His departure, if confirmed, would be another setback for Ip, who dropped out of Hong Kong’s leadership race last month after failing to secure enough support among the 1,194 Election Committee voters. Chinese-language newspapers Sing Tao Daily and ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong stocks rebound as market remains positive on Xi-Trump meeting, despite Syria missile attack
Hong Kong stocks closed flat on Friday, after falling earlier in the day on panic selling after news broke of the US missile attack on a Syrian airbase. Brokers said the rebound was due to the generally positive reaction to the ongoing meeting between the ... ( read original story ...)
Cathay Pacific to start new DAILY flights from Manchester Airport to Hong Kong
The schedule will provide business and leisure travellers with more choice to plan their trips, bolster Hong Kong’s position as a leading Asian hub - and help travellers connect to 22 cities in mainland China from there. He said the move underscored ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Buyer Pays a Top Price for Manhattan Apartment
The latest sale, an 8,055 square foot full-floor condominium unit on the 83rd floor of the skyscraper, closed last week for $65.2 million. A Hong Kong address in mortgage documents... ( read original story ...)
Average US 30-year mortgage rate falls to 4.10 percent
Mortgage rates fell to the lowest levels in almost three months ... South Korea thrash India 10-0 in women's AFC Asian Cup qualifier On the same day, DPRK women footballers defeated Hong Kong of China 5-0 under rainfalls, wind and chilly temperature. ( read original story ...)
Fitch: Chinese Banks' Profitability Is Likely to Decline Further
We expect mortgage loans will remain the key loan growth driver in ... Contact: Grace Wu Senior Director +852 2263 9919 Fitch (Hong Kong) Limited 19/F Man Yee Building 68 Des Voeux Road Central, Hong Kong Jaclyn Wang Associate Director +86 21 5097 3189 ... ( read original story ...)
Jinhui Shipping sells final handysize
The 38,462 dwt dry bulker was built in 2012 at Naikai Zosen and is registered in Hong Kong. Jinhui will use approximately 75% of the net sale proceeds received pursuant to the agreement for the repayment of vessel mortgage loan and the remaining portion of ... ( read original story ...)
Q&A with Tim Morgan, owner of ERE
ERE has been meeting with investors on the ground in Hong Kong for over five years and we now have an office ... Interest rate rises and mortgage constraints all frame stable but improving market conditions.The fundamental reason why returns are going ... ( read original story ...)
Markets eyeing outcome of Xi-Trump summit
But counterparts in Hong Kong which had already rallied faced selling pressure ... Perhaps people need to reserve more money to repay their mortgage loans every month as property prices keep rising. Retail sales growth was well below expectations in ... ( read original story ...)
Trump’s Made in America Slogan Doesn’t Fit Ivanka’s Clothing Line
The 56 shipments made since Nov. 8 hailed from Shanghai, Hong Kong and Singapore. NBC News traced 53 of the ... according to a 2012 prospectus for mortgage-backed securities that include a loan on the property. The lease, for more than 20,000 square ... ( read original story ...)
Fed and Trump Has Dollar in Trouble
In Hong Kong, the Hang Seng lost -0.4% ... The Australian Banking Regulator intends to make banks hold more capital against risky mortgage lending. In Europe, it’s been a relatively subdued session with overall market focus remaining on upcoming ... ( read original story ...)
Tink Labs – Hong Kong’s first US$1bil startup?
LONDON: Hong Kong may soon get its first billion-dollar startup, thanks to a 25-year-old entrepreneur whose company leases phones to travellers. Tink Labs Ltd is in the process of raising about US$40mil and aiming for a valuation of more than US$1bil ... ( read original story ...)
Guotai Junan IPO entices global institutions
China's second most profitable brokerage company, Guotai Junan, allocated the institutional tranche of its Hong Kong initial public offering on Monday after attracting the kind of balanced order book syndicate bankers had almost give up on. Bankers ... ( read original story ...)
Ron Sim eyes IPO for V3 Group
Osim founder Ron Sim is gunning for an initial public offering (IPO) in Hong Kong just months after bidding goodbye to the Singapore Exchange (SGX). Mr Sim has applied to relist his massage chair and lifestyle products company as V3 Group, according to its ... ( read original story ...)