The decision to postpone the Gay Games, originally scheduled for November 2022, for a year reflects the impact of Carrie Lam Yuet-ngor's draconian 21-day quarantine imposition. Whilst this event might ... ( read original story ...)
Are Hong Kong Property Tycoons China’s Next Target?
The territory’s red-hot real estate market has been a driver of social unrest. It’s only a matter of time before Beijing targets the sector under its common prosperity campaign. ( read original story ...)
Southbound Bond Connect May Funnel $46 Billion a Year to Hong Kong
The long-awaited expansion of a bond connect program to allow China’s mainland investors to trade offshore bonds in Hong Kong will bring as much as 300 billion yuan ($46 billion) to the Asian ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong is back on track to true prosperity
Clarence Ling says city is benefiting from safer environment and more diversified opportunities Hong Kong, a city bridging its motherland to and for the international market, has been operating under ... ( read original story ...)
International Pop Art Duo, FriendsWithYou, Bring Giant Inflatable Characters to Hong Kong for Interactive Experience in West Kowloon Neighborhood
An imaginative partnership of the Hong Kong Tourism Board & US-based pop art duo FriendsWithYou, Samuel Borkson & Arturo Sandoval III, launches 9/23. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong May Struggle to Lure SPACs With Strict Rulebook
Hong Kong could have a hard time attracting blank check companies after it proposed a high threshold to sell shares in the city. In a consultation paper issued Friday, Hong Kong Exchanges & Clearing ... ( read original story ...)
Broncus takes $215m from Hong Kong IPO
Broncus Holding Corp has raised HK$1.67bn ($214.6m) after pricing its IPO at the top of the marketed range, according to a source familiar with the matter. The company is floating 89.35m shares on ... ( read original story ...)
Markets Today: Gas price crisis hits energy giants, China construction crisis hits miners, Prudential plans Hong Kong IPO
China’s Evergrande crisis rattles through markets, as UK insurance giant Prudential eyes a listing in Hong Kong UK energy stocks may be running out of gas. Shares in the country’s largest energy ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Elects 1 Opposition Member, All Others Loyal to China
The Hong Kong government said in a Monday statement that the new Elections Committee is "broadly representative" and made up of "a number of subsectors." ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Market stumbles 3.3%
At closing bell, the benchmark Hang Seng Index stumbled 3.3%, or 821.62 points, to 24,099.14. The Hang Seng China Enterprises Index retreated 3.38%, or 301.92 points, to 8,638.55. ( read original story ...)
Evergrande Wind Down Crushes Hong Kong Real Estate & Financials
Is Evergrande going to default? Several years ago, three highly indebted Chinese companies teetered on collapse (HNA, Anbang, Fosun). The collapse of those companies could have led to a domino effect ... ( read original story ...)
Broncus gulps $215m from Hong Kong IPO
Broncus Holding Corp has raised HK$1.67bn ($214.6m) after pricing its IPO at the top of the marketed range, according to a source familiar with the matter. The company is floating 89.35m shares on ... ( read original story ...)
KWM Hits Clifford Chance’s Hong Kong Capital Markets Team Again For Hire
King & Wood Mallesons has added a new partner to its Hong Kong Office, in its most recent addition from an international rival. Corey Zhang joins the firm from Clifford Chance, where he was a ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong court finds a broker and three former executives guilty of fraud, in a win for ICAC’s clean-up of Convoy’s financial scandal
Hong Kong's graft busters scored a victory in their attempt to prosecute one of the city's biggest financial fraud cases in recent decades, when a court declared three former executives of Convoy ... ( read original story ...)