Go east, young man! Not that HSBC needs any encouragement: it started life in Hong Kong and Shanghai in 1865, financing trade between China and Europe. It has been part of the region's furniture ever since, even though management moved to London in 1992, when it bought Midland Bank. The lender's move from its City of London headquarters to Canary Wharf in 2002 was a tiny step back east. Chief executive Michael Geoghegan's relocation to Hong Kong next February is a big step.
去東方吧,年輕人!不是因爲滙豐銀行(HSBC)需要什麼鼓勵:該行於1865年在香港和上海開始了自己的生命歷程,爲中國與歐洲之間的貿易提供融資服務。自那以來,滙豐一直是該地區不可或缺的一個部分,即便其管理層於1992年收購米德蘭銀行(Midland Bank)時遷到了倫敦。2002年,該銀行將總部從倫敦金融城(City of London)遷往金絲雀碼頭(Canary Wharf),是東退的一小步。而其執行長紀勤(Michael Geoghegan)明年2月遷至香港,則是東退的一大步。