HSBC Holdings is planning two major risk transfer deals to hedge the risk of approximately $7 billion in loans to large US and Asian companies. According to people familiar with the matter, the London-based bank wants to seize investors' demand for such loss absorption tools. One of the transactions was linked to a US loan of about 3 billion US dollars.

HSBC Holdings is planning two major risk transfer deals to hedge the risk of approximately $7 billion in loans to large US and Asian companies. According to people familiar with the matter, the London-based bank wants to seize investors' demand for such loss absorption tools. One of the transactions was linked to a US loan of about 3 billion US dollars.