Hong Kong’s catastrophe bond market may grow to $2 billion by 2025, accounting for 4-5% of global cat bonds, according to a poll conducted at Bloomberg’s Insurance Forum. Authorities recently extended ...
Hong Kong Courts Recognise Cryptocurrency As Property.
Hong Kong Courts Recognise Cryptocurrency As Property. Legal News and Analysis - Hong Kong - Banking & Finance - ...
What is the Hong Kong-US dollar peg and how does it work?
On September 24, 1983, after months of investor and consumer unease over the depreciation of the Hong Kong dollar and negotiations about the city’s return to mainland rule, panic selling of the ...
Hong Kong told to step up healthcare collaboration with Greater Bay Area cities and global institutions
Senior mainland health official Yu Yanhong urges city to use all of its advantages and pledges support Health Authority to take a more aggressive approach to hunt for talent around the world, says ...
10 convicted of rioting during Hong Kong’s 2019 social disturbances sentenced to up to 58 months in jail
District Court judge says 2019 rioters were 'selfish' and 'recklessly destroyed' peace of the city Sentences passed ranged from 45 to 58 months; defendants included a nurse, a divinity student and an ...
Tiananmen Square books removed from Hong Kong libraries in run-up to anniversary
Publications targeted include those about protest and subjects Beijing deems politically sensitive ...
Jimmy Lai: editors demand release of Hong Kong media boss
A group of 116 leading media figures from around the world are calling for the immediate release of Jimmy Lai, the Hong Kong media tycoon and pro-democracy ad ...
Baidu, JD.com lead Hong Kong stocks as famous money manager buys tech and investors bet on more Beijing support
KGI’s head of strategy based in Hong Kong. Investors are betting on supportive government monetary policies, he added. Meanwhile, Moody’s Investors Service has for the first time in about two years ...
Amid slower growth, Hong Kong’s economy must change alongside mainland China
Hong Kong has long been a service-based economy reliant on finance, tourism, trade logistics and professional services But as the Chinese economy shifts towards domestic consumption, Hong Kong must ...
Hong Kong leader says China’s sentencing of US citizen exposes national security threats
Hong Kong’s leader says the sentencing on spying charges of a U.S. citizen in China who was also a permanent resident of the semi-autonomous city illustrates that the territory should stay vigilant to ...
Bankers face sluggish hiring market, layoffs in Hong Kong
Bankers seeking a job in Hong Kong should brace themselves for obstacles as banking on human resource investments has seen a slowdown. Hiring experts revealed to Asian Banking & Finance that there is ...
Hong Kong political cartoon axed after government pressure, cartoonist says
A Hong Kong newspaper on Thursday scrapped a satirical cartoon after a decades-long run following a series of complaints by authorities, the cartoonist said, in what was seen as the latest blow to ...
Hong Kong leader says public libraries must ensure books don’t violate laws
Hong Kong's leader said on Tuesday public libraries needed to ensure books don't violate local laws, amid criticism that many books and videos related to China's Tiananmen Square crackdown have now ...
Jimmy Lai: editors from around the world call for release of Hong Kong media mogul
Leading global media figures among signatories backing publisher, hit with wave of ‘lawfare’ including legislation to stop him hiring UK barrister ...