HSBC

We serve around 89 million customers through our four global businesses: Retail Banking and Wealth Management, Commercial Banking, Global Banking and Markets, and Global Private Banking. Our network covers 85 countries and territories in Europe, the Asia-Pacific region, the Middle East, Africa, North America and Latin America. Our aim is to be acknowledged as the world's leading international bank.

Listed on the London, Hong Kong, New York, Paris and Bermuda stock exchanges, shares in HSBC Holdings plc are held by over 220,000 shareholders in 132 countries and territories.

Back to basics

Investors familiar with equity markets often use turnover as an indicator of liquidity even when investing in exchange-traded funds (ETFs), but Keith Chan at HSBC explains why with ETFs this can be a common mistake to make.