Share-Based Plans (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2014

Disclosure of Compensation Related Costs, Share-based Payments [Abstract]

Schedule of Share-based Payment Award, Employee Stock Purchase Plan

The following table presents information for the HSBC Sharesave Plan:

At December 31,	2012
	(dollars are in millions)
Sharesave (5 year vesting period):
Total options granted	107,000
Fair value per option granted	$	1.61
Significant assumptions used to calculate fair value:
Risk free interest rate	0.92		%
Expected life (years)	5
Expected volatility	25		%
Sharesave (3 year vesting period):
Total options granted	430,000
Fair value per option granted	$	1.63
Significant assumptions used to calculate fair value:
Risk free interest rate	0.45		%
Expected life (years)	3
Expected volatility	25		%
Sharesave (1 year vesting period):
Total options granted	153,000
Fair value per option granted	$	1.35
Significant assumptions used to calculate fair value:
Risk free interest rate	.23		%
Expected life (years)	1
Expected volatility	25		%