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Noel Quinn will be a hard act to follow at HSBC
Restructuring HSBC, like painting the Forth bridge, is a never-ending job. While Noel Quinn has done well, the board must not make another ham-fisted transition.
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UK banks, asset managers and individuals see better returns from dumping UK stocks and investing elsewhere, but the impact eventually becomes ruinous.
BBVA’s bid for Banco Sabadell didn’t appear to be going well when its share price slumped after the announcement. Then Sabadell rejected the offer despite the substantial premium to its own share price.
The Fed chair has made a remarkable, virtually unconditional surrender to opponents of his plan for Basel III implementation in the US. The tactical withdrawal is embarrassing, but it makes strategic sense.
After less than two years, S&P is scrapping its ESG credit indicators and America’s anti-woke politicians are thrilled. But this may not be the win they think it is.
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Thailand is enduring a record heatwave, yet its economy is in the deep freeze. Prime minister Srettha Thavisin is frantically jetting around the world trying to woo global corporates and investors, so far to little avail.
New accounts targeted at low-income customers reflects the reality of intense competition in the sector.
As banks focus more on climate adaptation across their businesses, are they conceding that mitigation efforts are futile?
The two European banks are both trying to de-emphasise their investment banks and want to build up areas where they see weakness. Barclays is later to this party than Deutsche, but both will have found encouragement in the first three months of 2024.
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How worried should we be about private credit?
A private credit market growing so fast, away from the oversight of bank regulators, may be a new source of systemic risk. With smaller investors taking greater exposure to an asset class whose high returns and low losses look almost too good to be true, there could be trouble ahead.
Spilling the tea on Hong Kong IPOs
Several Chinese bubble-tea makers are looking at Hong Kong IPOs. When high-end tea maker Nayuki listed three years ago investors drank it up, but the deal now trades 90% below its listing price. Can a new group of issuers revive the market?
Why incumbents keep building neobanks
Intesa Sanpaolo’s Isybank is the latest in-house neobank to run into trouble. But the desire to migrate core-banking systems onto the cloud is still encouraging other banks to follow this strategy.
Private banking: India moves to centre stage
Global money is flooding into India to profit from high-performing stocks, a booming economy, and the ease of investing via Gift City, a growing financial hub in Gujarat. Local wealth is flowing the other way, notably to Dubai. It’s a gold mine for private banks, and the process has only just begun.
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It’s one thing to invest, but you also need to know what you’re doing and have the right seniority on the ground
Alexander von zur Mühlen, Asia Pacific chief executive at Deutsche Bank, explains his regional strategy -
I don’t see any bank surviving without AI. It’s like living without electricity
Manuel Abat, India, Middle East and Africa practice head, digital and implementation at global consultancy Oliver Wyman, underscores the importance of AI to the future of banking -
Historically, a wealthy client would have maybe 5% of their portfolio allocated to private assets. Today, it’s typically 25% to 30%
Nitin Singh, head of Barclays Private Bank Asia, explains how the wealth management dynamic in India is changing
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