(Stock Code: 1087) CHANGE OF COMPANY SECRETARY, AUTHORISED REPRESENTATIVE, SERVICE AGENT AND PRINCIPAL PLACE OF BUSINESS IN HONG KONG CHANGE OF COMPANY SECRETARY, AUTHORISED REPRESENTATIVE AND SERVICE AGENT The board of directors (the "Board") of InvesTech ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong regulator’s no phoney for banking plans
The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) has unveiled a number of initiatives as it looks to improve the region’s use of payments, APIs and innovation. In a speech delivered during the Annual Banking Conference of the Hong Kong Institute of Bankers ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s Aug drawndown mortgage loans fall 13.3 pct
Sept 29 (Reuters) - New mortgage loans drawn down in Hong Kong totalled HK$28.1 billion ($3.60 billion) in August, down 13.3 percent from a month earlier, Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) data showed on Friday. The following is the breakdown of data ... ( read original story ...)
Can newcomer Just MMA kick-start Hong Kong’s ailing cage fighting scene? New organisation aims to showcase local fighters
Hong Kong’s efforts to carve itself a niche in the rapidly evolving world of mixed martial arts have received a boost with a new promotional organisation to be launched using the city as its base. “We want to build a sports media company and we want to ... ( read original story ...)
100 business representatives from Hong Kong and Sharjah meet to discuss trade and investment
In another ambitious move to increase Sharjah’s depth and reach of foreign investment, some of the emirate’s most influential economic drivers met with trade delegates, officials and businesspeople from Hong Kong recently, to present the unique ... ( read original story ...)
HK private home prices soar, HKMA chief warns against overheating market
The head of the city’s de facto central bank, the Hong Kong Monetary Authority, struck a note of caution against homebuyers piling into the market. “The risk of the property market overheating still exists,” Norman Chan, head of HKMA, told reporters. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s stock index is the world’s best performer to date, but is the party over?
Hong Kong stocks jumped 25 per cent in the first three quarters of this year, thanks to Tencent’s 78 per cent increase that accounted for nearly 30 per cent of the gains in the Hang Seng Index, making it the top performer among the world’s major stock ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Economy Most at Risk of Financial Crisis: Nomura Gauge
Hong Kong is the economy most at risk of suffering a financial crisis, with China the second most vulnerable, according to the latest update of an early warning system devised by Nomura Holdings Inc. The findings don’t mean there will be a crisis. ( read original story ...)
Asia-Pacific has dominated IPOs globally this quarter
Stock exchanges in greater China saw a total of 144 companies listed in the third quarter, making up 44 percent of global IPOs, according to EY. Hong Kong saw 37 IPOs, compared with 56 on the Shanghai Stock Exchange and 51 on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange's ... ( read original story ...)
ASIA MARKETS: Hong Kong Stocks Rise On Strength In Banks, Consumer Companies
HONG KONG (Sep 29) -- Hong Kong shares advanced on Friday in thin ... Industrial & Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) added 0.9% and Bank of China (BOC) gained 0.5%, while China Mengniu Dairy advanced 4.6%, heading for its highest level in more than two ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong International calls food & beverage and banking tenders
HONG KONG. Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) has called tenders for six food & beverage licences at its Terminal 1 East Hall food court. Airport Authority Hong Kong described it “a unique business opportunity for food & beverage operators in this ... ( read original story ...)
China’s Uber-Rich Prompt Haitong to Build Hong Kong Private Bank
Haitong International Securities Group Ltd., a unit of China’s second-largest brokerage, plans to add about 100 jobs in Hong Kong as it seeks to draw more of the nation’s growing ranks of multi-millionaires to its wealth management business. The firm ... ( read original story ...)
‘Smart Banking’ upgrade is a must, Norman Chan says
The upgrading of our banking system to a new and higher level of Smart Banking is not just something nice-to-have but a must, the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) chief executive Norman Chan Tak-lam, (pictured), said, adding that banking and technology ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong private home prices climb to fresh highs in August
HONG KONG, Sept 29 (Reuters) - Hong Kong’s private home prices climbed to a fresh peak in August, hitting highs for the 10th month in a row and extending gains to a 17th month, government data released on Friday showed. Prices of private domestic homes ... ( read original story ...)