Evaluation of HSBC performance

Nasiru Stevens

Master's thesis

Abstract:

The results have shown that the evaluated commercial bank has proven to be profitable though at a lower level and tried to recover at a very minimal pace as compared to the start of the period. Its overall evaluation has indicated that the bank outperformed the other banks. It applied a strategy of cost cutting, which did support the bank throughout the period when its returns decreased greatly. The bank has experienced huge amounts of fines relating to investment activities. The bank is slowly making improvements on its returns, and still maintaining the position as the biggest bank in Europe. With the present satiation, as the bank still expects new fines to emerge in the near future, it should focus its resources on high standard of banking practice to enhance compliances and continue to reduce costs on less productive operations, also mobilizing more resources to future growth economies for investment purposes.

Keywords

Income statement, Balance sheet, Statement of cash flow, Ratio analysis, Commercial bank, HSBC`s evaluation, Banking sector, Bank performance

Language used: English

Date on which the thesis was submitted / produced: 30. 3. 2016

Thesis defence

• Supervisor: Ing. Petr Procházka, MSc Ph.D.

Czech University of Life Sciences Prague

Faculty of Economics and Management

Master programme / field:
Economics and Management / Economics and Management