Cathay Pacific Airways posts first annual loss since 2008

The company said "intense and increasing competition with other airlines was the most important factor" affecting its financial results. It also was buffeted by economic factors including China's slowdown, fewer tourists visiting Hong Kong and a stronger ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong Airlines appoints new Chief Financial Officer

Hong Kong Airlines announced the appointment of Luo Jiaqi, Jacky as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Luo is responsible for the company’s overall financial management, capital planning and allocation. Luo has an experience of almost 20 years in the ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong's central bank raises base rate by 25 basis points

HONG KONG, March 16 The Hong Kong Monetary Authority on Thursday raised the base rate charged through its overnight discount window by 25 basis points to 1.25 percent. The move from Hong Kong's de facto central bank followed the U.S. Federal Reserve's ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong Regulator Fines Bocom Unit for IPO Sponsorship Lapses

Hong Kong’s securities regulator fined Bank of Communications Co.’s investment-banking unit HK$15 million ($1.9 million) for failings related to its work of a Chinese company’s initial public offering in late 2014. As sole sponsor of the listing ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong regulator fines Bocom unit for IPO sponsor failures

HONG KONG Hong Kong's securities regulator has fined and reprimanded a subsidiary of Bank of Communications (Bocom)(601328.SS) for failing to "discharge its duties" as a sole sponsor of a listing application of a mainland Chinese company in the city, it ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong Regulator Said to Probe CCB International's IPO Work

(Bloomberg) -- Hong Kong’s securities regulator is investigating CCB International Holdings Ltd., the No. 2 underwriter of initial public offerings in the city last year, for its role advising a Chinese seafood supplier on now-scrapped listing plans ... ( read original story ...)

UPDATE 1-Hong Kong pins Aramco IPO hopes on China's deep pockets

HONG KONG, Feb 27 Hong Kong's stock exchange will bank on its role as a gateway to mainland China's deep-pocketed investors to take on other leading venues and win the coveted $100 billion listing of Saudi Arabia's giant state oil company, Aramco, it said ... ( read original story ...)

Who will win the world's biggest IPO?

And as for Hong Kong, Nagata said that exchange may boast China-based institutional investors, but it has fewer individual investors than Tokyo. Speaking with CNBC this week, HKEX CEO Charles Li made his own pitch for Aramco, saying an IPO in Hong Kong ... ( read original story ...)

This Selfie App Has Soared Over 35% Since December IPO

Meitu (1357.Hong Kong), China’s own Instagram, has risen by over 35% after raising about $600 million in an IPO in Hong Kong last December. Meitu is rising for a fourth consecutive day and is trading at 11.62 Hong Kong dollars, a good 37% above its IPO ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong leadership rivals clash ahead of 'unfair' vote

Hong Kong's leadership candidates faced off in a live television ... Lam is lagging in most public opinion polls which favour former finance secretary John Tsang, perceived as a more moderate pro-establishment nominee. The third and most liberal candidate ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong’s Regulator SFC Warns Against Global-FX

The SFC routinely warns about such entities and scams operating in Hong Kong, one of the region’s paramount financial markets. Presently, the SFC’s comprehensive Alert List features the names of businesses that have come to the attention of the ... ( read original story ...)