Tag: finance

Wise Talent Information Technology, which operates China’s largest job recruitment site Liepin, is seeking to raise as much as HK$3.12 billion (US$400 million) in Hong Kong – the second biggest IPO by a unicorn company this year after Ping An Good ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Index HSI, -0.93% fell 0.9%. The Shanghai Composite SHCOMP, -0.18% lost 0.2% and the Shenzhen Composite 399106, -0.55% dropped 0.6%. The startup-heavy ChiNext dropped 0.8% to set another four-month closing low. It’s fallen 13 of ... ( read original story ...)

Source: HNFC The confirmation of a Hong Kong IPO comes after listing approval, which was reported on Thursday June 7th. Xiaomi's IPO is making waves for a couple of reasons: size and content. The IPO is expected to raise $10 billion at a valuation up to $ ... ( read original story ...)

HSBC chief executive John Flint was in no mood for modesty when he visited Hong Kong earlier this week to deliver a strategy update. “Hong Kong is our biggest market and we’re its biggest bank,” he told analysts. But while his message – for Hong ... ( read original story ...)

The city’s biggest lenders such as HSBC, Bank of China (Hong Kong), and Hang Seng Bank have a prime rate of 5 per cent. Standard Chartered and Bank of East Asia set their prime rate of 5.25 per cent. How are Hong Kong’s mortgage rates priced? ( read original story ...)

Sorrento Therapeutics Inc is among a few early-stage U.S. biotechs wary of being overlooked in a crowded New York stock market and looking at listing itself in Hong Kong as Asia’s financial center rolls out the red carpet with a drastic overhaul of ... ( read original story ...)

John Tsang Chun-wah, former Hong Kong financial secretary and chief executive aspirant in 2017, has embarked on a new chapter, one that he has promoted since his time in office – fintech investment. He was last week named vice-chairman of Ion Pacific, a ... ( read original story ...)

Political veteran John Tsang Chun-wah is travelling on a road of no return, embracing technology and youth ventures after losing his bid for Hong Kong’s top job to Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor last year. The former financial secretary, who unexpectedly ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong stock market closed ... limited ahead of major central bank policy meetings. The U. S. Federal Reserve, the European Central Bank and the Bank of Japan will all hold meetings this week. The Hang Seng Index rose 0.13%, or 39.36 points, to close ... ( read original story ...)

Customers wait to be served outside a restaurant next to a billboard of Meituan, a group-buying and takeout app, in Changzhou, Jiangsu province, July 17, 2016. [Photo/VCG] HONG KONG－Chinese mainland on-demand online consumer services platform Meituan ... ( read original story ...)

Jiangxi Bank Co., a commercial lender in eastern China, is seeking to raise as much as HK$7.79 billion ($993 million) in a Hong Kong initial public offering. The company is offering 1.17 billion shares at HK$5.94 to HK$6.66 apiece, according to a Hong Kong ... ( read original story ...)

John Tsang Chun-wah made a name for himself in Hong Kong for a few things: he tried and failed to become Hong Kong’s chief executive in 2017; he was one of the longest serving financial secretaries in Hong Kong’s history; and he presided over an ... ( read original story ...)

Chinese smartphone brand Xiaomi, en route for a blockbuster $10 billion initial public offering (IPO) in Hong Kong in the second half this year, will also become the first to sell Chinese depository receipts (CDRs) which allow investors in mainland China ... ( read original story ...)

An IPO would not only open Bitmain's books to the world, it would also allow the stock market to assign the company a value in real time. While Wu said he has no specific plans at the moment, he's open to a listing in Hong Kong — or in an overseas market ... ( read ...