2008-05-13nakedcapitalism.com

"The Times of London reports that activist investor Knight Vinke accused HSBC of failing to mark down its subprime assets (due to its ill-fated 2003 acquisition of Household Financial) adequately, leading to its greatly understating its first quarter losses. Vinke isn't alone in being skeptical of HSBC's latest earnings release. "



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