Tag: banking

HONG KONG -- Amid fierce competition to lure technology companies to list in Hong Kong, the city's only stock exchange is considering launching a new board under a "weighted voting rights" structure, a controversial stock model that its regulator firmly ... ( read original story ...)

But in a divergence of strategies between two of its most significant retail banking markets, the bank said it had no such plans in Hong Kong. “While individual branches relocate from time-to-time, there is no programme of closures in Hong Kong ... ( read original story ...)

The performance of Hong Kong’s IPO market in the past year has left a sour taste in the mouth of many international investors, with numerous high profile stocks, including Cofco Meat Holdings and Hebei Yichen Industrial Group, tanking following their debut. ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong startup Neat recently launched prepaid credit cards that ... limited or no credit history who can’t get approved for a credit card from traditional financial institutions. “We are targeting the millennial demographic, students or young ... ( read original story ...)

... by the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government and the Hong Kong Trade Development Council, bringing together some of the most influential members of the global financial and business community under the theme of “Asia: Driving Change ... ( read original story ...)

HONG KONG, Jan 16, 2017 - (JCN Newswire) - The 10th edition of the Asian Financial Forum (AFF), co-organised by the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) Government and the Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC), opened today at the Hong ... ( read original story ...)

Where should you study if you want to get into Citi, HSBC or Standard Chartered in Hong Kong? http://news.efinancialcareers.com/hk-en/271629/headhunted-asian-banking/ Citi, HSBC and Standard Chartered are among the largest recruiters of graduates in the ... ( read original story ...)

HONG KONG: Hong Kong's stock market regulator has filed a lawsuit against major banks Standard Chartered and UBS along with consultancy firm KPMG over a 2009 initial public offering on the city's bourse. The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) on ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong stocks retreated from the 23,000 threshold on Thursday ... during morning trading thanks to a continuous liquidity injection from the central bank. The Hang Seng Index shed 0.59 per cent or 136.27 points to 22,961.99 at the lunchtime break ... ( read original story ...)

Jan 20 Hong Kong stocks ended a thinly-traded week down and snapped three weeks of gains on Friday, as investors were wary ahead of Donald Trump's inauguration as the 45th U.S. president later in the day. The benchmark Hang Seng index fell 0.7 percent ... ( read original story ...)

... as one of the two most important informal indicators of Hong Kong stocks. The other indicator is the “Ting Hai effect”, a strange stock market phenomenon that the Hang Seng Index often sells off when a movie or television show starring Hong Kong ... ( read original story ...)

The Hong Kong stock market on Thursday halted the two-day winning streak in which it had spiked more than 380 points or 1.6 percent. The Hang Seng Index now rests just ... percent and Industrial and Commercial Bank of China collected 0.21 percent. ( read original story ...)

HONG KONG: Hong Kong stocks followed Asian markets lower on Thursday, with sentiment hurt by Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen’s hints that the pace of U.S. interest rate hikes could accelerate. The benchmark Hang Seng index dropped 0.2 percent ... ( read original story ...)

Investors in Hong Kong stocks will need a deft hand in 2017 if they’re to successfully navigate the challenges of slower Chinese growth and growing political tensions ahead of the election of the financial hub’s new leader in March. ( read original story ...)