That’s not to mention the $1.75 billion paid in 2004 to buy a 19.9% stake in Shanghai-based BoCom, China’s fifth-largest lender, a deal that now looks both prescient and, for HSBC, cracking value.

HSBC to buy part of Shanghai tower (Bloomberg) Updated: 2007-06-26 11:13. HSBC Holdings, the European bank, said it would buy part of an office tower in Shanghai to house its China headquarters as ...

Staff fear job cuts as HSBC eyes office move to Shanghai. SCMP Reporter + FOLLOW. Published: 12:00am, 8 Aug, 2001. Why you can trust SCMP.

Putting the 'Shanghai' back in HSBC. Frank Ching + FOLLOW. Published: 12:00am, 11 Aug, 2009. Why you can trust SCMP. In the run-up to 1997, foreign investors and local residents were both nervous.

The Shanghai stock exchange is courting HSBC and other high-profile foreign companies to list their shares in mainland China, as part of its strategy to revive the recently moribund bourse.

HSBC’s management has stated that developing markets are key to its growth – and no market is more important to it than China. A confidential report seen by Euromoney sets out aggressive targets in ...