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Four stars for HSBC Chinese Equity Fund

ASSIRT Research (ASSIRT) has given HSBC's new Chinese Equity Fund a four star rating due to the experience of the fund's investment team and the level of stock research for the investment process. Corporate governance and transparency remain two weaknesses ...

SG Hiscock boosts team

... appointment of Robert Hook. Hook worked with the principals of SGH for two years at National Asset Management, before joining HSBC Asset Management in 2001, subsequently becoming the head of Australian equities at HSBC in 2003. Hook has been responsible ...

Aust current account deficit expected to narrow in June qtr

AAP  |  MONDAY, 30 AUG 2004
... \"(However) trade deficits have continued to be largish as the Australian economy has continued to outpace the rest of the world.\" HSBC senior economist Anthony Thompson expects little change from the March quarter, forecasting a marginal improvement ...

HSBC head of equities calls stumps

In a sudden departure, HSBC Asset Management said its head of Australian equities, Robert Hook, will leave the company at the end of the month, prompting fund ratings company ASSIRT Research to put HSBC's Australian share funds on hold and sharply criticise ...

Fatter profits at European banks could feed takeover ambitions

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 5 AUG 2004
... economic recovery which has helped their business and lowered the need for provisions against bad loans. British banking group HSBC posted a first-half net profit of nine billion dollars (7.46 billion euros), 50% more than in the sanme period in 2003. ...

HSBC appoints ex-Perpetual CEO Graham Bradley to board

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUN 2004
HSBC Bank Australia has announced Graham Bradley will join its board as an independent non-executive director from 4 June. Mr Bradley brings to the board more than 30 years of executive management experience in financial services, legal and consulting ...

NAB to undertake debt raising

... Australia and National Australia Bank to lead manage National's domestic subordinated debt issuance. NAB has also mandated HSBC, Merrill Lynch, UBS Investment Bank, and Nomura International to lead manage its Euro markets subordinated debt issuance. ...

All eyes this week on RBA governor speech: economists

... Australian housing finance on Tuesday to be down again, reassuring markets that an imminent rate rise is not on the agenda," HSBC chief economist John Edwards said. "(However) Mr Macfarlane cannot but be reasonably positive about the global economic ...

HSBC launches global fund of hedge funds

HSBC Asset Management will next month launch a global fund of hedge funds aimed at institutional investors. The fund to be named the HSBC GH Fund is HSBC's first hedge fund offering in the Australian market. For a minimum investment of $10,000, the ...

HSBC to cut 450 jobs in worldwide review

London-based banking giant HSBC, still reeling from the terrorist bombings on its Istanbul offices last month, has announced it will cut up to one third of its equities staff across the globe, reducing the number from 1450 to 1000 by early next year. ...