HSBC's top shareholder Ping An calls for banking giant's break-up

HSBC's top shareholder Ping An calls for banking giant's break-up

A Swiss International aircraft flies past the HSBC headquarters building in the Canary Wharf financial district in east London February 15, 2015. REUTERS/Peter Nicholls

HSBC Holdings’s largest shareholder, Chinese insurance giant Ping An, has called for a break-up of the London-based bank, a source familiar with the matter said on Friday.