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HSBC has become the first foreign lender to install a Chinese Communist party committee in its investment banking subsidiary in the country, a move that will put pressure on western rivals operating in China to follow suit.

The lender’s China investment bank, HSBC Qianhai Securities, recently established a CCP committee, according to two people familiar with the decision. The move came after HSBC lifted its stake in the joint venture, which it launched in 2015, to 90 per cent from 51 per cent in April.

A CCP committee, which can be made up of several branches, is required by Chinese company law but is not yet widely enforced among foreign finance groups. It is typically formed of three or more employees who are also members of the Chinese Communist party.

HSBC’s move will put pressure on other foreign banks to do the same. Some have been examining whether they are required to do so after taking full ownership of their mainland securities and brokerage operations in the past two years, said several senior people at those institutions.

Seven global banks control investment banking operations in mainland China — HSBC, Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan, Credit Suisse, Morgan Stanley, UBS and Deutsche Bank — however, only HSBC has so far set up a CCP committee, according to multiple people familiar with the matter. The other banks declined to comment.

Executives of US banks are particularly worried about the optics of potentially exposing strategic decisions and client data to the CCP, several told the Financial Times.

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