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Bank of East Asia said on Wednesday that earnings from ongoing operations rose 26 per cent as the family-run lender continues to reduce costs and streamline operations, particularly in mainland China. ... ( read original story ...)

The Hong Kong government will introduce a number of tax incentives to promote marine insurance, reinsurance and specialty insurance as the city battles to become a regional risk management centre, acc... ( read original story ...)

HONG KONG/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters ... was valued at $2 billion after its initial public offering (IPO) priced at the middle of an indicative range. Its stock debuted on Aug. 1 at HK$14, but by the end ... ( read original story ...)

Rising interest rates, a slowing economy and a depreciating renminbi is starting to cool Hong Kong’s residential property market, the world’s least affordable housing sector. Property developers have ... ( read original story ...)

Talent shortages in Hong Kong banking technology have reached extreme levels across many job functions, new figures reveal. To find out, we analysed our database across 17 key banking-tech sectors ... ( read original story ...)

HONG KONG--BOC Hong Kong (Holdings) Ltd. (2388.HK) Tuesday reported a 17.7% increase in first-half net profit from continuing operations, driven by higher interest rates in the city. The Hong Kong-lis... ( read original story ...)

Citi announced two senior appointments to its consumer banking team in Hong Kong, effective immediately. Alson Ho has been appointed head of insurance with overall responsibility for the growth and ma... ( read original story ...)

STX Entertainment’s plans for an IPO on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange are facing new questions given a volatile Hong Kong market and a recent string of box office misfires. Melissa McCarthy’s “Happytim... ( read original story ...)

EXCLUSIVE: Ever since it planted a flag in the shifting ground of the movie business, STX Entertainment has fashioned itself a different kind of studio, an operation bent on proving Hollywood’s long-h... ( read original story ...)

The first salvoes in a corporate legal battle royal between the two largest shareholders of Hong Kong’s biggest independent financial advisory firm were fired on Monday, as the second largest sharehol... ( read original story ...)

adding to an earlier purchase of HK$3.93 billion, according to the de facto central bank’s page on Bloomberg. That took its purchases to HK$25.3 billion in August, the first month it has intervened si... ( read original story ...)

The Hong Kong and mainland China stock markets rallied on Monday, after the Chinese central bank signalled it would guide the market more proactively in the face of a stronger US dollar and the ongoin... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong’s stratospheric property prices are pushing some residents beyond the law. A small, but significant, number of younger people are living in industrial buildings, trading comfort and convenie... ( read original story ...)

It is not just the price of bitcoin that is causing worries. People close to the IPOs said regulatory scrutiny and a patchy performance by Hong Kong offerings this year were additional concerns. Julia... ( read original story ...)