(Reuters) – HSBC is mulling the mixture of its Business and Funding banking divisions to remove overlapping roles on the lender and lower prices, Bloomberg Information reported on Monday, citing individuals aware of the matter.

The mixed division would develop into the financial institution’s largest income generator, contributing about $40 billion to the lender’s income yearly, the report added.

No ultimate choices have been made and particulars of any potential restructuring might nonetheless change, in accordance with the sources cited within the report.

HSBC declined to remark to a Reuters request.

The change, if profitable, could be the primary underneath the brand new chief Georges Elhedery, who’s dedicated to speed up the financial institution’s technique to shift from restructuring to development, at a time when rate of interest hikes could have peaked and geopolitical tensions simmer.

HSBC has lately additionally slashed its companies within the Western markets such because the US, France, and Canada because it focuses on Asia and markets the place it has scale.