Home prices in Hong Kong have surged nearly three-fold since 2008, propelled by a supply shortage, cheap financing and big flows of money from Chinese investors. HSBC Holdings, Bank of China (Hong Kon... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Mortgage Rates Rise Most Since 2013
Hong Kong’s home loan rates are seeing their biggest jump in five years as higher global funding costs boost speculation local lenders will have to finally follow the U.S. Federal Reserve. HSBC Holdin... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong MTR’s HK$97.1 billion link scandal: consequences, loopholes and solutions
News that workers had cut corners on the work at the expanded ... People want heads to roll, but there are different levels of accountability Carrie Lam, Hong Kong chief executive The city’s leader Ca... ( read original story ...)
China Investors Turn Against Hong Kong Stocks in Market Rout
Chinese investors have gone off Hong Kong stocks again. After turning net buyers in July, mainland traders have been selling the city’s stocks this month, returning to an April-June trend, when they d... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong man jailed for life in Philippines running out of time in hunt for missing records for appeal
The family of a Hong Kong man serving a 40-year jail sentence in the Philippines for drugs possession are racing against time to find crucial immigration records they believe could prove he is innocen... ( read original story ...)
Chinese Investors Turn Against Hong Kong Stocks Amid Market Rout
(Bloomberg) -- Chinese investors have gone off Hong Kong stocks again. After turning net buyers in July, mainland traders have been selling the city’s stocks this month, returning to an April-June tre... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s IPO Takeoff Is Running Out of Runway
Nisha Gopalan is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist covering deals and banking. She previously worked for the Wall Street Journal and Dow Jones as an editor and a reporter. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s autonomy in focus amid calls to cancel speech by pro-independence politician
Mainland China and local authorities are calling for the cancellation of a scheduled speech from a member of a pro-independence Hong Kong political party, raising concerns about the state of free spee... ( read original story ...)
HSBC to pay $765m US fine over crisis-era conduct
Britain's Asia-focused bank HSBC on Monday revealed a $765-million US fine over the lender's actions in the run-up to the subprime crisis, as it also logged rising first-half profits. HSBC said it has ... ( read original story ...)
Banking on Central value
meaning the future property will worth HK$50 billion. Prices of Central offices have been soaring since the auction of the Murray Road car park opposite Hutchison House. I was earlier at the Bank of C... ( read original story ...)
China Tower joins growing list of subdued Hong Kong IPO debuts
HONG KONG (Reuters) - China Tower Corp Ltd’s (0788.HK) shares closed flat on their debut in Hong Kong on Wednesday, with escalating Sino-U.S. trade tensions dragging on investor sentiment toward the w... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong needs to build 2,200-hectare artificial island: thinktank
We must think of solutions to address the status quo.” Our Hong Kong Foundation formulated the proposal alongside research partners McKinsey & Company, Arup, and ERM. Joe Ngai, senior partner of McKin... ( read original story ...)
China Tower ends flat in HK debut morning as weak mood weighs on biggest IPO in two years
shares were little changed on their debut in Hong Kong on Wednesday, with escalating Sino-U.S. trade tensions weighing on investor sentiment toward the world’s biggest initial public offering (IPO) in ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong travel start-up Klook lands US$200 million funding to expand to US, Europe
Hong Kong online travel agency Klook said on Tuesday that it has landed US$200 million in funding, with plans to expand to the US and Europe as it looks set to hit US$1 billion in bookings this year. ... ( read original story ...)