the financial period less treasury shares – millions

£m

At  
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At  
31 December 
2009

Notes

9,901

7,629

715
715
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85
266
63

11,030

202.2

5,456

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623
182
71
221
302

9,028

171.0

5,279

* 

Includes adjustment for value of excess own shares in employee share scheme trusts. The movement in value between 31 December 2009 and 31 December 2010 is 
the net effect of the increase in the Old Mutual plc share price, the reduction in excess own shares following employee share grants in March 2010 and the reduction in 
overall shares held due to exercises of rights to take delivery of, or net settle, share grants during the financial period.

Reconciliation of movements in Group MCEV (after tax)

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1,376
112

7,515

1,602
240
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2,386

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599

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843

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NOTES TO THE MCEV BASIS  
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
For the year ended 31 December 2010

A: MCEV policies
A1: Basis of preparation
The Market Consistent Embedded Value methodology (referred to herein and in the supplementary statements on pages 332 to 383 
as ‘MCEV’) adopts Market Consistent Embedded Value Principles issued in June 2008 and updated in October 2009 by the CFO 
Forum (‘the Principles’) as the basis for the methodology used in preparing the supplementary information. 

The CFO Forum announced changes to the MCEV Principles in October 2009 to reflect inter alia the inclusion of a liquidity premium. 
These changes affirm that the risk free reference rate to be applied under MCEV should include both the swap yield curve 
appropriate to the currency of the cash flows and a liquidity premium where appropriate. The CFO Forum is undertaking further work 
to develop more detailed application guidance.

The Principles have been fully complied with for all businesses as at 31 December 2010. The detailed methodology and assumptions 
made in presenting this supplementary information are set out in notes A2 and A3.

Where reference is made to ‘Europe’ only, this generally captures the Nordic, Retail Europe and Wealth Management businesses.

Throughout the supplementary information the following terminology is used to distinguish between the terms ‘MCEV’, ‘Group 
MCEV’ and ‘adjusted Group MCEV’:

 (cid:81) MCEV is a measure of the consolidated value of shareholders’ interests in the covered business and consists of the sum of the 

shareholders’ adjusted net worth in respect of the covered business and the value of the in-force covered business. 

 (cid:81) Group MCEV is a measure of the consolidated value of shareholders’ interests in covered and non-covered business. Non-

 (cid:81)

covered business is valued at the IFRS net asset value detailed in the primary financial statements adjusted to eliminate inter-
company loans.
The adjusted Group MCEV, a measure used by management to assess the shareholders’ interest in the value of the Group, 
includes the impact of marking all debt to market value, the market value of the Group’s listed banking subsidiary, marking the 
value of deferred consideration due in respect of Black Economic Empowerment arrangements in South Africa (‘the BEE 
schemes’) to market, as well as including the market value of excess own shares held in ESOP schemes.

A2: Methodology
Introduction
MCEV represents the present value of shareholders’ interests in the earnings distributable from assets allocated to the in-force 
covered business after sufficient allowance for the aggregate risks in the covered business and is measured in a way that is 
consistent with the value that would normally be placed on the cash flows generated by these assets and liabilities in a deep and 
liquid market. MCEV is therefore a risk-adjusted measure to the extent that financial risk is reflected through the use of market 
consistent techniques in the valuation of both assets and distributable earnings and a transparent explicit allowance is made for 
non-financial risks.

The MCEV consists of the sum of the following components:

 (cid:81) Adjusted net worth, which excludes acquired intangibles and goodwill, consisting of:

 – free surplus allocated to the covered business; and
 – required capital to support the covered business.

 (cid:81) Value of in-force covered business (VIF)

The adjusted net worth of the covered business is the market value of shareholders’ assets held in respect of the covered business 
after allowance for the liabilities of the in-force covered business which are dictated by local regulatory reserving requirements.

MCEV is calculated net of non-controlling shareholder interests and excludes the value of future new business.

Coverage
Covered business includes, where material, any contracts that are regarded by local insurance supervisors as long-term life 
assurance business, and other business, where material, directly related to such long-term life assurance business where the profits 
are included in the IFRS long-term business profits in the primary financial statements. 

The covered business does not include any business written in Skandia Liv. Skandia Liv is a mutual life insurance company wholly 
owned by Old Mutual plc. All assets and liabilities are wholly attributable to the policyholders of the mutual company.

Some types of business are legally written by a life company, but under IFRS are classified as asset management because ‘long-
term business’ only serves as a wrapper. This business continues to be excluded from covered business, for example:

 (cid:81) New institutional investment platform pensions business written in the United Kingdom as it is more appropriately classified as 

unit trust business; and

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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
For the year ended 31 December 2010 continued

 (cid:81)

Individual unit trusts and some group market-linked business written by the asset management companies in South Africa 
through the life Company as profits from this business arise in the asset management companies.

The treatment within this supplementary information of all business other than the covered business is the same as in the primary 
financial statements, except for the adjusted Group MCEV which includes the impact of marking all debt to market value, the market 
value of the Group’s listed banking subsidiary, marking the value of deferred consideration due in respect of Black Economic 
Empowerment arrangements in South Africa (‘the BEE schemes’) to market, as well as including the market value of excess own 
shares held in ESOP schemes.

Free surplus
Free surplus is the market value of any assets allocated to, but not required to support, the in-force covered business. It is 
determined as the market value of any excess assets attributed to the covered business but not backing the regulatory liabilities, less 
the required capital to support the covered business.

Required capital
Required capital is the market value of assets that are attributed to support the covered business, over and above that required to 
back statutory liabilities for covered business, whose distribution to shareholders is restricted. The following capital measures are 
considered in determining the required capital held for covered business so that it reflects the level of capital considered by the 
directors to be appropriate to manage the business:

 (cid:81) Economic capital;
 (cid:81) Regulatory capital (i.e. the level of solvency capital which the local regulators require);
 (cid:81) Capital required by rating agencies in respect of the North American business in order to maintain the desired credit rating; and
 (cid:81) Any other required capital definition to meet internal management objectives.

Economic capital for the covered business is based upon Old Mutual’s own internal assessment of risks inherent in the underlying 
business. It measures capital requirements on an economic statement of financial position, with MCEV as the available capital, 
consistent with a 99.93% confidence level over a one-year time horizon. 

For Emerging Markets, Retail Europe and Wealth Management capital determined with reference to internal management objectives 
is the most onerous and is the capital measure used, whilst for Nordic the regulatory capital requirement is the most onerous. For US 
Life the required capital is based on the amount that management deems necessary to maintain the desired credit rating for the 
Company, whilst for Bermuda the required capital is set with reference to internal management objectives.

The required capital in respect of OMSA’s covered business is partially covered by the market value of the Group’s investments in 
banking and general insurance in South Africa. On consolidation these investments are shown separately.

The table below shows the level of required capital expressed as a percentage of the minimum local regulatory capital requirements.

Emerging Markets
Nordic*
Retail Europe**
Wealth Management***
US Life
Bermuda****

Total

£m

At 31 December 2010

At 31 December 2009

Required 
capital (a)

Regulatory 
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Ratio (a/b)

Required 
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Regulatory 
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Ratio (a/b)

1,498
135
62
278
468
403

2,844

1,153
135
85
162
196
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1.3
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0.7
1.7
2.4
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1.6

1,225
104
32
213
462
363

2,399

930
92
52
143
193
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1,410

1.3
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Local regulators within many of the Retail Europe countries allow intangible assets to be included as admissible regulatory capital. In such cases the required capital 
reported for MCEV is net of these items, although each of the countries continues to be sufficiently capitalised on the local solvency basis. Skandia Leben in Germany 
is permitted under local regulations to include the unallocated policyholder profit sharing liability as admissible capital. The required capital has increased due to a 
legislative change in Germany which has impacted the factoring business; receivables from factoring are required to be covered by share capital.

***  The required capital for Wealth Management has increased from 31 December 2009 to 31 December 2010 as a result of modelling refinements. The regulatory capital 

requirement for Wealth Management has been restated at 31 December 2009 to exclude the impact of a policyholder tax credit in Italy, which may be used to offset 
the capital requirement.

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NOTES TO THE MCEV BASIS  
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
For the year ended 31 December 2010 continued

Value of in-force covered business
Under the MCEV methodology, VIF consists of the following components:

 (cid:81) Present value of future profits (PVFP) from in-force covered business; less
 (cid:81)

Time value of financial options and guarantees; less
Frictional costs of required capital; less

 (cid:81)
 (cid:81) Cost of residual non-hedgeable risks (CNHR).

Projected liabilities and cash flows are calculated net of outward risk reinsurance with allowance for default risk of reinsurance 
counterparties where material.

Present value of future profits
The PVFP is calculated as the discounted value of future distributable earnings (taking account of local statutory reserving 
requirements) that are expected to emerge from the in-force covered business, including the value of contractual renewal of in-force 
business, on a best estimate basis where assumed earned rates of return and discount rates are equal to the risk free reference 
rates. It therefore represents a deterministic certainty equivalent valuation of future distributable earnings. The certainty equivalent 
valuation approach is described in more detail in note A3. Any limitations on distribution of such earnings due to statutory or internal 
capital requirements are taken into account separately in the calculation of frictional costs of required capital.

PVFP captures the intrinsic and time value of financial options and guarantees on in-force covered business which are included in the 
local statutory reserves according to local requirements, but excludes any additional allowance for the time value of financial options 
and guarantees. 

Financial options and guarantees
Allowance is made in the MCEV for the potential impact of variability of investment returns (i.e. asymmetric impact) on future 
shareholder cash flows of policyholder financial options and guarantees within the in-force covered business.

The time value of financial options and guarantees describes that part of the value of financial options and guarantees that arises 
from the variability of future investment returns on assets to the extent that it is not already included in the statutory reserves. The 
calculations are based on market consistent stochastic modelling techniques where the actual assets held at the valuation date are 
used as the starting point for the valuation of such financial options and guarantees. Projected cash flows are valued using economic 
assumptions such that they are valued in line with the price of similar cash flows that are traded in the capital markets. The time value 
represents the difference between the average value of shareholder cash flows under many generated economic scenarios and the 
deterministic shareholder value under the best estimate assumptions for the equivalent business. Closed form solutions are also 
applied in Europe provided the nature of any guarantees is not complex.

The time value of financial options and guarantees also includes allowance for potential burn-through costs on participating business, 
i.e. the extent to which shareholders are unable to recover a loan made to participating funds to meet either regulatory or internal 
capital management requirements or the extent to which reserves are inadequate to cover severely adverse experience.

In the generated economic scenarios allowance is made, where appropriate, for the effect of dynamic management and/or 
policyholder actions in different circumstances:

 (cid:81) Management has some discretion in managing exposure to financial options and guarantees, particularly within participating 
business. Such dynamic management actions are reflected in the valuation of financial options and guarantees provided that 
such discretion is consistent with established and justifiable practice taking into account policyholders’ reasonable expectations 
(e.g. with due consideration of the Principles and Practices of Financial Management, or PPFM, for South African business), 
subject to any contractual guarantees and regulatory or legal constraints and has been passed through an appropriate approval 
process by the local Executive team and, where applicable, the Board. Assumptions that depend on the market performance 
(such as crediting rates or bonus rates) are set relative to the risk free reference rates (subject to contractual guarantees) and 
assuming that all market participants are subjected to the same market conditions.

 (cid:81) Where credible evidence exists that persistency rates are linked to economic scenarios, allowance is made for dynamic 

policyholder behaviour in response to changes in economic conditions.

 (cid:81) Modelled dynamic management and policyholders’ actions include the following:

 – changes in future bonus and crediting rates subject to contractual guarantees, including removing all or part of previously 

declared non-vested balances where circumstances warrant such action;

 – dynamic persistency rates for the US Life and Bermuda businesses, and dynamic guaranteed annuity option take-up rates for 

the South African business driven by changes in economic conditions and management actions; and

 – changes in surrender values.

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NOTES TO THE MCEV BASIS  
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
For the year ended 31 December 2010 continued

In determining the time value of financial options and guarantees at least 1,000 simulations are run to ensure that a reasonable 
degree of convergence of results has been obtained. Where deemed appropriate, the number of simulations is increased to reduce 
sampling error. 

Europe
Whilst certain products within the European businesses provide financial options and guarantees, these are immaterial due to the 
predominantly unit-linked nature of the business.

Emerging Markets
The financial options and guarantees mainly relate to maturity guarantees and guaranteed annuity options. 

As required by the applicable Actuarial Society of South Africa guidance note, the time value of the financial options and guarantees 
included in the statutory reserves in the Emerging Markets businesses as at 31 December 2010 has been valued using a risk-neutral 
market consistent asset model, and is referred to as the ‘Investment Guarantee Reserve’ (IGR). This reserve includes a discretionary 
margin as defined by local guidelines to allow for the sensitivity of the reserve to future interest rate and equity market movements. 
This discretionary margin is valued in the VIF. 

US Life
The financial options and guarantees mainly relate to minimum crediting (bonus) rates.

Bermuda
The financial options and guarantees mainly relate to the guaranteed minimum accumulation benefits on Variable Annuity contracts.

Frictional costs of required capital
From the shareholders’ viewpoint there is a cost due to restrictions on the distribution of required capital that is locked in the 
Company. Where material, an allowance has been made for the frictional costs in respect of the taxation on investment return 
(income and capital gains) and investment costs on the assets backing the required capital for covered business. The allowance for 
taxation is based on the taxation rates applicable to investment earnings on assets backing the required capital, although such tax 
rates are reduced, where applicable, to allow for interest paid on debt which is used partly to finance the required capital.

The run-off pattern of the required capital is projected on an approximate basis over the lifetime of the underlying risks in line with 
drivers of the capital requirement. The same drivers are used to split the total required capital between existing business and new 
business.

The allowance for frictional costs is independent of the allowance for the cost of residual non-hedgeable risks as described below.

Cost of residual non-hedgeable risks
Sufficient allowance for most financial risks has been made in the PVFP and the time value of financial options and guarantees 
by using techniques that are similar to the type of approaches used by capital markets. In addition the modelling of some  
non-hedgeable non-financial risks is incorporated as part of the calculation of the PVFP (e.g. to the extent that expected operational 
losses are incorporated in the maintenance expense assumptions) or the time value of financial options and guarantees (e.g. dynamic 
policyholder behaviour such as the interaction of the investment scenario and the persistency rates).

Residual non-financial risks include, for example, liability risks such as mortality, longevity and morbidity risks; business risks such as 
persistency, expense and reinsurance credit risks; and operational risk. All such risks for which no or insufficient allowance is made 
in the PVFP or time value of financial options and guarantees, together with some allowance for hedge risk and credit spread risk in 
the US Life and Bermudan businesses, are considered within the allowance for the CNHR. 

An allowance is made in the CNHR to reflect uncertainty in the best estimate of shareholder cash flows as a result of both symmetric 
and asymmetric non-hedgeable risks since these risks cannot be hedged in deep and liquid capital markets and are managed, inter 
alia, by holding risk capital. Considering the Group as a whole, most residual non-hedgeable risks have a symmetric impact on 
shareholder value with the exception of operational risk.

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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
For the year ended 31 December 2010 continued

The CNHR is calculated using a cost of capital approach, i.e. it is determined as the present value of capital charges for all future 
non-hedgeable risk capital requirements until the liabilities have run off. The capital charge in each year is the product of the 
projected expected non-hedgeable risk capital held after allowance for some diversification benefits and the cost of capital charge. 
The cost of capital charge therefore represents the return above the risk free reference rates that the market is deemed to demand 
for providing this capital.

The residual non-hedgeable risk capital measure is determined using an internal economic capital model based on appropriate 
shock scenarios consistent with a 99.5% confidence level over a one-year time horizon. The internal economic capital model makes 
allowance for certain management actions, such as reductions in bonus and crediting rates, where deemed appropriate.

The following allowance is made for diversification benefits in determining the residual non-hedgeable risk capital at a business unit 
level:

 (cid:81) Diversification benefits within the non-hedgeable risks of the covered business are allowed for.
 (cid:81) No allowance is made for diversification benefits between hedgeable and non-hedgeable risks of the covered business.
 (cid:81) No allowance is made for diversification benefits between covered and non-covered business.

The table below shows the amounts of diversified economic capital held in respect of residual non-hedgeable risks.

Capital held in respect of non-hedgeable risks

Emerging Markets*
Nordic
Retail Europe
Wealth Management**
US Life
Bermuda***

Total

£m

At  
31 December 
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At  
 31 December 
2009

751
362
115
622
678
274

606
333
143
563
661
619

2,802

2,925

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The capital held in respect of non-hedgeable risk for Emerging Markets has increased from 31 December 2009 to 31 December 2010 as a result of the strengthening 
of the South African Rand to Sterling.
The capital held in respect of non-hedgeable risk for Wealth Management at 31 December 2009 has been restated from £640 million to £563 million due to calculation 
refinements.

***  The capital held in respect of non-hedgeable risks for Bermuda has reduced from 31 December 2009 to 31 December 2010 as a result of the change in the allowance 

for hedging basis risk that is now made in the determination of reserves for guaranteed benefits, as well as other calculation refinements.

A weighted average cost of capital rate of 2.0% has been applied to residual symmetric and asymmetric non-hedgeable capital at a 
business unit level over the life of the contracts. This translates into an equivalent cost of capital rate of approximately 2.9% being 
applied to the Group diversified capital required in respect of such non-hedgeable risks.

Participating business
For participating business in Emerging Markets, US Life and Bermuda, the method of valuation makes assumptions about future 
bonus or crediting rates and the determination of profit allocation between policyholders and shareholders. These assumptions are 
made on a basis consistent with other projection assumptions, especially the projected future risk free investment returns, 
established Company practice (with due consideration of the PPFM for South African business), past external communication, any 
payout smoothing strategy, local market practice, regulatory/contractual restrictions and bonus participation rules.

Where current benefit levels are higher than can be supported by the existing fund assets together with projected investment returns, 
a downward ‘glide path’ is projected in benefit levels so that the policyholder fund would be exhausted on payment of the last 
benefit.

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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
For the year ended 31 December 2010 continued

Spread-based products
A market consistent valuation of spread-based products (such as Fixed Indexed Annuities in US Life and Bermuda, where investment 
returns are earned at one rate and policyholders’ accounts are credited at a different rate with the difference referred to as ‘spread’) 
is dependent on the extent that management discretion can target a shareholder profit margin and the decision rules that 
management would follow in respect of crediting or bonus rates in any particular stochastic scenario.

Where guaranteed terms are offered at outset of a contract that dictate the payments to policyholders throughout the term of the 
contract, these payments are valued using the certainty equivalent valuation technique. These products, for example immediate 
annuities in payment, may therefore show a loss at point of sale under MCEV as investment margins are not anticipated while 
currently pricing practice does anticipate these margins. If returns in excess of the risk free reference rates actually emerge in the 
future, these will be recognised in the MCEV earnings as they arise.

For business where the crediting (bonus) rate is set in advance, crediting rates are set by considering management’s target 
shareholder margins throughout the contract lifetime (subject to any guarantees). For other business, projected crediting rates are set 
equal to the risk free reference rates less the anticipated margin to cover profit and expenses (subject to any policyholder guarantees 
eroding the shareholder margins). However, during the period following the valuation date the existing crediting rate is applied until 
the next point at which it can be varied. Given the guarantees included within such products (including consideration of a 0% floor for 
crediting rates), stochastic modelling is used to value such contracts.

Valuation of assets and treatment of unrealised losses
The market values of assets, where quoted in deep and liquid markets, are based on the bid price on the reporting date. Unquoted 
assets are valued according to IFRS and marked to model. 

No smoothing of market values or unrealised gains/losses is applied.

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The time value of financial options and guarantees and PVFP (where relevant) are calculated with reference to assets that are 
projected using the actual asset allocation of the policyholder funds at the reporting date. However, if the current asset mix is 
materially different to the long-term strategic asset allocation as a result of market movements, projected assets are assumed to 
revert to the long-term strategic asset allocation in the short- to medium-term as appropriate.

Defined benefit pension scheme
Where a defined benefit pension scheme within the covered business is in surplus or deficit on the liability basis that is used to 
determine future employer contributions, the employer pension fund expense assumptions incorporated within the VIF allow 
appropriately for the expected release of surplus or funding of the deficit.

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PVFP and value of new business cash flow projections look through and include the profits/losses of owned service companies, e.g. 
distribution and administration, related to the management of the covered business. Any profit margins that are included in 
investment management fees payable by the life assurance companies to the asset management subsidiaries have not been 
included in the value of in-force business or the value of new business on the grounds of materiality and because a significant 
proportion of these profits arise from performance-based fees.

Taxation
In valuing shareholders’ cash flows, allowance is made in the cash flow projections for taxes in the relevant jurisdiction affecting the 
covered business. Tax assumptions are based on best estimate assumptions, applying current local corporate tax legislation and 
practice together with known future changes and taking credit for any deferred tax assets.

No allowance is made for any further additional tax that would be incurred on the remittance of dividends from the life subsidiaries to 
Old Mutual plc, apart from the South African business where full allowance has been made for Secondary Tax on Companies (STC) 
that may be payable in South Africa at a rate of 10% and the impact of capital gains tax. Furthermore, for the South African business 
it has been assumed that a reasonable proportion of the shareholder fund equity portfolio (excluding Group subsidiaries) will be 
traded each year. 

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NOTES TO THE MCEV BASIS  
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
For the year ended 31 December 2010 continued

The value of deferred tax assets is partly recognised in the MCEV. Typically those tax assets are expected to be utilised in future by 
being offset against expected tax liabilities that are generated on expected profits emerging from in-force business. MCEV may 
therefore understate the true economic value of such deferred tax assets because it does not allow for future new business sales 
which could affect the utilisation of such assets.

There is currently uncertainty around both the basis and effective date for possible taxation of fee income earned from fund 
managers by Swedish insurance companies and the expenses that can be relieved against such income. At present we continue to 
treat fee income from our Swedish unit-linked business as being exempt from corporation tax within our MCEV. An allowance for 
adverse taxation treatment is included as an operational risk within our CNHR.

The Emergency Budget of 22 June 2010 announced a reduction in the UK corporation tax rate by 1% per year for four years from the 
financial year beginning April 2011, ultimately bringing the corporation tax rate down to 24%. The MCEV results at 31 December 2010 
have been calculated using an ongoing UK corporation tax rate of 27% and each reduction in the tax rate will be included in future 
results as and when they are enacted. The estimated positive impact on the VIF in respect of Wealth Management at 31 December 
2010, assuming that all the annual reductions in the tax rate will be enacted, is £18 million. However, only £4 million is allowed for at 
31 December 2010 as an assumption change relating to the first tax rate reduction to 27%. Further allowance will be made once 
future annual reductions are enacted. 

New business and renewals
The market consistent value of new business (VNB) measures the value of the future profits expected to emerge from all new 
business sold, and in some cases premium increases to existing contracts, during the reporting period after allowance for the time 
value of financial options and guarantees, frictional costs and the cost of residual non-hedgeable risks associated with writing the 
new business.

VNB includes contractual renewal of premiums and recurring single premiums, where the level of premium is pre-defined and is 
reasonably predictable, and changes to existing contracts where these are not variations allowed for in the PVFP. Non-contractual 
increments are treated similarly where the volume of such increments is reasonably predictable or likely (e.g. where premiums are 
expected to increase in line with salary or price inflation).

Any variations in premiums on renewal of in-force business from that previously anticipated including deviations in non-contractual 
increases, deviations in recurrent single premiums and re-pricing of premiums for in-force business are treated as experience 
variances or economic variances on in-force business and not as new business.

VNB is calculated as follows:

 (cid:81) Economic assumptions at the start of the reporting period are used, except for OMSA’s Non-Profit Annuities and Fixed Bond 

products and US Life products where point of sale assumptions are used (where applicable using economic assumptions at the 
middle of the reporting period as a proxy).

 (cid:81) Demographic and operating assumptions at the end of the reporting period are used.
 (cid:81) At point of sale and rolled forward to the end of the reporting period.
 (cid:81) Generally using a standalone approach unless a marginal approach would better reflect the additional value to shareholders 

created through the activity of writing new business. 

 (cid:81) Expense allowances include all acquisition expenses, including any acquisition expense overruns.
 (cid:81) Net of tax, reinsurance and non-controlling interests.
 (cid:81) No attribution of any investment and operating variances to VNB.

New business margins are disclosed as:

 (cid:81)

 (cid:81)

The ratio of VNB to the present value of new business premiums (PVNBP); and
The ratio of VNB to annual premium equivalent (APE), where APE is calculated as annualised recurring premiums plus 10% of 
single premiums.

PVNBP is calculated at point of sale using premiums before reinsurance and applying a valuation approach that is consistent with the 
calculation of VNB.

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MCEV

NOTES TO THE MCEV BASIS  
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
For the year ended 31 December 2010 continued

Analysis of MCEV earnings
An analysis of MCEV earnings provides a reconciliation of the MCEV for covered business at the beginning of the reporting period 
and the MCEV for covered business at the end of the reporting period on a net of taxation basis.

Operating MCEV earnings are generated by the value of new business sold during the reporting period, the expected existing 
business contribution, operating experience variances, operating assumption changes and other operating variances:

 (cid:81)

 (cid:81)

The value of new business includes the impact of new business strain on free surplus that arises, amongst other things, from the 
impact of initial expenses and additional required capital that is held in respect of such new business.
The expected existing business contribution is determined by projecting both actual assets and actual liabilities (including assets 
backing the free surplus and required capital) from the start of the reporting period to the end of the reporting period using 
expected real-world earned rates of return. The expected existing business contribution is presented in two components:
 – Expected earnings on free surplus and required capital and the expected change in VIF assuming that the assets earn the 

beginning of period risk free reference rates as well as the deterministic release of the time value of options and guarantees, 
frictional costs and CNHR; and

 – Additional expected earnings on free surplus and required capital and the additional expected change in VIF as a result of 

real-world expected earned rates of return on assets in excess of beginning of period risk free reference rates.

 (cid:81)

Transfers from VIF and required capital to free surplus includes the release of required capital and modelled profits from VIF into 
free surplus in respect of business that was in-force at the beginning of the reporting period, although the movement does not 
contribute to a change in the MCEV.

 (cid:81) Operating experience variances reflect the impact of deviations of the actual operational experience during the reporting period 

from the expected operational experience. It is analysed before operating assumption changes, i.e. such variances are assessed 
against opening operating assumptions, and reflects the total impact of in-force and new business variances. 

 (cid:81) Operating assumption changes incorporate the impact of changes to operating assumptions from those assumed at the 

beginning of the reporting period to those assumed at the end of the reporting period. As VNB is calculated using operating 
assumptions at the end of the reporting period, this impact only relates to the value of in-force business at the end of the 
reporting period that was also in-force at the beginning of the reporting period. 

 (cid:81) Other operating variances include model improvements, changes in methodology and the impact of certain management 

actions, such as a change in the asset allocation backing required capital.

Total MCEV earnings also include economic variances and other non-operating variances:

 (cid:81) Economic variances incorporate the impact of changes in economic assumptions from the beginning of the reporting period to 
the end of the reporting period (e.g. different opening and closing interest rates and equity volatility, increases in equity market 
values during the period) as well as the impact on earnings resulting from actual returns on assets being different to the expected 
returns on those assets as reflected in the expected existing business contribution. It therefore also includes the impact of 
economic variances in the reporting period on projected future earnings.

 (cid:81) Other non-operating variances include the impact of changes in mandatory local regulations and legislative changes in taxation.

An analysis of MCEV earnings requires non-operating closing adjustments in respect of exchange rate movements and capital 
transfers such as those in respect of payment of dividends and acquiring/divesting businesses.

Return on MCEV for covered business is calculated as the operating MCEV earnings after tax divided by opening MCEV in local 
currency, except for Wealth Management, Long-Term Savings and total covered business where the calculations are performed 
in sterling.

The anticipated expected existing business contribution for the 12 months following the year ended 31 December 2010 (at the 
reference rate as well as in excess of the reference rate) is provided to assist users of the MCEV supplementary information in 
forecasting operating MCEV earnings. Note that the exchange rates that are used for such disclosure are the same rates that are 
used to translate current year earnings for comparability purposes. Therefore the ultimate expected existing business contribution for 
the financial year ending 31 December 2011 may differ from these results.

Analysis of Group MCEV earnings
Presentation of Group MCEV consists of the covered business under the MCEV methodology and the non-covered business valued 
as the unadjusted IFRS net asset value. A mark to market adjustment is therefore not performed for external borrowings and other 
items not on a mark to market basis under IFRS relating to non-covered business.

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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
For the year ended 31 December 2010 continued

A3: Assumptions
Non-economic assumptions
The appropriate non-economic projection assumptions for future experience (e.g. mortality, persistency and expenses) are determined 
using best estimate assumptions of each component of future cash flows, are specific to the entity concerned and have regard to 
past, current and expected future experience where sufficient evidence exists (e.g. longevity improvements and AIDS-related claims) 
as derived from both entity-specific and industry data where deemed appropriate. Material assumptions are actively reviewed by 
means of detailed experience investigations and updated, as deemed appropriate, at least annually.

These assumptions are based on the covered business being part of a going concern, although favourable changes in maintenance 
expenses such as productivity improvements are generally not included beyond what has been achieved by the end of the reporting period.

The management expenses attributable to life assurance business have been analysed between expenses relating to the acquisition 
of new business, maintenance of in-force business (including investment management expenses) and development projects.

 (cid:81) All expected maintenance expense overruns affecting the covered business are allowed for in the calculations.
 (cid:81)

The MCEV makes provision for future development costs and one-off exceptional expenses (such as those incurred on the 
integration of businesses following an acquisition, restructuring costs and costs related to Solvency II implementation) that relate 
to covered business to the extent that such project costs are known with sufficient certainty, based on three year business plans.

 (cid:81) Unallocated Group holding company expenses have been included to the extent that they relate to the covered business. The 

table below shows the future expenses attributable to the long-term business. The allocation of these expenses aligns to the 
proportion that the management expenses incurred by the covered businesses to the total management expenses incurred in 
the Group.

Group holding Company expenses attributable to long-term business

Emerging Markets
Nordic
Retail Europe
Wealth Management
US Life
Bermuda

Total

%

At 
31 December 
2010

At  
 31 December 
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2
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16
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3
8
2
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33

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MCEV

NOTES TO THE MCEV BASIS  
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
For the year ended 31 December 2010 continued

In line with legislation in Germany, a specified proportion of miscellaneous profits is shared with policyholders. The revenue on 
in-force business can be reduced by various expense items, including those costs arising in respect of new business acquisition 
expenses in any year. Skandia Leben in Germany therefore sets the best estimate assumptions for the amount to be shared with 
policyholders in future years after making an allowance for the acquisition expenses in relation to the new business expected to be 
written over the next three years. However note that, as previously mentioned, MCEV excludes the value of future new business.

Economic assumptions
An active basis is applied to set pre-tax investment and economic assumptions to reflect the economic conditions prevailing on the 
reporting date. Economic assumptions are set consistently, for example future bonus or crediting rates are set at levels consistent 
with the investment return assumptions.

Under a market consistent valuation, economic assumptions are determined such that projected cash flows are valued in line with 
the prices of similar cash flows that are traded on the capital markets. Thus, risk free cash flows are discounted at a risk free 
reference rate and equity cash flows at an equity rate. In practice for the PVFP, where cash flows do not depend on or vary linearly 
with market movements, a certainty equivalent method is used which assumes that actual assets held earn, before tax and 
investment management expenses, risk free reference rates (including any liquidity adjustment) and all the cash flows are discounted 
using risk free reference rates (including any liquidity adjustment) which are gross of tax and investment management expenses. The 
deterministic certainty equivalent method is purely a valuation technique and over time the expectation is still that risk premiums will 
be earned on assets such as equities and corporate bonds.

Risk free reference rates and inflation
The risk free reference rates, reinvestment rates and discount rates are determined with reference to the swap yield curve 
appropriate to the currency of the cash flows. For Europe the swap yield curve is obtained from a number of sources including 
Bloomberg, Nordea Bank and Reuters. For the Emerging Markets and United States businesses, the swap yield curve is sourced 
from a third party market consistent asset model that is used to generate the economic scenarios that are required to value the time 
value of financial options and guarantees. 

At 31 December 2010, no adjustments are made to swap yields to allow for liquidity premiums or credit risk premiums, apart from a 
liquidity adjustment to the US Life business and OMSA’s Immediate Annuity business. Any other risk premiums are recognised within 
the MCEV as and when they are earned.

A wide range of liquidity market data and literature was reviewed at 31 December 2010. This included the CRO/CFO Forum formula which 
derives the liquidity premium based on corporate bond spreads, with 100% of the liquidity premium applied to immediate annuity business 
and 75% applied to participating business and fixed deferred annuities to allow for differences in the predictability of cash flows on these 
products. The review also included the Barrie+Hibbert calibration of US corporate bond spreads using a structural Merton-style model 
which decomposes the yields of illiquid assets into their constituent parts, and a comparison of the yields of similar durations on South 
African government bonds and bonds issued by state-owned enterprises.

It is the directors’ view that a proportion of corporate bond spreads at 31 December 2010 is attributable to a liquidity premium rather than 
only to credit and default allowances and that returns in excess of swap rates can be achieved, rather than entire corporate bond spreads 
being lost to worsening default experience. For the US Life business and OMSA’s Immediate Annuity business the currency, credit quality 
and duration of the actual corporate bond portfolios were considered and adjusted risk free reference rates were derived at 31 December 
2010 by adding 75bps of liquidity premium for the US Life business (31 December 2009: 100bps) and adding 45bps of liquidity premium 
for OMSA’s Immediate Annuity business (31 December 2009: 50bps) to the swap rates used for setting investment return and discounting 
assumptions. These adjustments reflect the liquidity premium component in corporate bond spreads over swap rates that is expected to 
be earned on the portfolios. Old Mutual believes that the differences between market yields on US Life’s and OMSA’s bond portfolios and 
the adjusted risk free reference rates still provide substantial implied margins for default. At those durations where swap yields are not 
available, e.g. due to lack of a sufficiently liquid or deep swap market, the swap curve is extended using appropriate interpolation or 
extrapolation techniques.

Consumer price inflation assumptions are determined as those implied by index-linked government stocks or real swap yields if a 
liquid market of sufficient size exists. In other markets, the consumer price inflation assumptions are modelled considering a spread 
compared to swap rates. However, where modelling system capabilities are restricted (e.g. US Life), consumer price inflation is set as 
a flat assumption. Other types of inflation such as expense inflation are derived on a consistent basis and, where deemed 
appropriate, include a percentage addition to the consumer price inflation rate, for example as life company expenses include a large 
element of salary related expenses.

The risk free reference spot yields (excluding any applicable liquidity adjustments) and expense inflation rates at various terms for 
each of the significant regions are provided in the table below. The risk free reference spot yield curve has been derived from mid 
swap rates at the reporting date.

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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
For the year ended 31 December 2010 continued

Risk free reference spot yields (excluding any applicable 
liquidity adjustments)

At 31 December 2010
1 year
5 years
10 years
20 years

At 31 December 2009
1 year
5 years
10 years
20 years

GBP*

EUR

USD

ZAR

0.9
2.7
3.6
4.0

0.9
3.4
4.1
4.3

1.3
2.5
3.3
3.7

1.3
2.8
3.6
4.1

0.4
2.2
3.4
4.0

0.7
3.0
4.0
4.5

5.6
7.4
8.2
8.1

7.3
8.9
9.2
8.2

%

SEK

2.3
3.3
3.7
4.0

0.8
2.9
3.7
4.1

* 

In prior reporting periods, the risk free spot yields disclosed for GBP were on a 1-year forward basis. The assumptions as at 31 December 2010, as well as 31 December 
2009, are now shown as annualised spot yields, consistent with other regions.

Expense inflation

At 31 December 2010
1 year
5 years
10 years
20 years

At 31 December 2009
1 year
5 years
10 years
20 years

GBP

EUR

USD

ZAR

3.0
4.3
5.3
5.1

3.3
3.8
4.4
4.8

2.5
2.5
2.5
2.5

2.5
2.5
2.5
2.5

3.0
3.0
3.0
3.0

3.0
3.0
3.0
3.0

5.0
6.4
7.2
7.0

6.4
7.5
7.7
6.7

%

SEK

2.2
3.0
3.2
3.3

1.1
2.6
2.8
3.0

Volatilities and correlations
Where cash flows contain financial options and guarantees that do not move linearly with market movements, asset cash flows are 
projected and all cash flows discounted using risk-neutral stochastic models. These models project the assets and liabilities using a 
distribution of asset returns where all asset types, on average, earn the same risk free reference rates. 

Apart from the risk free reference yields specified above, other key economic assumptions for the calibration of economic scenarios 
include the implied volatilities for each asset class and correlations of investment returns between different asset classes. The 
volatility assumptions for the calibration of economic scenarios that are used in the stochastic models are, where possible, based on 
those implied from appropriate derivative prices (such as equity options or swaptions in respect of guarantees that are dependent on 
changes in equity markets and interest rates respectively) as observed on the valuation date. However, historic implied and historic 
observed volatilities of the underlying instruments and expert opinion are considered where there are concerns over the depth or 
liquidity of the market, e.g. volatilities for property returns. Where strict adherence to the above is not possible, for example where 
markets only exist at short durations such as the equity option market in South Africa, interpolation or extrapolation techniques are 
used to derive volatility assumptions for the full term structure of the liabilities. Correlation assumptions between asset classes that 
are used in stochastic models are based on an assessment of historic relationships. Where historic data is used in setting volatility or 
correlation assumptions, a suitable time period is considered for analysing historic data including consideration of the 
appropriateness of historical data where economic conditions were materially different to current conditions.

For the Emerging Markets stochastic models, due to the immateriality of corporate bond and property holdings, corporate bonds are 
assumed to yield the same returns as equivalent long-term government bonds and property is assumed to earn a return equal to a 
portfolio that is invested 50% in local equities and 50% in long-term government bonds. 

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MCEV

NOTES TO THE MCEV BASIS  
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
For the year ended 31 December 2010 continued

The at-the-money annualised asset volatility assumptions of the asset classes incorporated in the stochastic models are detailed 
below. 

ZAR volatilities*

At 31 December 2010
Option term
1 year
5 years
10 years
20 years

At 31 December 2009
1 year
5 years
10 years
20 years

1 year swap

5 year swap

10 year swap

20 year swap

%

Property 
(total return 
index)

Equity (total 
return index)

18.7
16.4
15.6
13.8

18.3
16.9
15.7
14.5

16.9
15.5
15.0
13.3

16.2
15.8
15.2
13.8

15.8
14.9
14.5
12.8

15.1
15.3
14.7
13.1

15.1
14.4
13.9
11.9

14.8
15.1
14.1
12.0

23.4
25.5
27.0
27.8

27.4
25.5
26.2
27.0

16.0
15.7
15.9
15.4

17.1
14.8
14.1
14.2

*  Due to limited liquidity in the ZAR swaption and equity option market, the market consistent asset model has been calibrated by extrapolating swaption and equity 

option implied volatility data beyond terms of 2 years and 3 years respectively.

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At 31 December 2010
Option term
1 year
5 years
10 years
20 years

At 31 December 2009
1 year
5 years
10 years
20 years

1 year swap

5 year swap

10 year swap

20 year swap

%

37.8
26.2
20.0
16.8

39.0
27.1
19.4
16.8

34.3
24.7
18.8
15.7

36.5
25.0
18.9
16.1

31.2
23.0
17.7
14.7

33.2
23.5
17.6
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20.9
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29.6
21.1
16.2
12.7

* 

In prior reporting periods USD volatilities were based on market quoted information. The assumptions for 31 December 2010 as well as 31 December 2009 are now 
shown as modelled volatilities, consistent with the disclosure of interest rate volatilities in South Africa. Market volatilities for 1-year option terms and 1-year swap tenors 
are significantly different to modelled volatilities, with the calibration ensuring a reasonable fit across the entire spectrum of modelled option terms and swap tenors 
instead of focusing the calibration in this area.

International equity volatilities (applicable to Old Mutual Bermuda)*

SPX

RTY

TPX

HSCEI

TWY

KOSP12

NIFTY

SX5E

UKX

At 31 December 2010
Option term
1 year
5 years
10 years

At 31 December 2009
1 year
5 years
10 years

21.5
23.6
23.6

22.1
24.4
25.0

28.1
32.6
32.6

28.6
32.9
32.6

26.7
28.3
28.3

28.3
29.4
29.0

27.8
32.3
32.3

33.5
34.2
37.4

21.5
25.5
25.5

22.9
26.4
27.5

21.4
24.0
24.0

23.3
24.2
30.0

22.0
26.6
26.6

26.5
26.4
31.2

24.3
25.2
25.2

24.7
25.4
27.4

21.5
24.2
24.2

23.1
24.1
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For the year ended 31 December 2010 continued

International equity volatilities (applicable to Old Mutual Bermuda)*

%

EEM

USAgg

EUAgg

APAgg

At 31 December 2010
Option term
1 year
5 years
10 years

At 31 December 2009
1 year
5 years
10 years

27.4
27.7
27.7

31.6
30.8
36.7

5.5
5.5
5.5

4.5
4.5
4.5

13.0
13.0
13.0

12.0
12.0
12.0

12.6
12.6
12.6

11.6
11.6
11.6

*  Long-term option implied volatility has been calibrated assuming a flat volatility term structure beyond 5 years due to limited data availability for some indices. In prior 

reporting periods, the volatilities disclosed for Bermuda were on a 1-year forward basis for most indices. The assumptions at 31 December 2010, as well as the 
comparatives for prior periods, are now shown as the annualised volatilities applicable over the entire option term specified, consistent with the disclosure of 
volatilities for other regions. These volatilities, as represented by their Bloomberg codes, refer to the price indices. Due to ongoing enhancements in the fund 
mapping process, the indices referenced may vary from period to period. 

Exchange rates
All MCEV figures are calculated in local currency and translated to GBP using the appropriate exchange rates as detailed in Note 
C2 of the IFRS statements.

Expected asset returns in excess of the risk free reference rates
The expected asset returns in excess of the risk free reference rates have no bearing on the calculated MCEV other than the 
calculation of the expected existing business contribution in the analysis of MCEV earnings. Real-world economic assumptions 
are determined with reference to one-year forward risk free reference rates applicable to the currency of the liabilities at the start 
of the reporting period. All other economic assumptions, for example future bonus or crediting rates, are set at levels consistent 
with the real-world investment return assumptions.

Equity and property risk premiums incorporate both historical relationships and the directors’ view of future projected returns in 
each region. Pre-tax real-world economic assumptions are determined as follows:

 (cid:81)

 (cid:81)

 (cid:81)

The equity risk premium is 3.5% for Africa and 3% for Europe and the United States.
The corporate bond return is based on actual corporate bond spreads on the reporting date less an allowance for defaults.
The property risk premium is 1.5% in Africa and 2% in Europe.

Tax
The weighted average effective tax rates that apply to the cash flow projections within the VIF at 31 December 2010 are set  
out below:

 (cid:81) OMSA – 33% (31 December 2009: 33%)
 (cid:81) Namibia – 0% (31 December 2009: 0%)
 (cid:81) Nordic – 4% (31 December 2009: 4%)
 (cid:81) Retail Europe – 27% (31 December 2009: 28%)
 (cid:81) Wealth Management –11% (31 December 2009: 13%)
 (cid:81) US Life – 0% (31 December 2009: 0%)
 (cid:81) Bermuda – 0% (31 December 2009: 0%)

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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
For the year ended 31 December 2010 continued

B: Segment information
B1: Adjusted Group MCEV presented per business line

MCEV of the core covered business

  Adjusted net worth*
  Value of in-force business

MCEV of the Bermuda non-core covered business

  Adjusted net worth*

  Value of in-force business

MCEV of the US Life discontinued covered business

  Adjusted net worth*

  Value of in-force business

Adjusted net worth of asset management and other business

  Emerging Markets
  Nordic**
  Retail Europe
  Wealth Management
  US Asset Management

Value of the banking business

  Nordic (adjusted net worth)
  Nedbank (market value)

Value of the general insurance business

  Mutual & Federal***

Net other business 

Adjustment for present value of Black Economic Empowerment scheme deferred 

consideration

Adjustment for value of own shares in ESOP schemes****

Perpetual preferred securities (USD denominated)

Perpetual preferred callable securities

  GBP denominated
  Euro denominated

Debt

  Rand denominated
  USD denominated
  GBP denominated
  SEK denominated
  Euro denominated

Adjusted Group MCEV 

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At  
 31 December 
2010

At  
31 December 
2009

7,417

2,414
5,003

287

403

(116)

(189)

534

(723)

1,950

289
4
14
171
1,472

3,603

328
3,275

409

31

266

85

(449)

(598)

(270)
(328)

6,147

1,954
4,193

198

363

(165)

(318)

498

(816)

1,716

216
(75)
12
152
1,411

2,948

314
2,634

448

123

221

71

(385)

(477)

(224)
(253)

(1,782)

(1,664)

(304)
(337)
(842)
(297)
(2)

(290)
(338)
(759)
(256)
(21)

11,030

9,028

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Adjusted net worth is after the elimination of inter-company loans.
Includes the adjusted net worth of Nordic holding companies that are classified as non-covered business, net of the holding companies’ investment in Group 
subsidiaries.

***  Reflected at IFRS net asset value at 31 December 2010 and at market value for 31 December 2009 as a result of the acquisition of the remaining non-controlling 

interest in Mutual & Federal.

****  Includes adjustment for value of excess own shares in employee share scheme trusts. The movement in value between 31 December 2009 and 31 December 2010 is 
the net effect of the increase in the Old Mutual plc share price, the reduction in excess own shares following employee share grants in March 2010 and the reduction in 
overall shares held due to exercises of rights to take delivery of, or net settle, share grants during the year.

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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
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B2: Adjusted operating MCEV earnings for the covered business

Adjusted operating MCEV earnings before tax for the covered business

Long-Term Savings

  Emerging Markets
  Nordic
  Retail Europe
  Wealth Management

US Life

Bermuda

Tax on adjusted operating MCEV earnings for the covered business

Long-Term Savings

  Emerging Markets
  Nordic
  Retail Europe
  Wealth Management

US Life

Bermuda

Adjusted operating MCEV earnings after tax for the covered business

Long-Term Savings

  Emerging Markets
  Nordic
  Retail Europe
  Wealth Management

US Life

Bermuda

Tax on adjusted operating MCEV earnings comprises
Tax on adjusted operating MCEV earnings for the covered business
Tax on adjusted operating MCEV earnings for other business

Tax on adjusted operating MCEV earnings

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£m

Year ended  
31 December 
2010

Year ended  
31 December 
2009

705

443
65
68
129

48

(28)

725

(138)

(99)
(20)
(2)
(17)

(1)

4

(135)

567

344
45
66
112

47

(24)

590

(135)
(175)

(310)

252

272
78
(58)
(40)

302

8

562

(7)

(60)
3
14
36

(36)

(27)

(70) 

245

212
81
(44)
(4)

266

(19)

492

(70)
(139)

(209)

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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
For the year ended 31 December 2010 continued

B3: Components of MCEV of the covered business

MCEV of the covered business

Adjusted net worth
Value of in-force business

Long-Term Savings
Adjusted net worth

Free surplus
Required capital

Value of in-force business

Present value of future profits
Additional time value of financial options and guarantees
Frictional costs
Cost of residual non-hedgeable risks

Consisting of :

  Emerging Markets
  Adjusted net worth*

  Free surplus
  Required capital

  Value of in-force business

  Present value of future profits
  Additional time value of financial options and guarantees
  Frictional costs
  Cost of residual non-hedgeable risks

  Nordic

  Adjusted net worth

  Free surplus
  Required capital

  Value of in-force business

  Present value of future profits
  Additional time value of financial options and guarantees
  Frictional costs 
  Cost of residual non-hedgeable risks

  Retail Europe

  Adjusted net worth

  Free surplus
  Required capital

  Value of in-force business

  Present value of future profits
  Additional time value of financial options and guarantees
  Frictional costs 
  Cost of residual non-hedgeable risks

£m

At  
31 December 
2010

At 
 31 December 
2009

7,515

3,351
4,164

2,414

441
1,973

5,003

5,557
(12)
(267)
(275)

1,804

306
1,498

1,509

1,849
–
(240)
(100)

186

51
135

1,318

1,397
–
(6)
(73)

103

41
62

520

573
(10)
(11)
(32)

6,027

2,815
3,212

1,954

380
1,574

4,193

4,667
(7)
(211)
(256)

1,305

80
1,225

1,158

1,424
–
(181)
(85)

195

91
104

1,114

1,196
–
(11)
(71)

78

46
32

453

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(7)
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
For the year ended 31 December 2010 continued

B3: Components of MCEV of the covered business

  Wealth Management
  Adjusted net worth

  Free surplus
  Required capital

  Value of in-force business

  Present value of future profits
  Additional time value of financial options and guarantees
  Frictional costs 

  Cost of residual non-hedgeable risks

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Adjusted net worth 

Free surplus
Required capital

Value of in-force business

Present value of future profits
Additional time value of financial options and guarantees
Frictional costs 
Cost of residual non-hedgeable risks

Bermuda (Non-core)

Adjusted net worth

Free surplus

Required capital

Value of in-force business

Present value of future profits
Additional time value of financial options and guarantees
Frictional costs 
Cost of residual non-hedgeable risks

£m

At  
31 December 
2010

At  
31 December 
2009

321

43
278

1,656

1,738
(2)
(10)

(70)

534

66
468

(723)

(446)
(186)
(7)
(84)

403

–

403

(116)

145
(235)
(2)
(24)

376

163
213

1,468

1,540
(1)
(12)

(59)

498

36
462

(816)

(511)
(213)
(6)
(86)

363

–

363

(165)

99
(196)
(4)
(64)

*  The required capital in respect of OMSA is partially covered by the market value of the Group’s investments in banking and general insurance in South Africa. On 

consolidation these investments are shown separately.

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NOTES TO THE MCEV BASIS  
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
For the year ended 31 December 2010 continued

B4: Analysis of covered business MCEV earnings (after tax) 
The Long-Term Savings segment consists of Emerging Markets, Nordic, Retail Europe and Wealth Management.

Long-Term Savings (LTS)

Opening MCEV
New business value
Expected existing business contribution 

(reference rate)

Expected existing business contribution  

(in excess of reference rate) 

Transfers from VIF and required capital  

to free surplus

Experience variances
Assumption changes
Other operating variance

Operating MCEV earnings
Economic variances
Other non-operating variance

Total MCEV earnings
Closing adjustments

  Capital and dividend flows
  Foreign exchange variance
  MCEV of acquired/sold business

Year ended 31 December 2010

Year ended 31 December 2009

Free 
surplus

Required 
capital

Adjusted 
net 
worth

Value of 
in-force

380
(419)

1,574
160

1,954
(259)

4,193
459

MCEV

6,147
200

Free 
surplus

Required 
capital

101
(438)

1,441
129

Adjusted 
net 
 worth

1,542
(309)

Value of 
in-force

3,950
462

£m

MCEV

5,492
153

8

7

802
(16)
23
(93)

312
100
(7)

405
(344)

(383)
39
–

77

(3)

(184)
28
2
37

117
41
25

183
216

–
216
–

85

4

618
12
25
(56)

429
141
18

588
(128)

(383)
255
–

168

253

59

(618)
43
(25)
52

138
342
–

480
330

–
330
–

63

–
55
–
(4)

567
483
18

1,068
202

(383)
585
–

191

288

59

63

5

(1)

766
(11)
33
154

508
50
39

597
(318)

(335)
4
13

380

92

5

(186)
(8)
(22)
(44)

(34)
34
(20)

(20)
153

(1)
151
3

97

4

580
(19)
11
110

474
84
19

577
(165)

(336)
155
16

(580)
(64)
(242)
 (55)

(229)
217
168

156
87

0
111
(24)

1,574

1,954

4,193

Closing MCEV

441

1,973

2,414

5,003

7,417

Return on MCEV (RoEV)% per annum

9.2%

Experience variances

Persistency
Risk
Expenses
Other

Assumption changes 

Persistency
Risk
Expenses
Other

Year ended  
31 December 2010

Adjusted 
net 
worth

Value of 
in-force 

MCEV 

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22
(54)
26

25

–
17
(2)
10

43

20
8
5
10

(25)

(4)
14
(20)
(15)

55

38
30
(49)
36

–

(4)
31
(22)
(5)

Year ended  
31 December 2009

Adjusted  
net  

worth

Value of 
in-force 

(19)

(18)
31
(56)
24

11

(29)
30
10
(1)

(64)

(80)
–
13
2

(242)

(164)
53
(161)
31

Return on MCEV is calculated as the operating MCEV earnings after tax divided by opening MCEV in sterling.

Long-Term Savings (LTS)

Expected existing business contribution (reference rate)

Expected existing business contribution (in excess of reference rate)

Year ended 31 December 2011

Free 
surplus

Required 
capital

16

6

65

(4)

Adjusted 
net  

worth

81

2

Value of 
in-force 

173

67

–
(83)
(231)
55

245
301
187

733
(78)

(336)
266
(8)

6,147

4.5%

£m

MCEV 

(83)

(98)
31
(43)
26

(231)

(193)
83
(151)
30

£m

MCEV

254

69

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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
For the year ended 31 December 2010 continued

B4: Analysis of covered business MCEV earnings (after tax) continued

Emerging Markets*

Opening MCEV
New business value
Expected existing business contribution 

(reference rate)

Expected existing business contribution 

(in excess of reference rate) 

Transfers from VIF and required capital  

to free surplus

Experience variances
Assumption changes
Other operating variance

Operating MCEV earnings
Economic variances
Other non-operating variance

Total MCEV earnings
Closing adjustments

  Capital and dividend flows
    Foreign exchange variance
    MCEV of acquired/sold business

Year ended 31 December 2010

Year ended 31 December 2009

Free 
surplus

Required 
capital

Adjusted 
net 
worth

Value of 
in-force

80
(159)

1,225
134

1,305
(25)

1,158
111

MCEV

2,463
86

Free 
surplus

Required 
capital

Adjusted 
net  

worth

(92)
(136)

1,075
110

983
(26)

Value of 
in-force

1,090
91

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MCEV

2,073
65

129

207

16

21

6

–

356
11
19
(6)

227
57
4

288
(62)

(93)
31
–

73

(3)

(166)
14
–
(2)

50
21
–

71
202

–
202
–

79

124

203

(3)

16

13

190
25
19
(8)

277
78
4

359
140

(93)
233
–

(190)
10
18
(22)

67
84
1

152
199

–
199
–

–
35
37
(30)

344
162
5

511
339

(93)
432
–

(7)

–

314
(9)
40
46

248
54
–

302
(130)

(146)
3
13

85

5

(146)
(9)
(29)
(27)

(11)
1
–

(10)
160

(3)
160
3

78

5

168
(18)
11
19

237
55
–

292
30

(149)
163
16

(168)
(35)
(90)
32

(25)
(39)
–

(64)
132

–
156
(24)

Closing MCEV

306

1,498

1,804

1,509

3,313

80

1,225

1,305

1,158

Return on MCEV (RoEV)% per annum

13.2%

Year ended 31  
December 2010

Adjusted 
net 
worth

Value of 
in-force 

MCEV 

25

29
11
(15)
–

19

–
17
2
–

10

5
7
4
(6)

18

2
(1)
15
2

35

34
18
(11)
(6)

37

2
16
17
2

Year ended  
31 December 2009

Adjusted  
net  

worth

Value of 
in-force 

MCEV 

(18)

(9)
16
(30)
5

11

(29)
30
10
–

(35)

(44)
–
11
(2)

(90)

(55)
20
(55)
–

Experience variances

Persistency
Risk
Expenses
Other

Assumption changes 

Persistency
Risk
Expenses
Other

Emerging Markets

Year ended 31 December 2011 

Free surplus

Required 
capital

Adjusted  
net worth

Value of 
in-force 

Expected existing business contribution (reference rate)

Expected existing business contribution (in excess of reference rate)

12

–

60

(4)

72

(4)

106

16

*  The MCEV for Emerging Markets is presented after the adjustment for market value of life fund investments in Group equity and debt instruments.

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(53)
(79)
51

212
16
–

228
162

(149)
319
(8)

2,463

9.8%

£m

(53)

(53)
16
(19)
3

(79)

(84)
50
(45)
–

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MCEV

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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
For the year ended 31 December 2010 continued

The marginal decrease in ‘expected existing business contribution (reference rate)’ from 2009 to 2010 is mainly attributable to a lower 
one-year swap rate at 31 December 2009 (7.3%) compared to 31 December 2008 (9.3%) offset by a higher opening MCEV.

The ‘expected existing business contribution (in excess of reference rate)’ on the ANW has reduced from 2009 to 2010 due to a 
higher cash allocation assumed for shareholder funds.

The positive experience variances are mainly attributable to favourable persistency experience, as well as a small positive 
contribution from risk experience.

Operating assumption changes are positive in 2010 consisting mainly of an improvement in fees relative to maintenance expenses in 
the Corporate Segment due to economies of scale from an increasing fund membership; and an increase in annuitant mortality rates 
in Retail Affluent, following a recent mortality investigation which is supported by positive annuitant mortality experience variances.

The negative other operating variance was caused by various methodology changes and error corrections.

In addition to the effects above, other significant movements affecting the closing MCEV include a large positive impact from 
economic variances due to a combination of better than assumed equity returns and the effect of the changes in the shape of the 
swap yield curve. This was partially offset by modelling enhancements to the economic scenario generator used to calculate the 
investment guarantee reserve, which caused a decrease in the margin (buffer) held to protect against future market volatility, resulting 
in less value being released as profit in the future.

The capital and dividend flows mainly consist of the purchase of additional Nedbank shares.

The strengthening of the rand relative to sterling had a significant positive effect on the increase in MCEV.

Return on MCEV is the operating MCEV earnings after tax divided by opening MCEV in rand (including conversion of results for 
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B4: Analysis of covered business MCEV earnings (after tax) continued

Year ended 31 December 2010

Year ended 31 December 2009

Nordic

Opening MCEV
New business value
Expected existing business contribution 

(reference rate)

Expected existing business contribution  

(in excess of reference rate) 

Transfers from VIF and required capital  

to free surplus

Experience variances
Assumption changes
Other operating variance

Operating MCEV earnings
Economic variances
Other non-operating variance

Total MCEV earnings
Closing adjustments

  Capital and dividend flows
  Foreign exchange variance

Closing MCEV

Free 
surplus

Required 
capital

Adjusted  
net 
worth

Value of 
in-force

91
(49)

104
6

195
(43)

1,114
84

MCEV

1,309
41

–

–

103
30
–
(44)

40
(4)
17

53
(93)

(100)
7

51

1

–

–
(5)
–
4

6
12
–

18
13

–
13

1

–

103
25
–
(40)

46
8
17

71
(80)

(100)
20

14

26

(103)
(1)
(55)
34

(1)
86
–

85
119

–
119

15

26

–
24
(55)
(6)

45
94
17

156
39

(100)
139

135

186

1,318

1,504

Return on MCEV (RoEV)% per annum

3.3%

Free 
surplus

Required 
capital

Adjusted 
net  

worth

Value of 
in-force

58
(57)

105
6

163
(51)

882
95

18

14

(64)
10
(30)
(3)

40
192
1

233
(1)

–
(1)

–

–

(17)
(7)
–
–

(18)
17
–

(1)
–

–
–

4

–

64
21
3
–

41
12
18

71
(39)

(37)
(2)

4

–

81
28
3
–

59
(5)
18

72
(39)

(37)
(2)

91

Year ended  
31 December 2010

Adjusted  
net 
worth

Value of 
in-force 

MCEV 

25

(2)
5
2
20

–

–
–
–
–

(1)

(6)
–
–
5

(55)

(7)
–
(18)
(30)

24

(8)
5
2
25

(55)

(7)
–
(18)
(30)

104

195

1,114

1,309

8.1%

£m

Year ended  
31 December 2009

Adjusted  
net  

worth

Value of 
in-force 

MCEV 

21

(2)
6
3
14

3

–
–
–
3

10

5
(1)
(1)
7

(30)

(29)
19
(18)
(2)

Experience variances

Persistency
Risk
Expenses
Other

Assumption changes 

Persistency
Risk
Expenses
Other

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Year ended 31 December 2011

Free surplus

 Required 
capital

Adjusted  
net worth

Value of 
in-force 

Expected existing business contribution (reference rate)

Expected existing business contribution (in excess of reference rate)

3

–

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–

5

–

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£m

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44

22

14

–
31
(27)
(3)

81
204
19

304
(40)

(37)
(3)

31

3
5
2
21

(27)

(29)
19
(18)
1

£m

MCEV

39

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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
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The ‘expected existing business contribution (in excess of reference rate)’ is not significant on the adjusted net worth portion of the 
business. This is because shareholder assets backing capital requirements are typically invested in highly secure government paper 
and other short-term instruments.

Expected existing business contributions in 2011 are significantly higher than in 2010 due to higher one-year swap rates at 
31 December 2010 relative to those at 31 December 2009 and a higher opening value of in-force.

The positive experience variances were largely caused by profit made on the sale of a private equity investment, higher than 
expected fee income and increased take-ups of drawdown products. There were no one-off expense variances.

Operating assumption changes were made to recognise higher expected commission payments, anticipated pricing pressure in the 
corporate segment, expectations of adverse persistency and adjustments to pricing of the Waiver of Premium business.

The other operating variance was mainly due to modelling refinements to deferred tax assets and more accurate valuation of 
tendered business.

The economic variances were mainly due to the positive effect of market movements on funds under management.

The capital and dividend flows mainly represent dividends, repayment of loans, internal re-classification and capital injections.

Return on MCEV is the operating MCEV earnings after tax divided by opening MCEV in Swedish krona.

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B4: Analysis of covered business MCEV earnings (after tax) continued

Year ended 31 December 2010

Year ended 31 December 2009

Free 
surplus

Required 
capital

Adjusted 
net 
worth

Value of 
in-force

46
(69)

1

–

97
5
–
(9)

25
1
(26)

–
(5)
(6)
1

41

32
1

–

–

2
(1)
–
–

2
2
25

29
1
–
1

62

78
(68)

453
75

1

–

99
4
–
(9)

27
3
(1)

29
(4)
(6)
2

8

3

(99)
1
11
40

39
19
(5)

53
14
–
14

MCEV

531
7

9

3

–
5
11
31

66
22
(6)

82
10
(6)
16

103

520

623

12.8%

Year ended  
31 December 2010

Adjusted 
net 
worth

Value of 
in-force 

MCEV 

4

(2)
3
(3)
6

–

–
–
–
–

1

3
–
–
(2)

11

9
–
(4)
6

5

1
3
(3)
4

11

9
–
(4)
6

Retail Europe

Opening MCEV
New business value
Expected existing business contribution 

(reference rate)

Expected existing business contribution 

(in excess of reference rate) 

Transfers from VIF and required capital  

to free surplus

Experience variances
Assumption changes
Other operating variance

Operating MCEV earnings
Economic variances
Other non-operating variance

Total MCEV earnings
Closing adjustments
  Capital and dividend flows
  Foreign exchange variance

Closing MCEV

Return on MCEV (RoEV)% per annum

Experience variances

Persistency
Risk
Expenses
Other

Assumption changes 

Persistency
Risk
Expenses
Other

Retail Europe

Free 
surplus

Required 
capital

Adjusted 
net  

worth

Value of 
in-force

15
(74)

1

–

97
(20)
–
18

22
(1)
20

41
(10)
(10)
–

46

64
1

–

–

7
1
–
(19)

(10)
4
(20)

(26)
(6)
(3)
(3)

32

79
(73)

1

–

104
(19)
–
(1)

12
3
–

15
(16)
(13)
(3)

78

517
68

10

3

(104)
(4)
(26)
(3)

(56)
26
3

(27)
(37)
–
(37)

453

£m

MCEV

596
(5)

11

3

–
(23)
(26)
(4)

(44)
29
3

(12)
(53)
(13)
(40)

531

(7.9)%

£m

(23)

(2)
4
(5)
(20)

(26)

2
1
(22)
(7)

£m

MCEV

10

4

Year ended  
31 December 2009

Adjusted  
net  

worth

Value of 
in-force 

MCEV 

(19)

(1)
3
(5)
(16)

–

–
–
–
–

(4)

(1)
1
–
(4)

(26)

2
1
(22)
(7)

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Free surplus

Required 
capital

Adjusted  
net worth

Value of 
in-force 

Expected existing business contribution (reference rate)

Expected existing business contribution (in excess of reference rate)

–

–

1

–

1

–

9

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NOTES TO THE MCEV BASIS  
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
For the year ended 31 December 2010 continued

The ‘expected existing business contribution (in excess of reference rate)’ is not significant on the adjusted net worth portion of the 
business. This is because shareholder assets backing capital requirements are typically invested in highly secure government paper 
and other short-term instruments.

Expected existing business contributions in 2011 are higher than in 2010 due to a higher opening asset-base.

Experience variances are mainly due to higher than anticipated profit sharing on participating contracts in Germany, as well as higher 
than expected fee income. In addition, there was a one-off expense variance in respect of project costs. Mortality and morbidity 
experience continues to be positive across all Retail Europe countries.

Operating assumption changes were made to recognise higher expected fee income in Germany and Poland following sustained 
favourable fee income experience. Future profit sharing assumptions for the German business were revised upwards in line with 
expected new business levels. Further operating assumption changes were made to recognise positive persistency experience and 
maintenance expense experience in Switzerland, and to reflect the capitalisation of Retail Europe overhead expenses.

The other operating variances are mainly due to improvements in the modelling of disability business in Switzerland and a reduction 
in the cost of non-hedgeable risk due to lower non-hedgeable risk capital.

The economic variances are mainly due to the positive effect of market movements on funds under management as well as the 
beneficial impact of lower swap rates across the region.

The capital and dividend flows mainly represent dividends.

Return on MCEV is the operating MCEV earnings after tax divided by opening MCEV in euro.

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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
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B4: Analysis of covered business MCEV earnings (after tax) continued

Wealth Management

Opening MCEV
New business value
Expected existing business contribution 

(reference rate)

Expected existing business contribution 

(in excess of reference rate) 

Transfers from VIF and required capital  

to free surplus

Experience variances
Assumption changes
Other operating variance

Operating MCEV earnings
Economic variances
Other non-operating variance

Total MCEV earnings
Closing adjustments

  Capital and dividend flows
  Foreign exchange variance

Closing MCEV

Return on MCEV (RoEV)% per annum

Year ended 31 December 2010

Year ended 31 December 2009

Free 
surplus

Required 
capital

Adjusted 
net 
worth

Value of 
in-force

163
(142)

213
19

376
(123)

1,468
189

MCEV

1,844
66

Free 
surplus

Required 
capital

Adjusted 
net  

worth

120
(171)

197
12

317
(159)

Value of 
In-force

1,461
208

MCEV

1,778
49

£m

1

7

246
(62)
4
(34)

20
46
(2)

64
(184)

(184)
–

43

3

–

(20)
20
2
35

59
6
–

65
–

–
–

4

7

226
(42)
6
1

79
52
(2)

129
(184)

(184)
–

22

14

(226)
33
1
–

33
153
4

190
(2)

–
(2)

278

321

1,656

26

21

–
(9)
7
1

112
205
2

319
(186)

(184)
(2)

1,977

6.1%

7

(1)

274
(10)
(10)
90

179
2
1

182
(139)

(142)
3

163

7

–

(30)
7
7
2

5
12
–

17
(1)

5
(6)

213

14

(1)

244
(3)
(3)
92

184
14
1

199
(140)

(137)
(3)

376

34

26

(244)
(35)
(96)
(81)

(188)
38
164

14
(7)

–
(7)

48

25

–
(38)
(99)
11

(4)
52
165

213
(147)

(137)
(10)

1,468

1,844

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£m

Experience variances

Persistency
Risk
Expenses
Other

Assumption changes 

Persistency
Risk
Expenses
Other

Wealth Management

Year ended  
31 December 2010

Adjusted 
net 
worth

Value of 
in-force 

MCEV 

(42)

(7)
3
(38)
–

6

–
–
(4)
10

33

18
1
1
13

1

(8)
15
(13)
7

(9)

11
4
(37)
13

7

(8)
15
(17)
17

Year ended  
31 December 2009

Adjusted  
net  

worth

Value of 
in-force 

MCEV 

(3)

(6)
6
(24)
21

(3)

–
–
–
(3)

(35)

(39)
–
2
2

(96)

(81)
12
(66)
39

(38)

(45)
6
(22)
23

(99)

(81)
12
(66)
36

£m

MCEV

27

23

Free surplus

 Required 
capital

Adjusted  
net worth

Value of 
in-force 

Year ended 31 December 2011 

Expected existing business contribution (reference rate)

Expected existing business contribution (in excess of reference rate)

1

6

2

–

3

6

24

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NOTES TO THE MCEV BASIS  
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
For the year ended 31 December 2010 continued

The ‘expected existing business contribution (in excess of reference rate)’ is not significant on the required capital portion of the 
business. This is because shareholder assets backing capital requirements are typically invested in highly secure government paper 
and other short-term instruments.

Adverse expense variances were predominately one-off variances of £(38) million relating to software development and restructuring 
costs. The ‘other’ variances are predominantly fee income being higher than expected. Positive persistency variance is driven by 
positive experience in International and Continental Europe business.

Positive operating assumption changes were made to ‘other’ and risk assumptions. The ‘other’ assumption change relates to fee 
income, consistent with positive experience in 2010. The risk assumption change relates to positive experience in Skandia UK. 

Expense and persistency assumptions were strengthened. The expense assumption change is largely due to changes to reflect the 
new expense allocation review in UK and International, and a new provision to streamline existing expense provisions relating to 
development projects. The persistency assumption change is driven by a reduction in persistency to allow for the potential impact of 
the Retail Distribution Review (RDR) in the UK offset by increasing persistency assumptions due to positive experience in 
International.

Economic variances are due to positive market movements, exchange rate movements and tax deductions on income and gains as 
a result of the current tax position of the UK tax group.

The other non-operating variance is driven by the effect from changes in the United Kingdom corporation tax rate from 28% to 27%.

The capital and dividend flows mainly represent dividends, repayments of loans and capital injections.

Return on MCEV is the operating MCEV earnings after tax divided by opening MCEV in sterling.

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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
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B4: Analysis of covered business MCEV earnings (after tax) continued

Year ended 31 December 2010

Year ended 31 December 2009

£m

US Life

Opening MCEV
New business value
Expected existing business contribution 

(reference rate)

Expected existing business contribution  

(in excess of reference rate) 

Transfers from VIF and required capital  

to free surplus

Experience variances
Assumption changes
Other operating variance

Operating MCEV earnings
Economic variances
Other non-operating variance

Total MCEV earnings

Closing adjustments
  Capital and dividend flows
  Foreign exchange variance

Closing MCEV

Return on MCEV (RoEV)% per annum

Free 
surplus

Required 
capital

Adjusted 
net 
worth

Value of 
in-force

36
(66)

462
66

498
–

(816)
(28)

MCEV

(318)
(28)

1

–

81
33
(6)
–

43
71
–

114
(84)

(85)
1

66

9

–

(47)
(23)
–
–

5
(18)
–

(13)
19

–
19

468

10

–

34
10
(6)
–

48
53
–

101
(65)

(85)
20

534

15

80

(34)
30
(57)
(7)

(1)
127
–

126
(33)

–
(33)

25

80

–
40
(63)
(7)

47
180
–

227
(98)

(85)
(13)

(723)

(189)

14.1%

Free 
surplus

Required 
capital

(85)
(35)

(3)

–

52
137
–
–

151
(181)
–

(30)

151
146
5

36

550
41

21

1

(54)
(103)
–
–

(94)
59
–

(35)

(53)
–
(53)

462

Year ended 31 December 
2010

Adjusted 
net 
worth

Value of 
in-force 

MCEV 

10

4
–
25
(19)

(6)

(6)
–
–
–

30

38
(10)
–
2

(57)

(58)
(1)
2
–

40

42
(10)
25
(17)

(63)

(64)
(1)
2
–

Experience variances

Persistency
Risk
Expenses
Other

Assumption changes 

Persistency
Risk
Expenses
Other

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Year ended 31 December 2011 

Free surplus

Required 
capital

Adjusted  
net worth

Value of 
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Expected existing business contribution (reference rate)

Expected existing business contribution (in excess of reference rate)

1

–

6

–

7

–

18

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worth

465
6

Value of 
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(1,725)
8

MCEV

(1,260)
14

18

1

(2)
34
–
–

57
(122)
–

(65)

98
146
(48)

498

(45)

(27)

257

258

2
(35)
30
(8)

209
556
–

765

144
–
144

–
(1)
30
(8)

266
434
–

700

242
146
96

(816)

(318)

22.7%

£m

Year ended  
31 December 2009

Adjusted  
net  

worth

Value of 
in-force 

MCEV 

34

(17)
–
17
34

–

–
–
–
–

(35)

20
17
–
(72)

30

18
12
–
–

(1)

3
17
17
(38)

30

18
12
–
–

£m

MCEV

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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
For the year ended 31 December 2010 continued

The results for US Life include allowance for Old Mutual Reassurance (Ireland) Limited (OMRe), which provides reinsurance to the 
United States Life Companies.

The ‘expected existing business contribution (in excess of reference rate)’ is calculated using the corporate bond spread that is 
expected to be earned over and above the adjusted risk free reference rate (inclusive of the liquidity premium adjustment).

The main reason for the significantly negative VNB result is due to very low swap yields compressing potential earnings on  
spread-based annuity business, resulting in significant future losses anticipated on an MCEV basis.

The experience variances were largely caused by positive persistency experience due to higher surrenders of Fixed Indexed Annuity 
contracts, which make future losses on an MCEV basis. Expense variances benefited from tight cost controls in this business. There 
were no material experience variance items that were one-off in nature.

Operating assumption changes include the increasing of premium persistency assumptions on certain unprofitable Universal Life and 
Term Assurance products.

The other operating variance was mainly due to modelling changes and error corrections.

The economic variances were mainly due to gains in the underlying investment portfolio and lower swap yields, partially offset by a 
reduction in the assumed liquidity premium from 100bps to 75bps.

The capital and dividend flows include the payment of dividends to Old Mutual plc.

Return on MCEV was calculated as the operating MCEV earnings after tax divided by the absolute value of the opening MCEV in 
US dollars.

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B4: Analysis of covered business MCEV earnings (after tax) continued

Year ended 31 December 2010

Year ended 31 December 2009

£m

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Required 
Capital

Adjusted 
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Value of 
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Free 
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Required 
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Adjusted 
net  

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Opening MCEV
New business value
Expected existing business contribution 

(reference rate)

Expected existing business contribution 

(in excess of reference rate) 

Transfers from VIF and required capital  

to free surplus

Experience variances
Assumption changes
Other operating variance

Operating MCEV earnings
Economic variances
Other non-operating variance

Total MCEV earnings
Closing adjustments
  Capital and dividend flows
  Foreign exchange variance

Closing MCEV

–
–

–

–

16
(18)
(19)
(32)

(53)
53
–

–
–
–
–

–

363
–

3

30

(45)
1
–
37

26
–
–

26
14
–
14

363
–

3

30

(29)
(17)
(19)
5

(27)
53
–

26
14
–
14

(165)
–

9

35

29
(2)
(16)
(52)

3
52
–

55
(6)
–
(6)

MCEV

198
–

12

65

–
(19)
(35)
(47)

(24)
105
–

81
8
–
8

342
–

5

33

(5)
(72)
(36)
(345)

(420)
102
–

(318)
(24)
–
(24)

–

34
–

1

–

(4)
–
–
345

342
–
–

342
(13)
–
(13)

363

Return on MCEV (RoEV)% per annum

(11.4)%

403

403

(116)

287

363

(165)

Year ended  
31 December 2010

Adjusted 
net 
worth

Value of 
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(17)

(15)
–
(8)
6

(19)

(16)
2
–
(5)

(2)

(1)
–
–
(1)

(16)

9
(1)
(26)
2

(19)

(16)
–
(8)
5

(35)

(7)
1
(26)
(3)

Experience variances

Persistency
Risk
Expenses
Other

Assumption changes 

Persistency
Risk
Expenses
Other

Bermuda

Year ended 31 December 2011 

Free surplus

Required 
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Adjusted  
net worth

Value of 
in-force 

Expected existing business contribution (reference rate)

Expected existing business contribution (in excess of reference rate)

–

–

2

24

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24

6

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–

6

33

(9)
(72)
(36)
–

(78)
102
–

24
(37)
–
(37)

Value of 
in-force

(425)
–

MCEV

(49)
–

(4)

39

9
(21)
(46)
82

59
167
–

226
34
–
34

2

72

–
(93)
(82)
82

(19)
269
–

250
(3)
–
(3)

198

(41.0)%

£m

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31 December 2009

Adjusted  
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Value of 
in-force 

MCEV 

(72)

(52)
–
(10)
(10)

(36)

–
–
–
(36)

(21)

(13)
–
1
(9)

(46)

(65)
–
(29)
48

(93)

(65)
–
(9)
(19)

(82)

(65)
–
(29)
12

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MCEV

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The ‘expected existing business contribution (in excess of reference rate)’ is calculated using the corporate bond spread that is 
expected to be earned over and above the adjusted risk free reference rate (inclusive of the liquidity premium adjustment), while the 
adjusted net worth component includes interest received from Old Mutual plc.

The experience variances include adverse persistency experience on Variable Annuity contracts and expense losses as a result of 
higher than anticipated expenditure on projects £(4) million and an increased head-count. Other experience variances include a 
one-off tax variance of £5 million due to the release of a tax contingency reserve. There were no other material experience variance 
items that were one-off in nature.

Operating assumption changes include the strengthening of expense assumptions consistent with 2010 experience and refinements 
to surrender assumptions as a result of the most recent experience investigation.

The other operating variance was mainly due to modelling changes and error corrections.

Economic variances were driven by good equity market performance and gains on the corporate bond portfolio, partially offset by 
increased Variable Annuity Guarantee costs due to declining interest rates.

Return on MCEV was calculated as the operating MCEV earnings after tax divided by the absolute value of the opening MCEV in US dollars.

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Total covered business

Opening MCEV
New business value
Expected existing business contribution 

(reference rate)

Expected existing business contribution 

(in excess of reference rate)

Transfers from VIF and required capital  

to free surplus

Experience variances
Assumption changes
Other operating variance

Operating MCEV earnings
Economic variances
Other non-operating variance

Total MCEV earnings
Closing adjustments
Capital and dividend flows
Foreign exchange variance
MCEV of acquired/sold business

Year ended 31 December 2010 

Year ended 31 December 2009

Free 
surplus

Required 
capital

Adjusted 
net 
worth

Value of 
in-force 

416
(485)

2,399
226

2,815
(259)

3,212
431

MCEV

6,027
172

Free 
surplus

Required 
capital

Adjusted 
net  

worth

358
(473)

2,025
170

2,383
(303)

Value of 
in-force 

1,800
470

£m

MCEV

4,183
167

9

7

899
(1)
(2)
(125)

302
224
(7)

519
(428)
(468)
40
–

89

27

(276)
6
2
74

148
23
25

196
249
–
249
–

98

34

623
5
–
(51)

450
247
18

715
(179)
(468)
289
–

192

290

174

208

(623)
71
(98)
(7)

140
521
–

661
291
–
291
–

–
76
(98)
(58)

590
768
18

1,376
112
(468)
580
–

7,515

9.8%

7

32

813
54
(3)
(191)

239
(29)
39

249
(191)
(189)
(15)
13

416

114

121

142

263

6

38

355

393

(244)
(111)
(22)
301

214
93
(20)

287
87
(1)
85
3

569
(57)
(25)
110

453
64
19

536
(104)
(190)
70
16

(569)
(120)
(258)
19

39
940
168

1,147
265
–
289
(24)

–
(177)
(283)
129

492
1,004
187

1,683
161
(190)
359
(8)

2,399

2,815

3,212

6,027

11.8%

£m

Year ended  
31 December 2009

Closing MCEV

507

2,844

3,351

4,164

Return on MCEV (RoEV)% per annum

Experience variances

Persistency
Risk
Expenses

Other

Assumption changes 

Persistency
Risk
Expenses
Other

Total covered business

Year ended  
31 December 2010

Adjusted 
net 
worth

Value of 
in-force 

MCEV 

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(37)
13

–

(22)
19
(2)
5

71

57
(2)
5
11

(98)

(53)
12
(44)
(13)

76

64
20
(32)
24

(98)

(75)
31
(46)
(8)

Adjusted  
net  

worth

(57)

(87)
31
(49)
48

(25)

(29)
30
10
(36)

Value of 
in-force 

(120)

(72)
17
13
(78)

(258)

(210)
64
(190)
78

MCEV 

(177)

(159)
48
(36)
(30)

(283)

(239)
94
(180)
42

£m

MCEV

287

171

Expected existing business contribution (reference rate)

Expected existing business contribution (in excess of reference rate)

17

6

73

20

90

26

197

145

Year ended 31 December 2011 

Free surplus

 Required 
capital

Adjusted  
net worth

Value of 
in-force 

Return on MCEV for total covered business is calculated as the operating MCEV earnings after tax divided by opening MCEV in sterling.

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C: Other key performance information
C1: Value of new business (after tax)
The tables below set out the regional analysis of the value of new business (VNB) after tax. New business profitability is measured by 
both the ratio of the VNB to the present value of new business premiums (PVNBP) as well as to the annual premium equivalent (APE), 
and shown under PVNBP margin and APE margin below. APE is calculated as annualised recurring premiums plus 10% of single 
premiums.

Annualised recurring premiums
  Long-Term Savings (LTS)

  Emerging Markets
  Nordic
  Retail Europe
  Wealth Management

US Life
Bermuda

Single premiums
  Long-Term Savings (LTS)

  Emerging Markets
  Nordic
  Retail Europe
  Wealth Management

US Life
Bermuda

PVNBP
  Long-Term Savings (LTS)

  Emerging Markets
  Nordic
  Retail Europe
  Wealth Management

US Life

Bermuda

PVNBP capitalisation factors*
  Long-Term Savings (LTS)

  Emerging Markets
  Nordic
  Retail Europe
  Wealth Management

US Life
Bermuda

£m

Year ended  
31 December 
2010

Year ended  
31 December 
2009

698

325
144
63
166

10
–

708

7,932

1,611
573
63
5,685

824
–

8,756

11,266

3,269
1,104
513
6,380

889

–

685

249
183
62
191

14
– 

699

6,257

1,437
527
53
4,240

549
15

6,821

9,563

2,834
1,150
537
5,042

639

15

12,155

10,217

4.8

5.1
3.7
7.2
4.2

6.6
n/a

4.8

5.6
3.4
7.8
4.2

6.6
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C1: Value of new business (after tax) continued

APE 
Long-Term Savings (LTS)

  Emerging Markets
  Nordic
  Retail Europe
  Wealth Management
US Life
Bermuda

VNB 
Long-Term Savings (LTS)

  Emerging Markets
  Nordic
  Retail Europe
  Wealth Management
US Life
Bermuda

PVNBP margin 
Long-Term Savings (LTS)

  Emerging Markets
  Nordic
  Retail Europe
  Wealth Management
US Life
Bermuda

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Long-Term Savings (LTS)

  Emerging Markets
  Nordic
  Retail Europe
  Wealth Management
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Bermuda

£m

Year ended  
31 December 
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Year ended  
31 December 
2009

1,491
487
201
69
734
92
–

1,583

200
86
41
7
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(28)
–
172

1.8%
2.6%
3.7%
1.4%
1.0%
(3.2)%
n/a
1.4%

13%
18%
21%
11%
9%
(31)%
n/a

11%

1,312
393
235
67
617
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1,381

153
65
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2.3%
3.8%
(1.0)%
1.0%
2.2%
n/a
1.6%

12%
16%
19%
(8)%
8%
20%
n/a

12%

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The value of new individual unit trust linked retirement annuities and pension fund asset management business written by the 
Emerging Markets long-term business is excluded as the profits on this business arise in the asset management business. The value 
of new business also excludes premium increases arising from indexation arrangements in respect of existing business, as these are 
already included in the value of in–force business.

The value of new institutional investment platform pensions business written in Wealth Management is excluded as this is more 
appropriately classified as unit trust business.

Gross premium excluded from value of new business

Emerging Markets**
Wealth Management

£m

Year ended  
 31 December 
2010

Year ended  
31 December 
2009

723
304

1,658
153

**  New business premiums not valued have reduced compared to 2009, mainly because single premium new business figures for 2009 include inflows relating to in-force 
business following OMSA’s acquisition of Futuregrowth and Acsis Life. The results for the year ended 31 December 2009 have also been restated to include Namibia’s 
contribution to new business premiums not valued (£1,625 million excluding Namibia).

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C2: Product analysis of new covered premiums

Emerging Markets

Total business

Individual business

Savings

Protection

Annuity

Mass foundation cluster*

Group business

Savings

Protection

Annuity

*  Previously described as Retail Mass.

Nordic

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Year ended 
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£m

Recurring

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Single

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889

713

–

176

–

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585

1

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249

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–

114

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–

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1,437

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539

21

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1

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564

–

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Year ended 
 31 December 2009

Recurring

144

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Recurring

183

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Year ended 
 31 December 2009

Recurring

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Recurring

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Year ended 
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Total business

Fixed deferred annuity
Fixed indexed annuity
Variable annuity
Life
Immediate annuity

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31 December 2010

Year ended 
 31 December 2009

Recurring

 Single

Recurring

Single

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–
–
–
10
–

824

163
502
–
1
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–
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–

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–
13
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C3: Adjustments applied in determining total Group MCEV earnings before tax

Analysis of adjusting items*

Income/(expense)
Goodwill impairment and amortisation of  

non-covered business acquired intangible assets 
and impact of acquisition accounting

Economic variances
Other non-operating variances
Acquired/divested business
Closure of unclaimed share trust
Dividends declared to holders of perpetual preferred 

callable securities

Adjusting items relating to US Asset Management 

equity plans and non-controlling interests
Fair value gains on Group debt instruments

Adjusting items

Adjusting items from continuing operations
Adjusting items from discontinued operations

Total MCEV adjusting items

Year ended 31 December 2010

Year ended 31 December 2009

Covered 
business 
MCEV

Non-covered 
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IFRS

Total Group 
MCEV

Covered 
business 
MCEV

Non-covered 
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IFRS

Total Group 
MCEV

£m

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17
–
–

–

–
–

881

701
180

881

(20)
(7)
–
(22)
–

44

6
(203)

(202)

(202)
–

(202)

(20)
857
17
(22)
–

44

6
(203)

679

499
180

679

–
1,108
18
–
–

–

–
–

1,126

691
435

1,126

65
(10)
–
(48)
–

45

(1)
(264)

(213)

(213)
–

(213)

65
1,098
18
(48)
–

45

(1)
(264)

913

478
435

913

£m

C4: Other movements in IFRS net equity impacting Group MCEV

Year ended 31 December 2010

Year ended 31 December 2009

Covered 
business 
MCEV

Non-covered 
business 
IFRS

Total Group 
MCEV

Covered 
business 
MCEV

Fair value gains/(losses)
Net investment hedge
Currency translation differences/exchange 

differences on translating foreign operations
Aggregate tax effects of items taken directly to or 

transferred from equity

Correction to transfers*
Other movements

Net income recognised directly into equity
Capital and dividend flows for the year
Net sale of treasury shares
Share buy back
Net issues of ordinary share capital by the Company
Acquisition of non-controlling interest in Mutual & 

Federal

Exercise of share options
Change in share based payment reserve

Other movements in net equity

–
–

580

–
–
–

580
(468)
–
–

–
–
–

112

8
(86)

448

14
–
(24)

360
322
(28)
–
162

(93)
4
4

731

8
(86)

–
–

1,028

359

14
–
(24)

940
(146)
(28)
–
162

(93)
4
4

843

–
–
(8)

351
(190)
–
–
–

–
–
–

161

*  Refinement arising from the allocation of assets between covered and non-covered business at 31 December 2008.

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business  

IFRS

2
(41)

197

13
316
(7)

480
145
–
–
2

–
3
14

644

Total Group 
MCEV

2
(41)

556

13
316
(15)

831
(45)
–
–
2

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3
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C5: Reconciliation of MCEV adjusted net worth to IFRS net asset value for the covered business
The table below provides a reconciliation of the MCEV adjusted net worth (ANW) to the IFRS net asset value (NAV) for the covered 
business. 

At 31 December 2010

IFRS net asset value*
Adjustment to include long-term business 

Total

5,794

Long-Term 
Savings

Emerging 
Markets 

5,088

1,216

Nordic

1,243

Retail 
Europe

Wealth 
Management

632

1,997

 on a statutory solvency basis

(1,822)

(2,053)

207

(851)

(331)

(1,078)

389
(1,010)

389
(1,010)

389
(8)

–
(206)

–
(198)

–
(598)

£m

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Bermuda

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260

–
–

432

(29)

–
–

Inclusion of Group equity and debt 
instruments held in life funds

Goodwill

Adjusted net worth attributable  
to ordinary equity holders  
of the parent

At 31 December 2009

IFRS net asset value*
Adjustment to include long-term business 

 on a statutory solvency basis
Inclusion of Group equity and debt 
instruments held in life funds

Goodwill

Adjusted net worth attributable  
to ordinary equity holders  
of the parent

3,351

2,414

1,804

186

103

321

534

403

Long-Term 
Savings

Emerging 
Markets 

Total

6,103

4,848

(2,632)

(2,238)

339
(995)

339
(995)

821

153

339
(8)

£m

Nordic

1,222

Retail 
Europe

Wealth 
Management

US Life

Bermuda

664

2,141

886

369

(841)

(382)

(1,168)

(388)

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(186)

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(204)

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(597)

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The excess of the IFRS amount of the deferred acquisition cost (DAC) and value of business acquired (VOBA) assets over the 
statutory levels included in the VIF.

 (cid:81) When projecting future profits on a statutory basis, the VIF includes the shareholders’ value of unrealised capital gains. To the 
extent that assets in IFRS are valued at market and the market value is higher than the statutory book value, these profits have 
already been taken into account in the IFRS equity.
For the US Life business, the reversal of the IFRS impairment for discontinued operations which is included in the IFRS net asset 
value, as this is not recognised on a statutory solvency basis.

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D: Other income statement notes
D1: Drivers of new business value for covered business 

PVNBP Margin

Long-Term Savings*

Margin at the end of comparative period

Change in volume

Change in product mix

Change in country mix

Change in operating assumptions

Change in economic assumptions

Change in tax/regulation

Exchange rate movements

Margin at the end of the period

Emerging Markets**

Margin at the end of comparative period 

Change in volume

Change in product mix

Change in country mix

Change in operating assumptions

Change in economic assumptions

Margin at the end of the period

Nordic***

Margin at the end of comparative period 

Change in volume

Change in product mix

Change in country mix

Change in operating assumptions

Change in economic assumptions

Margin at the end of the period

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Margin at the end of comparative period 

Change in volume

Change in product mix

Change in country mix

Change in operating assumptions

Change in economic assumptions

Margin at the end of the period

Wealth Management*

Margin at the end of comparative period 

Change in volume

Change in product mix

Change in country mix

Change in operating assumptions

Change in economic assumptions

Change in tax/regulation

Margin at the end of the period

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Year ended 
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1.6

(0.1)

0.2

–

0.1

(0.1)

–

0.1

1.8

2.3

0.1

0.4

–

(0.1)

(0.1)

2.6

3.8

(0.1)

0.6

–

(0.4)

(0.2)

3.7

(1.0)

1.6

(0.2)

–

0.9

0.1

1.4

1.0

(0.1)

(0.1)

–

0.2

–

–

1.0

1.5

(0.1)

–

–

0.1

–

0.1

–

1.6

2.2

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(0.2)

–

0.4

–

2.3

3.3

(0.1)

–

–

0.4

0.2

3.8

1.8

(2.1)

(0.8)

(0.1)

0.5

(0.3)

(1.0)

1.2

(0.2)

–

–

(0.2)

–

0.2

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NOTES TO THE MCEV BASIS  
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
For the year ended 31 December 2010 continued

D1: Drivers of new business value for covered business continued

US Life***** 
Margin at the end of comparative period 

Change in volume

Change in product mix

Change in country mix

Change in operating assumptions

Change in economic assumptions

Margin at the end of the period

Total covered business*
Margin at the end of comparative period

Change in volume

Change in product mix

Change in country mix

Change in operating assumptions

Change in economic assumptions

Change in tax/regulation

Exchange rate movements

Margin at the end of the period

The PVNBP margin changes are calculated in sterling.
The PVNBP margin changes are calculated in rand.
The PVNBP margin changes are calculated in krona.

* 
** 
*** 
****  The PVNBP margin changes are calculated in euro.
*****  The PVNBP margin changes are calculated in dollars.

Year ended 
 31 December 
2010

Year ended 
 31 December 
2009

2.2

(0.1)

(0.9)

–

(0.6)

(3.8)

(3.2)

1.6

(0.1)

0.1

–

0.1

(0.4)

–

0.1

1.4

(0.9)

–

1.5

–

–

1.6

2.2

0.8

0.8

–

–

0.1

–

0.1

(0.2)

1.6

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NOTES TO THE MCEV BASIS  
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
For the year ended 31 December 2010 continued

E1: Sensitivity tests
The tables below show the sensitivity of the MCEV, value of in-force business at 31 December 2010 and the value of new business 
for the year ended 31 December 2010 to changes in key assumptions. 

For each sensitivity illustrated all other assumptions have been left unchanged except where they are directly affected by the revised 
conditions. Sensitivity scenarios therefore include consistent changes in cash flows directly affected by the changed assumption(s), 
for example future bonus participation in changed economic scenarios.

In some jurisdictions the reserving basis that underlies shareholder distributable cash flows is dynamic, and in theory some 
sensitivities could change not only future experience but also reserving levels. Modelling of dynamic reserves is extremely complex 
and the effect on value is second–order. Therefore, in performing the sensitivities, reserving bases have been kept constant for 
non-linked business (including non-linked reserves for linked business) whilst only varying future experience assumptions with similar 
considerations applying to required capital. However, the sensitivities for South Africa in respect of an increase/decrease of all pre–tax 
investment and economic assumptions, an increase/decrease in equity and property market values and increases in equity, property 
and swaption implied volatilities allow for the change in the time value of financial options and guarantees that form part of the IGR.

The sensitivities for an increase/decrease in all pre-tax investment and economic assumptions (with credited rates and discount rates 
changing commensurately) are calculated in line with a parallel shift in risk free reference spot rates rather than risk free reference 
forward rates. However, the 1% reduction is limited so that it does not lead to negative risk free reference rates.

The equity and property sensitivities make allowance for rebalancing of asset portfolios.

VNB sensitivities assume that the scenario arises immediately after point of sale of the contract. Therefore no allowance is made for 
the ability to re-price any contracts in the sensitivity scenarios, apart from the mortality sensitivities for the South African business 
where allowance is made for changes in the pricing basis for products with reviewable premiums.

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MCEV

NOTES TO THE MCEV BASIS  
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
For the year ended 31 December 2010 continued

Long-Term Savings (LTS)

At 31 December 2010

Central assumptions

Effect of:

Required capital equal to the minimum statutory requirement

Increasing all pre-tax investment and economic assumptions by 1%, with credited rates and 

discount rates changing commensurately

Decreasing all pre-tax investment and economic assumptions by 1%, with credited rates and 

discount rates changing commensurately

Recognising the present value of an additional 10bps of liquidity spreads assumed on corporate 

bonds over the lifetime of the liabilities, with credited rates and discount rates changing 
commensurately

Equity and property market value increasing by 10%, with all pre-tax investment and economic 

assumptions unchanged

Equity and property market value decreasing by 10%, with all pre-tax investment and economic 

assumptions unchanged

50bps contraction on corporate bond spreads

25% multiplicative increase in equity and property implied volatilities

25% multiplicative increase in swaption implied volatilities

Voluntary discontinuance rates decreasing by 10%

Maintenance expense levels decreasing by 10%, with no corresponding decrease in policy 

charges

Mortality and morbidity assumptions for assurances decreasing by 5%, with no corresponding 

decrease in policy charges

Mortality assumption for annuities decreasing by 5%, with no corresponding increase in policy 

charges

For value of new business, acquisition expenses other than commission and commission related 

expenses increasing by 10%, with no corresponding increase in policy charges

Value of new business calculated on economic assumptions at the end of reporting period

Residual non-hedgeable risk capital reduced to incorporate diversification benefits between 

hedgeable and non-hedgeable risks for covered business

Economic capital for residual non-hedgeable risks calculated assuming a 99.93% confidence 

level which is targeted by an internal economic capital model 

Value of 
in-force 
business

5,003

MCEV 

7,417

7,474

5,060

7,289

4,887

7,553

5,125

7,425

5,011

7,736

5,274

7,107

7,437

7,395

7,408

7,606

4,741

5,003

4,981

4,994

5,193

7,653

5,239

7,536

5,122

7,392

4,979

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

7,462

5,049

7,365

4,952

£m

Value of new 
business

200

204

185

216

202

208

193

200

200

200

238

220

212

199

185

219

203

196

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NOTES TO THE MCEV BASIS  
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
For the year ended 31 December 2010 continued

Emerging Markets

At 31 December 2010

Central assumptions

Effect of:

Required capital equal to the minimum statutory requirement

Increasing all pre-tax investment and economic assumptions by 1%, with credited rates and 

discount rates changing commensurately

Decreasing all pre-tax investment and economic assumptions by 1%, with credited rates and 

discount rates changing commensurately

Recognising the present value of an additional 10bps of liquidity spreads assumed on corporate 

bonds over the lifetime of the liabilities, with credited rates and discount rates changing 
commensurately

Equity and property market value increasing by 10%, with all pre-tax investment and economic 

assumptions unchanged

Equity and property market value decreasing by 10%, with all pre-tax investment and economic 

assumptions unchanged

50bps contraction on corporate bond spreads

25% multiplicative increase in equity and property implied volatilities

25% multiplicative increase in swaption implied volatilities

Voluntary discontinuance rates decreasing by 10%

Maintenance expense levels decreasing by 10%, with no corresponding decrease in policy 

charges

Mortality and morbidity assumptions for assurances decreasing by 5%, with no corresponding 

decrease in policy charges

Mortality assumption for annuities decreasing by 5%, with no corresponding increase in policy 

charges*

For value of new business, acquisition expenses other than commission and commission related 

expenses increasing by 10%, with no corresponding increase in policy charges

Value of new business calculated on economic assumptions at the end of reporting period

Residual non-hedgeable risk capital reduced to incorporate diversification benefits between 

hedgeable and non-hedgeable risks for covered business

Economic capital for residual non-hedgeable risks calculated assuming a 99.93% confidence 

level which is targeted by an internal economic capital model 

*  No impact on with-profit annuities as the mortality risk is borne by policyholders.

MCEV 

3,313

Value of 
in-force 
business

1,509

3,366

1,562

3,285

1,479

3,342

1,540

3,321

1,517

3,446

1,594

3,180

3,333

3,292

3,306

3,369

1,422

1,509

1,488

1,502

1,566

3,446

1,641

3,414

1,609

3,290

1,487

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

3,330

1,526

3,290

1,486

£m

Value of new 
business

86

90

80

91

88

86

86

86

86

86

105

98

97

85

79

100

87

85

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MCEV

NOTES TO THE MCEV BASIS  
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
For the year ended 31 December 2010 continued

Nordic

At 31 December 2010

Central assumptions
Effect of:
Required capital equal to the minimum statutory requirement
Increasing all pre-tax investment and economic assumptions by 1%, with credited rates and 

discount rates changing commensurately

Decreasing all pre-tax investment and economic assumptions by 1%, with credited rates and 

discount rates changing commensurately

Equity and property market value increasing by 10%, with all pre-tax investment and economic 

assumptions unchanged

Equity and property market value decreasing by 10%, with all pre-tax investment and economic 

assumptions unchanged

50bps contraction on corporate bond spreads
25% multiplicative increase in equity and property implied volatilities
25% multiplicative increase in swaption implied volatilities
Voluntary discontinuance rates decreasing by 10%
Maintenance expense levels decreasing by 10%, with no corresponding decrease in policy 

charges

Mortality and morbidity assumptions for assurances decreasing by 5%, with no corresponding 

decrease in policy charges

Mortality assumption for annuities decreasing by 5%, with no corresponding increase in policy 

charges

For value of new business, acquisition expenses other than commission and commission related 

expenses increasing by 10%, with no corresponding increase in policy charges

Value of new business calculated on economic assumptions at the end of reporting period
Residual non-hedgeable risk capital reduced to incorporate diversification benefits between 

hedgeable and non-hedgeable risks for covered business

Economic capital for residual non-hedgeable risks calculated assuming a 99.93% confidence 

level which is targeted by an internal economic capital model 

MCEV 

1,504

Value of 
in-force 
business

1,318

1,504

1,318

1,480

1,294

1,532

1,346

1,610

1,424

1,398
1,504
1,504
1,504
1,544

1,213
1,318
1,318
1,318
1,358

1,545

1,360

1,506

1,320

1,502

1,316

n/a
n/a

n/a
n/a

1,522

1,337

1,504

1,318

£m

Value of new 
business

41

41

41

42

45

37
41
41
41
49

43

41

41

40
41

43

41

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MCEV

NOTES TO THE MCEV BASIS  
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
For the year ended 31 December 2010 continued

Retail Europe

At 31 December 2010

Central assumptions
Effect of:
Required capital equal to the minimum statutory requirement
Increasing all pre-tax investment and economic assumptions by 1%, with credited rates and 

discount rates changing commensurately

Decreasing all pre-tax investment and economic assumptions by 1%, with credited rates and 

discount rates changing commensurately

Equity and property market value increasing by 10%, with all pre-tax investment and economic 

assumptions unchanged

Equity and property market value decreasing by 10%, with all pre-tax investment and economic 

assumptions unchanged

50bps contraction on corporate bond spreads
25% multiplicative increase in equity and property implied volatilities
25% multiplicative increase in swaption implied volatilities
Voluntary discontinuance rates decreasing by 10%
Maintenance expense levels decreasing by 10%, with no corresponding decrease in policy 

charges

Mortality and morbidity assumptions for assurances decreasing by 5%, with no corresponding 

decrease in policy charges

Mortality assumption for annuities decreasing by 5%, with no corresponding increase in policy 

charges

For value of new business, acquisition expenses other than commission and commission related 

expenses increasing by 10%, with no corresponding increase in policy charges

Value of new business calculated on economic assumptions at the end of reporting period
Residual non-hedgeable risk capital reduced to incorporate diversification benefits between 

hedgeable and non-hedgeable risks for covered business

Economic capital for residual non-hedgeable risks calculated assuming a 99.93% confidence 

level which is targeted by an internal economic capital model 

MCEV 

623

626

606

637

636

610
623
623
621
638

648

627

623

n/a
n/a

624

615

£m

Value of 
in-force 
business

Value of new 
business

520

523

505

533

533

508
520
520
518
535

546

525

520

n/a
n/a

521

513

7

7

5

10

7

7
7
7
7
9

9

8

7

6
8

6

7

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MCEV

NOTES TO THE MCEV BASIS  
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
For the year ended 31 December 2010 continued

Wealth Management

At 31 December 2010

Central assumptions
Effect of:
Required capital equal to the minimum statutory requirement
Increasing all pre-tax investment and economic assumptions by 1%, with credited rates and 

discount rates changing commensurately

Decreasing all pre-tax investment and economic assumptions by 1%, with credited rates and 

discount rates changing commensurately

Equity and property market value increasing by 10%, with all pre-tax investment and economic 

assumptions unchanged

Equity and property market value decreasing by 10%, with all pre-tax investment and economic 

assumptions unchanged

50bps contraction on corporate bond spreads
25% multiplicative increase in equity and property implied volatilities
25% multiplicative increase in swaption implied volatilities
Voluntary discontinuance rates decreasing by 10%
Maintenance expense levels decreasing by 10%, with no corresponding decrease in policy 

charges

Mortality and morbidity assumptions for assurances decreasing by 5%, with no corresponding 

decrease in policy charges

Mortality assumption for annuities decreasing by 5%, with no corresponding increase in policy 

charges

For value of new business, acquisition expenses other than commission and commission related 

expenses increasing by 10%, with no corresponding increase in policy charges

Value of new business calculated on economic assumptions at the end of reporting period
Residual non-hedgeable risk capital reduced to incorporate diversification benefits between 

hedgeable and non-hedgeable risks for covered business

Economic capital for residual non-hedgeable risks calculated assuming a 99.93% confidence 

level which is targeted by an internal economic capital model

MCEV 

1,977

Value of 
in-force 
business

1,656

1,978

1,657

1,918

1,609

2,042

1,706

2,044

1,723

1,919
1,977
1,976
1,977
2,055

1,598
1,656
1,655
1,656
1,734

2,014

1,692

1,989

1,668

1,977

1,656

n/a
n/a

n/a
n/a

1,986

1,665

1,956

1,635

£m

Value of new 
business

66

66

59

73

70

63
66
66
66
75

70

66

66

60
70

67

63

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MCEV

NOTES TO THE MCEV BASIS  
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
For the year ended 31 December 2010 continued

US Life

At 31 December 2010

Central assumptions
Effect of:
Required capital equal to the minimum statutory requirement
Increasing all pre-tax investment and economic assumptions by 1%, with credited rates and 

discount rates changing commensurately

Value of 
in-force 
business

(723)

(719)

(914)

MCEV 

(189)

(185)

(380)

Decreasing all pre-tax investment and economic assumptions by 1%, with credited rates and 

discount rates changing commensurately

(18)

(552)

£m

Value of new 
business

(28)

(28)

(5)

(60)

Recognising the present value of an additional 10bps of liquidity spreads assumed on corporate 

bonds over the lifetime of the liabilities, with credited rates and discount rates changing 
commensurately

Recognising the present value of an additional 50% of liquidity spreads assumed on corporate 

bonds over the lifetime of the liabilities, with credited rates and discount rates changing 
commensurately*

Equity and property market value increasing by 10%, with all pre-tax investment and economic 

assumptions unchanged

Equity and property market value decreasing by 10%, with all pre-tax investment and economic 

assumptions unchanged

50bps contraction on corporate bond spreads
25% multiplicative increase in swaption implied volatilities
Voluntary discontinuance rates decreasing by 10%
Maintenance expense levels decreasing by 10%, with no corresponding decrease in policy 

charges

Mortality and morbidity assumptions for assurances decreasing by 5%, with no corresponding 

decrease in policy charges

Mortality assumption for annuities decreasing by 5%, with no corresponding increase in policy 

charges

For value of new business, acquisition expenses other than commission and commission related 

expenses increasing by 10%, with no corresponding increase in policy charges

Value of new business calculated on economic assumptions at the end of reporting period
Residual non-hedgeable risk capital reduced to incorporate diversification benefits between 

hedgeable and non-hedgeable risks for covered business

Economic capital for residual non-hedgeable risks calculated assuming a 99.93% confidence 

level which is targeted by an internal economic capital model 

(145)

(679)

(26)

(34)

(568)

(189)

(189) 
80
(270)
(137)

(173)

(169)

(215)

n/a
n/a

(187)

(209)

(723)

(723)
(454)
(804)
(671)

(707)

(703)

(749)

n/a
n/a

(721)

(743)

(18)

(28)

(28)
(28)
(53)
(27)

(28)

(27)

(28)

(31)
(30)

(28)

(30)

*  At 31 December 2010 the size of the base liquidity premium adjustment for US Life business of 75bps is greater than the base liquidity premium adjustment for OMSA’s 
Retail Affluent Immediate Annuity business of 45bps. Therefore in addition to the 10bps liquidity spread sensitivity that is also shown for Emerging Markets, a sensitivity 
was calculated to illustrate the impact of an additional 50% of liquidity spreads for US Life business.

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MCEV

NOTES TO THE MCEV BASIS  
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
For the year ended 31 December 2010 continued

Bermuda

At 31 December 2010

Central assumptions
Effect of:
Required capital equal to the minimum statutory requirement
Increasing all pre-tax investment and economic assumptions by 1%, with credited rates and 

discount rates changing commensurately

Decreasing all pre-tax investment and economic assumptions by 1%, with credited rates and 

discount rates changing commensurately

Equity and property market value increasing by 10%, with all pre-tax investment and economic 

assumptions unchanged

Equity and property market value decreasing by 10%, with all pre-tax investment and economic 

assumptions unchanged

50bps contraction on corporate bond spreads
25% multiplicative increase in equity and property implied volatilities
25% multiplicative increase in swaption implied volatilities
Voluntary discontinuance rates decreasing by 10%
Maintenance expense levels decreasing by 10%, with no corresponding decrease in policy 

charges

Mortality and morbidity assumptions for assurances decreasing by 5%, with no corresponding 

decrease in policy charges

Mortality assumption for annuities decreasing by 5%, with no corresponding increase in policy 

charges

For value of new business, acquisition expenses other than commission and commission related 

expenses increasing by 10%, with no corresponding increase in policy charges

Value of new business calculated on economic assumptions at the end of reporting period
Residual non-hedgeable risk capital reduced to incorporate diversification benefits between 

hedgeable and non-hedgeable risks for covered business

Economic capital for residual non-hedgeable risks calculated assuming a 99.93% confidence 

level which is targeted by an internal economic capital model 

£m

Value of 
in-force 
business

Value of new 
business

(116)

(114)

(126)

(105)

(110)

(123)
(105)
(120)
(118)
(107)

(106)

(115)

(116)

n/a
n/a

(113)

(122)

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a
n/a

n/a

n/a

MCEV 

287 

289 

350 

226 

339 

229 
298 
190 
285 
278 

297 

287 

287 

n/a 
n/a

290 

281 

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NOTES TO THE MCEV BASIS  
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
For the year ended 31 December 2010 continued

Total covered business
Total covered business includes the MCEV contribution from the US Life and Bermuda business segments.

At 31 December 2010

Central assumptions
Effect of:
Required capital equal to the minimum statutory requirement
Increasing all pre-tax investment and economic assumptions by 1%, with credited rates and 

discount rates changing commensurately

Decreasing all pre-tax investment and economic assumptions by 1%, with credited rates and 

discount rates changing commensurately

Recognising the present value of an additional 10bps of liquidity spreads assumed on corporate 

bonds over the lifetime of the liabilities, with credited rates and discount rates changing 
commensurately

Equity and property market value increasing by 10%, with all pre-tax investment and economic 

assumptions unchanged

Equity and property market value decreasing by 10%, with all pre-tax investment and economic 

assumptions unchanged

50bps contraction on corporate bond spreads
25% multiplicative increase in equity and property implied volatilities
25% multiplicative increase in swaption implied volatilities
Voluntary discontinuance rates decreasing by 10%
Maintenance expense levels decreasing by 10%, with no corresponding decrease in policy 

charges

Mortality and morbidity assumptions for assurances decreasing by 5%, with no corresponding 

decrease in policy charges

Mortality assumption for annuities decreasing by 5%, with no corresponding increase in policy 

charges

For value of new business, acquisition expenses other than commission and commission related 

expenses increasing by 10%, with no corresponding increase in policy charges

Value of new business calculated on economic assumptions at the end of reporting period
Residual non-hedgeable risk capital reduced to incorporate diversification benefits between 

hedgeable and non-hedgeable risks for covered business

Economic capital for residual non-hedgeable risks calculated assuming a 99.93% confidence 

level which is targeted by an internal economic capital model 

Value of 
in-force 
business

4,164

MCEV 

7,515

7,578

4,227

7,259

3,847

7,761

4,468

7,567

4,216

7,886

4,441

7,147
7,815
7,396
7,423
7,747

3,895
4,444
4,138
4,072
4,415

7,777

4,426

7,654

4,304

7,464

4,114

n/a
n/a

n/a
n/a

7,565

4,215

7,437

4,087

£m

Value of new 
business

172

176

180

156

176

180

165
172
172
147
211

192

185

171

154
189

175

166

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NOTES TO THE MCEV BASIS  
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
For the year ended 31 December 2010 continued

At 31 December 2009

Central assumptions
Effect of:
Required capital equal to the minimum statutory requirement
Increasing all pre-tax investment and economic assumptions by 1%, with credited rates and 

discount rates changing commensurately

Decreasing all pre-tax investment and economic assumptions by 1%, with credited rates and 

discount rates changing commensurately

Recognising the present value of an additional 10bps of liquidity spreads assumed on corporate 

bonds over the lifetime of the liabilities, with credited rates and discount rates changing 
commensurately

Equity and property market value increasing by 10%, with all pre-tax investment and economic 

assumptions unchanged

Equity and property market value decreasing by 10%, with all pre-tax investment and economic 

assumptions unchanged

50bps contraction on corporate bond spreads
25% multiplicative increase in equity and property implied volatilities
25% multiplicative increase in swaption implied volatilities
Voluntary discontinuance rates decreasing by 10%
Maintenance expense levels decreasing by 10%, with no corresponding decrease in policy 

charges

Mortality and morbidity assumptions for assurances decreasing by 5%, with no corresponding 

decrease in policy charges

Mortality assumption for annuities decreasing by 5%, with no corresponding increase in policy 

charges

For value of new business, acquisition expenses other than commission and commission related 

expenses increasing by 10%, with no corresponding increase in policy charges

Value of new business calculated on economic assumptions at the end of reporting period
Residual non-hedgeable risk capital reduced to incorporate diversification benefits between 

hedgeable and non-hedgeable risks for covered business

Economic capital for residual non-hedgeable risks calculated assuming a 99.93% confidence 

level which is targeted by an internal economic capital model 

Value of 
in-force 
business

3,212 

MCEV 

6,027 

6,076 

3,262 

5,746 

2,865 

6,346 

3,589 

6,080 

3,266 

6,401 

3,447 

5,671 
6,360 
5,929 
5,906 
6,211 

2,996 
3,530 
3,190 
3,092 
3,492 

6,269 

3,454 

6,166 

3,351 

5,989 

3,175 

n/a
n/a

n/a
n/a

6,160 

3,345 

5,932 

3,118 

£m

Value of new 
business

167 

172 

161 

167 

169

179 

157 
167 
167 
161 
209 

188 

185 

167 

150 
153 

173 

161 

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Year ended 31 December

Consolidated Income Statement
Revenue

Gross earned premiums
Outward reinsurance

Net earned premiums
Investment return (non-banking)
Banking interest and similar income
Banking trading, investment and similar income2
Fee and commission income, and income from service activities
Other income

Total revenues

Expenses
Claims and benefits (including change in insurance contract 

provisions)

Reinsurance recoveries

Net claims and benefits incurred
Change in investment contract liabilities
Losses on loans and advances
Finance costs
Banking interest payable and similar expenses
Fee and commission expenses, and other acquisition costs
Other operating and administrative expenses
Goodwill impairment
Change in third party interest in consolidated funds
Amortisation of PVIF and other acquired intangibles

2010

20091

2008

2007

3,582
(305)

3,277
10,791
4,082
204
3,061
159

21,574

(5,039)
227

(4,812)
(6,899)
(552)
(269)
(2,519)
(963)
(3,714)
(1)
(388)
(297)

3,020
(267)

2,753
11,112
3,989
168
2,422
196

5,156
(335)

4,821
(11,578)
4,059
162
2,313
270

5,566
(293)

5,273
6,318
3,190
170
2,475
245

20,640

47

17,671

(3,786)
200

(3,586)
(8,345)
(511)
(322)
(2,627)
(728)
(3,072)
(266)
(470)
(312)

(3,610)
262

(3,348)
10,051
(319)
392
(2,853)
(937)
(2,834)
(74)
779
(361)

(7,193)
236

(6,957)
(2,618)
(157)
(50)
(2,053)
(778)
(2,813)
(3)
(156)
(360)

£m

2006

4,713
(267)

4,446
10,439
2,441
–
2,262
324

19,912

(7,999)
245

(7,754)
(4,655)
(123)
(91)
(1,461)
(714)
(2,826)
(8)
(278)
(379)

Total expenses

(20,414)

(20,239)

496

(15,945)

(18,289)

Share of associated undertakings’ and joint ventures’ profit/(loss) 

after tax

(Loss)/profit on disposal of subsidiaries, associated undertakings 

and strategic investments

Profit before tax
Income tax (expense)/credit

Profit/(loss) from continuing operations after tax1
Discontinued operations
Loss from discontinued operations after tax1

(Loss)/profit after tax for the financial year

Attributable to
Equity holders of the parent
Non-controlling interests
  Ordinary shares
  Preferred securities

(Loss)/profit after tax for the financial year

Earnings per share 
Basic earnings per ordinary share on profit/(loss) from continuing 

operations (pence)1

Basic earnings per ordinary share on profit/(loss) from discontinuing 

operations (pence)1

Basic earnings per ordinary share (pence)

Diluted earnings per ordinary share on profit/(loss) from continuing 

operations (pence)1

Diluted earnings per ordinary share on profit/(loss) from 

discontinuing operations (pence)1

Diluted earnings per ordinary share (pence)

Weighted average number of shares – millions

7

(22)

1,145
(456)

689

(713)

(24)

(282)

196
62

(24)

8.2

(14.7)

(6.5)

7.4

(13.5)

(6.1)

4,859

2

(50)

353
(400)

(47)

(71)

(118)

(340)

158
64

(118)

(6.3)

(1.5)

(7.8)

(6.3) 

(1.5)

(7.8)

4,758

(1)

53

595
88

683

441

188
54

683

(1)

25

1,750
(504)

6

85

1,714
(621)

1,246

1,093

972

224
50

836

207
50

1,246

1,093

8.6

19.2

17.0

8.1

4,755

18.1

4,894

16.1

4,705

1  2009 has been restated to reflect US Life as discontinued. No restatement has been made for 2008, 2007 or 2006.
2  2006 included in Banking interest and similar income.
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2010

20091 

2008

2007

£m

2006

Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income
(Loss)/profit after tax for the financial year
Other comprehensive income
Fair value gains/(losses)
  Property revaluation
  Net investment hedge
  Available-for-sale investments

  Fair value gains/(losses)
  Recycled to the income statement

Shadow accounting
Currency translation differences/exchange differences on translating 

foreign operations

Other movements
Income tax relating to components of other comprehensive income

Total other comprehensive income for the financial year from 

continuing operations1

Total other comprehensive income for the financial year from 

discontinued operations1

Total other comprehensive income for the financial year

Total comprehensive income for the financial year

Attributable to
Equity holders of the parent
Non-controlling interests
  Ordinary shares
  Preferred securities

Total comprehensive income

Year ended 31 December

Adjusted Operating Profit

Adjusted Operating Profit Earnings per share
Adjusted operating earnings per ordinary share (pence) – H1 
Adjusted operating earnings per ordinary share (pence) – H22

Adjusted operating earnings per ordinary share (pence)

Adjusted weighted average number of shares – H1 
Adjusted weighted average number of shares – H2

Adjusted weighted average number of shares

(24)

26
(87)

32
–
(15)

1,039
31
13

1,039

112

1,151

1,127

594

428
105

1,127

2010

1,481

8.3
7.7

16.0

5,342
5,376

5,359

(118)

683

1,246

1,093

(10)
(41)

112
13
36

334
21
13

478

750

1,228

1,110

709

334
67

1,110

2009

1,133

4.9
6.7

11.6

5,232
5,226

5,229

16
281

(1,635)
414
26

429
68
366

(35)

648

305

299
44

648

2008

1,136

8.7
6.2

14.9

5,245 
5,215

5,230

96
(13)

(197)
36
25

133
(4)
34

110

1,356

1,077

229
50

1,356

2007

1,624

8.2
8.7

16.9

5,407
5,415

5,411

28
75

(111)
17
28

(1,060)
(4)
14

(1,013)

80

73

(43)
50

80

2006

1,459

8.5
6.6

15.1

5,063
5,379

5,222

1  2009 has been restated to reflect US Life as discontinued. No restatement has been made for 2008, 2007 or 2006.
2  Calculated based on full year less 1st half year.

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2010

2009

2008

2007

Consolidated Statement of Financial Position1 
Assets
Goodwill and other intangible assets
Mandatory reserve deposits with central banks
Property, plant and equipment
Investment property
Deferred tax assets
Investments in associated undertakings and joint ventures
Deferred acquisition costs
Reinsurers’ share of life assurance policyholder liabilities
Reinsurers’ share of general insurance liabilities
Deposits held with reinsurers
Loans and advances
Investments and securities
Current tax receivable
Client indebtedness for acceptances
Other assets
Derivative financial instruments – assets
Cash and cash equivalents
Non-current assets held for sale

Total assets

Liabilities
Life assurance policyholder liabilities
General insurance liabilities
Third party interests in consolidated funds
Borrowed funds
Provisions
Deferred revenue
Deferred tax liabilities
Current tax payable
Other liabilities
Liabilities under acceptances
Amounts owed to bank depositors
Derivative financial instruments – liabilities
Non-current liabilities held for sale

Total liabilities

Net assets

Shareholders’ equity
Equity attributable to equity holders of the parent

Non-controlling interests
  Ordinary shares
  Preferred securities

Total non-controlling interests

Total equity

£m

2006

5,367
665
499
804
511
83
1,578
763
–
–
22,804
86,452
60
–
3,635
1,238
2,951
1,165

4,965
1,079
1,015
2,040
416
162
1,534
982
122
2
51,778
106,153
156
190
3,932
2,503
4,132
12,391

5,159
882
828
1,759
570
135
3,138
1,296
120
146
42,393
98,461
169
170
3,051
2,546
2,982
1

5,882
734
682
1,478
1,590
111
3,199
1,148
115
164
35,745
83,522
118
220
3,137
3,228
3,203
7

5,459
615
608
1,479
683
81
2,253
1,394
–
213
30,687
89,627
83
165
2,774
1,527
3,469
1,623

193,552

163,806

144,283

142,740

128,575

98,631
397
3,584
4,204
260
730
858
238
5,661
190
53,236
1,870
12,219

93,876
372
2,906
3,309
263
654
905
210
4,305
170
44,135
1,990
–

81,269
344
2,591
2,295
477
598
1,452
219
4,074
220
38,171
2,990
6

84,251
–
3,547
2,353
499
462
1,413
320
6,180
165
31,817
1,716
420

182,078

11,474

153,095

10,711

134,706

9,577

133,143

9,597

80,081
–
3,041
1,676
542
311
1,393
283
5,266
–
25,052
1,060
1,107

119,812

8,763

8,951

8,464

7,737

7,961

7,237

1,763
760

2,523

11,474

1,537
710

2,247

10,711

1,147
693

1,840

9,577

933
703

1,636

9,597

848
678

1,526

8,763

1  The Group adopted the provisions of IFRS 7 ‘Financial Instruments: Disclosures’ in its 2007 annual report and accounts. As part of the implementation of that 
standard certain income statement and statement of financial position captions were restated. The 2006 information has been restated where possible to be 
consistent with later years, however certain balances are not fully comparable in circumstances where information is not readily available.

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FINANCIAL HISTORY

Year ended 31 December

Additional Information
Equity attributable to equity holders of the parent
Less: Perpetual preferred callable securities

Shares issued and fully paid
Less: Treasury shares in issue

IFRS Book value per Share (pence)

Funds under management
Earnings after tax attributable to ordinary equity holders
Adjusted operating Group MCEV 
Adjusted operating Group EEV 
Adjusted operating Group MCEV earnings per share (pence)
Adjusted operating Group EEV earnings per share (pence)

Market consistent embedded value
European embedded value
MCEV per share (pence)
EEV per share (pence)

2010

2009

2008

2007

8,951
(688)

8,263

5,695
(239)

5,456

151

8,464
(688)

7,776

5,518
(239)

5,279

147

7,737
(688)

7,049

5,516
(239)

5,277

134

7,961
(688)

7,273

5,510
(105)

5,405

135

£m

2006

7,237
(688)

6,549

5,501
–

5,501

119

322,797

285,010

264,814

278,878

239,433

830
–
15.5
–

9,901
–
181.5
–

562
–
10.7
–

7,629
-
144.5
–

575
–
11.0
–

5,262
–
99.7
–

922
–
17.0
–

7,359
–
136.2
–

–
929
–
17.8

–
7,117
–
129.4

Rates used to translate the operating results, assets and liabilities of key foreign business segments to Sterling are:

Year ended 31 December

Exchange Rates
Income statement (average rate)
Rand
US Dollars
Swedish Kronor
Euro
Statement of financial position (closing rate)
Rand
US Dollars
Swedish Kronor
Euro

2010

2009

2008

2007

20061

11.3095
1.5459
11.1364
1.1650

10.2796
1.5530
10.4227
1.1614

13.1746
1.5655
11.9743
1.1227

11.9172
1.6148
11.5562
1.1268

15.2948
1.8524
12.2209
1.2594

13.7194
1.4575
11.4494
1.0446

14.1109
2.0014
13.5253
1.4602

13.6043
1.9827
12.832
1.3596

12.4740
1.8429
13.5918
1.4671

13.6746
1.9569
13.3924
1.4837

1  The 2006 Income Statement rate applied in respect of Skandia is an eleven month average rate, reflecting the acquisition date of 1 February 2006.

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Listings and shares in issue
The Company’s shares are listed on the London, Malawi, Namibian and Zimbabwe Stock Exchanges and on the JSE Limited (JSE). 
The primary listing is on the London Stock Exchange and the other listings are all secondary listings. The Company’s secondary 
listing on the Stockholm Stock Exchange ended on 7 September 2007, but the Company’s shares may still be traded on the Xternal 
list of the Nordic Exchange in Stockholm. The ISIN number of the Company’s shares is GB0007389926.

The high and low prices at which the Company’s shares are recorded as having traded on the two main markets on which they were 
listed during 2010 and 2009 were as follows:

London Stock Exchange
JSE

High

145.2p
R15.84

2010 
 Low

97.3p
R11.64

High

121.3p
R14.86

2009 
 Low

30.8p
R4.80

At 31 December 2010, the geographical analysis and shareholder profile of the Company’s share register were as follows:

Register

UK
South Africa
Zimbabwe
Namibia
Malawi
Treasury shares (UK)

Total

Source: Computershare Investor Services

Size of holding

1-1,000
1,001-10,000
10,001-100,000
100,001-250,000
250,001+
Treasury shares (UK)

Total

Source: Computershare Investor Services 

Total shares

% of whole

2,601,210,517
2,770,918,189
62,918,550
15,482,874
5,259,308
239,434,888

5,695,224,326

45.68
48.65
1.11
0.27
0.09
4.20

100

Total shares

% of whole

23,345,374
27,184,585
31,334,013
30,571,108
5,343,354,358
239,434,888

5,695,224,326

0.41
0.48
0.55
0.54
93.82
4.20

100

Number of 
holders

11,144
30,5931
31,3141
5581
4,7111
1

78,321

Number of 
holders

66,480
10,131
1,072
190
447
1

78,321

Note 
1.  The registered shareholdings on the South African branch register included PLC Nominees (Pty) Limited, which held a total of 2,360,989,530 shares, including 

366,659,261 shares held for the Company’s sponsored nominee, Old Mutual (South Africa) Nominees (Pty) Limited, for the benefit of 437,510 underlying beneficial 
owners. The registered shareholdings on the Zimbabwe branch register included Old Mutual Zimbabwe Nominees (Pvt) Limited, which held a total of 786,516 shares as 
nominee for 3,509 underlying beneficial owners. The registered shareholdings on the Namibian section of the principal register included Old Mutual (Namibia) Nominees 
(Pty) Limited, which held a total of 7,905,389 shares as nominee for 7,105 underlying beneficial owners. The registered shareholdings on the Malawi branch register 
included Old Mutual (Blantyre) Nominees Limited, which held a total of 46,664 shares as nominee for 137 underlying beneficial owners. 

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SHAREHOLDER INFORMATION

Registrars
The Company’s share register is administered by Computershare 
Investor Services in conjunction with local representatives in 
various jurisdictions. The following are the contact details:

UK
Computershare Investor Services PLC 
The Pavilions 
Bridgwater Road 
Bristol 
BS99 6ZZ 
Tel: +44 (0)870 707 1212 
Website: www.investorcentre.co.uk/contactus

South Africa
Computershare Investor Services Pty Ltd 
70 Marshall Street 
Johannesburg 2001 
(PO Box 61051, Marshalltown) 
Tel: 0861 100 940 

+27 (0)11 870 8211 

Email: omsa@computershare.co.za

Malawi
National Bank of Malawi 
Financial Management Services Department 
Cnr Victoria Avenue/Henderson Street 
Blantyre  
(PO Box 1438, Blantyre, Malawi) 
Tel: +265 182 3483/0900 
Email: nbminvestment@natbankmw.com

Namibia
Transfer Secretaries (Pty) Limited 
Shop 8 Kaiser Krone Centre 
Post Street Mall 
Windhoek 
(PO Box 2401, Windhoek) 
Tel: +264 (0)61 227647 
Fax: +264 (0)61 248531 
Email: ts@nsx.com.na

Sweden
Euroclear Sweden AB 
Box 7822 
SE-103 97 Stockholm 
Tel: +46 8 402 9000

Zimbabwe
Corpserve (Private) Limited 
2nd Floor, ZB Centre 
Cnr First Street/Kwame Nkrumah Avenue 
Harare 
(PO Box 2208, Harare, Zimbabwe) 
Tel: +263 (0)4 751559/61 
Fax: +263 (0)4 752629 
Email: enquiries@corpserve.co.zw

Computershare share dealing services
The Company’s South African registrars, Computershare 
Investor Services, administer a telephone and postal sales 
service for shares held through Old Mutual (South Africa) 
Nominees (Pty) Limited on the South African branch register and 
shares held through Old Mutual (Namibia) Nominees (Pty) 
Limited on the Namibian section of the principal register. If you 
hold your shares in this way and wish to sell your shares by 
telephone, Computershare may be contacted on 0861 100 940 
(a South African number) between 8.00 a.m. and 4.30 p.m. (local 
time) on Mondays to Fridays, excluding public holidays. A service 
fee is payable based on the value of the shares sold.

Internet share dealing: This service provides shareholders with 
a facility to buy or sell Old Mutual plc ordinary shares on the 
London Stock Exchange. The commission for deals through 
the internet is 0.5%, subject to a minimum charge of £15. In 
addition, stamp duty, currently 0.5%, is payable on purchases. 
There is no need to open an account in order to deal. Real-time 
dealing is available during market hours. Orders may also be 
placed outside market hours. Up to 90-day limit orders are 
available for sales. To access the service, log on to www.
computershare.com/dealing/uk. Shareholders should have
their Shareholder Reference Number (SRN) available for the 
purposes of sales. The SRN appears on share certificates  
and dividend cheques/tax statements. Payment by cheque  
will be required for purchases. At present, this service is only 
available to shareholders in certain European jurisdictions. 
Computershare’s website contains an up to date list of  
these countries.

Telephone share dealing: The commission for deals through 
Computershare’s telephone share dealing service is 1%, subject 
to a minimum charge of £25. In addition stamp duty, currently 
0.5%, is payable on purchases. The service is available from 
8.00 a.m. to 4.30 p.m. Monday to Friday, excluding bank 
holidays, on telephone number 0870 703 0084. Detailed terms 
and conditions are available on request. Shareholders should 
have their Shareholder Reference Number (SRN) ready when 
calling about sales. The SRN appears on share certificates and 
dividend cheques / tax statements. Payment by cheque will be 
required for purchases. At present, this service is only available 
to shareholders in certain jurisdictions outside the UK, which 
Computershare will confirm upon request. For general enquiries 
about the dealing service shareholders can call 0870 873 5836.

These services are offered on an execution-only basis and 
subject to the applicable terms and conditions. This is not a 
recommendation to buy, sell or hold shares in Old Mutual plc. 
Shareholders who are unsure of what action to take should 
obtain independent financial advice. Share values may go down 
as well as up, which may result in a shareholder receiving less 
than he or she originally invested.

To the extent that this statement is a financial promotion for the 
share dealing service provided by Computershare Investor 
Services PLC, it has been approved by Computershare Investor 
Services PLC for the purpose of section 21(2)(b) of the Financial 
Services and Markets Act 2000 only. Computershare Investor 
Services PLC is authorised and regulated by the Financial 
Services Authority. Where this has been received in a country 
where the provision of such a service would be contrary to local 
laws or regulations, this should be treated as information only.

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Scrip dividend scheme 
The Company offers eligible shareholders the option to receive 
dividends in the form of shares through participation in the 
Company’s scrip dividend scheme. Shareholders who are 
eligible to make an ‘evergreen’ election will receive dividends in 
the form of shares for each dividend for which a scrip alternative 
is offered while the election remains in place. 

Details about eligibility to participate in the scrip dividend scheme 
are contained in the scrip dividend scheme booklet. This booklet 
and the accompanying mandate forms can be obtained from the 
Company’s website (www.oldmutual.com) or from the relevant 
registrars (please refer to the contact details on the preceding 
page). Details of when elections to join the scrip dividend scheme 
must be received in order to receive the scrip dividend alternative 
for the final dividend for the year ended 31 December 2010 are set 
out under the heading ‘Financial calendar’ below. 

Strate
Since January 2002, all transactions in the Company’s shares on 
the JSE have been required to be settled electronically through 
Strate, and share certificates are no longer good for delivery in 
respect of such transactions.

The Company wrote to certificated shareholders on its South 
African branch register in October 2001 to inform them of these 
changes and of the courses of action available to them. The 
Company also wrote separately to certificated shareholders on 
the Namibian section of its principal register in January 2002 
to explain the impact of Strate. These included participating in 
Issuer-Sponsored Nominee Programmes to dematerialise (in 
the case of South Africa) or immobilise (in the case of Namibia) 
their previously certificated shareholdings in the Company. 
Shareholders who have any enquiries about these programmes 
or about the effect of Strate on their holdings in the Company 
should contact Computershare Investor Services in 
Johannesburg on 0861 100 940 or +27 (0)11 870 8211.

Checking your holding online
An online service is situated at the Investor Centre option within 
the website address www.computershare.com which gives 
shareholders access to their account to confirm registered 
details, to give or amend dividend mandate instructions, and 
to obtain a current shareholding balance. A simple calculator 
function places a market quote against each holding and allows 
shareholders to estimate its value. There are also a number of 
downloadable forms from this site such as change of address, 
dividend mandate and stock transfer forms. Finally, there is an 
extensive list of frequently asked questions and the facility to 
contact Computershare Investor Services by email.

Warning to Shareholders – boiler room scams
In recent years, many companies have become aware that  
their shareholders have received unsolicited phone calls or 
correspondence concerning investment matters. These are 
typically from overseas based ‘brokers’ who target UK 
shareholders, offering to sell them what often turn out to be 
worthless or high risk shares in US or UK investments. These 
operations are commonly known as ‘boiler rooms’. These ‘brokers’ 
can be very persistent and extremely persuasive, and a 2006 
survey by the Financial Services Authority (FSA) reported  
that the average amount lost by investors is around £20,000.

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It is not just the novice investor that has been duped in this way; 
many of the victims had been successfully investing for several 
years. Shareholders are advised to be very wary of any unsolicited 
advice, offers to buy shares at a discount or offers of free 
company reports. If you receive any unsolicited investment advice:

 (cid:81) Make sure you get the correct name of the person and 

organisation;

 (cid:81) Check that they are properly authorised by the FSA before 

getting involved by visiting www.fsa.gov.uk/register/;

 (cid:81) Report the matter to the FSA either by calling 0300 500 

5000 or visiting www.moneymadeclear.org.uk;

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If the calls persist, hang up.

If you deal with an unauthorised firm, you will not be eligible to 
receive payment under the Financial Services Compensation 
Scheme. The FSA can be contacted by completing an online 
form at www.fsa.gov.uk/pages/doing/regulated/law/alerts/
form.shtml

Details of any share dealing facilities that the Company endorses 
will be included in Company mailings.

More detailed information on this or similar activity can be found 
on the FSA website www.moneymadeclear.org.uk

Financial calendar
The Company’s financial calendar for the forthcoming year is as 
follows:

Scrip dividend alternative  
calculation price determined

Last five dealing 
days up to  
31 March 2011

Currency conversion date for the final dividend

31 March 2011

Local currency equivalents and scrip 
dividend alternative calculation announced

Scrip dividend alternative closes for 
shareholders on the African exchanges

1 April 2011

12 noon on 
15 April 2011

Record date for the final dividend

15 April 2011

Scrip dividend alternative closes for 
shareholders on the principal UK register

12 noon on  
3 May 2011

Annual General Meeting and First Quarter 
Interim Management Statement

12 May 2011

Final dividend payment date and issue of 
shares under the scrip dividend alternative

Interim results

31 May 2011

5 August 2011

Third Quarter Interim Management 
Statement

3 November 2011

Interim dividend payment date

30 November 2011

Final results for 2011

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Rule 144A ADRs
The Company has a Rule 144A American Depositary Receipt (Rule 
144A ADR) facility through The Bank of New York. Each Rule 144A 
ADR represents 10 ordinary shares in the Company. Any enquiries 
about the Company’s Rule 144A ADR facility should be addressed 
to The Bank of New York, 101 Barclay Street, New York, NY 10286, 
USA, tel: 1-888-BNY-ADRS (1-888-269-2377) if you are calling from 
within the USA. If you are calling from outside the USA, please call 
+1 212 815 3700. You may also send an email enquiry to 
shareowners@bankofny.com

Websites
Further information on the Company can be found on the 
following websites:

www.oldmutual.com 
www.oldmutual.co.za

Electronic communications and electronic  
proxy appointment/voting instructions
If you would like to receive future communications from the 
Company by email, please log on to our website,  
www.oldmutual.com/ir/index.jsp, select the “Shareholder centre” 
section, click on “Electronic Communication” and then follow the 
instructions for registration of your details. In order to register, 
you will need your Shareholder Reference Number, which  
can be found on the payment advice notice or tax voucher 
accompanying your last dividend payment or notification.  
The number is also printed on forms of proxy for the Annual 
General Meeting.

Before you register, you will be asked to agree to the Terms and 
Conditions for Electronic Communications with Shareholders.  
It is important that you read these Terms and Conditions 
carefully, as they set out the basis on which electronic 
communications will be sent to you.

You should bear in mind that, in accessing documents 
electronically, you will incur the cost of online time. Any election 
to receive documents electronically will generally remain in force 
until you contact the Company’s Registrars (via the online 
address set out earlier in this section of the Report or otherwise) 
to terminate or change such election.

The use of the electronic communications facility described 
above is entirely voluntary. If you wish to continue to receive 
communications from the Company by post, then you do not 
need to take any action.

Electronic proxy appointment is available for this year’s Annual 
General Meeting. This enables proxy votes to be submitted 
electronically, as an alternative to filling out and posting a form of 
proxy. Further details are set out on the form of proxy. Electronic 
submission is also available for voting instruction forms.

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GLOSSARY

We have written this glossary to help readers understand certain 
words and jargon used in our industry. In line with our aim of 
writing this report in plain English, the definitions are not precise 
or technical: they should not be used as the basis for making 
investment or other decisions. 

A technical glossary of the financial terms can be found on our 
website at www.oldmutual.com

Actuary
Someone who uses mathematics (in particular, probability) to 
provide solutions to insurance-related problems. Actuarial 
techniques are used to design new insurance products and to 
assess the profitability of new and existing business.

Adjusted net worth (ANW)
Represents the market value of the net shareholders’ assets 
held in respect of the covered business and forms part of the 
embedded value of a life company.

Affiliate
An investment firm specialising in offering specific  
services to a select number of individuals (term interchangeable 
with boutique).

Annual premium equivalent (APE)
A standardised measure of the volume of new life business 
written. It is calculated as the sum of (annualised) new recurring 
premiums and 10% of the new single premiums written in an 
annual reporting period. It gives a broadly comparable measure 
across companies to allow for differences between regular and 
single premium business.

Annuity
A regular payment from an insurance company made for an 
agreed period of time (usually up to the death of the recipient) in 
return for either a cash lump sum or a series of premiums which 
the policyholder has saved during their working lifetime.

Asset management
An investment management service provided by financial 
institutions on behalf of their customers.

Assumptions
Variables applied to data used to project expected outcomes. In 
the life insurance business, this might include assumptions on 
average life expectancy and policy surrender rates.

Bancassurance
An arrangement whereby banks and building societies sell life, 
pension and savings products on behalf of other financial 
providers.

Boutique
A small investment firm specialising in offering specific  
services to a select number of individuals (term interchangeable 
with affiliate).

Capital adequacy requirement (CAR) 
The level of capital required by Old Mutual Life Assurance 
Company (South Africa) Limited to support its insurance 
business. It is mostly driven by the capital required to absorb 
investment risk and generally exceeds the level of capital 
required by the (national) regulator (called the Statutory Capital 
Adequacy Requirement). 

Carbon Disclosure Project
The Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) is an independent 
not-for-profit organisation holding the largest database of 
primary corporate climate change information in the world. 
Thousands of organisations from across the world’s major 
economies measure and disclose their greenhouse gas 
emissions, water use and climate-change strategies through 
CDP. Corporations are rated and the information helps investors, 
corporations and regulators to make more informed decisions.

Correlation
Correlation is a statistical measurement of the relationship 
between two variables. Possible correlations range from +1 to -1. 
A zero correlation indicates that there is no relationship between 
the variables. A correlation of -1 indicates a perfect negative 
correlation, meaning that as one variable goes up, the other 
goes down. A correlation of +1 indicates a perfect positive 
correlation, meaning that both variables move in the same 
direction together.

Covered business
A concept defined in the Market Consistent Embedded Value 
(MCEV) principles and guidelines. It refers to long-term business, 
which includes traditional life insurance, long-term healthcare 
and accident insurances, savings, pensions and annuities.

Deferred acquisition costs (DAC)
A method of accounting whereby the acquisition costs on 
long-term business (eg sales commissions) are recognised over 
the life of the contracts rather than up front at the time of sale. 
The costs are deferred on the balance sheet as an asset and 
amortised over the contract life.

Deferred annuity
An annuity due to be paid from a future date or when the 
policyholder reaches a specified age. A deferred annuity may be 
funded by the policyholder by payment of a series of regular 
contributions or by a capital sum.

Earnings per share (EPS)
Earnings per Share (EPS) is calculated as post-tax adjusted 
operating profit divided by the adjusted weighted average 
number of shares (WANS) held by our investors. EPS is an 
indicator of our profitability that measures how much we earn  
for each share held.

Economic capital
Market value of assets minus fair value of liabilities. Used in 
practice as a risk-adjusted capital measure; specifically, the 
amount of capital required to meet an explicit solvency 
constraint (eg a certain probability of ruin).

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Embedded value (EV)
Life insurance contracts are usually long term and may involve 
complex payment flows. This means it is difficult to measure the 
value of a life insurance business or how much income it is likely 
to generate over time. EV is a way of indicating what the 
underlying business is worth, based on the total of the net assets 
already invested in the business and the profits expected to 
emerge in the future.

Experience variance
In calculating embedded value of life business, it is necessary to 
make assumptions about items such as lapses or surrenders, 
mortality experience, etc. In any period the actual result for these 
items will differ from the assumed experience; this is known as 
the experience variance.

Insurance
A contract taken out with an insurer to give financial protection 
against loss from a perceived risk. The person taking out the 
insurance is called the insured. Payments for the policy are 
called premiums.

International financial reporting standards (IFRS)
Accounting regulations that all publicly listed companies in the 
EU are required to use. They are designed to ensure companies 
prepare their accounts in a similar way so that there is a 
common basis for comparison.

Key risk indicator (KRI)
A metric that is indicative of the trend of risk exposures for a 
particular risk or group of risks.

Financial Groups Directive (FGD)
A financial regime applying to EU-based companies whose 
activities span both the banking and investment sectors and the 
insurance sector. It lays down requirements for the Company’s 
capital position and is intended to improve the stability of the 
financial system, thereby protecting customers.

FGD surplus
This represents the amount of capital in the Company which is 
surplus to the statutory solvency requirement for insurance 
groups as laid down by the Financial Groups Directive.

Financial Services Authority (FSA)
The regulator of financial services in the United Kingdom.

Financial Services Board (FSB)
The regulator of financial services in South Africa.

Funds under management (FUM)
The total value at market prices of funds managed by a company 
on behalf of shareholders and customers.

General insurance/property and casualty insurance 
(Short-term Insurance)
Non-life insurance mainly concerned with protecting the 
policyholder from loss or damage caused by specific risks. 
Examples include motor, contents and buildings insurance. 
Property insurance covers loss or damage through, for example, 
fire or theft. Casualty insurance covers losses arising from 
accidents that cause injury to other people or damage to 
their property.

In-force
An insurance policy is said to be in-force from its start date until 
the date it is terminated.

Independent financial adviser (IFA)
In the UK an IFA is a person or organisation authorised to  
give advice on financial matters and to sell the products of all 
financial services providers. IFAs are regulated by the Financial 
Services Authority.

Lapses/withdrawals/surrenders
The voluntary termination of a policy by a policyholder before the 
maturity date.

Life insurance
An insurance contract which promises the payment of an agreed 
sum of money upon the death of the insured within a specified 
period of time. Also known as life assurance.

Liquidity premium 
A liquidity premium can be viewed as compensation for the 
lower liquidity of corporate bonds compared to government debt 
and for the risk that the market value of bonds will fall prior to 
maturity due to increasing credit spreads.

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A term used by the Group to describe its life, health and 
pensions business and includes both covered and non-covered 
business. The term is broadly used throughout the industry, for 
example it is a UK regulatory expression broadly equivalent to life 
insurance and pensions.

Long-term investment return (LTIR)
The long-term return that Old Mutual assumes can realistically 
be earned on its investible shareholder assets when calculating 
Adjusted Operating Profit. Long-term investment return rates are 
reviewed annually and reflect the returns expected on the 
chosen asset classes.

Loss data
Data regarding direct losses experienced by the organisation  
as a result of events caused by a failure of people, process, 
systems and/or external events.

Management action plan
An action or actions developed by management that are usually 
triggered by one or more of the following:

 (cid:81) Risk exposure greater than risk appetite
 (cid:81) Control breakdowns or weaknesses 
 (cid:81) Key risk indicator threshold breaches
Loss events
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 (cid:81) Audit findings

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Market consistent embedded value (MCEV)
The standard of reporting for life insurance companies.  
It provides a common set of principles and guidelines for use  
in calculating embedded value. MCEV attempts to measure  
the value of business in-force based on a set of best estimate 
assumptions, allowing for the impact of uncertainty in future 
investment returns. It is designed to provide an accurate 
reflection of the performance of long-term savings business  
and a method of comparing companies on a consistent basis.

Maturity
The date that an insurance policy or other financial contract 
finishes or “matures” and the benefit becomes payable.

Pension
A regular payment received by an individual during their 
retirement until their death. A pension is usually bought through 
the payment of regular contributions during the individual’s 
working lifetime.

Platform
Online services used by intermediaries and consumers to view 
and administer their investment portfolios. Platforms provide 
facilities for buying and selling investments (including Individual 
Savings Accounts (ISAs), Self-Invested Personal Pensions 
(SIPPs) and life insurance) and for viewing an individual’s entire 
portfolio to assess asset allocation and risk exposure.

Minority interests
A percentage of ownership in a company that is significant, but 
does not give the owner the ability to control the company. In 
accounting, includes only the dividends from a minority interest 
on a balance sheet, unless the owner has enough ownership to 
exert influence (but not outright control) over the company’s 
direction. In that case, one includes both dividends and ordinary 
income on the balance sheet.

Mutual fund/unit trust
Fund of shares, bonds and other assets held by a manager for 
the benefit of investors who buy units in the fund, effectively 
pooling their money with that of other investors. It enables 
investors to achieve a more diversified portfolio than they might 
have done by making an individual investment.

Net client cash flow (NCCF)
The difference between money received from customers 
(eg premiums, deposits and investments) and money given back 
to customers (eg claims, surrenders, maturities) during the period.

Net risk (also known as ‘Residual Risk’)
A net risk is defined as the result of an assessment of the 
potential impact and likelihood of a risk after taking account of 
the design adequacy and operating effectiveness of the controls 
put in place to manage the risk.

Non-profit policy
Insurance cover guaranteeing certain benefits, but where the 
policyholder bears no investment risk and does not gain or 
lose if returns differ from expectations. Pure risk business such 
as annuities and health insurance is normally written on a 
non-profit basis.

Open-architecture
Where a company offers investment products from a range of 
other companies in addition to its own products. The advantage 
for customers is that it gives them a wider choice of funds to 
invest in and access to a larger pool of money management 
professionals.

Operational risk scenarios
Foreseeable, hypothetical events relating to failure of people, 
processes, systems and/or external events that potentially could 
have a significant impact on an organisation’s risk profile  
or capital.

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Premium
The payment a policyholder makes in return for insurance cover. 
A single-premium contract involves a single lump sum payment 
made at the start of the contract. Under a regular-premium 
contract the policyholder agrees at the start to make regular 
payments throughout the term of the contract.

Probability distribution
A mathematical description of a range of possible values for  
a certain variable, identifying the likelihood of each possible 
value occurring.

Quantitative impact studies (QIS) 
The QIS exercises test the financial impact and suitability  
of proposed Solvency II requirements on firms before the 
implementation of the regulations. 

Return on equity (RoE)
A measure calculated by dividing profit after tax by the average 
amount of equity in the business. Equity indicates how much 
capital is tied up in the business.

Risk
The threat of an event that will limit the organisation’s ability to 
achieve its business objectives. Risk is often expressed in terms 
of a combination of the consequences of an event or a change  
in circumstances and the associated likelihood of occurrence.

Risk adjusted performance measures
A metric that measures returns based on the quantum of risk  
taken to generate those returns. We use it to level the playing fields 
between different business units all competing for the same capital.

Risk appetite
The level of risk an organisation is willing to take in the pursuit  
of profit.   

Risk assessment
This is a forward-looking and subjective process whereby risks 
are identified and exposure to risk is assessed or measured in  
the context of the business objectives. There are typically two 
aspects to the assessment of risk, one being the likelihood of 
risk occurring and the second being the impact of the risk.

 
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Risk-based capital
Risk-based capital is the minimum amount of capital that an 
organisation needs to support its overall business operations. 
Risk-based capital is used to set capital requirements 
considering the nature, scale and complexity of the organisation.

Statistical distribution
An arrangement of values of a variable showing their observed 
or theoretical frequency of occurrence, eg frequency distribution 
– a distribution of observed frequencies of occurrence of the 
values of a variable.

Risk categorisation
A process for classifying risks possessing common qualities or 
quantities. Risk categorisation is used to collate information in  
a concise profile.

Sum assured
The lump sum benefit payable under an insurance policy or 
contract in circumstances which are defined within the policy;  
eg the amount payable on the death of the policyholder.

Risk exposure
Means the capital required to meet the business’s current 
exposure to risk.

Technical provisions
Amounts set aside on the basis of actuarial calculations to meet 
forecast future obligations to policyholders.

Risk identification
The qualitative determination of risks that are material, ie those  
that potentially can impact the organisation’s achievement  
of its financial and/or strategic objectives. 

Risk management framework
A set of components that provide the foundations and 
organisational arrangements for designing, implementing, 
monitoring, reviewing and continually improving risk 
management processes throughout the organisation. 

Risk policies
Policies that set out the minimum, mandatory requirements that 
businesses must follow to mitigate key Group risks.

Risk profile
The entire portfolio of risks organised by risk category that are 
found within a particular organisation.

Risk quantification
Attaching a probability or impact to the happening of a negative 
event. If it is certain that an event cannot occur, it is given a 
probability of 0; if it is certain that it will occur, it is given a 
probability of 1. Risks are assigned a probability between 0 and 1. 

Scenario
A predicted sequence of events.

Scenario analysis
Scenario analysis is a process of analysing possible future 
events by considering possible outcomes (scenarios).

Solvency II
Solvency II is a fundamental review of the capital adequacy 
regime for the European insurance industry. It aims to  
establish a revised set of EU-wide capital requirements  
and risk management standards that will replace the current 
solvency requirements.

Solvency Capital Requirement (SCR)
The SCR is the capital required to ensure that the (re)insurance 
company will be able to meet its obligations over the next 12 
months with a probability of at least 99.5%.

Standard formula
A non-entity-specific risk-based mathematical formula used by 
insurers to calculate their Solvency Capital Requirement under 
Solvency II, if the company is not using an internal model. 

Underwriting profit (general insurance) 
A generally accepted non-life insurance term, also referred to as 
underwriting result, representing earned premiums minus the 
cost of claims and operating expenses. It indicates whether 
premiums cover claims and expenses or not.

Unit-linked policy
A type of long-term savings plan where premiums are used to 
buy units in an investment fund, such as a unit trust, and the 
benefits will be linked to the value of the underlying units rather 
than being fixed or guaranteed at the start of the plan.

Value of in-force business (VIF)
Part of the embedded value of a life insurance company. It 
represents the discounted value of the profits expected to arise 
from the in-force business. VIF is calculated using a set of 
actuarial, economic and operational assumptions.

Value of new business (VNB)
The discounted value of the future profits expected to arise from 
all new business sold during a reporting period. VNB is 
calculated by using actuarial assumptions.

With-profit
A type of investment policy in which extra amounts (bonuses) 
may be added to the sum assured to reflect profits earned 
during the course of the contract. Regular bonuses are usually 
added each year and, once declared, are usually guaranteed.  
A final or “terminal” bonus may be added when the policy  
becomes payable.

Wrap account
An account in which a broker or fund manager executes 
investment decisions on behalf of a client in exchange for a fee. 
These decisions might include shareholdings, investment funds, 
pensions and life insurance contracts.

Wrap platform
An investment platform which enables investment funds, 
pensions, direct equity holdings and some life insurance 
contracts to be held in the same administrative account rather 
than as separate holdings.

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396  Old Mutual plc 

Annual Report and Accounts 2010

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Forward-looking statements 
This Report contains certain forward-looking statements with 
respect to Old Mutual plc’s and its subsidiaries’ plans and 
expectations relating to their financial condition, performance 
and results. By their nature, forward-looking statements involve 
risk and uncertainty because they relate to future events and 
circumstances that are beyond Old Mutual plc’s control, including, 
among other things, UK domestic and general economic and 
business conditions, market-related risks such as fluctuations 
in interest rates and exchange rates, policies and actions of 
regulatory authorities, the impact of competition, inflation, 
deflation, the timing and impact of other uncertainties or of future 
acquisitions or combinations within relevant industries, as well as 
the impact of tax and other legislation and regulations in territories 
where Old Mutual plc or its subsidiaries operate.

As a result, Old Mutual plc’s or its subsidiaries’ actual future 
financial condition, performance and results may differ materially 
from the plans and expectations set forth in such forward-looking 
statements. Old Mutual plc undertakes no obligation to update 
any forward-looking statements contained in this Report or any 
other forward-looking statements that it may make.

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