JPMorgan Chase is set to outsource the operations of its local custody business in Hong Kong and Taiwan with Citigroup, HSBC and Standard Chartered in the race for the mandate, two sources with ...
Hong Kong’s Archireef partners with First Abu Dhabi Bank to restore marine ecosystems in the Middle East
Hong Kong marine tech start-up Archireef will partner with the Middle East’s biggest bank, First Abu Dhabi Bank (FAB), to deploy terracotta tiles that will help restore the degraded reef ecosystem off ...
Exclusive-JPMorgan to outsource $500 billion custody business in Hong Kong, Taiwan – sources
JPMorgan Chase is set to outsource the operations of its local custody business in Hong Kong and Taiwan with Citigroup, HSBC and Standard Chartered in the race for the mandate, two sources with ...
Hong Kong companies steal show at COP28
According to Ng, InnoBlock received an invitation from COP28 to represent Hong Kong as a green tech company from China. The firm is showcasing how its TT Green software supports companies in attaining ...
Hong Kong small brokers push for new rules
Hong Kong’s struggling smaller brokers and advisers have formed a union-like association to prod the government for more support as the city suffers through a drought of initial public offerings (IPOs ...
Hong Kong Metropolitan University: a university going places
Hong Kong’s largest self-funded university, Hong Kong Metropolitan University (HKMU), today held an Honorary Degrees Ceremony in which honorary doctorates were conferred on four distinguished ...
Hong Kong court jails pair for 4 weeks in bribery case linked to 500,000 yuan semiconductor equipment order
Two men have each been sentenced to four weeks’ jail in Hong Kong after admitting offering and accepting bribes to help a supplier obtain a 500,000 yuan (US$70,000) purchase order for items used in ...
Hong Kong officials cut estimated price tag for 30,000 temporary flats by another HK$1.69 billion
Latest estimate of HK$24.75 billion is 9.6 per cent lower than initial HK$27.39 billion forecast when government proposed 'light public housing' scheme last December Government aims to build about 30, ...
Inside Hong Kong’s Secretive Tactics to Muzzle, Discredit Dissent
Agnes Chow, once one of the most famous faces of protest in Hong Kong, says she was forced to renounce her past activism to secure her freedom overseas.
Mainland China’s Li Ning buys Henderson Land’s Harbour East for US$282 million to house its Hong Kong headquarters
China’s biggest sportswear maker Li Ning’s purchase of a US$282 million mixed office and retail building to house its headquarters in Hong Kong, is a shot in the arm for the city’s slowing office ...
Hong Kong’s small brokers push for new rules to revive IPOs
Following a broad crackdown, Hong Kong’s small-cap exchange GEM has stagnated without a listing since 2021. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Headwinds and tailwinds: What Cathay Pacific’s fortunes tell us about Hong Kong
The flagship carrier’s fortunes have closely traced major turning points in its home city’s recent history. Read more at straitstimes.com.
A startup is using woodchips to make synthetic graphite for EV batteries
CarbonScape secured $18 million in funding from European forestry products company Stora Enso earlier this year.
Hong Kong 47: who are the key defendants in national security trial over Legco primary and what do they claim?
Sixteen defendants will receive verdict in March 2024 at the earliest to find out whether their involvement in primary constitutes ‘grand strategy of subversion’.