Clearly inspired by Goldman Sachs’s decision to turn itself into a slaughterhouse this morning, HSBC also performed a round of population restructuring. The firm cut about twenty percent from leveraged finance in both the US and London today.

Comments (25)

  1. Posted by guest | November 5, 2008 at 2:08 PM

    I have a feeling things will be better tomorrow.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0daTVnJmt8
    SPODE

  2. Posted by guest | November 5, 2008 at 2:14 PM

    The sun’ll come out
    Tomorrow
    Bet your bottom dollar
    That tomorrow
    There’ll be sun!
    Just thinkin’ about
    Tomorrow
    Clears away the cobwebs,
    And the sorrow
    ‘Til there’s none!
    When I’m stuck a day
    That’s gray,
    And lonely,
    I just stick out my chin
    And Grin,
    And Say,
    Oh
    The sun’ll come out
    Tomorrow
    So ya gotta hang on
    ‘Til tomorrow
    Come what may
    Tomorrow!
    Tomorrow!
    I love ya
    Tomorrow!
    You’re always
    A day
    A way!

  3. Posted by guest | November 5, 2008 at 2:15 PM

    Is this HSBC’s first round of layoffs?

  4. Posted by guest | November 5, 2008 at 2:26 PM

    @3 it’s the 4th round already

  5. Posted by guest | November 5, 2008 at 2:35 PM

    wow.. $810 for Bella’s ID card… That’ll feed alot of dogs.

  6. Posted by guest | November 5, 2008 at 2:41 PM

    @4: thanks (3 here). Can’t believe, then, that Lev Fin is just now getting their 20% cut.

  7. Posted by guest | November 5, 2008 at 2:42 PM

    I’ve noticed a significant decrease in comments today. Does that mean most of the readers were in lev fin?

  8. Posted by guest | November 5, 2008 at 2:51 PM

    @7, no the decrease in comments is because everyone is watching the bid on bella’s ID card on ebay

  9. Posted by guest | November 5, 2008 at 2:54 PM

    Decrease in comments reflected in actual decent volume today. Monkeys on my floor actually working.

  10. Posted by guest | November 5, 2008 at 2:59 PM

    That’s crap, you can get db on bbg; I see no validity to that.

  11. Posted by guest | November 5, 2008 at 3:13 PM

    ’bout fvckin time lev fin took it in the can. 18 months of pretending to do deals is enough.

  12. Posted by guest | November 5, 2008 at 3:15 PM

    What is going on at MS, CS, UBS? not a word from these guys

  13. Posted by bondguy007 | November 5, 2008 at 3:43 PM

    @ 12, their getting the Griswald christmas bonus wrapped in fat glass of get the hell out and shut the hell up.

  14. Posted by bondguy007 | November 5, 2008 at 3:45 PM

    @ 12, their getting the Clark Griswold Christmas bonus wrapped in a fat glass of get the hell out and shut the hell up.

  15. Posted by bondguy007 | November 5, 2008 at 3:48 PM
  16. Posted by Tau | November 5, 2008 at 3:49 PM

    Guess Cole and Toscano screwed the pooch

  17. Posted by guest | November 5, 2008 at 3:52 PM

    I am hearing that HSBC hired a bunch of LF guys from DB who had 6M Gardening Leave and only started in NYC 2M ago. They all had 1Y deals and as such were let go but paid out their contracts. Merry Xmas for them. Too bad for those who didn’t get let go.

  18. Posted by guest | November 5, 2008 at 4:31 PM

    the world needs ditch diggers.

  19. Posted by guest | November 5, 2008 at 4:48 PM

    A 20% cut in HSBC Lev Fin team means they are now done to 8 people for their one co-managed deal

  20. Posted by guest | November 5, 2008 at 5:34 PM

    @18 noooooonan

  21. Posted by guest | November 5, 2008 at 6:25 PM

    more low IQ Wall Streeters on the curb
    shame

  22. Posted by guest | November 5, 2008 at 7:15 PM

    @17 you must be an admin? it’s called a garden leave. gr8thxbai.

  23. Posted by guest | November 5, 2008 at 9:26 PM

    @19 – go easy on the HSBC Lev Fin guys. The HSBC M&A guys are jealous of how busy the HSBC Lev Fin guys are in this environment.

  24. Posted by guest | November 5, 2008 at 9:29 PM

    Bess – I got pink slipped today. Let’s do lunch

  25. Posted by guest | November 6, 2008 at 9:02 AM

    about fecking time lev fin getting the can. they were the biggest muppets on the street…all the fun for PE firm is in the can too…no more muppet strings to pull !!

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