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Bonnie Chan, the first female CEO of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Ltd. (HKEX), is drawing attention as the bourse has returned to the top of the global IPO fundraising rankings under her leadership. ... Read more...

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Ltd. CEO Bonnie Chan received total compensation of HK$37.8 million ($4.8 million) for 2025, as the bourse posted record revenue and profit for a second consecutive year. ... Read more...

Hong Kong Exchanges & Clearing Ltd. (HKEX) reported record revenue and profit for a second consecutive year in 2025, propelled by a surge in trading across its cash equities, derivatives and commodities markets. ... Read more...

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing (HKEX), which operates Asia's third-largest stock exchange, reported record high annual profit for the second straight year, thanks to higher market turnover and robust listing activity, it said in a stock exchange filing on Thursday. Net profit in 2025 increased 36 per cent to HK$17.75 billion (US$2.28 billion), or HK$14.05 per share, from HK$13 billion a year earlier, which was also a record. The result beat market expectations of HK$17.44 billion. The bourse......

Hong Kong will consider shortening the settlement cycle of stock trading to one day after the transaction as well as attracting more international firms to have secondary listings in the city to strengthen the city's status as an international financial centre, according to Financial Secretary Paul Chan Mo-po's budget speech on Wednesday. Chan said bourse operator, the Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing (HKEX), in the first half of this year would make proposals in a market consultation on how to......

The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has secured for the first time separate court orders in Hong Kong and the UK to freeze HK$4.3 million (US$552,948) in assets belonging to three alleged insider traders – including a former Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing (HKEX) staffer – who have left the city. The city's Court of First Instance granted a worldwide interim injunction order against the trio – former HKEX listing division staffer Chan Ching-wa and his relatives Lam Cho-man and Chau......

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing (HKEX) plans to expand further into fixed income and commodities in the coming years, as global investors seek to diversify away from US dollar assets amid rising uncertainty, senior officials at the bourse operator said. “Over the last few years, a lot of global capital has gravitated towards the US market,” said Bonnie Chan Yiting, CEO of HKEX, at a media briefing on Wednesday. “But now, given a lot of the uncertainty, investors do want to diversify.” Chan said......

Nearly 100 companies filed new listing applications in Hong Kong in January, marking a strong start to 2026 for initial public offering (IPO) activity. A total of 95 companies applied to list on Hong Kong's main board, while one sought a place on the Growth Enterprise Market, which primarily served smaller and growth-stage firms, according to a report from Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing (HKEX) on Friday. The 96 applications were more than triple the 29 recorded a year earlier, and roughly......

Singapore Exchange (SGX) Group is seeking to widen its cross-listing schemes with Shanghai and Shenzhen and explore partnerships with Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing (HKEX) and other exchanges, according to its CEO. “Connectivity, in my view, is the new architecture for capital markets,” said Loh Boon Chye in an exclusive interview with the Post during his visit to Shenzhen last week. “We look towards more connectivity, not just with China but with other like-minded exchanges.” Loh said if......

New energy, artificial intelligence, electric vehicle (EV) and biotechnology companies will remain the driving force behind Hong Kong's initial public offering (IPO) market in the coming years, according to the head of bourse operator Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing (HKEX). “In the past year, dozens of new companies in green energy, automation and other sectors have listed in Hong Kong, enabling them to scale their research and global impact,” wrote Bonnie Chan Yiting, CEO of HKEX, in an......

Funds raised in Hong Kong reached nearly HK$275 billion (US$35.4 billion) from 106 initial public offerings (IPO) as of December 12, helping the city become the world's top listing venue, the stock exchange operator said in a year-end review. “2025 has been a year of momentum – global investors returned with conviction, and innovation from the Chinese mainland and across Asia kept our markets vibrant,” said Bonnie Chan Yiting, CEO of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing (HKEX). Four of these......

Charles Li Xiaojia, former CEO of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing (HKEX), has suspended the initial public offering (IPO) plan of his investment company Micro Connect International Finance (MCIF), according to a letter sent to shareholders. “This decision stems from our recent recognition that the extended timeline associated with a proposed public listing has begun to outweigh its anticipated benefits, causing delays to MCIF's deployment schedule and impacting Micro Connect's broader......

Chinese artificial intelligence firm Zhipu AI has moved a step closer to a Hong Kong initial public offering to raise US$300 million after passing a listing hearing and filing its documents with Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing on Friday. The Beijing-based start-up, officially named Knowledge Atlas Technology Joint Stock Company Limited and marketed overseas as Z.ai, is widely seen as one of China's “new AI tigers”. The prospectus did not disclose a fundraising target or timetable, but brokers......

More Chinese artificial intelligence firms and chipmakers are turning to Hong Kong for fundraising, testing the appetite of global investors following stellar onshore debuts of graphics processing unit (GPU) developers Moore Threads Technology and MetaX Integrated Circuits. GigaDevice Semiconductor is a step closer to its Hong Kong initial public offering (IPO) after passing a listing hearing, according to bourse operator Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing (HKEX). The company is expected to......

The Hong Kong stock exchange has proposed standardising board lot sizes, reducing the number of trading units from more than 40 to eight options in a bid to boost market efficiency and liquidity. Bourse operator Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing (HKEX) was proposing to limit the choices listed companies make regarding their trading unit size, or board lot, from one share to a maximum of 10,000 shares, according to a consultation paper published on Thursday. The options in between are: 50, 100,......

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing (HKEX) has amended its post-listing public float rules to give companies greater flexibility in managing capital while strengthening market transparency. The bourse operator will allow listed companies to meet an alternative ongoing public float threshold, requiring at least 10 per cent of issued shares in the listed class and a market value above HK$1 billion (US$128.5 million). For mainland China-listed firms, or A shares, their Hong Kong shares must represent......

With Nasdaq seeking US regulatory approval to extend its trading hours to 23 hours, some industry players believe local bourse operator Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing (HKEX) will need to consider a similar move for certain products to enhance its competitiveness. HKEX chief executive Bonnie Chan Yiting did not mention trading hours in her blog on Monday, but she did say the bourse operator would expand into digital currencies and tokenisation over the next decade, which analysts pointed out......

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Ltd. (HKEX) on Tuesday launched the HKEX Tech 100 Index, a new benchmark that tracks the performance of 100 of the largest technology companies listed in the city by market value. ... Read more...

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing has launched its first equity index tracking Hong Kong-listed technology companies, underscoring the city's ongoing shift from a market long dominated by property and finance towards innovation-driven growth. Unveiled on Tuesday, the HKEX Tech 100 Index tracks 100 large-cap and mid-cap companies spanning artificial intelligence, biotech and pharmaceuticals, electric vehicles and smart driving, information technology, internet and robotics, according to the HKEX......

It was rare to see hundreds of regulators, financiers and executives of listed companies – including chairmen and CEOs – come together in Central on Sunday morning without striking deals. Instead, they were taking part in a charity run, raising HK$9.7 million (US$1.2 million). The top bosses of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing (HKEX), JPMorgan, DBS Hong Kong, Standard Chartered Bank, KPMG and Wharf (Holdings) were among those who had put on their running shoes to compete in relay races over 388......