HONG KONG (Reuters) - HSBC (HKSE:0005.HK - News)(LSE:HSBA.L - News) said on Friday that it had expanded its Asian research team by hiring 15 analysts following the launch of HSBC Qianhai Securities, the first Chinese securities joint venture to be majority ... ( read original story ...)
Italian products focus of Hong Kong Business of Design Week
Business of Design Week returns this year with a focus on Italy – although design enthusiasts may remember that the Mediterranean country was BODW’s partner country 10 years ago. Why the repeat? “When we first partnered with Italy we were interested ... ( read original story ...)
Goldman Sachs Has Nearly Vanished From Hong Kong’s IPO Scene
Goldman Sachs Group Inc. has nearly vanished from the Hong Kong IPO scene this year. The Wall Street bank has worked on only one completed listing in the city this year, Guotai Junan Securities Co.’s $2.2 billion share sale in March, data compiled by ... ( read original story ...)
From Ireland to Hong Kong, Highland Reel Goes the Distance
After running in seven countries on four continents, the Irish born and based 5-year-old racehorse will make his 27th and final career start Sunday more than 6,000 miles from home when he lines up for the Hong Kong Vase. The Vase serves as one of four ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Jockey Club plans to start racing at Conghua in 2019
The Hong Kong Jockey Club has confirmed a plan to begin staging racing in China at its Conghua training showpiece from 2019. Chief executive Winfried Engelbrecht-Bresges spoke before an assembly of the world’s racing media, in town for the Longines Hong ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Forum Opens with over 350 Global Business Leaders
The HKTDC will continue to develop connections with different markets. Hong Kong: Cradle for start-ups In recent years, many Hong Kong start-ups have successfully ventured into global markets. At the first seminar this morning, speakers discussed the ... ( read original story ...)
HSBC has 3-year head start on foreign investment banking rivals in China: Gulliver
HONG KONG (Reuters) - HSBC (HSBA.L) has a three-year head start on its foreign investment banking rivals in China because of the British bank’s unique position of having management control of its securities venture there, chief executive Stuart Gulliver ... ( read original story ...)
How China became a digital leader
Jonathan Woetzel is a senior partner of McKinsey & Company based in Shanghai, and a director of the McKinsey Global Institute where Jeongmin Seong is a senior fellow. Kevin Wei Wang is a McKinsey senior partner based in Hong Kong. ( read original story ...)
Business of Intellectual Property (BIP Asia) Forum 2017 Opens in Hong Kong
HONG KONG, Dec 7, 2017 - (ACN Newswire) - The Business of Intellectual Property Asia (BIP Asia) Forum 2017, jointly organised by the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) Government, Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC) and Hong Kong ... ( read original story ...)
Jail in Hong Kong for booing China’s national anthem
Hong Kong, China - Mocking China's national anthem in this semi-autonomous territory will soon be punishable by three years imprisonment following new legislation drafted by Beijing. While the law must still be finalised, football fans have made a stand at ... ( read original story ...)
Executives of Hong Kong financial services firm Convoy under investigation by graft watchdog
Two executive directors of Hong Kong financial services firm Convoy Global Holdings have been put under investigation by the city’s anti-graft body, the company said on Thursday, confirming media reports that had sent its shares down 7 per cent and ... ( read original story ...)
FamilyMart Uny is considering a sale of its Hong Kong retail business for up to US$100 million
FamilyMart Uny Holdings Co., Japan’s second-largest convenience store operator, is considering a sale of its Hong Kong retail business, people with knowledge of the matter said. FamilyMart Uny is working with a financial adviser to gauge potential buyer ... ( read original story ...)
Shares in Hong Kong financial firm Convoy suspended after reports of raid by graft watchdog
Shares in financial firm Convoy Global Holdings were suspended from trading on the Hong Kong stock market on Thursday morning after they fell seven per cent following media reports that one of its senior executives may be facing an investigation by the ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong banks in successful new hiring spree
... Hong Kong this year of people being hired from the Hong Kong Monetary Authority and Securities and Futures Commission, in particular from their enforcement, intermediary supervision, and banking conduct teams,” says Richard Fennelly, a director at ... ( read original story ...)