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HSBC Q4 profits surge on global interest rate hikes

(Sharecast News) - HSBC said quarterly profits almost doubled, driven by the rise in global interest rates, and unveiled a special dividend.

LONDON MARKET EARLY CALL: Stocks called lower ahead of PMI readings

(Alliance News) - Stocks in London are set to open slightly lower on Tuesday, with a series of purchasing managers' index readings set to provide an update on economic conditions in Europe and the US.

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TOP NEWS: HSBC profit beats consensus; mulls payouts from Canada sale

(Alliance News) - HSBC Holdings PLC on Tuesday said annual profit dipped due to expected credit charges and impairments, but said it was considering shareholder returns from the sale of its Canadian banking arm.

StanChart launches $1 bln buyback, lifts targets as rising rates buoy income

Bank raises return goal for 2024 as income rises

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Investors urge European banks to end new oil and gas financing

LONDON, Feb 10 (Reuters) - European banks risk jeopardising the path to net-zero carbon emissions and the growth of renewable energy unless they stop directly financing new oil and gas fields this year, investors managing assets worth more than $1.5 trillion said on Friday.

Investors call on five European banks to end new oil and gas finance

LONDON, Feb 10 (Reuters) - European banks risk jeopardising the path to net-zero carbon emissions and the growth of renewable energy unless they stop directly financing new oil and gas fields this year, investors managing assets worth more than $1.5 trillion said on Friday.

HSBC, StanChart "complicit" in suppressing rights of Hong Kong exiles

(Alliance News) - British banks, namely HSBC Holdings PLC and Standard Chartered PLC, are "complicit" in China's "gross human rights abuses of Hongkongers" by refusing them access to pensions after they fled to the UK, lawmakers concluded Wednesday.

Record year for Euroclear as sanction-hit Russian cashpile balloons

LONDON, Feb 8 (Reuters) - Europe's unprecedented moves to sever financial ties with Moscow following Russia's invasion of Ukraine helped Euroclear post a record year on Wednesday, but also left the securities settlement house facing lawsuits from disgruntled clients.

Beazley picks former Phoenix Group CEO Clive Bannister as next chair

(Alliance News) - Beazley PLC on Wednesday said it has appointed Clive Bannister as chair designate, intending for the chair of Rathbones Group PLC to be confirmed as chair at Beazley's annual general meeting in April.

Fed's Powell says message from last policy meeting was that "disinflation process" had begun

(Sharecast News) - The head of the US central bank told an audience that the "message" from its last policy meeting was that the "disinflation process" had begun.

Saudi wealth fund to raise $5.5 billion with second green bond sale

DUBAI, Feb 7 (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia's sovereign Public Investment Fund (PIF) is set to raise $5.5 billion through its second sale of green bonds in four months, for which orders topped $32.5 billion, one the banks running the deal said on Tuesday.

LONDON MARKET CLOSE: FTSE 100 outperforms thanks to record BP profit

(Alliance News) - Stocks in London were mixed at the close on Tuesday, though London's flagship index, the FTSE 100, finished higher thanks to strong results from oil major BP.