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Estimated Assets Needed To Secure All Future Pension Payments

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Plan Assets At Fair Value, Including Defined Contribution Assets

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Line items represent concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with members defined in one or many axes of the table.

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The amount of deficit or surplus in a defined benefit plan, adjusted for any effect of limiting a net defined benefit asset to the asset ceiling. [Refer: Defined benefit plans [domain]]

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
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The fair value of any plan assets, less the present value of the defined benefit obligation. [Refer: Plan assets [member]]

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
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Employee compensation and benefits - Post-employment benefit plans - Narrative (Details) $ in Millions, £ in Billions	Dec. 31, 2024 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2023 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2022 GBP (£)	Dec. 31, 2022 USD ($)
Disclosure of defined benefit plans [line items]
Defined contribution assets	$ 6,531	$ 6,590
Estimated assets needed to secure all future pension payments			£ 21.3	$ 25,700
Pension Plan
Disclosure of defined benefit plans [line items]
Defined contribution assets	6,799	6,886
Pension Plan \| Principal plan
Disclosure of defined benefit plans [line items]
Surplus (deficit) in plan			£ 3.7	$ 4,400
Percentage of plan funded			118.00%	118.00%
Defined contribution assets	$ 6,429	$ 6,808		$ 6,334
Pension Plan \| Principal plan \| Projected unit credit method
Disclosure of defined benefit plans [line items]
Fair value of plan assets, incl. defined contribution assets			£ 23.9	28,800
Defined Contribution Pension Plan \| Principal plan
Disclosure of defined benefit plans [line items]
Defined contribution assets			£ 3.0	$ 3,600