China’s ZhongAn Online jumps 15pc in Hong Kong trading debut

Hong Kong aims to diversify its mix of constituent company listings ... rapid growth of China’s fintech industry and has expressed confidence in Zhong An’s business growth and its management team. The global telecommunications and internet company ... ( read original story ...)

China Analysts’ Cut-Throat Fight for $1 Million Paycheck

That compares with a 12 percent drop in research jobs at global investment banks tracked by McKinsey & Co. from 2011 through June ... change in careers and compensation,” said May Zhao, a Hong Kong-based analyst at Zhongtai Financial International ... ( read original story ...)

Blog: Operators must go all in on the latest buzz

A report by consultancy McKinsey this time in 2016 said digitisation offers ... And at Huawei’s recent Operations Transformation Forum in Hong Kong, digital transformation (as you might expect) was a major theme. Bouke Hoving, KPN’s EVP of networks ... ( read original story ...)

Taiwan Bosses Face Succession Struggle

Professor Joseph Fan of the Chinese University of Hong Kong Business School has focused his research ... International management consulting firm McKinsey & Company has also begun assisting clients with executive talent development in Taiwan. ( read original story ...)

How Private Equity in Asia Is Changing

I am located in Hong Kong. Knowledge@Wharton: You’ve been involved in identifying ... Before Morgan Stanley Investment Management, I was in management consulting with McKinsey, and before that, with Monitor. Some of the projects I worked on at McKinsey ... ( read original story ...)

The apparel sourcing caravan’s next stop: Digitization

It is also an area where many companies need a major step-up, as was made clear at McKinsey's Apparel Sourcing Roundtable held in Hong Kong in October 2016. As one executive said at the event: "Most of us in apparel sourcing are way behind - we are far ... ( read original story ...)

Six Hong Kong startups get 10 mln yuan investment from Alibaba

Six companies have been chosen to receive a combined 10 million yuan in investments from the Alibaba Hong Kong Entrepreneurs Fund. These are Gobee.bike, CompareAsiaGroup, Origami Labs, Prenetics, Aqumon and Qupital. The announcement was made Thursday by ... ( read original story ...)

Six Hong Kong startups get HK$10 mln investment from Alibaba

Six companies have been chosen to receive a combined HK$10 million in investments from the Alibaba Hong Kong Entrepreneurs Fund. These are Gobee.bike, CompareAsiaGroup, Origami Labs, Prenetics, Aqumon and Qupital. The announcement was made Thursday by the ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong Lifestyle Expo in Dubai promotes business cooperation

The Lifestyle Expo in Dubai is being held to foster business collaboration between the Chinese mainland, Hong Kong and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) as well as the rest of the Middle East-Africa (MEA) region, helping companies seize the enormous business ... ( read original story ...)