LDPbusiness - Tag - hsbc http://www.ldpbusiness.co.uk/ Read the latest Liverpool business news. Updates on businesses in Liverpool and North West business from the Liverpool Daily Post newspaper online. en-gb LDPbusiness no Read the latest Liverpool business news. Updates on businesses in Liverpool and North West business from the Liverpool Daily Post newspaper online. Liverpool business news, businesses in Liverpool, North West business http://www.ldpbusiness.co.uk/business-features/features/2008/12/17/merseyside-born-city-fund-manager-nicola-horlick-is-rather-irate-after-seeing-21m-of-her-clients-cash-disappearing-in-what-could-turn-out-to-be-the-world-s-largest-ever-swindle-96026-22493830/ MERSEYSIDE-BORN City fund manager Nicola Horlick is rather irate after seeing £21m of her clients’ cash disappearing in what could turn out to be the world’s largest ever swindle. Wed, 17 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.ldpbusiness.co.uk/business-features/features/2008/12/17/merseyside-born-city-fund-manager-nicola-horlick-is-rather-irate-after-seeing-21m-of-her-clients-cash-disappearing-in-what-could-turn-out-to-be-the-world-s-largest-ever-swindle-96026-22493830/ Wall Street trader Bernard Madoff is alleged to have set up a pyramid-selling fraud and conned investors out of tens of billions of pounds. Those investors included HSBC, the Royal Bank of Scotland, Man Group and Bramdean Asset Management, controlled by former Birkenhead High School pupil Horlick. Among Bramdean’s investors is Merseyside Pension Fund. http://www.ldpbusiness.co.uk/liverpool-news/national-business-news/2008/12/08/hsbc-to-increase-mortgage-lending-96026-22427616/ HSBC to increase mortgage lending Mon, 08 Dec 2008 08:13:00 GMT http://www.ldpbusiness.co.uk/liverpool-news/national-business-news/2008/12/08/hsbc-to-increase-mortgage-lending-96026-22427616/ HSBC will lend up to £15bn in mortgages in 2009, 20% more than last year and almost double the level seen in 2007. http://www.ldpbusiness.co.uk/liverpool-news/national-business-news/2008/10/27/banks-may-offload-train-leasing-arms-96026-22124319/ Banks may offload train leasing arms Mon, 27 Oct 2008 08:25:00 GMT http://www.ldpbusiness.co.uk/liverpool-news/national-business-news/2008/10/27/banks-may-offload-train-leasing-arms-96026-22124319/ TWO major banks are considering selling their train leasing arms in deals worth £4bn in a bid to shore up their balance sheets. http://www.ldpbusiness.co.uk/liverpool-news/national-business-news/2008/09/25/hsbc-hikes-interest-rates-96026-21902915/ HSBC hikes interest rates Thu, 25 Sep 2008 16:19:00 GMT http://www.ldpbusiness.co.uk/liverpool-news/national-business-news/2008/09/25/hsbc-hikes-interest-rates-96026-21902915/ HSBC today became the first of the major lenders to announce it was hiking its mortgage rates following the recent jump in wholesale funding costs. http://www.ldpbusiness.co.uk/liverpool-news/national-business-news/2008/08/04/hsbc-predicts-toughest-challenge-for-decades-96026-21463890/ HSBC predicts toughest challenge for decades Mon, 04 Aug 2008 18:41:00 GMT http://www.ldpbusiness.co.uk/liverpool-news/national-business-news/2008/08/04/hsbc-predicts-toughest-challenge-for-decades-96026-21463890/ Banking giant HSBC said today that the most difficult financial markets “for several decades” had knocked more than a quarter off profits in the first half of 2008.