Tag: business

The Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has today released its annual Fund Management Activities Survey (FMAS) which shows that the combined fund management business in Hong Kong increased by 5.2% year-on-year to $18,293 billion as of 31 ... ( read original story ...)

Infiniti Lab Toronto announced the top startup from its inaugural demo day this week. The smart cities pre-accelerator program graduated its first-ever North America cohort and Toronto’s Rover Parking finished ahead of the pack. Rover, an app-based ... ( read original story ...)

In relentless efforts to "Deliver quality customer experience" to every Hongkonger, the Buzzer team formed by in-house tech experts can just fix any problem on these devices. "Just reach for the phone, tap in a request and Buzz - your every problem is ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE: Skyscrapers in Hong Kong are the world’s most expensive commercial real estate assets, according to Knight Frank LLP. Hong Kong skyscrapers are worth US$8,000 per square foot, about 60% more than Tokyo’s tall towers, according to a Knight ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong’s residential market continues to be red hot as rents for private flats hit another new high in the second quarter this year. Average cost for renting a second-hand flat rose as much as 2.9 per cent on quarter to HK$35.10 per square foot during ... ( read original story ...)

A popular Hong Kong-based dim sum restaurant, Tim Ho Wan, decided to shut down its business in Malaysia on July 4 after entering the Malaysian market three years ago. When explaining the decision to Hong Kong media outlets, the founder of the Michelin ... ( read original story ...)

He shared photos and thoughts about his time in Kowloon Walled City with Business Insider. Though Hong Kong had been under British rule for decades by the time construction began, a clause in an 1842 treaty meant China still owned the property that would ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong media giant Next Digital Group Limited announced on Monday ... “This deal has marked the accomplishment of the transformation for Next Digital Group’s media business from print to digital,” group chief executive Cheung Ka-shing wrote ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong digital marketer Priyanka Gothi watched her mother struggle with forced retirement after decades working as a school teacher in India. “She is one of the most active people that I know; you can’t pin her down in one place, you literally have ... ( read original story ...)

Reading books about history how he likes to relax, he said, despite his formal training in chemical engineering in the US, and a relentless focus on Hong Kong’s business future. Chow, born and raised in Hong Kong, has spent the past 25 years working in ... ( read original story ...)

Since leaving investment banking six years ago, I set up and invested in a number of businesses, and was always frustrated by the lack of fundraising options available to SMEs. Banks would say they have SME lending schemes but usually wouldn’t even ... ( read original story ...)

In a digital era when you can easily store and delete pictures by just pressing a few buttons on your computer, smartphone or digital camera, a photography enthusiasthas opted for a rather old-fashioned method of documenting his life, and those of others. ( read original story ...)

This is the third year that the RISE conference has been in Hong Kong and I can say with confidence that it is now the largest and most exciting startup conference in Asia. RISE is produced by the same team behind Web Summit (Paddy Cosgrave and co.) and ... ( read original story ...)

There’s surely not many places that Gianluca Vialli can go without being accosted by fans. He won almost every trophy there is to win as a football star with Sampdoria, Juventus and Chelsea. But at the Rise tech conference in Hong Kong, he’s just one ... ( read original story ...)