HONG KONG/Sydney (Reuters) -HSBC has laid off around 40 investment bankers in Hong Kong, according to a person with direct knowledge of the matter, as part of a global restructuring exercise at the Asia-focused lender to cut costs.
The job cuts in its regional hub Hong Kong started on Monday, two sources said, and comes ahead of the London-headquartered bank releasing its full-year results on Wednesday.
The investment banking job cuts also come after HSBC last month announced plans to wind down its mergers and acquisitions and some equities businesses in Europe and the Americas in a bid to boost returns.
HSBC declined to comment on the latest round of job cuts in Hong Kong. IFR first reported the layoffs on Monday.
Hong Kong-listed shares of HSBC were up 1.8% on Tuesday, outperforming a 1.6% gain in the benchmark Hang Seng index.
(Reporting by Selena Li in Hong Kong and Scott Murdoch in Sydney; Editing by Sumeet Chatterjee and Sonali Paul)
