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Smoke, mirrors and net interest margins

2 April 2024BanksAccounting, Barclays, derivatives, hedging, HSBCNick Dunbar

UK banks use accounting tricks and derivatives to boost their net interest margins, and HSBC is under pressure to follow suit.

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HSBC’s overvalued Chinese bank

12 March 2024BanksAccounting, China, HSBCNick Dunbar

Experts say HSBC’s BoCom stake is overvalued by $12 bn. Risky Finance trawled through ten years of data to understand the giant’s accounting controversy.

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