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Annual Report & Accounts
2015

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Our four strong
business units

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Chairman’s  
message

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Chief Executive’s  
review

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Financial review

Old Mutual  
Emerging Markets

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Nedbank

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Old Mutual  
Wealth 

Institutional Asset 
Management 

Find out more about  
Old Mutual

Corporate website
www.oldmutual.com
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Strategic report
01  Welcome
02  At a glance
04  Chairman’s message
06  Chief Executive’s review
08  Strategy
13  Stakeholder relationships
18 
 Non-financial KPIs
20  Financial KPIs
22  Old Mutual Emerging Markets
32  Nedbank
42  Old Mutual Wealth
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60  Financial review
82  Risks
Governance
100 Board of Directors
103 Corporate Governance
124 Directors’ Remuneration Report
Financials
154 Group Financial Statements
298 Financial statements of the Company
306 Shareholder information

Institutional Asset Management

Old Mutual began in Cape Town in  
1845 as South Africa’s first mutual life  
insurance company, offering financial 
security in uncertain times. Today,  
171 years on, the Group is made up  
of four strong businesses operating 
successfully in their respective markets  
and enabling positive futures for  
their stakeholders.

We are changing
Our strategy
To execute a managed separation 
of the Group into four strong 
standalone entities.
A managed separation of the Group 
will free the constituent parts into four 
independent businesses, each having 
a capital structure and dividend 
policy suitable for its own strategy 
that will allow it to access its natural 
shareholder base.
Following the managed separation, 
the lead regulator for each 
business will then be the same 
as the local regulator.
We will manage the separation of 
the Group in a manner that aims 
to enhance value to shareholders 
over time.

Our strategic priorities
  Working with our businesses in 
delivering enhanced performance 
relative to their peer groups.
  Stewardship of the managed 
separation process, balancing 
value, cost, time and risk.
  Fulfilling the Group’s ongoing 
regulatory obligations; and 
managing the Group’s debt 
obligations, central cost reductions 
and distributions to shareholders.

Our values
We are committed to being a 
responsible business with a view to 
the long-term and will focus on areas 
where our businesses can make a 
material impact and create meaningful 
change. Our businesses will continue 
to be guided by our strong values: 
respect, integrity, accountability and 
pushing beyond boundaries.

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GROUP AT A
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Our Group operates in 
over 30 countries

G R O U P   A DJ U S T E D   O P E R AT I N G   
P R O F I T   ( AO P )   BY   G E O G R A P H Y
(Post-tax and NCI)

South Africa 
AOP 
Share of Group 
Old Mutual Emerging Markets and 
Nedbank’s South African market

£662m 
62% 

(+5%1)

Rest of Africa
AOP 
Share of Group 
Old Mutual Emerging Markets  
and Nedbank’s markets in Africa  
(excluding South Africa)

£49m 
5% 

(+2%1)

UK & Rest  
of the World 
AOP 
Share of Group 
Old Mutual Wealth UK-based businesses

24% 

£258m  (+32%1)

United  
States 
£87m 
AOP 
Share of Group 
8% 
Institutional Asset Management  
US-based businesses

(-7%1)

Asia &  
Latin America 
AOP 
Share of Group 
Old Mutual Emerging Markets, other 
markets including: China, India, 
Colombia, Mexico, Uruguay

£14m 
1% 

(-33%1)

AOP (pre-tax and NCI) of £1.7 billion  
up 11% in constant currency, up 4% in reported currency
NCCF of £6.6 billion (excluding Rogge)
Group ROE 14.2%
Solvency II ratio 135%

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Old Mutual 
Emerging  
Markets
We provide
Financial solutions to retail and 
corporate customers across a 
number of market segments 
and geographies.

Highlights and position
Completed the acquisition 
of a 60.7% stake in UAP.

2015 Presidential Game 
Changer Award for driving 
transformation in financial 
services in South Africa. 

Adjusted operating profit

£615m (+9%2)

Funds under management

£43.4bn (+9%2)
 www.oldmutual.co.za
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Nedbank
We provide
A wide range of wholesale 
and retail banking services 
and a growing insurance, 
asset management and 
wealth offering to individuals 
and businesses. 

Highlights and position
Headline earnings up 9.6%  
to R10,831 million.

2015 South African and African 
Bank of the Year.

Adjusted operating profit

£754m (+7%2)

Funds under management

£11.9bn (+20%2)

 www.nedbank.co.za
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Old Mutual 
Wealth
We provide
Advice-driven wealth solutions 
to customers in the UK and a 
number of cross-border markets.

Highlights and position
41% of FUM now 
managed internally.

Best Investment Fund –  
Old Mutual Global Investors 
2015 Moneyfacts Investment, 
Life & Pension Awards.

Adjusted operating profit

£307m (+35%1)

Funds under management

£104.4bn(+27%1)
 www.oldmutual 
wealth.com
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Institutional 
Asset 
Management
We provide
A diverse range of investment 
strategies and products, 
delivered via a multi-boutique 
model to institutional investors.

Highlights and position
Achieve solid margins relative 
to peers and a strong level 
of revenue growth from net 
new money flows across 
core affiliates. 

Leading institutional 
asset manager.

Adjusted operating profit

£149m (+6%2)

Funds under management

£168.2bn (-9%2)
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G R O U P   C U S TO M E R S

GROUP ADJUSTED OPERATING 
P R O F I T   BY   B U S I N E S S   U N I T
(Pre-tax and NCI)

G R O U P   E M P LOY E E S   BY 
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1. Old Mutual Emerging Markets 57%
2. Nedbank 39%
3. Old Mutual Wealth 4%
4. Institutional Asset Management3

1. Old Mutual Emerging Markets 37%
2. Nedbank 45%
3. Old Mutual Wealth 18%
4. Institutional Asset Management 9%
5. Central activities (9%)

1. Old Mutual Emerging Markets 43%
2. Nedbank 49%
3. Old Mutual Wealth 5%
4. Institutional Asset Management 2%
5. Other 1%

1  Reported currency movement against prior year 

  2  Local currency movement against prior year 

  3  Institutional clients

18.9m

Customers in  
over 30 countries

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CHAIRMAN’S 
MESSAGE
TO SHAREHOLDERS

 2015 was a year  
of change and 
momentum for  
the Group.  
We delivered  
a strong result  
in spite of a  
number of  
headwinds

Patrick O’Sullivan
Chairman

H I G H L I G H T S   O F   T H E   Y E A R
Adjusted operating earnings per share of 19.3p,  
up 15% in constant currency
Bruce Hemphill joined the Company  
as our new Group Chief Executive
Our new strategy offers an appropriate way  
of preserving and creating value for the future

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considerable debt to the loyal employees 
whose efforts have shaped the evolution 
of the Group. I am sure that they, customers 
and shareholders alike will recognise the 
logic behind our decision and can look 
forward to the opportunity to create 
long-term shareholder value in the next 
phase in the evolution of Old Mutual. 
More details about this new strategic 
direction are included in the later sections 
of this Report.

As part of our transition through the 
implementation phase for this new strategy, 
we anticipate that the Group’s Operating 
Model will evolve from its current strategic 
controller model to an active portfolio 
manager model. We will also be 
addressing during the months ahead the 
implications of this new strategy for the 
respective roles of the holding company 
and subsidiary boards.

Conclusion
The volatile market conditions experienced 
since the start of this year, together with 
reduced international flows into emerging 
markets, have clouded the outlook for 2016. 
Given the challenges ahead, we believe 
our new strategy offers an appropriate 
way of preserving and creating value 
for the future. I look forward to keeping 
shareholders and other stakeholders 
informed as we make progress with the 
implementation of our plans.

Finally, I would like to express, on behalf of 
the Board, our heartfelt appreciation for 
the contribution of the Group’s employees 
during a continuing period of change. 
Without their efforts, we would not now 
have the opportunities we believe are vital 
to the future of our four businesses.

Patrick O’Sullivan 
Chairman

Alongside this year’s results, we have 
announced the Group’s capital position 
under the Solvency II regime, which 
came into effect from 1 January 2016. 
Our Solvency II ratio at the end of 2015, at 
135%, while satisfactory, does not include 
£0.8 billion of surplus at Old Mutual 
Emerging Markets and Nedbank. The 
solvency capital position of each of our 
underlying businesses remains robust.

Board developments 
Towards the end of 2015, we welcomed 
Bruce Hemphill as our new Group Chief 
Executive. He assumed his position at the 
beginning of November.

We were also pleased to welcome Trevor 
Manuel, the former South African Finance 
Minister, who joined the Board as a 
non-executive director from January 2016. 

After 15 years on the Board, firstly as 
Group Finance Director and from 2007 
as Group Chief Executive, Julian Roberts 
transitioned out of his position during the 
year. My colleagues and I wish to thank 
Julian sincerely for his successful turnaround 
of the Group during one of the most 
difficult financial market environments 
of recent decades. We wish him every 
success in the years ahead.

Paul Hanratty, our Chief Operating Officer, 
will step down from the Board on 12 March 
2016, but he will remain available to the 
Group, providing advice to the Group 
Chief Executive and, until a successor is 
appointed, as Chairman of Old Mutual 
Emerging Markets. 

Strategic review
Old Mutual is an iconic South African 
institution with a heritage of which it 
remains justifiably proud. From its roots 
as the premier financial services group in 
South Africa, it has evolved through the 
listing in London to reach a point today 
where we have four leading businesses.

After much careful thought, we have taken 
the important decision that the best interests 
of shareholders will be served by enabling 
these businesses to chart independent 
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OLD MUTUAL IS PROUD
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SOUTH AFRICA

The Group has evolved 
to reach a point today 
where we have four 
leading businesses

Overview of the year
2015 was a year of change and momentum 
for the Group. We delivered a strong result 
in spite of a number of headwinds, in 
particular volatility in the equity markets 
during the second half of the year and the 
marked depreciation of the rand – a key 
emerging markets currency.

Our adjusted operating earnings per share 
were 19.3 pence, 15% higher than in 2014 
on a constant currency basis. 

Our net IFRS profit after tax was 5% up on 
the prior year – a satisfactory result, given 
the level of our investment in new businesses 
and systems.

£931m 

AOP (post-tax and NCI)

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CHIEF  
EXECUTIVE’S  
REVIEW

Bruce Hemphill
Group Chief Executive

My initial focus on joining Old Mutual on 
1 November 2015 was to get to know the 
individual businesses, their management 
and the key markets in which we operate. 
I spent time talking to our customers, 
investors, and other key stakeholders to 
better understand their views of the 
Group. Since then I have overseen a 
comprehensive review of our strategy and 
structure to assess the strategic options that 
could drive enhanced shareholder value 
and enable our businesses to deliver great 
outcomes for our customers.

It is evident that our existing strategy has 
provided a more focused Group that has 
successfully led to re-shaping, simplification 
and reduced risk. As a result, today we 
have four strong businesses in Old Mutual 
Emerging Markets (OMEM), Nedbank, 
Old Mutual Wealth (OMW) and 
Old Mutual Asset Management (OMAM). 
Each one of these businesses has excellent 
prospects for growth. 

It is also clear how proud Old Mutual is to 
be involved in the communities we serve, 
and how this ethos is a cornerstone in each 
of our businesses. In particular we have a 
very special relationship with South Africa 
and the African continent. We remain 
committed to being proactive in our 
contribution to society, including the growth 
of jobs, housing and income. 

We have four  
strong businesses in 
Old Mutual Emerging 
Markets, Nedbank, 
Old Mutual Wealth 
and Old Mutual 
Asset Management 
– each with excellent 
growth prospects

Strategic reportOLD MUTUAL PLCANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS 2015Strategic review
The strategic review has been a rigorous 
process designed to help us gain a fresh 
perspective on the Group’s current business 
model and strategy within the context of 
potential future developments in our 
operating and regulatory environments.
We engaged internal experts and external 
advisers to undertake a thorough analysis 
of the Group and each one of our 
businesses. We assessed the performance 
and competitive positioning of each 
business within their respective markets and 
their path to achieving leadership 
economics in the medium-term. During the 
review we developed an extensive range of 
strategic options for the Group – including 
maintaining the status quo. Each of these 
alternatives was systematically evaluated in 
terms of shareholder value creation, 
strategic logic, potential for synergies, 
leadership economics, individual business 
growth ambitions; and sustainably 
resolving Group structural cost, efficiency 
and risk issues. The review also considered 
the ability to execute the various strategic 
options, given the associated risks and 
potentially enhanced returns.
After extensive analysis and consultation 
with stakeholders, the review concluded 
that there is no compelling strategic logic to 
keep the four businesses within a combined 
group structure:
 ■ The four underlying businesses – OMEM, 
Nedbank, OMW and OMAM – have 
benefited from significant investment 
and each has strong growth prospects 
in sizeable markets, with excellent 
competitive positions, strong balance 
sheets and rigorous governance. There 
are, however, limited tangible synergies 
between the businesses. 

 ■ The evolving regulatory environment in 
Europe and South Africa is adding a 
degree of additional cost, complexity  
and constraints. 

 ■ The current Group structure also inhibits 
the efficient funding of future growth plans 
for the individual businesses, restricting 
them from realising their full potential.

The Group has served its purpose well, 
but the current configuration is unlikely 
to deliver the desired strategic outcomes 
and is preventing shareholders from 
benefiting from the full value of the 
underlying businesses.

OUR STRATEGY WILL 
SEEK TO UNLOCK
LONG-TERM VALUE FOR
SHAREHOLDERS

Desired end-state
In light of the conclusions from the strategic 
review we have decided that the long-term 
interest of the Group’s shareholders and 
other stakeholders will be best served by 
Old Mutual separating the four businesses – 
OMEM, Nedbank, OMW and OMAM, 
from each other.
Our desired end-state is four separate, 
strong but independent businesses which 
are well capitalised, able to build on their 
competitive positions and to take advantage 
of the growth opportunities in their respective 
markets. In this end-state the businesses will 
be delivering enhanced performance and 
they will be closer and more directly 
accountable to their respective shareholders. 
There will be better alignment with 
shareholders, with improved access to 
capital and a more appropriate regulatory 
structure. It will allow the businesses to be 
better rated as they will be owned by those 
investors who are best able to understand, 
invest in, and value them. Some of the 
central activities currently undertaken by the 

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Group will be assumed by the independent 
businesses. Following the completion of the 
managed separation and at an 
appropriate point in the future, the Group, 
in its current structure, will no longer exist.

The separation of these businesses will  
have positive benefits for their employees, 
customers, and other stakeholders, as well 
as for the economies and capital markets 
of the countries in which they operate. 
Strategic path
Our strategy to get to the desired end-state 
will be a managed separation of the Group 
that will be effected in a manner that aims 
to enhance value to shareholders over time.
In light of the conclusions of the strategic 
review, we will be adopting a capital 
management policy which provides 
appropriate flexibility for the period of the 
managed separation, to cover the costs of 
the process and to continue the significant 
investment required in each of the business 
units. This results in an ordinary dividend 
that is appropriate in the context of the 
macro risks that we currently face. We also 
intend to reduce the Group holding 
company’s current debt materially, mainly 
through asset disposals over time. 
Subsequently and to the extent that excess 
capital is generated, the Board will consider 
further returns of capital to shareholders.
Our executive team has worked effectively 
together to formulate the Group’s new 
strategy and will leverage each other’s skills 
and those of the wider Old Mutual Group in 
accomplishing it. We have also recently 
appointed Rex Tomlinson (Group Chief of 
Staff) and Rob Leith (Director of Managed 
Separation) to the Group Executive 
Committee.
The separation process will involve 
significant ongoing regulatory and 
stakeholder engagement. The Group has 
a range of options available to it and the 
feasibility, sequencing, cost and timing of 
each element will be affected by a mixture 
of market, regulatory and other factors. 
We intend to update shareholders later in 
2016 on the strategies of the underlying 
businesses and give greater clarity on our 
preferred route. We expect that the managed 
separation will be materially completed by 
the end of 2018 and will update the market 
periodically on our progress.

The separation of our businesses  
will have positive benefits  
for their employees,  
customers and other stakeholders

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OUR STRATEGY,
PRIORITIES 
AND VALUES

Old Mutual Group
The Group has undergone substantial 
change in recent years, completing a 
successful programme of simplifying the 
business, focusing on customers and core 
competencies, operational improvement 
and reducing risk through lowering of debt, 
and investment in governance and controls. 

We have also strengthened our four 
underlying businesses – Old Mutual 
Emerging Markets (OMEM), Nedbank, 
Old Mutual Wealth (OMW) and Old Mutual 
Asset Management (OMAM) – having 
invested in technology and acquisitions to 
bolster capabilities and reach. 

Despite tough operating conditions, each 
of our businesses has exciting growth 
prospects in sizeable markets, with excellent 
competitive positions, strong balance 
sheets and appropriate governance. 

However, there are limited tangible 
synergies between the businesses. 
The evolving regulatory environment in 
Europe and South Africa is adding a 
degree of cost and complexity to the 
current Group structure. This constrains 
their growth and value potential.
Our strategy
To execute a managed separation of the 
Group into four strong standalone entities.

A managed separation of the Group will 
create four independent businesses, each 
having a capital structure and dividend 
policy suitable for its own strategy that will 
allow them to access their natural 
shareholder base.

Following the managed separation, the 
lead regulator for each business will then 
be the same as the local regulator.

We will manage the separation of the 
Group in a manner that aims to enhance 
value to shareholders over time.

Our strategic priorities
 ■ Working with our businesses in delivering 
enhanced performance relative to their 
peer groups.

 ■ Stewardship of the managed separation 

process, balancing value, cost, time 
and risk.

 ■ Fulfilling the Group’s ongoing 

regulatory obligations; and managing 
the Group’s debt obligations, central 
cost reductions and distributions 
to shareholders.

Our values
We are committed to being a responsible 
business with a view to the long-term and 
will focus on areas where our businesses 
can make a material impact and create 
meaningful change. Our businesses will 
continue to be guided by our strong values:

 ■ Respect
 ■ Integrity
 ■ Accountability
 ■ Pushing beyond boundaries

We will manage the separation of the Group in a  
manner that aims to enhance value to shareholders over time

Bruce Hemphill
Group Chief Executive

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unit strategies

Our business unit  
strategic priorities 

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Old Mutual Emerging Markets
An African financial services champion 
with strong, differentiated franchises 
in select emerging markets

Nedbank
Africa’s most admired bank by staff, 
clients, shareholders, regulators 
and communities

Old Mutual Wealth
The leading UK and cross-border 
retail investment business

 ■ Continue to strengthen leadership positions in South Africa
 ■ Build East Africa financial services and accelerate growth in West Africa
 ■ Simplify and improve the customer experience
 ■ Deliver a leading Property & Casualty capability
 ■ Optimise and selectively invest in our businesses in Latin America and Asia
 ■ Drive OMEM and Group collaboration
 ■ Develop and strengthen our people to deliver on our growth ambitions

 ■ Client-centred innovation 
 ■ Grow our transactional banking franchise
 ■ Optimise and invest
 ■ Strategic portfolio tilt
 ■ Build a pan-African banking network

 ■ Continue to become one business to better serve our customers 
 ■ Continue our IT and business transformation to develop market-leading, 

flexible and scalable investment platforms

 ■ Build an outstanding investment and asset management business
 ■ Enhance multi-channel advised distribution 
 ■ Expand offering of investment and protection products 

Old Mutual Asset Management
A leading multi-boutique institutional 
asset management business

 ■ Generate core Affiliate growth through strong investment 

performance and positive net client cash flows

 ■ Invest in collaborative organic growth with existing Affiliates
 ■ Increase global distribution opportunities for Affiliates
 ■ Execute new Affiliate partnerships
 ■ Efficiently manage our balance sheet

B U I L D I N G :
An African financial services champion
Africa’s most admired bank
The leading UK and cross-border retail investment business
A leading multi-boutique institutional asset  
management business

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OUR  
BUSINESS MODEL
TRANSITION  

Actively manage the separation of our four 
strong businesses to realise their full potential 
as standalone entities, in a manner consistent 
with our responsible business values

Current-state

Emerging
Markets

Group

Four strong underlying businesses have benefited  
from significant investment. Each has excellent growth  
prospects in sizeable markets, competitively positioned,  
with strong balance sheets, and appropriate governance 

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Working with our 
businesses in delivering 
enhanced performance 
relative to their peer groups.

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Fulfilling the Group’s 
ongoing regulatory 
obligations; and 
managing the 
Group’s debt, central 
cost reductions 
and distributions to 
shareholders.

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Stewardship of the 
managed separation 
process, balancing value, 
cost, time and risk.

Managed
separation

End-state

Emerging
Markets

Group

Emerging
Markets

Four strong, independent businesses,  
each having a capital structure and dividend 
policy appropriate for its own strategy

 Each business delivering  
strong performance relative  
to its peer group
A phased reduction  
of Group central costs

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O U R   B U S I N E S S   M O D E L 
T R A N S I T I O N
C O N T I N U E D

Our four strong businesses 
deploy resources that create 
value for our stakeholders
Our future success depends on us managing 
our resources in a way which sustainably 
delivers value to stakeholders over time. 

 Financial capital

In 2015, Old Mutual generated £1,663 million 
adjusted operating profit (pre-tax and 
non-controlling interest) and funds under 
management were £327.9 billion as at 
31 December 2015. We will work with each 
of our businesses to deliver enhanced 
performance relative to their peer groups.

 Human capital

Our business units recognise that investing 
in their people is key to partnering 
successfully with their customers to do 
great things. We have 64,043 employees 
across the Group and are proud to 
have a diverse workplace with 58% of 
employees being female. 

 Manufactured capital

Our businesses partner with their customers 
by delivering a range of products through 
face-to-face support, branch advisers and 
virtually through digital platforms. 

Our businesses will continue to enhance 
their capabilities and develop innovative 
solutions to meet their customers’ needs.

 Intellectual capital

We have four strong brands, 
each recognised at the local level: 
Old Mutual Emerging Markets, Nedbank, 
Old Mutual Wealth and Old Mutual 
Asset Management.

Each of the businesses works with its 
customers to enable their goals. We 
recognise that partnerships are key to 
delivering value and we have identified a 
number of key partnerships to help deliver 
value at an operational and strategic 
level. These include Cambridge Institute 
for Sustainability Leadership, GlobeScan, 
Opportunity International and many more.

  Social and  
relationship capital

Old Mutual‘s four business units have a role 
to play in creating a thriving society and 
have identified the stakeholders with whom 
they must work to deliver value through 
the business. The business units’ focus 
on financial wellbeing and responsible 
investment will ensure that they are doing 
their part to support their customers, their 
families, communities and the wider society.

The four business units have invested a total 
of £16.7 million in community programmes 
focusing on financial education and 
financial literacy. They are the biggest 
investors in renewables in South Africa 
at £2.7 billion and have invested £2.5 billion 
in infrastructure.

Our role is to add 
value to all of our 
stakeholders. Helping 
our customers thrive 
whilst creating a 
positive future for 
society 

 Natural capital

A clear position on climate change  
is central to the commitment of our 
businesses to enabling positive futures 
and their main objective is to play a 
significant role in the transition to a 
sustainable-energy future. Our four 
businesses track and monitor their 
direct footprint and are deepening their 
understanding of the carbon intensity 
of their investment portfolios.

Gail Klintworth
Group Customer Director

The combined activities of our four businesses enable  
them to create value for our stakeholders

Returns to shareholders1  
Returns to bondholders2 
Taxes to governments3 
1 Ordinary cash dividend
2 Interest paid on debt
3 Total taxes paid and collected.

 £m 2015
426
83
1,872

We have the resources to manage the  
separation from a position of strength

Bruce Hemphill
Group Chief Executive

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RELATIONSHIPS

Old Mutual’s stakeholders are any  
individuals, groups or organisations  
that are, or could be, affected  
by what we do as an organisation. 

Why we engage with  
our stakeholders
Our relationships with our stakeholders can 
have both direct and indirect impacts on our 
business. So it is vital that we engage with 
these key audiences proactively. We see 
our primary stakeholders as our customers, 
the communities in which we operate, 
our employees, our regulators and our 
suppliers. Engagement with these groups 
can help us to run our business more 
effectively and mitigate against potential 
risks. The way we engage with stakeholders, 
and how often, depends on the individual 
stakeholder and their issues or concerns. 

Why our stakeholders 
engage with us 
Our stakeholders engage with us for a 
variety of reasons, but generally because 
our business has a direct or indirect impact 
on their lives or their work. For example, 
our regulators engage with us to ensure 
we meet their requirements, our customers 
engage with us because they trust us to look 
after their financial lives, and communities 
may engage with us because they believe 
we can partner with them on common 
social or environmental issues. 

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OUR
CUSTOMERS

Who they are
We have 18.9 million customers across the 
Group. They range from individuals to 
large pension funds who trust us to invest 
their clients’ money on their behalf.

Our individual customers cover the full 
spectrum from high-net worth investors to 
people engaging with a financial services 
company for the first time. We provide 
them with a range of services, including life 
insurance, property and casualty insurance, 
banking services and investments. 

How we engage  
with our customers
Our customers are at the heart of everything 
we do. We can only be successful with their 
continued support and trust. It is crucial that 
we treat them fairly and provide them with 
the products, returns and service they expect 
from an institution to which they entrust their 
savings. That is why we invest significant 
resources in making customers the focus of 
our company. 

We engage with them in a variety of ways: 
face-to-face, through financial advisers, 
online, on social media and through 
advertising campaigns.

How we delivered  
value in 2015
Old Mutual Emerging Markets launched a 
number of new products, including South 
Africa’s first Tax-Free Savings Account. 
Acknowledging South Africa’s success in 
significantly improving the life expectancy of 
people living with HIV, we increased the level 
of insurance cover for our mass foundation 
customers by releasing some of the reserves 
previously set aside due to mortality rates. 
We also ramped up our financial education 
programme – reaching 20,000 new 
customers through our Moneyversity online 
financial education tool, and over 100,000 

18.9 million customers across the Group

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S TA K E H O L D E R 
R E L AT I O N S H I P S
C O N T I N U E D

customers through our On The Money 
financial education workshops. Our South 
African Property & Casualty business 
improved its app giving customers 
emergency assistance, incident guides, 
weather alerts and feedback channels for 
complaints or compliments. 

Numerous improvements to our UK 
customer offering included a new 
protection product, clearer half-yearly 
statements, heightened customer service 
levels, and immediate compliance with the 
significant changes to the UK pensions 
regime coupled with enhancements to our 
existing product, including our flexible 
drawdown offering.

Our priorities for 2016
We continue to put the customer first in 
everything we do. In our South African and 
other African businesses we have a number 
of specific targets: improving the customer 
experience in our branch models by 
reducing queuing times and ensuring 
consistent standards, being more accessible 
to customers, and offering more products 
online through channels such as our app 
and digital shop. 

In the UK we are undertaking a significant 
IT project which will transform our customer 
experience. We will continue to improve 
customer service and our offering for 
financial advisers. 

Left: Almon Mhlanga 
Right: Vuminkhosi Masuku 

Our customers  
are at the  
heart of  
everything  
we do

Gail Klintworth
Group Customer Director

Johannesburg, South Africa

Learning together 

Swaziland head teacher Almon Mhlanga is a strong advocate of 
Old Mutual’s On The Money education programme, and applies its 
principles to his own finances.
The Old Mutual investment plan he opened in the 1990s matured 
in 2011. It’s paid for his daughter’s university education and his son’s 
secondary schooling. He’s built a new house and still has enough 
to fulfil his son’s dream of studying in Europe. It’s an example he’s 
encouraging his younger staff to follow – and he’s opened another 
Old Mutual investment plan of his own…
“Old Mutual has helped me achieve so much!” – Almon Mhlanga

20,000 new customers reached  
through our Moneyversity online  
financial education tool
Over 100,000 customers reached  
through our On The Money online  
financial education workshops

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COMMUNITIES

Who they are
Old Mutual has significant operations in 
over 30 countries. We interact with local 
communities to create long-term 
sustainable partnerships, using our 
corporate knowledge and experience to 
enable positive futures. 

How we engage with  
our communities
We seek to take into account the concerns 
of the wider community, including both 
national and local interests. We engage 
with communities through employee 
volunteering, cash donations to local 
charitable projects and groups, 
partnerships, sponsorships, and a variety 
of communication channels: face-to-face, 
online and advertising.

How we delivered  
value in 2015
We continued to serve the communities in 
which we operate by providing our services 
efficiently and profitably and by providing 
fair and equitable employment 
opportunities and conditions. In addition, 
we made donations to charities and 
projects and looked to support communities 
by developing profitable and sustainable 
financial products that benefit some of the 
poorest in society. For example, Old Mutual 
became a founding member of Blue 
Marble, a micro-insurance venture 
incubator whose first project involves 
insuring Zimbabwean smallholder farmers.

Our priorities for 2016
Our priorities for 2016 will reflect our 
aspiration to grow sustainable and thriving 
societies. We believe we can do this best by 
focusing on education and skills 
development – particularly financial 
education. Recognising that each country 
in which we operate faces specific local 

£16.7m

Invested in
charitable organisations
in 2015

challenges, we also support projects that 
best promote local sustainable growth – for 
example, food security and our venture with 
small farmers in Zimbabwe. 

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OUR 
EMPLOYEES

Who they are
We employ 64,043 people across the 
Group. They come from a wide variety 
of nations and cultures and speak many 
different languages. To remain an 
employer of choice we must constantly seek 
employee feedback that helps us 
understand and respond to their needs and 
concerns. Maintaining wellbeing is crucial 
for us to ensure our employees can be as 
productive as possible.

How we engage with  
our employees
Our employee relationships are based on 
respect for each individual. We manage 
and interact with one another in accordance 
with the Group’s core values. The channels 
we use for engaging with employees include 
email, focus groups, forums, workshops, 
special events and an annual culture survey 
of all employees. We constantly strive to 
introduce new and effective methods of 
engaging with our employees. Where 
necessary, we use appropriate dispute 
resolution processes and make all 
reasonable efforts to resolve issues locally.

How we delivered  
value in 2015
Old Mutual was voted South Africa’s 
number one employer in financial services 
and insurance for the fifth year in a row. 
We were ranked number two out of all 
companies in South Africa and number 
one in Africa by the Top Employers Institute. 

During 2015 we invested in digital platforms 
to give our employees across the Group 
up-to date, tailored information on Group 

South Africa’s Number 1 employer in financial  
services and insurance
Africa’s Number 1 employer  
across all companies

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S TA K E H O L D E R 
R E L AT I O N S H I P S
C O N T I N U E D

Our commitment  
to human rights

Our commitment to respect human 
rights and to comply with the Universal 
Declaration of Human Rights is 
embedded in our Code of Conduct 
and employment practices. 

We continue to build on our responsible 
investment approach by remaining 
sensitive to the risk of breaching human 
rights resulting from our investments. 
We risk-assess the impact of new 
investments for the protection and 
respect of human rights and for 
potential human rights abuses.

We value our engagement and 
collaboration with a range of 
stakeholders including those in 
our supply and investment chains. 

As part of our activity in this area, we 
have started to establish where the salient 
human rights risks are across our business

operations and are developing ways to 
address them. Whilst respecting human 
rights throughout our business, we are 
identifying priority areas to mitigate risk 
and taking steps to ensure we do not 
cause or contribute to negative human 
rights impacts. 

Over the next five years, we will continue 
to build on this work. In particular, 
integrating our approach to human 
rights with our existing risk management 
and responsible business governance 
structures so that issues are identified and 
managed at a Group and business unit 
level. In parallel, we will continue with our 
approach to responsible investments as 
part of our Positive Futures Plan, which 
commits us to transparency in our 
investment approach and to driving 
positive societal value. 

Our approach to business  
is to establish and maintain  
long-term relationships,  
so we must be accountable  
in several years’ time for what  
we do and say today

Gail Klintworth
Group Customer Director

strategy, performance and key 
achievements. Our research showed 
continuing increases in engagement and 
interest from employees across all levels 
and all business units in the Group’s 
purpose, strategy and performance. 
We successfully used one of the Group’s 
key sponsorship events, the Old Mutual 
Two Oceans Marathon, to further 
enhance employee engagement. 

Our priorities for 2016
We will continue striving to be the 
employer of choice in all the markets 
where we operate, so that we attract 
the best talent to work for the Group.

OUR 
SUPPLIERS

Who they are
Across the Group we engage with numerous 
suppliers. They include IT providers, 
consultants, energy suppliers, companies 
providing physical assets such as stationery 
or office furniture.

How we engage with  
our suppliers
The way we engage with our suppliers 
depends on the nature of the relationship, 
whether we see the supplier as strategic 
or tactical, and the degree of contractual 
complexity involved. We have processes for 
tendering and engaging multiple suppliers 
to ensure that appropriate due diligence is 
undertaken and that all suppliers participate 
on a fair and equal basis. All key suppliers 
are subject to regular review meetings: the 
frequency will reflect the level of spend and 
the degree of risk involved. Our approach 
to business is to establish and maintain 
long-term relationships, so we must be 
accountable in several years’ time for 
what we do and say today.

We will continue striving to be the employer of  
choice in all the markets where we operate

Don Schneider
Group HR Director

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value in 2015
As with all aspects of the way we do 
business, integrity in our dealings with 
suppliers is a prerequisite for our success. 
In 2015 we maintained a high standard of 
integrity, acting in the best interests of the 
Group and complying with our code of 
conduct. We continued to help suppliers 
with their development in areas such as 
environmental management, quality 
management and process improvement. 

Our priorities for 2016
We will continue to focus on ethical working 
practices, establishing rules of engagement 
between ourselves and our suppliers, and 
adhering to due diligence and background 
check requirements. We will continue to 
develop long-term, healthy and transparent 
working relationships, ensuring that service 
delivery meets expectations and is consistently 
and accurately monitored through the 
contract lifecycle. And we will continue to 
promote sustainability in procurement. 

OUR 
REGULATORS

Who they are
As a financial firm that provides insurance, 
banking and investment services to both 
retail and institutional customers, we are 
regulated in each of the countries where 
we operate. Financial regulation governs 
what financial institutions can and cannot 
do. The rules are generally devised 
and enforced to protect investors and 
depositors, maintain orderly markets 
and promote financial stability. The range 
of regulatory activity can include setting 
minimum standards for capital and 
conduct, making regular inspections, and 
investigating and prosecuting misconduct.

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How we engage with  
our regulators
We strive to meet the compliance 
obligations established by our regulators 
across the Group in an open and honest 
manner. We embrace regulatory objectives 
as these are good for our customers and 
our regulators. 

We engage with them constructively to 
support the continuing development of 
financial services regulation. Examples include 
our engagement with the Financial Advice 
Market Review in the UK and our ongoing 
interactions with South African regulators in 
developing the requirements for the Twin 
Peaks model and Conglomerate Supervision.

We have procedures in place to address any 
regulatory concerns, taking corrective action 
where necessary and reporting progress to 
our regulators promptly.

We engage  
with them 
constructively 
to support the 
continuing 
development of 
financial services 
regulation

Sue Kean
Group Chief Risk Officer

We will continue  
to focus on ethical  
working practices,  
establishing rules  
of engagement  
between ourselves  
and our suppliers

Ingrid Johnson
Group Finance Director

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NON-FINANCIAL KEY 
PERFORMANCE
INDICATORS
(KPIs)

Non-financial KPIs that we use to monitor  
the performance of our business

R E S P O N S I B L E 
I N V E S T M E N T
Investment capabilities applying our RI standard

2015
2014

Target 100%

%

40
40

Description
This figure shows the percentage of business units that have 
reported full compliance with the Group Responsible Investment 
(RI) Standard through our biannual Letter of Representation.  
Our RI Standard drives the integration of environmental social 
and governance (ESG) factors into our business.
Target
Our target is 100% integration of ESG factors into our investment 
decisions by 2017.

O U R   C U S TO M E R S
Customer numbers

Target 2015

Total

18.9m
17.5m
16.1m

2015
2014
2013

OMEM
Nedbank
Other

Description
Customer numbers are an indication of the scale of our business. 
Growth indicates that we have an attractive proposition for new 
customers, and are meeting the needs of our existing customers.

Net promoter score (NPS)*
OMEM
Nedbank
Old Mutual Wealth

2014
52%
75%
33%

2015
50%
75%
44%

*  NPS is a measure of customer advocacy – it is not measured for IAM.

79%

of proxy votes cast in listed  
equity investments (2014: 70%)

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Cultural entropy

Target range
9%-13%

O U R   C O M M U N I T I E S
Community investment (% of pre-tax AOP)

19

%

11.9
12.3
11.7

2015
2014
2013

Target
1%

%

Total

1.0 £16.7m
1.0 £17.1m
1.0 £16.1m

2015
2014
2013

Description
Cultural entropy measures the amount of negative or limiting values 
that exist within an organisation which results in unproductive work 
(the lower the score, the healthier the culture). 
Target
We aim to have cultural entropy of between 9% and 13% across all 
our business units, which we define as a healthy working culture.

Description
The value of Old Mutual’s community investment made through our 
Foundations and other community projects (excluding employee 
donations through workplace fundraising and in-kind donations).
Target
Our target is to donate 1% of our pre-tax adjusted operating profit 
to charitable organisations.

E N V I R O N M E N TA L   M A N AG E M E N T
Carbon emissions (tonnes of CO2e)

G OV E R N A N C E
Inclusion in indices related to operating 
as a responsible business

Per employee in our  
employee-occupied properties
Per m2 in our property portfolio

Base
2010

4.17
0.21

2015

3.59
0.20

Target
▼
2020

3.336
0.168

Base
2012
Yes

2013
Yes

2014
Yes

2015
Yes

Target
▼
2020
Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

FTSE4Good
FTSE/JSE Responsible 
Investment Index

Description
We invest time and effort to put in place appropriate processes, 
policies and governance structures to ensure we meet and aim to 
exceed internationally recognised responsible business practices.
Target
Our target is to maintain our listing on the FTSE4Good and  
FTSE/JSE Responsible Investment Index.

Description
Our carbon emissions cover our Scope 1 and 2 emissions in our 
employee-occupied locations and Old Mutual investment property. 
Scope 1 are direct emissions from sources that are owned or 
controlled by the Group. Scope 2* emissions are indirect emissions 
resulting from the use of power (such as electricity) purchased by 
the Group. Our Group carbon footprint (Scope 1 and 2 emissions) 
is 502,728 tonnes CO2e (2014: 548,153 tonnes CO2e).
Target
Based on our 2010 figures, we aim to reduce our carbon emissions 
by 20% by 2020 in both our employee-occupied sites and 
investment property portfolio.
Our Group carbon intensity for 2015 was 1.5 tonnes CO2e/£m 
FUM (2014: 1.7).

*  For Scope 2 we use Defra stipulated country-specific emission factors.

72.4%

of our employees  
recommend Old Mutual  
as a place to work

1.5

carbon intensity, measured in  
tonnes CO2e/£m FUM

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2015
2014
2013
2012
2011

2015*
2014
2013
2012
2011

FINANCIAL KEY 
PERFORMANCE
INDICATORS (KPIs)
Group performance  
measures

Financial KPIs that we currently use to monitor the  
performance of our business. We expect to change and adapt  
these measures to reflect our managed separation strategy.

A DJ U S T E D   O P E R AT I N G 
E A R N I N G S   P E R   S H A R E   (p )

R E T U R N   O N   E Q U I T Y   ( % )

Actual

Growth

19.3p
17.9p
18.4p
17.5p
15.7p

+8%
-3%
+5%
+11%
+10%

p62

2015
2014
2013
2012
2011

14.2%
13.3%
13.6%
13.0%
14.6%

p65

N E T   C L I E N T   C A S H   F LOW / O P E N I N G   
F U N D S   U N D E R   M A N AG E M E N T   ( % )

C A P I TA L   S T R E N GT H *  ( £ b n)

0

2015**
2014
2013
2012
2011

-0.5%
+1.7%
+5.9%
+1.9%
-3.9%

p75

Surplus

FGD
Ratio

1.7bn
2.1bn
2.1bn
2.1bn
2.0bn

160%
164%
168%
159%
154%

p71

*  Excluding Rogge, net client cash flow/opening funds  

under management was +2.3%.

*  Capital strength measured under the EU Financial Groups Directive.  

On 1 January 2016, our Solvency II surplus capital position was £1.6bn (135%) 
and excludes £0.8bn of restricted surplus

** Represents 31 December 2015 FGD surplus based on preliminary estimate.

19.3p

Adjusted operating  
earnings per share

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Business unit  
performance measures

Financial KPIs that we currently use to monitor the  
performance of our business units. We expect to change and adapt  
these measures to reflect our managed separation strategy.

O L D   M U T UA L   E M E R G I N G   M A R K E T S

N E D B A N K

AOP (pre-tax) (Rm)
12,001
2015
11,033
2014
8,969
2013
2012
8,430
2011
7,680

AOP (pre-tax) (£m)
2015
2014
2013
2012
2011

307
227
217
195
223

AOP (pre-tax) (Rm)
2015 14,729
13,757
2014
12,026
2013
10,738
2012
2011
8,791

ROE
23%
23%
22%
25%
24%

p26

ROE
17%
17%
17%
16%
15%

p35

O L D   M U T UA L   W E A LT H

I N S T I T U T I O N A L   A S S E T   M A N AG E M E N T

ROE
17%
17%
16%
13%
16%

p46

AOP (pre-tax) ($m)
2015
2014
2013
2012
2011

228
215
174
144
107

*  Not reported.

ROE
14%
17%
15%
13%
*

p55

Strong underlying financial performance,  
with continued operational delivery and further  
investment for growth in our business units

Bruce Hemphill
Group Chief Executive

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OLD MUTUAL
EMERGING 
MARKETS
BUSINESS  
REVIEW

OMEM delivered a 
strong set of results, 
despite challenging 
macro-economic 
conditions across 
many of our markets 

What we do
We provide financial solutions to retail 
and corporate customers across a number 
of market segments and geographies in 
South Africa, the Rest of Africa and other 
select emerging markets. These solutions 
include life insurance, property and 
casualty insurance, investments, asset 
management and credit solutions. 

Our offering is based on our brand 
promise of providing solutions to customers 
most certain to deliver on their promises, 
being the most accessible to our customers 
(face-to-face and direct), being the most 
supportive of the communities we serve, 
and providing the best financial education 
and advice available.

The outcome of our businesses is the 
delivery of high top-line growth, strong 
cash generation and good returns for 
shareholders off a strong South African 
capital base.

Where we operate
We operate in 19 countries across Africa, 
Latin America and Asia. 
South Africa
In South Africa, we have leading market 
share positions in life, property and 
casualty insurance, asset management 
and credit solutions.

Ralph Mupita Chief Executive Officer 
Old Mutual Emerging Markets

Completed the acquisition of a 60.7% stake in UAP 
Completed the acquisition of a further 33.6% interest  
in Credit Guarantee Insurance Corporation
Innovative new product offerings including our  
Tax-Free Savings Account and Old Mutual Money Account
Number 1 in Life sales in South Africa

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We look to provide a full suite of leading 
financial solutions to retail and corporate 
customers. We continue to build leading 
businesses with attractive economics 
through growing distribution scale, product 
innovation, developing strong partnerships, 
brand strength, ability to cross-sell and 
realising the retailisation opportunity in 
the corporate customer base. 
Rest of Africa
We aim to expand our operations through 
both acquisitions and organic growth. 
We have significantly increased our sales 
force, continued building strategic 
partnerships and alliances across our 
emerging markets businesses and have, 
over the course of the year, developed 
several new innovative product offerings.

We have leading market share positions 
in the Southern African Development 
Community (‘SADC’) markets, where 
we offer leading financial solutions to 
our retail and corporate customers. 

In East and West Africa, we are expanding 
our operations through our strategic 
alliances and leveraging product 
capabilities into our key markets. Through 
our acquisition of UAP, we now have a 
leading position in Kenya.
Latin America
In Colombia, Mexico and Uruguay, 
we look to provide leading life insurance, 
investments and asset management solutions 
to retail and corporate customers. We are 
focused on driving growth through 
high-quality distribution relationships by 
leveraging our product and distribution 
capabilities in South Africa. AIVA continues 
to deliver results through its third-party 
agency channel in the affluent segment  
in Mexico.
Asia
In China and India, we look to provide 
leading life insurance and investment 
solutions to retail customers through a 
partnership model, leveraging product and 
distribution capabilities in South Africa, 
and competing on a differentiated basis.

OMEM integrated financial  
services model

Predictable 
revenue and 
highly cash 
generative

Stable and 
growing 
shareholder 
returns

Returns to 
customers

Catalyst for 
economic 
development and 
job creation

Foundation

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becoming a truly Omni channel provider

Life & 
Savings

Asset 
Management

Property & 
Casualty

Banking & 
Lending

Underpinned by sound financial advice, partnering  
with customers to ensure appropriate solutions

Leading positions in 
SA and SADC

Well capitalised 
balance sheet

Product  
expertise

We provide a full  
suite of leading  
financial solutions  
to retail and  
corporate customers

+9%

AOP (pre-tax)

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O L D   M U T UA L   
E M E R G I N G 
M A R K E T S   C O N T I N U E D

232,000
People

Participated in OMEM’s 
financial education 
programmes in 2015

Responsible business
We strive to make a positive impact 
on the people, communities and other 
stakeholders that we serve, ensuring that 
our decisions take full account of the bigger 
picture. Across OMEM, we have made a 
decision to lead in responsible business 
by focusing on financial wellbeing and 
responsible investment.

In order to lead in financial wellbeing, we 
recognise that there is a need to scale our 
involvement in financial education and build 
on the current programmes in light of the 
high levels of indebtedness, low levels 
of savings and financial constraints that our 
customers face. We build their financial 
wellbeing and prosperity, while investing 
their funds in ways that will boost 
socioeconomic development in-country, 

Africa are our large South African 
insurance peers and local firms, rather 
than the large international insurers.

In Mexico, we have a strong corporate 
business with 4% of the corporate pension 
market. In Colombia, we hold second 
position, with 29% of the voluntary unit 
trust market. In India, Kotak Life Insurance 
is growing rapidly and now ranks 8th out 
of 23 life companies. In China, our joint 
venture with Guodian ranks 15th out of 21.

*  All data as at 30 June 2015.

We continue  
to hold  
dominant market 
positions in the  
SADC region  
and our UAP 
acquisition has  
given us a solid 
platform from  
which to become  
East Africa’s  
leading financial 
services provider

enabling positive and sustainable futures for 
them, their families and their communities. 

Old Mutual is also involved in various 
educational funding initiatives through our 
Old Mutual Education Flagship Project, an 
investment initiative set up to significantly 
improve maths and science in 
underperforming South African public high 
schools. It will run over seven years with 
a total budget of R350 million to support 
the National Development Plan’s aim of 
improving the South African education 
system. This initiative aims to reach 250 
schools with the intention of positively 
influencing the lives of 250,000 learners.

From an investment perspective Old Mutual 
has committed to incorporating 
environmental, social and governance (ESG) 
issues into our investment and ownership 
decision-making in a manner that drives 
long-term sustainable growth. We have 
committed investment of R14.5 billion in 
approved renewable energy projects, 
including investment in 15 of the 22 
Government-proposed wind farms,  
half of the solar power projects and one  
of the two hydro projects that have been  
in rounds one to three of the renewable 
energy initiative.

Competitive environment* 
In South Africa, we are the life insurance 
market leader among local peers, with 
more than 28% of total life annual premium 
equivalent (APE) sales. We are the 
dominant player in the mass segment with 
58% market share and we hold a strong 
position in the affluent segment with 20% 
market share. Mutual & Federal (M&F) 
South Africa remains the industry’s 
second-largest non-life player, with 10.8% of 
total gross premiums written.

We continue to hold dominant market 
positions in the SADC region, with leading 
market positions in Malawi, Namibia and 
Zimbabwe. In our key growth markets of 
East and West Africa, we are developing 
rapidly from a relatively small base, and 
our UAP acquisition has given us a solid 
platform from which to become East 
Africa’s leading financial services provider. 
Our primary competitors in sub-Saharan 

R989.9bn

Funds under management 

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There were challenging macro-economic 
conditions across many of the markets in 
which we operate. GDP growth across 
emerging markets fell to 4.0% from initial 
estimates of 4.7% for 2015 as a result of the 
impact of lower commodity prices triggered 
by a slowing Chinese economy. The much 
anticipated hike in US interest rates by 
the Federal Reserve Bank contributed to 
higher net outflows from emerging markets 
into developed markets.
South Africa
In South Africa, economic growth slowed 
during 2015 as a result of electricity supply 
constraints, the challenging socio-political 
environment, lower commodity prices, 
increased market volatility and weak 
business and consumer confidence.

Despite the fall in crude oil prices, the rand 
continued to decline against major 
currencies and ended the year 34% weaker 
against the US dollar. The volatility in the 
rand exchange rate was further 
exacerbated by the changes to the finance 
ministry in December. These factors, 
combined with a severe drought and a 
negative inflation outlook, led to a 0.5% 
increase in the benchmark interest rate 
during 2015 and a further 0.5% increase  
in January 2016. 

South African equity markets were strong 
during the first half of 2015 reaching all-time 
highs. These gains were reversed during the 
second half of 2015 with the JSE All Share 
Index ending the year 1.9% up on prior year. 
Equity markets remain extremely volatile.
Rest of Africa
Across the remaining African markets, 
the sharp decline in oil and precious 
metal prices has negatively impacted 
government revenues and economic 
growth for net exporter countries, resulting 
in the depreciation of sub-Saharan African 
currencies against the US dollar. The East 
African economies proved to be relatively 
resilient, while West Africa recorded lower 
economic growth. The Zimbabwean 
economy continues to slow down amid 
considerable political uncertainty and 
the Zimbabwean stock exchange 

25

We are investing significantly  
in digital platforms and capabilities  
so that we can offer customers  
integrated service propositions  
across multiple channels 

declined by 29% in 2015. The Kenyan stock 
exchange was down 21% and the Nigerian 
stock exchange was down 17% over the 
same period. 
Asia
India continues to outperform most 
markets. The Indian economy expanded 
7.3% year-on-year in 2015. It is liberalising its 
insurance market: the 2015 Insurance Laws 
(Amendment) Act paved the way for foreign 
investors to increase their stakes in Indian 
insurance companies up to 49%, on the 
proviso that a majority of ownership and 
management control remains in Indian 
hands. Investment markets in India have 
been strong with sentiment of recovery 
across several sectors. 

China’s economic growth continues to slow 
from historically strong levels of growth to 
a projected 6.9% per annum for 2015. 
Latin America
Latin American economies remained 
subdued in 2015, due largely to falling 
commodity prices, the strengthening 
US dollar and financial strain from 
high government debt. However, both 
Mexican and Colombian economies are 
expected to continue growing at 2% to 
4.5% annually, despite the drop in oil 
prices, depreciating local currencies 
and global macro-economic turbulence.

Across emerging markets
As smartphones and mobile devices 
become increasingly affordable, financial 
services players are introducing mobile 
applications and tools to better serve 
customers and reach previously untapped 
market segments. We are investing 
significantly in digital platforms and 
capabilities so that we can offer customers 
integrated service propositions across 
multiple channels; and partner with other 
organisations to offer Old Mutual products 
via alternative digital channels as we seek to 
improve the customer experience across all 
our regions. In 2015, 14% of Tax-Free Savings 
Account sales were via digital channels.

We face significant talent challenges in 
the Rest of Africa and across the broader 
emerging markets landscape, where 
regulatory and socio-political restrictions 
affect our ability to attract and retain 
skilled people in-country. It is therefore 
critical for us to continue developing 
local talent across both leadership and 
technical areas of the business as we 
grow our emerging markets business. 
To this end, we have established 
programmes where we have identified 
high-performing people and are 
mentoring and supporting them in our 
quest to grow our next leaders from within.

R34.3bn

Net client cash flows

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O L D   M U T UA L   
E M E R G I N G 
M A R K E T S   C O N T I N U E D

VNB improved  
by 24% to  
R2.4 billion,  
while maintaining 
a strong PVNBP 
margin of 3.3%

Performance
OMEM delivered good profit (AOP) 
growth of 9% on the prior year benefiting 
from higher asset-based fees, better life 
underwriting profits, the consolidation of 
Old Mutual Finance, and the turnaround 
in Property & Casualty’s underwriting 
profits in South Africa. Profit growth in the 
second half of 2015 was constrained by 
a weaker economic environment, lower 
markets and finance costs on new debt 
issued. Excluding debt costs, profits were 
11% up on the prior year. 

Value of new business (VNB) improved by 
24% to R2.4 billion, while maintaining a 
strong present value of new business 
premium (PVNBP) margin of 3.3%, driven 
by positive assumption basis changes and 
higher sales volumes across all segments.

Net client cash flow (NCCF) of R34.3 billion 
was R13.0 billion up on the prior year 
mainly due to large non-covered deals 
secured by South Africa Corporate and 
OMIG, and improved asset management 
flows in South Africa Retail Affluent and 
Rest of Africa. 

Gross sales increased by 17% to 
R215.5 billion due to good non-covered 
sales growth of 15% (up from R135 billion 
to R155 billion) as well as exceptional 
covered sales growth of 31%. The growth 
in covered sales was underpinned by 
strong single premium sales in the 
South Africa Corporate business, good 
recurring premium sales in the South 
Africa retail businesses, and excellent 
sales performance across Rest of Africa 
(mainly Namibia, Zimbabwe and Malawi) 
and the Asia joint ventures.

Highlights

AOP (pre-tax)
Gross sales (Rbn) 
Covered Sales (APE)
NCCF (Rbn)
FUM (Rbn)1
IFRS profit after tax attributable to equity  
holders of the parent
1  FUM is shown on an end manager basis.

AO P   ( P R E -TA X )   
BY   L I N E   O F   B U S I N E S S
(Rm)

4

1

3

2

1.  Life & Savings R8,462m 
2. Asset Management R1,430m 
3. Banking & Lending R1,266m 
4. Property & Casualty R843m

2015
12,001
215.5
12,732
34.3
989.9

2014
11,033
185.0
9,706
21.3
904.9

Rm
Change
9%
17%
31%
61%
9%

7,067

7,059

–

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Strategic intent 

27

We are building an African financial services champion with strong, differentiated  
franchises in selected emerging markets, where we can leverage our capabilities  
in South Africa to deliver value in the medium-term. 

Priorities set  
for 2015-18

In South Africa, we will continue 
to provide a full suite of financial 
solutions to retail and corporate 
customers; strengthening our 
leading market share positions

Key management  
actions for 2016-18

 ■ Simplifying and improving the 

customer experience 

 ■ Delivering a leading Property 

& Casualty capability

 ■ Driving OMEM and Group 

collaboration

 ■ Developing and strengthening 
our people to deliver on our 
growth ambitions

Progress in 2015

 ■ Mutual & Federal (M&F) successfully 
completed the purchase of a further 
33.6% interest in Credit Guarantee 
Insurance Corporation (CGIC) and 
launched two new products: Motorsure 
and Prosure

 ■ OMIG completed a 100% buy-out 
of African Infrastructure Investment 
Managers (AIIM), in which it previously 
held a 50% stake

 ■ Old Mutual Invest, a Tax-Free Savings 
Account (TFSA) was launched in March 
2015. We also launched the innovative 
Old Mutual Money Account to lower-
middle income market clients

 ■ We continue to make good progress 
on Group collaboration and are on 
track to deliver R1 billion pre-tax 
value of synergies by the end of 2017

In the Rest of Africa, we will look 
to build a business that provides 
leading financial solutions to retail 
and corporate customers, primarily 
through an integrated offering of 
life, property and casualty, asset 
management and credit solutions

In Latin America and Asia, 
we are looking to build 
differentiated franchises, where 
we leverage product and sales 
management capabilities we 
have in Africa, coupled with 
distribution partnerships we 
have in these markets

 ■ Completed the acquisition of a 
majority stake (60.7%) in UAP

 ■ Building an East Africa financial 

services leader

 ■ Our West African businesses continue 

 ■ Accelerating our growth ambitions 

to leverage our bancassurance 
relationship with Ecobank. Officially 
launched the Old Mutual Ghana 
and Ecobank partnership in May

 ■ Launched our unique 2-IN-ONE savings 
plan in Namibia and Malawi, as well 
as our new endowment product in 
Kenya, which is based on the South 
Africa 2-IN-ONE savings plan

 ■ In Latin America, AIVA, our independent 
distribution channel continues to deliver 
good results and has just launched a 
new product: Old Mutual Crea
 ■ In India, distribution via Kotak 

bank branches continues to grow, 
further supported by the merger 
with ING Vysya

in West Africa

 ■ Delivering a leading Property 

& Casualty capability

 ■ Driving OMEM and Group 

collaboration

 ■ Developing and strengthening 
our people to deliver on our 
growth ambitions

 ■ Optimising and selectively investing 
in our businesses in Latin America 
and Asia

 ■ Driving OMEM and Group  

collaboration

 ■ Developing and strengthening 
our people to deliver on our 
growth ambitions

In South Africa, strengthen leading  
market share positions 
In Rest of Africa, build a leading  
integrated financial services business
In Latin America and Asia,  
build differentiated franchises

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O L D   M U T UA L   
E M E R G I N G 
M A R K E T S   C O N T I N U E D

Managing our risk
Our risk strategy is integrally linked with 
our business strategy, with risk-mitigating 
actions designed to improve the prospects 
of achieving our goals.
Market risk
Emerging markets continue to face a 
subdued economic environment due 
to the slowdown in China’s demand for 
commodities and other local factors. 
Low growth prospects coupled with fiscal 
pressure have increased the risk of a 
sovereign downgrade in South Africa. 
We will continue to monitor the impact of 
economic changes and manage our cost 
base accordingly. Our customers will face 
increased pressure from higher inflation 
and likely tax increases and we will need 
to provide extra advice and financial 
education support. 

Given our significant asset-based fee 
income, market declines will reduce 
earnings. Liabilities with guarantees and 
interest rate exposure are actively managed 
by our Balance Sheet Management team.
Socio-political risk
South Africa shows growing signs of 
social discontent, partly attributable to 
a significant income divide and high 
unemployment rates. This has created 
political uncertainty, and a risk of 
populist economic policy that could harm 
longer-term investment and growth. A new 
group of stakeholders are emerging in 
Government and unions, with whom we are 
building relationships. Confidence needs 
to be regained in political leadership and 
governance after the sudden changes in 
the Finance Ministry. Indigenisation remains 
on the agenda in Namibia and Zimbabwe. 
Execution and integration risk
We take on execution risk in making 
acquisitions and integrating businesses, 

but our processes are designed to ensure 
that we understand the risks in the new 
businesses and can manage post-acquisition 
integration. We are also refining our ability 
to manage strategic partnerships. Initiatives 
to modernise technology and improve the 
customer experience are tightly managed to 
deliver objectives and stay within budget.
Regulatory risk
Regulatory changes taking place across 
all our jurisdictions create new compliance 
risk but also bring new opportunities. 
We will continue to engage with regulators 
to promote financial inclusion and positive 
outcomes for customers.
Cyber risk
Increased levels of cyber crime have 
prompted us to invest more in creating 

resilience in our IT systems to prevent 
unauthorised access to sensitive data 
and business-critical systems, and to 
support early detection of breaches.
Credit and liquidity risk
Growth in our retail lending businesses in 
South Africa, Zimbabwe and Kenya as well 
as our wholesale investment credit business 
has led to an increased focus on managing 
credit risk in both first and second lines of 
defence and strengthening of the 
governance framework around it. 
Investment credit risk arises in Old Mutual 
Specialised Finance and the South African 
life business, predominantly through the 
management of assets backing annuity 
products. Liquidity risk is managed by our 
Balance Sheet Management team.

Customer: Joseph Mgabhi

Dvokolwako, Swaziland

Working together to grow 
both our businesses 

Working together with our customers takes many forms.  
In Joseph Mgabhi’s case, we helped him to start and grow his  
business – and he helped us to grow our team in Swaziland.
Joseph part-funded his business with proceeds from his Old Mutual 
Max Investment Plan. We helped him to sustain and grow it with a 
loan and part-withdrawals from other investment plans, and it now 
has 25 employees. Impressed by our supportive approach, Joseph 
encouraged his daughter to join us – she is now an Old Mutual 
financial adviser.

Strategic reportOLD MUTUAL PLCANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS 2015Outlook
Emerging markets continue to operate in 
a challenging economic and socio-political 
environment. Sub-Saharan African 
economic growth in 2016 is forecast to 
be higher than in South Africa, although 
growth has slowed as global conditions 
and low commodity prices impact 
emerging markets’ outlook. Drought 
conditions in sub-Saharan Africa will 
continue to affect agriculture yields and 
increased inflation in this region is expected.
South Africa
Lower growth forecasts for 2016 of below 1% 
and a rising interest rate cycle will continue to 
increase financial pressure on the consumer. 
Higher inflation is expected in 2016 as food 
prices increase in response to the drought 
and the impact of a weaker rand on all 
imported goods, including grains. The 
average inflation forecast for 2016 is slightly 
above the South African Reserve Bank’s 
3-6% target range at 6.2%. Low oil prices 
will temper the inflation forecast to some 
extent, which may support disposable 
income of our mass foundation customers.

Further increases in interest rates, rising 
taxes, higher water and electricity costs, 
and possible job losses in struggling sectors 
will place pressure on consumers over the 
course of the year. 

The risk of a downgrade of South Africa’s 
sovereign credit rating by rating agencies 
has increased. Should this materialise, 
the rand could weaken further, causing 
a more severe inflation and interest cycle 
than is currently foreseen.

Rest of Africa
The economies of Nigeria and Ghana 
are expected to remain under pressure with 
higher inflation (9.6% and 17.7%, respectively) 
as a result of depreciation of their currencies 
following significant falls in oil prices. 

In Kenya, the economy is expected to 
accelerate slightly in 2016 sustained by an 
accommodating fiscal policy, infrastructure 
projects and robust private consumption 
despite the continuing devaluation of the 
local currency.

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Asia and Latin America
Annual growth for India is expected to 
reach 7.5%, the highest in the Asia region. 
China remains vulnerable to further equity 
market volatility and credit losses and is 
expected to slow down to 6% growth per 
annum over the medium-term.

Lower commodity prices, an economic 
deceleration in major trading partners and 
persistent domestic challenges continue 
to affect levels of economic growth in the 
Latin American region. Colombia remains 
exposed to lower oil prices and the effects 
of the drought on the country threaten to 
dampen a fragile recovery. 

Emerging market economies  
remain under pressure but  
OMEM will continue to be  
resilient in these conditions

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Eldoret, Kenya

Doing great things with  
a family business

Daniel Odhiambo is doing great things with his 
family business, Zaritex Knitwear. Since 2009 it 
has grown from one knitting machine to 12, and 
it now provides jobs for 30 people. We have 
been working with him since he came to Faulu, 
our Kenyan microfinance bank, to help him 
buy an embroidery machine. Doing this work 
in-house has given him better control of quality 
and timing. The business is thriving: Daniel now 
has two embroidery machines and he is talking 
to us about finance for a sock-knitting machine. 

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BUILDING 
PROSPERITY
TOGETHER

Faulu listen, and that’s 
how they’ve helped me 
to expand my business

Daniel Odhiambo
Zaritex Knitwear

Customer: Daniel Odhiambo

30

New jobs created 
at Zaritex Knitwear

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NEDBANK
BUSINESS  
REVIEW

What we do
Nedbank Group is a diversified financial 
services provider offering a wide range of 
wholesale and retail banking services, as 
well as insurance, asset management and 
wealth management solutions. Nedbank 
operates under a federal operating model, 
delivering our products and services through 
four main business clusters: Nedbank 
Corporate and Investment Banking, 
Nedbank Retail and Business Banking, 
Nedbank Wealth and Rest of Africa. 

Nedbank Group is listed on the 
Johannesburg and Namibian Stock 
Exchanges: at the end of 2015 our market 
capitalisation was more than R90 billion 
and Old Mutual owned a 54% stake.

Where we operate 
Nedbank Group’s primary market is South 
Africa. We are continuing to expand into 
the Rest of Africa, with a presence in six 
countries in the Southern African 
Development Community (‘SADC’) and East 
Africa region, where we own subsidiaries 
and banks in Namibia, Swaziland, Malawi, 
Mozambique, Lesotho, Zimbabwe, and 
also have representative offices in Angola 
and Kenya.

In West and Central Africa we have a 
partnership strategy and approximately 
20% shareholding in Ecobank Transnational 
Incorporated (ETI), enabling a unique 
one-bank experience to our clients across 
more than 2,350 branches in 39 countries.

Resilient 
performance in 
a difficult macro 
environment

Mike Brown Chief Executive Officer 
Nedbank

2015 South African and African bank of the year
Increased total customers to 7.4 million
South Africa’s only carbon-neutral bank,  
maintained for a sixth consecutive year

Strategic reportOLD MUTUAL PLCANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS 2015Outside Africa we a have presence in 
key global financial centres to provide 
international financial services for 
South Africa-based multinational and 
high-net worth clients in the Isle of Man, 
Guernsey, Jersey, London, Toronto 
and Dubai (UAE).

Responsible business 
For Nedbank Group to be a sustainable 
business we acknowledge that we need 
to operate within environmental limits 
while meeting social needs. This implies 
that there are things we need to do less of, 
but also presents opportunities to develop 
new solutions that benefit the broader 
environment, our clients and our bank. 
Understanding and embracing this 
interconnectivity is at the core of our 

Nedbank business segments

sustainability-centred business strategy; and 
is key to our ability to create and deliver 
resilient value.

One of the delivery mechanisms for this is 
our Fair Share 2030 strategy to get money 
working for the future we want. Our 
Fair Share 2030 strategy has set eight 
long-term goals which we are striving 
to achieve by redeploying capital into 
projects that provide additional value in 
these areas. In 2015, lending in this regard 
of R1.8 billion included the provision of 
student accommodation, embedded energy 
for the agriculture sector and affordable 
housing. Other highlights include the 
provision of R5.9 billion in empowerment 
financing and face-to-face financial 
education provided to more than 136,000 
adults and learners across South Africa.

Nedbank Corporate  
and Investment Banking
(CIB)

Full suite of wholesale banking solutions, 
including investment banking and lending; 
global markets and treasury; commercial 
property finance; deposit-taking; and 
transactional banking.

Nedbank Retail  
and Business Banking
(RBB)

Full range of services, including 
transactional banking; card solutions; 
lending solutions; deposit-taking; risk 
management; investment products; and  
card-acquiring services for business.

Nedbank Wealth

Wide range of financial services, including 
high-net worth banking and wealth 
management solutions, as well as asset 
management and insurance offerings. 

Rest of Africa

Full range of banking services, including 
transactional, lending, deposit-taking and 
card products. 

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SOUTH AFRICAN 
AND AFRICAN 
BANK OF THE YEAR

The Financial Times 
and The Banker 
magazine

Competitive environment 
Nedbank ranks as a top 5 bank by assets 
on the African continent and Ecobank 
within the top 10.

South Africa has a strong, four-pillar 
banking industry. Standard Bank holds a 
25% share of total advances, First Rand 22%, 
Barclays Africa 21% and Nedbank 19%. 

We are South Africa’s fourth-largest bank 
by market capitalisation, total assets and 
headline earnings. We are a top-two 
corporate bank and a market leader in 
commercial property finance. Through 
our pan-African banking alliance with 
ETI, we give our customers access to 
Africa’s largest banking network.

+10%

Headline earnings

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raise domestic interest rates, which reduced 
appetite for emerging market currencies. 
The rand is deeply liquid, so generally 
reacts ahead of other emerging market 
currencies. This has amplified inflation in 
the South African economy, although the 
impact was offset in 2015 by falls in 
imported fuel costs.

International and local regulatory reforms 
– in particular Basel lll, changes to the 
National Credit Act and Twin Peaks – have 
increased capital levels, liquidity and 
other costs. Further increases could follow, 
especially in banks’ liquidity costs, as 
they transition towards Basel III Liquidity 
Coverage Ratio compliance and as more 
certainty emerges around requirements for 
Net Stable Funding Ratio (NSFR) and Total 
Loss Absorbency Capacity.

7.4m
Customers

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N E D B A N K
C O N T I N U E D

South African 
corporations 
generally remain 
well capitalised,  
with low gearing  
and loan demand

Market dynamics
South Africa continues to face relatively 
slow growth, fiscal and current account 
deficits, electricity constraints and socio-
political challenges. Economic growth 
slowed from 1.5% in 2014 to 1.3% in 2015, 
and our current forecast is for it to weaken 
further in 2016 to below 1%. 

Unemployment averaged more than 25% 
between 2000 and 2015. Real incomes at 
the lowest levels of society have benefited 
from increased social grants and above-
inflation public sector wage growth, but 
there is still a significant gap between 
upper and lower income levels.

These effects, coupled with high debts 
and servicing costs, continue to put 
pressure on consumers’ disposable 
incomes – squeezing savings rates, ability 
to service debt and propensity to buy or 
retain insurance and other financial 
services products. 

By contrast, South African corporations 
generally remain well capitalised, with low 
gearing and loan demand. Credit servicing 
ratios are strong and credit losses are at 
historically low levels. However, the risks of 
a large corporate failure have increased, 
given the prolonged period of low 
commodity prices and high costs.

Stretched government finances and 
personal income inequality reflect long-
term structural issues. These are being 
addressed through the National 
Development Plan. Major infrastructure 
projects are now in progress, aimed at 
boosting economic growth. Government, 
business and labour are working together 
to use the challenging economic 
environment as a catalyst for increased 
collaboration to accelerate the rate of 
economic growth and job creation and to 
strengthen public finances. Nedbank has 
been and will continue to be an active 
participant in these discussions.

The South African Reserve Bank raised the 
repo rate a further 0.5% to 6.75% in 2015 
and again in early 2016, following a 
cumulative 0.75% rise in 2014. Prime rate  
is now 10.25% from its low point of 8.5% in 
late 2013. Inflation dipped below 4% for the 
first time in four years in early 2015 as the oil 
price collapsed to lows last seen in 2009.  
It is currently back above 5% and we 
forecast that it will move temporarily over 
the 6% upper target of the Reserve Bank in 
early 2016 before easing back later in 2016. 
High wage settlements relative to 
productivity gains and significant increases 
in administered prices will remain the key 
drivers of inflation in the short-term.

The rand fell significantly against 
international benchmarks in 2015. 
This reflected the relatively weak 
economic outlook – and also moves in 
the US to reduce monetary stimulus and 

+7%

Non-interest revenue

Strategic reportOLD MUTUAL PLCANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS 2015Economic profit (EP) increased 19.6% to 
R2,525 million (2014: R2,112 million) relative 
to a cost of equity of 13.0% (2014: 13.5%). 
Return on average ordinary shareholders’ 
equity (ROE) declined slightly to 15.7% 
(2014: 15.8%) as a result of the lower return 
on assets (ROA) of 1.25% (2014: 1.27%). 

Nedbank’s balance sheet remains strong. 
Our Basel III common-equity Tier 1 (CET1) 

ratio of 11.3% (2014: 11.6%) continues to be 
well within our Basel III 2019 internal target 
range of 10.5% to 12.5%. The liquidity 
coverage ratio (LCR) increased to 88.5% 
and is well above the 60% requirement 
in 2015 and the 70% requirement in 2016. 

Net asset value per share continued to 
increase, growing 9.0% to 15.685 cents 
(2014: 14.395 cents).

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AO P   ( P R E -TA X )   BY   C L U S T E R
(Rm)

4 1

3

2

1.  Corporate & Investment  

Banking R6,916m 

2. Retail & Business Banking R6,271m  
3. Wealth R1,558m 
4. Rest of Africa R619m
* Excludes central costs of R635m

Our business clusters  
delivered headline earnings  
growth of 13.2% and an  
ROE of 19.3% on an  
increased average capital  
allocation of R59.6bn

Performance
Nedbank Group produced resilient 
performance in an environment of difficult 
macro-economic conditions, volatile markets 
and an increasing regulatory agenda. 
In 2015 headline earnings grew 9.6% to 
R10,831 million (2014: R9,880 million). This 
was largely achieved through growth in 
non-interest revenue (NIR), increased 
associate income from our investment in ETI 
and strong cost discipline, partly offset by 
an increase in impairments. Pre-
provisioning operating profit (PPOP) 
increased 7.3% (2014: 3.5%). Earnings 
growth was stronger in the first half of the 
year, boosted by trading revenues and a 
weaker base in 2014. In the second half, 
earnings growth slowed as NIR was 
impacted by, inter alia, reduced levels of 
card-related interchange and increased 
impairments in CIB.

Highlights

AOP (pre-tax)
Headline earnings
Net interest income
Non-interest revenue
Net interest margin
Credit loss ratio
Efficiency ratio (including associate income)
Return on equity
Return on equity (excluding goodwill)
Common equity Tier 1 ratio
IFRS profit after tax attributable to 
equity holders of the parent1
1  IFRS profit after tax and non-controlling interest attributable to Old Mutual plc.

2015
14,729
10,831
23,885
21,748
3.30%
0.77%
56.1%
15.7%
17.0%
11.3%

6,037

Rm
Change
7%
10%
4%
7%

2014
13,757
9,880
22,961
20,312
3.52%
0.79%
56.5%
15.8%
17.2%
11.6%

5,600

8%

11.3%

Common equity Tier 1 ratio

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Strategic intent 

N E D B A N K
C O N T I N U E D

Priorities set  
for 2015-18

Client-centred innovation

Grow transactional 
banking franchise

Nedbank Group is committed to long-term value creation for all our 
stakeholders, in line with our vision to be Africa’s most admired bank 
by staff, clients, shareholders, regulators and communities.
We are making good progress in our five key strategic focus areas:

Key management  
actions for 2016-18

 ■ Our focus on innovation will continue, 
supported by more efficient processes 
to bring new value propositions to 
market quicker

 ■ Client-centred simplification and 

digitisation continue to be at the heart 
of new products and services

 ■ We will continue to enable 

‘channel of choice’ by deploying 
self-service alternatives in our 
physical points of presence

 ■ We currently plan to have converted 
77% of all outlets to the ‘Branch of 
the Future’ by 2017

 ■ Growing our transactional banking 
franchise will remain Nedbank 
Group’s primary focus going forward 
and, despite a tougher macro 
environment, we believe we are in a 
good position to gain share of main 
banked clients and deposits.

 ■ We also seek to provide innovative 
transactional, liquidity and liability 
solutions to Nedbank’s Wholesale 
and Business Banking clients through 
a simplified and agile approach

Progress in 2015

 ■ Innovated with products such as Market 

Edge™, WebTickets in the Nedbank App 
Suite, launched our tax-free savings 
account and Plug and Transact™ 
 ■ Converted 255 outlets in the ‘Branch 

of the Future’ format

 ■ Digitally enabled clients increased 40% 
and the value of Nedbank App Suite 
transactions by 66% to R16 billion

 ■ Our retail franchise continued to 

strengthen with main banked clients 
increasing 8.5% to 2.7 million and the 
number of clients with two or more 
products up 5.5%

 ■ Significant progress was made in our 
brand value and client relationships 
as reflected in the Nedbank Brand 
Tracker results, the Consulta annual 
retail reputational net promoter score 
(NPS) which improved to 21% from 15% 

 ■ CIB successfully acquired the 

municipal transactional accounts of the 
eThekwini and Ekurhuleni Metropolitan 
municipalities demonstrating our 
strong client relationships, deep skills 
base and innovative transactional 
banking solutions

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for 2015-18

Optimise and invest

Strategic portfolio tilt

Pan-African banking network

Progress in 2015

Key management  
actions for 2016-18

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 ■ Our expense optimisation programme 
unlocked R915 million of cost savings in 
2015 through initiatives such as the 
rationalisation of RBB back office 
operations, the CIB integration and 
decreasing our core systems 

 ■ Centralised our regulatory change office 
to ensure economies of scale in terms of 
efficient delivery and cost management

 ■ Revenue and cross-sell opportunities 
from new CIB model are materialising

 ■ Maximised opportunities in 

infrastructure growth

 ■ Our personal loans book is stabilising 

by improving payout processes

 ■ Continued to invest in our existing 
subsidiaries by implementing the 
Flexcube core banking system in 
Namibia, and investing in skills 
and distribution 

 ■ Completed the acquisition of 38% of 
Banco Único in Mozambique, with a 
pathway to control in 2016

 ■ Deepened strategic alliance with ETI
 ■ More than 70 of our wholesale 

clients now conduct their transactional 
banking with ETI

 ■ Optimise Nedbank Group’s cost base 
by taking an end-to-end view of the 
business to rationalise spend and 
maximise efficiencies

 ■ We seek to review and optimise our 
culture and talent management 
processes and programmes 

 ■ We are focused on ‘hollowing out 
the core’ and delivering a flexible, 
multi-layer architecture that renews 
technology, to create a digitally-fit and 
analytics-strong organisation

 ■ Optimise Nedbank Group’s returns 
through strategic portfolio decisions
 ■ Judiciously manage the Group-wide 

allocation of scarce resources including 
capital and liquidity for strategic and 
optimal future outcomes

 ■ Seek lending opportunities which have 

social and environmental benefits

 ■ Grow our businesses in the current 

SADC areas of presence

 ■ We remain alert for appropriate 

expansionary growth opportunities in 
Southern and East Africa which provide 
us with the opportunity to participate in 
the faster growing markets in the Rest 
of Africa

 ■ We intend to fully leverage our 

investment in Ecobank which covers 
West and Central Africa

Client-centred innovation
Grow transactional banking franchise 
Optimise and invest
Strategic portfolio tilt
Build pan-African banking network

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N E D B A N K
C O N T I N U E D

We are  
well placed  
to make risk 
management  
a competitive 
differentiator

Managing our risk
Our 2015 financial performance was 
underpinned by balance sheet strength 
across all core dimensions (capital 
adequacy, liquidity and funding), credit 
asset quality aided by the portfolio tilt 
strategy and appropriately conservative 
provisioning, strong risk and balance sheet 
management, an enabling but prudent 
risk appetite framework and seamless 
implementation of Basel III. We are well 
placed to make risk management a 
competitive differentiator.
Market risk
The interest rate cycle is expected to 
be relatively benign. A future currency 
crisis might cause a temporary spike 
but unusually weak credit growth gives 
little cause for a sustained rate increase. 
The Reserve Bank is expected to follow 
the US as ‘normalisation’ starts: GEU 
forecasts a modest peak in prime of 10.5% 
in 2016 before some relief starts in late 
2017 or 2018. Asset growth will remain 
weak, with some gradual improvement 
in 2017 and 2018. The forecast assumes 
very limited inflation-adjusted growth in 
credit categories.
Execution and integration risk 
Together with volatile macro-economic 
conditions, level of credit risk, changing 

consumer needs and the impact of 
regulation, the structural changes we made 
in 2015 bring heightened execution risk. 
We will give this increased focus in the 
best-practice Enterprise-wide Risk 
Management Framework (ERMF) setting out 
our risk appetite, comprehensive stress and 
scenario testing, and strategic risk planning.
Regulatory risk
International and local regulatory reform 
has materially increased capital levels, 
liquidity and other costs. Further increases 
could follow, especially in liquidity costs. 
Regulatory risk remains high, with an 
ongoing emphasis on conduct risk.
Credit and liquidity risk
Credit and liquidity risk remain a key 
focus: our strategic portfolio tilt strategy 
over the past four years has enabled us 
to maintain a sound balance sheet and 
reduce impairments.
Rest of Africa risk
Our African strategy and recent further 
investments in ETI and Banco Único make 
risk management in our African investments 
and operations another focus area. Our 
pan-African risk strategy addresses our 
risk appetite holistically, with extensive 
initiatives to support risk frameworks and 
programmes and enhance governance 
and risk management in these investments.

Strategic reportOLD MUTUAL PLCANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS 2015Outlook
Economic conditions are unlikely to 
improve in 2016. Nedbank Group’s 
current forecast for 2016 GDP growth is 
below 1%. Interest rates are expected to 
increase by a cumulative 1.25%, having 
already increased by 0.5% in January in 
response to a higher inflation outlook 
caused by administered price increases, 
higher food prices and the weaker rand. 

Rising interest rates will increase borrowing 
costs and dampen consumer credit 
demand. Credit defaults are also expected 
to increase as a result of rising rates as 
consumer debt levels remain high and the 
job market is unlikely to grow meaningfully 
in the short-term. Transactional banking 
activity is anticipated to grow modestly in 
line with consumer spending.

Growth in wholesale banking will continue 
to be limited by infrastructure constraints 
in South Africa, poor global demand and 
low international oil and commodity prices. 
Pockets of growth continue to be found in 
infrastructure projects, including renewable 
energy, and sub-Saharan Africa will still 
represent an area of growth for many South 
African corporates as indicated by the 
International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) 2016 
GDP growth forecast of 4.0% for the region.

Forecast risk has increased and as a result 
our guidance for performance in the year 
ahead is harder than usual to formulate. 
Against this context we currently forecast 
that growth in diluted headline earnings 
per share for 2016 will be lower than the 
growth we achieved in 2015 and below our 
medium-to-long-term target of consumer 
price index + GDP growth + 5%. Given the 
increased forecast risk we will update this 
guidance with our June 2016 results. Despite 
increased levels of uncertainty, Nedbank 
Group is in excellent shape to deal with the 
challenging macro-economic environment 
that we expect in both South Africa and in 
the Rest of Africa. 

Nedbank and Wildlands staff

39

Mpumalanga, South Africa

Planting a greener future 

We have been partnering with South African conservation charity 
Wildlands for 25 years, championing a greener environment 
and a sustainable future for all. In 2015, we celebrated 10 years of 
collaboration on Wildlands’ innovative Trees for Life project to support 
vulnerable ecosystems. We have been partners on the Old Mutual Wild 
Series: running and cycling events that raise funds for key South African 
conservation projects. Nedbank has worked with Wildlands on a 
range of initiatives to build resilient and flourishing communities. These 
include a new partnership to drive the sustainable transformation of the 
Acornhoek community in Mpumalanga – through initiatives ranging 
from tree planting and the establishment of community recycling 
businesses, to restoration of the Blyde River area.

Nedbank is in excellent shape  
to deal with the challenging  
macro-economic environment  
that we expect in South Africa  
and the Rest of Africa

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EMPOWERING 
LEARNERS 
TOGETHER

Youth form more than  
half the population  
in South Africa:  
they are key to  
building a  
vibrant society  
and economy

Desmond Osman
Nedbank’s Head of Youth and  
Entry Level Banking Marketing

Learners at Maloney’s Eye Primary School Entrepreneurs’ Day

72,000

Learners have had a chance 
to sharpen their business skills

OLD MUTUAL PLCANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS 2015 
41

Magaliesburg, South Africa

Building our youth  
for the future

More than 72,000 South African learners 
have had an early chance to sharpen their 
business skills, thanks to the Nedbank 4Me 
Entrepreneurs’ Day Programme. This annual 
initiative teaches entrepreneurial skills to 
primary school pupils. They then put their skills 
into practice on Entrepreneurs’ Day, when 
they open their businesses and compete 
to make a profit and support good causes. 
The programme has also reached more than 
100,000 parents and 1,500 educators.

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OLD MUTUAL
WEALTH
BUSINESS REVIEW

Following  
significant 
transformation  
over the past  
three years, our 
vertically integrated  
strategy is 
performing  
very well, 
contributing to  
the strength  
of new flows

Paul Feeney Chief Executive Officer 
Old Mutual Wealth

Achieved all of our three-year market commitments: 
£270m AOP (pre-tax), 40% operating margin  
and 12-15% return on equity
Delivered excellent net flows,  
driven by a successful vertical integration strategy
Invested in the future of our UK and cross-border  
business through IT transformation

Strategic reportOLD MUTUAL PLCANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS 2015Old Mutual Wealth  
business model

Distribution Channels 

Independent  
Financial Advisers

Wealth Solutions

Investment and Asset Management

 ■ Old Mutual International: Our cross-

43

border business, focusing on high-net 
worth and affluent local customers and 
expatriates in key markets across the 
world. Our advice-led product range 
serves customers’ needs from a number 
of international jurisdictions

 ■ Old Mutual Wealth Italy: Offers saving 

and investment solutions for affluent and 
high-net worth customers, distributed 
through banking partners
Investment division:
 ■ Old Mutual Global Investors (OMGI): 
A leading UK-based asset manager 
with highly rated, experienced portfolio 
managers and a strong long-term track 
record. OMGI distributes products 
through wholesale channels and other 
Group businesses, providing responsible 
investment options that meet our 
customers’ needs

 ■ Quilter Cheviot: One of the UK’s leading 

discretionary investment managers, 
building and actively managing 
investment portfolios tailored to the 
individual needs of affluent and high-net 
worth customers

What we do
Old Mutual Wealth is a leading UK and 
cross-border wealth management business. 
We are a vertically-integrated business 
that provides advice-driven investment 
solutions through our adviser and customer 
offerings, which span:

 ■ Financial advice via the Intrinsic Financial 
Services network or through independent 
financial advisers (IFAs)

 ■ Wealth management products and 
services via Old Mutual Wealth and 
Old Mutual International

 ■ Asset management solutions via 
Old Mutual Global Investors

 ■ Discretionary investment management 

via Quilter Cheviot

Where we operate 
Old Mutual Wealth provides advice-driven 
wealth solutions to customers in the UK 
and a number of cross-border markets, 
including the Far East, Middle East, Europe, 
Latin America and South Africa, through 
Old Mutual International. 
Distribution division:
 ■ Old Mutual Wealth UK: A leading 
provider of platform-based wealth 
management products and services 
in the UK, serving a largely affluent 
customer base through advised  
multi-channel distribution

 ■ Intrinsic: The UK’s largest financial 

adviser network, with more than 3,300 
professional financial planners offering 
expert individual advice to help our 
customers secure their financial future. 
The Intrinsic network includes Old Mutual 
Wealth Private Client Advisers, a branded 
national advice business

 Our vertically-
integrated model 
enables us  
to provide  
advice-driven  
wealth solutions 
through our 
distribution and 
investment  
divisions

+35%

AOP (pre-tax)

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O L D   M U T UA L   
W E A LT H
C O N T I N U E D

Responsible business
Old Mutual Wealth is committed to 
operating the business responsibly, ensuring 
that we enable financial wellbeing and 
promote responsible investment. We also 
contribute to the financial wellbeing of 
future generations through our financial 
education schools programmes, via 
‘MyBnk’, and employment skills workshops 
through ‘Young Enterprise’. Our Young 
Enterprise partnership focuses on building 
skills of young entrepreneurs, through 
supporting the ‘Start Up’ programme and 
‘Your Horizon’ which creates partnerships 
between the entrepreneurs and 
Old Mutual Wealth employees.

When entrusted with our customers’ 
savings we invest responsibly to protect 
and enhance long-term returns. This means 
using our position as a shareholder to 
promote strong corporate governance and 
sustainable business models by voting at 
AGMs and engaging with the management 
of companies in which we invest. 

Our commitment to responsible investment 
is illustrated through our membership of 
the Principles for Responsible Investment 
initiative and our involvement with the 
University of Cambridge Investment 
Leaders Group, both of which promote 
and support responsible investment. 

Each part of Old Mutual Wealth strives 
to be a leader in its market, successfully 
integrating as one business to add value 
for customers. We continue to grow strongly 
and our performance has been recognised 
with numerous awards. In 2015, Old Mutual 
Global Investors won ‘Best Investment Fund 
Provider’ at the MoneyFacts Investment, 
Life & Pension Awards; our International 
business won six awards at the International 
Adviser Life Awards; our UK platform won 
‘Best Platform for Restricted Advisers’ at the 
Professional Adviser Awards; Intrinsic won 
‘Best Large Network’ at the Mortgage 
Strategy Awards; Quilter Cheviot won 
‘Best Boutique Wealth Manager’ at the 
Wealth Adviser Awards; and both UK 
Platform and Quilter Cheviot won five star 
service awards at the FTAdviser.com 
Online Service Awards.

We are securing our 
competitive position 
by investing to 
make our platforms 
market-leading, 
addressing industry-
wide technology 
issues and ensuring 
that we can  
meet future  
customer needs

OLD MUTUAL GLOBAL 
INVESTORS WON 
‘BEST INVESTMENT 
FUND PROVIDER’ 

In the 2015 MoneyFacts 
Investment, Life & 
Pension Awards

Competitive environment 
In a dynamic and evolving industry, we 
compete with traditional insurers, asset 
managers, investment managers and 
financial advice providers to bring 
integrated wealth management solutions to 
our customers. Our key competitors include 
Standard Life, Hargreaves Lansdown and 
St James’s Place. 

We are the UK leader in vertically 
integrated wealth management, providing 
the full value chain of advice, platforms, 
products and investment capability to reduce 
complexity for our customers. 

We are securing our competitive position 
by investing to make our platforms 
market-leading, addressing industry-wide 
technology issues and ensuring that we can 
meet future customer needs.

£104.4bn

Funds under management

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The large UK market presents a  
considerable opportunity for us as  
it continues to recover from the  
global financial crisis

Market dynamics
Global investment markets were volatile 
over 2015 with investors cautious about the 
future of the Eurozone and the uncertain 
outlook for the global economy. Market 
levels influence fund values and revenue for 
Old Mutual Wealth and our competitors. 
True alpha-generating investment and 
risk-adjusted absolute return asset classes 
have proven popular with investors as they 
look for alternative investment options to 
attain positive returns. We have continued 
to experience strong flows into equity asset 
classes as they remain more attractive than 
bond markets in an ongoing low interest 
rate environment. 

The UK, our major market, has an 
investable asset pool of some £4.6 trillion, 
of which about £1.8 trillion is relevant to the 
retail life and wealth industry. Following 
considerable reforms of both wholesale 
and retail financial services sectors, 
covering both conduct and capital 
adequacy, the large UK market presents 

a considerable opportunity for us as it 
continues to recover from the global 
financial crisis.

Significant changes in UK pensions 
regulation are boosting demand for 
advice, asset management and drawdown 
products for the decumulation stage of 
retirement provision. Old Mutual Wealth is 
well positioned to benefit from this as 
people consolidate their retirement assets 
onto platforms offering access to flexible 
income and other options. 

Platform regulation requires all UK 
platform customers to be migrated onto 
transparent charging structures no later 
than April 2016; all our relevant customers 
have been migrated ahead of the deadline. 

In 2015 Old Mutual Wealth and Intrinsic 
participated in the Financial Advice Market 
Review to champion the value of regulated 
advice and support the views and interests 
of the advised sector and its customers. 

The new Solvency II regime became effective 
for our UK, Ireland and Italy regulated 
businesses from 1 January 2016. We expect 
our solvency position to remain strong.

Regulatory change is one of the greatest 
challenges for advisers and providers in 
many of our offshore jurisdictions. We 
believe that advisers who evolve to building 
long-term, advice-led relationships with 
their clients will overtake those who remain 
transactional or sales-led. Old Mutual 
International is developing its support in this 
area to help advisers transition to advice-
led models. It is also working with Quilter 
Cheviot to leverage the benefits of our 
vertically integrated model in other markets, 
increasing the range of solutions available 
to meet the strong demand from high-net 
worth international investors for tailored 
investment solutions. 

£6.9bn

Net client cash flows

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O L D   M U T UA L   
W E A LT H
C O N T I N U E D

Performance
Old Mutual Wealth adjusted operating 
profit (AOP) increased by 35% to £307 
million (2014: £227 million). On a like-for-like 
basis, excluding the impact of divested 
businesses and Quilter Cheviot, AOP has 
increased 43% since 2014. Profit growth has 
been predominantly driven by growth in 
revenue, with Old Mutual Global Investors 
profit more than doubling (from £33 million 
in 2014 to £71 million in 2015) and UK 
Platform also showing good growth. 
Intrinsic continues to deliver strong net flows 
into OMGI’s Cirilium range and onto the 
UK Platform and is a key contributor to 
revenue growth in these businesses. 

Our integrated strategy of owning 
distribution, an investment platform, 
discretionary fund management and asset 

Highlights

management is contributing to the delivery 
of strong net flows. Net client cash flow 
(NCCF) for 2015 improved by 86% to 
£6.9 billion (2014: £3.7 billion). Excluding 
Quilter Cheviot and European divestments, 
NCCF was £5.9 billion, 64% up on the prior 
year. Gross sales were £20.8 billion, 30% 
ahead of the prior year (22% excluding 
inorganic activity) following strong sales into 
Old Mutual Global Investors, UK Platform 
and Old Mutual International.

Funds under management (FUM) were 
£104.4 billion, up 27% from the end of 2014 
with the acquisition of Quilter Cheviot 
adding £17.5 billion and the divestment of 
our Switzerland, France and Luxembourg 
businesses reducing FUM by £2.7 billion. 
Excluding this corporate activity, funds 
under management were 9% higher than 
2014 year end due to positive NCCF in the 
period. Excluding the impact from positive 
NCCF and corporate activity, our FUM has 
grown by 1% compared to a fall of 5% in 
the FTSE 100.

AO P   ( P R E -TA X )   BY   C L U S T E R
(£m)

1

7

6

5

2

3

4

1. UK Platform £33m 
2. UK Other £17m  
3. International £50m  
4. OMGI £71m  
5. Quilter Cheviot £34m  
6. UK Heritage £69m  
7. Europe £33m 

AOP (pre-tax)
AOP, excluding Quilter Cheviot (pre-tax)
Gross sales 
NCCF (£bn) 
FUM (£bn)
Pre-tax operating margin1
IFRS profit/(loss) after tax attributable to equity 
holders of the parent 
1  Pre-tax revenue operating margin is calculated as pre-tax AOP divided by net revenue.

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2015
307
273
20,801
6.9
104.4
40%

2014
227
227
15,992
3.7
82.5
36%

Excluding divested business and Quilter Cheviot

AOP (pre-tax)
NCCF (£bn) 
FUM (£bn)

2015
264
5.9
86.6

Profit of £307m  
for 2015 was  
35% higher than 
prior year. Excluding  
Quilter Cheviot, 
profit was £273m, 
ahead of our  
£270m target

£m
Change
35%
20%
30%
86%
27%

£m
Change
43%
64%
9%

(37)

2014
185
3.6
79.7

40%

Pre-tax operating margin

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Strategic intent 

47

Our vertically integrated business – combining controlled advice, a leading 
investment platform, attractive wealth management solutions, together with high 
performing asset and investment management – offers customers an end-to-end 
planning and investment solution and gives advisers a single solution to their 
clients’ needs. We are committed to operating the business responsibly, ensuring 
we enable financial wellbeing and promote responsible investment.

Priorities set  
for 2015-18

Progress in 2015

Complete the transformation of 
our business to become the best 
and leading UK and cross-border 
wealth manager

Build a modern, vertically 
integrated wealth management 
business with strong asset 
management at its core

 ■ Completed the £585 million acquisition 
of Quilter Cheviot to capture flows into 
discretionary investment management 
and add core capability

 ■ Launched our national advice business, 

Old Mutual Wealth Private Client 
Advisers and acquired the Financial 
Adviser School. Attracted more than 
300 new restricted financial planners 
to our network

 ■ Strengthened asset management 

expertise by combining the multi-asset 
capabilities of Old Mutual Global 
Investors and Quilter Cheviot into 
one dedicated Investment Division. 
Launched the Rates and Liability-Driven 
Investment team

 ■ Completed the sale of our Switzerland, 
France and Luxembourg businesses – 
bringing disposals of non-core 
European businesses to eight in 
three years

 ■ Continued with the investment in 

our platform technology, successfully 
launching Wealth Interactive in 
Old Mutual International. Progress 
with the build and redevelopment of 
the UK Platform technology continues 
to be made, with challenges on cost 
and timelines

Key management  
actions for 2016-18

 ■ Continue to become one business with 
a unifying culture, trusted brand and 
commitment to acting responsibly, to 
better serve our customers. We will 
leverage the underlying strengths 
of each business to capitalise on the 
benefits of integration, while preserving 
each business’ individual identity
 ■ Continue our UK and International 
IT and business transformation to 
develop market-leading, flexible and 
scalable investment platforms

 ■ Build an outstanding investment and 
asset management capability to meet 
our customers’ needs by bringing in 
new talent and integrating new 
investment capabilities into our 
product plan

 ■ Expand our multi-channel advised 
distribution in our UK and cross-
border markets. We will grow Intrinsic, 
our in-house distribution, and cement 
its position as the UK’s leading 
controlled advice business

 ■ Expand our product proposition, 

building on the success of the current 
at-retirement products and further 
developing our cross-border 
investment suite

Become one business
Transform our investment platforms  
to be market-leading
Build an outstanding investment and asset  
management capability
Expand our multi-channel distribution network
Expand our product proposition 

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O L D   M U T UA L   
W E A LT H
C O N T I N U E D

Managing our risk
Our risk management approach is driven 
by our business strategy. Its principles are 
embedded through our risk governance 
framework, with risk preferences providing 
broader context to our management 
approach and risk appetite. The key 
risks facing our business and required 
mitigating actions are:
Market risk
Market risk is inherent to our business. 
The majority of our earnings are correlated 
to our assets under management. Global 
market volatility and economic uncertainty 
may impact fund-based revenues. We seek 
to manage and mitigate this risk for our 
customers through a comprehensive 
range of internally managed investment 
solutions, designed to address a diversity 
of economic conditions.
Execution and integration risk
We face execution risk from the 
implementation of our vertical integration 

strategy across the business and the 
implementation of outsourcing 
arrangements. A detailed independent 
review has shown cost and timing overruns 
in our business transformation and 
outsourcing project. We accept this risk 
within reasonable limits to further our 
strategic aims, mitigating it through:

 ■ Strong governance and oversight 

structures to support a customer-focused 
vertical integration model and 
implementation of IT and business 
process outsourcing. We have engaged 
Accenture to provide programme 
management support to review the 
scope, planning and implementation 
approach for the programme. KPMG 
have been engaged to provide 
programme assurance

 ■ Managing relationships with outsourcing 

partners through robust service 
agreements and regular meetings
 ■ Utilising detailed independent reviews 
of key initiatives as part of ongoing 
risk assurance activity, applying and 
sharing key improvements identified 
across the Group

 ■ Focusing on control and prompt 

escalation to mitigate operational risks

Our risk management principles  
are embedded through  
our governance framework,  
with risk preferences providing  
broader context to our  
management approach

Regulatory risk
Risk that regulatory reform and growth in 
conduct regulation impacts our ability to 
deliver our strategic initiatives is mitigated 
by our strategy, which is designed to meet 
changing consumer needs and respond to 
regulatory change. We are well placed 
and quick to adapt to customer needs 
and proactively prepare for anticipated 
regulatory changes, engaging with 
regulators to ensure we are aligned 
and responsive.
Advice and conduct risk
To ensure that customers receive the 
appropriate quality of advice from 
appointed representatives and 
Old Mutual Wealth advisers, we have 
implemented a robust conduct risk 
framework and have undertaken a 
full programme of suitability reviews, 
ongoing training and development, 
and mystery shopping campaigns.

Outlook 
Old Mutual Wealth is committed to 
exceptional service, as demonstrated by 
our Gold rating from Defaqto for service on  
our current platform. We have introduced 
top-of-the-range drawdown products 
during 2015 and will continue to introduce 
new functionality to our existing systems. 
At the same time we are making a long-
term investment in the UK platform market 
seeking to enhance both customer service 
and efficiency. The market and regulatory 
environment has changed significantly in the 
past few years and we want to ensure we 
implement the programme with minimum 
impact for advisers, customers and our 
business. Given our focus on quality 
of the delivery, we will need to conduct 
extensive testing and utilise a phased 
deployment for our roll-out. As a result, 
the expected delivery date has moved from 
the end of 2016 to H2 2018 for the Platform 
implementation and to 2019 for the heritage 
life and pensions book. We have spent 
£177 million to date, with £97 million in 
2015 and now estimate further project 
spend to completion of approximately 
£250 million. In total over the six-year period 
we estimate that the current plan will cost 

Strategic reportOLD MUTUAL PLCANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS 2015approximately £425 million to £450 million. 
We have engaged Accenture to provide 
programme management support to review 
the scope, planning and implementation 
approach for the programme. We plan 
to report back on the Accenture work at 
the interims. KPMG have been engaged 
to provide programme assurance. 
The programme is a fundamental business 
transformation and outsourcing project, 
bringing significant propositional and 
business retention benefits.

We will continue to invest in building the 
market profile of Old Mutual Wealth, 
through initiatives such as our four-year 
title sponsorship of the RFU Autumn Rugby 
International series, encompassing both the 
men’s and women’s senior teams. With this 
sponsorship agreement, we will significantly 
enhance the Old Mutual Wealth brand in 
our core UK retail market. 

Growth in Old Mutual Wealth Private 
Client Advisers will drive increased levels 
of vertical integration across the business, 
through our platform capabilities and 
investment and asset management. Our 
Financial Adviser School will welcome its 
first cohort of student financial advisers.

Over 2016, we anticipate sales growth of 
our platform products and the Cirilium 
fund range from our own advisers, as the 
number of restricted financial planners 
increases. We will benefit from a full year’s 
production from the additional Sesame 
Bankhall advisers and expect to grow the 
advice network through our Practice 
Buy-Out initiative, which will facilitate 
retention of client assets and ensure that 
customers continue to receive high-quality 
financial advice from advisers within the 
Intrinsic network. 

Much of our fee income is derived from 
charges on funds under management 
and the fall in markets in early 2016 is 
expected to constrain earning projections 
if markets remain at lower levels than 2015.

In the run-up to the tax year end, we are  
well positioned to benefit from the 
changes in pension legislation due to the 
strength of our advice and investment 

management solutions together with our 
pension drawdown functionality. Online 
functionality for our protection offering 
will be launched during H1 2016, with 
the enhanced functionality and flexibility 
expected to positively impact sales over 2016. 

Within Old Mutual Global Investors, we will 
continue to develop our global distribution 
channels while appraising opportunities 
for further development of our asset 
management capabilities as they arise. 
We expect positive impacts to our 
investment performance through the 
combined capabilities of Old Mutual 
Global Investors and Quilter Cheviot.

Our earnings profile will continue to shift 
to our new modern source of profits and 
away from our heritage businesses and we 

will continue to target an operating margin 
of ~40% over the medium to long-term. 

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We believe we have the right business model 
to drive substantial growth, earnings and 
value following significant transformation 
activity over the past three years. Our 
vertically integrated strategy of combining 
controlled advice, a leading investment 
platform, attractive wealth management 
solutions and high-performing asset and 
investment management is performing very 
well, contributing to the strength of net flows 
into the business. Our focus over 2016 is to 
further embed the strategy, leveraging the 
benefits of integration to drive collaboration 
and synergies between our outstanding 
individual businesses whilst delivering 
customer value.

Jane Goodland, Responsible  
Business Director, Old Mutual Wealth

London, UK

Addressing the savings gap 

In the UK, there is a significant savings gap that leaves many people 
unprepared for the future. Old Mutual Wealth commissioned research 
to explore the issue. The findings – summarised in our paper ‘Redefining 
Wealth’ – indicate that most people see wealth as enabling social 
fulfilment and security: their primary motivations for creating wealth are 
to support family and pursue opportunities, experiences and interests. 
Attitudes to saving need to be longer-term if people are to make 
adequate provision for later life. We are committed to help address this 
challenge, by promoting financial education and advice and engaging 
with policymakers and other market participants.

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London, UK

Teaming-up to manage a fortune 
– and provide peace of mind

When Jon Heywood came into a £13 million 
fortune, he recognised that he lacked the financial 
experience to manage such a large sum himself. 
Intrinsic financial adviser, David Stone, put him 
at ease, providing a will and trust, pension 
and a range of investments to suit his goals. 
Crucially, Jon and David were able to draw on 
a wealth of expertise and options from across 
Old Mutual International, Old Mutual Global 
Investors, Quilter Cheviot and our UK Wealth 
Platform. Jon was also able to make use of 
banking services from Nedbank Private Wealth.

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MANAGING  
MONEY
TOGETHER

We were able to  
draw on a wealth  
of expertise and  
options from across  
Old Mutual International,  
Old Mutual Global Investors, 
Quilter Cheviot and our  
UK Wealth Platform 

David Stone
Financial Adviser

Left: Financial Adviser, David Stone
Right: Customer, Jon Heywood

100%

Peace of mind

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INSTITUTIONAL
ASSET 
MANAGEMENT
BUSINESS REVIEW

Old Mutual’s Institutional Asset Management 
business consists of US-based multi-boutique  
asset manager, OMAM, and Rogge*

The stability 
of OMAM’s 
core earnings 
demonstrated 
the strength and 
diversity of its 
Affiliates and the 
benefits of growth 
in higher-margin 
product areas 
over the year 

Peter Bain Chief Executive Officer 
Old Mutual Asset Management (OMAM)

*  Old Mutual agreed the sale of Rogge in 

February 2016. Rogge’s assets and liabilities 
have been classified as held for sale.

Strong, diverse multi-boutique franchise
Partnership approach aligns incentives  
for long-term growth

Strategic reportOLD MUTUAL PLCANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS 2015Growth strategy
OMAM‘s multi-boutique model is well positioned  
for growth, with four areas of focus

Four key  
growth areas

New
Partnerships

Global
Distribution

Multi-boutique value 
proposition drives 
incremental growth 
opportunities

Collaborative Organic Growth
(Growth and product  
development capital)

Core Affiliate growth
(Investment performance and net client cash flows)

OMAM‘s aligned partnership model

  Operating autonomy
  Long-term perspective
  Profit-sharing model

  Affiliate-level employee ownership
  Talent management
  At-scale Affiliates

Unique partnership  
approach provides stability  
and foundation for growth

What we do
We are an institutionally driven, active 
investment management business delivered 
through a diversified multi-boutique 
framework that seeks to generate 
consistent, sustainable alpha (meaningful 
outperformance) for clients around the 
globe. We provide strategic capabilities 
to our Affiliates, helping them to become 
their clients’ trusted partners by delivering 
superior investment performance, 
innovative offerings and focused service.

Our strategy is to generate growth through 
the internal growth of our Affiliates, working 
in partnership with them to enhance their 
product offerings and expand their global 
distribution capabilities. We also seek to 
grow our business through the execution 
of investments in additional, high-quality 
boutique firms.

Where we operate
We offer a broad range of investment 
strategies to clients around the globe 
through seven highly regarded boutique 
asset management firms located across 
the United States:

 ■ Acadian Asset Management LLC
 ■ Barrow, Hanley, Mewhinney & Strauss, LLC 
 ■ Campbell Global, LLC
 ■ Copper Rock Capital Partners LLC
 ■ Heitman LLC
 ■ Investment Counselors of Maryland, LLC
 ■ Thompson, Siegel & Walmsley LLC

Our business is broadly diversified, both 
among our Affiliates and within their 
respective businesses. The breadth of our 
product offerings by asset class, geography 
and investment strategy enhances our 
relative earnings stability and provides us 

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with multiple sources of growth. Collectively, 
our Affiliates offer more than 100 distinct, 
active investment strategies in US, global, 
international and emerging markets 
equities, US fixed income, and alternative 
investments, including real estate and 
timber. In addition, there is significant 
diversification within each of our Affiliate 
firms through the breadth of their respective 
investment capabilities. 

Through our Affiliates, we serve a highly 
diverse investor base in the institutional 
and sub-advisory channels in the US and 
around the world. In addition to a strong 
US client base, our Affiliates manage 
assets for clients in 28 countries outside 
the US, including Australia, Canada, 
Ireland, Japan, the Netherlands, South 
Africa, South Korea, Switzerland and the 
United Kingdom. 

Our approach 
enables us  
to become  
our clients’  
trusted partners  
by delivering 
superior  
investment 
performance, 
innovative  
offerings and 
focused service 

+9%

AOP (pre-tax)

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I N S T I T U T I O N A L   
A S S E T   M A N AG E M E N T
C O N T I N U E D

Responsible business
OMAM’s commitment to leadership in 
responsible business stems from its Affiliates’ 
focus on performing their duties to their 
clients, which is to ensure that they provide 
their clients with the consistent execution of 
their stated investment strategies and the 
highest level of client service. Our approach 
to responsible business is based on a 
five-pillar framework: 

 ■ Responsible to our clients
 ■ Responsible investment
 ■ Responsible to our employees
 ■ Responsible to our communities
 ■ Responsible environmental management

Our approach emphasises that our clients 
are at the heart of our business, and will 
help us to continue building on the strong 
foundation of ethical values, treating 
clients fairly and good governance that 
is critical to our custodianship of our 
clients’ money. In 2015, we worked 
with our Affiliates to build Responsible 
Investment into their investment approach 
in a way that adds value to their clients.

Competitive environment
The asset management industry is highly 
competitive; OMAM Affiliates seek to 
differentiate themselves through their ability 
to generate alpha and provide superior 
service to their clients. Through our 
collaborative organic growth initiatives, 
OMAM works closely with Affiliates to 
enhance their product offerings to take 
advantage of the evolving needs and 
demands of institutional investors.  
OMAM’s global distribution platform 
complements our Affiliates’ existing 
distribution capabilities to expand their 
client base on a global basis.

OMAM offers strong-performing 
products across a range of investment 
styles and strategies:

 ■ US equities – with strong long-term 
performance across value equity 
strategies, OMAM Affiliates are well 
positioned to compete for new mandates 
 ■ Non-US and global equities – investors 
are increasingly interested in non-US and 
global mandates offered by OMAM 
Affiliates, including emerging markets 
and small-cap equities

 ■ Alternative investments – OMAM’s 

Affiliates are among the world leaders 
in specialised real asset classes such as 
real estate and timber investing

 ■ New product development – OMAM 
works closely with Affiliates to identify 
areas of growing investor appeal and to 
develop new investment products to meet 
client needs

OUR FIVE-PILLAR
FRAMEWORK OF
RESPONSIBLE BUSINESS

Helps us to continue building
on the strong foundation of
ethical values

$212.4bn

Funds under management 

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As a result  
of our favourable  
asset mix shift,  
OMAM generated 
positive net  
revenue flow  
of $18.9m  
during the year

AU M   BY   S T R AT E GY
($bn)

6 1

5

4

2

3

1. US Equity $76.9bn  
2. International Equity $37.0bn  
3. Alternative, Real Estate & Timber $36.9bn 
4. Global Equity $29.4bn 
5. Emerging Markets Equity $18.4bn 
6. Fixed Income $13.8bn

Market dynamics
Declines in public securities markets during 
H2 2015 eliminated most if not all of the 
H1 2015 gains among the US and global 
equity indices. The S&P 500 finished the 
year down 0.7% and the Dow Jones 
Industrial Average was down 2.2%.

Non-US developed and emerging markets 
were also challenged for much of the year 
as the MSCI EAFE index declined 3.3% over 
the year and the MSCI Emerging Markets 
index declined 17.0%.

Key factors in the decline in global equities 
were the US Federal Reserve’s first increase 
in Fed Funds rate in nine years, slowing 
growth in China, weak oil prices, and a 
strong US dollar.

Current institutional search activity favours 
specialised strategies in asset classes such 
as global equity, US equity and alternatives 
including real estate and timber. Investors 
remain focused on products with potential 
for meaningful outperformance (alpha 
generation), as well as strategies to diversify 
their investment portfolios.

Performance
In a year marked by substantial volatility 
in the equity markets, OMAM generated 
solid 2015 core earnings. 

IFRS adjusted operating profit (AOP) of 
$229 million was up 9% over 2014. 

Funds under management (FUM) at 
end-2015 were $212.4 billion (2014: 
$220.8 billion). Market declines in H2 2015 
led to a reduction of $3.7 billion, while net 
client cash flow (NCCF) reduced FUM by a 
further $5.1 billion. However, as a result of 
our favourable asset mix shift, particularly 
reflected in revenues from flows into global, 
non-US equities and alternative investment 
products, OMAM generated positive 
expected revenue of $18.9 million from 
NCCF during the year. 

In a difficult market environment, OMAM’s 
Affiliates continued to build on their 
long-term track records during the quarter, 
with assets under management (AUM) 
representing 60%, 83%, and 92% of 
revenue outperforming benchmarks on a 
1-, 3- and 5-year basis, respectively, as of 
31 December 2015.

Highlights

AOP (pre-tax)
Operating margin, before Affiliate key employee 
distributions
Operating margin, after Affiliate key employee 
distributions
NCCF ($bn) 
FUM ($bn)
IFRS profit after tax attributable to equity holders of 
the parent (£m)1
1  Institutional Asset Management, including Rogge.

2015
229

38%

33%
(5.1)
212.4

2014
211

40%

33%
9.5
220.8

$m
Change
9%

(154%)
(4%)

66

77

(14%)

38%

Operating margin (before Affiliate  
key employee distributions) 

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Strategic intent 

I N S T I T U T I O N A L   
A S S E T   M A N AG E M E N T
C O N T I N U E D

Priorities set  
for 2015-18

Continue to strengthen and 
grow our multi-boutique asset 
management business

We seek to grow our business through core Affiliate growth, as well 
as investing in collaborative organic growth initiatives, enhancing 
distribution capabilities and partnering with new Affiliates.

Progress in 2015

Key management  
actions for 2016-18

 ■ Launched successful secondary offering 

on New York Stock Exchange

 ■ Achieved solid margins relative to peers 
and revenue growth from new money 
flows into higher-fee products

 ■ Generate core Affiliate growth through 
strong investment performance and 
positive net client cash flows 

 ■ Invest in collaborative organic growth 

initiatives with existing Affiliates

 ■ Successfully expanded international 
distribution platform for Affiliates
 ■ Actively prospected for new Affiliate 

partnerships

 ■ Continued to attract, develop and retain 

key talent

 ■ Increase global distribution 
opportunities for Affiliates 

 ■ Execute new Affiliate partnerships
 ■ Efficiently manage our balance sheet

Managing our risk
Market risk is inherent to our business. 
Global market volatility and economic 
uncertainty may negatively impact 
asset-based management fee revenues:  
this risk is mitigated by the quality and 
diversity of the investment products  
offered by our seven Affiliates.
Market risk
Market volatility impacts all asset 
managers. Our Affiliates have proven 
their investment strategies and 
commitment to their investment discipline 
over the long-term, through many market 
cycles. In addition, we continue to work 
with them to diversify their product 
offerings: this can enhance the stability 
of our earnings in volatile market 
environments as proven in 2015.

Execution risk
As part of our growth strategy we 
selectively pursue partnerships with 
additional boutique asset management 
firms. Forging these partnerships creates 
change risk and requires significant 
resource commitment. We mitigate these 
risks through extensive due diligence before 
any transaction, including ensuring that 
target firms have track records of operating 
successfully as standalone enterprises, 
share our strategic vision and can 
demonstrate a strong cultural fit.
Regulatory risk
The new regulatory requirements following 
our public listing are an important area of 
focus for us. We are actively engaged in 
mitigating this risk wherever necessary, 
and proactively monitor the jurisdictions 
in which we operate for any relevant 
regulatory changes. 

Global market 
volatility and 
economic 
uncertainty is 
mitigated through 
the quality and 
diversity of our 
investment products

Generate core Affiliate growth
Invest in collaborative organic growth
Increase global distribution opportunities
Execute new Affiliate partnerships
Efficiently manage our balance sheet

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withstand market cycles, as its profit 
share model gives a high level  
of structural variability to expenses

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Rosie’s Place staff and guest

Outlook
The volatile market environment to date in 
2016 has presented the asset management 
industry with challenges. However, OMAM 
believes that it is well positioned to 
withstand such market cycles, as its profit 
share model gives a high level of structural 
variability to expenses. 

OMAM remains committed to investing 
alongside its Affiliates in medium-term 
organic growth initiatives, including 
developing capabilities in multi-asset class, 
LDI and global/non-US equities and further 
penetration of specialised and non-US 
markets through its Global Distribution 
initiative. In addition, OMAM continues to 
make good progress in identifying and 
developing relationships with at-scale asset 
management boutiques with strong 
investment and executive talent and a vision 
to enhance and expand their business by 
partnering with us. 

OMAM has the financial resources 
necessary to execute its growth strategy 
using existing cash and its revolving credit 
facility capacity. It also has a shelf 
registration filed for debt and equity 
securities, which facilitates capital markets 
access. Finally, OMAM has a $150 million 
share repurchase programme, which 
provides an accretive and value-enhancing 
form of capital management in conjunction 
with the payment of ordinary dividends.

Boston, USA

Enabling better futures: a home 
and fresh hope

Rosie’s Place was the first women’s shelter in the United States with the 
mission to provide a safe and nurturing environment to help poor and 
homeless women. Since 2005, OMAM has partnered with Rosie’s 
Place, to offer a range of business and volunteer support by providing 
donations to classroom resources and sponsorship for its Safe and 
Sound Galas. Historically, the Dollars and Cents programme with 
Rosie’s Place provided weekly budgeting clinics but this was revised as 
it became apparent that the vast majority of guests had little financial 
means to manage. Over the years, we have worked with Rosie’s 
Place and a leading law firm to now provide a weekly drop-in clinic 
where guests receive assistance in reducing debt and eradicating 
unnecessary fees. 

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SHARING 
BEST PRACTICE 
TOGETHER

It was fantastic for 
Old Mutual to be  
supporting the PRI for  
the third year in a row.  
The event continues to 
provide the best annual 
opportunity to listen  
to and engage with  
thought leaders on  
material and emerging  
ESG issues

Jon Duncan
Head of Responsible Investment

Jon Duncan, Head of Responsible Investment

Gold

Sponsor at the 2015 PRI in Person conference

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Locations across the Group

Collaborating to  
invest responsibly

We can build a better business faster if we work 
together. When we bring together skills, insights 
and experiences from our different businesses, 
we create greater impact. This is already 
delivering results in our drive to be a leader in 
responsible investment. Our Responsible 
Investment team, based in Old Mutual Investment 
Group, partners with teams across the Group 
– and organisations such as the Principles for 
Responsible Investment (PRI) initiative and the 
Investment Leaders Group – to embed our 
responsible investment approach across our 
businesses. Old Mutual was a gold sponsor  
of the 2015 PRI in Person conference, where 
responsible investment stakeholders convened 
to exchange ideas.

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FINANCIAL 
REVIEW

The performance 
from our underlying 
businesses combined 
with our Group  
resources, means  
we start from  
a position of 
strength, which 
allows us flexibility  
in the execution  
of our new strategy

Ingrid Johnson
Group Finance Director

£1,663m

AOP (pre-tax and NCI)

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Group Review
Group Highlights1

Adjusted operating profit (pre-tax, £m)
Adjusted operating earnings per share (pence)
IFRS profit after tax distributable to equity holders of the parent (£m)2
Return on equity3
Adjusted net asset value per share (pence)4
Gross sales (£bn)
Net client cash flow (£bn)
Net client cash flow (excluding Rogge) (£bn)
Group customers (millions)
Funds under management (£bn)
Funds under management (excluding Rogge) (£bn)
Total dividend for the year (pence)

2014
(constant 
currency)
1,496
16.8p
523
–
191.3p
25.5
5.2
11.5
–
314.3
282.0

2015
1,663
19.3p
614
14.2%
178.9p
31.8
(1.5)
6.6
18.9
327.9
303.8
8.9p

Change
11%
15%
17%
–
(6%)
25%
(129%)
(43%)
–
4%
8%

2014
(as 
reported)
1,605
17.9p
582
 13.3%
221.9p
26.3
4.9
11.2
17.5
319.4
287.1
8.7p

Change
4%
8%
5%
90bps
(19%)
21%
(131%)
(41%)
8%
3%
6%
2%

1  The figures in the table are in respect of core continuing operations only, unless otherwise stated 
2  A full reconciliation of IFRS profit to AOP can be found on page 64
3  Group ROE is calculated as AOP (post-tax and NCI) divided by average ordinary shareholders’ equity (i.e. excluding the perpetual preferred callable securities). 

It excludes non-core operations

4  The adjusted Group NAV per ordinary share uses an MCEV valuation basis for Emerging Markets covered business and the UK Heritage business in Old Mutual Wealth 

as well as the market value of listed subsidiaries. Other businesses and other assets are included at IFRS NAV.

Old Mutual Emerging Markets delivered a strong  
performance with AOP up 9%
Nedbank headline earnings up 10%
Old Mutual Wealth AOP of £307m  
exceeding £270m target set in 2012
OM Asset Management profit is up 9% to $229m

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F I N A N C I A L   
R E V I E W
C O N T I N U E D

Review of financial performance

AOP Analysis
Financial results in this part are on a reported basis unless otherwise stated.

AOP analysis by business unit (£m)

Old Mutual Emerging Markets
Nedbank
Old Mutual Wealth
Institutional Asset Management

Finance costs
Long-term investment return on excess assets
Interest payable to non-core operations
Corporate costs
Other net shareholder expenses
Adjusted operating profit before tax
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 parent1

Adjusted weighted average number of shares (millions)
Adjusted operating earnings per share (pence)

2015
615
754
307
149
1,825
(83)
21
(4)
(57)
(39)
1,663
(403)
1,260
(310)
(19)

931
4,813
19.3

2014
617
770
227
131
1,745
(78)
24
(5)
(55)
(26)
1,605
(439)
1,166
(280)
(18)

868
4,845
17.9

% Change
–
(2%)
35%
14%
5%
(6%)
(13%)
20%
(4%)
(50%)
4%
8%
8%
(11%)
(6%)

7%
(1%)
8%

1  IFRS profit after tax attributable to equity holders of the parent was £614 million for the year ended 31 December 2015 (31 December 2014: £582 million). A full 

reconciliation of IFRS profit to AOP is presented on page 64.

AOP by business unit 
Old Mutual Emerging Markets (OMEM) 
profits rose 9% on a constant currency basis 
but were flat on a reported basis at £615 
million, following good life underwriting 
results, growth in asset-based revenues, 
increased ownership of Old Mutual Finance 
(OMF) (since September 2014) and the 
significant improvement in the Property & 
Casualty underwriting result in South Africa. 
Life and savings profits were up 12% in 
constant currency mainly due to higher 

asset-based fees, good underwriting 
results and increased profits in Asia. OMEM 
banking and lending profits rose 18% in 
constant currency, due to the increased profit 
contribution from the consolidation and 
growth of OMF and increased profits from 
Central African Building Society (CABS) in 
Zimbabwe. Additional interest costs were 
incurred on debt issued in the period.

Nedbank profits increased 7% on a 
constant currency basis, reflecting a resilient 

performance in a deteriorating macro 
environment with volatile markets and 
escalating regulatory requirements, but were 
down 2% in reported currency. Nedbank 
contributes 91% of the Group’s banking and 
lending profits and represents 96% of the 
Group’s loans and advances.

Old Mutual Wealth profits rose 35% to 
£307 million, with strong profit growth in 
Old Mutual Global Investors (OMGI) 
(up 115%) benefiting from both vertical 

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integration particularly due to sales in 
Cirilium, and strong performance of the 
GEAR and UK Alpha funds and the first time 
contribution of Quilter Cheviot which was 
acquired in February 2015. Excluding Quilter 
Cheviot, AOP was £273 million, exceeding 
the £270 million Old Mutual Wealth profit 
target announced in 2012.

Institutional Asset Management profits rose 
strongly as a result of higher performance 
and management fees. On a constant 
currency basis, excluding one-off exceptional 
performance fees and Rogge, profits 
remained flat on the prior year.

The long-term investment return (LTIR) on 
excess assets decreased in 2015 as a result of 
the impact of the weaker rand and a lower 
shareholder asset base following the use 
of excess assets to fund the acquisition of 
UAP by Old Mutual Emerging Markets. 
In constant currency, LTIR on excess assets 
decreased 2%.

Finance costs increased largely as a result of 
the re-financing activity. During November 
2015, the Group redeemed a €374 million 
Tier 2 bond and issued a new £450 million 
Tier 2 instrument, with a 10-year bullet 
maturity and coupon of 7.875%.

Other net shareholder expenses increased to 
£39 million due to the implementation costs 
for Solvency II. Based on the current timetable 
and regulation of Solvency II, the total cost of 
completion will be up to £20 million, of which 
£10 million was incurred as expected in 2015 
and the balance will be incurred in 2016. 
In addition, Group initiatives of £11 million 
include costs associated with the incoming 
Group Chief Executive, partly offset by 
£5 million of foreign exchange gains on 
dollar investments in the period.
Tax
The AOP effective tax rate (ETR) for the 
Group has decreased to 24% (2014: 27%), 
largely as a result of the Old Mutual 
Emerging Markets ETR returning to the 
South African statutory rate of 28% and an 
increase in lower taxed income at Nedbank. 

The ETR for our Old Mutual Wealth business 
is generally lower than those in our emerging 
markets businesses given the lower 

corporate tax rate in the UK and in the 
markets in which the International businesses 
operate. Interest and corporate costs 
incurred in the UK can be offset against 
profits in Old Mutual Wealth UK in the 
same year. 

Looking forward, and depending on market 
conditions and profit mix, we expect the ETR 
on AOP in future periods to range between 
25% and 28% as previously indicated.
IFRS Results 
The Group IFRS profit after tax attributable 
to equity holders of the parent was 
£614 million for 2015 (2014: £582 million); 
mainly as a result of the increase in 
IFRS profits at Old Mutual Wealth. 
Preference and ordinary cash dividends 
of £452 million were paid in the year 
(2014: £426 million). As at 31 December 
2015, the distributable reserves of the 
parent company, Old Mutual plc, were 
£2.4 billion (2014: £2.5 billion).

Basic earnings per share was 12.7p for 
the year ended 31 December 2015 
compared to 12.4p for the year ended 
31 December 2014.
Adjusting items
Old Mutual Emerging Markets
Old Mutual Emerging Markets adjusting 
items have increased from £45 million to 
£76 million. These were attributable to a 
higher amortisation of acquired intangibles 
and PVIF of £24 million (2014: £10 million), 
reflecting acquisitions made in the prior 
period. In 2015, there was a deemed profit 
of £15 million recognised on the additional 
50% acquired in African Infrastructure 
Investment Managers (AIIM) (in 2014 
£66 million of deemed profit was 
recognised in respect of the additional 
stake acquired in OMF during 2014 and 
profit on the sale of the interest in SA 
Corporate Real Estate). This was offset by 
reduced short-term fluctuations in investment 
returns of £36 million (2014: £59 million).

Old Mutual Wealth
Old Mutual Wealth adjusting items have 
increased from £230 million to £266 million. 
Adjusting items include costs related to the 
development of the new Old Mutual 

Wealth platform capability and outsourcing 
of the UK business administration of 
£97 million (2014: £60 million), a net loss 
on disposal of subsidiaries of £52 million 
(2014: £70 million) and amortisation of 
acquired intangibles and acquired PVIF 
of £94 million (2014: £103 million).

Long-term investment returns (LTIR)
LTIR for the Group is marginally down from 
£152 million to £150 million. In constant 
currency, LTIR for the Group is up 8%. 
Emerging Markets LTIR increased 10% in 
local currency due to 6% growth in the 
South African businesses and 31% in Rest of 
Africa. The strong growth in Rest of Africa is 
due to the increased asset portfolio from 
recent acquisitions, although this reduced 
the LTIR from excess assets which funded 
the acquisitions. Old Mutual Wealth LTIR is 
flat on prior year at £5 million.

LTIR rates across the Group remain 
unchanged in 2016.

Institutional Asset Management
Institutional Asset Management adjusting 
items of £31 million (2014: £40 million) 
relate to amounts written off on legacy 
intangible assets and adjustments in 
respect of equity plans.

Discontinued and  
non-core operations
Discontinued and non-core operations 
include the settlement of the litigation 
(in May 2015) arising from the disposal 
of US Life in 2011, resulting in an expense 
of £21 million (2014: £19 million). The 
OM Bermuda operating loss of £31 million 
reflects the increase in GMAB liabilities, 
partially offset by hedging gains due to 
weaker equity markets and benefits of 
Forward Start Options (FSO) for volatility 
hedging. Given the length of time before 
the guarantees crystallise the business is 
being run with a view of minimising cash 
utilisation albeit then introducing profit 
and loss volatility. The programme will 
be reviewed in the run up to the 10 year 
anniversary of policies in 2017 and 2018.

£614m

IFRS profit after tax attributable  
to equity of holders of the parent

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R E V I E W
C O N T I N U E D

IFRS to AOP Reconciliation year end December 2015 (£m)

Old Mutual
Emerging 
Markets

Nedbank

Old Mutual
Wealth

Institutional
Asset
Management

Discontinued
 and
 non-core
 operations

Other2

Profit/(loss) after tax attributable  
to equity holders of the parent

Total adjusting items1
Tax on adjusting items
Non-controlling interest in adjusting items
Discontinued and non-core operations
AOP after tax attributable to equity 

holders of the parent

362
76
(13)
(7)
–

418

309
(2)
1
(6)
–

302

42
266
(44)
–
–

264

66
31
(5)
(6)
–

86

IFRS to AOP Reconciliation year end December 2014 (£m)

Profit/(loss) after tax attributable to equity 

holders of the parent

Total adjusting items1
Tax on adjusting items
Non-controlling interest in adjusting items
Discontinued and non-core operations
AOP after tax attributable to equity holders 

of the parent

Old Mutual
Emerging
Markets

Nedbank

Old Mutual
Wealth

Institutional
Asset
Management

395
45
(20)
(10)
–

410

315
2
(1)
(15)
–

301

(37)
230
(14)
–
–

179

77
40
(18)
(3)
–

96

1  Full details of the adjustment applied in determining AOP, are set out in note C1 of the Group Financial Statements 
2  Principally relates to post-tax central and finance costs.

(113)
(27)
1
–
–

(139)

Other2

(119)
(16)
17
–
–

(118)

(52)
–
–
–
52

–

Discontinued
 and non-core
 operations

(49)
–
–
–
49

–

Total

614
344
(60)
(19)
52

931

Total

582
301
(36)
(28)
49

868

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Group ROE 2015 (£m)

Old Mutual Emerging Markets
Nedbank
Old Mutual Wealth5
Institutional Asset Management
Group Holding Company
Group ROE

AOP 
(post-tax & NCI)
418
302
264
86
(139)
931

Average
 shareholder 
equity excl. 
intangibles1
1,546
1,670
883
15
2,4581,3
6,572

Return on 
shareholder 
equity excl. 
intangibles2
27.0%
18.1%
29.9%
>100%
n/a
14.2%4

Average 
shareholder 
equity incl. 
intangibles
1,867
1,906
2,378
614
(193)
6,572

Return on 
shareholder 
equity incl. 
intangibles
22.4%
15.8%
11.1%
14.0%
n/a
14.2%4

1  Business unit ROE calculations exclude the Group share of ‘Goodwill and other intangible assets’ as reported in the segmental balance sheet; however, these assets are 

included in the Group ROE

2  Calculated as AOP post-tax and NCI divided by average shareholders’ equity excluding ‘goodwill and other intangible assets’. Group results are quoted including 

goodwill and other intangible assets

3  Includes ‘goodwill and other intangible assets’ and excludes the perpetual preferred callable securities and non-core operations
4  Group ROE is calculated using average ordinary shareholders’ equity (i.e. excluding perpetual preferred callable securities) and excludes non-core operations
5  The inter-company loan of £566 million raised to acquire Quilter Cheviot has been capitalised in calculating all Old Mutual Wealth measures.

The Group ROE increased by 0.9% to 
14.2%, at the upper end of the Group target 
range of 12% to 15%. 

Profit after tax and non-controlling interest 
grew by 7%, benefiting from growth in 
Old Mutual Wealth due to a combination 
of operational growth and corporate activity. 

Average equity was flat at £6,572 million 
(December 2014: £6,545 million) as 
underlying growth in shareholders’ equity 
has been offset by the negative impact of 
foreign currency translation effects, losses 
following European disposals and costs 
related to the development of the new  
Old Mutual Wealth platform capability  

and outsourcing of the UK business 
administration. IFRS profits of £590 million 
(excluding profit attributable to perpetual 
preferred callable securities) were partially 
offset by £422 million of dividends, 
contributing marginally to the increase  
in equity.

Shareholder equity including intangibles (£m)

Old Mutual Emerging Markets 
South Africa
Rest of Africa
Asia and Latin America
Total Old Mutual Emerging Markets
Nedbank
Old Mutual Wealth
UK
Italy
International
Heritage
Total Old Mutual Wealth
Institutional Asset Management
Central expenses
Group ROE

Average
 shareholder
 equity

AOP
(post-tax) 

1,274
435
158
1,867
1,906

1,390
114
361
513
2,378
614
(193)
6,572

350
49
19
418
302

132
16
49
67
264
86
(139)
931

ROE

27.5%
11.3%
12.0%
22.4%
15.8%

9.5%
14.0%
13.6%
13.1%
11.1%
14.0%
n/a
14.2%

Group ROE of 14.2%  
at the upper end of  
target range of 12%-15%

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spent on key acquisitions in UK and Africa, 
of which £0.6 billion has been financed 
from asset disposals in the US and Europe. 
The significant recent acquisitions are 
shown in the table below.

Within business units, there are substantial 
differences in the relative returns on equity 
and cash remittances reflecting the differing 
maturity and investment profile in each 
business and geography. In the Emerging 
Markets business for example, Rest of 
Africa and Asia and Latin America are 
building distribution and operational 
capacity, whereas South Africa has a more 
mature business profile. Since 2014, in 
excess of £1.2 billion of capital has been 

Returns generated from recent corporate activity at cost (£m) 

Significant acquisitions
Quilter Cheviot (acquired in February 2015) (100%)
Intrinsic/Cirilium (completed in December 2014) (100%)
Ecobank Transnational Incorporated (ETI) (acquired in October 2014) (approximately 20%)
UAP Holdings (UAP) (completed in June 2015) (60.7%)
Capital deployed ROE

1  AOP (post-tax) (excluding transactions costs) reflects associate income, net of finance costs.

AOP 
(post-tax) 
(excl. transaction
costs)

Annualised 
return on 
invested capital

29
9
261
2
66

5.9%
9.2%
8.5%
2.5%
6.4%

Invested 
capital

585
98
305
162
1,150

Since 2014 we have deployed £1.2 billion of 
capital on acquisitions in structurally 
attractive markets with good growth 
prospects. Looking purely at the acquisitions 
without the adjacent benefits that are 
reflected elsewhere, for example the 
Cirilium profits which are reflected in 
OMGI, this capital is currently generating a 
6.4% return. Whilst we recognise that 
returns from acquisitions take some time to 
come through, this is well below our target 
range of 12%-15%, and each business is 

focused on ensuring that appropriate 
returns are delivered. This is the principle 
that underpins our ongoing focus on 
operational execution.

The initial integration of Quilter Cheviot and 
Intrinsic has been completed and UAP is 
advancing well given the complexity of 
merging it with the existing businesses in 
Kenya. Each relevant business is now 
focused on ensuring that the return on 
invested capital matches the business case 

for their acquisition and can contribute to 
enhancing the ROE of the wider business as 
the growth potential materialises.

These investments have been in part 
financed from the proceeds from disposal 
of European businesses and IPO and 
subsequent sell down of OMAM during 
2014 and 2015 respectively, set out in the 
table below.

Proceeds on disposal (post transaction costs)

Old Mutual Asset Management sale of shares
Proceeds from disposals of European businesses1
Total proceeds on disposal

1  AOP (post-tax and NCI) on an annualised basis in European business was £38 million in 2014. 

£m
340
233
573

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Our businesses have generated free surplus 
of £945 million in 2015 (2014: £897 million), 
which represents a conversion rate of 88% 
of AOP post-tax and NCI (2014: 91%).

For Old Mutual Emerging Markets 69% 
(2014: 82%) of the AOP (post-tax and NCI) 
converted to free surplus. The reduction in 
the conversion to free surplus was caused 
by the one-off impact of aligning the cash 
profile of the South African regulatory 
reserves for Investment Contracts within the 
Retail Affluent business with IFRS reserving 

Source of free surplus (£m)

Old Mutual Wealth1
Institutional Asset Management2
Total hard currency

Old Mutual Emerging Markets
Nedbank2
Total emerging market

Total before interest and group costs

67

methodology. Significant growth in sales 
resulted in new business strain and 
increased capital requirements.

The Old Mutual Wealth conversion rate is 
102% (2014: 92%) despite higher required 
capital resulting from the growth in the 
business. The increase arises from a one-off 
benefit to free surplus following the 
repayment of financial reinsurance and a 
change in the timing of release of profit to 
surplus within Old Mutual Wealth’s 
International business. 

Nedbank and Institutional Asset 
Management free surplus is calculated as 
the AOP (post-tax and NCI) and therefore 
the conversion rate is 100% for both 
businesses.

The analysis below sets out surplus 
generation between hard currency and 
emerging market businesses given the 
remittances and dividend arrangements set 
out in the Group’s demutualisation 
agreement.

2015

2014

Free surplus 
generated
268
86
354

% of AOP 
converted to 
free surplus
102%
100%
101%

Free surplus 
generated
164
96
260

% of AOP 
converted to 
free surplus
92%
100%
95%

289
302
591

945

69%
100%
82%

336
301
637

82%
100%
90%

88%

897

91%

1  Old Mutual Wealth no longer report full MCEV disclosures. Free surplus generation is on a local statutory basis. Comparatives have been restated
2  Nedbank and Institutional Asset Management free surplus generated reflects 100% of AOP (post-tax and NCI). In 2014, only our share of their cash dividend was disclosed as 

free surplus. Comparatives have been restated. 

£945m

Net free surplus generated

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Group cash flows (£m)

Opening cash and liquid assets at holding company at 1 January 
Operational flows
Hard currency free surplus generated
Old Mutual Wealth business transformation costs
Other cash retained in the businesses 
Operational receipts from hard currency businesses

Emerging market free surplus generated
Free surplus used for acquisitions
Other cash retained in the businesses
Operational receipts from emerging market businesses

Corporate costs
Other operational flows
Total operational flows

Capital servicing
Preference dividends
Ordinary cash dividends 
  Paid to UK register
  Paid to SA register
Interest paid
Total servicing of capital
Capital movements
Net debt issue in the period
Net business unit funding
Issue of ordinary shares
Total capital movements
Other Group cash movements
Net corporate activity (funded)/received by plc directly
Total Group cash movements

2015
1,003

354
(97)
(94)
163

591
(191)
(70)
330

(57)
(40)
396

(30)
(426)
(172)
(254)
(32)
(488)

187
(118)
–
69

(230)
(230)

2014
545

260
(60)
(46)
154

637
(254)
(73)
310

(55)
25
434

(32)
(411)
(184)
(227)
(32)
(475)

–
51
(5)
46

453
453

Closing cash and liquid assets at holding company at 31 December

750

1,003

£750m

available liquid assets invested in  
cash and near cash instruments

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requirements of the Latin American, Asian 
and African businesses. Nedbank remitted 
£146 million, retaining £156 million, 
reflecting its publicly stated dividend policy.

Other operational flows in 2015 included 
the repayment of £39 million of deposits, 
held by the Group on behalf of Old Mutual 
Wealth, which were transferred back to the 
business during the year (2014: £18 million 
received by the Group).
Servicing of capital
Dividend payments to shareholders of 
£426 million (2014: £411 million) have been 
made in the year to date in relation to the 
final dividend for 2014 and the interim 
dividend for 2015. Of this £254 million 
was paid to shareholders on the SA register 
in 2015 (2014: £227 million).
Capital movements
In November 2015 the Group completed 
a £450 million bond issuance and 
redeemed €374 million of subordinated 
notes. Net business unit funding in 2015 
of £118 million, primarily reflects the 
repayment of inter-company loan notes 
in advance of the sale of Old Mutual 
Bermuda to Beechwood in December 2015. 

Corporate activity
Cash flows from corporate activity include 
the payment of £566 million to fund the 
Quilter Cheviot acquisition and litigation 
settlement of £39 million relating to the 
disposal of US Life. There were receipts 
of £156 million (net of costs) from the sale 
in June of OMAM shares in a secondary 
offering, and from the disposal of certain 
European businesses (£53 million net of 
costs) and from other corporate flows of 
£166 million.
Liquidity
At 31 December 2015, the Group holding 
company had available liquid assets 
of £750 million (31 December 2014: 
£1,003 million) invested in cash and near 
cash instruments, including; money market 
funds, UK government securities and a 
liquid corporate bond portfolio. The Group 
holding company also has access to an 
undrawn committed facility of £800 million 
(31 December 2014: £800 million). These 
are considered adequate to support the 
Group under both normal and stressed 
conditions. In addition each individual 
business also maintains liquidity and 
credit facilities sufficient to support its 
normal trading operations and to 
withstand stress events.

Operational cash flows 
Hard currency free surplus increased to 
£354 million (2014: £260 million) reflecting 
the growth in free surplus for Old Mutual 
Wealth to £268 million (2014: £164 million) 
consistent with the strong growth in AOP 
during the year. £163 million of the free 
surplus generated was remitted to the 
Group. Surplus retained by Old Mutual 
Wealth was utilised for business 
transformation costs (£97 million) and 
strategic initiatives, including the acquisition 
of AAM Advisory, Sesame Bankhall’s 
Financial Adviser School and the transition 
of 202 advisers from Sesame Bankhall 
Group. Old Mutual Asset Management 
remitted £54 million, reflecting its dividend 
policy of paying 25% of Economic Net 
Income (ENI). OMAM retained £32 million 
of surplus as it continues to evaluate 
potential partnerships. 

Emerging market free surplus reduced to 
£591 million (2014: £637 million) largely due 
to the weakening of the rand during the 
year. £330 million (2014: £310 million) of 
the free surplus was remitted to Group. 
The amounts retained in 2015 were 
predominantly used for acquisitions, 
including UAP and CGIC, to fund book 
growth in OMF and the funding 

Group debt
Group debt summary1

Senior gearing (gross of holding company cash) – IFRS basis
Total gearing (gross of holding company cash) – IFRS basis
Book value of debt – IFRS basis (£m)2 
Total interest cover3
Hard interest cover3

2015
2.1%
15.8%
1,731
14.0 times
4.8 times

2014
2.1%
13.3%
1,540
16.8 times
4.3 times

1  Excludes banking-related debt of £1,916 million at Nedbank and £150 million at Old Mutual Emerging Markets, of which £105 million related to OMF, £27 million is held 

at CABS and £18 million is held at Faulu

2  Nominal value of debt is £1,710 million
3  Total interest cover and hard interest cover ratios exclude non-core operations. 2014 FY hard interest cover has been restated (previously 5.0 times) to exclude 

Latin America and Asia AOP, as their earnings flow through OMEM and are not considered to be hard currency. 

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During the year, Nedbank redeemed 
R1,752 million of old-style hybrid debt 
and R1,048 million of old-style Tier 2 
subordinated debt. This was partially offset 
by the issuance of R2.26 billion new-style 
Basel III-compliant Tier 2 subordinated 
debt instruments.

How principal risks have 
changed over the year
Principal risks have remained broadly 
similar since the 2014 Annual Report. 
The following risks were highlighted in the 
2014 Annual Report and are emphasised 
less or no longer explicitly discussed:

Activity and profile of 
debt outstanding at 
31 December 2015 
The Group successfully refinanced debt at 
both Old Mutual plc and OMLAC(SA) 
during the second half of 2015. 

In November, the holding company 
redeemed its €374 million (£263 million) 
Tier 2 bond and issued a new £450 million 
Tier 2 Solvency II compliant instrument, 
with a 10-year bullet maturity. The holding 
company has £112 million of senior debt 
maturing in October 2016, £273 million of 
Tier 1 debt callable in March 2020 and 
£500 million of Tier 2 debt maturing in 
June 2021. 

In October 2015, OMLAC(SA) exercised its 
option to redeem its R3,000 million Tier 2 
debt on the first call date, which was 
historically treated as Group holding 
company debt from a finance cost 
perspective. During the year, OMLAC(SA) 
raised R3,175 million (£139 million) in fixed 
rate Tier 2 bonds and R1,825 million (£80 
million) in floating rate Tier 2 bonds in the 
South African bond market. All instruments, 
including existing R1,000 million (£44 million) 
debt, contribute to overall Group debt.  
The fixed instruments have first calls in 2019, 
2020, 2022 and 2025, while the floating 
bonds have first calls in 2019 and 2020. 

Also included within Group debt, 
OM Asset Management has drawn 
$90 million (£61 million) on a $350 million 
Revolving Credit Facility which matures 
in 2019 and UAP has debt of 
KES 3,000 million (£20 million) maturing 
in 2016 and 2017, along with $46 million 
(£31 million) maturing in 2016, 2022 
and 2023. 

Principal risks
The Group is exposed to the following 
principal risks:

 ■ Uncertain global economic conditions
 ■ Political risk
 ■ Currency translation risk, location of 
capital and sources of remittances

 ■ Strategic execution risk and breadth of 
regulatory change across the Group
 ■ Credit risk and location of credit risk 

across the Group

They are closely monitored and overseen 
by Group and subsidiary management 
and reported on to the Board on a 
regular basis. 

Overall governance structures are 
performing in line with the Group 
Operating Model. Strong reliance is placed 
on the structures and processes in place by 
business unit management and boards. In 
addition, strategic, systemic and 
operational risks are considered by Group 
management and overseen by the plc 
Board. These structures and processes, 
together with businesses that are 
adequately, though not excessively, 
capitalised, provide a solid base to support 
our business as we pursue our managed 
separation strategy over the next few years. 

 ■ Power outages in South Africa: South 
African businesses have navigated 
through the disruption caused by outages.

 ■ Solvency II: The Solvency II capital 

coverage ratio remains stable, within the 
range of expectations relative to last year, 
and regulatory decisions on key aspects 
have been communicated.

 ■ Tax risk and uncertainties: Legacy issues 
have been satisfactory closed and the 
Group has a low risk appetite for tax risk.

Regulatory and governance
The Group’s existing governance 
arrangements, which are based on a 
‘strategic controller’ model, will be looked 
at afresh in light of the outcome of the 
strategic review announced today. They are 
likely to evolve in keeping with the intended 
‘active portfolio manager’ model during 
the implementation phase of the managed 
separation, which will have impacts in due 
course on the roles and memberships of the 
plc and principal subsidiary boards and 
various Group functions. The Group and its 
business units will in the meantime continue 
to prepare for the forthcoming regulations, 
cognisant of the implications of the 
managed separation and evolving 
governance requirements.

Capital management and 
market communication 
during the period of the 
managed separation
The Group will be implementing a capital 
management policy in respect of returns 
to shareholders for the period of the 
managed separation. We will cease 
quarterly reporting to shareholders.

P R I N C I PA L   R I S K S
Uncertain global economic conditions
Political risk
Currency translation risk, location of capital and sources of remittances
Strategic execution risk and breadth of regulatory change across the Group
Credit risk and location of credit risk across the Group

Strategic reportOLD MUTUAL PLCANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS 2015Review of  
financial position

Capital
Group regulatory capital – 
Financial Groups Directive 
(FGD) and Solvency II 
capital position
The Group currently reports its Group 
solvency and regulatory capital measure in 
accordance with the EU Financial Groups 

Directive (FGD). With effect from 1 January 
2016, the Group will measure Group 
solvency in accordance with the Solvency II 
Directive. Accordingly, this is the last time 
that we will disclose a Group FGD surplus.

The Group’s regulatory capital surplus, 
calculated under the FGD, was £1.7 billion 
at 31 December 2015 (31 December 2014: 
£2.1 billion) representing a statutory cover 
of 160% (31 December 2014: 164%). The 
Group Solvency II surplus is £1.6 billion at 
1 January 2016, representing a Group 

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Solvency II ratio of 135%. The Group’s 
Solvency II result which is based on the 
standard formula approach, excludes 
£0.8 billion of surplus from the South 
African businesses. As expected, this results 
in a Solvency II ratio that is lower than 
that under FGD. Going forward, we will 
manage the business to target a Group 
ratio above our early warning threshold 
of 120%. 

Group regulatory capital (£bn)

Capital resources
Capital requirements
Surplus
Coverage

FGD

31 December 
2015
4.6
2.9
1.7
160%

31 December 
2014
5.4
3.3
2.1
164%

Solvency II
1 January 
2016
6.0
4.4
1.6
135%

The fall in cover and the level of the 
FGD surplus in 2015 is largely due to the 
acquisitions of Quilter Cheviot and UAP 
during the period and increase in capital 
requirements, partially offset by net debt 

raised in Old Mutual Emerging Markets, 
Nedbank and OM plc and due to the fact 
that a high proportion of capital resources 
and requirements are denominated in 
rand. The rand weakness effectively 

improved the ratio by 4% due to a 
£0.8 billion decrease in resources and 
£0.6 billion decrease in requirements 
at closing rates in line with sensitivities 
shown separately.

Composition of FGD capital

Ordinary equity 
Other Tier 1 equity 
Tier 1 Capital
Tier 2 Capital
Deductions from total capital
Total capital resources
Total capital resource requirements
Group FGD surplus
Coverage ratio

20151

20142

%
83%
9%
92%
30%
(22%)
100%

£bn
3.8
0.4
4.2
1.4
(1.0)
4.6
2.9
1.7
160%

%
 89% 
 7% 
 96% 
 24% 
 (20%)
 100% 

£bn
 4.8 
 0.4 
 5.2 
 1.3
 (1.1)
 5.4
 3.3 
 2.1 
164%

1  Based on the preliminary estimates. Formal filing due to the Prudential Regulatory Authority (PRA) by 30 April 2016
2  As submitted to the PRA on 30 April 2015.

135%

Group Solvency II Ratio at 1 January 2016

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Of the Group FGD resources of 
£4.6 billion, 39% comprises of qualifying 
debt instruments (totalling £1.8 billion) 
compared to 31% in 2014. The increase in 
the proportion of debt in regulatory capital 
compared with the prior year is primarily 
due to the reduction in valuation of rand 
denominated capital resources as a result 
of the depreciation of the rand and an 
increase in sterling-denominated debt.  
The qualifying debt consists of debt 
instruments issued at the Group holding 
company level (including the £450 million 
hybrid debt issued in November 2015),  

£251 million at the Group’s South African 
subsidiary Old Mutual Life Assurance 
Company (South Africa) Limited 
(OMLAC(SA)) and £339 million within the 
Group’s share of Nedbank. Tier 1 capital 
instruments are held within the Group 
holding company (£273 million) and 
Nedbank (£84 million) with all remaining 
subordinated instruments classified as 
Tier 2.

The Group Solvency II ratio is resilient to 
market and non-market stress events. 

The table below presents the estimated 
sensitivity of the Group Solvency II ratio 
under certain standard financial stresses, 
which are defined by reasonably possible 
individual movements in key market 
parameters while keeping all other 
parameters constant with the effects 
impacting both the capital resources and 
capital requirements and consequently 
the Group Solvency II ratio. In addition 
we have included a non-financial stress 
assuming 10% of our insurance business 
in Old Mutual Wealth and Old Mutual 
Emerging Markets lapses immediately.

Group Solvency II sensitivities
Solvency II and capital ratio at 1 January 2016 (£bn)

Base Solvency II surplus
Equity markets fall by 25%
Impact of 10% of business lapsing immediately1
Interest rates rise by 100 basis points
Credit spreads increase by 100 basis points2
ZAR:GBP exchange rate depreciates by 30% (R30:£1) 
ZAR:GBP exchange rate appreciates by 10% (R21:£1)

Capital
requirements
4.4
4.2
4.2
4.4
4.5
3.7
4.8

Surplus
1.6
1.5
1.5
1.5
1.6
1.6
1.6

Group 
Ratio
135%
135%
135%
135%
135%
142%
132%

Restricted 
surplus
0.9
0.7
0.8
0.9
0.8
0.7
0.9

1  Business lapse sensitivity for Old Mutual Wealth and Old Mutual Emerging Markets only
2  A 100bps increase in credit spreads is generally assumed to be a one notch downgrade on BBB to BB- rating and two notches downgrade on lower graded investments.

Group capital – 
Economic Capital
The evolving risk-based regulatory capital 
regimes provide an additional lens through 
which the economic performance of the 
businesses can be viewed. As these regimes 
become more embedded in the business 
we will build on the preliminary work 
undertaken in 2015 to establish the 
underlying economic profit of the 
businesses and their major clusters 
including by line of business and 
geography. Using this as a tool and 

assessing performance rigorously against 
peers and market opportunities, we will 
seek to further optimise the allocation of 
capital across the Group. Old Mutual’s 
Economic Capital (EC) framework presents 
management’s view of the Group’s capital 
with underpinning assumptions that the full 
future value of insurance profits emerges 
over time and that full diversification can be 
recognised between businesses. The Group 
monitors EC through reporting twice a year 
on risk assessments and consideration of 
the impacts of extreme stress scenarios for 
each business. Given the managed 

separation, we will assess the relevance of 
continuing with EC at a Group level.

At 31 December 2015, the Group Economic 
Capital surplus was £4.6 billion, and the EC 
cover ratio was 229% (31 December 2014, 
£5.2 billion, 226%). The decrease in surplus 
from the prior year is mainly attributable to 
the depreciation of the rand. Each of the 
underlying individual business units have 
strong cover ratios. This is consistent with 
the Group’s operating model and capital 
philosophy which ensures that capital is 
allocated to where the risks lie. 

£4.6bn

Group Economic Capital surplus 
at 31 December 2015

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is the value of assets held by the Group in 
excess of its economic liabilities. All 
resources in the Group are assumed to 
be fully fungible. Economic Capital at 
Risk is the reduction in post-tax economic 
Available Financial Resources over a 
one-year forward-looking time horizon  

that should only be exceeded once in 
200 years (99.5% confidence level that the 
event will not occur). The confidence level 
used for Nedbank is 99.93% reflecting 
Nedbank’s more prudent approach to 
the Basel 99.9% requirements. 

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The Economic Capital position of each 
of the business units and the Group are 
presented in the table below. The final 
Group position allows for assumed 
diversification between business units. 
The business unit positions allow for 
diversification between entities within 
the business unit.

Economic Capital (£bn)

Available Financial Resources 
Economic Capital at Risk 
Economic Capital Surplus
Economic Capital cover ratio

Old Mutual
Emerging
 Markets
3.4
1.4
2.0
241%

Nedbank1
1.7
1.3
0.4
132%

Old Mutual
Wealth
2.0
0.9
1.1
230%

Other
Business
Units and
Adjustments2 
1.1
1.4
(0.3)
n/a

Sum of 
Group 
businesses3
8.2
5.0
3.2
165%

Group
20154
8.2
3.6
4.6
229%

Group
2014
9.2
4.0
5.2
226%

1  Nedbank results are those calculated and disclosed as part of the Internal Capital Adequacy Assessment Process (ICAAP) but reflect the proportion of plc’s ownership 

and exclude the 10% stressed-tested capital buffer

2  Other reflects additions for Institutional Asset Management, OM Bermuda, Group specific risks (including currency translation risk on non-GBP surplus), and adjustments 

for intra-group transactions

3  The sum of the Group business position allows for assumed diversification between entities within business units but not between business units with the business unit
4  The final Group position allows for assumed diversification between business units. The business unit positions allow for diversification between entities with the 

business unit.

The table below presents the estimated sensitivity of the Group’s Economic Capital under certain standard financial stresses. In addition 
we have included a non-financial stress assuming 10% of our insurance business in Old Mutual Wealth and Old Mutual Emerging 
Markets lapses immediately. The results of the sensitivities show that the Group Economic Capital ratio is resilient to market stresses and 
non-market events.

Group Economic Capital position at 31 December 2015 (£bn)

Base Economic Capital Position
Equity markets fall by 10%
Equity markets fall by 25%
Impact of 10% of business lapsing immediately1
Interest rates fall by 100 basis points
Interest rates rise by 100 basis points
Credit spreads increase by 100 basis points2
ZAR:GBP exchange rate depreciates by 30% (R30:£1)
ZAR:GBP exchange rate appreciates by 10% (R21:£1)

Group 
EC at risk
3.6
3.5
3.4
3.5
3.6
3.6
3.6
3.0
3.9

Group EC
Surplus
4.6
4.5
4.2
4.5
4.7
4.6
4.6
4.1
4.9

Group EC
 Coverage
229%
228%
225%
229%
230%
227%
228%
236%
226%

1  Business lapse sensitivity for Old Mutual Wealth and Old Mutual Emerging Markets only.
2  A 100bps increase in credit spreads is generally assumed a one notch downgrade on BBB to BB- rating and two notches downgrade on lower graded investments.

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Group Economic Capital position at 
31 December 2015 (£bn)1

Base Economic Capital Position
Equity markets fall by 10%
Equity markets fall by 25%
Impact of 10% of business lapsing immediately
Interest rates fall by 100 basis points
Interest rates rise by 100 basis points
Credit spreads increase by 100 basis points 

Old Mutual 
Emerging Markets

EC Surplus
2.0
1.9
1.8
1.9
2.0
2.0
2.0

EC Coverage
241%
239%
234%
242%
242%
239%
237%

Nedbank

Old Mutual Wealth

EC Surplus
0.4
0.4
0.4
n/a
0.4
0.4
0.4

EC Coverage
132%
131%
129%
n/a
134%
131%
131%

EC Surplus
1.1
1.1
1.0
1.1
1.2
1.1
1.1

EC Coverage
230%
231%
232%
229%
234%
226%
230%

effects of the shock and the depreciation  
of the rand. This remains the case when 
combining the range of options for the 
routes we could pursue to give effect to the 
managed separation. Although the capital 
position is resilient, this scenario would 
materially affect earnings in the business 
units. The Group dividend flexes within the 
dividend policy to accommodate the 
materially lower earnings.

Further details on the Group’s Solvency II 
and Economic Capital position at 1 January 
2016 can be found in the separate 
disclosure on the Group’s website.

1  The sensitivities for the purposes of this table are only shown for the three largest business units within the Group.

As part of our ongoing stress and scenario 
testing, we have tested the impact of a 
downgrade in the investment status of 
South  Africa, coupled with a deteriorating 
economic outlook for the rest of the world 
and related equity market reductions. 
This stress testing has been conducted over 
the three year business planning horizon. 
The following main parameters were used 
to stress test our capital, earnings and 
cash position:
Equity risk
We assumed significant falls in our major 
markets in 2016 (South Africa 23%, UK 13%, 
US 14%) with modest recoveries in the 
ensuing two years (10% in total over 2017 
and 2018 in South Africa and 5% in the 
UK and US).
Interest rate risk
We assumed an immediate spike in interest 
rates in South Africa followed by a modest 
fall. We assumed that the Prime rate 
increases to 13.3% in 2016 followed by 
a fall back to 10.2% by 2018 and the 
10 year bond rate increases to 10.9% 
in 2016 followed by a fall back to 8.7% 
by 2018. 

Credit risk
We assumed a spread widening on 
corporate bonds in Old Mutual Emerging 
Markets of 100 basis points. Credit loss 
ratios in Nedbank were assumed to 
increase by an additional 1.6% at their peak 
in 2017, and by an additional 2.7% on 
average in Old Mutual Emerging Markets.
Business risk
We assumed new business in Old Mutual 
Emerging Markets reduced by 20% and 
lapses increased by 20%.
Currency risk
We assumed that the rand depreciated 
against the pound to an average of 29.2 
over 2016 with a further depreciation to 
33.4 in 2018.

Our stress testing demonstrated that the 
underlying business units had sufficient 
capital to withstand these very significant 
shocks and, as management actions take 
effect, the capital positions recover.

The Group Solvency II ratio remains stable 
due to a combination of the resilience of 
Old Mutual Wealth and the ability of the 
restricted surplus in Old Mutual Emerging 
Markets and Nedbank to absorb the 

229% 

Group Economic Capital coverage ratio

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Local currency

OMLAC(SA)1 (Rbn)
Mutual & Federal2 (Rbn) 
Nedbank3 (Rbn) 
Old Mutual Wealth (£bn) 
Bermuda4 ($bn) 

Capital
Resources
42.1
3.0
70.5
0.5
0.2

Capital
Requirements
13.2
2.1
50.1
0.2
0.2

Surplus
28.9
0.9
20.4
0.3
0.0

2015
3.2x
1.4x
1.4x
2.2x
1.1x

 2014
3.1x
1.8x
1.5x
2.7x
1.3x

1  South Africa Statutory Valuation Methods (SVM) in accordance with the FSB requirements
2  Capital Adequacy Requirement (CAR) in accordance with the FSB requirements
3  In accordance with Basel III and including unappropriated profits
4  Enhanced Capital Requirement as set by the Bermuda Monetary Authority.

Supplementary financial information (data tables)
Group gross flows and funds under management (FUM) (£bn)

Old Mutual Emerging Markets
Retail Affluent
Mass Foundation
Corporate
OMIG
Property & Casualty
Rest of Africa
Asia and Latin America
Nedbank
Old Mutual Wealth
Invest and Grow markets1
Manage for Value markets
Eliminations
Institutional Asset Management
OM Asset Management
Rogge2
Total FUM

FUM
1-Jan-15
50.3
6.9
–
3.9
28.8
0.2
3.5
7.0
12.6
82.5
73.4
17.1
(8.0)
174.0
141.7
32.3
319.4

Gross
 sales
11.0
3.5
0.5
2.3
2.0
–
0.9
1.8
13.8
20.8
22.6
1.4
(3.2)
20.5
17.4
3.1
66.1

Gross
outflows
(9.2)
(3.1)
(0.2)
(2.1)
(1.6)
–
(0.7)
(1.5)
(12.6)
(13.9)
(14.4)
(1.9)
2.4
(31.9)
(20.7)
(11.2)
(67.6)

Market 
and other 
movements
(8.7)
(1.0)
(0.3)
(1.1)
(4.7)
(0.1)
(0.5)
(1.0)
(1.9)
15.0
17.6
(2.7)
0.1
5.6
5.7
(0.1)
10.0

Net flows 
1.8
0.4
0.3
0.2
0.4
–
0.2
0.3
1.2
6.9
8.2
(0.5)
(0.8)
(11.4)
(3.3)
(8.1)
(1.5)

FUM
31-Dec-15
43.4
6.3
–
3.0
24.5
0.1
3.2
6.3
11.9
104.4
99.2
13.9
(8.7)
168.2
144.1
24.1
327.9

Net flows as 
% of opening
FUM
4%
6%
–
5%
1%
–
6%
4%
10%
8%
11%
(3%)
10%
(7%)
(2%)
(25%)
–

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Group gross flows and funds under management (FUM) (£bn) continued

Old Mutual Emerging Markets
Retail Affluent
Mass Foundation
Corporate
OMIG
Property & Casualty
Rest of Africa
Asia and Latin America
Nedbank
Old Mutual Wealth
Invest and Grow markets1
Manage for Value markets
Eliminations
Institutional Asset Management
OM Asset Management
Rogge2
Total FUM

FUM
1-Jan-14
48.3
5.7
–
3.0
29.1
0.2
3.1
7.2
11.7
78.5
63.9
22.0
(7.4)
155.3
120.0
35.3
293.8

Gross
 sales
10.4
3.2
0.5
2.1
1.7
–
0.8
2.1
12.7
16.0
17.0
2.1
(3.1)
21.4
19.4
2.0
60.5

Gross
outflows
(9.2)
(2.9)
(0.2)
(1.6)
(2.0)
–
(0.7)
(1.8)
(12.2)
(12.3)
(12.2)
(2.5)
2.4
(21.9)
(13.6)
(8.3)
(55.6)

Net flows 
1.2
0.3
0.3
0.5
(0.3)
–
0.1
0.3
0.5
3.7
4.8
(0.4)
(0.7)
(0.5)
5.8
(6.3)
4.9

Market 
and other 
movements
0.8
0.9
(0.3)
0.4
–
–
0.3
(0.5)
0.4
0.3
4.7
(4.5)
0.1
19.2
15.9
3.3
20.7

FUM
31-Dec-14
50.3
6.9
–
3.9
28.8
0.2
3.5
7.0
12.6
82.5
73.4
17.1
(8.0)
174.0
141.7
32.3
319.4

Net flows as 
% of opening
FUM
2%
5%
–
17%
(1%)
–
3%
4%
4%
5%
8%
(2%)
9%
–
5%
(18%)
2%

1  The acquisition of Quilter Cheviot completed in February 2015 Market and other movements include £17.5 billion of acquired FUM
2  Rogge is classified as held for sale.

At 31 December 2015, funds under 
management grew by 2% to £327.9 billion 
compared to those at 31 December 2014. 
Funds under management in Old Mutual 
Wealth increased by 27%, primarily as a 
result of the acquisition of Quilter Cheviot 
in February 2015, which added £17.5 billion 
of funds under management.

For the year to December 2015, net flows 
as a percentage of opening funds under 
management for Old Mutual Emerging 
Markets, Nedbank and Old Mutual Wealth 
were higher than in the prior year. Group 
net flows were negative, largely due to 
£8.1 billion of net outflows from Rogge. 
Excluding these outflows, NCCF increased 
over opening FUM by 2%. 

Old Mutual International NCCF was 
£0.7 billion (2014: £0.3 billion), the increase 
reflecting strong growth in NCCF from 
South Africa and Latin America to 
£0.5 billion (2014: £0.2 billion).

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Old Mutual Emerging Markets – OMIG1
Proportion of funds outperforming:
  Market index benchmarks2
  CPI benchmarks2
  Peer median2

Nedbank
South African unitised funds percentage of 

FUM ahead of:

  Peer median

Old Mutual Wealth4 – OMGI
Core funds3 percentage of FUM ahead of:
  Market index benchmarks
  Peer median
Total funds percentage of FUM ahead of:
  Market index benchmarks
  Peer median

OM Asset Management
  Revenue-weighted performance
  Asset-weighted performance

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1 Year

79%
89%
52%

2015

3 Year 

5 Year

1 Year

75%
100%
55%

80%
100%
44%

63%
100%
63%

2014

3 Year 

61%
100%
44%

5 Year

73%
100%
56%

71%

78%

78%

52%

51%

62%

62%
53%

62%
54%

60%
72%

85%
64%

83%
64%

83%
73%

84%
86%

77%
84%

92%
91%

77%
66%

70%
67%

63%
48%

85%
84%

80%
78%

66%
52%

96%
80%

88%
75%

78%
64%

1  This table represents OMIG managed assets on an end manager basis
2  From HY 2014 we have changed the basis of our fund performance reporting. Previously it measured the performance of all clients on an individual basis irrespective of asset 

weighting; we now measure the performance of key funds representing more than 80% of assets under management

3  Core funds exclude sub-advised and non-strategic funds
4  There are no meaningful investment performance statistics for Quilter Cheviot’s discretionary asset management service.

Old Mutual 
Emerging Markets 
Old Mutual Investment Group had strong 
investment performance in 2015 particularly 
in its South African equity funds, reflected in 
the 79% outperformance against market 
index benchmarks on a one year basis and 
80% outperformance on a five year basis. 
Life products continue to perform strongly 
against client targets and benchmarks. 
Institutional products exceeded objectives 
compared to benchmarks and peers, 
whilst retail funds generally outperform 
the peer group. 

Nedbank
The Asset Management division of 
Nedbank Wealth has had an outstanding 
year, with excellent fund performance and 
net inflows. This has been reflected in 71% 
outperformance versus peer median on 
a one year basis and 78% on the two 
and three year basis and has resulted in 
Nedgroup Investments winning both the 
SA and Offshore Management Company 
of the Year awards in 2015 at the Annual 
Raging Bull Awards. 

Nedbank’s Best of Breed™ model selects 
a range of exceptional external managers 
to partner with and manage funds on 
behalf of investors to deliver good 
long-term performance.

Old Mutual Wealth
Old Mutual Global Investors (OMGI) has 
good investment performance over one 
year on AUM weighted basis with over 
53% of funds ahead of median and 62% 
ahead of market index benchmarks.  
The one year measure is typically more 
volatile and we consider a longer term 
view of performance more appropriate. 

OM Asset Management
The increase in relative performance 
compared to 31 December 2014 was 
driven primarily by improvement in 
U.S. value equity strategies.

Nedgroup Investments wins both SA  
and Offshore Management Company of the Year

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Fund Profile by Investment Type (£bn)

2015

2014

Old Mutual Emerging Markets
Fixed interest
Equities
Cash
Property and Alternatives
Total

Retail 
Institutional
Total
Nedbank
South African equity
Global/non-S.A equity
Fixed income
Multi-asset
Interest bearing
Money market
Other
Total
Old Mutual Wealth
Fixed interest
Equities
Cash
Property and Alternatives
Total

Retail 
Institutional
Total

Total 
FUM
(excl. SF)

9.4
15.6
7.0
9.0
41.0

20.1
20.9
41.0

2.4
1.4
0.1
3.3
1.8
1.3
1.6
11.9

23.7
63.0
7.2
9.3
103.2

83.6
19.6
103.2

FUM %

23%
38%
17%
22%
100%

49%
51%
100%

20%
12%
1%
28%
15%
11%
13%
100%

23%
61%
7%
9%
100%

81%
19%
100%

Share-
holder
funds

0.2
0.6
1.2
0.4
2.4

Share-
holder 
%

9%
24%
52%
15%
100%

–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–

0.2
–
1.0
–
1.2

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–

18%
–
81%
1%
100%

–
–
–

Total 
FUM
(excl. SF)

14.8
18.5
6.2
8.1
47.6

22.8
24.8
47.6

3.2
1.1
0.1
3.4
2.0
1.3
1.5
12.6

21.1
48.8
7.3
4.1
81.3

65.9
15.4
81.3

FUM %

31%
39%
13%
17%
100%

48%
52%
100%

25%
10%
1%
27%
16%
10%
12%
100%

26%
60%
9%
5%
100%

81%
19%
100%

Share-
holder
funds

0.2
0.7
1.6
0.2
2.7

–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–

0.3
–
0.9
–
1.2

–
–
–

Share-
holder 
%

9%
26%
59%
6%
100%

–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–

23%
–
77%
–
100%

–
–
–

£327.9bn

Funds under management

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Fund Profile by Investment Type (£bn) continued

2015

2014

OMAM
Fixed interest
Equities
Cash
Property and Alternatives
Total

Retail 
Institutional
Total
Rogge
Fixed interest
Cash
Total

Retail 
Institutional
Total

Total 
FUM
(excl. SF)

10.0
109.4
–
24.5
143.9

4.3
139.6
143.9

22.6
1.5
24.1

–
24.1
24.1

FUM %

7%
76%
–
17%
100%

3%
97%
100%

94%
6%
100%

–
100%
100%

Share-
holder
funds

–
–
–
0.2
0.2

Share-
holder 
%

–
–
–
100%
100%

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

Total 
FUM
(excl. SF)

9.9
110.5
–
21.2
141.6

5.7
135.9
141.6

30.0
2.3
32.3

–
32.3
32.3

FUM %

7%
78%
–
15%
100%

4%
96%
100%

93%
7%
100%

–
100%
100%

Share-
holder
funds

–
0.1
–
–
0.1

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

Share-
holder 
%

–
100%
–
–
100%

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

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AOP analysis by line of business by geography (£m)

Life & Savings
South Africa
Rest of Africa
Asia and Latin America
United Kingdom & Rest of World
Total Life & Savings
Asset Management 
South Africa
Rest of Africa
Asia and Latin America
United States
United Kingdom & Rest of World
Total Asset Management
Banking & Lending
South Africa
Rest of Africa
United Kingdom & Rest of World
Total Banking & Lending
Property & Casualty
South Africa
Rest of Africa
Total Property & Casualty
Central Activities
Total adjusted operating profit before tax

2015

421
34
11
202
668

71
12
17
150
104
354

703
51
(13)
741

55
7
62
(162)
1,663

2014

% change

376
59
2
217
654

97
6
28
128
36
295

702
16
23
741

48
7
55
(140)
1,605

12%
(42%)
450%
(7%)
2%

(27%)
100%
(39%)
17%
189%
20%

 –
219%
(157%)
–

15%
–
13%
(16%)
4%

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Line of business
Life & Savings
Asset Management1
Banking & Lending2
Property & Casualty

Central activities
Adjusted operating profit before tax

2015

2014

% change

668
354
741
62
1,825
(162)
1,663

654
295
741
55
1,745
(140)
1,605

 2%
20%
–
13%
5%
 (16%)
4%

1  Includes Institutional Asset Management, OMGI and Quilter Cheviot, OMEM’s and Nedbank’s asset management businesses
2  Includes Nedbank, Old Mutual Specialised Finance (OMSFIN), Faulu in Kenya, Central African Building Society (CABS) in Zimbabwe and Old Mutual Finance (OMF).

£1,825m

Sum of business  
AOP (pre-tax and NCI)

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RISKS

The Group’s 
underlying risk 
philosophy of 
holding capital 
where the risks 
lie combined 
with strong 
subsidiary Board 
governance 
processes provides 
a stable basis from 
which to move to 
four independent 
businesses

The Group’s risk philosophy is to hold 
capital where the risks lie. We only take 
on risks that we can understand, price 
appropriately and have the skills to 
monitor and manage. 

The risk landscape is changing rapidly, 
particularly in context of the persistent 
volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous 
(VUCA) macro-economic environment. 
In addition, our business is experiencing 
a period of change as we execute the 
managed separation. Our approach to risk 
management considers a mix of factors – 
capital, earnings, liquidity and reputation – 
whose relative weights and degree of 
granularity vary according to the business 
and the external environment. We make 
extensive use of multi-year scenario analysis 
to highlight creeping risks that may not be 
evident over a one-year horizon. The results 
of our analysis has shown that the Group’s 

Sue Kean 
Group Chief Risk Officer

The risk landscape is against the backdrop  
of a challenging macro-economic environment 
Extensive use of multi-year scenario analysis  
to highlight risks that manifest over longer time horizons
Group focus has moved from investment to execution of  
strategy within each business and the managed separation

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Our businesses in the UK and US explicitly 
seek market risk as part of their business 
strategies and are exposed to secondary 
market risk arising from asset-based fees 
risk. Therefore, the VUCA environment 
and market downturns will impact these 
businesses. Within OM Asset Management 
(OMAM), the business is positioned to 
withstand market volatility to a certain 
degree, due to the affiliate profit-share 
model that provides structural variability  
to expenses.

The economic outlook for South Africa 
and more generally for emerging markets 
has weakened. This is due to a number 
of macro-economic reasons, including 
continuing concerns over China’s economic 
growth and falling oil prices. In addition, 
ratings agencies have noted South Africa’s 
lower GDP growth forecasts and political 
developments that threaten its commitment 
to fiscal discipline. This has substantially 
increased the risk of a sovereign 
downgrade to below-investment grade 
status by at least one major agency over 
the next year. As a result of this and wider 
political issues in the regions where we 
operate, we are more explicit on political 
risk in our principal risks for 2016. 

The rand depreciated significantly over 2015, 
reaching historic lows against the dollar 
and sterling. This adversely impacts the 
translation of rand earnings (and balance 
sheet values) to sterling, and consequently 
impacts cash remittances from businesses 
and sterling dividend affordability. The 
rand remains volatile, with a high risk of 
further decline in the event of a sovereign 
downgrade – emphasising currency 
translation (in particular, its impacts on cash 
remittances from our businesses) as one of 
our principal risks.

Over the past few years the Group has 
been investing substantially – in growing 
the business through acquisitions, and in 
IT initiatives driven by our commitment to 
improve the customer experience and 
to respond to the breadth of regulatory 
change impacting all our businesses. 
Our focus now is on execution and 

delivery of strategy, as we integrate several 
key acquisitions and progress a significant 
number of large-scale change projects 
across the Group, in particular in Emerging 
Markets and Nedbank. Strategic execution 
risk therefore remains a primary concern. 
The costs and timing of the Old Mutual 
Wealth initiative for outsourcing technology 
and administration to IFDS have run 
substantially ahead of initial estimates. In 
response to a detailed independent review 
we have strengthened the governance of 
the project and increased oversight by both 
the Old Mutual Wealth and Old Mutual plc 

Over the past few 
years the Group 
has been investing 
substantially 
– in growing the 
business through 
acquisitions, and in 
IT initiatives driven 
by our commitment 
to improve the 
customer experience 
and respond to 
the breadth of 
regulatory change 
impacting all our 
businesses. Our focus 
now is on execution 
and delivery  
of strategy

Boards. We have also shared key learnings 
from the review across businesses with 
similar initiatives.

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As in previous years, it remains important to 
keep a close eye on the changing pattern 
of credit risk across the Group’s businesses. 
Given the growth of our lending businesses 
in Emerging Markets and the relative 
immaturity of these businesses relative to 
other parts of the Group such as Nedbank, 
further development of credit risk oversight 
is a key priority. We are taking steps to 
strengthen governance and oversight to 
ensure that we build sufficient expertise to 
manage credit risk as we grow.

With the backdrop of highly volatile global 
conditions, regulatory, strategic change 
and where our businesses are in the 
investment cycle, we have revised our 
capital management and dividend policies, 
including setting of our Solvency II capital 
appetite. The new Group CEO has 
performed a strategic review which leads 
the Group towards a managed separation 
– four independent businesses operating in 
the capital markets and environment most 
appropriate to each of them. This brings a 
new chapter for the Group and adds to the 
strategic execution risks in the short to 
medium term. The Group’s underlying risk 
philosophy of holding capital where the 
risks lie, combined with strong subsidiary 
Board governance processes, provides a 
stable basis from which to move to four 
independent businesses. Extensive work has 
been carried out to consider the risks from 
the new strategy, drawing on external 
advice on the various legal, regulatory and 
stakeholder issues as well as stress and 
scenario testing to evaluate the cash and 
capital implications. We will continue to 
adhere to the governance principles set out 
in the Group Operating Model during this 
transition, however the practical application 
will evolve to remain fit for purpose. For 
more information on our strategic direction, 
refer to the Strategy section on page 8.

Sue Kean 
Group Chief Risk Officer 
11 March 2016

We will continue to adhere to the governance  
principles set out in the Group Operating Model  
during this transition, however the practical application  
will evolve to remain fit for purpose

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P R I N C I PA L   R I S K S 
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Our principal risks have been determined 
by assessing the possible effects on our 
reputation, our stakeholders, our earnings, 
capital and liquidity, and the future 
sustainability of our business. They are 
summarised in the table below. They are 
closely monitored and overseen by Group 
management and reported to the Board 
on a regular basis.

Our business is also affected by a number 
of risks inherent to the products we offer 
and the industry we operate in, such as 
exposure to market levels, interest rates and 
insurance liability risk. These drive a 
significant proportion of our capital 
requirements and earnings volatility 

exposure. Given the nature of our product 
offering, market and environment risks are 
material: market movement impacts on our 
asset-based fees, generated from client-
selected investments, and credit risk within 
Nedbank and Emerging Markets is 
correlated to the market conditions. You 
can read more information on our risk and 
capital management and risk profile in this 
section, after the principal risks and 
uncertainties. Additional risk information is 
disclosed in the consolidated financial 
statements, note F, on page 208. The 
graphic below summarises our principal 
risks and their interactions, which are 
detailed on the following pages.

R I S K   D U E   TO   E X T E R N A L   FAC TO R S , 
I M PAC T I N G   O L D   M U T UA L   
S I M I L A R LY   TO   P E E R S

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Strategic execution risk and 
breadth of regulatory change 
across the Group

Uncertain  
global  
economic  
conditions

Currency  
translation risk, location  
of capital and sources 
of remittances

Political

Credit risk and  
location of credit risk  
across the Group

Global economic outlook is uncertain
Volatility in global equity markets observed  
over 2015 and early 2016
Changing government and public sentiment where  
we operate could influence perception of the Group
Old Mutual will continue to engage with relevant  
stakeholders on political developments

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How it impacts Old Mutual
Like all global financial services firms, the 
Group is exposed to global economic 
conditions. The main impact is on Group 
profitability. The current persistently volatile, 
uncertain, complex and ambiguous 
macroeconomic and geopolitical 
environments exacerbate this impact.
The Group’s US and UK businesses and 
Emerging Markets asset management 
businesses are explicitly seeking market risk 
as part of their business strategies. Volatile 
and uncertain global markets could therefore 
adversely affect earnings levels. Old Mutual 
Wealth, Old Mutual Investment Group (within 
Emerging Markets) and OMAM are exposed 
to secondary market risk through asset-based 
fee risk. Market risk also arises through 
guaranteed business in Emerging Markets 
and residual guarantees in Old Mutual 
Bermuda, as the sale of that business only 
related to the non-guarantee business. 
In our insurance and investment businesses, 
and especially in Emerging Markets, our 
earnings are at risk if our customers are 
unable to keep up premiums, cancel existing 
policies or withdraw their savings earlier than 
anticipated (collectively known as lapse risk). 
Additionally, our future profits will be at risk if 
customers do not buy insurance policies from 
us or invest their savings with us at the levels 
we anticipate.
In our banking and credit businesses, our 
earnings are at risk if counterparties fail to 
meet their contractual servicing of interest 
and principal. Uncertainty and deterioration 
in global economic conditions may affect 
the capacity of counterparties to meet 
these obligations.
(Credit risk is further assessed as a principal 
risk on page 89.)
Our exposure to South African sovereign 
debt and parastatals lies only within the 
South African businesses, in line with market 
and regulatory expectations.

2015 and beyond
The global economic outlook remains 
uncertain, impacting all of the Group’s 
businesses. Volatility in global equity markets 
over 2015 and the early part of 2016 had 
a negative impact on asset growth and net 
client cash flows for Old Mutual Wealth 
and OMAM. 
While the South African economy shares 
in global economic conditions – and is 
therefore affected by the interest rate 
trajectory in the US, the slowdown in China 
and lower-for-longer oil prices – it is also 
impacted by domestic factors.
During 2015, amidst a benign global 
economic recovery, South Africa’s economic 
growth forecasts were revised downwards. 
Key factors were volatile emerging market 
economies, driven by weaker growth in China, 
and muted domestic prospects arising from 
weaker commodity prices and energy supply 
constraints. These contributed to a sovereign 
credit downgrade by Fitch in December. 
A prolonged period of low oil prices, cutting 
transport and food costs, could help to 
support disposable incomes and spending, 
and reduce inflationary pressures, despite 
rand weakness. However, this has been 
somewhat offset by drought-induced 
upward pressure on food prices.
If the sovereign credit rating was further 
downgraded to below investment grade 
status, the impact on the Group’s business 
outside South Africa would be limited. Within 
South Africa, the impact would come from the 
economic and market-related consequences, 
such as changes in interest rates, foreign 
exchange rates and international capital 
flows. Market interest rates, exchange rates 
and credit default spreads have priced in the 
impact of a ‘soft’ downgrade. However, the 
range of consequences is wide, meaning 
more severe impacts are possible.

Risk mitigation and 
management actions
We monitor multiple external economic 
factors and incorporate them into stress and 
scenario testing to understand our earnings, 
liquidity and capital resilience to severe 
macro-economic events. 
Within Emerging Markets, market risk 
arising from guaranteed products is 
actively managed by their Balance Sheet 
Management team. Guaranteed products 
in Old Mutual Bermuda are managed via 
various hedging programmes. For more 
detail on Old Mutual Bermuda’s hedging 
programmes, please refer to page 227, note 
G of the consolidated financial statements.
The key impact on Group from a South 
African sovereign rating downgrade is 
reduced remittances from the South African 
businesses and consequently the adjustment 
to dividends. During the heightened market 
volatility following the South African finance 
minister changes in December 2015 and 
China slowdown in early 2016, the Group’s 
position was monitored on a daily basis 
and has remained within risk appetite. The 
deterioration in the rand, interest rates, credit 
spreads and other economic measures were 
within of the bounds of our scenario analysis. 
Our business plans are also regularly 
updated and include consideration of 
severe adverse scenarios.
We are actively engaging with the South 
African government – see the following 
page on Political risk for more detail.
We step up our activity to help clients 
during periods of volatility, with a focus on 
understanding individual customers’ financial 
positions at the point of sale. Refer to the 
Business Review sections for case studies on 
how we partner with and help our customers.
Our businesses manage premium collections 
and credit payments, while monitoring for 
early indicators of financial distress.
We manage our cost base judiciously, 
while investing sustainably for the future.

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2. Political risk

How it impacts Old Mutual
Changing government and public sentiment 
in the key countries where we operate could 
potentially influence external perceptions of the 
Group. Political risk may also present additional 
risks in the macro-economic environment.
Given the significant portion of our business 
in South Africa, we are particularly exposed 
to political developments there. Exposures 
include the substantial business we receive from 
collective labour organisations in South Africa, 
which could be adversely impacted by a 
change in sentiment.
The nature of a disruptive political event, 
and the possible consequences for our South 
African business, are particularly difficult to 
foresee, as are the triggers that might cause 
such an event. An event may affect any of 
our key cash flow, capital or liquidity metrics. 
See more on possible impacts in the Own Risk 
and Solvency Assessment section on page 94. 
‘Brexit’ following the 2016 EU referendum impacts 
a small part of the UK heritage business in 
Old Mutual Wealth, which continues to manage 
EEA legacy business, but is not expected to be 
material. Old Mutual Global Investors and 
Quilter Cheviot might need to set up European 
Economic Area subsidiaries in order to continue 
to sell business in Europe. Though the economic 
implications of Brexit are uncertain, one possible 
consequence is sterling depreciation, which has 
already been observed in early 2016. If the rand 
strengthens relative to sterling as a result of Brexit, 
from a Group reporting perspective, this could 
mitigate rand depreciation from a South African 
sovereign rating downgrade.
In Zimbabwe, the local government has begun 
re-engaging internationally with the IMF on its 
debt programme ($1.8 billion owed to the 
ECB and IMF) and will have repaid its debts by 
April 2016, diverting funding into Zimbabwe. A 
key concern for Old Mutual is our exposure to 
the government (<£200m as at December 2015) 
and its potential to default on its debt. The 
situation in Zimbabwe is exacerbated by current 
economic conditions and severe drought.

Risk mitigation and 
management actions
Old Mutual will continue to engage and work 
with relevant stakeholders to be alert to adverse 
political developments. The Boards of both 
our South African businesses and the Group 
continue to monitor and assess the impact of 
political risks.
We are actively engaging with the South 
African government. This includes leading 
the engagement with government and 
South Africa’s ‘big businesses’ across 
financial services, mining, industrial and 
telecommunications sectors, on ways to 
improve sentiment on South Africa’s investment 
case and managing the sovereign ratings 
downgrade risk. These discussions fed into 
the 2016 State of the Nation Address and 
the 2016/17 Budget statement.
In 2015 we commissioned independent political 
risk consultants to further analyse the medium- 
to long-term implications for the Group.
Political risk scenarios have been included in 
business planning and in our Own Risk and 
Solvency Assessment process.

2015 and beyond
South African policymakers will continue to face 
challenging economic conditions, as well as the 
increasing prominence of opposition parties 
and a more difficult fiscal position. Political risk 
and uncertainty are likely to increase.
Possible negative events that might affect 
Old Mutual are described below.
In South Africa:
 ■ Change to the regulations and taxation 

governing the products we sell or manage
 ■ Change in the ownership of the businesses 
we invest in or do business with, impacting 
our customer base

 ■ Restrictions on the ability of our South African 
business to remit profits to Group, impacting 
the affordability of shareholder dividends.

In the UK:
 ■ The likelihood of a Brexit following the 

EU referendum in 2016 (set for 23 June) has 
increased, with polling suggesting a very 
close split between Britain remaining in or 
leaving the EU. This brings economic and 
legal uncertainty.

In Zimbabwe: 
 ■ The risks on government debt, which are 

offset by the US dollar-denominated currency 
and assurances that the country will not  be 
reverting to the Zimbabwe dollar. However, 
government policy moves on reverting to the 
local currency are uncertain

 ■ The timing of the pensions commission inquiry 
and indigenisation law implementation is 
uncertain and may take time to fully conclude.

During the heightened market volatility following  
the South African finance minister changes  
in December 2015 and China slowdown in  
early 2016, the Group’s position was  
monitored on a daily basis and  
has remained within risk appetite.

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2015 and beyond
In 2015 the rand depreciated by a further 
28%, with an average rate of R19.51 against 
the pound. This followed depreciations of 
4% in 2014 and 27% in 2013. It reflected 
the relative weakness of South Africa’s 
economic outlook, political uncertainty and, 
in part, a declining appetite for emerging 
market currencies.
We see macro-economic factors pointing to 
further rand weakness in the medium term. 
These include the continuing current account 
deficit and the possibility of further capital 
outflows from South Africa. For example, 
some external investors may sell their holdings 
of South African government bonds if global 
interest rates rise and/or the country’s 
sovereign rating is further downgraded.

How it impacts Old Mutual
Our Group earnings, dividend and regulatory 
surplus capital are reported in sterling but 
c.70% of our earnings and surplus capital 
are denominated in South African rand. 
The translation of our rand earnings and 
balance sheet value will reflect exchange 
rate movements.
Our capital is held where our risks are 
located and in the appropriate currency for 
those risks; so risk would only be realised if 
we were to require a transfer of surplus capital 
between regions during periods of stress. 
Due to exchange controls and terms of the 
demutualisation agreement, capital from 
South Africa is not fully freely transferable. 
For the stress scenarios we assess, the key 
impact on Group is through cash and 
dividends, as referred to in the principal risk 
‘Uncertain global economic conditions’.
The Group’s overall solvency position is 
further desensitised to currency movements 
by the Solvency II fungibility restrictions. 
Clarification on the treatment of surplus 
fungibility has been confirmed and non-EU 
surpluses may not be included in our 
Solvency II calculations.

Risk mitigation and 
management actions
We hold our capital resources (including much 
of the Group’s issued debt) to meet capital 
requirements in matched currencies, and 
service interest on debt with matching 
earnings and cash flows.
We closely monitor the balance of cash flows 
earned in rand and other currencies, and 
our dividend policy helps to address this risk 
through its link to earnings. 
We use forward currency contracts to hedge 
expected rand and other currency cash flows 
over the year ahead, needed to make 
dividend and other payments in sterling.
Regular stress and scenario testing helps us 
understand and monitor the resilience of our 
capital and capacity to pay dividends over the 
business plan horizon. The chosen scenarios 
include a decline in the rand, alongside 
further significant currency movements or 
restrictions (however remote) on the flow of 
funds from South Africa. Our modelling 
shows we are sufficiently capitalised in line 
with our philosophy of holding capital 
where the risks lie. However, to maintain the 
dividend cover required in our dividend policy 
in severe scenarios, a fall in the sterling value 
of rand-based earnings could result in 
significantly lower sterling-based dividends.
The managed separation will ensure that 
each business will be able to access capital 
more easily from, and be more closely 
aligned to, its natural shareholder bases. 
This addresses challenges the Group has 
faced with translation of rand earnings, 
cash remittances and consequent impact 
on dividends amidst significant rand 
depreciation, and lack of transparency of 
underlying businesses capital strength in the 
Group’s overall solvency position due to 
fungibility constraints. 

The managed separation will ensure that each  
business will be able to access capital more  
easily from, and be more closely aligned to,  
their natural shareholder bases

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4. Strategic execution risk and breadth of regulatory change across the Group

How it impacts Old Mutual
Currently, and for the foreseeable future, there 
is a high degree of execution risk across the 
Group. Regulatory changes affect the entire 
industry but the risks of integration of newly 
acquired business in Emerging Markets and 
Old Mutual Wealth as well as IT and business 
process transformations will be specific to our 
businesses. While many of these regulatory 
changes represent opportunities for our 
businesses, the cumulative impact could 
result in margin compression and increased 
operational risk during the transition. 
Emerging Markets is impacted by 
the Retirement Fund Reform and the Retail 
Distribution review in South Africa, which 
will mean significant transformation in the 
medium term. The National Credit Act will 
impact the unsecured lending business.
Nedbank is affected by the substantial 
changes in banking regulation, in particular 
Basel III, that will be phased in by 2019, as 
well as increased focus on financial crime 
prevention and customer-related regulations 
such as the National Credit Act and FAIS. 
Twin Peaks regulation is likely to come into 
effect in 2017, potentially affecting both 
OMEM and Nedbank as domestic 
systemically important financial institutions. 
This will be followed by SAM regulatory 
capital requirements.
For Old Mutual Wealth, there have been 
substantial changes to the UK pensions 
regime resulting in higher inflows and outflows 
across the industry and increased need for 
customers to have access to advice to 
understand the impact of the new choices 
available to them. New pensions freedoms 
became effective on 6 April 2015 and Old 
Mutual Wealth needs to continue to develop 
propositions to remain competitive. Many 
other regulatory developments and actions 
which continue to be managed as is 
appropriate.
Within OMAM the key execution risks  
relate to development of its long-term  
strategy, which includes seeking new 
partnership opportunities.

2015 and beyond
As part of delivering the strategy for each of 
our businesses, we have agreed various 
acquisitions, partnerships and transformation 
programmes over the past two years. The 
challenge now is to execute the stated strategy 
within each of the businesses and deliver the 
intended benefits. 
In addition, the strategy of a managed 
separation announced in March 2016 will 
bring a new set of execution risks.
Emerging Markets completed the 
acquisition of a majority holding in UAP in 
2015. Emerging Markets’ transformation 
initiative aims to invest in strategic IT-enabled 
business change, with priorities to improve 
customer and intermediary experience 
and deliver business-critical infrastructure. 
Preparations continue for the SAM regulatory 
requirements, initially expected to be 
implemented on 1 January 2016, but delayed 
until at least 1 January 2017.
Nedbank intends to continue rationalising 
and simplifying core systems as part of its 
strategy, with significant IT programmes 
focused on regulatory change, compliance, 
strategic security, client experience, business 
processes and growth.
We have established a programme for 
meeting Twin Peaks requirements. We 
will continue to work towards readiness of 
governance and risk structures, dovetailed 
with the managed separation programme. 
Old Mutual Wealth aims to transform itself 
into a simpler, vertically integrated business 
with updated IT systems. While the level of 
operational risk in Old Mutual Wealth is within 
our risk appetite, it remains high in the short 
term – pending the implementation of the 
outsourcing arrangement and business 
transformation programme with IFDS and the 
integration of Intrinsic and Quilter Cheviot. 
OMAM will endeavour to identify and seize 
new partnership opportunities as they arise, in 
line with its strategy of building long-term 
value for shareholders. It did not conclude any 
transactions in 2015.

Risk mitigation and 
management actions
The risks associated with managed 
separation have been subject to detailed 
external review covering business 
competitiveness, and the regulatory, legal and 
stakeholder risks relating to a managed 
separation. The managed separation execution 
is against the backdrop of challenging 
macro-economic conditions, as referred to 
previously. There has been extensive stress and 
scenario testing of the potential impact 
on cash, capital and earnings. 
An executive steering group and a bespoke 
Board oversight committee has been 
established to facilitate regular monitoring. 
The Group’s Long-Term Incentive Plan is being 
revised to reflect the objectives and risks of the 
managed separation.
We seek external input for material initiatives 
across our businesses requiring specialist skills. 
Within Emerging Markets, there is a 
structured programme for the integration 
of the business in Kenya following the UAP 
acquisition. In addition, oversight committees 
at both executive and Board levels have been 
established to oversee the IT and business 
transformation initiative. 
Nedbank has a mature Board-level 
governance framework for management of 
major IT change and this approach has been 
extended to cover the regulatory change 
programmes, including external reviews. 
In Old Mutual Wealth, on encountering 
delays and cost increases in the transformation 
programme, we commissioned a detailed 
independent review of the governance and 
risk frameworks which has resulted in 
replanning and onboarding of external 
programme managers to work through 
remedial actions. Lessons from this key 
change project have been shared across 
businesses with similar initiatives.
Within OMAM, new partnership 
opportunities are reviewed and evaluated 
according to strict investment criteria and 
appropriate governance processes.

We seek external input for material initiatives  
across our businesses requiring specialist skills

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Risk mitigation and 
management actions
Stress testing is carried out at Nedbank and 
Emerging Markets (and, by extension, Group) 
to understand exposure to credit events.
Nedbank has defined risk limits and early 
warning thresholds for credit loss ratios, 
which are continuously monitored and 
remained within their target range throughout 
2015. Nedbank also reviews the quality of 
credit portfolios to ensure impairment 
provisions are adequate.
As the Emerging Markets portfolio has 
grown, we are in the process of strengthening 
our own expertise and the governance of 
credit risks. We have also sought external 
views on areas of greater risk, such as our 
exposures to unsecured lending. Further 
development of the credit risk and liquidity 
risk management framework will continue.
For unsecured lending, OMF continues to 
focus on quality business through regular 
adjustment of affordability and credit 
scorecards and risk-based product metrics 
(loan term, size and interest rates), based 
on changing market conditions.
Refer to the Nedbank and Emerging 
Markets detailed Business Review, found in 
the 2015 Preliminary Results statement, for 
more information on credit exposures.

How it impacts Old Mutual
One of our largest risks to Group earnings 
is our exposure to banking credit risk from 
lending and other financing activities through 
our ownership of Nedbank – and to a lesser 
but growing extent within Emerging Markets. 
Nedbank is a universal bank offering 
diversified product lines, across secured 
and unsecured lending.
Our exposure through Nedbank is primarily 
a risk to earnings and remittances, as 
Nedbank’s capital and liquidity requirements 
are both met from its own available resources.
Within Emerging Markets, banking credit 
risk is expected to increase due to planned 
growth as part of the strategy to become an 
integrated financial services business. Banking 
credit risk arises in our unsecured lending 
business, Old Mutual Finance (OMF), Faulu, 
a Kenyan consumer finance business, and our 
building society in Zimbabwe known as CABS.
Associated funding risk arises as funds flow 
from insurance to banking/lending businesses 
in Emerging Markets, which requires a robust 
liquidity management framework.
Investment credit risk arises in Old Mutual 
Specialised Finance and the South African 
life business, predominantly through 
the management of assets backing 
annuity products.
Credit risk outside Nedbank and Emerging 
Markets is relatively limited.

2015 and beyond
Our credit risk remains within appetite. 
However, the high levels of personal 
indebtedness and pressure on consumers 
in South Africa remain a challenge, as does 
the impact on corporate credit performance 
from continuing weakness in commodity 
prices. Short-term pressure on credit spreads 
is increasing on state-owned enterprises 
such as Eskom. However, the risk of 
default is low, given explicit South African 
government guarantees. 
The appetite for consumption of Group 
products depends on macro-economic 
factors  that are outside our control, as 
discussed earlier in this section.
Our lending credit exposure is concentrated 
in secured lending by Nedbank. Nedbank 
intends to grow its transactional banking 
franchise and balance its funding mix to 
reduce reliance on wholesale funding through 
its strategic portfolio tilt initiative. Unsecured 
lending growth is expected to remain slow.
In line with Group strategy, credit risk 
increased in 2015 – across the Group, but 
mainly in Emerging Markets’ growing 
lending and annuity businesses. 
Within Emerging Markets, OMF has achieved 
controlled growth in unsecured lending from 
a low base, applying stringent affordability 
requirements and strict credit criteria. 
However, in the context of the challenging 
macro-economic environment, there has 
been some deterioration in the average 
credit quality of loans and advances.
Emerging Markets is planning further lending 
growth in Faulu, CABS, and OMF. This will be 
accompanied by strong credit risk and 
liquidity risk management together with risk 
oversight and governance.

How principal risks have changed over the year

Principal risks have remained broadly similar since the 2014 Annual 
Report. The following risks were highlighted in the 2014 Annual Report 
and are emphasised less or no longer explicitly discussed:
 ■ Power outages in South Africa: South African businesses have 

navigated through the disruption caused by outages.

 ■ Solvency II: The Solvency II capital coverage ratio remains stable, 

within the range of expectations relative to last year, and regulatory 
decisions on key aspects have been communicated.

 ■ Tax risk and uncertainties: Legacy issues have been satisfactorily 

closed and the Group has a low risk appetite for tax risk.

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Risk framework
Our risk framework aims to align strategy, 
capital, processes, people, technology and 
knowledge in order to evaluate and manage 
business opportunities, uncertainties and 
threats in a structured, disciplined manner. 
In this way we seek to ensure that risk 
and capital implications are considered 
when we make strategic and operational 
decisions. Risk management is designed 
to increase our understanding of the risks 
inherent in the business, to improve decision-
making – which includes accepting risk.

Risk frameworks and governance model are 
overseen centrally but implemented by our 
businesses locally, so that we can address 
local requirements appropriately. This 
approach is reinforced through Group 
representation on business Boards, coupled 
with formal dual reporting for key control 
and management functions. Further details 
can be found in the Directors’ Report on 
Corporate Governance on page 103.

As a consequence of the strategic review, 
our risk focus will adapt as we monitor 
the operational execution of the intended 
business changes. The existing one-year 
metrics provide an initial view of the risks 
we face which is augmented by multi-year 
scenario testing results to monitor creeping 
risks. The Group’s key objective is to ensure 
that the Group and each business have 
adequate capital and cash generation for 
their needs and delivery of their strategy.

Our risk and governance framework is 
set out in the Group Operating Model. 
It is supported by economic capital tools 
and transparent processes for managing, 
monitoring and controlling risks. We 
continue to refine structures and processes 
as necessary, but the overall governance 
structures are operating well within the 
businesses and the Group. These structures 
and processes, together with businesses that 
are adequately, though not excessively, 
capitalised, provide a solid base to support 
our business as we pursue our managed 
separation strategy over the next few years. 
Culture and values are aligned across the 
Group and embedded through our Code 
of Conduct and ACT NOW! Leadership 
Behaviours. Risk culture and conduct 
are receiving increased supervisory 
and regulatory attention, and risk culture 
metrics and appetite are included in our 
risk management framework. Our focus 
on customer culture and values provides 
a sound foundation for this activity.
Our risk strategy  
and risk appetite
Our overall strategic aim is to build and 
grow each of our businesses in line with their 
respective strategies. Central to this is 
maintaining the Group’s and each 
business’ brand and reputation. We are 
committed to operating responsibly, 
examining the impacts and risks of our 
decisions on all our stakeholders as an 
integral part of our decision-making process 
(for further information on our responsible 
business approach see the Stakeholder 
Relationships section on page 13, and the 
Positives Futures Plan which can be found 
in the Old Mutual Reporting Centre,  
www.oldmutual.com/reportingcentre).  
Doing the right thing by all our stakeholders 
is at the heart of all our businesses and is 
therefore the foundation for our risk appetite. 
Our risk strategy guides the way we 
take on risk in the course of running our 
business and managing value for all 
stakeholders. It is a core component of our 
business strategy, influenced not only by the 
available regulatory and economic capital 
and earnings at risk, but also by reference 
to factors such as our customer focus.

Our risk strategy principles
Our risk strategy is supported by principles 
that must be considered in deciding 
whether or not to pursue an opportunity.

1. We only take on risks that we 

understand and can price appropriately 
– so that expected reward exceeds 
minimum risk-adjusted return for 
shareholders – and have the skills 
to monitor and manage.

2. We prefer risks that are capital-efficient 

to underwrite. The impact on 
diversification or concentration with 
the existing risk profile should be 
understood and considered.

3. We consider risk by business, taking 
into account the available regulatory 
and economic capital in the business, 
and in aggregate at Group level.
4. We avoid risks that expose us to very 

volatile or potentially extreme adverse 
outcomes, such as catastrophe risk.
5. Operational risk should be minimised 
and mitigated, taking into account the 
cost versus the benefit of doing so.

Our risk universe is set out on the 
following page.

Doing the  
right thing by  
all our  
stakeholders is  
at the heart of  
all our businesses  
and is therefore  
the foundation  
for our  
risk appetite 

The Group’s key objective is to ensure that  
the Group and each business have adequate  
capital and cash generation that is  
appropriate to their needs and delivery  
of their strategy

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3

Strategic
risk

Market
risk

Compliance
& Regulatory
risk

Liquidity
risk

2

Old Mutual
Risk
Categorisation
Model

Business
risk

Liability
risk

Operational
risk

Credit &
Counterparty
risk

1

1

2

3

Risk exposure captured via 
quantitative risk metrics – 
Economic Capital at Risk, 
Earnings at Risk and Operational 
Risk one-year metrics, augmented 
by multi-year scenario testing 
over the three-year business 
planning horizon.

Risk exposure captured via 
quantitative risk metrics – stressed 
cash balances are considered as 
part of stress and scenario testing.
Liquidity buffers are held at 
Group and business unit level.

Risk exposure largely not 
quantifiable, but risks actively 
managed. Risk metrics are 
projected for the business plan 
period of three years as part of 
multi-year scenario testing, which 
provides insights into these risk 
types. The potential financial 
impact from compliance failures 
and regulatory breaches is 
captured in the operational risk 
measure and operational risk 
economic capital within economic 
capital at risk and earnings at risk.

Strategic reportOLD MUTUAL PLCANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS 2015Operational risk
The risk arising from operational activities, 
such as a failure of a major system, 
or losses incurred as a consequence of 
people and/or process failures, including 
external events.

Compliance and regulatory risk
The risk that laws and regulations will be 
breached. This includes risk of regulatory 
intervention resulting in sanctions being 
imposed or a temporary restriction on our 
ability to operate and/or an additional 
regulatory capital charge. It also includes 
failure to adapt to regulatory change and 
business conduct risk.

Strategic risk
The risk of failing to implement the 
strategy of each business and the Group 
managed separation strategy and the 
management of associated changes to 
the business, including external factors 
such as political risk.

OUR RISK MANAGEMENT
CONSIDERS: CAPITAL
EARNINGS, LIQUIDITY
AND REPUTATION

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Risk descriptions
Liability risk
We assume liability risk, sometimes 
referred to as insurance risk, by issuing 
insurance contracts under which we 
agree to compensate the policyholder or 
beneficiary if a specified uncertain future 
event affecting the policyholder occurs. 
This risk includes mortality and morbidity 
risk, as well as non-life risk from events 
such as fire or accident.

Market risk
This is the risk of a financial impact arising 
from changes in the value of financial 
assets or financial liabilities from changes 
in equity, bond and property prices, interest 
rates and foreign exchange rates. We 
separately consider currency translation 
risk, which relates to the translation of 
earnings and capital to our reporting 
currency. Secondary market risk arises 
from our exposure to asset-based fee risk.

Credit and counterparty risk
This relates to the risk of credit defaults. 
It includes lending risk, where a borrower 
becomes unable to repay outstanding 
balances (for instance banking credit risk), 
as well as counterparty risk where an asset 
is not repaid in accordance with the terms 
of the contract. The risk of credit spreads 
changing is included under market risk. 

Business risk
The risk that business performance will 
be below projections as a result of 
negative variances in new business 
volumes and margins, and lapse, 
rebate and expense experience.

Liquidity risk
The risk that liquid assets may not be 
available to pay obligations at a 
reasonable cost, when due. 

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Earnings
The Group accepts that as part of its 
growth aspirations, especially in new areas, 
earnings volatility and execution risk are 
likely to increase.
However, we have no appetite for big 
surprises: earnings volatility that cannot be 
anticipated by the market or significant 
operational losses.
As such, a key focus is on understanding the 
different drivers of earnings volatility, focusing 
on identifying acceptable and unacceptable 
causes of profit volatility, and monitoring 
our exposure and experience over time to 
ensure that outcomes are within our risk 
tolerance framework.

Liquidity
The Group has no appetite for failing to 
deliver on its payment obligations and holds a 
buffer at Group level to support this, sufficient 
to withstand a liquidity survival horizon of at 
least 12 months.
The Group should be able to meet short-term 
plausible but extreme losses. We use 
multi-year stress and scenario testing to 
project stressed cash balances and ensure 
we are holding sufficient liquidity buffers and 
hard currency to service debt, meet head 
office costs and pay dividends.

Risk appetite principles
Capital
The Group has limited appetite for regulatory 
intervention (perceived or real). As such, we 
hold a buffer above minimum regulatory 
requirements in order to remain solvent.
Our key principles for setting this buffer are to 
ensure all of our businesses are each 
well-capitalised, and that the Group position 
must remain compliant with regulatory 
requirements at all times. We recognise that 
the Group position does not afford 
transparency into the underlying strength of 
our business units, or enable ready 
comparisons with peers, and we are 
prepared to accept this provided the 
underlying businesses remain adequately 
capitalised and resilient to downside stresses. 
These principles will be used to define our 
appetite for regulatory capital risk throughout 
the managed separation process. 
As regulatory capital varies by sector, we also 
have an economic capital appetite which 
reflects our own view of 1-in-200 year risk 
events (or slightly higher for Nedbank).

A proactive risk and control culture is essential to support our reputation and operation as a responsible business.  
Individual behaviours and judgements support a strong risk governance framework.
We measure our risk and control culture by considering our governance and tone from the top, understanding  
of risk, attitude to risk, control functions, quality of management information, and remuneration structures.

Risk and control culture

Our risk appetite framework supports 
delivery of our risk strategy. It includes risk 
appetite principles to guide our businesses 
and clarify our risk strategy in line with the 
Group’s risk appetite, as set out above. 
These principles are supported by 
qualitative risk appetite statements in the 
Group’s risk policy suite, and by 
quantitative risk limits for our risk appetite 
metrics, set as an iterative part of our 
business planning process to ensure that 
local risk limits are consistent with local 
business plans. As part of this process we 
set risk limits by risk type, at both Group 
and business level. Twice a year there is a 
formal review of risk exposures against the 
limits and early warning thresholds. As well 
as this, businesses use operational limits to 

monitor material risks more regularly and in 
more detail. For 2015, all risk metrics across 
the Group were within risk appetite limits. 
Each business monitors more granular risk 
limits, which vary by business. 

In addition we monitor early warning 
indicators across all our businesses that 
trigger investigative action to identify and 
understand sources of additional risk and 
management actions needed to avoid 
breaching the risk appetite limits. 

The Group’s regulatory framework is 
changing – primarily as a result of the 
implementation of Solvency II in Europe 
and SAM and Twin Peaks in South Africa, 
as well as Basel III in our banking 
businesses. The Solvency II regime has 

introduced a different regulatory lens 
through which we look at Group capital. 
Economic capital continues to be monitored 
as part of the Group’s risk management 
framework, however, as we manage capital 
where the risks lie and given the strategic 
intent outlined in the managed separation, 
our focus is on ensuring the individual 
businesses are adequately, though not 
excessively, capitalised. Given this changing 
regulatory framework and as we transition 
towards separation, the lead regulator for 
each of our businesses will become the 
local regulator. We will work with each 
entity to ensure relevant regulatory 
requirements are met and we will review 
risk appetite metrics as appropriate.

The Group’s regulatory framework is changing –  
primarily as a result of the implementation of  
Solvency II in Europe and SAM and Twin Peaks in  
South Africa, as well as Basel III in our banking businesses.  
The Solvency II regime has introduced a different  
regulatory lens through which we look at Group capital.

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C O N T I N U E D

Economic capital Risk profile of the  
Old Mutual Group by business unit*†

O L D   M U T UA L   G R O U P 1

1

6

5

100%

2

4

3

1.  Market risk 24%
2. Credit and counterparty 14% 
3. Business 23% 
4. Liability 11% 
5. Operational 6% 
6. Currency 22%

The Group’s economic capital risk profile, 
and for each business, as at 31 December 
2015 is shown to the right. 
The Group’s current overall risk profile 
allows for additional risks at Group level 
not included in the business pie charts – 
most notably currency translation risk due 
to our significant surplus assets in South 
Africa, which in this calculation are 
assumed to be fully transferable.
Currency translation risk represents almost 
a quarter of our Group risk profile. This risk 
relates mainly to the translation of surplus 
capital from rand to sterling and is a 
structural feature of the current Group 
structure. As our capital is held where our 
risks are located, the risk would only be 
realised if we were to require transfer 
of surplus capital between regions during 
periods of stress.
Group’s risk profile 
We assess the Group’s risk profile through 
several different lenses, in line with our 
risk appetite. We seek to optimise 
capital efficiency, avoiding excessive risk 
concentrations and diversifying risk where 
possible. In this context, we review risk 
concentration and diversification within 
each business. Each of our businesses (and 
regulated companies within businesses) 
is sufficiently capitalised in its own right. 
The distribution and allocation of capital 
to our businesses largely reflects the 
different risk profiles within their regions 
and the prevailing regulatory requirements. 
Even when applying significant economic 
stresses to our current capital, the Group 
remains adequately capitalised. The Group 
is more sensitive to changes in earnings, 
cash remittances from each business and 
subsequently dividends. We apply multi-
year scenario testing including reverse 
stress testing to test the viability of the 
business model and to support risk 
management of the managed separation.

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*  The economic capital risk profile of the Group is 

based on standalone economic capital at risk, i.e. 
the relative contribution of each risk is determined 
before allowing for the impact of diversification 
between risks, as at 31 December 2015. For risk 
management purposes, we believe that it is 
appropriate to consider the risk exposure before 
diversification, to enable us to assess changes in 
quantifiable risks impacting the business units

†  No chart is shown for Old Mutual Bermuda, which 

provides 2% of standalone economic capital. 
Group risks provide 22% of standalone 
economic capital

1  The chart shows Old Mutual’s 76.7% (gross of 

shares to EBT) proportionate share of OMAM’s 
economic capital exposure

2  Emerging Markets business includes our exposure 

to Africa, Latin America and Asia

3  The chart shows Old Mutual’s 54.9% proportionate 
share of Nedbank’s economic capital exposure
4  % of Group standalone economic capital at risk for 

business unit.

E M E R G I N G   M A R K E T S 2

N E D B A N K 3

5 6 1

4 5 1

40% 4

4

2

3

3

16%4

2

1.  Market risk 27%
2. Credit and counterparty 8% 
3. Business 30% 
4. Liability 26% 
5. Operational 6% 
6. Currency 3%

1.  Market risk 20%
2. Credit and counterparty 60% 
3. Business 13% 
4. Liability 1% 
5. Operational 6% 
6. Currency 0%

O L D   M U T UA L   A S S E T 
M A N AG E M E N T

O L D   M U T UA L   W E A LT H

1

5

19%4

3

5
4

6 1

2%4

2

3

1.  Market risk 58%
2. Credit and counterparty 0% 
3. Business 23% 
4. Liability 0% 
5. Operational 19% 
6. Currency 0%

1.  Market risk 31%
2. Credit and counterparty 3% 
3. Business 45% 
4. Liability 3% 
5. Operational 13% 
6. Currency 5%

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Own Risk and Solvency Assessment (ORSA)

We do not view risk as something separate from our business strategy and 
operations. Risk strategy is implicit in our business strategy, and the aim of the 
ORSA is to bring this out more explicitly. The ORSA is an integral part of our 
existing business management, risk management, business planning and 
decision-making processes. It is also an integral tool for justifying our viability 
statement, as set out on page 122 of the Corporate Governance section. 
The ORSA includes all the processes for risk identification, risk assessment 
and measurement, risk management, risk monitoring and reporting 
that are in place through the Group Operating Model and Group 
Enterprise Risk Management framework.
Capital and risk exposure metrics methodology and results are challenged 
and reviewed as part of the ORSA. This includes regulatory capital, 
economic capital, earnings and cash flow profiles, over a three-year 
horizon. This allows us to view risks through various lenses and shows which 
risks impact our one-year earnings views differently from multi-year 
creeping risks and longer-term capitalised balance sheet risks. For example, 
losses due to credit impairments or defaults impact earnings relatively more 
than capital; therefore counterparty default is a higher proportion of the 
earnings at risk profile over time relative to the economic capital at risk 
profile. Further details on Solvency II results can be found in the Solvency II 
press release accompanying the preliminary results.

We have further enhanced the Group stress and scenario testing process. 
We are achieving greater consistency by engaging with business units to 
produce the same set of scenarios, with aggregation and top-down 
overlays performed at Group level. New scenario parameters, drawn from 
discussions with economists across the Group, were presented to the Board 
Risk Committee for challenge and approval. 
The scenarios tested at Group level are determined with reference to our 
overall strategy and the macro-economic environment we are operating in. 
For 2015, these were:
 ■ The impact of an adverse South African economic outlook, leading to a 
South African sovereign downgrade to sub-investment grade status with 
further economic implications

 ■ The impact of prolonged low growth in developed markets, 

keeping interest rates low for a longer period, affecting our businesses in 
the UK and the US

 ■ A reverse stress test – a scenario which may result in the business model 

and/or business plan becoming unviable, including idiosyncratic impacts 
specific to the business units.

We have adopted a modular approach to the ORSA, and the Board has 
reviewed the respective elements of the ORSA during the year as part of the 
business review cycle. The Group ORSA report has been shared with the 
Prudential Regulation Authority.

The Business Units had sufficient capital to withstand  
these very significant shocks, and the capital positions  
recover as management actions take effect.

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We seek to optimise capital efficiency,  
avoiding excessive risk concentrations  
and diversifying risk where possible.  
In this context, we review risk concentration  
and diversification within each business 

Key parameters used in the stress testing scenario over the business planning horizon:

As part of our ongoing stress and scenario testing we have assessed 
the impact on Group capital of a downgrade in the investment status of 
South Africa, coupled with a deteriorating economic outlook for the rest 
of the world. 
The Business Units had sufficient capital to withstand these very 
significant shocks, and the capital positions recover as management 
actions take effect. 
The Group solvency ratio remains stable due to a combination of the 
resilience of Old Mutual Wealth, the ability of the restricted surplus in 
OMEM and Nedbank to absorb the effects of the shock, and the 
depreciation of the Rand. 
(Although the capital position is resilient, this scenario would materially 
affect earnings in the business units which reduce substantially in 2016 and 
recover only modestly as management actions take effect. The Group 
dividend flexes within the dividend policy to accommodate the materially 
lower earnings and to protect the cash position within the Group.)

Equity markets
SWIX (RSA)
FTSE 100 (UK)
RLV 1000 (USA)
Interest rates
RSA Prime (Nedbank)
RSA 10-year government bond (OMEM)
Rand/GBP average

2016

2017

2018

(23%)
(13%)
(10%)

9%
0%
0%

1%
5%
5%

13.3% 12.1% 10.2%
8.7%
9.8%
10.9%
33.4
31.3
29.2

Credit risk
100bps spread widening (OMEM)
Up to 1.6% additional average credit loss ratio in Nedbank, 2.7% in OMEM
Business risk
20% decrease in new business sales in OMEM
20% increase in lapses in OMEM

The Strategic Report on pages 1-97 was 
approved by the Board of Directors on 
11 March 2016 and signed on its behalf by

Bruce Hemphill
Group Chief Executive

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GOVERNANCE

Contents
100  Board of Directors
103  Introduction to the Corporate 

Governance report by the Chairman

104 Approach to governance
105 How the Board operates
110  Leadership and effectiveness
111   Board committees and  
reports on their activities

118  Investor relations
119  AGMs
119  Share capital and dividends
120 Audit arrangements
121   Risk assessment and  

financial control environment

122 Going concern and viability statements
123 Other Directors’ Report matters
124 Directors’ Remuneration Report

In this section we look at who 
is on our Board and explain 
how we address governance 
matters and directors’ 
remuneration 

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Driving change  
together

Through Old Mutual 
Investment Group and 
Nedbank, we are a leading 
debt and equity participant 
in the South African 
Government’s programme to 
build large-scale renewable 
energy plants. This will support 
the country’s transition to 
a mixed-energy, resource-
efficient and socially inclusive 
economy. By the end of 
2015, we had committed R61 
billion of our clients’ money in 
renewable energy projects, 
which also aim to drive job 
creation and enterprise 
development in surrounding 
communities. One such 
project is the 66 megawatt 
Hopefield Windfarm, 
developed by Old Mutual 
Alternative Investments 
(OMAI) through its ‘IDEAS’ 
and ‘AIIM’ range of funds. 
Hopefield is one of OMAI’s 
17 projects, with a combined 
capacity of 1,103 megawatts, 
of which nearly 70% are 
already operational. 

www.oldmutual.com

Left: Doug Thompson,  
Head of Investor Relations,  
Old Mutual Alternative Investments 
Right: Patrick O’Sullivan, Chairman

Governance5. Mike Arnold (68) (British) 
B.Sc., F.I.A.
Independent non-executive director since 
September 2009. Chairman of the Board  
Risk Committee and a member of the  
Group Audit Committee
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. 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. 
Non-executive director of Financial Information 
Technology Limited.
6. Zoe Cruz (61) (US)
B.A, M.B.A.
Independent non-executive director since 
January 2014. Also a member of the  
Board Risk and Remuneration Committees
Co-President for Institutional Securities and 
Wealth Management at Morgan Stanley from 
2005 to 2007, where she was responsible for 
running major revenue-generating businesses, 

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3. Paul Hanratty (54) 
(Zimbabwean/Irish) 
B.Bus.Sc., F.I.A.
Chief Operating Officer and Chairman, 
Old Mutual Emerging Markets
Paul Hanratty has been Chief Operating Officer 
since July 2014 (having previously been Group 
Operating Officer from March 2013) and 
Chairman of Old Mutual South Africa (OMSA) 
since September 2009. He joined OMSA in 1984. 
He is a Fellow of the Institute of Actuaries and has 
held a number of roles at Old Mutual, including 
Head of Product Development, General 
Manager Finance and Actuarial, Head of the 
Retail business of OMSA, and CEO of Long-Term 
Savings. He joined the Board of OMSA’s life 
business in 2003 and became Managing 
Director of OMSA in 2006. 
4. Ingrid Johnson (49)  
(South African)
C.A. (SA), A.M.P. (Harvard)
Group Finance Director. Also a non-executive 
director of Old Mutual Wealth
Ingrid Johnson has been Group Finance Director 
since July 2014. Prior to taking on this role, she 
had 20 years’ broad-based financial services 
experience with Nedbank Group in both line 
and financial roles. She was appointed to the 
Nedbank Group Executive Committee in 2008. 
Her most recent responsibility there, in addition 
to being a Prescribed Officer, was as Group 
Managing Executive: Retail and Business 
Banking. She assumed this role in August 2009, 
taking responsibility for the turnaround of the 
Retail Banking cluster and managing the 
integration of Imperial Bank, in addition to 
retaining her role of leading the commercial 
cluster, Business Banking, which she had held 
since 2005. 

1. Patrick O’Sullivan (66) (Irish) 
M.Sc. (Econ), B.B.S., F.C.A. (Ireland)
Chairman of the Board since January 2010. 
Also chairs the Nomination and Governance 
Committee
Vice Chairman of Zurich Financial Services 
from 2007 to 2009, where he had specific 
responsibility for its international businesses 
including those in South Africa. Prior to that, 
he had been CFO of the ZFS Group and CEO 
of Eagle Star Insurance Company. He held 
positions at Bank of America, Goldman Sachs, 
Financial Guaranty Insurance Company and 
Barclays/BZW.
Previous non-executive roles included Chairman 
of the UK’s Shareholder Executive, Deputy 
Governor of the Bank of Ireland, Senior 
Independent Director at Man Group plc and 
Chairman of the Audit Committee at Collins 
Stewart plc and Cofra Group AG.
2. Bruce Hemphill (52)  
(South African) 
B.A., C.P.E., Solicitor of the Senior Courts 
of England and Wales
Group Chief Executive. Also Chairman of 
Old Mutual Wealth and a non-executive director 
of Nedbank Group Limited, Nedbank Limited 
and Old Mutual Emerging Markets
Bruce Hemphill joined Old Mutual as Group 
Chief Executive in November 2015, succeeding 
Julian Roberts. He was previously Chief Executive 
of Wealth, Insurance and Non-Bank Financial 
Services at Standard Bank Group, the largest 
African banking group by assets and earnings. 
From June 2006 to February 2014, he was Chief 
Executive of Liberty Group, an African financial 
services group listed on the JSE. He originally 
trained as a lawyer in the UK, practising law in 
both the UK and Hong Kong. After completing 
a management training programme at Anglo 
American in South Africa, he joined the corporate 
finance team at Standard Merchant Bank, where 
he eventually headed up the corporate finance, 
investment, banking, commercial banking and 
cash equities businesses.

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management and information technology. From 
2009 to 2012, she was involved in founding and 
running her own investment management firm, 
Voras Capital Management. Prior to becoming 
Co-President of Morgan Stanley, she had been  
its Global Head of Fixed Income, Commodities 
and Foreign Exchange from 2001 until 2005.  
She joined the company in 1982 and was  
the third founding member of the foreign 
exchange group. 
Founder and CEO of EOZ Global. 
7. Alan Gillespie (65) (British) 
CBE, B.A. Hons, M.A., Ph.D.
Senior Independent Director since May 2011, 
having joined the Board as an independent 
non-executive director in November 2010. 
Also a member of the Nomination and 
Governance and Remuneration Committees 
Partner at Goldman Sachs from 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. From 2001 to 2008, 
he was Chairman of Ulster Bank, a subsidiary 
of Royal Bank of Scotland plc.
Senior Independent Director of United Business 
Media plc and Chairman of the Economic & 
Social Research Council. 
8. Danuta Gray (57) (British) 
B.Sc., M.B.A.
Independent non-executive director since March 
2013. Also Chairman of the Remuneration 
Committee and a member of the Nomination 
and Governance Committee
Chairman of Telefónica O2 in Ireland until 
December 2012, having previously been its 
Chief Executive from 2001 to 2010. Prior to that, 
she was a Senior Vice President for BT Europe in 
Germany, where she gained experience in sales, 
marketing, customer service and technology 
and in leading and changing large businesses. 
She previously served for seven years on the 
board of Irish Life and Permanent plc and was 
also a director of Business in the Community.
Non-executive director of Aldermore Group plc, 
Michael Page International Plc and Paddy 
Power PLC and a non-executive Defence Board 
Member and Chair of the People Committee  
at the UK Ministry of Defence.

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9. Adiba Ighodaro (52) (British) 
LL.B., B.L., ACCA
Independent non-executive director since 
January 2014. Also a member of the Group  
Audit Committee
Joined the Commonwealth Development 
Corporation (CDC) in 1991, first in London, and 
later in Lagos, with a remit to establish CDC’s 
Nigerian business. In 1995, her focus moved to 
the Caribbean as a Senior Investment Executive 
and Investment Manager, helping to obtain 
investment for and dispose of some of CDC’s 
interests in Africa and the Caribbean. Later she 
became CDC’s Country Manager for Nigeria.  
She also became Head of West Africa,  
with responsibility for building the investment 
business of CDC/Actis across the region.  
Actis was spun out of CDC in 2004, following 
which she became a founding principal of Actis’ 
fundraising group. Today, as a partner of the 
firm, Adiba both heads fundraising across the 
Americas and manages a number of Actis’ 
global strategic relationships.
Partner at Actis.

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B OA R D   
O F   D I R E C TO R S
C O N T I N U E D

10. Trevor Manuel (60)  
(South African) 
Non-executive director since January 2016. 
Also a member of the Board Risk Committee
Trevor Manuel was a minister in the South 
African government for more than 20 years, 
serving under Presidents Mandela, Mbeki, 
Motlanthe and Zuma. He served as Finance 
Minister from 1996 to 2009. Before his retirement 
from public office in 2014, he was Minister in 
the Presidency responsible for South Africa’s 
National Planning Commission. Throughout 
his career, he assumed a number of ex officio 
positions on international bodies, including 
the United Nations Commission for Trade and 
Development (UNCTAD), the World Bank, 
the International Monetary Fund, the G20, the 
African Development Bank and the Southern 
African Development Community. He has 
also served on a number of voluntary 
public interest commissions including Africa 
Commission, Global Commission on Growth 
and Development, Global Ocean Commission, 
and the New Climate Economy. He holds a 
National Diploma in Civil and Structural 
Engineering from the Peninsula Technikon, 
South Africa and completed an Executive 
Management Programme at Stanford  
University, USA.
Member of the International Advisory Board of 
the Rothschild Group and Deputy Chairman of 
Rothschild South Africa, which provides financial 
advisory services to Old Mutual. Also a 
non-executive Director of SABMiller plc  
and Swiss Re.

11. Roger Marshall (67)  
(British) 
B.Sc. (Econ.), F.C.A. 
Independent non-executive director of the 
Company and Chairman of the Group Audit 
Committee since August 2010. Also a member 
of the Board Risk and Remuneration Committees
Former audit partner in 
PricewaterhouseCoopers, where he led the 
audit of a number of major groups, including 
Zurich Financial Services and Lloyds TSB. 
Chairman of the Accounting Council, a director 
of the Financial Reporting Council, and a 
non-executive director and Chairman of the Audit 
Committee of Pension Insurance Corporation.
12. Nkosana Moyo (64) 
(Zimbabwean) 
Ph.D., M.B.A.
Independent non-executive director since 
September 2013. Also a member of the Group 
Audit and Remuneration Committees 
Founder of the Mandela Institute for 
Development Studies (MINDS). Vice President 
and Chief Operating Officer of the African 
Development Bank from 2009 to 2011. From 2004 
to 2009, Managing Partner, based in London, of 
Actis Capital LLP with responsibility for its African 
businesses. Associate Director of the International 
Finance Corporation of the World Bank from 
2001 to 2004. Managing Director of Standard 
Chartered Bank (Zimbabwe) from 1990 to 1995, 
and later African Regional Head for Corporate 
Banking of Standard Chartered Bank.
Executive Chairman of MINDS. Member  
of the boards of Impala Platinum and the 
Africa Leadership Institute.

13. Vassi Naidoo (61)  
(South African/British)
C.A. (SA)
Non-executive director of the Company and 
Chairman of Nedbank Group Limited since 
May 2015. Also a member of the Board Risk 
and Nomination and Governance Committees
Vice Chairman of Deloitte UK from 2009 to 2014. 
CEO of Deloitte Southern Africa from 1998 to 
2006. Member of the Institute of Chartered 
Accountants in England and Wales and 
honorary life member of the South African 
Institute of Chartered Accountants.
14. Nonkululeko  
Nyembezi-Heita (55)  
(South African)
B.Sc., M.Sc., M.B.A.
Independent non-executive director of the 
Company since March 2012. Also a member 
of the Board Risk and Nomination and 
Governance Committees 
Non-executive director of Old Mutual Life 
Assurance Company (South Africa) Limited from 
2010 to 2012, a position she relinquished upon 
taking up her role at Old Mutual plc. Former 
Chief Officer of Mergers & Acquisitions for the 
Vodacom Group and Chief Executive Officer 
of Alliance Capital. Chief Executive Officer of 
ArcelorMittal South Africa from 2008 until 2014.
Chief Executive Officer of Ichor Coal N.V.  
and non-executive Chairman of JSE Limited. 

Key

6

14

12

8

10

9

13

1

2

3

7

4

11

5

GovernanceOLD MUTUAL PLCANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS 2015CORPORATE
GOVERNANCE

Patrick O’Sullivan 
Chairman

I am pleased to introduce this Corporate 
Governance report in which, among other 
things, we describe the Company’s 
compliance with the UK Corporate 
Governance Code 2014, explain how the 
Board and its main standing committees 
have operated during the past year, 
and describe how effective stewardship 
is exercised over the Group’s activities 
in the interests of shareholders and 
other stakeholders.

We have also included in our Corporate 
Governance report this year, in response 
to changes in the latest version of the 
UK Corporate Governance Code, a 
statement about the longer-term viability 
of the Group, which sits alongside our 
going concern statement.

Board
Since last year’s report, we have recruited 
a new Group Chief Executive, Bruce 

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Preparation for the introduction of Solvency II
Future strategic positioning and development
Continued monitoring of the Group’s culture  
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Hemphill, who replaced Julian Roberts with 
effect from the beginning of November 
2015. Vassi Naidoo joined the Board as a 
new non-executive director in May 2015, 
succeeding Reuel Khoza as Chairman of 
Nedbank Group Limited and Nedbank 
Limited, and Trevor Manuel, the former 
South African Minister of Finance, has joined 
the Board as a new non-executive director 
with effect from January 2016. We have five 
female members of the Board and I am 
delighted that our progress in fostering 
diversity on our Board was recognised 
during 2015 by our being cited as the UK 
public company that had made the best 
progress in this area over the past few years. 

During 2015, the Board focused on 
operational delivery and execution, including 
the integration of the Group’s significant 
recent acquisitions in the UK, South Africa 
and the Rest of Africa. Board meetings were 
held in Johannesburg in June/July and in 
Cape Town in November/December. Other 
areas of particular Board focus this year 
included preparations for Solvency II and 
the forthcoming introduction of Twin Peaks 
regulation in South Africa, with its associated 
implications for the governance and 
oversight of the Group’s major businesses 
in that country.

We have recently embarked on a review 
of Board information and other materials 
to ensure that these remain appropriately 
focused and fit for purpose. This topic was 
also raised by those consulted during our 
annual Board evaluation process, which 
was conducted internally this year.

A fuller account of the Board’s activities 
is included in the following pages.

We shall be saying farewell to our Group 
Company Secretary, Martin Murray, this 
year, as he is due to retire at the end of May, 
after 17 years in his current role with the 
Company. I would like to thank him for his 
valuable contribution over this period.

Annual General Meeting 
(AGM)
Our AGM will be held in London later in 
the year. As described in the Directors’ 
Remuneration Report, we will be consulting 
about proposed changes to the Directors’ 
Remuneration Policy following the outcome 
of the strategic review, so we will convene 
our AGM once this has been completed. 
As usual, the AGM will be webcast via our 
website and there will be an opportunity 
for shareholders to submit questions 
beforehand to be dealt with at the meeting. 
Our shareholder circular relating to the 
AGM will include further details.

We will continue to monitor and develop 
our Group’s corporate governance as we 
adapt to an ever-changing environment. 

Patrick O’Sullivan 
Chairman

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C O R P O R AT E   
G OV E R N A N C E
C O N T I N U E D

What is the Company’s 
approach to governance?
As the Company’s primary listing (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 2014, but the 
Company also has appropriate regard to 
governance expectations in other territories 
where its shares are listed. The text of the 
UK Corporate Governance Code 2014 
is available on the Financial Reporting 
Council’s website at www.frc.org.uk.

Has the Company complied 
with the UK Corporate 
Governance Code?
Throughout the year ended 31 December 
2015 and in the preparation of this Annual 
Report and Accounts, the Company has 
complied with the main and supporting 
principles and provisions set out in the 
UK Corporate Governance Code 2014 
applicable to that period, as described 
in more detail in the following sections of 
this report. 

The Company’s compliance with the 
provisions of the UK Corporate 
Governance Code 2014, and the 
statement relating to the going concern 
basis adopted in preparing the financial 
statements set out towards the end of this 
section of this report, have been reviewed 
by the Company’s auditor, KPMG LLP, 
in accordance with guidance published 
by the UK Auditing Practices Board.

Approach to governance
We aim to take a holistic approach to 
governance, with a proactive and 
effective Board providing the framework 
for addressing the Group’s long-term 
sustainability.

The current Group Operating Model 
(GOM) was adopted in 2010 and has 
continued to evolve since then as the 
Group’s governance has adapted to 
changing regulatory expectations and 
corporate events such as the sale of 
Skandia Nordic in 2012 and the partial IPO 
of our US asset management business, OM 
Asset Management plc (OMAM), in 2014.

Our GOM is based on a ‘strategic 
controller’ model steered from our Group 
Head Office. Its objectives are:

 ■ To establish clear principles of delegation 

and escalation designed to provide 
appropriate levels of assurance about 
the control environment, while retaining 
flexibility for our businesses to 
operate efficiently

 ■ To set out 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

 ■ To articulate clearly what Old Mutual plc 
(as shareholder) expects from business 
unit boards when exercising their powers 
as set out in their respective constitutions

 ■ To take due account of the regulatory 
requirement that boards of regulated 
entities maintain proper controls over 
the affairs of their respective businesses

 ■ To protect the interests of the Group’s 
various stakeholders, including its 
shareholders, creditors, policyholders 
and customers.

How the GOM operates
Under the GOM (and related 
arrangements with our partly owned 
subsidiaries Nedbank and OMAM), the 
Company appoints up to three members of 
senior Group executive management as 

We aim to take a 
holistic approach 
to governance, 
with a proactive 
and effective 
Board providing 
the framework 
for addressing the 
Group’s long-term 
sustainability

non-executive directors on the boards of 
its major subsidiaries to ensure transparent 
communication of information in both 
directions. The boards of Old Mutual 
Wealth, Nedbank Group Limited and 
Old Mutual Emerging Markets are 
independently regulated and have 
a majority of independent directors. 
The Group’s major subsidiaries also 
have their own Audit, Risk and 
Remuneration Committees.

The major businesses hold quarterly 
business reviews with the Company, 
to monitor their performance and 
prospects against a wide spectrum of 
criteria. These arrangements sit alongside 
the submission of detailed monthly financial 
reports and communication of risk 
and internal audit information through 
each of the latter’s functional lines.

The GOM also incorporates the ‘three lines 
of defence’ principles, assigning roles and 
responsibilities under three categories: 
acceptors of risk, overseers of the risks 
being taken, and independent reviewers 
and reporters of risk.

The governance relationship with the 
Group’s majority-owned subsidiary, 
Nedbank, recognises the latter’s own 
governance framework as a 
separately-listed entity on the JSE Limited 
and the fact that it has minority shareholders. 
The Company has a relationship 
agreement with Nedbank that sets out 
the Company’s requirements and 
expectations as its majority shareholder. 
The text of that relationship agreement 
is available on the Company’s website. 
Nedbank has also adopted the GOM, 
subject to certain waivers in 
acknowledgement of its separately-listed 
and regulated status, which sits alongside 
that agreement.

The Group’s major South African public 
subsidiary companies are subject to 
applicable local governance expectations, 
including those contained in King III 
and, for Nedbank, the JSE’s Listings 
Requirements. In addition, given that the 
Group has two ‘domestic systemically 
important financial institutions’ – 
Old Mutual Emerging Markets and 
Nedbank – we are actively considering 
how we may need to adapt the future 
governance of our South African 
operations as South Africa migrates to 
a Twin Peaks regulatory model similar 
to the UK’s. Discussions will now take place 
with local regulators to establish how the 
Group’s proposed managed separation 
may affect these matters.

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T E N U R E   O F   T H E 
N O N-E X E C U T I V E   D I R E C TO R S 
( I N C L U D I N G   T H E   C H A I R M A N 
A N D   T R E VO R   M A N U E L ) 
AT 1 J A N UA RY   2 016

1

4

2

3

1. <12 months 
2. 1-3 years 
3. 3-6 years 
4. > 6 years

OMAM, the Group’s US majority-owned 
institutional asset manager, is listed on the 
New York Stock Exchange (NYSE). It is 
therefore subject to the rules of the US 
Securities and Exchange Commission, the 
NYSE listing rules and other requirements 
applicable to US publicly-listed entities, 
including those of the Sarbanes-Oxley 
Act of 2002. OMAM has adopted policies 
and governance principles that are closely 
aligned with those set out in the GOM. In 
addition, as part of the arrangements 
leading up to its separate listing, OMAM 
entered into a shareholders’ agreement 
with Old Mutual plc and OM Group (UK) 
Limited giving the Group various rights with 
respect to the management and conduct of 
OMAM’s affairs. A copy of this agreement 
is available on the Company’s website.

We anticipate that the GOM will undergo 
further revision during 2016 as a 
consequence of the recently completed 
strategic review and proposed managed 
separation of the Group.

Who serves on the Board 
and how does it operate?
Old Mutual’s Board currently has 14 
members, three of whom are executive and 
11 of whom (including the Chairman) are 
non-executive. The following changes to the 
Board’s membership took place during 2015:

 ■ Vassi Naidoo joined the Board as a 
non-executive director on 1 May 2015

 ■ Reuel Khoza ceased to be a non-

executive director on 14 May 2015, 
following his retirement as Chairman 
of Nedbank

 ■ Julian Roberts, the former Group 
Chief Executive, ceased to be a 
director on 31 October 2015

 ■ Bruce Hemphill joined the Board 
as Group Chief Executive on 
1 November 2015

 ■ On 3 December 2015, the Company 

announced that Trevor Manuel would 
join the Board as a non-executive 
director from 1 January 2016.

In September 2015, we announced that 
Paul Hanratty, our Chief Operating Officer, 
would be stepping down from the Board 
in March 2016.

Tenure of non-executive 
directors
Other than in exceptional circumstances, 
non-executive directors (including the 
Chairman) serve a maximum of nine years 
in office. This maximum period consists of 
two three-year terms, followed by up to 
three further one-year terms. Renewal of 
non-executive directors’ engagements for 
successive terms is not automatic and the 
continued suitability of each non-executive 
director is assessed by the Nomination 
and Governance Committee before their 
appointment is renewed.

The table below sets out the Board’s 
continuing membership in more detail  
and in order of original appointment.

For a description of how people are 
selected to join the Board and how orderly 
succession planning for the non-executive 
directors is addressed, see the Report 
from the Nomination and Governance 
Committee later in this report. 

The Board’s current membership 

Role
Non-executive director
Chairman
Non-executive director
Senior Independent 
Director

Non-executive director
Non-executive director
Non-executive director
Non-executive director
Non-executive director
Chief Operating Officer
Group Finance Director
Non-executive director
Group Chief Executive
Non-executive director

Name and nationality
Mike Arnold (British)
Patrick O’Sullivan (Irish)
Roger Marshall (British)

Date of original appointment to the 
Board
September 2009
January 2010
August 2010

Date current term ends, where 
applicable
September 2016
January 2017
August 2016

Current term as director, where 
applicable
3rd (First year)
3rd (First year)
2nd

November 2010

Alan Gillespie (British)
Nonkululeko Nyembezi-
March 2012
Heita (SA)
March 2013
Danuta Gray (British)
September 2013
Nkosana Moyo (Zim)
January 2014
Zoe Cruz (US)
January 2014
Adiba Ighodaro (British)
July 2014
Paul Hanratty (Zim/Irish)
Ingrid Johnson (SA)
July 2014
Vassi Naidoo (SA/British) May 2015
Bruce Hemphill (SA)
Trevor Manuel (SA)

November 2015
January 2016

November 2016

March 2018
March 2019
September 2016
January 2017
January 2017
12 March 2016

May 2018

January 2019

2nd

2nd
2nd
1st
1st
1st

1st

1st

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C O R P O R AT E   
G OV E R N A N C E
C O N T I N U E D

N AT I O N A L I T Y   
O F   B OA R D   M E M B E R S

What is the Board’s role 
and how does it operate?
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, based on recommendations made 
by the Group Chief Executive, 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 and 
Group Finance’s monthly reports and 
holds regular sessions to discuss high-level 
strategic matters. The Group Operating 
Model identifies the matters that are 
specifically reserved for Board decision 
and protocols governing escalation of 
issues to it and delegation of powers 
from it, to ensure clear allocation of 
responsibility for decision-making.

In accordance with the Group Operating 
Model, the Board has delegated its 
executive powers to the Group Chief 
Executive, with power to sub-delegate, 
and also to the Approvals Committee. 
In his co-ordination and stewardship of 
the Group, the Group Chief Executive 
is supported by the Group Executive 
Committee, a consultative management 
committee comprising the heads of various 
Group functions and the Chief Executives 
of the Group’s four major business units. 
The Board has also delegated specific 
responsibilities to Board committees, as 
described in more detail under the heading 
‘What are the Board’s standing committees 
and what did they do during the year?’ 
later in this report.

In addition to its interaction with the three 
executive directors, the Board interacts with 
the other senior executive management 
(including the most senior executives of the 
Group’s main business units) through their 
periodic participation in Board meetings, 
other briefing sessions, Board visits to 
the Group’s main business centres 
and individual non-executive directors’ 
engagement with subsidiary businesses. 
The Board also receives minutes of the 
proceedings of the Group Executive 
Committee, to help keep it informed 

3

1

2

1. African 50%  
2. UK & Europe 43%  
3. US 7% 
Note: The position illustrated above is at 
1 January 2016, after Trevor Manuel joined the Board. 
For the purposes of this table, Paul Hanratty is treated 
as Zimbabwean and Vassi Naidoo as South African.

about the discussions taking place 
between the Group Chief Executive and 
the heads of the Group’s main businesses 
and of Group central functions such as 
Risk, Strategy, Responsible Business and 
Human Resources.

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 management’s 
performance against agreed goals and 
objectives, and monitors performance 
reporting. Procedures are in place to help 
Board members 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. 

Separately from the formal Board 
meeting schedule, the Chairman meets 
with the non-executive directors, with 
no executives present, to provide a 
forum where any issues can be raised. 
He also conducts an annual one-to-one 
performance evaluation of each of 
the non-executive directors, and any 
resulting action points are reported to the 
Nomination and Governance Committee.

The Company also facilitates informal 
meetings among the non-executive 

directors, without the Chairman or any 
executive present. These meetings include 
the annual review of the Chairman’s own 
performance – led by the Senior 
Independent Director, who also obtains 
whatever input he considers appropriate 
from the executive directors.

The assignment of responsibilities between 
Chairman Patrick O’Sullivan and Group 
Chief Executive Bruce Hemphill is 
documented to ensure a clear division 
between running the Board and executive 
responsibility for running the Company’s 
business. Further details of the respective 
roles and responsibilities of our Chairman 
and Group Chief Executive are set 
out below.

Key roles and 
responsibilities
Chairman
 ■ Leading the Board
 ■ Ensuring the Board’s effectiveness and 

setting its agenda

 ■ Ensuring that the directors receive 

accurate, timely and clear information, 
and adequate time is available for 
discussion of all agenda items
 ■ Ensuring effective communication 

with shareholders

 ■ Promoting a culture of openness 

and debate

 ■ Ensuring constructive relationships 

between the executive and 
non-executive directors.

Group Chief Executive
 ■ Defining, creating and implementing 

strategy and objectives

 ■ Developing manageable goals 

and priorities

 ■ Leading and motivating the 

management teams

 ■ Developing proposals to present to 
the Board on all areas reserved for 
its judgement

 ■ Developing Group policies for 

approval by the Board and ensuring 
their implementation

 ■ Promoting the Group’s culture.

What was the directors’ 
attendance record 
during 2015?
The table on the next page 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, rather 
than attendance as an invitee) during 2015.

GovernanceOLD MUTUAL PLCANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS 2015What did the Board do 
during 2015?
The Chairman’s introduction to this 
report describes some of the main matters 
that the Board addressed during the year. 
In addition to those and to the regular 
updates that the Board received on the 
Group’s results, the Group Chief Executive’s 
report and reports from Board committee 
chairmen, the table on the following page 
sets out the Board’s other main activities 
at its principal scheduled meetings during 
the year.

Are the non-executive 
directors independent?
Of the 10 current non-executive directors 
(excluding the Chairman, but including 
Trevor Manuel, whose appointment took 
effect from 1 January 2016), the Board 
considers eight to be independent within 
the criteria set out in the UK Corporate 
Governance Code 2014; that is, they are 
independent in character and judgement 
and have no relationships or circumstances 
which are likely to affect their judgement, or 
could appear to affect it. These eight are: 
Mike Arnold, Zoe Cruz, Alan Gillespie, 
Danuta Gray, Adiba Ighodaro, 
Roger Marshall, Nkosana Moyo and 
Nonkululeko Nyembezi-Heita.

Vassi Naidoo is not considered 
independent because he chairs the Group’s 
majority-owned subsidiary, Nedbank 

Group Limited, and circumstances may 
arise where he has to balance the 
fiduciary duties owed to both parent 
and subsidiary having regard to minority 
interests in the latter.

It is anticipated that Trevor Manuel will 
become Chairman of Old Mutual Group 
Holdings (OMGH), the South African 
holding company of both Old Mutual 
Emerging Markets and the Group’s stake 
in Nedbank Group Limited, during 2016 
following Paul Hanratty’s retirement. 
In light of the enhanced role that OMGH 
is expected to play once South African  
Twin Peaks regulation comes into effect,  
the Board has decided that it would not 
be appropriate to categorise Mr Manuel 
as an independent non-executive director 
at plc level.

Who is the Senior 
Independent Director?
Alan Gillespie has been the Senior 
Independent Director since May 2011. 
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.

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5

4

1

6

2

3

1.  Capital and finance 30%
2.  Strategy 20%
3.  People issues and succession 15%
4.  Regulatory matters,  

including Solvency II 15%
5.  Culture, responsible business  
and stakeholder matters 10%

6. Other 10%

Attendance record

Mike Arnold
Zoe Cruz
Alan Gillespie
Danuta Gray
Paul Hanratty
Bruce Hemphill
Adiba Ighodaro
Ingrid Johnson
Roger Marshall
Nkosana Moyo
Vassi Naidoo
Nonkululeko Nyembezi-Heita
Patrick O’Sullivan

Former directors
Reuel Khoza
Julian Roberts

* One meeting of each missed owing to illness.

Board 
(scheduled 
and ad hoc)

9/9
8/9
9/9
7/9*
9/9
2/2
9/9
9/9
7/9
9/9
6/6
9/9
9/9

4/4
6/7

Group Audit
Committee

Board Risk 
Committee
Number of meetings attended/number of meetings eligible to attend

Remuneration
Committee

Nomination and
Governance
Committee

6/6
–
–
–
–
–
6/6
–
6/6
5/6
–
–
–

–
–

8/8
7/8
–
–
–
–
–
–
8/8
–
5/5
8/8
–

3/3
–

–
6/7
7/7
6/7*
–
–
–
–
7/7
6/7
–
–
–

–
–

–
–
6/6
5/6*
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
6/6
6/6

3/3
–

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G OV E R N A N C E
C O N T I N U E D

Board meetings during 2015

Date of meeting
January

Location
London

Principal topics covered
 ■ Presentation by the Chief Executive of 

February

London

Old Mutual Wealth on the Old Mutual Wealth 
business

 ■ Capital and dividend review
 ■ Presentation on possible Group strategic 
actions and update on various strategic 
projects 

 ■ Approval of final business plan for 2015-17
 ■ Update on strategic projects 
 ■ Feedback from the Board effectiveness review 

for 2014

 ■ Approval of the preliminary results for 2014
 ■ Approval of the Annual Report and Accounts 
and the Responsible Business Report for 2014

May

London

 ■ Review and update of the Group 

June/July

Johannesburg

Operating Model

 ■ Consideration of proposed response to the 
transition to Twin Peaks regulation in South 
Africa and associated governance issues
 ■ Presentation to the Board by representatives 
from the Prudential Regulation Authority
 ■ Presentation on the Group’s strategy for the 

Rest of Africa

 ■ Update on various other strategic 

opportunities

 ■ Presentation on Group cash and capital in 
the context of the transition to Solvency II

 ■ Presentation on brand, customer and 

responsible business

 ■ Pre year-end review of results and the 
Annual Report and Accounts for 2014

 ■ Annual review and clearance of directors’ 

conflicts of interest.

 ■ Recommendation of the final dividend 

for 2014

 ■ Feedback by the Senior Independent Director 

from the annual review of the Chairman.

 ■ Update on strategic projects
 ■ Feedback from the annual independent 
survey of investors’ views on the Group

 ■ Approval of the Q1 Trading Update.

 ■ Presentation by the Chief Risk Officer on stress 
tests adopted for the purposes of the Group’s 
Own Risk and Solvency Assessment

 ■ Discussion of Group governance 

arrangements.

August

London

 ■ Update on various strategic projects 
 ■ Update by the Chief Executive of Old Mutual 
Wealth on the Old Mutual Wealth business 
and its major IT project

 ■ Declaration of an interim dividend
 ■ Briefings by Group HR on the latest executive 
talent review and results of the Group culture 
survey for 2015.

September

London

November

London and  
by telephone

November/
December

Cape Town

 ■ Approval of the interim results for 2015
 ■ Update on various strategic initiatives
 ■ Output from the annual strategic target-setting 

process and implications from this for the 
strategies of the Group’s major businesses
 ■ Welcome to, and introductory remarks by, the 

new Group Chief Executive

 ■ Approval of the Q3 Trading Update
 ■ Presentations by Old Mutual Emerging 

Markets and Nedbank on their respective 
business and strategy plans for 2016–2018

 ■ Briefings on the economic and political 

outlook for South Africa and the Group’s 
cash and capital position

 ■ Vassi Naidoo’s initial impressions since 

becoming Chairman of Nedbank 

 ■ Presentation on responsible business and 

challenges of adapting to the future

 ■ Update on Solvency II and SAM

 ■ Review of the draft Group business plan for 

2016–2018

 ■ Update on strategic projects and plans for the 

Group strategy review

 ■ Annual review of Board Committee 

memberships.

GovernanceOLD MUTUAL PLCANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS 2015Are directors required to hold 
shares in the Company and 
what are their current 
interests?
Under the Directors’ Remuneration Policy, 
the Group Chief Executive is required to 
build up a holding of shares in the 
Company equal in value to at least 200% 
of his annual base salary within five years 
of appointment. For other executive directors 
the requirement is 150% of annual base 
salary within five years of appointment.

The Board has considered adopting a 
shareholding requirement for non-executive 
directors, but does not believe a formal 
requirement is appropriate. Instead, it 
encourages non-executive directors to 
build up holdings equal to 50% of their 
annual base fees within 12 months after 
appointment and to increase this over  
time to 100% of their annual base fees.  
The target for the Chairman was set at 
50% of his annual base fee, to be 
achieved over time.

Details of directors’ interests (including 
interests of their connected persons) in 

the share capital of the Company and its 
quoted subsidiaries, Nedbank Group 
Limited and OMAM, at the beginning and 
end of 2015 are set out in the table below. 
The interests of the executive directors 
in share options and forfeitable shares 
awards are described in the section 
of the Directors’ Remuneration Report 
entitled ‘Directors’ shareholdings and share 
interests’. There were no changes to any of 
the interests between 31 December 2015 
and 11 March 2016.

How are directors’ conflicts of 
interest managed?
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 
Nomination and Governance Committee 
considers other significant commitments or 
external interests of potential appointees as 
part of the selection process and discloses 
them to the Board when recommending an 
appointment. Non-executive directors 
are required to inform the Board of any 
subsequent changes to such commitments, 

which must be pre-cleared with the 
Chairman if material.

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The Company’s procedures for dealing 
with directors’ conflicts of interest continued 
to operate effectively during 2015 and 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 H3 
to the financial statements.

The executive directors are permitted to 
hold and retain, for their own benefit, 
fees from one external (non-Group) 
non-executive directorship of another 
listed company (but not a chairmanship), 
subject to prior clearance by the Board 
and provided the directorship concerned 
is not in conflict or potential conflict with 
any of the Group’s businesses. None of 
the executive directors currently holds 
any external non-executive directorships 
of other publicly-quoted companies.

Directors’ interests

At 31 December 2015
(or date of resignation, if earlier)

At 31 December 2014

Mike Arnold
Zoe Cruz
Alan Gillespie
Danuta Gray
Paul Hanratty
Bruce Hemphill (appointed 1 November 2015)
Adiba Ighodaro
Ingrid Johnson
Roger Marshall
Nkosana Moyo
Vassi Naidoo (appointed 1 May 2015)
Nonkululeko Nyembezi-Heita
Patrick O’Sullivan

Former directors
Reuel Khoza (resigned 14 May 2015)
Julian Roberts (resigned 31 October 2015)

Old Mutual plc
ordinary shares
26,475
34,500
13,000
14,175
446,5781
–1
–
5251
45,000
10,000
–
13,839
100,000

Nedbank Group
Limited shares
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
18,8142
–
–
43,575
–
–

OM Asset
Management plc
shares
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–

Old Mutual plc
ordinary shares
26,475
–
13,000
14,175
824,5471
–
–
525
45,000
10,000
–
3,566
100,000

Nedbank Group
Limited shares
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
22,9132
–
–
–
–
–

OM Asset
Management plc
shares
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–

6,410
2,014,3031

14,774
–

–
–

3,566
2,014,3031

14,774
–

–
–

1  These figures do not include rights to forfeitable shares that have not yet vested, which are described in the Directors’ Remuneration Report
2  These shares are currently held under the terms of the Nedbank Compulsory Bonus Share Scheme and the Nedbank Voluntary Bonus Share Scheme.

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Has the Company granted 
indemnities to its directors?
In accordance with the Company’s Articles 
of Association, each director is granted an 
indemnity by the Company in respect of 
liabilities incurred as a result of their office, 
to the extent permitted by UK law. 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. 

The indemnities described above were in 
force throughout 2015 and have remained 
so up to the date of this report. In respect of 
those liabilities for which directors may not 
be indemnified, the Company maintains 
directors’ and officers’ liability insurance.

Our business  
relies on the 
commitment,  
talent and  
diversity of our 
employees 

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 Female 38%  
 Male 62%  

2018 Target = >30%
1  At 31 December 2015, before Trevor Manuel  

joined the Board.

 Female 27%  
 Male 73%  
2018 Target = 30%

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 Female 58% – 35,659 
 Male 42% – 25,868 

 Female 17%  
 Male 83%  
2018 Target = 30%
1  Top 122 positions around the Group,  

at 31 December 2015.

Leadership and 
effectiveness
Our business relies on the commitment, 
talent and diversity of our employees. 
In order to understand and meet the  
needs of customers better, we strive to  
have an employee population that is fully 
representative of the markets we serve. 
To attract and retain appropriately skilled 
employees, managers and executives, we 
maintain effective HR practices. 

To ensure leadership effectiveness at the 
most senior levels, we developed a new 
bespoke strategic leadership development 
programme during 2015 as a successor 
to the programme that had been in place 

for several years. More than 40 of our top 
leaders participated in a programme to 
connect them better with the Group’s 
strategy and to learn how to address the 
challenges of being a business leader in the 
21st century. 

What is the Company’s 
approach to ensuring 
diversity?
Each business is required to develop an 
environment that promotes the benefits 
of equal opportunities and diversity. 
Recruitment, promotion, selection for 
training and other aspects of employee 
management are free from discrimination 
– including on grounds of gender, race, 

GovernanceOLD MUTUAL PLCANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS 2015disability, age, marital status, sexual 
orientation and religious belief. For our 
business units in South Africa, these 
imperatives have to be balanced against 
their Broad-Based Black Economic 
Empowerment (B-BBEE) requirements.

Some examples of how we have supported 
and benefited from engaging with those 
with physical disabilities are included in the 
‘Meet our People’ section of our website.

We recognise that difference in its 
broadest sense is critical to our success and, 
while focus varies by country, increasing 
gender diversity is a priority for all of our 
businesses. We continue to exceed our 
diversity target of at least three female 
members of the Board, with female 
membership of our Board at 38% (five out 
of 13) at the end of the year. Also, three of 
our 11-member Group Executive Committee 
are women. We remain committed to 
improving our diversity and continue to 
strive towards the targets for 2018 that we 
set in 2013 – see the diagrams on the 
preceding page. We have invested 
significantly in our women’s networks 
and mentoring initiatives over the past 
two years, which we hope will lead to 
an increase in the number of females in 
senior roles over the coming years.

How do we ensure that  
Board members have the  
right knowledge to  
discharge their duties?
The composition of and succession plans 
for the Board are formally considered at 
least annually. We have developed a skills 
and industry experience matrix to help the 
Board assess the composition profiles of the 
Group and major subsidiary boards. The 
Nomination and Governance Committee 
regularly discusses talent and succession 
plans for the Group and business unit 
Executive Committees.

Induction of new 
non-executive directors
The Company has a structured and 
comprehensive induction programme 
for new non-executive directors, which is 
designed to enable new appointees to the 
Board to familiarise themselves with the 
Group’s operations, financial affairs and 
strategic position so that they can make 
an effective contribution as soon as 
possible after they have joined the Board. 
This programme includes sessions with 
the heads of each of the Group’s major 
businesses, functional heads and the 
Company’s auditor and external 
legal advisers and includes the role and 
expectations of a non-executive director, 

Group strategy and business unit 
awareness, business performance and 
financial management, governance and 
compliance, and audit. Each new member 
also completes a behavioural and 
psychometric assessment to provide 
awareness of their interpersonal preferences 
and how these relate to the rest of the Board. 
This feedback is available to the Chairman, 
to help him ensure that all members can 
participate fully in Board discussions. 

Training sessions for the Board in 2015 
continued to focus principally on how the 
introduction of Solvency II was likely to 
impact on the Group.

How is the performance 
of the Board and its 
committees reviewed?
Performance reviews of the Board and 
its standing committees are conducted 
annually and are carried out by an external 
expert at least once every three years. 
Under its current Chairman, the Board 
has invested a significant amount of effort 
in understanding its effectiveness through 
both internally and externally facilitated 
reviews using a range of approaches. 
For further information on the history of 
such reviews, please see the illustration 
on the next page.

The feedback from the 2014 review 
resulted in a number of actions being 
taken during 2015. These included:

 ■ Widening the scope of the Nomination 

Committee (now renamed the 
Nomination and Governance Committee) 
to include oversight of the effectiveness  
of the governance structures between  
the Company and its principal business 
unit subsidiaries.

 ■ Development of a more structured 
induction process to facilitate an 
understanding of the role and 
expectations of non-executive directors, 
a shared awareness of the Group’s 
vision, strategy and values, the business 
strategy, the market for each business 
unit and the people leading and 
managing the business.

 ■ A review of Board succession planning, 
which resulted in more appropriate 
phasing of non-executive directors’ 
planned retirement dates.

 ■ Coaching, where applicable, to support 
the transition to being a non-executive 
director for new appointees to the Board.

The Board effectiveness review for 2015 
was conducted internally using an online 
questionnaire supplemented by one-to-one 
interviews with each Board member. 

The questionnaire sought feedback 
around a number of different aspects of 
the Board and its committees, including:

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 ■ Expectations 
 ■ Agreeing strategy 
 ■ Leadership 
 ■ External environment 
 ■ Line of sight
 ■ Governance and support 
 ■ Committee Chairman effectiveness 
 ■ Board committee effectiveness
A separate questionnaire was issued 
to gather feedback on the Chairman. 

The feedback was collated and 
reported back to the Board. The review 
concluded that:

 ■ The Chairman, the Board and its 

committees had operated effectively 
during 2015, with clarity of purpose 
and appropriate consideration given 
to stakeholder expectations. 

 ■ Responsibilities were soundly delegated 
to the Board’s standing committees and 
those committees had executed their 
respective mandates appropriately. 

A number of areas where the Board could 
potentially improve its effectiveness were 
agreed as a consequence of this year’s 
review, but these will be considered  
afresh in light of the outcome of the 
strategic review.

What are the Board’s 
standing committees and 
what did they do during 
the year?
The Board has a number of standing 
committees to which various matters 
are delegated in line with their terms 
of reference. 

After the significant changes to Board 
committee memberships in 2014, no further 
changes were made as a result of the 
annual review of such memberships that 
took place towards the end of 2015, other 
than to confirm that Trevor Manuel would 
join the Board Risk Committee when he 
became a director at the start of 2016.

The current membership of the Board’s 
main standing committees is as follows:

Group Audit Committee
Roger Marshall (Chairman) (since 2010) 
Mike Arnold (since 2009) 
Adiba Ighodaro (since 2014) 
Nkosana Moyo (since 2014) 
Secretary to the committee: Martin Murray 
(since 1999) 

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Five-year history of Board evaluation
at Old Mutual plc

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

Agreed effectiveness improvements and Board development 
facilitated both internally and externally

Led by Helen Pitcher of 
IDDAS, and including  
a Governance and 
Compliance Report  
and Board  
Dynamics Review.

Board profile reviewed 
and shared.

Detailed questionnaire 
supplemented  
by 1:1 interviews. 

IDDAS compared the 
findings from this to the 
2011 outputs and 
commented on where 
progress had been 
achieved.

Key

External 
facilitation
Internal 
facilitation
Joint 
facilitation

Board profile updated 
(leavers and joiners)  
and reviewed with  
the Chairman.

Detailed questionnaire, 
supplemented by 1:1 
interviews with each 
Board member.

Board profile  
updated and discussion 
with IDDAS on the  
2012 review findings.

Board Risk Committee 
effectiveness review.

Board culture survey.

Short questionnaire 
focused on progress 
against the action plan 
and Board values. 
Supplemented by 1:1 
interviews.

Board Governance 
Review (internally led  
with external input).

Board profile  
updated and reviewed 
with the Chairman.

Board Intelligence 
reviewed and made 
recommendations for 
improvements on Board 
information packs.

Full Board effectiveness 
review led by Helen 
Pitcher of Advanced 
Board Excellence.

Board Risk Committee
Mike Arnold (Chairman) (since 2010) 
Zoe Cruz (since 2014) 
Roger Marshall (since 2010) 
Trevor Manuel (since January 2016) 
Vassi Naidoo (since May 2015) 
Nonkululeko Nyembezi-Heita (since 2013) 
Other member of the committee during 
part of the year:  
Reuel Khoza (2010 to May 2015)  
Secretary to the committee:  
Colin Campbell (since 2012)

Nomination and Governance 
Committee
Patrick O’Sullivan (Chairman) (since 2010) 
Alan Gillespie (since 2010) 
Danuta Gray (since 2013) 
Vassi Naidoo (since May 2015) 
Nonkululeko Nyembezi-Heita (since 2013)
Other member of the committee during 
part of the year:  
Reuel Khoza (2010 to May 2015) 
Secretary to the committee:  
Martin Murray (since 1999)

Remuneration Committee
For details of the Remuneration Committee, 
see the Directors’ Remuneration Report.

Other committees
The Board establishes special-purpose 
committees, as required, to deal with 
particular strategic projects or other 
matters. In doing so, it specifies a remit, 
quorum and appropriate mix of executive 
and non-executive participation. 

A number of standing executive committees 
help 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 
and the Group Capital Management 
Committee, whose role is, among other 
things, to agree capital allocations within 
certain limits (or make recommendations 
to the Board regarding any allocations 
beyond such limits) and to approve the 
Group’s capital plan as part of the annual 
business planning process. 

The Company also operates a Responsible 
Business Committee, which monitors 
progress against the Group’s commitment 
to responsible business principles and 
addresses matters that could impact on the 
Group’s reputation or licence to operate. 

Reports from the Board’s 
standing committees
The following reports on the activities of 
the Group Audit, Board Risk and 
Nomination and Governance Committees 
during 2015 have been submitted by their 
respective Chairmen. The activities of the 
Remuneration Committee are described in 
the Directors’ Remuneration Report later 
in this document.

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Roger Marshall
Chairman of the  
Group Audit Committee

The Group Audit Committee (the committee) 
met six times during 2015. Two meetings 
were held partly as joint sessions with 
members of the Board Risk Committee to 
discuss matters of mutual interest, with 
particular focus on the Group’s cyber-
security environment and the credit 
provisioning methodologies applied by the 
Group’s South African businesses. As far as 
credit provisioning methodologies are 
concerned, the committee asked KPMG 
LLP to carry out a ‘deep dive’ into 
this at OMEM and the unsecured retail 
book of Nedbank as part of its year-end 
audit. Their report included a number of 
observations and recommendations which 
the businesses will be implementing in 2016.

The committee assisted the Board in 
monitoring the Group’s preparations for 
compliance with the new Solvency II regime 
and considered the calculations and 
methodologies used in the reporting of the 
Group’s Solvency II capital position at the 

end of 2015 with the benefit of input from 
the Group Chief Actuary and KPMG LLP.

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In addition to our usual role in reviewing the 
materials submitted to the Board in support 
of the going concern statement, we also this 
year addressed for the first time the new 
requirement for a longer-term viability 
statement and discussed the appropriate 
duration of and wording for this for the 
Board to approve.

Compared to the prior year, issues relating 
to tax provisioning reduced in significance. 
A number of tax issues have been agreed 
with the relevant tax authorities during the 
year and tax provisioning is no longer a 
key judgement area.

Set out below is a summary of areas of 
focus during the year, in addition to the 
committee’s usual oversight responsibilities, 
which are described in the table on 
page 115.

Group Audit Committee  
focus area

Assumptions related to 
policyholder liabilities 
recognised by the Group’s 
insurance businesses
The Group recognised insurance 
policyholder liabilities of  
£7,714 million at 31 December 
2015 (2014: £10,519 million). 
Estimation of these routinely 
involves assessment of risk 
exposures, expense allocations 
and business persistency.

Loan loss provisions
Loan loss provisioning requires 
the assessment of recoverable 
amounts, which requires 
judgement in the estimation 
of future payments.

At 31 December 2015, the 
Group’s total advances were 
£31,724 million, with related 
provisions of (£759 million)  
(2014: £35,714 million and  
(£857 million)). Loans outstanding 
are principally from Nedbank.

Goodwill
Goodwill and intangible 
assets amounted to £3,276 million 
at 31 December 2015 (2014: 
£2,763 million). These balances 
principally relate to the Old 
Mutual Wealth and OM Asset 
Management businesses.

How the matter was reviewed

The Group Chief Actuary confirmed that 
appropriate valuation models had been 
used to determine the value of policyholder 
liabilities. This included the presentation of 
results from experience and assumption 
validation reviews. In areas where significant 
assumption changes were proposed, the 
rationale for these changes was explained 
to the committee.

The committee considered this area in detail, 
particularly in light of the deterioration in 
credit conditions and outlook that has taken 
place in South Africa since the end of Q3 2015. 
The committee reviewed information related 
to detailed credit exposures including, in 
particular, unsecured lending in Nedbank 
and Old Mutual Finance and Nedbank’s 
large exposure watchlists. The committee 
was satisfied that adequate provisions were 
carried at 31 December 2015 under current 
accounting standards.

The committee reviewed the impairment 
calculations on a preliminary basis in 
December 2015 and then reviewed updated 
calculations at the end of February 2016, 
reflecting the downturn in markets at the start 
of 2016. The committee also looked at 
sensitivity analysis on the basis of declining 
growth rates and increasing discount rates.

There was a focus on persistency, expense 
and mortality assumptions proposed for the 
South African long-term business and on 
changes to explicit discretionary reserves. 
The committee was comfortable with the 
assumptions chosen.

Local governance structures provide 
assurance on the adequacy of loan loss 
provisioning and key matters arising were 
routinely highlighted in discussions with 
local audit committee chairmen.

This analysis supported the committee in 
concluding that goodwill and intangible 
assets were appropriately valued.

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In 2015,  
we introduced  
a new, externally 
facilitated, quality 
assurance process 
for Internal Audit

Alternative profit measure
The Group makes a number of adjustments 
to IFRS profit to derive an Adjusted 
Operating Profit (AOP) measure. This is 
common practice among peers. Some 
of these eliminate IFRS valuations that 
introduce distorting results, such as 
recognising gains or losses on own debt. 
Other adjustments seek to adjust the IFRS 
result in order to arrive at more normalised 
profit by, for example, substituting a 
Long-Term Investment Return for the 
actual investment returns for the year, and 
adjusting the IFRS finance cost so that it 
reflects certain costs of financing otherwise 
recognised in equity. The committee reviews 
the appropriateness of the AOP measure 
on an ongoing basis. It also reviews the 
Long-Term Investment Return rate annually. 
The committee seeks to validate that the 
adjustments made in determining AOP are 
appropriate to the objective of presenting a 
measure of the long-term profitability of the 
business to users of the financial statements.

This year the committee considered again 
the appropriateness of excluding from AOP 
the costs related to Old Mutual Wealth’s 
programme to develop new platform 
capabilities and to outsource its UK 
business administration. This was pertinent 
in light of the considerable increase in the 
project’s anticipated cost. The committee 
has concluded that the treatment  
remains appropriate.

Audit tender and rotation
A competitive tender for the Group’s 
external audit was carried out in 2014. 
Further details of the tender process were 
included in last year’s report.

The outcome of the process was that the 
committee recommended that the Board 
should retain KPMG LLP as the Group’s 
external auditor from 2016 onwards, 
subject to the usual annual shareholder 
approval of their re-appointment at 
forthcoming AGMs. The Board duly 
accepted this recommendation. Guidance 
from the European Parliament will require 
the rotation of the Group’s external auditor 
no later than 2023. 

External auditor effectiveness 
During the year, we reviewed KPMG LLP’s 
effectiveness as our current auditor 
(with support from Group Internal Audit) 
and confirmed satisfaction with the quality 
of the audit. The review analysed critical 
competencies expected of our external 
auditor and included feedback from 
key finance personnel from Group and 
subsidiary entities and audit committee 
members at subsidiaries and Group level. 

The outcome underpins our 
recommendation to reappoint KPMG LLP  
in relation to the audit for the year ending 
31 December 2016 at this year’s AGM.

Non-audit services 
The Group operates within a clearly 
defined policy on the nature and amount of 
non-audit services that can be provided by 
the Group’s external auditor (see ‘Audit 
arrangements’ later in this report). The 
policy itself is formally reviewed annually. 
Under the policy now in force, total fees for 
non-audit services are limited to a 
maximum of 25% of the total fees for 
external audit services, although we have 
recently made some relaxations to the 
relevant definitions of non-audit services in 
recognition of the additional work that 
KPMG LLP will be expected to do as part of 
the Group’s preparations for and 
compliance with the Solvency II regime in 
the UK and SAM in South Africa.

As Chairman of the committee, I am 
notified of expenditure on non-audit 
services monthly and for certain services  
I will be consulted for pre-approval.  
The committee reviews compliance with  
the non-audit services policy each quarter.

The committee is satisfied that KPMG LLP 
has been engaged by the Group in 
accordance with the requirements of this 
policy during 2015.

Internal Audit
The committee pays close attention to 
Internal Audit reports and to the progress 
of management actions to address 
weaknesses. Internal Audit complies with 
the recent Financial Services Internal Audit 
Code and in particular is encouraged to 
carry out work in advance of or in parallel 
with developments, rather than intervening 
after the event.

Internal Audit’s overall conclusion for 2015 
was that it had not observed any 
unmitigated material issues that would 
indicate that the overall control environment 
in the Group was unsatisfactory.

In 2015, we introduced a new quality 
assurance process for Internal Audit using 
an external firm and reporting directly to 
the committee. We consider that this 
leading-edge approach will bring 
increased independence to the process 
and also enhance Internal Audit’s 
knowledge of best practice.

The Group’s Internal Audit Charter remains 
unchanged from last year and is available 
on the Company’s website.

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Financial and capital reporting 
 ■ Monitor the integrity of the Group’s financial statements 

and review the critical accounting policies

 ■ Review and challenge, where necessary, management’s 

critical accounting estimates and judgements in relation to the 
interim and annual financial statements

 ■ Review the content of the Annual Report and Accounts 
and interim results and advise the Board on whether, 
taken as a whole, the Annual Report is fair, balanced and 
understandable

 ■ Review the going concern and viability statements so as to be 
able to report the committee’s views on these to the Board
 ■ Consider the Group’s Solvency II capital calculations and 

methodologies, with input from the Group Chief Actuary and 
the external auditor

 ■ Determine whether any training or education sessions are 

required by the committee on specific issues.

External audit
 ■ Make recommendations concerning the appointment, 
reappointment and removal of the external auditor
 ■ Be responsible for the Group’s audit tender process
 ■ Oversee the relationship with the external auditor, including 
the terms of engagement (including remuneration) and their 
effectiveness, independence and objectivity

 ■ Agree the policy for and provision of non-audit services
 ■ Agree the policy on the employment of former employees 

of the external auditor

 ■ Review the qualifications, expertise and resources of the 
external auditor and the effectiveness of the audit process
 ■ Approve the annual audit plan, to ensure that it is consistent 
with the scope of the audit engagement and coordinated 
with the activities of the Group’s Internal Audit function
 ■ Review the findings of audits with the external auditor and 
consider management’s responsiveness to audit findings 
and recommendations

 ■ Monitor the effectiveness of the external audit by a formal 
annual assessment and also the results of any reviews 
published by the Financial Reporting Council’s Audit 
Quality Review.

Internal Audit
 ■ Approve the appointment of the Group Internal Audit Director
 ■ Approve the annual Group Internal Audit plan
 ■ Review results of Internal Audit work and management plans 

to address issues raised

 ■ Review Internal Audit’s annual assessment of controls
 ■ Monitor external effectiveness reviews of Internal Audit.

Internal control and risk management
 ■ Review the effectiveness of systems for internal control, 

financial reporting and risk management

 ■ Liaise with other business unit audit committees and ensure 

all relevant issues are communicated to the committee
 ■ Consider the major findings of any internal investigations 

into control weaknesses, fraud or misconduct and 
management’s response.

Whistleblowing
 ■ Review arrangements by which employees may confidentially 

raise concerns about possible improprieties in financial 
reporting or other matters.

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C O M M I T T E E

Mike Arnold
Chairman of the  
Board Risk Committee

The Board is responsible for maintaining 
sound risk management and internal control 
systems. In order to meet that objective, it 
has mandated the Board Risk Committee 
(the committee) to reinforce a strong risk 
culture by ensuring that the Group fulfils its 
strategic objectives within the stated risk 
framework, that poor practice in risk 
management is challenged, and that 
sustained improvements in risk 
management are made. During 2015, the 
committee continued to meet that objective 
by overseeing, reviewing and monitoring the 
Group’s risk management and risk culture.

The committee met eight times during the 
year, with three meetings being additional to 
the five originally scheduled. The additional 
meetings were convened to review the 
implementation of the Solvency II Directive 
and to consider strategic projects. One of the 
additional meetings, and part of one of the 
scheduled meetings, were held jointly with 
the Group Audit Committee. The Chief Risk 
Officer and the Group Chief Actuary 
attended each meeting. The Group Internal 
Audit Director was invited to attend all the 
meetings and attended the majority of them. 
The external auditor was invited to attend all 
of the meetings.

The Board also held a workshop session 
on risk which I chaired and which was 
attended by all members of the committee 
and the majority of the members of the Board.

The committee received a report from the 
Chief Risk Officer on risk and regulatory 
matters at each of its scheduled meetings 
during 2015, in which changes to the 
Group’s risk profile were identified and 
discussed. We also reviewed the risk 
appetite metrics operated by the Group.

Areas of focus
During our meetings in 2015, we focused on:

 ■ The preparations by the Group and 

individual business units for the 
implementation of the Solvency II 
Directive and, in South Africa, the 
SAM regime.

 ■ The Group’s Own Risk and Solvency 
Assessment (ORSA), under which the 
Group identifies and assesses its risks 
and determines the resources necessary 
to ensure that its solvency needs are met 
and are sufficient to achieve its business 
strategy. In the early part of the year,  
the committee considered a series of 
scenarios as a means of testing the 
forward-looking assessment of risk.  
This included an assessment of the risks  
of a downturn in the South African 
macro-economic environment, including 
a downgrade in the country’s sovereign 
credit rating. The committee reviewed 
and considered the ORSA before it was 
approved by the Board. 

 ■ The business units’ arrangements 
for managing cyber-risk and 
information security.

 ■ The continuing development of the 
Group’s risk and control culture.

 ■ Assessments of the Group’s capital and 
solvency position, including the impact of 
the external macro-economic 
environment and of market volatility.

In 2016, in addition 
to the existing 
regular items on the 
committee’s agenda, 
the committee  
will be closely 
involved in the 
review and execution 
of the Company’s 
strategic review

 ■ Proposed acquisitions, disposals and 

other strategic projects being undertaken 
by the Group, including the execution 
of Old Mutual Wealth’s outsourcing 
arrangements with IFDS, the sale of 
Old Mutual Bermuda to Beechwood and 
other potential acquisitions and disposals 
across the Group.

 ■ Changes to the Group Operating 

Model and to the Group’s suite of risk 
policies and standards, to reflect the 
Group’s developing strategy and the 
external environment.

I received updates between the scheduled 
meetings through my regular meetings with 
the Chief Risk Officer and the Group Chief 
Actuary. The committee also held a private 
meeting with the Chief Risk Officer.

In connection with the finalisation of the 
Group’s annual results, the committee 
reviewed and approved the Chief Risk 
Officer’s report for the Remuneration 
Committee setting out conclusions drawn 
from the risk and control indicators used 
across the Group, in order to assist the 
Remuneration Committee in its deliberations.

The committee also undertook a review of its 
performance against its terms of reference. 
The committee complied with the vast 
majority of the requirements of the terms of 
reference and put plans in place to ensure 
that the remaining items could be addressed.

During 2015, either Roger Marshall or I 
personally attended meetings of the risk and 
audit committees of the major subsidiaries of 
the Group. We have ongoing dialogue with 
the independent non-executive directors of 
those subsidiaries who chair their committees 
and, in addition, the committee as a whole 
held a meeting with the chairmen of the risk 
committees of the Group’s South African 
businesses. I plan to continue to attend 
subsidiary committee meetings in 2016, in 
order to remain close to the major risk issues 
in those subsidiaries, and intend to work 
more collaboratively with those subsidiaries’ 
committees.

Plans for 2016
In 2016, in addition to the existing regular 
items on the committee’s agenda, the 
committee will be closely involved in the 
review and execution of the Company’s 
strategic review and, in particular, the 
required steps to achieve the managed 
separation. The committee will also enhance 
its focus on the oversight and governance of 
credit risk given, among other matters, the 
planned growth of the emerging markets 
businesses which take on credit risk. 

GovernanceOLD MUTUAL PLCANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS 2015R E P O RT   F R O M   T H E
N O M I N AT I O N   A N D 
G OV E R N A N C E   C O M M I T T E E

Patrick O’Sullivan
Chairman of the Nomination  
and Governance Committee

Our role as the Nomination and 
Governance Committee (the committee)  
is to review and make recommendations  
to the Board on the appointment of 
directors, the structure of the Board and the 
appropriate governance arrangements 
between Old Mutual plc as the parent 
company and its underlying major 
businesses. We also review development 
and succession plans for the Group’s  
most senior executive management and 
certain appointments to the boards and 
standing committees of principal subsidiaries 
in line with the Group Operating Model. We 
receive regular updates on the composition 
of principal subsidiary boards, which include 
details of the skills represented on such 
boards and the subsidiary companies’ own 
succession plans. This enables us to ensure 
that these bodies remain equipped to meet 
the Group’s needs.

In planning for refreshing and renewing  
the Board’s composition, we aim to ensure 
that changes take place without undue 
disruption and that there is an appropriate 
balance of experience and length of 
service. We also ensure that our process for 
identifying and recommending candidates 
as Board 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, independence or 
diversity. In identifying candidates and 
making recommendations, we pay 
appropriate regard to the independence  
of candidates, their ability to meet the 
expected time commitment involved and 
their suitability and willingness to serve on 
Board committees.

During 2015, we dedicated a significant 
amount of the committee’s time to 
overseeing the succession planning process 
for the Group Chief Executive. MWM 
Consulting was engaged to conduct an 
external search and also to oversee the 
consideration of potential internal 
candidates, who were benchmarked 
alongside the external shortlist. The 
committee was satisfied with the 
independence of MWM Consulting, as it 
did not carry out any other significant work 
for members of the Group during the year. 
Following a thorough review and extensive 
interviews, we recommended to the Board 
(and the Board confirmed) the selection of 
Bruce Hemphill as the successor to Julian 
Roberts as Group Chief Executive, based 
on his relevant experience of financial 
services, particularly in South Africa, and 
his impressive management track record. 

On stepping down from the Board, Julian 
Roberts also ceased to be Chairman of  
our separately-listed US asset management 
business, OMAM. The committee agreed  
a process with OMAM’s board for a 
successor to be identified, leading to the 
selection of one of OMAM’s existing 
non-executive directors, Jim Ritchie, as its 
new Chairman.

The committee also considered the 
consequences flowing from Chief 
Operating Officer Paul Hanratty‘s 
forthcoming departure from the Group 
and agreed that he would step down from 
the Board from 12 March 2016 but remain 
available to the Group until the end of his 
12-month notice period, which will expire 
on 14 September 2016. He has been 
replaced as Chairman of Old Mutual 
Wealth by Bruce Hemphill and a process is 
also under way to appoint his successor as 
Chairman of Old Mutual Emerging 
Markets (OMEM). The committee decided 
that, in light of Bruce Hemphill’s 
appointment as the new Group Chief 
Executive and the strategic review that he 
planned to conduct, it was not appropriate 
to appoint another Chief Operating Officer 
to replace Paul Hanratty. 

Our other major area of focus during the 
year was planning for the anticipated 
introduction of Twin Peaks regulation in 
South Africa and ensuring that Old Mutual 
Group Holdings (OMGH), the South 
African holding company for our two 
domestic systemically important financial 
institutions, OMEM and Nedbank, had the 
necessary facilities and governance 
arrangements in place to fulfil regulatory 
expectations. We were particularly keen to 
recruit an independent Chairman of that 
company with the necessary standing and 

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gravitas, given the potential importance of 
the role, and were delighted, following an 
intensive search, to be able to engage 
Trevor Manuel for this purpose. He has 
joined the Old Mutual plc Board from  
1 January 2016 and it is intended that he 
will become Chairman of OMGH later in 
the year, succeeding Paul Hanratty in this 
role. While the legislation to implement 
South African Twin Peaks has taken 
longer to promulgate than originally 
envisaged, we are continuing to support 
Trevor Manuel as he and our colleagues 
at OMGH establish the appropriate 
governance protocols. 

In addition to our work described above, 
we continued during the year to monitor 
talent management and diversity initiatives, 
progress against action items identified by 
the previous year’s externally-facilitated 
Board effectiveness review, and the process 
for conducting the 2015 review.

The committee considers the current Board 
composition at Old Mutual plc level suitable 
for the Group’s business requirements. 
However, such matters are kept under active 
review, considering scheduled retirements  
of non-executive directors and the Group’s 
future strategy. In last year’s report, I 
described our succession plans  
for myself as Chairman of the Board/
Nomination and Governance Committee 
and for the Chairmen of the Board’s other 
standing committees as follows:

 ■ Myself as Chairman of the Board/

Nomination and Governance Committee 
and Mike Arnold, who is currently 
Chairman of the Board Risk Committee, 
to retire at the AGM in 2017

 ■ Roger Marshall, who is currently 

Chairman of the Group Audit Committee, 
and Alan Gillespie, as Senior 
Independent Director, to retire at the 
AGM in 2018

 ■ Danuta Gray, who is Chairman of the 
Remuneration Committee, to retire at 
the AGM in 2019.

We will now review these arrangements 
afresh in light of the outcome of the 
Group’s strategic review announced 
on 11 March 2016 and the timetable for 
its likely implementation.

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C O R P O R AT E   
G OV E R N A N C E
C O N T I N U E D

Our objective is  
to facilitate 
communication 
with the global 
investment 
community and 
to keep investors 
updated on 
the Group’s 
performance

Copies of all investor presentations and, 
where appropriate, transcripts are posted 
on the Company’s website so that they are 
accessible to shareholders generally.
Currently 16 sell-side analysts from Europe 
and South Africa actively publish research 
on the Company. We encourage sell-side 
analysts to cover the Company – giving 
investors their opinions on the Group’s 
valuation, its performance and the business 
environment in which it operates – and also 
to make meaningful comparisons with our 
peers. During 2015, one South Africa-
based research analyst ceased coverage  
of our stock, but we expect coverage to 
resume in 2016. We continue to work to 
maximise the coverage of the stock with two 
US research houses to increase our reach 
with global investors.

The Chairman makes contact with major 
investors and meets them as required. 
The Senior Independent Director is also 
available for interaction with shareholders. 
Matters raised in these governance-focused 
meetings during 2015 included Group 
strategy, regulatory developments, 
remuneration, succession planning, 
diversity and transformation.

The IR team updates the Board on issues 
arising from communications with the 
investment community. It also commissions 
independent surveys to inform the Board 
about how major investors see the 
Company’s management and performance.

Our intranet gives employees easy access 
to key information about the Group, 
including its culture, vision, strategy and 
financial performance. Regular senior 
management roadshows give employees 
further opportunities to understand more 
about the aims of the Group.

Number of investor events during 
2015 (excluding sell-side and 
governance meetings)
 ■ 269 events in total
 ■ 238 with management (31 IR only)
 ■ 223 institutions

How does the Company 
conduct its investor relations?
We continue to make significant efforts to 
educate the public markets and to 
communicate openly with our global 
shareholders, institutional debt and equity 
investors, and sell-side analysts by means 
of a proactive investor relations (IR) 
programme run by a small, dedicated IR 
team based in London and South Africa. 
The team works closely with the media 
relations, Responsible Business and 
public affairs teams around the Group. 
Old Mutual’s investor base is very diverse 
in both investor style and geographic 
location and the Group has around 
440,000 retail shareholders.

Our objective is to facilitate communication 
with the global investment community  
and to keep investors updated on the 
Group’s performance. During 2015, we 
maintained a dialogue with investors and 
sell-side analysts, through briefings and 
educational support, to give them a better 
understanding of the Group’s operations, 
with particular focus on the Group’s 
corporate development.

We increased our communication and 
engagement with the investment community 
during the year, attending 15 investment 
conferences in the US, Europe and South 
Africa. In addition, we conducted investor 
presentations in London, Cape Town and 
Johannesburg. We intend to continue using 
technology to facilitate more effective 
communication and we explore ways of 
using it to enhance both interim and 
full-year results presentations. We also 
supported the Group’s strategic activities 
in the period.

We extended the geographical reach of 
our investor-targeting in 2015, visiting Abu 
Dhabi, Tokyo and Hong Kong to meet with 
debt and equity investors, including those 
who specialise in emerging markets.  
We held IR meetings with investors in the 
UK, South Africa, North America and 
continental Europe, involving 223 individual 
institutions. Most meetings involved the 
Group Chief Executive, the Group Finance 
Director or another member of the senior 
management team. The Group Finance 
Director continued to build relationships 
during 2015, in particular one-to-one 
meetings with sell-side analysts in Europe 
and South Africa. Following his 
appointment in November 2015, the new 
Group Chief Executive met with some of 
our major shareholders in London and 
South Africa. He will undertake a further 
programme of introductions to investors 
and sell-side analysts during 2016.

GovernanceOLD MUTUAL PLCANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS 2015What are the arrangements 
for Annual General  
Meetings (AGMs)?
The Board uses the AGM, held at the 
Company’s head office in London each 
year, to comment on the Group’s results for 
the previous year and developments during 
the current year to date. Shareholders also 
have the opportunity to ask the Board 
questions. The AGM is webcast and a 
record of the proceedings is also made 
available on the Company’s website shortly 
after the end of the meeting. All formal 
business items at the AGM are conducted 
on a poll, rather than by a show of hands. 
The Company’s share registrars ensure 
that all properly submitted proxy votes 
are counted, and a senior member of 
the UK registrar’s staff acts as scrutineer 
to ensure that votes cast are correctly 
received and recorded.

Each substantially separate issue at the 
AGM is dealt with by a separate resolution 
and the business of the meeting always 
includes a resolution on the receipt and 
adoption of the Report and Accounts. 

The notice of AGM is sent out to 
shareholders who have elected or are 
entitled to receive physical documents in 
time to arrive in the ordinary course of the 
post at least 20 working days before the 
date of the meeting.

Who will be standing for election or 
re-election at this year’s AGM?
We anticipate that all the current directors 
(except for Paul Hanratty, who has stepped 
down from the Board with effect from 12 
March 2016), will stand for election or 
re-election at this year’s AGM and that the 
Board will recommend that every director 
who is standing should be elected or 
re-elected. Brief biographical details of all 
the directors are contained in the Board of 
Directors section earlier in this Annual 
Report. Additional information about them, 
and further details of the basis on which the 
Board has assessed each director’s 
performance and recommends their 
election or re-election, will be set out in the 
shareholder circular relating to the AGM 
when this is published later this year.

What is the Company’s issued 
share capital and who are the 
Company’s largest 
shareholders?
The Company’s issued share capital at 
31 December 2015 was £563,273,444 
divided into 4,928,642,637 ordinary shares 
of 113⁄ 7p each (2014: £560,756,596 divided 
into 4,906,620,219 ordinary shares of 
113⁄ 7p each). The total number of voting 
rights in the Company’s issued ordinary 
share capital at 31 December 2015 was 
also 4,928,642,637.

During 2015, the Company issued 
2,696,988 ordinary shares of 113⁄ 7p each 
under employee share schemes at an 
average price of £1.2915 per share and 
19,325,430 ordinary shares of 113⁄ 7p each 
as part of the Group’s acquisition of Quilter 
Cheviot at £2.1864 per share. 

S H A R E H O L D E R   
A N A LY S I S

9

1

8

7

6

2

345

1. South African institutional 41.1% 
2. South African retail 5.0% 
3. BEE 2.1% 
4. Policyholders 1.3% 
5. UK 16.4% 
6. USA 14.7% 
7. Europe 5.1% 
8. Rest of the world 5.2% 
9. Miscellaneous 9.1%
Source: Nasdaq

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At 31 December 2015, 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 its shares are 
listed, its own shares up to an aggregate 
of 492,590,000 shares. It bought back no 
shares during 2015 or during the period 
up to 11 March 2016.

In the period 1 January to 11 March 2016, 
the Company issued a further 38,982 
shares under its employee share schemes at 
an average price of £1.489 each. As a 
result, the Company’s issued share capital 
at 11 March 2016 was £563,277,899 divided 
into 4,928,681,619 ordinary shares of 113⁄ 7p 
each. The total number of voting rights at 
that date was also 4,928,681,619.

On 11 February 2016, Allan Gray Unit Trust 
Management (RF) Proprietary Limited 
notified the Company that it now held over 
3% of the Company’s voting rights and, 
on 1 March 2016, Coronation Asset 
Management (Pty) Limited notified the 
Company that it now held in excess of 
5% of the Company’s voting rights. 
There have been no other notifications of 
disclosable interests by shareholders and 
no notifications of changes to the interests 
set out in the table of substantial interests 
in the Company’s shares below between 
31 December 2015 and 11 March 2016.

How can I find out about the rights 
and obligations attaching to the 
Company’s shares?
The rights and obligations attaching to 
the Company’s ordinary shares are those 
conventional for a publicly-listed UK 
company. The Corporate Governance 
section of the Company’s website provides 
a summary of these (along with certain 
other information relating to dividends, 
directors and amendments to the 
Company’s articles of association) and the 
Company’s current articles of association.

Substantial interests in the Company’s shares

At 31 December 2015, the following substantial interests in voting rights in relation to the 
Company’s shares had been declared to the Company in accordance with the Disclosure 
and Transparency Rules:

Number of 
voting rights
Public Investment Corporation of the Republic of South Africa 536,064,427
249,751,037
BlackRock Inc.
197,345,256
Coronation Asset Management (Pty) Limited

% of 
voting rights
10.88
5.09
4.00

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C O R P O R AT E   
G OV E R N A N C E
C O N T I N U E D

What is the Company’s 
dividend policy and 
what dividend will be 
paid for 2015?
The Board has previously stated that it 
would seek to pursue a progressive 
dividend policy having regard to the 
Group’s overall capital requirements, 
liquidity and profitability and targeting a 
dividend cover in the range of 2.0 to 2.25 
times AOP earnings, with interim dividends 
set at about 30% of the prior year’s full 
ordinary dividend. 

Consistent with this policy, the Board has 
declared a second interim dividend for 
2015 of 6.25p per share (or its equivalent in 
other applicable currencies). This, together 
with the interim dividend of 2.65p per share 
paid in October 2015, equates to 2.17 times 
AOP earnings cover for the full year. 

This reflects the Group’s current capital 
position and cash resources, and the strong 
operating performance in 2015. 

Further information on the second interim 
dividend for 2015 (including the currency 
equivalents) is given in the Shareholder 
Information section at the back of this 
Annual Report.

Why is the Company paying a 
second interim dividend instead  
of a final dividend?
In a departure from previous years, the 
final dividend for 2015 has been declared 
as a second interim dividend. The payment 
of a second interim dividend does not 
require shareholder approval at the Annual 
General Meeting. Consequently, the second 
interim dividend is revocable by the Board 
until paid. This means that the Company 
has been able to set the foreign currency 
equivalents and bring forward the date 
for dividend payment from the end of 
May, as was previously the practice, to the 
end of April. This also means that, under 
Solvency II rules, the Company’s ordinary 
shares continue to qualify as eligible 
regulatory capital. 

Why is the Company changing  
its dividend policy and what is  
the new policy?
The Company’s dividend policy is part of 
the Group’s wider capital management 
policy. In light of the conclusions of the 
strategic review, the Group will be adopting 
a capital management policy which 
provides appropriate flexibility for the 
period of the managed separation and the 
costs of that process, as well as providing 
for the significant investment required in 
each of the business units.

Consequently the Board has approved a 
new dividend policy whereby, during the 
period of managed separation, the Board 
intends to pursue a dividend policy 
reflecting the operational cash generation, 
investment and liquidity needs of the 
Group, as well as the capital requirements 
of the underlying businesses, and will target 
a dividend cover equivalent to 2.5 to 3.5 
times Group AOP earnings for each annual 
reporting period, with the first interim 
dividend cover equivalent to 3 times Group 
AOP earnings for the first interim period.

During the period of the managed 
separation, the Group also intends to 
reduce the Group holding company’s 
current debt, mainly through asset 
disposals. Subsequently and to the extent 
that excess capital is generated, the Board 
will consider further returns of capital to 
shareholders.

What other factors are relevant in 
determining dividend payments?
In addition to giving specific consideration 
to the Company’s dividend policy, all 
dividend declarations are assessed by the 
Board in the context of their impact on 
the viability of the Group, as described 
elsewhere in this report. 

Dividend declarations must also take 
account of the distributable reserves of 
the holding company, Old Mutual plc, 
which were £2,440m at 31 December 2015. 
In assessing the distributable reserves 
of the Company, management also 
considers its ability to access subsidiary 
distributable reserves.

The Group capital management policy 
also takes account of provisions in the 
OMLAC(SA) demutualisation agreement 
which restrict the application of South 
African dividend remittances to the 
payment of Company dividends.

What dividends were waived  
during 2015?
During 2015, trustees of the Company’s, 
Quilter Cheviot’s and the Company’s South 
African subsidiary employee benefit trusts 
waived dividends on certain shares in the 
Company held by them relating to awards 
where the scheme participants were not 
entitled to receive dividends pending 
vesting. The total number of shares 
concerned was 15,407,092 for the final 
dividend for 2014 and 19,348,778 for 
the first interim dividend for 2015.

Audit arrangements 
Who is the Company’s external 
auditor and how much is it paid?
KPMG LLP (or, before 2014, its related 
associated entity KPMG Audit Plc) has 
been the Company’s external auditor since 
it was originally listed in 1999. We have 
made arrangements with KPMG LLP for 
appropriate audit director rotation in line 
with the requirements of the UK Auditing 
Practices Board. The current 
audit engagement director in the UK, 
Philip Smart, assumed this role in April 2011 
and is due to rotate off after completion 
of the audit for 2015, when he will be 
replaced by Rees Aronson.

The Group Audit Committee report above 
describes how that committee satisfies itself 
about the external auditor’s performance 
and its recommendation to reappoint 
KPMG LLP (which has expressed its 
willingness to continue in office) as auditor 
for 2016 at this year’s AGM. The Company 
has not entered into any contractual 
restriction preventing it from considering a 
change of auditor.

During the year ended 31 December 2015, 
fees paid by the Group to KPMG LLP and 
its associates totalled £13.8 million for 
audit services (2014 £13.7 million) and 
£3.5 million for tax compliance, audit-
related assurance, corporate finance 
transactions and other non-audit services 
(2014: £3.4 million). In addition to the above, 
Nedbank Group paid a further £3.1 million 
(2014: £3.2 million) to Deloitte in respect of 
joint audit arrangements. 

The Group Audit Committee has approved 
detailed guidelines as part of the Group’s 
policy on non-audit services: a summary 
of the applicable provisions is available 
in the Corporate Governance section of 
our website.

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Risk assessment and financial 
control environment
What is the Company’s internal 
control environment and how is 
it monitored?
The Group’s Finance function actively 
monitors the quality of the Group’s 
financial reporting controls, by seeking 
positive affirmation from its principal 
subsidiary businesses twice-yearly to the  
effect that key controls safeguarding 
reliable, accurate and timely Group 
external IFRS reporting are in place  
and operating effectively. 

Management assessed the effectiveness 
of this framework at 31 December 2015, 
based on the criteria described in 
‘Internal Control – Integrated Framework’ 
issued by the Committee of Sponsoring 
Organizations of Treadway Commission, 
and concluded that it was effective. 
Management reports on the status of these 
controls to the Group Audit Committee, and 
this has enabled the committee to support 
the Board in concluding that it can rely on 
the operation of these controls as part of its 
review of internal control effectiveness 
referred to above.

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 2015 and 
up to this report’s date of approval, as 
described in more detail below. Further 
details of the Group’s risk and capital 
management disciplines are described 
in a dedicated section earlier in this 
Annual Report.

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:

 ■ 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

 ■ The safeguarding of assets from 

inappropriate use or from loss and 
fraud and ensuring that liabilities are 
identified and managed
 ■ The quality of internal and 

external reporting

 ■ 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. It can only provide reasonable, 
and not absolute, assurance against 
material misstatement or loss.

The Group’s actions to review the 
effectiveness of the system of internal 
control include:

 ■ 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 risk management systems

 ■ 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
 ■ Regular reviews of the effectiveness of the 
system of internal control by the Group 
Audit Committee, which receives reports 
from the Group Internal Audit function. 
The committee also receives reports 
from the external auditor, which include 
details of significant internal control 
matters that have been identified during 
the course of their work.

These activities supplement the regular risk 
management activities which are performed 
on an ongoing basis, as described in more 
detail in the Risk and Capital Management 
section of this Annual Report.

The certification process described above 
does not apply to some 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.

In response to a detailed independent 
review of the cost and timing overruns 
experienced in Old Mutual Wealth’s 
outsourcing initiative with IFDS, we have 
strengthened the governance and oversight 
of this project by both the Old Mutual 
Wealth and Old Mutual plc boards. We 
have also shared key learnings from the 
review across other Group businesses with 
similar initiatives.

The Board confirms that, in accordance 
with the processes described above and in 
the Risk and Capital Management section 
of this Annual Report, it has, in conjunction 
with the Board Risk Committee, carried out 
a robust assessment of the principal risks 
facing the Company, including those that 
would threaten its business model, future 
performance, solvency or liquidity. The 
relevant risks and the manner in which 
they are being managed or mitigated are 
explained in more detail in the Risk and 
Capital Management section of this 
Annual Report.

What is the role of Group 
Internal Audit?
The purpose of Group Internal Audit (GIA) 
is to help the Board and executive 
management to protect the assets, 
reputation and sustainability of the Group. 
GIA does this by assessing whether all 
significant risks are identified and 
appropriately reported by management 
and the Risk function to the Board and 
executive management; assessing whether 
they are adequately controlled; and 
challenging executive management to 
improve the effectiveness of governance, 
risk management and internal controls.

GIA’s work is focused on the areas of 
greatest risk, both current and emerging, 
to the Group as determined by a 
comprehensive risk-based planning 
process. The Group Audit Committee 
approves the annual Internal Audit plan 
and any subsequent material amendments 
to it and also satisfies itself that GIA has 
adequate resources to discharge its 
function. The Board is able to confirm 
that this was the case for 2015.

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). Heads of 
audit in majority-owned subsidiaries have 
a dual reporting line to the GIAD, in line 
with the Group Operating Model.

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C O R P O R AT E   
G OV E R N A N C E
C O N T I N U E D

During 2015, the GIAD reported 
functionally to the Chairman of the Group 
Audit Committee and administratively to the 
Group Chief Executive. The GIAD attends 
all meetings of the Group Audit Committee, 
and has unrestricted access to the Group 
Chief Executive and 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 the Group 
use a single audit methodology which 
meets the international standards set by 
the Institute of Internal Auditors. Issues 
raised by Internal Audit in 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.

The GIAD submits formal reports 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.

Can you confirm that the 
Company is a going concern?
The Group’s financial position, its cash flows, 
liquidity position and borrowing facilities are 
described in the Financial review and risk 
section of this Annual Report. In addition, 
Note E1 to the financial statements includes 
the Group’s objectives, policies and 
processes for managing its capital (solvency 
risk) and liquidity risks, and sets out details 
of the principal risks related to financial 
instrument market risk, credit risk and 
insurance risks as well as their sensitivities.

The preceding sections of the Annual Report 
referred to above also explain the basis on 
which the Group generates and preserves 
value over the longer term and the strategy 
for delivering its objectives. The Financial 
Groups Directive surplus capital and cash 
flow are stress tested and are within the 
limits described in the Risk and Capital 
Management section in order to identify 
those risks that would threaten the Group’s 
solvency and liquidity. As a consequence, 
the directors believe that the Group is in a 
strong financial position and is well placed 
to manage its business risks successfully.

Based on its enquiries, the Board has a 
reasonable expectation that the Company 
and the Group have adequate resources 
to continue in operational existence for the 
next twelve months. Accordingly, it continues 
to adopt the going concern basis in 
preparing the financial statements.

The Board’s assessment of going concern 
is underpinned by the enquiries and 
assessments it has made in the course 
of its assessment of the Group’s viability, 
which is set out in further detail below. 

Is the Board satisfied that the Group 
is viable in the longer term?
The Board routinely assesses the 
reasonableness of the expectation that the 
Company and Group will have adequate 
resources to continue in operational 
existence for the foreseeable future. 
In addition to enabling the Board to 
conclude that the Company is a going 
concern, this assessment has enabled the 
Board to confirm that the parent 
Company and wider Group will remain 
viable, such that they are able to settle 
their liabilities as they fall due in the 
longer term, meaning for this purpose, 
the period up to the end of 2018.

In reaching this conclusion, the Board has 
assessed projections covering the period 
from 2016 to 2018, as set out in the Group’s 
rolling three-year business plan, which  
was formally approved by the Board.  
These projections include analysis of the 
Group’s current and prospective financial 
performance and cash flows on which 
forecasts of its regulatory capital, liquidity 
and financial positions have been based. 
The Group’s current financial position, its 
cash flows, liquidity position and borrowing 
facilities are described in the Financial 
Review and the Risk and Capital 
Management sections of this Annual Report.

The Board considers a three-year outlook 
when considering the longer-term viability 
of the Group. This is the period for which 
the Group prepares its detailed business 
plan which sets out the Group’s prospective 
operating performance and financial 
position, including its capital position.

Some Group businesses write business that 
is very long term in nature, especially in the 
area of life assurance and pensions. This is 
accounted for appropriately, applying well 
established actuarial principles. In adopting 
a three-year time horizon for this viability 
statement (which is a requirement under the 
UK Corporate Governance Code 2014), no 
inference should be drawn about a lack of 
viability of the Group in relation to such 
longer-term commitments.

As this is the first year of the Group’s 
reporting under the new Solvency II regime, 
the process for preparing the business plan 
gave specific focus to anticipated Solvency 
II outcomes over the period, in addition  
to the existing Financial Groups Directive 
solvency measure and the capital strength 
of the underlying businesses.

The Board has also given consideration 
to the revised Group strategy for the 
managed separation of the Group’s 
operations announced on 11 March 2016. 
This has been addressed by overlaying the 
financial impacts of a number of managed 
separation scenarios on to the business 
plan. Although the means of giving effect 
to the managed separation strategy are yet 
to be fully determined, the Board has taken 
into consideration the adequacy of the 
Group’s capital and resources to enable 
it to achieve the desired strategic outcome.

As the Group’s ongoing viability is subject 
to certain factors that are beyond the 
control of its directors, such as future 
macro-environmental conditions and the 
political situation of the countries in which 
it operates, further analysis has been 
performed to ensure that, barring 
unforeseen circumstances, these do not 
pose a material threat to the viability of the 
Group. As a consequence, the business 
plan and related managed separation 
scenarios have been subject to stress testing 
and risk assessment. The principal risks 
considered in these scenarios are consistent 
with those set out elsewhere in this report. 
In addition to the more severe stress tests 
and scenarios, management and the 
Board also consider milder downside 
sensitivities as part of routine Board reports. 
The Group and Company also maintain 
contingency plans and resources to deal 
with potential adverse developments, 
which have been reviewed by the Board.

Has all relevant information  
been disclosed to the auditor?
The directors who held office at the date 
of approval of this Annual Report confirm 
that, so far as they are each aware, there 
is no relevant audit information of which 
the Company’s auditor is unaware, and 
each director has taken all the steps that 
he or she ought to have taken as a director 
to make himself or herself aware of any 
relevant audit information and to establish 
that the Company’s auditor was aware 
of that information.

GovernanceOLD MUTUAL PLCANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS 2015123

How did the Board approve 
this Annual Report?
The Board approved this Annual Report at 
its meeting on 10 March 2016. It confirmed 
that it considered the Annual Report and 
Accounts, taken as a whole, to be fair, 
balanced and understandable and to 
provide the information necessary for 
shareholders to assess the Company’s 
performance, business model and strategy. 
In reaching this conclusion, it took into 
account input from the Group Audit, 
Remuneration and Board Risk Committees, 
which had previously had the opportunity 
to review and comment on drafts of the 
sections falling within their respective remits.

Governing law
The Strategic Report, Financial Review  
and Risk section, and this Corporate 
Governance report collectively comprise 
the directors’ report for the purposes of 
section 463(1)(a) of the Companies Act 
2006. The Directors’ Remuneration Report 
contained 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.

Martin Murray 
Group Company Secretary 
11 March 2016

The Board Risk Committee and the Group 
Executive Committee receive regular 
updates from the Responsible Business 
Committee on material responsible 
business issues that affect the Group and 
updates on actions that are being taken 
to address them.

Where can I find the other  
matters required to be included  
in the Directors’ Report?
The Company has taken advantage of 
paragraph 1A of Schedule 7 to The Large 
and Medium-sized Companies and 
Groups (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 
2008 to disclose certain information that 
must be disclosed as part of its Directors’ 
Report either elsewhere in this document 
or on our website as set out below:

 ■ Important events relating to the Group 
since the end of the financial year are 
included in the Strategic Report as well  
as in Note H9 to the financial statements

 ■ A description of likely future 

developments of the business of the 
Company and its subsidiaries is contained 
in the Strategic Report and the Financial 
Review and Risk section

 ■ The Group’s involvement in research and 
development, insofar as relevant to its 
operations, is given in the Strategic Report 
and the Financial Review and Risk section
 ■ Our financial risk management objectives 
and policies are described in the Risk and 
Capital Management section of this 
Annual Report. Along with Notes E1 to 
E11 to the financial statements, this also 
addresses the Group’s exposure to price 
risk, credit risk, liquidity risk and cash 
flow risk

 ■ Information about the Group’s 

greenhouse gas emissions is given in the 
Key Performance Indicators section of this 
Annual Report

 ■ The Company’s compliance with the UK 

Human Rights Act 1998 and the UK 
Modern Slavery Act 2015 are addressed 
under Stakeholder Relationships in the 
Strategic Review.

Did the Group make any  
political donations during 2015?
The Group made no EU or other political 
donations during the year.

Other Directors’ 
Report matters
As an international business active in many 
countries, the Group operates through 
subsidiaries, branches, joint ventures and 
associated companies established in, and 
subject to the laws and regulations of, 
many different jurisdictions.

Does the Company have any 
significant agreements involving 
change of control?
The following significant agreement to 
which the Company is a party contains 
provisions entitling counterparties to 
exercise termination or other rights in 
the event of a change of control of 
the Company:

 ■ £800 million Revolving Credit Facility 
dated 22 August 2014 between the 
Company, various syndicate banks (the 
Banks) and Bank of America Merrill 
Lynch International Limited 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).

What is the Group’s approach to 
being a responsible business?
Responsible business practices are core 
components of the Old Mutual Group risk 
management strategy, which is 
underpinned by the Group’s four values  
of integrity, respect, accountability and 
pushing beyond boundaries. At local level, 
we have a network of people who manage 
and monitor our responsible business 
approach. Each business unit has named  
a senior executive with overall responsibility 
for these issues. At Group level, this is 
overseen by the Head of Responsible 
Business and our Responsible Business 
Committee, which coordinates the delivery 
of our Positive Futures Plan, as well as 
overseeing social and environmental risks. 
The Responsible Business Committee is 
chaired by the Group Customer Director 
and Responsible Business Lead.

GovernanceOLD MUTUAL PLCANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS 2015124

DIRECTORS’
REMUNERATION REPORT

In this section, we describe the Directors’ 
Remuneration Policy and how our directors 
were paid during 2015.

Annual Statement
125  Annual Statement from the Chairman 
of the Remuneration Committee

Our remuneration at  
a glance
127  Alignment of executive remuneration  
to our strategy and shareholder value 

127  Performance against targets in 2015 
127  Single total figures of remuneration  

for 2015 

127  Implementation of policy in 2016
Directors’  
Remuneration Policy
128  Introduction 
128  Market benchmarks 
128  Balancing short- and long-term 

remuneration 

128  Directors’ Remuneration Policy table 

(executive directors) 

131   Notes to the Directors’ Remuneration 
Policy table (executive directors) 
131   Consideration of employment 

conditions elsewhere in the Group 

132  Approach to remuneration in 

connection with recruitment 
132  Service agreements and payment  

for loss of office 

134  Directors’ Remuneration Policy table 

(non-executive directors)

Annual Report on 
Remuneration
135  Market benchmarks 
135  Single total figures of remuneration  

for executive directors 

136  Additional requirements in respect  
of the single total figure table 
139  Single total figures of remuneration  

for non-executive directors 

140  Scheme interests awarded during 2015 
142  Appointment of executive director 

during 2015 

142  Payments to past directors 
143  Payments for loss of office 
144  Shares in trust and shareholder dilution 
144  Directors’ shareholdings and  

share interests 
147  Performance graphs 
147  Group Chief Executive’s remuneration 

over the last seven years 

148  Percentage change in the remuneration 

of the Group Chief Executive 

148  Relative importance of spend on pay 
148  Implementation of remuneration policy 

in 2016 

150  Consideration by the directors 
of matters relating to directors’ 
remuneration 

150  Advisers to the committee 
151   Voting at General Meetings 
151   Consideration of shareholder views

GovernanceOLD MUTUAL PLCANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS 2015The metrics described in the preceding 
paragraph are the principal financial 
measures that the committee considers 
in the incentive plans for executives, and 
the strong results are therefore reflected 
in the incentive outcomes measured 
against performance periods ended 
31 December 2015. This is consistent 
with our commitment to align executive 
remuneration to company performance 
and shareholder value creation.

The short-term incentive (STI) plan has two 
components, a financial component and 
a personal performance component. 
The committee approved an adjusted 
outcome of 85% of maximum for the 
financial element of the STI, reflecting 
the significant outperformance under the 
EPS and RoE metrics. The outcome of 
the personal element, which is based on 
an assessment of each executive against 
a personal scorecard, is contained in the 
detailed report that follows this statement. 
In this year’s DRR, we have included details 
of the performance assessment for each 
of our executive directors, which we believe 
improves transparency of how the total 
incentive outcomes have been determined.

The awards under the long-term incentive 
plan (LTIP) originally granted in 2013 will 
vest at 71.5% of maximum. The 2013 LTIP 
scorecard was based on a combination 
of financial and strategic objectives 
determined at the beginning of the 
performance period, which ended 
on 31 December 2015. The strategic 
component represented 40% of the 
total scorecard and was split between 
stretching growth objectives for Old Mutual 
Emerging Markets and Old Mutual Wealth, 
which were disclosed at the beginning 
of the period, and restructuring, risk, 
governance, culture and reputation 
objectives, which we agreed would be fully 
disclosed at the end of the period to avoid 
commercial disadvantage to the Group. 
Full disclosure of each of these objectives 
and the committee’s assessment of delivery 
are contained in this DRR. 

The committee reviews risk management 
and controls across the Group annually, 
taking into account input from the Board 
Risk Committee and the Group’s Chief 
Risk Officer, to ensure that financial results 
and strategic projects over a one- and 
three-year period have been achieved 
in an acceptable manner, within the risk 
framework and appetite limits established 
for the Group. The Group operated within 
the expected risk framework and policies; 
however, the committee exercised its 
discretion in one important area in order 
to ensure that it maintained its overriding 

Danuta Gray
Chairman of the 
Remuneration Committee

Annual Statement 

On behalf of the Remuneration Committee 
(referred to in the rest of this report as the 
committee), I am pleased to present the 
Directors’ Remuneration Report (DRR) 
for 2015, my second since becoming 
Chairman of the committee in May 2014.

2015 was a year of significant change 
for the Group, which had a major impact 
on the areas of focus for the committee. 
Solvency II finally came into force from 
1 January 2016, which required the 
committee to review the Group’s 
remuneration principles and policies to 
ensure alignment to the remuneration 
guidelines arising from that new regime. 
And, of course, there was the Group 
Chief Executive succession and the review 
of the Group’s strategy that ensued.

In this statement, I will explain how the 
committee has reacted to support the Group 
through these very significant changes.

Review of performance 
and plan outcomes in 2015
The Group delivered strong results in 2015, 
despite the volatility of equity markets and 
the increasingly challenging economic 
environment in South Africa, with 14.9% 
adjusted operational profit (AOP) growth, 
15.7% growth in AOP EPS to 19.3 pence 
(growth stated on a constant currency basis) 
and RoE of 14.2%.

The Group’s Total Shareholder Return 
continued to outperform the main equity 
market indices in both the UK and South 
Africa over the year. This continued a 
sustained period of excellent returns for 
our investors of 29.2% on the LSE and 99.7% 
on the JSE ALSI over the last three years 
(using a three-month average at the 
beginning and end of the periods).

125

objective to align reward with performance. 
We determined that it was appropriate to 
make a downward adjustment to the 
outcome of both the financial component 
of the STI and the strategic component of 
the LTIP, to take consideration of the 
projected time and cost overruns of the 
Old Mutual Wealth initiative for outsourcing 
technology and administration to IFDS.

The STI outcome was higher than in recent 
years, whilst the LTIP was broadly flat to the 
previous year’s vesting, following a period 
of declining outcomes. The committee 
was satisfied, taking consideration of the 
factors discussed above, that the outcomes 
reflected the performance delivered and 
value created for shareholders. 

As always, the committee was mindful to 
ensure overall pay was appropriate given 
the performance of the Group and in 
relation to its peers wherever located. 
We were satisfied that this was the case 
for 2015, and will continue to monitor pay 
closely against relevant performance and 
market benchmarks in the future.

The Group  
delivered strong 
results in 2015, 
despite the  
volatility of equity 
markets and 
the increasingly 
challenging 
economic 
environment  
in South Africa

GovernanceOLD MUTUAL PLCANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS 2015126

D I R E C TO R S ’   
R E M U N E R AT I O N   R E P O R T
C O N T I N U E D

Key decisions taken by the 
committee in 2015

 ■ Remuneration aspects of Group Chief 

Executive succession and of other 
executive director changes

 ■ Consideration of requirements arising 

under Solvency II

 ■ Update of the Group Remuneration 
Standard and the committee’s Terms 
of Reference

 ■ Implementation of updated malus and 
claw back provisions for variable pay
 ■ Approval of business unit variable pay 
deferral structures and STI pool metrics
 ■ Review of the Directors’ Remuneration 
Policy in light of the strategic review

Key areas of focus 
during the  year
Executive director changes
In April 2015, we announced that Julian 
Roberts would be standing down as Group 
Chief Executive and from the Board later 
in the year. He left the Board at the end of 
October 2015, and Julian began a period 
of garden leave which runs to the end of 
his 12-month notice period in April 2016. 
As disclosed at the time, the principal 
terms of Julian’s exit were in accordance 
with his contract; however, the committee 
did exercise its discretion to grant good 
leaver status to his unvested share awards, 
in recognition of his track record of 
performance over a long period of service.

At the same time, we announced that 
Bruce Hemphill would succeed Julian 
Roberts as Group Chief Executive, and he 
commenced employment with the Group 
on 1 November 2015. Full detail of his 
buy-out awards and 2015 incentive are 
contained within this DRR. In accordance 
with the Directors’ Remuneration Policy 
(DRP), the committee gave careful 
consideration to the structure and quantum 
of his awards relative to those that were 
forfeited as a result of joining the Group 
to ensure that they represented fair, but 
not excessive, compensation. In addition, 

and also in accordance with the DRP, 
the Company covered the cost of certain 
items related to his relocation to the UK 
as detailed in this report. 

In September 2015, we announced that 
Paul Hanratty would be leaving the 
Board in 2016. The committee similarly 
exercised its discretion to grant good 
leaver status to his unvested share 
awards, in recognition of his track record 
of performance over a period of more 
than 30 years of service with the Group. 

Solvency II and remuneration 
principles for the Group
The Solvency II regime includes a detailed 
set of remuneration guidelines to which 
certain businesses within the Group, 
including the Group Head Office in 
London, must align. The committee 
was pleased at how closely aligned 
our remuneration principles and practices 
already were with Solvency II requirements. 
Key areas of review included:

 ■ Quantitative and qualitative approaches 

to reflecting risk metrics and risk 
management in the outcome of our 
incentive plans, whilst further 
strengthening collaboration with the 
Board Risk Committee

 ■ Incentive structures for those in control 
functions to ensure they mitigate any 
risk of a conflict of interest

 ■ Oversight of the remuneration structure 

for impacted employees 

 ■ Sales incentive plan structures to ensure 
alignment to the principle of ‘Treating 
Customers Fairly’. 

The committee agreed that these principles 
reflected best practice and should be 
adopted across the Group as a whole, 
not just in those businesses subject to 
Solvency II. The updated policies have 
been implemented for 2016.

Looking forward to 2016
As explained elsewhere in this report, 
since joining the Board in November, 
Bruce Hemphill has embarked on a 
review of the Group’s strategy. The outcome 
of this review was announced together 
with our results on 11 March 2016. It is 
critical for the successful execution of this 
strategy, and to ensure that incentive 
outcomes reflect the value delivered to 
shareholders through its execution, that  
our remuneration policies and incentive 
structures are aligned with these new, 
and fundamentally different, objectives.

The committee believes that the current 
DRP which was predicated on a 
continuation of the Group in broadly 

its current form, does not provide the 
necessary framework to make incentive 
awards that align executives to the newly 
announced strategy. Executives are now 
being asked to undertake the managed 
separation of the Group in a short time 
frame. In order to incentivise executives to 
deliver business performance and fulfilment 
of the strategic objectives during this 
period, the committee believe that we need 
to introduce a policy that reflects the 
particular time frames and objectives set. 

While a base pay and STI structure will 
generally remain appropriate, the 
committee is of the view that a conventional 
LTIP structure with rolling annual awards no 
longer aligns with, and does not incentivise, 
the most timely and cost-effective execution 
of the strategy. Instead, the committee 
intends to grant one-off LTIP awards, 
replacing normal annual awards, to key 
individuals, including Bruce Hemphill and 
Ingrid Johnson, with metrics relating to 
execution of the new strategy, performance 
of our four constituent businesses, and the 
unlocking of value for shareholders. 

The committee will grant LTIP awards to 
the executive directors in March 2016, at 
the maximum level of 400% of base pay, 
within the current policy framework, and 
also commence a period of consultation 
with our major shareholders, with a view 
to presenting a new DRP to shareholders 
for approval in General Meeting 
later in 2016. This policy will encompass 
the March 2016 and additional awards, 
to provide a long-term incentive framework 
that retains and motivates executives 
through the business transformation, 
while enabling the Group to attract any 
further key individuals required to execute 
the strategy. The committee believes that 
the new policy will give it the flexibility 
required to align executives effectively to 
the strategic objectives of the Group and, 
ultimately, shareholder value creation, 
and I look forward to discussing this on 
behalf of the committee with our major 
shareholders very shortly.

I hope that you find this report helpful 
and a clear indication of the committee’s 
commitment to aligning executive 
compensation to the delivery of 
performance that drives shareholder 
value. I look forward to your support, 
both for this DRR, and the upcoming 
review of the DRP.

Danuta Gray
Chairman of the  
Remuneration Committee

GovernanceOLD MUTUAL PLCANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS 2015Our remuneration at a glance

127

Alignment of executive remuneration to our strategy and shareholder value
Our approach to remuneration across the Group is designed to align our executives to the delivery of our strategy and long-term 
shareholder value creation. We do this through:
 ■ Short- and long-term financial and risk measures that incentivise the delivery of stretching business performance goals in a 

sustainable manner

 ■ Executive scorecards that closely align their objectives and performance to the delivery of key priorities 
 ■ Long-term strategic objectives that are embedded in the metrics for our LTIPs
 ■ A significant portion of executive remuneration being delivered in shares which are restricted from sale for up to four years from  

the award date. Our most senior executives must also build up and then maintain a minimum shareholding in the Company
 ■ Malus and claw back provisions that ensure that executives are accountable in the long term for delivering performance in a  

responsible and sustainable way.

Performance against targets in 2015
2015 STI awards

Executive director
Paul Hanratty
Ingrid Johnson

Former executive director
Julian Roberts

RoE

Metric 
Weight
30%
30%

% of Metric
Achieved
87%
87%

EPS in constant currency
% of Metric
Metric 
Achieved
Weight
83%
30%
83%
30%

Personal objectives

Weighted outcomes

Metric 
Weight
40%
40%

% of Metric
 Achieved
80%
85%

% of 
maximum
83%
85%

% of 
Base pay
124.5%
127.5%

£000
803
784

39%

87%

39%

83%

22%

91%

86.3%

124.1%

1,154

LTI awards granted in 2013

Financial metrics 
Strategic objectives
Total weighted outcome  (A)
TSR multiplier – % achieved (B)
Vesting – % of maximum award (A x B)

Single total figures of remuneration for 2015

Weighting
60%
40%

% of 
maximum achieved
53.3%
77.5%
63.0%
113.5%
71.5%

Executive director
Bruce Hemphill1
Paul Hanratty
Ingrid Johnson
Former executive director
Julian Roberts2

Base pay
 £000
150
645
615

Taxable 
benefits 
£000
1,540
9
104

STI 
£000
950
803
784

LTI 
£000
–
802
137

Pension-
related
benefits 
£000
52
220
215

Items in the 
nature of 
remuneration 
£000
2,119
4
13

Total 
£000
4,811
2,483
1,868

775

64

1,154

–

271

6

2,270

1  Bruce Hemphill joined the Board on 1 November 2015. Figures for 2015 represent remuneration paid for the period from that date. On joining the Group, Bruce Hemphill 

received buy-out awards, and those not subject to the achievement of performance targets are included in the ‘Items in the nature of remuneration’ figure. The STI 
represents a guaranteed bonus for 2015

2  Julian Roberts ceased to be an executive director of the Company on 31 October 2015. Figures for 2015 represent remuneration paid for the period up to that date (including 
the full STI payable for 2015). Remuneration paid for the period 1 November 2015 to 31 December 2015 is set out in the ‘Payments to past directors’ section of this report.

Implementation of policy in 2016

Element
Base pay

Benefits including 
pension-related 
benefits

Summary description
Linked to agreed market benchmarks – normal 
annual increases are kept in line with employees of 
the executive’s home country
Fixed allowance equal to 35% of base pay for pension 
and other elective benefits. Core insurance and other 
agreed benefits are also provided

Maximum as % of base pay
Not applicable

Change to policy in 2016
No change – increase of 
2.44% for Ingrid Johnson

Not applicable

No change

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Directors’ Remuneration Policy

Introduction
The Directors’ Remuneration Policy described in this section was approved by shareholders at the Company’s AGM on 15 May 2014. 
The policy can be found in each of the Directors’ Remuneration Reports from 2013 onwards, which are available from the reporting 
centre of the Investor Relations part of the Company’s website.

The committee will consider the Directors’ Remuneration Policy annually, to ensure that it remains aligned with business needs and is 
appropriately positioned relative to the market. The Directors’ Remuneration Policy must be put before shareholders for approval at 
least every three years.

Market benchmarks
We benchmark total potential remuneration against remuneration packages paid by peer group companies. Two peer groups are used 
for this purpose, namely: (i) FTSE 100 companies of a similar size by market capitalisation; and (ii) large European insurers. The peer 
groups are kept under review to take into account different companies that enter the market or those that change their size or the main 
characteristics of their business.

We also look at remuneration arrangements in other types of UK-based financial sector companies.

Balancing short- and long-term remuneration
Based on our view of current market practice and our remuneration principles, we have established the remuneration policy set out in 
this report. Fixed annual elements, including base pay and benefits, recognise the status of our executives and ensure current and future 
market competitiveness. STI and LTI arrangements are designed to motivate and reward them for making the Company successful on a 
sustainable basis.

Executive directors are also expected to retain sufficient of the vested shares from LTI and deferred STI share incentive awards, over a 
five-year period from the time of their appointment, to meet their respective shareholding requirements. The shareholding linkage 
cements the relationship between the executive directors’ personal returns and those of the Company’s investors.

The committee has discretion to amend the weighting of STI and LTI measures from year to year, in order to ensure that the executive 
directors are incentivised to drive performance in line with the Company’s core strategic objectives.

Operation of the element

Directors’ Remuneration Policy table (executive directors)
How the element 
supports our strategic 
objectives
Base pay
Recognises the 
role and the 
responsibility for 
delivery of 
strategy and 
results

 ■ Paid in 12 monthly instalments
 ■ Reviewed annually with any 
changes becoming effective  
from 1 January.

Maximum potential payout  
and payment at threshold

peer benchmark groups.  
The maximum is the top of the 
range of large European insurers 
 ■ Maximum annual increases will not 

 ■ Base pay is set in the range of  

normally exceed the average increase 
for the home country workforce. Larger 
increases may be awarded in certain 
circumstances, such as an increase 
in scope or responsibility of the role, 
or salary progression for a newly 
appointed director.

Performance measures used,  
weighting and time period applicable

 ■ None

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How the element 
supports our strategic 
objectives
Benefits allowance for retirement provision and other elective benefits
Designed to 
provide 
appropriate, 
market-aligned 
benefits consistent 
with the role

 ■ The Company provides a benefit 
allowance to fund contributions to 
retirement funding arrangements 
and other elective benefits

Maximum potential payout  
and payment at threshold

of base pay.

 ■ A fixed allowance of 35%  

Performance measures used,  
weighting and time period applicable

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 ■ None

 ■ None

 ■ Otherwise paid monthly in cash. 
Other benefits
 ■ Benefits common to employees 
of the home employer, health 
assessments and the opportunity 
to participate in Sharesave
 ■ Travel from home to work, and 
travel for partners to certain 
Board meetings or corporate 
events of the Company and its 
major subsidiaries

 ■ For overseas appointments, 

flexibility to provide benefits in line 
with those of the executive’s home 
country and relocation costs for 
internal or external appointments 
of executive directors.

Short-term incentive (STI)
Incentivises 
achievement 
of annually 
agreed business 
objectives and 
strategic priorities

 ■ Determined annually following the 

finalisation of annual results

 ■ 50% of the award vests 

immediately

 ■ 50% is deferred for a period of 

three years into a share incentive 
award. Dividends are paid during 
the restricted period and malus 
applies to the shares held under 
award prior to vesting 

 ■ The committee has the discretion 
to amend deferred STI awards 
under the rules of the plan, to 
adjust deferred STI awards in the 
event of any variation of the share 
capital of the Company, and to 
adjust or vest deferred STI awards 
on a demerger, special dividend 
or other similar event, which 
affects the market price of the 
shares to a material extent.

 ■ The cost of core insured benefits 
is determined by the insurance 
provider based on experience factors 
in the pool of employees covered and 
so may vary from year to year

 ■ The Company offers the opportunity 
to participate in a HMRC-approved 
Sharesave scheme

 ■ All other benefits are direct costs 
borne by the Company based on 
policy agreed by the committee

 ■ A summary of key items normally paid for 
on relocation is set out in the ‘Approach 
to remuneration in connection with 
recruitment’ section of this report.

 ■ The maximum opportunity is 150% 

of base pay

 ■ Vesting against targets is 0% at threshold 

and 100% at stretching targets, with 
interpolation between the points

 ■ The committee has discretion:
  –  to amend, and/or set different 

performance measures for material 
changes (such as a change in strategy, 
acquisition, divestment or market 
conditions), if it considers such 
amendments necessary to achieve 
the original purpose and any new 
measures are not materially less 
difficult to satisfy 

  –  to adjust the outcome, if it is not aligned 
to the overall performance of the 
Company

 ■ Any use of the discretions would, where 
relevant, be explained in the Annual 
Report on Remuneration and may, 
as appropriate, be the subject of 
consultation with the Company’s 
major shareholders.

Annual measures include: 
 ■ Financial (minimum 50%): 
– EPS in constant currency  
– RoE 

Strategic and operational:
 ■ measures of individual 

performance (set out in the 
director’s personal 
scorecard)

 ■ The committee has 

discretion to vary the 
weighting of the 
performance measures 
over the life of the Directors’ 
Remuneration Policy

The committee has discretion 
to reduce STI outcomes 
based on assessment of risk 
exposures.

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How the element 
supports our strategic 
objectives
Long-term incentive (LTI)
Incentivises 
attainment 
of long-term 
objectives and 
strengthens the 
alignment of 
interests between 
executive 
directors and 
shareholders

Operation of the element

 ■ Annual grants of share 

incentive awards or options 
over Old Mutual plc shares 

 ■ Vesting is subject to the 

achievement of performance 
targets measured after a three-
year period

 ■ Vesting occurs 50% after three 
years and 50% after four years. 
Malus applies to the shares held 
under option or award prior 
to vesting

The committee has discretion:
 ■ before the grant of an award, 
to decide that a participant 
shall be entitled to receive 
dividend equivalents 

 ■ to amend awards under the rules 
of  the plan, to adjust awards in 
the event of any variation of the 
share capital of the Company, 
and to adjust or vest awards on 
a demerger, special dividend or 
other similar event which affects 
the market price of the shares to 
a material extent.

Shareholding requirement
To strengthen 
alignment of 
interests between 
executive 
directors and 
shareholders

The minimum shareholding 
requirement as a percentage of 
base pay is to be achieved within 
five years of appointment to the role 
as follows:
 ■ Group Chief Executive – 200%
 ■ Other executive directors – 150%
Unvested and vested but 
unexercised share awards or 
options are not taken into account in 
the calculation.

Maximum potential payout  
and payment at threshold

Performance measures used,  
weighting and time period applicable

 ■ Maximum annual grants will not normally 
exceed a face value of 250% of base pay, 
inclusive of the maximum TSR multiplier 
being applied

 ■ In exceptional circumstances, or on 

recruitment, the committee may grant 
awards with a face value of up to 400% 
of base pay, inclusive of the maximum 
TSR adjuster being applied. This is in 
addition to the buying out of unvested 
awards from a previous employer
 ■ Vesting is 0% at threshold and 100% 

at stretching targets, with interpolation 
between the points

The committee has discretion:
 ■ to amend, and/or set different 

performance measures for material 
changes (such as a change in strategy, 
acquisition, divestment or market 
conditions), if it considers such 
amendments necessary to achieve the 
original purpose and any new measures 
are not materially less difficult to satisfy 
 ■ to adjust the outcome, if it is not aligned to 
the overall performance of the Company
 ■ Any use of the discretions would, where 
relevant, be explained in the Annual 
Report on Remuneration and may, 
as appropriate, be the subject of 
consultation with the Company’s 
major shareholders.

Awards granted in 2015:
 ■ Financial (70%)
 ■ Strategic (30%)
 ■ TSR multiplier against 
FTSE 100 Index (50%) 
and the JSE ALSI (50%)
Awards granted in 2013 
and 2014:
 ■ Financial (60%)
 ■ Strategic (40%)
 ■ TSR multiplier against the 
FTSE 100 Index (50%) and 
the JSE ALSI (50%)
Awards granted in 2012:
 ■ Cumulative growth over 
three years in post-tax 
AOP on a constant 
currency basis

 ■ TSR multiplier against the 
FTSE 100 Index (50%) and 
the JSE ALSI (50%)
 ■ The committee has 

discretion to vary the 
weighting of performance 
measures over the life 
of the Directors’ 
Remuneration Policy.

 ■ None

 ■ None

Provisions of previous policy that will continue to apply
Any commitment made before: (i) 27 June 2012; or (ii) the individual becoming an executive director of the Company; and any vesting 
of outstanding share incentive awards, will be honoured, even where it is not consistent with the policy prevailing at the time such 
commitment is fulfilled or such vesting occurs.
Malus provision
All LTI and deferred STI awards contain a malus provision, which gives the committee the power to reduce awards if the results on 
which they were based were misleading or materially incorrect or were subsequently found to have relied on poor risk management 
or material misrepresentation of performance.

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Performance measures and targets
The committee selects performance measures that are central to the Company’s overall strategy and are used by the executive directors 
and Board in overseeing the operation of the business. The performance targets for STI are determined annually by the committee and 
are set in a range around the business plan for the year, as agreed by the Board.

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External directorships
Executive directors are, subject to prior clearance by the Board, permitted to hold one external non-executive directorship of a listed 
company and are entitled to retain the fees payable to them for doing so.

Treatment of incentive awards on termination or change of control
For all deferred short- and long-term incentives, the share incentive plan rules provide for automatic ‘Good Leaver’ status on termination 
of employment in the event of: (i) death; (ii) retirement; (iii) injury or disability; (iv) redundancy; (v) the employing company or business 
ceasing to be a subsidiary or business of Old Mutual plc; and (vi) certain takeovers and other corporate events. In addition, the committee 
has discretion to award Good Leaver status for any other reason (discretionary Good Leavers). In these circumstances, the committee 
has discretion to apply less generous terms than would apply under the automatic Good Leaver reasons. The committee’s determination 
will take into account the particular circumstances of the executive director’s departure and the recent performance of the Company.

Component
STI 

Deferred STI

LTI

Sharesave

Automatic Good Leaver
 ■ Pro-rata payment for the period 
worked in the performance year, 
based on agreed performance 
criteria

 ■ Paid in cash.
 ■ Vesting of all awards on termination.

 ■ Vest on the normal vesting date 
(except in the event of death or 
where other exceptional 
compassionate reasons apply, when 
vesting may be immediate), subject 
to achievement of performance 
targets, calculated on a pro-rata 
basis, based on the period of time 
after the date of grant and ending 
on the date of termination relative to 
the restricted period

 ■ The committee has discretion to 
disapply time-based pro-rating 
of awards when appropriate.
 ■ In line with HMRC rules and the 

rules of Sharesave.

Other leaver*
 ■ No award will 

be made.

Change of control
 ■ At the discretion of the committee. 

 ■ Outstanding 

awards are forfeit.

 ■ Outstanding 

awards are forfeit.

 ■ In line with HMRC 
rules and the rules 
of Sharesave.

 ■ Vest automatically except in the case 

of internal re-organisations or 
mergers, as defined in the rules, 
where there may be an automatic 
surrender and replacement of 
awards in the new/acquiring 
company.

 ■ Vest subject to the achievement of 

performance measures and 
pro-rated from grant date to the 
anniversary of grant date following 
change of control, but the committee 
may disapply pro-rating if it 
considers it appropriate to do so

 ■ For internal reorganisations or 
mergers, as defined in the rules, 
there may be an automatic 
surrender and replacement of 
awards in the new/acquiring 
company.

 ■ In line with HMRC rules and the rules 

of Sharesave.

*  Anyone who is not a Good Leaver or a discretionary Good Leaver. 

Consideration of employment conditions elsewhere in the Group
The Company’s approach to executive director and wider employee remuneration is based on a common set of remuneration principles 
and a governance structure, which have been implemented across all major subsidiaries. This includes subsidiary remuneration 
committees with agreed terms of reference, who have oversight over local matters and ensure that the remuneration principles and 
policies are implemented consistently.

Although the committee does not consult directly with employees on executive director remuneration policy, it reviews proposals in the 
context of a detailed understanding of remuneration for the broader employee population. The structure of total remuneration packages 
for executive directors, and for the broader employee population, is similar, comprising base pay, pension and benefits and eligibility for 
a discretionary STI based on performance in the financial year. The level of STI and the portion deferred are determined by role and 
responsibility. The Group LTI plan applies to executive directors and senior executives based at the Group’s head office in London, and 
other LTI plans are in place for senior executives in subsidiary companies.

Annual base pay increases for the executive directors are limited to the average pay increase for employees in their home country, unless 
there has been a change in role or salary progression for a newly appointed director.

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Approach to remuneration in connection with recruitment
The committee’s approach to remuneration in connection with recruitment is to pay no more than is necessary to attract appropriate 
candidates to the role. It should be noted that the Company operates in a specialised sector and many of its competitors for talent are from 
outside the UK. Remuneration terms for any new executive directors will be based on the approved remuneration policy and would include 
the same elements, and be subject to the same constraints, as those of the existing executive directors as shown below:

Element of remuneration
Base pay
Benefit allowance (for retirement, elective benefits or in cash)
Other benefits
STI
LTI

Maximum percentage of base pay

35% 
Dependent on circumstances and location
150%
250% (400% in exceptional circumstances)

When it is necessary to ‘buy out’ an individual’s unvested awards from a previous employer, the committee will seek to match the expected 
value of the awards by granting awards that vest over a time frame similar to those given up, with a commensurate reduction in quantum 
where the new awards will be subject to performance conditions that are not as stretching as those applicable to the awards given up. 
Existing annual incentive given up may be bought out on an expected value basis or, at the discretion of the committee, through a 
guaranteed STI award for the first performance year only.

Where appropriate, the committee will agree reasonable costs of relocation in line with the Group’s mobility policy which, based on 
individual circumstances, provides for a settling-in allowance and costs incurred such as travel, shipping, immigration and tax advice, 
temporary housing, transaction costs on home sale/purchase, home/school search and school fees and, if in relation to a temporary 
assignment, tax equalisation and a housing allowance. All of these costs will be covered gross of tax incurred by the executive, 
where applicable.

Service agreements and payment for loss of office
Executive directors’ service agreements are designed to provide an appropriate level of protection for the executive and the Company by: 
(i) setting out individual entitlements to elements of remuneration consistent with policy; (ii) summarising notice periods and compensation 
on termination of employment by the Company; and (iii) describing the obligations in relation to confidentiality, data protection, intellectual 
property and restraint on certain activities. Service agreements for the current executive directors are available on the Company’s website 
www.oldmutual.com.

In the event that the employment of an executive director is terminated, any compensation payable will be determined in accordance 
with the terms of the service agreement between the Company and the executive director, as well as the rules of any incentive plans. The 
Company’s policy is to make payments in accordance with pre-established contractual arrangements, but with consideration of individual 
circumstances. These circumstances may include the reason for termination and, for deferred STI and LTI share incentive awards, some 
discretion in the determination of Good Leaver status for vesting of such awards. The policy in this respect is set out in the following table:

Standard provision
Notice

Policy
 ■ Policy is to provide a maximum of 

Details
 ■ In certain cases, executive 

12 months’ notice.

directors will not be required to 
work their notice period and, 
depending on the circumstances, 
may be put on ‘garden leave’ or 
granted pay in lieu of all or part 
of their notice period (PILON). 
PILON, including base pay, 
benefits and pension-related 
benefits, would normally be paid 
monthly and be subject 
to mitigation when alternative 
employment is secured but may 
also be paid as a lump sum

 ■ Executive directors are generally 
subject to annual re-election 
at the Company’s Annual 
General Meeting.

Other provisions in contract
 ■ Current contractual terms 
for Julian Roberts were 
agreed before 27 June 2012 
and, in the absence of 
certain conditions relating to 
ill health or accident, 
provide Julian Roberts with 
notice by the Company of 12 
months and notice to the 
Company of 12 months.

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Treatment of 
STI awards

Policy
 ■ STI awards will be made to Good 

Details
 ■ Paid in cash.

Leavers based on an overall 
assessment of corporate and personal 
performance and pro-rated for the 
period worked in the performance 
year of termination.

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Other provisions in contract
 ■ In the event of termination 

by the Company with 
PILON, or on garden leave, 
Julian Roberts’ contract 
(agreed before 27 June 
2012), provides for payment 
of STI for the notice period. 
The value to be paid will be 
determined by the 
committee based on the 
terms set out in the contract.

Treatment of 
unvested LTI and 
deferred STI share 
incentive awards

 ■ All awards lapse except for 

Good Leavers.

 ■ LTI vesting for Good Leavers* is 
based on the achievement of 
performance conditions. The 
number of shares to vest would 
be calculated on a pro-rata 
basis, based on the period of 
time after the date of grant and 
ending on the date of 
termination relative to the 
restricted period

 ■ Deferred STI awards for Good 

Leavers* vest fully on termination.

Compensation 
for loss of office

Non-executive 
directors

 ■ Settlement agreements with 

 ■ Terms are subject to the signing 

 ■ There are no other 

of a settlement agreement.

contractual provisions 
for compensation for 
loss of office.

 ■ Non-executive directors are 
subject to annual re-election 
at the Company’s Annual 
General Meeting.

 ■ No compensation is 

payable on termination 
of appointment as a 
non-executive director.

executive directors may provide for, 
as appropriate:

  –  Incidental costs related to the 

termination, such as legal fees for 
advice on the settlement agreement

  –  Provision of outplacement services

  –  Payment in lieu of accrued, but 
untaken, holiday entitlements

  –  Exit payments in relation to any legal 
obligation or damages arising from 
such obligation

  –  Settlement of any claim arising from 

the termination

  –  Continuation or payment in lieu of 

other incidental benefits

  –  In the case of redundancy, two 

weeks’ base pay per year of service.

 ■ One month’s notice (12 months for 

the Chairman)

 ■ Appointed for an initial three-year 

term

 ■ Normally expected to serve two 

three-year terms, subject to annual 
re-election at the Company’s Annual 
General Meeting

 ■ A third term (of up to three years) may 
be offered on a year by year basis 
after completion of the first two terms.

*  Subject to further adjustments which may be applied to discretionary Good Leavers as set out in the ‘Treatment of incentive awards on termination or change of control’ 

section of this report. 

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Dates of directors’ service contracts and letters of appointment

Executive director
Bruce Hemphill
Paul Hanratty
Ingrid Johnson

Non-executive director
Patrick O’Sullivan
Mike Arnold
Zoe Cruz
Alan Gillespie
Danuta Gray
Adiba Ighodaro
Trevor Manuel
Roger Marshall
Nkosana Moyo
Vassi Naidoo
Nonkululeko Nyembezi-Heita

Commencement date
in current role
1 November 2015
1 July 2014
1 July 2014

Date of original 
appointment
1 January 2010
1 September 2009
6 January 2014
3 November 2010
1 March 2013
6 January 2014
1 January 2016
5 August 2010
1 September 2013
1 May 2015
9 March 2012

Continuous service date
1 November 2015
16 January 1984
1 September 1993

Notice period
12 months
12 months
12 months

Date of current 
appointment
1 January 2016
1 September 2015
6 January 2014
3 November 2013
1 March 2016
6 January 2014
1 January 2016
5 August 2013
1 September 2013
1 May 2015
9 March 2015

Current term as director
3rd (First period)
3rd (First period)
1st 
2nd 
2nd
1st 
1st 
2nd 
1st
1st
2nd

Date current 
appointment terminates
1 January 2017
1 September 2016
6 January 2017
3 November 2016
1 March 2019
6 January 2017
1 January 2019
5 August 2016
1 September 2016
1 May 2018
9 March 2018

Directors’ service contracts and letters of engagement for the non-executive directors are available on the Company’s website at  
www.oldmutual.com

Operation of the elements (fees and benefits) Maximum potential payout
 ■ Fees for non-executive directors 
(other than the Chairman) are 
set by the Board and paid in 
12 monthly instalments

Directors’ Remuneration Policy table (non-executive directors)
How the element 
supports our strategic 
objectives
To attract 
non-executive 
directors who 
have the broad 
range of 
experience and 
skills required 
to oversee the 
implementation 
of the strategy.

by the committee and paid in 
12 monthly instalments

comparative board and committee fees, 
benchmarked against an appropriate 
group of FTSE 100 companies. Average 
increases will not normally exceed the 
average increase for the UK workforce, 
except where:

  –  committee roles or responsibilities 

 ■ Fees are set within the range of 

 ■ The Chairman’s fees are set 

change significantly; or

 ■ Travel for partners to a limited 
number of Board meetings or 
corporate events of the Company 
and its major subsidiaries.

  –  market fees in relation to certain roles 

change significantly 

 ■ Non-executive directors may hold positions 
on the boards of subsidiary companies 
and are entitled to retain the fees payable 
to them for doing so.

Performance measures used, 
weighting and time period applicable
 ■ Non-executive directors are 
not eligible to participate 
in performance-related 
incentive plans.

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The Annual Report on Remuneration sets out the payments made and awards granted to the directors in 2015 and how the Company 
intends to implement the Directors’ Remuneration Policy in 2016. This, along with the Chairman’s Annual Statement, is subject to an 
advisory shareholder vote at the 2016 AGM.
Market benchmarks
The primary peer group for benchmarking executive remuneration comprises large European insurers and, for 2015 and 2016, includes 
Prudential plc, Aviva plc, RSA Insurance Group plc, Legal & General Group plc, Standard Life plc, Allianz Group and Axa Group.
For non-executive directors, benchmarking is performed against non-executive directors’ remuneration in FTSE100 companies using 
the whole of the FTSE100 population as well as an extract of companies by market capitalisation.
Single total figures of remuneration for executive directors (audited)

Executive director
Bruce Hemphill1
Paul Hanratty2
Ingrid Johnson2

Former executive director
Julian Roberts3

Base pay

2014
£000

2015
£000
– 1,540
9

Taxable benefits
2014
£000
–
–
104 1,284

315
300

2015
£000
150
645
615

STI

LTI

Pension-related 
benefits

2015
£000
950
803
784

2014
£000
–
384
353

2015
£000
–
802
137

2014
£000
–
940
200

2015
£000
52
220
215

2014
£000

2015
£000
– 2,119
4
13

101
105

Items in the nature 
of remuneration
2014
£000

Total

2014
2015
£000
£000
– 4,811
–
13 2,483 1,753
2 1,868 2,244

775

910

64

89 1,154 1,079

– 2,036

271

318

6

12 2,270 4,444

1  Bruce Hemphill joined the Board on 1 November 2015. Figures for 2015 represent remuneration paid for the period from that date
2  Paul Hanratty and Ingrid Johnson joined the Board on 1 July 2014. Figures for 2014 represent remuneration paid in 2014 for the period from that date
3  Julian Roberts ceased to be an executive director of the Company on 31 October 2015. Figures for 2015 represent remuneration paid for the period up to that date 

(including the full STI payable for 2015).

Element
Taxable benefits

Description
 ■ These amounts represent the gross value of benefits that are paid for by the Company and are chargeable 

STI

LTI

to UK income tax. They cover such items as tax advice, spouse’s travel, use of a car and driver and, for 
Bruce Hemphill and Ingrid Johnson, relocation costs from South Africa to the UK. In accordance with the 
approved Directors’ Remuneration Policy, the Company paid for certain costs of relocating, such as a settling-in 
allowance, relocation agents’ costs, moving costs, transport of household items, temporary housing and 
transaction costs, indirect costs of purchasing a house in the UK and, for Bruce Hemphill, cost of travel for his 
family. The committee applied caps to certain elements of Bruce Hemphill’s relocation package to ensure that 
controls were in place to manage the total costs incurred. The total value of the costs covered was £825,931 in 
2015 for Bruce Hemphill and £709,338 in 2014 for Ingrid Johnson. The Company accounted for the tax due on 
these costs directly, resulting in gross costs of £1,467,310 (2015) and £1,272,793 (2014) respectively. It is these 
values that are included in the single total figures. 

 ■ STI awarded in relation to performance in the year, including 50% that is deferred for three years in the form 
of a share award. In accordance with the payment structure agreed when Ingrid Johnson was appointed as 
Group Finance Director, an amount equal to 50% of her total 2014 STI, inclusive of the amount paid for service 
with Nedbank up to 30 June 2014, was deferred for three years in the form of a share award. As part of Bruce 
Hemphill’s recruitment arrangements in relation to the buy-out of existing awards, it was agreed that for 2015, 
Bruce Hemphill will receive a guaranteed STI award to the value of £950,000, 50% of which will be deferred 
for three years in the form of a share award. Vesting of the share awards is not subject to the achievement of 
performance targets but requires the director to remain in office during the vesting period. Malus applies 
to the shares held under award prior to vesting and claw back applies to the cash element.

 ■ The 2014 Directors’ Remuneration Report reflected the value of LTI vesting based on the average Old Mutual plc 
share price over the final quarter of 2014 (188.3p), as the options granted in 2012 had not vested at the time of 
publication. The values have been updated to reflect the actual market value of 50% of the award that vested in 
April 2015, namely 236.8p per share, while the balance of 50% (which is due to vest in April 2016) is valued as it 
was in 2014 

 ■ The 2015 LTI value has been calculated using the average Old Mutual plc share price over the final quarter of 
2015 (198.04p) and, for the 50% of the options that are due to vest in April 2016, the value will be restated in 
the 2016 Directors’ Remuneration Report. Malus and claw back apply to the shares held under option 

 ■ In respect of Ingrid Johnson, the LTI value for 2014 has been updated to reflect the actual market value of the 
awards that vested or were matched in 2015 (namely R253 per share in respect of the Nedbank Restricted 
Share Award over 9,365 Nedbank shares, and R239.42 per share in respect of the matching award of 
5,239 Nedbank shares) converted to sterling using the exchange rate for each vesting date (namely 
R18.27 and R17.75 to £1 respectively)

 ■ In respect of Ingrid Johnson, the 2015 LTI value represents the value of her Nedbank awards which are due 
to vest in 2016, calculated using the average Nedbank share price over the final quarter of 2015 (R213.37), 
converted to sterling using the average exchange rate over the final quarter of 2015 (R21.90 to £1). 

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Element
Pension-related 
benefits

Items in the nature of 
remuneration

Description
 ■ This represents the benefit allowance of 35% of base pay less any amounts sacrificed for the purchase of other 
benefits. The Company currently contributes 9% (up to the Annual Allowance) of the 35% to the Old Mutual 
Group Personal Pension Plan. 

 ■ This includes: (i) non-taxable benefits, including those paid for through the sacrifice of pension-related benefits, 
which are not considered to be significant in value; (ii) the value of the discount applied to Ingrid Johnson’s 
tax-advantaged share option granted under the Old Mutual plc 2008 Sharesave Plan; and (iii) the face value, 
at the time of award, of Bruce Hemphill’s buy-out awards not subject to performance conditions, as described 
in detail later in this report.

Additional requirements in respect of the single total figure table (audited)
2015 STI outcomes
The following charts illustrate the outcome for each element of the 2015 STI performance targets, followed by the underlying detail of 
achievement against those targets:

Executive directors
Paul Hanratty
Actual
% of maximum opportunity

Ingrid Johnson
Actual
% of maximum opportunity

Former executive director
Julian Roberts
Actual
% of maximum opportunity

 RoE
 EPS in constant currency
 Personal scorecard objectives

26%

30%

26%

30%

25%

30%

25%

30%

32%

34%

40%

40%

 £803,025 
 £967,500 

£784,125 
£922,500 

34%

39%

32%

20%

39%

22%

£1,153,991 
£1,336,875 

The percentages of maximum opportunity in relation to personal scorecard and financial metrics for Julian Roberts were adjusted in 
accordance with the terms of his termination agreement, which determined the way in which his STI would be calculated, as explained in 
the ‘Payments for loss of office’ section of this report.

Group Financial performance achievement

Performance measure
RoE
EPS in constant currency
Weighted outcome
Adjusted actual outcome

Threshold
11.5%
15.9p

Target
12.8%
17.7p

Maximum
14.1%
19.5p

Actual
14.2%
19.3p

% of maximum
 achieved
100.0%
94.4%
97.2%
85.0%

The Group operated within the expected risk framework and policies during 2015; however, the committee exercised its discretion in one 
important area in order to ensure that it maintained its overriding objective to align reward with performance. The committee determined 
that it was appropriate to make a downward adjustment to the outcome of the financial component of the STI to take consideration of the 
projected time and cost overruns of the Old Mutual Wealth initiative for outsourcing technology and administration to IFDS.

GovernanceOLD MUTUAL PLCANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS 2015Personal performance achievement
The table below provides details of achievement against personal objectives during 2015: 

Executive director
Paul Hanratty

Maximum %  
of opportunity
40%

Ingrid Johnson

40%

Former executive director
Julian Roberts

22%

Key achievements 
in the year
 ■ Strong growth at Old Mutual Wealth and 

Old Mutual Emerging Markets
 ■ Establishment of the South African  

holding company

 ■ Contribution to the development of the  

new strategy

 ■ Solvency II readiness
 ■ Successful £450m bond offering
 ■ Contribution to the development of the  

new strategy 

 ■ Effective management of the Group to the 
end of October and handover to the new 
Group Chief Executive 

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% of 
maximum achieved
80%

85%

91%

1  The committee determined that it was appropriate to make a downward adjustment to the outcome of the personal scorecard component of the STI for all executive 
directors, to take consideration of the projected time and cost overruns of the Old Mutual Wealth initiative for outsourcing technology and administration to IFDS. 
The adjustment was proportionate to each of the executive directors’ relative accountability for the project.

Details of Bruce Hemphill’s guaranteed STI for 2015 can be found in the section of this report entitled ’Appointment of executive director 
during 2015’.

Outcomes for LTI awards over Old Mutual plc shares granted in 2013 (for the performance period 2013 to 2015)
The award made to Paul Hanratty, before he became an executive director of the Company, had a face value of 200% of base pay 
(inclusive of the TSR multiplier) at the time of grant. Vesting is due to occur 50% on the third anniversary of the date of grant (8 April 2016) 
and 50% on the fourth anniversary of the date of grant (8 April 2017). As the option had not vested at the date of this report, the average 
share price for the final quarter of 2015 (198.04p) has been used to determine the value for the purposes of the single total figure. 
The underlying details of achievement against objectives are set out below:

Overall outcome
Financial metrics
Emerging Markets – Africa expansion (excluding banking)
Old Mutual Wealth
Simplify/de-risk the Group, Risk Management, Governance, Culture and Reputation
Total weighted outcome (A)
TSR multiplier – % achieved (B)
Vesting – % of maximum award (A x B)

Financial Objectives – achievement 

Weighting
60.0%
15.0%
7.5%
17.5%

EPS (p) (IFRS AOP-based CAGR2) post-tax
EPS (c) (IFRS AOP-based CAGR2) post-tax
RoE (IFRS-AOP based averaged over three years)

Strategic Objectives – achievement

(1) Emerging Markets – Africa expansion (excluding banking)
Customer growth in Africa (excluding SA) (CAGR2)
Profit (AOP) growth in Africa (excluding SA) (CAGR2) 
(pre-tax including LTIR) 

Threshold1
5%
5%
12%

Threshold1
10%

10%

Target
7.5%
7.5%
13.5%

Maximum
10%
10%
15%

Outcome
3.3%
18.3%
13.7%

Weight
15%
15%
30%

Target
15%

15%

Maximum
20%

Outcome
49.2%

Weight
10%

20%

12.0%

5%

(2) Old Mutual Wealth
Profit (AOP) growth UK and International (CAGR2) (pre-tax)

Threshold1
10%

Target
15%

Maximum
20%

Outcome
18.4%

Weight
7.5%

1  Vesting is 0% at threshold with straight-line interpolation between threshold and maximum
2  Compound annual growth over the three-year performance period. 

% of 
maximum 
achieved
53.3%
73.3%
84.0%
78.3%
63.0%
113.5%
71.5%

Weighted
 outcome
0%
15%
17%
32%

Weighted
 outcome
10%

1%
11%

Weighted
 outcome
6.3%

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(3) Simplify/de-risk the Group, Risk Management, Governance, Culture and Reputation
An outcome of 78.3% of maximum was agreed by the committee, on the basis of an assessment of performance against this objective. 
Over the period, the Company successfully delivered on a number of strategic objectives identified as key priorities by the committee at the 
beginning of the performance period, namely:
 ■ A significant restructuring of the Group’s South African entities to align to the requirements of South African regulators
 ■ Significant progress in managing down the exposure to closed-book businesses in Europe through successful sales of these businesses
 ■ Excellent progress in building an asset management brand and market share in the UK
 ■ Preparing the US asset management business for IPO.
Throughout the period, management continued to manage down the risk in the Old Mutual Bermuda business effectively, and completed 
the sale of Old Mutual (Bermuda) Ltd in December 2015.
The Company monitors culture through a number of KPIs, which were stable or improving over the period. The committee noted that, 
although the Group’s culture survey scores compared favourably to stretching external benchmarks, a small number of businesses within 
the Group had not achieved the target ranges set.
The committee received input from the Board Risk Committee, which confirmed that the Group had achieved its objectives within the risk 
policies and risk appetite limits established for the period. However, the committee exercised its discretion in one important area in order  
to ensure that it maintained its overriding objective to align reward with performance. The committee determined that it was appropriate 
to make a downward adjustment to the outcome of this component of the long-term incentive, to take consideration of the projected time 
and cost overruns of the Old Mutual Wealth initiative for outsourcing technology and administration to IFDS.

TSR multiplier
A TSR multiplier was used to adjust the outcome of the LTI scorecard in the tables above. TSR was averaged at the start (Q4 2012) and end 
(Q4 2015) of the three-year performance period.

Annualised relative TSR growth (£) 
Annualised relative TSR growth (R) 
Weighted total

1  Straight-line interpolation between the points. 

Weighting
50%
50%

4% or more
below index1 Equal to index1

4% or more
above index1

85%

100%

115%

Outcome
3.2%
16.3%

Multiplier
112%
115%

2013 LTI awards over Old Mutual plc shares due to vest to the executive directors (audited)

Executive director
Paul Hanratty

Old Mutual
 shares under 
option at grant
565,844

Achievement of
performance
targets
71.5%

Old Mutual
shares under 
option to vest 
in 2016
202,289

Old Mutual
 shares under 
option to vest 
in 2017
202,289

Average 
Old Mutual plc 
share price over 
Q4 2015
198.04p

Value of
 share options 
to vest in 2016
£000
401

Value of 
share options
 to vest in 2017
£000
401

Weighted
 outcome
56.0%
57.5%
113.5%

Total value of 
LTI as shown 
in the single 
figure table 
£0001
802

1  The LTI value has been calculated using the average price of Old Mutual plc shares over the final quarter of 2015 (198.04p), and for the 50% of the option that will vest in 
April 2016, will be restated in the 2016 Directors’ Remuneration Report, once actual values on vesting are known. These figures do not reflect the fact that the option due to 
vest in 2017 will be pro-rated as a result of Paul Hanratty’s cessation of employment with the Group in September 2016. 

Outcomes for LTI awards over Nedbank shares granted in 2013 (for the performance period 2013 to 2015)
A restricted share award over 42,126 Nedbank shares was granted to Ingrid Johnson when she worked for Nedbank in March 2013. 
The shares held under award were subject to forfeiture provisions during a three-year vesting period, which required her to remain in 
employment with Nedbank and, for 50% of the award, the achievement of Nedbank corporate performance targets. It was agreed with 
Nedbank that Ingrid Johnson would retain eligibility in relation to the employment condition provided she remained in employment with 
the Old Mutual Group. The element of the award subject to the achievement of Nedbank corporate performance targets is set out below:

Nedbank 
shares under 
award at grant Nedbank measure

21,0631

Average RoE (excluding goodwill) equal to or 
in excess of the average cost of equity over 
the performance period
Nedbank share price against 
Fini15 Index over the performance period

Weighting

Range

Achieved

% of award 
vesting

Number of 
shares vesting 
in 2016

Value of LTI 
included in the 
single figure 
table £0002

50%

0% to 8%

3.95%

50% -20% to +30%

-39.4%

79%

0%

8,320

81

1  The number of shares under award was subject to a potential 30% uplift in the event that Nedbank met or exceeded the top of the range of the targets. There was no 

uplift in 2015

2  The value has been calculated using the average price of Nedbank shares over the final quarter of 2015 (R213.37), converted into sterling using the average exchange 
rate over the final quarter of 2015 (R21.90 to £1). The value shown in the single figure table will be restated in the 2016 Directors’ Remuneration Report once the actual 
value on vesting is known.

GovernanceOLD MUTUAL PLCANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS 2015A deferred STI award over 9,966 Nedbank shares was granted to Ingrid Johnson under the Nedbank Compulsory Bonus Share Scheme 
when she worked for Nedbank in March 2013. The shares held under award were subject to forfeiture provisions which ended, in equal 
proportions, six months, 18 months and 30 months after the date of award. A matching award was offered (on a one-for-one basis) on 
any of the shares which were held voluntarily in the scheme until the third anniversary of the date of award. In addition to this, Ingrid 
Johnson pledged 1,533 Nedbank shares under the Nedbank Voluntary Bonus Share Scheme, under which a matching award was 
offered (on a one-for-one basis) on any of the shares which were held voluntarily in the scheme until the third anniversary of the date of 
award. The matching awards were subject to Ingrid Johnson remaining in employment with Nedbank during that three-year vesting 
period and, for 50% of the award, the achievement of Nedbank corporate performance targets. It was agreed with Nedbank that Ingrid 
Johnson would retain eligibility in relation to the employment condition provided she remained in employment with the Old Mutual Group. 
The element of the matching awards subject to the achievement of Nedbank corporate performance targets is set out below:

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Target
2%

Achieved
3.95%

% of award vesting
100%

Maximum number of
matching shares to be 
awarded in 2016
5,750

Actual number of
matching shares to be
awarded in 2016
5,750

Value of LTI 
included in the single 
figure table £0001
56

Nedbank measure
Average RoE 
(excluding 
goodwill) excess 
over average cost 
of equity over the 
performance 
period

1  The value has been calculated using the average price of Nedbank shares over the final quarter of 2015 (R213.37), converted into sterling using the average exchange 
rate over the final quarter of 2015 (R21.90 to £1). The value shown in the single figure table will be restated in the 2016 Directors’ Remuneration Report, once the actual 
value on vesting is known.  

Single total figures of remuneration for non-executive directors (audited)
Non-executive directors do not participate in any of the Company’s incentive arrangements, nor do they receive any benefits, other than 
those described in footnote 1 to the table below. This table shows the single total figures for both 2014 and 2015 for the Chairman and the 
other non-executive directors:

Non-executive director
Patrick O’Sullivan
Mike Arnold
Zoe Cruz
Alan Gillespie
Danuta Gray
Adiba Ighodaro2
Roger Marshall
Nkosana Moyo
Vassi Naidoo3
Nonkululeko Nyembezi-Heita

Former non-executive director
Reuel Khoza (resigned May 2015)4

Fees

Taxable benefits1

Total

2014
£000
370
97
77
94
88
67
107
77
–
72

2015
£000
22
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–

2014
£000
17
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–

2015
£000
402
99
79
89
94
69
109
79
205
74

2014
£000
387
97
77
94
88
67
107
77
–
72

2015
£000
380
99
79
89
94
69
109
79
205
74

111

315

10

–

121

315

1  Neither the Chairman nor any of the other non-executive directors received any pension-related benefits, short- or long-term incentives or any other items in the nature 

of remuneration in 2014 or 2015. The amounts included in the Taxable benefits columns for the Chairman relate to the provision of travel to and from the Company’s office 
in London

2  Fees payable to Adiba Ighodaro were paid to Actis LLP rather than to her personally
3  Includes fees of £156,000 in respect of Nedbank Group Limited. Vassi Naidoo joined the Boards of the Company, Nedbank Group Limited and Nedbank Limited on 

1 May 2015 and the figure represents remuneration paid from that date

4  Includes fees of £83,000 (£243,000 in 2014) in respect of Nedbank Group Limited. The amount included in the taxable benefits column relates to spouse’s travel costs.

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Scheme interests awarded during 2015 (audited)
The following tables show share incentive awards granted to the executive directors during 2015. STI and LTI awards were granted in 
accordance with the grant policies set out above and, other than in respect of Bruce Hemphill’s buy-out awards, the number of shares 
under award or option was calculated using the middle market quotation (MMQ) of Old Mutual plc shares on the business day 
preceding the date of grant. The Sharesave exercise price was set at a 20% discount to the average Old Mutual plc share price over 
a three day period immediately preceding the invitation date. 

The Directors’ Remuneration Policy on recruitment of an executive director states that, “where it is necessary to buy out an individual’s 
unvested awards from a previous employer, the committee would seek to match the expected value of the awards by granting awards 
that vest over a time frame similar to those given up, with a commensurate reduction in quantum where the new awards will be subject to 
performance conditions that are not as stretching as those applicable to the awards given up.” The committee assessed the outstanding 
awards and options from Bruce Hemphill’s previous employment, and the timescale and likelihood of vesting, and determined that the 
buy-out awards shown below represented appropriate replacement to those being forfeited.

Award type Basis of award

Old Mutual 
shares held 
under option 
or award

Share price at 
date of award

Face value 
at date of 
grant £000

% receivable 
if minimum
performance is 
achieved

The end of the period 
over which the 
performance targets 
have to be fulfilled

Vesting date

Date of 
grant
Bruce Hemphill
5 Nov 
2015
5 Nov 
2015

Nil-cost share  
option
Forfeitable  
shares award

Buy-out

1,509,686

213.5p1

Buy-out

546,789

213.5p1

3,223

1,167

0% 50% – 5 Nov 2018
50% – 5 Nov 2019
100% 33.3% – 5 Nov 2016
33.3% – 5 Nov 2017
33.3% – 5 Nov 2018

31 Dec 2017

N/A

Paul Hanratty
17 Apr 
2015

17 Apr 
2015

Nil-cost share  
option 

Forfeitable  
shares award

LTI
(250% of 
base pay)
Deferred 
STI
(50% of STI)

Ingrid Johnson
17 Apr 
2015

Nil-cost share  
option 

17 Apr 
2015

5 May 
2015

Forfeitable  
shares award

Sharesave

Former executive director
Julian Roberts
17 Apr 
2015

Forfeitable  
shares award

LTI
(250% of 
base pay)
Deferred 
STI
(50% of STI)
SAYE

Deferred 
STI 
(50% of STI)

671,036

240.3p

1,612

0% 50% – 17 Apr 2018
50% – 17 Apr 2019

31 Dec 2017

166,731

240.3p

401

100%

17 Apr 2018

N/A

639,824

240.3p

1,537

0% 50% – 17 Apr 2018
50% – 17 Apr 2019

31 Dec 2017

126,204

240.3p

303

100%

17 Apr 2018

16,068

186.7p2

30

100%

1 Jun 2020

N/A

N/A

224,589

240.3p

540

0%

17 Apr 2018

N/A

1  The number of shares placed under award or option was calculated using the Old Mutual plc, Liberty Holdings and Standard Bank share prices on the date 
preceding the announcement, by the Company, that Bruce Hemphill would succeed Julian Roberts as Group Chief Executive. The table above reflects the  
Old Mutual plc share price at the date of award

2  The Sharesave exercise price was set at a 20% discount to the average Old Mutual plc share price over a three day period immediately preceding the invitation date. 

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Threshold1
5%
5%
12%

Performance measures for LTI awards over Old Mutual plc shares granted in 2015 (audited)
Target
7.5%
7.5%
13.5%

LTI scorecard
EPS (p) (IFRS AOP-based CAGR2) post-tax
EPS (c) (IFRS AOP-based CAGR2) post-tax
RoE (IFRS-AOP based averaged over three years)
1. In Africa, build a financial services champion
In assessing performance against this objective, the committee will consider: (i) the quantum and quality/
sustainability of synergy value achieved against the R1 billion target over the period; and (ii) growth in 
the Rest of Africa, considering the quality of investment made, the effectiveness of delivering integration 
plans and building market presence
2. In the UK, build the leading retail investment business
In assessing performance against this objective, the committee will consider the effectiveness of 
transforming the business, integrating acquisitions and delivering key strategic projects
3. Delivery of our culture and Responsible Business objectives
In assessing performance against this objective, the committee will have particular focus on the 
effectiveness of key culture initiatives and KPI targets across the Group, along with success of 
Old Mutual’s Financial Wellbeing campaigns and responsible investment objectives

Maximum
10%
10%
15%

Strategic 
objectives

Total

141

Weight
17.5%
17.5%
35.0%

12.5%

10.0%

7.5%

100.0%

1  Vesting is 0% at threshold with straight-line interpolation between threshold and maximum
2  Compound annual growth over the three-year performance period. 

The committee will apply its discretion in determining the final outcomes in relation to the 2015 LTI, and in this regard:

 ■ It will receive a report from the Chief Risk Officer to confirm whether the performance of the Group has been achieved within the stated 
risk appetite. Where the risk appetite has been breached, the committee will have discretion to reduce the level of vesting accordingly

 ■ It will exercise its discretion to make adjustments where there is a significant negative impact on underlying financial performance 
which is not adequately reflected in AOP results (for example, where LTIR adjustments create any inconsistency between AOP and 
IFRS basic earnings).

Where the Group undergoes a significant change, such as a large disposal, acquisition or restructuring, the committee will review 
the targets to assess whether they need to be adjusted to reflect the change, or whether they should be replaced altogether.

TSR multiplier1
A TSR multiplier will be used to adjust the weighted average outcome of the LTI scorecard in the table shown above. TSR will be 
averaged at the start (Q4 2014) and end (Q4 2017) of the three-year performance period.

Threshold
Target
Maximum

Relative TSR vs index
4% or more below index 
equal to index
4% or more above index

Multiplier
0.85
1.00
1.15

1  Relative TSR performance (calculated 50% against the FTSE 100 Index and 50% against the JSE ALSI) against the above ranges, with a multiplier being set on a linear 

basis between the points. 

As a result of the outcome of the strategic review, it is intended to review, and possibly amend, the performance measures for LTI awards 
granted in 2015. Consultation in this respect will take place with our major shareholders prior to implementation, and full disclosure will be 
provided in the Directors‘ Remuneration Report for 2016.

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Appointment of executive director during 2015
The Company announced the appointment of Bruce Hemphill as Group Chief Executive on 15 April 2015, and he joined the Board on 
1 November 2015. Details of his remuneration package were announced at the time, and are set out below:

Element
Base pay
Benefits including 
pension-related benefits

STI for 2016 onwards

LTI for 2016 onwards

d
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i
F

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b
a
i
r
a
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Description
£900,000
Fixed allowance equal to 35% of base pay for pension and other elective benefits. Core insurance and 
other agreed benefits are also paid. 9% (up to the Annual Allowance) of the fixed allowance is contributed 
to the Old Mutual Group Personal Pension Plan on behalf of Bruce Hemphill. Other taxable benefits 
include: (i) spouse’s travel to certain Board meetings and corporate events of the Company and its major 
subsidiaries, (ii) the use of a car and driver; and (iii) costs in relation to Bruce Hemphill’s relocation from 
South Africa to the UK, such as family travel costs, relocation agents’ costs, moving costs, transport of 
household items, temporary housing and transaction costs, and indirect costs of purchasing a house 
in the UK
Maximum of 150% – subject to Group financial performance (75%) and personal scorecard performance 
(25%), 50% deferred for three years in the form of a forfeitable shares award
Maximum of 250% of base pay granted in the form of a nil-cost share option, 50% vesting after three 
years and 50% vesting after four years, subject to the achievement of performance targets over a 
three-year performance period. As a result of the outcome of the strategic review, the committee intends 
to present a new Directors’ Remuneration Policy to shareholders for approval in General Meeting 
later in 2016. Further information is provided in the ‘Implementation of remuneration policy in 2016’ 
section of this report
A payment equal to one month’s gross base pay (£75,000, equal to £140,000 gross) was paid to 
Bruce Hemphill in 2015, paid partly in cash and partly by the Company settling certain expenses on 
his behalf related to his relocation to the UK.

On leaving Standard Bank, Bruce Hemphill forfeited awards and options under various plans granted by Liberty Holdings and Standard 
Bank, some of which were subject to performance conditions. The committee determined that it was appropriate to buy out these awards 
based on the value of the Old Mutual plc, Liberty Holdings and Standard Bank share prices on 14 April 2015, that being the date 
preceding the Company’s announcement that Bruce Hemphill would succeed Julian Roberts as Group Chief Executive.

Element
Cash
Forfeitable shares award

Value at date of award
£950,972
£1,167,395

Nil-cost share option

£3,223,179

STI for 2015

£950,000

Description
Paid in November 2015
A forfeitable shares award over 546,789 Old Mutual plc shares was granted on 
5 November 2015. This award will vest in equal thirds on the first, second and 
third anniversaries of the date of award. The award is subject to malus provisions 
during the vesting period
A nil-cost share option over 1,509,686 shares was granted on 5 November 2015. 
This option will vest 50% on the third anniversary of the date of grant and 50% 
on the fourth anniversary of the date of grant, subject to the achievement of the 
performance targets applicable to LTI awards granted in 2015. Malus and claw 
back provisions apply to this option
A guaranteed STI totalling £950,000 will be paid in March 2016 (50% deferred 
for three years in the form of a forfeitable shares award). Malus and claw back 
apply to the cash element and malus applies to the deferred element.

Payments to past directors (audited)
Julian Roberts
Julian Roberts ceased to be a director of the Company on 31 October 2015 and has been on garden leave since that date. 
He has continued to receive base pay and benefits since then and will continue to do so until the end of his 12-month notice period, 
which ends on 14 April 2016. The value of base pay and benefits paid to Julian Roberts between 1 November and 31 December 2015 
is set out below:

Element
Base pay
Benefits including pension-related benefits

Value
£155,000
£54,250 (plus other core benefits)

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Certain LTI awards granted to the former Group Finance Director, Philip Broadley, vested and were exercised during 2015 as set 
out below:

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Date of grant
11 April 2011
10 April 2012

Shares forfeited in 
respect of time-based 
pro-rating and partial 
achievement of 
performance targets
140,258
206,884

Shares under
option at grant
488,079
461,490

Shares vested 
in 2015
347,821
254,606

Share price on 
date of vesting
235.3p
236.8p

Value of
 share options 
vested in 2015 
£000
818
603

Payments for loss of office (audited)
Julian Roberts
Julian Roberts stepped down from the Company’s Board and his role as Group Chief Executive on 31 October 2015. Julian Roberts will leave the 
Group on 14 April 2016 at the end of his 12-month notice period. In line with the Directors’ Remuneration Policy, the committee considered the 
overall circumstances of his departure as well as his performance and contribution to the Company over the 15 years he worked for the Group. 
The committee’s determinations, which were consistent with the Directors’ Remuneration Policy, are set out below:

Element
Pay in lieu of notice
Base pay
Pension-related 
and other benefits

STI

LTI

Existing deferred 
STI and LTI awards

Description
None
Paid until the end of the notice period on 14 April 2016. No increase in 2016.
Benefits and pension-related benefits continue until the end of the notice period on 14 April 2016. Legal fees 
totalling £7,500 relating to the termination of employment were also paid.
In accordance with Julian Roberts’ service agreement, he is eligible for a short-term incentive award for 
performance years 2015 and 2016, to be calculated on a pro-rata basis: (i) in respect of the Group financial target 
element (78% of the maximum award for 2015) for the period employed during each performance period (whether 
or not on garden leave); and (ii) in respect of the personal scorecard element (22% of the maximum award for 2015), 
for the period employed and not on garden leave. The 2015 STI award will be paid 50% in cash and 50% in the form 
of a forfeitable shares award with a three-year vesting period. The 2016 STI will be paid in cash without deferral in 2017.
No awards in 2015 or 2016
Deferred STI awards and LTI awards will vest on their normal vesting dates. Vesting of LTI awards will remain 
subject to: (i) the achievement of performance targets; and (ii) time-based pro-rating reflecting the period of 
employment during the vesting period. 

Julian Roberts’ LTI awards that will be unvested at the date of cessation of his employment with the Group are set out below:

Julian Roberts

Date of grant
8 April 2013
8 April 2014
8 April 2014

Shares under option1
406,877
561,451
561,451

Performance targets to be met
Tested
Yes
Yes

Date of vesting
8 April 2017
8 April 2017
8 April 2018

1  These figures do not reflect the fact that the options will be pro-rated as a result of Julian Roberts’ cessation of employment with the Group.

Paul Hanratty
Paul Hanratty will step down from the Company’s Board and his role as Chief Operating Officer on 12 March 2016. Mr. Hanratty’s 
employment with the Group is scheduled to end on 14 September 2016, at the end of his 12-month notice period. In line with the Directors’ 
Remuneration Policy, the committee considered the overall circumstances of his departure as well as his performance and contribution to 
the Group over more than 30 years. The committee’s determinations, which were consistent with the Directors’ Remuneration Policy, are set 
out below:

Element
Pay in lieu of notice
Base pay
Pension-related 
and other benefits

STI

LTI

Existing deferred 
STI and LTI awards

Description
None
Paid until the end of the notice period on 14 September 2016. No increase in 2016.
Benefits and pension-related benefits continue until the end of the notice period on 14 September 2016. Legal fees 
totalling £7,500 relating to the termination of employment and outplacement fees totalling £50,000 were also paid.
Eligible for a short-term incentive award for performance years 2015 and 2016, to be calculated on a pro-rata 
basis for the period employed and not on garden leave during each performance period. The 2015 STI award 
will be paid 50% in cash and 50% in the form of a forfeitable shares award with a three-year vesting period. 
The 2016 STI will be paid in cash without deferral in 2017.
No award in 2016.
Deferred STI awards and LTI awards will vest on their normal vesting dates. Vesting of LTI awards will remain 
subject to: (i) the achievement of performance targets; and (ii) time-based pro-rating reflecting the period of 
employment during the vesting period.

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Paul Hanratty’s LTI awards that will be unvested at the date of cessation of his employment with the Group are set out below:

Paul Hanratty

Date of grant
8 April 2013
8 April 2014
8 April 2014
8 August 2014
8 August 2014
17 April 2015
17 April 2015

Shares under option1
202,289
278,875
278,875
57,844
57,844
335,518
335,518

Performance targets to be met
Tested
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes

Date of vesting
8 April 2017
8 April 2017
8 April 2018
8 August 2017
8 August 2018
17 April 2018
17 April 2019

1  These figures do not reflect the fact that the options will be pro-rated as a result of Paul Hanratty’s cessation of employment with the Group.

Shares in trust and shareholder dilution
At 31 December 2015, there were 109,765,947 shares held in employee share ownership trusts (ESOTs) for the purposes of collaterising 
some of the obligations under the Group’s employee share incentive schemes. The usual strategy is to ensure that, with the exception 
of Black Economic Empowerment-related ESOTs, at least sufficient shares are held to satisfy restricted share/forfeitable shares awards. 
In 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 share option or share award that has lapsed or has been cash-settled are 
disregarded. At 31 December 2015, the Company had 4.52% of share capital available under the 5%-in-10-years limit applicable to 
discretionary share incentive schemes and 8.63% of share capital available under the 10%-in-10-years limit applicable to all share 
incentive schemes. The Company has complied with these limits at all times.

Directors’ shareholdings and share interests (audited)
Within a period of five years of appointment to the role, the Group Chief Executive is required to build up a holding of shares in the 
Company equal in value to 200% of base pay, and the equivalent figure for other executive directors is 150% of base pay.

Unvested share awards or share options and vested but unexercised share options are excluded for the purposes of the calculations. 
There is no requirement for executive directors to hold shares or share interests in the Company once they have ceased employment 
with the Group.

The current and former executive directors’ interests in Old Mutual plc shares are set out in the table below.

Shares have been valued for these purposes at the year-end price, which was 178.9p per share, other than for Julian Roberts, whose 
shares have been valued at the date he ceased to be a director of the Company (212.3p per share). There have been no changes to 
the directors’ shareholdings between 31 December 2015 and 11 March 2016; however, certain of the nil-cost share options granted in 
2013 lapsed on 11 March 2016 due to the partial achievement of performance targets.

Executive director
Bruce Hemphill
Paul Hanratty
Ingrid Johnson
Former executive director
Julian Roberts

Share 
ownership
requirement
(% of base pay)
200%
150%
150%

Number of
shares 
required 
to be held
1,006,149
540,805
515,651

Number of
shares owned
outright
(including by
connected
persons)
–
446,578
525

Share 
ownership
requirement 
met
No
No
No

Vested but
unexercised
share options
–
–
–

Forfeitable
shares awards
not subject to
performance
targets
546,789
633,519
126,204

Nil-cost share
options 
subject to
performance
targets
1,509,686
2,131,441
1,426,813

Sharesave
share options
not subject to
performance
targets
–
–
16,068

200%

876,119

2,014,303

Yes

–

797,545

2,740,046

11,076

Paul Hanratty’s connected persons disposed of a number of Old Mutual plc shares during 2015. At the time of the transaction, this did 
not result in his holding falling below the requirements; however, the subsequent reduction in the Old Mutual plc share price has resulted in 
him not meeting the shareholding requirement at 31 December 2015. He retains a substantial interest in the Company’s share price 
performance through his remaining holding, and his unvested forfeitable shares awards and nil-cost share options, as set out in 
the tables above and below.

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Performance 
targets 
to be met

 Market value 
per share at 
grant (p) 

Grant 
Date

 At 1 Jan 15 

 Granted 

 Exercised or 
released 

 Lapsed 

 At 31 Dec 15 

Date 
from which 
exercisable or 
releasable

Expiry 
 date1

Award type 
Bruce Hemphill
No
No
No
Yes

Forfeitable 
Shares  
– Buy-out

Nil-cost share 
options 
– Buy-out
Total

05-Nov-15
05-Nov-15
05-Nov-15
05-Nov-15

 213.50 
 213.50 
 213.50 
 213.50 

Yes

05-Nov-15

 213.50 

 – 
 – 
 – 
 – 

 182,263 
 182,263 
 182,263 
 754,843 

 – 
 754,843 
 –  2,056,475 

 – 
 – 
 – 
 – 

 – 
 – 

–
–
–
–

 182,263  05-Nov-16 05-Nov-16
 182,263  05-Nov-17 05-Nov-17
 182,263  05-Nov-18 05-Nov-18
 754,843  05-Nov-18 04-Nov-25

 754,843  05-Nov-19 04-Nov-25

–
 –  2,056,475 

Paul Hanratty

No
No
No
No
Tested
Tested
Tested
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No

Forfeitable 
Shares  
– DSTI

Nil-cost share  
options – LTI

Sharesave3
Total

10-Apr-12
08-Apr-13
08-Apr-14
17-Apr-15
11-Apr-11
10-Apr-12
10-Apr-12
08-Apr-13
08-Apr-13
08-Apr-14
08-Apr-14
08-Aug-14
08-Aug-14
17-Apr-15
17-Apr-15
19-Apr-12

 157.10 
 194.40 
 202.60 
 240.30 
 144.70 
 157.10 
 157.10 
 194.40 
 194.40 
 202.60 
 202.60 
 190.60 
 190.60 
 240.30 
 240.30 
 128.00 

 237,074 
 229,222 
 237,566 
 – 
 287,696 
 319,542 
 319,542 
 282,922 
 282,922 
 278,875 
 278,875 
 57,844 
 57,844 
 – 
 – 
 7,031 
 2,876,955 

 – 
 – 
 – 
 166,731 
 – 
 – 
 – 
 – 
 – 
 – 
 – 
 – 
 – 
 335,518 
 335,518 
 – 
 837,767 

 237,0742 
 – 
 – 
 – 
 287,6962 
 221,1232 
 – 
 – 
 – 
 – 
 – 
 – 
 – 
 – 
 – 
 7,0312 
 752,924 

–
–
–
–
–
 98,419 
 98,419 
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–

–

 – 

 – 
 – 

 – 
 229,222  08-Apr-16 08-Apr-16
 237,566  08-Apr-17 08-Apr-17
17-Apr-18
 166,731  17-Apr-18
 – 
–
 – 
–
 221,123  10-Apr-16 13-Sep-17
 282,922  08-Apr-16 13-Sep-17
 282,922  08-Apr-17 07-Apr-18
 278,875  08-Apr-17 07-Apr-18
 278,875  08-Apr-18 07-Apr-19
 57,844  08-Aug-17 07-Aug-18
 57,844  08-Aug-18 07-Aug-19
 335,518  17-Apr-18 16-Apr-19
 335,518  17-Apr-19 16-Apr-20
–

–

 – 
 196,838   2,764,960 

Ingrid Johnson
Forfeitable  
Shares – DSTI No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No

Nil-cost share  
options – LTI

Sharesave3
Total

17-Apr-15
08-Aug-14
08-Aug-14
17-Apr-15
17-Apr-15
05-May-15

 240.30 
 190.60 
 190.60 
 240.30 
 240.30 
 186.70 

 – 
 393,494 
 393,495 
 – 
 – 
 – 
 786,989 

 126,204 
 – 
 – 
 319,912 
 319,912 
 16,068 
 782,096 

 – 
 – 
 – 
 – 
 – 
 – 
 – 

17-Apr-18
 126,204  17-Apr-18
 393,494  08-Aug-17 07-Aug-24
 393,495  08-Aug-18 07-Aug-24
 319,912  17-Apr-18 16-Apr-25
 319,912  17-Apr-19 16-Apr-25
 16,068  01-Jun-20 30-Nov-20

–
–
–
–
–
–
 –   1,569,085 

1  The expiry date is determined by the rules of the plans under which the awards and options were granted, and for Paul Hanratty, reflects his date of cessation of 

employment

2  In respect of the nil-cost share options and the forfeitable shares that were exercised or released during 2015, the value of Old Mutual plc shares on the date of exercise or 

release was 240.35p per share. In respect of the exercise of the Sharesave option, the value of Old Mutual plc shares on the date of exercise was 210.2p per share

3  The market value per share at grant represents the exercise price of the options granted under the Old Mutual plc 2008 Sharesave Plan, which were set at a 20% discount 

to the average Old Mutual plc share price over a three day period immediately preceding the dates of invitation.

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Award type 

Performance 
targets 
to be met

 Market value 
per share at 
grant (p) 

Grant 
Date

 At 1 Jan 15 

 Granted 

 Exercised or 
released 

 Lapsed 

 At 31 Dec 15 

Date 
from which 
exercisable or 
releasable

Expiry 
date1

Former executive director
Julian Roberts

No
No
No
No
Tested
Tested
Tested
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No

Forfeitable 
Shares – DSTI

Nil-cost share  
options – LTI

Sharesave3
Total

10-Apr-12
08-Apr-13
08-Apr-14
17-Apr-15
11-Apr-11
10-Apr-12
10-Apr-12
08-Apr-13
08-Apr-13
08-Apr-14
08-Apr-14
30-Apr-14

 157.10 
 194.40 
 202.60 
 240.30 
 144.70 
 157.10 
 157.10 
 194.40 
 194.40 
 202.60 
 202.60 
 162.50 

 325,775 
 295,874 
 277,082 
 – 
 617,528 
 692,235 
 692,235 
 569,059 
 569,059 
 561,451 
 561,451 
 11,076 

 – 
 – 
 – 
 224,589 
 – 
 – 
 – 
 – 
 – 
 – 
 – 
 – 

 325,7752
 – 
 – 
 – 
 617,5282
 479,0262
 – 
 – 
 – 
 – 
 – 
 – 

–
–
–
–
–
 213,209 
 213,209 
–
–
–
–
–

–

 – 

 – 
 – 

 – 
 295,874  08-Apr-16 08-Apr-16
 277,082  08-Apr-17 08-Apr-17
17-Apr-18
 224,589  17-Apr-18
 – 
–
 – 
–
 479,026  10-Apr-16 13-Apr-17
 569,059  08-Apr-16 13-Apr-17
 569,059  08-Apr-17 07-Apr-18
 561,451  08-Apr-17 07-Apr-18
 561,451  08-Apr-18 07-Apr-19
 –  14-Apr-16

 11,076 
5,172,825  224,589  1,422,329  426,418  3,548,667 

1  The expiry date is determined by the rules of the plans under which the awards and options were granted, based on the date of cessation of employment for Julian Roberts
2  In respect of the nil-cost share options and the forfeitable shares that were exercised or released during 2015, the value of Old Mutual plc shares on the date of exercise or 

release was 240.35p per share

3  The market value per share at grant represents the exercise price of the option granted under the Old Mutual plc 2008 Sharesave Plan, which was set at a 20% discount 

to the average Old Mutual plc share price over a three day period immediately preceding the date of invitation.

There are no share ownership requirements for the non-executive directors. Shares owned by the Chairman and the other non-executive 
directors holding office at 31 December 2015 (including holdings by connected persons) are shown below:

Non-executive director
Patrick O’Sullivan
Mike Arnold
Zoe Cruz
Alan Gillespie
Danuta Gray
Adiba Ighodaro
Roger Marshall
Nkosana Moyo
Vassi Naidoo
Nonkululeko Nyembezi-Heita

Old Mutual plc shares held at 31 December 2015
100,000
26,475
34,500
13,000
14,175
–
45,000
10,000
–
13,839

There have been no changes to the interests in shares owned by the Chairman and the other non-executive directors between 
31 December 2015 and 11 March 2016.

GovernanceOLD MUTUAL PLCANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS 2015Performance graphs
The charts below show the Company’s seven-year annual TSR performance against the FTSE 100 Index and JSE ALSI. These indices 
were selected because: (i) the Company is part of those indices; and (ii) due to the international structure and diversity of the Group’s 
businesses, the two broad market indices shown are the only relevant market comparators available.

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The charts show the value of TSR (assuming dividends reinvested) at each year end from 31 December 2008 to 31 December 2015 
on £100/R100 invested in Old Mutual plc shares compared with the TSR (calculated on the same basis) on £100/R100 invested in the 
FTSE 100 Index and the JSE ALSI at the same dates.

Old Mutual v FTSE 100

 Old Mutual (LSE) 
 FTSE 100

Old Mutual v JSE ALSI

 Old Mutual (JSE) 
 JSE ALSI

700%

650%

600%

550%

500%

450%

400%

350%

300%

250%

200%

150%

100%

0%

700%

650%

600%

550%

500%

450%

400%

350%

300%

250%

200%

150%

100%

0%

31 Dec 2008

31 Dec 2009

31 Dec 2010

31 Dec 2011

31 Dec 2012

31 Dec 2013

31 Dec 2014

31 Dec 2015

31 Dec 2008

31 Dec 2009

31 Dec 2010

31 Dec 2011

31 Dec 2012

31 Dec 2013

31 Dec 2014

31 Dec 2015

Source: Datastream

Group Chief Executive’s remuneration over the last seven years

Single figure

STI payout against 
maximum opportunity

LTI vesting against 
maximum opportunity

Julian Roberts
Bruce Hemphill
Julian Roberts
Bruce Hemphill
Julian Roberts
Bruce Hemphill

2009
£000
2,163
–
77%
–
0%
–

2010
£000
2,447
–
98%
–
0%
–

2011
£000
8,521
–
92%
–
100%
–

2012
£000
7,881
–
88%
–
80%
–

2013
£000
4,817
–
85%
–
84%
–

2014
£000
4,444
–
79%
–
69%
–

2015
£000
2,270
4,811
86.3%
–
71.5%
–

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Percentage change in the remuneration of the Group Chief Executive
The table below shows the percentage change in the remuneration of the Group Chief Executive (from 2014 to 2015) compared to that 
for UK-based employees of the Old Mutual Group. The committee has selected employees in the UK, as the executive directors are 
employed in the UK and have a similar remuneration structure to those employees.

Element
Base pay2
Taxable benefits2
STI2

Group
Chief Executive 
% change
2.2%
(14.5%)
6.9%

Average UK-based 
employee1
% change
3.1%
3.4%
10.9%

1  UK-based employees excluding employees in Nedbank, Old Mutual Global Investors (UK) Limited and Institutional Asset Management
2  Reflects (i) the base pay increase received by Julian Roberts in 2015; (ii) the taxable benefits paid to Julian Roberts for the period 1 January to 31 October 2015, calculated 

on an annualised basis; and (iii) Julian Roberts’ STI for 2014 and 2015. 

Relative importance of spend on pay
The table below illustrates the Group’s spend on pay compared with distributions to shareholders:

Dividends paid to ordinary equity holders 
Dividends paid to Nedbank minority equity holders
Remuneration paid to all Group employees

Implementation of remuneration policy in 2016
The Directors’ Remuneration Policy will be implemented in 2016 as follows:

2015
£m
422
128
1,895

2014
£m
394
119
1,860

Year-on-year change

£m
28
9
35

%
7.1
7.6
1.9

Base pay 
The table below shows the changes to base pay for 2016, which, for the one executive director who received an increase, was below the 
average increase of 3.1% received by other employees in the UK:

Executive director
Bruce Hemphill
Paul Hanratty
Ingrid Johnson

2016
£000 
900
645
630

2015
£000 
900
645
615

% increase
–
–
2.44

STI and LTI
The committee has reviewed the Directors’ Remuneration Policy in light of the outcome of the strategic review, and has concluded that 
the current policy is no longer appropriate.

While a base pay and annual STI structure will generally remain appropriate, the committee is of the view that a conventional LTIP 
structure with rolling annual awards no longer aligns with the Group strategy, and does not incentivise the most timely and cost-effective 
execution of the strategy. Instead, the committee intends to grant one-off LTIP awards during 2016, replacing normal and future annual 
awards, to key individuals, including Bruce Hemphill and Ingrid Johnson, with metrics relating to execution of the new strategy, 
performance of our four constituent businesses, and unlocking of value for shareholders. 

The committee will grant LTIP awards to Bruce Hemphill and Ingrid Johnson on an exceptional basis in line with the current Directors’ 
Remuneration Policy in March 2016, at the maximum level of 400% of base pay, and also commence a period of consultation with the 
Company’s major shareholders, with a view to presenting a new Directors’ Remuneration Policy to shareholders for approval in General 
Meeting later in 2016. 

GovernanceOLD MUTUAL PLCANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS 2015Claw back and malus 
In response to the implementation of the revised UK Corporate Governance Code, the Company has updated its malus provisions and 
introduced claw back on cash STI and vested LTI awards in respect of performance periods beginning on or after 1 January 2015, as 
follows:

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Criteria
 ■ Misleading or misstated financial results
 ■ Loss due to failure to observe risk management policies
 ■ Gross misconduct
 ■ Actions leading to reputational damage

Awards impacted and period applicable  
(net of statutory deductions basis for claw back)
 ■ Cash STI – during the period between the end of the 

performance period and the payment date

 ■ Unvested deferred STI awards – during the three-year 

performance period

 ■ Unvested LTI awards – three or four years matching the 

vesting period

 ■ Misleading or misstated financial results
 ■ Loss due to failure to observe risk management policies
 ■ Gross misconduct

 ■ Cash STI – for a three-year period following the 

payment date

 ■ Vested LTI awards – for two years, if three-year vesting, 

and for one year, if four-year vesting

Malus

Claw back

Retirement – share incentive awards
The committee decided that, in view of regulations in the UK relating to age discrimination, retirement would no longer be an automatic 
good leaver provision for share awards granted to employees based in the UK from 2015 onwards. The committee accordingly amended the 
rules of the Old Mutual plc Share Reward Plan – Restricted Shares and the Old Mutual plc Performance Share Plan – Restricted Shares 
prior to the grant of awards in 2015. Retirement may still qualify for good leaver status if the committee exercises its discretion accordingly.

Post-employment holding periods
The committee has chosen not to require executive directors to hold shares for a period after vesting or exercise, or after leaving the 
Group. However: (i) the committee has introduced the shareholding guidelines described earlier in this report; and (ii) the long-term 
incentive awards vest 50% three years after the date of grant and 50% four years after the date of grant; are subject to malus and claw 
back as described above; and will not normally vest before their prescribed vesting dates, irrespective of whether the executive remains in 
employment with the Group until vesting. The committee believes the combination of these requirements to be sufficient to ensure that 
the remuneration of executive directors remains substantially linked to Old Mutual plc share price performance, both before and for a 
sufficient period of time after cessation of employment with the Group. 

Non-executive directors’ fees
The annual fees payable to the Chairman and to the other non-executive directors in 2015 and 2016, by role, are set out below:

Role
Chairman
Senior Independent Director
Board fee
Chairman of the Board Risk Committee
Member of the Board Risk Committee
Chairman of the Group Audit Committee
Member of the Group Audit Committee
Member of the Nomination and Governance Committee
Chairman of the Remuneration Committee
Member of the Remuneration Committee
Average payment per non-executive director (excluding the Chairman) based on the Board 
and Board committee structure in place at 31 December 2015 

2016
£ 
380,000
17,500
60,000
30,000
10,000
30,000
10,000
7,000
30,000
10,000

2015
£
380,000
15,000
59,000
30,000
10,000
30,000
10,000
5,000
30,000
10,000

87,000

85,000

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Consideration by the directors of matters relating to directors’ remuneration
Committee meetings and members
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:

Non-executive director
Danuta Gray
Zoe Cruz
Alan Gillespie
Roger Marshall
Nkosana Moyo

Position
Chairman
Member
Member
Member
Member

Period on the committee
March 2013 to date (Chairman since May 2014)
January 2014 to date
November 2010 to date (Chairman from May 2013 to May 2014)
May 2013 to date
January 2014 to date

Meetings
attended
6
6
7
7
6

Meetings 
not attended
11
1
–
–
1

1  Danuta Gray was taken ill on the morning of the meeting held in December 2015, and was therefore unable to attend.  

The committee Chairman has access to and regular contact with the Group Human Resources Department independently of the executive 
directors. During 2015, the committee met seven times. The Board accepted the recommendations made by the committee during the year 
without amendment. Paul Forsythe, Deputy Group Company Secretary, acted as Secretary to the committee.

Advisers to the committee
A review of the committee’s independent adviser was undertaken in 2014 and, following a competitive tender process, the committee 
appointed PwC as its independent adviser. PwC provides wide-ranging advice and services across the Group on matters including 
transactions, tax, Internal Audit and IT security. In its capacity as adviser to the committee, PwC works with management to prepare 
recommendations for the committee’s consideration and provides advice to the committee on benchmarking of total remuneration 
packages for the executive directors and other senior employees, the design of short-term and long-term incentive arrangements 
(including for employees of subsidiary companies), updating the committee on corporate governance best practice, advice in relation to 
the measurement of performance for incentive purposes and other matters within the committee’s terms of reference. PwC also provides 
advice to management on remuneration matters.

The committee undertakes a review of the advice it receives to assess whether it is objective and independent; it also satisfies itself that 
there are no conflicts of interest arising between it, the advisers and the Company. PwC is a signatory to the Remuneration Consultants’ 
Group Code of Conduct.

Work undertaken by PwC for the committee is charged on a time basis and for 2015 was £208,991 (2014 £26,420) excluding VAT.

Don Schneider, Ian Luke and Kevin Stacey of Group Human Resources assisted the committee during the year. Group Human Resources 
provided supporting materials for matters that came before the committee, including comparative data and justifications for proposed 
base pay, benefits, annual incentive plans, share awards and criteria for performance targets and appraisals against those targets. 
Patrick O’Sullivan, Julian Roberts and Bruce Hemphill, and Sue Kean, the Chief Risk Officer, gave advice to the committee in assessing 
the performance of the Group Chief Executive, other members of the Group Executive Committee and the assessment of risk, respectively.

GovernanceOLD MUTUAL PLCANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS 2015Voting at General Meetings
A new Directors’ Remuneration Policy will be presented to shareholders for approval in General Meeting later in 2016. The voting results at 
AGMs on resolutions relating to our Directors’ Remuneration Reports and the Directors’ Remuneration Policy over the last three years were 
as follows:

151

Year of 
report

2014

2013

2013

2012

Type
Directors’ 
Remuneration Report
Directors’ 
Remuneration Policy
Directors’ 
Remuneration Report
Directors’ 
Remuneration Report

Date of AGM
14 May 2015

Votes for
3,166,003,379

Votes for %
94.21

Votes 
against
194,559,265

Votes 
against %

Total votes 
cast (excluding 
votes withheld)
5.79 3,360,562,644

Votes 
withheld
11,506,850

15 May 2014

3,280,532,172

97.17

95,664,621

2.83

3,376,196,793

27,097,233

15 May 2014

3,253,282,521

97.04

99,343,587

2.96

3,352,626,108

50,669,930

9 May 2013

2,933,771,399

97.94

61,752,305

2.06 2,995,523,704

123,524,253

Consideration of shareholder views
The committee considers shareholder feedback in relation to the Directors’ Remuneration Report for the prior year at its first meeting 
following the AGM. This feedback, as well as any additional feedback received during any other meetings with shareholders, is then 
considered as part of the Company’s annual review of remuneration arrangements for the following year. Where any significant changes 
are proposed, the Chairman of the committee will inform major shareholders in advance, and will offer a meeting to discuss these.

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Kenya, Africa

Financial solutions  
for schools

Working in partnership with 
Opportunity International, 
Old Mutual is helping to 
increase the access to 
capacity building loans and 
training for Kenya’s growing 
number of low-cost schools. 
Through Faulu, the loan 
product will be launched in 
2016 to fuel the growth of 
Kenya’s schooling market. 
Over the course of the long-
term partnership, over 900 
schools will access loans 
resulting in improved access 
to quality education for over 
400,000 children. 

www.oldmutual.com

In this section, we present the 
results of the Group and the 
Parent Company in accordance 
with International Financial 
Reporting Standards (IFRS). 
The IFRS results are also 
presented on an adjusted basis 
to reflect management’s view 
of the underlying long-term 
performance of the Group.

O L D   M U T UA L   P LC
A N N UA L  R E P O RT  A N D  AC CO U N T S  2 015

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FINANCIALS

Contents
154  Statement of directors’ responsibilities 
in respect of the Annual Report and 
Accounts and the financial statements
155  Independent Auditor’s Report to the 
members of Old Mutual plc only
158  Consolidated income statement
159  Consolidated statement of 
comprehensive income
160  Reconciliation of adjusted  

operating profit to profit after tax

162  Consolidated statement  
of financial position

163  Consolidated statement of cash flows
164  Consolidated statement  
of changes in equity
168  Notes to the consolidated  
financial statements

168  A: Significant accounting policies
173  B: Segment information
182  C: Other key performance information
188  D: Other income statement notes
195  E: Financial assets and liabilities
208  F: Capital and Financial 
Risk Management

216   G: Analysis of financial assets 

and liabilities

239  H: Non-financial assets and liabilities
253  I: Interests in subsidiaries, associates 

and joint arrangements

262  J: Other notes
275  K: Discontinued operations and 
disposal groups held for sale
276  L1: Accounting policies on financial 

assets and liabilities

281  L2: Related undertakings of the Group
298  Financial statements of the Company
306  Shareholder information

A school receiving financial solutions 
from Opportunity International 

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G R O U P   F I N A N C I A L   S TAT E M E N T S
STATEMENT OF DIRECTORS’ RESPONSIBILITIES IN RESPECT OF THE   
ANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS AND THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

The directors are responsible for preparing the Annual Report and Accounts 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 International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) 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:

 ■ Select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently
 ■ Make judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent
 ■ State whether they have been prepared in accordance with IFRSs as adopted by the EU, and
 ■ 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 Strategic Report, Directors’ Report, Directors’ 
Remuneration Report and Corporate Governance Statement that complies 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.

Responsibility statement of the directors in respect of the annual financial report
We confirm that to the best of our knowledge:

 ■ 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 strategic 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.

We consider the Annual Report and Accounts, taken as a whole, is fair, balanced and understandable and provides the information 
necessary for shareholders to assess the Group’s position and performance, business model and strategy.

Bruce Hemphill   
Group Chief Executive 

Ingrid Johnson
Group Finance Director

11 March 2016

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INDEPENDENT AUDITOR’S REPORT TO  
THE MEMBERS OF OLD MUTUAL PLC ONLY

155

For year ended 31 December 2015

Opinions and conclusions arising from our audit
1. Our opinion on the financial statements is unmodified
We have audited the financial statements of Old Mutual plc for the year ended 31 December 2015, 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. In our opinion: 

 ■ 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 

2015 and of the Group’s profit for the year then ended;

 ■ The Group financial statements have been properly prepared in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards as 

adopted by the European Union (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 to the 

Group financial statements, Article 4 of the IAS Regulation.

2. Our assessment of risks of material misstatement
In arriving at our audit opinion above on the financial statements the risks of material misstatement that had the greatest effect on our 
audit, in decreasing order of audit significance, were as discussed below. We have continued to perform procedures over taxation. 
However, following the settlement of a number of tax exposures across the Group during 2015, we have not assessed taxation as one 
of the risks that had the greatest effect on our audit and, therefore, it is not separately identified in our report this year.

(a) Policyholder liabilities £75,909 million (2014: £79,679 million) Risk vs 2014: 
Refer to page 113 (Group Audit Committee Report), pages 224 to 227 (accounting policy) and the disclosures in notes A3, E and G6 to the 
financial statements. 

 ■ The risk – The main risk associated with policyholder liabilities is in respect of the insurance contracts within the life businesses in 
Emerging Markets and Old Mutual Wealth. Judgement is required over the variety of uncertain future outcomes, including the 
estimation of economic assumptions, such as investment return, discount rates, and operating assumptions, such as expense, mortality 
and persistency and the policy for creating and releasing discretionary margins held within the South African business.

 ■ Our response – Our procedures included testing the design, implementation and operating effectiveness of key controls over the 

identification, measurement and management of the Group’s calculation of insurance liabilities and evaluating the appropriateness of 
methodologies and assumptions used. We involved our own internal actuarial specialists to assist us in challenging the assumptions used 
and the process followed for setting and updating these assumptions, particularly around investment return, persistency, expense and 
mortality and morbidity assumptions. This included checking the appropriateness of the data used in management’s analysis prepared 
to set the assumptions, in the context of our own industry knowledge, external data and our views of experience to date, an 
understanding of which was enhanced through our attendance at the Group’s own Independent Review Committee meetings. 

(b) Loans and advances £31,724 million, provisions for impairment £759 million (2014: £35,714 million, £857 million) 
Risk vs 2014: 
Refer to page 113 (Group Audit Committee Report), page 216 and pages 276 to 280 (accounting policy) and the disclosures in notes A3,  
E and G1 to the financial statements.

 ■ The risk – The Group’s loans and advances impairment assessment requires the exercise of judgement and the use of subjective 
assumptions. Due to the significance of loans and advances and the related estimation uncertainty, this is considered to be a key 
audit risk within the banking divisions of the Group particularly on the unsecured and commercial lending portfolios at Nedbank 
and Old Mutual Finance within Emerging Markets. 

 ■ Our response – Our procedures included testing the design, implementation and operating effectiveness of key controls over the loan 
approval, administration and monitoring processes. We involved our own internal valuation specialists to assist us in assessing each of 
the portfolio loan loss provisioning models employed by the Group and comparing the Group’s assumptions to externally available 
data in relation to key inputs such as historical default rates, recovery rates, collateral valuation, and economic growth rates. We also 
performed detailed testing over the specific provisions held against loans and advances, by inspecting latest correspondence and Credit 
Committee minutes, challenging assumptions where relevant and assessing collateral values. We also attended the Nedbank Credit 
Committee meetings.

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G R O U P   F I N A N C I A L   S TAT E M E N T S
INDEPENDENT AUDITOR’S REPORT TO  
THE MEMBERS OF OLD MUTUAL PLC ONLY CONTINUED

For year ended 31 December 2015

Opinions and conclusions arising from our audit continued
2. Our assessment of risks of material misstatement continued
(c) Goodwill and intangibles £3,276 million (2014:£2,763 million) Risk vs 2014: 
Refer to page 113 (Group Audit Committee Report), pages 239 to 240 and 242 to 243 (accounting policy) and the disclosures in notes A3 
and H1 to the financial statements.

 ■ The risk – Goodwill and intangible assets (both acquired and internally generated) represent 2.5% of total assets of the Group and the 
determination of their recoverable amount is complex and typically requires a high level of judgement, taking into account the different 
economic environments in which the Group operates. The most significant judgements arise over the forecast cash flows and the 
discount rate applied in the value-in-use valuation models.

 ■ Our response – Our procedures included challenging the cash flow forecasts and the corresponding assumptions, such as discount 

rates and growth rates, applied by the Group in the consideration of potential impairment of intangible assets, based on our 
understanding of the relevant business and the industry and economic environment in which it operates. Sensitivity analyses were also 
performed on the key assumptions in Old Mutual Wealth and the OMSEA cash generating unit in Emerging Markets. We compared 
forecasts to business plans and also previous forecasts to actual results to assess the performance of the business and the accuracy of 
forecasting and considered the appropriateness of the scenarios used, in the context of our wider business understanding. We involved 
our own valuation specialists to assist us in evaluating the assumptions and methodologies used by the Group, in particular those 
relating to discount rates, and growth rates, with reference to our own independent expectations, which were based on our industry 
knowledge and experience. 

For all of the risk areas set out above, we assessed whether the Group’s disclosures about the sensitivity of the relevant financial statement 
items to changes in the respective key assumptions appropriately reflect the associated risks and comply with the requirements of relevant 
accounting standards.

3. Our application of materiality and an overview of the scope of our audit
Materiality for the Group financial statements as a whole was set at £84 million (2014: £80 million), determined with reference to a 
benchmark of normalised Group profit before taxation of £1,663 million (2014: £1,605 million). This represents the Group’s earnings before 
taxation from continuing operations excluding the effects of short-term market volatility, the impact of strategic choices and inorganic activity, 
and returns on significant one-off investments. Materiality represents 5% (2014: 5%) of normalised Group profit before tax.

We reported to the Group Audit Committee any corrected and uncorrected identified misstatements exceeding £4 million (2014: £4 million) 
in addition to other identified misstatements that warranted reporting on qualitative grounds. 

Each of the Group’s six business units, being Emerging Markets, Old Mutual Wealth, Nedbank, Institutional Asset Management, Bermuda 
and Group Head Office businesses, were subjected to audits for Group reporting purposes. The component audit teams at each of the 
business units undertook their own scoping exercises, with oversight from the Group team, to gain sufficient audit coverage to support their 
own reporting to the Group team. The component teams performed procedures on those items excluded from normalised Group profit 
before tax. Our work covered 96% (2014: 93%) of total Group revenues; 98% (2014: 99%) of Group profit before tax; and 94% (2014: 92%) 
of total Group assets. 

The Group audit team instructed component auditors as to the significant areas to be covered, including the relevant risks detailed above 
and the information to be reported back. The Group audit team approved each component materiality, which ranged from £30 million to 
£50 million (2014: £32 million to £65 million), having regard to the mix of size and risk profile of the Group across the components.

To support the audit instructions sent to our component teams, the Group audit team visited five (2014: five) component locations in South 
Africa, the US, Bermuda and elsewhere in the UK for planning and risk assessment meetings and maintained regular communication with 
the auditors at these locations throughout the audit cycle to discuss work progress and identify matters of relevance to our audit of the 
Group financial statements. At these visits and meetings, the status of any issues being reported to the Group audit team was discussed 
in detail, and any further work required by the Group audit team was then performed by the component auditor. The Senior Statutory 
Auditor, in conjunction with other senior staff in the Group audit team, also attended Audit Committee meetings held at the significant 
components to understand key risks and audit issues at a component level which may affect the Group financial statements.

4. Our opinion on other matters prescribed by the Companies Act 2006 is unmodified
In our opinion:

 ■ 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 Strategic Report and the Directors’ Report for the financial year for which the financial statements are 

prepared is consistent with the financial statements. 

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5. We have nothing to report on the disclosures of principal risks
Based on the knowledge we acquired during our audit, we have nothing material to add or draw attention to in relation to: 

157

 ■   The Directors’ viability statement on page 122, concerning the principal risks, their management and, based on that, the 

Directors’ assessment and expectations of the Group continuing in operation over the three years to 31 December 2018; or 

 ■ The disclosures in note A1 of the financial statements concerning the use of the going concern basis of accounting. 

6. We have nothing to report in respect of the matters on which we are required to report 
by exception 
Under ISAs (UK and Ireland) we are required to report to you if, based on the knowledge we acquired during our audit, we have 
identified other information in the annual report that contains a material inconsistency with either that knowledge or the financial 
statements, a material misstatement of fact, or that is otherwise misleading. 

In particular, we are required to report to you if: 

 ■ We have identified material inconsistencies between the knowledge we acquired during our audit and the Directors’ statement that they 

consider that the annual report and financial statements taken as a whole is fair, balanced and understandable and provides the 
information necessary for shareholders to assess the Group’s position and performance, business model and strategy; or

 ■ The Group Audit Committee Report does not appropriately address matters communicated by us to the Group Audit Committee.

Under the Companies Act 2006 we are required to report to you if, in our opinion: 

 ■ Adequate accounting records have not been kept by the parent company, or returns adequate for our audit have not been 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 

 ■ Certain disclosures of Directors’ remuneration specified by law are not made; or
 ■ We have not received all the information and explanations we require for our audit. 

Under the Listing Rules we are required to review: 

 ■ The Directors’ statements, set out on page 122, in relation to going concern and longer-term viability; and
 ■ The part of the Corporate Governance Statement relating to the Company’s compliance with the eleven provisions of the  

2014 UK Corporate Governance Code specified for our review.

We have nothing to report in respect of the above responsibilities.

Scope and responsibilities
As explained more fully in the Directors’ Responsibilities Statement set out on page 154, the Directors are responsible for the preparation 
of the financial statements and for being satisfied that they give a true and fair view. A description of the scope of an audit of financial 
statements is provided on the Financial Reporting Council’s website at www.frc.org.uk/auditscopeukprivate. This report is made solely to 
the Company’s members as a body and is subject to important explanations and disclaimers regarding our responsibilities, published on 
our website at www.kpmg.com/uk/auditscopeukco2014a, which are incorporated into this report as if set out in full and should be read to 
provide an understanding of the purpose of this report, the work we have undertaken and the basis of our opinions.

Philip Smart (Senior Statutory Auditor)
for and on behalf of KPMG LLP, Statutory Auditor 

Chartered Accountants 
15 Canada Square 
London, E14 5GL 

11 March 2016

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G R O U P   F I N A N C I A L   S TAT E M E N T S
CONSOLIDATED INCOME STATEMENT

For the year ended 31 December 2015

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 revenue
Expenses
Claims and benefits (including change in insurance contract provisions)
Reinsurance recoveries
Net claims and benefits incurred
Change in investment contract liabilities
Credit impairment charges
Finance costs 
Banking interest payable and similar expenses
Fee and commission expenses, and other acquisition costs
Change in third-party interest in consolidated funds
Other operating and administrative expenses
Total expenses
Share of associated undertakings’ and joint ventures’ profit after tax
Loss on disposal of subsidiaries, associated undertakings and strategic investments
Profit before tax
Income tax expense
Profit from continuing operations after tax
Discontinued operations
Loss from discontinued operations after tax
Profit after tax for the financial year
Attributable to
Equity holders of the parent
Non-controlling interests
  Ordinary shares
  Preferred securities
Profit after tax for the financial year

Earnings per ordinary share
Basic earnings per share based on profit from continuing operations (pence)
Basic earnings per share based on profit from discontinued operations (pence)
Basic earnings per ordinary share (pence)
Diluted basic earnings per share based on profit from continuing operations (pence)
Diluted basic earnings per share based on profit from discontinued operations (pence)
Diluted basic earnings per ordinary share (pence)

  Year ended 
 31 December 
2015

£m
Year ended  
  31 December  
2014

3,589
(335)
3,254
3,795
3,320
213
3,027
86
13,695

(3,450)
279
(3,171)
(2,203)
(307)
(49)
(1,924)
(786)
(208)
(3,759)
(12,407)
67
(36)
1,319
(374)
945

(21)
924

614

291
19
924

13.2
(0.5)
12.7
12.6
(0.4)
12.2

3,209
(308)
2,901
6,304
3,057
197
2,894
125
15,478

(4,098)
215
(3,883)
(3,544)
(252)
(54)
(1,672)
(863)
(322)
(3,548)
(14,138)
26
(2)
1,364
(462)
902

(50)
852

582

252
18
852

13.5
(1.1)
12.4
12.5
(1.0)
11.5

Notes

B2

D2
D3
D4
D5

G1(d)
D6
D7
D8

D9

I2(a)
C1(c)

D1

K1

  H10(a)(i)
  H10(a)(ii)

C2(a)

C2(b)

Weighted average number of ordinary shares (millions)

C2(a)

4,641

4,485

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G R O U P   F I N A N C I A L   S TAT E M E N T S
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME

159

For the year ended 31 December 2015

Profit after tax for the financial year
Other comprehensive income for the financial year
Items that will not be reclassified subsequently to profit or loss
Fair value movements
  Property revaluation
Measurement movements on defined benefit plans
Income tax on items that will not be reclassified subsequently to profit or loss

Items that may be reclassified subsequently to profit or loss
Fair value movements
  Net investment hedge
Available-for-sale investments
  Fair value (losses)/gains
  Recycled to profit or loss
Exchange difference recycled to profit or loss on disposal of business
Shadow accounting
Currency translation differences on translating foreign operations
Other movements
Income tax on items that may be reclassified subsequently to profit or loss

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 for the financial year

Notes

  Year ended 
 31 December 
2015
924

£m
Year ended  
  31 December  
2014
852

D1(c)

D1(c)

18
20
(4)
34

13

(7)
(5)
(71)
(10)
(1,106)
(24)
–
(1,210)
(1,176)

(252)

(232)

(39)
19
(252)

28
 2 
(7)
23

(9)

21
(20)
(85)
 (5)
(68)
(18)
(5)
(189)
(166)

686

434

234
18
686

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G R O U P   F I N A N C I A L   S TAT E M E N T S
RECONCILIATION OF ADJUSTED OPERATING   
PROFIT TO PROFIT AFTER TAX

For the year ended 31 December 2015

Core operations
Emerging Markets
Nedbank
Old Mutual Wealth
Institutional Asset Management

Finance costs
Long-term investment return on excess assets
Interest payable to non-core operations
Corporate costs
Other net shareholder expenses
Adjusted operating profit before tax
Adjusting items
Discontinued and non-core operations
Profit before tax (net of policyholder tax)
Income tax attributable to policyholder returns
Profit before tax
Total tax expense
Profit from continuing operations after tax
Loss from discontinued operations after tax
Profit after tax for the financial year

  Year ended 
 31 December  
2015 

Notes

£m
Year ended 
  31 December 
2014

B3
B3
B3
B3

B3
C1(a)
B3

D1(a)

K1

615
754
307
149
1,825
(83)
21
(4)
(57)
(39)
1,663
(344)
(31)
1,288
31
1,319
(374)
945
(21)
924

617
770
227
131
1,745
(78)
24
(5)
(55)
(26)
1,605
(301)
1
1,305
59
1,364
(462)
902
(50)
852

Adjusted operating profit after tax attributable to ordinary equity holders of the parent 

Adjusted operating profit before tax
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)

  Year ended 
  31 December 
2015
1,663
(403)
1,260
(310)
(19)

£m
Year ended 
  31 December 
2014
1,605
(439)
1,166
(280)
(18)

Notes
B3
D1(d)

  H10(a)(iii)
  H10(a)(ii)

B3
C2(a)
C2(c)

931
4,813
19.3

868
4,845
17.9

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Basis of preparation of adjusted operating profit
Adjusted operating profit (AOP) reflects the directors’ view of the underlying long-term performance of the Group. AOP is a measure 
of profitability which adjusts the IFRS profit measures for the specific items detailed in note C1 and, as such, it is a non-IFRS measure. 
The reconciliation set out above explains the differences between AOP and profit after tax as reported under IFRS.

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For core life assurance and property & casualty businesses, AOP is based on a long-term investment return, including returns on 
investments held by life funds in Group equity and debt instruments, and is stated net of income tax attributable to policyholder returns. 
For all core businesses, AOP excludes goodwill impairment, the impact of accounting for intangibles acquired in a business combination, 
the costs related to completed acquisitions, revaluations of put options related to long-term incentive schemes, profit/(loss) on acquisition/
disposal of subsidiaries, associated undertakings and strategic investments, fair value profits/(losses) on certain Group debt instruments, 
cost of hedging equity instruments and costs related to the development of the new Old Mutual Wealth platform capability and 
outsourcing of UK business administration. AOP includes dividends declared to holders of perpetual preferred callable securities. Old 
Mutual Bermuda is treated as a non-core operation in the AOP disclosure and is therefore not included in AOP. Refer to note B1 for 
further information on the basis of segmentation.

Adjusted operating earnings per share is calculated on the same basis as AOP. It is stated after tax and non-controlling interests 
attributable to AOP. 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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G R O U P   F I N A N C I A L   S TAT E M E N T S
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION

At 31 December 2015

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 policyholder liabilities
Loans and advances
Investments and securities
Current tax receivable
Trade, other receivables and other assets
Derivative financial instruments
Cash and cash equivalents
Assets held for sale
Total assets

Liabilities
Long-term business insurance policyholder liabilities
Investment contract liabilities
Property & casualty liabilities
Third-party interests in consolidated funds
Borrowed funds
Provisions and accruals
Deferred revenue
Deferred tax liabilities
Current tax payable
Trade, other payables and other liabilities
Amounts owed to bank depositors
Derivative financial instruments
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

Notes

H1

H2(a)
H2(b)
H7
I2
H3
G6
G1
G2

H4
G4

K2

G6
G6
G6

G7
H5
H6
H7

H8
G8
G4
K2

  H10(b)(i)
  H10(b)(ii)

At  
 31 December  
2015

£m
At  
  31 December 
2014

3,276
716
700
1,233
284
514
784
2,661
30,965
82,601
88
2,007
3,076
4,520
123
133,548

7,714
67,854
341
4,661
3,524
199
274
417
186
3,787
32,328
3,317
12
124,614
8,934

6,680

1,982
272
2,254
8,934

2,763
829
765
1,678
283
518
862
2,314
34,857
87,547
92
2,362
1,227
4,944
1,475
142,516

10,519
68,841
319
5,986
3,044
284
330
454
189
4,276
36,243
1,201
1,285
132,971
9,545

7,406

1,867
272
2,139
9,545

The consolidated financial statements on pages 158 to 297 were approved by the Board of directors on 11 March 2016.

Bruce Hemphill   
Group Chief Executive 

Ingrid Johnson
Group Finance Director

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G R O U P   F I N A N C I A L   S TAT E M E N T S
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS

163

For the year ended 31 December 2015

Cash flows from operating activities
Profit before tax 
Non-cash movements in profit before tax
Net changes in working capital
Taxation paid
Net cash inflow from operating activities
Cash flows from investing activities
Net acquisitions of financial investments
Acquisition of investment properties
Dividends received from associated undertakings
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, associated undertakings,  

joint ventures and strategic investments1

Disposal of a non-controlling interest in OM Asset Management plc
Proceeds from the disposal of interests in subsidiaries,  

associated undertakings, joint ventures and strategic investments

Net cash outflow from investing activities
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)/disposal of treasury shares
Sale of shares held by BEE trusts
Proceeds from issue of subordinated and other debt
Subordinated and other debt repaid
Net cash inflow/(outflow) from financing activities
Net increase in cash and cash equivalents
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
Cash and cash equivalents
Mandatory reserve deposits with central banks
Cash and cash equivalents included in assets held for sale
Total

  Year ended
31 December
2015 

Notes

£m
Year ended
  31 December
2014

1,319
4,204
566
(399)
5,690

(4,868)
(146)
7
41
(151)
7
(102)

(796)
163

88
(5,757)

(422)
(190)
(51)
2
(19)
175
1,615
(827)
283
216
(746)
5,786
5,256

4,520
716
20
5,256

1,364
2,058
739
(402)
3,759

(2,873)
(48)
5
115
(154)
14
(76)

(429)
184

95
(3,167)

(394)
(177)
(48)
12
72
–
584
(290)
(241)
351
(193)
5,628
5,786

4,944
829
13
5,786

1  Of the acquisition of interests in subsidiaries, associated undertakings, joint ventures and strategic investments, £734 million relates to the acquisition of subsidiaries as 

described in note J8. The remainder relates to the acquisition of associated undertakings, joint ventures and strategic investments.

Except for mandatory reserve deposits with central banks of £716 million (2014: £829 million) and £1,643 million (2014: £1,639 million) cash 
and cash equivalents of managed funds that the Group consolidates, management does 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 statement of cash flows in line with market practice in South Africa.

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G R O U P   F I N A N C I A L   S TAT E M E N T S
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN EQUITY

For the year ended 31 December 2015 

Shareholders’ equity at beginning of the year
Total comprehensive income for the financial year
Profit after tax for the financial year
Other comprehensive income
Items that will not be reclassified subsequently  

to profit or loss

Fair value gains
  Property revaluation
  Measurement gains on defined benefit plans
Income tax on items that will not be reclassified  

subsequently to profit or loss

Items that may be reclassified subsequently to profit or loss
Fair value gains/(losses)
  Net investment hedge
Available-for-sale investments
  Fair value (losses)/gains1
  Recycled to profit or loss
Exchange differences recycled to profit or loss on disposal of business2
Shadow accounting
Currency translation differences on translating foreign operations1
Other movements
Income tax on items that may be reclassified  

 subsequently to profit or loss

Total comprehensive income for the financial year
Transactions with the owners of the Company
Contributions and distributions
Dividends for the year
Tax relief on dividends paid
Equity share-based payment transactions
Proceeds from BEE transactions
Merger reserve released3
Preferred securities repurchased
Other movements in share capital 
Total contributions and distributions
Changes in ownership
Shares issued for the acquisition of Quilter Cheviot
Share of movement in associate reserves
Disposal of a non-controlling interest in OM Asset Management plc
Non-controlling interests in subsidiaries acquired
Change in participation in subsidiaries 
Total changes in ownership
Total transactions with the owners of the Company
Shareholders’ equity at end of the year

Millions

Notes

  Number of 
shares issued 
and fully paid
4,907

Share 
capital
561

Share 
premium
856

Merger 
reserve
1,342

H2(a)

D1(c)

D1(c)

C3

A2

A2
J8(b)

–

–
–

–
–

–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
3
3

–

–
–

–
–

–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–

19
–
–
–
–
19
22
4,929

2
–
–
–
–
2
2
563

–

–
–

–
–

–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–

–

–
–

–
–

–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–

–
–
–
141
–
–
3
144

40
–
–
–
–
40
184
1,040

–
–
–
–
(90)
–
–
(90)

–
–
–
–
–
–
(90)
1,252

1  Included in other reserves is a loss of £7 million relating to Economic Transactional Bank (ETI) available-for-sale reserve. Currency translation differences on translating 

foreign operations include £24 million relating to foreign exchange gains on translation of ETI

2  Following the disposal of Old Mutual Wealth’s European businesses foreign currency translation reserves of £71 million were recycled to profit or loss
3  On disposal of Old Mutual Wealth’s European businesses merger reserves of £90 million was released directly to retained earnings. The merger reserve arose from  

when businesses were acquired using ordinary shares of the entity and is non-distributable. It is released to distributable reserves upon subsequent realisation of value  
for the businesses acquired. Refer to note A2 for further information

4  Retained earnings were reduced in respect of own shares held in policyholders’ funds, ESOP trusts, Black Economic Empowerment trusts and other undertakings at 

31 December 2015 by £243 million (2014: £338 million).

Available-

for-sale

reserve

Property 

revaluation 

reserve

Share-based 

payments 

reserve

Other 

reserves

48

–

178

–

337

37

–

Foreign 

currency 

translation 

reserve

(1,370)

Perpetual 

preferred 

callable 

securities

Attributable 

to equity 

holders of 

the parent

7,406

Total non-

controlling 

interests

2,139

Retained 

earnings4

4,891

590

526

24

614

310

924

£m

Total

equity

9,545

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

30

30

30

367

–

–

–

–

–

–

(5)

–

–

–

(3)

–

(8)

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

18

–

(3)

15

(10)

–

–

–

–

–

1

–

6

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

13

(71)

(780)

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

(35)

(35)

(35)

(7)

(3)

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

3

–

–

–

3

3

(5)

13

(1)

7

–

3

–

–

–

–

–

(6)

–

5

34

90

(11)

(19)

(42)

–

84

–

(30)

12

(311)

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

6

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

13

13

(4)

22

13

(4)

(5)

(71)

(10)

(780)

(11)

–

(232)

(452)

6

35

175

–

(264)

(16)

(516)

–

3

49

–

(30)

22

5

7

–

12

(3)

–

–

–

–

(326)

(13)

–

(20)

(160)

–

4

–

–

–

–

–

–

114

105

72

291

135

2,254

18

20

(4)

34

13

(7)

(5)

(71)

(10)

(1,106)

(24)

–

(252)

(612)

6

39

175

–

(264)

(16)

(672)

–

3

163

105

42

313

(359)

8,934

(422)

(30)

(253)

(323)

(277)

(156)

40

184

30

(2,243)

5,174

(277)

273

(494)

6,680

(10)

(838)

594

24

FinancialsOLD MUTUAL PLCANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS 2015 
 
Millions

  Number of 

shares issued 

and fully paid

Notes

4,907

Share 

capital

561

Share 

premium

856

Merger 

reserve

1,342

Available-
for-sale
reserve
48

Property 
revaluation 
reserve
178

Share-based 
payments 
reserve
337

Other 
reserves
37

Foreign 
currency 
translation 
reserve
(1,370)

Retained 
earnings4
4,891

Perpetual 
preferred 
callable 
securities
526

Attributable 
to equity 
holders of 
the parent
7,406

Total non-
controlling 
interests
2,139

£m

Total
equity
9,545

165

–

–
–

–
–

–

–
(5)
–
–
–
(3)

–
(8)

–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
–
40

–

18
–

(3)
15

–

–
–
–
(10)
–
1

–
6

–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
–
184

–

–
–

–
–

–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–

–
–
30
–
–
–
–
30

–
–
–
–
–
–
30
367

–

–
–

–
–

–

(7)
–
–
–
–
(3)

–
(10)

–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–

–
3
–
–
–
3
3
30

–

–
–

–
–

13

–
–
(71)
–
(780)
–

–
(838)

–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
(35)
–
–
(35)
(35)
(2,243)

590

24

614

310

924

(5)
13

(1)
7

–

3
–
–
–
–
(6)

–
594

(422)
–
5
34
90
(11)
(19)
(323)

(42)
–
84
–
(30)
12
(311)
5,174

–
–

–
–

–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
24

(30)
6
–
–
–
(253)
–
(277)

–
–
–
–
–
–
(277)
273

13
13

(4)
22

13

(4)
(5)
(71)
(10)
(780)
(11)

–
(232)

(452)
6
35
175
–
(264)
(16)
(516)

5
7

–
12

–

(3)
–
–
–
(326)
(13)

–
(20)

(160)
–
4
–
–
–
–
(156)

–
3
49
–
(30)
22
(494)
6,680

–
–
114
105
72
291
135
2,254

18
20

(4)
34

13

(7)
(5)
(71)
(10)
(1,106)
(24)

–
(252)

(612)
6
39
175
–
(264)
(16)
(672)

–
3
163
105
42
313
(359)
8,934

For the year ended 31 December 2015 

Shareholders’ equity at beginning of the year

Total comprehensive income for the financial year

Profit after tax for the financial year

Other comprehensive income

Items that will not be reclassified subsequently  

to profit or loss

Fair value gains

  Property revaluation

  Measurement gains on defined benefit plans

Income tax on items that will not be reclassified  

subsequently to profit or loss

Items that may be reclassified subsequently to profit or loss

Fair value gains/(losses)

  Net investment hedge

Available-for-sale investments

  Fair value (losses)/gains1

  Recycled to profit or loss

Shadow accounting

Other movements

Exchange differences recycled to profit or loss on disposal of business2

Currency translation differences on translating foreign operations1

Income tax on items that may be reclassified  

 subsequently to profit or loss

Total comprehensive income for the financial year

Transactions with the owners of the Company

Contributions and distributions

Dividends for the year

Tax relief on dividends paid

Equity share-based payment transactions

Proceeds from BEE transactions

Merger reserve released3

Preferred securities repurchased

Other movements in share capital 

Total contributions and distributions

Changes in ownership

Shares issued for the acquisition of Quilter Cheviot

Share of movement in associate reserves

Disposal of a non-controlling interest in OM Asset Management plc

Non-controlling interests in subsidiaries acquired

Change in participation in subsidiaries 

Total changes in ownership

Total transactions with the owners of the Company

Shareholders’ equity at end of the year

H2(a)

D1(c)

D1(c)

C3

A2

A2

J8(b)

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

3

3

–

–

–

–

19

19

22

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

2

–

–

–

–

2

2

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

3

141

144

40

–

–

–

–

40

184

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

(90)

(90)

4,929

563

1,040

(90)

1,252

1  Included in other reserves is a loss of £7 million relating to Economic Transactional Bank (ETI) available-for-sale reserve. Currency translation differences on translating 

foreign operations include £24 million relating to foreign exchange gains on translation of ETI

2  Following the disposal of Old Mutual Wealth’s European businesses foreign currency translation reserves of £71 million were recycled to profit or loss

3  On disposal of Old Mutual Wealth’s European businesses merger reserves of £90 million was released directly to retained earnings. The merger reserve arose from  

when businesses were acquired using ordinary shares of the entity and is non-distributable. It is released to distributable reserves upon subsequent realisation of value  

4  Retained earnings were reduced in respect of own shares held in policyholders’ funds, ESOP trusts, Black Economic Empowerment trusts and other undertakings at 

for the businesses acquired. Refer to note A2 for further information

31 December 2015 by £243 million (2014: £338 million).

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN EQUITY

For the year ended 31 December 2015 

Year ended 31 December 2014
Shareholders’ equity at beginning of the year
Total comprehensive income for the financial year
Profit after tax for the financial year
Other comprehensive income
Items that will not be reclassified  
subsequently to profit or loss

Fair value gains
  Property revaluation
  Measurement gains on defined benefit plans
Income tax on items that will not be reclassified  

subsequently to profit or loss

Items that may be reclassified subsequently to profit or loss
Fair value gains/(losses)
  Net investment hedge
Available-for-sale investments
  Fair value gains
  Recycled to profit or loss1
Exchange differences recycled to profit or loss  

on disposal of business1

Shadow accounting
Currency translation differences on translating foreign operations
Other movements
Income tax on items that may be reclassified  

subsequently to profit or loss

Total comprehensive income for the financial year
Transactions with the owners of the Company
Contributions and distributions
Dividends for the year
Tax relief on dividends paid
Equity share-based payment transactions
Merger reserve released1
Expiry of Skandia AB shareholder claims 
Other movements in share capital 
Total contributions and distributions
Changes in ownership
Disposal of a non-controlling interest in
OM Asset Management plc
Non-controlling interests in subsidiaries acquired
Change in participation in subsidiaries 
Total changes in ownership
Total transactions with owners of the Company
Shareholders’ equity at end of the year

Millions

Notes

Number of 
shares issued 
  and fully paid
4,897

Share  
capital
560

Share
premium
845

Merger
reserve
1,717

H2(a)

D1(c)

D1(c)

C3

–

–
–

–
–

 – 
–

–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
 – 
–
–
–
–
–
10
10

–

–
–

–
–

 – 
–

–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
 – 
–
–
–
–
–
1
1

–

–
–

–
–

 – 
–

–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
 – 
–
–
–
–
–
11
11

–
–
–
–
10
4,907

–
–
–
–
1
561

–
–
–
–
11
856

–

–
–

–
–

 – 
–

–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
 – 
–
–
–
(375)
–
–
(375)

–
–
–
–
(375)
1,342

1  Following the disposal of Old Mutual Wealth’s European businesses, available-for-sale reserves of £20 million and foreign currency translation reserves of £46 million 

have been recycled to profit or loss. In addition, merger reserves of £375 million relating to these businesses were released directly to retained earnings.

Available- 

for-sale  

reserve

Property 

revaluation 

reserve

Share-based 

payments 

reserve

52

–

161

–

316

Other 

reserves

37

–

Foreign 

currency

translation 

reserve 

(1,234)

Retained 

earnings

4,290

557

Perpetual 

preferred 

callable 

securities

526

25

Attributable 

to equity 

holders of 

the parent

7,270

Total non-

controlling 

interests

1,767

582

270

(9)

(85)

(45)

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

3

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

(5)

2

(1)

(4)

–

–

–

–

–

–

(21)

–

532

(394)

–

(3)

375

11

72

61

52

–

(44)

8

69

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

7

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

(25)

526

23

2

(7)

18

(9)

21

(20)

(85)

(5)

(45)

(18)

(5)

434

7

18

–

11

84

52

–

(44)

8

(298)

7,406

5

–

–

5

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

4

–

–

1

(23)

252

163

53

44

260

120

(136)

25

(32)

(426)

(145)

(571)

(25)

(306)

(140)

(446)

£m

Total

equity

9,037

852

28

2

(7)

23

(9)

21

(20)

(85)

(5)

(68)

(18)

(5)

686

7

22

–

11

85

215

53

–

268

(178)

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

21

21

21

337

21

(20)

(5)

(4)

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

28

–

(6)

22

–

–

–

–

(5)

–

–

–

17

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

48

178

37

(1,370)

4,891

2,139

9,545

FinancialsOLD MUTUAL PLCANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS 2015 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
For the year ended 31 December 2015 

Year ended 31 December 2014

Shareholders’ equity at beginning of the year

Total comprehensive income for the financial year

Profit after tax for the financial year

Other comprehensive income

Items that will not be reclassified  

subsequently to profit or loss

Fair value gains

  Property revaluation

  Measurement gains on defined benefit plans

Income tax on items that will not be reclassified  

subsequently to profit or loss

Items that may be reclassified subsequently to profit or loss

Fair value gains/(losses)

  Net investment hedge

Available-for-sale investments

  Fair value gains

  Recycled to profit or loss1

on disposal of business1

Shadow accounting

Exchange differences recycled to profit or loss  

Currency translation differences on translating foreign operations

Other movements

Income tax on items that may be reclassified  

subsequently to profit or loss

Total comprehensive income for the financial year

Transactions with the owners of the Company

Contributions and distributions

Dividends for the year

Tax relief on dividends paid

Equity share-based payment transactions

Merger reserve released1

Expiry of Skandia AB shareholder claims 

Other movements in share capital 

Total contributions and distributions

Changes in ownership

Disposal of a non-controlling interest in

OM Asset Management plc

Non-controlling interests in subsidiaries acquired

Change in participation in subsidiaries 

Total changes in ownership

Total transactions with owners of the Company

Shareholders’ equity at end of the year

H2(a)

D1(c)

D1(c)

C3

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

10

10

 – 

–

 – 

–

 – 

–

 – 

–

 – 

 – 

 – 

 – 

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

1

1

–

–

–

–

1

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

11

11

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

(375)

(375)

1  Following the disposal of Old Mutual Wealth’s European businesses, available-for-sale reserves of £20 million and foreign currency translation reserves of £46 million 

have been recycled to profit or loss. In addition, merger reserves of £375 million relating to these businesses were released directly to retained earnings.

10

4,907

561

11

856

(375)

1,342

Millions

Number of 

shares issued 

Notes

  and fully paid

4,897

Share  

capital

560

Share

premium

845

Merger

reserve

1,717

Available- 
for-sale  
reserve
52

Property 
revaluation 
reserve
161

Share-based 
payments 
reserve
316

Other 
reserves
37

Foreign 
currency
translation 
reserve 
(1,234)

Retained 
earnings
4,290

Perpetual 
preferred 
callable 
securities
526

Attributable 
to equity 
holders of 
the parent
7,270

Total non-
controlling 
interests
1,767

557

25

582

270

–

–
–

–
–

–

21
(20)

–
–
–
–

(5)
(4)

–
–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
48

–

28
–

(6)
22

–

–
–

–
(5)
–
–

–
17

–
–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
178

–

–
–

–
–

–

–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–

–
–
21
–
–
–
21

–
–
–
–
21
337

–

–
–

–
–

–

–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
37

–

–
–

–
–

(9)

–
–

(85)
–
(45)
3

–
(136)

–
–
–
–
–
–
–

(5)
2

(1)
(4)

–

–
–

–
–
–
(21)

–
532

(394)
–
(3)
375
11
72
61

–
–
–
–
–
(1,370)

52
–
(44)
8
69
4,891

–
–

–
–

–

–
–

–
–
–
–

–
25

(32)
7
–
–
–
–
(25)

–
–
–
–
(25)
526

23
2

(7)
18

(9)

21
(20)

(85)
(5)
(45)
(18)

(5)
434

(426)
7
18
–
11
84
(306)

52
–
(44)
8
(298)
7,406

5
–

–
5

–

–
–

–
–
(23)
–

–
252

(145)
–
4
–
–
1
(140)

163
53
44
260
120
2,139

167

£m

Total
equity
9,037

852

28
2

(7)
23

(9)

21
(20)

(85)
(5)
(68)
(18)

(5)
686

(571)
7
22
–
11
85
(446)

215
53
–
268
(178)
9,545

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168

G R O U P   F I N A N C I A L   S TAT E M E N T S
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

For the year ended 31 December 2015

A: Significant 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 joint ventures (other than those held by life assurance funds which are accounted for as 
investments at fair value through profit or loss). 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 IFRS as adopted by the EU. 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 adopted by the Company and Group, unless otherwise stated, have been applied consistently to all periods 
presented in these consolidated financial statements.
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 profit or loss or as available-for-sale, 
owner-occupied property and investment property, cash-settled share based payments, pension scheme assets and insurance and 
investment contract liabilities. 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 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.
The Group has prepared the financial statements in accordance with its detailed accounting policies which can be found at 
http://reports2015.oldmutual.com/index.html#downloads. The significant accounting policies are contained in the financial statements 
and are included in the specific notes to which they relate. The accounting policies on financial assets and liabilities are included in note L. 
Judgements made by the directors in the application 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.
Accounting policy elections
The following significant accounting policy elections have been made by the Group:

Property and equipment 

 ■ Land and buildings are stated at revalued amounts. Revaluation surpluses are recognised 

Investment in venture capital divisions 
and insurance funds
Financial instruments

directly in equity, through other comprehensive income.

 ■ In venture capital divisions and insurance funds, the Group has elected to carry associate and 

joint venture entities at fair value through profit or loss.

 ■ The Group has elected to designate certain fixed rate financial assets and liabilities at fair 

value through profit and loss to reduce the accounting mismatch. 

 ■ Regular way purchases or sales of financial assets are recognised and derecognised using 

trade date accounting.

Investment properties

 ■ The Group has elected to recognise all investment properties at fair value, with changes in fair 

Investments in subsidiaries, associate 
companies and joint arrangements

value being recognised in profit and loss for the year.

 ■ The Group has elected to recognise these investments at cost in the Company financial 

statements.

Translation of foreign operations
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 for the year. 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 profit or loss. Cumulative 
translation gains and losses up to 1 January 2004, being the effective date of the Group’s conversion to IFRS, were reset to zero.

FinancialsOLD MUTUAL PLCANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS 2015The exchange rates used to translate the operating results, assets and liabilities of key foreign business segments to pounds sterling are:

169

Rand
US dollars
Euro

Year ended 
31 December 
2015
Statement 
of financial 
position 
(closing rate)
22.8183
1.4734
1.3560

Income 
statement 
(average rate)
19.5223
1.5285
1.3765

Year ended 
31 December 
2014
Statement
of financial
position
(closing rate)
17.9976
1.5581
1.2877

Income 
statement 
(average rate)
17.8712
1.6474
1.2399

A2: Significant corporate activity and business changes during the year
Acquisitions completed during the year
Acquisition of Quilter Cheviot
On 25 February 2015, the Group completed the acquisition of 100% of Quilter Cheviot, a leading UK-based discretionary investment 
manager, for a total consideration of £585 million, comprising of £543 million cash and £42 million of deferred consideration that will be 
settled in Old Mutual plc shares. An additional £23 million was paid to the seller to compensate for the increase in the net asset value of 
Quilter Cheviot between the date at which the acquisition was agreed and the completion of the transaction. The purchase consideration 
for the acquisition of Quilter Cheviot was the total cash paid of £566 million.

Goodwill of £292 million and other intangible assets of £288 million (£273 million customer relationships and £15 million brand) were 
recognised as a result of the transaction.

Acquisition of UAP Holdings Limited
On 24 June 2015, the Group obtained control of UAP Holdings Limited (UAP) through the acquisition, in two tranches, of a 60.7% 
ownership interest in UAP for £152 million. UAP is an East African financial services group that mainly operates in East Africa.

An initial stake of 23.3% was acquired on 1 February 2015, while the remaining 37.3% stake was acquired on 24 June 2015. The results and 
movements in reserves were equity accounted from 1 February 2015 to the date that control was obtained. Subsequently, from 24 June 
2015, the financial results and financial position were consolidated in the Group financial statements. The purchase price per share did not 
vary between the acquisition of the two tranches.

Goodwill of £150 million and other intangible assets of £20 million (£17 million brand and £3 million customer relationships) were 
recognised as a result of the transaction.

Acquisition of an additional stake in Credit Guarantee Insurance Corporation of Africa Limited (CGIC)
On 1 October 2015, the Group acquired an additional 33.6% stake in Credit Guarantee Insurance Corporation of Africa Limited (CGIC) 
for £26 million.

The transaction increased the Group’s total holding in CGIC to 86.1%. The transaction resulted in a decrease in equity attributable to the 
equity holders of the parent of £15 million and a decrease in non-controlling interests of £11 million.

Acquisition of African Infrastructure Investment Managers (Pty) Limited
On 10 December 2015, the Group acquired an additional 50% stake in African Infrastructure Investment Managers (Pty) Limited (AIIM) 
for £16 million. As the Group now has a controlling shareholding of 100%, the financial results and position of AIIM have been 
consolidated with effect from 10 December 2015.

The accounting related to the step up in ownership from 50% to 100% which effectively involved a simultaneous sale of 50% of the 
business, followed by an acquisition of the fair value of 100% of the business. Consequently a profit of £15 million was realised on the 
transaction. Consistent with usual Group practice, this profit was recognised in the IFRS profit or loss, but excluded from AOP.

Work is currently being undertaken to determine the purchase price allocation of the fair value of 100% of the AIIM business. Provisional 
goodwill of £25 million has been recognised on this transaction.

Disposals completed during the year
Disposal of Skandia Luxembourg and Skandia France
On 2 February 2015, the Group completed the sale of Skandia Luxembourg and Skandia France, part of Old Mutual Wealth. The Group 
recognised a loss on disposal of £1 million. Merger reserves of £68 million relating to these businesses were released directly to retained 
earnings.

Disposal of Skandia Switzerland
On 30 September 2015, the Group completed the sale of Skandia Leben AG, part of Old Mutual Wealth. The Group recognised 
a loss on disposal of £51 million. Merger reserves of £22 million relating to this business were released directly to retained earnings.

Disposal of Old Mutual (Bermuda) Limited (OMB) and certain related obligations to Beechwood Bermuda Limited
On 31 December 2015, the Group completed the sale of Old Mutual (Bermuda) Limited (OMB) to Beechwood Bermuda Limited 
(Beechwood). In anticipation of the sale, OMB’s remaining variable annuity guaranteed minimum accumulation benefits (GMAB 
obligations), which mature in 2017 and 2018, were reinsured to another of the Group’s subsidiaries. A loss on this transaction of 
£0.4 million was recognised in profit or loss.

OLD MUTUAL PLCANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS 2015Financials170

G R O U P   F I N A N C I A L   S TAT E M E N T S
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS CONTINUED

For the year ended 31 December 2015

A: Significant accounting policies continued
A2: Significant corporate activity and business changes during the year continued
As part of the transaction, the Group has agreed to provide Beechwood with administration services for three years. Except for the GMAB 
obligations referred to above, all other guarantees and responsibilities for the remaining policyholder administration were transferred to 
the buyer. Refer to note J8 for further information.

Unwinding of Black Economic Empowerment (BEE) Schemes
The majority of the Group’s South African BEE schemes, established in 2005, have unwound during 2015. The total value of cash that 
Group businesses have received in relation to this is £175 million. The BEE schemes comprise business partner and community schemes in 
Nedbank and Emerging Markets (OMEM).

All the schemes involved the granting of shares to various BEE vehicles in 2005. In 2015, participants’ access to these shares has become 
unrestricted following the settlement of funding provided to them by Group companies and the meeting of vesting criteria in H1 2015. The 
notional funding associated with the OMEM schemes was settled with proceeds from the sale of shares by the trusts. The notional funding 
associated with the Nedbank schemes has been settled by calling back sufficient shares to settle the amount due to Nedbank.

Shares held by the BEE schemes were previously classified as treasury shares, but are now recognised as issued for Group financial 
reporting purposes.

OM Asset Management plc (OMAM) further public share offering
On 22 June 2015, the Group disposed of a further 13.3 million OMAM shares for a consideration of $257 million (£163 million). A profit 
of £49 million was recognised directly in equity reflecting the excess of the consideration over the share of net assets disposed. Additional 
non-controlling interests of £114 million were recognised in the statement of financial position.

Disposals announced, but not yet completed
Disposal of Rogge Global Partners PLC
On 8 February 2016, the Group announced that it has agreed to sell Rogge Global Partners PLC (Rogge) to Allianz Global Investors GmbH.  
The transaction is expected to complete in the second quarter of 2016. The assets and liabilities of Rogge were classified as held for sale  
at 31 December 2015. Refer to note K2 for further information.

Financing activities during the year
Old Mutual plc (the Company)
On 3 November 2015, the Company issued £450 million Dated Tier 2 Subordinated Notes under its existing £5,000 million Euro Note 
Programme. The notes have a maturity date of 3 November 2025 and pay interest biannually on 3 May and 3 November at a fixed rate 
of 7.88% per annum up to and including the maturity date.

On 4 November 2015, being the First Call Date, the Company redeemed the outstanding €374 million (£253 million) Upper Tier 2 
perpetual notes at their nominal value, together with accrued and unpaid interest. A loss of £11 million on the repurchase was recognised 
directly in equity and represents the difference between the historical cost and the settlement amount of these instruments.

Emerging Markets
On 19 March 2015, OMLAC(SA) issued R2,061 million (£90 million) of floating and fixed rate instruments, which have been classified as 
subordinated debt. These instruments have maturity dates ranging from 2025 to 2030.

On 11 September 2015, OMLAC(SA) issued R2,479 million (£109 million) of floating and fixed rate instruments which has been classified 
as subordinated debt. These instruments have maturity dates ranging from 2015 to 2030.

On 27 October 2015, OMLAC(SA) redeemed R3 billion notes, together with interest accrued to this date. These notes were issued on 
27 October 2005, under OMLAC(SA)’s Unsecured Subordinated Callable Note Programme dated 25 October 2005.

On 3 November 2015, OMLAC(SA) issued a R460 million (£20 million) fixed rate instrument which has been classified as subordinated 
debt. The final maturity date of this instrument is 19 March 2030.

All of the new instruments were issued through the existing ZAR Unsecured Subordinated Callable Note Programme.

Nedbank
Nedbank issued and redeemed debt instruments in the normal course of its funding programme.

FinancialsOLD MUTUAL PLCANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS 2015A3: Critical accounting estimates and judgements
In the preparation of these 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.

171

Critical accounting estimates and judgements are those which involve the most complex or subjective judgements or assessments. Where 
applicable the Group applies estimation and assumption setting techniques that are aligned with relevant actuarial and accounting 
guidance based on knowledge of the current situation. This requires assumptions and predictions of future events and actions. There have 
been no significant methodology changes to the critical accounting estimates and judgements that the Group applied at 31 December 
2014. The significant accounting policies are described in the relevant notes.

The key areas of the Group’s business that typically require such estimates and the relevant accounting policies and notes are as follows:

Area
Loans and advances
Life assurance contract provisions
Intangible assets and goodwill
Consolidation
Tax

Policy note More detail
G1
G6
H1
I3
D1/H7

G1
G6
H1
I1
D1

A4: 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 the 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, 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.

The following balances include both current and non-current portions – reinsurers’ shares of life assurance and property & casualty 
business policyholder liabilities, loans and advances, investments and securities, other assets, derivative financial assets and liabilities, life 
assurance and property & casualty 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).

A5: Standards, amendments to standards, and interpretations adopted in the 2015 annual 
financial statements
During the year, there were no new standards implemented that had a material effect on the financial statements of the Group.

A6: Future standards, amendments to standards and interpretations not early-adopted in the 
2015 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 (IASB).

 ■ IFRS 9 ‘Financial Instruments’

In July 2014, the IASB issued IFRS 9 ‘Financial Instruments’, which replaces IAS 39 ‘Financial Instruments: Recognition and Measurement’.

IFRS 9 introduces new requirements for how an entity should classify and measure financial assets, requires changes to the reporting of 
‘own credit’ with respect to issued debt liabilities that are designated at fair value, replaces the current rules for impairment of financial 
assets and amends the requirements for hedge accounting.

Classification and measurement of financial assets and liabilities
IFRS 9 requires that an entity’s business model and a financial instrument’s contractual cash flows will determine its classification and 
therefore its measurement in the financial statements. Upon assessment each financial asset will be classified as either fair value 
through profit or loss (FVTPL), amortised cost, or fair value through Other Comprehensive Income (FVOCI). As these requirements 
are different than the assessments under the existing IAS 39 rules, some differences to classification and measurement of financial 
assets are to be expected.

The classification and measurement of financial liabilities remain largely unchanged under IFRS 9 from current requirements. However, 
where issued debt liabilities are designated at fair value, the fair value movements attributable to an entity’s own credit risk will be 
recognised in Other Comprehensive Income rather than in the consolidated income statement under IFRS 9.

Impairment of financial assets
The impairment rules under IFRS 9 will apply to those financial assets that are measured at amortised cost and debt instruments 
measured at FVOCI. Impairment will move from a model whereby credit losses are recognised when a ‘trigger’ event occurs under 
IAS 39 to an expected loss model, where provisions are taken upon initial recognition of the financial asset based on expectations of 
potential credit losses at that time.

OLD MUTUAL PLCANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS 2015Financials172

G R O U P   F I N A N C I A L   S TAT E M E N T S
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS CONTINUED

For the year ended 31 December 2015

A: Significant accounting policies continued
A6: Future standards, amendments to standards and interpretations not early-adopted in the 
2015 annual financial statements continued

The allowance for credit losses provided for on initial recognition will be based on a 12-month expected credit loss basis. Subsequently, 
should the probability of default of the issuer increase significantly, the expected credit loss of the financial asset over its lifetime (lifetime 
expected losses) will be recognised as an additional provision. As a result of the changes to impairment rules, IFRS 9 will result in an 
increase in subjectivity as provisions will be based on forward-looking, probability-weighted information that is continuously monitored 
and incorporated over the life of the financial asset. This is in contrast to impairment recognition that is based on credit events that have 
already occurred under IAS 39. IFRS 9 is expected to result in an increase in the overall level of impairment allowances, due to the 
likelihood that there will be a larger population of financial assets to which lifetime expected losses applies as compared to the 
population of financial assets for which credit events have already occurred under IAS 39.

Hedge accounting
IFRS 9 also incorporates new hedge accounting rules that intend to align hedge accounting with risk management practices. Generally, 
some restrictions under current rules have been removed and a greater variety of hedging instruments and hedged items become 
available for hedge accounting.

IFRS 9 allows the deferral of the requirements relating to hedge accounting, permitting continuation with IAS 39 principles until the 
IASB’s macro-hedging project is completed, so as to ensure that reporting entities do not have to comply with interim measures before 
macro-hedging rules are finalised. The Group, like most financial institutions, is considering adopting the deferral option. Accordingly, 
the new hedging model is not expected to have a significant impact on the micro-hedge accounting of the Group.

Effective date
IFRS 9 is effective for annual periods beginning on or after 1 January 2018. The Group is currently assessing the impact of IFRS 9 which 
is expected to have the largest impact on the Group’s banking operations. The standard has not yet been endorsed by the EU.

 ■ IFRS 15 ‘Revenue from Contracts with Customers’

In May 2014, the IASB issued IFRS 15 ‘Revenue from Contracts with Customers’, which specifies how and when revenue is recognised, 
but does not impact income recognition related to financial instruments in scope of IFRS 9 or IAS 39. IFRS 15 replaces several other IFRS 
standards and interpretations that currently govern revenue recognition under IFRS and provides a single, principles-based five-step 
model to be applied to all contracts with customers. The standard also requires entities to provide users of financial statements with more 
informative and relevant disclosures. The implementation of the standard will primarily impact the Group’s asset management business. 
The treatment of revenue relating to financial instruments and insurance contracts will be dealt with according to the specific standard.

Effective date
IFRS 15 will be effective for annual periods beginning on or after 1 January 2018. The Group is currently assessing the impact of IFRS 15. 
The standard has not yet been endorsed by the EU.

 ■ IFRS 16 ‘Leases’

The IASB issued IFRS 16 ‘Leases’ in January 2016. IFRS 16 sets out the principles for the recognition, measurement, presentation and 
disclosure of leases for both parties to a contract, i.e. the customer (lessee) and the supplier (lessor). IFRS 16 replaces the previous leases 
standard, IAS 17 ‘Leases’, and related Interpretations.

The Group as lessee
IFRS 16 eliminates the classification of leases as either operating leases or finance leases as is required by IAS 17 and, instead, 
introduces a single lessee accounting model. Applying that model, a lessee is required to recognise:

(a) assets and liabilities for all leases with a term of more than 12 months, unless the underlying asset is of low value; and

(b) depreciation of lease assets separately from interest on lease liabilities in the income statement.

The Group as lessor
IFRS 16 substantially carries forward the lessor accounting requirements in IAS 17. Accordingly, a lessor continues to classify its leases 
as operating leases or finance leases, and to account for those two types of leases differently.

The most significant effect of the new requirements in IFRS 16 will be an increase in lease assets and financial liabilities. The Group is in 
the process of quantifying the aforementioned increase in lease assets and financial liabilities.

Effective date
IFRS 16 will be effective for accounting periods beginning on or after 1 January 2019. The standard has not yet been endorsed by the 
EU. Early application is permitted for companies that also apply IFRS 15 ‘Revenue from Contracts with Customers’.

FinancialsOLD MUTUAL PLCANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS 2015173

B: Segment information
B1: Basis of segmentation
Segment presentation
There have been no changes to the presentation of segment information for the year ended 31 December 2015.
The Group’s reported segments are Emerging Markets, Nedbank, Old Mutual Wealth and Institutional Asset Management. The Other 
segment includes central activities. For all reporting periods, these businesses have been classified as continuing operations in the IFRS 
income statement and as core operations in determining the Group’s adjusted operating profit (AOP).
For all reporting periods, Old Mutual Bermuda is classified as a continuing operation in the IFRS income statement, but as non-core in 
determining the Group’s AOP.
For the year ended 31 December 2015, discontinued operations related to the sale of US Life in 2011. For the year ended 31 December 
2014, discontinued operations related to the disposals of Nordic in 2012 and US Life in 2011. Refer to note K1 for further information.
The Group’s segmental results are analysed and reported on a basis consistent with the way that management and the Board of directors 
of Old Mutual plc assesses performance of the underlying businesses and allocates resources. Information is presented to the Board on a 
consolidated basis in pounds sterling (the presentation currency) and in the functional currency of each business.
Adjusted operating profit (AOP) 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. As appropriate to the business line, the 
Board reviews additional measures to assess the performance of each of the segments. These typically include sales, net client cash flows, 
funds under management, gross earned premiums, underwriting results, net interest income and non-interest revenue and credit losses.
Consistent with internal reporting, assets, liabilities, revenues and 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 trading activities between the segments.
The revenues generated in each reported segment can be seen in the analysis of profits and losses in note B3. The segmental information 
in notes B3 and B4 reflect the adjusted and IFRS measures of profit or loss and the assets and liabilities for each operating segment as 
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.
The Group is primarily engaged in the following business activities from which it generates revenue: life assurance (premium income), 
asset management business (fee and commission income), banking (banking interest receivable and investment banking income) and 
property & casualty (premium income). Other revenue includes gains and losses on investment securities. An analysis of segment revenues 
and expenses and the Group’s revenues and expenses is shown in note B3.
The principal lines of business from which each operating segment derives its revenues are as follows:

Core operations
Emerging Markets – life assurance, property & casualty, asset management and banking
Nedbank – banking, asset management and life assurance
Old Mutual Wealth – life assurance and asset management
Institutional Asset Management – asset management

Non-core operations
Old Mutual Bermuda – life assurance

B2: Gross earned premiums and deposits to investment contracts

Year ended 31 December 2015

Life assurance – insurance contracts 
Life assurance – investment contracts with discretionary participation features
General insurance
Gross earned premiums
Life assurance – unit-linked and similar contracts and  
other investment contracts recognised as deposits

Year ended 31 December 2014

Life assurance – insurance contracts 
Life assurance – investment contracts with discretionary participation features
General insurance
Gross earned premiums
Life assurance – unit-linked and similar contracts and other investment contracts  

recognised as deposits

Emerging 
Markets
1,469
1,221
745
3,435

Old Mutual 
Wealth
154
–
–
154

£m

Total 
1,623
1,221
745
3,589

4,039

7,988

12,027

Emerging 
Markets
1,299
961
669
2,929

Old Mutual 
Wealth
280
–
–
280

£m

Total 
1,579
961
669
3,209

1,981

6,442

8,423

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G R O U P   F I N A N C I A L   S TAT E M E N T S
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS CONTINUED

For the year ended 31 December 2015

B: Segment information continued
B3: Adjusted operating profit statement – segment information for the year ended 31 December 2015

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 revenue
Expenses
Claims and benefits (including change in insurance contract provisions)
Reinsurance recoveries
Net claims and benefits incurred
Change in investment contract liabilities
Credit impairment charges
Finance costs
Banking interest payable and similar expenses
Fee and commission expenses, and other acquisition costs
Change in third-party interest in consolidated funds
Other operating and administrative expenses
Income tax attributable to policyholder returns
Total expenses
Share of associated undertakings’ and joint ventures’ profit after tax
Profit on disposal of subsidiaries, associated undertakings and strategic investments
Adjusted operating profit/(loss) before tax and non-controlling interests
Income tax expense
Non-controlling interests
Adjusted operating profit/(loss) after tax and non-controlling interests
Adjusting items after 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

Notes

B2

D2
D3
D4
D5

G1(d)
D6
D7
D8

D9

I2(a)
C1(c)

D1

C1(a)

K1

Emerging 
Markets

3,435
(253)
3,182
2,445
235
5
560
70
6,497

(3,294)
184
(3,110)
(1,142)
(62)
(15)
(93)
(323)
–
(1,121)
(30)
(5,896)
14
–
615
(173)
(24)
418
(56)
362
–
362

Old Mutual 

Institutional 

Asset 

Nedbank

Wealth

Management

Other

Consolidation 

adjustments1

Adjusted 

operating 

profit

Adjusting 

items 

(note C1)

Discontinued

and non-core

operations2

17

283

(73)

(35)

–

–

–

–

3,085

208

894

12

4,199

–

–

–

–

–

(9)

–

–

(245)

(1,833)

(1,403)

45

–

754

(180)

(272)

302

7

–

309

309

154

(82)

72

1,158

–

–

1,140

13

2,383

(169)

95

(74)

(1,061)

(416)

(524)

(1)

–

–

–

–

–

–

307

(43)

–

264

(222)

42

–

42

491

496

–

–

–

–

–

–

5

–

–

–

–

–

(2)

–

(6)

–

–

8

–

(347)

149

(30)

(33)

86

(20)

66

–

66

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

17

(83)

–

(4)

–

(92)

–

(179)

–

–

(162)

23

–

(139)

26

(113)

–

(113)

(39)

(21)

223

(57)

(208)

42

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

3,589

(335)

3,254

3,903

3,320

213

3,046

79

13,815

(3,463)

279

(3,184)

(2,203)

(307)

(100)

(1,926)

(815)

(208)

(3,445)

(31)

67

–

1,663

(403)

(329)

931

(265)

666

–

666

(19)

(92)

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

51

2

32

–

(301)

31

(185)

–

(36)

(313)

29

19

(265)

265

–

–

–

(3,490)

(2,076)

(355)

(223)

(12,219)

(28)

13,695

£m

IFRS

Income 

statement

3,589

(335)

3,254

3,795

3,320

213

3,027

86

(3,450)

279

(3,171)

(2,203)

(307)

(49)

(1,924)

(786)

(208)

(3,759)

–

(12,407)

67

(36)

1,319

(374)

(310)

635

–

635

(21)

614

–

–

–

–

–

–

7

13

–

13

–

–

–

–

(3)

–

(13)

–

(3)

–

–

–

–

–

(31)

(31)

(31)

(21)

(52)

1  Consolidation adjustments comprise the consolidation of investment funds and inter-company eliminations
2  Non-core operations for the year ended 31 December 2015 relate to Old Mutual Bermuda and US Life. Old Mutual Bermuda loss after tax for the year ended 

31 December 2015 was £31 million. Expenses of £21 million were incurred in relation to the disposal of US Life in 2011. Further information on discontinued operations 
is provided in note K1.

FinancialsOLD MUTUAL PLCANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS 2015175

For the year ended 31 December 2015

B: Segment information continued

B3: Adjusted operating profit statement – segment information for the year ended 31 December 2015

Revenue

Gross earned premiums

Outward reinsurance

Net earned premiums

Investment return (non-banking)

Banking interest and similar income

Other income

Total revenue

Expenses

Banking trading, investment and similar income

Fee and commission income, and income from service activities

Claims and benefits (including change in insurance contract provisions)

Reinsurance recoveries

Net claims and benefits incurred

Change in investment contract liabilities

Credit impairment charges

Finance costs

Banking interest payable and similar expenses

Fee and commission expenses, and other acquisition costs

Change in third-party interest in consolidated funds

Other operating and administrative expenses

Income tax attributable to policyholder returns

Total expenses

Share of associated undertakings’ and joint ventures’ profit after tax

Profit on disposal of subsidiaries, associated undertakings and strategic investments

Adjusted operating profit/(loss) before tax and non-controlling interests

Income tax expense

Non-controlling interests

Adjusted operating profit/(loss) after tax and non-controlling interests

Adjusting items after 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

Notes

B2

D2

D3

D4

D5

G1(d)

D6

D7

D8

D9

I2(a)

C1(c)

D1

C1(a)

K1

Emerging 

Markets

3,435

(253)

3,182

2,445

235

5

560

70

6,497

(3,294)

184

(3,110)

(1,142)

(62)

(15)

(93)

(323)

–

(1,121)

(30)

(5,896)

14

–

615

(173)

(24)

418

(56)

362

–

362

Nedbank

Old Mutual 
Wealth

Institutional 
Asset 
Management

Other

Consolidation 
adjustments1

Adjusted 
operating 
profit

Adjusting 
items 
(note C1)

Discontinued
and non-core
operations2

–
–
–
–
3,085
208
894
12
4,199

–
–
–
–
(245)
–
(1,833)
(9)
–
(1,403)
–
(3,490)
45
–
754
(180)
(272)
302
7
309
–
309

154
(82)
72
1,158
–
–
1,140
13
2,383

(169)
95
(74)
(1,061)
–
–
–
(416)
–
(524)
(1)
(2,076)
–
–
307
(43)
–
264
(222)
42
–
42

–
–
–
–
–
–
491
5
496

–
–
–
–
–
(2)
–
(6)
–
(347)
–
(355)
8
–
149
(30)
(33)
86
(20)
66
–
66

–
–
–
17
–
–
–
–
17

–
–
–
–
–
(83)
–
(4)
–
(92)
–
(179)
–
–
(162)
23
–
(139)
26
(113)
–
(113)

–
–
–
283
–
–
(39)
(21)
223

–
–
–
–
–
–
–
(57)
(208)
42
–
(223)
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–

3,589
(335)
3,254
3,903
3,320
213
3,046
79
13,815

(3,463)
279
(3,184)
(2,203)
(307)
(100)
(1,926)
(815)
(208)
(3,445)
(31)
(12,219)
67
–
1,663
(403)
(329)
931
(265)
666
–
666

–
–
–
(73)
–
–
(19)
–
(92)

–
–
–
–
–
51
2
32
–
(301)
31
(185)
–
(36)
(313)
29
19
(265)
265
–
–
–

–
–
–
(35)
–
–
–
7
(28)

13
–
13
–
–
–
–
(3)
–
(13)
–
(3)
–
–
(31)
–
–
(31)
–
(31)
(21)
(52)

£m
IFRS
Income 
statement

3,589
(335)
3,254
3,795
3,320
213
3,027
86
13,695

(3,450)
279
(3,171)
(2,203)
(307)
(49)
(1,924)
(786)
(208)
(3,759)
–
(12,407)
67
(36)
1,319
(374)
(310)
635
–
635
(21)
614

1  Consolidation adjustments comprise the consolidation of investment funds and inter-company eliminations

2  Non-core operations for the year ended 31 December 2015 relate to Old Mutual Bermuda and US Life. Old Mutual Bermuda loss after tax for the year ended 

31 December 2015 was £31 million. Expenses of £21 million were incurred in relation to the disposal of US Life in 2011. Further information on discontinued operations 

is provided in note K1.

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G R O U P   F I N A N C I A L   S TAT E M E N T S
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS CONTINUED

For the year ended 31 December 2015

B: Segment information continued
B3: Adjusted operating profit statement – segment information for the year ended 31 December 2014

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 revenue
Expenses
Claims and benefits (including change in insurance contract provisions)
Reinsurance recoveries
Net claims and benefits incurred
Change in investment contract liabilities
Credit impairment charges
Finance costs
Banking interest payable and similar expenses
Fee and commission expenses, and other acquisition costs
Change in third-party interest in consolidated funds
Other operating and administrative expenses
Income tax attributable to policyholder returns
Total expenses
Share of associated undertakings’ and joint ventures’ profit after tax
Loss on disposal of subsidiaries, associated undertakings and strategic investments
Adjusted operating profit/(loss) before tax and non-controlling interests
Income tax expense
Non-controlling interests
Adjusted operating profit/(loss) after tax and non-controlling interests
Adjusting items after 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

Notes

B2

D2
D3
D4
D5

G1(d)
D6
D7
D8

D9

I2(a)
C1(c)

D1

C1(a)

K1

Emerging 
Markets

2,929
(223)
2,706
3,455
116
7
539
94
6,917

(3,713)
79
(3,634)
(1,208)
–
(3)
(42)
(318)
–
(1,070)
(36)
(6,311)
11
–
617
(189)
(18)
410
(15)
395
–
395

Old Mutual 

Institutional 

Asset 

Nedbank

Wealth

Management

Other

Consolidation 

adjustments

Adjusted 

operating 

profit 

Adjusting 

items

 (note C1)

Discontinued

and non-core

operations¹

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

9

–

2,941

190

919

33

4,083

(252)

(1,628)

(8)

–

(1,434)

(3,322)

770

(195)

(274)

301

14

315

–

315

280

(85)

195

2,493

–

–

1,085

10

3,783

(385)

136

(249)

(2,336)

–

–

–

–

–

–

(511)

(437)

(23)

(3,556)

227

(48)

–

179

(216)

(37)

–

(37)

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

6

–

416

17

433

(4)

–

(304)

(308)

131

(29)

(6)

96

(19)

77

–

77

28

405

30

–

–

–

–

–

–

2

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

(78)

(92)

(170)

(140)

22

–

(118)

(1)

(119)

–

(119)

(18)

(38)

349

(76)

(322)

40

–

(349)

–

–

–

–

–

6

–

6

–

–

3

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

3,209

(308)

2,901

6,381

3,057

197

2,941

118

15,595

(4,092)

215

(3,877)

(3,544)

(252)

(78)

(1,670)

(917)

(322)

(3,297)

(59)

(14,016)

26

–

1,605

(439)

(298)

868

(237)

631

–

631

(91)

(47)

(138)

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

24

(2)

58

–

(241)

59

(102)

–

(2)

(242)

(23)

28

(237)

237

–

–

–

21

15,478

£m

IFRS

Income 

statement

3,209

(308)

2,901

6,304

3,057

197

2,894

125

(4,098)

215

(3,883)

(3,544)

(252)

(54)

(1,672)

(863)

(322)

(3,548)

–

(14,138)

26

(2)

1,364

(462)

(270)

632

–

632

(50)

582

14

–

–

–

–

–

–

7

(6)

–

(6)

–

–

–

–

(4)

–

(10)

–

(20)

–

–

1

–

–

1

–

1

(50)

(49)

1  Non-core operations relate to Old Mutual Bermuda. Old Mutual Bermuda profit after tax for the year ended 31 December 2014 was £1 million. Non-core operations 

also include £31 million relating to the disposal of Nordic in 2012 and £19 million relating to the disposal of US Life in 2011. Further information on discontinued operations 
is provided in note K1.

FinancialsOLD MUTUAL PLCANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS 2015177

For the year ended 31 December 2015

B: Segment information continued

B3: Adjusted operating profit statement – segment information for the year ended 31 December 2014

Revenue

Gross earned premiums

Outward reinsurance

Net earned premiums

Investment return (non-banking)

Banking interest and similar income

Other income

Total revenue

Expenses

Banking trading, investment and similar income

Fee and commission income, and income from service activities

Claims and benefits (including change in insurance contract provisions)

Reinsurance recoveries

Net claims and benefits incurred

Change in investment contract liabilities

Credit impairment charges

Finance costs

Banking interest payable and similar expenses

Fee and commission expenses, and other acquisition costs

Change in third-party interest in consolidated funds

Other operating and administrative expenses

Income tax attributable to policyholder returns

Total expenses

Share of associated undertakings’ and joint ventures’ profit after tax

Loss on disposal of subsidiaries, associated undertakings and strategic investments

Adjusted operating profit/(loss) before tax and non-controlling interests

Income tax expense

Non-controlling interests

Adjusted operating profit/(loss) after tax and non-controlling interests

Adjusting items after 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

Notes

B2

D2

D3

D4

D5

G1(d)

D6

D7

D8

D9

I2(a)

C1(c)

D1

C1(a)

K1

Emerging 

Markets

2,929

(223)

2,706

3,455

116

7

539

94

6,917

(3,713)

79

(3,634)

(1,208)

–

(3)

(42)

(318)

–

(1,070)

(36)

(6,311)

11

–

617

(189)

(18)

410

(15)

395

–

395

Nedbank

Old Mutual 
Wealth

Institutional 
Asset 
Management

Other

Consolidation 
adjustments

Adjusted 
operating 
profit 

Adjusting 
items
 (note C1)

Discontinued
and non-core
operations¹

–
–
–
–
2,941
190
919
33
4,083

–
–
–
–
(252)
–
(1,628)
(8)
–
(1,434)
–
(3,322)
9
–
770
(195)
(274)
301
14
315
–
315

280
(85)
195
2,493
–
–
1,085
10
3,783

(385)
136
(249)
(2,336)
–
–
–
(511)
–
(437)
(23)
(3,556)
–
–
227
(48)
–
179
(216)
(37)
–
(37)

–
–
–
–
–
–
416
17
433

–
–
–
–
–
–
–
(4)
–
(304)
–
(308)
6
–
131
(29)
(6)
96
(19)
77
–
77

–
–
–
28
–
–
–
2
30

–
–
–
–
–
(78)
–
–
–
(92)
–
(170)
–
–
(140)
22
–
(118)
(1)
(119)
–
(119)

–
–
–
405
–
–
(18)
(38)
349

6
–
6
–
–
3
–
(76)
(322)
40
–
(349)
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–

3,209
(308)
2,901
6,381
3,057
197
2,941
118
15,595

(4,092)
215
(3,877)
(3,544)
(252)
(78)
(1,670)
(917)
(322)
(3,297)
(59)
(14,016)
26
–
1,605
(439)
(298)
868
(237)
631
–
631

–
–
–
(91)
–
–
(47)
–
(138)

–
–
–
–
–
24
(2)
58
–
(241)
59
(102)
–
(2)
(242)
(23)
28
(237)
237
–
–
–

–
–
–
14
–
–
–
7
21

(6)
–
(6)
–
–
–
–
(4)
–
(10)
–
(20)
–
–
1
–
–
1
–
1
(50)
(49)

£m
IFRS
Income 
statement

3,209
(308)
2,901
6,304
3,057
197
2,894
125
15,478

(4,098)
215
(3,883)
(3,544)
(252)
(54)
(1,672)
(863)
(322)
(3,548)
–
(14,138)
26
(2)
1,364
(462)
(270)
632
–
632
(50)
582

1  Non-core operations relate to Old Mutual Bermuda. Old Mutual Bermuda profit after tax for the year ended 31 December 2014 was £1 million. Non-core operations 

also include £31 million relating to the disposal of Nordic in 2012 and £19 million relating to the disposal of US Life in 2011. Further information on discontinued operations 

is provided in note K1.

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G R O U P   F I N A N C I A L   S TAT E M E N T S
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS CONTINUED

For the year ended 31 December 2015

B: Segment information continued
B4: Statement of financial position – segment information at 31 December 2015

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 policyholder liabilities
Loans and advances
Investments and securities
Current tax receivable
Trade, other receivables and other assets 
Derivative financial instruments
Cash and cash equivalents
Assets held for sale
Inter-segment funding – assets
Total assets
Liabilities
Long-term business insurance policyholder liabilities
Investment contract liabilities
Property & casualty liabilities
Third-party interests in consolidated funds
Borrowed funds
Provisions and accruals
Deferred revenue
Deferred tax liabilities
Current tax payable
Trade, other payables and other liabilities 
Amounts owed to bank depositors
Derivative financial instruments
Liabilities held for sale
Inter-segment funding – liabilities
Total liabilities
Net assets1
Equity
Equity attributable to equity holders of the parent
Non-controlling interests
Ordinary shares
Preferred securities

Total equity

Notes

H1

H2(a)
H2(b)
H7
I2
H3
G6
G1
G2

H4
G4

K2

G6
G6
G6

G7
H5
H6
H7

H8
G8
G4
K2

H10(b)(i)
H10(b)(ii)

Emerging 
Markets

415
5
275
1,232
47
60
87
150
912
24,983
14
759
386
1,088
84
–
30,497

7,262
16,943
341
–
449
143
20
183
73
2,006
518
558
–
–
28,496
2,001

1,805
196
196
–

2,001

Nedbank 

Old 

  Institutional 

Mutual 

Wealth

Asset 

Management

Other

Non-core 

operations

Consolidation 

adjustments2

378

711

385

1

10

420

–

4

29,873

5,777

46

495

1,335

1,001

–

–

1,971

–

–

–

–

45

18

–

–

1,036

31,810

1,474

36,995

3,441

1,710

1,731

1,459

272

1,620

–

19

–

8

1

673

2,507

180

48,157

28

618

792

–

4

–

34

254

172

13

799

–

–

–

–

–

–

748

52,657

1,950

1,950

–

–

–

3,441

1,950

863

–

21

–

218

23

24

–

–

80

–

119

–

92

35

–

–

–

–

–

3

–

–

59

297

–

6

12

99

537

938

611

327

327

–

938

10

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

467

102

55

527

–

860

–

–

–

–

212

19

–

17

23

–

4

–

93

555

–

–

–

555

£m

Total

3,276

716

700

1,233

284

514

784

2,661

30,965

82,601

88

2,007

3,076

4,520

123

–

7,714

67,854

341

4,661

3,524

199

274

417

186

3,787

32,328

3,317

12

–

8,934

6,680

2,254

1,982

272

8,934

3,137

(102)

1,283

994

–

(940)

4,661

(55)

(569)

1,275

(940)

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

1

–

–

–

–

–

–

16

17

26

–

80

–

85

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

6

–

–

–

–

91

49

49

–

–

–

49

40,436

54,607

1,475

2,021

140

4,372

133,548

159

482

293

50,344

61

1,098

1,466

555

4,372

124,614

1  The net assets of Emerging Markets are stated after eliminating investments in Group equity and debt instruments of £167 million (2014: £227 million) held in 

policyholder funds. These include investments in the Company’s ordinary shares, subordinated liabilities and preferred securities issued by the Group’s banking 
subsidiary Nedbank Limited

2  Consolidation adjustments comprise the consolidation of investment funds and inter-company eliminations.

FinancialsOLD MUTUAL PLCANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS 2015179

For the year ended 31 December 2015

B: Segment information continued

B4: Statement of financial position – segment information at 31 December 2015

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 policyholder liabilities

Loans and advances

Investments and securities

Current tax receivable

Trade, other receivables and other assets 

Derivative financial instruments

Cash and cash equivalents

Assets held for sale

Inter-segment funding – assets

Total assets

Liabilities

Long-term business insurance policyholder liabilities

Investment contract liabilities

Property & casualty liabilities

Third-party interests in consolidated funds

Borrowed funds

Provisions and accruals

Deferred revenue

Deferred tax liabilities

Current tax payable

Trade, other payables and other liabilities 

Amounts owed to bank depositors

Derivative financial instruments

Liabilities held for sale

Inter-segment funding – liabilities

Equity attributable to equity holders of the parent

Total liabilities

Net assets1

Equity

Non-controlling interests

Ordinary shares

Preferred securities

Total equity

subsidiary Nedbank Limited

1  The net assets of Emerging Markets are stated after eliminating investments in Group equity and debt instruments of £167 million (2014: £227 million) held in 

policyholder funds. These include investments in the Company’s ordinary shares, subordinated liabilities and preferred securities issued by the Group’s banking 

2  Consolidation adjustments comprise the consolidation of investment funds and inter-company eliminations.

Notes

H1

H2(a)

H2(b)

H7

I2

H3

G6

G1

G2

H4

G4

K2

G6

G6

G6

G7

H5

H6

H7

H8

G8

G4

K2

H10(b)(i)

H10(b)(ii)

Emerging 

Markets

415

5

275

1,232

47

60

87

150

912

14

759

386

24,983

1,088

84

–

30,497

7,262

16,943

341

–

449

143

20

183

73

518

558

–

–

2,006

28,496

2,001

1,805

196

196

–

2,001

Nedbank 

Old 
Mutual 
Wealth

  Institutional 
Asset 
Management

Other

Non-core 
operations

Consolidation 
adjustments2

378
711
385
1
10
420
–
4
29,873
5,777
46
495
1,335
1,001
–
–
40,436

159
482
–
–
1,971
–
–
45
18
1,036
31,810
1,474
–
–
36,995
3,441

1,710
1,731
1,459
272

1,620
–
19
–
8
1
673
2,507
180
48,157
28
618
–
792
4
–
54,607

293
50,344
–
–
–
34
254
172
13
799
–
–
–
748
52,657
1,950

1,950
–
–
–

3,441

1,950

863
–
21
–
218
23
24
–
–
80
–
119
–
92
35
–
1,475

–
–
–
–
61
3
–
–
59
297
–
6
12
99
537
938

611
327
327
–

938

–
–
–
–
–
10
–
–
–
467
–
102
55
527
–
860
2,021

–
–
–
–
1,098
19
–
17
23
212
–
4
–
93
1,466
555

555
–
–
–

555

–
–
–
–
1
–
–
–
–
–
–
16
17
26
–
80
140

–
85
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
6
–
–
–
–
91
49

49
–
–
–

49

–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
3,137
–
(102)
1,283
994
–
(940)
4,372

–
–
–
4,661
(55)
–
–
–
–
(569)
–
1,275
–
(940)
4,372
–

–
–
–
–

–

£m

Total

3,276
716
700
1,233
284
514
784
2,661
30,965
82,601
88
2,007
3,076
4,520
123
–
133,548

7,714
67,854
341
4,661
3,524
199
274
417
186
3,787
32,328
3,317
12
–
124,614
8,934

6,680
2,254
1,982
272

8,934

OLD MUTUAL PLCANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS 2015Financials180

G R O U P   F I N A N C I A L   S TAT E M E N T S
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS CONTINUED

For the year ended 31 December 2015

B: Segment information continued
B4: Statement of financial position – segment information at 31 December 2014

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 policyholder liabilities
Loans and advances
Investments and securities
Current tax receivable
Trade, other receivables and other assets 
Derivative financial instruments
Cash and cash equivalents
Assets held for sale
Inter-segment funding – assets
Total assets
Liabilities
Long-term business insurance policyholder liabilities
Investment contract liabilities
Property & casualty liabilities
Third-party interests in consolidated funds
Borrowed funds
Provisions and accruals
Deferred revenue
Deferred tax liabilities
Current tax payable
Trade, other payables and other liabilities 
Amounts owed to bank depositors
Derivative financial instruments
Liabilities held for sale
Inter-segment funding – liabilities
Total liabilities
Net assets
Equity
Equity attributable to equity holders of the parent
Non-controlling interests
Ordinary shares
Preferred securities

Total equity

Notes

H1

H2(a)
H2(b)
H7
I2
H3
G6
G1
G2

H4
G4

G6
G6
G6

G7
H5
H6
H7

H8
G8
G4

H10(b)(i)
H10(b)(ii)

Emerging 
Markets 

275
–
304
1,290
87
61
100
132
909
29,731
11
650
255
1,477
155
–
35,437

9,276
19,956
319
–
420
198
22
203
107
2,213
385
302
–
–
33,401
2,036

1,927
109
109
–

2,036

Nedbank 

Old 

Mutual 

Wealth

Institutional 

Asset 

Management

Other

Non-core

 operations

Consolidation 

adjustments

44,799

53,554

1,369

1,688

452

829

432

7

17

426

–

7

16

708

865

907

1

–

33,773

6,359

1,980

232

653

–

–

1

–

42

7

1,241

35,858

860

–

–

40,874

3,925

2,069

1,856

1,584

272

1,197

–

13

–

6

–

746

2,175

175

46,631

64

539

–

689

1,319

–

291

48,188

–

–

–

40

308

190

35

919

–

–

1,285

173

51,429

2,125

2,125

–

–

–

3,925

2,125

839

172

–

16

–

21

16

–

–

40

1

134

130

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

3

–

–

3

–

–

–

114

252

170

542

827

653

174

174

–

827

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

10

554

–

14

71

696

–

343

–

–

–

–

677

42

–

19

37

177

–

1

–

192

1,145

543

543

–

–

–

543

£m

Total

2,763

829

765

1,678

283

518

862

2,314

34,857

87,547

92

2,362

1,227

4,944

1,475

–

142,516

10,519

68,841

319

5,986

3,044

284

330

454

189

4,276

36,243

1,201

1,285

–

132,971

9,545

7,406

2,139

1,867

272

9,545

381

3,891

–

20

28

1,020

–

(535)

4,805

5,986

(147)

(536)

–

37

–

(535)

4,805

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

1

–

–

–

–

–

341

297

8

25

–

192

864

720

44

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

1

–

–

10

89

–

–

–

89

775

89

FinancialsOLD MUTUAL PLCANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS 2015181

For the year ended 31 December 2015

B: Segment information continued

B4: Statement of financial position – segment information at 31 December 2014

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 policyholder liabilities

Loans and advances

Investments and securities

Current tax receivable

Trade, other receivables and other assets 

Derivative financial instruments

Cash and cash equivalents

Assets held for sale

Inter-segment funding – assets

Total assets

Liabilities

Long-term business insurance policyholder liabilities

Investment contract liabilities

Property & casualty liabilities

Third-party interests in consolidated funds

Borrowed funds

Provisions and accruals

Deferred revenue

Deferred tax liabilities

Current tax payable

Trade, other payables and other liabilities 

Amounts owed to bank depositors

Derivative financial instruments

Liabilities held for sale

Inter-segment funding – liabilities

Equity attributable to equity holders of the parent

Total liabilities

Net assets

Equity

Non-controlling interests

Ordinary shares

Preferred securities

Total equity

Notes

H1

H2(a)

H2(b)

H7

I2

H3

G6

G1

G2

H4

G4

G6

G6

G6

G7

H5

H6

H7

H8

G8

G4

H10(b)(i)

H10(b)(ii)

Emerging 

Markets 

275

–

304

1,290

87

61

100

132

909

11

650

255

29,731

1,477

155

–

35,437

9,276

19,956

319

–

420

198

22

203

107

2,213

385

302

–

–

33,401

2,036

1,927

109

109

–

2,036

Nedbank 

Old 
Mutual 
Wealth

Institutional 
Asset 
Management

452
829
432
7
17
426
–
7
33,773
6,359
16
708
865
907
1
–
44,799

232
653
–
–
1,980
1
–
42
7
1,241
35,858
860
–
–
40,874
3,925

2,069
1,856
1,584
272

3,925

1,197
–
13
–
6
–
746
2,175
175
46,631
64
539
–
689
1,319
–
53,554

291
48,188
–
–
–
40
308
190
35
919
–
–
1,285
173
51,429
2,125

2,125
–
–
–

2,125

839
–
16
–
172
21
16
–
–
40
1
134
–
130
–
–
1,369

–
–
–
–
114
3
–
–
3
252
–
–
–
170
542
827

653
174
174
–

827

Other

–
–
–
–
–
10
–
–
–
554
–
14
71
696
–
343
1,688

–
–
–
–
677
42
–
19
37
177
–
1
–
192
1,145
543

543
–
–
–

543

Non-core
 operations

Consolidation 
adjustments

–
–
–
–
1
–
–
–
–
341
–
297
8
25
–
192
864

720
44
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
10
–
1
–
–
775
89

89
–
–
–

89

–
–
–
381
–
–
–
–
–
3,891
–
20
28
1,020
–
(535)
4,805

–
–
–
5,986
(147)
–
–
–
–
(536)
–
37
–
(535)
4,805
–

–
–
–
–

–

£m

Total

2,763
829
765
1,678
283
518
862
2,314
34,857
87,547
92
2,362
1,227
4,944
1,475
–
142,516

10,519
68,841
319
5,986
3,044
284
330
454
189
4,276
36,243
1,201
1,285
–
132,971
9,545

7,406
2,139
1,867
272

9,545

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G R O U P   F I N A N C I A L   S TAT E M E N T S
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS CONTINUED

For the year ended 31 December 2015

C: Other key performance information 
C1: Operating profit adjusting items
(a) Summary of adjusting items for determination of adjusted operating profit (AOP)
In determining the AOP 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 AOP to profit 
before and after tax. 

(Expense)/income
Goodwill impairment and impact of acquisition accounting
Net 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
Institutional Asset Management equity plans
Credit-related fair value gains/(losses) on Group debt instruments
Old Mutual Wealth business transformation costs
Total adjusting items
Tax on adjusting items
Non-controlling interest in adjusting items
Total adjusting items after tax and non-controlling interests

Notes

C1(b)
C1(c)
C1(d)
C1(e)
C1(f)
C1(g)
C1(h)
C1(i)

Year ended
31 December
2015

£m
Year ended
31 December 
2014

(167)
(36)
(42)
(31)
31
(9)
7
(97)
(344)
60
19
(265)

(128)
(2)
(49)
(42)
32
(42)
(10)
(60)
(301)
36
28
(237)

(b) Goodwill impairment and impact of acquisition accounting
When applying acquisition accounting, deferred acquisition costs and deferred revenue existing at the point of acquisition are not recognised 
under IFRS. These are reversed on acquisition in the 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 AOP, the Group recognises deferred revenue and 
acquisition costs and deferred revenue in relation to policies sold by acquired businesses pre-acquisition. The Group excludes the impairment 
of goodwill, the amortisation and impairment of acquired other intangibles and acquired PVIF as well as the movements in certain acquisition 
date provisions. Costs incurred on completed acquisitions are also excluded from AOP. If the intangible assets recognised as a result of a 
business combination are subsequently impaired, this is excluded from AOP. The effect of these adjustments to determine AOP are 
summarised below:

Year ended 31 December 2015
Impairment of goodwill and other intangible assets
Amortisation of acquired PVIF
Amortisation of acquired deferred costs and revenue
Amortisation of other acquired intangible assets
Acquisition costs
Deferred consideration

Year ended 31 December 2014
Impairment of goodwill and other intangible assets
Amortisation of acquired PVIF
Amortisation of acquired deferred costs and revenue
Amortisation of other acquired intangible assets
Change in acquisition date provisions

Emerging 
Markets
–
(7)
–
(13)
(4)
–
(24)

Old Mutual 
Wealth
–
(51)
13
(56)
(10)
(16)
(120)

Institutional 
Asset 
Management
(23)
–
–
–
–
–
(23)

Emerging
Markets
–
(3)
–
(7)
–
(10)

Old Mutual 
Wealth
(14)
(67)
11
(47)
(1)
(118)

Institutional 
Asset
Management
–
–
–
–
–
–

£m

Total
(23)
(58)
13
(69)
(14)
(16)
(167)

£m

Total
(14)
(70)
11
(54)
(1)
(128)

FinancialsOLD MUTUAL PLCANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS 2015(c) Net profit/(loss) on disposal of subsidiaries, associated undertakings and strategic investments
The net profit/(loss) on disposal of subsidiaries, associated undertakings and strategic investments is analysed below:

183

Emerging Markets
Old Mutual Wealth
Institutional Asset Management
Net loss on disposal of subsidiaries, associated undertakings and strategic investments

Year ended
31 December
2015
15
(52)
1
(36)

£m
Year ended
31 December
2014
66
(70)
2
(2)

Emerging Markets
Current year transactions
On 10 December 2015, Old Mutual Investment Group, a subsidiary of the Group, acquired an additional 50% stake in African  
Infrastructure Investment Managers (Pty) Ltd (AIIM). The accounting related to the step-up in ownership from 50% to 100%, which 
effectively involved a simultaneous sale of 50% of the business, followed by an acquisition of the fair value of 100% of the business. 
Consequently a profit of £15 million was realised on the transaction, calculated as the difference between the fair value of the initial 50% 
and the carrying amount of the investment in AIIM at 10 December 2015. Refer to note J8(c) for more information.

Prior year transactions
On 30 April 2014, following the termination of the management agreement with SA Corporate Real Estate Fund, a JSE listed real estate 
trust, the Group agreed to sell and transfer the business to the new manager when the transaction became unconditional. A profit of 
£4 million was recognised in profit or loss.

On 1 September 2014, the Group completed the acquisition of an additional 25% stake in Old Mutual Finance (Pty) Ltd. The accounting 
related to the step-up in ownership from 50% to 75%, which effectively involved a simultaneous sale of 50% of the business, followed by an 
acquisition of the fair value of 75% of the business. Consequently a profit of £62 million was realised on the transaction, calculated as 
the difference between the fair value of the initial 50% and the carrying amount of the investment in Old Mutual Finance (Pty) Ltd at 
1 September 2014.

Old Mutual Wealth
Current year transactions
On 2 February 2015, the Group completed the sale of Skandia Luxembourg and Skandia France. The Group has recognised a loss on 
disposal of £1 million, which comprises a loss on disposing the net assets of the sold business of £31 million and a gain of £30 million 
recycled from foreign currency translation reserve.

On 30 September 2015, the Group completed the sale of Skandia Leben AG. The Group has recognised a loss on disposal of £51 million, 
which comprises a loss on disposing the net assets of the sold business of £91 million and a gain of £41 million recycled from foreign 
currency translation reserve.

Prior year transactions
On 30 May 2014, the Group completed the disposal of Skandia Poland. A loss on disposal of £21 million was recognised in profit or loss. 

On 1 October 2014, the Group completed the disposal of Skandia Austria and Skandia Germany. A loss on disposal of £43 million was 
recognised in profit or loss.

On 6 November 2014, the Group completed the disposal of Skandia Liechtenstein. A loss on disposal of £6 million was recognised in profit 
or loss.

Institutional Asset Management
Current and prior year transactions
During the year ended 31 December 2015, the Group received additional earn-out income of £1 million (year ended 31 December 2014:  
£2 million) from earn-outs on Institutional Asset Management affiliates disposed in prior years. 

(d) Short-term fluctuations in investment return
Profit before tax, as disclosed in the consolidated IFRS income statement, includes actual investment returns earned on the shareholder assets 
of the Group’s life assurance and property & casualty businesses. AOP 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 is referred to as the short-term 
fluctuation in investment return.

Long-term rates of return are based on achieved 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. The underlying rates are 
principally derived with reference to 10-year government bond rates, cash and money market rates and an explicit equity risk premium for 
South African businesses. The rates set out below reflect the apportionment of underlying investments in cash deposits, money market 
instruments and equity assets. Long-term rates of return are reviewed annually by the Board for appropriateness. The review of the long-term 
rates of return seeks to ensure that the returns credited to AOP are consistent with the actual returns expected to be earned over the long term. 

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G R O U P   F I N A N C I A L   S TAT E M E N T S
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS CONTINUED

For the year ended 31 December 2015

C: Other key performance information continued 
C1: Operating profit adjusting items continued
(d) Short-term fluctuations in investment return continued
For Emerging Markets, the return is applied to an average value of investible shareholders’ assets, adjusted for net fund flows. 
For Old Mutual Wealth, the return is applied to average investible assets.

Long-term investment rates
Emerging Markets
  Mutual & Federal1
  Old Mutual South Africa
  Rest of Africa
Old Mutual Wealth

1  The long-term investments rate of Mutual & Federal relates to the South African businesses only.

Analysis of short-term fluctuations in investment return

Year ended 31 December 2015
Actual shareholder investment return
Less: Long-term investment return
Short-term fluctuations in investment return

Year ended 31 December 2014
Actual shareholder investment return
Less: Long-term investment return
Short-term fluctuations in investment return

Year ended
31 December
2015

%
Year ended
31 December
2014

7.4
8.0
8.5
1.0

Other
12
21
(9)

Other
16
24
(8)

7.4
8.0
8.0
1.0

£m

Total
108
150
(42)

£m

Total
103
152
(49)

Emerging 
Markets
88
124
(36)

Old Mutual 
Wealth
8
5
3

Emerging 
Markets
64
123
(59)

Old Mutual 
Wealth
23
5
18

(e) Investment return adjustment for Group equity and debt instruments held in policyholder funds
AOP 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 shares issued by the Group. These investment 
returns are eliminated within the consolidated income statement in arriving at profit before tax in the consolidated IFRS income statement, 
but are included in AOP. This ensures consistency of treatment with the measures in the related policyholder liability. During the year ended 
31 December 2015, the investment return adjustment increased AOP by £31 million (year ended 31 December 2014: increase of £42 million).

(f) Dividends declared to holders of perpetual preferred callable securities
Dividends declared to the holders of the Group’s perpetual preferred callable securities on an AOP basis were £31 million for the 
year ended 31 December 2015 (year ended 31 December 2014: £32 million). For the purpose of determining AOP, these are recognised 
in finance costs on an accrual basis. In accordance with IFRS, the total cash distribution is recognised directly in equity.

(g) Institutional Asset Management equity plans
Institutional Asset Management has a number of long-term incentive arrangements with senior employees in its asset management affiliates.

As part of the incentive schemes in the Institutional Asset Management business, the Group has granted put options over the equity of 
certain affiliates to senior affiliate employees. The impact of revaluing these instruments is recognised in accordance with IFRS, but excluded 
from AOP. At 31 December 2015, these instruments were revalued, the impact of which was a loss of £9 million (year ended 31 December 
2014: loss of £42 million).

(h) Credit-related fair value losses on Group debt instruments
The widening of the credit spread on the Group’s debt instruments can cause the market value of these instruments to decrease, resulting in 
gains being recognised in profit or loss. Conversely, if the credit spread narrows the market value of debt instruments will increase, causing 
losses to be recognised in the consolidated income statement. In the directors’ view, such movements are not reflective of the underlying 
performance of the Group and will reverse over time. Therefore they have been excluded from AOP. For the year ended 31 December 2015, 
due to widening of credit spreads, a net gain of £7 million was recognised (year ended 31 December 2014: net loss of £10 million). 

FinancialsOLD MUTUAL PLCANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS 2015(i) Development costs of the new Old Mutual Wealth UK platform
In 2013, Old Mutual Wealth’s UK business embarked on a significant programme to develop new platform capabilities and to outsource 
UK business administration. This will involve replacing many aspects of the existing UK platform, and on completion certain elements of 
service provision will be migrated to International Financial Data Services (IFDS) under a long-term outsourcing agreement. The cost of 
developing the new technology typically cannot be capitalised, hence these costs and the costs of decommissioning existing technology 
and migrating of services to IFDS are excluded from AOP. Only costs that are directly attributable to the programme are excluded. 
For the year ended 31 December 2015, these costs totalled £97 million (year ended 31 December 2014: £60 million).

185

C2: Earnings and earnings per share
The Group calculates earnings per share (EPS) on a number of different bases as appropriate to prevailing international, UK and South 
African practices and guidance. IFRS requires the calculation of basic and diluted EPS. Adjusted operating EPS reflects earnings per share 
that is consistent with the Group’s alternative profit measure. JSE Limited (JSE) listing requirements also require the Group to calculate 
headline EPS. The Group’s EPS on these different bases are summarised below:

Basic earnings per share
Diluted basic earnings per share
Adjusted operating earnings per share

Headline earnings per share (Gross of tax)
Headline earnings per share (Net of tax)

Diluted headline earnings per share (Gross of tax)
Diluted headline earnings per share (Net of tax)

Source of guidance
IFRS
IFRS
Group policy

JSE Listing Requirements
JSE Listing Requirements

JSE Listing Requirements
JSE Listing Requirements

Year ended
31 December
2015
12.7
12.2
19.3

Pence
Year ended
31 December
2014
12.4
11.5
17.9

13.9
13.9

13.3
13.3

12.3
12.6

11.4
11.6

Notes
C2(a)
C2(b)
C2(c)

C2(d)
C2(d)

C2(d)
C2(d)

(a) Basic 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, Employee Share Ownership 
Plan Trusts (ESOP), Black Economic Empowerment Trusts and other related undertakings.

The table below reconciles the profit attributable to equity holders of the parent to profit attributable to ordinary equity holders:

Profit 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
Profit for the financial year attributable to equity holders of the parent
Dividends paid to holders of perpetual preferred callable securities, net of tax credits
Profit attributable to ordinary equity holders

Year ended
31 December
2015
635
(21)
614
(24)
590

£m

Year ended
31 December
2014
632
(50)
582
(25)
557

Total dividends paid to holders of perpetual preferred callable securities of £24 million for the year ended 31 December 2015 
(year ended 31 December 2014: £25 million) are stated net of tax credits of £6 million (year ended 31 December 2014: £7 million).

The table below summarises the calculation of the weighted average number of ordinary shares for the purposes of calculating basic 
earnings per share:

Weighted average number of ordinary shares in issue
Shares held in charitable foundations and trusts
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 used  

to calculate basic earnings per share
Basic earnings per ordinary share (pence)

Year ended
31 December
2015
4,924
(13)
(98)
4,813
(81)
(91)

Millions

Year ended
31 December
2014
4,901
(6)
(50)
4,845
(127)
(233)

4,641
12.7

4,485
12.4

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G R O U P   F I N A N C I A L   S TAT E M E N T S
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS CONTINUED

For the year ended 31 December 2015

C: Other key performance information continued 
C2: Earnings and earnings per share continued
(b) Diluted basic earnings per share
Diluted basic EPS recognises the dilutive impact of shares and options held in ESOP trusts and Black Economic Empowerment trusts, to the 
extent they have value, in the calculation of the weighted average number of shares, as if the relevant shares were in issue for the full year.

The table below reconciles the profit attributable to ordinary equity holders to diluted profit attributable to ordinary equity holders and 
summarises the calculation of weighted average number of shares for the purpose of calculating diluted basic earnings per share:

Profit attributable to ordinary equity holders (£m)
Dilution effect on profit relating to share options issued by subsidiaries (£m)
Diluted profit attributable to ordinary equity holders (£m)
Weighted average number of ordinary shares (millions)
Adjustments for share options held by ESOP trusts (millions)
Adjustments for shares held in Black Economic Empowerment trusts (millions)
Weighted average number of ordinary shares used to calculate  

diluted basic earnings per share (millions)

Diluted basic earnings per ordinary share (pence)

Notes

C2(a)

Year ended
31 December
2015
590
(7)
583
4,641
47
91

Year ended
31 December
2014
557
(10)
547
4,485
48
233

4,779
12.2

4,766
11.5

(c) Adjusted operating earnings per share
The following table presents a reconciliation of profit for the financial year to adjusted operating profit after tax attributable to ordinary 
equity holders and summarises the calculation of adjusted operating earnings per share:

Profit for the financial year attributable to equity holders of the parent
Adjusting items
Tax on adjusting items
Non-core operations
Loss from discontinued operations
Non-controlling interest on adjusting items
Adjusted operating profit after tax attributable to ordinary equity holders (£m)
Adjusted weighted average number of ordinary shares used to calculate  

adjusted operating earnings per share (millions)

Adjusted operating earnings per share (pence)

Notes

C1(a)

B3
K1

Year ended 
31 December
2015
614
344
(60)
31
21
(19)
931

Year ended
31 December
2014
582
301
(36)
(1)
50
(28)
868

C2(a)

4,813
19.3

4,845
17.9

FinancialsOLD MUTUAL PLCANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS 2015(d) Headline earnings per share
The Group is required to calculate headline earnings per share (HEPS) in accordance with the JSE Limited (JSE) Listing Requirements, 
determined by reference to the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants’ circular 02/2015 ‘Headline Earnings’. The table below 
sets out a reconciliation of basic EPS and HEPS in accordance with that circular. Disclosure of HEPS is not a requirement of IFRS, but it is 
a commonly used measure of earnings in South Africa. The table below reconciles the profit for the financial year attributable to equity 
holders of the parent to headline earnings and summarises the calculation of basic HEPS:

187

Year ended
31 December 
2015
Net

Notes

Gross

Profit for the financial year attributable to equity holders  

of the parent

Dividends paid to holders of perpetual preferred callable securities
Profit attributable to ordinary equity holders
Adjustments:
Impairments of goodwill and other intangible assets
Loss on disposal of subsidiaries, associated undertakings and  

strategic investments

Realised gains (net of impairments) on available-for-sale financial assets
Headline earnings
Dilution effect on earnings relating to share options  

issued by subsidiaries

Diluted headline earnings (£m)

614
(24)
590

23

36
(5)
644

(7)
637

Weighted average number of ordinary shares (millions)
Diluted weighted average number of ordinary shares (millions)

C2(a)
C2(b)

4,641
4,779

Headline earnings per share (pence)
Diluted headline earnings per share (pence)

13.9
13.3

C3: Dividends

614
(24)
590

23

35
(5)
643

(7)
636

4,641
4,779

13.9
13.3

2013 Final dividend paid – 6.00p per 113⁄7p share
2014 Interim dividend paid – 2.45p per 113⁄7p share
2014 Final dividend paid – 6.25p per 113⁄7p share
2015 Interim dividend paid – 2.65p per 113⁄7p share
Dividends to ordinary equity holders
Dividends paid to holders of perpetual preferred callable securities
Dividend payments for the year

Year ended
31 December 
2014
Net

582
(25)
557

14

14
(20)
565

(10)
555

4,485
4,766

12.6
11.6

Gross

582
(25)
557

14

2
(20)
553

(10)
543

4,485
4,766

12.3
11.4

Year ended
31 December
2015
–
–
296
126
422
30
452

£m

Year ended
31 December
2014
279
115
–
–
394
32
426

The total dividend paid to ordinary equity holders is calculated using the number of shares in issue at the record date less own shares held 
in ESOP trusts, life funds of Group entities, 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.

A second interim dividend of 6.25 pence (or its equivalent in other applicable currencies) per ordinary share in the Company has been 
declared by the directors. This dividend will be paid on 29 April 2016 to shareholders on the register at the close of business on 1 April 
2016. The dividend will absorb an estimated £297 million of shareholders’ funds.

In March and November 2015, £17 million and £13 million respectively, were declared and paid to holders of perpetual preferred callable 
securities (March 2014: £17 million, November 2014: £15 million).

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G R O U P   F I N A N C I A L   S TAT E M E N T S
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS CONTINUED

For the year ended 31 December 2015

D: Other income statement notes 
D1: Income tax expense
This note analyses the income tax expense recognised in profit or loss for the year and the various factors that have contributed to the 
composition of the charge.

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.

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 in the specific jurisdiction. Deferred taxation is charged to profit and loss 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 profit and loss, 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 nor taxable profit. H7 includes further detail of circumstances in which the Group does not recognise temporary 
differences.

Critical accounting estimates and judgements – Income tax
Income tax on the profit or loss for the year comprises current and deferred tax. Income tax is recognised in profit or loss except to the 
extent that it relates to items recognised directly in other comprehensive income or equity, in which case it is recognised in other 
comprehensive income and the statement of changes in equity respectively. 

The Group is subject to income taxes in numerous jurisdictions and the calculation of the Group’s tax charge and worldwide provisions 
for income tax necessarily involves a degree of estimation and judgement. At any given time the Group typically has a number of open 
tax returns with various tax authorities and engages in active dialogue to resolve this. Taxation provisions relating to these open items 
are recognised based on the Group’s estimate of the most likely outcome, after taking into account external advice where appropriate. 
Where the final tax outcome of these matters is different from the amounts that were initially recorded, such differences will impact 
profit or loss, current and deferred income tax assets and liabilities in the period such determination is made.

FinancialsOLD MUTUAL PLCANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS 2015(a) Analysis of total income tax expense
The total income tax expense for the year comprises:

Current tax
United Kingdom
Overseas tax
  – South Africa
  – Rest of Africa
  – Europe
  – Rest of the world
Withholding taxes 
Adjustments to current tax in respect of prior years
Total current tax
Deferred tax
Origination and reversal of temporary differences
Effect on deferred tax of changes in tax rates
Adjustments to deferred tax in respect of prior years
Total deferred tax
Total income tax expense

189

Year ended
31 December
2015

£m
Year ended
31 December 
2014

33

272
19
17
16
11
(1)
367

23
(8)
(8)
7
374

19

317
19
23
14
16
31
439

43
–
(20)
23
462

(b) Reconciliation of total income tax expense
The income tax expense charged to profit or loss differs from the income tax expense that would apply if all of the Group’s profits from the 
different tax jurisdictions had been taxed at the UK standard corporation tax rate. The difference in the effective rate is explained below:

Profit before tax
Tax at UK standard rate of 20.25% (2014: 21.5%)
Different tax rate or basis on overseas operations
Untaxed and low taxed income
Disallowable expenses
Adjustments to current tax in respect of prior years
Net movement on deferred tax assets not recognised
Effect on deferred tax of changes in tax rates
Adjustments to deferred tax in respect of prior years
Withholding taxes
Income tax attributable to policyholder returns
Other
Total income tax expense

Year ended
31 December
2015
1,319
267
118
(82)
46
(1)
7
(8)
(8)
5
25
5
374

£m

Year ended
31 December
2014
1,364
293
95
(56)
36
31
27
–
(20)
8
46
2
462

(c) Income tax relating to components of other comprehensive income
The total income tax expense relating to items recognised in other comprehensive income for the year comprises the following:

Measurement gains on defined benefit plans
Property revaluation
Income tax on items that will not be reclassified subsequently to profit or loss
Available-for-sale reserves
Income tax on items that may be reclassified subsequently to profit or loss
Income tax expense relating to components of other comprehensive income

Year ended
31 December
2015
1
3
4
–
–
4

£m

Year ended
31 December
2014
1
6
7
5
5
12

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G R O U P   F I N A N C I A L   S TAT E M E N T S
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS CONTINUED

For the year ended 31 December 2015

D: Other income statement notes continued
D1: Income tax expense continued
(d) Reconciliation of income tax expense in the IFRS income statement to income tax on adjusted operating profit

Income tax expense
Tax on adjusting items
Goodwill impairment and impact of acquisition accounting
Loss/(profit) on disposal of subsidiaries, associates and strategic investments
Short-term fluctuations in investment return
Tax on dividends declared to holders of perpetual preferred callable securities recognised in equity
Institutional Asset Management equity plans
Old Mutual Wealth business transformation costs
Total tax on adjusting items
Income tax attributable to policyholders returns
Income tax on adjusted operating profit

D2: Investment return (non-banking)
This note analyses the investment return from the Group’s non-banking activities. 

Interest and similar income 
Investments and securities
Cash and cash equivalents
Total interest and similar income
Dividend income – investments and securities
Fair value gains and losses recognised in income
Rental income from investment properties
Fair value gains and losses on investment property
Foreign currency losses
Total amounts recognised in profit or loss

Total interest income for assets not at fair value through profit or loss

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 profit or loss

Year ended
31 December
2015
374

£m
Year ended
31 December
2014
462

20
1
22
(6)
5
18
60
(31)
403

15
(11)
6
(7)
20
13
36
(59)
439

£m

Year ended 
31 December 
2015

Year ended
31 December 
2014

946
86
1,032
293
2,304
121
54
(9)
3,795

979
127
1,106
334
4,653
150
62
(1)
6,304

13

9

(6)
2,310
2,304

–
4,653
4,653

FinancialsOLD MUTUAL PLCANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS 2015D3: Banking interest and similar income
This note analyses the interest earned on loans and advances from the Group’s banking activities.

191

Loans and advances
Mortgage loans
Finance lease and instalment debtors
Credit cards
Overdrafts
Term loans and other
Investments and securities
Government and government-guaranteed securities
Other debt securities, preference shares and debentures

Total interest and similar income

Total interest income for assets not at fair value through profit or loss
Total interest income on impaired financial assets

D4: Banking trading, investment and similar income
This note analyses the investment return from the Group’s banking activities.

Dividend income – investments and securities
Rental income from investment property
Net exchange and other non-interest income
Net trading income
Total banking trading, investment and similar income

The realised fair value gains included in total banking, investment and similar income are analysed according  

to their IAS 39 categorisations as follows:

Held-for-trading (including derivatives)
Designated at fair value through profit or loss
Realised fair value gains included above

Year ended 
31 December 
2015
2,947
1,241
512
100
83
1,011
373
176
197

£m
Year ended
31 December 
2014
2,710
1,190
500
96
83
841
347
200
147

3,320

2,653
50

3,057

2,453
50

Year ended 
31 December 
2015
2
3
39
169
213

£m
Year ended
31 December 
2014
5
7
33
152
197

84
(90)
(6)

8
(2)
6

D5: Fee and commission income, and income from service activities
This note analyses the fees and commission earned by the Group from negotiating, or participating in the negotiation of a transaction 
for third parties, transaction and performance fees earned and movements in deferred origination fees.

Year ended 31 December 2015
Fee and commission income
Transaction and performance fees
Change in deferred revenue

Year ended 31 December 2014
Fee and commission income
Transaction and performance fees
Change in deferred revenue

Life and 
savings
764
1
(20)
745

Asset 
management
1,355
48
20
1,423

Banking
811
16
–
827

Property & 
Casualty
32
–
–
32

Life and 
savings
832
–
18
850

Asset 
management
1,111
30
24
1,165

Banking
838
13
–
851

Property & 
Casualty
29
–
(1)
28

£m

Total
2,962
65
–
3,027

£m

Total
2,810
43
41
2,894

Income from fiduciary activities is included within asset management fee income.

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G R O U P   F I N A N C I A L   S TAT E M E N T S
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS CONTINUED

For the year ended 31 December 2015

D: Other income statement notes continued
D6: Finance costs
Finance costs relate to the Group’s borrowed funds, excluding those relating to banking activities. These finance costs include interest 
payable and gains and losses on revaluation of these funds and on those derivative instruments which are used to hedge these funds.

Interest payable on borrowed funds
Senior debt and term loans
Subordinated debt
Interest rate swaps
Fair value gains and losses on borrowed funds
Borrowed funds
Derivative instruments used as economic hedges

Total finance costs excluding banking activities
Finance costs from banking activities
Total Group finance costs on debt instruments

Notes

Year ended
31 December 
2015 
67
8
74
(15)
(18)
(29)
11

£m
Year ended
31 December 
2014
48
8
55
(15)
6
34
(28)

D7

49
216
265

54
159
213

The fair value gains and losses shown above are analysed according to their IAS 39 categorisations 
as follows:
Designated at fair value through profit or loss

(18)

6

D7: Banking interest payable and similar expense
This note analyses the interest and similar expenses from the Group’s banking activities.

Amounts owed to bank depositors
Deposits and loan accounts
Current and savings accounts
Negotiable certificates of deposit
Long-term debt instruments
Other liabilities
Total interest payable and similar expenses
Total interest expense included above for liabilities not at fair value through profit or loss

Notes

D6

Year ended
31 December 
2015 
1,672
1,091
24
341
216
252
1,924
1,736

£m

Year ended
31 December 
2014
1,529
1,074
8
288
159
143
1,672
1,483

FinancialsOLD MUTUAL PLCANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS 2015D8: Fee and commission expenses and other acquisition costs
This note analyses the fee and commission expenses and other acquisition costs.

193

Year ended 31 December 2015
Fee and commission expenses
Change in deferred acquisition costs
Other acquisition costs

Year ended 31 December 2014
Fee and commission expenses
Change in deferred acquisition costs
Other acquisition costs

Life and
 savings
432
3
70
505

Asset 
management
147
11
–
158

Property &
 casualty
123
–
–
123

Life and 
savings
492
24
67
583

Asset
 management
161
13
–
174

Property &
casualty
107
(1)
–
106

£m

Total
702
14
70
786

£m

Total
760
36
67
863

D9: Other operating and administrative expenses
This note gives further detail on the items included within administrative expenses as well as an analysis of the operating segment our 
employees work in.

(a) Other operating and administrative expenses include:

Staff costs
Amortisation of PVIF and other intangible assets 
Impairment of goodwill and other intangible assets
Operating lease rentals – banking
Operating lease rentals – non-banking
Depreciation
Computer, software and processing costs
Marketing and communications and travel costs
Other operating and administrative expenses

Notes
D9(b)
H1(f)
C1(b)/H1(f)

H2(a)

Year ended 
31 December 
2015
1,895
177
23
64
19
87
142
64
1,288
3,759

£m
Year ended 
31 December 
2014
1,860
170
14
61
27
83
110
68
1,155
3,548

Operating lease payments principally represent rentals payable by the Group for the rental of buildings and equipment.

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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS CONTINUED

For the year ended 31 December 2015

D: Other income statement notes continued 
D9: Other operating and administrative expenses continued
(b) 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
Other

The average number of persons employed by the Group was:
Emerging Markets
Old Mutual Wealth
Nedbank
Institutional Asset Management
Other
Non-core operations (Old Mutual Bermuda)

Notes

Year ended 
31 December 
2015
1,112
41

£m
Year ended
31 December 
2014
1,094
39

J1(b)
J1(b)

J2(f)
J2(f)

87
(4)
7
459

24
44
125
1,895

82
(3)
8
403

61
54
122
1,860

Year ended 
31 December 
2015

Number

Year ended
31 December 
2014

27,391
3,451
31,646
1,174
363
18
64,043

25,684
3,223
31,083
1,343
228
22
61,583

(c) Fees to Group’s auditors
Included in other operating and administrative expenses are fees paid to the Group’s auditors. These can be categorised as follows: 

Fees for audit services
  Group
  Subsidiaries
  Pension schemes
Total audit fees
Fees for non-audit services
  Audit-related assurance
  Taxation compliance 
  Corporate finance transactions
  Other non-audit services
Total non-audit services
Total Group auditors’ remuneration

£m

Year ended 
31 December 
2015

Year ended
31 December 
2014

1.3
12.2
0.3
13.8

0.9
1.5
0.1
1.0
3.5
17.3

1.3
12.1
0.3
13.7

0.9
1.6
0.4
0.5
3.4
17.1

In addition to the above, fees of £3.1 million (2014: £3.2 million) were payable to other auditors in respect of joint audit arrangements 
of Nedbank, the Group’s banking subsidiary in South Africa. 

FinancialsOLD MUTUAL PLCANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS 2015E: Financial assets and liabilities 
This section outlines the classification and measurement basis of financial assets and liabilities of the Group and provides further 
information on those instruments that are recognised at fair value and the fair value of instruments measured at amortised cost.

195

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. 

Section F of the financial statements discusses the financial risk management of the Group and should be read in conjunction with the   
Risks Section set out on pages 82 to 97 of the Annual Report and Accounts.

Section E of the financial statement provides a detailed analysis of the composition of the individual financial assets and liabilities 
in the financial statements.

The Group’s accounting policies on financial assets and liabilities are included in note L1.

E1: Categories of financial instruments
The analysis of assets and liabilities into their categories as defined in IAS 39 ‘Financial Instruments: Recognition and Measurement’ 
is set out in the following table. 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.

All gains and losses on measuring the financial assets and liabilities at each reporting date are included in the determination of profit or 
loss for the year, with the exception of unrealised gains or losses on financial assets classified as available for sale, which are recognised 
in other comprehensive income.

At 31 December 2015

Fair value (note E3)

Amortised cost (note E5)

Held-for-

trading Designated

Available-
for-sale 
financial 
assets

Held-to-
maturity 
investments

Loans and 
receivables

Financial 
liabilities 
amortised 
cost

Total

716

514

2,661
30,965
82,601

2,007
3,076
4,520

127,060
6,488
133,548

7,714
67,854

4,661
3,524

3,787

Measurement basis
Assets
Mandatory reserve deposits 

with central banks
Investments in associated 
undertakings and joint 
ventures1

Reinsurers’ share of 

policyholder liabilities

Loans and advances
Investments and securities
Trade, other receivables and 

other assets

Derivative financial instruments
Cash and cash equivalents
Total assets that include financial 

instruments

Total other non-financial assets
Total assets

Liabilities
Long-term business insurance 

policyholder liabilities
Investment contract liabilities
Third-party interest in 

consolidation of funds

Borrowed funds
Trade, other payables and 

other liabilities

Amounts owed to bank 

depositors

Derivative financial instruments
Total liabilities that include 
financial instruments
Total other non-financial 

liabilities

Total liabilities

–

–

–
1,491
883

182
3,076
–

5,632
–
5,632

–

51

2,328
3,035
78,723

–
–
–

84,137
–
84,137

–
–

–
–

–
60,769

4,661
804

547

383

32,328
3,317

4,580
3,317

2,885
–

123,185

8,444

69,502

1,429
124,614

–
8,444

–
69,502

£m
Non-
financial 
assets and 
liabilities

–

463

329
–
–

646
–
–

1,438
6,488
7,926

7,714
7,085

–
–

–

–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–

–
2,720

1,547

1,310

24,863
–

–
–

29,130

16,109

–
29,130

1,429
17,538

–

–

–
2
731

–
–
–

733
–
733

–
–

–
–

–

–
–

–

–
–

–

–

716

–

–
–
2,264

4
26,437
–

–
–
–

1,179
–
4,520

2,264
–
2,264

32,856
–
32,856

–
–

–
–

–

–
–

–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–

–
–

–

–
–

1  Investments in associated undertakings and joint ventures classified as non-financial assets and liabilities are equity accounted.

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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS CONTINUED

For the year ended 31 December 2015

E: Financial assets and liabilities continued
E1: Categories of financial instruments continued
At 31 December 2014

Fair value (note E3)

Measurement basis
Assets
Mandatory reserve deposits 

with central banks

Investments in associated 
undertakings and joint 
ventures1

Reinsurers’ share of 

policyholder liabilities

Loans and advances
Investments and securities
Trade, other receivables and 

other assets

Derivative financial instruments
Cash and cash equivalents
Total assets that include financial 

instruments

Total other non-financial assets
Total assets

Liabilities
Long-term business 

policyholder liabilities
Investment contract liabilities
Third-party interest in 

consolidation of funds

Borrowed funds
Trade, other payables and 

other liabilities

Amounts owed to bank 

depositors

Derivative financial instruments
Total liabilities that include 
financial instruments

Total other non-financial liabilities
Total liabilities

Total

829

518

2,314
34,857
87,547

2,362
1,227
4,944

134,598
7,918
142,516

10,519
68,841

5,986
3,044

4,276

36,243
1,201

130,110
2,861
132,971

Held-for-
trading

Designated

–

–

–
1,497
839

117
1,227
–

3,680
–
3,680

–
–

–
–

251

4,290
1,201

5,742
–
5,742

–

50

2,027
3,523
83,568

310
–
–

89,478
–
89,478

–
60,904

5,986
734

341

2,199
–

70,164
–
70,164

Amortised cost (note E5)

Available-
for-sale 
financial 
assets

Held-to-
maturity 
investments

Loans and 
receivables

Financial 
liabilities 
amortised 
cost

£m
Non-
financial 
assets and 
liabilities

–

–

–
2
754

–
–
–

756
–
756

–
–

–
–

–

–
–

–
–
–

–

–

–
–
2,325

–
–
–

2,325
–
2,325

–
–

–
–

–

–
–

–
–
–

829

–

12
29,835
61

1,260
–
4,944

36,941
–
36,941

–
–

–
–

–

–
–

–
–
–

–

–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–

–
2,310

2,217

29,754
–

34,281
–
34,281

–

468

275
–
–

675
–
–

1,418
7,918
9,336

10,519
7,937

–
–

1,467

–
–

19,923
2,861
22,784

1  Investments in associated undertakings and joint ventures classified as non-financial assets and liabilities are equity accounted.

FinancialsOLD MUTUAL PLCANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS 2015E2: Fair values of financial assets and liabilities
(a) Determination of fair value
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, another valuation technique is used.

197

In general, the following inputs are taken into account when evaluating the fair value of financial instruments: 

 ■ Assessing whether instruments are trading with sufficient frequency and volume, that they can be considered liquid

 ■ The inclusion of a measure of the counterparties’ non-performance risk in the fair-value measurement of loans and advances, which 

involves the modelling of dynamic credit spreads

 ■ The inclusion of credit valuation adjustment (CVA) and debit valuation adjustment (DVA) in the fair-value measurement of derivative 

instruments, and

 ■ The inclusion of own credit risk in the calculation of the fair value of financial liabilities.

There have been no significant changes in the valuation techniques applied when valuing financial instruments. The general principles 
applied to those instruments measured at fair value are outlined below:

Reinsurers’ share of policyholder liabilities
Reinsurers’ share of policyholder liabilities are measured on a basis that is consistent with the measurement of the provisions held in 
respect of the related insurance contracts.

Loans and advances
Loans and advances include mortgage loans, other asset-based loans, including collateralised debt obligations, and other secured and 
unsecured loans.

In the absence of an observable market for these instruments, the fair value is determined by using internally developed models that are 
specific to the instrument and that incorporate all available observable inputs. These models involve discounting the contractual cash flows 
by using a credit-adjusted zero-coupon rate. 

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 recognised 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.

Other investment and securities that are measured at fair value are measured at observable market prices where available. In the 
absence of observable market prices, these investments and securities are fair valued utilising one or more of the following techniques: 
discounted cash flows, the application of an EBITDA multiple or any other relevant technique.

Investments in associated undertakings and joint ventures
Investments in associated undertakings and joint ventures are valued using appropriate valuation techniques. These may include price 
earnings multiples, discounted cash flows or the adjusted value of similar completed transactions.

Derivatives
The fair value of derivatives is determined with reference to the exchange traded prices of the specific instruments. In situations where the 
derivatives are traded over the counter the fair value of the instruments is determined by the utilisation of option pricing models.

Investment contract liabilities
The fair value of the investment contract liabilities is determined with reference to the underlying funds that are held by the Group.

Third-party interests in consolidation of funds
Third-party interests in consolidation of funds are measured at the attributable net asset value of each fund.

Amounts owed to bank depositors
The fair values of amounts owed to bank depositors correspond 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 comprise 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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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS CONTINUED

For the year ended 31 December 2015

E: Financial assets and liabilities continued
E2: Fair values of financial assets and liabilities continued
(b) Fair value hierarchy
Fair values are determined according to the following hierarchy.

Description of hierarchy
Level 1 – quoted market prices: financial assets and liabilities with 
quoted prices for identical instruments in active markets.

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.

Level 3 – valuation techniques using significant unobservable 
inputs: financial assets and liabilities valued using valuation 
techniques where one or more significant inputs are unobservable.

Types of instruments classified in the respective levels
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 directly linked to other Level 1 
financial assets.
Unlisted equity and debt securities where the valuation is based on 
models involving no significant unobservable data.

Certain loans and advances, certain privately placed debt 
instruments, third-party interests in consolidated funds and amounts 
owed to bank depositors.
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 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 for 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 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 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 data 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. 

(c) Transfer between fair value hierarchies
The Group deems a transfer to have occurred between Level 1 and Level 2 when an active, traded primary market ceases to exist for that 
financial instrument. A transfer between Level 2 and Level 3 occurs when the majority of the significant inputs used to determine fair value 
of the instrument become unobservable.

FinancialsOLD MUTUAL PLCANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS 2015E3: Disclosure of financial assets and liabilities measured at fair value
(a) Financial assets and liabilities measured at fair value, classified according to fair value hierarchy
The tables below presents a summary of the Group’s financial assets and liabilities that are measured at fair value in the consolidated 
statement of financial position according to their IAS 39 classification, as set out in the accounting policies note L1, and in terms of the fair 
value hierarchy described in note E2. The majority of the Group’s financial assets are measured utilising market observable inputs 
(Level 1) and there has been no significant change compared to the prior year.

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Summary

Financial assets measured at fair value
Level 1
Level 2
Level 3
Total
Financial liabilities measured at fair value
Level 1
Level 2
Level 3
Total

Detail analysis

At 31 December 2015
Financial assets measured at fair value
Held-for-trading (fair value through profit or loss)
  Loans and advances

Investments and securities

  Other financial assets
  Derivative financial instruments – assets

Designated (fair value through profit or loss)
Investments in associated undertakings and joint ventures
  Reinsurers’ share of policyholder liabilities
  Loans and advances

Investments and securities

Available-for-sale financial assets (fair value through equity)
  Loans and advances

Investments and securities

Total assets measured at fair value
Financial liabilities measured at fair value
Held-for-trading (fair value through profit or loss)
  Other liabilities
  Amounts owed to bank depositors
  Derivative financial instruments – liabilities

Designated (fair value through profit or loss)

Investment contract liabilities1

  Third-party interests in consolidated funds
  Borrowed funds
  Other liabilities
  Amounts owed to bank depositors

At 31 December 2015

At 31 December 2014

£m

%

£m

%

77,722
11,388
1,392
90,502

48,887
28,461
598
77,946

85.9%
12.6%
1.5%
100.0%

62.7%
36.5%
0.8%
100.0%

74,064
18,237
1,613
93,914

44,519
30,633
754
75,906

Total

Level 1

Level 2

5,632
1,491
883
182
3,076

84,137
51
2,328
3,035
78,723

733
2
731

524
–
337
182
5

77,195
–
2,328
181
74,686

3
2
1

5,090
1,491
546
–
3,053

5,568
–
–
2,853
2,715

730
–
730

78.9%
19.4%
1.7%
100.0%

58.6%
40.4%
1.0%
100.0%

£m
Level 3

18
–
–
–
18

1,374
51
–
1
1,322

–
–
–

90,502

77,722

11,388

1,392

8,444
547
4,580
3,317

69,502
60,769
4,661
804
383
2,885

545
539
–
6

48,342
47,508
–
794
40
–

7,895
8
4,580
3,307

20,566
12,667
4,661
10
343
2,885

4
–
–
4

594
594
–
–
–
–

598

Total liabilities measured at fair value

77,946

48,887

28,461

1  Investment contract liabilities amount excludes £7,085 million discretionary participating investment contracts. These contracts are classified as non-financial liabilities and 

are not analysed according to their fair value hierarchy as permitted by IFRS 7 ‘Financial Instruments: Disclosures’.

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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS CONTINUED

For the year ended 31 December 2015

E: Financial assets and liabilities continued
E3: Disclosure of financial assets and liabilities measured at fair value continued
(a) Financial assets and liabilities measured at fair value, classified according to fair value hierarchy continued

At 31 December 2014
Financial assets measured at fair value
Held-for-trading (fair value through profit or loss)
  Loans and advances

Investments and securities

  Other financial assets
  Derivative financial instruments – assets

Designated (fair value through profit or loss)

Investments in associated undertakings and joint ventures

  Reinsurers’ share of policyholder liabilities
  Loans and advances

Investments and securities

  Other financial assets

Available-for-sale financial assets (fair value through equity)
  Loans and advances

Investments and securities

Total assets measured at fair value
Financial liabilities measured at fair value
Held-for-trading (fair value through profit or loss)
  Other liabilities
  Amounts owed to bank depositors
  Derivative financial instruments – liabilities

Designated (fair value through profit or loss)

Investment contract liabilities1

  Third-party interests in consolidated funds
  Borrowed funds
  Other liabilities
  Amounts owed to bank depositors

Total

Level 1

Level 2

3,680
1,497
839
117
1,227

89,478
50
2,027
3,523
83,568
310

756
2
754

373
–
254
117
2

73,554
–
2,027
177
71,040
310

137
2
135

3,299
1,497
585
–
1,217

14,320
–
–
3,344
10,976
–

618
–
618

£m
Level 3

8
–
–
–
8

1,604
50
–
2
1,552
–

1
–
1

93,914

74,064

18,237

1,613

5,742
251
4,290
1,201

70,164
60,904
5,986
734
341
2,199

245
243
–
2

44,274
43,571
–
653
50
–

5,497
8
4,290
1,199

25,136
16,579
5,986
81
291
2,199

–
–
–
–

754
754
–
–
–
–

754

Total liabilities measured at fair value

75,906

44,519

30,633

1  Investment contract liabilities amount excludes £7,937 million discretionary participating investment contracts. These contracts are classified as non-financial liabilities 

and are not analysed according to their fair value hierarchy as permitted by IFRS 7 ‘Financial Instruments: Disclosures’.

FinancialsOLD MUTUAL PLCANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS 2015 
 
 
 
 
(b) Level 3 fair value hierarchy disclosure
The tables below reconcile the opening balances of Level 3 financial assets and liabilities to closing balances at the end of the year:

201

Year ended 31 December 2015
Level 3 financial assets
At beginning of the year
Total net fair value (losses)/gains recognised in profit 

or loss for the year

Total gains recognised in other comprehensive income
Purchases and issues
Sales and settlements
Transfers in
Transfers out
Foreign exchange and other
Total level 3 financial assets

Fair value gains/(losses) relating to assets held at 
  31 December 2015 recognised in profit or loss

Held-for-
trading

Derivatives

8

(5)
–
14
–
–
–
1
18

(5)

Designated fair value through profit or loss
Investments 
in associated 
undertakings 
and joint 
ventures

Investments 
and 
securities

Loans 
and 
advances

50

5
–
16
(7)
–
–
(13)
51

5

2

–
–
–
–
–
–
(1)
1

–

1,552

40
(1)
288
(332)
80
(69)
(236)
1,322

(25)

  Available-
for-sale

Investments 
and 
securities

1

–
–
–
(1)
–
–
–
–

–

£m

Total

1,613

40
(1)
318
(340)
80
(69)
(249)
1,392

(25)

The carrying amount of level 3 assets at the reporting date principally comprises:

Investments and securities – designated fair value through the income statement:
 ■ £162 million (2014: £480 million) of suspended funds, £301 million (2014: £210 million) of private company shares, £36 million (2014: £nil) 
of funds not being actively priced and £10 million (2014: £12 million) of structured notes held by Old Mutual Wealth. These assets are 
held by linked funds and are matched exactly by level 3 investment contract liabilities

 ■ £727 million (2014: £772 million) of private company shares and unlisted pooled investments held by Emerging Markets. Of this amount, 

£666 million (2014: £641million) is held by policyholder funds for which the bulk of the investment risk is borne by policyholders, and

 ■ £55 million (2014: £28 million) relating to timber and real estate assets held by funds of Old Mutual Asset Management.
Investments in associated undertakings and joint ventures – designated at fair value through the income statement:
 ■ £51 million (2014: £50 million) of investments held by Nedbank
Derivative assets – held for trading:
 ■ £18 million (2014: £8 million) held by the Bermuda business in connection with hedging of investment guarantees
Amounts shown as purchases and issues arise principally from the purchase of private company shares and unlisted pooled investments 
by Old Mutual Wealth and Emerging Markets.

Amounts shown as sales and settlements arise principally from the sale of private company shares and unlisted pooled investments by 
Old Mutual Wealth and Emerging Markets and from distributions received in respect of Old Mutual Wealth’s holdings in property funds.

Transfers into Level 3 assets principally comprise £36 million of private company shares held by Old Mutual Wealth that were previously 
shown within Level 2 and for which price updates have not been received for more than six months, £11 million previously shown in 
Levels 1 and 2 relating to investments by Old Mutual Wealth in funds that became suspended during 2015 and £28 million transferred 
from Level 2 in Emerging Markets relating to private equity funds and private companies for which level 3 is considered more appropriate. 

Transfers out of Level 3 assets principally comprise £55 million relating to suspended funds held by Old Mutual Wealth that have resumed 
trading and £15 million in Emerging Markets relating to unlisted company shares and private equity funds which are considered more 
appropriate to show in Levels 1 and 2 as they are traded on an active market.

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202

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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS CONTINUED

For the year ended 31 December 2015

E: Financial assets and liabilities continued
E3: Disclosure of financial assets and liabilities measured at fair value continued
(b) Level 3 fair value hierarchy disclosure continued

Year ended 31 December 2015
Level 3 financial liabilities 
At beginning of the year
Total net fair value losses/(gains) recognised in profit or loss for the year
Purchases and issues
Sales and settlements
Transfers in
Transfers out
Foreign exchange and other
Total level 3 financial liabilities

Fair value gains/(losses) relating to liabilities held at 31 December 2015 recognised in profit or loss

The carrying amount of level 3 investment contract liabilities at 31 December 2015 comprises:

Designated 
fair value 
through 
profit or loss 
– Investment 
contract 
liabilities

Held-for-
trading – 
Derivatives

754
(69)
96
(188)
52
(55)
4
594

–
3
1
–
–
–
–
4

3

£m

Total

754
(66)
97
(188)
52
(55)
4
598

(63)

(60)

 ■ £509 million (2014: £701 million) held within Old Mutual Wealth in linked-funds and which exactly match against Level 3 assets disclosed 

above within ‘Investments and securities – designated fair value through profit or loss’; and

 ■ £85 million (2014: £53 million) held by the Bermuda business relating to guarantees given to policyholders.

Year ended 31 December 2014
Level 3 financial assets
At beginning of the year
Total net fair value (losses)/gains recognised 

in the profit or loss for the year

Purchases and issues
Sales and settlements
Transfers in
Transfers out
Foreign exchange and other
Total level 3 financial assets

Fair value (losses)/gains relating to assets 

held at 31 December 2014 recognised in 
profit or loss

Held-for-trading

Investments 
and 
securities

Derivatives

Designated at fair value through profit or loss
Investments 
in associated 
undertakings 
and joint 
ventures

Loans 
and 
advances

Investments 
and 
securities

3

–
–
(3)
–
–
–
–

–

8

(1)
–
–
–
–
1
8

(1)

49

–
(1)
–
–
–
2
50

–

2

–
–
–
–
–
–
2

–

1,708

53
136
(319)
54
(36)
(44)
1,552

22

Available-
for-sale

Investments 
and 
securities

2

–
–
(1)
–
–
–
1

–

£m

Total

1,772

52
135
(323)
54
(36)
(41)
1,613

21

FinancialsOLD MUTUAL PLCANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS 2015Year ended 31 December 2014
Level 3 financial liabilities
At beginning of the year
Total net gains recognised in profit or loss for the year
Purchases and issues
Sales and settlements
Foreign exchange and other
Total level 3 financial liabilities

Fair value gains relating to liabilities held at 31 December 2014 recognised in profit or loss

203

£m
Designated fair 
value through 
profit or loss 
– Investment 
contract liabilities

932
(47)
8
(137)
(2)
754

(47)

(c)(i) Effect of changes in significant unobservable assumptions to reasonable 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 parameters 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.

The valuations of the private equity investments are performed on an asset-by-asset basis using a valuation methodology appropriate 
to the specific investment and in line with industry guidelines. In determining the valuation of the investment the principal assumption used 
is the valuation multiple applied to the main financial indicators (such as adjusted earnings). The source of these multiples may include 
multiples for comparable listed companies which have been adjusted for discounts for non-tradability and valuation multiples earned 
on transactions in comparable sectors.

The valuation of asset-backed securities are determined by discounted cash flow models that 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 outputs from the models used are calibrated with reference to similar securities for which external market 
information is available.

Structured notes and other derivatives are generally valued using option pricing models. For structured notes and other derivatives, 
principal assumptions concern the future volatility of asset values and the future correlation between asset values. The principal 
assumptions used in the valuation of structured credit notes include credit volatilities and correlations. 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.

Details of the valuation techniques applied to the different categories of financial instruments can be found in note E2: Fair values of 
financial assets and liabilities.

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G R O U P   F I N A N C I A L   S TAT E M E N T S
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS CONTINUED

For the year ended 31 December 2015

E: Financial assets and liabilities continued
E3: Disclosure of financial assets and liabilities measured at fair value continued
(c)(i) Effect of changes in significant unobservable assumptions to reasonable possible alternatives continued
The table below summarises the significant inputs to value instruments categorised as Level 3 hierarchy and their sensitivity to changes 
in the inputs used. 

Types of financial instruments
Assets
Investments in associated 
undertakings and joint 
ventures

Investments and securities

1,322

Fair values
At
31 December 
2015 
£m

At
31 December 
2014
£m

Significant unobservable  
input

Range of 
estimates for 
unobservable 
inputs

At
31 December 
2015
£m

At
31 December 
2014
£m

Fair value measurement 
sensitivity to 
unobservable inputs

51

50 Valuation multiples

-7% to +8%

Favourable: 4
Unfavourable: 5

Favourable: 7
Unfavourable: 7

Favourable: 149
Unfavourable:
 141

Favourable: 202
Unfavourable: 190

Nedbank:
-13% to +10%
Emerging
Markets:
-10% to +10%
Old Mutual
Wealth:
-10% to +10%

1,553 Valuation multiples 
Correlations 
Volatilities 
Credit spreads 
Dividend growth rates 
Internal rates of return 
Cost of capital 
Inflation rates 
Market adjusted price 
(Price of infrequently 
traded shares)
2 Correlations 
Volatilities 
Credit spreads

8 Interest rates 
Volatilities

754 Interest rates 
Volatilities
– Growth rates 

Cost of equity and
price-to-book

-13% to +10% Favourable: £nil
Unfavourable: 
£nil
-10% to +10% Favourable: £nil
Unfavourable: 
£nil

Favourable: £nil
Unfavourable: £nil

Favourable: 6
Unfavourable: £nil

-10% to 10% Favourable: 54
Unfavourable: 58
Favourable: 2
Unfavourable: 1

-10% to 10%

Favourable: 70
Unfavourable: 80
Favourable: £nil
Unfavourable: £nil

Loans and advances

Derivatives

Liabilities
Investment contract liabilities

Derivatives

1

18

594

4

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(c)(ii) Analysis of investments and securities classified as Level 3 hierarchy
The table below summarises the categories of investments and securities classified as Level 3 hierarchy.

205

Pooled investments
  Unlisted and stale price pooled investments
  Suspended funds
Unlisted equity
Private equity investments
Other

At 
31 December 
2015
493
331
162
433
331
65
1,322

£m
At 
31 December 
2014
712
232
480
502
254
85
1,553

The table below summarises the significant unobservable inputs of investments and securities categorised as Level 3 hierarchy. 

Pooled investments
Underlying net asset value
Published fund price
Credit spreads
Market adjusted prices

Equity instruments
Dividend growth rate
Volatilities 
Internal rate of return
Market adjusted prices

Other investments
Commodity prices
Interest rates
Inflation rates

(d) Alternative assumptions
Accounting standards require consideration of the effect of reasonable possible alternative assumptions on the fair value of Level 3 
financial assets and liabilities. 

Alternative assumptions are assessed in terms of possible favourable and unfavourable changes in the key market inputs for the major 
types of Level 3 financial assets and liabilities, ranging from, for example, a 13% change in the price earnings multiple for equity securities, 
to a 13% change in the discount rates applied to debt securities and volatility assumptions in derivative contracts. Changes in business risk 
inputs such as lapses and non-performance risk were also considered.

Management believes that in aggregate, 25% (2014: 15%) of the amounts determined in the sensitivity tables represents a reasonable 
possible alternative judgement in the context of the current macro-economic environment in which the Group operates. It is therefore 
considered that the impact of alternative assumptions will be in the range of £38 million (2014: £32 million) favourable to £37 million (2014: 
£30 million) unfavourable on profit or loss and assets. The impact on liabilities will be in the range of £14 million (2014: £11 million) 
favourable and £15 million (2014: £12 million) unfavourable.

E4: Financial instruments designated as fair value through profit or loss
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 profit or loss. Information relating to the change in fair value of these items as it relates to 
credit risk is shown in the table below:

Change in fair value due to change in credit risk
Loans and advances
Investments and securities
Other financial assets

At 31 December 2015

At 31 December 2014

Maximum 
exposure 
to credit risk
2,854
6,305
–
9,159

Current 
financial 
year
–
–
–
–

Cumulative
–
(3)
–
(3)

Maximum 
exposure 
to credit risk
3,347
6,406
21
9,774

Current 
financial 
year
–
(1)
–
(1)

£m

Cumulative
–
(3)
–
(3)

The change in fair value due to a 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 profit or loss, 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 at fair value through profit or loss. 

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G R O U P   F I N A N C I A L   S TAT E M E N T S
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS CONTINUED

For the year ended 31 December 2015

E: Financial assets and liabilities continued
E4: Financial instruments designated as fair value through profit or loss continued
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 profit or loss. 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 2015

At 31 December 2014

Change in fair value due 
to change in credit risk
Borrowed funds
Amounts owed to 
bank depositors

Fair value
302

2,885
3,187

Current 
financial 
year
20

4
24

Cumulative
74

Contractual 
maturity 
amount
255

7
81

2,894
3,149

Fair value
734

2,199
2,933

Current 
financial 
year
10

(2)
8

£m

Contractual 
maturity 
amount
606

Cumulative
97

(5)
92

2,198
2,804

The fair values of other categories of financial liabilities designated as fair value through profit or loss do not change significantly in 
respect of credit risk.

The change in fair value due to credit risk of financial liabilities designated at fair value through profit or loss 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. The basis for not using credit default swaps to determine the 
change in fair value due to credit risk is the unavailability of reliable market-priced instruments.

E5: Fair value hierarchy for assets and liabilities not measured at fair value
(a) Financial instruments
Certain financial instruments of the Group are not carried at fair value, principally investments and securities categorised as held to 
maturity, loans and receivables, and other financial assets and financial liabilities at amortised cost. The calculation of the fair value of 
these financial instruments incorporates the Group’s best estimate of the value at which these financial assets could be exchanged, or 
financial liabilities transferred, between market participants at the measurement date. The Group’s estimate of what fair value is does not 
necessarily represent what it would be able to sell the asset for, or transfer the respective financial liability for, in an involuntary liquidation 
or distressed sale.

Investments and securities
Investments and securities with a carrying value of £2,264 million (2014: £2,386 million) are shown within note E1 as held-to-maturity 
investments and loans and receivables and are therefore not carried at fair value. The fair value of these securities is estimated to be £2,196 
million (2014: £2,390 million) and is based either on available market prices (Level 1) (£763 million (£2014: £519 million)) or discounted cash 
flow analysis where an instrument is not quoted or the market is considered to be inactive (Level 2) (£1,433 million (2014: £1,871 million)).

Loans and advances
Loans and advances with a carrying value of £26,437 million (2014: £29,835 million), shown within note E1 as loans and receivables and 
therefore not carried at fair value, principally comprise variable rate financial assets. The interest rates on these variable rate financial 
assets are adjusted when the applicable benchmark interest rate changes. The fair value of these financial instruments at the reporting 
date are estimated to be £26,271 million (2014: £29,809 million) and would be classified as Level 3. 

Loans and advances are not actively traded in most markets and it is therefore not possible to determine the fair value of these loans and 
advances using observable market prices and market inputs. Due to the unique characteristics of the loans and advances portfolio and 
the fact that there have been no recent transactions involving the disposals of such loans and advances, there is no basis to determine a 
price that could be negotiated between market participants in an orderly transaction. The Group is not currently in the position of a forced 
sale of such underlying loans and advances and it would therefore be inappropriate to value the loans and advances on a forced-sale 
basis.

For specifically impaired loans and advances, the carrying value as determined after consideration of the Group’s IAS 39 credit 
impairments, is considered the best estimate of fair value.

The Group has developed a methodology and model to determine the fair value of the gross exposures for the performing loans and 
advances measured at amortised cost. This model incorporates the use of average interest rates and projected monthly cash flows per 
product type. Future cash flows are discounted using interest rates at which similar loans would be granted to borrowers with similar credit 
ratings and maturities. Inputs into the model include various assumptions utilised in the pricing of loans and advances. The determination 
of such inputs is highly subjective and therefore any change to one or more of the assumptions may result in a significant change in the 
determination of the fair value of loans and advances.

FinancialsOLD MUTUAL PLCANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS 2015Other financial assets
The carrying values of cash and cash equivalents, mandatory deposits with central banks and provisions and trade, other receivables 
and other assets are considered a reasonable approximation of their respective fair values, as they are either short-term in nature or are 
repriced to current market rates at frequent intervals. Cash and cash equivalents and mandatory reserves would be classified into Level 1 
of the fair value hierarchy. Trade, other receivables and other assets would be classified into Level 3 of the fair value hierarchy.

207

Amounts owed to depositors
Amounts owed to depositors principally comprises variable rate liabilities. The carrying value of the amounts owed to depositors 
approximates fair value because the instruments reprice to current market rates at frequent intervals. In addition, a significant portion of 
the balance is callable or is short-term in nature. Amounts owed to depositors would be classified into Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy.

Borrowed funds
Borrowed funds with a carrying value of £2,720 million (2014: £2,310 million) are shown within note E1 as financial liabilities at amortised 
cost and therefore not carried at fair value. The fair value of these instruments is estimated to be £2,656 million (2014: £2,318 million) and  
is based either on available market prices (Level 1) (£1,636 million (2014: £1,421 million)) or discounted cash flow analysis where an 
instrument is not quoted or the market is considered to be inactive (Level 2) (£1,020 million (2014: £897 million)).

Other financial liabilities
The carrying values of trade, other payables, and other liabilities are considered a reasonable approximation of their respective fair 
values, as they are either short-term in nature or are repriced to current market rates at frequent intervals. Trade, other payables and 
other liabilities would be classified into Level 3 of the fair value hierarchy.

(b) Non-financial instruments
The fair value of plant and equipment, investment in associated undertakings and joint ventures (that is not categorised as Designated 
at fair value through profit or loss) and Life assurance policyholder liabilities (that are not categorised as Designated at fair value through 
profit or loss) approximates the respective carrying values. All of these assets and liabilities would be classified as Level 3.
E6: Master netting or similar agreements
The Group offsets financial assets and liabilities in the statement of financial position when it has a legally enforceable right to do so 
and intends to settle on a net basis simultaneously. Certain master netting agreements do not provide the Group with the current legally 
enforceable right to offset the instruments. The majority of these transactions are governed by the principles of ISDA or a similar type of 
agreements. These agreements aim to protect the parties in the event of default. 

The following tables present information on the potential effect of netting offset arrangements after taking into consideration these 
types of agreements.

At 31 December 2015
Financial assets
Loans and advances
Investments and securities
Derivative financial instruments – assets
Cash and cash equivalents
Financial liabilities
Trade, other payables and other liabilities
Amounts owed to bank depositors
Derivative financial instruments – liabilities

At 31 December 2014
Financial assets
Loans and advances
Investments and securities
Derivative financial instruments – assets
Cash and cash equivalents
Financial liabilities
Trade, other payables and other liabilities
Amounts owed to bank depositors
Derivative financial instruments – liabilities

£m

Amounts 
offset in 
the 
statement 
of financial 
position

Net amounts
of financial
 instruments 
presented 
in the 
statement 
of financial
 position

Related amounts available 
for future set-off
Master 
netting 
agreement

Collateral 
received/ 
pledged¹

Position not 
subject to 
offset

(68)
– 
(225)
(113)

(113)
(1,591)
(325)

30,965
82,601
3,076
4,520

3,787
32,328
3,317

– 
–
(1,541)
– 

– 
– 
(1,586)

– 
(332)
– 
–

30,965
82,269
1,535
4,520

(332) 
– 
(151)

3,455
32,328
1,580

£m

Amounts 
offset in 
the 
statement 
of financial 
position

Net amounts
of financial
 instruments 
presented 
in the 
statement 
of financial
 position

(160)
– 
(108)
(24)

(24)
(1,640)
(263)

34,857
87,547
1,227
4,944

4,276
36,243
1,201

Related amounts available 
for future set-off

Master 
netting 
agreement

Collateral 
received/ 
pledged1

Position not 
subject to 
offset

(140)
– 
(1,102)
–

– 
– 
(1,096)

–
(283)
–
–

(283) 
–
(63)

34,717
87,264
125
4,944

3,993
36,243
42

Gross 
amount 
of financial 
instrument

31,033
82,601
3,301
4,633

3,900
33,919
3,642

Gross 
amount 
of financial 
instrument

35,017
87,547
1,335
4,968

4,300
37,883
1,464

1  This represents the amounts that could be offset in the event of default. These arrangements are typically governed by master netting and collateral arrangements.

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G R O U P   F I N A N C I A L   S TAT E M E N T S
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS CONTINUED

For the year ended 31 December 2015

F: Capital and Financial Risk Management
F1: Capital management
The Group 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 supporting the optimisation of return relative to the risks. 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 and regulatory requirements in all businesses in the Group. The Group’s overall capital risk appetite is set with reference to 
the requirements of the relevant stakeholders and seeks to:

 ■ Maintain sufficient, but not excessive, financial strength to support stakeholder requirements

 ■ Optimise debt to equity structure to enhance shareholder returns

 ■ Retain financial flexibility by maintaining liquidity, including unutilised committed credit lines. 

The primary sources of capital used by the Group are equity shareholders’ funds, subordinated debt and borrowings. Alternative 
resources are utilised where appropriate. Targets are established in relation to regulatory solvency, credit 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 Prudential Regulation 
Authority (PRA). As at 31 December 2015, the unaudited pro-forma FGD surplus was estimated to be £1.7 billion (2014: £2.1 billion). 
The FGD position will be submitted to the PRA by 30 April 2016. With effect from 1 January 2016, the Group will measure Group solvency 
in accordance with the EU Solvency II Directive. As at 1 January 2016, the unaudited pro-forma Group Solvency II surplus was estimated to 
be £1.6 billion. Further detail as to the Group’s regulatory capital surplus (both FGD and Solvency II) and that of subsidiaries is provided in 
the Annual Report and Accounts. 

F2: Insurance risk (risk arising within insurance contracts)
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 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 property & casualty.

Insurance risk arises through exposure to variable claims experience on life assurance, critical illness and other protection business and 
exposure to variable operating experience in respect of factors such as persistency levels and management expenses. Unfavourable 
persistency, expenses and mortality and morbidity claim rates, relative to the actuarial assumptions made in the pricing process, may 
prevent the Group from achieving its profit objectives.

The Group has developed a risk policy which sets out the practices which are used to monitor and manage insurance risk as well as 
management information and stress-testing requirements. The policy is cascaded to all relevant 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 sensitivity of the Group’s earnings and capital position to insurance risk is monitored through the Group’s risk appetite reporting 
processes.

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 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 different from expected levels. Possible causes are 
new and unexpected epidemics and widespread changes in lifestyle such as eating, smoking and exercise habits. Higher than expected 
claims levels will reduce expected emerging profits. For contracts where the insured risk is survival, the most significant factor that is likely 
to adversely impact the claims experience is continued improvement in medical science and social conditions that increase longevity. 

For unit-linked contracts, a risk charge is applied to meet the expected cost of the insured benefit (in excess of the unit value). 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.

FinancialsOLD MUTUAL PLCANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS 2015The operations manage mortality and morbidity 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 
transferred to reinsurance counterparties.

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Persistency
Persistency risk is the risk that policyholder surrenders, transfers or premium cessation on contracts occur at levels that are different to 
expected.

In order to limit this risk to an acceptable level, products (including charging and commission structures) are designed to limit the financial 
loss on surrender, subject to ‘Treating Customers Fairly’ principles.

Persistency statistics are monitored monthly and a detailed persistency analysis at a product level is carried out on an annual basis. 
Management actions may be triggered if statistics show significant adverse movement or emerging trends in experience.

Expenses
Expense risk is the risk that actual expenses and expense inflation differ from expected levels. Higher expenses and expense inflation 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.

Tax
Tax risk is the risk that 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, resulting in higher taxes reducing profitability or increasing 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.

F3: Financial risk management
A key component of our approach to capital management is to ensure that the Group’s 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.

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, interest and foreign exchange rates) and liquidity risk.

(a) Credit risk
(i) Overall exposure to credit risk
Credit risk is defined as the risk that one party to a financial instrument will cause a financial loss to the Group by failing to discharge an 
obligation to repay cash or deliver another financial asset.

Credit risk in the group arise from a number of activities of the Group, namely banking lending, trading, investing and other activities of 
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. Credit risk is managed through research and analysis at the time 
of investment or granting of the loan. The Group’s exposure and the credit rating of its counterparties are continuously monitored.

The Group is exposed to banking credit risk from lending and other financing activities, through its exposure to Nedbank and the banking 
operations within the Emerging Markets business. Nedbank’s lending portfolio forms a substantial part of the Group’s loans and 
advances, as analysed in note G1. Credit risk represents the most significant risk type facing Nedbank, accounting for the majority of its 
economic capital requirements. Nedbank’s credit risk profile is managed in terms of the credit risk management framework, which 
encompasses comprehensive credit risk policy, mandate (limits) and governance structures, and is approved by the Nedbank Board.

The Group is also exposed to the risk of credit defaults and movements in credit spreads from our insurance businesses. This includes 
counterparty default risk, which also arises mainly from reinsurance and hedging arrangements.

The Group also has limited other credit risk exposures in respect of amounts due from policyholders and intermediaries. Loans to 
policyholders are secured on the surrender value of the relevant policies.

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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS CONTINUED

For the year ended 31 December 2015

F: Capital and Financial risk management continued
F3: Financial risk management continued
(a) Credit risk continued
(ii) Maximum exposure to credit risk
The table below represents the Group’s maximum exposure to credit risk, without taking into account the value of any collateral obtained. 
The maximum exposure to credit risk with regards to derivative financial instruments represents the current fair value of these instruments 
and does not take into account the impact of any positive or adverse changes in the value of the derivative financial instruments. 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 policyholder liabilities
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

At 
31 December 
2015
716
2,661
30,965
19,007
7,241
9,023
2,335
408
1,665
3,076
4,520
1,793
4,136
123
68,662

£m
At 
31 December 
2014
829
2,314
34,857
19,314
6,039
10,180
2,480
615
2,284
1,227
4,944
1,973
5,347
1,475
74,564

(b) 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.

The Group has developed risk policies which set out the practices which are used to monitor and manage market risk. These policies are 
cascaded to business units across the Group. Each of the Group’s business units has its own established set of policies, principles and 
governance processes to monitor and manage market risk within its individual businesses and in accordance with local regulatory 
requirements. Group-level governance and monitoring processes provide oversight of these individual approaches to the management of 
market risk.

The sensitivity of the Group’s earnings, capital position and embedded value to market risk is monitored through the Group’s embedded 
value and risk appetite reporting processes.

(ii) Insurance operations
For the Group’s insurance operations, equity, property, volatility and interest rate risk exposure to capital and to earnings are quantified in 
accordance with the Group’s risk appetite framework. Additional detail is provided in the Principal Risks and Uncertainties section.

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 guarantees 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 with guarantees is managed through appropriate 
asset-liability matching, which includes hedging, as per the PPFM (Principles and Practices of Financial Management). 

In Old Mutual Wealth’s unit-linked assurance operations, policyholders carry the full market risk, with the only risk to the Group being 
asset-based fee risk from charges on policyholder funds. In respect of Old Mutual Wealth’s shareholders’ funds, market risk is addressed 
in Old Mutual Wealth’s investment policy, which provides for very limited opportunity for entities to invest their shareholder capital in 
equities and other volatile assets.

FinancialsOLD MUTUAL PLCANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS 2015For Old Mutual Bermuda, the market risk to shareholders post the sale of the business to Beechwood Bermuda Limited arises from the 
retention of the Guaranteed Minimum Accumulation Benefits (GMABs), which is reinsured by Old Mutual (Bermuda) Re Limited until the 
last guarantee has expired in August 2018. These GMABs are US dollar-denominated guarantees. The equity market risk and currency 
risk is managed through a hedging strategy. The volatility risk associated with the GMAB is hedged by forward start options.

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(iii) Banking operations
The principal market risks arising in the Group’s banking operations arise from:

 ■ Trading risk in Nedbank Capital and

 ■ Banking book interest rate risk from repricing 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.

Banking operations – Trading risk
Market risk exposures from trading activities at Nedbank Capital are measured using Value-at-Risk (VaR), supplemented by sensitivity 
analysis, and stress and scenario analysis. 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 a 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.

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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS CONTINUED

For the year ended 31 December 2015

F: Capital and Financial risk management continued
F3: Financial risk management continued
(b) Market risk continued
(iii) Banking operations continued
At 31 December

Historical VaR (one-day, 

99%) by risk type

Foreign exchange
Interest rate
Equity product
Other
Diversification
Total VaR exposure

Average

Minimum

Maximum

Year-end

2015

2014

2015

2014

2015

2014

2015

0.1
0.3
0.1
0.4
(0.3)
0.6

0.2
0.4
0.1
0.2
(0.4)
0.6

–
0.2
–
0.1
–
0.3

–
0.3
–
0.2
–
0.4

0.8
1.0
0.5
0.6
–
2.0

0.6
0.7
0.3
0.3
–
0.9

0.8
1.0
0.3
0.5
(0.7)
1.9

Banking book interest rate risk
Banking book interest rate risk at Nedbank arises because:

 ■ The bank writes a large amount 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

 ■ Short-term demand-funding products re-price to different short-end base rates

 ■ Certain ambiguous maturity accounts are non-rate-sensitive

£m

2014

0.1
0.3
0.1
0.3
(0.3)
0.5

 ■ 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 2015 the sensitivity of the banking book to a 1% instantaneous reduction in interest rates would have led to a reduction 
in net interest income over the next 12 months of £62 million (2014: £57 million).

FinancialsOLD MUTUAL PLCANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS 2015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:

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At 31 December 2015

Interest rate re-pricing gap
Total assets
Total liabilities and shareholders’ funds
Interest rate hedging activities
Repricing profile
Cumulative repricing profile
Expressed as a % of total assets

At 31 December 2014

Interest rate re-pricing gap
Total assets
Total liabilities and shareholders’ funds
Interest rate hedging activities
Repricing profile
Cumulative repricing profile
Expressed as a % of total assets

Up to 
3 months

3 to 
6 months

6 months 
to 1 year

1 to 
5 years

More than 
5 years

Trading 
and non-rate

£m

Total

26,195
(23,346)
589
3,438
3,438
8.5%

1,486
(1,136)
308
658
4,096
10.1%

1,013
(1,446)
484
51
4,147
10.2%

1,957
(889)
(1,072)
(4)
4,143
10.2%

1,035
(558)
(309)
168
4,311
10.6%

8,883
(13,194)
–
(4,311)
–
–

40,569
(40,569)
–
–
–
–

Up to 
3 months

3 to 
6 months

6 months 
to 1 year

1 to 
5 years

More than 
5 years

Trading 
and non-rate

29,517
(27,068)
1,355
3,804
3,804
8.5%

1,492
(1,459)
418
451
4,255
9.5%

1,295
(1,514)
71
(148)
4,107
9.1%

2,559
(918)
(1,394)
247
4,354
9.7%

902
(265)
(450)
187
4,541
10.1%

9,204
(13,745)
–
(4,541)
–
–

£m

Total

44,969
(44,969)
–
–
–
–

The analysis indicates that the maturity profile of financial assets is broadly matched to the financial liabilities due to derivative hedging 
activities. This means that in the event of increasing interest rates, net interest income will remain stable in the short term.

F4: Currency translation risk
The Group is exposed to movements in exchange rates from changes in the sterling value of surplus assets and earnings denominated in 
foreign currencies. From a capital perspective, our capital is held where our risks are located and currency translation risk would only be 
realised if we were to require a transfer of surplus capital between regions during a period of stress. The functional currencies of the 
Group’s principal overseas operations are South African rand, US dollar and Euro. 

Certain of the Group’s business operations may undertake activities that are not in their functional currencies. These activities, such as 
Nedbank, which has a functional currency of South African rand, lending in US dollar, are economically hedged by numerous activities 
such as the use of currency swaps, currency borrowings and forward foreign exchange contracts.

These foreign currency translation tables below have been prepared on the basis that the values of the economic hedging instruments are 
reflected at their carrying value, as opposed to their notional amounts. The tables are therefore a reflection of the foreign currency 
exposures in their respective currencies.

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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS CONTINUED

For the year ended 31 December 2015

F: Capital and Financial risk management continued
F3: Financial risk management continued
(b) Market risk continued
(iii) Banking operations continued

At 31 December 2015
Assets
Mandatory reserve deposits with central banks
Reinsurers’ share of policyholder liabilities
Loans and advances
Investments and securities
Trade, other receivables and other assets
Derivative financial instruments – assets
Cash and cash equivalents
Total financial assets
Total non-financial assets
Total assets
Liabilities
Life assurance policyholder liabilities
Third-party interest in consolidation of funds
Borrowed funds
Trade, other payables and other liabilities
Amounts owed to bank depositors
Derivative financial instruments – liabilities
Total financial liabilities
Total non-financial liabilities
Total liabilities

At 31 December 2014
Assets
Mandatory reserve deposits with central banks
Reinsurers’ share of policyholder liabilities
Loans and advances
Investments and securities
Trade, other receivables and other assets
Derivative financial instruments – assets
Cash and cash equivalents
Total financial assets
Total non-financial assets
Total assets
Liabilities
Life assurance policyholder liabilities
Third-party interest in consolidation of funds
Borrowed funds
Trade, other payables and other liabilities
Amounts owed to bank depositors
Derivative financial instruments – liabilities
Total financial liabilities
Total non-financial liabilities
Total liabilities

ZAR

GBP

USD

EUR

Other

696
111
27,441
24,502
1,127
1,579
1,731
57,187
2,502
59,689

22,558
1,456
2,270
2,046
28,183
1,853
58,366
621
58,987

–
2,507
423
39,347
424
1,466
1,629
45,796
2,327
48,123

39,204
3,184
1,098
989
635
1,416
46,526
501
47,027

–
1
2,126
10,352
205
20
433
13,137
1,503
14,640

5,905
14
87
363
2,338
40
8,747
116
8,863

–
–
131
5,719
104
7
457
6,418
83
6,501

5,396
–
–
80
247
3
5,726
43
5,769

20
42
844
2,681
147
4
270
4,008
587
4,595

2,505
7
69
309
925
5
3,820
148
3,968

ZAR

GBP

USD

EUR

Other

806
116
31,464
31,420
1,260
1,065
2,409
68,540
3,061
71,601

28,322
3,112
2,211
2,655
32,266
1,100
69,666
779
70,445

–
2,169
412
37,116
404
139
1,434
41,674
2,258
43,932

36,472
2,818
677
992
599
93
41,651
573
42,224

–
1
1,879
10,835
482
11
318
13,526
1,421
14,947

6,314
48
146
253
1,683
3
8,447
75
8,522

–
–
182
5,251
101
8
511
6,053
1,407
7,460

4,883
8
–
84
270
1
5,246
1,329
6,575

23
28
920
2,925
115
4
272
4,287
289
4,576

3,369
–
10
292
1,425
4
5,100
105
5,205

£m
Total

716
2,661
30,965
82,601
2,007
3,076
4,520
126,546
7,002
133,548

75,568
4,661
3,524
3,787
32,328
3,317
123,185
1,429
124,614

£m
Total

829
2,314
34,857
87,547
2,362
1,227
4,944
134,080
8,436
142,516

79,360
5,986
3,044
4,276
36,243
1,201
130,110
2,861
132,971

FinancialsOLD MUTUAL PLCANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS 2015F5: 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 Group’s short-, medium- and long-term funding and liquidity requirements. The Group manages liquidity by 
maintaining adequate reserves and banking facilities, 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.

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The Group continues to meet Group and individual entity capital requirements, and day-to-day liquidity needs through the Group’s 
available cash resources and, if necessary, available credit facilities. The Group’s liquid resources are held in large portfolios of highly 
marketable securities, for example listed bonds, actively traded pooled investments, equities 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. However, 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 note G2. 
The Group extended the existing revolving credit facility of £800 million (2014: £800 million) in August 2015 under the terms of the facility, 
resulting in a £727 million facility that matures in August 2020 and a £73 million facility that matures in August 2019. Details, together with 
information on the Group’s borrowed funds, are given in note G7.

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 also as part of the Group’s annual business planning cycle. 
The Group and holding company’s liquidity and capital position and forecast are presented to the Old Mutual plc Board of Directors 
on a regular basis. Additionally the Group conducts regular stress testing around liquidity requirements, as referenced in the Risks Section 
pages 82 to 97.

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 the holding company cash flows is contained in the financial performance section of the Business 
Review section. 

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 notes G4, G6, G7 and G8.

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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS CONTINUED

For the year ended 31 December 2015

G: Analysis of financial assets and liabilities
G1: Loans and advances
The Group extends advances to individuals and to the corporate, commercial and public sectors. The majority of loans and advances are 
in respect of Nedbank which represents 96% (£29,873 million); (2014: 97% (£33,773 million)) of the Group’s net loans and advances. 
Nedbank assesses its loan portfolios for impairment at each financial reporting date and manages its exposure to loans and advances 
through a documented credit approval processes. 
Emerging Markets has lending exposure, net of credit impairment provisions, of £912 million (2014: £909 million) through its non-wholly 
owned subsidiaries in South Africa, Kenya and Zimbabwe. Credit loss ratios are monitored at each individual business unit level. 
Interest earned on loans and advances is analysed in Note D3: Banking interest and similar income and credit impairment charges are 
included in note G1(d) Provision for impairment.

Critical accounting estimates and judgements – Provisions for impairment of loans and advances
The impairment for performing loans is calculated on a portfolio basis, based on historical loss experience, adjusted for national and 
sector-specific economic conditions and other indicators present at the reporting date that correlate with defaults on the portfolio. These 
include early arrears, such as changes in macro-economic conditions and legislation affecting credit recovery. These annual loss ratios are 
applied to loan balances in the portfolio and scaled to the estimated loss emergence period. For portfolios of loans and advances which 
comprise large numbers of small, homogeneous assets with similar risk characteristics where credit scoring techniques are generally used, 
statistical techniques are used to calculate impairment allowances on the portfolio, based on historical recovery rates and assumed 
emergence periods. There are a number of models in use, each tailored to a product, line of business or client category. Judgement and 
knowledge are needed in selecting the statistical methods to use when the models are developed or revised. Additional impairment 
provisions may be raised for issues which the Group believes are not specifically covered by statistical models. For wholesale (larger) 
exposures impairment allowances are calculated on an individual basis and all relevant considerations that have a bearing on the expected 
future cash flows are taken into account. The level of impairment allowance is the difference between the value of the discounted expected 
future cash flows and its carrying amount. Subjective judgements are made in the calculations of future cash flows and change with time as 
new information becomes available or as strategies evolve, resulting in revisions to the impairment provision as individual decisions are taken.

(a) Categories of loans and advances
The following table provides an analysis of the categories of loans and advances that are provided by the Group. The amounts presented 
in this table are the carrying value of the underlying assets before provisions for impairment losses. 

Home loans
Commercial mortgages
Unsecured retail lending
Other term loans
Other loans to clients
Net finance leases and instalment debtors
Deposits placed under reverse purchase agreements
Overdrafts
Preference shares and debentures
Credit cards
Factoring accounts
Policyholder loans
Properties in possession
Remittances in transit
Trade, other bills and bankers’ acceptances
Gross loans and advances

Provisions for impairment 
  Specific provisions
  Portfolio provision

Total net loans and advances

At
31 December
2015
6,409
6,098
1,558
3,961
5,663
4,377
884
751
907
616
234
241
16
9
–
31,724

£m

At
31 December 
20141
7,816
6,870
1,880
4,775
4,856
5,236
1,016
929
1,006
745
277
248
33
11
16
35,714

(759)
(529)
(230)

(857)
(596)
(261)

30,965

34,857

1  The Group has grossed up £126 million relating to the prior year statement of financial position impairment provisions that were previously netted off against the value 

of gross loans and advances.

FinancialsOLD MUTUAL PLCANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS 2015(a)(i) Loans and advances by sector

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Individuals
Financial services, insurance and real estate
Banks
Manufacturing
Building and property development
Transport, storage and communication
Retailers, catering and accommodation
Wholesale and trade
Mining and quarrying
Policyholder loans
Agriculture, forestry and fishing
Government and public sector

(a)(ii) Loans and advances geographical analysis

South Africa
Rest of Africa
Europe
Asia
United States
Other
Total net loans and advances

At
31 December
2015
11,804
8,090
1,303
1,929
409
1,363
942
1,347
1,506
279
775
1,977
31,724

At
31 December
2015
27,813
2,106
1,378
310
41
76
31,724

£m
At
31 December 
2014
13,953
8,656
1,211
2,293
504
1,530
1,333
1,068
1,503
279
1,207
2,177
35,714

£m
At
31 December 
2014
31,725
1,934
1,250
249
232
324
35,714

(b) Analysis of loans and advances
Non-performing loans included above had a book value less impairment provisions of £602 million (2014: £501 million). Loans and advances 
are generally classified as non-performing, at a minimum, when the client is three complete months in arrears. 

Of the loans and advances shown above, £10,715 million (2014: £11,096 million) is receivable within one year of the reporting date and is 
regarded as current. £20,250 million (2014: £23,761 million) is regarded as non-current based on the maturity profile of the assets.

Of the gross loans and advances shown above, £31,348 million (2014: £35,357 million) relates to balances held by the Group’s banking 
operations. No impairments have been raised against policyholder loans as they are fully backed by amounts owing to policyholder liabilities.

(i) Analysis of unsecured retail lending loans and advances
The following table provides an analysis of the Group’s unsecured retail lending loans and advances:

Nedbank
Emerging Markets
  Old Mutual Finance (Pty) Limited
  Central Africa Building Society
  Faulu Microfinance Bank Limited

Gross amount of unsecured retail lending
Provisions for impairment 
Total net loans and advances

At
31 December
2015
782
776
602
98
76

£m

At
31 December 
2014
1,020
860
691
94
75

1,558
(350)
1,208

1,880
(375)
1,505

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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS CONTINUED

For the year ended 31 December 2015

G: Analysis of financial assets and liabilities continued
G1: Loans and advances continued
(b) Analysis of loans and advances continued
(ii) Credit quality of unsecured retail lending loans and advances
The credit quality of the Group’s unsecured retail lending loans and advances is summarised below, by reference to defaulted and 
long-outstanding defaulted balances.

Performing loans
Non-performing loans
  Defaulted loans
  Long outstanding loans

Performing loans
Non-performing loans
  Defaulted loans
  Long outstanding loans

Old Mutual 
Finance (Pty)
Limited
317
285
124
161
602

Nedbank
679
103
103
–
782

Nedbank
879
141
141
–
1,020

Old Mutual 
Finance (Pty)
Limited
413
278
138
140
691

£m

Central 
Africa 
Building
 Society
93
5
5
–
98

Faulu
Microfinance
Bank Limited
74
2
2
–
76

At 
31 December
2015
1,163
395
234
161
1,558

Central 
Africa 
Building
 Society
90
4
4
–
94

Faulu
Microfinance
Bank Limited
73
2
2
–
75

£m

At 
31 December
2014
1,455
425
285
140
1,880

Loans are considered to be defaulted after three missed payments.

Long-outstanding defaulted loan balances relate to loans that have been in default for a period of five months or more.

(iii) Statement of financial position credit impairment provisions of unsecured retail lending loans and advances
Provisions for credit impairments in relation to the Group’s unsecured retail lending loans and advances are analysed below:

Performing loans
Non-performing loans
  Defaulted loans
  Long outstanding loans

Performing loans
Non-performing loans
  Defaulted loans
  Long outstanding loans 

Old Mutual 
Finance (Pty)
Limited
18
223
78
145
241

Nedbank
35
68
68
–
103

Nedbank
43
93
93
–
136

Old Mutual 
Finance (Pty)
Limited
24
213
87
126
237

£m

Central 
Africa 
Building
 Society
1
4
4
–
5

Faulu
Microfinance
Bank Limited
–
1
1
–
1

At 
31 December
2015
54
296
151
145
350

Central 
Africa 
Building
 Society
1
1
1
–
2

Faulu
Microfinance
Bank Limited
–
–
–
–
–

£m

At 
31 December
2014
68
307
181
126
375

Old Mutual Finance (Pty) Limited provides for 90% of long-outstanding defaulted loans. Nedbank, CABS and Faulu provide for 100% of 
such loans and derecognise the related receivables.

FinancialsOLD MUTUAL PLCANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS 2015(c) Credit quality of loans and advances
(i) Age analysis of loans and advances
The table below gives an age analysis of loans and advances representing primarily the exposures of the Group’s banking operations: 

219

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

At
31 December
2015
29,445
1,266
783
395
69
11
8
1,013
31,724
(759)
30,965

£m
At
31 December 
2014
33,270
1,226
691
511
10
1
13
1,218
35,714
(857)
34,857

(ii) Credit rating analysis of loans neither past due nor impaired
The credit quality of those advances neither past due nor impaired loans and advances can be further analysed by credit rating as follows:

At 31 December 2015

At 31 December 2014

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

Gross loans and advances

Investment 
grade
898
2,670
50
167
–
3,646

Sub-
investment 
grade
4,544
3,204
468
439
–
1,740

Internally 
rated
225
42
1
36
224
165

661

187
45

–
3,139
–

129

3,733
179

–
1,422
–

117

105
–

–
316
9

Total
5,667
5,916
519
642
224
5,551

907

4,025
224

–
4,877
9

813
12,276

71
15,929

–
1,240

884
29,445

Investment 
grade
1,144
2,454
61
201
–
3,055

633

244
8

–
4,154
–

964
12,918

Sub-
investment 
grade
4,161
5,559
572
519
–
1,540

220

4,432
246

16
1,407
–

52
18,724

Internally 
rated
317
78
1
86
226
247

152

120
–

–
390
11

–
1,628

1,016
33,270

£m

Total
5,622
8,091
634
806
226
4,842

1,005

4,796
254

16
5,951
11

The rating scale of the loans and advances is based on local equivalent rating scales and not international scales.

(iii) Collateral
Collateral is held as security against certain loans and advances detailed above, with this principally consisting of cash, properties and 
letters of credit.

At 31 December 2015, the Group recognised collateral of £16 million (2014: £33 million) in the statement of financial position. These 
amounts are being included in the loans and advances above as properties in possession.

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.

Non-financial collateral 
The Group takes other non-monetary 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. 
Where the Group is exposed to syndicated lending, the collateral offered by the borrower is secured by security special purpose vehicles.

Should a counterparty be unable to settle its obligations, the Group takes possession of collateral as full or part settlement of such 
amounts. In general, the Group seeks to dispose of such property and other assets that are not readily convertible into cash as soon as 
the market for the relevant asset permits.

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For the year ended 31 December 2015

G: Analysis of financial assets and liabilities continued
G1: Loans and advances continued
(d) Provision for impairments
This section analyses the provisions raised against loans and advances and the movements during the year.

Specific impairments have been raised against those loans identified as impaired. Portfolio impairments are recognised against loans and 
advances classified as neither past due nor impaired or past due but not impaired.

Movements in provisions for impairment of loans and advances are analysed as follows: 

£m

Total 
impairment
657
222
276
329
(53)
(329)
31
857

£m

Group
Total 
impairment
857
307
365
(58)
(230)
(175)
759

Balance at beginning of the year
Acquisitions through business combinations
Credit impairment charge
Profit or loss charge
Recoveries of amounts previously written off

Amounts written off against the provision
Foreign exchange and other movements
Balance at end of the year 

At 31 December 2015

At 31 December 2014

Specific 
impairment
596
–
282
340
(58)
(231)
(118)
529

Portfolio 
impairment
261
–
25
25
–
1
(57)
230

Total 
impairment
857
–
307
365
(58)
(230)
(175)
759

Specific
 impairment
428
199
253
306
(53)
(328)
44
596

Portfolio
 impairment
229
23
23
23
–
(1)
(13)
261

The segmental analysis of impairment of loans and advances are as follows:

At 31 December 2015

Balance at beginning of the year
Credit impairment charge
Profit or loss charge
Recoveries of amounts previously written off

Amounts written off against the provision
Foreign exchange and other movements
Balance at end of the year 

At 31 December 2014

Balance at beginning of the year
Acquisitions through business combinations
Credit impairment charge
Profit or loss charge
Recoveries of amounts previously written off

Amounts written off against the provision
Foreign exchange and other movements
Balance at end of the year 

Nedbank

Emerging Markets

Specific 
impairment
379
223
281
(58)
(231)
(79)
292

Portfolio 
impairment
237
22
22
–
1
(52)
208

Total 
impairment
616
245
303
(58)
(230)
(131)
500

Specific
impairment
217
59
59
–
–
(39)
237

Portfolio
impairment
24
3
3
–
–
(5)
22

Total 
impairment
241
62
62
–
–
(44)
259

Specific 
impairment
428
–
232
285
(53)
(328)
47
379

Nedbank

Portfolio 
impairment
229
–
20
20
–
(1)
(11)
237

Emerging Markets

Total 
impairment
657
–
252
305
(53)
(329)
36
616

Specific
 impairment
–
199
21
21
–
–
(3)
217

Portfolio
 impairment
–
23
3
3
–
–
(2)
24

Total 
impairment
–
222
24
24
–
–
(5)
241

£m

Group
Total 
impairment
657
222
276
329
(53)
(329)
31
857

Credit impairment charge of £24 million in relation to Emerging Markets for the year ended 31 December 2014 was recognised in the 
consolidated income statements in banking interest payable and similar expenses. 

Credit impairment charge of £252 million recognised in the consolidated income statement for the year ended 31 December 2014 related 
solely to Nedbank. 

FinancialsOLD MUTUAL PLCANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS 2015(e) Impairment of loans and advances by classification

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Home loans
Commercial mortgages
Properties in possession
Credit cards
Overdrafts
Other loans to clients
Net finance lease and instalment debtors
Total provision for impairments

At 31 December 2015

At 31 December 2014

Specific 
impairment
74
24
1
45
18
317
50
529

Portfolio
 impairment
34
22
–
6
8
110
50
230

Total
 impairment
108
46
1
51
26
427
100
759

Specific
 impairment
91
30
3
47
22
333
70
596

Portfolio
 impairment
50
20
–
7
9
114
61
261

£m

Total 
impairment
141
50
3
54
31
447
131
857

(f) Finance lease and instalment debtors
The maturity of finance lease and instalment debtors are analysed as follows:

Amounts receivable under finance leases – At 31 December
Within one year
In the second to fifth years inclusive
After five years

Less: unearned finance income
Present value of minimum lease payments receivable

Minimum lease 
payments receivable

£m

Present value of 
minimum lease 
payments receivable

2015
1,287
3,773
462
5,522
(1,145)
4,377

2014
1,696
4,559
296
6,551
(1,315)
5,236

2015
1,024
2,987
366
4,377
–
4,377

2014
1,361
3,603
272
5,236
–
5,236

G2: Investments and securities 
The table below analyses the investments and securities that the Group invests in, either for its own proprietary behalf (shareholder funds) 
or on behalf of third parties (either policyholder funds or pooled investments). 

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
2015
7,241
9,023
6,216
2,807
17,234
16,423
811
46,360
8,348
38,012
2,335
408
82,601

£m

At
31 December 
2014
6,039
10,180
7,225
2,955
16,779
15,856
923
51,454
8,776
42,678
2,480
615
87,547

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, which is the amount expected to be recoverable, £57,589 million 
(2014: £58,675 million) is regarded as current and £25,012 million (2014: £28,872 million) is regarded as non-current.

(a) Debt instruments and similar securities
All debt instruments and similar securities are neither past due nor impaired and are analysed in the table below.

These debt instruments and similar securities are classified according to their local credit rating (Standard & Poor’s or an equivalent), by 
investment grade:

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For the year ended 31 December 2015

G: Analysis of financial assets and liabilities continued
G2: Investments and securities continued
(a) Debt instruments and similar securities continued
At 31 December 2015

Government and government-guaranteed securities
Other debt securities, preference shares and debentures
Short-term funds and securities
Other

At 31 December 2014

Government and government-guaranteed securities
Other debt securities, preference shares and debentures
Short-term funds and securities
Other

Investment
 grade (AAA 
to BBB)
4,598
5,130
1,971
105
11,804

Sub-
investment 
grade (BB 
and lower)
33
279
15
–
327

Included
 through 
consolidation
 of funds
2,570
1,368
130
57
4,125

Internally 
rated
40
2,246
219
26
2,531

Investment
 grade (AAA 
to BBB)
5,061
6,478
2,192
44
13,775

Sub-
investment 
grade (BB 
and lower)
33
248
9
–
290

Included
 through 
consolidation
 of funds
938
1,521
141
305
2,905

Internally 
rated
7
1,933
138
87
2,165

£m

Total
7,241
9,023
2,335
188
18,787

£m

Total
6,039
10,180
2,480
436
19,135

(b) Equity securities
Equity securities are used for a combination of activities. The majority of the listed securities are traded on well-established exchanges such 
as the New York Stock Exchange, London Stock Exchange and JSE Securities Exchange.

The Group’s holdings of unlisted equity securities arise principally from private equity investment and unlisted investment vehicles.

G3: Securities lending
(a) Securities lent 
The Group participates in securities lending programmes where securities holdings are lent to third parties. These securities are not 
derecognised from the Group’s consolidated statement of financial position and are retained within the relevant investment classification. 
Collateral is held in respect of the loaned securities.

The table below analyses the amounts lent and the related collateral received: 

Assets lent under securities lending
Equity
Debt securities

Amounts received as collateral for securities lending
Cash
Debt securities

£m

At
31 December
2015

At
31 December 
2014

147
25
172

107
79
186

265
79
344

324
56
380

Cash collateral 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, £79 million (2014: £56 million) can be sold or repledged and £nil (2014: £nil) 
has been sold or repledged.

At 31 December 2015, the Group has received £332 million (2014: £283 million) in cash collateral under repurchase arrangements.

At 31 December 2015 and 31 December 2014, the Group has not provided any cash collateral for security lending arrangements.

FinancialsOLD MUTUAL PLCANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS 2015G4: Derivative financial instruments – assets and liabilities
The Group utilises derivative instruments for both economic hedging and trading purposes. Economic hedging occurs when a derivative 
financial instrument is taken out for the management of financial risk but does not achieve hedge accounting. Only where the accounting 
treatment results in an economic mismatch will the Group undertake hedge accounting. 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, therefore, the aggregate fair values of derivative financial assets and liabilities can fluctuate significantly from time 
to time.

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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 which 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.

The following table provides a detailed breakdown of the Group’s derivative 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. 

At 31 December

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
  Futures
  Caps
Credit Derivatives
  Credit default swaps
Other derivatives
Derivatives included through consolidation of funds
Total

Derivative financial instruments

Assets

Liabilities

2015
37
–
22
15
833
503
321
8
1
–
811
794
14
–
3
–
45
45
5
1,345
3,076

2014
42
17
16
9
420
157
250
13
–
–
645
632
4
8
1
–
57
57
3
60
1,227

2015
23
14
–
9
850
501
343
–
–
6
1,077
1,055
15
–
6
1
20
20
8
1,339
3,317

The undiscounted contractual maturity cash flows of the derivative liabilities held are as follows:

Derivative financial liabilities
At 31 December 2015
At 31 December 2014

Carrying
 amount
3,317
1,201

Less than 
3 months
1,328
56

More than 
3 months less
 than 1 year
579
171

Between 
1 and 5 years
579
344

More than 
5 years
1,623
1,026

No 
contractual
maturity date
–
–

£m

2014
21
20
–
1
290
83
198
–
–
9
773
769
2
1
–
1
46
46
1
70
1,201

£m

Total
4,109
1,597

G5: Hedge accounting
(a) 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 ineffectiveness in respect of the net investment hedges 
during the financial year ended 31 December 2015 and the financial year ended 31 December 2014. 

The table below sets out the notional amounts of derivative contracts used as hedging instruments: 

Open positions
Forward contracts
Currency swaps

At 31 December 2015

At 31 December 2014

USD

79
126
205

ZAR

73
–
73

USD

24
117
141

£m

ZAR

148
–
148

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For the year ended 31 December 2015

G: Analysis of financial assets and liabilities continued
G5: Hedge accounting continued
(a) Net investment hedges continued

Fair value of financial instruments designated as net investment hedges
ZAR forward foreign exchange contracts
EUR forward foreign exchange contracts
USD forward foreign exchange contracts
USD cross-currency swap

At 
31 December 
2015

£m
At 
31 December 
2014

5
–
(1)
(2)
2

(1)
1
(1)
3
2

The ZAR, USD and EUR forward exchange contracts are designated as hedges against foreign currency risk in respect of the Group’s 
investments in its South African, US and European operations.

G6: Insurance and investment contracts
Life assurance
Classification of contracts
Life 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 paragraphs below. 

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. Other kinds 
of contracts are considered and categorised as a whole.

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 risks are the risks of a possible future change in one or more of an 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 discretionary participating features 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 and timing of which is at the 
Group’s discretion, represent a significant portion of the total contractual payments. These 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.

Contracts under which the transfer of insurance risk to the Group from the policyholder is not significant (or there is no transfer of 
insurance risk) and where there is no discretionary participation are classified as investment contracts. Such contracts include unit-linked 
savings and/or investment contracts sold without life assurance protection.

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 unit-linked insurance contracts are recognised 
when the liability is established. Premiums in respect of other insurance contracts and investment contracts with a discretionary 
participating 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.

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.

FinancialsOLD MUTUAL PLCANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS 2015Maturity and annuity claims are recorded as they fall due for payment. Death and disability claims and surrenders are accounted for in 
profit and loss when notified.

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Reinsurance recoveries in profit and loss are recognised in profit and loss 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 reductions of the investment contract liabilities.

Amounts received under investment contracts, other than those with a discretionary participating feature and unit-linked assurance 
contracts are not recorded through profit or loss, except for fee income and investment income attributable to those contracts, but are 
accounted for directly through the statement of financial position as an adjustment to investment contract liabilities.

Insurance contract liabilities
Insurance contract liabilities 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 issued by the 
Actuarial Society of South Africa in Standard of Actuarial Practice (SAP) 104 (2012). 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 as discretionary margins.

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.

Derivative instruments 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 at a business unit level 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 by increasing the 
liability held. The provision assumptions and estimation techniques are periodically reviewed, with any changes in estimates reflected in 
profit or loss as they occur.

Whilst the directors consider that the gross insurance contract liabilities 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.

In respect of the South Africa life assurance, shadow accounting is applied to insurance contract liabilities 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 
liabilities is recognised in other comprehensive income to the extent that the unrealised gains or losses on owner-occupied property 
backing insurance contract liabilities are also recognised directly in other comprehensive income.

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.

Investment contract liabilities
Investment contract liabilities in respect of the Group’s business other than unit-linked business are recorded at amortised cost unless they 
are designated at fair value through profit or loss in order to eliminate or significantly reduce a measurement or recognition inconsistency, 
for example where the corresponding assets are recorded at fair value through profit or loss.

Investment contract liabilities in respect of the Group’s unit-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.

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 liabilities 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.

Deferral of costs on insurance business in other territories is limited to the extent that they are deemed recoverable from available 
future margins.

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. 

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G R O U P   F I N A N C I A L   S TAT E M E N T S
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS CONTINUED

For the year ended 31 December 2015

G: Analysis of financial assets and liabilities continued
G6: Insurance and investment contracts continued
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 by 
asset management businesses are also recognised on this basis.

Property & casualty
Contracts under which the Group accepts significant insurance risk from another party and which are not classified as life insurance are 
classified as general insurance. All classes of property & casualty business are accounted for on an annual basis.

Premiums on property & casualty
Premiums are 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 as a liability, so that earned premiums relate to risks carried during the accounting period.

Claims on property & casualty
Claims incurred, which are recognised in profit and loss, 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.

The Group performs liability adequacy testing at a business unit level 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 
profit or loss 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.

Acquisition costs on property & casualty
Acquisition costs, which represent commission and other related expenses, are deferred and amortised over the period in which the 
related general insurance premiums are earned.

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 property & casualty 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.

The amounts recognised as reinsurance assets are measured on a basis that is consistent with the measurement of the insurance liabilities 
held in respect of the related insurance contracts. Reinsurance assets include recoveries due from reinsurance companies in respect of 
claims paid.

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.

The reinsurers’ share of policyholder liabilities in Old Mutual Wealth relates to investment contracts where the direct management of assets 
are ceded to a third party through a reinsurance arrangement. Due to the nature of the arrangement, there is no transfer of insurance risk.

FinancialsOLD MUTUAL PLCANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS 2015Critical accounting estimates and judgements – Policyholder liabilities
Emerging Markets Financial Soundness Valuation discount rate
The calculation of the Group’s South African life assurance contract liabilities is sensitive to the discount rate used to value the liabilities. 
The methodology applied by the Group requires discount rates to be set according to the South African professional guidance note 
(SAP 104). In line with these principles, the reference rate is selected as the Bond Exchange of South Africa (BESA) par bond 10-year yield.

The reference rate was relatively volatile over 2015, ranging from 7.1% to 10.6% (2014: 7.6% to 9.0%). At 31 December 2015, the reference 
discount rate was 9.9% (2014: 8.0%). The volatile interest rate environment continued to have a negligible impact on the operating profit 
for the South African life assurance businesses during 2015, given the continuance of the hedging programme and discretionary 
margins put in place to mitigate these impacts.

The Group estimates that a 1% reduction in the reference discount rate would result in no profit impact as at 31 December 2015 
(2014: £2 million), allowing for the mitigating impacts of the hedging programme and discretionary margins in place. This is due to 
further management actions to reduce the impact of volatile interest rates on profit in 2015. 

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Emerging Markets discretionary reserves
Technical provisions in South Africa are determined as the aggregate of:

 ■ Best estimate liabilities, with assumptions allowing for the best estimate of future experience and a market-consistent valuation of 

financial options and guarantees

 ■ Compulsory margins, prescribed in terms of the Long Term Insurance Act, 1998 and South African professional actuarial guidance 

note (SAP 104) as explicit changes to actuarial assumptions that increase the level of technical provisions held, and

 ■ Discretionary margins, permitted by the Long Term Insurance Act, 1998 and (SAP 104), to allow for the uncertainty inherent in 

estimates of future experience after considering available options of managing that experience over time, or to defer the release of 
profits consistent with policy design or company practice. 

Discretionary margins are held as either implicit or explicit margins. Explicit discretionary margins are derived as conscious changes to 
assumptions used to project future experience to increase technical provisions. Implicit discretionary margins arise where the method used 
to calculate overall technical provisions results in liabilities that are greater than the sum of best estimate liabilities and compulsory margins. 

Explicit discretionary margins of R8,602 million (£377 million) (1.7% of total technical provisions) were held at 31 December 2015 
(2014: R8,261 million (£459 million), 1.7% of total technical provisions). This consisted largely of:

 ■ Margins held for Mass Foundation Cluster protection business, which allow for the uncertainty related to mortality experience in 

South Africa, as well as future lapse experience and future investment returns, and to ensure that profit is released appropriately over 
the term of the policies

 ■ Margins to allow for the uncertainty inherent in the assumptions used to value financial options and guarantees, implied volatility 
assumptions in particular, which are difficult to hedge due to the short-term nature of the equity option market in South Africa

 ■ Margins on 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, and 

 ■ Margins for the uncertainty inherent in future economic assumptions used to calculate, mainly protection product liabilities, in the 

Retail Affluent and Mass Foundation Cluster businesses. Although interest rate hedging is used to manage interest rate risk on these 
products, the volatility of bond yields in South Africa means that it is difficult to maintain appropriate hedging positions without 
incurring significant trading costs. The discretionary margin therefore caters for the residual uncertainty present after allowing for the 
hedge programme that is in place.

Old Mutual Bermuda guarantees
Since the sale of Old Mutual (Bermuda) Ltd (OMB) to Beechwood Bermuda Limited on 31 December 2015, OMB no longer owns underlying 
policies or manages policyholder funds. The Guaranteed Minimum Accumulation Benefits (GMAB) risk on the remaining active variable 
annuity contracts is to be retained until the last GMAB policy with a Universal Guarantee Option (UGO) rider passes its 10-year anniversary, 
which will be no later than August 2018. 

 Almost all of the current risk relates to GMAB policies sold with Universal Guarantee Options (UGOs), which constitute more than 95% of the 
remaining GMAB policies. Products sold with a Capital Guarantee Option (CGO) GMAB, a product predecessor to the UGO, hold less 
onerous guarantees and do not give rise to significant risk. 

The GMAB UGOs guarantee policyholders a return of 120% of invested premiums and, subject to policyholder election, also a Highest 
Anniversary Value (HAV) guarantee. These guarantees are effective on the 10-year anniversary of policies, which will be reached in 2017 and 
2018. The risk attached to the guarantee of 120% of invested premium, and relating to equity and foreign exchange downside risks, is 
managed by an existing suite of hedging programmes (dynamic tail hedging strategy, structured look-back options, and forward start options) 
which continue to effectively manage the potential downside associated with the 120% Capital Return Guarantee and the HAV features for the 
GMAB policy obligations. As with the approach leading up to the 5-year anniversaries, we expect that as the 10-year anniversaries of these 
GMAB policies approach the business will adapt the suite of hedging programmes so that it efficiently manages market exposure from GMAB 
guarantee top-up payments in 2017 and 2018.

GMAB reserves have increased from $82 million at 31 December 2014 to $125 million at 31 December 2015, an increase of $43 million, mainly 
due to unfavourable equity and foreign exchange performances on average across all economies in 2015 compared to 2014.

If the Group were to stress the underlying assets and liabilities, by adding 10% to the current level of volatility, it would increase the underlying 
assets by £7 million and increase the value of the liability by £8 million, which would result in a net loss for the Group of £1 million.

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G R O U P   F I N A N C I A L   S TAT E M E N T S
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS CONTINUED

For the year ended 31 December 2015

G: Analysis of financial assets and liabilities continued
G6: Insurance and investment contracts continued
(a) Policyholder liabilities
The Group’s insurance and investment contracts are analysed as follows:

Life assurance policyholder liabilities
Long-term business insurance policyholder 

liabilities

  Life assurance policyholder liabilities
  Outstanding claims

Investment contract liabilities
  Unit-linked investment contracts and similar contracts
  Other investment contracts
  Discretionary participating investment contracts

Total life assurance policyholder liabilities
Property & casualty liabilities
Claims incurred but not reported
Unearned premiums
Outstanding claims
Total property & casualty liabilities

At 31 December 2015

At 31 December 2014

Gross Reinsurance

Net

Gross

Reinsurance

7,714
7,617
97

67,854
60,169
600
7,085

(214)
(206)
(8)

(2,328)
(2,328)
–
–

7,500
7,411
89

65,526
57,841
600
7,085

10,519
10,369
150

68,841
60,158
746
7,937

(172)
(154)
(18)

(2,026)
(2,026)
–
–

£m

Net

10,347
10,215
132

66,815
58,132
746
7,937

75,568

(2,542)

73,026

79,360

(2,198)

77,162

38
120
183
341

(10)
(58)
(51)
(119)

28
62
132
222

47
96
176
319

(10)
(45)
(61)
(116)

37
51
115
203

Total policyholder liabilities

75,909

(2,661)

73,248

79,679

(2,314)

77,365

Of the £2,661 million (2014: £2,314 million) included in reinsurer’s share of life assurance policyholder and property & casualty liabilities is 
an amount of £2,540 million (2014: £2,266 million) which is classified as current, the remainder being non-current.

(b) Insurance contracts
Movements in the amounts outstanding in respect of life assurance policyholder liabilities, other than outstanding claims, are set out below:

Balance at beginning of the year
Income
Premium income
Investment income
Other income
Expenses
Claims and policy benefits
Operating expenses
Disposal of interests in subsidiaries1
Currency translation (gain)/loss
Other charges and transfers
Taxation
Transfer to operating profit
Transfer to non-current liabilities held for sale
Balance at end of the year

At 31 December 2015

Gross Reinsurance
(154)

10,369

Net
10,215

At 31 December 2014
Reinsurance
(119)

Gross
11,953

1,713
545
1

(1,514)
(455)
(604)
(1,911)
(174)
8
(361)
–
7,617

(63)
–
–

62
–
–
7
(56)
–
(2)
–
(206)

1,650
545
1

(1,452)
(455)
(604)
(1,904)
(230)
8
(363)
–
7,411

1,750
1,173
1

(1,973)
(455)
(156)
(303)
105
(9)
(412)
(1,305)
10,369

(73)
–
–

60
–
–
2
(41)
–
17
–
(154)

£m

Net
11,834

1,677
1,173
1

(1,913)
(455)
(156)
(301)
64
(9)
(395)
(1,305)
10,215

1  The disposal of interests in subsidiaries relates to the disposal of Old Mutual Wealth’s European businesses and Old Mutual (Bermuda) Limited businesses, as discussed in 

note A2.

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(c) Unit-linked investment contracts and similar contracts, and other investment contracts

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Balance at beginning of the year
Contributions received
Maturities
Withdrawals and surrenders
Disposal of interests in subsidiaries1
Fair value movements
Foreign exchange and other movements
Transfer to non-current liabilities held for sale
Balance at end of the year

At 
31 December 
2015
60,904
10,455
(307)
(8,076)
(791)
2,021
(3,437)
–
60,769

£m
At 
31 December 
2014
61,555
8,847
(432)
(6,696)
(4,524)
3,520
(1,360)
(6)
60,904

1  The disposal of interests in subsidiaries relate to the disposal of Old Mutual Wealth’s European and Old Mutual (Bermuda) Limited businesses, as discussed in note A2.

(d) Discretionary participating investment contracts

Balance at beginning of the year
Income
Premium income
Investment and other income
Expenses
Claims and policy benefits
Operating expenses
Other charges and transfers
Taxation
Currency translation gain
Transfer to operating profit
Balance at end of the year

At 
31 December 
2015
7,937

£m
At 
31 December 
2014
7,460

1,221
666

(973)
(58)
57
(9)
(1,673)
(83)
7,085

961
874

(945)
(76)
(73)
(8)
(195)
(61)
7,937

(e) Contractual maturity analysis
The following table 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. Investment contract policyholders 
have the option to terminate or transfer their contracts at any time and to receive the surrender or transfer value of their policies.  
Although these liabilities are payable on demand, and are therefore included in the contractual maturity analysis as due in less than  
three months and more than three months less than one year, the Group does not expect all these amounts to be paid out within one  
year of the reporting date.

The undiscounted cash flows of discretionary participating investment contracts only include amount vested or to be vested, while their 
carrying amount includes reserves that are payable at the discretion of the Group. 

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G R O U P   F I N A N C I A L   S TAT E M E N T S
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS CONTINUED

For the year ended 31 December 2015

G: Analysis of financial assets and liabilities continued
G6: Insurance and investment contracts continued
(e) Contractual maturity analysis continued
The Group acknowledges that for property & casualty 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 estimated the potential claim outflows that 
may be associated with this unearned premium. 

At 31 December 2015

Life assurance policyholder liabilities
Insurance contracts
  Life assurance policyholder liabilities
  Outstanding claims
Investment contracts
  Unit-linked investment contracts and similar contracts
  Other investment contracts
  Discretionary participating investment contracts

Total life assurance policyholder liabilities
Property & casualty liabilities
Claims incurred but not reported
Unearned premiums
Outstanding claims
Total property & casualty liabilities

Carrying 
amount

Less than 
3 months

7,714
7,617
97
67,854
60,169
600
7,085

462
365
97
67,406
59,840
520
7,046

Undiscounted cash flows

More than
3 months 
less than 
1 year

Between 1 
and 5 years

More than 
5 years

827
827
–
526
515
11
–

4,285
4,285
–
66
–
66
–

16,076
16,076
–
46
–
46
–

£m

Total

21,650
21,553
97
68,044
60,355
643
7,046

75,568

67,868

1,353

4,351

16,122

89,694

38
120
183
341

19
19
74
112

16
42
44
102

6
86
76
168

–
–
–
–

41
147
194
382

Total policyholder liabilities

75,909

67,980

1,455

4,519

16,122

90,076

At 31 December 2014

Life assurance policyholder liabilities
Insurance contracts
  Life assurance policyholder liabilities
  Outstanding claims
Investment contracts
  Unit-linked investment contracts and similar contracts
  Other investment contracts
  Discretionary participating investment contracts

Total life assurance policyholder liabilities
Property & casualty liabilities
Claims incurred but not reported
Unearned premiums
Outstanding claims
Total property & casualty liabilities

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

10,519
10,369
150
68,841
60,158
746
7,937

394
244
150
67,008
58,864
710
7,434

960
960
–
742
728
14
–

5,340
5,340
–
144
113
31
–

17,625
17,625
–
668
622
46
–

£m

Total

24,319
24,169
150
68,562
60,327
801
7,434

79,360

67,402

1,702

5,484

18,293

92,881

47
96
176
319

29
11
76
116

13
52
64
129

5
33
36
74

–
–
–
–

47
96
176
319

Total policyholder liabilities

79,679

67,518

1,831

5,558

18,293

93,200

FinancialsOLD MUTUAL PLCANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS 2015 
(g) 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 offset (partial 
or full) to the bonus stabilisation reserve in the case of smoothed bonus products in South Africa.

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The tables below demonstrate the effect of a change in a key assumption while other assumptions remain unchanged: 

At 31 December 2015

Assumption
Mortality and morbidity rates – assurance
Mortality rates – annuities
Discontinuance rates
Expenses (maintenance)

At 31 December 2014

Assumption
Mortality and morbidity rates – assurance
Mortality rates – annuities
Discontinuance rates
Expenses (maintenance)

%

Change

£m
Emerging 
Markets

£m
Old Mutual 
Wealth

£m

Bermuda

10
(10)
10
10

212
38
(1)
47

2
–
(1)
3

%

Change

£m
Emerging 
Markets

£m
Old Mutual 
Wealth

 10 
 (10)
 10 
 10 

 271 
 44 
 (7)
 54 

 2 
–
 (1)
 3 

–
–
(1)
–

£m

Bermuda

–
–
 (1) 
–

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.

The insurance contract liabilities recorded for the Emerging Market business are also impacted by the valuation discount rate assumed. 
Lowering this rate by 1% (with a corresponding reduction in the valuation inflation rate assumption) would result in no impact on insurance 
contract liabilities or net profit (2014: £2 million). This impact is calculated with no change in charges paid by policyholders. There is no 
impact in 2015 due to further management actions taken to reduce the impact of changing interest rates on operating profit.

It should be noted that where the assets and liabilities of a product are closely matched (e.g. non-profit annuity business) or where the 
impact of a lower valuation discount rate is hedged or partially hedged, the net effect has been shown since the asset movement fully or 
partially offsets the liability movement. 

Old Mutual Wealth
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 UK business.

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 93% 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 Old Mutual Wealth business, non-linked liabilities are well matched by gilts so that the net impact of a valuation interest rate change 
taking asset and liability movement into account is negligible.

Old Mutual Bermuda
Post the sale of Old Mutual (Bermuda) Limited (OMB), the Group no longer owns any underlying policies or manages policyholder funds. 
The Group continues to provide (re)insurance coverage to Beechwood Bermuda Ltd in connection with the Guaranteed Minimum 
Accumulation Benefit (GMAB) guarantees. Lapses and partial withdrawals have the largest impact where increased activity reduces the 
guarantee portion of the business since less living benefit exposure is expected in the future. Mortality plays a much smaller part in 
Bermuda since the business is minimum guaranteed accumulation benefit. Increased deaths likewise reduce future guarantees; however 
the effect is negligible due to the short-term nature of the benefit. 

(h) Sensitivity analysis – property & casualty
An increase of 10% in the average cost of claims would require the recognition of an additional loss after tax of £19 million (2014: £27 
million) net of reinsurance. Similarly, an increase of 10% in the ultimate number of claims would result in an additional loss of £19 million 
(2014: £27 million) net of reinsurance. 

The majority of the Group’s property & casualty 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 cost take longer to materialise and settle. The Group’s 
property & casualty long-tailed business is generally limited to accident, third-party motor, liability and some engineering classes. In total 
the long-tail business comprises less than five per cent of an average year’s claim costs.

(i) 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 £179 million of unrated exposures (2014: £189 million). Collateral is 
not taken against reinsurance assets or deposits held with reinsurers other than in limited circumstances.

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G R O U P   F I N A N C I A L   S TAT E M E N T S
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS CONTINUED

For the year ended 31 December 2015

G: Analysis of financial assets and liabilities continued
G7: Borrowed funds
The Group raises funding in the normal course of business. The borrowed funds raised for the banking business support the lending and 
banking operations of the Group. Other borrowed funds raised support the general funding needs of the Group and the expense has 
been recognised as finance costs.

Summary of Borrowed Funds

Type of securities
Senior debt securities and term loans
  Floating rate notes
  Fixed rate notes
  Term loans
Revolving credit facilities
Mortgage-backed securities
Subordinated debt securities
Total Borrowed funds
Other instruments treated as equity for 

accounting purposes

£273 million perpetual preferred callable securities  

at 6.38%

Total book value of Group debt1

Notes

G7(a)(i)
G7(a)(ii)
G7(a)(iii)
G7(b)
G7(c)
G7(d)

Old 
Mutual plc
112
–
112
–
–
–
986
1,098

Emerging 
Markets
198
–
–
198
–
–
251
449

Institutional 
Asset 
Management
–
–
–
–
61
–
–
61

Nedbank
1,331
571
760
–
–
97
488
1,916

£m
At 
31 December 
2015 
1,641
571
872
198
61
97
1,725
3,524

H9

273
1,371

–
449

–
1,916

–
61

273
3,797

1  The nominal value of Group debt excluding banking is £1,710 million (2014: £1,512 million).

On 4 November 2015, being the First Call Date, the Company redeemed the outstanding €374 million (£253 million) Upper Tier 2 
perpetual notes at their nominal value, together with accrued and unpaid interest.

Type of securities
Senior debt securities and term loans
  Floating rate notes
  Fixed rate notes
  Term loans
Revolving credit facilities
Mortgage-backed securities
Subordinated debt securities
Total Borrowed funds
Other instruments treated as equity for 

accounting purposes

£273 million perpetual preferred callable securities  

at 6.38%

€374 million perpetual preferred callable 
  securities at 5.00%
Total book value of Group debt

Notes

G7(a)(i)
G7(a)(ii)
G7(a)(iii)
G7(b)
G7(c)
G7(d)

Old 
Mutual plc
112
–
112
–
–
–
565
677

Emerging 
Markets
125
–
–
125
72
–
223
420

Institutional 
Asset 
Management
–
–
–
–
114
–
–
114

Nedbank
1,139
563
576
–
–
52
642
1,833

£m
At 
31 December 
2014 
1,376
563
688
125
186
52
1,430
3,044

H9

H9

273

253
1,203

–

–
420

–

–
1,833

–

–
114

273

253
3,570

Perpetual preferred callable securities of £273 million (2014: £526 million) are also classified as non-banking.

FinancialsOLD MUTUAL PLCANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS 2015Total borrowed funds can be further analysed between non-banking and banking as follows:

233

Type of securities
Senior debt securities and term loans
Revolving credit facilities
Mortgage-backed securities
Subordinated debt securities
Total Borrowed funds

At 31 December 2015

At 31 December 2014

Non-
banking
160
61
–
1,237
1,458

Banking1
1,481
–
97
488
2,066

Total
1,641
61
97
1,725
3,524

Non-
banking
112
114
–
788
1,014

Banking1
1,264
72
52
642
2,030

£m

Total
1,376
186
52
1,430
3,044

1  Borrowed funds identified as Banking are those which are directly related to the lending and banking businesses in Nedbank and Emerging Markets.

Maturity analysis
The table below is a maturity analysis of the 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 non-banking
Less than 1 year
Greater than 1 year and less than 5 years
Greater than 5 years
Total banking
Total

Less than 1 year
Greater than 1 year and less than 5 years
Greater than 5 years
Total non-banking
Less than 1 year
Greater than 1 year and less than 5 years
Greater than 5 years
Total banking
Total

Old 
Mutual plc
196
302
1,147
1,645
–
–
–
–
1,645

Old 
Mutual plc
48
280
560
888
–
–
–
–
888

Emerging 
Markets
50
135
493
678
15
166
17
198
876

Emerging 
Markets
19
76
266
361
31
220
7
258
619

Institutional 
Asset 
Management
2
66
–
68
–
–
–
–
68

Nedbank
–
–
–
–
614
1,236
973
2,823
2,823

£m
At 
31 December 
2015 
248
503
1,640
2,391
629
1,402
990
3,021
5,412

Institutional 
Asset 
Management
2
129
–
131
–
–
–
–
131

Nedbank
–
–
–
–
603
1,518
295
2,416
2,416

£m
At 
31 December 
2014 
69
485
826
1,380
634
1,738
302
2,674
4,054

Interest rate profile
The interest rate profiles of the Group’s borrowed funds are analysed as follows:

Fixed rate
Floating rate
Total

Fixed rate
Floating rate
Total

Old 
Mutual plc
1,098
–
1,098

Emerging 
Markets
218
231
449

Institutional 
Asset 
Management
– 
61
61

Nedbank
760
1,156
1,916

£m
At 
31 December 
2015 
2,076
1,448
3,524

Old 
Mutual plc
677
–
677

Emerging 
Markets
225
195
420

Institutional 
Asset 
Management
– 
114
114

Nedbank
666
1,167
1,833

£m
At 
31 December 
2014 
1,568
1,476
3,044

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G R O U P   F I N A N C I A L   S TAT E M E N T S
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS CONTINUED

For the year ended 31 December 2015

G: Analysis of financial assets and liabilities continued
G7: Borrowed funds continued
Currency exposure
The currency exposures of the Group’s borrowed funds are analysed as follows: 

ZAR
GBP
USD
Other
Total

ZAR
GBP
USD
Other
Total

Analysis of security types 
(a) Senior debt securities and term loans
(i) Floating rate notes (net of Group holdings)

Banking – Nedbank Floating rate unsecured senior debt
R1,297 million at JIBAR + 1.00%
R1,027 million at JIBAR + 1.75%
R250 million at JIBAR + 1.00%
R1,044 million at JIBAR + 2.20%
R677 million at JIBAR + 1.25%
R3,056 million at JIBAR + 0.80%
R694 million at JIBAR + 0.75%
R405 million at JIBAR + 1.30%
R1,035 million at JIBAR + 0.85% 
R806 million at JIBAR + 0.90%
R786 million at JIBAR + 1.30%
R241 million at JIBAR + 1.12%
R472 million at JIBAR + 1.25%
R1,427 million at JIBAR + 1.30%
R90 million at JIBAR + 1.45%
R80 million at JIBAR + 2.15%
R476 million at JIBAR + 1.55% 
R650 million at JIBAR + 1.30%
R12 million at JIBAR + 1.55%
R1,980 million at JIBAR + 2.00%
R500 million at JIBAR + 2.10%

Less: floating rate notes held by other Group companies
Total floating rate notes

Old 
Mutual plc
– 
1,098
– 
– 
1,098

Emerging 
Markets
356
– 
55
38
449

Institutional 
Asset 
Management
– 
– 
61
–
61

Nedbank
1,847
– 
69
– 
1,916

£m
At 
31 December 
2015 
2,203
1,098
185
38
3,524

Old 
Mutual plc
– 
677
– 
– 
677

Emerging 
Markets
379
– 
32
9
420

Institutional 
Asset 
Management
– 
– 
114
– 
114

Nedbank
1,769
– 
64
– 
1,833

£m
At 
31 December 
2014 
2,148
677
210
9
3,044

Maturity date

Repaid
Repaid
Repaid
Repaid
March 2016
July 2016
November 2016
February 2017
March 2017
June 2017
August 2017
November 2017
February 2018
June 2018
February 2020
April 2020
November 2020
June 2021
February 2022
February 2025
April 2026

£m

At 
31 December 
2015

At 
31 December 
2014

–
–
–
–
30
135
31
18
45
35
31
11
21
63
4
4
21
29
1
88
22
589
(18)
571

72
57
14
59
38
169
39
23
58
45
39
14
–
–
–
5
–
36
–
–
–
668
(105)
563

All floating rate unsecured senior debt is non-qualifying for the purposes of regulatory tiers of capital.

FinancialsOLD MUTUAL PLCANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS 2015(ii) Fixed rate notes (net of Group holdings) 

Non-banking – Old Mutual plc
£112 million at 7.125%
Total non-banking fixed rate unsecured senior debt

Banking – Nedbank Floating rate unsecured senior debt
R478 million at 9.68%
R3,244 million at 10.55%
R1,137 million at 9.36%
R151 million at 6.91%
R1,273 million at 11.39%
R380 million at 9.26%
R1,888 million at 8.92%
R855 million at 9.38%
R500 million at 9.29%
R215 million at 8.79%
R280 million at 9.64%
R952 million at 10.07%
R391 million at 9.73%
R660 million at zero coupon
R2,607 million at 9.44%
R884 million at 10.69%
R800 million at 9.95%
R1,739 million at 10.36%
R2,000 million at JIBAR + 10.63%
R666 million at 10.94%

Less: Fixed rate notes held by other Group companies
Total banking fixed rate unsecured senior debt (net of Group holdings)
Total fixed rate notes

All fixed rate notes are non-qualifying for the purpose of regulatory tiers of capital.

Maturity date

October 2016

Repaid
Repaid
March 2016
July 2016
September 2019
June 2020
November 2020
March 2021
June 2021
February 2022
June 2022
November 2023
March 2024
October 2024
February 2025
November 2025
April 2026
June 2026
July 2027
November 2027

235

At 
31 December 
2015

£m
At 
31 December 
2014

112
112

–
–
51
7
60
17
83
38
22
10
12
42
18
11
118
39
36
77
92
30
763
(3)
760
872

112
112

27
186
65
9
77
–
106
49
28
–
–
–
22
15
–
–
–
–
–
–
584
(8)
576
688

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G R O U P   F I N A N C I A L   S TAT E M E N T S
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS CONTINUED

For the year ended 31 December 2015

G: Analysis of financial assets and liabilities continued
G7: Borrowed funds continued 
(a) Senior debt securities and term loans continued
(iii) Term loans

Emerging Markets floating rate loans

$7 million at 3 month LIBOR plus 7.50%2
$5 million at 3 month LIBOR plus 7.50%2
$5 million at 3 month LIBOR plus 7.50%2
R1,500 million at JIBAR + 2.95%1
R800 million at JIBAR + 2.75%1
KES451 million at KBRR + 3.87%1

Emerging Markets fixed rate loans
KES170 million at 14.00% to 14.75%1
KES175 million at 11.70%1
KES1,000 million at 12.50%2
KES225 million at 11.70%1
KES2,000 million at 13.00%2
KES411 million at 11.50%1
KES1,183 million at 9.20%1
KES150 million at 5.00%1
$6 million at 8.10%1
$19 million at 8.10%1
$10 million at 8.10%1
$5 million at 11.00%1
$20 million at 8.75%2
KES466 million at 9.83%1
$5 million at 6.50%2
$5 million at 6.50%2
$10 million at 10.00%1
Total term loans and other loans

1  Banking – The term loans above of £150 million are Emerging Markets banking term loans

2  Non-banking – The term loans above of £48 million are Emerging Markets non-banking term loans.

Maturity date

March 2016
March 2016
March 2016
August 2017
July 2018
March 2019

Repaid
October 2016
January 2016
August 2017
July 2017
April 2020
September 2020
July 2022
August 2017
September 2017
May 2020
September 2022
August 2022
July 2022
June 2023
June 2023
December 2023

At 
31 December 
2015

£m
At 
31 December 
2014

5
3
3
70
35
3

–
–
7
1
13
3
8
1
3
9
5
3
11
2
3
3
7
198

–
–
–
84
–
–

5
1
–
2
–
–
–
1
4
12
7
3
–
–
–
–
6
125

FinancialsOLD MUTUAL PLCANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS 2015(b) Revolving credit facilities

Non-banking – Institutional Asset Management
$90 million drawn of a $350 million facility at 
  $ LIBOR + 1.25%

Banking – Emerging Markets
R475 million (31 December 2014: R1,000 million) drawn of a 
  R1,200 million facility at 3 month JIBAR + 2.95%
R500 million fully drawn at 3 month JIBAR + 3.10%

Total revolving credit facilities

Maturity date

October 2019

Repaid
Repaid

237

At 
31 December 
2015

£m
At 
31 December 
2014

61

–
–
–
61

114

44
28
72
186

The Group has access to a £800 million (December 2014: £800 million) multi-currency revolving credit facility available to the Holding 
Company. The Group extended the existing revolving credit facility in August 2015 for one year, resulting in a £727 million facility that 
matures in August 2020 and a £73 million facility that matures in August 2019. There is an optional further one year extension in August 
2016. At 31 December 2015 and 31 December 2014, none of this facility was drawn.

In December 2015, Emerging Markets entered into a new R5,250 million (£230 million) revolving credit facility which matures in three years, 
with the option to renew for a further year at maturity. At 31 December 2015 none of this facility was drawn.

(c) Mortgage-backed securities (net of Group holdings) 

Banking – Nedbank
R480 million (class A1) at JIBAR + 1.10%
R161 million (class A2) at JIBAR + 1.25%
R900 million (class A3) at JIBAR + 1.54%
R110 million (class B) at JIBAR + 1.90%
R558 million at JIBAR +1.20%
R100 million at JIBAR +1.45%
R680 million at JIBAR +1.55%
R80 million at JIBAR +2.20%
R65 million at JIBAR + 3.00% 

Less: Mortgage-backed securities held by other  

Group companies

Total mortgage-backed securities 

Tier

Tier 2
Tier 2
Tier 2
Tier 2
Tier 2
Tier 2
Tier 2
Tier 2
Tier 2

Maturity date

Repaid
October 2039
October 2039
October 2039
February 2042
February 2042
February 2042
February 2042
February 2042

At 
31 December 
2015

£m
At 
31 December 
2014

–
7
40
5
24
4
30
4
3
117

(20)
97

2
19
51
6
–
–
–
–
–
78

(26)
52

OLD MUTUAL PLCANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS 2015Financials238

G R O U P   F I N A N C I A L   S TAT E M E N T S
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS CONTINUED

For the year ended 31 December 2015

G: Analysis of financial assets and liabilities continued
G7: Borrowed funds continued 
(d) Subordinated debt securities (net of Group holdings)

Banking – Nedbank
R1,265 million at JIBAR plus 4.75%
R487 million at 15.05%
R1,000 million at 10.54%
$100 million at 3 month $ LIBOR
R2,000 million at JIBAR + 0.47%
R1,800 million at JIBAR + 2.75%
R1,200 million at JIBAR + 2.55%
R450 million at JIBAR + 10.49%
R1,737 million at 3 month JIBAR + 2.55% 
R300 million at JIBAR + 2.75% 
R225 million at JIBAR +2.75%
R1,624 million at JIBAR + 3.50%
R407 million at JIBAR + 11.29%

Less: Banking subordinated debt securities held by other 

Group companies

Banking subordinated securities

Non-banking – Old Mutual plc
£500 million at 8.00%
£450 million at 7.88%1

Non-banking – Emerging Markets
R3,000 million at 8.92%2
R1,288 million at 3 month JIBAR + 2.25%
R568 million at 10.90%
R300 million at 9.26%
R700 million at 3 month JIBAR + 2.20%
R537 million at 3 month JIBAR + 2.30%
R425 million at 9.76%
R409 million at 10.32%
R1,150 million at 10.96%
R623 million at 11.35%

Total subordinated debt securities

Tier

Maturity date

Non-core Tier 1
Non-core Tier 1
Tier 2
Tier 2 (secondary)
Tier 2
Tier 2
Tier 2
Tier 2
Tier 2
Tier 2
Tier 2
Tier 2
Tier 2

Repaid
Repaid
Repaid
March 2022
July 2022
July 2023
November 2023
April 2024
April 2024
October 2024
January 2025 
July 2025
July 2025

Lower Tier 2
Lower Tier 2

Lower Tier 2
Lower Tier 2
Lower Tier 2
Lower Tier 2
Lower Tier 2
Lower Tier 2
Lower Tier 2
Lower Tier 2
Lower Tier 2
Lower Tier 2

June 2021
November 2025

Repaid
September 2025
September 2027
November 2024
November 2024
March 2025
March 2025
March 2027
March 2030
September 2030

At 
31 December 
2015

£m
At 
31 December 
2014

–
–
–
69
89
80
53
20
78
13
10
73
19
504

(16)
488

536
450

–
57
23
12
31
24
17
16
46
25
251

74
32
58
64
113
102
67
26
98
17
–
–
–
651

(9)
642

565
–

167
–
–
17
39
–
–
–
–
–
223

1,725

1,430

1  On 3 November 2015, the Company issued £450 million Dated Tier 2 Subordinated Notes under its existing £5,000 million Euro Note Programme. The notes have a 
maturity date of 3 November 2025 and pay interest biannually on 3 May and 3 November at a fixed rate of 7.88% per annum up to and including the maturity date
2  During the year on the first call date the Group redeemed the outstanding R3,000 million Lower Tier 2 subordinated debt at their nominal value, together with accrued 

and unpaid interest.

All callable subordinated debt securities have a first call date five years before the maturity date.

FinancialsOLD MUTUAL PLCANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS 2015G8: Amounts owed to bank depositors
In the Group’s banking businesses the Group receives cash from bank depositors. The depositors receive interest on the amounts owed 
depending on the value of the amount borrowed and the terms of the deposit. The table below provides an analysis of the categories and 
maturity profiles of amounts owed to depositors: 

239

At 31 December 2015

Current accounts
Savings deposits
Other deposits and loan accounts
Negotiable certificates of deposit
Deposits received under repurchase agreements
Amounts owed to bank depositors

At 31 December 2014

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
3,196
1,349
23,090
4,012
681
32,328

Carrying
 amount
3,621
1,556
26,213
4,150
703
36,243

Less 
than 
3 months
3,196
1,339
17,337
1,059
681
23,612

More than 
3 months 
less than
1 year
–
2
3,363
2,159
–
5,524

Less 
than 
3 months
3,621
1,509
20,021
1,023
703
26,877

More than 
3 months 
less than
1 year
–
45
3,650
2,062
–
5,757

Between 
1 and 
5 years
–
5
2,304
1,147
–
3,456

Between 
1 and 
5 years
–
2
2,849
1,425
–
4,276

£m

Total
3,196
1,348
23,492
4,368
681
33,085

£m

Total
3,621
1,556
27,113
4,528
703
37,521

More 
than 
5 years
–
2
488
3
–
493

More 
than 
5 years
–
–
593
18
–
611

H: Non-financial assets and liabilities
H1: Goodwill and other intangible assets
Goodwill arises on the acquisition of a business and represents the premium of the amount paid over the fair value of identifiable asset 
and liabilities. Goodwill is not amortised but is subject to annual impairment reviews. Other intangible assets include those assets which 
were initially recognised on a business combination and software development costs relate to amounts recognised for in-house systems 
development.

(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 paid 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 profit or loss as a bargain 
purchase gain. Non-controlling interest is measured at fair value of the stake held by third parties on initial recognition of the business 
combination and is adjusted for profit or loss and movements in reserves.

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. 
On disposal of a business, where goodwill on acquisition is allocated to the entire cash-generating unit (CGU), goodwill is allocated to the 
disposal on a relative basis.

Goodwill is allocated to one or more 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, at a level that is no larger than that of the Group’s identified operating segments for the 
purposes of segment 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.

OLD MUTUAL PLCANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS 2015Financials240

G R O U P   F I N A N C I A L   S TAT E M E N T S
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS CONTINUED

For the year ended 31 December 2015

H: Non-financial assets and liabilities continued
H1: Goodwill and other intangible assets continued
(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 at the date of the acquisition. 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 recalculated 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:

 ■ Distribution channels 10 years
 ■ Customer relationships 10 years
 ■ Brand 15 to 20 years

The estimated useful life is re-evaluated on a regular basis.

Other intangible assets acquired in a business combination would be immediately impaired if the carrying value is greater than the net 
recoverable amount.

(d) Internally developed software
Internally developed software (software) is amortised over its estimated useful life, where applicable. 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 profit or loss on a straight-line basis over the estimated useful lives of the 
relevant software, which range between two and ten 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.

FinancialsOLD MUTUAL PLCANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS 2015(f) Analysis of goodwill and other intangible assets
The table below shows the movements in cost, amortisation and impairment of goodwill and other intangible assets for the year ended 
31 December 2015 and year ended 31 December 2014. 

241

At 31 December

Cost
Balance at beginning 
  of the year
Acquisitions through 

business combinations1 
Purchase price adjustments2
Additions
Disposal of interests 
in subsidiaries

Disposals or retirements
Transfer to non-current 
assets held for sale 

Foreign exchange and other 

movements

Cost at end of the year
Amortisation and 

impairment losses

Balance at 

Present
 value of 
acquired
in-force
 business
development
costs
2014

Goodwill
2014

2015

2015

Software 
development 
costs
2014

2015

Other 
intangible 
assets

2015

2014

2015

£m

Total

2014

2,756

2,641

1,107

1,464

669

630

467
22
–

(41)
–

(29)

155
–
–

(86)
–

–

(46)
3,129

46
2,756

–
–
–

(125)
–

–

–
982

17
–
–

(335)
–

(14)

–
–
72

(1)
(8)

–

14
–
72

(22)
(18)

(3)

402

308
–
9

(4)
(1)

–

538

4,934

5,273

69
–
4

(192)
–

775
22
81

(171)
(9)

255
–
76

(635)
(18)

–

(29)

(17)

(25)
1,107

(134)
598

(4)
669

(4)
710

(17)
402

(184)
5,419

–
4,934

beginning  of the year

(624)

(598)

(792)

(946)

(449)

(437)

(306)

(457)

(2,171)

(2,438)

Amortisation charge 

for the year
Impairment losses
Disposal of interests in 

subsidiaries

Disposals or retirements
Transfer to non-current assets
  held for sale
Foreign exchange and 
other movements

Accumulated 

amortisation and 
impairment losses  
at end of 
  the year
Carrying amount
Balance at beginning of the 

year

Balance at end of the 

year

–
(23)

–
–

29

1

–
(14)

–
–

–

(12)

(58)
–

102
–

–

(3)

(70)
–

198
–

8

18

(49)
–

1
7

–

87

(46)
–

20
17

3

(6)

(70)
–

–
1

–

3

(54)
–

192
–

–

13

(177)
(23)

103
8

29

88

(170)
(14)

410
17

11

13

(617)

(624)

(751)

(792)

(403)

(449)

(372)

(306)

(2,143)

(2,171)

2,132

2,043

2,512

2,132

315

231

518

315

220

195

193

220

96

338

81

96

2,763

2,835

3,276

2,763

1  Goodwill acquired through business combinations comprises £292 million in respect of the acquisition of Quilter Cheviot, £150 million in respect of the acquisition of 
UAP Holdings Limited and £25 million in respect of the acquisition of African Infrastructure Investment Managers (Pty) Limited. Refer to note J8 for further information
2  The purchase price adjustments to goodwill of £22 million is the result of an increase in the value of liabilities identified by the Group in the 12 month period following 

the completion of the acquisitions of: Intrinsic Financial Services Limited, £7 million; Quilter Cheviot, £2 million; and Old Mutual Finance (Pty) Ltd, £13 million.

The net carrying amount of present value of acquired in-force business at the year-end principally comprises £227 million 
(2014: £301 million) relating to the Skandia business acquired during 2006, which is due to be amortised over a further six to eleven years.
The net carrying amount of other intangible assets at year-end principally comprise:
Old Mutual Wealth:
 ■ £35 million (2014: £nil) relating to mutual fund and asset management relationship assets in the Intrinsic business (to be amortised over 

a further 7 years)

 ■ £249 million (2014: £nil) relating to distribution channels in the Quilter Cheviot business (to be amortised over a further nine years)
 ■ £13 million (2014: £nil) relating to the Quilter Cheviot brand (to be amortised over a further four years).
Emerging Markets:
 ■ £12 million (2014: £26 million) relating to the loan book of Old Mutual Finance Ltd (to be amortised over a further two years)
 ■ £17 million (2014: £nil) relating to the UAP brand (2014: £nil) (which is not being amortised).

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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS CONTINUED

For the year ended 31 December 2015

H: Non-financial assets and liabilities continued
H1: Goodwill and other intangible assets continued
(g) Allocation of goodwill to cash generating units 
The carrying amount of goodwill accords with the operating segmentation shown in note B and primarily relates to the cash generating 
units (CGUs) of Emerging Markets, Old Mutual Wealth, Nedbank and Institutional Asset Management. 

Emerging Markets
Old Mutual Wealth
Nedbank
Institutional Asset Management
Goodwill, net of impairment losses

At 
31 December
2015
344
1,082
224
862
2,512

£m
At 
31 December 
2014
194
823
277
838
2,132

Critical accounting estimates and judgements – Goodwill and intangible assets
(h) 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 fair value less 
costs to sell. An impairment charge is recognised when the recoverable amount is less than the carrying value. 

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 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 MCEV principles.

The cash flows that have been used to determine the value-in-use of the cash generating units are based on the three-year business 
plans. These cash flows grow at different rates because of the different strategies of the cash generating units. In cases where the cash 
generating units have made significant acquisitions in the recent past, the profits are forecasted to grow faster than the more mature 
businesses. Post the five-year growth forecast, the growth rate used to determine the terminal value of the cash generating units 
approximated the long-term growth rate of the countries in which it operates.

Emerging Markets
The Emerging Markets CGUs generate revenues through their life assurance, asset management, property & casualty and banking 
businesses in several regions, but principally Africa and Latin America.

Emerging markets carries goodwill in four distinct CGUs: Old Mutual South Africa (OMSA), Mutual and Federal (M&F), Latin America 
(LatAm) and Old Mutual Southern and Eastern Africa (OMSEA). The basis of allocating the impairment tests changed in the current 
year due to the refinement of the strategy for Emerging Markets, which has led to a regional focus on the performance of the 
underlying businesses as a group.

The directors are satisfied that any reasonable change in the assumptions would not cause the recoverable amounts of the goodwill 
to fall below the carrying amounts.

 ■ Growth rate – the rates assumed beyond the business planning period for years four and five were: OMSA nil, LatAm 18.0%, and 

OMSEA 18.0% (2014: 9.0% to 12.0%). Based on the carrying amount of goodwill at 31 December 2015, the weighted average growth 
rate for Emerging Markets was 13.5%. Growth rates beyond the planning period were assumed to be the expected inflation rate in all 
the regions, except for OMSEA where the rate is greater than inflation in the first seven years due to the expected synergies of the 
OMSEA businesses

 ■ Discount rate – the rate applied was 13.5% (2014: 13.5%) for all the CGUs and 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.

FinancialsOLD MUTUAL PLCANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS 2015Old Mutual Wealth
The Old Mutual Wealth CGU generate revenues through its life assurance and asset management businesses.

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Old Mutual Wealth is regarded by the directors as a single cash generating unit due to the integrated nature of its operations.  
On disposals of businesses, goodwill is allocated to them based on the relative size of the net assets of the business. The Group has 
revised the goodwill impairment model in the current year because of the change in underlying nature of the business following the 
disposal of most of its European businesses during 2014 and 2015. The directors are satisfied that any reasonable change in the 
assumptions would not cause the recoverable amounts of Old Mutual Wealth to fall below its carrying amount.

 ■ Growth rate – the rate used was 5% (2014: 14.0%) for the three-year business plan period and the expected inflation rate for the 

period beyond this

 ■ Discount rate – the rate applied was 9.0% (2014: 9.0%) and 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. 

Nedbank 
The impairment test in respect of the Nedbank CGU has been performed by comparing the CGU’s net carrying amount to its 
estimated value-in-use. The 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 the three year business plan plus the terminal 
value. A growth rate between 0.0%, international business and 4.8%, South African business (2014: 0.0% and 5.8%) 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. The discount rate applied varied between 9.8% and 15.4% (2014: 
9.1% to 13.3%). 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.

Institutional Asset Management
The impairment test in respect of the Institutional Asset Management’s CGU has been performed by comparing the CGU’s net 
carrying amount to its value-in-use determined using a discounted cash flow methodology. The key assumptions used in the value-in-
use calculations for Institutional Asset Management are as follows: 

 ■ The three-year business plan plus 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 4.0% (2014: 4.0%) is added for the value of cash 
flows beyond five years. The assumed long-term growth rate was determined with reference to nominal historical gross domestic 
product (GDP) growth, and the outlook for nominal GDP growth for the US 

 ■ The risk-adjusted discount rate applied was 12.5% (2014: 12.0%).

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.

(i) Segmental analysis of goodwill and other 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: 

At 31 December

Emerging Markets
Old Mutual Wealth
Nedbank
Institutional Asset Management

Goodwill and intangible 
assets (carrying amount)

2015
415
1,620
378
863
3,276

2014
275
1,197
452
839
2,763

Amortisation
2015
28
112
37
–
177

2014
16
117
37
–
170

£m

2014
–
14
–
–
14

Impairment
2015
–
–
–
23
23

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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS CONTINUED

For the year ended 31 December 2015

H: Non-financial assets and liabilities continued
H2: Fixed assets
H2(a): Property, plant and equipment
This following table analyses land, buildings and equipment. 

Buildings

Plant and equipment

Total

2014

2015

2014

2015

2014

2015

£m

2014

At 31 December

Gross carrying amount
Balance at beginning of 

the year
Additions
Additions from business 

combinations

Increase arising from 

revaluation

Transfers to/(from) investment 

property

Reclassification within property, 

plant and equipment

Disposals
Foreign exchange and 
other movements
Transfer to non-current 
assets held for sale

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

2015

126
1

–

2

2

–
–

(54)

–
77

–

–
–

–

–
–

98
22

6

12

(6)

–
(3)

(3)

–
126

–

–
–

–

–
–

451
32

8

18

8

86
(9)

(93)

–
501

(42)

(20)
7

(26)

–
(81)

466
12

5

16

(33)

–
(1)

(14)

–
451

(34)

(11)
1

2

–
(42)

126
77

98
126

409
420

432
409

621
118

15

–

–

(86)
(16)

(93)

(3)
556

598
120

1,198
151

1,162
154

9

–

–

–
(87)

(18)

(1)
621

23

20

10

–
(25)

(240)

(3)
1,134

20

28

(39)

–
(91)

(35)

(1)
1,198

(391)

(406)

(433)

(440)

(67)
11

92

2
(353)

230
203

(72)
76

10

1
(391)

192
230

(87)
18

66

2
(434)

765
700

(83)
77

12

1
(433)

722
765

The carrying value of property, plant and equipment leased to third parties under operating leases included in the above is £5 million 
(2014: £8 million) and comprises land of £5 million (2014: £7 million) and buildings of £nil (2014: £1 million).

The value of property, plant and equipment pledged as security is £nil (2014: £6 million).

The revaluation of land and buildings relates to Emerging Markets and Nedbank. In 2015, Emerging Markets made revaluation gains of 
£1 million on land (2014: £6 million) and £7 million (2014: £6 million) on buildings. Nedbank made revaluation gains of £1 million on land 
(2014: £6 million) and £11 million on buildings (2014: £10 million).

FinancialsOLD MUTUAL PLCANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS 2015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. For Nedbank, valuations are performed every three years by external professional 
valuers. For each business, 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 historic cost model would be 
£22 million (2014: £28 million) and £146 million (2014: £171 million) respectively for Emerging Markets, £12 million (2014: £15 million) and 
£89 million (2014: £113 million) for Nedbank respectively.

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These items are classified into Level 3 of the fair-value hierarchy. Level 3 fair-value measurements are those that include the use of 
significant unobservable inputs.

H2(b): Investment property

Balance at beginning of the year
Additions
Additions from business combinations
Disposals
Net gain from fair value adjustments
Transferred (to)/from property, plant and equipment
Foreign exchange and other movements
Transfer to non-current assets held for sale
Balance at end of the year

The principal movements in investment properties are:

Notes

K2

Year ended 
31 December 
2015
1,678
146
104
(422)
54
(10)
(219)
(98)
1,233

£m
Year ended 
31 December 
2014
1,811
48
–
(115)
61
39
(10)
(156)
1,678

 ■  Additions for the year principally comprises £139 million (2014: £48 million) relating to acquisitions by policyholder funds in the Emerging 

Markets segment

 ■ Disposals for the year principally comprises £380 million relating to investment properties held within a property fund consolidated by 
the Old Mutual Wealth segment that was merged with another fund and was consequently no longer required to be consolidated

 ■  Additions from business combinations of £104 million relates to the acquisition of the UAP business (refer to note J8 for further 

information)

 ■  The transfer to held to sale of £98 million (R1,923 million) relates to various properties held by policyholder funds in the Emerging 

Markets segment (refer to note K2 for further information), and

 ■  The net gain from fair value adjustments in both 2015 and 2014 relates entirely to Emerging Markets policyholder funds.
The fair value of investment property (freehold) leased to third parties under operating leases is as follows:

Freehold
Leasehold

Rental income from investment property
Direct operating expense arising from investment property that generated rental income

Year ended 
31 December 
2015
1,087
146
1,233

£m

Year ended 
31 December 
2014
1,662
16
1,678

124
(25)
99

157
(27)
130

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 £1,233 million (2014: £1,678 million), £1,233 million (2014: £1,298 million) is located in Africa and £nil 
million (2014: £380 million) in the United Kingdom.

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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS CONTINUED

For the year ended 31 December 2015

H: Non-financial assets and liabilities continued
H2: Fixed assets continued
H2(c): Fair value hierarchy of the Group’s property
The fair value of the Group’s properties are categorised into Level 3 of the fair value hierarchy. The table below reconciles the fair value 
measurements of the investment and owner-occupied property: 

Balance at beginning of the year
Additions and acquisitions
Additions from business combinations
Disposals
Net gain from fair value adjustments
Impairments and depreciation
Reclassification from other categories of property, plant and equipment
Foreign exchange and other movements
Transfer to non-current assets held for sale
Balance at end of the year

These gains and losses have been included in other income.

Year ended 
31 December 
2015
2,087
178
112
(424)
72
(20)
86
(340)
(98)
1,653

£m
Year ended 
31 December 
2014
2,243
60
5
(115)
77
(11)
–
(16)
(156)
2,087

The following table shows the valuation techniques used in the determination of the fair values for investment and owner-occupied 
properties, as well as the unobservable inputs used in the valuation models. 

Type of property
 ■ Commercial, retail and 
industrial properties

 ■ Owner-occupied property

Valuation approach
 ■ Discounted cash flow 
(market-related rentals 
achievable for the 
property, discounted at 
the appropriate discount 
rate)

Key unobservable inputs
 ■ Rental income per square 
metre and capitalisation 
rates

 ■ Long-term net operating 
margin and capitalisation 
rates

Inter-relationship between unobservable inputs and 
key fair value measurement
 ■ The estimated fair value would increase/

(decrease) if:

  –  net rental income increases/(decreases) or

  –  capitalisation rates decrease/(increase)

 ■ The estimated fair value would increase/

 ■ Vacancies

(decrease) if:

  – l ong term operating margin increase/

(decrease), or

  –  capitalisation rates decrease/(increase)

 ■ The estimated fair value would increase/
(decrease) if price per square metre 
increase/(decrease)

 ■ Average of market 

 ■ Price per square metre

 ■ Holiday accommodation
 ■ Residential property

 ■ Land

 ■ Near vacant properties

comparable valuations 

 ■ Replacement cost
 ■ Land value
 ■ According to the existing 

zoning and town planning 
scheme at the date of 
valuation, with exceptions 
made by the valuer for 
reasonable potential of 
a successful re-zoning

 ■ Land value less the 
estimated cost of 
demolition

 ■ Recent sales of land in the 

 ■ Recent sales and local government valuation 

area and local government 
valuation rolls adjusted for 
estimated cost of demolition

rolls provide an indication of what the 
property may be sold for

 ■ Recent sales of land in the 

 ■ Recent sales and local government valuation 

area and local government 
valuation rolls adjusted for 
estimated cost of demolition

rolls provide an indication of what the 
property may be sold for

FinancialsOLD MUTUAL PLCANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS 2015H3: Deferred acquisition costs
Deferred acquisition costs relate to costs that the Group incurred to obtain new business. These acquisition costs are capitalised in the 
statement of financial position and are amortised in profit or loss over the life of the contracts. The table below analyses the movements 
in deferred acquisition costs relating to insurance, investment and asset management contracts.
At 31 December

£m

247

Insurance contracts

Investment contracts

Asset management

Total

2015

2014

2015

2014

2015

2014

2015

2014

Balance at beginning of 

the year
New business
Amortisation
Disposal of interests in 

subsidiaries

Foreign exchange and other 

movements

Transfer to non-current assets 

held for sale

Balance at end of the year

44
1
–

(5)

(1)

–
39

48
5
(3)

–

(6)

–
44

741
131
(134)

(37)

(20)

–
681

1,073
141
(162)

(261)

(33)

(17)
741

77
(171)
(26)

–

184

–
64

90
15
(28)

–

–

–
77

862
(39)
(160)

(42)

163

–
784

1,211
161
(193)

(261)

(39)

(17)
862

Disposal of investment contracts and transfer to non-current assets held for sale relate to the disposal of Old Mutual Wealth’s European 
businesses as discussed in note A2.

H4: Trade, other receivables and other assets

Debtors arising from direct insurance operations
  Amounts owed by policyholders
  Amounts owed by intermediaries
  Other

Debtors arising from reinsurance operations
Outstanding settlements
Reinsurance treaties
Post-employment benefits
Other receivables
Accrued interest and rent
Trading securities and spot positions
Prepayments and accrued income
Other assets
Total trade, other receivables and other assets

At 
31 December 
2015

Notes

£m
At 
31 December 
2014

96
41
25
162
41
393
–
155
542
180
181
111
242
2,007

84
44
34
162
38
361
273
161
812
162
116
110
167
2,362

J1

Based on the maturity profile of the above assets, £1,597 million (2014: £1,278 million) is regarded as current and £410 million (2014: £1,084 
million) as non-current. No significant balances are past due or impaired.

H5: Provisions and accruals
Year ended 31 December 2015

Balance at beginning of the year
Unused amounts reversed
Charge to profit or loss
Utilised during the year
Foreign exchange and other movements
Balance at end of the year

Compensation

provisions Restructuring
20
(8)
–
(3)
2
11

94
–
–
(40)
(9)
43

Provision for 
donations
75
–
5
(7)
(16)
57

Other
95
(1)
18
(10)
(14)
88

£m

Total
284
(9)
23
(60)
(37)
199

Compensation provisions totalled £43 million (2014: £94 million), with £15 million (2014: £42 million) relating to regulatory uncertainty and 
multiple causal events. £13 million (2014: £16 million) relates to ongoing resolution of claims as a result of mis-selling guarantee contacts. 
In addition, £12 million (2014: £17 million) relates to the provision for claw-back of prescribed claims. This provision is held to allow for the 
possible future payment of claims that have been previously reversed. Due to the nature of the provision, the timing of the expected cash 
outflows is uncertain. Estimates are reviewed annually and adjusted as appropriate for new circumstances.

Of the total client compensation provisions, £28 million (2014: £58 million) is estimated to be payable after more than one year.

Provisions and accruals in relation to restructuring were £11 million (2014: £20 million), primarily in respect of ongoing restructuring of the 
Old Mutual Wealth business. The restructuring provision is expected to be utilised within the next two years.

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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS CONTINUED

For the year ended 31 December 2015

H: Non-financial assets and liabilities continued
H5: Provisions and accruals continued
The provision for donations is held by Emerging Markets in respect of commitments made by the South African business to the future 
funding of charitable donations. The funds were 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. £57 million (2014: £75 million) is estimated to be payable after more than one 
year due to the long-term nature of the agreements in place.

Other provisions include long-term staff benefits and amounts for the resolution of legal uncertainties and the settlement of other claims 
raised by contracting parties. These provisions are generally small in nature. 

Where material, provisions and accruals 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 result in adjustments to the amounts recorded. Of the total provisions recorded above, £136 million 
(2014: £168 million) is estimated to be payable after one year.

H6: Deferred revenue 
Deferred revenue relates to initial fees received for the future provision of services that the Group will render on investment management 
contracts. These fees are capitalised in the statement of financial position and are amortised in profit or loss over the expected life of the 
contracts. The table below analyses the movements in deferred revenue. 

Life and Savings

Asset Management

Property & casualty

Banking

Total

2015

2014

2015

2014

2015

2014

2015

2014

2015

Year ended 31 
December

Balance at 

beginning of 
the year

Fees and commission 
income deferred

Amortisation
Acquisition of 
subsidiaries

Disposal of 

subsidiaries
Foreign exchange 

and other 
movements
Transfer to non-

current liabilities 
held for sale

Balance at end of 

the year

278

20
(40)

2

(17)

560

26
(53)

–

2

(2)

(239)

–

241

(18)

278

36

1
(18)

–

–

(1)

–

18

57

–
(21)

–

–

–

–

36

11

–
–

41

–

(43)

–

9

11

–
–

–

–

–

–

11

5

–
–

–

–

1

–

6

–

–
–

5

–

–

–

5

£m

2014

628

26
(74)

5

2

330

21
(58)

43

(17)

(45)

(239)

–

274

(18)

330

FinancialsOLD MUTUAL PLCANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS 2015H7: 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.

249

(a) Deferred tax assets
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 movements on deferred tax assets are as follows:

Year ended 31 December 2015

Tax losses carried forward
Accelerated capital allowances
Other temporary differences
Policyholders’ tax
Deferred fee income
Netted against liabilities

Year ended 31 December 2014

Tax losses carried forward
Accelerated capital allowances
Other temporary differences
Policyholders’ tax
Deferred fee income
Netted against liabilities

At beginning 
of the year
64
2
321
57
16
(177)
283

At beginning 
of the year
87
2
295
66
134
(281)
303

Income 
statement 
(charge)/
credit
(33)
(1)
52
(71)
(4)
6
(51)

Income 
statement
(charge)/
credit
(24)
(1)
31
(7)
(11)
5
(7)

Charged 
to equity
–
–
–
–
–
–
–

Acquisition/
disposal of 
subsidiaries
–
–
5
–
(4)
3
4

Foreign 
exchange 
and other 
movements
(4)
–
(55)
(1)
–
108
48

Charged 
to equity
–
–
–
–
–
–
–

Acquisition/
disposal of 
subsidiaries
(1)
–
–
–
(103)
110
6

Foreign 
exchange 
and other 
movements
2
1
(5)
(2)
(4)
(11)
(19)

£m

At end 
of the year
27
1
323
(15)
8
(60)
284

£m

At end of 
the year
64
2
321
57
16
(177)
283

The amounts for which no deferred tax asset has been recognised comprise: 

Unrelieved tax losses
  Expiring in less than a year
  Expiring in the second to fifth years inclusive
  Expiring after five years

Accelerated capital allowances
Other timing differences

At 31 December 2015

At 31 December 2014

Gross amount

Tax Gross amount

43
14
1,706
1,763
184
639
2,586

12
1
312
325
33
120
478

31
209
1,869
2,109
163
587
2,859

£m

Tax

2
29
353
384
32
122
538

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250

G R O U P   F I N A N C I A L   S TAT E M E N T S
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS CONTINUED

For the year ended 31 December 2015

H: Non-financial assets and liabilities continued
H7: Deferred tax assets and liabilities continued
(b) Deferred tax liabilities
The movements on deferred tax liabilities are as follows:

Year ended 31 December 2015

Accelerated tax depreciation
Deferred acquisition costs
PVIF
Other acquired intangibles
Available-for-sale securities
Other temporary differences
Capital gains tax
Fee income receivable
Policyholder tax
Netted against assets

Year ended 31 December 2014

Accelerated tax depreciation
Deferred acquisition costs
Leasing
PVIF
Other acquired intangibles
Available-for-sale securities
Other temporary differences
Capital gains tax
Fee income receivable
Policyholder tax
Netted against assets

At beginning 
of the year
49
23
44
16
2
244
158
1
94
(177)
454

At beginning 
of the year
49
151
1
99
12
6
152
187
34
81
(281)
491

Income 
statement 
(credit)/ 
charge
5
2
(10)
(12)
– 
(37)
(2)
– 
4
6
(44)

Income 
statement 
(charge)/
 credit
(1)
(14)
– 
(9)
(4)
– 
25
5
(5)
16
5
18

Credited 
to equity
– 
– 
– 
– 
– 
3
1
– 
– 
– 
4

Acquisition/
disposal of 
subsidiaries
– 
(6)
(5)
58
– 
2
– 
– 
– 
3
52

Foreign 
exchange 
and other 
movements
(6)
10
– 
(1)
– 
(24)
(116)
(1)
(19)
108
(49)

Charged 
to equity
– 
– 
– 
– 
– 
5
– 
– 
– 
– 
– 
5

Acquisition/ 
disposal of 
subsidiaries
– 
(89)
– 
(41)
8
(9)
(1)
– 
(27)
– 
110
(49)

Foreign 
exchange 
and other 
movements
1
(25)
(1)
(5)
– 
– 
68
(34)
(1)
(3)
(11)
(11)

£m

At end of 
the year
48
29
29
61
2
188
41
– 
79
(60)
417

£m

At end of 
the year
49
23
– 
44
16
2
244
158
1
94
(177)
454

FinancialsOLD MUTUAL PLCANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS 2015 
 
H8: 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
Post-employment benefits
Liability for long-service leave
Share-based payments – cash-settled scheme liabilities
Short trading securities, spot positions and other
Trade creditors
Outstanding settlements
Cash collateral on securities lending
Obligations in relation to collateral holdings
Other liabilities

251

At 
31 December 
2015

Notes

£m
At 
31 December 
2014

J1

11
290
92
25
418
31
360
43
32
128
172
300
731
332
114
1,126
3,787

154
386
45
6
591
51
292
57
42
112
247
410
641
283
438
1,112
4,276

Included in the amounts shown above are £3,460 million (2014: £3,829 million) that are regarded as current, with the remainder regarded 
as non-current.

H9: Equity
(a) Share capital
Financial instruments issued are classified as equity when there is no contractual obligation to transfer cash, other financial assets or issue 
a variable number of own equity instruments. Incremental costs directly attributable to the issue of equity instruments are shown in equity 
as a deduction from the proceeds, net of tax. 

4,929 million (2014: 4,907 million) Issued ordinary shares of 11³⁄7p each

At 
31 December 
2015
563

£m

At 
31 December 
2014
561

(b) Perpetual preferred callable securities
At 31 December 2015, the Group had £273 million (2014: £526 million) perpetual preferred callable securities in issue, in addition to the 
senior and subordinated debt securities as detailed in note G7. In accordance with IFRS, these instruments are classified as equity 
instruments and are disclosed within equity attributable to equity holders of the parent in the consolidated statement of financial position.

£273 million (2014: £273 million) Tier 1 perpetual notes are unsecured and subordinated to the claims of senior creditors and the holders 
of any priority preference shares. For an initial period until 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 biannually 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 on each interest payment date at the Group’s 
discretion for the duration of the instrument subject to giving appropriate notice. Deferred coupons shall become due on the earliest of the 
date on which the securities are redeemed, or the date upon which the securities are substituted for alternative qualifying Tier 1 or Upper 
Tier 2 securities, or the commencement of a winding-up of the issuer. Other than in the case of a winding-up, the deferred coupon may 
only be settled by means of an Alternative Coupon Satisfaction Mechanism. The perpetual preferred callable securities are redeemable 
at the discretion of the Group at their principal amount from 24 March 2020. £350 million of these bonds were issued in November 2005 
with £2 million repurchased in December 2012 via an open-market repurchase and a further £75 million were repurchased in November 
2014 via a Modified Dutch Auction tender.

€500 million Upper Tier 2 perpetual notes were issued In November 2005 with €5 million repurchased in December 2012 via an open-
market repurchase and a further €121 million were repurchased in November 2013 via a Modified Dutch Auction tender. The remaining 
€374m (£253 million) were redeemable from 4 November 2015, with the Group repurchasing the full remaining amount on this date. 
A loss of £11 million on the repurchase was recognised directly in equity and represents the difference between the historical cost and 
the settlement amount of these instruments.

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G R O U P   F I N A N C I A L   S TAT E M E N T S
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS CONTINUED

For the year ended 31 December 2015

H: Non-financial assets and liabilities continued
H10: Non-controlling interests
(a) Profit or loss
(i) Ordinary shares
The non-controlling interests share of 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 
is Nedbank, the Group’s banking business in South Africa and OM Asset Management plc, the Group’s asset management business. 
For the year ended 31 December 2015 the non-controlling interests attributable to ordinary shares was £291 million (2014: £252 million).

(ii) Preferred securities

Nedbank
R3,560 million non-cumulative preference shares

At 
31 December 
2015

£m
At 
31 December 
2014

19

18

(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 share is analysed as follows:
Non-controlling interests – ordinary shares
Income attributable to Black Economic Empowerment trusts of listed subsidiaries
Attributable to Institutional Asset Management equity plans
Other items
Non-controlling interests share of adjusted operating profit

£m

Year ended 
31 December 
2015

Year ended 
31 December 
2014

291
13
4
2
310

252
24
2
2
280

The Group uses an adjusted weighted average effective ownership interests when calculating the non-controllable interest applicable to 
the adjusted operating profit of its Southern African banking businesses. These reflect the legal ownership of this business 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 2015 the 
increase in adjusted operating profit attributable to non-controlling interests as a result of this was £13 million (2014: £24 million).

(b) Statement of financial position
(i) Ordinary shares

Reconciliation of movements in non-controlling interests
Balance at beginning of the year
Non-controlling interests’ share of profit
Non-controlling interests’ share of dividends paid
Disposal of interest in OM Asset Management plc
Acquisition of businesses
Net disposal of interests
Foreign exchange and other movements
Balance at end of the year

Notes

A2
J8(b)

At 
31 December 
2015
1,867
291
(141)
114
105
72
(326)
1,982

£m

At 
31 December 
2014
1,502
252
(127)
163
53
39
(15)
1,867

FinancialsOLD MUTUAL PLCANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS 2015(ii) Preferred securities

Nedbank
R3,560 million non-cumulative preference shares

253

At 
31 December 
2015

£m
At 
31 December 
2014

272

272

R3,560 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 83% 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.

Preferred securities at 31 December 2015 are held at the value of consideration received less unamortised issue costs and are stated net of 
securities held by Group companies.

I: Interests in subsidiaries, associates and joint arrangements
I1: Subsidiaries

Critical accounting estimates and judgements – Consolidation set of standards
The Group has applied the following key judgements in the application of the requirements of the consolidation set of standards 
(IFRS 10 ‘Consolidated Financial Statements’ and IFRS 11 ‘Joint Arrangements’):

Consolidation of investment funds and securitisation vehicles 
The Group acts as a fund manager to a number of investment funds. In determining whether the Group controls such a fund, it will 
focus on an assessment of the aggregate economic interests of the Group (comprising any carried interests and expected management 
fees) and the investor’s rights to remove the fund manager. The Group assesses, on an annual basis, such interests to determine if the 
fund will be consolidated. See note I3(b) in the Annual Report and Accounts for disclosures in respect of the investment funds in which 
the Group has an interest. 

The Group has sponsored certain asset-backed financing (securitisation) vehicles under its securitisation programme which are run 
according to pre-determined criteria that are part of the initial design of the vehicles. The Group is exposed to variability of returns 
from the vehicles through its holding of junior debt securities in the vehicles. It has concluded that it controls these vehicles and 
therefore has consolidated these asset-backed financing vehicles.

Structured entities
The Group is required to make judgements on what constitutes a structured entity. Accounting standards define a structured entity as 
an entity designed so that its activities are not governed by way of voting rights. In assessing whether the Group has power over such 
investees in which it has an economic interest, the Group considers numerous factors. These factors may include the purpose and 
design of the investee, its practical ability to direct the relevant activities of the investee, the nature of its relationship with the investee 
and the size of its exposure to the variability of returns of the investee. The Group has evaluated all exposures and has concluded that 
all investments in investment funds as well as certain securitisation vehicles and other funding vehicles represent investments in 
structured entities. Information on structured entities is included in note I3.

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G R O U P   F I N A N C I A L   S TAT E M E N T S
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS CONTINUED

For the year ended 31 December 2015

I: Interests in subsidiaries, associates and joint arrangements continued
I1: Subsidiaries continued
(a) 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) Limited and Old Mutual Wealth Management Limited, are held indirectly by the 
Company. Refer to note L2 for a detailed list of the Group’s related undertakings.

Name
Old Mutual Group Holdings (SA) (Pty) Limited
Acadian Asset Management LLC1
AIVA Holding Group S.A
Barrow, Hanley, Mewhinney & Strauss LLC
Faulu Microfinance Bank Limited
Mutual & Federal Insurance Company Limited
Nedbank Group Limited2
Nedbank Limited3
Old Mutual (Africa) Holdings (Pty) Limited
Old Mutual (Netherlands) B.V.
OMAM Inc.
Old Mutual Emerging Markets Limited
Old Mutual Finance (Pty) Limited
Old Mutual Investment Group (Pty) Limited
Old Mutual Investment Group Holdings (Pty) Limited
Old Mutual Life Assurance Company (Namibia) Limited
Old Mutual Life Assurance Company (South Africa) Limited
Old Mutual Wealth Management Limited
Old Mutual Zimbabwe Limited
OM Asset Management plc4
OM Group (UK) Limited
OM Latin America Holdco UK Limited
Rogge Global Partners plc
Quilter Cheviot Limited
UAP Holdings Limited

Nature of business
Holding company
Asset management
Holding company
Asset management
Lending
General insurance
Banking
Banking
Holding company
Holding company
Holding company
Holding company
Lending
Asset management
Holding company
Life assurance
Life assurance
Holding company
Life assurance
Holding company
Holding company
Holding company
Asset management
Asset management
Holding company

Percentage 

holding Country of incorporation

100 Republic of South Africa
100 Delaware, USA
86 Panama
75 Delaware, USA
67 Kenya
100 Republic of South Africa
55 Republic of South Africa
100 Republic of South Africa
100 Republic of South Africa
100 Netherlands
100 Delaware, USA
100 Republic of South Africa
75 Republic of South Africa
100 Republic of South Africa
100 Republic of South Africa
100 Namibia
100 Republic of South Africa
100 England and Wales
75 Zimbabwe
66 England and Wales
100 England and Wales
100 England and Wales
79 England and Wales
100 England and Wales

61 Kenya

1  The Group holds 100% Class A shares and 85.71% Class B shares in Acadian Asset Management. The remaining 14.29% Class B shares are held by the employees as 

described in note J2(c)

2  Nedbank Group Limited is a publicly listed company, with its primary listing on the JSE (Johannesburg, South Africa)
3  Nedbank Limited is a 100% subsidiary of Nedbank Group Limited. The Group’s effective ownership is 55%
4  OM Asset Management plc is a publicly listed company, with its primary listing on the New York Stock Exchange.

All the above companies have a year-end of 31 December and their financial results have been incorporated and are included in the Group 
financial statements from the effective date that the Group controls the entity. 

There are certain funds in which the Group owns more than 50% of the equity but does not consolidate these because of certain management 
contracts which give other parties the power to control these funds. These management contracts may include that the ability to control is 
delegated to a third party with no rights of removal on similar types of contractual agreements.

FinancialsOLD MUTUAL PLCANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS 2015(b) Non-controlling interests in subsidiaries
The following table summarises the information relating to the Group’s subsidiaries that have material non-controlling interests:

255

At 31 December 2015

Statement of financial position
Total assets
Total liabilities
Net assets
Non-controlling interests
Income statement
Total revenue
Profit before tax
Income (tax expense)/credit
Profit after tax for the financial year
Non-controlling interests

Nedbank
 Group 
Limited

OM Asset
 Management 
plc

Old Mutual 
Finance (Pty)
 Limited

UAP 
Holdings 
Limited1

Other 
subsidiaries

Total 
Emerging
 Markets

£m

Total

40,436
(36,995)
3,441
1,731

4,199
755
(181)
574
266

1,476
(562)
914
327

458
105
(27)
78
26

411
(347)
64
39

197
45
(14)
31
8

329
(212)
117
114

63
8
1
9
5

2,593
(2,007)
586
43

3,333
(2,566)
767
196

45,245
(40,123)
5,122
2,254

433
43
(18)
25
5

693
96
(31)
65
18

5,350
956
(239)
717
310

1  The financial information of UAP Holdings Limited (UAP) represents the results of UAP for the period from 24 June 2015, the acquisition date, to 31 December 2015 and 
the statement of financial position at 31 December 2015. This consolidated result may vary significantly from the full-year results published by UAP due to acquisition 
entries recognised by the Group.

During the year ended 31 December 2015, dividends of £147 million (year ended 31 December 2014: £137 million) was paid to non-
controlling interests in Nedbank Group Limited and £7 million (year ended 31 December 2014: £nil) was paid to the non-controlling 
interests in OM Asset Management plc.

At 31 December 2014

Statement of financial position
Total assets
Total liabilities
Net assets
Non-controlling interests
Income statement
Total revenue
Profit before tax
Income tax expense
Profit after tax for the financial year
Non-controlling interests

Nedbank
 Group 
Limited

OM Asset
 Management 
plc

Old Mutual 
Finance (Pty)
 Limited

UAP 
Holdings 
Limited

Other 
subsidiaries

Total 
Emerging
 Markets

44,798
(40,874)
3,924
1,858

4,083
768
(195)
573
259

1,409
(600)
809
174

379
23
(9)
14
3

650
(456)
194
40

68
21
(7)
14
3

– 
– 
– 
– 

– 
– 
– 
– 
– 

3,112
(2,537)
575
67

555
46
(3)
43
5

3,762
(2,993)
769
107

623
67
(10)
57
8

£m

Total

49,969
(44,467)
5,502
2,139

5,085
858
(214)
644
270

(c) Restrictions on the Group’s ability to obtain funds from its subsidiaries
Statutory and regulatory restrictions in terms of the South African Reserve Bank controls and solvency restrictions imposed by the Financial 
Services Board in South Africa to comply with statutory capital statutory requirements restrict the amount of funds that can be transferred 
out of South Africa to the Group. In addition, the banking subsidiary companies are restricted by Basel regulations and prudential 
requirements with regard to the distributions of funds to their holding companies. Regulated entities may only be permitted to remit 
dividends in terms of local capital requirements and/or permission being obtained from the regulator to distribute such funds.

The non-controlling interests do not have any ability to restrict the cash flows to the Group.

(d) Guarantees provided by the Group to subsidiaries 
No significant guarantees have been provided by the Group during the financial year.

The Group provides financial support in certain cases where funds require seed capital and also provides liquidity funding in the case 
of large divestments from unit trust funds.

(e) Loss of control of subsidiaries 
There has been no loss of control of any major subsidiaries during the course of the current and previous year.

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G R O U P   F I N A N C I A L   S TAT E M E N T S
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS CONTINUED

For the year ended 31 December 2015

I: Interests in subsidiaries, associates and joint arrangements continued
I2: 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 and fair value methods and excluding 
the majority of private equity associates, are as follows:

At 31 December 2015

Nature of activities

Percentage
 holding

Measurement
 method

Carrying 
amount 
£m

Group
share of 
profit 
£m

Private equity associates and associate companies
Listed
Ecobank Transnational Incorporated6
Individually immaterial associates
Unlisted
  Kotak Mahindra Old Mutual Life Insurance3
  Heitman LLC2
  Masingita Property Investment Holdings (Pty) Ltd1
  Odyssey Developments (Pty) Ltd1
  Other individually immaterial associates

Banking

22% Equity accounted

342

44

Life assurance
Asset Management
Property Development
Property Development

26% Equity accounted
50% Equity accounted
Fair value
35%
Fair value
49%

 Private-equity associates (Manufacturing, industrial, 
leisure and other)
 Private-equity associates (Property investment 
associates)

Various

Various

Fair value

Fair value

Other
Total investment in associate undertakings
Joint arrangements
Unlisted
  Old Mutual Goudian Life Insurance Company Ltd4
  Banco Unico, S.A.5

Individually immaterial joint arrangements
  Curo Fund Services1

Total investment in associate undertakings
Total investments in associates and joint ventures

Country of operation:
1  Republic of South Africa
2  USA
3  India
4  China
5  Mozambique
6  Togo

Life assurance
Banking

50% Equity accounted
37% Equity accounted

Asset Management

50% Equity accounted

36
22
8
2

21

14
13
458

38
16

2
56
514

7
7
–
–

–

–
7
65

2
–

–
2
67

FinancialsOLD MUTUAL PLCANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS 2015 
 
 
 
 
 
Nature of activities

Percentage
 holding

Measurement
 method

Carrying 
amount 
£m

Group
share of 
profit/(loss) 
£m

257

Banking

21% Equity accounted

346

Life assurance
Asset Management
Property Development
Property Development

26% Equity accounted
50% Equity accounted
Fair value
35%
Fair value
49%

Financial services
Financial services

25% Equity accounted
23% Equity accounted

Life assurance
Banking

50% Equity accounted
37% Equity accounted

Asset Management
Asset Management

50% Equity accounted
50% Equity accounted

28
19
7
3

8
5
46
462

36
16

3
1
56
518

8

4
4
–
–

–
–
11
27

(2)
–

1
–
(1)
26

At 31 December 2014

Private equity associates and associate companies
Listed
Ecobank Transnational Incorporated6
Individually immaterial associates
Unlisted

Kotak Mahindra Old Mutual Life Insurance3
Heitman LLC2
Masingita Property Investment Holdings (Pty) Ltd1
Odyssey Developments (Pty) Ltd1
Other individually immaterial associates
South African Bankers Services Company1
S.B.V. Services (Pty) Ltd1
Other

Total investments in associate undertakings
Joint arrangements
Unlisted

Old Mutual Goudian Life Insurance Company Ltd4
Banco Unico, S.A.5
Individually immaterial joint arrangements
Curo Fund Services1
African Infrastructure Investment Managers (Pty) Ltd1

Total investments in associate undertakings
Total investments in associates and joint ventures

Country of operation:
1  Republic of South Africa
2  USA
3  India
4  China
5  Mozambique
6  Togo

Of the total carrying value of associates and joint ventures, £51 million (2014: £50 million) relates to those which are measured at fair value 
and £463 million (2014: £468 million) relates to those which have been equity accounted.

All of the joint ventures are strategic in the Group’s underlying operating model. 

The joint ventures are evaluated according to the Group’s contractual rights to jointly control the entity.

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G R O U P   F I N A N C I A L   S TAT E M E N T S
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS CONTINUED

For the year ended 31 December 2015

I: Interests in subsidiaries, associates and joint arrangements continued
I2: Investments in associated undertakings and joint ventures continued
(b) Aggregate financial information of material investments in associated undertakings and joint ventures
The aggregate financial information for material investments in associated undertakings and joint ventures is as follows:

31 December

Ecobank Transnational 
Incorporated¹
2015

2014

Banco Único, S.A.

2015

2014

£m

Fair-value of investment in Ecobank Transnational Incorporated based 

on the closing quoted price on the Nigerian Stock Exchange

303

305

Statement of comprehensive income
Revenue
Profit from continuing operations
Post-tax loss from discontinued operations
Other comprehensive income
Total comprehensive income

Statement of financial position
Current assets
Non-current assets
Current liabilities
Non-current liabilities

1,059
203
(1)
(180)
23

9,165
6,835
7,565
6,617

986
194
(1)
(58)
134

8,294
6,401
8,621
6,365

–

23
2
–
–
2

151
94
113
105

–

19
–
–
–
–

139
101
116
100

1  The information provided for Ecobank Transnational Incorporated (ETI) has been based on the latest available financial information, being the financial results for the 

nine months ended 30 September 2015.

2  The Group has concluded that, while the market value based on the share price of ETI is below its carrying value, this decline is neither significant nor prolonged. 
However, recent macro-economic events in the countries in which ETI operates have been considered and it has been determined that an indicator of potential 
impairment exists as at 31 December 2015.

Where an indicator of impairment exists, the impairment test compares the estimated recoverable amount and the carrying value of the 
investment. The recoverable amount is the higher of its fair value less costs of disposal or its value in use. If the value in use is lower than the 
carrying value, the carrying value is impaired to the value in use basis, with the resulting impairment loss reported within other operating 
expenses. As ETI’s value in use at 31 December 2015 exceeds the carrying value, no impairment loss has been recognised.

(c) Aggregate financial information of other investments in associated undertakings and joint ventures
The aggregate financial information for all other investments in associated undertakings and joint ventures is as follows:

Total assets
Total liabilities
Total revenues

Year ended 
31 December 
2015
3,171
(2,626)
470

£m

Year ended 
31 December 
2014
3,122
(2,723)
666

FinancialsOLD MUTUAL PLCANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS 2015(d) Aggregate Group investments in associated undertakings and joint ventures
The aggregate amounts for the Group’s investments in associated undertakings and joint ventures are as follows:

259

Balance at beginning of the year
Net additions of investments in associated undertakings and joint ventures
Share of profit after tax
Dividends paid
Foreign exchange and other movements
Balance at end of the year

The above table includes those investments that are carried at fair value.

Year ended 
31 December 
2015
518
30
67
(7)
(94)
514

£m
Year ended 
31 December 
2014
168
341
26
(5)
(12)
518

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.

(e) Restriction on the Group’s ability to obtain funds from its associated undertakings and joint arrangements
Statutory and regulatory restrictions in terms of the South African Reserve Bank controls and solvency restrictions imposed by the Financial 
Service Board in South Africa to comply with statutory capital requirements restrict the amount of funds that can be transferred out of the 
country to the Group. In addition, the banking subsidiary companies are restricted by Basel regulations and prudential requirements with 
regard to the distributions of funds to their holding company. Regulated entities may only be permitted to remit dividends in terms of local 
capital requirements and/or permission being obtained from the regulator to distribute such funds.

No significant guarantees were provided by the Group during the financial year.

(f) Contingent liabilities and commitments
At 31 December 2015 and 31 December 2014, the Group had no significant contingent liabilities or commitments relating to investments 
in associated undertakings and joint ventures. 

(g) 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.

I3: Structured entities
(a) Group’s involvement in structured entities
The table below summarises the types of structured entities the Group does not consolidate, but may have an interest in:

Type of structured entity
 ■ Securitisation vehicles for 

loans and advances

Nature
 ■ Finance the Group’s own 
assets through the issue 
of notes to investors

 ■ Investment funds

 ■ Manage client funds through 

the investment in assets

Purpose
 ■ Generate:
  –  Funding for the Group’s 

lending activities

  –  Margin through sale of  

assets to investors
  – Fees for loan servicing
 ■ Generate fees from managing 
assets on behalf of third-party 
investors

Interest held by the Group
 ■ Investment in senior notes 

issued by the vehicles

 ■ Investments in units issued 

by the fund

 ■ Securitisation vehicles for 
third-party receivables

 ■ Security vehicles

 ■ Finance third-party receivables 
and are financed through loans 
from third-party note holders 
and bank borrowing

 ■ Generate fees from arranging 
the structure. Interest income 
may be earned on the notes 
held by the Group

 ■ Interest in these vehicles 
is through notes that are 
traded in the market

 ■ Hold and realise assets as a 
result of the default of a client

 ■ These entities seek to protect 
the collateral of the Group 
on the default of a loan

 ■ Ownership interest will be in 
proportion of the lending. At 
31 December 2015, the Group 
held no value in security vehicles

 ■ Clients’ investment entities

 ■ Hold client investment assets

 ■ Black Economic Empowerment 

 ■ Fund the acquisition of shares 

(BEE) funding

by a BEE partner

 ■ Generate various sources 
of income for the Group
 ■ Generate interest on the  

funding provided

 ■ None

 ■ None

As at 31 December 2015, the Group held £43 million (2014: £46 million) in unconsolidated investment funds which is included in investment 
and securities. In the normal course of business the Group will lend money to structured entities that are engaged in project finance work, 
such as renewable energy projects. The funding of these entities does not result in the Group being able to exercise control of these entities 
rather it is protected by normal lending covenants. In certain circumstances, the Group may take a direct equity stake in the underlying 
Project Finance activity, in which circumstances the Group will evaluate the appropriate treatment of this investment.

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G R O U P   F I N A N C I A L   S TAT E M E N T S
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS CONTINUED

For the year ended 31 December 2015

I: Interests in subsidiaries, associates and joint arrangements continued
I3: Structured entities continued
(b) Consolidation considerations for structured entities
In structured entities voting rights are not the predominant factor in deciding who controls the entity but rather the Group’s exposure to the 
variability of returns from these entities. The Group acts as fund manager to a number of investment funds. Determining whether the Group 
controls such an investment fund usually focuses on the assessment of decision making rights as fund manager, the investor’s rights to remove 
the fund manager and the aggregate economic interests of the Group in the fund in the form of interest held and exposure to variable returns. 

In most instances the Group’s decision making authority, in its capacity as fund manager, with regard to these funds is regarded to be 
well-defined. Discretion is exercised when decisions regarding the relevant activities of these funds are being made. For funds managed 
by the Group where the investors have the right to remove the Group as fund manager without cause, the fees earned by the Group, 
are considered to be market related. These agreements include only terms, conditions or amounts that are customarily present in 
arrangements for similar services and level of skills negotiated on an arm’s-length basis. The Group has concluded that it acts as agent 
on behalf of the investors in all instances. 

The Group is considered to be acting as principal where the Group is the fund manager and is able to make the investment decisions 
on behalf of the unit holders to earn a variable fee, and there are no kick out rights that would remove the Group as fund manager. 

There have been no changes in facts or circumstances which have changed the Group’s conclusion on the consolidation of funds.

The Group has not provided any non-contractual support to any consolidated or unconsolidated structured entities. The Group has 
committed to providing certain liquidity facilities for certain securitisation vehicles.

Disclosure of consolidated securitisation vehicles, which are structured entities, is included in note I3(c).

(c) Securitisation vehicles consolidated in the Group’s statement of financial position
Nedbank Securitisations
Nedbank Group Limited uses securitisation primarily as a funding diversification tool and to add flexibility in mitigating structural liquidity 
risk. The Group currently has four active traditional securitisation transactions:

 ■ Synthesis Funding Ltd (Synthesis), an asset-backed commercial paper (ABCP) programme launched in 2004

 ■ Greenhouse Funding (RF) Ltd, (Greenhouse), a residential mortgage-backed securitisation programme

 ■ Greenhouse Funding III (RF) Ltd, (Greenhouse III), a residential mortgage-backed securitisation programme and

 ■ Precinct Funding 1 (RF) Ltd (Precinct), a commercial mortgage-backed securitisation programme.

Nedbank Group also has two active Committed Liquidity Facility (CLF) transactions:

 ■ West Road South No. 3 (RF) Ltd, (West Road South), a commercial mortgage-backed CLF programme launched in 2014, with 

R14.5 billion assets transferred into the programme and

 ■ Greenhouse Funding 4 (RF) Ltd, (Greenhouse 4), a residential mortgage-backed CLF programme launched in 2015, with R3.1 billion 

assets transferred into the programme.

Synthesis Funding Ltd
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 is assigned the highest short-term RSA local-currency credit rating by Fitch, and is listed on JSE Ltd.

Liquidity facilities have been obtained from a F1+(zaf) rated bank in order to ensure the availability of sufficient funds in instances where 
timing mismatches could occur. These timing mismatches refer to the possible mismatch between the receipt of funds relating to financial 
assets and disbursement of funds relating to the redemption of financial liabilities. These liquidity facilities cover the nominal value of the 
commercial paper it is issued against and exceed the maturity date of the underlying financial liability by five days.

Synthesis is a partially-supported conduit whose credit support is dependent on transaction-specific credit enhancement as well as 
available programme-wide credit enhancement (PWCE) provided by Nedbank. PWCE is calculated as 5% of the aggregate book value 
of financial assets (excluding defaults) plus a dynamic percentage based on the credit quality of the underlying portfolio of the rated 
securities. If a rated security falls below ‘AA-(zaf)’, Synthesis must either remove the asset from the portfolio, obtain a guarantee by an 
entity rated at least ‘AA-(zaf)’ or Nedbank must post PWCE within 15 business days. Currently, there are no financial assets in the conduit 
portfolio and all rated securities are rated at least ‘AA-(zaf)’ or are guaranteed by Nedbank if rated below ‘AA-(zaf)’. As a result, no 
PWCE is currently required in accordance with Synthesis’ transaction documentation.

In terms of assets not meeting the AA-(zaf) requirement, Nedbank guarantees an aggregate amount of R850 million (£37 million) as 
at 31 December 2015.

FinancialsOLD MUTUAL PLCANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS 2015Greenhouse Programmes
The Greenhouse transactions are securitisation vehicles that acquire the rights, title, interest and related security of residential home loans 
from Nedbank Limited under a segregated series medium-term note programme.

261

During December 2007 the first Greenhouse transaction was created and R2.0 billion (£88 million) of home loans from Nedbank Limited 
were securitised. Greenhouse was subsequently restructured and refinanced on 19 November 2012 as a static amortising structure. 
The proceeds from the refinance of this transaction, through the issuance of new notes and subordinated loans, was utilised to repay the 
R1.3 billion (£57 million) existing notes and subordinated loans upon their scheduled maturity, and to acquire additional home loans from 
Nedbank Limited. The senior notes, which are rated by Fitch and listed on the JSE Ltd, were placed with third party investors and the junior 
notes and subordinated loans retained by the Group. The home loans transferred to Greenhouse have continued to be recognised as 
financial assets.

Greenhouse III, a second standalone RMBS programme, was implemented during 2014. Greenhouse III is a securitisation vehicle that 
acquires the rights, title, interest and related security of residential home loans from Nedbank Limited under a segregated series medium 
term note programme. In April 2015 Greenhouse III securitised R2.0 billion (£88 million) worth of home loans originated by Nedbank 
Limited, through the issuance of senior notes to the capital market, and subordinated notes and subordinate loan provided by Nedbank 
Limited. The notes issued by Greenhouse III are listed on the JSE Ltd and rated by Fitch.

The Greenhouse vehicles make use of an internal risk management policy, and utilises the Nedbank Group Limited credit risk monitoring 
process to govern lending activities to external parties. In addition financial assets may only be introduced into the programme provided 
they meet certain eligibility criteria prescribed by the programme agreements.

Nedbank has provided the Greenhouse Programmes with interest bearing subordinated loans at the commencement of each 
programme, in order to provide part of the initial funding. Interest is payable on a quarterly basis, as part of the priority of payments. The 
full capital amount outstanding plus any accrued interest will be payable in full on the final termination date, provided that all outstanding 
notes have been redeemed in full and all secured creditors have been settled.

In the Greenhouse structure, Nedbank holds the C and Y notes amounting to R113 million (£5 million) and in the Greenhouse III structure, 
Nedbank holds the D note, amounting to R100 million (£4 million). These notes rank subordinated to the A and B notes in terms of the 
priority of payments.

Precinct Funding 1
Precinct is a commercial mortgage backed securitisation programme. The originator, seller and servicer of the commercial property loan 
portfolio is Nedbank Corporate Property Finance, the market leader in commercial property finance in South Africa.

The Precinct structure takes the form of a static pool of small commercial property loans with limited substitution and redraws/further 
advance capabilities.

Precinct has issued notes rated by Moody’s Investors Service and listed on the JSE Ltd. The A and B notes were placed to third party 
investors and the junior notes and subordinated loan retained by the Group.

The vehicle makes use of an internal risk management policy and utilises the Nedbank Group credit risk monitoring process to govern 
lending activities to external parties. The primary measures used to identify, monitor and report on the level of exposure to credit risk 
include individual loan and loan portfolio ageing and performance analysis, analysis of impairment adequacy ratios, analysis of loss 
ratio trends and analysis of loan portfolio profitability. The maximum credit exposure to credit risk in respect of the mortgage loans is the 
balance of outstanding advances before taking into account the value of collateral held as security against such exposures and 
impairments raised. The collateral held as security for the mortgage asset exposure is in the form of first indemnity bonds over fixed 
commercial property.

Nedbank has provided Precinct with an interest-bearing subordinated loan at the commencement of this transaction, in order to provide 
part of the initial funding. Interest is payable on a quarterly basis, as part of the priority of payments. The full capital amount outstanding 
plus any accrued interest will be payable in full on the final termination date, provided that all outstanding notes have been redeemed in 
full and all secured creditors have been settled.

Nedbank holds the C and D notes amounting to R225 million (£10 million), which rank subordinated to the A and B notes in terms of the 
priority of payments.

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G R O U P   F I N A N C I A L   S TAT E M E N T S
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS CONTINUED

For the year ended 31 December 2015

I: Interests in subsidiaries, associates, and joint arrangements continued
I3: Structured entities continued
(c) Securitisation vehicles consolidated in the Group’s statement of financial position continued
The following table shows the carrying amount of securitised assets together with the associated liabilities, or each category of asset in the 
statement of financial position1: 

At 31 December

Loans and advances to customers 
Residential mortgage loans
Commercial mortgage loans

Other financial assets
Corporate and bank paper
Other securities
Commercial paper
Total

At 31 December 2015
Carrying
amount of
assets

Associated
liabilities

At 31 December 2014
Carrying
amount of
assets

Associated
liabilities

£m

143
56

75
45
–
319

158
100

–
–
120
378

139
88

111
72
–
410

152
128

–
–
183
463

1  The value of any derivative instruments taken out to hedge any financial asset or liability is adjusted against such instrument in this disclosure.

This table presents the gross balances within the securitisation schemes and does not reflect any elimination of intercompany and cash 
balances held by the various securitisation vehicles.

J: Other notes
J1: 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.

FinancialsOLD MUTUAL PLCANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS 2015(a) Liability for defined benefit obligations
Year ended 31 December

Changes in projected benefit obligation
Projected benefit obligation at beginning of the year
Acquisitions through business combinations
Benefits earned during the year
Interest cost on benefit obligation
Measurement (gains)/losses
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
Acquisitions through business combinations
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
Net amount recognised in statement of financial position

Disclosed as follows:
 – Within trade, other receivables and assets
 – Within trade, other payables and other liabilities

263

£m

Other post-retirement 
benefit schemes

2015

187
–
5
13
(6)
(6)
(39)
154

186
–
11
3
–
(6)
(36)
158

4
–
(2)
2

33
(31)
2

2014

189
–
5
15
1
(6)
(17)
187

163
–
15
15
–
(6)
(1)
186

(1)
–
–
(1)

40
(41)
(1)

Pension plans
2015

514
62
4
25
(17)
(35)
(62)
491

621
68
41
10
–
(35)
(89)
616

125
(14)
(1)
110

122
(12)
110

2014

490
–
4
28
27
(27)
(8)
514

573
–
76
9
1
(27)
(11)
621

107
(1)
(1)
105

121
(16)
105

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G R O U P   F I N A N C I A L   S TAT E M E N T S
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS CONTINUED

For the year ended 31 December 2015

J: Other notes continued
J1: Post-employment benefits continued
(b) Expense/(income) recognised in the income statement
Year ended 31 December

Current service costs
Net interest (income)/cost
Other post retirement plan costs
Total (included in staff costs)

Pension plans
2015
4
(8)
–
(4)

2014
4
(7)
–
(3)

£m

Other post-retirement 
benefit schemes

2015
5
1
1
7

2014
5
2
1
8

Actuarial assumptions used in calculating the projected benefit obligation are based on 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 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 £20 million and decrease of £17 million (2014: increase of £27 million and decrease of £21 million) respectively.

Total contributions expected to be paid to the Group pension plans for the year ending 31 December 2016 are £10 million (subject to 
any reassessments to be completed in the year).

(c) Plan asset allocation
At 31 December

Equity securities
Debt securities
Property
Cash
Annuities and other

Pension plans
2015
29.7
43.0
2.9
3.4
21.0
100.0

2014
30.8
40.2
3.4
4.2
21.4
100.0

%

Other post-retirement 
benefit schemes

2015
39.4
17.0
4.6
24.3
14.7
100.0

2014
41.3
23.5
4.0
21.7
9.5
100.0

Pension and other retirement benefit plan assets include ordinary shares issued by the Company with a fair value of £nil (2014: £nil).

J2: Share-based payments
(a) Reconciliation of movements in options
During the year ended 31 December 2015, the Group had a number of share-based payment arrangements. The movement in the options 
outstanding under these arrangements during the year is detailed below:

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 2015

Year ended 
31 December 2014

Number 
of options
9,334,206
6,178,091
(966,728)
(2,586,844)
(8,180)
11,950,545
189,468

Weighted 
average 
exercise 
price
£1.51
£1.87
£1.69
£1.26
£1.63
£1.73
£1.53

Number 
of options
14,365,731
5,184,763
(778,444)
(9,437,844)
–
9,334,206
162,914

Weighted 
average 
exercise 
price
£0.79
£1.63
£1.43
£0.49
–
£1.51
£1.13

The options outstanding at 31 December 2015 have an exercise price in the range of £0.94 to £1.87 (2014: £0.35 to £1.63) and a 
weighted average remaining contractual life of 2.2 years (2014: 1.8 years). The weighted average share price at date of exercise 
for options exercised during the year was £2.12 (2014: £1.99).

FinancialsOLD MUTUAL PLCANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS 2015Year ended 
31 December 2015

Year ended  
31 December 2014

265

Options over shares in Old Mutual plc (Johannesburg Stock Exchange)
Outstanding at beginning of the year
Forfeited during the year
Exercised during the year
Expired during the year
Outstanding at end of the year
Exercisable at 31 December

Number 
of options
5,580,292
–
(3,486,110)
(25,742)
2,068,440
2,068,440

Weighted 
average 
exercise 
price

–

Number 
of options
R13.21 19,499,597
(299,316)
R12.14 (13,592,622)
R13.29
(27,367)
R15.05 5,580,292
R15.05 5,580,292

Weighted 
average 
exercise 
price
R14.14
R15.35
R14.59
R14.81
R13.21
R13.21

The options outstanding at 31 December 2015 have an exercise price in the range of R13.35 to R15.80 (2014: R7.45 to R15.80) and a weighted 
average remaining contractual life of 0.9 years (2014: 1.5 years). The weighted average share price at date of exercise for options 
exercised during the year was R41.21 (2014: R34.60).

Options over shares in Nedbank Group Limited
Outstanding at beginning of the year
Forfeited during the year
Exercised during the year
BEE cancellation of shares during the year
Expired during the year
Outstanding at end of the year
Exercisable at 31 December

Year ended 
31 December 2015

Year ended 
31 December 2014

Number 
of options
10,392,324
(110,361)
(786,312)
(7,879,135)
(21,311)
1,595,205
184,409

Weighted 
average 
exercise 
price

Number 
of options
R167.55 11,633,340
R142.88
(222,712)
R108.27 (1,014,872)
R163.53
–
R115.26
(3,432)
R174.20 10,392,324
R103.57
262,330

Weighted 
average 
exercise 
price
R161.64
R126.23
R107.07
–
R82.47
R167.55
R107.53

The options outstanding at 31 December 2015 have an exercise price in the range of R126.63 to R282.58 (2014: R116.75 to R282.58) and 
a weighted average remaining contractual life of 1.9 years (2014: 1.7 years). The weighted average share price at date of exercise for 
options exercised during the year was R247.37 (2014: R226.87).

(b) 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 South African plan 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 2016 which will have an IFRS 2 grant date of 1 January 2015, is shown separately 
below. The grant date for all other awards is the award issue date.

(c) Share-based payment arrangements relating to Institutional Asset Management
During the year ended 31 December 2015, OM Asset Management had the following share-based payment arrangements:

Initial public offering (IPO) Incentive Plan
During 2011, a share-based compensation plan was implemented for certain key employees of OM Asset Management in connection with 
the stated intention of exploring a potential IPO of the business. The plan was designed to reward participants for achievement of strategic 
objectives and metrics and value creation over the period of exploring an IPO. The awards consisted of a mix of cash, payable and paid 
in the first quarter of 2014, and restricted shares in Old Mutual plc, which were granted during the second quarter of 2014, and vest 
ratably over three years from that date. At grant date, the stock awards under this plan had an aggregate value of $3.9 million. The total 
expense recognised during 2015 in relation to this plan was $0.6 million (2014: $1 million; 2013: $3.7 million).

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G R O U P   F I N A N C I A L   S TAT E M E N T S
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS CONTINUED

For the year ended 31 December 2015

J: Other notes continued
J2: Share-based payments continued
OM Asset Management Equity Incentive Plan continued
(c) Share-based payment arrangements relating to Institutional Asset Management continued
In connection with the IPO, certain employees who held unvested Old Mutual plc restricted shares were given the opportunity to exchange 
their Old Mutual plc restricted shares for restricted shares of OM Asset Management held by OM Group (UK) Limited with vesting 
conditions similar to those to which they were currently subject to. These restricted shares were awarded to employees as part of the 
annual incentive process and the one-time IPO Incentive Plan. This exchange programme was intended to provide employees who elected 
to participate with restricted share awards of OM Asset Management ordinary shares of equivalent value to the Old Mutual plc restricted 
shares they currently held. The exchange valued OM Asset Management ordinary shares at the price sold to investors in the IPO. The 
exchange valued Old Mutual plc’s ordinary shares using the weighted-average sale price over the three consecutive trading days on the 
London Stock Exchange up to and including the date of the exchange. The exchange occurred following the effectiveness of the OM Asset 
Management registration statement on 8 October 2014. OM Group (UK) Limited transferred 1,212,766 unvested and vested restricted 
OM Asset Management ordinary shares (equivalent to 5,914,981 Old Mutual plc restricted shares) to employees as part of this 
exchange programme.

In connection with the reorganisation, two equity plans were implemented at OMAM; one for employees and one for non-executive 
directors. The plans are maintained to provide equity-based compensation arrangements, including restricted stock awards (RSAs), 
restricted stock units (RSUs) and performance-based restricted stock units (Performance RSUs). Equity ownership encourages employees 
and directors to act in the best long-term interests of the Company.

OM Asset Management Affiliate Equity Plans
Equity granted during the year to employees of firms participating in the OM Asset Management Affiliate Equity Plans vests three to four 
years from the date of grant, conditional upon continued employment over this period. Equity purchased by employees vested 
immediately. Grant date fair value and fair value used for reassessment was determined based on a multiple of prior year earnings. 
Under the terms of the arrangements, participating employees may sell their equity back to OM Asset Management (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 OM Asset Management during the year:

Instruments granted and purchased during the year
Percentage of affiliate equity

Fair value of instruments ($m)¹

Affiliate 
share 
purchases
0.02%
0.10%
– 
– 

Affiliate 
share 
grants
1.41%
2.69%
$13m
$17m

Affiliate 
shares 
forfeited
(0.59%)
(10.75%)
– 
–

2015
2014
2015
2014

Total 
non-
controlling 
interest 
in affiliate
(0.84%)
(7.96%)
–
–

1  Represents fair value in excess of consideration received for affiliate share purchases.

OM Asset Management annual bonus awards
The OM Asset Management Affiliate Equity Plans are 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 2016 in respect of the 2015 financial year has been 
determined to commence from 1 January 2015.

It is anticipated that instruments with a fair value of $9.5 million (2014: $10.2 million and 2013: $15 million) will be granted during 2016 to 
firms participating in the OM Asset Management Affiliate Equity Plans based on 2015 financial performance.

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 forgo 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.

FinancialsOLD MUTUAL PLCANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS 2015Effective 1 April 2011, certain terms of the plan were modified to provide for greater participation by Class B interest holders in Acadian’s 
profits and cash distributions. In addition, provisions were added to provide greater liquidity and transferability for the holders of Class B 
interests. The plan has since included a feature whereby participating employees may sell their equity back to OM Asset Management based 
on a multiple of prior 12-month earnings above a Class A equity holders’ minimum preference amount, subject to certain restrictions.  
The surrender-date fair value of the Class B interests prior to these modifications amounted to $7 million, and this amount was reclassified 
from non-controlling interests to cash-settled share-based payments liabilities as a result of the liquidity features added. The excess of the fair 
value of the modified award over its pre-modification fair value was $21 million, and was accounted for as incremental cash-settled share-
based payments compensation expense and liability. As the implementation of the modifications were subject to a two-year vesting period,  
the incremental cash-settled share-based payments compensation expense and subsequent revaluations of the liability each period to its fair 
value, along with the reclassification of the $7 million pre-modification fair value of the award from non-controlling interests as a liability, were 
recognised ratably over that period commencing 1 April 2011. The remaining $35 million of the initial fair value of the equity-settled plan that 
was surrendered by Class B interest holders was transferred to controlling interest equity at the conclusion of the vesting period.

During 2014, employees sold Class B equity interests of 14.29% back to OM Asset Management. Class B equity interests of 14.29% remain 
outstanding at 31 December 2015. 

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(d) Forfeitable/Restricted share grants
The following summarises the fair value of restricted shares granted by the Group during the year:

Instruments granted and purchased during the year
Shares in Old Mutual plc (London Stock Exchange)

Shares in Old Mutual plc (Johannesburg Stock Exchange)

Shares in Nedbank Limited

Number 
granted
2015 11,544,922
2014
11,047,898
2015 14,244,304
13,350,717
2014
2015 3,879,259
4,225,723
2014

Weighted 
average 
fair value
£2.08
£2.02
R42.24
R35.35
R231.76
R201.11

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.

(e) Annual bonus awards
The UK and South Africa Plan Awards 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 South African 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 8,243,127 restricted shares (2014: 10,022,998). The restricted shares have 
been valued using a share price of R41.45 (2014: R34.70).

The Group estimate of the total fair value of the annual bonus expected to be paid in the form of options and forfeitable shares 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.

UK Plans

(f) 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

Year ended 
31 December 2015

Total 
Vesting 
fair value 
£m
period
10 4.2 years

Year ended 
31 December 2014

Total 
fair value 
£m
10

Vesting 
period
4.2 years

Year ended 
31 December 
2015
44
24

68
128

£m

Year ended 
31 December 
2014
54
61

115
112

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G R O U P   F I N A N C I A L   S TAT E M E N T S
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS CONTINUED

For the year ended 31 December 2015

J: Other notes continued
J3: Related parties
The Group provides certain pension fund, insurance, banking and financial services to related parties. These are conducted on an 
arm’s-length basis and are not material to the Group’s results.

(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 pages 124 to 151.

(b) Key management personnel remuneration and other

Directors’ fees
Remuneration
  Cash remuneration
  Short-term employee benefits
  Long-term employee benefits
  Share-based payments

Share options
Outstanding at beginning of the year
Leavers
New appointments
Granted during the year
Exercised during the year
Outstanding at end of the year

Restricted shares
Outstanding at beginning of the year
Leavers
New appointments
Granted during the year
Exercised during the year
Vested during the year
Effect of share exchange in connection with the  

OM Asset Management plc IPO
Outstanding at end of the year

Year ended 
31 December 2015

Year ended 
31 December 2014

Number of
 personnel
11

12
12
12
12

Number of
 personnel
11

12
12
12
11

Value 
£’000
1,388
24,293
5,308
8,678
378
9,929

25,681

Value 
£’000
1,366
22,593
4,931
7,879
343
9,440

23,959

Year ended 
31 December 2015

Year ended 
31 December 2014

Number of
 personnel
5
1
–

4

Number of 
options/
shares 
’000s
48
(11)
–
29
(14)
52

Number of
 personnel
5
–
1

5

Number of 
options/
shares 
’000s
1,103
–
7
22
(1,084)
48

Year ended 
31 December 2015

Year ended 
31 December 2014

Number of
 personnel
9
1
1

Number of 
options/
shares 
’000s
13,753
(3,538)
2,056
3,055
(944)
(3,316)

Number of
 personnel
9
1
1

–
11,066

9

9

Number of
 options/
shares
’000s
20,618
(4,230)
787
5,163
(418)
(4,884)

(3,283)
13,753

FinancialsOLD MUTUAL PLCANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS 2015(c) Key management personnel transactions
Key management personnel and members of their close family have undertaken transactions with Old Mutual plc and its subsidiaries, 
joint ventures 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.

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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
Balance at end of the year
Property & casualty 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 plans as at end of the year

Year ended 
31 December 2015

Year ended 
31 December 2014

Number of
 personnel

Value
£000s

Number of 
personnel

5

5

4

5

5

3

3
–

2,435
(227)
2,208

29
(9)
20

465
(355)
110

10
–

4

5

2

4

1

5

4
2

Value
£000s

2,535
(100)
2,435

24
5
29

143
322
465

15
7

10

10

23,258

4,675

10

10

25,739

4,889

Various members of key management personnel hold 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 
is 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.

J4: Contingent liabilities

Guarantees and assets pledged as collateral security
Secured lending
Irrevocable letters of credit
Other contingent liabilities

At 
31 December 
2015
1,198
401
196
4

£m

At 
31 December 
2014
1,325
455
181
6

The Group has provided certain guarantees for specific client obligations, in return for which the Group has received a fee. The Group 
has evaluated the extent of the possibility of the guarantees being called on and has provided appropriately. 

The Group, through its South African banking business, has pledged debt securities and negotiable certificates of deposit amounting to 
£681 million (2014: £767 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.

Contingent liabilities – tax
The Revenue authorities in the principal jurisdictions in which the Group operates (South Africa, the United Kingdom and the United States) 
routinely review historic transactions undertaken and tax law interpretations made by the Group. The Group is committed to conducting its 
tax affairs in accordance with the tax legislation of the jurisdictions in which they operate. All interpretations made by management are 
made with reference to the specific facts and circumstances of the transaction and the relevant legislation.

There are occasions where the Group’s interpretation of tax law may be challenged by the Revenue authorities. The financial statements 
include provisions that reflect the Group’s assessment of liabilities which might reasonably be expected to materialise as part of its review. 
The Board is satisfied that adequate provisions have been made to cater for the resolution of tax uncertainties and that the resources 
required to fund such potential settlements are sufficient.

Due to the level of estimation required in determining tax provisions, amounts eventually payable may differ from the provision recognised.

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G R O U P   F I N A N C I A L   S TAT E M E N T S
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS CONTINUED

For the year ended 31 December 2015

J: Other notes continued
J4: Contingent liabilities continued
Nedbank litigation
There are a number of legal or potential claims against Nedbank Group Limited and its subsidiary companies, the outcome of which 
cannot at present be foreseen.

The largest of these potential actions is a claim for R773 million in the High Court against Nedbank Limited (Nedbank) by Absa Bank 
Limited (Absa) in connection with Pinnacle Point Group Ltd, where Absa is alleging that Nedbank had a legal duty of care to them in 
relation to single stock futures transactions. Nedbank has filed an exception against the claim and the claim has been held in abeyance 
since April 2012 by mutual agreement.

Consumer protection
Old Mutual is committed to treating customers fairly and supporting its customers in meeting their lifetime goals and treating customers 
fairly is central to how our businesses operate. We routinely engage with customers and regulators to ensure that we meet this 
commitment, but there is the risk of regulatory intervention across various jurisdictions, giving rise to the potential for customer redress 
which can result in retrospective changes to policyholder benefits, penalties or fines. The Group monitors the exposure to these actions 
and makes provision for the related costs as appropriate.

On 2 March 2016, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) notified Old Mutual Wealth that one of its subsidiaries, Old Mutual Wealth Life 
Assurance Limited, would be investigated by the Enforcement Division of the FCA. The appointment has arisen following an industry-wide 
thematic project on ‘Fair treatment of long-standing customers of life insurers’ by the FCA in 2014, which focused on our UK closed book 
of insurance products. The appointment of investigators does not itself mean that the FCA has determined that rule breaches and/or other 
contraventions or offences have occurred, and at this early stage it is not possible to assess the outcome and, by extension, whether the 
matter will have financial consequences for Old Mutual Wealth.

J5: 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

At 
31 December 
2015
62
106

£m

At 
31 December 
2014
76
86

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

At 
31 December 
2015
57
436
3,719

£m

At 
31 December 
2014
62
831
4,528

Assets are pledged as collateral under repurchase agreements with other financial institutions 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 
local 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 J6.

FinancialsOLD MUTUAL PLCANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS 2015J6: 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

At 31 December 2015

At 31 December 2014

Banking
45
100
98
243

Non-
banking
12
29
38
79

Total
57
129
136
322

Banking
56
123
144
323

Non-
banking
9
20
28
57

271

£m

Total
65
143
172
380

(b) The Group as lessor

Assets subject to operating leases
Land
Buildings
Investment property

Future undiscounted minimum lease payments of contracts with tenants
Within one year
In the second to fifth years inclusive
After five years

At 
31 December 
2015
5
–
1,233
1,238

At 
31 December 
2015
53
112
39
204

£m
At 
31 December 
2014
7
1
1,678
1,686

£m
At
31 December 
2014
64
140
65
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J7: 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.

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G R O U P   F I N A N C I A L   S TAT E M E N T S
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS CONTINUED

For the year ended 31 December 2015

J: Other notes continued
J8: Businesses acquired during the year
(a) Acquisition of Quilter Cheviot
On 25 February 2015, the Group acquired the Quilter Cheviot group of companies. The Quilter Cheviot group is based in the United 
Kingdom and is a discretionary investment manager specialising in the high net worth and affluent segment of the industry. The results 
from the business have been consolidated since the date of acquisition. 

The table below sets out the consolidated assets and liabilities acquired as a result of the acquisition of Quilter Cheviot:

Assets
Intangible assets
Property, plant and equipment
Deferred tax asset
Current tax receivable
Cash and cash equivalents
Trade, other receivables and other assets
Total assets
Liabilities
Deferred tax liabilities
Provisions and accruals
Current tax payable
Trade, other payables and other liabilities
Total liabilities
Total net assets acquired

Total cash consideration paid

Goodwill recognised

Acquiree’s 
carrying 
amount

£m

Fair value

–
8
1
3
69
128
209

–
(50)
(5)
(107)
(162)
47

288
8
1
3
69
128
497

(58)
(53)
(5)
(107)
(223)
274

566

292

The purchase price has been allocated based on a provisional estimate of the fair value of assets acquired and liabilities assumed at 
the date of acquisition determined in accordance to IFRS 3 ‘Business Combinations’. The provisional allocation required significant 
assumptions and the use of external expertise and it is possible that the preliminary estimates may change materially as the purchase 
price allocations are finalised. The accounting must be finalised within 12 months of the acquisition date. 

The carrying value of assets and liabilities in Quilter Cheviot’s consolidated statement of financial position on acquisition date 
approximates the fair value of these items determined by the Group, with the exception of identified intangible assets of £288 million, 
additional provisions of £3 million and an additional deferred tax liability of £58 million. The intangible assets recognised relate to 
customer distribution channels (£273 million) and to the Quilter Cheviot brand (£15 million). The value of the intangible assets was 
determined by applying cash flows to standard industry valuations models. Goodwill is attributable to the delivery of significant cost and 
revenue synergies that cannot be linked to identifiable intangible assets. This goodwill is not expected to be deductible for tax purposes. 

Of the acquired receivables, £121 million represent short-dated receivables that arise from the normal course of business and represent 
the gross cash flows that are expected to be received over a period of three months. No contingent liability has been recognised on 
acquisition. 

In addition to the £566 million cash consideration paid, 19.3 million Old Mutual plc ordinary shares of 113/7p with a value on issue of £42 
million were placed into an employee benefit trust. 50% of these shares will be released to the participants after three years and the other 
50% after four years, on the fulfilment of conditions relating to the maintenance of the level of funds under management. These expenses 
will be recognised in the profit or loss over the vesting periods of three and four years and will be excluded from the determination of AOP.

Transaction costs incurred of £9 million relating to the acquisition have been recognised within other operating expenses in the 
consolidated income statement, but not included within adjusted operating profit. For the year ended 31 December 2015, Quilter Cheviot 
contributed £12 million in profit after tax attributable to equity holders and £34 million in adjusted operating profit after tax. 

FinancialsOLD MUTUAL PLCANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS 2015(b) Acquisition of UAP Holdings Limited
On 24 June 2015, Old Mutual acquired an aggregate stake of 60.7% in UAP Holdings Limited (UAP), a Kenyan Pan-African financial 
services group for an aggregate cash consideration of £152 million. The acquisition was made as part of the expansion of the Group’s 
footprint in East Africa. The transaction was financed by the Group from existing funds, without the issuance of any new debt or 
new shares.

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An initial stake of 23.3% was acquired on 1 February 2015, while the remaining 37.3% stake was acquired on 24 June 2015. The results and 
movements in reserves were equity accounted from 1 February 2015 to the date that control was obtained. The purchase price per share 
did not vary between the acquisition of the two tranches and there was no amount recognised in the profit or loss as a result of the step 
up acquisition. A loss of £0.4 million has been equity accounted in the consolidated income statement for the period from 1 February 2015 
to 24 June 2015. Subsequently, from 24 June 2015, the financial results and financial position were consolidated in the Group financial 
statements.

The assets and liabilities acquired have been recorded at their fair values for purposes of the opening balance sheet and included in the 
consolidated accounts of the Group using the Group’s accounting policies in accordance with IFRS. 

The table below sets out the consolidated assets and liabilities acquired as a result of the acquisition of UAP Holdings Limited:

Assets
Investment property
Other intangible assets 
Investments & securities 
Cash and cash equivalents
Trade, other receivables and other assets
Total assets
Liabilities
Long-term business policyholder liabilities
Property & casualty liabilities
Deferred tax liabilities
Current tax payable
Trade, other payables and other liabilities
Total liabilities
Total net assets acquired

Total value of the business
  Cash consideration
   Non-controlling interests recognised

Goodwill recognised

Acquiree’s 
carrying 
amount

£m

Fair value

104
1
90
23
66
284

(53)
(33)
(3)
–
(87)
(176)
108

104
20
90
23
54
291

(54)
(35)
(3)
(5)
(87)
(184)
107

257
152
105

150

The purchase price has been allocated based on the fair value of assets acquired and liabilities at the date of acquisition determined in 
accordance to IFRS 3 ‘Business Combinations’. The purchase price allocation required significant assumptions and the use of external 
expertise and the additional intangible assets identified and recognised are brand and customer lists. 

The fair value of investment properties has been determined by independent valuers appointed by UAP on the basis of open-market 
value using current prices. Investment and securities have been fair valued based on the market value of the assets and/or an analysis 
of the contractual cash flows. Other assets and liabilities, including long-term policyholder liabilities and property and casualty liabilities, 
have been recorded at their estimated fair values.

The fair value of the non-controlling interests in UAP has been determined in accordance with the Group policy and is in proportion to 
the fair value paid by the Group. 

The Group has measured the fair value of the separately recognisable identifiable assets acquired and the liabilities assumed as of 
the acquisition date. The value of UAP, £257 million, is greater than the fair value of the net assets acquired and resulted in goodwill 
of £150 million being recorded in the statement of financial position of the Group. 

Acquisition-related expenses of £4 million are included in other operating and administrative expenses line in the consolidated income 
statement but has been reversed out of adjusted operating profit in line with the Group policy. 

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G R O U P   F I N A N C I A L   S TAT E M E N T S
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS CONTINUED

For the year ended 31 December 2015

J: Other notes continued
J8: Businesses acquired during the year continued
(c) Acquisition of African Infrastructure Investment Managers (Pty) Ltd
On 10 December 2015, the Group acquired an additional 50% stake in African Infrastructure Investment Managers (Pty) Ltd (AIIM) for 
a cash consideration of £16 million. As the Group now has a controlling shareholding of 100%, the financial results and position of AIIM 
have been consolidated with effect from 10 December 2015.

The accounting related to the step up in ownership from 50% to 100% effectively involved a simultaneous sale of 50% of the business, 
followed by an acquisition of the fair value of 100% of the business. Consequently a profit of £15 million was realised on the transaction. 
Consistent with usual Group practice, this profit was recognised in the IFRS profit or loss, but excluded from AOP. 

The total assets of £9 million were acquired and included other assets (£4 million), cash and cash equivalents (£3 million) and derivative 
assets (£2 million). Total liabilities of £3 million were acquired and included other liabilities of £3 million. Goodwill of £25 million has been 
recognised on the transaction.

Work is currently being undertaken to determine the purchase price allocation of the fair value of 100% of the AIIM business.

(d) Disposal of Old Mutual (Bermuda) Limited (OMB) and certain related obligations to Beechwood Bermuda Limited
As described in note A2, the Group completed the sale of Old Mutual (Bermuda) Limited (OMBH) on 31 December 2015. The principal 
assets and liabilities disposed were reinsurers’ share of long-term policyholder liabilities (£85 million), investments and securities 
(£267 million), other assets (£243 million), cash and cash equivalents (£68 million), long-term business policyholder liabilities (£647 million) 
and other liabilities (£6 million).

J9: Events after the reporting date
Disposal of Rogge Global Partners PLC
On 8 February 2016, the Group announced that it has agreed to sell Rogge Global Partners PLC (Rogge) to Allianz Global Investors 
GmbH. The transaction is expected to complete in the second quarter of 2016. The assets and liabilities of Rogge have been classified as 
held for sale at 31 December 2015. Refer to note K2 for further information.

South African capital gains tax inclusion rates changes
On 24 February 2016, the Minister of Finance of the Republic of South Africa announced changes to tax legislation which may in future 
impact the allocation of taxation between current and deferred tax.

UK Financial Conduct Authority notification of investigation
During 2014 the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) conducted an industry-wide thematic project on ‘Fair treatment of long-standing 
customers of life insurers’. On 2 March 2016 the FCA notified the Old Mutual Wealth business that, as consequence of the review, an 
Old Mutual Wealth UK subsidiary will be investigated by the FCA’s Enforcement Division. Further detail is included in the contingent 
liabilities note J4.

Nedbank subscription for shares in African Bank Holdings Limited
In line with the subscription agreement, Nedbank will subscribe for shares in African Bank Holdings Limited for R10 million on 11 March 
2016 and for an additional R400 million on 30 March 2016, representing a 4.1% holding in African Bank Holdings Limited. This aligns with 
Nedbank’s commitment under the provisions of this agreement.

Results of the Strategic Review
Following the appointment of Bruce Hemphill as Group Chief Executive in November 2015 a strategic review of the Group was initiated. 
On 11 March 2016 the Group announced that, following the strategic review, it had been concluded that the long-term interests of the 
Group’s shareholders and other stakeholders will be best served by Old Mutual separating its four principal businesses (Emerging 
Markets, Nedbank, Old Mutual Wealth and OM Asset Management plc) from each other. Following completion of the managed 
separation and at an appropriate point in the future, the Group, in its current structure will no longer exist. The precise means by which 
this managed separation of the Group will be effected is yet to be determined, and will involve significant ongoing regulatory and 
stakeholder engagement. The Group has a range of options open to it and the feasibility, sequencing and timing of each element will 
be affected by a mixture of market, regulatory and other factors. We intend to update shareholders later in 2016 to provide greater 
clarity on our preferred route for the managed separation. We expect that the managed separation will be materially completed by 
the end of 2018. 

FinancialsOLD MUTUAL PLCANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS 2015As set out in the Corporate Governance section of this Annual Report and Accounts, the Board has considered the financial impacts of the 
managed separation as part of the process of assessing the adequacy of the Group’s capital and resources to support the desired 
outcome. This assessment has supported the continued adoption of the going concern assumption when preparing these financial 
statements and the Board’s statement in relation to the Group’s viability.

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At the current time, given the precise means by which the managed separation of the Group will be effected is yet to be determined the 
financial impacts cannot be evaluated in these financial statements.

K: Discontinued operations and disposal groups held for sale
K1: Discontinued operations
Income statement from discontinued operations

Loss before tax from discontinued operations – trading activities (expenses)
Loss on disposal
Loss before tax from discontinued operations
Income tax credit
Loss after tax from discontinued operations

Year ended 
31 December 
2015
–
(21)
(21)
–
(21)

£m
 Year ended 
31 December 
2014
(35)
(19)
(54)
4
(50)

The loss on disposal for the year ended 31 December 2015 and year ended 31 December 2014 related to the settlement of litigation 
arising on the disposal of US Life in 2011, following a court ruling in favour of the plaintiff on the main matter in dispute. These amounts 
were paid in cash during 2015.

The loss before tax from discontinued operations for the year ended 31 December 2014 related to the disposal of Nordic in 2012. The 
Group continued to incur costs directly related to the sale of these businesses relating to the transition of IT and other services back to the 
Group. Nordic previously provided these services to the wider Group.

K2: Assets and liabilities held for sale
Assets held for sale of £123 million relate to Emerging Markets (£84 million), Institutional Asset Management (£35 million) and Old Mutual 
Wealth (£4 million). Liabilities held for sale of £12 million relate to Institutional Asset Management.

Emerging Markets
Emerging Markets has classified £84 million (R1,923 million) of investment properties as held for sale. These transactions are expected to 
complete in the next 12 months. The investment properties form part of the policyholder assets and therefore have no impact on profit or 
loss of the Group.

Institutional Asset Management
On 8 February 2016, the Group announced that it has agreed to sell Rogge Global Partners PLC (Rogge) to Allianz Global Investors 
GmbH. The transaction is expected to complete in the second quarter of 2016. Due to the imminence of the disposal, total assets to the 
value of £35 million, (including £20 million cash and cash equivalents and £10 million other assets), and total liabilities to the value of £12 
million, have been classified as held for sale at the reporting date. None of these amounts have been impaired in the financial statements.

Old Mutual Wealth
Old Mutual Wealth has classified property, plant and equipment of £4 million as held for sale.

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For the year ended 31 December 2015

L1: Accounting policies on financial assets and liabilities
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, interest and foreign exchange rates) and liquidity risk.

(a) Recognition and derecognition
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 derecognises a financial asset when, and only when:

 ■ 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 transfers the financial asset and neither transfers nor retains substantially all the risks and rewards of ownership and does not 

retain control.

A financial liability is derecognised 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 profit or loss.

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. 
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 profit or loss, transaction costs that are directly attributable to the acquisition or issue of the financial asset or 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) or (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.

The Group’s criteria in accordance with reporting standards for a qualifying hedging instrument to be accounted for as a hedge include:

 ■ 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

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carry profit or 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 profit or loss, 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. Any 
ineffective portion of changes in the fair value of the derivative is recognised in profit or loss.

If the hedge no longer meets the criteria for hedge accounting, hedge accounting is discontinued prospectively. For fair value hedge 
accounting, 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 profit or loss 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 profit or loss 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 standalone basis, when a separate instrument with the same terms as the embedded 
derivative would meet the definition of a derivative, 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 profit or loss. If it is not possible to determine the fair value 
of the embedded derivative, the entire hybrid instrument is categorised as fair value through profit or loss 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 currently 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 profit or loss effect of the hedged item.

(g) Interest income and expense
Interest income and expense in relation to financial instruments carried at amortised cost or held as available-for-sale are recognised in 
profit or loss 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 profit or loss are 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 income
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 profit or loss 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 profit or loss, 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.

(j) Classification of financial instruments
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.

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For the year ended 31 December 2015

L1: Accounting policies on financial assets and liabilities continued
(j) Classification of financial instruments continued
Financial assets designated as fair value through profit or loss
Financial assets that the Group has elected to designate as fair value through profit or loss 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 liabilities) or are managed, evaluated and reported using a fair 
value basis (for instance financial assets supporting shareholders’ funds).

All financial assets carried at fair value through profit or loss, whether held-for-trading or designated, are initially recognised at fair value 
and subsequently remeasured at fair value based on bid prices quoted in active markets. If such price information is not available for 
these instruments, the Group uses other valuation techniques, including internal models, to measure these 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 is  
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 profit or loss are included in 
investment return (non-banking) or in banking trading, investment and similar income as appropriate.

Interest earned whilst holding financial assets at fair value through profit or loss 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 profit or loss 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 profit or loss 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 bid prices quoted in active markets. If such 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 profit or loss as gains and losses from available-for-sale financial assets. When available-for-sale assets are impaired the 
resulting loss is shown separately in profit or loss 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.

FinancialsOLD MUTUAL PLCANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS 2015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 profit or loss or as financial liabilities at amortised cost.

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Liabilities that the Group has elected to designate as fair value through profit or loss 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 
or 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.

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 profit or loss over the period of the borrowings on an effective 
interest basis.

Equity classified 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.

(k) 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 profit or loss 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 profit or loss 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.

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 otherwise disposed.

(l) 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 profit or loss 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 trading 
liability.

(m) 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.

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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS CONTINUED

For the year ended 31 December 2015

L1: Accounting policies on financial assets and liabilities continued
(n) 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 
include:

 ■ Significant financial difficulty of the counterparty
 ■ A breach of contract, such as a default or delinquency in interest or principal payments
 ■ 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
 ■ 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 future 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. This is done to predict inherent 
losses which exist in the asset as at the reporting date but have not been reported.

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 profit or loss. 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 profit or loss. For available-for-sale debt securities, fair value is determined as the present value of 
expected future cash flows discounted at the current market rate of interest.

All such impairments are recognised in profit or loss. The release of an impairment allowance in respect of a debt instrument categorised 
as available-for-sale is credited to profit or loss, the release in respect of an equity instrument categorised as available-for-sale is credited 
to the available-for-sale reserve within equity.

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The following provides a list of the Group’s related undertakings. These disclosures are required by Section 409 of the Companies Act 
2006. It should be noted that this is a statutory disclosure and does not represent the way that the Group accounts for these entities. 

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(a) Group subsidiaries 
The table below sets out the Group’s subsidiary undertakings (including investment funds and collective investment schemes controlled by 
the Company). All shares are held indirectly by the Company (unless indicated) and their results are included in the Company’s 
consolidated financial statements.

Name
22 Seven Digital (Pty) Limited
Acadian Asset Management (Australia) Ltd
Acadian Asset Management (Japan)
Acadian Asset Management (Singapore) Pte Ltd.
Acadian Asset Management (UK) Ltd
Acadian Asset Management LLC
ACED Bedford Wind Farm (Pty) Limited
Acsis Licence Group (Pty) Limited
Acsis Limited
Adviceworx (Pty) Limited
Adviceworx Old Mutual Enhanced Income FoF B1
Adviceworx Old Mutual Inflation Plus 2-3% FoF B1
Adviceworx Old Mutual Inflation Plus 3-4% FoF B1
Adviceworx Old Mutual Inflation Plus 4-5% FoF B1
Adviceworx Old Mutual Inflation Plus 5-7% FoF B1
African Fund Managers (Mauritius)
African Infrastructure Holding Company 2 (Mauritius)
African Infrastructure Investment Holding Company 2 

(Mauritius)

Country of incorporation
Republic of South Africa
Australia
Cayman Islands
Singapore
England & Wales
Delaware, USA
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
Republic of South Africa
Republic of South Africa
Mauritius
Mauritius
Mauritius

Percentage
holding

Shareholding

100 Class A and Class B shares
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Class A and Class B shares
50 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary Class A and Class B shares
B1 shares
100
B1 shares
80
B1 shares
76
B1 shares
77
77
B1 shares
100 Ordinary
50 Ordinary
50 Ordinary

African Infrastructure Investment Managers (Pty) Limited
Agility Broker Services (Pty) Limited
AIIF2 Power Holdings
AIIF2 Towers SA (Pty) Limited
Aiva Florida Inc. de Miami
Aiva Health S.A.
Aiva Holding Group S.A.
Aiva Investments S.A.
Aiva S.A.
Aiva Tpa Services S.A.
Amber Mountain Investment 3 (Pty) Ltd
Analytic Investors, LLC
Anduin (Pty) Limited
Anduin Trust
APF OldCo Inc
Apollo Advisors (Pty) Limited
Apollo II GP Partnership General Partner
Apollo Investment Partnership General Partner (Pty) Limited
Apollo Investment Partnership II En Commandite Partnership
Ashfield Capital Partners LLC
Asia Storage GP, LLC 
Barprop (Pty) Limited
Barrow, Hanley, Mewhinney & Strauss LLC
Bene Inventa (Pty) Ltd
BHMS Investment GP LLC
Black Distributors SPV Limited
Bloemfontein Board of Executors and Trust Company Ltd
Blueprint Distribution Limited
Blueprint Financial Services Limited
Blueprint Organisation Limited
BNS Nominees (Pty) Ltd
BoE 187 Investments (Pty) Ltd
BoE Developments (Pty) Ltd
BoE Holdings (Pty) Ltd
BoE Investment Holdings Ltd
BoE Link Nominees (Proprietary) Limited
BoE Management Ltd
BoE Private Client & Trust Company (Pty) Ltd
BoE Private Client Investment Holdings Ltd
BoE Private Equity Investments (Pty) Ltd
Boness Development Phase 3 (Pty) Ltd
BPCC Security Company (Pty) Ltd
C.I.P.M Nominees Limited
Campbell (RTC Acquisition), LLC
Campbell Global Administracao de Ativos Florestais Ltda, LLC Brazil
Campbell Global Brazil, LLC
Campbell Global New Zealand, LLC
Campbell Global, LLC

Republic of South Africa
Republic of South Africa
Republic of South Africa
Republic of South Africa
Florida, USA
Uruguay
Panama
Uruguay
Uruguay
Uruguay
Republic of South Africa
Delaware, USA
Republic of South Africa
Republic of South Africa
Massachusetts, USA
Republic of South Africa
Republic of South Africa
Republic of South Africa
Republic of South Africa
Delaware, USA
Delaware, USA
Republic of South Africa
Delaware, USA
Republic of South Africa
Delaware, USA
England & Wales
Republic of South Africa
England & Wales
England & Wales
England & Wales
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
Republic of South Africa
Republic of South Africa
Republic of South Africa
Republic of South Africa
Republic of South Africa
Jersey
Delaware, USA

Delaware, USA
Delaware, USA
Delaware, USA

100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
86 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Class A and Class B shares
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
93 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
51 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
75 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
75 Ordinary

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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS CONTINUED

For the year ended 31 December 2015

L2: Related undertakings of the Group continued
(a) Group subsidiaries continued

Name
Campbell Opportunity Timber Fund GP, LLC
Campbell Opportunity Timber Fund GP-TE, LLC
Campbell Opportunity Timber Fund IV GP, LLC
Campbell Opportunity Timber Fund VI GP, LLC
Campbell Timber Fund II GP, LLC
Campbell Timber Fund III Manager, LLC 
Capegate Crescent Development (Pty) Ltd
Capital Developments Limited
Capital Growth Investments Trust
Capital Investments Limited
CBI (OldCo), Inc.
CBN Nominees (Pty) Ltd
CCF Old Mutual Multi-Style Global Equity
CCF Old Mutual Opp Global Equity
Celestis Broker Services (Pty) Limited
Central Africa Building Society
Central Consortium SPV One Investments (Pty) Limited
Central Consortium SPV Two Investments (Pty) Limited
CEPS 1, LLC
CG Snoqualmie Logco, LLC
CG Snoqualmie, LLC
CGU Insurance Limited
Cheviot Asset Management Limited
Cheviot Capital (Nominees) Limited
Cheviot GP Limited
Cirilium Asset Management Limited
City Centre Properties (Private) Limited
CMAC Asset Management, Inc.
Coastal Consortium SPV One Investments (Pty) Limited
Coastal Consortium SPV Two Investments (Pty) Limited
Commsale 2000 Limited1
Community Property Company (Pty) Limited
Community Property Holdings (Pty) Limited
Constantia Insurance Company (Guernsey) Limited1
Consumer Credit (Namibia) (Pty) Ltd
Consumer Credit (Swaziland) (Pty) Ltd
Copper Rock Capital Partners LLC
Cougar Investment Holding Company Limited
CP Holdings GP, LLC
CPT Logco, Inc.
CPT Logco, LLC
Credit Guarantee Insurance Corporation of Africa Limited
Crown Pine Parent GP, LLC
CSM Holdings, Inc.
CU Property Holdings (Private) Limited
Deferred Compensation Trust
Depfin Investments (Pty) Ltd
Desert SPV One Investments (Pty) Limited
Eastern Consortium SPV One Investment (Pty) Limited
Eastern Consortium SPV Two Investments (Pty) Limited
Echo Point Investment Management LLC (DE)
Education SPV Limited
Eighty One Main Street Nominees Ltd
Embeca Properties (Private) Ltd
Emerald Investment Associates LLC
Epinic Properties (Pty) Limited
EPSLP Inc.
Equibond (Pty) Ltd
Erf 7 Sandown (Pty) Ltd
ESF Finance (Pty) Ltd
Esimio Trading 101 Ltd
Fairbairn Investment Company Limited

Country of incorporation
Delaware, USA
Delaware, USA
Delaware, USA
Delaware, USA
Delaware, USA
Delaware, USA
Republic of South Africa
Malawi
Zimbabwe
Malawi
Pennsylvania, USA
Namibia
Ireland
Ireland
Republic of South Africa
Zimbabwe
Namibia
Namibia
Delaware, USA
Delaware, USA
Delaware, USA
Republic of South Africa
England & Wales
England & Wales
England & Wales
England & Wales
Zimbabwe
Delaware, USA
Namibia
Namibia
England & Wales
Republic of South Africa
Republic of South Africa
Guernsey
Namibia
Swaziland
Delaware, USA
Republic of South Africa
Delaware, USA
Delaware, USA
Delaware, USA
Republic of South Africa
Delaware, USA
Pennsylvania, USA
Zimbabwe
Oregon, USA
Republic of South Africa
Namibia
Namibia
Namibia
Delaware, USA
England & Wales
Republic of South Africa
Zimbabwe
Delaware, USA
Republic of South Africa
Delaware, USA
Republic of South Africa
Republic of South Africa
Republic of South Africa
Republic of South Africa
England & Wales

Percentage
holding

Shareholding

100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
51 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 A and C shares
 83 A and C shares
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
90 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
93 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary 
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary 
100 Ordinary
65 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
53 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
75 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary

FinancialsOLD MUTUAL PLCANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS 2015Name
Fairbairn Nominees (Pty) Limited
Fairheads Bond Managers (Pty) Limited
Fairheads Mortgage Nominees (Pty) Limited
Faulu Microfinance Bank Limited
Fidelity Nominees (RF) (Pty) Ltd
Finansfin (Pty) Ltd
Finlac Trust Ltd
Fintrade 1838 Ltd
Friedshelf 1168 (Pty) Limited
Friedshelf 1475 (Pty) Limited
Frittlewell Investments (Private) Limited
Front Line Investment Limited
Futuregrowth Agri Fund
Futuregrowth Agri-fund (South Africa)-1GP (Pty) Limited
Futuregrowth Asset Management (Mauritius)
Futuregrowth Asset Management (Pty) Limited
Futuregrowth Collective Investments Limited
Futuregrowth Property Development Company (Pty) Limited
G.E.O.C. Nominees Ltd
Galilean Properties (Prop) Limited
Glenmore Seaside Resort (Pty) Ltd
Global Bond Feeder Fund
Global Edge Technologies (Pty) Limited
Golddunn Property Developments (Pty) Ltd
Golden dividend 416 (Pty) Limited
Green Horizon Environment Rehabilitation Company (NPC)
Hawthorne Investment LLC
HCEPP Management Co. S.à r.l.
HIFSA Housing Impact Fund South Africa
Housing Investment Partners (Pty) Limited
HVP III-OM (GP) LLC
HVP II-OM (GP) LLC
HVP-OM (GP) LLC
HVP-OM (LP) LLC
IBL Asset Finance and Services Ltd
Ideas Nedbank AIIF Investors Trust
IFA Holding Company Limited
IFA Services Holdings Company Limited
IMFUNDO SPV Holdings (Pty) Limited
Imvelo Facilities Management (Pty) Limited
Infrastructure Empowerment Fund Managers (Pty) Limited
Intrinsic Cirilium Investment Company Limited
Intrinsic Financial Planning Limited
Intrinsic Financial Services Limited
Intrinsic Financial Solutions Limited
Intrinsic Mortgage Planning Limited
Intrinsic Wealth Financial Solutions Limited
Intrinsic Wealth Limited
Investage 91 (Pty) Ltd
Investment Strategies (UK) Limited
Iracure (Pty) Limited
Jefferson Timber Properties, LLC
K2012150042 (South Africa) (Pty) Limited
K2013236459 South Africa (Pty) Limited
Ki Pacific Asset Management, Inc.
Kingsmead Properties (Pty) Ltd
Kirkney Securitisation (Pty) Ltd
L & S Properties Limited
LIBERO International SICAV PLC
Liberty Ridge Capital, LLC
Lighthouse Development (Pty) Ltd
Lincoln Investment Associates, LLC
Lincoln Timber, L.P.
Linton Projects (Pty) Ltd
LML Holdings LLC
M.C.Z. (Pvt) Limited
Malawian Dividend Access Trust
Managed Alpha Hedge Fund
Marriott Asset Management (Pty) Limited
Marriott Corporate Services (Pty) Limited
Marriott Isle of Man Limited
Marriott Property Services (Pty) Limited
Marriott Retirement Fund Administrators (Pty) Limited
Marriott Unit Trust Management Company (RF) (Pty) Limited
Masisizane Fund NPC
Masisizane Trust

Country of incorporation
Republic of South Africa
Republic of South Africa
Republic of South Africa
Kenya
Republic of South Africa
Republic of South Africa
Republic of South Africa
Republic of South Africa
Republic of South Africa
Republic of South Africa
Zimbabwe
Malawi
Republic of South Africa
Republic of South Africa
Mauritius
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
Republic of South Africa
Republic of South Africa
Republic of South Africa
Republic of South Africa
Delaware, USA
Luxembourg
Republic of South Africa
Republic of South Africa
Delaware, USA
Delaware, USA
Delaware, USA
Delaware, USA
Republic of South Africa
Republic of South Africa
England & Wales
England & Wales
Republic of South Africa
Republic of South Africa
Republic of South Africa
England & Wales
England & Wales
England & Wales
England & Wales
England & Wales
England & Wales
England & Wales
Republic of South Africa
England & Wales
Republic of South Africa
Delaware, USA
Republic of South Africa
Republic of South Africa
Delaware, USA
Republic of South Africa
Republic of South Africa
Guernsey
Malta
Delaware, USA
Republic of South Africa
Delaware, USA
Delaware, USA
Republic of South Africa
Delaware, USA
Zimbabwe
Malawi
Republic of South Africa
Republic of South Africa
Republic of South Africa
Isle of Man
Republic of South Africa
Republic of South Africa
Republic of South Africa
Republic of South Africa
Republic of South Africa

Percentage
holding

Shareholding

283

The Group owns 60% of the trust contributions

100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
67 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
70 Ordinary
43 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
48 A and B2 shares
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
80 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
55 Ordinary
68 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
60
100 Ordinary
100 Class A and Class B ordinary shares
100 Ordinary
60 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Class A, Class B and preference shares
100 Ordinary
90 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
85 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
70 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 A and L shares
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary

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G R O U P   F I N A N C I A L   S TAT E M E N T S
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS CONTINUED

For the year ended 31 December 2015

L2: Related undertakings of the Group continued
(a) Group subsidiaries continued

Name
Masthead (Pty) Limited
Masthead Financial Advisors (Pty) Limited
Masthead Financial Planning (Pty) Limited
Masthead Holdings (Pty) Limited
Max Payment Solutions (Pty) Limited
MBCA Bank Ltd
MBCA Holdings Ltd
MBCA Nominees (Private) Ltd
Melbek Holding (Private) Ltd
Mercury Securities (Pty) Ltd
Mettle Property Solutions Securitisation (RF)(Pty) Limited
MHF Properties Ltd

MHLP-OM (GP) LLC
Millpencil Limited
Morened (Pty) Ltd
Mortgage Investment Corporation (Pty) Ltd
MPICO Limited
MPICO Malls Limited
MPL (UK) Limited
MPL US LLC
Mtha Financial Services Trust
Mutual & Federal Company of Zimbabwe (Pvt) Limited
Mutual & Federal Insurance Company Limited
Mutual & Federal Investments (Pty) Limited
Mutual & Federal Risk Financing Limited
N.B.S.A. Ltd
N.H.S. Properties (Pty) Ltd
Nasionale Dorpsontwikkelingskorperasie Ltd
National Board (P.E.) Ltd
National Board of Executors Ltd
NBG Capital Management (Pty) Ltd
Ned Investment Trust
Ned Settle Services (Pty) Ltd
Nedamericas Investments Ltd
Nedbank (Lesotho) Ltd
Nedbank (Malawi) Ltd
Nedbank (Swaziland) Ltd
Nedbank Group Insurance Company Ltd
Nedbank Group Insurance Holdings Ltd
Nedbank Group Ltd
Nedbank Ltd
Nedbank Namibia Ltd
Nedbank Nominees (RF) (Pty) Ltd
Nedbank Private Wealth Ltd
Nedcap International Ltd
Nedcapital Investment Holdings (Pty) Ltd
NedCapital Namibia (Pty) Ltd
Nedcor Bank Nominees (RF) (Pty) Ltd
Nedcor Investments Ltd
Nedcor Trade Services (Asia) Ltd
Nedcor Trade Services Ltd
Nedeurope Ltd
Nedgroup Administrators Ltd
Nedgroup Beneficiary Solutions Ltd
Nedgroup Beta Solutions (Pty) Ltd
Nedgroup Collective Investments Ltd
Nedgroup Financial Services 104 Ltd
Nedgroup Insurance Administrators Ltd
Nedgroup Insurance Company Ltd
Nedgroup International Holdings Ltd
Nedgroup Investment 102 Ltd

Country of incorporation
Republic of South Africa
Republic of South Africa
Republic of South Africa
Republic of South Africa
Republic of South Africa
Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe
Republic of South Africa
Republic of South Africa
Republic of South Africa

Delaware, USA
England & Wales
Republic of South Africa
Republic of South Africa
Malawi
Malawi
England & Wales
Delaware, USA
Republic of South Africa
Zimbabwe
Republic of South Africa
Republic of South Africa
Republic of South Africa
England & Wales
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
Mauritius
Lesotho
Malawi
Swaziland
Isle of Man
Republic of South Africa
Republic of South Africa
Republic of South Africa
Namibia
Republic of South Africa
Isle of Man
Isle of Man
Namibia
Namibia
Republic of South Africa
Republic of South Africa
Hong Kong
Mauritius
Isle of Man
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
Isle of Man
Republic of South Africa

Percentage
holding

Shareholding

75 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
65 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary and cumulative  

redeemable preference shares

100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
57 Ordinary
90 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
75 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
65 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
55 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary

FinancialsOLD MUTUAL PLCANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS 2015Country of incorporation
Name
England & Wales
Nedgroup Investment Advisors (UK) Ltd
Republic of South Africa
Nedgroup Investment Advisors Ltd
Isle of Man
Nedgroup Investments (IOM) Ltd
Republic of South Africa
Nedgroup Investments (Pty) Ltd
Mauritius
Nedgroup Investments Africa
Republic of South Africa
Nedgroup Investments Alpha (Pty) Ltd
Republic of South Africa
Nedgroup Life Assurance Company Ltd
Republic of South Africa
Nedgroup Private Wealth (Pty) Ltd
Jersey
Nedgroup Private Wealth Corporate Services Ltd
Guernsey
Nedgroup Private Wealth Directors Ltd
Jersey
Nedgroup Private Wealth Fiduciary Services Ltd
Isle of Man
Nedgroup Private Wealth Nominees (IOM) Ltd
Jersey
Nedgroup Private Wealth Nominees (Jersey) Ltd
Republic of South Africa
Nedgroup Private Wealth Nominees (Pty) Ltd
Isle of Man
Nedgroup Private Wealth Nominees (UK) Ltd
Guernsey
Nedgroup Private Wealth Secretarial Ltd
Republic of South Africa
Nedgroup Private Wealth Stockbrokers (Pty) Ltd
Republic of South Africa
Nedgroup Secretariat Services (Pty) Ltd
Republic of South Africa
Nedgroup Securities (Pty) Ltd
Republic of South Africa
Nedgroup Structured Life Ltd
Isle of Man
Nedgroup Trust (IOM) Ltd
Jersey
Nedgroup Trust (Jersey) Ltd
Republic of South Africa
Nedgroup Trust (KZN) (Pty) Ltd
Republic of South Africa
Nedgroup Trust Ltd
Guernsey
Nedgroup Trust Ltd
Republic of South Africa
Nedgroup Wealth Management (Pty) Ltd
Republic of South Africa
Nedinvest (pty) Ltd
Namibia
NedInvestments (Namibia) (Pty) Ltd
Namibia
Nedloans (Pty) Ltd
Namibia
NedNamibia Holdings Ltd
Namibia
NedNamibia Life Assurance Company Ltd
Namibia
NedPlan Insurance Brokers Namibia (Pty) Ltd
Republic of South Africa
Nedport Developments (Pty) Ltd
Namibia
NedProperties (Pty) Ltd
Republic of South Africa
NES Investments (Pty) Ltd
Malawi
New Capital Properties Limited
Republic of South Africa
Newtown Leasing (Pty) Ltd
Republic of South Africa
NIB 61 Share Block (Pty) Limited
Republic of South Africa
NIB Blue Capital Investments (Pty) Ltd
Namibia
NIB Mining Finance (Pty) Ltd
Republic of South Africa
NIB Nominees (Pty) Ltd
Republic of South Africa
Nitella (Pty) Ltd
Namibia
Northern Consortium SPV One Investments (Pty) Ltd 
Northern Consortium SPV Two Investments (Pty) Ltd 
Namibia
Northern Empowerment SPV Three Investments (Pty) Limited Namibia
Namibia
Northern Empowerment SPV Two Investments (Pty) Limited
Republic of South Africa
Oakleaf Investment Holding 83 (Pty) Limited

Old ICM, Inc.
Old Mutual (Africa) Holdings (Pty) Limited
Old Mutual (Bermuda) Holdings Limited
Old Mutual (Bermuda) Re Limited
Old Mutual (Blantyre) Nominees Limited
Old Mutual (Malawi) Limited
Old Mutual (Namibia) Black Distributors Trust 
Old Mutual (Namibia) Discretionary Trust 
Old Mutual (Namibia) Management Incentive Trust 
Old Mutual (Netherlands) B.V
Old Mutual (South Africa) Holdings (Pty) Limited
Old Mutual (South Africa) Nominees (Pty) Limited
Old Mutual (South Africa) Share Trust
Old Mutual (Swaziland) Investments (Pty) Limited
Old Mutual (Zimbabwe) Unclaimed Share Trust
Old Mutual 130/30 (Pty) Limited
Old Mutual Actuaries & Consultants (Pty) Limited
Old Mutual Administradora De Fondos De  

Pensiones y Cesantias S.A.

Old Mutual Africa Private Equity Fund of Funds
Old Mutual African Frontier FD
Old Mutual Albaraka Balanced Fund
Old Mutual Alternative Investment Holdings (Pty) Limited
Old Mutual Alternative Investments (Namibia) (Pty) Limited
Old Mutual Alternative Investments (Pty) Limited
Old Mutual Alternative Investments GP (Pty) Limited
Old Mutual Alternative Risk Transfer Limited
Old Mutual Alternative Solutions Limited

Maryland, USA
Republic of South Africa
Bermuda
Bermuda
Malawi
Malawi
Namibia
Namibia
Namibia
Netherlands
Republic of South Africa
Republic of South Africa
Republic of South Africa
Swaziland
Zimbabwe
Republic of South Africa
Republic of South Africa
Colombia

Republic of South Africa
Ireland
Republic of South Africa
Republic of South Africa
Namibia
Republic of South Africa
Republic of South Africa
Republic of South Africa
Republic of South Africa

Percentage
holding

Shareholding

285

100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
 100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
77 Ordinary Class A and Class B shares, Class A 
preference shares and class B redeemable 
cumulative preference shares

100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary

100 A shares
100
B shares
22 A, B1, B0 and B2 shares
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary

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G R O U P   F I N A N C I A L   S TAT E M E N T S
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS CONTINUED

For the year ended 31 December 2015

L2: Related undertakings of the Group continued
(a) Group subsidiaries continued

Name
Old Mutual Arbea Fund
Old Mutual Asian Equity Fund
Old Mutual Asistencia Professional S.A de C.V.
Old Mutual Asset Managers (East Africa) Limited
Old Mutual Asset Managers (Pvt) Limited
Old Mutual Asset Managers Alternative Strategies
Old Mutual Asset Solutions Limited1
Old Mutual Balanced Fund
Old Mutual Bermuda Business Services Inc.
Old Mutual Bond Fund
Old Mutual Botswana Life Insurance Company (Pty) Ltd
Old Mutual Business Services (Mauritius) Limited
Old Mutual Business Services Limited
Old Mutual Capital Builder Fund
Old Mutual Capital Holding (Pty) Limited
Old Mutual Capital Limited
Old Mutual Capital Partners (Pty) Limited
Old Mutual Capital, LLC
Old Mutual Cirilium Balanced Fund
Old Mutual Cirilium Balanced Passive Fund
Old Mutual Cirilium Conservative Fund
Old Mutual Cirilium Conservative Passive Fund
Old Mutual Cirilium Dynamic Fund
Old Mutual Cirilium Dynamic Passive Fund
Old Mutual Cirilium Moderate Fund
Old Mutual Cirilium Moderate Passive Fund
Old Mutual Cirilium Strategic Income Fund
Old Mutual Compania De Seguros de Vida S.A.
Old Mutual Core Diversified Fund
Old Mutual CoreGrowth Product
Old Mutual Corporate Real Estate  
Asset Management (Pty) Limited

Old Mutual Credit Investments Holdings (Pty) Ltd
Old Mutual Customised Solutions (Pty) Limited
Old Mutual Deuda Corto Plazo S.A. de C.V. Sociedad  

de inversion en Instrumentos de Deuda

Country of incorporation
England & Wales
England & Wales
Mexico
Kenya
Zimbabwe
Ireland
England & Wales
Republic of South Africa
Delaware, USA
Republic of South Africa
Botswana
Mauritius
England & Wales
Republic of South Africa
Republic of South Africa
Kenya
Republic of South Africa
Delaware, USA
England & Wales
England & Wales
England & Wales
England & Wales
England & Wales
England & Wales
England & Wales
England & Wales
England & Wales
Colombia
Republic of South Africa
Republic of South Africa
Republic of South Africa

Republic of South Africa
Republic of South Africa
Mexico

Old Mutual Deuda Estrategica S.A. de C.V. Sociedad  

Mexico

de Inversion en Instrumentos de Deuda

Old Mutual Dividend Access Company (Pty) Limited
Old Mutual Dividend Access Trust
Old Mutual Dynamic Floor Fund
Old Mutual Emerging Markets Limited
Old Mutual Emerging Markets Local Currency Debt
Old Mutual Enhanced Income Fund
Old Mutual Europe Ex UK Smaller companies Fund

Old Mutual Europe GmbH1
Old Mutual European Best Ideas
Old Mutual Finance (Pty) Limited

Old Mutual Finance House 1 (Pty) Limited
Old Mutual Financial Services (UK) Limited
Old Mutual Financial Services Botswana (Pty) Limited
Old Mutual Financial Services Fund
Old Mutual Flexible Fund
Old Mutual Foundation (Charitable Trust)
Old Mutual Foundation Management (Pty) Limited
Old Mutual Foundation Trust
Old Mutual Fund Administration Services (Pty) Limited
Old Mutual Fund Managers (Guernsey) Limited
Old Mutual Fund Managers (Guernsey) PCC Limited

Republic of South Africa
Republic of South Africa
Republic of South Africa
Republic of South Africa
Ireland
Republic of South Africa
England & Wales

Germany
England & Wales
Republic of South Africa

Republic of South Africa
England & Wales
Botswana
Republic of South Africa
Republic of South Africa
Namibia
Republic of South Africa
Zimbabwe
Republic of South Africa
Guernsey
Guernsey

Percentage
holding

Shareholding

B1, B2, C and R shares

28 Ordinary
90 Class A, A Income, B, C, I shares
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
99 A shares
100 Ordinary
87 A, A3, B1, B2, C and R shares
100 Ordinary
66
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
99 A1, B1, B2 and B3 shares
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
33 Accumulation R and I shares
67 Accumulation shares
38 Accumulation R and I shares
66 Accumulation shares
22 Accumulation R and I shares
47 Accumulation shares
23 Accumulation R and I shares
45 Accumulation shares
Income R and I shares
43
100 Ordinary
98 A, A2, B1 and B2 shares
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary

100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary

100 Ordinary

100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
83 A1, B1, B2 and C shares
100 Ordinary
 85 A shares
67 A1, B1, B2, B3, B4 and C shares
65 A, I, R, R Income, R Hedged, U1, U1 Hedged, 

U2 shares

100 Ordinary
68 Class A, A Income, C, I, R and U2 shares
75 Ordinary shares and Class B and Class D 

redeemable cumulative preference shares

100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
29 A, B2 and R shares
88 A1, B1, B2, C and R shares
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary

FinancialsOLD MUTUAL PLCANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS 2015Name
Old Mutual Fund Managers Limited
Old Mutual Fund Services
Old Mutual Funding Company (Pty) Limited
Old Mutual FundsNet Nominees (Pty) Limited
Old Mutual Global Aggregate Bond Fund
Old Mutual Global Bond

Old Mutual Global Currency Feeder Fund
Old Mutual Global Currency Fund
Old Mutual Global Emerging Market Fund
Old Mutual Global Emerging Markets
Old Mutual Global Equity Fund
Old Mutual Global FTSE RAFI Index Feeder Fund
Old Mutual Global Index Trackers (UK) Limited
Old Mutual Global Investors (Asia Pacific) Limited
Old Mutual Global Investors (UK) Limited
Old Mutual Global Investors Holdings Limited
Old Mutual Global REIT Fund
Old Mutual Group Holdings (SA) (Pty) Limited
Old Mutual Health Insurance Limited
Old Mutual High Yield Opportunity Fund
Old Mutual Holding Company (Ghana) Limited
Old Mutual Holding De Colombia S.A.
Old Mutual Holdings (Bahamas) Limited
Old Mutual Holdings (Guernsey) Limited
Old Mutual Holdings (Namibia) (Pty) Limited
Old Mutual Holdings (Pty) Limited
Old Mutual Holdings Limited
Old Mutual Income Fund
Old Mutual Industrial Fund
Old Mutual Institutional Money Market Fund
Old Mutual Insurance Company (Private) Limited
Old Mutual Interest Plus Fund
Old Mutual Internal Growth Global Equity
Old Mutual International (Guernsey) Limited
Old Mutual International (Ireland) Limited
Old Mutual International (Middle East) Limited
Old Mutual International Business Services Limited
Old Mutual International Growth Fund of Funds
Old Mutual International Holdings Limited
Old Mutual International Ireland Limited
Old Mutual International Isle of Man Limited
Old Mutual International Trust Company Limited
Old Mutual Investment Administrators (Pty) Limited
Old Mutual Investment Grade Corporate Bond

Country of incorporation
England & Wales
Pennsylvania, USA
Republic of South Africa
Republic of South Africa
Ireland
England & Wales

Republic of South Africa
Ireland
Republic of South Africa
England & Wales
Republic of South Africa
Republic of South Africa
England & Wales
Hong Kong
England & Wales
England & Wales
Ireland
Republic of South Africa
Republic of South Africa
Republic of South Africa
Ghana
Colombia
Bahamas
Guernsey
Namibia
Republic of South Africa
Kenya
Republic of South Africa
Republic of South Africa
Republic of South Africa
Zimbabwe
Republic of South Africa
Ireland
Guernsey
Ireland
Dubai
Isle of Man
Republic of South Africa
Isle of Man
Ireland
Isle of Man
Isle of Man
Republic of South Africa
England & Wales

Old Mutual Investment Group (Namibia) (Pty) Limited
Old Mutual Investment Group (Pty) Limited

Namibia
Republic of South Africa

Old Mutual Investment Group Holdings (Pty) Limited
Old Mutual Investment Group Limited
Old Mutual Investment Group Limited (Kenya)
Old Mutual Investment Group Swaziland (Pty) Limited
Old Mutual Investment Group Zimbabwe (Pvt) Limited
Old Mutual Investment Management Limited
Old Mutual Investment Partners
Old Mutual Investment Services (Kenya) Limited
Old Mutual Investment Services (Namibia) (Pty) Limited
Old Mutual Investment Services (Pty) Limited
Old Mutual Investment Services Nominees (Namibia) (Pty) 

Republic of South Africa
Malawi
Kenya
Swaziland
Zimbabwe
England & Wales
Pennsylvania, USA
Kenya
Namibia
Republic of South Africa
Namibia

Limited

Old Mutual Investment Services Nominees (Pty) Limited
Old Mutual Japanese Equity
Old Mutual Life Assurance Co (Swaziland) Limited
Old Mutual Life Assurance Company (Ghana) Limited
Old Mutual Life Assurance Company (Malawi) Limited
Old Mutual Life Assurance Company (Namibia) Limited
Old Mutual Life Assurance Company (South Africa) Limited
Old Mutual Life Assurance Company (South Africa) Limited – 

Republic of South Africa
England & Wales
Swaziland
Ghana
Malawi
Namibia
Republic of South Africa
Guernsey

Guernsey Branch

Old Mutual Life Assurance Company (South Africa) Limited – 

Hong Kong

Hong Kong Branch

Old Mutual Life Assurance Company (South Africa) Limited –

England & Wales

Isle of Man Branch

Old Mutual Life Assurance Company Limited

Kenya

Percentage
holding

Shareholding

287

100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
 91 A and C shares
24 Class A, A Income, A Hedged, B, B Income, C, 

C Income, S Income shares

49 A1, B1, B2 and C shares
 75 A, B and C shares
86 A, B1, B2, B3 and C shares
64 A, B, B Income, C, I, S, U2, R shares
43 A1, B1, B2, C and R shares
36 A, B1, B2 and C shares
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
 77 A and C shares
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
54 A, B and C shares
100 Ordinary
94 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
31 A3, B1, B3, C and R shares
26 A2, B2 and R shares
86
100 Ordinary
83 A, B1, B3, B5 and C shares
 99 A shares
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
28 A, B1 and C shares
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
71 A, A Income, A Hedged, C, U2 Hedged, I, S 

B1 and B2 shares

Hedged shares

100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary shares and Class A, B, C, D, E, F, H 
and I ordinary par value shares

100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary

100 Ordinary
52 Accumulation A, P, R, U1 and U2 shares
85 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary

100 Ordinary

100 Ordinary

63 Ordinary

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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS CONTINUED

For the year ended 31 December 2015

L2: Related undertakings of the Group continued
(a) Group subsidiaries continued

Name
Old Mutual Life Assurance Company Limited
Old Mutual Life Assurance Company Zimbabwe Limited
Old Mutual Life S.A. de C.V.
Old Mutual Liq Macro Fund
Old Mutual Local Currency Emerging Market Debt Fund

Country of incorporation
Ghana
Zimbabwe
Mexico
England & Wales
England & Wales

Percentage
holding

Shareholding

100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
99 Ordinary
70 Class A, A Income, B, B Income, C, C Income,  

Old Mutual Maximum Return Fund of Funds
Old Mutual Medium Term Incentive Trust
Old Mutual Metis Alternative Fund (Pty) Limited
Old Mutual Metis Alternative Fund Trust
Old Mutual Metis Alternative Trust
Old Mutual Mid & Small-Cap Fund
Old Mutual Mining and Resources Fund
Old Mutual Money Market Fund
Old Mutual Monthly income High yield Bond Fund

Old Mutual MSCI Africa ex-South Africa Index Fund
Old Mutual Multi-Managers Aggressive Balanced FoF
Old Mutual Multi-Managers Balanced Fund of Funds
Old Mutual Multi-Managers Cautious Fund of Funds
Old Mutual Multi-Managers Defensive Fund of Funds
Old Mutual Multi-Managers Enhanced Income FoF
Old Mutual Multi-Managers Equity Fund of Funds
Old Mutual Multi-Managers Income Fund No. 1
Old Mutual Multi-Managers Income Fund No. 2
Old Mutual Multi-Managers Income Fund No. 3
Old Mutual Multi-Managers Income Fund No. 4
Old Mutual Multi-Managers Income Fund No. 5
Old Mutual Multi-Managers Inflation Plus Fund No.3
Old Mutual Multi-Managers Inflation Plus Fund No.4
Old Mutual Multi-Managers Inflation Plus Fund No.5
Old Mutual Multi-Managers Inflation Plus Fund No.6
Old Mutual Multi-Managers Inflation Plus Fund No.7
Old Mutual Multi-Managers Maximum Return FoF
Old Mutual Multi-Managers Money Market Fund
Old Mutual Multi-Mgrs Property Equity Fund No.1
Old Mutual Multi-Mgrs Satellite Equity Fund No. 1
Old Mutual Multi-Mgrs Satellite Equity Fund No. 2
Old Mutual Multi-Mgrs Satellite Equity Fund No. 3
Old Mutual Multi-Mgrs Satellite Equity Fund No. 4
Old Mutual Multi-Strategy (Pty) Limited
Old Mutual Multi-Strategy Trust
Old Mutual Multi-Style Global Equity
Old Mutual Namibia Dividend Access Trust
Old Mutual Nigeria General Insurance Company Limited
Old Mutual Nigeria Life Assurance Company Limited
Old Mutual Nigeria Services Company Limited
Old Mutual Nominees (Namibia) (Pty) Limited
Old Mutual Nominees (Pty) Limited
Old Mutual Nominees (Swaziland) (Pty) Limited
Old Mutual North American Equity Fund
Old Mutual Operadora De Fondos S.A. De C.V. Sociedad 

Operadora de Sociedades de Inversión

Old Mutual Opportunities Global Equity
Old Mutual Pan African Fund
Old Mutual Pension Services Company Limited
Old Mutual Planeación Financiera S.A.
Old Mutual Premium Equity Fund
Old Mutual Properties (Namibia) (Pty) Limited
Old Mutual Properties Limited
Old Mutual Property (Pty) Limited

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
Republic of South Africa
England & Wales

Ireland
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
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
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
Republic of South Africa
Republic of South Africa
Republic of South Africa
Republic of South Africa
Ireland
Namibia
Nigeria
Nigeria
Nigeria
Namibia
Republic of South Africa
Swaziland
England & Wales
Mexico

Ireland
England & Wales
 Malawi
Colombia
Republic of South Africa
Namibia
Kenya
Republic of South Africa

I, U2 shares
80 A, B1, B2 and C shares
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 C and L shares
24 A, B1, B2 and R shares
37 A, B1, B2, C and R shares
78 A, A2, B1, B2, B3, B5 and C shares
91 A, A Income, X Hedged, N Income,  

R Income shares
 100 G, H and I shares
94 A and B4 shares
94 A, B2, B4, C and C2 shares
89 A, B4 and C shares
91 A, B2, B4, C and C2 shares
B4, C2, A and C shares
94
93 A, B2, B4, C and C2 shares
100
B1 and B3 shares
100
B1 and B3 shares
99
B1, B2 and B3 shares
100
B1, B2 and B3 shares
100
B1, B2 and B3 shares
100
B1 and B2 shares
100
B1, B2 and B3 shares
100
B1 and B2 shares
100
B1, B2 and B3 shares
B1 and B2 shares
100
87 A and B4 shares
100 A, B4 and C shares
100
100
100
100
100
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
 100 A and C shares
100 Ordinary
70 Ordinary
70 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
27 Accumulation A, P, R, U1 and U2 shares
100 Ordinary

B1 and B3 shares
B1, B2, B3 and B5 shares
B1, B2, B3 and B5 shares
B1, B2, B3 and B5 shares
B1, B2 and B3 shares

 60 A and C shares
97 A, R, U3 shares
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary shares and Class A ordinary par 

B1 and B3 shares

value shares

FinancialsOLD MUTUAL PLCANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS 2015Name
Old Mutual Property Investment Corporation (Pvt) Limited
Old Mutual Property Zimbabwe (Pvt) Limited
Old Mutual QUA (PTY) Limited
Old Mutual RAFI 40 Tracker Fund
Old Mutual Real Estate Holding Company (Pty) Ltd
Old Mutual Real Estate Zimbabwe (Pvt) Limited
Old Mutual Real Income fund
Old Mutual Reassurance (Ireland) Limited1
Old Mutual Renta Variable Estrategica, S.A. de C.V.  

Sociedad de Inversion de Renta Variable

Country of incorporation
Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe
Republic of South Africa
Republic of South Africa
Republic of South Africa
Zimbabwe
Republic of South Africa
Ireland
Mexico

Percentage
holding

Shareholding

289

100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
86 A, B1, B2 and C shares
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
62 A, B1, B2 and C shares
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary

Old Mutual Renta Variable Mexico S.A. de C.V. Sociedad de 

Mexico

100 Ordinary

Inversion de Renta Variable

Mexico
Republic of South Africa
Zimbabwe
Kenya
Zimbabwe
Mexico
Zimbabwe

Old Mutual S.A. de C.V.
Old Mutual SA Quoted Property Fund
Old Mutual Securities (Pvt) Limited
Old Mutual Securities Limited
Old Mutual Securities Nominees (Pvt) Limited
Old Mutual Servicios Mexico S.A. de C.V.
Old Mutual Shared Services (Pvt) Limited
Old Mutual Short Term Insurance Company (Namibia) Limited Namibia
Botswana
Old Mutual Short-Term Insurance (Botswana) Limited
Colombia
Old Mutual Sociedad Fiduciaria S.A.
Massachusetts, USA
Old Mutual South Africa Equity Trust
Republic of South Africa
Old Mutual Specialised Finance (Pty) Limited
Mauritius
Old Mutual Specialty Insurance Limited
Republic of South Africa
Old Mutual Stable Growth Fund
Swaziland
Old Mutual Swaziland (Pty) Limited
Republic of South Africa
Old Mutual Technology Holdings (Pty) Limited
Republic of South Africa
Old Mutual Top 40 Fund
Republic of South Africa
Old Mutual Top Companies Fund
Republic of South Africa
Old Mutual Transaction Services (Pty) Limited
Namibia
Old Mutual Transactional Services (Namibia) (Pty) Limited
Namibia
Old Mutual Trust (Namibia) Limited
Ghana
Old Mutual Trust Company Ltd
Republic of South Africa
Old Mutual Trust Ltd
Malawi
Old Mutual Unit Trust Company (Malawi) Limited
Zimbabwe
Old Mutual Unit Trust Management Co. (pvt) Limited
Namibia
Old Mutual Unit Trust Management Company (Namibia) 

Limited

Old Mutual Unit Trust Managers Limited
Old Mutual Unit Trusts (Pty) Limited
Old Mutual US Dividend

Old Mutual VAF (Pty) Limited
Old Mutual VAF 2 (Pty) Limited
Old Mutual VAF 2 Trust
Old Mutual VAF 3 (Pty) Limited
Old Mutual VAF 3 (Pty) Limited
Old Mutual VAF 3 Trust
Old Mutual VAF Trust
Old Mutual Valores S.A. Comisionista de Bolsa
Old Mutual Value Global Equity
Old Mutual Voyager International Conservative Fund
Old Mutual Wealth (Namibia) (Pty) Limited
Old Mutual Wealth Business Services Limited
Old Mutual Wealth Holdings Limited
Old Mutual Wealth Italy S.p.A.
Old Mutual Wealth Life & Pensions Limited
Old Mutual Wealth Life Assurance Limited
Old Mutual Wealth Limited
Old Mutual Wealth Management Limited1
Old Mutual Wealth Nominees Limited
Old Mutual Wealth NTS Limited
Old Mutual Wealth Pensions Trustee Limited
Old Mutual Wealth Private Client Advisers Limited
Old Mutual Wealth Proprietary Limited
Old Mutual Wealth Services Company Proprietary Limited
Old Mutual Wealth Trust Company (Pty) Limited
Old Mutual Wealth UK Holding Limited
Old Mutual Woodford Equity Income 
Old Mutual World Equity
Old Mutual Zimbabwe Dividend Access Trust
Old Mutual Zimbabwe Limited
Old Mutual Zimbabwe Nominees (Pvt) Limited
OLD VAF 2 (Pty) Ltd
OM Aberdeen Asia Pacific Fund
OM Artemis Income Fund

Republic of South Africa
Swaziland
England & Wales

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
Colombia
Ireland
England & Wales
Namibia
England & Wales
England & Wales
Italy
England & Wales
England & Wales
England & Wales
England & Wales
England & Wales
England & Wales
England & Wales
England & Wales
Republic of South Africa
Republic of South Africa
Republic of South Africa
England & Wales
England & Wales
England & Wales
Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe
Republic of South Africa
England & Wales
England & Wales

100 Ordinary
75 A, B1, B2, B4, C and C3 shares
70 Ordinary
70 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
88 A, B1, B2, B3 and C shares
99 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
34 A, A12 and B1 shares
53 A, B1, B2, C and R shares
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary

100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
42 A Income, A, A Hedged, B, B Income, C, C 

Income, I, I Income, R Income, S, U2 shares

100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 C and L shares
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
 100 A shares
45 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
22 Class A, B, C, I and S shares
100 Ordinary
75 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
72 C and L shares
100 Accumulation A and U2 shares
100

Income A, U2, Accumulation U2 shares

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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS CONTINUED

For the year ended 31 December 2015

L2: Related undertakings of the Group continued
(a) Group subsidiaries continued

Name
OM Artemis UK Special Situations Fund
OM Asia Pacific Fund
OM Asset Management plc
OM Blackrock Gold & General Fund
OM BlackRock UK Special Situations Fund
OM Bond 1 Fund
OM Bond 2 Fund
OM Bond 3 Fund
OM Botswana Holdco Limited
OM Corporate Member Limited
OM Equity 1 Fund
OM Equity 2 Fund
OM Ethical Fund
OM European Equity (ex UK) Fund
OM Fidelity Global Focus Fund
OM Fidelity Moneybuilder Income Fund
OM Fidelity Strategic Bond Fund
OM Foundation 3 Fund

OM Foundation 4 Fund
OM Foundation 5 Fund
OM Generation Target 3:4 Fund
OM Generation Target 4:4 Fund
OM Gilt Fund
OM Global Best Ideas Fund
OM Global Equity Fund
OM Global Property Securities Fund
OM Global Strategic Bond Fund
OM Group (UK) Limited1
OM Henderson China Opportunities Fund
OM Henderson European Growth Fund
OM Invesco Perpetual Asian Fund
OM Invesco Perpetual Corporate Bond Fund
OM JPM Emerging Markets Fund
OM JPM Natural Resources Fund
OM Latin America Holdco UK Limited
OM Monthly Income Bond Fund

OM Newton Global Higher Income Fund
OM Newton Higher Income Fund
OM North American Equity Fund
OM Portfolio Holdings (South Africa) (Pty) Limited
OM Portfolio Holdings Zimbabwe Limited
OM Schroder Tokyo Fund
OM Schroder US Mid Cap Fund
OM Seed Investment (UK) Limited
OM Spectrum 3 Fund
OM Spectrum 4 Fund
OM Spectrum 5 Fund
OM Spectrum 6 Fund
OM Spectrum 7 Fund
OM Spectrum 8 Fund
OM Threadneedle American Select Fund
OM Threadneedle European Select Fund
OM Threadneedle High Yield Bond Fund
OM UK Alpha Fund

Country of incorporation
England & Wales
England & Wales
England & Wales
England & Wales
England & Wales
England & Wales
England & Wales
England & Wales
England & Wales
England & Wales
England & Wales
England & Wales
England & Wales
England & Wales
England & Wales
England & Wales
England & Wales
England & Wales

England & Wales
England & Wales
England & Wales
England & Wales
England & Wales
England & Wales
England & Wales
England & Wales
England & Wales
England & Wales
England & Wales
England & Wales
England & Wales
England & Wales
England & Wales
England & Wales
England & Wales
England & Wales

England & Wales
England & Wales
England & Wales
Republic of South Africa
Zimbabwe
England & Wales
England & Wales
England & Wales
England & Wales
England & Wales
England & Wales
England & Wales
England & Wales
England & Wales
England & Wales
England & Wales
England & Wales
England & Wales

Percentage
holding

Shareholding

Income A shares

Income A and R shares

100 Accumulation A and U2 shares
32 Accumulation A, P, R, U1 and U2 shares
66 Ordinary
100 Accumulation A, U2 and Income U2 shares
100 Accumulation A and U2 shares
100
100 Accumulation A and Income A shares
100
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Accumulation A shares
100 Accumulation A shares
76 Accumulation A and R shares
51 Accumulation A, P, R, U1 and U2 shares
98 Accumulation A and U2 shares
100 Accumulation U2, Income A and U2 shares
100 Accumulation U2, Income A and U2 shares
89 Accumulation A, R, U1, O, Income R  

and U1 shares

100 Accumulation A, R, U1, O shares
100 Accumulation A, R, U1, O shares
Income A, R, U1 and U2 shares
86
98
Income A, R, U1 and U2 shares
99 Accumulation A, U2, Income A, R, U2 shares
69 Accumulation A, R, U1 and U2 shares
37 Accumulation A, P, R, U1 and U2 shares
Income A, R, Accumulation A shares
80
28 Accumulation A, Income A and R shares
100 Ordinary
100 Accumulation A and U2 shares
100 Accumulation A and U2 shares
100 Accumulation A and U2, Income U2 shares
100 Accumulation U2, Income A and U2 shares
100 Accumulation A and U2, Income U2 shares
100 Accumulation A and U2 shares
100 Ordinary

74 Accumulation A, Income A, Income P, 

Accumulation P, Income R, Accumulation R, 
Accumulation U1, Income U1, Accumulation 
U2 shares

Income A and U2, Accumulation U2 shares

100
100 Accumulation U2, Income A shares
33 Class A, B, C, I, R and S shares
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
99 Accumulation A and U2, Income U2
99 Accumulation A and U2, Income U2
100 Ordinary
91 Accumulation A, R, U1 and U2 shares
91 Accumulation A, R, U1 and U2 shares
92 Accumulation A, R, U1 and U2 shares
91 Accumulation A, R, U1 and U2 shares
90 Accumulation A, R, U1 and U2 shares
88 Accumulation A, R, U1, U2 and U3 shares
100 Accumulation A shares
99 Accumulation A and U2 shares
100
Income A and U2, accumulation U2 shares
17 Accumulation A, R, U1, U2, X, Income A, R, U1 

and U2 shares

FinancialsOLD MUTUAL PLCANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS 2015Name
OM UK Equity Income Fund

Country of incorporation
England & Wales

OM UK Index Fund
OM UK Opportunities Fund
OM Voyager Diversified Fund
OM Voyager Global Dynamic Equity Fund
OM Voyager International Diversified Fund
OM Voyager International Growth Fund
OM Voyager Strategic Bond Fund

OM World Index Fund
OM Zimbabwe Holdco Limited
OMAM (HFL) Inc.
OMAM Affiliate Holdings LLC
OMAM Axiom Investments (Pty) Limited
OMAM Charitable Foundation Inc.
OMAM Holdings Ltd
OMAM Inc.
OMAM Intermediary (Analytic) LLC
OMAM Intermediary (BHMS) LLC
OMAM International Ltd
OMAM Marketing, LLC
OMAM UK, Limited
OMAM US, Inc.
OMAMTC Holding Company
OMF (IOM) Limited
OMFS (GGP) Limited
OMFS Company 1 Limited
OMGI Switzerland LLC
OM-Heitman Sponsored Fund Investors LLC
OMIGSA Alternative Assets Trust
OMIGSA Alternative Strategies plc
OMIGSA Black Management Trust
OMIGSA BM Holdings (Pty) Limited
OMIGSA Green Hands Trust
OMIGSA Imfundo Trust
OMIGSA International Private Equity fund of funds
OMIGSA International Private Equity fund of funds 2
OMIGSA Management Company Limited
OMIGSA Management Trust
OMIGSA New Retail Fund II Trust
OMIGSA Select Equity 130/30 Trust
OMLA Holdings Limited
OMLACSA (Ideas) Limited Partner
OMLB, Inc.
OMP Africa Holding Company (Pty) Ltd 
OMP Africa Investment (Pty) Ltd
OMPE Fund IV Co-Investment Trust
OMPLC Brands AB1
OMQI Managed Alpha GP (Pty) Ltd
OMSA Broad-Based Employee Share Trust
OMSA Management Incentive Trust
Onenote Limited
Onrus Manor (Pty) Ltd
Oryx Management Services (Pty) Limited
Pacific Financial Research, Inc.
Pacific West LogCo, LLC
Pamela J Cum & Associates (Pty) Limited 
Pembroke Quilter (Ireland) Nominees Limited
Penrose Bidco Limited
Penrose Midco Limited
Penrose Topco Limited
Peoples Mortgage Ltd

Positive Solutions (Financial Services) Limited
Prestige College OPCO (RF) NPC
Proclare (Pty) Ltd
Pyraned Ltd

QGCI Nominees Limited
QUILPEP Nominees Limited
Quilter Cheviot Holdings Limited
Quilter Cheviot Limited
Quilter Fund Management Limited
Quilter Nominees Limited
Rainbow Beach Trading 180 (Pty) Limited
Real Living Spaces (Pty) Limited (RF)

England & Wales
England & Wales
England & Wales
England & Wales
England & Wales
England & Wales
England & Wales

England & Wales
England & Wales
Delaware, USA
Delaware, USA
Republic of South Africa
Massachusetts, USA
England & Wales
Delaware, USA
Delaware, USA
Delaware, USA
England & Wales
Delaware, USA
England & Wales
Delaware, USA
Delaware, USA
Isle of Man
England & Wales
England & Wales
Switzerland
Delaware, USA
Republic of South Africa
Ireland
Republic of South Africa
Republic of South Africa
Republic of South Africa
Republic of South Africa
Republic of South Africa
Republic of South Africa
Ireland
Republic of South Africa
Republic of South Africa
Republic of South Africa
England & Wales
Republic of South Africa
Delaware, USA
Republic of South Africa
Republic of South Africa
Republic of South Africa
Sweden
Republic of South Africa
Republic of South Africa
Republic of South Africa
England & Wales
Republic of South Africa
Republic of South Africa
Massachusetts, USA
Delaware, USA
Republic of South Africa
Ireland
Jersey
Jersey
Jersey
Republic of South Africa

England & Wales
Republic of South Africa
Republic of South Africa
Republic of South Africa

Jersey
England & Wales
England & Wales
England & Wales
England & Wales
England & Wales
Republic of South Africa
Republic of South Africa

Percentage
holding

Shareholding

291

50 Accumulation A, P, R, U1, U2, Income A,  

P, R, U1 shares

100 Accumulation A, R and U2 shares
40 Accumulation A, R, U1 shares
98 Accumulation A and R shares
99 Accumulation A and R shares
70 Accumulation A shares
82 Accumulation A shares
90 Accumulation A, P, R, U1, U2, Income A,  

P, R, U1, U2 shares

100 Accumulation U2 shares
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 A and B shares
95 C and F shares
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
90 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary and cumulative redeemable 

preference shares

100 Class A and Class B ordinary shares
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary and cumulative redeemable 

preference shares

100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary

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G R O U P   F I N A N C I A L   S TAT E M E N T S
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS CONTINUED

For the year ended 31 December 2015

L2: Related undertakings of the Group continued
(a) Group subsidiaries continued

Name
RM Insurance Holdings Limited
RMB Holdings Limited
Rodina Investments (Pty) Limited
Rogge Alternative Investment Company Limited
Rogge Global Partners Asia (Pte) Limited
Rogge Global Partners Plc
Rogge Global Partners, Inc.
Royal Deal Operations Company (RF) NPC
RTC Acquisition Company, LLC
SA Axle Finance (Pty) Ltd
Salestalk 298 (Pty) Limited
School and Education Grant Impact Fund of  

Country of incorporation
Zimbabwe
Jersey
Republic of South Africa
England & Wales
Singapore
England & Wales
Delaware, USA
Republic of South Africa
Delaware, USA
Republic of South Africa
Republic of South Africa
Republic of South Africa

Percentage
holding

Shareholding

51 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
79 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
66 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary

South Africa NPC (RF) (Pty) Limited
Namibia
Seaside SPV One Investments (Pty) Limited
Republic of South Africa
Seaward Development (Pty) Ltd
England & Wales
Selestia Investments Limited
England & Wales
Selestia Services Limited
Republic of South Africa
Sentrasure Limited
England & Wales
Sion Hall Services Limited
Washington, USA
Sirach Capital Management, Inc.
Republic of South Africa
SIS Nominees (Pty) Limited
Delaware, USA
Skandia America LLC
Luxembourg
Skandia Continental Europe Holdings SA
Colombia
Skandia Global Investments S.A.
Germany
Skandia Retail Europe Holding GmbH
Skandia UK Limited1
England & Wales
Republic of South Africa
SMK Nominees (Pty) Ltd
Republic of South Africa
Soetwater Wind Farm
Namibia
Southern Consortium SPV One Investments (Pty) Limited
Namibia
Southern Consortium SPV Two Investments (Pty) Limited
Delaware, USA
Southern Diversified LogCo. LLC
Guernsey
Spectrum Nominees Ltd
Republic of South Africa
Spice Finance (Pty) Limited
Republic of South Africa
Spice Insurance Limited
Stella Business Park Owners Association (NPC)
Republic of South Africa
Strategic Implementation Services Administration (Pty) Limited Republic of South Africa
Strategic Investment Services Life Company Limited
Republic of South Africa
Strategic Investment Services Management Company Limited Republic of South Africa
Swaziland Automated Electronic Clearing House
Swaziland Balanced Fund
Swaziland Money market fund
Syfrets Ltd
Syfrets Mortgage Nominees (RF) (Pty) Ltd
Syfrets Nominees Ltd
Syfrets Participation Bond Managers (Pty) Ltd
Syfrets Property Brokers (Pty) Ltd
Syfrets Securities Ltd
Syfrets Securities Nominees (Pty) Ltd
Syfrets Trust & Executor (Eastern Cape) Ltd
Syfrets Trust & Executor (Grahamstown) Co. Ltd
TC&I-Chinook Log Corp
TC&I-Chinook Mananger LLC
TC&I-Shasta Mananger LLC
TCG L&C GP, LLC (DE)
TCG L&C, LLC (DE)
TCG/Southern Diversified Manager, LLC
TCG-FSA, LLC
Telle Investments (Pty) Ltd
The Board of Executors
The Board of Executors Mortgages (Pty) Ltd
The C.O.C. Trust Company Ltd

Swaziland
Swaziland
Swaziland
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
Republic of South Africa
Republic of South Africa
Delaware, USA
Delaware, USA
Delaware, USA
Delaware, USA
Delaware, USA
Delaware, USA
Delaware, USA
Republic of South Africa
Republic of South Africa
Republic of South Africa
Republic of South Africa

100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
50 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
20 Ordinary
91 A, B, C and D shares
45 A, B, C and D shares
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary

FinancialsOLD MUTUAL PLCANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS 2015Country of incorporation
Name
Delaware, USA
The Campbell Group, Inc.
Republic of South Africa
The Colonial Orphan Chamber & Trust Company
Republic of South Africa
The Correlation Fund (Pty) Limited
Republic of South Africa
The Correlation Fund (Pty) Limited
Republic of South Africa
The Correlation Fund Trust
Republic of South Africa
The General Estate & Orphan Chamber
Illinois, USA
The IR Company
Republic of South Africa
The Masisizane Fund
Republic of South Africa
The Motor Finance Corporation (Pty) Ltd
Republic of South Africa
The Mutual & Federal Black Broker Trust
Republic of South Africa
The Mutual & Federal Community Trust
Republic of South Africa
The Mutual & Federal Management Incentive Trust
The Mutual & Federal Namibia Discretionary Trust
Namibia
The Mutual & Federal Namibia Management Incentive Trust Namibia
Namibia
The Mutual & Federal Namibia Senior Black Management 

Incentive Trust

The Mutual & Federal Senior Black Management Trust
The Old Mutual (South Africa) Foundation
The Old Mutual Black Distributors Trust
The Old Mutual Education Trust
The South African Association
The Waterbuck Trust
Thembokwesi SPV (Pty) Limited
Think Synergy Limited
Thompson, Siegel & Walmsley LLC
Three Anchor Investments (Pvt) Limited
Toontjiesrivier Landgoed (Edms) Bpk
Triangle Real Estate Fund (Pty) Limited
TS&W Investment GP LLC
UAM Columbia Holdings, LLC
UAM Columbia Holdings, LLC
UAM Retirement Plan Services, Inc.
UAM UK Holdings Limited
UAM/CEPS 1, LLC
UAP Africa Limited
UAP Credit Services 
UAP Financial Services Limited
UAP Global Services
UAP Holdings Limited 
UAP Insurance Company Limited
UAP Insurance Rwanda Limited
UAP Insurance South Sudan Limited
UAP Insurance Tanzania Limited 
UAP Insurance Uganda Limited 
UAP Investments Limited
UAP Investments Limited
UAP Life Assurance Limited
UAP Life Assurance Uganda Limited
UAP Properties Limited
UAP Properties Limited
UAP Properties Limited 
UAP Properties Limited 
UAP RDC sprl

UAP Trust Corporation
United Asset Management Corporation
Villager Investments No. 1 (Pty) Ltd
Visigro Investments (Pty) Ltd
Volume and Affinity Risk Management (Pty) Limited
Western SPV One Investments (Pty) Ltd Namibia
Western SPV Three Investment (Pty) Limited
Western SPV Two Investments (Pty) Limited
Whirlprops 33 (Pty) Limited Ordinary
Winter Breeze Investment Holding Company (Pty) Limited
Woman Investment Holdings Portfolio Limited
Zadar Investments SPV 2 (Pty) Limited

1  Held directly by the Company.

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
England & Wales
Virginia, USA
Zimbabwe
Republic of South Africa
Republic of South Africa
Delaware, USA
Delaware, USA
Delaware, USA
Delaware, USA
Scotland
Delaware, USA
Mauritius
Kenya
Uganda
Mauritius
Kenya
Kenya
Rwanda
South Sudan
Tanzania
Uganda
Kenya
Mauritius
Kenya
Uganda
Kenya
Mauritius
Uganda
South Sudan
Democratic Republic of the 

Congo

Kenya
Delaware, USA
Republic of South Africa
Republic of South Africa
Republic of South Africa
Namibia
Namibia
Namibia
Republic of South Africa
Republic of South Africa
Republic of South Africa
Republic of South Africa

Percentage
holding

Shareholding

293

100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 C and L shares
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary

100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
51 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
74 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
94 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
61 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
60 Ordinary
53 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
53 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
55 Ordinary
70 Ordinary
100 Ordinary

100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
98 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary
100 Ordinary

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G R O U P   F I N A N C I A L   S TAT E M E N T S
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS CONTINUED

For the year ended 31 December 2015

L2: Related undertakings of the Group continued
(a) Group subsidiaries continued
The following securitisation vehicles have been included in the consolidated financial statements and represent subsidiary undertakings, as 
they are controlled by the Company. The Company has no direct or indirect ownership interest in these entities.

Name
Dr Holsboer Benefit Fund
Greenhouse Funding (RF) Ltd
Greenhouse Funding 4(RF) Ltd
Greenhouse Funding 5(RF) Ltd
Greenhouse Funding 6(RF) Ltd
Greenhouse Funding III (RF) Ltd
Ndala Investments No 1 (RF) Ltd
Octane ABS 1 (Pty) Ltd
Octane ABS 2 (Pty) Ltd
Precinct Funding 1 (RF) Ltd
Synthesis Funding Ltd
West Road South No 3 (RF) Ltd

Country of incorporation
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
Republic of South Africa
Republic of South Africa
Republic of South Africa
Republic of South Africa
Republic of South Africa

Shareholding
Ordinary
Ordinary and cumulative redeemable preference shares
Ordinary and cumulative redeemable preference shares
Ordinary and cumulative redeemable preference shares
Ordinary and cumulative redeemable preference shares
Ordinary and cumulative redeemable preference shares
Ordinary
Ordinary
Ordinary
Ordinary
Ordinary
Ordinary

(b) Investments in associated undertakings 
The table below sets out the Group’s investments in associated undertakings and entities where the Company directly or indirectly owns at 
least 20% of the voting rights. All shares are held indirectly by the Company (unless indicated).

Name 
Aard Mining Equipment (Pty) Ltd
Aquarella Investments 509 (Pty) Ltd
Bara Mall (Pty) Ltd
Bea Ned (Pty) Ltd
Bond Choice (Pty) Ltd
Campuskey (Pty) Ltd
Cape Commodities Traders and Investors 9 (Pty) Ltd
Capricorn Business and Technology Park (Pty) Ltd
Clifton Dunes Investments 487 (Pty) Limited
Consep Developments (Pty) Ltd
CRD Management (Pty) Ltd
Crossroads Distribution (Pty) Ltd
Datacraft Americas Trading Ltd (Bermuda)
Ecobank Transnational Incorporated
Elderberry Investments 110 (Pty) Ltd
Eveready (Pty) Ltd
Farm Bothasfontein (Kyalami) (Pty) Ltd
Farm Rietfontein 31 (Pty) Ltd
Finishing Touch Trading 55 (Pty) Ltd
Firefly Investments 74 (Pty) Ltd
Friedshelf 113 (Pty) Ltd
Friedshelf 1514 (Pty) Ltd
Gateway Central Park (Pty) Ltd
Gateway Park Avenue (Pty) Ltd
Golddurb Investments (Pty) Ltd
Golden Pond Trading 350 (Pty) Ltd
Great Fish River Wind Farm (Pty) Limited
Great Karoo Wind Farm
Hazeldean Retreat (Pty) Ltd
Ideal Infinity Services (Pty) Ltd
Heitman LLC
Iliza Elitsha JV Co (Pty) Ltd
Imbumba Aganang Private Party (Pty) Limited
Investment Counselors of Maryland, LLC
Isegen South Africa (Pty) Ltd
Ixia Trading 630 (Pty) Ltd
Izwe Loans Securitisation (Pty) Limited
Klein Steenberg (Pty) Ltd
Kotak Mahindra Old Mutual Life Insurance Limited1
L&C Coinvest, LLC

Country of incorporation
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
Republic of South Africa
Republic of South Africa
Republic of South Africa
Republic of South Africa
Republic of South Africa
Bermuda
Togo
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
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
Republic of South Africa
Republic of South Africa
Delaware, USA
Republic of South Africa
Republic of South Africa
Delaware, USA
Republic of South Africa
Republic of South Africa
Republic of South Africa
Republic of South Africa
India
Delaware, USA

Percentage

holding Shareholding
49 Ordinary
28 Ordinary
35 Ordinary
50 Ordinary
29 Ordinary
20 Ordinary
35 Ordinary
33 Ordinary
22 Ordinary
31 Ordinary
40 Ordinary
40 Ordinary
40 Ordinary
22 Ordinary
49 Ordinary
20 Ordinary
30 Ordinary
30 Ordinary
20 Ordinary
35 Ordinary
20 Ordinary
40 Ordinary
30 Ordinary
45 Ordinary
25 Ordinary
20 Ordinary
25 Ordinary
40 Ordinary
20 Ordinary
20 Ordinary
50 Ordinary
33 Ordinary
24 Ordinary
64 Class B economic interest
45 Ordinary
35 Ordinary
27 Ordinary
33 Ordinary
26 Ordinary
50 Ordinary

FinancialsOLD MUTUAL PLCANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS 2015295

Name 
Liberty Lane 329 (Pty) Ltd
Little Green Beverages (Pty) Ltd
Lulama Property Management (Pty) Limited
Manappu Investments (Pty) Ltd
Masingita Property Investment Holdings (Pty) Ltd
Mercury Administrator and Underwriter Agency (Pty) Ltd 
Metropolis Health Services (Pty) Limited
NamClear (Pty) Ltd
Nedglen Property Developments (Pty) Ltd
Northants Property Enterprises (Pty) Ltd
Odyssey Developments (Pty) Ltd
Off The Shelf Investments Forty One (Pty) Ltd
Old Mutual US Dollar Money Market Fund
Olievenhout Plaza Share Block (Pty) Ltd
Oukraal Developments (Pty) Ltd
Pacific Eagle Properties 13 (Pty) Ltd
Payments Association of Lesotho Ltd
Pearldale Property Developers (Pty) Ltd
Platin Underwriting Managers (Pty) Ltd
POD Property Fund (Pty) Ltd
Polkadots Properties 117 (Pty) Ltd
Primedia Interactive (Pty) Limited
Primedia Lifestyle (Pty) Limited
Pro-Active Health Solutions (Pty) Limited
Quintado 126 (Pty) Ltd
Raiden Investments (Pty) Ltd
Real People Home Improvement Finance (Pty) Limited
Real People Investment Holdings (Pty) Limited
Robow Investments No 47 (Pty) Ltd
RSPCE Devco (Pty) Ltd
RZT Zelby 4558 (Pty) Ltd
S.B.V. Services (Pty) Ltd
Sethekho Private Party (Pty) Limited
Setsing Financial Services (Pty) Limited
Seventy Five On Maude (Pty) Ltd
Silver Meadow Trading 255 (Pty) Ltd
Skynet South Africa (Pty) Ltd
South African Bankers Services Company Ltd
South African Roll Company (Pty) Ltd
Stella SGS Investments (Pty) Ltd
Swaziland Automated Electronic Clearing House
Ten Kaiser Wilhelm Strasse (Pty) Ltd
The Heron Banks Development Trust
The Waterbuck Trust
The Woodlands Property Trust
Urban Growth Management Company (Pty) Limited
Walvis Bay Land Syndicate (Pty) Ltd
Woodland Investment Company (Pty) Ltd
WPS Capital Management LLC
XDV Investments (Pty) Ltd

1  Held directly by the Company.

Country of incorporation
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
Republic of South Africa
Republic of South Africa
Republic of South Africa
Republic of South Africa
Mauritius
Republic of South Africa
Republic of South Africa
Republic of South Africa
Lesotho
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
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
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
Republic of South Africa
Republic of South Africa
Swaziland
Namibia
Republic of South Africa
Republic of South Africa
Republic of South Africa
Republic of South Africa
Namibia
Namibia
Delaware, USA
Republic of South Africa

Percentage

holding Shareholding
33 Ordinary
30 Ordinary
49 Ordinary
20 Ordinary
35 Ordinary
25 Ordinary
49 Ordinary
25 Ordinary
35 Ordinary
50 Ordinary
49 Ordinary
33 Ordinary
50 Ordinary
25 Ordinary
30 Ordinary
25 Ordinary
20 Ordinary
35 Ordinary
40 Ordinary
33 Ordinary
50 Ordinary
42 Ordinary
50 Ordinary
38 Ordinary
50 Ordinary
40 Ordinary
25 Ordinary
26 Ordinary
50 Ordinary
30 Ordinary
35 Ordinary
25 Ordinary
35 Ordinary
35 Ordinary
50 Ordinary
40 Ordinary
40 Ordinary
23 Ordinary
50 Ordinary
33 Ordinary
20 Ordinary
50 Ordinary
50 Ordinary
40 Ordinary
20 Ordinary
49 Ordinary
50 Ordinary
49 Ordinary
50 Ordinary
25 Ordinary

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G R O U P   F I N A N C I A L   S TAT E M E N T S
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS CONTINUED

For the year ended 31 December 2015

L2: Related undertakings of the Group continued
(c) Investments in joint ventures 
The table below includes the Group’s investments in joint ventures. All shares are held indirectly by the Company and the financial year 
end of all companies is 31 December, unless otherwise stated.

Name
ACED De Aar Solar PV Park 2 (Pty) Limited1

Country of incorporation
Republic of South Africa

Address of the principal place of business
2nd Floor, Fernwood House, The Oval,  

ACED Renewables De Aar (Pty) Limited2

Republic of South Africa

2nd Floor, Fernwood House, The Oval, 

ACED Renewables Dry River (Pty) Limited2

Republic of South Africa

2nd Floor, Fernwood House, The Oval, 

ACED Renewables Flagging Trees (Pty) Limited2

Republic of South Africa

2nd Floor, Fernwood House, The Oval, 

ACED Renewables Flat Top (Pty) Limited2

Republic of South Africa

2nd Floor, Fernwood House, The Oval, 

1 Oakdale Road, Newlands, 7700, Cape Town

1 Oakdale Road, Newlands, 7700, Cape Town

1 Oakdale Road, Newlands, 7700, Cape Town

1 Oakdale Road, Newlands, 7700, Cape Town

ACED Renewables Hidden Valley (Pty) Limited2

Republic of South Africa

2nd Floor, Fernwood House, The Oval, 

ACED Renewables Somerset East (Pty) Limited2

Republic of South Africa

2nd Floor, Fernwood House, The Oval, 

1 Oakdale Road, Newlands, 7700, Cape Town

1 Oakdale Road, Newlands, 7700, Cape Town

1 Oakdale Road, Newlands, 7700, Cape Town

African Clean Energy Developments (Pty) Limited2

Republic of South Africa

2nd Floor, Fernwood House, The Oval, 

African Infrastructure Investment Fund 2  

Mauritius

General Partner (Pty) Limited

ALFI Rogge Partners S.A.
Annapurna Capital (Pty) Ltd

Banco Unico S.A.
Bay West City (Pty) Ltd

Switzerland
Republic of South Africa

1 Oakdale Road, Newlands, 7700, Cape Town

Colinton House, The Oval, 1 Oakdale Street, 

Newlands, Cape Town, 7700
Cours de Rive 14, 1204 Genève
Gleneagles Fiarway Office Park, 52 Grosvenor Road, 

Bryantson, 2021

Mozambique
Republic of South Africa

Julius Nyerere Avenue, n'500 Maputo
Eikestad Mall, 43 Andringa Street, 3rd Floor, 

Stellenbosch, 7600

Billion Property Developments (pty) Ltd  

Republic of South Africa

3rd Floor Palazzo Towers West, Montecasino 

(Forest Hill Retail)

Boulevard, Fourways 2055

Blue Horison Properties 49 (Pty) Ltd  

Republic of South Africa

4th Floor, Building 1 Illove Edge, cnr Fricker and 

(Mont Blanc)

Community Growth Management  

Company Limited3
Copperzone 163 (Pty) Ltd
Curo Fund Services (Pty) Ltd
Greater Atlantic Properties (Pty) Ltd
Griffin JD Rustengburg Properties (Pty) Ltd

Republic of South Africa

Mutual Park, Jan Smuts Drive, 7405 Pinelands

Harries Rd, Illovo 2196

Republic of South Africa
Republic of South Africa
Republic of South Africa
Republic of South Africa

24A Taute Street, Ermelo 2351
Building 2, Mispel Street, Parc Du Cap, Belville 7530
24A Taute Street, Ermelo 2351
1st Floor Block 2, Freestone Park, 135 Patricia Road, 

Atholl, Sandton 2196

Imbali Props 21 (Pty) Ltd

Republic of South Africa

1 Richefond Circle, Ridgeside Office Park,  

Imbumba Aganang Facility Management Company 

Republic of South Africa

71 Cotswold Drive, Westville 3629

Umhlanga 4319

(Pty) Limited

Lion Hill Development Company (Pty) Ltd
Mooikloof JV (Forum SA Trading 284 (Pty) Ltd 

Republic of South Africa
Republic of South Africa

5th Floor, 14 Long Street, Cape Town 8001
Allhart Office Park, 152 Western Services Road, 

Mthatha Mall (Pty) Ltd

Republic of South Africa

3rd Floor Palazzo Towers West, Montacasino 

Woodmead, Sandton

Newmarket Property Developments JV

Republic of South Africa

7 Danie Theron Street, Alberante Extension, Alberton 

Boulevard, Fourways 2055

Old Mutual Finance (Namibia) (Pty) Limited
Old Mutual US Dollar Money Market Fund 

Old Mutual-Guodian Life Insurance  

Company Limited

Namibia
Namibia

China

OMIGPI Kerr Property Developers (Pty) Limited
OMPE GP IV (Pty) Limited

Republic of South Africa
Republic of South Africa

1449

Mutual Tower, 223 Independence Ave, Windhoek
C/o NTS Office, 5th Floor Barkly Wharf, Caudan 

Waterfront, Port Louis, Mauritius

3rd Floor, Building D, Jinmao Center, No. 18 Xi Zhi 

Men Wai Road, Xicheng District, Beijing, P.R. China 

71 Cotswold Drive, Westville, 3629
West Campus Mutual Park, Jan Smuts Drive, Pinelands, 

Cape Town 7405

Parsec Properties (Pty) Ltd

Republic of South Africa

23 IDA Street, Menlo Park, Pretoria 0081

Percentage
holding
50

50

50

50

50

50

50

50

50

50
30

37
25

25

25

50

20
50
20
0

20

50

40
25

30

40

50
50

50

50
50

15

FinancialsOLD MUTUAL PLCANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS 2015Name
Pioneer Property Zone (Pvt) Limited

Country of incorporation
India

Address of the principal place of business
A-401,Business Square Solitaire Corporate Park, 

Savannah City Developments (Pty) Ltd 

Republic of South Africa

Basil Read, 7 Romea Street, Hughes Extension, 

Chakala, Anderheri (East) , Mumbai -400093 India

Space Securitisation (Pty) Limited

Republic of South Africa

The Boulevard Joint Venture

Republic of South Africa

The Burgundy Estate Joint Venture
The MPI Trust and Linton Projects (Pty) Ltd JV

Republic of South Africa
Republic of South Africa

Boksburg 1459

Old Mutual Alternative Investments, OMIG Building 
Entrance 2, West Campus, Mutual Park, Jan Smuts 
Drive, Pinelands 7405

Faircape Property Group, 1st Floor, Old Warehouse 
Building, Blackrivier Park, Fir Street, Observatory 
7925

Suite G18 Colosseum, Century Way, Century City 7441
Abcon House, Fairway Office Park, 52 Grosvenor 

Road, Bryanston 2021

Tirasano Facilities Management (Pty) Limited
Tokio Marine Rogge Asset Management Limited

Republic of South Africa
England & Wales

71 Cotswold Drive, Westville 3629
Sion Hall, 56 Victoria Embankment, London, 

Triangle Real Estate India Fund Managers Private 

Mauritius

Limited

EC4Y 0DZ

c/o Abax Corporate Services Ltd, Level 6, One 

Cathedral Square Building, Jules Koenig Street, Port 
Louis, Mauritius

297

Percentage
holding
50

50

50

50

50
20

50
50

50

Wilriet Properties (Pty) Ltd (The Terraces)

Republic of South Africa

First Floor, Block 2, Freestone Office Park, 135 Patricia 

25

Road, Sandown 2196

1  Year end: 28 February
2  Year end: 31 March
3  Year end: 30 September.

All of the joint ventures are strategic in the Group’s underlying operating model.

The joint ventures are evaluated according to the Group’s contractual rights to jointly control the entity.

(d) Other qualifying undertakings 
The Company is indirectly a member of the following Limited Partnerships which are consolidated into the Company’s Group financial 
statements

Name
BHMS Investment Holdings LP

Lincoln Timber LP
TS&W Investment Holdings LP
Millpencil (US) LP

Country of incorporation
Delaware, USA

Delaware, USA
Delaware, USA
Delaware, USA

Address of the principal place of business
JP Morgan Chase Tower, 2200 Rose Avenue, 31st floor
Dallas, Texas 75201
One SW Columbia, Suite 1700, Portland, Oregon 97258 USA
6806 Paragon Place, Suite 300, Richmond, Virginia 23230
Corporation Service Company, 27/11 Centerville Road, Suite 400, 

Wilmington, Delaware 19808

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F I N A N C I A L   S TAT E M E N T S   O F   T H E   C O M PA N Y
COMPANY STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION

At 31 December 2015

Assets
Investments in Group subsidiaries
Investments and securities
Investments in associated undertakings and joint ventures
Trade, other receivables and other assets 
Derivative financial instruments – assets
Cash and cash equivalents
Total assets
Liabilities
Borrowed funds
Trade, other payables and other liabilities 
Derivative financial instruments – liabilities
Total liabilities
Net assets
Equity
Equity attributable to equity holders of the parent
Total equity

At
31 December
2015

Notes

£m
At 
31 December
2014

2
3
4
5
6

7
8
6

5,562
226
26
4,951
60
443
11,268

1,102
4,426
6
5,534
5,734

5,734
5,734

5,729
347
26
4,172
71
652
10,997

679
4,403
1
5,083
5,914

5,914
5,914

The Company’s financial statements on pages 298 to 305 were approved by the Board of Directors on 11 March 2016.

Bruce Hemphill 
Group Chief Executive 

Ingrid Johnson
Group Finance Director

FinancialsOLD MUTUAL PLCANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS 2015F I N A N C I A L   S TAT E M E N T S   O F   T H E   C O M PA N Y
COMPANY STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS

299

For the year ended 31 December 2015

Profit after tax
Recognition of impairment losses 
Fair value movement on derivatives and borrowed funds
Foreign exchange movement on assets and liabilities
Non-cash movements in profit after tax
Other operating assets and liabilities
Changes in working capital
Net cash inflow from operating activities
Net movement of interests in subsidiaries, associates and strategic investments
Disposal of interests in subsidiaries, associates and joint ventures
Other investing cash flows
Net cash inflow/(outflow) from investing activities
External interest received
External interest paid 
Intercompany interest (paid)
Dividends paid to:
  Ordinary shareholders of the Company
  Preferred security interests
Net proceeds from issue of ordinary shares 
Net purchase of treasury shares
Subordinated and other debt issued
Subordinated and other debt repaid
Loan financing (paid to)/received from Group companies
Net cash (outflow)/inflow from financing activities

Net increase in cash and cash equivalents

Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of the period
Cash and cash equivalents at end of the year

Year ended 
31 December
2015
83
158
(12)
–
146
237
237
466
(4)
30
122
148
38
(62)
(146)

£m
Year ended 
31 December
2014
399
108
28
(15)
121
(98)
(98)
422
(89)
23
(193)
(259)
38
(60)
(152)

(173)
(30)
187
–
450
(264)
(823)
(823)

(209)

652
443

(185)
(32)
12
(17)
–
–
494
98

261

391
652

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F I N A N C I A L   S TAT E M E N T S   O F   T H E   C O M PA N Y
COMPANY STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN EQUITY

Year ended 31 December 2015

Shareholders’ equity of the 
Company at beginning 
of the year

Profit for the year
Items that will not be 

reclassified subsequently 
to profit and loss

  Actuarial gain on defined 

benefit plan

Total comprehensive income 

for the year

Dividends for the year
Tax relief on dividends paid
Merger reserve realised 
Preferred securities purchased
Other movements in share capital 

and share-based payment reserve

Fair value of equity settled 

share options

Shareholders’ equity of the 

Company at end of the year

Millions
Number 
of shares
issued and
fully paid

Notes

Share
capital

Share
premium

Other 
Reserves

Retained
earnings*

Perpetual
preferred
callable
securities

£m

Total

4,906
–

560
–

857
–

1,473
–

2,498
59

526
24

5,914
83

– 

– 
– 
– 
– 
–

22

–

– 

– 
– 
– 
– 
– 

3

–

– 

– 
– 
– 
– 
– 

183

–

–

– 
– 
– 
(90)
– 

–

17

1

60
(173)
(6)
90
(11)

–

–

–

1

24
(30)
6
– 
(253)

–

–

84
(203)
– 
– 
(264)

186

17

4,928

563

1,040

1,400

2,458

273

5,734

*  Included within retained earnings of £2,458 million (2014: £2,498 million) are distributable reserves of £2,440 million (2014: £2,495 million).

Year ended 31 December 2014

Shareholders’ equity of the 
Company at beginning 
of the year

Profit for the year
  Actuarial gain on defined 

benefit plan

Total comprehensive income 

for the year

Dividends for the year
Tax relief on dividends paid
Merger Reserve realised
Net purchase of treasury shares
Other movements in share capital 

and share-based payment reserve

Fair value of equity settled 

share options

Shareholders’ equity of the 

Company at end of the year

Millions
Number 
of shares
issued and
fully paid

Notes

Share
capital

Share
premium

Other 
Reserves

Retained
earnings*

4,896
–

560
– 

845
–

1,832
– 

1,948
374

– 

– 
– 
– 
– 
– 

10

– 

– 

– 
– 
– 
– 
– 

– 

– 

– 

– 
–
– 
– 
– 

12

– 

– 

– 
– 
– 
(375)
– 

– 

16

(2)

372
(185)
(7)
375
(17)

12

–

Perpetual
preferred
callable
securities

526
25

–

25
(32)
7
– 
– 

– 

– 

£m

Total

5,711
399

(2)

397
(217)
– 
– 
(17)

24

16

4,906

560

857

1,473

2,498

526

5,914

Other reserves
Merger reserve
Share-based payment reserve
Cancellation of treasury shares
Attributable to equity holders of Company at end of the year

At 
31 December 
2015
1,252
124
24
1,400

£m

At 
31 December 
2014
1,342
107
24
1,473

FinancialsOLD MUTUAL PLCANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS 2015 
F I N A N C I A L   S TAT E M E N T S   O F   T H E   C O M PA N Y
NOTES TO THE COMPANY FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

301

For the year ended 31 December 2015

1 Financial assets and liabilities
Company statement of financial position
The Company is principally involved in the management of its investments in subsidiaries, with its risks considered to be consistent with 
those in the operations themselves. Full details of the financial risks are provided in the Group financial statements, note F3. The most 
important components of financial risk for the Company itself 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.

(a) Categories of financial instruments
The financial instruments of the Company consist of derivative assets and liabilities, both of which are treated as held-for-trading, other 
assets and cash and cash equivalents which are treated as loan and receivables, borrowed funds of which £535 million is designated  
as fair value through the income statement and £567 million at amortised cost (2014: £565 million and £114 million respectively) and  
other liabilities which are also measured at amortised cost. For financial assets and liabilities measured at fair value through the income 
statement, the hierarchy classification (as detailed in the Group financial statements, note E3 of derivative assets and liabilities is level 2  
and borrowed funds level 1). 

(b) 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 E1 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.

(c) Currency risk
The Company is exposed to effects of fluctuations in the prevailing foreign currency exchange rates on its financial position and cash  
flows through the impact that currency movements have on its derivative. The principal foreign currency risk arises from the fact that the 
Company’s functional currency is pounds sterling, whereas the functional currency of its principal operations is South African rand,  
US dollar and Euro. The exposure of the Group to currency risk is disclosed in the Group consolidated financial statements, note F4. 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. A 10% deterioration in the values of the major currencies the Company is exposed to in relation to GBP would result in 
a decrease in the Company’s equity holders’ funds of £65 million (2014: decrease of £66 million).

(d) Credit risk
The Company is principally exposed to credit risk through its derivative asset positions, investment and securities, holdings of cash and 
cash equivalents which it holds to back shareholder liabilities and the ability of its subsidiaries to repay amounts due to the Company. The 
exposure of the Group to credit risk is disclosed in the consolidated financial statements, note F3(a). 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. Of the Company’s financial assets bearing credit risk, derivative assets, investment and securities, 
bonds and cash and cash equivalents are rated as investment grade (being AAA to BBB for Standard & Poor’s or an equivalent).  
The other financial assets bearing credit risk are not rated.

(e) 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 financial statements note G5 (Hedge accounting).

(f) 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 assets of £46 million (2014: £387 million), all of which represent liabilities to other Group companies. 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 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 when new information is 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.

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F I N A N C I A L   S TAT E M E N T S   O F   T H E   C O M PA N Y
NOTES TO THE COMPANY FINANCIAL STATEMENTS CONTINUED

For the year ended 31 December 2015

2 Principal subsidiaries

Balance at beginning of the year
Additions
Disposals
Impairments
Balance at end of the year

At 
31 December 
2015
5,729
20
(29)
(158)
5,562

£m
At 
31 December 
2014
5,760
102
(23)
(110)
5,729

On 1 May 2015, the Company sold 1,033,830 shares of its investment in Old Mutual Wealth Management Limited to Old Mutual Wealth 
JSOP Trust No 1, for £20 million.

On 13 October 2015, the Company sold 509,404 shares of its investment in Old Mutual Wealth Management Limited to Old Mutual 
Wealth JSOP Trust No 1, for £10 million.

On 8 April 2015 and 12 August 2015 respectively, the Company purchased an additional £0.20 per share on 10,000,000 ordinary shares  
in Constantia, for cash totalling £4,000,000 for the year.

During 2015, the Company impaired its investments in Constantia and Old Mutual Europe GmbH by £1 million and £157 million 
respectively.

The Company routinely makes share awards to employees of subsidiaries companies, for which no consideration is paid by these entities. 
The applicable accounting standard requires that this is reflected as a share-based payment expense in the subsidiary company and to be 
reflected as an increase in the value of the investment in the subsidiary, with a corresponding increase in the share-based payment reserve 
in the Company. The impact of these transactions in the financial statements was an addition of £16 million (2014: £13 million).

The principal subsidiary undertakings of the Company are as follows:

At 31 December 2015
OM Group (UK) Ltd
Old Mutual Wealth Management Ltd
Old Mutual Europe GmbH
Old Mutual plc Brands AB

Country of incorporation
England & Wales
England & Wales
England & Wales
Sweden

Class of shares
Ordinary
Ordinary
Ordinary
Ordinary

% interest held
100
100
100
100

A complete list of subsidiaries is in note L2 of the Group consolidated financial statements.

3 Investments and securities

Other reserves
Government and government-guaranteed securities
Other debt securities, preference shares and debentures
Total investment and securities

At 
31 December 
2015
75
151
226

£m

At 
31 December 
2014
50
297
347

The government and government-guaranteed securities above are all rated AAA. The intention is to hold these investments to maturity. 
Other debt securities, preference shares and debentures are all rated AAA-BBB. The intention is to hold these investments to maturity.

4 Investments in associated undertakings
The Company holds the following interest in associated undertakings:

Kotak Mahindra Old Mutual Life Insurance Limited

Country of
operation
India

% interest
held
26

At 
31 December 
2015
26

£m
At 
31 December 
2014
26

FinancialsOLD MUTUAL PLCANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS 20155 Other assets

Corporation tax receivable
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

303

At 
31 December 
2015
–
3
3

£m
At 
31 December 
2014
3
3
5

52
4,893
4,951

49
4,112
4,172

6 Derivative financial instruments
The following tables provide a detailed breakdown of 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 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.

Other reserves
Exchange rate contracts
Swaps
Forwards

Interest rate contracts
Swaps
Total

The contractual maturities of the derivative liabilities held are as follows:

At 31 December 2015

Derivative financial liabilities
At 31 December 2014
Derivative financial liabilities

7 Borrowed funds

Senior debt securities and term loans
Subordinated debt securities
Total borrowed funds

Fair valued through income statement 
Amortised cost
Total borrowed funds

At December 2015
Fair values

At December 2014
Fair values

Assets

Liabilities

Assets

Liabilities

£m

–
5
5

55
60

5
1
6

–
6

3
1
4

67
71

–
1
1

–
1

£m

Total
6

1

At 
31 December 
2015
114
988
1,102

At 
31 December 
2015
535
567
1,102

£m

At 
31 December 
2014
114
565
679

£m

At 
31 December 
2014
565
114
679

Balance 
sheet
amount
6

Less than 
3 months
1

More than 
3 months
less than
1 year
–

Between
1 and 5
years
5

More than 
5 years
–

No
contractual
maturity
date
–

1

1

–

–

–

–

The following table 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. In addition to the contractual cash flows detailed below, the Company is 
obligated to make interest payments on borrowed funds, details of which are in the Group consolidated financial statements in note G7.

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F I N A N C I A L   S TAT E M E N T S   O F   T H E   C O M PA N Y
NOTES TO THE COMPANY FINANCIAL STATEMENTS CONTINUED

For the year ended 31 December 2015

7 Borrowed funds continued

Less than 1 year
Greater than 1 year and less than 5 years
Greater than 5 years
Borrowed funds

At 
31 December 
2015
112
500
450
1,062

£m
At 
31 December 
2014
–
112
500
612

Additional details of these borrowings and undrawn facilities are included in Group consolidated financial statements in note G7.

8 Other liabilities

Accruals and deferred income
Corporation tax
Amounts owed to Group undertakings:
Amount falling due within one year
Amount falling due after one year

Total other liabilities

At 
31 December 
2015
21
35

£m
At 
31 December 
2014
19
17

679
3,691
4,426

706
3,661
4,403

9 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 two employees (2014: two) were directly 
employed by the Company. The costs for these Directors and ex-Directors are disclosed within the Remuneration Report on pages 124 to 151.

Liability for defined benefit obligation
Change in projected benefit obligation
Projected benefit obligation at beginning of the year
Past service cost
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

Expense recognised in the income statement

£m

Pension plans

At 
31 December 
2015

At 
31 December 
2014

77
4
3
(2)
(3)
79

77
–
(2)
4
79
–

(4)

68
–
3
(2)
8
77

66
9
(2)
4
77
–

(1)

FinancialsOLD MUTUAL PLCANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS 2015Actuarial assumptions used in calculating the projected benefit obligation are based on relevant mortality estimates, 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 balance sheet date 
specific to the relevant locations. The detailed actuarial assumptions can be viewed on the Group’s website at www.oldmutual.com.

305

Plan asset allocation
Equity securities
Debt securities
Other investments

%

Pension plans

At 
31 December 
2015
34
65
1

At 
31 December 
2014
35
64
1

10 Contingent liabilities
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, are set out below. 
Disclosures in respect of the key management personnel of the Company are included in the Group’s related parties disclosures in note J3.

There are no transactions entered into by the Company with associated undertakings.

Balances due from subsidiaries
Balances due to subsidiaries
Balances due from other related parties – Fairbairn Trust Company Limited

Income statement information
At 31 December 2015

Subsidiaries

Year ended 31 December 2015
Ordinary
dividends
received
321

Other
amounts
paid
(97)

Interest
received
60

At 
31 December 
2015
4,940
(4,368)
2

£m

At 
31 December 
2014
4,161
(4,367)
2

£m

Year ended 31 December 2014
Ordinary
dividends
received
632

Interest
received
23

Other
amounts
paid
(84)

OLD MUTUAL PLCANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS 2015Financials306

SHAREHOLDER
INFORMATION

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, which is known as a premium 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 in 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 ordinary shares of 113⁄7p each is GB00B77J0862 and the SEDOL is B77J086. 

The 113⁄7p nominal value of the Company’s shares reflects the seven-for-eight share consolidation that took place in April 2012. If your 
shareholding is certificated and you have not yet surrendered your old certificate for shares of 10p each for replacement by a certificate 
representing your consolidated shareholding, please contact our share registrars, whose details are set out later in this section.

The high and low closing prices of the Company’s shares during 2015 and 2014 on the two main markets on which they are listed were 
as follows:

London Stock Exchange
JSE

High
240.3p
R45.71

2015
Low
155.7p
R32.87

High
209.4p
R37.10

2014
Low
169.5p
R30.00

At 31 December 2015, the Company had approximately 455,000 underlying shareholders. Many of our retail shareholders hold their 
shares through Company-sponsored nominee arrangements, as described in the footnote to the second table below. 

In more detail, the geographical analysis and shareholder profile of our share register at 31 December 2015 were as follows:

Register

UK
South Africa
Zimbabwe
Namibia
Malawi
Total

Source: Equiniti/Link Market Services 

Size of holding

1-1,000
1,001-10,000 
10,001-100,000
100,001-250,000
250,001+
Total

Source: Equiniti/Link Market Services
Note

Total shares
1,923,340,182
2,933,923,340
54,734,804
12,030,073
4,614,238
4,928,642,637

Total shares
18,773,521
20,241,415
23,914,067
27,418,294
4,838,295,340
4,928,642,637

% of whole
39.02
59.53
1.11
0.25
0.09
100

% of whole
0.38
0.41
0.48
0.55
98.18
100

Number 
of holders
9,944
27,152
27,337
507
4,488
69,428

Number 
of holders
60,366
7,699
808
172
383
69,428

The registered shareholdings on the South African branch register included PLC Nominees (Pty) Limited, which held a total of 2,907,591,963 
shares, including 247,288,344 shares held for the Company’s sponsored nominee, Old Mutual (South Africa) Nominees (Pty) Limited, for 
the benefit of 374,970 underlying beneficial owners. The registered shareholdings on the Zimbabwean branch register included Old Mutual 
Zimbabwe Nominees (Pvt) Limited, which held a total of 673,493 shares as nominee for 3,448 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 5,329,209 shares as nominee for 6,581 underlying beneficial owners. The registered shareholdings on the Malawian branch register 
included Old Mutual (Blantyre) Nominees Limited, which held a total of 36,179 shares as nominee for 135 underlying beneficial owners.

OLD MUTUAL PLCANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS 2015Registrars
The Company’s share register is administered by the Global Share 
Alliance (comprising Equiniti Limited in the UK and Link Market 
Services South Africa (Pty) Ltd in South Africa) in conjunction 
with local representatives in the other jurisdictions where the 
Company’s shares are listed. The Global Share Alliance replaced 
the Company’s previous share registrars, Computershare Investor 
Services, with respect to the UK and South African registers, from 
September 2014. The following are the relevant contact details:

UK 
Equiniti Limited 
Aspect House, Spencer Road, Lancing  
West Sussex BN99 6DA 
Tel no: 0871 384 2878 (if calling from the UK) 
Tel no: +44 121 415 0833 (from overseas) 
Website for shareholder information and queries:  
www.shareview.co.uk

South Africa 
Link Market Services South Africa (Pty) Ltd 
13th Floor Rennie House, 19 Ameshoff Street  
Braamfontein, Johannesburg 2001 
PO Box 10462, Johannesburg, 2000 
Tel no: +27 (0)86 140 0110 
Email: oldmutualenquiries@linkmarketservices.co.za

Malawi
National Bank of Malawi 
Legal Department  
Cnr Victoria Avenue & Henderson Street 
Blantyre 
(PO Box 1438, Blantyre, Malawi) 
Email: nbminvestment@natbankmw.com 
Tel no: +265 182 0622/0054

Namibia
Transfer Secretaries (Pty) Limited 
4 Robert Mugabe Avenue, Windhoek 
(PO Box 2401, Windhoek) 
Tel no: +264 (0)61 227647 
Fax: +264 (0)61 248531 
Email: ts@nsx.com.na

Zimbabwe
Corpserve Registrars (Pvt) Ltd 
2nd Floor, ZB Centre 
Cnr 1st Street and K. Nkrumah Avenue 
Harare 
(PO Box 2208, Harare, Zimbabwe) 
Tel no: +263 (0)4 751559/61 
Fax: +263 (0)4 752629 
Email: enquiries@corpserve.co.zw

Dealings in the Company’s shares 
on the JSE
All transactions in the Company’s shares on the JSE are required 
to be settled electronically through Strate, and share certificates 
are no longer good for delivery in respect of such transactions. 
Shareholders who have any enquiries about the effect of Strate 
on their holdings in the Company should contact Link Market 
Services in Johannesburg on +27 (0)86 140 0110.

307

Dealings in the Company’s shares on 
the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange
With effect from March 2015, all transactions in the Company’s 
shares on the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange have been required to be 
settled in dematerialised form, and share certificates are no longer 
good for delivery in respect of such transactions. The Company 
sent a circular to its registered shareholders on the Zimbabwe 
branch register during the first quarter of 2015 to explain the 
consequences of this and inviting them to dematerialise their 
certificated shareholdings through an Issuer-Sponsored Nominee 
Programme. Shareholders on the Zimbabwe branch register who 
have any enquiries about dematerialising their holdings in the 
Company should refer to this circular (which is also available on 
the Company’s website) or, in case of doubt, contact Corpserve 
Registrars on +263 (0)4 751559/61.

Electronic communications and 
electronic proxy appointment
The Company wrote to shareholders on its South African branch 
register and on the principal and Namibian sections of its UK 
register in November 2012 to inform them that it was moving to 
e-comms as the default form of communication, in line with 
provisions in the UK Companies Act 2006 and the Company’s 
Articles of Association. Shareholders who wished to continue to 
receive physical copies of shareholder communications, rather 
than accessing these from the Company’s website, were required 
to notify the Company’s registrars of their election to do so by 
4 January 2013. A similar process was followed, with different 
applicable dates, for new shareholders who bought shares 
between November 2012 and 15 August 2014. Such mailings 
will now take place for new shareholders annually. 

Further exercises to extend these arrangements to shareholders 
on the Malawian and Zimbabwean branch registers took place 
during 2014 and 2015 respectively. 

If you are currently still receiving documents by post, but would 
like to receive notification of future communications from the 
Company by email: 

 ■ If your shares are on the principal UK register, please log on to 

our website, www.oldmutual.com, select ‘Investor Relations’, then 
‘Shareholder Centre’, then click on ‘Shareholder investor centre’ 
and follow the instructions to log into the Investor Centre. 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. 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. 

 ■ If your shares are on the South African branch register, please 
call Link Market Services’ contact centre on 086 140 0110 or 
email them at oldmutualenquiries@linkmarketservices.co.za
 ■ If your shares are on the Zimbabwean or Malawian branch 

registers or the Namibian section of the principal register, please 
contact the applicable local share register representatives, whose 
details are set out above.

Any election to receive documents electronically will generally 
remain in force until you contact the Company’s Registrars to 
terminate or change such election.

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, which can be 
accessed in the AGM section of the Shareholder Information part 
of our website.

OLD MUTUAL PLCANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS 2015The record date for this dividend payment is the close of business 
on 1 April 2016 for all the exchanges where the Company’s shares 
are listed. The last day to trade cum-dividend will be 23 March 
2016 on the JSE and on the Malawi, Namibian and Zimbabwe 
Stock Exchanges and 30 March 2016 for the London Stock 
Exchange. The shares will trade ex-dividend from the opening 
of business on 24 March 2016 on the JSE and the Malawi, 
Namibian and Zimbabwe Stock Exchanges and from the opening 
of business on 31 March 2016 on the London Stock Exchange.

No dematerialisation or rematerialisation within Strate and no 
transfers between registers may take place in the period from 
24 March 2016 to 1 April 2016, both dates inclusive. 

Financial calendar for the rest of 2016 
The Company’s financial calendar for the rest of 2016 is as follows: 

Annual General Meeting
Interim results
First interim dividend payment date
Final results for 2016

Date still to be determined
11 August 2016
31 October 2016
March 2017

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S H A R E H O L D E R 
I N F O R M AT I O N
C O N T I N U E D

Second interim dividend for the year ended 
31 December 2015 and timetable for 
payment
The Board has declared a second interim dividend (the ‘Second 
Interim Dividend’) for the year ended 31 December 2015 of 
6.25p per share, which will be paid on 29 April 2016. Shareholders 
on the South African, Zimbabwean and Malawian branch registers 
and the Namibian section of the principal register will be paid 
local currency cash equivalents of the Second Interim Dividend 
under dividend access trust or similar arrangements established in 
each country. Shareholders who hold their shares through 
Euroclear Sweden AB, the Swedish nominee, will be paid the cash 
equivalent of the Second Interim Dividend in Swedish kronor. 

The currency equivalents of the Second Interim Dividend are as 
follows:

South Africa
Malawi
Namibia
Zimbabwe
Sweden

135.20563
63.71
135.20563
8.89
0.75

South African cents per share
Malawian kwacha per share
Namibian cents per share
US cents per share
Swedish kronor per share

These currency equivalents have been calculated using the 
following exchange rates:

South Africa
Malawi
Namibia
Zimbabwe
Sweden

21.6329
1,019.3992
21.6329
1.4225
11.9898

Rand/£
Malawian kwacha/£
Namibian dollars/£
US dollars/£
Swedish kronor/£

Dividend Tax will be withheld at the rate of 15% from the amount 
of the gross dividend of 135.20563 South African cents per 
share paid to South African shareholders unless a shareholder 
qualifies for exemption. After Dividend Tax has been withheld,  
the net dividend will be 114.92479 South African cents per share. 
The Company had a total of 4,928,681,619 shares in issue at the 
date on which the dividend was announced, 11 March 2016. In 
South Africa, the dividend will be distributed by Old Mutual 
Dividend Access Company (Pty) Limited, a South African company 
with tax registration number 9460/144/14/1, in terms of the 
Company’s dividend access share arrangements. No Secondary 
Tax on Companies (STC) credits will be used for the payment of 
the dividend.

OLD MUTUAL PLCANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS 2015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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Old Mutual plc
Registered in England and 
Wales No. 3591559 and  
as an external company  
in each of South Africa  
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