Hong Kong may soon find itself caught in the middle of the US-China trade war. That is the verdict of a report by Standard Chartered Bank, which sees the city’s economic growth taking a hit as the tra... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Banks Cast Pall Over Property by Raising Rates
HSBC Holdings Plc, Standard Chartered Plc and Hang Seng Bank Ltd. boosted their best lending rates by 12.5 basis points on Thursday, hours after the Hong Kong Monetary Authority raised its benchmark i... ( read original story ...)
Is BOC HONG KONG HOLDINGS LTD. ORDINARY SHA (OTCMKTS:BNKHF)’s Fuel Running High? Reports Show Less Sellers
The stock of BOC HONG KONG HOLDINGS LTD. ORDINARY SHA (OTCMKTS:BNKHF) registered a decrease of 0.74% in short interest. BNKHF’s total short interest was 3.52M shares in September as published by FINRA ... ( read original story ...)
One Hong Kong railway station, two Chinese systems
They say it is not the destination that counts as much as the journey. But, on my latest reporting trip, taking the first high-speed train from Hong Kong to Beijing, it was all about the starting poin... ( read original story ...)
Malay IT player launches Hong Kong IPO
Malaysia's IT company Mindtell Tech launched its initial public offering in Hong Kong's Growth Enterprise Market yesterday with a minimum investment of HK$4,444.34 per lot. The company has set the off... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong IPOs surge to record high for the third quarter as listings in the rest of the world plunge
Hong Kong attracted the largest number of initial public offerings ever for any single third quarter as the new listing rules implemented in April attracted some big tech flotations, while globally th... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong headhunters berate banks: “Mandarin shouldn’t always be mandatory”
“I had a bank looking for a head of their HK office and I had a native English speaker up for the role. But they insisted on a Chinese speaker because – at some undefined point in the future ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Monetary Authority’s ‘regtech’ push raises transparency concerns at financial institutions
Arthur Yuen Kwok-hang, deputy chief executive of the HKMA, Hong Kong’s de facto central bank, introduced four regtech initiatives last week during the annual conference of the Hong Kong Institute of B... ( read original story ...)
Capital Markets Lawyer David Cameron Joins Dorsey in Hong Kong as Partner
He specializes in representing and advising corporate and investment banking clients on debt and equity offerings ... where he was counsel in that firms Capital Markets practice in Hong Kong. Before j... ( read original story ...)
BOC HONG KONG HOLDINGS LTD. ORDINARY SHA (OTCMKTS:BNKHF) Sellers Covered 0.74% of Their Shorts
The stock of BOC HONG KONG HOLDINGS LTD. ORDINARY SHA (OTCMKTS:BNKHF) registered a decrease of 0.74% in short interest. BNKHF’s total short interest was 3.52M shares in September as published by FINRA ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong: HANG SENG INDEX (.HSI) Bearish Outlook
The Hong Kong 50 Index (proxy for Hang Seng Index futures) had traded sideways below the 28000 key medium-term pivotal resistance with no major changes on its key technical elements. Therefore, mainta... ( read original story ...)
DGAP-News: BOC International and Baader Bank sign a Memorandum of Understanding
Press release: BOC International and Baader Bank sign a Memorandum of Understanding Hong Kong/Unterschleissheim, September 28, 2018: BOC International Holdings Limited ("BOCI"), one of the top Chinese ... ( read original story ...)
Chinese banks hiring in Hong Kong to shake up their fintech
BoC isn’t the only Chinese bank taking on people to help with their emerging technology strategies in Hong Kong. At the other end of the seniority scale, CITIC has recently hired ‘fintech ... ( read original story ...)
China’s bullet trains are coming for Hong Kong’s airlines
Airlines have the advantage of loyalty from customers who collect frequent flyer miles, but even that may not be a big incentive, according to Ivan Zhou, an analyst with BOC International Holdings in ... ( read original story ...)