In a week dominated by the crypto crash, let's look back at the biggest stories from forex, fintech, and crypto worlds, in our best of the week segment. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong heavyweights unite in drive to win public backing for government’s controversial doctors plan
Deputy leader, finance minister and health chief all extol positives of opening door to non-locally trained doctors. ( read original story ...)
Hang Seng Index to Take First Steps in Biggest-Ever Overhaul
Details of a wide-ranging overhaul of Hong Kong’s equity benchmark is set to be announced on Friday, marking the first step to diversify the financials-heavy index. ( read original story ...)
‘Hong Kong in the 1960s’ photo exhibition: young expat’s images of street scenes, ‘ordinary stuff’ capture glimpses of era gone by
He left but returned again in 1974 and remained for two decades working for government Exhibition at EastPro Gallery in Causeway Bay gallery presents pictures not shown in public before Two hours ... ( read original story ...)
Banks in Hong Kong remain cautious on return to office as US, UK colleagues reopen workplaces
Global banks in Hong Kong are taking a cautious approach and continuing to limit the number of people coming into their offices, even as their counterparts in the US and other "high risk" countries ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong to limit crypto exchanges to investors who have portfolios upwards of $1 million
Hong Kong also required cryptocurrency exchanges to be licensed before they can operate, a move that some from the local industry have criticized. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Is Moving Forward to Ban Retail Crypto Trading
The Hong Kong government is stepping towards making licensing local crypto exchanges mandatory that will only be allowed to offer services to professional investors. ( read original story ...)
Hang Seng Index Takes First Steps in Biggest-Ever Overhaul
A wide-ranging overhaul of Hong Kong’s equity benchmark is set to begin Friday, marking the first step to diversify the financials-heavy index. ( read original story ...)
HSBC head of corporates for commercial banking in Hong Kong said to have resigned
Wallace Lam, head of corporates, commercial banking Hong Kong at HSBC Holdings Plc, is leaving the lender, according to people familiar with the matter.Lam resigned last week and is currently on ... ( read original story ...)
Blackmailer pleads guilty in HK$100 million plot involving Hong Kong tycoon and nude images of his celebrity wife
Former security guard Wong Hin-chung pleads guilty to trying to extort Hong Kong employer with 24-second video of half-naked spouse. ( read original story ...)
HSBC’s Head of Corporates for Commercial Banking in H.K. Resigns
Wallace Lam, head of corporates, commercial banking Hong Kong at HSBC Holdings Plc, is leaving the lender, according to people familiar with the matter. ( read original story ...)
HK’s Hang Seng Index takes first steps in biggest overhaul to diversify financials-heavy benchmark
Analysts expect constituents to be selected from under-represented sectors, like consumer and healthcare.. Read more at straitstimes.com. ( read original story ...)
The Hang Seng is up for an overhaul: Here’s what’s in store
The quarterly review is the first since Hang Seng Indexes Co. announced its biggest-ever overhaul in March, which includes boosting the total number of components to 80 from 55 by mid-2022, adding ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong stocks pare weekly gain before benchmark index review as Tencent, AIA pace losses
Hong Kong stocks trim a weekly advance as traders await potential changes to Hang Seng Index membership at its quarterly review later today. Gains in broader technology sector temper losses. ( read original story ...)