Hong Kong stocks ended lower on Wednesday, as investors took profits in tech shares including Chinese internet giant Tencent and financial stocks, after the index rose to a fresh 10-year intraday high in the morning. The Hang Seng Index fell 0.3 per cent ... ( read original story ...)
Foreign and Hong Kong banks’ mainland China lending hits record high
Foreign bank’s exposure to mainland China stood at US$1.89 trillion – a record high – at the end of the first half of this year, according to data from ratings agency Fitch. Tighter liquidity on the mainland, easy liquidity in Hong Kong and Chinese ... ( read original story ...)
Tencent’s China Literature in smashing debut, boosts outlook for Hong Kong tech IPOs
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Tencent’s e-book unit China Literature Ltd (0772.HK) saw its shares surge more than 80 percent in their debut on Wednesday, as Hong Kong investors embrace a rush of tech listings, marking the biggest first-day gain for a large IPO ... ( read original story ...)
Tencent’s China Literature most-profitable IPO debut in a decade after value soars as much as 100pc
“We want to become China’s version of Marvel,” Wu said then. “Through this IPO, we want to bring Chinese original literature to a more Hong Kong and global audience. In future, the company will try to develop products based on the IP we ... ( read original story ...)
Why are the Hong Kong authorities still in awe of HSBC?
Lord Hain believes that HSBC needs to be investigated for “possible criminal conspiracy” over money laundering for South Africa’s Gupta family who, in turn, are alleged to have unlawfully profited from ties to President Jacob Zuma. These allegations ... ( read original story ...)
Breakingviews – Hong Kong’s IPO market is turning Chinese
HONG KONG (Reuters Breakingviews) - Hong Kong’s listing market looks more Chinese every day. China Literature, the online publishing arm of mainland tech colossus Tencent, smashed the chandeliers in its $1.1 billion Hong Kong debut, soaring more than 80 ... ( read original story ...)
Shares in China Literature, Hong Kong’s hottest IPO of 2017, soar 64 per cent on debut and continue to rise
Shares in China Literature, Tencent Holdings’ online publishing arm and the mainland China’s largest online publishing and e-book website, soared 64 per cent in early trading in Hong Kong on Wednesday, in what’s being dubbed the city’s hottest IPO ... ( read original story ...)
Shares in China Literature, Hong Kong’s hottest IPO of 2017, soar 64pc on debut and are still rising
Shares in China Literature, Tencent Holdings’ online publishing arm and mainland China’s largest online publishing and e-book website, rocketed 88 per cent in value by late morning, after initially jumping 64 per cent immediately in early trading in ... ( read original story ...)
IPO fever hits Hong Kong market as 1-in-20 people try to buy
Hong Kong demand for new share sales has hit fever pitch, with 417,000 people applying for lots in Tencent Holdings Ltd.’s online bookstore unit - more than 5 per cent of the city’s population. China Literature Ltd.’s retail offering was 625 times ... ( read original story ...)
Tencent’s online bookstore unit whips up more IPO fever in Hong Kong
HONG KONG (BLOOMBERG) - Hong Kong demand for new share sales has hit fever pitch, with 417,000 people applying for lots in Tencent Holdings' online bookstore unit - over one-in-20 or more than 5 per cent of the city's population. China Literature Ltd's ... ( read original story ...)
Tencent unit China Literature skyrockets 90% in Hong Kong IPO
The global frenzy for technology stocks sent shares of China Literature Ltd. surging on their first day of trading in Hong Kong. China Literature’s 0772, +0.00% shares started trading above 90 Hong Kong dollars (US$11.53), compared with the offer ... ( read original story ...)
China Literature shares soar 82% in Hong Kong after IPO
Shares in Tencent’s e-book subsidiary China Literature rocketed 81.8 per cent after trading in Hong Kong opened on Wednesday in the biggest tech IPO in the market in ten years. China Literature raised HK$8.3bn ($1.1bn) in a heavily oversubscribed IPO ... ( read original story ...)
Shares in Tencent’s China Literature leap 86% in Hong Kong debut
Shares in Tencent’s ebook subsidiary China Literature rose as much as 100 per cent on their trading debut in Hong Kong on Wednesday, in the city’s biggest technology initial public offering in 10 years. China Literature raised HK$8.3bn ($1.1bn ... ( read original story ...)
Enough debate: Hong Kong must be part of Greater Bay’s explosive growth or risk being left behind
Forgive my little bemusement over all the recent fuss in Hong Kong about building our links into the Greater Bay Area. Don’t get me wrong: I think it is a great idea. But I need to ask a simple question: what do people think we in Hong Kong have been ... ( read original story ...