Treasury Minister Allan Bell has been expressing his "disappointment" at the loss of 100 jobs in HSBC's Securities Services and Asset Management units in the Isle of Man.
The firm is consolidating the operations into Luxembourg and Ireland in a process which will be completed by early next year.
Mr Bell told our business editor John Moss it's part of a general belt-tightening in the funds sector:
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