Hong Kong mortgage applications from mainland Chinese buyers rose to a record high in the fourth quarter, underscoring the group’s growing influence in the city’s property sector.
Will China’s reopening help stave off a global recession?
Heavyweights of global finance, economy, and trade gathered at the Asian Financial Forum in Hong Kong on Thursday sounded overly upbeat as they pondered ho..
Chinese EV start-up WM Motor moves towards back-door listing in Hong Kong as Apollo Future Mobility plans reverse merger
A unit of Hong Kong-listed Apollo plans to acquire the embattled electric-car maker for US$2.02 billion, according to a stock-exchange filing Apollo plans to raise HK$3.92 billion (US$501.8 million) ...
Mainland Chinese Head to Hong Kong for MRNA COVID Vaccines
A private hospital in the special Chinese administrative region of Hong Kong welcomed the first batch of mainland customers on Thursday, just five days after China reopened its borders for the first ...
BOC Aviation sells 18 aircraft
Singapore-based, Hong Kong SAR-listed aircraft leasing company BOC Aviation executed 82 transactions in the fourth quarter of 2022 and a total of 298 in 2022. These included commitments in the fourth ...
HSBC wins appeal against $36 mln Euribor cartel fine
HSBC has won an appeal against a decision by European antitrust regulators to fine Europe's second-largest bank 33.6 million euros ($36 million) over its role in a cartel to manipulate benchmark ...
Hong Kong lawyer duped out of HK$5.7mil by phone scammers pretending to be mainland Chinese police, telecoms worker
Woman, 31, first received phone call in November from ‘telecoms worker’ who said she was involved in deception case. Victim then had a video call with another scammer posing as a mainland public ...
Britain criticises erosion of freedoms in Hong Kong
Britain criticised on Thursday what it said was the systematic erosion of freedoms in Hong Kong by the Chinese government and a crackdown on free speech by authorities in the former British colony.
Hong Kong’s HAF Project Market Unveils 28-Title Spread for Return to In-Person Meetings
Film projects involving Anthony Chen, Fruit Chan, Tian Zhuangzhuang, Marco Mueller and Zhang Lu adorn the lineup of the upcoming Hong Kong – Asia Film Financing Forum project market. The 21st edition ...
Hong Kong businesses cheer China reopening, but warn there’s a long way to go
Kiki Yang brought an empty green suitcase from Shenzhen to Hong Kong this week to load up on new purchases for her family and friends.
Hong Kong accountant swindled out of HK$2.2 million after man with ‘insider information’ lures him into setting up account on fake stock trading app
Scammer in WhatsApp group convinced accountant, 51, to transfer money into five designated bank accounts to invest in mainland stocks Bogus app showed fake transactions and returns to trick people ...
Hong Kong lawyer duped out of HK$5.7 million by phone scammers pretending to be mainland Chinese police, telecoms worker
A Hong Kong lawyer has become the latest victim of a phone scam after a swindler impersonating a mainland Chinese police officer duped her out of nearly HK$5.7 million (US$730,769) over two months.
Roundup: Hong Kong consolidates global financial hub status with innovation, green finance initiatives
Israeli entrepreneur Guy Sheena came all the way from the Middle Eastern country to the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) of China to look for potential partners for his fintech startup, ...
Hong Kong’s IPO Market Is Poised For A Return To Form
After a bleak first half of 2022, Hong Kong’s IPO market regained momentum in the second half of the year. Refinitiv data show that 75 listings raised US$12.69 billion. To be sure, it was a weaker ...