Dollar firms as bank earnings fail to excite Wall Street

Asian stocks were the session’s outperformers as Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index reached decade highs ... highs to trade 0.2 per cent lower at $1.1832 after the European Central Bank’s chief economist Peter Praet suggested a longer extension of its ... ( read original story ...)

HSBC picks company veteran John Flint as new chief executive

The appointment is the first major decision taken by former AIA Group (1299.HK) chief Mark Tucker, who officially took up his post at HSBC just 12 days ago as its first externally-appointed chairman. Flint, who is not related to Tucker’s predecessor ... ( read original story ...)

HSBC Names John Flint as Chief Executive

Last year, HSBC, which was founded in 1865 in Hong Kong as the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, decided to keep its headquarters in London after a lengthy review. In announcing its decision in February 2016, HSBC said that Asia remained “at the ... ( read original story ...)

HSBC Names Insider Flint for CEO as Tucker Follows Tradition

HSBC had drawn every one of its previous 21 top executives from its own ranks over its 152-year history, according to the bank’s records. Flint and other internal candidates had sought to persuade Tucker, the 59-year-old former CEO of Hong Kong-based ... ( read original story ...)

HSBC names insider and former HK hand John Flint as CEO

London-based HSBC Holdings (0005) today named a veteran insider, John Flint (pictured) as its chief executive from February 21. Flint succeeds Stuart Gulliver who is retiring. Between 1998 and 2004, Flint has served in various roles in global markets ... ( read original story ...)

Banking in Hong Kong? You Might Be Anywhere

Andy Mukherjee is a Bloomberg Gadfly columnist covering industrial companies and financial services. He previously was a columnist for Reuters Breakingviews. He has also worked for the Straits Times, ET NOW and Bloomberg News. Hong Kong is needlessly ... ( read original story ...)

HSBC tops Asiamoney’s New Silk Road Finance Awards

Helen Wong, Group General Manager of HSBC Group and Chief Executive for Greater China, The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited, with the Best Overall International Bank for BRI award at Asiamoney Awards 2017 in Beijing, China, September 26. ( read original story ...)

China to issue first dollar bonds since 2004, in Hong Kong

China’s Ministry of Finance has revealed plans to sell US$2 billion worth of dollar-denominated sovereign bonds in Hong Kong, its first dollar bond offering ... said Wu Qiong, an analyst at BOC International. The ministry’s bond sale comes ahead ... ( read original story ...)