The particular move is actually element associated with the bank’s strategy to cut fees as well as focus about growth, HSBC Group Chief Executive Stuart Gulliver said inside a statement that would the particular Hong Kong stock exchange, about Wednesday.
“It might allow us to be able to focus the capital and additionally resources found on the growth of our core companies, which includes the particular building of the broader wealth management abilities,” he said.
HSBC Insurance coverage (Asia), HSBC Insurance coverage (Singapore) and also HSBC Seguros SA de CV Grupo Financiero HSBC will market their general insurance coverage companies inside Hong Kong, Singapore not to mention Mexico that would AXA Group for around $494 million, the bank mentioned.
Australian insurer QBE Insurance coverage Group would certainly buy the particular general-insurance company in Argentina plus Hong Kong-based Hang Seng Bank’s general-insurance production unit. Hang Seng Bank is actually 62 percent-owned by HSBC Group.
The actual deals would are priced at QBE around $420 million within cash.
“These long-term collaborations with AXA and also QBE can broaden and also strengthen the particular suite of general insurance goods for sale to be able to our very own retail banking not to mention industrial banking shoppers inside Hong Kong, mainland China, Singapore, India, Indonesia, Mexico then Argentina,” Gulliver mentioned.
HSBC established previous year which it intended in order to offload its global general-insurance surgery as it desired to be able to cut fees and raise capital with regard to the face associated with the weak international economy and additionally higher capital adequacy needs.
French insurance coverage group AXA said it had furthermore secured a 10-year exclusive property not to mention casualty bancassurance agreement alongside HSBC inside India, Indonesia plus China because part associated with the contract.
It would create AXA the entire leading property and in addition casualty insurer with regard to Hong Kong, it added.
“Alongside this particular agreement we tend to be making a vast move towards becoming the leading property as well as casualty insurer with regard to Asia,” AXA Asia Territorial Chief Financial Officer Francois-Valery Lecomte mentioned inside a statement.
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Gold prices for Wednesday
The Gold Traders Association this morning set the buying price at 24,741.12 baht per baht-weight for gold ornaments and 25,100 baht per baht-weight for gold bar.
The selling prices were set at 25,600 baht per baht-weight for gold ornaments, and 25,200 baht per baht-weight for gold bar.
http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/local/279936/gold-prices-for-wednesday
UDD will elect new leader ‘next week’
The United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship will elect its new leader next Wednesday, a top red shirt said yesterday.
Shinawat Haboonpad, who is also an adviser to the transport minister, revealed the election would be held on Feb 15 following a two-day meeting of about 40 UDD leaders in Nakhon Nayok.
“We want the election to be held before we stage a concert at Bonanza Khaoyai on Feb 25,” he said.
The election is intended to show the public that the UDD is still strong.
The movement should not be led by an acting chairperson for a lengthy period of time.
It should have an official one, Mr Shinawat said.
UDD leaders also agreed that anti-government groups still pose a threat. They decided to hold events to secure support for the government from red shirt supporters more often. UDD members in Bangkok will support activities held by the movement’s leaders in other provinces.
Provincial UDD leaders will also explain to red shirt supporters the reasons why the government wants to rewrite the constitution, as well as prepare to mobilise the movement’s rank and file to resist a coup d’etat in case another one takes place, Mr Shinawat said.
Acting UDD chairwoman Tida Tawornseth said UDD leaders had assessed the current political situation during their meeting in Nakhon Nayok and that there were signs another coup could take place. The UDD must find a way to prevent it, she said.Meanwhile, UDD spokesman Worawut Wichaidit said that the UDD will focus on efforts to push for changes to the constitution. Tomorrow, it will submit its proposals to parliament after having garnered the required 50,000 signatures from red shirt supporters.
http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/politics/278751/udd-will-elect-new-leader-next-week
News – Snow-go Britain
Airport bosses came under fire last night after cancelling a third of today’s flights at Heathrow because of severe weather – nine hours before a flake of snow had even fallen.
Amid forecasts of six inches of snow and possible freezing fog, Spanish-owned operator BAA announced yesterday morning that 30 per cent of today’s flights from the world’s busiest airport – about 200 – would not take off to ‘minimise disruption to passengers’.
It means that the flights of up to 18,000 travellers could be cancelled or rescheduled as airlines scramble to adjust their flight plans. The decision was in stark contrast to airports across most of Europe where, despite arctic conditions, flights were due to take off as normal. Munich saw temperatures plunge to minus 27C on Friday night but the airport expected no disruptions today.
http://www.pattayadailynews.com/en/2012/02/05/snow-go-britain/