Chinese TV producer Linmon Media has filed an application for an initial public offering in Hong Kong. It is the third time that the eight-year-old company has sought a stock market flotation. The ... ( read original story ...)
Gateway Strategic Spac pulls US IPO
Gateway Strategic Acquisition Co has cancelled its plan for a $200m listing in New York, according to a filing with the US regulator on Tuesday. The special purpose acquisition company (Spac) was ... ( read original story ...)
Bank of America bets on Singapore as Hong Kong curbs lead to ‘brain drain’
Bank of America is reportedly shifting some of its dealmakers from Hong Kong to Singapore, as Beijing’s touch stance of Covid-19 muddies the water in the ... ( read original story ...)
Coronavirus Hong Kong: easing of social-distancing curbs boosts business for restaurants starved of customers
One industry association reports 10 per cent increase in business for breakfast and lunch as residents take advantage of relaxed rules. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong and China denounce foreign interference after YouTube blocks leadership candidate’s channel
Governments in Hong Kong and China on Thursday denounced YouTube's blocking of a campaign account for Hong Kong's sole leadership candidate John Lee because of U.S. sanctions against him, accusing the ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong politicians accused of benefiting from ‘protections and freedoms’ in West over property portfolios
found that nine Hong Kong officials and 12 members of Hong Kong’s legislature have property overseas including in Britain, Canada, the United States, Australia, Japan and France. The authors accused ... ( read original story ...)
Goldman Sachs called out Morgan Stanley’s block trading to the Hong Kong securities regulator: report
Goldman Sachs alerted Hong Kong's SEC three years ago in an "informal" discussion about share price drops in a few locally listed companies, the FT reported. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong stocks fall to five-week low as traders look to Xi at China forum for clues on economy, policy easing impetus
President Xi is due to deliver a speech at the Boao Forum, with traders struggling for clues on the state of the Chinese economy and policy easing impetus. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong actress apologizes for ‘brownface’ TV role
Franchesca Wong darkened her skin to portray a migrant worker from the Philippines, prompting debate about onscreen representation of the Chinese territory’s ethnic minorities. ( read original story ...)
BofA Relocating Some Hong Kong Dealmakers to Singapore, Sources Say
Bank of America Corp. is relocating some of its dealmakers to Singapore from Hong Kong, according to people with knowledge of the matter. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Disney opens as COVID eases; Shanghai deaths rise
Hong Kong relaxed pandemic restrictions on Thursday, with Disneyland and museums reopening and nighttime restaurant dining resuming as the city's worst COVID-19 outbreak appears to be fading. ( read original story ...)
Robin Chan, the Hong Kong business and political leader who ‘championed the Chinese culture’, dies aged 90
The veteran Thai-Chinese financier and father of Executive Council convenor Bernard Chan died on Monday aged 90 Chief Executive Carrie Lam pays tribute to 'an esteemed entrepreneur and philanthropist' ... ( read original story ...)
Meet Jonathan Kwok, Hong Kong’s youngest billionaire
The Kwoks are Hong Kong’s richest family thanks to Sun Hung Kai and Empire Group, but what do we know about Walter’s son Jonathan? ( read original story ...)
Explainer: China UnionPay, Russia’s potential payments backstop
Several Russian banks plan to issue payment cards that use the network of China UnionPay as well as that of home-grown payment system Mir, after Visa Inc and MasterCard Inc joined other Western firms ... ( read original story ...)