By Saeed Azhar and Chikafumi Hodo | SINGAPORE/TOKYO (Reuters) - HSBC (HSBA.L), Europe's biggest bank, is retreating from Japan's private banking market, selling a business that serves the wealthy to Credit Suisse (CSGN.VX), which is raising its profile ...

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/12/21/us-hsbc-japan-idUSTRE7BK00X20111221

HSBC Holdings Plc (HSBA), Europe's largest bank by market value, may escape $1.5 billion of additional costs after the government diluted plans requiring British lenders to raise extra loss-absorbing capital. Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne ...

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-12-19/hsbc-may-save-1-5-billion-as-u-k-dilutes-rule-on-loss-absorbing-capital.html

By Manunphattr and Dhanananphorn BANGKOK, Dec 19 (Reuters) - TMB Bank Pcl, Thailand's seventh-largest lender by assets, said on Monday it was aiming for loan growth of more than 15 percent in 2012 and that it had put in a bid to buy HSBC's Thai credit ...

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/12/19/tmb-idUSL3E7NJ1QW20111219

A group of protestors “occupied” the HSBC bank on Queen Street yesterday afternoon, forcing it to close its doors to the public. But the occupation was short-lived, as protestors moved on to other targets – including Topshop, Vodafone, Bhs and finally ...

http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/2011/12/18/protesters-briefly-occupy-hsbc-in-cardiff-91466-29971474/

16 (Bloomberg) -- HSBC Global Asset Management's $2.2 billion Absolute Return fund reduced its gold holdings by more than a half, while cutting risk exposure in the portfolio to the lowest ever, according to Charles Morris, the fund manager. ...

http://www.businessweek.com/news/2011-12-16/hsbc-global-asset-s-morris-cuts-gold-holdings-lowers-risk.html

15, 2011 /CNW/ - HSBC Global Asset Management (Canada) Limited, manager of the HSBC Pooled Funds, will close and wind up the HSBC International Bond Pooled Fund on or around 15 December 2011. Effective immediately, new investments in the HSBC ...

http://www.digitaljournal.com/pr/525301

By Aaron Back and Liyan Qi Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES BEIJING (Dow Jones)--The HSBC China Manufacturing Purchasing Managers Index, a gauge of nationwide manufacturing activity, rose slightly in December but stayed in contractionary territory, a preliminary ...

http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20111215-700046.html

HONG KONG (Dow Jones)--HSBC Holdings PLC's (HBC) Hong Kong Chief Executive Anita Fung said Wednesday she expects the total issuance of dim sum bonds next year to reach CNY260 billion-CNY310 billion, roughly doubling from this year's levels, ...

http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20111213-716799.html

12 (Bloomberg) -- HSBC Bank USA agreed to withdraw from lawsuits challenging bond insurer MBIA Inc.'s restructuring in 2009, becoming the fifth plaintiff to drop out of the litigation since August. HSBC's action against MBIA was discontinued with ...

http://www.businessweek.com/news/2011-12-12/hsbc-bank-usa-pulls-out-of-mbia-restructuring-lawsuit.html

12 (Bloomberg) -- HSBC Holdings Plc sued the MF Global Inc. brokerage trustee to establish whether he or another person is the rightful owner of gold bars worth about $850000 and silver bars underlying contracts between the brokerage and a client. ...

http://www.businessweek.com/news/2011-12-12/hsbc-mf-global-at-t-sabre-apple-amr-corp-in-court-news.html

by Fiona McIntosh, Sunday Mirror 11/12/2011 Now, thanks to HSBC and the shocking catalogue of disgusting behaviour from High Street banks, we'd rather stuff our cash under the mattress. The latest scandal beggars belief. Last week HSBC was fined a ...

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/columnists/mcintosh/2011/12/11/hsbc-con-was-a-disgusting-abuse-of-power-115875-23625185/

9 (Bloomberg) -- An HSBC Holdings Plc unit sued the MF Global Inc. brokerage trustee to establish whether he or another person is the rightful owner of gold bars worth about $850000 and silver bars underlying contracts between the brokerage and a ...

http://www.businessweek.com/news/2011-12-09/hsbc-sues-mf-global-trustee-over-850-000-worth-of-gold.html

By Philip van Doorn 12/08/11 - 10:46 AM EST NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- For long-term shareholders of First Niagara Financial Group(FNFG), the company's deal to purchase 195 branches from HSBC (HBC) has been a very rough ride, but the shares are ...

http://www.thestreet.com/story/11337629/1/first-niagaras-hsbc-pain-and-gain.html

HSBC Holdings Plc (5) was sued by a Hong Kong businessman who alleged the bank made false representations to the city's Court of Appeal to win a decision over the sale of a commercial property in 1987. HSBC made false submissions to the court to ...

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-12-08/ubs-goldman-hsbc-aetna-citic-pacific-f-1-in-court-news.html

MEXICO CITY (Dow Jones)--HSBC Holdings PLC (HBC) is running neck-and-neck with Citigroup Inc. (C) in 2011 for underwriting corporate debt issuances in Mexican pesos, contributing to an overall good year for the bank's Mexican unit, the head of HSBC's ...

http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20111206-716411.html

Vulnerable elderly people were mis-sold unsuitable investment policies over five years by advisers working for the high street bank HSBC, it was revealed yesterday. The City Watchdog has imposed a record fine of £10.5m but the bill will actually be ...

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/hsbc-faces-40m-bill-after-misselling-to-pensioners-6272805.html

By Zhou Xin and Nick Edwards BEIJING (Reuters) - China's services sector cooled in November to its weakest growth in three months, an HSBC purchasing managers' index showed on Monday, the latest data portraying an economy slowing quickly and in need of ...

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/12/05/us-china-economy-idUSTRE7B407X20111205

2 (Bloomberg) -- Arjuna Mahendran, head of Asia investment strategy at HSBC Private Bank in Singapore, talks about the European sovereign debt crisis, and its impact on global financial markets. Mahendran also discusses US and Asian economies. ...

http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/hsbcs-mahendran-says-emerging-asia-bond-friendly/2011/12/02/gIQAbO8sJO_video.html

2 (Bloomberg) -- Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and HSBC Holdings Plc forecast that China will cut interest rates in 2012, putting the banks at odds with most of their rivals, who see elevated inflation preventing a reduction. The People's Bank of China ...

http://www.businessweek.com/news/2011-12-02/goldman-hsbc-buck-china-majority-with-rate-cut-call-economy.html

BEIJING (Dow Jones)--The final HSBC China Manufacturing Purchasing Managers Index, a gauge of nationwide manufacturing activity, fell to 47.7 in November compared with 51.0 in October, HSBC Holdings PLC said Thursday. The fall in the PMI may further ...

http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20111130-719624.html

HSBC Holdings Plc amended its settlement with investors in an Irish fund who lost their money in Bernard Madoff's Ponzi scheme after the bank's original offer was rejected by a US judge in September. The amended settlement, which was to be filed in US ...

http://www.businessweek.com/news/2011-11-29/citigroup-hsbc-rbs-rajaratnam-jpmorgan-in-court-news.html

HSBC Holdings Plc amended its settlement with investors in an Irish fund who lost their money in Bernard Madoff's Ponzi scheme after the bank's original offer was rejected by a US judge in September. The amended settlement, which was to be filed in US ...

http://www.businessweek.com/news/2011-11-29/citigroup-hsbc-rbs-rajaratnam-glaxo-s-p-in-court-news.html

By Jeanette Rodrigues - Mon Nov 28 04:27:13 GMT 2011 Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is taking further steps to open up India's economy to support the rupee as HSBC Holdings Plc and CLSA Asia-Pacific Markets predict the currency may slide another 10 ...

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-11-27/singh-opens-economy-to-bolster-rupee-as-hsbc-sees-10-slide-india-credit.html

PTI | 11:11 AM,Nov 27,2011 Mumbai, Nov 27 (PTI) The country's second largest foreign lender HSBC today said it is "cautiously optimistic" about its future growth prospects in the country in the wake of the ongoing sovereign debt crisis in the Eurozone ...

http://ibnlive.in.com/generalnewsfeed/news/hsbc-cautiously-optimistic-about-future-growth-here-davis/916562.html

25 (Bloomberg) -- HSBC Holdings Plc settled a lawsuit brought by a group of Taiwanese banks that accused HSBC Bank USA of helping deceased financier Danny Pang's PEMGroup defraud them of more than $500 million. The banks involved in the case -- HSBC ...

http://www.businessweek.com/news/2011-11-25/hsbc-rbs-madoff-facebook-at-t-lehman-in-court-news.html