BEIJING, March 23 (Xinhua) -- China's central bank plans to issue 5 billion yuan (about 768.8 million U.S. dollars) worth of bills in Hong Kong on Thursday. The maturity of the fixed-rate bill is set ... ( read original story ...)
AIA Said to Near Deal for Bank of East Asia’s Life Insurance Arm
AIA Group Ltd. is nearing a deal to buy the life insurance unit of Bank of East Asia Ltd., the Hong Kong-based lender whose shareholders include Paul Singer’s Elliott Management Corp., according to ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Observatory says city’s residents should expect another sweltering summer
The Observatory predicts the city’s annual typhoon season may start in June or earlier, and expects around five to eight tropical cyclones coming within 500km of Hong Kong. A Hong Kong summer without ... ( read original story ...)
Baidu shares fall flat on Hong Kong debut
Baidu shares fell flat on their debut in Hong Kong on Tuesday (March 23). The online search giant saw its stock close level on the day. That bucks the trend for big first-day gains for new listings. ( read original story ...)
What the Hong Kong Protesters’ Trial Reveals About Beijing
In cracking down on dissent, the government has jailed many of Hong Kong’s loudest progressive voices. The police report refers to it simply as “the Scheme.” It was, in law enforcement’s telling, a ... ( read original story ...)
Baidu shares gain 0.8 per cent in underwhelming Hong Kong debut as IPO craze vanishes
Its shares opened for trading at HK$254, according to stock exchange data, and rose to as high as HK$256.60. They recently traded at HK$255 as of 9.35am local time, giving the company a market value ... ( read original story ...)
Roundup: Continued IPO boom underpins Hong Kong’s financial strength
With the debut of Baidu Inc. on Tuesday, Hong Kong's fund-raising market has appeared to maintain its momentum over recent months and will likely climb to a new height this year, further proof of the ... ( read original story ...)
Continued IPO boom underpins Hong Kong’s financial strength despite global volatility
Deloitte China forecast that IPOs will top 400 billion Hong Kong dollars this year and there will be some 130 new listings, and auditor PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) believes that the financial hub ... ( read original story ...)
So much for a ‘homecoming’: Why the Hong Kong listing of China search engine Baidu fell flat
Li also said that returning to Hong Kong's capital markets was a homecoming ... have largely focused on limiting the power of the financial technology sector, which Alibaba and Tencent dominate. ( read original story ...)
Indian Overseas Bank, Hong Kong Branch — Moody’s withdraws Indian Overseas Bank’s ratings due to business reasons
Moody's withdraws Indian Overseas Bank's ratings due to business reasonsRead the full article at Moody's ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Dashes Business Leaders’ Hopes for Looser Covid Rules
Hong Kong’s government has dashed business leaders’ hopes for a near-term easing of the city’s Covid quarantine measures, signaling in a private meeting that any relaxation would require a ... ( read original story ...)
Continued IPO boom underpins Hong Kong’s financial strength
Baidu, first going public in Nasdaq in 2005, came as the latest U.S.-listed mainland business to complete a secondary listing here, adding to evidence that Hong Kong's IPO boom since 2020 has ... ( read original story ...)
Baidu Set for Hong Kong Debut After Raising $3.1 Billion
Chinese search engine Baidu Inc. edged higher in Hong Kong’s gray market trading Monday ahead of its trading debut. The Nasdaq-listed company raised HK$23.9 billion ($3.1 billion) in its Hong Kong ... ( read original story ...)
China’s answer to YouTube to raise $2.6bn in Hong Kong listing
Chinese video sharing site Bilibili will seek to raise $2.6bn in the latest so-called homecoming listing in Hong Kong, as shares in search group Baidu got a lukewarm reception from investors on their ... ( read original story ...)