The bank believes that that gold prices will recover this year and retain a pronounced bullish posture.
The two Indian banks will make available their combined network of 3,600 branches and a customer base of 40 million.
According to HSBC, India's current account deficit is expected to narrow from 1.1 per cent of GDP in 2014 to 0.6 per cent in 2015.
It is not often that you find a mechanical engineer leading the private banking business of a foreign bank in India.
HSBC has acknowledged compliance lapses, including a failure to maintain an effective anti-money laundering programme.
Hong Kong has regained its spot as the world's fourth-largest market following a broad market rout in Indian equities. Currently, the Chinese territory's market capitalisation stands at $4.9 trillion versus India's $4.75 trillion, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. In January, the domestic equity markets' market capitalisation had surpassed that of Hong Kong following a spectacular rally in the small- and midcap stocks.
A figure above 50 indicates that the sector is expanding, while a figure below that level means contraction.
The HSBC India Composite Output Index, which maps both services and manufacturing activity, fell to 48.4 in July, down from 50.9 in June, indicating an overall contraction.
Public sector banks have lowered both deposit and lending rates, while almost all private and foreign banks have stayed away from rate cuts despite the Reserve Bank of India reducing key rates. HDFC Bank has become the first private sector lender to reduce deposit rates, while other private sector banks said they would also jump on the bandwagon over the next few weeks.
Reliance Petroleum Ltd, a unit of Reliance Industries that plans to sell 1.8 billion shares in an initial public offering to raise up to $1.3 billion
There was no smooth surge in middle class prosperity for foreign businesses to tap into because of the Indian economy was mismanaged, argues Debashis Basu.
Naina Lal Kidwai, group general manager and country head for HSBC India, does not seem to be too perturbed about the slowdown or the rising delinquency levels.
Bank employs more than 300,000 people worldwide.
It appears the two banks are now convinced that increasing their credit card portfolios will not lead to significant erosion in asset quality.
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According to the global financial services major, the primary concern for the RBI at the moment has to be anchoring elevated inflation expectations and stabilising the currency, which could face renewed pressures if the Fed begins QE tapering this week, as widely expected.
The Asian Development Bank too had projected Indian's economic growth for current fiscal at 7.4 per cent.
Air India on Friday said it has completed the acquisition of its first A350-900 aircraft by way of a finance lease transaction with HSBC through the GIFT City. This is also the first wide body aircraft to be leased through the GIFT City, the country's first International Financial Services Centre (IFSC). In a release, the airline said the transaction was facilitated by its wholly-owned subsidiary AI Fleet Services Ltd (AIFS) and is also the first financing transaction from the orders for 470 aircraft that were made earlier this year.
The deal fell as the transaction deadline expired. RBS said that it will wind-down its banking operations in the country.
Gulliver had about $7.6 million pounds in a Swiss account in 2007.
The headline HSBC India Purchasing Managers' Index -- a composite gauge designed to give a single-figure snapshot of manufacturing business conditions -- stood at 53.3 in November significantly higher from 51.6 in October.
On Tuesday, UK-based Standard Chartered's outsourcing of key banking jobs to India came under the lens of US authorities.
According to the revised forecast by HSBC, the rupee is likely to be around Rs 51 per USD (as against Rs 57 per USD earlier) by the first quarter ended March 31.
As many as 10 merchant bankers, including ICICI Securities and SBI Cap, had evinced interest in managing the stake sale.
According to HSBC, the 'storm has abated' for the Indian markets as the US Fed has deferred tapering of its quantitative easing stimulus, and as the new Reserve Bank of India Governor Raghuram Rajan has taken steps to contain the rupee fall.
India's first quarter GDP growth print was 7.9 per cent y-o-y, primarily led by urban consumption demand
HSBC on Thursday said the Indian economy, which is projected to grow at 5.7 per cent this fiscal, is likely to grow at a faster pace next fiscal at 6.9 per centfollowing the recent spate of policy reforms.
Equity benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty hit their all-time high levels on Friday helped by impressive GDP data and fresh foreign fund inflows. Also, a rally in global markets added to the positive momentum in the equity markets. The 30-share BSE Sensex jumped 1,139.04 points to 73,639.34 -- its all-time peak -- in the late afternoon trade.
Amid decelerating economic growth and falling industrial output, India's services sector has shown signs of promise in May recording the fastest pace of growth in the past three months, says an HSBC survey.
Though fiscal deficit is a concern, the country needed spending to boost the economy hit by financial crisis, she said. Going by the bank's research, Kidwai said India is likely to grow at 8 per cent in next fiscal 2010-11.
The I-T department has been probing 240 HSBC cases where it is suspected that Indians have stashed their illicit funds abroad.
Cuts its 2013 price forecast to $1,760 an ounce from $1,850.
Stuard Milne, CEO, HSBC India talks about the bank's gameplan in the country.
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