{"id":3737840,"date":"2026-05-15T13:45:19","date_gmt":"2026-05-15T17:45:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pymnts.com\/?p=3737840"},"modified":"2026-05-15T13:45:19","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T17:45:19","slug":"hsbc-reaffirms-4-billion-private-credit-bet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pymnts.com\/news\/investment-tracker\/2026\/hsbc-reaffirms-4-billion-private-credit-bet\/","title":{"rendered":"HSBC Reaffirms $4 Billion Private Credit Bet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hsbc.com\/\">HSBC<\/a>\u00a0responded Friday (May 15) to a media report that it paused a\u00a0$4 billion\u00a0investment in its private credit funds, saying it remains committed to that business.<\/p><div\r\n\tid=\"article-paywall-overlay\"\r\n\tclass=\"d-none\"\r\n>\r\n\t<div id=\"article-paywall-content\" class=\"my-4\">\r\n\t\t\n<div class=\"wpcf7 no-js\" id=\"wpcf7-f2699550-o1\" lang=\"en-US\" dir=\"ltr\" data-wpcf7-id=\"2699550\">\n<div 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One source told the FT that executives had grown cautious due to uncertainty in the U.S. credit market.<\/p>\n<p>The Reuters report said that HSBC has \u201csubstantially completed\u201d a review of its lending practices after the $400 million loss.<\/p><div id=\"pymnt-2539011653\" class=\"pymnt-content pymnt-entity-placement\" style=\"margin-top: 50px;\"><p style=\"text-align:center\">Advertisement: Scroll to Continue<\/p><script async type=\"text\/javascript\" id=\"dianomi_context_script\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dianomi.com\/js\/contextfeed.js\"><\/script> \r\n<div class=\"dianomi_context\" data-dianomi-context-id=\"4329\"><\/div><\/div>\n<p>HSBC said in a May 5 earnings release that the $400 million\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pymnts.com\/earnings\/2026\/hsbc-loses-400-million-to-private-credit-fraud\/\">expected credit loss<\/a>\u00a0in the first quarter was caused by \u201cfraud-related, secondary, securitization exposure with a financial sponsor in the UK\u201d in the bank\u2019s Corporate and Institutional Banking business.<\/p>\n<p>The bank\u2019s private credit related exposure totals\u00a0$22 billion, or about 2% of its loan book, according to a presentation released May 5. 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