With Core Income Pressure, HSBC Keeps Provisions at Historical Lows
Our focus for HSBC’s results is the incredible weakness at its core. For certain this will have prompted the bank to limit its impairment costs, or...
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HSBC Has Nearly 1/3 of All Loans in UK
We believe that core income will worsen and credit costs for UK banks will rise, given lesser economic growth, less business with EU and a weaker...
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HSBC's Core Income Worsens, as Provisions Turn Upward
De-risking, low interest rates and lesser loan demand is taking its toll on HSBC. It is at the core of banking: net interest income. HSBC is now...
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Asia - Radical Impairments Are Normal
Sometimes we can forget, that impairment costs usually don’t rise gradually.We also sometimes forget that impairments can affect banks that are...
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China Is Frantic About NPLs
There is talk that the regulator in China will allow banks to swap NPLs for equity stakes in the debtor companies. This is also talk that the...
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