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• OCBC ha annunciato l'acquisizione delle operazioni di wealth and retail banking di HSBC in Indonesia per 6,6 miliardi di dollari, segnando un'importante espansione nella seconda economia più grande del Sud-est asiatico. • L'operazione dovrebbe aumentare gli asset sotto gestione della filiale indonesiana di OCBC di circa il 25%, rafforzando significativamente la sua presenza regionale. • Questa acquisizione riflette il focus strategico di OCBC sulla gestione della ricchezza e sulla crescita del retail banking in tutto il Sud-est asiatico, in un contesto di dinamiche di mercato competitive.

• Le azioni della banca con sede a Londra scendono mentre l'istituto accantona altri 300 milioni di dollari per coprire gli effetti del conflitto in Medio Oriente • Business live – ultimi aggiornamenti • HSBC ha subito un calo dei profitti di 1,3 miliardi di dollari (961 milioni di sterline), alimentato dalle conseguenze della guerra tra USA e Israele contro l'Iran e dalle frodi nel problematico settore del credito privato.

Bank says it has withdrawn proceedings against former Telegraph owners Aidan and Howard Barclay at high courtThe former owners of the Telegraph have avoided bankruptcy after reaching a settlement with HSBC over more than £140m in overdue debts.At a high court hearing on Tuesday, Europe’s biggest bank said it had withdrawn proceedings against Aidan and Howard Barclay, whose family lost control of the Daily and Sunday Telegraph in 2023 over £1.16bn of unpaid debts owed to Lloyds Bank. Continue reading...

Hundreds of senior staff in territory benefit from nearly £30,000-a-year grant per child not available to staff in group’s other hubs HSBC is reportedly reviewing a perk that covers school fees for bankers in Hong Kong as part of a big overhaul of the bank under chief executive Georges Elhedery.Europe’s largest bank is considering whether to scrap the perk for new employees or make changes to total compensation, Bloomberg News reported. No decisions have been made yet. Continue reading...

Oil-driven inflation is big challenge to world economy, lifting inflation and depressing growth, says bank’s chairBusiness live – latest updatesHSBC bosses have said the Iran war is already hitting global economic confidence, as a string of business leaders warned over the impact of the conflict.Georges Elhedery, the Lebanon-born chief executive of the bank, told Bloomberg Television at a HSBC conference in Hong Kong: “We’re saddened and concerned with what’s happening in the Middle East, and we’re concerned not just with what’s happening but also with how long this will take. Continue reading...