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IV. Conglomerate Matrix

I. Organisational Structure, and Oversight

A Legal Structure and General Information

1. GENERAL INFORMATION [Information available to supervisors, or obtained during mapping] (Type of organisation, range of asset size, countries in which active, indication of general supervisory framework)

2. ORGANISATIONAL [Information available to supervisors, or obtained during mapping] STRUCTURE- CORPORATE (list major and branches, locations, types of activities, indication of whether is supervised). Attach in annex a "legal entities" corporate tree.

3. ORGANISATIONAL [Information available to supervisors, or obtained during mapping] STRUCTURE- LINE (list major business lines e.g., fx, swaps, equity sales & trading, fixed income, derivatives, banking, private banking, custody, personal/commercial lines general , reinsurance, individual/group life, pension, corporate banking, others). Attach in annex a "business line" organisational structure. 81

4. DISCLOSURES (extent of legal Question IA1 and business line public disclosures-compare to information disseminated within the conglomerate)

5. FACTORS INFLUENCING Question IA2 LEGAL / BUSINESS LINE STRUCTURE (if divergent, explain reasons.)

6. TREND IN CORPORATE LEGAL Question IA3 AND BUSINESS LINE STRUCTURE (e.g., status quo vs. current and planned changes, management's views of optimal structure)

7. RESPONSIBILITY FOR Question IA4 COORDINATING REGULATORY RELATIONSHIPS (include how, who and location(s)). Attach in annex a listing of major regulated entities and relevant regulators. . B. Management Structure

1. TYPE OF OVERALL Question IB1 and information available to supervisors, or obtained during mapping MANAGEMENT STRUCTURE(including major corporate committees and their role)

2. DISCLOSURES (extent of public Question IB1 disclosures as to management structure-compare to information disseminated within the conglomerate) 82

3. MANAGEMENT STRUCTURE Question IB2 OF LEGAL ENTITIES (at what level and location is firm being run?; authority of legal entities)

4. MANAGEMENT STRUCTURE Question IB2 OF MAJOR BUSINESS LINES (alignment of such structure to corporate legal structure)

5. KEY BUSINESS LINE [Information available to supervisors, or obtained during mapping] MANAGERS, LOCATIONS AND REPORTING LINES (indicate top business line managers, area of responsibility, location (home office vs. other -- sub. or branch?))

6 KEY FUNCTION MANAGERS' [Information available to supervisors, or obtained during mapping] LOCATIONS, AND REPORTING LINES (e.g., , Audit, Financial Control, etc., location(s), and whether manager has dual responsibilities)

7. DOES THE FIRM HAVE [Information available to supervisors, or obtained during mapping] REGIONAL MANAGERS? (Indicate geographic location and area of responsibility)

8. FACTORS INFLUENCING Question IB2 MANAGEMENT STRUCTURE- LEGAL / BUSINESS LINE

9. TREND IN MANAGEMENT Question IB2 STRUCTURE (e.g., status quo vs. current and planned changes, management's strategy with respect to its structure) 83

C. Corporate Governance and Management Oversight

1. DISCUSSION OF Question IC1 RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN MANAGEMENT OF BUSINESS LINES AND LEGAL ENTITIES (discussion of global business lines and how firm manages that cut across geographic and legal boundaries)

2. GENERAL DISCUSSION OF Questions IC1 and IC2 MANAGEMENT RESPONSIBILITY FOR CONTROL ENVIRONMENT (including role of senior management/entity management; does the firm run like one entity or multiple different businesses? )

3. GENERAL DISCUSSION OF Question IC3 COMPOSITION AND ROLE OF AND MAJOR BOARD-LEVEL COMMITTEES

4 PRINCIPAL INCENTIVES/ Questions IC4, IC5 and IC6 DISINCENTIVES TO MANAGEMENT, COMPENSATION AND RECRUITMENT STRATEGY (relate to the firm's goals and objectives)

D. Capital Resources 84

1. TYPES AND SOURCES OF [Information available to supervisors, or obtained during mapping] CAPITAL

2. DISCLOSURE OF CAPITAL Question ID1 ALLOCATION WITHIN CONGLOMERATE AND OF CAPITAL ADEQUACY OF REGULATED ENTITIES (public disclosure and management reporting)

3. ALLOCATION METHODOLOGY Question ID2 (factors, including regulatory requirements, determining allocation of capital and management strategy)

4. RESPONSIBILITY FOR Question ID2 CAPITAL RESOURCES AND ALLOCATION

5. DISCUSSION OF CAPITAL Question ID3 ALLOCATION : BUSINESSES LINES VERSUS LEGAL ENTITIES

6. RESTRICTIONS ON CAPITAL Question ID4 INSTRUMENTS AND ON FLOWS OF CAPITAL WITHIN THE CONGLOMERATE

E. Intra-group and related entity transactions and financial exposures

1. DISCLOSURE (extent of public Question IE1 disclosure on intra-group transactions and exposures and other intra-group arrangements) 85

4. MANAGEMENT INFORMATION Question IE1 AND REPORTING SYSTEMS (including a discussion of location and responsibility for monitoring, types of reports, frequency and distribution)

2. DISCUSSION OF TYPES OF Question IE2 INTRA-GROUP TRANSACTIONS AND REASONS FOR TRANSACTIONS (management rationale for intra-group transactions.)

3. OTHER TYPES OF INTRA- Question IE2 GROUP RELATIONSHIPS (e.g., discussion of service agreements, etc.)

4. VOLUME OF INTRA-GROUP Question IE3 TRANSACTIONS AND EXPOSURES AND LIMIT STRUCTURES (including limits for participations of less than 100%)

6. FACTORS THAT AFFECT Question IE4 LEGAL ENTITY BOOKING DECISIONS

II. Risk Management

A. Risk Profile

1. PRINCIPAL RISKS OF Question IIA1 CONGLOMERATE 86

2. MAJOR RISK TAKING Question IIA2 ENTITIES (relate principal risks being undertaken to the legal entities where such risks are borne)

3. MANAGEMENT'S [Information available to supervisors, or obtained during mapping] PERCEPTIONS OF RISKS TO FIRM AND TRENDS/CHANGES

B. New Products

1. PROCESS FOR Question IIB1 INTRODUCTION OF NEW PRODUCTS (initiation , development, approval implementation, reporting) 2. MANAGEMENT Question IIB2 RESPONSIBILITY (role of legal entity/business line manager) 3. PLANS FOR THE Question IIB3 INTRODUCTION OF NEW PRODUCTS (e.g. one year timeframe) Risk Management For each type of risk , the following information should be recorded, as applicable.

1. STRUCTURE OF RISK MANAGEMENT

a. Management Structure, Question IIA3c and IIC2 Reporting Lines and Responsibilities (e.g. centralised/decentralised, role of geographic and regional managers)

b. Role of Board of Directors Question II A3c 87

c. Current and Future Risk [Information available to supervisors, or obtained during mapping] Appetite (management's views as to the conglomerate's willingness to accept risk)

2. METHODOLOGIES AND MEASUREMENT TOOLS a. Discussion of Risk Questions IIA3a and IIC2 Measurement (e.g. types of models, legal entity, business line, conglomerate-wide approach)

b. Discussion of Risk Control Questions IIA3d and IIC2 Mechanisms including Limit Structures (responsibilities for setting and monitoring the application of limits and for remedial action)

c. Stress Testing, Contingency Question IIA3e and IIC3 Planning and Back Testing (including discussion of crisis and contingency planning)

3. RISK MANAGEMENT REPORTS a. Types of Risk Management Questions IIA3b and IIC2 Reports

b. Frequency and Distribution of Questions IIA3b and IIC2 Reports (e.g. to risk takers, risk managers, senior managers and the Board of Directors) 88

c. Discussion of Information Questions IIA3f and IIC2 Systems Development d. Trends in Risk Management Questions IIA3f and IIC2 (e.g., changes in reporting systems, management's direction for risk management, new tools) 89

III. Control Environment

A. Issues

1. MAJOR ACCOUNTING RULES Question IIIA1 USED BY CONGLOMERATE (including reconciliation process for different jurisdictional requirements)

2. RESPONSIBILITY FOR Question IIIA2 ACCOUNTING DECISIONS (discuss functional responsibility lines, whether geographic location is important, whether multiple systems are used)

B. Actuarial Issues

1. MAJOR ACTUARIAL RULES Question IIIB1 USED BY CONGLOMERATE (including reconciliation process for different jurisdictional requirements)

2. RESPONSIBILITY FOR Question IIIB2 ACTUARIAL DECISIONS (discuss functional responsibility lines, whether geographic location is important, whether multiple systems are used)

3. ROLE OF OUTSOURCING FOR Question IIIB3 ADDRESSING ACTUARIAL ISSUES 90

C. Financial Control Function

1. MANAGEMENT INFORMATION Question IIIC1 REPORTS (including type, frequency and whether along business lines, legal entities and/or consolidated)

2. STRUCTURE OF FINANCIAL Question IIIC2 CONTROL (including how the function is organised -- along business lines, legal entities; reporting lines)

3. ROLES AND Question IIIC3 RESPONSIBILITIES OF FINANCIAL CONTROL (including the role of business line management in the development and implementation of internal controls)

D. Compliance

1. MANAGEMENT INFORMATION Question IIID1 REPORTS (including type, frequency, distribution)

2. STRUCTURE OF COMPLIANCE Question IIID2 FUNCTION (including how the function is organised, e.g. centralised)

3. REPORTING LINES OF Question IIID2 COMPLIANCE FUNCTION 91

4. DISCUSSION OF THE Questions IIID3 and IIID4 RESPONSIBILITIES OF COMPLIANCE (including mechanisms to identify, report and manage control and non- compliance problems)

E. Internal Audit

1. MANAGEMENT INFORMATION Question IIIE1 REPORTS AS TO WORK OF INTERNAL AUDIT (including follow-up process on findings)

2. STRUCTURE OF INTERNAL Question IIIE2 AUDIT AND RESPONSIBILITIES (including how function is organised -- along business lines, legal entities; centralised vs. decentralised)

3. INTERNAL AUDIT REPORTING Question IIIE3 LINES (including independence of function)

4. FACTORS INFLUENCING Question IIIE4 SCOPE, COVERAGE AND FREQUENCY OF AUDITS (including management's future outlook for the conglomerate's internal audit function)

5. ROLE OF OUTSOURCING Question IIIE5 92

F. External Audit

1. MANAGEMENT INFORMATION Question IIIF1 AVAILABILITY AS TO EXTERNAL AUDIT WORK (including follow-up process on findings)

2. PRIMARY EXTERNAL AUDIT [Information usually available to supervisors, or obtained during mapping] and Question IIIF3 FIRM (including measures to ensure the independence of the external auditors)

3. OTHER FIRMS USED FOR [Information available to supervisors, or obtained during mapping] OTHER LEGAL ENTITIES?

4. INTERACTION BETWEEN Question IIIF2 EXTERNAL AUDIT AND INTERNAL AUDIT

5. RESPONSIBILITIES OF Question IIIF2 EXTERNAL AUDIT (including consulting work)