Tag: finance

Hong Kong’s legislature approved a contentious bill Thursday that makes it illegal to insult the Chinese national anthem. ( read original story ...)

British banking giants HSBC and Standard Chartered on Thursday backed China's contentious security law proposal for Hong Kong, which critics fear will be used to stamp out dissent in the city. Beijing ... ( read original story ...)

China's planned national security law for Hong Kong will jeopardize the city's rule of law and subsequently, its global reputation as an efficient and reliable financial hub, says Jimmy Lai, founder ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong wants to send a clear message to its residents and the world: its currency peg isn’t in doubt, despite the city being increasingly caught up in tensions between Beijing and Washington.Focus ... ( read original story ...)

HSBC Holdings Plc’s top executive in Asia has come out in support of a controversial national security law drafted by China’s central government for Hong Kong. Stephen Engle reports on "Bloomberg ... ( read original story ...)

ZoomInfo Technologies Inc., the business-intelligence platform, is set to raise about $935 million in a U.S. initial public offering, pricing its shares above a targeted range, according to people ... ( read original story ...)

HSBC, the large U.K.-based bank, has signaled its support for China's controversial national security law aimed at expanding Beijing's control over Hong Kong.Peter Wong, chief executive for the global ... ( read original story ...)

HSBC's top executive in Asia has signed a petition backing China’s imposition of a national security law on Hong Kong, an online bank post said on Wednesday, breaking years of political neutrality for ... ( read original story ...)

Pacific Chief Executive Peter Wong on Wednesday signed on to a petition announcing support of a controversial national security law on Hong Kong that has recently been approved by China’s legislature. ( read original story ...)

China’s central bank can provide U.S. dollars to back Hong Kong’s currency peg should the Trump administration impose sanctions on the territory, according to the city’s financial chief. ( read original story ...)

Warner Music Group Inc. delayed the pricing of its initial public offering until Wednesday to avoid the shares being sold on a day the music industry set aside to support protests against police ... ( read original story ...)

If there were a geopolitical seismometer in the boardroom of HSBC, the needle would be thrashing around like bamboo in a typhoon. The tremors have been coming thick and fast in the past few days for ... ( read original story ...)

NetEase Inc. has started taking investor orders for a listing in Hong Kong that could raise as much as $2.8 billion, which could be the world’s second-largest initial share sale this year. ( read original story ...)

Beijing is weighing the risk of US financial sanctions, including being cut off from the dollar payment system, after pushing ahead with the Hong Kong security law. ( read original story ...)