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HSBC’s profits surge – but will the share price?
News Pre-tax profits at banking giant HSBC rose from $1.1bn last year to $5.1bn in 2021, but the share price remains depressed.
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How inflation shrinks your savings, and what to do about it
Advice It’s getting harder and harder to grow your money in real terms. Alex Rankine looks at the best savings accounts currently on offer.
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Gold’s strong start to the new year
News Gold has raced off the starting blocks for 2021, hitting a two-month high on Monday.
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Lloyds poaches its new boss from HSBC
News The high-street lender has appointed Charlie Nunn, HSBC’s head of wealth management, to be its new CEO. He faces a towering in-tray. Matthew Partridge reports
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HSBC finds itself in eye of the storm
News HSBC, the global banking giant, is the worst hit of the high-street banks in Britain and is facing trouble elsewhere too. Matthew Partridge reports
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Tesco cashes out of the mortgage business
Features Tesco Bank has left the mortgage market by selling its £3.7bn loan book. Its 23,000 customers will be moved to the Halifax, a subsidiary of Lloyds.
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Forget the financial crisis: it’s time to bet on British banks
Cover Story Over a decade after the financial crisis, investors are still reluctant to consider British banks. But their worries are overblown and the stocks are cheap, says Matthew Partridge.
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The appeal of a private bank
Features Private banks have long been surrounded by an air of prestige. But is the service they provide worth the extra cost?
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Will Brexit make it harder to keep the lights on in Britain?
Features Matthew Partridge talks to energy consultant Clive Moffatt to find out how EU membership has affected the UK’s energy policy, and how Brexit is likely to affect it.
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