The Hong Kong Hang Seng opened Monday lower and concluded off 0.54% ... China economic fundamentals are strong and Beijing has the tools to handle systemic risks, central bank governor Yi Gang said at a weekend International Monetary Fund gathering. ( read original story ...)
Bank of China embracing blockchain use in Hong Kong
Bank of China Hong Kong (BOCHK) now handles almost all its real estate appraisals via blockchain, as part of a concerted push into financial technology (fintech) and smart banking, officials revealed on Monday. The lender is processing 85 per cent of its ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong must embrace innovation or risk irrelevance
The rapid rise of big financial data and raw processing power promises to deliver further gains for every aspect of the industry. This has not gone unnoticed in Hong Kong. Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor this month reiterated at a Bloomberg ... ( read original story ...)
New Hong Kong Tech Darling Hawks IPO With Rare Valuation Metric
As Hong Kong welcomes listings from unprofitable tech companies, investors need to get used to some new valuation metrics. Ping An Good Doctor, the largest IPO in Hong Kong so far this year, is approaching potential investors with a valuation of as much as ... ( read original story ...)
Ping An Good Doctor’s US$1.12b IPO set to reignite Hong Kong listings market
Ping An Healthcare and Technology Company, also known as Ping An Good Doctor, has launched its highly anticipated Hong Kong initial public offering (IPO) which aims to raise as much as HK$8.77 billion (US$1.12 billion) in what could become the city’s ... ( read original story ...)
Hot Hong Kong IPOs to the Rescue
Investors may just have found the reason they need to keep on pushing two of Hong Kong's best-performing blue chips higher. After more than doubling in 2017, shares of Tencent Holdings Ltd. and Ping An Insurance Group Co. have lost momentum. By now ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong IPOs give foreigners access to China education
A series of Hong Kong listings of mainland Chinese education companies has given foreign investors access to one of the country’s fastest-growing and most tightly restricted consumer sectors. Last month’s $153m initial public offering of vocational ... ( read original story ...)
Ping An healthcare unit maps out plan for $1.1 billion Hong Kong IPO
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Ping An Healthcare and Technology Co Ltd, a unit of Ping An Insurance (Group) Co of China Ltd (2318.HK) (601318.SS), plans to raise up to HK$8.77 billion (797.8 million pounds) in a Hong Kong initial public offering to help expand its ... ( read original story ...)
WSJ: Hong Kong Could Lure 2 Landmark IPOs From US
The U.S. reportedly could lose two massive initial public offerings to Hong Kong as China intends to lure more new listings. The chief executive of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Ltd. (HKEX), Charles Li, said Saudi Arabia’s state-owned oil giant, Saudi ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong exchange hopes Xiaomi leads army of blockbuster IPOs
Chinese technology giant Xiaomi is readying flotation plans as Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing (HKEX) unveils major changes to its listings rules with the aim of winning a string of blockbuster initial public offerings with multibillion-dollar valuations. ( read original story ...)
Tears and fear in Hong Kong Monetary Authority’s 1997 currency war against hedge funds
As Asian currencies started plunging one after another, starting with the Thai baht in July 1997, the attention soon turned to Hong Kong, the financial hub of Asia, barely months after sovereignty had been handed by the British colonial government back to ... ( read original story ...)
Financial institution backing out of new tar sands, fossil fuel projects
Europe’s largest international financial institution, HSBC (Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Company) has made a major announcement today. The worlds seventh largest lender said it will no longer finance any new developments dealing with Canada’s tar ... ( read original story ...)
HK retail investors have dwindling trust in financial advisers
Hong Kong’s retail investors trust their financial advisers the least among 12 global financial markets surveyed, which the head of the CFA Institute in Asia Pacific describes as a “wake up call” for the city. The finding was based on a poll of 3,127 ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong budget philosophy offers very little change
Among these are: Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau bridge (26 per cent), Kai Tak district ... According to a previous study by the same Legco unit, for much of his tenure, former finance chief John Tsang Chun-wah’s budget giveaways and handouts mostly benefited ... ( read original story ...)