InvestmentsTop Global NewsMarketsReal Estate HSBC quarterly profits jump in ‘good start’ to 2019 By financialnews_rlv83x - May 3, 2019 0 259 Banking giant HSBC said on Friday that pre-tax profit jumped 30.7 percent to $6.2 billion in the first three months of the year, describing the results as “encouraging” despite an uncertain global outlook.