15 Analysis of shareholders' equity


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As at 31 December 2008

Risk and Savings
£m

Investment management
£m

International
£m

Group capital and financing
£m

Total
£m

1.

Shareholders’ equity supporting the non profit Risk and Savings businesses is held within Legal & General Assurance Society Limited and Legal & General Pensions Limited and is managed on a groupwide basis within the Group capital and financing segment.

2.

Free surplus is the value of any capital and surplus allocated to, but not required to support, the in-force covered business at the valuation date.

3.

For 2008 the cost of capital reflects a risk margin of 4.5% in the risk discount rate and an equity backing ratio for the assets backing the solvency capital of 55% (2007 risk margin of 3.0% and equity backing ratio of 79%).

Analysed as:

 

 

 

 

 

[IFRS] basis shareholders’ equity1

174

322

1,272

1,820

3,588

Additional retained profit/(loss) on an [EEV] basis

4,268

203

(1,538)

2,933

Shareholders’ equity on an EEV basis

4,442

322

1,475

282

6,521

Comprising:

 

 

 

 

 

Business reported on an IFRS basis

174

322

12

(1,596)

(1,088)

Business reported on an EEV basis:

 

 

 

 

 

Shareholder net worth

 

 

 

 

 

– Free surplus2

 

 

144

509

653

– Required capital to cover solvency margin

 

 

260

1,369

1,629

Value of in-force

 

 

 

 

 

– Value of in-force business

4,576

 

1,156

 

5,732

– Cost of capital3

(308)

 

(97)

 

(405)

 

 

 

 

 

 

As at 31 December 2007

Risk and Savings

£m

Investment management
Restated
£m

International

£m

Group capital and financing

£m

Total
Restated
£m

Analysed as:

 

 

 

 

 

IFRS basis shareholders’ equity1

166

310

888

4,082

5,446

Additional retained profit/(loss) on an [EEV] basis

3,460

221

(999)

2,682

Shareholders’ equity on an EEV basis

3,626

310

1,109

3,083

8,128

Comprising:

 

 

 

 

 

Business reported on an [IFRS] basis

166

310

3

(754)

(275)

Business reported on an EEV basis:

 

 

 

 

 

Shareholder net worth

 

 

 

 

 

– Free surplus2

 

 

145

2,639

2,784

– Required capital to cover solvency margin

 

 

179

1,198

1,377

Value of in-force

 

 

 

 

 

– Value of in-force business

3,558

 

840

 

4,398

– Cost of capital3

(98)

 

(58)

 

(156)

Further analysis of shareholders’ equity is included in Note 16.

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