Posts Tagged ‘results’

EU stress test results due today

The European Banking Authority (EBA) will reveal the results of stress tests of 90 banks across Europe later today. The latest round of tests arose after last year’s failed to reveal the weakness among banks in Ireland and have been conducted to ensure banks have enough capital to cope with difficult economic situations, such as [...]

HSBC unveils cost-cutting measures

HSBC has today revealed it will embark on a massive cost-cutting exercise, just two days after it unveiled its first quarter results. The bank, which is Europe’s largest, is looking to save up to $3.5 billion (£2 billion) by streamlining its IT operations and cutting back on its wealth management and retail divisions. However, the [...]

HSBC reports rise in net profit

Banking giant HSBC has today said net profits grew 58% to $4.153 billion in the three months to 31 March on lower taxes and bad debt charges. However, the bank, which is Europe’s largest, said the group’s pre-tax gains were driven down by rises in other exceptional costs – such as the £269 million it [...]

Barclays report fall in Q1 profits

UBS announces first quarter results

Swiss banking giant UBS has today reported a net profit of SwFr1.8 billion (£1.2 billion) in the first quarter of the year. However, this represented an 18% fall on the same period a year ago but 7% higher than the final quarter of 2010. The bank, which is Switzerland’s largest, was among one of the [...]