Tag: banking

Hong Kong's financial chief has hit out at a Washington-based think tank for removing the city from an annual league table ranking the world's freest economies, saying the decision was "clouded by ... ( read original story ...)

A number of policies under consideration by Hong Kong’s financial regulators may take some of the sizzle and exuberance out of one of the world’s busiest destinations for initial public offerings ... ( read original story ...)

One of Hong Kong’s biggest social events, the Rugby Sevens, is poised to return this year amid growing expectations that life will gradually return to normal in the coming months. The event, part of ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong has been excluded from the Heritage Foundation's Index of Economic Freedom because its economic policies are controlled from Beijing, the Washington-based think tank said, removing Hong Kong ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong is now counted as part of China and has been excluded from a US think tank’s economic freedom index. The Heritage Foundation scrapped the city’s 2021 listing saying that its economic ... ( read original story ...)

A year ago, a top official predicted Singapore would soon return to the spot it had held for 25 straight years. ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong businessman and poker player Stanley Choi Chiu-fai has backed AirAsia Group to be a front runner in the airline industry’s recovery from the Covid-19 crisis by investing HK$400 million ... ( read original story ...)

World Rugby Sevens announces ‘condensed’ 2021 Series as organisers reiterate health and safety of players, staff and the wider community is ‘the top priority’ ... ( read original story ...)

The Caixin/Markit services Purchasing Managers' Index came in at 51.5 for February, a decline from January's reading of 52. ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong stocks rebounded from a sell-off sparked by concerns about asset-bubble risks as traders assessed policy outlook before the most important political gathering in Beijing later this week. The ... ( read original story ...)

New stock listings in Hong Kong have had their best start to a year ever and the pace is set to accelerate with $28 billion of anticipated share sales already lined up. The city is attracting growing ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong is exploring the possibility of getting in on the craze around special purpose acquisition companies (Spac), which has begun to gain ground in Asia this year. ( read original story ...)

The Asian financial centre may ape Wall Street by letting blank-cheque firms list on its bourse. Yet it only recently squished a boom in shifty shell companies. And the issues SPACs claim to avoid ... ( read original story ...)

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