Company: HBCYF
Filing Date: 2025-04-29
Form Type: 6-K
Source: 0001654954-25-004763
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Company: HSBC HOLDINGS PLC
Filing Date: 2025-04-29
Form: 6-K
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 decreased by $3.1bn or 15% to $17.6bn compared with 1Q24. The reduction reflected the impact of business disposals, notably in Canada and Argentina. Excluding notable items, revenue increased due to growth in Wealth in our IWPB and Hong Kong business segments, supported by higher customer activity, and in Foreign Exchange and in Debt and Equity Markets, driven by volatile market conditions. Constant currency revenue excluding notable items rose by 7% to $17.7bn.

- Net interest income ('NII') of $8.3bn fell by $0.4bn compared with 1Q24, reflecting reductions due to business disposals in Canada and Argentina, and an adverse impact of $0.3bn from foreign currency translation differences. Excluding these factors, NII increased from the impact of lower interest rates on funding costs and the benefit of our structural hedge, which more than offset a reduction in asset yields, in part due to a favourable movement in our asset mix. The fall in interest rates reduced the funding costs associated with generating revenue that is recognised in 'net income from financial instruments held for trading or managed on a fair value basis', arising from the deployment of our commercial surplus to the trading book. The reduction in funding costs of the trading book and the decrease in NII led to a fall in banking net interest income ('banking NII') of $0.7bn or 6% compared with 1Q24.

- NII increased by $0.1bn compared with 4Q24, as the benefit of our structural hedge, the impact of lower interest rates on funding costs and a favourable movement in our asset mix were partly offset by the disposal of our business in Argentina and a lower number of days in 1Q25 than in 4Q24. The funding costs associated with the trading book decreased by $0.5bn, which resulted in a fall in banking NII of $0.4bn. Excluding the impact of foreign currency translation differences and the disposal in Argentina, banking NII was stable compared with 4Q24.

- Net interest margin ('NIM') of 1.59% decreased by 4 basis points ('bps') compared with 1Q24, mainly due to lower interest rates. NIM increased by 5bps compared with 4Q24 as the decrease in funding costs of liabilities was larger than the reduction on asset yields.

- ECL of $0.9bn were $0.