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RNS Number : 2054B

National Bank of Canada

31 May 2023

National Bank of Canada

May 31(st) , 2023

Regulatory Announcement (Part 1)

Q2 2023 Results

National Bank of Canada (the "Bank") announces publication of its Second Quarter 2023 Report to Shareholders. The Second Quarter Results have been uploaded to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism and is available on the Bank's website at https://www.nbc.ca/en/about-us/investors/investor-relations/quarterly-results.html

To view the full PDF of this Second Quarter 2023 Report to Shareholders, please click on the following link:

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Report to Shareholders Second Quarter 2023

National Bank reports its results for the Second Quarter of 2023 and raises its quarterly dividend by 5 cents to $1.02 per share

The financial information reported in this document is based on the unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements for the quarter and six-month period ended April 30, 2023 and is prepared in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB), unless otherwise indicated. IFRS represent Canadian generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP). All amounts are presented in Canadian dollars.

MONTREAL, May 31, 2023 - For the second quarter of 2023, National Bank is reporting net income of $847 million, down 5% from $889 million in the second quarter of 2022. Second-quarter diluted earnings per share stood at $2.38 compared to $2.53 in the second quarter of 2022. Revenue growth across the business segments was offset by higher non-interest expenses and higher provisions for credit losses.

For the six month-period ended April 30, 2023, the Bank's net income totalled $1,728 million, down 5% from $1,819 million in the same period of 2022. First-half diluted earnings per share stood at $4.87 compared to $5.17 in the same period of 2022. Good performance across all of the business segments, driven by revenue growth, was offset by higher provisions for credit losses recorded to reflect a less favourable macroeconomic outlook as well as by an impact on tax expense arising from the Canadian government's 2022 tax measures.

For the six-month period ended April 30, 2023, adjusted net income(1) totalled $1,752 million (excluding a $24 million tax expense related to the Canadian government's 2022 tax measures), down 4% from $1,819 million in the same period of 2022, while first-half adjusted diluted earnings per share(1) stood at $4.94 versus $5.17 in the first half of 2022.

"The Bank delivered solid second-quarter results and an industry-leading ROE amidst a challenging environment, underscoring its core strength, discipline and resiliency," said Laurent Ferreira, President and Chief Executive Officer of National Bank of Canada. He added that "Our defensive posture with strong capital and liquidity positions and prudent levels of allowances for credit losses will continue to support profitable growth and help us navigate the uncertainty that may lie ahead."

Highlights

 
(millions of Canadian                            Quarter ended April                    Six months ended April 
dollars)                                                          30                                        30 
-------------------------  ---  ---  -------------------------------       ----------------------------------- 
                                     2023     2022(2)       % Change        2023        2022(2)       % Change 
   --------------------------------  ----     -------       --------       -----        -------       -------- 
 
Net income                            847         889            (5)       1,728          1,819            (5) 
Diluted earnings per 
 share (dollars)                  $  2.38    $   2.53            (6)    $   4.87     $     5.17            (6) 
Return on common 
 shareholders' 
 equity(3)                           17.5%       20.7%                      17.7  %        21.3% 
 
Dividend payout ratio(3)             40.2%       32.2%                      40.2  %        32.2% 
-------------------------   -------  ----     -------       --------       -----        -------       -------- 
 
Operating results - 
Adjusted (1) 
Net income - Adjusted                 847         889            (5)       1,752          1,819            (4) 
Diluted earnings per 
 share - Adjusted 
 (dollars)                        $  2.38    $   2.53            (6)    $   4.94     $     5.17            (4) 
Return on common 
 shareholders' 
 equity - Adjusted(4)                17.5%       20.7%                      17.9  %        21.3% 
Dividend payout ratio - 
 Adjusted(4)                         39.9%       32.1%                      39.9  %        32.1% 
-------------------------   -------  ----     -------       --------       -----        -------       -------- 
 
                                                                           As at 
                                                                           April 
                                                                             30,          As at 
                                                                                        October 
                                                                            2023       31, 2022 
---  --------------------  ---  ---  ----     -------       --------   ---------    -----------       -------- 
CET1 capital ratio under 
 Basel 
 III(5)                                                                     13.3  %        12.7% 
Leverage ratio under 
 Basel III(5)                                                                4.2  %         4.5% 
-------------------------   -------  ----     -------       --------       -----        -------       -------- 
 

(1) See the Financial Reporting Method section on pages 4 to 9 for additional information on non-GAAP financial measures.

(2) For the quarter and six-month period ended April 30, 2022, certain amounts have been adjusted to reflect a change in accounting policy related to cloud computing arrangements. For additional information, see Note 1 to the audited annual consolidated financial statements for the year ended October 31, 2022.

(3) See the Glossary section on pages 49 to 52 for details on the composition of these measures.

(4) See the Financial Reporting Method section on pages 4 to 9 for additional information on non-GAAP ratios.

(5) See the Financial Reporting Method section on pages 4 to 9 for additional information on capital management measures.

Report to Shareholders Second Quarter 2023

Personal and Commercial

- Net income totalled $335 million in the second quarter of 2023 versus $293 million in the second quarter of 2022, for an increase of 14% that was driven by growth in total revenues, tempered by higher non-interest expenses and higher provisions for credit losses.

- Income before provisions for credit losses and income taxes totalled $499 million in the second quarter of 2023, up 22% from $410 million in the second quarter of 2022.

- At $1,100 million, second-quarter total revenues rose $138 million or 14% year over year due to an increase in net interest income (driven by growth in loan and deposit volumes), to a higher net interest margin, and to an increase in non-interest income.

   -        Compared to a year ago, personal lending grew 4% and commercial lending grew 13%. 

- The net interest margin(1) stood at 2.34% in the second quarter of 2023, up from 2.10% in the second quarter of 2022.

- Second-quarter non-interest expenses stood at $601 million, up 9% from the second quarter of 2022.

- Second-quarter provisions for credit losses rose $26 million from second-quarter 2022, mainly due to higher allowances for credit losses on non-impaired loans and on impaired loans.

- At 54.6%, the second-quarter efficiency ratio(1) improved from 57.4% in the second quarter of 2022.

Wealth Management

- Net income totalled $178 million in the second quarter of 2023, a 9% increase from $163 million in the second quarter of 2022.

- Second-quarter total revenues amounted to $617 million compared to $579 million in second-quarter 2022, a $38 million or 7% increase driven by growth in net interest income.

- Second-quarter non-interest expenses stood at $372 million, up 4% from $357 million in second-quarter 2022.

- At 60.3%, the second-quarter efficiency ratio(1) improved from 61.7% in the second quarter of 2022.

Financial Markets

- Net income totalled $268 million in the second quarter of 2023, down 7% from $287 million in the second quarter of 2022.

- Second-quarter total revenues on a taxable equivalent basis amounted to $672 million, a $40 million or 6% year-over-year increase driven by growth in corporate and investment banking revenues.

- Second-quarter non-interest expenses stood at $283 million compared to $258 million in second-quarter 2022, an increase that was partly attributable to compensation and employee benefits as well as to operations support charges.

- Provisions for credit losses of $19 million were recorded in the second quarter of 2023 compared to credit loss recoveries of $16 million recorded in the second quarter of 2022.

- At 42.1%, the second-quarter efficiency ratio(1) on a taxable equivalent basis compares to 40.8% in the second quarter of 2022.

U.S. Specialty Finance and International

- Net income totalled $128 million in the second quarter of 2023 compared to $152 million in the second quarter of 2022, as a stable amount of total revenues was more than offset by higher non-interest expenses and higher provisions for credit losses.

- At $285 million, second-quarter total revenues remained stable compared to second-quarter 2022, as lower revenues at the Credigy subsidiary were offset by higher revenues at the ABA Bank subsidiary.

- Second-quarter non-interest expenses stood at $98 million, an 11% year-over-year increase attributable to business growth at ABA Bank.

- Second-quarter provisions for credit losses were up $17 million year over year, with the increase being attributable to Credigy.

- At 34.4%, the second-quarter efficiency ratio(1) compares to 30.9% in the second quarter of 2022.

Other

- There was a net loss of $62 million in the second quarter of 2023 versus a net loss of $6 million in the second quarter of 2022, a change arising mainly from a decrease in total revenues, as higher gains on investments had been recorded in the second quarter of 2022.

Capital Management

- As at April 30, 2023, the Common Equity Tier 1 (CET1) capital ratio under Basel III(2) stood at 13.3%, up from 12.7% as at October 31, 2022, notably due to the positive impact of implementing the Basel III reforms.

- As at April 30, 2023, the Basel III(2) leverage ratio was 4.2%, down from 4.5% as at October 31, 2022.

(1) See the Glossary section on pages 49 to 52 for details on the composition of these measures.

(2) See the Financial Reporting Method section on pages 4 to 9 for additional information on capital management measures.

Management's Discussion

and Analysis

May 30, 2023

The following Management's Discussion and Analysis (MD&A) presents the financial condition and operating results of National Bank of Canada (the Bank). This analysis was prepared in accordance with the requirements set out in National Instrument 51-102, Continuous Disclosure Obligations, released by the Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA). It is based on the unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements (the consolidated financial statements) for the quarter and six-month period ended April 30, 2023 and prepared in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB), unless otherwise indicated. IFRS represent Canadian generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP). This MD&A should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes for the quarter and six-month period ended April 30, 2023 and with the 2022 Annual Report. All amounts are presented in Canadian dollars. Additional information about the Bank, including the Annual Information Form, can be obtained from the Bank's website at nbc.ca and SEDAR's website at sedar.com. The information found in the various documents and reports published by the Bank or the information available on the Bank's website and mentioned herein is not and should not be considered incorporated by reference into the Report to Shareholders, the Management's Discussion and Analysis, or the Consolidated Financial Statements, unless expressly stated otherwise.

 
 Financial Reporting Method               4   Income Taxes                        22 
 Economic Review and Outlook             10   Proposed Legislation                22 
 Highlights                              11   Capital Management                  23 
 Financial Analysis                      12   Risk Management                     30 
 Consolidated Results                    12   Risk Disclosures                    46 
                                              Accounting Policies and Financial 
 Results by Segment                      15    Disclosure                         47 
                                               Accounting Policies and Critical 
 Consolidated Balance Sheet              20     Accounting Estimates              47 
 Event After the Consolidated 
  Balance Sheet Date                     21    Financial Disclosure               47 
 Related Party Transactions              22   Quarterly Financial Information     48 
 Securitization and Off-Balance-Sheet 
  Arrangements                           22   Glossary                            49 
 
 

Caution Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

Certain statements in this document are forward-looking statements. All such statements are made in accordance with applicable securities legislation in Canada and the United States. Forward-looking statements in this document may include, but are not limited to, statements with respect to the economy-particularly the Canadian and U.S. economies-market changes, the Bank's objectives, outlook and priorities for fiscal year 2023 and beyond, the strategies or actions that will be taken to achieve them, expectations for the Bank's financial condition, the regulatory environment in which it operates, the impacts of-and the Bank's response to-the COVID-19 pandemic, and certain risks it faces. These forward-looking statements are typically identified by verbs or words such as "outlook", "believe", "foresee", "forecast", "anticipate", "estimate", "project", "expect", "intend" and "plan", in their future or conditional forms, notably verbs such as "will", "may", "should", "could" or "would" as well as similar terms and expressions. Such forward-looking statements are made for the purpose of assisting the holders of the Bank's securities in understanding the Bank's financial position and results of operations as at and for the periods ended on the dates presented, as well as the Bank's vision, strategic objectives, and financial performance targets, and may not be appropriate for other purposes. These forward-looking statements are based on current expectations, estimates, assumptions and intentions and are subject to uncertainty and inherent risks, many of which are beyond the Bank's control.

Assumptions about the performance of the Canadian and U.S. economies in 2023 and how that performance will affect the Bank's business are among the main factors considered in setting the Bank's strategic priorities and objectives, including provisions for credit losses. In determining its expectations for economic conditions, both broadly and in the financial services sector in particular, the Bank primarily considers historical economic data provided by the governments of Canada, the United States and certain other countries in which the Bank conducts business, as well as their agencies.

Statements about the economy, market changes, and the Bank's objectives, outlook and priorities for fiscal 2023 and thereafter are based on a number of assumptions and are subject to risk factors, many of which are beyond the Bank's control and the impacts of which are difficult to predict. These risk factors include, among others, the general economic environment and financial market conditions in Canada, the United States, and other countries where the Bank operates; the impact of upheavals in the U.S. banking industry; exchange rate and interest rate fluctuations; inflation; disruptions in global supply chains; higher funding costs and greater market volatility; changes made to fiscal, monetary, and other public policies; changes made to regulations that affect the Bank's business; geopolitical and sociopolitical uncertainty; the transition to a low-carbon economy and the Bank's ability to satisfy stakeholder expectations on environmental and social issues; significant changes in consumer behaviour; the housing situation, real estate market, and household indebtedness in Canada; the Bank's ability to achieve its long-term strategies and key short-term priorities; the timely development and launch of new products and services; the Bank's ability to recruit and retain key personnel; technological innovation and heightened competition from established companies and from competitors offering non-traditional services; changes in the performance and creditworthiness of the Bank's clients and counterparties; the Bank's exposure to significant regulatory matters or litigation; changes made to the accounting policies used by the Bank to report financial information, including the uncertainty inherent to assumptions and critical accounting estimates; changes to tax legislation in the countries where the Bank operates, i.e., primarily Canada and the United States; changes made to capital and liquidity guidelines as well as to the presentation and interpretation thereof; changes to the credit ratings assigned to the Bank; potential disruptions to key suppliers of goods and services to the Bank; potential disruptions to the Bank's information technology systems, including evolving cyberattack risk as well as identity theft and theft of personal information; the risk of fraudulent activity; and possible impacts of major events affecting the local and global economies, including international conflicts, natural disasters, and public health crises such as the COVID-19 pandemic, the evolution of which is difficult to predict and could continue to have repercussions on the Bank.

There is a strong possibility that the Bank's express or implied predictions, forecasts, projections, expectations or conclusions will not prove to be accurate, that its assumptions may not be confirmed and that its vision, strategic objectives and financial performance targets will not be achieved. The Bank recommends that readers not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements, as a number of factors could cause actual results to differ significantly from the expectations, estimates or intentions expressed in these forward-looking statements. These risk factors include credit risk, market risk, liquidity and funding risk, operational risk, regulatory compliance risk, reputation risk, strategic risk, environmental and social risk, and certain emerging risks or risks deemed significant, all of which are described in greater detail in the Risk Management section beginning on page 65 of the 2022 Annual Report.

The foregoing list of risk factors is not exhaustive. Additional information about these risk factors is provided in the Risk Management section of the 2022 Annual Report and the Risk Management section of this Report to Shareholders for the Second Quarter of 2023. Investors and others who rely on the Bank's forward-looking statements should carefully consider the above factors as well as the uncertainties they represent and the risk they entail. Except as required by law, the Bank does not undertake to update any forward-looking statements, whether written or oral, that may be made from time to time, by it or on its behalf. The Bank cautions investors that these forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and that actual events or results may differ significantly from these statements due to a number of factors.

Financial Reporting Method

The Bank's consolidated financial statements are prepared in accordance with IFRS, as issued by the IASB. The financial statements also comply with section 308(4) of the Bank Act (Canada), which states that, except as otherwise specified by the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions (Canada) ( OSFI), the consolidated financial statements are to be prepared in accordance with IFRS, which represent Canadian GAAP. None of the OSFI accounting requirements are exceptions to IFRS.

The presentation of segment disclosures is consistent with the presentation adopted by the Bank for the fiscal year beginning November 1, 2022. This presentation reflects a revision to the method used for the sectoral allocation of technology investment expenses, which are now immediately allocated to the various business segments, whereas certain expenses, notably costs incurred during the research phase of projects, had previously been recorded in the Other heading of segment results. This revision is consistent with the accounting policy change applied in fiscal 2022 related to cloud computing arrangements. For the quarter and six-month period ended April 30, 2023, certain amounts have been adjusted to reflect this accounting policy change. For additional information, see Note 1 to the audited annual consolidated financial statements for the year ended October 31, 2022.

Non-GAAP and Other Financial Measures

The Bank uses a number of financial measures when assessing its results and measuring overall performance. Some of these financial measures are not calculated in accordance with GAAP. Regulation 52-112 Respecting Non-GAAP and Other Financial Measures Disclosure (Regulation 52-112) prescribes disclosure requirements that apply to the following measures used by the Bank:

   --     non-GAAP financial measures; 
   --     non-GAAP ratios; 
   --     supplementary financial measures; 
   --     capital management measures. 

Non-GAAP Financial Measures

The Bank uses non-GAAP financial measures that do not have standardized meanings under GAAP and that therefore may not be comparable to similar measures used by other companies. Presenting non-GAAP financial measures helps readers to better understand how management analyzes results, shows the impacts of specified items on the results of the reported periods, and allows readers to better assess results without the specified items if they consider such items not to be reflective of the underlying performance of the Bank's operations. In addition, like many other financial institutions, the Bank uses the taxable equivalent basis to calculate net interest income, non-interest income, and income taxes. This calculation method consists of grossing up certain revenues taxed at lower rates (notably dividends) by the income tax to a level that would make it comparable to revenues from taxable sources in Canada. An equivalent amount is added to income taxes. This adjustment is necessary in order to perform a uniform comparison of the return on different assets regardless of their tax treatment.

The key non-GAAP financial measures used by the Bank to analyze its results are described below, and a quantitative reconciliation of these measures is presented in the tables in the Reconciliation of Non-GAAP Financial Measures section on pages 8 and 9 and in the Consolidated Results table on page 12. It should be noted that, for the six-month period ended April 30, 2023, a $24 million tax expense related to the Canadian government's 2022 tax measures has been excluded from results. This amount consists of a $32 million tax expense with respect to the Canada Recovery Dividend, i.e., a one-time, 15% tax on the fiscal 2021 and 2020 average taxable income above $1 billion as well as an $8 million tax recovery related to a 1.5% increase in the statutory tax rate, which includes the impact related to current and deferred taxes for fiscal 2022. No specified items had been excluded from results for the quarter and six-month period ended April 30, 2022.

Adjusted Net Interest Income

This item represents net interest income on a taxable equivalent basis and excluding specified items, if any. A taxable equivalent is added to net interest income so that the performance of the various assets can be compared irrespective of their tax treatment, and specified items, if any, are excluded so that net interest income can be better evaluated by excluding items that management believes do not reflect the underlying financial performance of the Bank's operations.

Adjusted Non-Interest Income

This item represents non -interest income on a taxable equivalent basis and excluding specified items, if any. A taxable equivalent is added to non-interest income so that the performance of the various assets can be compared irrespective of their tax treatment, and specified items, if any, are excluded so that non--interest income can be better evaluated by excluding items that management believes do not reflect the underlying financial performance of the Bank's operations.

Adjusted Total Revenues

This item represents total revenues on a taxable equivalent basis and excluding specified items, if any. It consists of adjusted net interest income and adjusted non-interest income. A taxable equivalent is added to total revenues so that the performance of the various assets can be compared irrespective of their tax treatment, and specified items, if any, are excluded so that total revenues can be better evaluated by excluding items that management believes do not reflect the underlying financial performance of the Bank's operations.

Adjusted Non -Interest Expenses

This item represents non-interest expenses excluding specified items, if any. Specified items, if any, are excluded so that non-interest expenses can be better evaluated by excluding items that management believes do not reflect the underlying financial performance of the Bank's operations.

Adjusted Income Before Provisions for Credit Losses and Income Taxes

This item represents income before provisions for credit losses and income taxes on a taxable equivalent basis and excluding specified items, if any. It also represents the difference between adjusted total revenues and adjusted non-interest expenses. A taxable equivalent is added to income before provisions for credit losses and income taxes so that the performance of the various assets can be compared irrespective of their tax treatment, and specified items, if any, are excluded so that income before provisions for credit losses and income taxes can be better evaluated by excluding items that management believes do not reflect the underlying financial performance of the Bank's operations.

Adjusted Income Taxes

This item represents income taxes on a taxable equivalent basis and excluding income taxes on specified items, if any.

Adjusted Net Income

This item represents net income excluding specified items, if any. Specified items, if any, are excluded so that net income can be better evaluated by excluding items that management believes do not reflect the underlying financial performance of the Bank's operations.

Adjusted Net income Attributable to Common Shareholders

This item represents net income attributable to common shareholders excluding specified items, if any. Specified items, if any, are excluded so that net income attributable to common shareholders can be better evaluated by excluding items that management believes do not reflect the underlying financial performance of the Bank's operations.

Adjusted Basic Earnings Per Share

This item represents basic earnings per share excluding specified items, if any. Specified items, if any, are excluded so that basic earnings per share can be better evaluated by excluding items that management believes do not reflect the underlying financial performance of the Bank's operations.

Adjusted Diluted Earnings Per Share

This item represents diluted earnings per share excluding specified items, if any. Specified items, if any, are excluded so that diluted earnings per share can be better evaluated by excluding items that management believes do not reflect the underlying financial performance of the Bank's operations.

The Bank also uses the below-described measures to assess its results. A quantitative reconciliation of these non-GAAP financial measures is presented in the Reconciliation of Non-GAAP Financial Measures section on pages 8 and 9.

Adjusted Non-Trading Net Interest Income

This item represents non-trading net interest income on a taxable equivalent basis. It includes revenues related to financial assets and financial liabilities associated with non-trading activities, net of interest expenses and interest income related to the financing of these financial assets and liabilities, and is used to calculate adjusted non-trading net interest margin. A taxable equivalent is added to non-trading net interest income so that the performance of the various assets can be compared irrespective of their tax treatment .

Net Interest Income From Trading Activities on a Taxable Equivalent Basis

This item represents net interest income from trading activities plus a taxable equivalent. It comprises dividends related to financial assets and liabilities associated with trading activities, net of interest expenses and interest income related to the financing of these financial assets and liabilities. A taxable equivalent is added to net interest income from trading activities so that the performance of the various assets can be compared irrespective of their tax treatment.

Non-Interest Income Related to Trading Activities on a Taxable Equivalent Basis

This item represents non-interest income related to trading activities to which a taxable equivalent amount is added. It consists of realized and unrealized gains and losses as well as interest income on securities measured at fair value through profit or loss, income from held-for-trading derivative financial instruments, changes in the fair value of loans at fair value through profit or loss, changes in the fair value of financial instruments designated at fair value through profit or loss, certain commission income, other trading activity revenues, and any applicable transaction costs. A taxable equivalent amount is added to the non-interest income related to trading activities such that the returns of different assets can be compared regardless of their tax treatment.

Trading Activity Revenues on a Taxable Equivalent Basis

This item represents trading activity revenues plus a taxable equivalent. They comprise dividends related to financial assets and liabilities associated with trading activities, net of interest expenses and interest income related to the financing of these financial assets and liabilities, realized and unrealized gains and losses, and interest income on securities measured at fair value through profit or loss, income from held-for-trading derivative financial instruments, changes in the fair value of loans at fair value through profit or loss, changes in the fair value of financial instruments designated at fair value through profit or loss, certain commission income, other trading activity revenues, and any applicable transaction costs. A taxable equivalent is added to trading activity revenues so that the performance of the various assets can be compared irrespective of their tax treatment.

Non-GAAP Ratios

The Bank uses non-GAAP ratios that do not have standardized meanings under GAAP and that may therefore not be comparable to similar measures used by other companies. A non-GAAP ratio is a ratio in which at least one component is a non-GAAP financial measure. The Bank uses non-GAAP ratios to present aspects of its financial performance or financial position .

The key non-GAAP ratios used by the Bank are described below.

Adjusted Return on Common Shareholders' Equity (ROE)

This item represents ROE excluding specified items, if any. It is adjusted net income attributable to common shareholders expressed as a percentage of average equity attributable to common shareholders. It is a general measure of the Bank's efficiency in using equity. Specified items, if any, are excluded so that ROE can be better evaluated by excluding items that management believes do not reflect the underlying financial performance of the Bank's operations.

Adjusted Dividend Payout Ratio

This item represents the dividend payout ratio excluding specified items, if any. It is dividends on common shares (per share amount) expressed as a percentage of adjusted basic earnings per share. This ratio is a measure of the proportion of earnings that is paid out to shareholders in the form of dividends. Specified items, if any, are excluded so that the dividend payout ratio can be better evaluated by excluding items that management believes do not reflect the underlying financial performance of the Bank's operations.

Adjusted Operating Leverage

This item represents operating leverage on a taxable equivalent basis and excluding specified items, if any. It is the difference between the growth rate of adjusted total revenues and the growth rate of adjusted non-interest expenses, and it measures the sensitivity of the Bank's results to changes in its revenues. Adjusted operating leverage is presented on a taxable equivalent basis so that the performance of the various assets can be compared irrespective of their tax treatment, and specified items, if any, are excluded so that the efficiency ratio can be better evaluated by excluding items that management believes do not reflect the underlying financial performance of the Bank's operations.

Adjusted Efficiency Ratio

This item represents the efficiency ratio on a taxable equivalent basis and excluding specified items, if any. The ratio represents adjusted non-interest expenses expressed as a percentage of adjusted total revenues. It measures the efficiency of the Bank's operations. The adjusted efficiency ratio is presented on a taxable equivalent basis so that the performance of the various assets can be compared irrespective of their tax treatment, and specified items, if any, are excluded so that the efficiency ratio can be better evaluated by excluding items that management believes do not reflect the underlying financial performance of the Bank's operations.

Adjusted Net Interest Margin, Non-Trading

This item represents the non-trading net interest margin on a taxable equivalent basis. It is calculated by dividing net interest income related to adjusted non-trading activities by average non-trading interest-bearing assets. This ratio is a measure of the profitability of non-trading activities. The adjusted non-trading net interest margin includes adjusted non-trading net interest income, which includes a taxable equivalent amount so that the performance of the various assets can be compared irrespective of their tax treatment.

Supplementary Financial Measures

A supplementary financial measure is a financial measure that: (a) is not reported in the Bank's consolidated financial statements, and (b) is, or is intended to be, reported periodically to represent historical or expected financial performance, financial position, or cash flows. The composition of these supplementary financial measures is presented in table footnotes or in the Glossary section on pages 49 to 52 of this MD&A.

Capital Management Measures

The financial reporting framework used to prepare the financial statements requires disclosure that helps readers assess the Bank's capital management objectives, policies, and processes, as set out in IFRS in IAS 1 - Presentation of Financial Statements. The Bank has its own methods for managing capital and liquidity, and IFRS does not prescribe any particular calculation method. These measures are calculated using various guidelines and advisories issued by OSFI, which are based on the standards, recommendations, and best practices of the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS), as presented in the following table.

 
 OSFI guideline or advisory             Measure 
 Capital Adequacy Requirements          Common Equity Tier 1 (CET1) capital 
                                         ratio 
                                         Tier 1 capital ratio 
                                         Total capital ratio 
                                         CET1 capital 
                                         Tier 1 capital 
                                         Tier 2 capital 
                                         Total capital 
                                         Risk-weighted assets 
                                         Maximum credit risk exposure under 
                                         the Basel asset classes 
-------------------------------------  ------------------------------------ 
 Leverage Requirements                  Leverage ratio 
                                         Total exposure 
-------------------------------------  ------------------------------------ 
 Total Loss Absorbing Capacity (TLAC)   Key indicators - TLAC requirements 
                                         Available TLAC 
                                         TLAC ratio 
                                         TLAC leverage ratio 
-------------------------------------  ------------------------------------ 
 Liquidity Adequacy Requirements        Liquid asset portfolio 
                                         Encumbered assets and unencumbered 
                                         assets 
                                         Liquidity coverage ratio (LCR) 
                                         High-quality liquid assets (HQLA) 
                                         Cash inflows/outflows and net cash 
                                         outflows 
                                         Net stable funding ratio (NSFR) 
                                         Available stable funding items 
                                         Required stable funding items 
-------------------------------------  ------------------------------------ 
 Global Systemically Important Banks    G-SIB indicators 
  (G-SIBs) - 
  Public Disclosure Requirements 
-------------------------------------  ------------------------------------ 
 

Reconciliation of Non-GAAP Financial Measures

Presentation of Results - Adjusted

 
                                                                                         Quarter ended 
(millions of Canadian dollars)                                                                April 30 
------------------------------  ---------------  -----------  ---------  ------  --------------------- 
                                                                                         2023  2022(1) 
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                                       Personal       Wealth  Financial 
                                 and Commercial   Management    Markets  USSF&I  Other  Total    Total 
 -----------------------------  ---------------  -----------  ---------  ------  -----  -----  ------- 
 
Net interest income                         802          190      (286)     269   (93)    882    1,313 
Taxable equivalent                            -            -         74       -      2     76       49 
Net interest income - Adjusted              802          190      (212)     269   (91)    958    1,362 
------------------------------  ---------------  -----------  ---------  ------  -----  -----  ------- 
 
Non-interest income                         298          427        828      16     28  1,597    1,126 
Taxable equivalent                            -            -         56       -      -     56        3 
Non-interest income - Adjusted              298          427        884      16     28  1,653    1,129 
------------------------------  ---------------  -----------  ---------  ------  -----  -----  ------- 
 
Total revenues - Adjusted                 1,100          617        672     285   (63)  2,611    2,491 
Non-interest expenses                       601          372        283      98     20  1,374    1,299 
------------------------------  ---------------  -----------  ---------  ------  -----  -----  ------- 
 
Income before provisions for 
 credit 
 losses and income taxes - 
 Adjusted                                   499          245        389     187   (83)  1,237    1,192 
Provisions for credit losses                 37            -         19      26      3     85        3 
------------------------------  ---------------  -----------  ---------  ------  -----  -----  ------- 
Income before income taxes - 
 Adjusted                                   462          245        370     161   (86)  1,152    1,189 
------------------------------  ---------------  -----------  ---------  ------  -----  -----  ------- 
Income taxes                                127           67       (28)      33   (26)    173      248 
Taxable equivalent                            -            -        130       -      2    132       52 
Income taxes - Adjusted                     127           67        102      33   (24)    305      300 
------------------------------  ---------------  -----------  ---------  ------  -----  -----  ------- 
Net income                                  335          178        268     128   (62)    847      889 
Non-controlling interests                     -            -          -       -    (1)    (1)      (1) 
------------------------------  ---------------  -----------  ---------  ------  -----  -----  ------- 
 
Net income attributable to the 
 Bank ' s shareholders 
 and holders of other equity 
 instruments 
 - Adjusted                                 335          178        268     128   (61)    848      890 
------------------------------  ---------------  -----------  ---------  ------  -----  -----  ------- 
Dividends on preferred shares 
 and 
 distributions on 
 limited recourse capital 
 notes                                                                                     35       25 
------------------------------  ---------------  -----------  ---------  ------  -----  -----  ------- 
Net income attributable to 
 common 
 shareholders                                                                             813      865 
------------------------------  ---------------  -----------  ---------  ------  -----  -----  ------- 
 

(1) For the quarter ended April 30, 2022, certain amounts have been adjusted to reflect a change in accounting policy related to cloud computing arrangements. For additional information, see Note 1 to the audited annual consolidated financial statements for the year ended October 31, 2022.

 
                                                                                Six months ended April 
(millions of Canadian dollars)                                                                      30 
------------------------------  ---------------  -----------  ---------  ----------------------------- 
                                                                                         2023  2022(1) 
------------------------------  ---------------  -----------  ---------  ------  -----  -----  ------- 
 
                                       Personal       Wealth  Financial 
                                 and Commercial   Management    Markets  USSF&I  Other  Total    Total 
 -----------------------------  ---------------  -----------  ---------  ------  -----  -----  ------- 
 
Net interest income                       1,627          398      (454)     568  (158)  1,981    2,645 
Taxable equivalent                            -            -        151       -      3    154      109 
Net interest income - Adjusted            1,627          398      (303)     568  (155)  2,135    2,754 
------------------------------  ---------------  -----------  ---------  ------  -----  -----  ------- 
 
Non-interest income                         597          856      1,556      36     35  3,080    2,260 
Taxable equivalent                            -            -        108       -      -    108        7 
Non-interest income - Adjusted              597          856      1,664      36     35  3,188    2,267 
------------------------------  ---------------  -----------  ---------  ------  -----  -----  ------- 
 
Total revenues - Adjusted                 2,224        1,254      1,361     604  (120)  5,323    5,021 
Non-interest expenses                     1,207          736        570     196     68  2,777    2,579 
                                --------------- 
 
Income before provisions for 
 credit 
 losses and income taxes - 
 Adjusted                                 1,017          518        791     408  (188)  2,546    2,442 
Provisions for credit losses                 98            -         10      61      2    171        1 
------------------------------  ---------------  -----------  ---------  ------  -----  -----  ------- 
Income before income taxes - 
 Adjusted                                   919          518        781     347  (190)  2,375    2,441 
------------------------------  ---------------  -----------  ---------  ------  -----  -----  ------- 
Income taxes                                253          142       (44)      72   (38)    385      506 
Taxable equivalent                            -            -        259       -      3    262      116 
Income taxes related to the 
 Canadian 
 government's 2022 
 tax measures(2)                              -            -          -       -   (24)   (24)        - 
Income taxes - Adjusted                     253          142        215      72   (59)    623      622 
------------------------------  ---------------  -----------  ---------  ------  -----  -----  ------- 
Net income - Adjusted                       666          376        566     275  (131)  1,752    1,819 
Specified items after income 
 taxes                                        -            -          -       -   (24)   (24)        - 
------------------------------  ---------------  -----------  ---------  ------  -----  -----  ------- 
Net income                                  666          376        566     275  (155)  1,728    1,819 
Non-controlling interests                     -            -          -       -    (1)    (1)      (1) 
------------------------------  ---------------  -----------  ---------  ------  -----  -----  ------- 
Net income attributable to the 
 Bank ' s shareholders 
 and holders of other equity 
 instruments                                666          376        566     275  (154)  1,729    1,820 
------------------------------  ---------------  -----------  ---------  ------  -----  -----  ------- 
Net income attributable to the 
 Bank's shareholders 
 and holders of other equity 
 instruments 
 - Adjusted                                 666          376        566     275  (130)  1,753    1,820 
------------------------------  ---------------  -----------  ---------  ------  -----  -----  ------- 
Dividends on preferred shares 
 and 
 distributions 
 on limited recourse capital 
 notes                                                                                     70       51 
------------------------------  ---------------  -----------  ---------  ------  -----  -----  ------- 
Net income attributable to 
 common 
 shareholders - Adjusted                                                                1,683    1,769 
------------------------------  ---------------  -----------  ---------  ------  -----  -----  ------- 
 

(1) For the six-month period ended April 30, 2022, certain amounts have been adjusted to reflect a change in accounting policy related to cloud computing arrangements. For additional information, see Note 1 to the audited annual consolidated financial statements for the year ended October 31, 2022.

(2) During the six-month period ended April 30, 2023, the Bank recorded a $32 million tax expense with respect to the Canada Recovery Dividend, i.e., a one-time, 15% tax on the fiscal 2021 and 2020 average taxable income above $1 billion, as well as an $8 million tax recovery related to the 1.5% increase in the statutory tax rate, which includes the impact related to current and deferred taxes for fiscal 2022. For additional information on these tax measures, see the Income Taxes section on page 22.

Presentation of Basic and Diluted Earnings Per Share - Adjusted

 
                                                            Quarter ended     Six months ended 
(Canadian dollars)                                               April 30             April 30 
----------------------------------------------------   ------------------   ------------------ 
                                                           2023   2022(1)     2023     2022(1) 
----------------------------------------------------       ----   -------   ------   --------- 
 
Basic earnings per share                               $   2.41  $   2.56  $  4.92  $     5.24 
Income taxes related to the Canadian government's 
2022 tax measures(2)                                          -         -     0.07           - 
Basic earnings per share - Adjusted                    $   2.41  $   2.56  $  4.99  $     5.24 
----------------------------------------------------       ----   -------   ------   --------- 
 
Diluted earnings per share                             $   2.38  $   2.53  $  4.87  $     5.17 
Income taxes related to the Canadian government's 
2022 tax measures(2)                                          -         -     0.07           - 
Diluted earnings per share - Adjusted                  $   2.38  $   2.53  $  4.94  $     5.17 
----------------------------------------------------       ----   -------   ------   --------- 
 

(1) For the quarter and six-month period ended April 30, 2022, certain amounts have been adjusted to reflect a change in accounting policy related to cloud computing arrangements. For additional information, see Note 1 to the audited annual consolidated financial statements for the year ended October 31, 2022.

(2) During the six-month period ended April 30, 2023, the Bank recorded a $32 million tax expense with respect to the Canada Recovery Dividend, i.e., a one-time, 15% tax on the fiscal 2021 and 2020 average taxable income above $1 billion, as well as an $8 million tax recovery related to the 1.5% increase in the statutory tax rate, which includes the impact related to current and deferred taxes for fiscal 2022. For additional information on these tax measures, see the Income Taxes section on page 22.

Presentation of Non-Trading Net Interest Income - Adjusted

 
                                                      Quarter ended      Six months ended 
(millions of Canadian dollars)                             April 30              April 30 
-------------------------------------------------   ---------------  -------------------- 
                                                       2023    2022      2023      2022 
-------------------------------------------------   -------  ------  --------  -------- 
 
Net interest income - Adjusted                          958   1,362     2,135     2,754 
Less: Net interest income (loss) related 
to trading activities on a taxable equivalent 
basis                                                 (322)     278     (518)       602 
-------------------------------------------------   -------  ------  --------  -------- 
Net interest income, non-trading - Adjusted           1,280   1,084     2,653     2,152 
-------------------------------------------------   -------  ------  --------  -------- 
 
 

Economic Review and Outlook

Global Economy

Once China had abandoned its zero-COVID policy, many thought that its economy would revitalize global growth in 2023. First-quarter data supported this notion, as Chinese GDP grew faster than expected. However, there are a few flaws in the strong recovery scenario: the figures were inflated by a positive base effect related to confinements in 2022, imports have not rallied, inflation has remained low, the manufacturing sector appears to be losing momentum, and the financial positions of provincial governments have deteriorated even further. And it is unlikely that the eurozone will save the day. While a drop in gas prices has allowed the single-currency zone to narrowly escape a recession during the winter months, the outlook remains sobering. Household spending appears to be losing momentum, most certainly due to the fact that growth in household credit has slowed considerably in recent months. Given such a reversal in credit conditions, the European Central Bank (ECB) would normally have exercised extreme caution, but the eurozone's unemployment rate is still at a record low and core inflation has remained near its all-time high, effectively forcing the ECB to maintain an aggressive response. It appears increasingly likely that returning inflation to its target rate will mean a recession in the eurozone in the second half of 2023. This fragility, combined with the expected weakness in the U.S. and a slow rebound in China, supports our view that the global economy will remain sluggish over the next few quarters. We expect growth of 2.6%(1) this year, followed by 2.3%(1) in 2024.

In the United States, domestic demand was strong in the first quarter, but such good performance does not alter our view that growth will slow considerably by year-end. Several economic indicators are already pointing in that direction, including real consumer spending and business investment in machinery and equipment. Moreover, there continues to be uncertainty around the U.S. banking system, given significantly higher funding costs for regional banks. Adding to these concerns, Janet Yellen, U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, has warned that the U.S. could run out of cash by June 1 if Congress fails to raise or suspend the debt ceiling. To be clear, we still believe that the parties will reach a last-minute agreement, but we are concerned this may come too late to prevent some unwanted market turmoil. In addition, it is unlikely that the U.S. Federal Reserve will lower interest rates before the last quarter of the year. While the job market has slowed somewhat, wage gains remain inconsistent with the central bank's inflation target. According to our scenario, if monetary policy remains this tight for so long, gross domestic product (GDP) will fall short of the consensus among economists. Following a relatively buoyant first half of the year, we expect the U.S. economy to slip into a technical recession starting in the fourth quarter of 2023 (we expect three quarters of negative growth). Given this scenario, real GDP should grow by 1.4%(1) in 2023 before contracting 0.4%(1) next year.

Canadian Economy

Although Canada's labour market has been generating jobs at an unprecedented rate since the beginning of the year and the fight against inflation is stalling, this does not mean that the Bank of Canada should immediately begin raising interest rates again. This spectacular job creation is occurring against a backdrop of equally striking population growth and has not led to a tighter labour market. The unemployment rate, while very low in historical terms, has been stable for several months, and other indicators suggest that the labour shortage is less acute, since job vacancy rates and wage inflation have been declining thanks in part to immigration. But immigration appears to be contributing to the recovery in the real estate sector, in an environment where some buyers have likely been comforted by the Bank of Canada's announcement that it was pausing interest rate hikes. However, the central bank would only be tempting fate if it concludes that it has not done enough. The strength we have seen in the real estate market may be only temporary in an environment where interest rates are still high, and the labour market is not immune to a downturn. The rate hikes have been extremely aggressive, and they will continue to weigh on the economy, with a certain lag. We still expect the Canadian economy to be lethargic over the next year, leading to anemic economic growth rates of 0.9%(1) in 2023 and 0.5%(1) in 2024. In contrast to our neighbours to the south, Canada's stronger banking system, greater excess savings and favourable terms of trade lead us to believe that the country can still avoid an economic contraction in 2024.

Quebec Economy

In the fourth quarter of 2022, Quebec household consumption remained extremely strong (+7.3% quarter-over-quarter on an annualized basis), reflecting the province's strong labour market. The year began on a high note, with 41,000 jobs created, almost all of which were in the private sector. At the time of this writing, Quebec's unemployment rate of 4.1% was still the lowest of all Canada's provinces. However, as in the rest of the country, growth is expected to slow in the coming months, since some economic sectors will be more affected by rising interest rates. Some factors will nevertheless serve to mitigate this weakness. First, the financial position of Quebec consumers compares favourably to the country as a whole, due to a higher savings rate and lower debt, both of which represent assets given the current challenges. Moreover, the widespread use of hydroelectricity in Quebec means that its households are less exposed to soaring electricity costs than their counterparts in the rest of the country. In addition, housing is more affordable in Quebec than in the rest of the country, making the market less vulnerable to sharp drops in prices. It is interesting to note that, since housing prices peaked in 2022, all of Quebec's major cities have recorded corrections that were milder than the average for Canadian urban centres. The province also benefits from a highly diversified economy and the Quebec government's fiscal support. However, economic growth will be limited by more modest

demographic growth than the rest of Canada and an already tight labour market. Considering all of these factors, we forecast 0.5%(1) growth in Quebec in both 2023 and 2024.

   (1)       Actual GDP growth forecasts, National Bank Financial's Economics and Strategy group 

Highlights

 
(millions of Canadian 
dollars,                                        Quarter ended April                           Six months ended April 
except per share amounts)                                        30                                               30 
-----------------------------      --------------------------------       ------------------------------------------ 
                                      2023    2022(1)      % Change          2023              2022(1)      % Change 
----------------------------       -------    -------      --------       -------              -------      -------- 
Operating results 
Total revenues                       2,479      2,439             2         5,061                4,905             3 
Income before provisions for 
 credit losses and income 
 taxes                               1,105      1,140           (3)         2,284                2,326           (2) 
Net income                             847        889           (5)         1,728                1,819           (5) 
Return on common 
 shareholders' 
 equity(2)                            17.5%      20.7%                       17.7  %              21.3% 
Earnings per share 
 Basic                          $     2.41   $   2.56           (6)      $   4.92           $     5.24           (6) 
 Diluted                        $     2.38   $   2.53           (6)      $   4.87           $     5.17           (6) 
 ----------------------------      -------    -------      --------       -------              -------      -------- 
Operating results - Adjusted 
 (3) 
Total revenues - Adjusted(3)         2,611      2,491             5         5,323                5,021             6 
Income before provisions for 
 credit losses 
 and income taxes - 
 Adjusted(3)                         1,237      1,192             4         2,546                2,442             4 
Net income - Adjusted(3)               847        889           (5)         1,752                1,819           (4) 
Return on common 
 shareholders' 
 equity - Adjusted(4)                 17.5%      20.7%                       17.9  %              21.3% 
Operating leverage - 
 Adjusted(4)                         (1.0)%       2.5%                      (1.7)  %               3.0% 
Efficiency ratio - 
 Adjusted(4)                          52.6%      52.1%                       52.2  %              51.4% 
Earnings per share - 
Adjusted 
(3) 
 Basic                          $     2.41   $   2.56           (6)      $   4.99           $     5.24           (5) 
 Diluted                        $     2.38   $   2.53           (6)      $   4.94           $     5.17           (4) 
 ----------------------------      -------    -------      --------       -------              -------      -------- 
Common share information 
Dividends declared              $     0.97   $   0.87            11      $   1.94           $     1.74            11 
Book value(2)                   $    57.65   $  52.28                    $  57.65           $    52.28 
Share price 
 High                           $   103.45   $ 104.59                    $ 103.45           $   105.44 
 Low                            $    92.67   $  89.33                    $  91.02           $    89.33 
 Close                          $   101.03   $  89.72                    $ 101.03           $    89.72 
Number of common shares 
 (thousands)                       337,720    336,513                     337,720              336,513 
Market capitalization               34,120     30,192                      34,120               30,192 
----------------------------       -------    -------      --------       -------              -------      -------- 
 
                                                                            As at                As at 
                                                                            April              October 
                                                                              30,                  31, 
(millions of Canadian dollars)                                               2023                 2022      % Change 
Balance sheet and off-balance-sheet 
Total assets                                                              417,684              403,740             3 
Loans and acceptances, net of allowances                                  215,764              206,744             4 
Deposits                                                                  281,514              266,394             6 
Equity attributable to common shareholders                                 19,470               18,594             5 
Assets under administration(2)                                            673,483              616,165             9 
Assets under management(2)                                                123,029              112,346            10 
-------------------------------------------------------------------      --------          -----------      -------- 
 
Regulatory ratios under Basel III (5) 
Capital ratios 
 
 Common Equity Tier 1 (CET1)                                                 13.3   %             12.7  % 
 
 Tier 1                                                                      16.0   %             15.4  % 
 
 Total                                                                       16.9   %             16.9  % 
 
Leverage ratio                                                                4.2   %              4.5  % 
-------------------------------------------------------------------      --------          -----------      -------- 
 
TLAC ratio(5)                                                                29.3   %             27.7  % 
 
TLAC leverage ratio(5)                                                        7.8   %              8.1  % 
-------------------------------------------------------------------      --------          -----------      -------- 
 
Liquidity coverage ratio (LCR)(5)                                             155   %              140  % 
 
Net stable funding ratio (NSFR)(5)                                            118   %              117  % 
-------------------------------------------------------------------      --------          -----------      -------- 
Other information 
Number of employees - Worldwide (full-time equivalent)                     28,170               27,103             4 
Number of branches in Canada                                                  374                  378           (1) 
Number of banking machines in Canada                                          940                  939             - 
-------------------------------------------------------------------      --------          -----------      -------- 
 
 

(1) For the quarter and six-month period ended April 30, 2022, certain amounts have been adjusted to reflect a change in accounting policy related to cloud computing arrangements. For additional information, see Note 1 to the audited annual consolidated financial statements for the year ended October 31, 2022.

(2) See the Glossary section on pages 49 to 52 for details on the composition of these measures.

(3) See the Financial Reporting Method section on pages 4 to 9 for additional information on non-GAAP financial measures.

(4) See the Financial Reporting Method section on pages 4 to 9 for additional information on non-GAAP ratios.

(5) See the Financial Reporting Method section on pages 4 to 9 for additional information on capital management measures.

Financial Analysis

Consolidated Results

 
(millions of Canadian                          Quarter ended April              Six months ended April 
dollars)                                                        30                                  30 
-----------------------------   ----------------------------------  ---------------------------------- 
                                                                                    2022 
                                   2023      2022(1)      % Change     2023          (1)      % Change 
-----------------------------   -------      -------      --------  -------      -------      -------- 
 
Operating results 
Net interest income                 882        1,313          (33)    1,981        2,645          (25) 
Non-interest income               1,597        1,126            42    3,080        2,260            36 
-----------------------------   -------      -------      --------  -------      -------      -------- 
Total revenues                    2,479        2,439             2    5,061        4,905             3 
Non-interest expenses             1,374        1,299             6    2,777        2,579             8 
-----------------------------   -------      -------      --------  -------      -------      -------- 
Income before provisions for 
 credit losses and income 
 taxes                            1,105        1,140           (3)    2,284        2,326           (2) 
Provisions for credit losses         85            3                    171            1 
-----------------------------   -------      -------      --------  -------      -------      -------- 
Income before income taxes        1,020        1,137          (10)    2,113        2,325           (9) 
Income taxes                        173          248          (30)      385          506          (24) 
-----------------------------   -------      -------      --------  -------      -------      -------- 
Net income                          847          889           (5)    1,728        1,819           (5) 
-----------------------------   -------      -------      --------  -------      -------      -------- 
Diluted earnings per share 
 (dollars)                         2.38         2.53           (6)     4.87         5.17           (6) 
-----------------------------   -------      -------      --------  -------      -------      -------- 
 
Taxable equivalent basis (2) 
Net interest income                  76           49                    154          109 
Non-interest income                  56            3                    108            7 
Income taxes                        132           52                    262          116 
-----------------------------   -------      -------      --------  -------      -------      -------- 
Impact of taxable equivalent 
 basis on net income                  -            -                      -            - 
-----------------------------   -------      -------      --------  -------      -------      -------- 
 
Specified items (2) 
Income taxes related to the 
 Canadian 
 government's 2022 
 tax measures                         -            -                   (24)            - 
-----------------------------   -------      -------      --------  -------      -------      -------- 
Specified items after income 
 taxes                                -            -                     24            - 
-----------------------------   -------      -------      --------  -------      -------      -------- 
 
Operating results - Adjusted 
 (2) 
Net interest income - 
 Adjusted                           958        1,362          (30)    2,135        2,754          (22) 
Non-interest income - 
 Adjusted                         1,653        1,129            46    3,188        2,267            41 
-----------------------------   -------      -------      --------  -------      -------      -------- 
Total revenues - Adjusted         2,611        2,491             5    5,323        5,021             6 
Non-interest expenses - 
 Adjusted                         1,374        1,299             6    2,777        2,579             8 
-----------------------------   -------      -------      --------  -------      -------      -------- 
Income before provisions for 
 credit losses and 
 income taxes - Adjusted          1,237        1,192             4    2,546        2,442             4 
Provisions for credit losses         85            3                    171            1 
-----------------------------   -------      -------      --------  -------      -------      -------- 
Income before income taxes - 
 Adjusted                         1,152        1,189           (3)    2,375        2,441           (3) 
Income taxes - Adjusted             305          300             2      623          622             - 
-----------------------------   -------      -------      --------  -------      -------      -------- 
Net income - Adjusted               847          889           (5)    1,752        1,819           (4) 
-----------------------------   -------      -------      --------  -------      -------      -------- 
Diluted earnings per share - 
 Adjusted (dollars)                2.38         2.53           (6)     4.94         5.17           (4) 
-----------------------------   -------      -------      --------  -------      -------      -------- 
Average assets(3)               421,215      384,626            10  423,111      386,683             9 
Average loans and 
 acceptances(3)                 213,650      189,831            13  211,642      187,760            13 
Average deposits(3)             282,133      251,260            12  281,845      253,069            11 
 
Operating leverage(4)             (4.2)   %      2.3%                 (4.5)   %      2.9% 
Operating leverage - 
 Adjusted(5)                      (1.0)   %      2.5%                 (1.7)   %      3.0% 
 
Efficiency ratio(4)                55.4   %     53.3%                  54.9   %     52.6% 
Efficiency ratio - 
 Adjusted(5)                       52.6   %     52.1%                  52.2   %     51.4% 
Net interest margin, 
 non-trading 
 - Adjusted(5)                     2.09   %     1.93%                  2.14   %     1.89% 
-----------------------------   -------      -------      --------  -------      -------      -------- 
 

(1) For the quarter and six-month period ended April 30, 2022, certain amounts have been adjusted to reflect a change in accounting policy related to cloud computing arrangements. For additional information, see Note 1 to the audited annual consolidated financial statements for the year ended October 31, 2022.

(2) See the Financial Reporting Method section on pages 4 to 9 for additional information on non-GAAP financial measures.

   (3)       Represents an average of the daily balances for the period. 

(4) See the Glossary section on pages 49 to 52 for details on the composition of these measures.

(5) See the Financial Reporting Method section on pages 4 to 9 for additional information on non-GAAP ratios.

Financial Results

For the second quarter of 2023, National Bank reported net income of $847 million, down 5% from $889 million in the second quarter of 2022. Second-quarter diluted earnings per share stood at $2.38 compared to $2.53 in the second quarter of 2022. Revenue growth across the business segments was offset by higher non-interest expenses and higher provisions for credit losses.

For the six month-period ended April 30, 2023, the Bank's net income totalled $1,728 million, down 5% from $1,819 million in the same period of 2022. First-half diluted earnings per share stood at $4.87 compared to $5.17 in the same period of 2022. Good performance across all of the business segments, driven by revenue growth, was offset by higher provisions for credit losses recorded to reflect a less favourable macroeconomic outlook as well as by an impact on tax expense arising from the Canadian government's 2022 tax measures.

Also for the six-month period ended April 30, 2023, adjusted net income totalled $1,752 million (excluding a $24 million tax expense related to the Canadian government's 2022 tax measures), down 4% from $1,819 million in the same period of 2022, while the first-half adjusted diluted earnings per share stood at $4.94 versus $5.17 in the first half of 2022. These decreases were mainly due to higher provisions for credit losses on non-impaired loans recorded in the first half of 2023, whereas the macroeconomic conditions had been more favourable in the same period of 2022. The Bank's first-half adjusted income before provisions for credit losses and income taxes totalled $2,546 million, a 4% year-over-year increase driven by revenue growth across all of the business segments.

Return on common shareholders' equity was 17.7% for the six-month period ended April 30, 2023 compared to 21.3% in the same six-month period of 2022.

Total Revenues

For the second quarter of 2023, the Bank's total revenues amounted to $2,479 million, rising $40 million or 2% year over year. In the Personal and Commercial segment, second-quarter total revenues rose 14% year over year owing to growth in loans and deposits, to a higher net interest margin resulting from interest rate hikes, and to increases in credit card revenues, insurance revenues, revenues from bankers' acceptances, and revenues from derivative financial instruments, partly offset by a decrease in revenues from foreign exchange activities. In the Wealth Management segment, second-quarter total revenues grew 7% year over year, mainly due to higher net interest income resulting from higher interest rates; this growth was partly offset by a decrease in fee-based revenues, notably revenues from mutual funds and from investment management and trust service fees. In addition, securities brokerage commissions decreased year over year given fewer commission-generating transactions. In the Financial Markets segment, second-quarter total revenues on a taxable equivalent basis increased by 6% year over year due to an increase in corporate and investment banking revenues, partly offset by a decrease in global markets revenues. In the USSF&I segment, second-quarter total revenues amounted to $285 million, stable compared to the second quarter of 2022, as sustained revenue growth at ABA Bank was offset by a decrease in Credigy's revenues. In the Other heading of segment results, second-quarter total revenues were down year over year, mainly due to a decrease in gains on investments.

For the six-month period ended April 30, 2023, total revenues amounted to $5,061 million, up $156 million or 3% from $4,905 million in the same six-month period of 2022. In the Personal and Commercial segment, first-half total revenues rose $304 million or 16% year over year owing to an increase in net interest income (as both loans and deposits grew), a higher net interest margin (resulting from higher interest rates) as well as to increases in credit card revenues, revenues from bankers' acceptances, revenues from derivative financial instruments, and revenues from foreign exchange activities. In the Wealth Management segment, first-half total revenues grew 7%, mainly due to an increase in net interest income, partly offset by a decrease in fee-based revenues and transaction-based and other revenues given weak market performance compared to the first half of 2022. In the Financial Markets segment, first-half total revenues on a taxable equivalent basis were up $67 million or 5% year over year given growth in corporate and investment banking revenues, partly offset by a decrease in global markets revenues. In the USSF&I segment, first-half total revenues were up 6% year over year owing to revenue growth at ABA Bank, which was driven by higher loans and deposits. Lastly, for the Other heading of segment results, first-half total revenues reflect a lower contribution from Treasury activities and lower gains on investment than those of first-half 2022.

Non-Interest Expenses

For the second quarter of 2023, non-interest expenses stood at $1,374 million, up 6% from the second quarter of 2022. The increase was essentially attributable to higher compensation and employee benefits, notably due to wage growth and a greater number of employees, partly offset by a decrease in variable compensation. Occupancy expense was also up, partly related to expansion of the ABA Bank network and to expenses arising from the Bank's new head office building. An increase in technology expenses, including amortization, was attributable to significant investments made to support the Bank's technological evolution and business development plan. Other expenses were also up, notably given an increase in travel and business development expenses, as activities with clients resumed, and also given an increase in advertising expenses.

First-half non-interest expenses stood at $2,777 million, an 8% year-over-year increase that was due to the same reasons provided above for the second quarter. Also explaining the increase in other expenses was the reversal of the provision for the compensatory tax on salaries paid in Quebec of $20 million that had been recorded during the first quarter of 2022.

Provisions for Credit Losses

For the second quarter of 2023, the Bank recorded $85 million in provisions for credit losses compared to $3 million in the same quarter of 2022. This increase stems mainly from higher provisions for credit losses on non-impaired loans recorded to reflect new loan origination as well as a less favourable macroeconomic outlook compared to the second quarter of 2022 (notably rising inflation and geopolitical instability). Also, in the second quarter of 2022, the Bank had recorded reversals of allowances for credit losses on non-impaired loans given a more favourable macroeconomic environment and more favourable credit conditions at that time. Second-quarter provisions for credit losses on impaired loans, excluding purchased or originated credit-impaired (POCI) loans(1) rose $24 million year over year. This increase stems from Personal Banking (including credit card receivables), reflecting a normalization of credit performance, from the Financial Markets segment, and from Credigy (excluding POCI loans). These increases were tempered by a decrease in provisions for credit losses on impaired loans at ABA Bank. The second-quarter provisions for credit losses on Credigy's POCI loans increased $4 million year over year given remeasurements of certain portfolios.

For the six-month period ended April 30, 2023, the Bank recorded $171 million in provisions for credit losses compared to $1 million in the same period of 2022. This increase stems mainly from higher provisions for credit losses on non-impaired loans recorded to reflect a less favourable macroeconomic outlook compared to the first half of 2022 caused by the same reasons provided for the quarter. As for provisions for credit losses on impaired loans excluding POCI loans(1) , they were also up, mainly due to Personal Banking (including credit card receivables), Commercial Banking, and the Credigy subsidiary. First-half provisions for credit losses on Credigy's POCI loans were also up given a favourable remeasurement of certain portfolios in the same period of 2022. These increases were tempered by higher recoveries for credit losses recorded by the Financial Markets segment in the first half of 2023 as well as by a decrease in provisions for credit losses on impaired loans at ABA Bank.

Income Taxes

For the second quarter of 2023, income taxes stood at $173 million compared to $248 million in the same quarter of 2022. The 2023 second-quarter effective income tax rate was 17% compared to 22% in the same quarter of 2022. The year-over-year change in effective income tax rate stems mainly from a higher level and proportion of tax-exempt dividend income and from higher income in lower tax-rate jurisdictions, factors that were partly offset by the additional 1.5% tax on banks and life insurers.

For the six-month period ended April 30, 2023, the effective income tax rate stood at 18% compared to 22% in the same six-month period of 2022. The year-over-year change in effective income tax rate stems from the same reasons as those mentioned for the quarter, partly offset by the impact of the Canadian government's 2022 tax measures recorded in the first quarter of 2023, namely, the Canada Recovery Dividend and the additional 1.5% tax on banks and life insurers.

(1) See the Glossary section on pages 49 to 52 for details on the composition of these measures.

Results by Segment

The Bank carries out its activities in four business segments: Personal and Commercial, Wealth Management, Financial Markets, and U.S. Specialty Finance and International, which comprises the activities of the Credigy Ltd. (Credigy) and Advanced Bank of Asia Limited (ABA Bank) subsidiaries. Other operating activities, certain specified items, Treasury activities, and the operations of the Flinks Technology Inc. (Flinks) subsidiary are grouped in the Other heading of segment results. Each reportable segment is distinguished by services offered, type of clientele, and marketing strategy.

Personal and Commercial

 
                                              Quarter ended April           Six months ended April 
(millions of Canadian dollars)                                 30                               30 
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                                     2023   2022(1)      % Change     2023   2022(1)      % Change 
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Operating results 
Net interest income                   802       670            20    1,627     1,339            22 
Non-interest income                   298       292             2      597       581             3 
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Total revenues                      1,100       962            14    2,224     1,920            16 
Non-interest expenses                 601       552             9    1,207     1,107             9 
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Income before provisions for 
 credit losses and income taxes       499       410            22    1,017       813            25 
Provisions for credit losses           37        11                     98         6 
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Income before income taxes            462       399            16      919       807            14 
Income taxes                          127       106            20      253       214            18 
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Net income                            335       293            14      666       593            12 
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Net interest margin(2)               2.34  %   2.10%                  2.35  %   2.07% 
Average interest-bearing 
 assets(2)                        140,319   131,153             7  139,758   130,301             7 
Average assets(3)                 147,316   137,636             7  146,714   136,852             7 
Average loans and 
 acceptances(3)                   146,489   137,079             7  145,909   136,113             7 
Net impaired loans(2)                 217       191            14      217       191            14 
Net impaired loans as a % of 
 total loans and acceptances(2)       0.1  %    0.1%                   0.1  %    0.1% 
Average deposits(3)                83,983    78,912             6   84,526    79,494             6 
 
Efficiency ratio(2)                  54.6  %   57.4%                  54.3  %   57.7% 
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(1) For the quarter and six-month period ended April 30, 2022, certain amounts have been reclassified, notably due to a revised method for the sectoral allocation of technology investment expenses. In addition, certain amounts have been adjusted to reflect a change in accounting policy related to cloud computing arrangements (for additional information, see Note 1 to the audited annual consolidated financial statements for the year ended October 31, 2022).

(2) See the Glossary section on pages 49 to 52 for details on the composition of these measures.

   (3)       Represents an average of the daily balances for the period. 

In the Personal and Commercial segment, net income totalled $335 million in the second quarter of 2023, up 14% from $293 million in the second quarter of 2022. The segment's second-quarter income before provisions for credit losses and income taxes grew 22% year over year. Second-quarter net interest income rose 20% year over year owing to growth in personal and commercial loans and deposits as well as to a higher net interest margin, which was 2.34% in second-quarter 2023 compared to 2.10% in second-quarter 2022. This growth reflects the interest rate hikes and was mainly attributable to the deposit margin. As for second-quarter non-interest income, it grew $6 million or 2% year over year.

Personal Banking's second-quarter total revenues increased by $53 million year over year. This increase came from an increase in net interest income driven by loan and deposit growth, from an improved margin on deposits, and from higher insurance and card revenues. Commercial Banking's second-quarter total revenues grew $85 million year over year, mainly due to an increase in net interest income that was driven by loan and deposit growth and an improved deposit margin as well as to increases in revenues from bankers' acceptances and from derivative financial instruments, partly offset by a decrease in revenues from foreign exchange activities.

For the second quarter of 2023, the Personal and Commercial segment's non-interest expenses stood at $601 million, a 9% year-over-year increase that was mainly due to higher compensation and employee benefits (given wage growth and a greater number of employees), to investments made as part of the segment's technological evolution, and to operations support charges. At 54.6%, the segment's second-quarter efficiency ratio improved by 2.8 percentage points year over year as a result of strong revenue growth. The segment recorded $37 million in provisions for credit losses in the second quarter of 2023 compared to $11 million in the same quarter of 2022. This increase came mainly from higher provisions for credit losses on non-impaired loans recorded to reflect a less favourable macroeconomic outlook. Furthermore, provisions for credit losses on impaired loans were also up year over year, reflecting a normalization of credit performance.

For the six-month period ended April 30, 2023, Personal and Commercial's net income totalled $666 million versus $593 million in the same period of 2022, an increase that was mainly due to 16% growth in the segment's total revenues. First-half income before provisions for credit losses and income taxes totalled $1,017 million, a 25% year-over-year increase. Personal Banking's first-half total revenues were up, mainly due to growth in loans and deposits and to a higher deposit margin (partly offset by a lower margin on loans) as well as to increases in credit card revenues. In addition, Commercial Banking's first-half total revenues rose 28% owing to growth in loans and deposits, to a higher net interest margin, as well as to increases in revenues from bankers' acceptances, from derivative financial instruments, and from foreign exchange activities.

First-half non-interest expenses stood at $1,207 million, a 9% year-over-year increase that was due to the same reasons provided above for the second quarter. At 54.3%, the first-half efficiency ratio improved by 3.4 percentage points from the same period in 2022. The segment recorded $98 million in provisions for credit losses in the first half of 2023 compared to $6 million in the same period of 2022. This increase came mainly from higher provisions for credit losses on non-impaired loans recorded to reflect new loan origination and a less favourable macroeconomic outlook. In addition, first-half provisions for credit losses on impaired loans were also up year over year.

Wealth Management

 
                                              Quarter ended April           Six months ended April 
(millions of Canadian dollars)                                 30                               30 
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                                     2023   2022(1)      % Change     2023   2022(1)      % Change 
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Operating results 
Net interest income                   190       127            50      398       246            62 
Fee-based revenues                    350       359           (3)      697       731           (5) 
Transaction-based and other 
 revenues                              77        93          (17)      159       194          (18) 
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Total revenues                        617       579             7    1,254     1,171             7 
Non-interest expenses                 372       357             4      736       717             3 
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Income before provisions for 
 credit losses and income taxes       245       222            10      518       454            14 
Provisions for credit losses            -         -                      -         - 
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Income before income taxes            245       222            10      518       454            14 
Income taxes                           67        59            14      142       121            17 
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Net income                            178       163             9      376       333            13 
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Average assets(2)                   8,518     8,327             2    8,521     8,329             2 
Average loans and 
 acceptances(2)                     7,542     7,256             4    7,546     7,201             5 
Net impaired loans(3)                   5        19          (74)        5        19          (74) 
Average deposits(2)                40,344    34,810            16   40,278    34,412            17 
Assets under administration(3)    673,483   627,739             7  673,483   627,739             7 
Assets under management(3)        123,029   114,932             7  123,029   114,932             7 
 
Efficiency ratio(3)                  60.3  %   61.7%                  58.7  %   61.2% 
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(1) For the quarter and six-month period ended April 30, 2022, certain amounts have been reclassified, notably due to a revised method for the sectoral allocation of technology investment expenses. In addition, certain amounts have been adjusted to reflect a change in accounting policy related to cloud computing arrangements (for additional information, see Note 1 to the audited annual consolidated financial statements for the year ended October 31, 2022).

   (2)       Represents an average of the daily balances for the period. 

(3) See the Glossary section on pages 49 to 52 for details on the composition of these measures.

In the Wealth Management segment, net income totalled $178 million in the second quarter of 2023, a 9% increase from $163 million in the second quarter of 2022. The segment's second-quarter total revenues amounted to $617 million, up $38 million or 7% from $579 million in the second quarter of 2022. This increase in revenues was driven by a $63 million or 50% increase in net interest income resulting from the interest rate hikes that occurred over the past year. Second-quarter fee-based revenues decreased by 3%, as there was weaker stock market performance year over year, partly offset by positive net inflows into various solutions. As for transaction-based and other revenues, they were down 17% year over year as a result of lower commission-generating trading volume.

For the second quarter of 2023, the Wealth Management segment's non-interest expenses stood at $372 million, a $15 million or 4% year-over-year increase that was due to higher compensation and employee benefits and higher technology expenses related to the segment's initiatives, partly offset by a decrease in variable compensation and external management fees. At 60.3%, the segment's second-quarter efficiency ratio improved by 1.4 percentage points from 61.7% in the second quarter of 2022. The provisions for credit losses were negligible in the second quarters of fiscal 2023 and 2022.

For the first half of 2023, Wealth Management's net income totalled $376 million, up 13% from $333 million in the same period of 2022. The segment's first-half total revenues amounted to $1,254 million, up 7% from $1,171 million in the same period of 2022. Its first-half net interest income grew $152 million or 62% year over year owing to higher interest rates. First-half fee-based revenues decreased by 5%, as there was weaker stock market performance year over year, partly offset by positive net inflows into various solutions. As for transaction and other revenues, they decreased 18% year over year as a result of lower commission-generating trading volume. First-half non-interest expenses stood at $736 million compared to $717 million in the first half of 2022; this increase was due to higher compensation and employee benefits and to an increase in technology expenses related to the segment's initiatives, partly offset by a decrease in variable compensation and external management fees. At 58.7%, the first-half efficiency ratio improved by 2.5 percentage points compared to 61.2% in the same period of 2022. The segment's provisions for credit losses were negligible in the first-half periods of fiscal 2023 and 2022.

Financial Markets

 
(taxable equivalent 
basis)(1) 
(millions of Canadian                         Quarter ended April               Six months ended April 
dollars)                                                       30                                   30 
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                                  2023      2022(2)      % Change     2023      2022(2)       % Change 
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Operating results 
Global markets 
 Equities                          222          287          (23)      414          570           (27) 
 Fixed-income                       97           69            41      248          179             39 
 Commodities and foreign 
  exchange                          66           40            65      120           80             50 
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                                   385          396           (3)      782          829            (6) 
Corporate and investment 
 banking                           287          236            22      579          465             25 
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Total revenues(1)                  672          632             6    1,361        1,294              5 
Non-interest expenses              283          258            10      570          521              9 
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Income before provisions for 
 credit losses and income 
 taxes                             389          374             4      791          773              2 
Provisions for credit losses        19         (16)                     10         (32) 
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Income before income taxes         370          390           (5)      781          805            (3) 
Income taxes(1)                    102          103           (1)      215          213              1 
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Net income                         268          287           (7)      566          592            (4) 
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Average assets(3)              172,361      149,029            16  172,819      153,467             13 
Average loans and 
 acceptances(3) 
 (Corporate Banking only)       28,804       21,431            34   27,921       20,815             34 
Net impaired loans(4)               76            3                     76            3 
Net impaired loans as a % of 
 total loans and 
 acceptances(4)                    0.3   %        -%                   0.3   %        -% 
Average deposits(3)             58,339       45,203            29   55,540       46,346             20 
 
Efficiency ratio (4)              42.1   %     40.8%                  41.9   %     40.3% 
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(1) The Total revenues and Income taxes items of the Financial Markets segment are presented on a taxable equivalent basis. Taxable equivalent basis is a calculation method that consists in grossing up certain revenues taxed at lower rates by the income tax to a level that would make it comparable to revenues from taxable sources in Canada. For the quarter ended April 30, 2023, Total revenues were grossed up by $130 million ($50 million in 2022) and an equivalent amount was recognized in Income taxes. For the six-month period ended April 30, 2023, Total revenues were grossed up by $259 million ($113 million in 2022) and an equivalent amount was recognized in Income taxes. The effect of these adjustments is reversed under the Other heading in the segment results.

(2) For the quarter and six-month period ended April 30, 2022, certain amounts have been reclassified, notably due to a revised method for the sectoral allocation of technology investment expenses. In addition, certain amounts have been adjusted to reflect a change in accounting policy related to cloud computing arrangements (for additional information, see Note 1 to the audited annual consolidated financial statements for the year ended October 31, 2022).

   (3)       Represents an average of the daily balances for the period. 

(4) See the Glossary section on pages 49 to 52 for details on the composition of these measures.

In the Financial Markets segment, net income totalled $268 million in the second quarter of 2023, down 7% from $287 million in the second quarter of 2022. Income before provisions for credit losses and income taxes totalled $389 million in the second quarter of 2023, up 4% from the second quarter of 2022. Second-quarter total revenues amounted to $672 million, up $40 million or 6% from $632 million in the second quarter of 2022. Global markets revenues were down 3% given a 23% decrease in revenues from equity securities, tempered by a 41% increase in revenues from fixed-income securities and a 65% increase in revenues from commodities and foreign exchange activities. Second-quarter corporate and investment banking revenues grew 22% year over year given an increase in revenues from merger and acquisition activity and in banking services revenues, reflecting growth in loan volumes and a higher margin on deposits, with these increases being partly offset by lower revenues from capital markets activity.

Second-quarter non-interest expenses stood at $283 million, a 10% year-over-year increase that was due to higher compensation and employee benefits (notably wage growth and the variable compensation associated with the segment's revenue growth), as well as to higher technology investment expenses, higher operations support charges, and expenses related to the segment's business growth. At 42.1%, the second-quarter efficiency ratio deteriorated when compared to 40.8% in the second quarter of 2022. The segment recorded $19 million in provisions for credit losses in the second quarter of 2023 compared to $16 million in recoveries of credit losses in the second quarter of 2022. This increase came from higher provisions for credit losses on impaired loans of $9 million and on non-impaired loans of $26 million recorded to reflect new loan origination and less favourable macroeconomic conditions in the second quarter of 2023.

For the six months ended April 30, 2023, the segment's net income totalled $566 million, down 4% from the same six-month period in 2022. First-half income before provisions for credit losses and income taxes totalled $791 million, up 2% from the first half of 2022. As for first-half total revenues, they amounted to $1,361 million, up $67 million or 5% from $1,294 million in the same period of 2022. Global markets revenues were down $47 million given a 27% decrease in revenues from equity securities, whereas revenues from fixed-income securities rose 39% and revenues from commodities and foreign exchange activities rose 50%. First-half corporate and investment banking revenues grew 25% year over year due to the same reasons provided above for the quarter.

First-half non-interest expenses rose 9% year over year, mainly due to the same reasons provided above for the second quarter. At 41.9%, the first-half efficiency ratio compares to 40.3% in the same period of 2022. The segment recorded $10 million in provisions for credit losses during the first half of 2023 compared to $32 million in recoveries of credit losses in the same first-half period of 2022. The increase in credit losses on non-impaired loans was partly offset by higher recoveries of credit losses on impaired loans recorded in the first half of 2023.

U.S. Specialty Finance and International (USSF&I)

 
                                                 Quarter ended April            Six months ended April 
(millions of Canadian dollars)                                    30                                30 
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                                      2023        2022      % Change    2023        2022      % Change 
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Total revenues 
 Credigy                               108         120          (10)     245         246             - 
 ABA Bank                              178         164             9     358         322            11 
 International                         (1)           1                     1           2 
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                                       285         285             -     604         570             6 
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Non-interest expenses 
 Credigy                                33          35           (6)      69          68             1 
 ABA Bank                               65          52            25     126          99            27 
 International                           -           1                     1           1 
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                                        98          88            11     196         168            17 
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Income before provisions for 
 credit losses and income taxes        187         197           (5)     408         402             1 
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Provisions for credit losses 
 Credigy                                20           4                    51          18 
 ABA Bank                                6           5            20      10           9            11 
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                                        26           9                    61          27 
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Income before income taxes             161         188          (14)     347         375           (7) 
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Income taxes 
 Credigy                                11          17          (35)      26          34          (24) 
 ABA Bank                               22          19            16      46          41            12 
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                                        33          36           (8)      72          75           (4) 
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Net income 
 Credigy                                44          64          (31)      99         126          (21) 
 ABA Bank                               85          88           (3)     176         173             2 
 International                         (1)           -                     -           1 
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                                       128         152          (16)     275         300           (8) 
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Average assets(1)                   22,562      18,230            24  22,076      18,100            22 
Average loans and receivables(1)    18,369      14,647            25  18,151      14,515            25 
Purchased or originated 
 credit-impaired 
 (POCI) loans                          390         376             4     390         376             4 
Net impaired loans excluding 
 POCI loans(2)                         179          80                   179          80 
Average deposits(1)                 10,586       8,342            27  10,193       8,115            26 
 
Efficiency ratio(2)                   34.4   %    30.9%                 32.5   %    29.5% 
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   (1)       Represents an average of the daily balances for the period. 

(2) See the Glossary section on pages 49 to 52 for details on the composition of these measures.

In the USSF&I segment, net income totalled $128 million in the second quarter of 2023 compared to $152 million in the same quarter of 2022, as stability in total revenues was offset by higher non-interest expenses and higher provisions for credit losses. The segment's second-quarter total revenues amounted to $285 million, stable compared to the second quarter of 2022. For the six-month period ended April 30, 2023, the segment recorded net income of $275 million compared to $300 million in the same six-month period of 2022, an 8% decrease that was attributable to Credigy's business activities.

Credigy

For the second quarter of 2023, the Credigy subsidiary's net income totalled $44 million, a $20 million or 31% year-over-year decrease that was due to lower revenues and higher provisions for credit losses. Total revenues, which amounted to $108 million in the second quarter of 2023 compared to $120 million in the same quarter of 2022, were down, mainly due to a lower margin related to the portfolio mix as well as to greater performance in certain portfolios in the second quarter of 2022, partly offset by the impact of exchange rate changes. Credigy's second-quarter non-interest expenses stood at $33 million, a $2 million year-over-year decrease that was mainly due to compensation and employee benefits. Provisions for credit losses increased by $16 million compared to the same quarter of 2022, due to an increase in provisions for credit losses on non-impaired loans associated with growth in the loan portfolio and a deterioration in risk parameters as well as to an increase in provisions for credit losses on impaired loans and POCI loans.

For the six-month period ended April 30, 2023, the Credigy subsidiary's net income totalled $99 million, a 21% year-over-year decrease that was due to higher provisions for credit losses. The subsidiary's first-half income before provisions for credit losses and income taxes totalled $176 million, down 1%. Its first-half total revenues amounted to $245 million compared to $246 million in the same period of 2022. A decrease in net interest income was partly offset by revenue recorded upon the prepayment of a credit facility recognized in the first quarter of 2023 as well as by growth in non-interest income to reflect an unfavourable impact of remeasuring the fair value of certain portfolios during the first half of 2022. Credigy's first-half non-interest expenses stood at $69 million, relatively stable compared to the first half of 2022. First-half provisions for credit losses rose $33 million year over year, mainly due to the same reasons provided above for the second quarter.

ABA Bank

For the second quarter of 2023, the ABA Bank subsidiary's net income totalled $85 million, down $3 million or 3% from the same quarter in 2022. The subsidiary's second-quarter total revenues were up 9% due to sustained loan and deposit growth as well as by the impact of exchange rate changes, partly offset by an increase in interest rates on deposits and by lower interest rates on loans in a competitive environment in Cambodia. Non-interest expenses for the second quarter of 2023 stood at $65 million, a $13 million or 25% year-over-year increase attributable to higher compensation and employee benefits (notably due to wage growth given a greater number of employees) and to higher occupancy expenses resulting from the subsidiary's business growth and opening of new branches. Provisions for credit losses, which stood at $6 million in the second quarter of 2023, rose $1 million year over year.

For the six-month period ended April 30, 2023, the ABA Bank subsidiary's net income totalled $176 million, up 2% year over year. Growth in the subsidiary's business activities, mainly sustained growth in loans and deposits, explains an 11% year-over-year increase in its first-half total revenues. This increase was, however, partly offset by higher interest rates on deposits and lower interest rates on loans given a competitive environment in Cambodia. First-half non-interest expenses stood at $126 million, a 27% year-over-year increase that was due to the same reasons provided above for the second quarter. The subsidiary's first-half provisions for credit losses stood at $10 million, a $1 million year-over-year increase that stems from higher provisions for credit losses on non-impaired loans, partly offset by lower provisions for credit losses on impaired loans.

Other

 
                                                            Quarter ended    Six months ended 
(millions of Canadian dollars)                                   April 30            April 30 
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Operating results 
Net interest income(2)                                     (167)    (116)     (309)     (240) 
Non-interest income(2)                                      (28)       97      (73)       190 
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Total revenues                                             (195)     (19)     (382)      (50) 
Non-interest expenses                                         20       44        68        66 
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Income before provisions for credit losses 
 and income taxes                                          (215)     (63)     (450)     (116) 
Provisions for credit losses                                   3      (1)         2         - 
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Income before income taxes                                 (218)     (62)     (452)     (116) 
Income taxes (recovery)(2)                                 (156)     (56)     (297)     (117) 
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Net income (loss)                                           (62)      (6)     (155)         1 
Non-controlling interests                                    (1)      (1)       (1)       (1) 
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Net income (loss) attributable to the Bank's 
 shareholders and holders of other equity instruments       (61)      (5)     (154)         2 
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Specified items after income taxes(3)                          -        -        24         - 
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Net income (loss) - Adjusted (3)                            (62)      (6)     (131)         1 
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Average assets(4)                                         70,458   71,404    72,981    69,935 
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(1) For the quarter and six-month period ended April 30, 2022, certain amounts have been reclassified, notably due to a revised method for the sectoral allocation of technology investment expenses. In addition, certain amounts have been adjusted to reflect a change in accounting policy related to cloud computing arrangements (for additional information, see Note 1 to the audited annual consolidated financial statements for the year ended October 31, 2022).

(2) For the quarter ended April 30, 2023, an amount of $76 million ($49 million in 2022) was deducted from Net interest income, an amount of $56 million ($3 million in 2022) was deducted from Non-interest income, and an equivalent amount was recorded in Income taxes (recovery). For the six-month period ended April 30, 2023, Net interest income was reduced by $154 million ($109 million in 2022), Non-interest income was reduced by $108 million ($7 million in 2022), and an equivalent amount was recognized in Income taxes (recovery). These adjustments include a reversal of the taxable equivalent of the Financial Markets segment and the Other heading. Taxable equivalent basis is a calculation method that consists of grossing up certain revenues taxed at lower rates by the income tax to a level that would make it comparable to revenues from taxable sources in Canada.

(3) See the Financial Reporting Method section on pages 4 to 9 for additional information on non-GAAP financial measures.

   (4)       Represents an average of the daily balances for the period. 

For the Other heading of segment results, there was a net loss of $62 million in the second quarter of 2023 compared to a net loss of $6 million in the second quarter of 2022. This change stems essentially from a decrease in total revenues arising from higher gains on investments recorded in the second quarter of 2022. Second-quarter non-interest expenses were down year over year, notably due to a decrease in variable compensation.

For the six-month period ended April 30, 2023, net loss stood at $155 million compared to $1 million in net income for the six-month period ended April 30, 2022. This change was due to a decrease in total revenues arising mainly from a lower contribution from Treasury activities and from lower gains on investments in the first half of 2023. In addition, the specified items recorded for the first half of 2023 and related to the Canadian government's 2022 tax measures contributed to a higher net loss. These specified items include a $32 million tax expense for the Canada Recovery Dividend (i.e., a one-time, 15% tax on the fiscal 2021 and 2020 average taxable income above $1 billion) as well as an $8 million tax recovery related to a 1.5% increase in the statutory tax rate, which includes the impact related to current and deferred taxes for fiscal 2022. For the six-month period ended April 30, 2023, adjusted net loss stood at $131 million compared to $1 million in net income for the six-month period ended April 30, 2022.

Consolidated Balance Sheet

Consolidated Balance Sheet Summary

 
                                                   As at April  As at October 
(millions of Canadian dollars)                        30, 2023       31, 2022  % Change 
------------------------------------------------   -----------  -------------  -------- 
 
Assets 
Cash and deposits with financial institutions           42,501         31,870        33 
Securities                                             116,922        109,719         7 
Securities purchased under reverse repurchase 
agreements and securities borrowed                      16,827         26,486      (36) 
Loans and acceptances, net of allowances               215,764        206,744         4 
Other                                                   25,670         28,921      (11) 
------------------------------------------------   -----------  -------------  -------- 
                                                       417,684        403,740         3 
  -----------------------------------------------  -----------  -------------  -------- 
 
Liabilities and equity 
Deposits                                               281,514        266,394         6 
Other                                                  112,801        114,101       (1) 
Subordinated debt                                          748          1,499      (50) 
Equity attributable to the Bank's shareholders 
 and holders of other equity instruments                22,620         21,744         4 
Non-controlling interests                                    1              2      (50) 
------------------------------------------------   -----------  -------------  -------- 
                                                       417,684        403,740         3 
  -----------------------------------------------  -----------  -------------  -------- 
 

Assets

As at April 30, 2023, the Bank had total assets of $417.7 billion, a $14.0 billion or 3% increase from $403.7 billion as at October 31, 2022. At $42.5 billion as at April 30, 2023, cash and deposits with financial institutions were up $10.6 billion, mainly due to an increase in deposits with the Bank of Canada and the U.S. Federal Reserve. The high level of cash and deposits with financial institutions was partly due to the excess liquidity related to the accommodative monetary policies that have been applied by central banks since 2020.

As at April 30, 2023, securities totalled $116.9 billion, increasing $7.2 billion since October 31, 2022. Securities at fair value through profit or loss increased by $5.7 billion or 7%, essentially due to equity securities and securities issued or guaranteed by the Canadian government, partly offset by a decrease in securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S. Treasury, other U.S. agencies and other foreign governments. Securities other than those measured at fair value through profit or loss were also up, rising $1.5 billion. Securities purchased under reverse repurchase agreements and securities borrowed decreased by $9.7 billion since October 31, 2022, mainly due to the activities of the Financial Markets segment and Treasury.

Totalling $215.8 billion as at April 30, 2023, loans and acceptances, net of allowances for credit losses, rose $9.1 billion or 4% since October 31, 2022. The following table provides a breakdown of the main loan and acceptance portfolios.

 
                                         As at April  As at October  As at April 
(millions of Canadian dollars)              30, 2023       31, 2022     30, 2022 
--------------------------------------   -----------  -------------  ----------- 
Loans and acceptances 
Residential mortgage and home equity 
lines of credit                              113,069        109,648      103,987 
Personal                                      15,627         15,804       15,463 
Credit card                                    2,433          2,389        2,252 
Business and government                       85,705         79,858       73,242 
--------------------------------------   -----------  -------------  ----------- 
                                             216,834        207,699      194,944 
Allowances for credit losses                 (1,070)          (955)        (915) 
--------------------------------------   -----------  -------------  ----------- 
                                             215,764        206,744      194,029 
  -------------------------------------  -----------  -------------  ----------- 
 

Since October 31, 2022, residential mortgages (including home equity lines of credit) rose $3.5 billion or 3% given the activities of the Financial Markets segment and the Credigy subsidiary. Compared to October 31, 2022, personal loans were down while credit card receivables increased. Loans and acceptances to business and government rose $5.8 billion or 7% compared to October 31, 2022, mainly due to business growth at Commercial Banking, corporate banking financial services, Treasury activities, and the ABA Bank subsidiary, partly offset by Credigy's repayment of loan portfolios.

Since April 30, 2022, loans and acceptances, net of allowances for credit losses, grew $21.8 billion or 11%. Residential mortgages (including home equity lines of credit) were up $9.1 billion or 9% due to sustained demand for mortgage credit in the Personal and Commercial segment and to business growth in the Financial Markets segment and at the ABA Bank and Credigy subsidiaries. Also compared to a year ago, personal loans and credit card receivables were up slightly and loans and acceptances to business and government rose $12.5 billion or 17%, owing essentially to the activities of Commercial Banking, corporate financial services, Treasury, and ABA Bank.

Impaired loans include loans classified in Stage 3 of the expected credit loss model and the purchased or originated credit-impaired (POCI) loans of the Credigy subsidiary. As at April 30, 2023, gross impaired loans stood at $1,204 million compared to $1,271 million as at October 31, 2022. As for net impaired loans, they totalled $944 million as at April 30, 2023 compared to $1,030 million as at October 31, 2022. Net impaired loans excluding POCI loans amounted to $477 million, decreasing $2 million from $479 million as at October 31, 2022. This decrease was due to decreases in the net impaired loans of the Wealth Management, Financial Markets, and ABA Bank loan portfolios, partly offset by an increase in net impaired loans of the Personal and Commercial Banking and Credigy (excluding POCI loans) loan portfolios. Net POCI loans stood at $467 million as at April 30, 2023 compared to $551 million as at October 31, 2022, down as a result of repayments and maturities of certain loan portfolios.

As at April 30, 2023, other assets totalled $25.7 billion, a $3.2 billion decrease since October 31, 2022 that was mainly due to a decrease in derivative financial instruments, which were down $4.4 billion. This decrease was partly offset by increases in other assets, notably receivables, prepaid expenses and other items as well as interest and dividends receivable.

Liabilities

As at April 30, 2023, the Bank had total liabilities of $395.1 billion compared to $382.0 billion as at October 31, 2022.

The Bank's total deposit liability stood at $281.5 billion as at April 30, 2023, rising $15.1 billion or 6% from $266.4 billion as at October 31, 2022. As at April 30, 2023, personal deposits stood at $85.6 billion, rising $6.8 billion since October 31, 2022. This increase came mainly from business growth at Personal Banking, in the Wealth Management segment, in the Financial Markets segment, and at ABA Bank.

Business and government deposits stood at $191.8 billion as at April 30, 2023, rising $7.6 billion since October 31, 2022. This increase came from the Financial Markets segment and Treasury funding activities, including $2.6 billion in deposits subject to bank recapitalization (bail-in) conversion regulations, partly offset by a decrease in deposits from the activities of Commercial Banking and Wealth Management. Deposits from deposit-taking institutions stood at $4.2 billion as at April 30, 2023, rising $0.8 billion since October 31, 2022 due to Treasury funding activities.

Other liabilities, totalling $112.8 billion as at April 30, 2023, decreased $1.3 billion since October 31, 2022, resulting essentially from a $3.1 billion decrease in obligations related to securities sold short and a $2.7 billion decrease in derivative financial instruments, partly offset by a $4.6 billion increase in obligations related to securities sold under repurchase agreements and securities loaned.

Subordinated debt decreased since October 31, 2022 as a result of the Bank's redemption, on February 1, 2023, of $750 million in medium-term notes.

Equity

As at April 30, 2023, equity attributable to the Bank's shareholders and holders of other equity instruments was $22.6 billion, rising $0.9 billion since October 31, 2022. This increase was due to net income net of dividends and to the issuance of common shares under the Stock Option Plan. These increases were partly offset by remeasurements of pension plans and other post-employment benefit plans and by the net fair value change attributable to the credit risk on financial liabilities designated at fair value through profit or loss.

Event After the Consolidated Balance Sheet Date

On May 2, 2023, the Bank concluded that it had lost significant influence over TMX Group Limited (TMX) and therefore, as of this date, ceased using the equity method to account for this investment. The Bank designated its investment in TMX as a financial asset measured at fair value through other comprehensive income in an amount of $191 million. Following the fair value measurement, a $91 million gain will be recorded in the Non-interest income - Other item of the Consolidated Statement of Income and will be reported in the Other heading of segment results during the third quarter of 2023. As at April 30, 2023, the Bank's ownership interest in TMX was 2.5%.

Related Party Transactions

The Bank's policies and procedures regarding related party transactions have not significantly changed since October 31, 2022. For additional information, see Note 28 to the audited annual consolidated financial statements for the year ended October 31, 2022.

Securitization and Off-Balance-Sheet Arrangements

In the normal course of business, the Bank is party to various financial arrangements that, under IFRS, are not required to be recorded on the Consolidated Balance Sheet or are recorded under amounts other than their notional or contractual values. These arrangements include, among others, transactions with structured entities, derivative financial instruments, issuances of guarantees, credit instruments, and financial assets received as collateral. A complete analysis of these types of arrangements, including their nature, business purpose, and importance, is provided on pages 53 and 54 of the 2022 Annual Report.

For additional information on financial assets transferred but not derecognized , guarantees, commitments, and structured entities, see Notes 8, 26, and 27 to the audited annual consolidated financial statements for the year ended October 31, 2022.

Income Taxes

Notice of Assessment

In March 2023, the Bank was reassessed by the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) for additional income tax and interest of approximately $90 million (including estimated provincial tax and interest) in respect of certain Canadian dividends received by the Bank during the 2018 taxation year.

In prior fiscal years, the Bank had been reassessed for additional income tax and interest of approximately $875 million (including provincial tax and interest) in respect of certain Canadian dividends received by the Bank during the 2012-2017 taxation years.

In the reassessments, the CRA alleges that the dividends were received as part of a "dividend rental arrangement".

The CRA may issue reassessments to the Bank for taxation years subsequent to 2018 in regard to certain activities similar to those that were the subject of the above-mentioned reassessments. The Bank remains confident that its tax position was appropriate and intends to vigorously defend its position. As a result, no amount has been recognized in the consolidated financial statements as at April 30, 2023.

Canadian Government's 2022 Tax Measures

On November 4, 2022, the Government of Canada introduced Bill C-32 - An Act to implement certain provisions of the fall economic statement tabled in Parliament on November 3, 2022 and certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on April 7, 2022 to implement tax measures applicable to certain entities of banking and life insurer groups, as presented in its April 7, 2022 budget. These tax measures include the Canada Recovery Dividend (CRD), which is a one-time, 15% tax on the fiscal 2021 and 2020 average taxable income above $1 billion, as well as a 1.5% increase in the statutory tax rate. On December 15, 2022, Bill C-32 received royal assent. Given that these tax measures were in effect at the financial reporting date, a $32 million tax expense for the CRD and an $8 million tax recovery for the tax rate increase, including the impact related to current and deferred taxes for fiscal 2022, were recognized in the consolidated financial statements as at April 30, 2023.

Proposed Legislation

In its March 28, 2023 budget, the Government of Canada proposed to introduce certain tax measures applicable to the Bank. The measures include the denial of the deduction in respect of dividends received after 2023 on shares that are mark-to-market property for tax purposes, the application of a 2% tax on the net value of equity repurchases occurring as of January 1, 2024, as well as the government's intention to implement the Pillar Two rules (global minimum tax) published by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) for fiscal years beginning as of December 31, 2023. The proposed measures have not yet been included in a bill at the reporting date.

The federal budget of March 28, 2023 also included another tax measure on amendments to the Excise Tax Act, indicating that payment card clearing services rendered by a payment card network operator are subject to the goods and services tax (GST) and the harmonized sales tax (HST). On April 20, 2023, the Government of Canada tabled Bill C-47 - An Act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on March 28, 2023 to implement, among other things, these amendments to the GST/HST for payment cards. Given that the amendment to the Excise Tax Act was not virtually certain at the reporting date, no amount was recognized in the consolidated financial statements as at April 30, 2023.

Capital Management

Capital management has a dual role of ensuring a competitive return to the Bank's shareholders while maintaining a solid capital foundation that covers the risks inherent to the Bank's business activities, supports its business segments, and protects its clients. The Bank's capital management policy defines the guiding principles as well as the roles and responsibilities of its internal capital adequacy assessment process. This process aims to determine the capital that the Bank needs to maintain to pursue its business activities and accommodate unexpected losses arising from extremely adverse economic and operational conditions. For additional information on the capital management framework, see the Capital Management section on pages 55 to 64 of the Bank's 2022 Annual Report.

Basel Accord

The Bank and all other major Canadian banks have to maintain the following minimum capital ratios established by OSFI: a CET1 capital ratio of at least 11.0%, a Tier 1 capital ratio of at least 12.5%, and a Total capital ratio of at least 14.5%. For additional information on the ratio calculations, see page 56 of the 2022 Annual Report. All of these ratios include a capital conservation buffer of 2.5% established by the BCBS and OSFI, a 1.0% surcharge applicable solely to Domestic Systemically Important Banks (D--SIBs), and a 3.0% domestic stability buffer established by OSFI. On December 8, 2022, OSFI expanded the buffer range, setting it at 0% to 4.0% instead of the previous range of 0% to 2.5%, and it announced that the buffer would rise from 2.5% to 3.0% effective February 1, 2023. The domestic stability buffer consists exclusively of CET1 capital. A D-SIB that fails to meet this buffer requirement is not subject to automatic constraints to reduce capital distributions but must provide a remediation plan to OSFI. Lastly, OSFI requires D-SIBs to maintain a Basel III leverage ratio of at least 3.5%. Effective February 1, 2023, OSFI increased the leverage ratio minimum requirement by imposing a Tier 1 capital buffer of 0.5% applicable only to D-SIBs. For additional information on the leverage ratio calculation, see page 57 of the 2022 Annual Report.

In the second quarter of 2023, the Bank implemented OSFI's guidance relating to the Basel III reforms, notably:

   --    a revised Standardized Approach and Internal Ratings-Based (IRB) Approach to credit risk; 
   --    a revised Standardized Approach for operational risk; 
   --    a revised capital output floor; 
   --    a revised Leverage Ratio Framework; and 
   --    revised Pillar 3 disclosure requirements. 

The Basel III reforms also affected the market risk and credit valuation adjustment (CVA) risk frameworks, which will be implemented in the first quarter of 2024.

The Basel Accord proposes a range of approaches of varying complexity, the choice of which determines the sensitivity of capital to risks. A less complex approach, such as the Standardized Approach, uses regulatory weightings, while a more complex approach uses the Bank's internal estimates of risk components to establish risk-weighted assets (RWA) and calculate regulatory capital.

As required under Basel, RWA is calculated for each credit risk, market risk, and operational risk. The Bank uses the IRB Approaches for credit risk to determine minimum regulatory capital requirements for a majority of its portfolios. The Bank must use the Foundation Internal Ratings-Based (FIRB) Approach for certain specific exposure types such as large corporates and financial institutions. For all other exposure types treated under an IRB Approach, the Bank uses the Advanced Internal Ratings-Based (AIRB) Approach. Under the FIRB Approach, the Bank can use its own estimate of probability of default (PD) but must also rely on OSFI estimates for loss given default (LGD) and exposure at default (EAD) risk parameters. Under the AIRB Approach, the Bank can use its own estimates for all risk parameters: PD, LGD, EAD. Under both IRB Approaches, risk parameters are subject to specific input floors. The credit risk of certain portfolios considered to be less significant is weighted according to the revised Standardized Approach, which uses prescribed regulatory weightings. Exposure to banking book equity securities is also weighted according to the revised Standardized Approach. With respect to the capital requirements related to securitization operations, the risk weighting methodologies remain significantly unchanged.

For operational risk, the Bank is applying the revised Standardized Approach, which now incorporates the Bank's internal operational risk loss experience in the calculation of RWA.

Market risk and CVA capital requirement weighting methodologies will remain unchanged until the first quarter of 2024. Market risk-weighted assets are primarily determined using the Internal Model-Based Approach, while the Standardized Approach is used to assess interest-rate specific risk. CVA risk-weighted assets are determined under a prescribed Standardized Approach.

The Bank must also meet the requirements of an updated capital floor, which sets the regulatory capital level according to the Basel III Standardized Approach. If risk-weighted assets calculated according to Basel III are below the regulatory level, the difference is added to risk-weighted assets. OSFI is allowing a phase-in of the floor factor over three years, starting at 65.0% in the second quarter of 2023 and rising 2.5% per year to reach 72.5% in fiscal 2026. If the capital requirement is less than the capital output floor requirement after applying the floor factor, the difference is added to the total RWA.

The implementation of the Basel III reforms had a positive impact of 44 bps on the Bank's CET1 capital ratio. As at April 30, 2023, the Bank was not impacted by the implementation of the updated capital output floor. Lastly, the implementation of the revised leverage ratio framework did not have a significant impact on the Bank.

In addition, OSFI requires that regulatory capital instruments other than common equity must have a non-viability contingent capital (NVCC) clause to ensure that investors bear losses before taxpayers should the government determine that rescuing a non-viable financial institution is in the public interest. As at April 30, 2023, all of the Bank's regulatory capital instruments, other than common shares, have an NVCC clause.

OSFI's Total Loss Absorbing Capacity (TLAC) Guideline, which applies to all D-SIBs under the federal government's bail-in regulations, is to ensure that a D-SIB has sufficient loss-absorbing capacity to support its internal recapitalization in the unlikely event it becomes non-viable. Available TLAC includes total capital as well as certain senior unsecured debts that satisfy all of the eligibility criteria of OSFI's TLAC guideline. OSFI requires D-SIBs to maintain a risk-based TLAC ratio of at least 24.5% (including the domestic stability buffer) of risk-weighted assets and a TLAC leverage ratio of at least 7.25%. The TLAC ratio is calculated by dividing available TLAC by risk--weighted assets, and the TLAC leverage ratio is calculated by dividing available TLAC by total exposure. As at April 30, 2023, outstanding liabilities of $15.4 billion ($12.8 billion as at October 31, 2022) were subject to conversion under the bail-in regulations.

Requirements - Regulatory Capital (1) , Leverage (1) , and TLAC (2) Ratios

 
                                                              Requirements as at April 30, 2023 
 ---------  -------   ------------   -------   ------------------------------------------------  ----- 
 
                                                                                        Minimum 
                                                                                    set by OSFI 
                                                                                          (3) , 
                                                              Minimum                 including 
                                     Minimum                      set    Domestic           the    Ratios 
                           Capital       set                       by   stability      domestic     as at 
                      conservation        by       D-SIB         OSFI      buffer     stability     April 
            Minimum         buffer      BCBS   surcharge          (3)         (4)        buffer  30, 2023 
----------  -------   ------------   -------   ---------      -------   ---------   -----------  -------- 
 
Capital 
ratios 
 
 CET1           4.5  %         2.5  %    7.0  %      1.0   %      8.0  %      3.0  %11.0   %      13.3  % 
 
 Tier 1         6.0  %         2.5  %    8.5  %      1.0   %      9.5  %      3.0  %12.5   %      16.0  % 
 
 Total          8.0  %         2.5  %   10.5  %      1.0   %     11.5  %      3.0  %14.5   %      16.9  % 
 ---------  -------   ------------   -------   ---------      -------   ---------   ----  -----  ----- 
Leverage 
 ratio          3.0  %        n.a.       3.0  %      0.5   %      3.5  %     n.a.    3.5   %       4.2  % 
----------  -------   ------------   -------   ---------      -------   ---------   ----  -----  ----- 
 
TLAC ratio     21.5  %        n.a.      21.5  %     n.a.         21.5  %      3.0  %24.5   %      29.3  % 
----------  -------   ------------   -------   ---------      -------   ---------   ----  -----  ----- 
TLAC 
 leverage 
 ratio         6.75  %        n.a.      6.75  %      0.5%        7.25  %     n.a.   7.25   %       7.8  % 
----------  -------   ------------   -------   ---------      -------   ---------   ----  -----  ----- 
 
   n.a.      Not applicable 

(1) The capital ratios and the leverage ratio are calculated in accordance with the Basel III rules, as set out in OSFI's Capital Adequacy Requirements Guideline and Leverage Requirements Guideline.

(2) The TLAC ratio and the TLAC leverage ratio are calculated in accordance with OSFI's Total Loss Absorbing Capacity Guideline.

(3) The capital ratios and the TLAC ratio include the capital conservation buffer and the D-SIB surcharge. On February 1, 2023, OSFI raised the minimum leverage ratio and the TLAC leverage ratio by imposing a Tier 1 capital buffer of 0.5% (surcharge related to D-SIBs).

(4) On December 8, 2022, OSFI announced that the buffer would rise from 2.5% to 3.0%, effective February 1, 2023.

The Bank ensures that its capital levels are always above the minimum capital requirements set by OSFI, including the domestic stability buffer. By maintaining a strong capital structure, the Bank can cover the risks inherent to its business activities, support its business segments, and protect its clients.

Other disclosure requirements pursuant to Pillar 3 of the Basel Accord and a set of recommendations defined by the EDTF are presented in the Supplementary Regulatory Capital and Pillar 3 Disclosure report published quarterly and available on the Bank's website at nbc.ca. Furthermore, a complete list of capital instruments and their main features is also available on the Bank's website.

Regulatory Developments

The Bank closely monitors regulatory developments and participates actively in various consultative processes. In response to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, on March 27, 2020, OSFI announced a series of regulatory adjustments to support the financial and operational resilience of banks. For additional information about the regulatory context on October 31, 2022 and about COVID-19 relief measures still in effect as at October 31, 2022, see pages 58 and 59 of the Capital Management section in the 2022 Annual Report. The OSFI capital, leverage, liquidity and disclosure revised rules related to Basel III reforms took effect in the second quarter of 2023 except for the new market risk framework and the revised credit valuation adjustment (CVA) risk framework, which will take effect in the first quarter of 2024, as previously described. Since November 1, 2022, there have been no other new significant regulatory developments to be considered.

Management Activities

On December 12, 2022, the Bank began a normal course issuer bid to repurchase for cancellation up to 7,000,000 common shares (representing approximately 2.1% of its outstanding common shares) over the 12-month period ending no later than December 11, 2023. During the six-month period ended April 30, 2023, the Bank did not repurchase any common shares.

On February 1, 2023, the Bank redeemed $750 million of medium-term notes maturing on February 1, 2028. These instruments were excluded from the capital ratio calculations as at January 31, 2023.

Dividends

On May 30, 2023, the Board of Directors declared regular dividends on the various series of first preferred shares and a dividend of $1.02 per common share, up 5 cents per common share or 5%, payable on August 1, 2023, to shareholders of record on June 26, 2023.

Shares, Other Equity Instruments, and Stock Options

 
                               As at April 30, 2023 
--------------------------   ---------------------- 
                               Number of 
                               shares or 
                                LRCN (1)  $ million 
--------------------------   -----------  --------- 
 
First preferred shares 
 Series 30                    14,000,000        350 
 Series 32                    12,000,000        300 
 Series 38                    16,000,000        400 
 Series 40                    12,000,000        300 
 Series 42                    12,000,000        300 
 --------------------------  -----------  --------- 
                              66,000,000      1,650 
  -------------------------  -----------  --------- 
Other equity instruments 
 LRCN - Series 1                 500,000        500 
 LRCN - Series 2                 500,000        500 
 LRCN - Series 3                 500,000        500 
 --------------------------  -----------  --------- 
                               1,500,000      1,500 
  -------------------------  -----------  --------- 
                              67,500,000      3,150 
  -------------------------  -----------  --------- 
Common shares                337,719,583      3,261 
--------------------------   -----------  --------- 
Stock options                 12,170,881 
--------------------------   -----------  --------- 
 
   (1)       Limited Recourse Capital Notes (LRCN). 

As at May 26, 2023, there were 337,869,397 common shares and 11,977,728 stock options outstanding. NVCC provisions require the conversion of capital instruments into a variable number of common shares should OSFI deem a bank to be non-viable or should the government publicly announce that a bank has accepted or agreed to accept a capital injection. If an NVCC trigger event were to occur, all of the Bank's preferred shares, LRCNs, and medium-term notes maturing on August 16, 2032, which are NVCC capital instruments, would be converted into common shares of the Bank according to an automatic conversion formula at a conversion price corresponding to the greater of the following amounts: (i) a $5.00 contractual floor price; or (ii) the market price of the Bank's common shares on the date of the trigger event (10-day weighted average price). Based on a $5.00 floor price and including an estimate for accrued dividends and interest, these NVCC capital instruments would be converted into a maximum of 868 million Bank common shares, which would have a 72.0% dilutive effect based on the number of Bank common shares outstanding as at April 30, 2023.

Movement in Regulatory Capital (1)

 
                                                                  Six months 
                                                                       ended 
                                                                   April 30, 
(millions of Canadian dollars)                                          2023 
-------------------------------------------------------------     ---------- 
 
Common Equity Tier 1 (CET1) capital 
Balance at beginning                                                  14,818 
 Issuance of common shares (including Stock Option Plan)                  54 
 Impact of shares purchased or sold for trading                            5 
 Repurchase of common shares                                               - 
 Other contributed surplus                                                 9 
 Dividends on preferred and common shares and distributions 
  on other equity instruments                                          (735) 
 
 Net income attributable to the Bank's shareholders and 
  holders of other equity instruments                                  1,729 
 Removal of own credit spread (net of income taxes)                      239 
 Other                                                                 (191) 
 
 Movements in accumulated other comprehensive income 
  Translation adjustments                                               (25) 
  Debt securities at fair value through other comprehensive 
   income                                                                 24 
  Other                                                                    1 
 Change in goodwill and intangible assets (net of related 
  tax liability)                                                           5 
 Other, including regulatory adjustments 
  Change in defined benefit pension plan asset (net of 
   related tax liability)                                                 27 
  Change in amount exceeding 15% threshold 
    Deferred tax assets                                                    - 
    Significant investment in common shares of financial 
     institutions                                                          - 
  Deferred tax assets, unless they result from temporary 
   differences (net of related tax liability)                            (7) 
  Other deductions or regulatory adjustments to CET1 
   implemented by OSFI                                                  (61) 
  Change in other regulatory adjustments                                   - 
  -----------------------------------------------------------     ---------- 
Balance at end                                                        15,892 
-------------------------------------------------------------     ---------- 
 
Additional Tier 1 capital 
Balance at beginning                                                   3,143 
 New Tier 1 eligible capital issuances                                     - 
 Redeemed capital                                                          - 
 Other, including regulatory adjustments                                   2 
 ------------------------------------------------------------     ---------- 
Balance at end                                                         3,145 
-------------------------------------------------------------     ---------- 
 
Total Tier 1 capital                                                  19,037 
-------------------------------------------------------------     ---------- 
 
Tier 2 capital 
Balance at beginning                                                   1,766 
 New Tier 2 eligible capital issuances                                     - 
 Redeemed capital                                                      (750) 
 Tier 2 instruments issued by subsidiaries and held by 
  third parties                                                            - 
 Change in certain allowances for credit losses                         (11) 
 Other, including regulatory adjustments                                  68 
 ------------------------------------------------------------     ---------- 
Balance at end                                                         1,073 
-------------------------------------------------------------     ---------- 
 
Total regulatory capital                                              20,110 
-------------------------------------------------------------     ---------- 
 

(1) See the Financial Reporting Method section on pages 4 to 9 for additional information on capital management measures.

Risk-Weighted Assets by Key Risk Drivers

Risk-weighted assets (RWA) amounted to $119.1 billion as at April 30, 2023 compared to $116.8 billion as at October 31, 2022, a $2.3 billion increase resulting mainly from organic growth in RWA and a deterioration in the credit quality of the loan portfolio, offset by foreign exchange movements and by methodology changes related to the implementation of the Basel III reforms, notably for operational risk and credit risk. The changes in the Bank's RWA by risk type are presented in the following table.

Movement of Risk-Weighted Assets by Key Drivers (1)

 
(millions of Canadian dollars)                                                               Quarter ended 
-------------------------------------  ----------------  ------------------------------------------------- 
                                                                                                   October 
                                                                     April 30,                         31, 
                                                                                      January 
                                                                          2023       31, 2023         2022 
-------------------------------------  ---------------------------------------      ---------      ------- 
                                       Non-counterparty  Counterparty 
                                                 credit        credit 
                                                   risk          risk    Total          Total        Total 
  -----------------------------------  ----------------  ------------  -------      ---------      ------- 
 
Credit risk - Risk-weighted assets 
at beginning                                     94,261         6,559  100,820         96,141       91,229 
 Book size                                          959         (387)      572          4,439        2,405 
 Book quality                                       609           342      951            697           93 
 Model updates                                      116             -      116            172          300 
 Methodology and policy                         (1,288)           237  (1,051)            106          339 
 Acquisitions and disposals                           -             -        -              -            - 
 Foreign exchange movements                         519            59      578          (735)        1,775 
 ------------------------------------  ----------------  ------------  -------      ---------      ------- 
Credit risk - Risk-weighted assets 
at end                                           95,176         6,810  101,986        100,820       96,141 
-------------------------------------  ----------------  ------------  -------      ---------      ------- 
 
Market risk - Risk-weighted assets 
at beginning                                                             5,960          6,025        5,696 
 Movement in risk levels (2)                                             (900)           (65)          329 
 Model updates                                                               -              -            - 
 Methodology and policy                                                      -              -            - 
 Acquisitions and disposals                                                  -              -            - 
 ------------------------------------  ----------------  ------------  -------      ---------      ------- 
Market risk - Risk-weighted assets 
at end                                                                   5,060          5,960        6,025 
-------------------------------------  ----------------  ------------  -------      ---------      ------- 
 
Operational risk - Risk-weighted 
 assets at beginning                                                    15,033         14,674       14,452 
 Movement in risk levels                                                    93            359          222 
 Methodology and policy                                                (3,061)              -            - 
 Acquisitions and disposals                                                  -              -            - 
 ------------------------------------  ----------------  ------------  -------      ---------      ------- 
Operational risk - Risk-weighted 
 assets at end                                                          12,065         15,033       14,674 
-------------------------------------  ----------------  ------------  -------      ---------      ------- 
 
Risk-weighted assets at end                                            119,111        121,813      116,840 
-------------------------------------  ----------------  ------------  -------      ---------      ------- 
 

(1) See the Financial Reporting Method section on pages 4 to 9 for additional information on capital management measures.

   (2)       Also includes foreign exchange rate movements that are not considered material. 

The table above provides risk-weighted asset movements by the key drivers underlying the different risk categories.

The Book size item reflects organic changes in book size and composition (including new loans and maturing loans). RWA movements attributable to book size include increases or decreases in exposures, measured by exposure at default, assuming a stable risk profile.

The Book quality item is the Bank's best estimate of changes in book quality related to experience, such as underlying customer behaviour or demographics, including changes resulting from model recalibrations or realignments and also including risk mitigation factors.

The Model updates item is used to reflect implementations of new models, changes in model scope, and any other change applied to address model malfunctions. During the six-month period ended April 30, 2023, the Bank updated the models used for certain retail exposures, mortgages and certain non-retail exposures.

The Methodology and policy item presents the impact of changes in calculation methods resulting from changes in regulatory policies or from new regulations. During the quarter ended April 30, 2023, the Bank finalized the implementation of the Basel III reforms requirements related to credit risk, operational risk, and capital output floor.

Regulatory Capital Ratios, Leverage Ratio, and TLAC Ratios

As at April 30, 2023, the Bank's CET1, Tier 1, and Total capital ratios were, respectively, 13.3%, 16.0% and 16.9% compared to ratios of, respectively, 12.7%, 15.4% and 16.9% as at October 31, 2022. The CET1 and Tier 1 capital ratios increased since October 31, 2022, essentially due to the contribution from net income, net of dividends, to common share issuances under the Stock Option Plan and to the positive impact from the implementation of the Basel III reforms related to credit and operational risks frameworks. These factors were partly offset by growth in RWA and by the end of the transitional measures applicable to ECL provisioning implemented by OSFI at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Total capital ratio remained unchanged. The net positive contribution from factors impacting the CET1 and Tier 1 capital ratios was offset by the $750 million redemption of medium-term notes on February 1, 2023.

As at April 30, 2023, the leverage ratio was 4.2%, compared to 4.5% as at October 31, 2022. The decrease in the leverage ratio is essentially due to the growth in total exposure and to the end of the temporary measure permitted by OSFI with respect to the exclusion of central bank reserves from the leverage exposure calculation. These factors were partly offset by the growth in Tier 1 capital.

As at April 30, 2023, the Bank's TLAC ratio and TLAC leverage ratio were, respectively, 29.3% and 7.8%, compared to 27.7% and 8.1%, respectively, as at October 31, 2022. The increase in the TLAC ratio was due to the same factors described for the Total capital ratio as well as to the net TLAC instrument issuances that meet the eligibility criteria during the period. The decrease in the TLAC leverage ratio was due to the same factors as those provided for the leverage ratio, partly offset by the net TLAC instrument issuances.

During the quarter and six-month period ended April 30, 2023, the Bank was in compliance with all of OSFI's regulatory capital, leverage, and TLAC requirements.

Regulatory Capital (1) , Leverage Ratio(1) and TLAC(2)

 
                                   As at April      As at October 
(millions of Canadian dollars)        30, 2023           31, 2022 
--------------------------------   -----------      ------------- 
Capital 
 CET1                                   15,892             14,818 
 Tier 1                                 19,037             17,961 
 Total                                  20,110             19,727 
 --------------------------------  -----------      ------------- 
Risk-weighted assets                   119,111            116,840 
 
Total exposure                         448,584            401,780 
--------------------------------   -----------      ------------- 
 
Capital ratios 
 
 CET1                                     13.3   %           12.7% 
 
 Tier 1                                   16.0   %           15.4% 
 
 Total                                    16.9   %           16.9% 
 --------------------------------  -----------      ------------- 
 
Leverage ratio                             4.2   %            4.5% 
--------------------------------   -----------      ------------- 
Available TLAC                          34,886             32,351 
 
TLAC ratio                                29.3   %           27.7% 
 
TLAC leverage ratio                        7.8   %            8.1% 
--------------------------------   -----------      ------------- 
 

(1) Capital, risk-weighted assets, total exposure, the capital ratios, and the leverage ratio are calculated in accordance with the Basel III rules, as set out in OSFI's Capital Adequacy Requirements Guideline and Leverage Requirements Guideline. The calculation of the figures as at October 31, 2022 had included the transitional measure applicable to expected credit loss provisioning and the temporary measure regarding the exclusion of central bank reserves implemented by OSFI in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. These provisions ceased to apply on November 1, 2022 and April 1, 2023, respectively.

(2) Available TLAC, the TLAC ratio, and the TLAC leverage ratio are calculated in accordance with OSFI's Total Loss Absorbing Capacity Guideline.

Risk Management

Risk-taking is intrinsic to a financial institution's business. The Bank views risk as an integral part of its development and the diversification of its activities . It advocates a risk management approach that is consistent with its business strategy. The Bank voluntarily exposes itself to certain risk categories, particularly credit and market risk, in order to generate revenue. It also assumes certain risks that are inherent to its activities-to which it does not choose to expose itself-and that do not generate revenue, i.e., mainly operational risks.

Despite the exercise of stringent risk management and existing mitigation measures, risk cannot be eliminated entirely, and residual risks may occasionally cause significant losses. Certain risks are discussed hereafter. For additional information, see the Risk Management section on pages 65 to 105 of the 2022 Annual Report. Risk management information is also provided in Note 5 to these consolidated financial statements, which covers loans.

Credit Risk

Credit risk is the risk of incurring a financial loss if an obligor does not fully honour its contractual commitments to the Bank. Obligors may be debtors, issuers, counterparties, or guarantors. Credit risk is the most significant risk facing the Bank in the normal course of business.

Since March 2, 2022, the Bank of Canada raised its policy rate eight times; the rate has thus risen from 0.25% to 4.50% in less than a year. This rapid increase in rates, undertaken primarily to counter inflation in Canada, is putting pressure on the ability of borrowers to make payments, notably borrowers who have variable-rate mortgages or for whom the mortgage term is up for renewal. Since March 8, 2023, the Bank of Canada has held its policy rate at 4.50% and announced that it would continue monitoring economic movements and the consequences of fast-rising interest rates.

Regulatory Developments

The Bank closely monitors regulatory developments and participates actively in various consultative processes. For additional information about the regulatory context on October 31, 2022, see pages 77 and 78 of the Risk Management section of the 2022 Annual Report. In addition, since November 1, 2022, the below-described regulatory developments should also be considered.

On December 15, 2022, OSFI confirmed the qualifying rate for uninsured mortgages (i.e., residential mortgages with a down payment of 20% or more) will remain as the greater of the mortgage contract interest rate plus 2% and a minimum floor of 5.25%. OSFI is well aware that the country's economic recovery must be backed by a strong financial system capable of supporting the Canadian population in the current environment and that real estate market conditions in Canada could heighten the financial risk weighing on lenders. The minimum qualifying interest rate provides an additional level of safety to ensure that borrowers would have the ability to make mortgage payments should circumstances change, e.g., in the case of reduced income or a rise in interest rates.

On January 1, 2023, the Prohibition on the Purchase of Residential Property by Non-Canadians Act came into effect. This purpose of this law, which will be in effect until January 1, 2025, is to help Canadians access the property market and to reduce speculative purchasing that risks raising the prices of properties in some already overheated markets. On March 27, 2023, the Act was amended to relax rules and conditions permitting non-Canadians who want to live in Canada to purchase a residential property.

In January 2023, OSFI launched a public consultation on Guideline B-20 entitled Residential Mortgage Underwriting Practices and Procedures Guideline, starting with an initial consultation on debt servicing measures in order to mitigate the risk arising from the high debt levels of consumers. In follow-up to the public consultation, an industry response coordinated by the Canadian Bankers Association was provided to OSFI in April 2023.

The amounts in the following tables represent the Bank's maximum exposure to credit risk as at the financial reporting date without considering any collateral held or any other credit enhancements. These amounts do not include allowances for credit losses nor amounts pledged as collateral. The tables also exclude equity securities.

Maximum Credit Risk Exposure Under the Basel Asset Categories (1)

 
(millions of 
Canadian dollars)                                                                                                     As at April 30, 2023 
-----------------  ---  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 
                                                                                        Other 
                                                                                 off-balance- 
                                                      Repo-style    Derivative          sheet              Standardized 
                           Drawn       Undrawn      transactions     financial          items                  Approach            IRB 
                             (2)   commitments               (3)   instruments            (4)      Total            (5)       Approach 
 ----------------  ---  --------   -----------   ---------------   -----------   ------------    -------   ------------       -------- 
 
Retail 
 Residential 
  mortgages               73,973         8,984                 -             -              -     82,957             12   %         88   % 
 Qualifying 
  revolving 
  retail                   2,508        11,759                 -             -              -     14,267              -   %        100   % 
 
 Other retail             13,411         2,652                 -             -             33     16,096             13   %         87   % 
 ----------------  ---  --------   -----------   ---------------   -----------   ------------    -------   ------------       -------- 
                          89,892        23,395                 -             -             33    113,320 
-----------------  ---  --------   -----------   ---------------   -----------   ------------    -------   ------------       -------- 
Non-retail 
 
 Corporate                90,839        26,765            39,056           372          5,390    162,422             16   %         84   % 
 
 Sovereign                69,310         5,938            64,014             -            331    139,593              3   %         97   % 
 Financial 
  institutions             6,789           957            90,381         1,228          1,525    100,880             16   %         84   % 
 ----------------  ---  --------   -----------   ---------------   -----------   ------------    -------   ------------       -------- 
                         166,938        33,660           193,451         1,600          7,246    402,895 
-----------------  ---  --------   -----------   ---------------   -----------   ------------    -------   ------------       -------- 
 
Trading portfolio              -             -                 -        12,063              -     12,063              2   %         98   % 
 
Securitization             4,899             -                 -             -          4,468      9,367             86   %         14   % 
-----------------  ---  --------   -----------   ---------------   -----------   ------------    -------   ------------       -------- 
Total - Gross 
 credit risk             261,729        57,055           193,451        13,663         11,747    537,645             12   %         88   % 
-----------------  ---  --------   -----------   ---------------   -----------   ------------    -------   ------------       -------- 
 
Standardized 
 Approach (5)             31,636         1,148            25,948         1,215          4,397     64,344 
IRB Approach             230,093        55,907           167,503        12,448          7,350    473,301 
-----------------  ---  --------   -----------   ---------------   -----------   ------------    -------   ------------       -------- 
Total - Gross 
 credit risk             261,729        57,055           193,451        13,663         11,747    537,645             12   %         88   % 
-----------------  ---  --------   -----------   ---------------   -----------   ------------    -------   ------------       -------- 
 
(millions of 
Canadian 
dollars)                                                                                                            As at October 31, 2022 
----------------  ---  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
                                                                                        Other 
                                                                    Derivative   off-balance- 
                                       Undrawn        Repo-style     financial          sheet              Standardized           AIRB 
                        Drawn(2)   commitments   transactions(3)   instruments       items(4)      Total    Approach(5)       Approach 
 ---------------  ---  ---------  ------------  ----------------  ------------  -------------   --------  -------------      --------- 
 
Retail 
 Residential 
  mortgages               73,324         8,616                 -             -              -     81,940             12   %         88   % 
 Qualifying 
  revolving retail         2,483         6,920                 -             -              -      9,403              -   %        100   % 
 Other retail             17,526         2,688                 -             -             35     20,249             25   %         75   % 
 --------------------  ---------  ------------  ----------------  ------------  -------------   --------  -------------      --------- 
                          93,333        18,224                 -             -             35    111,592 
----------------  ---  ---------  ------------  ----------------  ------------  -------------   --------  -------------      --------- 
Non-retail 
 Corporate                81,763        29,811            36,194           322          5,538    153,628             13   %         87   % 
 Sovereign                56,253         5,821            68,906             -            326    131,306              2   %         98   % 
 Financial 
  institutions             7,200           166            76,856         1,150            754     86,126             19   %         81   % 
 --------------------  ---------  ------------  ----------------  ------------  -------------   --------  -------------      --------- 
                         145,216        35,798           181,956         1,472          6,618    371,060 
----------------  ---  ---------  ------------  ----------------  ------------  -------------   --------  -------------      --------- 
Trading 
 portfolio                     -             -                 -        13,662              -     13,662              2   %         98   % 
Securitization             4,409             -                 -             -          4,373      8,782             80   %         20   % 
----------------  ---  ---------  ------------  ----------------  ------------  -------------   --------  -------------      --------- 
Total - Gross 
 credit risk             242,958        54,022           181,956        15,134         11,026    505,096             12   %         88   % 
----------------  ---  ---------  ------------  ----------------  ------------  -------------   --------  -------------      --------- 
 
Standardized 
 Approach (5)             30,704           311            24,783         1,308          4,610     61,716 
AIRB Approach            212,254        53,711           157,173        13,826          6,416    443,380 
----------------  ---  ---------  ------------  ----------------  ------------  -------------   --------  -------------      --------- 
Total - Gross 
 credit risk             242,958        54,022           181,956        15,134         11,026    505,096             12   %         88   % 
----------------  ---  ---------  ------------  ----------------  ------------  -------------   --------  -------------      --------- 
 
 

(1) See the Financial Reporting Method section on pages 4 to 9 for additional information on capital management measures.

(2) Excludes equity securities and certain other assets such as investments in deconsolidated subsidiaries and joint ventures, right-of-use properties and assets, goodwill, deferred tax assets, and intangible assets.

(3) Securities purchased under reverse repurchase agreements and sold under repurchase agreements as well as securities loaned and borrowed.

(4) Letters of guarantee, documentary letters of credit, and securitized assets that represent the Bank's commitment to make payments in the event that an obligor cannot meet its financial obligations to third parties.

   (5)       Includes exposures to qualifying central counterparties (QCCP). 

To meet OSFI's mortgage loan disclosure requirements, additional information has been provided in Supplementary Financial Information - Second Quarter 2023 and in Supplementary Regulatory Capital and Pillar 3 Disclosure - Second Quarter 2023, which are available on the Bank's website at nbc.ca.

Market Risk

Market risk is the risk of losses arising from movements in market prices. The Bank is exposed to market risk through its participation in trading, investment, and asset/liability management activities . In recent years, as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on global and local economies, the Bank has been operating in a volatile environment. Adding to this uncertainty is the Russia-Ukraine war, which is affecting global financial and economic markets and exacerbating economic conditions as well as such issues as rising inflation, higher interest rates, and a disrupted global supply chain.

The following tables provide a breakdown of the Bank's Consolidated Balance Sheet into assets and liabilities by those that carry market risk and those that do not carry market risk, distinguishing between trading positions whose main risk measures are Value-at-Risk (VaR) and stressed VaR (SVaR) and non-trading positions that use other risk measures.

Reconciliation of Market Risk With Consolidated Balance Sheet Items

 
(millions of Canadian dollars)                                                      As at April 30, 2023 
---------------------------------  --------------------------------------------------------------------- 
                                                     Market risk 
                                                        measures 
 --------------------------------  -------  --------------------  -----------  ------------------------- 
                                                                  Not subject 
                                   Balance  Trading  Non-trading    to market            Non-traded risk 
                                     sheet      (1)          (2)         risk   primary risk sensitivity 
  -------------------------------  -------  -------  -----------  -----------  ------------------------- 
 
Assets 
 Cash and deposits with financial 
  institutions                      42,501      651       22,976       18,874          Interest rate (3) 
 Securities 
  At fair value through profit                                                         Interest rate (3) 
   or loss                          93,111   91,666        1,445            -                 and equity 
  At fair value through other                                                          Interest rate (3) 
   comprehensive income              9,712        -        9,712            -             and equity (4) 
  At amortized cost                 14,099        -       14,099            -          Interest rate (3) 
 Securities purchased under 
  reverse repurchase 
  agreements and securities 
   borrowed                         16,827        -       16,827            -       Interest rate (3)(5) 
 Loans and acceptances, net 
  of allowances                    215,764   11,167      204,597            -          Interest rate (3) 
                                                                                       Interest rate and 
 Derivative financial instruments   14,058   12,718        1,340            -              exchange rate 
 Defined benefit asset                 470        -          470            -                      Other 
 Other                              11,142      427            -       10,715 
 --------------------------------  -------  -------  -----------  -----------  ------------------------- 
                                   417,684  116,629      271,466       29,589 
  -------------------------------  -------  -------  -----------  -----------  ------------------------- 
 
Liabilities 
 Deposits                          281,514   18,617      262,897            -          Interest rate (3) 
 Acceptances                         6,567        -        6,567            -          Interest rate (3) 
 Obligations related to 
  securities 
  sold short                        18,721   18,721            -            - 
 Obligations related to 
 securities 
 sold under repurchase 
  agreements and securities 
   loaned                           38,057        -       38,057            -       Interest rate (3)(5) 
                                                                                       Interest rate and 
 Derivative financial instruments   16,865   16,540          325            -              exchange rate 
 Liabilities related to 
  transferred 
  receivables                       25,982    9,958       16,024            -          Interest rate (3) 
 Defined benefit liability             116        -          116            -                      Other 
 Other                               6,493        -           77        6,416          Interest rate (3) 
 Subordinated debt                     748        -          748            -          Interest rate (3) 
 --------------------------------  -------  -------  -----------  -----------  ------------------------- 
                                   395,063   63,836      324,811        6,416 
 --------------------------------  -------  -------  -----------  -----------  ------------------------- 
 

(1) Trading positions whose risk measures are VaR as well as total SVaR. For additional information, see the table in the pages ahead and in the Market Risk section of the 2022 Annual Report that shows the VaR distribution of the trading portfolios by risk category and their diversification effect as well as total trading SVaR.

   (2)       Non-trading positions that use other risk measures. 

(3) For additional information, see the table in the pages ahead and in the Market Risk section of the 2022 Annual Report that shows the VaR distribution of the trading portfolios by risk category and their diversification effect as well as total trading SVaR and the interest rate sensitivity table.

(4) The fair value of equity securities designated at fair value through other comprehensive income is presented in Notes 2 and 4 to the consolidated financial statements.

(5) These instruments are recorded at amortized cost and are subject to credit risk for capital management purposes. For trading-related transactions with maturities of more than one day, interest rate risk is included in the VaR and SVaR measures.

 
(millions of Canadian dollars)                                                    As at October 31, 2022 
-------------------------------  ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 
                                                Market risk measures 
 ------------------------------  -------  --------------------------  -----------  --------------------- 
                                                                      Not subject        Non-traded risk 
                                 Balance                                to market                primary 
                                   sheet  Trading(1)  Non-trading(2)         risk       risk sensitivity 
  -----------------------------  -------  ----------  --------------  -----------  --------------------- 
 
Assets 
 Cash and deposits with 
  financial 
  institutions                    31,870         837          20,269       10,764       Interest rate(3) 
 Securities 
  At fair value through profit                                                          Interest rate(3) 
   or loss                        87,375      85,805           1,570            -          and equity(4) 
  At fair value through other                                                           Interest rate(3) 
   comprehensive income            8,828           -           8,828            -          and equity(5) 
  Amortized cost                  13,516           -          13,516            -       Interest rate(3) 
 Securities purchased under 
  reverse repurchase 
  agreements and securities 
   borrowed                       26,486           -          26,486            -    Interest rate(3)(6) 
 Loans and acceptances, net 
  of allowances                  206,744       9,914         196,830            -       Interest rate(3) 
 Derivative financial                                                                   Interest rate(7) 
  instruments                     18,547      16,968           1,579            -   and exchange rate(7) 
 Defined benefit asset               498           -             498            -               Other(8) 
 Other                             9,876         405               -        9,471 
 ------------------------------  -------  ----------  --------------  -----------  --------------------- 
                                 403,740     113,929         269,576       20,235 
  -----------------------------  -------  ----------  --------------  -----------  --------------------- 
 
Liabilities 
 Deposits                        266,394      15,422         250,972            -       Interest rate(3) 
 Acceptances                       6,541           -           6,541            -       Interest rate(3) 
 Obligations related to 
  securities 
  sold short                      21,817      21,817               -            - 
 Obligations related to 
 securities 
 sold under repurchase 
  agreements and securities 
   loaned                         33,473           -          33,473            -    Interest rate(3)(6) 
 Derivative financial                                                                   Interest rate(7) 
  instruments                     19,632      18,909             723            -   and exchange rate(7) 
 Liabilities related to 
  transferred 
  receivables                     26,277       9,927          16,350            -       Interest rate(3) 
 Defined benefit liability           111           -             111            -               Other(8) 
 Other                             6,250           -              77        6,173       Interest rate(3) 
 Subordinated debt                 1,499           -           1,499            -       Interest rate(3) 
 ------------------------------  -------  ----------  --------------  -----------  --------------------- 
                                 381,994      66,075         309,746        6,173 
 ------------------------------  -------  ----------  --------------  -----------  --------------------- 
 

(1) Trading positions whose risk measures are VaR as well as total SVaR. For additional information, see the table on the following page and in the Market Risk section of the 2022 Annual Report that shows the VaR distribution of the trading portfolios by risk category and their diversification effect as well as total trading SVaR.

   (2)       Non-trading positions that use other risk measures. 

(3) For additional information, see the table in the pages ahead and in the Market Risk section of the 2022 Annual Report that shows the VaR distribution of the trading portfolios by risk category and their diversification effect as well as total trading SVaR and the interest rate sensitivity table.

(4) For additional information, see Note 6 to the audited annual consolidated financial statements for the year ended October 31, 2022.

(5) The fair value of equity securities designated at fair value through other comprehensive income is presented in Notes 2 and 4 to these consolidated financial statements.

(6) These instruments are recorded at amortized cost and are subject to credit risk for capital management purposes. For trading-related transactions with maturities of more than one day, interest rate risk is included in the VaR and SVaR measures.

(7) For additional information, see Notes 16 and 17 to the audited annual consolidated financial statements for the year ended October 31, 2022.

(8) For additional information, see Note 23 to the audited annual consolidated financial statements for the year ended October 31, 2022.

Trading Activities

The table below shows the VaR distribution of trading portfolios by risk category and their diversification effect as well as total trading SVaR, i.e., the VaR of the Bank's current portfolios obtained following a calibration of risk factors over a 12-month stress period.

VaR and SVaR of Trading Portfolios (1)(2)

 
(millions of 
Canadian 
dollars)                                                               Quarter ended  Six months ended 
----------------   -------------------------------  --------------------------------  ---------------- 
                                                                                        April    April 
                                                        January 31,        April 30,      30,      30, 
                                    April 30, 2023             2023             2022     2023     2022 
----------------   -------------------------------  ---------------  ---------------  -------  ------- 
                                            Period           Period           Period 
                      Low    High  Average     end  Average     end  Average     end  Average  Average 
----------------   ------  ------  -------  ------  -------  ------  -------  ------  -------  ------- 
 
Interest rate       (5.4)   (8.6)    (6.5)   (6.3)    (6.7)   (6.3)    (4.8)   (4.6)    (6.6)    (6.0) 
Exchange rate       (0.9)   (4.1)    (2.2)   (3.3)    (2.3)   (2.0)    (1.5)   (1.5)    (2.2)    (1.5) 
Equity              (5.1)  (10.0)    (7.7)   (6.5)    (7.1)   (5.8)    (6.9)   (8.5)    (7.4)    (6.5) 
Commodity           (0.8)   (1.5)    (1.1)   (1.4)    (1.0)   (0.9)    (0.9)   (0.8)    (1.1)    (0.8) 
Diversification 
 effect(3)           n.m.    n.m.      8.8     9.1      8.5     7.4      6.6     6.7      8.6      7.7 
-----------------  ------  ------  -------  ------  -------  ------  -------  ------  -------  ------- 
Total trading 
 VaR                (6.7)  (12.3)    (8.7)   (8.4)    (8.6)   (7.6)    (7.5)   (8.7)    (8.7)    (7.1) 
-----------------  ------  ------  -------  ------  -------  ------  -------  ------  -------  ------- 
Total trading 
 SVaR              (10.3)  (20.5)   (14.2)  (11.3)   (18.3)  (11.6)   (12.7)  (18.5)   (16.2)   (10.9) 
-----------------  ------  ------  -------  ------  -------  ------  -------  ------  -------  ------- 
 

n.m. Computation of a diversification effect for the high and low is not meaningful, as highs and lows may occur on different days and be attributable to different types of risk.

(1) See the Glossary section on pages 49 to 52 for details on the composition of these measures.

(2) Amounts are presented on a pre-tax basis and represent one-day VaR and SVaR using a 99% confidence level.

(3) The total trading VaR is less than the sum of the individual risk factor VaR results due to the diversification effect.

The average total trading VaR remained stable at $8.7 million for the second quarter of 2023 compared to $8.6 million for the first quarter of 2023. The average total trading SVaR decreased from $18.3 million in the first quarter of 2023 to $14.2 million in the second quarter of 2023. This was driven by a decrease in interest rate and equity risk.

Daily Trading and Underwriting Revenues

The following chart shows daily trading and underwriting revenues and VaR. During the quarter ended April 30, 2023, daily trading and underwriting revenues were positive 92% of the days. In addition, one trading day was marked by daily trading and underwriting net losses of more than $1 million. None of these losses exceeded the VaR.

Quarter Ended April 30, 2023

(millions of Canadian dollars)

Interest Rate Sensitivity - Non-Trading Activities (Before Tax)

The following table presents the potential before-tax impact of an immediate and sustained 100-basis-point increase or of an immediate and sustained 100--basis-point decrease in interest rates on the economic value of equity and on the net interest income of the Bank's non-trading portfolios for the next 12 months, assuming no further hedging is undertaken.

 
                                                                                As at October 
(millions of Canadian dollars)             As at April 30, 2023                      31, 2022 
--------------------------------   ----------------------------  --------  ------------------ 
                                   Canadian        Other         Canadian        Other 
                                     dollar   currencies  Total    dollar   currencies  Total 
--------------------------------   --------  -----------  -----  --------  -----------  ----- 
 
Impact on equity 
100-basis-point increase in the 
 interest rate                        (278)            7  (271)     (191)         (24)  (215) 
100-basis-point decrease in the 
 interest rate                          232            4    236       179           27    206 
---------------------------------  --------  -----------  -----  --------  -----------  ----- 
 
Impact on net interest income 
100-basis-point increase in the 
 interest rate                           95            -     95       128            2    130 
100-basis-point decrease in the 
 interest rate                        (123)            -  (123)     (141)          (2)  (143) 
---------------------------------  --------  -----------  -----  --------  -----------  ----- 
 

Liquidity and Funding Risk

Liquidity and funding risk is the risk that the Bank will be unable to honour daily cash and financial obligations without resorting to costly and untimely measures. Liquidity and funding risk arises when sources of funds become insufficient to meet scheduled payments under the Bank's commitments.

Liquidity risk stems from mismatched cash flows related to assets and liabilities as well as the characteristics of certain products such as credit commitments and non-fixed-term deposits.

Funding risk is defined as the risk to the Bank's ongoing ability to raise sufficient funds to finance actual or proposed business activities on an unsecured or secured basis at an acceptable price. The funding management priority is to achieve an optimal balance between deposits, securitization, secured funding, and unsecured funding. This brings optimal stability to the funding and reduces vulnerability to unpredictable events.

Regulatory Developments

The Bank continues to closely monitor regulatory developments and participates actively in various consultative processes. For additional information about the regulatory context as at October 31, 2022, refer to page 91 of the Risk Management section in the 2022 Annual Report. Since November 1, 2022, the below-described regulatory developments should also be considered.

On November 7, 2022, OSFI published a new guideline entitled Assurance on Capital, Leverage and Liquidity Returns. OSFI relies largely on the regulatory returns produced by financial institutions when assessing their safety and soundness. The purpose of this draft guideline is to better inform auditors and institutions on the work to be performed on regulatory returns in order to clarify and align OSFI's assurance expectations across all financial institutions. In particular, the draft guideline addresses the assurance that must be provided by an external audit, attestation by senior management, the assurance that must be provided by an internal audit, and the proposed effective dates. The Bank is actively participating in this consultation.

On April 1, 2023, revisions to OSFI's Liquidity Adequacy Requirements Guideline came into effect. OSFI made changes that will improve the sensitivity to risk and that will ensure that financial institutions hold sufficient cash or other liquid investments to meet potential liquidity needs and to support the continued lending of credit, in particular during periods of financial stress.

Liquidity Management

Liquid Assets

To protect depositors and creditors from unexpected crisis situations, the Bank holds a portfolio of unencumbered liquid assets that can be readily liquidated to meet financial obligations. The majority of the unencumbered liquid assets are held in Canadian or U.S. dollars. Moreover, all assets that can be quickly monetized are considered liquid assets. The Bank's liquidity reserves do not factor in the availability of the emergency liquidity facilities of central banks. The following tables provide information on the Bank's encumbered and unencumbered assets.

Liquid Asset Portfolio (1)

 
                                                                                         As at April   As at October 
                                                                                                 30,             31, 
(millions of Canadian dollars)                                                                  2023            2022 
---------------------------------      ----------      --------   -------   ------------------------   ------------- 
                                       Bank-owned        Liquid             Encumbered 
                                           liquid        assets     Total       liquid  Unencumbered    Unencumbered 
                                           assets      received    liquid       assets        liquid          liquid 
                                              (2)           (3)    assets          (4)        assets          assets 
  -------------------------------      ----------      --------   -------   ----------  ------------   ------------- 
 
Cash and deposits with financial 
 institutions                              42,501             -    42,501        7,285        35,216          24,180 
Securities 
 Issued or guaranteed by the 
  Canadian government, U.S. 
  Treasury, other U.S. agencies 
   and other foreign governments           33,200        33,258    66,458       48,242        18,216          25,894 
 Issued or guaranteed by Canadian 
  provincial and 
  municipal governments                    13,078         6,563    19,641       13,442         6,199           8,421 
 Other debt securities                     11,602         3,731    15,333        3,093        12,240           9,809 
 Equity securities                         59,042        49,222   108,264       76,965        31,299          27,291 
Loans 
 Securities backed by insured 
  residential mortgages                    12,815             -    12,815        8,054         4,761           5,582 
 --------------------------------      ----------      --------   -------   ----------  ------------   ------------- 
As at April 30, 2023                      172,238        92,774   265,012      157,081       107,931 
---------------------------------      ----------      --------   -------   ----------  ------------   ------------- 
As at October 31, 2022                    153,384        92,257   245,641      144,464                       101,177 
---------------------------------      ----------      --------   -------   ----------  ------------   ------------- 
 
 
                                          As at April  As at October 
(millions of Canadian dollars)               30, 2023       31, 2022 
---------------------------------------   -----------  ------------- 
 
Unencumbered liquid assets by entity 
 National Bank (parent)                        59,418         52,544 
 Domestic subsidiaries                         11,049         14,576 
 Foreign subsidiaries and branches             37,464         34,057 
 --------------------------------------   -----------  ------------- 
                                              107,931        101,177 
   -------------------------------------  -----------  ------------- 
 
 
                                            As at April  As at October 
(millions of Canadian dollars)                 30, 2023       31, 2022 
-----------------------------------------   -----------  ------------- 
 
Unencumbered liquid assets by currency 
 Canadian dollar                                 54,503         49,466 
 U.S. dollar                                     31,981         24,871 
 Other currencies                                21,447         26,840 
 ----------------------------------------   -----------  ------------- 
                                                107,931        101,177 
   ---------------------------------------  -----------  ------------- 
 

Liquid Asset Portfolio (1) - Average (5)

 
(millions of Canadian 
dollars)                                                                               Quarter ended 
---------------------------   ----------  ---------  -------  -------------------------------------- 
                                                                                             October 
                                                                        April 30, 2023      31, 2022 
  -------------------------   ----------  ---------  -------  ------------------------  ------------ 
                              Bank-owned     Liquid           Encumbered 
                                  liquid     assets    Total      liquid  Unencumbered  Unencumbered 
                                  assets   received   liquid      assets        liquid        liquid 
                                     (2)        (3)   assets         (4)        assets        assets 
  -------------------------   ----------  ---------  -------  ----------  ------------  ------------ 
 
Cash and deposits with 
 financial 
 institutions                     42,428          -   42,428       7,717        34,711        29,994 
Securities 
 Issued or guaranteed by 
 the 
 Canadian government, U.S. 
  Treasury, other U.S. 
   agencies 
   and other foreign 
   governments                    35,732     33,913   69,645      47,257        22,388        25,487 
 Issued or guaranteed by 
 Canadian 
 provincial and 
  municipal governments           14,266      6,826   21,092      14,559         6,533         7,749 
 Other debt securities            11,601      3,746   15,347       3,202        12,145        10,316 
 Equity securities                56,637     48,739  105,376      77,491        27,885        24,386 
Loans 
 Securities backed by 
  insured 
  residential mortgages           12,369          -   12,369       7,589         4,780         4,639 
 --------------------------   ----------  ---------  -------  ----------  ------------  ------------ 
                                 173,033     93,224  266,257     157,815       108,442       102,571 
---------------------------   ----------  ---------  -------  ----------  ------------  ------------ 
 

(1) See the Financial Reporting Method section on pages 4 to 9 for additional information on capital management measures.

(2) Bank-owned liquid assets include assets for which there are no legal or geographic restrictions.

(3) Securities received as collateral with respect to securities financing and derivative transactions and securities purchased under reverse repurchase agreements and securities borrowed.

(4) In the normal course of its funding activities, the Bank pledges assets as collateral in accordance with standard terms. Encumbered liquid assets include assets used to cover short sales, obligations related to securities sold under repurchase agreements and securities loaned, guarantees related to security-backed loans and borrowings, collateral related to derivative financial instrument transactions, asset-backed securities, and liquid assets legally restricted from transfers.

(5) The average is based on the sum of the end-of-period balances of the three months of the quarter divided by three.

Summary of Encumbered and Unencumbered Assets (1)

 
                                                                                       As at April 30, 
(millions of Canadian dollars)                                                                    2023 
----------------------------------   -----------  --------  -----------  --------  ------------------- 
                                                                                            Encumbered 
                                                                                                assets 
                                                                                                as a % 
                                                Encumbered           Unencumbered             of total 
                                                assets (2)                 assets    Total      assets 
 ---------------------------------   ---------------------  ---------------------  -------  ---------- 
                                         Pledged              Available 
                                              as     Other           as     Other 
                                      collateral       (3)   collateral       (4) 
 ---------------------------------   -----------  --------  -----------  --------  -------  ---------- 
 
Cash and deposits with financial 
 institutions                                416     6,869       35,216         -   42,501         1.8 
Securities                                48,968         -       67,954         -  116,922        11.7 
Securities purchased under 
 reverse repurchase 
 agreements and securities 
  borrowed                                     -    16,827            -         -   16,827         4.0 
Loans and acceptances, net 
 of allowances                            40,279         -        4,761   170,724  215,764         9.6 
Derivative financial instruments               -         -            -    14,058   14,058           - 
Investments in associates 
 and joint ventures                            -         -            -       146      146           - 
Premises and equipment                         -         -            -     1,508    1,508           - 
Goodwill                                       -         -            -     1,518    1,518           - 
Intangible assets                              -         -            -     1,333    1,333           - 
Other assets                                   -         -            -     7,107    7,107           - 
----------------------------------   -----------  --------  -----------  --------  -------  ---------- 
                                          89,663    23,696      107,931   196,394  417,684        27.1 
                                     -----------  --------  -----------  --------  -------  ---------- 
 
 
                                                                                         As at October 
(millions of Canadian dollars)                                                                31, 2022 
----------------------------------   -----------  --------  -----------  --------  ------------------- 
                                                                                            Encumbered 
                                                                                                assets 
                                                                                                as a % 
                                                Encumbered           Unencumbered             of total 
                                                 assets(2)                 assets    Total      assets 
 --------------------------------- 
                                         Pledged              Available 
                                              as                     as 
                                      collateral  Other(3)   collateral  Other(4) 
 ---------------------------------   -----------  --------  -----------  --------  -------  ---------- 
 
Cash and deposits with financial 
 institutions                                295     7,395       24,180         -   31,870         1.9 
Securities                                42,972         -       66,747         -  109,719        10.6 
Securities purchased under 
 reverse repurchase 
 agreements and securities 
  borrowed                                     -    21,818        4,668         -   26,486         5.4 
Loans and acceptances, net 
 of allowances                            37,426         -        5,582   163,736  206,744         9.3 
Derivative financial instruments               -         -            -    18,547   18,547           - 
Investments in associates 
 and joint ventures                            -         -            -       140      140           - 
Premises and equipment                         -         -            -     1,397    1,397           - 
Goodwill                                       -         -            -     1,519    1,519           - 
Intangible assets                              -         -            -     1,360    1,360           - 
Other assets                                   -         -            -     5,958    5,958           - 
----------------------------------   -----------  --------  -----------  --------  -------  ---------- 
                                          80,693    29,213      101,177   192,657  403,740        27.2 
                                     -----------  --------  -----------  --------  -------  ---------- 
 

(1) See the Financial Reporting Method section on pages 4 to 9 for additional information on capital management measures.

(2) In the normal course of its funding activities, the Bank pledges assets as collateral in accordance with standard terms. Encumbered assets include assets used to cover short sales, obligations related to securities sold under repurchase agreements and securities loaned, guarantees related to security-backed loans and borrowings, collateral related to derivative financial instrument transactions, asset-backed securities, residential mortgage loans securitized and transferred under the Canada Mortgage Bond program, assets held in consolidated trusts supporting the Bank's funding activities, and mortgage loans transferred under the covered bond program.

(3) Other encumbered assets include assets for which there are restrictions and that cannot therefore be used for collateral or funding purposes as well as assets used to cover short sales.

(4) Other unencumbered assets are assets that cannot be used for collateral or funding purposes in their current form. This category includes assets that are potentially eligible as funding program collateral (e.g., mortgages insured by the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation that can be securitized into mortgage-backed securities under the National Housing Act (Canada)).

Liquidity Coverage Ratio

The liquidity coverage ratio (LCR) was introduced primarily to ensure that banks could withstand periods of severe short-term stress. LCR is calculated by dividing the total amount of high-quality liquid assets (HQLA) by the total amount of net cash outflows. OSFI requires Canadian banks to maintain a minimum LCR of 100%. An LCR above 100% ensures that banks are holding sufficient high-quality liquid assets to cover net cash outflows given a severe, 30--day liquidity crisis. The assumptions underlying the LCR scenario are established by the BCBS and OSFI's Liquidity Adequacy Requirements Guideline.

The table on the following page provides average LCR data calculated using the daily figures in the quarter. For the quarter ended April 30, 2023, the Bank's average LCR was 155%, well above the 100% regulatory requirement and demonstrating the Bank's solid short-term liquidity position.

LCR Disclosure Requirements (1)(2)

 
(millions of Canadian dollars)                                                         Quarter ended 
 
                                                                                             January 
                                                                  April 30, 2023            31, 2023 
 
                                                Total unweighted  Total weighted      Total weighted 
                                                       value (3)       value (4)            value(4) 
                                                       (average)       (average)           (average) 
 
 
High-quality liquid assets (HQLA) 
 Total HQLA                                                 n.a.          77,354              80,159 
Cash outflows 
 Retail deposits and deposits from small 
  business 
  customers, of which:                                    73,355          10,080               8,829 
  Stable deposits                                         27,822             835                 850 
  Less stable deposits                                    45,533           9,245               7,979 
 Unsecured wholesale funding, of which:                   99,230          54,145              55,111 
  Operational deposits (all counterparties) 
   and deposits in networks of cooperative 
   banks                                                  29,578           7,202               7,387 
  Non-operational deposits (all 
   counterparties)                                        58,272          35,563              35,961 
  Unsecured debt                                          11,380          11,380              11,763 
 Secured wholesale funding                                  n.a.          20,652              24,610 
 Additional requirements, of which:                       58,769          14,784              14,746 
  Outflows related to derivative exposures 
   and other collateral requirements                      17,132           7,577               7,514 
  Outflows related to loss of funding on 
   secured 
   debt securities                                         1,289           1,289               1,662 
  Backstop liquidity and credit enhancement 
   facilities and commitments to extend 
   credit                                                 40,348           5,918               5,570 
 Other contractual commitments to extend 
  credit                                                   1,809             763                 790 
 Other contingent commitments to extend 
  credit                                                 122,635           1,848               1,809 
 
 Total cash outflows                                        n.a.         102,272             105,895 
 
 
Cash inflows 
 Secured lending (e.g., reverse repos)                   107,759          27,060              27,683 
 Inflows from fully performing exposures                  10,120           6,598               6,148 
 Other cash inflows                                       18,229          18,229              18,504 
 
 Total cash inflows                                      136,108          51,887              52,335 
 
 
                                                                  Total adjusted      Total adjusted 
                                                                       value (5)            value(5) 
 
 
Total HQLA                                                                77,354              80,159 
Total net cash outflows                                                   50,385              53,560 
 
Liquidity coverage ratio (%) (6)                                             155   %             151  % 
 
 
   n.a.      Not applicable 

(1) See the Financial Reporting Method section on pages 4 to 9 for additional information on capital management measures.

(2) OSFI prescribed a table format in order to standardize disclosure throughout the banking industry.

(3) Unweighted values are calculated as outstanding balances maturing or callable within 30 days (for inflows and outflows).

(4) Weighted values are calculated after the application of respective haircuts (for HQLA) or inflow and outflow rates.

(5) Total adjusted values are calculated after the application of both haircuts and inflow and outflow rates and any applicable caps.

   (6)       The data in this table is calculated using averages of the daily figures in the quarter. 

As at April 30, 2023, Level 1 liquid assets represented 85% of the Bank's HQLA, which includes cash, central bank deposits, and bonds issued or guaranteed by the Canadian government and Canadian provincial governments.

Cash outflows arise from the application of OSFI-prescribed assumptions on deposits, debt, secured funding, commitments and additional collateral requirements. The cash outflows are partly offset by cash inflows, which come mainly from secured loans and performing loans. The Bank expects some quarter-over-quarter variation between reported LCRs without such variation being necessarily indicative of a trend. The variation between the quarter ended April 30, 2023 and the preceding quarter was a result of normal business operations. The Bank's liquid asset buffer is well in excess of its total net cash outflows.

The LCR assumptions differ from the assumptions used for the liquidity disclosures presented in the tables on the previous pages or those used for internal liquidity management rules. While the liquidity disclosure framework is prescribed by the EDTF, the Bank's internal liquidity metrics use assumptions that are calibrated according to its business model and experience.

Net Stable Funding Ratio

The BCBS has developed the net stable funding ratio (NSFR) to promote a more resilient banking sector. The NSFR requires institutions to maintain a stable funding profile in relation to the composition of their assets and off-balance-sheet activities. A viable funding structure is intended to reduce the likelihood that disruptions to an institution's regular sources of funding would erode its liquidity position in a way that would increase the risk of its failure and potentially lead to broader systemic stress. The NSFR is calculated by dividing available stable funding by required stable funding. OSFI has been requiring Canadian banks to maintain a minimum NSFR of 100%.

The following table provides the available stable funding and required stable funding in accordance with OSFI's Liquidity Adequacy Requirements Guideline . As at April 30, 2023, the Bank's NSFR was 118%, well above the 100% regulatory requirement and demonstrating the Bank's solid long-term liquidity position.

NSFR Disclosure Requirements (1)(2)

 
                                                                                 As at             As at 
                                                                                 April           January 
                                                                                   30,               31, 
(millions of Canadian dollars)                                                    2023              2023 
                                            Unweighted value by residual 
                                                                maturity 
                                                          Over 
                                                   6         6 
                                              months    months                Weighted 
                                         No       or      to 1      Over         value          Weighted 
                                   maturity     less      year    1 year           (3)          value(3) 
Available Stable Funding (ASF) 
 Items 
Capital:                             22,621        -         -       748        23,369            22,762 
 Regulatory capital                  22,621        -         -       748        23,369            22,762 
 Other capital instruments                -        -         -         -             -                 - 
Retail deposits and deposits from 
 small business customers:           66,680   17,273     8,080    20,334       100,027            97,081 
 Stable deposits                     26,139    5,619     3,568     6,056        39,615            38,887 
 Less stable deposits                40,541   11,654     4,512    14,278        60,412            58,194 
Wholesale funding:                   60,269   87,235    11,845    44,679       100,371            98,104 
 Operational deposits                29,328        -         -         -        14,664            14,778 
 Other wholesale funding             30,941   87,235    11,845    44,679        85,707            83,326 
Liabilities with matching 
 interdependent 
 assets(4)                                -    4,027     2,091    19,864             -                 - 
                                              ------   -------   ------- 
Other liabilities(5) :               22,046              8,624                     650               674 
                                                       ------- 
 NSFR derivative liabilities(5)        n.a.              5,430                    n.a.              n.a. 
                                                       ------- 
 All other liabilities and equity 
  not included in the above 
  categories                         22,046    2,477       134       583           650               674 
                                   --------   ------   -------   ------- 
Total ASF                              n.a.     n.a.      n.a.      n.a.       224,417           218,621 
                                   --------   ------   -------   ------- 
Required Stable Funding (RSF) 
 Items 
Total NSFR high-quality liquid 
 assets (HQLA)                         n.a.     n.a.      n.a.      n.a.         9,407             8,610 
Deposits held at other financial 
institutions for operational 
purposes                                  -        -         -         -             -                 - 
Performing loans and securities:     60,946   59,735    22,001   104,187       155,439           148,482 
 Performing loans to financial 
  institutions secured by Level 
  1 HQLA                                 77      241         -         -           100               474 
 Performing loans to financial 
  institutions secured by 
  non-Level-1 
  HQLA and unsecured performing 
  loans to financial institutions     7,109   27,822     1,806       200         5,975             5,828 
 Performing loans to 
  non-financial 
  corporate clients, loans to 
  retail 
  and small business customers, 
  and loans to sovereigns, 
  central 
  banks and PSEs, of which:          28,093   23,765    14,088    40,380        76,138            71,676 
  With a risk weight of less than 
   or equal to 35% under the 
   Basel 
   II 
   Standardized Approach for 
   credit 
   risk                                 204    2,631       696       688         2,243             2,070 
 Performing residential 
  mortgages, 
  of which:                           9,414    5,967     4,976    57,903        53,027            52,327 
  With a risk weight of less than 
   or equal to 35% under the 
   Basel 
   II 
   Standardized Approach for 
   credit 
   risk                               9,414    5,967     4,976    57,903        53,027            52,327 
 Securities that are not in 
  default 
  and do not qualify as HQLA, 
  including 
  exchange-traded equities           16,253    1,940     1,131     5,704        20,199            18,177 
Assets with matching 
 interdependent 
 liabilities(4)                           -    4,027     2,091    19,864             -                 - 
                                              ------   -------   ------- 
Other assets(5) :                     3,616             31,670                  21,160            19,847 
                                                       ------- 
 Physical traded commodities, 
  including 
  gold                                  416     n.a.      n.a.      n.a.           416               416 
                                              ------   -------   ------- 
 Assets posted as initial margin 
  for derivative contracts and 
  contributions to default funds 
  of CCPs(5)                           n.a.             10,628                   9,034             8,168 
                                                       ------- 
 NSFR derivative assets(5)             n.a.              1,660                       -                 - 
                                                       ------- 
 NSFR derivative liabilities 
  before 
  deduction of the variation 
  margin posted(5)                     n.a.             10,780                     539               551 
                                                       ------- 
 All other assets not included 
  in the above categories             3,200    6,731       933       938        11,171            10,712 
                                              ------   -------   ------- 
Off-balance-sheet items(5)             n.a.            109,137                   4,098             3,937 
                                   --------            ------- 
Total RSF                              n.a.     n.a.      n.a.      n.a.       190,104           180,876 
                                   --------   ------   -------   ------- 
Net Stable Funding Ratio (%)           n.a.     n.a.      n.a.      n.a.           118%              121% 
                                   --------   ------   -------   ------- 
 
   n.a.      Not applicable 

(1) See the Financial Reporting Method section on pages 4 to 9 for additional information on capital management measures.

(2) OSFI prescribed a table format in order to standardize disclosure throughout the banking industry.

(3) Weighted values are calculated after application of the weightings set out in OSFI's Liquidity Adequacy Requirements Guideline.

(4) As per OSFI's specifications, liabilities arising from transactions involving the Canada Mortgage Bond program and their corresponding encumbered mortgages are given ASF and RSF weights of 0%, respectively.

   (5)       As per OSFI's specifications, there is no need to differentiate by maturities. 

The NSFR represents the amount of ASF relative to the amount of RSF. ASF is defined as the portion of capital and liabilities expected to be reliable over the time horizon considered by the NSFR, which extends to one year. The amount of RSF of a specific institution is a function of the liquidity characteristics and residual maturities of the various assets held by that institution as well as those of its off-balance-sheet exposures. The amounts of ASF and RSF are calibrated to reflect the degree of stability of liabilities and liquidity of assets. The Bank expects some quarter-over-quarter variation between reported NSFRs without such variation being necessarily indicative of a long-term trend.

The NSFR assumptions differ from the assumptions used for the liquidity disclosures provided in the tables on the preceding pages or those used for internal liquidity management rules. While the liquidity disclosure framework is prescribed by the EDTF, the Bank's internal liquidity metrics use assumptions that are calibrated according to its business model and experience.

Funding

The Bank continuously monitors and analyzes market trends as well as possibilities for accessing less expensive and more flexible funding, considering both the risks and opportunities observed. The deposit strategy remains a priority for the Bank, which continues to prefer deposits to institutional funding.

The table below presents the residual contractual maturities of the Bank's wholesale funding. The information has been presented in accordance with the categories recommended by the EDTF for comparison purposes with other banks.

Residual Contractual Maturities of Wholesale Funding (1)

 
(millions of Canadian                                                                  As at April 
 dollars)                                                                                 30, 2023 
-----------------------             -------  --------  -------  -------- 
                                       Over               Over 
                                          1      Over        6                Over 
                                      month         3   months                   1 
                                         to    months       to  Subtotal      year    Over 
                           1 month        3        to       12    1 year        to       2 
                           or less   months  6 months   months   or less   2 years   years   Total 
                          --------  -------  --------  -------  --------  --------  ------  ------ 
 
Deposits from banks(2)         426        -         -        8       434         -       -     434 
Certificates of deposit 
 and commercial 
 paper(3)                    3,441    4,627     3,455    1,745    13,268         -       -  13,268 
Senior unsecured 
 medium-term 
 notes(4)(5)                   807    1,096       893    2,027     4,823     6,454   5,681  16,958 
Senior unsecured 
 structured 
 notes                          70        -         -        -        70        39   2,769   2,878 
Covered bonds and 
asset-backed 
securities 
 Mortgage securitization         -    1,521     2,497    2,105     6,123     4,965  14,894  25,982 
 Covered bonds                   -    1,119     1,119    1,119     3,357     1,818   8,053  13,228 
 Securitization of 
  credit 
  card receivables              29        -         -        -        29        48       -      77 
Subordinated 
 liabilities(6)                  -        -         -        -         -         -     748     748 
                             4,773    8,363     7,964    7,004    28,104    13,324  32,145  73,573 
                          --------  -------  --------  -------  --------  --------  ------  ------ 
 
Secured funding                 29    2,640     3,616    3,224     9,509     6,831  22,947  39,287 
Unsecured funding            4,744    5,723     4,348    3,780    18,595     6,493   9,198  34,286 
                          --------  -------  --------  -------  --------  --------  ------  ------ 
                             4,773    8,363     7,964    7,004    28,104    13,324  32,145  73,573 
                          --------  -------  --------  -------  --------  --------  ------  ------ 
As at October 31, 2022       6,122    8,390     8,393    7,113    30,018     9,338  32,752  72,108 
-----------------------   --------                                        --------  ------  ------ 
 
   (1)       Bankers' acceptances are not included in this table. 
   (2)       Deposits from banks include all non-negotiable term deposits from banks. 
   (3)       Includes bearer deposit notes. 

(4) Certificates of deposit denominated in euros are included in senior unsecured medium-term notes.

   (5)       Includes deposits subject to bank recapitalization (bail-in) conversion regulations. 

(6) Subordinated debt is presented in this table, but the Bank does not consider it as part of its wholesale funding.

As part of a comprehensive liquidity management framework, the Bank regularly reviews its contracts that stipulate that additional collateral could be required in the event of a downgrade of the Bank's credit rating . The Bank's liquidity position management approach already incorporates additional collateral requirements in the event of a one-notch to three-notch downgrade in credit rating. The table below presents the additional collateral requirements in the event of a one-, two-, or three-notch credit rating downgrade.

 
(millions of Canadian dollars)                    As at April 30, 2023 
                                               ----------------------- 
                                    One-notch   Two-notch  Three-notch 
                                    downgrade   downgrade    downgrade 
                                   ----------  ----------  ----------- 
 
Derivatives(1)                             21          61           65 
                                   ----------  ----------  ----------- 
 
   (1)       Contractual requirements related to agreements known as Credit Support Annexes. 

Residual Contractual Maturities of Balance Sheet Items and Off-Balance-Sheet Commitments

The following tables present balance sheet items and off-balance-sheet commitments by residual contractual maturity as at April 30, 2023 with comparative figures as at October 31, 2022. The information gathered from this maturity analysis is a component of liquidity and funding management. However, this maturity profile does not represent how the Bank manages its interest rate risk or its liquidity risk and funding needs. The Bank considers factors other than contractual maturity when assessing liquid assets or determining expected future cash flows.

In the normal course of business, the Bank enters into various off-balance-sheet commitments. The credit instruments used to meet the financing needs of its clients represent the maximum amount of additional credit the Bank could be obligated to extend if the commitments were fully drawn.

The Bank also has future minimum commitments under leases for premises as well as under other contracts, mainly commitments to purchase loans and contracts for outsourced information technology services. Most of the lease commitments are related to operating leases.

 
(millions of Canadian                                                                           As at April 30, 
dollars)                                                                                                   2023 
                            ------  ------  ------  ------  ------  ------  ------- 
                                      Over    Over    Over    Over    Over 
                                         1       3       6       9       1     Over 
                                 1   month  months  months  months    year        2 
                             month      to      to      to      to      to    years    Over         No 
                                or       3       6       9      12       2       to       5  specified 
                              less  months  months  months  months   years  5 years   years   maturity    Total 
 
Assets 
Cash and deposits 
 with financial 
  institutions              15,625      80     793     409     255       -        -       -     25,339   42,501 
                            ------  ------  ------  ------  ------  ------  -------  ------  ---------  ------- 
 
Securities 
 At fair value through 
  profit or loss             1,213   2,982   1,558   1,172   1,900   3,569   11,201  11,042     58,474   93,111 
 At fair value through 
  other comprehensive 
   income                        6      12      48      32     194   1,235    4,153   3,464        568    9,712 
 At amortized cost           1,044     587     762     223     261   5,102    4,764   1,356          -   14,099 
                            ------  ------  ------  ------  ------  ------  -------  ------  ---------  ------- 
                             2,263   3,581   2,368   1,427   2,355   9,906   20,118  15,862     59,042  116,922 
                            ------  ------  ------  ------  ------  ------  -------  ------  ---------  ------- 
 
Securities purchased 
 under 
 reverse repurchase 
 agreements and 
 securities borrowed         4,822   1,937     502     410     337     996        -       -      7,823   16,827 
                            ------  ------  ------  ------  ------  ------  -------  ------  ---------  ------- 
 
Loans (1) 
 Residential mortgage        1,431   1,783   2,387   1,997   1,883  11,845   52,923   8,640        552   83,441 
 Personal                      677     752   1,046     877     873   4,884   16,793   5,113     14,240   45,255 
 Credit card                                                                                     2,433    2,433 
 Business and government    20,150   4,369   3,393   3,813   2,814   6,414   13,125   2,483     22,577   79,138 
 Customers' liability 
  under 
  acceptances                5,861     706       -       -       -       -        -       -          -    6,567 
 Allowances for 
  credit losses                                                                                (1,070)  (1,070) 
                            ------  ------  ------  ------  ------  ------  -------  ------  ---------  ------- 
                            28,119   7,610   6,826   6,687   5,570  23,143   82,841  16,236     38,732  215,764 
                            ------  ------  ------  ------  ------  ------  -------  ------  ---------  ------- 
 
Other 
 Derivative financial 
  instruments                1,557   1,521   1,036   1,179     442   1,309    4,199   2,815          -   14,058 
 Investments in 
  associates and 
  joint ventures                                                                                   146      146 
 Premises and equipment                                                                          1,508    1,508 
 Goodwill                                                                                        1,518    1,518 
 Intangible assets                                                                               1,333    1,333 
 Other assets(1)             2,786     647     118     807     238     596      118     546      1,251    7,107 
                            ------  ------  ------  ------  ------  ------  -------  ------  ---------  ------- 
                             4,343   2,168   1,154   1,986     680   1,905    4,317   3,361      5,756   25,670 
                            ------  ------  ------  ------  ------  ------  -------  ------  ---------  ------- 
                            55,172  15,376  11,643  10,919   9,197  35,950  107,276  35,459    136,692  417,684 
                            ------  ------  ------  ------  ------  ------  -------  ------  ---------  ------- 
 
   (1)       Amounts collectible on demand are considered to have no specified maturity. 
 
(millions of Canadian                                                                          As at April 30, 
dollars)                                                                                                  2023 
                                      Over    Over    Over    Over            Over 
                                 1       1       3       6       9    Over       2 
                             month   month  months  months  months  1 year   years    Over         No 
                                or    to 3    to 6    to 9   to 12    to 2    to 5       5  specified 
                              less  months  months  months  months   years   years   years   maturity    Total 
 
 
Liabilities and 
 equity 
Deposits (1)(2) 
 Personal                    2,820   4,185   6,285   6,336   4,016   6,830   9,808   4,749     40,577   85,606 
 Business and government    36,531  13,747   9,534   4,469   4,700   8,894  14,641   4,593     94,646  191,755 
 Deposit-taking 
  institutions               1,458     543     579      29      29       5      14      35      1,461    4,153 
 
                            40,809  18,475  16,398  10,834   8,745  15,729  24,463   9,377    136,684  281,514 
 
 
Other 
 Acceptances                 5,861     706       -       -       -       -       -       -          -    6,567 
 Obligations related 
  to securities 
   sold short(3)                20      69     468     107     865   1,337   2,940   5,778      7,137   18,721 
 Obligations related 
  to 
  securities sold 
   under 
  repurchase agreements 
   and 
  securities loaned         22,010   2,870   1,016   3,387       -       -       -       -      8,774   38,057 
 Derivative financial 
  instruments                1,955   2,311     777   1,282     537   2,209   4,478   3,316          -   16,865 
 Liabilities related 
  to transferred 
  receivables(4)                 -   1,521   2,497   1,387     718   4,965   9,021   5,873          -   25,982 
 Securitization 
  - Credit card(5)              29       -       -       -       -      48       -       -          -       77 
 Lease liabilities(5)            8      15      24      23      23      87     221     135          -      536 
 Other liabilities 
  - Other items(1)(5)        1,412      78     148      43      84      30      41      89      4,071    5,996 
 
                            31,295   7,570   4,930   6,229   2,227   8,676  16,701  15,191     19,982  112,801 
 
 
Subordinated debt                -       -       -       -       -       -       -     748          -      748 
 
Equity                                                                                         22,621   22,621 
                            72,104  26,045  21,328  17,063  10,972  24,405  41,164  25,316    179,287  417,684 
 
 
Off-balance-sheet 
 commitments 
 Letters of guarantee 
  and 
  documentary letters 
   of credit                    50     701   1,352   3,206   1,578     818     248      42          -    7,995 
 Credit card 
  receivables(6)                                                                                9,556    9,556 
 Backstop liquidity 
  and credit 
  enhancement 
   facilities(7)                15       -       -      15   5,552       -       -       -      3,400    8,982 
 Commitments to 
  extend credit(8)           2,735  12,771   6,680   5,172   5,110   3,657   3,656     413     47,219   87,413 
 Obligations related 
  to: 
  Lease commitments(9)           1       1       1       1       2       6       9       5          -       26 
  Other contracts(10)           32      30      34      35      37      22      65      14        111      380 
 
 
   (1)       Amounts payable upon demand or notice are considered to have no specified maturity. 

(2) The Deposits item is presented in greater detail than it is on the Consolidated Balance Sheet.

(3) Amounts are disclosed according to the remaining contractual maturity of the underlying security.

   (4)       These amounts mainly include liabilities related to the securitization of mortgage loans. 

(5) The Other liabilities item is presented in greater detail than it is on the Consolidated Balance Sheet.

   (6)       These amounts are unconditionally revocable at the Bank's discretion at any time. 

(7) In the event of payment on one of the backstop liquidity facilities , the Bank will receive as collateral government bonds in an amount up to $5.6 billion.

(8) These amounts include $46.1 billion that is unconditionally revocable at the Bank's discretion at any time.

(9) These amounts include leases for which the underlying asset is of low value and leases other than for real estate of less than one year.

(10) These amounts include $0.1 billion in contractual commitments related to the head office building under construction.

 
(millions of Canadian                                                                         As at October 31, 
dollars)                                                                                                   2022 
                            ------  ------  ------  ------  ------  ------  ------- 
                                      Over    Over    Over    Over 
                                 1       1       3       6       9    Over     Over 
                             month   month  months  months  months  1 year  2 years    Over         No 
                                or    to 3    to 6    to 9   to 12    to 2     to 5       5  specified 
                              less  months  months  months  months   years    years   years   maturity    Total 
 
Assets 
Cash and deposits 
 with financial 
  institutions              13,084     142     311      18     685       -        -       -     17,630   31,870 
                            ------  ------  ------  ------  ------  ------  -------  ------  ---------  ------- 
 
Securities 
 At fair value through 
  profit or loss             1,527   6,450   5,405   2,267   2,337   3,369    8,634  10,661     46,725   87,375 
 At fair value through 
  other comprehensive 
   income                        5      30      13      20      46     952    4,910   2,296        556    8,828 
 At amortized cost             602     196   1,876   1,032      95   2,840    5,802   1,073          -   13,516 
                            ------  ------  ------  ------  ------  ------  -------  ------  ---------  ------- 
                             2,134   6,676   7,294   3,319   2,478   7,161   19,346  14,030     47,281  109,719 
                            ------  ------  ------  ------  ------  ------  -------  ------  ---------  ------- 
 
Securities purchased 
 under 
 reverse repurchase 
 agreements and 
 securities borrowed        12,489   1,231     890       -     409   1,044        -       -     10,423   26,486 
                            ------  ------  ------  ------  ------  ------  -------  ------  ---------  ------- 
 
Loans (1) 
 Residential mortgage        1,155   1,124   1,899   2,716   2,364   8,910   53,335   8,059        567   80,129 
 Personal                      423     449     878   1,208   1,036   3,701   17,792   5,085     14,751   45,323 
 Credit card                                                                                     2,389    2,389 
 Business and government    19,980   3,491   3,971   3,586   2,604   6,167   11,452   2,985     19,081   73,317 
 Customers' liability 
  under 
  acceptances                5,967     554      20       -       -       -        -       -          -    6,541 
 Allowances for 
  credit losses                                                                                  (955)    (955) 
                                                                                             ---------  ------- 
                            27,525   5,618   6,768   7,510   6,004  18,778   82,579  16,129     35,833  206,744 
                            ------  ------  ------  ------  ------  ------  -------  ------  ---------  ------- 
 
Other 
 Derivative financial 
  instruments                2,046   2,804   1,853   1,190     698   1,742    5,182   3,032          -   18,547 
 Investments in 
  associates and 
  joint ventures                                                                                   140      140 
 Premises and equipment                                                                          1,397    1,397 
 Goodwill                                                                                        1,519    1,519 
 Intangible assets                                                                               1,360    1,360 
 Other assets(1)             2,228     527     472     161      94     502      107     491      1,376    5,958 
                            ------  ------  ------  ------  ------  ------  -------  ------  ---------  ------- 
                             4,274   3,331   2,325   1,351     792   2,244    5,289   3,523      5,792   28,921 
                            ------  ------  ------  ------  ------  ------  -------  ------  ---------  ------- 
                            59,506  16,998  17,588  12,198  10,368  29,227  107,214  33,682    116,959  403,740 
                            ------  ------  ------  ------  ------  ------  -------  ------  ---------  ------- 
 
   (1)       Amounts collectible on demand are considered to have no specified maturity. 
 
(millions of Canadian                                                                        As at October 31, 
dollars)                                                                                                  2022 
                            ------  ------  ------  ------  ------  ------  ------ 
                                      Over    Over    Over    Over            Over 
                                 1       1       3       6       9    Over       2 
                             month   month  months  months  months  1 year   years    Over         No 
                                or    to 3    to 6    to 9   to 12    to 2    to 5       5  specified 
                              less  months  months  months  months   years   years   years   maturity    Total 
                            ------  ------  ------  ------  ------  ------  ------  ------  ---------  ------- 
 
Liabilities and 
 equity 
Deposits (1)(2) 
 Personal                    1,482   1,493   2,955   6,013   6,141   6,418   7,942   4,252     42,115   78,811 
 Business and government    36,864  11,605  10,644   4,875   3,728   5,988  13,659   4,227     92,640  184,230 
 Deposit-taking 
  institutions                 724     624      54     122      30       -       7      36      1,756    3,353 
                            ------  ------  ------  ------  ------  ------  ------  ------  ---------  ------- 
                            39,070  13,722  13,653  11,010   9,899  12,406  21,608   8,515    136,511  266,394 
                            ------  ------  ------  ------  ------  ------  ------  ------  ---------  ------- 
 
Other 
 Acceptances                 5,967     554      20       -       -       -       -       -          -    6,541 
 Obligations related 
  to securities sold 
   short(3)                    428     394     634      74     920   1,493   3,948   6,386      7,540   21,817 
 Obligations related 
  to 
  securities sold 
   under 
  repurchase agreements 
   and 
  securities loaned         16,233   5,445   1,567   3,406       -      22       -       -      6,800   33,473 
 Derivative financial 
  instruments                2,584   2,302   1,640   1,009     595   2,047   3,570   5,885          -   19,632 
 Liabilities related 
  to transferred 
  receivables(4)                 -   2,672     422   1,329   2,288   4,558   9,612   5,396          -   26,277 
 Securitization 
  - Credit card(5)               -       -       -      29       -       -      49       -          -       78 
 Lease liabilities(5)            8      16      23      23      24      87     219     152          -      552 
 Other liabilities 
  - Other items(1)(5)        1,076      46      99      23      39      27      42      92      4,287    5,731 
                            ------  ------  ------  ------  ------  ------  ------  ------  ---------  ------- 
                            26,296  11,429   4,405   5,893   3,866   8,234  17,440  17,911     18,627  114,101 
                            ------  ------  ------  ------  ------  ------  ------  ------  ---------  ------- 
 
Subordinated debt                -       -       -       -       -       -       -   1,499          -    1,499 
                            ------  ------  ------  ------  ------  ------  ------  ------  ---------  ------- 
 
Equity                                                                                         21,746   21,746 
                            65,366  25,151  18,058  16,903  13,765  20,640  39,048  27,925    176,884  403,740 
                            ------  ------  ------  ------  ------  ------  ------  ------  ---------  ------- 
 
Off-balance-sheet 
 commitments 
 Letters of guarantee 
  and 
  documentary letters 
   of credit                   180   1,451   1,338     982   1,398   1,292     138       -          -    6,779 
 Credit card 
  receivables(6)                                                                                9,337    9,337 
 Backstop liquidity 
  and credit 
  enhancement 
   facilities(7)                 -      15   5,552      15       -       -       -       -      3,125    8,707 
 Commitments to 
  extend credit(8)           3,126   9,205   6,179   6,678   3,270   4,066   3,186      39     46,368   82,117 
 Obligations related 
  to: 
  Lease commitments(9)           1       1       2       2       2       6       9       8          -       31 
  Other contracts(10)           38      42      47      46      47      21      34       -        102      377 
                            ------  ------  ------  ------  ------  ------  ------  ------  ---------  ------- 
 
   (1)       Amounts payable upon demand or notice are considered to have no specified maturity. 

(2) The Deposits item is presented in greater detail than it is on the Consolidated Balance Sheet.

(3) Amounts are disclosed according to the remaining contractual maturity of the underlying security.

   (4)       These amounts mainly include liabilities related to the securitization of mortgage loans. 

(5) The Other liabilities item is presented in greater detail than it is on the Consolidated Balance Sheet.

   (6)       These amounts are unconditionally revocable at the Bank's discretion at any time. 

(7) In the event of payment on one of the backstop liquidity facilities, the Bank will receive as collateral government bonds in an amount up to $5.6 billion.

(8) These amounts include $44.8 billion that is unconditionally revocable at the Bank's discretion at any time.

(9) These amounts include leases for which the underlying asset is of low value and leases other than for real estate of less than one year.

(10) These amounts include $0.2 billion in contractual commitments related to the head office building under construction.

Regulatory Compliance Risk

The transition related to the interest rate benchmark reform continues in many countries, including in Canada. On December 31, 2021, all LIBOR (London Interbank Offered Rates) rates in European, British, Swiss, and Japanese currency as well as the one-week and two-month USD LIBOR rates were discontinued, whereas the other USD LIBOR rates will be discontinued after June 30, 2023. In Canada, publication of the CDOR (Canadian Dollar Offered Rate) will be discontinued on June 28, 2024 and will be replaced by the risk-free rate CORRA (Canadian Overnight Repo Rate Average) and a term CORRA rate, which should be available by September 30, 2023. As at April 30, 2023, the transition project was progressing according to schedule. For additional information, see Note 1 to the audited annual consolidated financial statements for the year ended October 31, 2022.

Social and Environmental Risk

Regulatory Developments

On March 7, 2023, OSFI published guideline B-15 Climate Risk Management , which sets out OSFI's expectations regarding climate risk. The guideline is OSFI's first supervisory framework dedicated to climate change and that addresses the impacts of climate change on managing the risks existing in the country's financial system. It covers two main topics: Governance and financial disclosures. The guideline will take effect for D-SIBs at the end of fiscal 2024. OSFI plans on revising this guideline to incorporate changes in practices and standards, in particular, when the International Sustainability Standards Board publishes IFRS S2 - Climate-related Disclosures.

Risk Disclosures

One of the purposes of the 2022 Annual Report, the Report to Shareholders - Second Quarter 2023, and the related supplementary information documents is to provide transparent, high-quality risk disclosures in accordance with the recommendations made by the Financial Stability Board's EDTF group. The following table lists the references where users can find information that responds to the EDTF's 32 recommendations.

 
                                                                                            Pages 
                                                                                    Supplementary 
                                                                   Report to   Regulatory Capital 
                                                         2022   Shareholders         and Pillar 3 
                                                Annual Report            (1)       Disclosure (1) 
 
General 
 1   Location of risk disclosures                          13             46 
     Management's Discussion and               55 to 105, 117 
      Analysis                                 and 119 to 121       23 to 45 
                                              Notes 1, 7, 16,    Notes 5 and 
     Consolidated Financial Statements          20, 23 and 29             11 
     Supplementary Financial Information                                              20 to 34(2) 
     Supplementary Regulatory Capital 
      and Pillar 3 Disclosure                                                             5 to 54 
 2   Risk terminology and risk measures             65 to 105 
 3   Top and emerging risks                   26 and 70 to 75  10, 30 and 45 
                                             56 to 59, 91 and   23 to 25, 35 
 4   New key regulatory ratios                       95 to 98   and 37 to 40 
                                                                              ------------------- 
 
Risk governance and risk management 
     Risk management organization,            65 to 85, 91 to 
 5    processes and key functions                   93 and 98 
 6   Risk management culture                        65 and 66 
 7   Key risks by business segment, 
      risk management 
      and risk appetite                       64 to 66 and 70 
                                              55, 66, 79, 89, 
 8   Stress testing                                 90 and 93 
                                                                              ------------------- 
 
Capital adequacy and risk-weighted 
 assets (RWA) 
 9   Minimum Pillar 1 capital requirements           56 to 59       23 to 25 
     Reconciliation of the accounting 
 10   balance sheet to 
                                                                                  8 to 14, 17 and 
     the regulatory balance sheet                                                              18 
 11  Movements in regulatory capital                       62             27 
 12  Capital planning                                55 to 64 
     RWA by business segment and 
 13   by risk type                                         64                             6 and 7 
     Capital requirements by risk 
 14   and the RWA calculation method                 75 to 79                             6 and 7 
 15  Banking book credit risk                                                             6 and 7 
 16  Movements in RWA by risk type                         63             28              6 and 7 
     Assessment of credit risk model         69, 76 to 79 and 
 17   performance                                          84                                  36 
                                                                              ------------------- 
 
Liquidity 
     Liquidity management and components 
 18   of the liquidity buffer                        91 to 99       35 to 40 
                                                                              ------------------- 
 
Funding 
     Summary of encumbered and unencumbered 
 19   assets                                        94 and 95             37 
     Residual contractual maturities 
 20   of balance sheet items and 
     off-balance-sheet commitments                 222 to 226       41 to 44 
     Funding strategy and funding 
 21   sources                                       98 to 100             40 
                                                                              ------------------- 
 
Market risk 
     Linkage of market risk measures 
 22   to balance sheet                              86 and 87      32 and 33 
                                                84 to 90, 210 
 23  Market risk factors                              and 211       32 to 35 
     VaR: Assumptions, limitations 
 24   and validation procedures                            88 
     Stress tests, stressed VaR 
 25   and backtesting                                84 to 90 
                                                                              ------------------- 
 
Credit risk 
                                                83 and 171 to   31 and 68 to         19 to 46 and 
 26  Credit risk exposures                                182             79          20 to 34(2) 
     Policies for identifying impaired        80, 81, 145 and 
 27   loans                                               146 
     Movements in impaired loans                117, 120, 121 
 28   and allowances for credit losses         and 171 to 182       68 to 79          25 to 34(2) 
     Counterparty credit risk relating       80 to 82 and 190                        37 to 46, 30 
 29   to derivative transactions                       to 193                            to 34(2) 
                                                                                     21, 25 to 26 
 30  Credit risk mitigation                  78 to 81 and 168                        and 44 to 54 
                                                                              ------------------- 
 
Other risks 
     Other risks: Governance, measurement    73 to 75, 78 and 
 31   and management                               100 to 105 
 32  Publicly known risk events               26, 100 and 101  10, 30 and 45 
 
 
   (1)       Second quarter 2023. 

(2) These pages are included in the document entitled Supplementary Financial Information - Second Quarter 2023 .

Accounting Policies and Financial Disclosure

Accounting Policies and Critical Accounting Estimates

The Bank's consolidated financial statements are prepared in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS), as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB). The financial statements also comply with section 308(4) of the Bank Act (Canada), which states that, except as otherwise specified by OSFI , the consolidated financial statements are to be prepared in accordance with IFRS. IFRS represent Canadian generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP). None of the OSFI accounting requirements are exceptions to IFRS. The unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements for the quarter and six-month period ended April 30, 2023 were prepared in accordance with IAS 34 - Interim Financial Reporting using the same accounting policies as those described in Note 1 to the audited annual consolidated financial statements for the year ended October 31, 2022.

In preparing consolidated financial statements in accordance with IFRS, management must exercise judgment and make estimates and assumptions that affect the reporting date carrying amounts of assets and liabilities, net income, and related information. Some accounting policies are considered critical given their importance to the presentation of the Bank's financial position and operating results and require subjective and complex judgments and estimates on matters that are inherently uncertain. Any change in these judgments and estimates could have a significant impact on the Bank's consolidated financial statements. The critical accounting estimates are the same as those described on pages 106 to 111 of the 2022 Annual Report.

The geopolitical landscape, rising inflation, higher interest rates, and the Russia-Ukraine war continue to create uncertainty. As a result, establishing reliable estimates and applying judgment continue to be substantially complex. Some of the Bank's accounting policies, such as measurement of expected credit losses (ECLs), require particularly complex judgments and estimates. See Note 1 to the audited annual consolidated financial statements for the year ended October 31, 2022 for a summary of the most significant estimation processes used to prepare the consolidated financial statements in accordance with IFRS and for the valuation techniques used to determine the carrying values and fair values of assets and liabilities. The uncertainty regarding certain key inputs used in measuring ECLs is described in Note 5 to these unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements.

Financial Disclosure

During the second quarter of 2023, no changes were made to the policies, procedures, and other processes that comprise the Bank's internal control over financial reporting that had or could reasonably have a significant impact on the internal control over financial reporting.

Quarterly Financial Information

 
(millions of Canadian 
 dollars, 
 except per share 
 amounts)                              2023                             2022(1)           2021(1)   2022  2021(1) 
                           -------           -------  -------  -------  -------                    -----  ------- 
                                Q2       Q1       Q4       Q3       Q2       Q1       Q4       Q3  Total    Total 
                                             -------  -------  -------  -------  -------  -------  -----  ------- 
 
Total revenues               2,479    2,582    2,334    2,413    2,439    2,466    2,211    2,254  9,652    8,927 
 
 
Net income                     847      881      738      826      889      930      769      833  3,383    3,140 
 
 
Earnings per share ($) 
 Basic                        2.41     2.51     2.10     2.38     2.56     2.67     2.20     2.38   9.72     8.95 
 Diluted                      2.38     2.49     2.08     2.35     2.53     2.64     2.17     2.35   9.61     8.85 
 
Dividends per common 
 share ($)                    0.97     0.97     0.92     0.92     0.87     0.87     0.71     0.71   3.58     2.84 
 
 
Return on common 
 shareholders' equity 
  (%)(2)                      17.5     17.9     15.3     17.9     20.7     21.9     18.7     21.4   18.8     20.7 
 
 
Total assets               417,684  418,342  403,740  386,833  369,570  366,680  355,621  353,873 
 
Net impaired loans 
 excluding 
 POCI loans (2)                477      476      479      301      293      287      283      312 
 
 
Per common share ($) 
 Book value(2)               57.65    55.92    55.24    54.29    52.28    49.71    47.44    45.51 
 Share price 
  High                      103.45    99.95    94.37    97.87   104.59   105.44   104.32    96.97 
  Low                        92.67    91.02    83.12    83.33    89.33    94.37    95.00    89.47 
                                                                                                   -----  ------- 
 

(1) For the fiscal 2022 and 2021 comparatives figures, certain amounts have been adjusted to reflect a change in accounting policy related to cloud computing arrangements. For additional information, see Note 1 to the audited annual consolidated financial statements for the year ended October 31, 2022.

(2) See the Glossary section on pages 49 to 52 for details on the composition of these measures.

Glossary

Acceptances

Acceptances and the customers' liability under acceptances constitute a guarantee of payment by a bank and can be traded in the money market. The Bank earns a "stamping fee" for providing this guarantee.

Allowances for credit losses

Allowances for credit losses represent management's unbiased estimate of expected credit losses as at the balance sheet date. These allowances are primarily related to loans and off-balance-sheet items such as loan commitments and financial guarantees.

Assets under administration

Assets in respect of which a financial institution provides administrative services on behalf of the clients who own the assets. Such services include custodial services, collection of investment income, settlement of purchase and sale transactions, and record-keeping. Assets under administration are not reported on the balance sheet of the institution offering such services.

Assets under management

Assets managed by a financial institution and that are beneficially owned by clients. Management services are more comprehensive than administrative services and include selecting investments or offering investment advice. Assets under management, which may also be administered by the financial institution, are not reported on the balance sheet of the institution offering such services.

Available TLAC

Available TLAC includes total capital as well as certain senior unsecured debt subject to the federal government's bail-in regulations that satisfy all of the eligibility criteria in OSFI's Total Loss Absorbing Capacity (TLAC) Guideline.

Average interest-bearing assets

Average interest-bearing assets include interest-bearing deposits with financial institutions and certain cash items, securities, securities purchased under reverse repurchase agreements and securities borrowed, and loans, while excluding customers' liability under acceptances and other assets. The average is calculated based on the daily balances for the period.

Average interest-bearing assets, non-trading

Average interest-bearing assets, non-trading, include interest-bearing deposits with financial institutions and certain cash items, securities purchased under reverse repurchase agreements and securities borrowed, and loans, while excluding other assets and assets related to trading activities. The average is calculated based on the daily balances for the period.

Average volumes

Average volumes represent the average of the daily balances for the period of the consolidated balance sheet items.

Basic earnings per share

Basic earnings per share is calculated by dividing net income attributable to common shareholders by the weighted average basic number of common shares outstanding.

Basis point (bps)

Unit of measure equal to one one-hundredth of a percentage point (0.01%).

Book value of a common share

The book value of a common share is calculated by dividing common shareholders' equity by the number of common shares on a given date.

Common Equity Tier 1 (CET1) capital ratio

CET1 capital consists of common shareholders' equity less goodwill, intangible assets, and other capital deductions. The CET1 capital ratio is calculated by dividing total CET1 capital by the corresponding risk-weighted assets.

Compound annual growth rate (CAGR)

CAGR is a rate of growth that shows, for a period exceeding one year, the annual change as though the growth had been constant throughout the period.

Derivative financial instruments

Derivative financial instruments are financial contracts whose value is derived from an underlying interest rate, exchange rate or equity, commodity price or credit instrument or index. Examples of derivatives include swaps, options, forward rate agreements, and futures. The notional amount of the derivative is the contract amount used as a reference point to calculate the payments to be exchanged between the two parties, and the notional amount itself is generally not exchanged by the parties.

Diluted earnings per share

Diluted earnings per share is calculated by dividing net income attributable to common shareholders by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding after taking into account the dilution effect of stock options using the treasury stock method and any gain (loss) on the redemption of preferred shares.

Dividend payout ratio

The dividend payout ratio represents the dividends of common shares (per share amount) expressed as a percentage of basic earnings per share.

Economic capital

Economic capital is the internal measure used by the Bank to determine the capital required for its solvency and to pursue its business operations. Economic capital takes into consideration the credit, market, operational, business and other risks to which the Bank is exposed as well as the risk diversification effect among them and among the business segments. Economic capital thus helps the Bank to determine the capital required to protect itself against such risks and ensure its long-term viability.

Efficiency ratio

The efficiency ratio represents non-interest expenses expressed as a percentage of total revenues. It measures the efficiency of the Bank's operations.

Fair value

The fair value of a financial instrument is the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction in the principal market at the measurement date under current market conditions (i.e., an exit price).

Gross impaired loans as a percentage of total loans and acceptances

This measure represents gross impaired loans expressed as a percentage of the balance of loans and acceptances.

Gross impaired loans excluding POCI loans

Gross impaired loans excluding POCI loans are all loans classified in Stage 3 of the expected credit loss model excluding POCI loans.

Gross impaired loans excluding POCI loans as a percentage of total loans and acceptances

This measure represents gross impaired loans excluding POCI loans expressed as a percentage of the balance of loans and acceptances.

Hedging

The purpose of a hedging transaction is to modify the Bank's exposure to one or more risks by creating an offset between changes in the fair value of, or the cash flows attributable to, the hedged item and the hedging instrument.

Impaired Loans

The Bank considers a financial asset, other than a credit card receivable, to be credit-impaired when one or more events that have a detrimental impact on the estimated future cash flows of the financial asset have occurred or when contractual payments are 90 days past due. Credit card receivables are considered credit-impaired and are fully written off at the earlier of the following dates: when a notice of bankruptcy is received, a settlement proposal is made, or contractual payments are 180 days past due.

Leverage ratio

The leverage ratio is calculated by dividing Tier 1 capital by total exposure. Total exposure is defined as the sum of on-balance-sheet assets (including derivative financial instrument exposures and securities financing transaction exposures) and off-balance-sheet items.

Liquidity coverage ratio (LCR)

The LCR is a measure designed to ensure that the Bank has sufficient high-quality liquid assets to cover net cash outflows given a severe, 30--day liquidity crisis.

Loans and acceptances

Loans and acceptances represent the sum of loans and of the customers' liability under acceptances.

Loan-to-value ratio

The loan-to-value ratio is calculated according to the total facility amount for residential mortgages and home equity lines of credit divided by the value of the related residential property.

Master netting agreement

Legal agreement between two parties that have multiple derivative contracts with each other that provides for the net settlement of all contracts through a single payment, in the event of default, insolvency or bankruptcy.

Net impaired loans

Net impaired loans are gross impaired loans presented net of allowances for credit losses on Stage 3 loan amounts drawn.

Net impaired loans as a percentage of total loans and acceptances

This measure represents net impaired loans as a percentage of the balance of loans and acceptances.

Net impaired loans excluding POCI loans

Net impaired loans excluding POCI loans are gross impaired loans excluding POCI loans presented net of allowances for credit losses on amounts drawn on Stage 3 loans granted by the Bank.

Net interest income from trading activities

Net interest income from trading activities comprises dividends related to financial assets and liabilities associated with trading activities, net of interest expenses and interest income related to the financing of these financial assets and liabilities.

Net interest income, non-trading

Net interest income, non-trading, comprises revenues related to financial assets and liabilities associated with non-trading activities, net of interest expenses and interest income related to the financing of these financial assets and liabilities.

Net interest margin

Net interest margin is calculated by dividing net interest income by average interest-bearing assets.

Net stable funding ratio (NSFR)

The NSFR ratio is a measure that helps guarantee that the Bank is maintaining a stable funding profile to reduce the risk of funding stress.

Net write-offs as a percentage of average loans and acceptances

This measure represents the net write-offs (net of recoveries) expressed as a percentage of average loans and acceptances.

Non-interest income related to trading activities

Non-interest income related to trading activities consists of realized and unrealized gains and losses as well as interest income on securities measured at fair value through profit or loss, income from held-for-trading derivative financial instruments, changes in the fair value of loans at fair value through profit or loss, changes in the fair value of financial instruments designated at fair value through profit or loss, certain commission income, other trading activity revenues, and any applicable transaction costs.

Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions (Canada) (OSFI)

The mandate of OSFI is to regulate and supervise financial institutions and private pension plans subject to federal oversight, to help minimize undue losses to depositors and policyholders and, thereby, to contribute to public confidence in the Canadian financial system.

Operating leverage

Operating leverage is the difference between the growth rate for total revenues and the growth rate for non-interest expenses.

Provisioning rate

This measure represents the allowances for credit losses on impaired loans expressed as a percentage of gross impaired loans.

Provisioning rate excluding POCI loans

This measure represents the allowances for credit losses on impaired loans excluding POCI loans expressed as a percentage of gross impaired loans excluding POCI loans.

Provisions for credit losses

Amount charged to income necessary to bring the allowances for credit losses to a level deemed appropriate by management and is comprised of provisions for credit losses on impaired and non-impaired financial assets.

Provisions for credit losses as a percentage of average loans and acceptances

This measure represents the provisions for credit losses expressed as a percentage of average loans and acceptances.

Provisions for credit losses on impaired loans as a percentage of average loans and acceptances

This measure represents the provisions for credit losses on impaired loans expressed as a percentage of average loans and acceptances.

Provisions for credit losses on impaired loans excluding POCI loans as a percentage of average loans and acceptances or provisions for credit losses on impaired loans excluding POCI loans ratio

This measure represents the provisions for credit losses on impaired loans excluding POCI loans expressed as a percentage of average loans and acceptances.

Return on average assets

Return on average assets represents net income expressed as a percentage of average assets.

Return on common shareholders' equity (ROE)

ROE represents net income attributable to common shareholders expressed as a percentage of average equity attributable to common shareholders. It is a general measure of the Bank's efficiency in using equity.

Risk-weighted assets

Assets are risk weighted according to the guidelines established by OSFI. In the Standardized calculation approach, risk factors are applied directly to the face value of certain assets in order to reflect comparable risk levels. In the Advanced Internal Ratings-Based (AIRB) Approach, risk-weighted assets are derived from the Bank's internal models, which represent the Bank's own assessment of the risks it incurs. In the Foundation Internal Ratings-Based (FIRB) Approach the Bank can use its own estimate of probability of default but must rely on OSFI estimates for loss given default and exposure at default risk parameters. Off-balance-sheet instruments are converted to balance sheet (or credit) equivalents by adjusting the notional values before applying the appropriate risk-weighting factors.

Securities purchased under reverse repurchase agreements

Securities purchased by the Bank from a client pursuant to an agreement under which the securities will be resold to the same client on a specified date and at a specified price. Such an agreement is a form of short-term collateralized lending.

Securities sold under repurchase agreements

Financial obligations related to securities sold pursuant to an agreement under which the securities will be repurchased on a specified date and at a specified price. Such an agreement is a form of short-term funding.

Stressed VaR (SVaR)

SVaR is a statistical measure of risk that replicates the VaR calculation method but uses, instead of a two-year history of risk factor changes, a 12--month data period corresponding to a continuous period of significant financial stress that is relevant in terms of the Bank's portfolios.

Structured entity

A structured entity is an entity created to accomplish a narrow and well-defined objective and is designed so that voting or similar rights are not the dominant factor in deciding who controls the entity, such as when any voting rights relate solely to administrative tasks and the relevant activities are directed by means of contractual arrangements.

Taxable equivalent

Taxable equivalent basis is a calculation method that consists of grossing up certain revenues taxed at lower rates (notably dividends) by the income tax to a level that would make it comparable to revenues from taxable sources in Canada. The Bank uses the taxable equivalent basis to calculate net interest income, non-interest income and income taxes.

Tier 1 capital ratio

Tier 1 capital ratio consists of Common Equity Tier 1 capital and Additional Tier 1 instruments, namely, qualifying non-cumulative preferred shares and the eligible amount of innovative instruments. Tier 1 capital ratio is calculated by dividing Tier 1 capital, less regulatory adjustments, by the corresponding risk-weighted assets.

TLAC leverage ratio

The TLAC leverage ratio is an independent risk measure that is calculated by dividing available TLAC by total exposure, as set out in OSFI's Total Loss Absorbing Capacity (TLAC) Guideline.

TLAC ratio

The TLAC ratio is a measure used to assess whether a non-viable Domestic Systemically Important Bank (D-SIB) has sufficient loss-absorbing capacity to support its recapitalization. It is calculated by dividing available TLAC by risk weighted assets, as set out in OSFI's Total Loss Absorbing Capacity (TLAC) Guideline.

Total capital ratio

Total capital is the sum of Tier 1 and Tier 2 capital. Tier 2 capital consists of the eligible portion of subordinated debt and certain allowances for credit losses. The Total capital ratio is calculated by dividing Total capital, less regulatory adjustments, by the corresponding risk-weighted assets.

Total shareholder return (TSR)

TSR represents the average total return on an investment in the Bank's common shares. The return includes changes in share price and assumes that the dividends received were reinvested in additional common shares of the Bank.

Trading activity revenues

Trading activity revenues consist of the net interest income and the non-interest income related to trading activities. Net interest income comprises dividends related to financial assets and liabilities associated with trading activities, net of interest expenses and interest income related to the financing of these financial assets and liabilities. Non-interest income consists of realized and unrealized gains and losses as well as interest income on securities measured at fair value through profit or loss, income from held-for-trading derivative financial instruments, changes in the fair value of loans at fair value through profit or loss, changes in the fair value of financial instruments designated at fair value through profit or loss, certain commission income, other trading activity revenues, and any applicable transaction costs.

Value-at-Risk (VaR)

VaR is a statistical measure of risk that is used to quantify market risks across products, per types of risks, and aggregate risk on a portfolio basis. VaR is defined as the maximum loss at a specific confidence level over a certain horizon under normal market conditions. The VaR method has the advantage of providing a uniform measurement of financial-instrument-related market risks based on a single statistical confidence level and time horizon.

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