Tag: banking

It is nothing new for banks in Hong Kong to offer staff mortgages at a below the market interest rate to assist employees to buy property. With the raging property prices, this benefit has never been more significant to banking employees. A friend of mine ... ( read original story ...)

The following slide deck was published by BOC Hong Kong (Holdings) Ltd. ADR in conjunction with their 2017 Q4 earnings call. 123 Click to enlarge Notes: ( read original story ...)

https://news.efinancialcareers.com/sg-en/273891/candidate-mistakes-asian-banking/ In tightly-knit financial centres like Hong Kong and Singapore it’s common enough for recruiters to meet candidates for causal chats over coffee, even if they can’t offer ... ( read original story ...)

A new report published by Key Market Insights on “Retail Banking Country Snapshot: Hong Kong 2016”. This reports focus on recent developments in Healthcare Predictive Analytics Industry with its type, end-users/application, regional forecast and ... ( read original story ...)

Citi embraces the seven initiatives announced by the Hong Kong Monetary Authority last year to accelerate the development of smart banking in Hong Kong, which will ultimately lead to faster, more diverse and more convenient banking and mobile payment ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong’s new listing reforms, due to kick-start later this month, are likely to attract more technology firms to list on its stock exchange – but only as long as the authorities can provide appropriate investor protection measures, the head of ... ( read original story ...)

Competitors have been quick to delight in the travails of UBS’s Asian investment bank, notably its decline in the league tables and a revolving door at senior management level. A ban imposed by Hong Kong’s regulator is the latest stick with which to ... ( read original story ...)

A trade war between the US and China would affect one in five Hong Kong jobs, the city’s financial secretary warned on Sunday. Paul Chan Mo-po said the world’s two biggest economies were major economic partners of the city and that a dispute between ... ( read original story ...)

They’ve been slated by all and sundry for putting their HSBC World Sevens Series hopes in jeopardy but for South Africa the positives of exposing their young players in the Hong Kong cauldron far outweigh the negatives. Academy coach Marius Schoeman ... ( read original story ...)

The stock of BOC HONG KONG HOLDINGS LTD. ORDINARY SHA (OTCMKTS:BNKHF) registered a decrease of 21.31% in short interest. BNKHF’s total short interest was 1.65 million shares in March as published by FINRA. Its down 21.31% from 2.09 million shares ... ( read original story ...)

You don’t have to be a genius of late to make a killing in newly minted Hong Kong stocks. Just close your eyes and buy. "I don’t care about fundamentals,” said Hei Chiu, a 34-year-old merchandiser and individual investor who says he only purchases ... ( read original story ...)

Fiji have announced they are coming for the Cathay Pacific/HSBC Hong Kong Sevens with one mission in mind – capturing a record fourth straight title at the showcase event of the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series. With other teams keeping a watching eye on ... ( read original story ...)

Bank of China (Hong Kong), the lender’s local arm, reported a worse than expected result of HK$28.48 billion (US$3.62 billion) for 2017, up 16 per cent from HK$24.57 billion a year earlier. This is below the estimate of a 27 per cent increase forecast by ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong’s private home prices rose to a new all-time high in February, extending their record-breaking run to 16 straight months, the latest government data showed. The Asian financial hub, which has one of the least affordable property markets in the ... ( read original story ...)