HSBC expects $1.1bn hit from Madoff litigation
UK bank sets aside provision for lawsuit stemming from history’s biggest Ponzi scheme
UK bank sets aside provision for lawsuit stemming from history’s biggest Ponzi scheme

UK bank sets aside $1.1bn for legal fight stemming from criminal enterprise that collapsed in 2008

Lender announced plan last year to use $3.2tn balance sheet to muscle into alternative lending market

First-quarter income dips to $9.4bn, missing analyst expectations

Move follows investigation into bank’s handling of trades between 2014 and 2019

Proceedings come as ailing business empire that owned Telegraph owes large debts

Watchdog previously barred bank from taking on high-risk customers over lax anti-money laundering checks