Hong Kong stocks lower at midday, weighed by financials

Hong Kong stocks inched lower on Thursday by the midday break, weighed by financial companies. The Hang Seng Index was down 0.2 per cent, or 41.59 points, to 28,552.47 by the midday break on Thursday, while the Hang Seng China Enterprises Index fell 0.1 ... ( read original story ...)

Here’s how to get into Bank of China in Hong Kong

To find out, we looked at online profiles of current BoC employees to see how many of them attended leading universities in Hong Kong, China and globally. We then ranked the 15 most popular of these universities among the firm’s Hong Kong-based workforce ... ( read original story ...)

Tencent Unit’s Hong Kong IPO Draws a Crowd

The tech-stock ardor sweeping the world has reached Hong Kong, judging by the response to China Literature Ltd.'s initial public offering. Continue Reading Below Orders for the IPO of the Tencent Holdings Ltd. unit, expected to raise $1.1 billion next week ... ( read original story ...)

Tencent’s Red-Hot E-Book IPO Sets Stage for Music Arm Debut

China Literature Ltd., the online reading unit helping Tencent Holdings Ltd. build an entertainment empire, raised $1.1 billion alongside existing investors in its Hong Kong initial public offering, according to people with knowledge of the matter. ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong’s No Home for Orphans

For example, mainland buyers via the stock connect account for almost 5 percent of the shareholder base of HSBC Holdings Plc, the Hong Kong-founded bank that's now headquartered in London. The rest needn't bother. The city's stock market may be five ... ( read original story ...)

HK 5th in World Bank report

Hong Kong has been ranked fifth in the world's easiest places to do business, reaffirming the Government's incessant efforts in business facilitation. The Government made the statement today after the World Bank's Doing Business 2018 report was released ... ( read original story ...)

Bank of China Slumps as Lender Lags Peers in Taming Bad Loans

Bank of China Ltd. shares slumped the most in almost four months in Hong Kong after the lender failed to report the same improvements in asset quality as its rivals. The stock lost 3.2 percent to HK$3.90 as of 11:16 a.m. local time, paring its rally this ... ( read original story ...)

Banking on the best

The need for experts in asset management and private banking has prompted the opening of a new course at the University of Hong Kong. The bachelor of finance program is the first of its kind in Asia.Program coordinator and admissions tutor Anna Wong Wai ... ( read original story ...)