HSBC’s chief economist warns of parallels to 1997 Asian crisis

Frederick Neumann sees echoes of the pre-crisis playbook in rising Treasury yields, a weak yen, and tech euphoria, but says Asia's defenses are far stronger this time The last time rising US borrowing costs, a plummeting Japanese yen, and infectious …

I tried the Somerset bakery which used to be a HSBC bank - here's what I thought

Cornish Bakery opened in Wells in August 2026, replacing the city's HSBC bank, which had been unoccupied for three years. Wells' newest bakery has breathed fresh life into a prominent city centre building, transforming the former HSBC bank in …

​HSBC Midcap among 5 midcap funds that delivered over 21% CAGR in 3 years. Do you own any?

ICICI Bank, HSBC emerge among biggest winners in FCNR(B) deposits

ICICI Bank, HSBC and RBL Bank emerged among the key beneficiaries of India’s latest FCNR(B) deposit drive, with aggressive pricing and overseas balance sheets helping banks capture significant inflows, according to brokerage reports from Macquarie, …

HSBC UK and Molo to hike rates from next week

HSBC UK will be increasing rates across its ranges from 7 September, though it has not yet said by how much. These will apply to residential first-time buyers, home movers, remortgagors, buy-to-let and more. Trinity Financial product and communications …

HSBC and Coventry raise mortgage rates: Who will be next?

Coventry Building Society yesterday announced it was making increases across its entire range of fixed-rate mortgages on Monday 7 September. Today it emerged HSBC is raising prices on many of its fixed rate products from Monday too. It comes following …

Weaker rupee isn’t enough to fix India’s export gap, HSBC explains

The rupee may be on a five-session winning streak, but zoom out and the picture looks very different. The currency has weakened sharply since early 2025, yet exports have not responded strongly enough to narrow India’s persistent trade gap. India has …

HSBC Midcap Fund turns ₹10,000 monthly SIP into ₹2 crore since 2004

HSBC Midcap Fund has emerged as the top-performing equity fund over the last three years, delivering a CAGR of 24.13%. A monthly SIP of ₹10,000 in the scheme since its inception in August 2004 would have grown to over ₹2 crore. Launched on August 9, 2004, …

Do Barclays or HSBC shares offer better value today?

Barclays‘ (LSE: BARC) shares have had an impressive run, but they’ve been easily outpaced by rival HSBC (LSE: HSBA). Both FTSE 100 banks are still performing strongly, but could Barclays make up lost ground? HSBC shares are up an astonishing 316% over five …

HSBC prices $348.3 million Samurai bond sale, term sheet shows

HONG KONG: HSBC Holdings has priced a 54.3 billion yen ($348.3 million) Samurai bond sale in three parts, according to a term sheet seen by Reuters on Friday. Here are more details: HSBC sold 21.6 billion yen of bonds due in September 2030 with a 2.769% …