HSBC has announced a $2bn share buyback in 2017 ... Mr Gulliver said that interest rates in Hong Kong were lagging behind those in the US and that he expected them to catch up in the second half of the year, generating “another great, substantial ... ( read original story ...)
Chinese financials carry baton as Hong Kong stocks near 26-month highs
HONG KONG (Nikkei Markets) -- Hong Kong shares headed toward 26-month highs on Tuesday, with Chinese insurers and banks driving gains as earnings expectations gather wind. The Hang Seng Index added 0.7% to 27,524.07 by midday, on course for its highest ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong stocks poised to extend winning streak as Dow Jones hits new highs
a director of VC Brokerage in Hong Kong, said technology and financial stocks will continue their winning streak today as the significant overnight gain in Wall Street is likely to spill over to the bourse. “The market is now in a hot trend,” he said. ( read original story ...)
Hang Seng Bank’s first half profit up 23pc on lower bad debt, improved market sentiment
He said Hang Seng Bank would increase its dividend payment by at least HK$0.3 per share in 2017. The downside risk, Agarwal said, would be a sharp increase in bad loans in Hong Kong and mainland China. “Also, a very high interest rate increase would be ... ( read original story ...)
Saudi Aramco IPO Pits London Against New York
This close involvement could work in favor of a listing in Hong Kong, home to China’s biggest bourse that accepts IPOs by companies based in other countries. China Investment Corp., the nation’s sovereign wealth fund, could take part in an Aramco ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s China problem makes it hard to implement tough talk
Hong Kong’s financial watchdogs are toughening their language ... Recently both the HKEX and the SFC have begun acting more aggressively in individual cases to block IPOs or question capital raisings. In the past year, the two have also consulted ... ( read original story ...)
Baidu competitor says to focus on AI as it plans U.S. IPO
HONG KONG (Reuters) - China's second-largest mobile search engine ... Sogou declined to comment on the possible size of the IPO. Wang told Bloomberg in an interview in January that Sogou was targeting a valuation of $5 billion. Sogou merged with Tencent's ... ( read original story ...)
Cox: Snap’s IPO may benefit investors after all
NEW YORK (Reuters Breakingviews) - Snap's messages may disappear, but one thing could yet endure from its calamitous initial public offering: an incentive to ... unlike big counterparts in London and Hong Kong, provide few restrictions on companies wanting ... ( read original story ...)
Baidu Cоmpetitоr Saуs Tо Fоcus оn AI As It Plans U.S. IPO
HONG KONG (Reuters) – China’s second-largest mobile search engine ... Sogou declined tо comment оn thе possible size оf thе IPO. Wang told Bloomberg in an interview in Januarу that Sogou was targeting a valuation оf $5 billion. ( read original story ...)
Fortune China 500 list goes public
Sogou, China’s second largest mobile search engine, has filed documents for a possible initial public offering in the United States ... the report added. Hong Kong’s second-hand private residential property index rose to 336.1 in July this year ... ( read original story ...)
Saudi Aramco IPO, ‘world’s biggest’, pits Singapore against five other contenders
This close involvement could work in favour of a listing in Hong Kong, home to China’s biggest bourse that accepts IPOs by companies based in other countries. China Investment Corp, the nations sovereign wealth fund, could take part in an Aramco IPO ... ( read original story ...)
China on track to overtake South Korea as No 2 video games market by 2021, says PwC
“This will be a huge opportunity for technology companies, especially those which are associated with games, to file for IPOs in Hong Kong,” he said. Within the video games sector, the global e-sport industry alone is expected to grow from roughly US$ ... ( read original story ...)
Tian, 57, tipped for top post at CCB
Chen Siqing, BOC's current president [Photo/VCG] The nominations will go through the approval process at the boards of directors of the two banks, both of which are listed in Shanghai and Hong Kong. Tian has extensive experience in the Chinese financial ... ( read original story ...)
Connect cash spurs HK markets
Market turnover reached HK$103.2 billion, the highest since June 9. Shares of Standard Chartered (2888) and BOC Hong Kong (Holdings) (2388) surged. Shares of Standard Chartered jumped to a two-year high of HK$88.90 in afternoon trading and closed at HK$88 ... ( read original story ...)