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Stocks paused their gains amid a flurry of corporate news and earnings with traders adopting a cautious stance before the Federal Reserve’s policy decision on Wednesday.

This means that the median FTSE 100 CEO received 120 times the average salary of a full-time worker in the UK, a slight decrease from the 124:1 ratio returned in 2022, according to the latest research from the High Pay Centre.  AstraZeneca's Pascal Soriot topped the salary rankings, having pulled in just shy of £16.9m last year.  FTSE 100 CEO pay grows 12% in 2022 Chief executives from Rolls Royce, Diageo and Prudential also made the top ten list, with HSBC's Noel Quinn raking in over £10.6m in 2023. Of the 100 companies surveyed, 11 had a female CEO serve for part of the year, ...

HSBC announced on Wednesday that it has appointed Georges Elhedery as group CEO, starting Sept. 2.

HSBC Holdings Plc said on Wednesday it appointed Georges Elhedery as its group chief executive, with effect from Sept. 2, making him the third CEO in less than eight years for the global lender. Elhedery is the current chief financial officer and will replace outgoing head Noel Quinn in September. Since 2020, Elhedery had been the co-head of the Global Banking and Markets business, the division that houses HSBC's trading and investment banking advisory businesses. Lebanon-born Elhedery, who began his career in banking as a rates trader before joining HSBC in 2005, was named the surprise successor to Ewen Stevenson as CFO in October 2022, just weeks after returning from a sabbatical.

HSBC Holdings Plc won the dismissal of most claims brought by First Citizens Bank & Trust Co. over the hiring of dozens of Silicon Valley Bank employees following the lender’s collapse last year.

One of the most annoying things that can ever happen to a banker is to suspect, halfway through an interview process, that the decision has already been made and you are just being put through the hoops.  Consequently, although the search consultants retained by HSBC to find a replacement for Noel Quinn are being asked to consider external candidates “to benchmark” the merits of Nuno Rato and George Elhedery, they might find it difficult to persuade many senior global bankers that it’s worth their while to update a resume.

LONDON—Help wanted: Someone to oversee $3 trillion in assets and 221,000 workers. Must be worldly, willing to travel constantly, knowledgeable about Chinese politics and able to deal with a demanding boss. Salary: Half of what you would make in the U.S.

HSBC, Europe’s largest bank, says that CEO Noel Quinn plans to retire after serving nearly five years in the post

HSBC Holdings Plc’s Chief Executive Officer Noel Quinn is stepping down, an unexpected move that comes as Europe’s largest lender tries to navigate the deterioration of ties between China and the US.

Canada and Argentina branches, ANI reported.HSBC’s Hong Kong-listed shares rose nearly 1.5 per cent in afternoon trade Tuesday, while its London-listed stock increased by 2.5 per cent in early trading, Financial Times reported.The search for Quinn’s successor is underway, with the bank considering both internal and external candidates. Quinn, 62, who also steered the banks shift in focus to Asia, will remain in his role to oversee the transition until a new CEO is appointed.

HSBC beat expectations in its first quarter earnings report on Tuesday.

HSBC, one of the world’s largest banking services, intends to broaden its array of tokenized assets. CEO Noel Quinn said the bank will ensure these offerings are firmly anchored in reality, the South China Morning Post reported Monday.

HSBC noted the effects of China's slower-than-expected economic recovery after the Covid-19 pandemic as well as heightened geopolitical tensions. The firm reported pre-tax profits of $30.3 billion, up from $17.1 billion the year before, in a statement to the Hong Kong stock exchange. Profit after tax increased by $8.3 billion, to $24.6 billion.

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Investing.com-- Asia-focused lender HSBC Holdings PLC (HK:0005) (LON:HSBA) clocked weaker-than-expected profit growth for 2023, but still marked a record-high pre-tax profit as it benefited greatly from higher interest rates across the globe, with the bank also announcing an up to $2 billion buyback.

World Bank is working with a club of 15 finance bosses to lower the risk of investing in climate projects in emerging economies and attract private capital for cutting emissions. Ajay Banga, the World Bank's president, said the Private Sector Investment Lab is focused on «figuring out a model of originate-to-distribute» that would allow for deep-pocketed investors to put up large sums for climate deals. The creation of a «securitizable asset class in these kinds of investments, where large pension funds, large players like BlackRock will find a very attractive place to put billions to work,» is a key target, he said at the Bloomberg Business Forum at COP28. PSIL, which launched in June under the auspices of the World Bank, also includes BlackRock Inc.'s chief Larry Fink, AXA SA Chief Executive Officer Thomas Buberl and Noel Quinn, head of HSBC Plc. The group is focused on specific approaches that the World Bank can implement after years of struggling to mobilize the vast sums of money needed to help developing countries adapt to climate change and transition to clean energy. The World Bank has also stepped up action on other fronts, including allowing some vulnerable countries to potentially pause debt repayments and hosting a fund for climate damages. Shriti Vadera, who co-chairs PSIL, said the group is working on financial guarantees because these are «the most efficient and most well-known and used form of credit support.» The PSIL has looked at first-loss and whole-portfolio guarantees, said Vadera, who is chair of Prudential Plc. The goal is for the World Bank to «create a much more simplified set of guarantee products that can be used across different markets,» she said.

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LONDON — HSBC CEO Noel Quinn said Tuesday that the lender would not «exit a client based on their lawful personal views,» after Coutts' termination of Brexit figurehead Nigel Farage's account sparked a banking scandal in the U.K.

U.K. banking titan HSBC unveiled a new HSBC Innovation Banking unit Monday, as it seeks to push into the technology sector following its eleventh-hour rescue of the U.K. subsidiary of failed Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) in March.

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Global banking giant HSBC has acquired the UK subsidiary of now-collapsed lender Silicon Valley Bank for £1 ($1.21) after all-night talks between the government, regulators, and other prospective buyers.