UK lawmakers call on L&G and Aviva to sever ties with HSBC over Hong Kong stance

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MPs and Peers in London have written to investment management firms Legal & General and Aviva asking them to reconsider their involvement with HSBC over the bank's actions in Hong Kong.  The MPs and Peers come from the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Hong Kong and the Treasury Select Committee - including Baroness Bennett, Andrew Rosindell MP and Siobhain McDonagh MP - and have written to senior leaders at Legal & General and Aviva asking them to reconsider their relationship with HSBC over the bank's stance on the new legislation in Hong Kong.  The letters says: "We believe that the...

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Christopher Copper-Ind is editor-in-chief of International Investment. Before this, he was editorial director of The Business Year, from 2014 to 2017.