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Commitments and guarantees expected to be due within 5 to 6 fiscal years. These may include, equity, loan, mortgage-related and underwriting commitments, derivative guarantees, etc.

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Commitments and guarantees expected to be due within 3 to 4 fiscal years. These may include, equity, loan, mortgage-related and underwriting commitments, derivative guarantees, etc.

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Commitments and guarantees expected to be due within 2 fiscal years. These may include, equity, loan, mortgage-related and underwriting commitments, derivative guarantees, etc.

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Commitments and guarantees expected to be due within 7 fiscal years and thereafter. These may include, equity, loan, mortgage-related and underwriting commitments and derivative guarantees, etc.

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Maximum potential amount of future payments (undiscounted) the guarantor could be required to make under the guarantee or each group of similar guarantees before reduction for potential recoveries under recourse or collateralization provisions.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 460
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 4
-Subparagraph (b)(1)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6851643&loc=d3e12069-110248

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