Hong Kong is not seeing fund outflows due to the uncertainty created by Beijing's imposition of the national security law in the Asian financial hub, a top executive at the city's banking sector ... ( read original story ...)
{I-bank focus}HSBC lifts China Gas (00384) to HK$36
ET Net News Agency, 4 February 2021] HSBC Global Research lifted its target price for China Gas Holdings (00384) to HK$36 from HK$35 and maintained its "buy" rating, given the growth trajectory of ... ( read original story ...)
Breakingviews – It’s time HSBC’s big bosses followed the money
Bankers know it pays to follow the money. Accordingly, HSBC could soon move some of its senior brass to Asia. There are good reasons for financial services giants to avoid putting global chiefs in ... ( read original story ...)
China stocks fall on fresh liquidity concerns, Hong Kong dragged by tech shares
China stocks fell on Thursday, dragged lower by fresh investor worries over signs of liquidity tension ahead of the upcoming Lunar New Year holiday, while Hong Kong was pulled by losses in tech shares ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong pro-democracy movement nominated for Nobel peace prize by US lawmakers
Bipartisan nomination praises protesters’ ‘bravery and determination that have inspired the world’ ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Bourse May Run Out Of Steam On Thursday
The Hong Kong stock market has finished higher in three straight sessions, gathering almost 1,050 points or 3.7 percent along the way. The Hang Seng Index now rests just above the 29,300-point plateau ... ( read original story ...)
HSBC mulls moving top executives to Hong Kong or Singapore to strengthen Asia push
HSBC Holdings is considering relocating a handful of senior executives from London to Hong Kong or Singapore as Europe's largest lender bets its future on Asia.. Read more at straitstimes.com. ( read original story ...)
Paul Harris: ‘I will try to protect freedom in Hong Kong. I don’t know if I will succeed’
British expatriates in Hong Kong used to be known as “Filth” — but “failed in London, try Hong Kong” could not be less appropriate for Paul Harris, SC.The veteran barrister is a tenant at Doughty ... ( read original story ...)
Chinese IPOs underpriced by up to $200bn due to valuation limits
Initial public offerings in China have undervalued companies by up to $200bn over the past six years, academic research indicates, reflecting a struggle to price listings in the world’s second-biggest ... ( read original story ...)
Nearly HK$17 million raised in 2020 edition of Operation Santa Claus, overcoming hurdles created by coronavirus pandemic
The fundraising drive, co-organised by South China Morning Post and RTHK, raised HK$16.7 million in 2020, topping the previous year’s HK$16.1 million. ( read original story ...)
Asia’s Family-Owned Business Founders Seek Private Equity Exit
Dealmakers across Asia are busy fielding calls from company founders who are mulling letting go of their life’s work as the Covid-19 pandemic has upended how global business is done. ( read original story ...)
China Hits Out at Antony Blinken’s Hong Kong Comments, Tells U.S. to Stay Out of It
"Hong Kong affairs are purely China's internal affairs and allow for no foreign interference," a foreign ministry spokesperson said. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong start-up Clearbot set to revolutionise marine trash collection
We were basically studying why The Ocean Cleanup failed,” says Sidhant Gupta, reflecting on his final year as an engineering student at the University of Hong Kong (HKU). “And it seemed like a ... ( read original story ...)
The new monster tech IPO is a video app giving voice to China’s “silent majority”
Kuaishou's successful strategy of billing itself as a platform for ordinary users is going to make its founders extraordinarily rich. ( read original story ...)