HSBC's Restructuring in India

For the financial year 2003-04, the assets per employee and net profit increased by 30 per cent; operating profit by 31 per cent and cost-to-income ratio came down from 47 to 43 per cent compared to the fiscal 2002-03. Personal financial services accounted for 36 per cent of total advances, against 31 per cent in the previous fiscal.

HSBC's retail assets doubled during this period from around a fourth to a third of its total assets. HSBC expected that the retail business would grow by 40 per cent in the fiscal 2004-05. Home loans business grew by 100 per cent; and the branches' contribution comprised 30 per cent...

For instance, HSBC Asset Management (India) Private Ltd. launched in December 2002, had total assets under management amounting to Rs 540 bn by June 2004. Still, it was only the 10th largest asset management company (AMC) in India. The slow growth of advances was another problem for HSBC.

In the financial year 2003-04, HSBC's loan disbursals grew by just 4.67 per cent over the financial year 2003 while for the same period, its competitors like Standard Chartered and Citibank loan disbursals grew by 44 per cent and 11 per cent respectively. Moreover, in spite of improved financial performance, the changes introduced by Booker did not go well among top managers...