Tag: business

In another ambitious move to increase Sharjah’s depth and reach of foreign investment, some of the emirate’s most influential economic drivers met with trade delegates, officials and businesspeople from Hong Kong recently, to present the unique ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong stocks jumped 25 per cent in the first three quarters of this year, thanks to Tencent’s 78 per cent increase that accounted for nearly 30 per cent of the gains in the Hang Seng Index, making it the top performer among the world’s major stock ... ( read original story ...)

Reuters/Bobby Yip HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hundreds of protesters in Hong Kong on Thursday demanded full democracy outside government headquarters, speaking out against China's suppression of civil liberties on the third anniversary of a major pro-democracy ... ( read original story ...)

STX Entertainment, the Burbank film and television studio behind the comedy “Bad Moms,” is moving closer to a planned initial public offering in Hong Kong. The 3-year-old studio is expected to raise about $500 million on the Hong Kong stock exchange ... ( read original story ...)

The greater China region that encompasses mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan is becoming increasingly important in the world of business education. Many schools have received seals of approval from AACSB and Equis, the two leading global business ... ( read original story ...)

HKUST Business School’s full-time MBA—ranked among the best in Asia by the Financial Times—stood out. After completing her MBA in 2013, Andrea stayed in Hong Kong, working her way up the corporate ladder. Today, she’s director of marketing and ... ( read original story ...)

More Chinese fintech firms vying to go public could choose Hong Kong as their listing venue, after the city’s first fintech IPO received a hot response from investors, and that Hong Kong has unique advantages compared with other global financial hubs ... ( read original story ...)

ZhongAn Online Property and Casualty Insurance climbed as much as 18.1 per cent on the morning of its first trading day in Hong Kong, pointing to ample appetite ... of China’s biggest internet groups. The business concept is resonating with investors ... ( read original story ...)

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 ...)

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 ...)

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 ...)

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 ...)

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 ...)

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 ...)