HSBC Holdings Share News (HSBA)

HIGHGRADE CLOSE-Five issuers raise US$12.085bn in HG primary

* HSBC prints jumbo US$8bn deal * Whirlpool comes with 30-year trade * Dell bonds tighten amid high trading volumes * Weekly issuance hits US$41.560bn By Mike Gambale NEW YORK, May 18 (IFR) - Below is a recap of primary issuance activity in the US high-grade market o

Wednesday newspaper share tips: Lloyds, Premier Foods

(ShareCast News) - UK's big banks are at a nadir in their fortunes and yet to enjoy a sustained uplift in their business, albeit with fundamentals beginning to turn north, says the Financial Times' Lex column. Mortgage, credit card and personal lending all turned a corner in 2014, and in 2015 both L

UPDATE 2-British bank competition plan falls short of challenger hopes

* Watchdog wants to stimulate competition for "big four" * Critics say proposals don't go far enough * Final report to be published in August (Adds cost and more reaction) By Andrew MacAskill and Huw Jones LONDON, May 17 (Reuters) - Long-awaited measures to break the mar

BROKER RATINGS SUMMARY: Goldman Says Buy ITV; Investec Says Buy HSBC

Banks to limit overdraft charges as CMA demands only small changes

(ShareCast News) - Banks will be forced to limit overdraft charges and introduce a new standard technology to enable consumers to more easily switch between providers, among several measures proposed by the competition watchdog to improve competition in retail banking. Concluding its investigation i

UK competition watchdog unveils measures to improve banking competition

LONDON, May 17 (Reuters) - Britain's biggest banks will have to cap unauthorised overdraft fees and join a price-comparison website to give customers better service, Britain's competition watchdog said on Tuesday, following a 19-month investigation to reform the banking sector. The Competit

PRESS: HSBC Axes 840 IT Jobs In First Round Of Cuts - Financial Times

Another 840 jobs to go at HSBC

(ShareCast News) - HSBC announced the loss of 840 UK jobs on Monday, as it prepared to shed hundreds of IT jobs locally and ship them offshore. It was the latest in a series of swingeing cuts announced last June, when HSBC bosses said 8,000 staff would lose their jobs UK-wide. 595 of Monday's axing

REUTERS SUMMIT-Conduct message not getting through at UK banks -BoE's Bailey

(For other news from Reuters Financial Regulation Summit, click on http://www.reuters.com/summit/FinancialRegulation16) * Bank CEOs' conduct message not getting to rank and file * Bailey wants shareholders to be more vocal at banks * Bailey to bolster FCA's mission message from

Ex-divs to take 17 points off FTSE 100 on May 19

LONDON, May 16 (Reuters) - The following FTSE 100 companies will go ex-dividend on Thursday, after which investors will no longer qualify for the latest dividend payout. According to Reuters calculations at current market prices, the resulting adjustment to prices by market-makers would take

REUTERS SUMMIT-London's future as finance hub at risk outside EU- BoE's Bailey

(For other news from Reuters Financial Regulation Summit, click on http://www.reuters.com/summit/FinancialRegulation16) By Huw Jones and Andrew MacAskill LONDON, May 16 (Reuters) - London has no "God given" right to remain a global banking centre if Britain were to leave the European

Broker tips: HSBC, British Land, Crest Nicholson

(ShareCast News) - Shore Capital reiterated its only 'buy' rating in the housebuilding sector on Crest Nicholson as the company released a half-year trading update. The broker said Crest, the most "strategically ambitious" of the larger housebuilders due to its growing focus on the institutional pri

UPDATE 1-HSBC axes 840 IT jobs in Britain in first big wave of planned cuts

(Repeats to additional subscribers) * Jobs transferred from UK to cut costs * More cuts expected in coming months * Decision is "ruthless" -trade union By Andrew MacAskill and Lawrence White LONDON, May 16 (Reuters) - HSBC, Europe's largest bank, started laying off 8

UPDATE 1-HSBC axes 840 IT jobs in Britain in first big wave of planned cuts

* Jobs transferred from UK to cut costs * More cuts expected in coming months * Decision is "ruthless" -trade union (Adds bank, union comment, share price) By Andrew MacAskill and Lawrence White LONDON, May 16 (Reuters) - HSBC, Europe's largest bank, started laying off 8

Dividend cut at HSBC would only make sense under one scenario, Berenberg says

(ShareCast News) - HSBC had shown it had a tight grip on costs over the last two quarters and with management as focused as ever on risks the dividend was sustainable, Berenberg said. As risks continued to be re-priced, the lender's focus on risk should become more appreciated, with the dividend yie