Sensex bounces 125 points, Nifty above 9,200-mark

Hong Kong's Hang Seng was up 0.06 percent while Japan's Nikkei gained 0.65 percent in early trade today. China's Shanghai Composite shed 0.28 percent. The US Dow Jones Industrial Average ended 0.03 percent lower on Friday. ( read original story ...)

Fiji win third consecutive Hong Kong Sevens in style

Fiji beat South Africa 22-0 at the Cathay Pacific / HSBC Hong Kong Sevens to claim their first tournament victory of the 2016-17 series. The Olympic champions scored four tries in the final as a weekend of pulsating rugby came to a thrilling close on Sunday. ( read original story ...)

Seven to watch in Hong Kong

As the seventh round of the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series approaches in Hong Kong, we pick out a few stars that could shine bright over the three days. Returning after missing both Las Vegas and Vancouver, Veremalua has hands like frying pans and is one ... ( read original story ...)

Guotai Junan IPO entices global institutions

China's second most profitable brokerage company, Guotai Junan, allocated the institutional tranche of its Hong Kong initial public offering on Monday after attracting the kind of balanced order book syndicate bankers had almost give up on. Bankers ... ( read original story ...)

Ron Sim eyes IPO for V3 Group

Osim founder Ron Sim is gunning for an initial public offering (IPO) in Hong Kong just months after bidding goodbye to the Singapore Exchange (SGX). Mr Sim has applied to relist his massage chair and lifestyle products company as V3 Group, according to its ... ( read original story ...)

Everbright sounds out buy-side for $500m green arm IPO

China Everbright Greentech (CEG) is drumming up interest for a $500m Hong Kong IPO, with investor meetings starting this week, said bankers on the deal. The issuer, which is being spun off from China Everbright International, began pre-marketing on Monday. ( read original story ...)

Fantasy gaming IPO has real-life charms

HONG KONG (Reuters Breakingviews) - Fantasy gaming shares offer some real-life charms. Netmarble wants a fantastical-sounding valuation in one of South Korea's biggest-ever initial public offerings. But the maker of online role-playing games is growing ... ( read original story ...)

Strong IPO pipeline for 2017: Report

The growth was led by Asia-Pacific, with China, Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan showing the most activity. Asia-Pacific markets accounted for nearly half the global proceeds from initial public listings, and 70 per cent of the global number of IPOs. ( read original story ...)

BRIEF-Shaanxi Kanghui Pharmaceutical sets IPO pricing

* Says it plans to issue up to 24.97 million shares at 14.57 yuan ($2.11) per share to raise 363.81 million yuan for its Shanghai IPO Source text in Chinese: bit.ly/2nJzhrx ($1 = 6.9029 Chinese yuan renminbi) (Reporting by Hong Kong newsroom) ( read original story ...)

May lobbies to get Aramco IPO listed in London

The plan will see 5% of the company listed publicly in an IPO worth between $50 billion and $100 billion -the world's biggest by market capitalisation. London is vying with other financial centres such as New York, Hong Kong, Toronto and Singa pore to play ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong targeting home glory in series qualifier

Twelve teams will contest the men's Hong Kong qualifier with the winner taking a core spot on the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series 2017-18. Every year Hong Kong not only plays host to a crucial round of the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series but also to a ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong to strengthen private banking talent pool

Several players in Hong Kong’s private banking industry are launching a new apprenticeship programme in an attempt to attract new talent. Designed to provide specialised professional training to students, the multi-year programme will help strengthen the ... ( read original story ...)