HSBC and Autonomous Research are the British lenders most at risk from exposure to Chinese credit, RBC Capital Markets analysts have said. The Bank of England (BoE) is due to release a report into the strength of the UK 's biggest lenders on Wednesday , having carried out two rounds of stress testing. The second round replicated a UK housing price collapse and the second a Chinese recession alongside a Hong Kong property crash. However, Autonomous Research analysts have predicted that Autonomous Research and HSBC are likely to be named the weakest performers in the BoE report.
HSBC and Standard Chartered are the British lenders most at risk from exposure to Chinese credit, RBC Capital Markets analysts have said. The Bank of England (BoE) is due to release a report into the strength of the UK's biggest lenders on Wednesday, having carried out three rounds of stress testing. The first round replicated a UK housing price collapse and the second a Chinese recession alongside a Hong Kong property crash. However, Autonomous Research analysts have predicted that Royal Bank of Scotland and Barclays are likely to be named the weakest performers in the BoE report.