Bank’s chief executive, Noel Quinn, claims business not in position to question police requests ... ( read original story ...)
HSBC CEO Defends Stance on Hong Kong
U.K. lawmakers accused HSBC CEO Noel Quinn of appeasing China and ignoring the erosion of democracy and rule of law in Hong Kong, where the bank was founded more than 150 years ago. ( read original story ...)
Shanghai’s legislative advisers urge city’s financial exchanges to merge and list to open the world’s second-largest market place
The proposal underscores the continuous search for the next paradigm shift in China’s capital markets, three decades after the Shanghai and Shenzhen exchanges became synonymous with the nation’s ... ( read original story ...)
Tencent Powers Hong Kong Above 30K As Kuaishou IPO Secures Significant Cornerstone Investors
Asian equities were largely higher with Hong Kong growth stocks on high volumes twice the 1-year average and Korea outperforming to the upside. Tencent gained +10.93% as investors realized that ... ( read original story ...)
TikTok rival Kuaishou aims to raise $5.4 billion in what could be the biggest tech IPO since Uber
The IPO could value Chinese livestreaming and short video app Kuaishou, a TikTok rival, at up to $60 billion. ( read original story ...)
ByteDance Foe Seeks $5.4 Billion in Biggest Tech IPO Since Uber
Kuaishou Technology, the operator of China’s most popular video service after ByteDance Ltd.’s Douyin, is seeking to raise as much as $5.4 billion in the world’s biggest internet initial public ... ( read original story ...)
HSBC’s CEO Faces U.K. Questions Over Hong Kong Account Freezes
HSBC Holdings Plc’s Chief Executive Officer Noel Quinn is set to appear before the U.K. Parliament Foreign Affairs Committee to answer questions over the lender’s moves to freeze accounts of activists ... ( read original story ...)
Chinese Video-App Firm Kuaishou Launches $5.4 Billion IPO in Hong Kong
Chinese video-clip and live-streaming group Kuaishou Technology is seeking to raise up to $5.4 billion from an initial public offering, joining a string of tech companies from China that have listed ... ( read original story ...)
Kuaisou Targets $5.4 Billion in Hong Kong IPO
Chinese short video startup Kuaishou is said to be targeting $5.4 billion in a Hong Kong share sale. It’s said to be one of the biggest internet IPOs since Uber. Bloomberg’s Julia Fioretti reports on ... ( read original story ...)
Self-exiled former Hong Kong lawmaker Ted Hui gives evidence of frozen HSBC accounts to British parliament
Foreign Affairs Committee is expected to question bank CEO Noel Quinn and chief compliance officer Colin Bell over the matter on Tuesday. ( read original story ...)
China’s Growing Power Is Scaring Ordinary Savers Out of Hong Kong
Bank of America estimates outflows could reach $36 billion this year as anxious Hong Kong residents reassess their options ... ( read original story ...)
Tencent-Backed Kuaishou, TikTok’s Main Rival in China, Readies its IPO
China's Kuaishou, the country's number two short-form video platform, is set to hit the public markets in the next week or two. Although Kuaishou is China's second-place platform behind Douyin, which ... ( read original story ...)
Self-exiled former Hong Kong lawmaker Ted Hui gives evidence to British parliament related to freezing of his HSBC accounts
Self-exiled former Hong Kong opposition lawmaker Ted Hui Chi-fung said he had given evidence related to the freezing of his HSBC accounts to the British parliament, ahead of a meeting on Tuesday to ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong finance chief hopes support for innovative technology will be key to city’s economic recovery
Paul Chan says the government has been supporting the use of new technology – such as touchless lift panels – to fight the pandemic. ( read original story ...)