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LONDON (AP) — London-based bank HSBC has suffered a 19 percent fall in first-quarter net profit that it blamed in part on declines in the retail banking and wealth management businesses.
For the three months that ended March 31, HSBC reported Wednesday a net profit of $5.2 billion, down from $6.4 billion a year earlier. Operating expenses dropped slightly compared with the first quarter last year.
HSBC Holdings PLC said its costs were under control but revenue dropped because of a weaker result in its retail banking and wealth management units.
Group Chief Executive Stuart Gulliver said revenues in those sectors were "impacted by changes in incentive plans and product pricing."
Shares in the bank were down 1.1 percent in morning trading in London.
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