Category: FINANCE

Hang Seng Bank is the third largest and one of the best managed in Hong Kong, but its financial position slowly deteriorates due to the slowdown in China. In terms of Price/Earnings and Price/Book Value, Hang Seng's stock is very expensive, particularly ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong’s financial services sector will require up to 5 million more square feet of office floor space over the next 10 years, driven by the growth of mainland Chinese banks, a new report says. The office space demand stems from the 55,000 jobs in ... ( read original story ...)

HSBC and the Hong Kong Applied Science and Technology Research Institute (ASTRI) launched a research and development innovation laboratory on Monday, the latest in a series of initiatives to boost the development of financial technology (fintech) in the city. ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong, a city commonly associated with finance and wealth, has one of the highest proportions of people enslaved across Asia, a new report has found. At least 29,500 people out of a population of more than seven million are trapped in modern slavery in ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong stocks finished lower on Friday morning, as investors cautiously awaited a slew of earnings results from Chinese banks. The Hang Seng Index dropped 0.43 per ... with ICBC slipping 0.42 per cent, Bank of Communications down 0.3 per cent, and ... ( read original story ...)

HK$22,336 million, an increase of 2% over the same period last year. For the third quarter of 2016, the operating profit before impairment allowances dropped 10.5% quarter-on-quarter to HK$7,411 million. Net operating income before impairment allowances ... ( read original story ...)

Bank of China (3988) said net profit rose 2.48 percent year-on-year to 134.81 billion yuan (HK$154.35 billion) in the first nine months of this year, despite weaker profitability and rising bad loans. The net interest margin, a measure of banks ... ( read original story ...)

HONG KONG--BOC Hong Kong (Holdings) Ltd. (>> BOC Hong Kong (Holdings) Ltd) said late Wednesday its operating profit before impairment allowances for the January-September period rose 2% from a year earlier to 22.34 billion Hong Kong dollars (US$2.88 ... ( read original story ...)

HONG KONG Swiss bank UBS (UBSG.S) said Hong Kong's securities regulator is investigating its role as sponsor of certain unnamed stock market listings in the city, with the intention to start unspecified action against the bank and some of its employees. ( read original story ...)

HONG KONG - Swiss bank UBS said Friday that Hong Kong regulators are investigating its work on some initial public offerings on the southern Chinese financial centre's stock market. UBS also said that the city's Securities and Futures Commission notified ... ( read original story ...)

HONG KONG - Swiss bank UBS says it's being investigated by Hong Kong regulators over its work on some initial public offerings on the southern Chinese financial centre's stock market. UBS also said Friday that the city's Securities and Futures Commission ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong and China have improved their standing when it comes to ease of doing business but the best performer was the tiny island nation New Zealand, according to World Bank research. Hong Kong was ranked fourth in the annual “Doing Business” report ... ( read original story ...)

A British banker accused of the grisly 2014 killings of two Indonesian women pleaded not guilty when he went on trial Monday in Hong Kong, in a case expected to highlight the Asian financial hub’s inequality and privileged lifestyle of its wealthy expat ... ( read original story ...)

HONG KONG Oct 21 Hong Kong was bracing on Friday for Typhoon Haima with destructive 145 kmh (86 mph) winds at its centre, forcing authorities to shut all but essential services in the global financial hub. The Hong Kong Observatory raised its typhoon 8 ... ( read original story ...)