Melbourne-based private lender BC Securities has launched one of Australia's first 25-year foreign buyer mortgages for the settlement of apartment purchases, with support from Hong Kong-listed Far East Consortium. Mega-developer FEC, which is building 2500 ... ( read original story ...)
Chastened Deutsche Bank plots more moderate course
Matherat’s division will grow to around 3,000 people by the end of 2018, spread between Frankfurt, Hong Kong, Singapore ... a $14.2-billion fine demand over its role in the subprime mortgage crisis, the trigger for the 2008-09 financial crisis. ( read original story ...)
HSBC chief ‘used codeword to tip off forex traders’
Patricia Hurtado With just four words, Mark Johnson allegedly passed a secretive signal to fellow HSBC currency traders to launch a ... in which Johnson allegedly tipped off a trader in Hong Kong. That signal eventually reached others on both sides of ... ( read original story ...)
Record number of photographers “Shoot for Hong Kong” at Canon PhotoMarathon
3,000 entrants rise to the challenge for Hong Kong edition of Asia's signature photography competition HONG KONG, CHINA - Media OutReach - 8 October 2017 - The last shots have been snapped at the Canon PhotoMarathon (CPM) Hong Kong 2017, the local edition ... ( read original story ...)
Cashed-up expats stake a claim in property space
After living in Hong Kong as an expat for 17 years, Diana Edwards, her husband and three sons were looking to come home to Brisbane. Having lived away for so long, she initially thought property prices would be “at a lower level”, although she found ... ( read original story ...)
Director, buy-back activity on Hong Kong exchange plunges due to short trading week
The director and buy-back activity plunged based on filings on the Hong Kong stock exchange during the holiday shortened ... in yarn and fabrics manufacturer Texhong Textile Group and property developer Agile Property Holdings. Boyaa Interactive ... ( read original story ...)
Talent Property Group Ltd (0760) Is Yet to See Trading Action on Oct 8
For investors HSI is the main indictor of the performance of Hong Kong stocks. Stocks of Talent Property Group Ltd company can also be found in HSI. As a free float adjusted index, HSI excludes restricted shares held by company insiders and other strategic ... ( read original story ...)
Witnesses to horror: the Allied civilians in wartime Hong Kong who watched, helpless, as Chinese starved at hands of Japanese
Their leader was Vandeleur Grayburn, chief manager of the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, the man regarded by some as the real ruler of pre-war Hong Kong: “the Governor’s governor”. All in all, about 100 adult enemy civilians were allowed ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Cyclothon draws record 4,900 participants as major roads are closed for racers
A record 4,900 professional and amateur cyclists battled it out in Hong Kong on Sunday at the annual cyclothon, even as participants said the city had much work to do to transform itself into a truly bike-friendly place. A wide range of races was scheduled ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong team in epic 3,000km solar car race across Australian desert
A team from the Hong Kong Institute of Vocational Education (IVE) is joining the race for the third time, but with a new, much lighter car called SOPHIE VI. The event has become one of the world’s foremost innovation challenges with teams looking to ... ( read original story ...)
Antidote to Hong Kong independence
Advocates of Hong Kong independence are intolerable, Zhang Xiaoming said last week on his first day as director of the State Council's Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office in Beijing. "What is Hong Kong independence?" he asked rhetorically while meeting the ... ( read original story ...)
“My Watch Is Off”: HSBC Traders Used Code Words To Trigger Front-Running Trades
According to prosecutor Carol Sipperly, former HSBC currency trader Mark Johnson used just four ... in which Johnson allegedly tipped off a trader in Hong Kong. That signal eventually reached others on both sides of the Atlantic, she said. ( read original story ...)
Top 10 Startup Funding This Week [02 – 07 October]
Here is a list of top funding deals that happened in Startup Ecosystem this week ... The funding round was led by Epsilon Venture Partners, a Hong Kong-based VC funding innovation and entrepreneurship across Asia and Tara India Fund IV, which is managed ... ( read original story ...)
Bangalore Based Agri-tech Startup Farm Taaza Raises $8 Million
The funding round was led by Epsilon Venture Partners, a Hong Kong-based VC funding innovation and entrepreneurship ... The Phaneesh Murthy-backed startup, which provides expert advice to the farmers on improving the yield and improving the field ... ( read original story ...)