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HSBC Bonus Pool Flat in 2024 Amid Cost-Cut Drive; Headcount Falls 3%
Date: February 19, 2025
By Scott Murdoch and Selena Li SYDNEY/HONG KONG (Reuters) - HSBC's headcount fell 3% last year and its staff bonus pool hardly changed as a new CEO sharpened focus on costs and initiated sweeping...

HSBC Sees $1.8 Billion in Revamp Related Costs as New CEO Looks to Boost Returns
Date: February 19, 2025
By Selena Li and Sumeet Chatterjee HONG KONG (Reuters) -HSBC posted annual profit on Wednesday that beat estimates, helped by increased revenue in wealth and markets businesses, and set stiff cost-cut...

HSBC to Sell Bahrain Retail Banking Operations as Restructuring Progresses
Date: February 18, 2025
(Reuters) - HSBC said on Tuesday it has agreed to sell its retail banking operations in Bahrain amid a wider restructuring at the bank. The deal will see a transfer of retail loans, deposits and...

HSBC Axes 40 Dealmakers in Hong Kong as Part of Revamp to Cut Costs, Source Says
Date: February 18, 2025
By Selena Li and Scott Murdoch HONG KONG/SYDNEY (Reuters) -HSBC has laid off around 40 investment bankers in Hong Kong, according to a person with direct knowledge of the matter, as part of a global...

Trump's Tariffs to Have Limited Impact on Oil, Gas Prices, Goldman Sachs Says
Date: February 3, 2025
(Reuters) - The new tariffs imposed by U.S. President Donald Trump on imports from Canada, Mexico, and China are likely to have a limited near-term impact on global oil and gas prices, Goldman Sachs...

Fitch Says Mps Bid for Mediobanca Carries Risks, but Too Early to Assess
Date: January 31, 2025
MILAN (Reuters) - Monte dei Paschi di Siena's acquisition of bigger rival Mediobanca would be challenging to implement if the Tuscan bank's bid succeeded, Fitch Ratings said on Friday. While any...
