With support from Cyberport and YSpace, York University’s entrepreneurship and innovation hub, Ip is now leading RaSpect’s expansion into North America, tapping into a market that’s home to the ...
Hong Kong sells US dollars to fight carry trade, defend currency peg
The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) intervened in the foreign exchange market overnight for the 11th time since late June, buying local currency and absorbing interbank liquidity in a move that ...
Why Hong Kong May Soon Be the World’s Next Startup Powerhouse
Hong Kong is home to nearly 2,000 active startups, and its growth matches that of the fifth fastest-growing startup ecosystem in the world (Amsterdam), according to a new report from research firm ...
Hong Kong exporters ‘relieved’ over extended US-China truce, but worries linger
Shipments for Thanksgiving, Christmas likely to proceed unaffected, but longer-term uncertainty has dampened business confidence and cash flow Hong Kong exporters have expressed relief after a 90-day ...
Hong Kong’s CKI emerges as leading contender for Thames Water, The Times reports
Hong Kong's CK Infrastructure Holdings (CKI) has emerged as a leading contender to take over Thames Water and could assume control within weeks if Britain's largest water utility is placed into ...
Expedition, a startup searching for drugs from China, cuts its first deal
The startup agreed to pay Fosun Pharma as much as $645 million for a drug in testing for multiple lung conditions, including bronchiectasis.
Hong Kong stocks trade sideways as investors focus on economic data, earnings
With Trump extending the tariff truce by another 90 days, all eyes are now on the economic data dump and blue-chip earnings.
European firms tout Hong Kong as springboard for expansion into mainland China, Asia
Italian food company and French start-up praise the city and the support of investment-promotion agency InvestHK.
Hong Kong allowing listing applicants more privacy sparks wave of confidential filings
HONG KONG] At least two dozen Chinese companies have confidentially filed for listing in Hong Kong this year and more are preparing to do so, two industry sources said, following a new rule permitting ...
Hong Kong ultra-luxury homes: mainland Chinese buyers drive US$3 billion buying spree
Mainland buyers account for 80 per cent of 35 deals in last year and a half, including five above HK$1 billion (US$127 million).
A blueprint for the breakthrough
Back in the day, I worked in merchandising for an Italian jeans brand – yes, the kind that made you feel cooler just by wearing denim. My process? A mix of instinct, manager “chit-chat,” and ...
Report sheds light on McKinsey’s alleged conflicts of interest
The new House committee report, in particular, sheds light on questions about the firm’s conflicts of interest policies, including details about at least 22 McKinsey consultants who allegedly ...
New normal: why Hong Kong’s commercial property deep-freeze is here to stay
Landlords have ‘not yet faced reality’ as a ‘negative spiral’ makes recovery ‘improbable within the next decade’, analysts say.
Tech hub: A game of patience for Hong Kong
On the public policy front, Benedicte Nolens, who heads the BIS Innovation Hub Hong Kong Center at Bank for International Settlements, senses a wind of serious change. Hong Kong's much-awaited ...