... ghts like HSBC (00005.HK) and the giant Chinese enterprises. It has to spend massively on defense and foreign relations. Despite all these disadvantages, Singapore has managed to surpass Hong Kong in ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-25
... s such as HSBC and Jardine. It has become a popular column since day one. In an interview with EJ Insight last year, Mulcahy recalled why the column was named Lai See. “I wanted to give people a littl ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-23
HSBC Holdings Plc's (00005.HK) Hong Kong branch and Hang Seng Bank Ltd. (00011.HK) are reportedly freezing the salaries of back-office staff while implementing a 1-3 percent pay hike for some low-rank ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-10
... a unit of HSBC Holdings Plc. and foreign affiliates of China’s state-controlled Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Ltd., according to the filing. “The company is facing acute liquidity pressure a ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-09
[Online application] People are lining up to buy HSBC's commemorative banknotes in honor of its 150th anniversary. These are probably the same people who are first to shore up the stock when it wobbl ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-06
[Online application] Collectors have been snapping up HSBC's HK$150 commemorative banknotes, hoping they will be worth a lot more in the future. Queues of mostly older people not used to online bankin ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-06
[Online application] Starting today, HSBC is taking subscriptions for its HK$150 commemorative banknotes, which are expected to spur a wave of speculations, especially from mainland buyers. The bankno ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-05
... sibility. HSBC Holdings (00005.HK) is the company that has the highest representation of women on its board in Hong Kong. The number has increased to six this year from four, out of a total of 17 dire ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-03
... lders. At HSBC Holdings Plc., whose US unit failed the Fed tests in 2014, global regulatory and compliance costs increased by US$774 million last year to US$2.4 billion, including investments needed t ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-03
... nsored by HSBC. The final HSBC/Markit Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) for February stood at 50.7, up from 49.7 in January and compared with a preliminary reading of 50.1, as overall new orders picked ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-02
HSBC chief executive Stuart Gulliver, who was recently accused of keeping millions of pounds in a Swiss bank account, was sued by the Hong Kong government last year for failing to pay rates for his Mi ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-02
... vestment. HSBC Producer Price Purchasing Mangers’ Index, which hit an all-time high of above 60 in 2009, broke 50 in 2010 and has since failed to show any sustained recovery. The index stood below 50 ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-25
... esults of HSBC Holdings Plc (00005.HK). The London-based bank reported Monday a 17 percent decline in pre-tax profit for 2014 to US$18.68 billion, lagging market expectations, due to higher costs and ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-24
... utiny are HSBC Holdings Plc (00005.HK), Bank of Nova Scotia, Barclays Plc, Credit Suisse Group AG, Deutsche Bank AG, Goldman Sachs Group Inc., JPMorgan Chase & Co., Societe Generale, Standard Bank ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-24
HSBC chief executive Stuart Gulliver apparently eats his own cooking. Gulliver, who has vowed to reform the scandal-hit bank, kept millions of US dollars in a Swiss account, the Guardian reported. It ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-23
Get a HK$150 note from HSBC. Find a time to visit the Clock Tower in Tsim Sha Tsui and, if possible, Singapore. Watch out for good news from China Construction Bank and The Link REIT, because there a ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-20
... per said. HSBC analyst Keith Chan wrote in a note that he was “negatively surprised by the ballooned interest-bearing debt obligations” and attributed the big increase in the company's debt to borrowi ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-17
Mainland China equities will be one of the key investment themes in Asia this year amid uncertainties surrounding the global economy, a strategist at HSBC said. Beijing's reforms will bring about inve ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-16
HSBC issued a public apology on Sunday for past practices at its Swiss private bank after allegations that it helped hundreds of clients to dodge taxes. The banking giant took out full-page advertisem ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-16
... es of the HSBC Holdings have been traded in this way in London, Hong Kong and New York for a long time. It is also important that a regional register of shareholders is set up, so that shareholdings a ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-13
