The trial of the activists was considered the most significant legal manoeuvre by authorities to punish those involved in the 2014 protests, called Occupy Central, in reference to the city’s central ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Regulators Warn Banks Over Complex Lending Risks
(Bloomberg) -- Hong Kong’s financial regulators warned banks against complex lending transactions, highlighting a case at an unnamed Chinese bank as authorities in the city increase their scrutiny of ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s Autonomy
Hong Kong is an island of free speech and civil liberties in an authoritarian sea. It is not, however, a democracy. Citizens have never had the power to choose their top leader, neither as part of ... ( read original story ...)
Leaders of Hong Kong pro-democracy protests sentenced
HONG KONG -- A court in Hong Kong handed down prison sentences of up to 16 months Wednesday to eight leaders of massive 2014 pro-democracy protests on charges of public nuisance offences. The ... ( read original story ...)
Four Hong Kong ‘Occupy’ leaders jailed for 2014 democracy protests
HONG KONG (Reuters) - A Hong Kong court jailed four leaders of the 2014 pro-democracy “Occupy” movement on Wednesday amid heightened concerns over the decline of freedoms in the China-ruled ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong pro-democracy ‘Occupy’ activists jailed for role in mass protests
HONG KONG (Reuters) - A Hong Kong court on Wednesday jailed key leaders of the 2014 pro-democracy “Occupy” movement in a move that highlights political divisions nearly five years after protests ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s ‘Occupy’ leaders face possible jail for 2014 democracy protests
HONG KONG (Reuters) - A Hong Kong court will hand down sentences on Wednesday for nine leaders of the city's "Occupy Central" protests that paralyzed parts of the former British colony for 79 days in ... ( read original story ...)
What you need to know about salaries and bonuses at HSBC in Hong Kong
How much will your salary and bonus be if you take a job at HSBC in Hong Kong? To find out, we analysed HSBC employee data from Glassdoor to produce the table below, which shows average HSBC base ... ( read original story ...)
Escape SG and HK. Here’s how to land a banking job that covers all of Asia
If you want to get ahead in banking in Hong Kong or Singapore, you won’t want to get stuck covering the relatively small local markets in the two cities. You will instead want to land a banking ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong still attractive for bankers despite high living costs, senior headhunter says
An investment banking vice-president in Hong Kong with seven or more years of experience received an annual base salary ranging from HK$1.8 million (US$229,000) to HK$2.4 million (US$306,000), plus a ... ( read original story ...)
Cyberport: Inside Hong Kong’s unicorn factory
Pierre Mouette is a two-time entrepreneur that was born in Paris, met the co-founder of his current firm in Hong Kong, and is looking to get his line of smart sportswear manufactured in Shenzhen. Now ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Property Tycoon Gave Away Children’s $400m Inheritance
The heir to the biggest real estate agency in property-mad Hong Kong doesn’t own a house. Not only that, he won’t inherit his father’s stake in Centaline Group, estimated to be worth about $400 ... ( read original story ...)
A year after Hong Kong’s stock listing overhaul, city’s aim to be Asia’s biotech hub is still a work in progress
That is six and a half times more than the amount raised from biotech IPOs in the corresponding period a year earlier, according to data from Refinitiv. In terms of funds raised, Hong Kong’s main ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong brokerage CLSA names new chief after defections
CLSA has appointed Richard Gould as its new chief executive after the Hong Kong-based brokerage lost several senior ... Securities and was once a bureaucrat with China’s Ministry of Finance. Mr Slone ... ( read original story ...)