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    • Wednesday, 31 May, 2023
      News in-depthHSBC Holdings PLC
      How HSBC’s China battle threatens to ‘heat right back up’

      Ping An’s next steps after losing a vote promise to shed light on its motivations

      Mark Tucker
    • Friday, 5 May, 2023
      HSBC Holdings PLC
      HSBC shareholders reject Ping An-backed split proposal at AGM

      Special resolutions demanding regular review of bank’s structure and a guaranteed dividend are defeated

      HSBC building in Paris
    • Tuesday, 2 May, 2023
      LexBanks
      HSBC/Ping An: shareholders should brush off break-up call for now Premium content

      The separation message may ultimately be right but the messenger and its timing are not

      The HSBC logo in London
    • Wednesday, 26 April, 2023
      Emma Dunkley
      Ping An to tighten screws on HSBC in push for structural reform

      The Chinese insurer is going public with its frustrations ahead of the bank’s annual meeting next week

      An HSBC bank branch in Hong Kong, China
    • Wednesday, 19 April, 2023
      HSBC Holdings PLC
      HSBC hits back at top investor’s bid to split bank

      Response to Ping An’s rare public statement says spinning off Asia operations would erode value

      A HSBC bank in Malaysia
    • Tuesday, 18 April, 2023
      HSBC Holdings PLC
      HSBC accused by top investor of ‘exaggerating’ break-up risks

      Chinese insurer Ping An presents restructuring plan in public for first time

      The HSBC logo on its headquarters in Hong Kong
    • Monday, 17 April, 2023
      HSBC Holdings PLC
      Ping An to demand HSBC boost dividend and commit to regular structural review

      Chinese insurer and bank’s largest shareholder will tell lender at its AGM next month to spin off Asian business

      Woman walks past branch of HSBC
    • Tuesday, 21 February, 2023
      HSBC Holdings PLC
      HSBC boosts dividend to counter Ping An break-up pressure

      Quarterly pre-tax profit almost doubles as global rates rise but shares fall on conservative outlook

      The HSBC logo on the bank’s headquarters in London
    • Thursday, 1 December, 2022
      HSBC Holdings PLC
      HSBC chief denies Beijing is behind Ping An push to split bank

      Noel Quinn tells FT’s Global Banking Summit that Chinese insurer’s demands not backed by other shareholders

      Noel Quinn at the FT’s Global Banking Summit
    • Wednesday, 30 November, 2022
      HSBC Holdings PLC
      HSBC to close a quarter of UK branches

      Move follows pressure from bank’s largest investor Ping An to reduce costs

      HSBC branch in Staines, UK
    • Friday, 4 November, 2022
      HSBC Holdings PLC
      HSBC investor Ping An publicly calls for break-up and ‘aggressive’ cost cuts

      China’s biggest insurer says bank lacks Asia experience on board

      The HSBC headquarters at night in Hong Kong
    • Thursday, 6 October, 2022
      LexHSBC Holdings PLC
      HSBC/Canada: Vancouver manoeuvre would give respite from Ping An Premium content

      International bank should attempt to sell Canadian business despite its profitability

      A pedestrian walks by a HSBC building in Toronto, Canada
    • Tuesday, 4 October, 2022
      HSBC Holdings PLC
      HSBC explores $9bn sale of Canadian business

      UK-based bank is under pressure from its largest shareholder to focus on Asia

      HSBC offices in Toronto, Canada
    • Tuesday, 23 August, 2022
      Ping An hit by enduring impact of pandemic but profits beat expectations

      China’s largest insurer engaged in fight with HSBC as it tries to engineer break-up of bank

      Road users travel past the Ping An International Financial Center in Beijing
    • Friday, 12 August, 2022
      Due Diligence
      HSBC feels the heat from its biggest shareholder Premium content

      Plus, Brookfield’s next generation of leaders takes shape

      The Due Diligence logo
    • Thursday, 11 August, 2022
      HSBC Holdings PLC
      Ping An doubles down on campaign to break up HSBC

      Bank’s largest shareholder rejects executives’ 14 arguments against east-west split

      Mark Tucker, chair of HSBC, and Noel Quinn, chief executive, attend an informal shareholders’ meeting in Hong Kong this month
    • Tuesday, 2 August, 2022
      HSBC Holdings PLC
      HSBC’s chair hits back at Ping An break-up demands

      Mark Tucker warns investors split would result in share-price drop and reduce dividends

      HSBC investors protest outside the bank’s shareholders’ meeting
    • Monday, 1 August, 2022
      HSBC Holdings PLC
      HSBC pledges to restore dividend to pre-pandemic levels

      Executives reject calls from Ping An to split business between east and west amid rising geopolitical tensions

      HSBC bank logo seen in the Canary Wharf financial district
    • Friday, 13 May, 2022
      News in-depthHSBC Holdings PLC
      HSBC prepares defence against Ping An’s break-up demands

      Bank hires Goldman Sachs and Robey Warshaw to help construct case against splitting

      HSBC headquarters in Hong Kong
    • Friday, 6 May, 2022
      Person in the News
      Peter Ma: China’s shy insurance tycoon bursts into the limelight

      The Ping An chair engineered an activist attack on HSBC, demanding the lender split its Asian and western operations

      Illustration of Peter Ma cutting up the HSBC logo with a big knife
    • Wednesday, 4 May, 2022
      HSBC Holdings PLC
      Why Chinese insurer Ping An is calling for a break-up of HSBC

      Bank is caught between Washington and Beijing

    • Friday, 29 April, 2022
      HSBC Holdings PLC
      China’s biggest insurer Ping An calls for HSBC break-up

      Largest shareholder adds to pressure on UK bank struggling to balance Chinese and western interests

      HSBC Tower in London, UK
    • Thursday, 17 March, 2022
      Ping An profits tumble due to Covid and property woes

      Insurer’s net profit in 2021 fell 29 per cent to $16bn, its worst drop since 2008

      A Ping An bank branch, part of the Ping An insurance group, in Shanghai
    • Friday, 17 September, 2021
      Ping An shares fall on fears of China Evergrande contagion

      Insurer reassures investors it has no exposure to debt-wracked developer

      A man walks past a housing complex built by Evergrande in Guangzhou, China
    • Thursday, 26 August, 2021
      Insurance
      Ping An pledges to be more prudent after China Fortune Land exposure

      Chinese insurer’s first-half profits fall after $3.2bn hit on investment in property developer

      The logo of Ping An Insurance at the Global Mobile Internet Conference in Beijing
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