The Hong Kong stock market has moved lower in consecutive trading days, dropping more than 725 points or 3 percent in that span. The Hang Seng Index now rests just beneath the 22,750-point plateau and ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong: Market tumbles to 22-month low
At closing bell, the benchmark Hang Seng Index declined 1.93%, or 447.77 points, to 22,744.86, its lowest level since March 2020. The Hang Seng China Enterprises Index dropped 2.13%, or 175.26 points, ... ( read original story ...)
After HSBC, Standard Chartered fined a record US$61 million by UK regulators
The United Kingdom unit of Standard Chartered Bank has been fined a record £46.55 million (US$61.48 million) by the country’s financial regulator for internal controls and reporting failures in 2018 ... ( read original story ...)
Superyacht Maker Ferretti Considering Hong Kong IPO
Ferretti SpA, the Italian luxury yacht builder partly owned by the Ferrari family, is considering an initial public offering in Hong Kong that could raise about $100 million, people with knowledge of ... ( read original story ...)
SenseTime relaunches Hong Kong IPO after U.S. investment ban
Chinese artificial intelligence startup SenseTime Group relaunched its Hong Kong initial public offering (IPO) on Monday, a week after it postponed the listing in the wake of the company's inclusion ... ( read original story ...)
Alibaba And Other Major Stocks Trade Muted In Hong Kong Even As PBOC Cuts Benchmark Lending Rate For 1st Time In 2 Years
Shares of Alibaba Group Holding Limited (NYSE: BABA) and Baidu Inc. (NASDAQ: BIDU) traded slightly higher in Hong Kong on Monday, while JD.Com Inc. (NASDAQ: JD), ... ( read original story ...)
SenseTime Relaunches Hong Kong IPO, Trading to Start Dec. 30
Chinese artificial intelligence firm SenseTime Group Inc. filed updated listing documents with the Hong Kong exchange as it sought to resume its initial public offering, after a U.S. government ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong IPO debutants bear the brunt of China’s regulatory crackdown, earnings misses
The shares of 93 firms that launched IPOs in the city rose by an average of 13 per cent on the first day of trading, the least among Asia's top five stock markets Chinese IPOs jumped 170 per cent on ... ( read original story ...)
UAE – Hong Kong Association of Banks (HKAB)’s ESG Programme for Students Completes Successfully
Close to 300 Students from 18 Schools Learn How to Bring Sustainability to Life HONG KONG SAR – Media OutReach – 19 December 2 ... ( read original story ...)
Biotech Firm Sirnaomics Targets up to $70.3m in Hong Kong IPO
Sirnaomics Ltd., an RNA therapeutics biopharmaceutical company, is offering 7.54 million shares at HK$65.9-HK$72.7 apiece in its Hong Kong initial public offering, the company said in a statement ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Association of Banks (HKAB)’s ESG Programme for Students Completes Successfully
HONG KONG SAR – Media OutReach – 19 December 2021 – Environmental, social and governance (ESG) knowledge should form part of Hong Kong youth’s future skills development, according to the Hong Kong ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong officials push turnout in first ‘patriots’ election
Hong Kong officials are working to boost turnout in Sunday's (Dec 19) legislative election, according to diplomats and people familiar with the effort. As part of those actions, two Chinese ... ( read original story ...)
Foreign banks to cast votes in Hong Kong’s ‘patriots only’ election, as citizens’ voting power shrinks
Around 40 per cent of the banks registered to vote in Hong Kong’s legislative elections on Sunday are foreign-owned, including some partly-owned by their respective governments, despite Beijing’s ... ( read original story ...)
HSBC fined US$85 million by UK regulator for anti-money-laundering lapses
The Financial Conduct Authority said three key parts of HSBC’s automatic monitoring system had serious weakness over an eight-year period until March 2018. ( read original story ...)