The clock is ticking for scores of Hong Kong-listed companies that could miss a deadline to post their 2020 earnings reports in coming days. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong legislature to discuss new immigration bill amid ‘exit ban’ fears
Hong Kong's legislature is set to discuss a controversial immigration bill, which lawyers, diplomats and right groups fear will give authorities unlimited powers to prevent residents and others from ... ( read original story ...)
A ‘tidal wave’ of Chinese companies rush into the red-hot IPO market in the U.S.
In China's start-up world, the rich are getting richer as investors and companies clamor for a piece of the hot U.S. IPO market — before it loses steam. ( read original story ...)
Tycoons Failed Hong Kong. They Won’t Be Missed
Being a business overlord isn’t what it used to be in Hong Kong. The money still flows. It’s the fringe benefit of a seat at the top table of power that’s slipping away. Beijing’s remaking of the city ... ( read original story ...)
Investor Relations Recruiters Across Hong Kong
The past 12 months have had plenty of lessons for investor relations recruiters - in particular, that change is constant. This is especially apparent from trends that are emerging in areas such as ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Stock Market Tipped To Extend Losing Streak
The Hong Kong stock market has moved lower in back-to-back sessions, sinking more than 135 points or 0.4 percent along the way. The ... ( read original story ...)
‘We are very prepared’: Hotels, attractions look forward to Singapore-Hong Kong air travel bubble
SINGAPORE: Hotels and attractions in Singapore are looking forward to welcoming foreign guests following the relaunch of a long-awaited air travel ... ( read original story ...)
Ant IPO-approval process under investigation by Beijing
Beijing is investigating how Jack Ma won speedy approvals for his Ant Group Co.’s stock listing last year, according to people with knowledge of the matter, signaling that state actors are getting ... ( read original story ...)
Meituan Rises In Hong Kong Trading As Lufax Earnings Beat Expectations
Meituan’s anti-competitive investigation was announced after Hong Kong’s close yesterday, sending its US listing down -5.82% but its Hong Kong listing was up +2.62% overnight. Fintech company Lufax ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s Towering Office Rents Are Coming Back Down to Earth
Economic impacts of the pandemic, social unrest and U.S.-China tensions are putting downward pressure on prices. “It’s survival of the fittest.” ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong-Singapore Travel Bubble to Start on May 26
A quarantine-free air travel bubble between Hong Kong and Singapore will open on May 26, the governments said Monday, confirming a long-awaited reopening of connections between the two financial hubs. ( read original story ...)
Beijing calls Hong Kong bar association chief an ‘anti-China politician’
Beijing and Hong Kong authorities have accused the British-born head of Hong Kong’s bar association of being an “anti-China politician” after he criticised jail sentences imposed on pro-democracy ... ( read original story ...)
HSBC, Bank of China (Hong Kong) unveil plans to tap US$29 trillion of green fundraising opportunities in next decade
Hong Kong’s two biggest banks aim to tap the forecast US$29 trillion of fundraising opportunities for environmentally friendly projects in the next decade. ( read original story ...)
Unemployed Hongkongers to be offered low-interest loans of up HK$80,000 guaranteed by government for first time
The Hong Kong government is for the first time offering to guarantee low-interest personal loans for unemployed people, after the Covid-19 pandemic sent the city’s jobless rate to a 17-year high. ( read original story ...)