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which had been pencilled in as a likely IPO. Alinta Energy's float, which could have raised about $4 billion, was also scrapped in March after it was sold to a Hong Kong buyer. Zip Industries pulled its listing plan in May, while Wesfarmers canned the ... ( read original story ...)

Come 10.30am workers at HSBC’s suburban Hong Kong offices are to be found processing a freshly-delivered document deluge: prying out staples, tallying copies and endlessly slotting them into files. Forget fintech — this corner of banking in one of the ... ( read original story ...)

to HK$341.60 and China Construction Bank (0939) was down 1.66 percent to HK$6.51. Insurer AIA (1299) lost 1.17 percent to HK$59.20. China Resources Land (... Stocks in Hong Kong and China tumbled today. The benchmark Hang Seng Index shed 380.19 points ... ( read original story ...)

HONG KONG (Nikkei Markets) -- ZhongAn Online P&C Insurance jumped as much as 18% on its stock exchange debut on Thursday, as investors bet on the prospects of China's largest online insurer backed by marquee investors including billionaire Jack Ma. ( read original story ...)

02:36p HSBC: Publication of base prospectus supplement - Announcement made to the HK s.. 02:26p HSBC: Publication of base prospectus supplement (1-page PDF 65KB) 01:31p HSBC: Retirement of Chairman – overseas regulatory announcement (1-page P.. ( read original story ...)

The following base prospectus supplement has been approved by the UK Listing Authority and is available for viewing: Base Prospectus Supplement dated 28 September 2017 to the Base Prospectus dated 14 March 2017 for the Debt Issuance Programme of HSBC ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong's Hang Seng and the Shanghai Composite both closed trading ... The Federal Reserve handed down a $175 million fine to HSBC Holdings PLC (HSBC) for "unsafe and unsound practices" in its foreign exchange trading business. HSBC was fined for failing ... ( read original story ...)

The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) has unveiled a number of initiatives as it looks to improve the region’s use of payments, APIs and innovation. In a speech delivered during the Annual Banking Conference of the Hong Kong Institute of Bankers ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong is the economy most at risk of suffering a financial crisis, with China the second most vulnerable, according to the latest update of an early warning system devised by Nomura Holdings Inc. The findings don’t mean there will be a crisis. ( read original story ...)

Stock exchanges in greater China saw a total of 144 companies listed in the third quarter, making up 44 percent of global IPOs, according to EY. Hong Kong saw 37 IPOs, compared with 56 on the Shanghai Stock Exchange and 51 on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange's ... ( read original story ...)

HONG KONG (Sep 29) -- Hong Kong shares advanced on Friday in thin ... Industrial & Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) added 0.9% and Bank of China (BOC) gained 0.5%, while China Mengniu Dairy advanced 4.6%, heading for its highest level in more than two ... ( read original story ...)

HONG KONG. Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) has called tenders for six food & beverage licences at its Terminal 1 East Hall food court. Airport Authority Hong Kong described it “a unique business opportunity for food & beverage operators in this ... ( read original story ...)

Haitong International Securities Group Ltd., a unit of China’s second-largest brokerage, plans to add about 100 jobs in Hong Kong as it seeks to draw more of the nation’s growing ranks of multi-millionaires to its wealth management business. The firm ... ( read original story ...)

The upgrading of our banking system to a new and higher level of Smart Banking is not just something nice-to-have but a must, the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) chief executive Norman Chan Tak-lam, (pictured), said, adding that banking and technology ... ( read original story ...)