a business director at Hays. She added that top-notch candidates dealing with compliance and anti-money-laundering were actively sought after by China’s financial institutions. A chief financial officer hired by a multinational company in Hong Kong can ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong stocks likely to continue last week’s winning streak
Hong Kong’s stock market is likely to open higher on Monday, according to futures, after finishing last week with a fourth straight record close. The Hang Seng Index futures spot January contract rose 0.16 per cent or 51 points to 32,286 in the pre-trade ... ( read original story ...)
STARTUP PLATFORM FOR AUTO INNOVATORS
Tracy HuSeven startups including two from Hong Kong, have got the opportunity to reach out to investors and to benefit from expert mentors through a platform provided by a leading automaker. The Infiniti Lab, a global accelerator program by the luxury ... ( read original story ...)
Teresa Cheng saga shows why it is a sad reflection of Hong Kong’s business culture
Much has already been written about Secretary for Justice Teresa Cheng Yeuk-wah’s failure to declare illegal structures in her house and the perplexing and staunch defence assumed by Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor. A more profound explanation ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong is so expensive that architects are building 100-square-foot ‘tube homes’ made from concrete water pipes
For the past seven years, Hong Kong has held the title of the world's priciest city for home-buyers, according to the 2017 Demographia International Housing Affordability Survey. James Law, a Hong Kong-based architect, believes that his micro-homes could ... ( read original story ...)
Taking HK’s e-commerce to new frontiers
Hong Kong-based logistics startup Buyandship hopes to facilitate the process with its international shipping service, helping shoppers to buy from platforms that don't normally ship products to Hong Kong. When shopping on an overseas site, a consumer can ... ( read original story ...)
Top EMBA and DBA courses in Hong Kong
Business schools offering advanced courses in Hong Kong for senior executives from around the region know they are dealing with high expectations and a very demanding constituency. Therefore, when teaching executive master of business administration (EMBA ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s Richest 2018: How A Dying Business Was Revived By Focusing On Happiness
This story is part of Forbes’ coverage of Hong Kong’s Richest 2018. See the full coverage here. In 1992, Sammy Lee (李惠森) had an idea for a company making Chinese herbal health care products. Today the LKK Health Products Group is bigger than the ... ( read original story ...)
The speed of change in the retailing business is asking questions of Hong Kong
A transaction at the beginning of this year provided an interesting reminder of the somewhat quaint nature of Hong Kong’s retail sector, highlighting how it operates and why it may no longer be able to operate in this way. Marks & Spencer, the British ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong: an investment springboard
The enclave has the world’s largest offshore pool of renminbi business, processing 70 per cent of global offshore payment transactions. Hong Kong’s stock market is also continually among the top five global IPO listing markets, partly thanks to growing ... ( read original story ...)
Finastra Presents its HK Future of Banking Center of Excellence, Partners with McKinsey
“We welcome Finastra and McKinsey to the Cyberport community, and firmly believe that the Center of Excellence will provide a strong platform for us to engage industry players,” added Hong Kong Cyberport Management Company Limited Non-Executive ... ( read original story ...)
This Hong Kong-based startup is making robots lifelike using AI
David Hanson envisions a future in which AI-powered robots evolve to become “super-intelligent genius machines” that might help solve some of mankind’s most challenging problems. If only it were as simple as that. The Texas-born former sculptor at ... ( read original story ...)
AI FinTech startup Trend Lab hits the unicorn mark with HK$100 million angel round valuation
In light of this, Mr. Tin Mok, founder and CEO of Trend Lab, has gathered talents from various leading internet technology companies in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area. With its official establishment, the new AI FinTech startup Trend Lab ... ( read original story ...)
Finastra establishes Future of Banking Center of Excellence in Hong Kong
It is also a strong hub for Asia and the Belt and Road region. Dr. Lee George Lam, Chairman, Hong Kong Cyberport Management Company Limited, said, "We welcome Finastra and McKinsey to the Cyberport community, and firmly believe that the Center of ... ( read original story ...)