Hong Kong (AFP) - New research in Hong Kong has found that UV filters commonly used in sunscreen are polluting surrounding waters and could endanger human health, one of the city's leading ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong stocks slip as local banks up rates after Fed move
HSBC's unit Hang Seng Bank and rival Standard Chartered lifted their respective reference lending rates also 0.125 percentage points. All three banks also increased deposit rates on Hong Kong ... ( read original story ...)
Trump’s Trade War With China Just Sent Hong Kong Into a Bear Market
The Hang Seng Index, the barometer for the Hong Kong stock market, peaked at an all-time high of ... In late 2017, former China Central Bank Governor Zhou Xiaochuan warned that China may risk a "Minsk... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Banks, Developers Offer Sweeteners After Rate Increase
BOC Hong Kong (Holdings) Ltd. and CMB Wing Lung Bank Ltd. are offering rebates of up to 2 percent of the loan value for new-home mortgages, the Hong Kong Economic Times reported Thursday, citing unide... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s economy to wobble as US-China trade war, high interest rates take their toll, says Standard Chartered
Hong Kong may soon find itself caught in the middle of the US-China trade war. That is the verdict of a report by Standard Chartered Bank, which sees the city’s economic growth taking a hit as the tra... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Banks Cast Pall Over Property by Raising Rates
HSBC Holdings Plc, Standard Chartered Plc and Hang Seng Bank Ltd. boosted their best lending rates by 12.5 basis points on Thursday, hours after the Hong Kong Monetary Authority raised its benchmark i... ( read original story ...)
Is BOC HONG KONG HOLDINGS LTD. ORDINARY SHA (OTCMKTS:BNKHF)’s Fuel Running High? Reports Show Less Sellers
The stock of BOC HONG KONG HOLDINGS LTD. ORDINARY SHA (OTCMKTS:BNKHF) registered a decrease of 0.74% in short interest. BNKHF’s total short interest was 3.52M shares in September as published by FINRA ... ( read original story ...)
One Hong Kong railway station, two Chinese systems
They say it is not the destination that counts as much as the journey. But, on my latest reporting trip, taking the first high-speed train from Hong Kong to Beijing, it was all about the starting poin... ( read original story ...)
Malay IT player launches Hong Kong IPO
Malaysia's IT company Mindtell Tech launched its initial public offering in Hong Kong's Growth Enterprise Market yesterday with a minimum investment of HK$4,444.34 per lot. The company has set the off... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong IPOs surge to record high for the third quarter as listings in the rest of the world plunge
Hong Kong attracted the largest number of initial public offerings ever for any single third quarter as the new listing rules implemented in April attracted some big tech flotations, while globally th... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong headhunters berate banks: “Mandarin shouldn’t always be mandatory”
“I had a bank looking for a head of their HK office and I had a native English speaker up for the role. But they insisted on a Chinese speaker because – at some undefined point in the future ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Monetary Authority’s ‘regtech’ push raises transparency concerns at financial institutions
Arthur Yuen Kwok-hang, deputy chief executive of the HKMA, Hong Kong’s de facto central bank, introduced four regtech initiatives last week during the annual conference of the Hong Kong Institute of B... ( read original story ...)
Capital Markets Lawyer David Cameron Joins Dorsey in Hong Kong as Partner
He specializes in representing and advising corporate and investment banking clients on debt and equity offerings ... where he was counsel in that firms Capital Markets practice in Hong Kong. Before j... ( read original story ...)
BOC HONG KONG HOLDINGS LTD. ORDINARY SHA (OTCMKTS:BNKHF) Sellers Covered 0.74% of Their Shorts
The stock of BOC HONG KONG HOLDINGS LTD. ORDINARY SHA (OTCMKTS:BNKHF) registered a decrease of 0.74% in short interest. BNKHF’s total short interest was 3.52M shares in September as published by FINRA ... ( read original story ...)