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The proportion of ownership interest in a subsidiary attributable to the entity. [Refer: Subsidiaries [member]]

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Cash ratio deposits (CRDs) are non-interest bearing deposits lodged with the Bank of England by eligible institutions (ie. banks and building societies), who have reported average eligible liabilities (ELs) of over 600 million over a calculation period.

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Represents the percentage extend to ownership voting rights of the investee company.

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The amount of threshold eligible liabilities to calculate non-interest bearing deposit used to determine the ratio deposit.

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