Tag: banking

Fitch Ratings expects the recoveries in APAC economies in 2021 to support better growth prospects for banks' mainl ... ( read original story ...)

Futures for Canada's main stock index slipped on Wednesday, with investors expecting the central bank to announce a further tapering of its asset purchases later in the day. TSX Composite index ... ( read original story ...)

Movements in two key measures of financial-market liquidity — the Hong Kong Monetary Authority’s aggregate balance and the one-month interbank rate — show how dramatically conditions shifted as the ... ( read original story ...)

The tailwinds lifting the Hong Kong bourse’s prospects are blowing from east and west: China is applying heavy scrutiny on overseas listings as well as its homegrown exchanges, sending companies to ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong’s Democratic Party tried to reach a middle ground with Beijing. Now, it’s out in the cold Lo Kin-hei was something of a rarity when he first entered politics after university graduation. ( read original story ...)

As central bank digital currency trials pick up globally, the European Central Bank is accelerating its efforts to launch a digital euro. ( read original story ...)

DBS retains the award for Asia’s best bank for its outstanding response to the Covid-19 crisis. Many banks demonstrated admirable resilience to the pandemic and generally the strongest got stronger. ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong shares fell on Wednesday, as worries about slowing China growth resurface, while rising Sino-U.S. tensions also hurt sentiment. ( read original story ...)

The Hong Kong stock market has climbed higher in three straight sessions, advancing more than 810 points or 3 percent along the way. ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong stocks drop for the first time in four days before a government report later this week showing China’s economic rebound faltered last quarter. ( read original story ...)

China stocks fell on Wednesday after two consecutive days of gains, as excitement from policy easing fades, and investors shift their attention to rising Sino-U.S. tensions. ** Hong Kong stocks also ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong stocks drop for the first time in four days before a government report later this week showing China’s economic rebound faltered last quarter. ( read original story ...)

As Beijing pushes forward with its crackdown on political freedom in Hong Kong, undeterred by protests from outside China, many Western observers have comforted themselves with the notion that China ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong shares rose on Tuesday as high tech and financials stocks rallied, after Chinese regulators approved a deal involving index heavyweight Tencent Holdings and after the Bank of England ... ( read original story ...)