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HSBC sells $25 billion Australian home and personal loan portfolio to Blackstone
The sale is HSBC’s latest step to simplify operations and shift capital to higher-growth businesses, with the portfolio managed by Pepper Money.
- On Friday, HSBC Holdings agreed to sell its A$36 billion Australian home and personal loan portfolio to Blackstone, with the deal expected to close in the first half of 2027.
- CEO Georges Elhedery initiated the sale as part of broader efforts to simplify the HSBC Group, building on his September 2024 reorganization along East-West lines and previous exits from sub-scale investment banking in Europe.
- HSBC expects to incur about $300 million in restructuring costs and write-offs linked to the retail wind-down, while also recycling approximately $300 million in foreign currency translation reserve losses with no incremental capital impact.
- Blackstone said the transaction demonstrates its long-term commitment to Australia, where it has invested for nearly two decades; the firm acquired the portfolio through Virgo BidCo, wholly owned by funds managed by its affiliates.
- Following the retail wind-down, HSBC will retain and grow its corporate and institutional banking operations across Australia and New Zealand, consolidating these businesses into Shanghai Banking Corporation Sydney Branch to simplify its entity footprint.
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HSBC Sells $25 Billion Australian Home Loan Business to Blackstone in Record Mortgage Deal
The sale marks HSBC's exit from Australia's retail banking market and is part of the lender's broader strategy to simplify operations and redeploy capital into higher-growth businesses.
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HSBC sells $25 billion Australian home and personal loan portfolio to Blackstone
HSBC , is selling its A$36 billion ($25.30 billion) Australian home and personal loan book to global asset manager Blackstone in the world's largest-ever home loan portfolio transaction.
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