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  • HSBC is overstating Asia demerger cost, Ping An claims

    uk banks

    Britain’s largest bank HSBC is blowing up the financial hit from carving out its Asia business to water down pressure from its biggest shareholder to demerge, sources close to the matter said. Chinese insurer Ping An claimed selling off the high street lender’s highly profitable Asia arm would unlock $35bn (£29bn) in value for shareholders [...]

  • Ping An proposal to break up HSBC gains momentum as small investors back plan

    HSBC break-up

    HSBC investors are ramping up calls for the banking giant to break up as they side with Chinese insurance company Ping An.  Pressure on the bank to shave off its Asian business into a separate company increased after a meeting with HSBC executives and Hong Kong investors yesterday, as small shareholders backed the proposal by [...]

  • London markets lose early gains despite UK banks’ best efforts

    markets

    A bumper crop of results from Britain’s largest lender and Asia-focused HSBC initially boosted London markets today, before an afternoon collapse. The capital’s premier FTSE 100 index dropped 0.13 per cent to 7,413.42 points, while the domestically-focused mid-cap FTSE 250 index, which is more aligned with the health of the UK economy, added 0.22 per [...]

  • HSBC hits back at Ping An calls to carve out Asia business

    August 1, 2022

    HSBC today hit back at intense pressure from its biggest shareholder to spin out its Asia business. The chief of Britain’s largest lender, Noel Quinn, said HSBC’s “strength as a well connected, global institution is the main reason our wholesale clients choose to bank with us”. “We are determined to capitalise on the advantages our [...]

  • Exclusive: Pro-democracy activist Nathan Law labels HSBC a ‘cheerleader’ for Chinese Communist Party

    July 27, 2022

    HSBC is “cheerleading” for the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) campaign to strip away Hong Kongers’ human rights, Nathan Law, a pro-democracy activist, told City A.M. today. Law, a former member of Hong Kong’s parliament, accused Britain’s largest lender of putting profits ahead of taking a stand against Beijing eroding the city’s citizens’ freedoms through the [...]

  • HSBC sets up Communist Party cadre in China business

    July 21, 2022

    Britain’s biggest lender and Asia-focused HSBC has set up a Chinese Communist Party (CCP) cadre in its China investment bank. The bank has become the first outside China to install a CCP committee, according to reports today in the Financial Times. Chinese law enforces domestic finance firms to have party officials in positions of authority. The [...]

  • Bank of England orders lenders to strengthen reserves amid ‘deteriorating’ economy

    July 5, 2022

    The Bank of England yesterday ordered lenders to fortify their defences in preparation for the looming economic downturn, warning the City against “excessive” cuts in lending to households and businesses. The central bank, which oversees Britain’s banking sector and the country’s monetary policy, doubled the proportion of money lenders need to keep in reserve to [...]

  • UK banks’ profits surge past French rivals for first time since before Brexit vote

    July 4, 2022

    Profits at Britain’s banks have topped their French counterparts for the first time since before the Brexit vote, reveals a fresh study published today. The UK’s largest lenders posted pre-tax profits of $55.1bn (£45.6bn) last year, slightly higher than the $54.8bn (£45.3bn) registered by French banks, according to The Banker’s annual top 1,000 world bank [...]

  • HSBC pumps £250m into new lending fund for high-growth UK tech companies

    June 22, 2022

    HSBC UK has unveiled a new £250m growth lending fund for high growth tech businesses today as it looks to meet a government call for a surge in investment in the sector last week.

  • HSBC becomes Emma Raducanu’s eighth blue chip sponsor on eve of Wimbledon

    June 16, 2022

    HSBC has become the latest blue chip brand to join British tennis star Emma Raducanu’s stable of sponsors.  Raducanu, who shot to fame by winning the US Open in September, has agreed a four-year with the international banking group. “To partner with HSBC is so natural for me having grown up playing in the HSBC [...]

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