Hong Kong's microinsurance market, in comparison, is nascent but no less ambitious. YAS Digital has created an app store as a marketplace for business-to-business and business-to-consumer insurers. ( read original story ...)
Pandemic, politics lead to closure of storied Hong Kong bar
Nearly 15 years ago, Grace Ma decided to name her bar Club 71, in commemoration of a July 1, 2003 rally where hundreds of thousands of Hong Kongers protested a proposed ... ( read original story ...)
China Market Update: Hong Kong Rebounds On Ant Group’s $280B Valuation To Close Out A Positive Return Week
Mainland and Hong Kong markets closed -2% in a broadly risk-off day Thursday as China released September inflation data. ( read original story ...)
Capturing Cross-Border Investment Opportunities in Hong Kong and the Greater Bay Area
Bloomberg hosted a webinar on cross-border investment opportunities in the Greater Bay Area, featuring a keynote by Edmond Lau, Senior Executive Director at the Hong Kong Monetary Authority, and a ... ( read original story ...)
Soft Start Likely For Hong Kong Stock Market
Ahead of Tuesday's unscheduled day off due to Typhoon Nangka, the Hong Kong stock market had ended the two-day slide in which it had fallen more than 120 points or 0.5 percent. The Hang Seng Index now ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s mid-sized developers seek to create markets in unlikely niches to survive city’s worst economic slump on record
Hotels and shopping centres are bearing the brunt of Hong Kong’s economic slump as the number of tourists in the city began to dwindle last year following the massive street protests that rocked Hong ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong life and business should weather the storm
Hong Kong is now more willing to embrace e-commerce, fintech, telemedicine, online meetings, tuition and working from home. A severe storm is no less a threat; we have the tools to ensure life and ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong and New York-based Easyship joins Shopify Plus’ tech partner program
Easyship, a logistics startup that allows e-commerce sellers to add multiple carriers to their stores, announced it has joined the Shopify Plus Technology Partner Program. Easyship is headquartered in ... ( read original story ...)
HKU Business School’s Innovation and Entrepreneurship Forum Gathers Startup Founders to Nurture a Vibrant Startup
Presidents of Hong Kong Venture Capital and Private Equity Association, Mr. Vincent Chan (second left) and Mr. K.O. Chia (second right), were invited ... ( read original story ...)
Trading in Hong Kong markets suspended due to Typhoon Nangka
The Hong Kong stock exchange suspended trading on both the securities ... news provider reaching more than one billion people every day. Reuters provides trusted business, financial, national, and ... ( read original story ...)
Stocks start higher ahead of big week for company earnings
Chinese shares led advances in Asia. Hong Kong's Hang Seng jumped 2.2% to 24,649.68, while the Shanghai Composite added 2.6% to 3,358.46. But elsewhere, investors growing wary over upcoming ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong government should turn to private sector to help make Lantau Tomorrow Vision dream a reality, think tank says
Our Hong Kong Foundation says officials should consider options for funding Lantau Tomorrow Vision after city’s cash reserves were battered by coronavirus. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong IPO Boom Set to Continue, Led by Technology Companies
Hong Kong’s boom in initial public offerings is set to be prolonged as companies given a boost by the pandemic outbreak follow China’s technology giants in selling shares, the bourse’s head of ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong to Demand New Civil Servants’ Allegiance, RTHK Reports
Hong Kong’s Civil Service Bureau will issue a notice demanding all newly hired civil servants affirm their support for the Basic Law and pledge allegiance to the city’s government, Radio Television ... ( read original story ...)