To find out, we looked at online profiles of current BoC employees to see how many of them attended leading universities in Hong Kong, China and globally. We then ranked the 15 most popular of these universities among the firm’s Hong Kong-based workforce ... ( read original story ...)
Crunch Report | Razer Looks to Raise $550 Million in Hong Kong IPO
I don’t know what to wear on Crunch Report (It’s a hard decision and I suck at dressing myself). If you are a startup and want to me to wear something mail me an XL T-shirt and I’ll wear it in an episode. I’m not going to mention the company on ... ( read original ...
Hong Kong skyscraper sells for a record $5.2 billion
Li Ka-shing's CK Asset Holdings confirmed Wednesday that it had sold his interest in The Center, the fifth-tallest building in Hong Kong, for $5.2 billion. That's a record for a commercial property in Hong Kong. CK Asset Holdings said it expects to make a ... ( read original story ...)
Tencent Unit’s Hong Kong IPO Draws a Crowd
The tech-stock ardor sweeping the world has reached Hong Kong, judging by the response to China Literature Ltd.'s initial public offering. Continue Reading Below Orders for the IPO of the Tencent Holdings Ltd. unit, expected to raise $1.1 billion next week ... ( read original story ...)
Opulent home on Hong Kong’s Peak sold for nearly $149 million
Hong Kong authorities have tried to implement a raft of measures to cool the city’s property prices but Chief Executive Carrie Lam has said the government has no “magic wands”. The former British colony is one of the world’s wealthiest cities with ... ( read original story ...)
World Bank ranks Hong Kong No 5 on list of easiest places in the world to do business
Hong Kong slipped one place to fifth in the World Bank’s ranking of the easiest places to do business on Wednesday, prompting a government spokesman to say officials were working to strengthen legislation to improve the score. For the second straight ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong-listed firms urged to step up efforts on environmental, social and governance disclosure
Hong Kong-listed companies need to act fast to raise their environmental, social and governance (ESG) reporting and quality disclosure to match international standards to attract global investors and maintain the city’s status as a leading global ... ( read original story ...)
Tencent’s Red-Hot E-Book IPO Sets Stage for Music Arm Debut
China Literature Ltd., the online reading unit helping Tencent Holdings Ltd. build an entertainment empire, raised $1.1 billion alongside existing investors in its Hong Kong initial public offering, according to people with knowledge of the matter. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s No Home for Orphans
For example, mainland buyers via the stock connect account for almost 5 percent of the shareholder base of HSBC Holdings Plc, the Hong Kong-founded bank that's now headquartered in London. The rest needn't bother. The city's stock market may be five ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong vows to further improve business environment after World Bank’s annual ranking
HONG KONG, Nov. 1 (Xinhua) -- The government of China's Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) vowed on Wednesday to further improve its business environment, after a World Bank annual report re-affirmed Hong Kong's position as one of the world's ... ( read original story ...)
HK 5th in World Bank report
Hong Kong has been ranked fifth in the world's easiest places to do business, reaffirming the Government's incessant efforts in business facilitation. The Government made the statement today after the World Bank's Doing Business 2018 report was released ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong seeks law banning booing of China’s national anthem
according to the official Xinhua news agency. “It is urgent and important to apply the National Anthem Law in Hong Kong in a bid to prevent and handle such offences.” ( read original story ...)
HK drops to fifth in world business city rankings
Hong Kong slipped down the rankings of the world's easiest places to do business, a report shows. This year, the city fell by one rung to the fifth from the year before in the World Bank's Doing Business 2018 report. The drop was mainly due to the lower ... ( read original story ...)
Yougawalla Pastoral Company sells Kimberley cattle stations to Hong Kong billionaire
Mr Hui is the founder of Hong Kong property developer Shimao Group, with projects in Asia and Australia. And now one of China's biggest property developers has expanded his interests in the Kimberley cattle industry. The deal covers 800 hectares of land ... ( read original story ...)