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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Kalyeena Makortoff Banking correspondent

HSBC on hiring spree to drive UK wealth division ambitions

The HSBC headquarters seen from Poplar Docklands Light Railway station station
The expansion comes despite an overhaul that included plans to cut up to 35,000 jobs across the bank. Photograph: Bloomberg/Getty

HSBC is recruiting hundreds of bankers to serve rich clients in the UK as it looks to head off growing competition from British rivals and take a larger slice of the wealth management market.

Europe’s biggest bank is hoping to fortify the UK arm of its wealth and private banking operations by bulking up its team of relationship managers, who offer bespoke services and advice to rich clients in exchange for lucrative fees.

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