March newsletter
We’re counting down to the HSBC Global Investment Summit
The countdown is on to our biggest event of the year, which takes place from 14-16 April in Hong Kong.
The invitation-only HSBC Global Investment Summit brings together influential leaders, policy makers, innovators, and investors, to engage in dialogue and exchange ideas about the future of global investment.
We’ll explore the factors reshaping the international financial system, from geopolitics to new technologies, at a time of unprecedented change.
Confirmed speakers include:
- Malcolm Gladwell, best-selling author and journalist
- Dr Janet Yellen, former Secretary of the US Department of the Treasury
- Dame Julia Hoggett, CEO, London Stock Exchange
- H.E. Mohammed bin Mazyad Al-Tuwaijri, Adviser to the Royal Court, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
- Hui Kuok, Chairman and Group CEO, Shangri-La Asia Limited
- See the full list (opens in new window) of speakers.
On the final day of the summit, we’ll host The Wealth Sessions, which are tailored for individual investors, entrepreneurs, business owners and senior executives. View the speaker line-up (opens in new window).
Find out more about the HSBC Global Investment Summit (opens in new window).
HSBC Life wins global insurance award
Our insurance business – HSBC Life – has won its first ever global award after being named by Euromoney as the World’s Best Insurance Provider for Wealth Management.
Euromoney’s Private Banking Awards 2026 ranked more than 350 financial institutions across six continents.
“This award is a strong testament to our ability to capture international demand for wealth preservation and wealth transfer,” said Edward Moncreiffe, CEO, Insurance, HSBC.
“We achieved this by leveraging our trusted brand, fortress balance sheet, innovative products, deep underwriting capacity, robust partnership network, and close customer relationships.”
What Euromoney said
“HSBC Life has built a specialist high- and ultra-high-net-worth (HNW/UHNW) insurance franchise that now sits at the centre of many private bank wealth plans, combining balance sheet strength with product innovation and genuinely global distribution reach,” Euromoney wrote in its results coverage.
“At the core is a clear strategic focus: HSBC Life is not a mass market insurer dabbling in wealth, it is a HNW specialist built around legacy, liquidity and estate planning needs.”
Other award wins
As well as HSBC Life’s award, we were recognised as the best bank in a range of categories, including:
- Best International Private Bank in the Middle East
- Asia’s Best for Premier Banking
- Asia’s (and Hong Kong’s) Best for Succession Planning
- The Best International Private Bank in China, the Philippines, India and Singapore
- Best Private Bank and Best for Chief Investment Office in Hong Kong
- Best Bank for High Net Worth in Mexico
Insurance growth
Macroeconomic factors, including ageing demographics and market volatility, have positioned insurance as a key solution for growing, protecting and transferring wealth across generations.
Last year, our total insurance revenue increased by 35%, with demand for HNW solutions in Asia being a core driver.
Join our informal shareholders’ meeting
If you’re a shareholder in Hong Kong, you’re invited to an informal meeting in the city on Tuesday, 21 April.
It’s your opportunity to hear from Group Chairman Brendan Nelson and Group CEO Georges Elhedery about our 2025 results and other matters of interest.
The meeting will be held in the Grand Ballroom, 16/F, Hopewell Hotel, 15 Kennedy Road, Wan Chai, at 4.30pm (Hong Kong time).
Registration for the meeting will take place from 2.30pm to 4.30pm. You’re encouraged to arrive in good time as seating capacity is limited.
An invitation letter with details of the meeting was sent to Hong Kong shareholders on 17 March. Please bring it along to facilitate the registration process on the day. We look forward to welcoming you!
Shareholders or authorised representatives who attend the meeting in person will each receive a small souvenir as a token of appreciation.
In addition, the Group’s Annual General Meeting (AGM) will be held in London at 10am (UK time / 5pm Hong Kong time) on Friday, 8 May.
Information on how to vote and participate, both in advance and on the day, can be found in the Notice of the 2026 AGM, which was sent to shareholders on 27 March and is available on www.hsbc.com/agm.
Our progress on digital accessibility
Accessibility for all
Duration: 3:52
Speakers: Tracy, Priyanca, Yahye
[Tracy]
When I’m on stage, I feel relaxed, unburdened.
[Priyanca]
I love being immersed in nature.
There’s a timelessness, a sort of preciousness.
[Yahye]
I feel most at peace and total serenity when I’m in front of the water.
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Opportunity
Tracy, Yahye and Priyanca’s Story
[Priyanca]
Sometimes the world can feel very overwhelming.
I can find lights too bright and sounds too intense.
It really saps my energy completely in a way that maybe a neurotypical person wouldn’t be as impacted.
[Yahye]
The world doesn’t slow down when you’re blind.
The hardest part is not the darkness, it’s when people think I live in it.
[Tracy]
I can’t hear.
Sometimes, I can only guess and try to piece information together, and that is exhausting.
[Yahye]
When your agency is taken away from you, you cannot manage your finances.
You feel belittled, you feel vulnerable.
[Tracy]
In the past, when I handled my finances, even very simple transactions required me to ask someone I trusted to help me.
I had to reveal things I wanted to keep private to them.
[Priyanca]
With ADHD you can easily feel overwhelmed.
I used to not really engage with my finances.
You don’t get extra hours in the day or extra energy as a disabled person to navigate all of these quite inaccessible systems.
[Yahye]
Open HSBC.
[Screen reader]
HSBC notifications
[Yahye]
What I really most love about the HSBC app is that I can do anything, just like anyone else.
[Screen reader]
My accounts
[Yahye]
I’m able to look at investments,
[Screen reader]
World Trader
[Yahye]
at savings.
I’m able to make payments.
[Screen reader]
Pay and transfer
[Yahye]
I’m able to do things that take minimal effort without having to worry about the challenges that come with lack of accessibility.
[Priyanca]
When things are designed with intention, the way you interact with them can feel a lot more natural.
It doesn’t drain all your energy.
Being able to simply open the app, use my fingerprint or biometrics and I’m straight in.
When I’m on the app, I don’t feel different.
I can just do things as quickly as anyone else.
I’m way more likely to be in control and feel empowered to access and manage my money.
[Tracy]
When I went to the Mong Kok branch, and when I did not know how to use the app, they would patiently show me so that I could understand.
Being able to take control of my own affairs allows me to have privacy and dignity.
[Priyanca]
Finances might not be the most exciting or sexy subject, but it enables you to do things that you actually enjoy and enables you to live the life that you want.
[Yahye]
Financial independence is complete life independence.
I’m experiencing life and the world fully and I’m able to do the same things as other people but just in my own alternative way.
[Tracy]
Being able to independently handle financial matters allows me to live life in my own way, making life more fulfilling and more vibrant.
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HSBC | Opening up a world of opportunity
© HSBC Group 2026
We’re helping our customers get back their independence, by giving them the tools and the confidence they need to manage their money on their own terms.
In our new film, you’ll meet Tracy who is hard of hearing, Priyanca who has ADHD, and Yahye who is blind, as they share what it’s like managing their money independently and how our digital accessibility features are helping them to do that.
“To help us be the world's most trusted bank, putting customers at the heart of everything we do, we’re building digital experiences that are truly accessible and designed to empower, not exclude,” said Malintha Fernando, MBE, our Group Head of Digital Experience and Accessibility.
Financial independence
Our disabled and neurodivergent customers are benefitting from different measures, designed to help them be financially independent. We've refreshed and simplified our banking apps - and we're experimenting with an AI-powered text-to-sign-language generation accessibility tool to foster inclusive banking.
We’re also rolling out automation to deliver accessibility globally, faster and more cost efficiently – and more than 250,000 people have benefitted from our digital accessibility training and expertise at 200+ companies and organisations in 100+ countries.
Find out more about HSBC and digital accessibility.