A long-awaited Covid-19 travel bubble between Hong Kong and Singapore will go ahead and could still launch in May, according to sources, despite a mutated coronavirus strain penetrating the former’s ... ( read original story ...)
Win Streak Tipped To End For Hong Kong Bourse
The Hong Kong stock market has finished higher in two straight sessions, advancing more than 310 points or 1.1 percent along the way. The Hang Seng Index now sits just beneath the 29,100-point plateau ... ( read original story ...)
Oatly’s US IPO prospectus highlights risks to its Chinese backer
Oatly, the Blackstone-backed vegan milk company which on Monday filed to float on Nasdaq, said it would consider adding a listing in Hong Kong within the next two years, citing its relationship with a ... ( read original story ...)
HSBC CEO Calls For Ditching Posh Executive Offices For Hot Desks And A Hybrid Work Model
Rather than having posh digs on high-level floors in the skyscraper, HSBC executives will lose their private offices for first-come, first-served hot desks on lower floors. Their old offices will be ... ( read original story ...)
90-year-old woman living in mansion on The Peak conned out of US$32 million in Hong Kong’s biggest phone scam
Woman received call from fraudsters who said her identity had been used in crime in mainland China and they needed to verify origins of her money. ( read original story ...)
Meng Wanzhou seeks three-month delay to marathon extradition case, citing new evidence from HSBC
The Huawei executive’s lawyers say new evidence from the bank may help prove that US authorities have misled the Canadian court. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s Octopus Introduces Contactless Cards For Chinese Transit
Octopus, a smart card operator in Hong Kong, is introducing transit cards for public transportation users in more than 300 Chinese cities. ( read original story ...)
Elderly woman living in mansion on The Peak conned out of US$32 million in Hong Kong’s biggest phone scam
Woman received call from fraudsters who said her identity had been used in crime in mainland China and they needed to verify origins of her money. ( read original story ...)
Citigroup to ramp up Chinese investment banking plan – source
Citigroup plans to expand its investment banking business in China and will soon apply to set up local underwriting, sales and trading and futures trading businesses by the end of June, a person with ... ( read original story ...)
HSBC’s CEO is swapping his office for a hot desk
HSBC is scrapping the executive floor at its Canary Wharf headquarters in London, as one of the world's biggest banks slashes office space and moves towards new ways of working following the pandemic. ( read original story ...)
HSBC Asia Technology M&A Head Choy to Join Midea as CFO
HSBC Holdings Plc’s head of technology mergers and acquisitions in Asia Jeremy Choy is joining Chinese home appliances giant Midea Group Co. as its chief financial officer, according to people ... ( read original story ...)
Yuan internationalisation goal ‘is not to replace US dollar’, top China banking official insists
China’s efforts to promote its digital currency as well as the internationalisation of the yuan had caused concerns it wanted to topple the US dollar as the world’s main reserve currency. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s office leasing market is becoming a tenants’ market and is on the road to recovery
At first glance, the performance of Hong Kong's office leasing market in the first quarter of this year was a continuation of the deteriorating fundamentals that have plagued the sector for the past ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Bourse May Crack Resistance At 29,000 Points
The Hong Kong stock market bounced higher again on Friday, one day after it had ended the two-day winning streak in which it had ... ( read original story ...)