A pipeline of mega listings, returning US investors and looser global monetary policy will help Hong Kong extend its IPO rebound next year.
Hong Kong technology venture reports decline in November e-commerce performance
Hong Kong Television Network ( ($HK:1137) ) has issued an update. Hong Kong Technology Venture Company Limited reported a decline in its ...
Hong Kong cuts interest rate but major banks keep lending rates steady
Hong Kong's de-facto central bank lowered on Thursday its base interest rate by 25 basis points to 4.0%, in line with a cut by the U.S. Federal Reserve, but major lenders declined to pass on the ...
Ant International and HSBC Test New Cross-Border Payments Solution Using Tokenised Deposits on Swift’s Network and Powered by ISO 20022
Ant International, HSBC and Swift today have completed a successful Proof of Concept (POC) for the cross-border transfer of tokenised deposits using ISO 20022 standards. The initiative leverages Swift ...
Exiled Hong Kong activist target of sexually explicit harassment campaign
A high-profile Hong Kong pro-democracy activist living in the UK has been the target of a campaign of harassment involving letters containing fake, sexually explicit images of her sent from China to ...
Hong Kong IPO Boom Obscures Sharp Drop in Underwriter Fee Rates
Investment banks are on track to take home their smallest slice of underwriting fees from Hong Kong listings in years, even as share sales in the city have staged a blistering rebound.
JD.com Unit to Start Trading in Hong Kong After $383 Million IPO
Jingdong Industrials Inc., the supply-chain unit of Chinese e-commerce giant JD.com Inc., is set to debut in Hong Kong on Thursday after its HK$2.98 billion ($383 million) offering.
Bar Association first Hong Kong delegation to Beijing after fire, Legco election
The Hong Kong Bar Association will travel to Beijing next week to meet mainland Chinese officials, becoming the first delegation to visit the capital since the city’s deadliest fire in decades and its ...
Hong Kong’s Hang Seng University joins property rush with US$11.6 million office deal
Acquisition of office units in Sha Tin’s Metropole Square follows Metropolitan University’s US$334 million purchase of Hung Hom property.
Insurance hiring outpaces banking in Hong Kong for 2026
Despite digitalisation, life insurance claims roles are still hard to fill. The Hong Kong insurance sector’s hiring momentum was pegged stronger than that of the banking sector this 2026, according to ...
Hong Kong considers designated labs to test scaffolding nets after deadly blaze
Stricter checks to be imposed on all materials sampled on site amid concern over alleged falsified safety documents.
International Jockeys’ Championship: Ryan Moore clinches title in Hong Kong
Ryan Moore secured a third International Jockeys Championship in dramatic fashion at Happy Valley, producing the suitably-named Triumphant More from the rear of the field to clinch the Far East finale.
Hong Kong’s financial hub gets a gold star for governance, red flag on readiness
Hong Kong has been ranked the world’s No 4 financial hub in a new NYU Abu Dhabi index, but trails rivals on growth and innovation.
Hong Kong bankers warned to improve quality of IPO paperwork
Hong Kong has more than 300 companies in its IPO pipeline, having submitted paperwork to list. Listings so far this year in the territory have raised about US$34bn for companies, according to data from KPMG, making it the top IPO venue globally ahead of the NYSE, Nasdaq and National Stock Exchange of India.