Hong Kong Brokers See Election as Chance to Kill IPO Overhaul

Hong Kong brokerages have called on candidates for the city’s top job to ditch a planned overhaul of how initial public offerings are screened, trying to kill efforts that have been backed by international investors including BlackRock Inc. The lobbying ... ( read original story ...)

Big brokerage IPO requires faith in Chinese reform

HONG KONG (Reuters Breakingviews ... Shares in recently listed peers Orient and Everbright, for example, trade below their IPO price and underperform the benchmark Hang Seng Index. On the other hand, heavyweights like Haitong Securities, which listed ... ( read original story ...)

Tech IPO Goes on a Wild Ride in Hong Kong

Snap Inc., the hot then very cold IPO, could only dream of performing as well as Meitu, the maker of popular selfie apps in China. At least on the good days. Meitu, like its U.S. counterpart, is newly listed and unprofitable. The difference is Snap’s ... ( read original story ...)

Seven Hong Kong banking jobs that all pay over $2m a year

You want to make big money in Hong Kong banking. Here’s where to work. http://news.efinancialcareers.com/hk-en/276659/compliance-private-banker-asia/ In which jobs will you earn the highest base salaries in Hong Kong banking? And how much will you ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong protester jailed for police assault

A Hong Kong activist who was attacked by seven police officers during mass pro-democracy rallies in 2014 was jailed Tuesday after he dropped an appeal bid. Ken Tsang was found guilty last year of assaulting and resisting officers during the "Umbrella ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong shares hit a 19-month high as energy stocks surge

SHANGHAI, March 20 Hong Kong stocks powered to 19-month closing highs on Monday ... and vowed to restrict lending to the sector. The Hang Seng index rose 0.8 percent, to 24,501.99, while the China Enterprises Index gained 0.7 percent, to 10,583.98 points. ( read original story ...)

Asia stocks mixed, dollar slips as Fed continues to weigh

Chinese shares .SSEC added 0.2 percent, while Hong Kong's Hang Seng .HSI advanced 0.6 percent ... On Friday, Wall Street was flat to negative, dragged lower by bank shares that fell along with Treasury yields. Financial leaders from the world's biggest ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong seeks to rival Seoul and Tokyo with leveraged ETFs

Hong Kong will allow retail investors to buy and sell its home Hang Seng indices via sophisticated exchange traded products as the city seeks to develop a market to rival those of Seoul and Toyko. The use of leveraged and inverse exchange traded funds has ... ( read original story ...)