Hong Kong Property Doom Doesn’t Begin at a 1% Rate: Gadfly

The prime rate stands at 5 percent at HSBC Holdings Plc, Hong Kong’s biggest bank. A typical Hong Kong home loan may be priced at Hibor plus 1.4 percent, for example, with a ceiling at prime minus 2.85 percent. Three months ago, the one-month rate stood ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong Property Doom Doesn’t Begin at 1%

The prime rate stands at 5 percent at HSBC Holdings Plc, Hong Kong's biggest bank. A typical Hong Kong home loan may be priced at Hibor plus 1.4 percent, for example, with a ceiling at prime minus 2.85 percent. Three months ago, the one-month rate stood ... ( read original story ...)

HSBC hosts Saudi Arabia Investment Forum in HK

HONG KONG - HSBC hosted more than 100 institutional investors from across Asia, senior officials from Saudi Arabia and executives from some of the Kingdom’s biggest companies in an invitation-only event focused on the government’s ambitious Vision 2030 ... ( read original story ...)

Banks invited to work on Great Wall’s $2bn Hong Kong float

Great Wall will be the third Chinese “bad bank” to list in Hong Kong. The company, along with three other similar groups, was created by China’s finance ministry in 1999 as a vehicle into which non-performing loans could be offloaded from China’s ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong Interbank Rate Tops 1% for First Time Since 2008

head of the institutional banking group at DBS Bank (Hong Kong) Ltd. To read more on the threat to Hong Kong home prices, click here “The market is following the U.S. because it expects a Fed rate hike to happen, and it’s near year-end and month-end ... ( read original story ...)

Hassle-free banking for busy expats

It all begins with opening your local bank account. Opening a bank account is one of the first few things you ought to do after arriving in Hong Kong, especially if you’re planning on staying for a while. To receive your salary, you’ll need to have a ... ( read original story ...)

IMF Says Hong Kong Property to Slow If Fed Delivers Rate Hikes

The U.S. central bank has lifted rates just four times in two years and put its $4.5 trillion balance sheet on a very gradual path of slimming down, but further tightening is expected next year. Because Hong Kong’s currency is pegged to the dollar ... ( read original story ...)

These are the easiest banking jobs to get in Hong Kong right now

Want an easy ride into your next banking job in Hong Kong? This is where you should be working. https://news.efinancialcareers.com/hk-en/250285/vp-job-asia/ If you’re thinking of starting a search for a new banking job in Hong Kong, it’s first worth ... ( read original story ...)