The 14th Asian Financial Forum (AFF) will be held as an online event on 18 and 19 January (Monday and Tuesday). Under the theme "Reshaping the World Economic Landscape", the forum will run round the ... ( read original story ...)
China fintech: banking and insurance watchdog CBIRC lays out ways it may punish risky consumer finance companies
The rating system comes as China clamps down on its rapidly growing consumer finance sector, citing systematic risk and customer complaints. ( read original story ...)
Working from home is kinder to the environment, and to ourselves: tech savvy Hong Kong take note
We seem to have a love-hate relationship with remote working. This is understandable, given that it was forced on many organisations due to Covid-19. Of course, at the moment it seems like Hong Kong ... ( read original story ...)
Education in the UK: why more Hong Kong parents are sending their children to elite boarding schools in Britain
Undaunted by high fees and distance, an increasing number of Hong Kong parents are opting to send their children to boarding schools in Britain, home of renowned institutions such as Eton and Harrow. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong hires British QC to prosecute pro-democracy activists
A British barrister has agreed to act for the Hong Kong government next month in its efforts to convict Jimmy Lai and eight other pro-democracy activists accused of taking part in an illegal assembly ... ( read original story ...)
David Perry, QC, a ‘source of shame’ for prosecuting Hong Kong democracy campaigners
A high-flying British barrister has been branded a “source of shame” for agreeing to prosecute pro-democracy campaigners in Hong Kong.David Perry, QC, has been appointed by a Hong Kong court to ... ( read original story ...)
State Street-managed Hong Kong fund to resume investment in banned shares
TraHK, which is popular with Hong Kong retail investors and pension funds, was set up in 1998 by the Hong Kong government to dispose of shares it had bought in market interventions during the Asian ... ( read original story ...)
State Street managed Hong Kong fund to resume investment in shares banned to Americans
Hong Kong's largest tracker fund, managed by a State Street unit, will resume investing in stocks from which Americans are banned, it said in a statement on Wednesday, the latest global U-turn linked ... ( read original story ...)
In Hong Kong, an American Priest Turned Lawyer Faces China’s Wrath but Keeps the Faith
American John Clancey was sent to Hong Kong from New York state to be a priest ministering to the city’s powerless, but now he faces prison for his role in the pro-democracy movement in his adopted ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Tracker Fund Makes U-turn On China Investments
Hong Kong's original stock market tracker fund said Wednesday it would continue investing in companies listed by Washington as having links to China's military, backtracking on a decision it made this ... ( read original story ...)
Three injured when driverless Hong Kong police van rolls backwards down Cotton Tree Drive after officers exit
An empty Hong Kong police van slammed into three other vehicles and sent three people to hospital on Tuesday afternoon as it rolled backwards for about 100 metres after being parked on an uphill ... ( read original story ...)
University of Hong Kong mourns the death of Jasper, its in-house therapy dog
Students and staff at the University of Hong Kong are mourning the death of Jasper - the city's first in-house therapy dog at an institution of higher learning - who passed away at the age of 12 on ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong ranks as 2nd largest IPO market in 2020
Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEX) has unveiled in its annual market statistics report that IPO equity funds raised in 2020 stood at 51.28 billion U.S. dollars, up 26.5 percent year on ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong fourth wave: fearful residents in coronavirus-hit tenements plead for help as city logs another 42 cases
Hong Kong health officials are racing to contain a growing coronavirus outbreak in four old tenement buildings amid a rebound in new infections, as the city confirmed another 42 Covid-19 cases on ... ( read original story ...)