Focus: The Ping An deal - what is HSBC thinking?

It looked like a stroke of luck at a difficult time for HSBC - a chance to make a big profit from selling one of its most valuable assets in China.

Now, less than a month later, the sale of its stake in Ping An insurance has put in question the reputation of the London-based bank established in Hong Kong and Shanghai about a century and a half ago.

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