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HSBC names new Mena equity headHSBC Holdings has appointed Samer Deghaili as the new head of its equity capital markets business in the Middle East and North Africa. Deghaili replaces Michael Bevan, who will head coverage of Asian sovereign wealth funds in HSBC More… |
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HSBC to cease wealth products in 3 ME countriesHSBC Holdings will stop offering wealth management products in Bahrain, Jordan and Lebanon as the British lender continues to exit small or insufficiently profitable operations globally as part of a strategic review, the bank said. More… |
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HSBC to scale back global Islamic businessHSBC Holdings is to significantly scale back its global Islamic banking operations, it said on Thursday, as part of a wider restructuring at the UK-based bank. The bank will focus its Islamic finance business on customers in Malay More… |
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Abu Dhabi firms to tap bond market in H2HSBC Holdings, the top arranger of debt issues in the Middle East so far this year, said it expects a flurry of bond offerings in the second half, including from prime sovereign-linked Abu Dhabi names yet to tap the market in 2012 Debt iss More… |
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HSBC gets formal approval for Oman mergerHSBC Holdings has received formal regulatory approval to merge its business in Oman with local lender Oman International Bank, it said in a statement to the Muscat stock exchange on Sunday. The combined entit More… |
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HSBC expects 20pc SME loan growth in UAEHSBC Holdings launched a 1 billion dirhams ($272.4 million) small and medium enterprises (SME) fund on Tuesday and said it sees loans to the sector in the UAE growing by 20 per cent this year. The lender is b More… |
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UK minister visits SabicA senior UK delegation, headed by Lord Green of Hurstpierpoint, Minister of State for Trade & Investment, visited Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (Sabic) headquarters in Riyadh. The visitors were received by Sabic vice chairman and More… |
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HSBC names new co-head for Mena bankHSBC Holdings named Paul Skelton as co-head of its global banking business for the Middle East North Africa (Mena) region, the lender said in a statement on Monday. Skelton, who succeeds Tim Reid, was most recently deputy head of global ba More… |
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HSBC profits dip, pays top banker $13.7mHSBC Holdings missed expectations with a $7 billion annual profit after bad debts rose and risked a public backlash by paying three investment bankers over 9 million pounds ($13.7 million) each. Europe's biggest bank said on Monday tha More… |
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Dubai at centrestage 'of global capital flows'The current shift in global capital flows gives Dubai and the UAE an opportunity to strengthen its position as a global economic and financial hub, said Dr Omar Bin Sulaiman, Governor, Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC). Addressin More… |
