HSBC top shareholder Ping An urges aggressive cost cuts, renews spin-off push

HSBC top shareholder Ping An urges aggressive cost cuts, renews spin-off push

People walk past a major branch of HSBC at the financial Central district in Hong Kong, China February 21, 2017. REUTERS/Bobby Yip

HSBC Holdings’ largest shareholder Ping An on Friday urged the lender to aggressively reduce costs by cutting jobs and divesting peripheral non-Asian businesses, the first such public call by the Chinese financial conglomerate.