HSBC Holdings Share News (HSBA)

HSBC posts flat profit short of consensus

(ShareCast News) - HSBC has missed full year profit consensus forecasts by 8%, as it missed fourth quarter targets by a long way. The FTSE 100 bank posted a reported profit before tax of $18.9bn (£13.3bn) for the year to 31 December 2015, up a mere 1.069% from $18.7bn in 2014. However adjusted prof

2ND UPDATE: HSBC Grapples With China Slowdown As Profit Misses View

UPDATE: HSBC Misses Analyst Expectations After Fourth-Quarter Loss

Investment banks' trading revenue declined 9 pct in 2015 - survey

* FICC revenue at 12 top banks $69.9 bln last year - Coalition * Compares with $109.1 billion five years before * Commodities revenues drop 18 percent * Equity business is rare bright spot, revs up 10 pct to $50 bln By Anjuli Davies LONDON, Feb 22 (Reuters) - Revenue

HQ debate settled, HSBC spotlight turns to top-level succession

* Chmn Flint and CEO Gulliver likely to step down in next 2 years * Bank previously said chairman will be external candidate * Identity of chmn to determine if bank looks to replace Gulliver * HSBC set to report annual results Monday By Lawrence White LONDON, Feb 19

BROKER RATINGS SUMMARY: JPMorgan Raises Auto Trader To Overweight

PRESS: HSBC U-Turns On Pay As Most Managers To Receive No Rise - FT

HSBC effectively scraps pay rise for managers at UK retail bank -source

LONDON, Feb 17 (Reuters) - Most managers at HSBC's UK retail and wealth unit will not be getting a pay rise this year, a source familiar with the matter said on Wednesday, in what marks the bank's third change to pay policy in as many weeks. The lender plans to largely base the managers' p

European banks' risky oil loans make investors edgy

* Slumping oil price may trigger losses, erode capital * Large repayment milestones a few quarters away * ING, StanChart, French lenders seen most at risk By Danilo Masoni and Alistair Smout MILAN/LONDON, Feb 17 (Reuters) - Investors are growing increasingly anxious about

Tuesday newspaper round-up: BoE, car industry, Shell, HSBC

(ShareCast News) - The Bank of England has rebuffed criticism from the chief architect of the UK's banking reforms by denying that it has watered down his recommended minimum capital levels for Britain's biggest lenders. In a statement released late on Monday the BoE rejected that it had gone soft o

Monday broker round-up

(ShareCast News) - Hargreaves Lansdown: Shore Capital upgrades to buy. Antofagasta: Peel Hunt Limited downgrades to hold with a target price of 425p. Atkins: Citigroup upgrades to neutral with a target of 1160p, from 1120p. Hays: HSBC upgrades to buy with a 155p target. IAG: Bank of America upgra

LONDON MARKET CLOSE: Draghi Stokes Global Stimulus Expectations

Earnings, Trading Statements Calendar - Week Ahead

UPDATE 6-HSBC keeps headquarters in London, rejects move to Hong Kong

* HSBC board unanimous on keeping HQ in London * UK climbdown on bank tax seen helping London win through * China influence, market turmoil seen weighing against HK * 'Brexit' could see 1000 jobs move to Paris- CEO * GRAPHIC: HSBC's regional profits http://tmsnrt.rs/2141Lu

UPDATE-HSBC opts to keep its HQ in London

By Steve Slater LONDON, Feb 15 (IFR) - HSBC Holdings said it is keeping its headquarters in Britain, after a 10-month review that considered moving its base to Hong Kong or elsewhere. Europe's biggest bank said its decision, released late Sunday, was based on Britain being an importan