(Bloomberg) -- Anheuser-Busch InBev NV kicked off the year’s biggest initial public offering, a sale of shares in its Asia Pacific unit that could raise as much as $9.8 billion and top Uber ... ( read original story ...)
AB InBev aims to raise up to $9.8-billion for Asian unit in biggest IPO of 2019
The IPO pricing values Budweiser Asia at 16-18 times its enterprise ... The deal will be a welcome boost to Hong Kong, which is lagging behind the New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq in terms of IPOs ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s dollar strengthens toward higher end of trading band against US dollar as interbank rate rises
That’s killing the Hong Kong dollar carry trade by making money more expensive in the city. Rates are likely to remain elevated in July, according to Carie Li, an economist at OCBC Wing Hang Bank. ... ( read original story ...)
Analyzing Bank of Montreal (NYSE:BMO) and Boc Hong Kong (NYSE:BHKLY)
42.1% of Bank of Montreal shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.1% of Boc Hong Kong shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Bank of Montreal shares are owned by ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Dollar Jumps Into Strong Half of Band, Hurting Shorts
That’s killing the Hong Kong dollar carry trade by making money more expensive in the city. Rates are likely to remain elevated in July, according to Carie Li, an economist at OCBC Wing Hang Bank Ltd. ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Protests Are Giving Banks a Headache
One may say this is just a sign that the Hong Kong Monetary Authority is doing its job. A shrinkage in the central bank’s aggregate balance causes interbank rates to rise: This is the mechanism that ... ( read original story ...)
Shorting Hong Kong’s Dollar Has Suddenly Turned Unprofitable
It all added up to a rally that pushed the Hong Kong dollar to its strongest in seven months. With interbank liquidity remaining low after the city’s de facto central bank spent billions defending the ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong group FWD buys Thai bank Siam’s insurance business
BANGKOK -- Siam Commercial Bank, Thailand's largest lender by assets, has agreed to sell its life insurance business to a Hong Kong-based FWD Group Financial Services after nearly four months of ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong IPOs surge 40% in first half despite political turmoil
TOKYO/HONG KONG -- Initial public offerings in the Hong Kong market surged during the first six months of 2019, despite concerns about the city's relationship with mainland China and the outbreak ... ( read original story ...)
Financial Secretary Paul Chan details ‘achievements’ of Hong Kong government since taking office in 2017
Many people have benefited,” he wrote on his blog. He also singled out the launch of the Faster Payment System , a Hong Kong Monetary Authority platform that allows bank customers to transfer money, ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Protests Feed a Toxic Brew for Luxury
Hong Kong accounts for between 5 percent and 10 percent of global ... particularly around the anniversary of the 1997 handover to China on July 1. Quantifying the financial impact on the luxury market ... ( read original story ...)
Global Biotechnology Leaders Gather in Hong Kong
Leaders from the global biotechnology community gathered in the Hong Kong Financial Hall, including biotech-related Nobel Prize, Turing Award, Fields Prize winner. Chen Maobo, Financial Secretary ... ( read original story ...)
HSBC cuts rebate on mortgage transfers
The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation reduced its cash rebate rate from 2.07 percent to 1.5 percent for customers transforming their mortgage to HSBC, regardless of the amount of the mortgage, ... ( read original story ...)
Women rule the roost in Hong Kong banking
Hong Kong’s belated embrace of diversity has meant a dozen of its banks are now run by women, but there’s clearly more work to be done. When Margaret Leung, a veteran Hong Kong banker, was appointed ... ( read original story ...)