but has bills to pay in her native Hong Kong. Like many people in her situation, she pays them online. "I do all my banking remotely and I hate wasting time in bank branches," Law, a director at ... ( read original story ...)
CSSC Shipping launches IPO to raise HK$2.2b
CSSC (Hong Kong) Shipping, the sole leasing company under China State Shipbuilding Corporation, launches a Hong Kong initial public offering today to raise up to HK$2.18 billion.The mainland leasing ... ( read original story ...)
China’s First Bank Seizure in 20 Years Spooks Investors
(Bloomberg) -- The Chinese government’s first seizure of a bank in more than two decades piles fresh pressure on shares of small lenders that already trade at rock-bottom valuations. A Bloomberg index ... ( read original story ...)
China’s online lenders will give Hong Kong banks a sharp lesson
Their firepower stands to go a long way in eroding the highly profitable cartel of HSBC and its Hang Seng Bank subsidiary in Hong Kong. Hang Seng, in which HSBC holds more than 60%, has ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s financial watchdog fines China Merchants Securities HK$27 million for ‘failed’ IPO sponsor duty
The Hong Kong subsidiary of one of China’s largest brokerages has been fined by the Securities and Futures Commission for its sponsor work related to the listing of China Metal Recycling The fine ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong regulator fines China Merchants $3.4 mln for IPO failure
HONG KONG, May 27 (Reuters) - Hong Kong’s securities watchdog has fined the local unit of investment bank China Merchants Securities Co Ltd (CMS) HK$27 million ($3.4 million) for breaching its code of ... ( read original story ...)
Shanghai ends seven-day losing streak while Hang Seng Index falls on thin trading
Mainland stocks posted solid gains while Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Index finished lower on thin trading ... and China Construction Bank, down 0.64 per cent at HK$6.21. Selective Chinese financials also ... ( read original story ...)
Strategist predicts Hang Seng at 31,000 by year end
The Hang Seng Index will climb to 31,000 points at the end of this year, supported by better-than-expected corporate earnings growth, the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking ... by about 0.3 percentage ... ( read original story ...)
China East Education Seeks Up to $680 Million in Hong Kong IPO
(Bloomberg) -- China East Education Holdings Ltd., a provider of vocational training, started taking investor orders Monday for a Hong Kong initial public offering that could raise as much as $680 ... ( read original story ...)
The Race for 650 Million Virtual Bank Accounts
BOC Hong Kong (Holdings) Ltd. and Industrial & Commercial Bank of China Ltd. HSBC Holdings Plc, which has a lock on nearly 30% of the city’s deposits, hasn’t even applied.(1) HSBC may have good reason ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong stocks close at 3-month low as trade woes weigh
The yuan curbed some of its losses after Reuters reported the People's Bank of China will not let ... at a premium of 23.49 per cent over the Hong Kong-listed H-shares. The short and one-factor ... ( read original story ...)
Bank of East Asia CEO stepping down after 38 years
That case continues. Bank of East Asia was cut from the Hang Seng index last year after a 34-year stay in the benchmark. Shares of the lender - which was incorporated in Hong Kong in 1918 - have ... ( read original story ...)
RPT-Consumer lender Home Credit appoints banks for over $1 bln HK IPO – sources
HSBC Holdings and Morgan Stanley to lead its upcoming Hong Kong initial public offering (IPO) of at least $1 billion, three people with direct knowledge of the matter said. The Prague-based lender ... ( read original story ...)
BOC finds Hong Kong trash shipment in Misamis Oriental
ANOTHER trash shipment was discovered by the Bureau of Customs (BOC) in Misamis Oriental, environmental group Ecowaste Coalition said. This time, the shipment came from Hong Kong and was declared as ... ( read original story ...)