Also on Wednesday, immigration officers at Hong Kong's airport barred a British human rights activist, Benedict Rogers, from entering the city, according to news reports. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s MPF pension scheme poised for best year since 2009
Hong Kong’s pension scheme, the Mandatory Provident Fund ... Kenrick Chung Kin-keung, director of MPF business development at Convoy Financial Services, noted some risk factors ahead for the MPF. “The US, Japan and Europe have started to wind down ... ( read original story ...)
Restrictions on Hong Kong property market to cool prices won’t change, leader indicates
Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor on Thursday indicated she had no intention of easing or strengthening measures to cool the city’s overheated property market. Speaking a day after she delivered her maiden policy address setting out her ... ( read original story ...)
Property tycoon tops China’s rich list, Wanda boss slides
HONG KONG (AP) - Property tycoon Xu Jiayin has vaulted to the top of a Chinese rich list after his wealth quadrupled, knocking Wang Jianlin off his longtime position at No. 1. The Hurun Report, the best known list of China's wealthiest people, estimated ... ( read original story ...)
GoHome.com.hk Names Property’s Best at Annual Awards
HONG KONG, Oct. 12, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Twenty-two winners from around the country were celebrated and recognized as leaders in the property industry at the 'GoHome Awards 2017' held on September 29, 2017. The annual award ceremony, which has been running ... ( read original story ...)
What Carrie Lam’s Policy Speech Means for HK Property
Oct.11 -- Nicole Wong, regional head of property research at CLSA, discusses Carrie Lam's policy speech and what it means for Hong Kong's property market. She speaks on "Bloomberg Markets: Asia." ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Chief Executive Lam Skirts Land Issue
Oct.12 -- Geo Securities CEO Francis Lun discusses Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam's policy speech and what it means for Hong Kong's property market. He speaks on "Bloomberg Markets." ( read original story ...)
Corem Property Group AB (CORE-PREF) Dipped -0.32% on Oct 12
Corem Property Group AB currently has a total float of 7.20 million ... Stock markets began crashing in Hong Kong on October 19, 1987 and spread quickly to Europe to the U.S. However, OMXS30 gradually recovered from the trough and hit its all-time high ... ( read original story ...)
Yuexiu Property Co Ltd (0123) Move Up 1.94% on Oct 12
For investors HSI is the main indictor of the performance of Hong Kong stocks. Stocks of Yuexiu Property Co Ltd company can also be found in HSI. As a free float adjusted index, HSI excludes restricted shares held by company insiders and other strategic ... ( read original story ...)
BRIEF-BEH-Property’s Q3 contract sales up 2,025.9 pct y/y at 574 mln yuan
Further company coverage: ($1 = 6.5837 Chinese yuan renminbi) (Reporting by Hong Kong newsroom) ( read original story ...)
Hongkong and Shanghai Hotels Ltd (0045) Is Yet to See Trading Action on Oct 12
Shares of Hongkong and Shanghai Hotels Ltd (HKG ... The index is operated by a unit of Hang Seng Bank called Hang Seng Indexes Company. Hang Seng Bank is a publicly traded company on SEHK and it is one of the largest by market cap. HSI was first published ... ( read original story ...)
Banking in Hong Kong? You Might Be Anywhere
Andy Mukherjee is a Bloomberg Gadfly columnist covering industrial companies and financial services. He previously was a columnist for Reuters Breakingviews. He has also worked for the Straits Times, ET NOW and Bloomberg News. Hong Kong is needlessly ... ( read original story ...)
Fintech startup Revolut is signing up 40 new business customers every day
Foreign exchange startup Revolut has 16,000 business customers four months after launch. Signing up 3,000 to 3,5000 new retail customers each day. Plans to launch in the US, Australia, Canada, Singapore, and Hong Kong in the first quarter of 2018. ( read original story ...)
New Hong Kong leader proposes small business tax cut, housing help
HONG KONG -- Chief Executive Carrie Lam on Wednesday laid out a broad vision for Hong Kong in her first policy address since she assumed the city's highest office, pledging to help the middle class by lowering the tax rate on small businesses and promising ... ( read original story ...)