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HK tops global survey of financial system health

Hong Kong has become the first Asian finance center to top an annual survey of global financial development, overtaking the United States and U.K. (read the rest of the story…) Related items Craig Stephen's This Week in China: Hong Kong tiptoes into slump 13. A conscientious budget HSBC welcomes Govt strategy on China Hong...

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Hong Kong tops WEF’s Financial Development Index

ZURICH – Hong Kong has muscled its way to the top of the World Economic Forum’s Financial Development Index, overtaking the United States and the United Kingdom for the first time, according to a report published on Tuesday. (read the rest of the story…) Related items Craig Stephen's This Week in China: Hong Kong...

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Hong Kong tops global survey of financial system health

HONG KONG – Hong Kong has become the first Asian finance center to top an annual survey of global financial development,… (read the rest of the story…) Related items Craig Stephen's This Week in China: Hong Kong tiptoes into slump 13. A conscientious budget HSBC welcomes Govt strategy on China Hong Kong says economy...

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Hong Kong Tops Global Financial Stability Index

Hong Kong has muscled its way to the top of the World Economic Forum’s Financial Stability Index, overtaking the United States and the United Kingdom for the first time, according to a report published on Tuesday. (read the rest of the story…) Related items Craig Stephen's This Week in China: Hong Kong tiptoes into...

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Hong Kong tops WEF’s financial stability index

* Report analyses 60 countries, Nigeria comes last * United States, UK in second and third place * Report says Western centres too focused on the s-term ZURICH, Dec 13 (Reuters) – Hong Kong has muscled … (read the rest of the story…) Related items Hong Kong stocks fall sharply, as banks hit by...

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CORRECTED-Hongkong Land to spend $72 mln on HK office block

(Corrects name to York House in paragraph six, removesreference to retail space in paragraph seven) HONG KONG, Dec 12 (Reuters) – Hongkong Land HoldingsLtd, the biggest landlord in Hong Kong’s Centraldistrict, said on Monday that it would spend HK$560 million ($72million) to knock down commercial building The Forum to build aseven-floor office tower in...

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Bank arranges Auckland Council US$2.5b note programme

HSBC is pleased to announce that it has arranged Auckland Council’s US$2. (read the rest of the story…) Related items 13. A conscientious budget Hong Kong clean air targets fail to impress China to Let Smaller Groups List in Hong Kong Banking cuts cause luxury rents to drop in Hong Kong Auckland Council’s Historic...

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Auckland Council’s Historic Euro Medium Note Programme

HSBC is pleased to announce that it has arranged Auckland Council’s US$2.5bn Euro Medium Term Note Programme (EMTN) which enables the Council to access the offshore capital markets as part of its overall financing strategy. (read the rest of the story…) Related items Bank arranges Auckland Council US$2.5b note programme Hong Kong Welcomes Chinese...

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Hong Kong’s Richest Man, Bankers to Decide Hong Kong Succession

Hong Kong’s wealthiest resident, Li Ka Shing, will help pick the successor to Donald Tsang, its top government official, along with HSBC Holdings Plc banker Peter Wong and actor Stephen Chow. (read the rest of the story…) Related items H.K.’s Richest Man, Bankers to Choose City Leader Hong Kong’s Richest Man, Bankers to Decide...

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European gloom causes credit squeeze

Hong Kong/Shanghai (China Daily/ANN) – Concerted action by the world’s biggest central banks to lower borrowing costs and boost the global economy amid the eurozone’s worsening sovereign-debt crisis has failed to dispel growing concerns of a worldwide credit squeeze. (read the rest of the story…) Related items Craig Stephen's This Week in China: Hong...

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