One of China's biggest tech firms has chosen to stay home for its blockbuster IPO, shunning Wall Street where Chinese companies are facing heightened scrutiny because of rising geopolitical tensions. ( read original story ...)
Global banks scrutinize Hong Kong clients for pro-democracy ties: Sources
When asked about the scrutiny after it announced its half-year results on Monday, Julius Baer CEO Philipp Rickenbacher also declined to comment, adding the bank would continue to develop its business ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong ponders lockdown amid latest coronavirus outbreak
Panic spreads after more than 500 new cases recorded in past two weeks, most of them local Helen Davidson A taxi driver is tested for coronavirus in Hong Kong. Photograph: Liau ... ( read original story ...)
China urges UK not to go down ‘wrong path’ of Hong Kong sanctions
Raab expected to suspend UK’s Hong Kong extradition treaty due to security crackdown ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s stock market sees its future in Chinese tech
Hong Kong is launching a new Nasdaq-like technology index. It's a sign that the Asian financial hub, caught in a battle for its future between East and West — is prepared to embrace its role as a ... ( read original story ...)
UK Poised to Suspend Hong Kong Extradition Treaty: Newspapers
Britain will on Monday suspend its extradition treaty with Hong Kong in an escalation of its dispute with China over its introduction of a national security law for the former British colony, ... ( read original story ...)
Ant Group Is Said to Pick Banks for $10 Billion Hong Kong IPO
Ant Group, the parent of China’s largest mobile payment company, has picked China International Capital Corp., Citigroup Inc., JPMorgan Chase & Co. and Morgan Stanley for its Hong Kong initial public ... ( read original story ...)
Alibaba’s Ant Group Starts Concurrent IPO Process in Shanghai, Hong Kong
Ant Group, the fintech arm of Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba, said on Monday that it had started the process of a concurrent initial public offering on Shanghai's Nasdaq-style Star Market and the ... ( read original story ...)
Jack Ma’s Ant Group Plans Dual IPOs in Shanghai, Hong Kong
Ant Group, the Chinese technology and financial-services giant that owns popular mobile-payments network Alipay, said it is planning concurrent initial public offerings in Hong Kong and Shanghai as it ... ( read original story ...)
Jack Ma’s fintech giant Ant starts IPO process in Hong Kong and Shanghai
The financial services and payments behemoth said Monday that it has kickstarted the process of a concurrent initial public offering on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange and Shanghai’s Nasdaq-style ... ( read original story ...)
Alibaba’s Ant Group fires starting gun on dual listing in Hong Kong, Shanghai
It would become the first company to list both in Hong Kong and on the Star Market and its IPO should boost the status of both Hong Kong and Shanghai as capital market centres. The company, China’s ... ( read original story ...)
Alibaba payments arm Ant to seek IPO in China and Hong Kong
HONG KONG -- China's Ant Group said on Monday that it will seek an initial public offering in Shanghai and Hong Kong in an eagerly awaited move towards the stock market by one of the world's ... ( read original story ...)
UK to change extradition deal with Hong Kong – PM
Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab is expected to suspend the UK's extradition treaty with Hong Kong later amid rising tensions between London and Beijing. It comes after China imposed a controversial ... ( read original story ...)
Alibaba-backed Ant Group to go public in Shanghai, Hong Kong
HONG KONG (AP) - Ant Group, the online payments arm of e-commerce giant Alibaba Group, announced plans Monday for an initial public stock offering that could become the world's biggest since the start ... ( read original story ...)