Golden Pin Design Award 2017

(Source: McKinsey Global Institute ... designer Harry Williamson (Australia); design consultant Tommy Li and industrial designer Vivian Cheng (Hong Kong); graphic designer Bi Xuefeng (China); and Shikuan Chen, head of design at Compal Electronics (Taiwan). ( read original story ...)

SOEs post 18.6% profits in first half of year, official says

Co made a conditional offer on Sunday to all shareholders of Hong Kong-based Orient Overseas (International), Ltd to acquire all issued shares in cash. Under the $6.3 billion deal, COSCO Shipping Holdings would operate more than 400 vessels over an ... ( read original story ...)

Foreign carmakers lobby China to reconsider EV quota policies

SEE ALSO: Hong Kong: Tesla sales take a hit following tax incentive cut According to management consultants McKinsey & Co., 43 percent of the 870,000 electric cars produced in 2016 came from China. Germany and the United States accounted for 23 percent ... ( read original story ...)

Jack Ma’s shadow looms large for southeast Asia’s banks

The transition to digital offerings will put pressure on other lucrative areas for banks, like cross-border transactions, said James Lloyd, a Hong Kong-based fintech specialist ... a senior advisor at McKinsey & Co. As customers switch to mobile payments ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong’s fund management business grows steadily in 2016

The Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has today released its annual Fund Management Activities Survey (FMAS) which shows that the combined fund management business in Hong Kong increased by 5.2% year-on-year to $18,293 billion as of 31 ... ( read original story ...)