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Top HSBC directors receive shares worth over £7 mn
14 Aug 2014
According to HSBC the shares formed part of a fixed remuneration package for the staff involved
India’s factory output at 17-month peak; optimism continues
01 Aug 2014
July data confirmed reports of further improvements in demand as new orders increased at an accelerated pace, extending the current sequence of growth to nine months
HSBC sells UK pension business to Swiss Re unit
12 Jun 2014
EU charges 3 of world’s biggest banks with rate rigging
21 May 2014
US and European regulators have so far handed down some $6 billion in fines to 10 banks and brokerages for rigging the Libor and its euro cousin Euribor
HSBC to sell Pakistan operations to Meezan Bank
10 May 2014
The sale comes seven months after HSBC aborted the sale of its Pakistan operations to Karachi-based JS Bank Limited, which failed to secure regulatory approvals
HSBC first-quarter pre-tax profit down 20 per cent
08 May 2014
Europe's biggest bank, with operations across 75 countries, said revenue prospects were decent in Asia but stood weaker in Latin America, where it had withdrawn from many markets
India’s factory output showed strong growth in February: HSBC
03 Mar 2014
India's manufacturing sector expanded in February at the strongest pace in 12 months, driven largely by growth in new business orders and an improved macroeconomic situation, HSBC’s latest PMI shows
Withdrawals at Swiss unit hit HSBC
25 Feb 2014
HSBC to end brokering, depository services in India
18 Oct 2013
The move is part of the bank’s global strategy to review and exit some businesses to cut costs
HSBC downgrades Indian stocks to ‘underweight’
17 Sep 2013
Factory output growth comes to near standstill in May
03 Jun 2013
Years of reckless spending, a long struggle containing inflation, high interest rates, policy paralysis and fragile global demand have put India back in a rut of slow growth, say economists
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