Category HSBC

Blain’s Morning Porridge Climate Change ESG HSBC

ESG Heresy Triggers Shock and Horror – and about time!

HSBC is being pilloried for comments made by its’ ESG head, but what he said is worthy of consideration. Overly emotional ESG is a distortion that may be as dangerous as climate change denial.

Bank of England, Climate Change, ESG, HSBC, Stagation, Stuart Kirk
Bill Blain
May 23, 2022
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Blain’s Morning Porridge Banks China HSBC

HSBC – the Anomalous Bank

Calls to break up HSBC to realise the value of its Asian franchise are a critical moment for the bank as it pays the costs of being too big, too bureaucratic and for the inability of management to spot its critical weakness…..

HSBC

Blain’s Morning Porridge – June 4 2020: The Tragedy of HSBC

Blain’s Morning Porridge – June 4th 2020 – The Tragedy of HSBC “A waiter, again unbidden, brought the chessboard and…

Bill Blain
June 4, 2020

An Open letter to the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, and the Housing Minister Rachel Maclean
March 24, 2023
Outrageous rental increases and the naked greed of professional landlords will result in a dearth of young workers priced out of London. It will destroy the City’s economy and negatively impact the UK even more conclusively than the Luftwaffe, political mistakes, global banking crisis, pandemic or recession.Read More »
Banks, The Fed, Rates, Inflation = A Stagflationary Bust?
March 23, 2023
The Fed tries to be dovish to calm market fears, but banking fears and inflationary threats on the economy may lead us somewhere new: A Stagflationary Bust!Read More »
What next for Banks in wake of CoCo crisis from Credit Suisse and Rising Inflation?
March 22, 2023
Just how vulnerable are banks to further contagion and crisis? With inflation still running loose, central banks still set to hike, while consumer and corporate pressures mount, the banking crisis may only just have started.Read More »
CoCos, AT1s – Proved Right at Last!
March 21, 2023
The “rescue” of Credit Suisse, thereby averting a European banking crisis, is getting less comment than the nixing of its $17.5 bln of CoCo Bonds. I’ve been warning about CoCos since 2011. Finally I got something right!Read More »
The War Between Market Stability and Chaos hots up – How will it play?
March 17, 2023
Central Banks face a mighty challenge persuading markets and depositors the banking system is stable. The war between chaos and order in markets has turned hot. At stake is the stability and future of the global economy. Anyone for the last few choc ice?Read More »