According to Zacks, “HANG SENG BANK is a world-class financial institution and one of Hong Kong’s largest listed companies in terms of market capitalisation. In keeping with our name, which means ever-growing in Chinese, we are growing alongside our ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong stocks give up ground in early trade
Hong Kong stocks swung from gains to losses in early trading on Tuesday, as investors returned from the Easter holiday break. The Hang Seng Index opened slightly higher but soon reversed direction, tumbling 0.5 per cent or 111.81 points to 24,149.85 ... ( read original story ...)
Asia: Nikkei, Hang Seng, Sensex emerge robust while Shanghai, Straits Times, ASX/S&P falter
Financial services firms comprise of the weakest performers, with Fukuoka Financial Group (-1.68%), Chiba Bank Ltd (-1.56%), and Concordia Financial Group (-1.52%) registering sharp declines. Hong Kong: Hang Seng-Down by 0.21% to 24,261.66 Computer ... ( read original story ...)
Fiji win Hong Kong Sevens in style
Fiji beat South Africa 22-0 at the Cathay Pacific / HSBC Hong Kong Sevens and claimed their first tournament victory of the season. The Olympic Champions, unbeaten all weekend, scored four tries in the final as a weekend of pulsating rugby came to a ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Launches Blockchain Trade Finance Platform With Deloitte, Top Banks
With Deloitte as one of the Big Four auditors, the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) and the region’s top five banks have officially launched a Blockchain platform for trade finance. Earlier this month, HSBC, Bank of China, Bank of East Asia, Hang Seng ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Bank Stocks Fall as Property Tax Loophole Closed
Shares in Hong Kong banks sagged in Wednesday trading after the city’s government brought in new measures to try and rein in runaway house prices. On Tuesday the financial hub’s leader Leung Chun-ying announced that local first-time buyers would be ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong fines Coutts bank for violating terrorist rules
Hong Kong — The Hong Kong Monetary Authority said on Tuesday it had ordered the local branch of private bank Coutts to pay a fine of HK$7m ($900,800) for breaching anti-money-laundering and counterterrorism rules. The authority said the move followed an ... ( read original story ...)
BRIEF-Hong Kong Finance Group entered into loan agreement for amount of hk$20.0 mln
April 13 Hong Kong Finance Group Ltd : * Loan agreement was entered into between hk finance as lender and customer d as borrower * HK finance granted a secured loan in principal amount of hk$20.0 million to borrower for a term of twelve months Source text ... ( read original story ...)
AIIB benefits financial sectors
Hong Kong’s professional and financial services sectors will benefit from the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank’s operations. Acting Secretary for Financial Services & the Treasury James Lau made the statement to legislators today, saying Hong Kong ... ( read original story ...)
Prenetics Launches ONEdna in Partnership with HSBC Insurance Hong Kong
HONG KONG, April 12, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Prenetics, the leading genetic testing company in Southeast Asia, announced the launch of ONEdna, an exclusive DNA screening test service in partnership with HSBC Insurance Hong Kong. The partnership sets Prenetics ... ( read original story ...)
HKMA fines Coutts HK$7m for breaching money laundering rules
The bank also did not do sufficient due diligence before establishing a business relationship with customers. Hong Kong clients can pick banks with varying compliance rules In deciding the disciplinary action, the authority considered “it needed to send ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong slaps property tax to close loophole
He emphasized the government's efforts in raising housing supply, while financial secretary Paul Chan said he expects the potential supply of new flats in Hong Kong over the next three to four years to exceed the December estimate of 94,000 units ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong regulator fines Coutts for breaching anti-money laundering rules
The Panama Papers leak also drew attention to how wealthy individuals use offshore companies, many of them structured by intermediaries based in Hong Kong, to conceal assets. The global anti-money laundering body, the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), is ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong's Central Bank is Trialing a Digital Currency
Hong Kong's de facto central bank is developing a prototype digital currency. The disclosure came in a Hong Kong legislative document published by the Legislative Council Panel on Financial Affair this week and dated 18th April. According to the note, the ... ( read original story ...)