Where you can still make it rich in Hong Kong banking. https://news.efinancialcareers.com/hk-en/296001/singapore-hong-kong-derivatives-jobs/ Banks in Hong Kong are not typically offering pay rises of more than 20% to lure new recruits. In contrast to two ... ( read original story ...)
HSBC Holdings plc (Hong Kong) (0005) Jumps 0.07% on Sep 25
Shares of HSBC Holdings plc (Hong Kong) (HKG:0005) last traded at 76.25, representing a move of 0.07%, or 0.05 per share, on volume of 12.70 million shares. After opening the trading day at 76.5, shares of HSBC Holdings plc (Hong Kong) traded in a close range. ( read original story ...)
The U.S. IPO Market Is Broken — U.S. Startups Will Now Look To Asian Exchanges
It seems as if having less activity in the IPO market has made the listing business even more ... than half the world’s population and 22 of the world’s 37 megacities. Hong Kong, Taiwan, Tokyo, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Singapore and Australia all host ... ( read original story ...)
Sisram Medical raises $112m in Hong Kong IPO
Sisram, formerly Alma Lasers and controlled by Fosun Pharma, held the IPO in the lower part of the range targeted. Medical esthetics company Sisram Medical (formerly Alma Lasers) last week completed its IPO on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, raising $112 ... ( read original story ...)
U.S. IPO Weekly Recap: An Active Week As 7 IPOs Average 16% Pop
Zai Lab (Pending:ZLAB) priced its upsized IPO at the high end of the range, raising $150 million. Insiders bought $18 million on the offering (12% of the deal). The Chinese cancer biotech plans to commercialize three late-stage candidates in Hong Kong ... ( read original story ...)
Week In Review: Zai Lab Completes $150 Million US IPO; Investors Push Valuation To $1.4 Billion
The acquisition will now close on October 3. Sisram Medical (HK: 1696), an Israeli aesthetic laser company, completed a $125 million IPO in Hong Kong at the low end of the range (see story). Sisram is majority owned (66%) by Fosun Pharma (SH: 600196 ... ( read original story ...)
Don’t worry about Hong Kong’s credit rating downgrade, finance chief says
Hong Kong’s finance minister said on Saturday that he disagreed with the lowering of the city’s credit rating by US rating agency Standard & Poor’s. The comment by Financial Secretary Paul Chan Mo-po came a day after the downgrade to AA+ from AAA, a ... ( read original story ...)
Pan-democrats warned not to block funding for Hong Kong finance body
A top adviser to the Hong Kong government has warned that opposition lawmakers threatened the prospects of the city’s financial services industry if they refused to approve funding for the Financial Services Development Council (FSDC). Laura Cha Shih May ... ( read original story ...)
Online insurer ZhongAn prices Hong Kong IPO at top end to collect US$1.5bn: report
China’s first online-only insurer has priced its initial public offering (IPO) at the top end of its expected price range, as it looks to raise US$1.5 billion in the city’s biggest fintech IPO, according to press reports. ZhongAn Online Property ... ( read original story ...)
Commonwealth Bank Upgraded Following $3 Billion Sale of Life Insurance Arm to AIA
Morgans has upgraded Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA.AU) after the lender agreed to sell its Australian and New Zealand life insurance units to Hong Kong-based insurer AIA Group (1299.HK) for AUD3.8 billion (USD3.04 billion). CBA said the sale price ... ( read original story ...)
Bank of China : BOC-Interest rates remain unchanged
Release date- 21092017 - Bank of China (Hong Kong) Limited announces that its Hong Kong Dollar prime rate and savings deposit rate will remain unchanged at 5.00% p.a. and 0.01% p.a. respectively. Under the tiered interest rate structure for Hong Kong ... ( read original story ...)
S&P’s Hong Kong credit downgrade to raise financing costs, say analysts
But Geicke said he was “totally surprised” that Hong Kong was downgraded as the city is sitting on a huge financial reserve. The Chinese Ministry of Finance said in a statement posted on its website Friday that S&P’s downgrade on China was a “wrong ... ( read original story ...)
China online insurer ZhongAn prices Hong Kong IPO at top end, raises $1.5 billion – IFR
ZhongAn Online Property & Casualty Insurance Co 6060.HK> priced its IPO at the top of an indicated range, raising $1.5 billion(1.10 billion pounds) in Hong Kong's biggest ever financial technology stock offering, IFR reported on Friday. China's first ... ( read original story ...)
S&P cuts Hong Kong’s credit rating because of China’s soaring debt
The financial hub’s long-term issuer credit rating was lowered to AA+ from AAA, S&P said Anthony Wallace/AFP S&P Global Ratings cut Hong Kong’s credit rating a day after it downgraded China for the first time since 1999, a move that reflects the ... ( read original story ...)