Update: HSBC 'deeply regrets' tax scandal; plans asset disposal as full-year profits fall

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HSBC's chairman has said the bank "deeply regrets" the "unacceptable" practices within its Swiss private bank which allowed clients to avoid tax, and plans to sell off parts of the business following disappointing 2014 results.

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