 A small group of HSBCs Hong Kong-based retail investors are seeking support to put a resolution to the banks 2023 annual meeting calling on it to restore its pre-pandemic dividend and set a plan to spin off assets. HSBC underperforms its peers, violates dividend commitments and ignores shareholders interests, Ken Lui, convener of a group of shareholders calling for the spin-off of HSBC Asias business, said in a newspaper advertisement on Thursday. 