HSBC

A bank clerk who stole money from a sick and elderly customer went on the run yesterday just hours before her sentencing.

Britain's economy is better but is "still stuffed to the eyeballs with toxic substances", warns a senior HSBC economist.

HSBC will launch a two-year discounted mortgage at 1.99% available up to 60% LTV on Monday.

The City's leading investment banks are falling over themselves to get a slice of the $700m in fees on offer from Prudential's record $21bn rights issue.

The Association of Mortgage Intermediaries (AMI) has slammed HSBC for abusing its position and attempting to steal business from other banks by forcing homebuyers to consider its own mortgages.

Total expense ratios are being pushed down as new entrants manoeuvre into the ETF arena. But is there room for more funds tracking the same core indices? Helen Fowler reports

A third - or almost 30,000 - of all consumer complaints referred to the financial ombudsman (FOS) in the second half of last year were against just three high street banks.

HSBC Global Asset Management is to launch a pair of ETFs tracking emerging market indices.

Paul Robertson talks to Dennis Smith about quality standard marks, HSBC's choice to implement this initiative and the bank's protection plans

Quilter has appointed Chris Scott to regional sales manager and Jason Stolte as investment manager in Jersey.