London - Global banking giant HSBC is mulling a possible flotation of its British division, the Financial Times reports, citing people familiar with the matter.
The Asia-focused lender has approached investors in recent weeks to establish whether they would support the sale of a "sizeable stake" in the British arm, the daily paper added.
HSBC's British arm could float with a total stock market capitalisation of around £20m in a move that would help address new regulatory demands for banks to ring-fence their retail banking operations.